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V The Omaha M< irning _iee ^ Vol.. ->iJ — NO. 176. ■■ Snowd-Claan Mount May ISO*, at I ) A II A TUESDAY I AYTTARV O lOO1? * Ouliidt tha am naa II yiati- Oalt» and Sunday. IU: Sunday only. M. TWO CENT® _Omaha P. 0. Undue Act al Match 3. 1*71. JltlAllAi 1 Lljk UAI , JAlMJAKl •'» J By Mill w yiaf). Dally and Sunday. »3, Sunoay, »a.M. oMthlu tht am too*. 1 “ _—__________ ■ _—-- — British Ask Square Deal on War Debt Brilii-li Chancellor of K\ choquor T«'ll> II. S. Fund ing Body Fngland Nol X'kiug Favors. Intend to Pay Last Cent Washington. Jan. 8.—Great Britain "ants a fair business settlement of her $5,000,000,000 war debt to the I niter! States on Midi terms as "ill produce the least possible disturbance in the trade relations of the two coun tries. Stanley Baldwin, the British chancellor of the exchequer, declared ; today in an address before the joint meeting of the British and American « ommls.sions. “We are not hero to ask fur favors or to impose on generosity,*' said Mr. Baldwin. “We want a fair business settlement, t square deal, a settle , ment that "ill secure for America tlu* ^00f{Mtyiiieiit to the last cent of those credits which the l nited States gov • rnnient established in America for us their associates in tlie war." Keply to Welcome. Mr Baldwin's address was in reply to o.ie of welcome by Secretary Mel- j Ion. chairman of the American com ; mission who expressed particular an ; predation of the courtesy of the Brit ish government in having designate I as its delegates men so distinguished, lie called attention that this "as the first time a chancellor of the ex chequer had left his country to par ticipate in a mission of this character, i The treasury secretary assured the i British representatives that the Ametr Joan commissioners were no less sen j Bible than themselves to the virtual , necessity of effecting a definite settle ment upon a basis entirely just to both. He nddfd that tiie prompt pay- j ment by Great Britain of one $100, j 1*00,000 of interest during the past ' three months, pending a final arrange- j ment was to his mind conclusive proof ; of (he right spirit of financial in tegrity which he was proud to say had always animated both of tlie two! great English speaking nations. Approaches Problem. The British chancellor in his reply approached the problem in a broad general wav, declaring the settlement would determine the material welfare of the great mass of wage earners in i Great Britain and the United States., lie submitted extensive statistics as to financial cond 'ions in Great Britain and a study of these figures was be gun immediately by the American commission. ■"^The text of Mr. Baldwin's address follow s: "On behalf of tile British delegation I take this opportunity of expressing to the American government and peo ple our heartfelt appreciation of the warmth ami courtesy of our recep tion, a reception so characteristic of the generous hospitality of this great nation. "We have come with the express iri tenthm of repaying our debt and it u owing to the practical difficulties of making International payments that vp are about to consult with ypu In order to accomplish the end which we both have in view. "We met today under extraordinary circumstances." "We are here to arrange the terms of the payment of the Britisli debt to the United States. That debt was | contracted in a common cause. "It was the first contribution made by the United States to save civiliza tion from being engulfed and free people being brought under the do alructive rule of military autocracy. : It was followed by tbe contribution of the man power of the United States, 1 whoso soldiers fought so gallantly I with ours and those of our allies for the same purpose. A Common Cause. ' Then we were enlisted in a com mon cause; we still have common eeo mimic interests The payment of our debt to you involves much more than ; the transfer of huge sums from Bon- 1 don to Washington*. It must affect the future well being of both coun tries, and on their prosperity depends to a large extent that of the entire world. The settlement we make here 'Turn to Page Two, Column Slx.l Labor Board Rejects ‘One Big Union’ Plea Chicago. Jan. S.—(By A. B.)