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    ,, The Omaha Morning Bee
62—NO. 190, oi»S? K ^SI*,UM*r* "iJiicii*’ OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1923.* g* hi*".LI ,h» «'* "«• TWO CENTS
• __ * Outalda ty 4th lona (I yaar); Dally and Sunday. 912; Sunday anly, 99, * I V ^
G.O.P. Firm
For Slash
In Salaries
Party Lines Drawn for First
Time in Lower House —
Democrats Hcplniiatc
Pre-Election Pledge.
Senate Votes Reduction
T.incoln. Jan. ft.—(Special.)—House
republicans Mood pat today and made
kq'm! (ltcir pledge to the people to re
f^uce salaries and expenditures of state
officials.
Democrats, who, during their elec
tion, talked much of high salaries,
and, who. through their governor will
get tlie political plums, stood pat for
high salaries, it wus the first time
party lines have been drawn in the
lower house.
The row started when the house be
gan consideration of Senate File 1,
passed by the senate, which provides
[ or substantial reduction of salaries
I T code secretaries.
Theodore Oaterman. democrat,
moved that Instead of reducing sala
ries that the hill be repealed, explain
mg that the governor's budget mes
saRe called for repeal of the code.
Ilemncrals Fear tut.
Grant Mears, republican, declared
that to date no bill had been in
trodurrd by the governor calling for
repeal and change of stale govern
ment and the wise policy was to cut
code salaries so in event the code
wasn't repealed salaries complained
of would stand reduced.
Other speakers exposed what was
termed the "bug under the chip"
which was the fenr of the democrats
that if the code wasn't repealed and
Governor Bryan did appoint code
secretaries, the democrats appointed
wouldn't get such large salaries.
The slate senate spent most of its
time in a debate over the Wiltse bill,
reducing the salaries of state officials
and members of the judiciary.
Governor’s .Salary Same.
It had previously been amended to
the governor's salary at $7,500
•' tear. Under the provisions of the 1
WU. the other constitutional state of
ficers would ddraw $4,000 Instead of
$7,000, and district judges would suf
fer a like reduction in pay. Members
<" the supreme court would be slash
ed from $7,500 to $5,500 a year
Although opponents of the bill mus
tered sufficient strength yesterday to
get tlte Mil pulled back, they could
not hold their lines today and the Mil
was advanced to third reading, with
indications that it would finally pass
the upper branch of the legislature.
The test of strength came on an
amendment proposed by Hastings to
leave the salaries at the present
scale. The vote on the Hastings
amendment stood:
Vote in Senate.
For—Allen, Anderson. Chambers,
Cooper, Good. Gumb, Hastings, Bar
kin, McGowan, Osborne, Robbins,
Saunders, Sturdevant, Thielen, Tomek
—15.
Against—Banning. Barr, Behrens,
Bliss, Fries, Illian, Johnson, Kroh,
Meacham, l’urcell. Reed, Reifenrath,
Rickard. Hhellenberger, Smrha, War
ner. Wilkins, Wiltse—18.
Two republicans, Egger and Nel
son. joined the democrats on the
(Tura to !’••« Two, Column Five.)
Tennesse Judge Is Named
to Supreme Court Bench
Washington. Jan. 24.—Edward T.
Sanford. T'nlted States district judge
for the eastern anil middle districts
of Tennessee since 1908, was nomi
nated today by President Harding to
associate justice of the supreme
court to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Justice Pitney.
Judge Sanford is a recognied author
ity in the legal profession which lie
entered in 1888 after receiving de
greces at the University of Tennessee
and Harvard, lie is a former vice
president of the American Bar asso
ciation, and served as an assistant at
torney general of the United States
under President Roosevelt. He is a
republican and is 57 years old.
Russian Proposal to Buy
Airplane Spruce Rejected
Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 24.—A pro
posal of 2,000,000 feet of spruce for
airplane construction to bo shipped
to a Bulttc port for the Russian gov
ernment lias been submitted to Grays
Harbor lumber interests, it become
known today, and so far has been
refused because mill men here believe
the lumber is destined for German
use.
