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I CITY EDITION VOl754—NO 190. OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925. * TWO CENTS1" 0rT*.hc*n"l mMwh«?Jutf*' >- -'
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Row Looms
OverChange!
in Vote Law!
Opponents of Proposal to I
Eliminate Oral \ tiling in
Douglas Count) Gather
in Lincoln.
Chambers Sponsors Bill
By P. V. POWELL,
C'orreh|»ontlt*nt of Tit** Omtiha H**e.
J.lncoln, Jan. 23.—Rumblings of a
lively row in the Dougins county
delegation were heard today following
a brief visit in legislative halls 1>>
Robert Smith, clerk of the Douglas
county district court and political
lieutenant of Senator K. R. Howell.
Smith's visit was preliminary to wag
ing a lively fight against the Cham
bers bill in the senate which woqld
eliminate the "word of mouth" provi
sion in election laws which pertains
to Douglas county exclusively.
' I ruler the present statutes voters
of iioiiglus county, unable to rend or
write, must state v rbally to an elec
tion official for whom they desire to
vole and flic official in the election
poll will mark the ballot accordingly.
In oilier counties voters may go to
the polls wilh a list of their selections
end present such list to election of
ficials with instructions ihal an X be
placed after the names of their
fa vorites.
Those behind the Chambers bill say
the present statute Is an insult to
the intelligence and honesty of Doug
las county electors. Members aligned
with Smith assert the special provi |
rion pertaining to Douglas county j
was Inserted in the election laws for
the purpose of eliminating "gang 'I
voting and repeal of the special prod-1
•ion will he fatal to "anti-gang*' can !
didates. First debate on the bill wall j
he held when it comes up in the
committee on privileges and elections
in the senate.
_ Rankers Active.
Threatened passage of the Me Fad
den hill in the national congress is
precipitating national hankers of Ne
braska Into state legislation fur the
'first time in history, according to
Senator Clarence Bliss of Buffalo,
chairman of the hanking committee.
The McFadden bill aims to make na
tional bankers amenable to state
hanking laws, according to Senator
Bliss.
"As a i'“*ult national hankers are
coming to Lincoln and laking an
active, aggressire interest In the
hanking laws of Nebraska,” Senator
Bliss said.
The house Judiciary committee
killed the anti capital punishment bill
without a record vote. Consideration
of this measure has occupied the
time of this committee to date.
Iu4.be lower house a bill by Reece j
of Cherry county, which seeks to
make life miserable for Hie illicit fur
trapper, was advanced to third rend I
log. Revenue derived from trapping
amounts to approximately $1,000,000
per annum, according to Reece.
Finance Body on Tour,
The law- place." a fine of from *1
to $500 on persons who trap or hunt
fur-bearing animals without permis
sion from the landowner. A trespass
ing law now In effect with a penalty
attached amounting to $10 is entirely
inadequate, Reece told members of
tbs lower house.
Another bill advanced to third read
ing in the house dispenses with the
"by petition” method of Issuing
school bonds in cities with a popuia
tion less than 25,000. The same bill
further calls for a majority of (JO 2 3
iTiirn to Pm* Two. Column Two }
We Have
With Us
Today
Hr. H. C. Swearingen,
Fit. Paul, Minn.,
Chairman of the fienrinl
Council of Prewbylerian
Church of
I’nited State*.
Dr. Swearingen 1* here to attend
the meeting of the Omaha Presby
tery whose jurisdiction extends to
Columbus and Falls City. He will be
the speaker at a dinner In First Pres
byterian church Thursday night at
It 30. Ai chairman of the committee of
the general council of the Presby
terian church of this country, he holds
s posttion of considerable responsl
bility. Thi* general council Is the
directive force of the policies of the
‘church.
The Mlnnestoa divine Is pastor nr
the House of Hope at St. Paul and Is
n speaker wilh a convincing styb of
•listbin and delivery.
Phillip II. Kolil. %
Former Treasurer of Hie
I.ion Itoinllnii Company ,
Wayne, Neb.
^ Mr. Kohl, former state senator
from Wayne, Nob., speakei of tbc
house and treasurer of the Non
Bonding company, was a visitor in
Omaha Wednesday.
The former senator Is now head
f4 a Colorado land company and
visited many of his former friends
while "n route to Cheyenne, Wyo
Many Omahane have purebused
land from Kohl »lnc# he became head
of a new iand company at Denver
Cohv
DEFENSE RESTS
IN FORBES CASE
By .\*iM)4-hiteil Pre*s.
