Nebraska Newspapers

    The Oft aha Morning Dee_
^ VOL. 52—NO. 201. ?* W'*"«*"5 3!"%,;! OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1923.* g^."Ws$i2T'^*» ^.‘h_ TWO CENTS^
Dying Girl’s
Statement
Read to Jury
Dr. Mathews Winces as Frien *
of Miss McDermott Testi
fies She Paid $2o for
Operation.
Father Also on Stand
Idstr.ct Judge Goss' courtroom was
filled yesterday afternoon with
“court fans" eager to hear bits of testi
rnony ot the trial
of Dr. John T.
Mathews, charged
with performing
an illegal opera
tion which County
Attorney Beal al
leges, caused Lo
retta McDer
mott's death.
Dr. Mathews,
unmoved by tes
timony given yes
terday morning in
which his name
w a s frequently
m e n 11 o lied, ap
, _ . .. neared ratherner'
l<or<*tla MfbernuHt. 1 ,
vous at the after
noon session.
Beal stated tlie state would rest Its
case at noon today.
When witnesses testified yesterday
afternoon that Loretta McDermott
told them that Dr. Mathews performed
iho operation, the latter whispered to
his counsel.
Companion on Stand.
• When I got the $100 bill from Dr. I
Mathews after I gave him $25 cash,
h? told me that no doubt I overlooked
the fact that the check was larger
than the amount I gave him," said j
Mrs. Nina Henry, chum of the dead
Kiri. "I told him that it was ail I
had.
"Giving me the check. Dr. Mathews .
stated, ‘Well, the poor girl probably
, couldn't get any more money.’ He j
asked me how the gin was and I 1
I old him she was'better."
State Produces Witnesses.
The state produced three witnesses
who stated that Dr. Mathews’ car
was parked many times in the vi- ,
cinity of 2G02 Cuming street, where
the operation was-wlleged to have been
performed. The Mathews machine has
the initials "J. T. XL" painted on the
door, said the witnesses. •
Other witnesses were Drs. E. C.
Henry, Dr. Samuel McClenighan, Ed
ward Isaacson, pathologist, all who
were present at the autopsy.
Dr. Henry testified that the Me- j
Dermott girl told him that Dr.
Mathews operated on her.
Dying Statement Presented.
Introduction of the dying statement
of Miss McDermott, after a brisk le
Kal skirmish between County Attor
ney Beal and opposing attorneys,
marked a distinct victory for the
prosecution this afternoon in the trial
of Dr. Mathews.
The statement is dated at Omaha, at
the tlmo Miss McDermott was in
Lord Lister hospital.
"I, Loretta McDermott, believing
myself to he In a dying condition, of
my own free will make the following
statement of my present condition."
the statement reads. "I was operated
on by Dr. Mathews in his office In
(Turn to F»«o Four, Column Onr.)
Rejected Lover
Shoots Himself
. •
Youth Fires Shot in Room of
Girl Where Ffc Called for
Answer to Proposal.
Because a girl rejected his offer
of marriage, Tony Nichols. 23. living
in -the vicinity of Twenty first and
California streets, shot himself yester
day afternoon.
He will not live, aecordlng to phy
sicians.
The shooting occurred in the room
Miss Myrtle Britt. 21, on the sec
ord floor of a rooming house at 2013
Douglas street, whern Nichols ha 1
gone to get Miss Britt's answer to his
proposal.
The girl, according to her story to
police, told Nichols that she could not
marry him and that they “had bet
ter quit altogether.”
"Whereupon the young roar,
whipped out a German automatic
pistol and. pointing It at his head,
pulled the trigger. Miss Britt told po
lice.
The girl ran screaming to the first
floor, where she was tnet at the foot
of the stairs by I1’. J. Ncstlebush, 7710
North Thirtieth street, mall carrier,
ori his route. He rushed upstairs
to the room and then called police.
The. shot also attracted the attention
of Clyde Calfue, asleep in an adjoin
ing room, and A. J. Ryder, another
roomer.
Miss Britt formerly lived at. Tar
|;:o, Mo. Until a few days ago she
roomed at 511 North Eighteenth
street. It was while she was rooming
at the latter address that she first
met Nichols, she said.
