THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1919.
Lincoln' Bureau o Bee
P. A. Barrows. Correspondent'
FAIL IN EFFORT
TO GET PERSUING
TO DECLARE SELF
Wouldn't Even Wink an Eye
, to Indicate If He Will
Take Presidential
Nomination.
Several Suggested
As Successor to the
Late Judge Sedgwick
T.inrnln. Tier. 79 (Snr rial All
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attempts on the part of local boost
ers for "Pershing for President" to
smoke him out and make him deny
or affirm that he will allow his name
.to be used as a candidate for the re
publican nomination for the presi
dency failed at the banquet given
him.
The promoters thought they had
iim Saturday night when, after he
had been given a round of applause
that would have caused a heart of
flint to unbosom itself, 500 men stood
loudly cheering while flags were
.waved in his honor, but the general
refrained from dropping a hint as to
his future action.
Pershing Was Silent, v
. In "the speech of introduction
Chairman Hardy of the club referred
to General Pershing as the great
Jeader of the American army abroad,
and said he hoped to see him the
leader of ttte American people at
home. While the heart of the geij
eral must have throbbed madly at
the reception given the words of the
chairman, the words were not spoken
which the banqueters looked for, and
the "letter that they longed for never
came. i .
When Mayor Miller was called
upon by Chairman Hardy to say a
- few words, he also used his elo-
, ciuence to try and- say something
that would cause the general to give
some sign, but Pershing never even
winked an eye, and it is now ex
pected that the mayor may call upon
his police department to give the
.1 .1. . "tW.rA r,r T in.
coin's mayor has never been known
to acknowledge failure in anything
he underakes.
Some See a "Sign." ,
; Some see in his act of purchasing
the old home of his sisters in this
city and the letting ,of a contract to
have it remodeled for his use as his
luture home, a chance that he might
have in his mind the very thing they
are longing for.
As usual General Pershing spoke
very briefly in acknowlcdgig the re
ception given him. After speaking of
'.vis early life and then of his work in
France, he spoke of the Eighty-ninth
division, which was composed t.iost
ly of Nebraska men, and said:
,- . "The men of the Eighty-ninth di
vision did you proud. No set oi men
made such . an impression on the
allied commanders as did those Ne-
orasKa ooys or mc ciguiyuiuui. a
selected this division because I knew
I could rely on the performance of
every duty. I told the division com
manders of the importance oi the
' task and'advised them what could be
expected. I was fully assured that
they would carry forward our lines
without hesitation. Everywhere the
XT I 1 . . .1 A
.Neurasjta ima wrui wicy wincu
witfi the the spirit of the Nebraska
people wnom they represented.
Pershing Addresses Boys
and Visits Injured Hero
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28. In a short
address to boy scouts of Lincoln
Sunday evening, Gen. John J. Per-
shing highly commended their ef
' torts during the war, and told them
t.It 1UIUI , 1 1 1. ill Uv lUU'WVU va
continued activities. He mentioned
the work of the scouts in France,
" and also had praise tor the Y. M.
C. A., whose efforts abroad, he said,
were worthy of highest commenda
tion and the results accomplished,
particularly after the war, hard to
overestimate.
General Pershing was voted a life
membership in the Lincoln Y. M.
C. A. Tomorrow he vill address
the local G. A. R. veterans.
During the afternoon General
Pershing visited a Lincoln hospital
and spent some time at the bedside
of Fred N. Alexander, a Lincoln
boy who seryed two ,years on the
fmhfinir frnrit in Franc as a lilfm-
' ber of the 137th infantry of the 35th
division. Alexander was badly
wounded in the battle of the Ar
gonne, being struck five times by
machine gun bullets and his leg
nearly seveied.
