* VOL. 52-NO. 205. “ K _OMAHA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1923. *_Z.'V '_TWO CENTS
Proposal of
De Valera
Acceptable
Gosgrave billing lo Agree
That Rebel Leader Advise
Followers to Give
Up 4rms.
Irregulars Surrendering
London, Feb. 11.—l/P)—President
t.'osgrave of the Dali Direann in a
statement in the Daily Mail, declared
that he was ready to agree that Da
mon de Valera should advise his fol
lowers to surrender their arms on the
condition that the question of a re- j
public or the free state should be left
to the electors.
Damon de Valera is said to have an
nounced his willingness to accept
peace terms on condition that Irish
elections be held on the one clear ts
-tie—whether Ireland should be a free
^<#tate or a republic.
Keitels Surrender.
Bublin, Feb. 11.—04»)—The first of
ficial report of a surrender under the
government's new amnesty decree has
been received from County Cork,
where a number of irregulars, accom
panied by their leader, delivered up
their arms and ammunition at the
Newmarket military liarraeks and en
tered into an undertaking not to fight
against the free state government.
At a meeting of the Sinn Fein or
ganization tonight, Hr. Kathleen
I .inn, who presided, said that Eamon
fie Valera desired that the organization
should be kept in being.
Mary MacSwiney, in an uncom
promising republican speech, made
reference to Liam Deasy's “abject
surrender.”
Prisoners Issue Appeal,
Prisoners in the Waterford and
Clonmel jails have issued an appeal
similar to that from Limerick, that
they be allowed to release delegates
or. parole to influence republican load
ers toward a peace settlement.
At Clonmel today, when the mem
bers of a congregation were leaving
mass they were fired on by irregu
lars with machine guns, from neigh
1 oring hills. Twenty soldiers who at
tended the mass, were tho objective,
but none of them was hit. One civiliail
was killed.
Todays’ report of incendiarism in
cludes an unsuoessfu! attempt to burn
a raHroad station in Cork and tho
destruction of tw;o fine Tipperary man
sions. one of them belonging to Major
- Perry, who is related to Senator Bag
* ^ well, recently kidnaped by irregulars.
Narcotic Conditions in
Hollywood “Magnifed”
Washington, Feb. II. — Narcotic
conditions in Los Angeles and tho
movie colony at Hollywood, according
to a supplementary report mane by
Narcotic Chief Harry Lb Smith of the
Pacific division, have been “magni
fied" and a few of the sensational
statements circulated "were based on
fact."
Based on information obtained from
state, county end municipal officers,
prominent citizens and others inter
• - ted in enforcement of rtie law, Chief
Smith lias formed the conclusion that
there is a preponderance of evidence
tending to show that Loa Angeles and
particularly tho Hollywood district is
as free from the narcotic evil as could
be hoped for. with the limited number
i f officers and funds available.”
Kearney Prosecutor and
Deputies Conduct Raid
Kearney, Neb., Feb. It.—(Sjieeial.)—
Deputy Sheriff Tracy, County At
torney Drake and Deputy John Trln
die searched the Walter Vohlanrt
place, south of Clhlion. resulting in lo
cating a still, a small jug of hootch
and some mash. The stHI was found
hidden in a hayloft. While the of
ficers were searching lhe premises, ac
cording to the county attorney, ono
of the women on the place spilled a
large container of mash on the kitchen
floor and, with a broom, quickly
swept it into the basement.
nidentified Tramp Injured
in U. P. Wreck at Buda
Kearney, Neb., Feb. 11.—(Special.)— (
'n unidentified tramp wur severely
injured In a wreck at Buda, when a
1 nir»n Pacific through freight jumped
the track shortly before noon today.
He was brought to a Kearney lion
pi tab
Main line westbound traffic wan
tied up for a few hours. It wan necca
Mary to lay 200 feet of track before
traffic could move through.
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Bishop W ouUl Probe
Sanity of Editors for
Stand on Prohibition
Carbondale. Pa., Feb. 11.—Bishop
It. il. Berry of Philadelphia, senior
bishop of the Methodist-church, said
that if he hod his way n commission
would bo appointed and editors of
metropolitan newspapers would he
tried for their sanity because of their
attitude to wand the enforcement of
the eighteenth amendment. Bishop
Berry defended the prohibition
amendment against attacks of those
who declare the law Is a failure and
that It should be repeated because It
could not he enforced.
"We have had laws against murder,
arson and theft for n long time,” said
Bishop Berry, "hut does ft stop thpso
crimes? Violation of the law does
not discredit it. "Rum has been e
great article of commerce in this
•ountry for more than 160 years.
