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Repeal of
ar ti m e
Laws Voted
House Unanimously Passes
Volstead Resolution, Practi
cally Identical With Bill Ve
toed at Last Session.
Start for Peace ; Basis
Washington, Dec. 13. Repeal of
most of the wartime laws was voted
today by the house, which adopted
the Volstead resolution for that pur
pose after two hours' debate.
The vote on adoption of the reso
lution was unanimous, 323 votes be
ing cast in favor of it and none op
posed. The house, feefore taking the
final vote, accepted an amendment
providing for inclusion of the Lever
food control act among the laws
which the resolution would repedl.
Sent , to Senate.
The amendment, which covers all
provisions of the food control act
with the exception of the situation
rplatincr trt rnt in thi Viistrirt of
lAtvmbia, was offered by Repre
A. sentative Bland, republican, of Indi
ana. It was carried 179 to 137.
The resolution, which now -gocs
to the senate, exempts from repeal
only the. trading with the enemy act,
the" war finance corporation act and
its amendments and measures deal
ing with the issuance of Liberty and
Victory bonds.
. The resolution declares "any act
of congress that by its terms is in
force only duringi the existence of
a state of war and a limited time
thereafter shall be construed and
administered as if the present war
terminated on the date when this
resolution becomes effective."
Vetoed by Wilson.
The measure as adopted is prac
tically identical-with that passed by
congress just before the adjourn
ment of the last session and vetoed
by President Wilson.
Republican leaders of the house
asserted tonight that adoption of
the resolution was one of the first
steps taken by. the republican ma-
w
i jonty to fulfill the campaign pledge
s puv itivi vvuut va a )vawvv"iit
basis. - i
Disposition of the Volstead reso
lution clears the way for consid
eration of the resolution offered by
Representative Reavis, republican,
of Nebraska, which would provide
for a congressional survey of the
government's administrative depart
ments. A special rule limiting de-
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-jiirman Ctimpbeti of -. the- rules
f . cpmmittee and action on the floor
('" will follow a vote on the-adoption ;
i ."; of the rules.
Merchandise Store
At Nickerson Robbed s
Of$l,200inlewelrv
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special
Telegram.) The Seidel and Ander
son merchandise store at Nickerson
was entered and robbed of about
$1,300 worth of goods early Sunday
morning. Jewelry placed in its
) stock by the Western Associated
Jewelry Co., of Omaha constituted
the biggest share of the loss. Silver
. ware, watches and fancy pen knives
made up about $1,200 of the haul,
while the rest consisted of mittens
and blankets.
The only trace of the strangers
about the village was uncovered
, v -when small girl testified that she
had seen ' three men with bundles
under their arris get out of a, box
car near town and head for the
1 river. K posse of 30 searched the
entire country, but no clues were
Entrance to the store Os gained
ty breaking a window in the front
door. A member of the firm slept
upstairs throughout the entire rob
bery..' s . . ' ' - : i
Cut Made in Wages
Ka. Ut lexule Workers
- t , ar Th Ataociated rrm,
Boston, 'Dec. 13. A reduction of
about 22 1-2 per cent in the wages
of approximately one-third of the
300,000 textile workers in New Eng
land was announced today. The
notices were posted in Lawrence,
; Lowell, New Bedford and other
centers of the industry in Maine
and Rhode Island. For the most
part they applied to mills making
'cotton goods, but in a few instances
operatives on worsteds were in
volved. Other cotton manufacturers have
indicated thai they would fall into
line, but whether the woolen and
worsted mills will take similar action
at this time is uncertain..
Burglars Rob Cigar and
Music Stores in Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Dec 13. (Special
Telegram.) The Brunswick cigar
"store was entered through a broken
window and about $100 in money
and valuables stolen. : Attempts to
open one cash register resulted in
ruining an expensive cash drawer.
The burglars were successful in
opening the otrier one and took
about $30 in cash.
