The Omaha Morning ;ee
^ VOL 52_NO 221) Entered at Second.Clan Matter May ?t, 1906, »t OMAHA MONDAY MARCH 1000 * By Mall (I year): Dally and Sunday. IS: Sunday. I2.M. within the dlh aunt. TWO CENTS '* °J?,b,r'",4 Buu”1.1 Blg<tl
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Control of
Oil Industry
Is Charged
o
>
Standard Companies Accused
of Domination in \ iolation
of Supreme Court Disso
lution Decree of 1911.
$1 Gasoline Is Predicted
.Washington. March 4.—OP)—(Mn
1 Me control anil domination of the
oil industry by the Standard com
I'anies in violation of the 1911 disso
lotion decree of ihe supreme coni’,
was charged by the La Kollette oil
investigating committee, in it- repoct
presented to the senate today ifier
a three months’ inquiry into r uuli
i;ons and prices in the oil busihesH.
The Standard companies were de
clared in 'the report to exercise this
ontrol in such a manner as t-> fix
"the price which the producer of
crude rtil receives at Ihe well, the
l i ice which the refiners’receive for
his gasoline and kerosene as well
;.s retail price paid by the consumer.”
The report declared the committee,
through its inquiry*-had found that
this control was exercised through
methods "more subtle" than those
sed by the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey and its subsidiaries prior
to the dissolution decree, and with
the result that “In some respect*, the
industry ns a whole, as well as the
public, are more completely at the
mercy of the Standard Oil interests,”
Than before the supreme court forced
the splitting 'up of the New Jersey
i ompany. t
Mel hods of Control.
The methods of control, as «
forth in the report, include (U vision
of marketing territory between the
various Standard companies on al
most the same basis as before the dls
-olution. ownership of the principal
pipe lines, interlocking stock owner
ship. fixing of prices in the producing
fields, excessive and discriminatory
(night rates and ownership of the
I.'si. patents for cracking or gasoline
manufacturing processes.
"If a few great oil companies are
P> emitted to manipulate prices for
the next few year*, as they have
lieen doing since 1520,” the report as
serted. "the people of this country
must be prepared before long to pay
■ . least *1 a gallon for gasoline."
Light recommendations were ret
^forth as follow s’
Lstablishment of a uniform system
•if bookkeeping by all oil companies
doing an interstate business, which
v.Ill >Viw at an— titan in detail. ’.! *
i sts and profits of the business so"
: hat, the reasonableness of the prices
• barged for any petroleum product
cm be ascertained on a cost basis.
Monthly Reports I'rged.
Inauguration of a compulsory sys
tem of reports to a government bu
reau monthly, showing the operations
of eai-h oil company engaged in in
terstate commerce, and particularly
to quantities of crude oil and its prod
uct in storage and transportation, to
!> ; to show the exact condition of tire
industry.
The making of pipe lines "real com
c.on carriers.'* through divorcement
of their ownership from the oil trone
pvrted and compulsion of impartial
service and the establishment of de
livery stations wherever a reasonable
demand exists.
Ket icioi of freight rates on I* >■
leum products, "as will permit mid
continent refineries to once more find
a market for their products through
Miehigsn. Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania
. id the New England stales.
Would Check Exports.
Prohibit ion or regulation of the ex
portation of petroleum md its prod
ucts, for which there is pressing tie
gland in the United States.
Institution of grand jury proceed
ing* under federal tir state laws
e herever price manipulation is at
i opted.
Investigation of any implied or ex
pressed agreement or contract to fix
prices arbitrarily or to restrain -trad*
and, if factH warrant, citation of pat
>i—v to the agreement for contempt of
tue supreme court dissolution decree.
Inquiry t»y the department of Jus
1,. e into all claims for basic paten I
on pressure still processes used in
the production of gasoline.
I.jiEollelte Head of Committee.
The report declared further "the
« iggestions h<re made of cert a i n refn
e.I.es dr. not Imply that other and
more dtustir ones may not later be
I' and necessary.”
The investigation was in charge of
u ulenrnmlttec of tjtc sensle ntanu*
1 -turers committee, headed by Hen
. lor l.al ollette of Wisconsin and com
p o-i of Senators Mr-Nary. Oregon,
i- id Urookhart, Iowa, i epublicnns, and
Smith South Carolina, and Joins,
New Mexico, democrat* Most of the
t'Stlriifny, however, was receive^ at
i-otumittei sessions ntterided only Icy
H* ostors l.aKoiletfc and Urookhart,
d the committee attorn*'}-, flllbert
I. liiie of New York, a former law
j. tn"r of Senator T^Enllrtte.
Kearney City Ordinance*
Reduced to 61 by Revision
Kearney, Neb.. March 4. tSperlsI.)
- Kearney has revised its city ordt
J .inces ffn the first time In more
11 ■ ;>ti a quarter of a century. During
’bat lime mors than 300 ordinances
• n| accumulated As a result of the
i'vision, undertaken by Judge II M.
Sinclair, tha city statutes arc boiled
■ lown to 64. The majority of thoiic
discarded were obsolete, others con
flict’d with local legislation enacted
n( lan-r dales. Three n. w ordinances
were added, one regulating the sale
of milk, a second *provMtng that chick
•"tie kept within the city limits must
rot hr permitted to run at large, ami
a I bird limiting the weight of loads
which may tie hauled over r%ved
streets.
