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    The Omaha Morning Bee _
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Governor
Vetoes Cut
in Salaries
Measure Impractical, Unbusi
nesslike and Dangerous,
Says Message of
Executive.
Code System Is Involved
Lincoln, Jan. 5.—(Special.)—Gover
nor Charles W. Bryan today vetoed
Senate File No. I, calling for substan
tial reductions in salaries of code sec
retaries. Salaries paid these secre
taries was one of the governor's chief
political objections to the code system
of government during the campaign.
The governor in his veto message
indicated that ho will not compromise
his demand that the code system be
wiped out. He further says that for
four years the republican administra
tion paid code secretaries $5,000 a
year and defended payment of these
*• salaries.
"I feel sure it was not the inten
tion of this legislature to sacrifice the
interests of the taxpayers, the educa
tional institutions and the business
and hanking interests of the state, by
cutting the salaries almost in half,
thus requiring a chief executive who
is identified with another political par
ty to conduct the state's business for
the next two years with only 'one
half the ability and intelligence on
the part of code secretaries as the
present code secretaries possess.” one
part of his veto message reads.
Need 10 Votes.
It will take a two-thirds vote of
the house and senate to override the
veto. If the senate votes on the veto
as it did on the bill the veto will
not. stand there. Only three opposing
votes were registered in the senate.
Tn the house the full republican
strength of 57 voted for the bill on fi
nal passage while the full democratic
third party strength of 43 was arrayed
against it. House republicans must
muster 10 additional votes to over
come the veto. Following is the mes
sage in full:
“The law creating code secretaries
transferred to them the former pow
ers of the state constitutional offi
cers. to execute and administer the
laws of the state, and to deteimine
the state's policies.
“The code law goes much farther
and gives to the code secretaries great
powers far beyond those possessed by
the state's constitutional officers. It
gave the code secretaries authority to
examine constitutional boards such as
the board of control and the regents of
the state university.
"Dangerous Powers.”
‘'Having created these code secre
taries and given them, by statute, the
dangerous powers enumerated above,
salaries, commensurate with their
powers and dutlee, were fixed by
statute at $5,000.
‘‘These salaries were fixed four years
ago for republican appointees at $5,000
per year each, and publicly defended
on the ground that men competent
to discharge the duties and intelligent
ly exercise the powers given these
middle men could not he secured for
less than $3,000 each.
‘‘Two years ago a republican ma
jority of the house of representatives
refused to lower the salaries of re
publican code secretaries from $5,000
to $3,500 per year, and again gave
as the reason that sufficient intelli
gence and ability to discharge the du
ties and exercise the powers of the
(Tors to Ps*e Two. Column Two.)
Temperature Jumps 61
. Degrees in Three Days i
—
After touching 8 degrees below zero,
the coldest temperature of the winter
Saturday, the, mercury relented yes
terday and climbed to 53 degrees, a
toltal of Cl degrees in three days,
from the lowest to the highest tem
peratures recorded at 4 p. m.
This temperature was the warmest
of the winter with the exception of
January 18 when the mercury reach
ed 54 degrees.
Highest temperature ever recorded
here on February 5 was 40 degrees
in 1904.
Tho highest February temperature
In the history of the local weather
bureau was 78 on February 26, 1896,,
J,aet year's rerord was made Febru
ary 22 with 59.
Weather bureau officials predicted
that today's temperature will be some
what lower, although no extremely
cold wave is In sight.
Anti-KIan Leader Accused
of Violating Injunction
Chicago, Feb. 6.—Charges that Rob
ert E. Shepherd, er., treasurer of the
American Unity league, which op
poses the Ku Klux Klan, had violated
an Injunction restraining him from
disposing of funds or assets of the
organization and of its official organ,
Tolerance, were made In court by
counsel of Orady K. Rutledge, presi
dent of the Tolerance Publishing com
pany.
It was further charged that it was
Shepherd who authorized the publica
tion of up alleged reproduction of n
klan membership application card
bearing the purported signature of
William Wrlgley, Jr . millionaire man
ufacturer. which Mr. Wrlgley has
branded as a forgery and whieh Rut
ledge and bis associates repudiated.
