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Bonus Bobs
Up in Debt
Question
Spectacular Fight Over Fund
ing of British Obligations to
Furnish Finale for Sixty
Seventh Congress.
Harding to Crack Whip
Washington, Feb. 1.—Events today1'
left no doubt that the fiith congress
Is going to stage as Its finale a spec
tacular battle over the refunding of
the *4,800.000,000 British debt to the
Hnlted States and a soldier bonus to
be financed from the proceeds of the
British payments.
Here are the outstanding develop
ments of the day.
Representative Hamilton Fish, re
publican, New Tori', spokesman for
the "veterans’ bloc" announced that
the soldier bonus hill vetoed by Presi
dent Harding would be offered as a
rider to the- debt bill and predicted its
gS^^.-issnge.
Representatives Fordney, republi
can, Michigan, chairman of the ways
and means committee, which will
frame the debt refunding legislation,
while favoring a soldier bonus. Bald
he would fight the proposed rider.
Opposed by Harding.
Although he condemned the prin
ciple of a soldier bonus In his veto
message. President HardingT' accord
ing to Mr. Fordney, would not oppose
a bonus financed from war dVbt pay
ments eventually but does oppose in
jection of bonus legislation tnto the
debt refunding measure.
Senators McKellar. d<*mocrat, Ten
nessee, and Heflin, democrat, Ala
bama, precipitated a turbulent de
. bate In the senate on the British debt
settlement, which they assailed as
un-American, McKellar being dubbed
pro-German by Senator Glass, demo
crat, Virginia, and Heflin being called
to order for connecting Senator
Wadsworth, republican. New York,
with "Wall street sharks.”
The American debt refunding coin
mission. In session with British Am
bassador tjeddes, studied the details
of the British cabinet's acceptance of
the American terms of settlement and
began preparation of a recommenda
tion of modification of the debt re
funding net.
No Reason for Delay.
"There Is no good reason why a
bonus bill should be delayed until the
Interest payments are actually made,”
said Mr. Fish. "My amendment will
provide that bonuses shall be paid
when the money in sufficient nmounts
.^to meet the cost is paid by Great
’r* Britain. Such an. amendment would
do away with any further wrangle
about bonuses. I understood that the
interest payment will amount to
about $150,000,000 yearly, while one
third of this amount will bo all that
will be necessary to pay the bonuses."
Representative Johnson, republican,
South Dakota, another ex-service
man, 6aid that sentiment in favor of
ft soldiers' bonus amendment was so
overwhelming that no point of order
could prevail against It. He felt sure
thjU It would carry In the house by a
big majority.
lenders Worried.
With the soldiers' bonus thrust to
the fore again, administration lenders,
including President Harding, are
frankly worried over the effect of the
funding agreement on the legislative
situation. They are fearful that intro
ouction of funding legislation now will
seriously jeopardize the chances of the
ship subsidy bill, which, it is recog.
nized must be passed at this session
or not at all.
Senator Lodge, republican, Massa
chusetts. republican leader in the sen
ate; Senator Smoot, republican Utah;
Senator Watson, republican, Indiana,
and Representative Burton, republi
can, Ohio, all conferred with the presi
dent about the situation today. They
are understood to have urged Mr.
Harding to lose no time in laying the
British debt agreement before con
gress.
The president, it is believed, will
do this, but at the same time he is
making preparations to crack the
party whip in an emphatic manner
to get action on the ship subsidy.
He fa preparing a. letter to Senator
Jones, republican, Washington, chair
,*man of the senate commerce commit
tee, in charge of the subsidy, calling
upon the administration supporters in
the senate to rally and bring ever*
parliamentary pressure to bear to
force a vote on the subsidy bill be
fore March 4.
McRVHar Starts firework#.
Senator McKellar, democrat, Ten
Ties.se, touched off the firweorks In the
senate hy declaring himself opposed
to taxing the American people ap
proximately $58,000,000 to make up
the difference between the Interest
rate on the Liberty bonds and the
interest rate which the British will
pay.
