Wheeler Raps
Stam!pat Demos j
Montana Solon Suggests a
Union Between Progressives
and His Group.
Washington, Den 17.—The Junior
senator from Montana, Burton IC.
Wheeler, democrat, called upon the
progressive members of his party hi
the senate to forsake their reactionary
leaders.
He predicted that perseverance in
the path the democratic party is now
walking in will compel the formation
of a third party and the wiping out of
the old parties from the political map
next November.
Senator Wheeler was elected to the
68th congress on the democratic tick
et but there was no voter in Mon
tana that did not know that he would
come to that congress as an openly
declared progressive.
Only a few days of h^ first term in
congress had passed when, having
notified his party leaders In the sen
ate that the only assignment he cared
to have and proposed to have was
membership an the interstate com
merce committee, he forced them to
give it to him—and Immediately went
into action to prevent Senator Cum
mins of Iowa retaining the chairman
ship of that committee.
Cross Party lanes.
Senator Wheeler said:
"The people of this country are
now divided into two great camps
politically, progressives and reaction
aries, those who believe we should
change our laws to meet new condi
tions, and those who believe the laws
made by our forefathers should be
left as they were many years ago.
"The people are likewise divided
into two great groups economically,
those who produce and those who pro
ks.duce nothing. All those who are at
fected in the same manner econom
ically. should be in the same group po
litically: but today we find just the
reverse to be true. In other words,
we find progressives and reactionaries
In the republican party and reaction
aries and progressives In the demo
cratic party.
Condemns Reactionaries.
"There should be a new alignment
of parties. Either those progressives
in the republican party must control
the destinies of that party and the
progressives of the country support
them, or they should join the pro
gressive forces of the democratic
party and help to make it more re
sponsive to the needs of the people.
There is no room In this country for
two reactionary parties and whether
the so-called politically wise see it or
not, the people are thoroughly awake
to the situation.
"There is no difference between the
reactionary democrats and the reac
tionary republicans in congress.. It
would seem that the progressive ele
ments should prove sufficiently
strong to form a third party that
could win in the elections next fall.
But party lines have proved too
strong in the east and south in the
past. It Is doubtful, therefore, that
the unorganized majority of the peo
ple could win against the organized!
minority of reaction.
"Economic changes have greatly
modified the old alignment. The west
no longer clings to the apron strings
of the east. The economic interests
of the west and the south are similar.
^The only hope of the country is for
the progressive forces of the south
to join the progressive forces of the
west and shake off the shackles of
the absentee financial landlords that
dwell in New York.”
Rebels Reported
Near Mexico City
-
Civilian Army Said Rratly to
Seize Government Ar
senals and Buildings.
By International New* Rfrvlft.
Widely contradictory claim*, sorde
of which had the appearance of prop
aganda, came out of Vera Cruz and
Mexico City today regarding the
course of events In turbulent Mexico.
It was reported that Gen. Angel
Flores and Raol Madera, brother of
the assassinated president, were pre
paring to launch separate revolts
against both the Qbregon government
and Huertlsta rebel*.
A civilian rebel army numbering
about 8,000 was said to have gathered
at the gateway to Mexico City, await
ing orders to seize government ar
senals and public bgulldlngs. Mexico
City Is defended by 2,000 loyal sol
diers and their commander, General
Gomez, said he would fight to the
last ditch. y
Fears are felt In some quarters In
f. Mexico City, that a class struggle
may develop which would precipitate
civil war and paeglbly bolshevism.
Foreign residents are leaving Mexi
co City.
The rebels claim a victory near
Acapulco, state of Guerrero, where
the federal forces were said to have
been captured. They claim further
more that order prevails in all din
trlcts held by the revolutionaries.
Loyal supporters of President Obrr
gnn claim that dissensions have brok
en out among the rebel leaders anil
that violence and anarchy are rife
In the rebel-held regions.
A battle Is Imminent near Apizaco
where President Ohregon reviewed
his troops.
Tampico Is quiet. General Calles Is
said to tie preparing to raise a loyal
army to protect the Tampico oil
Iliads from reliel Invasion.
