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VOL. 50 NO. 188.
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THREE-CENTS
4
Building
Prices Must
Come Down
Rates of Materials Too High
For Revival of Construc
tion on Large Scale,
Experts Declare.
Stabilization Is Necessary
' ' By Til AiorUtrtl,rr.. ", ' "',
Chicago, Jan. 21. Two hundred
building material men from all parts
of the country, in' conference to de
rite means pi starting a national
building boom with the object of
bringing down rents, were told by
.sneakers today that there could be
,' no general building revival until the
prices of building materials went
II. C. Baldwin,' building expert
from Wellesley Hills, Mass., tpld the
conference that while there wduld be
8 slight increase in building tin's
summer there would be no return to
x normaJ before the foil of 1922, or the
siiriiia n( 10?1
'.' Wait for Price Drop.
"There can be no building boom
, .tmill the prices of building mattriah
are stabilized." he, said, "People will
not build homes for fear that prices
jnav come down,' and investors will
lend money on a declining mar
ket.; 'They, will. wait until they are
satisfied that they will get the most
for their money. Business and prices
will ta'ot reach normalcy before 1922
or-1923, so there can be no national
, buibling boom until then." v .
There -can be no decrease in rents
while buildjng prices remain as at
present. G. M. Reynolds, chairman
j of the bgtrd of directors of the; Con
J lincntal rid Commercial bank, said.
'- -V Prices Above Normal. :
.-v ( "Building prices now are from 100
1 to 200 per cent higher than they
were in normal times," he said., "I
know of buildings being erected now
at a cost of 90 cents a cubic feet,
while in normal times the cost ran
as low as 3Q cents. While such a con
' dit'on exists, rents will stay up."
John M. Kirby, president of the
National Lumber Manufacturers as
sociation and presiding officer at the
conference, said that manufacturers
of most building materials had hot
kepf- pace with the price reductions
made by lumber manufacturers,"
Announcement of Big
Loan to Belgium Made
By New YorkXompany
'"J " rI ' yy " y 1
OleW Vorlf.'9an?r:-M"bfitia! 'an
nouncement ot the $30,000,000 cash
kingdom of Bctiumj 20-year, 8 per
cent exterml hn 'was made hy J.
IV, Morgan .& Co. .and .the Guaranty
Trust company; acting, as managers:
of a banking syndicate which nego
tiated the loan 'and which will, offer
the; bond trough V country-wide
subscription. , ,V , ' , :
The bonds wili; be. issued-at -par
and wilt bear date of February 1,
1921. They will not be redeemable
as a whole before .February 1, 1931,
but; a sinking, fund was created sufli
t 'ent to purchase $1,500,000 of bonds
;..mually it 1 price, not exceeding
J07'S. . .'".s. '
Subscriptions for-the,-boners. ' will
be opened next Monday and it is
understood that a Jarge 'gart of the
whole has been tentatively talJen by
subscribers through banks' in this
city. Boston, PhjtaTlclphia nd Chi
!' cage. , - .- ' - , , . r .
Farmer Must Pay v
; $30,000 Alimony
?
Atlantrc. p la., .Jan. 21, (Special
Telegram.)--Charles E. " Caldwell,
wealthy Shelby xounty land owner,
'was ordered hy district court today
to pav : his wife, Eva C. Caldwell,
$30,000 alimony. .
Caldwell must pay $1,000 of this
amount within six months and the
remainder within one, year. , .The
rrtitrf frtitnrl tt-r. r1ifftlnanf is tvnrtU
$100,000. He. is the owner, of 6851
n.r if- latin tirar Harlan and; ha-.
r'i -J . t-,
. inn
The bulk of this ' estate was ac
cumulated sine the marriage of . the
Caldwells in 1894.. - i T 1
Granting of the divorce terminat
ed, one of the most noted divorce ac
tions ever , brought in the-Shelby
county district court. Mrs. Cald
cll charged cruelty., i , i
Move Made to Dismiss Murder
. Charges , Against Filipinos
Manila,' P. 1.', Jan. 21. Motion for
dismissal of '-charccs ' of murder
against 77 Filipino constabulary ,
soldiers in connection . w itlr a riot j
against the Manila police. December
15. , iit which U persons were killed,
was taken under advisement by the
judge of the court of jhe first in
stance. ' -
The motion was based on a pica
that the defendants had been in
jeopardy for lie same offense, hav
ing just faced trial, on sedition
charges.' A decision is expected next
week. . . -K; . .
