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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 172. tatsraa u Smas-Cliu Matter KUy :f. 1 90s. ak Oiatha P. 0. Usser Act tl Harsh J. 1179. OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4,. 1921.. Bv Mtll () inr). Insist 4th 2on Dally tad Sunday. : Dally Only. It: Sunday, 14 Outilas 4th Zoasd year). Dally ass Sunday, til: Daily Oaly. 5121 (assay Osly. I THREE CENTS Anderson Is Chosen As Speaker Lincoln Lawy er Wins Highest Post in House Organization On Eighth Ballot in Re publican Caucus. Norvall Head of Senate Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special Telegram.) Walter L. Anderson of Lancaster county, Lincoln lawyer, is the republican choice for speaker of the lower house of the state leg islature. He was elected on the eighth ballot in the house caucuses held tonight. Anderson received 52 votes and George C. Snow of Chadron came second with 40 votes. Robert Druesedow of Omaha and J. A. Axtell withdrew after the sixth ballot. Ellis E. Good withdrew after the seventh ballot. Mr. Anderson served in the con stitutional convention last year. K; also served in the enforcement of the selective service act during the re cent war, with the rank of captain. Dope Upset. Representative A. H. Byrum of Franklin county showed considerable less strength than he and his friends anticipated and he withdrew on the fifth ballot. Mr. Byrum was vigor ously anti-McKelvie. . Representative Walter Anderson of Lancaster county also was the cause of upsetting the dope when he proved even stronger than he him self expected. George C. Snow of Dawes county did not pull the votes that he and his friends anticipated. i Ballots For Speaker. Votes on speaker gave the follow ing results: First Fifth (Informal) (formal) Snow, Dawes 22 27 Anderson, Lancaster ....21 32 Good. Nemaha .....18 17 Axtell, Jefferson ........IS 8 Byrum, Franklin 10 Drticsdow, Douglas 5 9 Mcllor, Lancaster 1 Hitchcock ............... 1 ! 1 Mr. Hitchcock is not a member of the house but is a candidate for chief clerk arid in some manner a representative enthusiastic for his election voted at the wrong time. Vhe on the, seventh ballot stood as follows: . " . ' . Anderson, 45. ; ' ' - Snow, 32. , , Gopd. lo.V f' " ; ' ; ( ( t'lnnA tl., ..-itlirl.- w. anil Mr. Anderson ivori on 'jhc; he!- Bauot. , l Cornel? Chosen Clerk, Frank P. CorricW of Lincoln was elected chief clerk of the lower house on the third ballot, receiving 55 votes. Will . S.i Hitchcock, of Ster ling was second, witlvo4 votes. O. G. Smith withdrew after the second ballot, in which he-received 13 votes. ;, Senator NorvaU Wins. ' Republican Senators in caucus selected Senator R. S. Norvall of Seward as president pro tern of the senate on the 15th ballot. The final vote stood: Norvall 17, Saunders of Douglas 12. Cronin of. Holt 4. The first vote gave Norvall 10, Cronin 10, Saunders" 9, Hoagland ot Lincoln county 4 (he withdrew on the lOth ballot), Warner of Lancaster county and Randall of Cedar county re ceived scattering votes during the balloting. 4 '? Clyde Barnard of Table Rock was elected secretary of the senate for the third time. H. V. Hoagland - f Lancaster county, a former member Vi. i.mt-p ii'it e1ertpf1 serceant- at-arms. Rev. A. A. Cressman of Crete was elected chaplain - ot the senate. Lieutenant Governor Barrows presided at the senate caucus and Senator Robbins of Douglas county was secretary. The entire republi can membership of the senate, 33, at tended thecaucus. Representatives George A. Wil-i:-..m. ( PillmM-r rminrv nresided at lia.l.O v, .... v. v w r - - the tiniisc caucus at which 94 out of 96 members attended. V. C. Wascaii o Douglas county was secretary. Both the senate and. the lions? rrK1ipsn i-nnmse nipt at the Ltn- ten noiei j,irw .in .miu night. The four democrats ot the house decided to forgo the formality of a caucus and there were none in the senate to lament the republican supremacy. ; Committee on Committees. Prior to the general caucuses, leg islators from the various congres sional districts met and picked their representatives on the committee on committees tor eacn nouse. The selections follow: Senate, chairman, B. K. Bushee, First dis trict, Senator Warner of Lancaster county; Second, Senator Saunders of Douglas county; Third district, Randall of Cedar county; Fourth district, Senator Perry Reed of York . tounty; Fifth district, Senator Fred Brown of Phelphs county; Sixth district, Senator Good of Dawes county. House: Chairman. Repre sentative Williams of Fillmore; First district, Frantz of Cass coun ty, and Green of Lancaster; Second district, Druesdow and Dyball of Douglas county; Third district, An derson of Knox and Stats of Dodge; Fouth district to come. Fifth dis trict. McLellan of Hall, and Perkins of Red Willow; Sixth district, Lun dy of Custer and Rodman of Kim ball. .