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VOL.'; 60 NO. 206. ' gag " oTSJl OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1921. ; ,1
Plans for
Rail Wag
Cut Denied
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.Executives ' INot Considering
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General Reduction ;in bal-
aries at Present Time,
Chairman Cuyler Declares.
Meeting Called. Feb. 1 8!
By Tlift'AMOvlalrd I'rean, . j
Chpgo, Fce,;ll.-A general re-
ductlon, in Vwagys of railway em-1
pfoye is : not being considered by j
'. thc Association of Railway Jixecu-j
, lives, which represents 90 per cent!
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i uic uc;ijjc oi i lie country, ac- :
cording to a' statement issued, by''
i nomas .ucwttt cuyler. ciiaimiaii of
tlie association.; -...-
. Mr. Cuyler's ufoment came in re-
spouse to reports circulated in' rai
road ud'uniou uirclcs tjiat the meet- i
tfig of railway fxecutives, hich he
called for l;ebruirv. 1.8, oWould tf:-l ,
cuss plana for a' general wage reduc- i
lion 011 all roai'.i Such aj)roposi-l
tion nrvcr has" non.ie before flic as-o-Tot police scandal rivalling those of
oiatioli or its tabor committee, Mr.l.i,- ,iavs 0r T'olir. Lieutenant R-ci-.
cuyler said
1 he executives
will : tiieet" Fcbrti-
iiry 18 to discu-f tveans . of 'getting
f he questio'i ot, a- rovision t yagett
oi unskilled'-labicir lcgal'v. Afore 'lu'
board, which ruled -on Felku$ry -'t).
that it "could not act on' the road:.'
s plea for abrogation of the. national
agreement gut: iui a wage scan; re
vision fur uusVil'eti labor, which was
asked because of the financial condi
tion of the rrjroiids. Matters of
. tinance belonged" before the Inter
state (Commerce commission, the
l oard he'd. , .
To -Hear Report. tV l
. M f. Cjtylcr$ statcinent follows,1" m
part:
"This meeting. February 18, has
. been called to give the executives of
the railways opportunity to receive
a rerybrt from its labor committee rev
gardmg ,davelopmeitts since the last
general meeting ot the association
was held. ' The subject of a general
reduction .of . railway wages has not
been considered by the association
,or its labor committee and will not
be fhe subject, of consideration at
the meeting. February.. 18.," .hv :s
j "The railway labor -.oard. in its
decision on February 10, held tliat
it could not take "any action on the
labor eoinmittee's suggestion that a
reduction be made at once in the
wages of unskilled labor, because,
conferences Jtad not been held anU
a controversy r developed ... between
the employes and the railways which
wjould- not ertableTtheboard legally
to 'tike jiirisdiction on' this subject.
If is expected thai consideration v?iU
1 given at the-meeting in Chicago
February. 18, as to what steps 'should
be taken, by individual railways to
et the (uestiort of a revision of the
wages of unskilled labor propetly
before the board. -.- , -Labor
Committee to 'Report. -''The
labor committee will also
report to the association regarding
the present status of the proceedings
before the labor board concerning
the national agreements."
1 lit the meantime the -labor sid$ is
preparing to bring before the board
the cases of ; all roads 'which ' are
alleged to have violated rulings of
t he board by ordering wage reduc
tions tor ' section hands. Among
these are the Erie and the St( Louis
and San Francisco. A petitjeftr is
before the board charging the St.
Louis Southwestern - with . violating
the rulings of the board, but the
road denid that it had cut wag'es.
Jefferis. AsksRelie:
; Committee to ' Ship '
; Foodstuffs to China
Washington; r rt tjv! -t
Special Telegram.) At the sugges
tion of George A: Roberts, a lead
in er Omalia crrain man l'nn?rf ss-
mnv jefferis. wired Ward .M.
gess of Omaha, state chairman ot
the China relief committee:
"If at all practicable, I would re
spectfully 'urge shipments of flour,
corn meal and foodstuffs to China
instead of money contributions.