' Attempt to Assassinate
Nationalist Leader Fails
London, Jan. 21. .V dispatch from
Smyrna . received in Athens says
that a Turkish aviitor. Lieutenant
llousin. failed in afl attempt to as
sassinate Mustapha Kcmal Pasha, the
Turkish nationalist leader, by firing
three shots at him, according to ad
vices from ' Athens, under Wednes
day's date 1 to tlw Kxchange Tele
graph. The lieutenant was arrested.
Philippines Official Dismissed
' Manila. P. 1.1 Jan.' 21. Fclicisimo
R. Ferira. assistant attorney- general
for the Philippines, was dismissed
from office by Gov.-Gcn. Francis
Burton Harrison, on charges of fa
voritism in the prosecution of elec
tioa fraud case ,
Orange Growers Ask
Tariff as Protection
' -.: . ,
Washington, Jan. 21. Growers of
oranges, lemons and onions ap
peared today before the house ways
and means to ask protection for
their products in the revision of the
permanent tariff law. .
While, asking for a duty oi 2 cents
a pound on lemons and t on"
oranges, spokesmen forv i of
these products said tli. ' sht
only an equality in prodiK sts
which they believed would ' recede
here and increase abroad. Onion
growers asked duties ranging from
Vi cents to 2 cents a pound.
Parmon Named
As Chief State
Probate Officer
New Board of Pardons Meets
And Selects Penitentiary
' Deputy: to . Help:;", ,
Direct Work.
Lincoln, Jan. 31.-(Special Tele
gra.). T. Harmon, deputy war
den oNhe .Nebraska penitentiary for
over nine years, resigned today to
become chief state probate officer,
thsf' executive director of the new
state board , of pardons.' ' .
; In making the appointment. the
board fixed the salary of the position
at $2,000. a 'year and authorized of
fices on he fourth floor of the capi
tol, where former State Parole Of
ficer E. M. Johnson had his head
quarters until his duties were abol
ished January 1. . ' ' ."
The board has appoilted as chief
clerk Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews, dur
ing the last political campaign sccro
tary of the republican state central
committee in charge of women. The
salary of the chief clerk has been
fixed at $1,500 a year;;' . -
Will Bring Assistant.
Although the board created the
office of assistant probation officer
no appointment has been made for,
the position. Mr. Harmon has been
authorized to bring with him a
temporary assistant,
i The board decided on monthly
hearings on parole and pardon cases,
the first to be held at the peniten
tiary February 8.
Meetings will be, held regularly
the second Tuesday p( each month
at the penitentiary, it was announced.
The board itself took no action in
selecting the candidates among the
hundred odd parolable cases, to be
considered at the first meeting, but
Mr. Harmon was instructed to de
vote his first work toward lining
up the cases for the first hearing.,
( The board consists of the govern
or," Attorney1 General Davis and Sec
retary pi State Amsberry. The at
torney general Lr, preparing rules' by
which to .guide the, board "in its-work
"and these will be ready "for preseA
talion n'exi Monday. The legisla
ture will be asked to .provide funds
for the maintenance ef the board.
( Former Minister. . s
Mr. Harmon, Who was formerly
a minister of the Christian -church,
began his services at the penitentiary
as chaplain under : S. M. , Melick's
wardenship. - He was a deputy at the
time Ward W. T." Fenton was ap
pointed and has-- remained ; in . that
capacity.
Warden Fenton called on . the
state ' board of control' Friday and
asked the board to appoint as Mr.
Harmon's successor, Dan Cavanaugh,
assistant deputy, who has been in
penitentiary service for 12 years.
The 'compensation of the deputy
warden is $1,800 a year and main
tenance. , ' " f ;;"'' . , :
Crew Rescued From
Sriip That Sunk Is
Sale at Newport News
Newport .News, Jan., 21. Rescued
from a watery grave hs thfir.ship
was sinking under them, in mid-Atlantic
the captain and cjrew of five
of the British-' schooner Newton
Lake, arrived here last night on th.
