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The Omaha Sunday Bee I - o. 11. Omaha*1 p! ^'"'undiV Att*''.* MM»rc?’ S^in! OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1923. • D,,l> an* Sunni, *»: *«a4a>. I2.M. within th« 4tA io». FIVE CENTS . ■ - * Outtlda tha 4th fen* (I year): Dally and Suaday. 112; Sucday aaly. 15 Democrats Favor Ford \ and McAdoo Popular Call Heard for Fliv ver Maker as Presidential Candidate—Wilson May lie Power. Sullivan on the Situation By MARK SULLIVAN. Washington, March 24.—There are three men In behalf of whom active and organized work is being done fnr the democratic nomination for the presidency. They are McAdoo. Ford and Underwood. Of the three, the one that gets the largest amount of pop ular support—support of the kind politicians call "grass roots” strength —is Ford. No one who aims to reflect current political events in the United States with any accuracy can fall to set down tlie fact that in widely sep mated parts of the United States there Is lively and constantly increas ing talk of Ford for the presidency. The writer has already mention this phenomenon as occurring in the mid illewest mid the eastern part of the south. The latest community in which this talk of Ford has come to the at tention of the writer is one of the most orthodox democratic communities in tlie country, the state of Missis sippi. For that matter, it is useless to particuiarlize states or communities. Every politician who comes to Wash ington from farming districts or from stales in which farmers and resi dents of small towns compose the hulk of the population, reports that about the only democrats as to whom there is real discussion in the popular sense are McAdoo and Ford, and that there is more of it about Ford than about McAdoo. Vox Populi Vocal. To the extent that this Ford talk goes, it is all among the people anil not among the politicians. So far as writer knows, there is no national or stale democratic leader—with possibly one exception, who is for Ford. This, however, is a condition that to some extent automatically corrects itself. In .• 'most any community, when the talk among the people reaches a certain volume, the loaal leaders are com pelled to reflect ft. Also, whenever, any movement reaches the momentum which this Ford talk may readily reach within the coining year, there is not wanting political leaders ready to jump to the front as the first "Ford fm President*' leaders in their com munities, hoping to profit by this prl *** irity in the event that things turn out favorably. In spite of this, however, the bes* ; judgment would say that the idea of , nominating Henry Ford is and will | e 'tinue to be anathema to practical ly every important democratic leader Pi the country: and that If Ford is ever to make any really serious ap proach toward the democratic nomina tion. it can come about only througli an expression of popular feeling so formidable that It is not now possible to predict it as probable. Shy on Delegates. Indeed, the greater probability is list Ford nt the outside, and even In i tie contingency that ho should throw himself and his resources whole heartedly Into a campaign for the nomination, rannot possibly enter the democratic convention with more than a third of the 1,000 delegates who will compose the convention. It might readily turn out that the num ber nt his actual delegates would be (Tnrn tn Page Ten. Column One.) All Air Speed Records Broken hy Army Plane IJjr t'nivernal Hervlc*. Washington, March 24.—All air speed records have been smashed by an army plane which flew' through a blinding sandstorm at the rate of 210 miles an hour, the War department announced today. The amazing velocity was attained •luring a flight from Nogales, Arlz., to’ Fort Bliss, Tex., with MaJ. I,. <!. Heffernan as pilot and Sergeant Jen sen as observer. They made the Jump from f'olurn bus. N. M., to Fort Bliss, a distance of 71 miles, In Ik minutes, or at 210 miles an hour. There was a terrific sandstorm and the air was literally satuialtd with sand to a height of C.OOi) fret. The pilot was unable to climb above the hIiimii lieeauio of the wind and tin- short distance of the flight. In “pile of the fact 'hat he was nearly blinded. Major Heffernan mad" a safe landing. (Jpdrles ami Jesgsrrami Plan Visits Home This Summer Washington, March 24.