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M t ,n A i The AHA . VOL. 49 NO. 223. Eaton u MNl4lm nttttr Viy It, I KM. tt Omhi P. 0. 4tr act at Man 3. I7. OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920. By Mill (I war). Only. W.M: Sunday. 12.50: Dally 111a Sua.. 17.00; utU Ntk. (oMim antra. TWO CENTS. Om Daily Bee TO EQUALIZE PAY IN CIVIL SERVICE JOBS Government Makes Serious Move to Reorganize Vast Service of Federal Govern ment on Scientific Basis. EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY IS PLAN CONTEMPLATED Staff Experts From Account ing Concern Working With Joint Commission on Report To Be Presented Congress. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Washington, March 3. (Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.) A serious move to reorganize the vast ejvil service of the federal gov ernment on a scientific basis, involv ing a reclassification of jobs and the elimination of inequalities of pay, in efficiency of management and politi cal influence, is at last in progress. The joint commission on the re classification of the 106,000 federal employes in the. District of Colum bia Will 'report to congress within a 'week a comprehensive reform plan, worked out with the assistance of a staff of experts from Arthur Young & Co., the Chicago accounting con cern which recently reclassified the 60,000 government employes of Can ada. ' To Readjust Salaries. ''Equal pay for equal work" will be1 the rule "if congress adopts the proposals of the commission, whose report is to form the basis of con sideration of a readjustment of salaries to meet the increased cost of living, a condition which has been dealt with crudely in the last two yeats by voting a bonus of $240 a year to each civil employe. "'It has taken the Chicago experts a year to survey the intricate maze of the federal service in Washington and find out "where the government is at" in its own household. Per haps "mess" would be the more ac curate description of the haphazard methods and employment conditions found in the multitude of bureaus and commissions created by the hodge-podge legislation of more than a century. ... The experts set out by ascertaur- ing the character of the work per-U 'ormcd by each employe, who was required to fill out a questiognaire. Some of the questionnaires were re turned blank and subsequent investi gation failed to throw much light on the work or duties of the employes in question. One questionnaire was returned with the notation: "This man has been on the payroll 30 years, but is U'ontlnnrd on-Tage Two, Column Two,) Says Medical Graduates Are Not Fitted for Preventing Disease Chicago, March 3. The sanitary engineer is better fitted in the study of disease preventives than are graduates of medical colleges, Dr. Victor E. Vaughan, dean of medi cine in the University of Michigan, declared before the congress on medical education. "Graduates of our medical schools today are not in any way fittted to do public health work," Dr. Vaughan said. "The science of preventive medicine is not taught in our uni versities. The whole trend of the teaching is toward curative meth ods." ... Officers of the three divisions or the congress were elected at tlje closing meeting and Chicago was se lected for the 1921 gathering. The officers are: Counsel on medical education: Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. Chicago, chairman; Dr. N. P. Colwell, Chi cago, secretary. . Association of American Medical colleges: Dr. William Pepper,, PhiS f adelphia, president; Dr. Fred C Zapffe, Chicago, secretary. Federation of states medical boards: Dr. David A. Strickler, Denver, president; Dr. Walter L. llierring, Des Moines, secretary and treasurer. Sister Shoots Brother When Latter Slaps " v - Mother in the Face Chicago, March 3. (Chicago Trib ' une-Omaha Bee Leased ; Wire.) George Engiram ,made the mistake cf slapping his mother in the pres ence of his 19-year-old sister, Emily. When Emily saw her brother swing heavily upon his mother's jaw, she snatched up- a revolver and sent a bullet into his back. He is now m a hospital and, it is said, will re cover. ' , , ', ' Frightened at what she had done, the girl telephoned a physician and the police heard of the shooting. Mrs. Mary Engiram became an gered when she learned the police had been brought into th. case, stat ing that the trouble was strictly a "family affair," so she spirited her daughter away to prevent her being arrested. .