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The Omaha Morning Bee » VOL. 52—NO. 199._SI'S? V. TliSS" 3."V,I_OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923.* Si,.7;." ,i'. Z."». _TWO CENTS DeathTakes Bishop of Lincoln See! Two-Year Illness and Injury Causes Death of Rt. Rev. C. J. O’Reilly, Third Head of Diocese. Was Tihen’s Successor Lincoln, Fab. 4.—Rt. Rsv. Charles J. O’Reilly, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Lincoln, died at St. Elizabeth's hospital at 5 this eve ning. He was 63. The Immediate cause of death was said by physicians to be arteriosclero sis, from which he had been a suf ferer for two or three years. A heavy fall sustained two months ago, result ing In the fracture of a shoulder bone, hastened his death, it was said. Bishop O'Reilly became head of the Lincoln diocese in March, 1919, be ing transferred from the missionary bishopric of eastern Oregon. He suc ceeded Bishop John H. Tlhen, who was transferred to the diocese of Den ver. Born in Canada. Bishop O'Reilly was boro at St. Johns, N. B., In January, 1860. He perfected his classical studies in St. Joseph's college, Mamramcook, N. B. Soon after receiving his degree he moved with his parents to Portland, Ore., where he taught for some years in a Catholic college. Me was ordained to the priesthood at Portland in June. 1890, and was given a charge qt Tigardville, that state, later being promoted to the more important parisii of St. Mary in East Portland. While pastor in East Portland be interested himself in temperance and welfare work, gaining distinction as a lecturer. First Bishop of Diocese. When East Oregon was created a separate diocese Bishop O'Reilly be came its first bishop. In recognition of his labors and the esteem in which lie was held he was transferred nearly five years ago to what was regarded as the more important diocese of Lin coln. Ills particular effort as bishop here was developing the Catholic , school system. Six new grammar schools were established under his regime and 10 new parishes created. Bishop O'Reilly was the third bishop • of the diocese since Lincoln was made a Catholic see. Rt. Rev. Thomas Bonacun was the pioneer head, com . ing from St. Louis nearly 40 years ago. At his death 10 years ago he was succeeded by’ Bishop Tiben and the latter in turn by Bishop O'Reily. Bishop O'Reilly headed a pilgrimage to Rome and was received by the pope following his transfer to Lincoln. Revolving Fund for European Credits Meets Opposition .\orbcck*iVeIson Bill Regarded by Administration as Possibly Objectionable to France. By GEORGE F. AITH1LR. t' aehlnvten Correspondent The Omshs Her. Washington, Feb. 4. — (Special.)— for the establishment of a revolving fund of 1220.000,000 for the establish ment of credits in Europe with which American farm prducts may be pur chased, has assumed international proportions. It is understood the ad ministration Jet it he known, infor mally, that It will oppose this meas ure. on the ground that it would re quire the State department to pick out the good and bad ereditors among the various governments. This would be embarrissing. It is acknowledged. The veal reason, it is assumed, is that it would be regarded by France as nn Interference with the pressure alio is bringing to bear upon Germany, which, in effect, amounts to a siege or a blockade. . Stopping activities of the Ruhr In terfere# with industrial activity in Germany and it Is acknowledged here Germany will lie in a starr ing condi tion by spring unless some arrange ment is made by which she can pur chase foodstuffs. Nothing is being attempted in Germany along this line. The Department of Commeree acknowledges that the Ruhr adven ture, while it will help the manufac turing interests of this country, is certain to hurt the farm section. Supporters of the Norbeck Nelson bill say the way to help the German people, if any help is to be extended, is on a. business basis and not in the manner the Russian relief was ex tended. Neither do they think France should object to our selling foodstuffs to the Germans at our own risk. The hill was defeated as a rider to the Lenroot-Andcraon rural credit bill, but is atill on the calendar and Senator Norbeck will urge its adoption. L«w Tangle May Result in Release of Gamblers Conflict between city ordinances ami Mate statutes may result in the dls - missal of charges against Jack Hicks and Joe Smith, arrested as proprie tors of a gambling house In a raid upon tho notorious "Four Roses" re sort In East Omaha recently. Judge Frank Cspell will rule upon the tan gle Tuesday morning. According to attorney for the two men, the men are charged with viola tion of a city ordinance which mi^kes the keeping of n gambling house a misdemeanor, punishable with $100 fine. Iowa statutes provide a $$00 fin* or one year In Jell as u penalty for the same offense, and tho state laws prohibit operation of city ordi nances which provide less penalties than state statutes for some offense. ,4 \ Loss in Running Roads Will Total Nearly 2 Billion $1,800,000,000 Is Estimate for War-Time Operation and Subsequent Guarantees, Report Shows. \\ ashington, Feb. 4.