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The < imaha C orning Dee **•* —■ .....: VOL. 52—NO. 231. Eiint ■■ smitciw vntw »•> it, im. it OMAHA WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 1Q23 • ■» <• >•»'>■ •*« «“»«•»• « *«•<«. *nsm is. am «*«. TWO CENTS " Omaha P. 0. Uadar Act at March S. ItTl. VJ.Urt II rt, TV IjU.MjOUrt 1 , l1*, 1V60. Oalcldc the 4th sane (I tear); Delta and Sunday. SIS; Sundae ealy. IS 1 riau casta tlaaahrra Debate on Executive ( PlausBeguii Dyeart Speaks for Bill Spon sored by Republican^—Ja coby and Osterman for Bryan Code. Will Be Resumed Today Lincoln. March 13.—(Special.)—De bate on the tridepartmental plan of state government proposed by five republicans and the new Bryan code 'plan opened at 10 this morning in the house and continued until after noon. It will be resumed tomorrow morning. Fourteen-page mimegraphed argu ments by J. II. Broady, secretary to Governor Bryan, In favor of the new Bryan code plan as against the tride partmcntal plan, were being dis tributed to members of the legislature today from the* governor's office. In ^0* it he charges that he has been told on reliable authority that republicans were willing to compromise if Gover Inor Bryan wogld give them a 50-i*0 ‘ break” on appbintmetns. He did not mention the name of his informants. Representative Tom Dysarl of Omaha, chief sponsor of the tride partrnental hill; Representative Theo dore Osterman, democratic floor lead er, and Representative I. W. Jacoby, democrat, spoke today. At noon Rep resentatives Donald Gallagher, repub lican, and F. M. Broome democrat, introduced a resolution calling on I Governor Bryan to debate on tli9 subject with Representative Dysarl before the house. Action on the resolution was deferred until tomor row. Speakers Deserted. Dysart, the first speaker, hadn't talked five minutes until a majority of democratic members left and began talking and joking in the halls. | When Osterman began speaking they filed back into the room. A minority of republican* pursued the same tac tics of the democrats while Osterman and Jacoby were speaking. “When our government first started there were no more state activities than could be cared for by constitu tional officers,” Dysart said in open ing. "Each year as the slate grew and as new duties of government ap peared activities necessarily we:e added which were not in the realm of constitutional officers. For years each new activity saw creations of boards and commissioners to care for these activities, until there were 26 existence in the state. "This admittedly awkwaard condi tion of affairs caused creation of the code. It Is an erroneous belief by many that the oode multiplied state activities. "It did not. It simply codified ex isting laws and placed in the hands of six secretaries the duties which be fore had been handled by 26 boards and commissions. The statutes re mained the same, just as they remain the same under the governor's bills. Code Divide* Activities. “The code divided activities handled I by secretaries into six subjects, agri culture, accounting, labor, finance and | revenue, public welfare and public ■ works. Taxes during and after the war doubled and trebled and the be lief grew that the present system was too elaborate for our purses. “Five republican members after careful study decided to cut down de partments to three, calling for ap pointments of secretaries, and, one evolving certain duties called upon for a constitutional officer to perform. We also decided to eliminate the blue ; sky department, the same as the gov ernor suggested, but instead of taking our plan of elimination we have ac cepted a plan suggested by Represen tative C. W. Orr, a prominent demo cratic leader. “Our four department* cover four separate and distinct subjects of gov ernment, the lands and properties owned by the state, the accounting of the state departments, the matters fc. pertaining to social, educational and ''—-ehealth problem*, and supervision of insurance and banking. “At present our commissioner of public lands and buildings is in i barge of all state-ow ned property, excepting our roads and bridge* which at present is handled by still another department, the department of public works. Constitutionally he has a light to he in charge of this work and in our bills we provide he shall i and thus eliminate the department of public works. Itlue Sky Bureau Oul. ''Next Is our insurance and banking bureaus which because of the tech nical nature of supervision necessary I must necessarily be a separate depart ment. We leave It as it stands to day with