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VOL. 50 NO. 191. Attack on Code Bill Defeated By rum Measure Ousting Four Of Six Secretaries Lost in House by Vote of 55 to 41. Rodman Defends Code Lincoln, Jan. 23. (SpeciaU)-t-Thc Byrum" bill which would throw four of Governor - S R.r McKelvie's si. code secretaries out of ! a job and place elective state officers in their places, is dead. It was voted down . in the lpwer houscthis afternoon, 55 tli 41. . ' - The defeat of this bill was looked upon fn political circles as the doom of all anti-code secretary legisla tion and Was not taken as 8 very good sign for the general, welfare ot" the Byrum bill for a new budget svstem. ' The fight on the' Byrum bill was . precipitated ' v.heir it was referred back to the committee of the whole from the committee oa miscellaneous affairs with a recommendation that I . T ....... . A 1 it oe inacnnuciy pumuohcu. n mi- ority report from the committee hlgtiea uy .lippersuii, tndiiiimu, AnHorsnn CHamitfon. McKec. Franklin ..and Johnson that it be placed on general file, was presented. Byrum Defends Bill. A motion to adopt the committee report was made. A: substitutes to adopt the minority report followed. ir.e vote on tnc .sudsuiuic, m iji ind 55 against, was the deathkncll 3f the bill. Representative A. II. Brum of r,v.,L-i:., lot ih (iaht fnr adnntion ' Dt.the minority report. . "The code kill is putting Us each year closer and ;1oscr to one-man power and is strip aing elective officers of their duties," Byrum declared. , u V, - J -I v:t..1t .1 firt.t for the code bill. "We have fought this same proposition out at the constitutional convention and at the session two years ago," Rodman dc- dared. . v ' :. .', . A number cf others spoke for and against the 'ill Vote': 55 to 41. - The nonuartisan lcasuers voted with the Byrum faction. So did the democrats. Following is thr vote; For adoption of minority report; Acton, Anderson (Hamilton)," Ax 'tell,' . Beans, Beckman, Bchrens, P.ocl, Bowman. Byrum, : Cole, Douglas. Dreusedow. Epperson, t'Osler,, rranRiin, j-rrost, wnoraj inimore,' naKanson, partner, 1 hard. Hoare. Hoffmeister, johnsomi Laurttsen, ; LcTtwtch, VMcfcartanU. ' Tk.T1 .... T:,n.rt,li. f'fl-ir1 Osterman, . Peterson, Rank, Smith, Strong,; Thompson, , Ullstrom, Wi er, Young, Anderson (speaker). Total, 41.' ' Against; Anderson (Knox), Arm strong, Barbour, Bethea, Clizbe,, Davis, Downing, Dyball, Essam Frantz,'- Frausier, Good, Gould. Green, Hascall. Jeary, Kendall, Lundy, Lynn, McClelland,' McLeod, Mears, s . Medlar, Mellor, . Mickey. Miner, Merian, " Mosley, Murphy, Nutzman. Palmer, Park. Perkins, liandalh Feed, Refteker, Robertson, Rodman, Ruddy, Sandquist, Snow. Sommerland. Sprick, Staats, Steph enson, Sturdevant, Vance, Votaw, Wallace. VTebster, Westerhoff, ht, Williams. , Wolfe, Wood. J'otal, 55. Wires in Nebraska DamarVaOyl r A mAimf Of $250,000 by Sleet Damage to telephone and telegraph .i : t. v- . i .1 . . wires inrougnoui Atnraswa amount ed to approximately $250,000, caused the last 24 hours. The transconti nental telephone lines were broken in nine places in Nebraska. . Grand Island, Aorth Platte, Brok en Bow and St. Paul were isolated . for a while "from telephone service. lhe storm first struck between Jules urg and North Platte. More than .i.UOO telephone poles were reported ovn. Telephone service through out the state was interrupted. Though the storm was not accom panied by high winds, the steady sleet spread ruin along the wires. , Iji ; this same territory serious ' damage was sustained during March. 1020, by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., the loss at that time Iking estimated at $500,000. y Pittsburgh Woman Attempts ' T Gl a TV- : r a UUUUl AlCSilU III VJIUIl , T'Htsburgh. Pa., Jan. 25. Mrs. Lillian Bangham pressed the mti?z!e jrf a -pistol to the side of William Wilson, a negro, charged with as- saulting. her, at a court hearing in Forest Hills borough, near here, to jday. She pulled the trigger, but the pistol did not go off. Forty or 50 . women, assembled in the court room cried "kill him" and "we'll stand by you." " ., f i' .. . ' Wilson Uses Pen for First Time in Year and a Half 'Washington. Jan. 25. Congress re ceived from President Wilson todav the first message signed with pen and ink since -the president was taken ill a year and a half ago. "The message had to do with changes in customs) districts. Since his illness and up io this time the president has USetl art lnUrilUIS IJCUtll Ml 0:b""'B communications to congress.' Defaulting Kansas Bankers tr ra AT " . T 1 1 111 I IMIII 1 Ul JKM M. VBt B Coftevville. Tvan.. Jan. 2s. Allen T. Newman.! president of the defunct People's State bank of. Coffeyvilte, and his brother. Rufus P. Newman, ,- ytce president.