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OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, ,1920.
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snowstorm
responsible
for fatality
Two Freight Trains Crash
Headon During Blizzard in
Minnesota and Man in Immi
grant Car Killed.
CHICAGO THREATENED;
BY RAILROADS' TIEUP
High Winds Reach Velocity of
. From 40 to 45 Miles an Hour
In Nebraska Storm Is Gen
eral Over Iowa.
Chicago, March 4. Sweeping out
of the northwest with a 50-mile wind
and a blinding snowstorm, a bliz
zard struck" Chicago at noon and
threatened to seriously affect traffic
on steam roads centering here.
! The thermometer fell 10 degrees
between 11a. m. and 1 p. m, .and
will reach zero by night, the weath
er bureau predicted.
The entire district from the Mis
sissippi to the Rocky mountains and
south to Dallas, Tex., felt the effects
-of the storm. At Pallas the ther
mometer dropped 50 degrees in 12
hours.
- One death directly attributed to
the, snowstorm was reported from
Farmington, Minn., where two
' freight trains crashed headon during
the blinding storm. The man killed
was riding in a,n immigrant car.
Heavy snow was general from the
Rockies east into Indiana. Wiscon
sin points report a five-inch fall, with
street car and interurban itraffic par
alyzed and steam trains hours be
hind schedule. -
45 Miles an Hour and Zero
Weather Sweep Nebraska
Lincoln, March 4. High . winds
that reached a velocity of from 40
to 4S miles an how,' accompanied by
snow and temperatures that touch
' ed as low as 6 1elow 'zero, !fn Ne
braska last night and early today,
slightly, hampered railroad traffic
pnd wire commpmsatiom Slight
ilamage to telephone wires was re
ported. .- t-i " ; , '
Cold and Storm Wave Are
: General Throughout Iowa
Des Moines, la.,' March 4. RjJ
ports reaching here toaay snow mc
cold wave and storm starting late
yesterday to be general over Iowa.
Conditions for workers were re
ported extremely uncomfortable m
both Sioux City and Dubuque, where
no street cars were operated because
of strikes. " , . '
Another Cold Night
Is Facing Omahans
The snowstorm, . accompanied by
zero temoeratures, that swept over
western Nebraska Wednesday after
noon and night, had subsided yes
terday, "Weather Forecaster L. A.
Welsh reported. He predicted rising
temperatures for the western por
tion of the state. .
Omaha will have another cold
night, he said, but warmer weather
'is predicted for today. The lowest
temperature here within the last 24
hours was at 8 a. m. Wednesday,
when the thermometer snowed 4 1-2
degrees above zero.
At Valentine the mercury dropped
to 6 below and at North Platte was
down to 2 below. Temperatures of
14 and 16 below were reported from
the Dakotas.
The snowfall over Nebraska .was
comparatively light, heavy snowfall
from the storm being confined to
the Great Lakes region. There was
14 inches of snow at Duluth and 10
inches at Green Bay. Wis.
-
Judge Did Not Know
Mary Until She Came
- To Cross-Examination
: Reno, Nev-, March 4. Judge
Frank ; P. Langan. who granted, a
decree rof divorce to Mary Fickford,
at Minden. Nev.. Tuesday says he
did r.ot knew the plaintiff in the
cast was , Mary (Fickford until she
was cross-examined. He was intro
duced to' her mother, who was
called Mrs. Smith, and he addressed
the screen star as Miss Smith until
he found out her identity. Coun
se' for both sides declare that they
know nothing of any property set
tlement. .
Owen Mocre, the husband, left
Minden, Monday, shortly after be
ing served with the papers in the
suit, saying he was going to Del
Monte,; Cal.
British Squadron Reaches
Algiers to Quiet Turkey
Algiers, March 4. A British
squadron of four battleships, one
tiiser and 10 destroyers has ar
D M here. Algiers is about mid
- Yon letween Gibraltar and Malta,
porchase,ish naval base in the Medi
and sampl. whence strong ' British
and apple flia,es were dispatched east
to try for theng ago. There have been
your nam ik other allied warships
following Pridafway thither in connec-
disturbed Turkish sit-
FORMER SOLDIER
OPPOSES BONUS TO
EX-SERVICE MEN
Financial Handout Would Be
Simply Thrown Away, Wal
ter Burns Says.