the' blue sky bureau elimi nated. “Third, comes consolidation of the present departments of labor, agri culture and public welfare Into one department to be known, 1f you desire, as the department of public welfare. In this department we eliminate eight activities handled by the three departments at present and. like Gov ernor Bryan, we turn these activities over to the college of agriculture and university extension division as those activities dearly duplicate activities * carried on by educational institutions. “Last Is the department of finance, which remains absolutely Intact. To my mind, It is most Important. This department has three Important du ties. It keeps books of all depart ments In a uniform manner, it scans quarterly expense estimates of ex pending agencies. It handles purchase of supplies for nil departments and It l;»epa the governor In constant touch with expenditures and activities of ‘ state expending agencies. r"The general charge believed by many that this department overlaps work done by the state auditor la n ■ joneous. True, after this department examines and sanctions claims, these same claims must be sanctioned by ! the auditor. It la the same system 1 (Tara U l ags Two, Cslaaui four ) I No Hope Held for Life of the Rev. D. S. Tuttle St. Louis, Mo., March 13.—Vir tually no hope was held out by phy sicians today for the recovery of the Right Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, presid ing bishop of the Episcopal church in tho United States, who is suffering .at his residence here with a severe attack of grip with which he was stricken a week ago. The prelate, who is 86 years old and head of the diocese of Missouri, was reported "resting easily" this morning after a critical day yesterday. Bishop Tuttle presided at the gen eral convention of the Episcopal church in Portland. Ore, last year. Bill Is Presented to Validate 1922 Bank Assessment Spillman's Recommendation Goes to Seuate With Brvan ✓ Message—Vehicle Tax Measure Advanced. Lincoln, March 13.—(Special.)—Gov ernor C. XV. Bryan sent a message to the state senate this afternoon incor porating a bill drafted by Attorney General O. S. Spillman, at the request of the senate committee on revenue and taxation, which would validate the 1922 assessment of national banks. Effect of the bill validating the as sessment under the provisions of the new congressional act would also have the result of straightening out the tangle in the assessments of state banks. It Is understood that a rehear ing will be requested in the supreme court in the case wherein the high i bench recently ruled that state banks could not be assessed on a different basis than national banks. Lieutenant Governor Johnson, pre siding, ruled on a point of order by I President Pro Tern. C. L. Saunders that Governor Bryan could not intro duce bills in tpe senate except upon request of members. The message was then referred to the committee on revenue and taxation and it is un derstood that the committee will in troduce the bill. Tbe senate advanced senate file 158. by Banning ot Cass, to lif i-<• and tax all vehicles used professionally for motor transportation of freight and passengers on public highways. Numerous amendments were added to exclude farmers, school busses and transportation within an area of five miles of an incorporation from the provision of the bill. .Members of the Douglas county (b I egation sought to make the restriction apply to an area of 25 miles of a city, but failed. Under the provisions of the bill, the lax ranges fr„ni $75 foi light trucks to $2,500 for the heaviest passenger busses, to be apportioned half to tlie state and half to the county. Ford to Be \:-Ked to Testify on Credits in Canada Ottawa. March 13.—Henry Ford I* to be asked to come to Ottawa to testify on the question of financial credits before the parliamentary committee on banking and commerce. “We shall be glad to advance him money to get him along." Jocularly remarked Chairman Mai bean, when the question of witnesses came up to day. "But we should make him go back in one of his own cars." added Sir i Henry Drayton, former minister of finance. “Everybody’* Doing It” 1[ Doing what? IT Watching the “Want” Atl columns of The Omaha Bee for good “buys” of all kinds. *■ Mr*. 0. D. Yohe, Austin Apt*., had a Cadillac Victoria which she wished to sell. She inserted a little “Want” Ad in The Omaha Bee and then re ported ; “Please cancel my ad. Sold the auto through an Omaha Bee “Want” Ad.” U If yon would like to sop for yourself, don't hesitate, phone At-lantic 1000 and ask for a “Want” Ad taker. Read and l se Tim Omaha Rev "W ant" Ads—the Ree-line to Results. Irregulars Executed in Ireland Free State Retaliates for First Time in Six Weeks—Rookie Killed in Battle at Carriek. Regarded as Ultimatum Uy I'lUitiul Sfnitf. Dublin, March .13.