Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha JV orning Bee_
VOL. 52—NO. 291. i,i«,,d .. a im.i OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, * 1923. * ^ "I..!'/." \Tio?.‘'Z «•"'*» TWO CENTS '* V^c*:,11.
Omaha P. 0. Unoar Act of Marah 3» lo/a. __ - ■■ ■ —
Commoner
Defeated in
ChurchRow
Evolutionists Score Victory in
Presbyterian General As
sembly—Battle Bitter
• esl in 30 Years.
—————
Personalities Reached
Uy ApscclRted 1‘rrsR.
Inda.iapolia, Ind.. May 22.—William
Jennings Bryan was defeated and
evolutionist* scored a victory today,
when the general assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United
States of America defeated the Com
moner's resolution to bar schools per
mitUng the teaching of the evolution- j
ary hypothesis from use of church !
funds.
The assembly adopted a substitute
resolution offered by John Willis !
Ba r or Pasadena which in mild terms |
directed synods and presbyteries to
"withhold their offieia\ approval" j
from educational institutions “where 1
any teaching or instruction is gfven I
which seeks to establish a mater- I
ialistic evolutionary philosophy of life
or which disregards or attempts to j
discredit the Christian faith."
if'.ttrrly Waged Fight.
The fundamentalists, under Mr
Bryan's leadership.'went down fight
ing inr. the most bitterly waged si nig
gle the general assembly has seen,
according to church historians, since
yharics A. Brggs of Union Theolo
gical Seminary was unfrocked more ;
than 3o years ago because of his Old i
Testament criticisms.
In the final fight, it was layman,
against layman, with Mr. Bryan j
against Mr. Baer in a debate- that
even reached an exchange of person-1
alities. Mr. Baer, a California l n,:<- j
er and only layman who has ever
held tlie office rf moderator, is chair-]
man of the committee on edtn ation.
whirh had rejected the Bryan rcsolu
tion i nits report. Mr. Bryan Is vici
chat email of the committee.
The argument reached personalities,
when Mr. Baer, presenting his rseo
lution, declared Mr. Bryan "is as
honest as he can lie—but he is mis
taken. as he h is been before."
Bryan Tells History.
"I want to object to the statement
made by Brother Baer," the common
er shouted, when the assembly granted
him 15 minutes to reply. "I don't
want my democracy used against this
eause. I don't want any republican
to upper1 to republican prejudices by
referring to my democratic beliefs.”
"I helped tills nation get prohibi
tion. Did you do a/iy more. Brother
•iaer? Was I mistaken in thHt fight?
I helped this nation £et women's suf
bage. Did you do any more than I.
'ml was l mistaken then? I want you
o know I have been engaged in eight
great national reforms in the last
'5 years. Was I mistaken in those
isr.ues ?"
^r<rfT Sneaks at
. r
ilanihurg Meet
Former U. S. Congressman
1 -I!-. Germans of I . S. So
< ialisls’ Sympathy.
Rr A*-‘wi»lrcl I'rex«.
Hif.b’jnr. M.i.s ‘JJ Huge outdoor ,
. r*u*»*■•* i :i I tiou* •. cstf rd.uy, oddresned !
I y t! f'i*o ihnn 4f* German find foreign !
- ' iafi'U lenders, marked the begin
rung of 5 he Ir.terintlonnl rongre**. ■
\t\ii'ng the pt ;i\< r \v.u*e Victor
Merger, fo raer numb, i of the 1 riled
r at. ^ congrffrr. who Raid he conveyed
• greetings "f “rnoie than a million
Vur- lean Hocijili^ts and opponent* of
war.”
Mr. Berger branded the treaty of
Versailles a* an act of violenee and
chared ihe T’nited States had no
•era a ion to enter the war.
“America, by virtue of it* superior
« urrenev.” he added, “could, if it
pd*c.c*scd the heart and understand
mg. heal all the damage* done by
the war. Germany in not solely
blamrable for the war, the guilt for
whieh should be equally assessed upon
all the belligerent*. Germany,* like
the I'nited States, was hurled into the
w war and was also deceived by Wil
son.” '
The American communists, declared
Mr. Berger, had shot their bolt.
