Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha IV < irning Bee
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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
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