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VOL. 60 NO. 147.
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OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1920.
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THREE CENTS
Union Men
Will Fight
Operators
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United Mine Workers to Carry
On Straggle With West Vir
ginia Operators for Col
lective Bargaining.
Governor Is Criticised
Glenwood, Iowa, Woman Heiress to J?Pri SOT!
Share in $800,000,000 Wycoff lP - -.
Janitress in Church and Business Houses Plans to
ThreeBadly
Remedies in Sight
Hurt in Iowa
TrainCrash
l ast Mail Collides With Pai
senger Train at Creston
Steel Pullman Prevents '
Loss of Life.
CopTTicht: 1920: By The Ctak-o Triban. I
Remain in Home Town and Help Others Who wll-Ii-ao
Have Felt Sting of Poverty.
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Indianapolis, Dec. 5. -The United
Mine Workers of America plan to
carry ona struggle with the coal
operators of Alabama and Mingo
county, West Virginia, "to a finish,"
said a statement issued tonight by
the union officials.
According to the statement; the
miners' international board has
uanimously adopted a declaration,
promising the Alabama and West
Virginia miners "the full mpral and
financial assistance of the interna
tional union."
ine text ot the declaration as
adopted by the board also was made
public. It criticized the West Vir
ginia governor for calling out fed-
v cral troops and asserted that if he
were truthful to his oath of office, he
would disarm private- detectives.
who, it was said, arc employed by
the operators. Regarding the Ala
bama situation, the declaration said,
"it is questionable whether the peo
ple of Armenia, whose sufferings
have sfiocked the world, are in any
worse circumstances than the op-
; pressed mine workers bf Alabama.
Ttxt of Declaration.
The text of the declaration fol-
lows:
"The International executive board
is impressed with the spirit of self
sacrifice displayed by the mine work-
' ers of Alabama in their wonderful
fight for the right to lestablish the
principle of collective bargaining
and compel recognition by the coal
operators of the award of the United
' States bituminous coal commission.
The 42,000 men, women and chil
dren who are engaged lin this strug
gle are suffering from the most in
tense persecution heaped upon them
by the arrogant coal operators of
that state. Every conceivable
method has been used against them
eviction from their homes, fose
closure upon their household and
personal effects, false arrests and
imprisonment, prohibition of the
right of assembly, denial of their
statutory and constitutional rights,
unwarranted use of state troops in
the coal fields, denunciation by an
unfavorable press and a most ma
licious public campaign of misrep-
- ,.'.ientation Jiavc all failed to break.
their dauntless spirit.' It is indeed
questionable whether the people of
Armenia, -whose sufferings have
shocked the world, are in any worse
circumstances . than . the oppressed
mine workers of Alabama.
Miners Locked Out.
"In Mingo county. West Virginia,
a struggle of equal ' importance is
being waged. The miners of that
territory were locked out by .their
employers because of iheir desire
to organic and their request for the
recognition of the principle of col
lective bargaining. They have waged
a remarkable struggle against over
whelming odds despite the innum
erable outrages inflicted by the pri
vate army of hired gunmen em
ployed by the coal operators of that
region. Many men have been shot
in cold blood by these modern Hes
sians while in a multiplicity" of in
stances others have suffered from
brutal assaults upon their persons
without having redresS in 'the -law.
The governor of that commonwealth
has utterly failed to give protection
to these citizens and has' displayed
his shameful weakness by recently
calling for' the use of federal troops
in the Mhigo county strike field.
Were he true to his oath of office he
-would at once exercise the power
a-ested in him as governor of West
Virginia and compel the coal com
panies to disarm the hundreds of
Baldwin-Felts gunmen employed by
them, who have usurped the police
powers of the commonwealth and
.irrise these powers ;n the interest
of the coal 'operators and contrary
to the welfare of the citizens of
West Virginia". '
"Vhe international executive board
declares that these industrial strug
gles in Alabama ana west virgmm
iust be continued until the coal
operators recognize the rights of
their employes.. The people of hu
man rights recognized by the en
lightened public opinion of our coun
try is at stake. There can be no
compromise of .this principle. The
full moral and financial assistance
of the international union, repre
senting its membership of 500.000
mine workers, will be placed behind
the mine workers of Alabama and
West Virginia in this fight." 4
Two Officers Killed,
One Hurt in Attempt
To Raid Italian Home
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Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec, 5. De
tective Sergeant Miles M. Jackson of
San Francisco and Sheriff James A.
