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High Tariff
on Wheat Fs
Omaha Plea
Telegram to President Coolidge
Asks That Duty Be Doubled
to Bar Canadian
• Competition.
Howell Endorses Plan
A higher tariff wall to bar out all
foreign wheat from competition with
American growers is proposed by
OmSha men ■ who have been Instru
mental In the movement to secure
better prices for western farmers.
The threat of large importations of
grain from the Canadian northwest
is the thing these believe should be
guarded against. Under the new
tariff law the president has power
to increase duties on imports when
any such emergency arises. In a
telegram sent to President Coolidge
last night he was asked to double the
uresent tariff on wheat in order to
protect the price in the United States
front being driven down he.’ cheap
^•Competition.
Senator R. B. Howell gave his en
torsement to this idea.
“Any liklihnnd of the great Cana
dian wheat crop depressing the
market for the American fanners’
wheat in this country should he
prevented, if possible," the Nebras
ka senator said. "I understand
that this would be possible through
the exercise of file presidential
power by increasing the tariff on
Canadian wheat to sueli a point ns
will eliminate it as a competitor in
this market.
“Some of our great Industries
have enjoyed the protection of the
tariff for decades. It would seem
that here is' an opportunity of af
fording the wheat farmer a direct
benefit In the same manner.”
The message to President Coolidge,
sent by a member of the Omaha
Grain exchange, refers to the fact
that other industries than agriculture
have never failed to receive all the
protection they needed, and that the
middle west feels It only fair to ex
pect similar treatment for its main
Industry. The telegram to the White
House reads:
"One of tile great questions of
today is how to save, the wheat
farmer from ruin and get hint a
^jjviug wagq for his labor. Many
well posted people figure we have
raised enough wheat in the Cnited
States for our own use, hut owing
to the enormous crop claimed in
Canada this country will he flooded
with Canadian wheat in spite of
the present duty, thereby depress
ing Hie price of our farmers’ wheat
still further bilow the (Vist of pro
duction.
“Now, tiie republican party has
always fought for a tariff that
would protect its industries and its
labor and under the present law
you as president have the authority
to increase the duty on importa
tions as the situation piay demand.
“Is not this tlui time to exercise
that authority vested in you for
emergencies by doubling tlie pres
ent duty on importations of wheat?
Sueli action would unquestionably
stimulate the price of wlriat in this
country and while helping our farm
ers would not increase the price of
bread to the laboring man because
bread is retailing at practically tile
same prlc- it was when wheat was
S3 per bushel."
Two Iowans Killed
in Automobile Crash
Cedar Rapids. la.. Sept. 19.—
Charles I.amb, 45, wealthy business
man, and Mr*. John Skinners, G5,
»J?oth of Tama. la., were killed there
nigfot when a Chicago & North
western passenger train struck a pas
senger motor truck whose engine
went dend with the truck In the path
of the train. The body of Lamb
was carried three blocks before the
train was stopped and Mrs. Hkiimer
was tossed f>0 feet. She hud just
entered the truck when the accident
occurred.
Lamb had returned recently from
a wedding trip.
Albion Has New kiwanis
Club With 50 Members
Albion, Nel>., Kept. 19.—A Kiwanis
ciub was organized here at a dinner
held at the McHargue Inn. Ned
Ttacop* district organizer, was present
<> awMeijt In the organization.
«VflIc name of the club is to
.,. Kiwanis club of Albion, its
Siry extends over the whole coun
fnrt Us activities will l>e likewise
jided. The charter membership
.Composed of BO business and pro
, 'sslonul men. Officers elected are:
President, F. I>. Williams; vice
president, II. F. Lehr; secretary,
Glenn Cramer; treasurer, F. M. Welt
zel; district trustee, B. J. Trlckey;
trustees, H. S. Hadley, K. K. Cowan,
n. R Webb, F. K. Thompson, T>r. 1>.
10. Maxwell, H. C. Kteiner, Dr. F. J.
McRae.
It Is expected that the charter will
lie received In time for the club to
yi ml delegates to the district meeting
at Lincoln October 12.