Chicago, Jan. 21.—The defense rest
ed today in the veterans’ bureau con
piracy trial without having called
Charles R. Forbes, former director
of the veterans* bureau, or J. W.
Thompson, codefendant, to the stand.
The sudden termination of the de
fense case, was a surprise to the pros
ecution, as it had been indicated that
both defendants would take the
sta nd.
The trial now is in its ninth week
and 4J witnesses were railed by the
defense.
Youmr Soldier
Who Stole for
Baby to Trial
Fatlirr-in-Law Puts I p Bondi
for Sergeant; ^ ife Wlv>se
Infant Pied Stands
I»y Him.
- * I
"Were going out and start over
again and I'm going straight this
time." declared Sergeant .1 nines A.
Reeves. 24. ns he and his wife left
the federal building Wednesday
morning.
Reeves had just been released by
T'nited States Commissioner Nelson
on bond of $1,500 given by Ills father
inlaw, William A. Lewis, farmer, liv
ing 20 miles east of Council Bluffs.
The young man Is charged with
forging government pension checks,
lie spent last night in the county
jail.
Wife Is Loyal.
In a statement to Secret Service
Agent Dave Dickinson, he said he
cashed five checks for $50 each to
pay mounting expenses while his wife
was in a hospital and through the
birth and death of their baby.
"Certainly I wiil stand by him for
I know brighter days are ahead. We
have had misfortunes, but everything
Is going to be all right," said Mrs.
Reeves, petite and modtshly dressed
in furs, ehie hat and Mack satin slip
tiers. She is employed In the North
western -Mutual Life insurance of
fice, Council Bluffs.
They entered an automobile with
their attorney and were taken to
Council Bluffs where their home is
at 51S North Eighth street.
Position Awaits Him.
"Sergeant Reeves' position is wait
ing for him and his pay is going
light on," said Capt. M. Weinberg
in charge of the surgeon's offer,
quartermaster’s department of the
army, Twenty second and Hickory
street. Until a man is eonvicted of
a charge, the army considers him in
nocent. Sergeant Reeves' record has
been good during his four years in
the army. Lie just had some hard
luck."
The young wife was waiting in the
t'nited States ^Marshal's office when
the sergeant was brought in Wed
nesday morning. She threw- her
arms around him and then his fath
er in-law shook hands with him.
It was said that Mr. Lewis will
pay the forged checks. The origin;.!
pavee, William If Ayres, losing noth
tug. according to Agent Dickinson,
lias Learned Lesson.
"The banks that cashed the forged
checks are liable for the money," ne
said.
Dr. A. P. Pinto, city health eras
tnlssioner, expressed interest in the
case. It w-as because of their belief
in Pinto's advice to married folks to
"raise children" that they got into
difficulties, Reeves said, expressing
I unshaken belief in this 'idea even
though their hahv did not live.
"I hope things won't go too
hard with the young man." he said.
"Of course taking money that doesn't
belong to us is a serious offense hut
I think this young man, with a good
record otherwise, has learned his
lesson and that Justice may be tem
pered with mercy.”
Veteran Newspaper
Camera Mail Is Dead
New York, Jan. 21, f.eorge 1’nlnier
7U, one of the pioneers in introducing
half lone cuts in newspapers «ml snlij
lo have lieeij the first man to use
the camera In obtaining news pic
tures, died today in a Brooklyn hns
pital, J’rlor to his retirement five
weeks ago. Palmer was head of the
chemical researgi* bureau of the
Hcarst newspapers
Palmer was bom In England, and
aa a youth sailed before the mast for
10 year*. H* entered newspaper
work In the early 80s as a writer of
humorous tales of the seas for the
San Francisco Examiner.
In 1887 Palmer married Miss Vir
ginia Burke of San Francisco, an
aunt of "Billie" Burke, the actress
Mrs, Palmer died In 1912.
Married in Council Hluffe.
The following r»**r Not'* obtained tnar
rijiifi* ll< i nufa in t’mjni il Kliiffn ycatH
• my.
• 'liifitfn I ***v i*. Fullerton, Nub.21
I I. t It i 'unbuilt n. Fullerton, ,\«b.. IK
lift ViYi'tml Mil«1 |r»r. < >111,t . 22
IniK-tU* MII'ImII, i tm.ihn . . . . I
lr it rik II I KiD u I. Oiimhtt •••••##•*• 2K
Ll4>her, 4'olumbliH, N* l> . !!si
Albeit Nelenri Amlrrrnn. < trust hu f»0
llutrieU l.nvhr, OjtihHh . . SI
John L. Karloff Mend. Neb.
