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The Omaha M( >rning Bee _ VOI, f»2 VO 170 tatarad M Sacaad-Claaa Matter May 2*. IMS. M OMAHA TITRSDAY 1AVHARY 2 1022 * By Mill (t mi)I Oally tad Suaday. M; Suaday. IMS. » .la tia 4t» tuua. TWO CENTS V I)£ 1>U. HU. Omaha P. O. Uadar Act at Marti 3. 117*. UWAHA, 1UMUAI, JrtWLflIU a-. UalO. Oat.lda lia 4th »aa II yaar): Oally aad Suaday. 112 aaaday aaly. U. _ ____———- ■ i n ———^ ---f ' — ...- . ...—-— Premiers in Con fereiice on Policy I'inal Effort Being Made to Settle Reparations Oues tions — Allied Circles Sober and Anxious. France May Act Alone _ Paris, Jan. I -(By A P.)—The prime ministers of France, Gre.1t Britain ami Belgium, together with the .Marquis Bella Torrettu represent ing ihe Italian premier, will go into • •'.iifr-renee tomorrow which is regard , ed rts till' final effort of the allies to reach a collective settlement of the reparations question. There was a sober and even anxious spirit in al lied circles tonight, in face of the prob ability that, if tite conference fails, separate and direct action by France Will follow. The meeting is a continuation of l ist month’s premiers’ conference in I-ondon which was called to examine whether any practical results can come from a general economic con gress in Brussels. The main questions to ho decided are. first, whether a moratorium ran he granted to Ger many and. second, upon what terms? Divided on Policy. France and Great Eritain are sharply divided in policy. The French insist upon seizing the productive resources of Germany on the left bank o fthc Rhine and in the Ruhr valley as guarantees that when the mora torium terminates, Germany will re sume her reparations payments. President Milleraud. replying to the Yew Year good wishes of the diplo matic corps today, made it clear that France stands upon her conception of justice and her rights under the Uoaty of Versailles. "Complete peace can be established," he declared, "only on the the basis of the treaties and through respect i for tho rights acquired and the obligations incurred.” The Rritish government thoroughly disapproves stern methods or penal ties and desires to work out a plan tinder which Germany would bo al lowed a moratorium of at least two years, this time to be employed in so reorganizing her resources that she ' may successfully shoulder her debts. Loan Ik Suggested. Any settlement likely to be success- j ful depends, In Bonar Law's view, on some form of international loan for Germany, and together with ids asso ciates on the British delegation, he has received with approval the sug gestion of the American secretary of state that an international committee determine the amount of reparations to be expected. The conviction held by Premier Poincare of France is that a change in heart on the part of Germany is required above all other considera tions. lie believes Germany's plans for the fill lire are bused upon a pol icy of resistance to the execution of the Versailles treaty, and any effort lo help it lie regards as useless until the Berlin government decides in earnest to fulfill its obligations. Extension of the present partial moratorium, which expires on Janu ary ir», and the raising of cash for Germany, in the International market in the French view will be nullified by the continued German opposition to payment of her debts, so that action such ns France now contem plates will be eventually forced upon the allies. • The Belgian and Italian govern ments appear now to lean more to ward the French view than toward the British, but with some disposition to seek middle ground. L'rge Conciliatory Program. The Italian delegation has a plan which it will present to tlie council after Poincare ami Bonar Law have explained the French and British viewpoints. This conciliatory pro gram calls for guarantees to satisfy France, hut witl\ut penalties so as to meet the British objection, relying upon such action by Germany as would have the result of making the guarantees productive without the use of force. The Belgian premier, M. Theunis, who worked strenuously in London last August to bring Lloyd George and Poincare together, also seeks to harmonize the French and British programs, which it Is understood, he thinks, could be done if the German government would unreservedly af firm its willingness to fulfill the rep arations clauses of the trenty to the full extent of the nation's resources. Pueblo Man Robbed, Slain, by Trio of Killer Bandits Pueblo, C'olo., .Tan. 1.