—The "fine Big Union” idea mnong railroad men, as represented by the United Association of Railway Employes of North America, the successor to the so-called outlaw union which called 1110 switchmen’s strike in KtCO. has no standing, so far as tlie United States railroad labor hoard is concerned, it was announced today. The hoard refused to receive a peti tion presented by R. C. Greenley, gen eral chairman of the union, for a hear ing on a dispute between his men and tile Michigan Central railroad, on the ground that Greenley's evidence failed to show he represented a majority of the men employed. Irish Railroad Damaged in 375 Places in Year Dublin, Jan. 8.—(By A. P.)—A map issued by the Southern and Western railway shows that during the last year the right-of-way of the line has been damaged at 375 places. Forty two engines have been derailed. 93 bridges destroyed and 9tt signal cabins and other buildings razed. Indictments Dismissed. Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. S.—In dictments returned a month ago by special grand jury against H. F. Fellows and Orville V. Rinehardt, for mer officers of a Rapid City Packing company, charging them with irregu larities in the company's affairs, have been dismissed, it became known to day Seheurer Is New Swiss President r^-KarlScheurer 4 The federal assembly nf Switzerland has Hteted M. Karl Seheurer. chief of tin military department, president of the Swiss federation for 1 !*23. Ultimatum to Be Presented to Turkey Soon Allies ^ ill Semi Drafl ol Near Mast Peace Part \\ illi I)cinaii<i to Si*:n or lake <,oiise()uenees. London, .Ian. K.—!|S,\ A, I’.I— ,\ drafl of the near east treaty will lie pre sented tn the Turks at Lausanne with in a fortnight, it was said in etlieial circles today. Tho Turks will lie teld to sign the document or to tear it in pieces and take the eonseituenccs. Lausanne. .Ian. S.—(By A. I*.)—Ferid Bey, the Turkish nationalist repre-j sentathe at Paris, who is at present in Lausanne, said yesterday; "Should the conference break down w e w ill return home and w ait until! the allies agree to our present teriin^” Asked if it was true France was pre pared to sign a separate treaty with Turkey in case of a rupture, he re- . plied: "If so I am not aware of it. But it is to lie remarked that we still have an accord with France, signed in Octo ber, 1921. - "We are quite willing to sign sepa rate treaties with any country; we are most anxious to sign a commercial agreement with tho United States. It would seem to us from Ambassador Child's declaration regarding tho open door that the American oil interests have succeeded in getting a promise j of part of Mosul from the British. The Americans are satisfied with this, j whereas it is not at all certain the British will get Mosul." The Turks are not daunted by the | prospect of a rupture, according to | Ferid Bey, which, if it conies, is ex- [ ported to lie on the oil question. After a silence of many days, the Russian delegation came very much into life last nigt by officially menac- j ing the near east conference with a ' lefusnl to subscribe to any settlement of the problem of the straits unless the conference altered its attitude toward the soviet delegation. M. Tcliitcherin sent a communion- j tlon to three presidents of the con | ference, setting forth his astonishment at learning that a straits settlement , was being elaborated and would be | sent to the Russians in due time. He was amazed, lie said, that the Rus sians had not been permitted to par ticipate in tlie framing of this project. “A detailed examination of the va- 1 rious proposals touching on the straits has been carried on without us, despite our multitudinous protests." said M. Tcliitcherin, "and we have been practically eliminated. The delegation representing Russia and the Ukraine now wishes to affirm that if a final straits project is presented to the con ference without previous.submission to ill the powers, it is doubtful if it will furnish the basis of an accord with Russia.” Deficiency f und Bill Passed. Washington, Jan. S.—The second deficiency appropriation bill carrying approximately $75,000,000 was passed today by the senate within about an hour. Why Not Rent It? Possibly you have a spare room furnished neatly and cozily, but unoccupied. The money you realize each month from such a room would go a long way toward paying your house or apart ment rent, or, if you own your own home, let it help to pay your taxes and insurance. Advertise it tomorrow. Hundreds of people choose their homes through the “Rooms for Rent’’ advertise ments in the “Want” Ad sec tion of The Omaha Bee—de sirable people, too. Three Line*—Three Time* Ten Dime* Committee? 0. K.’d,^ • 'F y* Le^isi^fire threatened tAa.-li on \ppoint inenls Averted h\ thr* Ap parent fairness of Se lecting Hod\. Not a Dissenting Vote h> iv c rom li.. Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 8.