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,VOI 50 NO. 184.
State
Lose
May
Seat
In Congress
Leaders Predict Reapportion
ment Bill Increasing Mem
bership to 483 Will Be
Defeated. ;
Will Affect Nebraska
Washington, Jan. l. Lines were
' sharply drawn tonight (or a fight to
morrow to defeat the reapportion
mcnt bill, which would increase the
membership- of the house from 435
to 483.
After a final check-up, leaders an
nounced that the measure as report
ed would be voted dovn decisively
and that a substitute plan holding
scats as now, would be adopted by
a big mabrity. Thcre.secmed little
sentiment lor a larger house. Mem
bers from spates which lose ' repre
sentation under the, shitting of 12
, seats from 11 to eight states, declared
they would vote against adding 48
representatives at a cojt of $1,509,000
a year whep there is a demand for
governmental economy.
As mapped out today the program
under which the bill will be called
up tomorrow provides for five hours
debate
' The republican steering commit
tee was reported solidly against the
increase, as individuals.'-.
1 . Under provisions of the bill
house leaders expect to be adopted.
thcMncreascs will be as follows:
California. 2; Michigan, 2; Ohio,
2, and Connecticut, New Jersey,
Xorth Carolina. Texas and Washing
ton, one e,ach. To make up this num
ber without changing the 435 total,
t o seats and the followhig states
one each: ' " j
. Indiana, Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky.
Louisiana, Maine. Mississippi, ' Ne
braska, Khode Island and Vermont.
By this arrangement the south
would gain in yKorth Carolina and
Texas and lose m Louisianfr-and Mis
sissippi. Movement Begun, to u
Have Tourists Take
Middle.West Route
Wvmore. b' Jan. 17. (Spe
cial.)-The editors of The Wyworeanf, .S fas a ?no.w. "f n,s
and The Arbor-State, the two news- Pnd'ctW' and. Phced
pacers here, haw besrun correspon
dence with journalists and magazine
writers of the ea'st to see if a move
ment cannot be started to have-the
eastern tourist take the middle west
route during the twitting summer and
rouie aunng inc vwiimuk sumuicr uu i -- -r . - " ,. . , - r
TanTNearly'in-oT Hhe ?nlcf4nmtt"him;'ww-ri; f we
em movies and literature is written
and centered about the prairies- and
i motor - tourists .will be -(encouraged
to route their trip tfo see this open
country.'
The idea occurred over the little
incident of a really famous singer,
who had accepted a musical composi
tion from a western girl, sending the
; 'girl some penny picture post cards
with a., short note indicating that
"they would doubtless interest per
. ;, sons who so rarely had a chance to
get such things."
' . A historical pamphlet of the Ne
braska prairies is being prepared,
, and the movement, it is suggested,
v is to c known as the year of "The
: Nebraska Trcck." It . is - planned
. !.-.o to secure the co-operation of
li e railroads ' whose partonage is.
M-iured from Nebraska and the mid-
die West. , -
Canadian Balloon
Trip Probe Opened
Rockaway,vN.' Y.,"ny 17. Condi
tion are; being corrected at the
Kockaway naval air station so that
it no longer will be possible for bal
loon's to float into Canada without
discussing details of their proposed
4 flight with their commanding officer.
This testimony, was given here to-
.ttay by Capt. DamoiiE. Cumrmngs,
commandant.' at the lopening of the
court of inquiry investigating the re
cent spectacular balloon tugnt oi
' - Lieutenants Kloor, Hmton and
Farrell. ' -
Jefferis to Take Hand in
Ship Reconditioning Probe
Washington, .Jai. 17. (Special
; Telegram.) iAt the instance pi
Congressman Frear of Wisconsin.
Congressman Jefferis the special
committee on war expenditures has
joined Mr. Frear Jn New York to
conduct an investigation into the re
' conditioning of ships used as trans
- xports and turned over to the ship-i
ping board to be let to prfvate fhipi
ping firms. The special committee,
of which Mr. Frear is chairman,
! may also Inquire into the alleged
scandal growing out of the purchase
of sugar by the Navy department
and holding the same when sugar
touched its highest price a year ago.'