American socialists were enthusiastic
in thmr admiration f ay Germany's
passive resistance in the Ruhr, and
urged the German socialists not to
permit themselves to be misled into
indiscretion* there.
Millions of Dollars Loss
by Oklahoma Flood
By Aswwlalol l*r*»a.
fjlnton, Okl.. May 22.—Damage to
crops amounted to millions of dollars
la believed to have resulted from
h series ot virtual cloud bursts thot
deaci nded on wpstern Oklahoma last
night. All rivers In the district are
flooding lowlands and thousands <tf
antes are under water. The Wash
ita river here, normally about 100
feet wide, bits tut expanse todoy of
fully a mile.
Communication between here and
other parts of the flood area is In
terrupted nnd efforts to verify re
ports of loss of life at I.eedy, 20
miles northwest of here and at Hol
ler, half way between here and I.eedy,
have been futile.
An uncomflned rumor was current
here that 17 persons had perished at
I.eedy and three at Butler.
Duncan, Okl , May 22 — Darnagi
to trees and small buildings result
S ,,,! from a heavy rain and windstorm
that Struck tills ares last night.
Itoads in all directions are Impassable
and much of the territory between
hern and Oiwton, to the northwest.
Is Inundated from numerous small
streams.
Hammer Murderess Tells
Story of Break From Jail
Clara Philips in Honduras Prison, Describes Dash to
Freedom as Simplicity Itself—Carsen Sawed Bars
From Outside—Accounts of Escape Furnished ,^ .
Entertainment During Long Stay in California ft
lit (ohmul Service.
Tegucigalpa. Honduras. May.22.—
( via Radio}—Clara Phillips has broken
her silence. Seated in her jail cell to
night she told her story of her escape
from the Los Angeles county Jail. Her
story of hor dash to freedom was
simplicity itself. Here it is:
"Jesse Carsen got me out of the
jail at Los Angeles. He sawed the
liars from the outside, lifted me from
my cell to the roof. He and I to
gether fled over the roof to the street.
There an auto evaited. In it we‘drove
to a house on Whittier_ boulevard. 1
will not give the address.
"From the day of my escape—De
cember 5—until early in January, l
was hidden in that house. We waited
day after day for what we considered
a favorable opportunity to get out of
Los Angeles, it was a long wait but
not without its amusement. I got
a bfg kick out of the newspaper
stories telling of my' alleged where
abouts here, there and the other
place, from Mexico to Canada and
fi'otn Chicago to China.
Hidden in New Orleans. *
"Soon after the first of the year
Carsen and I started for New Orleans.
There we were hidden in a house
which Carsen said was protected. I
do not know the names of the people
who lived there. January 19 we sailed
for Vera Cruz. Not bang after I start
ed for Mexico with Carsen. I was
sorry that I had gone witli him. Had
I known what sort of a man lie was,
I never would have fled ill .
pany. Frequently I tried to get
from him. but he threatened both .
and my sister.
"After the trip to Vera Cruz by
boat we went by rail to Mexico City.
There Carsen began to show his real
nature. He had been drink very
hard. He had pawned all my jewel
ry, while we were hiding in Los An
geles. and had gotten $1,100 tjv It. I
was in his power completely, 'because
he had all our funds. And, besides,
he always carried a gun and threat
ened to shoot me and my sister if we
did not do as he said. He was drunk
nearly all the time.
Talked Too Mucli.
"I don't know how we escaped ar
rest in Mexico City because of Car
sen's escapades. He talked too much
and wrote letters to everybody, in
cluding the woman who had shielded
me in Dos Angeles.”
All attempts to obtain from Clara
the name of this woman were fruit
less.
"During one of his sprees. Carsen
said he had come down into the Latin
American countries to start a revo
lution,” Clara went on. "He told me
that he had been a soldier of fortune
and had taken part In many revolu
tions. lie said he once had shot a
Mexican general.
"At last, things became so unbear
able In Mexico City and we were get
ting so much notoriety on account of
(Turn to ritxe Two. Oilnmn Two.)
