The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 186.
, talarat at Smwi'-CUm Mtttw Mu M. IMS. 1
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OMAHAJSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921.
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THREE CENTS
Fa rr el lis' No Reason for
!tt n i t
Unable to
Take Stand
Doctor Declares Airman "Ac
tive and Inclined to Vio
lence," Due to Ex-
a
posure in North.
Hinton Describes Trip
Rockaway, X. Y., J;m. 19. L.
Walter IJinton, testifying ibis after
noon 'at the intiniry into the spec
tacular balloon flight he recently
made into Canada with two other
American naval officers; declared
'that at one time while they were lost
in the woods he had consulted his
commander, l.t. I.ouis A. Kloor, rc
Kiirditig the advisability of disarmv
ing Lt, Stephen A. Farrell.
It was a letter from ' Lieutenant
Hinton to his wife, stating that Far
rell had begged his companions to
cut his throat, use his body for food
and pre-ss on, that1 led to thS fist
1'iHit between' Hinton and Farrell at
.Mattice, after they had trekked out
of the wilderness and Farrell "had
learned of publication ot the letter.
Farrell had vigorously denied the
story.
Hinton gave the following tc'sti-
ing the struggle for existence waged
by Farrell; Kloor and himself after
they had been dumped on the shores
of "Hudson, Bay in a wild flight from
.Rockaway: .
Falls. Exhausted.
"At 12:20 on December 16 Lieu
tenant Farrell fellfrom exhaustion,
lt would be unfair for me to state in
(.is exhausted and fanning condition
- the remarks that were passed, but I
called Lieutenant Kloor and con
sulted him as-to. the advisability of
taking the knife from Lieutenant
.Farrell and going on only with the
hope that we would find assistance."
Continuing, Hint on. testified:
"Lieutenant Far-rell gave me his
noiicy $94 and said, 'yu heeP
If anyone gets through, yoa Wjill.'
"I suggested that Lieutenant Far
rell try to conic with us to where
we could build a fire. This he did
, Flies Into' Rage.
"In talking over what could be
done. I suggested farrell take off
his flying suit, as this had consid
erable to do with his exhausted con-'
(lilion. Ik took off' the suit , and I
ilung it over my shoulders."
OS the quarrel at Mattice, Hinton
laid:
"After Lieutenant Kloor received
the telegram from Secretary Daniels
telling-us not to, talk I went from
uuf-car to' the house where Farrell .
WnS. . - ;- ' '' 1
"On entering I requested that he
gowith me to the car, as wehad
received a very important iclcgram
that concerned him. He flow into a
rage and made statements which 1
do not consider fair."
At this point Hinton's testimony
' was interrupted by Rear Admiral
Kline, presiding officer, who con-,
ferred with the tlher members of
the, court. When Hinton was di
rected -to, proceed-he said:
Suffering Tonsilitis. ,
"Due to his over-wrought nerves
and condition, I do not consider
that lie. was responsible fonwhat he
said or did. ' I
"I left Ifhc bouse and went to the!
- . . A . 1- . II I
car. .Lieutenant i ai ri-n c?ir,i- uu-i
in about IS minutes and all of . our
differences were'settled."
In describing the trip from Moose
h'jrinru in Maltir" Hinton detailed.
the trip by Kloor anV himself but
made no reference to Farrcl's con
dition except when he said tbaj
breaking wood at night was "an all
hands job."
Lieutenant Farrell's ohysic-am was
expected to testify this afternoon
that the lieutenant could not appear
.before' the ooard befon: next Friday
because he w-as suffering from ton
silitis. - . '
. Lieut. J. F. Ncvvberger, senior
medical officer at the station, who
followed Lieutenant Hinton, testi
fied that he had found Lieutenant
Farrell suffering from "an extreme
psycho-motor excitation, a svmptom
c-..t i I.:. aU.
oi rxnausuvc psymusis, hmmui; m.
patient very active and inclined to
violence," as a result of exhaustion,
worry and exposure. He said Hin
ton had lost 21 pounds and Farrell,
11. while. Kloor had not lost an
ounce. - ' - '' - ... f
Loup City Farmer Killed
When Auto Turns Turtle
Loup City, Neb., Jan.-19. (Spe-
rial lohn P acck. a farmer, .v.
was killed about five miles north
cast of this city when his autoiuo-
. bile turned over pinning him under
neath. His father was killed about
eight years o near the same spot
when a wagon load of httnher on
' which he was riding turned ovef.
