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Army Rule
Proclaimed
In Ireland
Martial Law PuJ Into Effect
In Attempt to Force Con
ferences With Sinn
Fein Leaders.
Britain Ready for Peace
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By The1 Associated rrees.
1 London, Dec. 10. Martial law to
be applied to "certain areas" of Ire
land to put down "murder and out
rage" and a move to briug about
conferences between trie govern
ment and Sinn Fein leaders on the
Jrish situation, were announcedby
Ffemier Lloyd George in the house
of commons today.
In announcing this "double pol
icy" of the government, the premier
declared that under martial law, per
sons found possessing arms, after
a certain date, or tinatttorized pcr
wns wearing uniform would be
liable to "the death penalty.
On the other hand, to facilitate
negotiations; the premier announced,
the government had decided to give
safe conducts to Sinn Fein members
of the house of commons who ha4
rot been "involved in the commis
sion of serious crime." :
.. " ' Protection Furnished.
1 Mr. Lloyd George confirmed the
reports that the cabinet was in touch
with intermediaries, apparently re
ferring to the Right Rev. Patrick
Joseph Clune, bishop of Perth, Aus
tralia, with whom the premier has
had interviews recently.
The government, said Mr. Lloyci
George, was regretfully convinced
that the section of the Irish popula
tion which controlled "the organiza
tion of violence, murder and put
rage", was not yet ready for real
peace, namely, for a rtaace which
would accept the only basts on
which peace could be concluded
acceptance of the unbroken unity oi
the United Kingdom. Therefore, the
government had decided on a double
policy. ' ' . '
Only Option.
On the one hand, the government
felt, continued the premier, that it
had no option but to continue and
intensify its campaign against, that
"small, but highed organized and
desperate minority," which was us
ing murder and outrage in ordeto
attain the impossible, and which
could bring peace neither to Ire
land nor to Great Britain.
On the other hand, the govern
ment, the premier declared, would
open and encourage every channel
by which the forces in Ireland which
really were anxious for an honor
able settlement could find expres
sion and so lead to negotiations
vhieh would produce, a real and a
lasting, peacq. .
"I am convinced and quite regret
fully," added Mr. Lloyd George,
"that H is essential in order to se
cure peace in Ireland, that you must
convince the .whole of the people
of Ireland that the authority of thp
law and of the empire is, paramount;
that we need to make it paramount;
. but that, having established that
fact, the British house of commons
and the British nation are willing
to parley with the people of Jreland
with a view to establishing peace,
good wilK and friendship."
. Martial Law in Cork.
Dublin, Dec. 0. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Martial law was pro
' - clamed from Dublin castle today in
. the city and county of Cork, the city
" and county of Limerick and in the
counties of Tipperary and Kerry.
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Head of Dodge Motor
Car Interests Dies at
His Florida Home
r
Palm Beach, Dec. 10. Horace E.
Dodge, millionaire automobile manu
facturer, died here tonight' at 7his
- winter liome.
. Detroit, Dec. 10. The death of
Horace E. Dodge, at his winter
home in Palm Beach was unexpected
by his acquaintances and friends
here, who had not learned of Mr.
Dodge's illness. He left several
y weeks ago with Mrs. Dodge, ap-
' apparently in good health.
Mr. Dodge had been the sole
head of the Dodge Brothers auto
mobile interests since the sudden
death early this year of John Dodge,
his elder brother. x .
The brothers founded the ' auto
mobile business that bore their name
eiffht years ago, after engaging in
the manufacture of automobile parts i
since the early days of the industry
. . when they were, associated with
" Henry Ford.
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,f Man Confesses to Taking
V $26,000 From Employers
'"' New .York, Dec. 10. John M.
Hartman of Minneapolis, arrested
here as a fugitive from justice, was
said by detectives to have confessed
1 to having taken $26,000 from. Hart
man & Co. of - Minneapolis, for
whom he was chief bookkeeper and
B cashier.
The prisoner turned $2,100 over
to the police, thev said, and added
he lost about $24,000 through specu
lation. Hartman's wife also was arrested.
Hartman, his wife and 6-year-old
; son were to have sailed today for
. Norway. N
Nobel Prizes Presented
To Wilson and Bourgeois
Christiania, Norway, Dec. 10.
Presentation of the Noble peace
prizes for 1919 and 1920, which have
oeen awarded, respectively, to Leon
Bourgeois of France and Woodrow
, Wilson, president of the United
States, took place here today.