Valentino to Remarry
Miss If inifred Hudnut
in Chicago on Monday
Chicago, March -1.—Although re
ports front Los Angeles huve Indicated
his divorce front his first wife tlocs
not become final ulittl Saturday,
March 10, Rudolph Valentino an
nounced he would remarry his
second wife. Miss Winifred itudnut,
it the RlaekstoncJiotel here Monday.
The ceremony is to he private, with
Chief Justice Michael Takinly officiat
ing. It will he followed by a dinner
af a local cabaret where Velentino
and Miss Hudnut are ftppearing as
dancing partners.
Valentino's manager said the dancer
understood the divorce granted in
California last year becomes effective
Sunday night.
Hardine May
Speak in Omaha
While on Tour
Pn -itlciit to Determine In He
ad ion of People to Speeches
Whether He Will
Him Again.
B.» (iKOKtiK F. AlTHIFIt
W a»liington ('orrespondeat Tim Omaha Bee.
Washington. March 4.—(Special.!—
President Harding's contemplated
trip round the circle, this summer. It
became known today, will include the.
delivery of at least 20 set speeches,
and appearances in every section of
tlm country. Omaha, it is expected,
will he included in the itinerary.
Upon the reaction to the speeches
will dVpend the president's final de
cision as to whether lie will be a can
didate to succeed himself. At the
present time he is determined to he
*T candidate for a second term, hut it
is an open secret with his friends
that this decision is subject (#1 revis
ion in the light of results following
the “appeal to the country. '
The president's itinerary on this
Journey 1ms not been derided upon
and will depend largely on whether he
will go to Alaska this summer. This
trip, in turn, is dependent upon the
condition of Mrs. Harding's health
and upon the situation growing out
of disturbed conditions in Kuropc.
Whether Alaska Is visited or not, the
president will endeavor to reach the
central jioints in every part of tlie
country. New llngland and the south
are to he covered in this manner in
addition to considerable attention be
ing devoted to the middle and far
west.
To lest Sentiment.
Piesident Hardings political ad
visers acknow ledge fortunes of the
administration jir« at a low r»i. ai d
the president is probably equally cog
nizant of this (mt, but it Is believed
tho record of the administration is
k.oie .i»H. wilt eiatiii me test of pgiC.c
scrutiny. The president is credited
with jiossesshiK a fighting eagerrtess
to go before the country arid present
his /ase.
Afeordljtg to his friends, the admin
istration is in position to claim it has
reduced taxes, balafiri-9 the I Midget,
intrnduiid Vconomv In goverttmen*,,
h.iS enacted constructive farm bgis
lattorr. has aided revenue business and
has carried out a brilliant and success
ful foreign policy, despite the criti
cisms registered against It
tine of the things President Hard
ing is planning to dwell upon Is hi^
conviction that the executive and leg
islative branches of the government
should be independently conducted.
To Kvplain Foreign Policy.
I* tbp president’* official family
now regards the situation it is be
d tlie history and purposes >f
the administration i : b» outlined n
the iiti set speeches which are content
plated. Within this program a lurg"
degree of attention will Is- devoted to
the explanation of the administra
tion's foreign policy with special re,’
erence to the suggestion of American
participation in the.world court of or
bit ration.
Preparations for tile proposed trip
ara already ln-.rig made by the per
sonal and political friends of the
president.
Wife of Mi'-ino Millionaire
Want* Male Declared Dead1
Montreal. Quebec. Man h 4 If ^\m
hrosc J. Small. tlA* vanished M«»n*
! trea 1 millionaire, ever reappears he
will find himself ;i man without a
country, without u citizenship, with
; out rights and without money. If tin
action taken by his wife to have him
declared h gully draft succeeds.
Affidavits presented to th** court
today oil l*»half of Mi.-*. 'Hiei'cst
Small, supporting the claim that h.*r
husband is dead, were not deemed
sufficient by Judge fonts worth, wa*.
■ directed that opportunity must In
given counsel for sister* of the* min
ing man to cn»*.< examine M>c makers
of th* Affidavits and ahy othery who
; may he mmp»itcd *>f l aving * • - m’ if
Information on tin* «•»**»■. The slater.i
| of tin* missing man arc opposing Mrs
| Small's efforts to get control of th*
?2.000.000 estate.
Hume*- Destroy Motor Ship;
All .Mctnliore of Crew Saved
Han Franrteoo, Mnrch i—Th**
1 Rt**nm**r fk-lllo. I.ringing* th** or* w *>f
th« motor ship Hhhiiidn which w«*
destroyed by fire early today, will nr
live hero Into tonight.
.Hud what ruuaed the flro to brook
out In the engine room of the Ha
tilnda ha* not been learned. He ports
from the rescue elilp Imve lie* n very
meager. The motorshlp was nliar,
| (toned a" n total lone. For a while
the rescue nhlp. after Inking nil mem
ber, nf the crew nlionrd, stood by but
, almn*lone<1 11* vigil when It boenme
I apparent there v.-n» no hope of *;il
; ' fige
Aide to Lincoln Dies.