—Seven execu tions of irregulars were carried out by the free state today, almost on the eve of St. Patrick day. These executions, the first in six weeks, were due to renewed ambush ings by the irregulars as a result of which numbers of free state men were killed and injured and much property destroyed. The executions are regarded as a proclamation by the government that unless fighting and destruction of property cease, all those caught with arms will suffer the ex treme penalty. Refused to Heed Prayer*. William Healy, who was executed at Cork, was arrested following an attack on the home of Mrs. Powell, widowed sister of the late Michael Collins, during which he refused to give heed to her prayers for herself and her terrified orphans. At Mullingar, two rebels were exe cuted. They were reported as Michael Creevy, a prominent irregular leader, and Henry Keenan. They were con victed of bank robbery. Hattie at Carrick. •lames O'Rourke was executed in Dublin. Three irregulars were exe cuted at Wexford, making a total of seven throughout the country for the day. There was a battle at Carrick, where free state forces were attacked. One rookie was killed during a stubborn fight with the irregulars. Sniping, which continued all night. Is reported froyi Cork. Free staters raided the shipyards and seised a quantity of ammunition from a steam er in the harbor. Woman Poisoner in Chicago Given Life Sentence State's Attorney's Demand of Death Penalty Meets With Cynical Smile From Defendant. By t nlvrrssl Service. Chicago. March 18.—Accused of poisoning her four husbands. Mrs. Til lie Kllmek was sentenced to life Im prisonment tonight. The Jury, which had been urged to send the poison plotter to the scaffold, deliberated less than an hour. Compared to Ducreta Borgia. Mrs. Kllmek showed no signs of worry as to her fate. Stoically calm, she heard the sentence read. She smiled cynic ally as state s Attorney William I’. McLaughlin demanded the death pen ally. "Women in Chit ago have reached the conclusion that they can murder at will and get away with it,” tho prosecutor said. Merer llung Woman. "The death penalty has never been inflicted on any woman in Cook county. You have read of women hanging for murders elsewhere. The last in fluence which, in days past, swayed Juries In favor of women charged with murder, has passed. Thi* is an age of equal suffrage. "Women have asked and obtained equal rights. They must take with those tights the same responsibilities and respect of the law.” Suspicion was first cast toward Mrs. Kllmek when her fourth Husband be came very ill. Physicians diagnosed his rase ns one of arsenical poison ing. For months ho has been con fined to tlie hospital, slowly recover ing from the poisoned food his wife gave him. Thiee Hollies Exhumed. When the bodies of three former husbands were exhumed, traces of large quantities of arsenic were found In the vital organs. Bodies of other relatives, whose deaths were said to lisie been mysterious, also were ex humed and analyzed. Mr*. Nellie Koullk, her cousin, the authorities declare, confessed to them that she gave Mrs. Klimek the poison with which to hill l-'rank Kupazych. Mrs. Klimek'* third husband, Mr*. Koulik also has been Indicted and awaits trial In connection with the wholesale poisonings. Both women are foreigners and hardly able to spenk English. Fmpearhnimt of Kansas Treasurer and Auditor Asked Topeka. Kan.. .Afarch 13.—Formal demand that Impeachment charges he brought against .State Treasurer E. T. Thompson and State Auditor Nor ton A. Turner were made to the legts lature today In a special message by Governor .1. M. Kavls. Today's com munique Is the third that the governor has sent to the legislature regarding the two republican state official*. ' The governor alleges "Irregulari ties” In the conduct of the two of ficer*. Ex*Nrbraska Halty Hurnrd. Albuquerque. N, M..' March 13. Nolan Webber, I, year old son of .1. i'. Webber, a plasterer xvho came here recently with Ills family from Nebraska, w as burned to death today when flames destroyed the small four room collage of the Wehbsr family. The child W.I* in the house with a 12 1 ear old brother who escape^ Radio Fan Locates Lost Omaha-to-Chicago Train on Illinois Central Line Chicago, March 13.