■[I The Omaha Morning Bee . • VOL. 62—NO. 218. a”?"". ^ 3'.9V.! OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1922.* 5L„"V& W‘KC .^“u_TWO CENTS Officials Draft New Ship Policy Administration Planning to Deal With Merchant Ma rine Problem Without Aid of Legislation. Bill Continues to Linger Washington, Feb. 26.—(/P)—The ad ministration shipping bill was kept alive in the senate today by further debate, but executive officials, recog nizing 'the end to he near, began for mulation of plans for dealing with the government war-impelled merchant marine venture without the aid of the 1 legislation. ✓ V Chairman Basket- of the shipping ■ board conferred with President Hard I ing, then met with the ether members i-V’f the board and afterward an inflouneed that the policy of the ad l^iinistration would bo worked out and made public before the end of the week. He declined to give any indi cation of the plans under considera tion beyond saying that they were of a "startlingly novel” nature. No Hint of Plans. Hopeful until last week that the shipping bill would be enacted, ad ministration officials have given no indication of what alternative they have In mind. President Harding, in malting his final appeal for passage of the legislation in his across to congress, February 7, on the British debt settlement, said thnt if the let^s latlve branch refused to approve the shipping bill or submit an alternative, “the executive branch of the gov ernment may proceed as best it can to end the losses in liquidation and humiliation.” Inasmuch ns the president has de clared one of the prime purposes of the bill to be to get the government out of the shipping business, It was germ rally believed that the adminis trations policy contemplated quick and thorough liquidation. Urge Action Under Marine Act. Mr. Lasker and Chairman Jones of Hie senate committee have urged the president to carry out section 34 of i lie* merchant marine act directing abrogation of some 20 commercial ireatleH with leading forelgu nations prohibiting use by the United States <>f discriminatory duties against products brought to the United States in foreign bottoms. Because of the international aspects of the matter, Mr. Harding, like President Wilson, lias up to the present time refused ro carry out the direction. This action was advocated In the enate during the debate, whi'h served to defer action on the pend ing Robinson motion to recommit i he shipping bill. Senator Ronsdell, democrat. Jxiuisi ana. In declaring he regretted the prospective death of the measure, said abrogation of the commercial treaties would aid in building up of a mer chant marine, but expressed doubt whether such abrogation could ever be brought about. Deplores Filibuster* Senator Pomerene, democrat. Ohio, deplored the filibuster against the ship measure. He said his plan would involve abrogation of the treaties. Senator "Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts, sought an agreement for a vote on the substitute bill by Senator McKel lar, democrat. Tennessee, which j.-o vides for indirect aids to American ship operators and for abrogation of the commercial treaties by direct nation of congress, but Senator Cur Us of Kansas, the republican whip, objected, saying an opportunity had been given for a vote, blit opponents of tlie legislation hud prevented it by their filibuster. Further debate is in prospect Tues day before a vote on the Robinson no tion, and some sentiment developed toward holding the ship bill technical ly before the senate until adjourn ment next Sunday ns a buffer against other legislation. Lasker and Harding Meet on Liquidation Policy Washington, Keh. 28. — Chairman Lasker of the shipping board today Hllscussed with President Harding the •faidatlon policy which the admln istratlon has determined to adopt un der the merchant marine law as an incident to failure of the shipping hill. A definite plan, Mr. I.aekcr said, ■would probably be passed upon by the full hoard this week and given ap proval by the president. He empha sised the necessity for speedy adoption of a comprehensive policy now that It is known that the shipping hill is not to go through. Noted Author and Father of Musical Comedy Star Dies New York, Feb. 28.—Eugene Wood, CU, author and father of Peggy Wood, n:uslcai comedy star, died yesterday after a lingering illness. For 15 years Mr. Wood was con pected with newspapers in Chicago and New York and had contributed to leading magazines. He yyas the an thor of throe books of short stories, ' Back Home,” "Folks Back Home” and “In Our Town.” lie also wrote "The Books of Bugs” and “The Laugh cud Ilow It Is Made.” iWhy Germany Doetui't Fight. Berlin, Feb. 2G.