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™—.1 The Omaha Morning Bee P=;:~| - I « _big thing*.—Lever Standard. f | CITY EDITION I V0L 5S^NQ. 'i80. OMAHA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1925, ♦ TWO CENTS1" ri'.yj'.Y. < — ' Cl GE KLffi FORCED BOY TO WED War Finance Body Passes Old Records $13,000,000 Loaned Nebraska Farmers by Corporation and Only $300 Not Returned. Organization Disbands A total of 313,000,000 loaned to farmers and ranchers of Nebraska and only $300 in losses, of 46,000 loans made not a case of forclusure of a chattel mortgage or a plaintiff in any court action. That is the record of the Nebraska agency of the War Finance corpora tion, of which John X. Flannlgan of Stuart, Neb., is executive secretary and manager. The corporation was ordered closed January 1, 1925. Under the amend ment to the war finance act, each of the war finance agencies must liquidate its assets and wind up busi ness on that date. Started in 1921. The Nebraska agricultural loan agency of the War Finance corpora >lon started business November 9, 1921. In 13 weeks, the agency loaned M 3,00,000 to Nebraska farmers. Then the call for loans ceased. On Jan Alary 1 the agency had but $59,000 outstanding. Flannigan says this money will be collected within six months. He said that expenses In curred In handling the business will not exceed one-eighth of 1 per cent annually. Members of the committee at the time the Nebraska agricultural agency of the War Finance _ cor poration was loaning money were Fred W. Thomas, Robert P. Mors men, Bert A. Wilcox, vice presidents in Omaha banks, and Carl Fell, Lin coln. The money was loaned on security that consisted of wheat in the bins and livestock on the grass and In feed lots. Nebraska’s Record Best. Nebraska, Flannlgan said, had the only agency to show this kind of a record, He weg lent a letter of con gratulations by Eugene Myers, ,Jr. head of the War Finance corporation. “During our loaning of money we held the notes of 46,000 farmers and ranchers,” Flannigan sald._“The rec to ds show that the Nebraska farmer and rancher is honest and trust worthy. It is true in 1921 and 1922, with demoralized prices on grains,and livestock, conditions In Nebraska were serious. But, give a farmer time and he will c-onie out of Ilia depression in good shape. Bank Conditions Good. Flannigan said many notes that looked like losses in .1922 have been paid off. Banking conditions in the state are improving, Flannlgan said. City I tanks are loaded with money and large re serves are being piled up at the Fed eral Reserve bank. The country banks, he said, are looking for good commercial paper to invest their idle money. On January 5, In Washington, Eu gene Myers gave the United States treasury a check for $499,000,000, to retire stock in the War Ffhancg cor poration. This leaves but $1,000,000 outstanding. He said that the gradu al repayment of loans will be suf ficient to take care of the remainder. MAGISTRATE QUITS AT GRAND ISLAND Granfl, Island, Neb., Jan. 9.—Police Judge William P. Mullen, anted, a week ago In a citizens’ petition, to re sign, because of alleged misconduct, following an accident In which be and a young woman companion figured, acceded to the request Thursday and relinquished his post, thus settling the controversy. The car In which Judge Mullen and his companiop were said to have been riding In the early houra of the morn ing, was stitrck by a freight train, 1 h« machine and occupanta being hurled 40 feet, without serious injury to the pair, although the automobile was wrecked. Paul N. Kirk, youn„ attorney, was appointed by Mayor Kllsbury to suc ceed Mullen. Manufacturer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Hatfield Is head of the old-es tablished bottling establishment of Hatfield & Bell, Brooklyn. He Is president of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, a national or ganization, and came to Omaha to address the Nebraska Sofia Water Manufacturers, now In convention. ii. f'hesterman of Sioux City, la., vice president of the national organ Izatlon, Is also here. "There has been a large Increase In consumption of carbonated drinks In this country,” said Mr. Ilatfleld. “This Is not doe to prohibition, but to the Increased appreciation by the public of the food and health ialoe* of these beverages." Mr. Tfatfleld U prominent In politics •f Greater New York. Bullet Hits Man on Forehead; Stops K1 Centro, Cal., Jan. 9.