—(By A. P.)— Lobs by the government from war time operation of railroads and its aftermath of earnings, guarantees and damage settlements will total ap proximately $1,809,000,000, according to data made available for the first time in a report by James C. Davis, director general of railroads, trans mitted to congress by President Harding. Mr. Davis' estimates are based on the showing actually made in liquida tion of accounts between the govern ment and corporate owners of 80 per cent of the railroad mileage which the government took over. Direct Loss Over Billion. Accounting In connection with the government operation involves the In terstate Commerce commission as well as the railroad commission. Losses in direct operation of the roads and in the later settlement of capital invest ment and other claims, as now prac tically completed by Director General Davis, are shown to reach a total of $1,250,000,000. To this is added a sunt of between $525,000,000 and $600,000, 000, which has or will be paid by the commission to shortline railroads and to class 1 carriers. This last amount includes payment under the guarantee given the roads by congress of earnings during the six months of 1020, Just after the govern ment relinquished the properties. Government Paying Koads. One factor pointed out by Mr. Davis as facilitating the settlement has been the ability of the railroad administration to pay cash to car riers willing to accept an award. Gov ernment funds for these operations in part were derived from sale of equip ment trust securities amounting to $274,000,000. which were left on the director gencrais's hands -after tho period of operation, but subsequently became desirable to private investors. Shirley H. Wilson, Capitalist, Dies Resident of Omaha for 1l \ears—Brother Former Merchant Here. Shirley Heath Wilson, 42, capitalist. 5046 Chicago street, died Sunday at his residence after an illness of but a few days. Mr. Wilson was born in Carthago, III.. June 13, 1880, and came to Oma ha 14 years ago. He was a brother of George T. Wil son. who was formerly connected with Browning, King ft Co., and who is now cn route home from California, where he went to spend the winter. Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, one son. Emil, 17, and a daughter, Maurine, 9. Mr. Wilson was a member of Capi tol lodge No. 3. A. F. ft^A. M.. Scot tish Rite and Shrine: also the Omaha club and Omaha Athletic cluh. Funeral services will be held at the tesidenre Wednesday at 3. Rev. Ed win Hart Jcnks will officate. Burial will be made in Forest Lawn ceme tery. $1,000„000 Hotel Is A new hotel in Lincoln, costing ap proximately $1,000,000, was announced by Arthur Sanford, vice president of the Kleitflier Construction company of Minneapolis, who was in Omaha. The most logical hotel site in the city has been selected, Mr. Sanford stated, and building operations will begin in May. Nine months after the breaking of ground, the hotel is ex pected to be opened to the public That would bring the opening altnut February 1. 1924 The plans shown by Mr. Sanford call for an eight story building of 280 rooms. The hotel will he ultra-modern in every respect. Anti-Saloon League Hook* Turned Over to Prosecutor New York. Feb. 4.—Books showing contributions to the Anti-Saloon league of New York were turned over to Acting Prosecutor Peeora In connection with lila Inquiry Into Sec retary William II. Anderson's conduct nf th* league financial affairs. It t was stoted that the records shov e*! contributions exceeding $1.000,Don from 1017 to 1821. when O. Bertsal! Phillips, as the league's principal col lector. personally collected about $*00,000. Mr- Peeora said he was Interested ; solely in determining whether the pro cedure had been regular In the cluing 1 Ing of payments originally recorded as Phillips' salary to expenses. The en \ tire matter of compensation would j have to be clarified, he declared. Wriglcy Sup# Pttlilislur of Anti-KIan Magazine Chicago. Feb. 4.—William Wrlgley Jr., millionaire chewing gum menu faoturer end capitalist and long | prominent In republican national poll tics, .filed suit for $80,000 damages against the Tolersnce Publishing com pany, which Issues a weekly magazine in opposition to the Ku Klux Klsn. Coincidentally a local law firm an nounced that the majority stockhold ers and directors of the publishing company desired to repudiate the publication In an unauthorised edi torial in Tolerance, “f an nllegcd re production of an application at trlbuted to Mr. Wrlglay for member ship In the klan. It was sluts.I that It. was believed the signature was a forgery War Threat Is Hurled at League Lithuania 'orcc Will Be .event Oc of Neutral . N«^ .ie by Poles. . - V »s .ani Lays Down Law Paris, Feb. 4.