T Hungary Unveils Monuments
"For Four Lost Provinces
v Budapest, Jan. 17. Four monu-
ments in memory of the lost provin
ces f Hungary were unveiled in
Liberty square today before more
than 80,000 persons. Salutes were
t, fired By cann&ii and the rifles of
numerous soldiers,' and all the church
belk were rung when the statues, of
wesVsouth and north Hungary were
uncovered.
Men, women and children knelt
down and prayed for help for Hun
gary, at the same time taking a sol
' rmn oath not tflurest until their "in
heritance" had been fully recovered.
Farm. Implement Firm f
Reduces Prices 20 Per Cent
F.vansville. Ind., Jan.-17. A re
daction of 20 per cei:E in the price
of farm implements was announced
today by A." V, Burch. vice president
and general manager oi Ibc Blount
i now company
Cutwt u
f Quant K
-Master Mjnd Irf Texas
1 Mail Holdup Gives Up
Dallas, Tex.. Jan. 17. Albert
Rowan, son of C, T. Rowan, wealthy
Dallas business -man and property
owner, today surrendered and was
placed under arrest charged with
robbing the Jackson street sub-post-office
here Friday. Police have
been searching for yunfc Rowani
toliowing the confession 6t v. .
Scrivner, one- of the robbers, fu
which Rowan was designated as the
"master mind," ,jvho planned and
directed the robbery. t
Dry Officer Is
Faciiig Jury on
Tt It 1 l
iTlUrflPr lihflrP
C
Prohibition Enforcement ' Of
ficial Being Tried for -Slay
ing Man Whose House He
Was Searching.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 17. S.. dlcii
iOiing, federal prohibition enforct
nient officer, was placed on tjl in
fedetalx court here today, 6ji a mur
der charge iii onnTCtion jvithv the
shooting of Luka rukovch Mad
ison November 6. last., x',
Vukovich was killed by r6ung
when the latter, accompanied by
Walter Cowgilt, a Granite Cjty po
liceman, entered the Vukovich home
in search of illicit liquor. Eight
bnllljts were fired1 into -Vkoyich's
body. Young admits Jie ijred the
sltots, but he asserts -Vukovich at
tacked him and that he fired in self
defense. -Vukovich, a labtfrer, was
45 years old.'. ' ; v
' . " Coroner Freed Him. '
A coroner's Jury exonerated the
federay officer, but State's Attorney
Streuber conducted an investigation,
hich resulted Sn the return of the
murder indictment. . ;
The ' government v has rallied to
Young's defense. Attorney General
Palmer has' appointedX Robert Patten
of Sangamon county o assist United
States District Attorney Edward
Kriotts in Hefending the prohibition
agent. Mr. Strueber will conduct
the prosecution."
he case was to have been tried in
Madison county, but was removed
1o the federal courts under a law
which guarantees ' government .em
ployes federal i protection whetr ar
rested in the dsciafg of their -duties.
' ", '
1 : Prisoners Beat Him. . '
Young .wis' arrested, following his
where mother prisoners,, w ho ascribed
their incarceration to his activities.
assaultedhim. He was buffeted and
drenched with hoi water and finally
r escued Jy prison officials, " is -
A montn ; ago a statutory cnarge
grounds of insufficient evidence. Ift
this case jErmha Bombardieri, 6, de
clared young attached ner1 wnue
raiding, the Bombardieri home at
Staunton in search of, forbidden
liquor. This charge was declared a
"frameup" by Young. . r
: . s1 . r v:',;-
Sheriff Stops Sale :
i When Stolen Goods
Noticed bBidders
- York, Neb Jan. 17. (Soecial Tel
egram) J. C Holoubekvid his wife
were arrested after an attempt to sell
at auction household goods, some of
which are alteged to have been sto
len. - : ; '
Holoubek was the proprietor of
the Please Ail bakery, partly de
stroyed by fire December 3. Recent
ly he advertised that his' residence
end household-goods would be sold
at public auction. Shortly afterthe
sale started, bidders noticed articles
among the goods which they' assert
had been stolen from their homes.
The sale was stopped and the
sheriff confiscated the property,
which is xsaid to be worth several
thousand djsllars. , '
The sheriff also took charge cf
$10,145 in cash and currency which
had beenfound in the residence.
