The Omaha Morning Jee •__ • __ vni RO vn oin Calarad aa Sacaod-Claaa Mitlir May ?S, 1906. at OMAHA SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 192JL * 1 By ***•• (l Dally and Sunday. 15: Sunday. I?.50 »lthin tha 4th cava. TWO CENTS VUL. 0.5 ISU. .510. Omaha P. 0. taker Act el Merck I. 1*7*. UiUrtnA, CftitIVUAI, fC.DnUrtni i. I , W-J. Out.lke tht 4th ,, . oal'r eak banka,. >12; banket eel,. II fc. _- - ------ ----- ii i - - - Debt Plan Approved by Senate J Final \ ote on Funding Agree ment Passed 70 to 13— .Measure Now Goes ' to Conference. Nebraskans Oppose Bill Washington, Feb. 1 t>.—M*)—Congres ■ sional approval of the British debt funding agreement virtually was com pleted tonight when the senate passed 1he house funding bill. The vote wag. 70 to 13.. -The hill was returned to the house for adjustment of amendments not relating to the plan _^or funding the British debt of $4,604,000,000 over a term of 63 years at reduced interest, but providing that settlements with other debtor nations must have the approval of congress instead of the president. The opposition consisted of four publicans, Senators Borah. Idaho; France, Maryland; T,a Follette. Wis consin. and Norris, Nebraska, and nine democrats. Ashurst, Arizona; Gerry, Rhode Island; Heflin,^^\la bama: Hitchcock, Nebraska; McKel iar. Tennessee, Reed. Missouri; Tram mell, Florida; Walsh, Massachusetts, and Walsh, Montana. Supporters of Bill. Forty-six republicans and 71 demo crats voted for the passage of the bill. The republicans were: Ball. BrooWiart, Bursum, ( alder. Cameron, Capper, Colt, Couzens. Curtis, -Dill ingham. Ernst. Kernald, Frelinghuy sen, Gooding. Hale. Harreid, Johnson, Jones (Washington). Kellogg, Keyes. Demoot, Lodge. McCormick, McCum ber, McKinley. McLean. McNary, Moses. Nelson. New, Oldie. Page. Phipps, Poindexter, Heed (Pennsyl vania'. Shortrldge, Smoot. Spencer, Sia^flrld, Sterling. Sutherland. Town s-nih Warren, Watson, Weller and Willis. The democratic supporters were: Bayard. Broussard, Caraway. Dial. Fletcher. George, Glass, Harris^, Jones (New Mexico), King. Myers, •'vennan, Owen, Pittman, Pomerene, riansdell. Robinson, Sheppard. Shields. Smith. Stanley, Swanson. Underwood and Williams. By a vote of 61 to 71 the senate re jected the amendment of Senatof Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska, to tlx the British interest rate at the same late as paid on United States bonds. The vote was not reached until after 7 o'clock and after a continu ous session of eight hours and a total nf four days' debate. The bill was lssed a week ago today by the house after one day's discussion and goes In conference with a certainty of en actment before congress adjourns. Conferees Named. '"'haii-man McCutnber of the finance committee, Senator Smoot, repub lican, Utah, a member of the finance committee and also of the allied debt commission, and Senator Williams, democrat. Mississippi, were appointed ns the conferees for the senate. Only two important senate amend ments arc in dispute belwecn the aen a-e and house. These : re the amend ment of Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas. pro\iding for approval hy congress instead of the president, of f inding agreements with other na ) tions, and one by Senator Harris, democrat. Georgia, providing for ap pointment of three democrats on the allied debt commission. Both were adopted by the senate without record votes. The Robinson amendment w-ns aceptod by administration leaders, tut they opixmeil that of Senator Harris and said it would be dropped out in conference if it threatened to delay enactment of the legislation. The attacks in final debate today, as wen as in previous discussion, cen tered mi the reduced interest pro vided in th" British settlement. This is :j per cent for the first 10 years and S<:. per rent thereafter Day's Activities w in Washington i ongre s was asked hy the budget i-eaii to appropriate J7S,655,000 for funding of taxes illegally collected. The British debt funding bill was passed by the senate, 70 to 13, and sent to confirruv «' with tlie houa*. The hous», by a 1*3 to 113 vote, or dered an inquiry Into the Importation of intoxicating liquors By foreign dip lomats. American exports duwng January, I was announced, totaled $33nj)00,»oo compared with ftt 1,423,000 in Janu Dry, 1322. The resignation of l.