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    .ssss- The Omaha Sunday Bee
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44Hi” Turns
His Guns on
Henry Ford
Bluntly Suggests Auto Man's
Withdrawal From 1924
Race Was in Return for
Promise of Shoals.
‘Won’t Give Nomination’
By International New a Service.
Washington, Dec. 22.—Senator Hi
ram Johnson, who thus fur la the only
avowed opponent of President Cool
idge for tie republican nomination
at Cleveland next June, opened fire
on Henry Ford tonight for climbing
aboard the Coolidge bund wagon.
The liulifornia senator bluntly sug
seated that Ford's dramatic removal
himself from the political stage
” was not unconnected with administra
tion plans for letting the autpmobile
manufacturer have Musele Shoals.
"American politics present q, most
Interesting psychological study,"
Johnson's statoment said.
“Henry Ford has declared for Mr.
Coolidge, liecatise, as he says, Mr.
Coolidge"Is 'safe.'
"Immediately the part of the press
of the country representing special
privilege, which has always de
nounced and caricatured Mr. Ford.,
gives him a certificate of character,
and with open arms welcomes him to
its ranks.
“Perhaps tiie time is propitious for
Kmma Goldman and Rill Haywood
to return, declare for Mr. Coolidge,
end be acclaimed by the same spec
ial privileges press.
•nisi wneiir
"But, In the light of Mr. Ford's
previous utterances. Just when did
Mr. Coolirtge, in Mr. Ford's opinion,
become ‘safe?’ -
"On (he 13th of October, nfter Mr.
f'oolldge had been in office for more
Ilian two months, and when Secre
tary of War Weeks had sold what
Ford claimed to he a part of the
Muscle Shoals project. Mr. Ford de
nounced in unmeasured terms the
secretary of war, and Inferentially,
the administration, as being under
the control of private interests, Inimi
cal to tlie farmers, and the secretary
of war made an angry rejoinder.
"Obviously, according to Mr. Ford,
the administration of Mr. Coolidge
isafe, and didn't even wish
“Thereafter Congressman Madden
(of Illinois) gave to the press the out
line of a measure he would intro
duce in congress, apparently for the
administration, designed to give Mr.
Ford Muscle Shoals, and a plant of
like character to that sold by Weeks.
"The message of the president on
the sixth of Decemlifr was not inimi
c al to tliin Idea. Mr. Madden's hill
was then introduced and is now
pending.
“Cannot Control Nomination."
“On the 19th of December, Mr. Ford
gives out liis ‘safe’ interview. If Mr.
Coolidge were not ‘safe' and if ills ad
ministration were under the influence
of private interests on (lie 13th of Oc
tober. as Mr. Ford plainly said to the
American people, what occurred be
tween the Kith of October and the
19th of December, to transmute the
bitter denunciation * of Mr. Ford
against the administration, then, into
enthusiastic advocacy now?
"Mr. Ford is entitled, of course, to
his political opinions: equally, of
course these opinions cannot control
a republican nomination.
"Mr. Ford was for Mr. Wilson
when Mr, Wilson was president, Mr.
Ford was for Mr. Harding when Mr
ilariftng was president. Mr. Ford is
for l’res'dent Coolidge while Mr. Cool
Idge Is president.
"Mr. Ford is a marvelous business
man."
Another development today was the
depari ure of iBascorn Hletup, the
a presidem's secretary, for a southern
trip ul' * li has for Its principal oh
jeotive the ironing out of several
factional fights In southern state
among the repu hi loans. Secretary
Hletnp will he gone for two weeks.
His principal destination is Florida,
hut he also will lake advantage of
the opportunity to visit Alabama,
(Seortfa, Mississippi and the Caro
lina*,
(rompors lo wo to i anaina.
By Infernnlloinil New* Nervine.
