Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1921)
Omaha Daily Bee HE V M i m VOL. 50 NO 202. - 1 Eaterae ieceee-Clais Maltar May M OMAHA, . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY .8, 1921. ByM.IIHy.iHl. inilO 4th Xeae. Dattr SuCiy. O.llj Only. $ J: Sunday. 14 OuMde 4th Zee (I imD. 011) end Seaday, $11; Dally Only. IIJ; SunilW Only. It THREE CENTS a J a p L a n d Bill Causes Hot Debate Report to Postpone Measure Overthrown in House; Rep resentative Says "Peril" Should Be Checked Now. Asks for Amendment Lincoln." Feb.- 7. (Special.) America! "yellow peril" was thrown before the lower tiouse of the Ne braska legislature in a startling nir.n ner tpdayit a debate over the ac ceptance of i minority repoYt of the judiciary' committee on a hill by 'Representative' K. S. Davis of Lin coln County,', which wouhl bar Jap ';ese Iron owning land "in Nebraska. The judiciary committee report to indefinitely postpone the bill was overthrown by a vote ' of 64 to 2.1, after the hardest fight in the history of tfiis session of the legislature. Representative "Jimmy" Rodman ft Kimball, chairman of tin; judi ciary . committee, insisted lime and lig.nn tnat Aeorasxa snouiu Keey "its nose out of International dis putes ana rtoi cmnarrass uic ,"fiuj trained relations between Japan and merica. . Demands Amendment. ft oilman, further intimated that if (he bill was considered in the lower house he would insist in all fairness to Japanese that Germans, Swedes. Scotchmen, Irishmen and subjects of other foreign nations who ,can be come citizens and fail; to take out citizenship papers .should be denied the right to own land in Nebraska. "Ther are just two tracts of land ow ned by Japanese in Lincoln coun ty." Rodman declared, "and there arc thousands and thousands of acres owned by foreigners who could have become citizen and didnt. If you want to be fair In this rjatter and w'nnt the bill put under consideration, I demand that an amendment be in serted barring such persons as that from owning land in, Nebraska. Urges Immediate Action. In the fight to put .the bill on general file. Representative 'Hoff meister of Chase, declared: "We'll have to fight them sooner or later and. we should begin right now to curb their influence in Ne braska and not let a big sore live Japanese influence grow in this country as 'the; German influence did." . ' i-K ' f i "The ( Japanese don't al'ow foi trnrr in nwfl hud in their" coun try- uliv should we kfr-theni. own.; land here." Representative foster, ot Douglas" iemanderf.4 ? ; ' "Rrnresentativn Cris-wold of Shert- A,, urwrtt th' Nebraska legislature to keep 6ut of 1 international: affairs and - not , ''embarrass , the mcoming administration." ' : " Laugh at 7'Esy Americans. Representative Reed of Logan de clared that in his foreign service with the .A.) E. F. he found "the foreigner don't thank us for our ways in lettiag (hem make an easy living, but laugh at us for being So easy." . vv, , ';,.:' Representatives Mcars of Wayne pointed to the actbn taken by the Utah legislature this year in votiug down an alien land bill on the ground ''thai the national govern ment shouldn't be hampered and race feeling spurred on by any ac tion by the states." ; '. In accepting the minority report, the house, for the iirst .time tins vear, refused Jo 'accept a majority committee report. v '-r7i t- ,. ; ;, Army arid Navy to Test Value .of Airplanes' Against Battleships .Washington, Feb. 7 Participation bv the War department in experi ments to determine the value ot aircraft against major naval vessels, was invited by Secretary Daniels to day in a letter to Secretary Baker. The first test will be conducted "feuthin 90 days, Mr. Daniels said, with conditions similar to those of battle. . "- ' ' ', , ." The captured Gernian battleship Osfriesland. of 26,500 tons probably will be used. " . - Admiral R.1 E. Coontz. chief of naval operations, previously h-adtoid the house naval committee that with in three months the Navy depar ment would bomb a large warship, from the air hi the open sea on an effort to test the theory advanced bv Brig. General Mitchell of the army air service, that airplanes had made capital naval Vessels useless. 