Parley to Hear Armenian Plea for Home in Turkey Head of Delegation Invited to Explain Desire* of People —Will Accept Any Location. Lausanne, Dec. 85.—(By A. TV)— The Armenian plea for the establish ment of an Armenian national home in Turkey will be presented to the near east conference Tuesday by Pres ident Noradunghian Pasha of the Ar menian national delegation. He was once minster of foreign affntrs in the Turkish cabinet and has been Invited to appear before the sulxtotninlssion on minorities to explain the desires of the Armenian people. The Turks have announced their de cision not to attend this meeting. For one thing, they say, they have made up .their minds definitely not to set aside any purt of Turkey for the Ar menians; for another, they nssert that as the Armenians are Turkish sub jects they should plead their cause be fore the Turks, not before the confer ence as a whole. Will Accept Any location. Noradunghian says that his people will accep* any locality in Turkey which the conference decides upon and also a dominion form of govern ment under the Turks similar to that enjoyed hy Canada and Ireland tinder the English. If the territorial limits of the republic of Erivan are to be extended and Erivan proclaimed the real home of the Armenians, then, lie thinks. Russia should be asked to guarantee the independence of Erivan which now threatens to become a Russian bolshevik province. The Rev. George R. Montgomery of New York and Connecticut, di- i rector of the Armenia-Amerlca socl- ! ety, who is in Lausanne laboring for tlie cause of the Armenian people, said that the goal of all the friends of Armenia was to procure a natonal home under conditions which would provide some inspiration for the Ar menians In the future and he had not nhnndoned hope that some territory would he set nslde for this purpose. The Rev. Montgomery has been in close touch with the leaders of all the delegations and personally favors allocating a section of southeastern Irliela to the Armenians, making It an autonomous state, perhaps under the supervision of the league of nations. Justice to Armenians. "I want to emphasize the justice of the prope Ition for an Armenian home,” he said, "from the standpoint of the allies who haVe made definite promises and from the standpoint of the Turks, because of the right of the * Armenians, In view of the terrible plight of the refugees, to have a small section of Turkish territory set aside for them.” He estimated that 1,000 000 Armen ians reside in Erivan, and 400.000 In the Transcaucasus; there are 102,000 in preece and the Aegean Islands, In Syria and about 40,000 refugees In Constantinople. The exodus has re duced the Armenians in Asia Minor to 70,000. Ha thMlght that about 250,0#bSwftiaf-'ie immediately avail able-folk 4fie- proposed national home and concluded: “And let us not foget that ihere are 50,000 Armenian or phans we must take care of some how,” Nebraska School Paper Makes Rapid Progress j Lincoln, Dec. 25.—Among Nebras ka publications rapidly coming to the forefront in the public's selection of reading Is the comparatively new Ne braska Educational Journal, a month ly magazine published at Lincoln by the Nebraska State Teachers' associa tion. The editor is E. M. Hosmnn, sec retary of the association. No other agency, perhaps, has con- 1 tributed more toward the reorganiza- i lion on a firm basis of the state teach ers' association than the Nebraska Educational Journal, its rapidly in creasing number of subscribers claim. The booklet discloses many outstand ing features of education work con ducted in the state, written by au- ; thorities In the many brunches of the teaching endeavor. Comments on the publication by editors and educators alike disclose that It is meeting with much enthusiasm In many states, the universal opinion being that the mag azine is becoming one of the leading journals of its kind in the country. The Nebraska Educational Journal ! is the official organ of the Nebraska ! teachers who are members of the or ganization. It was founded last spring and hns increased in size and in fluence with each issue. Departments show the work being accomplished in all of the state colleges and in the high schools. Party to Trace Pioneer Trail Across Nebraska j Des Moines, la,, Dec. 25.—George j A. Jewett, ptoncer Des Moines lumber dealer, will bo one of a party of ex plorers that will go out next summer to trace from Council Bluffs west ward, across Nebraska, the old Over land trail of '49, traveled by gold seekers on their way to California. Arrangements for the expedition were made recently at a meeting in Omaha, attended by Mr. Jewett, Mrs. Ada Price cf Stratton, Neb., and Ce cil Matthews, editor of the Blue Hill (Neb.) Deader. Mr. Jewett's father was a member of the noted California expedition that departed from Bed Rock, la.. In 1849. During the journey, he kept a daily diary, which is hi Mr. Jew ett's possession. This diary will be of material assistance In locating the old trail, physical evidences of which long ago were obliterated. Walsh W’ould Have State Officers Distribute Coal j Washington. Dee. 25.