—Both the French and British ambassadors here hi■ planning trips to their home capi tals during the coming summer an I are expected to taljt over with their governments variola questions which have arisen during recent months In the line of their official duties In Washington. The liritis hamljassador, Hlr Auck land derides, will leave for TxJndn some time In May, and his French colleague* J. J. Jusserand, expects to sal la mnth later. Because both wern appointed under home governments which n longer are In power, reports lavs gained circulation here that one or both might not be returned here. Embassy fflclals, here say, however, they have received no Intimation that either is to retire. Iowa Woman Is Crusher! in Hold Elevator Crash Ties Moines, la.. Match 24—Mrs. ^ Mary Hall of Earlham. In., was crushed to death nnd nine persons were Injured today when an elevator In which they were passengers fell In a downtown hotel. The Injured were taken to hospitals. The elevator fell front llte sixth floor to the basement, a broken cable was i wwji Divine Sarah Is Near Death but Still Fighting Bravely Saralv Eternk ardt^ liy the Assoriutf-fl Press. Baris, March J4.—Madame Sarah Bernhardt is critically 111, perhaps dy ing. Bravel, this remarkable wornan.who belongs to the world, as well as to France, Is fighting against the ravages of disease, but her weakened consti tution makes the odds much against her. After a long consultation tonight the attending physicicans issued the following bulletin: ‘‘The condition of Madame Bern hardt has become aggravated In the last few days, and the iprognosis must be reserved.” Thte guarded t'-rrns used would lead to the belief that the possibility of Bernhardt's recovery is not great. Bernahrdt herself declared only re cently that she would continue hgr work on the stage to ths very lust, and only this week she posed at her home in a film for an American company, thus probably overtaxing her strength. Madame Bernhardt, who observed her 77th birthday on October 73, suf fared n collapse at the rehearsal of a new play in Paris on December 18. She made light of the affair at the time, terming it a mere Punting spell and declaring that she would soon be back before the footlights. She suf fered several relapses and on Decem ber 74 was reported to be dying. She slowly recovered from this setback, however, and on January 10 felt so strong that she insisted upon attend ing the theater. From then on until the news today of her sudden sinking spell, her condition was not thought to be serious. House Plans $500.00 0 Reduction in Bryan B udget for Nebraska Passage of Mathers Bill Paves Way to Reduce Ex penses Without Starving Necessary State Activities. in I'M t. GREEK. Special Ill-patch to The Omaha lice. Elncoln. March 24 —Having passed the Mathers bill, the house of k-epre sentatives Is preparing to reduce state appropriations half a million dollars below Governor Bryan's bud get. This saving to the taxpayers of Ne braska will not come through starv ing any necessary state activity. The government is simply to lie placed < n a diet. Seme sacrifices w ill have to be made, hut not so many as would havo heen necessary under the un scientific plan pi a tented by the gov ernor. Each dollar of taxes Is to t>c applied where it will produce the maximum of benefit »o the people. Perhaps the savings will run con siderably more than half a million dollars below the Bryan estimate. The finance committee Is going care fully over all schedules and has not yet completed Its list. Heads of state institutions and departmenlgehave as sisted the committee in hunting out all duplicated effort and pruning off superfluous branches. Differ Willi Governor, In the matter of state expenditures. a» well as In the matter of revising the system of government, the legisla ture differs with the governor. The Impression is plain that Mr. Bryan at tempted to deal with these delicate matters with a meat ax. As a re sult, both his budget plan and his pro posed code entail a considerable amount of damage to the best inter eats of the state. Although he was elected governor last November, It was not until ho assumed office two months later that he began to think seriously of his duties. Then, in fev erish haste, lie dropped a Juniblo of Mils Into the legislative hopper and announced that he had a mandate from the people to Insist op their he ing passed. if the governor ellngs to hill re solve to veto anything hut his own measures, a deadlock tnav result, which would lonve the government as It Is and prevent action on appro priations. There are political observ ers who declare that since Br Jlrynn THE NEW OMAH A H E E MAGAZINE SFVFN' IIIO FKATI KEN. 1. The story of "Keggy” Yamler toll's surprising second love nmtrh. 