The < imaha Morning \ee VOL. B3—NO. 169. ? Tl'S? “i’J! l"%£ OMAHA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1923. * S;,.?;." 4,'. V^.r1,’, ^ TWO CENTS “ V£*£Z rV^',n‘ - • ictory for Federals in Mexico Near Kmbassy al Washington An-, flounces Rebellion Practical ly Suppressed—Troops dosing In. U. S. Will Furnish Arms B> I niverssl Service. Washing! ■ n, Dec. "0.—The rebellion it Mexico Is practically suppressed, t lie government formally announced through Its embassy here today. The same statement revealed that General Amato's federal troops have i lasjtrd wilh the rebels tinder General 1 otda In the region of Guadalajara that victory is in sight. With |fho rebels in retreat, the government Troops are closing in from three sides. But what is considered of greater importance in official quarters is the action of the State department in permitting the sale of American arms to President Obregon. This marked a distindl and radical ■ •hange in America/s traditional pol icy. In his statement, Secretary of State Hughes made it emphatic that the United States is vitally interested in the success of the constitutional government of Mexico and will frown upon this or any subsequent attempt to supplant orderly election with re bellion. It completely reverses a policy enun ciated by the late President Harding to prevent American arms going to foreign countries, and at the same time makes it plain that the United States Intends to exert every influence to make the recognition of Mexico permanent and the relations cordial. The moral effect of this action In Mexico, as well as the material aid and military situation In the opinion of competent American officials, spells the beginning of the end of the attempted military coup and tU« rapid restoration of order In the troubled areas. pho engagement about Guadalajara wlrt prove tne reclsire 'battle of the revolt and early clashes Indicate it will be bitterly fought, it was stated. The rebel leader is accredited with be ing one of the best military chiefs in 'f'-Kico, and the troops with him are j.oned. ^They are, however, outnumbered by (he 9.000 regular troops under Gen eral Amaro, who has the additional advantage of a trained air force. French 75s and njachtne guns, it was declared. The offensive strength of the government will be further aug mented early in the week by a ship ment of rifles, ammunition and air planes from American stores at Fort Sam Houston. Texas, to the amount of 11,000,000. Secretary of War Weeks personally will decide the amount and type of equipment to be rushed to Mexico. He will Issue the necessary orders to morrow. It is understood to Include 10 military planes with necessary armaments and infantry arms with sufficient ammunition to carry the troops through the campaign. All on Board Are Lost as U. S. Steamer Sinks By Associated Press. Constantinople, Dec. 30.—Conflrma* lion today wag received of the. sink ing of the I'nlted States shipping hoard steamer Conejos in the Black sea. All on board were lost. Loss in Two Chicago Fires Estimated at $500,000 Chicago, Dec. SO.—Damage esti mated gt $500,000 wag caused by two .fires which broke out within an hour ^j^ach other In the business section eaTiy today. Tne first destroyed the Interior of a four-story building occupied by the Consolidated Music company and for a time threatened the eye, ear, nose and throat hospital adjoining. Pa tif-nt* were removed to places of safe ty. Damage was estimated at more than $200,000. A four-story brick building on State M reet, adjoining the Orpheum theater, began burning while firemen were re turning from the first fire. Stored candy and machinery owned by the ije Met Candy company was destroy ed with an estimated loss of $300,000 \valaiirlies Cause Heavy Property Damage in Alps Geneva, Pec. 30.—Fresh avalanches that -caused death and destruction were reported from various parts of Switzerland today. Two persons were killed ut Zug. Hoads, railways and bridges were destroyer!. In some places houses c ere burled and the fate of occu I ills Is unknown. Whole forests were devastated. Hallway traffic Is interrupted. /Exceptionally heavy tills of snow in the mountains i iused the avalanches. Hotly of Robert Grant Is Returned to Omaha The body of Jtobert Grant, automo I man. who was killed In an auto lie accident near Ntorrn Hake, la., i day, arrived in Omaha, it companying the body was Mr. ^Grant's wife who was also an occu pant of the dentl^ car. She escaped with serious bruises. Alien School Act to Supreme Court Honolulu, Doc. 30.