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Publication
of Incomes
Is Opposed
► National Chamber of Com
merce Asks Immediate Re
peal of Law Revealing
Tax Figures.
Waterway Statute Urged
Washington, Nov. 1G.—Immediate
repeal of the law permitting publi
■ itiun of income tax returns and es
tablishment of a tax commission to
simplify tax regulations was urged
by the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States today in a statement
outlining its position on national eco
nomic questions presented to Presi
dent Coolidge.
'Che chamber also asked for exlen
sion of the budget system, a continua
tion of the principles embodied in the
railroad labor board, establishment ol
dn immigration commission to rec
omniend and administer legislation
and the development of waterways.
Publication of income tax returns,
the statement declared, “violates the
good faith which the government
owes to its citizens, to protect them
in their private affairs.”
The Howell-Barkley bill, proposing
abolishment of the railroad labor
board, was assailed as a “long step
backwards.'’
Kail Board Art Sound.
“Without assuming to pretend that
the present construction or composi
tion of the railroad labor board is In
all respects perfect.” the statement
declared, "the chamber finds that the
principles embodied in the labor pro
visions of the transportation act es
tablishing the board are sound.”
So as to permit the activities it ad
vocates in trade associations, the
chamber said it would appeal to con
gress for minor amendments to the
Sherman act.
It pointed out that in order to vis
ualize before the public as well as the
government the actual business stat
us of trade associations, tlie member
ship of the chamber, through a refer
endum vote, had made the following
. -TonuuovukW toast
"Statistics of capacity, production,
stock and sales, and statistics of act
ual prices in closed transitions,
should be collected by a trade nsso
uiation for its industry or branch of
commerce.
“Such statistics should be distrib
uted without any comment or inter
pretation which could induce or fa
cilitate concerted action on the part
of members.
“The statistics should be made as
available by a .trade association to
the public and government agencies
as to the members of the associa
tion.”
on the merchant marine question
the chamber committed itself to
’policies of subsidy, mail subvention,
private as against government own
ership und operation and most
strongly against government opera
tion in competition with private oper
ation which depresses private invest
ment and Initiative in this Important
held.”
Want Waterway Survey.
Tlie chamber proposed in connec
tion with tiie development of inland
waterways that congress be asked
to detail United States army engi
neers to make ”a comprehensive sur
\ey of the waterways of flic country
as a whole in tlieir relation to’ other
transportation agencies, and to rec
ommend a definite plan and,schedule
of priorities for waterway develop
ment.”
isuggestion that the executive bud
get should cover the entire financial
program of the executive for the fis
cal year so that the public might
understand the president’s program
and what it would cost to carry It
out wap made.
EAGLES LEADER
DECORATES TOMB
Washington, Nov. 16.—In memory
Of 1,670 members of the order who
died in France, Otto P. IJeluse of
Indianapolis, grand president of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles, today laid
a wreath on the tomb of the Un
known Soldier in Arlington National
cemetery.
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We Have
With Us
Today
Clmrlmi II. Post.
United States Manager, Caledonian
Insurance company of Hcotiand,
Hartford, Conn.
As United .States manager of the
Caledonian Fire Insurance company
of Scotland, Charles If. l*bst is on a
tour to the west to visit the agencies
in this country. While in Omaha he
spent the time in conference with of
ficials at the T/OVe-Haskell company,
atate agent sfor his company. The
Caledonian Fire Insurance company
la the oldest company of Its kind in
Hcotiand. Mr. Postdeclnred.
lieudquurtrs for the company are
In Hartford, Conn. Mr. Post's home
has been In Connecticut for many
years. He makes a trip to Hcotiand
j every two years. On hla trip to the
west ho Is accompanied by H. V
Murphy, manager of the automobile
department of the Insurance com
puny,
CAMPAIGN UPON
CHILD LABOR NOW
Washington, Nov. 10.—Ratification
of tlie child labor amendment, al
ready approved by Arkansas, will be
sought, it was announced today by
the organizations associated for rat
ification of the child labor amend
ment, during the meetings of to state
legislatures, which conven in Janu
ary. Meetings in New i'ork and
Washington, during the past week,
had idans for this under considera
tion.