—UP)—Discussing ihe prospeets of n format declaration of war by France. Vorwacrts say.t this would merely be an attempt io force Germany out of a position In ■which It has demonstrated Its resist ing qualities Into one which would re «dlt in awlft and inevitable defeat. j00i>r this reason, explains the party • sin, the German socialists will sc Uviiy oppose any attempt to en Cc'itsge Germany to take up armed n-"dance, aside from the fact that •d'h an undertaking would he wholi, •“'sale the realm of physical pdsslbil tty i French Civilians to Run Ruhr Railways Dusseldoi f, Felt. 26. — (A>) — The French today are tn possession of the strips of % territory between the I Cologne and Coblenz and the Coblenz , and Mayence bridgeheads, thereby securing railway lines that have here i tofore been in unoccupied territory. The operation was planned to strength en the Rhineland customs control. Between 12,000 and 15,000 civilian i workers from P'rance and Belgium are awaiting the order to put them at work on the railway lines throughout the Ruhr and Rhineland. Rians for 1 operating the roads, it is expected, will be completed thi# week. The disciplining of the city of Boeluim for its attitude toward the i occupation has been featured by wholesale arrests and the virtual declaration of a slate of siege. The | French proved their strength by * bringing tanks and machine guns to j the -dieart of the town. Most of those arrested were released. Boy Trapped bv Flames in House Burned to Death Sisler, Rescuer! After Suffer ing Severe Burns, in Dan gerous Condition from Pneumonia Attack. Two children, brother and sister, locked in a flaming house atop a hill overlooking Ak-Sar-Ken field to the west, fought for their lives at 10 Sun day night while 13 persons who flock ed to the scene for a vagrant thrill (looked on in ignorance of their plight. ••Francis Hildebrand. 4. was burned ; to death and his sister, Cecil, 6, yea I terday w as in Paxton Memorial hon ! pital badly burned and in a danger ous condition as a result of having 1 developed pneumonia. She was con valescing after an attack of grip and ; when she was carried/ in her night gow n from t ho threatening flames. I faced exposure almost as dangerous i to her. Parents Grief-Stricken. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hildebrand. In whose home at the rear of 5S10 "Wal nut street their children were trapped, are grief-stricken. They had been spending the day with Mr. and Mrs. A. T,. Dorman, 5810 "Walnut, parents of Mrs. Hildebrand. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greener, 2903 (Pratt street, also relatives, were other guests. There was a dinner, and then : they sat around and visited. Francis and Cecil grew sleepy about 9 nnd were taken borne by the mother, who tucked them in their bed. closed the house mid returned to the Dorman home about 75 feet, distant. Greener retold the story of the fire .yesterday morning. "The phonograph was playing,” he said, "when Mrs. Dorman suddenly noticed that a flickering light w as shin ing through the windows. We rushed outside and fotfnd the Hildebrand's little three-room house a mass of flames. Fifteen persons stood around looking on. Mother Itestrained. "( rying for the safety of tier babies, Mrs. Hildebrand rushed frantically toward the house. We pushed her aside and all of us made a rush for the door. We couldn't open the door at first, so vc put our bodies.against it and burst it loose. Cecil lav on the floor about three feet inside, the flames licking al her. Francis was oul of reach. We tried, but entering would hate been suicidal. “Mrs. Hildebrand would have leap ed in and at moments it required all of ns to hold her out.” The mother Is permanently crip (Turn to Pur" Two, f o|until Thffr.) I T wo Killed When Dixie Flyer Goes Into Ditch • Calhoun. (la.. Feb. 26.—T. H. Groov er of St. Louis ami TJ. IT. Douk were killed and several Injured today when the second section of the Dixie flyer, northbound on the Nashville, Chatta nooga & St. Louis railroad, jumped the track one* and one-half miles north 1 of here. Birmingham. Ala.. Feb. -’6.—Three i trainmen were killed and another trainman was seriously injured tics ‘afternoon in the wreck of a freight train on the Frisco railroad at Pratt <‘ity. a suburb, according to reports which have readied here. Authorities Hot on Trail of Former Barber-Banker Buffalo. J'Vli. 2ft.