- today pleaded guilty to embezzlement . and forgery and ach was sentenced to 33 years at fcjM'rf lahr in the state oenitentiary. L - titiraa SMM Omaha r. 0. Captain of Guards At Prison Promoted Lincoln, Jan. 25. (Special.) Dan G. Kavanaugh. connected with the Nebraska penitentiary fgr the last 12 years, where he is Captain of the guard and assistant deputy warden, has been advanced, by the state board cf control o tie deputy-ship, it Was announced' vy $he board Tuesday. Tht salary of the deputy is $1,800 a year and maintenance. He succeeds X. T. Harmon, who resigned last week to become cliict state probational officer for 'the new board or pardons, at a salary of $3,000 a year. " The board accented the recom mendation ot Warden W. ') Fen ton that Mr. KavanlluKh be named as Mr. Harmon's successor. -. , Allied Council To Probe Europe's Economic Tande Supreme Board Rejects ; Pro posal to Loan Monef or to Turn Austria's Financial Problem Over to League. . Parisv jan. 25. (By .The Associ ated ' Press.) Aftef rejecting v a pro posal, to turn the Austrian financial problem over to the, league' of na tions, the allied supreme council de cided to appoint a commission td make a thorough inquiry-into the entire question of the economic sit uation in Europe with particular ref erence to Austria. .. . The council took this action in view of the opinion of the conferee that as the Austrian situation uy volvedt the entire European economic situation it was advisable to have this situation thoroughly inquired into through the most ' competent representatives of the allied coun tries obtainable. ' These representatives, , it was ' tie3, cided, will b$ Sir Robert Horn, pres ident of the; British board of trade; Louis 'Loucher, France; $ignor Gian nini, the Italian economic expert, and probably the ministers of commerce of other .allied (Countries, including Belgium. This commission was ap pointed this forenoon. V ." During the discussion in , the coun cil today the general opinion devel oped thati it was useless to try to do anything for Austria apart from the solution of - the' economic problems of the neighboring countries, with v.'hich- Austria's future is bound to be closely connected and the sugges tion from the Austrian section of the reparations cofnmission for an ad vance to Austria of $25,000,000 for 10 years, guaranteed by pledges on Austria's" resources, was -not acted upoiu .' f ,..,1111 f. m. i.ik.n..nii n ii. ul. :i. . ti Local Legion Cage Team After Contests ; With State Quintets The Douglas, county post of , the American Legion is angling for basket ball games. TSee loopl post is represented 'by what members or theorganization believe 'to be one of the strongest quintets in the state and they arc anxious to prove this statement. . Any Legion teams in Nebraska or Iowa; wanting contests with the Dougla.v county , quintet -Vare re quested to communicate wnh Jakv. Isaacson, Star' Shoe coinpam-. Omaha, Nb. The Omaha ' squad prefers to meet Ame-ican Legion teams, although it will . play 'any quintet, no matter how la"gc' small. i J or 'The state activities committee of the American Legion is planning to stage a Legion basket ball tourna ment at either Lincoln or Omaha some t'rac during March. Legion teams in the state anxious to enter this tourney should write to the committee at Lincoln. . , 505 Alien Anarchists Ari l")nnrtrl Frmn TT Washington. Tan. 25. Five htm. dred and five aliens .classed as an archists were deported from the United States from February 1, 1919, to January 1, 1921, the Depart ment of Dabor announced today. Also 1,119 alien anarchists were or