Thieves forced their way into the
Dudley Music store and "took $2.75
in change that had been left in the
cash register. ,
"Building Truer Lawyer
Is Indicted in New York
New York, Dec. 13. John T. Het
trick, lawyer, who became a central
fisrure in the "building trust" when
was alleged that he had created
.Cat "code of practice" followed by
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rfc contractors, uas uccu muicicu
cnargca wiui violation oi me siaic
anti-trust lavy
Buys One-Quarter
Karat Diamond and
Breakfast for 15c
New York. Dec. 13. In an east
side grbcery, Harry Wohl, book
keeper, -purchased one-half pound
ot sausage and a one-quarter carat
diamond all for IS cents.
Wohl. a bachelor, procured the
."at sago for his breakfast. , While
eating, his teeth came i'i contact
with soitKtr.ing ' hard. He spit i"
oat and vowed he'd never buy sau
sage again.
He nicked up th ofTendir.fr T)ar
licle, found it to be' a perfectly cut
diamond, then wenfc back to the
grocery. . . V;y
"Watcfta want?" asked the grocer.
"Fifteen ccnis worth of sausage..
please." , s,
President Asks v
Aid for Hungry
European Waif s
Christmas Not Complete in
Homes. Which Give No Aid
To Starving Children,
Says Wilson.
Washington, Dec. 13. President
Wilson today called upon his ''fel
low countrymen" to ' contribute
funds to save 3,500,000 children who
"are facing starvation in central
EJurope." The president announced
that he would adopt 20 of these
children as his temporary wards and
faid that $10 contributed through
the European relief council would
save the life of a child,
t "Three and a half million children
ire facing starvation in central
Europe," said the president's state
ment. "It is estimated that they
can be tided over until the next har
vest by money and service equiva
lent to $30 per child. The countries
involved can furnish two-thirds of
this cost in the personnel and ma
chinery for distribution, but for the
other one-third they must look
abroad, and they are looking to! us.
Not Light Appeal
"Since 1914 our people have' given
with unparalleled generosity, and
they should not be lightly called
upon for additional charities..? But
there is a life and death situation
in central Europe, where orphans,
destitute, "famished children, pitiful
consequences iof the world war,
must die unless aid is sent.
VTen dollars contributed through
the European (relief council will
save the life of one child. For con
certed effort, there have been com
bined in this council eight well
known organizations, namely: The
American Relief association, Ameri
can Red Cross, American Friends'
Service committee, Jewish Joint Dis
tribution committee; Federal Coun
cil of T Churches of .Christ in Amcr-,
ica, Knights of Columbus, Y M. C
A. and Y. W. C. A.
v Think in Terms of Children.
"At Christmas time, peculiarly the
children's feast, we should think of
this sad European problem in terms
of children rather than in money.
Ten dollars will represent a child's
life in central Europe. I shall adct
20 of these children as my own tem
porary "wards, and I can think ot no
better use to which I could put $200.
"I suggest to my fellow country
men that the circles around their
Christmas trees will be incomplete
unless, mineled .with their own ex
pectant children, they shall visualize
seme of the waits ot central turope,
stretching out their thin hands to
pluck from the boughs of the trees,
not toys, but bread, without which
they must perish." . i
Executors of Neal
Will Begin Action to
Determine Bequests
Winston Salem, N. C, Dec 13.
(Special Telegram.) Action was
started in Forsyth superior court
by Manley, Henderson & Womble,
rphf-pcpntinir the executors of the
last will and testament of the late
John Neal, who was district man
ager or the Keynolds iODacco com
pany at Omaha, the purpose of
which is to interpret the will. The
beneficiaries are named as defend
ants and Mrs. Daniel McCoy, alias
Mrs. John Neal, and son, Harry
McCoy, alias John Neal, jr.. are
wrorA as nartv defendants on ac
count of claims which they are. said
to be making as allegea wiaow ana
son of Mr. Neal.