An immediate hearing was de
manded.
N. Roxie Johnson Dies.
Sioux City, Ja.. Fob. «.—N. ‘Box
le” Johnson, J>2 years old, founder
of the Johnson Biscuit company of
Sioux City and former well known
^ Sioux City business man, died at Pasa
dena. Cal.. Saturday, accordlns to
word received here by his brother.
Mr. Johnson was born in Sioux
City and started his business career
ns an office boy In the Sioux City
plant of the National Biscuit com
pany. ,
French Extend Occupation;
Saar Valley Miners Strike
Invaders Push Army Into Baden, Seizing Two Towns
as Penalty for Interference With International
Train Service—Situation Grows
Worse in Ruhr.
Far is, Feb. 5.—(By A. P.)—The min
ers of the Saar valley, which pro
duces 9,000,000 tons of coal annually,
went on strike this morning.
(Ily The Associated Press.)
France's latest move In connec
tion with her occupation of the
Ruhr, her thrust into Baden terri
tory, far south of the Ruhr, near
Strasbourg, Is declared In German
quarters to constitute a French at
tempt to control the railways along
the east bank of the Rhine.
French quarters interpret the
move as a penalty for interference
by the Germans with international
train service beyond the occupied
area.
Hopes held by the occupying au
thorities for a speedy settlement of
the railway strikes in the Ruhr and
the Rhineland were dispelled by
stiffening in resistance among tlio
workers with the receipt of new or
ders from Berlin which government
agents were said to be distributing
among the railway employes.
The strike area was not extended
as a result, but there was no Im
provement in the situation. Neith
er has there been any ediange In the
coal embargo situation, the Ger
mans failing in all exorts to puch
shipments through the French cor
don into unoccupied Germany.
Dussehlorf, Feb. 5.—(By A. P.)—The
French occupation has been extended
to Offenburg and Appenweier, two
towns* in Baden, presumably as a
penalty for German interference with
international train service between
rails and Prague.
Berlin, Feb, 5.—It is reported here
that nine persons were killed and
many wounded when French troops
fired upon a crowd which had gath
ered about a derailed train at Engel
heim, near Mainz.
Bellboy Nabbed
at Hotel Where
Samardick Lives
Prohibition Director Unaware
of Arrest of Rome Em
ploye on Charge of
Selling Liquor.
Bellboys at Hotel Rome, where
‘Bob'’ Samardick, free lance prohibi
tion agent, has lived since coming to
Omaha, came under fire of Prohibi
tion Commissioner U. S. Rohrer's of
fice yesterday afternoon.
Otto H. Rose, 21, 119 Arthur street,
a bellboy at the Rome, was arrested
and charged with the sale of intoxi
cating liquors. More arrests may fol
low, according to Mr. Rohrer.
"We made no special effort) to get
liquor sales at the Hotel Rome,” said
Bob Anderson, group chief. “One of
our new men registered there, bought
a bottle of moonshine from young
Rose for J5. The next day he went
back with another man and bought
another bottle. I didn’t know a thing
about it until the evidence came into
the office.”
Arrest Is Quiet.
Officer Samardick, who arrested
two bellboys at Hotel Fontenelle sev- |
eral days ago^. did not know of
the Hotel Romo arrest until an hour
after it had occurred. He would not
be quoted on whether or not ho sus
pected liquor was being sold at the
Rome.
“You can quote me as saying I un
not through investigating Omaha ho
tels,” Samardick said “Of course,
the bellboya at the Rome knew who t
w-aa and naturally would be careful
not to try to sell me any liquor.”
Koae la Released.
Young Rose, who is a brother of
Police Sergeant Frank Rose, was re
leased on a ?500 bond last night. “I'm
glad the officers are after ionic of
the others besides me,” said Rose. “I
wasn't alone la selling liquor, by any I
means."