—All the points at msue In the present legal contro versy over the right of the territory to regulate or limit the activities of alien language schools In Hawaii may be presented to the United .States supreme court for final decision in the near future. It has been indicated l y Territorial Attorney General John A. Mathewman. The principal question Involved is whether the territory has the right to close, eitt.br in whole or part, a foreign language seljiool. One of the laws being questioned provides for the complete elimination of the first and second grades in such schools. Another question concerns the right of the territory to tax the schools ft annually for each pupil enrolled. A third point is whether the territory lias the right to require foreign lan guago school teachers to pass an ex amination in the English language. Suits based on all three questions are pending in the courts here. W ood Oil Stoc k Sc hemes Will Be Scrutinized State's Atorneys in Chicago Conducting Investigation —Adevrtiseinents in Army Paper, Chicago, Doc. 30.—Oil promotion ad vertisements which contain the name of Lieut. Leonard Wood, jr., were be ing scrutinized by Cook county au thorities today. These advertisements drew attention to certain oil ven tures that are said to have failed to "pan out.” Many former service men are believed to have become inter ested through the use of Lieutenant Wood’s name. In some of these advertisements, the name of Lieutenant Wood ap peared as head of the oil companies, according to state’s attorneys. “The first advertisements of the Wood, jr.. oil companies were printed in the Stars and Stripes, the over seas service paper.” said Attorney Cronson. ’’In these advertisements the name of I.eonard Wood, Jr., was used as ‘the Bon of'MaJ.-Uen. Leonard Wood.’ We he 11 eve that hundreds of service men, scattered now in every state in the union, bought stock be cause of the service men’s eternal bond of belief in one another.” “When we have had a chance to talk with purchasers, we can decide whether we have a case for indict ment before the Cook county grand jury or whether we can merely make a report and recommendation for ac tion to the postal authorities," Mr. Cronson said. Before going to the Philippines with Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, hla father. Lieutenant Wood spent most of his time in Chicago. Whether he started on his spectacular Wall street invest ment campaign that netted him be tween $800,000 and $2,000,000 before he left for the Islands is not definite ly known here, although the major part of his transactions appear to have been carried on from Manila. Leaders in Girls’ Prison Riot to Be Transferred Delaware, O., Dec. 30.—After a night and a day of turmoil virtual or der was restored at the Girls Indus trial school today and extra precau tions have been taken to prevent a recurrence tonight of last night's dis order when more than 100 girls of the institution, shouting and throw Ing stones and anything they could get their hands on, roamed the grounds of the school shrieking de fiance. Revolt'bJoui Rio Grande Pictorially Told Through Camera’s Eye. President Obregon arrive* at front to lake command. Here are photos of latest revolt our turbulent southern neighbor lias to rope with, laitc dispatches from Federal headquarters Indirate that a great victory has been won by Obregon forces with capture of San Marcos, strategic railway point. President Obregon (center, civilian clothesi with forces at Trapuato. Loyal troop* arriving In railroad yard at Trapuato. Irish Republican Roundup Is Planned By Vnlvcrul Service. Condon, Dec. 30.—Another round up of Irish republicans in England is in the course of preparation, follow ing complaints made to Dondon by Dublin authorities of further plot tings against the Iriah free atate. Some of the money which the Brit ish government expended as compen sation for former Irish deportees as a result of the raids on insurgent headquarters In England early this year, is believed to have been em ployed to further the republican cause both here and in Ireland. No Prince for Son-in-Law. New York, Dec. 29.