It one 4^umh*( Aahlnml, Neb. :c>
I Ip in win II 4‘vfttw, TClkhotn, Neb 4
Henrietta F. Ohrn. Yu tan. Neb. INI
Kmery l.nwrrnie Mrdlln. <l*non Neb. 22
l*;ina Jklafie Hoi*enee»i, 4»enoa, Noli. 24
r*. N. Fill*. I.in* nln Neb ............ 21
May Job neon. lUnco’n, \»l» . 21
A. I. Her-.or, Omaha . . ............. !’1
I.urllle Bambutv. Omaha . 10
vviibur Hitt* Omaha 0
Mil'll *d Zellera, Lincoln, Neb. I’i
Harmon H Peteren* Panama Neb 2.1
Tie ry I S DlrWaotv Panama Neb -’1
te* Ha** utek Poole \»b . 28
lAUUkj, llsjsk. Jts\iaa*. Nsu.. 3.
Senate Asks
for Copy of
Reparations
Formally Requests Hughes to
Submit Text If “Com
patible With Public
Interest.'’
Irreconcilables A c t i v e
Washington, Jan. 21.—The senate
today formally called on Sec*rlir>
Hughes for a copy *>f the much dis
cussed Paris reparations agreement
\vllh such information concerning its
negotiation "as may be relevant to
a full untierstanding of its terms.”
Secretary Hughes declined to dls^
cuss the senate’s action, but it was
suggested in some yuTi^ars that the
secretary of state would lake full ad i
vantage of the clause in the resolu
tion calling for the text anti report |
“if not incompatible with the public!
interest."
Measure* Opposed.
While the secretary has announced
that lie will • ike public the text of
the agreement an soon as it is fe
reived from Paris, some administra
tion supporters contend that pub
lication of the details of the actual
negotiations between Ambassador
Kellogg, the secretary of state
designate, and the representatives of
the allied and associated powers
would not be desirable.
Senate irreconcilables, who have do
dared their sole purpose is to get the
facts so as to determine whether the
agreement does in fact commit the
iViitod States in the settlement of the
reparations problem, refused to indi
cate what course of action they
might pursue shauld Hr. Hughes take
that position.
Further Action Forseen.
I There were suggestions, however,
that the measure adopted today might
be followed later by one in which the
senate would declare that in its judge
ment the executive department of
the government exceeded its authority
in negotiating the agreement with
out the advice and consent of con
gress.
In this connection it was pointed
out that congress had assumed full
authority over the settlement of the
war debts to the I nited States by the
allied and associated powers and that
the Paris agreement dealt vslih the
debt of Germany for the maintenance
of the American army of occupation
on the Rhine.
SENATE RATIFIES
DOMINICAN PACT
Washington, Jan. 21.—The senate
today ratified treaties with the
Dominican republic confirming the
evacuation of American military
lories and describing the method for
the refunding of the Dominican
debt totaling $25,900,090.
I'nder t tie terms of the refunding
treaty, the president of the l'nlted
States will rippoint n general receiver
of Dominican customs to collect all
customs duties in the republic until
the payment or retirement of all
bonds issued for the refunding of Its
present obll'Tations.
The general rereiver will apply the
sum so collected first to the payment
of expenses of the receivership; sec
ond. to payment of interest on all
bonds outstanding: third to payment
of the Annual funds provided for
amortization of these bonds, includ
ing Interest upon all bonds held In
the sinking fund and fourth, to pur
chase and cancellation or retirement
and cancellation of any of the new
issue of bonds as may bo directed by
the Dominican government. The re
mainder would tie paid to the
Dominican government.
I'nder an additional article of the
pact, the public debt of the Domini
can republic could not lie Increased
without consent of the l'nlted States
until all bonds ef the present debt
have been paid.
Survivorn of Wrecked
Shifts Reach (!oa»t Port
Hy I nicerSRl Service.
Mexico City, Jan. 21—Reports to
the secretary of communication an
nounre the arrival at Payo Obispo of
the survivors of ships wrecked In the
recent severe storms In the Gulf of
Mexico. The arrivals include the sur
vivors of the yacht, Ruth, which was
wrecked December 27. Dr. William F
Lorenz, of Madison, AVIs., chairman
of the AVlsconsin state hoard of con
trol, who was held hy Yucatan au
thorltles on suspicion of filibustering,
was a passenger on the Ruth.
