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^ VOL 52—NO 37 «•** •• "?«•' "*»» :•« OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1923. • ^.*""o7n,M.;.?uruV«,V^:w^»,.Vr,.X FIVE €ENTS
’ v-,‘ *•'1 • Omaha P. 0. Under Art of March 3. i»7». __ _ _—
U. S. Seat ini
New Court
Advocated
Harding Asks Senate to Ap
prove American Meinber
>liip in International Tri
bunal of League.
Message B i g Surprise i
Washington, Feb. 21.—(/P)—Condi
tional American membership in the
international court set up by the
league of nations was proposed today
by President Harding.
In a message to the senate asking |
that it advise and consent to such a '
step, the president declared partici
pation In the tribunal offered an op
portunity through which the United
States could demonstrate its willing
ness to aid in preserving world sta- j
Uility without in any manner assum
ing "any legal relation to the
league.”
Four reservations, the first of which
r would specifically disclaim any obli
gations under the league, were sag- ;
nested by Mr. Harding as necessary
conditions to membership in the court.
The others would give this govern
ment a voice in selecting the judges j
of the court and in making changes
in its basic regulations and would
provide that congress determine what
part of the expenses of the tribunal
are to be paid out of the American
treasury.
Message Is Surprise.
Although there had been intima- ]
tions that American participation in i
the court was favored in adminlstra- I
tion quarters, the president's message ]
i ante as a complete surprise to sena- !
tors generally and ail indications |
pointed to a delay In senate action
on the recommendation until the ses- |
Mon of congress which meets In De- ,
eember.
Among the leaders of the "Irrecon
cilables” of the league of nations
fight in particular, there were pre
dictions that nothing would be done
until time had been given for mature
reflection and debate. A special meet- J
ing of the foreign relations commit
tee was called to meet Tuesday to
take up the president's proposal, but
there seemed to be no hope that final
action would be possible In the four
day* remaining thereafter before the
present congress goes out of ex
istence.
Comment Withheld.
So far as the merits of the proposal
were concerned, there was a general
disinclination to comment. Even the
"Irreconetlables” w-ehe unwilling to i
^^v/ tpenly declare war on tne plan, de
* spite heir private expressions of dis
satisfaction. The republican organi
zation leaders, including Senator |
Hodge of Massachusetts, chairman of |
the foreign relations committee, I
would only say that they must give
t tie subjeet further study before gn
nounclng what would be done. Among
. the democrats who had supported the
league there was a general disposi
tion to endorse the objects sought by
Mr. Harding, hut they all stopped
there and asked for time to think It
over.
It was indicated that one factor
standing in the way of an immediate
expression of individual senatorial
opinion was the fact that the presi
dent's message, having gone to the
eapltol late In the day, had not yet
received a careful reading, even by
tlte leaders. It arrived at the senate
chamber five minutes before the day's
business was halted under a previous
unanimous consent agreement and so
had to he read to the senate behind
the closed doors of the brief executive
session held to consider nominations
liofore the senate recessed until Mon
day.
Hughes Sends Eetter.
A letter by Secretary Hughes ac
(Tlirn to rare Tun, Column One.)
Kin of Man Who Died
in Hospital Sought
County hospital authorities arc
t aklng a search for relatives of
Charles .1. Fitzpatrick, formerly an de
lator operator lit the Omaha National
Hank building, vyho died of pneu
i^^tiionia Thursday at the hospital.
The man's private life, they say,
a mystery. MnJ. F. A. McCormick
oC the Volunteers of A sterlca stated
that Fitzpatrick had l>con a lodger
there for a month before he was taken
■o the hospital. Fitzpatrick was suf
fering with mental trouble at that
time, and was unable to give an ac
count of himself.
He said he haid a sister, Mrs. Uouise
flutter, In Ohio, and mentioned a fam
ily named Peterson at Twenty ninth
«nd Seward streets, hut search for
tne«o persons has proven futile
The body is being held by F. T.
Stack & Co. Unless provision Ismail**
for burial. It probably will be turned
over to a medical college.