You cannot, eliminate It without a
fight. The nation as a whole has re
i l ived untold benefits and the amend
ment should he Imbedded In the con
stitution as long ns there Is a conn
try."
Foreign Policy Raked
at Gridiron Dinner
Washington, Fob. 11, — American
foreign policy was raked over the
coals in satirical vein at midwinter
dinner of the Gridiron club of
Washington newspaper correspon
dents. Several hundred guests, among
them authors, artists and cartoonists,
minglpd with statesmen, diplomats
and leaders of finance and industry,
enjoying the fun.
In a series of stunts, musical and
otherwise, the club members after
braving the dangerous Held of foreign
entanglement, ran rough shod over
national domestic affairs and irrever
ently dragged those who sit in high
places over the hot grid.
With its usual spirit of reciprocity,
however, the club gave a selected few
of the guests. Including President
Harding, an opportunity to get even
in brief speeches, hut these, under
the club's tradition and rule that "re
porters are never present,” may not
be made public. >
Leaders to Keep
Shipping Measure'
Before Senate
Harding's Advice on Two
Major Issues Sought—Im
presses Opposition to
Delay of Bill.
Washington, Feb. It. — President
Harding s council on the collision In
the senate between the administra
tion's two major measures, tho ship
ping and British debt funding bills,
was sought by senate leaders ami as
a result the shipping bill will not be
laid aside immediately to make way
for the debt funding proposal.
| There will be another White House
conference Monday when the legisla
tive program for the dosing (lays of
the present session mat dr vr 1/p. The
house has completed most of its im
portant work.
The conflict between tlie shipping
and British debt bills was taken up
with the president bv Senator Jones,
republican, Washington, commerce
committee chairman in charge of the
shipping measure.* anil Senator Cur
tis of Kansas, assistant republican
leader. Monday morning Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, the republi
can leader; Chairman McCuniber of
the finance committee, managing tho
British debt bill; Senator Smoot, re
publican. Utah, a member of the allied
debt commission, and other party lead
ers have appointments with the presi
dent for further discussion of tho im
mediate program.
Opposed lo Delay.
It is understood the president is
disposed to advise against immediately
displacing the shipping bill as the sen
ate's unfinished business, as he vas
said to believe that this, the business
for which congress was called into
extra session last November, should
be held before the seriate and pressed
vigorously.
Senate leaders, iherefore. are pre
paring a program for this week which
contemplates consideration i>oth of
the shipp ng and debt bills, but with
out formal displacement of the former.
There probably will be preliminary
discussion "f the debt funding meas
ure to develop the outlook for debate
and a vote. It has been suggested
that the senate consider the shipping
bill during the day and debt bill at
night sessions.
To M*et Karlier.
Monday the senate will meet an
hour earlier than usual In accordance
with the order forced Saturday by ad
ministration leaders despite oblcctli e
of those fighting the shipping bill.
The bill will come up at 1 o'cU "kin
der the senate rules, with a proposal
pending by Senator Jones for a unani
mous agreement to limit debate, be
guiling February 1«. This is expected
to fail and administration forers are
planning other moves to clear the
situation.
Opponents of the shipping proposal
also have several moves in contempla
tion, Including a possible motion to re
commit the bill or supplant it with
the Capper “truth in fabric" lull or
some other measure.
Chairman Mc-Cumber, it was said to
night. does not elesire to call up the
British debt bill in any event before
next Tuesday, because of absence from
Washington of certain senators.
\ _
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Ads and the man who
reads them.
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tunity, for he reaches so
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Battalion
Is Ordered
to Turkey
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British Kush R- ‘ sS . - '
, iA -v
to t.onstai .a'' *«•
alists Begn\e ug ot
Harbor at jymrna.
Warships Again Warned
London, Fob. 11.—Tlie Kxrliance
i I elegraplt correspondent rubles from
(■ibrallar tlial the First battalion of
(lie Duke of Wellington rrgiment lias
been ordered to Constantinople im
mediately.
Copyright, 1922.
Constantinople, Feb. 11.—Although
the additional 24 hours in the Turkish
ultimatum that the allies withdraw
from Smyrna expired Saturday,
the French and British cruisers re
mained in the port. Negotiations have
been continuing here the entire day
i between the allies and Adnan Bey, the
i Turkish governor, but although the
latter asserted that the matter could
1 be settled by diplomacy, no solution
had been reached when Adnan Bey
left for his home this afternoon.
Smyrna is reported to be calm but
tense. The lighthouse buoys have
discontinued functioning and mines
have been laid in order to prevent a
surprise attack nt night. As the en
trance to Smyrna is bounded for tftllrg
on botli sides by high hills, with ex
tensive fortifications, the placing of
mines will make the escape of the
allied cruisers, if war breaks out, a
difficult operation in itself.