—Cruz Bela, j 27, was found dead In an alleyway in the rear of a garage here today. He is believed to have been lured into ; the alley, shot in the chest and robbed. | The police say they believe lie was , the victim of the same trio of bandits who held tip Philip Greinetz, Ills j father, David, and sister, Josephine, and shot anil seriously wounded i Philip when the Greinetz family re- , sisted their efforts. The same hnndits held up a Mexican later Saturday night, according to the police. Leaves Newspaper Game, Houston, Tex., Jan. 1.—Max Bent ley. for three years managing editor of the Houston Chronicle, announced today that on February 1 he will leave the executive end of the news paper gitme and devote all of his time to writing. He is to ho succeeded by C. B. Gil ls*! ile of Sugarland- I Mistaken for Burglar, Flees From Cops; Shot Traveling Salesman Smiles New Year’s Greetings From Hospital Bed While His Wife, a Trained Nurse, Helps Care for Him. "Happy New Year." Acfppt the greetings from W. G. Briggs, 32, traveling salesman, who smiled them last night from his bed in Herd Lister hospital. When the N v Year was rung in, Briggs celebrated with a party of friends downtown and was hailed by them as "A jolly good fellow, a cork ing good salesman and a menilier of iCountze Memorial Lutheran church, (lie kind of a pal we are proud of.” \\ numb'd in Ann. At yesterday morning, wiille on his way heme, he was pursued by a policeman, shot at eight times, wound ed in the right arm, suspected of be ing a burglar, and last night was un der Min d of James Acton, patrolman, while detectives investigated the rase. "But happy New Year” was his greeving "to callers. "It might have been worse.” * lie paused to smile at his wife, a charming nurse, and to murmur a desire for a drink of water. "My throat's awfully dry, darling," ! he explained. Wife on Duty. Mrs. Briggs, a trained nurse, was on duly at Lord Lister hospital when i her husband was taken there wound | cd. She immodiawly rushed to his bedside and has spent many hours with him. “She's the host nurse In the world-,” Briggs declared, once more milling. "It's easy to be a good nurse to a ! good pal lent," Mrs. Briggs said, re- ] turning the smile. "We have complete faith," she add- ; ed, "and 1 am sure our friends will ; Girl Confesses Denver Suspect Is K. C. Bank Bandit Couple Arrested Saturday With &8.000 in Trunk— Ryan Refuses to Admit Part in Robbery. Denver, Colo., Jan. 1. — Martin Ryan, alias James Martin, arrested here Saturday night in company with a woman giving the name of Marga ret Yard. today was implicated in the robbery of the Drovers’ National bank in Kansas City on December 12 in a confession made and signed by the woman, according to tho Denver po lice. Ryan, although repeatedly ques tioned, has refused to admit tlie truth fulness of the statements made in the : confession. At the time of the arrest of Ryan and Miss Yard, police found more than $8,000 hidden in tho sleeves of a coat in a trunk belonging to them, j According to the girl, who is 20 and who claims she has been married, she had been employed in a restaurant in Kansas City. Mo., for about five months prior to meeting Ryan. She met Ryan about two weeks prior to the robbery, she said, and they occu pied an apartment. On the day of the robbery, she declared in her con fession, according to the police, Ryan came home about o in the evening with a bundle wrapped in a newspa per. Unwrapping it, she declared, Ryan threw $10,000 in bills on the bed, with th'e declaration that he had got it from tho Drovers' National bank. Ryan and Miss Yard were arrested at the Union depot here Saturday night as they prepared to leave for San Francisco. Miss Yard collapsed in tlie office of Captain Rinker while making her statement and now is under the care of a police surgeon- Her collapse was brought about, she declared, by threats made by Ryan that he would kill her if she informed on him. She declares that Ryan told her that if he couldn’t ’’get her," some of the rob ber band would. Ryan, according to police, is well known to Chicago police authorities and has served a term in an Illinois reformatory. Has Fido Strayed Away? You can get him back by calling At-lantic 1000 and sending