"Nebraska is abundantly supplied
with grain and corn and this would
prove a market for them. Such a plan
would also aid our state manufactur
ers and retain cash within ou bor
ders." :-
Man Tried for Murder
Of His Wife Acquitted
Detroit, Mich..' Feb. 11. Patrick
J. Reaney of Dallas' Tex..-was ac
quitted of
uitted of a charge Of slayjng hisjon"
,-ife, Mary Teresa, by a recorder's 1 5. . naVy'
w
'court iurv her?. ,tr. Rmiipii itipH
in a local hospital, March 19,1919.
.Reaney. was accused under three
counts that charged he caused his
wife's death by shooting, by pois
oning and by burning her body with
acid. The first two. counts were ruled
out by the Judge during the trial.
Qregon House Passes
n Soidier Bonus Measure
; Salem. Ort., Feb. 11. The Oregon
house of representatives today passed
a bill providing a bonus to Oregon
ex-service men of $15 a month for
each month served in the world war.
The bill also provides an alternative
of farm or home loans, not exceed?
ing $3,000. If passed by the senate
and approved by the governor it
would be submitted to he people.
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State Oenarrment Aboroves ;
nan to Market sugar Crop ;
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w.asnington, u. reo. n. Ap
proval of the .Cuban government's
plan to market the sugar -crop
through a commission is given in
a communication sent by the State
department to Major General Crow
tier, at Havana, but coupled' with it
is a warning that any attempt at
fixing high prices would be regard,
unfavorably, f ( ; v
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Senatft.Vntps Salarv "
JUUCC..C IU VAiuuugc
Washington, Feb. 11. A salary in-1
crease of $3,000 a. year from $12,000 i
! to $15.000 was voted for Vice Presi
dent Coolidge by the senate, Which
at the same time reduced hi patron
I age roll by striking out a provision
Uor a private telegraph operator at
$1,500 a year. . .
. .Elimination of the provision for a
telegraph operator was made at the
request of Vice President Marshal!.
wi,0 saia the vice president had no
i need for a . private operator. He
urged and -the. senate accepted an
lamendnicnt providing for a privates
messenger for the vice president at
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New YorLPolice
Probe Will Rival
Becker's Reinie
Uisclosureof .scandals Worse
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i- I linn ' ina. Uval'iH liv
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Rosenthal -Are Promised
y Whitman's Prohe.
New York, '..FcS..
1 1 .Disclosure
er and the Herman Rosenthal m,ur:
dcr, for which 1'ock.cr and an East
Side "gunmen's gang wc-nt . to ccath
ifi the xlectric chair, is forecast
by former Governor Charles S.
Vhitman who, cloaked with , au
thority by the district - attorney is
probing into alleged grafting" and
corruption by New York city offi
cials. 'He' has ierVned the situation
"grave" and threatens to- unfold a
vice ribbon of many hues. ,
The' Whitman inquiry has been
under way only a short time, since
the state assembly was urged to
order legislative investigation into
Xcw York City's- administration
early in January. Already two po
lice caplains have oeen indicted for
alleged graftinf , charged with ; ac
cepting fees from business' firms in
exchange for police protection dur
ing strikes. I hey are Capt. William.
A. Bailey, Manhattan, and Capfc
Percy - DuBois. Brooklyn. More
were said d lie ' slated to follow
them. ' -' . - - h
, Mr. Whitman lias had his fight
with higher city officials, aud re
sorted to subpoena to bring fayor
Hylan and Police Commissioner
Enright before him. Of these he
demanded that his force , be given a
Certain number of detectives, the par
ticular men he wanted,, to aid in tha
investigation. He exhibited state
laws which lie said authorized him
to liave what he wanted, without in
terference' by mayor, ; of v cotnmis-.
sioner."'. 'v-t ?h;--v'5.v..t'4;
yhen money seemed t6 be lacking
for .Continualfon of the inquiry,
financial . assistance from private
sources ywas i premised the former
governor, he announced, "and a! cer
tified check- for $20,000 was pre
sented to hint n ; January 21 by
Edward Hatch, jr., chairman of the
JXew York, Merchants' association
COIUniUlcp Oil jJUIluuuir, i Bcntittgc
and waste disposal'1 This check was
madcvavailable in the vent the board
ofctimateVfai!s to authorize a
shuiltr : qity appropriation for fur
therance ot the work, but later the
finance and budtet committee of the
board of , estimate voted to approve
i ismaitcc of .the bonds. ,
Women's Organizations
' Plan-Drive for Better
v ' Working Conditions
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XeV Y'ork, Feb. 11. United action
to bring about better social and in
dustrial conditions foe w-omen in the
eastern states was decided upon at a
conference here of representatives
of wonian's organizations from New
En gland, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware and Pennsylvania.