50,000 Irish Destitute, Relief Committee teams Chicago, Feb.. 7. More than 200. 000 personsvin Ireland are4 in dire want and damage in the devastated areas is estimated ; at $300,000. ac cording to reports made tonight, to the American committee for, relief in Ireland, , recently organized to conduct a nonpartisan campaign to alleviate suffering in Ireland. Reports made to the committee said 20.000 persons ; in the Belfast area and 30,000 in and around Cork were destitute. . i ' . Gernian Officials Deny V Proposal of Peace Terms " Berlin, Feb. 7. Official denial was made today-of a report that Ger many had offered terms for arrang ing peace with , the United tSates. Newspapers printed the denial of the government and at the headquarters .it the American , commission tne mation had been received of such a proposal by - Germany. Afi Germans Writing Reply. V . London, ?eb. 7. Germany has given notice that it will reply shortly, to the allied invitation to send rcpre-r sentatives to th reparations ton ferenct InrLondoo, v - BULLETIN: DniTTOTl KEEPS welter cnoivn Chlcas Tribune-Omaha Br l.tnri W ire. Ringside, ' New' York, Feb. 7. Jack Britton retained the welter weight boxing championship-of the world here tonight w hen he was awarded a decision in his 15-round fight with Ted (Kid) Lewis at Madison Square Garden.' State Officers' Letters Used in Sale of Stock Officials Admit to Piohiug Committee They Did Not Speak Pessimistically of Fire Insurance Company. Lincoln, Feb.. 7,- (Special Tele gram.) Democrats at 7 tonight found Senator Perry Reed, -chairman of the senate investigation commit tee, and informed him jhat W. J. Hotz. Omaha attorney, had letters written by Phil Bross, secretary of the department of finance; J. E. Hart, secretary of the department of trade and commerce, and D. M. 4 Amsbcrry, secretary of state, ; in which these officers did not speak pessimistically of the Bankers' Fire Insurance company, ( then in its in fancy. Senator Reed was informed fur ther by democrats that these letter by state of ftcers ."were used in ad vertising prospectus for the purpose of selling stock of the company. The senator immediately stafed that these letters wotira be scanned by the committee and any investiga tion of their purport believed neces sary would be made by the commit tee. As yet, no notice of these let ters nas oecn served on the joint in vestigation" committee of the house and senate which is working inde pendently of the senate committee. ' - Admitt Writing Letter. ; ' "Certainty I wrote a letter in answer to inquiries' relative to this company from a friend and told him exactly what was true that some of the men connected with the com pany were good business men and a strong fire, insurance compnay would be a good thing for Nebras ka." Hart said. "There was nothing wronjf.in that. I didn't advise the purchase of stockLater I learned that this cdropany was usinj- my letter in its prospectus. I instantly ordeed the letter withdrawn from the,, prospectus, 'After that , exper ience we have adopted u!$-. to never say' any thing one way or an other relative, to any compnay." Much the same experience and much the same letter was written by Phil Bross. He, too." ordered his letter withdrawn from the adver tising prospectus of the company. Amsberry, wno wrote a letter along in similar lines, could not be located today. . - - J Officer in Prison. The democrats have pointed ou: that one officer of the company is now iu state prison and the com pany itself is in the hands of state authorities. The state officers against whom be fire -is directed, are known to be ready. and willing at any time to go before the committee, explain their actions and will not hamper any investigation the qommites may choose to make. - .,-. i The fact that Max Beghtol," attor ney for the, company, is also credited with being attorney for Governor McKelvie, also was brought before Senator Reed today. Nonpartisans Probing , ,; State Industries Reign ' Bismarck. X. D.. Feb. 7. Three nonpartisan minority -members of the house committee of nine, inves tigating the audit . of the