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VOL. 50 NO. 164
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' Oiaaha P. 0. Uaaar Act ( March S. 1879.
OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1920.
I By Mall (I tnt). lailde 4th leae. Dally ad 8irtUy, 19; Dall Oaly. i: Sunday, 14
Outiiaa 4h Zona (I yaar). Daily ana1 tmii. filially Only, 112; Sunday Oaly. J
THREE CENTS'
Statement
New Plan to
Aid Farmers
Is Proposed
Head of Farm Bureau Federa
tion Urges Qptfniug of Rus
sian and German Mar
kets to U. S.
Omahans Receive Two Lost
: Daughters as Xiiias Presents
Denied by
Biiiigs joy
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Mrs. Hamon
.Woman Arrested in Connec
tion With Oklahoma Murder
Ca6c Says Alleged Inter-
"views "Highly Colored."
Party Reaches Ft. Worth
'kfoe With Plenty Provide
For Others Less Fortunate
Santa Arrives to Gladden
Hearts of Kiddies.
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By The Asa oc la led rVcn.
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 24. De
. nial that she had signed apy state
ment whatever since she left Ard
more, or that she gave any letters to
her attorneys, and characterization
of purported interviews by a press
association as "highly colored," ex
aggerated and, in many places in
accurate were made by Mrs. Clara
Smith Hmon, charged with the mur
der of Jakti L. Hamon, in a state
ment given to tie correspondent of
The Associated Press aboard ' her
train shortly before her arrival -late
today. . , I
The-statement was handed fo khc
correspondent who had accompanied
her party from El Paso by one of
. her attorneys, W. P. McLean, jr., of
this city with the following com
ment: '
"This statement was "signed , by
Mrs. Hamon in the presence of zinc
witnesses, including her attorneys., I
cuarantee the arenuineness-ot the sig'
nature." ' ' ,
Arrive at Fprt Worth.
Sheriff Garrett of Ardmore,
Okl. where he is to take Mrs
Hamon to face trial, and his party
left the train at Benbrook, 10 miles
west of here, shortly after 5 o'clock
this afternoon and proceeded to rort
Worth in automobiles that were
awaiting them. They drove immej
diatelv to the law offices of McLean,
Scott & "McLean, where a confer
ence with Mrs. Hamon was held be
hind closed doors.
Mr. McLean said Charles A.
Coakley of Ardmore, who is associat
ed with him in the handling of the
Hamon case, would proceed to Ard
more immediately, but that their
client would remain in Fort Worth
wib friends until, she was "needed
in -Ardmore." .
To Make Atonement
Big Springs, Tex., Dec. 24, Con
secration of her future energies to
atoning to her family "for the sor
row she has brought H" and de
termination never again Ho waste
another hour of her 'life were
tivowed late yesterday by Clara
Smith, en route to Ardmore, Okl.j
to answer a charge of murder in
connection with the death of Jake
L. Hamon. , "
Tn iin interview with the cor-
respondent of The Associated Press;
- lasting neatly an- hour, she spoke
arnisilv en religion, philosophy,
v, psychic research, art. fancy work
and most earnestly of all her im
pressions of Mexico, where she
stayed three' weeks before giving
herself up to -the custody of Sheriff
(Tum to Pae Two. Column Two.)
- Children of France
Send Christmas Toys
To Kiddies of Aisne
Paris. Dec. 24. Sixty tons of toys,
donated by the children of France,
will be" distributed in the devasted
Aisne and in Rhcims by the league
f of officers and ex-soldiers of France
under the direction of M. Binet
Valmor, the French writer, and vice
president of the league.
The iviea first occurred to M. Binet
Valmor last year, when visiting the
centers of the American committee
for devasted France, and it., was
through the aid of the camions of
'the committee that 40. tons of toys
40,000 packages-vere transported
from Paris to the devasted area.