—Federal authori ties. It was elated last night, hope to have Joseph It. Marclno in custody within n week. .The alleged wrecker of the Niagara Life Insurance coin 1 pany, and Warren and Philadelphia j hunks, interested persons said, has 1 not left this country and the trail Is i getting warm. When Marclno cashed < hecks te cclved from O'Brian, Potter & t'o., amounting to about $200,000 for se curities alleged to have belonged to the Warren hank, the money, at his request, was given to him In national hank notes of denominations of $10, 000 each. The serial numbers of these notes have been sent to banks In this and other countries. It was reported that one of the hills had been put In circulation but neither federal officers nor the Burns agency would confirm | Hie rumor. V, Leader in Anti*Slavery Movement Dies at A get of 87 Providence. It. I , Feb. 2ft.- Mrs. Lmellne Bin llngiime Cheney, S7, wid ow of Prof. Luther P. Burlingame of this city, and of 1>> O. II. Cheney, late president of Bales college and on* of the foremost prohibition work ers In the United Stales, died here •/< aterday. In her early days Mrs. Burlingame t'hsney nas closely Identified with jth* anti-slavery movtucui 18th Amin Onia^v>M •■•"’ IS Show Opens Exhibits More Complete Than •Ever Before—Decorations in Auditorium Un usually Beautiful. Cars to Fit Every Purse Gasoline chariots of all designs, combining the best features that me chanical and artistic brains of the country have been able to achieve, glistened in the most gorgeous sur roundings of any Omaha automobile salon alien the doors of the Audi torium opened at 2 yesterday after noon for the 18th annual automobile show. There are 130 passenger cars ail! 30 trucks on exhibit. The number ‘if exhibitors is somewhat less than last year, because, as explained by A. it. Waugh, manager of the show, there are fewer kinds of car* being mad:. But the exhibits of the 35 makes represented are more complete than ever before. Moreover, the number of cars on the great Auditorium floor is as large as ever before. Former FITorls Oniitdonr. For 17 years the automobile show in Omaha has been marked by an in creasing beauty, not only of cars, but of decorations. This year W. O. Colling of the Burgess-N'ash company, who has been in charge of the deco rating. has outdone any previous ef fort. The r;olor scheme is of burnt orange, green, black and white, witli a tinted interior The ceiling is lighted with large disks of yellow surrounded by white lights. Surrounding -the en closure are curtains hanging from the ceilings, which'carry out the general color scheme in stripes. Methods of marking the exhibits by lighted sign poets add to the general harmony of the salon. Two orchestras will play each aft ernoon and evening. , No Foreign Slakes. / There are no motors of foreig 1 make in the exhibit. Probably the most expensive car is the Cadillac limousine with a specially built body, which is priced at $7,500. There are automobiles for every purse. Com menting on the exhibit, Manager Waugh declares: •'The automobile buying public is being oiTered the greatest value, dol lar for dollar, in the history of the automobile industry. Many of the ears are down to pre-war prices, and with their new refinements they real ly are cheaper tiian the pec-war rae. ' •'Hie standard popular makes will be oversold within SO days, and after that time prompt deliveries will be hard to obtain. This, despite the fact that there will be more cars made this year than ever before. This is borne out by reports of the Na tional Automobile association.” Cronkhite Files Tampered With Investigators F'intl Records of War Department on Mur der Missing. Washington. Feb. * 26.—Investiga tors appointed by Secretary Weeks to report on charges made by Maj. C»en. Adelhcrt t ronkhitf, retired, that files of the War department had been tampered with and records connected with the death of his son. Maj. Alex ander Cronkhite, at C amp Lewis in IMS. were incomplete, it was learned today, have found certain papers once in the possession of the department to he missing. Secretary Weeks said the investi gation had not been completed and it was not known whether tile inves tigators would he successful in their search for the missing documents. Rosevale Woman Is Killed in Runaway Bur well. Neb., Feb. 26—(Special.)