Labor Bureau’s
Work Hampered
by Budget Slash
•
Srrypfary Charges Department
Crippled by Carelessness of
Governor Bryan in Ap
propriation Cut.
State department of labor will oe
crippled by the carelessness of Gov
ernor Bryan in slashing the budget
which supports it, according to F. A.
Kennedy, secretary of labor.
Secretary Kennedy points out that
the Bryan budget allows only $500 a
month for the six departments <>f la
bor workers.
“I don’t believe Governor Bryan
realized what .he was doing when he
cut the appropriation," said the sec i
rctary. There ‘sn't a state depurt-;
ment which dneH -more for Omaha J
than the department of labor. In
Douglas county, alone, there is an
average of 600 accidents a mon*h
which require the attention of the
department."
Secretary Kennedy is now await
ing a qualified successor. He pi in
ised Governor Bryan to remain fit
the office until a successor was found.
He compares the two-year budgets
for the department of labor as fixed
by former Governor McKelvle and
Governor Bryan, an follows:
McKelvle administration npproprli
tion was $10,000 and $10,820 for sal
aries of other department workers.
Bryan administration appropriation is
$J2,000 for salaries of workers and
no salary for the secretary. (Bryan
asked f< r *7,000 for the secretary,
but appropriation was not made.)
Neihardt Appointed
on State Uni Faculty
Spfflal to The Omalim lire.
L'ncoln, May 22.-*-John O. Ncl
bardt, poet Itureatn of Nebraska,
was appointed professor of poetry at
the University of Nebraska.at a meet
ing of the Regent* today.
Prof. John It. flicks uf Greensboro.
N. was appointed professor of
American history. .
Hebron Power Company and
Kaunas Plant Consolidate
Sfter.nl Itlnftt-f-ti to The Omaha He*.
Hebron. Neb . May 22.—The Hebron
Light and Power company lias ronsill
dated with the I ition Light and Power
company of Abilene Kan. C. I*.
Grown, president anil gem-ial mana
ger of the Abilene company, has pur
chased ft large block of stock In the
local corporation. T. H. t'urter, C. c.
Nacke nnd A II Itelsn* r will retain
stock in the company, but U Km*
sebaurn has dlsitoscd of Ills Interest.
T. 11 Carters promoter of the leal
hydroelectric plant, will retain the
! presidency. A transmission line will
soon tie built connecting with the
[Southerh Nebraska Power company
j at Deshler.
3 Hemingford
Stores Burned:
Loss $250,000
Firemen l nable to Cope Vi ith
.Flames Which Spread Rap
idly — Town Saved by
Strong South ^ ind.
gpwlal rn-pntrh to The Omaha Bee.
Hemingford, Neb , May 22.—Over aj
quarter of a million dollar fire com
pletely wiped out three business
houses in Hemingford at 2 this morn
ing. The fire was discovered in the
Iiack part of the Hemingford Mercan
tile Corporation drug store, presum
ably having started from the furnace.
A strong wind was blowing from
thf south, which saved the remainder
of tlie town. Th fire spread no rapid
ly through the frame buildings that
it was impossible to save anything
in them. The brick structure of
Piuden ft Michael and First Htate
I jink building broke the fire on the
jwrth.
Hemingford Mercantile corporation
and Farmer* Union store were in the
same building with ft thin partition
between. On the other side was the
Shindler hardyware store with n iO
foot front. Above the store was the
Odd Fellows hall on the nge side and
the American I»eg|on hajl on the other
The fire got such headway that it
was impossible for the firemen to
cope with it. and attention was turned
to saving file surrounding buildings.
Kxplosion of ammunition and oil in
the hardware store caused additional
hazards. Farmers Union store, meat
market owned by O. W. Andrews,
Shindler's hardware store and the
halls above were a total loss Class
fronts were broken across the street.
.Not over half of the loss Is covered
by insurance.
Cheyenne Paving Contract
Awarded to Omaha Firm
Speclsl Dispatch til The ilrsiis Jtrc.
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 22—A H.