Nichols has been In Omaha about
I wo months.
Compromise on Memel.
London, Feb. A provisional com
promise has l.een reached lx-1 ween the
Lithuanian government nnd the en
tente ministers at Kovno for the rngu
latton of tlie situation In Memel, pend
^^.Ing derision of that territory a future,
either by the ambassadors’ conference
or thn league of nations, says the
diplomatic correspondent of tin Tele
graph today. The writer adds that,
presumably • neutral zone will be
created,
L
Farmer Testifies at
Trial of Doctor Here
i r.—“-r:- i
a «(! ,ti. i>. i mint.
Savannah Plans
Big Program for
Returning Yanks
Last of American Troops From
Europe Expected to Land
About Noon Today—
Report Rough Sea.
Savannah. Ga., Feb. 6.—Although
without definite information regarding
the exact hour of arrival of the United
States army transport St. Mihiel to
morrow. Savannah tonight rehearsed
plans for what is regarded as its
greatest celebration—welcoming home
tiie last of the American forces which
participated in the world war.
Basing their conclusjpna on radio
messages received trottt the transport
saying the St. Mihiel |t noon today
was still 365 miles off Savannah, ma
rine men argued tho ship could not
reach Tybee bar much before 1 to
morrow afternoon. They held to tills
belief despite radiograms from Capt.
W. T. Oliver saying the transport
would reach the bar at 11. Passage
through Tybee roads and up the
travannah river to the dock is expect
ed to consume two hours.
Heavy Seas Reported.
Evidence that (he St. Mihiel is fight
ing through heavy seas and bad
weather was seen by marine men in
radio messages intercepted here ill
which the transport St. Mihiel asked
radio stations in South CnStdina. to
give her radio compass hearings.
Regardless of the time of arrival of
the St. Mihiel. however, the citizens
committee directing the celebration
has timed its program to start with
the appearance of the transport in the
Savannah river off Colonial Burk
Bluff, where two brass cannon, cap
tured at Yorktown from the British
and presented in 1780 by George
Washington to the Chatham artillery,
will fire a saint'. Convoying the St.
Mihiel from the liar will be the cutter
Yamacraw with the official recepUon
committee aboard accompanied by a
tugboat bearing a committee of the
American Region and newspapermen.
The salute will be the signal for tho
ringing of "Big Duke,” a huge bell.
At the dock, a formal reception will
take places followed by debarkation 1 f
the troops.
Parade Is Planned.
Allowing the troopers time to re
gain their "land legs,'' the entire com
plement will parade through Savan
nah, beii^g reviewed by MaJ. Gen.
Charles S. Farnsworth, chief of the In
fantry branch of the army, and other
officials.
A barbecue for the enlisted men
will follow the parade, after which
some 400 troopers assigned to Fort
Screven will entrain with their fami
lies for the fort. For the other sol
diers. amusement at local theaters
has been provided, the operators an
nounelng all men in- uniform would
be their guests. Other entertainment
features of the evening a, scheduled
to be arranged for th» Fort Hcreven
soldiers, who will hr brought back to
the city on a special train.
Ex-l . S. District Attorney
to Defend Alleged Reds
Chicago. Feb. ti—(By A. I'.)—A
"labor defense council,” including
nmong its officers a former Fnlted
States district attorney ami four min
isters and church leaders, has been
i formed to organize the defense of al
| legeo communist* who are to go on
[ trial February at St. Joseph, Mich ,
| charged with advocating the over -
throw of the United Slates govern
ment.
The organization has retained Frank
P. Walsh of Kansas city and Wash
tngton. and other counsel to defend
the prisoners, who Include William /,
Foster. Charles K. Ruthrnlwrg and
others who have been w<-1J Known ns
radicals.
Free Tickets
to the
Strand Theater
the names and addresses
of several people will be nat
tered in the “Want” Ad col
umns of The Omaha Bee this
week.
