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34 VOL. 60 NO. 171. Move For Early Inaugural Sentiment to Have New Presi i Ident and Congress Take Of- f "f lice Soon After First of Year Is Growing, Bill Now Before Senate By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. thiear Tribune-Omaha Bra Inascd Wire. Washington, ajn. 2. With an ad ministration and a congress marking lime for- four months, at great, ex pense,, until the new regime is in augurated, there is increasing senti ment iii favor of an earlier installa tion'of a newly-elected president and a new congress. .The judiciary committee of the aenato.now has before it the Ash tirsA Resolution proposing a consti tutional amendment providing that the president's term shall commence on the third Monday of January fol lowing an election, that the presi dential electors shall cast their votes oifthe second Monday in December, that congress shall canvass the vote rjvthe second Monday of January, prtJ- that the terms of senators ana representatives shall begin on tlje Made first Monday ot January. . i . The 1 amendment empowers con gress'"! change thesa dates irn its discretion and provides that it shall toot take effect until after March 4, IMS?--: 1 ' ... - i If this proposed amendment should be ' , adopted without change. . the ' president elected in 1928 would take Y office two and a half instead of four rnotithsand the new congress two, instead of 13 months, after the elec tion and the presidential vote would be . canvassed by the incoming in stead of the out-going congress. Former Effort Fails. ; In" 1914, when the democrats were tn' control of congress, an effort to effect this change proved unsuccess ful, but Senators Nelson (now chair man. Cummins. Shields Ashwrst and Fletcher, of the judiciary com mittee, submitted a minority report which forcefully assembles the ar guments in its favor. It points out that modern transportation and the . popular, .election of senators have re moved the necessity for delay in in augUratitig a new administration and a new , congress and points out a contingency of the canvass-of the presidential vote by the old, instead of -the new congress which might precipitate a revolution. , lis The reason-given by tins report f J, J - ior - the adtjrtio -ftU$ fcr.op$4-j V amendment arei'f vkjaMi"First. Congress should, at the ' rlcttnrartirahle time, accent the princtples of the majority of the peo ple as expressed in the election of each congress. That is why the con stitution requires the election of , a new congress every two years. If it is not to reflect the sentiment of tire people, these frequent elections have :io meaning or purpose. Any evasion of.thi is subversive of the funda mental" Jprinciple of our government, that the majority shall rule. Xo oth er nation in the world has rts legis lative 'body convene so long after the expression of the people on gov ernmental questions. , ... Unfair to Administration. ''During the campaign preceding pfinarressional election the great -V' . " . ' questions that divide the political? ar fnnmiiirniv mscusseu iur fJ" the purpose of determining the pol- i jCy ot tne government ana oi nav- crystallized into legislation. It seems trifling with the rights of the people when their mandates cannot r Tora to Fas Two, Colnma Three.) V" Negroes and Whites !' Stage Free-For-All Five white men and four negroes ngaged in a free-for-all fight at Fourteenth street and Capitol avenue Saturday night. ', Will Nemecek, white. 1513 William treet.-received several severe blows fan the face and buffered a sprained Mud. ," He told police one of the negroes' grabbed him and without any words struck htm several times, knocking him down and hitting his head against the sidewalk. LouU Cook, 1248 South Thirteenth Street, received a blow on the jaw which prostrated him. Peter Synek, 1306 South Twelfth streetrf Frank Slogr. 