Aviators to Attempt New
Endurance Mark Monday
Payton. O.. Feb. 24.—Ideats. Oakley
Kelly ami John A. Mac-Ready will take
to the air next Monday in the hope
of breaking tho airplane c-ndurnm-e
ic-cord for sustained flight, which
they bold. The present record Is 35
hour* and 16 minutes, established at
San Diego, Cal., last fall. The start
will not be made until 8 a. m. in order
that weather reports may h« in
stieeted.
Veteran Nebraska Editor
Dies at Home in Scotia
Scotia, Neb.. Feb. 24.—(Special.)—
Henry C\ Waldrlp, veteran Nebraska
newspaper man urid for more titan 28
cSSnara gdlter and proprietor of the
ctcotl* Register, I* dead at his home
here, lie la survived by his wife,
who has long had charge of his bitsl
ness, and ono daughter, Mr*. Nellie
Waldrip Dressier of lk-lgrade, and
hve grandchildren.
Text of Harding’s Message to Senate
Requesting Place in World Court
Washington, Feb. 24.—t/43)—The
text of President Harding's message
to the senate requesting participation
in the international court established
by the league of nations follows:
There has been established at
The Hague a permanent court of
international Justice for the trial
and decision of international causes
by judicial methods, now effective
through the ratification by tlie sig
natory powers of a special protocol.
It is organized and functioning.
The t’nited States is a competent
suitor in the court, through pro
•vision of the statute creating it,
but that relation is not sufficient
for a nation long committed to the
peaceful settlement of international
controversies. Indeed, our nation
has a conspicuous place in the ad
vocacy of sucli an agency of peace
and international adjustment, and
our public opinion of today Is over
whemingly in favor of our full par
ticipation and the attending obliga
tions of maintenance and the fur
therance of its prestige.
It is for this reason that I am
now asking for the consent of the
senate to our adhesion to the proto
col.
History of Court.
With this request I am sending
to the senate a copy of the letter
addressed to me by the secretary of
state, in which he presents in de
tail the history of the establishment
of the court, takes note of the oh- ,
jeclion to our adherence because of
the court's organization tinder the
auspices of the league of nations
and its relation thereto, and indi
cates how. with certain reserva
tions, we may fully adhere and par-,
tlcipate and remain wholly free
from any legal relation to the league
or assumption of obligation under
the covenant of the league.
I forbear repeating the presenta
tion made by the secretary of state,
but there is one phase of the matter
not covered in his letter with which
I choose frankly to acquaint *’
senate. For a long period, lndes
ever since the international confei \
ence on the limitation of armaments, '
the consideration of plans under
which we might adhere to the pro
tocol lias been under way. We were
unwilling to adhere unless we could
participate In the* selection of Judges;
we could not hope to participate
with an American accord if adher
ence involved any legal relation to
the league.
(omlilinns Acerplalde.
These conditions, there is good
reason to believe, will be accept
able to the signatory powers, though
nothing definitely can be done until
the United States tenders adhesion
with these reservations. Manifest
ily the executive cannot make this
tender until the senate has spoken
its approvnl. Therefore, I must
earnestly urge your favorable ad
vice and consent. 1 would rejoice
if some action could be taken, even
in the short period which remains
of the present session.
It Is not a new problem In Inter
national relationship; it is wholly
a question of accepting an establish
ed institution of high character,
and making effective all the fine
things which have fteen said by
us in favor of such an agency of
advanced civilization. It would be
well worth the while of the senate
to make such a special effort as
is becoming to record Us approval.
Such action would add to our own
consciousness of participation in
the fortunate advancement of in
ternational relationship, and re
mind the world anew that we are
ready for our proper part in further
ing peace and adding to stability in
world affairs.
Police Arrest 15
in First Move on
Gambling Dens
&
Woman Is Pinched Vi ith 12
Men in Raid on Apartment
—Two Cigar Stores
Are Visited.
Fourteen men and one woman were
arrested in three raids conducted by
police yesterday, as the first move in
a war on gambling houses and gam
blers in Omaha.
Two of tue places raided were cigar
stores, \yhere only the proprietors
were arrested. The third place was
tno Bou. jems Bachelor apartment,,
1216 Farnam street, where toe pro
prletor, 11 players and one spectator,
a woman, were arrested when the
police found a dice game In progress.