General Pershing congratulated
' him on his valient service and ex
pressed hope for his speedy recov
ery. x
Fremont Firemen Will
Attend Annual Convention
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) Firemen from Fremont and
other towns in this section of the
state may make the trip to Scotts
' bluff to attend the annual convention
on a special train. The. east Ne
braska delegation will go to Sidney
for a banquet January 19, as guests
of the Sidney department. The con
vention will be held at Scottsbluff
January 20, 21 and 22.
Lincoln, Dec. 28. (Special.)
Who will be the new supreme judge
to be appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Sedg
wick on Christmas day, is the ques
tion which is in the minds of many
people at the present time.
There have been , a number of
good men mentioned, among the
number E. P. Perry, recently re
signed as judge of the Fourteenth
judicial district, Judge Jack Martin
of Central City and former Attor
ney General Grant Martin, of Lin
coln, all of whm were candidates
in the primary for supreme judge
last year.
There is ' quite a sentiment to
ward sendiilg the office dp into the
Third congressional district, which
has not been honored with a justice
ship, for so long that no one can
remember. In connection with this
the name of John A. Davies of
Butte, a member of the constitu
tional convention and one of the
best known lawyers in northeast
Nebraska, has been mentioned.
On account of the press of work
before the high court it- is not sup
posed that the governor will wait
very long before making the ap
pointment. Chairman of Non-Partisan
League.Can't Stand I. W. W.
Aberdeen. S. D.. Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) C. H.r Creed, sr., of Colum
bia, who has been chairman of the
Nonpartisan league in Brown coun
ty, has resigned from the party. It
is believed that the address of R. D.
Parsons, an I. W. W organizer, was
one of the causes.
Agents Houser and
Christie Change Places
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) R. B. Houser has arrived in
Fremont from Tekamah to take the
place of County Agent I. C. Christie,
who will go to Seward to become
county agent for Seward county.
Newton L. Hughes Dies.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) Newton L. Hughes, who
came to Nebraska from New York
in 1872 with his parents, died at his
home in Fremont at the age of 72.
Tudson Hughes of Central City is
an only brother.
Lloyd George Home Rule
Scheme -In Ireland Just
What Sinn Feiners Want
Proposed Parliament for Southern Ireland Will Be
Overwhelmingly Republican First Motion Will
Be for Declaration of Independence From Eng
land Parading of War Equipment Forestalls
Any Possibility of Revolution.
jjl Renew Tour fartan. You will I I
j enjoy added catniart by keeping II 1
HI tham clou, froah and lively. Ym
i Boston I
Garter 1
CATTLEMEN WANT
AGREEMENT WITH
"BIG FIVE" UPSET
Call on Wilson' to Replace
Palmer With Heney in
Quashing Compromise.
By Forbes Fairbairn.
t'niTersal 8ptIc Staff Correspondent.
Special Cable Illapatch.
London, Dec. 28. "If Lloyd
George insists upon forcing bis pet
home rule scheme on Ireland, he
will give us the greatest opportun
ity for the realization of an inde
pendent Irish republic. The first
session of the so-called southern
parliament will result in a declara
tion of independence and the sever
ance of all ties with England, set
ting tip a republican form of gov
ernment." '
This was the statement to me to
night by one of the most prominent
Sinn Feiners, now in London, whose
identity" cannot be disclosed at pres
ent because he is on Dublin's "black
list" and fears arrest would follow
if his nane were mentioned in this
connection. He is being closely
watched.
"When the proposed parliament
for the south of Ireland is called
it will be overwhelmingly republican
in sentiment the first motion will
be for a declaration of independence
from England. We shall then take
it over, introduce the republican
form of government and go ahead
and run the country.
Will Be No Revolution.
"The motion is sure to be adopt
ed unanimously and all parliamen
tary power will promptly be trans
ferred to the Dail Eireann. Britain
has suppressed and outlawed the
Dal Eireann, but this will be a
good substitute.