dered " deported,' the difference be tween "orders" and "shipments" be ing represented by those who. wee permitted to remain teiporarily because of lack of . transportation, appeals and ether similar reasons. During the past month, 83Russian aliens-were deported. Europe Approves Plan to Halt Immigrants at Source Washington, Jan. 2?. Secretary Wilson's suggestion that the admis sability of immigrants' be tonsid rred at, the source to avottl the "tragedy of aliens breaking im their homes and romincr tn AnipnY: ntitwl to be excluded, 'has- net ith the instant approval ' of European gov ernments and American diplomatic and consular officers, Anthony, Cant inetti, commissioner general of im migration, today told .the senate im- j migration committee. . 43.000 Bales of Cotton Glut New York Market New York. Jan. 25. The .squeeze in January cotton contracts culmi nated today when shorts tendered 45,000 bales, the biggest amount for a day in years, making a total of 83,000 delivered to bulls during the month. Present dull mill demand and total absence of ocean freight room gives the imprfssiou that this cotton probably will remain here a considerable time.' K v" :'' : 1 '"'"''v Wife SIayer Pleads Guilty r- Algona. la., Jan. 25. E. T. Ben jamin pleaded - guilty to having killed his wife a week ago Satur day in ' the Kossuth district court this afternoon. He will be sen tenced next Tuesday fy Judge D. F. Coyle at Humboldt, it was said a.su - Clan Mattar May It, ISM. at Uttv At al Mann 9. 1(71. Retaj Silver Lining in Couds of Present"Dull Times" Point ed Out4y Nebraska Mer chants in Meet." Ad Campaigns ' Urged; T"1. .,'! It II a 11 (T 111 til A fu-f Hire and the outlook isn't half bad.'j inats tnc auiiuae iaKcn uy mem bers of 'the Nebraska Federation of Retailers, who are holding their an nual convention at the Hotel Rome. Following a short general busi ness session the various units com posing the main organization went into individual sessions to hear talks and addresses, which were optimisti; from the word go. Advertising was the keynote of the speech delivered to the members of tl,i Kotail Drv Goods and Rcady-to- IWear association by Fred H. Schock of Falls City. Aeb. : ? i Plenty of Business. ; '"There" is nothing the matter with business," the speaker said. "There is plenty of business in all lines if the retailer will only make an hon est effort' to get it. Advertising and plenty of it will help solve the prob lem of 'dull times.' Business is every where, all that needs to be done is go after it." , ' . . , t Mr. Schock outlined his methods of conducting special sales, of dispos ing of remnants, and accumulations of stock and gave other "shop" hints. Li C. Nash, Omaha, a director jn the national association,; read a re port' on the national convention.. He urged all members of the Nebraska association to join the national or ganization at once. : " Netd Team Work. In speaking of business Mr. Nash said: . : . f:.-',;- -t '.' "Team work counts in any busi ness just as it does on the athletic field. , Retailers should adopt th idea. I With team work, .one man who has suffered losses through bit ter experiences may pass his ideas aJong to his fellow merchants and assist them , to avoid mistakes he made." ' v ; . 1 , , Cliff Crooks, Fairbury,' Neb., talked on "In the Period of Read justment 'of Prices, How, Are We to Adjust, Our Expense Account." Va rious .niejhdds" pursued during the readjustment period merchants .arc now pasi"g through, were explained by Mr. Crooks. P f Ivrv. tirofefcsor of marketina at the" state university cbllege of business administration, delivered a lecture on "Advertising and selling Shoes," to th retail shoe, dealers. . Imagination Needed. . VImagiiation . is ' needed in- busi ness," Mr. Ivty said. , "The busi ness man in 'his advertisine must put' his wares to the, public in such a marjner tnai nicy win nuv vmy m tfact attention but make an appeal. Goods being dvertised should be placed before the public, in suitable surroundings."