-)-lthani Singh, Hindu rancher of Holtville, near here, was nursing a bruise on his head today as the result of a shooting affray in which a masked highwayman, frustrated in an at tempt to hold up Singh and live other men, fired u bullet that struck Singli squarely on the forehead and stunned him for a moment. Opin ion was divided as to whether it was Singh's thick skull or a defec tive cartridge that saved his life. Objection Raised to Confirmation of Stone to Bench Colorado Man Lays Record of Court Before Committee iu Case Where Nominee Appeared for Morgan. Washington, Jan. 9.—Unexpected opposition to the confirmation of At torney General Stone to be an asso ciate justice of the United States su preme court arose today with a re sult that a senate judiciary subcom mittee deferred action pending ex amination of court records laid before It by James A. Ownbey of Boulder, Colo. These records deal with a. suit brought against Ownbey by the execu tors of the estute of the late J. Pler pont Morgan, for wholn Stone ap peared as counsel before the supreme court. Ownbey lost the action, which came up from the Delaware state courts. Receiver Appointed. Ownbey was part owner and gen eral manager for the Wooten i-and and Fuel company, engaged in coal mining and other activities in Colo' rado and New Mexico, and, according to the court records, the executors of the Morgan estate, J. P. Morgan, Wil liam P. Hamilton and Herbert 1., Saterlee, brought action in the fed eral court in Colorado In 1915 asking fc'r a receiver and an accoutring tf.t the basis of a claim that Ownbey ow-ed the estate $200,000 which had been advanced by J. Pierpont Mor gan. The receiver was appointed and Ownbey alleged in his bill that while a master waa taking testimony for the receiver, the executors brought an action In the state courts of Dela ware. A special bond of $200,000 was required of him under the statute, and when he was unable to furnish it, the superior court refused to per mit him to' defend the action and forthwith entered judgment for $200,187.57 against him. Ownbey alleged that his stock, which he claimed had been seized, was worth $400,000, but that Its value bad been destroyed by the receiver ship and that, since this constituted bis entire fortune, he was unable to obtain the bond required by the court, although he sought to get it in Washington, New York, Chicago, Denver and Boulder. Report Delayed. After judgment was entered, an ap peal was taken to' the Delaware court of appeals which upheld the lower court. The case then went to the t'nlted States supreme court, which, in a divided opinion, held that, the Delaware law requiring the special tmnd was not In conflict with the con stitution. Associate Justice Pitney delivered tlie opinion for the court lu 1920 and Chief Justice White and As sociate Justice Clarke disarmed. Ownbey was heard by the subcom mittee behind clo'setl doors. Immedi ately afterward Chairman Sterling la gan a study of the record presented, but he said he did not think the sub committee could report the lamina tion to the entire committee at t>ie regular meeting next Monday as had been the program. STERLING CLIMBS TO NEW HIGH LEVEL New York. .Tan. 9. Vigorous buy Ing of sterling exchange In antlclpa tlon of the currency’* eventual return to par, coupled with the conversion of British capital which has been held In thl* country, today carried the rate to a new high level above $4.79. Active operations In the exchange were con ducted In Paris and London as well as In the local market, resulting In s net advance for the day of about a eent. Denver Awarded 1926 Rotary Cluh Convention Denver, Colo., Jan 9.—Denver to day was awarded the 1926 convention of the International Kotary clubs. Hoy O. Sampson, secretary of the local club, announced today.