1431 South Thirteenth street, and Emil Deabek, 1414 South Fif teenth street, quit the fight with minor, bruises and "injuries. Persons living in the vicinity of the battle called the police,. By the time they had arrived, the negroes had been put to flight, disappearing in-a nearby alley. - ,- ' Churj:h Uses Card Ssystem - . To Determine Attendance , Aurora. Neb., Jan: 2. (Special.) WTith a view of .determining its members' attendance at the meef ings, the Christian cnurcn nere nas given a card to each person, to. be punched as the individuals enter the building. There is a place on each card to indicate just what services are attended. At the end of three months, the cards will be called in and the church board will make a stfcdy of them with a view toward increasing attendance. Danbury Man It Taken to' McCook' on Liquor Charge t'.MeCook. Neb.. Jan. 2. (Special.) I- i Julian Copley f near Danbury wa3 L'fc' arrested, charged with having ltq- iior . m his possession, rte was brought o McCook and placed in ... i ; . tne . county jan. rr:iiminry ex amination was begun in justice court, but the case was continued until Jan uary 11. Cooley being claced under 500 appearance bond. A gallon jug of liquor was found under the floor of a corn crib and the coil of a still takea as evidencev Th ttmi u Oattlia P. Man Turns in ' Alarm To Extinguish Blaze From New Year's Booze Chloato TrlbRM -Omaha Bee Lraied Wire. New York, Jan.. 2. Patrolman John Winner was standing post. Suddenly a man (lashed past him and ran -to the firebox at the corner. He opened the box and pulled the alarm. The patrolman in quired as to the location of the fire. The man said: "It is inside of me, of course. I drank some of this Washington street booze and I'm burning up. I want the ..fire department to run a hose down my throat and extinguish the flames." At the station the man said he was oseph Marone, 21, of Wooster, O. f e told the lieutenant that lie naa one drink and decided that the quickest way to get water was to call the fire department. Seven Houses Are Burned by Troops Following Ambush Homes and Contents of Citi zens Near , Middleton De , stroyed at Orders of Military Governor. f fl.T Tha Aaaoriatcd Preaa. Cork, Jan. 2. Seven houses in nearby towns and their contents were burned by the military last night as the result of an ambush of the police near Middleton, it was bn nounced today. The story was relat ed in a statement issued today by military.'authorities. , t "As a result of an ambush on the Ipolice at Middleton and near Glebe Ihouse," it stated, "the military gov ernor dectded certain nouses in me vicinity should be destroyed, as in habitants were bound to have known of the ambush. , "Houses of the following were de stroyed between 3 and 6 p. m., Jan uary 1: John O'Shea, Paul McCar thy and Edward Casey, Middleton; Samuel Cotter and Mr. Donovan, liallydam, and Michael Dorgan and Mr. AhernJ Knockgriffin. ' "A notice, was handed each, stat ing whv the houses were destroyed. Each resident was given an hour to remove valuables and the houses were then destroyed. Nothing apart from the houses' and the furniture was destroyed." Firearms Forbidden. Any person knowtng others to possess arms or ammunitions must report immediately or render them selves liable to prosecution, Major General Strickland, commanding the v m J I announced tor.-, It is also -forbidden Jto. assisliexpected this week - .The bill is now rebels. The order is effective lues dav. ' ' , The people are warned that they must not fail to report the rebels and their movements at once. . Ap hefore a militia court is al ternative, the notice states, adding that art atftude ot neutrality incon sistent with the position of the local iy is punishable. It declares per sons who do not do their utmost to prevent damage to government prop erty will be dealt with severely in person and in estate. . Sending of code messages without permission of the police inspector is banned and use of wireless or car rier pigeons is prohibited. All meet ing and assemblies are forbidden, six adults being considered a meeting. " Fires Explained. rinKlin Tan 2. A sreneral head quarters report today, the first of its kind issued, explains that . the burnings at Middleton and near Glebehouse resulted from an am bush on a police patrol in Middle ton by armed civilians Wednesday night, when one policeman was kill ana eight wounded, two of whom have since died. , . The report points to the formal adontion of ounishment by burning in cases where householders are be lieved to have knowledge of attacks on police or soldiers. A' constable and a civilian were killed and, flve persons, wounded last night at Ballybay, County Mon-aa-han. The fiRhtins commenced when a police patrol of four was fired