Petray of Sonoma county, were
killed and Detective Lester. H. Dor
man of San Francisco, was shot
-while questioning three men in a
noose in the local Italian quarter in
connection with recent' attacks on
young women in San Francisco.
George Boyd, one of the men in
side the house, who, police said, did
the shooting, was shot in the side.
Police believe he shot himself. He
will recover, doctors said.
The detectives and policewoman,
Katherine O'Connor of San Francis
co, arrived in Santa Rosa with three
young San Francisco girls who had
been attacked recently in that city.
The police hoped through the girls to
Wentifv Charles Valenti of San Fran-
' cisco, as one of the men sought inJ
connection mm ire attacks, i ne
' policewoman and the three girls
were outside the house' when the
hooting took place.
Glenwood, Ir., Dec. 5. (Special.)
With prospects, of obtaining at
least $8,000,000 of the $800,000,000
Wycoff estate in New York, Mrs.
T. W. Lucas of this city is continuing
her plans for spending the rest of
her life in' this city. The bright
lights of Broadway, the lure of
globe-trotting or the fascination of
the expensive watering places and
resorts have no attraction to this
woman. -
The drudgery 'of cleaning office
rooms, churches, lodge rooms and
working out in private families and
at restaurants has failed to dampen
the ardor of this Mills county wom
an for her home town. Her only
plans, which , she admits she often
makes' when alone call for the dis
creet distribution of her millions in
helping others in her home town,
wlip, like herself, have felt the sting
of poverty.
One Fortune Lost. .
Poverty has not always been the
lot of Mrs. Lucas. Money inherited
from her mother was lost in specu
lation in land and cattle in the west.
When reverses came she accepted,
her misfortunes as they came and
cheerfully obtained a position as
ianitress in the Methodist church and
office, buildings. Pier husband is an
engineer, working with threshing
crews in the summer and as a well-
Bankruptcy for
Lincoln Potash
Company Asked
Petition Filed in Federal
Court by Three Firms
Urging That Concern Be
Declared Insolvent.! 1
Liincoln, ' Dec. 5. (Special.)
Creditors of the American Potash
company have asked that a receiver
be appointed to takecharge of the
business of the company. The ap
plication was filed in the federal
court late yesterday by Dobson &
Co.. S. A. Foster Lumber Co.. and
the Nebraska Buick Co., all, three
firms of Lincbln.
The application charges bankrupt
cy in that on December 4, 1920, its
boafd' of directors admitted that the
corporation was unable to pay its
debts and was willing that the pro
ceeding in bankruptcy should be
started. The claims of the petitions
are $3,000, $12,000, and $5,000. re
spectively. Admits indebtedness.
W. E. Sharp of Lincoln, presi
dent of the company, admits that
the debts of the firm will run to
between $375,000 and $400,000, but
says that the two plants of the com
pany, with the potash lakes and
leases, are worth $2,500,000. About
half of the indebtedness is held by
Lincoln creditors and is secured
principally in first mortgage bonds.
Headquarters of the company are
in Lincoln, but its two plants are
located at Antioch in Sheridan coun
ty. Its capital stock is given as
$2,000,000, the majority of which is
held by Lincoln men. According to
the officers the cause of the trouble
was the " cancellation of contracts
of the American Agricultural Chem
ical company of New York for 12,000
tons of potash. This compelled the
company to either shut down its
plants or operate on borrowed cap
ital. The condition of the money
market would not permit the financ
ing of the proposition.
Unable to Collect -Notes.
According to Mr. Sharp, who went
down ta New York to see what
could be done,, the New York com-
ny which made the contracts "fur
ies fertilizer of which potash' is
large per cent to southern cotton
planters, in the spring, taking notes
due in the fall. The chemical com
pany is holding about $33,000,000. of
these notes and has been able to
collect only about 16 per cent. This
meant that they could handle, no
more. To save the company the
directors agreed to the appoinment
of a receiver.
Clarinda Savings Bank
Forced to Close Doors
Clarinda. Ia., Dec. 5. The Clarin
da Trust and Savings bank did not
open Saturday and a notice was
posted on the door which read:
"This bank is going out of busi
ness ou account of difficulty of col
lections. . Deposits are $203,000, all
guaranteed."
