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ia Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 194. Enttn ftetf.Cl!M Mtttw Mm 2. ! it Oattii P. 0. Uif Act ! Marti) J. H;. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1921. ' By Mall (I yur). Intlda 4th . Dally an 8unrl. 9: Dally Oaly. S: Suarlav, J4 Oata4th Ion (I mil. Daily aa Saaaw, Sit: Dally Oaly. 113; Sunday Only, THREE CENTS The Omai Solution of Reparation Is Reached Payments by Germany on Sliding Scale Is Plan Tenta tively Agreed to by Com mittee of Experts; Expect Council to Accept By The Associated Preaa. , Pui-ic Ian S? A of till' problem of jGcrtnan reparations was tentatively reached late 'today by the committee of ; experts appointed yes terday by the allied supreme council. Confidence was expressed that the council would approve the commit tee's plan tomorrow. " The " proposed scheme provides lor the payment of annuities on a sliding scale of from 2.000,000.000 to MOO.000.000 gold marks, over a per iod of probably 42 years and atso a 12i per cent ad valorem tax on Ger man exports, ao that her creditors will be pa;d according to Germany's increasing prosperity. , ' The sudden ironing out of differ ences cany after two days of a con tinually' widening breach that threat ened to break up the conference, it Jicing virtually suspended except lor ajk ....... ' . . r . At . , t - , private comerences. wruciai rrcnen circles give, the Belgian delegation' Credit for the -success in reconciling" the British and French viewpoints. .-. The project in its final form, when approved by the supreme council, -will be submitted to Germany for .titcpuiucc. as an agreement ouisiae of article 23.5 of the peace treaty, which entrusts the reparations com mission with the task of fixing the aniOuut ef the indemnity. Then an other conference will be ceiled to which the Germans will be invited. -May Shorten Time.. "The committee of experts was in session at midnight considering the ijuestion of shortening the period of the payments to 30 years, for which the treaty of Versailles specifically provided. But it is expected that a period of 42 years finally will be adopted, as the whole agreement is outside the treaty and the longer period of payments will make the task easier for Germany. Conferences between small groups of the delegates weilt on this after noon in an effort to clear tip the tangle in the situation which had arisen. M. Briand, the French pre mier, after leaving the , British premier, Mr. Lloyd George, con sulted with his colleagues of the cabinet 1 and - litter returned for another,,; talk" ,with ' - Mr. Lloyd George.- ' - . . '" Speculation was rife throughont i the day as to what ultimately would Ye the result u an agreement were bt reached. The general opinion seemed- to be that-hould failure re sult, M. Doumcr, French minister of finance, would b,e held, responsible for raising obstructions to a settle ment of the reparations question and find it necessary to resign. . . Briand ' May Resign. ; Persons close to Premier Briand expressed the belief thatif M. Bri nnd were' unable to conciliate the French view with tllat of the Brit ish, he would report the; circum stances to the chamber of deputies and then announce tlte resisalksi of tlje entire French cabined . Late in the afternoon the alterna tive proposition was submitted to the French delegates, providing for fixed annuities for 42. years plus varying annuities figured on Germany's for eign trade. This plan was suggest ed tQ,give satisfaction to, the French viewpoint that owing to the impos sibility of determining -now what Germany's situation will be in the future, no part of France's claim should! be abandoned. Under this plan, the French and other creditors of Germany would be paid a mini mum consisting of fixed annuities and an aditional sum proportionate to the economy prosperity of Ger man v. .''' Man Leaps Into River Alr XT 11 HDove iNiagara rails Niagara Falls, N. Y.. Jan. 28. An unidentified man is rcportbd to -have jumped into the river above the7 falls ;t 2:15 o'clock this morning and was swept to death ovefthe American brink. ',' ' ' ' . The man talked to a" reservation officer S. W. Rhoades, just a few minutes before he' made the leap. He told Rhodes he was from Cleve land, O., and that lie had come to the park to take a fajrewcll look be fore leaving for Cleveland. " V , Rhodes later was attracted by a shout and turned to sec the man leaning over the railincr. "Goodby," he shoute,d to Rhodes, ai d disappeared over the rail. , , River men toda'y started a search for the body in the river below the falls. - . - ' . Baldwin Locomotive Head ' Forecasts Building Boom Philadelphia, Jan. 28. Resump tion of building and. railroad activi ty on a big scale was forecast by Samuel M. Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works,, in an address today. . . " - "Don't think there is no, business now," he said. "There is plenty, but you must go after it. It will require the expenditure of $1,000, 000,000 a year to meet building de mands' and another $1,000,000,000 for the railroads to handle the busi ness.", -.- ' - ' '- " 1 Montana "Would Give Life' To All Highway Robbers . Ilfl.nf. Tan 8 A hill tn make fffKu-av rrhh,,rv mini(;rihii with a i'te sentence in the penitentiary was introduced in the legislature today. Senator Slattery, sponsor of the measure, said the act was designed "to keep out of the state undesirables who are creating crime waves else where. , - v . Longs for Prison Grub "Old Man Brown" Said to Seek Solace Ag'Sin in Gray Walls' of Nebraska State Penitentiary--Wanted for Robbery. , . ; j Lincoln, Jan. 28. ', (Special.) i Warden Fenton of the state peniten tiary is wor.dermg if Old Man Brown" is up to his old tricks of try ing to break into prison again. Brown's real name is W. C. Brown, and he was originally, sent up frdm Douglas county on a one to thre.e year term for forgery. , ) Brown disappeared Wednesday of this week and with him went a bunch of coin belonging to the Motor Pub lishing company,, of this city, it is claimed. 1 President A. D. Scott of the company received a note, sup posedly written by Brown, in which he admitted taking some money he had collected and also informing Scott that he nad taken some checks belonging to the company, which he Total Reward of $2,500 Offered tor Return of Woman ! Searchers Make House-to-House Hunt in Fashionable District $50,000 Riuisom ' Denied. Los Angeles, Jan. 28. Fifty thou sand dollars ransom was demanded last night for the return of Mrs. Gladys Witherell, the , beautiful young Hollywood woman, abducted Tuesday evening from her r home, 1843 Whitley avenue. Rewards for information aggregating $2,500 have been offered by "her husband and po lice authorities. - The deniandfor the ransom was made in a note placed under the door of the family home and addressed to O. S. Witherell, the husband. The' note read: "Mr. Witherell: Your wife is safe. Do not worry. Have $50,000 cash ready, as you will hear from me soon. Don't notify the police or de tectives, or will be lost." Note Was Not Signed. '.The note was written on a type writer and was not signed. Jt was delivered "mysteriously to (the With erell home. The police, while they do not admit that, the lctter'was written by the albductors of Mrs. Yvithcrcll. they are now certain that she is being held for ransom and predict startling developments soon. .Every house encountered by the detectives, in their search today which appeared Jo be abandoned or unoccupied was inspected. Residents of various sections were closely questioned 'concerning actions of, their neighbors in an effort to obtain some, trace of the kidnapers. v fill Clues Checked. . At a conference today behvteu Detective Harris, Captain 6f Detec tives ilpffatt, Police Detectives Kitig and Oaks and Deputy Sher d's Lipps- and Anderson, all clues v ere carefully checked over. The purported letter from the kidnapers was considered at the conference. Witherell and his father also at tended. Today the police are searching for two men in a small touring car, the license plates of . which were missing. It was reported that these men had been overheard talking about the case. It was learned that they were going to Downey and several officers were sent there in an effort; to locate them. ' ; Skeptical About $50,000. Of $2,500 -reward offered, ,$500 was offered Tjy her husband; $1,000 by her father, John G Kratz; $500 by a Los Angeles newspaper and $600 by neighbors of the Witlterells. Following