If YOUR name and address
is listed in the “Want” Ad
columns of The Omaha lice
bring it to the box office* of
The Strand Theater and you
will be presented with • frae
ticket to see Norma Talmndge
in “The Voire From the Min
aret."
i 1-—■ --
New State
Bank Laws
Are Sought
Guaranty Fund Coninr
Proposed in Two y>*
Prepared l»y P ^ **
1 4 • V*
crs Assoc*
- ^
To Protect Depositors
Lincoln, Feb. 6.—(Special.)—With a
total of 53 state banka closed lu Ne
braska In two years, entailing drafts
on the state guaranty fund aggregat
ing fs,000,000, Dan J. Riley, presi
dent of the Nebraska State Rankers’
association, declared in an Interview
today that the financial stability of
the state and state banks called for
action by the legislature.
Riley outlined In full the plan of
the bankers to curtail losses and save
I banks from failure through changes
in the state banking taw, embodied in
, pile ms and House Roll 2 rf
Riley emphasized the fart that the
hankers do not contemplate tamper
ing in any way with the present guar
anty law so that depositors in failed
hanks cannot collect, immediately, the
amount of their deposits.
Would Form Commission.
"With this purpose in view, the
legislative committee of the associa
tion, after a careful analysis of the
situation, decided to have measures
introduced, subject matter of which
appears in the two bills,” Riley said.
"The primary purpose of these bills
is to supplement the present state
supervision by creation of a guaran
ty fund commission, consisting of
nine executive officers of stale hanks,
selected by the hanks themselves. The
secretary of the banking department
shall be a member of the commission
and act as its chairman.
"The commission may employ spe
cial examiners who shall have power
to examine state Kinks, which, in the
judgment of the commission, require
special audits. The commission also
si tall have access to the records of
the banking department,"relative to
examination of banks.
State Retains Rights.
'The state retains every right of
supervision which it now has, and it
alone retains power to pass upon ap
plications for charters, to issue and
revoke licenses for bank officials, and
to close a bank if such procedure is
necessary.
"The commission may take over
and administer existing receiverships,
and also may supervise succeeding re
ceiverships.
"The commission may, under re
strictions, with consent and approval
of the banking department, draw on
the guaranty fund to prevent a bank
failure. For example, tf a bank is
Insolvent, part of the guaranty fund
may bo used to render the hank sol
vent with expense of a receivership.
However, provision is made for safe
guarding this action by forcing need
ed change in management and control.
Orderly Procedure.
"Another provision creates orderly
statutory procedure for issuanc of
receivers’ certificates. This relieves
stress on hanks and enables deposi
tors to be paid at once.
"The proposed law gives promise
of bringing to the hanking fraternity
better and more rigid examinations. It
will foster sound hu.king practices.
Its sole jnir|xice is prevention of tiank
failures, conservation of resources of i
failed banks and contlnuaic o of
prompt payment to all depositors.
"From beginnir g to end, llies law
contains nor a single line or lettet
which in any manner abridges or
changes rights or security of de
positors.'
Iowa One of Three States
Vi it limit Record of Lynching
Washington, I'*b. C—Only 16 states
have been free from lynching* in the
last pj years, the commission of ,
ihurcft and race relations of the f* d
eral council of church** of ( hi 1st in
America, declared today In an analy
sis nf lynching statistics from 1*55
to 1921. .States given a "clear rec
ord. ' in the last 10 yearn, include Ne
vada. Iowa and Colorado,
The lynching victim* from 1885 to
1921 included 1,011 white iii*ti und 17 !
white women, und 3.001 negro men
nd 68 negro women, according to the
• nalynirt, which mlded that the num
ber of whit** person* lynched has de
creased rapidly since 1900. The an
I r.ual t ■*« of lynching* fell off from
11908 to 1918, when the tendency
j turned upward.
Oimmt- of Still That hilled
Man Guilty of Manslaughter
l.ciiK Inland ( ,iy, N' 'i . i-.-i, -A
i convict inti unique in court record*
here wm- i etitniMl by a jury \* >t*‘rdny
wh**n Mr. and Mr*. Carmine Pizza
, w '1*' found guilty «>f second degree
manslaughter in tlm death of Police
; T«i*'Ut*omnt Albert Mnffv. fatally. In
| Jured in i still explosion while leading
i ;t raid on the Pizza home last July.