PJacek was returning home alone
when the accident occurred. An in
vestigation showed that the car
itopiwd on a slight incline and roll- j
. Ing backwards turned over. Placck
is survived by-' one child, his -wife j
lyiug several years ago.
I , : .
Robbers Get $19,000 in Cash ;
And Bonds From Texas Bank
Houston, Tex., Jan. 19. Two un-
masked men held up the Gtizcns
State bank today, seized abont
$7,100 in currency and $12,500 in
liberty bonds and escaped.
Five officers and employes of the
bank and one or two customers
Verc locked in tlie vault by the
bandits. ' Bank officials opened the
vault from the inside and gave the
alarm, t ) - ' v ,
Spokane Bank Is Robbed
By Two Unmasked Bandits
' Spokane, Tan. 19. Tlie 'Spokane
State bank, m an outlying business
district, was held up by two un
masked men this afternoon, who
forced two bank employes and a
customer into the vault and escaped
in an automobile with a sum .es
timated at $1,000. ,: - ,
tt n j t '
u. a. ana dapan, Aumirai oay
German Officer Points Out Advantages of America
Against Attacks Front Any Foreign Power
Landing of Army on Either Canadian or
Mexican Soil Practically Impbssible.
By GEORGE SELDES.
Nfw York Timm-Chlraco Tribune Cable,
lopjrlght, 1921.
Weimer, Jan. 19. "I see no reason
for America fearing a war with
cither Japan or England," said Ad
miral Von Scheer, in the third f
a series of exclusive interviews, the
first given out by the commander-in-chief
of the German navy since
the signing of peace between the
allies and Germany. "In sucli wars
the action would be wholly naval,
as the American frontiers are safe.
Canada would not fight against the
'United States and Mexico is power
less. Japan landing an army on
either Canadian or Mexican soil is
impracticable, almost impossible.
"I say almost, impossible, because
landing necessitates the complete de
struction of the American tleec. . I
have shown at Skaggerack that a
fleet pf double strength, cannot en
force it v will upon a weaker one
and two months ' later showed the
possibility of submarines offering a
barrier to a fleet ot capital ships.
Throughout the war Germany
proved tha submarines and mine
fields made the coast safe against
lauding of hostile armies.
Japan Wants Philippines.
"Now consider an American-Japanese
war and the complete defeat
of the Amrican fleet by the Japan
ese. Japan wants the Philippines
badly, and f do not think America
ought to prize them too highly.
America values them more than
they are worth. This exaggerated
value may lead America to compro
mise her honor in defense cf those
islands and go to- war in their be
half, -i
"I think Great Britain realizes its
mistake in permitting 'Japan to oc
cupy the former German islands
which become a sort of bridge, in
viting the Japanese to place naval
stations as sentinels around Austra
lia. I In other words. England has
Notorious '"Nerw"
Al Jen Bank Robber
Gang Is Broken Up
Leader Sentenced to Prison
For 40 Years and Three t
Partners . 10. Each -Fifth
, Member Killed.
v Dcs Moines, la., Jan. 19. (Specjal
Telegram.) The notorious '.'Nervy"
Alien bank robber garjd was broken
up today when the leader .was 'sen
tenced to 40 years in the 'peniten
tiary and his three partners "Dale"
Triggc, Bud Joyce and Jimmy An
drews, vcre sentenced, to 10 years
each. ' -Art
Sandy, the fifth man of the
gang, was later shot and killed by
! -i . . . : ...i !. . i t - -.i
were said to be attempting to blow
the safe of Standard Oil filling sta
tion. Chained 'to each other, the quartet
was let from the court room to the
county jail, from where they will
be taken to Fort Madison at once.
