The Omaha M< >rning Bee VOL."* 52 NO. 222. gg E TO ^_OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1923. * KJ!T & TWO CENTS Architect VIav Face New Charge Capitol Commission Secretary Has Caught 50 Errors, Many Costly—Hearing Is Set for Thursday. State Holds Plans By P. POWELL. Maff (orrritpomlent The Omaha Ilee. Lincoln, March 3.—(Special.)— Inves ligation revealed today that in the event the state • capitol commission decides charges filed against Bertram Goodhue, New York architect in charge <51 building “Nebraska's $6,000. nOO state house, are sufficiently grave 10 warrant his dismissal, another architect may lie employed and carry •*<4. the original plans with little diffi culty. Through the efforts or George 1.. Johnson, secretary of the commission, (duplicate* of all plans and specifica tions made by Goodhue arc on file in Johnson's office and can be turned over to Goodhue's successor in the event it is decided to dispense with his services after the meeting of the cominision. Goodhue and certain con ’ractors at Lincoln next Thursday, March 8. Fully 95 per cent of the plans are completed and in Johnson's hands. Other Chargee Expected. That other charges besides those al ready aired will be made at this meet ing is looked upon as a certainty. Since Johnson charged that Good hue's supervisors were accepting stone from Indiana quarries which could be purchased for 45 cents per cubic foot and was permitting the state to pay 75 cents per cubic foot for the material, other facts have ■ erne to light showing how for sev eral months Johnson has been catch ing and forcing corrections in specifi cations made by Goodhue. (Find Fifty Errors. It was declared here officially today that since the state house construc tion has been under way fully 50 er rors, many of them costly, have been ■ aught by Johnson, and he has forced correction of them. These errors were veoprted to the commission by Johnson and his work in forcing correction sanctioned. It was not until Johnson discovered the alleged $115,000 scandal on purchase of stone that, ho became convinced •here was something besides error of judgment involved, he declared to 'ay. * "There was ju.= t one thing to do, in icy mind, and that Was to make pub i.c the true state of affairs and call I for a showdown,’’ Johnson asserted. Expense* Excessive. Continuing. Johnson declared todcy| •hat expenses for supervision and draughting charged by Goodhue were excessive and not in conformity with charges of many other reputable architects. "For instance, for draughtsmen's work, he has charged from $2 to $3 per day and adds 100 per cent to their salaries as office overhead.' Johnson explained. "This means that for a draughtsman getting *3 a day $3 additional is charged daily for over head." To date, "overhead expenses” barged the state by Goodhue amounts to $35,000. This is part of the total of $156,000 paid him up to this time and includes his annual sal ary of $25,000 per year together with overtime claims made by him and numerous other expense- There Is a claim of $23,000 on file to cover he last quarter of 1022. Goodhue Pays Printer. - The *7.000 printing bill which the eommissilon refused to pay has been paid by Goodhue out of his own pock et, and he has filed a second claim for this amount. Suffrage Defeated in Japanese Diet Tokio, March 2.—W*l—'The universal suffrage bill was defeated in the low er house of tile (lief today after Pre nier Kato said that, the government had under consideration the exten sion of the franchise. Toledo Seale Company Men Hold Two-Day Convention A two-day convention of district men of the Toledo Scale company is in progress at the Omaha office, 602 South Thirteenth street. Carroll McCrea, manager of the ad vertising department, and H. A. Me • lure of the industrial scale depart ment are here from Toledo, the home office of the company. A. A. Smith of Minneapolis, manager of district, So. 10. Central division, also is pres ent. M. II. Hfirrls has arranged for a dinner for those attending the con vention, at the Braudels restaurants tonight. It will be followed by a the der party. Rum Runners Again Active Off North Jersey Coast Highlands, N. J-. March 2.—>— Resumption of heavy rum running operations off the northern New Jer sey coast was Indicated today with reappearance on Itum Ilnw of a for midable fleet. The fleet comprised 11 vessels of the Bahama type. Six of them were steamers snd five schooners. Indications that tho runners, oper sting small boats, were preparing to protect themselves against, rum pi rates reported to have been a'-tlve off the coast before the weather tempo warily halted smuggling, was seen In the revolver practlco observed ashdre. Ex-Klan Head Indicted Under White Slave Act M u I m Mil.I I , , . I ... E. Y. Clarke. Atlanta. Ga.. March 2.