Bank of North Dakota ; and other state owned industries, resigned .today after the majority Independent fac tions had refused to allow witnesses to be represented by att6rneys. Teachers Continue Work ? When Increase is Refused , Milwaukee. Wis., Feb. :7. Teach ers of Cudahy decided for the good of their pupils to continue at work although refused a higher wage scale, equal to that in force hi Mil waukee and which, they said, had been promised. The Milwaukee scale ranges from $1.200 to $1.400. Mrs. Peete to File Motion ! For New Trial Tuesday Los Angeles, Feb. 7. Counsel for MMrs. Louise L. Peete, convicted Saturday night of "first degree mur der of Jacob C Denton, announced today he .will iua!;e a motion .for a new trial. . " ' .,' ' -v Bill Barring Parole I to Men Convicted of i Assault Is Passed Lincoln, Feb. 7. (Special) Men convicted of .assault and sentenced to the state penitentiary will be barred from parole, under a bill passed in the lower house of the state legislature today, by an almost .unanimous majority. ,. ; The bill, introduced by Represen tative George Williams . of tFilmore, would put the proposition up to the people of the state at the next elec tion when, if passed, it would be come a constitutional amendment v An amendment was added to the bill which -"puts in the provision that it the board of pardoqs finds, in its opinion,'; the vman convicted of as sault is not guilty, it may issue a pardon';-' ''';.' .,.-, ''w.ys v p Representative - George, ;;' Epperson of Clay fought-, this ;afnendment strenuously, holding that it puts the burden of a court decision up to the boari Vpif4QRs,t:r:-- ;.';.;.:-'V'rt " 7. 'v;' Sell Yards Presented Live Stock Producers; Given Purchase Preference in ; Proposal By Swift , i and Armour $1)0; for Omaha Stock Washington,-' Feb. 7. Swift & Co. and Armour & Co. filed today with the District of Columbia su preme court a new plan for the sale of their stock yard interests in ac cord with the terms of the consent decree agreed upon with the gov ernment more than a year ago. The plan is a substitute for, the one recently disapproved by the court. It contemplates 'appointment of sales agents to sell the stock ua der supervision of trustees, who would have control of the., stock meantime with authority to vote it and whi- would receive $5,000 an nually each. : :- r ' Producers Get Preference. , The sales agents Would give pref erence to buyers in this order:; Live stock producers; stockholders in the yards, other than the defendants; common carriers serving the yardsi local citizens or municipalities ' or local syndicates. . ... 1 The Department of Justice will be given time to study the new plan and if objections are 'fed argument will be heard before a finakdecision is given. ;. ; ' ?' The interests which it is proposed to sell and the price, per share .to sell and the price per: share to be asked for the stock are: The St. Paul Union Stock Yards company." $100; Union Stock Yards company of Omaha, Ltd., $110; St. Louis-National Sttfck Yards, $120;. The pany, $90; Fort Worth Stock Yards company, ,$1UU; Moux city mock Yards company, preferred, $90, com mon, $60, and the Bourbon ; Stock Yards company, $80.. Fix Sale Time. Time for completing the sale would be fixed by the court, but should sales agents report inability, to dispose" of the stock within the limit the court would extend the (..The trustees proposed would be appointed by the court, would.num ber three and the defendant com panies would deliver to them pow ers of attorney, irrevocable d'uring the time the plan remained in efr feet, to vote the stock of the de fendants provided this voting power was -exercisc4.."iuitcJh' mattneit a; pot ta interfere; with -the manage ment and conduct' of the stock yards.' '' ' .,''.