an Omaha Bee ‘•VVarfit” Ad after him. Remember, nothing is lost until it’s been advertised for in The Omaha Bee "Lost and Found” column. After that, it's generally not reported among the miss ing. Remember, Omaha Bee “Want” Ads Bring Better Results at Lesser Cost. Three lines—three times— ten dimes. I understand my husband was the vic tim of circumstances. Our consciences are easy atjd we lielieve this little incident will have no serious conse quence. ' Moved Three Days Ago. Three days ago the Briggses moved to tlie Ainsworth apartment, 2234 Jones street, which is next door to the Beverly apartment and separate] from it by a eonrt. Shortly before 5 yesterday morn ins Mrs. I,. F. Blei in the Beverly saw a man's head raise above tlie ledge of an open window and Mr. Blei i telephoned for police to “get the burglar.” • I’. F. Payne, emergency officer, and Officers Heine Bosen and J. lieilly, appearing on the scene, saw a man drop, they say. from a ledge beneath the Biel's window, and run. They cried for him to halt, and gave chase. Seven Shots in Air. Seven shots were fired in the air. For four blocks the chase continued. Officer Payne ran over an cnbank ment and wrenched his knee. Bosen put a bullet through Brigg's right arm at Twenty-second and Howard streets. Briggs said ho saw no other man ■ around the scene. ‘1 was going to enter my apartment by a rear door and evidently picked the wrong house,” Briggs said. "It was also a case of my arriving at the wrong moment. At the com- j Miami of halt I ran because I had j been held up three times in the last year, believed the officers were hold i,i|>a. and was determined they would have to give me an awful chase if they got my money." Victim of Circumstances. William Gurnett. detective, after a thorough investigation, reported to C. H. Van Deusen, chief of detec tives. that he found Briggs to be of ! excellent reputation and probably a victim of circumstances. Briggs is a salesman for the Kohler company, manufacturers of power plarfts. Whether the hone of his arm was fractured will be determined today by X-ray. Variety Greets New Year in I I. S.; Dry Agents Busy Broadway Exceptionally Dry —100 Arrests Made—Fasli alde St. Louis Hotel Scene of Biot. Chicago, Jan. J.—Father Time looked on imperturbably and lhe new baby of 1923 may have blinked per plexedly at what they saw as the nation welcomed the new year. The view was one of Variety—prohibition aridity In many places, oases in oth ers, but generally perhaps, with a few hilarious exceptions, a somewhat deco- I rous but happy reception of the new ! accession. Some of the outstanding features of the year year celebration as reported from many cities were: Broadway Is Dry. Broadway, a proverbially torrential j canyon, was dried up by prohibition i agents and the New York police, who ! made 100 or more arrests. A fist fight enlivened a raid at one place. A squa!d of prohibition agents and police were chased out of the Hotel Chase, a fashionable St. Louis hotel. : by celebrators, one of whom, a w oman, citing to a policeman's collar as riot calls summoned police reserves. No arrests were made there, although j two men were slightly wounded and a woman injured, although a dozen ! arrests were made elsewhere in that city. Prohibition agents at San Francisco were arrested by a policeman and summoned to court for violating a traffic ardinance, although the city’s celebration was characterized as one of the sanest in years, but noisy. Chicago Is Muddy. Chicago celebrated hilariously in time Honored style, although church i services and family and neighborhood parties probably outnumbererd the j noisier and moist celebrations in ' w hich hotel and cafe proprietors esti- i mated at least a half million dollars were tossed away. A few raids and 1 arrests were made by police and pro hibition agents. It was generally agreed that the dusty New Year's pre- j dieted by dry agents had been a muddy one. The reports of the celebration from j the viewpoints of aridity, moisture i and winds, seemed to leave New York as a somewhat lone metropolis of quiet and dryness. I But Grover Wasn't There. Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 1.