Women's organizations, labor and
the churches, a statement said, are
now organizing joint committees to
work in unity In those states whose
law making bodies meet soon, while
the national units arc aiding through
a dealing house here.
La Follette Loses
Senate Seniority,
Moses Proclaims
Wisconsin Insurgent to Re
ceive Assignments as New
Member, Indiana Solon
Declares.
By CHARLES N. WHEELER.
inheristtl Service Staff Com>N|>on<!ent
French Lick. Ind.. Nov. 15.—Unit
ed States Senator George II. Moses
of New Hampshire, slated for chair
man of the new senate committee ot>
committees, tonight issued a formal
statement in which he declared that
Senator Robert M. La Follette no
longer was entitled to be considered
a member of the republican party in
the matter of committee assignments
In the new congress.
This is the first affairmative state
ment of this character that has been
made by responsible senate leaders
who will haye a big finger in the
committee pie distribution with the
Inauguration of the Coolidge-Dawes
administration.
Moses places La Follette on the
same footing with Shlpstead and
Johnson of Minnesota. He holds that
La Follette, after March 4 next,
should be considered as just enter
ing the senate as the leader of a
new party, and as a first termer, so
far as the seniority rule of the upper
house goes in the distribution of
ebtrtWlitt'ueStrip places.
If Moses is speaking excathedra
for the new senate bosses and his
program Is carried out, La Follette
will be dropped down the list or re-1
moved entirely from the powerful
manufactures committee of which he
now is chairman. It was as chairman
of this comn. ras able
to institute of the
oil interests of the country. Inciden
tally with the possible dropping of
La Follette to the bottom of all his
committees or removing him entire
ly, Senator Janies Watson of Indiana
would move up the list, particularly
of the interstate commerce commit
tee.
Senator George P. McLean of Con
necticut, would he the ranking mem
ber of both the finance and inter
state commerce committee and prob
ably would elect to remain on the
finance committee. This would make
Senator Watson member of the In
terstate com. erce committee, and.
unless Chairman Cummins of Iowa,
regained his health, would place him
In a strong position as the virtual
dictator of interstate commerce legis
latlon in the upper house, at least so
far as committee work is concerned.
This would mean probably that the
railroads would have little to fear
In the way of annoying legislation
for two years at least. In any event.
It is believed, the Esch-Cummins rail
road law would enjoy a new lease on
life. s
BROKER MURDER
BAFFLES POLICE
I.os Angeles, Cal., Nov. 13.—While
police were preparing to send a
special detachment to guard the fu
neral cortege tomorrow of Harry I.
Katz, "the man of u thousand ene
mies" who was shot down In his
apartment Monday night, the authori
ties admitted all clues In the murder
mystery had proven fruitless.
Mrs. Dorothy Carroll, beautiful
blonde, who said she was the slain
diamond broker’s sweetheart, was re
leased by police this afternoon after
she had been questioned several
hours. Her husband, Chase Carroll,
a ’’barber-sheik" and his roommate,
Karl Bridges, were freed earlier in
the day.
While other persons may lie ques
tioned in the mystery, It was said by
the investigators slight hope was held
that the slaying would ever tie
solved.
CONVICT MAY BE
FREED FOR RITES
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothcu
M. Duminrow, R2, mother of August
I Minim row, former cashier of the
Treynor Havings bunk, who Is serv
Ing a five-year sentence for etnhez
blement, will he held Monday after
noon at 2 from the family residence
In Treynor.
In view of Dammrow’s good record
at the Fort Madison penitentiary,
where he fills the role of librarian,
county authorities snld yesterday
that the Iowa parole board may grant
the prisoner permission to attend his
mother's funeral.
Kev. Mr. Kchultz of the Zion Con
gregational church of Treynor will of
flciate at the services. Burial will
be in the Congregational cemetery.
rviigeles
Supply of
Water Cut
Owens V alley Water Feudists
Storm Aqueduct Guards
ami Throw Open Waste
Gates by Force.