the theory that the young woman's .absence is caused by force, the police and private de tectives arc on the alert for pos sible kidnapers. ' ' 1 The police view with skepticism a demand i for ransom of $50,000, made in a note said to have been slipped under the W'itherell door, but say they consider authentic a previous demand fof a lesser sum, said to be $20,000. Failure to pay, it was said, would result in death to Mrs. Witherell. ,: ; With the demand for the-smaller amount, the officers said, the hu band received a note in his wife's hand writing, begging for help. Look What's Coming In The Sunday Bee! "Wrong number?" It's caused even more profanity than prohibition, they say.! Will yon miss it when it's gone-? Its doom is sealed in Omaha, the telephone men assert. There's a story about it, by J.s T. Armstrong, in the next Sunday Bee. Ever been "back stage"?, They do say , ' If you're curious, try a trip with The Bee photographer. Uh der heavy guard, he invaded the dressing room zone and fired flashlights right and left The pictures he got are all over Page One of the Rotogravure Section of The Bee for next Sunday. . .On a second Roto page an other Omaha photographer de picts how camera men flirt with death to get startling photos for Sunday Bee readers. There's The Bee's own movie page, too, for he film fans. And, ladles and gentlemen, take note of these other features: "Letters From a Home-Made Father to His Son," "The Mar ried Life of Helen and Warren," "Heart Secrets of Na Fortune Teller" anL last, but not least, "Montague in Prose." A dollar's worth for a dime, in .The Sunday Bee. intended to pass in other towns. He writes Scott that he will notify him where to lin him and will re turn to Lincoln with the least--pos-siblc trouble, so he can go to the pen. Brown also directed Scott to get four buudles of stuff and deliver them to his chum at the prison, a convict named Luckens. , Brown was paroled during the wan and worked in the shipyards. When the armistice was signed, he wired Warden Fenton he was going to commit some forgeries so he could return to prison. True to his word, he returned o Lincoln, evad ing officers in the towns he had men tioned, v . Warden Fenton said that he ex pected to see Brown show up' almost any time. Kent Not Guilty Of Trying to Kill Abandoned Babies Jury Reaches Verdict After' 21-2 Hours--"Sure It Would Come Out iThat Way,,? ! Says "Doctor." '. ; i A verdict of "not guilty" was reached last night at 8:15 by the jury in the case of "Dr." H. S. Kent, tried in District Judge Troup's fcourt on a charge of attempting to mufder two newly born babes . found in an abandoned well. James O'Connor, foreman of the jury, gave the verdict before Judge Troup at 9:20. A smile of relief broke over the face of the "doctor" as he heard the decision. " --' "I was sure it would come out that way, he said. , - Seated in the court room, await ing the return of1 the jury, he gave evidence of very little excitement, but the Itraji under which he was laboring .was apparent at times. The jury retired at 6:25 last night after hearing arguments since !0:30 in the morning. - Chief Bailiff Louis Grebe had charge of the 12 men who have .been kept together day and night since last MoffUay. Babes 'Found Last July. "Dr." Hollis'S. Kent. 61. was ar rested Sunday, July 25, 1920, and thercafttf charged on three counts with atcmpting to murder and at tempting to do grn?t bodily injury to two newly born baby a boy and a girl," found in an abandoned well at Thirty-third nd California streets theveninsr of Julv 24. v'' " -' ' Kent's bond was -fixea Jat $20,000,' later reduced to $15,000 and stiil later to $10,000, none of which he was able' to give. He has been ia the county jail sinqjp that time. ' Great interest was stirred up in the case. Alleged admissions by Miss Louise Boeke. 3041 -California street, and Kent that the twins were theirs, were denied later. v Tnrw T1iaflrrM'iT at First Trial.-.' r Kenfs first trial last -November took about a week and resulted in a ''hung" jury. The second trial be gan last Monday morning and -aoa-tinucd daily until yesterday at 10:30 'a. m., when all the evidence wa3 in1 and arguments started. ' 1 ' v Mrs. Hilda Scgerstrom, 3230 Web ster street, made the astonishing statement at the trial yesterday that she saw the market basket containing the second "well baby" in the wll only -a- few moments after the first baby had been taken out by the police July 24.. 