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Burglar Baud Subdued:
Lincoln, J)**c, 17.—With the arrest
in Thurston county yesterday of I
Frank Rltwleger and Charles Kmlth.
charged with the robbery of the Mil
ler & McDonald store at Craig, Hurt
county, Friday night, slate enforce
ment officers here, who co-operated
with sheriffs of Hurt ami Thurston
counties, believe they are making
progress In breaking up the band of
suspected looters of stores in central
and nor thereat Nebraska.
These roblreries, which hove occur
red at intervals for nearly a year,
have netted merchandise valued at
thousands of dollars.
lUtwIeger claimed to be from New
York, ami Hmlth, Omaha Mini Hloux
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New Bars Urged
on Immigration
Minnesota Medical Professor
Sounds Warning in Talk
Before Club.
Examination at points of embarka
tion of intended immigrants from east
ern and southern Europe is of vital
Importance to the future citizenship
of this country, according to Dr.
Arthur Sweeney, professor of medical
jurisprudence. University of Minne
sota, who spoke yesterday to mem
bers of the Professional Men's club
in Hotel Fontenelle.*
Ho will speak tonight to the Omaha
Surgical club.
"The examination of 360.000 men of
foreign birth during the war disclosed
that 45 per cent were of inferior
classes," the doctor said.
Dow Mentality.
“These gToups cannot get beyond
the fourth grade In school and In in
dustry they rate below the grade of
common labor. They constitute the
feeble-minded and moron types who
become casual laborers and who can
nevers by reason of their Inability to
read, acquaint themselves with the
prlnc.ples of our government. In the
prisons and other state-supported In
stitutions 44 per cent of the inhabi
tants are foreigners of this type.
"An examination of intended immi
grant* at points of embarkation would
very largely exclude the mentally un
fit and would relieve this country of
the poison that Is leading to the
degeneration of our blood.
"The races from northern and
western Europe afford desirable ma
terial for citizens. Since 1880 the
bulk of our immigration has come
from tho deteriorated races."
Praises New Bill.
Dr. Sweeney believes that the John
son immigration bill, which will l*
offered to the congress within a few
days, will lead to more immigrants
coming from Scandinavian, German
.ind Hritish sources, and fewer from
Poland, Russia and southern Italy.
London Shoppers
Crowding Stores
By VnlwTial Service.
London, Doc. 17.—London Is ox
perlenclng one of the greatest Christ
mas shopping Bessons of history.
The river of Christmas shoppers
streams on. In and out of the big
shops go the throngs of people, going
in with money and no parcels, com
ing out with parcels and no money.
Outside Kensington High street
station Is a large and festive glues
case showing a life-size Father
Christmas with a sack on his liack,
monkeys climbing over him, and a
snowy ground, a red sun, and a little
illuminated house giving a season
able hint to those who are apt to
forget Christmas shopping until
Christmas eve.
At Derry and Toms you pay one
shilling, climb a Htalr, sit on a mat
and are whirled down Into an Il
luminated cave with a real brigand.
Then you may go on to examine >*
woman who has nothing but a head,
the rest of her being invisible, and
the oriental scenery, floor and a
pedestal table showing through the
place where, properly speaking, one
Would expect legs.
The next thrill Is another woman
whose head has no visible means of
support but a vast gold apbler's web.
The children believe she is a human
spider, and gb on, marveling, to
the "windy corner," and so to the
large Father Christmas, who gives
toys to each child.
Convention Socurt'tl.
Announcement was made Monday
morning that the annual national
convention of tile Farmers Equity
Union will la- held in Omaha January
23 and 24. Efforts have been made
for several months to have the as
sociation meet in convention here hut
It was not until Monday that the Invi
tation of the .Chamber of Commerce
was finally accepted.
• 286 Arrfslctl in I.. A.
ItOM AngHc*. t>*•<•- 17.--Two hun
dr«'d »in<l eighty nix permui* w*r«
placed in Jail here in a police "ciifti
up drive' designed to rid Ia>s Angclc*
of itllcgcd undesirable* ah ul to lie
flocking to m>ijth<rri California to
•pend the winter. Thirty-three* were
ai rested on felony rhumc*, moat- of
the other* being booked for vagrancy
Hnitkm nr* unknown In IrclHiid,
Iceland, I'litugonlii an I New Z«alnnd.
These r Apt ilea nr#* Also mi® In Cana
da, «ln|>mn him! Tuaiiuinta
Ex-Office Boy
Now Heads Firm
By I'niveraal Service.