—Radio cam* to the rescue of the flabergasted train dispatches last night and located sev eral “lost" trains while line repairmen at various stations were gathering 1 up their tools to go in quest of wire trouble. With telegraph linps failing in all directions, train movements be came increasingly hampered on many roads, and in several cases, passenger trains were entirely out of touch—lost as far as the dispatchers and station masters were concerned. The Hawkeye limited, crack train of the Illinois Central from Omaha, had been reported lost following a 10 hour delay west of Freeport, 111., and was being sought by power ears in several divisions when word was tel ephoned from Clinton, la., by a radio fan that the train had left for Chi cago a few minutes before. Propaganda on Foster Trial Is Feature of Day Defense Tenders Completed Jury Panel — State to Question Jurymen This Morning. St. Joseph, Mich., March 13.— OP)—Selection of a jury to try TV. 7.. Foster charged with violating Michi gan's law against crirrinal syndical ism, was virtually completed when court adjourned today. Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Foster, tendered a completed panel to the state just before adjournment and Prosecutor i Charles TV. Gore expects to complete ! his questioning of the jurymen tomor 1 row morning. Two women and 10 men , are on the panel tentatively seated. Propaganda mailed throughout the j county in behalf of Foster and 7."> • others for whom warrants were issued as a result of the holding of the com i muniat party convention in the sand dunes near here last August, and an editorial in a local paper yesterday in the interest of the prosecution, at tracted so much attention from attor neys for both sides today that Judge Charles White tonight cautioned the jurors against reading anything bear ing on the case. Fetters to Jurors. The state brought out that two prospective jurors had received let ters mailed by the American Civil j Liberties union of Sew York to resi dents of Ilerrien county, when they went home last night. Roth jurors said they had nor read the matter after learning what it was. Roth Foster and Mr. Walsh, his chief attorney, are members of the national executive committee of the union, and Foster is an official of the labor committee of the union defense council of Chicago, which, the state claims, paid for the printing and dis tributing of 15,00H of the letters in this county. The letrers were accompanied by two pamphlets, one giving the reasons stated by Governor Len Small of Illinois and Governor Alfred Smith of New York for pardoning convicted j radicals recently, and the other a bulletin of the Methodist Federation for Social Service setting forth the a! leged facts about the prosecution here. Harry F. Ward chairman < f tli» American Civil Liberties union is also editor of lhe Methodist Rulletin Revelation Is Stressed. Mr. TVaish announced to the court and jury that he had no connection with oi knowledge u ft lie mailing of the letter on stationery bearing bis name and did not approve of th>- act. Most of today was spent by the de fense jn examlng the prospective Jurors as to their state of mind toward advocates of revolution as a means of accomplishing political re forms. An attempt by Humphreys Gray, local associate of Mr. TVaish. to read to the Jury excerpts from the writings of Thomas Jefferson on the funda mental rights of revolution as a means of reform was stopped by the court. Judge White al-o Interposed ob j*> fion«. when Mr. Walsh asked one Juror if he would lie prejudiced against a man who merely advocated the right of revolution. Halt in Sen ice to Mark funeral of Tram Official Chicago, March 13.—A one-minute suspension of street car service here thin afternoon will mark the begin ning of funeral services for William W. Gurley, counsel for the Chicago Railways company, and ttu- Chicago Surface line*, who died suddenly last Sunday. Delegations from the Ch|ca« go Rar association and Hie Illinois liar association will attend the funer al. Mr. Gurley formerly lived in Omaha. Mr. Gurley whs a distant relative of William K. Gurley, Omaha attor ney, Mrs. Gurley said. Turks Allow U. S. Warship* to Remain in Smyrna Harbor Washington, Match "l3 —The Turk !»h government haa granted pennls sion for two American warships to remain In the Smyrna harbor at tile same time, the State department was advised today hv Rear Admiral Mark lirietol, the I'nltcd States high com mleiloner at Constantinople. Train Wrecker* in Ruhr. Brussels. March It —<0)—Three tit tempts to wreck trains on the tall-! road line over which Kranco-Rclginn coal must be Imulcd arc reported to day In newi dlapab lice from the Alx La C'hfltielle dlstrht. In one of the.se instances a tint horn It was exploded, tearing up the track. An accident was averted. -TOO Ion* of lltn Rurnetl. Lexington, Neb, March 11 --<8pe olal.V—- Data Ihls evening fire broke out In the Rosenberg bay barn und dsstroysd ioo tons of hay. origin of the firs is unknown. Spring Planting in Germany ess VOUrtVN F^' Missing Fremont Man Leaj)e(I Off Bridge. Is Belief Carl Scoresomc Cone Since M outlay, When Man Was Seen to Plunge Into Platte River. Fremont. Net)., March 13.