New Range Kinder Will
Re Tested on Cruiser
Horheiitcr, N V . Jan 21 A now
ran*** llnd#?r. *ald to mirpmut any In
ji!ho by th«* niiviPM of iho world. h*»vj
Iih'ii perfected by * at thn
I In MW'h & Isoinb optical plant bar*
(The rfovlci* will be* teatrd «»n th«» ■rout
t*rul>mr 1s*»xltiKlnn.
New Rill Introduced
May Stop Rig Atilt. Race
Indiana poll*, .1 in. 21 A bill which
| would prohibit tb«» holding of th# 500
ntllft r;nr at thn Indlannpolla motor
speedway »»n Memorial day waa In
Iroducad In the hmift* of tha Indiana
Irglalat ura
\ CM n FA Mil A—Am \<»ti proUeMnl
PUttcr have »h* hrakm mlinad a*
lt*vb#M»>« K*rvlc* Ufa Mon. Awn fcllaet r*r
and Hadb« Cory. «lid Hdta•/ tftAd
vtuiMmtat*
D,vV xA SEEKING
VETS HOSPITAL
My I nlvrnml Servlrr,
Washington, Jan. 21.— Headed by
'•*' i’ ’*on Sterling and Norbeck nf
South Dakota, a delegation of repre
Hent.itives and South Dakota citizens
called on President Doolldge today
to reromnientl that a projected hos
pital for tubercular world war veter
ans be built at Hot Springs, S. D.
The group particularly urged cli
matic conditions as a reason for se
lection of Hot Spring.**, together with
the fact that a soldiers' home already
is located there. Money for the hos
j pital is contained in a fund of $1,200,
' non set aside by the veterans' bureau
for construction of throe hospitals in
North and South Dakota, Minnesota
and Montana.
Testimony Against
Senator in Liquor
Trial Discredited
Government W itness, Testify
ing in Rum Gase, Admits
Being Convicted of
Halit Larceny.
Jersey City, N. J.. Jan. 51.—Lionel
Wilson, a Treasury department agent,
who said lie saw $3,8UO paid to .Sen
ator Kdward I. Kdwards, democrat of
New Jersey, for 100 cases of Scotch
whisky, admitted today tinder cross
examination in the Weehawken rum
ring trial here that he on one occa
sion had been convicted of petit lar
ceny. Counsel for the government,
whose witness he is, announced that
it was unknown to them when Wilson
gave the Kdwards testimony that he
had been convicted of sueh an of
fense.
The admission was given lust after
court opened and when George T
Vickers, special government prose
cutor, was about to sum his rase
against 10 Weehawken policemen.
William Griffin, accused as director of
the alleged rum ring, and another,
Harry Stearns of Weehawken, who
are on trial.
Admits Conviction.
George Cutley of defense counsel
asked that the slimming up tie halted
to permit %ilm to question Wilson.
The latter admitted In answer to a
query that he had been convicted on
July 13, 1913.
"Were you not arrested for robbing
coin boxes of the New- York Telephone
company?" Cutley asked the witness,
ami later put the question this way:
"Were you not discharged for rob
bing boxes nf the New York Tele
phone company?”
"That was the complaint," Wilson
responded.
"But. you were discharged?”
"Yes."
Moves to Strike.
Cutley then moved that the test:
many of Wilson and Charles Hurl
hurt, another treasury department
agent, concerning Senator Kdwards.
be stricken from the record and the
.jury lie instructed to biing In a vei
diet for the defense.
The lawyer told that the grand jury
should hate known of the identity
of Senator Kdwards In Its investiga
tion. Hrlor to the actual trial, an
•'unknown man" was mentioned fre
quently 111 the evidence as one of the
backers of the ring.
The court overruled Cutley's mo
tlon.
■Washington, Jan. 21 —Senator Ed
ward I. Edwards, democrat, New Jer
sey, charged with being the "head" of
the New Jersey rum ring, will not
attend" the Jersey City liquor trial
unless his testimony li requested by
a "responsible party," be told Inter
national News Service this afternoon.
The senator, who attended today's
session of the senate "aa usual." said
he was not "personally Interested" In
the testimony given against him by |
government agents.
JACKSON NEW FAIR
BOARD SECRETARY
Lincoln. Jan. 21.—Senator E H.
Purcell of Broken Bow, editor, was
elected president of the Stale Board
of Agriculture at Its annual meeting
today. George Jackson of Lincoln
was elected secretary to succeed E.
R. Danielson, resigned. The secre
tary a ealary Is JLOOO per year.