Washington, March 4. Flat oopo
sition to 'financial relief legislation
for former service men, the first to
be expressed by a former soldier,
was asserted before the house ways
and means committee by Walter W.
Uurns of Green Point, N. Y., a for
mer artillery captain. A "money
handout" to the former service men,
he said, would simply be thrown
away." .
All soidiers would take a money
grant if congress authorized it,
Burns 'tojd the committee. Repre
sentative Rainey, democrat, Illinois,
replied that this was true even of
members of congress "who talk and
vote against salaries and mileage
allotments, but always take Xhc
money."
Have Sufficient Reward.
Burns contended the satisfaction
of having fought to defend the coun
try was sufficient reward.
"If the war had continued two
weeks more every American soldier
would have been so tickled they
wouldn t want any bonus, he added.
Representative Garner, democrat,
Texas, said not a former service man
in his district had written in favor
of the proposed financial relief.
Reclamation of arid lands in the
west and south with preferential
right to all former service men to
entry on existing drained public
lands was urged by a delegation
headed by Representative Smith, re
publican, Idaho. '
More than 150,000 men have al
ready signified their desire for home
steads, but are without financial
means to obtain them, George R.
Maxwell of St. Louis told the com
mittee.' , ' ;
MEMENTOES OF
WRECKED LIVES
.. UNDER HAMMER
Modern "Davy Jones" of Chi
cago Preparing Property of
Suicides for Auction Block.
Chlrnfo Tribune-Omaha Be Ia4 Wire
Chicairo. March 3. "Davy" Jones
is getting ready for his grand trien-
nal auction where you can ouy an
entire derelict estate for 20 cents.
'"Davy" is otherwise known as
Denutv Coroner D. R. Tones and in
his "locker" are sad testimonials of
wrecked lives. These ' mementoes
are being treated with .disinfectants
for one never knows just iwhat they
have been through.
"Oh yes, there'll be plenty of buy
ers," said Davy, as he poked over
a broken mandolin which had been
taken from the room of a (woman
who decided to quit by. the gas
route.
"We sell the stuff just. as it is.
You can buy a suicide's trunk, un
sight and unseen, for $2 or perhaps
$8, if it looks good on the outside.
What you get on the inside fs a mat
ter for the coroner's records only.
Any sum above $100 must go to the
public administrator."
Say "lighting Parson"
Too Prone to Borrow
Parishioners' Motor Cars
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.,
Chicago, March 4. Rev. C. C.
Marsolf, the "fighting parson" of
the Nortlr Chicago Presbyterian
church, who has been asked by the
trustees to resigri and who is now
under bond for attempting to. enter
the church, is accused by his par
ishioners of being a chronic auto
mobile borrower. According to
Trustee Martin C. Decker, here are
some of the reasons why Rev. Mar
sfclf is persona non grata:
Borrowed his parishoners auto
mobiles without permission to take
spins in the country.
Lambasted one parshioner because
Ins gasoline tank was empty when
the pastor wanted to take a ride. -
Told Mrs. Decker she was ex
tremely discourteous in not inviting
him to lunch when he called.
Entered the house of parishioners
without knocking.
Threatened to "lick" the Sunday
school superintendent whenever they
met on the street.
The, schism between the pastor
and his flock is still unsettled al
though the. Presbytery has" upheld
the pastor and insists he has the
right to preach. .
Army Aviator Killed When
Plane Goes Into Tail Spin
Riverside, Cal., March 4. Lieut.
Raymond F. Pearson, a United
States army aviator, was killed at
March field, near here, when his air
plane went intd a tail spin too near
the ground to recover it Lieutenant
Pearson had been flying here for six
months. ,
Cadet Milton B. Rouse, who was
flying with the lieutenant, escaped
with a few slight bruises,
Lieutenant. Pearson was a son of
Dr. C J. Pearson of Erie, III. He
was to have married a young woman
of Erie next month, according to of
ficers of March field.