--. A. O. U. W. Will Hold Joint Installation of Officers The central committee of the An cient Order of United Workmen lodges will meet at the A. O. U. W. tcmole next Wednesday night to complete arrangements for the joint installation of officers of all the A. O. U. W. lodges of the city on the night of January 12. Grand Master Workman J. A. Lowenherg. will of ficiate at the installation, and other grand lodges officers are expected to nresent. Omaha Woman Named xt un inr t lNormal Board member State Normal Board Named by Gov.McKelvie Miss Etta Young One of New Members Appointments . Must Be Confirmed By Senatet Lincoln. Jan. 3. (Special.) Gov. S. , R. McKelvie announced this morning the appointment of six members of the state normal board under the: new constitutional provi sion adopted with other amendments at the election last September. Three of the six members are members of the old board. j Under the new constitutional provision, the normal board mem bers must be confirmed by the senate. The board members named are: Six-year terms Thomas J. Ma jors, Peru; Dan Morris, Kearney. ' Four-year terms H. E. Reische, Chadron; Frederick J. Berry, Wayne. Two-year terms E. H. Gearhart, Newman Grove, and Miss Etta Young, Omaha. The two members of' the old board who were not reappointed are Frank Pilger of Pierce, and W. S. Heitzman of Osceola. It is under stood that neither desired , reap pointment, - .;.a. v-s'v. Of the new members, F, J. Betty is . county attorney of Wayne, -E. H. Gcrhart is a banker and served in the last session of the legislature and Miss Etta Young is supervisor ot music at Lathrop school, Qmaha. She was graduated from Peru Nor mal in 1914, and is president of the Omaha alumni association of Peru Normal. She has been engaged in the teaching profession since finish ing her work at Peru, with the ex ception of one year, which she spent overseas in the canteen service. She was graduated from the high school at Cortland, Neb., and is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Young of Lincoln. ; Business Men Warned Against Curtailing Advertising Plans By The Assoctoted Frew. New York, Jan. 3.-rAdvertising should be maintained and not cut at this time when many manufac turers are seriously overstocked, ac cording to Stanley E. Cunnison. a director of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, writing in the cur rent issue of the Broolilyn Chamber of Commerce Bulletin. ,-We have come to a period priti cal in the growth and even existence of many business houses." s:iys Mr. Cunnison. "Decisions that are made today will determine 'he success or failure of the vears to come. "The greatest and most success ful concerns have always been the most consistent advertisers. Mind ful of the lessons of the past. :hcy safeguard the present and anticipate the future. "Yet today we hear business men talking of curtailing their advertis ing at a time when they are over stocked with sroods and are under sold to the extent of thousands of dollars." Eastern Editors Purchase Duluth (Minn.) Herald Duluth .Minn., Jan. 3. The Du luth Herald has been sold to M. F. Hanson, general manager of th; Philadelphia Record, and Paul Block of New York, it was announced io lav hv N. C. Avres. former pub' lisher. Mr. Ay res, who for nearly 30 years has been publisher of the Herald, announced today he would engage in "some enterprise less ar duous and making more moderate demands on energy and time. $25 Reward The Bee will pay this sum in reward to any person i who will furnish, informatibn which will lead to the arrest and conviction of any person who attempts to destroy, rob or tamper malicious ly with The Bee's self-serve boxes. These boxes have been placed by The Bee in various parts of the city for the purpose of pro viding service to its readers. Mon day morning a box at Fifteenth and Dodge streets was stolen. It will be a day or two before this box can be replaced. It is in the hope of preventing any similar interruption in this newspaper's service to its readers that The Bee makes this reward offer. ill President Senate Overrides Wilson's Act In Effort to Give Financial Aid to Agricultural Districts. House Will Vote Today Washington, Jan. 3. Veto by President Wilson today of the farm ers relief bill to revive the war fi nance corporation was followed al most immediately by a vote of 53 to 5 in the senate to make the bill a law despite executive