VOL. 50 NO. 185.
Democratic
Office Jobs
Efforts of Administration to
Pack Departments With Men
Of Own Selection Checked
By
the Senate. , -'
Republi
Control
icans in
(blvnco Trlbuno-Omalia lira I.rusrd Wire.
Washington, Jan. 18. The senate
abruptly checked effort of President
Wilson, Secretary of War Baker and
.Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
pack the army and navy at the close
of their administration with appoin
tees of their own selection and thus
fo fastft) tinnn :l niiv nrlll-titiictrutirm
their own policies of conducting
vicsc important ueparuuents or gov
ernment. With the opening of the senate
session at noon democrats launched
an unexpected drive to force the re
publicans to abandon their avowed
pointuietit by President Wilson for
the remainder of his terrn.
After two hours of spirited debate
rftid sharp parliamentary fencing, .the
republicans were stilt in control of
the situation and it had been.'vir-
tmmtnntmtic urmilrl hp rntnirmpfi wittl
the exception of about 5.000 minor
officers, commissioned last summer
under the army reorganization act
ntzarion act. 1
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Jhcse were regarded as mere tormal
tDDointmcnts.
Fletcher Starts 'Debate.
s Discussion of the more vital issue
cf major appointments began when
Senator Fletcher of Horida, demo
crat, called up his resolution asking
the post master general to furnish to
the senate, a list of the names of the
war veterans r widows of men
killed in the war, who have been
nominated as postmasters or post
mistresses. Senator Townsend of
Michigan, republican, promptly
moved to pigeon-hole the measure by
referring it to the postoffice com
mittee. The motion was carried by
a strict partisan vote.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
democrat, nude several ineffectual
attempts to force the senate into ex
ecutive session to consider the nom
inations sent to the senate by Presi
dent Wilson at this session. The
success of ft motion would have
given the democrats a slight tactical
advantage, so the republicans quickly
voted it down. j
Senator Underwood. the demo
cratic leader, then proposed a unan
imous consent agreeniclp to deal
with army and :navy appointments.
Hft.said he had no fault. to find with
the republicans for taking advantage
of thetr control to hold up all civil
nominations but he . declared -u
would be nothing short of "a enrrie
to permit politics to intfere with
the confirmation of military appoint
ments. A large number of the mil
itary appointments, he pointed out,
were made by President Wilsoft un
der his reces authority and unless
the senate confirmed them now they
would expire on March 4. Officers
in sucb positions, he said, would ibe
"forced into the street" and com
pelled to "tear the epaulets from
their shoulders," notwithstanding
their achieyments in the world war.
Senator ' Lodge, the ' republican
leader, said he had fto disposition
to hold up such appointments, bu
he emphatically declared that under
no circumstances would he permit
the confirmation of apoomtmenis of
bureau chiefs and other high oftt
cials in the army and navy. ,
Lodge Looking Ahead.
"Some of these appoinWnts will
have to be considered very care
fullv," he said, "especially those of
chief importance. If I can prevent.
I will not permit the bureaus of
the War and Navy, departments to
be packed with appointees of the
present administration to hamper the
next administration for the next
four years." ' , ' r
It was finally agreed to reter
"original appointments," consisting
largely of lieutenants and captains
of the army, to the military affairs
.mitto. tn he sifted, and assur-
ancs were later given that these
nominations
other
I I
ments.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, re-
publican, tola tne senate a uis-1
aStrOUS Sliuaiioil wuuiu i.su'i
the patent office unless the senate
confirmed the commissioner ot pat-
ems. x nere wouia nu ui
sign patents after March 4, he said,
68 Passengers Burned to
Death in Railroad "Wreck
Copenhagen, Jan. 18. Sixty-eight
passengers on a Russian railway
train running from Luga,, on, the
Gulf of Finland, to Noyogorod,
southeast of Petrograd. were burned
to death when a quantity of benzine
ieing carried as freight exploded
and wrecked the train, says a
Hclsingfors dispatch to the ( 5"
lingske Tidende today. The train
caught fire from the flaming fluid.