1 They were scnfctlred ft) seven y* nr*
j e-wh at Sing Sing'.
ri;iio still was found in the <*Ilnr «»f
the Pizza home and »xplod*d while
the. police urn* inspecting it Lieu
t• ■ 11ntit I niffy died 10 days later ft obi
his injuries Several oilier officer*
who were in the raiding party were
injured, but recover* *1.
Gagr County Pioneer Pi*’*.
Beatrice, Xch., K«*b. 0.—(Speclnl 1
I Id win Janies, 7', old i * sident of (lug*
< otinty, died at hi* home In this city
after .i brief Hines* lie tame here
six mouths ago from Pine Spring .
to which plrt«*« Him body will b# taken
lor burial. A widow and a number
«»f children survive.
Free Bread in War.
Chlciirn. FVh 8 — Brewd will h* free
tomorrow with certain purrhn*** nt
the SK * stahliMhnirnt* of on*' oi
uTilixation a* the* result of n bread
war among chain atoica in Chicago.
Twins Who Wed Brothers
Then Divorced Them,
Relaunch Marital Bark
Cedar Rapids. In., Feb. 6 —Dale
Bricker and Nora Thompson and Ber
nice Thompson and tllcnn Bricker
plugged up the holes in their niatri
onlal bark here again last night and
iil over what they hope will be
th sea of matrimony. Their
(Js s ^countered storms a few weeks
and when it got into port both
’ ond mates were seasick and de
ided to quit.
Nora and Bernice are twin sisters.
They live at Belie Plaine. Bast May
they eloped to St. Joseph, Mo., and
were married to tlie Bricker brothers.
Returning to Belle l’laine, they tired
of double harness and decided to
divorce their mates. Each sued 'in
grounds of cruel and inhuman treat
ment and at tho trial on January 17.
both girls swore their husbands had
beaten them on the same night. They
engaged the same attorney, who filed
their sifils on the name day and each
testified for the other and their
divorces were granted the game day.
Three weeks apart was all they
could stand, so the girls came here last
night and were married without tlie
knowledge of their parents, who are
accused of being responsible for the
first jars in tile double family.
Biennial B a 111 e
on Municipal Light
Opens at Lincoln
Mayor and All Omaha City
Commissioners Kxcrpt But
ler Oppose Howell
Measure.
Lincoln, 1Tb. «,—{Special * — From
early in the afternoon until near mid
* ight, If. Ji. Powell, United States
amator-elect, and attorneys and
friends (,f the Nebraska Power com
pany engaged In their regular bien
n.al battle of wits in arguments for j
and against the Powell tnuny light ]
bill, giving the Metroplitan Utilities
district, instead the city' of Omaha,
power to call a special election to vote
herds for a competing power plant, j
The hearing was held before the house
committee on cities and towns.
Han Butler, Omaha, city commis
sioner. was present to augment the ,
Howell arguments, while letters writ
ten by c\'ery other member td the
Omaha city commission, Including
Mayor James <' Hahlman, w ere read
by J. A. ('. Kennedy, Nebraska Power
company attorney, expressing disap
proval of the Howell bill.
Dahlman Praises Present Servile.
These letters were the suprise of ;
the hearing as Butler had expressed !
regret thru Mayor l'ahiinan was not
present to aid him tn his argument* i
for the Howell hill. Immediately aft
erwards Kennedy read the letters.
"As *ho laws now provide the ]>eo
ple with ample power *o adjust thl*
problem to their satisfaction. It seems }
tins hill is nerving no pur| >se tn a
constructive way," the I'ahlman let
tir, addressed to George Dyhall, chatr
man of tho cities and towns commit
tee, read: “From iny observation of
comlittona existing tn other metro* 1
poiltan cities. I nrn convinced that
we have the best possible service at
the most reasonable rates, and that I
our contract with the* Power company
is working to the ad'•ant.««<* of the j
overwhelming majority of email con- |
sumerf M
Similar expression* appeared In let* i
ter* of tho oth^r comm Is* loner*. How
ell, in rebuttal, rear! a resolution j
adopted by a previous Omaha city
commision iirffinff placing the bond
election power in the hand* * f the
Metropolitan Utilities district.
llowrll Replies to Kfmifdl.