The inquiry was submitted by a
lumber buyer who bought airplane
spruce here for the German account
immediately preceding the outbreak
of the world war.
This is the first airplane spruce
order received here from Russia since
the close of the war.
Two Bandits Get $20,000
in St. Louis Gem Robbery
St. l-ouis, Jan. 24.—Two armed
men this afternoon robbed a jewelry
1^- tore owned by M. B. Pattiz. and es
caped with jewelry valued at $25,
000 and $30,000 after compelling Pat
tiz, a girl cler, and a woman custi
mer to lie face downward an the floor
of an adjoining room. The jewelry
establishment is In the downtown
business district.
| ‘‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson
Smiles After Defeat
f \V Er\Ptt«yjroofJ
A\ ill lam E (Pussyfoot) Johnson, hero
of hundreds of strenuous temperance
battles, has returned to San Francisco
from Australia and New Zealand,
where he spent 10 weeks campaign*
ing for prohibition, without success,
though he predicts both countries will
soon go dry.
Farm Hand Held
in Girardi Death
Case at Red Oak
Coroner's Jury Finds Mur
dered Oinahan Slain by
Parties Unknown to
Authorities.
Fed Oak, la., Jnn. 34.—(Special.)— I
A coroner s jury returned a verdict
this morning that Albert Girardi. j
Omaha butter and egg buyer, came i
to his death at the hands of parties I
unknpwn to the authorities. A post
mortem examination showed that
Girardi suffered a crushed skull,
caused by a blunt instrument.
George Austin, employed at tho
farm of John Stewart, is being held
at the county jail in custody of Sher
iff Arthur Baker. Authorities are re
newing their investigations at the
scene where Girardi was found dead
in his automobile and also at the
Stewart farm, which marked tho end
of the trail taken up by bloodhounds.
After New Evidence.
The hounds led their captors to a
spot on the Stewart farm between (
the house and the out buildings. At 1
this spot were found a piece of cloth, j
a chip of wood and a piece of glass, 1
smeared with blood, and some silver I
dollars.
The Inquest was conducted by I
County Attorney Fred Bellman and
Coroner Walter Sellergren.
"We are after new evidence.” was
the only information county authori
ties would disclose when they started
on their afternoon trip.
Follow Trail Three Times.
The Stewart farm is two miles from
the spot where Girardl’s body was j
found and where the car later was
burned. The bloodhounds followed the 1
same trail to the Stewart farm three I
times.
Austin is 30 years old and lias been ,
at the Stewart farm since Christmas.
He said he came from Tennessee. '
. It is stated that the theory of rob- j
bery, on which the authorities are
working, has been strengthened by !
Ihe Information that Girardi had $300 !
when he left Omaha and that no j
money was found in his pockets
when the body wns discovered by
Raymond Conkling, farmer.
Girardi lived af 1300 South Sixth j
street, Omaha,
Funeral services for Girardi will be
held at 10:15 Thursday morning from
the family residence and at 11 at St.
Annes church. Burial will be in Holy
Sepucher cemetery. He is survived by
his wife. Josephine, one small son
and a daughter.
Relief Administration Is
Asked for Funds to Buy Cats
New York, Jan. 24.—The American
Relief administration today received
a plea from its representatives in
Kiev for funds to purchase cats,
which are bringing 10,000,000 roubles,
with kittens at half price.
Scanty food supplies are rapidly j
being depleted by a horde of invad- j
ing mice and there is a scarcity of
cats.
These Are
Swapping Days!
“I swapped, so am en
closing 72c in stamps to
pay for my ad,"
says one man wtio was rep
resented in the SWAP COL- i
UMN of The Omaha Bee
recently.
Get w hat you want for what
you have through a three-line
Swap ad in the “Want” Ad
section of The Omaha Bee.
If you are successful in
closing a deal you will pay
for your advertising in the
regular way. If not, we will
cancel charge. In other words
-—NO SWAP—NO PAY!
Tit for Tat—
Srvap This for That
r «WI .e" “
0. K. rrobe
of State Uni
Attendance Drops, hut Agri
cultural School Expense
Soar#, Committee Reports
to the Lower House.