Rohrer made his arrest at the Rome
qthetly. Eugene Batten, federal
agent, entered and requested Rose to
remove his uniform. Rose complied
and went to the federal building. The
hotel management did not know of
the affair,
"We almost liad to sell liqu"r.” said
Rose. "We only get a few dollars a
month salary, and part of that Is
taken out to pay for our uniforms.
But I’m through,"
Rohrer said ho had not thought it
necessary to search the hotel at the
time, and that he would decide this
morning about filing an application
for an injunction.
• Officers Deny Hard Keeling.
Both Pamardlrk and Rohrer denied
there Is any ill feeling or jealousy
between them.
"I’ll be glad to help Mr. Rohrer any
time he needs me.” said Pamardiek.
"The fact that Mr. Pamardiek is
living at the Rome .has nothing to
»do with our arrest," said Rohrer.
Attorney (General Reported
Well on Wav to Recovery
Washington, Feb. 5.—Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty, who has hpen confin
ed to his room for the last 10 days
| under orders of Brig. Gen. Charles
E. Sawyer, the president's physician.
Is well on the way to recovery, Gen
eral Sawyer declared today.
Mr. Daugherty lias been suffering
from high blood pressure, but today
It had been reduced nearly to normal.
General Sawyer stated, adding that
since the attorney general s condition
was normal otherwise and ho had
been "a good patient." he ricr-dcd only
several weeks of rest to assure com
plete recovery.
Sixty Free Tickets
to the
Strand Theater
This Week.
The names and addresses
of several people will be scat
tered *n tjus “Want" Ad col
umns of T^e Omaha Bee this
week.
If YOUR name and address
is listed in the “Want" Ad
columns of The Omaha Ben
brlntr it to the box office of
The Strand Theater and yoir
will be presented with a free
ticket to see Norma Talmadtre
in “The Voice From the Min
aret.”
Men Charged With
Shipping Frauds
Co on Trial Today
Charles W. Morse and Associ
ates Accused of Conspiracy
to Swindle Emergency
Fleet Corporation.
Washington. Vcb. 5.—Charles W.
Morse, New Tork shipbuilder, his
three sons and eight others alleged
to have been associated with him in
wartime shipping contracts win go
to trial before Justice Stafford in the
criminal division of the District of
Columbia supreme court Tuesday on
charges of conspiracy to defraud the
Cnlted States emergency fleet cor
poration. Those who will go to trial
besides Morse are Ervin, Benjamin
and Harry Morse; Colin H. Living
stone, former president of the Virginia
Shipbuilding corporation: George M.
Burditt, attorney for the Morse in
terests; Nehemiah H. Campbell of
New York, Rupert M. Muchs of Au
gusta. Ma„ assistant treasurer of thev
Virginia Shipbuilding corporation: W.'
W. Scott of Washington, attorney for
the corporation, and I’hilip Reinhardt.
Leonard D. Christie and Robert O.
White, all officials in the Morse ship
building plants. ,
The indictment eg'Unst the men, re
turned a yesr ago, contains a list
of 30 ailcge'd overt acts. The alleged
frauds of which they arc a'cused in
volve shipping contracts of approxi
mately of $40,00o.n00. The indictment
alleges that the government lost
about $10,000,000 through the con
tracts calling for construction of
ships by the Morse interests.
Morse recently requested the gov
ernment to aid him in obtaining as
witnesses, William G. McAdoo. former
secretary of the treasury, and Charles
M. Schwab and Major General Goo
Dials, both of whom are emergency .
fleet corporation officials.
Day s Activities
in Washington
V
The senate passed and sent to the i
house, a bill which would admit to
the United States until June 30, 1924.
a maximum of 2 .',000 Armenian
orphans.
Senator Pomeiene, democrat. Ohio,
introduced a resolution requesting
President Harding to negotiate with
Cubs* for the cession of the Isle of
Pines.
Prediction that President Harding
would be renominated unanimously
next yenr at the republican national
convention was made in the senate
by donator Watson, republican, In
diana.
The c entral American conference
which assembled hers December 4.
completed Its work and will meet
Wednesday to sign a treaty and con
vention agreed upon.