The raids were the sequel to several
eorpplaints. Persons have been call
ing daily for more than a week, the
police said, telling of gambling games
and devices that were conducted In
Omaha apparently without any re
gard for the law. None of the In
formants was willing to sign a com
plaint against any of the places where
gambling was reported and, in most
Instances, they would not even give
their names.
The raiding squad, organized short
ly after noon yesterday, was composed
of detectives and patrolmen who be
gan making a round of all places
where irregularities had been re
ported.
Find Game Going On.
On reaching the Bourgeois apart
ments they found a large game go
ing on in lie rear of the establishment.
Three tallies had been pushed together
to make room for the players. A “box"
containing dice, change and play
ing cards, w-as at the end of the table.
A sheet covered the table to dfeaden
ihe sound of the “galloping dominoes."
V croupier stood at the head of the
table, a "whip" in his hand, raking
In all bets and crying the turn of the
dice, according to the version of
police.
So interested were the players In
the game that they failed to notice
the officers when they entered. It was
not until the burly bluecoat pushed his
way to the side of the table and de
clared all the paraphernalia conils
rated and every inmate of the house
under arrest that the alleged gamblers
became aware.
Owner I .Suds Olliers.
O. A. Fagerburg acknowledged he
was proprietor of tho establishment
and led the way Mi the waiting police
patrol. Eleven players and one
woman, who said she had entered the
place In search of something to eat,
followed him.
At the police station they were all
booked on charges of being ltnmates
of a. disorderly house, except Fager
burg, who was charged with keep
Ing a disorderly house.
Cigar Men Arrrsted.
John Yavorck was arrested at Ills
cigar store, 2901 Hhermun avenue,
when police found a gambling device
in operation. Ms was charged with
being tho proprietor of a disorderly
house.
At another cigar store, not South
Sixteenth street, Tt. A. Jones wav»r
rested as keeper of a disorderly house
when a gambling device was found
in the backroom of his establishment.
Lincoln Man Kills Self at
Home of Father in Klk Creek
Tecuniseh. Neb.. Feb. 24.—(Special.)
; —Arthur Schultz, 29. of Lincoln com
mitted suicide at the home of his
father, E. E. Schultz, In Elk Creek
by shooting hlmsrlf. Eclat Ives give
domestic: troubles os the cause, eeyIng
Schultz's wife left him. She was for
merly Lulu Holden of Crete-. The
widow, a 4 year-old daughter, par
ents, a brother and two sisters sur
vive.
Schultz had been working nt day
labor In Lincoln. Ho was a member
»f the Elk Creek Methodist Uiuic^.
Omaha Motor
Show to Open
Monday at 2
a/
‘'Smallest and Best" Boast of
Barkers—Auditorium All
Dolled Up for
()cca§ion.
Omaha's 13th annual motor show
will open Its doors at the Auditorium
at I Monday afternoon boasting that
it s the smallest of all.
Twenty seve i passenger exhibits in
cluding 35 cars, and six trurl- dls
plays will be -pread through the em
bellished space of the bog budding
fo. tiling a mecUaniaal ywp»*J un ol
the realised dreams of America's
greatest automotive engineers and
designers.
"The smallest show, but the beat."
was the forecast of A. B. Waugh,
show manager and commissioner of
the Omaha Automobile Trade associa
tion. under the auspices of which it
will be held. "The sepculative era of
motordom has passed, depression has
eliminaled the weak and confirmed
the strong, and standard cars have
come out in more glorious perfec
| tlon."
Prices on lam- Level.
Waugh declared prices would be
found to reach a level even lower
than prewar figures when compared
on a basis of dollar f ir dollar
Fourteen hundred dealers attended
last year's show. Improved business
conditions are said to promise a
greater number for the 1923 exhibit.
The contracts they usually place in
j volve the sale of thousands of cars.
“On a basis of dealer att« n lam e,"
Waugh declared. "It will lie the big
gest motor show of the middlewost."
Accessories will have a prominent
[part in the show, many booths lining
| the Auditorium stage.
Place Finishing Touches.
A score of laborers worked fever
ishly all night putting the building In
[ readiness for the show.