Dr. Cutter Is Criticised
By I*. C. roWKI.I.,
Staff (<>rre*p»nilrnt The Omalin lt<-.\
IJncoln, .Ian. 24.—{Special)—Con
tinued investigation of the .-late uni
versity by a special committee ap
pointed last week was ordered by the
lower house of the state legislature
today after the committee lr J bared
a part of the evidence it claims to
have procured already, Indicating
"extravagance, junketing trips by
university officials and poor manage
ment."
The vote was 90 to 10, defeating a
motion by H. Malcolm Baldrige of
Omaha that the committee be dis
charged.
Baldrige supported his motion by
declaring the committee prejudiced
and its unofficial attorney, Frank
Edgerton of Aurora, former legis
lative lobbyist for homeopathic !
physicians, a man with a personal
grudge against the university.
I'aldrige's support however was sim
ply riddled by the committee's re
port and only a handful voted with
him. Of the ten, four were Douglas i
county representatives: Allan, Held
ing, Baldrige and Dyball. The other
six were Dennis Densmore, Essam
Hefferman, Keifer and Wilson of l.an
caster.
Costs Increase.
ine committees report declared!
that the student attendance at the i
college ot agriculture had dropped j
30 per cent in five years, while in the
same period the number of faculty
members had Increased 30 per cent
and tho expense of operation had in
creased nearly 200 per cent. The com
mittee charged that members of the
faculty were devoting time and at
tention to the care of private or
chards. vineyards and farms, ap
parently “regarding their university
work as a sideline.”
A battery of criticism was turned i
upon Dr. Irving S. Cutter, dean of
the mbdical college at Omaha and for
several years an opponent of Kdger
ton s effort to force the installation
of a chair of homeopathy in the uni
versity'. Cutter had received in one
year a total of $3,434.80 for expenses,
the committee charged, of which
$2,250 was in payment of personal '
losses sustained when Are destroyed
the university nurses’ home. Tie i
committee reported that Cutter had
drawn $812.45 for traveling expenses
in one year, including 18 trips to Lin
coln and six to Chicago, the latter!
principally for the purpose of attend- j
ing medical conventions or buying
books and supplies. All other univer -
(Turn to Page Two, Column Five.)
enace
Steamers
New York, Jan. 24.—Despite the
favorable "snow screen” off shore,
which prompted the quick dispatch
of the coast guard cutter Manhattan,
the launch Surveyor, and all other
available craft to Sandy Hook to
block possible attempts to land liquor,
the rum fleet off Sandy Hook rode
Idly at anchor today, with no cus
tomers. The Manhattan returned
with "nothing to report.”
The fleet, according to observers,
now numbers 17 ships, three of them
steamers. A little off the regular
transatlantic lane, hut directly in the
paths of ships coming in from the
south, the bootlegging craft were de
scribed as a greater menace than ever
to navigation in the blinding storm.
Small fog signals used on the rum
ships are heard, mariners said, only '
a few feet away.
U. S. Distributor Reports
Coal Prices on Down Grade
Washington, Jan. 24.—Bituminous
coal prices, which have shown a
strong advancing tendency in recent
weeks, are now turning downward,
according to compilations given out
by F. R. Wadifigh, federal fur) dis
tributor. During the week ending
January 22 available statistics indi
cate tile average price of the product
at tlie mines was $4.33 a ton, as com
pared with $4.42 the previous week,
and $4.54 the average price reported
for the week ending January 8.
The drop, Mr. Wadleigh said, is
considered in trade circles to be due
to the vanishing fear concerning a
possible strike in the coal fields, mild
weather and better transportation
conditions.
Alleged Bandits Captured.
Tupelo, Miss., Jan. 24.—Two men
who gave their names as Jesse Over
street, Shawnee, Okl., and Jeff Con
way, Charleston, #Ark., alleged to
have been the two bandits who es
caped from a sheriff's posso Tuesday
night after robbing a jewelry store
here of diamonds valued at $2,000
were captured near here today by a
J'osse.