\\ aahlnston. l>ec. 22 — Samuel
<1 mpii’H, president of tho Atnerlran
Federation if latlair, will sail from
New Vork on Monday for Panama
fur i month s investigation of labor
emidltlonn in tho eanal zone, It was
annonneed here today.
lb' will be Hivntnpattled by William
.1 Spetn er i.f tlie RnildlnR Tradea
d'i nrttnont and Albert .T. Ri rtea of
the Metal Trades department.
WHERE TO FIND
The Itig l eaturea of
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Actress Condemned
to 3 Years in Prison
for Insulting Soviet
Kharkov, Russia, Dec. 22.—Mme.
Aksarina, an actress, has been con
demned to three years imprisonment
at hard labor for "insulting” a
workmen's demonstration during the
celebrating of the anniversary of the
bolshevisk revolution. Mme. Ak
sarirjn and her husband, a well-known
actor and producer, were standing on
a balcony while the demonstrators
were passing when, according to wit
nesses, she was heard to say: “What
a rabble! When will it be over?”
Beside the sentence passed upon
Mme. Aksarina, her husband was
dismissed from the Kharkov theaters.
Night Life
Trail Leads
to Jail Cell
Parties of Youth oil Cash
From Fake Money Orders
in Omaha End Quite
Abruptly.
“Don’t Tell Folks,” Plea
A meteor In Omaha's night life for
several days crashed to earth Satur
day.
Series of parties, paid for wilh
funds derived from money orders, was
abruptly terminated with the arrest
of Adrian H. McDermott, 18j of May
•,\ood. III.
McDermott was a good spender
while ho had it. And up to the time
of his arrest, when he was trying
lo cash a money order for $84.10 at
(he Karges hosiery shop at Sixteenth
and Farnam streets, he had it.
1‘opularity Unbounded.
Friday night he was already spotted
among the restaurants and the caba
rets without escort, and his popularity
was unbounded.
Saturday night he was alone in a
Jail cell, forgotten by his former boon
companions, awaiting the filing of
charges against him by federal au
thorities, and hoping against hope
Uiat his parents, back home, will
never hear of his missteps.
If he is convicted on every charge
which it is possible to lodge against
him and given maximum sentences on j
each, according to federal authorities,
he may spend the rest of his life in
Jail.
Army Deserter.
McDermott, for all his youth, ta a
deserter from the army. He enlisted
in the air service at Chanute field.
Rantoul, 111., last winter, under the
rame of James IT. McDowell, and dc
serted in June.
He worked on the railroad at liar
vey. 111., for a time, and then went
to Denver. From Denver lys wander
ngs led him to New Mexico, Texas,
Kansas City, and finally to .Arthur,
la., where his talent as a pianist
secured hitn a job with a small or
chestra.
He became friendly with Carl An
derson, the postmaster. One night
he went to visit Anderson at the
postoffice, he told police, and found
a back window open. He entered the
office, found the ,safe imlocked, and
abstracted some money ■Bd 11 money
order blanks, together with a money
order stamp and inking pad.
Throws a Party.
He went by a devious route to
Sioux City, la. After several unsuc
cessful attempts to cash the money
orders, he cashed one for $76 at Ha
fix. la.
Then he came to Omaha and thiew
a party.
In quick succession, he visited
Gretna, Neb., and Crescent, la., cash
Ing money orders for between $70
and $80 at each place, returning to
Omaha always at night, for his good
times.
He purchased lingerie lavishly and
presented it to the women who at
tached themselves to his little court.
"They thought I was Just a fool
| with a lot of money, and I let 'em
think so," he explained.
He cashed one money order for
$89 at Hill hotel while Detective Hen
Danhaum was standing beside ttie
desk. 9
Christmas for Mother.
Saturday afternoon he tried to cash
• nother spurious money order at the
Marker Clothes shop. In payment for
a suit. The proprietors became sus
pirloiiH and called a postoffice Inspec
tor.
before the inspector arrived, Me
Dermott was arrested in the Karges
hosiery shop by Traffic Officer Thorn
ton, frying to cash still another money
order, lie had $6.03 in cash on his
person.