The men pleaded guilty to robbing
the Granger bank of several thou
sand dollars in cash and as much
more in Liberty bonds. "Nervy"
just prior to the. calling of the ses
sion of the court, told the prosecut
ing attorney that he was willing to
piead guilty to using, an acetyline
torch in robbing the bank. The
ethers pleaded guilty to breaking and
tittering.-
Alien has been kept iit the' Polk
county jail for the last two months for
safekeeping, awaiting the coming of
his trial. While there, it was re
ported by the jailers, he started the.
mutiny when Sheriff W. E. Robb
took office.
Over 100 Drowned as
, Mammoth Dam Breaks
Mexico City, Jan. 19. More than
!0t) persons were drowned and more
than 200 others w ere- injured in the
disaster yesterday at Pachuca when
two dams above the city broke and
torrents of water swept through
jthc lower sections of this big mining
center, according to ' the latest re
ports. A thousand persons were
rendered homeless. , . '
Omaha Man WUl Wed.
Chicago, Jan, 19. (Special Tele
gram.) A marriage license was is
sued here iuesday to James v.
Parks, timekeeper, 3825 South Twenty-fifth
street. Omaha, and Miss Su
san Galvin, Chicago.'
Chicago Men IJring
;Hearts of
ChlrMio TrllunOmah B laed Wire.
Chicago. Jan. .19. Chicago men
who have labored under'thc delusion
that thev were fairly well dressed,
jiame, in for an awful shock TuesdaV,
when merchant tailor designers toyi
them flatly that they ac the most
abominably dressed men in the world.
The designers arc" holding their
national convention here and they
threw up their hands in despair over
the Chicago situation when, they
were informed that Clvcago ( men
Iip.vc been known to f;ear tuxedo
suits at functions attended by women;
! According to the designers, this is
nothing short of murder. -
E. E. Brazcr said:
"Just last night at the opera I
saw . a man with a full dress coat
and striped trousers can you imag
e it? Why, I am told "your men
escort ladies in tailored gowns, and
War Between
a l l n . :
a -T i n - JL
driven Australia into America's
arms, because their interests in the
Pacific are" identical. ,i
"From a purely strategic point oi
view, leaving aside sentimental ideals,
as they were left aside t Versailles,
I would s'ay America should have
taken the German Mericnna islands
as her spoils. If it really fears a
Japanese war, it was foolish not to
takeiiaval stations. If it had taken
them. America would not be accused
of militarism while Japan's naval ac
tivities would be confined to a small
radius. However, England's action
united America and Australia, which
is probably best for both.
Aerial Warefare Impossible.
"In war between America and
Japan or England, aerial warare
must not be considered. It is a long
distance between Japan and Cali
fornia or Mexico. We'll say the
warships and transports of Japan
come the thousands of miles. They
will arrive I off the Mexican coast
with bunkers empty. Mexico can
not supply the needed coal or oil be
cause it requires' enormous harbor
facilities to coal ships. Finally the
Japanese approach the American
ccast and a few submarine could
sink the transports Mi prevent a
landing."
"But these conditions do not hold
good for the Philippines," I sug
gested. "Yes, and no," replied the admiral.
"In -my opinion, a fleet of subma
rines, wtih some support from forts
and warships to keepvthe submarine
basis from destroyers, could prevent
the enemy from occupying the Phil
inpines. Without submarines the
Philippines would be eay prey.
"Should America 'decide on a , de
cisive battle on Japanese soil or . in
Asiatic waters, it has a scries of na
val bases at Hawaii.- Guam and the
Philippines, while Japan ..attacking
America, would not have any sup
port." I
Calder Measure
Is Denounced b.v
Coal Operators
Official of National Associa
tion Says Control Bill "Rev
olutionary in Applica
. tion to Industry," ' -
Washington, Jan. 19. Provisions
of the Calder bill for federal regu
lation of the coal industry were de
nounced as -"revoluttonary in. their
application to relations of American
government and industry." by J. D.