Holland Denies Kaiser and
; I Family Ordered to Leave
The Hague, Jan. 18. The official
correspondence bureau todav denied
. . ...
reports m circulation mat ine mem
bers of the Hohenzollern family had
been ordered to leave Holland be
cause it was reported the allied
diplomats here informed the DuKrh
government that the Hohenzollenis
were planning a counter-revolution
in Germany. .
n w a . a nn
' For Neff s Inauguration
Austin, Tex.. Jan. 18. Me.xicoi's
delegation to the inauguration of Pat
M. Neff, as governor of Texas, ar
rived in Austin today. The party is
composed of 31 Mexican citizens, in
cluding several of national repute. .
Are Held Up
would be confirmed, xne appoint- a Kenera. breakdown and a heart at-,
ment of 11 major generals and sev- fcion ..... . .
eral thousand other higher officuns p
of the War department will have to1 Actjon 0f North Dakota
wait, along wito practically an otner
in all otner qepari-
Eat.rt4
Omaha P.
Fremont Man Robbed
By Two Armed Banjdits j
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special
Telegram. Arthur J. Lynch, fore
man at the city light plant,' was
held up and roboed by two masked
men as he was 'returning hqnie frorh
work about 10:30. The bandits
eniplned his pockets of money and
valuables amounting to over $75.-
While riding his bicycle toward
home in the south part of the city,
he was halted near the railroad
yards by a stranger who asked for
a match. As he attempted to. pro
ceed another bandit stepped from
beside a building and shoved a gun
against his stomach, ordering him
to "come through." No trace of
the two men was fotnyf.
Five Youthful '
Bandits Hold Up
U.S. Mail Truck
Twelve Sacks, Including 10
Pouches of Registered Mat
ter, Taken in Bold Daylight
Rohbery in Chicago
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!. Five youthful
rl,,pncrit Tan IS
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Inndils rt nn a ITnitdl States mail
truck at the Union station here early
today, escaping in an ( automobile
with 12 sacks of mail. '10 of which
contained registered mail. Police
say that the pouches contained part
of a federal reserve bank money ship
ment destined for St. Paul.
The bandits, surprised three postal
.u-
employes sull:l" juvi.t-o,
forc;ng them at the point of guns
HacK into tneir rrucK wuue ine uan
dit car drew alongside and the 12
mail bags were transterrea to n.
The robbers worked swiftly and the
robbery was accomplished! in a few
minutes.
The regular mail was , composed
solely of city collections, the police
say. The registered mail bags were
supposed to contain currency and
bonds of a value not yet estimated.
Robbers Work Fast.
n.i. nf ttn. rir.ctal emoloves 'said
that only a few minutes, after theyJ
had arrived at the station wun mtir
truck the bandit car dashed up. The
police believe the robbery was an
inside job and that the bandits had
knowledge of the bank shipment.
. Thomas Carter, Richard J. Sliney
and Phillip Cahill. postal employes,
said the five robbers, none of whom
appeared to be more than 20, all
wore-black masks and executed the
robbery so quickly that the atten
tion of a watchman and a railroad
mail .foreman working nearby was
not attracted until the . bandit car
was. speeding away with the l
pouches. ' " : V '
Wife of Millionaire
Carpet Man Is Sought
i VWxx Disappearance
.. New York, Jan. 18.-A - general
alarm was sent out last mghl for the
apprehension of Mrs. EUa er
cntsen of Mount Vernon, N. Y wne
of Richard Bcreutscn. millionaire
carpet man who mysteriously "ap
peared from her home in Mount
Vernon Sunday night. . ! t ,
Mrs. Bcrentscn had just returned
from a sanitarium m Sttmtord,
Conn., where she had been treated
for nervous, troubles. She hid been
confined there twice. , , '
Upon arriving home she inquired
repeatedly for her two children, -5
and 11 years old, who are w!h rela
tives in Cambridge. Mass Her Hus
band assured her the children would
i it-, a rlavnr two ailQ MfS.
Berentsen retired at 9 o clock Sun-I
day night. A halt. Hour laier
husband discovered that, she was
..missing. . : . .