The last published statement of
the bank showed total resources of
458,000. . ... .
Colorado Bank Closed. ;
Denver, Dec. 5. The- First Bank
of IlitT, Colo., with deposits of
$224,000, closed its doors, according
to a telegram received at the state
bank examiner's office here. , The
bank ' began business in 1907. No
statement will be made by the ex
aminer's office until an investigation
has been made, it was said.
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digger and plumber at other seasons
of the year.
Two children, Leone, 11, and Ivy,
7, are the chief center of attraction
for the parents whose ideals areied
up in the future of their youngsters,
The Wvcoff fortune, which Mrs,
Lucas expects to share, was founded
by five brothers, four of whom re
mained in .New York on their arrival
in this country, while the fifth moved
to Illinois to take up his battle witn
Dame Fortune. The four brothers
invested their money in New York
property and held a sizeable estate.
1 Long Lease Expires.
Family troubles arose and to pre
vent their heirs from getting a set
tlement of the joint' estate the prop
erty was leased for 99 years.. Abra
ham Wycoff, the brother who moved
west, was heir to the estate, the
lease on the property has just ex
pired and it is now possible to close
up the estate. ,
The nrooertv was willed to Abra
ham Wycoff and although there are
many Wycoffs in the United btates
only the Fulton county, Illinois,
branch of the family are entitled to
participate. It is estimated that there
are about 100 legal heir's.
Abraham Wycoff died several
years ago and most of liis , children
also are dead. Mrs. Liza Stout,
whose home is south of Glenwood,
is a daughter. She is now in a hos
pital in Council Bluffs seriously ill
Mrs. Lucas is a granddaughter.
Pal of Bandit
Shot in Fremont
Admits Holdup
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Brother-in-Law of Man Killed
After Book Store Robbery,
Arrested in Neligh, Con
fesses to Crime.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special
Telegram). Cecil Wilhouby, com
panion of Earnest A. Guest, who was
killed here a few weeks ago when
the two had been cornered in a gun
battle with the police, was captured
Saturday.
Wilhouby and Guest held up the
F. A. Krumenacher store on Irving
street and escaped with about $50.
The police located the two bandits
nea..the Northwestern .coal .piles,
where a fight ensued, in which Guest
was killed and his pal escaped.
It has been learned that Wilouby,
instead of taking an eastbound tram
as was supposed, doubled back to
ward town, went tfljhe Weinberg
Clothing store, where he purchased
an entire new outfit of clothes, ex
cepting a coat. A suit case was
found at the express office which had
been billed to him. In it the police
found a vest, with the name Wilouby
written in ink on the inside. This
was the only clue available to tface
the escaped gunman.
By matching the vest to the trous
ers left by Wilouby at the clothing
store, another step was made. Sher
iff Condit sent out tracers on all
families by the name of Wilouby.
Four such names were reported, and
amdng these four families there were
four members by the name of Cecil.
The sheriff remembered a family by
that name who lived in Fremont
about. 12 years ago, and that they
originally came from Neligh. Fri
day he sent- word to the sheriff at
that place to investigate and in a
short time received word that the
young man was at that place.
Condit arrived in Neligh Saturday
evening and made the arrest. The
captured man' confessed his guilt.
He proved to be a brother-in-law of
the man with whom he attempted
the robbery.
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Labor Leader lens
Omaha Audience of
"Irish Atrocities"
Activities of the 'British military
police in Ireland were described by
Timothy Healy of New York, presi
dent of the International Stationary
Firemen's union, who recently re
turned to ftiis country after a visit
in Ireland,' before a large audience
of Irish republic sympathizers in the
council chamber of the city hall yes
terday afternoon. ' i .-
Mr. Healy told how the "black
and tan" police patrolled the streets
of an Irish city at night with a pow
erful searchlight, "armed and ready
to shoot anyone who ventured out."
A high British army officer a'dvocat
ed lining up the Sinn Feiners and
shooting them during a conversa
tion with him, he said.
"The English labor unions favor
home rule. for Ireland," he said. "So,
too, do the French people."
