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r- wr -w-..'v ,.-... ahl Baily ; Bee I M' VOL. 50 NO. 157. (ton 11 8mm-CIw Mttttr May 24, lt. II Oaata . 0. UnMr Act Mirth J. 1171. OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. By Malt U ,nr). laalda 4tti Zonk Pair. aa Sunday, 19. Oillj Ooty, Mi lull), M feuUI4e 4Ri Xeae (I (Mr). Daily aaf iuatfaj, tit: Dalli Oal. IU: Suatat Oal, it ' THREE CENTS The- Om Farm Body Endorses LoanSy stem Organization to Ask for Opeu ing of Foreign Markets, Prac tical Farmer in Cabinet and Better Transportation. Meeting in Omaha Closes The twelfth annual session of the Nebraska Farmers' congress closed here yesterday arter the same offi cers who had served during the past year were re-elected and resolutions touching on marketing and legisla tive matters were passed. . The body went on record as fav oring adjustment of foreign ex change and the opening of foreign markets by extending credit to Euro pean countries." A general co-operative marketing system was favored and action of the Omaha Federal Land bank, in asking the limit on individual farm loans to be raised from $10,000 to $25,000 was endorsed. Loan System Endorsed The Federal Land bank system of loans was also endorsed by the body, ' which recommended that congress recognize at ence the "seriott hand icap of pending litigation which has resulted in the system's inability to render the farmers service." A practical farmer for secretary of agriculture; better transporta tion facilities and rates by land; and recognition and representation of farmers on public boards find in con ferences in proportion tottheir num bers to the total population were were among the , things for which , the farmers resolved to ask:' The body favored the Volstead act legalizing collective marketing, the truth in fabric bill, the 'most stringent rfcstriction of foreign im migration," and , opposed the Ral- ston-Nolen bill which imposes a, 1 per cent tax on alt farms with a valuation above $10,000. . ' , . Favor Bond Issues, i, . After some debate the delegates, voted in favor of the passage of an emergency a;t by the Nebraska leg islature, giving different counties of : the state tbe-right to issue 6 per cent bonds for the purpose of loan ing money through the banks to farmers on good security at 61-2 per cent to relieve the present string ency, with a time limit of one to five years on loans or bonds issued. A resolution favoring the state ownership and development of water power in Nebraska was voted down, ttajsthe body resolved that the "Chi cago board of trade should be call ed upon to restrict at once the orgy ( short selling of , grain as vigor ous! as ther handled the excessive ottrchases : last year' and favored prohibition of short selling for at - least 60 to 90 days. , 4 Omaha Next ' MeetinPlace. In this resolution it was asserted that at the present time there is not much cash grain pressing on the market and that it is very1, evident that the present "ruinious and con fiscatory prices" are being forced by excessive telling of futures by, spec ulators who btty .no cash grain. The next annual session of the congress will be held in Omaha, it ; was decided. .... Officers of the congress re-elected are: President, O. G. Smith of Kearney; vice presidents, Frank Tannehill of Norfolk, Charles Graff of Bancroft and M. K. Young of Havelock; secretary and treasurer, J. B. Grinnell of fapillion. ', Speakers at the morning session Jesterdav were: J. O. "Shroyer of fumboldt. Chancellor Samuel Avery of the Uuiversity of Nebraska, and Dean Bufnette of the State college of agriculture., Lincoln Man Denied Extra Compensation Lincoln, Dec. 16. (Special.) The state compensation department has denied the application of Ed: ward L. Simon of Lincoln for com pensation from H. J. Latharow and . . . . t j r ... ionaon Acciaeni ana ifiwianiy any tor injuries received wnicn Irirpe nr nermanent. iVll, OlillUll a I ItlC Hint VJ l nn, v- cident in"l915 was awarded $10 a week ,for 300 weeks and his appli cation! at the expiration was for the purpose of being declared perma nently injured and entitled, to a greater amount. The compensation commissioner denied the application when Simon refused to go to Oma ha at the request of the defendants for an examination. Strauss Will Be Made Chief of Asiatic Fleet Washington, Dec. 16. Rear Ad miral Joseph Strauss, former chief of navy ordnance, is to be appointed commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet, with the rank of admiral, in recognition of his work in the lay- ing of the North sea mine barrage during the war Rnd its removal after the armistice. He will succeed Ad mirat Albert Cleaves, now in com mand in Oriental waters. State Prisoners Escape Through 20-Inch Sewer Pipe . Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 16. Two prisoners, Roy C. Cunningham cf St. Louis and B. M. Hogan of Kansas' City,; escaped from the state penitentiary through a sewer. The pair broke the lock on a 'trip over the sewer and crawled 454 feet through the 20-inch pipe to freedom. , Two other convicts escaped in the same manner October 15 and are still at .large. ' ' Frontier County Drive. j Moorfield. Neb., Dec 16. -(Spe-. 'ctay uuring tne nrsi aay a anve in Frontier county for membership in the Farm Bureau federation, ap proximately 200 farmer- inincrl the organization,, . " aV-ine Burlesque Parade Against "Blue Laws Is Held in New York New York, . Dec. 16. "Blue Sun day" was burlesqued on Broadway and Fifth avenue in a mournful par ade sponsored by the International Sporting club, of which many society fcMk are members. Five floats were drawn by horses harnessed with crepe. Bandsmen plodded their weary way at the head of the procession, playing "Gee, But This Is a Lone some Town," and funeral dirges. A man with ball and chain rode the first float for "riding in transit on Sunday." On the next a whipping post cere mony was applied on one who "whistled on Sunday," and on the third float was a husband in stocks "for kissing his wife." Two boys were put in a cage for "-"fishing on Sunday" and the last float showed a man at the pillory "for smoking on Sunday," aimuar parades, win oe nem aany next week, the leaders announced. Fate of Doctor In Murder Trial Rests With Jury i , 1 Touching' Scene Follows Plea To Give Dr. Fields'J Small Daughters Their Daddy For Christmas. The jury which heard the evidence in the ial of Dr. L. S. Fields, charged with murder while perform ing an illegal operation, retired for deliberation at 5:15 yesterday after noon. Dr. Fields was taken to the county jail to remain until the jury comes in. - '-'"' All yesterday afternoon was taken up in arguments to the jury. B. M. Robinson, one of Dr. Fietds' attor neys, apologized to the jury, judge and state's attorney for one state ment he made.' He had declared to the jury that "the date on Ruth Ay er's letter of August 3 might have been change." , Statement Denounced. County Attorney Shotwell leaped to his feet and denounced this as an unwarranted statement, the judge agreed and the apology by Mr. Rob inson followed, i - When Attorney Matt Gering for Fields begged the jury to "give his two .little girls their daddy for Christ mas," the two little Fields girls be gan to cry. ' The trial of Dr. L. S. Fields on a charge" of murdering Ruth Ayer, 19-year-old Hayes Center, Neb., girl, by performing an operation August 3, began in District Judge Troup5s court last Monday morning. State's Evidence. The state's web of evidence against Fields included,, testimony by Dr, W. R? Strickland "that WdmmiiF tered the ether to. Ruth Ayer, while Fields performed an operation the night of August 3 at the hame of Mrs. Minnie ieyo, :ut isorin oixiy fourth street, and a letter written by Ruth Ayer, August 3, mentioning Dr. F.ield's name and, that the opera tion was to be perfprmed that night at a nursefs home. ' Fields offered an alleged Tilibi in defense. He admitted that he per formed an operation on Ruth Ayer at the' Deyo home the night of Thursday, August 5, but said this was merely a "curetment." Fields al?o admitted that after Ruth Ayer! died, he did not notify the- coroner or any one else except the undertaker, although he knew an illegal operation had been per formed upon the girl. " Two Workmen Believed Buried When Dome of NeW Church Gives In ' Long Beach, Cat, Dec. '.6. The dome of the' new i , First Christian church, under construction here, fell just after most of the workmen had left for lunch. Two were believed caught 1 in the wreckage and police and firemen were called to , ex-' tricate them. The church, which was planned to cost $250,000, was to have been fin ished about January 15. A large number of workmen were employed on the construction, but only 15 were indoors when the crash came. Thir teen of these wife extricated. The missing two were believed' to have been buried in the wreckage. The collapse of the dome was be lieved to have been caused by the application of 16 yards of concrete that had just been placed. ' w" Philippine Independence is Advocated in U. S. House Washington, Dec. 16. Philippine independence was advocated in the house by Representative Frear, re publican, of Wisconsin, who declared the United States should not contin ue its hold Of the island by