House Passes Bill for
New Embassy in Tokio
Washington, Jan. 21.—A hill an
thorlslng appropriation of $1,250,000
for construction of a new American
embassy and consulate general In
Tokio was passed late today by the
house and sent to the senate.
TIip measure would direct the sec
velary of state to acquire land ad
Joining the site of the former Ameri
can embassy and such olhei land as
muv be necessary for llui m-w build
Inga.
Tbe offices of tbe American em
bassy bn \-e been situated in a hotel
-luce the earthquake In September.
1022. and are entirely Inadequate, the
State department Informed tin- hmi«r
foreign affairs committee The "I
fices of the consulate general In
Tokio ore In one of tbe few offl e
buildings nut destroyed by Hie earth
quake. hut t tier a I mu no- Inadequate.
I,anti Miiv Bp Purrbasptl
\rljnininp Fori Bliss
Washington. Jan 21 Approprl*
linn of I .bill, flan fo,- purchase of land
adjoining Fort Bliss, Tex would he
’ -uthori.-.ed undei a till pussed today
I by the Uvuse
Girl Slayer
Wins First
ILegal Fight
Devotee of Jazz Vi lio Sliot
Her Mother Vi ill Have
Her Hearing in (iourt
for Juveniles.
Spectators Throng Room
Hj Intermit inmil >pw* Service.
San Francisco, Jan. 21.—Dorothy
Lllingson won her first fight with
the courts today in her buttle to
[stave off a long prison term.
While she looked on In a state of
great nervousness, her father. Jo
seph. testified that the jazzland girl
who murdered her mother was only
16. Police Judge Lazarus immediate
ly ordered the young matricide’s case
transferred to the juvenile court,
where the child slayer wil appear to
morrow.
With twitching dingers ,-ind a pul
siting throat, the slaver entered and
left tlm crowded court room under
| heavy polic e guard.
Court Kooui Cleared.
At one time during the brief court
session, at which the father was the
only person examined, the Judge was
forced to order the court room clear
ed, as the crowd milled around seek
ing a view of the child defendant.
Dorothy, dressed in a rust-colored
suit, with a small toque pulled down
over her bobbed red hair, looked pale
and thin after her days in prison
She wore no makeup and showed
only a slight resemblance to t*ie
"queen of dance” she had been pic
tured before her mad flight down the
trail of jazz ended when she shot
her mother.
Ellin730n, who pressed the* girl's
hand as he walked past her to the
witness stand, was questioned by the
girl’s attorney, Alexander Moslin and
y\ Id his daughter would not he IT
until April 3.
Waits for \ttorney.
With her face hidden by the pro
tec ting arm of Policewoman Sulilvm.
Dorothy went at once from the court
room to her prison room, where she
awaited her attorney for n confer j
ence at which plans for her hearing ,
tomorrow were to he mafle. f
Spectators climbed onto chairs and
hung to stairway railing as thoi
mother killer walked past them. A
man who hurled an oath at the gii!|
was beaten dov\ s by an officer and ;
ejected from tHe court building. Neai |
rioting followed the brief court sev
session as Dorothy's guard fought for
a path through the crowd.
San Francisco. Jan ?! —Efforts of
the defense to put Dorothy Elllngson
16 ve«rold mother slayer, under the
"lie detector” were stopped today by
the authorities.
Captain of Detective* Duncan Matb^
eson Issued orders forbidding use of
the "lie detector" in the rase *»f the
"Jazz maniac,” who confessed mur
dering bet* mother, after defense at
torneys intimated that she might he
shielding another person.
Just before she was to enter police
court for a preliminary examination
to determine her age so the rase
may he referred to the juvenile
eoort. the child defendant ate n
breakfast and appeared In the city
prison women s dormitory In n new
dress ready for her ordeal.
INCREASED WHEAT
AREAS IN FRANCE
Washington, Jan. 21. — Increased'
winter wheat acreage In France has
brought the total area in in northern
hemisphere countries to 77.799,000
acres on the basis of reports to the
Department of Agriculture. Fast win
ter 75.500,000* acres were planted.
The 10 countries which included
the United States and Canada repre
sent more than 40 per cent of the to
tal wheal mretge In the northern
hemisphere excepting Russia and
<’hi tin
The French area is placed at 1.1
3.10.000 acres against I2.SO2.00O last
winter
The department has not received
complete reports from Italy. North
Africa and India which normally
plant more than 50.000.OOQ acres to
winter wheat.