Hhow hours will be 2 to 10:30 to
morrow and 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 p. m.
every other day until the close of the
event the night of March 3.
neorgeous decorations In orange
and white have completely altered tho
appearance of the Auditorium;'
Two orchestras will furnish music
every day.
I Seven hundred dealers are expected
'to attend a dinner at Hotel Funtenelle
i Wednesday night. Mayor Pahlman
will welcome them and .1. I! McCain,
Jr., vice president of Peters National
hank, will speak. Klabomte enter
tainment has been planned
Hair Pin Removed From
Chicago Girl's Stomach
Chicago, K»*b. 24 A »mh pin, nvra!
lowed by the child, van removed
from, the atomach of Vivian, 3 venr
old daughter of Mr and Mr*.
Theodore Block, here. The child has
r.lmoat fully recovered from tin* op
« ration.
Portable llou\>irs Are
Taken From Falls City
IIIflh School Flappers
Falls «'tty, Neb., Feb, 24 — <Hpe
' rial.)—The anti flapper campaign baa
I been extended to the Falls City high
I nehool.
Time was when the young high
school niiss could exercise her pre
mgatlvo of aping her older -Ister by
flashing her vanity case, adjust her
eyebrows, powder lier m.se and effect
other toilet arrangements without ha
log disturbed In class. That day has
passed, according to an edict Juat
Issued by Prof. It. II. tirove, super
Intendent of the Falla City schools.
Hevcral misses, skeptical about the
sudden revolution In their scheme of
life, made a "leat, case" of the man
dale but they were Immediately con
vinced, when their portable Imudolra
were taken from them light before
I the eyes of their classmates, loo.
Monday Set
forP 'th of
.V**v . —■ !
> .«i of F iglit Expected to
Conic* on Motion of Senator
Ladd to Take Up Pilled
Milk Measure.
Friends Concede Defeat
<
Washington, Feb. 24.—OP)—Propo
nents of the administration shipping
bill demonstrated their superior
.strength in the senate but their ef
forts only served to pave the way for
the death of the legislation on Mon
day.
Those supporting the measure, al
though openly conceding it to be
doomed, defeated the opponents on
two roll calls by the identical vote
of 46 to 3*. One vote was on a mo
tion by Senator Robinson of Arkan
sas, the acting democratic leader. The
second was on the motion to proceed
with the hill, which motion was made
Wednesday night after the measure
hail been laid aside to permit action
on two conference reports.
Thus tlie shipping bill was tempor
arily revived but Senator Robinson
immediately presented a motion to
si rid the bill back to the commerce
committee and to its death. This mo
tion was by agreement left pending
when the senate adjourned for the
day and will come to a vote soon af
ter 1 Monday afternoon.
End to Come Monday.
Supporters of the bill expert to
defeat this motion. The end of the
legislation for this congress and other
-imilar shipping legislation for at least
two or more years then will come on
it motion expected to be made by Sen
ator I-add, republican. North Dakota,
to lay aside the bill and take up the
tilled milk bill.
Senator Jones, republican. Washing- j
ton, in charge of the shipping bill, I
said today he would vote for the Ladd
motion, anil many of the republicans
who voted to keep the measure alive
are expected to j'dn with him In such
numbers as to pass the motion. Such
action would put the shipping bill be
yond possibility of further considers
tion before adjournment.
Supporters of the ship bill claimed
that the vote today on the motion
by Senator Jones to take up the meaa
ure for consideration showed that the i
legislation could have been passed in
the senate if it had not been pre
vented by the filibuster from eoming ,
to a vote.
R’csul i f H«H C til.
Toe roll tail on this motion fololw*: (
For: Republican*— Ball, Brandegee, i
liursuni, Colder. Cameron, Cummins.
Curtis, Bililngham, Ernest Fernald.
Frelinghuyaen, Gooding Hale. Har- i
reld. Johnson, Jones of Washington,
Kellogg, Keyes, I-enroot. Lodge, Mu
ch inter, McKinley, McLean, Moses,
Nelson, New. Oddie, 1’age. Pepper, |
Phfpps, Poindexter, Reed of Pennsyl
vania, Shortridge, Kmoot. Fpencer,
Sterling. StitbkHand, Townsend.