disapproval. The house will take up the measure tomorrow and predictions were that it would duplicate the senate's action, making the bill a law. President Wilson, in a veto mes sage, declared he withheld his ap proval because the war finance cor poration was a war credit agency, not desirable or needed in peace time. He said it "would exert no beneficial influence on the situation would raise false hopes among the people who would expect most, and would be hurtful to the natural and orderly processes of business? and finance." , . Burden on Government. . The legislation, he also said, would result in additional credit burdens, and the government he contended, should not be "called upon further to finance private business at public expense." Referring to widespread demand for abolishment of war agencies and removal of govern mental influences from business, the president said he had "sympathy" with this view and added that the "nation should resume its usual bus iness methods." Upon reading of the veto mes sage Senator Underwood of Ala bama, democrat leader, urged its immediate' consideration for which unanimous consent was secured by Chairman Gronna of the agricultural committee. Senator Underwood fol lowed with the only address, de claring financial distress now was greater than during the war and that he felt confident of wise admin istration of the propsed law that would cause "no undue drain on the treasury." Support from South. On the roll call 29 democrats were joined by 24 republicans in overrid ing the veto. Supporting the president's position were two democrats Senators Gerry, Rhode Jsland, arid Thomas. Colorado and three republicans Elkins and Sutherland of West Vir ginia and Keyes of New Hampshire. Senators Glass, democrat, Virginia, and' Edge, republican, New Jersey, voted against overriding the veto. cut withdrew their votes on account of having pairs. Senator Penrose was paired, but announced he would have voted to sustain the veto. Message is Read. The president's message alio was read in the house. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, republican leader, announced it would be taken up tomorrow at the opening of the house. Advocates of the bill, how ever.' expressed confidence that the house also would vote to enact the bill. The house passed the bill, 212 to 61, or much more than the neces sary two-thirds majority. Many of the negative votes were cast by re publicans. Before the president's message reached the senate today Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, an advocate of the legislation, criticised Secretary Houston, declaring that the treasury head, according to news paper reports, had advised presiden tial disapproval of the bill without indicating such opposition when Mr. Houston was before congressional committees. Senator Edge issued a statement tonight declaring the president's arguments against the bill were "ab solutely unanswerable." t T Brady Pleads Guilty To Aiding Jail Break: Gets 10-Year Sentence Sioux City, la., Jan. 3. Everett Brady, arrested in Dcs Moines on charges of assisting prisoners to es cape jail, who was taken to Chero kee, la., Friday, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced by Judge C. E. Bradley to 10 years in the Ana mosa reformatory. Brady assisted the four Westfield, la., bank robbers to escape from the Le Mars jail. The bandits in escap ing killed a son of Sheriff Maxwell. Tvvo of the bandits, who were serv ing life terms, escaped from Fort Madison prison last week. Citizens of Pittsburgh Protest Sale- of Liquor Pittsburgh, Jan. 3. A page adver tisement in the last edition of the Pittsburgh Leader today, asked: "Isn't something out of Rear?" and then followed a number of questions, J including: v hy do we have whisky in Pittsburgh?" Why can't the United States government enforce the laws?" The advertisement was said to be backed by influential business and professional men throughout the country, whose purpose is to create sentiment in favor of a rigid pro hibition enforcement U. S. Steel Corporation Buys Big Manganese Mine New York, Jan. 3. E. H. Gary, head of the United States Steel corporation, announced his organiza tion had purchased one of the largest mines in South America the Marro Da Mina properties in Brazil. Reports from Rio de Janeiro some time ago said this property was pur chased at approximately $4,000,000. Mr. Gary said that the purchase now makes the corporation "indepen dent concerning manganese or" k l Literacy Test Keeps War Hero From U. S. New York, Jan. 3. Because he could not read 40 words in any language, Demetrius Rohos, twice wounded while