-",A-: ,;. .''''' ''t Some of the defendants ask for additional . tnie-to dispose - of ,their holdings other than those named. C W. Armour' asks for a year to dis pose of 100: shares of non-voting stock of the Kansas City Stock Yards company. - : . ' Want More Time. ; :- .y Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. ask that they be given until juivc 1 to sell their stock in the Jersey, City Stock Yards company. J .Armour & '.Co., ask that- it be allowed to sell its holdings in the Chicago stock, yards, representing 19.4 per, cent of the total, either to the- Chicago Stock Yards company or to F. H. Prince , & Co. of Boston, who says he is the owner of : the majority interests ip said , company." . , . r- The company says it is negotiat ing' for the sale and asks that it be given until February 24 , to file a complete plan for the disposal of this stock unless negotiations are com pletcd before then. - . - Daniels Challenges : . Mitchell to Duel Washington, Feb: 7. A condition al challenge. for an airplane battle ship duel with Brigadier. General Mitchell, chief of army air opera tions, piloting the bomber, and Sec retary .Daniels negating the ship was. issued by " Mr. Daniels today, commenting on the controversy raised by General Mitchell's asser tion that aircraft have made dread- naughts worthless. - "If .'Admiral' Mitchell can't drop bombs from the air- more effectively than he can explode them incom mittee meetings," the secretary said, "I would- take a chance on man euvering a . battleship myself while he tried out his plan." . Wilson Veto of Army Bill v , Is Overridden by Senate VVashiiigton, D. C, Feb. 7. The house resolution, directing that army enlistments be stopped until the army was reduced to 175,000 men, became a law late today over President Wil son's veto. The . senate - placed the j resolution oft the statute-books by I voting to override the veto. The house voted overwhelmingly to over turn the veto last Saturday. The senate vote .'was 67 to 1. Senator Kirby, democrat, Arkansas,- alone voted to sustain the veto. v Russians go Back With" Fortunes in Seven Yckrs .Boston. Mass.;Feb. ,7. With nearly $50.0,000 in their purses, and $250,000 vwortb of jewels, 200 Rus sians.' who-arrived seven years ago as poor immigrants arc about to reH turn to their native lancj, ana ex pect to spend the rest of their lives in" ease. - They , will; sail for Libau and proceed on horseback to their familiesin the interior.- : ' : i " ' 1 s ' Grain Dealer Bankrupt . I Kansas City!. Mo.; Feb.,'?. A ypl nntary' petition ' in bankruptcy was filed in federal court here today by C. V. Fisher Grain company. Liabil ities were given as $45,494.31. in ex cess of assets,, ; ? j. jL . 7- ';i'".'.'..:l.; ,-';; Three Child Welfare Bills Become Laws Lincoln. Feb. 7. (Special Tele gram.) Three of the 53 children's code commission bills on child wel fare became laws Monday, with the signature of Governor S. R. MTc Kelvie. The bills which passed both houses and . which the governor signed were: , S. F. 80 Authorizing the judgu in default divorce cases to make in vestigations of his own when the interest-of minors is involved. -" S. F. 81 Extending the age of children coming under the jurisdic- j tion of the child stealing law from 10 to 16 years. ' S, F. 82 Extending the present law on cruelty or 'abandonment, of children from 14 years in the old statute to 16 years, v , British Plan to Cancel Loans Is Still Mystery Secretary Houston Refuses to Divulge to Senate Com- niittee Details of Financing. : ( By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington,' Feb. 7. After gril lipg Secretary of the Treasury Hous ton .for several hours the senate judiciary committee met with com plete failure to clear up the mys tery of Great Britain's- proposal to the United 'States that war loans among the allied and associated nations be cancelled. Mr. Houston declined to inform the committee and refused to sub mit foreign loan contracts and docu ments bearing on the negotiations to refund the Amer,can loans to allied nations. He will appear tomorrow before the foreign relations commit tee which is seeking the same m- format- Admits Getting Proposal. When the secretary was asked whether any proposal to cancel loans had been made to tlie United States by any nation he rephedr "One nation made the request" "What nation?" asked . Senator Reed. "I prefer not to say," replied Mr. Houston. Senator Reed insisted upon a re ply but the secretary again refused, saying he did "not care to go into