Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Mirni ng _iee
VOL. 53—NO. 83. jgT ?. TtSTSTS OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923. «&T1 £ r’kTS STS TWO CENTS - •%»£!, 'SZSJT*
G. 0. P. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OPENED
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Iron Fist
of Walton
Nails Klan
Oklahoma Governor Orders
Field Artillery to State
House to Prevent
House Session.
War Rumblings Heard
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, Okl., Sept. 20.—
Sensational testimony exposing the
Inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan
in Oklahoma City and designed to
show that the secret organization has
directed mob violence was made pub
lic tonight by Gov. J. C. Walton.
The testimony was taken by the
military court sitting here and was
given out by the governor “that the
people may know the purpose" of the
klan.
In a preface to the testimony, Gov
ernor Walton declared the burden of
tht fight against the klan had fallen
upon himself and upon Aldrich
Blake, his counsellor, making It nec
essary for him to appeal for financial
aid.
"Every effort is being made to
cripple us financially so that we can
jf <j41 continue the fight,” the sorer
tlor said.
Calls for Funds.
I call upon the people who believe
In a representative form of govern
ment immediately to assist us finan
cially and to make all remittance
to Mrs. Aldrich Blake, Oklahoma City,
Okla. Aldrich Blake himself is ab
sent from the city at this time and
.probably will be for some days."
“So far as I am concerned," Gov
ernor Walton declared, “I have
crossed the Rubicon and it is a fight
to the finish.” t
“Jewett (N. C. Jewett, grand dragon
of the realm of the klan) and his
crowd have turned the fight over to
thte klan newspapers and the klan
members of the legislature.
"Jewett and his 'Invisible empire'
shall not pass in this state.
"If necessary I shall arm every man
In this state who is opposed to his
empire."
By Universal Service.
Oklahoma City, Okl., Sept. 20.—
Gov. J. C. Walton, militant governor
of Oklahoma and implacable foe of
the invisible empire, met tonight the
threat of impeachment by a defiant
legislature with a gesture of the
mailed fist.
■ Military reinforcements came to the
capital Jonight to strengthen the
“ring of steel” which the governor
has drawn around the state house
through his power as commander of
the military during martial law.
A detachment of the One hundred
fifty-eighth field artillery arrived from
the armory at Kingfisher.
Official announcement of the ar
rival of these additional troops was
made from military headquarters
here. Other troops are expected to
lie brought into the city within sev
eral hours.
By this move observers of the sit
uation sec physical confirmation of
the governor's full determination to
lirevent by armed force convening of
the house of representatives for the
avowed purpose of instituting im
peachment proceedings.
More Troops Mobilized.
“1-lxtra troops are now being mobil
ized here and I do not propose to per
mit this unlawful and treasonable as
sembly,” the governor declared today.
W. D. McBee and Frank M. Boyer,
leaders of the hostile quorum of
legislators, had previously issued a
.-nil for assembly of the lower house
at the capttol Wednesday and fol
lowed it with this assertion: "It is
checked to the governor. It is his
move next.”
Thus Oklahoma stood at Runny
jtiede tonight the breadth of the state
torn by bitter conflict and smolder
ing war—neighbor arrayed against
fterghbor for an issue that each de
fines as the preservation of its
“magna charta” and which each Is
equally prepared physically to defend.
Law or Lawlessness.
"Autocracy or democracy, cry tne
enemies of Jack Walton, a paradoxi
cal character, a picturesque figure—a
man who opposes capital punishment,
who Issues pardons and paroles out of
a heart he says responds to the pleas
of the underdog, the ill-fated fellow,
and yet has swept his state with mar
tial law.
"Government by and for the people
or by the pagan power of fear, hatred
and rebellion,” cry those aligned with
the governr, quoting literally from
their militant leader.
The first definite move of the legis
lative branch of the government
challenging the executive arm of Ok
lahoma came when half a dozen wil
ful men, grouped in a smoke-filled
room where they had labored for 36
hours, sent out their call for assem
bly of the lower bouse of the legis
lature In the face of the governor s
threat to use tlies military to prevent
such a measure.
