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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 60 NO. 180. I OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1921. By Mail (I ytat). litl44Mi lent. Dally m4 unav. t: Dally Oaly. M: Kuaday, M Outal 41(1 Juaa (I r). y Dally (Id Suaiay, tif ; Oally Oaly, Il2;uaday Oaly.lt THREE CENTS Oman 0. Uadw Act pt M.reh J, 1179. ) it r WiIsoiiNote!FamiLyBT!w Is Aimed at Japanese President's Stand on Ar menian Question Really Bid For Japan to Withdraw From Vladivostok. - Former Appeal Ignored Dy ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. ( hirnKii TrlbuiM-Onmlm life I.i'U.nl Wire. Washington, Jan. 23. President Wilson's latest Armenian note is really aimed at Japan, according to the' view expressed in sonic quarters and "constitutes a bid to Great Britain to exert her influence toward the retirement of her ally from oc cupation of Vladivostok and other parts of Siberia. "The presidcnt-ibclieves," says the ' r , note, "that the sine qua non of an j attempt at Pacification must be. a I v public and 'sclcmri cngagciuTut among the great powers not to take advantage of Russia's stricken con dition and not to violate the terri torial integrity of Russ'a nor to tin- dort.'ike thcmselvess any further in-vs'ons.-of Russia, nor to tolerate v such invasions by others. k -'Such a- public agreement would in effect say to those now in power in Russia. 'Yon are not menaced from outside.' The great powers have voluntarily" guaranteed yu from attack. You can have peace if you ant it.' " Japan Only Army in Field. There are now no British, French or Italian troops in Russia or on the borders of Russia. The only one bf the allied powers occupying , any part! of Russia is Japan, which holds Vladivostok, the northern half of Sajrtialien island and certain portions of the Siberian mainland. In Secretary Colby's Russian noe several months ago', the presi dent made much the same appeal for the withdrawal of allied forces from Russian territory. The appeal went unheeded, however, and now the president renews it more pointedly as a condition precedent to his im- '. mediate despatch of Henry Morgen thau on his mission as a mediator between Armenia and her oppres sors. . , . The orciident has been fighting Tapancse occupation of Siberia at every step without tangible result save, the aggravation of" Jaoanesf ui.siiKC oi ine v mien .-uuo. iviaic ever Americans and Japanese come in contact in Siberia there is friction and American, naval officers were not greatly surprised by the clash which resulted t the killing -ot Lieu- sentry in Vladivostok. v U. S. Troops Withdrawn. American troops were withdrawn from Siberia more than a year' ago and since then there has been only a cruiser or two at Vladivostok for the protection of American interests. Mr. Wilson' was of the opinion that Japan, having gone into. Siberia in co-operation with the United States during the war, ought to have with drawn at the same time as the American forces. When,' however, Japan not only elected to stay, but having, occupied Vladivostok, proceeded to occupy the northern half of Saghalien is , land, the president was moved to protest. With the approval of Great Britain, which felt embarrassed be cause of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Mr, Wilson addressed a note to To kio orotesting against the occupation of Russian territory. Japan replied in defense of the move, which was explained as a measure of protection and of retaliation for the massacre of Japanese on the mainland, and the correspondence is still in progress. There is a good deal Of opposition "to this policy, which is viewed by some senators as a continual nagg ing of Japan with respect to Japanese measures in ;Asia. It is contended that Japan might, with quite as much reason, have protested against Amer ican occupatiort of Haiti or Santo Domingo or Vera Cruz, all of which were, measures taken .by President Wilson for reasons not greatly dis similar to those advanced by the jap- ' anesc for occupation of Siberia. j Poor Grace From U. S. I One also hears the argument that ! objection to the extension ot Japan ese hegemony on the Asiatic main land comes with poor grace from