# t ' The Omaha Morn \g Bee ™”"~' * * fclal I lUn j„ an,| they tlesr the «ay before __ . ___ — - —-thee.—Talmud. J VOL. 53. NO. 237. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1924. • TWO CENTS" \___J S ......... — .■■■■‘e Br Mall Year): Dally and Sunday, tt: Sunday. It M. within the 4ta sane. Outalda the 4th gn.ia M Tear)! Dally and Sunday, till Sunday enly. It. _ . ■ * ■ — NEW UNION STATION IS DEMANDED ‘ 'V*?nV, . ot. - . Bonus Bill^ Is Passed by Hoifse Measure Provides for Paid Up 20-Year Endowment In surance Policies—Vote Is 355 to 54. To Cost $2jl9,000,000 Washington, March J8.—The house today for the third time in four years passed a soldier bonus bill. The vote was 355 to 54, and was taken after 40 minutes' debate. Twenty speakers took the floor. >* “Die-hards” of both parties declared against the measure on principle, while proponents argued It was a measure which could become a law. The measure provides for paidup 20-year endowment life insurance poli cies and cash payments to veterans entitled to not more than J50 In ad justed service credit. Provision of the old bill for vocational training and farm and home aid are elimi nated. , Provisions Changed. The insurance provision is some what different from the deferred pay ment certificates proposed in the old bill", and because of these changes the measure faces an Involved situa tion in the senate. Members of that body have asked time to study the new bill, while others already have prepared different proposals. The finance committee, to which the meas urs will be referred. Is now occupied with tlie tax reduction bill. Chairman Green of the ways and means committee, who introduced the bill, reminded the house during the debate preceding the vote, that the two previous measures had not been enacted into law “for reason known to all,” and insisted this measure ' will and must become law.” Able to Override Velo. The vote today showed 82 more than the two-thirds necessary to pass a bill over a veto. Although veterans, liirtieularly on the democratic side, l Itif'ly assailed the measure because *• it failed to carry a.i option for full - Ii payments, only 20 democrats and 0:, republicans voted against. It. Analysis of the vote showed 177 demo i-rats, 175 republicans ami the three fnii-iiendents voting for the measure, hour members voted present and nine tiW not vote. The muximum cost of the bill is estimated at $2,1 Iff,000.000, spread ever 20 years. The highest annual maximum cost would come in the first year and Is estimated at $135, (ii o.ooo. The bill provides for an ap propriation not to exceed $100,000,000 for next year to meet the cost of the pleasure. Trenton Hires Indians to Re-Enact Massacre Trenton. Neb., March 18.—The Commercial club has the plans well under way for the second celebra tion of the Massacre canyon anni versary August 4. 5. and 6. Fifty-one years ago next August this frightful massacre occurred in a canyon a .short distance from Trenton. Rome of the Indians who took part in the massacre were present last August. A band of Indians have been engaged to come this year. r~ — " We Have With Us Today Dr/John llaynrs Holmes At Hotel Fontei.'lle Pastor nr Community Church, New Inrlt City. Dr. John Havnee Holmes, who ad dressed Lions rluh and Unitarian Lay men’s league yesterday, was boin lri Philadelphia, November 29. 1S79. Al though he Is only a fetv months more than 44 years old, he has von a na tional reputation as a public speaker, author and thinker. He obtained his A. B. degree from Harvard and wns ordained and In stalled aa minister of the Third Re ligious society (Unitarian) at Dor chester, Maas., March 2. 1904. He lias served ss pastor of the Com munlty church, New York city, since February, 1907. "Who’s Who," authority on emi nent men and women of the Cmted States, gives a list of societies and oiganlzationa will, which Dr. Holmes has been Identified In honorrd posi tions. lie was president of the Uni tarian Fellowahlp for Boris! Justice and president of tha Unitarian Tern pern nee society. Ha left the Unitarian ehuren In 1919 to become rn Independent. He Is author of "Marriage and Divorce," "Religion for Today,” “New Wars for Old," "Thu Grail of Life,” ' la Death the End,” and other book*. II' ** la editor of Unity, Chicago, anl assistant editor of The World Tonior row. New - York. His hobby is music. Dr. Holmes has traveled across the country several times on lecture tours, and has heen *n nearly every ^gtste of the union. He spoke here three year* ago. Making Fh ,y\ N.