- .Vermont Overwhelmingly In Favor of "Wet" Cities .Rutland, Vt., March 3. Complete , returns from 12 out of the 14 coun ties in this state on the results of Tuesday's town meetings showed that 124 towns had voted "wet," the highest number in the history of the " state. The missing counties were Essex and Grand lite. Caillaux Gets Angry Under Examination at His Trial for Treason r ' ' I M.CAItX'AUX Paris, March 3. Nettled at the trend of the cross-examination of Theodore Lcscouvc, procurator of the republic, former Premier Jo seph Caillaux, on trial before the senate sitting as a high court on the charge of having had treasonable dealings with the enemy, displayed more bitterness today than at any time since the trial opened. The spectators and even some of the senators joined in the applause and counter-manifestations that greeted many of his caustic replies to M. Lcscouvc. M. Caillaux reiterated his previous testimony that James Minotto, son-in-law of Louis F. Swift of Chicago, had been vouched for by Edwin V. Morgan, American ambassador at Rio Janeiro, who, Caillaux claimed, not only introduced Minotto to him, but received the latter in his house as a guest. DENTAL STUDENT TAKES OWN LIFE AFTER QUARREL t Columbus Youth Shoots Him self, Clasping Sweetheart's Picture in Hand. Columbus. Neb.. March 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) With the blood stained picture of his sweetheart, with whom he is said to have quar- rplpH rtacnpH in liis linnr! Rav Thompson, a student at Creighton university, was found dying from the effects of a -bullet wound, , self inflicted, within a short time of his return from Omaha. He came into the room where his mother and several teachers in the city schools were, and after greeting them, went to his own room. About 15 minutes later the shot was heard. The wound was high in the left breast and the young man lived for nei'.rly two liours alter he had com mitted the deed. He was conscious until within a few moments of his death and admitted that he had I planned self-destruction, comment ing only on the act by saying he lied lie had made a better job Raymond Thompson had lived for many years in Columbus. His mother, Mrs. Ada Thompson, is principal of the Third ward schools. He was about 23 years old and .served with Company K. Since his return from the army lie had made his home with his mother. Last fall he entered the Creighton university at Omaha in the college of dentistry. Miss Jessie Lucas, the young woman whose picture he held when found, lives in Omaha. She had visited in Columbus and is well known here. ' It is said a lovers' quarrel between the two was re sponsible for the rash act. Miss Lucas is now teaching in the schools at Cozad and was notified of his death. His sister, Miss Mildred, teaches in the Omaha schools. County Attorney Walters said an inquest was unnecessary, as the facts plainly indicated suicide. Reds' Victory Complete. London, March 3. The official re sults of the recent soviet elections at Moscow give the communists 80 per cent of the 1,461 deputies, ac cording to a wireless dispatch from the bolshevik capital. One hun dred and twenty-eight of the suc cessful - candidates belong-to -no party, the dispatch says. ' jr j ' r vn I 1 - t;V?v rr- sssssfcl y A r r ' , V MM it 4 Miracle Man Entertains Psychology Class By Retiring Into His Inner Self for Long Trip Under the spell of the "inner self" of Benjamin Gooley, psychic boil- enraker, rtsychblogic currents ed died and swirled within the paneled walls of the city council chamber last night for members of the Mrs. Harriet McCollum class in psychol ogy. Members of the class met to re organize for a deeper plunge, into cosmic pools and called in Mr. Gooley, who lays claim to the title of "miracle man," to aid them in making the dire. v He did. The plunge could hardly have been deeper, for at the yery begin ning of the evening, the expounder of psychologic loreXannounced he would "assume a" subconscious state, -retire into his inner self and go back, perhaps, to the beginning of time." It may seem a long jour riry to the uninitiated, but any mem ber of the class present at last night's meeting will tell you Mr. Gooley doe3 it with one touch of the tip of one finger to his broad brow. "Nothing difficult," he explained, ."for the subconscious mind travels GIVE WILSON FIRST OUTING THROUGH CITY Balmy Spring Weather in Washington Induces Dr. Grayson to Take President For Automobile Ride. EXCHANGESCOURTESIES WITH SENATOR BORAH Physician Expects That in Fu ture Executive Will Take Daily Excursions, Except When Weather Is Severe. Washington, March 3. (Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee 'Leased Wire.) President Wilson went today for his first automobile ride in five months and surprised all who saw him by his aggressive physical ap pearance. He rode around the cap ital speedway and through the heart of the city and capitol grounds, en joying every minute of an hour's outing. "I feel as though I have been' away for a long journey and am just getting back home," he told Ad miral Grayson, his personal phy sician, when he returned to the White House. The president walked out of the White House carrying a cane and stepped into the automobile unas sisted. His big touring car and the one in which the secret service men trailed him on his motor trips, had been run into the south grounds, in stead of to the front portice as usual. Glad To Get Out Again. As he emerged from the