Jamaica Ginger Not
A Beverage., Supreme
Court Judge Holds
Lincoln, Dec. 5. (Special.) Ja
maica ginger is not a beverage, ac
cording to the opinion of the su
preme curt of Nebraska in a hold
ing written by-Judge Aldrich. The
case came from Knox county where
J. H. Schemmer, a druggist, had
been guilty of having intoxicating
liquors in his possession. He was
found on the floor of his store in
a stupor with a 16-ounce bottle of
pinger on his perpotu He said he
had slipped and fallen and took the
ginger to alleciate the pain.
Judge Aldrich holds that 'iit is in
cumbent on the state to prove that
the article was manufactured,
bought, sold or dealt in use as a
beverage or intoxicant and the jury
should have been so instructed."
Driver of flfail Bandits1 Car
Starts 15-Year Term Less
Than Week After Cap
hire at Westville.
Spirit of "Bravado Gone
Levenworlh, Kan., Dec. 5. (Spe
cial Telegram.) "There is my long
time home," smiled Keith Collins,
confessed member of the gang that
staged the largest mail robbery on
record, in Council Bluffs, November
13, as the street car on which he
was ridiiig stopped in front of the
federal penitentiary here. 'He will
serve a 15-year sentence imp06ed on
him by Federal Judge Martin J.
Wade in Des Moines.
Collins appeared gloomy when his
arrival failed to create the excite
ment that greeted him in Des Moines
and which brought forth his bragga
docio statement that the, publicity
he had obtained would be worth
$100,000 to' him; as he planned to
enter the movies when he got out
of prison. ,
Arrival Unheralded.
The first knowledge the higher
prison officials had of his arrival was
when questioned by a Bee corre
spondent. He will not be accorded
the star prisoner treatment given
Bill Haywood and Jack Johnson,
judging from the little interest paid
to him on his arrival.
Collins arrived between two dep
uty marshals and was handcuffed to
one of them. The officers say he had
very little to say during the trip. He
will not be "mugged" or given his
prison clothing until Monday. It
had not been decided today to what
kind of work Collin's will be as
signed. Prisoner Visits Mother
On Way to Penitentiary
Less than a week after his capture
at Westville, Okl., last Sunday, Keith
Lollins, driver ot the automobile
used by the gang which robbed the
Burlington mail, train in Council
Bluffs, November 13. was lodged in
the federal penitentiary at Leaven
worth, Kan., -to begin serving the
15-year sentence passed upon him at
Des Miines by Judge Martin J.
Wade.
Federal officials made up a purse
to permit W. A. Byers, United
States commissioner,, , and -. Fred
Shoemaker, deputy 'marshal,'' to take
Collins through Council Bluffs ,on
his way to the penitentiary for a
short visit with his, mother, who at
tempted suicide after his implica
tion in the mail robbery had been
established, and who. still is in a
serious condition.
Term May Be Shortened.
Collins and the two federal of
ficers arrived in the Bluffs at mid
night Friday. His mother was no
tified of his presence in the city and
permitted to visit with him for a
short time. Yesterday morning he
was taken to a local cafe for his
last breakfast in his home town.
Then he and his guards boarded a
train for Leavenworth.
With good behavior, Collins may
obtain his release from the peniten
tiary in 12 years and 6 months. He
was given a light sentence "by the
judge because of the fair manner in
which he confessed his implication
and the . voluntary assistance he
gave to postal inspectors in recov
ering $23,800 in currency, his por
tion of the loot. '
Postoffice Inspectors W. L. Noah
of Sedalia, Mo.; J. W. Adamson of
Kansas Citv and W. M. Coble of
Omaha spent a busy morning at Co
bre's office in the federal building in
JDmaha preparing final reports of
their work since the mail train was'
robbed. They accompanied Col
lins, Orville and Merle Phillips and
Fred Poffenbargei to Des Moines
the first of the week and returned
to Omaha yesterday.
Two Youths Arrested
On Mann Act Charge
Globe, Ariz.,, Dec. 5. Charged
with violation of the Mann act, W.
D. Clark, jr., 19, and D. C. Min
ney, 23, are held in jail here while
Pearl-Ripley, 16, and Katherine W.
Harris, 17, are under surveillance in
a hotel. They lived formerly in Oak
land, Cal., Clark saying his father is
a mining engineer there; '
The, four were found in an apart
ment after the police had-received
a complaint from Mrs. Ella M. Rip-
lew ot Uakland, charging that ciarK
had kidnaped her daughter. .