Heady' for War.
The official Angora Journal de
clares:
“We are repeating that we are not
1 c-lligorent and until the arrival of
! Ismet Pasha we will prevent unto
ward incidents, but wo are ready for
war, if a just jieace is not obtain
able.’*
The Turkish ship Huldjelinel has
| left for t ’onstanza, w here it will take
j on board Ismet l’asha'and the Turkish
delegation, who are expected in Con
stantinople Sunday night. A special
I train is waiting to rush the delega
tion to I amid, where Mustapha Kepial
I'asha is waiting to hear the report
! upou w hich the Turks will decide
I w hether It w ill be,peace or war.
With the return of Hear Admiral
Mark Bristol, the American comniis
1 sioner in tile near east, to Constan
tinople, spcculation’over the possibili
ties of American intervention to save
the world from another war, has been
j revived.
Admiral Bristol was accompanied
by Julian Gillespie, a trade commis
sioner; Ideutonant Wheeler, and oth
er members of the American delega
tion at I.au»«tine. Outside of an as
sertion tha* the I-ausanne conference
was suspended and not broken off, he
refused to give out a statement.
Situation brave.
It is understood, however, that the
Americans are convinced tliHt the
situation is grave and tlie slightest lr
responsibility on the part of Turk.
Greek or allied soldiers and sailors,
both on land and sea, who are ner
vously playing their lingers over rifle
triggers or are desultorily aiming their
, cannons, might precipitate a catas
[ tropbe which would not only Increase
the suffering of the millions In tli"
n‘-ar etist, but would involve all Eu
I rope and possibly America.
There is a tendency here on the
part of Americans to believe that
\ neither the allies or the Turks were
! entirely free from responsibility for
| the breakup of tlie l.ausanne confer
! cnee, but naturally the delegates from
i here certainly are able to appreciate
jtlie position of the Turks better than
I Americans who have never studied
the situation on the ground. The
Americans, at the same time, are con
vineed that the differences between
the Turks anil the allies aro so small
that It will be inexcusable if they
allow themselves to come to blows
Regarding mediation it is acknowl
edged that America will not be side
to intervene unless requested. There
also remains the big question of
I whether cither the Turks or allies
would accept mediation. American ox
i ports believe that both the allies and
Turks must make concessions slowly
I and carefully. Fnlcss this is done
shortly no one knows what may
happen here.
--
Mission to Vatican
Is Opposed in Tokio
Tokio, IVb. il .</p) Tlm Seiyukai,
majority K*»vprnment party in tlm
diet, derided to oppose tlm vote for
11m establishment of a mie.sion to tlm
Vatican /it Home, it was nniiowncnfl
hero today. Thin clmnfre of policy on
tlm part of the Nelyukai party wn.s
the result of the opposition of the
Buddhist priegtf, It was stated.
Thin deelnion plain* tlie cabinet In
an awkward position, ns the Vatican
repreHentativeH have already arrived
In .lapun.
I He camnei will announce the pout*
I nijement of the exchange of Mlnslnns
in the near future, It was stated.
The Kenselkal, minority party of
the diet has ste oflly opposed the os
fabltshment of an exchange of mis
Minns while the Seiyukai party hns
Mupported the proposal.
(.almiet F«*formed
Sofia, Feh. li A decree reforming
i ho cabinet has been published. M
Stamboulsky remains a premier,
while the minister* of the interior, fin
ance, war and railroads are replaced
hy new' men.
Coldrn Wedding (.Vlelnatcd
< 'a I la way. Net)., Feb. 11. (Special.)
I Mr. and Mrs llennan Pundorf, re
iding rt few miles north «»f Callaway,
1»# Ichratcd their golden wedding aim!
i \cruitry here. Itelutlvrjg and friends
j were In attendant c
Woman, 70, Studies at University
Where Daughter Also Is Student
Central City, Is'rli., Feb. 11.—(Spo
il.)—Mrs. R. G. McCutchen, TO, resl
• of Archer, Merrick county, is
- , g those to recently register at
■ state university. For years she
nad led the life of a fanner's wife and
much of her time was absorbed in
rearing her family and in the duties
that a farmer’s wife naturally falls
heir to. Despite tlie fact Hint her
hours were filled to overflowing she
always found time for educational
reading and topics of the day and Is
considered one of the best informed
women of her community.
Her husband died two years ago.
Her children have grown to maturity.
Mr?. McCutchen realized the oppor
tunity was now ripe to gratify a long
felt desire for higher education. Last
summer she was in Europe wheite she
visited interesting points on the con
tinent, and studied. At the begin
ning of the midsentester she registered
at the state university, selecting his
tory, sociology and astronomy as the
studies to pursue!