W ith part of %he money he obtain
• d, he told police, he bought a $20
silver set which he had planned to
send his mother for Christmas.
"Don’t tell my folks." was his plea,
following the arrest.
Itaisuli HurinJ.
Gibraltar. Dec. 2*2. Moors who nr
rived here today from Tangier state
that Itaisuli, Hie Moroccan bandit
leader, died December !!♦ and was
buried the following da\ . Official con
firmutlon of the death, however, is
lacking.
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Heavy Itain in '[Vxhh.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 22. A rainfall
• >f 1.63 inches in the last 2 4 hours
brought tin Dec* tuber total up to
14 20 inches today, 'l ids the record
rainfall lor a December in Houston.
ManServ in Prison
<tf Partner’s $300,000 Fraud
At Hip left is Harry Kolias, who has confessed he was the Joseph
Nakelos who committed the $340,004 fraud for which tils former partner,
George T. I’teriotis, at the right, served 33 months in federal prison.
Between the two is a detective. The crime was committed three years
ago.
The statute of limitations prevents the bringing of Kolias to trial.
At Hie trial, two hankers positively identified I’teriotis as Joseph Sake
Ins, the man who defrauded Greek banks.
Father Is Dead:
Mother 111; Six
Tots Need Shoes
Twenty-Seven Youngsters Are
Ahead of Them on
Free Shoe Fund
List.
Harry, Mary, Michael, Ella, Clan
and Johnny are fatherless and their
mother Is sick. There Isn't service
able pair nf shoe in the three-room
shack where they live.
Twenty-seven youngsters are ahead
of them on the Free Shoe fund list,
and It is hoped there will be enough
money to get them good shoes before
Christmas so they can go out of
doors anil not get sick.
The weather has been mild, but
still it is too cold to go without
shoes, and long, cold months ai$e Just
ahead.
T'pdtke Lumber and Coal company !
employes raised $.'i3 which will bu>
about a dozep pairs of good, sound
shoes.
Many other generous people ar*'
remembering the numerous needy
youngsters now In this season of
Christrniis good will.
Can you help? Every penny you
give gofs to buy shoe* for little boys
and girls of the most pitifully poor.
No "administration expenses" in this
fund. Their very health, perhaps
their flickering lives depend on warm
shoos.
If you can help make their poor
little Christman happier, send or
bring your contribution to "Free
Shoe Fund, The Omaha Bee.” Checks
should t*e made out to "Free Shoe
Fund."
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Doctor Dipappear* From
Sioiix (.ity; Friend* Search
Hlmix City. la.. Per. 22. Myatlfled
over the dl*Hppeai;mro of Dr. K. Ii
Kyle, liOfid of the county hoapltal nt
Oedde*. S. I>.. friend* of the ntlftnlnK
m/m in hoth Sioux City unit Onddn*
Imve Instituted a vigornu* *rart*h for
the physician.
Mr. Kyle inme to Sioux City on
December Hi. hrnuliur with him *
fint «• 111 On I lei einher 11. he Visited
tl> * offm e of it Hi* iix t'itv tuirtfeon
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*
Livestock Men
to Open Meeting
Here January 15
Attorney for Association to
Talk on Changes in Hail
Act—Other Speakers
Engaged.
Denver, Dec. 22—The 27th annual
convention of the American National
Livestock association will be held In
Omaha January 15. 10 and 17. it was
bnnounced here today by T. W. Tom
linson, secretary.
The program for the opening meet
ing Includes addresses of welcome by
Governor I.ryan of Nebraska and
Mayor Dahlnmn of Omaha, to be fol
lowed by the annual address of Fred
H. Bixhy. Iyong Beach, Cal.. Presi
dent of the association.