— Mrs. Theodore Nelson luet a tragic death Sunday when with her husband and four small sons she was riding from their home at Rosevale to Bur well wlure they were to spend the day with Mrs. Nelson's mother. Mrs. M, M Alderman. A team became urj» mauagahle and ran away, throwing the occupants out and Instantly kill lug Mrs. Nelson. Friends were r ailed to Ord where the remains were taken. \irpluue Bootlegger Ksrapes; Pals Caught Spokane, Feb t’S --A huge airplane soared ovet the municipal landing field yesterday. On the ground with two occupants, stood a big touring cor. The plane, after making a num ber of circles, gently glided to earth. Behind a barn nearby four police and government officials Watched. A« the plane came to a stop the pilot unloaded a number of bundles which the men In the automobile began to transfer to the car. The officers made a rush, hut the air pilot was too quick. Starting his engine he soared nwtty to the north, whence he came. In the gunnysacks th» officers found several cases of liquor. The two occupants of the au tomobile. Frank Kople and It. If. Werner, were attested. The ear wns confiscated. HighwH) to Be Improve*! l-'alrhury. F* b jti ISperisI A highway to lie known ns the l-'air bury Pawnee City it line will be loBgcd and worked at once. ’I he highway connects Pawnee City and Fall bury, passing through flurrbard and Blue Springs The rood Is 60 miles long /I Charge by Jacoby to Be Investigated Lincoln. Fob. f’6.—(Special.)—When Representative Jacoby arose today and said that his name had been signed to a bill appropriating $8,000 to the Lincoln school board without his knowledge the house refused to take any action until an Investigation hud been made. The appropriation is for blind chil dren taught in Lincoln schools, it was charged that for the last bien nium the school board asked $1,800 for doing this work, while for the coming biennium it requested $8,000. Budget Bills to Be Reported to House Today •> * Vi tiys and Means Committee Refuses to Be Bound by Recommendations of Me Keltic or Bryan. Lincoln, Feb. -G.—(Special.)—Repub licans, who form a majority on the house ways anti means committee, refused today to follow party lines urged by partisan republicans or by partisan democrats and voted over the solid democratic minority to report out appropriation bills tomorrow based upon the recommendation* neither of former Governor McKelvie nor of Governor Bryan. Action of some description by the oonTmittee tomorrof is Imperative, as it Is the 40th day and under rules ap propriation bills must be sent to tlte house not later than that da-.. llegreat was expressed that Gov ornor Bryan had delayed in sending his bills for an executive council to the leg.slature because with the bills in early they, together with ••ode modification bills, introduced a I y in the session, could have been out of the judiciary committee and the house and senate could have de termined which form of government they desired to sanction. Despite the fact that the Bryan budget made appropriations for dc partnients that, as yet, have not been created by law. the four democrats In the committee insisted Unit the Bryan ‘budget Is- reported out. The same pressure had been brought upon republican members of the commit tee to s^nd tile M<-Kelvie_budget out. Mend Out Own mil. ‘"£he fair thing to do is to send out •an appropriation bill of our own, fie. of tho budgetary commendations of either Bryan or McKelvie and leare that pan of it pertaining to changes in departments open for amendment after It is decided which form of gov ernment we shall have," said Ttepre wnum ; 'ti-ai: Mee 's. coalman of the corniioUev. Them was considerable heat at the meeting and IXepresentatlve Began, democrat, did practically all the talk ing. He re|>ented the charge, that Moors and Hen. Charles Saunders hail attempted to steal the Bryan bills. Here Means branded the statement as false, and pointing to a democratic new spaper man declared he had lied when he said an attempt had been made to steal the hills. Then there was talk of a list fight for a few minutes which-later ended in good-natured bianterlng. "It's silly to think that anyone could steal those hills la-fore a Joint session of the house and senate," Mears said. "It was merely a question of procedure. Clyde Barnard, secre tary of the senate, has held that posi tion for years and anyone knows he wouldn't or couldn't Meal any bills." Brintilig Bills Difficult. Lincoln printers who will charge the state $’,0011 for printing the Bryan executive council lulls, num bering 44. declare they never had as hard work in their lives In leading copy. The governor has taken sections of the statutes Isidily ami* written in changes with pen and ink. some times. and at other times he has parted on typewritten insertions 'Che house has been generous in permitting corrections which tho printers have fulled to their atten tion although under rules such cor rections should not ho made. One of the most, recent errors di< covered has to do with a statute pertaining to public works. The gov ernor scratched out part of tho statute ami then wrote In a section placing tho maternity work of the state under the department presided ovn by George K. Johnson, state engineer. National Anti-Klan Move Under W av Chi* ago. Konnel|, one of the sponsors as "a uniting of rac*.