Sanderson, Tex., March 4. Lieut
John E. Greer, 23 years old, an
aviator from Kelly field, hear San
Antonio, was instantly - killed at
Watkins when ateriffic windstorm
sent his machine crashing to earth.
RESERVATION
0 SHU G
READOPTED
Treaty Provision as Modified
In Bipartisan Conference
Passes Senate by Vote of
48 to 21.
LODGE REPUDIATES
COMPROMISE PROGRAM
Mild Reservationist Group
Votes With Democrats for
Walsh Substitute for Plan of
Republican Leaders.
Washington, March 4. The Shan
tung reservation to the peace treaty
as modified in the bipartisan com
promise conference was readopted
late today by the senate.
The vote was ? to 21, as com
pared to a vote of 53 to 41, when the
reservation was first adopted m No
vember. Ten democrats, Senators Cham
berlain, Oregon; Gore, Oklahoma;
Henderson and Pittman, Nevada;
Meyers, Montana; NOgent, Idaho;
Reed, Missouri; Shields, Tennessee;
Smith, Georgia, and Thomas, Colo
rado, voted for the reservation, lu
November it was supported by only
five democrats." -
. Walsh Reservation Over.
Over the ' motion of republican
leaders, the senate voted, 37 to 32,
to substitute, a reservation - drawn
by Senator .Walsh, democrat, Mon
tana, and agreed to in the bipartisan
conference for the one adopted at
the last session regarding the choice
of American representatives in the
league of nations.
Mild reservation republicans voted
with the democrats for the Walsh
substitute after Senator Lodge, re
publican leader, had told the senate
that becaus of the democratic at
titude lie was "through with" the
compromise program agreed to in
the bipartisan conference.. .
. Having" displaced the republican
reservation with that presented by
Senator Walsh, the senate then
adopted the latter. 55 to 14, 17 dem
ocrats voting' with the republicans.
Former Sailor jtay Be
Man Responsible for
Death of Chorus Girl
,San Francisco, March 4. Photo
graphs and a description of Dennis
B. Chandler, former sailor in the
United States navy," under ; arrest
here on a charge of robbery,, were
sent to the police of Cleveland, O.,
as the .result t of. developments,
which, according to the police here,
tend to connect him with the mur
der of Frances Altman Stockwell,
a chorus girl, in that city.
Chandler denied he was in Cleve
land at the time of the murder.
According to the police, Chandler
was discharged from' the navy at
Philadelphia, September 5, 1919.
The Stockwell girl was murdered
February 2, 1920. The general de
scription of Chandler coincides with
ihe man last seen with Miss Stock
well, but Chandler insists he is 21
years old, while the other man was,
said to be "fully 32." - .
Chandler ' said he was in San
Francisco during the entire, month
of February. . , . .
Turkey Stripped of
Territory, But Will
Keep Sacred Places
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London, March 4. Turkey is
stripped of virtually all its territory
in Europe, but retains the sacred
places, by the treaty now being com
pleted by the conference of foreign
ministers and ambassadors, it has
become known.
Double-Crossed by
Monied Interests
Is Wail of Izzy
Chicago, " March . 4. (Chicago
Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.)
"A million-dollar corporation double-crossed
me," wailed Isadore
(Nigger) Goldberg as he came into
Judge Zeman's court to reply to the
confession mrdt: bv Georgi Cohen
and Myer Cohen that Goldberg en
gineered the, sensational robbery of
the Klein loan . bank and jewelry
store the day before last Christmas.
A jury was to have taken up the
cases of the Cohen brothers, but in
view of the confession, Judge Zeman
dismissed the jurors until the latest
developments can be investigated.
The confession also involves Jay
Abrams, house detective at the Hotel
La Salle. . .
; The robbery was of a sensational
nature. The collection bank is with
in a half block of the Hotel La Salle,
in the lobby of the Brevoort House.
