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The Omaha IV < irning Bee k — — ■ -■ VOL. o'i—NO. 236. “ V. W'"' a'.’V.! OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1923.* L"/.'1 ». :Ti2Tir.«,.V T W 0 tEXTS " Ad vocated Proposal to 1 real Bootleg Miner Same as Pureliaser of Stolen Goods Fa \orcd in Washington. Follows List Exposure By MARK SI I.LIVAN. Washington, March 19.—(Special.) ^ A development of prohibition which ame lo the front in Washington last week is th<f likelihood that a® an ad ditional means of making the law ef fective there will he put forward a proposal to make the buyer of boot leg liquor as well as the seller, the subject of criminal prosecution. v The proposal goes on the analogy i hat the buyer of bootleg liquor is in the same category as the purchaser uf stolen goods. Those who put for ward or endorse this suggestion in , ludes at least one member of the . abtnet and several others of sucll landing us to make the earnest press re of it certain. There will be bc ;nd it the determined prohibitionists who hold the purchasers of bootleg quor to be chiefly responsible for the present difficulty in enforcing the law. There will also be behind it paradoxi • ally, many cf the most ardent wets," who hold the theory, whether \ am or valid, that the best way to get ,d of prohibition is to make it odious, nd who number also among their ..•signs that of showing up what they . all the hypocrisy of those who vote dry" and promote prohibition and the -•.me time indulge in liquor them 'd res. "Bonze Who" Leads to Action. W episode that brought this ingle • r prohibition to the front was the publication in one of the local papers ..f what purported to be a list of the • ilrons of a local alleged bootlegger who had been raided by the officers. This episode created in Washington .a* furore not heard throughout the nuntry, for the reason that the list i ntained the names of many persons official life, or otherwise prominent; J for the additional reason that it 1 arted among the knowing and ; mong the insiders a mass of humor ous speculation as to how it hap poned that certain other names did i ot appear on the list, names which -nine of the sophisticated cynically de clared would appear if any complete 1st were published of all the patrons of all the bootleggers. This sort of agitation and more of e kind which would not be understood throughout the country, was (n i reased by the fact that the news paper in which the publication was i ad" is one which is frequently called lc illy a kind of official organ of the administration, the owner of which is closely associate-1 with President j liar-ling personally ar,d is now his host in Florida. Itry Plank in (i. 0. P. Platform. It can la? stated without qualification that Harding and th" administration, • nd the republican party altogether, will next year go on record and make a campaign on a 100 per cent ‘‘dry" position, a position which, coupled v uh the personal stand to be taken by the candidate, will emphasize Insis tence upon more and more drastic en forcement of the prohibition law as i stands. This w ill be true If Harding is the candidate and It will be true If any other man is the republican can didate. The overwhelming probability eg*- is that Harding will he the candidate; but if that program should he changed. i.o one of the men who has any serious 1 kali hood of taking llarding a place v. ill be otlmr than In favor of thor e igh going enforcement. Conference to lie t ailed. , Soon after Harding return*, lie will i dl in Washington a conference of governor* to consider means of en forcing prohibition. This conference v ould have been held some weeks n o but for the fact that some 4) slate legislatures are in session which makes it difficult for the governors to get away from their *tate capitol. \s regards the democratic party, there Ik going to he a fight to deter mine whether the party shall he '‘dry'* oi "wet." More than half the party, and more than half the Individual 1- oders, are "dry." McAdoo, who at this moment is further ahead In the race for the democratic nomination than any other man. is as energetic ally "dry” as Uryan himself. The built of the south is "dry,” in i ,rly all of the western stutes and lr the middle west the democrats arc c "dry" ns the republicans. “Wet" Appeal to lie Made. \t the same thne. there is a group nC the democratic leaders who cling to the idea that the best device for them to win the election next year in to appeal to what they call the "east rni" wet "salient”—such states as > ' W’ York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. There will be a dramatic fight on lliis question, both as regards the democratic candidate and the demo « itlc platform. Decidedly the best Judgment is that the democrats will not nominate any candidate who ia avowedly "wet." It Is possible that a* regard* the platform, there nmv !»