Among the speakers who are on
the program during the convention
are James K. Poole, Chicago, market
editor of the Producer: A. Sykes, Dos
Moines; Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace; S. H. Cowan, Fort Worth. Tex ,
attorney for the association, who will
discuss amendments to the transpor
tation act; and S. W. McClure. Balt
Lake City, who will speak on "The
Tariff on Agricultural and Livestock
Products. ■
General dlsrusslon will follow the
presentation of pnpers. Other spe ik
ers will Is, A. .F. Stryker, Omaha: J.
B. Kendrick. Washington: R. <’ Pol
ler k, Chicago: W B. Greeley. Wash
Ington; J. C. Underwood, Underwood,
Wyo., and Carl C. Gray, president
-if the Union Pacific railroad.
Greek King and Queen
Arrive in Bucharest
Bucharest, Dec. 22.—King George
.11irt Queen Kllzaheth of Greece or
rived here at 3 oclock this afternoon
from Athens. They rem-bed the port
■ f Constanta this morning and Jour
ncyed to Bucharest, a distance of
about 65 miles, by rail.
At Constanta the king and queen
were welcomed by the crown prince
and prlnc.-as of Rumania and Prince
Paul and Princess Irens of Greece.
King Ferdinand anti Queen Marie
members of the ItUmanlnn govern
ment, representatives of the army
and navy ami members of the Greek
colony tnet them on their arrival in
Bucharest. The party was cheered
as It left the railway station.
12 Y ears More Eife.
I/on-Ion. JDec. 22.—A chllil born to
ilay him the |»roepe< t o* 12 more yc.-ii >
of Iff#* than hnrt one born 25
ngo, H)r William Wheeler, i>r«nhlent
of the Royal College of Surgeon* in
lirhind etritod *
Medicine find eitraery, he riverled,
have marie creator ad\ im«th during
the |net 25 yonre than during the 25
lirereding centurie*.
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Souder Case
Is Received
by Jurymen
Prosecutor in Arson Case Says
Ex-County Treasurer lias
Committed Every Crime
‘’on Paper.”
Defense Denies Charges
By Associated Press.
North Platte, Neb., Dec. 22.—Jury
men who heard the evidence in the
trial of former County Treasurer
Samuel M. Souder. charged with arson
In connection with the burning April
29 and 30 of the old IJncoln county
courthouse, received the case early
this evening.
District Judge J. D. Tewell of Sid
ney completed reading his charge to
the Jury at 6:20, following a day's
court session, most of which was oc
cupied by the final arguments In
which Snuder's counsel told the jury
the state had not proved Its case.
Souder, who wa* ajos Indicted by a
grand jury charged with embezzling
a total of $46,117.77, did not take a
dollar, and the prosecution had failed
to prove that he had, Walter V.
Hoagland of Sounder’s counsel, de
clared. Special Prosecutor George
Oibbs for the state pictured him as
a man who had committed every i
crime "that could be committed on j
pa per.”
Charges Records Removed.
It was the state's contention that
the motive for the alleged crime was
to cover tip a shortage nnd its coun
sel attempted to convice the jury
that county records were taken to the
upper part of the courthouse to be
burned. Souder was accused of
knowing just before the fire that
auditors were to begin an investiga
tion of county uffirirs.
Declaring that he was not guilty
and that he "would fight to the
last," Souder told the correspondent
before the case went into the jury's
hands that ho would appeal to the
state supreme court lrr the event a
verdict unfavorabel to him is re
turned.
Tho prosecution, which had intro
duced ’estlmony from Mr. ard Mrs.
Hoy iteichstein, of near this city,
that they saw a small automobile
driven Into S-.uder's garage at 1210
a. m,, Monday, April 30, during the
early hours of which tho courthouse
was burned, built its case on theory,
not on proof. Attorney Robert Beatty
for the defendant declared.
Says He Was Home.