0i Stinncs in Moscow..
Moscow, Kept, 19—Hugh Stlnnes,
the German lndustrinllst, ls In Mo*
cow seeking to obtain agricultural
concessions from the soviet govern
menu
Miss Gloria Swanson
Is Divorced Again
Los Angeles. Wept. 19.—The second
divorce of Gloria Swanson, motion
picture actress, was granted in su
perior court today when Herbert K.
Samborn, film producer, was award
ed a decree in a suit charging deser
tion.
Samborn testified that the actress
deserted him while he was in a hos
pital here and refused later to return
to him, saying that she preferred her
screen work to be unhampered by
married life.
Several years ago Wallace Beery,
actor, obtained a divorce from Miss
Swanson on similar grounds.
Lincoln Man
Is New Head
of Legion
Charles W. Taylor Named De1
partment Commander at
Annual Convention at
Grand Island.
Voters to Decide Bonus
Npfeial Dlmiatrn to The OnmltA Bee.
Hastings, Neb., Sept. 19.—Grand Is
land was today selected for the 1924
state convention of the Nebraska
American Legion, which will be held
the first three days in September.
Grand Island was made the unanimous
choice after it led In the balloting by
a large majority over Beatrice and
Hartington.
In a compromise resolution, the
convention this afternoon favored sub
mitting the question of adjusted cigu
pensation to the people of Nebraska
to be voted upon.
Hastings. Neb., Sept. 19.—In a com
promise resolution, the American
Legion state convention this after
noon favored submitting the question
of adjusted compensation to the
people of Nebraska to bo voted upon.
The action followed extended debate
between forces favoring an endorse
meat of condensation and those op«i
posed.
The resolution contains a provision
that officers and posts of the legion
are to be instructed not to use the
name of the legion in advocating or
opposing such a measure.
After some debate the legion voted
an appropriation of $1,500 towards a
fund to send the Hastings Girls Cadet
corps to the San Francisco national
convention October 15 to IS. This
unit made n decided hit at the con
vention and the legion adopted tlie
body for the whole state. In a drill
under command of Major Lawrence
Jones it won the commendation of all
visitors. An effort will be made to
have it lead the legiou parade at the
national meeting.
Grand Island was unsnlmously
chosen for the 1924 convention, Sep
tember 1 to 3.
The following officers were elected:
Department commander: Chnrles
W. Taylor, Lincoln.
Vice commander: Robert Driscoll,
Nebraska City; Carl McGrew, Seward;
Paul Jordan, South Omaha.
Executive committeeman: Frank
Warner, Norfolk.
National delegates at large: Harold
Prince. Grand Island; Carl E. Hol
land, Tekaninh; Harry Huff, Omaha;
Earl Meyer, Alliance.
District delegates: First, Aaron
Davidson, Falls city: William K.
Cummins, Einroln; Second, I,. H.
Noyes, Blair; Eeo Crosby, Omaha;
Walter Byrne. Omaha; Third, Cassus
Reynolds, Fremont; Harold Prichard,
Newman Grove; Harold Phillips,
Columbus; Fourth, Cal M. Berg, Falr
bury; Fifth. F. A. Peak. Trenton; Hon
Wilkinson. Grand Island; C. V'. Chad
wick, Cambridge; Sixth, J. V. Dunn,
Cozad; F. Kvack, Dan Griswald, Gor
don.
Chaplain: Ervin Surglies. Aurora.
The report, making the Douglas
county central committer decisions
binding upon the Omaha and South
Omaha posts was adopted without
dissent.
The convention adjourned late to
day.
“Rooms Rented
Quickly Through
The Omaha Bee”
If That’s what I call quick
service, says Mrs. Lilly An
tohofsky, ioo:i North 29th
street. I1A rney 7131.
H The following "Want” ad
1003 N. 29TH—N*we1y
furnished room with hoard,
$8; in mod. home; Rood
location.
placed in The Omaha Bee
Tuesday morning rented my
room the same morning.
Many other desirable room
ers were out to see it but
were too late.