that today." Senator Reed then proposed that ' a subcommittee be sent to the, treasury department to examine all records pertaining to the loans but he did not press th suggestion. The sState department also refused to throw any light on the loan can&llat'ofr'proposal. " Mr. Houston appeared before the judiciary committee to be heard on the resolution of Senator Reed which questions the-legality of administra tive acts of the treasury already per formed in making foreign loans, and to prevent further payments on foreign credit balances. May Pay Out More., Secretary Houston said he had already i written to Senator Lodge that he would not make further "commitments" for advances to for eign governments pr attempt to com plete, negotiations now pending for the . refunding of the foreign debt. He does intend, he said, to make further advances to foreign governments - to which he already has "committed" this government, if called upon to do so. As this is one of the ' things the Reed resolution and others are. trying to prevent, the Missouri senator criticized the policy severely. ..' "Do you mean that you will pay out more money?", asked Senator Kellogg. "What; is, the total of .these possible-further payments?" r ."Possibly $75,000,000," replied the secretary, "but none to Great Britain. There arc (the-- following approximate credit balances existing: Czecho-Slovakia, S6,072,000; France, $50,496,000; Greece, , $33,236,000; I tab-. $34,921,000,- and .Liberia, $4,974,000." ... .... Interest Not Paid. . Assistant Secretary Nicholas' Kelley, who was present, admitted that many of the foreign govern ments had not paid the interest on what they owe to n. ; "Do you think it justifiable to pay juuiijy our oi tneie credits to gov ernments that already owe us large sums of money?" asked Senator, Reed. There was no direct reply to this question. It was explained some commitments .had been made to Greece, totaling 25,000,000 . francs. This, the secretary explained, was in pursuance of a contract under which the governments of Greece, trance and Great Britain were to a-ance 250,000,000 francs each. Have you a copy. of that contract and will 4 you furnish it to us?" asked Senator Reed.' "I do not think it ought to be made public," the secretary replied. I have already agreed to appear be fore the foreign relations committee m executive session when some of these matters may be disclosed. But T think it would be very unfortunate to make them public'" - Senator Smith asked if either Franc- or Italy gave their perma nent obligations for money , .they i:vc received..- ' . - Discuss Russian Losses. . " "They have not," tnc secretary said. "It was contemplated origin ally that -their- securities should be in permanent form, but for reasons this could not be done and short term securities were accepted, with the understanding that they were to be converted into long time obliga tions. This is one reason for the pending negotiations." ' Legion Troops Refused ' , V -t Passage in Switzerland " Berne,' Feb. 7. The Swiss Feder-: Lai Council refused . permission- to cress .Switzerland to. the armed force being sent by the league of na tions to , Viln a to maintain order during the nlcliisctlfr i.-- He's Busy Industrial Law In Kansas Will Gel Court Test - How at and Other Union Heads Arrested 'for Calling Strike in Two Coal' ',;' Mines. ! Pittsburg1, Kan., Feb! 7. District Tudee A. T. Curran today issued at tachments for the immediate arrest of Alexander Howatt, president of the Kansas coal miners, and for all mem bers of the district executive board of the union. " The order for arrest was made on application of R. J. Hopkins, state attorney general, and C A. Burnett, county attorney. As members of the board are scattered over the district, it probably will be several hours be fore all are arrested. Howatt was arrested about 4:30 P. m. and immediately brought into the district court room. ': . . - .'".Will Appear Tuesday, ! Howatt Dorchy and Titus were re leased on their own recognizance and ordered to appear tomorrow, . Howatt informed the court that Amos Standering and John. Billings board members, were not at the meeting