Oakland. I’ah. Mureli I l.timler
■ Hohlnaon ltajcter. 79. »n nbh* on tc*
kinff of t'reeldaut t.lncoln during tits
i civil war and a relative of the duke
j of Hsll.bury, died here
Occupation
Extended
by French
»
Troops Cross Rhine and Sci>
Darmstadt, Mannheim and
Karlsruhe—Control Main
Railway Lines.
Planes Guard Movement
* Copyright, !»*:;.
Paris. March -i.—French troops oc
cupied another portion of German ter
ritory yesterday. Crossing the
Rhine, they seized Darmstadt. Mann
heim and Karlsrhue, controlling the
main railway line between Basle.
Switzerland and Holland, paralleling
the river, semi-circling Frankfort and
dominating the communications of
Stuttgart and all Wurttemburg.
It is rumored that. Frankfort may
be occupied again immediately to con
trol the Important railway junction
there, which wdl make available addi
tional lines running into the Ruhr,
thus escaping -the British zone at Co
logne.
No incident marked tlfe French en
try Into the towns. They arrived
with armored cars and tanks at 9
o'clock, just when the communities
were settling down to the business
of the day, and they caused the most
complete surprise.
Seize Valuable Points
The French were businessuke In
establishing machine gun posts and
stations at the city halls, telegraph
stations, liostoffices and other strate
gically vuluahue points, hut they did
nuot interfere with the nv^mrnt of
civilians.
A few arrests were made when Get -
nian officials of railways and the^pos
tul and telegraph services declined to
carry out French orders. They were
sent in motor trucks to be Jri*d by
court-martial.
It is estimated that 5,000 troops,
participated in the move, whir-h in
cluded *1! branches of the service.
Kven field guns mounted on motor
trucks were brought up. Airplanes
eii , led overhead while cavalry pro
tected the troops' flanks.
The pi -.si asioit of the tow ns ish.ng
the railway makes airtight the
French customs control Imrrier. pre
venting the shipment of goods from
occupied territory to the rest of the
nation and Germany’s resistance is
expected to cave in as Premier Poin
care twists the vice tighter on the
industrial heart of the country.
Control Kiter Traffic.
. Berlin, March —4.—The French
control the riser traffic <>f the
lui'eh bouler to Switzerland following
tffc seizure of three important Rhine
It.ml ci)f- t.xlay. They -wniroi prac
tically all the railroad routes in soittfF
ern Germany and the Nec-itar river
and main waterway* and railways
connecting the Rhine and Banulie.
With one stroke France has carrleii
the industrial warfare into Baden^
and Bavaria. 0
The city of Karlsruhe ha* not yet
been occupied, only part of the west
ern suburb*, but all documents were
removed for sc. urity and the Baden
go.ernment Is ready to move at any
moment.
Preparation* fo rthe coming French
troops have extended into the echoed*.
The children are taught how to carry
on in the event of the occupation.
Motor vehicles of all sorts are being
removed from danger of seizure.
French !>evjr Taxes,
At Mannheim customs charges al
ready are being put into effect. Com
munication between the custom bouse
and the city are dpnied. Foodstuffs
stored there nwafting claimants will
be delivered on payment of the J.0
iTiirn to Pave Two. (utumn Two,)
Abandoned Rum Vessel
N**w 1 <i; k, March 4—A rum ship's
crew, "walking the plank' to meet
death in the icy waters of th# At
lantic. with leering ruin pirates forc
ing the men to the fatal leap, was the
pi el unr* Jokingly drawn by customs of*
ficials to explain the absence df 1 ifo
al»onrti the bootlegging schoonei Vic
tor.
However, the custom* offieial* de
dared while this might overdraw the
picture, they felt certain that rum
pirates iuoUtl.lv vyere the cause of,tho
ve ssel being abandoned.
The * charmer, a 77*ton vessel, was
found adrift southeast of Ambrose
lightship, llarrcn island police report
ed, All lifeboat* w« ro gone and satis
and rigging missing There W'aa no
trace of the crew, believed to 'iave
fItiinS»ered nine men
( iitlirdral (.nur«l«*<l During
Wrlt-onii* for Arr1ii>i»iiop
New York. March 4—Kitrnordl
nary precaution* were taken to
'guard Hf. Patrick cathedral in Fifth
avenue during the cereuionl* ■, «»f wd
come f(, Archbishop Fumasonl llionob
the new apostolic delegate to Wash
ington Fifty uniformed polloemc i
surrounded the edifice, # while d<
tecllve* mingled With the nssemhlag*'.
The ceremonies were attended by
characteristic splendor and pQtnn.
The apostolic deb g it*1 at «'*n a
throne in th'® sanctuary of the
cathedral, holding a golden staff Op
posit e sat Archbishop Hayes. The
edifice was thronged with clergy,
parishioners mid hundreds cf nuns
«ml |mir*» hia 1 school children who car
led miniature American flags
Hog* llavr'Nmriii*
Table IPm k, NHi^Man h 4 — (J*pe« ia) )
-Neuritis has been found in herds of
swine in this vicinity, the disease hav
ing bi-en laminin In With shipments
of hogfc from Kansas City and Ht. 5o
•eph it is believed. ID wry preceu
lion is being taken to prevent the
spread ut the disease.