Federal Fuel Distributor Wadlelgh
declared the steady increase in storks
of bituminous eoal showed that the
crisis n lilting from the miner* strike
last year, had been passed.
Doubt as to whether « migt'CM* would
enact pending rural credits legisla
tion before adjournment March I was
expre~ved by Representative Mondell,
Wyoming, the republican lender, after
a Conference with President Harding.
Annual immigration quotas, under
a bill approved by the house Immigra
tion committee, would bo limited to
2 per rent of foreign born of virion*
nationalities enumerated in the IS'.m
census Instead fo restricted to the
present 3 per cent of ilie 1910 census
j totals.
Mail (riyo.H Self I p an Uurjjlar
lo Rriuni Favor to Slirriff
Minneapolis. Minn.. Feb 0 He
, friended by slirriff Larlo Brown, of
Hennepin rountv. a ninn who said
| be was Herbert Iinwrj, ainl tlinl lir
! wan wanted In Fort Logan, Colo ,
’ for burglary, "returned tbr favor" by
surrendering to thn sheriff hern to
day.
"It's Iniglitv cold." Dowd said, enter
trig the sheriff's office, “arid I'm hun
gry. Can you Itrlp in« out n little?"
Thn sheriff guvs him u dollar nnd
hr Irft. Hr returnrd an hour later.
„"Hay," hr said, "you wrro good to
tnr, and so I'm going In give ntysrlf
up. They want inn for burglary nt
! Fort Logan, C9I0.
I A tolrgrum to Fort Logan eon
firmrd Iiowd'a statement, nnd tin Is
' brM pending at rival of Colorado at
j thorltiea.
Final Break
With Turks
'
Is Avoided
. .
Venizelos Declares Greece
Ready for Peace If Otto
Iauis^.ine, Feb. 5.—(.By A. P.)—The
latest statement put forth officially
from near east conference quartet*
is that the conference is not hope
lessly wrecked, but merely suspend
ed or adjourned. This is the result
of renewed efforts at mediation.
Former Premier Venizelos of
Greece in a statement to The Asso
ciated Press tlii? afternoon said:
"If Turkey wil come to some inde
pendent arrangement with Greence
concerning mutual reparations, or
agree to its submission to soma form
of arbitration, then Greece wil consid
er the state of war terminated.
"AI other matters with Turkey are
settled,” he continued, "but if Turkey
insists on reparations from Greece
with reimbursing us for the damages
caused to more than a million Greeks
driven from Asia Minor, then Greece
must consider that the war goes on.
It is for Turkey to say-”
Regarded as Serious.
Washington. Feb. D.—Advices from
Ambassador Child telling of the. rup
ture between the Turks and the allies
at the I-ausanne conference began
| reaching the State department today,
j but pending' a complete report there
was a disposition to defer comment
as to the effect on American interests
in Turkey. X'o attempt was made,
however, to-disguise the seriousness
with which the situation is viewed.
Armies Face to Face.
Lausanne, Feb. 5.—(By A. P.>— Ts
met Pasha, head of the Turkish dele
gation, Informed the correspondent
today that Turkey had no desire to
resume hostilities with either Greece
or Great Britain as a result of the
collapse of the N'ear Last conference,
hut he emphasised that the Turkish
apd English armies were still facing
each other in Asia Minor.
Ismet said the Turks would ask the
powers whether they consider the ne
gotiations officially at an end.
Tho impression prevailed among
the conference delegates that Turkey
would not be Informed officially of
the negotiations inasmuch as It was
generally desired to continue the Mu
danla armistice, thus avoiding the
possible renewal of war.
The entire French delegation
planned (o leave for Paris tr-day. The
Turks May m part tomorrow.
It is believed that the misunder
standings which developed between
tho British and French delegations
in the last dajs of the conference
contributed to the filial break as the
Turks had the idea that they count
upon a split among the allies and ob
tain rnoro favorable conditions.
So leing as There's Hope.