Whit; House, Mr. Wilson gave the secret I service men a tnencHy salute ana told "Dick" Jervis, the chief of the staff, that he was "certainly glad" to get out again. Mrs. Wilson and Doctor Grayson accompanied the president on the trip. They sat with iiim in the back seat and Jervis rode on the front scat beside the chauf feur. The car went out the south west gate and despite preparations tor secrecy, a group or people in cluding newspaper men and photo graphers, assembled to greet the president. The president doffed his hat to the gathering waiting out side the gate and seemed amused at the efforts of the photographers to "snap" him over the successful protests of police and secret service men. . . '""The president was just like a boy (Continued on Fare Two, Column Four.) Leap Year Statistics Show Women Quick to "Pop the Question" New York, March 3. Leap year statistics for the first 'two months received here from many parts of the country indicate by the large in creases in marriages over the corre sponding period of 1919 that women arc taking advantage of their priv ilege and that men are .coyly re sponding "yes" at the popping of the question. New York's increase in marriage licenses issued in January and Feb ruary, as -compared with the - first twoJ months in 1919, was almost 2U per cent, while Dallas, Tex., showed an increase of nearly J00 per cent. A great number of women are paying the $1 license fee, declared an official of the marriage liceiif e bureau. Strike Puts End. to Sioux City Light and Street Car Service Sioux City, March 3. Two-score employes of the power plant of the Sioux; City Service company quit work at 6 o'clock Wednesday night, tying up street car traffic and cut ting off the light service in business houses, hotels and cafes. The men submitted a demand for a wage increase of 10 to IS per cent on February 21 last. The strike fol lowed a refusal of the demand by the local manager of the company. The strike throws many motor men and conductors out of work. at the rate of 142,000 miles' a sec ond." The "miracle man" picked two men and one woman from the audi ence and while in the "subconscious state" described ailments with which he said they were afflicted. They verilied his statements. None of them happened to be members of the psychology class. At the conclusion of these "dem onstrations" the class was presented with the pleasing news each of them had the same "miraculous powers." if .they only would apply them. Mr. Gooley outlined an ex periment with which he urged mem bers of his audience to test their powers. Then, after explaining he was tired and found the "surround ing environment very hard," he re tired. - The class was satisfied and at the suggestion of O. 2. Engler, chair man of the meeting, offered a rising vote of thanks. The psychology class organized by electing Mr. Engler president, Dr. Victor E. Levine of Creighton university, vice president; George M. Evans; treasurer and Mrs. Rene E. H. Evans, secretary. - OMAHA PIONEER AND WAR VETERAN DIES IN FLORIDA Col. Curtis Ends Eventful Ca reer as Plainsman; Miner, Soldier and Politician. Col. Samuel S. Curtis, 82 years old, died at Palm Beach, Fla., yes terday, according to information re ceived by friends here. He had been ill for several days with heart dis ease. During the summer x months he has been making his home at the Blackstone and Fontenelle hotels for several years. , Colonel Curtis was a retired Omaha real estate dealer and cap italist. He moved to Omaha to make his permanent home in 1882. He was a member of the Omaha Real Estate Exchange,' Loyal Le gion and G. A. R. He was born in McCormelsville, O., March 7, 1838, and received his education in the public schools of Wooster, O.; Keokuk, la., and St. Louis. He left school at the age of 15 years and first visited Omaha, making the trip from St. Louis to Council Bluffs on a steamboat. Locates in Bluffs. Mr. Curtis again visited Omaha in 1855 and business brought him to 'his city nearly every year after that until he decided to locate here. He crossed the plains to the Rocky mountains eight times before the first railroad line was built. In 1857-8-9 he lived in Council Bluffs and was a member of the firm of Curtis Bros., survey and real es tate agents. In 1855 he moved to Denver as a member of the Denver Townsite company and in 1859 he conducted a store in that city. He disposed of his mercantile interests the, following year and worked as a miner. Postmaster in Denver. Mr. Curtis was appointed post master of Denver in 1861 and served until the following year, when he left to bear arms in the civil war. He was the first postmaster of Den ver appointed by a republican ad ministration. During his entire life time he affiliated with this-political party. NHe served as a major in the Sec ond Colorado infantry, lieutenant colonel and A. D. Ci in the Missouri state mMitia, lieutenant colonel of the Third Colorado infantry and as a major of the Second Colorado