A resolution was passed asking the
national consumers league to call aj
t t i . : a. 1
conicrence oi an organizations intcr-i
Bur-rested in welfare legislation
for the i
purpose ot iraming a uninea oro-
gram to be urged immediately before
various state legislatures.
Massachusetts was held up as be
ing the most advanced state in the
union in having passed laws favor
able to working w:omen.. It was an
nounced after the 'meeting , that at
tempts will be made to have other
States enact similar laws regulating
hours of work an'! providing a min
imum wage. , '
Iaval Plane Pilots Are v
Killed Near Guaitanamo
Washington, Feb. ' 11. Licuts.
John Henry
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Heitz Menken and
Frederick Wolfer, United
were killed near
Quantanamo, Cuba, ', yesterday by
thes wrecking , of their airplane
while on a practice flight for radio
instruction. A dispatch received to
day by the Navy, department gave
no details. , -v '-.
A Valentine for
Each Bee Reader
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Page One of the next Sunday's
Rotogravure Section is a full page
valentine for every reader of The
Bee. You'll appreciate its artistic
value. -,..., t
For the movie fans a page of
"Juvenile Screen Players." Baby
Arthur Nowell, Wesley Barry, 4
-ureeiy". fcason, Johnny Jones
and Stanley Goethals in clever
poses. .
A page of photographs of Oma
ha youngsters, too.
Vhat do you tBink of capital
punishment? Did you ever wit
ness the death of a criminal by
state decree?
The history of 10 Nebraska ex
ecutions ir another feature of The
Bee for next Sunday. The story
is by Guy G. Alexander of The
Bee staff. It is realistic and vivid.
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In Fremont
Jail in Use
Man ' Arrested on 'Forgery
Charge JTells Sheriff He Is
Son of Lord 'Chester-
fie!
?Yd of England. .
Swindle Nipped in Buo1!
i Fremont, Neb.. Feb. 1 1. (Special i
j Telegram.) Royalty is reposing be- j
j hind the bars of the Dodgs county j
(jail, according to a young man giv-
ing the native of Craig ChesterfieW,
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; -vV I1U VldllUS tu uc u VI .UIU
ijjhesterfmld of. England. "He was ar
i rested with Tame Raird. 22. charged
J with forgery; v. . y, "'
I rnn.-A un,' f. u caw
,..i,., -t,. tA. k: .,. - T!, i..-:a
"t iJ. suuin
,
opines that the royalty stuff is simply f
an endeavcVUo ' high tone" hjni and.i
gives as hir'opinion' that his prisoiir1
ier's relationship to the Earl of
! Chesterfield cainc from smoking a
cigaret 6f that nanlc. ;
! - . Calls for "Solicitor.
Immediately following his arrest
life scion.1 of royalty called for i
"solicitor"' ,and refused to discuss his
.troubles except through his Fremont
lawyer. Sheriff Condit set his depu
ties to watch for Fatima, the Queer,
of Sljeba, or others of the gentler
sex, who arc thought to have ac
companied the two men.V ri s:
The two men, dressed in the height
pf fashion, tipeued 'accounts at two;
banks aiief gae the' Jrnpression that
they would , make Fremont their
home: Th,ey stated vaguely that they
came from "the east." An exchange
of checks simultaneously with th
deposit of large checks drawn on
Pittsburgh banks aroused the , sus
picions of bankers. The banks esti
mate their loss at $100.
His Highness "Insulted." '
His highness wis highly 'insulted"
when the sheijff ' arrested, him and
used a gu& to impress him with the
seriousness of his aetior-V Baiqd smil
ingly greeted the sheriS and is said
to have confessed. .; ! ?
