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h9 - The aha Dai . Qm Bee LY I VOL. 50 NO. 180. Pardon Is Refused by President (Clemency Denied Thomas II. Matters, Convicted on Charge Of Violating National Banking Law. Faces Eve-Year Term ; . I Thomas II. Matters hits been dc r.ied presidential pardon, of a five year prison sentence for violation of the national banking law, according to a telegram received yesterday by T. S. Allen. United States district attorney for Nebraska, from Acting Attorney General M. K. Ncbeker. District Attorney Allen forthwith filed a motion with the circuit court of appeals in St. Louis to have set aside the stay of execution filed on January 3 by Federal Judge VV. I. Smith of Iowa. The district attorney asked that January 17 be set as a date for the earing of the motion. Attorney Is Notified. John Lee Webster, attorney for Mr. Matters, was served with a no tice of the filing of the motion. . f The telegram from the attorney egram of January 4, President Wil son has denied application in the Matim rasf Yon should act accordingly. "M. J. NEBEKER, ' "Acting' Attorney General." ' Matters was convicted in 1915 on the "specific charge of complicity in the bankruptcy of the First National bank at Sutton, Neb. He appealed to the higher :courts and the original prison sentence was confirmed. , Matters obtained a reprieve from President Wilson for 60 days during which time a final appeal was made for pardon. . Irregularities Charged. In the motion to have set aside Judge Smith's mandate for an ex tended reprieve for Matters, District Attorney Allen states that the order was made and entered into without notice to the United States district attorney's office; that the order was made by but one of the judges and is not the crdcr of the court; that the order is without force and effect and is void; and that the effect of Judge Smith's order is to delay and thwart jus'Ice. ' -. United States District - Attorney Allen's motion requests the appellate court to stay Judge Smith's mandate and to issue an' order directing the clerk of that court to send a man date' for Matter's commitment 1 to 4ederal prtadn to the clerk t federat .'.ourt in Omaha- ' WUson Will Ride rtrr t fl TT ' 1 ' Willi sen, iiaraing President Will Move to New Home Pay Before Inaugural. Washington. Jan. 12. Changes in for the inauguration of President-Elect Harding will not in tcrfere with the intention- of Presi- Amt Wilson to accompany Mr. Usrflinw -tVie caoitol. where the Icillll in . . - was learned today. Mr. Wilson thus r.n Marrh 4 will make his first ap neoranr at the raoitol in more than i year and: a half, and also his last ' appearance as presiueni oi After Mr. Harding takes the oath of office he and Mrs. Harding, in ; accordance with custom, are. expect ed to entertain Mr. and Mrs. Wilson at luncheon. Pr.irlrnt Wilson, it also was learned today, plans to leave the ' Wh;i House lor the home here which he recently purchased Mrch 3. the day preceding his.-retiremcnt t from oflice. 1- 1 O 1 W ! rrencn iJiiik vojsci Carrying Red Forces ? . Constantinople. Jan. 12. (By The ; Associated Press.) French destroy ers have sunk a transport flying the red flag and carrying, soviet troops ; presumably to Trebizond, it is said in a dispatch received here. The '- encounter occurred 10 miles west of Novorossisk, the- French war i ships attacking the transport, despite - the fact that it yas escorted by a soviet flotilla. . .' . The sinking vessel was steered toward the coast, and run aground, . a part of the troops and crew escap- ing by swimming. The French suf- fercd no casualties. '. ' Superior War Victim Will i Be Buried hy Legion Superior, Xeb., Jan. 12. (Special ' Telegram.) The body of Taylor E. " Lewis, who lost his life in the World war, arrived here from Omaha. Fu . neral services will be held Friday. ' The American Legion post of Su ;. perior will have charge of,the cere ' mony. ' ' Oil Plant Stops Work Coffcyvillc, Kan., Jan. 12. The , Sinclair Oil corporation today ordered a shut-down of all construc tion work at the Coffeyville refinery. Similar action, it was announced, has been taken at the Kansas City and East Chicago plants. - Officials be lieved the cessation would be about : 60 days. ' ' . . ; ' . Food Situation Critical Batum, Jan. 11.- The American soviet food commissary has inau gurated a food card system because . of the shortage of supplies, accord ing to dispatches. The situation is ; . considered critical, as fuel also is tottPKi !?ljfitcbcf S9 tntira 8wm Omaha P. 0. 