Lieutenant Killed,
Major Hurt in Crash
\* w York March 4.—Lieut. Stanley
Smith, army air *vice, war killed
and Mai, Fo*’ llcy wan prob
ably fatalb* ; ^ . 'a giant Mar
om' \ . * ’ had juat 1< ft
Mitcv '' »V jte field. Hun
. \ 4V
ti ‘ a ■ down in Brook
v v nt mechanics who
• a a biplane, escaped with
(e injuries, owing to the
T »,\v .anner in which Major Brad
'J' .oted the big bomber to earth
t. ,0 a height of 5.00(1 feet.
The two officers, both of whom were
stationed at t'hamtte field, were
pinned under a wing of the machine,
which, brought to earth on Us wheels,
overturned when it struck as hillock.
The mishap was caused by a broken
controlling rod
House and Senate
Approve Reports
on Farm Aid Bill
President Hardiupr to Si»n
Rural Credits Measure To
day—Creates Two Dis
tinct Organizations.
Washington. March 4—Both^ the
senate and house approved the con
ference report on the farm credits bill
Saturday night and the measure was
signed by President Harding.
It was not until 11 Saturday night
that the safety of the legislation whs
assured through the senate. The
hoase. a few .hours previous, had ap
proved it, 277 to .14.
Managers fur the house explained In
a formal statement to the house, tha'
the hill as agreed to in conferenc*
would create two distinct rural credit
organizations, the federal Intermediate
iredit hanks and the national agricul
tural credit corporations. The former
would he placed under the control and
management of the federal farm loans
libard and the latter under the super
vision of the comptroller of the cur
rency.
Text of Statement.
“While the two systems will furnish
relief to the agricultural interests of
the country” the statement said “the
federal intermediate credit hanks will
more particularly take care of the
needs of certifln classes at I nt L’ht
come nearer than would the national
agricultural credit corporations in tak
ing care of the entire needs of the
genet al agr; ultural public; the nation
al agricultural credit corporations will
make certain the caring for. In a na
tional way. of the livestock and co
operative marketing requirements.
“Your managers took info innsid
orrtion also the fact that the national
agricultural rrislit corporation* will
lie organized along the sapie lines
that national lwnk* are nrgrniii id.
The manager*, on th# part of th<
house, agreed to the inclusion, under
the operations of the federal farm
Ipaii system, of a provision which will
bring the territory of Alaska under
the operations if the federal farm
loan "System under the ru!"s anil regu
lations to Is? approved by the federal
farm loan board.
I'Vlciid Finance Corporation
"The Human*v*. on the |*art of the
bouse, yield'd to tluj pressure for the
extension of the legal life of tin* v.ar
finance corporation until April 1.
Vour manng‘-n» wre governed by the
fact that the Orion uzat ion of the****
credit ItanUs under this bill will take
some period of time. and Inasmuch
as the war finance corporation is a*
preset it fp.aneir g the rural credit
needs to an extent «*f nearly IliO.hdn,.
000, It was thought best to safeguard
the possible requirements of th«* rural
credit* Interest# of the country during
the Interval, it lining agreed a* a nnbi
rai sequence of the coming .nt<» full
operation of these two new credit
agencies.
After full < ' t '• >oiif n gSt
ngcra were compelled to recede to the
senate provision upon the theory that
we should not attempt to fut the rnt*
of Interest paid by borrowei*s ns that
was a question entirely in the tyind*
of the staff*. If th*» pr»*. ‘ lent ware
established in this Instance It might
mean the limiting of rate* nf interest
charged by national hanks."
Republican Congress
Scored by Democrats
Washington, March 4 —An arrange
ment of the repifhllegn party's record
was made bv Senator•Robii on of
Arkansas, noting democratic floor
leader. In a statctmnt reviewing the
administration's %po|l*le* and net* for
eign and domes tic President Hard
ing and Secretary Hughes were criti
cised for alleged failure to adopt a
helpful international policy and the
I’fspublh ati cnngn*** w is »»•**- ■ tl». 1 for
alleged failures.
"The precept Administration * said
Senator Robinson. "is now reaping a
harvest of condemnation and repudia
find The legislative nn«l executive
policies advances by J'r» blent Hard
Ing have* hrcftcovi dowi\. This l* :it
ti.butable f«» the rew tlonary charm?
ter of th' policies. sn«l to the irra
ronctlablo factions existing within the
republican party " •
Mim*. Wal'ku Mh\ M«kr
OporalU* Di ImiI in < hir.ifin
Chintfo. March f Mrf
WaUKa. bride of Hamid Mrfnrmlci
chairmen nf the Intrrnatinn.il Hnrvt'4
ter company, may make her long
awaited operatic debut In Chicago
with the Itueelan Opera company tim
ing the next two week*, it vaa an
pounced tonight.
Mm# WaImka and her manager will
meet the impvraario <»f the Ituaatan
company at the old Oj ilm McCortnh k
home, where ahe la at,iving during l!t ’
ghaenre »*f Mt M*« MinW’k 1 1 *n1l
f* rnla. next Mondav »«» di*« ua* trrma
nf the pro|K>acd contract
If an agreement la rc.uhcd, Mine.