1920., Mrs. Segerstrom is the only wit ness in the two trials of Kent who has testified to this. ' Hours of testimony were given to prove that Dr. Kent did not approach the well between the finding of the first and second babes, and therefore, could not have put the second one1 in the well. ,; ' x . - Japanese Population ; In Hawaii is 109,274 . .. i Washington, Jan. , 28. the 'Japa-: ncsc population of.Hawaii in 1920 was 109,274 out of the total popula tion of 255,912 and represented an increase for that race of about 33 per cent since 1910, the' census bureau announced today. ' The only race which showed a greater increase in Hawaii, than the Japanese was the Filipino, with an increase from 2.361 in 1910 to 21,031 in 4?20. Thenative Hawaiian peoples decrt-ased in the last decade from 26.91 to 23.723. Knights of Columbus Vase, Found at Constantinople cw York. Jan. 28. The $5,000 sevres vase lost in transit after its presentation by the President of France to James Flaherty, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been found in Constantinople, a message received here today, said. It had been placed, by mis take, in a $hipmetit of furnishings for the Knights club there. . 69,603 Negroes Make Home ' In St. Louis, Census Shows Washington, Jan. 28. The negro population of St, Louis, Mo., in 1920 was 69,603; an increase of 25.643,or 58.3 per cent, the census bureau an nounced today. The white popula tion was 702,764, an Increase of 60, 276, or 9.4 per cent, and all others 581. - Philadelphia Women Plan To Start Insurance Firm .Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 28. What is said to be the first- title insurance company in the United States to be organized and conducted by women, is 'now in process of formation in this city. It will be known as the Women's Trust company. ts For State Tentative Reapportionment to Give Each Division, Except Fourth Three. Re6i- dent Judges. Nine Courts in Omaha Lincoln,' Jan. 28. (Soccial.) The. recess until Monday doesn't mean rest for some of the commit tees, which will be working dayand night preparing bills - absolutely necessary before the final day for introduction, Monday. The committee appointed to reap portion judicial, congressional and legislative districts is hard at work and the subcommittee in charge of the judiciakreapportionincnt has an nounced a tentative draft of the re apportionment. , ; v Under this draft, the Fourth dis trict, which includes Omaha, will have nine instead of seven judges as at present, and will be known as the Second. -The state, under the ten tative draft, will have nine districts with three judges in each district, excepting the fourth. Following is the proposed reapportionment: . Propose! Districts. ' First District: Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, present district plus Otoe, 4Cass Sarpy, Gage, Jef ferson. Resident judges " in Gage, Pawnee and Cass. . . i Second District, now the Fourth: Douglas, Washington and Burt coun ties. - " Third District: Antelope, Knox, Cuming, Pierce, ' Madison, Stanton and'Wayue of present Ninth district plus Cedar, Dixon, Dakota. Thiur ton. all of the Eighth. Resident judges in ,ayne, Madison and Thurston. ! Fourth' District: Lancaster jcounty now the Third district. Fifth District: Hamilton. Polk. Butler. Seward, Saunders, all of the present Fifth, and Fillmore. Saliric, Nuckolls and Thayer of Seventh Resident judges in Saline, York and Saunders. i . Sixth District: Boone, Nance, Platte. Merrick, Colfax. Podge, all now of the Sixth; and Wheeler, Gree ley, Howard, Hall, now of the Sev enth. - Resident judges in Dodge, Platte and Hall counties. Consolidate Four Districts. Seventh District: Valley, Garfield, Loop, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, all of the Eleventh, avd Cus ter, . Sherman. Buffalo, LogarT, now of the Twelfth; also Dawson, of the ThirtecRth and Urbwn, Rocfc, Jtolt, Keya Paha of the Fifteenth. Resident judges in 'Holt, Valley and;Buffalo, Eighth District: Clay, Adams, Webster, Phelps. Kearney, Harlan and Franklin of Tenth district: Gos per. Furnas, Red Willow, Frontier, Hitchcock. i Hayes. Chase, Dundy. Perktns.alf of the Fourteenth, Resi dent judges in Red Willow, Phelps and Webster counties. Ninth District: Garden, Morrill. Scotts Bluff, Arthur and Banner of Seventeenth; Cherry, Sfceridan. Dawes, Box Butte and Sioux1, all of the Sixteenth: Lincoln, Deuel. Chey enne, Kimball, Keith, all of the Thir teenth, Resident judges tn Sheridan, ScOtts Bluff and. Lincoln counties. Veterinarian Is Charged With Murder of Woman On Stand in Own Behalf . . ' -:'., . Harlarf, Ky.; Jan. 28.