—The Ger man steamship Jupiter, on which was reported Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, war dodger, had shipped, disguised as a sailor, arrived in port at 9 this morning. Exhaustive searches by : soldiers, naval sailors and Depart | meilt of Justice men failed to reveal i presence of Bergdoll. The captain i said he was surprised that any such reqprt could have originated, as lie I was at Cardiff when chartered for | Pensacola loading , Immigrants Are Sought by Industry 0 ! Farmers Join itli Big Busi ness in Effort to Relieve Present Shortage of Common Labor. 100,000 Increase Sought Washington, Jan. 1.—Tlio big indus- j tries rrt the country and farm organi zations have joined hands in a deter mined drive to procure such relaxa- i tion of the immigration restriction law as will relieve the present short age of common labor. With the backing of (lie senators and representatives of the leading in dustrial and agricultural states, a con certed effort will be made to obtain legislation at Ibis session of congress which will operate to admit probably not less than 100,000 aliens in excess of the number of immigrants coming in under the 3 per cent quota l.nv. ■The house committee on immigra tion will give a hearing next Thurs day to a committee of the National Manufacturers’ association which will propose three major modifications of tlie present restriction law. The plan was worked out in consultation with agricultural leaders and its essential features were approved at the recent meeting of the American Farm Bu reau federation in Chicago. Plan .Made Public. The recommendations of the manu- . facturers’ committee made public to- ] day follow: "1. That in fixing the quota of each nationality of otherwise admis- j sible aliens under the present law due regard should be given to the ascertained annual emigration from the United States of persons of such nationality. “2. That the secretary of labor shall be authorized upon the presenta tion to him of satisfactory evidence of a continuing shortage of labor of a particular class or type to admit dtherwlse admissible aliens in excess of the quota until in his judgment such condition is Improved. That provision shall be made for physical examination of aliens at ports of embarkation or where their passports are vised, except fhnt such requirement shall be waived upon as surances of another government that satisfactory examination has been made.” Labor Is Opposed. This move will be resisted ptub bornly by organized labor on the ground that increased immigration of foreign labor will result in a lowering of wages. Mr. Gompers contends that there would be no labor shortage if wages permitting an American stand ard of living were paid for unskilled labor by industries from which the native-born have been driven by alien competition. The'cabinet is divided on the pro posal. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon favors it. while Secretary of Labor Davis has withheld his ap proval. In his recent message to congress, President Harding frowned on lifting the immigration liars, but proposed instead the establishment of selective examination of intending im migrants abroad. Two Killed When Auto Hits Truck Speeder Deliberately Wrecks Car to Save Lives‘of Woman and Babe. Dallas. Tex.. Jan. 1.—Deliberately [ turning his speeding car into a motor truck to save the lives of a woman [ with a 1 labs' in her arms walking down the road caused tlie death of two j Dallas youths this morning and the serious injury of four others, includ ing the driver. The dead: G. P. Calhoun and W. B. Bevill. The injured: John M. Holt, Rey nold Turner, Robert M. Williamson, jr., and Stanley G. Davis, all of Dai- t las. Davis, who was driving the auto- ! mobile, said at the hospital the^car | was going SO miles an hour. As it rounded a turn and started across j a bridge at the Village creek crossing, | lie saiii, he saw a truck with a string of trailers ahead of him. Near the truck a man and a woman, the latter carrying a baby, were walking, he I said. “I had to hit the truck or I would j have hit the woman and the baby,” Davis explained. Sir Horace Plunkett ^ ill Study American Methods New York, Jan. 1.—Sir Horace Plunkett, recently nominated to mem bership in the Irish Free State sen ate. arrived here on tho steamship Adriatic, commissioned by his gov ernment to study agriculture and methods employed by the United States in maintaining the congres sional reference library. Aped Man Found Dead. Alexandria. I<n., Jan. 1.