cavalry. Following the war he made a trip to Europe in 1866 and on his return he was appointed assistant United States attorney at Keokuk, la., in 1868. He moved to St. Louis in 1871, returning to Keokuk in 1874, where he resided until he came to Omaha in 1882. Winter Trip on River. On 1896 he was appointed master-in-chancery of the United States circuit court, district of ' Nebraska,' and served until 1912. He conduct ed a real estate office at Eighteenth and Harney streets, retiring a few years ago. He made a steanboat trip from Fort Sully, N. D., to St. Louis on the Calypso in December, 1865. Mr. Curtis was married to Miss Kate Bird in New York in 1868. Two children survive him, Mrs. E. D. Bird of New York and Miss Kate Belinda Curtis, who was with him at the time of his death. Funeral services will be held in New York city, wh;re his wife is buried. Miss Curtis left Palm Beach immediately with the body of her father. Youthful "Bad Man" Stages Dime Novel - Holdup in Gotham New York, March 3. Armed with an old-fashioned pistol and blank cartridges, Tony Diadota, 14 years old, is alleged by the police to have treated Brooklyn to a trolley car "holdup" in true wild west style. The youngster, according ' to po lice, stopped the street car by firing three shots. The passengers were panic-stricken when the boy leaped out of the darkness into the light, waving the pistol. But before he could clamber aboard a special of ficer arrested him. Tony, who was locked up charged with juvenile delinquency, told the police that he had meant no harm. Johnson Pleads for Free Press in South Dakota Talk Sioux Falls, S. D., March 3. Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor nia, independent republican candi date for president .in the March 23 primary election, speaking here, pleaded for 'free speech, free press and just pure Americanism.." "Let us all be just Americans again," he shouted. "We must most zealously guard the right of assem bly and free speech. This is es pecially true since the free press has become almost a thing of . the past in the east. In many localities and to a great degree it is no longer functioning as an agent of democ racy." Kentucky Republican Delegates Uninstructed Louisville, March 3. The Ken tucky republican state convention endorsed A. T. Hert, Gov. E. P. Morrow, Mrs. John Glover South, Frankfort and Dr. S. H. George, negro, Paducah, as the four dele gates from the state-at-large to the republican national convention in Chicago. The convention voted that they shall be. uninstructed. Famous Cayuse Indian Given Notable Burial Pendleton, Ore., March 3. The largest funeral ever held on the reservation took place when the late Yum Umkin was buried at the reservation. He was asphyxiated at Chicago while on his way to Wash ington, D. C, on business for his tribe". He was a famous Cayuse In dian and left an $80,000 estate. SNOWSTORM HAS WHOLE OF STATE IN GRIP Blizzard Conditions Prevail in Nebraska With Northwest Wind Driving Snow Through Low Temperature. CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF STATE WORST Southwestern Colorado in Throes of Most Severe Storm in Years No Trains , For 12 Days in Places. Put on your big benny And each old ear muff, For believe me, brother, The weather's rough. Lincoln, Neb.,, March 3. Blizzard conditions prevail in Nebraska to night with a high northwest wind, fall of snow and a rapidly descend ing temperature. In eastern Ne braska the snowfall is not heavy but what has fallen is drifting. Conditions are reported worse in the central and northern part of the state. At Kearney there was a drop of 45 degrees of the mercury in a few hours, and zero temperature is recorded with prospects of inter rupted train service. O'Neill and Norfolk tell of a heavy snowfall and demoralized train service, with a riskig wind that is bitterly cold. Snow Drifting Badly. Norfolk, Neb., March 3. (Special Telegram.) Rain turning to snow and driven by northwest wind has created havoc with train service in NVrth Nebraska. The snow late Wednesday afternoon was drifting and the storm had reached blizzard like proportions. Promise of Zero Weather. Beatrice, Neb., March 3. -(Special Telegram.) A blizzard, the first since early in December, struck this locality Wednesday afternoon fol lowing a light fall of rain. The snov drifted badly and the temperature slowly fell with promise of zero weather. Colorado Hard Hit. Durango, Colo., March 3. South western Colorado, already suffering a snow blockade, is in the throes of another blizzard, said to be' the worst in 30 years. One train has entered Durango in 10 days, and Silverton has not seen a moving train in 12 days. One 'passenger ' train and several engine crews are snowbound near Cumbres pass. Relief parties are gathering provisions to carry them on snowshoes to the stranded pas sengers. The 107 miles from Durango to Chama is said to be the scene of several freight train wrecks, due to the snow and mud slides and weak ened road