—State offi cers should commandeer and distrib ute coal necessary to prevent suffer- j ing. Senator Walsh, democrat, Massa chusetts. said in a statement sent to hie constituents and made public to day. Prompted by reports of distress caused by coal shortage In New Eng land, Senator Walsh, who said he re ceived many letter* . on the subject, took the unusual course of sending a circular letter to his constituents reciting his efforts to prevent a fuel famine. » Vindication Her Aim IfivfWlU&ni/ C, $iocy: /*/*: 7 At the nest annual session of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion Mra. William Cummings Story, a former president, will be a candidate for re-election seeking thereby vindication for the notoriety csaised her when four indictments were returned against her Tor her management of the National Emergency Relief society fund during the world war. The cases never came to trial and Mrs. Story demands Investigation of the charges. Bodies Consigned to Dust Denied Them for Months Hundreds Attend Funeral of Men Taken From Waters of Louisiana Lake—Troops Mingle With Mourners at Grave—Episcopal Rector Reads Burial Service. Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 25.—1The re mains of F. Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Richard, who it is believed were slain by a hooded mob and their bodies cast into Lake La Fourche months ago, were returned to the dust Sunday afternoon. The funeral took place at the Dan iels’ family burial plot on the plan tation home seven miles from Mer Rouge, a place being made for Rich ards’ grave near that of his com panion. While soldiers with loaded rifles and side arms glistening In the bright sunlight passed through the throng at the grave, the Rev. E. W. Hay ward, rector ' oi Grace Episcopal church at Monroe, consigned the bodies to the duet which had been denied them as a resting place for months after the murders. The funeral was one of the strang est and most dramatic In the history of the south. The caskets of the two men were placed on trucks at Mer Rouge, a United States flag was thrown bver them, and while soldiers stood at attention the cortege started for the burial place. Fully 200 con veyances were In the profession. They ranged the gumut of big touring cars, flivvers, and horse and mule-drawn spring wagons. Negroes at Cemetery. When the burial ground was reached it was found that a crowd of country folks had gathered there, young Daniel was a great fa vorite with the negroes on his fath er's plantation aqf they had made a special request, which was granted, that they be permitted to attend. When the caskets were being re moved from the truck, an old negro nurse who had mothered young Dan iel from- birth, started rocking back and fourth, convulsed with grief. The graves were only a few feet apart. The caskets were placed beside the graves and the rector took his posi tion to read the ritual of the faith. The old negress broke the stillness with a cry of grief. Tottering back and forth, supported by one of her | sons, she wailed: “Watty, my Watty, how could they have done It? How j could they have done it?” a pitiful I figure in her heartfelt grief. Children Grief Stricken. While Dr. Hayward read the ritual Leota Richards, 3, and her Bister, Zerra, 7, only children of Richards, stood with tears streaming down their sorrow pinched faces. It was little Ueota who a few days ago wrote a letter to the Ku Klux Klan, or at least asked her sister to do so, beg ging the klan to "send daddy home for Christmas." “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” read the minister, and gave a signal to a squad of militia who fired the last tribute of respect for a comrade of the world war, F. Watt Daniel, who answered the call to arms and fought In France as a member of the tank corps. Buglers sounded taps. The caskets were placed in their last resting place and spectators made a dasli for their vehicles while members of the two families stood as if unable to leave the spot where their loved ones had been buried. Friends gently tore them from the scene and they return ed to their homes to spend Christmas eve. children and grownups alike, mourning for their kinsmen instead of joining in the festivities that the rest of Christendom is celebrating. Fears Unwarranted. Fears of the authorities that there might be trouble at the funeral were unwarranted. The presence of the military, however, was deemed a necessary precaution, for in this back woods country almost everyone for generations has carried weapons and since the klux outbreaks there is hardly a man who does not tote a pistol on his hip. While Daniel and Richards were be ing given the last rites, Jeff Burnett, the only slleged member of the gang that killed the two young men