armed soldiers, "just as we have maintain ed an army in Russia, a force of ma rines in Santo Domingo and Haiti, in our peculiar governmental system of regulating the , affairs of the world." Mr. Frear said a recent visit to the islands with a congressional delega tion had convinced him tnat the Philippine government had fulfilled the conditions set by congress for granting independence. Kim; I i i v i EWE Po wer Co. S tar vAiSA New York Accountant Testi fies in Hearing That Income Does Not Yield Fair Re turn on Investment. Mayor Questions Report The city council was told yester day afternoon, during the hearing of the application of the Nebraska Pow er Co. for increased light and power rates, that this, company was beinpt starved to death. ., VV. J. Henderson of New York, expert accountant with HI C. Hop son Co., made that statement and then proceeded to give a demonstra tion of his statistical exhibits; copies of which were handed to the mayor and each city commissioner. Mr. Henderson testified during the en tire morning session and resumed his task in thVaftemoon, encounter ing a rigid examination by the city officials and others who are inter ested in the hearing. , . Fell Short on Returns. During the afternoon session Mr. Henderson presented statements of operations for a period of nine month'v from January 1 to Septem ber 30 of this year. During' last January, he asserted, the company received a net income equivalent to a fair return on -a valuation of only $5,160,392. against a valuation ot $15,934,085, to which the J. G. White Co. of New York testified earlier in the hearing. On the same basis of valuation,' the witness added that during September the company earned' n6 return, notwithstanding that improvements have been made this year to the extent of $1,000,000. Assuming the same valuation, Mr. Henderson stated that during the nine months in question the com pany fell short $964,359 of earning a fair return on value of its prop erty, and,, carrying that showing to the end 'of this year, the amount would be $l,285,812,Abasing his re turn at 9 per cent. . . . "This shows that additional rev enues of nearly $1,3J)0,000 arc need ed and the trend since last Janu ary has been steadily downward." he said. - v Expenses Increase. , Applying the figures to the cost of the, property, as shown in his own reports to the council. Mr. Hen derson stated that on a basis pf 9 per cent return, the company should have earned $408,736 additional dur ing; the first nine months of.hia year; to have received a fair return according to his contention. Hp aUn ae.iarea,tnat during last Tulv the tnan, during last January, notwith standing that the income was less during the former month. He said the company's records showed an unbroken t trend of increased ex tender 30. j Mayor Smith offered statements which had been rendered by the comjfiny to the city council, show ing monthly operations duriniz 1919. and he raised the question of wnetner tne net monthly earnings this year have not been more than during 1919. ,Mr. Henderson re plied that the mayor's figures were not comparable with those offered at this hearing. , Raise in Rates Necessary. "I wish to state that the figures I have offered in my exhibit show that during the first nine months of this year, a rate increase was nec essary to yield additional revenues of $408,736, this being 9 p"er cent on the cost of the property," said Mr. Henderson. Mst of the time of the .hearinir yesterday was spent . in going into technical details ot accounting meth ods and exchange of opinions as to . (Tnrn to tare Two, Column Three.) State Contracts Show Decline in Prices Lincoln,' Dec. 16. (Special.) In awarding contracts the board of con trol .has been able to obtain sup plies for state institutions at , con siderable reduction from he prices which governed contracts let three months ago. . ' The January contracts show; flour for which the state paid $5.30 a hundred last October is now con tracted for at $3.85. Other changes are, corn meal, $4 to $2.40; bran,. $1.90 to $1.35; cheese 27c to 23c; rice 8 to 6c; sugar, $15.50 j to $9.43; beef, $12.50 to SU.67tfham. 