Wadsworth. Warren. Watson, Weller
and v.Tiii-i—43. |
Democrats—Broussard, IPomberene
and Ransdell—3.
Total For—46,
Against: Republicans—Borah Brook
tart. Capper, Couxens, J-add, t.a
Follette. Mi Nary. Norris and Stef
field—D.
Democrats—Asliurst. Bayard. Cara
way, Culberson. Dial, Fletcher, |
i George, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Her
lln, Hitchcock, Jones of New Mexico.
Kendrick, King. McKeltar, Myers. !
Overman. Pittman, Robinson, Shrp
parcl, Shield, Smith. Stanley, Swan-j
son, Trammell, Walsh of Mnssa- j
ehjjsetts. Walsh i f Montana and Wil
| Hams—29.
Total agfnst—3S.
Filibuster Ended.
Neither side In the fight would'
say definitely bow closely this vote
would have represented the lineup
had the bill been brought to a vote,
but leaders on both sides said It
would not have varied greatly on
the final roll call, the variance de
pending on the amendment* to the
till! that had been adopted.
The te*t of strength and the agree
mi nt to proceed Mnndny with the mo
tion to recommit the legislation j
served to bring to an end the fili
buster last Monday night and con
tinned until adjournment Friday.
After the vote* taken today the sen
to s|ient the rest of the session In
l consideration of calendar bills and j
the shipping legislation whs men
| tinned but once when Senator King,
democrat, Utah, In the course of re :
marks on another Mil referred to It
is "a sword of Dntnocle* hanging
over our heads ’
Woman 101 Dies.
Llmxiln. Feb. 24—Mrs. Sarah Jane
Stephenson. 101, died nt the home of
her ayn, Edwin Z. Glass, 65, In Col- I
lego View. Mrs. Stephenson camo to j
Nehrnskn from Michlgnn 16 years ago. |
The Joneses Look ’Em Over
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KNOCK 'CM COLD OftWING TH6 )_
^WAGON DOWN THE STREET!£(■
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Banking Measure
Passed by House
Three Democratic Floor Lead
er* \ ote for Bill Oppo.'ed
hy Governor.
Lincoln. Feb. 24.—(t*p»claiv— Dem
ocrats and republicans joined In the
lower house to^Siy and passed the bi'l
*iBcj.-d by vhe Nebraska States Bank-'
.*' association oy, a rote of S3 to 4
This is the bill that . i. .. 'flail of |
Uncoln, the governor's prisons I bank
er, declared the governor would veto
if it passed the house and the senate.
It was considered significant that
three democratic floor leaders, Over
man, O’Gara and Began, voted in fa
vor of the bill.
The measure calls for the appoint
ment of a commission by the bank
ers. which may investigate weak
tranks and suggest to the state bank
ing department changes in personnel
of officers of such banks and recom
mend advancement of money from
tlie state guaranty fund to strength
en shaky institutions and keep them
away from failure and a costly re
ceivershlp.
The hill now goes to tlie senate and
probably will Is- referred to the senate
banking committee,
A similar bill has been In tlie senate
hanking committee for weeks and has
I een the subject of much debate. It
is probably that the senate banking
bill will be abandoned and action will
be taken on the house bill by the
committee.
The four votes against the hill were
cast by AJtlell, Broome, Davis of Fill
more and Vi'el is.
Policeman Killed in Saving
Children From Fire Trucks
San Francisco, Feb 24—After hur
rying a group of school ] iplls to
safety out of the path of fire appa
ratus, Patrolman Charles King was
struck by a protruding ladder of a
fire truck and probably fatallv injured
yesterday, ills skull was fractured.
King, known to hundred* of school
children ns "Charley the Policeman,"
lias four children of his own
Vssociate of Murcino Found.
Chicago, Fell. 24 —Although Joseph
M. Marctno, also known as Joseph
B. Blata, barber, banker and financier,
whose financial methods Investigators
have declared resulted in shortages In
the accounts of three eastern con
cerns totaling $513,000, still was
sought today, Samuel Lombardo,
associate of the missing inan. was
reported in t'hlcago.