Kennedy declared that Omaha hud j
the cheapest light rate in the country j
for any city nf its size with a pri
vate plant. In reply*. Howell charged
that these rates did not begin falling
until he started agitation for .1 com
peting plant
Further. Howell asserted then* was
approximately $7,000,000 in water In
the Nebraska Power coin pan y's stock.
Kennedy declared that if the Nchras^f
ka Power company xerre #fre« fi, n
taxation ns the water plant H that
electrl
per kilowatt hour.
Kennedy read a statement oi.m1i
I v Butler before (b« I.engu- < f N.
braska Muni' paliti» only a short
tim< ago in whii'h Butler b< .asted
of the * b» ftp light i ib in Orna! *
Wants Five-t ent Rate.
“Well, now* Pm advocating » r. . < nt i
ate, ko evidently I don’t think it is
cheap enough ’ Butler retorted
Kennedy read figure** to show that
the Nebraska Power company t rate
had fallen 6ft 7 per cent against n
dC rease of .Vj 5 in ^he rate of the
municipal water plant.
Kennedy declared Howell’s demand
in his bill for arbitrary power to
take the street lighting cmdratt for
his proposed municipal tight plant
Wn* ronflscflt .on of 111«»»«• than $1,000.
ooo in pr«*perty investment of the
Nebraska Power company in street
lighting **<|uipinent
Kennedy * ailed attention to the
freedom front tux of a tminicip.il light
company The Nebraska Power corn
panv paid $3H0,00o m tatKs this >«;n.
he asserted
Kennedy fmthrr thine 1 tin llowrll
bill by i ailing for n ban majority
to cany a muni' lpul light bond * )•<
tlon violated a provision of the homo
rule charter, granted by i» l g. l.»
lure two years ago. which calls for
a three fifth majority r* I id eln>
tlorts.
Would Destroy Kxisliug Plant.
“lbithles.a^oin*jM tition «>f the Metro- I
polltnn rtllltle* district exempt from
taxation, find unregulated a* t * v.itr
would destroy the * |»thtg plant n*
contradistinguished from tin* water
(Turn to I1*** l **o. I oliuiin t hree.)
Hamlil' lto|» I lieutrr.
Oakland, C.il , l*’eb. .* Kuhbi i * Sun
day night blew open tho :.»I»• in 111«*
Strife fhcat«i a block fiotn llm «*n
tml police station, and ubtuimd up
piuximutcly Ji.OOO, ^
“Sic ’Em!”
"1
Ruhr Resistance to French
Growing Stronger—Cuno
(By \MM»ciated Prm)
The policy of rcsistenre to the
French occupation of the Ruhr
valley has not been modified but
is growing steadily stronger, the
Herman government declared today
through its embassy in Washington.
Managers of big industries in the
valley < xpr*-a confidence In their
ability to carry on and at the same
»hr o, pt event the French from gat
ing anything worth while out of
the district, however effectively
they might occupy it militarily.
The immense Thyssen plants in
the Ruhr and vicinity, i mployn^
some fifl.000 men. arc declared by
the management not to have been
affected by either the railroad or
coal strikes. The plants are work
ing full tune, mining their own fuel,
as do many other big Industries in
the valley.
The railroad strike seems again
largely effective in the Ruhr and
Important d:«ttv ts in 'he Rhine
land. Navigation on the Rhine
from Ruhr valley points is reported
at a complete standstill.
Chant* llor t'uno. head of the
Berlin government, has Itch oa a
visit to the occupied Ruhr area
w here ho has been holding i onfer
cnees and informing himself on the
situation from personal observation.
Hugo Stinnes, seen by interview
ns at Essen, would not reveal
whether the conferences he is hold
ing on his surprise visit to the Ruhi
are with a view to negotiations f«,t
settlement ft the reparation differ
| enees.
Severn! persons were injured in a
demonstration at iJinwteii, broken up
by the German police.
No details have followed the re
puted advance of the French in a
new area !3 miles beyond the Ger
man frontier into Hesse, where they
were said to have occupied Godde
lau. The move was in the direr
lion of Mannheim, which the Ger
mans momentarily expe<t«d the
French would occupy, the advices
said.