33c to 225c; men's shoes, $5.50 to $4.50; work shoes. $3.95 to $3.05; womens shoes, $5.32 to $3.87 yj: coffee falls(from 28c last July to l7'tc , I ' ; Mail Airplane Wrecked ; 0 Pilot Escapes Unharmed Although his DeHaviland plane was totally wrecked. Air Mail Pilot Cox escaped without a scratch when the machine crashed to earth at Ak-Sar-Ben field at 12:40 yesterday, afternoon. Cox without a scratch was found strapped in v the fusilage of his machine. New' to the -approaches of the field, Pilot Cox was maneuvering for a landing when the high wind carried him against the wireless station. His plane turned over and nosed toward the earth. It righted itself just before striking the ground and was broken in half. The motor was hurled from the plane. War Minister of France v y Resigns From the Cabinet Paris, Dec. 16. Andre Lefevre, the war minister, resigned today. His resignation resulted from his opposition to the new military serv ice bill now before the Chamber of Deputies, which provides for 18 months' obligatory military service. M. T.pfevre had insktpd tinnn two 'i'WIA' 4?ryjC. wth thfi ffilpri. Three New Jersey Boys Sentenced to Receive No Christmas Gifts West Orange, N. J., Dec. 16. Christmas this year is to be a joy less festival for three West Orange boys of 10 to 12 years, who were sentenced by City Recorder J. 8. Lander to receive tio holiday pres ents, take no part in any Christmas festivities and go to bed at 6:30 ev ery evening for a month, including Christmas eve. The youngsters, who appeared in court accompanied by their parents, were convicted of breaking into a school and stealing pencils and money from the teacher's desk, and on other occasions tinkering with the automobile of P.ev. Alfred Roy Ehman. Cole Denied New Trial and Docket Is Clear Federal Judge Refuses to Cite Judge of Lower Court, Attor ney General and Governor McKelvie for Contempt" ' Grand Island, Neb.. Dec. 16. (Special Telegram.) Judge Bayard Paine,' after passing on the latest motion of Attorney, John M. Priest in the Cole-Grammer case, cleared the eht're docket .of unfinished mo tions and overruled the motion re cently filed for a new trial, a motion for permission to withdraw the plea of guilty 1 by Cole, another for a change of venue and finally the motion for, a sxay of execution be cause it was impossible to provide a , transcript "of the proceedings of December 11. ' County' Clerk Haggstrom organ ized a force and completed the transcript in two hours, expressed it to Lincoln and the attorney gen eral was advised that it would be in that city for the supreme court's review by 4:30 p. m. ' Will Get Executioner. - f ' Lincoln, Dec. 16. (Special.) At torney General Clarence A. DaVis announced at noon today he had recommended to Governor McKelvie that Alson B. Cole and Allen V. Grammer be-executed as soon as an official executioner can be procured. Warden Fenton, of the state prison, when questioned, declared it would take three days to secure an executioner from Massachusetts. The office of the attdrney general is now concerned with whether Governor McKelvie can reprieve the two men for an indefinite jriod or must set an exact date tor execution. Denies Contempt Plea. ... Alson B. Cole, under sentence of death, Josta. chance; for clemency at:heJfSflo& ofjudgfe WWpodV rough, ot the United States district court yesterday when the judge re fused to consider a request of John M. Priest, Lincoln, Cole's attorney, that he cite Governor McKelvie, As sistant Attorney General Mason "Wheeler and District Judge Paine (Tan to Page Two, Column Ont. British Censor All Cable Messages Western Union Hea3 Washington, Dec. 16. All Amer ican cable messages. .leaving Great Britain are now being held up for examination by the British naval in telligence authorities, Newcomb H. Carltotv president of the Western Union Telegraph company, testified today when -recalled before a special senate committee investigating cables and the advisability of legis lative action affecting them. The new British requirements have been imposed, Mr. Carlton said, for the purpose of throwing light upon "internal disturbances in Great Brit ain and I presume more particularly with reference to Ireland and bol shevism." Mr. Carlton added that he was not sure whether in-bound cables, from the United States also were being-held for examination Bluffs Aviator Nearly Loses Life in Flames A. J. Nielsen, Council Bluffs avia tor, narrowly escaped death in a fire which destroyed an airplane and damaged his aero building' at Main street and : First avenue yesterday afternoon. '.He was washing a propel ler with gaioline when the explosion ocenrred which started the fire. The ship and interior of the room were instantly enveloped with flames, and Mr. Nielsen barely succeeded in escaping from the fire trap and clos ing the door behind him. ... Two automobiles and one airplane were burned and another, ship was seriously damaged before the fireH department got the flames under control. Insurance will total only $2,000. , Senate Committee to Take ; Up House Immigration Bill Washington, Dec. 16. The house bill barring nearly all