WuleUa ptohablj will aing cjtlicv In
the title m ttimaky-KoiaakofT a
“Snow Maiden/ or Kilim in * Miguon. "
Motor Trouble Delays
Flight to Porto Rico
Montgomery, Ala . March 4 —All
six of the United .States Do JIavi
land army planes on route from Kelly
field. San Antonio. Tex., to San Juan,
Porto IUoo, arrived here this after
noon at 2:33, one hour and five mid
utes behind schedule.
Kngine trouble developed during
the flight from Lake Charles, La., in
the plane of Lieuts. Charles Austin
and Newton Longfellow, and a new
motor will be installed here before the
planes leave on the third leg of the !
trip to Arcadia, Fla. Officers state |
that the motor trouble will probably
delay the leaving here until Monday
afternoon or Tuesday rrtorning.
Phone Company
Suffers $35,000
Storm Damage
Nearly 1.000 Poles Down in
Nebraska anti Iowa—Wire
Breaks Numerous—
Trains on Time.
A survey of the damage done to tel
ephone lines by Saturday's sleet and !
snowstorm in Nebraska and western 1
Iowa shows nearly 3,000 poles down
and numerous wire breaks along sev
eral important telephone lines. The
Northwestern Bell Telephone com
pany estimates its loss to l>o ;n the I
neighborhood of J35.000.
Crews of telephone repairmen have
been rushed to the stort ^area from
all over Nebraska, six crews from
Iowa, one from Routh Dakota, and
one eacli from Sterling and Fort Mor
gan. Colo. About 250 men were at
work putting up emergency lines yes
terday.
were up by last evening, and by#thi*
evening conversations will lie possi
ble over aljgirf tln-m. it was said
The damage extend* as far north as
Decatur, west to Grand Island and
south into the territory of the Lin
coln Telephone and Telegraph -Torn
pony, which reports considerable dam
ago in th“ southern part of the state.
The Lincoln company last tnght had
not completed a survey of the dam
ages in its territory.
Heavy l,oss at Lincoln.
The heaviest damage to long dis
lance hnes was lotwcen Aurora and
1. iK-olti, on the transcontinental line,
where no r- than 250 telephone poles
were down, and where hundreds of
wire breaks were found in the lines
that were left standing. Seventy poles i
are down between Schuyler and Fre
mont. 50 pole* between Fremont and
Ken Hard to the north. <0 poles along
another line extending north from
Fremont to Norfolk, and 115 poles be
tween Tekemah and Oakland along
the main telephone lire from Omaha
tc kuiuX i tty. Between Oakland and
\\ - at t’<a t, e3o..g unoiher line. 4«
pole* arc down.
Considerable damage to local tele
phone line* wm* reported In the towns
of Schuyler. Oakland and Tekamah.
Another break in the trmns-onti
nental telephone line was reported
from near Casey. In where eight
poles were torn down by the storm.
Report* from the small army of
men In the field repairing the !o»g
(bstnni e telephone lines till of gr«Bt
difhculty in tmnsportiwion Besides
drifting deep In the mi-, the snow
formed a crust over the roads, which
were already npiddy from the heavy
rain. Automobile trucks could not be
use.f* on such roads, and the crews
wri rc fi-ii <d to rely on tear *
Slight Ihuuicc Here
In Omaha the damage to local tele
i jihon* service was “light, than
iso rases of trouble were found, and
ii »t were impaired Saturday
night.
Railroad* maintains! iwii»»*enger ser
vice cm schedule time, but freight
trains wet* held up bv the storm. In
many rase* freight locomotive* w»re
attac hed to |* isj* «ngt*r engines and
pulled trams through deep snowdrifts.
The roads reported very lift to damage.
Itiishaiiil dinl \\ itV
Hurt as Cars Hit
Marliin**" Collide «n I«•> P.t\c
inciil l ltrff ( liililrfii
Vrr I nhurt.
T f Owens. 4JH5 Soiith Twenty
third street, and his w ife wrire gov* rely
Injured v*steiclgy when a car driven
bv I. X. Oslsjin 530 Peters Trust
building. clashed Into their machine
ir Thirty second and l»»*dg*’ stre« *s
Owens received an Injury to his spine,
while Mrs Owens was badly cut and
bruised.
Osborn w .- drUing north on Hodge
stree t and attempted to turn on Thir
ty second ns «twins, who was driving
cast, approached the intenu'c t|»»o. Os
born attempt I'd to avoid the other
car but both machines were hrlph ms
on the by pavement. The force of
the Imiwp t • meed the owep* machine
to turn tunb\ throwing out thg oc
cupants.
There were far occupant* of th*
Owen* machine. Mr and Mrs Owens
and tint, i hildrcwt Tom, 1**. Fannie
Mav, to. and Albert a. 7. The three
ctdldren rsniwl injury
aP.fg bollu
N111 ill r ii ( ili/ens i Urn Out .
Id Creel SrlltllllHUU-lleiuk
Vuhum, X11» . Murt h t ihtw ifi!.)