a ration that desires to exclude Jap anese from its own territory. The Japanese, it is i contended, must spread somewhere and the more they are permitted to spread in Asia the less will they seek the western hem isphere." If the Japanese is found to have "been in the wrong in the Langdon incident it is expected that Japan will apologize. That was the out come of ,the Tientsin affair involv ing the brutal malteratmcnt of Amer ican soldiers by Japanese officials on the scene expressed their regret and later a formal apology was trans mitted to ths State department and accepted. Prohibition Enforcement Agent Killed in Gun Fight Ference, Ala., Jan. 23. Do Stephenson of Sheffield, prohibition enforcement officer, was killed, two other members of the force were se riously wounded and three, are miss ying as a result of a battle with moonshiners on the Tennessee river in Colbett county. One of the wounded men is expected to die. De tails are lacking. Brother of Lincoln Student Is Killed in Colorado KioWa. Colo., Jan. 23.C. CMyles- worth, brother of L. L. Aylesworth of the University of Xebraska at Lincoln, was. shot and killed at Buick during a quarrel with Benjamin Kline over the payment of rent, it was developed at a coroner's inquest. Kline surrendered and was eld by the coroner's jury. Wymore, Neb., Jan. 23. (Special.) A joint father and son, mother and daughter banquet will be givMf" ' flirt fll1Gttn.Q jf ill UtV llWk-" clubs of the-, hiirh school T& Arrangements are being tnadrO.rftt' tertain 300. The meeting will be held in the Markle theater, where moving , pic tures will be shown and a musical program, including chorus singing of old folk songs, will lie given. Superintendent Stoddard of the Beatrice schools and County Superin tendent Bertha Foster of Gage county will be guests. "International Tramp" Tells of His Conversion John Tyler, Who Tasted Low est Dregs of Life, Rescued From Vice WIumi About To Kill Self. ' ... , , ... , , I The general feeling is optimistic. John lyler. the mtoi national t , The Frencll pe0plci Have been ih- tramp," told the story of his amaz- assured by the tone of the British ing life and conversion at a meet- press and seem confident that lin ing m the Y.. M. C. A. yesterday aft- 'a'1'" ill be able to agree fully, not j ,, , , only on measures to secure German crnoon. He was converted (at the . dis,mani.Ilt 1)Ut 0 thc Bener;l ,iM,s lainous jerry .ucnuiey mission m New York when he was 60 years otd and had lived in the lowest dives ot ruanv of thc biggest cities of thc World. "I come from the prison cell, from the deepest dives of vice in the world," 'he said. "But I was not born to that fate. My father was a wealthy and high-minded Virginia gentleman and my mother the sweet est, gentlest, most God-fearing of mothers. ( I was their only son. i broke my' dear mother's heart. , My father did not speak to me for the last 10 years of his life. "I was sent to private schools, then to college where I joined a; fraterni ty, learned to gamble and put the finishing touches on what 1 knew about booze. Lost Large Fortune. "T t t. Vo,,r Vrl- Hi'iwl nt flip r z .:: r;; h u-; i man nuu?t, yaj "6 yv -- for a room and bath that I never saw. I inherited a large legacy. I got a tip, took it and lost all.. "I drifted .about the world, in re morse, seeking- forgetfnlness. I crossed the Atlantic 29 times, work- j 1,1 on cattle boats, rounded the 'horn' and the Cape of. Qood Hope. I lived in the lowest dens .of iY lute chapel, London's East End. I drank liquor with many of those women who were murdered by Jack, the Kip per. rater. . 1 cirmca to fans ana firank and gambled in many of those Montmartre places where not long age. rcaf moving picture actress found death. "For six years I lived in the Aus tralian bush. I turned up later in Naples. "Italy. I had changed my name and represented myself as a British subject and was given 'D. B. S..' distressed British subject, transportation to London .and then crossed to New York. Decided to Kill Self. ' "One day, sitting on a park bench, unable even to get a job I had tried for as dishwasher, I determined to go to a subway station and end it all by throwing myself under a train. And at that moment, triv mother's prayers were answered. I was met K.r n man t.rn-, cruiHprl nip In thp TfT- H.i.,1. i T ,. iv aic.iuicv Hussion, ucit jcus Christ m; into mv life. tu:..