on. two beinsr wounded. Three men coming to their assistance also were fired on, resulting in the death of a constable and the wounding of another policeman. In a continua tion of the fight, one civilian was killed and several wounded. Preparations had beenmade for an attack on the police barracks, trenches having been cut in roads, trees felled and stone barriers erect ed. Soldiers 'were sent from -Dun dalk. but were hid up by blocked roads and obliged to walk a part of the journey, delaying their .ar rival ' - At Listowel, County Kerry, in the martial . law area, crown fcrces were fired on by civilians while ar resting men. They returned the fire; killing one and wounding two, who were captured and 'sent to a hospital. Five arrests were made. Twenty Professions . 1 Represented in 40th , Session of Assembly Lincoln. Ian. 2. The 40th session of the Nebraska legislature, which convenes Tuesday, January 4, will be composed of representatives of 20 different professions and occupa tions. Secretary of State Darius M. Amsberry has just ha printed a di rectory showing the occupation; of each member of the coming session. The directory shows there will be S3 farmers in both branches, 46 in the house and nine in the. senate. The next largest group will be lawyers, of whom there will be 21, 14 in the house and seven in the senate. iThe occupations of other members are: bankers, merchants, editors, publishers, insurance, machinist, con tractor, real estate, lumbermen, druggist, broker, student, bridge constructer, public officials, imple ments, physicians, laundrymen and carpenters, ' E QM ..CIa Matter 0. UUtt Art C o irgr e s s Is Facing Busy Term Formidable Program Mapped Out for 52 Remaining Days Before Adjournment On March 3. Tariff Bill Up This Week 7 ' By The Aaeoclated Vrm, Washington, Jan 2. Congress to morrow will start its new years work with a formidable pro gram for the 52 workinsr days re maining before sine die adjournment March 3. Congestion, as usual, is on the senate side, house activity being concentrated on completion ot the appropriation bills with the sundry civil budget under debate and the nostoffice bill waiting. Tariff revision is to be an import ant matter this1 week. Chairman Penrose of the senate finance com mittee plans to return to the senate tomorrow after a year's absence, and with his committee, bcein considera tion of the emergency tariff bill oassed bv the hduse. Hearing on general tariff reyision planned dur ing the extra session atter Marcnt. will begin Thursday before the house ways and means committee. Consider Disarmament. The senate foreign relations com mittee will hold a special session tomorrow to consider international disarmament. It will take ur the resolution of Senator Borah, repub lican. Idaho, proposing a request on the president to initiate negotiations. '. r a r j T . -A wixn- ureal omain ana juvdu iuwaiu an agreementf or a SO per cent cut in naval building for a term of years. The committee also will consider, a resolution by Senator Walsh, demo crat. Montana, proposing that the president be asked to appoint an American representative to meet with the leairtie of nations' disarmament committee. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking democrat on the committee, will ask to have Senator Walsh appear. . Democrats are dis posed to favor Senator Walsh's plan Immigration Bill Up. Emergency immigration legist tioti Is to be taken up tomorrow by the senate immigration committee, which will begin hearings on the house bill to prohibit virtually all immigration for 10 months. Kepre sentative Johnson, republican, Wash ington. chairman of the house im migration committee, is expected to be the first witness. . '. Final action on the bill to revive the war finance corporation, design- " n rA nyvv.n.. !..