Madam Schumann HeJnk arrived
here and torn received by r»® women
leju i w nt it In » a of vartoua chit*#,
member* of the Kiwanl* nnd t’omtner
Mai Hub* city official* and th*
Neionhii county fair Iwmrd. Madam
H« hnuininvlb’lnk • pleaaut e
at the heapty welcome ^
Ivailwav to liuibl I levator
luui* Moult I The Ml.mnni
Pacific rail dm 11 announced It would
lira in ahotily the oon*truction rf h
2,tHHMiou btiah* I m ain eteiator hfn*
ll will i om *i‘Wo*iu»uU'l} 17.000,000
Fumigating
Gas Kills
Family of 6
J
Dcudls Fumes Used to Kid
Restaurant of Roadies
Proves Fatal lo Throe
(Generations.
Man Doing Job Arrested
Chicago. March 4.—Six persona—
three generation^ of one family—
were killed today when a deadly gas. 1
used in ridding a first-floor restaurant
of roaches, seeped through a forgot
ten opening in old walla up to the sec
ond-floor flat.
A dozen othei persons probably are
alive only because they slept with i
windows open, for the fumes were so
penetrating that canaries and goldfish
in neighboring flats, even as high as
the third floor, succumbed.
The dead are:
William Kratzenberg. 80, wealthy re- i
tired wagon maker and head of the
farpHy.
Mary Kratzenberg, t.9, his wife.
John Kratzenberg. 54, their son
Mrs. I.aura Szymauski, 38, daugh
ter of the Kratzenlrergs.
Henry Szymanttki, 38, her hus
hand.
Harold, 15, their son.
The fumigation was under direction
of O. W Hull, formerly an inmate of
the psychopathic hospital, who termed
himself manager of the National
lfyve tiir rerpora'ion of Buffalo. He
was held by the S<juth a'hi'-ago police
who term his work a clear case of
criminal negligence. To his statement
that the gas wa» non-poisonous. phy
sicians r< plied that it was probably
the most deadly gaseous substance
k - w-n -id-- from the funic* turned
loose in Flanders by Germany during
the war.
Heath tattle (Junkie.
The jtosition of the l*>dies indicated
that the gas in some instances had
ended life while the victim still slept,
hut in others had choked oft a futile
efft rt * ft leach tha relief that only
fresh air ' iu!d bring.
Mrs. Kratzenberg. already near
death from pneumonia, died in her
bed beside her hustsind, but the
sprawling po-ition of thnr son in law.
Henry, under a kitchen table with his
hand stretched toward the window,
told a story of a struggle which end
ed one step short of the fresh air
which might hate kept him alite
Mr«. Pzymanski s t>ndy was four. 1
In the bathroom. It seemed that the
gas hail awakened her, made her side
at her stomach, but that she had been
unable to walK fjrther. The others
were found In t Is .r beds.
S.att> nepresentatitre Wili am v. r
Gnwdr* and hie brothor-m-hnw. J W.
Fltzgej-ahi, who discovered the trag
edy, live with the Kratzenberg fam
ii), but we-o unaffected by the gas
because tho door of their room is
sealer] and they sleep with all win
dows open.
Hull, according to Gapt, Jo*ef<n
fhnith of the South Chicago pri ce
has caused illness in previous fumiga
tions.
Opening IJ) erlooked
The fumigator was called in by
Peter Vrdolyk and M Gush, whs*
own the restaurant, 1'nder Hulb-t
direction the restaurant was scaled
and all families in the building noti
ced to k.-ep their w ndows open Mr*.
Kr.itzenherg’s Condition made it
novxai v tcT'close the windows in
their flat following a rather gustv
windstorm at 1 in the morning.
Hull, in sealing the rcstauran".
blocked all tin- usual openings, but
near a sink was a shaft which for
merly held drain pipes. It leads di
ready to the Kmtrmberg kitchen and
because it was portly doa»d it was
Ot erlooked.
Coder police questioning Hull in
sist'd the gas was not poisonous and
s tid-this was the fa st time there had
let ii any trouble. He told of fumi
gating many boat* while people were
nW.grd- lb’ said he was in the ps>
• hop.iti. hospital because of then
matism and that a Hr. Koley (hers
had pronounced him cured Ha n.1
mlttvd he was not licensed to ban
, , . inn ab e to flint . ate
The tad he telegraphed George C.
Ihckhard. Cleveland, general manager
of ihe •Nation-I llygie. < emicgl
company, to ii|i|iear *t the inquest
with hi* foreman.
Nomination of W iiod' a- N«*\%
Kiivo; to Japan (jonfiriiK'l
Wnuhlnc'imi, Mnrrlt * <\ru* K
\\\. ■ « f lV**n«yl'. 'Oi .1 lii.w amK>*
*adne to Spun?. wa« nominated by
President Harding to W amha**ador
to Japan. hi«nv* ding t’harW D War
reit. who recently reeigned.