Tonight it was said from their
headquarters that tile quorum was
far iti excess of the needed number.
More than 7(f members of the house
•were said to have responded to the
call- thus far and other telegraphic
acceptances were arriving hourly.
(Copyright, 1923.)
Wymore Mayor Injured
Wymore, Neb., Hcpt. 30. B. O.
-,-Joull, Wymore druggist, who also is
mayor of the city, while assisting
one of his glaziers to set a large glass
j„ » window last Wednesday, sus
tained a badly tnsahed foot when the
gl:,-s fell and struck him on top of
the Instep. No bonce were broken.
Driver of Death Auto
Remains in Seclusion
Ernest Grainger.
Ernie Grainger, driver of the au
tomobile in which two University of
Xehnuka students were killed, re
main* In seclusion at his home in
Lincoln and is reported to be in an
extremely nervous state. A charge
of manslaughter has been filed
against him.
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Speed Demanded
in Dismissal of
Col. Tom Majors
John Shroyer, Farmers’ Upion
Representative, Urges Gov
ernor to Take Imme
diate Action.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Sept. 20.—Speed on the
part of Gov. Charles W. Bryan in
taking action on the demand of poli
ticians and representatives of the
Farmers’ union for dismissal of Col.
Tom Majors of Peru, chairman of the
state normal board, was demanded to
day by John O. Shroyer of Humboldt,
for the Farmers' union.
Shroyer charged that either Gover
nor Bryan was negligent or members
of the normal board were reluctant In
discussing the matter and deciding up
on action.
"The governor has announced he
would talk Individually with members
of the board regarding our charges
against Majors, and few of them have
appeared," Shroyer said.
"It does seem that members of the
board are terribly busy,” the gover
nor said.
Shroyer threatened to either publish
the charges and force the governor
to act or appear before the normal
board at Its regular meeting at Fre
mont, October 8, and demand some ac
tion from the board. The governor
steadfastly refused to give the public
any inkling of the charges.
Apparently authentic reports have
been received that agents of the guv
nor are doing everything possible
10 influence those opposed to Majors
to shoulder responsibility'of any ac
tion or lack of action on the board
and relieve the governor from any
responsibility. This attempt ha < been
nipped more or less by Representative
James Auten of Peru, who Is carry
ing around a copy of the state con
stitution which sets out clearly that
the governor shall remove any state
official from office where inefficiency
or malfeasance is shown.
"I am having a mighty hard time
getting those behind the movement to
wait a reasonable length of time,”
Shroyer said. A number want me to
appear before the board at Its Fre
mont meeting."
Members of the state normal board
are: H. K. Reische, Chadron; John
M. Matzen, Lincoln; Fred Berry,
Wayne; Linn Morris. Kearney; Dan
Stephens, Fcrmnnt; E. Ruth Pyrtle,
Lincoln.
Alleged Narcotics Law
Violators Arc Arrested
Lincoln, Sept. 20.—George Clark,
54, Wichita, Kan., and Ray Jackson,
Kansas City, were arrested here late
today In a railroad yard ami are be
ing held for federal authorities for
violation of the federal narcotic* law.
Police allege the two had a quantity
of narcotics in the seams of their
clothing.
Plainview Gngde Pupils
Aid Children's Home Fund
Plainview', Neb., Sept. 19.—The
boys and Kirin of the Plainview
grade school sold $60 worth of
"hearts” in behalf of the Nebraska
Children’s Home society of Omaha,
during a day’s campaign here.
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The Omaha Bee
—
Insulin Is
Explained
by Doctors
Use of New Drug, Heralded
as Diabetes Remedy; Dem
onstrated at Medical
Meeting Here.
Omaha Children Aided
Astonishing results produced In
Omaha by the use of insulin, the
widely heralded new remedy for dia
betes, were featured at clinics this
morning in connection with the Mis
souri Valley Medical association at
Lord Lister and St. Joseph hospitals.