-.- i,:... t nearly yd years old. 1 am regener ated in soul and rejuvenated in bodv. My muscles are of steel, my appetite is fine, I sleep like a child. I love the glory of the morning, the gentle beauty of the evening. All because God is in my life. M'r. Tyler was introduced bv Rev. Paul Calhoun, pastor of Central United Presbyterian church, who has known him for a decade. Mr. Tyler spoke at the Central United Presbyterian church last night Man Held in Sidney -Charged With' Firing I 31 Stacks of Wheat . Kimball, Xcb.. Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) Walter G. Zaicer, charged with arson for the burning of 31 stacks of wheat belpuging to C. W. Long, near here, was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyo., and returned by sliri-iff Pnttlinor Tip u-ac rtlarrrl in c:.i i r . . . j ...tat Jd, , , o.u..i.y. (1ci,,u.iu extradition papers when ii.dt lie nuuiu iiitiu tit Jiuiav m , stead of Kimball. The Kimball jail here is filled t0 1 capacity with five prisoners in the i two cells and for that reason Zaicer j was taken to Sidney. The county commissioners are expecting to make provisions soon for building a new court house and larger jail. Day and night guards are kept at the jail on account of the large number of I prisoners. f The sheriff now has warrants for jtwo men charged with parsing checks I on banks in which they had no funds. Where his prisoners will be kept when arrested is puzzling the sheriff. Employes of Milk Firms Denied Wage Increase Xew York. Jan. 23. Twelve thou sand employes of .milk distributing concerns in the metropolitan district of Greater Xew York were denied wage increases by the board of arbi tration appointed last fall to consider their differences with- employers The board based its decision largely on actual and prospective decreases in cost of living. Bandits Kill Auctioneer Xew York, Jan. 23. Five bandits held up a crowded auction room, shot and killed Emit Shields, auction eer, seriously wounded Henry Young, rtl nsictanf aurt rci'anrrl in a l5v! cab. 1 Allies To tffeaie On reparation Question of German Pay ments to 13e Leading Topic At Meeting of ' Su preme Council. , The Feeling Is Optimistic Ily The Amnflnlril 1'p. Paris, Jan. 2.1 The meeting of the supreme council, which will be gin at 11 a. ni. . tomorrow in tin' cloak room of the foreign office where the ploniary sessions of tin peace conference were held, is re garded in France as second in hn- i portanee only to the " deliberations j from which came the peace treaty. The duration of the new ministry of ; Aristide Briand it is generally under ! stood, will depend oa this meeting. 0f reparation. j. , There is a cordial conference of half an hour tonight immediatelv on the arrival of the British delegation, between Premier Lloyd George and Earl Curzon, the British foreign secretary and Premier Briand. Discuss French Attitude. France's attitude' concerning rep- arations was discussed at con- ; ference today between ' . President Briand, I . J . Millerand and Premier L.' Bcrthclot, general secretary of the foreign office, Louis Lonelier, minister for the liberated regions; Paul Doumer, minister of finance; Lg'uis Debois, president of the rep arations' commission and M. Sey dou.x and Pierre Cheysson, financial cxnerts. The report of the allied experts was gone into and a decision was reached on the form of the French v.ew P0.nt. Representatives of the live powers at " the supreme council . will be Great Britain, Premier Lloyd George, Earl Curzon, Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Baron Edgar Vincent D'Abernon, ambassador to Germany; General Bingham, presi dent of the inter-allied sub-commission on armaments; Admiral Sin clair and Major Growes. France: Premier Briand, M. Bcrthclot. M. Loucheur. M. Doumer, M. Sevdoux and Col. De St.AuIairc, , ambassador to Oreat .Britain, I Italv: Count Sforza," foreign mini ster. and Marquis Delia -rorclla. Bereitrrm vi Jasfwr TJwMtiiysV minU ster of finance, and M. Van Dc VS- vcre, former minister of finance. fapan: Viscount Ishii, ambassa- dor to France. Will Discuss Marines. The German disarmament discus sion is expected to turn mostly on the measures to be employed to bring Gerpiany to comply with the peace treaty. 