British .steamer, Bou'rnmouth. Th';
sclioonei was reported to have sun;
a short time ; after the men were
taken off.', . . , ' . ,
The Bournmouth's master riske-1
his1 ship and crew to make Jie res
cue. Seas were running high, lashed
by a stiff gale. " ' ""'
, The steamer, was .worked around to
the windward" and allowed, to drift
down on the schooner. Every wav.
swept the schooner's 'leeks and her
crew clung to her rigging for their
lives. The two hulls : crashed to
gether, ropes were thrown over and
rescue quickly effected: 'Food and
Warmth soon revived the exhausted
men who said , they l.ad rs.ruggled
ao-tinct . lmirtt ( ftava cinr.-
leaving Lisbon with a cargo of sale."
their ship finally springing a leak. I
De Val era Appeals to People j
i To Stand olid for Cause ,
Dublin. Jan. 21- Eamonit ' -De
Valcra, "president of the Irish'rcpub- :
lie," in a message to the Irish people, j
appeals to them tt remain steadfast j
in the rcpublicati-eiujc. .. . j
"Nobody can be base enough to.
barter away that for which onr no-1
blest have given thtfT lives, he-says,
"so, thougn the moment be dark,and
the world unheeding, confident of
f'mal success, let us face the new
year of the republic ready to endure
whatever may be necessary to win
for those coming after us the price
less boom of a permanent oeace
and secure liberty in' their" native
land." ... ...!-
Contraband Found in ;
Uncle Sam's Bootleg
Washington.' Jan. 21. Contraband
liquor ' was found in Uncle Sam's
own bootleg. A quantity of bottled
goods was seized in one of a block
of houses owned by the Treasury de
partment. The occupants were ar
rested, but prohibition agents do
not know how to proceed under the
law providing for prosecution1 of
the owner of the property where
liquor is sold. ' , , v
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Armament
-HENRY WHITE
Man Who Helped Draft Ver
sailles Treaty Says People of
. World Anxious to Cut
Down Annies. '
France Might Object
By The AaMX-lalrd Treaa. ,
Washington, Jan. 21. Another of
the American commissioners who
helped draft the treaty of Versailles
Henry White, ambassador to
France under. President Roosevelt
told the house naval committee that
the time w'as ripe for world dis
armament and that the United States
should initiate the movement.
General Pcrshin's views will be
sought next Tuesday. -
The committee already has heard
Gen. Taskcj H. Bliss, former Amer
ican representatives on the supreme
war council and a member of the
peace delegation; Secretary Daniels
and Actinjr Secretary ' Davis of (the
State department. v ; - - - . -;
People Want Lower Taxes. ;
Mr. White gave it as his; opinion
that the great burden 'of taxation
resulting fron the ; war made the
people of all nations anxious to cut
down on expenditures for arma
ments.x He expressed it that the
world was "crying for some agree
ment" to limit armaments as a
means of reducing taxes.
'Discussing the proposed, "naval
holiday" the former ambassador said
he did not think the United States
should stop the naval construction
it now has under way. . He said he
would like to see the United States
at the top when the disarmament dis
cussion begins and suggested that
the relative sizes of navies could be
fixed by agreement at the proposed
conference. He added that ques
tions raised "at the conference might
show "the right of some nations
Great Britain for instance to a
larger navy than others," '
France May Object.
Because of threatened spread of
bolshevism, the witness said, France
might object to disarmament on
land. - In this connection, he said
that "the state of chaos" in which
Germany had been kept over repara
tions was doing more to open the
way to boJsheUsm than any other
smglc factor.
" As to the'-time of calling a con
ference, .Mr. White said that should
be' left to President-elect Harding.
He did not think President Wilson
should call it, as the fact . -".. be
olhervnations-noltto takeTthe"in:j
oiher vnations -not fto, ..take' thein
vitatiw ' seriously. 1 tr ' v ': 1
' . France presents iTpposai.
.While the hearings Were1 in prog
ress before , the house committee,
Senator' France, republican,: Mary
land. -presented to the senate a pro
posal' that the United States, Great
Britain and Japan agree to a re
duction by 1935 of ot-fourth of
their relative naval strength on next
July 'l. Senator, i'rance embodied
his - proposal in an amendment to
the winding resolution of Senator
Borah.f republican, Idaho, directing
the president to call a conference of
the principal powers for reduction
ot their naval building programs.
The Maryland senator's resolution
wjould create a commission of naval
experts of the three powers to ar
lange a gradual reduction between
now and 1935.