Paris, Feb. 5.—tBy A. 1\>—'The
French government is awaiting the
return of the head of its delegation
to the Near East conference before
commenting officially on the Laus
anne developments, but considers that
the breakup ought not to be con
sidered a complete rupture of the ne
gollatlons for peace.
The stand taken by Isntet Pasha is
Interpreted in official circles here a*
distinctly indicating the desire pf the
Turks to continue the conversation*.
That the negotiations for peace
must continue so long ns there is the
faintest hope of success is the
Flench contention.
Twenty-Seven Missing
in Blaze at Wichita
Wichita. Kiin , Feb. 5,—With 27
persona unaccounted for, search was
continued tonight for additional i lc
time who mnv ho buried beneath 12
f< et of debris w ithin the skeleton
of the four story Getto building con
sumed by fire early today. The death
toll stood at three this evening. Eight
persons were seriously injured Many
received minor Injuries
The origin of the Idaze was un
known. Property damage was estmiat
oil at upwards of Jion.noo.
Report* of F.\ nrliing
ut i iiijuaiia Arc Denied
Sun Cal , Ft'b. 6. — Denial
‘that (’hratrr f'arletnn, American
ivgro, reported lvnched Sunday night,
wn* dfftd nr had bf*n tnk*n from thf
Tijuana (Mexico) Jail bv a mob, was
lnnucd tonight by Tijuana of flea la.
(Virlrton naif at routed aft or, It 1*
(barged, bo had nlaln a Mexican 1*0
li« rman and wounded thr<*«i other*.
I ho Tijuana <>ffl« d* *ald ho would
ha given % fait* trial. They aatd a
crowd gathered around the Jail Sun*
clay night an*! threatened to hang
jt'arlcton, hut the member* of the
| c rowd were parauiidod to go home by
it ho mayor of tha town
Slrieken W liile Pla>iug
“Nearer. My God, to Thee"
Sioux City. In , I eh ,i.- Stricken
apparently with tienrt disease while
playing “Naarei My find to Thee'' on
n piano In her home early Sunday
evening. Mrs. Ida. Gurnsey, a lifelong
resident of Sioux city, died an hour
later. She was K7 years old.- The
death of the Sioux City pioneer was
witnessed only by her aged mhther.
Two Din in Auto W mk.
Fort Wiitlh, Tex , Feb. fl —J. 17
Corkrell. oil operator was Instantly
kill'd and Ills son, Alfred Cockrell, fa
tally Injured today, when their auto
nwdnn was demolished at a grade
crossing by a passenger train. W. II
<h" • also an oca-upant of the ear.
• i . I djlng. Alfred lived unl>
| an hour.
Why Not Hunt the Key?
feffiSssi
£
Wheel Lid's Off on Broadway
Bottle for Every Light on Great White Way—
Beaneries Reap Rich Harvest After Curfew
Sounds for Cabarets at 2 in Morning.
New York. Feb. 5.—The lid is off
••
and the cork Is out — on Broadway.
Curfew, sounded by Police Commis
sioner Enright, rang for the second
tins' at I a. tn. ;eatArday —loudly in
some places, but In others only the
echo sal heard.
A tour of Inspection of the bright
light cabaret* begun at 11 Saturday
night and lasting until 3 this morn
lng, showed that:
Of about 10 place* visited, seats
were at a premium up until the last
minute In practically all.
Despite the absence of police
vigilance, few. if any, of the resorts
were selling anything harder than
There was a bottle for each light
on Broadway.
Little disorder marked the sounding
of the curfew at ", diners Jokingly
obeying the mandate of the police
commissioner to quit dancing at that
hour.
As a result the “one-arm hash
houses’ and the all-night beaneries
reaped a harvest, for those who had
a few drojis left to consume found
sarsaparilla and ginger pop.
It was a case of every man for him
self and. while every man did not
ha\e a case, few had less than a quart
with them.
'such places suitable for that purpose.