5-Year-Old Boy Kills Self When Punished For Getting Feet Wet Detroit, Mich., Jan. 12. Joseph Grichvich, S years old. committed suicide last night by shooting him self in .the head, according to a statement to police by the lad's father, Daniel Grichvich. The boy had been punished for coming home with wet feet, and sent into the kitchen to dry them, Grichvich said. C. H. Gtistafson Re-Elected Head Of Farmers' Body Co-Operative Union Proves By Ballots That Adminis tration Has Proven Satisfactory. C. H. Gustafson, Omaha, for the ast seven years president of the armers Co-operative -.ducational union, was re-elected to the omce yesterday, defeating H. C. Jillwood, ureignion, sscd., compromise can didate, by a vote of 495 to 178. H. G. Keeney, Cowles, Neb.: Nels Johnson and Fred Potter, Walthill, Neb., were elected members ot the board of directors. At the next meeting of the board a secretary-treasurer will be elected. It is thought L. M. Kock, incumbent, will be retained. Omaha was chosen as the 1922 convention city. .throughout the convention there had been a move under way to dis place Gustafson with Ellwood. Sup porters of t-Hwood declared there were factional differences in the membership of the organization which, if they were not smoothed out under the leadership of a com promise candidate, would disrupt the union. , Charge , Groups "Jealous." Gustafson's friends declared that this move was made by a group of disgruntled members who were "jealous" of Gustafson, because of certain progressive measures he had instituted in the organization . and because of his success as the union leader the past seven years. In his speech, after he was nom inated, Mr. EUwood 'declared that he knew the factional strife to exist. but that he', had always remained neutral. "Members came to me Wed nesday night and requested me to be a candidate, iney told me it was necessary to have me because of this factional strife. "I know there have been differ ences in the organization in the past and I have always remained neutral and attempted to smooth them over. Whether I am elected or not I shall wwk-jtrst as hard-fM"le-advance ment of the organization as ever, it Mr; Gustafson is elected, I shall sup port him as heartily in the future as I have in the past. Meeting Is Finished. Gustafson's friends characterized his re-election as an "overwhelming vindication of all his actions since he has been president of the organiza tion." ; That a cabal existed, of which Gustafson was head, and that he ex erted undue power was denied by the-Gustafson supporters. During the counting of votes the convention listened to the reading of various reports and adopted various resolutions presented by the resolu tions committee, The annual convention closed last night. . Attorney Raises New . Question in Trial of Chicago Murderer Chicago Tribune-Omaha) Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, Jan.-12. Extraordinary efforts have been made to save the neck of Carl Wanderer, mureder of his young wife, and a stranger he had "employed to rob her. Now that the state is about to bring him to trial on the charge of slaying the stranger, a novel point has been raised by W. D. Bartholo mew, attorney appointed by Judge Pain to defend him. He holds that the state blundered , in permitting Wanderer to begin serving the 25 year sentence- for killing- his wife and baby. , . "The law is specific," he said. "The state lost , jurisdiction when Wanderer began serving his sen tence in the other case. Hisvplace of punishment cannot be changed and he cannot be brought back with out his consent." Judge Pam continued' the case un til Thursday to mull 'over this scheme to save the murderer, Two Nebraska Towns Get ; . Kiwanis Club Charters Hastings, Neb:, Jan. 12. (Special Telegram.) More than 150 mem bers of the Kiwanis clubs of Fre mont and Grand . Island were here today to attend the delivery of the charter to the Hastings Kiwanis club by the district governor, Ray Edmiston of Lincoln. .The visitors were welcomed by John Lawler and the address of acceptance was by A. R Thompson, : president of the Hastings club. The visitors, accom panied by the Hastings, club, went by special train . to Grand Island this evening to attend the ceremony of presenting the charter to tne Grand Island club. : ' 61 ear-Old Boy t Very Sick From 'Sample of Fathers Moonshine Chicago, Jap.. 12. Daniel Mclr ney, jr., 6, is in. a serious condition at a hospital today because he sampled some of the moonshine whisky his father had bottled and stored in the basement The police will turn Daniel Mc Irney, sr., over to federal . author ities today to answer charges of ieltinf the ftt$ad acj. - CIM Mtlttr Mar ISM. ! Uadcr Act March 