—While j awaiting additional information con cerning a warrant said to have been issued for his arrest in Houston, Tex., by a federal grand jury yesterday charging hiTh with*, violation of the Mann act. K. Y. Clarke, former act ing imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, maintained an attitude of con fidence that he would be fully vindi cated when the matter goes to trial. "It b simply another effort to at tcmT>t to discredit mo and through discrediting tne. damage the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan," Mr. Clarke asserted. He said that he had received no details regarding the true bill re turned against him. Temperature in Omaha Reaches 75-Degree Point Friday "ft High Mark Fails to Equal Maximum of Previ ous Day—Two Other Cities'Warmer. » Maximum temperature yesterday t was 73 degrees, registered at 4 p. m. ! It is three degrees less than 'fhurs day's "high’’ mark. Two other sta tions reported higher temperatures yesterdayq. St. I.ouis 77 and Dodge City, Kan.. 76. Stations reporting lower maximum temperatures than Omaha are Chey enne. 54; Davenport. 68; Denver. 62: Pueblo, 68; North Platte. 66; Salt Lake City, 62; Santa Fe, 48; Sheridan, 40, and Sioux City, 66. The temperature fell to 59 degrees in Omaha at 8 last night. Des Moines, March 2.—Des Moines experienced the warmest March weather in history today when the temperature rose to 75 at 4 this aft ernoon. Chicago. March 2.—Today was the warmest March 2 in Chicago in the history of the weather bureau, al though the forecast showed snow dnrl wind in the Dakotas were due to reach the lower lake region possibly ; by tomorrow. The temperature was 64 j at 3:20 p. m. The records showed the warmest previous March 2 was in 1878. when the temperature was 61. St. Louis. March 2.—The tempera ture here this afternoon reached 77 degrees, the highest for March 2 since 1887, when a similar temperature was registered. The highest early unison 'temperature recorded here, however, was February 1„ 191S. whn 83 was reached, according to the local weath er bureau. I Hank Employe for 22 Y**ars Confesses Embezzlement Chicago, March 2.—Se.th O. Ander son, former manager of thS nut clear Inga department of the First National hank of Chicago and it trusted em ploye since his employment as an of- i fice boy 20 years ago, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of fS.'i.OOO of the hank's funds. Federal Judge Wilker son deferred sentence. Filled Milk Hill to Harding. Washington. March 2. — Sena to amendments to the filled milk bill were accepted today by the house an 1 fhe measure was sent to the presi dent. War Risk Bill Passed by IIo >? e f, . fk> s Mca»i , *Y*'^ ..»ur -lift - -’.'A ancc ^*>V' ' ^tebt of Dis abled . eterans Ready for Senate Action. Time Limits Extended Washington, March 2—The Sweet bill modifying the war risk insurance act in the interest of disabled vet erans was passed today by the house. It now goes {o the senate. The bill would extend the time for obtaining a certificate of disabil ,m from the director of the veterans' bureau to March 1, 1921, ih compen sation cases, and would provide that such certificates should be issued •'here there was an official record of injury during service or at the time of at partition from the service, or where satisfactory evidence was furnished the bureau to establish the injury. Veterans suffering from a neurop sychiatric or tubercular disease, de veloped within three yeai? after separation from the service, would be considered as having acquired such disease while in the service. The present law limits the period to two years. . \ eterans guilty of treason, mutiny, spying or any offense involving moral turpitude or wilful and persistent mis conduct would not be deprived of in surance and compensation benefits unless they had been found guilty by a court-martial. Where veterans of any war died after discharge or resignation from the service and did not leave suf ficient assets to meet the exjienses of his burial and the transportation of his body, the government would provide a sum not exceeding JfOO. Should death occur while the veteran was receiving government medical or hospital treatment or vocational train ing the veterans' bureau would pay, in addition to his burial expenses, the actual necessary cost of transporting the body to the place of burial. Fifteen Bodies Taken From Mine West Virginia Coal Pit Is Wrecked by Explosion—12 Men Rescued. Bluefieid, W. Va. March 2 —PUtHll bodies were recovered late today from the mine of the Po-ahontas Coal com pany at Arista, Mercer county, wrecked this morning by an explosion. Twelve of the entombed miners were rescued alive. The exact number imprisoned by the blast will not be known until the records can be checked, mine officials said. The Pocahontas Coal company Is controlled by the National Cash P.eg ister company. Several Nominations Confirmed by Senate Washington. March 2.—Tlie senate tonight confirmed the nomination of D. It. Crisslnger. of Marion, O.. to he governor of tho federal reserve hoard. He has been serving as comptroller of (he < tirrency. The senate also confirmed the follow ing: Representative Mondell of Wyoming, republican house leader, to be a direc tor of the war financo coporation. Brig. (l«n. Frank. T. Hines, to di re, tor of the veterans' bureau. Representative Towner, republi can, Iowa, to be governor of Porto Klco. succeeding K. Mont Rally Me Konzie Moss, of Kentucky, to be assistant secretary of the treasury. Dwight Rax is, of Missouri to be as sistant secretary of war. John D. Nagle, to lie commissioner of Immigration at San Francisco. Massacre Celebration Plans Are Outlined McCook, Neb., Maroft 2.