—(By A. P.>—Threats of forceful methods of resistance to decisions of the league of nations were made for the first time by a league member when M. Sidzikauskas, rep resenting Lithuania, declared, in a meeting of the council, that Lithuania would use force to prevent the occupa tion by Poland of a part of the neu tral zone in the region of Vilna. For the first time, too, the league warned a member that if it broke the covenant by the use of force in viola tion of the decisions of the league. Article 1G of the convenant would lie invoked and a blockade of the mem ber's territory declared. The council had just decided that the neutral zone in the Vilna region, which has been practically without a government since the Polish-Llthua nian dispute started, must he ad ministered by the authorities on the spot. It gave part of this district in temporary charge of Poland and an other part to Lithuania. Force Threatened. Professor Askenazy, the Polish dele gate, accepted the decision but M. j Sidzikauskas rejected it on behalf of ! Lithuania, declaring that if Poland tried to occupy any part of the neu j tral zone force would be employed to prevent it. Rene Vivian! of France was pre siding and in an outburst of indlgna : tion he asked the Lithuanian delegate 1 if he realized what his threat meant. Then reaching for the printed cove I nnnt of the league, he read Article 16 1 and sai<J: i "This Is the penalty you incur if I you attempt to resist decisions tf the ! league by force." The Lithuanian delegate calmly de clared that Lithuania reserved all its lights. lie then left the council room. No Reference to Memel. The league decision has no refer ence to the Memel territory, which still is under the authority of the council of ambassadors acting for the allies. The council decided to refer to the international court of justice the ques tions at issue between Poland and its German colonists. A conflict in the ooiwidl over the nomination of a financial advtte,- for Albania resulted in postponement of action for the restoration of the Al banian finance*. The Albanian* the council to choose an impartial and competent flnartiler to take the country's financial Interests irt hand. The league committee, on finance* chose S. Peterson, a British subject, to whom first Italy and then France i objected. The council then decided to defer filial action, upon which the Albanian delegation said it would lie obliged to . lifer the whole question back to its ! government. Flyers Will Attempt New Endurance Record Layton, O.. Feb. 4.—With favorable weother conditions. I.leuts. Oakley O. Kelly and John A. MacRendy, Mct'ook field p;lots, will start thetr endurance flight Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, McCook field officials an nounccd. First tests of flic 13 2 plane. In which the flight will be made, since the new motor and new fittings have been Installed, will be made Monday. The pilots will endeavor to exceed their endurance record flight of more than 31 hours, which was established In the T 2 while flying over tjau Liego, Col., last October. Provisions ha\e lieen made to carry n fuel supply sufficient to remain In ! tlie air for approximately 44 hours The take-off will be made at Wil bur W light fbId. after which the fly. ' in will pilot their plane over Idiyton until the flight Is completed. Honolulu School Law Held Constitutional Honolulu. FVb. A — (f!y A P.)— l'nlte.| Htatnj District Judge J. J. Hanks overruled the demurrer filed j by the territory to the injunction i obtained bv the Japanese language schools restraining the school depart | me lit from enforcing the regulations | providing for the elimination of for j e|gn laj^.mgen from the first and , second Yuries and the substitution of i English. The corut modified the In | junction, however, and held that the | in hool law s w as conNitutinnn! and not a violation of the treaty between the l nlted Htaba and Japan. The court's modification of tha In junction provided Hist all books used ; in alien schools should be based on 'ho principle that "tile pupil * normal medium of expression Is English.'' Uncle of Jupuiicsc hnipi ror Suffers Apoplectic Stroke Tokio, Keh. 4. -Prince kadanaru Kualilnd. lord keeper of the privy ■ seal and uncle of Kmperor Yochlhllo, suffered an apoplectic stroke. Ills condition Is critical. The prince Is st Ids villa nt tihoshl, near here. A formal announcement of Ids condition Is expected laie to. day. The house of Kushlmi Is (he oldest of the princely families, having tiern founded In the 14th century. Prince Mailanaru vvne horn April 2k, 185*. and took part In the JapujiChtmi war of 1894 as a brigade commander, and later was promoted to a general. * Howell and Timme Bills Will Receive Hearing This Week Arguments to Be Heard by Committee on Cities aud Town6—Others Come Up. By P. C. POWELL. Staff Correspondent, The Omaha Bee. Lincoln. Feb. 4.