The police were told, they say,
that the two couples had merely
eloped and planned to get married,
though they had been here several
days. Minney also is, charged with
the theft of an automobile. ,
Motherless Boy and Pal Arrested
On Alleged Christmas Tree Raid
His mother is dead.
His father works at Murdock,
Neb., and is away from home most
of the time. -
One sister, 16, telephone operator,
is in thrhospital.
That left Joe Bagatz, 13, and his
9-year-old sister alone to manage
the' home at 2524 South Twenty
fifth street.
So ran the story that Joe told po
lice after he and Leonard Stillmack,
11, 2416 Elm street, were picked up
by railroad detectives Saturday aft
ernoon following an alleged raid
oa a flat car loaded with Christmas
frees in the Great Western yards at
Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets.
Perhaps it was .the .Christmas
Manslaughter
Verdict of Jury
In Barrett Case
Alleged Bluffs Bandit Will
- Be Sentenced Today in
- Court Deliberation
Lastec 24' Hours.
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T Clifford. -Barrett., indicted forrfist
degree murder after the death of
Steve Kilibordo in the Pete Potko
nak pooy hall on February 25, was
found guilty of manslapghter by a
jury in district court ' at Council
Bluffs yesterday afternoon.-
The case, which was on trial all
last week before Judge Cullison,
passed into the hands of the Jury
about 2 Saturday afternoon. After
deliberating for 24 hours, the fore
man announced toBaliff L. M. Shu
bert that a verdict had been .reached.,
Judge O. D. -Wheeler of the dis
trict court was called from his home
to open court and receive the. ver
dict. Judge Culison, before whom
the case was tried, was spending
Sunday at his home in Harlan, la.
The verdict was opened at 2 yes
terday. The maximum penalty for man
slaughter is a term of eight years
in the state penitentiary and a fine
jOf $1,000, according to the Iowa sta
tutes. Barrett will be sentenced
some time today by Judge Cullison.
The state charged that Barrett,
accompanied by Harold Roberts and
John McLaughlin, attempted to
old up the Potkonak pool hall the
night of the shooting. Roberts, Mc
Laughlin, Steve Kilibardo, Pedro
Timinez and Miguel Lederman were
killed or died later as the result of
gunshot wounds.
The defense, represented by J. J.
Hess as 'attorney, alleged that the
three boys went to the pool hall be
cause McLaughlih wanted to collect
seme money from Kilibardo and
that the shooting occurred when the
Mexicans and Austrians in the place
tried to hold them up.
Japanese Close Frontier
To Far-Eastern Republic
London, Dec. 5. A Moscow
wireless says, that' in revenge for
the crushing by the bolshevists of
the anti-bolshevik bands of General
Seminoff, the Cossack leader, Jap
anese have seized the seacoast and
closed the Manchurian frontier t
the Russian fareastern republic.
Mints Establish Record.
Washington. D"ec. 5. M ints 'estab
lished a record in coinage during the
Uast fiscal year, according to the an-
A total of 809,500,000 coins, were
executed, which Mr. Baker declares
a record.1 The figures show an. in
crease of 446 per cent in coinage
over 1915, the last normal year.4
spirit and the hopes of possessing a
tree to be decorated with tinsel and
candles that led the group of 18
small boys to invade the railroad
yards. ,
-Officers said that they caught the
boys in the act of unloading the car
and that all but two of tliyouths
escaped. Joe and Leonard were
dragging away three bunches of six
trees each, the detectives said. They
also asserted that upon his appre
hension, Joe offered to split his
booty with "the yard watchman in
exchange for liberty. '
The two lads were booked for in
corrigibility at Central police station
and will be turned over to the juvcu-
lile authorities.
Wilson Asks Help
In Relief Work
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President Sends Out Appeal
For Contributions to '
Near East Fund. ,
Washington, -Dec. 5. President
Wilson addressed an appeal yester
day to the American people for con
tributions to the Near East relief.
None of the allies in the war he 4
recalled, had ssffered more severely
in" tff opoftlbh 16 their' numoerV titan
the Armenians and other peoples of
the near east. Recent renewal of
onslaughts, against Armenia by
Turkish nationalists, the Kurds and
the bolshevists, he added, had placed
1,000,000 people in imminent danger
of starvatibn unless aid was again'
offered. He urged that the American
people contribute generously "out of
their abundance."