"There will be no revolution in
Ireland. The republicans realize
the futility of combating the Brit
ish military machine in thajt coun
try. Lord French's complete, war
equipped army is demonstrating its
might to the people daily, especially
in Dublin, by parading through
Grafton street, with armored cars,
tanks and machine guns."
Conservative opinion in England
seems to agree that the new scheme
will never be introduced in Ireland
owing to the irreconcilable attitude
of the LTlsterites, who want Brit
ish domination, and of the Sinn
Feiners, who want nothing short of
an independent republic.
Indeed, the opinion is freely ex
pressed that when the time comes
to introduce the bill. Premier Lloyd
George will suddenly decide the
scheme is unacceptable to either tac
tion and that he will then make Ire
land a crown colony.
Hunger Strike Over.
This belief is growing despite the
excellent reception given the pre
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unci a iruiinic ui ui riau 111
Commons last -Monday. '
The hunger strikers in Mount Joy
prison have abandoned the strike
following a visit by the lord mayor
of Dublin, who obtained certain
concessions for them.
Richard Spillane, the famous Irish
leader, who has been reported near
death in the south of Ireland, is now
said to be in good health. The peo
ple had been greatly aroused by re
ports of his condition and had been
planning a great demonstration at
his funeral.
CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEAR THEME
IN CITYPULPITS
"Turn Over New Leaf Every
Day," Text of Rev. E.'rf. '
Jenks' Sunday '
Sermon.
DENY AMERICAN
FAILED TO HEED
MEXICAN SENTRY
Claims of Carranza That Wal
lace Was to Blame for His
Own Death Not Proven.
Washington, Dec. 28. Members
of 12 western cattle growers' asso
ciations have appealed to President
Wilson through Former Secretary
McAdoo to upset the arrangements
made by Attorney General Palmer
to compromise the government's
anti-trust proceedings against the
meat packers, 1 John Miller of Fort
Stockton, Texas, president of the
Pan-Handle Cattle association, an
nounced. The growers, Mr. Miller said, sub
mitted to the president, through Mr.
McAdoo, a series of charges to the
effect that the compromise does not
give them any redress for their chief
grievance which, they allege, is the
control of stock yard markets by
the packers to the disadvantage of
the producers. They ask that the
prosecutions be taken out of the
hands of the attorney general and
thajt new suits, be brought with
Francis J. Heney of San Francisco,
former attorney for the federal trade
commission, as a special prosecutor.
According to Miller, the matter
was laid before rhe president last
week. '
-We adopt the unusual course of
getting the matter before Presi
dent Wilson," Mr. Miller said, "be
cause we thought it unwise to put
our evidence at the disposal of the
attorney general, in view of his at
titude as demonstrated by the settle
ment with the packers."
Mr. Miller said that in addition to
several Tex"as cattle associations,
similar organizations 'in Colorado,
Oklahoma and adjoining states had
been joined in the presentation. Con
ferences with McAdoo upon the sub
ject were held by the growers' rep
resentatives in New York last week,
and then the matter was brought to
Washington.
Heney Refuses to Talk.
Los Angeles, Cat., Dec. 28.
FranGis J. Heney, in a long distance
conversation from his Santa Monica
home, told The Associated Press the
request of a grouo of western cattle
growers' associations to President
Wilson that Mr. Heney serve as a
special orosecutor in new suits
against the moat packers"was news
to him."
He added that "in the circum
stances, it would be inadvisable" for
him. to discuss the matter further.
Messenger Boy Run Down ;
and Injured by Auto
George Nelson, 16 years old, mes
senger for the Western Union, suf
fered a fractured left leg at midnight
Saturday when he was run down by
an automobile at Eighteenth ami
Willis avenue,.
Nelson was riding' a bicycle at the
time of the accident. Eugene Rice
and P. Brock of McClelland, la., oc
cupants of the car, picked the in
jured lad up and took him to a hos
pital in a passing automobile, leav
ing their car at the scene of the ac
cident -
Guardsmen-in Control of
.4 . Minnequa Steel Plant
Pueblo, Colo., Dec 28. Fifty
guardsmen, commanded by Col. D.