immigration for one year will be taken up by the sena'te immigration committee, next Tuesday under a call issued by Chairman Colt. The committee has received many telegrams and letters requesting hearings and urging prompt action. , Senator King, democrat, Utah,, in a brief address in the senate favor ing immediate action to restrict im migration, said he understood that the senate committee would, hold hearings, but that it was not planned to have them begin until after the holidays. The senator said he would urge, immediate hearings. . Porter Askew Is' Sued. Betty Sidman filed suit for $10, 000 in district court yesterday against Porter D. Askew, alleging that she sustained injuries and damage when, their automobiles collided at Twenh'-fourtli and Farnam treets, Pctpfecr V IW Compulsory Farm Education ; If the Farmer Has His Way i m-1 v x ' W .fi ' IIP " Earthquake Puts Seismograph Out Of Commission Heavy Tremors Recorded at JEJplYeirsity ofW aWngon- ; Sharp Shocks Registered At Harvard. . Seattle. Wash., Dec. -16. An earthquake shotk so severe that it temporarily put out of commission two instruments . was recorded on seismographs at the University of Washington here" today. The dis turbance, estimated to have, centered about 2,800 miles in an east-westerly direction from Seattle, began at 4:24 a. m. end reached its maximum in tensity at 4:48. when two recording needles were displaced. "Smasher" Recorded Cambridge, Mass., Dec. IS. An earth shock - which was termed a "smasher" was recorded at the Har vard university seismographic sta tion. The tremors started a six-inch gong to ringing in the station at 8 a. m.,and feeble shocks still were recorded at 11 a. m. It W3S esti mated that the' disturbance was about 3,446 miles away, with direction doubtful. The distance was said to include both Alaska and Peru. Shock Unusually Severe Washington,. J)ec. 16. An un usually severe earth shock, estimated to be 2.80T) miles in a east-westerly direction from Washington, was re corded early today on the seismo graph at Georgetown university. The recording of the shock began at 7:25 a. m., the maximum intensity was reached at e:U7 a. m., and it still was in nroirress at 9:50 a. m., but subsided a few minutes later. I he disturbance was described by tne Rev. Father Francis A. Tondorf. di rector of the Georgetown geismo- logical department, as the worst re corded here in two,j years. father iondorf said the estimate of distance was difficult to calculate from the early portion of 'the record of the shock. ' The distance of 2,800 miles from Washington, estimated by Father Tondorf, would indicate the loca tion of the disturbance to be in the United States, near the Pacific coast, if in the west, or in the vicinity of the Azores, if to the east. San Francisco Gangster Put on Trial for Attack San Francisco, Dec. 16. Edmond (Spud) Murphy, a pugilist, went to trial here today on a charge of hav ing assaulted Jessie Montgomery, 17 years old, in a shack which was the headquarters of a gang early Thanksgiving" morning. Four other members of the gang are awaiting trial and three alleged members were lynched at Santa Rosa last week after three peace officers had been murdered. v- Murphy failed in his efforts to ob tain a change of venue. A large de tachment of police was placed on guard in the halls and in the room where Murphy went to trial. Ad mission to the court room was by card. Murder Suspect Held Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 16. H. C. Wilier, wanted in Los Angeles in connection with the murder of Mrs. Fa Sudow, found dead near the coast city Sunday, was arrested here late last night by Tucson policu. Wilier admits his identity, but de nies any connection .with the murder. r ' n t m h li . i fc- 1 11 Tlie AwtwarJ" S(juai Harbour When Attorney Makes His Plea But Farmer Wife Is Unmoved By Description of Alleged Wrongl to Man Charged With Murder. Jim Harbour, on trial in district court at Council Bluffs for the mur der of George Mikesell, wept yester day as his attorney, J. J. Hess, in his plea to the jury, described how Mikesell assaulted Harbour,; broke up his home and stole his wife and "child from him. ' Mikesell married Mrs. Harbour seven days after she obtained a di vdrce from lier first husband. She testified against her former mate in the present trial and their daughter, Delphia, 11, also took the stand against her fathej The shooting' occurred June j2. near Treynof, following a quarrel between the Mikesells and Mr. and August' Sierck, by whom Harbour was employed, over pasture rent for a mare the Mikesells had left at the Sierck place. , . Character witnesses