A. Morrow, vice president of the
National Coal association, before the
senate manufacturers committee.
Another witness, Huston Thompson,
chairman of the federal trade com
mission, however, began an endorse
ment of the measure, jvhich he will
resume tomorrow. .
When Mr. Morrow remarked that
the committee "between three days"
was passing upon a proposal for
price fixing and a measure that was
"barely short of nationalization of
coal mines," Senator Jones, demo
crat. New Mexico, retorted that
members of, the committee had
"spent months and years in study of
the situation."
Chairman La Follette switched the
examination to bea'r on the association
and Mr. Morrow cited its' annual
expenses as about $300,000, covering
some activities' which he said in re
cent years were "abnormal" and his
own salary at $18,000 per annum. All
this, Senator La Follette observed,
"had to come1 out of coal produc
tion costs," and Senator Reed point
ed to officers of the mine workers'
union 'present and suggested the
miners had "some organization costs
to come out of coal, too." Mr. Mor
row agreed to both suggestions.
Chairman Thompson explained
that the federal trade commission in
1920 had embarked upon cost-finding
investigations in the coal indus
try, but bad been stopped 1 by the
courts upon the appeal pf the 'Na
tional Coal association.
Basic coal price since 1914 have
increased about 100 per cent, due to
advances in supplies,' increased de
pletion charges and higher' wages,
the last bciu&v the most important,
Mr. Morrow said.
Present prices on coal at the mines
"arc below cost of production." he
said, reading reports from, districts,
made on January 13, ranging from
$.10' to $3.60 per Jon.
Beatrice Pioneer Dies
Beatrice, Neb.. Jan. i9. (Special.)
William Hartman. 73, Beatrice
pioneer, died after a brief illness.
Despair to
Clothing Designers
properly attired, white they them
selves are wearing; tuxedo suits, or
even a business suit "
"According to , Mr. Brazer, the
wardrobe of the perfectly dressed
inau should include:
One Golf Suit $90 to $100. .
One Motor Suit $100.
One Slipon Coat for Motoring-
$100. -
Three Sack Suits $100 each.
One Cutaway for Morning Wear
$150. '
One Tuxedo (for Stag only) $125
to $140. - -
One Full Dress uit-S-$l 75. '
The "Prince Albert" is decidedly
passe. There is a growing dentand
for fancy colored vests for wear with
business suits. The deginers insist
prices are goin up, instead of down
and that the average tailor made suit
will cost $100. '
rider
- Mtfl"
- - i u Ar
Is Ordered
Counsel for Donal O'Cal
laghan Is Directed to De
liver Cork Mayor to Im
migration Inspector.
May Defy Government
Washington, Jan. 1. Counsel for
Donal O'Callaghan, lord mayor of
Cork, who arrived in this country
recently" without a passport, was di
rected today by Secretary Wiison to
deliver the lord mayor "promntly"
to the immigration inspector at Nor
iolk. - '
The secretary of labor's order was
described by Labor department offi
cials as merely the formal notifica
tion to Judge Lawless, in whose cus
tody. O'Callaghan was placed by the
Department of Labor when he was
paroled, of the secretary's decision
last week that O'Callaghan ' was 9
"aeaman," and. as such should re
s,hip on a vessel bound abroad.
It was understood, however, that
in directing the prompt surrende- of
the lord mayor Secretary Wilson
was influenced by a conference yes
terday with Acting Secretary Davis
of the State department whose order
of deportation has been ignored by
the Labor department. This confer
ence was held after the regular meet
ing of President Wilson's cabinet,
but it was reiterated tha't the presi
dent had reaffirmed his decision not
to interfere in the controversy be
tween the, two departments.
' May Not Surrender.