\* .c riavens __f4 -. / i_ Rohrers Job Filled for Time by Worthington Supervisor Froip Washington Now Here to Take Charge of Prohibition Direc* tor’s Office. By P. V. POWELL, Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Washington, March 18.—A field supervisor, J. T. Worthington of Washington, will act as federal pro hibition director for Nebraska pend ing selection of a Nebraska man for that position. This was announced today by Federal Prohibition Direc tor Haynes. Worthington is now in Omaha. " "We will take our time in selecting a successor." Haynes said. "And will consult with the two United States senators before we make our final decision. “I wrote a letter to Mr^Uohrer on March 14 saying that while we felt he was in entire sympathy with the service anil there was absolutely no malfeasance of office proved against him I thought it would be for the good of the service for him to retire at a date to bn set by him. I have received no reply to that letter, and. of course, don't know when he in tends to make his resignation effec tive." Both Senators Howell and Norris were in an yncommunicatlve niood concerning Rohrer’a successor. How ell, It is knowV was much wrought up when he heard that an attempt was being made to force resignation of Bob Samardlck front the federal prohibition force and requested that officials notify him In advance of any action contemplated against Samar dick. If Samardlck wants the Job and Haynes Is willing to release him from his present position. It is prob able Howell will recommend Samar dick. So far ns known Norris is not averse to Samardlck. There Is some talk of appointing James Nickerson of Omaha, while (5u* Hyers of Havelock and .T. Dean Ring er of Omaha are others wh6se ap polntment has been considered. When Rohrer was appointed, Nor rle called In the entire Nebraska del egatlon and each member was given a vote for his choice. However, How ell has objected to this procedure and It Is probable that Norris must net directly In cooperation with Howell In choosing a new prohibition direc tor. Justice Wilbur Confirmed. Washington, March IS.—'The norm lnatlnn of Curtis D. Wllhur, of Cali fornia, to be secretary of the navy, wsa ccnflrmed by the senate t#day. President Coolldge. upon learning of the senate's action, Immediately advised Justice Wilbur who has been awaiting confirmation before leaving his home In California for Washing ton. York Pioneer Dies. York. Neb., March IS.— Mrs. Mar gsret Choffeh #1, died at the home of her son after a lingering Illness. Bur ial will be at Thayer In the Rose cent etery. Mrs. Choffel was born In France, and was one of the oldest rea , identa of this county. Congressman Who Will Face Grand Jury _ - i j HA3£01/P K-rnTT^OK-j The Day in Washington The house passed the soldier bon us hiir. 335 to St. The sennte confirmed the nom ination of Curtis I». Wilbur to be secretary of the wrty. The Navy department announced a program of Btrkt eronoiily for future administration of navai oil lands. Attorney General Daugherty is sued another statement summing up Ills activities in the Department of Justice. President Cnolldge*dec ided to ash agricultural credit corporation to as sist northwestern wheat growers to diversify their crops. The Department of Agriculture said the agricultural outlook for this year indicated that farmers wore undertaking a normal produc tion program. Arbitration treaties between the I nltcd States and sixteen oilier American nations were favorably reported by the senate foreign re lations committee. The senate approved a constitu tional amendment which would have newly elected congresses and presidents take office In January folhiwlng tliclr election. Oil, Daugherty and related sub Jecto were debated In a senate flare up with Senator Borah, republican. Idaho, sounding a warning against abandonment of executive duties for ‘‘grand Jury” proceedings. Tlie Daugherty committee exam ined Will A. Hit, former secretary to Governor Whitman of New 3oil,, chiefly in relation to prize fight films and whisky withdrawals; heard Maco Steward, n Texas at torney, charge failure to prosecute lotteries and summoned Secretaries Mellon and Works to hi(|iilre into the machinery of cnminunlrnthig | confidential Information depart I incut*. w Knutson Is Held for Grand Jury Preliminary Hearing Given Congressman Facing * Grave Charges. i - Washington. March II,—After a preliminary hearing of more than five hours In a crowded little Vir ginia courtroom, Representative Har old Knutaon, Minnesota, and Leroy M. Hull, a 19 year-old government employe, today were held for the grand jury on grave chargee pre ferred against them by two Arlington county police officers. Judge Harry Thomaa. withheld l» spance of a formal holding order to give