"Little Grandmother" of
Russian Revolution 111
Paris Jan. 18 Madame Cath
erine Breshkovskaya, "the little
grandmother of the Russian revolu
tion," who came to Paris recently
from Ruthenia, to attend the cor
ference here of the remnant of the
old Russian' duma. is seriously .ill m
the Russian hospital at Boulogne
near Paris. She was taken to the
institution last week suffering from
Rail Board to Be Probed
,'Qcliinrtr.n Tan 18Oll DPtition
L the railroads operating in North
laKOia, ine nuersiaie ivmmciu
ituimiisiun ui uci c u vv..viaj : "
vestigation into the failure of the
state .railways commission 10 gram
iiicicdso m iiaaotM6 .
equal to those allowed by the fed-
eral commission op interstate rates.
Knowledge tff Mprse
Code Saves Man From
Death by Suffocation
Philadelphia, Jan. 18. Locked for
nearly six hours in i hermetically
sealed concrete and steel vault in
the city treasurer's office last night,
a knowledge of the Morse telegraphy
probably saved the life of Arthur
Prnnt- iiclin' ritv treasurer. " it
'became known today. A mouse, also
locked in, failed to survive,
j Brenner entered the vault, a room
13 teet square and1 tcet ntgn, rive
minutes before closing time yester
day, hunting for a warrant. While
he was there the big I steel doors
swung shut. He shouted ( for help
without attracting notice. ', - .
He pulled open every drawer and
piled the hooks on the floor to get
the- maximum amount of air and
then slept for a 'while, with his face
us near the bottom of the door as
possible. When he awoke, his hand
came in contact with a wooden slat
and remembering that Charles Hock-,
wald a night watchman, also could
telegraph, he pounded put in morse;
"I am locked in." -
"Will get help," came the answer
from Hockwald. who ;mied'atfly
telenoticd for a mnn who Vncw ih
vault's combination. , , .
The Omaha
ral-Ciaii Matter Mir !. IMS. at
0. UaH.r Act al Mirth 1. l7S.
Balloonist
r y ,:jes
iWci ships
a
All Mention of Fight at End
Of Long Journey Avoided -In
Testimony of Lieu
tenant Kloor.
Acts Not Questionable
lty The Ao iutcil l'rem.
Rockaway, N. Y., Jan. 18. Avoid
ing any mention of the fist fight be
tween Lieutenants llinton and Far
rell, which brought to a surprising
denouement their balloon flight into
Canadian wilderness and tramp back
to civilization, Lieut. Louis A. Kloor,
jr., who commanded the party, de
scribed their experiences today be
fore the naval court of. inquiry. .
"Newspaper accounts have v re
flected on the actions of your two
companions," the coifrt said ."Now
ttate what you know of the personal
conduct of the party."
Picking his words, Lieutenant
Kloor praised the personal conduct
of .his companions until they reached
Mattice, where the fight occurred.
"That's all I 'have to say," he de
clared, but the court remiiuled him
his story had not brought the air
men back to Rockaway. '
Then he mentioned that Lieutenant
Hiuton had left the private car in
which Ihe twb of them were seated at
Mattice, to deliver to Lieutenant Far
rell, Secretary Daniels' order against
granting interviews. -
Avoids Mention of Fight. f
."Hinton said he would tell Farrell,
and in doing so he had to go to the
Hudson . Bay company ' store, after
which he returned to the private car,"
Lieutenant .Kloor said.
It was vvhtle Hinton, was gone that
the fight occurred, but the witness
made no mention of it. , '
"The conduct of Lieutenants - Hin
ton and Farrell on our return from
Mat. ice," he continued, "was in no
way questionable." , '
Concluding. Lieutenant Kloor
turned to the newspaper men and
smiled. He was then excused.,
During-the weeks they spent in
the northern forests, at Moose Fac
tory and in trudging through the
snow back to civilization. Lieutenant
Kloor, said each man made sacrifice
aftef. sacrifice."
Small Food Supply. "
The party left, Rockaway with
food to provide three meals, he said.