The day before Christmas two men
dropped into the bank, lined up the
proprietor, one clerk and a customer,
threatened them with death and
walked out with money, bonds and
jewelry worth $30,000. A taxicab
was waiting tor them and they were
soon lost in the maxe of vehicle.
blames eat
for be cause
of " Downfall
Chicago, ; senger Wanted Ar
ticle of Clothing and Stole
Bonds to Get It.
Chicago TribnM-Oniaha Bee IMd Win.
Chicago, March 4. Even with the
cost oi living as high as it'is, Max B.
Kelhier, alies George Franz, will
tell the world that one can buy a lot
of comforts for $10,000. k
Kellner, who departed with a diamond-studded
watch adorning his
wrist, came back from St. Louis
with ordinary handcuffs. He was
escorted by a couple of detectives
and will be required, to explain the
theft of $38,000 worth of Liberty
bonds from the Harris Trust and
Savings bank.
Strange Tale of Spending.
In .his tell Kellner recited a
strange tale of artistic spending. He
had originally planned a trip to the
Arctic country and bought a $200
fur coat for that purpose. Here is
what happened to the rest of the
funds: '
Three diamond rings, $d00; stick
pin, $75; shirt studs, $150; watch
chain, $110; small automobile, $825;
big automobile, $1,600; four suits of
clothing, $360; trunk, $35; suitcase,
$30; handbag, $25; shoes, $18; bath
lobe, $30; three neckties, $21; silk
shirts, $240; four pairs of hose, $42;
cigaret case, $8; belt, $7.50.
. Fur Coat Caused Ruin. S .
' He admits the- fur coat was the
cause of his downfall. He wanted
one with a brass-buckled belt and a
high . collar, and his income as a
bank messenger was not sufficient to
satisfy this whim, so when he was
sent to another bank to deliver the
$38,000 Liberty bonds he 'sold them
to a pair of dealers, whose Barnes he
did not obtain, for $10,000 cash and
started south. He was married a
month before this escapade, but de
serted his wife when he fled.
Eight Land in Jail in
Attempts to Follow i
Dictates of Ouija
Martinez, Cal., March 4. Four
men and four women were exam
ined late Thursday bv Tudare R. H.
Latimer as a result of a complaint
that .;- stratrge - rite? 7ov?f a f ouija
board have been conducted in a
house at El Cerrito, near here. The
complaint was made by Mrs. Tony,
Bena who says she was kept a pris-
onei unaer ir.ryais oi Doauy narm.
The women and men reiterate
i . i . r i i ,
their faith in ' the ouija and said
they were about to be given com
plete revelations when the police
broke up then meeting. One of the
"commands" given them by the
board was to secure the daughter
6- Mrs. Bena and clip her curls.
Mts. Bena, a captive in the room,
saw them depart and heard them
beat on her front door with a ham
mer in a vain effort to get the girl.
The group burned paper money
to the amount of J$20O, destroying
all bills that bore the numeral 7
in their serial numbers, stripped
most of the clothing off Adeline
Bottini, one of their number, and
threw iewelrv. furniture and cloth
ing into a fire, according to ' Mrs.
Bright Trinket Child
Playing With Proves
To Be $7,500 Necklace
Chlcag-o Trlbnne-Omaha Bee Leaded IFire.
New York, .March 4. John ' C.
Carson, a postman, was making his
rounds when he saw "a brieht
trinket" on the pavement.
"Something for the baby to play
with, said the postman. He picked
it up and went on delivering mail.
Mrs. L.". Lazard, a guest of the
Hotel Majestic, reported that she
had. lost a pearl necklace worth
$7,500.
Detectives found a passerby who
saw the postman pick up something
from the sidewalk. The detectives
went to his home. s
"Sure, I picked up something,"
said Carson. "I thought it was just
some bright trinket. The baby has
it in the kitchen now." '
New Jersey Files Bill
Against New Dry Act
Washington, March 4. The state
of New Jersey, through its attorney
general, Thomas McCran, today
filed in the United States supreme
court a suit seeking to have the pro
hibition amendment declared uncon
stitutional and to prevent enforce
ment of the Volstead act The suit
is directed against Attorney General
Palmer and Daniel C. Roper, com
missioner of internal revenue, s.