Senator McKellar made remarks
about the British of an uncompliment
ary character and Senator Glass
charged that Senntor McKellar was
^'stating the pro-German view; not
the American view.” Senator Mc
Kellnr retorted that such a statement
was "unworthy” of the Virginia sena
tor and the Incident passed without
Violence.
Senator Heflin deplored the w'lling
iess to tax the American people to
pay the difference in the interest rate
on the Liberty bonds and the Inter
est rate which the British are tc pay
■while there was such apparent reluc
tance to provide a soldiers bonus
Senator Wadsworth retorted that the
people of New York had voted $40,
, 000,000 for soldiers’ bonus and de
manded of the Alabama senator:
■'Where was Alabama when New
jl Jork was doing that?"
"Being robbed by New York,”
promptly shouted Senator Heflin. "I
represented the American people. I do
pot represent the Wall street bond
iTurn to rag* Sixteen, Column Three.)
Olaf Couldn't Sj>ell
“Quarantined" and
So He Paid $300 Fine
K.dmonton, Alberta, Feb. 1.—Olaf
Peterson of St. Paul l>es Metis,
northern Alberta, paid a fine of
$300 and rosts in police court be
cause of his inability to spell “quar
antined," according to word re
ceived here.
A provincial constable, passing
Peterson's shack, noticed a* sign
reading:
“Tills place is quaranted for
small pox for 35 days. By order of
Hr. Fonla.”
The queer spelling of "quaran
tined” interested the constable who
investigated and found Pederson
manufacturing imionshine.
Federal Sleuths
Continue Liquor
Drive in Omaha
! Fontenelle Raid Marks Open
ing of Campaign to Wipe
Out All Wet Spots
in Northwest.
Robert Samardick, federal prohibi
tion agent, and hia squad of liquor
sleuths, launched a series of raids
yesterday afternoon on places in
Omaha against which they say they
have evidence of the Illegal sale of
liquor.
The first raid was at 520 North
Fifteenth sti-get where two women,
Cencdetta Raffa and Murray Cattano,
were arrested. They were taken tc
police station and charged with il
legal possession and sale of Intoxi
cating liquor.
Later the raiding party swooped
| down on a second hand store conduct
ed by Abe Keiser at 1002 South Thlr
I teenth street. Keiser also was ar
I rested, charged with Illegal possession
and sale. No evidence was taken to
police headquarters.
Keiser lives at 1020 Center street.
Joe Padanio, 1321 Pacific street,
was arrested for unlawful possesion
and sale on five counts.
Kvldence Obtained.
The raiders were not seizing evi
dence in these raids, evidence of
sale having already been obtained, it
was announced.
Federal agents have not yet suc
ceeded in arresting five of the seven
Hotel Fontenelle bellboys for w'honi
they have warrants charging illegal
sale of liquor. The two arrested Wed
Minnenpolis, Minn., Feb. 1.—The
temporary injunction 'obtained
against the Hotel Fontenelle at
Omaha, following a raid by prohibi
tion officials yesterday marks the
opening of a drive in the north
west to rlosc up all places where
liquor law violations have oc
curred, II. L. Duncan, northwest
prohibition director, announced to
day. '
Dther injunction proceedings wilt
be started against soft tirin' places,
homes and other places in Minne
sota, Iowa, N'etFaaka and North
and .South Dakota where liquor
law' violations have occurred, Mr.
Duncan announced, as a part of
the rainpalgn recently ordered by
Washington prohibition -enforce
nient officials.
“If we are successful, we will
close them all up for a year and a
day,”» Mr. Duneau said.
, nesday when Robert Samardick, pro
! hibltion agent, raided the Fontenelle
I hotel, gave $1,000 bond each and were
, released pending trial.
I The five others are Albert Blasdell,
j J. W. Berry, R. Pryor, Charles Wood
ward and Edward Baker.
“It they do not come In and give
I themselves up to the United States
marshal, they will be treated ns fu
gitives from justice and the federal
dragnet will be spread for them all
(Turn to rage Sixteen, Column Six.)