They carried no balloon log and the
only maps were charts of New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Penn
sylvania. - ' . . 1 (
xAtcr explaining that. i&eutt have
been -easy to have lauded at VcIls,
N. Y.;. on the" evening they left,
Lieutenant Kloor said jthey failed to
locate Wells on a chart before go
inaf on. When they asked inhabi
tants how.far it was to Albanv, he I
aauco, tne oniy reply was: now
should we know?"
"You have put Wells on the map
now, so you'll know where it is the
next . time," remarked Rear Admiral
Kline, head'of the court;
.Lieutenant Hinton sat near Lieu
tenant Kloor throughout his testi
mony. He probably will be quizzed
tomorrow and Lieutenant Farrell,
also.
Man and Woman Perish ;
v In Blaze Following
Explosion pf Films
Bayonne, N. J. Jan. 18. Two per
sons, one a 5 young woman, were
killed and 10 injured in a fire which
swept a building housing several
film manufacturing concerns.
The dead were Miss Ethel Suck
ow. 24, and a man believed to be
Arthur Post, 21. , '
Miss Suckov. perished by Jump
ing from a fire escape at the second
floor after'shc had been; carried
through the flames by a- watchman.
Enveloped bv flames, .she leaped to
the street. The charred body of a
man believed to be that of , Post,
was found on the scctfnd floor.
Exploding films hurled burning
debris 200 feet, setting fire to sev
eral dwellings and threatening to
communicate ' with a l.OOfr-gallon
trnk of gasnlme in a welding shop
nearby, which also was fired, by "V
ing embers. These fires were quick
ly checked, however.
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Reorganization of U. S.
Red Cross Work Planned
. Washington, Jan, 18. Plans are
under consideration for the reorgan
ization of the 13 physical divisions
of the American Red Cross in the
United States, it was-learned. At a
meeting of the central committee to
be held soon, proposals will be made
tiat the country be rediviiled into
riot 'more than six or seven main
divisions. '
If was. said that should the action
be approved by the central commit
tee, a saving of at least $500,000 a
year would be accomplished through
the abandonment, of the division
headquarters ' and rtleuction in per
sonnel without Jcsscning the organi
zation's efficiency. '; '
Northern Pacific Shops
To Go on 5-Day Week Basis
Spokane," Jan. lb.--Mechanical dc
partniits of the. Northern Pacific
railway witl be put on a five-day
v?cek basis -before the end of the
present month, it was announced by
Charles Donnelly, president of the
road. v:
He said that the proposed change
for which "slow rail business' 7s re
sponsible, would involve no decrease
in pay. v,
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, Actor Is Injured s-
Hadlyme..Conn., Jan. 18. William
Gillette, the actor, is suffering from
a dislocated shoulder received' by a
fill on his house 'boat, the -Aunt
Polly, Saturday evening.. .
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OMAHA WEDNESDAY,
Growers Ask Tariff
" On Imports of Sugar
Washington, Jan. 18. Former
Representative Juhn J. Fitzgerald of
New York, representing sugar refin
ers at the house ways and means
committee's tariff hearings, revived
the row over Louisiana sug?r prices.
He declared the government had
penalized the rest of the country to
save a few Louisiana growers.
R. E. Milling of New Orleans,
for the ' growers, retorted that the
remers wanted "to get a grip on the
sugar industry and make the people
pay for it."
Milling asked for a 3 cent a pound
duty on sugar as against the refin
ers' request, for elimination of the
present duty.
Miners Declare -Troops
Are Held
To Break Strike
Editor of Journal .Says State
Forces , of Alabama Have
Shotj and Searched Homes
. of Strikers at Will.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18.
CJiarges that state troops being held
in the. coal fields near Jasper. Ala.
are there for no 'other purpse than
to break the strike of miners are,
made in .a statement issued today
from the offices of the United Mine
Workers of America. '
According to the statement offi
cials of the mine workers were not
surprised to learn that 10 soldiers
of the Alabama national guard had
been arrested at Jasper in connec
tion with the killing of William
Baird. a coal miner, who was taken
by force from jail. Baird was being
held on a charge of murdering I
member of the militia.