Wheeler to \ppear Before
Grand Jury in Capitol
Washington, Jan. 21 - Steps to tub
poena Senator Wheeler of Montana
for appearance before a federal grand i
Jury here, have been taken by repre
sentatives of the Department of Jus
tice in a further proceeding related
to the (,isr already pending against
him in Montana.
Although no subpoena pctunlh has
been served on the senator, he hill
l*e given an opportunity to appear he
fore the grand Jury along with Oor
don t'nmplvcll, indicted pith hint in
Montana, and otheis
Subpoenas for several of ihe pros'
peefive witnesses have been Issued
and tin* case will t»e placed before
the grand Jury here e'arlv next
month Whether the pending case in
i Montana will b<- dismiss.*d depends
on dc\elopincnts
\rpentiiie W Ik-.il Crop
Full* I mlor l‘)2 1 | ,<>% «*1
W**hln*|i>n. .nil "1 Th<" Alton
lln<* wIiMi crop <\*» foircnst today In
nd\ Iro. to thr Ilap.n lm-nt of Ajrrt
riillilir V 191 43* non himhrj* ■'« Mi.
nuo.OJu Uutlivla uud«, la, i,'.* trop
Lure of Riches Proves Downfall of
Young “Napoleon*' of Finance World
Youthful New Yorker Charged Vi illi Second Degree
Forgery: Tells District Attorney His Money
Making Schemes Were Illegal.
I5v KAKI. I,. SHAIK,
I iiiverMil Service Staff ( orrf*poncl«*nt.
Xew Volk. .Jan. 21 I tried to be.
.a Napoleon of finance and failed,
like many others.”
Such was the lament of Moe Tur
man. whose dreams of wealth land
ed him in the office of District
Attorney }Janton today, a prisoner
charged with forgery.
More than $2,000,000 is said to be
involved in his transactions. It was
the old game, the lure of huge in
terest rates—the game that brought
about the downfall of Ponzi of oBa
ton; “520 per cent Miller” of New
York, and Leo Koretz of Chicago.
An indictment charging second
degree forgery was returned late
today against Turman, who is the
27 year old son of a Chicago rabbi
and former secretary of the Brook
lyn Jewish center.
According to authorities in the
district attorney’s office. Turman
forged tiie names of well-known
men in the business world to notes.
i»n which he obtained large sums of
money fro mfriends
Asked High Interest Kate.
Tie* name of T. Crawford Stevens,
president of the Westchester Tile
company, is said to Have been
forget! to notes totalling $32,000.
Notes aggregating $35,000 are said
to have tiorne the forged name of
it. S. Schrader, a Brooklyn manu
facturer. More than $6,000 cancelled
vouchers are in the possession of
the authorities.
Turnian declares he had no crim
inal intent but was only attempt
ing one of the most interesting
games of high finance, an<| got be
yond his depth.
'T am telling the district attorney
everything about my business
career, he sa^! today. "The whole
matter Involves the fact that I got
money from the people who are
now complaining about me. and
lhat I paid them enormous profits
In the shape of usurious interest
rales.
Admits Illegality.
"I tried to he a Napoleon of fi
nance and I failed. Now I want lo
make a clean breast of my whole
operations and do what I ran to
make good the losses of my
friends."
Tile specific charge against Tur
man is that he forged the name of
Meyer Burnish to a note for 16,000.
When the note became due the
forgery was discovered.
T'nlike Ponzi. Turman does not
rontend that his schemes were le
gal. When he learned last week
that his activities were being in
vestigated he made a trip west, vis
iting Buffalo. Chieago. Ht. Eoui*,
Jefferson City and Kansas City.
Then he decided to return and face
whatever music was waiting for
him. Accompanied by his wife, he
went to the district attorney's of
fice.
Built Ip itig Business.
"I want to get it off my mind."
he said, "and straighten things
out. Some of ihe people, who are
complaining against me,. I had to
pay interest at the rate of 300 per
cent a yene. i made fortunes for
others hut nothing for myself."
Turman evolved the scheme of
borrowing money from his friends
and lending it to merchants to en
able them to get cash discounts.
He received id per cent of the dis
count gained and shared the profits
with his hackers.
Thu* he built up a big business,
advertised extensively and made
a reputation for enterprise. He or
j gam zed the Equity Finance & Serv
j ice Co., through which to operate,
and became its managing director.
This company is said to have lost
more than *340.001'.
Firemen Argue
Over Meeting Date!
Inclement Vi eat her. Lejiiun
(.atherinp. Reasons Tiled
for ami Against Mo\e.
spccinl IM*|*atch t« Tli# OmsIiM B##.