1. U7S. Rr r r f ' C U U 1 L ; Lode Is Dei Joint Committee Postpones Action on Secretary Appoint ments Made by Governor McKelvie. Byrum Bills the Cause Lincoln, Neb., Ja,n. 12. (Special Telegram.) Postponement of a re: port on the feasibility of confirma tion of the reappointment of Gov. S. R. McKelvic's six code secretaries until Tuesday at 11 was decided upon tonight by the committee, appointed this morning at a joint session of the house and senate for the purpose of submitting a report at 10 tomorrow on the proposed confirmation. Meantime, the committee decided, meetings will be held to which all persons interested are invited to ex press their views on the work of the code secretaries and the expendiency of confirming their appointment be fore the Byrum bills run their course in the legislature. Unless the committee decides on different action before morning, when it is to report back to the house and senate at a joint meeting, the con firmation question will not go before the legislature for action until Tues day. Grant Executive Sessions. . At inint meeting of senate and house rules committees today permis sion was granted for executive ses sions on the confirmation proposi tion. - Whether members will vote for such sessions is not known. The Byrum bills, introduced Tues day, providing for abolishment of four of the code secretaries and plac ing duties imposed on these secre taries in the hands of other state of ficers now on the payroll, are re sponsible for holding up the con firmation. " There appears to be a strong senti ment in both branches of the legisla ture to give the Bryum bills an op portunity, and, it is argued, con firmation cf the secretaries at this time wouW not be fair to Byrum, who has some very strong ideas on the subject of code secretaries. Byrnm, it is declared, should be given an opportunity to express these ideas and have his bills given a fair chance for passage . before endorsing McKelvic's reappoint ments of the six code secretaries. Vote on Confirmation. Some declared a vote cast this morning at the joint session, when i McKeivie's request for tonfiirmatioai came up, was indicative. of the strength of the anti-code secretary, spirit Others declared it was mere ly a sentiment of a majority of mem bers to present confirmation through committee channels.- . When the request for confirma tion was read, Representative Mose ley of Lincoln moved for approval of tha appointments. Senator Cronin of Holt offered a substitute motion providing for the appointment of a joint committee of three from the house and two from the senate to consider the confirmation and re port back to another joint session to b held at 11 tomorrow. The vote on the Cronin substitute car ried, 61 to 56. It fell to Lieutenant Governor Barrows to appoint the committee. The members are: Cronin of Holt .and Bushee of Kimball from the senate. Moselev of Lincoln. Oster- man of Merrick . (democrat) and Snow of Dawes from the house. Air Mail Pilot and Companion Become Lost In Sandstorm ; Salt Lake City, Jan. 12. Lost in a sandstorm on the Nevada desert after making a forced landing in a 60-milc gale, an,d then walking half exhausted to the nearest ranch house, 25 miles distant, yas the ex perience of E. E. Mouton, pilot on the air mail, route from Salt Lake to Elko, last week, according to the story told by Moutoh on his return here. Mouton was accompanied on the trio bv C E. Golstrom. an east ern newspaperman, who, he - said, nearly collapsed under the strain. - - ; '." Couple at Pawnee City Observe Golden Wedding Table Rock, Neb.. Tan. 12, (Spe cial.) The golden wedding, of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Vance was celebrated at tneir home in V awnee City. 1 he couple were married at r Kewanee, III., and a few years later moved to Pawnee county, Nebraska, which has since been their home. Mr. Vance served as county commissioner of Pawnee county, from 1888 to 1891 and for a number of years was a member of the State Board of Agri culture. Man and Woman Found Dead In Los Angeles Apartment Los Angeles. Jan. 12. The bodies of -Aubrey Evans, 45, said to have been a wealthy contractor, of Fresno, Cat., and Miss Irene Adams, 25, of the same city, were found today in an ' apartment' house here, both dead from, bullet wounds. The po lice advanced the theory that Evans had killed the woman and then shot himself..' : r t . Man Leaps to His Death From Fourth Floor Window Oakland, Cal Jan. 12. Edward M. Blake, a production engineer, formerly of Boston, jumped from his fourth floor apartment here while delirious and was instantly killed when his head struck