The Omaha Morning ;ee
VOL 52_NO ‘>95 Entered ai Sncnnd-Claie Matter May 28. 1906, at OMAHA MONDAY M ARf'H IQ 1099, * B> *<*11 " >••!>: fatty and Sunday. $5: Sunday. *2.!0. oithtn the 4!h lara. TWO ('ENTS '*
* Omaha P. 0. Under Act at March 5. 1878. UfllAnA, -'lUaMMl, WAKLH * *’• 1 Outilde In. 4th aana (I year): Dally and Sunday, *12: Sunday aaty. ** 1 ° El*a Cente Elaemhera
Fire Sweeps
2 Buildings;
Loss Heavy
Ffanies in Beddco Store
Spread, Offering Stiff Re
sistance to Firemen Bat
tling in Zero ^ eather.
Falling Ice Hurts One
Fire of unknown origin raged
through the Elmer fleddeo store. 1417
Douglas street, early yesterday morn
ing totally destroying one building
and putting another. The property
damage was estimated at more than
¥183,000.
Fanned by a 40-mile an hour gal< .
the fire swept from front to rear of
the building in a few moments. For
more titan three hours the firemen
(ought valiantly to gain control of
Hie flames. As rapidly ns (he flames
in one portion of the building would
he smothered another section of the
jdooe would burst into fulmes.
The fire was discovered at 3:30 and
it. was not until 0:30 that J. T. Coyle,
assistant chief, declared the flames
under control. Firemen were covered
with ice. Huge icicles hung from the
walls and water that had frozen on
1 he sidewalks and strets made stand
ing perilous. The men who controled
the nozzles of the hoses crouched at
the curbing .afraid to stand for fear
"f falling and being injured by th •
iiiamouth nozzle tbey_be|,k
Waiter Smells Smoke.
■I. Thomas, employe of the Virginia,
restaurant, located In the building
ne.vt to that occupied by Heddeo,
•mailed smoke, he said, shortly after
v Hf> searched the restaurant but
■ ould find no fire then. As the
-moke persisted, he decided that it
must come from the store next door.
\* 5:3ft he turned in an alarm, ready
to explain his action when firemen
nr rived If they could find no smoke.
A few minutes after the fire de
partment reached the scene of the
fire a second alarm was turned in and
it 6:45 Martin Dlneen. assistant < liief.
turned in a third alarm when his men'
told him that the flames were spread
ing to other structures.
Twenty companies responded and j
eight lines of hose were laid to throw
water on the flames. The worlt of
tlie firemen was hampered by the
high wind and the bitter cold. Hose
lines were frozen so bard that the
men were almost unable to move
them. Ice-covered streets made walk
ing difficult and the ice on the walls
of the building menneed the men
working below.
Fireman lluri.
Julius Munster, pipeman with <i
*ne company 1G, injured when
a piece of ice struck him on the head,
lie was taken to the police station
end attended by the police surgeon,
then taken to his home. This was the
only accident reported, though sev
eral of the men complained of fros
hands and faces
The buildings damaged were:
Elmer Beddeo company, SlJj.OuO.
Virginia restaurant, *10.000.
JJan'i Hat and Shoe store,
to-i.00".
X. M. Eeffling, owner of the
l.'iildlr.gs, *1*,000.
The entire loss is said to lie covered
liy insurance. No time is to be lost
n reopening the establishments, the ,
owners declared yesterday. Elmer ;
l.-ddeo said he would leave at once
for the east to purchase an entirely
iii w stock. N. S. Payne, proprietor of
the Virginia restaurant, said his place
would be opened as soon as renovated.
I inn’s Shoe anil Hat store will open
as soon ns the necessary repair* have
bpr n made.
Basements Flooded.
All three of the basements under
the buildings are flooded. The fire
men were .held on the job after the
flames had been extinguished ro
siphon the water out. but the work
progressed slowly owing to the slush
that formed. As the streams ran
from the syphon they froste and the
syphon itself had to be moved from
place to place to get clear of the eon
» intly forming mounds of ice.
W hen Tom Dennison heard that the
f emen had fought the continuously
fot more than five hours, he orderc 1
• hlcken dinners at the L'. P. res
taurant for 7J of the men. The men
"ere almost numb from their long cx
jiosuie and moved stiffly. The subber
• oats wore covered so heavily with
« that the men were able to stand
i h»m in the restaurant.
A brick wall that had been built
over the rear entrance to the bace
ni*nt of the building backed the fire
men's efforts to attack the fire and
la is said to be the reason fir merit
f the damage.
The fire s declined to be one of the
worst in the downtown district :n
\cars. The fire Itself was not mo bod.
fncmcri said, but being forced to fight
it in the bitter ci Id anil handicapped
by the high wind made It worse for
the*.
Vuirksilver Production
Increase* During 1922
Washington. March 1*—Piodut
'ion of quicksilver In the I'nlted
States in 1922. aggregated 6,497. 73
I'ound flaalcs. nn Increase of about
ISO flasks over 1921, when the Autpnt
ttabllslK'd a low record for T2
1 ears.
The geological survey s.iid that
last, year produced no new resource.*
for domestic quicksilver, but that
the ditty of 25 cents a pound under
the new tariff law may encourage
greater development of quicksilver
min**.