Two children—Marjorie, 11, and
Raymond, 11—who would have been
.doomed before the discovery of the
new remedy a year ago, were among
Revep cases presented at the Lord
Lister hospital. A number of cases
were also brought in at St. Joseph
hospital.
Not Permanent Cute.
Although injections of insulin pro
duce almost immediate relief from the
blood poisoning, which is the most
alarming feature of diabetes. It does
not make a cure, emphasized Dr.
Adolph Sachs of the latter Institution.
It Is considered by physicians a* an
invaluable aid to the dietary treat
ment already in use, but does not
replace the diet, and is advisable only
in the most severe cases, he said.
Many diabetics, declared Dr. Sachs,
come to the hospital expecting to re
ceive a single dose of insulin and be
cured for all time. In reality a
course of hospital treatment is before
them If they are to reach a point
where they can exist without daily
hypodermic Injections of this expen
sive and dangerous substance.
Danger of Misuse.
The danger of a misuse or the se
cretion was among the points raised by
Dr. Frank Conlin at the Lord Lister
hospital. A little too much of the
substance will reduce the sugar In
the blood below the normal level and
may send the patient Into convulsions.
Diabetic patients who are kept on In
sulin for a long time can be trained
to administer their own injections and
remedies, said Dr. Conlin. but they
cannot do so without a liberal educa
tion in the handling of the secretion.
Of the two children who appeared
at the Lord Lister hospital. Marjorie.
11, was on the point of sinking into
coma when brought to the hospital.
She weighed 53 pounds and had 300
milligrams of sugar in the blood,
whereas, the normal Is from 80 to 140
milligrams. After a month and three
days in the hospital, receiving both
insulin and dietary treatment, Mar
jorie's blood supply is normal, she
has gained 10 pounds and Is able
to play' about. Gradually her system
is building up a tolerance which will
make It possible for her to do with
out insulin.
Boy Gains Weight.
Raymond, 14, Is building a radio
set for the hospital and talks shout
diabetes like a specialist. When he
came he weighed 58 pounds and was
so severely ill that he would have
been given up as hopeless without
the new secretion. With very small
doses of insulin and with a low main
tenance diet, he is now a lively speci
men of boy and is gaining weight
in spite of severe diet restrictions.
In two cases of diabetic coma ob
served near Omaha, continued Dr.
Conlin. the diabetic poisons which
produced the coma were destroyed In
a few hours by insulin. In both
cases, however, the patient died be
cause the patient had been so weak
ened by long poisoning that some
thing else gave way, even after the
blood was normal. Formerly a pa
tient in diabetic coma had no chance
of recovery; now he has a chance If
insulin is administered early enough.
Sources of Supply.
Insulin was given to the world
about a year ago by Dr. Banning of
Philadelphia. At first It could only
be manufactured from the pancreas
glands of ogen, but now is obtained
also frorrv, the pancreas of sharks and
even manufactured from vegetables.
Forty physicians crowded the tiny
clinic room at the Lord Lister hos
pital to hear the 1 dure, and nearly
as many more were at St. Joseph
hospital. Clinics on other subjects
were held simultaneously at the»Itni
versity of Nebraska hospital and the
Methodist hospital.
Girl Is Acritlrntally
Shot in Foot With Rifle
Barn pat on. Neb., Sept. 20 - Maxine
Wallace, 8-yearold daughter of Mr.
and Mr*. Sterling Wallace of this
place, was accidentally shot In the
foot when a rifle which had been
placed against a post of the porch,
fell and discharged, the bullet striking
the glil near the ankle.
1 iSO Newspaper Ktlitors
Convene at Shmx City
Sioux City, Sept. 20.—Sioux City
to«Iny welcomed mot* than 150 nowi
paper rditori for the opening eeiMion
>f the nnmin) throe-day convention of
the Trl Stair Editorial alloc la t Ion.
The opening bueinreK leiHion of the
convention will bo held Friday.
Frost Hits Iowa Corn Crop.