Berlin. Feb. 6.—<By A., PA—Chan
cellor Ctlno returned to Berlin today
from a ' wo da y tour of the occupied
'Ruhr area convinced, he said, that
the determination of the population
to resist the French coercive meas
ures was just as Arm today as when
the first of the occupying forces en
tend Essen on January It.
Farm Hand (>rts
Life for Murder
•
\u-tin Ploptl? Guilty to Slay*
inp Girardi— Kinplovcr
Pleads Not Guilty.
IDd Ouk, l.l., Fob. t,—{Special.!—
Finding guilty tu the murder on
Jrtnu iry !: of Albert (irirdl On.th.i
butter mill ■ eg buyer, • it'orgc Austin,
firm tin tut. w im m-hIpihiS ;o life ini
prlsonment hero today by District
Judg t T "inpsuil.
II" will l,e taken tit on," to Fort
Madison, I i . I" begin h|s sentence.
Austin nppt:iriil unmoved by his
fate. «n<l offered no cnuiment.
John T St'w i firm i' mar lied
Onk. Htnl jointly indicted with Austin
fur th" murder of Olrnrdl. pleaded not
guilty when arraigned
Kclincr- S;i\ Pipe l.int
\rr Not < oininoii Carrier.'
Washington, Feb. (i— Demand tliat
pip*' line companies made common
‘HitI'Tn In furl as wrll as In name,
was present til to the senate oil in*
vrsUgatlng committee to im by half n
iloxon independent oil r» finer*.
The w|tne.s*»i’N represented refineries
in Kansas. Kentucky, In.liana, Texas
and P« nn\vl\, nGi nml .ill made th*'
c'nmpluirit, that although pipe line
com pan kii w*ie math? common car
riers by act of yon sic** In 1906, the
larger pipe line concerns at no Mine
have furnished the sor\i*e t,» lu<l« p< n
dent piiMiucis and icfineries that is
c* pmali> expected of fn t' and open
t ran port.it ion companies
I«»>';i I aiiiitT' ”( oiniiifi Hack"
War I inauec Mead I)relare>
NN i-diington, l*Yb «J - low i farmer*
tiro "coni I in? Iwck ' in .1 nut iafactory
niftim- 1. Managing Pirector Meyer of
tlv War Finance Corporation declnr
cd tonight, explaining that repay*
HHMita from lint *tu*e hetyeen Janu
ary and Frbtuary 3 on* Ioann made
by tbo corporation , *'gr«\itlv exceed
tho i* payment* from any other Mate
during 11 «imll.u period.” The* re, wy
nientM for th*> poilod aggregated ft,
l 1,0 lota! loan* undo hy the
corporation in low • Imve boon volin
tU from I23.019.VUO to 913*000,000, th<
director mM. |
n
2 St. Paul Cops
Die in Car Crash
Speeding Police Auto
on ley Street. Smashes In
to Millinery Shop.
Sr. Paul, Minn., Fob. 6 —Two po
I icemen were killed and four other
person* were injured, two critically,
when n speeding police car skidded
on the icy street today and crashed
Into a millinery shop in the residence
section. The front of the building
collapsed when the police car struck
it
1 Id win Karl llaekert. 39. patrolman,'
and V llllnm Wilson. 40. negro chauf
feur. are the dead Arthur Haossig
and William Koatohrys patrolmen
and Mrs. W. W. Throckmorton, were
injured.
The Throckmorton* wets pre
cipitated from their l*ed amid a
mas* of wreckage when the careening
police car smashed the studding from
under the front end of the building
.4 ”d brought .\ show nr « f 1m 10ks and
lion leanif upon the head* of the
patrolmen. Throckmorton and his
wife were bruised
ha>e AgainM Former Dry
Director In Di>mi.*st*<l
Kiiiuo. N I» K«l’ *—The nut of
I lie .Into again.t I?. P I.rndy, former
■ lire, (or of |>i ohil itlon for Nqrth FVi
kola, \\!m was chanted with selling
mil tinneiHiitlnii liquor while rm
ployed hy the government, \t i* dis
mimed on motion of the defendant'*
counsel when tl was found that the
principal witness for the prosecution
rould not testify without Incriminat
1|1K hilnsrlf 1
!> Rotlir* Believed in RuiiV'*
of (m'IIo Fire at \\ ieliita
hie* Krtn , 1*'> b. (' - Kight IhhI ,
tea still are believed to be buiiotl un J
der tons of debris in tin lvtMnuent of1
tli»' tietto bnildlnK. swept by fire early j
' eaterday. police And flrr headquarter*
announced today after a leoheek of all
:t\.‘liable lists of occupant* Three
bodies wr'ie irmmrd from the wreck |
«»e toaterday, making the probable
number of deaths In ths V j
Day's Activities
in Washington
c?