The statement -prepared by Ellis
Searles, editor of the United Mine
Workers Journal, said:
"This is one of a series of out
rages that have been committed
against the striking miners of Ala
bama. Gunmen in the employ of
the coal companies have shot up
miners' homes and wounded women
and children. They have shot down
a number of miners for. sio reason
whatsoever except to create a reign
of terror to break the strike. Fif
teen hundred Alabama state troops
have been in the strike zone for four
months at a cost to the state of ap
proximately $600,000, but there has
been nothing for them to do because
the striking miners have been law
abiding and have indulged in no dis-i-ders.
"The 'military authorities havejs
sued orders forbidding all meetings
of the United Mine Workers."
Irnme&afe Probe of - '
Department of Justice
Urged by New Yorkei
New York, Jan. 18. An immedi
ate congressional investigation of
the Department of Justice and the
office of the alien property custodian,
was recommended, by Samuel Un
termyer, in an address tonight. Mr.
Untermyer, who as chief counsel in
the legislative committee's investiga
tion of the alleged "building trust"
has obtained numerous indictments,
declared he had pot direct legal evi
dence against the two departments.
"There has iever been a govern
mental department, national or
.state," he said, "so urgently in need
of immediate and painstaking in
vestigation as are those- of. the alien
property custodian and the Depart
ment of Justice, dating from the en
actment of the ahen property custo
dian law: But the investigations
must be conducted, if at all, under
skillful searching and strictly non
partisan, direction, with the aid of
experienced counsel."
Lahor Department Reports
Decrease in Food Prices
Washington, Jan. 18. An average
decrease of 8 per cent in retail prices
of-22 food articles in December as
compared with November, was noted
in statistics compiled by the Labor
department. Compared to Decem
ber, 1919, the decrease was 10 per
cent.
The products and decreases were:
Oranges 27 per cent; pork chops.
25; sugar, 18; ham, 13; bacon, but
ter and lard 11; round steak, flour
and bananas 10. Raisins increased
36 per cent, rolled oats, 18 per cent
and. storage eggs," cream of wheat
and macaroni, 9 per cent.
Morphine Smuggled Ashore
From Ship in Parrot Cage
New York, Jan. 18. A statement
that $15,000. worth of morphine had
been smuggled ashore from an
Italian steamer- in Brooklyn in a
parrot cage covered with cloth was
made when four men were booked
at police headquarters on a charge
of violating the Harrison drug act.
D'Annunzio to Quit Fiume ;
This Week for Switzerland
Trieste, Jan. 18. Gabriele D'An
nunzio, former insurgent leader at
Fiume, will .leave that pity this week,
having obtained passports vises for
Switzerland. Greece, Spain and
Fiance, "s Five hundred of his
lcgionaires still remain in Fiume.
Clara Smith Hamon Trial
Set for March Term of Court i
Ardmore, Okl., Jan. 18. The trial
of "Mrs. Clara, Smith Hamon, at
liberty on bonds, charged with
murder in connection with the death
of Jake L.NHamon, lias been set for
Match 8 in district court of Carter
county, it was announced. (
U S. Seeks Cahle Injunction.
New York, Jan., 18. Injunction
proceedings to prevent the Western
Union Telegraph company " from
land its cable from the Barbados
at. Miami, Fla., to which official ob-r
je.ction ha been made, were insti
tuted by the government. ,'
Daily
JANUARY 19, 1921.
Mr
Department Row
Over Cork Mayor
Still Hangs Fire
Wilson Adheres to Stand Not
To Interfere in Deportation
r" ""Case of "Doiiald-
- ' c .
' Washington, Jan. 18. The inter
departmental contrpversy over Don
ald J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor of
Cork, who recent! v arrived without
a passport, was still unadjusted after
a cabinet meeting.
President Wilson, it is understood,
continued to maintain that the ques
tion of O'Callaghan's status was one
for. the two department heads of
Labor and State to determine.