The Wachovia Bank and Trust
frnimanv. which has nualified a9 ex
ecutors under the will probated in
torsyth county, has completed its
inventory of the estate, settled
rlaime and filed a final executor re
port with the clerk, which report
has been continued Dy me cieric
pending the interpretation ' of the
will as to distribution of stocks men
tioned and the share of the McCoys,
if any is granted.
Bluffs Mail Robber One T)f
Youngest U. S. Prisoners
Leavenworth, Kas., Dec. 13.
Orville Phillips, sentenced to serve
13 years for implication in the mail
robbery at Council Bluffs, la., early
in November, was received at the
federal pnison today.
Phillips, "who gave his age as 15
years, is one of the youngest pris
oners ever at the prison, officials
said. f
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See Fage 5.
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Cork Qviiet
As Troops
are
Regulars Stand Guard Today
Over Twisted and Blacken
. ed Ruins of City, Burned '
By Rioters.
Sinn Fein Blames Police
By Tlie Associated Freiw.
stood guard today over twisted anil
blackened ruins left after the fires
which Saturday night and yesterday
swept virtually unchecked through
the city of Cork, Ireland. Charges
are made that police auxiliaries,
maddened by the kiling and wound
ing of comrades ambushed by Sinn
Feiners on Saturday, loosed the fire
demon on the city. Estimates of the
loss run as high as $15,000,000.
Hours of terror were spent by the
people of- Cork during Saturday
night, the wildest disorder prevail
ing throughout the tity. It is said
several lives were lost and dispatch
es declare two brothers named De
laney were called from their homes
and shot, one of them fatally. ,. y
Two Districts Ruined.
Two districts of Cork were swept
by the flames. In the. business sec'
tion, along St." Patricks street, from
Cork to Maylor, hardly a shop was
left unscatched. This was the shop
ping center oi Cork. 1 South of 'Si.
St. . Patricks street the' fire spread
along Winthrop street arid other
narrow thoroughfares as far as Old
George street. Thus an area of
three blocks in this 'part of the town
was reduced to debris.
It was not in this district, how
ever, that the loss of the fire was
centered. .
The magnificent city hall of Cork,
located' oti( the southern end of the
Parncll bridge that spans the River
Lee, was also laid in ruins. In addi
tion, the 'sf negie. library, to tha
west, was turned, and the Corn Ex
change.' to the south, was partly di
troyed. Reports say Albert quay,
lying along the southern bank of the
river, is a mass of desolation.
City is Again 'puiet. ':
Dispatches reaching London to
day say that Cork was auiet and that
orders had been - given the regular
soldiers to shoot looters on sight.
Damaged premises had been plun
dered in some-instances, it is said.
" All dispatches received here, indi
catethe disorders and fires had a di
rect connections with attack .made
upon the lorry carrying police aux
iliaries.- borne newspapers., however.
are frankly skeptical of these reports
and suggest the fires might have
been, caused by lhfex1eMon- 0j
stored explosives. Others indicate
their belief the fires were-' a reolv to
the establishment of"martial law in
southwestern Ireland, and it is re
markedthat dispatches have: not
furnished proof that .the fires were
set by men bent on reprisals.
Monsigpor Daniel Lohalan. bishoo
of Cork, 'is said to have announced
in his cathedral last evening his in
tention to excommunicate anyone
participating in further ambuscades
of crown forces in this diocese.
It was reported from Cork yes
terday afternotfn that newly-arrived
parties of auxiliary cadets marched
through the streets, holding up and
searching pedestrians and firing into
the air, following the ambush of aux
iliaries within half a mile of the bar
racks, 12 of them being wounded by
a bomb thrown from a lorry.
Between 7 and 8 o clock, a period
of intense quiet fell on the city, bur
near-9 o'clock uniformed men began
to display great activity in various
parts of Cork. '
- Tram Cars Stopped.