1f By placing your "Room for
Rent” "Want” ad in The
Omaha Bee you will reach
many thousands of prospec
tive room renters that you
cannot reach through any
other paper and don’t forget
Omaha Baa “Want” ad.
bring better result, at
lesser cost.
Terrific Damage Done by Japanese Earthquake
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Housing Body
Urges Blocks
of New Homes
Plans on Foot for Construc
tion of. Cheaper Dwellings
to Alleviate Shortage
of Homes.
New houses renting 'for $25 or $30
a month are needed in Omaha, ac
cording to findings of the new bus!
ness and housing committee of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerro which
Tuesday went over confidential re
ports from 50 local employers.
The committee is now getting In
touch with men who will finance the
building of a large number of low
priced houses In different sections of
the city. Groups of these houses will
be built conveniently near to the, va
rious large Industries which report a
housing shortage among their em
ployes.
To Announce Locations.
The committee will make public the
location of these new . blocks as
soon us hey are agreed upon.
The suggestion of a large new sub
urb''of low-priced houses, which at
tracted considerable attention at first,
was thought by the committee, less
practical than the plan adopted of
scattering email blocks of houses
through the city.
Most of the homes now going up
cost from $7,505 on, according to A.
C. Kennedy of the Peters Trust com
pany, and are out of the reach of
families whose Incomes are $125 or
$150 a month.
Two Apartments Cut.
Only two apartrpent houses have
cut their rents In the face of the near
ness of October 1, when leases ex
pire. These are the Kingsbororigh
apartments, I53S Hodge street, which
has offered a reduction of $5 a month,
and the Tadousac apartments. 41T
South Thirty-eighth. $10 a month.
Doctor Declines
to Head School
Kansas City Physician Re
fuses Presidency of College
Launched Here.
Dr. E. R. Skinner, Kansas City,
unanimously elected president of the
newly organized American College of
Radiology and I’hyslotherapy.
launched Tuesday morning at Hotel
Fontenelle, refused the election and
left Omaha Tuesday evening.
Dr. Skinner gave as his reason for
the refusal that he was not working
in physiotherapy and that he thought
the president of the new organization
ought to ho expert In hotl? branches
forwarded by the college, lie added
that he did not care for executive
work and thought himself better In
committee.
Members of the Interstate Associa
tion of Radiology and rirysiotherupy
now in session who launched the new
college expected to elect another
president Wednesday afternoon.
Girl W ho Disappeared
After Accident Returns
Kjsrkl IM.patrli to The Omaha lire.
Jleatrice, Neb., Sept. 1!).—The disap
pearance of Nellie Shores, high school
girl, Tuesday afternoon after she
was In an auto accident with her
chum, lOthe 1 (leister, caused her par
ents much anxiety, and the aid of the
officers was sought.
Today MIhs Shores returned home,
walking all the way from Ktlley, n
distance of 12 miles, where she spent
the night with relatives. She said
she feared punishment from her par
ents and decided to go to Killey for
the night.
Missouri Man Hurt in Gar
Crash Near Blue Springs
NitfHal IHapnti’li t4* The Onmlm Hff.
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 19.—Arthur
Marrlge of Bluff* City. Mo., wan
badly cut about the fact* and hand*
wIn'ii hi* auto rullith'il with another
tar belonging to M. c. l.ebner of
Pawnee City, mi the highway three
mile* cant of Blue Spring*. Bebner*
car wh* wrecked hut lm e*cnped un
hurt.
October Ianue of Vanity Fair On
Salt* Friday.—Adv.
\
Ipper left shows a ship thrown op
against the bridge near K ainah in a,
south of Tokyo, ami houses demol
ished. In the tipper right Is the town
of Ito In Idm prefecture, a typical
scene of the earthquake's devtstatlon.
In the renter left is the present ap
pearance of a once fair motor road
near Kawasaki on the TokytsYoko
hania road. Center right shows one
of the many teni|>orary homes alone
• lie railroad tracks between Tokyo
and the south. In the lower center is
the Imperial theater ileft) and the
Metropolitan Police station in the
burned section of Tokyo. This photo
graph was taken September I.