Lies Moines. Ja., Sept. 19.—Damage
Lo the Iowa corn crop, running, In
romt neetlons, ns high an HO per cent,
»-«s caused by the frosts of last week,
iccordlng to the weekly weather and
-rop bulletin Issued hero today. Darn
ige was most severe in Hie lain plant
“d lowlands, where the cool, wet sea
ton had gicatly retarded tin- crop.
About one third of the state was af
tected
k
Sioux City, la., Sept. 20.—One of
the most "'peculiar wills ever filed for
probate in Woodbury county came ^to
light today when a badly mutilated
document, purporting to be the last
will of George M. I.yon, who for
many years operated a Sun store hero,
was filed with the county clerk:
Outstanding among the provisions
of the will is the request of the de
ceased that his remains be cremated
by the "boys of ’68," carried to the
top of Prospect hill, Sioux City's
highest hill, where he spent his boy
hood days, and cast to the four
winds.
’’It is my further wish,” reads the
veteran gunsmith’s will, "that the
funeral procession be led by a band
directed to play lively music instead
of the usual funeral pieces. It is
also my wish that Mayor Wallace M.
Short conduct the funeral service on
Prospect hill.
"My executor is directed to erect
to my memory in Floyd cemetery a
tombstone to cost approximately
$5,000, with an appropriate inscrip
tion.”
Many more peculiar bequests are
made.
—
Rev. Titus Lowe
Named Delegate
of Methodists
Is First Minister Chosen to
Attend General Confer
ence at Springfield
in May.
Special lU.palrh to Th« Omaha Bor.
Lincoln, Sept. 20.—Rev. Titus
Lowe, formerly of Omaha, was the
first delegate to be elected to the
general Methodist conference M
Springfield, Mass.. In May, at the
11th annual conference of Nebraska
Methodist ministers being held here.
Eight others will be elected tomor
row. Those high in the first ballot
were:
Chancellor T. B. Schreckengast.
University Place; C. C. Clssel, Omaha;
H. O. Langley, Central City; Owen
Keve, Kearney, and Arthur Atack,
Omaha
One feature of the conference Is an
exhibit by F. A. High, superintendent
of the Nebraska anti-saloon league,
showing the 111 effects of alcohol upon
the ayatem. Mr. High will speak to
the ministers tomorrow night on
"The Liquor Situation In Nebraska.”
Dr. J. D. M. Buckner, former Au
rora minister placed on the retired
list In Nebraska last year because
his preaching was not tn conformity
with Methodlat discipline, was present
at the conference today.
"I am here merely as a member of
this conference. As such. I am en
titled to sit at Ita meetings and cast
my ballot," he said.
There la no Inclination displayed by
the ministers to reopen the Buckner
case.
Four Trainmen Killed
in Santa Fe Wreck
0
Phoenix. Arlx. Sept. 20.—Four
trainmen were killed late today when
train No. 3. westbound, the crack
Paliforna lmted of the Atchson, To
peka A Santa Fe system, was wrecked
two miles west of Hot Springs Junc
tion. 40 miles north of Phoenix.
The train was rounding a curve
at a moderate rate of speed, when it
suddenly careened and overturned.
Tile locomotive fell on its side and
three conches crashed Into It.
The dead are the engineer and
fireman, the train barber and porter.
.Vo passengers were Injured, it Is
said.
Severe Earthquake Shocks
Registered in Far East
Allahabad. British India. Sept. 19.
—A severe earthquake was experienc
ed at Bujnurd, Persia. Monday morn
Ing. says a dispatch to the Pioneer
from Mesheid. No details are con
tained In the dispatch.
Simultaneously slight shocks also
were felt at Mesheid. No damage re
suited.
Tosses Away Radium
Quincy. III., Sept. 20—A nurse re
moving h bandage frotn a patient In
the office of 1 Jr. 11. P. Blerne care
lossly throw It Into the sower, not
knowing that attached to It was
radium which had been used on the
sufferer worth ?3,0(IA. Plumbers were
called In and made a search, hut fail
ed to And It.