New York, Dec. 17.—"Say, young
ster, you must think you’re going to
be president of this company some
day."
The old clerk In the Cleveland of
fice of the American Railway Express
company was scornful as he slipped
past the young one on the way out
the back door 15 minutes ahead of
quitting time.
The young man was not a fool. He
was merely a Scotch Immigrant. But
he kept on working.
That was 40 years ago. Today, he
is president of the American Rail
way Express company.
He is Robert E. Cowle, who has
just been elected to succeed George
C. Taylor, who died November IS. He
began as an office boy, and it took
him 40 years to reach the pinnacle
he set for himself, but he reached It.
Stinnes Fails to
Seize Railroad?
German Government to Hold
Lines. Drop Fourth
of Employes.
By I nlv«tm»I Sertlrf.
Rerlin, Dec. 17.—The bold dash of1
German Industrial captains led by
Hugo Stinnes and associates, backed
up by the farmers and Junker agrar
ians to get possession of Germany's
vast network of governmentally
owned railways, has received a tem
porary setback. Stinnes and his asso
ciates together with the farmers and
junkers sought to take advantage of
the present critical financial situa
tion to force the government to sell
the railways to a private corporation
organised by themselves.
In an effort to circumvent this
move. Minister of Railways Oeser
submitted to the cabinet a law sev
ering the railway system from the
national budget and placing It on Its
own financial footing but without glv
ing up government ownership and
control. To help make revenue and
expenditures meet, It Is proposed to
^Istnlsa 25 per cent of all employes.'
■'he Stinnes plan for the private op
eration of the railways has been re
jected hy Oeser and Is being fought
In the cabinet particularly hy Strese
mann, who appears to have complete
ly broken with Stinnes.
Friends of Stinnes say thnt the
movement to sever the railways from
the budgetary system Is a step In the
direction of private operation. Stinnes
Is keeping up a campaign for pri
vate ownership as the only solution
of the railways situation.
Seven Seamen Win
Fight for Life
Marshfield. Ore., Dec. 17.—Seven
members of the crew of the steamer
<'? A Smith, ashore at Jetty here, won
their battle with death today when
they lowered a lifeboat and safely
made they way to the tug Oregon,
which wna standing hy.
With these men In safety, the sur
vivors number 14. Nino others were
drowned. These with ('. N. I’rescott,
mate of the Oregon, drowned In s
rescue attempt, made the death list
from the wreck, 10.
Unhappily r Married
Husbands of I tcrli n
Unite and Hire Lawyer
Ilf I filvcmnl Nfr»|p#.
Hrrlln, I »«•<*. 17 'Hie “league for tho
right* of unhappily married hunhand* *
ha* heel) founded In Merlin with It*
own headquarter*, office* nnd—Isw
ver.
The unhappy husband* can now
meet, since the ehtahll*hinent. of a
headquarters, «nd console one another
land plot to throw their united right in
a drive for freedom.
The lawyer I* on hand to give ex
pert technical advice on what nnd
what not to do, |f n divorce 1* final
I ly launched, he fight* for the league
rnrmtier In court.
The league ha* already lmd Intro
duced In the retch stag two amend
rnent* to the derma it law* to make
divorce* easier Hut the rolchttng it
unfortunately busy w||h tedlou* |Hi||t
i**al matter* and hasn’t topic to th*
prohlsni* of domestic i ••luting < \nl.
And In *uch a pmlianai|i poop, are
| • xpei ted to have faith'” lnlii) one
I especially haul pressed It* «gth mem
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Rector Denies
Virgin Birth
Aged N. Y. Protestant Episco
pal Preacher Defies
Bishop Manning.
Br/AuodllNl Press.
New’ York, Dec. 17,—Putting aside
the vestments of priesthood and step
ping Into the pulpit In the black robe
of the doctor of divinity. Dr. Leighton
Parks, 71-year-old rector of St.
Bartholomew Protestant Episcopal
church Sunday challenged t'he Virgin
birth of Christ and the bodily resur
rection. He declared he would wel
come a trial by Bishop Manning of
the New York diocese.
Dr. Parks, who has been for 20
years rector at t’he fashionable Park
Avenue church, rejected the recent
pastoral letter Issued by the house of
bishops of the denomination. The
letter, calling on the clergy to uphold
the "Catholic tradition" of the church
and the Nlcene creed, was declared
by Dr. Parks to he autocratic.