—Dr. James O. Green denied tonight that his daugh ter, Miss Eleanor Margaret Green, was engaged to Prince Vlggo of Den mark, as announced from Copenha gen. Members of the family until to day had declined to comment upon the Copenhagen dispatch. SUNNY SIDE UP Tonight there will be a few "watch meetings'* throughout the country. The custom of sluing up to welcome In the New Year seems to be dying out. A lot of people dance the old year out and the new one In, but that isn't half the fun we young sters used to have with our watch parties, where we popped corn, made taffy, bobbed for apples, played "weevily wheat” and lhat cither game where you waited for the only girl to send word that there was a letter in the postofflce for you. While we youngsters were making merry h.s the old year blended Into the new, there was always a little crowd of devout Christians gathered in the little M. E. church, South, to sing and pray the old out and the new In. Usually about 11 o'clock some good sister or brother . had reached the glorification stage, and from then on there was a great meet ing. I'm afraid some of us unregen crate youngster* used to slip down to the church shortly before midnight to enjqy the doings. Central City and Shelton divide hon or* a* the largest sheep feeding cen ter* in Nebraska. I am informed that upwards of 40,000 bead are being fed at the*-* two points. It makes a fine local market for corn. Several year* ago Scott*bluff county held the lead In sheep feeding, tint something has operated to decrease the business. Hrlef stops in half a dozen towns reveal the Interesting fact that despite a lot of complaining snd con vulslons In certain political quarters, business In 1123 showed an improve ment over 1022. The Increase of this year's holiday business I* very notice able. With the presidential primar ies less than four month* Rway one would think, judging by past expe lienees, that there would be a lot of politics talked about now. After something like 35 yesrs’ experience In the political game In Nebraska I am constrained to admit that there la less politics talked now than at any time during all those 35 years. But It la easy to see that the voters are doing more thinking than usual. Attended an old-time danca laat night. Two fiddlers and an organist provided the music. Fiddlers, mind you: not violinists. No squawking saxophone, either. And we danced the old lime square dances, the Vir ginia reel, money musk, varaouvlana, schottlache nnd polka. The man who called the square dances was 80 years old. and he knew them all. "Honor your partners, and Indy on the left! "First couple lead out to the light! "Lady In the center and three hands round! "Lady step out and the gent step In! “Four hnnds half way round! "Does balllnctte! “Break with the right and swing with tho left! "Bight and left and balance to the next!" And we swung 'em high and we balanced with the old tiiu>- jig steps. We galloped In tho promenades and bowed low to our partners In the giand right and left. The very young folks looked oil with amaze and finally drifted away to where an other dance was being held and saxo phones blared and banjos thrummed the Jlggly dances that are so much In vogue these days. Hut wo old folks remained and danced until the woo Jtours of tho morning It was really surprising how many of ns recalled tho old changes, and after a llltlo practice got right back Into swing of things ns they wore a generation or two ago. W M. M. Road Claims Soon . to Be Cleaned Up State Engineer Cochran Says Vouchers Are Going to Washington, Speedily, Lincoln, Dec. 30.—federal engi neers from four states are at work In Omaha In cleaning up the Ne braska road vouchers, according to It. L. Cochran, state engineer. "I understood that the federal de partment at Omaha has almost cleaned up the vouchers that we have sent them and that our money will be nomine back front Washington in a short time," said Cochran. The state engineer declared that 22 claims which Clifford Shoemaker, federal engineer, said remain in the department of public works would go at once to the federal offices. Investigators to Ask Bryan to Show Deficit John W. Robbins, member of the Nebraska senate committee investiga ting the stale's failure to pay its road bills stated Inst night that the dates of the Informal meetings in Omaha had not been decided upon. These meet ings are to check figures prepared by Senator George Wilkins. "Probably there will bo some meet ings in Omaha.” he said "but I