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VOL. 52—NO. 191. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1923.* 5;„r ,!/. W^ _ TWO CENTS
HouseGives
Daugherty
Clean Bill
Notion of Committee in Exon
erating Attorney General of
Charges Made by Keller
Adopted. 1’0-t to 77.
Vote Follows Hot Debate
Washington. ,J:jn, L'..—(By p.l—
The house, by a vote of 104 to 77. ap
proved tonight the action of Its judl
■i-i.tr." committee in giving Attorney,
I'cncrai Iluughert.v' a clean bill of
liealth on tlic impeachment c!targes I
brought against him by Uoprrsenta- '
live Keller, republican, Minnesota.
Without a roll call and by practic
ally an unanimous vote, it adopted
also a resolution discharging the com
mittee from further consideration of
the charges and laying the Keller im
peachment resolution on tbo table.
The two votes were regarded as hav
ing the effect of closing the incident.
The question of whether the house
lias the constitutional power to com
pel a member to testify before its ;
committees was left undecided. This
was raised in the midst of the judi
ciary committee hearings when >1 r.
Keller refused to respond to a sub- !
poena served on him after his dra- |
matlc withdrawal from further par-I
tlcipntion in the proceedings.
Holds Punishment Possible.
The committee, in its report, took
the position that the house could pun
; iti Mr. Keller by imprisonment or
oth rwire until he did testify, the
term of imprisonment, however, not
to extend beyond this session of con
'.rose, but it made no recommenda
tion on the subject, nor did the hnuso
take direct action upon it.
The house votes were preceded by
three hours of spirited debat \ fea
tured by attacks upon and defense
of Mr. Keller, and by assaults ttpott
.Samuel l ntermyer of New York.
Jackson M. Ralston of this city, win
was Representative Keller’s counsel,
and bis associate. John It. Valiev of
Tics ton. and Samuel i Jumpers, presi
dent of the American federation of
Labor.
Referring to letters written by Mr.
I’ntermycr regarding the impeach
ment charges, which were made a
cart of the minority report filed by
Representative Thomas. democrat,
Kentucky, Representative Goody
hoontz, republican, West Y Irghila.
charged that these documents had
been “dragged In to besmirch the
Judiciary committee.” He aflded that
he did not then have time to dis
cuss Mr. Vntermyer’s “record” fully,
but that he would do so In an exten
sion of his remarks In the Congres
sional Record.
Attacks Moral Record.
‘ In the first place,” he declared,
“ihis man's moral record is not good.
He was convicted by the court of
i hmeery in the state of New Jersey as
being (he arch perpetrator of a dirty
fraud that was enacted in such a way
as to filch from the poekets of hun
dreds of working people, thousands
and thousands of dollars.”
Chairman Volstead of the judiciary
committee also assailed Mr. Untrr
inyer. declaring that he was "Inter
ested in” the prosecution of the Keller
charges despite his denial that he had
had any connection with their prepa
lation. Tlie chairman devoted much
of his prepared address, however, to
attack on Mr. Keller.
Mr. Volstead charged that Mr. Kel
ler from the first had treated the com
mittee in an "insolent” manner; that
he had written the committee an "In
sulting and abusive letter” and that
ho and his henchmen "knew from the
first that they did not have the evi
dence to support the charges.”
Thomas Defend* Keller.
Representative Thomas defended
Mr. Keller, who is in Florida recuper
ating from a recent illness. He de
clared that the Minnesota member
had shown no "insolence” but that, on
the other hand, members of the com
mittee had heckled him and his coun
sel from the 6tart of the public hear
ings.
There was n sharp clash between
the Kentucky member and Mr. Vol
stead when Mr. Thomas charged that
t he chairman had ‘'deleted" the origi
nal record of the hearings. Mr. Vol
stead vigorously denied the charge,
but Mr. Thomas insisted upon it. de
claring that at one stage of the hear
lugs the chairman had peremptorily
commanded Mr. Keller to sit down,
while the official record made it ap
pear that the command had been a
mild'1 request.
Split in Party Lines.