Sheriff Wires for Troops
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 1R.—Prac
tically the entire flow of the Los
Angeles aqueduct, this city's chief
source of water for domestic and in
dustrial uses, was diverted into the
Owens river near Lon® Pine, about
200 miles north of here, by a raiding
party of 60 men who stormed the
aqueduct guards today and threw
open the Alabama waste gates.
Sheriff Charles Collins of Inyo
county has telephoned Governor
Klchnrdson asking for troops, declar
ing immediate action by the military
is all that can prevent bloodshed.
The raiders, alleged to he residents
of Owens valley, where for years a
water feud has raged between the
city and valley ranchers and busi
ness men, late today stood their
ground at the spillway and defied
Sheriff Collins and representatives of
the city of Los Angeles.
The attackers announced that they
would continue to waste the water
until a committee came from Los An
geles and "settled'' the water rights
controversy with them. Sheriff Col
lins, after vainly endeavoring to have
the waste gates closed, returned to
Independence to telegraph the facts
to Governor Itichardson.
To Keep Gates Open.
According to Claude Van Norman,
in charge of maintenance from the
aqueduct Intake to Haiwee reservoir,
the raiders assured city representa
tives that the gates tvould be kept
open until the Los Angeles commit
tee arrived, remarking that "If they
leave on the t^aln tonight they can
tie here Monday morning and this
thing can be settled.''
Before dusk tonight the raiding
tntrty had been reinforced by 40 an
ditional men, and was in unquestion
ed control of the aqueduct. Sheriff
Collins said there were 200 other cit
izens ready to join the raiders at a
moment’s call. According to tele
phonic information received by offi
cials of the bffreau of power and
light here the raiders rode to the
gates about 10 a. rn. They were op
posed by Frank Lasky, gate tender,
who lives nearbj-.
Demands Ignored.
Ignoring Lasky the raiders opened
tiie gates.
Ed Leahy, superintendent of elec
trical construction In the volley, ac
companied by Van Norman, came to
the gates at Lasky's call, and Sheriff
Collins arrived about half an hour
later.
Van Norman said he recognized a
prominent Owens Valley business
man as one of the leaders of the
party, and demanded of him that the
gates be closed again. Sheriff Col
lins made a similar demand. Both
were ignored. Collins wrote down
the names of the men in the party
whom he recognized,,
ZAGLOUL NOT TO
QUIT AS PREMIER
By Associated Prrs.
Cairo. iSgypt, Nov. 16.—Zngloul
Pasha today withdrew Ills reslgrm
tion as premier after a long confer
ence with thi king, who Insisted that
he retin office. Zngloul earlier had
authorized a statement that his res
ignation "as not due to the king's
refusal to agree to two ministerial
nominations, as tills question had not
arisen.
The premier presented his resig
nation in the chamber of deputies
Saturday, and the news of it caused
students to leave their boks and Join
with thousands of other persons, who
ceased work, in a parade cheering
Zagloul. Numerous political speeches
were made urging the party loaders
to proceed to the palace and beg the
king not to accept the premier's res
ignation.
One crowd of demonstrators at
tacked the premises -of A1 Kashkoul,
a comic illustrated weekly, which has
consistently caricatured Zagloul and
tils colleagues, and wrecked the t>lanl
and set fire to the paper supplies In
the building.
During the student demonstrations,
whlo hhnd continued throughout the
day, especially outside )the Abdlm
palace, shouts were raised of "Zag
loul or revolution."
Fern Millay Becomes
Bride of L. II. MeConney
Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Millay of Greg
ory, S. It., announce tho marriage
of their daughter, Kern, ami haw
rence It. MeConney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph C. MeConney, which was
solemnized Nnturdny noon at the
First Central Congregational church
by Rev. Frank Smith.
A wedding luncheon followed the
ceremony and the bride and groom
left last evening for thetr home In
Sioux Kalla, K. D.
The parents of the bride, her sis
ter, Jtuth. and Mr, and Mis. Jnoh
lauicttHter of Gregory were among the
out-of-town guests. Miss Ruth Millay
was maid of honor and Joseph Me
Cunney, Jr., best u jj
r
Tired Father Haunts Station for
News of His Missing Daughter. 17
Mother Is Prostrated by Disappearance of Pretty Gertrude
Rasnick, Graduate of Central High School—She Had
No Boy Sweethearts.