Mrs. McCutchen scorns street cars
and dally walks two miles to her
classes.
Miss Margaret McCutchen. former
ly county superintendent of Merrick
county and daughter of Mrs. Mc
Cutchen. is also registered at the uni
versity, taking postgraduate work.
Clash Is Expected
With Governor on
Budget Measures
Bryan Says He Will Recom
mend What He ^ ante.
Then Let Committee
Work Out Plans.
By P. C. POWELL.
Staff Corre*pondent The Omaha Be#.
Lincoln, Feb, 11.—(Special.)—Ne
braska's legislature will soon be in
the throes of an appropriation and
executive council mode of government
row, one unparalleled in many re
spects by any in previous state his
tory.
Governor diaries W. Bryan hai
served notice that all lie will do ts
recommend what he wants, and it is
strictly up to the appropriation com
mittee to provide ways and means to
dovetail his suggestions and desires
with efficient and comprehensible
management 6f state activities.
The governor last week refused to
appear in person and explain his rea
sons for certain suggested appropria
tions or suggest any method to the
appropriations committee how certain
necessary activities could bo carried
on without the appropriations.
Governor'll hxplanalion.
"I do not Intend to become involved
In any arguments before a commit
tee," the governor said In explana
tion.
Tho governor also has refused to
permit tho head bookkeeper in the
department of finance. Mrs. Maul
Uutler, to appear before the commit
tee Jo explain his reasons for appro
priation recommendations or to ex
plain reasons w hy certain sums should
be requested for specific activities.
"That department Is working over
time now on important matters, an I
wc would be absolutely submerged
if I would turn her over to the appro
priation cofnmlttee," the governor
said in explanation for this refusal.
The committee" desired the services
of Mrs. liutier two hours in the after
noon three days of the week.
Not a member of tho committee or
any jrerson In touch with duties of
the department of finance doubts the
veracity of the governor's statement
that the department is busy. They
sav the department always lias leen
busy ever since its cre.flion by for
mer Governor McKelvie.
( harts Create llavoc.
Kor, this department, in addition
to centralizing and uniforming the
bookkeeping systems of every state
department, receiving, scanning and
overseeing budgetary reports, pre
pared, for consumption of the tax
payers of Nebraska, graphic charts
showing plainly where the tax dol
lars were going.
The charts showing the Increasing
sums going Into paving and other
improvements were distributed over
the entire state. As a rrsult, the
most drastic legislation in years is
under consideration, tending to make
Issuance of bonds more difficult by
Increasing the vote necessary- for
such bonds, all tax free, to two
thirds majority.
With all these facts of the impor
tance and strenuous Ijlmr of this de
partment, subject of criticism and rid
icule in the campaign, admitted now
by the governor, many lure in l,m
coin can t refrain from a grim smile.
About four weeks ago. the governor,
in ills message said Ibis department
could la- abolished and Its duties hurt
died by the stale auditor without ex
tra assistance.
I Attitude ( iiprercdenn-d.
After former Governor McKelvie
presented his budgets, either the gov
ernor or the head of the department
of finance always stood willing to go
before ttm committee and explain tin'
budgetary recommendations.
• Hi next Tuesday, it is probable a
scries of administration bills, which,
it is claimed, will make possible the
legal transformation of the adminis
trative code system of government
Into the executive council system of
government, will be Introduced. The-e
bills probably will go to tlm house
Judiciary committee, where code i<
vision and all other governmental
form bits repose.
Whether the governor will appear
in person before that committee, or
autlKirlxe a spokesman to appear bo
lore it, Is a question not answered to
date.
Stage Srt for 0|>niiug
of Second Herrin Trial
Marlon, in Fib. 1" - ,A}) r.v» t \
thing practically in in readlneiMi for
Ilia opening Monday of the neroml
Herrin riot a trial, it wan announced
here. Nine men are charged with
'murder In connection with the death
of Antonio Mulkavich of Krie, pa.,
one of the nonunion men killed In
tin* riot*.
Hold on Swindle Charge'
1*01 Angelee. PVb II liny Mllmot,
2 7, haul to In* known bIhu «* K. %l.
Slmm*. wan taken Into cun tody here
today nt the re<|tient «»f the p»*| <•»* of
Denver, who Mated In- wo* involved in
a nwlmlle there
Minority Report on
Brvan Appeal Bill
Conies Up Tuesday
Postponement of Indetermi
nate Sentence Law Is Called
for—Majority Report Also
to Be Heand.
Lincoln, Feb. 11.—(Special.)—Repre
sentative Ross Amspoker announced
today that a minority report of the
judiciary committee calling for Indefi
nite postponement of the Bryaix- bill
repealing the Indeterminate sentence
law would be presented to the lower
house Tuesday afternoon at the same
time the majority report favorably
recommending the bill for passage Is
presented.