Visits to the Moulin Rouge in
Broadway, the Palais Royal, the Lit
tle Club. Gypsyland. Gallaghers, the
Boardwalk, Montmartre, the Planta
tion. Monte Carlo, the Side-Show,
the Tent. 1'aluie, De Dar.z, end finally
Joel s rooaled the resorts peopled as
thickly as forests. A gian< e about the
Crowded rooms* convinced onlookers
that ginger pop was not the only
beverage being consumed.
“Irish Forced to
Accept Treaty *
IJe Valera Declares Signatures
Obtained b> Threats of
Warfare.
New York Feb. 6.—Kainon do Va
lera, In a letter to the editor of the
Irish World, made public jesterday,
says "the greatest of all the many
crime* English statesmen have com
mitted against Ireland was that com
mitted by I.lovd George In December,
1911. when, under the threat of Im
mediate and terrible war. he compelled
the signatures of our delegates to an
Impossible 'treaty,' "
"The key to h proper understand
ing of the situation In Ireland today
is a realization of this fact," saya the
Irish republican leader. The letier
was dated January 10, anil was writ
ten In his hiding place In Ireland.
The letter says In part:
"They (the delegates! had gone vol
untarily to meet England a demands
to the farthest limit which the na
tional honor and the principles for
which wo stood permitted Hy Infa
mous threats. Mr. I.lovd George
forced (he delegates bevoud that limit
and lie. more than any other single
Individual. Is responsible for the awful
tragedy that is being enacted here to
day. ills Londch 'treaty' lias brought
the sains confusion ami misery upon
the people of Ireland that the treaty
of Versailles linn brought upon ths
pee pin of the t^witlnent of Europe.
The root cause Is the same. Fores,
not right or Justice or reason, was
made llic guiding principle. Slid those
who set out ns the champions of right,
failed, like President Wilson, mid
grew afraid in the Immediate presence
of (he task to which they had set
themselves.
"The high moliges that probably In
duced nnr delegates to give way and
to sign, I, for one, nhvnys have been
able to understand and been ready to
admit. I believe that Arthur Grlf
nth truly nnd sincerely loved Ireland
and would have sacrificed hlmst If for
her welfare."
SUM) Liquor Line.
East wrek Itertha h'lbbon, I.'lt V
street, paid a fine of f.'> In South limn
ha police court on a charge of |w>*
sessltig Intoxicating liquor.
Yesterday morning she appeared In
court on i\ similar charge. Shu was
fined J100.
4
Defect in Track
Derails Three Cars
Passengers Escape Death by
Miracle in Accident Near
Mullen. Neb.
A broken rail near Mullen. Neb,
caused the derailment of three rear
enr* of a Burlington j»as.sengrr train
at 3 30 a m. yesterday. Officials of the
road asserted that It was almost a
miracle that none was killed or in
jured.
This train is operated between Bill
ings, Mont., and bt. I.oula, connect
ing at the former point with the
Northern Pacific. it does not go
through Omaha.
A wrecking crew with doctors and
nurses was dispatched from Denver.
Train No. 41, westbound, safely passed
over the scene of the accident 30
minutes earlier.
Probe on Fool.
An Investigation Is being made into
the cause of the break in the rail.
The first report was that the tear
car, an observation sleeper, turned
over, but Omaha headquarters report
ed that It was merely tipped and that
none of the cars was overturned.
A broken rail between Mullen and
I lei la caused the accident, accord ill g
to a report given by the oltlce of C. t,.
(irav. general manager at the Omaha
headquarters of the Burlington.
Ilail Detached.
An Is inch piece of rail hc.-amc
detached, probably due to a flaw in
the rail.” the general manager stated.
"The observation car arid two sleep
era ut the end of the train were
derailed, None of the cars was over
turned and there were no casualties.
The passengers were moved Into other
cars and the train proceeded without
much delay. The break oorurted In
the middle of a rail. It was one
of those accidents that will occur de-'
spile the lest efforts of Inspection."
N. ^. Broker Vrrrstrd in
$3,000,000 Stork Fraud
ls>» Angeles. Pal., 1 eh. a—Austin
!•■ Montgomery. former New Wrk
slock broker, was arrested by county
and federal oftk era here tor New
lorl. authorities on chargee of stock
Hands aggregating more than Jil.OO#.