Hastings, Neb., -Ian 21.—The pro
P* al to c hange the meeting time of
the Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's
association from January to October
proved more difficult to solve than
was expected when it was taken up
as a special order in the convention
this afternoon.
Supporters of the proposal insisted
that storms are so often encountered
In January that a change is impera
tive i»ne delegate named a half
dozen or more firemen who had died
of pneumonia after returning from
the conventions in the last f»*w year*.
Opponents pointed out that since
the Amen-an Legh»n meets in Octo
ber and there are many who wish to
attend both conventions, it would tie
inadvisable for the firemen to pick
that month.
It had been planned to take a vote
this afternoon, but as Hastings school
children had previously been invited
to hear a special program by Harr>
Ropers the fire clown, decision was
deferred until tomorrow.
Registration of accredited delegate*
has passed the 900 ‘mark today and
It was said hv officers that attend
ance of delegates and others combined
is a third larger than any previous
gathering. V ice President Rundln of
Mitchell is presiding on aci'ount of
the Illness of President Lee ('airy
of York.
A seven-foot ke\ to the hearth and
home* of Hastings was presented by
Mayor Ingraham last night ami ac
• epted b> Mr. Rundln. with the re
mark that it was big enough to un
lock heaven for all volunteer firemen.
In the wrestling match. John lVsek
defeated Tony WToblewakl in straight
fall*.
Tonight a musical program was
given for the firemen by Hastings
talent.
Kcllogg Kntrrtains
American Newspapermen
By t nlvmiil x#rvir#.
London Jan. 21—Amlvassador Kel
loss bad* a formal farewell lo tha
American ne« spapermen In l.ondon
"hrn lie lin<V a party of them to
luncheon at Crewe House, today
It Is believed that this U the firm
time that an ambassador In a hi*
foreign capital has shown hie ap
prcclntloii of the friendship and tela
tlonehip l'ith ncwaiMi penmen h\' pit
1'italniu: in ills n« n home
I’t-xas Slalt* Prison
S\«lcm In lit- Proltctl
\ustIn. T. x . J.in. M A resolution
lnlroilui#tl by Representative Irwin,
authorizing s sweeping investigation
of "waste*. brutal treatment and ex
Irav,iif!Uii*’»" In the state prison sys
tern, was adopted by the house by
a vote of l"(l to 4 Inte todav after a
motion to tefer the resolution to a
commit tee was tabled
I'onl Rtiotn Hill Titlilctl.
Nasb\|i|e. T>nn. Jan ;t. Th#
state senate tabled n bill to prohibit
PUblU poolroom snd lailuid lulls l»v
m Up uf 22 to T,
Enjnnemen Get
Pa\ Increase
llinploy cs of Burlington Given
3 Per Gent Boost. Flynn
Announces.
Knglnemen employed on the Chi
rago. Burlington & Quincy railroad
will gef an increase in pay of 5 per
cent. This covers the entire system.
Superintendent Flynn gave out the
information lat«* Wednesday after
noon. The conference had been in
progress in Omaha several days be
tween representatives of the men and
the company. Agreement was prac
tically reached Tuesday afternoon,
but some details were yet to lx* ad
justed. and these were attended to
on Wednesday and a satisfactory set
tlement reached.
Along with the Increase In pay go
some changes In w iking rules Just
what amount is involved in dollars
and cent a could not Im» stated by Mr.
Flynn, ns the totals have not been
figured out yet.
JAPS PLEASED BY
PANAMA COURTESY
Washington. Jan 21.—The Japan |
pee trading squadron, which is now j
en route to San Francisco, had a
very pleasant stay in Fanama.
Rear Admiral Irwin, commander of
the Canal rone naval district, report
ed to the department today, adding
that the visiting officers and men
were ‘ seemingly well pleased and
very appreciative of the courtesies
shown them. ' b> the American and
1’anaman officials,
“No friction occurred between
Japanese and Aetnricnns n» {'ana
mans." he added, “and the visit was
productive of the most amtonlde re
lations.”
GENERAL STRIKE
VETOED BY MINERS
Wllkea Barr*, Pa . Jan. il.—'There
"ill be no general strike of the tn.ne
worker* of district No. 1 In connec
tion with the 11,000 men now out in
the Pituton section, it was decide.:
*t a meeting of the general grlevan •
committees here tonight.