bed. Great boulders, weighing many tons, are reported falling from the rim rocks of Animas canon, tearing out the" railroad tracks beneath. Heavy snow and mud slides are aided by a strong wind which is sweeping the moun tain peaks. In the La Plata' mining district the snow is reported to be 12 to 20 feet deep. Fear is expressed that the spring thaws will bring a repe tition of the floods of nine years ago, when millions of dollars was lost in property damage. Zero Weather for Today, Prediction of Forecaster Zero weather for this morning was predicted by Weather Fore caster Welsh yesterday, and through out the day and njght every indica tion pointed towards his prognosti cation coming true. A cold northwest wind changed the rain to snow and the mercury gradually dropped to 21 degrees above zero at 8 last night. By mid night it had dropped to 15 above and showed signs of continuing its descent. Blizzard conditions prevailed in many parts of the state and createdie burglars stole $30,000 in jewelry n n 4hA twin r ait -a . - I a t a havoc in the train service, The few pedestrians compelled to be about last night hurried home ward, creating strange contrast to those who wandered about Tuesday night enjoying the first signs of spring, many without overcoats. Conspiracy Testimony -Ruled Out in I.W. W. Trial Montesano. Wash., March 3. Counsel for 10 Industrial Workers of the World on trial here on a charge of murder in connection with the Armistice day shooting at Centralia, Wash., called six wit nesses to the stand in an effort to prove a conspiracy to rtm the I W. Wi out of Central'', but none was permitted to testify.""- The court ruled that before such evidence would be admissible defense must prove that Warren O. Grimm, with whose murder the defendants arc soecifically charged,' was a party to the alleged conspiracy. This, the court held, had not yet been estab lished. The Weather. Forecast 1 Nebraska Fair Thursday; colder in past; Friday fair with rising tem perature; northwest gale diminish ing. Iowa Snow Thursday; colder with cold wave in east, and south portions; Friday fair and cold; northwest gale. Hourly Temperatures S . m. 42 Ik m '.39 1 a. m .10 8 a. m S(t 9 a. m 40 10 a. m SO It a. m.. SO 13 oooa .St 1 p. tn t p. m ...... . S p, m 4 p. m 5 p. m p. m 1 p. m P- " . .3 ..XII ..88 ..84 . .30 , .30 ..S4 ..31 Pickford-Moore Divorce ' Creates Big Sensation NeV A t ' OVEN MOORE. MARY PICKFORD. Motion Picture Stars Separated by Court Decree at Small Town in Nevada Mother Accompanies Mary to Hearing and Actress Weeps Freely While Testifying Moore Represented by Attorney. Los Angeles, Cal., March 3. Chi cago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.) Mary Pickford, the most widely-known picture actress in the world, and referred to as "America's sweetheart," has divorced Owen Moore, from whom she separated about three years ago. The divorce decree was granted by the supreme court of Minden, Douglas county, Nev. "Minden is near Carson City. The Pickford and Moore families were silent regarding the divorce and all matters pertaining thereto. Mary Pickford made her first stage success in "Hearts Adrift," and the story of her romance that has led to the divorce court in Ne vada, bears out the title of her orig inal play. . Married Years Ago. , Shc was married several years ago, but their happiness apparently was of short durattion. Some three years ago they separated, each con tinuing to star in films. Rumors of an impending divorce were heard, but many of Miss Pickford's friends contended that she would never file suit because of her religious beliefs. It was during one of the Liberty loan campaigns, in which Miss Pick--ford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fair banks and other stars gave so much aid to the government that Mrs. Fairbanks startled the film world 1y announcing in New York that she and her husband were separated. It? this connection she declared that in her opinion Fairbanks had ' been showing too' much attention to a Bold Thief Steals ; Truck and Contents Valued at Over $2,000 A Ford truck belonging to H. Beselin and Son, 1405 Douglas street, containing merchandise val ued at $1,000, was stolen late yester day afternoon from in front of the Dodge Motor Co. sales room, Eighteenth and Farnam streets. The truck was driven by Thomas Whalen, 1516 Binney street, who had left it standing while he, made a delivery across the street at the Farnam Bowling alley. He was gone about five minutes and returned to find the truck missing. The merchandise, which includes cigars, tobaccos, cigarets and candy, was valued at $1,000 and including the truck made the loss over $2,000. Confessed Robbers Given 52 Years by New York Judge New York, March 3. Ramon Rodriguez and Adriano Alverez Herra, who beat and robbed Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Broderick 6f Dallas, Tex., at the Hotel Knickerbocker last December, were sentenced to day to serve 52 years and six