At some points tram cars were
held up and passengers taken out.
It was reported that a mimber were
beaten and others placed against the
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Congressman Reavis"
Named on Committee i
' lo rlan Inauguration
Washington, Dec. 13. Under
authorization of a resolution adopted
by the house, Speaker Gillett ap
pointed three members to a congres.-
sional committee which will arrange
for the inauguration of President
elect Harding. Those appointed, are
Representatives Cannon, republican.
of Illinois: Keavis. republican, ot.
Nebraska, and Rucker, democrat, of
Missouri, and they immediately will
begin conferences .with the three
already selected by the senate.
Kansas Town Shaken by .
Powder Plant Explosion
Pittsburg. Kan.. Dec. 13 About
1,000 kees of oowder blew up at
the Atlas Powder company's plant,
three miles south of here, shortly
after 9 o'clock this morning.
Henry Athct. an employe, was
killed and Charles Lance, another
workman, was probably fatally
burned. . . 1
The detonation rocked Pittsburg
and surrounding towns. Thousands
of dollars worth of plate glass was
shattered by the explosion.
Wheat Embargo for Year,
Plan of North Dakotan
Washington, Dec. 13. An cm
bareo for one year against the im
portation of wheat, wheat flour, bar
ley, rye, oats, flax, wool, hogs, cattle
and sheep is proposed in a bill in
troduced today by Representative
Young, republican. North Dakota.
He also introduced a bill establish
ing a permanent schedule of import
duties upon these items after the
one-year embargo.
Blockade Runner Killed.
Del RIorvTex. Dec. 13. One mar.
was killed and two were wounued
iri a gun battle between officers and
alleged blockade runners " near
Uvalde, Tex., last night
1,000 Hunters Fail to
Bag Wolves That Have
f , Killed Many Cattle
Girard, 111., Dec. 13. Nearly a
tausand hunters participated in a
"int at Boston chapel, near 'here,
uuiiday, m an effort to exterminate
a pack of wolves that recently have
killed cattle and sheep , valued at
$1,000. '
The end of the hunt proved to be
a Jwttle of wits between the hunts
men and the wolves, in which the
wolves won out, the hunters bag
ging nothing but a lone jack rabbit.
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Long-Term Bonds
For War Notes Is
Plan of Fordney
Congressional Leaders Fear
U. S. Cannot Meet War Debt
Maturing Within Next
. Three Years.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 13. Con
cern of congressional leaders as to
ability of the treasury to meet the
$7,500,000,000 of war debts maturing
within the next two and a half years
was indicated by Chairman Fordney
of the ways and means committee
today, both in the house and at the
opening of hearings by his commit
tee on revision of revenue legisla
tion. " .
The ways and means committee
chairman expressed doubt as to
whether the estimate of a $4,000,
000,000 annual tax levy would be suf
ficient to "meet the requirements of
the government over the period of
maturing treasury certificates and
Victory riotes. As a solution, he
advocated refunding into long-term
bonds of the certificates now aggre
gating $2,350,000,000 as well as of
the first issue of .War savings stamps
and the Victory niote issue.
Adoption of such a soltttipn, Mr.
Fordney declared,' probably' would
enable, a reduction of taxes' below
Secretary Houston's estimate of $4,
000.000,000. It also, he said, would
permit a tax levy for several years,
sufficient only to cover current fiscal
needs of the government and interest
on the public debt and sinking fund
operations.
Tax Expert Disagrees.
The firstwitness before the com
mittee at the tax revision hearing,;
however, disagreed with Mr. Ford
ney , on the proposal. Ia reply to
questions by Representative Long
worth, republican, Ohio, Thomas S.