7. Dinner, nn nrigiiuil fiction story by Thyra Namier Winslow. 3. A short story by Inez Cun ningham. 4. Ilappyland, an interesting, wholesome feature for the little folks. 3. Fashion Fanny plans an Fas ter party. 6. Mrs. Fililli Itoekcfeller plans to devote tier millions to a probe of the inyali of the human soul. 7. O. (• Mi Inly re tells how to mingle with millionaire* for a nickel. *. _. has discovered a 1;ink in the old code law under which he could ap point every employe, that he thinks more of it than he did. Between the Mathers plan and the otd code, he would prefer the code. Aims at Senate. These observers claltp that Ids te xt political goal Is the United States senatorshlp. The support that could is- enlisted hy handling out 300 state Jobs would tie a great ass»t to his ambition. The emphasis whhh he places on the necceslty for all power to hire and fire being vested In the governor might l>o explained In a num I er of ways, of which this is at least n plausible one. However, tlhe governor insists that his opjwsdtlon to the Mathura plan is based on principle. What he proposes Is a system of one toan government by which most of the activities of the state would be centralised under him. Ills idea of economy called for the elimination of entire departments (Turn to rage Two, Column Three.) Mrs. Ellen Anderson, Dies After < operation Mrs Kllen Anderson. 52. itn.'l s uth Fiftieth avenue, died Friday morning following an operation Mrs. Ander son has resided in Omaha .'hi yi.ii-1. She is survived hy her husband and two sons, Frederick W. and Clarence I„. of Omaha: one brother, Louis Swanson of Wayne, Neb.; one slab r, Mrs. Anna Sward, I’urlock, Cal., h< r mother and two sisters In Sweden, and a sister In law, Mrs. Lydia Ylke of Omaha. Rev II. Alden of B tliel rhun h will officiate at Mrs Ai do mn's funeral, arrangements for which at” p* tiding until relatives from California are heard from. American II oaten Lore Maries More Ilian Unities, According lit figures (Hr InteriiMlforull \c*» Sfnlrc,) • 'hi'ago, Match 21 American wrn cn love confect lone, cosmetics. mot ice. elgurets arid motor cate more than they do Imhlce, If figitri* obtained here nt tho Amrrlcnn Homes bureau mean anything nt all. The first nine months of 1922 showed a loss of 322.932 hahles a nr trusted with 1921. Ilia bureau nil nounced. A continuance of Hus iaie f deellnu for 10 years would bring on a national iatastropbe. accurdlnr to the statistics. The homes bureau said $10,000,000. 000 n year formerly given to homo building had been sacrificed to pleas tires and blames women who find tha boay apartment preferable to a flat, where the crying of a < I,.I,I is not half so agreeable is tin. lanienta'Iona nf a syncopated phcnigrnidt record. "Women temporarily have given nrmal life the goby,'' says a state ment prepared by tho bureau The salo of Washing machine- the rgnnlsaUott revealed, fell off nearly a third while the purchase u fmntor cars Increased rapidly. A Eii ineer i^^terates •jV llis Charges State Capitol Controversy Is Nearing End — Goodhue Goes to New York to Got W itnesses. Graft Is Not Claimed kpeelul Dispatch to The Omaha Flee. Blneoln. March 24.—The capitol controversy is near an end. The Joint investigation committee listened today to a repetition of charges mado by George E. Johnson, former state engineer, against Archi tect Bertram Goodhue at hearings of the state capitol commission. Before opening his case, Johnson asserted that he wished to withdraw his claim that Goodhue, personally, favored any particular contractor In awarding contracts. "I am, however, satisfied that the architect is guilty of either gross neg ligence nr gross Incompetency, and this is the charge I wish you to keep in mind as this hearing progresses and when discussing mistakes that the architect has made," Johnson stated. Goodhue Not Heard. Goodhue was not given an oppor tunity to be heard. At the request of his attorneys, he was permitted to teturn to New York tonight to secute witnesses and affidavits to refute the Johnson charges. Ihe Johnson