of the board and the court dismissed attachments. for , them. . ' Thomas Cunningham, formerly district i auditor, also was arrested but when he explained he no longer was an official of the union, he was discharged. '. When Mr. Hdwatt was arraigned before Judge Curren. he admitted he had called the strike. "Whether it-is a violation of the court order., is for the court to say, he added. ' , Dorchy Admits Guilt.; Vice President Dorchy, brought into court with' Howatt, said, "I am guilty.'' - J., ' " Willard Titus, "a board member, also was hailed before the judge. Judge Curran began ' preparing to pass sentence immediately. The action is the outgrowth of arstrike in two mines of the Pitts burg field. ' which results from a controversy of the miners' union with mine owners over the wage of a miner. . , The attorney general contended that the strike was .in violation of the injunction issued, last summer by Judge Curran. It was asserted that the calling of the strike was in the nature of a test of strength be tween the Howatt forces and the Kansas industrial court. .. When Thos Harvey, secretary and treasurer of the district jniners' union was brought ' before Judge Curran. he testified he did not vote for the order calling the strike and that he had opposed it. On motion of the state the court'dismissed the action'against him. . - Texas Governor Would ; Have Solons Run Slate ' Austin. -Tex:, Feb. 7. All depart ments, boards and commissions of Texas should be directly responsible to the legislature and tinder the supervision of that body,. Governor Neff declared, in a message to the legislature today. : h GalH-Curci Signs Contract ; New York, Feb. 7. Madame Gal-li-Curci. soparno, has been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera company, for4hc coming season of 1921-1922 J Right This Minute, Mister (Cwriffcl: 1MI 1 By Th Ouomo TnbuM.) Man Throws Water on Electric Wire; It Play 8 Back, Causing, Death . Salt Lake City, Feb. 7.-r-Onc of the -most peculiar fatalities recorded lir 't;lairMhm'gr;;TapsAw'ais,:T(ftaIe known here today upon receipt ol word that Abe Erickson, a miner em ployed m. the Big Cottonwood can yon, had been killed by electricity. According to the report, Erickson, in company with other miners,, at tempted to extinguish a fire caused through a short circuit. He threw a bucket of water upon a sputtering electric wire, the electricity "playing back", over the. stream, to the bucket in the man's hands and causing his instantaneous death. - ' Blast Victims Six Killed When Youths Play Catch' Wilh Can of i v " Nitroglycerin. i Lawrenceville, t Feb. 7. En; mett Bunyan, school teacher, and five of his pupils were ; killed and two others wounded seriously when a can of nitroglycerin, exploded today near the, crossroads school, about three miles west, of - here. . i The . explosion occurred; at noon, when one of the boys found the can. Not. knowing its contents, .he .tossed it to a companion and the blast fol lowed, i , .. , One wall of the schoolhouse was crumbled and Mr, Bunyan and eight boys were hurled about 1 50 feet in the air. , '.'" ' . - . Several girls, on the other side of the schoojhouse, were knocked down and stunned. '. ' ' . ' ' Officials expressed the belief the explosive inadvertently was left by workmen in the oil fields. The hoys killed ranged in age from 12 to 16 years.:-, -; t New Planet Discovered - By, Spanish Professor Cambridge, Mass., reb. . dis covery of. a planet," believed here to be an asteroid or minor planet, was announced 'in; a cablegram received at the Harvard college observatory from the tentral bureau for astro nomical cablegrams at Brussels. Pro fessor Tomasselli of Barcelona, who made the discovery, gave the posi tion in a.section of the heavens that would be between the constellations of Cancer and Leo. From the brief cabled description, Harvard astron omers inferred it was an asteroid and saiS the object was so faint that there was no hope of amateurs find ing it with telescopes. Four Bandits Holdup and ' Rob California Interurhan ''..Stockton, Cal" Feb. 7. Four armed masked men held tip a south bound efectric train-on the Central