A message from President Wil
son had been received by Albert
C. Schmedcman, American minister
to Norway, and was read by hint
during the ceremony
Extension of Credit to ; v
Mexico Being Considered
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Financing of Obregon Administration UndeiProper
Safeguard One of Central Policies of Proposed
Treaty Which Is Receiving Serious Atten-x
tion of President-Elect Harding.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire,
' Washington, Dec. 10. Rehabilita
tion of Mexico on American credit
under proper safeguard is the cen
tral feature of a Mexican poli:y
which is receiving the serious con
sideration of. President-elect Hard
ing, according to information here
tonight. ;
Recognition of the Obregon gov
ernment, if that function should fall
to the lot of the-Harding adminis
tration, and the extension of credit
for putting Mexico on her feet
again would be made conditional,
according to the proposed plan,-up-'
on Mexico paying in full, the claims
for damages sustained by Americans
during the revolutionary period and
tifidertaking to protect Americans
and respect American-property
rights henceforth.
The men . who are ' advising , the
president-elect on the formulation of
a Mexican policy have told him that
there will be no' question of Obre
gon maintaining a stable govern
ment if the Mexican government is
adequately . financed. These men
have received assurance from Obre
gon that .he is ready to effect an
understanding ' with the American
government which will satisfy Amer
ican demands and facilitate the ex
tension of credit.
, U. S. May) Furnish Credit!'
Whether the credit shall be ex
tended by the United States gov
ernment or. by private capital is a
question that has been discussed but
not settled. Some of the Harding
advisers .advocate an extension of
government credit.
- On the ground that in no other
way could the United States accom
plish so cheaply and so etfectively
the maintenance of orderly govern
ment in Mexico and that the vital I
Plans Blasted
To Feed Family
By Moonshining
Officer. Swoops Down
on
Would-Be DistUler, Turned
Desperate to Keep Wolf
From Door of Home.
Unemployment, a rent bill and lack
of funds with which(to purchase food
for his wife and ' his three small
children, resulted last night in the
arrest of Joe-Komarek, 1242 South
Twelfth street, on a charge of unlaw
ful possession and manufacture of
liquor, when Detective Georije Sum
mitt swooped -down on the little
home of Komarek, consisting of
thrte rooms in a basement, and con
fiscated a small copper still.
Komarek is a carpenter and pre
vious to tlie first of November lived
happily with his wife and his children,
Joe, 8; Charles, 6; and, George, 2.
But a little .more tln a, month ,ago
he was thrown out of employment.
For ieveral. weeks he and his wife
lived on the money he had saved.
This smfll ftjnd was sxon exhaust
ed and yesterday, . with " rent due,
Komarek' found his purse wa,s emp
ty. He had been unable to find work.
Some one tojd .him that, he could
keep his 'children from starving if
he would male liquor, so he decided
to try it. He procured (the still, but
he had' not yet put it. into operation
when Summitt discovered it, and took
Komarek to the station.
Komarek who is a Bohemian, said
that he had -come to the United
States nine - years ago. "Except
one time; 'seven years ago, before 1
had the children to care for, I have
. . ... . . . .
not been without money td hve on,
he said. "I am honest and do not
wish to hide anything: I intended
to make the whiskey. I did not want
my children to starve. And I worried
that we would have to move from
our little home 'because I could not
pay my rent." ; !
Komarek's bond was reduced to
$105 by Captain Dillon, but the pris
oner was unable to furnish the
amount and was lodged in the city
jail. e (
Police Station Robbed
Of Lone Negro Prisoner
St. Louis, Dec. 10. The police
station at Venice, 111., near here,
was robbed of its lone prisoner early
today. Night Chief McKee was
alone in the station when a negro
entered and drawing a revolver, or
dered him. to release Matt Diamond,
a negro of St. Louis, who was held
on suspicion of complicity in a re
cent robbery. - The night chief com
plied. Whisky an Outlaw, Judge
' Says; Prisoner Dismissed
Alliance, Nib., Dec. 10. Charles
R. Wierman, accused of stealing
whisky ffom a freight car, was ac
.quitted in the district court today,
when Judge Westover instructed
the jury to discbarge the defendant.
Judge Westover held whisky, "being
an outlaw, has no valucl"
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interest of the United States in Mex
ico warrants such asistance as
much as the extension of credit to
the allies during the war.