allegations, as pre sented, were in regular legal form. A stenographer was present and all let ters, contracts and other pamphlets tendered by Johnson were tabulated the same as evidence in court, “We will assume there is absolutely nothing wrong until it Is proven to us. ’ Chairman Wilts© said in opening the hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Goodhue asserted that personally an unofficial reply made to the state capitol commission to the Johnson charge* was sufficient, but hi* attor neys insisted that he use the same legal methods in replying as pursued in making the charges. Johnson asserted that be did not lnt<nd to reintroduce hie charge of exorbitant prices charged f<>r stone ir.d would merely file the findings of ; the state capitol commission made yesterday on that point. Exonerated by Commission. Tim corntni-sion. at it* hearing yea terday, exonerated Goewlhue of ail charge* of ' pergonal profit or benefit out of contracts awarded " fturing tho he .itny, th« arc .itect s,1,!‘ t that in many n, itter.- of aprci flcations and details he was dependent upon expert assistance. I regarded tile opinion ef s num h> r of men to whom were as-signed matters much better than mine, as they were experts on those lines,” Goodhue asserted. Chairman Wilts* read a letter re calved from the Nebraska division of the American i*oclety of Kngtneers, in which it was suggested that a committee of engineers and a com mittee from the National Architec tural society decide disputed points and clarify the situation. Several times during the hearing. Goodhue attempted to answer John son. IT" was admonishf-d that he would I* given an opportunity to make aii answer inter. ' Kxeuse me. gentlemen.” he re plied. "This is tho first time I was ever investigated and my ideas of procedure am limited.'* Prussian Police Prepare for Fascist! Invasion Berlin, March 21.—Prussian Mini* -ter of the interior Beverln today ls K'l or i rs to tl - Prussian police to prepare themselves fe.r any enter g-eucy. The Prussian government feat" a fascistl incision of llavarla. A government official declared they had received information that the fascist! plan to attuch Prussia through Thuringia. With the acute situation, machine guns have bet n mounted for the protection of President Ktiert and Chancellor Cuno. 1 Airnlane View of Missouri River Ice Jam Thin airplane photograph shows the lower end of the 5-mlle lqe gorge Hocking the Missouri river near Sergeant Bluff. Ia.. seven miles south i f Sioux City. The riv< r < nannel, as shown in the photo, is filled with . crushed ieo cakes from shors to 1 shore. The open water in the foreground is the result of heavy dynamite bomb ! ing from airplane*. The explosive formed erateis in the Ice, but failed to break up the huge pack. At the left is shown overflow water on the Nebraska side and in the up per right corner overflow on the Iowa side. The photograph was taken at an elevation of 600 feet by ft. L. -Mills of Sioux City. The river channel at the point shown is about half a mile wide. __v Wide Extension of Amateur Radio Activities Urged Allocation of Vi ave Length* and Regulation* to Permit Additional Broadcast ing Recommended. Tnh-rnatlonal New s Kervti e. Washington, March 24.—Wide ex tension of the amateur radio filed by allocation of new wave lengths and regulations to enable at least CO high power stations to broadcast to every section of the United State*. w<re contained in the report of the ; National Radio conference which ad jourr. -i to: ir.r • i t • prof », 1» were sub.n Ittcd to loccrs’s-i of Commerce Hoover, with the stab mint that the Commerce d ' partment, under Jhe present law. has ■ ttie authority to enforce the recom mendations and "thus bring order In I the radio world.” The final report was reached after a week s deliberation. Radio ex Perth from at! parts of the country testified and It was on this expert information the decisions were pro mu i gated. New Kra in Radio. The conference was declared to open a new era in radio. J!v open ing tip of nrw lands of wave lengths, previously reserved for government use, and shifting certain ship waves out of the conventional bands, inter ference In broadcasting can be re lieved. according to member' of the commission. 