Some Promising Material for the First Team Is Beginning to Show Up
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' HEOUCHT
TO MAKS
A PRETTY
C0O> MAN
FOR OUR
TEAM. EH5
Bankers Favor
Wheat Tariff
Higher Rate Will Do No
Harm, Omaha Financiers
Say
* Omaha banker*—those of them who
have not already left the city for the
national convention—Thursday ex
pressed interest In the move made
Wednesday in Omaha, when a tele
gram was sent to President Coolldge
urging the doubling of the present
tariff on wheat In order to protect the
farmers of the great wheat belt of
this country, especially from the flood
of Canada’s bumper crop of wheat.
"It looks like a move In the right
direction," said Ford E. Ilnvey, presi
dent of the Stockyards National hank.
’•It Is our fundamental duty to pro
tect our farmer* and to keep the
prices of their products at a proflt
abls level.”
Dennis P. Hogan, president of the
Federal I>and bank, said: "Agricul
ture la the whole basis of our pros
perity In this great part of the world.
If the farmer doesn't prosper nobody
else can. Therefore, a tariff wall that
will keep out a superfluous Import
of wheat Is a good thing for all of
us.”
"I favor anything to help the far
mer," said H. S. Clark, president of
the Corn Exchange National hank.
"The tariff Is a deep question and
I am not positive It would solve the
present difficulty. But it can do no
harm.”
C. J. Osborn, mansger of the Far
mers I'nlon State exchange, said:
"The emergency tariff on wheat Is a
good move to make at this time.”
J. F. Coad, president of the Back
ers' National hank said he thought
such a move might provoke retails
tlon. "I believe In reciprocity with
1 anadn," he said. “Liverpool makes
I be wheat market anyway and I
doubt if the tariff would do any good
in raising the prices of wheat."
New Professor
Lewis L. McKKTen. new instructor
In rhetoric snd Journalism at the I'nl
verslty of Omaha, arrived this morn
ing.
He Is a graduate of Oberlin college,
where he majored In sociology and
English. He was connected with a
"liege paper and also worked as a
reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
He served lust summer on the roni
inlttee on International relations of
ilte American Sociological society.
“Parson Bob” of Sterling, Neb.,
HWs to “Spin Yarns” Here
Poetry with scarcely a copper In Its
pocket la today, na of old. the mis
tress of ciiHtlos In Spain, nnd pays
well In enlhualnsm, though not In
apot caah. If one may judge from the
letter received by .lack l,ee from
"Parson Bob" of .Sterling. Neb.
,'Pamon Bob," who la otherwise
known as the Rev. Phil II. I.nudon,
nnd to many Nebraskan* na live pna
lor of nil outdoors mid the ginger of
pioneer dayg of the stole when men
died with their boots on, recently
found Ida i'uhIi nniounted to K » cents
This would not have troubled him If
It were not Unit In- wonted to come
to Unmha to attend tits meeting on
September 21 of Nehru ska poets.
At present he Is trying to dispose of
some of Ills worldly goods for Ills rail*
ronit fare to the city, and younger
Omaha poets are hoping they will
bring an unpoettcally high price as
they want to hear hla reminiscences
of cowboys and squaw men, circuit
tiding and two handed shooting.
In his letter, "Parson Hob" de
scribes himself ns "an old pioneer
preacher of the west who never
preached for a church or saint y. hut
has preached many a sermon at the
funeral of a man who ‘died with his
boots oil and has married many a
squaw to white m»
3 Relay Planes
Will Be Used in
North Pole Hop
Amundsen Plans to Explore
Vast Region in All-Metal
Ships Next
Summer.
Seattle. Wash., Sept. 19.—Capt.
Roald Amundsen’s plans for an air
plane flight across the north pole
from Spitsbergen to Alaska next sum
mer, contemplates the use of three
all metal planes in relays, he an
nounced today, following a confer
ence with Haaekon H. Hammer, his
business representative. An attempt
to fly from Wainwright, Alaska, to
Spitsbergen last summer was frus
trated by an accident to the explor
er's airplane in a test flight.
