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    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 60 NO. 180.
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OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1921.
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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v U. S. Troops Withdrawn.
American troops were withdrawn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.