The bill sets forth that the amend
ment was improperly drawn, that in
21 states the legislatures have not
ratified it as provided by their state
constitutions and, that there is no
power in congress to propose a con
stitutional amendment regulating
the habits and morals of the people.
It recites further that tle amend
ment is a legislative and not a con
stitutional matter and that as such
it was improperly passed. '
President's Latest Reply
, ; On Adriatic Dispatched
Washington, " March 4. President
Wilson's rejoinder to the last note
f the Frenrh and British premiers
on the Adriatic situation was dis
patched to Europe Thursday night
Its tontenti was not disclosed by
the State department.
EX-LIEUTENANT
BOOMS PERSHING
FOR PRESIDENT
. 1 ' : S
M.' A. Shaw Would Be Dele
gate to Republican Conven
tion Pledges Vote for
General at Primaries.
David City, Neb., March 4. ( Spe
cial.) M. A. Shaw, prominent at
torney and formerly county judge
of Polk county, announced today
that he would file as a candidate
for delegate from the Fourth dis
trict to the republican national con
vention, in a statement Mr. bhaw
said that he would vote and work
in the convention for the candidate
endorsed by the state in the prefer
ential primaries, although he per
sonally tavored Oenerat rershing
for president ,
Mr. Shaw is chairman of the
executive committee of the Ameri
can Legion of Butler county and
served 21- months overseas as first
lieutenant with the 339th field ar
tillery. He is. the son of L.,'M.
Shaw of Osceola and a graduate of
the University of i Nebraska law
collage. He has always been a re
publican arid in 1916 was associated
with the republican state central
committee. . ' ; " ,. '
In announcing his intention to
file for delegate to the national con
vention, Mr. Shaw said: "For some
time after the opening of the presi
dential, campaign,, I personally fa
vored General Wood, iut since then
I have thought over tne situation in
a thorough manner and I am now
convinced that all loyal legion mem
bers, and citizens of Nebraska gen
erally, should be for Pershing.
"The grievances and hardships
which the boys went through over
seas should not be laid at Persh
ing's door. The work of organizing
the great A. E. F. and his success
in bringing the war to a speedy
conclusion are evidences of his firm
leadership, and splendid executive
ability, . and show that he is thor
oughly fitted to lead our country
through the period of reconstruc
tion. "If elected, I will abide by the
result of the primaries and vote and
work at the convention for the can
didate wlio-receives the preferential
vote of this state. Personally, how
ever, I favor Pershing for the ex
ecutive office and expect to vote for
him in the Nebraska primaries."
Leader of Bandits That
Murdered U. S. Man Is Killed
Mexico City; March 4. Manuel
Gonzalez, leader of the band which
shot and killed Augustus Morrell,
formerly American consul at Man
zanillo on February 26. has been
killed by government troops accord
ing to semi-ontcial statements made
here last night.
Military commanders ordered out
mobile columns in pursuit of the
bandits. One of these columns en
countered a band of outlaws be
tween Manzanillo and Colima. In
addition to the leader, it is stated
that a number of bandits were
killed.
Independence (Mo.) Jail Is ;
Ordered Closed; No Business
Kansas, City. Mo.. March 4.-LThe
Jackson county jatl at Independ
ence Mo, was ordered closed today
Dy Judge ttalph Ss. Latshaw of the
criminal division of the circuit court
and the employes discharged. The
number of prisoners had fallen off
from an average of 50 to less than
15 since prohibition, Judge Latshaw
said' , '.
Whoa!
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Announces Intention ,
To File as Candidate
To G. 0. P. Convention
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M. A. Shaw.
Mother Removes
Her Son's Tonsils
With Button Hook
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaied Hire.
Joliet, 111., March 4. Science has
nothing on the modern mother, ac
cording to the report of Miss Hattie
Hurst, public school nurse, who dis
covered the last word in efficiency
in the 1920 American home.