don't know the dates. There w ill lie a public hearing nt Lincoln January X at which Governor Bryan will be asked for proofs of bin charge of a deficit In road building fund. "Personally, 1 still think the whole affair Is merely a matter of bookkeep Ing. The first six months of tin Bryan admlnlstatlon rood work tiro grant was taken care of by appropria tions of the previous legislature. "Bryan held that the difficulty was due, for the most part, because the f;nnl cost of several projects begun under the previous administration ex ceeded the estimated cost In the con tract, Tills, however. Is usual with contracts. Some contract! were coni pleted at less that the estimated cost. Then too, new work was don* which was not Included in the original • on tracts Tills emergency should have been foreseen." Findings of the hearing will be made public sfier Ihe meeting 111 Lin coin JiiAjary x. Tg. Envoy in IIo*|>ital. Pbila«1< lpMa, 1H* . *.»»' -«'yru* K. Wooda, United Mtutes ambassador to Japan, was taken to a hospital to day, suffering from an acute Inflam mation of the rlht shoulder. An \ tay examination disclosed the pres ence of an abscess In the shoulder, but physicians at the hospital tonight had not decided whether nn operation would be necessary, Tea Growers to Open Campaign in America Br I'nlmMl Herview London. Deo. 30.—A big teA-drink Ing drive is to be inaugurated through out America in the new year by Sir Charles Hlgham. friend of Lloyd George, Sir Charles will sail for New York on the Majestic Wednesday. As England's lending publicity man. Sir Charles has l>een commissioned by Imla lea growers to break down the American coffee fetish, and win the people over to the tea-drinking habit. Behind the campaign is the Idea America has l»en too long allowed to scoff at the Englishman's afternoon cup of tea. Men and women here al ways have asserted percolated mocha was overboosted In America, and re sent comparison of tea drinkers with "cake eaters", but this is the first lime meh Interested in (he tea-grow ing Industry have thought it worth while to entrust a man of Sir Charles Higham's caliber in the advertising world with the mission of educating Americans to drinking their beverage. Identifies Slayers. Dos Angeles, Deo. 30.—Edwnrd Nagle positively identified three men today as the men who on the night of November 11 shot and killed Rich ard Nagle, his brother, during a holdup, according to sheriff officer*. The three men Identified by Nagle are Jack Ferdinand, Jack Sears and Jack Oeroglnc. Pastor Pleads for Year of Lovej Controlersies Within Church and Without Weaken Hu man Progress. >p«cial HUpuhlt to The Omaha Goring. N**b.. Doc. 20.— \V> fiddle ; in a burning world when we t-top to 1 (all each either names," said Rev. | Paul M. Iliilnjiin tn his New Year's sermon at the-Methodist church here today) I Tx« ., >**»- iatt witt close at midrent tomorrow.'* he said. ' "Retween your/ soul and God is hid J the story of how true you have b»cn j to the visions, ideals and purposes j that were yours 12 months ago. "Onn of the wisest provisions of j creative provh ence has broken life up Into the measuring sticks which j we call years, it is ft real blessing I to be given an op[>ortunity to close the book of one year, and to open in hope the white leaves of another. Regreta are out of place this morn ing. except as they help us plan the outline of a better book "Our purpose Is to look ahead, fac ing the question, 'How about 1524?” Books of other years may speak of dreams that died and of fnith that languished away: hut they are writ ten and shut. The hook of the year of 1S24 may be a book of life If wc will It to be so and enlist the help of God In writing it. “For one thing, we will stop hating and envying nnd coveting. The par row antipathies which array race against race, nation against nation, individual against Individual, nre anti Chrlsttnn, no matter what Christian name or sign may l>e flaunted by church or secret so( - t y >r offending person. .Jesus taught that a mar. either blesses his soul by love or kills nil that is good In it by hate. Which will you write in your book the com ing year" "We fiddle in a burning world when we stop to call each other names, modernist or fundamentalist or any other popular epithet of hate or acorn. Inatead of striving to ac cuse each other. In place of emulation in scholarship or in following