Nebraska Newspapers

    ►£=<=“" The Omaha Corning Bee
VOL. 53—NO. 176. . %£* " W JE"S *"%7? OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8. 1921. *_gS.rM,'. \\lr) Z,n» TWO CENTS “ TTcX. ‘tZ'll.*T*
Politicians
Will Hold
Big Meets
Democrats and Anti-Saloon
l.cagur Call Important Con
ferences for This Week
and Next.
MeAdoo Is Storm Center j
Itv M \RK si l.l.n w
Washington, Jan. 1.—This week
Pud tlie week following, tiiere will lie
p seiji-s of important political meet
ings. Tlie first, tomorrow night, will
be a number of Jackson day meetings
held simultaneously throughout the
country. There "ill tie one at An
napolis, Mil., under file patron
age of Governor Kitchie, at which
Senator Oscar Underwood and several
other democrats of national promi
nence will he present. At Columbus,
<>., ex-Gov. Janies M. Cox will speak.
.^gPlIie same night, there "ill be sev
P^Fra i other Jackson day
throughout the country.
One week later, there will be held
in Washington the biennial meeting
of the democratic national committee,
composed of the 102 men and women,
who compose tlie official leadership
of the party in the various states and
territories.
Ail these meetings have purpoes
other than tlie selections of the can
didates for president. Nevertheless,
it is certain that on tlie present oc
casion, two groups will emerge—one
determined to "put MeAdoo over," tlie
other determined to hold MeAdoo
"here he now is. For the moment,
1 lie latter group lias rather the
greater energy and activity, for it
represents a very recent meeting of
minds on the part of those who don't,
want to see MeAdoo get the nomina
tion. Until December, the opposition
to MeAdoo was lukewarm in spirit
and diffused among several possible
candidates. Today, the determination
lo hold MeAdoo at ids present
strength is strong.
Opponent Not Picked.
As to the candidate whom the op
position wants to substitute for Me
Adoo, there is not. yet complete agree
ment; hut nearly every clement of
the situation makes it probable that
curing the c oning Id days the op
position to M' Adoo "11 unite more
or less openly on Senator Underwood
as their choice. There will bo other
favorite son candidates, hut tlie real
intention of the opponents of Mc
Adoo will be to make tho big fight
in the convention for Underwood.
The determination is to hold Mo
pma0 •••> where he now Is. And "where
MeAdoo now is," Is snmpwhere be
tween 420 and 450 out of the total of
1,(194 delegates. That Is so close to a
majority that if democratic conven
tions had the majority rule, he could
not be beaten. For this reason, some
of McAdoo's friends would like to
have the majority rule adopted. Their
success is improbable, for even among
McAdoo's own advocates there av
some who will cling to tho two
thirds rule, which is the SO year old
tradition of the party.
Hon us Stumbling Block.
For the recent increase of deter
mination on the part of McAdoo’s op
ponents, there are more reasons than
rouid bo stated with all their quali
fications In so brief a space as this.
One of them was McAdoo's state
ment in behalf of the bonus. Prob
ably more than half the democratic
leaders are against the bonus on
principle. Some of McAdoo's strong
est friends are against it. Some of
the democrats in congress are ■will- '
log to vote for the bonus as a means
of embarrassing the republicans, but
would prefer not to see it win; and
most decidedly would stop short of
adopting it ns an official democratic
principle. In the same way, some of
the democrats in congress will vote
for the bonus because of local condi
tions in their districts, but would op
pose putting it In the party platform
or making a presidential campaign on
it.
Drys for Pinchot.
The other event almost certain to
definite ■ results is the
meeting of the Anti-Saloon league in
Washington next week, at which the
principal speaker will be Gov. Gif
ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania. At this
meeting, it is anticipated, Governor
Pinchot will renew that demand for
stricter enforcement' of prohibition
with which lie made such a sensation
in November. And at that meeting,
or very soon after. Governor I'irn Imt
must say "yes" or "no" to these
who are clamoring for liim to assent
to tlie u>-e of Ids name as a candidate
for the republican presidential nninl
nation.
Tills pressure comes partly frt in
tlie extreme "drys," who In several
western stales are the decisive ele
tnent in the republican party, and
partly from certain old progressive
and Roosevelt republicans, who want
to hive a stake in the game.. These
progressive republicans refuse posi
lively to accept Hiram Johnson ss
tle-ir spokesman.