Fraternity Man Denies Death Guilt
Alleged Forger
Caught in Chase
Frank Crane, Long Sought in
Do«lge County, Captured
at Point of Cun.
Sprriw! liUpnfrh to Thf> Onu*h» Hw,
Fremont Neb., Apt. 19—Frank
Crane, alleged forger, sought for the
past year and a half by Sherlf Condit
of Dodge county, was captured after
a chase today near the Northwestern
bridge at Arlington. Crane eluded
Chlefof Police Nagel after passing an
alleged bad check at a locfcl tailor
shop and made his way eastward,
when overtaken by Condit.
No gel happened to witness Crane’s
escape after grappling with Sam Mo
kofsky, tailor, In «n argument over
the check. Crude succeeded In shak
ing tins chief bff his tn\ll and the lat
ter returned to the police station to
organize a posse.
Condit was present and recognized
flro handwriting ns belonging to an
alleged forger he had been seeking for
some time. When Condit accosted
Craneon the Northwestern railroad
brldgenenr Arlington, he l«»at his
Tooting nnd slipped to the ground.
Cranestartedto take advantage of the
sheriff's full by running away, but
he was brought to it halt by Chief
Nagel s gun. Crane 1m being held at
the Dodge county Jail.
Colorado Town Isolated
by Wind ami Snowstorm
Colorado Springs, Colo., Kept. 19.—
Wlth'three rrewn of linemen at work,
the Mountain Stntea Telephone and
Telegraph company wan endeavoring
today to repair the damage done to
Iti line*, between Colorado Sprint.'
/iml Cripple Creek gold mining camp*
In yesterday's sleet and windstorm.
Which loro out nearly 1100 poles and
laid down miles of line.
The district was covered by about,
a foot of snow when the storm sub
sided nnd Cripple Creek Is rut off
front communication with the outslda
^ world. ,
Nebraskans at
I. 0. 0. F. Meet
Cincinnati, o, sept. 19—More than
50.000 members, Inctudlng n numb' r
from Nebraska, are In attendance
at the 99th annual session of the
grand lodge A I D. O In Cin
linnatl, this week. The session
opened Monday and will close Satur
day.
Representatives of the grand lodge
of Nebraska attending Include;
Charles Naylor, Chadron; S K
Oreenlenf, Omaha; Ward K. Knight,
Vails City, and J. W. Brown, Bin
coin. The Kebekah assembly of Ne
braska Is represented by Mrs, Nettie
It. Cnrrick of Palisade, who Is past
president.
Nebraska visitors include Mr. and
Mrs. W. V. Jloaglnnd. North Pintle:
Mrs. S. K. Oreenlenf, Omaha, and
Mrs. Mary Caldwell, Auburn, chair
matt of the home department.
Judge I,Helen Bahtin, grand sire,
reported a total Odd Isllow member
ship of 1.926.912 and a Robekah mem
bership of more than 1,000,000, bring
ing the total membership of Hits two
bodies to nearly 3.000,000.
Judge Kastln told of his recent vis
It to Gurope, where he distributed
glfls of between $25,000 anil $30,000
to needy Odd Fellows In (oimany.
The money, ho said, was kept In
American dollars and would not he
affected by die depredation of the
<Senium mark.
Paralyxix Claim* \ irtims.
InfnntTln paralysis claimed another
victim Monday night In the person
of Harry E. Maylon. 1>, eon of Mr.
and Mrs. II. J’, Maylon, 2<>27 Blnnry
street.
The lad Is survived hy his parent*
Funeral services wero held st 8
Wednesday morning from the BulTv
A Johnson chapel Hurlnl was la S »
Mary Magdalene cemetery.
Durlor Is SikmI.
A milt for $l’O.ooo \v.im iiini Wi'tiiHH
iluy in dintiirt court by l.cc McDaniel
of Nehrunka Pity against l)r. Wesley
Ktigenn Wolcott of Omnhn. McDnn
id charges that Dr. Wolcott failed
to tip sufficient skill In operating
on hit wrist, which hail been frac
tured. H* alleges It Is now cruet I
kCftli*' useleet.