—(Special.)—Ne braska’s legislature faces a week of strife. First and foremost Is the It. B. Howell bill placing power for call ing a special election for voting bonds to build a municipal light plant in Omaha In the hands of the Metropoli tan L'tilitles district instead of the Omaha city council. Arguments on that bill are to be J held Tuesday night before the house committee on cities and towns. Those J arrayed on opposite sides will be here, j their hair a little grayer, their forms [a trifle more stooped, but their spirit undaunted to fight as they have each ““ssion for six years. Timme Hearing Thursday. [ On Thursday night the commltteo .on cities and towns will umpire an other hearing which has unlimited Possibilities for a pyrotechnic display. It will have to do with tho Timme hill which would place all public serv ice utilities in Omaha under the city ! council instead of the Nebraska rail way commission. The strength Timme can muster to put this over or how seriously the public service corporations consider the measure is not known at this time. However, it involves a question of "home government’’ which has been the subject of considerable politi cal debate. May Kill Isinguage Bill. There Is the Rtrehlow-Collins-Elsas ser bill calling for repeal of that part of the language law which forbids teaching of foreign language In com mon schools which has been referred to the education committee. Talk to any member of the legislature tonight with a few exceptions and he will say that the bill will never get out of the committee. Many admit it is the hope, that it meets oblivion behind the four walls of a committee room, as the bill is sharp on all sides and If put to a vote may mean political death of more than one aspiring member, the same as it did two years ago. Everyone asserts the fate of the bill depends largely on the effort nut forth by Its Introducers to demand hearings on it and create a demand for the entire personnel of the lower house to decide on its merits rather than the limited number of members who make up the education com mittee. To date, every measure marked dead by a committee has been ac cepted as a corpse, with the excep tion of two; one. which, by the way, was a bill killed by the education com mittee was lifted yesterday By the lower house ov»r the committee's heed and placed on general file. The attitude of the committee In handling the bill probably will tiecome known this week, arourdlng to the members. The fact that all introduc ers are American I-egion men is a new factor that must lie contended with In handling the measure. Other Measure* Conte I p. In addition, there are Income tax and code revision and repeal meas ures all of which promise to spring into the limelight shortly. All of the half dozen bills to repeal the code, establish the Bryan system of an executive council and the Lamb system of rutting elective officers to threo are, In the hands of the Judi ciary committee presided over by T. B. Bysart of Omaha. New Indian Bill Passed b\ House Measure Provide* for Release From l . S. Control, and Division of Property. Washington. Feb. 4.—Appiaisat of Indian trlhual lands by the secretary Of the interior, no thnt romt»otent In dividual Indian* may hr released from government rontml and gi\rn their prorata share of the property would bo authorized under an omnibus In dian hill passed bv the house. The five civilized tribes and Iho 0*agc Indiana would not bo affected under the measure which now goes to the senate. The bill also provide* for tiheraliz. Ing the payments made to the Osage Indians, who have reached oil hold ings In Oklahoma, and authorise* tty use of ISO,000 of the fund* of the Chlppewn* of Minnesota, to relieve distress among cerfa'n of their num ber. Jurisdiction would he conferred hy ths bill on the court of rlifltns, with right of nppeal to the United Stale* supreme eotirt. in I laini* of the Ulaek f»et, lilnod, Plegan, tiro* Ventre, Flathead, Knntonnl*. and Upper l’end D'Orlelle Indian* of Montana, and the Nez Perce* Inchon* of Idaho and Washington, who claim land* or hunt ing right* under old treaties The bill stipulated tlio claims should bn fllwl within two years, and thnt attorneys' fee* in all suit* should not total more Ilian f&O.OOO and re it exceed 10 per cent of the Judgment recovered In Ind'vidlMl er.ae*. Homesteaders on the Fort Peck In dian reservation In Montana would t>a given mi additional )ear to pay ar I rear*, under another provision. Ad Juslineiit of a number of minor claims would he authorized. National Chamber of Commerce Man to Talk Jcini**' I,. Madden of the Chamber of Commerce of the United fttates will srn'iik before the Insurance divis ion of the Omaha chamber of Com tnero- Monday evening, oi| "Home of i i ho llmader Aspect* of Insurance i Work." Mr. Madden la manager of the in sura nee department of the national chamber, and formerly was with the Metropolitan LUe Insurance Company. Between 10 and 12 Persons Killed by Tidal Waves J Damage at Hilo Estimated at $100,000—Several Days Re quired to Ascertain Full Effects of Disaster. Honolulu, T. H„ Feb. 4.