Interrupting the long debate, Rep
resentative Onrrett of Tennessee, the
democratic loader, asked why the
house was disregarding a long estab
lished precedent and acting upon an
adverse report on an impeachment
resolution. He argued that the report
of the committee ended the matter
and that no action should be taken,
hut Mr. Volstead declared the
charges were “solemn” ones and
should be disposed of.
There was a split m party lines on
the proposition to give Mr. Daugherty
» clean bill of health. 1! republicans
voting in the negative and 10 demo
< rats in the affirmative. The repub
licans were Beck, Browne. Cooper.
Lamport, John M. Nelson and Voigtat
of Wisconsin; Dowell, Kopp and
Sweet of Iowa: Janies and Wood
ruff of Michigan, and Sinclair of
North Dakoyt.
The democrats Toting in the affirm
itive were: Bland, Deal. Montague
and Woods of Virginia; Blanton of
Texas. Eyrnes and Dominick of South
Carolina; Dupree of Louisiana; Fish
ed of Tcnessce, and Lea of California.
Reduction in Freight
Charges Proposed
Chicago, Jan. 25.—Reduction of
freight rates on a number of com
modities manufactured principally in
the Chicago territory from Chicago
and points taking the same tales to
California and intermediate points, is
proposed by the Atchison, Topeka &
£anta Fe railroad, it was announced.
The new tariffs are expected to he
published soon, but the date when
they will be effective has not been de
termined.
Among the commodities proposed
for cheaper rates, the present and pro
posed rates, are the following;
Ammunition. $1.73. 51.10; drugs and
chemicals, $2.IS, $2.10: brass, hronre
and copper goods. $2.10, $1.85; talking
machines. $3.00. $2.50; cotton wastes,
$1.83. 31.25; bottle', fruit jars, etc.,
$1.30, $1.13: pianos, etc., $3.22, $2.30;
soap. washing compounds, etc.,
$1.42',;. $1.23; paints. $1.33, $1.25;
caustic sodas. $1.35. $1: twine and
cordage, $1.35. $1.25: linseed oil. $1.35,
$1.10; lard and lard substitutes, $2.10,
*1.60; rubber tires, $3,871;, $2.50; tin
and tin plate." 31.20, 75 rents; canned
goods, $1.35. 31.05; roofing material,
* 1.42 > a. $J. 10; plate glass. $2.38, $1.58;
heating apparatus. $1.50, $1.30.
Institute Plan
of Meat Packers
Is Now Assured
Combined Educational and
Research Institution With
I rade Association and
Industrial Museum.
Washington, Jan. i'5.—(Special.!_
Establishment of a national institu
tion combining broad educational, re
search and trade association facilities
is assured for the meat-packing busi
ness, America's largest manufafctur
ing industry, according to an an
nouncement made here by the Insti- ;
tute of American Meat Packers in the
name of Thomas E. Wilson of Chi; j
cago,. chairman of the organizations!
"development plan commission." Mr.
Wilson's statement, in part, follows:
".Sufficient funds now ha\e been |
subscribed by the meat packers of
America to begin actual development
of the institute plan. This plan pro
vides for the ultimate development at
t'hlcago of a combined educational in
stitution, research Institute, trade as
sociation and industrial museum. This
institution will be national, not loeul
in character, and will serve the en
tire packing industry.
"Approximately $150,000 has been
subscribed by the meat packers of
the United States to cover the neces
sary surveys and initial developments
during a three year period. These
special subscriptions are entirely in
addition to the "regular revenues re
ceived by the institute for carrying
on its present educational and trade
activities.
“Development of the institute plan
w ill mean the creation by the largest
Industry in America, perhaps in the
world, of an institution which com
bines with the research and technical
educational facilities of continental in
dustrial Institutes and trade activi
ties and expostion features of Ameri
can business associations.
"Systematic Instruction will ho pro
vided for then already engaged In the
industry, ns well as for men in
tending to enter the industry.
The packers of the United States
have authorized the creation forth
with with a bureau of Industrial edu
cation and the engagement of an edu
cator of distinction in this Held to
direct it. A thoroughgoing survey
if the educational possibilities and
difficulties of the American meat
packing industry will he made, and
future provision for instruction re
specting both methods and kinds will
be slurped largely by the results of
the survey.