After this letter had been read pur
suant to requirements, Dr. Parks be
gnn his address by saying he wore
no vestments because he appeared
"not as your minister, hut ns a doc
tor of theology." He conducted his
earlier services In his vestment.
Declaring the Integrity of the
i lergy was at stake, Dr. Parks asked:
"Am I, who have preached the fair
for BO years, to be called dishonest
because I do not agree with my
bishop?
"Am I to be accused of heresy be
. ause I preach doctrines for which
:here Is ample foundation In the scrip
tures? Are bishops the sole deflners
of the faith? If they are. I have no
right to speak.
"Not one teaching of this church
can he changed by one bishop or by
ull the bishops put together. Their
authority Is carefully restricted, and
when the English church broke away
from the Catholic religion. It gave
to each minister an equal authority
with the bishop. For them to behave
is final deflners of the Christian
faith is contrary to constitutional
law.”
Crain Exports Higher.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Grain ex
ports from the United Btates last
week amounted to 2.491.000 bushels,
compared with 2,050,000 the week be
fore.
STELLA DALLAS
Itv Olive Hifipin.s Prouly.
SYNOPSIS
Stell* bulla* separated from her lnm- J
bund. and her daughter, l.mirel. IS. live
in the "cheapest room” of a fashionable .
hotel In Milnnmnton. In the iiarlore.
where she passe* much time reading. (
Laurel overhear* scornful reference* to t
her mother made by Mirial leader* In
the hotel world Both mother and daugh
ter are always smartly dressed when tney
go together to the dining room. Laurel
goe* on a \lsit to her father In New York
and he leave* her ut the home of Mr*
Morrison, n friend, while he Is away on
a trip to Chicago.
(Continue-t From Yesterday.)
It was fas« mating to watch her do
her hair. She would take out four
or five hairpins from it, shake her
head till the hair frll soft to her
shoulders, brush the shining mass
hastily a minute, twist it up, and
stick the four or five hairpins back
again, hardly looking into the mirror
at all.
Laurel had thought Mrs. Morrison
lovely to look at the first time she
saw her a year ago. at the hotel, but
ladies were often lovely to look at
when they were dressed up. The
amazing thing about Mrs. Morrison
was that she was lovely to look at
always, even in the early morning,
even before she got up! She wasn't
young. At least X,aurel didn't think
she was young. She was old enough
to he Con's mother, and Con was old
er than Laurel. There were besides
Just a few gray hairs. You didn’t
see them till she let her hair down.
She had beautiful hair—dark, al
most black. At night beneath the
strong light of the silk-shaded lamp
by the piano, it was like the breast
of a dark-feathered pigeon in the sun
shine—iridescent. She had long, slen
der fingers—very white, and long,
slender arms, and a long, slender
neck. The line of her neck in profile
had Just the same curve from her
throat to the tip of her chin (which
was usually lifted! as the lady's in
the moon. And she did her hair low.
Just like the lady in the moon, and
it fluffed the same way, too. about
her brow and ears, for she wore no
net. She was like moonlight in lots
of ways, laurel concluded. Almost
no color at all in her cheeks. And
the dress she wore the first evening
was pale yellow. And she didn't wear
a single ornament to brighten it up.
Occupying the same room with Mrs.
Morrison, It took much less time than
otherwise for Laurel’s shyness to
wear away. Perhaps Mrs. Morrison
was aware with what amazing rapid
ity the homely processes of dressing
build up an intimacy. But, whether
or not her motive was to win her
way into Laurel's confidence the more
quickly, or simply to take every pre
caution In guarding the child against
homesickness, twice the number of
hours spent in the drawing room
or garden would not have X>een suffl
clent to establish the degree of fa
miliarity which made It possible for
Laurel to put 'into words many of
her questions and wonderings before
she had been three days a guest of
Mrs. Morrison.
"Have you a Permanent?" she
asked bluntly the. third morning as
she sat gazing at Mrs. Morrison, seat
ed before the aitar llka dressing ta
ble with nothing on it but two candle
sticks and an old silver box, and four
or five tortoiseshell hairpins.
"Yes." Mrs. Morrison replied, smil
ing, "but not the kind you mean.
I was born with mine.”
Still gazing, Laurel inquired a mo
ment later. “Don’t you even use
rouge, or an eyebrow pencil?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Oh. I don’t know. Why do yon
ask. Ijturel?"