-' ., I f. " ' '. . Mr. Ivey then gave cxamules of advertising ideas used bv severa'yof s (Tom to 'fag Foor. Colimin Fur) 1 Wilson to Receive . Ohio Governor at . White House Today Washington. Jan. 25. Former Governor James M. Cox of Ohio wili be received by President Wilson to morrow at '11 o'clock, it was an nounced today at the White House. Among those with whom Mr. CoX conferred today was George White,' chairman of the democratic nation al committee, who arrived here to day. ,Mr. White had no commght toVmake on politics. ' He will ap noint sn executive committee while here to take charee of party af- fairs until the next democratic cam paign. ' While here Mr. Gox is making further arrangements for his trip to Europe. It is said that he purposes" to visit each of the countries in volved in, the vmr . so he will be competent to discuss and weigh in ternational questions which prob ably will arise after his return. v Paris wiljf be made the headquar ters of Mr. and Mrs. Cox and party while, abroad and, Ireland is includ ed in'' the itinerary as now, arranged. , Kansas Senator Attack . 'Appointment of Rickards Washington, Jan. 25. Charges that the., appointment of Jlaj. George C. Rickards as chief of the War department militia (Htreau was made contrary to the spirit of .tjft law are made hi a resolution ' in troduced by Senator Capper, repubfi lican, Kansas, as allowing the de: partment to disclose the recom mendations of the appointee. , t The resolution said the adjutants genefal of .15 states had united cm Charles nI. Martin, adjutant general Of Kansas, for the job. , Committee Finishes Audit Of Bank of North Dakota Bismarck, N. D., JanJ 25. The re port on the ..audit of the Bank iff Nort Dakota and other state-owned industries was submitted to the state. boardN of audit today and copies given .to speaker of the house and the president of' the ; senate. ,j ,The comtniltee of nine instrucipd by the house to nihke a report hif the audit will meet tonight and organize' at an executive session. Public hear ings will begin tomorrow. : , ; Hundred Millions AskM For Roads-in House Bill Washington. 'Jan. 25. Appropria tion of $100,000,000 for public roads during the , next fiscal year is pro posed in a bill reported today by the house roads committee. . JLers vSy s A head Omaha OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, $200 Reward Offered For Capture of Slayer Lincoln, Jan. 25. (Special.) Governor McKelvie announced this aitenuoon a reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the slayer cf Adrian F. Barstow, prominent Liucoln young man, who ,w; mur dered here last Saturday high;. At the same time County Attorney C. E. Jfatson announced that lie would ask the county commission ers to offer a large reward, and it is understood that a private fund of $5,000 -will be offered. The police had no new i?veloi. mcnts in the case to offer today. gaJ)cs jj, f ell" Appear in Coprt At Dr. Kent Trial Prisoner Takes Notice of Infants; Miss Boeke," Charged With Being Mother,.Vis- :.? ' ibly Affected. , , A surprise was "sprung" by the "state in' the prosecution of Dr. H. S. Kent yesterday afternoon when the two "well babies" he is accused of having tried to kill last July were , brought into the court room. , - In the arms, of two nurses from the Methodist hospital, little Jimmie and Betty Wells, as the twins have been named,, were earned in. ine nuneses took front seats whjk Jim mie in his little blue coat and Betty in her little red coat immediately began to take in the scene with in-r telligcnt interest. Dr. Kent did not once turn his head in their direction but kept his gaze steadily front and center. ' Miss Boeke Affected. 1, Louise ', Boeke, 25, charged with being the babies' mother, sat with her, mother. The instant she saw the' babies, a flush went over-her face, slje' clutched .the arms of her chair and said something to her mother. Then she gazed at the babes steadily as they rested on the .laps" of the nurses. The. appearance , of the clnldren was tfhe signal for the attorneys on the two sides of the case to make legal motions bearing on the ight of the babes in court. Judge Troup finally ruled fo ex clude Betty from the courtroom, but to permit Jimmie to stay, he having been the first babe placed : in the well. . ' Lulu Hollar. Timmic's nurs?. then took the witness stand and testified I While1 Jimmie sat on her lap and ' cooed affably at the jurymen, who smiled broadly at him.