'As the allies arc supposed to be agreed Germany must finally disarm effectively, it is understood France does not' want to apply the penalty of occupation of further German territorv, provided the treaty is confirmed. Nevertheless, Premier Briand is expected to take a firm attitude. I The renarations question will i p (I. n:.t i cci,lle P " the report of thc allied i experts who met the Germans at Brussels. ;n which they recommend that pending fin;J determination of Germany's total debt. Germany shall pav five annual installments of .5.000,000 francs in gold, of which the minimum in.. cash is to be fixed by (he allies. The exjperts will recommend that Germany be allowed to retain 300. 000 tons of shipping and that the expenses of the occupation of thc Rhineland be reduced. They will reject the German demands for an indefinite suppression of the pleb- iscite in upper Siberia, the post ponement of payments in cash; the restitution of rcqucstralcs German property abroad which has never been liquidated so that Germany mav use it as security for credit. J and a reduction in Germany's coal ! deliveries. Woman on Way Home Fights Off Man Who Attacked Her On her way home Saturday night, Mrs. M. Lee. 2226 Howard street. was attacked by a man who jumped I trom a dark place' along the walk Twenty-second and Howard Mrs. Lee fought off her assailant and screamed. After free- i, .tr h us and oolice p siie ran reported into a nearby the attack to Omaha Fair and Warm; Los Angeles' Visitors Shiver in Snowstorm Los Angeles, Jan. 22. Snow fell in the Hollywood and Elysian Park sections of Los(Augelcs Saturady for the first time in several years. The tops of street ears returning to the downtown districts from Hollywood were white with it. Snow also fell in Long Beach, a suburb, for thc first time in the memory of thc old est inhabitant. Thc San Gabriel mountains north of Pasadena were snow clad from thc peaks almost to their base Rain was falling in the downtown section of the city while the snow fhirries were descending in the sub urbs. The Min, storm ca:ir- froi.5 the southeast, bcirg reportoit fron? Long Beach. 20 miles. awav. before- sweeping inlard. Hail was reported n have fallen in rural sections, but t was said no damage wa done. Lightning continued about half an hour, cusiinj a slight derangement of the city lighting and fire alart.1 systems. Maximum u-mperatur in Los An geles was ,54 degrcos; the' minimum was 43. Governor Working v On Expense Budget Lincoln, Jan. 23. (Special.) For 'a week Gov. S, K. McKclvie and Phil working from early in the morning until k-.te at night on the budget which must be presented to the leg islature this week. The budget in cludes all the estimated state ex penses for the next two years M'd from a political standpoint it means much to the governor, while from an economic standpoint it means as much to the taxpayers. The original budget, according to reports, failed to meet with the ap proval of cither thc governor or Bros. Since that, time the pruning knife has been whetted and has been steadily at work for more tha'n a week. Golden Scores English Premier For Proi irii-li Lecturer, in Address Jlcre, Says Lloyd George Attempted to Rouse Re- ,v Jigious Intolerance. Charges that Llloyd George' sent army of propagandists to this country to " rouse the sleeping giant of religious intolerance" in an ef , fort to crush the movement for Irish i trcedom were made by Peter Golden I in an address yesterday afternoon in the Brandeis theater to an audi i i-in e that taxed the capaciay of the building. . nicp that taxed the caoacitv of the ; m0it anti-Irish and anti-American newspaper in Kncland. told Llovd j George that he could crush the Sinn Fem movement by this means," said Mr. Golden, but Lloyd George s emissaries went baek fb England, in utter failure, having learned that the great non-Catholic body of 'Ameri cans are Americans first of all. "Jt is merely English propaganda to say that the movement for Irish independence is o Catholic move ment. Every great