-Dr. C. Winnes, former state veterinarian, took the witness stand in his own behalf today - after the "court had overruled his counsel's motion to instruct the jury to acquit him of the murder of Miss Lura Parsons, settlement school teacher who was found dead with her skull crushed on a Pine mountain 'trail last Sep tember. , j ) Dr. Winnes told of going' to Dil lon by train, but said he did not notice her on the train. 1 He said he met her at a Dillon store and said he asked her how many cattle there were at" the school1 Jo which he was en routeto make tests. ,; He said he offered to rent a mule for her but she sat out on foot. .. . An hour or an hour and a half later, he started on a mule, he said. - "The last I saw of her,", he said. "wawh:n she was walking up the railroad track." Denver Brokerage Firm , Enjoinedly Court Order Denver, 1 Jan. 28. Federal Judge Pollock granted a temporary injunc tion restraining the McLain Broker age company of -Denver from doing business vfitfi . quotations published in offices of other brokerage com panies of this city. .The injunction was issued on petition of the West cm Union Telegraph company and the Chicago Board of Trade. Judge Frees Student on ' Trial for Another's Death Philadelphia, Jan;v 28.' Judge Ferguson in criminal court today granted the motion of the defen.se to take from the jury the case of Wil liam P. Brines, charged with first de gree murder in connection with the death of, Elmer C. Drewes, on the ground that not sufficient evidence had been submitted to connect the defendant with Drewes death. Bills Would Abolish Office Of South Dakota Sheriff Pierre, S. D.. Jan. 28. Bills were! introduced in the senate and house ; of the legislature by Senator Irving i' Crawford and Representative Oh mans which would do avay with the office of state sheriff and indirectly abolish the. bone-dry law, for the en forcement of winch the office of ttatc sheriff was created. al The Navalv Race Recognition of v Irish Republic a. Killed in House Proposal to Provide $10,000 For Minister From U. S. Brings Hot Opposition " From All Sides. Washington, Jar cognition ."of the . 28. Indirect re republic of Ire- land" was knocked out in the house today cm a point, of order. ' ' During consideration of the diplo matic ftnnrooriatiou bill. Reor'eSeu- tative ascnrcpiiblican, of :. Ijlftoisr a mquibcr of the foreign, affairs com mittee, offered an amendment pro viding a salary of $10,000 for a mini ster to Ireland. Instantly, half a doz en representatives we're on their feet. : . w, . w, ' ' Chairman Rogers, of the subcom mittee of appropriation,1 in charge of the bill, challenged ,tne- right of the house to include such an amend ment on the : ground .4hat it was without authority of law "yid that there had been no executive recog nition of Ireland." " ,, - Before the point wa- sustained by Representative- Towner, ' republican of Iowa, presiding, Mr. Mason de clared the question of polity with re spect ' to Ireland -ushould be "deter mined byongress on its merits and not on a' parliamentary point. As the i appropriation, if authorized, would not.be available until July. Representative Connally, democrat of Texas,' also a member of the for eign affairs committee, asked if Mr. Mason had, any indication or assur ance that Mr. Harding would design ate a- minister, t . , "I have no promises,' but I have hopes," Mr. Mason replied. "We all know, however, that President .Wil son is not inclined to favor recogni tion." " ' While the fight to prevent authori zation of salaries for ministers to Finland and to the country of the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes failed, the chair sustained a point of order, on the seclionj which