Head company of Omaha was today
awarded the contract for laying
Cheyr.ne's first paving. Us bid on
10 blocks from the Union Pacific
station to the rapitol was approxi
mately *r,ri.ono. The principal rival
was Allied Contractors, Inc.. of
Omaha. Ttead represented his com
pany.
(.ollarhoiif* Fracture'!.
H|*fi int llUpfit rh to Tlt«* Omsltit lies.
W'ymorp, Neb., May 22.—White at
play Monday afternoon, Georgia
Mtwynn. 9-year-old Wymote school
girl, fell, breaking her right collar
bone, oni* week jigo the girl fell and
broke her right arm. which was In
splints when she broke the* collar
bone.
Student* Tube Lincoln
by Storm in Annual
Shirt Tail Parade
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s per Ini DUpatrh to Tbs Omaha Her.
Lincoln. May 22.— Annual shirt tall
parade » f r diversity of Nebraska stu
dents was held h**rc tonight slwultan
jiareously with the downtown street
parade of Klk*. who Initiated 1 BO new
members.
Pajamas, nejghtgowns. teddy bears,
Millie Burkes, icing Tuts gnd other j
flimsies from sources unknown and
11ntold • decorated the forms of malt
i -tudents 'Fheater*, hot* 1 lobbies and
I street car* worn entered by the riot
ous students, who forced crowds to
stop, look and listen.
Women attending* ■*■■ ball in a Lin
coln hotel were oblig'd to submit to
have their faces blackened by the
students The sumo treatment was
accorded si* nog ru pliers and shop girls
who worker! after 8 fit night.
It. w.t at talents' night None of
tlicm paid admission to theaters They
came and went as they pleased in
theaters and dance halls, arrayed in
f< mlnine unmentionable*, carrying
red paint and chart oaI, which they
! plac'd tut the faces of those with
i whom they cams in contact.
k
Baldwin
I fv^J a m e d
‘/fe mier
s f
■
<f* Sicellor of Exchequer Fa
ored I*y Conservative Lead
ers and King Makes
Appointment.
Curzon Is Disappointed
By Associated Tress.
London, May 22.—Stanley Baldwin
is Great Britain's new prime minister.
He accepted I lie premiership offered
this afternoon by King George.
Mr. Baldwin's period of political
experience Is one of the shortest
among British statesmen who have
attained this goal of their ambitions,
ns it is only within the last few years
that he has been prominent in poli
tics and only in the last few months
become at all a commanding figure.
Disappointment to Curzon.
The solution of the premiership !
problem thus suddenly thrust upon
the country Is regarded as unques- j
tionably a keen disappointment to,
Lord Curzon. who two days ago was j
regarded as almost certain to sue- \
ceed Mr. Bonar Law in the office va- ]
cated by that statesman Sunday, be
cause of ill health. The foreign sec
retary, however. Is pointed to as a
victim of circumstances and not as
being passed over because of any
lack of ability and certainly not from
any lack of experience.
The sudden rise of the labor partyj
to the position official opposition in
the house of commons has made a
prime minister in the house of lords
almost an impossibility. Labor is
without a single representative In the
upper chamber and with the premier
in the house of lords the opposition
party would be unable to meet him
in debate or confront him with ques
tions, which is one of the strongest
prerogatives of the opposition. This j
would have created a situation un- j
known to parliamentary history In ;
modern times.
Negotiated Debt Settlement.
Stanley Baldwin, the new British
prime minister, played a comparative
ly minor part In British politics until
the advent of the Bonar l.aw regime
following the resignation of Premier
Lloyd George and the break up of
the coalition which guided British
destinies during the war.
I'nder Mr. Lloyd George ho was ft
nanclal secretary of the treasury and
later president of the board of trad',
and It was in recognition of his abil
ities In the field of finance that he
was named to the important post of
chancellor of the exchequer by Mr.
Bonar Law.
Possibly his most notable achieve
ment as chancellor was the negotia
tion of the war debt settlement with
the l.'ntted States during which he vis
ited Washington at the head of the
British debt mission. Ills handling
of the current budget which makes
possible various reductions In taxes,
notably the levy on incomes, brought
much favorable comment.