“Divine Sarah”. Rum, *
Rare W ith Grim ReatS^\\^%
to Complete Pic)^ic |
By Universal Nerriof.
Paris, March 18.—Appearing "id
and feeble and frankly fearing that,
death will prevent the completion of
her "really final appearance,” Sarah
Bernhardt is feverishly working to
complete the motion picture that will
leave her inimitable stage presence
forever to posterity.
The farewell play in which Sarah
is appearing is called "La Voyante.”
It is the story of a paralyzed fortune
teller living in an attic with only a
trained chimpanzee for a companion
and Jactpieliii. a woman servant who
tares for the apartment and feeds
the monkey.
Sarah's face is yellow, with cracked
parchment-like skin. She is old am}
does not attempt to cheat nature by
making up.
"}t is too much to lie. Too much
exertion." declared the famous ac
tress when a friend asked why she
did not . put grease paint on her face.
“1 am leaving this Him to posterity
just as Caruso left liis voice to pos
tcrity, ’ '•lie said.
General Business
Throughout World
on Upward Path
Standard Oil Company Offi
cial Touring Europe Sees
Increasing Signs of Im
proving Conditions.
By t'nlver*«l Service.
Eomlon. March IS.—F. H. Bedford,
vice president of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, touring
Europe in the interest of his firm,
said everything pointed to the fact
that the general business situation
throughout the world was on the up.
wa rd path
"I believe the situation in the Ruhr
is improving." lie said. "it seems
to have passed the crisis and I expect
to see a solution reached. soon. I
think an impartial commission should
be set up by neutral countries to
smooth out the difficulties. This com
mission could ascertain what Ger
many is able to pay and take action
accordingly.
"1 am lieie on n.\ uryal annual
visit and will go to 1’aris next week
to inspect our French interests. I
am not going to Germany or any of
the European oil fields.
"Regarding the oil situation in
Mexico, wo have known for a long
time that the upper part of the fields
was subject to sail water but it has
come sooner than we thought it
would, and foreign oil interests there
are threatened with at least half of
their original $.">00,000,000 investment
there. But there are other fields
whteh are producing at capacity.
"T favor the open door policy in
Mesopotamia and in all other coun
tries. as the- best thing for the good
of the world."
Specialists Called
to Bedside of Lenine
Uerlin, March IS. — Three of Oer
many's best known medical men have
been summoned to the bedside if
Premier I .mine at Moscow. It was
learned.
A spe< ial soviet courier arrived at
lieipzig today to engage J’rofessors
Von Btrnmpel and Hum lie to mme
to Moscow as speedily as \osstble.
At the same time Professor Nonnn
af the i nst itute of Nervous 1 tinea ms
at Eppendorf, near Hamburg. was re
fiucsted to hurry to thr soviet capita).
A special airplane is said to have
been placed at, tlie disposal of the
specialists by the soviet government.
Moscow, March IS. — Further im
provement was shown in the condition
of Nicolai I.enine, premier of tlm
soviet republic, who recently suffered
a stroke of paralysis In the right side.
Lincoln Girl Is
Burned to Death
.Lirvuln. March 18.—Bulti M Jur
hue, *. daughter of ItfiV. and Mrs. .1.
Kdwin Jarboe, was burned to death
at her home today when her < loth
| ing < alight fire from .an' e lectric
i heater. Mr?*. .Jarboe was in the base
! tnent attending to the furnace and,
returning to the room where she hud
I left the child, found her enveloped In
flames. She was taken to a hospital,
where she died a few hours later.
Dr. Mayo Will Oprratn on
Colorado Senator Tuesday
Itochcstrr. Minn.. March is —
Unit'll States Senator Samuel D.
Nicholson of Denver will be moved
from ills hotel to St, Alary hospital
here Monday night and Tuesday
morning will he operated on by Dr.
William Mayo, it was announced here
. tonight. Dr. Mayo will arrive Tues
day morning from a yachting trip
down tile Mississippi.
Mrs. Max U. Melville of Denver,
daughter of the senator, who was
summoned by telegrupl! Saturday,
will arrive here Monday morning to
he with her father. The condition of
Senator Nicholson was reported un
changed tonight Icy Ills secretary.
* \
Clamoring
For Peace
Cuno l rged to Open Negoti
ations With France—Many
Industrialists Taking
Similar Stand.
Men Distrust Stinnes
By I niversnl Smlre,
Kssen, MiiiiIi 18. — Tlie Freiieh
> authorities releaseil Dlrec •
tor Boulanger of Krupps after the
workers ill tile Idg simps hail gone nut
nn a protest strike.
Bet Ii11, Marrli 18,—Sixteen thousand
millers went on strike in Silesia,
according to reports i-eeelvetl here.
The di.charge itf shop council
Ini-, against tilt* wishes nf tlie men
preeipitated the strike, file reports
said.
It\ I lit ei nut ioiiMl \nn Mrnit r.
Kssen. Mareh IS.—While, to all out
side appearand . th< German front in
the Kuhr is solidly united, there were*
symptomi that a storm was brewing.