Captain Amundsen explained that
the purpose of the proposed flight
was to discover what lay within the
1.000,000 square miles of the unex
plored polar basin. Hammer, who
made several flights northward from
Spitsbergen last year, said that while
he had found no new lands, he did dls
cover that many islands show-n on
maps and charts in reality did not
exist.
Captain Amundsen said that with
Hammer he would return to Norway
soon to perfect plans for next sum
nier 'i flight. Hammer said the thre*
all-metal planes to he. used In the
relay flight are already under con
struction In Germany. Bases for the
three planes will be selected later
when full details of the trip are
worked out.
Bakers Must Sell
Full Weight Loaf
Two Grant! Giant! Firms
Warned That Bread Must
Conform to Law.
Lincoln. Sept. 20.—Two break lark
ing companies at Grand Island. Neb.,
have been found to lie selling bread
which Is under (lie weight set by Ne
braska law. the atato agricultural de
partment announced today. The de-|
partment will require the companies
to conform, and falling that, they will
lie prosecuted, it was said at the
state house.
The agricultural department has re
ceived a reply from a IVnver baking
company, which had shipped short
weight bread Into the western part
of the state, saying that they would
comply with the Nebraska Igw. Com
panies in St. Joseph. Mo., and Topeka,
Kan., which also send bread Into ths
stale, have not replied to the de
part IlieiU" letters requesting revised
weights on loaves. It was said.
Iowa Shipper anti Buyer Are
Pleased ith Crops, Prices
Two loads of fine feeder cattle,
averaging BOO to t.OM) pounds, were
brought to the Omaha yards by \V.
S. Itosengrant of Gtinlen Grove. In.
He said Decatur county has good
etops and would do the usual amount
of livestock feeding.
I
Prisoner Pleads
I for Law Respect
Robber Serving Penitentiary
Sentence Asks All Americans
to Revere Statutes.
Uncoln, Sept. 20.—B. Clark, prisoner
N’o. 8284 at the Nebraska state peni
tentiary, In a letter made public to
day by County Attorney C. E. Mat
son, makes a pita to all Americans
to ''let reverence of the law become
the political religion of the nation."
Clark, who ie serving a 15-year
sentence for robbery, following two
years served in the Minnesota peni
tentiary, heard the address made at
the prison last Sunday by County At
torney Matson.
He wrote to the county attorney,
commenting on the speech, w hich was
one In observance of "Constitution
week." The prisoner expressed the
hope that there "shall arise some
great statesman who will introduce
in\o American schools a greater
spirit of reverence for law "
"You may be astonished that a
convict and a habitual criminal, so
called, entertains such sentiments, but
yet, I am an American and I hope
some day to be worthy of the name,"
the letter concluded.
Wet Spell Lets Up;
to Be Wanner Today
"No more rain for a day or so,"
said M. B. Stubbs, first assistant
weather observer, yesterday.
Omaha is just recovering from a
rainy spell. lTn paved streets are still
muddy.
The forecast for today Is for
warmer weather.
Films for Farmer
Chicago. 111.. Sept. JO—The use of
moving pictures as a means of edu
cating the farmer anil of bringing
the farmers' story before the public
was discussed today by delegates to
a publicity convention of the Amerl
can Farm Bureau federation. Thirty
state farm bureaus were represented
and with them met county agents
O. E. Bradfute. president. \Y. H
JValker, vice president, and Gray Sil
ver. Washington representative, were
among the speakers.
Already the American farm bureau
federation conducts probably the
largest non theatrical distributing of
moving pictures in the United States,
according to Sam Card, publicity sec
retary for the federation. This dis
trlbutlon is carried on through the
various county farm bureaus by
light motor cars which carry the
projector to district school houses
for exhibitions.
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Johnson to
Try to Win
Nebraska
Club to Back Californian for
Presidency Will Be Formed
in State, Organizer
Says. !