-., " j Says Kent Was "Goat." ! . 'Dr. H. ,S. Knt.;i 9t-(hc-ft'f)er'J of.the-'well babies' and the defense I wiu stiow the utter absurditv of th accusation that he placed "them in the- abandoned well,", declared Eu gene O'Sullivp, attorney for Kent, in his opening statement to the jury yesterday morning. . O'Sullivan declared that 'Kent has been made the "goat" in the' whole affair. v ' . i "We. will prove," he asserted, "that Kent did not leave his confectioiiery store for one- .minute hpfwppn th lime the first ba"be was found in the well and the time the second was found there. Now, if he didn't put the second baby in the well, is it like ly that he put the first one in?" In the. state's opening statement to (Turn to Page Four. Column dix) Nationalizing of Coal Industry Is Favored By Nebraska House v .... . . - Lincoln, Jan. 25. (Special.) A resolution by. Representative Harry Foster o, Dduglas, putting the lower house on, record as favoring the nationalizing of the coal in dustry of the United States, was adopted after a hard fight today' by a vote of 42 to 37. Foster claimed that the only man ner in which the constantly quarrel ing coal i, operators and miners could learn of the disgust and dis favor of the public at the resultant increases in prices was to go on rec ord at legislative andsother public assemblages for 'nationalizing, such property. , State Agent Under Fire Of Wtsbluff Council Scotts Bluff, Neb., Jan. 25. (Spe cial Telegram.) The city couiicil of Scotts Bluff forwarded to Governor McKelvie today resolutions of pro test against the state agent, Gus Hyers, who has been conducting an anti "booze" campaign in this citv, branding the work of the sheriff and his deputies, as "Prussian methods of law ; enforcement against free American citizens." The resolution commends the .work done here by Police Chief P. -J. McSwcch, who is sajd to, Jiave been accused by Hy ers before Mayor McCreary of "be ing crooked." I Deputy Sheriff Ca1 Schmitt is accused of brutally striking a man he had arrested and forcing him to undress in jail for Schmitt's amuse ment. . . . Man Sentenced to State Prison for Stealing Hog ,s Broken Bow, Neb., Jan. 25. (Spe cial,) Joseph L. Bcyett, charged with stealing a hog from George Thurman of Oconto several . weeks ago, was" found guilty in clistricjt court and given and indeterminate sentence of from one o iive years in the penitentiary. ''-,',. r Minister to Be Arraigned. .-'Hast St. Louis, HI., Jan. 25. Guy Kyle, 47, former rector of the Free Methodist church at Mt. Vernon,, 111., who has confessed participation i ,the.$212,000 mail robbery at "Mt. Vernon Jayuary,14, last, was brought here today from Mount Vernon for ararignment before a United States commissioner. DAILY JANUARY 26, 1921 Those Phdtps of Yours JVlay Prove ,' . . , s Buried Treasure Dig 'Em Out Bee Offers $50 in Prizes for Best Work of ,.';T Amateur Photog- s " :.. ' "..-. . , '7 rapliers. Why koep those ho'ograph.s hid den avay where they are seldotn seen and almost forgotten? If they're good ones, -they're worth showing to your friends and they're worth money. - Look them over, select the best ones and put them in competition for the $50 prize money in , The Bee's Amateuf Photographers' con test. If you think you could take better pictures now, try some new ones. One photo;may win for yo'J a $25 prize. ' Showing Keen interest. - V .The Bee's contest is bringing forth for publication "many clever examples of the best work of Ne braska and Iowa photographic am ateurs. ' ; Pictures submitted during the first few days of the content indi cate there's going to he keen com petition, for the prizes, offeied and the title of champion amateur pho tographer of two: states.. Thfre are several possible prize , winners r.mong the photos already offered. Inquiries regarding rules of the contest have been received . irom many amateur photographers not regular subscribers of The Bee. ., - ' Conditions of Contest. ' For their benefit conditions of the comoetition pre. repeated here: Pictures must be taken "some-- where in Nebraska or Iowa" by Nebraska and Iowa