With the State department's
order for the lord mayor's deporta
tion ignored by the Labor depart
ment . in adjudging O'Callaghan a
"seaman" and in granting him per
mission to land and reship aboard
a vessel bound abroad, the solicitor
of the State department rcafffrmed
that his department had the right to
assume jurisdiction and order the
mayor's deportation.
A conference of State department
officials, however, . tailed to disclose ,
what steps might be decided unon
with a view to enforcing the decree.
It was stated by one official that
no immediate action of an extreme
character was contemplated, although
it was asserted it was within the
State department's power to request
the Department of Justice to deport
O'Callaghan for violating a criminal
Statute in entering the United St.He
without a passport.
Founder of Sinn Fein .
To Be Court Martialed
Dublin, Jan. 18. Arthur Griffith,
founder of the Sinn Fein organiza
tion, who was arrested in his home
litre on the' morning of November
26, will be court-martialed if the
present plan of the authorities are
carried out. The date of the court
martial, However, has not yet been
set. y
. A recent dispatch - from Dublin
said the arrest of Arthur Griffith and
others on November 26 was based
on an effort to, ascertain responsibil
ity for the use of Irish republican
funds in operations resulting in loss
of lives among ' British troops. It
sajd Eamonn de Valera. "president
of the Irish republic," might be held
to be the source of those funds.
Prohe of Siberian Move Is
Ahkcd by Hi Johnson
Washington; "".Jan. 18. investiga
tion of the United States expedition
to Siberia was proposed by Senator
Johnson, republican. California, in a
resolution introduced tod.iv and re
ferred ,to the foreign relations coinr
mittee. . It was proposed that th
committee inquire into the accom
plishments of American troops in Si
beria and also the present conditions
of Americans and their business in
teresjs there. '
Chicago State's Attorney
To Name Women Assistants
Chicago, Jan. 18. State Attorney
Robert E. Crowe announced .he
would appoint one or more women
as assistant and that in the future,
all women on trial in Cook county
would be prosecuted by women at
torneys. , "The average woman is more
competent to understand the prob
lems of a delinquent girl or womuu."
he said..
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Safety First
Brooklyn Zoo Lioness
V Undergoes Pleasures
Of, Modern Dentistry
New York, Jan. 18. Seven years
ago under an African sun, Queenie
wobbled unsteadily through the
jungle, a cub liofcess, born to wild
life iii. an untamod land.
-v';fTday,-m the Brooklyn zoo. she
: g'aSiJetT'"TiV' SgOfiV "r while "a den tist,
aided by keepers broke out a black
ened tusk which ' had agiven her a
toothach.
Her teeth had succumbed to the
white man's civilization.' t
A half hoiir of . uproar and the
lioness was made fast. ' A side of
the cage was opened and her head
dragged out.' Then (he park depart
ment veterinary began his work
while Queenie strained at the ropes
which bound her. Keepers wita a
rope about her head, held it down
as, gently as possible and placed a
crow bar between her jaws.
Wrlicn Queenie was released she
rpared and tried to leap to her fect,
but she was too weak. ' .
French Troops Disarm
Mutinous Cossacks
Near Constantinople
. f
Constantinople, Jan. 18. (By The
Associated Press.) French black
troops turned their machine guns on
mutinous Cossacks of General
Wrangcl's former army encamped
at Tchatalja, 25 miles northwest of
Constantinople, Saturday night, after
the Cossacks had disarmed their of
ficers. The Russians returned the
fire, killing 10 Scncgalcz and wound
ing 20 others and two French offi
cers. The French encircled the Cos
sacks' camp and ultimately got the
mutineers under control. The lead
ers of the uprising were placed un
der arrest and are being court
martialed by the French military.