Progressives Want Thrill.
As between Johnson and Coolidge,
they will be for Coolidge; but as one
of them put it in urging that Pinchot
• omo out, "Coolidge Is all right, but
we don't get a thrill out of him, ami
we want a chance to sing 'Onward
Christian Soldiers’ once more like
wo did in 11H-."
t‘otisidering all the elements in Gov
i i nor Pipohot's situation, it seems
probable that hi will |,c moved to give
el least some kind i f passive assent
to those who a i ib in,atiding a ehanec
i,, pet behind him. l/,i ai if Pinchot
telt. minide to give Hie time to making
i lie | it. I of campaign Johnson, for ex
motile, is making, it would seem proh
Hide tli.it lie Would III1 moved by tie
jS^nii:ili|i-i at ion that tin* "dry" principle
end the other principals for which lie
•lands, as well as his local situation
In his own slate, would he helped iiy
giving Ids assent to those who want
• chance to further his principles as
well as himself In th» republican con
»■ '-"v'c • • 1
The Day in
Washington
An embargo was declared by
President Coolidga on arms for the
Mexican revolutionaries.
Tlie supremo court held to be
valid, the recapture of excess turn
ings clausa of the transportation
act.
Secretary Weeks let it he known
he experts an offer for the Muscle
Shoals properties from southern
power interests.
The l\ii Ixlux lilan lost In the su
preino court, its effort to restrain
publication of certain papers it al
leged were stolen.
Final arguments on the question
of railroad consolidation were be
gun before the Interstate Commerce
commission.
Representative Hill, republican,
Maryland, replied in the house to
the dry enforcement speech made
last week hy Representative l'p
slutw, democrat, Georgia.
Representative Frcar, insurgent
republican Wisconsin, urged en
,'U't incut of exiess profits, increased
inheritance and gift taxes, and pre
dicted passage of a bonus hill.
The administration's Russian pol- !
icy was debated in the senate with
Senator Fudge, the republican hml
er and Senator Korah, republican,
Idaho, taking opposite stands.
Farm organization represents- ,
fives began a series of conferences
with senate and house leaders to ex- i
plain the needs of fanners for legis
lation.
Secretaries Denby and Weeks ap
peared before a joint committee of
congress to oppose tlie proposed
consolidation of tlie Navy and War
departments.
John F. O'Ryan, counsel for the
sunatc veterans' committee, charg
ed in hi sreport that Charles It.
Forbes, former director of the
Veterans’ bureau was a leading ac
tor in a conspiracy to defraud the
government.
Temperature Shoots
Upward in State
Xw folk. Neb., Jan, 7.—An almost
record-breaking rise of SO degrees in
temperature between Saturday morn
ing and Sunday afternoon marked the
passing of the cold wave here. The
t herrnometer recorded 32 degrees he
low 7cid Saturday morning and yes
terday afternoon it reached 43 with
a promise of continued mild weather.
Kearney. Neh., Jan. 7—One week
ago temperatures in Kearney dropped
from 37 above to 7 below zero within
12 hours and for seven days following
Kearneyitea shivered in below zero
thermometer readings. The mercury
recorded 23 below zero on Tuesday
morning, the coldest weather record
ed here in in years. High winds and
snow flurries added to the intensity
of the cold wave, the longest un
broken sub-zero record In this lo
cality
Sunday California temperatures pre
vailed again, entering as they had
left, within a spare of 12 hours. From
20 below zero Saturday the mercury
climbed steadily yesterday until €7
above was reached and the country
side once more basked in sunshine.
Golfers were out in force and every
one took to the open road.
Norfolk Asylum Patient
Ends Life l»y Hanging|
Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 7.—Theodore
Haganson, 42, farmer of Genoa, who
conio to the state hospital here In
November, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in a barn at the institu
tion.
Haganson had been missing since
Friday. A year ago he nttempteu sui
cide by shooting.
Eairlmry Bnikeinau Is
Killed Coupling Lars
l-'atrbury, Neb., Jan. 7.—William
Bradshaw, 43. Rock Island freight
brake-man, was instantly killed in the
switchyards at Hallam while coupling
on a ear of grain.
Both legs were severed. Bradshaw
had been a resident of Fairbury for
several years where his wife and sev
oral children live.
Ord Judge Files.