yesterday tes tified that James Harbour has af ways been a law-abiding-citizen and that George Mikesell and his wife never, had a good reputation. Argument for the defense was closed yesterday afternoon. C. E. Swanson, county attorney, will make final plea for the state this morning and the case will go into the hands of the jury, probably before noon. Nebraska Can Save 33,000 Starving European Children Nebraska can either "kill or cure" 33,000 starving European chil dren this, winter, accoeding to G. W. Watties,.' state chairman of the Nebraska "division for European rej lief. A cure can be effected by suW scribing $330,000, Nebraska's quota. Otherwise, Wattles declared, the children must die. It will cost $10 to save one European child, Wattles declared. Telegraphers Strike In Mexico Has Been Averted Mexico City, Dec. 16. A general strike of railway telegraphers and station agents, which was called yes terday, has been averted. Several demands made by the men have been granted and others will be submitted to arbitration, these 1 demands in cluding recognition 6f .the union, wage increases, shorter hours and indemnities for personal injury. Record Confiscation of Moonshine Made in Iowa . Sioux City, la., Dec. 16. What is said to be one of the largest liquor raids in Iowa was executed last night at a house here. J. L. Mor row was arrested and is being held for investigation. Forty gallons 'of whisky, 1,250 gallons of sour mash, three stills and some, coloring sub stance were seized. Treasury Certificates Largely Oversubscribed Washington, Dec. 16. Secretary Houston announced the oversub scription by $200,000,000, of the two issues of treasury certificates of fered last week. The total subscrip tions - aggregated more than $700, 000,000, the secretary said, for the combined issue, which was for ap proximately $5pQ,00f " Weep Four Americans , And 7 Filipinos " Killed in Riot Outbreak at Manila Follows ; Shooting of . Constabulary Man by ,Natiye Po lice Officer. ' Manila, - P. I., Dec. 16. Four rAmericans and seven Filipinos were killed here last night durjng a riot within the walled city between en listed men of the Filipino constabu lary and the Manila police. . . The Americans killed were: CAPTAIN OF POLICE W. E. WICHMANN. PATROLMAN ALBERT H. TROGE. , PATROLMAN JOHN W. DRIS COLL. FIELD CLERK AUGUSTUS JACUMAN. The riot was a result of the shoot ing Tuesday night of a constabu lary man who was reported to have attacked the Filipino policemen with a knifed . The riot occurred at the Luneta police station, just outside the walled city, . and then proceeded within the walled city, where pro miscuous firiQdf between the police and constabulary took place. Police reserves with riot guns rushed to th walled v city where hundreds of shots were exchanged. The Filipinos killed a patrol wagon driver and six bystanders. . Four Filipinos were wounded. . The wounded personnel of the con stabulary forces is composed entire ty of Filpinos, officered by Ameri cans and Filipinos, The organization numbers-6,000 and is stationed in various provinces of the Philippines for police purposes. Rioting ceased when Brig. Gen. Rael Crame appeared on the scene with Chief of Police Bopp. "Every precaution has been taken to prevent a repetition of the affair," said General Crame.. "The constab ulary men surrendered without a" murmur when I appeared with Chief Bopp." Col. Lucien R. Sweet,. "inspectoi general of the constabulary, declarel thattthia latest trouble between the constabulary and the p.olice resulted from the arrest Sunday of th! wife of a constabulary private by the po lice. ' . , . "Her clothing was torn and the circumstanteV were such as to make any real man's blood boil," he said. Capitalist of Denver . N ' Suffers From Paralypis Denver, Colo., Dec. 16. Crawford Hill, Denver" capitalist and club man and widely known in financial cir cles ' throughout the country, is dangerously ill at his home here to day, following a stroke of paralysis late yesterday. Mr. Hill is 58 years old. ' ' " The Weather ,' Forecast. Friday fafr and somewhat colder. Hourly TomperatarM. It a. m. la. n. 1 at. m. . m. t aw m. 10 aw m. It a. m. IS noon 1 n. ni. ...so ...M ...48 ...41 ...41 ...S ...J.I ...13 p. m. I p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. p. m. 1 P. m. X n m. .ts .St .40 halTctln. Protect uhlpmenta during Ijio nxt I to S hours Iron! tempora ttir an follTv: North and at. 28 rti're; south, 30 J graei; weal, tt degree. 