Wool Growers JWaht
Jariff Law Passed
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SaltUke City, Jan. 17. Belief
that atariff bill'woulcLbe passed by
congress protecting American sheep
and "Wool interests' from foreign
competition, was expressed by
Frank J. Hagenbarth, president qn
the National Wool Growers' associa
tion, vhich opened here today and
which is being attended by several
hundred persons drawn from many
states. i : V
Builders of Auto Tops and .
Bodies Are Manufacturers
Washington, Jan. 17,rConcerns
engaged in building over atftomo
bile tops or bodies for installation on
new or old chassis were held to be
manufacturers and subject to tax as
Mich, in regulations issued tonight by
the bureau of internal revenue.
The regulations apply in cases even
though all such tops or bodies are
manufactured as neededfor an im
mediate job. .'' " V
Man Slashed to Death . -;
4. In Ice-Planing Machine
Sioux City, la.. Jan. 17. Frank
Learner, 41, of South Sioux City,
Neb., was slashed to death in an ice
nlamnE machine while cuttma. ice
on, a lake near here today. Hi
,body was sliced in nieces - by the
keen knives f when vhis , clothing
caught- in the roachinery.
Denies He KUled Wife
Algona, la., Jan. 17. L. T. Ben-
iamin. arrested, in connection with
the death of his wjfe Saturday n'ght
today stoutly denied he killed Mrs.
Benjamin. She was found on the
floor of the kitchen of her home,
having apparently been killed with
l a hammer or similar instrument.
SKtM - CUtt Mittw Mty 21. MM. at.
0. 04u Ad ! March J. 1171.
Miw.dejv5
SailoiWlis
Unpipvoked
Official Dispatches vAgree
That Japanese Sentry Fired '
On Naval Officer With
out Cause.
Probe Will Be Continued
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ieut. AY.
H- LnSioa, American nava offi
jeer shot and killed by a' Japanese
sentry at Vladivostok January 8, was
the victim of an unprovoked attack,
dispatches to the State department
and to the Navy .department today
agreed. v " '
The dispatches were based on
statements elicited from the accused
sentry by the Japanese board of in
vestigation and court of injuiry. The
sentry's statements were describe.!
as agreeing with the ante-mortem
'sWy by Lieutenant Langdon in that
the sentry was the firsto fire. The
Sentry, who previously had piain
tained that the American officer fired
first, also was reported "as having
told the court of inquiry that he
had discharged his rifle by accident.
I WU1 Probe Death.
Tlie .dispatches to the NavyMe
partment filed, by Admiral Gleaves,
commander-in-chief of the 'Asiatic
fleet, now enroute A to Vladivostok
with an American naval court of in
quiry added that the sentry had been
recommended for court-martial by
the Japanese authorities." "
While the dispatches- were more
complete than any previous onVs
and while ofiicials expressed grati
fication that an agreement had been
reached as to what happened, no
tendency was displayed in official
circles to relax the determination to
investigate ihe matter thoroughly,
and for that reason Admiral Gleaves
will cojitinu ,to the- Siberian port.
State department officials continued
to await a reply to the note sent
Japan requesting an explanation of
the incident and assurances that it
would not be repeated. .' ...
, Returning -to Ship.
The State department was informed-that
Langdon. ' wl-.o is de
scribed as a "total abstainer," was
returning to his ship early on Jan
uary Si using a flashlight to pick
his way along an ice-covered street.
The sentry was on duty before the
headquarters of the Japanese 11th
division.?- - ;
"The final story and full admis
sion of theJ sentry." the summary of
the report of the investigating board
a 'received bv the "State dcoartmeivt
added, '''made after thorough -iu-'
terrogation by the - Japanese board
..investigation and court of inquiry'.
va that the sentry left Ins post, fan
across the street,? three times caviled
'halt and that 'Lieutenant Langdon
did not halt. The sentry said that
he then ' took position 'three paces
in front of Lieutenant Langdon with
his . rifle held at 'charge ' bayonets.'
Lieutenant Langdon'' then stopped,
according to the sentry's ston', and
shifted the electtil pocket 1amp to
his left hand, groping with his right
hand in the pockets , of his Over
coat.' The sentry asserted that he
himself then took the position 'for
action' and queried Lieutenant Lang
donwith the words' 'Russian or
mericaAi' (
v- Sentry WasQlxcited.