-. I .m, a before President Wilson and, if Ve toed, an effort is planned to pass the matter over his disapproval. ' Cardinal Gbbons' 1 ' Condition Is Reported To Be Much Improved Baltimore, Jan. 2. Cardinal Gib bons condition was so improved u day that his physicians were en- courasred. and should the improve ment continue, they say, 'they will tomorrow consider the advisability of removing him to his home. He was visiting his friend, Robert T. Shriver . at Union Mills when stricken The cardinal's physicians say he is not suffering from any organic trouble, but simply the weakening effects of his advanced age, 86 years. He has always been a remarkably healthy man, although not of robust build. His heart action has been weaker the past week, but even that was stronger today, lhcre has been no recurrence of the alarming sink insr soells for two days. In the cathedral and all churches were offered for his recovery. Colby Spends New Year Day in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires. aTn. 2. Bainbridgc Colbv. the American secretary of, state, arrived in Buenos Aires. , The Argentine coast guard cruiser Libertad, bearing Secretary Colby and, party, entered port this morn ing, accompanied by a chartered steamer carrying a committee of wel come sent out by the American So ciety of the River Plate, and another steamer with representatives of the Argentine "commission Nacional de la Juventud'.' and other official par ties. y ..- .-'i Arriving at the jharf, Mr. Colby was officially welcomed by the rep resentatives of the president, the ministry of foreign affairs, United States Ambassador Stimson and a crowd of Americans and Argentin ians, tie was escorted to nis quar ters in the Plaza hotel by a naval guard. . . Dr. Savidge Marries Five Couples on New Year's Eve Five' young couples called at the home of Rev. Charles W. Savige on New Year's eve and were oined in the bonds of holy matrimony by Omaha's "marrying parson." They were: Olive Margaret Quiett of Lamer, Colo., tnd Ora E. Saunders of Lake view. Ia.: Martha Romey Winkler of Omaha and Leo Woisnak of Mason iCty, Ia.t Lillian Byrum of Springfield, 111., and Henry G. Brown of Ounah, Tex.; Myrtle A. Seal and Henry E. Offerman, both of Omaha, and Blanche Kay and Dr. Edwin H. Hollister. both of Ashland, Neb.- Lincoln Barbers Will Reduce Prices Today Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2. Beginning tomorrow many of the barber shops of Lincoln will return to a schedule of prices prevailing four year? ago. Shaves will cost 20 cents and hair cuts 35 cents. A few shops will re turn to the time-honored 25-cent fcaireut - aha OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1921. fudge Who Sentenced Three Lads to Joyless Christmas Loses Job West Orange, Police Recorder NJ, Jan. 2. John B. Lander, republican, who sentenced three mischievous boys to forego Christ mas presents, then relented, lost his job. Lander incurred the displeasure of West Orange residents by his sentence of the trio cf boys. He directed their oareuts to send them to bed every night at 6 o'clock for a month and not to permit 'hem to receive Christmas gifts. When pe titioned to revoke the sentence in that it was too severe." Lander an nounced his heart had softened and f truck out -that part referring to Christmas. , Former German Chancellor Dies Unexpectedly Theobold Von Bethmann- Hollweg, Who Asked Trial In Place of Ex-Kaiser, Succumbs Suddenly. Berlin. Tan. 2. Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, former German chancellor, died last night atter a brief illness on his estate at Hohen finow, near Berlin. . Under the most prominent activi ties of Dr. von Bethmann-tiollweg was his testimony last year as a wit ness before national assembly com mittees investigating responsibility for the war. His testimony brought out he had opposed submarine war fare and had issued warnings not to underestimate America's strength. One of the most famous utterances during the war was that concerning " -a scrap of paper," as regarded the treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium. This treaty was so char acterized by Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg during an interview with Sir Edward Goshen, British ambas sador to Germany. The chancellor expressed his inability to understand Great Britian's attitude with regard to Germany's attack on Belgium. Much Agitated. . "I found the chancellor very much agitated," said Sir Edward after wards. "His excellency at once be gan a harangue which lasted about 20 minutes. He said the step taken by his majesty's government was terrible to a degree. Just for a word -neutrality a word which in war time had so often been disregarded just for 'a scrap of paper' Great Britain wis going to make war on a kindred nation, which desired nothing more than to be friends witn her." ' ' Sir Edward replied that he under stood thehneltotf inabilUjM comprehend the British &ction,but that Great Britain attached import ance to the "scrap of paper" because it bore her signature, as well as that of ' Germany. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was chancellor of Germany from July 4, 1909, to July 14, 1917. He was suc ceeded by Dr. George Michaelis, an appointee of the former kaiser. It was said von Bethmann-Hollweg was forced out of office through efforts of the militarists, headed by Hinden burg and Ludendorff, largely because of his "scrap paper" statement and his admission that German invasion of Belgium was unjust. The former chancellor had, on several occasions, issued statements blaming the mili tarists for the war, while previously he had declared England was re sponsible, Opponent of Socialism. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg re ceived prominent attention in June, 1919, when he asked the allied and associated powers to place him on trial instead of the 'former kaiser. The supreme council ignored his re quest.' His national activities before 1914 were marked by his opposition to democratization of Germany. At times he was sharply outspoken in his defiance of socialism. Early in the war. however, he became known as a moderate. In 1919 reports from Geneva said he was credited as be ing at the bottom of a monarchist movement in favor of both the Hohenzellerns and Hapsburgs. On several occasions during his tenure of office, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg threw out peace fellers, particularly in 1916, when he invited the allies to enter negotiations. AH of his coverts were rejected. He was born in 1856, and was educated at the Pforta gymnasium and at the universities of Strussbursr. Leipsic and Berlin. Entering- the Prussian administrative service in Prshrd 1 ga-tcecs-gp htardnnnnn 1882, he rose to the president of the province of Brandenburg in 1899. In 1905 he was appointed Prusian min ister of the interior, and two years later became imperial secretary of the interior and vice president of the Prussian ministry of state". He suc ceeded Prince von Bpelow when he became imperial chancellor in 1909. Woman Passenger Killed . When Plane Crashes Down Ontario. Cal.. Tan. 2. Miss Esther Gamble, 20, of Ontario was fatally jvr fl- f Tt.A' rA injured when an airplane in Whichl MaY? Mack of ed 01ou.? she was a passenger fell into an orange grove near here. She died while being carried to a hospital. . Clarence Bargunier, pilot of the airptatje. escaped without serious in jury. . He said, he believed a swirl of air from a train passing below the airplane prevented his planes and rudder from working properly. Robbers Take 'Registered Mail Pouches From Train Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 2. Three postal clerks in the mail car of Central of Georgia passenger train No. 8, At lanta to Savannah, were held up near Griffin and two registered mail pouches were taken by a masked man, according to reports received here. Aged Man Arrested J. E. Vance. 70, 1804 Farnam street, was arrested by Detectives Palmtag and Danbaum, charged with illegal possession of liquor. Daily Bee ' The Two Extremes TJa awrav iayarTt Opposition by Penrose May Kill Tariff Measure No Action in Senate Expected On Bill to Establish High Duties on Agricultural Chicago Tribime-Omaha Bae latd Wire Washington, Jan. 2. Opposition by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania to the passage of the emergency ag ricultural tariff bill at thid session, is expected to mean that but little further effort will be made .to put the house bill through the senate. . It is considered likely that' the finance committee : may report the bill to the sertate with few impor tant amendments. After reaching that stage the bill is likely to be left cn the senate calendar with no at tempt being made to force a vote. When it became evident that the bill could not be rushed through the senate before Christmas follow ing its passage in the house, its sponsors practically abandoned any hope of favorable action. It was realized that with many democrats lined up against it, it would be im possible to force prompt action uti der senate rules.' In view of this situation, it has been agreed that the only possibility ot an action in, aa