E. McCunniff and Capt R. W Tag
gert, reached here from Denver Sun
day morning and at once marched
to the Minnequa steel plant of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company,
where trouble was feared on account
of an alleged attempt Friday upon
the life of Frank E. Parks, manager
of the plant. ' Qriet prevailed
throughout the day about the steel
plant and :n Pueblo.
Washington, Dec' 28. Claims of
the Mexican government, as recently
presented to the American embassy
in Mexico City, that the killing near
Tampico late in November of James
Wallace, an American citizen, re
sulted from his failure to heed the
warning of a Mexican sentry, are
deui;d in ariaccount of the incident
which reached Washington today
from the Aguila company of which
Wallace was an employe. .
The killing of Wallace caused the
State department to make an urgent
inquiry of the Mexican government
as to the circumstances. The Mex
ican foreign office in its reply
charged that Wallace, while intox
icated, passed a sentry stationed at
what was characterized as a "dan
gerous spot" and, failing to halt, was
shot and killed.
.The Aguila company's report
which was presented at a meeting in
Tampico of oil company managers
and which is the first detailed ac
count of the American's death to
reach Washington, says:
Horse Kicks Machine Gun Ji
"On the morning of November 26,
Tames Wallace, employed by us as
foreman on our earthen reservoirs
at Potrero DeLlano, was riding from
the office down to the tank farm, a
distance of about 250 meters. On
the road was an otttpost of fout gov
ernment soldiers with a machine
gun. As far as we have been aole to
ascertain Wallace's horse reared
while passing this outpost and kicked
the machine gun, whereupon one of
the soldiers shot him, killing him
instantly. None of our men actually
saw what happened. Some of them
had been talking to Wallace a min
ute or two before, and hearing the
shot, they ran out of the office and
found Wallace lying on the giound
dead.
"The soldiers gave the explana
tion that Wallace insisted on passing
between the machine gun and sentry,
that his horse refused to go for
which reason one of the soldiers
beat it several times with the butt
of hi rifle, and that Wallace then
threw his horse over on the sentries
nearly upsetting tlje machine gun.
Claim he Used Axe Handle.
"They also claim Wallace hit the
soldier, with an axe handle he was
carrying and furthermore, make the
statement that Wallace was intoxi
cated. These statements are not
substantiated by facts. Apart from
the circumstances that we have
never known Wallace to be, intoxi
cated during the 10 months he was
employed by us, and that it is in
any case very unlikely a man would
be under the influence of liquor
when going to his work at 8 o'clock
in the morning, we know positively
that Wallace was absolutely sober,
as several of our men were talking
with him a few minutes before he
was killed.
"As regards Wallace having as
saulted the soldier with an axe
handle, the lack of . foundation for
this statement is proved bv the fact
that the axe handle, which he was
carrying down to the tank farm, was
still found strapped to the saddle
when the horse Wallace had been
riding was brought back to the
corral. Furthermore, it is extreme
ly unlikely, to say the least that a
man armed with only a stick should
tttack four soldiers with rifles and
a machine gun. Another circum
stance, which proves the soldier who
killed Wallace did not act in self
defense, is that the nature of the
wound, according to medical evi
dence, shows beyond any possibility
of doubt that Wallace was shot from
behind."
TJie themes vied for .expression
in Omaha pulpits yesterday. One
was the great Christmas holiday
of rejoicing which has just passed,
marking the birth of the Saviour
into the world. The other was the
coming of the new year.
The new yar, though it is not
concurrent with the church year,
was the subject of many sermons.
Rev. E. H. Jenks at the First Pres
byterian church, preached on this
theme. A '1 ale Is low was Ins
subject, taken from the Psalmist's
philosophical homily upon life, in
which he exclaims, "We spend our
years as a tale that is told," and
then goes on to that widely-known
verse, "The years of a man's life
are three-score years and 10; and if,
by reason of strength they be four
score years, yet is their' strength
labor and sorrow; for they are soon
cut off and we fly-away."