"The sentry admitted that he was
very excited, but protested that he
did not intend to shoot Lieutenant
Langdon, but that his purpose was
to seize Lieutenant Langdon's flash
light, and compel him toaccompany
him to the guard in order that he
might ascertain who the lieutenant
was. , He declared that he then dis
charged his rifle accidentally. He
added that after lie! had discharged
his rifle by accident -and wounded
Lieutenant Langdon in the breast.
Lieutenant Langdon fired two or
three revolver shots at him."
Memorial services fdt Lieutenant
Langdon will be held .tomorrow at
the Y.-M. C. A. building, in Vlad
ivostok. , ' ; ' "'
Russian Wife of Slain
Officer Kills Herself
Manila. P. . I., Jan. 17. The Rus
sian wife of Naval Lt. Warren H.
LanedOn. American officer killed by
a Japanese sentry at Vladivostok re-
cently,' ended her life upon learning
of her husband's death, according to
a Renter dispatch from Vladivostok.
Lt. Warren H. Langdon, -cruet
engineerof the,U. S. S. Albanyj, was
shot by a Japanese sentry in Vladi
vostok a week ag6 and died later.
Japanese government authorities ex
pressed regret over the incident arid
exchanges between the Washington
and Tokio governments over the
matter are ' proceeding, while Ad
miral Gleaves. commander-in-chief
of the .American Asiatic fleet, is
speeding to Vladivostok with a court
of .inquiry to investigate the shoot-
fag-y . '-- - ; .';
War Veterans Mustfay
Income Tax on Pensions
, Washington, Jan. 17. Onmarried
war veterans must return to the gov
ernment as income tax 4 per cent
of any disability paymer ts ,theyre
ceivc in excess of $1,000 a yiar.'The
Treasury, department ruled today
thaf it could not exempt sucb"ex
scrvicelnen, although those still in
the service are required to pay only
cn amounts in excess of $3,500 a
year.' War risk insurance tnvmcnts,
hojve
Log'
however, are nor taxable.
ggers Accept Cdt in Pay :
Of .OheThird in Washington
Hoquiamn Wash., Jan. 17. A cut
of 33 l3 per cent in wages of loggers
in the Gray s Harbor district became
effective today, upon agreement of
employers am fmplove through the
waee scale board. The new mini -
mum wace is 4 m inzgms camps.
The employes accepted the reduction
so that logging camps might resume
U'ork. ..- ' ,., . .'
OMAHA, v TUES0AY, JANUARY 18, 1921.-
W Will Convene
congress on April 4
Washington. Jan. 17. President
Elect Harding practically has de
cided to call a special session of the
new Congress on April 4. members of
the house ways and means commit
tee were informed today by Chair
man Fordney, who has just returned
from a conference with Mr. Harding
at Marion. .. ' -
Mr. Fordney discussed with the
president-elect "general taxation and
tariff questions which will he among
the more important subjects to come
before the special session of the
new congress. '. '
Widower Wins
Diamond Ring
Replevin Suit
Circlet Jleld in Custody Pend
ing Appeal of Case hy Wid
ow, Who Claims Gem as
- Gift to Her.
. J. Morns, 54-year-old widower,
resident of the Young Men' Chris
tiahN association, won his diamond
ring replevin suit against Mrs. Cath
erine DeBolt, widow, of Drake court,
in municipal court yesterday. - ...
Mr. Morris, however, is in nom
inal, rather than actual possession
of the ring, because Judge ' A. E.
Baldwin, who heard the case, gave
the disputed circlet into the custody
of the clerk of the court, pending
an appeal bf the case to the district
court by Mrs. DeBolt'sattofney.
The testimony of the litigants re
vealed the story of their long friend
ship turned to hate. Mrs. DeBolt
knew the late Mrs, Morris many
years and during the lattcr's life
time the DeBolts and Morrises were
on intimate terms- of friendship's!
When Mrs. Morns died 12 years
ago the situation found Mrs. DcBoJt
and Mr. Morris both bereft of their
-mates. .,' ....
Claims Ring as Gift, v .
The testimony offered yesterday
showed that Mr. Morris visited -the
widow frequently and about a year
ngo Mrs. DeBolt told Mr. Morris she
believed it was time that he should
declare his intentions; that i she
thought -they should be mariied or
quit. On that occosion Mr. Morris
have to Mis. DeBolt the diamond
ring v hich h tertified had a sacreti
Hiemcry for him in thnt i had been
worn by hii late wifef. The agree
mei.l was that 'vhen M-r. Morris re
tnrne to Onnha in "the fall they
would arrive at an "understanding,"
according. to Mrs. DeBolt, although
.Mr. Morris denied that he eer dis
'cussed marriage with her.