vance of general revision of the tariff lay in the proposed re-enactment of the Payne-Aldrich.bill as a temporary measure at the beginning of the special session in March.' The course followed with the emergency agricultural tariff bill is likely to be much the same as ' in the cases of the tariff bills passed by the house ' last spring.' These measures were reported favorably from the senate finance committee, but are still on the senate calendar with no serious attempt ever haying been made to force a vote upon them. Senator Penrose is credited with being chiefly responsible for sidetracking all piecemeal .tariff leg islation, his position being that gen-r eral tariff legislation should be awaited before anything , is done along this line. Relatives of Avoca Wonian Contest Probating of Will Avoca, la., Jan. 2. (Special) Heirs of Margaret Ann King, who gave her entire estate to the Church of the Latte Day Saints, are seek ing to prevent the probating of the will on the ground the 'woman was of unsound mind at the time the instrument was executed. The pro ceeds of the estate, according to the terms of the will, are to be used for the benefit of an old people's home at Lamoni, la. ' Is Stricken by Apoplexy Red Cloud. Neb.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mayor Ed A. Mack is very ill as the result of a stroke of apoplexy Some improvement has been noted . in his condition. Be cause of the interest and solicitude of the citizens, physicians' bulletins are being posted downtown giving the news from his bedside. Mr. A. Mack has been a business man of Red Cloud for nearly 20 years. He is an undertaker by profession.: Funeral Services Today For Braytons Oldest Man Brayton. Ia.. Jan. 2. Funeral services will be held Monday , for John T. Jenkins. 89, former post master anf merchant of Brayton. At his death Mr. Jenkins was Audu bon's oldest settler. He also is the last of the older generation of Jen kins in this community. He was a native of Kentucky and served four years in the Union army, N By Mill (I yen). tMl 4ttt leM Otll Oetrl m t rU Dally aaa tOavfriakt: ltM: ftr Tlaa Okleat Tnbwaa.) t Hfc tfca- xtrftw'ff Train Wrecked Near Beatrice Posse Searching ' for Bandits j Believed to Have Placed Big Rail on Track. Beatrice, Neb.,' Jan. L (Special Telegram.) A posse, organized by the-Gage county sheriff, is scouring hrTngotherntrt--voMhe 9tatenn-4 search of men who were partly suc cessful in wrecking a Union Pacific passenger train a mile and1 a half south of Beatrice at 6:30 tonight. , A 30-foot steel rail ws placed across the track at a place difficult to-see. Engineer George Nicely of Beatrice saw' the obstruction in time to check the speed of the train, but the force of the impact threw the locomotive from the track. It re mained upright and no one was in jured. ; . " ' - Authorities are of the opinion that the obstruction was placed by ban dits who hoped to wreck the train in order to loot the mail and express cars. The train rung between Man hattan, Kan., and Lincoln, Neb. Governor Miller of New York Takes Oath Albany, N. Y., Jan. "2. A governor was acclaimed in New York state today. Shortly after noon the roar of field' guns in Capitol park gave the signal to the 11.000,000 Empire state residents that Nathan L. Miller of Syracuse, had taken the oath as the 47th chief executive of the state and had assumed the duties of his office. , ' i ' Governor Miller, m his inaugural address, promised economy in public administration, declared that "party considerations are not to be ig nored," and intimated that he was not an ardent advocate of "welfare" legislation. ' Alfred E. Smith, the retiring gov ernor, introduced his successor in a graceful speech, and shared with the new governor the applause of the audience. " Avoca Man Jt Honored by 1 Japanese Governor Avoca, Ia., Jan. 2. (Special) Garret Van Houte, former Avoca telephone man and at present an officer on the steamer Pawlet of the Pacific Steamship Co., is to receive a silver loving cup from the gover nor of a province in 'Japan for his efforts in rescuing the crew of the shipwrecked schooner ' Tumamo Mam. ' Companions of .Van Houte also will be similarly honored. The sil ver ' cups are being sent to the of fices of the Pacific Steamship Co. in Portland. Ore. Van Houte is first mate of. the Pawlet, which plies between America and the Orient. 