It is realized, however, that there
would be considerable opposition to
the extension of government credit
for several hundred million dollars
and it is conceived to be likely that
the advance of funds would be made
by a group of American fianciers on
terms approved by the government.
It is suspected -that the armarent
hitch in Obregon's acceptance of
the Wilson administration's terms
of recognition is not unrelated to
prospective understanding between
him and the Harding administration.
Will Not Press Claims. j
Obregon, however, has not ap
pointed the commissioners and now
intimates he is not inclined to press
for recognition at this time. Inas
much as since the receipt of the Col
by note, he has been in touch with
one or more of Senator Harding's
advisors, he may have decided to ig
nore the Wilson administration and
deal only with the Harding regime
after March 4. Administration ok
ficials are "waxing testy over Obre
gon's coolness The alleged orgy of
petroleum speculation in concessions
granted during the last hours of the
De ' La Huerta regime has caused
apprehension in Mexico 'City, ac
cording to today"s advices from that
capital. Its reaction was felt in
Washington especial! when it be
came known that a congressional in
vestigation is being considered in an
effort to prevent -the British-owned
oil companies, which secured the
vast concessions just granted in
Mexico, from gaining a monopoly
of the oil.supplies of thi hemisphere
as they have done elsewhere in the
world. '
Thousands View
Bodies of 3 Men
Lynched by Mob
(foroner's Jury Exonerates
Sheriff From All Blame for
, Death of Calif ornians Ac
cused of Murder.
Santa Rosa, Cal., x Dec. 10.
Throngs of the curious, many of
them wearing .little bows of hempen
strands whicn they said were from
the lynchers' rope, viewed the bodies
of George Boyd, Terence Fitts and
Charles Valento, alleged gangsters
and murdercA, who were taken from
jail here by a mob of masked men
and hanged froma tree early today.
More than 3,000 had passed
through the morgue by sundown.
A coroner's jury today returned
a verdict clearing the sheriff and
his deputies of all responsibility for
the lynching and hohjing the hanged
men responsible for. the slaying of
Sheriff J. A. Petray of this county
and. Detectives Miles M. Jackson
and Lester H. Dorman of San Fran
cisco in an affray here last Sunday.
It was these killings1 that led to the
lynching.
In front of a newspaper office
where a picture of the bodies of
the hanged men dangling from their
(Torn to Page fro, Coluiifn Four.)
Constantine Sends
Message of Good Will
To American People
Lucerne, Switzerland, Dec. 10.
(By the Associated Press.) Former
i iviiiK vuiiaiciii Line ui vjttt-c, jii ail
i npn '., t ttip Am,r:.,n
people, says he feels like the pres
ident of the United States, inasmuch
as he has been elected to rule over
Greece by popular vote.' He reiter
ates his expression of good will
toward the entente and the United
States and thanks the American peo
ple for the sympathy and the impar
tiality shown him. The message
dictated by many requests contains
the following introduction:
"Tti- rHirnint tn mv rnnntrv unA
reascending the Greek throne which
1 was .lorced by the entente and tne
intrigues of a political party to
abandon for three long and trying
years, I feel more than ever as
the president of the United States
must feeL I, too, have. been elected
by vote of the people to' the high of
fic I am about to fill and which I
formerly occupied by the single con
stitutional right of heredity."
Large Shipment of Canned
Salmon Ordered Destroyed"
' Salt Lake City, Dec. 10. Nearly
50,000 pounds of Columbia river sal
mon, declared to have been improp
erly canned, were ordered destroyed
by Judge Tillman D. Johnson of
the federal district court. The
freight was libeled at Ogden. It
was destined for points- in the east.
All of the shipments libeled were
from the Tallant-Granfc Co.-at As
toria, Ore., according to federal of
ficials. The judge held that the hsh
was unfit for human consumption.
Condition of Ex-Empress
Of Germany Still Grave
Doom, Holland, Dec. 10. Augus
ta Victoria, the former German Em
press, whose heart attaks have given
her family concern for several
weeks, was said today to be still in
a serious condition. ,
Brother of Pope Dies.
Rome, Dec. 10. Marquis John An
thony Delia Chiesa, brother of Pope
Benedict, died suddenly in the pres
ence of his son. Joseph. The mar-
4jLfluis was born ia 1853 in Genoa,
Fight Over
Ex-Germari
Cables Hot
Split in International Commit
nications Conference Threat
ened by Controversy on
Distribution of Lines.