« against the Kn Klux Klan ’ Lac h night there will be *«»me a (tonally known persnn to tell the pub lic of the danger* «>f till* anti Ntivn can movement," he said. ' Plans will l»e made for a p* rmanent fight and ta li national anti klan convention, which it is hoped will he called to meet n Chicago, probably in May The meet ings will be nonpartisan in every way. They will be simply f « \merles' gatherings," “Forly-Nincr” Dii-> on Uoawl. Oakland. Cal . Feb '.Mi C.ipt Lewis Larnlmrton. among the first gold seek ers to come to California In H19 * dead today In Ids home hci»» at the age of 99. lie mine ft*« tn Mm nt*hii s«tts and prospec ted In the t arty days In Li lap min and Yaba counties aban doning mining in the early 50's to en gage in the steamship huune* Later hr was s merchant lie \m survived b> a sou and daughter _No Milk—No Hay_ ■ - ' Supreme Court Asked to Pass on Future Trading Tribunal to Decide Whether Congress Exceeded Author ity in Law to Control Crain Exchange?. Washington. Keh. C4»)—The eu premo court, for the second time. was asked to determine whether congress, in its effort to regulate future trading in grain and to provide for governmen tal supervision under which farmers co-operative associations would be ad mitted to membership on grain ex change®, had exceeded its constitu tional authority. In the former case when congress attempted control through Its taxing power, tile court held tho art invalid. The government contended today that. - having before It the decision and the court’s decision in the packers and stockyards case, congress had exer cised discretion which the court had held It i>o«sessed. The packers snd stockyards act. Die government in slated, is in all essential features a parallel for the present grain futures •law. Congress having de ared that fu ture trading in grain hfcd a distinct relation to interstate commerce, it was not for the court. Solicitor Den era! Beck declared. t« inquire w hether congress was influenced by an rgrl cultural Ido*', but it should accept Its decision with irape* t to Die interstate eommen e character of the trans actions. Henry H Robbins. - ounsel for th» Chicago 1 i' ai'd of Trade, challenged the government's contentions. He dis cussed the case with special reference to the packers nod stockyards act, and pointed out that interstate con trol in the packers case was based largely uik*ii tho tangible dealing In an actual article of commerce. The packers case 1n no w ise referred to ; future trading. Mr. Robbins insisted, adding that it dealt with a flow of physical property, while the grain fu tures net proposed to regulate all fu ture trndes in cereals when the gov ernment admitted that only n part of such triples eventually would take Die form of actual property. Solicitor (tenoral Beck, during his , argument, asserted that tlie?packers ami stockyards act was so similar to Die grain futures law thift "a distinc tion could not be made between th* two,” so far as their validity was con-' reined. DoC \rre*tcil With Owner on Drunkenness Chare*' Sioux «*ltj. K< l|. "fl.—Said nf mien mill M* tail ilmiiping dejectedly, a dainty whits poodle dog stood behind Hie liars in the city Jail Saturday night. " Hyp' was charged with lntoxle.1 linn by hi* mistress. Mis Ivt fuser. "lie grts drunk regularly." said Mis. fnsey "I can't keep hint sober, so I think he ought lo he kirked up. i don't drink, ntyst If, 'lliht was how "tlyp" ranis :o be inside a cell, looking out. Mrs. fussy w.a« placed there with him to hold Ills head She was charged with In toxical ion. Former National Cuar*l Officer Die* Placing t.olf ID Hair Height* I’la . K* b 26. Oof. II K t. Valle, form* t lv of the Heventh regiment. National f.unrtl. dropped dead today on the golf, link* her* while piny lilt hi* third nhot oil the mixtIt hole. Three doctor* who were pl.tvii ,; t:t .* fmtf-omr with <\’l. 1’ralle , te.iched hi* »ldf promptly, l»ut he died ^btXoia lii^y euulvl be uX teeietam;#. 4 Day s Activities in Washington Speaker Gilletl was reported ill with Influenza. The house banking committee re ported a composite rural credits bill. Secretary Davis initiated a move to deprive Isadora Duncan, the dancer, of American citizenship. The senate failed to reach a vote on the motion to recommit fhe ship bill, which even Us supporters admit Is dead. Hearings on proposed consolidate .a of western and southwestern railroads were resumed before the Interstate Commerce commission. Secretary Hughes, it became known, has definitely decided it will be im possible for hint to attend the Pan American ccnference next month in Santiago, Chile. The house passed the defhVncy ap propriation bill, carrying $158,000,000 and the Porter resolution, designed to decrease drug production by inter national agreement. The United States paid Norway $2 2. 