Xew York, Jan. 19. Han y B
land, secretary to Eamonn de Va
lera, "president of the Irish- repub
lic," saicj to'day "ther,e might be
some "doubt" whether Donal O'Calla
ghan, lord mayor of Cork, would
be surrendered to the immigration
authorities at Norfolk, as ordered
by Secetary of Labor Wilson.
Mr. Boland said the decision rest
ed with O'Callaghan's counsel, who
had protested against deportation of
the lord mayor. '
O'Callaghan was registered at a
New York hotel today, but he could
not be found there this noon.
Rail Men Made Mistake. ,
Washington, Jan. 19. Refusal of
Irish railway men to carry ? armed
English troops and ammunition was
a "mistaken policy" and was -working
economic ruin in Ireland, Frank
Dempsey, chairman of the Urban
couiiciloi MalIow and. a. toconiotiyc,.
engineer, said' today ibefore the com
mission of the. committee of f00 in
vestigating Irish conditions. - Deci
sion of the railway unions to oper
ate troop trains was due to this dis
covery and not to any weakening
in their determination for an "Irish
republic," he added.
"The Irish people depend on the
railways to transport all food and
other necessities," he sain.
1 1
Women VoteiCarriers
To Start Their Flight
For Washington Today
Mrs. II. II. Wheeler, 55, of Lin
coln and ,Mrs. Draper Smith, 66, of
Omaha, both grandmothers, are
scheduled to hop off V Ak-Sar-Ben
field at 9 this morning in twin air
planes, bouud for Washington. D.
C, to deliver Nebraska's electoral
votes for Harding and Coolidge.
Mrs. Wheeler is due to leave Lin-,
eoln at 8 and land here to get an
eVen start with Mrs. Smith. .They
hope to reach Ohio before nightfall,
after stopping at Iowa City for
luncheon. The vote must be deliv
ered at the capital Monday.
Well-Known Boxer Held
On Charge of Murder
Salt Lake City, Jan. 19. W. R.
(Cyclone Lefty) Jctters, well-known
in jinter-mouivtain Doxing circles, is
being held by the police in connec
tion with the death of Clifford
Thurman, son of Justice S. R. Thur
man of the state supreme court and
prominent socially, whose body was
found in a pool . at Beck's hot
springs near here last night. Jet
ters,' who is a taxicab driver, ad
mitted, according to the police, that
he took Thurman, a companion and
two girls, to the springs last "night.
Following the discovery of the body
Jetters and Thurman's companion
and the two girls were taken into
custody for investigation.
, Chief of Detectives Beckstead de
clared that Thurman had s been
punched severely in the face and
then Jthrown into the water,-
Woman RobWfcd on Train V '
On Trip From St. Joseph
Cbimg'l Bluffs police hurried to
the Burlington passenger station
yesterday when informed by tele
phone that a $2,000 robbery had
bee.n committed on a train. A woman
with three children, traveling from
St. Joseph, Mo., to California, re
ported that she had been robbed of
a pocketbook-onUining'$800 in cash
and a $1,200 diamond ring. Accord
ing to her story, she got on the
early morning Kansas City train
at St. Joseph and a few minutes
later fell asleep. When she awoke
at Pacific Junction she found that
her , pocketbood was missing. -
Senate Calls on Payne
For Mine Claim Report
Washington, Jan. 19. Secretary
Payne is "directed" in a resolution
adopted by the senate to report a
to the number of mining claims af
fected by the bill extending for six
months the time for doing annual
assessment work on the claim.
I . Let's Go!
Irish Republic
Building Up Big
Shipping Trade
Self-Styled "Consul General"
At New York Tells of Serv
ice Being Established With
""'TOther t&tikT-
Washington, Jan. 19. The pro
visional Irish republic, through its
consular service, is building up a
large and successful direct shipping
between Ireland and other countries,
especially with the United States,
the commission of 100 investigating
the Irish question was told by J.
L. Fawsitt, who said-he was the Irish
consvl general, at New York.
A fortnightly service between New
York and Cork, he vsaid, is in opera
tion and another service will open
soon between Boston' and Ireland.