fighting in France as a corporal in the United States army, was denied rcadmission ,to America today. Failiig in the literacy test and asked if "he understood" the English language, he replied: "I understood orders in the army." Robos came to America in 1910 and was drafted in Philadelphia in 1918. He could have re-entered the United States without examination if he had returned within six months after obtaining his discharge. But he went to his old home in Albania and remained 15 months. His case has been appealed to the secretary of labor. Senator Thomas Scores Teddy in Senate Speech Colorado Solon Declares Roosevelt Bartered Honor Of U. S. to Filibusters to Secure Canal Route. Washington, Jan. 3. American conduct in the negotiations for the construction of the Panama canal, begun first with the Republic of Colombia and later carried on with the revolution-built state of Panama, were "without justification and therefore indefensible," Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado, de clared today in the senate, speaking for ratification of the treaty involv ing payment of a $25,000,000 indem nity to Colombia, which has been pending several years. He recounted the involved story of the diplomatic and commercial dealings of 1903 that finally result ed in the canal's construction and charged that President Theodore Roosevelt "acquired the right-of-way for the canal from a band of nli busterers by bartering for it the honor of the nation." Urges Reparation. "The only comfort one gathers from the shameful and sordid story is that it finds no precedent in our history," he said in stating his con clusions. "I trust that we may soon acknowledge the wrong and make some reparation lest it be invoked sometime to shelter or justify asr sault upon the integrity of some weak and helpless nation." ' President Roosevelt's conduct "from the commencement td the close of the episode fortunately has no parallel in the diplomatic history of the United States," , Senator Thomas charged, declaring that the government of the United - Stares shared responsibility to a greater or less degree for the revolution which set up a new state on the isthmus when Colombia refused to ratify a treaty with the United States gov erning the canal. "Preparations were making under his very nose for a vaudeville isthmian insurrection," the senator added, "to which he must have shut his eyes, for other wise he would have seen them, 'and filled his ears with cotton, for other wise he would have heard them." Says Facts Suppressed. Facts as to the participation of the government in the successful insur rection, Senator thomas cnargea, had been suppressed by President Roosevelt, and cooies of official dis patches bearing upon it demanded by senate resolutions had Deen witnneia or mutilated. "The man who suppresses or de stroys testimony," he said of this, "stands self-convicted. Mr. Rposevelt acquired -the right of way for the canal from a band of filibusters by bartering for it the honor of the nation." "Between iustice a"nd our offense against Colombia, there can be reconciliation oniy inruugn iiauuuu atonement. Until these things are done, our championship of small na tions and weak people are as the sound of tinkling cymbals. When we shall have squared our actions with our sentiments, Latin-America will grasp our extended hand, and pan America will then assume the ma terial proportions of an enduring structure." Cardinal Gibbons Taken to His Home Baltimore, Md., Jan. 3. Cardinal Gibbons was brought home from Un ion Mills, Md., today, reaching the archtepiscopal residence about 12:30 o'clock. He, was reported to have suffered no ill effects. Retiring Governor of N. Y. Quits Politics Forever New York. Jan. 3. Alfred . E. Smith, retiring governor of New York, ended a 22-year career in pub lic life today when he shed his hit and coat in the offices of the United States Trucking corporation and went to work as chairman of its board of directors. The ex-governor announced he would never be a candidate for public office agairL Hundreds of Acres Are. Inundated by High Water Seattle, Jan. 3. Rising three feet in four houns, the White river over flowed its banks today, inundating hundreds of acres of farm land be tween Orillia and Kent. The Pa cific highway between Seattle and Tacoma is under water for half a mile. Senate Wants Facts. Washington, Jan. 3. A resolution calling on the State department for "accurate information" as to th "necessities of women and children in the various distressed nations" in Europe for whom funds are being raised in the United States was adopted today by the senate imme diately ' upon