against a side walk. : ' ' V He rose from the Bed and throw ing the bedclothes over the head of the attending physician, dove out of the. pen window, OMAHA, THURSDAY, grocery Thieves in iJChicago Open Stc t Dispose of, C Stores Goods Chicago, Jan. 12. Business be came so good here for a gang of grocery thieves, who stole on a wholesale scale from delivery trucks, that they had to open sev eral retail stores to dispose of their plunder more readily. Police believe today they have ac rnmitrH fnr thefts nf meats, butter. Ktea and other groceries valued at ?15U,0UU, with tne arrest ot seven men. Naval Aeronauts Start on Return From Northland Three Balloonists Leave Mat vtice on Way to Cochrane on Eastbound Canadian Na tional Express. ' By The Associated Vrem. lattice, Ont, Jan. 12. The three American naval balloonists who ar rived yesterday from Moose Factory, near where they descended Decem ber 14, left tonight for Cochrane on the eastbound Canadian National Express. , j Good Night's Rest. United States Naval Lieutenants Stephen Farrell, Al Kloorand Walter Hinton, refreshed by their first nights sleep in complete comfort since set ting out from the frozen Hudson hay regions, where they landed on December 14, after a hazardous bat loon flight from Rockaway, N. Y., todav cnioved this trading post's hospitality, preparatory to their de parture late this atternoon tor Toronto. - They were guests of officials cf the Canadian National railway, wno provided a private car in which they spent tne nignt ana in wnicn incy will travel to Toronto. Dispute Is Settled. To all outward appearances the bitter dispute that arose between Lieutenants Farrell and Hinton shortly after their arrival here yes terday, which culminated in a blow from Farrell that sent his fellow air man sprawling over a table in the home 'of H. P. Williamson, had been settled today. , The aeronauts rose early, had breakfast together in their private car and all regretted the in cident that marred their historical adventure. Both Farrell and Hinton were reticent today regarding the occurrence. 1 The altercation arose over a let ter purported to have been written by Hinton to his wife from Mooe Factory, where they first found suc cor after wanderinsr through" the wilderness four days subsisting on tWfit carrier pigeons - and caribou moss. . in the letter, puonsnea m a New York newspaper. Hinton is alleged to have written that Farrell,'' exhausted from the rigorous wan dering, pleaded with his two com panions to kill him and eat his body tp enable them to get back to civ ilisation. Think of Reception. Farrell charged his companion with "double-crossing" him, saying all had agreed that their letters should not be published. Hinton's (Tarn to Fm Two, Column Tiro.) Rules of Discipline Under Fire Before Railway La W Board i Chicago, Jan. 12. Rules of, dis cipline tame under fire of the rail roads in today's hearing "on rules before the United States railroad labor board. Since the national agreements have been in effect, em ployes have deluged the roads with minor cases, according to testimony. The clause permitting grievance committees to confer with officials during working hours and without less of time, was said to be re r.ponsible. ' t Continuing his presentation of railroad contentions, E. T. Whiter, chairman of the rail managers' com mittee, set forth more examples of alleged injustice in the operation of the present rules. An example: of how the rule works in payment of overtime was cited by Mr. Whiter in the case of an Atchi son, Topeka and Santa Fe investiga tion. . - . i Japan Closes Year With ' Unfavorable Trade Balance Washington, Jan. 12. Japan closed 1920 with an unfavorable balance of trade of 391,848.000 yen. said a cable gram received by the Department of Commerce from J. F. Abbott, com mercial attache at Tokio. The year's, exports amounted to 1.928864,000 yen. while the imports were 2,320,712,000 yen. Total gold imports were 393,911. 000 yen, while the gold exports were 3,896,000 yen. - . Japanese exports for December amounted to 67,893.000 yen, while the imports were bi.obj.UW yen. ; . Reported Sinking of Red Ship by French Confirmed Paris, Jan. 12 France today re ceived confirmation of the sinking of an armed bolshevik transport in the Black Sea bv the French de stroyer Sakalave. The destroyer was engaged in police duty when attacked by -the bolshevik ship, the advices say, and the French warship' im mediately opened fire, In a few minutes the bolshevik troops aban doned the transport, which sank. An other bolshevik ship was silenced. There were no French casualties. ' Oregon Bank Is Closed Salem, Ore.. Jan. 12.' The First State and Savings bank of Klamath Falls, Ore., was closed today by the state superintendent of banks be cause of depleted reserves of the bank. The bank has a capital of $100,000, surplus of the same amount, and desposits amounting to $1. 