—(Special.! — Mysterious disappearance of Carl Scoreeome. 33. Northwestern employe and overseas veteran, on the same r.ight that a man believed to have been seen leaping to death in the wa ters of the Flatte river from th« Burlington railroad bridge, has re sulted in a baffling ia-» for local of ficials. John Stribling, residing in the vi cinity i f (he bridge, states that he is positive he saw a form vanish from the structure. Stribllng had Just ap proat bed the river banks to make fast a boat. He saw a man hurrying toward the bridge. A few moments later Stribllng says he heard a splash. When lie looked up. the man had disappeared. In the s< mi-dark ness. Stribling is positive he saw a dark object floating in the icy waters. lie immediately infoimcd the po lice. but a search revealed nothing. This morning Mrs. Scor-sonic ap pealed to the officials to locate her husband. She staled that this is the first time he has been absent from home without her knowledge. Mrs. Scorrsome claimed that her husband had lieen acting queerely of late, tinkering with a gun in the cellar, and complaining of stray cats. Score son) o was believed to have been in good health and his financial matters were left in a satisfactory condition. Just before he left the house Mrs. Bvorosonie says lur hus band went to tliS cellar. The bunks of the Flslte river were searched todity. Flans for a more thorough search ate underway. Hcoreeome left two children, the youngest a month old. Iowa Youth Sentenced to Study Constitution. Bibb* Seattle. Wash., March 13.—Kdvvard Hums, not quite 20, must return to the United States reformatory at Anamosa, In., to study the Bible ami the constitution of the United States until the age of 21. Me was given that sentence In federal district court yesterday. "You should read good books," said the judge to Hums, who admitted that he had brought a stolen automo bile hero from Portland, Ore. "There are ttvo hooks that > ou should read snd study well. They are the United States constitution and the lllble. You need no greater library." Wiir Finance lo Continue Credit Policies on Farmer Washington. March l.t - t he War Finance corporal ion today gav e as suranre to the fainter that Its peil lelrs respecting credit to the ag rtrulturnt Industry will lie continued vlong lines which are limited only by tho provisions of the law Slew art Sentenced to Pen. Kansas City. Mo . March 13 W. K. Slewnit. president of the Step art Kami company, conVuteri some time n;o of using tho mulls to defraud In rniinectlnn with the exploitation of lands in Mildago county, Texas, was today sentenced In federal court here to serve five vears in the federal pen itentlary at Keavenworth on each of Hi isiunts, the sentences to run con urrently, and fined a total of $1,600. 1100 on «»ch count, , Omaha Stockmen Arrive at El Paso in High Spirits Party Drawn by Engine 1313 Ends First Leg of Trip on March 13 Undismayed by Fateful Number. El Paso, Tex., March 13.—(Special.) The fateful nunmber of 13 and oth er superstitions have failed to operate or. the Omaha livestock delegation, which arrived in this city this morn ing after touring Kansas, New Mex ico, Oklahoma and Texas in search of more busine«s from the south west. The party left Omaha on Friday. It traveled most of its Journey drawn by engine No. 1313. and it arrived here March 13. Despite these portend* all hands were completely satisfied with the first leg of the trip and fell in be hind the El Pa«i> )• nd which met them at the stattfon tins morning, readv to spread the g--pc! of the Omaha livestock market with un abated energy. "The trip has proved a decided success thus far; we hate found a-live inter est in the Oniaha market and stock men ate all optimistic,” declared Ev m ret Buckingham, head of the dele gation. The party will remain in K! Paso until March IS, when s me of the delegates will return to Omaha. The others will continue the Journey to San Diego, E- s Angeles ami Salt Ij\ke Pity before returning The stockyard's quartet carried by the Omahans opened the morning session Of the Southwestern Cattle' ICaisers association and sang at nu merous gatherings throughout the dty. It la conceded to be the most conspicuous feature of the convention. Mouse tallies Hesnlutiou for Goodhue Resignation I.lncoln. March 11.