"Relief work in this section of the
world is entirely under the direction
of the Near East Relief," he said.
"Since this organization was formed,
fc. has raised and disbursed with
great economy and efficiency, more
than $41,000,000. A nation has been
saved and at least 1,000,000 persons
are alive today who would have per
ished. "The 110,000 orphans who are rtow
being cared for by near east relief.
and wholly dependent on it for all
the necessities of life will furnish
the future leadership of the near
east. We dare not let them perish.
"Since the only hope of these
stricken people is America, I once
more beg our people to contribute
generously that these needs may be
met." . '
International Reform
Bureau to Ask Better
Prohibition 1 Laws
Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. The
international reform bureau at its
Twenty-sixth anniversary here De
cember 8 to 10, plans an effort to
secure from congress new legisla
tion to "improve prohibition en
forcement," to "protect China
against shipment of American mor
phia.t, and to reduce gambling, ac
cording to a statement given out by
Dr. W?F. Crafts.
Dr. Crafts believes "public indig
nation at the bribery of ball play
ers by gamblers," gives his organi
zation a "strategic opportunity to
knock out" gambling, which the war
Lincreased, he said. .
.The Randall divorce amendment,
a federal motion picture regulation
bill, and others relating to child la
bor, maternity and immigration
restriction, will be supported by the
bureau., which also will urge meas
ures to eliminate wholesale liquor
dealers. '
Proposed Blue Laws Would
Hit Churches,, Attorney Says
Baltimore. Dec. 5. If the so-
called "blue laws," which some re
ligious and reform organizations
lately have sought to legislate or en
force, with respect to Sunday amuse
ments ( were "ariven a literal applica
tion, it would be illegal for churches
to have paid choirs, State Attorney
General Armstrong said in an opin
ion.' "The church member who is driven
to service by his paid chauffeur
would be a violator of the law."
Loup City Farmer Fined
For Assaulting Attorney
Loup City, Neb., Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) LcrOy London, young farm
er, after a trial lasting two days,
was found guilty of assaulting W. II.
Line, Loup City attorney,; and fined
$50. He filed notice of appeal. Testi
mony showed that Line was struck
itr the face and his cheek bone brok
en in two places following a set
tlement he made with Loudon for the
keep of a neighbor's cattle.
Long Time Urged
For Payment of
World War Debts
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Senator Watson Advocates Pe
riod of 60 Years as Means
Of Lightening Tax
Burden.
Chicago Trlbe-Onh Pt lect Hire.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. Ex
tension of the time for the payment
of the war debt over a period of 60
years was advocated today by Sena
tor Watson of .Indiana,, as a means
of helping to lighten the tax burden.
Repeal of the excess profits tax and
reduction of the surtaxes on large
incomes also were urged by him.
Senator Watson discussed the tax
situation following his return from
a conference with Senator Penrose
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
senate finance committee, at Phila
delphia. It was his opinion that
hearings on either tax or tariff leg
islation should start soon after the
holidays in order to get well under
way by the time a special session is
Called under the new administration.
Representative Longworth favored
repeal bf the excess profits tax and
the substitution of a tax on undis
tributed profits of corporations. He
said he did not believe congress
would approve a sales tax -
Senator, Watson's declaration for
the extension of the time' fer the
payment of the war debt over "a per
iod of 60 years was significant as
showing a decided drift of opinion
among . the republican leaders for
this proposition. It has been the
program of the Treasury department
to pay up the war debt within 25
years. . '
Rumors of Alliance
Between Japanese ahd ,
Chile Strongly Denied
Santiago, Chile, Dec. 5. Luis
Aldunate Echeyerria, the foreign
minister, issued a statement emphat
ically denying as-"absurd" rumors
published in the European , and
American' press regarding an- alli
ance, between Chile aiid Japan.' The
statement says; , . . ,
"There is not the" slightest basis
of fact in them."
The ' foreign minister's statement
followed publication here of a dis
patch from La Nacion's New York
correspondent in which the latter
quoted a Paris cablegram to a Chi
cago newspaper -to the effect . that
European naval experts were study
ing the strategic position- of Chile
in the line of communications be
tween the United States' mid-pacific
possessions and the Panama canal,
af(,er an alliance had been signed be
tween Chile and Japan.