A congressional delegation left for
Savannah to welcome American
troops returning from the Rhine.
Continuing consideration of the
army bill, the senate centered debate
on the *S«.<KK>,000 rivers and harbors
item.
Investigation ef conditions at the
veteran# bureau was urged In the
house by Representative Larsen,
democrat, Georgia.
Knar invent of leg.slation for con
servation of forests was urge-1 by
lYevident llarding In a letter to Rep
resentative Clarke, republican. New
York.
Feasibility of conatructing another
waterway r-toss the Isthmus of Pau
am.’., using Panama canal profits to 1
defray part of the cost, was discussed
at a cabinet meeting.
President Harding put the finishing
touches on «. message to congress
urging, it was said, modification of
the debt fund'ng law to permit ap
proval of the sett lenient negotiated
with Great Brttain.
The national committee of defense
of the federal power a- t sent to every
member of the senate and house a
protest in opposition to Henry Ford
offer for Muscle Shoals.
Trial of Charles \Y Morse. New
York ship builder, his three sons and
eight others on charges of conspiracy
to defraud the government in con
nectlon with wartime shipping c.-n
tracts, which was to have !>egun, was
postponed until February 1?
Representatives of independent oil
companies testified, before •
investigating committee that high
freight rates on oil, combined w.ih
control of the Standard group over
pipe lines, worked to the disadvantage
of "independents
Denying that German's policy of re
sistance to French occupation of the
Ruhr had been modified, the Berlin
government, through its embassy, do
dared that on the contrary ' utiani
mous resistance on the put of Ger
many is steadily growing.''
Approval was given by The house
commerce committee to a bill provid
ing for return of small properties
soiled by the alien property custodian,
but prohibiting restoration of the
property of Grover C Bergdolt, fug!
five draft evader.
Mrnlhrr of Irish Free State
Srnatt‘ Kcsiuiis Office
Dublin. Feb. 6.—The resignation of
Dr. Sigerson as a nienibrr of thr free
state senate was announced > ester
day Threats that the senator's house
would la- burned had been made i,
centlv. He is one of I it lands in.vat
distinguished men lie is professor
of bloloev In the I nlversify of Dub
lin and the author of numerous works
on physic's and biological subject*.
There were several cases of inccn
diary fires reported Friday night. The
nstdcnce of Sheriff Russell near Dun
da I k and that of to! Eustace Maude
at Tlnode. \Yi< klcw. were deetroved.
The Weather
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poraturo
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Ismet Pasha
to Return
to Angora
Turkish Leader Vi ill Not Re
sume Conferences With Al
lies at Once—Hears Ne
gotiation Terms.
Strong Hopes for Peace
Lausanne, Keb. 7.—llljyt. I’.V—Aft
mediation ha* definitely tailed; Turkey
will not sign the allied treaty at th*
present time, even with the latest
concession* proposed, and within •
few hours Ismet 1‘asha will leave to*
Angora to consult with his govern
ment.
Paris, F- b. “—The Havas cor*
respondent at I-ai.-tanne snys that
.,f• • r a conversai.- u with Count Mas
sigli, secretary general of the confer
once, Ismet Pasha. announced at 1
this morning that he would leave al
6:Jo for Angora, as planned.
Lausanne. Keb. *>.—(By A. P.»—*
Ismet Pash a went Into conference at
: 1 tonight with his colleagues of tli4
Turkish delegation to decide whether
he should leave Lausanne tomorrow.
He received late tonight official ail
'■ i <-a from Paris and London settirg
for the conditions on which the nego
tiations could Vie resumed.