Irish leader in the last 150 years with the exception of O'Connor and Redmond, have been Protestants. John Mitchell, Robert Emmett, Charles Parnell and all the other great leaders were Protestants. Denounces England's Attitude. "They say Ireland stabbed Eng land in thc back during the war. I wish we had stabbed her in the front. England has said the same after every war. During the Boer war she said wc were pro-Bocr. During the great war we were pro-German, she cried. Now that the war is over she declares we are all bolsheviki. Eng land always paints herself as the white-plumed knight, clad in chival- ric armor, lighting the battles ot iv&feat ion4 .Bttf WknOv; England jtor what she is. i "She has told Ireland's story in the past, her own crooked version ofit. I N'ow we are telling it ourselves. I "We have heard of 'poor old Ire land, wc ao noi pieaa ior. poor, oia Ireland.' Ireland is no longer thc mendicant sitting at the gate of her enemy. She has put on the glorious robes of rebellion. "Ireland Shall be Free' "Remember what Lloyd George said recently. He said he would sacrifice a million men rather than let Ireland go free. He said that even if the Irish people were unani mous for a republic they would not get it. The only thing Lloyd George intends to give Ireland is the sword. 'The British fay that for the safety of the empire they cannot let Ireland have independence. But when Germany, in the early days of the sjreat war, declared that Belgium neve- would be given back her in dependenct, England declared that it was an outrage to thing of a small nation bein? held in , bondage to guarantee the safety of an empire. "Ireland shall be free. She is about to gain that for which she has strug gled for 750 years." W. C. Fraser presided. Many lead ing Irishmen were seated on the stage. Farmer Instantly Killed When Train Strikes Automobile !(.; '' ; l.i nil dredge, Xcb., Jan, 23. (,Spe- Tames H. Long. Wealthy r living southeast of this city, was jnstantly killed this morning when his automobile was struck by a fast Burlington train He was ?:i- route to tdwn to meet his wife, who was expected to arrive from Omaha, where she lias been in a hospital. The wife was not on the train and neighbors hurried to Omaha 'O in-! form her of the accident. Thc driver had an unobstructed view of the railroad track and wit-; ncsses arc of the opinion that ins j car became stalled on the crossing, as it is on an embankment about 10 Ifcet higher than the city street : grade. Mr. Long was alone in the I car. The machine was hurled into a ditch after breaking off a telegraph pole. The car was completely demol ished. Mr. Long was dead when witnesses reached him. thc body hav ing been decapitated and thrown clear of the car. Man Dies Following Cold Contracted at Funeral Daniel Collins, 05, 017 South Nineteenth street, department forc- . , I . i -.,.. . . i man tor tne raxioii- lerung irou 'works, died Saturday at St, Cath- critic's hospital, following an attack of pneumonia brought on by a cold contracted while acting as pallbearer at thc funeral for Col. P. C. Hcafey last Monday. Mr. Collins had been a resident of Omaha ior 45 years, coming from Ireland when a youth of 20. He had been a member of the Emmet Monu ment association for 40 years. He has no surviving relatives in this country. Funeral services will be in charge of thc monument association. WILL EDITOR HARDING RUN THE GOVERNMENT LIKE A NEWSPAPER? Dasaiula Sill xtfr SA May Deport All Aliens Without . Passport Papers n tt. . , rjiaig ueyartmeiit vonsiring Action Against Foreigners In United States lioland Included in List. ( iiimgo Tribnnr-Oniahit Bee I.cawil W ire. Washington, Jan. 23. Deportation of all aliens now in the United States without passports is being seriously considered by the State department. - Acting- Secretary of State Davis said President Wilson's decision and the State department's ruling on Donald O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, will cause thc Department of Labor to report the arrival of every person who comes into the United States without a pa.