Bryan Attack on Code
| Is Refuted by Probe
Lincoln. Feb. 1.—(Special.) — Gov
ernor Bryan in his daily interview
with newspaper men swung into his
customary assault on the code law
and produced a sheet taken from the
expense ledger of the department of
public works showing that two of the
deputies employed by Gus Hyers. for
mer state sheriff, had drawn salaries
from the department of public works
appropriation, instead of the law en
forcement appropriation.
An investigation, conducted after
the interview, showed that under the
I law the department of public works
1 must investigate violations of the mo
j tor registration law. At various times
Hyers would give his men a leave of
absence without pay and turn them
I over to the public works department
| to investigate such violations.
Governor Undecided Whether
to Buy Rail Mileage Books
Lincoln, Feb. 1.—(Special.)—Gover
nor Bryan hail not decided today
whether to issue an order for trav
eling state officers to purchase mile
age books and take advantage of the
order issued by the Interstate Com
merae commission directing railroads
to sell mileage books at 20 per cent
discount.
Antagonism to use of mileage books
was a part of the governor’s mes
sage. Since his inauguration, he has
ordered their use by state employes
discontinued.
Federal Land Bank Pays
$400,000 dividend to Farmers
The Federal Land bank of Omaha
was paying out dividends yesterday
amounting to $400,000 to farmers of
Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and
Wyoming, D. P. Hogan, president of
the bank, announced. This was the
payment of an extra 3 per cent divi
dend for 1922. and will make a total
of 13 per cent in 1922 dividends, ac
j cording to President Hogan.
Three Dead
100 Hurt by
Explosion
Gas Blast Rocks Springfield,
Mass.—People in Streets
Struck Down—Fire •/.
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Follows Crash.
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State Troops C"V>' a
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Springfield. Mass., \Sv — At
least three lives were lo.** .txiut 100
persons were injured amt the busi
ness section of this city was shaken
with damage to several buildings, in
cluding the city hall, by the explosion
of a gas tank today. Fire followed
the explosion but was soon subdued.
Office workers and persons in the
streets were struck down by debris.
Workers in the plant were reported
seriously hurt but without fatalities.
; Automobiles in the streets were hub
deep in wreckage.
The municipal group of buildings
centering about the city hall, banks
and business blocks, were in the area
in which windows were broken. Per
sons in these buildings comprised
many of the injured.
The big storage tank was located at
the foot of Elm street, near Water
street and not far distant from the
Connecticuit river.
Firemen formed a cordon around
the flaming wreckage of the tank.
The four companies of state militia
stationed here were ordered to report
to their armories to.be held In reserve
for patrol duty. Members of the state
constabulary stationed at North
ampton were ordered to proceed here
for duty at once.
The body of Henry Egnor, 40, an
employe of the Gas Light company,
was dug from beneath the wreckage.
John Careolopli and John Stapleton
died in AVesson hospital of their in
I juries.
The latest official list places the
number of dead at three, and the num
ber of injured in hospitals at 53, a
number of whom are expected to die.
Workmei* are removing wreckage a?
rapidly as possible In the hope of ex
tricating any who may still be buried
beneath the brick.
W aterwav Project
Outlook Improves
Premier King Ready to Take
Up Discussion of Treaty
With United States.
Washington, Feb. 1.—(Special.)—
A more favorable outlook for the suc
cess of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
waterway project is suggested by
statements made here today by C. P.
Craig, executive secretary of the asso
ciation. According to Mr ( mig, the
Canadian government Is preparing to
discuss the question “informally”
with the government of the United
States. '
During the past few days, vigorous
representations have been made to the
King government from western Can
ada In favor of the project. The iiue
bec opposition continues to exist, but
it understood to be less formldab e
than it was.
Premier King is reported to have
told the western Canadian people thrt
while his government was not pre
parer. to take up the c'isou.'sion of a
treaty with the United States. It was
ready to discuss the question infor
mally. This is looked upon as a first
step in the direction of reaching nn
understanding which will make the
project feasible.
Grand Island Again
Defeats School Bonds
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 3,—(Spe
cial.)— For the second time within two
months the school district taxpayers
have been called to the polls to vote
ou a large Issue of bonds for new
school buildings.