Souder. referred to during the trlnl
as having l>een the most popular offi
cial Idncoln county ever had. sat with
his wife and other members of his
immediate family at the attorneys'
table as he Maternal to opposing coun
sel plead their cases. It was his con
tention that h« was at home in beh
the night of the (Ire
Ills trial, begun early this month
attracted considerable public Interest,
partly because of widespread reports:
that followed the burning of the
courthoui* and srbsequent announce
ment that certificates of deposit repre
senting more than JTiO.noO, shout #10.
t'On worth of bonds and around 11.200
In cash had disappeared from a safe
In the treasurer's office.
Taking of testimony was begun
Tuesday, December It. nnd was not
concluded until about 10 o'clock thia
motiflng
Msg Is Ex ideuce. ,
More than 200 inhibits were intro
duced. most of them hy the prosecu
tion. and included articles purporting
to bo oil cans, an American flag and
charred and nil-soaked county records
found In the courthouse debris.
Attorney \V. A Prince of drand
Island, acting as special prosecutor
for the slate accused the defendant
of forgery In making the state s non
eluding argument, lie also declared
Souder was more Ilian $3!>,pn0 short
In county affairs.
Tho penalty upon conv’cUon for
arso ncarrics a penitentiary sentence
of ffiom 1 to 20 yearn, although, under
the law. the court hHS power to raise
the minimum and lower the maxi
mum tlnjc of imprisonment.
Souder, the father of three ehll
dr**11, haa lieen held In Jail since after
bl« return last summer from Florida,
where lie was arrested on a larceny
charge accused of taking Irrigation
lUstriet Isual coupons
The defendant, also under Indict
merit charged xvltli forgery, held the
treasurer's office a number of times,
having been elected on the republican
II- ket ovi i his democratic opponent In
1022 b- a substantial majority. He
resigned off i - shortly aftrr the
courthouse fire
"Tulilix (Hark Senlptirt'd.
<;»rnId (Tubby) Clark, eonvlotod by
;» jury m dlfltrlH court on a ebargo
f burglar) wia n«»ui« not'd to tho pf*nj
ilontbuy for from m'mmi to trn \«aiA
b\ Dial! ji t JU*Iko (JosM Sot Utility
“TarnationCries
Canadian Golfer
at Pesky Mosquitoes
Toronto, Dec. 22.—I'nable to work
in such fine, springlike wmtlier.
John Itothwell inilinihereil his golf
hag yesterday for a round over the
Humber Valley course.
John is a good golfer, but he had
one of the poorest cards of his ea-.
rwf and for the first time an alibi.
'•Tarnation," he said, “where’s the
fellow that ran putt with a swarm
of mosquitoes pestering him."
Then he went home wearing a
flower he had picked from the
course.
Rum Expose
Threatens
Washington
Bootleg Syndicate to Supply
Most Distinguished Drink
ers at Capital, Revealed
by Dry Agents.
Will Prosecute Patrons
By «*iJ PrrM.
Washington. Dec. 22.—A bootleg
liquor scandal that threatens to touch
the most exclusive and highly con
nected circle* In the national capital
was promised today bv officials of
the District of Columbia.
Apparently convinced that the time
has come to apply desperate remedies
to the situation which has developed
on the doorstep of the federal govern
ment. the district attorney’s office an
nounced It would aslt a grand jury
to take action against purchasers aj
well as dispensers of intoxicants.
The basis for the request will be an
imposing list of customers which was
seized yesterday when the police
rounded up the principals in what
they believe to be a bootleg syndicate
organized to supply the most dis
criminating drinkers in Washington
No nartyts have been made public, but
police official* any the list includes
many of those who might ordinarily
depend on their wealth or their prsi
tioris to give them Immunity.
\nuther Kimiflcation
All of these name*. It was asserted
by Assistant District Attorney Prew
mont. will go before the grand Jury,
if confessions s^id to have been made
hy those already under arrest are not
overthrown. He added that the
prosecutions would tie brought under
’he conspiffccy clause of the Volstead
act, which makes purchasers of liquor
guilty along with those from whom
they buy.