City of Montreal Is,
Confronted by Strike
! Of Unemployed Men
Montreal,. Jan. 21. Montreal is
confronted with a strike of the unemployed.-.:
Refusal of many former
service men, out of work,. -to accept
employment offered by- the city has
produced , the paradoxical situation.
The unetuployed marched on res
turants.. demauding food, and later
announcement was made by Chair
man "DeCary' of 'the administrative
commission 'that" the city would find
work for all of the members, of the
ex-Service' Men'! Unemployed as
sociation and . wouldi ' pay them .
nightly for their, labor. . "-,.
The unemployed, however, ob
jected to thework provided, saying
it was only temporary and the pay,
32 1-2 cents per hour, would not
enable them to support theif fam
ilies. They announced their inten
tion of attempting tot induce. - men
who have accepted jobs to go on
strike. - , . , . ,
hi their search for free food, the"
unemployed obtained a meal in ouey
place, but m another the men fount,
a police guard and left quietly,;" "
i ' ' " T" r.M- ".-
Davis Preparing Call fo
! Pan-Pacific Conference
Washington, Jan. 21. A formal j killed, while attempting to rob a
call for a' Pan-Pacific educational j member, bank was'boted by the As
conference in Honolulu next August sociation 4oi Suburban Bankers. -is;
being prepared by Acting Sccre-j ,Mathew Clarkin, jr.," a motorcycle
tary of State Davis and will be scut j patrolman, . who. last Saturday
to all countries, bordering the Pa-' frustrated an attempt to rob the East
cine, early next week, according tnjSidc bank here and killed one of the
announcement. The conference will iJjanclits was awarded $500 by the as
be. the second of a series held in sedation. '. .
it. is expected will be attended b t
RZth2:J1
viiiim, iiuauaira, .oiinut, lilt UHJlt i I
States and manv Latin-America
publics. Plans Nfor pa-rticipation ot i
the United States are eing prepared j
bv Dr. P. P. Claxton. commissioner I
of education; !
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Measure to Reduce Cost
Of Funerals Introduced
Jefferson City, Mo.. Jan. 2L A
bill to reduce by law the cost of
funerals was introduced in the. Mis
souri legislature by Representative
Ellis. Manufacturers of coffins would
have their profits limited to. 15 per
cent and undertakers' profits would
be held to 25 per cent ,
' r i
ips on racKage i
ntaining $21,800
i'liiracrc T.-in ?t P.mirlc valuer!
at $21,80(1 loosely wrapped in a
newspaper were found' today by D.
F. Crimmins who stumbled over the
package hs , he entered an office.
He notified federal officials who
began ar check to ascertain if the
bonds were part of the loot ob
tained bv five bandits who stole 12
sacks of mail from a truck in the
JJnion Station Tuesday.
President-Elect
To Forget Cases
During Vacation
Harding Plans to Lay Aside
All Business Worries While
On Fishing Jaunt in
Southland. V
On Board President-elect Hard
ing's Train, Jan. 21. President-elect
Harding put his cares out of mind
tonight as ho neared Florida and
told his companions on his vacation
jaunt that he proposed to forget en
tirely for the next two weeks the
important decisions that are ahead
of him.
fxcept for a short time during the
rnoori when he worked on cor
respondence that had been crowded
out in the final preparations for
leaving Marion, he rested and de
ported himself is an ordinary tourist
during -his day's trip southward
across Kentucky and Tennessee.
His private car, attached to a regu
lar passenger train, attracted un
usual attention at only one or two
stations alone the way.
f. ; Arriving at St.' Augustine shortly
before noon tomorrow, Mr. Har
ding expects to get . into his vaca
tion clothes at once and after a game
of golf go -aboard the houseboat
selected as his home during the
fishing expedition 4hat will occupy
his first two weeks in the south.
i Spirits Rise,
: Mr. Harding's spirits rose appar
ently at the prospect of his respite
and although he looked more care
worn than when he passed through
Kentucky and Tennessee in ,October
on a campaign trip, he greeted with
a smile the groups that gathered
around his car at .various stops to
shake his hand. At Oakdale, Tenn.,
where there was a delay of IS min
utes to change engines, he got out
and entertained a grinning audience
of railway switchmen by walking a
rail with the spryness of a 15-year-old.