—The body of George Atwell, 65, who lias been missing since last March, was found in a field near Selma, Igt., today. On a tree nearby a rope hung on which were found human hairs. An investi gation is under wav to determine how he met death v. ^ w. ' Last f ^/Lash Troops Leave Ireland Announcement that the last of the Uritish troops hadleft Ireland marked an era in the Emerald Isle's history. This picture shows some of the troops loading their storesaboard ship preparatory to their departure. Hiding Place of Mrs. Phillips Is Discovered Cabin in Lonely Canyon Near Los Angeles Was Occu pied by ‘Hammer Mur deress* Four Days. Los Angeles, Jan. 1.—Discovery of "a cabin in a lonely canyon near Los Angeles,” where Mrs. Clara Phillips, "hammer murderess,” who escaped from the Los Angeles county jail December 5, “concealed herself for at least four days” after the Jail break, was announced at the sheriff's office tonight. The statement was made that Ar mour Lee Phillips, husband of the convicted murderess, ''was known to have purchased food at a grocery near the cabin for four days after his wife's escape,” and that another man, whose identity has not been learned, delivered the food at the cabin. The officers declined to name the exact location of the cabin, hut de- • dared their investigations proved It had been occupied recently. First Real Clue. They said this discovery offered them the first “real clue” fo the whereabouts of Mrs. Phillips and that it would he followed by an intensified effort to locate her. Among their first steps, it was I stated, would he a requestioning of I Phillips, who would be asked to ex- I plain his alleged purchases of food, and to name the man who made the j deliveries. After that, all persons liv ing in the vicinity of the cabin are ! to be questioned. According to Frank Dewer, deputy sheriff, Phillips appeared at the grocery on four consecutive days im mediately after his wife's escape, paid for a supply of food, ordered that some of it he cooked und told the proprietor another man would call for it later. Second -Man l sed. Toward evening, tlio second man would arrive, obtain tlie food and hurry away. The officers said they did not be lieve Mrs. Phillips remained in the cabin more than four days, as the purchases of food at the grocery ceased after that period, and it would have been dangerous for her to ap pear in public to obtain supplies in person. They said they believed she was transported by friends to an other state or Mexico. Phillips recently announced plans to return to his former home in Hous ton, Tex., but is believed still to be in or near I-os Angeles, officers said. Koiubs Exploded in Lisbon Near Italian Consulate Madrid, Jan. 1.—Seven bombs wore exploded in J-dsbon last night in th» vicinity of the Italian consulate and the residence of the civil governor. No one was injured. All the public buildings today w-ere under strict guard and the city was generally quiet. Youth Shot Dead II hile Slayer Believed lie Was Breaking Into House. Tick-Tacking the New Year Mesquite, Tex., .Ian. I.—Celebrat ing New Year’s by “tick-tacking” the home of Itolicrt Hall, a farmer near here, last night, cost the life of 16-yeai'-old Winfield Knox. With two youthful eoumajiioiis, Knox was playing the old game on the Hall home. The noise awakened Ilall, who said he called out and receiving no reply, fired one shot through the door, killing the lad. Hall, who said he believed some one was breaking into the house, was prostrated today. Alter an inquest today Ilall was liberated on Sl.aOO hail, to await action of the Dallas county grand jury. Goss to Head District Court Named Presiding Judge for 1923 at Annual Meeting in Courthouse. Judge Charles A. Goss will be pro siding judge of the district court dur ing 1023. He was chosen to succeed Judgo Charles Leslie at the annual meeting of district judges yesterday in the courthouse. Judge Leslie was not a candidate for re election. Other assignments include: Law courts. Judge Charles Leslie, court No. 2: Judge Carroll O. Stauffer, court I | No. 3; Judge A. Troup, court No. 4; | Judge Arthur C. Wakeley, court No. I 3. and Judge William A. Uedick, court No. C. Equity court assignments in clude Judge M. J. Fitzgerald, court No. 7, and Judge Willis G. Sears, court No. 8. Reappointment of Louis Grebe as chief bailiff and Moses 1’. O'Brien as probation ofllcer also was announced. Terms of court for the coming year will be: Douglas county, February 5, March 7 and October 1; Burt county, March 12, November 12, and Wash ington county, Afn il f and October 8. Double Tunnel Under Mount Blanc to Be Dug Geneva, Jan. 1.