amaffur pho tographers. Pictures takeit cither before or after the open ing of the contest arc eligible. '; ; There are no restrictions re garding the subject matter of the photographs There is iio restriction on size' . ..... . of pictures eligible to entry in me contest. ' , - , Prize-winning pictures to be published in The , Sunday" Bee rotogravure section. .,. - , - ' All pictures submitted to be-' ; come property of The Bee, with the condition due credit be given to the photographer for all. pic tures published. . , , , t The Bee asks permission to use the original negatives of prize--winning pictures for purposes 61 t enlargements. ' , First prize to be $25: second prize. $15: third prize. $ltt! Prizes to be awarded . by a board of three judges, .composed, of two professional photographers j and the editor" of - The -Bee rotogravure. ' . 1-'' I Pictures to reach contest editor by February 19. T . Name and address of oirtestant to be on back of eacl picture sub mitted. , . 4 "' - r " Toledo Bandits in Jewelry a Store Get Over $30,000 Toledo. O., Jan. 25. -Four bandits entered the Daniels jewelry , store here today, bound the proprfetor and customers, hand and foot and es caped in an automobile with jewelry vkluedsat more than $.10.000. 1 Funeral Services Held ' Norfolk. Neb., Jan. 2?.' (Special Telegram.) Impressive ": funeral services were held here for John R Haye. United States jCommissionjr and once republican' (Candidate for congress in thc'.Thirdi district Bur ial was made in Norfolk. ' ' , I actp mwA tttte it his cpnvta- ippcV ) ' "' r& 1 7 X . , j " ; , uYobodi i i Airplane Company Wl S " y J Fl TuChurttPauenttr Uti , K oVffS 2 V ' W, Atnrdint to WtifU . "' tUV , V V w-'-.-:k'.:.ta. i' -i 'x :..",... fiJ- tn art I I BEE Mall (I mil. latll 4th Zaat. Dally and Sunday. : Dally Oaly, IS: Sunday. M Outilda 4tk loat It ar). Daily aaa Suailay. l; Dally Oaly. ail; Siia.ay Oaly. i i i : i Weigh In Chicago Girl Slips One Over on Rich Dad; Weds Champion Poet Cbirago Trlbune-Oiimhn' Be .LeaMd Wire. Chicago! Jan. 25. Prisible Tard rldge has put another one ove on her wealthy father, A. J. Pardridge. real estate dealer. This time she has contracted matrimony, her husband being Lester ("ohenv champion poet of thr D'Hr Pickle club! Prisciila has been a series of sen sations ever since she g"i"aduated in to the debuntante and sub-deb classi Once she was on the stage, but her father snatched her from the foot lights. Then she caused society to gasp j by accepting a position in a Denver department Store. Meanwhile, Lester v Cohen, " the champion of the .many poets who inhabit the Dill Pickle club, had risen out of the ordinary, by tuning his lvre to sinff symoatheticallv of i the cruel deportation Of Emma Gold man. Asiae trom trns master ettort, little . is known ct him',. His wife, Prisciila, announces that .she will re turn ,to the stage. Conductor in Jail for Killing Man Whom He Found in His Home - ; - - . , I - "'.,! - ' ,' Sioux City, la., Ja: 25. O. L. Bentley. a conductor on' the Chicago and j Northavestem tine between Albert Lea, Minn., ,and Fort Dodge, la., is in jail at-AlbertiLea, ,on a charge of murder. - Bentjey isheld for killing Orie Olson, a world war veteran, whom he is said to have foOnd in his home. ' - His wife also-is in custody.- Bent ley who'ls supposed to have started on his run ;to Fort Dodge, returned horrie, .unexpectedly, and on finding Olson there,, it' is declared, opened firer sending two bullets into his body. " . , ' ' ' '. Naval Court of Inquiry V Concludes Langdon Prohe Vladivostok. Tan. 25. The Amer- 1'can .naval court of inquiry and the TT ' 1 ' 1 i . 