Since Mr. Bonar Laws illness bad
incapacitated him for personal par
t lei pa lion In the parliamentary de
bates, Mr. Baldwin acted as govern
ment spokesman in the house of
commons.
The new premier is 55 years of age.
was educated at Harrow, Trinity col
lege and Cambridge. Is married and
has two sons and four daughters. His
wife was Miss Lucy Rldsdala of Rot
tlngdean.
Federal Reserve Bank
W ill Not Raise Rates
II) l nh*r«i»I
Washington, May 22—Federal Re
hm vo bank discount rates will not be
increased nt this tiaio. it was officially
announced at the conclusion tonight
of a two day meeting of the federal
advisory council. The statement
*a ye:
"A regular statutory Meeting of the
fed* i.11 advisory rnuncfl was held on
May 2 land 22. at which general bust
n* - ■* condition* * f the country were
lcvlewed and reports from all quar
ters w i n **at Isf.o toi > nod indicated
that business In piogi easing conserva
lively and on a sound ImimIs.
"The advisory council diseussed the
matter «>f discount, rates and w.is of
the opinion that there appeared to l*e
no reason why Federal Reserve I*.»nk
rates should be increased at this
time."
$20,000 Blaze Sturts in
Muf; of Roasted Peanuts
I'llntdn. In.. May 22. —. Flrr OMS'il
by spontaneous combustion In a ban
ft peanuts removril from the roast# r
ratiNi-d damage < stllitutnl Bt $20,000
Inal night «t I lie warehouse of the
i.iigomarolno-ilrui*s company, whole
sale fruit dealers.
Canada: uWill You Have a Little Reciproci-Tea, Uncle Sam?”
<8
Turks Dynamite
m
Bridge to Greece
D
Grrrks Refuse to Pay Imlomni
ty to Ottomans—Countries
on Verpe of War.
Hr International News Smirf.
Athens, May 22.—The bridge con
necting Karagatch with Adrlanople,
In Thrace, has been blown up by
Turks, according to Information re
ceived heie today. This bridge is on
the frontier between Turkish an/
Greek Thrace, as partitioned by the
first near east pea re conference.
By Aiaoriatrd l*rr««.
I>ausamie, May 22.—The declara
tion of Foreign Minister Alexandria
of Greece that his nation, having de
cided to pay no Indemnity to Turkey,
would withdraw from the near east
conference this week if the Angora
delegates persist in their demands for
teparations, has created a fresh crisis
In the peace negotiations.
M. Alexandria told the foreign (fir
respondents that “if the Turks pro
pose to resume the war to obtain an
indemnity, then Greece accepts the
challenge.
"My government.” hs continued,
“has decided to withdraw from the
conference next Wednesday or Thurs
day when the indemnity question
comes up in a plenary session, if Tur
key Insists U|hiu an unjust position
or any effort is made to force Greece
to accept this position.”
lie said he thought that “If the
worst comes to the worst, the Greek
army will he able to defend its Hon
or."
“Turkey seems to feel that Greece
was beaten in the war and therefore
owes un indemnity," ho. said. “Hut
this Is a grave error, as Greece was
merely lieaten In battle In Asia Minor
and hostilities were suspended by an
armistice which Greece is tr>ing to
transform into peace."
The foreign minister urged that
Turkey and Greece write off their
reparations demands, one against the
other.
Liners to He \\ et Coinin':
to I . S. Hut Dry Cuing Away
London, May 22.—Announcement
wilt be mode shortly by their officials
that bothvthe Ounimi Line and the
White 8tar Line vessels on the west
ward voyage from Itritlsh i>ort* to
the I’nlted States will take t»n board
intoxicating liquors only sufficient to
last passengers until tin* three inile
limit is reached, when any liquor re
maining will be jettisoned, sav* a
disiMtch to the ]tally llxpross from
Liverpool.
The newspaper adds that the east
ward trip of the vessels will he "dry.**
Coming of Spark Plug to Omaha
Makes Enemies for Genial Samson
Mihln* friend* I* supposed to lie
t’hitrile Mnrdnrr'a hualne**. That*
Why Ah Snr Hen pay* him it nnlnry.