forms, symbols or creeds, let us rather prove the strength of our faith by lts pow er to strengthen beleagured souls and .its potency to sweeten life. God will then show clearly to our perplexed age which Is the way of truth. The test of life la final. Farmer May Seek Permit to Drain Lake of Pickerel That Kill Tame Wild Ducks I ampirish Lady Ducks W in anil If no Hand some Milliards and Offspring Refuse la If in ter in South—Are Snaretl by Hungry hisli O’Neill. Nib.. Dec. 30—Charley Martin of Shamrock precinct, owner of one of flic only two flocks of tnme wild ducks In Nebraska, may ask Chief (lama Warden George Koster for |)«rmlas|on lo seine the pickerel out of Waller's lake, where It Ixirders on Ills ranch, that his domesticated mallards may have a place to swim In safety. The flock, which now number* about 300, got it* stmt when Martin's lame lady ducks began illrtina with ihe handsome mallard drakes about live years ago, and since which time liny have had nothing to do with the tame drake*. Sim e then the wild strain has In creased ho rapidly In the flock that all of the Martin birds can fly. The birds, however, continue to may around the barn and slock corrsls, Just na their domestic ancestors were In the habit, of doing. I’sunlly they go south in ihe winter, hut so far this year, owing to tho open weather, they have failed to do so. and have remained around the Martin ranch and Waller * lake. The lake 1* one of the noted pick Ctrl lake* of north Nebraska and contain* sonic large pickerel, ranging from 12 to '-’0 pound* In weight Since th* frog* have dug In for the winter hibernation and Inset t* are scarce. I he half starved pickerel have become unusually voiactoua and are preying upon Ihe unw jjty ducks which alight Upon the lake The smaller ducks are pulled under water and devoured and the Ash bite the leg* ojT the birds too large for them to pull below the sutfacr As a result there are a number of legless and one logged ducks In Martin's flock rd present and he feara that he soon will lose them all or that they wilt desert Ids ranch unless the pickerel are eradicated Martin does not want the fish and game department to destroy the flsh, hut merely to place them in other lake* and gticami. Cut in \\ heat Crop GetsCoclidge 0. K. Regulation of Supply to De mand at Fair Priee Approv ed by President. Chicago. Dec. JO.—Reduction of America's wheal acreage to insure a gainst o\ erproduction is endorsed by President Coolidge in a letter made nubile here tod a v by the Wheat Coun cil of tlie I'nited States. The president s letter addressed to ccngi wsinan Sydney Anderson of -Miroesol s. psMudent *t--*Ue wheat council, expressed the conviction that farmer* would benefit bv forming organisations through which it would he possible for them to deal with the underlying problem* of agriculture. He expressed the belief also that the movement to Increase the demand for wheat fisel products would result in much benefit. "The work of the Wheat Council of the I'nited States has interested me greatly.-’ the president s letter said. "And I am writing to say that I be lieve a great practical benefit will de rive from it. The effort, in an or ganized and systematic way. to estab lish such measure of control over the wheat acreage an will measurably in sure against <•■-production is alto gether to he comm-nded. Almost ev .erv Important bus.:,*>s except sgri i ulture. has *r»rte organ!rations and associations through which it is pos sible to deal with such vitally impor tant matters” Missing Link Will Be Found Soon, Is Belief _ a Cincinnati. TV-c. 30—Anthropologi cal proof which will definitely Ink together the ancestry of man and tne animal «ork| is not far off. In fact. It may be dis-overed any day through research work now be.ng conduct'd. This is the opinion of Dr. H. L. Fairchild. professor emeritus of geology at the I'niversity of Roches ter. who spoke tonight before a gen eral session of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. “The very narrow gap between the higher living primates and the genus homo may be closed almost any day by new discoveries," he declared “Al ready we have a number of sugges tive semi-human fragments. It should be realired that only a small part of the world has been carefully ex amined, a large part of the orient, the probable field of human develop ment, not at all “ InAulln. recently discovered remedy for