France and Japan Out
By The Amoelated Freas.
Washington, Dec. 10. Disagree
ment between the representatives of
the- principal allied and associated
powers over the disposition of the
former German cables is understood
to have about reached a point
threatening disruption of the pre
liminary international communica
tions conference which has been in
session here for some weeks.
The United States, Great Britain
and Italy are said to have reached
an accord on most of the principal
points at issue, but France and Japan
have refused to accede to the major
proposals advanced by the United
States and Italy and upon which the
American and Italian governments
insist.
Acting Secretary Davis of the
State department, chairman of the
American commissioners, to the con
ference, laid the whole matter be
fore , the senate foreign relations
committee at a twoihour conference
today behind closed doors. Chair
man Lodge announced later that the
Ameridan proposition had received
the "unqualified approval" of the
committee. It was ' stated further
co-operation between the State de
partment and the senate committee
on thes question had been arranged
for.
Italy Joins U. S.
So far as the United States is con
cerned, the principal issues is control
of the cable lines centering at Jthe
Island of Yap. in the Pacific oce'an,
and a direct line between the United
States and Italy. Italy is joining
with the United States in insisting
on the direct cable between the two
countries.
A plenary session of the delegates
to the communication conference
scheduled for today, was not held,
it was said, because of the impossi
bility of reaching an, understanding
among the chief of the delegations of
the five powers, who met last night
informally in an effort to bring
bout a compromise.
'At this informal conference, it is
understood a proposal was brought
forward that instead of proceeding
in the attempt for the distribution of
the cables among the five powers,
an agreement was reached for joint
ownershio of the lines. ,The United-
State?, Great Britain and Italy are
said to have supported this plan and
France and Japan to have opposed it.
Compromised Proposed.
According to information today in
official circles, the American gov
ernment has proposed that a com
promise be effected on the distribu
tion of the cables emanating from
Yap and now in the hands of Japan
by the allocation of the GuamYap
cable to the United States, of the
Yap-Dutch Indies cable to Holland
and of the Yap-Shanghai cable to
Japan. This plan, however, is un
derstood to have met with the dis
approval of the Japanese-delegates,
who contended that Japan should
retajn at least a half interest in the
Guam-Yap cable, as well as in the
Yap-Dutch Indies cable,
A proposal of the American dele
gation that the German cable in
possession of France and extending
from New York to Brest via the
Azores, be diverted from the Azores
to Genoa, Italy, and divided between
Italy and the United States is said
to have met with the determined
opposition of France. It also has
been orooosed that the cable between
South America and Africa, the!
Monrovia-Pernambuco cable, be
jointly owned by the United States
and France.
Britain Accedes to TJ. S.
v So far as the trans-Atlantic cable
from Halifax to Penzance is con
cerned, Great Britain, which now
controls it, has acceded to the de
sire of the American government
that this line be restored to its for
mer connection between New York
and Imden, Germany, in considera
tion of the transfer to Great Britain
of one. of the" American trans-Atlantic
cables between England and
Canada.
Senators said that, broadly speak
ing, the position of the United States
was that America should enjoy as
satisfactory a position with regard to
cable communications now as it did
before the world war.
Manslaughter Is Verdict
In Trial of Borwick
Jury in the xase of Ernest Bor
wick, charged with second degree
murder following the death of Leo
Holzfaster, who was shot in a cfliar
rc:l March 21 on the Lincoln high
way, returned a verdict of man
slaughter after a deliberation of only
two hours yesterday afternoon in
district . court at Council Bluffs .
Recipes in Women's
Magazines Eagerly
Read by Doughboys
1
Williamson. W. Va., Dec. 10.-Re-cipes
for toothsome things, such as
are found on the "women's pages,"
and in "women's magazines," are
eagerly read by the federal soldiers
on strike duty in' this coal mining
region, and then passed on to the
company cook.
This fact was discovetcd at head
quarters here when a lieutenant
came in from one of the outlying
posts for supplies Vand asked fqr
magazines.