<*00. Officers announcing the arrest
said today that Montgomery admitted
his Identity and said lie would waive
eitrariition and return at onre to
New iork to fare the iudir'iuenis. j
Jury to Be Kept
Together During
Mathew's Trial
Special Bailiff in Charge of
Men Chosen to Hear Evi
dence Against Doctor
on Murder Charge.
The 1J men who will try Dr. John
T. Mathews, charged with the murder
of Loretta McDermott, 54, Bassett
(Neb.) school teacher, by an illegal
operation, will be kept together day
and night during the trial, which will
0 i up;- most of thl* w eek.
L'g-trict Judge Goes made this or
der at the conclusion cf the session
yesterday. Chris Christensen, former
deputy sheriff, was appointed a spe
cial bailiff to be in charge of the jury
each night and they were taken last
night to a nearby hotel.
Jury Selected.
The jury, selected after nearly five
hours of questioning, Is as follows:
Lee R. Brown, 2330 Vinton street;
Edward Let*eda. 3444 South Seven
teenth; Joseph I,. O'Brien. 2453 St.
Mary avenue: Joseph Gasnik. 3725
South Twenty-fourth avenue: Raf
faele Taul. 1030 South Twenty.fifth
avenue; O. J. McGlynn, *!S Hickory;
Abraham Llpsman. 2307 tj street;
Lonto Retharils, 3323 Mvrtlo avenue:
Hllding Jacobson. 3230 Myrtle avenue;
Zalmoii Spear. 2314 Q street: Fred
Talimun. 2414 K street; Sherman
Williams, 2775 Burt street.
The defense, in an opening state
ment to the jury, brought into the
> asc a mysterious “Dr. Hanson." who
is declared to have called upon Dr.
Mathews at his office in the Paxton
Ido, k a short time befo.c Miss Mc
Dermott ai>i>earcd. IVi-emlier 27, to
arrange for the patient. The defense,
said it has not been able to find Dr.
Hanson.
Mibi Is (liven.
The defense will consist, said Math
ews' attorneys in the opening state
ments of an nlihl. showing where Dr.
Mathews was "for every minute of
(he day the operation Is alleged to
have been performed at 2*02 Punting
st reef."
The state will produce witnesses to
show that Dr. Mathews has Iwen fre
quently at the fuming street address.
County Attorney Peal said. The vie
fense declared he has had a tvatlervt
HI there for many months and called
to alien,l this patient.
Judge Goss ordered alt witnesses in
the case excluded from the court room
until they art' summoned to take the
sta ltd.
Savannah Proparo* Welcome
for Soldirr* From the Rhine
Savannah. Ga , Feb. 5—With hun
dreds of visitors here to Join in the
celebration. Savannah is ready to wrl
wm* for the ration (lie American
troops who will arrive Wednesday
aboard the transport Si Mihirt from
thvlr watch on the Rhine A half
holiday lias been declared hv Mayor
beahrook, (he city has been decorated
with flags and plana completed for
entertaining the arrivals
The Ft. Mihiel was scheduled to
arrive here at 7 on Wednesday morn
ing.
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Move Made
to Exclude
Japanese
—
Bar ou Immigrants Provided
in Clauses of New Bill
Approved by House
Committee.
Would Cut Other Quotas
Washington. Feb. 5.—(By A. P.)—*
Exclusion of Japanese immigrant* and
.a reduction in the percentage of alien*
admissible from European countries
would be provided for by sections of
a proposed permanent Immigration re
striction act, approved by the house
immigration committee.
Completion of the entire measure
within a day or two and a prompt
report to the house is the committee's
plan.
Japanese exclusion would be made
possible, it was explained, under a
general provision of the bill, which
sets forth that "an immigrant rot eli
gible to citizenship shall not be ad
mitted to the United States." To meet
treaty stipulations, exceptions would
be made in the cases of ministers of
the gospel, professors of colleges,
members of any "learned profession"
and bona fide students "who seek to
enter the United State* solely for the
purpose of study at an educational in
stitution particularly designated by
i them. Such students who married
after entering the country would be
! deported, however.