22S.000, . . JANUARY 13, 1920. J TfF'S STZAUITG Federal Roundup Of Orientals Is to I Be Launched Soon Government Orders Nation Wide Drive Against Ineligi blea to Start January 22? '-" Special Force Assigned. r : New York, Jan. 12. A nation wide roundup .of ali Oriental ineli gibles will be launched January 22. This announcement was made late today at Ellis island by Leo Russell, chief deporting agent of the immi gration service. Sweeping orders for such a round up have been issued at Washington and a special force is to be assigned to the work, Mr. Russell said. E. M. Kline of the bureau of Immigration of the Department of Labor will have command of the Work and will start out from Wash ington, January 22, with a staff of deporting agents for a tour of the south and west, seeking "many Chinese and Japanese in the United States, who haye no lawful right to be here," Mr. Russell added. The majority of the Orientals came as seamen and took advantage of their seamen's cards to come ashore upon arrival of their vessels at United States port, deserting the ships and smuggling themselves into portions of the country remote from their landing places, the de porting agent said. .. Mexicans illegally in the country will be rounded up for deportation by the Kline forces also, which will be under orders to hunt for them along the border, and in the interior, he said, adding that Orientals will be deported from San Francisco and Mexicans at the Mexican border points. 1 Mr. Russell is at Ellis island com pleting' arrangements for the depor tation of Ludwig C'A. K. Martens. Russian soviet envoy in the United States. Danish Count and Wife Arrested at Spokane . Spokane, Jan. 12.--Count and Countess Vigo HolstehV Rathlou of .Denmark; the latter formerly the wife of Dr. Roy A- Miles Collins, killed in Portland in 1909, were ar rested here by United States im migration 'authorities and are being held for possible deportation. According to B. E. Gowcn, United States immigration-commissioner, the pair entered the United States, pre sumably through Canada, last Sep tember, after they had been refused admission in 1916. . . He said the Countess Rathtou eloped with Rathlou from her hus band in Portland in 1908 and that Dr. Collins' second wife, when placed on trial a year later for his murder, declared she had killed him because of his love for his former wife. ., , . Spanish Radical Leader Urges Republican Regime . Madrid, Jan. 12. Alejandro Ler roux, the radical leader, in a speech today regarding the political situa tion in Spain, declared that only a republican form of government could save the country. ' Wage Cut Announced Trenton, "N. J.; Jan. 12. A 10 per cent wage cut effective Monday in the Trenton and Roebling plants of the John A. Rocbling's Sons com pany, wire and cable manufacturers, was announced. y Milt (I r). iMlai 4th lout Dill, Suatfay. : Dally Only. 5t Sunday, M OuIMM 4h Ita (I tar). DUO aa Suaiay, tl- Dally Daly. I2: tuna-ay Oaly. U Who?s Democratic? Alliance at War Over Election Failure of City Clerk to Have Notice Published Arouses' Varied Comment. Alliance, Neb.r Jan. 12. (Special Telegram.) The question ot the legalitj- of the recent special election, in which a majority of 53 voters out of a total -of 700 voted in favor of the chy manager plan, to succeed the present mayor and council sys tem, ia under heated discussion be tween the opposing factions. Thel point -arose when it became kridwn that Mrs. Grace Kennedy, city clerk, had neglected to have the legal notice of the election published 3d days prior to the election on-January 4. Mrs. Kennedy's sympathies were known to be with the present admin istration, which bitterly opposed th city manager plan-from the start. Although the notice was prepared and presented to her by the city at torney in plenty of time, she stated that she laid it away in her desk and forgot to order its publication 'until 20 days before election. City. Attor ney W. R. Metz, who was an ardent supporter of the city manager plan, is of the opinion that the election was not invalid,, because it was held under the general election laws of the state, which require only 20 days notice before election. Others hold kto the assertion that 30 days' notice is required and the matter will likely ba carried to the supreme court for a decision. It was stated that both Mrs. Ken