Examining a child, the nurse rec
ommended that the little girl's
tonsils be removed, and accordingly
sent a note home, exhorting Mary's
mother to have the offending organs
taken out. ,
The child returned in1 the after
noon with the information:
"Please, Miss Hurst, mamjfw said
she would pull my tohsiflr after
school tonight, like she did Johnnie's
a week .ago, when you told her, with
a button hook." ,
A medical : guard was dispatched
to safeguard the girl against further
informal operations. 1
Two Children Bum to
Dea'th While Father
Twice Rescues Another
Cleveland, Marh 4. Helen and
Stanley Zinczkovski, aged 4 and
2, were burned to death last night
when their home was destroyed by
fire. After their father. Jacob Zincz
kovski carried his 11 -months-old son
to a neighbor, he attempted to re
turn for the other children, but
flames blocked his way. Within a
few minutes the neighbor's' house
ignited -and Zinczovski again had to
rescue, his baby.
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No More Shimmying.
, Cheyenne, Wyo., March 4. There
will be no more shimmy dancing
in .hyerne it the city administra
tion has power to stop it, according
ti a statemert by Mayor Ed P.
laylor. -r
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GOVERNOR PAYS
HIGH PRAISE TO
AUTO SHOW HERE
Looks Over Exhibition With
out Being . Recognized '
Best He Has Ever Seen,
- - He Says. '-y- - -:;
: Governor McKelvie put his stamp
of approval on the Omaha Auto
show when he slipped into the audi
torium yesterday, looked over all
the cars, and then left without
having been recognized.
Ar he was leaving the governor
searched .out Clarke G. PowelL
manager the show, and told him
the 1920 offering is the best show
he had ever seen, in Omaha or else
where. '
"It's a mighty gtjod show," Gov
ernor McKelvie remarked. "The
general ' aspect of the halt leaves
nothing to be desired, but the best
feature of the show is the amount of
business it means for Omaha and
the state as a whole." -
On Way Home.
Governor McKelvie was in Omaha
a short time on' hit; way back to
Lincoln from the northern part of
the state. ,
C. W. Nash, president of the Nash
Motors Co., of-Kenosha, Wis., and
of the Lafayette ': Motor Co., In
dianapolis, ' Ind., was at the Nash
booth the entire day. Mr. Nash was
strong in his praise of the Omaha
show, declaring that the decora
tions, lighting effects and arrange
ment of exhibits surpassed anything
of its kind he has seen this year.
Demonstrations, which fell off
markedly on Wednesday, were re-
Contlnued on Tare Two, Column Tito.)
Railroad Ageht Is
) Electrocuted as He
Untangles Wires
' Nebraska City, Neb, March 4.
(Special.) R. A. Hickman, Burling
ton agent at Payne, la., seven mtles
east of - this city, was killed while
trying to pry hot telegraph wires
away from the wall of his station
on the-switchboard. It is thought
the telegraph-wires had become
crossed with electric light wires
either at Hamburg or Nebraska
City. Mr. Hickman had reported to
the Nebraska City agent that he
was having troubles with his wires
shortly before the accident.
Rfladmaster Tcrkins of the west
ern Iowa division of the Burlington
was at the station when the accident
happened. He said that the switch
board had become icrnoted from the
sparks off the hot wires and it was
while trying to pry them loose from
the wall that Hickman received a
fatal shock.
Hickman had been acent at
Payne for nix years. He is survived
by his wife and a 4-year-old daugh
ter. .
Jury Finds Steel Magnate's
Wife Insane When Will Made
New York. March 4. Mrs. Rosa
F. Spang, widow of a millionaire
Pittsburgh steel manufacturer, was
of unbound mind when she signed
iier will, leaving the bulk of her
$2,000,000 estate to charity and giv
ing her only child, Mrs. Mabel
Spang 'Anckcr, of Copenhagen, Den.
mark, an annuity of but $10,000, ac
cording to a verdict rendered by a
jury in surrogate's court early to
day. , The verdict rendered the will
void. The ;tiry deliberated more
thavi 12 hours. . f
us
ALSO BLAMED
Hot Row in House Develops
When Republicans Authorize
Investigation ' of Acts oi
Attorney General.
say palmeTfailedto,;,
prosecute profiteers
Democrats Claim Attack on
Wilson's Aide Made to Check
Growing Popularity of Presi
dential Aspirant.