Lincoln, Jan. 7.—Judge E. T*.
Clements of Ord today filed his can
didacy for re election as district judge
of the Eleventh judicial district.
Bryan Will
Dodge Probe
o
ofHighw *’ v
« , ^
Governor’s IMiiiri i1?.* ^vc:
Now Reduced to $. >i
—Report < >ne Road
Is Ignored.
Federal Man to Attend
Social RiKpatrh to The Omulm Bee.
IJncoln, Jan. 8.—Clifford Shoemak
er, representative of the federal gov
ernment. will appear before tin* state
senate committee investigating road
conditions in Nebraska, according to
a telegram received by Geo?g» Wil
kins, secretary of the committee.
Governor Bryan continued to play
polities and Clearly indicated that he
| intends to dodge the hearing of the
senate committee.
“I am chairman of the board of
paroles and pardons and they are ex
pecting me at the penitentiary tomor
row." the governor said.
"But, there is a liklihood that sen
ate committee will continue its hear
ing on Wednesday. What would you
do in that event?” he was asked.
No Answer to Invitation/
I aon t Know nnytmng anouc n.
| lie replied, after hr- had twice evaded
the question
The senate committee still is await
ing1 a reply from the governor on its
invitation to him to attend, and the
only information that the committee
possesses regarding his probable ac
tion has been gained from press re
ports.
In again stating that a deficiency
e\jsts and will exist after the federal
| government has paid Nebraska’s
vouchers, the governor said his in
formation came from a check by the
! road and finance departments of road
! contracts.
“I asked those departments to make
another check so as to Icing the mat
ter up to date,” he d- ■ land. “It re
quired a great deni of time and effort,
and the figures ate tent rive and an*
ill being checked. Furthermore, the
deficiency may he increased beyond
the amount given mo by the depart
ments. because some sett!- . • mth of
j the federal government, may ho less
than the amounts claimed bv the
state.”
1 iquits of Lovelier.
The governor- figures show that
there is *1,010,404.73 still due one.
tractors for work dons under the last
biennium. To meet tins, there an
claims against the fed* r.il guvn tun* nt
totalling $71 c. 14 1 ♦ 1, w h i• ■!i !■ v * a
“mnimum deficit” i»f SJ9 ..." :i.1 y
The “approximately $ 40a ' ' U* is s
cured by rejecting a Haim <f ?>1,
243.85 for work paid for in full by
the state on projec t he. v. he h is 1"
cated in Oierry count;
“If that is not included, nl More
is some question about its payment,
it would leave a deficit of ■ . • -Me
97.” said the governor. “1 have been
making an investigation, as chief * x
eciitive of the state, of pn t 1 M
but I am not ready yet t ■ nulf
my findings publi
Tlie governor has maintained that
the Cherry county road does not meet
the specifications of the federal gov
ernment in that tin* fed< d insp* * tor
has been unable to find stone < n it
as called for in the contra act.
He failed to mention, however, that
ho has twice been asked l>y the fed
eral government to send in • iainis
on the road so that a basis of pay
ment might, be reached, and has both
times disregarded the reque M
The governor's figures, together
with details by projects, will be sent
to the senate committee, he .said
Asked if they would take tb< plac e
of his personally appearing, the gov
ernor said that such was not his in
tention.
“I intend to go out to the peni
tentiary to hear cases before the
board of paroles and pardon 1 w is
the reply.
Dry Al Ih-ad Mamrd.
Sioux Kails, S. U., Jan. R. W.
Labile of Doliand, S. I>., was today
named chief of the field force:-! for the
federal prohibition department in
South Dakota, according to an an
nouncement by J. D. Taylor, acting
director. He will begin his new duties
at once.
-— .-.—
SUNNY SIDE UP
Some men sit around waiting for
something to turn up; others go out
ind turn up somethin*. During the
recent cold snap a rniddleaged man
• ntered an Omaha shop catering to
the wants of the inner man, and
without being requested so to do be
gan opening ami closing the door for
approaching and departing customers,
a courtesy that was appreciated.
“What's the idea?1* asked the pro*
prJotnr. “Just trying to earn some
thing to eatwas the reply. Now
the* man not only gets his three
squares n day hut also a small mon
etary reward.
Know now why they call 'em flap
pars. Because they wear those four
or five buckle goloshes end forget to
use the buckles. And if flapping Is
not the natural result then it ain’t
nothing a tali.