■ a comprotnlKC. which will either go on record In favor of law enforce jnont or else remain silent. Hut us 11 g irds the candidate, there is little llk'-llhood of any avowed "wet" being rl'cti the nomination , (Copyright, New Voik Tribune ) Mathers Recommends His Plan as Solution of Tax-Reduction Muddle Speaker, in Plea for FTarmony and Demo Support, Quotes Bryan Campaign Speeches Contradicting Code Modification Plan of Governor. By P. C'. POWELL. Staff (errcspomleni The Omaha I5er. Lincoln, March 10.—(Special.)— In a statement issued tonight A. N. Math ers, speaker of the house of represen tatives, pleaded again for harmony and democratic support for his plan for state government which places state activities under constitutional of ficers and coincides with pre-election pledges of the democratic state plat form and campaign speeches made by Gov. Charles W. Bryan. "We can be democrats and republi cans." live speaker's statement read, "but we have a greater responsibility to the v oters and that is to rise above politics and be true and loyal Nebras kans. My plan is agreeable to many republicans, it is the campaign plat form of the democrats and the cam paign expression of the governor. Let it be. if not more, the entering wedge, the common ground, the basis at this time for some constructive service and bring about a program of drastic tax reduction for Nebraska," The speaker expressed regret that the governor had not accepted his plan which, he asserted, would break the deadlock and give the legislature time to consider many other impor tant measures, the income lax. the new revenue bill, the bankers bill and others before time for adjournment arrived. Bryan Speeches Quoted. In short, concise sentence, the speaker outlined the power in ap pointments demanded by the governor in his rode modification plan. It is in exact contradiction to the governor's campaign speeches, which are quoted , by the speaker, in which the governor . assailed the McKelvie administration because it placed too much power in the governor in the way of appoint ments. Here is a quotation from one of Governor Bryan's campaign speech produced by Speaker Mathers: •'This code theory of government transfers it out from the hands of those who are elected as your direct representatives and into the hands of appointees. Those appoitnees do not Commission to Consider Kicks Against Tariff Commission to Begin First In vestigation I p<Ier flexible Proxisinns of New Law in Near Future. Washington. March 1!*.—Forma! an nouncement was made by the tariff commission that it soon would start Us first investigation under flexible provisions of the new tariff act to determine whether the r^tes on 17 commodities are equitable. Chairman Marvin stated it was the commission's intent to begin work im mediately in a permanent way look ing to a sweeping study of production costs and other facta. Tim Investigation will lie limited to rates against which complaints have been filed end the decision to proceed with these inquiries does not. accord ing to Mr. Margin, constitute a declar ation of the commission's policy or program of action under the flexible provisions. Announcement Of the in vestigations was held up temporarily over Sunday pending instructions from President Harding ns to hin in terpretation of the new law s flexible sections. The rates coming within a scope of the investigation affect the following articles: Cotton, sugar, knit fabrics, cotton gloves rnado of warp knit fab ric, cotton hosiery for Infants, pig iron, oxalic acid, diethyl barbituric acids and derivatives thereof; barium dioxide, casein, logwood txarb t. po- ! tasslum chlorate, sodium nitrate, mir ror plates, Swiss patter files, paint brush handles, wall pockets and art! 1 fiolal or ornamental fruits, vegetable'-1, grains, leaves, flowers ami stems or parts thereof. No official statement, was made as to whether the complaints sought In creases or decreases In the rates, but It was learned