Despite his efforts to get away
from his worries, however,, specula
tion about the cabinet situation in
creased rather than diminished
among those with him on his trip.
At tnc same time maicauons, mum
?! state-of flux and irVtuX final
decisions on every one of the 10 cab1
inet places must be reached during
Mr. Harding's stay 1n Florida.
Many Elements Unsettled.
Tt was said authoritatively that
such .tenders of cabinet places as
the president-elect has made are con
ditional and that many elements ot
the situation remain to be harmo
nized before there can be actual se
lections." The" 4atcst suggestions
heard among those close to Mr.
Harding is that Charles E. Hughes,
generally regarded as a leading pos
sibility for secretary of state,' might
be 'offered the attorney generalship
instead, aad that the state portfolio
might be given to Elihu Root, whose
friends are understood to be bring
ing strong pressure to bear in his
behalf. . -
In the same quarters.it has been
proposed that Charles G. Dawes' of
Chicago, urged prominently for sec
retary of the treasury, be given the
position of governor of the federal
reserve board, leaving the- treasury
post for A.;W. Mellon of Pittsburgh.
fSo far as .Mr.. Harding himself is
concerned, however, he is maintain
ing silence and is putting the whole
cfuftstion over for decision after he
returns to St. Augustine from his
fishing trip. '
Forty-Two Indicted
.. Under Anti-Trust Law
Chicago, Jan. 21., Forty-two in
dictments against mill owners, labor
heads and ' carpenter " contractors,
charging violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law, were returned by a
special federal grand jury. - ,
The grand jury has been hearing
complaints against those- indicted
for five 'weeks. The charges al
leged that the m?n named had con
spired to keep building, materials
manufactured - outside of' Chicago
from the Chicago market, thereby
increasing- prices. Th - indictments
were returned before Federal Judge
G. A. Carpenter. ; .
Bankers Offer Standing
rleward for Death of Bandits
vKansas City, ,Mo.. Jan. 21. A
standing rewprd of 9oU to aifv per
son for' the death of each bandit
Kearney Deputy Sheriff
! Leaves Prisoner in Chi
T d: s.;Tl!n.i.n:P" witn injuries received in tnc ex-
Leaves Prisoner in Chicago, Closion andJ rfSulting nre which
.4, t c
Kearney. Ntb... Jan. 21. (Spe,
cm!) Herman Knapp. wanted at
ht-lton on a charge of forgery, was
?res.lfdc at lndianapoh.ft Deputy
ShcnlT Sam Parr went after the man
and. handcurfed and shackled, man-
1 aged to get him to Chicago. There,
1 with his prisoner, he stopped at a
lunch counter. I he cults were
opened and Knapp escaped. He
has been apprehended.
Crude Oil Prices Cut.
Houston, Tex.. Jan. 21.-r-Oil com
panies here announced-a cut of 50
cents in the price of crude costal,
bringing it down to ?2 a barrel.
i V Master Minds at Marion
It May Be Authoritatively Stated That Hoover Will or Will Not Be in the Cabinet.
tCopTrtiht: X9ZI : 7 Th Ctucawfe Tribunal '
' " WETHOPf - , " " HOOVER. SH0W.O
HOOVER WILL . NOT BE SELECTED
.:; in the yTTV for vcur.
. "" The-folks 'HOOVE .
OUT OURviiAV .'- (NTH? CfSBtNET
. rZ . AJ0sC? WILL SLIT sv
Yu . ' k! rHOOVER ( HOOVER Vfttu")
Bill to Control
Packers Draws
Fire in Senate
Illinois and Maine Congress?
mem Attack Gronna Meas
ure as Interfering With
Private Industry.
Washington, "Jan.,' 1. Proppscd
government regulation of the meat
packers . and allied industries ( drpw
Sherman of Illinois anjTFcrnald' pf
Maine, both republicans. .
The two senators j opposed the
pending Gronna regulatory bill as
an. unwarranted, interference with a
particular -private industry,' a prin
ciple which, they, said,; might be ex
tended injuriously, to, other lines of
business, - .. ' ,
Opposition of both senators to the
measure which will be voted on next
Monday also included attacks upon
the federal trade, commission, which
has supported the legislation. Sen
ator. Sherman,- charging that the
commission's criticisms of the ."big
five" packers had injured their ex
port trade, declared that a copy of
one of the commission's' reports got
into the hands of the British board of
trade months before. itx was made
public in this country.