German labor wants t'hancellor
Wilhelm Cuno to open the door for
negotiations. This, is was explained
by leaders, does not mean that Ger
man lalior Is weakening. Hut the la
borites are coming to believe that the
French, realizing the difficulties they
confront, arc willimc to listen to Uer
rnan proposals for it settlement.
It is declared in labor circles the
hatred of German workers for tlie
French "was never more intense." At
the satno time it Is felt the German
officials did not take sufficient heed
of labor’s counsels both during and
after the war.
Demonstration Planned.
Labor leaders declare they do i.ot
want it to be said that German labor,
kept the door shut while there was a
chance for peace negotiations and
not a few industrialists are said to
think likewise.
To bo later the Gorman front Sunday
will see a remarkable official demon
stration to show the closest proximity
of all Germ* n* of th< occupied
region. The con spondent is pledged
not to leveal the details of this
"show."
The specter of unemployment loom
ing up before- the Germans, coupled
with high cost of living and the <1e.
predation of money, is increasing tin
iest. 1'nemploytneai is threatened in
the unoccupied regions before it hits
the lluhr anil Rhineland, as the l>al- i
once of Germany depends upon (he
Ruhr for coal, coke and iron.
Do Not TnUt Siinnes.
ftnc of the gofi spots is that G»-r
man labor does not trust Hugo Stin
t.es. It feels that Btlnnes may even
n'fw l>e In secret negotiations with
the French Indus- , ialists for an agree,
merit such as the famous "Lulieraao
pact."
Btinnes personally authorized Inter
national News Bert ice to make a dr
i ial of such veports. Nor is liter*
the slightest* public proof of their
truth.
The cohesion between labor and cap
ital is to undergo the acid test within
the next few weeks. Suspicion is
glowing, despite Btlnnes* denials, that
Thyssen and the other big German in
dustrials are with him in some soil
of negotiations with Par*
Capitalists race Kuin
If the Ruhr gr,.>« to Hinafeb. the tier*
man capitalists will lose their all.
They have staked everything upon
the present situation. Ktinnes is in
a slightly different position from the
other capitalist*. It is said of him;
“French may come and French may
go, hut Stlnnes will go on forever.”
Htinnes controls the Austrian Alpine
Montan company, a huge trust, which
has been reaping tremendous profits
from the elimination of Ruhr competi
tion. Stinnes has interests in Switzer
land. Austria, Hungary, Poland, Rus
sia. .Sweden. Holland, Norway and
Denmark, liven if the French seized
and retained his Ruhr properties he
would still be a powerful magnate.
Living conditions are growing worse
and worse-. The last week has been
a trying otic for merchants. For some
time the Germans have been refusing
to ^ell to the From h and Belgians.
Theti c« in-nil Ivgjutte, commander
of the French army of occupation. Is
sued an order threatening a five-year
term for any merchant maintaining
such a boycott.
Kail* City Man Succeed*
Mull on Agriculture Hoard
Lincoln, March IS. — President Draff
of the state board of a-nctilltire, fol
lowing a Hpei ml meeting of the hoard
yesterday, announced the appoint
ment of A. .1 Weaver of Falls City
as a m* mb* r of the board to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Dr.
P. L. Hull of Lincoln, for seveial
years n member of the l»oar«l. Mr.
\\ caver was chairman of the recent
state constitutional convention, and
ham for a long time been active In ng
rienltural and horlimit urn! inb i>
rsts.
Hardin" \ acationul Curls
Spend Nijilii at Calm Heaeli
Ptthn I .* k I), |'| i . Man h I The
prrHkhnt nml Mi> Harding. with
mrmiMi a «*f their vacation patty
Imi lud Palm II'■arli from Miami on
tli* Ir s|hm i.ii train at X 30 laM night.
Not finding It convenient to hoard
tin* htJUfif'hout Pioneer, the Harding*
went to the home of R It. Mr l,ran to
ep#>ini the night, the i*e»t of the party
going to a hotel.
U. S. Idealism Is Based on
Equality of Opportunity
Secretary Hoover Asserts American Individualism
Is Tempered by Fixed Ideal of Fair Chance for
All—Says World War Was Conflict of Social
Philosophies in Its Last Stages.
lly HERBERT IIOOTEK.
s«rrt»rj of (urn mere**.
( Editor's Not**—Thi» Is flu* flr**t in -
stKilmetit of ft fifrirs of si*. In Mr. Hoover,
on “.Tmerloftu Individualism,” which will
ftpiieur in The Oninlia lie** * h« Ii morn line
tills week. The article** consist of a time
ly nies5Jige to the \ in erica n |»e"|ilr. >
AVe have witnessed in this last eight
years the spread of revolution over
one-third of the world. The causes of
these explosions lie at fai greater
depths than tin* failure of govern
ments in war. The war itself in Us
last stages wild a conflict of social
philosophies—but beyond this the
cutises of social explosion lay in tin
great inequalities and injustices of
centuries flogged beyond cnduiam <•
by the conflict and freed from re
straint bv the destruction of war. The
urgent forces which drive human s*»
ciety have been plunged into a ter
rible furnace. Great theories spun by
dreamers to remedy the pressing hu
man ills have come to the front of
men's minds. Great formulas came in
to life that promised to disxolv* all
trouble. Great masses of people b \*
flocked t otheir banners in hopes born
of misery and suffering. Nor has tin
great social ferment been confined
to those nations that have burned
with revolutions.