The first load, heavy with childish
happiness, left Paris December 6 in
an American camion under the direc
tion of Lieutenant Pcricard, remem
' bered for his rallying cry in a French
trench where he wrs the only, man
left standing. . ;
Woman Tries to JGU
Self Under Tram Cai
Des Moines, Dec. 24. (Special
Telegram.) Crying "I want to die,
the world'a too cruel to me," an un
identified woman startled Christmas
hoppers here bythrcwing herself
beneath a moving street car. The
car was stopped before the wheels
had touched her: When passing
pedestrians attempted to pull the
woman from beneath the iar, she
resisted their efforts.
"Let me alone, I want to die," she
said. Taken by police and the car
crew to a store, she refused to give
her name, broke away from an ok
ficer and made her escape in the
crowds in the store. The woman,
witnesses say, was about 35 years
old and well clothed.
Section Employe Killed
By Northwestern Engine
Charles Severing, SS, was instantly
killed yesterday in the Union Pacific
railroad yards at Council Bluffs,
where he was employed as a section
hand, by a Northwestern switch en
gine. He was shoveling snow from
the tracks, witnesses say, and stepped
in front of the approaching engine.
A. E. Evarts was the engineer, Le
Roy McNeil, fireman, and Richard
Wallace foreman of the switch crew.
Mr. Severine lived at 3430 Avenue
E and is survived only by his widow.
Henry Cutler, coroner, took charge
of the body and may hold an inquest
Will Boost Capitalization.
San Francisco, Dec. 24. Stock
holders of the Standard Oil com
pany of California will be asked at
a special meeting March 30 to au
thorire an increased capitalization of
$13,000,000, which is to be sold to
employes on the installment plan,
u waj announce
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Left to Right: Mundicia,
Though. Santa Claus did not per
sonally escort -them, Mundicia and
Anka Novacic, 13 and 11, came as
real Christmas presents' to their par
ents, Mr. . and Mrs. Ivan ' Novacic,
6302 South Thirty-third street, -Men
they arrived yesterday morning from
Ubidad, Jugoslavia, after a separa
tion of eight years. -
The two. little girls came to the
United States with two cousins sev
eral weeksago, but were delayed at
Ellis IslandpNew York. Frantic
telegrams sent by the father failed
to receive any response until John
C. Barrett, South Omaha attorney,
wired immigrationofficials ami Sen-
Steps Takeh to
Release Control
Of San Domingo
President Orders Withdrawal
Of Military Intervention of
Republic Proclamation i
. Is Made Public. .
Washington, Dec. 24. By direc
tion of the president, initial steps
were taken for withdrawal of Amer
ican control over affairs of the
Dominican republic. -
A proclamation announcing this
ouroose was issued at San Domineo
fiy. Rear Admiral Thomas Snowden,
military governor. Its text was made
public here. 'By its terms the
friendly purposes of American mili
tary intervention m the . island in
1916 are declared to be "substan
tially achieved" and . "simple pro
cesses" inaugurated for "rapid with
drawal from the responsiblities as
sumed in connection with Dominican
affairs." , '
A Dominican commission, aided
by .an American v adviser, . will be
named by Admiral Snowden to
formulate amendments to the Dom
inican constitution and draft new
ejection laws. When' approved by
the military governor, these will be
submitted to a constitutional conven
tion and the .Dominican national
congress as a preliminary to the
election of a Dominican government
to which the affairs of the republic
will be turned over. .
An accompanying .announcement
by the State department said tran
quility prevailed in the 1 republic ;
that Dominican finances had been
placed. on a stable basis: education
and ' sanitation . advanced ' and the
oeoole "for the first time in many
years had been able to devote them
selves to peacetu.l pursuits. i
Missing Baljoon Men Are
Believed Safe In Canada
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 24. Belief that
the three United States naval offi
cials who left ' Rockaway Point, N.
YU a week ago last Monday in the
ee balloon A-5593 on an endurance
flight had fallen into the hands of
traders - or were being cared for. by
Indians in the lake country was ex
pressed today by Lieutenant Evans,
the American aviator, who was sent
here to direct search for the missing
bulloonists. . ...