* Tentative dales for the convention have been fixed as June 16-19, Samp son said. The convention ta expected to at tract between 10,no* and 11,000 dele gates and visitors. Falla City Sohool Cirl Dies of Scarlet Fever Falls City, Jan. 9. -Scarlet fever claimed Its first victim of the year ht»r# with the death of \ era Margaret Waller, 14, freshman at the high school. A thorough examination by School Phyalclan Cl. W. Reneker dis closed that there wete no more such case* tn the school, thus all*} lug fern s at parent* Teacher Is Blamed in Boy’s Death Jest of Instructor Said by Par ent to Have Led Dana Coolidge. Jr., to End Life. Lad Wrote Note to Aunt Blume for the suicide of lii.s son, Dana, 20, is laid to n former teach er in Minneapolis High school, by the father, 1). II. Coolidge, who ar rived in Omaha Friday; 12 hours after his son died in Lord Lister hos pital from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The boy shot himself twice fti the left breast Wednesday night and was found wandering the streets by a policeman. He told Fred Christian son. 9tl8 1-2 North Sixteenth street he had shot himself over a girl and mentioned Margaret Forrest, daugh ter of a Minnesota tanker, with whom he had attended school. He also told Christianson of a quarrel which Christianson under stood to have been with the Forrest girl. Fattier Blames Teacher. The boy's father, however, declared ids dead son had been only a school mate of the girl and that the quarrel had been with the teacher who, it Is rumored told him the only way out of his difficulty was to "commit suicide.” It was the opinion of Mr. and Mrs. James • Robertson, Minneapolis, aunt and uncle of the dead boy, with whom he stayed while attending school, that the teacher was largely responsible. "Dana was such an impressionable boy,-s'» sensitive, and he probably let her suggestion prey upon his mind. Tears sprang to the father’s eyes when Christianson, in telling what the boy had told him when he met him after he was shot, pressed the dead boy's purs* into the father's hand and told how his son had re quested that he personally "give this to Had.'' Thought Father Head. It developed also that the dead boy whs laboring under the hallucination that his father was dead in Madison, Wla. Chriatlanaon displayed a clipping from an Omaha newspaper detailing the suicide of F. X. Bernard and shooting of a romance language teacher at the University of Wis consin. “The fact that his brother and sis ter attend a university probably dls torted in his mind until he imagined I was involved,'' declared the father. Mrs. Robertson, his aunt, declares the boy left Minneapolis Wednesday after having written her a letter say ing he was "going west.” "The letter was written in such a disconnected fashion that I lmmed lately saw he Was not right when he wrote it,” she said. "But we were helpless. We hadn't the slightest Idea where he had gone." Discarded Drip Found. The body will be, shipped to Min neapolis tonight for burial. Police found the boy's discarded grip, con taining a clean shirt and letter at the switch shack at Thirteenth and Grace streets, where he was found by a trackwalker. A Bible, which the boy hail in his clothing when taken to the hospital, v,as returned to the father, anil again he nearly broke down and wept. Hr. R. G. Drake, dentist in ihe Bankers’ Reserve building, sceoin panled the relatives in retracing the steps taken by the juuth while in Omaha, FRENCH AVIATOR IN NEW RECORDS Ktninpe*. France, Jnn. 9.—Sergeant Major liMi'ampu, the French aviator, today established what are claimed to be new world records for flights of 100 and 200 kilometers, with a load of 500 kilograms (1,102.31 pounds), over a Sflkllometer course. Ite mad* the 100 kilometer flight at an average speed of 205.42 kilometers lellghtly more than I2S miles) per hour, and the 200 kilometer flight, at s speed of 202.133 kilometers isllghtly more than 125 mites) per hour. Cozail Vfrrclianl lit Make Adilres* at Nrw Orleans Coward, ,!*n. 9. Krbl W. Ander aen, ihe big merchant In * nmnll town, left here for a trip to New Orlean*. where be I* to Npmik next Monday before the A**oclatlmi nf Commerce of the southern stnte*. Tie will ffpend notue time looking over the oil field* of the *ntith on thl* trip, nml will make n. shuly nf the farm method* of Alabama Anri Ml* *l**lppl Tieturning he will deliver nn A<lilre** At Tsoul*vllle, Ky., and add re** the chaml*r of Commergp at Ht, Joaaph, Mo. Winter Wheal I’mspeds Showing Improvement Colombo*. .Inn. 9.