1 I .1 Japanese niiiuaiy cuur.i tuntiuucu n irjdiry here itfto the shooting of Naval tLieutenantWarrcn H. Lang don byfa Japanese sentry here early this month, A decision is expected soon. The U.S. S'New Orleans, which brought Admiral Glcave comman-dcr-injJuef of the American Asiatic fleet and the'rlatd of naval officers herc.'lcft'Monday for Shanghai, tak iug the body of Lieutenant Lngdo;1. Preserved Spinach Causes '"'" ; Death of Two Persons -Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 25. Two persons, a nurse and an vorder ly, are dead at Blodgtt hospital here, three others are d.yin'g and several more are "in a critical condi tion as a result,, hospital authorities believe, of eating preserved spinach last Saturday night. -Thtf' dead are 5 - MISS FLOSSIIy -: COYLE, a nurse. " . '' ,, ', ' "tQHN,SMjrH, 35, hdsMtal or der. ,' -t . Plot to Exterminate Dry , ( Agents Fountl iu Alabama Florence,- Ala., Jan. 5, K plot to exterminate the force oi prohibition enforcement officer, operating " in norUfrn Alabama has been un earthetli according to State Super visor N L. Pierce. Discovery of the plot, he said, today.j followed' the arrest of 11 persons in connection with the .'killing Saturday of Don Stephenson, a member of a prohibi tion squad, Jmd the wounding at the same time of two other officers, I " - . . " . ' ' ' - . Fordney Tariff Bill is Delayed By Filibuster Plan to Aid Farmers Opposed By ; Democratic Senator 'Talk Continued Until -. Adjournment. Washington, Jan. 25. The Ford ney. emergency tariff bill , was brought into the senate for consid eration today, but immediately ran into a small filibuster, j Merits of the bill and reasons for its early enactment had scarcely been outlined by Senator McCumber, republican. North Dakota, before Senator Har rison, democrat, Mississippi, launched an attack which continued until adjournment. Tactics in forcing delay in con sideration were considered sound by opponents of the. bill inasmuch as the postofhee appropriation bill ' is scheduled for tomorrow and several other money bill are expected to be ready ater that measure is ojtit of the way. ' -' , Senator McCumben? appealed for action on th ground that the bill would! effect more than. 30.000.000 people. "You want to makt the "farm at tractive," he said. '"You know how as well as I do. s It is to make farm ing worth while. It is the glow of the dough that is attractive and that's why this measure should be passed quickly." Senator Harrison charged that the North Dakota senator wanted "to save a few people by making the rest of the country payi the bill.'' Such a.tariff as asked on'wheat, he said, could do nothing but- increase the price of bread. He asked whether in the recent campaign it had not been one of the chief argu ments of the republican party that the cost of living should be lowered. The bill, he said. Was being used to "lmodwink" the farmers and he asked the republican tside where, then, only two senators were seated, if it were not wrong "tp foolt Vour constituents so soon after election." x When Senator McCumber asked adjournment be taken? Mr. Harrispn walked out of the chamber with a .nn- s y - Political Factional Fight Iu Mexico Near Solution Mexico Citv. Ian. 25.-'Solution of the struggle between the copneratisa party, and the libcral-dpnstitutidn-alist organization, which has led to the inauguration and functioning of two municipal governments in Mex ico City is believed to be within reach as a result of the "refusal of President Obregow to aid the co operatisa partv. The president re ceived a delegation of leaders from this organization yesterday, and de clared he could extend no help to it which would increase1 its chances of controlling the city council. . ; The Weathei Forecast. Fair and colder Wednesday. Hourly Temperatures. v. m . . p. in . . ...28 ...!6 ...:' ...: ...I ...SS . . .i . . ,2i t ; fol et . m. a. m. P p. P. p. m.. m. . m. . a. m. . n. m.. a. in . a. m. . noon. . 7 p. m . . p. , m . . .29 ' Khippm Rullrtln. rrotoct phlpmrnti durtnr.th Bx to S6 hours trom temporaturca as lows: North and wrat, 10 decrees; ad loulh, it decrtea, THREE CENTS Death of Wile Slavei To be Asked '- ; -r Coroner's Jury . Orders , First j i Degreet Murder Charges Be Made Agit Man Who ; Shot Bride. Prisoner Is Unaffected Dcatit penalty, will he sOiu.Tht I'.v the state for YV. E. Bcrton, 'Kansas Citv actor, who shot and killed l,i bride, Jeauette, " 22 Monday, "after ' summoning police to ms apartment in the Hollywood with the word Iw , was vgoing to murder bis wife, ac cording to Deputy County At'omcy Raymond. Coffey after 4he inquest yesterday afternoon. ' 4 . The indues') was held at tho Slack & falconer morgue at 2. But three witnesses were examined. They