—(By A.P.) —Between 10 and 12 persons were | killed by the tidal waves In Hilo bay I after Saturday's earthquake, which ■ was reported to be between 2,000 and ! 2,000 miles a wav (t was estimated : here today. The known dead include a child : swept from a sampan and three Japa nese fisherman who were trapped In the engine room of a sampan which, together with a scow, were wrecked against the railroad bridge across the ; Wailuku river. One of the fishermen was beheaded. The damage at Hilo, according to a conservative estimate, was $100,000. Several days will be required to ascer i tain the number of lives lost and the | correct amount of damage. The Mat ; sou Navigation company's liner Mat sonia touched the mud bottom once while In the grip of the tidal wave, - Lut floated off with the next wave. Tanker Escapes Damage. The escape of the Standard Oil | company's tanker Doane was char acterized by shipping men as remark . able. The ship was carried reefward from anchorage by an inrushlng wave, 'hen carried back to safety by the re cession. Residents of lower Ililo trudged to ward the highlands with their pos I sessions all Saturday afternoon and stevedores and others deserted their work at the docks to go to the aid of their families. Firemen were dra/led by the police department to maintain order. All possible precautions were taken for night alarms in event of a recurrence of tidal waves. Hilo bav remained turbulent throughout the night. Shocks Recorded. The volcano observatory at Kilauea recorded earthquake shocks Saturday morning, which the seismographer said were from 2.000 to 3.000 miles r.way. the direction being unknown. These shocks w*ero stated to bo the heaviest ever recorded on the seismo graph here. The crater at Kilauea remained un disturbed. Tutulla, the lrages island in Ameri can Samoa, reported that no disturb ance took place there. No replies have been received from Guam. Local navy men stated they are sure that Guam was not affected. Waves Travel Six Hours. The tidal wave* that swept Hawaii Saturday apparently traveled for up pro.xlrusttety six and one half hours from their point of origin at the cen ter of the trembior affected arc*, to the windward beaches of the islands. The seismograph* throughout iho I'nlted States recorded the first shocks M approximately 11 eastern Standard lin e, or 3:30 Hawaiian time. The tidal wave* l«g»n to pound the shores of the Island shortly after noon. Hswal ia n time, or between six and seven hours late: Windward Hawaii, or the shores nearest to the mainland of the I'nlted States, was most affected, the lee ward seaboard of the group being praetically undisturbed. The apparent ly ©bvioua inference would be that the tremblers which enused the tidal vaves. occurred in the ocean snme vhere in the Pacific east of Hawaii and west of the pacific coast. Hilo, the City on the island of Hawaii, where the bulk of the dam age was done, has a population of approximately lO.Oon people. , Hilo hie fell tidal waves In the past, the most recent being that of [November 1*. which accompanied the tremble,* that devastated Chile. It also Ins h d experience* with earth 1 quakes, one of which in the latter jear3 of last century, left a great utf across the island, without, how e'er, doing any marked damage to the city Itself .Volcanic eruptions, of course, are ever present, but with 30 nillcs separating the city from Kilauea, these lava streams have on *;/ on rare occasions approached the > municipal borders. Two Are Hurt When Street Car Hits Truck F rod Bentley, motorman, and George XVIIber, 1401 North Twentieth street, who was riding In a truck of tli" people's Coal company, were in ijuied Saturday afternoon nt Four teenth street and Capitol avo nue when a street car and the truck collided. Bentley was able to go back < n duty after Injuries to his head were attended. Wilber vs slightly 1 Injured. John Good, truck driver. 1144 South Tw enty first street, was booked at ceil ' tral imiloe station on a charge of reck I less driving. The vestibule of the : street cat was domngrd when It struck the five ton truck. Jackie Coogan and Old Man Zero Hit If indy City at Same Time Saturday Chicago, Feb. 4.