But, for the second time, the propo
sition was rejected, even though one
element of objection in the first call
was e!imin%ted by the action of the
board in pledging adherence to a pre
viously adopted program of extension.
The only question at issue at this
time was the extent of the program
for immediate construction, $544,000
to accommodate 1.670 pupils, or over
3,000 more than Itt present needed.
The total vote was 676 yes and
734 no.
Election Contest Settled
by One Vote at Grand Island
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 1.—(Spe
cial.)—Only today one of the contests
m the November election was settled
when County Judge Mullen, after a
recout of the vote and an examination
of various alleged claims of illegal
\oting, found Alfred Rehdev elected
by one vote for supervisor over John
Sass, former incumbent.
The one vote thrown out. that of a
married woman who thought she was
entitled to vote but was not, being
still not of legal age, was questioned
by Sass’ attorney.
When summoned to court she ad
mitted she had voted for Sass.
Los Angeles Experiences
Coldest Night in 18 Years
Los Angeles, Feb. L—Los Angeles
awakened aftel'' its coldest night in
18 years the thermometer at the
weather bureau registering a low
mark of 36 degrees while the environs
were lower, Pomona reporting 24 de
grees and Mt. Wilson 15.
There was ice in and around the
city and frost in many places gave
appearance of a blanket of snow.
The southern California citrus crop
was saved by clouds over the citrus
belt.
Remark of Six-Year-Old
Daughter Causes Father
to Start Divorce Suit
Chicago, Feb. 1.—Thomas Brodie.
secretary of an olive oil concern, has
tiled suit against his wife, Annette
lirodlf naming Claud Powell, married
and the father of three children, as
corespondent. Brodie obtained evi
dence against his wife by investigat
ing a remark made by his 6-year-old
da' ghter. During an automobile ride
’’is daughter she pointed out an
x at where "mamma, Uncle Ben
,ived.” Brodie charges that
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'■ X ,fe and Powell lived at a north
apartment hotel for several
.onths under the name of “A. Powell
■ and wife.” That, he explained, was
after he had separated from her in
j September, 1921.
Tom Carroll and
Bryan Near Split
Reported Here
Friends of State Law Enforcer
Answer Bryan's Attempt
to Be Dictator With
His Own Argument.
Trouble Is brewing between Gover
nor Charles W. Bryan, chief law en
forcement officer, and Tom Carroll,
his new deputy chief law enforcement
officer, according to reports received
in Omaha by Carroll’s friends.
Resignation of Carroll, who has
been on the job scarcely two weeks,
is expected nt any time unless he
can reach some agreement with the
governor ns to his exact duties and
that he may have some voice in
selecting deputies.
Checks All Raids.
The governor is reported to be in
sisting that every official act of Car
roll be reported to him In advance,
which, Carroll’s friends feel, is un
fair. They point to the reason given
by Bryan for not appointing IOlmer
Thomas to Carroll’s position.
’’Thomas Is a lawyer and not a sea
soned police officer,” Bryan said at
the time of the row over Carroll’s
appointment.
Carroll’s friends here say that
Bryan is a politician and editor and
not a police officer of long years of
experience like Carroll and for Car
roll to report to Bryan every time
he contemplated a raid would be folly
and something unusual in police
work.
Worked With Hyers.
Carroll worked In co-operation with
Gus Hyers' deputies for more than a
year, while he was a deputy federal
prohibition officer and 30 per cent of
the raids made by Carroll were di
rected by Hyers and either Hyers or
his deputies accompanied Carroll.
Every deputy Hyers had in his
employ was a time-tried police officer.
The first thing Bryan did was to
direct Carroll to hire Cal Broody, a
private detective, and a brother of
Bryan's private detective. Broady fs
to be Carroll s chief deputy and so
far Carroll has failed to get Bryan’s
consent to hire any of the seasoned
Hyers men or any- other officer with
years of active, hard-fisted police ser
vice to his credit.
Day’s Activities
in Washington
Maj. Gen. John L. Hines took up
his duties at the War department as
deputy chief of staff.