BY MEMBERS
Washington, March 4. A hot row
broke out in the house today when
the republicans forced through a
resolution authorizing investigation
bv the judiciary committee of the
acts of Attorney General Palmer in
connection with prices charged for
Louisiana sugar. The democrats bit
terly opposed the project, charging
that it was designed as an indirect
impeachment of Mr. Palmer and
only intended, as a means of check
ing the "growing popularity" of the
democratic presidential aspirant.
In reply the republicans charged
that the president and Mr. Palmer
were directly 'responsible for pre
vailing high sugar prices; that Mr.
Palmer had no authority to recog
nize the high figure at which Louis
iana sugar sold and that he had
failed to press action against
profiteers. .
Claim "Covert Attack.
In two hpurs of debate on tlie
resolutions, offered by Representa
tive Tinkham, republican, of Mas
sachusetts, democratic members as
serted it was a "covert" attack tin
Mr. Paliner.i and was ' calculated to
divert public attention from failures
of the "incapable"; republican lead
ership in congress. When the tjrae.
limit expired, the resolution was put
through, 162 to 124, by a party vote, '
and. the committee will proceed w;W -its
inquiry.
The resolution directs that the In- .' .
vestigation be directed "to the ad-
mitted concurrence of the attprney r
general in maximum fixed prices" -of ,
17 and 18 cents a pound for Louis
iana sugar, the basis on which the
prices were fixed, and whether im
munity from ' prosecution for
profiteering was jyiven any one"for
charging these prices. V
Charges and Denials.
Republicans asserted that the ac
tions of the attorney general in re
gard to the Loiiisiana growers
caused increased prices for the Cu.
ban crop, but this was denied bv
the democrats, who in turti asserted
that his action was a "saving to the
consumers." V , "
"That Louisiana crop was just
enough to supply the United States
with sugar for one day," commented
Representative Martin, democrat, of -Louisiana.
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Two Badly Injured 1
By Reckless Drivers -l
On Downtown Streets
An automobile truck, driven bv
Ray Carlson, 4208 Pacific stfee t,
struck Tark Srfimirtf 1711 rwt..
- -. . . . . jvuuijt
street, yesterday afternoon at Six
teenth and Dodge streets, dragging
mm -u teet, according to Police
man R. Ford, witness of the acci
dent. Schmidt suffered a broken
ankle, the foot having been torn
from the atfkle socket. He was taken
to the Ford hospital. Carlson was
arrested for reckless driving. , .
Less than a half hour later, Mor
ris Mittleman, 2416 Hamilton street
driver of a horse and wagon, was ar
rested at Seventeenth and Dodgf
streets for -reckless driving.. Hi "
wagon is said to have struck Mts.
Alta Frinkel, 211 North Eighteenth
street, as she was attempting tc
cross the street She suffered inter
nal injuries. Police took her to St.
Joseph's hospital.'
France to Fight Change
1 In Claims Upon Germany '
Paris, March 4. The French gov
ernment will make determined oppo
sition to. anv revision of tin.
of j Versailles that would modify its VV
kidiius on uermany.
The attitude of the French ci-wrn-
ment, according to the official point
of view, is in perfect accord Vita
the sentiments of the rhimhrr
of deputies. It is held , that any
mrwier concessions by the French
government to Germany would not
be tolerated bv narliamrnf anil if
made, the government would be
overthrown. ,
. Juror Kills Himself.
Tombstone, Ar&., March 4. C. K. .
Burnett, a juryman in the trial of
Harry ;E. Wootton, charged with
kidnaping in connection . with the
Bisbee deportations, shot and kiM4
himself at his ranch nine miles
northeast of tourtland, last night,
according to information reaching
the county attorney's office today.
Refuae to Repeal Dry Act
Washington, March 4. The house -I
today refused by an overwhelming J
majority to repeal the prohibition
emotccment act i
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