—(Special.f— The house and senate today confirmed appointments submitted by commit tees on committees today without a dissenting vote. A threatened clash was averted by the apparent fairness in committee appointments which a p pa re n t 1 y pleased the democrats as well as some republicans inclined at first t«> believe an attempt was being made to organ ize committees unfair to certain legis lation. While i lie Omaha delegation won heavy representation cm the cities and tow ns committee of house and senate it has very little in lhe telephone and telegraph committees in which many o: the battles may bo fought this year. Heads Judiciary Committee. Guuper of Omaha heads the import ant senate judiciary committee, while Larkin of Omaha, a new member, heads the manufacturers committee. Bobbins of Omaha is head «<f the sen ate municipal affairs committee and i hambers of Omalfh is chairman of the miscellaneous corporations com mittee. In the lower house the important i oinmittee appointments given to I Omniums follow: Telephone and telegraph, Tiintne; • itioH and towns. Pyball, Holding, i Smith, Allan. George n. Gollins; ju-I dieiary. J>ysart, Baldrige; banks and | banking. Baldrige; railroads. Dyball; t labor, Strehh-w, Kautsky; revenue and taxation, Dvsart; corporations. Uyball, (Turn to l*nge Two, Column Two.) Salary Slashes Object oLFirst Bill in Senate Perry Keed Introduces Meas ure to <ail Stipends of De partment Secretaries at Statehouse. Rincolti, Jan. 8.—(Special.)—The first bill introduced in the state senate (his afternoon Indicates a determina tion to retain the civil administration code. S. F. No. 1, introduced by Perry Heed, one of the veteran loaders of the senate, provides for a salary slash of the department secretaries, it pro tides the secretary of the department of trade and commerce shall receive $4,000 instead of $5,000; *3,000 for fi nance and agriculture, and $2,500 for labor and welfare. Senator AViltse of Richardson coun ty introduced an inheritance tax bill which graduates (he tax. First degree heirs under the terms of the bill will pay 1 per cent up to $20,000; 2 per cent up to $40,000 and 3 per cent up to $100,000 and 4 per cent over *100, 000. It also increases the state's share from heirs of the second degree and all legatees in graduated amounts. AViltse is also sponsoring a bill ,which makes it mandatory for county boards to employ a county agent upon petition of 300 voters of the county. Thlrboard has the option, however, of submitting the question either by elec tion or open hearing. Nine bills In all were introduced In the senate which recessed until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Day s Activities in Washington Federal prohibition authorities be gan a cheek of liquor consignments to foreign embassies anil legations here j to determine whether any part of sueli supplies is reaching the bootleg mar ket. The plan, outlined by Secretary Hughes in his New Haven speed), for settlement of the reparations eon-: troversy, it was learned, has been com- j municated to the French government but no final reply has been received. The supreme court held, in a decis ion in the ease of the federal trade commission against the Curtis Pub lishing company, that publishers of newspapers and magazines lawfully ran maintain exclusive wholesale dis tribution agencies. Closing by the government of hotels and restaurants, particularly in New York city, for prohibition violations, was predicted by officials who dis cussed advisability of invoking the padlock provisions of the enforce ment laws at a conference. At tlie first joint meeting of the British and American debt commis sion, Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer and one of the British } commissioners, declared Great Britain I intended to repay every cent of its i war debt to the United States but I desired funding arrangements which [ would disturb trade relations as little I as possible. Woman Is “Straight Shot.'" Sandy, Ore., Jan. 8.—Mrs. Thomas j Hagan is the champion pistol shot of this < c.nr.m dhity. She recently went out to chicken coops bark of her home 1 to end the career of a skunk which had been "snooping'' about. She crawled under tile coops with her gun and. aiming directly at the "polecat's" tuil, shot off its head I 'lillionairp ff Ito Left ^ . N. Last July Rat urns VV U ith Capital off). Cants •» New York. Jan 8.—"With just 60 cents in his pockets George Piroraco. 