Similarly, a bureau of sieentifie
research will he established at once
and a competent director of standing
engaged, A survey of the scientific
problems of the industry will be
made.
‘ Oamha Bee * Want ’
Ads Bring Better
Results for me than
any other Omaha
newspaper,”
says Mrs. H. “In addition, a
better class of domestic help
responds to the\“Want” Ads
in The Omaha Bee.”
If you need a maid, cook,
seamstress—in fact, any kind
of help, phone At-lantic 1000
and profit by' Mrs. H. ex
perience.
Omaha Bee
A-B-C 'Want" Ads
Always the same—
in service.
Always different—
in opportunity.
Hooicr Sees in Ruhr Situation
Advantage to U. S. Manu
facturers and Harm
to Farmers.
Germans Face Food Crisis
By t.KOKGK F. At Til IKK.
tt ublnttMi I orre-i'ondrnt The O.nnliti Hr..
Washington, Jan. 25.—(Special.)—
Confidence in the continued industrial
prosperity of the United Slates, de
spite tlie French occupation of the
Ruhr and the consequent interruption
of German production, was expressed
by Secretary of Commerce Iloover
here today. Temporary advantage
for the manufacturing industry of the
country is confidently looked forward
to, although additional depression for
agriculture is anticipated as a result
of the lessening of German ability to
buy the normal supply of foodstuffs.
This combined encouragement and
depression is not expected to turn the
tide in tiie general direction of pros
perity. although it will make the
farming situation more difficult.
No agency of the government has
expressed approval of the proposal
to establish foreign credits for the
purchase 0f American foodstuffs as
contained in the N'orlieck Nelson bill
providing for a fund amounting to
$250,000,000 for this purpose. The
hope is expressed that the Germans
may in some way find a means of fi
nancing their purchases, although no
methods for doing so arc forthcom
ing from Washington.
Food Crisis Expected.
Germany, it is estimated in De
partment of Commerce circles, will
require about 5150,000.000 of food
Rtuffs between now and Septembi r
next. A large amount of this should
already be on the way and with in
terruptions due to the European situ
ation a food crisis is expected In that
country' by April next.
The advantage which is expected
to accrue to the United States will
he reaped largely by the producers
of steel products, but is expected to
apply to all forms of manufactures
susceptible to export. Tleing up of
the Ruhr Industries and stopping the
easy flow of coal into Germany prop
er. plus interruption of transport, is
expected to interfere materially with
all forms of material production in
Germany. By this means, Germany,
it is expected, will pay in the sacrifice
of world markets, which she was re
gaining rapidly, for the Ruhr occupa
tion is regarded as a blow nimed at
the very industrial heart of Germany.
The advantage that will accrue to
thin country is looked upon as only
a temporary one, but hope is ex
pressed that ig the readjustment the
United States will he able to break
even.
Farmer Again Jo Suffer.
The effect of the European situa
tion upon agriculture is regarded as
serious. With the price of the home
product affected by the surplus for
export, the farmer is cxpocted to suf
fer materially by slowlpg up of Ger
man purchasing power and the delay
to the European recovery.
Government experts see in this sit
uation. which is building up manufac
turers and depressing agriculture, a
continued movement to the cities and
into the industrial centers.
It is believed this migration is al
ready evident in the movement of
negroes from the south into the north
which is reaching startling propor
tions and threatens grave limitation
of farm labor In the southern sections.
This movement, it is expected, will
result in reduced crop production and
in increasing the consuming market
for the lessened farm acreage. /
I r-ge Economic Conference.
The European situation as it affects
agriculture is prompting western farm
members to more determined action
to bring about government aid in fi
nancing the sale of crops abroad.
Senator Xorbeck of South Dakota,
whose bill to provide a revolving fund
for foreign credits' was reported by
the senate committee on agriculture,
will press for favorable action upon
his measure while other farm senators
are urging an economic conference
or are leaning towards the Borah
proposition for a political conference
which might terminate the impasse
between Germany and France.
In the meantime, the Department of
Coifimerce has received reports from
Russia showing that the wheat acre
[ age in that country will be greatly in.
creased this year over last. Most of
the grain raised in Russia is winter
wheat and rye. Xo check on these
reports has been received, but it is
accepted as accurate.