A tired and despondent father,
wearied by a three-day search for
his 17-year-old daughter, haunted
central station last night for some
word of hope that he might carry
back to an almost prostrate
mother.
Throughout Sunday friends of
the father, Sam Rasnick, 2607 De
catur street, walked the streets In
search of his daughter. Gertrude,
and one by one straggled into the
Solomon Nngg home, 2006 Hamil
ton street, where Mrs. Rasnick is
being chred for. to report no trace
of the girl, who has been missing
since 5 Friday afternoon.
I<ate last night the searchers
were ready to quit.
“We don’t know where to turn
now," one of them said. “We've
looked every place where Gertrude
might he.”
Rescue Home Visited.
Sunday morning the Salvation
Army Rescue Home received a girl
who answered the description of
Gertrude. With a picture of the
girl furnished by tbe family Mrs.
Ida Levin, welfare worker, went to
the home. One look at the photo
graph by the matron, however, de
stroyed any idea that the search
might end at this home for unfor
tunate girls.
“No, that’s not she," said Mr*.
Frederica French, matron. “We've
no' one here who looks like that.”
At the N’ogg home Mrs. Rasnick
protests that her daughter had no
affairs with boys.
In mingled German and English
she declared that Gertrude had
gone to several dances, hut always
with another couple.
And then, In a torrent of Ger
man, she pleaded with searchers
to find her daughter.
"She was such a good girl," she
said. "She graduated, from Cen
tral High school and now she is
taking a postgraduate course at
Technical High school. Tell her
she will be forgiven if she will only
come back. We won’t scold her.”
Father Returns.
A moment later the father came
in. His wife, torn between sorrow
and relief at the failure to find her
daughter in the rescue home,
turned eagerly to him.
One look at the bent shoulders
and the tired eyes behind the large
glasses told her of his failure.
“They’re looking,” h*e said, re
ferring to police.
To a mother nearing a nervous
breakdown it meant nothing.
Her head fell in her hands, only
t? lift long enough to order two
small children, who had just en
tered, from the room.
"They don’t understand," said
tlie father, as he accompanied
searchers to the door. "We don’t
want them to know." And he hur
ried back to the shaking figure of
his wife.
Coast Artillery;
Increase Ur^ed
C
Major General Points Out
Need for Strengthening of
Personnel Immediately.
Washington, Nov. 1*.—The enlist
ed strength of the roast artillery
corps for harbor defenses, anti-air
craft artillery, railway artillery and
heavy tractor artillery, should be
more than trebled and the oversells
garrisons should be nearly doubled,
Maj. Gen. F. M. Coe, chief of coast
artillery, said today, in his annual
report to the secretary of war. The
roast artillery corps was short of over
19.000 men for the efficient manning
of Its various activities, he said, and
its present strength of 12,026, the
lowest since 1907, should be raised to
31,593.
According to General Coe, the per
sonnel manning the harbor defenses
should be raised from 3,406, its pres
ent strength, to 9,750; the anti-air
craft artillery also should be aug
mented from 1,323 to 6,300; tha rail
way artillery should be Increased
from 695 to 2,623; the heavy tractor
artillery should be developed from
426 to 2,152, while overseas garrisons
should be expanded from the prea
strength of 6,000 to 10,000 men.
General Coe said the training of
coast artillery troops, within the
continental limits of the United
States, and the instruction of officers’
training corps, organized reserves
and national guard during the last
year had been “handicapped by the
limited personnel available, and. in
some cases, by lack of necessary ma
terial, especially harbor boats and
certain anti-aircraft material.
Satisfaction was expressed by Gen
eral Coe at the results of of the
coast artillery’ units of the reserve of
ficers training corps conducted at 18
Institutions during the academic year
1923-24 with a total enrollment of
4,249. Attendance of 450 and 1,500 at
reserve officer's training camps and
citizen's training camps, respectively,
were reported during the year.
WOMAN DROWNS
IN OWN BATHTUB
New Tork, Nov. 15.—Death by
drowning In a bathtub tilled with
scalding water was the fate of Mrs.