Hut (Inrdner tin* made seven ent
Pile* In Ihe hint nrven hour*
It'* nil lxeuu»e of Hnmey Clooalo
and hi* oolite Bleed, 8park l*lug,
tiiiidner Invited tioogle and Sparky
to ootnn to Onviha for the Ak Sin Hen
rare*. lie «UBKent',d stlrh a visit af
folded nil eSielletlt opportunity for
Harney to isoape the wrath of Ida III
dlauant spoiiae. Hooch promptly in
eepl ed.
Now ll neeinn, aerorillng in Uardner,
Hint half tllu <llir.eury of Oni.iht
,wanta Harney and Sparky ax hnuoo
guest* during the taro Martin*
Lloyd 1’ilioe. genial and gentleman
ly pooh hah of the Hotel Kontetielle,
oinir to Uardnei with an offer of the
bridal suits for Itarucy and a stall In
it ha bARRARt room for Sparky. Then
M < . Peter* came to bat with an if
for to furnish t*parky with a e*rb>ad
of *peclul feed Tha Omaha Athlatic
club thought the tiecottd floor of the
building would be n g«md parking
plat© for Burney. On that floor wo
! men are not allowed and officer* of
the flub thought It would b© nii ex
cellent refuge frofn the 'Vwnt wo
man." nnd ho on.
But Gardner remain* adamant.
"Nothin* doing." wan III*- trraa r*»
Ply to nil Invitation*. "Thl* in my
party and nobody t* going to horn in
on li "
Gardner 1 efu*» m to dijmlose w hen
Barney and Sparky will tench Omaba.
"That * a aacrat that will be revealed
in due time," *i*ld Gardner. "You'll
Juit have to wait and watch foi de
velot»m*nt*."
from drowning in a creek by a pass
Ing motorist, and half an hour later
struck and severely injured by the
same motorist on iJtke road, soifth of
Clarkson corners. Frank Akey. 65, of
Brockport, died at the county hospital
here yesterday. <
Responding to calls for help. Her
bert Chapman, fruit grower of Clark
son. stopped his caY at a creek near
Brockport and found Akey struggling
In the water. Wading in. Chapman
pulled the man to shore.
Chapman went to Brockport with
his wife to pay o call. On the way ;
back he took the same highway, j
About three <iuariers of a mile beyond j
the scene of his rescue, Chapman
says, Akey suddenly staggered tror.i
the side of the road In front of the
car. He whs knocked down and re
ceived a fractured skull.
Trade Trippers
on \\ av Home
Party Heads Back Through
Wyoming in Snow and
Iiain.
to Th# Omaha IW,
Rock Springs. Wye. May 22.—With j
snow still lying on the distant moun
tains and ruin In the valleys the
Omaha trade excursion headed back
through Wyoming today.
.The tourists paraded at every sta
tion behind Dan I>es Dunes' bond as
if the sun were shining.
1 ler<> at Rock Springs, the business:
ftien took the visitors in cars, show
ing them the mines and other indus
tries. Including the railroad shops
Though this is much closer to Salt
Rika City, the merchants do much
business with Omaha.
Reaving Cheyenne last night, 11. T.
McManus, on* of the Omaha boosters
and a former railroad man, piloted j
one of the new Union Pacific engines
over the famous Cheyenne hill.
Larry Senioti Will Draw
$1,000,000 Salary for \ntics
i'lib ago. May 2i.—Under a contract j
signed here today, l-art y Homan, mo-'
lion picture comedian, will weave a
salary of $ 1,000,000 a year for a pe
riod of three years, said to he the j
latgesl Individual contract ever dosed
In the ntovle world,
The 13,0*0 000 contract extcuted by
.Semen and by M. II Huffman, gen
eral manager of the Truart Klltn cor
poration of New York, calls for com
plot ion of six superfeature comedies 1
within three years.
The principals announced that they
were going to New York to make ar
rangements covering stage rights and
copyrights and that Hem on would
start work under the contract next
September In Hollywood, Ogl.