Diplomacy is the art of stepping
on the other fellow's toes and making
him believe bo likes if. Louie It* in
droff, who looks after Mi Pullman':!
affairs in funahn. is a real diplomat.
Winn T pranced into lus offim
hr*'a thing threat* ningH and slaughter
her. I use the h*if|i I paid for Wli n't
f be re, Louie convinced me that Mr.
Pullman was really doing me* a favor
by promising that maybe I could set
a refund. Wonder now how Ixmie
will fit it up with me If the refund
doesn’t come.
Note that recent counterfeit silver
dollars passed In Omaha were made
of & combination of glass and mer
cury. That’s what they make mir
rors with, which Impels ms tq say
that file reflection i» about all I get
of any kind of dollars.
My idea of tlie no plus ultra f,f
wasted hours Is In m company the
Mjskuh while *he pends o cents in
a HI cent store.
If does sf ' in that Mrs. Kurnevs * • • t
a mighty hoi pare during her *JHays
of married life, I urf lea mon- .‘ lie * «t
at naught the old adage that "talk
in cheap." Spending $.'100 fur long
distance telephone ■ all • in lev* tlm a
month im putting n m \' ro strain on
conversation.
Yesterday morning s dense fog w a
not tho reason for I’.ill Murray taking
an extra reef in the bottom of ids
trousers, a la I/Oiidon. Hill declared
it was because Im didn't want to get
’em wet.
Pardon begged for making suggest
it ion to governors of A k Sn i Hen fm
! great attraction for coming season.
Why not a cow milking contest be
t wren those iwu grand old fsrmt
Walter Head and f'haibv la hi
There are two John U Ivii The
India III one has probaldy nred
I more fame || in tie* mm v Im has m I
I rounded out 4. \* ara of r\ ice i
I agent for tlm Ft. .1 >• • ph A tlraml
I I uni railroad at lemjplmii \* h |f ,
b Im ha a been agen> 1 r, at I »• orphan
that long ho must b* tlm klndhemted
gentlemen who opened up tlm waiting
room one cold winter night In t'S7 to
allow a couple of typographic.d tone
ists to sleep by a well fed stove. I v
often wondered what bee am a of the
other tourist, whoso name wan Hugh
fll20Q I ndlana K • i n nta lit v ©
tnora fame, but Doniphan Kmi r
tli© gi atitudw y\ , M. M
Man Overcome, ramily
Is Homeless, by Fire
I>< atri.. », Neb., Jan. 7.—Family of
I'r.mz A‘‘ , ht, living 10 miles west
of i’ U -ere driven nut of their
,yV tense cold, thinly clad.
^ ' ,lO' >yed their place, cans
y.A c • >ss of $S.000.
0^, . c .,i the basement sup
' w < in spontaneous eottibua
ad in trying to subdue the
.roes, Mr. Albrecht was overcome
by smoko and was then brought to n
hospital here. He is presiding elder
"f tlie Mennonite church. The fam
ily is being oared for at the farm
borne of Henry Wodbe.
Round World
Flight Plans
(Completed
l ull Details of 39,000 Milo
Trip of l nitod States
\riny Aviator Made
Puldir.
Hop Off at Seattle April 2
By A ft floriated rrp*n.
Lin Diego, Cal., Jan. 7—Detail® of
!};•• 1 i the-world flight r.f Unite !
States aviators, starting from Seattle
April 2. were made public today by
Mil j. Henry H. Arnold.
Tho information was contained In
a long letter sent to Rockwell field
authorities by Capt. Lowell H. Smith,
the San Diego flier, who has been
selected as one of the four pilots to
carry the Stars and Stripes around
tho world.
The « i mpleted plans call for Mr j.
F U. Martin, squadron commander;
Lieut Uric Nelson, squadron engi
neer officer; rapt. Lowell IL Smith
and Lieut. Leigh Wade to leave
Lang!'V Field, Y >., for the Davis
1 ’1 ai ! i- plant at Santa Monica,
M n h L At tho Davis Douglass plant
ti- f'*ur arinv fi.*-rs will take over
y f •
tho flight, and will fly them to Rock
w* t* f ;.| i , H wi if* the initial trial
w i he
I r.iri Siu !>ifgo tlie four men will
fly ditT'f to Seattle, where they will
;* ft • 't tlie first leg of the 3^,000
1 - t • r a lot** of 22 for
* |H.tn*'v originally it was in
art the tr in from. Larg
! fFM 'I * imwpviT, would have
tit ■ '•hk.i:- •' i : ’ i* fliers winging their
wa • tWi e frro?s tho American con
tinent.