were Miss Eulalia Worismich, .fisicr of the dead iride, and H. M. Pratt -of Muskogee, Okl.,' ind William Silvers of Kansas City, friends oi the slayer. '. All three testified they had. heard the husband threaten h:s wife. Real Name ' Revealed. Ber'ton's real name is . Burnell Lawson, it was revealed at the in quest. . The 'defendant was nof placed on the witness ; stand. His confession to the police was read tp the jury which immediately returned a ver- diet ordering him held without bond for trial for murder. Deputy Coffey said first degree murdef charges would be filed against : him today, and his, trial would, probably be hclcf the first week hi February. The sister and two men will be held as state's witnesses. ' Mrs. Berton, pretty bride, was shot through the head. She died in the Wise Memorial hospital last night. i . Berton took the news 6f his wife's t death calmly and slept soundly in his, solitary cell at Central police sta- tion the rest of the night. besides Berton Eulalia Wort smith, alias Edna Milo, sister of the dead girl, and two friends of the hus band. H. M. Pratt of Muskogee, Okl., ' and William Silvers of Kansas Citv, are held. Berton will go the electric chair for-shooting his wife if Actinu Chid rof - Detectives Pszanowski ha his way. ' . ,, , Berton Unperturbed. ' Nonchalantly whistling thef .latest, ragtime. "Margi," the yoimg mai- sal iu. his soljtary cell yesterdaj- unper- turbed ,by the knowledge thai " his pretty -jiuung wife lay dead from a. bullet he had fired. : ' - ' i , "Down iny heart I know I did right," he maintains. "She -wasn't square with me. - She laughed when I threatened to shoot her. I saw. red. And I shot. "No, Lkuew what I was doing." Berton declared, however, he will-' enter a nlpa nf tint cmiltv fhpn triprt piis plea will be tempoiry insanity. he said. ; . He is a neat fellow, dressed' in well fitting clothes of the latest cot. He wore a light tan chinchilla over coat and a Fedora hat of the samt color. His shoes are tan and his suit is dark. He wears his collar like the man in the advertisement, and when he4smiles, he displays twe rows of even white teeth. Sayg "Slept Like Log." "I can't worry." he savs, and shows his teeth. "Yes.! I slept like avlog last night after they told me she died." . . Quite the opposite of this caTefrt-c youth, over in the matron's ward lies the pretty sister of the; dead bride. - , , She is prostrate with grief. P. u (Turn to Pg 'onr. Cotumn. One) Five Hospitals Are t ' Planned for Veterans W ashingtou, Jan. 25. House re publican leaders approved a program which calls for the .construction ot five hospitals' for war veterans sufTer uig from mental and nervous disor ncrs and tuberculosis. After a con ference, Chairman Langley "of the public buildings committee an nounced he would introduce a bill appropriating $13,0(X,T)00 fbrrucli hospitals. Members of tht commit tee have agreed, he, said,' to report the measure favorably and assur ance has been given that it w'll be taken up for passage by the Iiouj early next week at the latest. v The' $13,000,000 would be used to construct, in various parts df tive uitju or mental cases and two for th tubercular patients, at $2,50000' each. The remainder oftho fun-l would be used" to -convert building-s', on the government reservation ar ' Walla Walla, Wash., and! at Fort""' McKcnzie, Wyo., into hospitals. Woman's BilLRepealino: Beer Amendment Passed Trenton. N. J.. Jan. 25. The as sembly last night unanimously passed, a bill introduced by, Mrs. Margaret B, Laird, 'a member from Essex county, repealing Governor Edward's 3.50 per ceitt beer law en acted last year to aid New Jersey in its. fight before the United State? supreme court against prohibition, Immediately afterwards the house idoptcd. 51 fo 4, a concurrent rcso- -liition for Nfw Jersey's ratification of the federal . prohibition amend ment. v- "' . , Kansas City Has 30,706 Negroes in 1920 Census Washitifftnn. Tan. 2 Tli n,f.r,v population of Kansas Citv, 1V0., in 1920 was 3O.70). an increase of 7.140 or 30.3 per cent, the census bureau announced torl.iv. Thi u-hit imita tion was 293,532, an increase of 6X,-. .via or M.b per cent and all others 172. 1 I '! '.!