239,852, the amount awarded by the tribunal of arbitration In settlement of claim# growing out of the seizuie of Norwegian ships during the war. Extensive investigations by im migration authorities to determine how many aliens have been smuggl'd into the United States in violation of th« seamens act was ordered by Secretary' Davis. Favorable report of a resolution proposing a constitutional amend ment which would provide a popular referendum on future changes in the federal constitution was ordered by the senate Judiciary committee. General < red it deflation, increase in high priced inventories and the "buyers strike" were given by the federal trade commission in a report submitted to oongi'ess. a« the cause of the droff in cotton prices which began n April. 1920. As a preliminary step to revision of lax !g»v« Senator Norris, repub lican, Nebraska, introduced a resolu tion proposing an inquiry by the fed eral trade commission to determine the amount and ownership of the "< hief kinds of wealth" In the United States. Complaint was served by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace on Armour * Co. and Morris A Co . Chicago meat packers, charging them with violat ing the packers and stockyards act by entering into an agreement for the purchase of the Morris Co's as ses by the Armour interests. Hailroad Cashier Arrested on Kmhegiilenient Charge I,ns Angeles, I'eh. CS—William Sal ii'ttnm, ??. former assistant enshicr nf the Chicago * Alton railroad at Springflled, 111., charged with ein hoEtlemcut of fR.000 of the company ■ funds, was arrested here today, sc id ng to the police, f* Id bottom at first refused to admit h s Identity, the arresting officer slated, hut when shown a photograph of the missing cashier, confessed that he was the man wanted. He et pressed a willingness to return to SpNngfisM and face the -harge Ht'|tcal of Dry Law l rgfd. 15-no, Ne . I'et "« \ resolution ailing upon congress to repeal the \ olst-ad «it, w hich Is hrsnden as "a • insplcuous failure" and "a veritable Ir.i jlsttor of criminals." ami to take the necessary -ieps to effect s revision of ih« t*lh amendment, was Intro ■tiicrd In the Neveda slate senate at Carson City today. ♦ Pro|)osal Made to Lift Bans on Aliens in Hawaii Hou»c Resolution W ouM Per mit Temporary Admission of Foreigners, Inciud- • ing Chinese. Washington. Feb. is—A resolution proposing the temporal-)’ admission to the Hawaiian islands of alien la bo-, including Chinese, otherwise barred under the immigration laws, was re ported by the house imiitfgraLion committee. At the same time Chair man Johnson of the committee, who opposed the measure, introduced a resolution authorizing member* of the committee re-elected to the next con gress to investigate Hawaiian labor needs. The resolution reported today was introduced in July. i>Cl. by the late Delegate Kaiainanae’.e of Hawaii. Chairman Johnson, whose home S« ir. Washington, and other members < C the committee from the raeiflo coa«’ state*, as well as Representative Boir, democrat, Texas, said they would sub mit minority report*. Representative Shaw republican. Illinois, drafted the majority report, which said the purpose of the resolu tion was to permit a restricted immi gration of aliens unde- the super vision of the secretary of lat>or ' for lhe purpose of providing an adequate supply of, suitable field Intior for tb. iasic agricultural industries of the territory, without which the territory cannot continue to exist a.s an Amec can commonwealth.” \ taming that the practical trol of the labor supply in Hawaii w.■« in the hands of Japanese nation , s and American citizens of Japar-sc descent born* In the territory. Mr Shaw declared that political control of the Anteriran colonial i*>ssc»«nvi was at stake Opium Traffic Must Go. Gliinr*e President Sat' Pekin. Feb. ;6._OF>—That the opium traffic in China must go and that with it must he swept from the boards the Tuchuus or military so' ernor*. who are supporting the illicit trade, were the ur.