L'noland, he said, was making
every effort to pi event direct ship-
ping with Ireland. '
"On account of her large debt to
the United States, Great Britain
probably will not take extreme meas
ures to cbrahhass American foreign
shipping." he added, "although it
has subjected every ship to search
and other indignities."
No passenger vessels are allowed
to land in Ireland direct from Amer
ica, h declared, adding that this was
"England's effort to stifle American
passenger syy;ice that Would com
pete with the British monopoly."
England Waging Warfare.
Warfare has been waged against
Irish shipping by English seaport
towns, he declared.
' Data and figures intended to show
the result of British economic re
pression in Ireland were presented
by Fawsitt, who summed up the
Irish question as a "clash between
two forms of civiliation, the cen
tralized, capital controlled govern
ment, represented by Great Britain,
and co-operative community system,
represented by the Irish republic." '
"The blank and tails" by destruc
tion of creameries, dairies, banks J
and other industries operated by the
co-operative effort and capital of
the Iirish .farmers, are fighting the
battles of the .British trusts." he de
clared. "Thus destruction has
amounted to an actual loss of $5.
000,000, but by crippling a flourish
ishing and .gorwhig system, it has
caused losses amounting probaly fo
hundreds of millions."
Grants Withheld.
The British parliament, he said,
had taken cognizance of the danger
to "English trusts" from the Irish
co-operative system and had with
held the Idish- development grants.
Figures from their sources were
said bv Fawsitt to show that Ireland
paid 37.000.000 pounds in taxes to
Great Britain and received only 22,
000,000 in expenditures ih return.
"The Irish republican government"
he added, "could administer the af
fairs , of Ireland with the present
taxes and remit from 20,000,000 to
30,006,000 pounds.
Herd 'of Buffalo for Sale
At Rate of $200 Per Head
Salt Lake City, Jan. 19. In reply
to a query from j. T. W. Brown,
general superintendent of the Nash
ville Raiway' and Light company of
Nashville. Tenn., asking the pric
that would be demanded for the
herd of Buffalo remaining on Xntc
lppc island in Great Salt Lake, J.
W. Thornley. president of tlie Buf
falo Island Live Stock company,
owner of the bison, stated that he
Would sell at $200 a head ad that
the purchaser would have to pav all
expenses including the taking of the
animals from the island and trans
portation, t
Snoring Punishable
Offense Under Bill Up
In Oklahoma House,
Oklahoma City, Jan. 19. Snoring
talking in one's sleep or. otherwise
disturbing the family arid neighbor
hood peace after 1 a. m., would be
unlawful and punishable by pre
scribed penalties, under a bill intro
duced in the Oklahoma house, today.
Loss of breakfast is proscribed as
the penalty for firt offense, living1
Av'.th a -motfier-i4a;a-'naintt4'n-;
bet; of days is the penalty for the
seiond offense, with fines ranging
from $100 to $1,000 for the third and
successive offenses. .
Agricultural Bill
. Cut $19,000,000
Bulk of Appropriation of
$33,500,000 Is Given to
Department.
Washington, .Jan, 19. The agri
cultural appropriation bill, carrying
$33,517,459 for the next fiscal year,
$19,511,925 less than the estimates,
was reported today to the house.
The total exceeds that for the current
year by $1,804,675.
The bulk of the appropriation is
for use by the Department of Agri
culture, but $1,000,000 was authorized
for the national forest reservation
committee for acquisition of addi
tional lands at headwaters of navi
gable streams. The committee asked
for $10,000,000. -
The .committee added half a mil
lion dollars to the appropriation for
the eradication of animal tuberculo
sis and $100,000 for eradication of
hog cholera.
Small increases were reported for
aiding development of syrup from
sweet potatoes and for protection of
the date industry, of California, Ari
zona and Texas from a new type of
boll weevil that threatens itSi extinc
tion. v
Connecticut Suffrage ,
Association Disbands
New Haven, Conn., . Jan. 19.