The sheriff said he found checks
for $14,966 in the men's possession!
which they planned to cash. He ays
Baird admitted that their arres.t pre
vented a . big "clean up" and that
they expected to go : to California
vith their loot at once. '
i Bankers say the plan under which
the'two m?n were working was one
of the' cleverest check games ever
attempted in the city and had it not
been nipped in time the banks would
have been heavy losers. , f-, f
$100,000,000 ffiind to
Aid. Road Building in
1922 Urged in Senate
asiinigion, i. t., - reo.. li.-i An
appropriation pf $100,000,000 to fcn
able the federal government to assist
5tate road building projects during
the 1922 fiscal year was proposed by
Senator Swanson, democrat, Vir
ginia, in 4he form pf an amendment
to the annual postoffice apropria
tion bill. , He gave notice that next
week he would ask a vote on speciat
rule for its insertion, saying there
would be difficulty in getting a
separate enactment for the money.
Senator Thomas, democrat, Colo
rado, questioned the Virginia senator
about the pro'posal and Vice Presi
dent Marshall rapped . for .order,
there being -some confusion invthe
senate. - ' , -. . ' . . , .
"Ah, Mr. President, I presutne'.no
body cares,"' Senator Thomas ob
served as he- pat down. "It's only
another $100,000,000 to be spent." 1
Italian Ambassador to
j U. S. Reaches New York
New York. Feb. 11. Senator Ro-
landi Ricci, recently appointed am-
bassador trom Italy to trie . united
States, arrived here today 'on the
steamship- Duca d'Aosta, from
Genoa. ' -
The ambassador was accompanied
his son. a captain in the Italian,
army, "and; Guido Sabetta, former
consul general Of Italy at Chicago,
who is to be counsellor for the em
bassy. " He was met at quarantine
by Victorio Faresi, secretary of the
enbassy and Consul General Bern
ard! of New Y'ork. .
r During ! the war he served his
I i ... f
country on ine commission oi ?i
nance, foreign relations and army
reorganization. He was Vice presi
dent of the International Chamber
of Commerce at Paris and went to
Brussels as Italian representative to
the international finance Conference.
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Clerical Forces at U. Si t
Navy Yards Are Reduced
Washington, D. C, Feb, 11. Lack
of funds ha, caused a further re-
! ductiort in the numher of clerical
I employes at navy yards, it was
learnej at. the Navy department,
j Orders have gone out to discharge
! enough clerks to reduce the total
; salaries for the last six months of
the year $52,000,000, as compared
with the first half. The number of
mechanical employes has been- re
duced from 83,000 at the time of the.
armistice, to less than 60,000, it was
said. ' '
Case of Woman, Accused of
f Murdering Man, Before Jury
The jury took the case of Mrs.
Mary Newell early yesterday after
noon in District Judge ; Troup's
court. She is charged with first
degree murder for the death of Jess
Sillik, December 5,: 1920, in a brawl
at the Lathrop home, 2620 North
Thirteenth ' street.
She testified yesterday morning
that she'.had' nothing to do with
the murder and denied that . Mrs.
Sillik ; saw her stabj Sillik in the
neck with i butched knife. ."' , ;; ;
Boy Love Affair Back
- ' Of Blackmail Scare
Ogdcn, Utah, Feb. 11. A school
boy love affair was found to be back
Tot a blackmail scare at Kiverdale. a
farming community pear here, ac
cording to Sheriff Richard Pincock,
who questioned Tom Zito, 15.
The boy is said to have confessed
that he wrote three threatening let
ters demanding $5,000 from L. B.
Bingham, whose daughter had looked
coldly on Tom's attentions.
t - Attention was directed to Zito bc
j, cause 'one letter casually set forth
ilhat "Tom Zito is the best fighter jr.
Riverdale, but nobody knows it.
Greek Financial
Conditions Are
Called Serious
Exportation of Tohacco and
Other Products at Standstill
and Treasury Receipts
Are Dwindling.
Athens, Feb, 11 (By The Associ
ated Press ) Economic conditions
in Greece are becoming serious. The
pvnnrlitiftn tnharrn anft othir
lorotlucts i at a standstill, the armv
r . ,
in Smyrna is costing 3,000,000 drach
ma's; per day and treasury receipts
arc dwindling daily. The new Greek
.premier has informed Edward Capps',
American minister to Greece, that
the financial situafion is "desperate"
find has declared thal'only action by
the United States in advancing some
$33,000,000 on credits created in 1918
can bring relief. s
Food prices are mounting in pro
portion to the decline of the. ex
change, rate on the- drachma, which
at present stands at 15 to the dollar.