them opportunity to arrange new bond. Each has been held In $5,000 bond for the preliminary hear ing. which the court refuaed to re duce on motion of state Senator Frank L. Ball of Virginia, of de fense counsel. In addition to Senator Ball. Knut son was represented by Representa tive Larson and Newton, both of Minnesota, and Thomas C. Bradley, Washington attorney. Four witnesses were heard during the day. John Wise and John R. Burke, the officers who made the arrests on the night of March I on the outskirts of Washington; I-oui* Zimmerman, brother-in-law of Burke, and driver of the officers’ car when the arrest was made, and Harry Woodyard, Jailed. Wise, the first witness, testified as to the conditions under which the nr rpsts were made when he nnd Burke came up on Knutson's car parked shout 150 feet from the main road. He told of "offers" made to him by Knutson, “to settle out of court” say ing the "offers" were refused. Declaring proof of the rhragen had been established, the state's sttorney rested after Wise's testimony, but Was met with replies hy ^defense at torneys that In view of the serious ness of the charges witnesses should be railed. Burke and •Hmmerman, called by tlia defenae, described Ilia rlrcunt stances of th# arrests substantially as did Wise. •Judge Thomas held Knutson and Hull for th# grand Jury session which Is to he held April il. $50,000 Mirnation Suit Dismissed at Beatrice Special Ol.patch to The Omaha lice. Beatrice, Neb, March IS.—The jr.n.oon suit for damages brought against Mrs. Alice Bowman and son, llarry. hy F. Henry l-eaboig, who charge* them with alienating Ills wife* affections, soon after she waa divorced from him, was dismissed In I ho district court here, as plaintiff failed to rIv# security for costs In the css#. Oldest Inmate of Home Dies York. Nob., M.'irrh 18. — Funeral nrr vice# for Stimuli T.luht \voro held nt the *tafe Odd Fellow# home lit chniffe of TV. LtiHiti IT. IVWolf of fbc M i-;. church, followed bv burial In Orem w ood ceniclei \. Mr. TJght wm 71 and the oideat rcaldcDl of the home In point of con Minion* acrvbc. having boon there for II yejir*. lb* dime to tin home from «.!cne\n Him uni)' ■urvivinu itl ^ativt it a nlect in California 9 NationTired < of Inquiries, Says Borah Warns Congress It Must Re sume Constructive Legisla tion to Relieve Distres ing Conditions. Sees Disaster for All Washington, March Is —The senate heard another fanfare of oratory to day, running the scaie of all of the dlsolosdres of Its Investigators, and then listened to a solemn warning that the people back home soon may demand that congress forego Its "grand Jury” pursuits and address itself to a program of constructive legislation. Ths Coolidge-McLean telegrams, the Dempsey-Carpentler fight films, Roxie Stinson and Secretary Fall’s troublesome 1100,000, all played their parte In a renewed discussion of the oil and Daugherty Inquiries, launched from the democratic side of the cham ber bray Senators Neely of West Vir ginia, Caraway of Arkansas, and Heflin of Alabama. The warning was sounded by Sen ator Borah, republican, Idaho, ad dressing not only the democrats, hut the senators on hi sown side, predict ing that unless the present "objectless program” gave way to more positive remedial measures, the session would end without tax legislation, and with other important duties but half per formed. Must Make Record Now.' “The next campaign Will not be won on the platform written at Cleve land,” said Senator Borah to his party leaders. "We..must make our record here If we are anxious to continue In power.” Senator Borah Invited attention to what Is going on outside Washlng ■ ton while the senate Is Investigating and debating, and called on the re publican leaders in particular to give more of their attention to pressing needs over wide sections of the coun try. "Homes are being sold,” he aald, "business la embarrassed, and farms are passing from their owners be cause of taxes. Squally distressing Is the agricultural problem. In one county in the northwest *.000 Items of property of farmers recently have been offered for sale.” Big Community House Planned Near Union Union. Neb., March 1*.