diabetes, may render to humanity a vastly greater service than that a! ready demonetrated through Its cura live qua lit ies. and possibly will lead to startling revelations in the field of medicine. Dr. .t .1 R Mel.eod of the I'niversity of Toronto predicted. Resignations Rejected: Cabinet i^nits Regardless Tokio, Pec. 30—The prince regent todhy returned the resignation of hla cabinet, but the members promptly resigned again. The political aitua Imp has become very acute and it ts possible that the wedding of the prince regent "ill have to tie post poned again. The V.immamoto cabinet was forme,! during the earthquake day* and was never thought to have much .stability, bn gusc of the opposition of the powerful Seiyukal party \\ ork Done. Dissolves. London l*e,' 30 The tireek mill I ary league, which was formed to work for the alHilltlon of the Hellenic royal family, has lieen voluntarily dissolved following the banishment of the (Ilucksburg dynasty, eald a dispatch from Athens tonight 1'or met Premier Kleutherloa \ enlteloa of ttreece Is expo, ted to reach Athena Tuesday to form a near government. Ten Below Zero, Says Forecaster States First Touch of Heal inter Comes oil North iml and Is Accompan ied l*y Snow. ____ No Relief Is in Sight Swirling eddies nf snow escorted into Omaha by a brink wind Sundax brought to an end the phenomena! period < f warmth experienced in I*? member and. with the approach of Nrew Year's eve. revelers seemed am Mured of a white landscape when 192? will make its* exit in favor of 1924 The sudden advent nf Old Man Win ter was made in dramatic and d* dsive fashion which appears to have chased <*hicf Indian Summer to other quart era for some time to come. The ; only warning was a sudden drop in temperature late Saturdax night, ac companied by a strong wind. Early Sunday morning homeward bound theater parties were greeted by «* f hilly breeze which swept up th« streets with a few flaky fnreb»>ding of approaching winter. Snow began to fall at about 2. So when Omalia awoke later in the morning. It caught the reflection from a glistening white landscape, and prospective joyriders ducked then heads to proclaim again in raucous snores their disappointment. Early risers anticipating a snowball battle were swept off the streets bv the biting wind, which dodged around buildings and in many places swept the snow off the sidewalks and formed embankment® along and across the s‘reefs. Pedestrians floundered in the snow while tire chains rattled an ac companimenf. and owners of car* parked during the night made a iwe line for the nearest vender of denat ured alcohol. In many places dtreet car* made up for lost time behind a oar which swept the snow "anywhere off th< tracks." It was announced at the weath-, bureau office that 2.S Inches of snow had fallen in the 24 hours ending a' 7 Sunday night Ac that t;me th velochy of the north wind sweejflrfiT through Omaha was 24 miles an hoot, while the thermometer registered i degrees above zero. It was predicted the mercury would drop to 10 below by morning. Chicago. I>c. JO.—Thirty-two de grees below zero—04 degrees colder than temperature that causes ice to form—was the low temperature record for Montana last night, according to word from Havre. Other states in the northwest did not find it quite so cold but zero was general over a wide expanse of country. The temperature reached freezing in Chicago tonight and the weather bureau reports indicated it would dr,,r to IS below zero before morning with still lower temperature to follow dur ing Monday High nines with snow surge ahead of the oncoming blast from out of the north. Back in the northwest the weather is clear and piercing cold. Iowa. >fm nesota. Wtsb. Pec. It' —A blizzard, accompanied hy a hard northwee wind, haa been raging; here all dav and hr* driftec enow on manv street* in this city to more than five feet deep. An average temperature of six deg ne* below aero has been recorded with nrsspectg of * drop lo 15 below before morning. Si\ Abort at Beatrice. Heatrice. Neb IVc. ? » —\t'ith f.ili of about 40 degree* m temper I ature the past 14 hour* the cnidc [ weather of the winter prevad* in ■this section if the s.«t,> todey. ,\ li ght snow lias been f* Mi « all ds ! The mercury this evening registered six shove and zero weather s r 1 I dieted before morning. Vi . F. 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