Lombardo, vice president of the
Niagara Insurance company of Buf
falo, N. V , one of the concern* said
to be short In It* account*, refused
lo talk w lien found last night hy
newspaper men
Nebraska's Best-Known Newspaper
to Publish Works of Native \\ riters
Nebraska's best-known newspaper, I
The Omaha H«>e, I* helping Nebraa
KBPS to recognise the literary genius
In their midst, hy publishing the
works of two of the foremost writer*
both N’elirnsknng, In their respective
fields today.
They nrc John <1. Nelhurdt, Nebraa
kn's poet laureate, gno of whose
poems appoint dally on the editorial
pipe, and .Will* father, novelist,
whose latest novel. "On* of Ours" will
begin nest Friday In The Omaha
Morning Ilee.
Mine father, who was horn near
lted floud. Neb . snil who spent lief
girlhood In the vicinity, tins achieved
International fame as a writer. Hire!
Is placid l>y many rritlr* an the fore
mutd living American woman novelist
Her l>e«t known hook* Include "My '
Antonia" and "Vouth and the Bright 1
Medusa.”
"One of Ours," her first long novel
since "My Antonin" has taken her
three years to write. All the magla
of Mia* father'* subtle and flexible
style, all the passion of her daring.
Impatient mind ,nre lavished upon the
presentation of a single figure, a Ne
brnskn girtn youth, a aort of young
Hamlet of the prairies, and upon the
haunting story of Inn struggle with
life and fate.
Miss father for years was editor
of a nationally known woman'*
magas.lne published In the east, hut
resigned to devote her full time to
writing. Hhe was graduated from the
Unhcfsity of Nvbruska in 1 StMi
Dav’s Activities
in Washington
The administration leaders finally
abandoned hope of pia«“ing the ahip
pin's bill and agreed in the senate to
a vote to dispose of it early next
week.
The house lacking committee com
pleted a composite farm credits bill,
embracing the principal feature* of
the Ix-nroot Andersen, t apper and
Strong measures.
A speciai senate committee 1 e<om
ul ended ur.antmnj#!y that there te
an Inver; cation of the veterans’ bu
reau by a joint r inmlttee during the
recess of congress.
President Itarding asked the senate
to authorize American membership ifl
the permanent court of international
justice organized under the auspices
of the league of nations.
Five divisional prohibition chiefs
were transferred to new berth* .by
Commissioner Haynes in a readjust
ment of enforcement personnel af
fecting widely separated sections of
the country.
Native of Ireland,
Omahan 31 Years, Dies
Mr* Margaret McArdle. 62. died
yesterday at her home. 21a North
Thirtieth street, from the effects of
la grippe and complications
She was born in County Amurgh,
Ireland, in 1SC1, and came to Omaha
31 years ago. In 1*S9 she married
Frank J. McArdle. The couple cele
brated their thirty-fourth wedding an
niversary February II
8ho i* survived by her husband,
one brother and two sisters in Ire
land and four sisters. Mr*. William
Maher, Mrs Timothy J. Foley and
Klla and Bee MrShane of Omaha
Mrs McArdle wa» active in many
charitable works., especially In those
of her parish.
Funeral services will be held at St.
John Catholic church Tuesday morn
ing
WHERE TO FI\D
The Bit? Features of
THE SUXDA Y REE
PART ONR.
I dit«iri*l t on t met it— Page 4
,#H«w I Nearly Iml M» HgahaiM."
by Stephen leanseW— Page 9
Picture Taken In Rgypt
Prlre Pna»e«*let*— — p*g* 4
A Sigh for l.rern W hUkorr.t
A Men fwr t.reen AA Mattered Drama '
by o. » Mclnfjre— Page II
P 4RT TWO
‘■Pmnra doubling Stake# ' b* Uoyd
George— Page 4
Kml of loyalty loam* hi Betrothal of
Prlnre— Page 3
Real Kafate Nma— Page It.
Sport*— Pagea 1 and t.
Market and Financial NeWa— Page ».
Want dd*—- Pagea 10 and II
PART TURKIC.
Society Niwi for Women —
Pages |. f, 3.
Shopping with Polly Pagea 1 and 3.
Anuiaemeiita— Pagea 3. t. Ill and It.