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Boston Stock Brokerage
Firm - Fails, Is Announcenielit
Boston, Jan. 18. The stock
brokerage house of Ernest S. Smith
& Co., members of the New York
and Boston stock exchanges, today
announced that they were unable to
meet their obligations. The an
nouncement ' was ' read from the
rostrum of the local exchange which
declared them suspended for one
year.. '
Swiss Socialist Parly
j 1 Rejects Internationale
P.crne, Switzerland, Jan. 18. Re
jection of Moscow's conditions for
adhesion to the third Internationale
has been voted by the socialist party
of Switzerland at a general confer
ence held here The conference cast
..420 votes for rejection of the'eon
ditions, as 'against 912 fot their ac
ceptance. ' -
Trainloads of Supplies
On Way lo Polish Forces
"' I.ondon.--Jan. 18. Trains arc ar
riving daily in Danzig, loaded with
artillery supplies. bomb throwers
and ammunition for the Polish army,
says a wireless from Moscow, quot
ing rqports from Danzig. The Po
lish nrinyl the dispatch adds, is hur
riedly being organized under the
direction of French officers. -
Scores Closed Shop.
Chicago, Jan. 18. J. II. Glcen,
secretary, of the Illinois Manufac
turers' association. ' in an address,
said that the closed shop is a burden
on industry, "Unionism meansCiir
tailmcnt of production and ineffi
ciency," he asserted. . .
Film Explosion
Wrecks Building;
Two Are Killed
Charred Bodies of People, Ap
parefitly Blown Through
Window, Found Near "
' Railroad Tracks.
Bayounc, N. J., Jan. 18. Two per
sons were killed and more than 10
injured in an explosion and fire in
the plant of the IcJlows Film com
pany here today.
Two charred bodies, apparently
blown through a window of the
plant, were found beside the track?
of the Central Railway near the fac
tory. One apparently was that of a
woman. . -' '
Firemen worked desperately to
ehprlf ttl flampc. anil' rnc... .tlm.-..
who might ,yct be inside the build- j
ma. ( V-
'en injured persons- were taken
to the Bayonne hospital.
'Fifteen - persons ' were inside the
small .building when the explosion
occurred. Instantly the structure
wasi wrapped in flames, -
The fire was caused by the igni
tion of films which flared up with
a blast that shattered windows in
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lobaccorlanterand
Wife of Neighbor Are
Held for Elopement i
Atlanta, Ga , Jan. 18l Charles
Grimes, tobacco planter and stock
man of liarrodsburg, Ky.. and -Mrs.
Cora Adkinson, wife, of another
Harrodsburg farmer, were under ar
rest here today charged with having
abandoned their families and eloped.
Grimes left his wifeand six children
while Mrs. Adkinson left her hus
band and four children. The couplet
tola the ponce here that several
times since leaving Harrodsburg in
an automobile for Florida they were
inclined to ttirn back and seek for
giveness. . Grinies gave the follow
ing reason for not doing so:
ou know now it is in mv coun-J
try. When a man runs off with an
other man's wife, the husband is
supposed to do some shooting."
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Connecticut Suffrage
-Association Disbands
New Haven, Conn., Jan. . 18.
About 51 years of efforts and with
its ambition accomplished,, the Con
necticut Woman Sulfrage association
dissolved. Among'theso who in 1869
formed '-the association were Susan
B. Anthony,- Isabellc Beecher Hook
er. Harriet Beecher . Stowed . Julia
Ward Howe, the Rev. C. V.. Stowe,
ar.d William Llovd Garrison. The
. - ii'...ir....i l
r ranees Lllen Uurr. b9, alone is
living of the pioneer hqiul. ' She was
sccretarv from 186, to 1910.
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THREE CENTS
Wage Fight
On Increase
In theHouse
Bill Providing lor Boost in
Membership From 435
To 483 Meets Storm eft
Protest. e
Leaders Predict Defeat
lly Thn AKWH'latrd Trma.
Washington, Jan.' 18. After five
hours of argument, the house, liks
a jury not required to be locked
up, went home to deliberate over the
iwoposal to increase its membership
from 4.15 to 483.