that about two-thirds of the requests for revision were for modification downward. The sugar complaint however, seeks a reduction In the protective duty. — A Good Guess— But Wrong flMr. E. L. Kunold, 4232 Bur dctte, figured that it would take an Omaha Bee "Want” Ad at least three days to sell a diamond ring for him. Almost anyone would ad mit that selling a diamond ring through a little two-linc "Want” Ad in three days was a good bet. But it was wrong—because it wasn’t good enough. U Mr. Kunold sold the ring after his advertisement ap peared in one issue of The Evening Bee. *T Why don't YOU call AT lantic 1000 and let an Oniuha Bee "Want” Ad put you in touch with the person who wants what you have to sell, rent or exchange, take orders from the taxpayers. They are not the agents and are not respon sible to the taxpayers." The speaker pointed to the fact that in the face of this campaign statement by Governor Bryan he it demanding the power to appoint every employe in the state. Following is a list of sta'e activities, enumerated by Mathers, which the governor would take role charge of and direct ap pointment of everyone in these de partments: Bryan's Powers Knuinerated. "The governor shall be state health director. "The governor shall be head of the engineering department. "The governor shall be commission er of insurance. "The governor shall be tsuinrmssione.' of hanking. “The" governor shall be commission er of labor. "The governor shall lie head of the department of animal industry. "The governor shall lie head of the bureau of inspections. "The governor shall lie head of the fish and game departments." The above ,s all taken from the hills presented to the legislature by Governor Bryan. "Has the state of Nebraska ever had any sueli centralization of pow er?" Mathers asked. "Was such a monstrosity outlined in the democratic state platform? "In the campaign utterance of can didate Charles AV. Bryan, now in my possession, did Mr. Bryan outline such a tremendous centralization of power? "Is there a single democrat m the senate or house of representatives who proclaimed, during the cam paign, such a faircaching dictator ship as this? Voters 1 uawarc of Plan. 'L.d any voter at the November poll- know that such centralization of power in tlie* governor’s office was contemplated? “Who of you, whether democratic or republican, will say hero and now, who in Nebraska will say, that tin above departmental group* will be honest, capable and efficient when managed by such men a* Auditor Marsh, Secretary of JSta#o Pool, Sh-*t*» Treasurer Robinson and Land Com missioner Dan Swanson? “If perchance. Governor Bryan will not yield on*- inch shall the legislature be blocked in its effort to l>e of con-1 structive service to the people of Ne braska will the governor not. at lenat. stand by the plain and unmistakable language of his own speeches, quoted in this statement and thus fairly and consistently approve at least my amendment and let that l>e the com*1 mon "ground from wlii«-h can be worked out an adjustment of state nf fairs and give Nebraska an honest, safe and drastic tax reduction pro gram. I m <|tiall< 4 Dictatorship. “Otherwise we would have a dicta torship without parallel, and controlled only by a would-be executive council, a council without even the semblance of authority under the constiution and ' with democrats within the house nf representatives admitting such a coun cil, would under the present constitu tion be only suggestive and have <g.Jy advisory power. I’mb-r the constitu tion the governor as the supreme ex ecutive officer of the state could at any time disregard the wishes of tin* executive council and do exactly us he pleases.” Because so many of the member* who went home for tho w eek end were snowbound, debate on the Bryan, Dy sart and Mathers bills was by mutual agreement of democrat* and icpubli cans postponed until tomorrow. Senator Nicholson Calls Work to \tteml Operation Washington. .Match 19.—Secretary Work was summoned to Rochester, Minn., today by Senator Nicholson of Colorado, who is seriously ill there. The senator has declined to submit to at) operation unless Mr. Work, a physician and friend of 30 years. !s present nt the final consultation. When Senator Nicholson becanv ill here after »h« adjournment of con gress hf* was removed to the Mayo hospital at Rochester, with the stipu lation that Secretary Work should have tiie final say as to whether an operation should be undertaken. Men ho Held I j» I rain Oct 10 to 20 Yearn in Pen j Tacoma. Wash., March 19 Paul Ripoli. t'loyd Jorgenson and Jerry Penning, the three Scuttle men who held up and attempted to rob a Northern Pacific train nt South Prairie Saturday, were sentenced to j terms of from 10 to ’0 years in the state penitentiary today. Tin* men pleaded guilty of attempted hlghV»V robbery. l)r. George W. Slum* Dies. Sarrnmento, <'ul.. Mart'll 19.