This means that the government
will probably terminate the work of
the Russian relief commission within
the near future. The increased acre
age is believed to represent ability
of Russia to feed itself, although
the broken down transport conditions
In that country make such a result
upllkcly.
I Grand Island Man Found
Guilty of Assaulting Girl
Grand Island. Neb., .Ian. 25.—(Spe
, rial.)—Russell Kelly, charged in the
dirtriet court with assault and bat
: tery on a 15-year-old girl in his ern
1 ploy at a restaurant, was found guilty
! by the jury and was given the maxi
mum sentence by Judge Paine. Kelly,
! who is not 30. will serve three months
| in tha county jail
./> «/ Reduction
>J?-V Bill Goes to Bryan
Lincoln, .Ian. 25. — (Special.) —
Senate file No. 1, lowering salaries of
code secretaries, is the first bill of
more than a technical nature to be
presented to Governor Uryan for
signature or veto.
The bill recommended for passage
yesterday by nn almost solid republi
can majority in the lower bouse and
opposed by an almost solid demo
cratic majority was passed with tho
full republican majority of 57 this
morning. The two republicans who
joined the democrats yesterday joined
tho republican fold today and ^the
lone democrat who voted with * tho
republicans yesterday straddled the
mule today.
In the senate the bill was passed
by tlie almost solid republican ma
jority of 23. The governor has five
days from a bill's passage to sign or
veto it, and in the event bo docs
neither, t lie hill automatically be
comes a law without signature.
Inquiry Into Mob
“Atrocities” i n
Mer Rouge Closes
Scores of Witnesses Tell of
Flogging and Warnings—
Evidence to Be Present
. ed to Grand Jury.
Bastrop, I,a., Jan. 25.—(By A. P.)—
The open hearing conducted by the
state of Louisiana in (he operations
of masked men in Morehouse parish,
which Attorney General A. V. Coco
has characterized as the "Morehouse
atrocities," ended today after having
been in session continually since Jan
uary 5. Scores of witnesses testified
concerning floggings. deportations,
circulation of warnings by a "vigil
ante committee,” kldnapings and the
spiriting away of Watt Daniel and T.
F. Richard on August 24, of whom no
trace was found until their bodir*
floated to the surface of Lake La
Fourche on December 22.
The entire hearing revolved around
the disappearance of Daniel and
Richard and virtually every witness
was questioned concerning the 'cir
cumstances of their whipping.
Leon Jones of Moselle, Miss., tlio
only witness at tlie concluding ses
sion. testified that his car was din
abled on the highway about three
quarters of a mile from Lake I. .a
Fourche "some time in August,” and
that during the night one small tour
ing car and a truck containing
niiiaked men and two others who ap
peared to be pri^pners, passed him,
bound toward the lake. Some time!
inter the cars returned from the lake1
and, he daid, there seemed to be no
prisoners.
The hearing adjourned at 10:25, but
a few minutes prior to that time At
torney General Coco made a state
ment to the court declaring that evi
dence had been developed sufficient to
show the Ku Klux Klan responsible
for lawlessness in the parish.
Attacks Legality oPHearing.
Judge William Harnett, counsel for
the men who, expecting they will he ]
defendants, have retained legal aid,
attacked in a lengthy formal statement j
the legality of the open hearing and
the character of testimony adduced.
Judge Fred M. Odom, immediately
before adjournment, took exception to
certain statements of Judge Barnett
and declared they were reflections
upon the court and that he expected
to issue a formal statement upon the
subject. Judge Harnett, in a brief
verbal statement in reply, declared no
reflection whatever upon the court
was intended.
Evidence developed at the hearing I
will not ho placed before the grand j
jury until all of the testimony taken
here has been transcribed and briefed.
It has been stated by an associate of
the attorney general that the brief
cannot be prepared in less than three
weeks after the work of transcribing
has been completed.
Attorney General Coco will place
before the jury only the brief and a
copy of the transcript, and will have
none of the witnesses on hand unless
the Jury requests that they be sum-1
moned. he said. It was stated that!
nothing concerning the proceedings
of the jury would be made public -
until it made its report to the court. !