"And captain," he added, "I don't
want magazines with cooking re
cipes in them. The boys have cut
enough recipes from the women's
pages to last the cook five years, and
they insist on him trying all ff
themf
A Chance for the President to Invest His
Nobel Peace Prize Money
" " 'no, thanks, frrr , " ,
Hughes First
faster Mind" to '
Advise . Harding
Both Men Silent as to Subjects
Discussed During Long Con
ference at Home of Pres-
ident-Electf
Marion, O.,- Dec. 10. In fulfill
ment of his campaign promise for a
"meeting of minds" to determine a
new American foreign policy, President-elect
Harding today began a
month of conferences here by seek
ing the advice of Charles E.
Hughes, republican nominee' for the
presidency in 1916.
'What passed during their talk of
several hours was not revealed, for
afterwards Mr. Harding maintained
silence and Mr. Hughes wpuld only
say that international problems had
been considered in relation to con
stantly changing conditions and
with a view to solution along the
lines laid down by the president
elect during- the campaign; '
I nru:i u . i ..j
tvjuic uic iwu wcic muacicu iu-
gether, Col. Qeorge Harvey ap
peared on the scene for a visit
which, it was said, might last for
several days. It was the second
time he had come here at an hour
when 'questions affecting the coun
try's international " ifelatiohs wert
awaiting solution. He spent two
weeks at . Harding's headquarters
just prior to Mr. Harding'sddress
of August 28, terming the Versailles
league a failure and proposing for
mation of an association of nations.
With Colonel Harvey and Mr.
Hughes, Senator Harding motored to
Columbus, where they took lunch
eon with Harry M. Daugherty, the
Harding pre-convention manager,
and former Senator Theodore E.
Burton of Ohio. '
Both of the president-elect's guests
came here today unannounced, three
days n advance of the date on which
it previously had been saidthe con
ferences would begin. It was ex
plained that Mr. Harding did not feel
that he should make public in ad
vance the names of those he is to
see nor the dates on which they have
appointments.
After his return to Marion tonight
Mr. Harding received a delegation
from the Ohio Americanization con
ference in session at Columbus and
attended a private dinner at which he
heard a lecturer discuss conditions
in the far east. During the evening
he talked over several political ques
tions with Elmer Dover, Pacific
coast manag'er for the republican
national committee during the cam
paign.. . :
LItaly Plans Action on All
Men of Ship Who Mutinied
Trieste, Dec. 10. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Drastic action on the
part of the Italian naval authorities
is expected as a result of the deser
tion of the destroyer Espero, which
joined Captain Gabriele d'Annunzio'c
forces in Fiume yesterday. The in
cident has created a deep impression
in all ranks of the navy.
The commander was locked in his
cabin and his subordinates were com
pelled to take the boat to Fiume.
Railway Asks Permission
To Issue Mortgage Bonds
Washington, Dce.vlt). The South
ern Railway company asked permis
sion of the Interstate Commerce
commission to issue $5,900,000 devel
opment and guarantee mortgage
bonds at 4; per cent, payable April
1, 1956, to be pledged as security
in part for a government loan of
$3,825,000 to be expended for equip
ment, ' '-
Copyright: 1830: Br The Chicaro Tribune.)
Thieves Get $3,000
In Loot From Home
Burglars Ransack House, Tak
ing Silverware, Clothing
And Jewelry.
Burglars gained entrance to the
home of A. Levin e,. 4302 Dodge
street, lat . yesterday afternoon and
stole silverware, clothing and jewelry
valued at'' $3,000.
Mrs. Levine left home at 3:30 yes
terday afternoon. When she re
turned about 9 last night she noticed
that the window shades in the house
had been pulled down. She was afraid
to enter the house and notified the
poilce.
Motorcycle Officers Sherwood and
Kreuger, who answered the call,
found that aj rear door had been
broken open and that the thieves had
ransacked the housed' Silverware
valued at $1,500 and a brown mink
cape, valued at $200, were among the
missing property.
Mrs. Levine, told police that while
she was alone in her home Thurs
day night, she heard someone trying
to get into the house but was too
frightened to call polict.
Burglars also broke open a win
dow in the rear of the home of
Sam WebsTer, 280 1 Miami street,
late yesterday afternoon and stole
$162 and a revolver.
King Home for Aged ;
Men Saved by Order
Declaring Will Valid
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, Dec. 10. Under a deci
sion by Judge Jesse Baldwin of the
circuit court, the James C. King
home for aged men, a noted insti
tution here, will not be dismantled.