Now Ans the storm of war. of »*-vo
lution and of emotion subsides there
is left even with us «»f the TTiit*d
States much unrest, much discontent
with the surer forces of human ad
vancement. To all of us. out of this
crucible of actual, poignant individual
Experience has come a del of new
understanding, and it is for all «»£- us
to ponder then* new currents if v.»
are to shape our future with Intelli
gence.
New Ideas Spread.
Kven those parts of the world that
suffered Jess from the war ha - l*-*n
partly info* p-d by these ideas. IP vond
this, however, many have had high
hopes of civilization suddenly pun
f*e,i ami ennobled by the sacrifices
and servers «.f tin* war: they had
thought the fire unity of p iri • --•*
gained in the war would be carried
in to great unity of action !n remedy
of th«. faults "f riviliz- i*<? P >•
Hut from concentiati'n <-f -v*r>
spiritual and material ein-rgy upon
th** single pniposo of war th** er.e
changed to the * immense complexity
and the many purposes of pea* * .
Thus there loom up certain ^b f.nr •
underlying forces in our national Hf«
that need to be .dripped of the itnagi
nary—the transitory—and a defini
tion should be riven to tho actual
permanent and persistent motivation
of our civilization. In contemplation
of these questions w** must g* far
deeper than the superfr ial* of our
political and « «or.omic structure, for
these are but the products of our
f ial philosophy- the machinery of our
social system.
Nor is It * vcr amiss to review she
political, economic, and spiritual prin
ciples through which our country lias
steadily grown in usefulness nn*1
greatness, not only to preserve them
from being fouled by false notion-,
but more importantly thn v* n iy
guide on twelves in the road of prog
ress.
■vxial Ideas ( undid.
KiVe nr six gleut '■n< iul phll"-nphi>
are at struggle in the woild for ns
remjsney. Tliere is the itidit idunhmn
of America. Tliere I- the individual
lam of the more democrat In stale* of
Kuropn with its careful n servatlotn
of <a.-tes or classes. There are com
munism, «m lallstn, syndicalism, tap
italisni. and finally there ,* autm-rai y
—whether by Juith or hy ponecn-ions,
milltat isut, or illvlne right of king*,
liven the uivine right still hirers
on although out lifetime lias seen fuh
ly two thirds of the earth s population
including Germany, Austria. Ilussia,
ami China, arrive at u state of angry
disgust with this type of social mo
tive power and throw it on the tv rap
heap. I
All these thoughts are In ferment
today in every country in the world.
They fluctuate in ascendency with
times and places. They compromise
with each other in daily reaction on
governments and peoples. Some of
these, ideas are perhaps more adapted
to one race than another. Some are
false, some are true. What wo an*
interested in is their challenge to the
physical and spiritual forces of Amer
ica.
The partisans c.f some of these
other brands of social schemes chal
lenge us to comparison: and some of
their partisans even among our own
people are increasing in their agi'a
tion that we adopt one or another or
parts c.f their devices in place of our
tried individualism. They insist that
our social foundations are exhausted,
that like feudalism and autocracy
America's plan has served its pur
pose—that it must be abandoned.
Warns Against l'lirases.
Th.-re are those who have been left
in sober doubt of our institutions or
ip. confounded by bewildering catch
words of vivid phrases. For in this
welter of discussions there is much at
lempt to glorify or defame social and
economic forces with phrases. Nor c
.deed should we disregard the potency
of some ccf these phrases in the stir
to action The dictatorship of the
proletariat,” "capitalistic nations,'
Germany over all." and a score of
others. We need only to jevlew thos ■
that have jumped to hoiseback dur
ing the last 10 years in order that
we may le- property awed by the
great social -cad political havoc t he t
• on Ice worked where the bestial in
stincts of hate, murder, and destrue
tion ate clothed by the demagogue?
ih the fine trims of is.literal idealism.
Feci icy,'self, let me say at the very
outset that my f. itit in-the essential
truth, strength .and vitality of the do
veloping Treed by which we hove hitli
t m country of
: . mi : a! d .(* "!'■ n-d i y -
• i hing experience of sun ;. ears ?
s<>r . <■ m tl . bm ' wash and n secv
'f ' Seven . *rs of contending
with e,.,>nomic d-generation, with ?■’•
• *a! disintegration, w.tli Incessant po
litical dislocation, witli all of Its seeth
ing and ferment of individual ami
>' -s conflict, could but impress me
with the primary motivation of social
fortes .ami th*- necers ty for be unti
es thought upon their great issue?
to humanity. And from It all 1
emerge an individualist—an un
ashamed individualist. Hut b ■ m<
-tv also that I am an American in
dividualist. Fur America has lus-n
steadily developing the Ideals that
constitute progress, ve Individualism.
Vntern a lias Fixed Ideal.