Consider Case in Marrli.
The six months’ term of the pres
ent grand jury expires the first Mon
day in March and it is hardly likely
that the ease will be presented to i
that body, but the new jury is to be 1
selected and organized that day amt!
it is thought Its first work will be
investigation of charges to be filed by
the attorney general.
The attorney general has stated on
several occasions that none of the
prospective defendants would, be ar
rested until after the grand jury re
port. Dr. B. M. Mclvoin, former may
or of Mer Rouge, and T. Jeff Bur
nett, former Morehouse deputy sher
iff, however, already have been
charged with murder in connection
witli the death of Daniel and Rich
ard and both ore at liberty under
$3,000 bail.
It has been declared by the attor
ney general that the state would seek
the indictment of between 23 and 50
persons on charges ranging from
murder to assault and battery. Con
spiracy. It lias been stated officially,'
Mill figure prominently in the case
when it Is brought to the attention !
of the grand Jury and other alleged ,
acts of the hooded hands are covered!
by a law enacted at a special session
of the legislature in 1ST0.
I'lmiifti, living model.f. beauties, phenominai
, <ia,ncjna end A1 Rcevea. Gayoty, now.—Adv.
Where Only the Devil Works
The • D«.e prisoner
Farmer Now Is
Held in Red Oak
Murder Query
Two Men in Jail Pending In*
vestigation Into Death
of Albert
Girardi.
Red Oak, la., Jan. 25.—(Special.)—
John Stewart, farmer, 12 miles north
west of here, was placed in the Mont
gomery county jail last night pending
investigation of the murder of Albert
Girardi. Omaha, whose body was
found Monday night In his motor car
near the Stewart farm, Stewart is
the employer of George Justin, who
is also held for investigation.
Stewart's arrest followed the dis
covery by Sheriff Arthur Baker and
deputies of a pair of blood-soaked over
alls in Austin's room and the finding
of tine splotches, which officers say is
blood, on his own overalls. Stewart
told the officers that he could not ac
count for the splotches, but denied
they were blood stains.
The authorities explain that they
are holding Stewart and Austin be
cause their present information indi
cates that the prisoners were the last
two men to have seen Girardi alive.
General denials are said to have been
made by Stewart and Austin ns to
any knowledge of the death of the
Omaha man.
The cheek for $75 which was found
in one of Girardi's pockets has been
traced by the officials to Herman
Beuhlrr, who is quoted as having said
that it was given to Girardi. In his
statements to the sheriff Stewart said
Girardi told him he was going to
Macedonia. Ia., to sell liquor.
At noon today the investigtors an
nounced that they had obtained no
definite information which would lead
them to solving the mystery of
Girardi's death.
Private detectives from Omaha are
working on the case.
Funeral services for Albert Girardi,
29/ 1309 South Sixth street, were held
at 11 this morning at St. Annes
church. Rev. Michael Stagno pleach
ed the funeral sermon in Italian,
which dealt with general Christian
teachings and preparedness for an un
timely death. Tlie funeral was la-gtly
attende<|. Interment was u: Holy Sep
ulcher cemetery.
Harding Bark at Desk.
Wahlngton, Jan. 25.—Prsidenc Har
ding returned to his desk today for
the first time since he was taken ill
with grippe more than a week ago.
During his abseuce he was confined
to his bed for several days and sub
sequently remained in his room under
orders of the White House physician,
Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer. The past
few days, however, he has virtually
been in normal condition, according
to Dr. Sawyer, but has been kept
from work because it was desired that
he take a rest after a strenuous year
without a \ scat.on
Day’s Activities
in Washington
_ c I
President Harding, recovered from
the grippe, returned to his desk after
more than a week's absence.
The senate began consideration of
another rural credits proposal—the
Lenroot-Anderson government aid bill
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,
announced he would reintroduce his
resolution requesting the president to
call an international economic con
ference,
Mrs. John B. Henderson, widow of
the late Senator Henderson, Missouri,
offered the government a $500,000
newly constructed residence as a
home for the vice president.