—old Man Zero and Jackie t'oogan hit t'hicilgo sltnul laneoual.v. \V hat Jackie thought | of hla fellow visitor an* plenty and not at all nattering. Ills California j clothing was Inadequate and he .hugged the steam radiators faithfully. Waving hla atubhy hand, that re cently signed a huge contract for hla flint services, the "World's greatest kid" allowed that the weather here la "tur'Me." lie was wearing a costly sealskin jacket, hut hla knees were Imre. Ills Arat set was to vialt a store and buy soma fleece lined leg gina and heavy galoshes. The (Vagan party left this evening for Nyraruer, N. Y„ and after a abort vlalt there with his grandmother, they will proceed to New York s French Kill 9 Germans Near Mainz Troops Open Fire on Crowd Gathered Around Derailed Train at Engelheiin; Many Reported Wounded. Occupation Is Extended Merlin, Feb. 4.—It is reported here that nine persons were kiiled and many wounded, when Frenrh troops tired upon a crowd which had gath ered about a derailed train at En gelhcim, near Mainz. Berlin, Feb. 4.—(By A. P.) — The French today occupied Offen burg and Appenweier in Baden. . Dusvldorf. Feb. 4.—(By A. P.V— The situation ill the Ruhr is drifting back to the regular routine. The pop ulation. workers and tradwmien are gradually becoming outwardly recon ciled to the presence of the occupying forces, while the resistance of the functionaries appears to be faltering. The opposition of the Industrial mag nates. however, shows no sign of abating. The possibility of a general rising against the French seems very remote. Incidents of violence may continue. ■ such as the killing of a German civil ian by a French sentry at Brechton Friday night, hut conditions appear to be settling down until one of the warring parties abandons the eco nomic battle. It Is reported the Brechten civilian who was killed failed to halt when challenged. Somo of the sentries are rather nervous; one of them pointed his bayonet in business-like fashion when a corre spondent strolled past his outpost Fri day night, although addressed in French and shown a pass. Coal Movement Started. Sixty-six barges loaded with coal, according to the official figures, have been dispatched to Strassburg and 63 more, which were confiscated, are lying along the Rhine awaiting tugs to tow them up the river. The barges average about 1,000 tons e«'-h. Ten tugs with French crews are now working up and down the Rhine. The coal forwarded by rati into France is about half the amount floated; thus the total coal the French have got out of the Ruhr since the occupation is a little more than 100,000 tons, whereas under the old system they would have received 460,000 in the same period. General I’ayct explains that the services are hampered by the necessity of replac ing the strikers, insuring food sup plici,«t.d similar reasons, but he ex pects to move very much larger quan tities of coal daily to France the be ginning of next week. Much Rail Congestion. The Germans are not attempting to appr wi h th* French control poets, and run the coal trains to within a few miles of the occupation, eastern and southern frontier, where they abandon them. <ausing much congestion. The hs-ka are completely under French control iti both the Rhine and l.ippe canals. The French also control the highroads leading into unoccupied Germany. The’oecupjir.g authorities have as sured the German offleals and work ers w ho have disregarded Berlin's strike orders, that their salaries will l>c paiJ If they continue to discharge their duties. Many of the Germans have elected ta icii.nin. Enlarge Occupied Area. The French have enlarged their area of occupation toward the t'ol ogne bridgehead, occupying railway stations at Vohwlnkle, Lennep, Berg mid Bonn, virtually surrounding El berfehl. These places were leaks tn the French ring around th* through which trains might pa»» t» Iho south. The troops In the new occupation zone ware taken front Lkirlmund. which is virtually evacu ated. Nine carloads of coal, ostensibly consigned to Italy, were stopped by the French at Vohwlnkle until the ar rival of a representaliv- of the Italian high commissioner at t'oblen* to de termine whet tier the bills of lading were Ivinafld< Should fstnme occur in the Ruhr, which the French are trying their utmost to prevent, there might per haps tie localized bread riots, but the French have the military enforcement Ilf J.-I* amt order well In hand. Woman Cares More for Clubs Than for Her I.itlle Daughter t'hleago. Feb. 4—Dorothy Houle. 13, I probably will upend the rent of har Junior year* in aoma Institution as the result of a dnorce granted her fattier, Vrlliur C. Houle, from Mrs. I'lrtnenes K Houle, prominent In Pilous wom en's i tubs and organliallons. H-nile charged Ida wife with In fidelity and neglect of their daugh ; ter. "She would tio the house hey around the child's neck and send her to some music Instructor,” he said. ; "and then she would go to a club ' meeting.” * Mill. Houle, on the witness stand, admitted she had neglected her daugh ter. "I know that 1 cared more for (he organisation than 1 did for my I own daughter,” she said. ' Compensation Payment* I to l!. S. Lmployes Hestrietetl Washington. Feb. 4 — Otmptroller jtleneml MoOarl, In a ruling dr elded that payments under the federal I <mployes' compensation laws must lie 1 restricted to eases of Injury In aetusl j lierforinan* e of duty. The ruling. It j was explained, prohibits compensa tion paymenls being made to many 1 victims of occupational diseases, ths .origin of which It Is impossible to I tract*. The ruling will permit continuation | of the |>a\nieiiln on the present l<nsls by the compensation commission until {the end of (he fiscal year, Juno 40. t 40,000 Men Under Gen. Hsu Marching Against Canton Battle Between Chinese Fac tions Imminent — U. S. Cruiser in Harbor to Protect Americans. Canton, China, Feb. 4.