The beginning of a new year is
an arbitrarily set time," said Rev.
Dr. Jenks. The year could as ap
propriately start in July or in Sep
tember or at any other time. The
custom of making good resolutions
to be put into effect at the beginning
of a new year is all right so far as
it goes. But usually these resolu
tions are soon broken.
"We should turn over a new leaf
every day, praying for strength to
do right and trusting in God from
whom alone strength can come."
At Kountze Memorial Lutheran
church, last night an elaborate pro
gram of Christmas music was pre
sented, by the choir.
v .
Denies That Rivalry
For Her Affections
Cause of Murder
Mount Clemens, Mich,' Dec. 28.
Statements that rivalry for her af
fections had led to thretts of vio
lence against J. Stanley Brown,
killed in his automobile near here
last Tuesday night, were denied by
Mrs. Dolly Peck Bennett. Mrs. Ben
nett, brought here from Sandusky,
O., was questioned by Sheriff Cald
well, and held for further interroga
tion. Meahwhile the sheriff was
checking up statements of her, move
ments before and after the discovery
of Brown's body pitched over the
wheel of his automobile, on the road
between here and Detroit. '.
Two men, one a taxicab driver and
ihe other a soldier, sought by the
authorities, have not been located.
It was the taxicab driver, accerd-ng
to statements previously made to the
authorities,' who had threatened
Brown. Mrs. Bennett told the sher
iff she knew a chauffeur acquaint
ance of frown's, but emphatically
stated he was not on friendly terms
with her.
The soldier, it was learned, is be
ing sought to substantiate a story
that Brown had armed himself fol
lowing the alleged threats against
his life. According to this state
ment, Brown fearing that in an im
passioned moment he might use his
revolver, turned it over to the sol-4
dier. The names of both the taxi
cab' driver and the soldier are being
withheld.
NEW YORK GIRL
WEDS SON OF '
POLISH PRINCE
Miss Frances Lawrence Be
comes Bride of Andre Ponia
towski at Paris Ceremony.
. Paris, Dec. 28. Miss Frances
Lawrence, daughter of Mrs. Francis
C. Lawreuce, New York, was mar
ried Saturday to Andre Poniatowski,
a son of. Prince Andre Poniatowski.
An elder brother of the bridegroom,
Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski, a
staff officer in the Polish army, and
Marquis De Brantes, acted as his
witnesses. Ambassador Wallace,
who was detained at a meeting of
the supreme council, was lepresent
ed at the ceremony by Joseph C.
Grew, counselor of tire American
embassy.
The mother of the bride, before
her marriage was Miss S'.isan Will
ing, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Edward S. Willing of Phila
delphia, and sister of Baroness
Ribblesdale, who before her. mar
riage to the baron last June, was
Mrs. John Astor, once the wife of
the late Col. John Jacob Aster.
Andre Poniatowski' s parents,
Prince and Princess Andre Ponia
towski, are well known in New York
and San Francisco. Princess Ponia
towski was Miss Elizabeth Sperry
of San Francisco. Andre, who was
born in San Francisco, served witli
his father and two brothers in the
French army during the wars. Since
the armistice he has been in the Po
lish army. The ancestors of the
Poniatowskis were kings of Poland.
Two London chauffeurs have in
vented a brush to be suspended 'on
the outside of an automobile wheel
to prevent it splashing mud.
To Discuss Full Conservation
On Southern Pacific Railway
Ogden, Utah. Dee. 28. Southern
Pacific railroad operating official!
from San Francisco, Ogden, Snarki
and Carlin will . meet Tuesday at
Carlin, Nev., to discuss additional
regulations lor conserration of both
fuel oil and coal on tne- raiiroaa
system. ,
Del Gainer of the Red Sox, who
goes to the Milwaukee club next
season, drops out of the fast set
after 10 years of big league pitch
ing. He joined Detroit in 1910 and
remained with the Tigers for four
years. '
114 EGGS A DAY HOW
INSItAU UI- ZD ADA!