•‘The Married IJfe of Helen and
Waryen— Page II.
At gale— Page 3.
PARTS Ft)I K AM) 111 1
Omaha Automobile Show N'rwi and
Ad\ erf leemente. \
MAOAXINP. IRCrtOA
* f heek,M Blue Ribbon Short Story
by Henry 4 ll*»w tahd —* Page I.
"Ti»m." by Anaa W ahlenherg—
Page 9.
Miipp* land— Page 4
The Teenle AA’emlea — Page ft.
Faahfton Fanny ami Her Friend*—
Page 3.
lef. ere few Ihe I .It t In folk*—
Pago 3
KKlOt.lt\\l HK KM TION
Automobile* and Automobile Men—
Pagri 1 and 2.
Bryan Asks Aid
in Counci 1 Flan
3.OOO-Word Statement Gall* on
Nebraskan-* to Support Pro
posed Government Change.
Lincoln. Keb. lit.—(Special!—Gov.
Charles \V. Bryan today Issued a
S^Ob word statement calling on the
people of Nebraska to rapport his
executive council plan of government
and to write members -* the ’eg.s
iatur* and the govern*:. oneelf iig
Ing adoption of th>- plan.
The governor. In hui statement,
made It plain that he would not com
promise in any way with a modifies
cation of the civil administration
coda of government r w in for t
at the state house at Lincoln.
The* governor asserted that under
his plan taxes would iM reduced |9,
000.000. In arriving at this figure,
he take* the total amount of appro
pria t Ions asked of the legislature two
years ago and fails to take into con
sideration that these requests wer>
trimmed millions of dollars by the
last administration.
Members of the legi.-laiure declared
this statement by the governor was
a desperate attempt to rally support
:o his plan, 'but they expressed the
sentment that the people will learn
that his plan does not entail a 19,000,
000 reduction as he claims and that
*t does spread responsibility for of
ficial acts on the six constitutional
officers instead of the governor, ruins
the present budget system, and at the
same time gives the governor the
sole appointive power.
W ifr of Noted Baritone
Obtains Divorce Decree
Reno. Nev . Kel*. 14 —Roby Thom
as, wife of John Charles Thomas,
noted American baritone, obtained a
divorce in the district court here Lite
Friday. Cruelty waa charged in the
complaint. Mrs. Thomas testified that
his treatment caused her to lose
weight from ISO pounds to 102 pounds,
at which figure she now tips the
scales
Thomas was temperamental. Mrs.
Thomas testified, and on one occasion
he bit her until the blood ran frotp
her shoulder, she said. On another
occasion Thomas did r.ot like the
gown she worO at the breakfast table
and in the presence of a male guest,
he is alleged to have tern the gar
ment from her body The couple
were married in Baltimore in 1513.
Soldier Bonus Bill Is
Deferred in Lower House
l.incoln. Feb 34 —(Special >—Con
sideration of the }10.000.000 soldier
bonus bill was deferred today because
there waa no specific provision in the
measure providing for sending the
proposition to referendum at the next
general election. The bill will retain
ita place on the house calendar pend
ing a decision by attorneys in the
houae as to the proper method of
drawing up the referendum clause
Ohio W iId Flowers anil
Snakes “Rushing Season '
Amesviltr. CV. Feb ;< \t 1 (tow
era are blossoming In the hilt* around
here. It I* reported. For several weeks.
It la said, these blossoms have been
found peeping Ihrough the snow.
Snake* also, w.-ro found sunning
phemselveo. It Is claimed
The Weather
Forreant.
Sunday fair, nomrwhxt cooltr.
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Bandits Get
$100,000 in
Diamonds
Daring Robbery Staged in
llevator of (Chicago Build
ing—Throw Operator
Out of Oar.
Other Thefts $35,000
Chicago, Feb. 14.—Henry Hart, a
New York jewelry salesman, was
robbed of unset diamonds which he
valued at 1100,000 by two afmed men
in an elevator in a downtown build
ing todayr Hart said his concern has
offices at 87 Nassau street. New York.
The robbers escaped.