months each at hard labor in state prison. They pleaded guilty. Judge Mclntyre said he wished he could impose the death penalty. Mr. Broderick was struck on the head with a hammer and Mrs. Brod erick was bound and gagged. Then ana casn ana were captured attcr trying to escape by climbing down the front of the hotel. Carpenters Strike Off. St. Louis, Mo., March 3. Five thousand carpenters who went on strike here Monday have voted to return to work pending adjustment of differences. The carpenters de mand that only members of their craft instead of unskilled laborers be employed to unload and carry material used by them. Blame the rfigh Cost of Living to Eating "Too Far Up on Hog, Too Fair Back on Beef" Chicago. March 3. Southern laborers who are "eating too high up on the hog" and American housewives who "eat too far back on the beef" are to blame for the continued high cost of living, the American Institute of Meat Pack ers announced today; With the ex port market for meat shattered by adverse forlign exchange and wholesale prices back to where they were a year and two years ago, the American constrtner is chiefly responsible, the institute's bulletin on February conditions says. - "At home there was a good vol ume of pork trade during the month," the "bulletin says, "but consumers seemed to want the choice and higher priced cuts. High wages in the south have led to the purch.-sc of choicer cuts of purk than in former years, and the result is -a lack of sale for, the J heavier xuts of salt pork;' woman, a notable in the films. Mrs. Fairbanks mentioned no names, bu shortly afterward there appeared a statement attributed 1 Mary 3ick ford in which she asserted sht had never come between any mail and his wife. Mrs. Fairbanks obtained a decree of divorce and custody of the chil dren. With the separation of Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks, rumors regard ing the total collapse, of the Pickford-Moore matrimonial bark wcie received. Bought Ranch in Nevada. It is believed Miss Pickford our chased a ranch near Genoa, in Doug las county and established .es'dence Then with the stage set she left Los Angeles two weeks ago and with her mother went to the ranch. Under the name of Gladys M. Moore, she was not recognized. When she appeared in court no ref erence was made to the name of Owen Moore and it was not until later that attaches of the court learned the identity of the shabbily dressed and weeping beauty. An unusual sidelight to the divorce is the fact that Miss Pickford and Moore have frequently been working on the same motion picture "lot" recently at the Bruntoif studios. . The history of- this remarkable young woman is replete with hyper bole. She has been photographed more times than any person in the history of the world. She is known to more people than any person now alive. Her face is just as familiar in (Ontlnutdon l'ane Tyo, Column IHt.) Shock of Birth and -Death in Home Kills North Platte Woman North Platte. Neb., March 3. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. William Rector and her son, Raymond, died here within a few hours of each other. Raymond had been ill with pneumonia and when the mother was told he could not recover she suffered a paralytic stroke, sank into an unconscious state and died in two hours. The son died a' few hours later. He was 17 years of age, a student in the high school and prominent in athletics. Mrs. Rector was 60 years of age and a pioneer of this city. At the time the shock of her son's condi tion came to her she was holding the baby of her daughter, Mrs. George Miller, which had just beetf born in her home. The surviving relatives are Will iam Rector, husband and father; Homer Rector and Mrs. George Miller of this city, William, jr., of New York and Mrs. Nina Howen shell of California. A double fu neral service will be held Sunday afternoon. Dismiss 38 Defendants In Newberry Fraud Case Grand Rapids, Mich., March 3. Judge Sessions this morning freed 15 more defendants in the Newberry election conspiracy case. Before the close of the court yesterday he dis missed 23 other defendants. This left the field at 85 defend ants. The fifth count of the indict ment was also dismissed. This was the one founded on the federal statute of October 16, 1918. Steamer on Rocks. London. March 3. The British steamer Glenorchy, which left New York January 30 for Para, Victoria and Rio Janeiro, went on the rocks off Victoria bar March 1, "according to a message received here. There is little prospect of saving the ves sel or cargo. i Hog prices during the early part of the month were at the highest level of th; winter, with receipts at the yards 15 to 20 per cent be !or normal, despite the fact that government reports show that there is ptobably a large surplus on the farm , In the beef market, "a factor which has had great influence on the beef trade,, has been the rela tively strong demand for hind quarter beef and the poor demand for foreqnarter beef," the packers state. The muttoi! situation is similar. There is a shortage of lambs, due to the failure of many Colorado stock men to buy at prices pre vailing last fall, and as a result pr.'