Mexican Government to
Pay Interest on Nation's Debt
Mexico City, Alex., - Dec. 5.
fexico's new government is strain
ing: every effort to resume pavment
bf interest on the national debt. Gen
oral Salvador Alvarado, secretary of
the treasury, hopes that the 1921
budget will leave sufficient excess
funds for interest charges.
TKe Weather
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Engineer May Not Live
Creston, la., Dec. $. (Special
Telegram.) Three persons were
seriously injured and a score slight
ly hurt here at noon today when
Burlington fast mail train No. 7 ran
into the rear-end of Burlington pas
senger train No. 3vtanding in front
of the station.
Railroad men account for the fact
that there was no loss of life to the
fact that the rear coach of the pas
senger train was an all-steel Pull
man. Three mail cars arid the en
gine on train No. 7 were badly
damaged. '
The woman passenger in the Pull
man car sustained a broken leg in
the crash. A negro porter was bad
ly scalded. The engineer on No. 7
was taken to a hospital badly injured
and may not live.
.The condition of the injured engi
neer prevented him from explaining
how he came to run into the other
train standing in front of the station
and his fireman, who was busy at
the time, was at a loss to explain
how the accident happened. The only
possible explantion railroad men
could give was that either the brakes
refused to work or the engineer had
sucered , a stroke while at the
throttle.
This is the third wreck on this di
vision of the 'Burlington in the last
30 days. The engineer and an un
identified man were killed in a wreck
at Staton, la.
SHafer Interests
In Bank Bought
Purchase by Head of Ameri
can State Bank Will Elimi
nate Friction.
D. W. Geiselman, president of the
American State bank yesterday
purchased the Shafer interests in the
institution. The purchase eliminates
:tbtiristipn which has existed, among,
the stockholders for some time, ac
cording to Francis A. Brogan, of the
lawirm of Brogan, Ellick and Ray
mond, in whose offices the trnsfer
was consumated. . '
Mr. Geiselman decjined to make
any formal statements until his plans
were more complete. Attorney Bro
gan stated that the plans as roughly
made by the owners called for an ex- '
pansion program that would largely
develop the bank's business and will
probably lead to the Addition of
some well-known Omaha business
men to the list of officers and direc
tors. ''
Differences of opinion of the op-
posing factions of stockholders have
resulted in several suit. being filed
in the courts and it is stated that ar
rangements were made to settle all
differences and permit the bank un
der the new control to follow out
their plans for increasing the bank's
business without interruption.
Farmer Will Burn
Corn and Turn Stock
Into Wheat Fields
Lincoln, Dec. 5. (Special.) The
extent to which the farmers of the
country will have to go to meet the
conditions confronting them caused
by the fall in prices ot farm products
is shown in a letter written by P. '
H. Kilzer, a fanrtfer of Red Willow
county, to the bureau of crop esti
mate. Mr. Kilzer says that because
of the high price of coal he will burn
his corn and will also open up 700
acres of winter wheat to his live
stock. '"4
"I have always protected my
wheat .and alfalfa fields, says Mr.
Kilzer, "but this year my live stock
has access to such fields. I do not
expect o harvest my 700 acres of
winter wheat My 1920 crop of win
ter wheat was good, but it brought
only $1.10 a busheL As to fuel, we
will burn corn, for at 25 cents a
bushel-it will be cheaper than coal
and the older people who used to
burn it in early days, tell us it makej
a good fire. i
Man Found Guilty of
Collecting $800 on
Hidden Automobile
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special)
Charles , M. Dowrtey was fount!
guilty in district court yesterday ot
a charge of fraud and sentence will
be passed on him next week. He
was charged with concealing his
auto in a straw stack south 6f Kear
new; reporting the machine stolen
and collecting $800 insurance for
car theft.; "Babe" Keene, serving
time in the' penitentiary fer car theft,
was a witness against Downey.
Keene is said to have squealed on
Downey and brought aboo his ar
rest. ,
Five criminal cases will Be heard
this week. Frank Schwab will be
tried on a charge of shooting with
intent to kill, because ot an cllegcd
atteniDt on the life of Mrs. Christina
Jacobson of Riverdale. -Harvey
Graham, marshal of Gibbon, will be
tried on a charge og murder as a .
rrtnll nf tin L-iltin cr nf T.rtrtnn Xfur- "
ray. One case of incest, another of
ar.on and one of burglary completes
the cases docketed,
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