— Hr. | Oeorn* W. Htonr, Internal lonully known educator and Judge advocate of the United States navy during the Civil war. died suddenly Jit bis home ( in Santa ('run early today, according to word received at the offices of the state department of education here. He was X.'t years of age «• - Karl of Carnarvon III. Ha h o Ugypt. March 19 Ths cat! of Carnarvon, "ho lias been super Using the excavation* nt the tomb of King Tutenkhamon. Is suffering i severely from blood poisoning pn ounutbh the result of an Insect bile, j Red Meet Are Bared Federal \«icnt Present at Powwow in Michigan Last Summer i estifies in I rial of William Foster. Identifies Delegates St. Joseph. Mich., March 19.—— Secrets of the organizations of the communist convention In the sand dunes near here last August were re vealed today in circuit court when K 97." Department of Justice agent, who attended the meetingas a dele gate, took the stand as the states star witness against William 77- Fos ter. charged with criminal syndical ism. "K 97 — his number in the files of the government secret sertice—Is Francis Morrow of Camden, X, J Among the communists lie was known is Ashworth, and at the convention, where all delegates used assumed names, he was called Day. Morrow Identified the delegate list of the convention, the regulations of the grounds committee which directed it of the stewards who policed it and the program agenda convention call, party program and constitution and a number of other state's exhibits, fomkt Elected » halrtnan. He tuM how lie was chosen u dole gate from the communists group in Philadelphia and Camden and how he left Philadelphia with Alexander Hail and John Ureisslnger, two other dele g.-iie.*. The convention, the wiiner* s.i.d was opened by Jay l,o\ rstoiio of New York, soon after which Drn Gitlow, alms Lowe, of New York, who is now in Sing Sing prison serving a sentence under the syndicalism laws of Xe'w York, was elected chairman. O. I,. Smith assistant attorney gen eral of Mi- hig.ui. tried twice to Intro duce in e\ idetice the program and con stitution of th« communist party, which the witness lind Identified, but each time Judge Charles White sus tsined objections by Frank P. Walsh, . .,c f of counsel for Foster, that t! * document had not vet been properly Identified. Meet in Detail. The witness described the conven tion in detail. Sessions. In* said, were j held in a deep ravine between two lofty sand dunes, the delegates sitting around on planks placed on cement blocks to form a half circle on the irrraced hillsides Maumee Wolff, another Depart ment of Justice agent, ♦•ho proceeded Morrow on the stand, identified more than a hundred documents as among tho*o seized In the raid. On crof-s examination. Mr. Walsh attempt'd to “how that Wolff had ap peared with Max Burger, another fed eral agent, who i«* now attached to the Michigan attorn' generals of fice aj special assistant prosecutor in the Foster case, before the Berrien county hoard of supervisors and told the board the trial would not cost the count3* one cent because money would be obtained from on outside source to defraj th* expn • - Mr V tNh spe, if;, .illy asked it Wolff had made thn statement lief ore the Uiard that h« was not at liberty to say v here the money was coming from, but that it would be furnished "as it has been in other » ns« • Wolff Denies statement. Wolff flatly denied making the statement, although admitting he was present at the meeting at which the < ummunist case was discussed. The defense introduced an affidavit from Fred »\ Franz funner sheriff of Berrien countv and now a member of the board, which refers to Burger s presence at the meeting of the hoard This affidavit was produced when a motion fur .1 change of venue was argued two weeks ago. The affidavit quotes Burger ns saying "he was not at. liberty to state . . from w hat source monies would be received to recoin pense Berrien county." Mr. Frans? also made affidavit that Frank