1 Anti -Strike V,- A . k . Bill Passes U.S.. Senate Poindexter Measure Penaliz ing Interference With Inter state Commerce Approved " Without Discussion. Opponents Will Contest By The Aamclatcd Preaa. Washington, Dec. 16. Anothei controversy in congress over anti strike legislation was launched to day through passage by the senat of the Poindexter bill to penalize in terference 'with interstate commerce Less than a dozen senators were present when the bill went through without a word of discussion or a roll caH, but opponents, rushing in late, announced a contest. Senator La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, filed a motion to reconsider the vote, ' which holds the bill in the senate until disposal of the reconsideration notion. When the La r-ollette mo tion would be taken up was not de termined. ( ' ' Fixes' Severe Penalties. The bill as introduced by ' enato; Poindexter. reoublican. Washington, would not present individuals from quitting their employment, but hxej severe penalties .for persons i who, with intent to obstruct interstate commerce, advise, persuade or uar force toward inducing common car riers' operatives to cease work. I lu measure which has been criticised . vigorously by labor leaders, was pre sented at the last session alter tn house had refused to accept the an-. ti-strike clauses in the transportation act proposed by the senate. ' v The senate passed the bill todaj while the clerk was droning through minoTT bills on the routine calendat ! under a unanimous consent agree-1 ment. ' , Opponents like Action. v . Obiection of a single . senator would have blocked its consideration or a. quorum call would have sum moned its opponents. Neither move , came, however, from the small" handful of senators in their seats. The activity pf opponents followed. Besides Senator La l'ollettes mo tion for reconsideration. Senator Johnson, republican of California, made inquiry of Vice President Marshall to receive assurance that the motion was pending and . the bill held up. The motion for reconsideration under the senate would be consid-. ered regularly -at the next reading of the, calendar, probably Monday.. Senator Poindexter was said to be confident that a majority could not be secured to overturn the senate's passase of -the measure, but oppon- . ents ttr preparing for a vigorou? , fight when the La Folletto motiot is taken tip. . ;? Jeweler Is Killed by Three Mked Bandits In Heart of New Yorl New York, Dec, 16. Entering ai office building at Fifth avenue nea-Forty-fifth- street; in which hundreds' of persons were working, three masked robbers shot' and killed Edwin .W. Apdr vs, head of a jewelry concern, held up. two travel- t ing salesmen who entered the office at that .moment, and f reaped with their sample 'cases which contained valuable jewels. " . Today's robbery, occurring on top of the sensational holdup of four guests in, the Hotel Astor last night, . and while , the police department is . under fire by newspapers in connec tion with the cuy's alleged crime wave, took place within the restricted district in which detectives had been ordered during the Christmas season to arrest on sight all known crim- . inals. - . Mail Pilot Sets New Record in Round Trip r Cheyenne, 1 Wyo., Dec. 16. Pilot '' James F.' Moore, of the air' mail service yesterday made the first round trip between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City ever completed by an airplane between dawn and dark ness. --.''9 Y Moore, according to local air mail officials, left the Chevenne field at 5:42 a. m., delivered 400 pounds of mail in bait Lake City and was back: at the.field here at 4:44 p. m. He had flown 80Q; miles, crossed the Rocky mountains twice and made twc stops, one at Rock Springs, Wyo., on the western trip, and the other at Salt Lake City. The westward'flight was made in five hours, and 28 minutes and the return trip in three hours and four minutes. At times he attained an altitude of 13,000 feet. y Three Children Perish, Two .Others Injured in Fire Phoenix, Ari, Dec 16. Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sehkoff of near Glendale, Aria., were burned to death and two others severely burned when their home was destroyed by fire last night while their parents were visiting a sick neighbor. Bulgarian Envoy Recalled. Washington, Dec. 16. Stephen Panaretoff, Bulgarian minis'er t. the United States, was recalled by, . his government and will leave for home within a short time. Until ii successor arrives here Dr. Plessinoft", secretary oi4 the, legation, -will act as charge. . . Cotton Gin Burned. ' Corsicana, TexM Dec. 16. A cot ton gin belonging to Smith & Massey, seven mile south of here, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin last night. The loss was esti mated at $15,000 f - ''. J. - , ( J i