"No reason. I was only wonder
ing." Then after a pause I^auret
added. "I think you'd be lovely with
pink cheeks "
"I would lie nicer, wouldn't I?" she
agreed, and she stuck In the last
hairpin, got up. gathered together a
few muslin things from a drawer
near by (she put on clean clothes
every morning—her laundry bill must
be terrific), and, wrapped round In
a lemon-colored chlna-cltk kimono,
passed Into one of the little twin
Imthrooms adjoining, and closed the
door.
Laurel heard the click of enamel
handles being turned, the violent
gush of a stream of water in the
marble shower bath, and a second or
two later, or so it seemed. Mrs. Mor
rison reappeared, as fresh as a pond
lily In her crisp lingerie.
laurel inquired of her. "If you
think you'd be nicer with pink
cheeks, then why <^n't you make
them pink?"
“Oh. It takes such a lot of time!”
laughed Mrs. Morrison. "And then,
besides." she added, "I would always
!>e getting them spoiled. I like to be
outdoors so much, digging In the gar
den. rlillng horseback, romping with
the boys In all sorts of weather. If 1
did use rouge. laurel," she went on
more seriously, "and an eyebrow pen
ell, as you suggested, I should want
to do It exquisitely, like an artist, so
that no one's sense of beauty could
possibly he offended."
"Offended?"
"Yes. To some people paint and
powder on the human face is dls
tasteful."
"Is it?”
"Like paint and powder on the
petals of a flower. 1 suppose."
“Oh!"
There was a long pause. Laurel
broke it at last.
"Is that why you haven’t a string
of pearls?"
"Is what why. Laurel?"
"Because pearls on your neck would
he to some people like pearls on
flowers?"
"Oh. no,” Helen Morrison replied
managing not even to smile. "I
haven't a string of pearls because
they’re so expensive.”
“Imitation pearls aren't very ex
pensive."
"Oh, imitation!"
Laurel considered. Her mother had
often told her that her pearls and
Imitation diamond barpin would pass
for the genuine articles anywhere.
“They look just like the real ones,"
she told Mrs. Morrison.
"Oh, no. Laurel, not to a person
who knows pearls. They lack Inner
beauty, just as a wax figure lacks
soul. To the really discerning they're
ns lifeless and unbeautift^l us that."
Then, with a sudden happy inspira
tion. as she thought, Helen Morrison
added, "Your mother has trimmed
several of your pretty dresses with
narrow filet lace, hut there isn't an
Inch of imitation filet.”
No, of course not, because imita
tlon filet "never fooled anybody."
Laurel's mother had often told her
In fact, she had said, and only a
short fortnight ago, that there wasn't
anything a woman could make more
show with, at present, than a lot of
splashy real lace, or anything that
could kill her socially as surely as
the Imitation stuff.
Laurel wondered if to the really
discerning her mother's Imitation
pearls were like Imitation filet.
2
The next day Laurel asgea .Mrs
Morrison If she had ever seen her
mother. Her mother's narde by then
was mentioned with perfect ease be
tween them.
"No. I never have, Laurel.” said
Mrs. Morrison. “Tell me about her."
They were walking in the garden. “Is
she like you?”
“Oh, no,” said Laurel. "She's not
the least like me. She hasn't a single
freckle. And her hair Is yellow. She
was born with It yellow, like you with
your Permanent." Which was true.
Mrs, Dallas had not tampered with
the color of her hair as yet. “Her
eyes," laurel went on, “are blue—
the color of that little blue pitcher
you said was Delft, that you used
one morning at breakfast And her
skin is like the cream in it."
“She must be lovely."
"Oh. she is, she is." flashed Laurel.
“Haven't you her picture?"
“No. Not here." After a pause
Laurel added gravely. “I never brine
her picture to New York when 1
come to see my father "
It was the first reference she had
made to the relation that ex-sted be
tween her mother and father. But
Mrs. Morrison made as casual a re
ply of It, as if it had been a frequent
topic of conversation between them.
“Of cours# you don't. 1 didn't think
for a minute. Naturally it's kinder
not to."
Oh. how easy It was to talk to Mrs.