Mother and Child Get
Half Million Dollars
For Christmas Gift
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 24. Santa
Claus came a day early to the home
of Mrs. Rav D. Goodale in Puyallup
and left $500,000 in her stocking for
herself, and baby son. i
The gift came in the form of news
that the woman and baby have - in
herited the estate of Ray Merwin, a
New York stock broker, who re
cently died. -
The bequest, which came as a com
plete surprise, is the -culmination of
a drama in real lfie. Years ago Mrs.
Goodale became separated from her
family and 'for a long period she
could not be located..
Finally her father, Frank S. Mer
win of New ; York, found s her in
Puyallup and visited here.'
Ray Merwin, the brother, in leav
ing the estate to Mrs. Goodale, 're
quested that the surname of the son
Ivan and Anka Novacic.
soon
ator G. M. Hitchcock,
who
mended matters.
The father met his daughters at
the-Union station yesterday. He
was overcome with hapjflness when
they rushed into his arms. He took
them home, where their mother
cried over them and then bustled
about serving them a wonderful
meal.
T-rnTNovacics left their six children
with friends in , Jugo Slavia eight
years" ago" when they came to the
United States. They later sent for
the tour eldest and were on the. point
of arranging for the other two to
come when the war broke out.
Irreconcilables
Worriedly Latev
Marion Reports
RumiJ a Reach-Washington ib
; Change in Attitude of Had
, ing Toward Treaty and
. Covenant.,
Cbleoffo Trlbone-Omaha Bee LeaHed Wire.
k Washington, Dec. 24. Presistent
reports are reaching the senate from
M;ion to the effect that President
elect Harding has been persuaded
to return to. the idea of ratifying
the treaty of Versailles, including
the league of nations covenant, with
reservations clearly disentangling the
United States from all undersirable
obligations. This was the position
which Mr. Harding took when the
treaty was last before the senate.
According to these reports, the
change of attitude by Senator Hard
ing has been orought about by his
conferences with such men as Ex
President Taft, Elihn Root, Charles
Evans Hughes and Herbert Hoover,
who have gone to Marion by invi
tation and emphasized to the president-elect
the serious difficulties that
would attend the discarding of the
Versailles treaty and the setting up
a new world association of nations.
. , Irreconcilables jWorried.
These reports have been coming
in with such persistence, and trom
such reliable sources as to produce
a disquieting effect on the "irrecon
cilables," who up to a few days ago
had given themselves no worry about
Mr, Harding's position isince his
Des 1 Moines speech last October
in wrhich he declared he stood for
rejection of the treaty.
Many senators who voted to rati
fgy the treaty with the Lodge reser
vations had taken it as an accepted
Jlact" that Senator Harding would
not attempt to put the Versailles pact
through the senate in any form,
in view of his stand during the cam
paign and the results of the election.
Will Fight Ratification.
The "irrecbnciliibles" have been
interested in Marion dispatches that
their opposition to the treaty is
about to collaps'e.- They are anxious
to "go along with" the new admiri
jstration in question of foreign pol
icy and they have not rushed into
print with indignant views, but they
have been emphatically plain that
they will not hesitate to combat
Mr. Harding's leadership just is vig
orously as they have Mr.. Wil
son s, if he undertakes to have the
Versailles pact ratified;
They are confident thaf they will
be much stronger In the new sen
ate than they were Bast spring when
they succeeded in defeating the
treaty by a narrow margin; A num
ber of the senators-elect have de
cided their opposition. Several
other senators who voted for rati
fication with reservations last spring
are now opposed to ratification in
jmy form.' lit this group are Sen
ators New of Indiana, and Freling
huysen of New Jersey, two close
personal advisers of Mr. Harding.
Senator Lodge himself is now re
ported to be against ratification in
any form.
v :
Firm Is Bankrupt
Rockford. III., Dti 24. A peti
tion in involuntary bankruptcy ask
ing for the .appointment of a re
ceiver for the Cotta Transmission
company of this city was filed in the
i stiS'i! SS.urt FieeporJ last night.
Spirit of Cheer Abounds
Merry. ChTSfctmasl'
Where is the man who said there
was no Santa Claiis?