Adams, treasury tax expert and
economist, said the program of the
treasury appeared to provide suffi
cient revenues to take care of the
maturing obligations except the sav
ing stamps, which would be pa'd
through the sale of other issuesof
such stamps as each yearly issue
Jails -due.- He added, ; however, thai
the treasury estimates for taxation
could stand no reduction if the, pro
gram were to be carried through
and maturing obligations met. -i
Politics entered into the discus
sions of the methods to be usedjrt
paying off the war debt when the
committee reached the subject later
in the day. Representative Garner,
democrat. Texas, vigorously opposed
the Fordney suggestion, saying it
meant that the government was
"breaking faith with the people
whom it had assured that it would
take up the floating debt to make
the Liberty bonds retain their prop
er level of market value." To float
another loan, Mr. Garner asserted,
would materially weaken the quota
tion .of the Liberty bond prices.
Redemption Promised.
"When we' passed those loan bills
and tax measures, we told the people
certain things," Mr. Garner contin
ued. "We surely, cannot go back
on those assurances. It would be
breaking faith with the people."
"Well," Mr. Fordney countered,
"those things were the work of the
democratic administration. That
floating debt was the product of
the democratic administration. But
as mucfy as we have it, it has now
become an obligation of the repub
lican party and I mean to do all
I can to get rid ofit without bur
dening 'our peopk with taxation."
Discussion of actual tax revision
questions by the committee devel
oped an almost unanimity of opinian
among its members with respect to
repeal of the excess profits tax. Dr.
Adams, speaking lor, the treasury
concurred on this point, but warned
the committee congress should keep
in mind difficulties attendant upon
collection of a sales tax.
Drunken Man Drives Car
Into Post as He Tries to Kill
Galesburg, 111., Dec. 13. Crazed
with drink, the police allege, Jesse
G. Gunncll, an automobile mechanic
of this city, deliberately drove his
automobile, in which his wife, his
3-year-old son and another man
were riding as passengers, head into
a moving street car last evening. As
a result of the crash, the baby lies
unconscious at the ' hospital with
concussion of the brain and ' Gun
nell is held at the city jail.
According to statements made by
Mrs. Gunnell, her husband had been
threatening to kill her and the little
boy. She said he drove the auto
mobile down the car tracks toward
the approaching street car, yelling
"I'm going to kill you." Mrs. Gun
nell was not injured.
Pioneer Californian Is
Dead at San Francisco Home
San Francisco, Dec. 13. Maj. Al
fred Morton,, U. S. A., rctived, civil
war veteran, who came to California
over the Isthmus of Panama in 1852,
died here yesterday, aged 86. For a
number of years he vva9 associated
with Sacramento Union. He is sur
vived by two sons, Dr. Edward C.
Morton of Chicago and Alfred W.
Morton of San Francisco.
Lay Off Shop Men.
Ogdcn, Utah, Dec. 13. One hun
dred more employes of the Southern
Pacific shops received notice of a
layoff effective Friday. Lt week
250 men were affected by the com
pany's retrenchment
Nebraska Rate
Case Scheduled
To Start Today
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Loss to Carriers Due'to State
Laws, in Illinois and Utah Is,
' $6,000,000, Railroads
. Tell Commission.'.
J Washington .Dec.. J3- Fuihira of
itate .railway f ommissions vin titan
and ' Illinois to advance passenger
and freight rates in intrastate com
merce to the level recently author
ized carriers in interstate commerce
has already, cost the railroads of
Utah $2,006!000 and those of Illi
nois $4,000,000, the Interstate. Com
merce, commission was told today
by the carriers of the two states.
Representatives of the state cotrn
missions and of the roads in both
states argued before the commission
today at its opening hearing inves
tigation of the conflicting rate sit
uation which exists in several states.
The case of Florida, and Nebraska
are scheduled for hearing tomorrow
and will be1 followed by tliose of
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
, Civic Interests Testify.