Grainger Pale
in Appearance
\\ hen Arraigned
i.
Dri\orof Auto in Wreck hioh
Killed Two I.imps
on Cane in
Court.
Special IMaimtrli to The Omaha Bee.
Unco In, Sept. 19.—Palo, his face
scratched and walking with the si<1
of a cane, Ernie .Grainger, Lincoln
fraternity man, charged with man
slaughter growing out of deaths of
• lari Springer and Edna Boorman,
1'nlveislly of Nebraska students,
killed Saturday morning when the car
Grainger was driving overturned, ap
peared in Justice court today. Convic
tion on a manslaughter charge calls
for a sentence of from t to 10 years.
Grainger's mouth worked convul
sively as the information was read by
Ilia justice. As the Justice con
cluded, Grainger's brother-in-law,
Bruce Puller ton, Ut attorney, an
euni etf Grainger would stand mute,
which necessitated the court to enter
a idea of not guilty.
Tho preliminary was set for Octo
ber 1 nt the request of Fullerton who
said (he defendant desired to await
return of his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. 11. H. Grainger, from
Europe. They are due to arrive nt
Montreal; September 23. The parents
have been notified by wireless of the
accident.
Give* Self | p.
Following filing of Information
against (Irnhtger this morning, a
warrant was issued and a deputy
sheriff mis ready to start for tlie
tli,linger home to servo It. The
ti h phono rang and Fullerton at the
other end of tho lino stated It
wouldn't ho net < Hiarv to serve the
warrant as Hialngor would appear
atnl give bond In the sum of $5,000 lit
the afternoon.
Graingers alster. Alts Fullerton,
with Fullerton and a brother, acOom
panlcil him Into the Justice court.
Mrs. Fullerton drove the car In which
Grainger rode.
The funeral of Miss Boorman Is to
he held at Lincoln tomorrow. Miss
lloorman Is the daughter of a widow,
win' is superintendent of the Masonic
homo at Fremont Interment will he
here. The daughter contemplated
ti aching school after her graduation
from the university when her mother
would cease working and live with
the daughter.
The funeral of the Springer boy
was held at Fremont yesterday. His
father has been In California and ar
rived In Einroln the morning after
the accident to visit his son. He
teamed of his death in a morning
newspaper.
Charles K Matson, county attor
ney, Issued the follow wing statement
today.
' It Is due memories of the beautiful
girl and splendid young man who lost
their lives through the 'unlawful,
recklessand careless driving' of Ern
est Grainger that I would say after
the most complete investigation, not
one word has developed that oast any
reflection In the remotest degree upon
either of them, or trpon Miss Stott,
the third member of the party and
the sorority to which tho sirls be
longed.
"There was nothing Improper or Ir
regular In seven sorority girls, chap
eroned by Mrs. Fullerton, assisting In
serving and entertaining, nor was
there anything Improper or irregular
In die short country ride proposed.
"At a rate of SO miles an hour they
could have gone to the scene of the
wreck and back to the city and been
in their respective rooms by 1:15 in
the morning, not an unusual hour to
return from a dance before the uni
\erslty has formally opened and
claasesbegun."
The speed limit on a country road
Is not to excisd 35 mill's an hour,
Under the Nebraska law, according to
Matson.
Moyil Smilli lmpro\ ins.
Klo>d Smith. brother of \ rt« i 1'
Smith of tin* Omaha National hank,
was said to he somewhat improved
Wednesday morning by attains id
the Immanuel lVaeonesa hospital,
where he is l>etng treated for blood
poisoning Ilia condition la still seri
ous, but there is hone for his re
co\ try.
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To Demand
Ousting of
Governor
“They Shall Not Meet,” Cry
of Antiklan Executive of
Oklahoma Over
Session.
Machine Guns at Capitol
By I'ni verbal
Cop* right. 1923.