“It is a shame that all persons in
terested in this bill, especially the
■garden of the penitentiary and the
superintendent of the reformatory,
weren't given an ppportunltv to bo
heard before the bill was reported
out," Amspok»r said. “The only man
tho committee listened to was the
county attorney of Lancaster
county."
Amspoker, Hardin and Tilsasser aro
ilie three inemliers of the committee
voting to indefinitely postpone the
bill. There were three absent at the
time the vote was taken. Five voted
‘o recommend the measure for pas
sage.
Warden Fenton declared toilav that
a law was enacted by tho legislature!
two years ago, which gives a trial
judge discretion as to whether an in
determinate or flat sentence he im
posed.
“I lielieve that the judge knows bet
ter than anyone else whether the ex
act circumstances surrounding a
i rime and whether tho perpetrator
should lie given an Indeterminate or
flat sentem-e," the warden said.
Representative H. Malcolm T>a 1
drlge. fimahs, member of the judi
ciary committee, declared ho would
insist that tho bill 1)» recommitted to
the committee so Superintendent Mil
ler and Warden Fenton might have
r.n opisirtunity to be heard.
“It was an oversight that we didn't
call those officials and 1 want them
to have a square deal." Baldrige said.
Lincoln Aroused
Over K.K.K. Plan
Application Is Made for < .ity
Vuditorium to Explain
\inis of Order.
Lincoln, Keb. 11—<Spe* ial.>—May.»r
Frank <\ Zehrung announced todA.v
that a request has been made, evi
dently l»y the Kti Klux Klan in Oin*
coln, t«» use the Lincoln city audi
toriuni on February 25 for a public
meeting in which the, aims of the
klan are to he explained.
"So f ir as I know at this time, the
request will he granted, is there is
nothing to indicate the meeting* will
he »n unlawful assembiag " tho
mayor said "However, the commls
sion will be guided to a gr**ut extent
by t’lty Commissioner George Payton,
who is in charge of that end of the
work."
This move by the klan is meeting
with op|*»*ition and a meeting to P
held in a Lincoln church by members
of three political, religious and racial
factors opposed to the kin* was
scheduled for tonight. This meeting,
after a parley, was postponed, but it
was announced that in the event the
Lincoln city commission sanctioned
the proposed meeting of the klan. a
public meeting of protest would bo j
held.
It is charged here that the klnn is
selecting Lincoln as a strategic * enter
for its activities in Nebraska, because’
of the comparative few of its popu
lation who me by religion and birth
actively opposed to it.
Tho application for an op. n meeting ,
followed distribution of Ku Klux
Klnn circulars on the streets yester- j
day by three men in alleged klan re
galia.
Twenty-Four finer bans
Stranded at,(Gibraltar
• iiliralfar, Krt>. II,—(>(»)—Twcn
ty four young Amerit mis mostly
college students or former soldiers, are 1
strande<l brie in consequence of s
legal entanglement. They were act
ing ns cattlemen on the steamer i
Lam ast ruin, Uiuud for Ilnicelona,
Spam, w bit h ctdlldetl in Olbraltar with
a coal ls»nt and was attached by the
owners of the coal vessel for damages
The stores of the Lancastrian hav
ing run out, the American* pawned"
their tlothes in order to purchase
foot I, but they again are In straits
Tlie Lancastrian Is ownetl in N«w
York, but registeretl at Montreal untlci
the llritish flag The view of the
American authorities here is that the
men am* llritish and not entitled to
maintenance or repatriation by the
l ulted States, while the llritish hold
they .ata Americans and therefore
should not be given assistance b> the
llritish
Bribe Offer
Alleged by
ClubWoman
President of (General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs Tells
of Promise of $250,000 to
Lobby for Bill.
Invited to Washington
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 11.—Mrs.
Thomas <J. Winter, president of the
General Federation of Women s Clubs,
charged befpre the state federation
that she had been offered $250,000 to
go to Washington and work for "a
certain bill." «
She has the offer in writing, she
rays, but she declined to tell who it,
or what the bill was about. Besides
offering her $250,000, she said today,
the Individual tried to bribe the whole
federation, too, with an offer to fi
nance the erection of a General Fed
eration headquarters building in
Washington.
Mrs. Winter said she had not dis
closed the attempted bribery before
Hocause she did not consider it an
•‘ethical thing to do." The would-be
donor, she said, apparently had no
Idea that there was any irregularity
about his offer.
Mrs. Winter volunteered the infor
mation that she received the offer
early last summer, shortly before the
General Federation meeting at Cha*
tauqua, N. Y.
Bill Turned Down.