After a strenuous week of holiday
acjtivftics, Omaha settled down to
rest last night, to awake this 'morn
ing and find that the merry monarch
of toyland and ioyland had put in
a busy night. The venerable pur
veyor ot presents made the rounds
with his wonted alacritv. Thousands
of kiddies passed a night of fitful
slumber and it is said that not one
had to be summoned the second time
this morning because of any disin
clination to arise.
One of the most cheering pros
oects of the dav is the manner in
which those who have enough and
to spare have provided for those
who are in need at this season ot the
year, the. time when good' cheer and
good will abound and when the joy
of giving is accentuated.
Christmas Cheer in Homes
In many homes last night 'Christ
mas trees, blazed brightly and hearts
beat lightly. It Was a gladsome oc
casion for Ihe kiddies, the parents
and for the i old folks.
Thousands of store clerks were
clad that the busy week for them
was ovar. Omahans heeded the ad
vice to shop early and they kept it
up until the closing hour 'of 9 last
nipiht. ' (
One ..delivery of mail will be made
this morning and then the tired car
riers will have a surcease until
Monday morning. They have been
overwhelmed with the holiday rush,
some of which will run into next
week. Barber shops will be open
until nn today, but practically all
business thouses will be closed all
! day, because "Christmas comes but
once a year. ' ,
Churches Hold Services.
Midnight masses were observed in
St. Ccilias cathedral and various
Catholic parish fhurches also Fpis
copal churches. Some churches held
sunrise meetines.
, The annual Christmas distribution
and entertainment of the City miS'
sion will be held this morning. This
event alwavs brinsrs substantial toy
to several s hundred homes. Mary
E. Anthony,, superintendent, has
worked dilitrentlv to make the oc
casion a success. Mayor Smith will
be at the mission this 'morning to
assist In the distribution' and Id-speak
a few wors of cheer to those who
are assembled.
Mai. Frank McCormlck, Mrs. Mc
Cormick and Mayor Smith had
charee of the Christmas distribution
of the Volunteers of America , last
(Turn to Pnge Two, Column Two.)
National Secretary of
Y. M. C. A. Replies to
Charges of Vatican
i -
Toronto, Ont, Dec, 24. Charles
W. Bishop, general secretary of the
national council of the Young Men's
Christian association, today issued
a statement replying to the change
of the Vatican thaf the organiza
tion "corrupts the faith of youth."
, "We have a number of .Roman
Catholic members in almost every
Y. M. C. A. branch in the Domin
ion and in some cases, as in Quebec,
the number amounts to a consid
erable portion of the membership,
but these members are free to use
only, the facilities of the institution
they wish to.. (
"The religious program of the as
sociation is entirely optional and
is not thrust upon those who, for
any reason, do not wish to avail
themselves of it. It is quite true
'that the foundation of the Y. M. C.
A. is. what is .known as. the: evan
gelical (Christian basis, but there is
nothing in our program aiming at
proselyting any who come into the
membership and who hold .different
religious views." :-
koherlzollern Family . ;.:
To Celehrate Quietly
Doom,' Holland Dec.' 24.-The
third Christmas of the Hohenzbllern
family in Holland will be leSJ-pretentious
than iast year's celebration
a: Amerongen. The serious' illness
of ihe former empress and the sui
cide of Joachim will give the ob
servance more or of an'air of mourn-'
ing than celebration.
Many messages-of greetings have
been received at Doom, where the
Duchess of Brunswick and the for
mer Crown Prince Frederick Wil
liam will stay with their parents until
after New Year's. , ,
Shivering Girl Delivers Washin .
While Father Warms Feet at Fire
Grace Campbell, 11, 1953 Vinton
street, crying, benumbed with the
cold, trying to deliver a large basket
of washing for her mother, presented
a sad picture when John Beber, 2456
Souh Nineteenth street, observed
her sorry plight and reported the
case to the Nebraska Humane so
ciety yesterday. .
Leaning over the basket of clothes,
her little heart almost broken as
she saw other children, happy-faced,
running in their Christmas-time joy,
she touched the heart of the passer
by who delivered the basket for her
and then took her home.