—(By A. P.)— j With 40,000 troops under General ; Hsu Tsung-Chi marching on Canton to reclaim the southern capital for j Sun Yat-Sen, and a sanguinary battle imminent, foreign warships anchored ‘ in the river for the purpose of protecting the interests of nationals. Conditions in the city are chaotic. All business has closed and barricades j have been thrown around business houses. The American cruiser Helen, to gether with four British, one French and one Italian gunboats, is standing by in the event of hostilities whicn are expected at any time. General Hsu and his army are coming from Bwatow, according to reports, witn the intention of ousting the troops from Yunnan and Kwangsi provinces who now occupy the southern capital. The provincial forces recently took Canton from Sun Yat-Sen's enemy. General Chen Chiung Ming, w ho had ousted Dr. Sun last June as president of the South China republic. Since taking the city these forces have re volted. Danger of Looting. Ten thousand Cantonese troops, who were driven out of Canton by the provincial forces after their com mander, Gen. Wei Pang-Ping, had been imprisoned, are waiting outside the capital to join General Hsu s army in the attempt to recapture Canton. While Canton now is in complete possession of the invaders, it is be lieved the advancing forces favorable to Dr. Sun will be able to force them to evacuate. There is the gravest danger from looting and it is prob able there will be heavy loss of life if the invaders retreat in disorder. The foreign warships are determined to prevent harm to their national*. Omaha Lawyer for J 35 Years Is Dead Daniel L. JohnMon. Early Set tler of Dundee, Dies After Nervous Breakdown. Daniel I,. Johnston, 4916 Chicago street, for 33 years a resident of Oma ha, died at his horn* Sunday morn ing after an illness of mar.y months. Mr. Johnston was a well-known at torney. Ho suffered a nervous break down two years ago. His death cime from heart trouble. The funeral will take ptae* at 5 Tuesday at the home, and burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery, Mr. Johnston is survived by his w ife, Caroline Johnston, and three children. Mrs. Hiram Stalsbury. and f hllip Johnston, both of Omaha, and Rev. Paul Johnston of Lincoln. Mr. Johnaton. who came to Oma ha from Ohio, was one of the pioneer residents of the Dundee district. He served as director of the village, and later was instrumental tn having it incorporated in the city of Omaha, lie V'as the author of the Nebraska law on descent and distribution. Ex-Solon Kills Wife, Two Children and Self Phoenix. Ariz.,, Feb. 4,-»R. K. Pay ton. prominent rancher and until a ftw .lays ago a member of the state house of representatives from the sixth legislative district, today killed his wife, Mrs. Lulu Pnyton. his two children, Jean. S, and Richard, a, and then slashed his own throat The tragedy whs enacted on the Payton ranch, nine milea southwest of Phoenix. Three of the four victims were dead when found shortly after 3 this afternoon. The fourth. Richard, died in a local hospital, about 6 to night. RVkcfellpr Reported “Recovering Rapidly" Ormond Beach. Fla . Feb. 4 —John T>. Rockefeller, er.. who has been suf ferlng from a slight bronchial attack since Wednesdaj. was reported to night to be recovering rapidly. Although it was statrd at the Rockefeller winter home here Satur day night that he would attend church this morning, as he has done regularly since his arrival, he was not seen there. It was pointed out, however, that hia nonappearance was no occasion .‘or alarm, but that he merely is being cautious. Optimistic reports have been issued daily front the Rockefetler residence since he became ill. expressing 'hope he would 1>* back on the golf links the following day. but he alUl ta cop I tlned to hta room, although able to bo up. Two Lynched in Georgia. Mllleilgevllle. ti* . Feb. 4—Two men "ere lynched near the line dividing Hancock and Baldwin counties, following their shooting of lundeav B. Cillmorr, a member of a posse that was pursuing them after their alleged j robberies on the outskirts of this i county during the night. The Weather ——————^— KarrrHl. i Kabranka -Parity cloudy Monday : with rl(>iiiK (cmptmurw. Hourly Temparaluraa. » ». ™. . .. . a | i r. i». . *i « a. 01. .. .. .a tom. . ta I »■ ». v * .