"I replied that the federation did
not support any measure for ad
vantages that might accrue to the
organization «t its officers, but tint
we would mipi>ort only such legisla
tion as we believed to be right.
"I told him that I would take the
matter up with t. y board at the
t hautauqua meeting, but fbat. even
if the hoard voted to suppoty his bill,
we could accept no gifts from him.
"The board turned his bill down.
After they had done so, I read then,
his letter, x have it upstairs, in black
and white."
The letter was substantially word
ed. Mrs. Winter said, to read so that
she understood plainly that she was
to have $ - 50,000 if she sw ung the
federation over in favor of the bill,
although (he writer did not "conic
right out and say so.2
The "certain bill" has not yet been
presented to congress, Mrs. Winter
said.
Congressional Probe
May Boult From Charge*
lt> GKOKGI. F. \l THIF.K.
U •fthingt«a (urrrn»oiDli'iil The limalui
Washington. Feb. 11. — (Special.)—
The sensational statement of Mis.
Thomas <l. Winter, president of th**
general Federation of Women'%
<’lubs. In Minneapolis, to the effect she
had been offered f«50.0a© to lobby i;*
Washington for a certain bill, may
result in a congress.-mat investi£#ti<T!i
of the charge.
Commenting on Mrs. Winter’s sen
sational charge. Senator W. If. King
of Utah declared the congress of tha
United States could not afford to ig
nore what Mrs. Winter had said* pro
vided she had l**vn quoted correctly,
lie declared that If effort had het-.i
made to corrupt congress through a
paid woman lobbyist, congress should
be so jealous . *f its reputation as 1«j
call for more details.
i .in M’arn Name.
'I can hardly believe," said Senator
King, "that Mrs. Winter has been
quoted correctly, out if bo. then it
must be remembered that there is a
way to ascertain the Identity «*f the
person who made the offer as well as
to learn the particular bill which it
was desired to aid. The senate, or
the house, for that matter, has the
power to subpoena Mrs. Winter »o
testify under oath regarding all the
details of her charges, She can l*e
requirad to t• 11 who it..ok the offei,
and certainly congress should know,
if there is now under consideration
any measure so sinister as to need
such high priced lobbying to put it
over."
The fact that Mrs Winter says th*
offer of a quarter of a million dolla:s.
senators and house members said to
duv, makes it easy to determine both
the identity of those interested in
legislation to this amount and the
legislation in which they arc so vital
ly concerned.
Hridr Kxpm<M« Faith
in Mate |{<-lil on l . S. ( harer
New Orleans. Kcb. 11.—Firm in
her faith of her husband s innoccnef
Mrs A f fa lone Kllioti Thompson, lv
bride, left for her Los Angeles
home. Her father, a prominent Jur
ist of the t'alifornia city, wired money
for her return.
The huslMtnd. lJdwaid Thompson,
is being held nere with Samuel
l>ock»ter. 28. on a $$,000 N>nd on n
charge of ('ashing money order*
stolen from the postofthe at Haskell.
Okl\ January IV Both men are from
Sun Francisco. They will be given a
preliminary beat it c Monday before
1 nited States t'ommisstoner Brown.
The men were arrested Friday af
ter having been trailed from Okla
1 orna by post office Inspectors With
them was Thompson's wife.
China Deolaro Kmbargo
on K\j»ort of Raw Cotton
Shanghai. Feb 11#— The ('hints*
government has announced an cm
bar go on the export of raw * dton ef
feotlve this week It is Wdievod that
this is aimed at American and Japan
ese who have been strong buyers in
this market recently, t .tuning a rapid
increase tn the local price of cotton.
Th# net Ion of the government was
forced by (Tilneac mill owners, who
claim that they have been forrol tt>
lay off 80.000 worker* during the last
few weeks Only in recent year# has
China become a factor in the world
cotton market. Ms exjiort* range
from 40,000 to 100,000 tons annually.
Canine Heirs to $16,000
Left by Chicago Woman
Disinherited by Judge
Chicago, Feb. 11.—Four dogs, gup
posed heirs of $16,000, part of the es
tate of Mri-. Margaret Howard, were
disinherited by Judge Henry Horner
of the probation court, who refused to
accept for probation either of two
wills left by Mrs. Howard.
Several other legatees, including the
Arkansas Childrens Home at Little
Itock, Mrs. Tillie Leightorf, a sister
of the dead woman, and Itev. sssssss
of the dead woman, and Rev. Edward
Lawson of Alliance. O., agreed to
"maintain the dogs in the luxury to
which they have been accustomed,'’
pending aii_appeal of the ruling to
the circuit court.