nedy and Mayor Rodgers knew of the situation before election and Mayor Rodgers took no steps to stop the election, although he had been informed that it would be invalid Bitter criticism has been directed against Mrs. Kennedy ' and Mayor Rodgers and a number of business men in favor of the city manager plan have stated their belief that the failure to have the notice of elec tion published a instructed by the city attorney was something more than negligence on the part of the city clerk. Others have openly stated that the whole affair looks rather shady and are determined to thresh the matter out in the courts if necessary. j Unless the election is proved valid the mayor and council plan will be in force for another two years at least, since the law provides that the city manager plan must beVvoted on a certain length of time prior to the regular' city election in April and not more than once in two years.- The time now is too short to hold an other special election before the reg ular city election, April 2. j "Alfalfa Jolm" Plans to, ; . Stop Gambling in Grain Lincoln, Jan.- 12, (Special.) A resolution directed -at gambling in futures on grain and other , farm products was presented to the lower house of the state legislature today by S. J. Franklin, "Alfalfa John," .of Furnas county. " This resolution calls for a measure which would give the committee on agriculture of the house the power to summon witnesses and gather any information desired to determine the extent of this alleged evil for the purpose of drawing up a bill to stop gambling on futures. ; ' Sheriff Dies of Wounds Albuquerque, N. M., Jan. 12. Louis Abeyta, a deputy sheriff," who was shot at Islet a, last Thursday when trying to arrest "James . Wil liams, a negro, on a charge of shoot ing a youth in Albuquerque, died today. Ilis death was the second of wounds inflicted by the negro, who was slain by a posse. ' Cherry County Bank Is Closed By State Board Persistent Run of Depositors Causes ' Directors '.to Ask State to Take Entire ; Charge. -, '.; Lincoln, Neb Jan. 12-. (Special.) A run on the American State bank of Merriman, Neb., Cherry county, covering the last-12 months," has re sulted in a request by the directors that the state banking department take it over. . Examiner Eastman closed the bank Tuesday, according to J.'E. Hart, secretary of the state department of trade and commerce. Depletion of its cash reserve, caused by persistent withdrawals, grew out of "some unfortunate trouble with its former cashier, who disappeared ard remained in hiding for some time, but later returned and made good his shortage," Mr. Hart says. The stockholders hhd previously made! good the shortage. A recent statement shows total resources of the bank, $99,074; capi tal and surplus, $17,500; deposits, $78,t43, and cash and due from banks, $6,156. '" ,r . " '. " , .The examiner's, report, according to Mr.' Hart, shows bad and doubt ful paper of $8,045 and slow and un liquid paper of $11,000. 'Mr. Hart says no fraud is involved and-that no loss will be suffered from the guaranty fund, according to the ap parent outlook.' '---!. . The president of the , bank is Arthur Bowring, 'prominent, ranch man and member of the - Cherry county commissioners. G. C. Fair l.ead is vice president and R. C. Bartels" present cashier. . Army of Occupation to Be Reduced to 8,000 Washington, Jan.. 12. Reduction of 'the American forces of occupa tion in Germany from 15,000 to 8,000 has been ordered by the War de partment. ' ;- '' i Secretary, aicer wrote ioaay to Representative Byrnes, democrat. South Carolina, that the reduction alrpariv was under wav. He added that the ultimate withdrawal of the entire force was a matter for tu ture consideration." . The cost of operating the force of 15,000' was approximately $75,000 a day, Mr. Baker said, but under the terms of the armistice Germany must pay the maintenance costs. Former German Empress Steadily Growing Weaker Doom', Holland, Jan. 12 The con dition of the former empress of Ger many is becoming steadily worse as her physical power of resistance is declining, said an official statement by the attending physicians. Attacks of (heart disease are increasing- in number and violence, the statement said. The Weather Forecast. ' Thursday, .fair and warmer. Hourly TtmporatnrN. S . m. m. m. 1 m. m. m. , m. m. IS a. m. It . m. ...11 ...1 ...1 ... ...11 ...14 ...SO 1 p. m. t p. m. . S p. m. 4 p. tn. 5 p. m. p. m. 7 p. m. p. m. .it ,S4 .M .IS .!4 IS .24 Shipper' Rnllotla. Trotuct shltmnts rturlnir th nst 14 to l hour fronv tmperturs s follow Norm, mt una nt, 10 dpfi'rcs dov nuth, to degrees