23-Year-Old Boy Sentenced ". To Kearney Reform 'School Lodge Pole, Neh.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial TeIegram.)-jrElmer Foree was sentenced to the state industrial school at Kearney in county court by Judge Chambers. . Foree, a 15-year-old boy, a floater and an or phan, had recently escaped from the state of Idaho industrial school,-officials of which refused to come after him. : . , The county jaij at Sidney is filled with prisoners held on a variety of charges. Mills to Reopen Monday Martinsbur-t. W. Va.. Jan. 1. The Interwoven Mills. Inc.. employing 1.600 persons, - will reopen on full time Monday, morning, after three weeks' shutdown,- Company officials said continuance oi work on the full time schedule' depended upon de velopments in the- industry, And U afaWt Ma thm mtmm im tU lr dhmttn ! ; fcr"' an Suadty. It; Pally O.ly. S: Sud. U aaaa SlSi Daily Oaly. Ill; (aaaay Oaly. I tkmt afrrcctia Plans Complete For Reopening Commerce High Classes Will Be Resumed Jan- , . . . . ... uary 10 Recitation Periods ; From 8:15 A. M. to S:19 ' P. M,' Planned - J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of public schools, announced yester day that the High School of Com merce will not be opened for classes until Monday morning, Jan uary , 10,' on ' account, of the fire which destroyed part of this insti tution Saturday night. The superintendent conferred yes tcrday With members of the build ings and grounds committee of the school board- and Principal D. E. Porter of the High School of Com merce. It was decided to arrange a temporary schedule f or ' this school, the classes to he held1 be tweer 8:15 a. m. and 5:19 p. m., pu pils to study at home and recite at the school. . ' Preparations were "being made to receive 329 new pupils this week, but the fire has disarranged those plans. Some of, the equipment for the new annex was placed in. the .building Saturday, only a. few hours before th fire. . . At the regular meeting of the Board of Education tonight the members will discuss , the High School of Commerce situation. Plans are nearly ready for a new technical and , commercial high school on a site already acquired at Thirty-third and Burt streets. The latest esti mate on this school was $2,000,000. The bond issue has been authorized by the voters, ' but the bonds have not been sold. At the last meeting of (the school board President W. E. Reed stated that he believed the board would seek a market for these bonds about March 1, that the build ing program niay proceed during the early spring. ; . - Prisoners Confess 7 Bold Robberies New York, Jan. 2. Three, men ar rested here confessed, police said, to a systematic . plan of operation by which they carried out successfully seven robberies in New York city during the past three months. The prisoners, Joseph Cohen, 28; Morris Bernstein, 28, and Louis Henig, 29, were held under $50,000 bail each. : Each man was assigned special duties in-each robbery, police de clared they told them. Bernstein acted as advance agent, selecting suitable plales-to rob, and assisting Cohen in gathering the loot. Cohen used the revolver with victims which were intimated, and Henig acted as watchman at the door of the places robbed. ' . Knife Features Negroes' ' Argument in Bowling Alley Lee Saunders, 116 North Eleventh street, and Lonnie Osborne, two ne proes employed at the Omaha bowl ing alley, engaged in an altercation at that place Saturday ' afternoon, during which Saunders was cut with a knife by Osborne. Detectives . Francl and Heller were sent to ouiet the trouble and Osborne, the officers said, attempted to assault them with the knife. Os borne was placed in jail chargedhe tube, lay under the gas stove. with cutting with intent to wound. The Weather Forecast. NebraskaFair and Monday. warmer THREE CENTS Pink Teddy Ends Three Year Chase Omaha Girl Starts New Year In Jail Facing Charge of For gery Love of Silk Lin gerie Gives Tip. Many Bad Checks Passed A passion for pink lingerie of the most expensive sort led to the arrest on New Year's eve of Ethel Harden, 25, at the home of her parents at Bloomfield, Neb., on a charge of for-rerv. The arrest was made by Sheriff Condit of Fremont while Miss Harden, who worked as a sales woman at the Associated Western Jewelers. 