Railroad Men \ppral
for Reduction of Taxes
M»rrUI 1M•|»d11'ti to The Otoiilm Hr*.
l. htoln. #Mu> -2 IU'pr^K^nlRt|vr«
of Nebraska laiho.jtl* tipiNarfd In'
furc the 1‘t'nnl of cquuliztilion
b*dny .hid tl*-maiuled that their tax
r.o pliU'wl on the niiuq
l a him *i h timer of farmers, wh.no hm |
Mrv^monln have boon IowokhI fur the)
lust throe yram. Tho boat'd tm»k no.
notion,
^ out It Sliol li\ < limit.
Waterloo, l.t Max - Wctirll
Fielder, \9. i* I it it worloim condition |
.is tho 11 milt of hritiK *hot III tli« rttfht
tempi* with i 22 t al|l>or rlfl* bullet, j
Mi tie Murphy, akc 2t». .i companion, j
fired the hul|rt, not know lot tho till*
wap loaded.
t
Fishermen Take
Stand for O'Brien
State Hatchery Superinten
dent and Governor Confer
Over Controversy.
special IM.pat.h to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, May 22.—W. J. O'Brien,
superintendent of the state fish
hatcheries at Gretna and Governor
Charles tV. Bryan, were in confer
ci\ce iwo hours her* tonight concern
ing the controversy that has come up
over the statement made by the gov
ernor that O'Brien must either give
up the private residrtice he has buiit
at South Bend or resign.
Both stated at the end of the con
ference that no agreement was
reached.
However, it is known here that
O'Brien will never give up the bun
galow he built at South Bend, near
the state fish hatchery, and return
to the home provided by the state
for the superintendent of the hatch
ery.
The supposition among politicians
is that Governor ltryan will insist
that O'Brien relinquish his claim for
$1,200 liack pay awarded him by the
legislature in order to enable the gov
ernor to "have his political face" and
■ in opportunity to say that "O'Brien
barked down."
Those who know O'Brien feel that
he never will relinquish his claim
fog tbe $1,200.
As far the question of who is
"bass" O Brien or George Koster,
state fish and game warden, thero is
no controversy. *
"I’l get along with O'Brien if he
is boss or if I am boss.” Koster says.
Nebraska sportsmen, interested in
seeing O'Brien, the man who started
propagation and conservation of fish,
are wiring and writing the governor
to keep him In hsi position as super
intendent of the Gretna hatchery.
Daughter Start* Contest
on J. J. O’Conor's Vi ill
Mi John W ear, n daughter of the
Into J. J. OVonaor. filed objection* to
the probate of her father's will in
county oourt yesterday. She allege*
that her brother. J. J. O'Connor, Jr.,
1* not competent to execute the will
and that the will, although In her fath
er's handwriting, is not hla real will.
J, J. O’Connor, Jr„ said yesterday
that the will provides lljat all proper
ty shall go to their mother and at her
death be divided between the chil
dren.
Pair 11.1,1 on Fraud Clmrgp.
Charles City, la.. May ”?—Two
men giving their name as R. Hennea
sx and R Singer of Brooklyn, N. Y..
and Chicago, respectix ely, were bound
over to the grand Jury under J500
bonds today on charges of obtaining
money tinder false pretense*. They
are alleged to have *,>U1 advertising
space In a fake express rate book.
Kxpress company detectives say the
men operated In Watertown, amt
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U. S. Plans
Rescue of
Ca p ti ves
White House Statement Says
Government Will Do Every*
thing Possible to Save Vic*
tints of Chinese Bandits
No Executions Reported
By I'nlvyrsal Service.
Washington, May 22 — 'Th» Chi
neso situation is fraught with tre
mentions possibilities.
"The United States government will
do everything it knows how to save
th» captives
"If iitstfssary. as a last resort, di
rect negotiations with the bandits
will be entered into."
This summarizes a "White House
statement following Today's cabinet
meeting. The discussion lasted for
ien hour and a half. The White
House statement follows:
Problem is Serious.
| "The Chinese situation was the
' solo and only thing before the cab
I inet today. It is a very serious mat
ter.