—City folk* will have nothlny on ths memfers of the "Noble SI* Hundred,” a com munity club In the neighborhood of Union, with the materializing of It* plans for a large community house and recreation grounds this summer, work on which already has been alerted. The building, with a large recep tion hall, a spacious kitchen and cloak room, stone fireplace and oak floor, la to be constructed of natlfe grown black oak logs, presenting a rustic ex terior and finished Interior appear ance. A wide veranda la to be built the entire length of the houee. The site choseq is one of the most picturesque In Cass county, being a few hundred yards from the Missouri river on a grassy rise of ground shaded by grand old oaks and pro tected from the winter winds on the north by the bluff* dotted her* and there with young cedars. Tradition has It thla very ground waa the scene of numerous Indian battles. The "Noble Six Hundred" alub has centered Its activities In yeans past at the Sclota school house. Coal Miner Accused of Shooting Five Men Thermopolls. Wyo., March 18.— James Briggs, coal miner. Is under arrest here charged with the shoot ing Sunday night of five miner* at Gebo, a large mining camp near here. The wounded are: Chris Radno vlch, shot three time in the breast and arm; William Kapp, shot In the groin, seriously wounded; Mika Raml* Council Mluff .■ \rllda «’nnn«'llv. Council Mluff* . Kddta J*r#rv, Sf Michael. Neb . Mn* Miahon Murwell Neb Malhlaa Morif* li-sfior Nab \uibev Mr"' tleneva, Neb Marlin Cnnku* Cadar H*nld« I* ' I Uarlruda Ma^ikumj «r. Ctdar BaiMdr U 19 r-x The Best Sport > - ■ ■— - - An Editorial “The United States is the best sport among the nations. It knows how to make war well, but more important, it knows how to make peace well.” This statement by I)r. A. W. Evans before the week ly dinner of the Ad-Sell League illustrates the habit of Americans in refusing to bear grudges. It is particularly appropriate at this time when the citizens of Omaha are raising a fund for the use of undernourished and starving children in Germany. There are 7,000,000 under nourished German children. Two million German children who are actually starving. Of these near ly two hundred thousand are slowly dying and are beyond sav ing. Hundreds of thousands more -.are daily slipping into this class of hopeless ones. They are suffering from tuber culosis, from rickets, from anemia, from pellagra and all the other dread diseases that slowly sap and kill. America, the good sport of the nations, cannot and will not with hold its helping hand. The nation that, after the civil war, thrilled to the words of that healing hymn, “the blue and the tgray,” is thrilling again at the healing solvent of childhood’s appeal. In Omaha, in Nebraska, “out where the ties of home are a wee bit tighter” this healing influence is at work. Every where, through out city and state the response to the appeal for starving Ger man children is expressing itself. As America is the good sport of the nations Omaha and Nebraska are the good sports of th» nation Daugherty Kept Oil Stoek Account, Committee Told Brokers” Books Show Attorney General Merely Changed Name—Slemp Also Involved. Washington, March IS—Attorney General Daugherty and Albert B. Fall figured eeparately In two new chap ter* written today into the record of the oil committee a* the senate In vestigators renewed thehr long public duest for all of the facte connected with the leasing of the naval oil re serves. Owe story was that on the day the Sinclair lease of Teapot Dome was announced officially, Daugherty changed his margin account In Sin clair oil stock at a Washington brok erage house from his own name to that of W. V. Spald, a member of the firm, who then was carrying a-lerge account for Jesse W. Smith, personal friend and confidant of the attorney general. The other chapter had to do with still another apparent attempt by Fall to conceal through the statement of an old friend that he had obtained $100,000 from Edwerd L. Doheny. California oil magnate, late In 1921 when he enlarged and improved his Mew Mexico ranch holdings. Slemp Involved in Mock Deals. Besides the dealings the attorney general had In oil stocks, the com mittee obtained from Its expert ac countant, Ixiuis F. Bond, detailed ac counts of transactions in oil stocks by two senators. Curtis of Kansas, as slstant republican leader in the sen ate, and Elkins of West Virginia, and five members and former members of the house. Including C. Bascom Slemp, new secretary to President Coolidgre. Both the stock transactions and the story of Prince McKinney of Cleve land, that Fall sought to have him agree to say he had loaned the for mer Interior secretary money will be followed up by the committee. Mem bers regard McKinney's statement to day one of the more Important thnt has been developed in connection with the oil lease*. FALL'S SOVIVLAW CALI-S OX MrKI.NXET The witness said he had not an swered the Kali letter and that Clar ence C. Chase, ami in law of Kail, had railed upon him at Cleveland a day or two after Thanksgiving dav. which was November ’9, to Hike up the sub Ject. Asked