1914 Farnam street, and roomed at 4032 Izard street, was home on a holiday vacation. Miss Harden, it is alleged, is wanted for a series of forgeries in volving the passing of bad checks amounting in the aggregate to a large sum ot money on numerous stores in Omaha,, Fremont, Lincoln and other Nebraska cities. Officers say the forged checks put out by the woman have been passed at intervals since 1917. Detectives Give Up. Numerous efforts have been made by private detective agencies of Lin- . coin and Omaha to run her down during the three years of her alleged criminal activities. Her identity was not established until Wednesday and then she was betrayed by a beautiful pink silk teddy bear, which she had presented to a friend, the daughter of a Brock, Neb., banker, according to the story that has thus far been unraveled. Miss Hayden, who is the daughter of a druggist, formerly of Brock and now of Bloomfield, attended col lege at Fremont, where she gradu ated from the, pharmaceutical school. She had as her intimate friend while at the Fremont college. Katie David son, member of a prominent Gres ham family. Miss Davidson, it is alleged, had the privilege of checking on the account of a member of her family. She wrote a pcculiar1jack hand. Omaha Firms Lose. A check for $4 one day came into the Gresham bank bearing the signa ture of Will Davidson by K. D. The . check had been cashed by the Burgess-Nash company. The check was at . once found to be a forgery. , Numerous checks for varying amounts cashed by Omaha concerns turned up with the same forged sig nature, all in back hand. Miss Davidson married, becoming! -4'Mrsr brandy-Barbeft - The- throfe- still continued to come in, her mar- ' ried name being used by the un known forger. Later banks in OtOc and Nemaha counties began to re- , ceive forged checks. These were cashed in Omaha, Lincoln and Fre- ' mont. They were for amounts ranging from $25 to $80, the names of Mamie Reeve and Nellie Lare of Brock and Mary Ritter of Talmage being used. One check bore the name of Elsie Hardin. It was this check that gave a clue to Sheriff C. D. Davis of Nc-maha-county. He investigated and found that Miss Ethel Hardin had presented to a banker's daughter at Brock an expensive garment of pink lingerie. Following the clue he (Tarn to Face Two, Colomn Foot.) Senator-Elect to Urge Bill Making Liberty ; : Bonds Legal Tender Adanta, Ga., Jan. 2. In a copv- ! righted statement published In the Atlanta Constitution Thomas E. Watson, United States senator- , elect froni his state, announced that ' at the extra session of the 67th con gress he will introduce a bill to make Liberty bonds and other gov ernment war paper legal tender. Mr. Watson, according to the an nouncement, ' declares that such action would have an electrifying ef- . feet upon American business life and that upon enactment of the legisla tion "all apprehension of a panic would as quickly disappear." The announcement declares for ending' the war with Germany by a resolution and favors establishment of prewar trade relations with Rus sia and with Germany. Woman Tries to End Life After "Little Family Rumpus" With a bullet lodgedjn her chest. Mrs. Joseph F. Bredin, 3215 Charles street, lies in a serious condition at the Methodist hospital following an attempt to end her life at her home aftor a quarrel with her husband at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. According to the police report, Mrs. Bredin had been quarreling all night with her husband. She took, a revolver from a dresser drawer" and went into a bedroom where she fired a bullet into her chest. Bredin. a former bellboy at the Paxton hotel, would not talk of the affair after the shooting. "Just a lit tle family 'rumpus' and we don't want any noteriety." Bredin tola newspaper men. Police surgeons said Mrs. Bredin would recover. ,, . Cat Disconnects Gas Tube; Man and Wife Asphyxiated New York, Jan. 2. Gas which escaped when a rubber tube was dis-' connected from a feed plug in the ?oor by a cat, caused the death of fr, and .Mrs. Conrad Weber in their , Brooklyn apartmeht. Tli AmA rat it niwt mtinff s Rainbolt Home Robbed Robbers forced an entrance through a rear window at the home of C. S. Rainbolt, 6114 Florence boulevard, Saturday and escaped . with a traveling bag valued at $.'0 and a suit of clothes. . '-X