Johnson Explains Bill.
I Explaining the section of the bill
which would provide for the exclu
sion of Japanese immigrants. Chair
man Johnson said it was the purpose
simply to translate into law the terms
of the "gentlemans agreement'' be
tween the United States and Japan
affecting Immigration from the latter
country. In the past the executive
branch has objected to attempts to
1 deal with this question in general leg
isla'ion by congress, but thus far
there has been no announcement of
objection In the present instance.
As affecting Europe and the near
east, the bill would reduce the quotas
of immigrants from any one country
' in any one year to 400 and In addi
tion 7 per cent of the number of fer.
e.gn-born individuals of such r.at.onal
i:y residing in the United States de
termined by the 1590 census. The
present restriction act, which this
bill wculd replace and which expires
by limitation on June 30. 1924. places
the quotas at 3 p>er cent, baaed cn the
(Census of 1910.
Would Unite Families.
The njmber of emigrants who
would be adr.useible In one year under
the provision ia estimated at 35* 437.
as against 325.537 annually under the
present act. but actually the 155.437
total probably would be greatly ex
ceeded through the operat.on of gen
eral provisions designed to avoid
division of families. Thus there
would be admitted. Irrespective of
fixed quotas, the immediate family
and close relatives of any foreigr
horn citizen of the United States ard
the immediate family of any alien
resident In this country for two years
and who a year previously had formal
ly declared Ills intension to become a
1 citizen.
Would C liangc Quotas.
Illustrating how the new percentage
■ plan would work out. committeemen
said Italy’s quota would be reduced
from the present 42.900 to 5.000. while
the quota for Germany, for instance,
would le increased from 55.h09 to
65.0*10. The quotas for Grea* ftrltai- ,
, Kranbe, Belgium and the Scandi
navian countries also would be In
creased, while those fir Poland. Rus
sia and the Balkans would be de
creased.
L!k4 the present temporary restric
tion law, the proposed act would not
operate, ngainst immigration from
fCanada. Newfoundland. Mexico. Cul-s
aid C»; *ral ami South America, pro
viding immigrants f. entrance to the
United States had been in . ny of these
countries for five vesrs or more. A
committee vote was withheld.
Vttornevs for Farrar
Ask for Secret Hearing
N'W York Feb. —Supre: le t'ou: t.
Justice Cohatan. Will bo asked Tu'«
day to rule whether the shattered
i romance of Geraldine I'srrar shall Ve
unrolled before the public, or the peti
tion of the diva for a divorce he
tlirsshed out in a referee's office l-.
hind closed doors
Today s hearing w.\s interrupted
when newspaper r *n requested Re'
eree Thomas H. Mahony to pern'
them to attend the session.
The referee said he saw no reaso
why the hearii <: should not be puhl
unices Justice Oohalan, who refer, i
the case to him. desired otherwise,
but he announced that he would e
terisin a motion for privacy. Miss
Karrars lawyer promptly petition'!
for secrecy and adjournment wa
taken until the matter could be vlac -1
before Justice Ochalan.
Fow ns Struck by Tidal W atc
Offered Aid by Kcd Cross
Honolulu. T. II., »b. tPr A T >
—Governor Wallace R. Farrington
receiie,t a cablegram from the Arne
lean Red Cross at Washington offe:
leg assist tain in slew of the damage
done by tidal waves in ihc Islands
Saturday,
The governor rsplicd thanking the
Red Cross for Its proffer of aid. hut
said that the territory needed no a*
ststance. He pointed out that njoe'
of the loss will fall on commerce and
Industry and not or individuals The
governor added:
N’omlnal damage was done to two
ports in this territory. It will be
repaired promptly."
King Refuses Resignation.
t’airo. K*'b. * Th* l^gwtlan nut
t*tr> resignation t<xt«>
I'Uk to tcuepl Ua