N. Y. Holdups Seize $50,000.
New York, Jan. 24.—Four robbers
yesterday held up two messengers of
Municipal bank in the Flatbush sec
tion of Brooklyn and escaped with
$50,000.
■' ^irar May Patch Up
Marital Squabble
New York, Jan. 24.—Reports of a
possible reconciliation between Uer
: tiling Farrar and Ta>u Tellegen were
revived after Arthur K. Schwartz,
counsel for the actor, obtained a post
ponement until Monday of a referee's
hearing in a divorce brought by the
diva.
The attorney said he had ashed for
the postponement in order that he
night receive from Mr. Tellegen, now
in Los Angeles, a reply to a letter
asking whether there was any truth
in reports of a reconciliation. He
denied that (lie continuance had been
sought bv bis client and emphasized
that he merely desired to ascertain
whether there was anything to the
report that Mr. Tcllegcn recently had
sent a bouquet to the singer in Lynn,
Mass.
Referring to the death of Mrs. Hen
rietta Farrar, mother of the oper;J
star, tlie attorney said:
"Mr. Tellegen will ho grieved to
hear of Mrs. Farrar's death. I should
not be surprised«4f he sent a telegram
of condolence to Miss Farrar."
Yanks on Rhine
Start on Journey
to United States
Stars am! Stripes Hauled
Down From Headquar
ters — First Train
Leaves Coblenz.
Ehrenbreitsteln> Jan. 24.—(By A.
F.)—The American troops were with
drawn from tile Rhineland today,
ending American military participa
tion in the occupational area.
The withdrawal was signalized by
the hauling down at noon of the
Stars and Stripes from the castle of
Ehrnbreitstein, which has been the
American military headquarters since
Ine beginning of tho occupation.
Meanwhile the first trains with mem
hers of the expeditionary forces were
leaving Coblenz for Antwerp to board
the transportat St. Mihiel which will
take them homo.
Tho flag came floating gently down
from the staff on the picturesque
castle wails overlooking the Rhine as
tho signal was given for striking the
colors. No a shot was fired in
•salute, for it was not a martial oc
casion. There were many moist
eyes among the Americans who
watched the spectacle and their long
time associates among the allied
forces. The British and Belgian
high commissioners for the Rhine
land kept their word and remained
away because they said they could
not hear to witness the lowering of
the flag that meant the brenking of
so many close ties.
"Fall In" Means Home.
Inside the fort thcie was taken
from the white washed walls the
portrait of George Washington the
Americans had hung there on their
coming.
The dawning of the day that was
to see the American garrison march
down the steep slope of Ehrenbrelt
stein, across the Rhine into Coblenz
and thence, in company with the
other units of the Eighth infantry, to
the Antwerp trains, found the Stars
and Stripes hoisted to its accustomed
place at reveille, while doughboy
sentinels still mounted guard at the
sally ports. Their packs were as
ready as at any moment during the
great war, but today the final “fall
in!' meant home—the place where,
as many a private put it; a dollar
is 300 cents and not several thou
sand marks.
Message From Cuno.
Coblenz, Jan. 24.—(By the A. P.K
Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen received
last evening a brief letter from Chan
relim- Cuno, conveying the compli
ments of tile German government on
the occasion of the departure of the
American forces in Germany and as
serting that their conduct had been
exemplary.
In reply to a letter from General
De Goutee, Major General Allen said
he would formally turn the American
zone over to the French on January
27 or any day thereafter.
"It is with deep regret,” he writes,
“that I must bring to an end the de
lightful official relations which have
always existed harmoniously between
us and terminate the services the
American troops commenced in the
war and continued on the Rhine.”
Tunney Joins Gibson
Stable of Knuckle Whirlers
New York, Jan. 24.—Billy Gibson,
manager of Benny Leonard, world's
lightweight boxing champion and
other boxers, has added Gene Tunney,
former American light heavyweight
champion to his stable. Tunney broke
off relations this week with Frank
Bagley, his former manager, because
he had not obtained a match with
Floyd Johnson, heavyweight aspirant.