A substitute for the Gronna bill
was introduced by Senator, Sterling,
republican. South Dakota, proposing
transfer of government regulation of
the meat industry ' to , the - federal
trade commission instead of the new
live stock commission, provided in
the Gronna .bill. . Mr. Sterling's sub
stitute also provided for less federal
supervision than the Gronna bill and
had as one of its principal provisions,
publicity of meat packing affairs.
Briand's Program of
Policy Disappointing
Pais, Jan.' 2L Aristide ? BriancJ,
the new premier, replied to interpel
lations in the Chamber, of Deputies
here today. The new cabinet's dec
laration of . policy: which, was read
before the chamber and the senate
yesterday, seened to-have been aMinneapolissioux City line of the
disappointment to many and real in
terest centered around ' today's de
bate, which preceded the taking of a
but tittle doubt -that . the- ministry -
would be endorsed, as; M. fB-iand
was virtually ' assured ' of j a i good
working majority: f ,v-. '
Deputy Pierjc- Forgeot- made a
strong impression in' the- chamber
yesterday when' he insisted the min
istry's declaration was not sufficient
ly explicit and demanded -more in-
iormation
Owners of Film Factory '
Held for Manslaughter
Bavonne. N. J.. Jan. 21. Hcnry i
F.ysman, George 'Swcezy1 and
Charles Kearner, officials of film
companies here whose exploding
plants caused, the death of' two per
sons and injuries to several others
last Tuesday. -were-arrested charged
with manslaughter, - Sweczy and
(Kearner ar? still confined to a hos-
destroyed the film factory.
Fund to Build. Hospitals
For War Veterans Favored
"Washington, Jan. 21. An appro
priation of $15,000,000 for six new
hospitals for war veterans is fa
voted by the house public buildings
committee, , Chairman Langley said.
It is planned to increase the $10.
000,000 item for five hospitals, al
ready reported, he said. P.irt of the
fund would go to convert existing
buildings at Fort Walla Walla and . milted suicide here by jumping from
Vancouver Barracks, Washington, the I Ith story of a hotel on Tcnnsyl
and Fort McKcnzit Jvania avenut .- ...
W ashing ton x Pastor h
Named Senate Chaplain
Due to Short Prayer
Chicago Irtbone-Omaha Bee Uaitd Wire.
Washington, Jan. 21. Dr. J. J.
church of Washington, was elected
church of ' Washington was ejected
chaplain of the senate, largely be
cause of his reputation for brevity
in his prayers.
He promptly made good wjth .a
prayer of 42 words, Which is expect
ed to standas a model for the ses
sion. It- follows:
"Our Father, we thank Thee for
the light of another day and for all
the opportunities : tt may bring to
us of the privilege of evice :n. Thy
name.. Glorifv Thvself through our
Ujves., we 4wwjy.beb5,-h, For
Christ s sake, Amen.
Dr. Muir won ou in a"2ielu 'of
five contestants.- He succeeds Rev.
Forest J. Prettyman.' On the .first
ballot one vote that v; of ' Senator
Fernald of Maine', was cast for Elder
John Sims, favorite colored' barber
of manv, senators. ;
Bill to Insure Rree
Speech Introduced
In Wisconsin Senate
Madison, Wis.. Jan. 21. The right
to organize unions' and freedont of
speech and assembly, and liberty of
the press,, would be guaranteed in
Wisconsin, according to provisions
of a bill introduced in the legislature
by Senator Julius H. Dennishart.
The bill states that "the right of
any union organization or associa
tion and the members thereof to be
represented by those .whom they
may choose as their representatives,
shall not be denied or abridged."
It also says that no person "shall
be hindered or discriminated against
in his employment by the employer
or otherwise because of 'the mem
bership in anv organization speci
fied in this bill" , ' ' ' .
Fines. or. imprisonment for viola
tions are provided.
Passengers Shaken Up .
! In Rear -End Collision
Sioux Citv. Ia.. Tan. 2l. Several
luindred passengers were shaken up
.t,rliM n9eenoAr train Tn. 2fl3 nf the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, &
Oman railroad struck the rearena
of an Omaha freight train during a
heavy fog' in the, yards here last
night. : , -r ' '"' . --Although
several passettgers- suf
fered minor injuries, none was bad
ly hurt. Five' cars and the caboose
of the freight train were wrecked.