Blanche Agnes Williams Haye, 50,
divorced wife of George Gustavo
Ileye, In the bathroom of her apart
ment here tonight. Her body, partly
rlothed, whs discovered after water
seeping through the reilings under
neath had caused nn Investigation.
A medical examiner said It wns pos
sible Mrs. ileye had suffered a heart
attack.
NEAR EAST RELIEF
PLAN ENDORSED
Washington, Nov. 16.—Washington
headquarters of the Near East Belief
declared today tn n statement. Hint
I more than dvn inillon Americans will
observe Golden Buie Sunday, l>e
icember 7, to aid orphans of the Bible
lands. l’i ealdenl Coolhtge, Beet story
Hughes, 25 state governors, members
of the diplomatic corps bore and
In ads of 22 foreign governments, the
statement said, have endorsed the
plan.
Parachute .1 nni|»«*r Killed.
Caasopolls, Mich., Nov. 15. Falling
700 feet after the rope of her porn
chute caught on a protuberance of
the airplane, front which she Jumped,
<Hls« Ethel Dare, 26, avlatrlx, of fill
rage, was killed Instantly at the
American Ecglon carnival grounds
here today
Police Escort at
Funeral for Katz
Brother of Slain Jewel Broker
Feared Disturbance, but
None Occurs.
Dos Angeles, Nov. 16.— Harry 1.
Katz, diamond connoisseur, musician
and teal estate operator, who was
shot down at the door of hi* luxurious
apartment iaat Monday evening, to
day carried tlie mystery of his death
and the identity of his slayer to his
grave.
He was hurled at Mount Zion ceme
tery at Belvedere, near here, without
the display of wealth that had been
marked his life. A modest casket,
covered with flowers offered by many
of the 200 friend* and relatives who
attended the ceremony, held the re
mains of the slain man who had ex-,
pected a pleasure in expensive auto
mobiles, sparkling gems and antique
art object*.
As the cortege wound Its way from
the funeral parlors to the tomb It
was escorted by a picked squad of
detectives, requested by a brother,
Morris Katz, who feared a demon
stratlon from some quarter which ho
could not explain. There was no
disturbance.
By his death Kate left a legacy of
an apparently Insolvabie murder mys
tery to the city and county detectives,
which they virtually admit will be
added io I,oa Angeles' list of unsolved
homicides, after six days and nights
of Investigation among Intangible
clews and along diamond-studded
trails.
WORLD WIDE DRY
DRIVE PLANNED
Chicago, Nov. 16.—A worldwide
prohibition campaign will lie launched
by the Women's Christian Temper
ance union. It was announced todny
from tlie convention of the union, in
session here. In the United States
the campaign wlIT take tlie form of
stricter low enforcement and tho use
of the ballot to elect "dry" officials.
Miss Anna A. Gordon, world and
national president of the union, said
today: "When other countries find
out tlie truth about the lienoftts of
prohibition as proved In those cities
and communities in the United States
where It has received an honest trial,
they will readily see that they can
not afford to continue the manufac
ture atul sale of beverage alcohol."
More definite plans for the inaugu
ration of the International movement
will bo formulated In Fdlnburgh.
Scotland, next summer, st the world’s
convention of tlie organization.
Mrs. Rachel Don, New Zealand, dy
llvercd the sermon st this morning's
church service, held for the dele
gates, and Miss Flora Strout of Bur
tna, addressed a similar evening serv
ice.
TRAIN HITS CAR,
3 YOUTHS KILLED
By 1 nllrrol Hen Ice.
Kankakee. Hi.. Nov. 16,—-Three
young men were killed and another
Injured when struck by a fast Iloek
island train 11slay. The victim* had
not been identified late today. Tlie
Injured youth was tumble to talk.
Two Papers Merged.
Duluth. Minn.. Nov, 15. — Purchase
of the Wisconsin Sunday Times of
Superior, Wits., and merging It with
tin* Duluth News Tribune, effective
November 23. will bo announced in
tomorrow’s edition of the Duluth
Newe Tribune. Tlie name of the
merged publ tutioim will be tlie
News X'wbuu*.