Early retirement from office of Gov.
E. Mont Belly of Porto Rico, was fore
cast in official circles.
Heated debate in the senate on the
British debt funding arrangement to
this country was precipated through
an attack on some of its features by
Senator McKellar, democrat, Ten
nessee.
Favorable report of a bill which
would authorize government purchase
of $10,000,000 worth of nitrates for
resale to farmers at cost for use as
fertilizer was ordered by the house
agriculture committee.
Senator Brookhart, republican, Iowa,
was charged by Senator Eenroot, re
publican. Wisconsin, during senate
debate on#ural credits, with advocat
ing policies similar to those of Lenine
and Trotzky.
Returning from a three-weeks sur
vey of conditions on the Pacific coast
and in the southwest, Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes declared he [
was convinced the public in those sec
tions favored strict enforcement of
the Volstead act.
The house 'passed an amendment to
the existing tax law by which gains
made through the exchange of stocks,
bonds or other investment securities
for securities of a similar kind, would
be made subject to taxation.
The American debt funding com- !
mission, at a meeting with Sir Auck
land Geddes, the British ambassador, j
virtually completed the details of the
settlement plan for funding the Brit
ish war debt to this country for trans
mission to President Harding.
Giant Sensation Hogg
Sell at Average of $225
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 1.—(Special.)—
Duroc Jersey hogs of the Giant Sen
sation family sold here at a top of
.''■105, and 38 of them averaged $225.
The world's champion barrow of the
Chicago Livestock show was exhibit
ed in connection with the sale by the
American and National Duroc Jersey
associations. A crowd of nearly 1,000
people cheered the herd leaders as
they were exhibited in the ring.
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150 Dead in German Mine.
London, Feb. 1.—The latest informa
tion regarding the Beuthen mine dis
aster, says a Central News dispatch
from Berlin this nfternoon, is that
150 miners are known to be dead and
50 are not accounted for.
Immense Throng Protests Ruhr Invasion
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This vast throne Is part of the 200,000 Germans gatlered before the relehstae in Berlin, in protest over the
French invasion of the Kulir district. The crowd is shown standing bareheaded, while massed bands play the
national anthem.
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There’s Great Joy in Ruhr
German Papers Issue Extras Heralding War Be
tween France and Britain as Result of Lau
sanne Break.
Essen, Feb. 1.—(By A. P.)—The Ruhr
forgot its own troubles last evening
upon receipt of Lausanne dispatches
from German sources, announcing
“the final break between England and
France, over the near east ques
tion.”
"Certain War Between Great Brit
ain and France!" screamed the head
lines on one of the newspaper ex
tras. Great crowds in front of the
bulletin boards in Essen, and Dus
seldorf to cheer the reporters from
Lausanne. For the Srst time irq three
weeks, there was Joy in the Ruhr.
The population had been waiting
in front of the newspaper offices in
the expectation that the French
ultimatum to Germany would be
published. When news of a break at
Lausanne was announced, the people
were greatly relieved and greeted the
bulletins with tumultuous cheers.
Extra editions of the Westphalian
Gazette and the Dusseldorf Tage
blatt were snapped up promptly at
100 marks a copy.
Officers on duty at French head
quarters volunteered the information
that no official advice as to a Franco.
British break had been received from
Purls and that the joy of the Germans
is likely to prove premature.
"To Defend Calais.”
"YVe will defeat the French,” was
the cry heard again and again as
patrols of soldiers dispersed the
crowd. The population was in good
humor and taunted the French sol
dlers without offering any resistance.
"Be careful you don't break your
neck," a German youth shouted to a
French horseman, as the latter's
mount slipped on the wet pavement,
and nearly fell. “You'11 be needed to
defend Calais!”
In the absence of any official news
from Lausanne, the population of
Dusseidorf and Essen went to bed
confident that the near east im
broglio would prove the Ruhr’s sal
vation.
Legislature Has
1,001 Measures
for Consideration
Total in Senate Reaches 329
With Even Hundred Bills
on Last Day for
Filing.