Meantime another ramification of
the case caused much consternation in
quite another quarter. It was dis
covered that a part of the slock from
which the liquor was being supplied,
according to police reports, was under
the protection of one of the foreign
legations. When a seizure was at
templed a memlier of the legation
stuff protested that the goods were
immune under the diplomatic priv
ileges accorded the representatives
of foreign governments. The result
was a protest by the metropolitan
police department to the State de
partment, whose officials declined to
say anything for publication
Names Held Secret.
Dike th« names on the list of cus
timers, the idcntiti of the legation
inspected of contributing to the sup
tdja w as kept in confidence. The news
traveled quickly through the diplo
matic corps, however, which twice
I efore has been stirred by police
charges of a "leak" of > diplomatic
liquor into bootleg channels
The raid on the bootleg ring yes
terday was timed to coincide with
completion of the hulk of the Christ
mas liquor deliveries, placing in the
hands of the |s>lice an unusual outlay
of fresh evidence. More than 2.T.P0
nanus were on the list confiscated at
the syndicate’s headquarters In a
downtown office building, ami at the
same time the raiding officers took
pcsseaeinn of the key to a Secret coda
for Identification both of customers
and various varieties of wet gods.
More than a dozen arrests of those
said to be partners or employes of the
syndicate gtready have been made and
more are promised.
Shredder Cuts Ofl
Arm of Shelbv Man
4
Nob. IVm\ 22 Ira liar
b«rt. 42 farmer. Shelby. loat his right
inn in a imii *hr*dder while helping
<»l**ra!o a nhreddrr machine at one of
hi* neighbors when hi* coat ultMfvt*
emu: lit anti drew hi* Mini Into the
knl\ * * The arm \fa* operated on at
l'avid t’ity hospital
Dominions Aro in Full Blossom.
(.rickots \ro Singing in Ohio
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Il* Pmh'InIH l*rr*>a
t'otUliihuo. (i I lor 22 Till* flint
dn> “f winfri found Ohio onjoying: un
«stnntiflhly high toinpomtui-on Tim
wmtlmr hui'onii hoio roportod yimter*
• Ij:> tlio Nvnrnu'^t Domttibrr 21 iMh«*p
tho r.vlHhllwiunrnt of | ho bill o;iu, in
Ih7h Tim ninxitnum who (*r
\f Iddlototi toporiM "*tI« hot* ulng
log. Vournni<»vvn, 'nny ruimlirr of
putmioM «» big an you •*.« In ■uiuntn
l
blooming." ami Tiffin "dandelion* in '
full UioMaoni."
II' \««iUlnl
S.iltna Kan line 22 Menage* re
<«ived hem h*!n\ tell of a heavy anon
alinni annexing wovlnn Knnaa*
Hay*. Oakley. IMuinvtlle ami Colin
Acre ann»ug i he town* reporting #m$i\
falling heavily The etonn ••♦•mu to
be moving eaaiwant
No Funds, Says State;
Here’s $362,000—U.S.;
Can Get It for Asking
In Justice
to All
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-An Editorial.
The people of Nebraska want to
pay their honest debts. They will
tie relieved to find that instead of
file shortage in the good roads fund
that has been claimed there is
waiting in the federal treas
ury in Washington, ready to he
paid over to the state whenever
railed for.
It is amazing that no apparent
effort lias been made in the state
house to send in the vouchers for
these projeets. In simple justice
this should lie done without furth
er delay. Not only have the men
who built these highways suffered
from the lack of payment,'hut the
credit of the state of Nebraska has
been injured also.