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Japs Break
Up Meet to
Ban Opium
Refuse to Sign Proposed
League of Nations Agree
ment—Would Curb
Drug Smoking.
Piqued by British Stand
By Associated Press.
The international conference for
tlie suppression of opium smoking in
the Far East virtually collapsed to
day when the Japanese delegation an
nounced that it could not sign the
proposed agreement because of the
discrimination against Japan in con
nection with Japanese Importation of
opium.
Not since the Corfu dispute be
tween Italy and Greece has the palace
of the league of nations been the
scene of Such tense incident* as
marked today's forenoon session of
the opium conference, the object of
which was to arrange not alone for
the suppression of opium smoking In
the Far East, but for the curbing of
excessive opium production in China.
In consequence of charges by the
British delegate and the apparent
impossibility to obtain satisfaction
concerning Japan's freedom to pur
chase cpium abroad, the Japanese
delegation virtually bolted the con
ference.
Conference Collapse*.
The morning session adjourned with
all the delegates admitting that the
conference had virtually collapsed,
since It had achieved nothing on its
program. Nevertheless, on the earn
est appeal of the presiding officer,
M. Van TVettum of Holland, the dele
gates agreed to reassemble In the
afternoon and take up points In the
program which were less contentious
in nature than the question* which
had produced the rupture.
This morning's clash was caused
by Japan's allegation that she was
being discriminated against by other
powers, chiefly Great Britain, in con
nection with the shipment of opium
and further, that when the Japanese
government issued Import certficate*
they were not always recognized by
the other powers. The break was Im
mediately due, however, to Japanese
resentment over the statement made
yesterday by Malcolm Delevlngne,
the British delegate, that Great Bri
tain could not habitually recognize
import certificates because of scan
dals over them which involved high
officials in one Far Eastern country
"whom he preferred not to name."
Muarrd With British.
The British position was that, de
spite regularly Issued Import papers,
opium, as well as other narcotic
drugs, often were diverted on the
way to the country of purchase and
forwarded to other destinations,
where they wore used for Illicit pur
pose* and illicit gain, thus bringing
a stain on the nnme of Great Bri
tain, which permitted the export.
John Campbell, representing India,
took a similar stand, which caused
the Japanese delegate to remark sar
castically that India seemed clearly
under the dominion of England. The
Japanese introduced a resolution pro
viding that the importation, exporta
tion and trans-shipment of opium
should be authorized when accom
panied by a certificate issued by com
petent authorities. It declared that
the mithorltles of all parts should
strictly abstain from nny unfair dls
crimination on the ground of nation
ality of a vessel or the origin of the
goods.
The Japanese contended that when
they tried to trans-ship opium at
Hong Kong, the British authorities
interfered and prevented re-exporta
tion. They held this was an attack
ou Japanese good faith which could
not he tolerated.
Today Sir Malcolm Belvingnc In
sisted on Great Britain's right to ln-|
vestlgate ail opium exportations,
oven If they were accompanied by of
ficial certificates,
.laps Admit Scandal.
Publicly admitting that it w*a Jap |
anese officials who were Implicated j
in the opium scandals. Mr. Suglmura.j
the chief Japanese delegate, today,
amid tense silence, read a statement
in which lie declared that nation*
often are blind to thetr own fault*
(Turn tn fine Ten, ( nlMien One t
MRS. HARDING
GROWS WEAKER
By t iilyereal Service.
Marion. O.. Nov. Iff—Mr*. Hard
ing was resting comfortably (hi*
morning, according to an early bul
letin issued by I>r. Carl W. Sawyer,
Ho added I hut her condl^on was
growing weaker and that she was
developing a tendency toward drowsl I
ness.
Drouth Force* Feeder*
lo Buy Hay for Stock
Coluinbux, Nrb , Nov 16 < ’on
tinned drouth now extending over T.»
day* In compelling many upland
farmer* who purrhaaed fwxlen to
buy hay and feed animal* in the
barn*.
The* weeks woullior records show
the great «‘Kt range In teinparature
ever record*! hero, running from 7i
a* h day time maximum to x above
xcro at night, with the day time tern*
perature 10 decree* above the No*
vemt*r avarage and night icoding*
lo mg hi dig icc § below.