\ Mont Kt-ily as governor of Porto Rico was rc. reived at the White House, where its text was made public without com ment. Upon passage of the British doht bill, the administration shipping Bill wrs restored to Its former place ns Ihe unfinished business before the senate. Announcement was nipde at the White House that President Harding bad accepted the resignation of Di rectors Forties of the veterans bureau, ^ effective February 23. Appropriation by congress of $20, • 50,000 to reimburse ship builders fur losses sustained as a result of stop page of work on war craft after the Washinfgton arms conference was recommended by President Hording. John G. Neihardt Poems Will Appear in The Omaha Bee Works of Nebraska's Poet ■ Laureate to Be Reprinted on the Editorial Page. By special arrangement wifh .John , Ci. Neihardt, the poet laureate of Nc ! Inaska, Tfie Omaha Bee will begin | publication next Sunday of dally sc ; lections from his lyric and epic 1 r. orks. Neihardt writes about Nebraska— he secs the drama of the plqins ns i has no other great literary figure. To ! him the story of the pioneers con I tains as much adventure and real nobility as that of any period of world history. He finds in the life of the Indians and in the wanderings of the early settlers all the thrill and color of life that Homer found in the adventures of Ulysses in the Odyssey or that Virgil depicted in the Heneid. He believes moreover that as Nebraskans come to better appre ciation and understanding of the brave cfTorts thatfVent to the found ing of the middle west a new spirit of pride and independence will arise ; which will make the state stand out rns unique in its culture. lios|H'l of Action. i To him the finest human quality j is courage. His is the gospel of ac tion and daring. This spirit is exem plified In his verse, "Bet /le Live Out My Years.” which follows: I Let me live oul my years in heat of blood! I.et me die drunken with the dreamer's wine! Pel me not soe this soul-house built of mud Go topppng to the dust—a *vacant ebrlne! I.et nle go quickly like a card's light Snuffed out Just at the heyday of its glow! j Give me high noon—and let it then bo night: ( Thus would 1 go.’ ' And g-ant me. when l face the grisly Thing One haughty cry to pletce the tray Perhaps 1 I l.et me be as a tune-swept flddlestr.ng | That feels the Master Melody—and enapel i This poem by Neihardt has had aiuch vogue, being so widely reprint | rd in papers and magazines that often | the name of the author is omitted. cJohn Q.Jdeihardt — Its courageous lines appeal to all classes of people. Once a miner who had spent two winters in the Yukon wrote Neihardt, telling how, In the darkest hours, tfiat the poem had cheered him. I set! by Gompers. Samuel "Oompois used it during the war In closing nri appeal to the Amer ican Federation of Gabor to do its utmost for the nation in its peril. The poem has been translated into the French and shortly before his death Jaures quoted it in public speech. I,ike many other poems by Neihardt it is a battle cry that arouses all who tight at odds. The selections from Neihardt’s works will lie made by .lulius T. Mouse, tlie poet's biographer, who is i a member of the faculty of the State I Teachers’ tollcgc at Wayne, where j Neihardt lived as a boy and a young Irran. They will appear each day on the editorial page of The Omaha Be*. Iowa Nur§p Is Found Dead in an Automobile Ride With Son of Retired Farmer Proves Fatal—No .Marks on Body— inquest Held. * .Sri»nandoah. la.. Feb. 15.—(Special) Kathryn Lukashavao. 