its introduction by Senator Edge, republican, of New Jersey. Two-MilKon-Dollar School to Be Built Soon Breaking of Ground for New Commerce High Predicted By March 1 by Presi dent of Board. , W. E It cpH . nres!Hin nt tli board of education, predicted yesterl day that ground tor the new $AU0U, 000 High School of Commerce would be broken by March 1. The board will send a committee to Lincoln this week in an effort to secure an amendment to the law which prohibits the sale of school bonds below par or at a greater in terest than 6 per cent according to President Reed, who rays the law is the real reason for the delay of the board in selling the $5,000,000 school bonds voted last year, a part of which are to be used in construction ! of the proposed high school. There will be no construction work on the site of the school which burned Sunday, and no day classes will be held at the old Commercial High school before January . 10. Pres ident Reed said. Every Building in Finland Must Have Its Safety Ladder Hlsingfors, ' Finland, Jan. 1. This is a nation of fire-escape9. Ladder-making for domestic use is one of the country's most profitable in dustries. From the most palatial to the lowliest every home in the coun try must hnve its ladder reposing against the wall on the outside or lying along the ground within easy reach. A. government regulation, which makes it obligatory upon the owners of every building to provide it with a ladder, seeks to guard the lives of its people against death by fire. The regulation,- which is an old one, but still enforced, is an echo of the days when the houses and towns of the country were entirely of wood. Mod ern building construction of stone and brick has made no change in the law. Dates Set for Fair This Year in Johnson County Tccumseh, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special.) The Johnson county fair this year will be held the last four1 days in September and the first tday or Oc tober, according to the board of managers. The first day will be entry day and the second day will be devoted to judging contests. The three last days will be devoted to entertainment, with a good program of races and 'other fair attractions. There will also be entertainment each evening of the last three days. The premium list is to be rivised to state standardization, particularly as concerns judging contests. It is the intent of the fair promoters to have some new buildings on the grounds before another show is put on. North Carolina Cotton Plant Cuts Wages of Men Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 3. Cot ton mills of the Cone interests, em ploying 3,000 workers, announced today a wage reduction of 25 per cent and a similar cut in prices of merchandise handled in its stores which supply the employes. Bankers Get Gold New York, Jan. 3. The steam ship Lapland, which arrived today from Antwerp, Southampton and Cherbourg, brought $5,000,000 in gold consigned to Kuhn, Leob and com pany, New York bankers, Seating His Guests (Canrrtcki: 1020: Br Th Ovioco Tribuiw. Court to Probe Booze Capacity of Animals Chicago,-Jan. 3. The question of how much liquor .can be legally pre scribed for an elephant, cat or dog, was given to a federal grand jury to day. The grand jurors are investi gating the case of Dr. Bert Franklin, owner of a veterinary hospital, ar rested for issuing too many liquor prescriptions. Franklin's defense, according to District Attorney Clyne, is that the prescriptions were issued for animals treated in his hospital, but the gov ernment alleges the animalvwere in capable of "drinTcmg the" liquor.""'" Shakeup Affects Omaha Dry Agents R. G. Anderson Succeeds Group Chief Wilson, Ac cording to Report Changes made in the comfilement of federal prohibition enforcement officers in the middle west district affect Wallace Wilson, group chief of agents in Nebraska; Robert G. Anderson, field agent, and M. R. Metz, group chief for Minnesota, ac cording to information from the fed eral building in Omahha. Anderson succeeds Wilson, who has been transferred to Minnesota to succeed Group Chief Metz, it was learned. Metz will operate in Ne braska under Anderson, it is said. Deputy Superintendent Duncan of St. Paul is in Omaha checking evi dence in liquor cases to be heard in federal court beginning today. All officers mentioned in the sweeping change of positions have been more or less prominent in pro-r hibition enforcement in various mid west states. Joseph P. Griffin Is Named President of the Chicago Board of Trade Chicago, Jan. 3. Joseph P. Grif fin today was elected president of the Chicago Board of Trade, suc ceeding Leslie F. Gates. 