It is almost impossible? to obtain"
meat . and belief is expressed that it
will soon be necessary for the gov?
ernment to issue bread tickets.
In addition labor troubles appear
threatening. The strike of electri
cians, which was called this Week,
may become general unless the men's
demands for wage , increases are
granted. , ' ' '
. Naal engineers have occupied the
electric power station as a result oi
the electricians' strike, but the cur
rent was suddenly cut off at 7 o'clock
last evening. The city was plunged
into darkness and Parliament was
forced to adjourn its sitting, A meet
ing of the labor party was dispersed
by troops. , ,
irst Action in Tight j
Against Joseph Ryan
FiledWMow
'New York, Feb. 11.' First steps
to contest the will of Joseph J. Ryan?
son of Thomas Fortune Ryan, were
taken by his widow today when her
attorneys filed a .petition in the sur
rogate's court to have herself and
Richard H. Clarke appointed admin
istrators of the estate. The petition
states that-they were rustees under
a separation agreement drawn up be
tween Ryan and herself.
The will beqqueathed $100 to Mrs.
Rvan and. $5,000 each to the two
children, while the bulk of the $90,
000 estate w;ent to Miss , Lucille
WTiiteford, an actress. Mrs. Ryan's
address was giyn as Washington,
but she and her children are now
in Rome. .' ;
Ryan's . will explained that in' be
queathing but $100 to his wife he
had made ample provision for her
during his life. i
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IJarniers Will Oppose ;
All Efforts to Repeal
Excess Profits Tax
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' Cleveland, Feb. ll. Farmets of
the country will oppose any' attempt
to repeal excess profit and income
taxes,-J; R. Howard, Chicago, presi
dent of the American Farm Bureau
federation, told delegates attending
the all-Amcrican co-operative - con
gress. Howard said farmers of the corn
belt' region, including Ohio, Indiana,
and Missouri, were ready to donate
50,000,000 bushels of corn to starving
people of China and Europe.
Railroad brotherhoods, he said, have
seaboard free and naval reserves
sea board free and naval reserves
have volunteered to see that the
grain was delivered. It is the plan
of the American Farm Bureau to
start the movement of this gift corn
from country stations on Washing
ton's birthday, February 22.
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?K II 1 I H N I in NnnA h Aimrl
X By Police in Two Raids
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.' Morphine and cocaine w;orth $10,-1
ym were uncovered iliursday night
by Detectives Danbaum, Palmtag.ly
Toland and Lake in the home of R.'
S. Scott, painter. 2408 Maple street,
and the room of OF. Roland, drum
mer, in the Loyal hotel. The two
men. with James Smifh, barber,
Eighteenth and Chicago streets,
were arrested for investigation and
will be charged with violation of the
Harrison drug 'act today. '
Hypodermic needles and other
drug. equipment and a handkerchief
containing silver coins were also
found in Roland's room. "
, Scott's mother told the police her
son, who is' 35, has been a drug ad
dict since he was 16, when he was
started . in the habit, by a woman.
Roland is 50 and police say he is a
drug peddler and user and' confi
dence man. Smith is 30. Police
have no record on him '
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Wage Cut Announced
Houston, Tex., Feb. 11. The
Humble Oil & Refining Co. has an
nounced a 10 per cent reduction in
the wages of oil field employes, ef
fective February 15. The cut does
not. affect office force . .
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Mrs. Peetei Says
Counsel Refused
TraTHprTnlt
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feifcr
urounu iiiai jue w as ioi
In Own Defense.
Los Angeles, Cal.;'Feb. 11. Mrs.
Louise L. Pcete, , convicted ' of ' the
murder of Jacob Charles Denton,
disclosed today in part what took
place at a conference between her
and her counsel prior to the" decision
not to permit her to take the witness
stand and tell her story to the jury
at her recent trial.
Present' at " the , conference, Mrs.