No doubt. individualism run riot,
with no temjiering principle, would
provide a long category of iuequaH
to*, of tyrannies, domination*, and
Injustices America, however, has
temp**i i*d the whob* conception »<f in
' id1 .ii ~ru by the in’* ] <.f a d»fi
into p in* iple. and from tin* principle
i‘ follows that attempts .*r domina
tion, whether in government or in
the processes of industry and com
merce, nie under an insistent curb.
If we would have the values of in
dividualism. their, stimulation to ini
tiutive. to the dc\Hopment if hand
. nd intellei r. t*» tlie high develop*
m* ih of thought an*I spirituality, tiny
must be temper* *1 with that firm and
f sed Ideal «d American indiriduelism
«i* equality of opportunity. If v
would have them* value* we. must
soften its hardness and stimulate
(Turn to r.»t** Kit. f ohnnn iiiii1 >
Hundreds See Flyers
Die in Burning Plane
i;i P.ivo Tex. March IS Jay C
RichettbA'di 'JU. ami Kenneth T*
Brown, !>. reserve oflh er* «f the
Knited Piute* army air service, wire
hm ned t«» death *‘t Kurt Him* this
afternoon, when the j>e HaviUnd
plane in which they were making n
practice flight « rushed to the ground
in full View of h until Oh «>f -peeta
tor*.
The plum* caught fit* I • ! lie* 111 ' a
burning Moire fur the two f1i«’»t who
were pinned beneath the vom kng>
Army oflh er*. t omniertml nirplai
pilot* and spectator* were powi 1 W -
to resell* the Victim*, so Intense w.im
the Are.
The flier* hud just taken «%|T and
were less than too fe« t in the an
when they were caught in a hea\ *
wind, the plane no- diving to ’he
earth.
Movie Kirni Kile* An«o« r
to Federal ['rude Kiiurgt-*
\VndhliirMn. Mar. li Is I'harirnn c.r
thn federal Imdf .iiiiinildKn.il lliat tin.
Kaniniih I’ll. .. i» I.. I, y . .a tn.i at ...li
was “ootidplrlng (n rrenin n tnonir
poly" lit the rnnlli.il pirturi. mdliHliy,
Wein denlisl by A<t<>1 (ill Znknr nti.1
le»*u I,. I.iidky In nil niidwer filed
witb thn inminlddlmi.
Th* in *e wilt be heard . NVu
V.irk on A pi II "S.
Znknr and Iainkv. on I.. half of the
em pornili ii and lid nnlidldUirle . Mkl
the roinmladli.n •hut In pi.'vrnt tlirrai
ennl rxr liidion of lid pntnr.d from
pi'inolrml tlnnt.i d by n Kninp of pro
din ere and exhibit.>id .milroll'n^ our
II.000 theater* In viirliniK .Iti.-, fin,
.an inirnllon wan oonipelled to pm
Otiaie, dlrnetly mid through nub
• dlarlfd Inin edt In motion plcluix
theatei* lu a numbri of iltica
Two Victims oi Storm
Saved From Exposure
Two m»Mi were picked up Saturday
suffering from effr* :s of rold wtatht**.
Hoth were looked in the city tall, one
on an insanity chaise and the other
on an into&h otion charge
N V. Humphrey w.is found at !7»u:
temuh and Knrnain utieets kneeling
In snowdrift, shouting. He told an
• •ffi tin In h.» ! been scut from
heaven to save the multitude# who
" ere suffering from cold and that the
only way he could do it was to die
of cold himself.
William Welch. Kaunas City Mo,
was found later at Tenth and Doug
la* streets, lying in a snow hank. His
cheek*, cum and i «>sc were h.idlv
frozen.
< ><*\ (‘i'lliiifiit < ionMrm-tioii
Wn hlngtyn. March H.- Uovcrn
i"' ntul htiihling ami conat ruction
wmk, now under way, -humid bo
•'lour,| down and the initiation of
in \ project* delayed. Secretary
Hoover recommended to Premdcnt
Harding; In a letter mad* public to
day In order that they may be
pimhcd for want at eome later |>eriod
when there in lean private ronatruc
tion activity and need for preventing
unemplo ytnent.
The ne. i ctai y. m a report mmle *it
the president h ve«4Ucat. auggrstoil
that elate and inuiiicipVf government*
« unalder the adoption of » aiinilar
IKdic). which accord* with *vigMea
tiofm iexulting front the national un
*i plo\im i t conference of IP:*!, h t
govetluiun project* of nil nort* he
Utilized .i « ut ei^do) nient i em rvc -a
f.u ua poMfilhle. by which demand for
labor and niatcrialn might he thrown
into matktt* during ptnod* of de
i picstjun.
*
Republican
Party Busy
Organizing
Party Chiefs* Developing De
tails of Pre-Convention Pro
gram for Drive to Nomi
nate Harding.
Statement Speeds Plans
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Washington. March 1 —iC^P)V—The
movement for the r«n»mination of
President Harding, with b took first
tangible form in recent conferences
among a group of his friends here,
has developed to a stage where details
of the personnel and program of a
preconvention organisation in ills lie
half are receiving a1 live attention.
h'or the present, the two most virile
topics of these discussions relate to
the choice of those who are to head
the organization and to various f at
tires of the country wide speaking trip
the president is expected to make
during the summer. Already a tenta
tive Itinerary for the trip is tinder con
sideration and Mr. Harding's advisers
are putting their heads together to
and hint in his selection of the topics
he is to discus".