Mrs. DeBolt testitfe-! n t the.hr.g
was a gift, whereas Mr.. Morris .in
sisted that he atlowed the woman to
wea it. because, she requested hitti
and because ' of her friendship for!
Mrs: ; Horriif.-r - No en gigement to
niarty her was claiir.ed by. Mis.'Dci
Bolt, who tven admitted on txaminai
tion that she, has ben a::d now.is1
keeping company with a man other:
than" Mr. -Morris and that before
their estrangement Mr. Morris had
cognizance of and approved of the
ether' man in, the case. . 1 I
Friendship Turned to Hate.
The break between Mrs. DeBolt
and Mr. Morris occurred, recently, j
She testified that Mr. Morris called
at her apartments on New- Year's
(Tufi to Page Two, Column Ob.) "y
Wireless Record Is 1 '
Broken in Relaying A---
v Newspaper Message
-' t '
Hartford, Conn., -Jan. 17. What
is claimed to be a world's ?ecord for
civilian wireless transmission was
made today when a mesage from the
Hartford Gourant io the Los Angeles
Times was relayed by the station of
Hiram Percy Maxim here. The re
ply came in one hour and eight min
utes. ;- . , i . : ' , ' .
r'Seyeral midwestorn stations oper
ated by hiembers of the American
radio relay league, the national or
ganization of noncommercial - wire
less operators, assisted in relaying
the test message. -" :
A record of one hour and 20 min
utes for cross-continent relay of a
wireless message was made by;thc
iMaxim station more than three years!
1 ..'1. .t tt - ,. T
p.go and untih today all . attempts.
mate riallv- to reHnrp tl('-tiin 'liait
Wailed. Tomorrow another attempt
wilVbe made tobetter the new. see
ord and beginning February 1," 24
amateur aperators will attempt ith'
both wireless telegraph and niKqtel
ephones to talk aevross the Atlantic.
Senate Favors Bill to . :
' ; Make Good Sugar Losses
Washington, Jah., 17. The senate
agriculture committee today - ap
proved Senator Wadswotth's bill
authorizing the sugar' equalization
board to take over the sugar pur
chased in Argentina by the American
Trading company for the account of
the Department ,of Justice during the
period of sugar shortage and high
prices in this country. Under the
measure the government will stand
the loss on the purchase, estimated at
$1,800,000, due to the drop in prices.
$23,000 in Liherty Bonds
StolerFrom Bank in Ohio
Marion, O., Jan.""-17. Liberty
bonds and thrift stamps estimated at
$25,000 were stolen by robbers who
broke intd the XorthN BloAinfield j bor ageuf said there was every in
Banking company at North Alcorn- dicatiorf that -the number of unem-
field, 12 mile from here, last night
and rifled 45 of the 50 safety deposit
boxes. " . ;
St. Joseph Sutuihan Bank i
nil j idaa . o. ' '
Aouueu oi uy m Oianips
St. Joseph. Mo., Jan.1 17. Robbers
broke ihto the Fanners' S'.ate bank
! at Rca. Mo., 20 miles north of here
cany IUU4) dim iiuiauH'U .p-uu 111
postage stamps $iid $41 in pennies:
They also carrier off a number of
f afety deposit boxes fV
A Barrier or Counter
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Ex-Grown Prince
Tells Reason for
Avoiding
nv
Frederick j William Says Un-I
' rest Would Be Caused- by4
Return I to Ofatherland )
'Childin Study Htrd
The, Hague,1 Jan. A7.-
Frederick
William,
former crpwn prince
of
Germany, in an interview gH'en the
editor of a German weekly published
in The Netherlands' tells why he
does ot return to Germany, why
his wife does not join him at -ier-ingen,
and -why hfitloes not join his
father at Doom. He al sets forth
his plans regarding the education of
his sons,' ' - - . '
"I .would - be. glad to return, to
Germany and I would be happy if
I could devote myself to agriculture,
particnlajly ; horse breeding," heis
quoitedf as sayiii.if. "I would rejojee
to associate with A the learned- men
at Breslau 'university and regain
what I lost. I would like to help
build uo the fatherland, but that,
cannot be. ' v N
Fatherland Needs Rest
"Mv many inends would see my
. . . . . . . i
hand in every de&d ' which others
might begin', but of which . I, per
haps, would know nothing. Unresi
would follow and oiir poor father
land needs rest. ' " , '
"Why does not my wife-come here?