Lincoln, Feb. L—(Special.)—Intro
duction of an even 100 bills in the
state senate Thursday—the last day
for new measures to be thrown Into
the hopper—brought the total In the.
upper branch of the legislature to
329. The house members succeeded
in piling up 627 proposals in the 20
day period, making the grand total
for the session to date 1,001.
Among the bills Introduced in the
final rush was one by Hastings and
Reed, transferring the appointive pow
er from the governor to the code
secretaries for employes under them
and making confirmation of code sec
retaries by majority of ho^h house
and senate instead of senate alone.
Senaro File 304 provides that the
governor's budget ■ must apply to
"then existing activities." Budget law
shall not be construed to empower
(he governor to "abolish existing In
stitutions or activities of the state
by making no provision for their
maintenance."
Senator Rickard would pass a law
providing that voters at the primary
need not declare party affiliation. Mr.
Rickard also proposed a law making
It unlawful to catch fish in any man
ner except by holding pole, hook and
line in the hands of fisherman.
Senator Cooper of Omaha intro
duced a bill making highway robbery
punishable by life imprisonment or
death. (
Intoxicated Auto Drivers
Attacked in Larkin Bill
Lincoln, Feb. 1.—(Special.)—A bill
introduced in the senate by Senator
Larkin provides that, persons who
have been convicted of driving an au
tomobile while under the Influence of
liquor shall be prohibited from driv
ing again for six months and the car
impounded.
Another restrictive measure intro
duced by Senator Rickard provides
for the licensing of adult and Juvenile
motion picture houses and prohibits
the showing of motion pictures of in
dividuals who have been legally
charged with felony and who has been
a party to a notorious divorce action.
Short Ballot Provided
by Senate Resolution
Lincoln, Feb. 1.—(Special.)—S. F.
279, introduced today by Osborne,
provides the short ballot for Nebraska.
It is a Joint resolution to amend
the constitution. Under Its provi
sions, governor, lieutenant governor,
and state auditor would be elective
officers while the remaining officials!
would be appointed by the governor
with the consent of the senate. All of
ficials would serve for two years with
the exception of state superintendent,
whose terms would be four years.
Mrs. Mary Cott Is
Killed by Auto;
Husband Helpless
Motor Turning Into Alley
Strikes Woman—Dies Few
Minutes Later at Home
of Friends.
Mrs. Mary Cott. 46, living at the
Hunter apartments, was run down
and killed by an automobile driven by
C. PJiorson, 2757 Webster street. The
accident occurred on Twenty-seventh
avenue last night.
Mrs. Cott and her husband, E. J.
Cott, were enroute to the home of O.
L. McDonald, 618 North Twenty
seventh avenue, where they planned
to visit.
While crossing an alley, a half
block from the McDonald home, Mrs.
Cott was struck by the machine.
Pohrson was turning into the alley
to put his car in the garage at his
home when the accident happened.
He was arrested and is being held for
for the inquest.
Mrs. Cott was taken to the McDon
old home, where she died in the arms
of her husband a few minutes later.
Chicagoan Held in Omaha*
l1. P. Robbery Discharged
Chicago, Feb. 1.—(Special.)—John
Worthington, investment dealer, ar
rested recently for having sold a bond
stolen in Omaha, was discharged In
police court after showing he bought
the bond in the course of business.
Worthington was charged with re
ceiving securities stolen from the
Union Pacific in Omaha, March 10,
1922, when approximately $15,000 in
bonds and money was taken from the
vaults on the seventh floor of the
Union Pacific building.
J. C. C.ale, special agent for the
Union Pacific, arrested Worthington
here last December.
Man Arraigned for
British Poison Plot
London, Feb. 1.—(By A. P.)—Walter
Tatam, horticulturist of Balharn, ar
rested by Scotland Yard on a charge
of sending poisoned candy to Sir Wil
lijint Horwood, commissioner of police,
was arrnigned in police court today.
He was formally charged, not only
with attempting to murder Sir Wil- j
liam Horwood on November 9, 1922, I
by means of poison, but also with a j
similar attempt against Assistant |
Commissioners Treavor UJngham anti !