California Traction Company's - line about 16 miles north of Stockton last night. "Several hundred 'dollars in cash and sorde ' jewelry was taken from the conductor, motorman and passengers. . .1 ' "- Egg Prices Lower - Toledo, p. Feb. 7. Quotations of eggs were marked down another 3 cents' in 'the wholesale market here today. This is a decline oflii cents in a weekv Fresh selects,; brought 50 cents & dozen, w , ' School Pupil ... i - " ' .'1 J OFFICER! Opposition to Muny Light Bill Gaining Ground Leaders in Fight Against , House RolliNo. l Expect to Muster Majority in Com-, , mitle of Whole. . Lincoln, Feb. 7. (Special.) Lead ers in the .fight against House Roll No.;.l which will be considered in the committee of the whole in the lower house at 2 Wednesday, claimed today that they would receive a ma jority vote. . , ' , House Roll No. 1 is the bill by which the water board would throw the people of Omaha into an1 elec tion to vote millions of dollars more bonds to put in a competing light plant against the Nebraska Power company. . '" - . ; This company has the backing of a majority of business men, in Oma ha in its fight to kill the bill and save the property of the company. , The legislators are ;'just begin ning to familiarize themselves with the provisions of fhe bill . which would put -two light companies in Omaha, tear up- the streets of the city and foist bonds. "on an already bond-ridden city. . - ' ' . ' These members understand ; now that the city council has tho power to call a special election and must call one if the people insist and feel that the council knows as well "as the Metropolitan ' Water district whether such a. move is helpful to the best interests of Omaha at this time. . Many of them know what two telephone companies in a city do and can realize what two eleatric light companies in OmahaWould do. They realize that' the Nebraska Power . company has , expressed a willingness . at anytime : to have its property condemned in accord ance with law and purchased by the citv. , , . r . . k ' Thev know that the erection of a competing plant at this time with material prices way up in the skies would be expensive business . for Omaha taxpayers. H Army Recruiting Ordered v Suspended by Army Chief Washington, Feb. 7. Complete cessation of army , recruiting was ordered tonight by Secretary Baker, in accordance with the direction of congress, as embodied in a joint resolution passed - over President Wilson's veto. . , . .. The Weather , Forecast. Fair and warmer Tuesdays Hourly temperature: -, S . m..... 18 1 p. ..m 17 3 p.: T . m..... II 3 p. S r, m.,, 14 4 p. t a. m ...13 S p. 10 a. m.,.. IS ( p. It a. m..... IS T p. 12 noon .....IS I p. m . . , m. . , m... m. .. m'. m... ITeiterdaj'a Temperaturea. Htfw H1L tliamarcU SO in l.andr 14 Bolne ...SO ,U Anelea..,7 -44 Bcwton .to HljMemphi 71 . H Buffalo ......34 ' 3S New -Orleana.,70 4 rhej-enn ,,..18 4,Kw Tork 41 ' 14 Chlcann 82 J!. St. liult. . . . . ,S4 44 Denver 21 12IHt. Paul f Dee Molnen. ,..f4 SfliSan Francisco oil 4(1 Kanaaa CHy...6!i SJ'Sloux . City. . . . . Hhlppera Bulletin. ' Trotert ah'.pntonla during the ut H tn !! houra from lemperaturea aa followt; Nerlh and ivrst, 10 decrees; east, IS da-trte;-aoulb,o:o degrees , I V- : .. I,, '1 -:-;. '- ' Teacher at Falls Gity Kills Self . Despondent Over Anonymous Letter Attacking Reputation Causes Woman to Fire Shot Tbroujiu Heart. 1 Officers Probing Affaii ' Falls City, Neb., Feb. 7. (Special lclegrain.) Despondency, brought on by brooding ovVr an anonymous tetter attacking her reputation, caused Miss Florence Stewart, 25, school teacher in the Zimmerman district, eight miles northeast of herf. to shoot, herself through the heart with a re volver at her father's home near Falls City at 9:30 Sunday night. She was dead by the time members of the family reached her room. The young woman had - retired early, taking to her room her father's .44 caliber revolver. She fired the shot in bed, the covers muffling the report. An outcry by the fatally wounded" teacher, how ever, brought members of the family : to the room, where she was found dead with a bullet wound in her left