—(Special !—The Gallagher resolution calling for resig nation* of Architect Bertram Good hue and Geoige B. Johnson, aecreiarv of the State ('apitoj commission, was laid on the table today on motion of Kepresentatlve John R. Hughes of S, rpy county. A motion by Representative Beu so hausen of Shertnan county to ap l*oint a committee of threo to m icstignte the state bouse "scandal" likewise was laid on the table on mo tion of Hughes. Hughes asserted a. lion should be taken aftrr the meet ing of the capltol commission tomor row when It could bo determined whether the facts in the case justified an lm estivation by the legislature. Telephone Gnmpany Suffers Heaxx Storm Damage iu loxxa lies Moines. March 13.— The snow and sleet storm which swept over Iowa Sunday night mused damage estimated at $100,000 to equipment of the Northwestern Hell Telephone company, It was said by officials here. More than 1.0M pole* werw laid low In the east-central section of the stale Service was gradually being restored today. Daughter of Former Kaiser Gives Birth to Son GmunUen, I pper Austria March 13 ig>i—The duchess of Brunswick, daughter of formei Kmpetvr X'illlnm of Germany, has given birth to a son. The duchess of Brunswick, who was Princess Victoria RouUe, la 30. She married the duke of Brunswick in May, 1013 4 Iowa Bonus Law Upheld by State Supreme Court Further Contest on Law Ex* pected to Be Dropped and Bond Sale Publication Started at Once. Des Moines, la., March 13,—The state supreme court today upheld the validity of the Iowa beaus law. Affirmation of the lower court’s decision that the bonus laws is valid, practically assures soldier, sailors, marines at-d nuraes who served iron) lewa in the world war adjusted com pensation at the rate of 50 cents a day. It was anticrjiated that Henry W. Grout of Waterloo, who “brought the suit, would immediately waive bis rights to a petition for a rehearing, and that today's action would be fi nal: that State Treasurer Burbank would start immediate publication of in -e of the sale of tVie bonds, and that payments wojid be possible ear ly in April. “I niveraaUy Recognized." The supreme court held that the payment of the bonus was universally recognised as a moral obligation of the taate, and that since two legisla tures had approved the law by more than two-thirds majority and the 522. 000,000 bond issue had been ratified by the electorate, the obligation was binding. The high court's opinion declares the beneficiaries of the bonus to be creditors rather than debtors of the state and holds that whatever credit Is extended goes to the bond hcldeis rather than to the service men who rw, :vc the money derived from their sale. , The C'-mpiaiut that the bonus i« in tended to meet a merely moral obi ga lion, the court says: "All legislative appropriation* are gratuties in the sense that they are not compulsory-" El Paso Health Body Denies Drug Addicts in School K1 Paso. Tex., March 13—Report* that th'- public schools at K! Paso are filled with child drug addicts was of f .ally denied here today by the city health department following an in vest. gallon of the alleged conditions. According to the report of the health department, a thorough survey of the public school system show* there «,c no drug addicts among the pupils. This finding is contrary to a. recent icpoit of the federal grand juiy here. Ehcrlc Defense Bests. Oskatoosa. la . March 13.—Attor neys defending Mrs. Katherine liberie, "it trial lirre tn district court for the slaying of her husband. Paul 1 liberie, lie* Moines stock salesman, rested their case at S:!0 this morn ing. Mis liberie waa not put on the witness stand. Her physician advised against hei g.dng Mi the stand, tv cause she faintest al the close of yes lerday'asmurder trial. The Weather Forecast, Xebiaska Snow- and colder Wcdncs day: Thursday unsettled and colder; strong shifting winds, Iowa Snow WednesdAY and Thurs day; t-older Thursday and in mg:h west portion \V ednrsd*' Hourly Teniperaturex, * • »> 11 l rn ?; »am 'life. 1* > • "' ’Item ta a a. m 11 4 r n, ta s *. m , it a p. w< ta • • • »• it a g. m ta 'lam *l T n. <■>. ta it m a g p m t; Insurgent Movement Organized Republican Progressives in House to Unleash Program Moment Congress Reconvenes. 38 Members Are Pledged Washington, March 13.