Ex-Chief of Forger Band
Tries to Save Nickel;
Given 10 Days in Jail
New York, Jan. 24.—Former head
of an international band of forgers
and swindlers whose operations netted
them hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Charles Fischer, 70, old, fell
afoul of the law again for substitut
ing a brass slug for a nickel In a sub
way, turnstile. He was sentenced to
10 day*.
Fischer, according to investigators,
has led a life of crime since 12 and
has spent many years in prisons here
and abroad
The Spirit That Led to Waterloo
naBBPVvrB-*
Norbeck-Nelson
Measure Wins
in Committee
Action \ ietory for Farm Bloc
—Bill Provides Funds to
Finance Foreign Sales
of U. S. Crops.
By GEORGE E. AITHIER.
lVH*hing’t<>n (lorrespoiident The Omaha Vice.
Washington. Jan. 24.—(Special.*—
The senate committee on agriculture
| today voted to recommend the passage
of the Norheck-Nolson bill providing
a $250,000,000 fund for the purpose of
financing foreign sales of American
crops. Senator Norbeck, republican.
South Dakota, is authorized to attach,
the bill as a rider to any measure
pending in the senate which might
give it a chance to pass. Favorable
action, on this bill is regarded as a
victory by the farm bloc group.
Within this group there is a per
centage who recognize the value of
and importance of rural credits to
aid the former, and realize that what
he needs is not so much more credit
to contract new debts, but a larger
market in order that he may pay
those he has already incurred. This
bill is designed to meet that situation.
Senator Norbeck introduced it in an
other form, and since then it has
been reintroduced as a new bill by
Norbeck in the senate and Represent
ative A. P. Nelson of Wisconsin in
the house.
It aims to meet the western de
mand that is clearly manifest for re
development of the foreign market.
Thitf is the cry that has been back of
the western demand for an economic
conference with Kurope and purposes
to lend the money on the best se
curity obtainable, to finance farm
crops.
It is Senator Norbeck's idea that
it is well, when setting on credit, to
get every kind of security possible;
hence it is proposed to get the guar
antees of foreign governments, if
Possible, on loans, and do without
them if necessary.
-- " ■ *
Canadian Officials Pledge
Aid to Stop Rum Smuggling
Seattle, Jan. 24.—Canadian officials
have pledged their assistance in a re
newed war on liquor smugglers operat
ing between British Columbia points
and states of the Pacific northwest,
Dr. R. O. Matthews, special assistant
to Prohibition Commissioner Haynes,
announced upon his retrun from a con
ference with Canadian authorities in
Vancouver.
Pr. Matthews, accompanied by John
B. Marshall, federal prohibition direc
tor for Alaksa, left today for Juneau.
He said a comprehensive campaign
against rum runners in the north
west would he mapped out.
Member of Arkansas House
Drops Dead During Debate
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 24.—State
representative Leroy Lee of Parda
nelle. Ark., chairman of the house
Judiciary committee, dropped dead
during a debate In the house of repre
sentatives this afternoon. Apoplexy
caused his death, physicians said.
I
Day’s Activities
in Washington
President Harding, who has been
ill with grippe, remained away from
his office. Inclement weather mak
ing it inadvisable for him to ven
ture out was assigned as the reason.
Favorable report of the Norbeck
bill which would Extend J230.000.000
credit to Europe for the purchase of
American farm products was ordered
by the senate agricultural committee.
The senate oil investigating com
mittee was informed that neither
John T). Rockefeller, sr., nor John J).
Rockefeller, Jr., owned any stock in
the Standard Oil company of Indiana.
Edward T. Sanford of Tennessee, a
federal district judge since 1908. was
‘nominated hy President Harding to be
an associate justice of the supreme
court to fill the vacancy caused by
Justice Pitney's retirement.
Senator Jones, republican, Washing
ton. in charge of the administration
shippping bill, announced he would at
tempt to have debate curbed in an ef
fort to bring a senate vote on the
measure in the near future.
As a result of published reports that
police, attempting to stop “embassy
liquor" leaks, had seized supplies said
to have reached a bootlegger from
the Cuban legation, the Cuban charge
visited the State department and
later stated be knew nothing of "al
leged liquor selling" at the legation.