30, head nurse of Hard hospital here, was found •lead in an automobile In “Lovers' Land'1 about three miles from town I at 6 a. jn. today. The car belonged to Charles Mc Mahon. "4, son of a retired farmer, j with whom she went out riding last j night. The car was seen last Sight about 10 at the place where it was found thia morning, with the girl's body lying In the front seat. No marks of violence were Jislble. McMahon appeared at the farm home of T. M. Spoors, shortly before 5 this morning and said that he and Miss I.ukashavac had fallen asleep. She was very cold, lie said..and he urg'd Spoors to come and bring some blankets. Investigation revealed that the girl had been dead for several hours. It. E. Harmon, coroner, took charge of the body and an autopsy was per formed. The dead girl's stomach was sent to the University of Iowa for analysis, and Inquest will he delayed | j McMahon was taken to county Jail | at Clarinda, la., to await the findings of a coroner's Jury. According to McMahon's story. Miss Lukashavao left the hospital last night at S in a taxi. He met her on the street, he said, and she told him she had been ill and would like to go for a ride. They drove about for I a time, and about 9:30 parked the ! car in “Lover's Lane,” where it was [ found. McMahon said when he woke up this , morning his hand ^js wedged be tween the girl's body and the seat of I the car and ho had difficulty in rc I moving it. Hospital authorities recently learned that Miss I.ukashavac was going about with McMahon, and had asked her to break off relations with him. McMahon formerly was in the naval training school at Pelham Bay. S'. Y. Crops in Nerd of Moisture, Says Poole. Nel>., Fanner Props in tlie vicinity of Poole, Xeb.. will need much moisture this spring, according to W. K. Whitcomb, who Arrived in Omaha Thursday with four loads of cattle. f Mr. Whitcomb stated that the us ual number of cattle were put on feed last fall, but that most of them were shipped early. Hogs also are being I thinned out, bo said. He reports i plenty of corn left on the farms from the 1922 crop. Weather Moderate Here; Saturday Fair, Forecast I Omaha's temperature at 7 yesterday morning wan 9 above zero. , Prediction for last night and Katur ; day Is fair, with not mucl\ change ' In temperature. Temperatures of fi above zero were reported at Valentine and North Platte, while Kt. Paul, Minn., reported 14 below ami Kdmonton, Canada. 18 below. Bank Rubbers \rouse Town With Blasts Vault of Oak. Ncli.. Institu tion Robbed of ?8.000 While Townspeople Fear to Leave Home*. i • Robber* entered the Scroggins etal-! bank at Oak, , at 1:3H yesterday morning, blew the m the scent after the robber* made their escape. He found that practically all the money in th^ hank had been taken. Pinkerton detectives, (.tiled In on the rase by the Nebraska Rankers' association, are working on the theory that there were three burglars am! that they made their escape in an automobile. Dudley believed he saw two men inside the building and one standing guard outside. No one saw the raiders drive off. The exact amount of Liberty bonds missing Is not known yet, hut the loot included $1,500 In gold and JG00 lit currency. > Entrance to the bank was made with a crow bar. All telephone lines were cut except the long distance w ire and Chief Deputy Carroll at Lincoln was notified immediately. Several citizens who heard the e* plosions, and stated that the robbers worked fully an hour. Oak. Neb., is nbout 133 miles south west of Omaha. Barklxmo of Cold Wa\c Broken But Cold Continues Chicago, Keb. 16.—With the linek l-iona of the cold wave broken, the upper .Mississippi valley ami the northwest today made further pro gress in recovering from the lillr.zaril which paralysed transeoiitlnental transportation, demolished telephone i nil telegraph lines and cut off many communities fmm communication with the rest of the world during the height of the storm. Continued cold weather was predict ed today fur the remainder of the week but tills was accompanied by fair weather signals. A slowly rising temperature l« expected to follow during the next fev days In the wake of the winter's most disastrous storm nnd cold spell. Train service In I ho northwest rapidly was resuming normal today. Through train* on tlireo t ran aeon tlnenlal lines arrived here and at western terminals. French Coal MiucrK Strike. Pari*. Feb. 1 ti (4*)—The atrike of coal miner* in northern France or dered by the United General Con fed* erattvn of Labor, I ho communist or gan *cm 'city water pressure for the hose lines, and that the short est line had to be run more than 800 feet to the nearest