Crider the wills, tip Arkansas homo
was left $50,000; Rev. Mr. Lawson,
$10,000; Mrs. lyeighlon. the sister,
$500 and $16,000 for the support of
the dogs. Mrs. Leighton Is fighting
both wills. She will Inherit the en
tire estate if the nullifying of both
wills be upheld by the higher court.
Dawson Begins
Task of Burving
Blast Victims
Total of 6> Bodies Taken
From Coal Mine—Touching
Scenes Enacted at Church
an<I Graveside.
Dawson. X. M„ Feb. 11—<UP)h-The
The shattered depths of Dawson
mms No. 1. had given up 63 dead to
night. Within the subterranean
tombs. 33 miners stiil remain. It is
more than likely that all have perish
ed. according to officials.
Bathed in the v.arm rays of a dal
zling sun. Dawson set about the task
of burying its dead today. Throughout
the morning and afternoon, the rough
pine boxes, carrying all that was in'r
tel of these .whose lives were snuffed
out in Thursday's disaster, were liorne
through the main street of the town.
1 ut along the winding rustics* trail to
the peaceful, cross bedecked hillside,
which is to be their hist resting
place.
A small knot of men idled around
the entrarre to the m.na early this
morning, waiting fur more bodies to
be brought out. When the sun reached
its zenith, a huge crowd surged
against the ropes which barred them
from the mine mouth. In the crowd
were many women and children. As
in the other days since the blast, they
are dry-eyed, unemotional and quiet.
Touching .scenes Unacted
Touching scene* were enacted in the
little Catholic churi h of Dawson and
at the grax eside*. However, it was
there, apparently, that the full realiza
tion of the scurrility of their loss
smote for the first time many of
the*** who have bees tcstunned by
the explosion to betray their sorroe*
In a few* brief words of comfort.
Father Toaeph Couterier ar.d a vis
iting priest s- ught to assuage the pain
of the jieopie left behind, a* the last
rk»s of the church were administered
to their loved one*.
In Protestant homes the last rites
were simple. Ti»e Rev. J. P Rus
sell. pastor of the Unity church, left
Dawson with the l»ndy of ins sen-in
law. W R. Holmes, er.e of the first
t iken from the mine, which will Ik*
buried in Ray. X. AT
The coffins of the men who had
served in the world war. ware draped
with the stars ami stripes. Eaeh
grave will be marked with n simple
cross bearing the name of the oceu
pant. Adjoining the burial plot of
Thursday's disaster are more than *3*)
graves of Iiewson men. who died when
Stag Canon mint No. - was wrecked
by an explosion in ISIS.
Many Bodies Buried.
Reguar shifts of more than fifty
men worked all day inside the mine.
The work now* has progressed to the
last crosscut on each side of the main
entrance In these unexplored depths,
< tfioials expect to find the Knlies of
a majority of the men still unac
counted for. in several instances h<d
ies base l>een found to be so deeply
buried In debris that it will be im
possible to remove them for many
hours. Others are visible beyond piles
of rocks and coal and will be brrught
out ns soon as passageways have been
cleared for the stretcher bearers.
Daniel Harrington, supervising* en
gineer of the I'nited States bureau
of mines, after a journey through the
damaged mine, declared his search
find revealed nothing to indicate what
was responsible for the blast.
Brazilian State Reported
on \ erpe of Revolution
Buenos Aires. Feb It.—The latest
reports from reliable quarters along
the rruguayan ami Argentina fron
tiers indicate the daily increasing
danger of a revolution in the Brasil
ian state of Bio Grande Do Sul. do
v eloping into a great revolt which
proUibly would have serious inter
nattonal complications, including a
determined effort to establish a new
republic lc South Vnienoi
Measured in military terms
state troopa are opposed by C.tKH) wrll
organised rebel*.
Snow «t Lincoln.
Lincoln Feb. 11—A light snow fell
in Lincoln and southeastern Nebraska,
much of it melting. Farther west the
fnH was hen\ Jet Kearney and vicin
ity reported a precipitation of fixe
inches.
The Weather
Forecast.
JSel ask i MotvLv* p*-.*K»ply tin
Swilo.l
Hourly Tempt era lures.
A « .HI.
(I N. lit
1 ft. Ill
ft II HI
ft n »w
10 it HI
11 ft H»
11 mwi)
1 i*. *»» II
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Embargo Is
Declared on
Ruhr Goods
French Prohibit Shipment of
Manufactured Articles From
Occupied Zone Into Ln*
occupied Oermany.
Plan to Sell Products
Copyright,
Paris, Feb. 11.—Premier Poincar®
played France's trump card today.
Simultaneously the Belgian and
French governments, beginning at
midnight, will prevent the export cf
' manufactured products from th*
Ruhr iridustires into unoccupied Ger
many. The action is the result of an”
agreement between M. Jaspar. Belgian
foreign minister, and Premier Poin
care Saturday.