Judge Baldwin held that the alleged
second, will made by James C. King,
millionaire lumberman, was "a for
gery. This substantiates the finding
in the probate court
The will probated shortly after the
death, of Mr. King and which, by
thes two decisions is the only gen
uine instrument, leaves the estate' oi
between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 to
the home for aged men.
Gaston B. Means, a lawyer, of
North Carolina aid New York, was
the prime mover in the effort to sus
tain the second will. It was made
out in favor of Mrs. Mary C. Mlvin,
sister of Mrs. Maude King, widow,
of .the lumberman. Mrs. King was
shot and killed near Concord, N. C,
August 291917, and Gaston B.
Means, her business manager, at
- f , - i -
wnose nome sue was visiting, was
tried and acquitted of the charge of
murdering her.
Man Said to Have Bought
Stolen Furs Is Arrested
: Fred Ball, orakeman, Harley hotel,
was arrested by police last night
and is held for investigation. Ball
purchased furs, valued at $300,- which
are alleged to have been stolen from
the American Railway Express com
pany, according to the police. Ball,
who formerly lived at Kansas City,
Kan., purchased the furs from a
man who is now serving a sentence
at Kansas City, Mo., police say.
Held on Check Charge.
Stephen Krider, farmer, formerly
of Tckamah, Neb., 'who has been
living at 515 South Twenty-second
street, was arrested last night swid
is being held for investigation in
connection with the passing of al
leged worthless checks, amounting
mm .
Farm Aid Measure
Expected to Pass
U. S. Senate Today I
Advocates of Bill to Revive
War Finance' Corporation1
Confident of Winning in
... Upper Branch.
Washington, Dec. 10. Legislation
to provide relief for farmers con
fronted by fallmg prices occupied
the greater pattf the senate's time
today and whet adjournment was
reached their las agreement that
a vote would be taken tomorrow on
the agricultural committees resolu
tion to revive the war finance cor
poration. .
The debate on the measure,1 led by
Senators Dial, democrat, South Caro
lina; Smith, democrat, Georgia, and
Capper, republican, Kansas, brought
forth no pronounced opposition to
the legislation and tonight Senator
Gronna republican, North Dakota,
expressed confidence that the mea
sure would' be adopted.
Stimulation of agriculturethrough
exports was declared by the speak
ers to be one of the principal reasons
for urging revival of the war finance-,
corporation.' Indirectly it
would result in stabilizing conditions
generally, it was added.
"There is not a living market for
farm products in the United States
today," Senator Capper told the
senate,, adding that the closing of
banks in North Dakota . "indicates
that agriculture, our biggest busi
ness and the foundation of our
wealth and prosperity, is close to
demoralization nd ruin." The
banks were, closed, he. said, because
they could not collect from the farm
ers who were unable to pay because
there was no market for their crops.
' "We have gone about this thing
of deflation all wrong," he con
tinued. "The farmer has been made
the goat so often that it was thought
he could be safely made the goat in
this big deflation. t He cannot carry
it. He will' not carry it. He has
said so and is stating so today.
"The farming business cannot exist
unless credit and market conditions
are remedied soon." v .
Injunction Asked Against
Anti-Fraternity Ruling
St., Louis, Dec. 10. A petition was
filed in circuit court for an injunc
tion to restrain' the board of educa
tion from putting into effect a pro
posed anti-fraternity rule. The pe
tition was filed by parents of a high
school student, who is a member of
a fraternity. The proposed rule
would prohibit high, school students
from representing their respective
schools in an atheltic or other ca
pacity, and from participating ui
commencement exercises.
The Weather
Forecast. ,
Nebraska: Fair Saturday, becom
ing unsettled Sunday; continued
mild terSperature. "
Iowa: Increasing cloudiness Sat
urday, becoming unsettled Sunday:
somewhat wanner Saturday Sn east
and central portions.
Hourly Temperatures.
S a. m 19
a. m j...30
7 a. m..,. St
8 a. m SO
a. m .31
10 a. m 84
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Shippers' Bulletin.
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S, hours (ram temperature follow:
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Amendment
To Johnson
Bi'lMVins
Proposed Prohihition Against
Immigration to United States
Cut From Two Years to
Fourteen Months.
Is Victory for Opponents
t
Uy The Associated Tress.
Washington. Dec. 10. Amend
ment of the Johnson bill to reduc
the two-year prohibjtion against im
migration to the United States tii ,
14 months and charges that "foreign
governments are financing the move
ment of radicals to the United
States" marked another day of de
bate in the house on immigration
legislation.