RpIipvp me sh wnnlit cladlv.do so.
i But there is no chance of such happi
ness. Shev has the training of our
children at heart and must direct it.
Our sons must learn to make them
selves useful commercially. Wilhelv
and Lula, are., now going to the
gymnasium at Potsdam. The elder
wants to become an expert farmer.
Lula1 feets that he has the talent
r . . .1 ' . 1
for 'a mercfntile career and is plan
hing a iour.of the world in a Ger
man' njercbant "ship, and to learn
modern languages. They are stody
ing hard. They need a father's care,
too. Jjut that cannot be. T
'Vi JS Parents.
! "1 tannot go to my parents. Our
opponents- are trying to put us in
the position of being ready to setHhe
world on .fire " and if wc,were to
gether, then, in the eyes of tjur oupor
nents, the overthrow of tlfe world
woild be it question of but a short
time. ' j ,
"As for buying an estate in Hol
land, where would I get the money.'
particularly in vicv of tha low rate
of German exchange?"
Federal Report .Shows
Unemployment on Decline
Chicago, Jag. 17. A r.urvcy of
Chicago jndpslries, made 'public to
day by the Department of Labor,
placed the number, of unemployed
here at 90,000. - Previous unofficial
estimates had- indicated that there
were 200,000 persons without work hi
the city. ,
G, H. Burns, Department of La
ployed would decease.
Armenian flJrla Aro 1,1
Highest Bidder Here
Frwnoi, La!.. Jr.ti. 1. The arrest
; 0f sen en Amer: ;:n girls and a promi
nent Armenian randier ot i,one
Star, near here, revealed today', ac
cording to George W. Moore, United
States iiumtgraiion cbmmis.'.i'oner. a
plot by which Armenian girls- are
brought into the United States and
sold to the highest bidder.
By Mall (I rnr. Intltft 4h tan ' Calif tuMay. ti Dill 0l. (1: Suniar. 14
Outilaa 4th 24 (I iar), Oall) (aa twin. !: Oall Oal, 112; land Oaly. IS
Ebwden Calls On,
Harding At Marion
Opponent of President-Elcct
at Chicago Convention Is .
Uor. x
Maioiii ; 6., ;Jaa . 17.4frank' : Q.
Lowdch, former : governor - of 1H?
i ois and a. leading candidate last
year' lor the republican presidential
nomination, was called into, consul
tation by President-elecL Harding
todr.y to discuss varioi problems of
the coming administration.' Mr. Low
den has beenx mentioned , variously
for a cabinet portfolio and for a dip
lomatic mission, With speculation fa1
voring the! latter.
Will H. Hays, tba republican na
tional chairman,, was another of Mr.
Harding's callers during the tlay7 The
day's appointment list alfo "included
Jacob S. Coxey of Massilou, O., the
oife-time leader, of "Coxey's army."
Makers of Home Brew
Are Subject t6 Fine of
- $1,000. New Rul
... ueiT.un. xuicn.t jan. i. .a ruling,
by -the United States Treasury de
partment at Washington that manu
facturers of home brew beer' are
subject to penalty of $1,000 was re
ceived today by John A. Grogan,
collector of internal revenue f6r the
eastern Michigan district. The rul
ing stipulates manufacture of home
brew is violation, even where there
is no sale or evidence bf consump
tion, it was announced. ; 1
Tji ruling ,was asked in the case
of d Detroit man and the Treasury
department hel'd. according to Gro
gan, that the Detroiter was liable
to penalty as a manufacturer under
section 35 of the national prohibi
tion act. . - .. . '
"The penalty appiles." Mr. Grogan
said, "wherever", intoxicating 'malt
liauors have been manufactured." ;
The penalty, It was explained, is
similar to the percentage quality im
posed on a deluui'icnt taxpayer, and
is not a fine reaul'.ing from criminal
prosecution. 1
North Carolina Infested .", v
Wjth Stills. Says Dry Agent
Raleigh. N. C. ; Jan: 17. Rural
portions of North Carolina are de
scribed asf'infested with violators
of the prohibitioii' laws" by H. G.