Hastings National Guard
Company Is Mustered In
Hastinors. Neb.. 'Jan!' 21. (Special
Telcgram.)-rThc Hastings National
Guard tompryiy was sworn into state
service by Major Stein. A commit
tee representing the Chamber of
Commerce is organizing .a holding
company to .erect a . temporary,
r.rmory and ' auditorium on the site
for the proposed city hall. The
building will cost about $7,000. '
Madison Woman Injured;- .
't Struck hy Doctor's Auto
Madison, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Nannie Meyers
was sliehtlv iniiired when run over
i... .-t-,!i- j 1
ny an amouiouiic ariven oy ur. c.
N. Smart. Witnesses say the aged
woman became confused and stepped
directly in front of the machine,
which the driver was unable to st6p
quickly on account of slippery pave
ment, Attorney Jumps to Death. 1
Washington. Jan. 21. W. M.
Coleman of New York, ' general
counsel for the Hudson & Mon
hattan Railroad comoanv. com-
Women Electors
Call Off Flight
To Washington
Unfavorable Weathe r Causes
Nebraskans to Abandon
Planes and Complete
Journey by Rail.
' Des Moines," -Jan. 21. (Special
Telegram.) Tbe airplane trip to
Washington,. which was being made
by Mrs., H,, Hv Wheelefi presidential
elector from "Nebraska, and Mrs.
Draper Smith, alternate, was called
off late this afternoon because of unfavorable-flying
weather.
The two women. left Des Moines
for Chicago at 10:30 this evening
and will coriiplete their journey
to-Washington by rail. The planes
will return to Nebraska as soon as
weather permits. '...,
Both of the "flying grandmothers"
expressed keen disappointment at
the unexpected turn of affairs. They
had waited patiently, all day for a
heavy fog to lift, so that they could
resume their aerial jaunt.
Weather reports from the cast late
this afternoon , indicated that they
would .encounter still further delaya
if they were able to get off tonight,'
so the decision yas made to abandon
the trip. ;
. They had flown only the first leg
ofthe long journey.
Omaha Youth Pleads
Not Guilty to Charge
V Of Murder at Toledo
Toledo. O., Jan. 21.-tEdward
Foley, 18, of Denver and Omaha,
charged with the murder of two New
York Central Railroad company de
tectives and the robbery ot a com
pany ticket agent of $12,000 last
Monday, was arraigned today and
pleaded not guilty.' Foley was in
dicted yesterday on two charges of
murder. . , ,
He was led through a tunnel from
the jail to the court room for ar
raignment, , officers fearing an at
tempt to release ' him.
Folay and Royce Richardson, a
negro, were arrested Jive hours after
the robbery was perpetrated. Three
other men for whom a heavy reward
is offered still are at large.
"The robbers in an automobile at
tacked the ticket agent and Detec
tives Louis Schroeder and A. E.
Long, ' killing the two officers ' and
escaping with the money; w hich was
being taken from the roalroad sta
tion to a. downtown bank.
Police Probe Threats to
- Kill Philadelphia Chief
Philadelphia.' Ian. 21. Threats to
kill AVilliam B. Mills, superin
tendent of police, as an aftermath
it is believed of the taxicab bomb
explosion Monday night when two
men lost their lives, are being in
vestigated by the city's secret
police. " ' ' . - '
t "i do not take much stocjc in the
report my life is in danger," said
Superintendent Mills today, "but
we are ruifniug out everything at
this time." 1 ' -
The Weather
. Forecast.
Saturday fair and warmer.
Hourly Temperatures.
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fthlppera' Butlrtla.
Protect aWpm-nta riurlnr tho nut 54
to 34 hours from tomeprnturca aa fol
low: North, 55 dmrrof; nnt, ID drcrera;
vaat. 20 1reti. Shipments aouth can b
tnada saf!y. ,
Nationalist
Policy Plan
Of Harding
Takes Stand That U. S. Should
Keep Clear of European
Affairs and Stand Pat on
Monroe Doctrine.
Has Doubts About Treaty
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING
(. lilrHfo Trtbuae-Oiitaha lira I-vanrd Wire,
Washington Jan. 21. A htrongly
nationtistic foreign policy is to be
initiated bv President-elect Harding
immediately upon assuming office,
according to senators returning from .
the final conferences at Marion.