Morrison! Questions laurel had long
wanted to know the answers to
crowded to her lips. “Why are my
mother and fatter different from oth
er mothers and fathers? Why don't
they lire together? Why aren't peo
pie nice to my mother" And why are
they nice to tny father?" But she
didn't allow one of them to escape
Not yet. Nor did Mrs. Morrison allow
a queati' n to escape either. They
simply walked on In silence till they
came to a turn in the garden path
where some late pansies were
blooming
"Let's pick some." said Mrs. .Mor
rison.
“Let's. " said T-aurel, and they
leaned down together over the low
growing flowers
Laurels, heart was beating fast
she could feel It Between herself
and this lovely lady the gossamer
like bond • of sympathy, as delicate
at first as a thread of a spider's web
had become now as strong as the
■ilk cable pearls are strung on. It
would bear actual spoken words about
her father's and mother's separation'
“Is there anything in the world
softer tlmn the petal of a pansy?'
remarked Mrs. Morrison, pressing one
of the flowers against her lips, and
gently drawing It across them.
Laurel laid a flower against her
Ups, too, and. closing her eyes, tike
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“There’a Mimic in the Air”
wise tested Its texture
"The end of a horse's nose Is ns
soft." she said contemplatively,
"and." she went on. eyes still closed,
"the back of a little tiny baby's head,
where they'll let you kiss It."
Mrs. Morrison broke Into a laugh
"Dear delightful laurel! That’s so'
That's so!" And suddenly she took
hold of one of laurel’s hands and
drew the back of that, too, across her
Ups. and kissed it
That playful little kiss of Helen
Morrison’s on the back of Laurel's
hand made Laurel's world whirl
round her giddily for a moment. No
one had ever kissed her on the hand
before! It was a caress entirely dif
ferent from an ordinary kiss upon
the lips. She felt exalted, like a
young knight in armor before his
lady. She wished she dared kneel
on the ground and kiss the hem of
Mrs. Morrison's firess!
S.
Laurel wondered a great deal
about Mrs. Morrison’s husband, and
finally one day concluded to Inquire
about him.
"Is your husband away on busi
ness?" she began politely.
"Why. no. Didn't you know?
Didn't your father tell you?"
Laurel shook her head. "No, father
has told me nothing."
"He is not living. Laurel," gently
Mrs Morrison announced.
“Oh," said laurel. "Of course."
she went on. ”1 knew he wasn't real
ly away on business, because of the
drawers in the chiffonier being per
fectly empty, and the rloset beside
yours, too, where you hung my
things. But I didn’t see any pictures
of him around, so I thought per
haps you were separated.”
"The portrait in the big gold frame
in the living room is a picture of
him, Laurel, and that's a copy of
It, in the silver frame on my dress
lng table."
"Is he your husband?" exclaimed
Laurel.
She had studied the portrait. The
man in the jiortrait looked like a
grandfather! He had long drooping
mustaches, almost white, and the
sockets of his eyes hung down like
the eyes of a hunting hound Laurel
had seen In the Maine woods once.
"Yes. Why?"
"He looks too old for you!”
"Does he? Well, he was older,
hut. oh, eve so kind, and the father
of my dear boys, and,” she added
after a pause, “the father of my little
girl, too."
"Your little girl?”
"Yes, Laurel, my only little girl.
She died, before she was old enough
to walk without holding tight onto
one of mv fingers.”
"What was her name?”
“Carol."
"How old would she be?"
"About as old as you. I think."
"Did she have light hair, or dark?”
"Dark."
(Continued In The Morning Bee.
Crooks Attend
“The Eye’s” Burial
Chicago. Dec. 17.—A fresh mound
of earth in tlraceland cemetery' bank
e,l by flowers and with a simple
headstone—with the grave of a bond
robber on one side and of a wealthy
social leader on the other—marks the
end of "The Eye.” William A. Pink
erton, hunter and friend of criminals,
was buried there Saturday.
An old Scotch hymn. "The High
Road and the Low Road," was sung,
and in the crowd assembled In the
church and which followed to the
grave were representatives of both
■'roads.” Pobce officials, substantial
business men commanding respect in
their community, crooks, reformed
and otherwise, stood together In com
mon homage to the man they all re
spected.
ould Stop Immigration.
Washington, Dec. 17 —All immigra
tion wiiuld be susr»ended until 19!9,
under a bill Introduced today by Rej>
resentative Watsin, democrat. Ore
gon.
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