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French Women Now
Abandon All
Rouge
H> C. F. BERTELLJ,
tnUfnml Service Staff Corres|H»n«ieiit.
Paris, Nov. 16.—Rouge, powder
and lipstick manufacturers are
aghast at the possibilities of the
new "no camouflage’’ rage which
has been followed by the abandon
ment o'f cosmetics of all kinds by
thousands of French women.
Natural complexions have re
turned to fashion. While a year
ago heavy rouging, eyebrow pluck
ing and other artistic beauty build
ers were absolutely necessary for
smart women, today every chic
function is crowded with women
who have foresworn painting the
lily, some even going to the ex
tent of allowing their eyebrows to
grow again.
Fernand VanDerem, famous
writer of feminine fashions, says:
*’I have questioned hundreds of
girls regarding the reasons for the
change and they all claim that It
is because husbands, fiances and
lovers object to artificial complex
ions.”
Races Warming Up
for 2 Vacancies
in New Congress
Senate Leaderships and Place
of President Pro Tem to
Be Filled—Cummins
to Retire.
Washington. Nov. 16.—Although
the opening of the short session of
the congress is two weeks away and
one of the positions is not to be filled
until the new congress begin* its
sessions, the races for the republican
leadership and for president pro tem
of that body already are warming up.
The death of Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts left open the post of floor
leader for the majority party, while
Senator Cummins of Iowa, the presi
dent of the senate, has formally an
nounced that he would relinquish
that office at the conclusion c*f the
present short term.
Warren Not Enthused.
It will lie necessary for the repub
licans to select a leader before con
gress convenes December 1, and the
names of Senators Curtis of Kansas,
the party’s whip, and Wadsworth of
New York, now figure most promi
nently. These same senators also
have been frequently mentioned in
connection with the office of presi
dent pro tem.
Senator Warren of Wyoming would
ascend to the leadership If the re
publicans adhered to the party cus
tom of naming the senator oldest in
the point of service. Senator War
ren's friends say be prefers to devote
hi* main attention to bis duties as
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire
has announced his candidacy for pres
ident pro tem. His friend* already
are lining up support for him.
Curtis Is Willing.
Senator Curtis ha* told friends that |
if Senator Warren did not want the
leadership he would like to have It.
The Kansas senator has been the as
sistant leader for a number of years
and his friend* feel that his elevation
to the leadership would be a logical
step.
Senator Wadsworth also has a
strong backing, which has l>egun ac
tivities quietly in his behalf. His
power ns a debater and the fact that
the west already has many important
committee chairmanships, are being
put forward by his friends as argu
ntents for his candidacy.
Some leading republican senators
have declared that a settlement of
the question of the two places twill
I>a agreed upon to prevent an open
contest of strength between candi
dates. and efforts are understood to
be under way with this end in view.
CRIPPLE BURNED
IN HOTEL BLAZEI
Scores of roomers at the California
hotel rushed from the hotel in oegll
gee at 1:S0 a. in. Sunday when smoke
was discovered pouring from the
transom of the room of James Clark,
to. a cripple.
Clark, who has no legs was burned
seriously. • He had fallen asleep while
smoking, and the mattress caught Are.
William Sherlock, night clerk, was
burned about the hands while he wss
carrying Clark from his room. Clark
was taken to laird Ulster hospital.
The fire was discovered by M. 3.
Heenan.
The dense smoke from the burning
mattress filled the fourth floor of the
hotel and caused roomers to believe
that the fire was more serious than it
was.
I The Weather
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Twice in 2
Days Blaze
Breaks Out
Combustion in Freight PieK
Starts Conflagration-—Two I
Whan es anti Several !■
Buildings Destroyed.
Damage Is Monumental
By l til\i»r*al Hrniff.
Jersey City. N. J., Nov. 16.—The
second 12,000,000 lire within two days
tor Jersey City broke nut at now
today in merchandise stored on Erie
Pier No. 5, destroyed two wharves,
nearly 11,000,000 worth of freight
and merchandise. 15 lighters and
barges, one loaded freight car, sev
eral buildings on the shore and
Ihreatened destruction to the lag
railway station of the Erie and the
Welis-Eargo Express company. For
several hours all trallic was suspended
on the suburban lines of the Erl#
and on tile Erie ferry boa't* to New
York.