Authority would be given the presi
dent, under a bill introduced by Sena
tor Brookhart, republican, Iowa, to
take over and operate coal mines in
an emergency.
Senate proponents of the adminis
tration shipping bill failed in an ef
fort to obtain unanimous consent to
curb debate so that an early vote on
the measure could be obtained.
Cash and stock dividend payments
by the Texas company, one of the
largest "independents” since its or
ganization in 1903, totaled $116,787,
000, Ainos I,. Beaty, its president tes
tified at the senate oil Investigation.
Taking cognizance of reports that
"embassy liquor” was reaching boot
leggers, treasury officials were under
stood to have called the attention of
the State department to certain "un
usual shipments” of intoxicants to
embassy's and legations.
Secretary Hughes informed the sen
ate foreign relations committee that
Roland \\\ Boyden, unofficial Ameri
can observer with the reparations
commission, had been instructed to
refrain from expressing an opinion of
proposals before the commission nnd
in the absence of instructions, not to
offer suggestions.
Announcement was made that Elio
W adsworth, assistant secretary of the
treasury, would represent the United
States at the interallied conference
which will convene in Paris in March,
to consider adjustment of payments
by Germany for the maintenance of
troops of other governments on the
Rhine.
The house, by a vote of 207 to 77,
approved action of its judiciary com
mittee In giving a clean bill of health
to Attorney General Daugherty on
the Keller impeachment charges.
Quake Felt at Sea. ^
Bremerton. Wash., Jun. 25.—The
battleship Texas arrived at the Puget
Sound naval station here with a re
port of an earthquake Tuesday morn
ing while it was at sea. The disturb
nnoe, supposed to have been one that
was felt extensively in California,
shook the vessel from stein to stern,
lasting more than a minute safd
officer*.
Japanese Desire
to Respect Spirit
of Arms Parley
J I
Premier Kato Says Three-;
Power Pact Might Be
Formed in Case Treaty
Is Not Ratified.
Washington, Jan. 25.—(By A. P.)—
The Japanese embassy announced to
night I he receipt of official dispatches
bearing upon the recent Interpellation
of Premier Kato in the diet with ref
erence to the Washington naval lim
itation treaty. According to these
advices, the premier did not Bay. as
reported In press dispatches from To
kio. that an understanding existed
between the three great naval powers
as to a course to follow In case the
treaty was not ratified by all five
signatories, but that in such an event
“an agreement of some sort might
eventually be reached by Japan, the
United States and Great Britain.”
“The following day, the 24th,“ the I
embassy , announced, “in the house of
representatives, replying to a ques-1
tion as to whether or not any under- ]
standing exists among the three pow
ers, lie flatly declared that there is
no such agreement.”
The dispatch said that in the house
of peers on January 23, replying to
a question by Viscount Kato. leader
of the opposition, the prime minister
said:
“I believe that the naval treaty
will be ratified. In the unlikely event
that it should fail, an agreement of
some sort might eventually be reach
ed by Japan, the United States and
Great Britain; but putting aside this
question, let me say that even if the
treaty fails, we earnestly desire to
respect the spirit of the Washington
conference in reducing expenditure
and lightening the national burden."
American Troops on Rhine
Start Homeward Journey
Antwerp, Jan. 25.—(By A. P.)—The
transport St. Mlhlel, with the last of
the American troops from the Coblenz
bridgehead on board, sailed for the
United States at 5:20 this afternoon.
I
Officers Seize Liquor
X'ew York. Jan. 25.—Prohibition en
forcement agents late today raided
the Coamopolitan Drug company and
seized liquors valued at $300,000. Al
fred Tlenian. president of the con
cern. and David Kahn, treasurer, were
arrested.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday probably Know; not much
change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
A a. m..24 t p. m. IU
r* a. m.26 f 2 p. in.3»
i a. m.36 I 5 p. m.46
6 a. m. .26 4 p. in. . 40
• i. m.. ♦ SO ' ^ p. n».. 10
16 •. m.HI 6 p. m. HO
II a. nt..35 i p. in. 36
It noon 3i | 1 p. m, 53
French Fire
On Mob at
Dusseldorf
Clash Comes in Demonslrallon
During General Strike.