—{Special > —The board of director* of the Man *acrt Canyon Memorial a*M#>clation wet Here, making tentative plan* for the celebration August 3. 4 and o near Trenton of that famouv Indian man Havre of r»0 year* ago August 5. The association also planned a financial campaign in this connection to !*• pushed at once. Where Will It. End? Many are viewing \yith alarm the French occupation of the Fthur anti the consequent war muttering* in Europe. “What does France lyipc to gain?” they are asking. “Will Germany submit? What will be the outcome?” » No one, perhaps, can foretell the outcome. Hut if anyone is competent to explain the motives behind the French move and predict the probable results, that man is DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Ex-Premier of England whose series of commenta on European affair* is appearing in The Omaha Sunday Hee. Startling revelations in connection with the Ruhr invasion are contained in the l.loyd George article to be published next Sunday. You will find Ft intensely inter esting, as well as instructive. Don’t miss this article in THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE Harding Com/deles Half of Four-Year Term as Executive Washington. March 2.—Two years ago today Presides t Harding said good-bye 10 his neighbors In Marion and started for Washington to start up the duties of the presidency. Today, the half-way point of his ad | ministration, his one regret Is that lie never has found opportunity to give personal attention to many of the ad i ministrative details. Mr. Harding declined to make any further comment on the accomplish ments and troubles of his first two vein's in the White House. He met his cabinet for a scant 20 minutes in its session before he goes to Florida for a vacation, signed a number ol ; bills and resolutions, dumped another big batch of nominations into the sen ate hopper, and rearranged the ac cumulated papers on his desk in prep aration for another big day Saturday. “Music Night” at Auto Show Draws Happy Sightseers Success of Exhibits Pointed Out by Dealers Who Tell of Increase in Sales. _ i Light anil music and glistening au tomoblles and silent-running engines and a happy and prosperous crowd j combined last night to make ‘ music night” at the Automobile show a do | elded addition to this year's show ! success. The show is going down in history as one of the very best If not the best in every way, according to A. R. Waugh, manager. There are fewer frills about this show, .-(sol more solid worth, he said. The J. II. Hansen Cadillac company has sold and delivered nine cars since the show started. ‘ Those are the sold and delivered cars only during the first four days of the show," 'aid J. II Patton of the company. ‘‘Wo have also some other order* to be delivered la!»r-and We | l.ave booked more good prospects than at any previous show. The re sults of this show, so fir as we are concerned, are undoubtedly liest of all the shows in which we have par ticipated.' The running model of the Maxwell display attracted large crowds. Po did the model of the Wills Salute Clafre where Pro*. Phil Merrill lee tured on the excellenre of this engine and ear. , An extraordinary nximber of sales, »specially of closed models, was re ported by the Studebaker company whoso display of four large cars on Hi* eerier aisle attracted much et : tention. The Ford assembling plant has token more than 1.000 persons on I tours this week. Knch group is In j charge of a guide. The main display | room has a remarkable exhibit of a i field of growing corn In which is a Kordson tractor drawing a cultivator. The little green cornatalks are six ! lo eight Inches high. Eclipse Observed bv Manv Omalians j j Shadow of Eartb on Moon's * Surface Lasts Two Hours. i The earth saw its shadow last nig lit. The shadow of the earth was cast 'upon the moon by the sun and ap | peared ns an eclipse ^if the moon. The shallow began to appear on the moon's surface lit 8:IM. At f*:.'IS It covered approximately three eighths I of the surface. And at 10:38 it had ! moved off the moon altogether. Key. William F. ltlgge. astronomer at Creighton university, studied the eclipse closely. It was also observed by many amateurs Omahan Found Pinned Under His Motor Car Janie* DavIovm , 6H1X Sy^ith Thirty ; first street, wan found tmconnoloim i under his overturnrd < ar two mil*" Mouth of the DituglaN cofinty line on Thirty sixth street yc»t# ina, living oFi rural routn No if in Harpy county. South Omaha police were tailed. .They found Pavlovna badly rut on tlio | head. He taken to South Omaha 1 police station, where Ida injurns were | at tendril. Hr said that he turned tn one shir I'of the road for a pn.