\ffii Mauri First .Station.
The first hg of the flight from
>• tie ;•> Attn island, at the westerly
1 d of t!i• Aleutians, will ho under
• n L.
b-svell w » will 1* responsible for
all g :s »!Ine, fuel o.l and supplies
"••e<b d by airmen along this section.
The section division of the Light
(,,fu 1 i- I ac ss the Bering
to the Kamchatka peninsula on |
iho Siberian coast and southward
»h n : the islands of Japan will be
"CroU, a by Lieut. Clifford C. Nutt.
Tim third division from Nagasaki,
Japan, t.» Calcutta, India, will bo in
• hartm of Lieut. M. S. Lawton.
The fourth division, from Calcutta
*r tho- Persian gulf and the Bos
phorus to Constantinople, will be in
huge of Lieut. If. A. Jhilvorsen.
farmer North I-land wingmate of
• Apt Lowell Sra:th. Lieutenant Hal
rsen is ii"W in tlie Philippines. II*
ft f ■
•■uftn to confer with British air mall
of fir ,i is on the C;i Putta Constant ioplc
airway.
The fiftli Jeg, from Constantinople
b> Loudon, will be in charg eof MaJ.
barbs!' AValsh. This route already Is
wall mapped by the British.
Tim sixth leg from London up the
shores of L^dand and Greenland and
southw ird to tho Canadian border
will he in charge of Lieut. Clarence
I’rumrlne. For tho last four months i
Lieutenant Crumrine, operating out
of Copenhagen, arid afforded every
assistance hy the Danish government,
has been engaged in selecting suit
able landing places in Greenland and
Iceland
Bryan Rebukes Critics
of Pardoning Act
Lincoln. Jan. 7,—Replying to orlti
' ion from llo.\d county In connection
" l ■ 11 fit i ' , i tho lMinnl nf
I i rdonn and |M**ple, of Charles An
'I' ; on, ;»iiiniiccd to tho statu peni
tentiary fnr ini breaking, Onv.
I'.haiks \\ Pry an tod y said that if
the i nniplaiiinnfs nl»jo. t to the n lea n
>f Anderson, they should hove pre
"ntctl thrlt protests t«* tho board It
s- If.
"The fact t^at hi* case was fn
ho lea 111 wiiH advert I ed for days
f 'fnrc It came up,’* the governor said.
They had adequate opportunity to
present their i aso If they had one
* Tho twain! had no n cord against
An ' inm except that ho broke Jail."
Hilo lor .|u<lp' I’o'l.
IJncoln, ,1 in 7 Memorial services
" • l » held 1 ■ I < y (W 1 ho late Jud. »
A1 heft M. p.iHt. < nluiiihns, in the
state supreme < ourt. Judge Post was
10 van a district Judge and served
for *av yens on tho supreme bench,
lie died August 192J.
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; Vi hat to Do it (.11111 mins I,aw Repealed
Puzzles Insurgent Senate (ironp
Xo Concrete Railway Policy Vet Formulated—Must
Get Together on Basic Principles Before Any
Effective Action Can Be Taken.
Hy V i POUH.L
ITiiklimKlun ( orrr%|HHi Irnt Tli** nmxhi Me*
W'aehington, Jary. 7.—Lack of a
well formulatod program In tho matter
of rail legislation is admittedly weak
ening to the group of insurgents who
have held up the election of Senator
Cummins t<# chairmanship of the in
terstate commerce committ. © for
many day*.
f
has Men scored by the insurcents.no
matter whether they win or lose in
the fight to dethi • tc’uinr ins Th* v
have emphasized rail legislation an 1
the Esch Cummins bid in the public
min i to such an extent that n study
of this measure and its alleged evils
is under way in every household in
America where perrons live who take
any interest in politics.
Not (instructive Plan.