Pee'te said, were , her chief counsel,
W. T. Aggeler, acting public defend
er, and two of. his assistants.
"They questioned me for three
hours,", she said. "Then they de
cided not to allow me to go on the
stand. ' '' ,",
"They said I did not give the right
answers to their questions. ;
"And I ask'ed them, 'How can 1
give the right answers when you
don't ask me the right questions?'"
Mrs. Pette said that-if the court
denied the motion for a pewjtrial
for her, on which arguments. are to
be heard February 16, she would
appeal to the appellate court, for a
new trial on the ground that sie had
not been permitted to testify. .
"I want to tell .my story," she de
clared. . . ' ' . : '
Mr. Aggeler todav received from
Sheriff J. C. Winn of Aztec, N. M..
a telegram stating the officer's belief
that, a man reported to be Denton
seen there after -June 2, the date
fixed by the state as that of the mur
der of -the minytg promoter, was one
Joe Markley, who had since left that
town. - -: v
Lieut. A. Pearson,
Aviator Missing
El Paso. Tcxv Feb.-11. Officers
of the first surveillance group, bor
der patrol, with headauarters at Fort
vBhss. up to 1:3Q p. m.,todaythad re-
ceived no word as to the whereabouts
teut. Alexander Pearson, who
left Fort Bliss, at 10:45 o'clock yes
terday morning for San Antonio, and
it is believed rfftt he is lost. !
Officers at Fort Bliss said that
they had been notified . that Lieu
tenant Pearson, due in San Antonio
yesterday afternoon, had not arrived
there, and that headquarters of the
Eighth army corps did not know
where he- was. . " ( . ;
Mormon Missionary. Arrested
Salt Lake City, Feb. 11. Byron
C. Jensen, reported to be under
arrest at San Luis Obispo," Cal., on
charges of deserting the army, pos
ing as a United States secret service
agent and passing worthless .checks,
is a member of a prominent Utah
family. His parents-reside in Salt
Lake. 'Jensen served as a-missionary
of the Mormon church in, the
Hawaiian Islands' a few years ago,
church records, show,. ,'. j . .
Boys and Girls!
You'll f ind in The Sunday
Bee an announcement that toill
interest you.'.
- Watch for it!
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l&prril:"l8l: Br Th ChkMO Tribuna.)
No Deeisioia,Made
On German Cable
s1
International Conference at
Capital Adjourns Without
, Definite Action.
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rWahingtcnPC. TeliDfcie
international communications . on-,
ference "convoked at the .Slate le
partment after an interim of two
months, adjourned without reaching
a decision on the disposition of the1
German cables. Another session will
be held next. Tuesday.
Representatives of France, Great
Britain. . Italy and Japan requstcd
a further postponement of the dis
cussions in order that final instruc
tions might be- obtained by cable
from their respective, governments.
Since all the J delegates which rep
resented the ailied governments re
turned to their homes after the ad
journment of the, conference in De
cember, the four powers ' weni rep
resented at to'day's meeting htKeir
ambassadors or charges. 7, -'
Ambassador - Jusserand , informed
the conference that on account of
the change .in "the French ministry
since the communications . confer
ence last met," it had been difficult
for him to obtain -instructions as to
whether the attitude of the govern
ment had altered toward the alloca
tion of the cables. American officials
have stated the attitude of France
and Japan 'was responsible for the
blockiug of a settlement last fall,
and it is hoped by officials here that
with the new instructions which are
being asked for by the allied repre
sentatives,, an agreement may be
reached within the next few.wecks.
50 Police Stage
, - Spectacular Raid
l Fifty policemen, in charge of Ser
geants Samuelson, Jensen, Morris
and Summitt, staged a spectacular
raid on 12 houses in the vicinity of
Twelfth and Chicago streets at 3:45
yesterday afternoon.
Fifteen men' and 15 women, were
arrested for investigation. Charges
of being inmates of disorderly houses
.will probably be filed against them.
; lhe wholesale raid was staged at
the personal orders of Chief Eber
stein. ,who issued a general cleanup
mandate for the district after numer
ous complaints from. railroad officials
that 'an embryo underworld was
gaining, a foothold in (the vicinity. .