President Expected Back
in Executive Offices Today
Washingto, Ja. 24.—Presidet Hard
ig may be expected to be at his desk
i the executive offices Thursday for
the first time since he was taken 111
by the grippe more than a week ago,
if fair weather prevails. Brig. Gen.
C. E, Sawyer, the White House physi
cian, said tonight. The president
would have been at his office today,
ho added, except for the Inclement
weather.
Mr. Harding attended to a number
of matters in his study, signing the
nomination of Judge Edward T. San
ford of Tennessee to be associate Jus
lice of the supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement of
Associate Justice Titney, and nomi
nating a number of postmasters and
some other federal offlners. He also
signed the interior department ap
propriation bill and some ml^or bills.
Missing Russian Refugee
Ships Reach Formosa Port
Manila, Jan. 24.—(By A. p.>—Wire
less advices received hero this eve
ning from Taiwan, Formosa, said that
three of the missing Russian refugee
•ships en route to Manila from Shang
hai, had put in there short of fuel.
The message added that two others
were following closely and that the
remaining two were returning to
Shanghai.
. (.rude Oil Advances.
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 24 —The price of
Mexia, Texas, crude oil today was
advanced 25 cents a barrel to $1.80 a
barrel by the Magnolia Petroleum
company.
Mystery Witness
Reported on Way
to Klan Hearing
o
Man Who Saw Masked Mob
to Testify—Attorney Gen
eral to Ask Murder
Indictment.
Bastrop, Ba.. Jan. 24.—(By A. P.)—
Boon B. Jones of Moselle, Miss., re
garded ns the "mysterious witness,"
was en route here today to testify at
the open hearing, Jones is said to be
the owner of t lie broken down auto
mobile parked near Kike Ba Fourche
on the night bf August 24. It 4* said
that he saw a black-hooded hand hav
ing W att Daniel and F. F. Bichard as
prisoners arrive at the lake. The
bodies of Itaniel and Richard were
found in Bake Iai Fourche on Decem
ber 22.
Attorney General Coco said that he
would attempt to obtain an indict
ment for murder against Capt. J. K.
Skip wit h, head of the Morehouse
parish Ku Klux Klan, when evidence
is placed before the grand jury.
Governor Parker will declare mar
tial law in Morehouse parish if
threats of any kind are made against
any of the state's witnesses between
adjournment of the Morehouse open
hearing and trial of persons to be
indicted for alleged participation in
outrages by hooded men in the par
ish, It was learned today on good
authority.
Adjutant General Toombs of the
Bouislana national guard was en
route here today from Baton Rouge
with instructions from Governor
Parker, it was understood ,to impart
ttiis information to leaders of the
Ku Klux Klan and parish officials,
including Capt. J. IC. Skipwlth. the
exalted cyclops of the klan. and
Sheriff Fred Carpenter. It was de
clared that the governor is deter
mined every state witness shall he
protected.
Harding Administration i
Aiding Sheep Industry
Spokane, Jan. 24—Belief that the
Harding administration "has done, or
will soon finish doing all it can to
help us," was expressed by President
Frank J. Hagenbarth of Salt Bake
city before the annual convention of
the National Wool flrowers' associa
tion, which opened here today.
"The government has and will fur
nish us all the tools and with (he fa
cilities for profitable work," he eaJJ,
“but It cannot make us efficient and
economical. e must do that our
selves and In the days when the sun
Is shining we must not forget that
it will soon rain.”
The Weather
Forecast.
Thursday probably snow with rl3
ipg temperature.
The Teniperatiurcs.
* *• .** 1 p. m. 79
® *• ln.! s p. m.su
2 *• 1,1.23 1 3 p. m. 30
5 •• “.H 4 p. in.30
10 K. m.23 9 n. ni.ID
” nuun.?» I B p.
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G e r m a n s
Continue
Resistance
Refuse to Obey Orders of Oe
rupation Officers—Dort
mund Director of Cus
toms Arrested.
Shortage of Coal Cars
Paris, Jan. 24.—(By A. T.)—The min
istry of war today issued a communi
cation In the effect that five detach
ments of railroad workers each of
7i0 men. had been sent to tho Ruhr
owing to the partial strike movement
on the German railways.