-sport. No dis cretion is left with the Department of Labor.' Tl. .1 . i ne niaicuepariiiiei'i may reminc) detailed information on all persons . now in Jhe United States without passports, with a view to deporta- I lion. .," In this category is Harry Bolund, secretary to Eamonii De Valera, "president ot the Irish republic,", who recently advocated the organiza tion of a vciubtta in the United States to avenge thc acts of thc Eug- i li.sh m Ireland. I Some or the State department's legal authorities have advised that jBoland has made himsclh liable to 'prosecution under the espionage act i by reason of his utterance, but if i action were instituted against hira jon that account, it would be at the, instance of thc Department of Jus- lice. Boland never has otliciaiiy oecn reported to thc Sute department as without a passport. - ' Tt has been ascertained that large numbers of .aliens have been admitted when not entitled to enter These, personsit is believed, are known to j the Labor department through ' its inspectors of immigration. Hercafti-r the Labor department will not be permitted to give even temporary liberty to any persons !nrrivinc without nassoorts, but must hold such persons in custody until thc State department decides. i Confidence Man Killed K By Kansas City Officer -Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 23. Er nest Sinclair of Atlanta. Ca., was shot and kill-.d by a detective after the officer had arrested Sinclair and his companion, who pave his name as Harry C'ampbcN ant! claimed tj be a showman of Texas. While the detective was calling for a patrol wacron, Sinclair ran Campbell told police' S;nc1a'Y was a confidence man who had been swindling people in dotiar-matchin? games. Bandits Fire at Man Who Ran Awav From Them I " hi' ; ''"e June 20-21. Thir . . i " c -u.. 11 ... i tv -Nebraska lodges will be repre On Ins way home Satin day Dan .nt-d. An entertainuie.it co.nmit Holdcn, 120 A Mi-eet. Sou h Sid. , u,c h;is )0cn intpfl am, pr0p,isfs was stopped at Ninth and Hickory,, ,K, l(,8 a pIcasant scssj011 streets bv two tinned r.cn aiso was ! ordered to hold up his hands. Holden refused to obey tbe order and took to his heels. The bandit sent two shots after him which went wild. After he had reached i place of safety Holdru called police head quarters and reported the atwmptc.! robbery. The cyclone squid an swered' the call, but inadc a futile tour of that vicinity. (Copyright: 10-1: By The Chicato Tribune. I Policeman Wounded ;ln Fight With Bandits, But Saves Big Payroll hiracn Tribune-Omaha B Lvnkrd Wire. Chicago, Jan. 23. Andrew Crcagh, a policeman, fought ' it ..out. 'single handed , ithfivc .JbtytJitv, was shot three times - and clubbed over the head with the butts of re volvers, but he prevented them from stealing a payroll of $5,500 of Henry O. Shcpard & Co., which they were after. More than 30 shots were ex changed in the encounter. After Creagh had been shot down he con tinued' the battle from the pavement, until watchman and policemen from adjacent plants began to arrive and the liandits fled, leaving their car. two hats, two automatic pistols and an automobile license plate in. their flight A more successtul raid was made ! terialiy modified before the final roll by six automobile holdup men, who caI1 js takcn. . T1;c SterIl Sllbsti. descended shortly before noon on the I .. , , saloon of Patrick Hogan and stole tnte, curtailing the proposed powers $3,100 he had brought from a ban';, of the government over the packing to cash pay checks for workmen in I industry and vesting the administra- the vicinitv. First Father and Son Banquet Held at Cook Meets With Success Coo, Xeb., Jan. 23. (Special. The first father and son banquet was held in this cUy with over 65 in at tendance. Title success of the event piompted the gathering to marke ar rangments to organize a mother and daughter organization, for whom they will serve a banquet in March Officers elected forthe association arc: Rev. A. O. H in son, D. D., Uni versity Place, Xeb., honorary' pres ident; E. E. Soudcrs, president; H. Howarth, vice president; Wallace K Henderson, secretary, and Wayne McDcrmitt. treasurer. DrA. O. Hinson. supenntenrbnt of the Beatrice district of ths-Mcth- odist conference, made the principal address on "Growing a Man." Supt. George A., Medsker of the Cook high school also spoke t. II. Bickcl commended Rev. J. W. Henderson. t 1 1 I, il,".i: fifTf.? tl.A ,, .... a was held. . j ,T. , ; , " ! Highway Engineer UetS Damages for Auto Injury! . . c ... 