40. who left this country last July a millionaire, arrived today on the Greek liner King Alexander, to make his second fight fur a fortune. Piro caco lost his wealth in Smyrna when the Turkish hordes came in. lie said he could not afford even to bring his wife home. Piroraco came here first in 1905 as a stoker, lie went into the tobacco importing business and when he left last summer, he says, he owned more than $800,000 worth of property in Smyrna. Almost as soon as he arrived there, the Turks came. IIis tobacco ware houses, yacht and all his other prop erty were burned. Today he landed here, one of 105 Smyrna refugees, and confident he would win his new fight. He started looking for a job imme diately. Federal Agents Probe Shipments of "Embassy’ Rum Charges That Bootleggers Oh lain Liquor From Foreign Legations Stir l p Bum pus in Washington. WitahiiiKlnn, Jan. S.—(By A I’.)— Charges that much of the illicit liquor retailed recently by Wash ington botleggers came in to the I'nited States under consignment to the foreign embassies and legations here, have developed a situa tion which, in the opinion of federal prohibition authorities, embraces many disagreeable potentialities. While officials of the federal gov ernment will not discuss specifically the liquor raids which Washington police officers declare have provided evidence of a leak from the embassy and legation stores to bootleggers, ‘‘dry” agents agreed today that there was "more than rumors” to support iho theory that some intoxicants per mitted re-entry under diplomatic courtesy, have found their way into illegal channels. Tile prohibition officials have start ed a. check on diplomatic shipments to determine whether the represen tatives of any country have been re ceiving an apparently abnormal sup ply. The proceed tire for obtaining entry necessitates formal application by the embassy to the State depart ment which, it was said today, is sending a copy of each application to the prohibition bureau for its infor mation. A further check is being 4na.de through customs officials at Heltimore, New York and Philadel phia. through which ports the bulk of the diplomatic liquors arrive. Officials were hesitant to say what action would be taken if it was defi nitely established that an embassy was receiving supplies of liquors plainly in excess of the requirements of its staff, but it was indicated that this department would he requested, in such a case, to take the matter up with the ambassador or minister in question in the hope of obtaining his voluntary rooperatlon toward remedying the situation. It was the opinion of officials that if such knowledge should result from their investigation it would be found that a subordinate attache of the legation or embassy would bo proven to have been the culprit without the knowl edge of any of his responsible su periors. Work May Be Shifted to Take Fall Vacancy Washington, Jan. 8.—(Special.)—It became known here today that Presi dent Harding is considering the possi bility of moving Postmaster General Work into the Interior department, making possible appointment of Sena tor Harry New, Indiana, as postmas ter general. Friends of Representative Mondell and of Senator Poindexter are still active. Senator Jones of Washington called at the White House today to urge appointment of Senator Poin dexter. Kight Indicted for Arson. New York. Jan. 8.—Kight persons were indicted today for first degree arson upon evidence submitted by the district attorney's office in con nection with tlie hurtling of a number of laundries. The names of tlie eight were withheld. Too Bad They Stay Such a Short Time 'C*. ' wish) i too Didn't \ WlbGo'] WF L L GO AS SOON AS THl compwt GOfrS | r’°0D~ ^Ll \ Missouri Pacific Road May Acquire Rio Grande Line New \ ork Bankers Admit Ne gotiations l nder Way for Purehase of Bankrupt Railroad New York, Jan. S.—Negotiations for j | acquisition by the Missouri Pacific! railroad, of the Denver & Rio Grande, Western, now in receivers’ hands are under way. it was stated by local j bankers tonight. Official comment1 was withheld an tho ground that statements were premature. Joseph H. Young, a former presi dent and now receiver for the Denver & Rio Grande Western, d» « Di ed he ; had no knowledge of such a sale and any such negotiations would have to j be passed upon by the courts which now control both roads. From other sources ft was learned , that negotiations are in progress look * ing toward a plan of reorganization of the Denver Rio Grand© Western that would be acceptable to the bond- 1 holders and others financially inter rated in the road. Under that plan, the Western Pacific, which now con- 1 trols the common stock of the Denver j & Rio Grande Western and the Mis-j sour! Pacific, which holds a large amount of the road's bonds, would be i in joint control of the reorganized ; Denver & Rio Grand Western. U i would, however, be operated as an in dependent railroad. So far, it was said, the negotiations have progressed Smoothly and the plan of reorganiza- ! tion may be announced soon. What \ new financing would be required to care for the various bond issues of the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the reorganization of the road was not disclosed. 