fire plug. Pressure Is increased. The longest line, he said, was dose to 2.00(1 feet, the length of the hose materially decreasing the pressure at the nozzle. O. C. Willis, general manager for Armour & i "o. here, declared yester day that lack of pressure in the water mains was largely responsible for de lay in checking the flames at tho Ar mour fire which started Wednesday morning. He said this might be partly duo to smallness of mains lead ing to South Omaha. Two hundred men at noon yesterday began the work of clearing away the debris from about the fire swept struc ture in preparation for rebuilding op •rations. The smoke kef close to n,< ground by a l.ght north wind, hamp led the fire fighters somewhat in | their work. They say the Mack smoke indicates the fire has reached a quan tity of dressed hogs or.e nf the lower stories. ^ first Detailed Kstimale. .Mm O'Hem, superintendent of packing plants. »eslerday gave nut the first detailed estimate of loss which has been made so far. Me place the damage to buildings and equipment at 5300.000 and the loss nf products contained in the buildings at S7.'.0,000, or a total of nearly $1,750,000. He said that material already is being assembled preparatory to plans fur rebuilding the plant. It has hesn definitely decided that all llie walls left standing when the fire burns itself out will be torn down, and a new, inodei n fireproof build ing erected on the site of Hie old one.^ Assembly of the material Is being made by Ihr National Con structjoiiscnupany of Omaha. John O'Hem. superin! nedent of packing plants, said today he he Iteves the Ins* on Imth building and the products It contained is fully covered by insurance. A. \\ Armour, vice president of the company, left fur Chicago *ast night to lay reconstruction plans be fore the board of directors. He dc elined to make a comment on the water pressure. He said that no defi nite plans for rebuilding could he an nounced until after action by the hoard. Adjournment Taken in Waterloo Trial T» al of 11 defendants, charged With using the mails to defraud in promo tion nf the nnw defunct Waterloo Creamery company was adjourned late yesterday afternoon until Mon day at No morning session will he hold Monday because some of the Jurors cannot arrive here unUI about noon. K. II. Fuchs of Fairly. la . It. K. Henderson of Malvern. la . and John Fremmcl of Humphrey. Neb, related the details of their purchase* of stock In the company. Attorneys for the defen inquired of '‘«ch witness regarding prices *»f rorn. wheat and land when they bought the stock find also at th** time the com pany filbd In an effort to show that the Waterloo concern failed because of natural business depression Pivorrre Not Member of Doanc Sorority, Suv* Head Penial tlist Mr* Alherta Lamm* Voborll. recently divorced from her husband. James Voborll, owner of the Omaha t’sed Par Market, ever was a member of the Phi Sigma Tau soror ity while at 1 tonne college. Crete, NeH . was made yesterday by Alice An deraon, president of the son nit.v Miss Anderson declares that Mrs Voborll never was eligible to mem harsh Ip in Hie sorority, l*cing enroll ed a* a special student at the college. Put on the Lid Vessels Continue Hunt for Missing British Steamer Belief Expressed I hat Tuscan Prince Has Foundered— Fop and Heaxy Seas Hinder Search. bea e. Feb. 16.—Up)— Fighting their way through Minding fog and huge seas. r«*< ue venae! a tonight con tinued their st-arrli n\er the Van couver island coast f**r the British freighter Tuscan Prir ce. missing sire* early Thursday. when its wireless flashed a hast meaaage: "We are breaking up fast: we are going to drown." On shore, in the vicinity of Hste van Point. Vancouvtr Island, and south from Cape Flattery on the Washington coast, s^archet* sought traces of survivors of the wreck or bodies of the crew After a day of conflicting reports and rumors, there was "nothing definite to report.'* A "large steamer." said by a fisher man to l»c ashore near the northern entrance to Barclay sound. Vancouver island, and at first believed to be the wreck of the Tuscan Prince, was par tially identified by coast guard head quarters here as the hulk o expelled from the occupied territory when released. 