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Congress Asked to Provide
Additional Room for Funds
Washington, Feb. 11. 't Congress
was lasked to . provide more space
here for the staring - of government
tunds. Abolishment . ot the sun
treasury, has resulted in the transfer
of all gold to the federal treasury
here and has choked the great vaii'j,
Assistant 'Secretary Gilbert told the
house' public bii'ldtngs .cbmmitiee.
An extra vault should be provided,
he said. ' : . V
Factory Merger Announced
. Howiand. Me.. Feb. 11. Merger
of the Howlaiftl Pulp and ' Paper
company and the Advance Bagi
company of Middlctown, O., was'
announced by an official of the How
land company. -The entire product
of the Howlaild plant tfrill be used
by, the Middletown factory. ;
Soviet and Polish Envoys '
; Sign( Peace Treaty at Riga
Helsingifors, Finiand, Feb. 11.
The treaty of peace between soviet
Russia- and Poland " was signed at
Riga yesterday, it is announced in a
wireless disoaUh , received .from
Moscow,
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Bluejackets
Fired Upon in
Vladivostok
Attack B elieved to Hay e Been
HArraneed With ' View to
training
Relations Be
tween Japan and U. S
Tokio, - Feb. 11. Five American
bluejackets were s fired at by un
knorn. persons in Vladivostok at 11
o'clock .Tuesday night, one of them
being wounded, .says the Asahi
Shimbun's Vladivostok" correspond
ent today. - , ' : . J . ,
The Americans, reinforced ' by
Russian policemen, arrested three
Russian officers, formerly under the
late General Kappel, once - com
mander of the western armies of.
the. Omak government, the corre
spondent adds. . .
, The impression in - Vladivostok,
according to the correspondent, is
that the attack was. arranged by
communists with' the . object' of
straining relations .between" 'Japan
and the United States.
Officials Refuse Comment.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. The
attack on five American bluejackets
at Vladivostok Tuesday night, as
announced by the Asahi Shimbun of
Tokio,; had not been reported . to
night to the Navy department. In
the absence of an official report, de
partment officials refused to com
ment. . .j
. Befriend Accused Sentry.
Tokio, Feb. 11. Formation of an
association to support the cause of
Tos,higoro Ogarawara, the Japanese
sentry who shot and killed Naval
Lieutenant Langdon of the. United
StaPcs cruiser Albany at Vladivostok
late in December, has been decided
upon by a group of army reservists
here. Members of the association
are descendants of the "Edokko,"
the original natives of ancient Tokio,
who wer.e renowned for their chiv
alry. It is urged 4hat a petition be
sent to the court-martial which, tried
Ogazawara, asking for his release
and declaring that his punishment
woujd' destroy military discipline.
Omahan Awarded Contract
For Government Building
Washington, D. , C Feb. 11.
(Special Telegram.) The secretary
of the treasury has awarded to J. H.
Wiese of Omaha the contract for
the construction of the public build
ing at Santa Fc, N. M.,. for $200,880.
The interstate commerce commis
sion will hold a hearing at Omaha.
March 16 on-, the complaint of "the
Western Newspaper Union against
lhe Adirondack & "St. .Lawrence
railroad company.
Denver Woman Is Acquitted
Of Murdering 'Cop' Husband
Denver, Feb. 11. Mrs. Minnie Cox,
who shot and killed her husband, Al
bert Cox. memberiof the Denver po
lice department, on October 30 last.
was acquitted by a jury in criminal,
court here late today. She pleaded
self-defense. . " ,
The Weather
' . Forecast.
Saturday, fair; not much change
in" temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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War Ahead
Is Borahs
Prediction
Idaho; Senator Warns That
Prescnt Naval Policy Will
X
Mean Conflict
Wilh
japan or Britain.
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Raps Committee Report x
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO
Chicago TTlhune-Omahft Itce l.fal Wire.
Washington,' Feb. ,11. War bo" ,
tween the United States and cither
Japan-r Grcul Britain within the
next few vears if competitive navy
j building continues was predicted by
Senator Borah of Idaho daring a
healed debate on the disarmament
question in the senate today.
, The debate followed hard upon tire
fecvipt of news that the Japanese
had rejected overwhelmingly a meas
ure providing that Japan enter into
rit-goji.Uious with the United States
and Great Britain for a joint agree
ment on curtailment of naval build -
ing. '-'. ' .