Assembly of Albania
Proclaims It Republic
III* rrf**
Rome. Jan :i —The national as
sentbly of MUmia has unanimous’,
proclaimed that country a rapuhllc.
according to semi-official dispatches
reci Ived here this evening from
Tirana.
Bancroft Nominated.
Washington. .Tan II —The n.umn
Iton of Kdgar S Bancroft of lllii -i«
to t>e ambassador to Japan was con
firmed today by lb* senate.
The Weather
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Authorizes
Coolidge to
Act at Once
Amendment to Appropriation
Bill for Navy Provide* for
Second Conference on
Arms Limitation.
Land Forces Included
■Washington, Jan. 21.—President
Coolldge is authorized and requested
tn call a second arms conference un
der an amendment to the naval ap
propriation bill approved today by the
senate without either dlscusedon or
a record vote liefore that measure
was passed.
At the same time. Senator Me
Kellar, democrat, Tennessee, offered
a resolution requesting the president
to inform the senate if the last arms
conference treaty limiting the navies
of the great powers was violated by
Orent Britain in the construction "f
the liodney and the Nelson, which
have been described in the senate
a« combination battleships and an
craft carriers The resolution went
over under the rules, hut Senator
Me Kellar said he would press fot
early action on it.
Accepted by Chairman.
The amendment relating to a si
ond arms conference which would
deal with both land and naval forces
was sponsored by Senator King,
democrat, Utah, and accepted without
objection by Chairman Hale of the
naval committee.
While President Coolidge has indi
cated that he favored a second con
ferenoe, administration officials have
made it plain that he did not consider
the time appropriate For that reason
a.\ministration senators had been ex
petted to oppose the King amend
ment.
Bill Passage Expedited.
While no formal explanation was
given, it was understood that these
senators offered no resistance to thi
proposal, in the hope of expediting
passage of the bill. They had been
informed that unless the amendment
was written into the measure the.
would be a protracted fight from the
democratic side.
A similar proposal, relating only to
sea forces, however. wa« incorporat
ed in the last annual n; \al suppt
bill, but the house did not include it in
the pending measure, and it is the
expectation of some senators, at leas'
that the King amendment will be
eliminated when the bill is vonsidere '
by house and senate conferees.
OPIUM MEETING
IS DEADLOCKED
By \MOfiatf4] Prr»«,
Geneva. Jan. 21 —Despue French
afl Swedish effort* at mediation th«
international opium inference ad
journed today until Saturday in am
thin? hut a conciliatory mood and
with many of the delegates still j»es
slmDtlo ns to the outt"ome Stephen
H. Porter, head of the American
delegation, described the situation to
night ns "distinctly tk.seouraging.*’
The recess of the plenary sessions
wis taken until Saturday »n motion
of Sweden, hacked by the other Scan
dinavian countries. It was taken in
order to find a means for elucidating
and coordinating the proposals,
declarations and suggestions before
the conference on the question of the
suppression of opium smoking in *♦ •
far east which has become :h#»
pivotal problem and may eventually
cause the collapse of the conference.
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The honor ix»*=sr.l -> bill to prnnw tr
l>nwrtlon and eonufrvinion of
I hrllutt.
A bill for n ne« Vmrrii«n
consulate general in Tokio paseevl
the house.
The senate rejected a proposal te
I w ithhold funds to maintain marines
in Haiti.
A senate elect.ons subcommittee
t ecommended the seating of Senator
MavfieM. democrat. Texas.
The senate idled on Secretarv
I Hughes for information on t^e pa' t
I of republic in agreement.
Heber H Yotaw 1 pother in law of
the late President Harding resigned
1 as superintendent of prisons
The naval bii. containing a re
quest that Ttesul^nt Cool idee call an
arms conference, passe! the senate,
j Members of the senate foreign ^re* a
t foils committer and others w ere in
vtted to a night dinner at the Whpc
House
The senate ratified trestles w ii »
(the IVuumican republic on evaeuatkm
r of A men. Min tiwpx ami refunding
the lVimlnionn debt.
Senator ShipMead, former labor,
Minnesota. rburgfd the increastsl
priors for stocks and bond* were the
result of a ato> k gambling boom.’*
Senator McKetlar. democrat. Ten
nessce. presented a resolution asking
President ibxduijre to investigate
I whet her Kngtand violated the arms
treaty in building the battleship*
i Kodne> and Nelson.
Just he dtoartnient took star** "*
subpoena Senate* Wheeler den*
Montana ' a per a -afore • g ' •*
jur> bay tn . on naot ,.>n e* v t h tbe
|hiHUC *UU« i&dulUKItt feiUV.