The economic and soma • f tho
financial clauses of the treaty con
tinue to form the burden of the diffi
culty; some of the allied representa
tive* have been objecting to their ex
clusion from the treaty, to be the
subject of further negotiations, as
they contend this was liable to cau-e
complications in the future.
Pear Admiral Mark L. Bristol of
the American delegation finally de
cided to proceed to Constantinople
and took the train for that city,
Hope for Peace.
Par.s. Feb. 6 —{By A. P.V—There is
strong hope in Paris that the peace
treaty with the Turks will be s.gned
within a few days or weeks. Ismet
Pash-i. head of the Turkish delega
tion at Lausanne, Is reported to be in
a receptive mood. Nevertheless, time
is important, as Ismet has his bag
gage packed
Premier Po*r*oare, after consulta
tion with M Bompard and the other
French delegates to the Lausanne
conference, decided to associate him
self with the British cabinet's decis
ion declining to exclude the economic
clauses from the treaty. M. Poincare
telegraphed Ismet Pasha tonight re
questing that he immediately elate the
final conditions fce is prepared to
sign,
Ismet. according to the French. 1s
ready to attach his signature to a
treaty embodying ail subects settled
in the conference or compromised in
the lav hurried hours cf Sunday:
when, a* on" Frenchman put it. bmft
was so disturbed by listening for the
whistle of Curxon's departing tram
that he did not realize exactly what
was happening.
Situation Is Improved.
T-ondon. Feb. S.—(By A. P >—As be
tween Turkey and the allies, the
situation ss distinctly improved, but
it is still doubtful if the treaty will
he signed before Isi. et Pasha. kavrs
Lausanne for Angora.
The adjourned cabinet A uncil met
today without Lord Caraon. who ws<
indispose.!, and discussed the subject
of the t-ear east settlement only br.ef
!y. The developments include the re
ceipt by the foreign office of a note
from Premier Poincare intimating
the unwillingness of the Turks to
sign the treaty, but according to in
formation In official circles, with cer
tain reservations or conditions, the
nature of which is not definitely dis
closed. but which are suppose.) to con
cern capitulations and economic cjues
tions—in fact, similar reservations to
those which on Sunday prevented sig
nature of the treaty.
it is understood that M. P ..mars
suggested that the signing of the
treaty should take place at Paris be
'ore Ismet Pasha leaves for home
The British government's position i«
the if the Turks are rea to sign
unconditionally, it is ready to send
a representative to Paris for affix
ing the signatures, and it is under
stood that a replv in this sense has
he. n fcrwardevl to the French pi e
mier.
I co O’Brien. «»f Drue Finn.
Succumbs to Heart Trouble
th»nni# T^u O Btifn. Sd, a member
of the i'i !Vv<f ivwutupy
Karnam street, d:<si early aefterd&v,
i til: ■ '* Kr !:.;'ee J nth#.
l*eath w.iii due \ * heart trobule
Mr. O'Brien ha# roeided in Omaha
for I a year#.
He is survived by one Miw
O'Pi'ion. and a brother. .John O'Brien,
who nee id# In Omaha, and a brother,
y B; • f JvittJe i vf‘<,
M i Vi O lh # ni :her uied h# -e
three months um\
The body n.i.* pent by the Hoffmann
funeral home to Battle Creek, Mlrh
Funeral service* will be held Thur#
day inonv.’.c ,i? S: Philip Catholic
« hmvh. Battle Creek. Mich. liter
Hu nt will bo in Mount Olivet t erne
vry in tho O'Brien family lot.
Planc> Vttcmpt to “Sink
Batllc-Heot on Pacific
Angeles. Kfb. b -Thirty etfh
planes m fixe squadrons flew up from
s.»n lhe$o vsI.miUv and attempted to
"sink" the tx&ttle fleet under vtxm
mand of Hear Admiral F \V F.btrlf
in ixf at naval officers called the moe*
spot'taoular Air tr.aneux'ers eve*
on this roast.
A sqttAdron of torpedo planet, too
S'juadtvixs t f olwrxAUon plane* and
txxo of pursuit planes made up the at
lacking ah fore* while another »<)uad‘
»x'n of l»U is arrived in advance of
ihe ies» ;o w ih fleef and act *•
to* th^dcf r.diPa
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