If this mistake is not rectified
without further delay parleys, the
tavpayers of the state will tie doom
ed to feel the pinch of higher road
building costa. People who pay
their bills prumptly always receive
concessions, and if hereafter con
tractors are to feel that they stand
a chance of having to wait a year
or two before receiving payment for
roads they ha\e built, the element
c f risk and w aiting w ill tend to in
crease the bids. It could not be
otherwise, for after hating settled
with their employes who carried
through the work of highway con
struction. they have tiad to rely
on loans at the hanks to supply the
necessary funds, thus adding the
burden of interest to what should
have been paid on the dot hv the
state. * ,
Information from Washington
shows that though a mistake has
been made, it s'.ill can he rectified,
if the proper response is made from
I lie state house. Any politician,
regardless of his party, that stands
in the way of removing this blem
ish from the credit of Nebraska is
doomed to be regarded as a politi
cal shyster, faithless to the people
he has chosen to represent.
The supreme court of Nebraska,
in its decision in one of the suits
for payment filed by men who had
done work for the state, said: "I n
donbtedly all should he done that
can lie done to care for these obli
gations without further delay.
Hucii contracts were, and are,
valid and subsisting contrac ts, hon
estly acted upon and fully perform
ed. It might he well to convene
JT' legislature. though at great
cost, to proc ide for these obliga
tions by deficiency appropriation.”
The report from Washington in
dicates that the greater part of
these claims can be paid immedi
ately, and that the money is in the
treasury awaiting the call of the
state.
It should lie sreured at once and
this stain on the credit of Nebras
ka removed.
Beatrice Man Is
Out for Governor
Adam McMullen Kile* <..iu
didaev a- Hepuhlieau—
Other* Knter Race.
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Lincoln. n« L'i.—Aitum McMullen.
Beatrice attorney, tgday filed at the
secretary «»f states office his < ndi
dacv as the republican contestant for
the office of governor
Mr. McMullen, who was riinncrup
In the gubernatorial contest two years
ag«*, issued a statement pledging "ef
flcent and economic administration
of the staff's affairs if elected.
W. !,. Dowling, Madison. made »
per so mil filing for republican cands
date for judge in the Third coiigte*
sional district.
H. H. Thorpe, th s city, who filled
an unrxplred term in congress at
ons time, filed as republican candi
date for congress from the First
district.
Navy Plano Crashes;
Is Destroyed hy Fire
lit \*MH lull'd I'r*.
Ch^ettne. W\n. I' \ an \
airplay' crashed while *tten • .; to*
fake off from the air mail field hi re |
this niormng and was destroyed b\
fire The pilot, laeut .1 IV Price and
Mechanician 11 A. Hurgstcn « -> at»ed i
injury. Price, unable to extricate
himself and In danger of cremation. I
was rescued by Httrgsten. who br«k*
through a wing to reach l;im. The1
airplane and a companion ship i
stopped here for the night enroute!
from San Diego, i'n\. to W ash ?«gton
IV r
I iiifolu I ;uimlr\ Hla*t
Idnooln, Ihv . ’ -Kxpl* n > f a
steam tank in !h»* OUd* 1* ;u!r> ,
here caused damage estimated at !
almut II.OlHi Wliuli'S ■« In the bn .1 »
‘ng were shattered 1‘wo \\%xmcit <?
plnye* woiktgg near the tank fainted
but thsit were no tit juries.
While Highway Contractori
Need Pay for Work, Fed
eral Treasury VI aits for
Nebraska Vouchers.
By P. C. POWELL.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bea.
Washington, Dec. 22.—There 1*
$362,211.65 In the federal treasury
ready to pay road contractors In Ne
braska for completed road work
which already has been approved by
federal engineers in Nebraska.
There is only one obstacle In the
way. That is failure of the state de
partment of roads in Nebraska to send
in vouchers for this money. In fact,
the federal department of roads sug
gested to Governor Bryan at one time
that much trouble could be averted
if the state road department would
expedite sending in vouchers for road
work which has been completed and
approved by federal engineers.