Frank Elliott on November 6. He !
pleaded not guilty and" was remanded
for one week.
Dr. Cook, Artie Explorer,
Arrested on Rum Charge
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 1.—Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, arctic explorer, was ar
rested by federal authorities today
on charge or having liquor in his
possession. He was released on {500
bond. His attorney issued a state
ment. denying the charge and saying |
the arrest was caused by his wife, !
who filed suit for divorce today.
Ruhr Invasion
Bad Business,
Herr Cuno Savs
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Nobody Will Benefit by Oc
cupation, Least of All France,
Declares German
Chancellor.
Berlin, Feb. 1.—(By A. P.)—Chan
cellor Cuno, discussing the Ruhr oc
cupation with American correspond
dents list evening, declared:
“It's bad business—bad/for the cred
itor. but worse for the debtor, as the
former gets nothing, while the latter
becomes systematically ruined.”
The chancellor confined his remarks
to an impassioned presentation of the
economic aspects of the Ruhr ques
tion. He gave no hint that Germany
contemplates taking the initiative in
the present situation.
"Is there,” he asked, “a single trace
of economic logic or business sense
in this armed assault upon one of the
world's most complicated and highly
productive industrial areas which Is
not only pre-eminently qualified, but
also obviously destined for active co
, operation in the general task of world
reconstruction?”
Cost of Advance.
Herr Cuno presented statistical
data bearing on the cost of the
Franco-Belgian advance as it coim
pared with the reparations defaults
for which Germany is being penalized.
“If we inquire who is the aetunl
beneficiary of this military occupancy
of the Ruhr,” the chancellor con
tinued, “there can be only one an
swer. Nobody, least of all France,
who up to the time it crossed the
Rhine, obtained from us daily, J100,
000 worth of coal in addition to valu
able deliveries of timber. This
elaborate military organization will
consume more money than It claims
is due it through the alleged German
default.”
Confusion and Destruction.
Chancellor Cuno said he believed
the Franco-Belgian Ruhr army would
soon show itself to be a highly irra
tional and unproductive instrument,
chiefly designed to spread confusion
and destruction. He referred at
length to the annihilating effects of
the French operations upon the Ger
man civil service administration, lo
cal food prices and the destructive
influence on the German mark,
whereby Germany practically has
been ellmniated as a buyer in the
foreign markets in as much as it is
naturally incapacitated as a pur
chaser of the wheat, cotton, copper
and other essential commodities need
ed to keep its industries in motion
and its workers employed.
Ten Killed, 50 Wounded
in Mexico City Riot
Mexico City, Feh., 1.—(By A. F.)—
At leaRt 10 persons wero killed and
more than 50 wounded In a dash be
tween federal soldiers and striking
street car workers, in front of the labor
headquarters here today.
The trouble was precipitated when
the "red” faction of strikers, who have
refused to accede to the agreement
reached last Sunday, fired on cars
operated by the ‘‘yellow" faction,
which made the agreement with the
tramways company.
The soldiers guarding the cars re
turned the fire and a pitched battle
ensued in the street. All the downtown
stores were dosed and traffic stopped.
25 Seamen Forced to Boats
by Flames on Ship Missing
Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 1.—(By A. P.)—
Efforts to locate the 25 members of
the crew of the steamer Buttonwood,
who took to the small boats when
their vessel caught fire in the Lynn
Haven roads Just before last midnight,
had proved fruitless up to late this aft
ernoon. The men put off during a
heavy fog and it was thought they
may have landed on a remote section
of the shore.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday probably fair with rising
temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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10 a. ni. 10
11 a. m.. .11
It noon 13
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Giving in
to French
Paper Mill Workers Appeal
to General Degoutte for
Fuel to Keep Mills
Running.
Food Becoming Scarce
Dusseldorf, Keh. 1.—(By A. P.l—
Honors wore about even on the 22d
day of the gigantic economic battle
now being waged between the French
and Germans. Sober second thought
is Increasing and the scarcity of food
and growing unemployment today
caused a body of German workers to
make their first appeal to the French
for assistance since the troops entered
the Ruhr.