Mr. Br her advised te Humane so
ciety's office that he believed the case
should be investigated. George Mc
Clain and Mrs. James E. Dimtrffd,
humane officers, went to the girl's
home and found er tp HJ2 !&sMl! WSkMcttr
St Louis Man's
Death Believed '
;
Due to Accident
Tragedy in Wellington Inn
Her Thought, to Have Oc
curred During-Cleaning of
Gun Supposedly Empty.
. i
That and accident and not .suicide
3 as the cause for the death of E. I
ess of St. Louis, whose body was
found in room 407 at the Welling
ton inn yesterday afternoon, is ex
pressed with certainty in a report
prepared by police last night.
Th hnAv of the man. shot
lihrough the heart, 'was found by F.
J. Kamey, manager ot the Welling
ton inn, at 3:15 when he broke in the
door to the room, aftef smelling
smoke in the hallway. On a table
nearby lay a ,38-caliber revolver with
one discharged cartridge in the
chamber and a handkerchief passed
through the trigger gnard. Smoke
was still pouring from the bullet
wound in the body. ,
Mr. Ramey summoned police, who
at first said they believed the man
had committed suicide, wrapping the
handkerchief about the gun - to
deaden the sound of the shot. Later
investigation, however, disclosed the
fact that the handkerchief evidently
had been used to clean the revolver.
According to Detective Graham
who, with Detective Franks and Of
ficer Sinclair, was called to the hotel
immediately after the tragedy, the
rubber grips had been removed from
the revolver butt and several loaded
cartridges lay on. the table. Other
equipment used ; for cleaning pur
poses was strewn about the table, all
indicating the accident theory. It is
Trn to face Two, Colnnra Three.)
Heirs of Bernard Daly '
' File Suit to Break Will
Lake View, Ore., Dec. 24. Suit
was filed in district court here on
behalf of the heirs of Bernard Daly.
Lake View county, to break the will
under the provisions of which $500.
000 was set aside as a fund through
which no fewer than 15 young men
and women from Lake View shall
be sent to college e.iofc year. The
heirs ask that the will be declared
intestate as to all portions of the
educational fund and that this prop-'
erty be passed to the 15 heirs.
liam Miller, warming his feet at a
fire. There were three other chil
drenJulia, 12; Anna, 8; George, 3.
Mrs. Miller stated that she received
$30 per month from the estate of
her first husband and that she earned
what she could by taking in washing.
She also told the humane officres
that Miller has not worked for sev
eral months; that he said he was un
able to find employment. The house
was cheerless.
This home will have Christmas
cheer tonight. The Elks will see that
these kiddies are remembered in a
substantial way.
Why the able-bodied sUpiather
sent the girl with the basket of wash
ing and remained at home to warm
his own feet at the fire, is a situation
which the Humane socwty people
Harding-Wishes All '.
A Merry Christmas
Marion, O., Dec. ' 24. President
elect Harding issued the fallowing
Christmas greeting tonight: ,
"Like every normal human being,
I Visit everybody a 'very Merry
Qifistmas. It gets us but of a rut
to join in a national chorus of cheer
and good will. .
"There is peace, there is con
fidence in the morrow. - There is
even cheer in the belief that the dis
tress of today is auicklv to nass and
we may hope as well as wish for a
prosperous new year."
Woman Convicted of
MurJer at Alliance
Asks for New Trial
- Alliance, Neb., Dec. 24. (Special
Telegram.) Attorneys . for Mrs.
Evelyn Preiss McElhaney, who was
convicted by jury last week on a
charge of second degree murder for
the killing of Earl Anderson, whom
she shot December 7, have filed a
motion for a new trial, alleging that
the jurors were unduly influenced
by ublicV sentiment,, which was
strongly against the woman during
the trial and that Judge W. H. West
over erred on each of the 21 points
in his instructions to the jury. . The
application rfilso alleged that the ver
dict was ' not sustained by the evi
dence and takes exception , to the
tebuttal testimony of Miss Mydia
(Mike) Verdie, former partner of
Mrs. McElhaney in the Wilson
rooming' house, who declared on the
witness stand that Mrs. McElhaney
had a revolver in her pocket when
she left the rooming house.