1 i : Pawnee City, Xeb., Jan. 23. (Spe cial. 1 LaVcrne Walter was given a judgment for $450 against Mrs. Liz zie Peters for injuries received in an automobile accident. Mr. Walter was working as an engineer on high way construction near this city when the accident occurred. He was un able to work for 15 weeks at-d asked $4,000 damages. 1 Plattsmouth Eagles Plan To Entertain Delegates 'Plattsmouth, Xeb.. Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) Plattsmouth Eagles are mak ing elaborate plans for the enter tainment of the state association. Walsh Is Legal Advisor Of Irish Republic in U. S. Washington. Jan. 23. The provi sional Irish republic has selected Frank P. Walsh, former chairman of the war labor board, as its legal counsellor in theUnitef States, ac cording to a letter written by Mr. Walsh to Secretary of State Colby. Ledders Predict r j rr rn5jnO"P fit IVf-nVnil - v,.-w. ,an to inve the paynipnt o t,.lCm pi i -mm- " by a free trade policv." r acker Measure! Anst Further "credits: i ' I Representative Watson does not 1 ' . .' sympathize with the agitation for gjEqgetlS.forModiftcatlOW,of Ifurthejereflits to Europe, even for '.-- i r !-,.:,- fhV.urchasc" of American products.. Bill Before final Action 111 "The old spirit of Americanism is .,t TJJ, A. passing into history." said Mr. Wat- fc V -Lit IV M. VHIUJ XlJ7llUi Strong. Washington, Jan. 23. The Ken-drick-Kenyou packer bill, scheduled to come to a vote in the senate Mon day, will carry by a margin of from four to six votes, according to polls taken by leaders. There is a strong prospect, how ever, that thc -measure may be ma- tion of the act in the federal trade commission instead of the proposed live stock commission, appeared to be gaining favor and thc vote on this measure wa admitted to be close. The advocates of the measure have gained the support of a' number of democrats who are said to be op posed to the bill at heart, but wiio feel bound by thc San Francisco platform to vote for- it. The num ber of such senators is reported to bo just large enough to insure the passage of the bill in the senate. The passage of the bill by the senate, however, probably will mtfrk the end of its progress. There is little likelihood that the house will act on the measur at this session and unless it does act the bill will be tossed into the legislative scrapheap cn March 4. It is regarded as ex tremely doubtful whether such a measure could he put through the next senate. Pioneer Resident Of Nebraska Dies ' Plattsmouth. Xcb., Jan.' 23. rial.) Funeral services for Isaac Wiles, pioneer Xebraskan. who died rhiirday. vre held here. Mr VV lire was horn where the eitv of Indianapolis now stands, on Octo ber 25, 1830. He drove cattle across thc western plains to California m the years 1848-4'), hut failed to find the gold for which he sought. He returned to the "home of his childhood in Mills county, la., and in 1955 crossed the Missouri river and took up a homestead near Plattsmouth, on which his son. Luke, and family now reside. Mr. Wiles served in thc civil war and later was incharge of volunteer forces in this state recruited to guard against Indian uprisings. He was a represen tative to the last territorial legisla ture in Nebraska. -ine ot Ins ten children survive, among them being T. F. Wiles Omaha. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska Probably rain Monday: Tuesday unsettled, rain in east; not much change in temperature. Iowa Increasing cloudiness Mon day; Tuesday unsettled, brobr.bly rain; not much change in temperature. Watson in Attack on New Tariff Pennsylvania Member of tlie House Bitterly Opposed to Growing Sentiment for Reciprocal Duties. Opposes Further Credit Clilmgo TrllMiliK-Omnlm Ilff (riinfil Wire. Washington, Jan. 2i. Representa tive Watson of Pennsylvania, a re publican member of the house ways and means committee, took issue, to day with thc growing sentiment for reciprocal tariffs. Mr. Watson, who is one of the old-time protectionists on the committee -which is framing the new tariff