«sinK cm* and that hi" machine »• kidded and turned turtle. Hill Introduced to Boost Salaries of Congressmen Washington, March 2 -Declaring some of the strongest men In the hoime had confessed to him Hint they would have lo Imrrow money to take their families home after March t, ItSpresentatlve tr|>ahaw, democrat. New \ ork Deputy Police Inspector New York. March 2. Pickpockets robbed John Falconet, a deputy police inspector, of Ills pocketbook. contain lug today while he was on a subway train Two men who .. standing near him were airested as suspects. » Bov. 5. Is Second w 7 ' Victim in Family to Die From Burns Ihoma* Waskyevie Follows Mother in Death Four Da> After Coal Oil Explosion Destroys Home. Burn* received Tuesday in a kero sene .-Xplosion at the home of Mike Waskyevie. Sixtieth street and Cc.t •age avenue, resulted In the second death in the family when Thomas W askyevic, 5. died at 5 yesterday afternoon at St. Joseph hospital The boy’s motley. Mrs Sophia Waskyevie, SS, who was attempting to start a f.rs with real oil when the >■*'■ us.on occurred, died Wednesday n^ht. Both received first-degree burns, it u-as said at the hospital. Beside* his father Thomas is survived by a -..'her who wn« play ing in the yard at the time he and , his mother was burned and the house was destroyed, Funeral services have not been arranged. Inquiry Into Veterans Bureau Is Assured Washington, March 2—Complete Investigation of the veterans’ bureau after adjournment of congress was assure I when the senate adopted a resolution providing for a s penal sen ate committee of three members to conduct Hie inquiry. The plan for a Joint congressional committee to conduct the investiga tion was dropped for the present he - ause of failure of the hoi «•» to act i but it was said that later it might I be arranged to conduct a joint In quiry. • Administration (.f »ho veterans bureau, alleged deldy m making pay ments to war veterans, delays in h> » pital construction. waste, extrava 1 gance and improper sales of govern ment material are some of the fields to be covered Review of Major ('ronkliite Murder C.a>e Requested Washington. March —A review of Ihs clreumstane*.« surrounding the death of MaJ. Alexander Cronkhit- at Camp laws*. Wash, in li*lS. tv an other board of inquiry to W appointed by th" War department and also of the forced retirement from active duty of MuJ. Gen. Adelta rt Cmnklv.te, father of the deceased otflocr was re quested by Col. Jennings C. Wise, counsel for General Cronkhite during a eonfer« nee with berretary Week* Colonel Wise said he believed "ns founding facts” not dcvel.qied bv the original Investigation would be re sealed by a new inquiry. Information collected by friends of Gcngi si Crotik hlle and by himself. Colonel Wise said, would be placed before the board If the inquiry is reopened The Weather Korefnnt. Hat util** \ fair and much colder n llotirI> Tt'iupfi .it in» «. .■* a m i a. m. vn 7 a m \«* A a. nt \«* P m, w ,\1 IP A At \S» I 1 A m Mi H m 71 I m. :j t P «M. 1) * p. «*• .... It 1 p. *« , . 15 » P - >».11 « l>. »> •; 1 p »• «! * p. »*. 5» Court PJan Re turned to Senate Hanling and Hughes Pass Buck Bight Ba rangemeni was an unconstitutional delegation of power arid the prpv •• »:o;.» was struck out by the - r.sta. \ppmtal Conditioned. Again the senate Conditioned ltd approval on numerous reservations, withh ltlir.c f the deration of the treaty any question winch'affects the admission of aliens into the United Slat - or the admission of aliens to the educational institutions of the sev eral states, or the territorial integrity of lhe several states or of the United Mates or concerning the question ot alleg'd indebtedness er moneyed ob* lication of any *'ate of the United States, or at y question wh h depend* uisitt or evolves the maintenance • f the traditional attitude of the United States concerning American qqe*. lions, commonly described as theXl- . ree doctrine. or other purely govern mental policy.' ,"In the amended form the treat!,* were not acceptable to the adminis tration and remained unratified. "In the irght of this record. woe 1 seem to he entirely clear that until the senate changes its attitude 18 would be a waste of effort for th« president to attempt to negotiatw treaties with the other pov^rs pro - viding for an obligatory jurisdiction of the *oo|h> stated in the cotnmi'. tee's first Inquiry quote,! above." Mr Itughes said that by joining the court the United States would n-'t lw obligated to reo umse the interna* tiontit labor section of the Versailles treaty. | Injunction 1« \-kc»I \cain«t Stockyard* Grand hUml Xrb Mar\'h S.^pa* rial )—second injunction «*uit in nhsoh the sMie is the us* of piMpertw allegedly detr»mentsl to residanoa purpose^ was filed her* when 41 if dents asked for a restraining; older against Henry KaUdorf, owner. ■' ' d«' iVian. manager of tha V' \ Hros , MOCkfes . <•; s, fr®ni om« tintitntr a cattle ffetUng lot just out* side the fitv limits. to numerous *, of stu h h ratuie the fouaftl recently ptosel j4 aiming ordinance. SundayOmaha Bee“Want” Ads Taken Until 9 P.M .Saturday. Phone AT. 1000 IT: 4 ^