Judge Westover will pass upon
the motion for a new trial when
h returns here n hold a 10-day
court session beg , ning. January 10.
Shortly- alter be:.ig taken back' to
the county jail following her ' con
viction Mrs. McElhaney asked that
a Bible be brought to her cell and
she has spent much of her time
reading the scriptures. A religious
meeting was held . in the sheriff's
office at her request. Her aged
mother, two sisters and a number
of friends attended the meeting.
Mrs. McElhaney was given tp
weeping during the first few days
following her conviction, but now
is apparently resigned to her fate
and has made Inquiries concerning
the kind of york assigned to women
at the state penhentiary.
President Issues Three.
Pardons for Christmas
.Washington, Dec. 24. Three par
dons as President Wilion's Christ
mas gift to men serving sentences in
federal prisons were announced by
the Deparmfent of Justice. They
were; . - - ,
Clarence ' Brown, serving a life
term for murder at Atlanta ;.Ruf us
Castlebury. serving a life term at
Leavenworth; and Edward C. Rivers,
serving, two years at. the United
States penitentiary at McNeil Island,"
Wash., for violation of the narcotic
laws. y
Commutation of sentence and ex
tension qf clemency have been
granted in some 50 other, federal
cases. " V v ' ' . ' f
Policeman Held Up
Quiiicy. 111.. Dec. 24. A Uuincy
pWiccman wa-i held up by a lone
liighwayinan early this morning on
cne of the principal business streets,
stood up against a wall and searched.
Starvation to
End State of War
With D'Annunzio
Soldiers of Poef Have Settled
Down to Let Hunger Defeat
y Plans to Resist Rapallo
, Treaty.
London, Dec. 24. Starvation is
expected soon? to bring to an end
the state of war now existing
between the regency of Quarnero
at Fiume and the kingdom of
Italy. The 48-houY time limit given
civilians to leave the city expired
at 6 o'clock last night, and it ap
pears the Italian government troops
have settled down to wait for hun
ger to defeat d'Annunzio's plan to
combat the enforcement bf the
treaty of Rapallo. One government
soldier is reported td have been
killed py a bomb thrown by one
of the d'Annunzian legionaries, and
shots are said to have been fired
at an Italian destroyer, but thus far
the "war" has not been marked by
any notable hostilities.
A barrage of . proclamations has
been hurled into the rival camps by
d'Annunzio and General Caviglia,
commander of the government
troops forming the -cordon about
Fiume. These pronouncements have
kept public interest cerftered, for
the time being at least.'in the strange
situation that has developed on the
eastern shore of the Adriatic. D'An
nunzio's latest (proclamation invites
the people of Fiume to sacrifice their
lives and fortunes in opposing the
carrying out of the Rapallo pact.
The people, however, do not seem
to be very anxious to follow his
advice. In spite of orders from the
poet-soldier forbidding anyone leav
ing Fiume, several hundred persons
are said to have fled.
The fact that some Russian troops
formerly a part of General Wran
gel's army have been landed in Dal
matia has caused apprehension in
some quarters that they might be I
usea to oust dAnnunzio from
Fiume.. It is asserted, however, that
there is no intention of using the
Russians for this purpose.
Paid Secretary Elected Ly
Alliance Commerce Body
Allien. TK r C
rTelegram.) George M. Carey, for
the last lour months secretary o
the North Platje Chamber of Com
merce, has been elected secretary o
tne Alliance chamber to . succeed J.
W. Guthrie, whose resignation be
comes effective January 1. Secre
tary Guthrie stated 'that his private
business affairs left him no time to
devote to the duties of the secre
tary. Mr. Carev will be paid a salary
of $3,000 a year. He formerly had
charge' of a department of the Sioux
City Chamber of Commerce.
The Weather
Forecast
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Hitchcock Presents Bill
By The AaMtolfttrd Pri.