-quiVival state trents of President l.i Yuan-Hung printed in the new Pekin morning paper, the Daily Far Eastern Times The president's declaration was made in reply to a query from the editor, who asked the executives view s on the suggest ton recently made by Sir Francis Aglen. head of the Chinese i ustoma administration, to le galise the opium traffic in order to control it. Man Admit* Slaving ^ ife ami Hiding Both in Trunk San Francisco. Feb 16 —Elmer Hannon, sheet metal worker, pleaded guilty to a charge if murder growing out of the beating to doatli of his y'ife Mrs Margaret Hannon. November .’4.* 1>"?, and stuffing her body in a trunk. Sentence wa« set for Friday, the court indicating that sentence would tie from 10 years to life. The Weather Forecast. Tuesday, mostly cloudy somewhat caroler. Hourly Temperatures. 1 • ttt '* * ft. ft* f« 7 ft. n* 'ft * • m Jft * am It ft. 1M W 11 ft. H. »* LI ..... M I p m t« t |k » It ) m 44 l 5 « Die-Hards Will Fight New Court Irreconcilable* Declare They Will Filibuster to Prevent Ratification of Member* *lii|> in World tribunal. Democrats Are Gleeful Washington, Keb. 26 —The chance* of senate action fit this session on President Harding* request for au thority to make the United States a member of the international court of justice, dropped close to the zero marls, today. Irreconcilable «enators. showing no abatement of their opjiositlon to tho league of nat is in part or in whole, promptly prod .ed their determina tion to fiiii.jster gairst the ratifica tion of the protocol under which the United States would participate in the international court. Furthermore, they furnished rather convincing proof that they would he able to make their filibuster success ful. so successful in fact, that the - 1-aders had no hesitancy in predict ing that the protocol would never emerge from the fordgn relations committee, to which it was referred Saturday. Oppoled to "Railroading.” Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, re publican leader, issued a call for a meeting of the committee Tuesday to take up President Harding's lettei, tut irreconcilable memlteis of the commitjee declared that the time re maining before Match 4 would be wholly inadequate fcr the thorough 'onsideration which the importance of the subject required. In fact. Sena tor Ivxtge himse’f expressed ■ himeelf as being opposed to any "railroading" process under which the measure might be ruehed through in the clos iagr moments of the Fession. Democratic senators chortled w.ih glee over the problem created on tl ■> republican sidr* by the president's message and they lost no Umt jn jockeying for political advantage* to i>e gained from the situation. Senator King, democrat. Utah, introduced a resolution for ratifb ution of the proto col. It whs referred to the foreign r - iatlons committee for consideration, along w.th the president's message It was rather plainly Intimated th,t the King resolution was merely the forerunner of a move on the derm ratic side to discharge the foreign re late.ns committee from further ecu - sidcration of the protocol and to bring '!.» president s proposal" squarely be foie the senate before the expiratic.i of the present session. hpecial Session Mentioned. The democrats believe that such i motion would create much embarrass ment in the republican ranks, but t!j * irreconr:iables quickly retorted that :t would be r.o more difficult to f, ■■ buster against such a motion than ; w ’id l>e to hold u|> action tn th® fci eign relation* committee. The suggestion went around that President Harding might call the se - ate fo separate special session to rati fy the protoc. 1 immediately March 1. but admit..stration leade-s who sey the federal trade oonmjx sion This information is alread' scattered among the departments of the Interstate Commerce commission the 'eternal revenue bureau and the federal traje commission. It is be llexed little trouble would be e.x perienoed in gathering it ail together. Tn the op - on of Senator Norris th « data, when compiled, will be ef givat value in all legislation relating to taxation, and espeo.ally in demon stealing the exact volume and owner ship of all such securities as are now exempt from taxation. President of Standard Oil Denies Price* \re Fixed \\ 111 .rygton, Feb. •*.—Dr. W. M Iturton of Chicage, pres dent of the standard Oil Company of Indiana, testified today at a reopemna of the senate manufacturers subcommittee oil inquiry, branded as false ar t wholly untruthful" charges of prtoe fixing made against the company In testimony before the committee bx Thomas S, Plack of Chicago, pres, dent of the Western Petroleum coni pany. 1 nail to Vu*tria Floated. 1 uxr.de n Kcb i'll *' The Frit Ml public s mxdted to subscribe to an si-ue of fl x m'.OiHV worth of \uatri* i government guaranteed sterling treae ury bills This is practically ths flr* i'uMi loan to be floated far a foratar ^eueai} cotuilc}'.