1 Previously ail broadcasting was concentrated on three wave lengths, 360, 460 and 4*3 meters," R 11. Car c. • mini - r of navigate n and chairman of the conference, said. ' Now a now field extending from 222 to 423 meters can 1>« created for the purpose. Within that field stations cau be assigned individual wave lengths an.I divided Into two classes. ' The higher i !n*s stations, cor responding to the present class 11 stat ns can use the wave lengths be tween 2*S meters and 543 meters while the lower powered stations can use tlie mu os from 222 to 2*6. "Tills will enable the higher power stations di-tnbutcd In 50 localities and comprehensively covering the (Tern In P:iHi- Two. 1 ulnmn Two ) Orkin Brothers’ Store to Be Under New Chief J. I. Orkln Jlflirrn \fter l ong Service— M. I ally of New ^ urk (iome* to Manage Business. After I# year* In ihe mercantile bustm s* In Omaha, J 1,. Oiktn of the Orkln III"" store, his disponed of his stock holdings to M ‘Fatly of New ' ork City. Mr, Fatly will arrive In Omaha this w *k to Income manager of the store, the position to in relinquished hy Mt Orkln. I'nder Ihe terms of purchase, Mr Folly virtually nnpilrv* the lease and fixture* of the establishment. Mr. Oi kin will leuialu In Omaha, however, until lie present i‘" k i* dosed out., lie plana to take charie of tin* readi to wear department > i large > astern ilepartment store “1 nm sorry to leave Omaha, hut my new connection offd s » bigger op portuntty,” h« said. The local *toro will retain it* cor juirale name. Mr. Fully, new mans car, has had wide experience ns buyei for several large stores of » similar character In (hn cost. Them will he no other change In th« slorc s policy or pi i runnel Ixuiii 1 dnisei Sei/.erl. New York, March : i The SO fot cabin cruiser Averr.er X'a* sidyed by customs official* at u htaten Island landing and ih« captain and crew nr ' rested WHERE TO FIND THE BIG FEATURES OF THE SUN DA Y BEE PART ONE. Page I— Mark Sullivfcn tells how Ford h»k| M< \d>m are cooked upon with favor by the democrat* Page fl—Editorial Page. Page a—Progressive Keta.il (.roeer* plan f«wd show for Omaha. PART TWO. Page 1—| (xhd f.eorge for*ec* a victory for labor. l*age I — March graduate* of Techni cal High ftchool. Pag*-* 2. 3 and 4—The heat *jH*rt page* in Omaha. Page \iitoruonlle new*. Page f,—Omaha “gold *tar'* mother •oitc* ehiidren In near ea*t. Page “—Market*. , Page* *. 9 and 16—Want Adg. Page 11 — Heal Estate new* PART THREE. Page* 1 to InVlunhe—Tiir brut •octet y page* In Omaha. Page fi—‘‘hopping wth Polly. Page* 9 t«» 11. ltte!a*Jve-— Newt of the theater find movie world. Page 15—Tb« married life ©f Helen ami Warren. Page 11-Stephen 1 earork discourse* on |he rate man aa he really i* Page 14—How Nebraska eourtv *a*e •tarving children P \RT Hit K. Tha four he*t comic page* In Omaha. KOTOt.K\VI HE SECTION The new* U airtnrr*. The only roto gravure ve«tlon In Nebraska. MAOAZINK SECTION. Page 1—‘*Heeg> ” \ underbill • • tirprU Ing *ecend lov# match. Page 5—\ «hort alary by Thyra Saro ler Winvlow. Page* 4. 5 and 6—For the kiddle* Page 5—Mr*. Edith Rockefeller to *[)etid million* to probe the my* teric* of the human soul, page a—4) o. M» Intyre tell* how to mingle with millionaire* for a nickel 17 Oil Storage Tanks in Flames Kffort* to Shut Off Flow Into Fire I nsuccessfu!—Smoke t ,n\ er- 30 M i!e». I'or. a City. Okl . March 2t.-Kisht spouUng wells, with a total daily average* production of 5,000 barrels of oil, late today were feeding the 8src*dy burning flames in IT tanks of the Cotnar Oil company in the Ton kawa field, which caught fire early today from escaping gas nearby. The flow from the wells Is directly connected with the tank* Ten hour* of unsuccessful effort lo turn the oil it to pipe lines have passed, although experts say this ran K> accomplished Company officials say they have no hope of bringing the Maze under con trol before Sunday afternoon. Early estimates placed the amount of oil already In the tanks when the f. re broke out at 8.000 liarrels. Eater It was said that none of the tanks of 100 barrels capacity xvere full and that the exact amount which they contained xx-u* not known. The fire originated In a small house, common ly known as a "dog house” about 100 Icet from the tanks. A pall of smoke from the burning oil cox eis an aiea of more than SO miles. Prinotier in (>i|tantir Hum Haiti Ksrapps l mlrr Fire J#oe Angeles. Much 24—!.