Vouchers Not Sent Jn.
Tiie federal government cannot par
contractors directly. Under the law
the state enters into the contract for
federal aid work, the contract being
approved by federal engineers. Then
when the work is completed it Is in
spected by federal aid engineers and
if it is approved payment of the gov
ernment’s share is made directly to
the state, as soon as the state de
partment sends in vouchers for pay
ment. Unvouchered completed work
represents the $362,211.65 on hand in
the federal treasury In Washington.
The state makes the payment to con
tractors.
Figures at the federal good roads
bureau shows that on January 1,
1523, the value in federal aid work
completed in Nebraska since federal
aid construction began was $5,166.
555.62. On that date figures show
that the federal government had paid
$3,673,151.66 to the state road depart
ment in answer to voucher* turned In
for that amount of the completed
work.
This left a balance of 61,313.433.76
available for further payment on
competed work. At the end of the
fiscal year, June 30, 1923. this aruount
had been reduced to $965 993.63. The
difference represents completed work
paid for between January’ X, 1923. and
June 30. 1523 In compliance with
vouchers turned in by the state de- •
partment in Lincoln to the federal
government.
W aiting to Be Called for.
On November 30. 1923, this sum had
been reduced by vouchers turned in
by the state department until ft
amounted to $362,211.65. This, in
brief, represents the balance due the
state of Nebraska ready for payment
at all times. It is the amount on
hand for completed work from appro
priations of the past state adminis
tration matched by the federal gov
ernment. It is available for the
Bryan administration any time of the
day or night.
This $362,211 65 is absolutely not
related by marriage or by blood with
the appropriations made available
during the Bryan administration by
the state legislature for continuation
of federal aid road building. The fed
eral money. $1,371,713.17 available
July 1. 1923. to match a similar ap
propriation-voted by the last Nebras
ka legislature, is absolutely Intact to
the federal treasury.
( . >. Prsws no Linr.
1' . urns available at tha federal
bureau show further that In reducing
the amount of rash on hand for com
pleted federal aid work from 31.313.*
433 7t? on Janhary |. 19*3, to 3367.
211.fa on November 30. 1933. the
present administration has famed
vouchers, cashed by the federal gov
ernment for 3e74.791.41 for • arm
completed since January 1. 1933. The
remainder paid represents work con
tracted for I'•'fore file presell t admin*
istretfon went into power. and vouch*
ered for by the present administra
tion.
The federal government pays shs,*
Intel)* no heed to periods of various
political administrations in the nates.
It ha* so much to sj'end for federal
aid roads and it attend* it whenever
the states match a like amount and
the work is completed according to
Cove rumen t plan* and spec! float tons.
Hence, failure of the federal govern*
meet at arm time to take regutranra
of whether approved vonchered work
P*Jd for was done under t'hard*
<»r Sam s tenure of office. Whenever
vouchers are received for completed
and approved work they are paid.
Over Two Millions t nosed
Another fact not generally known
in Nebraska and gleaned from inter*
' trws with federal gtv*d roi4i official*
i* that when the McKelvIe adtv.tms*
tration stepped out of office there was
v<3,3v.; ;i In the federal treasury
apportioned to Nebraska tn \rai*
g'-ne t'\ ;'r building of federal aid
rvM is w inch T'ad never been assigned
to «nv r'Sd bu ' *‘ng projects in Ne
braska*
It ivpreaenta money available to the
st «ic at «nv tsme w hen plans and ape
rifle*! iona approve,! by the federal
*• vernment are submitted and when
\ like sum Is matched by the state
government
In short, it repressnta the amount
tched Noi'i iska nsoitey cn
hand J.muary 1. 1973 %|t is inde*
pendent of the II 371,713.17 matched
by the last legislature.
No Snow in Siulit.
v i*. mt i.' * tos*ht,
.» »wilinj i* 14 v,
K. a.,. m»i*orolc(i*C,
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