Representatives of business and
civic interests in Utah told the
commission the new passenger rate
of 3.6 cents per mile, if enforced in
intrastate commerce, would tend to
harm the general public. They
added that if freight rates were in
creased to the interstate maximum
many mines would be confronted
with bankruptcy.! '
Judge R. V. Felton, counsel for the
railroads in Illinois case, said that
the Illinois State commission had
granted a freight increase of only
33 1-3 per cent in response to the
recent order of the commission,
whereas rates granted carriers from
the south represented an increase
of 25 per cent ff"om the west an
incras? of 35 per cent and from the
east 40 per cent. This meant, he
added, that three different freight
rates existed in Illinois, as carriers
from all ponts converged there. The
loss to the carriers tinder the one-1
third increase within the state limits
he said, had already amounted to
$3,000,000, and if the rates were
raised to a 35 per cent increase the
loss would amount to $3,000,000 to
date.
Charge Figure! Inaccurate.
M. T. Culver, counsel for the
Illinois commission, said the statr
had endeavored to avoid such dis
criminations as counsel for the car
riers had attemptedto show existed.
He added that the commission be
lieved the existing . freight changes
in Illinois to be justified.
H. F. Slater, rate expert for the
Illinois commission, charged (that
figures submitted by counsel for the
Illinois roads were inaccurate.
He attacked the carriers for not
telling the "whole case."
Morgenthau Probably Will
Act for Wilson in Mediation
Washington, j-Dec. . 13. White
House officials intimated today
.their belief President Wilson had
decided 'to name Henry Morgan
thau, former ambassador to Turkey,
to act as his personal representative
to mediate between the Armenians
and the Turkish nationalists. While
the president is known to have set
tled UBtm an appointmentv,tio an
nouncement of it has yet been made.
Indian Said to Be 138
Years Old Dies From Burns
Oak Creek, Colo., Dec. 13. Philip
Lcfthand, an Indian living near here,
Teputed to be 138 years old, died
yesterday from burns received when
his clothing caught fire from sparks
from a oioa he was smoking
To Move of Not To
Elihu Root Calls
Upon Mr. Harding
Conference Is Regarded
One of Most Important
Of Series.
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Marion, O., Dec 13. Advice on
the plan,- fcr an association of na
tions was sought by President-elect
Harding today from Elihu Root,
former secretary .of state and more
recently a conferee ; 'with leading
European statesmen in the forma
tion of a world court under the Ver
sailles league covenant.
The conference, regarded as one
of the most important to be held by
Mr. Harding in his "meeting of
minds" here, is understood to have
been concerned chiefly with the
question of how far the machinery
of the present league may be used
in building a world peace concert
acceptable to the United States. ;
Throughout the league fight, Mr.
Root advocated acceptance of the
Versailles covenant with reserva
tions. '
In asking Mr. Root's advice, Mr.
Harding is understood to "have
sought in particular for information
about the practical working of the
league as observed by the former
secretary of state during his visits
to Europe. Questions on the same
subject were put by Mr. Harding
yesterday to Herbert Hoover, who
recommended thstt the league ma
chinery with changes be used to
rear the. proposed association of
nations.
Two Sisters Die From
Burns Received When
Fire Destroys Home
Burlington. Ia., Dec. 13. Mrs.
HarrytLamasky, 28, and her sister,
Miss Anna Kaska, 25, are dead as
the result of burns suffered Sunday
morning in a fire that destroyed the'
Lamasky farm house, about ' five
miles south of Brighton.' Ia.
Mr. Lamaskv also was seriouslv
burned but will recover. .! Mrs.)
George Hook of 'Pleasant Plain,
mother of the two women, is at the
point of death, having collapsed
when informed of the tragedy.