This study has strengthened
public opinion in its behef that the
lawf needs remedying, if not absolute
repeal. Especially is this true among
free thtnV-rs of the groat middlewest
and it is evidenced by the fact that
such astute politicians as \rthur
Capper of Kansas and Hiram John
son of California have fined the in
surgents and broken with tin* old
guard in this p.trt 'ltr Install* »\
However, while study of |he measure
has strengthened the protest against
freight rates in tho middlew* st, it
has developed a demand plainly em
barrassing to insurgents. This demand
follows:
What do you contemplate doing
in event you do gain the chair
manship of the committee and tlius
have a good opportunity to accom
plish something? What is the some
thing?
In short, there is no basic prin
cible in the insurgency at this time,
excepting the principle of destruc
tion to the bill, in whole, or in part.
There has been no program, ex
cepting the destructive program,
on which insurgents agree.
\ discussion <»f the bill with a
number of th* v-e n* n reveals that
fact beyond any argument Everyone
agrees it is wrong No two agree as
t<» the rentedv.
Opinion Holly split
Thor** is La K*-II* ft*- with h s ideas
na go\« i no • ut ownership of rad
roads. tutors *av tins might prove
the be*t way Yd not one is willing
to pay tlu* price the railroads do
insnd, n*»r have they agreed on a
method «*f fixing \ ibi*»
Others, UK* c'.ipper. »:•» no further
than t * ‘ in i *-d a i*-p* i of tho so
< all* il guat iinfrn , latise in "railroad
earning* Stole men probably would
fight 11*• government ownership plan
■ *f La 1*<tllef f** ns bitterly ns any mem
ber of th** old guard.
Still others favor abolishment of
th« interstate commerce* commission,
which, 11i short, is a nice way of
<"um1inr the death knell to the Esch
c’wnuuins bill They would permit
the old politlt i! routine *»f railway
commissions to bandy the railroad
i at es nr* uii'l
Weaknr — of Stale t'oillltil
V i! - * * ti . f state control «»vei
ra ii* ohi in the t i. t that when Kan
Mas had ti e . lit f iii» and Mi* '* iri
tho See tit f.ne. Kansas ’ in t lie
know” would tide as far .as Kansas
i'll V. Kan. h i.I tako tho vtr*>t car
Into Kansan t itv, Mo. saving in that
wav 1 cut **n every mile traveled in
Kansas. If the train went on© foot
on the Missouri side they were
obliged to pay a straight Scent far©
for All miles traveled In Kansas
So there you are on the railroad
question as ft t» being handled by the
insurgents n? tins time They ar* !
all on one horse these days while
that part of the destructive program j
is under way. After thn* interviews!
with them reveal, they'll attempt to!
guide the horse in a* many different |
direction* as there are members in
their group.
The real leader in the insurgency
Is Senator George \V. Norris. It :<
n his office that the insurgent meet
ings have been held and all plans' for
'•vt rthrow of Cummins have been un
f'ddtd and decided upon La Folletto
was ill, but the insurgency kept his
name while N rrts .a reality was the
leader. However, Norris isn't at all
sure what should !*♦• contained in the
constructive, remedial program which
must be decided upon before the pres
ent method of governing rail tran>
portation can bo absolutely dest: ycd
without creating chaos
Falls Cit\ Man
0
(/round to Death
lio«l\ of John Dirkman 1
Fount! StrcMii \long
Railroad Track.
Falls Git \ Neb., Jan. 7.—A 10 hour
search for John Hickman. 44, missing
since noon yesterday when ha was
seen to act queerly. ended at 10 last
night when a Missouri racifiq freight
train crew found h * mutilated body
along the track two miles northwest j
• f this city.
He had apparently been stun k by
another train that passed there five
hours earlier, as his body was frozen.
Hickman, a rural route carrier until,
several weeks ago, lad Wen acting
queerly for some days Ho disap ,
pea red yesterday noon after receiving i
an invitation to dinner and a search
ing party was promptly organized
Hickman's body was strewn oxer a
• list a in**1 * f loo yard'*, Identifii atom
was mad possible only through the |
finding of a pra>*T h*»ok bearing hts
name.
Kill ( toms at NifJit.
BoHaire, Kan Jan 7.—Hunters ate
having great spnit sb. oting « rows at
night. Tlicre is a grave a short dis
tance from here in which it is esti 1
mated eo.otui j > 'si every night. It'
two# hts • . w* e s! t d* xvn. Tl
he.oLs were taken to the county clerk
who paid the state i*»unty of Id
rants each The total receipts for
the hunt were $i>Ll>o.