Announcement I lasti n' Flans.
Attorney General Iiaughertys an
nouncetnent in Miami Saturday tliat
the president would be a candidate
again, accepted here .is further con
firming tlio impression which has
lieen current for seine weeks in po
litical circles:, is expected to hasten
the work of formulating a definite
progiam and a definite t acking with
which he can go before th»* country.
The attorney general, who was the
Harding pre-convention manager in
192«, la regarded as certain to Lave a
prominent place in the campaign now
beginning.
Bes-nnso of his ill health and his of
f.i ial i|titie>, however. Mi l>aughcr
tj s intimates do not expect liim to
again shoulder the* heavy burden of
active pre convention work he car
ried three years age.
Various Men Mentioned.
Various Haul' s have been mentioned
for that task hi the conference* of
Harding supporters, the list including,
among others. \Vtli tla>s of Indiana,
and Charlie i). Iilll.s of St\r York,
both former national chairmen. ami
Col. Ge.>rge Harvey, now American
ambassador at lamdon.
S"mc if tb, fis ?d, of Mi Hays
i cer.tly have been particularly uigent
in lb. lr suggestion that h» be brought
prominently Into the Harding pruor,
entloi organisation, wiUl a view to
hs selection as cltalrman of* the i a.
'ional committee in use Mr Harding
is rcno .inalcil M- Hays i* « yii c
nothing for publication.
In some well informed quarters :t
Is expected that i' <Km«l Harroy.
sometime during the <«n:iag winter,
will either resign his poat at farmlon.
or secure a leave of rd^-nce and re
turn to the fnited c'tatoa to do what
ever he ian toward Mr. Harding's re
nomination.
Unt il lull i.f I'm i v < (till rill.
Haik i f all nf •.li<-se immediate .. i
siderutions lien the ituestion of con
trol of the patty machinery in'1/24,
when. ,f president Harding .« toui, n
:n; out a second teitn a* tio Crien-is
'•■i.ive lo' will hi- a vig"i f.g.
may develop for the party iiorultia
tion.
The supports,* of Ml . TT.i> e« s: 1
other jxissihie party chairmen
unmindful of the fact that .1
man elected after the 1924 convention
would he expected naturally to hoM
over Until after the I M'S .VirtUc,
and might be a powerful f n tor in
determinim: how tlie r ml* are dealt
in that year's pre-conveiaion contest.
Plans for Trip.
Vs it now stands .the plan for Mr
(larding* trip contemplates hi« de
paiture from Washington during
June for a speech-making swirg
which will take him to uhout 2« prin
cipal cities, including tw oor tliree on
Ills P.icllit coast. lie probably w
not Invade the home stale of Senator
le.Kollette of W;s-t-nsln. who Is t’’e
perennial choice of the VV iseor.s'u
iieleg.ition for president, but I* likely
to speak next door, in Minnesota and
the Dakotas
Me has been advised to make hi*
speeches a clear and direct account
ing for h.s stewardship during the
fu-t two yens of Ins admhu.*t ration
and an endeavor to assme the people
hy an explicit explanation of what
has been done in Washington that
great progress has been made toward
the ••normalcy" lie promised in 1!>:<I.
World's Largest Oil Well
Opened at l.a Koa. \ eniniela
NVn OrWii*. Marcti IS All oil
«> !l producing l’o dOii hm i olit H day,
< onc< ded to Ik* the vnoM productive
u th* \>orU, wa.i brought In recently
• t l..t Koa, in Mgrumlbo. \ ent . ucl.i.
.ii iouiiit ' to a < abb in rtved b\ A1
l»' d Oli4V.iii«, WniKUrlmi consul In
New orb ani*.
In Januiit v t’otmul OUvAi.a an
1 <nm<»d !ir*s of the bring in* in of n
IjJI.OOO barrel daily w: *i at r.mtbimai,
MnnuatlH>
Heath of lii*ltop I'iitill*
Believed Matter of Hour'
Si t.nul March is The Ui*hl
Rcvcrrnd Ivtntrl s Tutth, Mi pic
»*«iin<j 1' 'ho|> of the I ijil-. ojvrtl church
in the t'nited St itc*. rrho hi* l>rc!)
suffering from ait attack »f gup
for mote than a work. i* 'Inking
rapidly, and hi* death l* only a
matlai of a fra- hour*, iilimling
pyhaictaua announced. The aged
churchman has law unvonsocua iiik«
Monday, ,
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Majority of Editors
Approve French Action
in Invadinfc Germany
Spokane, March IS, — Of 323 editors
ai Associated Press newspapers
throughout the T'nited States who
have responded to a wail question
naire sent out by tli” Spokosmn n-Re
\iew. 239 have voted "emphatically
v,-s" as to the approval of the French
invasion of the Ruhr valley, the new*
paper will sa; Sunday in its final
summary of replies received.
Sixty-five voted “emphatically no."
24 were conditionally favorable and
four v.-ere undecided, the newspaper
will say.
The question asked was: *Tjo you
approve the action of the French.
Belgian and Italian governments in
going into the Ruhr legion to collect
defaulted deliveries of coal and wood
promised by flermany iti the Paris
peace treaty?"