under arrest, was apparently enjoying him self in the jail at Bastrop. Scores of his friends called upon him to wish him well and they demanded that they be allowed to go on his bond. Sheriff Carpenter explained that the offense waj? not a bailable one and they still insisted any amount of money neces sary would be forthcoming if his re lease could only be brought about. The last appeal to the sheriff in this regard was made when a group of well-to-do people offered to go on his bond in the sum of $300,000. Burnett Almost Hero. Burnett has become something of a hero In the community since his ar rest. He stands at the bars of hts window waving to acquaintances on the street or chatting merrily with friends who call and wish him well. Mrs. Burnett visited him today and assured him she would bring him the best Christmas dinner he ever had Monday. And In the meantime he is1 finding the lot of a prisoner pretty easy, being allowed to obtain his meals from the hotel and sleeping on springs and a mattress with which his cell has been supplied. Burnett merely laughed about his imprisonment. "I am wholly Inno cent of anything wrong,” he said to a correspondent. "There ain’t noth in’ for me to fear." Considerable comment was made upon the fact that a minister from Monroe was brought here to conduct the funerals. Neither Richards nor Daniel were Episcopalians. It could not be ascertained whether local min isters had been requested to act and refused, or whether the members of the family decided to Import the rec tor and save emhabrassment for the local clergy. — Commerce Commissioners to Select New Chairman Washington, Dec. 23. — Interstate Commerce commissioners will hold their ajiual election this week to select a new chairman to serve dur ing 1023. The choice Is expected to : fall to Commissioner B. P. Myer, one i of the oldest members of the body In ! point of service, and who has pre j vlously served a one-year term In the I chairmanship. According to tho commission’s custom, Chairman C. C. 1 MeChord, having served one year, will retire from the post, but retain regular duties as a commissioner. Commissioner Meyer, after having served on the first state railroad com mission of Wisconsin, was appointed to tho federal commission by Presi dent Taft and reappointed by Presi dent Wilson. Scottsbluff Observes Wannest Christmas Scottsbluff, Neb., Dec. 26.—(Special Telegram.)—Scottsbluff celebrated one of the warmest Christmas days In Us history, with a warm sprinkle of rain falling In the afternoon. Instead of the usual snow. The feature of the community celebration was tho giving of gifts to 1,600 children of the city by the Elks, and the union of churches In Christ mas services. Merchants of the town enjoyed one of the best Christmas businesses In history. Farmers were made happy by the extra payment of sugar beet money, amounting to $650,000. Man Killed by Bullet Aimed at Roommate Worcester, Mass., Dec. 25.—Wil liam Kasatas. 45, was killed by a bul let intended for his roommate. George Pappas. The police are looking for Paul Dalton, also known as Paul Ward, who Is accused by Pappas of firing the shot. Dalton Is said to be a Wyoming cowboy who came to Worcester recently. According to Pappas, he and Dalton had quarreled in a lunchroom earlier In the evening and Dalton had threatened to kill him because he was an Albanian New York Banker Outlines Scheme to Assist Europe Otto Kahn Personally in Fa vor of Cancelling at Least Portion of Allied Indebt edness to America. New York, Dec. 25.—Otto Kuhn, banker, In a letter to Senator Recti Smoot of Utah, member of the senate banking committee, made public by the Commission of American Business Men, has outlined a plan whereby he believes America can consistently aid in relieving the European situation and at the same time meet the senti ment of the country which seems op posed to the Cancellation of the allied indebtedness to the United States. Mr. Kahn expressed himself as be ing strongly in favor of the policy of cancelling at least a portion of the indebtedness of the allied nations. "I am convinced that it would be to our ultimate advantage to do so,” he wrote. "X feel sure that such ac tion would turn out a good Invest ment. Outlines Proposal. “But if public opinion and congress will not at present consent to the re linquishment on our part, of a por tion of the allied debt,” the letter continued, "which relinquishment, ho It understood, is suggested only in re turn for, and simultaneously with, measures on the part of the Euro pean nations to bring about that change of menial and inoral attitude and actual conditions which is indis pensable if the world again is to Ke on an even keel—then my suggestion would be the following: “Of the $2,750,000,000, or there abouts, which our government loaned to the allied nations after the armis tice, that portion at least, which was not applied to the settlement of war cor.trt els here, or Is offset by