Alexunder P Moore, the Pittsburgh
publish* r wa* nominated to t*e nm
iMiss tdor to Spain to aureeed Ambit
aadoi* WiMttlx
The nomination* were confirmed
tty the nett Ate
Mr AN tod* has l*ren umlaitMtlor at
Madrid *hu>* when he resigned
a* i*ivretnrv j'f Mate of Pennsylvania
to take the Some year* before
he had wrvnl m min liter to Portu
gal
Mr. Moure, who r entiv retired
from the publishing hiplinriis, is RA
year# and ha* l*een a »?«**« friend
of Prealdent Hurtling for many year*
lli« wife. who was I.tlhan Ku**ett,
went abroad whortlv Nfore her death
Pti a spiM'Inl miaalon for the prealdent
to InveMigate imndgration problem*.
flirrc (!onntir-> Organize
in Bui Scout Mmrtnetil
Kearney. Neh . Mtirrh 4 Sp«u »«M
V Irkrouniy lluy Seoul movement
ha* tiem orgMuiiiMt here. <ompriCibg
i ho p Kniun'' and H tffaUi roun
He*, with W. %* Jay toting a* on \\
the it wdl he known «• the l-ort
iCVario v «-eirtii*il, with bci4q itaru r*
at Mhuieu, lloldrtce and Kearney
I hi?* la tin uidial move toward e*tah
llahing u Hoy Stout tamp at Km t
Ivtai ue> .
Colleagues l*resent
Retiring House Leader
U ith Silver Service
Washington, March 4.—Frank W
Mondell, republican leader in the
bouse, who retired Sunday after a
quarter of a century of legislative
service, was presented with a silver '
service by his colleagues. The
house stood In recess for half an hour
while addresses of presentation and
acceptance were made.
A* Representatlves Madden, repub
lican. Illinois, and Gnrsett of Tennes
see. the democratic leachr, lauded his
services to state and nation. Mr. Mon
dell was unable to keep back the tears
lie told the house it was with keen
regret that he was giving up what
had been such pleasant associations
and that he could only hope that he
had measured up partly, at least, to
the high standards which Mr. Mad
den and Mr. Garrett had given him.
Although defeated last fall as a
candidate for the senate, Mr. Mondell
will remain in government service,
the senate having confirmed bis nomi
nation by President Harding to be a
director of the War Finance corpora
tion.
State Seeks Legal
Help in Inquiry
on New Capjtol
Commission ants to Know
if Alleged High Fee of
Architect is Sufficient
for Dismissal.
IJncoin. March 4—(Special s— Legal
opinion of Attorney General O. S.
Spillman will l>e sought this week by
representatives of the st;ye is pitot
commission In an effort to discover
whether errors anil alleged exorbi
tant prices charged the state oy
Architect Goodhue of New York will
lie sufficient grounds for breaking the
contract with him.
In some quarters .t is charged that
under the contract between the com
mission and Goodhue it will be im
possible to dismiss him for at least
two more years, no matter how seri
ous the charges against tom
way wtate Protected.
The contract was examined closely
by former Attorney General Davis
.'Uld by \Y li Ti. r * f Gir r.d
Island, attorney and member of the
commistsi- Both held thcadate was
adequately protected under the con
tract.
The h“anru to be held Thursday
by the commission which is to be at
tended by Goodhue and certain con
tractors promised to overaiiadow all
other affair* ot a week that promises
to 1*0 rich in thrills A request ha*
Iveen made that the governor, who is
chairman, perm t ye.n taenia tives f
the prise to be present.
Bryan Bills tome I p
In the leeirtature it 4s possible that
both the code modification ard l ian
executive council bills will be tossed
on the floor of the house by the
;udiciary committee without recmti
mendatior. It Is expected discussion
on these bill* will consume day*.
Then there is to he an open meeting,
of the house revenue and taxation
committee Tueeday night to discuss
tlM Ijamb revenue bill. Two of the
important features of the bill are
elimination of the present tax on in
tangibles and appointment instead of
election of precinct .*sc-ss. s It s
probable this bill will be placed before
the house for consideration this week.
Tho» house hanking Id!!, now In tha
senate committee on linking. may i*
celve much attention In < ■uiunitt-e
this week.
Bread Law Litigation
Ended by High Court
Lincoln March 4 —{Special H— Liti
gation o\er the muih db** ussed Smith
standard fnght bread Jaw pissed by
the legislature in 19*1 has been ended,
for a time at least l y dismissal of the
1/Hi ted States supreme court of the
suit attacking the const it utiona lit v of
the new act.
Word has been received from Wash
ingtost that the case «»f the Jay Burns
Faking company of Omaha, which
tested th* constitutionality of ti*** law .
has been thrown out «*f court for t »r
urc to file the record of proceed « c>
tn tb>- state court of Nebraska ' l
to pay fee* within a specified time.
It l sponsible tUa tthe Burns com
pany may ask that the os'*** lw> rain
.state! The mamiale of the Vnlted
HUtAi supreme court has not yet been
received by the NcbiWskn ti but
it is expected at any time.
Whisky Worth $4,(XX)
Is Seized byDeputy
Four ter traikMi keg* of w hi*k>\
bearing a label tliat said it bad barn
made and barreled in 1911. were seised
by lvpnty Sheriff Tbaetnip at
the home of Frank €^11 Urban.
19J1 Park avenue The whisky
ia said to he worth 14 AAA.
1 had a tip that it was coming."
the deputy said later, "ant! waited for
if*
The whisky is said to have come to
Omaha over the "Kentucky route"
from liouinvilh. ,
"The stamp* on the bArrels mav
have l»een forged." Thestrup said, "hut
I thing that it is real stuff. It has
the smell and the color by which we
Judge whiskv but it wiU have t«> t»e
analysed before any on* can ss' de
finitely w hat It p.”