1 \tr;i I>i\ iilrml I Icclaml.
New York, Jsn 7 -Directors of the
Nash Motors company today dc
dared an extra dividend of $i 50 on
the common stock and the regular
.semi annual * unmon stock dividend
f L‘ ; a ami quartrrlx dividend of
>17* on 11 • pi t fen I tl stork
The Weather
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12 POOQ M4IM4.K I I. IU, MteMMll 1
Lincoln Company
\\ in> Court Suit
Pn’?er\mg < ompaiix Mn-t
Pay W hob-ale Di-count "ii
Shipments to Retailers.
Washington, Jan. 7 —A wholesaler
acting independently, has the light to
withhold hi? fr-cu a manu
facturer who sell? to retailers n his
territory and refuses to pay him the
regular v. ho}e>aiQ discount without be
godly of unfair com petition, the
supivnn - urt h«dd today in the ap
peal of ? 1“ f-dcrnl trade cornu, is® ion
in a case it had brought against May
m nd Brothers-dark company of
Lincoln, Neb.
The company w.i? ordered by the
e its efforts
to prevent the T A. Holder Preserve
company* from selling .*? pit-ducts di
re* t to the r.ask- t Ht*- res . ■ mpany.
retail# r?. ope; ting in Nebraska and
Iowa, but the F ghth circuit court
of appeals «« t a? ie The order.
The commission contended that the
sup.> mo , urt ha? held in effect
"that all pra# tk ? wl h are offen
she or which have a dangerous tend
enry unduly to hinder competition
:e unlawful.
Lincoln, bui 7.—Ilaynn-rd Broth,
era-dark company of this * ity today
♦ xplained that tl :.o supreme «■ ujrt de
cision was on a case pending In
courts for about f* tir y» r.m which
they ?• ught to have the Hnider Bre*
serving c ompany either ?*-ll direct to
th**.r # ••mpany or t«» the retailers The
« a>o a lose out of the pool shipment of
merchandise to Ui . lu ..-it of which
the preserving company sold direct to
retailers, the h eal firm’s officiate sa d.
Weekly Prayer Night
Becomes Study Hour
Columbus. Neb. Jan. 7 —A night
school course in religion, wh, h :s the
ultramodern development of the •ini*'
honored midweek prayer netting
will l*e instituted at the First Meth >
dis* church January lo ns one feature
of the greater church progiatfK adopt
• 1 sine^ the assuinpti ti of th« pas
torato by the Mew F l-rnont Fclss
The i p* *•* of t e . .\n—e :? to
give those who enroll practical in
stru* ti- n m t uc h uw ials of elv.istl
uuty and a svsicmat: training! bet
ter equip them as leaders, teachers
and wo ke? s in the church Thirty
members of the church have enrolled
* -
Membership in tho church is not a
requisite to enrollment
2 sentenced
jin County
Fraud Case
North PJhII.- elt rk 0*1- < hn
to I iw' N < Oimiliun <Imp
to I <’11 \ i-iir- —Both
Draw I inr‘.
Souder’s Ierm Not hxec
*
|i> luted I'rrn,
North Pi.-itfr. Neb.. Jan. 7 — A S.
Allen, former clerk of Lincoln conn*
to sei from 1 to
■j years in the sf-tto prison today,
by Judge J. L T‘ v.*il on a charge
• f forgery and embezzlement In eon*
neotiori with the allegr d shortages r.
the funds of I,in fdn county. Aller.
fined $
embezzlement and $1 on a charge o'
forgery
Carl It. Goti'lfr, salesman for the
Omaha Printing company, who ^a!
• harged with ailing an abetting for
gery, in that he persuaded Alien tc
make out cheeks f<*r fictitioui
amounts, which he (Goucher) is sai<i
to have cashed, was sentenced
from 1 to 10 years in th« state prison
at hard labor and pay a fine of $101
and the costs for prosecuting his case
His attorneys are, now preparing ar
appro 1 to the supreme court.
.Samuel M Soudrr. former county
treasurer, who recently was tried on
a charge of arson in connection with
‘he burning of the old Lincoln < oun
n f . • i
guilty jo * l:*r-f. ve Christmas, wds
s*-heduled to be f* idem ed today, b r.
*>n the motion of con use! for the df*
fense it was post poor J until after
arguments for a new tr al have been
heard by the trial court.