-I * a- m.M » *. m.14 p. a tt » » r o>. . I ia a. m, ....... . a a p. in. J.1 III • w. 14 1 p *ti M . it ...».it 1 • a a*. ya Lausanne Conference Collapses Turkish Delegates Refuse to Sign Allied Peace Proposal Despite Numerous Pleas of Diplomatic World. Curzon Leaves for Home Lausanne, Feb. 4.—fBy A. P.S — The European statesmen have failed to restore peace In the near east, and the conference called for this pur pose definitely collapsed tonight, aft er special efforts to save it, which continued up to the very mo ment Lord Curzon's train left. Practically the whole diplomatic world ran after Jsmet Pasha, head ci the Turkish delegation, trying to In duce him to sign the treaty, but Mus tapha Hemal's favorite general, with gentle smile, was immovable. He said “no" to all—Americans, British, French and Italians. The Americsn representatives. Am bassador Child, Joseph C. Grew ar.d Hear Admiral Bristol, called upon him after the brestk. In an endeavor to save the conference and Lord Curzon delayed his departure for a half hour in the hope that Ismet Pasha would change his mind, but all in vain. Causes of Failure. The conference failed because th* Turks refused to accept clauses con cerning the future economic regime In Turkey and. to some extent, be cause they would not accept the al lied formula dealing with juridical guarantees for foreigners, which . v.ere to replace the existing extra ter ritorial privileges. Briefly, the Turks wanted to strike from the treaty all clauses binding them to recognize contracts and con cessions granted by the old Ottoman empire. They maintained th. ; they should be left free to study these questions and. if necessary', reopen negotiations concerning them with the interested countries and peoples. Refuse lo Accept Burden. They could not. they said, accept the economic burden, imposed upon the new Angora government by the old Turkish regime, w hich had handed out concessions right and left in the form of capitulations; they insisted that vast concessions had been granted without fair return and they wanted the right to revise all of them. The Turks agreed to a formula whereby foreign legal advisers would lie appointed to reframe the *-g*l cods and he empowered to receive corn plants from foreigners that the ’jw was i^njustly administered, but in sisted that the advisers be selected rot by The Hague permanent court of international justice, but by other countires which had not participated in the great war. The final session of the cor.ferer.es was dramatic in the extreme. Lord Curzon. M. Bompsrd and Mar quis Pi Gsrroni evoked the specte" of war and declared the Turks would be responsible. Three Conventions Here This ^eek Eight Slates ^ ill Be Repre sented in ^ (R ational Re habilitation Conference. Three conventions are to be held in Oma .a this week: Regional Con ference of Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons PisaMed, Nebraska Reta'I Hardware dealers and the Midwest Concrete Pre-ducts association. Right states will be represented In the vocational conference, wh-rh starts Monday at Hotel Fonlenelle. 1 Tracy Copp. spec.nl agent. Vocational Rehabilitation division, is to preside at the Monday morning session and C. A. Fulmer, director of Vooa’ional Rehabilitation in Nebraska ts to pre side Monday afternoon The hardware dealers' convention starts February t» at the Rome hotek An evening theater party and a sun per dance and musical program w 1! be among the feature*. R. K W ’ son. director of service of Ratvser • statistical organixatIon. will be one o! the speakers. There will ^jc a har-1 ware exhibit at the Auditorium dur j ing the convention. The third annual convent,on of tbt Midwest Concrete Products assort* tion ami the third annual conventiot of the Iowa Concrete Products a« sociation aie to Iwg.-i February * a Rome hotel. Among th* mans speak : -r* achevlule.t are A J R Curtis' manager of the products bureau o» the IVirtland asaoolatlow! O P. I .ill « ■»f Fremont, and H. M Wells. Omaha There is to bo a banquet Frldav nigh 1 at the Rome New York Man Will Hra.l Burgoss-Nash Department tl«\ J K Gottlieb has taken complex charge of the newly organised she* ! t’epgrtment of the Hurgosa Nash com pany- He came directly from Gtmbe' Prother*. New York. Mr. Gottlieb has heen connected ■with leading shire firms of the ccun try. Ha received his early experience with the S.egel Cooper organisation of New York, later beoeming associated with Cohen's at Jacksonville, Kla. Mr. Gottlieb plans to bring latest Parisian and New York at»lea to 1 Omaha at popular prices Plan Financial Reform. Washington, Keh 4 —Creation of ,n ‘ American financial commission to act ajvtsers to the Columhtsn govern 'csi.t In carrying- out a compreheuen e program of financial reforms was an nounceit by the Columbian minister, i Senator Knrue Ola vs \