The Weather
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Congress
Adjourns
Sine Die
Sixty-Se\enth Session Passes
Into History at .Noon After
Two Years of Almost
Continuous Work.
Harding Signs Late Bills
Washington, .March 4 ~-‘A>)—Tho
CTth congress, which had spent a
greater portion of its two-year span
of life in actual session than an/
other in th" history of the oountr ,
adjourned sine die at noon today.
During the last few hours of th >
session President Jiarding. -pending
part of th- time at tic capital -:jn» i
the farm credits hill and tg other
measures. So legislation was vetoed.
V. e prescient ('ooiidpe . gavel fell
sharply at noon. after an almost coloi •
less senate session of two hours at 1
the house adjourned at 15*04, after a
concert by a section of the marii >»
hand ami a chorus of j*opular songs
by members and spectators
Tonight the getaway of departfi 4
members, many of whotjt today a i
swered their last roll call, was in foil
swing, with prospective suspension of
activities at the capitol until next
December bring* in the S*th congress.
Harding signs Kills.
Crowds witnessed the closing scene-,
the adjournment and presence if
President Harding. caiV.net office, ,
diplomats and other high officials wl ->
packed the se nate and bouse galleries.
The pre-;d* ; t rca- -1 rise * -pit' . .,t
112,'. and was kept busy reading tuiH
signing the final avalanche of hills
Before going iu the capi:>! he -■ ig; <sl
the farm credits'and 41 other bills
turned out during the early rooming
sessions today. In the presidential
suite ofT the senate chamber before*
the noon limit expired. ZZ more bill-*
received executive approval.
Th# Iasi WH to become law was ti.a
•’better butler' measure, changing
butter fat standards. A• .'.her im
portant measure placed on tire statute
books at the last moment was the o: e
providing for return to enemy alien
f wrier* of ail seized property w ort It
110,000 or less.
Senate Heats ••*nan Hong*.'’
Little *?.> ft. ■■mpl.'i -3 t • eithet*
s«nate or house In The last tno-bour
aesstoe* this morning Hmben were
holtaw-eyed and worn front the lotg
night *.e»*ioits. which lasted in the
house unti! 3 2* and rn the senate unt 1
aft 1:3 tc no , Rauaeiailltlig
at It), the senate heard 'Han songs *
3>y etc tt.rs Frellngtiuyeert. repub
lican, Nap- Jersey, and Suth- Hand. re
publican. West Virginia, a Tribute to
Senator W.Ilians, democrat. Missis
sippi bv his colleague. Senator Harr;.
■ son at Mtw-issippi. ar.d tried vKinly
i to pas* a few more bills.
A 13 TmnuTe filibuster by Senator
I . na. or
live not the proceeding* before the
v;, e pre>..,. ns c ad fell irf the midst
of Senator n.ai » speech against an
• •vnihu* ii ' ss.i Nil pressed be Sen
ator Burwur . republican. New Mexico.
"Good Night.’*
|
husett*. and Robinson. Arkansas, to
publican and democratic 11 lers. <rp
l-oint.-d to -•infer w.th Preside■ t
•
that the presulent had "no more con.
municaiioiis to make." when Mr.
’ 'otlodge deelared The s rate a I
W S s
South Carolina roared •'Good r rh' *
amid laughter.
The final hours :u the house »c >
t more colorful. The marine orchestra,
playing m the well" \ f..r f»\ •
with a hastily c.rg.inixed quartet of
members whose rr-rl.t >« o* ,id fari -
lies sen drew into a mighty ebon .
t
spectator* n bo ovci-flotard the call. -
-a O^- ti c floo:
FaieneU euloau * ... if d V." y
• ■f the time the house m ses*;,.. .
* Repress rt,stive* Fordn* y of M n.£>• .
‘Campbell of Ksnsa*. Kit f of Nra <
Carolina. V ■ ... tlotenwi. . f ok-.
• I M m.f AM Mt;-'k “
Illinois, were c.vcn ovation* 1 -
I'ncle Jor" Cannon received <
greatest tribute
Oi alien (or l anti, n
Vfter praises of the rvtu.itg ve*
[legislative aervf. «
, T5- tir. sentati- • .
New V«lt ae I
Stason. demo at Mio e ppl, .
Cannon was eweorted down the rente •
aisle lij nepieaerdaUve K odenbe .
government printing office
Ha* >|prping Sii kii*'**
frtit . f* Wit Mar. h 4--«s4* .v »
h>. ,le fry Margos lit log northeast
It.* w ' was twvi.iht t.. the
fv.r treatment is suffering from
i I'ing s. -Itness. gnd at last reports
I ill a ' • *,j! .>• M I
d, farmer Using eet of ll.titprs.
vtlie diet I last Week of the d.-raae
Murph) Resting 1 <*.
M 15 Murphy, who t* »» , t
at St tVtltenne hoaptta? 1* repogtSsi
by Iioapital attendants to be resting
east Ml Murphy u «• i . tnvs
agei of the Cudahy l'« w ag <vmpant«