General Begoutte, arriving in
Paris this morning, assured Premier
' Poincare that tightening the noose
around Germany's throat by stoppirjf
the shipments out of the Ruhr will
materially shorten the time necessary
to bring Germany to its knees.
lyord Crewe, British ambassador,
called at Quai D'Orsay bef< re noon,
after hearing of the new measure, and
it is understood that he made reser
vations in behalf of the British gov
ernment, insisting that the righ's rf
Kngiand's commercial and financial |r
terest.s in Germany be protected if
they were found compromised throug i
the measure.
Plan to Sell Products.
The Frar.-c-Belgian plan is to sell
the Ruhr products wherever pur
chasers <an be found, applying the
funds received, after deducting tho
ecsts, to the reparations account.
Tlie Fssnch expect Germany will
be forced to purchase a certain amount
'■ f Ruhr products, and they aim to
sell certain products direct to for*
f :gn purchasers—railway material,
machines and tods in South Amer
••a. the far east and the Balkans —
and carry" out existing contracts
wherever jxjssibie.
I: is estimated that the Ruhr pro
duos coal and manufactured gods
to a value of 3.000.WO.009 gold marks
•about $750,000,0001 annually, of which
4 1 is valued at one-third, and manu
factured goods at two-thirds, or about
$500,000,000 a year.
• 'losing up the Ruhr leaves Ger
many minus the three most impor
tant centers, as the Rhineland chemi
cal works are in the occupied terri
tory. and upper Silesia and half of
Poland, leaving only the Saxony tex
tile works, which cannot be operated
without fuel. A total stagnation of
German trade and industry And eotft
• >te paralysis of exports ie the re
sult of trelay's decision.
France will use some of the Ruhr
products, chiefly bridge material, for
the devastated area.
< nno Facing Prison,
Berlin Feb. 11—The prospect of
seeing President Fritz Ebert or Char
iVilor Cuno occupying French prison
cells loomed over an enraged Berlin
today, when it became known that
Premier Poincare liad issued an orde
that r.o representative of the Gonna:
government must set foot in the new
occupied Ruhrland
Prov ler. - Ebert had planned a tr:
to Karlsruhe and othe- Bader, tnsr*
bef -re the F. er h edict in the form
of a note to Germany arrived. Pres:
dent liber: d-d not plan an inapectiot
f ti e newly occupied Baden village
but now- that with one accord the
press and public demand a test of the
legality of the French action, many
■ To that he w.'.l offer himself as a
mart yr.
Cuno May Play Role
If President Ebert dews not there
is ti-e greatest Ukhi >bi that Chancel
ior Cuno gladly w.ll play the role.
Chancellor Cuno i« a different type
from Fuehbri h. Simons and MTirth
ail of who in were of the pedagogi*.
type Chancellor Cuno is a stror-g
chancellor. a man of personality, tr
ilividuality. and what may be roughly
termed "guts He is the firs’
chancellor to openly fight the entente
policy nr * his trip to the T^.kr t»
regarded as a brave thing.
Today official and parliamentary
trcles are determine<l that In defiance
of the r'dic*. Chancellor Cuno ar.d
practically all cabinet members and
numerous reichutag members and
other representatives of the govern
ment should flock enmasse to Essen
Pusseldorf and other occupied towns
Naturally the German diplomats ex
pect that if they are arrested sym
pathy would with certain exceptions,
shower upon Germany.
Meanwhile, the French rote w-.il he
returned with a protest
Lawyer* \grt't* to Short Cut
in RoM'iibluth Legal Tangle
N>»- York TVlv 11.—The release
ar.l Imme hate rearrest of fapt. Rob
ett Hoeenhluth were understood to
have l>een agreed upon by both prose
v ution and defense as a short cu*
through the legal tangle which” has
resulted from attempts to have him
xtradited to Washington state to be
tried for the murder of Maj. Alex
.-r.der F Cronkhite at Camp l.ewi*
in IMS.
Uoaenbluth has been Under bond
furnished bv Kell* M Warburg, the
Ivar.ker. since Inst fall when he first
was taken into custody at the requee*
of the state of V\ lahlngton. Since
then tlxcre hare been numerous
moves and ivui.termox es in the legal
battle to have him taken nest for
trial against his w sh.
l ira ( ausos I’anir.
S,>f i Bulgaria. Keh. h,—jXre
broke out during a performance tn
'he X* >••«! theater tht* evenln*.
The house «#* rren.led and a panic
rn.«ued M —t of (he audience get out
"f the building in quick time and the
' ate reported to he enl
I »o klUed ,