If he had the Kali letter, Mc Kinney said ha hud destroyed It, "when Dohony testified that he him self had made the loan." At the time Chase visited McKIn nev. the committee was seeking the source of the funds which Kali evi dently had received and the latter was preparing to coma to Washing ton to testify, according to telegrams placed Into the record There Is evi dence of a. conference between Fall and Chase at Chicago In early Decern* her after which the former secretary went to New York and then to Atlan tic City, where Kdward It. McLean agreed lo say that he had loaned Kail $ 1 oo.aoo Instead of giving him unused checks aggregating $100,000. Around the tlmo of his call on Mr Kinnrv, Chase, for whom a subpoena was Issued today, was In communl oation with d. W Zc\e» a m 31 a |i in 3 1 \ % !'i I | i* im .. 5 1 l; i n.. a r m. .. The campaign to secure n new union station for Omaha hae been begun by the traffle bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. With the approval of the matter by the executive committee of the chamber yesterday afternoon, the movement, will be actively launched at once by a committee to be appointed by John h. Kennedy, chairman of the latter group. "Present facilities for handling mail, express and passengers in Omaha are inadequate," a resolu tion passed by the governing com mittee of the traffic bureau last Thursday declare*,” and we believe the time is propitious for urging immediate construction of union station in keeping with Omaha's Present Stations Built Quarter Century Ago The present Union station was built In 1900. Burlington station. Just south, was opened about the same time. First Union Pacific depot was at Ninth and Chicago streets in 1SSS. Three years later It was abandoned for one between Tenth and Elev enth streets on the south side of Leavenworth street. In 1&73 a frame building was erected at Tenth and Marcy street. The old "cowshed” station was built two years later, s north and position as a railroad ren ter." Th* resolution si« signed by eleven prominent business men of the city who are members of the Traffic bureau's governing board. They are: F. 8. Knapp, cliairman; Thomas A. Fry. vice chairman; C. E. Childs, manager; W. D. Hosford. P. C. Hyson, G. C. Kiddoo, W. Boyd Smith. J. A. Sunderland. Bober* Trimble, C. M. Wilhelm and H. 8. Weller. That the railroads must In ary event spend large sums for enlarge ments of their inadequate quarter* i nthe present union station is con sidered on# of the strong factors in making the movement for the new station successful. The need for the new and larger station has long been felt, but in th# paat few year# It wae not thought advantageous push the matter because the railroad* were not In a position th*n to build. Earnings of th# carriers have been improving and since the United State* supreme court has held that the re capture clause of the transportation act is constitutional, the earriere r - V One Hundred Mail Trains Here Daily Omaha Is th* fourth railroad center In th* United State*. Only Chicago, Kaneaa City and St Louie rank ahead of It in traffic. Omaha has 100 mall train* dally com* to Its depot*. Omaha haa 10 trunk and U branch lines. It la th* eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad. >._ _J probably will be mere willing to spend money on etich permanent Improve ments than they have In the past, the traffic bureau points out In lta resolution. "Omaha certainly needs a new un ion station," John L. Kennedy, chair man of the chamber * executive com mittee declared. "While we went to piny fair with the railroads. It is urgent that we make this movement decisive. As fourth railroad center of the country. Omaha deserves adequate facilities for its passenger, mall and express service. We do not feel that the demand at this time 1* unreason able and ai-* confident that the rail road* will art favorably on It." Bluffs Man Found Dead. Theodore T jeyer. Oreston hotel. Council Bluffs, was found dead in the street tn front of !?* South Main etreot. Council Bluffs, yesterday morning. r Harrington If ill He Factory Site Because of "Sunny Side I p" Hartitiitton. Neb. March 1' A re cent Installment of "Sunni s .v 1 ' in The Omaha Pee hi Will M. M tui'tn. relating *t- es* ni . f TlnrttnKton as a beautiful and pro gf sMie community center U M T Cumin? of flysses, who has tmented a device to l>e used In stain elei.c ;ov« to decide on Hurtinfton aa the aide for hi* factory Mr. CunitPff haa made overture* tr\ the eorontervlal club here statins that he had tmented a eh kites* rle valor bucket .md suss -tod the found ins of the II. t ilnston Chokelcsa Hlviatoi contpouj.*