—Republican progressives who will sit in the newt house of representatives are organiz ing an insurgent movement to be un leashed the very moment the ravel fails aext December. The Insurgency will be directed at preventing the elec tion of the speaker of the house and house organization until assurances are given that certain committees will be "unpacked" and the progres sive legislation program heeded. Thirty-eight members are already pledged to the movement, which i; led by Representative John M. Nelson republican. Wisconsin, leader of the socalled La Kollette group, and Rep resentative Roy Woodruff, republican Michigan. In addition to those al ready pledged. Representative Nelsoi says there are 2S probable recruit who are in sympathy with the move ment and who he confidently believe, will be on the insurgent band wagui before congress convene*. Letter to Members. Today Representative Nelson made public a letter written by himself and Representative Woodruff, as spokes man for "the progressive republican conference." which has been sent to all newly-elected republican members of the house, demanding rewsion of the house rules and the “unpacking ’ of committee* which, it is charged, are r.ow stacked aga.nst progressive leg.s lation. A tentative program of legislation prepared for circulation among all re publican representatives contemplate* new laws relating to transportation, taxes, farm credits, presidential and congressional primaries, co-operative associations, prevention of war, sol diers’ compensation, and "protection of public interests," In coal, tirnbe water power and other natural re sources. Want Ruin Changed. Tt is the purpose of the progressive tepreseniatfves in forming the orgar nation to relieve the house of the . tyranny of the floor leaders." sa.d Representative Nelson tonight. "As the country knows, legislation in the ! house is controlled by the floor leader j and the speaker with the co-operatton of the committee on rules. "Our fight will not be personal and is not to be directed against conserv atives or anybody else. It is not our purpose to disrupt the party, but we do intend to put progressi .e ideas to the front. We are not going to re main on the back line* and simply oppose. "The balance of power .n the two honker of congress is in the hands of the progressives. We are r.ot op posed to the president. We believe that he w ill agree to our program." Forestry Service Urged by Omahan Colonel McCullough Tell s Sen ate Committee of Need to Raise Trees in State. l.ir.Loln. March 13.—<Specia!.V—Co' T. W. McCullough of Omaha appeared befose the senate committee on agri culture tonight and urged a favorable recommendation on a btU calling for establishment of a state forestry com mission and appointment of a atate forester. FV,restation of the sand hills would be the principal task of the forester, true education and other meanr "There are <*7.000 acres of land in Nebraska at this time which yield an average of IS cents per acre." the colonel said. • This land could pro duco niU' h more :f the people wen educated to the possibility and adapta bility of the land to certain trees which arc be oming greater in de mand in each year." The colonel's statements were sub stantiated by Jay Higgins of Hataey, of the government bureau of foeestr; . The committee took no action. Rank 1'lerk killed Handing Oxer - .x Cents to Holdup \ ictorta. B. »' . March 1J.-T.ic killing of Lionel Loren*, hank clerk ft'. was i leaned up by confessions of Ronald Smith. 17. and Herbert Bur ton. 13. polo's asserted here today. According to the alleged confess .Smith shot Lorens dead as the bank eloik was handing oxer S3 cents in a holdup. Smith and Burton were among fro 'youth* arrested on suspicion of has ing stolen from stores here. After the alleged confession of tho kilting of Loretta, the police released the 'other three lad* Smith and Burton relates the .or . fession. started out. bent on robbery and I.oren* was the fn-st man the ■ encountered. Loren*, they said, f.rst seemed to take the holdup a* a yoke The yvuths, who were mounted or j bicycle*, fled, a coord' n g to the con • feaalons. without searching the pock j eta of Loren*. . J. A. Casey. Burlington Di»|«itrlirr, Pics at ^ yutor. Wymote. Neb, March 11—sSpe c al V .? x i *»ei ^ • Burli' ston ra:' wax ttwln dispatcher in the XX'y-more office for eight years preekyua to 111. and railway station employs ever southeaste: :i Nebraska fot man' years die,! at hi* home at l'eru Mon day night II* sewed at the Auburn Salem. Ixnrwti and Ball* City sta tion* for many years. His wife, cue son and one daughter both attending l ent state Notnial s h.e] sum.' Butial will bf at Bats C.ty