Such a storm of protest was raised,
however, to the bill that house leaders-
predicted the verdict tomorrow
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for an amendment holding seats to
the present total. The debate
touched every possible point, al
though Reprr. scntativc Clark, for-
mcr democratic leader, declared !t
was not different . from tllat heard
after cvoty decennial-census for a
half century. V, . ' .. ' "
Rising to speak in opposition lo
the bill. Representative Esch repub- ,
lican. Wisconsin, who failed 6t re
election last year after a service of
22 years, was greeted by a demon
stration. Then he declared the
house could not justify it action
in adding to the membership simply
to save one seat in Maine ;andati
other in Missouri. " : , ,: ; ' ! ;"v-
People Want Efficiency.
. "Why can't this house have the '
courage to say it will not ao, tnair
he asked. "The people are not so
much concerned with the number
of representatives as they are with
the question of ability and efficiency.
It is ndt too difficult to rcwiembr
the time when Maine, with four
members, had more influence here .
than . New York with its 30." T
Nearly everybody had a chance fp 1
express his views. Representative
Montague, democrat, Virginia, de
clared it was sh6ckingly obvious"to
the house, as it was to the country,
that the- house was too big now to
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Clark, who goes out of office in
March, endorsed the increase, - but
announced he would fight for a con
stitutional amendment which would
hold tbe total to 500 for all time; I
Representative Mondell of Wyoming,
republican leader, joined with those
opposing an increase, declaring, that
"if this body is to remain what the
fathers intended, a deliberative body,
it must be kept reasonably small'."
Opposition Strong.
' v SottioOTfmbcrs; ?evcn from- states
which stand to lose representation,
opposed the- bill and insisted on the
amendment proposed by Representa
tive Barbour, republican, California,
which would keep the total as at
present. This was particularly true
of Mississippi, slated to lose a scat,
three of its representatives Sisson,
Humphreys and Stephens fighting
for the smaller number. : - ,
Under the Barbour amendment,
the house would be reapportioned
by shifting',12 seats from 11 states to
i.s' i. ."aK5 gaining wouia ne uai
iiorilia, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut.
New Jersey, North .Carolina, Texas
and Washington. Listed in the los
ing column (wcre: Missouri, In
diana Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, ;
Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Ne
braska, Rhode Island and Vermont.
During the debate a plea was made
by Representative Aswcll, democrat,
Louisiana, whose, state would lose
one member, -that reduction should
nof be made when women were
starting to vote,-and a warning 'by -Representative
Sims, democrat, Ten
nessee, that it was easier for big in
terests to control a small than a big
body, Mr. Sisson said all the world
knew how big cities were bossed,
and that the charge never .had been
made that there was such a being as
a village boss. .
Clothing Supplies
Valued at $244,000'
Are Sold for $80,000
New York. Jan. 19. Excess cloth
ing for United States shiooine board
officers and. crews, stored at Boston
and valued at ?244,000, was sold for
$80,000, Byron C. Baker, district
comptroller for the board at Bostoti,
testified before the Walsh congress
ional committee, investigating, the
boards affairs. .
'The witness told the committee he
had protested to- a superior officer
against the sale, but without result.
Iii reply to questions by Repre
sentative Tom Connclly of Texa?, Mr.
llaker said he had been advised by
Alonzo Tweedale, general comptrol
ler at Washington, not. to answer
questions of policy and opinion. af
fecting the general organization to
tic gencr. officers of, the shipping
board. ,
Texas Man Sues Widow for .
. Damages and Heart Balm
Dallas, Tex., an.JS. George M.
Free laud, 45, in suit for breach of
promise, asks $25,000 punitive and
$1,645 actual dair.agcs from Mrs.
Ethel B. Bass, a widow.
In his petition Frceland says hf
proposed marriajre to Mrs. Bass or
March 15. 1920. r.n gave hcr'.a ring
costing $680. Later lie presented he?
with an automobile, he alleges, anc'
spent considerable money in furnish
ing a home. On September fib, 1920.
he says, the woman broke the en
gagement, which caused him "tc
suffer mental anguish, pain, distress
antf injury." - j;
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Oldest Elk in America Dies.
Springfield. 111., Jan. 18. Col.
William T. Baker, 96, said to be the
lyldest member of the Order of Elks
in the United States, died here this
morning,' He was said to be a boy
luod chum of Abraham Lincoln.