law, declared that he did) not agree with the view of those wbi favored -such an adjustment of duties as will facilitate the payment of the debt owed the United States by foreign nations. Mr. Watson made the flat assertion that he believed it would be cheaper to cancel the debt rather than to have it paid in goods which would be brought into this country in com petition with the prpducts of Ameri can industries'. . Representative Watson's views arc similar to those held by Representa tive Fordnev of Michigan, chairman of the wavg and means committee. T ' Take Contrary View. A contrary view, hdwevcr. is held by Representative Longworth of Ohio and other republican members r of the committee who, while favor ing protection t;f American indu' tries most in need of it, yet wish to encourage , foreign trade through a system of reciprocal or bargaining tariffs. They, believe that many in dustries, through the larger opporf tunities afforded in foreign markets, can get along without the same de gree of protection which they hav'e desired in the past. "A national debt of $24,068,000,000. including $9,580,000,000 loaned to our allies during the war, but not in c'.udini? $4,226,000,000 advances ex pended to them since ' the armistice, i presents an economic question that j emphasizes the necessity of 'high I tariffs," said Reoiesentative Watson. I "The cancellation " of the I'nited I, States loans to the Enroncan e-ovrrn- jments by maintaining a protective Mmy, would be a wiser financial plan son. We are dotting toward an other form of patriotism,, which needs close analysis. There is a fanatic desire among some of our citizens to increase our staggering indebtedness by appropriations to ) aid Europe to rebuild and reconstruct its industry. , "While we cannot be deaf to the appeals of starving Europe, yet we must regard jealously out own af fairs that despair and want may not dishearten our. people. It is for congress to protect the American people from ruinous taxation, op- pose further European loans, that our credit may be maintained at home and abroad." - ' . Hearings This Week. General tariff revision hearings will 1 be continued throughout the com- ' inr week before the house ways and meaii committee. ' Two more days will be devoted to schedule ',G, re lating to agricultural products and nrovisons. Already two days have been given to this schedule. Only three days were on the prograi.i for agricultural products, but no one has requested an opportunity to be heard on Schedule H, which was set foi 'I Aesday, and consequently an extra" day has been allotted to thc farm representatives. The significance tA the lack of interest in schedule H lies in thc fact that it relates to spirits, wines and other beverages. .. ; On Wednesday and Thursday schedule I, relating to cotton and iis manufactures, will be taken up. Friday and Saturday will be devoted to schedule J. relating to flax, hemp, jute and thefr manufactures. Petitions Deluge State Legislators - Lincoln, Jan. 2.3. (Special.) Peti- i tions from all parts of thc state in-(Spe-1 spired by a few women interested in the children's code, commission pro gram, especially the state censorship board feature, arc flooding represen tatives. Representative Williams of Fill more, has protested against such methods of endeavoring to influence legislator. Another method being used is a scries of weekly luncheons to which members of the child welfare com mittees arc beiuif invited and at which addresses are made in behalf of thc legislation desired by thocom- mission. The senate committee has absolutely refused to attend thest luncheon. Commerce Commission Test Case Up in Supreme Court U'-lcl,!ltlTrtt1 Tit, fX A l..t of involving authority of the Inter I state Commerce1 commission to su ipcrvise railway rates within a stato r.s well as between states reached the snjircmc court from Wisconsin, Counsel for thc state railway com mission filed an appeal from an in junction granted the Chicago. Bur- 1 liugtou & Quincy railroad, which would restrain the state commission from interfering with the filing of new tariff schedules, authorized by the federal commission. Advance ment of argument to expedite a final decision will be asked.