Mall, county clerk, bad re ported to the board that the question of defraying the expense of tin* trial had beep discusser) with Congressman John Ketcham. and that the con gressman had reported that he "had communicated with William J. Burns, head of tin* bureau of investigation «*f the Department of Justin* at Wush ington .find that Burns had advised t.’ongiessman Kotchatn that, although the government of the Fnltnl State • •mild not legally assist financially, vet t he funds were ;o oin d from sources which were not revealed A Michigan statute makes ,t a n , demeanor for a pronn utoi to m-i-ept funds from private hoiiih t,, defray costa of prosecution. ■‘Beggar" I Inrl<*«I at Bride Starts Japanese (flass W ar T"klo, March 10. Tlir -houtuin of "eta.’* metaiilne “heggai at a bride enter Jug a temple at Nunilmyun by nn anti florinllat crowd bn a unloo><<i the aocUlflfltic ire of t» ntin rt.i • law* of that \b*lnity. and tonlglrt • *f fnlaU of tin diNtri't were- • .illthg upon the mlnlatrr of wm at Tokto to Utah troop* to i|iir|) lutual fighting to ; wren the • In - • I < m I a \ on I’ugc if. MTodn> ” tlo- dall> editorial fra tine of \rthur IBrUbaiie. appear* in The Omaha Morning Iter oaeH lay in (lie Oral column on pag< 1 11 1 ■ • 1 i We Do Wish the Reformers Would Give This Their Earliest Possible Attention Family Expelled From Cult House Scantily Clad Thrown Out of Itrnton Mar itor Colony itli OnU *100. Vi itnr-- Testifies in *80. 000 Damage Suit. (i. i I Rapid*. Mic 1* Mar* h 10. & —John W. Hans* II nn<l hit* family were expelled from the Israelite how*' of David, scantily clad and with only $100 and tickets to their former horn* Nashville, Tenn , following a midnight conference at whirl* lie was charged with assault and his •••n va« threat ened with arrest according to teeth monv given by Harwell in federal court in his suit ag in*t the colony for |§0.CK)d. The amount, the plain t.ff contends, is the \ »iuo of property turned ove r to the Benton Harbor cult when lie t>ecan*e a member and the value of hie labor during membership Hansell declared John J. Sterling, it that time prosecuting attorney of Berrien county, attended the midnight meeting and had a part in his expul sion. Frightened h.v the charges against him. Hamodl declared he iigiced to leave the colony, signing a release for himself and Mrs. Hansell and revel \ mg therefor $100 and the railroad tickets. Some of the clothing worn by the family at the time was offered an an exhibit tu show the condition in w hich they departed, I »• cember 20. 19.0. Hansell and his wife were the only witnesses tod**> Questioning by hi* attorney disclosed some of the alleged belief* of the colony. Benjamin Pur nell, head of the cult, claimed to he the "younger brother of Jesus" and "number seven of the messenger angels." according to Hansell. Their property, they said w.o turned over to the cult along with their labor, "foi the kingdom'* kake The kingdom, they explained, was to he attained h> men and women living ■ i* brother* and wlstei* and its attain incut meant Immorality on ea» h. Hansel is slated to return to the stand for c ross examination. Kiglit of l . S. I iii'l Hotly to Ki\ Coal Prices l pheltl Washington, Man h 1 '■* The right •f the t’nited State* ftp I administra fimi to fl\ real prices was upheltl to* ■ in v l>y the lulled States stiprglua • •out In deciding against the .1. M M« I Hina Id I’onl company of West Yu uinia. which was appealed for in tcsM«d pay for coni tinder prices t vfublifthrd hy the «ommisslon A number of other similar suits arc cow pending before the court and it is expected that todtt> a de< isioti will ‘‘tand ip a precedent for the dismissal of all the appeals hi might up from l nited Stales district courts Police I dlirf at \t otk < III* f of Police I letups* y routined In Ins desk at noon Monday aftei a month s a I we nee on account of ill ne«o I!** declined to discti" the U'opiwed assignment of <'omuii**iohei dan Itutler to fh* pllidtr d< I itlhUif j Candles on Child s Bier l ire House: Tuo Hie in Flames. One in Leap N>w Port Point. Quebec, March 19 - Henri Tremblay and In* w4fe tear fully led their three children to bed Sundry night, leaving in a <« ff n sur rounded by candle*, the i*My of their fourth child, for v 'iom funeral sei v h • * hail \*r-r r held during the evening. I uriug the night one of the candles at the dead child a bier ignited a cuy tain and tin* small wooden house blazed up like tinder. The flame* spread so quickly that two «»f the children were burned to death before th**v could leave their bed ihamler The third, 3 weeks old. wn* kilied wlmn the mother, herself I perhaps fatally injured triad to save it 1> jump g f oin a window. Soviets Making Even Effort to Save Lemne t nitrrvtl *taff ( ormponilrnl. Berlin. March 19 —Tiv sov • t gov • rum* nt is making every effort to prolong the life of .Nicolai L nine. I according t«* nd\ i- *- from Moscow Lenin* is considered «*.. vital !