Washington, Dec. 24. Opening ot
the markets rf Russia, Germany and
other foreign countries to American
farm produces through the handling
of securities of those nations by thf
war finance corporation was sug
gested by J. R. Howard, president oi
the American Farm Bureau Federa
tion to the senate agriculture and
banking committees.' '
Mr. Howard's plan, as outlined to
the committees in joint session,
would provide for the extension of V
credits, by having such securities as
foreign countries might be able to
give for the purchase of American
farm products handled by the war
finance corporation, either through ,
selling them to American investors
pr by . issuing debentures based on
such securities. Mr. Heward em- ,
phasized that his plan did not in
volve putting the treasury behind
such credits. -
Suggests First Lien.
v In tfie case of Germany, the Farm
Bureau Federation president sug
gested that the American credit be
made a first lien on all the resources
and income of that country by taking
priority over the claims of the allies
for reparations. Such a step, he
said, would be possible under the
Versaillcs'treaty'and the only thing
necessary would be to obtain the
consent of the allied governments to "
the making of such credit a priority '
over reparations.
The federal reserve board, through
Governor Harding, suggested to
Chairman McLean of the banking
committee, introduction and consid
eration fif a bill authorizing federal
land banks to make c'rect loanso
the public for agricultural purposes
and authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to deposit funds with these
banks. -aSuch a measure, the board
said, would prove more effective for.
the purpose of' making additional'
credit available than a bill permit
ting the treasury head to deposit
earnings of the federal reserve banks
as a special deposit to cover exten
sion pf such credits.
Bill By Hitchcock.
A bill of the latter nature has been
introduced by Senator Hitchcock,
democrat of Nebraska.
W. W. Brauer, New Xrk' who .
claims to represent the permaft
government with authority to secure
a loan of $1,000,000,000 for the pur
pose of buying American farm prod
ucts, was present in the committee .
room but did not appear as a wit
ness. No date was set for another hear
ing by either committee, but mem
bers said that additional hearing'
might be held sjter the holidays.
Industrial Workers
Provide Christmas
For U. S. Prisoners
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 24. A
check for $1,200 was received by
Warden A. V. Anderson of the
federal pententiary, irom tne neaa
quarters of the Industrial Workers
of the World for distribution among
prisoners who belong to that or
ganization. Thus 60 prisoners will
receive a $20 note Christmas, morn
ing. i "
In addition, all socallef political
prisoners will receive a oaskej. of
fruit and some tobacco, distributed
by the I. W. W. Welfare league.
To insure every prisoner receiving
a present, a fund is being collected
among the inmates to purchase gifts
for, those who nave not been remembered.
Utah Man Convicted
Of Blackmail Pardoned
"'Salt Lake City, Dec. 24. Joseph
Henry Martin, convicted-iq? 1914 of
blackmailing several prominent
Ogden citizens who were terrorized
by his threats, was paroled by the
state board of pardons today. The
blackmailing campaign and the trial
of Martin created nation-wide inter
est. In 1919 Martin escaped from the -state
prison. He voluntarily sur
rendered xin , October, 1920, after
roaming through many states and
Canada, tating that he was pre
pared to "take his medicine" and that
he was filled with j-emorse after the
kind treatment accorded to him by
prison officials. , "N
Missouri Governor Grants
i Six Christmas Pardous
Jefferson Citv. Mo.. Dec. 24.
Governor Gardiner granted six
Christmas pardons to inmates of the
state penitentiary here on recom
mendation of the state prison board.
This is the smallest number of par
dons granted at Christmas for a
number of years, officials said.
Beatrice Man Wounded by
Comrade on Hunting Trip
Beatrice, Ne1., Dec 24. (Special)
While hunting rabbits near Wy-'
more William Jeffries was slightly
wounded in the face by shot fired
from a gun in the hands of Gerald
Schwentker. The shooting was an
accident.
Another Wish Raid.
CorkA Deo. 24 Mil itarv force
yoterdav raided the village of Clon-
dulanc, County Cork, and made 24
arrests. The prisoners wer taken
to the barracks in Fermoy, a mil
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