— Below rero tern pergturea nightly accompanied bv grAriuul thaw* in the daytime are holding down ah overflow of m« datum th/it would prove dlauatroua In riyr» bottom* Humid It continue night and day. Winter wheat prn*pect* ere allowing marked Improvement. Or chard owner*, In view of the Heady cold predict a record year for fruit becauac of the laaaened rinngor* at ^tandant on a lata apring. j Bride nlhs Attempts to End T ^ date Threatens Divorce --——— Hup. .erstands life's Actions and Goes Bark to \Jr>’Home—Couple Reunited After Neigh- . hor Rescues Girl From Suicide. Threatened divorce proceedings of N'els Thirshlund, J049 South Twen ty-third street, against his wife, Chrlsttina, are off. The little family which started so blithely less than a year ago is hap py again In the little home which Nels has been furnishing. Mrs. Thirshlund. when she recov ers from the effects of Illuminating gas, inhaled in the kitchen of her home last night, will be singing about tiie place once again and N’els will be hurrying home from work as in the early weeks of his married life. Hoth have made declarations ti» this effect. "Complained Too Milch.” Tlia Thlrshlunds were living ns happily as’ever did the prince of a fairy tale until a sort time before Christmas. Then Mrs. Thirshlund learned a secret. She knew her hus band should share the secret with her, but how to tell him she did not know. So she worried, and witli her wor ries came fits of poor temper. N’els objected and that made matters worse. Then, early' this week, Nels re fused to be bothered with com plaints any longer. He left and re turned to the home of his mother. For three days he refused to com municate with his wife and for three days his w ife worried and fretted until she was nearly ill. Friday morning came word from her husband. He intended to sue for divorce. He and Chrlntina were not meant for each other and nt was best that they part at once. Mrs. Johanna Herlan, 1040 South Twenty-third street, a neighbor of the Thlrshlund family, had become interested in the affairs of the couple. '■She often came to the house to advise and console Mrs. Thlrshlund. It was into her Cars that Mrs. Thlrshlund ]K>ured the news of the impending divorce sc. tlon and tlie so ret which had come between her husband and herself. Hater in the day Mrs. Herlan went to see Mrs. Thlrshlund. An odor of gas greeted her as she opened the front door. Tries to Kill Self. In the kitchen, lying on the floor, was Mrs. Thlrshlund, unconscious, every burner of the gas stove turn ed on full. Xels Thlrshlund was sent for at once and efforts to resuscitate Mrs. Thlrshlund were begun. >the was revived and Mrs. Her lait told Xels the cause for all the marital trouble. Xrels began to smile. "Divorce? Not now there will be too many lo take care of,” he de clared. Mrs. Thlrshlund will recover, at tending physicians declared. Jury Awards Youth $1 Damages in Suit Deliberate 21 Hours Before Reaching Verdict in Case Against Neighbor. Special Dispatch to Tha Omaha Baa. Tecumseh, Neb., Jan. 8.—After be Ing out for just 2t hours, 'the jury In the $10,000 damage case of Melvin Hegelbach, by hla father, Louts Hegelbaok, against Martin Anholz. for alleged injuries, returned with a ver dict of $1 and cohts for the platntftf, in the Johnson county district court at h this evening. The liegelbach and Anholz families were neighbors on farm* southeast of Tecumseh in August, 1923, and Anholz caught young liegelbach stealing In hl« house, the boy ad ndttlng the theft. Anholz gave Hegel bach a severe beating, the claim be ing that young liegelbach had suf fered permanent Injuries at Anholz hands. The case was before Judge John B. Kai>er and required three days of tha session. WAGES REDUCED IN COTTON MILLS New- Bedford, Mass., Jan. 9.—The New Bedford, cotton manufacturers association at a meeting this after noon voted to reduce wages In tha cotton mills 10 per cent, the cut to become effective January 19. The reduction will affect spproxl mately 40,00(1 operatives in this ritv alone. Following the announcement of the [lending out, a union official stated the various labor organizations will call meetings of their member* within the next few day* to vote upon the question. Hast union will report the result of Its meeting to the textile council, the governing body of the labor organization, which In torn will report the final outcome to the cotton manufacturers' association. The mills are now operating on a scale that Is 80 per cent normal. This