•» tlie < a use nf communism and more par ticularly to the present Russian poll that situation that some of the most noted spr. ialists of Rurope liavc been summoned to Moscow in the effort to have bis lif< Professors I Uinik e. von Struempcl and Nonue of Oermany. are ex pected to reach M*»sct*w today by aero plane. Professor Hue*, in n. Hie ne ed brain spe* ialist «»f Stockholm, has also been summoned. • Reports today indU ate a slight im provement ai his «onditb»n. Kosono Hoard Puts Han on ( ouslructioii W ork Washington, Mmvh in.—The ft-il rial resello board put a lain OB furthrj •'on*t ruction of reserve hank budding*, “until the present conges tion in building activities of the coun try is materialh relhved and the costs of building levered Ar.iuntnn rnent of the change in the board'a policy wa* made in connection with a decision to refuse to accept hide for construction of n branch bank i Little Kook. Ark. Cormau Doput) \rrostod at Paris Communist Moot Pans March 111 A Herman deputy named IhdUiti was attested in Pat * I ft night while m uttsndar.ee at a communist meeting. Ho will h« tried on a charge of at tempting to imperil the securit> of the French state lie was taken to a p» ison at Haute. • Pacing Hond Hids \«kod. Count \ t omimsttioners Monday a. ked hide on MOtMWO worth of pay ing bond*. These hon«U will ha used In the cxtr-tvhe paving pivvgrnm planned hy the hoard for the coming > caf Irish (.moral Shot. Dublin. Man'll ti* - < f*' l*r*e state UiMi|ii» iwn.llnti Ui*> Hut bln ml s.tuaie aisln.'i of Dublin Iasi night fired on • Thoms* Kuril*. who w«« »hut in lbs ilii*b, . Cold Spell Breaks in Nebraska and Traffic Resumed Train.- Beginning to Run on I)ela\rtl Schedules—1 em perature '7 Yltoxe at koarncx. Trl.i -e: viie in zwvtlu-rn Nebraska still w*« demoralized Monday follow .ie tbo heavy buzzard of Saturday. off .aio of '.mou* railroads r*’\« ii> that all trains would mm through on delayed schedules. Fear was ex pressed by stockmen :ti that region The. lowest temperature ever recorded in Omaha in 'larch was chalked up on the official weather bureau theniometer at 7 >unda> morning—8 below zero. "Fair and warmer” is the fore east. The coldest ->unda> night was helow zero, registered at 8 in '1 on morning. l»e- 'tomes and llaven porf. la., hid minintums of in be low Kansas City's lowest was I aboye: North I'lalte 7 above: X al entine zero. I p in the usually frozen north they had evtraordinari V warm temperatures Xlonday, brought by a rhmonk wind across the inoun tain-. < algary was -weltering un dec 18 above zero. I dmonton. 700 miles farther north, had nothing lower Ilian in, while amloops. far upin tlie « anadian Rockies, re ported 18 at 7 Xlonday morning. Tampa. Fla., at the same hour was only 77 degrees higher. re porting 70. that the liniis ! ij auffeiro. but re port s were too imag-ei to estimate the lo-s Kearney tells of a glowing sun and .1 temperatuie of 57 degrees alvve •'/ «'\eil reports moderate tei l-ergture no wind and rapidly melting snow. Komis are being cleared and rancher* who were marooned in rail usid town* have started for their homes A nun.bei ,.f teacher* were ntilo to teturn to their country school* Monday. P.ss-engers (liven Food At Fremont 800 biscuits. t. .h er, i ggs. in gallons of milk. 7 boiler* of coffeq m addition to a quantity' of bread and doughtrui* , dlectcd 'by farmer*. were taken to eh or more hungry p.is-rngii- oil a Nor tlivv n (Tara l« I'nir Two, lolimin two. The Weather Forrr»*r. Tua*d:i\ f in «i'ii w minor Hourly Trniprraturt'*. ■’ * •»• 4 1pm l| Ham 1 ! p m ‘I • • • "> -4 * p m ’< • • i" 4 p Hi :# a H HI N p HI 4 1 Hi » "• * « p in i« II ■ »' II f p in S4 I'! noon If a p hi 4a • •’ 'I Triii|iouiiirr» 4 Kurww » I'uakl.i m ll irnp...( II KhhIU <111 4 •»»»’” 4* Hull l.l, „l I*IH W «><>..• ■am ■ »• IP IHnlir 4 III ,« slt.rl.l.i. \S • >»«ai II Hli'ii» I n.i 41 prill run* , It, I Damage Is Estimated in Millions Low Temperature Sprcaditi" Oxer Southern State* Fruit ami Other Larlx Grops Kuined. 