’4Drv~ thief to
Remove Forces
From Kentucky
Says Killing 1»\ Court Against
Searching Autos Makes Ef
forts l seless in Blue
grass State.
I.ouisviUe. Ky.. March IS.—P.O.*
.Miller, chief of the prohibition c:i
forrement officer* here, armour* .J
that he would remoi'e hie entire for. e
'of as'iifs from Ker.tu ky _*o Ten
nessee as a result of the <’e< i-i .n of
Federal Judge Evans Friday that
automobile* containing liquor could
not be stopped and seiriiM w.thc*’ ’
a warrant.
Mr. Miller su.d i at thi* d»,-!*l«n
would make h.« force practically
useless in tills locality, ns t would be
impossible to get scare, warrants for
moving automobiles.
Th< decision. in sffe . mea r« fhji
t:o automobile * an b“ stopped,
egrehed or seized without a search
warrant, according 10 ti-.e opinion of
W Sherman Kali, fnited St .‘es < «
trict attorney.
No Vuthority for Shift
Washington. March 3* —Oft 1. ials at
the prohibition bureau ..ere said that
Chief Miller of u>e prohibition f o •-*
at Ixuiisville had r * authority to
tethdra*- his agents f:.->ni Kentucky
snd that no such authority was like
to i>e g:eer, hint
Su< u a shift of forree. w .« de
clared, . uld b» made only on order*
from Washington. The pi ohibition
off. uiN !«ere v'te my ert.ed o >r the
. rour: iulir.g against search of auto
mobiles, but they soid they would
make tl.e lest of it ulus the opin
ion was reversed by a higher tribunal
and had no thought of letting the in
. ,d-rt ir.teifefe with their enforce
ment of the law by ell pr tu able
means.
I p to xuiimw Court.
, The question i f tile right t-i ee.M
. i'.ooi'ilcle* in ”.e anfor-enier*. «f
prohibit.on «venf ajly mat te de- :ie ;
'ey tb» supreme court, b-gal offiila's
at headquarter* iieie said, but thcj
x.ere not al-le ti *uv wbethtr ihe I
..sii-n of .fudge 11 va: * would i i a,»e
tile test case.
The - e* v, n < f „- Jit... * - s- d
'o be the snoi.d direct ttdi.-g ' • a
f- i ■ . I otirt, . c »c! .1 • : * f ti.
’■.dst ad law-, qui-stioiilng tl e i ighl to
■ ■ n av.tomobih-a within;t search
. cat rants. Tn r,ili(ornla -ntly tite
l ower . f f-<let.iI efi -.ts to UTi-t
mo . ns's and make search*! warn
tasfd on “reasonable cause" was -u.
tain d. but a eo;"ary rali-s xx.s re
ported from a Georgia federal - ourt
41 Widows of War of
1812 Draw Pensions
; Washington. Math 1? — -Spe. Tn
The fact iNtft women live longer than
men is proved con* lualvely bv the De
ixailment of the Interior which an
nounce* that the government of the
Pnited Slates is ''.'.1 paying pensions
tix ti widows of soldiers of the war of
1 SI. notwithstanding the fact that
.os x ear* have- - lapsed since the <1 -e
i f that conflict Hiram CrtniK < f \xu.
.V \ was th' last veteran of t
second war xx:!,i <treat llritam. He
died in l!t6a at the- age x<f 3 '.i yea; s
Tlie oldest widow" still drawing a
pension is Mahals Huff, laniisa. K ..
who nioxlestly admits only 1 "t years
- Matilda show-acre. • ■•lb. Ky ’In ts
to? ycai« wbitc Ultra A Pate, v
i .poll*. Md . is too years , -• A : • u
!*st are under the century mark
Death Toll in Tennessee
l ornado Incroaeftl to 251
Me...phi*. Trim . March 1' The hu
man toll Sn the tornado win. >. aivept
norlhweet Mi**!** !•!'> Tl»U;*tla> wa
lr,,re»*e.t to with t . .hath
in .* Meniph1* hospital of Mr- M 11
ICiCh. injured when her home at t*»t
.igc tv a* demolished, the rt . Tt of
1 .elate.! advice* fioni B.atesvllle re
porting the death of foe negroes in
a farm settlement near that town att.l
further report* of four negro.'* k lied
near Rockhllt. in l'anoia county
The Weather
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Korn ji^t
Nolo t*Ka- h' etr.\l wai r> Mo.’i
day*
Mom It 1« m»|m . Attire*
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ft a mi — ?
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ft • m — ft
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Livestock
Loss Heavy
Is Belief
Entire. State Sv%e|»t by Bliz
zard Worst in Years—Mid
dle West in Grip
of Storm.
8 Below Recorded Here
Kail road service was demoralized
yesterday ns a result of the blizzard
that has held Xebr..-i.. in it* grip
foi J4 hour*. Tire- T'nion Pa'-ifi
llaiiroud company reported it war
running r.l- iit half cf it* westbound
ti. r..« end a smaller number of train*
tov.v-.rd *' c-n*-. The Northwestern
and Keck inland line* liar.- disroo
tinned oil trail:*. Huge mow drift c
block right-of-way* and trains are
- id to be s'allc-d at a dozen poi;, -•
cast ancj v:.--1 of Omaha.