(Aping from the Automobile in which he wan being taken to the lxmg lltirh jail. T Nukhi, one of eight men arreeted Thu reday in the mammoth "boose" r ii<1 nn the I'urtie Corporation Fl«ih Canning company'* wharf. In which $20,000 worth of liquor, a fl*h tng boat ntul five automobile* were ‘■il l?*'*!. r*t a tied today from a prohi bit Ion officer of ter the latter had fired m numiwT of h hot a at the fleeing man The «acape took place nt Wilming ton when the officer stopped for g. -mollne. Naim I "a A the owner of the flehing Ih*at Related during the raid. New < inllcge Paper. "The Turtle " a atudent paper bn* been launched by pupil* *( the Atuerl cun t'ollo** of HiiH.no**. 191S I’arnam *t reef 1 'recent ataff imlude* Klorenc* I'lirlotophi i H.m, editor In chief Anton Hottorff, n**t*lant rdltdv and hualneae InnUBger Kllru Marker, joke editor, and Uollin Heard and tirant Atlle ford, editors of Who* Who." Missouri Makes Channel in lee: Danger Is Past C1 High ^ ater Caused J>\ (iorge J' Falling Rapidly—arm \\ eather Causes Rapid Melting. • _ Sioux r.t la., March 24.—Atl Rood danger is past unless very severe and unusual weather cr-nJ t: in set in tery soon, according to a statement made tonight by K. J. Anderson, chairman of the hoard of supervisors of Woodbury county: A. B. Kriekson, also of the board, and J. C. McLean, county engineer, who spent all day Saturday in the danger zone on both sides of tlie Missouri r-.ver investigat ing the situation. Thc-ir statement declared 'hat a drop of two feet in water stage, at the lower point of the gorge on the Iowa side, about three miles south of tiergeant Bluff la . i: i occurred m the 24 hours from Friday night to Saturday n.ght, A recession of seven inches was noted at Dakota City. Neb, they said, the fait having oc curred since th.s morning. ( hannel I* Opened. A well defined' and open channe1 : r.u to 17.3 feet w ide lias been opened on the low3 side, according to the statement, and the water is flowing - ff freely, thus relieving the situation. The ice is melting rapidly so that numerous open spits in the ice sheet have made their appearance. The three men accompanied by R W. Riqhardson. district engineer ol tlie Oticago & Northwestern rail way, spent the morning on the low 1 side and the afternoon on the Nebras ka South Dakota side. "Under weather conditions such as are prevailing now. Mr Mclean said, “the flood waters will take .are of them?* Ives walnut inflicting any fur iher damage, of course any unusual weather change, such as a heavy precipitation, w.ll have an adverse e? feet and danger will have to l>e faced ! once more • Didn't Seek Rlaitc* Vis,tors to the river hanks Site Sat ttrday afternoon were relieved to see an open channel through the gorge, cii the Iowa side, through which the waters were flowing at high velocity. Members of the delegation from the board of supervisors who viewed the gorge, in company tilth the two er, : gtneem. declared that they did not order Sheriff Raul T Beardsley tc wire t\ ar depaitment cl! , ials renuest mg ass.si a tire of a l>oml>ing fle- t o( airplanes to destroy the ice jam as was stated In newspaper stories K.ri*tina Urasehorg, <>3. Dani'li l-wigr Mouther. Dies Kristina Uiaasborg. *3. 4711 South Thirteenth street. died Fi I day after noon of pneumonia ,n a local hospital. She is survived by her husband. Juft ttrassborg. two s. ns Bert Umssborg cf Omaha and Joseph t*tav'' erg of Kansas City. All*. Olassborg was a member 0! the lianlsh lodge Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 2 30 from tie title tramps mortuary. Burial w dl be in Springwell e-emetery Haiti at Beginning of I his \\ t'ck i* Fuifca>l Washington. March « \\ cither outlook for the week beginning Mon day Upper Missis*,pel ml low. Mi* sourl valleys Hn.n over south and rain or snow over north portion at be ginning and again about Thursday or Friday, otherwise generally fair Fre uuent alterations m temperature The Weather I ons a»f, Suii'Uy* fair and warmer Hourly Temporal lima. % «. in i; A ». m, 91 T ft. m *»» A ft. ut 9* * » m IH ft. tit 4T * I ft **l M , 11 >4 I I* w y t p w y S i» m .V 4 p IK M A p. h> M * p **i M ? W S Naval Pact Rouses Ire of Britain Dispute Between Navy ami State Departments Looms Over English Attitude toward Ratio. Harding May Arbitrate By GEORGE F. .M TIMER. Wnshintton ( 'irroiwn.ii'iit The Omaha Be#. Washington, March 21.