1'POn receipt of the verdict the prisoner staff wept on strike and the prlsoneis were removed to Dusscb dorf British Betiise to \iil French, Kondon. Feb. 16 — iA>)—Prime Min ister Ronar law at the conferences With the French which ended this afternoon is r*ported to have refused transportation facilities , for the French occupational forces through out the British rone at Cologne. He I." understood to have offered, how ever. to transfer a small section of live -one to complete the French con* troi. Resignation of Forbes \croptrd by Harding Washington. Keb. IS.—The resigna tion of i o Charles It. Korbes a* director of veterans' bureau has been accepted tiy President Harding, rife, ti\e February Ts jt was announced today at the Whits House. Without comment White House offf >ai!« made pubHc nn undated letter from tlie retiring director, who now* is in I'.nrt pc. assigning ill health ss the reason for his resignation. There was no mention, either in the letter or by officials at the executive offices, of the charges of Improper adinlnls trntion In the bureau, which recently lias ted to an tinrstigatton by a com mittee of .congress President and \\ ife to Itegin \ acatinn Karly in March Washington. 1YI» Pr^aklent and Mr* Hardin* esprit to t+avf* Wu*hin*ton for their vacation In Flor ida March 5 or 6, it. wa.i said at the Whit* Houac today. A nior* definite « «l® cannot h» announced at prt '•cut. it announced. Famous Engineer Shot From Ambush No Clue to Slaver • Karle Remington Mysteriously Killed in ^ ard of His Fadi ionalde Home in Los Angeles. ijns Angeles. Feb. 36.—Rarie Rem ington. aviator and electrical er.gi : eer, was shot to death shortly before ngdr.lght in the >»'d of lifs limne in one of the most exclusive residential m iiona of Da Angeies Cireuni >tai • • « sArounding the s aying and motive for .t proven mystifying in early stage* 0f police investigation to day, A large portfolio indicated Reming ton attempted t save himself fr-'in the attack. There were two holes through it slowing Remington had held it over h • e’ tv. No attempt was made to rob the house or loot the lusty, which was found early today by' Charily Dawson, a negro cook enl ployed bv tlie Remingtons. She came upon the body several hours after the shooting. Shot Reside Auto, The body was beside Remington's automobile, indicating the slaying oc curred rs lie stepped from the ma chine. The death wounds were in dicted by a shotgun. One of the charge* tore over the edg* of the portfolio into Remington's heart and the second went through the lowtr part of it into his stomach. Remington was known nationally as a lutnk designer and electrical engi neer. having been elected vice presi deni of th» International Electric Protective ass.*, isnon lest year. Avia tion was his sporting diversion. Wifr Asleep. During the war he organised and became ger.ral manager of an avia tion company located here. His electrical engineering achieve ments were mainly in the line of pro teethe and safety electrical devices foe harks. Mrs. Remington, active socially and prominently identified with benefit work for disabled war veterans. wss asleep in the residence at the time of the slaving. She did not learn of it until several hours after it occurred, police announced Former Inmate of A*vlum K.ills'll l*y Sheriff s Pog»e Reno, Ni \I d) 16.—Rr. J. Perry T>*on. formerly a practicing phy s.rtan here and later an inmate of an asylum for the insane, was shot and killed today at Wadsworth. Ne\ . after In* hail repulsed a sheriffs i»osse for almost C4 hours. Ha had tried to persuade the In i ins on the Pyramid Rake reserva tion to start on tin* warpath, and when tfforts were made to arrest him. he escaped to fie hills. The sheriff searched for him Thursday night and later found him at Wadsworth, The Weather Forecast Saturday fair, not much change In temperature. Hourly Triupri atm r* ' n n» || • a. m i«» ' a in h Ham , t il H a. m IN 10 n m Si? 11 a. m I.N Imwn I a i r V t I* m 1 p. Ml .*« 4 P Ml t* .% p. w frt •» P Ml t.\ : |» Mi J4 H p 111 .'