Not I>iwovere«! at Once.
The oilier J2.000.000 fire in Jersey
< 'ily occurred Friday, when several
hundred families were made home
less, 50 persons injured, including 13
firemen and a policeman, and four
square blocks of factories were razed.
The fire today is believed td have
been caused by spontaneous combus
tion in the masses of freight stored
in the big 75 by 500-foot pier of the
Erie railroad. It had been burning
for some time w hen discovered by a
watchman and several alarms were
turned in, bringing fire fighting ap
paratus from Jersey City and Hobo
ken with a fleet of fireboats in addi
tion from New York as well as from
the Erie, the Lehigh Valley, the New
York Central and the Lackawanna
railroads. For three hours the flame*
were fought by dozens of stream*
from land and water sides.
New Tunnel Damaged.
Pier 5. where the fire started, ,u
years gune by, was the Immigration
station for the port of New York.
Pier. No. e adjc.rinz was also de
stroyed. Fourteen barges loaded wttfr
freight Which caught fire from the
pier, were tilled with water and sunk.
Others were towed out into the river
and saved.
The New Jersey terminal ot the
new vehicular tunnel was threatened
when a trestle supporting the over
head conduit caught Are and col
lapsed. The flames were extinguished
and the conduit shored up by the
firemen, without damage to the tun
nth
Two firemen, both of whom were
injured and taken to hospitals dur
ing Friday's fire, were injured aguie
teslay a few- hours after returning tc
duty. One of them may die.
SLAYERS OF MRS.
EVANS MUST DIE
By A*MM>!atr<l Prem.
Mexico City. Nov. IS.—Ale Jo Gar
cia and Francisco Rt::x early today
were sentenced to death for tit# mur
der of Mrs. Rosu’ie Evans the Atner
can-born widow of a British subject,
who was killed last August near her
hacienda in the state of Puebla
The trial of the two men had been
in progress for several days in the
town of Puebla. Th_e verdict was
reached at midnight last night, after
a day spent l>y (Jareia and his coun
sel in an endeavor to establish the
fact that the bullet which caused
the death of Mrs, Evans was fired hy
John Strathous, superintendent of
the Evans hacienda, in a moment .f
nervousness while endeavoring to
•.pel an attack made by bandits on
Mrs. Evans. 1
The Fentence was passed, notwith
standing the protest of Cosmo Eafm*.
itvertly deposed ns attorney general,
"ho charged that the trial "as illegal
beoause of his absence from court.
The execution of the assassins is ex
pected to take place during the pi-es
ent week
Many times during ihe trial Gar
cia insisted on talking at length and
denying his guilt. Counsel foe de
fense insisted that Mis Kvan*'death
uas made hy an expansive bullet,
which could not have been fired from
the rifles -of either of the men on
trial.
5 COLLARS MADE
FOR EVERY MAN
Washington. Nov. Ik—Foe collar*,
.ppioximutely, fo- every man in the
country were made last year, cen
sus bureaus statistics of manufac
turers t'Hiav show lr-.;.t*o.sk; dozen. «>r
lS7.087.?kS to il's collets "ere turned
out by fart one* in ts:s. That includ
isl starched and soft collars made
prtn<'i|«*Uy of cotton fabric* and
there steo were some of i-eUuKMd,
pvratin and iwjs-r Then total \«!u*
«aa UtWitJA;.*,
Alexandria < Ittirrh Purus.
Fetrburv, \oh., Nov id,- Vile
Mi 111-dist chinch i f ,\
la nub's northwest o. up. "s.s
burned to the ground si a tkiimtny
mopping
The budding was valued n ,.pptx \t
mately is.cnu .,nd Insured fvi;
tl.iOO It bad i e, ,%i> | eon rvi’.ud
elod. The i.iigu. of the fin- » UP
known. Kr\. Mi. gtMingU. Wtrjfteity
of Wesleian univerittt). is tin pas
tor.
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