Is said to tie too per cent better than the scale on which they were oper ating last May. ESTELLA TAYLOR GRANTED DIVORCE f-’hlladslphls, .Tan, 9—A decree of divorce was granted by common pleas court tods' to Ida F.stplln Taylor Pen cock, moving picture actress, whose reported engagement to Jack I temp sev, lug" yw eight champion, has rcv ernl times been denied. The grounds for divorce were cruel and barbarous treatment. The stilt wns started Sep tember T9, laat. Bitterness Crops Out in Prussian Diet Meet Rerlln. Jan. ft The bittern*** ntil mating t Jet-man political parties ovfi 111# cabinet impa*** found eloquent expression till* afternoon In tin* Pi ii**Inn diet w Jim iho tb t itinn nationalists, national socialist* and ill but alt people'* pm tv depot ie* left the chamber a* the Aorta Mel premier, Otto Hrnun, took the floor to read the declaration of the Prim *lnri government protecting against the non evacuation of the t'ologne xon* by the allied force*. Thla unprecedented action bv par ♦ lea otherwise violently opposing tin allies' action I* explained on the ground thnt thex da not recognls* Hraun as premier. Ill* premiership In their opinion- expired with the election of the ntxx tllet The din council of «dder*. foreseeing ntnh « acene and wishing to prevent \ *p«. tH.de of dtaunlon In the xltnl «i»ie* tlon,of foreign relation* had urgent ly advised Htn Braun not lo •peak Grain Embargo in Ohio Is Expec ted More Than II Million Buehels Accumulate in Baltimore Port Elevators; No Space. Baltimore, Jan. 9.—Accumulation o£ more than 11,000,000 bushels of grain in the port elevators of Balti more today resulted in the declaration of an embargd by the Pennsylvina railroad against shipments for about a month. It war. expected. A similar embargo was declared by the Western Maryland railroad *ev '■lal days ago when Its storage space was exhausted by shipments from the west. Space h\ha listed Soon. Only the recently completed elf \ator of the Baltimore & Ohio tall road Is offering storage space to shir kers from the Interior. This space will be exhausted within a few days and necessitate an embargo if the in flux of grain continues as It has fur the last few weeks, officials of the railroads predict. Truffle officials explain this eondi tlon, which has resulted In the great est accumulation of grain In the his torv of the port td tie caused by a decline In the export market this year. The value of the grain In the elevators is estimated to be more than $20,000,000. Relief Anticipated. Grain exporters expect the situation to |« relieved during the latter part of tlie month or nctx month when Kranre, Belgium and Germany, hav ing exhausted domestic grain, will lie In the market for the American sup ply. In the meantime the Pennsylvania and the Western Maryland railroads are accepting shipments by ]« rmi» only. This has been necessitated, ac cording to .1. \V. Allison, freight traffic manager of the WwMerVi NJary land to prevent promiscurous ship ping In the west. SALESMAN HELD FOR JURY PROBE T,na Angeles. Jan. P The countv grand Jury today Indicted William P. Campbell. automobile salesman, on a charge of communicating with John J. Apffcl a Juror sitting In the recent trial of Kid McCoy, ex pugilist, who was convicted of manslaughter In connection with the hilling of Mrs Theresa \V, More. A warrant was Issued for Camp bell The lurlli-iment followed a week of lot csr Igatlon of alleged Jury tampering by the eotinty Judge. Work mi Federal Reserve Hank in Denver Halted Dfiner, Oolo., .Ian. 9 «'on Mr tic tiun on iIih Denver FtMlern! Keaorve lmnk branch building wiu abruptly halted on receipt of telegraphic com tnuuim t Ion from ie«*f*r\* hrada a* KrtiWHH t'Uy today. The dlapufche* directed <’ S I.amble, bead of the company In 'charge of obniit ruction of the building, to Mop xvork nt police. \o rcamui w in given for the order. Shenandoah Water Snpplx l <»w Hut of t.ooil Otutlilv Shenandoah, I.t., .Inn. ?i L*r. J. l’\ U'lihh. health ph.velclan, after In veetlR.itliiK the "atrlkim; nil rumor*” tcR.'irdlnc the city water, report* there |a nothing harmful In the water It la aald to lw< ii natural condition when the water supply la low Heal dent* o f i he Hty have been coin plaining of the taMe of th£ water Sltilc 11(11111* (IhKc* Slolrn. VorK .Ian !» Six pure toed Mol Main oaMc« were afolen from the Mat* 'MModtal home In York Tue«da> eve itlng Four of tht calvti are black Federal Men TakeLead in Road Probe Investigation of Alleged Irreg ularities Started by Them and Not by Bryan. Vi ho Seeks Political Glory. Governor Takes Action By WILL M. MA1T1N, St«ff < 'orrespondtllt The Omaha Bss. Uncoil*. Jan. 9.