Galled in Protest at
Invasion.
Strike Ties Up Railways
Duscldorf, Jan. 23.—|F.y A. P.)—
Violent manifestations occurred in tint
streets of Dusseldorf tills evening m
connection with a general two-hour
strike called in protest against tha
French occupation And ns a welcom
ing demom'tratlon to Fritz Thyssen.
Sei erai shots were fired by the French
m quelling the disorders and one Ger
man was wounded.
fronds Menace Troops.
Kssen. Jan. 23.—(By A. P.l—The
crowds in the streets of Kssen ha\e
grown bigger and their mood uglier
since the return of the industrial mag
nates, who at Alayenco Wednesday
were convicted by a French court
martial and sentenced to pay fines for
disobedience of the orders of the
Franeo-Belgian authorities. For a
time today it seemed ns if serious
clashes between civilian mobs and
French machine gunners were inevi
table.
There was great Jirbiliation about
the station on the arrival of the mas
nates’ train, ami mighty cheers and
popular songs greeted them and fol
lowed them to their homes and hotel*
The French guards, believing them
selves menaced, summoned reinforce
ments. planted machine guns in the
main squares and took possession of
ths lobby of the Hotel Kalserhof
which tonight resembles an arsenal,
wliiie two companies of French dra
goons are guarding the adjacent
srquare.
There was another noisy demonstra
tion in front of the postoffloe, but no
conflicts. The atmosphere continues
electrical, and the temper of the
civilian crowds is more hostile than
at any tine since the beginning of
the occupation,
Strike Spreads.
Dusseldorf, Jan. L'5.—(By A. P.>—
The railroad strike has spread with
great rapidity since the mine direc
tors were fined at Mayence, and to
day it was effective over the greater
part of the Kuhr.
No north, south or eaat hound pas
senger trains left Dusseldorf after 8
o'clock this morning and the Fa^ls
Berlin train was stalled at the sta
tion here. Service to Essen waa com
pletely interrupted.
General AVaygand, Marshal Foch's
chief of staff, arrived here from Paris
today and immediately went Into con
ference with General DeGoutte to con
sider tile application of sterner mili
tary measures against the Germans.
"France is hero to stay until she
gets complete satisfaction from Ger
many." said M. LeTrocquer, minister
of public works, who accompanied
General AV'eygand.
The measures were to be considered
in view of a "lengthy occupation of
the Kuhr,’’ it was said.
"France Here to Stay.**
"If Germany thinks her policy of
resistance and sabotage will make
France deviate one Jot from her reso
(Torn t« Page Three, C'nlnmn Two.)
St. Louis Lands 1923
Pulitzer Air Race
Washington, Jan. 25.—The Pulitzer
cup airplane contests will he held next
fall at St. Ixniis, it was decided at a
meeting of the officers and board of
governors of the National Aeronautic
association.
Pilots of the air mail service who
were credited with traveling more
than 2.000,000 miles without a fata)
ity in 1922, were awarded the Collier
trophy for accomplishing “the most
outstanding aeronautic performance
of the year."
Lieutenant MacRcady and Lieuten
ant Kelly of the army air service were
awarded the McKay trophy for having
set new endurance and long distance
airplane records. They were credited
with 38 hours and 18 minutes of con
tinuous flying, in which they covered
the 2,060 miles on their nonstop flight
recently from the Pacific coast to
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Jnd.
Many Respond to Appeal
for Recruits iu Ireland
Dublin, Jan. 25.—(By A. P.)—There
was enthusiastic response today to
the appeal of Defense Minister Mul
cahy for army recruits to enlist under
the short service agreement, not ex
ceeding a year, to meet the present
emergency.
General Mulcahy strongly urged
employers to encourage their work
ers to enlist under a guarantee that
their positions would be kept open
for them.
The government plan does not cal!
for any addition to the permanent
national army. Enlargement of the
regular army would require negotia
tion with England for a change in
the treaty provisions.
Postoffice Decrease
Washington. Jan. 25.—(Special.)—
The number of postofllces in the
United States decreased 160 in the.
last year. The number in Nebraska
decreased from 961 in July, 1922, to
594 in January, 1923.