1 rains Stuck m Dnfts By I niver.al Service. «' .. ig. Mar. h IT1.—A wore of lives wiper] out. millions in property dam : gc ar-utc suffering throughout the country was ;he toil of the record breaking cold wave today. From the Rocky mountains to th** Gulf i f Mexico and the Atlantic sea V.ard came accounts of unprcceden ;| vagaries of the weather. The blizzard that raged over th* .-at plains Saturday and Sunday bar given way today to clear, biting cold Hut *!ie snow continued to drift at ailroad traffic was paralyzed. A week will clapse, 't was estimated, befor* traffic will :v> normal. Tiie low temperature was sp.-cadirz over the southern s’ates tonight. Th* crest of the* cold ware had reached \-'.ansae. Tern* - - c. Louisiana an*' Mi«*.«sippi. Iiut Georgia. Alabama and Florida will have colder weather to ruoi'fow. Fruit Grower* Ln*e Million*. The lots '" f. :.t growers of A: a: sas wa« estimated at f re- :. 5I ‘"‘* 000 to It.SOO.fM)#. Charles F Coutoi. statistician for the government crop reporting bureau in Arkansas, est: mated the peach crop will lve a total fa lure. Th** trees were In full bloom. The srrawlvcrry crop tvas pra<*iicali: ,.,-ie.l ar.d the oats crop fern,un damaged. Off;.*-a! rep r's ft .in T» M - stssipp', jr-1 Georgia were lacking it* nigh*, but it was believed tiie loss ti fruit growers in those states would be heavy. * the P reached Ch; ago from II to It hours la'e. They had l*een stuck in snow b*nks in Iowa. Nebraska and Illinois. The Pacific lambed on the i hicagr Milwaukee A Ft Paul, due here at 4 0 Ice!; Stimla** afternoon, was stll. struggling ::: snowb-mks i*i Iowa. The I.tw Angeles Limited, tr* ; Vo. 5 o:i ti.- Chicago A Northwestern du*. at S this r * nine from Los Angeles ej> reported 10 hours lai** at t o, u tr*l *; . Rut at 5 thus evening •he tr..ir was «• i f.ght: g snowdrift* w**st of Chicago. The Continental Limited, due c the Northwester, at Sta* yesterday from Portland. Ore. reached her* shortly before noon today. Freight Trains Annulled Freight trains on roads throughout the north.w.*; were annulled am* engines .tit * rows # ■* ployed in ftgrv c f'owl-ar « t ■ i" tracks foi mail and passenger trains. Trams were stu.-k In the *nv,vv itr.ero ;s :• int« In Iowa and Ne 1 .ifka Many were held on ablings in vnal! towns until lines could h» .u'ttt. The temperature was front '.it to -a below zero A fan I*, iv er tra;- on the Cfclcag. R *k Island A Pa'iflc, due here at 4 . -te• ,ty af ttiv*. • had not reacheit Chicago n* il tor.g' • It was not ex pet ted I* fore midnight Passengers on l»'!ate*1 tra.r.a told ■*f oltsorv irg snowdrifts 11 and If f, . ■ high ta It.wa. Nebraska ant Min i e?ot;v Fen-'were completely cc\ * r* t. ai m t place* the v %« i »a: t lie top of tdcjtsph Tmm*? The imx»niin? train* t»cro covered wiiji -now. packed on engine pilot? art! true*.- of -ho c c. Tr* f.i 1! m rhioap-’* *a? re’ heavy hn: the cold wa? nui >' Tfc* 7,t : • : » ".o .; ' ■ -1 .v! 7 *. V » Turn !•» l »c*> T****. t vtuiain Thref i Man Held for \Ucnipt to Kill Officer Confess,*. Murder Lancaster. Pa. March 19.—Ar . restcvl on a charge of attempting to shoot a policeman, a man who g..ve his name a* Guss:e Carr of Raid Friar. Md . was said by the author,* nrs to have confessed slaying V*u>1 Williams hi* army companion, ne. r Fort Ptliss. iu 19!s He also was ai*' legeti to have confessed that he sr I Williams had rohbetl a shanty M Hatch. Mcs . an.! shot and probably killed two inmates t'.nr ai d W IK, « we . ■ embers of Company H. Fifth cava’ty »rs ttoned at Camp Rliss 1 ifer from Omaha files \ppeal in Supreme < ourt I .r ohv March 3?—iSpec;s’.'—Kred Hrewn, 'he chain bandit." eers .r.g a life sentence in the state penitential y. file!! an appeal to the supreme court t May. I« It object* 'o testimony concerning 1'rown‘a flight from Omaha to l.in . oln, and from tdnooin to Omaha and later to W coming which th# petition alleges, should not bate beer. admitted at the trial. lurk' Ignore Protest. Constantinople. March 19—The Turkish g \ eminent has refused to tecojml-r the American and all lev I pro rainat the retroactive phase of the new flour duties it t* re port eel bowevei. that sonic arrangement af g Ameuean stocks la being negotiated. I S. \ir Meet .it Porto Kuo Hi ' Jia.r I' K. Ms , h i*.4r Th *** I’nilhi SiniM army iurjik''e« a tlu* rtfor’i nir n* ^vi - ' .• : H ch; f S.t* Ar, tCUKV