— Rians of t lie French and Italian engineers for the proposed double tunnel* under Mont Blanc, which have just been announc ed, contemplate the opening of the | tunnel to traffic within five years. R will be nearly nine miles long. Mother and Bahy Slain. Two Wounded hy Maniac Canton, O., Jan. 1.—A mother and j her 3-year-old son are dead, and two others severely wounded as the result | ot a maniac's attack on a Canton | family New Year's eve. Tho slayer j then slashed his own throat. He Is ; in a serious condition, i The dead are; 1 Mrs. Elizabeth Rich, 28, and Daniel Rich, 3; and the wounded, Peter Rich, 13, shot in tho left leg; Dominick Rich, 43, beaten about the head with a-revolver, and o.Te Fernandez, 38 charged by police with being tho slay er. Police say Fernandez suddenly went insane while visiting at tho Rich home. Welfare Congress Convenes. Mexico City, Jan. 1.—The second Mexican congress on child welfare was inaugurated hero today with 250 delegates, representing all tho states ,Wl the republic, in attendance Bandits Wait All Night in Garage; Get Jewels, Cash Guests at New Year‘s Party Go Home in Blankets When Sneak Thief Lifts Wraps. Two unmasked bandits who told U. J. Tate of the Tate Land company, as ho entered li^s garage yesterday morning that they had, been waiting for him all night, robbed him of dia monds valued at $4,000. They also obtained $30 tn cash. A sneak thief removed all but a few of the wraps and coats at a New Year's watch party at the home of Jacob Bernstein. 2807 Wirt street. As a result there was a hasty search for blankets and other coverings for the guests. The loss is estimated at i $1,000. Demanding money he said was hid den in an oats box. a bandit stopped C. J. Marsh, milk wagon driver, 3608 South Twenty-fifth street, at Twen tieih and Nicholas streets early yes terday. "How lie knew I fiad that $30 there is more than I can figure out,' said Marsh to police. Supreme Court Will Meet Today Oalli ^ ill Be Administered to Butler—Big Cleanup of Cases Expeeted. Washington. Jan. 1.—The supreme court will meet tomorrow after a three weeks’ recess. Based upon the record it made on returning from the former long recess, when by opinons and orders it removed 78 cases from the dpeket, court habitues expect an other big cleaning up after Assocate Justice Pierce Butler of St. Paul has had the Judicial oath administered to hint by the chief justice, making him a member of the court. Justice Butler -Will have the peculiar experience of not occupying tlie seat at the foot of the bench. Justices of the court are seated in order of seniority of service, and it is customary for the new member to go to the end of the bench to the left of the chief justice. A* the resignation of Justice Pitney took ef fect today however, Justice Butler will have stepped up the ladder one rung when he dons his official robes tomorrow and the chair at the ex treme left of the bench will be vacant. A number of Important cases aro down for argument during the week, Including the appeals of the Ameri can and foreign steamship companies in the liquor cases. These are ex pected to be reached Thursday. Three Western States Inaugurate Governors Denver, Jan. 1.—Three western states inaugurated governors today, Arizona restoring to officer its first chief executive, George P. Hunt, and William B. Ross wvis placed at the head of the ship of state in Wyoming and James F. Hinkle in New Mexico. Governor Hinkle last night was host at a chuck wagon feed, reviving an old custom which had not been observed In recent years. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska—Tuesday. snow; not much change In temperature. Hourly Temperatures. * «• *« ti : i p. m . ss H *• ,n.27 i 2 |i, in.Mi 7 n. ttt . ifi 3 p. in x; K m. tt» 2H 4 i». m . . . 35 9 H. m 29 5 p. m 3 2 10 ». in.31 A p. m.32 1 * «.in ... 32 1 7 p in . 31 12 •noon) .... 35 1 Math ers Is Selected as Speaker Member* Not Held by Cau cus Selection if They l’eel the Corporations Influ enced Organization. • - Saunders Senate Leader By I*. POWELL. Staff Correftpondrnt Tin* Omaha Or#. Lincoln, Jan, 1,—(Special.