500 Political Prisoners in Mexico Granted Freedom K1 Paso. Tex.. Jan. S.—Five hun- | •lred political prisoners'have been re leased from various prisons in Mexico, j following tin' ratification of the , amnesty decree by the national cham- j her of deputies, according to a report received at tho El Paso Mexican con* ! sulate from Mexico City. The decree was issued on Christmas day by President Obregon and was j ratified by the chamber of deputies on January 5. “Cat Woman ’ Dying of Hunger Mrs. Bozarti, Who Daily Fed Dozens of Hungry Felines, Found Near Death Surrounded by Over 200 Empty Milk Bottles. New York, Jan. 8.—(By A. P.)— The “Cat "Woman of Avenue B" was in Bellevue hospital tonight dying from starvation. “Cat Woman” was the name neigh bors gave Catherine Bozarti, a queer little woman who never smiled and who moved to the avenue two years ago. Beyond the fact that she loved cats and fed every feline prowler in their neighborhood once a day, just after nightfall, the neighbors never learned a thing about her. Mrs. John McGowan, who fived in the next apartment to Mrs. Bozarti, tried time and again to question her and even invited her to supper once. Rut Mrs. Bozarti would not talk about herself; neither would she ac cept any supper invitations. So Mrs. McGowan shook her head and gave it up. All day long, even in the hot sum mer time, the “Cat Woman” stayed indoors. Then, as night came, she would go around the corner to the dairy for her daily purchase of six quarts of milk. Returning, she would pour the milk in some dozen saucers on the pavement in front of her j apartment. Always there was a bunch of cats awaiting her. But the "Cat Woman” seemed to ] have a Mrange influence over them, j She would talk in a low tone and | they would quietly await their turn j at the saucers. It used to he an in- | terestiog sight for the children of j tha neighborhood, watching Mrs. Bo- j zurti and her cats. The weather being had for the last week, the "Cat Woman's” neighbors] didn't pay much attention to her. j They had become used to her habits. But Sunday night the neighborhood was disturbed for several hours by the wailing of hungry cats. A police man finally came and .shooed them away. This morning Mrs. McGowan knocked at the "Cat Woman's” door, heard a faint moan and called other residents of the house. They found Mrs. liozarti starving, surrounded by mure that 200 empty milk bottles , Flames Destroy Club at Alliance Building and Kquipment \ al lied aL $20,000 Razrri by Midnight Blaze. Alliance. Xeh.. Jan. s.—Fire starting presumably from spontaneous com- < bustion in a coat basement destroyed the Alliance t’oiflntry clubhouse and contents on the shore of Broncho lake, two miles west of here. Sunday night, entailing damage, of $20,000. About 1^2,000 Insurance was carried. The loss included $1,000 worth of personal property of club members, including live canoes, 30 sets of golf clubs, ten nis equipment and clothing. The blaze was discovered by Kdward Milhurn, caretaker, who was alone in the clubhouse. He heard the engine stop in the boilerroom and found the basement in flames. He telephoned for the Alliance volunteer fire department. The clubhouse, built t^yo years ago and one of the finest in western No- ( hiaska, was a popular pleasure resort of Alliance business men. Prairie Are caught from the blazo and burned over several acres. Sev eral hundred persons from town watched the flames which were fanned by a high wind. Treasury Announces New Issue of Notes Washington, Jan. 8.—The treasury 1 announced a new offering of 41v per cent treasury notes, dated January 15 and maturing December 15. 1927. The issue is for about $300,000,000 with the right reserved by the treasury to allot additional securities of the issue ; to the extent that Victory notes or ; war savings certificates are tendered in payment or exc hange. About $200,000,000 of the Victory ! notes w hich were called for redemp- , tlon December 15 are still outstanding, , according to treasury figures, and something like $400,000,000 off the 1918 issue of war savings stamps als*» have not been presented for redemption. In- . terest stopped December 15 on the ! called Viotdry notes and January 1. I on the war savings stamps. Harry Silverman Is Made Deputy Attorney General ( Lincoln, Jan. 8.