'Mr. Grif fin held the presidency in 1916 and 1917. His policy, he announced, in cludes promotion of a better under standing between the public and the board. Mr. Gates, the retiring president, left today for Washington in con nection with the fight against Sena tor Capper's bill relating boards of trade. Treasurer of Ford Works Resigns After 15 Years Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 3. Declaring he was not in full accord with some of the business policies contemplated by the company in the future. F. L. Klingensmith announced his resigna tion as vice president and treasurer of the Ford Motor company after IS years with the company. Frustrate Communist Plot For Overthrow of Serbia Belgrade, Jan. 3. The Jugo-Slav government has frustrated a com munist plot which looked to the overthrow of the government and establishment of a soviet regime throughout Jugo-Slavia. Numerous arrests are said to have crushed the attempt. Sooi Line Cuts Hours Fon Dn Lac, Wis., Jan. 3. The Soo Line railroad shops here went on a five-day week working basis today. It was said an order had been received directing a 20 per cent decrease in operating . expenses. Architects Plan Move to Foster Buildins: Here Local Chapter of Association Calls Meeting of Allied Pro fessions to Discuss Condi tions in Omaha. '-Toiimulatejthe building industry, a resolution calling for a. meeting oi all representatives of the building and allied professions and trades was passed by the Nebraska chapter of the American institute of Architects at a special session held at the Uni versity club Monday noon. In ac cordance with this resolution a meet ing of architects, contractors, build ing material men, realtors, building and loan association officers,, trust company officers, representatives of the labor interests, and of the public press has been called for Monday evening, January 17. at the Univer sity club. . The resolution follows; "Whereas. The spirit of get-to gether seems to be necessary under present business conditions, and "Whereas, The building ind'-istry would .seem to be in special need of just that spmt, and "Whereas. The architectural pro fession forms an important factor in that lndustrv. be it "Resolved. That the Nebraska chapter of "the American Institute of Architects desires to foster this spirit of get-together to the utmost and to co-operate in so fostering this spirit with all the other branches of the building industry and to that end shall at the earliest opportune mo ment arrange a meeting of all those callings which form the building in dustry m tins locality for the par pose of discussing present building conditions and making available to the public the information possessed by those best informed on the sub ject and most closely connected with it." ' It is hoped that as a result of this meeting information concerning the immediate future ot building opera tions and its vicinity will be secured which will be of great value to those now undecided on a course of action. The committee of architects in charge of the meeting is Harry Law rie, A. I. A.; George B. Prinz. A. I. A., and J. D. Sandham, A. I. A. Madrid Banks Guarded By Strong Police Patrols . Madrid, Jan. 3. Strong police pa trols were posted outside, several banks today, including the Hispano Americano, as a precaution because of the threatened demonstrations by bank clerks, whose demands for recognition of their recently formed syndicate has been refused by most of the bankers. . The Weather Forecast. Fair and somewhat colder Tues day. Hourly Temperatures." 5 a. m.. 6 a. m, . 7 a. m . . S a, m. . a. m . . ..31 .a ..39 ..3 ,.S 1 p. tn , 1 p. m 8 p. m . 4 p. m t p. m 5 p. m , T p. m I p. m ...4 ...47 . ..S ...4 ...4 ...45 .. .44 IV a. ra. .39 11 a. m ,41 12 (noon).. 42 Ywtrday'a Temperatures. HI l HI. Iw Bltmarik 24 H'l.or Ance!ei.,;o 50 Boton 64 40iMemphl (4 4') Huffalo S SliNew Orleans.. 70 62 C'Hlary if 24'New York.... Hi 38 Cheyenne ...49 4Sorth Platte.. 46 34 Chicago SS 344t. I.ouIb hi 4) Penver 60 8 Paul. 3es Moines... 4s 34, Seattle 54 5 -llmi City 41 lacksonvllle . 68 Kansas City.. 52 MkTalentlns .42 52 bander, .. ...! 