"It is not,” the communication said,
"a question, as stated by some of the
newspapers, of a mobilization mea
sure, hut of assembling of the men for
a period of instruction of limited du
ration. "
The Prague correspondent of the
Temps says it is confirmed that a
number of Czecho Slovakian miners
are bfing engaged for France and
that the first group left last night.
Continue Resistance.
Dusseldorf, Jan. 24.—(By A. P.V—
With their eyes turned toward the
Ma.venco court-marital the Germans
In the Ruhr continued their policy of
resistance by refusing to obey the Or
ders of the forces of occupation while
the French proceeded to further re
pressive measures.
The number of expulsions of of
ficials since midnight of January 20
now total 33. The director of cus
toms of the Dortmund district has
been arrested, thus recording the first
Incarceration since the Industrial mag-,
nates were taker Into custody last
Saturday and held for trial by court
martial.
The Instructions received In the
Ruhr from the minister of posts and
telegraphs in Berlin to decline to af
ford any telephonic communication re
quested by the French military has
been countered by the French who
have taken charge Of the Bochum,
Dortmund ami Essen telephone ex
changes and are operating
Shortage of Cars.
Mining operations throughout the
Ruhr Tuesday reached 85 per cent of
the normal output; the railroads re
ceived requests from various mines
for 18675 empty coal cars to load the
many cars previously loaded have not
day's production while the normal de
mand Is 22,000. The general manage
ment of the roalriads had only 10,826
"empties” available, indicating that
many cars previously loaded have not
been returned to the Ruhr, and many
empty cars bad been rushed across
the frontier into Germany before the
French could get a complete cheek
on the roads.
Meat has increased 60 per cent in
price, while fats and lard are getting
very scarce. General Degoutte has
issued orders forbidding the soldiers
to buy milk, except for hospitals, as
there is also a great shortage of milk.
The workers along the Leppe and
Rhine canals today, under instruc
tions from Berllnfi refused to operate
the dams or load barges with coal
destined-for France. A. great move
ment of troops is notaldo throughout
the occupied geglon. The French ex
plained that new troops are arriving
and that forces already on the ground
ure choosing better quarters and
more effective positions for the pur
(Turn to Tese Two, Column Six.)
Endres Favors Laws
Expensive to County
Lincoln, Jan. 24.—(Special.)—Sheriff
Mike Endres, Omaha, appeared at the
state capitol today. It was reported
he is interested in the advancement
of a bill to Increase taxes of the coun
ty by passing a bill introduced today
empowering him to employ 25 depu
ties. lie also Is reported to be against
two bills tending to reducetaxes, the
one taking away his right to collect
60 cents a day to feed each prisoner
and another reducing his traveling ex
penses outside of the county from 10
to 5 cents a mile and inside the coun
ty from 15 to 10 cents a mile.
N. Y, Manfacturers to Study
Asbestos in Egyptian Tomb
New York, .Tan. 24.—In an effort
to trace the history of asbestos to
•orient Egypt, John E. Meek, nwnu
|>I< turer, planned to sail today for
lbs tomb of Tutunkhamen at Euxor.
"It has been found," Mr. Meek said,
"that the bodies of kings were
wrapped in mantles of asbestos to
keep their ashes separated from the
ashes of the funeral pyre and in some
instances asbestos shrouds were used
in the belief that they would protect
the dead from the possible fires of
the hereafter.”
Hammer Murderer Sought.
Newport, R. X.. Jan. 24 —The fact
that the ekull of Isabel Latlmor. a
maid employed by Mr. and Mrs. Ma
rion Kppley, was mysteriously frac
tured by some hammer-like weapon
last August, while she was in her
room at the Epply estate. Ueacor
Rock, was recalled by police last night
hi connection with the killh. ; of Mr.
and Mrs. ,T. A. Eraser'McEeish, found
dead Sunday.
It was understood the authorities
Were working on the theory the same
hand committed »>oth crimes.
Applause tor Johnny Nit. dsi.rer supreme.
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