Six thousand paper mill workers,
threatened with closure of the Dussel
dorf plants owing to lack of coal, sent
a delegation to General Degoutte re
questing that the French supply
fuel necessary for continuance of
work. General Degoutte answered
that the German railway men were
responsible by failure to transport
coal Into Dusseldorf.
General Degoutte promised he would
have coal brought to the paper mills.
Germans Score.
The Germans scored when M.
Frantzen, one of the leading engi
neers of the French economic mis
sion. speaking officially to the cor
respondents, admitted that the work
of the mission depended upon the re
turn to the Ruhr of the coal syndi
cate and co-operation with the mis
sion, virtually admitting that the
French were powerless to work the
Ruhr industries without the Ger
mans. ,
The output of the mines is gradual
ly dwindling, but the food situation
appears to be the greatest argument
favoring surrender of the population
to tho French terms.
The French quartermaster's depart
ment has issued information that the
supply service to the French army
of occupation is operating normally,
five trains of foodstuffs, sufficient for
the army's needs, reaching the Ruhr
today, but the French autholitiei
have informed the Germans they art
unable to transport food to feed th«
Ruhr civilian population, adding thal
if the railway men continue their
strike, causing their own compatrioti
to starve, the responsibility is theirs.
Acts of Violence.
The Germans are resorting to acts
of violence. Another attempt to burn
the roundhouse at Mayence was part
ly successful today, while a German,
caught in the act of trying to set
fire to the Duisburg roundhouse and
locomotive shops was struck over the
head with a rifle butt by a Belgian
sentry and his skull fractured. The
sentry reported that the'German tried
| to disarm him. The German will prob
ably die.
The French refused to make any of
ficial statement ns to whether the
measure forbidding the export of coal
and coke to unoccupied Germany in
augurated at midnight was complete
ly successful. They say they have
not yet received reports from all the
frontier points.
The populations of Elberfeldt and
Barmen, ]ust outside the occupation
zone to the south, are greatly alarmed
because the French outports are only
four miles from these cities, and they
have begun to remove the books, rec
ords and nrchives of the cities and
municipalities, as well as of private
firms, further into Germany.
The French announced officially
that they have no Intention of ex
tending the zone of occupation "for
the present.” *
Tension Increasing.
Rondon, Feb. 1.—The tension be
tween the allied troops and the popu
lation of Essen is noticeably more
marked and is causing concern, say*
a Reuter's dispatch from the occupied
city. The feeling has been embittered
by the numerous deportations which
are reliably estimated to exceed SO
in number. Neutral observers, the
correspondent adds, believe that the
increased severity of the occupying
forces has been largely due to the
fact that not'a ton of Ruhr coal has *
gone to France since tflo occupa
tion.
A Reuter's dispatch from Cologne
says the French authorities have in
formed the German newspaper edi
tors that all derogatory references to
the French are prohibited. The edi
tors are reported to have been elimi
nating from tliel^ papers the words
'France" and "French.”
Riot at Koenlgsberg.
Berlin, Feb. R—The police frustrat
ed today the attempt bf a large crowd
to force entrance into the Central
hotel at Koenigsberg, where French
officer* attached to the interallied con
trol commission are residing. The
gathering sang patriotic songs and
demanded the departure of the officers.
The police finally cleared the square,
but there was a second demonstration
before another hotel which is also a
headquarters for members of the com
mission.
Ill Health Forces Chairman
Kahn to Leave Capital
Washington, Feb. R—Chairman
Kahn of the house military commit
tee, who has been'in all health for
some months, left for his home in
California on the advice of his physi
cians. Representative McKenzie of ,
Illinois, ranking republican on the
committee, will act as chairman for
the remainder of this session of con
gress.
Mr. Kahn, who was one of the out
standing figures in the house during
the war period, suffered a severe ill
ness last December and failed to re
gain his strength as rapidly as his
physicians hoped. Mr. Kahn, tn a
letter to his committee advising of his
departure, expressed the belief that
pleasant weather and congenial sur
roundings at his home would make
for his speedy recover}.