Farm Relief Is Pledged
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Dec.
Lincoln, Sept. 20.—Hiram Johnson,
i'nlted States senator from California,
will be active in attempting to elect
a delegation in Nebraska to the 're
publican national convention pledged
to vote for him for president. An
nouncement of this fact was made
| oday by John O. Maher of Lincoln,
: who succeeded In electing delegates
to the national convention four years
ago instructed for Johnson.
Maher asserted he had received
letters from at least a dozen coun
ties urging organization of a John
son-for-President club Immediately.
So far, according to Maher, the or
ganization has not been perfected.
“However, there is no doubt but
thab it .will," Maher aald. “Those
writing to me are person* identified
with the Johnson clubs four years
ago.
“This year the paramount Issue In
Nebraska will be a platform giving
the American farmer more money
for his products and cutting down
the profits of the middleman.”
Maher until four years ago was
identified with the democratic party.
He Joined the republican ranks when
the Teague of nations issue was raised
and with the aid of Frank A. Har
rison. formerly of Lincoln, organized
the Johnsonfor-President clubs, with
a slogan to "Maintain American in
dependence from European brawls.”
After the nomination and election
of Warren G. Harding, Maher was
one of the men called to Marion to
confer with the president before his
inauguration.
Corfu Seizure
Doomed League
c
Senator Johnson Raps Trib
unal in Speech in His Na
tive State.
Sacramento, Cal.. Sept. 20.—United
State* Senator Hiram N. Johnson of
California, speaking on the league
of nations at a luncheon here today,
declared "when Musasolinl bombarded
Corfu he shot up the moribund league
of nations. The Italian cannon dra
matically demonstrated to the world
what was before known, what had
many times been proven, but what the
internationalist* failed to understand
or wilfully refused to recognize."
Since the establishment of the
league. Senator Johnson continued,
"eight member states have resorted
to arms in volation of the covenant
and in no instance has any attempt
been made to penalize the offenders.”
The senator asserted Lord Cecil now
is endeavoring to have adopted ’“a
new provision of the covenant, by
which force, that is, soidiers. could be
requisitioned in different zones to
compel obedience to the league'* man
dates."
"I cannot repeat too often." con
tinued the senator, "that thi* so
called court is not a court at all. It
can act. as its chief spokesman. Lord
Cecil, says, only when it is asked to
do so by nations in dispute. The
great nations. England. France. Italy
and JApan. have practically declined
to submit to its compulsory jurisdic
tion."
Rail Body to Conduct
Grain Rate Hearing
Hpeeial nispatek to The Omaha flee.
Lincoln. Sept. 20—Representatives
of the Burlington. Union Pacific. Mis
souri Pacific and Northwestern rail
roads have been summoned to ap
pear before the Nebraskav railway
commission Oclolwr 2. to discuss re
adjustment of grain rates int<* Oma
ha. Present rates are reported to be
inequitable, growing out of the re
duction made in eastern Nebraska
rates several months ago.
Protest Rum Smuggling.
London, Sept 10,—The International
Methodist corn ml t tee representing the
Methodist conference* of all the coun
tries in the world met at Westminster
today and passed a resolution protest
ing against the smuggling of liquor
into the United States by cittrens of
other countries, pledging its support
to the Methodist churches in America
in obtaining enforcement of the pro
hibition law
The hope is expressed that the ne
gotiations between the United State*
and Canada will result in the early
suppression of smuggling across lha
border.
Schoolboys for Fire Fighters.
San F ranctsco, Sept SO — Forest
and brush tires in central California
raged yesterday along a line of about
K>0 miles and beside* taking down
many ranch houses destroyed numer
ous bridges A fire which is menacing
six towns is being fought in Marin
county, to the north of San Francisco
All boy» o\er 14 base l<een dis
missed from schools In the county and
are aiding the fliy fighters, who In
clude soldiei s from Fort Faker and
the UrcsKilo of Sau 1 <■ r*»