—Nothing could more celurly show the difference be tween tlie incoming and outgoing governors than the messages of the two delivered yesterday. Governor McMullen made no promises impos sible of fulfillment; the retiring gov ernor sought up to the last to make it appear that he and he alone stood between the people and the rapacity of the taxeaters. Governor Bryan’s attempt to glorify himself by making it appear that lie had discovered gross ir regularities In the road fund nnS called the attention of the attorney general thereto, will fall flat when the circumstances are known. In the first place lie made no investi gation of charges of irregularities; that investigation was started by the federal authorities and prosecuted by them. Bryan would have it inferred that after lie had discovered gross ir regularities and called the attention! of the attorney general thereto, tut i attorney general had been dilatory. The facts are/that Bryan did not call Attorney General Spillman's at tention to the matter until Saturday, January 3, at which time he ga\e the attorney general the results of the federal Investigation, together with some reports the governor (saw- fit to make. Spillman Sworn to Secrecy. Tills was all (riven to Attorney Genera/ Spillman In strict con fidence. that he might go through the report and prepare a case to be filed in'the district court of Lan caster county before the i*rtie« charged could take to cover and make it more difficult for the stato til recoier in case of guilt. And at the very moment Bryan was counseling the attorney general to secrecy in the Interest of the state and of justice. Bryan was pre paring to spring It in his message an«l thus win great credit to himself as the watchdog at the portals. Attorney General Spillman received, a co'uple of letters, copies of other letters and copies of some reports, all bearing on the Brvan charges. Ho received them lust Saniida. , and was told that the whole thing was lo be confidential and nothing revealed tin til he could ghe them thorough i analysis. "No one tu> more surprised tham tit; self when Bryan referred to the matter in his message. I haw notj had a minute's time since receiving the papers to study them. This 'Mil l>e apparent to those who lietr in mind the fact lhat f too have been bust with matters pertaining to the change In admlntstraiion. K'en it' I ghe it my undhtded attention it is hardly likely T would hate been able to analyze the whole thing and pre pare u case liteide of four days. 1 (Turn to I'm- Two, Column One.I SIMMONS AGAIN ISSUED REPRIEVE; *|H»« l»l •» to TU* Omul h Bo*. Lin« ->ln, ,i:m. • -tiovertnu Vb .Mill left * first official act vv*hh to innuc n reprieve to Frank Simmon-, who ha been reprieved »#\*ral time*. The rr prlevea have been teaued evety o'» <iny* in order u she the supreme court of the Foiled State* time t" reach and review hia appeal. The reception room* of the* (rover nor have l*een thronged all day 1" friend* and well w letter* calling to pay their respect*. Private Se, retar> Meeker spent o goodly portion of hb time approving official bond* ami go ing through dther routine wor’%. l^ester Dunn, formerly deputy com peneation commissioner under Score fary Kenned |* a.-*i*ting hi* former rhlef in checking up and getting r«*%d ' to take possession When Hry an asked all the deputies of the code secretaries to renmtn for a time. Dunn consented When Kryan made what Dunn called an unwarranted attack upon Kennedy * character and reconi <»* secretary, Dunn immediately re signed, a* did the clerk* and *ten of r* pliers in (he department. So fat rr* known now Mr. Dunn* **rv!c*> will he only ternporarv. Dwiti'r* Notified ^ ork Uiuim* l« tn«afr York. .1,'tt. ^ -The t'unipbeli estate, inner* of A«*1 k opera house. have **H*n notified hy state and city mu Ihurltle* that the building must he traced or l»e i lhsed to putdir use Thr Fluor has sunk several inch** in ida-es and additional brace* for the poof nr* needed. The owners reside *t 'aidwell. Idaho, Inti Coyote* Killed. Float rice. .Tan '* Two coyote* sore killed in the cirri* hunt held near Hills in which several hundred rami era p:i rtlcljm’ed. V third wdf aped through the lines in the 'oundop. Another drive will l** staged n the same vhlultv m M Mondtti mx i mntf* were sighted In tha* neighborhood the het dn> s ‘*rm»r. j 1 Mail Pilot Shoots Antelope; Cost Him $155 By I'lilfenutl Sen lc#. Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 9.—Punting antelope In a government mall plane proved an expensive past time for George Pomeroy, postal pilot, according to the state game warden's office here today. Pomeroy was fined $155 when Investigations disclosed that the aviator while making a regular mail flight from Omaha to Chey enne, descended and shot one of a herd of antelope, which he sighted from the air. The pilot crammed the antelope Into his plane and resumed his flight. England, America Slowly Agreeing on Reparations British Chancellor Eager to Economize; L . S. ^*ar Dam age Claims May Be Whittled Down. Bv AanoclatM Fre»». Paris, Jan. '.*■—Great Britain and the I nited States are getting together slowly "but normally’' on the Amer ican reparation claims which are to finally come before the conference of allied finance ministers in session here. At the end of today's informal dis cussions and conferences it was ap parent that the representatives of both English speaking countries were trying to drive a hard bargain. Wins ton Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, wishes to economize and the American estimate of war damage claims, tentatively fixed at $350,1*00.000, Is likely to be whittled down before the Anglo-Saxons finally reach the expected accord. Ambassadors Hold Ground. American AmlAtsadors Herrick and Kellogg, with James A. Logan, Jr., Cnited States representative with the reparation commission, are standing their ground, but the negotiations, for the time being, are up to the re spective governments of England and America. The continental delegations are watching the deadlock between the two principal countries with ill-sup pressed chuckles. Belgium's assent to the reduction of its Spa allotment of reparations from eight to five and one half, and perhaps S per cent. If •necessary, ap pears to have been the only forward step made today. <'ompiete accord also ha- not been reached on the Belgian position, as the latter con tend- it still has about 250.000,000 gold francs due it on it's priority claims. Belgium Situation Prominent. The British aver that Belgium has j already received f,50*1.000.000 fran< in reparation- and tlwgt 3 per cent of its priority if aliandoned by that coun’ry. should J»e subtracted from its re.-eipts beginning immediately Experts will go over a mass of fig ure- and report to the delegatee be fore Monday ju»l exactly what Bel gium actually has received. * The American war damage claims settlement however, remains the most important matter bfore the conference. Three full days bax'e elapsed since the conference con\en cii a* 'r- day:-, .-wept ftir two very brief plenary sessions, have I>een al in.At entirely occupied by unofficial and p-ivate conversations l»etween tile mendtei* «>f the American ind British delegations in an effort to readt a compromise. OMNIBUS PENSION 'BILL TO SENATE Washington, .Ian. !> —An omnll>nsj pension hill increasing the pension j roll* by Jl4l ?;0 a yea1, "as passed today l>v the houae and sent to the senate. About 800 widows, dependent rht’. dren and civil war veterans, prev iously denied |V nslona. are beneficiar tes of the legislation Increases In pension of flf, $1' snd 8*0 a month are allowed In in dividual ease* lit ion Pacific Harvesting lee on l.akc (.olli cnlnirg Oottrnburg. Jan. 6 A crew of 6^ mm iff har* rating Ur on Tgtke Ootb rnburg. Ons hundred jind fort} five oar* have been shipped to date b\ tbr Union Pacific railroad for ator agff Tbr loo Iff about 16 lnchfv ’hick and of exceptional qualit> t an 1 all ler houarff ah* bring filled. Table Tvock. .Ian. — People In thl.« ffrrtlon of tbr stats who put op tbr v own hr supply during thr winter r* port thr harvfit bet^r thia year than for mftvty ysnr*. Thr lor tungr* in thlcknea* from If to 16 incher which iff unusual for thV» part of th« country* ^ The Weather I S/ t ?4 timiffA •r.Aina T w r*> lintuo 9 »*\ * l'r« lit Ian. tnrhsr *nd htinAmSihs Tfftffi tun.