That Meant About $10S Extra lacraM
Ptr Month for Mr. Ropp.
"I havt 200 henx. Including Into ptiHott
not old enough to lay. and had been tot
ting 26 to 80 egg a day. Then I tried
Don Sung In the feed, and am now get
ting 107 to 114 egg a day." Mr. Elite
B. Ropp. R. R. 2. Littles. Ind.
Mrs. Ropp got thii increaae of T doien
a day in the middle of winter. At 0
rente a doten, SO daya a month, thia makee
J 105 extra Income a month. The Don
Sung for her 200 hen cent her about S2.&0
per month. You can aee how well It paid
her, and we'll guarantee It will pay you.
Here'a our offer:
Give your hen Don Sung and watch ra
nulta for one month. If you don't find that
it pays for itself and pays you a good
profit besides, simply tell ua and your
money will be promptly refunded.
Don Sung (Chinese for egg-laying)
works directly' on the egg-laying organs,
and is also a splendid tonic. It it eaaily
given In the feed, improve th ben',
health, make her stronger and more ac
tive in any weather, and start her laying.
Try Don Sung for 30 day and if it
doesn't get you the egg, no matter how
cold or wet the weather, your money will
be refunded by return mail. Get Don Sang
from your druggist or poultry remedy
dealer or send 60 cents for a paclcag by
mail prepaid. Burrell-Dugger Co., 878 Co
lumbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
Maeterlinck Present at -Initial
Performance of
"Blue Bird" in U. S;
New York, Dec. 28. In the pres
ence of Maurice Maeterlinck, author
of the book on which it is based and
a distinguished array of diplomatic
ofhcials and society folk the opera
"Blue Bird" was given for the first
time Saturday at the Metropolitan
opera house. The proceeds are to
"be divided by the queen of the Bel
gians fund, the M.llerand s fund for
French children, and the Three Big
Sisters organization. ,
The opera, sung in French, is in
four acts and eight scenes and close
ly follows the plot of the book in
whiclrTyltyl and Mytyl go on a long
search for the "blue bird of happi-1
nes," then only to returii and find
it in their own home
You Have Time
To Begin Using
GOOCH'S
BEST
FLOUR
This Year. You'll
Like It So Well
You Will Use-It
All Next Year.
Sold by the Best Grocers
civ C Work more--
' Produce more ' .
V Save more
A Tast amount of work now
remains to be done which the in
' tervention of war has necessarily
delayed and accumulated, and
the result is that
very
large capital expenditures ought
to be made to make up for the
interruptions inevitably due to
the war and to prepare the rail
roads to serve adequately the in
creased traffic throughout the
country.
WALKER D. HINES,
Director General of Kailroadt
But we can't continue increasing our pro
duction unless we continue increasing our rail
road facilities. . - ' .
The farms, mines and factories cannot in
crease their output beyond the capacity of the
railroads to naui tneir products.
Railroads are now near the peak -of 'their
carrying capacity.
Without railroad expansion more engines,
more cars, more tracks, more terminals there
can be little increase m production.
But this country of ours is going to keep
right oriagrowmg and the railroads must grow
with it.
To command in the investment markets the
flow of new capital to expand railroad facilities
and so increase production there must be
public confidence in the future earning power
of railroads
The nation's business can grow only as fast
as the railroads grow. ,
Dk& cdmliAemmi Ia p uhluhed by ihe
6oadion,of3failuxjy cxmdivcA
note ittMn information eonemint the railroad tituatid may thtain Merit
turt by 01-1(10- to The Attotiatton of Railway Executive, tl Broadway, New York