Assailing, tlie naval affairs commit
tee's report rejecting his suggestion
of a temporary suspension of Amer- ,'
ican naval . cbnstructionSenator
Bon,h contended that the naval com
mittee had not given sufficient study
to thcs problem and maintained his
position that there should either be
a disarmament agreement "or the
United .States should suspend all
building for six months while it
makes sure that it is building, a
thoroughly efficient and up-to-date
navy. -
Members of the naval affairs com- '
mitte', ledlby Senators. J'oindexter
of Washington and McCormick of ' "
Illinois, stoutly defended thejr re-
sports. , I-'-,' :r i .
Agreements First.
"Agreement first and disarmament
afterwards." was the slogan put for-
ward by Senator Poindexter. Sena
tor McCormickread the dispatch
from , Tokio stating that the Japanese
diet yesterday, by a vote of 285 to 38,
rejected a resolution to open nego- 1
tiations with the United States and
Great Britain for curtailing navar,
building. He cited this as evidence
of . thc hopeleaness of getting
Japanese to enter into any pact to
rrrtiii.,. n'uvl ariilnrMAtit .
"That vote v.a a pretly good
showing in a militaristic nation,"
commented Senator Borah. . "But
it, shows all the more reason why
we should be careful not to build a
navy of obsolete ships..
"Unless some sort of a disarma
ment agreement is reached, - this
coniDetitive bttildiiiB of naval arma-
T-metrt 'vrlbatr wr -inevitab(y
aa we have day an night.; i am.
absolutely certain in wy own mind
that unless; a way cart be devised to
halt naval building, war is bound to
come between the three' chief com
petitive l.aval powers. And if it
does - cpme ;l want -- ft have a
thoroughly modern and efficient
navy." - .
Demands Information. , .,
. Senator Borah began his speech
by reading statements of British
(authorities declaring the capital ship
obsolete and ;he hastened to answer
intimations that such statements ,
were mce propaganda desigaed to
induce the United States to abandon ,
battleship, building and thus main
tain the present British superiority .'
on the seas.' He demanded that the )
navy department and the naval atV .'
(Turn to Pair Two, Colnmn One) ,
President Wilson
' Visits Future Home
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Washington, Feb. 1L President
Wilson spent several hours today at
the house where he will make his "
home after his retirement from office
on March 4. . -
It was the president's second visit
to the house since he purchased it
and with Mrs.' Wilson he spent con- '
siderable time in going over his be
longings, which have recently 'been
brought here from Princeton N. J..
and indicating the places in which
he desired them placed.
The president paid particular at
tention to the books of his library
and to their arrangement ia the '
racks. ,
Lord Mayor of Cork 1
' Must Quit U. S. at Once
Washington, Feb. .11. Should
Donal J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor
of Cork, who came to this country
as a stowaway without a passport.
fail to leave, today, a warrant for his
arrest ana deportation will be is
sued immediately, it was said, at the
Department of Labor. , He was
classed as a seaman by Secretary
Wilson. -
Commenting upon reports that the
lord mayor had announced in New
York a program of extensive en
gagements, officials said that they
thought this probably was intend?d
to conceal O'Callaghait's intention of
leaving for .Europe as secretly as
possible. ,
Man Who Tried to Pass Bogus
Check on Omaha Bank Jailed
Salt Lake City,, Feb. 11. M. M.
Yeager. alias C. B. Kellogg of Twin
Falls, Idaho, who pleaded guilty of ,
attempting to defraud the Deseret
National bank of Salt Lake of $5,600,
was sentenced to. an indeterminate
term in the state prison. Yeager
endeavored to cash two forged '
drafts, each for $2,800. purporting
to be drawn on the Stock Yards
National bank of Omaha, by the
Bannock National bank of Poeatello,
Idaho, aud payable to himself-.
May Feed Hunger Striker
Los Angeles, Feb. 11. The police
considered the advisability of forc
ibly, feeding Health Engniark, chiro
practor, who entered the 18th day 0;
the hunger strike as a r-rotcst at f-90-day
sentence for violation of state '
medical laws, .
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