# .!**•»» v- 1 • 4 .1c?i 9 If •4m*rt« l>miiera|prf» 9 m 'I \ ,s j: I As 1 '4 f • »M * I t>(l 111 f * • a m, . .16 4 v m 4 a O' It * ff »•' ' •' a *w 5 4 n. m ' 1 l a iff » r rw 4. 12 nova *’ Dragon Held as Kidnaper of Youth, 19 Colorado Governor-Elect Giver Bond for Leader in Court of Judge Ben B. Lindsey. Police Witness Ceremony 0 Denver, Jan. 9.—Dr. John Oalen Locke, grand dragon of the Colorado realm of the Ku Klux Klan, will face Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Denver* nationally known juvenile judge Sat urday morning, to pelad to charges of conspiracy and kidnaping in con nection with an alleged forced mar riage in his offire last Tuesday night The dragon was arreste dtoday on a complaint eworn to by Keith Boehm. 19-year-old Denver Hlg* school student, who alelges that he was forcibly removed from a down tewn hotel, the home of his parents, ttiken to Locke's office and th^Vc compelled to go through a marriage ceremony with Miss Mae Nash. Other Warrants Issued. Lck kc wag released shortly after his arrest, on bond of Sl.QOO. fur nished by Clarence J. Motley, gover nor-elect of Colorado, who had the endorsement of the klan in hlg race for the governorship last fall. Several other persons, who partici pated in the alleged abduction. In cluding several whose 'satnes are not known, are being sought on warrants issued by Judge Lindsey today, fol lowing the lodging of the charges in his court by District Attorney Van else. Lo-ke has retained Ben Laska. leading Jewish attorney here as counsel. Tlie trial will Tiring together an interesting combination of opopsing forces. Judge Lindsey was recently re-elected to the bench seat which has been his for S3 years only after the hardest fight in hie political ca reer and waa returned to office by the scant margin of less than loo votes. Locke Denies Coercion. In his campaign he openly assailed the klan and several times, speaking oVi behalf of a "visible government' ticket, was hissed and booed by audi encee. In a statement Issued before charges had been pressed against him. Dr. Locke said that the niat> riage ceremony had been performed In his office late Tuesday night, but denied that any coercion had bee: used. The reretnony was performed U: the presence of several witnesses, in cluding two member* of the police tint squad and \Y. S. latil, city recorder, who waa called in td as sure Dr. Ixx'ke that the license, is sued more than a year ago, was lsjnafide and still valid. MORE ATTENDING COLLEGE YEARLY Bj l nl versa) Service. Chicago. Jan. 9—College enrol unenl has increased in the United States from four to six and one-halt times as fast ?_* the jvopulation. J. B Johnson of the Unriersit'- of Mlnne ■ota iloih:-eil today at a meeting of the Association of American Colleges "Many of the students however, fail to maintain a satisfactory stand ing." Johnson said, "and this eon stitutes an appalling waste of time and money Dr. Frederick P. Keppel. president of the Carnegie corporation voiced » Idea for inclusion of the arts in the curricula of American colleges "The arts are knocking at th» col lege gate for a pla.-e lir the eurriou lum." said Dr. Keppel. "Thev should hav e it—but don't prescribe them as It will raise up a generation of young people to loathe, not to love them." — Summary of the Day in Washington The house shipping board commit tee resumed hearings. Muscle Shoa.s continued the vehicle of senate debate Secretary Weeks expressed epposi lion to creation of a department of aeronautics. The house passed the War depart ment appropriation Nil. .carrying $ “St ,000 ooo The house began coiistderation of the McKadrten bill to amend the us lional banking lairs. The railroad vice i*'lnt on consult dat on wn» preaenled to the- senate interstate commerce committee It was announced that President rVtoildge is unaltemhly opp'eed to gun elevation on America a capital ships. t'ersister.l report* were rlrcttla lesl that i.*te .lust ' ll-'lmes > or template* retirement front the su prefer Itnit! Action pit the nomination of Attor ney tlcneral Stone for the supreme lourt y\s* held up by a senate ju die ary sabytntmlttfe, Mr lint* t» i -i : i s senate committee considering the framton stil fo oo,-e\<ttstiv-i of prohthPKo enforcement.