About 51 years of efforts and with
its ambition accomplished', the Con
necticut Woman Suffrage association
dissolved. Among these who in 1869
formed the association were Susan
B. Anthony, Isabelle Becchcr Hook
er. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia
Ward Howe, the Rev. C. E. Stowe,
and William Lloyd Garrison. The
meeting was in Hartford, an'd Miss
Frances Ellen Burr. 89, alone is
living of the pioneer band. She was
secretary from 1869 to. 1910. ,
Tiklen Men Qualify as Experts
In Booze Case: Drink Up Evidence
,Tilde; Neb., Jan. 19. (Special.)
When Dick Clark was brought be
fore Justice Cornctt charged with
having possession of intoxicating liq
uor, expert testimony was allowed.
The half pint of what was charged
to be intoxicating liquor was tasted
by four experts.
When the bottle was passed to the
fourth only a few drops remained.
' .When the bottle was returned to
the court it was empty.
The evidence being all gone, the
court dismissed the case.
The prosecution claimed that
Clark dropped the bottle from his
pockets while searching for a hand
kerchief. The town marshal, stand
ing nearby, made the arrest. .Several
hundred townspeople were in court
Wool Growers Ask
Passage of New
Tariff Measure
Natjonal Association Passes
Resolution Urging Early Ac
tion on Fordney Emergency
, iJiiii, Before Congress.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 19. Declar
ing that wool growers, are "in the
throes; of financial disaster," which
endangers the existence of the wool
indus,trjrt the executive committee of
the National Wool Growers' asso
ciation, which is in convention here,
sent to Washington a resolution urg
ing the immediate enactment of i the
Fordney emergency tariff bill. Copies
of the resolution were sent by wire
to President Wilson, Senators Pen
rose and Smoot of the senate finance
committee and Representative Ford
ney. A report of the committee 011 mar
keting at stock yards, asking sub
stantial reductions in charges for
yardage, pasture and commissions,
was adopted by the convention. The
committee recommended that yard-'
age charges be reduced from 8
to 5 cents, pasture charges at feed
yards from 4 to 2 cents and com
missions on double-decked cars from
25 to 15 cents.
The report of the transportation
committee also recommended that
the railroads change, their rules
which give shippers 72 hours, to be
gin their return journey after arrival
at the destination, to 72 hours after
the disposal of the stock. ' The com
mittee also recommended that the
railroads reduce charges on grain
shipments1 in order that feed for
stock might be bought cheaper. It
further recommended that a commit
tee be appointed to confer with rail
road officials to secure the conces
sions asked, and that if they were
not granted, that the committee take
the matter before the Interstate
Commerce commission.
- The executive committee announc
ed that it had reappointed Prof. F.
K. Marshall, secretary of the asso
ciation for the coming year. All the
other officers will be elected in con
vention late today.' In view of the
present, situation confronting wool
growers, it was- generally believed
that Frank J. Hagenbarth would be
asked to remain as president.
Street Lights for Cozad
Cozad, Neb., Jan. 19. (Special)
The cable fid poles have arrived
for Cozad's new street lighting sys
tem. to hear the evidence owing tp the
prominence ' of the prisoner. 1
Patrick Stanton, one of the most
prominent citizens of Titdcn, was
first called as a witness. The bottle
was passed to him and after tasting,
he told the court a story which made
the crowd laugh. He declared it was
not intoxicating liquor. .
Otto Houser was then called. He
tasted of the contents, and testified
that he had not tasted liquor for
four-years, and the court declared
that this evidence was too remote.
Ray Ashburn drank liberally of
the contents and passing the bottle
to Otto Emerick, remarked it could
not make him drunk.
When the bottle reached the court,
it was empty and there being no fur
ther evidence, the prisoner was
acquitted of the charge
Increase In
House Roll
Defeated
Reapportionment Measure
With Amendment Limiting
Membership to 433 Passed
After Bitter Fight. v
Bill Is Ready for Senate
(II.T the .UanviatcU Vn.)