.ctically the entire market sup 1 from now until the first of June must come from the Scotts Bluff territory in Nebraska and Colorado, ' ' '--' '' 1 SAY WILSON TO YIELD ON RATIFICATION Also Predicted That Demo cratic Senators Will Join in Surrender to Lodge Condi tions to Treaty of Peace. SENATOR RiiDTAKES WHACK AT HITCHCOCK Missourian Calls Nebraskan And Emperor of Japan "The Siamese Twins of Modern : Democracy." Washington, March 3. (Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.) Predictions that the democratic senators will yield and that Presi dent Wilson himself will join in the surrender to ratification with the Lodge reservations was declared in ' the senate today by Senator Borah of Idaho, republican "irreconcilable. , The senator pointed out that dem- ocrats were now coming to support reservations which they , denounced six. months ago in the most vehe ment language. He expressed the belief that President Wilson in the end wjuld deposit the ratification of the treaty just as it was rewritten by Senator Lodge. Working On President There were some manifestations among the democrats to sustain Senator Borah's views. According -to word reaching the senate, influ ential democratic leaders, convinced " that Mr. Bryan is right in his con tention that the party could never .. face the country with article 10 as an issue, are exerting every known pressure upon the president to per suade him, if he will not oppose the ratification, to at least release dem ocratic senators who feel bound to stand by him to the end. William G. McAdoo called upon his father-in-law yesterday. Reports at the senate were to the effect that he had joined in the effort to per suade Mr. Wilson to abandon his unyielding attitude toward the Lodge reservations. Vance McCor ' mick, former chairman of the demo cratic national committee, was also named as one of the democratic leaders now engaged in trying to change Mr. Wilron's mjnd. This was received with some skepticism, however, for the reason that Mr. McCormick is one of the chief boomers of A. Mitchell Palmer, who expects to ran on a simon pure league platform. , -Papers Lining Up. !: Several strongly pro-treaty news papers were said to be parties to the movement. In columns which have been urging unreserved ratification for months, editorials have begun to appear within the past few days urging acceptance of the Lodge res- . ervations if necessary. One of these papers is the Louisville Courier Journal. Its change of front was followed today by a declaration of Senator Beckham of Kentucky, one of the president's "battalion of death," that he was now ready to - (Continued on Pace Two. Column three. . Suffrage Ratified by West Virginia House; Senate Fails to Move Charleston. ,W. Va., March 3. The house of delegates of the West Virginia's legislature ratified the fed eral suffrage amendment Wednes- ' day by a vote of 45 to 42. Later two members opposing it in the initial vote changed, making the final vote 47 for ratification to 40 against The senate this afternoon rejected the resolution to reconsider its ac tion of Monday when the suffrage ' amendment was defeated. , Itwas said then no further attempt would be made by the senate to ratify the amendment at this special session. Discovery of Helium Gas Praised by Dutch Expert Washington, March 3. Admira tion for "remarkable work" done in the United States in connection with its discovery of helium, the non-in- flammable balloon gas developed by the Navy department .-during the war, was expressed by Prof. Kam merlingh Onnes of the University of Leiden, Holland, in a letter received at the department. Specimens of the gas recently were sent to Prof. Onnes, an international authority iir this field of chemistry and the only person to succeed in liqufying the gas. He pronounced the specimens "practically perfect" and tendered the use of his famous' laboratories at Leiden for any further experi ments the department might wish to conduct. Government to Pay Expenses Of Bringing Back Hero Dead Washington, March 3. Assuran ces that the government will pay all expenses incident to the return of American soldier dead from Europe was given by Secretary Baker to a committee of Gold Star Fathers. ,The War department bears all expenses of transportation from Europe to the home of next of kin, Mr. Baker explained, and the War ' Risk bureau is authorized to pay funeral expenses up to $100 in each case. Purchases of cemetery lots is included in the funeral expenses. New York School Teachers To Get Salary Increases " 'Albany,' N. Y., March 3. A bill designed to give salary increases to the school teachers of the state was introduced in the legislature, pro viding an appropriation of $25,000,-000. I' 1 f I I i ,s 1 il I 1 I f V K y n I r-J- 'J :f3 I 1 , -