3 Milppora Bulletin. Protect shipments rturtnf ths nsit 24 tn S hours fr.,m tamperaturea as follows! North am! wt-st. 25 degrees' east and ton In, :u Uevrtes. Borah Plan Opposed by Navy Group Proposal to Curtail Navy Building in Leading Nations Makes Headway in Com mittee Meeting. Admiral Coontz Talks By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. t'hlrafo Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. Washington, Jan. 3. Despite ob jections raised by the navy, the Borah plan for a conference of the nations to work out an agreement to curtail naval building programs ap peared to have made considerable headway at today's meeting of the senate foreign relations committee. It seems to be fairly well settled that the committee will report out a resolution based upon the Borah scheme, and there is little inclina tion on the part of members to hold the measure up until the new admin istration comes into office. They are entirely willing to let the resolu tion take its chances of obtaining President Wilson's approval, be lieving that, in view of his tabors for world peace, he would not hesitate to sign such a measure. Provides for Conference. The Borah resolution, in its pres ent form, provides for the calling of a conference of representatives of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, the chief naval powers, with the view of coming to an agreement to cut down naval building programs 50 per cent each year, for the next five years. The disposition of the committee seems to be to amend the . resolution to include France and Italy, at least as a matter of court tesy. i Senator Borah of Idaho, author of the resolution, fears the inclusion of these two powers might create dam aging, if not fatal complications. He is afraid that it would bring the ques tion of land disarmament to the fore, particularly in the case of France, ; and lead to dissension that probably would break up the conference. Nevertheless, he said, he was willing to agree to the amendment if by so -doing he can get the nations gather ed around a round table to discuss a concrete proposal to curtail naval building. He desires .to . ascertain how far Japan is willing to go in backing up its assertions of a will ingness to quit building battleships if the United States would do like wise. - Explains Present Plan. Admiral Coontz, chief of the In telligence division of navij opera tlons, testified before the foreign re lations committee today in secret ses sion. He was called to furnish in formation about the relative strength and the building aW programs of the principal naval powers and also to present the professional navy view of the Borah scheme. Without open ly declaring their opposition, thev made it fairly plain that they do not look upon the idea of a naval-building holiday with any great desire of favor. Admiral Coontz. it was stated, was emphatic in declaring that the Uniteo States must keep its proportionate naval strength. He thought jt would be a great mistake for the nation to sacrifice any of its present standing among the chief naval powers. He contended that it would not be feasi ble to establish a fixed percentage of annual reduction of building for the reason that this would create a ser ious inequality. Borah Favors Change. . Senator Borah said he recognized the foundation for this declaration and declared his willingness to leave the question of reduction percentage to the proposed conference. It is understood that Admiral Coontz's information showed that the British naval building program was inconsiderable; that Japan's was about half that of the United States, while France and Italy contemplated little construction. Officer Is Accused v Of Killing Young Man New York. Jan. 3. Carl Bossell ma, 25, novelty importer and ex porter, found unconscious on a side' walk Sunday and who died later in a hospital, was killed when struck bv a policeman." his father declared las't night. , Police reported the young man evidently had fractured his skull in a fall. As a result of the father's charges a DOlice inouirv was. nrrfr1 4Vr to day. The policeman accused has been summoned to testily. Massachusetts Calf Has Coat of Red Sheep's Wool Kewburvnort. Maw Tan 1 Shades of P. T. Barnum! Newbury port has a calf which revolted against uie ancestral covering of his species and is soroutinsr as tine a rnaf nf wool as any proud sheep ever "baaed'' over. This, freak of nature is the property of Timothy Devon shire. Whn K3VS flint the iul.la r.i the animal were blooded and normal in every way. Aged Salt Lake Man Dies After Delivering Address Salt Lake Citv. Tan . K fth Ivevson, 70, died Sunday immediately after delivering an address in a Morman church here. He was a doctor of philosophy of the Univer sity of Conenhatren and fame this country from Denmark in 1880. , Body Names Officers Stanton. Neb.. Ian. 3. fSneeia! Telegram.) The local organization of the Nebraska Auto Protective association elected the following of ficers for the year: James Brooks, president: C. L. Armbruster, vice president; E. E. Pont, secretarv treasurer; Albert Fickler. cantaiau and D. C. Chase, auditor.