} House Kills, Language Law Change Indefinite Postponement Far ries, 74 to 20, Following One of Most Exeiting Seenes of This Session. Omahans Support Bill By I\ C. POWELL StAff < Th# IV# Lincoln, Feb. 16.—'Special.)—La boring under more excrement and feeling than haa b~?n shown at any : previous session, the lower house thi* afternoon vote^ 74 to 20 to concur in ■ i. recommendation of the committee |on edui-ation to postpone indefinitely ’amendments to the present language law. This bill, introducer] by Represents . lives Collins, G. R. Htrehlow. and Klsasscr. all of o£tponemer.t without g;v irg Htrehlow, one of his fellow intro ducers. an opportunity to present ar. amendment to the original bill, which cut the drastic part of the propos'd amendme. ts fully 90 per cent. T’..» Htrehlow amendment, read during the debate, left the present law intact ex j cept that it provided that it was op !;onal v ith instructors in parochial oi public schools whatever school hours foreign la guages should be taoght. The exact v ofdir.g of th« H'rehlow amendment follows: “Provided that nothing contained ii the within section and the two pro jceed.ng sections shall prevent the teaching of any foreign language out side the pres ribed school curriculum or outside the prescribed school j hours. ’ "I presented a number of men from Omaha before the committee las* right and made clear it was a local delegation and that further amend ments to the ongi'at hiT « . jae Posed." Elsasser sa:d. Claims Steam-Rolled. v Broome, a member of the comm:' tee. who objected to the action taken, declared a "steam roller of the major: ty had stifled further hearings and sent the bill out with a recommenda tion for indefinite postponement." Kieffer. an American Legion mar., asserted “all of this talk about heai logs being stifled is bunco. I am giad three ex ser-. .ee mn are the ir. troducers," Kieffer said. "I want to say. there are only three ex service men in the state who favor the re peal of. this law." At this point Kieffer hesitated “I just heard someone say. ‘That's a damned lie,’" he «a:d. At this point. Speaker Mathers said We want everyone to be treated as a gentleman and to act like erne." Smiley arose at this point. He said “Streh!' w s'ayed away from the com ntittee purposely so as to have an ex | use to attempt to ra se the bill over the committee's action." » (»i\e Mullin ( rrdu The intent of this bill '.s to gice Art Mullin an opportunity to tell the United States supreme court rexc week that a repeal of this law is pending ;n the Nebraska legislature. Jacoby sa:J The attorney general a; 1 assistant* and Art Mullin and as sistants appear before the L'mted States supreme court next week to argue the constitutionality of the lan guage law "I want to say that Art Mullin ne\er talked to me about this Nil prior to its introductionE’.sasser, one of the introducer* said. "This is merely befogging the is *jc Collins, ere of the introducers sa d. “lhiblic sentiment has nothing whatever to do with the deliberation* of the United States supreme court I am young and perhaps some time 1 will say everything is 'bunco' and that I don't want to hear any argu men!* on either side of the qu«s (tion. but at this time I feel 1 should be open to conv.ction at .any time." Kemper asserted the committee hod taken undue haste in acting on the bill. Stir Up Strife. Th.s bill is doing notntr.g but «ttr up strife. ' H Heed Green said I hope you forgot there lias been *^s> i *ht;' you tote, hut I no not want you to forget the lessen* of this war," Keifer said Pont forget the w a- a d don i forget the blood of our oitiiena shed for the profiteer* ’ O'Gara said. "Mt father, when a hoy tn Ireland rot* f.U v'ed to w ear o sto s around i his neck to school and ererytune he , spoke an Irish word h*s hack was ; hared and he was g'.Ven one stroke tTure to Pare Twe. t'elema Three.) >. 0. VI oinan Froirn to IVatli. Minnewaukr. N P, Keb 1* The j t>ody of Mrs It Kriekeon, wife of a farmer near Maddock. was found Ute yesterday a mile from home where she fror* to death In Tuesday's i hiirxard. according to word reoelved here todat This (* the first death reporteti iti North lkskota from the hltuard. Is Your Sunday “Want” Ad Ready? Phone At-1000-Better Results at Lesser Cost ' . , ' * v -