Adoption by a vote of 87 to 25 of
the amendment offered by Represen- -tative
Mann, republican of Illinois, to
reduce the embargo period was a
surprise to advocates of the legisla
tion and constituted the first victory
for Representatives Siegel. repub
lican,. New York and Sabath, demo
crat, Illinois, leaders of the opposi
tion. Proponents of the bill, how
ever, were not dismayed and said
they were confident of favorable
disposition of the measure before ad
journment tomorrow.
The Mann amendment actually
limitsThe restriction period to on
year, reducing by one-half the period
originally - proposed. As amended,
the bill cannot be enforced for two
months after passage and can be
applied onyii months from the date
of passage. '
Philippines Exempted.
Another amendment offered by
Representative Mann exempting the
Philippine Ilands from application'
of the measure was adopted. The
Illinois member, irl ottering the
amendment, said' the Philippines
might soon obtain their independence
and further legislation by this gov
ernment was not desirable.
The day's debate developed a .
strengthening of forces opposing)
the bill. Representative Mann and .
other influential members an
nounced their opposition to the
measure. Reasons given for oppos
ing it covered a wide field of sub
jects, including charges of laxity
against the administration in enforc
ing existing laws; that the bill was
extreme and radical, leading to per
manent restriction of immigration;
that it would deny asylum to "op
pressed peoples," including the Irish,
and return them to tyrannical gov
ernments" for punishment. . .
Fears Effect of Measure.
"ReprTserrtative Mann, . in an ad- .
dress opposing the measure, said" he r
Was - apprehensive that the British ,
government is likely to adopt more
drastic methods than it has up to
the present time in dealing with
the "deplorable condition in Ireland"
and that under the terms of the
bill "if an Irishman seeks to escape
from the drastic measures adopted
by the. British government and suc
ceeds in getting a vessel which will
carry him from his own shores and
land him in America, he. will be re
turned by us to the British govern
ment Jo be tried and convic'.ed of
treason and perhaps to be hung."
, Representative Knutson, republi
can, Minnesota, whip of the house",
provided one of the sensations of
the day's discussions with the 'state
ment that he was willing to state
"on my reputation as a member of
the house that foreign governments
are financing the movement of rad
icals from several countries in Eu
rope, moving them over here." He
added that while before the tar
"immigration from Spain was prac
tically unknown" on a recent visit
to Ellis 'island he had found. 2,000
immigrants from Spain who had ar
rived in one day. i
. "Spaiit in a seething mass of an
archy," he declared, "and that gov- -ernment
is gathering these anar
chists up and dumping them ort to
us." I .
Woman Badly Injured :
When Car Hits Auto
Mrs. Charles F. Shook, wife of
Lieutenant Charles ShnnV- Hjmil.
ton apartments, was seriously in-
jurcu at noon yesieraay wnen the
........... 'rti.vil , t . UI1 Vlll
collided with an eastbound Harnev
street car at Twenty-second and Far-
nam i streets.
Mrs. Shook was driving east on
Farnam street, when nn. n( h
wheels of the car caught in a hole
in the strpet Th ;
- - - - - ' - .... n iviu
from the wheel, causing her car to
swerve in front of the street car.
Mrs. SlmnW'c hnrlr .urA...t,J
...... . . . ...... I. I V 11 V llU,
two of her ribs were broken and'
it. is possible that she has been in-"
jured internally. The Car was conn
pletely recked.
Boston Paper Announces V
One-Cent Price Reduction
Boston. Dec. 10. The Boston
Eveninor Record annniinrcrt thar h.
ginning next Monday its price would
oc rcaucea irom c cents to 1. lhe .
pages will be reduced to a "convert-. .
ient size" and the number of pages
will be increased to a minimum of
I'nnrf mnv run lo,'l.. Tl
change in price" is made, according
io tne announcement, in trie tace ot .
high production costs, which have
not yet raached the peak.
s
Harding and Coolidge
To Confer December 16
Boston, Dec. 10. A conference
between President-elect Harding:
and Governor Coolidge, vice president-elect,
to be held at the sena
tor's home in Marion. December 16,
was announced at trii crnvmnr'a
office. The nature of the conference v
was not revealed, but it is said to
hive been requested by Senator
Harding. Mrs. Coolidge will accom
canv the enwrnnr nrt ;n h t.
guest of Mrs, Harding,
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