Washington, Jan. 19. At the end
of the most turbulqnt session of the
present congress, the house today '
adopted the. reappointment bill,
with an amendment limiting it.
membership for 10 years to the
present total of 435.
' The fight to prevent increase to
483 was won several hours earlier,
however, when the house in com
mittee of the whole refused to post
pone consideration of redisricting
and then voted, 198 to 77, to keep
the present maximum. It was after
long preliminary wrangling 'that tlie
bill was brought before the house
itself for a final showdown. The
435 amendment finally was agreed
to, 267 to 76,, and the measure rnado,
ready for fthe senate. '
At the start the effort was nude
literally to knock the bill in the .
head by striking out. the enacting
clause. It started a veritable row. ,
Amendments Defeated. ' "
After deciding to go ahead with
the .measure, Representative Bar
bour, republican, - California, mem
ber of the census committee, made
himself heard above the din an'J
proposed the 435 maximum amend
ment, around which the battle was
waged. Other amendments' were of
fered, one ,to cut the membership
to 307 and another to raise it to 460.
Both were voted down.
After the real fight had been set
tled, Representative Tinkham, re
publican, Massachusetts, came up
with a proposal to reduce house
seats in states where negroes' are
denied the right of franchise, and
the battle started afresh.
After nearly two hours' debate
point of order against the bill was
sustained.
Fresh Wrangle.
Another wrangle developed over
an amendment by Representative '
Barbour to perfect the bill by pro
viding for the machinery for redis
ricting in the 11 states which will
. f. 1 i t. A 1ft11 1. "
lose seats ancr -Marcn 1, ij. 1 jji;
Barhour plan and many substitutes
finally were defeated.
As the bill stands the states
which will lose representation are;
Missouri, two seats, and Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine,- Mississippi, N e b r a It ju..
Rhode Island i and Vermont, one
Lir-I, Ttic 1? crnfa will he shifted
(Tnin to Tmto Two, Column Two.)
New York Man Frozen '
To Death in Alaska
Nome, Alaska, Jan. 19. Thomas
Wrard, president and general man
ager of the Ward Copper compapy
of New York, was found frozen, to,
death a few miles from Tellen
Alaska, January 12, according .to
word reaching Nome.
According tcr the report. Ward ,
left the comnanv'a minino- ramn in
the inner Seward' peninsula W'th an
Eskimo man and woman and two
dog teams, en route to Teller,
reindeer station on Grantly harbor.
After reaching the top of the divide
above Teller, the three became lost
in the darkness. The Eskimos said
they decided -to go back to a cabin
they had seen, but Ward proceeded
on alone. . .
For the next two 'days, . the
Eskimos said, they were storm
bound in the cabin and on the third
day battled they way into the sta
tion, only to leari that Ward had
not arrived. A searching party
started out the next day and found
Ward's sled and dog team on Dewey
creek.
Germans Deliver Huge
Amount of Shipping
Paris, Jan. 18. Shipping, includ
ing the armistice deliveries, totaling
2j054.729 tons, had been turned over
to tile reparations commission bv
Germany at he end of 1920. All
but 35,000 tons were steamship.
Germany is still to deliver about
500.000 tons.. ,
The .reparations commission tip
to the end- of December, had dis
tributed 1,812.173 tons as follows:
Great Britain, .1.477,839 tons;
France. 166,924; ' Italy, 124.901;
Janan. 28,678, and Belgium, 15.831.
Twenty-nine, of 38 steamers in
South American ports have arrived
in Germany and are being repaired
for delivery. The nine others have
sailed for Germany, one being
wrecked on tne way. ;
Decrease of 9,000 in Vienna
Population Is Reported
Washington, Jan. 19. A decrease
of 9,000 in the population of Vienna
during the first six months of 1920,
due to child mortality, is shown in
figures made public by the American
Red Cross. There were 15.681
births and 20.129 infant deaths,
while 2.474 other children died in
their first year.
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