The light mow. driven by a gai*
that average 7" mile* per hour, was
pi fc*d into < at* in an impcr.etratable
as*. Kngines unfastened from car*
th*y were pulling, plunged futill •
into the drifts, liotary snow plow*,
the only thing that affect the ha re
packed drip*. are working without
*top in an effort to return the trail
schedule to normal, but so far have
made little progre* It i.a* l/*e 1
year*, officiate said, since rail com
munication was so disrupted.
Krc; : ail part- of the state can.*
I-.--ports of the ravage* of fts* storm
Jrt Lincoln tr.-ffi-- va* completely tie
p. Train* i • ar.d out of -b* city, in
1 dire.- Hje*. had either b*“n cliscoii
t i 'cd o’- *< :e f. om threo to nine
hours lit*
Livestock Loss Heavy.
No definite report of the livestock
Ue- had been received late test right,
but m<ry ranchmen dfftej-ed that
lb' less would be heavy and th«:
■would rot know the amoun*
tie stcrni ala'ed sufficiently ;■>
alk w tl em to go on to the rang
Th“ st' im raced in Lincoln from
'•'b Sui rday nigh* until noon yes
terday.
Oatec-hi w..« practically isolated by
the storm. <‘omnonication was aev
cie"i fw seven! hours and so hard
■va* the snow diiven that it tu in
I -"ibis to 'ravel on the roads. One
ii in *as e; '*«<? to have been frost
bitten.
T tl M-.C a rec.de; •_ Pf Illinois
v •* driving from Osceola in the
-toir IPs inr- > became frightened
ei d r u away. leaving Moors
s':«rib T. e mar. was forced •>
■walk hack to the town. Hi* hands
and {W» n>ie frozen.
OSbhon reported that the bhzxard
n.«s the Worst in years. The snow
was mixed with a fire sard and
iiiven before a las.r.g w.ud. The
* ' ‘*’1* sir k .‘it- at 3 Saturday a**
at * *ast ' -Ktx was blowing itself
°’!f* *'v" ^ cf 1.restock van #
ported.
< attic i.o-d at Ogallala.
A' OeaH!..:a the storm l*egm:: wttl -
a inin. Tliis turned to eject first, the
*•’ sr-' *' 3 I wjs« a oompanied by ;
; h:gU northwest mind. Fear has beei
e.vi>t*««.s3 f-T the lives of cattle a bon
ti. s vicinity. r.» many brad have be«
, turned * --.to the open range ai..:
could iu-t 1-e dtiven i . cov--. betor*
the s ee:
Nelson was without t:.iin aerricc
yeslerday a result f the storn..
locked tba
tkrmers w re unable, to leave then
homes.
The tfu'.pet-aiures throughout !•..
slat-- have been about the same. Is
< 't:'uit ■ Vi.ti c :•!!.;>» rature of the
T was i - w;'*n ? hel sv
-to was reached. Ti e mercury be
tf»n to rl mb after that and at 3
was re* bed A - 7 '*«! l ight the nu-i -
wa* still r - g . .; a tempe; ;•
tnr« of *, above ns* rr -rded.
A; 1. ’’ • <; . ■ f.
7 below to 7 above, but was said t<
he f illing ag* -i early l*«: nigh
other points reported similar temp- •
■ iiirr Non of them -,ep a to:.*
dying out of the wind. \
Y\ «>r*f Mt*nu in \ f;u%
1'" i ■ t lev .4 reported t «
' >'tr ' Ilia
Mootie the siotni demorah. e.l hi: tram
»«d sti rt t.ir service Reports in
i ato it is the worst storm in ;b»
last yea is
S.otix c'.;v a reiac; s: tos tl
the trams ate tote Unmoral. *U tl
at any precious time for years Ti
nvt.ls from the city are Mocked wt; .
.n.fts and U. « impose:Me to m.'t*
ft at y U:ve. tier T e w-.nd attsire
* ■ v of 4 m.’s per hour and
temperature of ? beiow iero wv.
recorded.
The storm reached Chicago and a
> m' re- on - csterday. A report state.,
vat a high wind. press&ging th.
• tc'tm. sec, rod down upon th* is
■ " ' estrrdav ahd * as f
hovel in .1 fen hours by n light anon
»ro weather was expected hefoi
morning.
Thp storm has been piunl
throng imut the emir* i ddlews*;
S'*" "O \: ttsrity send won
to newspapers that a temperature of
'h'xree* had been enjoyed there to
ween days and that indtoaa.or* we e
that the mercury mould net drop
" «nun I ilurator Dies
\ilor Suxllokinji I’oison
' N>'K. MaiMi IS -J| «
< iiha sji ,Mr\w »o,l K.'..*n-i m
. atlonal ,.rv!e* hfto and Hi fniit-i
v'*' ' 5'* whon* tivod for , r ,
Uni.', i*. dead *i i’>e home of h,,
tnxttbei-fo law liuv a* a result «vf
drinking !>> « -i S • »ur?ere<t a r*v»
oii« ImUM f-'. • . hs». gh*
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