—Repub lican members of the lower house of the state legislature, on the fifth bal lot in caucus tonight, made A. X. Mathers, banker of tiering, the ma. jority party nominee for speaker ii the house. Mathers' selection gave apparent general satisfaction and threat of a bolt, which might have imperiled re publican organization of the house, disappeared with announcement of his victor}'. The derisive ballot gave Mathers 33 of the 54 votes east, with Grant Mears of Wayno county polling 21. First Itallnl. On the first ballot, the vote stood) Mathers, 20; Mears, 17; T. B. Dysart, Omaha, 11; Daniel Garber, Red Cloud, 6. Garber withdrew on the third j ballot and Dysart on the fourth. Simultaneously, republican majority senators met and nominated Senator Charles D. Saunders of Omaha for president pro tern of the senate, vir tually by acclamation. Clyde Darnurd of Table Rock was nominated for sec retary of the senate. It will be his fourth term in that office. One woman won a place among the legislative officers, the first, time that a woman lias been so honored. Miss Frances Sturmer, for the last three months assistant secretary of stale, was nominated by the republican house caucus for second assistant clerk of the lower house, winning easily over three opponents. Democrats of the house met Infor mally and listened to addresses by Governor-elect C. W. Bryan, who ap peared with a jaw swollen out of shape because of an ulcerated tooth, and by Arthur Mullen of Omaha. They decided to ask for four-ninths representation on all committees. Representatives from the Second congressional district, embracing Douglas, Washington and Sarpy coun ties. refused to concede the demand of Howell forces that they re-caucus and upset the selection of Dysart and George Dyball as their representa tives on the committee on committees. Howell’s supporters professed to lie satisfied, however, that the outstate selections gave a preponderant vote on this important committee in their favor. 9 Committee on Committees. Ollier district selections for the com mittee on committees were: Third: George Staats of Fremont; Allen G. Burke of Bancroft. Fourth: Earle C. Smiley of Sew ard, Harvey Essam of Beatrice. Fifty: R. R. Vance of Hastings, W. F. Wood of Maigler. Sixth: C. L. Miner of Ravenna, Ross Amspoker of Sprlngview. J. Reid Green of Lincoln was chair man of the caucus and was elected chairman of the committee on com mittees. Oswald Iveifer of Superior was secretary of the caucus. Slathers, the republican choice for speaker, is a banker who came up from the ranks. As a stgte university student, he worked his way through school by washing dishes in a restau rant. Frank Corrick of Lincoln, *hief clerk of the lower house in 1921, was again elected to that position. He polled 50 votes, with four for C. L. MeConaugfvey of Seward. Other house officers picked by the republican caucus were: First as sistant clerk, T. TV. Bass of Broken Bow; second assistant clerk, Frances Stunner of Beatrice; sergeant-at-arms, George Bivens of Hastings; assistant sergeant-at-arms, W. W. Cole of Neligh. Minor senate officers picked by the senate caucus were: Assistant secre tary, II. E. Wright of Seward: sec ond assistant secretary, Fred E. Mc Farland of York: sergeant-at-arms, F. S. McGinnis of O'Neill; assistant ser geant-at-arms, W. F. Johnson of Clay Center; chaplain, the ltev. A. A. Cress, man of Crete. Victory for Huwell. The selection of a speaker by the republican house caucus occupied less than a half hour, once tho balloting began. .Amicable proceedings in the house caucus followed a day of i uinor8 and conferences, centering about United States Senator R. B. Howell’s insistence that the house organization bo friendly to "progres sive legislation.” While Howell was currently reported to favor Wears for the speakership. Mathers’ selection was declared entirely satisfactory by K. J. I,anib of Tecumseh, who ap peared In the caucus as the lfowell spokesman. Howell was particularly anxious to defeat Dysart, who op posed tho Howell Omaha municipal electric light bill in the 1021 session. Howell forces considered that they had won a victory when they gained the unanimous adoption of a resolu tion presented to the caucus by Lamb. The resolution recited charges that for 30 days representatives of the Ne braska Bower company of Omaha and tho tolephonc companies had been (Tern to I’bko Tug, Column One.,'