The robbers threw Eugene Winsby,
the elevator operator, from the cage
at. the sixth floor, he told the police,
and with Hart a prisoner mounted
several floors higher in til® building
at 130 North State street. They stop
ped the elevator and menacing him
with their revolvers took his satchel
of diamonds. Hart said and left him
on an upper floor.
When Wineby reached the street,
the robbers had descended in the ele
vator and escaped.
Into Elevator.
"The bandits followed me into the
elevator," Hart said. "I was about to
get out at the sixth floor when or.o
of the men grabbed me. 'We want
you’ one of them said and then forced
the elevator operator cut of the car,
ran a few- floors higher and then
to -i rny tchel of jew-rfs. Then they
put me out of the elevator anl
descended.’’
Several j rror.s in the lobby saw
the bandits escape.
825,000 land in Ohio.
Cambridge, O . Feb. 24.—A ion*
bandit this afternoon held up and
robbed Harry Moss and John Han
ning of between 120,000 and 125,000
of payroll money lveionging to th®
Akron Coal company. The bandit es
caped after shooting Moss in the lelt
shoulder.
The money was being 'ransported
in an automobile along a lonely road
to Kings mines, about 22 miles east
of here, w hen Moss and Hanning were
stopped by the bandit. Moss was
shot when he resisted. Mine officials
r I a sheriff s p' -se are searching for
the bandits.
Bandits Raid Trunk Factory.
1 Petersburg. Va.. Feb 24. — Six
masked hand.* forced an entrance
into the Seward Trunk ar.d Bag fac
I tory early today, bound and gagged
the watchman, broke open the vault
and esmap" <1 w ,h 51O.00C*.
Drunkenness in
House Charged
Fongre'-man Says “Dry”
Member “Too Drunk to
Answer Roll Call.”
\\ ashington. Feb. 21.—The house
vas thrown into an uproar today after
Representative G a UK an, democrat,
Massachusetts in another aasault on
the prohibition enforcement act on
declared that recently a "dry” mem
ber o( the senate had beeome "too
drunk to answer a roll rail'' and had
"to be rest rained by two of his coi
leagues from getting on the floor.”
Randolph .Man Found Dead
at Bachelor Home on Farm
Randolph Neb , Feb 24 —(Special I
—Thomas Hendrick, 40, a hachelor,
was found dead on his farm by neigh
. Ivors. Hendrick had not been seen
f -r several days and an investiga
tion was made. The man bad been
dead for some time. Pr. Texely de
! rlared death resulted from natural
causes Thee months ago Ellis Her
drick, fat itr of Th mas, was found
| dead in the same house.
Vnti-Saloon League Seek*
to Strengthen Dry Lavs
Denial that the Anti Saloon I-vague
• f Nebraska is opp,sed to further en
actment of dry legislation, was mad*
j yesterday by F. A High, state su
perintendent with headquarter* *t
Lincoln. Neb
“l under-stand this impress.on ha*
gone out," he sail, "but ! wish'to
«ty that it is absolutely wrong. The
league is very much Interested m
measures that have been introduced at
the present session of the legisla
ture which wi^l strengthen our pres
ent dry law s.
"IVe are es;'*c:.Uly Interested in thw
: passage of the Nil which has been
introduced amending the Sacketi law
, in accordance with the suggestion of
(•overnor Bryan in his message to the
legislature. Every man an,! woman in
ihe state who believes in enforcement
f law sh 1 give that amendment hie
| hearty support."
Hail\va\ Given Permission
to Lsuc $43,000,000 Stock
, Washington, Feh. 14.—lVonlsstoa
was givtn the le ulavtile A Nashville
railroad by th» Interstate Oommercw
nimission to issue $4.‘> tfaO.OOO in new
-;,vk and distribute it as a s: vk divi
dend to stockholder*
The stock dividend ts Ihe bret which
any railroad corporathm has been au
i lhori»>t to roske by the o mmission
I since it w as given power, tinder thw
i transportation act. to supervise capi
| tai issues ef irwnsponatton com
panies!.
Inquiry Into \ ctcrans*
Hiirctni Favored in Senate
Washington,
; of the \etorwi'*‘ bureau hv a faint
committee during the res-esj* of con
i tires* w as recctnmended unani
mously today b> the special so-ate
committee conducting a preUminat y
l inquiry.