Mrs. Lamasky started the kitchen
fire ' with kerosene, and the oil
blazed up. Enveloped in flames,
she rushed up stairs, where jLam
asky and their three children were
sleeping. Lamasky, - not being able
to save his wife, rushed out of the
house with . the children, but re
turned to make, another attempt to
save Mrs. Lamasky. In the mean
time the flames communicated to the
house and , spread so quickly that
they trapped Miss Kaska in the
burning house. Shei managed to es
cape, ' but was so severely burned
that she died later in the Fairfield
hospital. . . i
Former Army Captain
On Trial for Desertion
New York, Dec. 13. Trial of
John A. Willers, formerly captain
of Company I, 48th United States in
fantry, on a charge of desertion was
begun today before a general court
martial at Fort Jay. I was alleged
that he deserted his command at
Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C, foon
after the armistice was signed.
At the time of his arrest here lat
Tuesday Willers was alleged to have
confessed to being connected with
the German spy system. Military
officers ' who have investigated his
record said that this phase of the
case .would not enter into the deser
tioti. trial. . He also is charged with
absconding with $5,000 of his com
pany's funds t
Move
Doctor Is First
State's Witness
In Murder Trial
Woman Tells of Unfortunate
Girl's Visit to . Her Office;
Dr. Fields, Charged With
Crime, Will Offer Alibi.
."The visit of 19-year-old Ruth
Ayer, Hayes Center, Neb. girl, to
the office of Dr. Nettie Gerish' in
the Peters Trust building - about
noon, Tuesday, August 3, was de
scribed by Dr. Gerish yesterday
afternoon in District Judgf Troup's
court room. She was the first wiU
ness for the state against Dr. Leslie
S. Fields, who is cliarged with per
forming an operation from which
Miss Ayer died.
"She was a pretty' girl with auburn-tinted
brown hair, light eyes
and very fair complexion and in
size a little above the mediuht," said
Dr. Gerish. "She told me she was
in trouble. , I examined her and
found such to be the case. She
did not state to me the name of
the author of her trouble."
Dr. Gerish declined to do any
thing for the girl.
Beside Dr. Fields in the court
room yesterday sat his wife. Matt
Gcring, one of his attorneys, in his
opening statement to the jury, said
that Dr. Fields will have as his de
fense an alibi to the effect that he
was out with his wife, buying groc
eries, at 7:30 in the evening of Au
gust 3, when the fatal operation is
alleged to .have been-performed.
Selection of the jury required
about four hours. The state chal
lenged five prospective jurors and
the defense only one. When the1
jury had been impanelled, all wit
nesses ia the case were; excluded
from the court room with the ex
ception of Mrs. Fields and Mrs.
Minnie Deyo, 2704 North Sjxty
fourth street, at whose home the
operation is alleged to have been
performed. Mrs. Deyo also is under
indictment.
Four of the jurors in the case are
men without any children. The other
eight have from one to six children
each..
County Attorney Shotwell in his
opening statement to the jury, paint
ed a picture of the romance of pretty
Ruth Ayer and Francis W. Alex
ander in Hayes Center, of the
trouble that arose and of the girl's
trip alone to Omaha.
. ' Attack Police Barracks. .
Belfast, Ireland, Dec' 13. Armed
Sinn Feiners last nigh attacked the
police barracks at Camtough, south
of . Armagh. Militarv forces -were
hurried up from Newry and a fighf
ensued in which it is known one civ
ilian was killed. Several " Mher
deaths are reported to have oc
curred. , y
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Farm Aid
Is Voted By
U.S. Senate
Resolution Directs, Revival of
War Finance Corporation
And Urges Extension of
Liheral Credits.
Grain Embargo Is Asked
Washington, D. C, Dec. 13. Tin
senate late .today passed the agricul
ture commission resolution directing
the revival of theN war finance cor
poration as a measure of affording
relief to fanners.
The second section of the' resolu
tion whicji. as introduced, would
have directed the extension of liberal
credits to farmers by the federal re
serve system, was amended to make
the accomplishment of such a course
only a recommendation of the con
gress. '
The amendment making the change
democrat, Georgia, to make the rate
ing to the federal , reserve system
was proposed by Senator Norris, re
publican, Nebraska, and was ac
cepted by a vote of 47 to 16.