Souder, a- ■ id:r,g to evidence pre
sented 1 y the state, set fire to the
courthouse in order to hide alleged
i.serepancics in I s accounts. More
than 170.0DO in bonds, cash and other
neg '.able certify t’es were reported
have been ! :-c.ng fi -m the treas
urer’s office after the f.re was put
out.
All < plea 1 f before t
thers w« re placed on tr.ai and it
was largely through his testimony
that the sta'** convicted Goucher.
Thf state « r.tended that Goucher h<c>
■ ashed a number of the checks which
w-ere made to the Omaha Printing
on< *: i t • payment fr r articles pur
ha&ed from :* by Lincoln county.
In oiter \o hide his defalcation?
the •:;tpar’ Goucher is s-i.-j f
r\a persuaded Allen to make out
•
• Hnaia rompaxy. When examiner*
j representing the Taxpayers league
f IJnOotn county examined the
••'-it w •-i f jr. 1 t '-t A! in W:-a
’ s :* app: x ately 5*47 ir. his ar
i * cunts. He and Goucher th*n were
jcharged with embezzlement and for
I eerv.
_
Grand Island Begins
Move for Sub\va\
< . .ir.bu*. N'ebr., Jar. 7.—Coium
'bus ] ■ nple who believe one of tfc«
greatest needs is a subw ay or viaduv'
crossing the I'nion Pacific tracks ir
the business d;stri> t will watch witt
interest a m 'veuient launched by
".y r K’s^'erry of Grand Island P
» the < nstruction of a subway
• e e? t e Vi in Pacif tra
to connect two streets.
1 us atches fro-..; Grand Island say
that the mayor and council propose G
, ut the proj-H t through under a sci
' • .or. of the state law which provides
that where the may r and com I
deem it necessary a railroad company
may ui n a m purity a te of the pe
pie i f tho city be required to free •
and maintain a \ laduct or subway
i roMmg its tre, ks, the cost to b*
borne by t.a company up to certai.
limitations.
The situation in Columbus and Grand
Island are almost identical, the rs
road bise-ting each of them.
H\ron (iasoline Dealer I*
Fmiml Dead at His Home
Byron. N»b , .Ian T —Frank Kisho:
s, m 11 nv^r proprietor of the Ka
■*n* K:*!ing: station, on the state In *
!nas Bund dead in hi* homo bore. He
■had been at V * station in hi* utu.il
I health.
K.sher had lived here for !*< > ears
er#
Mi •> v y s tt if«- f the
Ur the Rmk *f Hyi on,
"ecrelarv \\ eek- f \peet'
Offer for Muscle SlioaU
t\ . 7
! \' • ks t it l*e ki'd'vv’ * •••' \ •
*spec's »v»n ; i receive an offei
ho pun of 11:•» ntr.ite proper
tie* a? 1 f ;• t «* tens*' of t’-.A pis*'
V > ■* 1 '« 1 at Mut-'-’e Shoals.
Ala from tho Alabama F'wer co*
pany, acting for itself and in the
■ nme of other southern p "or inte.
* Ms
Mark Y our Vote on Bok Peace
Plan and Mail Ballot to The Bee
I HE PLAN IN BRIEF
Proj>o*e*
1 That the T’rited State* »hall imr^e
diately enter the Permanent i'ourt of In
ternati. nal J Ittvc#* un ler the , t’
•
dent Harding in Krlsnui \ ?.1
IP That w \ie hr. , n—rg a mrv.ler of
11 league .'l i ■ • • u* . at preserv eon
stHnted the 1 ,1 S' ■ «»••» ■ , !'r r to
extend st*> t •« -«-* t * , pe * - « « 11 H *h
league and part.. pate m the « pf 'hr
league a * a bod\ of mutual c,.i*. el \ip.hr
eondifion-* wit h
Sul' 111*11e m { e a** I
opinion tor o mi :arv and economy
- ■ i 1 • ’ i
and \\ I
St h# M
S» 4eoep( the tact that (Ht Vnittd St* ’*
ax il! MMim» no obligation* under the
treatv of \ traailUa except by a* t c(
cengre**.
4. Pr h»o»# that membersh p tn the league
• h »uld be opened to all nation*
Pro' de for the uoutinumg dt'tlcr
men! cf international law.
The Omaha Morning Boo
The Evening Bee
Omaha. Neb,
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