breast. ' ' The. father. James Stewart, whose farm is one-half mile east of . Falls City, found the following note which hif daughter had written: Asks Forgiveness. t'Dear Father Dear folks, may God forgive me for causing you all this grief and sorrow, but I cannot stand it any longer. What is life without friends? My cross is heavier than I can bear. , "I have tried to forget all my troubles and to see the bright side of life, but I cannot. If I cannot live and go with decent people, I am better off out of the world. God krows that I am innocent, but ftiy friends could not see it that way. . "Papa, please let it go now, as it would Only make matters worse and no matter what people say about me, it cannot hurt me now, and it would be worse for the rest of you. No doubt the guilty are suffering their share, even if we don't know it. But may God keep them, better so other people will not suffer as I have suffered this winter. But 1 am willing to forgive them. . Don't Grieve About Me. "Do not grieve about me as I am better off. but prepare to meet me again some day. Then we can all be happy and meet our - dear mother and Daisy (a dead sister). Do not forget my truest and best friends. Reschke, Henry Werner and Jrs. WiJ?..iTbey,jiave been a great comfot to We." , - . The remainder f the . note in structed her father as to the funeral arrangements which the. young woJ man wished to have made. , The anonymous letter over which Miss .Stewart had been brooding had been sent to her last July. It is believed that it was written by a man living in the school district in which the young woman taucht. She. said nothing about the affair at that time, although she suffered a .nervous breakdown which serious ly impaired her health. . A few days ago a man rooming at the same home at which Miss Stew art was staying, said to have been intoxicated, told the teacher that he knew who wrote the , letter. The occurrence so npset Miss Stewart that she left for her home last Fri day, where it was noted that she was extremely . despondent. She told her father of the anonymous letter Saturday, but gave no indica tions that she was contemplating her life. ' ' - '. - ' Authorities Probe Affair. While the texf of the letter has not been divulged, it is said to con- . tahv statements very -detrimental to her reputation. Friends say they , believe the writer intended the mis- -sivc .as a veiled threat, in an en deavor to bring the young woman under his power. . Authorities arc confident that they know the identity . of the man and are making a thorough inquiry. Feeling is said to be running high against the writer, as Miss Stewart's reputation was- of the best. ' Miss Stewart is survived by her father, stepmother, two brothers and three sisters. She was a grad uate of the Falls City High school, and had been teaching near Falls City about five years. . y Arguments Enliven Hearing Of Appeal to Rail Board . Chicago, Feb. 7. Arguments' be tween witnesses and the. chair enliv ened the session today of the rati toad labor board hearing' the rail road employes' "appeal for continua tton of national agreements. Attempts to bring in , jurisdictional controversies and charges of con spiracy against, . independent labor organizations were continually ruled out by Chairman Barton, j After u lively session, in 'which three inde pendents finished their evidence,, tho first day of the employes' testimony adjourned to take ,up other inde pendent organisations tomorrow. Jewell Says Wilson's Act Vindicates Workers' Stand . ' New York. Feb. ?. Refusal of , President Wilson, to intervene in. the rail wage controversy was a vindica tion of the stand assumed by the railroad employes. IS. M. Jewel, pres ident of the Railroad Employes de- partment of the American , Federa tion of Labor, declared in 'a state-' ment today.' V - f New York's Chinatown Stops Celebration to Parade ; New 'York, Feb. 7.-iJtore than , t.OOO residents of ; New York's Chinatown v t'iday" , temporarily dropped their New- Year's celebra tion to march to the city hall for a -nationalist, demonstration protest-, ing against proposed loans to th -. ekingv government. ' ;t ' V; '-'': ' I '("