valid counter claim, is intrinsically distin guished from the balance of the ai lied debt to us. It should be promptly put in the way of repayment with a reasonable rate of Interest. "For instance, America might stip ulate interest at the rate of 3 per cent or 314 per cent, and an annual sinking fund of 1 per cent, beginning after, say, five years. The refunding commission ought to be empowered, according to Us Jydgmetit, to post pone the bezlrring of interest pay ment likewise for five years. Frges Fair Settlement. “As to the remaining $7,250,000,000, or thereabouts, there should be no at tempt to apply the same formula to every country The refunding com mission should go thoroughly into the economic and financial and the gen eral situation of alt countries i->n ccrned and make a fa.r and final set t'ement, subject to the approval of congress. “Even upon America's financially most potent debtor, Great Britain, It should not impose the exceedingly heavy burden of paying 4% per cent interest from the start and redeeming the principal within 25 years. I would suggest, In the case of that country, as an Illustration, that there be paid an annual sinking fund of .75 per cent. Such a sinking fund. Invested at the rate of 4 per cent, would ex tinguish the debt in 47 years. In addition to the sinking fund of .75 per cent, interest should be charged on the debt at the rate of, say; 2 per cent for the first period of eight years, 214 per cent for the sec ond, 3 per cent for the third, 314 per cent for the fourth, 4 per cent for the fifth, and 414 pet cent for the final year period. “The question of the feasibility, ac ceptabllity and extent of ‘payment tn kind' in lieu of cash, should also he within the purview of the commis sion's investigations and recommenda tions.” Atlantic Swept by Storm; Three Ships Believed Lost Queenstown, Dec. 25. — Reports continue to accumulate of the vio lence of the gale which has prevailed in the Atlantic. The captain of the steamer New Columbia, which re turned to port to replenish its fuel oil supply, said he had received an S. O. S. from three ships to which he j replied, but heard no more. He be lieved they foundered. The Celtic had lifeboats and deck fittings smashed .and the third-class saloon flooded, compelling removal of the passengers to other quarters. The Carmanla, which arrived Satur day. reports it was obliged to heave to for six hours Friday. It lost life boats and .suffered considerable dam age to the decks. New Clues May Solve Keokuk Murder Case Keokuk, la., Dec. 25.—New clues the nature of which countw authori ties decline to divulge, majkresult in solution of the mystery surrounding j the murder of Adam Wahner of Farm-' | Ington, found bound, gagged and dying at the home of his brother, with whom he lived, one morning last Oc tober. County officers announced that four men have been taken into custody In connection with the crime, and that about 15 new witnesses have been examined. Holdup Men Take $35 From Lone Pedestrian Walter Tucker, 800 South Nine teenth street, was held up and robbed by two men at Seventeenth and Nich olas streets Bhortly after 11 Sunday night, he reported to police. He fur nished their descriptions. They obtained 235. Friend of Harding Dies New York, Dec. 25.—J. Howard Ed wards, said to be a former newspaper j publisher of Youngstown, O., and a personal friend of President Harding, fell dead of heart failure Sunday while walking down Fifth avenue. A widow and two daughters survive him. Ftr Cold*. Grip "r Influenza and M ft Prercnttvft. fake Laxative BROMO qrlNINX Tablet*. Ttie hoi beam the eiauature el B.W. Grove. (Be ewre you get BROMO). 30—Ad?. Cut in State Expenses Made in Annual Budget (< Mitlnueil From !'»** One.) exist when that period ends. There is a total surplus of $2,597,616 re malnlng out of the appcopt-latlons of two years ago. HequestS on File. The following are specific appro priations asked for from general funds for the next two years, not including special or cash funds: Imruee or Da» rti.se (—) Legislature .$ 207,800$ 1.870.700 Supreme court and library.. 212.'*30 4.5u0 District court* . 347.000 Coinmlssiouers .«... . —-.250 Governor .. 10!>.4till —I.ti4 -gKVKI WITH A SMUT I \ • Cabs \ iiVollOtV V f $10.00 Yellow 1 yellu J cleO^ Cab Coupon \ W Book will be I D * votf «lMI1 away 1 • „KeSl / each week for \ GorVtCe ff the b«8t 8,° \ ~nPfl «an- Slogan* 1 o1)6Y SC*' limited to 1* l «?*' - word*. ^ Yellow Cab&Ba£4aie to Telephone ATlantlC 9000 THE THINKING FELLOW CALLS A YELLOW “Bully” Results in Getting Bull Dog Back “Certainly glad I put my ‘Lost’ ad in The Omaha Bee, for it brought back my Boston bulldog,” said Mr. Gibbs, 218 North 22d street, when he requested us to cancel his advertisement. ♦ Remember, whenever YOU lose any thing, whenever you find anything, tell the whole community about it at once by inserting a “Want” Ad in The Omaha Bee. 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