Kill Amendments.
Another change made, in the reso
lution on suggestion .' of Senator
Smith,.democrat, Georgia, broadened
the duties of the finance corporation
vo include the financing of exporta
tion of products other than those
produced on the farm. Amend
ments submitted by Senator Harris,
democrat, eGorgia, to make the rate
of discount on loans to farmers 5
per cent and by Senator. McKellar,
democrat, Tennessee, to make cotton
iactorys' paper eligible for discount,
vereTejected by overwhelming
votes. A substitute for the resolu
tion presented by Senator Spencer,
republican, Missouri, met a similar
fate.
Final action ofT the resolution was ,
vithout a record vote. The measure
now goes, to the house where a
number of similar farmer relief
measures are pending. '
The section of the resolution di
recting revival of the war financt
corporation as adopted reads:
x Import Embargo Asked.
"The secretary of the treasury and
the members of the way service
corporation are hereby directed to
revive the activities of the war fi
nance corporation and that said cor
poration be at once rehabilitated
with the view of assisting in the
financing of the exportation of agri
cultural and other products to for
eign markets."
The resolution as adopted refers
to the extension of credits as fol
lows: , . .
'Tt is the opinion ' of congress
that the federal reserve board
should take such action as may be
necessary to permit the 1 member
banks of the federal reserve sys
tem to grant liberal, extensions of
credit to the farmers of the country
upon security of the : agricultural
products now held by them, by per
mitting the rediscounting of such
notes of extension at a fair and rea
sonable, rate of interest"
The senate agriculture committee
during ' the day continued its hear
ings with a view to framing other
measures looking to the relief of the
farmers from the conditions brought
about by falling prices.
The house received an addition to
its collection of relief measures in a'
bill offered s. by Representative
Young, republican,' North Dakota,
proposing an embargo on imports
of grain and grain products, live
stock r.nd their products for one
year. . 1 , ,.
Purchase Proposed.
Purchase by the government of
the surplus of certain farm products
at the end of the crop year at a
guaranteed minimum jprice was sug
gester today to theenate agricul
tural committee by W. C. Lyon, a
member of the South Dakota legis
lature. He would fix a minimum
price of $2.25 a bushel for wheat. $1
a bushel for corn, 75 cents a bushel
for oats and $3 a oushel for flax.
A bill authorizing v the United
State Grain corporation to borrow
$250,000,000 from federal reserve
hanks to carry out this plan has
been introduced in the house by
Representative Christopherson, re
publican, of South Dakota.
Supreme Court Upholds
Edict in Wyoming Case
Washington. Tier. 1.1 Tniitnrtinn
obtained by the Midland Carbon
company ana the Occidental Uil and
Gas company restraining Wyoming
authorities from imWwincr hnaw
penalties under an act passed in 1919
relating to conservation ot natural
gas were upheld today by the su-
oreme court. Th romnlainant mm.
panics alleged the act was directed
ai mem aione and was so drawn as
to make at impossible for them to
operate.
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New Low Record Price Is
Made for Refined Sugar
New York, DeC. 13. New low
record prices were established for
refined sugar here today.
The Federal Sticar T?fiiiinr rnm.
pany reduced its list price another
y cent to tne oasts ot s'A -cents
per pound for fine granulated.
Other refiners, who had main
tained their list prices of 9 cents,
reduced their quotation to 8?4 cents.
House Passes Bill to Limit
Immigration for One Year
Washington, Dec. 13. The John-,
son immigration bill, as amended to
prohibit all immigration for a period
of one year, was passed today by
the house. It now goes to the
senate, where its defeat is pre
dicted by senate leaders.
Raid Police Station.
Ballindlee Countv I.nnpfnril. Tr.
landy Dec. 13. The police barracks
wall was blown iri after a five-hour
battle, but the police held the build
in o On rnmtikla wi. 1r'1ll
three severely wounded. ; -
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