—(Special.)—Harry Silverman of Omaha has been ap pointed deputy attorney general by O. S. Spillman, state attorney general, according to announcement made to day. Silverman "ill serve as assistant to T. J. McGuire of Omaha, chief deputy county attorney for the Omaha dis trict. Silverman served as private secre tary to J. Dean Ringer when Ringer was police commissioner of Omaha. Spillman also announced the ap pointment of Lee Rasy of Alliance to I lie a deputy attorney general in charge of the blue sky department. Mother and Two Children Are Killetl hy Snow'slide Raker. Ore., Jan. 8.—Mrs. Harry Kislier and her two children, a boy 3 and a girl fl. were killed by a snow slide which struck their home In Ma.vf|pwer gulch, near Cornucopia, Sunday night, according to word re ceived here today, l-’isher was thrown onto a hot stove and so seriously burned lie was not expected to re cover a mine crew recovered the bodies early today. W heat Exports Last W eek. Washington, Jan. 8.—Exports of | "heat from the United States during the week ending January 6 aggregat ed LoTS.OaO bushels, according to fig ures made public today by the Com- I merce department in its first weekly announcement covering exports of the principal commodities | It Seventy-Five Mile Gale Lilts Roots in Mile-Hijrh Citv C' All Firemen Hut—Buildings Destroyed and Damage Done Running Into Thousands. Denver, Colo., Jan. S.—Descending upon the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountain region early last night, a severe windstorm, increasing in ve locity from a rate of 25 miles an hour to between 65 and 75 miles an hour, left destruction and havoc in its wake in parts of Denver and nearly a score of northern Colorado towns and in farming sections, according to general reports reaching Denver early today. Fires, fanned by the gale, wrought terror in parts of Denver during the night and virtually every fire department in the city was en gaged in battling more than a score of blazes. Several residences, stores, two downtown buildings and a hotel reiVrtcd fires, none of which proved to be serious. Heavy Damage, The damage, however, was expect ed to run into thousands of dollars, although no official estimate was available early today. The storm, which came from the western Rocky mountains, swept down upon southern Wyoming and northern Colorado late yesterday, unroofing bouses and do molishing numerous frame residences. No kiss of life was reported. Fann ers lost heavily in damage to farm properties, it was reported. Strikes Denver. Moving south, the storm struck Denver after It o'clock last night and continued its errand of destruc tion. Telegraph and telephone commu nication to points north of here was virtually demoralized, scores of tele phone poles having been blown down in isolated districts, A 13,000-volt tramway wire was blown down, between here and Golden, Colo,, crossing 300 telephone wires and burning them. Hundreds of mo torists were held up by police, who guarded all roads across which die live wires were strewn, creating n serious menace to safety of drivers. Ootcrnnr of Porto Rico Hurt in Auto Accident Kansas City. Mo., Jail. 8.—K. Mont. Reilly, governor of l’orto Rico, had I wo rihs broken in a motor car acci dent here Saturday and is now con fined to his room in a local bote!, it was learned today. The governor is expected to lie out of bed within a week. Governor Reilly’c car, occupied only ! by himself and chauffeur, was struck ' by another cur. No one else wgs In- i Jured. I The governor is in Kansas City, his former home, for a brief visit. Publishers IN«»t Prohibited from News Dealer Contracts Washington, Jan. 8.—Publishers are not prohibited by the Clayton law from entering Into contracts with news dealers as agents to act exclu sively as Ihoir wholesale distributing agents, the supreme court held today, In a ease brought by the federal trade commission against the Curtis Pub lishing company. ’ The Weather Forecast. Tuesday fair and colder Hourly Temperatures. i m. :$:< »; u. m. ::i 7 h. m. h a. m .'t«; ft a. m i" lo a. m. l It A. IN. 4 7 i: noon \i\ I p. ni. t.» '* p. m. . II 8 i». in. 14 i p. m. 14 A p. in 43 • p. vn« 19 7 p. in. 41 H p. m. |p to trance No I jiiiil Ki'jilx Reivix <■<! — So Far St’PHi* to Slum lliifihos Fro posil Not Rejected. 