—An attack upon the-spirit of the naval treaty calling for a 5-5-3 ratio as among the fighting ships of the United State*. Great Britain and Japan is seen in . the British attitude, reported in dispatches today to the effect the British interpret the treaty as pro hibiting change* ;n gun elevation% The American government is em barrassed by the developments in the situation, and an impasse is seen here 1 between the State and Navy depart ments which appear to take opposite i views as to the right of the United States to bring its ships up to stand ard. That a serious blunder was com mitted at the arms conference by someone is admitted. Both State and Navy departments have reverted to silence, but it Is an open secret that conferences are in progress between representatives of both dpartmer.ki and President Hard ing is likely to be called upon to arbi trate the differences. *hip Efficiency at Stake. The Navy take* the position that the efficiency of the American fight ins ships is at stake, while the State department is seeking more informs tion. Having been maneuvered into a false position at the outset through misinformation whose source is no wholly disclosed, the secretary ol s' it<- may be relied upon to move cau tiously before disclosing his hand it the next step In a controversy which Involves nothing less than an inter pretation of an all-important clause of the naval treaty. As the « ' nation now resolves itself, the American navy claims it :* out anged approximately 3,900 yards by the British nary, while the range ol the Japanese navy is not disclosed It is known the Mutsu, the battleship saved by the Japanese delegates to the arms conference, has a rarg» of more than 3fl,00h yards, the maximum claimed f.r any slops either in the British or American navies. While naval expert* disagree as t the effective n-ss of gun fire Veyond a range of 2.400 yards, all agree that the fleet laving the longest srm, hat a place cf distinct advantage. How great that advantage will b" depends upon the development of rarge - | , |i - - - Reef ress of airplanes as spotters or range directors. Experts Warn of Danger. Experts of the navy, charged with resinp.s bility for the first line of de fense. insist privately that it would be folly and sheerest quixotism to al low the American navy to fall behind other navies in efficiency, merely be iTnm to r»e# Two. f alums Ow l Spirit Picture Shown on Film >o Doclaro* Photographer ho Math* Photo* at Funeral of Spiritualist. I Hr tut emotional \e»» Seer iced I-o* Angeles, Cal. March 24 — Three strange impressions, claimed *o be ' spirit photo ’ of Mrs. Mary Mi Vieki-r. were seen today on the back ground of a ph tograph taken wh:i« Mrs McVicker lay in her casket. In it cord.lit - with Mrs. M cVick - et* s w ishes a licensed photographer, C. H, Monroe, was called after her death to make a picture of her bie in making the picture Monroe us-t i huge velour screen to balance the i.ght, and :t was on the screen in tli# (background the unusual tropressioi ■> apfie.-tred. Monroe said he examine* the screen thoroughly before makir.j the future and he found it no dt" ferent from the kind ordinarily used. 'I . .mi .. - tst • t it Monr«« said. "The impressions should not be there ’ Mrs. Maty V.asek. p*stor of th« Spiritualist temple of which Mrs McVicker w is a member, claims st« -iTv .Mrs M Vlcker in the spirit at the temple and at the crematory. Other members of the cult also chum they saw the deceased woman* spirit at the chapel. Plan to 1 amper \\ ith l osier Jury Foiled Hi bawiMlfd frrt* S' J ■< i *■. M ch , X! wi\ t4 At tempts to tamper w t hthe jury tn mg William Fester on i hirfts of criminal syndicwllara have born frus trated and the trial will proore*. Ber lien count yaftlciala stated today Mrs: confirmation from an itfficUl source that an apparent effort to In fluence the jurors had been detected « ime today, following publicat.cn of the details of Judge x'h.irlv* Whites hurried conference with lawyers for the state and with the Jury after t court adjourned Friday night Ten1' men, one a kxal resident and the other a s tranger, were report rat • to hive been caught following some one or tnoroe Jurors, They wet si xrched, questtoped and then rrleof «st with the wnmtfig to «ta\ away, - ----- ■m-j I ariurr 1 ouml iluilty. I Urns Jorgensen. farmer, hvu:g three mile* r.orhxx-oat of Florence was bHind guilty of oierating a still hv a 11 jury U« Uistrxt Judge UOtt* rout A Saturday aft«r the turx had dehbarat ^ ed II hv'u a