' The United States government
wishes of course, to do everything
. becoming a great power in protecting
its citizens. We want to maintal*
prestige we have acquired.
I The delicate situation lies In the
\ fa't that the first consideration ta
! the endeavor to save the lives of the
unfortunate captives. We cannot
| proceed except’ on the advice of those
on the scene. We have a very able
' minuter in China, and very exper
; ienced consuls. They are in intimate
; touch with the situation, although
I there has been no word received for
24 hours.
"This government must be guided
I by the counsel of diplomats in Pekin.
The situation is fraught sr:th tremen
dous possibilities. Our ooneern is
: for the safety of the captives.
Contact With Bandits.
"There Has been contact between
; our representatives and the bandits.
Presumably the question up befora
i the council of diplomats yqpterday
was whether they should enter into
■ direct negotiations with the bandits.
"The president takes it that that is
quite within the poss:bilities. although
! that is a very dangerous precedent to
! establish.
“If necessary, as a last resort, there
: will bo direct negotiations, but for
i the present we cannot relinquish our
j hold on the responsibility of the
I Chinese government. If we were to
step in and deal directly with the
| bandits we would have to waive that
1 consideration. But we would have no
j hesitancy even in doing that if neces
sary to save the lives of the captives.”
Mar Pay Ransom.
Asked what could be done In the
event of direct negotiations between
the foreign powers and the bandits.
: the White House spokesman said:
"We could pay the ransom and col*
j lect from China later. That, how*
i ever, would make the ultimate settte
I ment more difficult, because we
would have gone beyond the Chinese
government."
The official speaking in behalf of
President Harding described the pres
j ent situation a? being "just like a
' crisis in your family, when you would
; turn everything to the saving of the
| lives of those involved.”
< onfer With Army Head.
Washington, May IS.—Acting Secre
tary of War l*a\is conferred with
Secretary Hughe* today regarding the
< him—e situation and said later they
had discussed the question in a gener
al way and that the War department
was prepared to perform any mission
(Turn te t’sge Two. « olumw Fair.)
Id6 Passengers Rescued
from ^X reeked Liner
M ntreal. May II —The Canadian
Pacific Steamship company an
! nounced today that the 438 passen
gers and seamen saved after the liner
Marvale was wrecked yesterday on
! the southern New Foundland coast,
would be taken by rail to Sst. Johns,
where they would he transferred to
the steamer Melita and taken to
Southampton. England. The Melita.
will sail from Montreal tomorrow.
Included among the S4 America**
on the wrecked steamship were:
A. Dalton Harrison. Ban Francisco,
Mrs .1 Holmes. Aurora. Ore : Mr. and
Mrs. William Pearce and Miss Enid
Pearce, Minneapolis. Mrs. S*. G. Kick
ett and M.ss Amy Rickett, Los An
geles.
Smugglers Bring in Daily
100.000 Gallons of Liquor
Chicago. May IS.—Smugglers ars
bringing into this country 100,000 gal
lons of liquor a day from Canada. so- .
cording to a story from a staff writer
put- shod In the Chicago Daily Nows
today.
An army of Sc.000 smugglers ar»
engaged in the work. It was declared,
with general staff headquarters in a
shark at Kcorse. Mich., near Detroit.
Illicit liquor has become the larg
est single industry in the United
States the writer asserted, giving as
his authority a man described as a
$30 a week individual prior to prohi
bit! u and who since the leg-inning
of the Volstead eta was said to have
made a fortune.
\\ p<k- anti Party Guooto
of l os Vngolos Ghamhor
| I.os Angeles May it—-Secretary of
War John \V. Weeks and the t'luted
i states senators and congressmen who
arrived wtth him yesterday fivm New
York via San Diego were guests of
1 Mie l.os Angeles Chamber of Com
merce at a formal dinner tonight.
Tn* secretary and ins parly arrived
early abroad the transport Crant
and were gt rvied by a salute of IS
guti* futn the l S 8 California,
flagship of the battle fleet. After
renewing the g ititsen at Fort Mac
Arthur, the ylsttyyrs spent th# after
n o'. • - gi.ta cl tbs ciyr,
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