Gjiilley, federal pVoliibitiod . director
for North Carolina.' in Tiis annual
report today. '
Illicit stills in the state during the
past year, he said, showed an iiy
crease of 100 per cent.' ' '" V
The Weather
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Nebraska Fair Tuesday ' . 'and
probably Wednesday; rising ".tem
perature Tuesday, i h ', "
towa ijenerauy lair iueoay ana
pr6bably Wednesday; riijing tem
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Wednesday. ';
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Which ?
Session Expense
Bilk Are Passed
Bv Legislature
Appropriations of $64,700 for
Expenses and $116,000 Jor
Salaries Go Through Senate
- On Third Reading.
Lincoln, Jail. 17, (Saccia'.j The
first two' bills 'passed by the 1921
legislature went through (he senaic
pn third reading at its brief session
this afternoon without a dissenting
vo'9-and now await the "governor's
signature.- They are:.
H. R. No. 76, by the finance com
mittee Carries an .appropriation of
$64,700 for expenses of the legisla
ture session. ".
H. R. No. 77, by the finance com
mitteesCarries an appropriation of
$U6,000Jor legislative salaries.
Then the senate listened to a set of
resolutions adopted by the Lancas
ter county, boardj which were pre
sented by Senator C. B. Anderson,
eulogizing .the services Secretary
Johnson of the puWic works depart
ment Senator Hoagland wanted to
refer xthe resolutions to the high
way and bridges committee, but Sen
ator Anderson and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Barlows nggested they should
go to 'the committee investigating the
secretary's confirmation and that is
where they finally were consigned.
Senator Dutton's resolution mem
orializing congrtss to support the
Shepherd-Towuer ,bill in congressv
providing aid for maternity homes,
was unmercifully squelched, lt was
buried under a -chorus of "noes."
There was no discussion v ,
Beebe presented a motio'n, instruct
ing vthe secretary of the senate to
send five copies of the senate daily
journal to addresses provided by the
senators, .ft carried. Resolutions
expressing sympathy to Senator II
iiau on the death of his father were
also passed. ',?
Toledo Bandits'
Two and Get $12,000
Teledo, O., Jan. j!7. Six bandits
killed two railroad officers here . at
noon today after holding up an au
tomobile and seizing, $12,000. be
longing to the New York Central
railroad. Louis Schroeder and A.
E. Long wtre killed in resisting the
highwaymen. The bandits inter
cepted the automobile coming up
town from the Union depot with
pas!eiiger fare receipts.
Elfcs Propose to Save-llerd
f Of Buffalo at Salt Lake
Ogden Utah. Jan.. 17. Past ex
alted rulers of the Ogden Elks'
lodge today sent a. telegram to Wil
liam H. Abott of San Francisco,
grand exalted ruler, suggesting to
him that the ordeof Elks purchase
Antelope island Jn Great S-lt Lake
to prevent extermination of the buf
falo herd on the island and also to
use it as a sanctuary for etk- from
the section of Wyoming, - where
many elk perish each winter. The
telegram said the island could be
purchased for $500,000. The message
proposed an assessment of $1 for
each member of the order.
Fire Destroys Three Stores
Dallas. S. D., Jan. 17. Fire of un
known origin today destroyed three
store and a number of offices and
apartments, causing a' 1-tss estimated
at $75,000.
THREE CENTS
Ar liiy Size
Now Fixed
At 175,000
Military Protests Cause Sen
ate to Increase Maximum
House Adopts Similar''
Resolution.
Recruiting to Be Stopped
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
t blrato Trlhun-Omiih Hr Lraud Wlr.
Washington, Jan. 17. The size of
the regular army was definitely-fixed
by both houses of congress today
at . 175,000 men.
Bj a vote of 41 to 33 the senate
reversed its , action of Friday re
ducing the strength of the army to
150,000 men and repassed the New
resolution directing the secretary of
war to suspend enlistments until a
reduction to 175,000 men was ac
complished, t i .
A few minutes later, the house by
an almost unanimous vote adopted ,
a similar resolution. The measure,
now goes to the president, who in
view of the opposition of the War
department, is expected to Veto it.