THREE CENTS Iowa Man Endorsed For Cabinet . American National Live Stock Association Urges Harding to Name Hency Wallace Secre tary of Agriculture. Omahan Among Backer. !j Br Xh Anweiated Ttn. El Paso, Tex.y Jan. 12. Henry. C. Wallace of Des Moines, was en dorsed for secretary of agriculture by the annual convention of the American National Live Stock as sociation here today, after several addresses were made on the floor of the convention, criticising an article in his publication, Wallace's Farmer, favoring co-operative buy ing of cattle feeders. Charges were made during the dis cussion that, the real, fight against Wallace's appointment was inspired by the big meat packers. The Wallace resolution was adopt ed after his ' Opponents made every effort to' invoke .parlimen tary law to prevent the convention from acting oir his, appointment at this time. . . ' . Earlier in ' the sessions W. W. turney of El Paso, president of the Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas, had attacked the big packing house owners and urged the mem bers of the association "not to join hands with the packers."., . The Wallace resolution was brought tip by Col. I., T. Pryor .of. San Antonio, Tex., . who asked .that . the convention adopt , it. The resolu tion pledged Wallace the "unqualrfred endorsement" of the association and ordered that 'the secretary dispatch a copy to President-elect Harding. Ex-Governor Objects. :No sooner, had Pryor finished reading the resolution ! than Ex Governor E M. 'Ammons of Colo rado was upon his feet, objecting. Mr. Ammons contended, it was fan-, proper to suggest to President-elect Harding who should be appointed secretary of agriculture. Then Am mons declared Wallace had recently published an article in his farm pa per in favor of co-operative buying of cattle by th feeders of each county. . .' TVi ortirl. -a rnit In the dele gates bv Les Dillingham, secretary r . I . ij.l. I--- . oi ine iuano v-aiuc uiuwuj u ciation. It suggested that by send ing ne buyer to a market, the feed ers of the county would tioi be com peting with one another on the market.' Ammons contended that this would result in the abolishment ' of competition with resultant losses to cattlemen with feeders to sell. Omahan Defends Wallace. Mr. Pryor defended Wallace, de claring he was a .friend of the pro ducer. E. L. Burke of Omaha de clared Wallace "favored the live stock industry" and . declared the reason his appointment .was bcinf opposed by ' big packing interests (Turn to Pwe Two. Col urns Three.) Resolutions In At Labor Meeting Radical Agitators . Have Not Caused Trouble at Pan- . American Meet. Mexico CUy, Jan. 12. (By Tlv Associated Press.) 'Resolutiont were . received today by the Pan American Federation of Labor con gress, a motion having been adopt ed that all resolutions must be sub mitted before '5:30 o'clock this after noon. Radical agitators who kst week threatened to; provide at least some excitement to the sessions of the congress have not been . particularly active, -although the delegations are daily presented with soviet and com munist literature, which is largely a personal attack on Mr. Gompers. w ho is asserted to-be "unrepresentative of the laboring masses," The American ,!delegatibn, headed by Mr. Gompers, paid a formal call on Plutarco E. Calles, .secretary of the interior, last evening for the pur pose of thanking him and the gov ernment . for courtesies which had been extended. General Calles told the delegation the government en couraged such meetings as the con gress, and was .willing to give all possible aid to the Pan-American organization. . Wallace Withdraws From Council of Ambassadors Paris, Jan, 12 Hugh C. Wallace, United States ambassador, formallv withdrew from' the council ,of am bassadors at today's session, present ing to his colleagues the instructions of the government in Washington. Mir Wallace pointed out that-in view of the fact that- the United States had failed to ratify the peace treaty there was no further occasion for American jarticipation in the council's deliberations. - Farm Home Near Loup City IV Destroyed by Fire Loup City. Neb.,' Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) The farm home of Lawrence N. Smith, near town, was totally de stroyed by fire. The fire started frpm a defective . flue. Only the piano and a few articles of furniture were saved. . Tongmen Arrested San Francisco, Jan. 12. Police ef forts to prevent a three-cornered tong war here centered in the bring ing into police court of 86 China men, who were arrested at the va rious tong headquarters on a charge of unlawful asscnjblagt 'A