To help ourselves as veil as -others,
in contrast with the Wilson
policy of helping others and not our
selves, is said 'to be the keynote to
the policy Senator Harding plans to
pursue. It is with this end in view
that he has been informing himsel
in detail of conditions abroad , and
the aim he has disclosed in his AU
cussion of his policies with almost
every visitor to Marion., .
Mr. Harding has been taking stoct:
of the interests of the United States,
either sacrificed or impaired bv
President Wilson in developing his
scheme of internationalism, particu
larly in the Paris peace negotiation.
To salvage ' what he can, to recon
struct and to strenghten the com
manding p6sifion - of the United
States in the world, is the llardinjr
program. .
Entanglements Avoided.
The information the president
elect has received concrrning the
state of affairs in Europu has on
vinced him it is nothing abort of
providential that America has been
favetP from entanglement in the
rivalries, jealousies, greed, imperial
istic designs and international con
cerns of European states, such as
would have been produced by ratifi
cation of the Versailles treaty and
League of Nations without change.,
Mr. Harding is represented as'
more strongly than ever of the opin
ion" that America should keep clea?
j oijparticipation in European affairs
tindNstand pat on the principle of
I the Monroe doctrine that European
! nations should keep hands off the
affairs of the American continents..
Doubts Versailles Pact
j Under the circumstances, ther-
i fore, the president-elect doubts that
it ts feasible to accept the Vrsailbs
treaty unless it should be very ma
terially modified, not only iu respect
to the League cf Nations covenant,
which in anv event it would be nec
essary, to eliminate, butin respect
to the , peace terms .proper from
which lt'wilf ' Te necessary to x-v
elude provisions for the oarticioation
of the United States in the. multitude
of commission which are to regu
late the affairs of Europe or .years
to come. . .
He is still intents however, lupon
ending the present anomalous nd
fictitious state of war with Germany
and therefore more inclined than'
ever to favor the restoration of peace
by legislation, such as the Knox
resolution, vetoed by President Wil
son. -
The recently published cable re
ports of the boycotts and other dire
ounishmcnt which European nations
intend to visit upon the United
Slates, if it persists in refusing to
enter the league of nations, are re-
(Tnra to rata Two, Column Twa.) .
Man Charged With
Robbery Is Captured
After Exciting Chast
Alliance, eb., : Jan..-21. (Special
Telegram.) Jack Brown, charged
with store robbery, was captured
here by police and county officers
after , an exciting chase ... during
which Night Marshal StilUvell fired
his revolver at the fugitive. A look
out was kept for Brown following
a message from officers at Angora
that he had robbed the Angora Mer
cantile company. ' , ,
Ne eluded the officers w hen he
arrived on a train, but they found
him a short time later walking along
the track. He did not heed a com
mand to halt and started to run,
when Officer Stillwell fired. . He dis
appeared between box cars in the
yard and was captured a half hour
later a mile from town by officers
who trailed him in an automobile. "
He was taken to 1 the Morrill
county jail. He 5s alleged to have
stolen a sheepskin coat and about
$11 from the store. j -
Appeal on nome B
i
rew
I a
Decision to Be Filed
Chicago, Jan. 21, A suit to tct
the constitutionality ot ' the recent ;
construction of the Volstead SiCt pro
hibiting manufaclure of "home brew"
was on file today in federal court.
Attorney David D. Salisbury's pe
tition asserting that the government
cannot collect both a revenue tax
on home made liquors and, assess
fine for violation of a law forbid
ding their manufacture.
More than 600 Chicago salqon
keepers have been assessed l oth th
fine and the tax, according to Mr.
Stansbury, on charges of 'selling
beer containing more than i:ie legal
percentage of alcohol.
Man Charged .With Murder
Freed by Habeas Corpus
Salt Lake City. Jan. 21. W.. R.
"Cyclone" Lefty Jetters, intermoun
tain boxer, recently arrested in con
nection with circumstances sur
rouiMiing the death of Clifford Thur
man. son of Justice S. R. Thurman
of tnc Utah state supreme court,
whose body was found in a pool at
a local . resort, gained Ws freedom
on habeas corpus proceedings, but
was immediately rearrested as he
left the court,
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