Prospects are that it will be passed
over the veto by a wide margin.
Urgld for Economy.
The resolution was urged on tht;
ground of economy. It is expected
to save the government approxi
mately $40,000,000 a year. The size
of the army today is about 235,000
meiij Under the provisions of the
resolution it will reach the-175,000
minimum about next September.
The senate's change., of mind was
influenced "largely by the testimony
cf Secretary. of War Baker and
General Pershing before the military
affairs committee and by the tele
gramss of protests against such a
radical reduction of the army's size
from organizations throughout the ,
country. Mr. Baker considered the
reduction to 150.000 would be flt-
structive to the basic plans of army
organization and General Pershing
thought it would he unsafe to go
below 200,000 men in the rductions.
. Debate Jap Question
Much of the debate revolved about
the Japanese question. Senator Reed
of Missouri and Senator Williams
of Mississippi poohpooed the "yel
low peril," while Senator Phelan of
California, warned the senate that
the necessity for large garrisons ii
Pacific possessions was greater now
than during the war. I Senator Reed
said Japan wouldl never dare to at
tack the United States without the
aid of Great Britain.
"And if there is any dauger of
that," he said, j "this measure for
175,000 men is useless; we should
begin preparing for war on a scale
new. icf ore' seen irif this .'country;'
- Senator Borah of Idaho, t charged
that the- purpose of maintaining a
large standing army waT" to "use it
for policing t purposes in the
Jiu'ted , States which he declared
would increase discontent. "No one,"
he said, "would think of reducing the
size of the army if there was danger
of war with another power, hut I
anj utterly opposed to maintainir?
an army of 175,000 to keep peace in
the United States. That would be
a more deplorable record -than Ger
many's or sovifet Russia's. .
Wants Care, for Veterans.
He strongly-criticized the got-em-mcnt's,
alleged failure to adequately
caro for disabled veterans 'of the war
kwi'hi Germany. .
Senator Keed interrupted to y
that the government in ..some "in
stances has turned ware veterans
into alms houses along with -tiie,
other inmats. "Xotwithstadhrg -the
wtitewash investigation recently
held I know that to be a fact. It
happened in the city of Chicago."
The only votes against the proposal
in he hose were by Bee of Texas.
Blackmon of Alabamt, Coady ot
Maryland and Cramton of Michigan.
There were 285 votes for the limita
tion. Secretary Baker tqld the house
military affairs committee some days
ago tha'r the army now has about
224,000 men. ' He has. asked for a
deficiency appropriation for the
army for the" present year of about
$70,000,000. It was stated in the
house that about $50,000,000 .of this
was-for pay for the army. y
. Planned for 280,000.
The army 'reorganization bill
passed by the republican congress
last spring called for an army of
280.000 men. The apprppf iation bill
that was passed later carried pay for
175,000 men. lt was thought by the
republicans that- Secretary Baker
would not recruit the army beyond
the size provided for in the Da v bill.
Secretary Baker told military affairs
I- .... . r,. ..
coinmuiee ne. ieit Douna Dy tiie re-.,
organization bill, and refused to
subject himself to criticism for not
bringinsr the country uo to a condi
tion of preoaredness provided by law. .
"We have never had such a con
temptuous example of violation of
the-will of the people or of the flaunt
ing of th' expressed Wishes of the
hottsc." said Republican Leader Ml
dell. "The democratic leaders oi
congress who are defending the
secretary of war should be thankful
that this is not a measure of censure
"or the secretary..' But others in ad
ministrative office under tins ad
ministration have defied the law."
Chairman Kahn of the military af
fairs Committee said that under both
the Roosevc!t and Taft administra
toiir. congress had not appropriated
lor rhe full ftrength of the army and.
the then secretaries of war had re
cruited only P to the pay strength
Attempt to Re-Estahlish
Old Rank; in Anny ifaiU
Washington, Jan. 17. Chairman
Wadsworth of the senate militJK
committee made an unsuccessful cf-,
fort today to bring wp the bill re
establishing the grade of lieutenaut
g. nerat and authorizing the president
to appont . three general officers to
that grade. Objection was offered
bv Senators lrancc, republican,
Maryland,xaud Robins u, democrat.
Arkansas s , -
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