1 roops to Occupy Essen Paris, Jau. S.—(By A. P.)—The oc cupation of lessen by a small French force, accompanying engineers and customs olliccrs, is now slated for Thursday morning, it was stated on good authority today. Belgian and Italian engineers and torhnieal experts will Heeompany tli French, hut only tie* Belgians, it is understood, will contribute to the force of occupation. Plan Sent to Paris. Washington, Jan S The pi.in for settlement «*f the reparations eontro* vrsy betwce>i| France and Fngland outlined l»v Secretary Hughes in his New Haven address, has been com municated to the French government through official channels. No final reply ha*- 1 • n made by Paris, although it was learned today that a preliminary answer had been received here from the French foreign office. It was said at the State de partment that the proposal was re garded as slid before the French go\ * i rnment for derision. It was not stated when the Amer ican communication was sent, hut in dications were that it was transmit ted through diplomatic channels be* fore Mr. Hughes delivered his address at New Haven. Plan ‘‘Definite.” It was said authoritatively that the transmittal was "|i< rfectly definite" in eharact' r, and it was Indicated that it revolved about the suggestion that international financiers he called in to formulate a reparations payments plan. official comment as to tiie nature of tiie reply already received from l'nris '.as withheld. The statement that the American suggestion slill was definitely before the French govern in'at, however. Was interpreted to mean that the French answer was not an unqunllfid rejection of the scheme. To Decide Thursday. Paris, .Tan. 8.—(By A. P.i—Premier Poincare will inform parliament on Thursday regarding his policy toward the lluhr district. This was decided upon at today's council of ministers. It seemed certain this afternoon that the reparations commission j would vote Germany in voluntary de fault on coal deliveries for last year after the final hearing of the German experts, which was set for 3 o'clock this afternoon. Four Sentenced for Jail Break Men NT ho Escaped Lockup al' Grand Island Gel One to 10 'l cars in Penitentiary. Grand Island, Neb., .Tan. R.—(Spc* cial.i—John Wilson, originally ar rested on tiie charge of atilo theft; William Wright, charged with for gery, and Paul Knapp and George Pave, sentenced for shooting with In tent to wound, were arraigned before District Judge I’aino today and each was sentenced in addition to former sentences, to from one to in years in the penitentiary on tiie charge of jail breaking. These are (lie four of the five men recaptured after tiie spectacular jail delivery Wednesday. January 3. Cave was the only one of tiie four who vol untarily surrendered and went hack to the county jail after an Interview with his father. In each case tho Sentences were fixed to begin when their formerly imposed sentences h oi expired. Kach^of the four made a statement. Wilson admitted his leadership, stat ing that it had been ho who had pushed the door open against Jailor Sehrocdrr and took from him both his guns. AVilson was more or less defiant declaring to the judge that under similar circumstances lie would do it again. Jailor Schroeder. ho declared, had not given him a square deal. He ad mitted having assaulted Carpenter (a trusty) ft»r having intimated he was white mouse—a squealer, and com plained that he had been put in soli tary that day. Paul Knapp admitted he had broken out of the local jail in 1918. Cave, who gave himself up volun tarily, had little to say#cxcept that lm had only followed the gang out and had not participated in the force used. No (Grounds to Impeach Daugherty, Committee Hold Washington, Jan. S.—The house ju diciary committee nt the meeting Tuesday, members said yesterday, will formulate a report to the house hold ing there were no grounds for the im peachment charges filed by Repre sentative Keller, republican, Minneso ta. against Attorney General D,Higher, ty. The committee also is expected to adopt a report hy a subcommittee de claring Mr. Krllyer was not exempt from obeying its subpoena, directing him to appear after ho had withdrawn from the case. Members indicated this report, if adopted by the full com mittee, would lie presented to the house without recommendation. Another 19th Ward Murder. Chicago, Jan. S.—Another murder today was added to the score or more of last year in what formerly was the old Nineteenth ward. Angelo Remora was found assassinated with two bul let holes in his body