sought to re duce the embassy at Turkey to a legation-. Ministers to Czechoslova kia and Poland, eliminated yesterday from, the $12,000 rank, were" 'put back with ministers in the $10,000 class. The bill as amended on the floor, fixed a salary of $10,000 for an ambassador to Turkey, instead of $17,500, the normal figure. . , -. Explosion of Still - Wrecks R Y. Store - i" . V '.. v" .. Ne York, Jan- 28.:-Dctonations from the basement of 'their apart ment house sejit 'seVeral Brooklyn families rushing into the street this morning.: Police dashed' into1 a dry goods store on the first floor and down to the cellar to learn -flic cause of the explosion,. ...'' ....'. Tangled inXa-wreckcd state they discovered a. 20 gallon still. Nearby were six barrels of 'mash and five gallons of liquor. ''.ey ' arrested the dry goods vinan, David Salznian. He was held on $1,000 bail, charged with illicit -manufacture of liquor. Horse Leads Police To Liquor Still -at -Home of Ohio Farmer Alliance, O., Jam 28, For four hours a weatherbeatcri old -horse hitched fo a buggy was left' stand ing on a downtown street. The no- lice mounted the rig and turned the horse loose, Dobbin jogged aloiig ' nine' 'miles 'over rough roads and stopped at a barn on the Andy Beg -farm. Mr. Beg came from the barn, but dis claimed ownership.7 His two little daughters' at once identified the horse. f , A search of the barn w as made I and" a 25 gallon still was found Beg was arrested and fined $590, court records disclosed. , (Ospjrickt: 1031: Br Ttw Chicago Trib-ano.l I Detective Shot i r - i Three Times bv .House Prowlter Alleged Assailant ' Arrested Near Scene of Shooting Arthur Cooper "''" May Die. , ' ' -- Detective Arthur G. Cooper, 2909 Fort street, was fatally wounded in a gun battle with a- prowler at the rear of the Sterling apartments, Eighteenth and Howard streets, shortly befcne .9' jasf night. Cooper was, shof oHccn ft- ntucp:A6' 40 V""5' in. thethigh ami another took effect iti his stomach. ';. He vvas found at the rear of the Sterling in a puddle of blood by De tective Wavrin and persons who were attracted to jthe jvctnity by the fusillade of shots between Cooper and thp prowlers. -' . , Cooper was first taken to a room in. the rear of 4 he Farmers' Supply company. Eighteenth and Howard streets, later to the Bishop Clarkson Memorial hospital. Attending phys icians say the officer is in a critical condition. , Waiting lor Prowler. Cooper has been a member of the police department since January 8. 1908. v - Nels W. Job n'son, 4223 , Miami street, was captured by. police short ly after the shooting and is being hUd at the police station. , ' - Detectives Cooper and Wavrin had been "tipped off" that Johnson had been in .the habit of prowling around the Weeing at night. They had sta tioned themselves near the Flatiron hotel and when Johnson came by Cooper stopped him. , Three Shots Enter Body. As Cooper was questioning . him Johnson is said to'have pulled out a revolver and shot three times, each bullet taking effect in Cooper's, bodv. Johnson started t run and Wavrm Opened fire, none of the shots tak ing effect, however-. , - Officer Abe Boegh. who patrols that vicinity, hearing1 the shots and seeing Johns6n fleeing, hailed a pass ing automobile and pursued the man. On the, way he picked up Officer Montague. "When Johnson darted up an alley between Howard street and St. Marys avenue on Nineteenth street the officers left the car and ran after him. Johnson was captured after he had fallen over an embankment, i ,- Fugitive Captured. "Don't shoot," he said, as the of ficers approached him, "I'm shot," but an examination, proved he had not beeij -wounded. , Johnson was brought back to the corner of Nineteenth and -Howard streets, and held until taken to the police-station by a reinforcement of officers from police headquarters. - Tolice identified Johnson by let ters found in his coat nockct. He hns been employed in Omaha as a laborerv . Relic of Old Tragedv Is j Found Near Martland '"'Geneva.1 Neb., Jan. 28. (Special.) A stone' was found in a pasture near Martland, which had carved upon1 it 1 the1 initials "C. L.," and '1874" and the statement, "Cowboy shot." The stone is four by six inches in size. 