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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.
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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.
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7 n. ttt . ifi 3 p. in x;
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9 H. m 29 5 p. m 3 2
10 ». in.31 A p. m.32
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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
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