Oklahoma City. Okl., Sept. 19 —
"Call off your gunmen at the state
capitol or trouble may start. Military
dictatorship of Oklahoma can no
longer be endured. The legislature de
mands the right to meet."
In such militant language legis
lators of Oklahoma will demand this
week of Governor J. C. Walton the
removal of military guards barring
entrance to the house and senate
chambers In the first definite act of
a movement of such rising intensity
and bitterness as to occasion tonight
among moderates genuine alarm for
public safety and peace.
A prominent member of the house
of the state legislature "used tonight
the language quoted above In making
known to a confidant the fact that
the legislature is ready to strike.
Within 24 hours formal demand for
opening of the legislative chambers
will be made on the governor by a
quorum of the lower house. It was
learned on unquestionable authority.
The demand will be filed with Attor
ney General Short.
To I'se Force If Nettled.
Befoie that swelling tide of op
position In the legislative branch of
the state government. Governor Wal
ton stood steadfast tonight and
reiterated with emphasis his deter
mination to block convening of the
legislature by direct force.
"The soldiers stay at the leglslathe
chambers and the legislators stay
out," the governor said, lips com
pressed, eyes flashing. "They shall
not meet. They haven’t the right.
Nothing In our constitution gives
them that right. I. as the governor
of this state, in command of the
military, will prevent any and all
Interference with niy authority and
right to clean up the Ku Klux Klan
and its corruption of oiflcta‘ life iu
this state."
Meanwhile, the plans to convene
the legislature, the house first and
the senate later, came out. in the
open. Legislators began coming Into
the city from all over the state.
The campaign had reached full ef
fect tonight when it was reported
from a reliable soAirce that a quorum
of the house had been obtained. Sixty
five representatives have been polled
and found supporting the mote to
convene the legislature despite the
militant forbiddance of the chief ex
ecutive.
Stale's Attorney to Act.
"We will demand admission to th«
legislative chambers," one leader of
the movement was quoted tonight.
“We will make that demand on the
governor through the attorney gen
eral, thereby Insuring Its formality
and authoritative force. If he refuses,
as It Is expected he will, we cannot
be responsible for the consequences
The purpose is avowedly that of
impeaching Governor Walton for h -
"autocratic and despotic nsurpat •
of power and the ruthless brogut:
of constitutional rights.” it was ex
plained bv a local legislator.
The governor consulted 1 :s fir
clal advisers and announced money
was plentiful "to fight this thing out
for a year or more, if it takes that
long to clean up Oklahoma.” He con
sulted his military commanders and
declared men were in reserve in suf
ficient numbers to meet any crisis.
Asked how long he expected mar
tial law to be held over the state,
the governor replied: "Till Oklahoma
is cleaned up—until the hand of the ,
invisible empire Is torn from the
throat of our courts, our juries ar t
our county and city officers; until law
and Justice can be enforced ”
Capitol Hoard Increased.
The certainty of the legislature
attempting to meet found its effect »t
military headquarters. !,ale this
evening reinforcements were sent to
the sttae house.
A huge army truck loaded with sol
diers was dispteohed to the capital.
A report was current that it was a
machine gun detachment, but this
could not be confirmed.
Investigation of floggings, arson,
mutilations and night terrorism con
tinued all day by the military court
of inquiry. A woman witness ap
peared before the court just before
the close of today's session.
She was heavily veiled and was
ushered In under guard and shielded
from the press as she went out. It
was said she was an eye-witness to
a brutal flogging near here some lime
ago.
N. C. Jewett., grand dragon of the
klan, Oklahoma realm, had not yet
been called lie announced publicly
today that he had returned to the
city. He neglected to say where he
had been, but conjecture had It thta
he had rushed record* and files of the
invisible empire out of the state to
prevent their setiure by ihe military
investigators.
In this connection it was reported
that the governor's staff of secret
service men had been dispatched out
of the state to seise the kiati record*
wherever tho arc and return them
here for milltavv scrutiny.
Military arrests continue. Fifteen
persons have been taken In custody
thus far for being on the streets
without permits sfter midnight. All
were released, but warned that a
second off. -. w ould result ta im
, prleonmttt