'It was discovered h the field by a young son of Clyde Propst of Geneva. There is an old trail across the farm. 1 S .90 nOn T nnrrto.l I v., vv. ' ' .,1 Vt IVll .11, If: . 1 tr..i t:ii S. U asli-ntrton. 'an. . 1 he tivers .T ami - narnors appropriation Dill was reported to the house appro priations committee.,, The amount is i?,ooi-,umi more man lasryears ap propria'ion. With unexpended bal v' ut"i-'' vun uncxpc.naeu oai- anccs, a total of $47,299,006 will be available for existing projects before June 30, 1922 the committee report said. . - . Omaha Realtors Opposed to Muny Light Measure Real Estate Board Goes on Record . Against House Bill No. 1 in Resolution Adopt ed in Referendum Vote. ' Expressing their opinions of the municipal light' bill by a referendum vote, members of the Omaha Real Estate board went ,on record yes terday afternoon as being 'against house bill No. L The referendum After a full discussion of the. mea sure and hearing arguments by R. B. Howell ' of the Metropolitan Wtter district and J. E.' Davidson of the Nebraska Power company, the legislation and taxation committee voted five to two, against the passage of the bill last Tuesday. Then to get a full expression from all Omaha realtors, the referendum was decided upon. , Resolution . Adopted. Following the counting 'of 'the -ballets yesterday, in the office of the Real Estate board in the Paxton block, the members of the legislation and taxation committee and the board of directors in a special meet ing passed the following" resolution: ."Whereas, the Omaha Real Es tate board ha"s deemed it advisable to take a stand with refereace to house roll No. 1, 1921 session of the Ne braska legislature; ' ."And, whereas, after full discus sion of the pressure and the hear ing of arguments made bv R. B. Howell of the . Water board and J. E., Davidson of the Nebraska Power Co., the" legislation and taxation committee of the board recorded a vote' of" 5 to 2 opposed to the. pas sage of house troll No. 1 ; "And, whereas, the full member ship of the board, after open discus sion and weighing of the arguments pro atid con, advanced by R. B. Howell of the Water board and by J. A. C. Kennedy, attorney of the Nebraska Power, Co., has. through referendum, , voted 46 to 31 against the passage of house bill No. 1; Will Notify Legislators. "Now. therefore, at. a joint meetr ing of the board of directors, and the legislative committee of the Omaha Real Estate board, held this 28th day of January. 1921, it is re solved that each of the senators and representatives from Douglas coun ty in the) legislature be apprised of this' action and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each such senator and representative. "Resolved, further, that the board's opposition to house roll . No. I is without prejudice in reference to the matter of the proposed increase in rates by the Nebraska Power Co.. but that it is the sense of this bodv that no advance should be allowed by the conwnissioners of the city of Omaha, unless it is proven conclu sively to their satisfaction that the present rates arc inadequate to allow a tair return on the actual value of the property, without regard to the amount of capitalization, and that a copy of these resolutions be deliv ered to , each of , such . commis sioners." . . The Weather Forecast. . Saturday fair; not much change in temperature. Hourly trmpratur: 5 a. m ....! I 1 p. . SO ..M ...I ..Stl ..37 ..S7 ..S7 ..S7 a, in. i i P. S P. P. . 7 p. S p. m. m. . .97 ..27 . 7 . .t7 . . . .t ni. m. 1 1 a. m, 11 noon m. m. VfotprdB)! TrmiMTaturra .HI- L w.l 1 HI. L'w. Blmrmrcls ?0 W Lw Anfl .(, (4 Bonton ...,..4S !4 Memplilii ....44 St, Buffalo : :4Nw OrlHitis .60 40 f"'ary 14 :.Vow York ...43 2 Cbrymnt 4 !4,North I'latta .41) IS fhlcftRo .lit 52 St. I .on In ,...,4i) .1 Pnver ..: ...54 SUlst, I'mil 8 lca Molun ..31 ;8,San Fraacisuo 66 i$ New Ruling Mireatens Creameries Decision to Tav Butter Mann 'faclured by Alkaline Process Raises Storm of Protest From Dairymen. Strikes Blow at Omaha Washington, Jan: 28. (Special , 'JVIegram.) Following closely on the heels of packer legislation, which according to packer tepresenUtives is bound seriously t affect live stock markets like Omaha. Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis, Sioux City and other packing centers, comes a -cision from the attorney general that gives every promise of playing hoi) with Omaha as the largest butter producing market in the world. Under a law passed in 1887 'and amended in 1902 the attorney gen eral, in answer to an inquiry of the internal revenue bureau, has givn an opinion that butter, made from sour cream and neutralized by tlw use of limewater or other alkaline substance is subject to a tax of 10 cents a pound and must be branded as "adulterated." Many Protests Registered. Knowledge of this decision, whicli was to have gone into effect on Feb ruary 1, but which has been extended to February 15 in order to allow briefs to be filed by opponents of this ruling, having reached Nebraska creamery interests, protests in end less numbers have been coming to the Nebraska delegation today. Tin Beatrice Creamery company of Lin coln sounded the "first bote of alarm, stating that the creamery butter man ufactured in the central west has for 20 years been made from sour cream, . j sweetened by limewater or other alkali, and if the ruling of the attor ney general on a law that is 20 years old be allowed to stand it will amount to a calamity" in 'the dairy business of Nebraska.! Hardly had the delegation re covered from its first shock with reference to the , butter situation, when a telegram was received from-7 J. E. Palm, secretary of the Nebras ka Dairyman's association, to the same effect, but emphasizing the su preme importance of the ruling and indicating that .if it was permitted to stand the creamery business of Nebraska would be ruined. .Heavy Blow to Omaha.' Congressman Reavis had several ( individual telegrams .from consti tuents in the First district to the same purpose, as had Congressman Jefferis from the big creamery in- ter.est& in Oahft. - - j - v ., iirtngrcssinan "JerTeris.'after exam ining the law and after a conference with Commissioner Williams, put on record the following letter: "My attention has been called to , (Turn t Pane Two, Column Tno.) California Senator' Demands Information On Japanese Question ChirutfO Tribune-Omaha. Bee l.eaotd Wire. Washington, Jan. 28.---Senator Phelan of California today called upon Secretary of State Colby to furnish the senate with complete in formation iibout the pending nego tiations wyth Japan over the Cali fornia land ownership controversy', and the1 immigration problem. Mr, Colby had before him the re port of Ambassador Morris of his negotiations with the Japanese am bassador in Washington, which are designed to furnish the basis of a new treaty with Japan, covering the . California land quesion and the im migration problem. The secretary informed Senator Phelan that he had not completed his study" of the re port and that he was not yet ready to submit it to the senae. Senator Phelan on behalf- of mem bers of the foreign relations cbm-mitt-v, vigorously denied reports that tttc committee was' bfng con sulted and advised of the progress of the negotiations. Bed-Ridden Man Burned To Death in Early Fire ; Chicago, Jan. 28. A bed-ridden man was burned to death, five per sons were . injured, including two babies, who wtre dropped from a -third story window, and a dozen others were rescued earlv todav when fire attacked a nortlv side boarding house. Albion Bryant, 2$, nephew of the owner of the house, was too weak from illness to get out of bed and escape. , : Miss Kathcrine Beck. 35, jumped from a third story window and was severely hurt. Objeetious Made to Alameda As Paeific Coast Navy Base Washington, Jan. 28. Objections to the choice of the Alameda she on San Francisco bay 'for a Tacific fleet were said to have de veloped af a meeting of a congres sional sUb-committce considering- recommendations for Pacific coast naval locations. J Hippopotamus Mother Is Ready to Renounce Her Babev New Yofrk. Jan. 28. The mother love of Gcida, one of the six pigmv hippopotamuses in captivity, is wan ing and as a result her 10-p'ound son, who came into the world yesterday at Bronx Zoological park, mav become the adopted child of Mrs. Baaa mountain goat. Begin Murder Trial Estherville. Ia.. Jar. 28. Examina tion of witnesses in th trial of Grant Griffin, accused of murdering his father began in district court here, today, ' ' V .1 II !' If I
