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OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921.
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The Omaha
Daily
Land is Is
Impeached
In Congress
Representative Welty Charges
Chicago Federal Jurist With
'"High Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Five : Specific Counts
Br Tbt Associated Prni.
Washington, Feb. 14. Federal
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of
Chicago was impeached in the house
of representatives today by Repre
' scntative Wclty, democrat, Ohio,
f who charged him with "high crimes
and misdemeanors" i connection
with his acceptance of the position
of supreme arbiter of base bait at a
. salary of $42,500 a year.
Should the house decide to insti
tute proceedings against Judge Lan
dis on the basis of M,r. Welty's
charges a formal trial before the bar
of the house would be held and a de
cision rendered. Mr. Welty did not
introduce a resolution proposing im
peachment, as is the usual procedure
in such matter. Instead he arose to
"a question of high personal privi
lege" and announced that he "im
peached' the judge.
Five Charges Made. V
Without debate the Welty charge,
pn Mr. Welty's motion, were referred
to the judiciary committee for inves
tigation and report. There were a
few scattering -hqcs.
Impeachment was proposed by Mr.
Wclty on the basis of five specific
charges, as follows:
"First For neglecting his official
duties for another gainful occupa
tion not connected therewith.
"Second For using his.oKhce as
district judge of the United States
to settle disputes which might come
into his court as provided by the
laws of the United States..
Accused of Lobbying y
'Thud-LFor lobbying before-the
legislatures of the several states of.
the union to procure the passage of
slate laws to prevent gambling in
base ball, instead of discharging his
duties as district judge of the United
States.
"Fourth For accepting "the posi
tion as chief arbiter of the disputes
in base ball associations 'at a salary
, of $42,500 per annum while attempt
ing to discharge the. duties as a dis
tiict judge of the United States,
which tends to nullify the effect of
the judgment of the supreme court
oi the District of Columbia' and the
base ball gambling indictments pend
ing in the criminal courts of Cook
-county, Illinois. ... -
'Fitth For injuring1 the national '
sport of base ball, by permitting the '
(Turn to re Twa, Column Two)
Former Mrs. Magney
Becomes Bride of
Paxton Hotel Owner
Dick Kitchen, owner of the Pax
ton hotel was married yesterday to
Mrs. Grace Magney. divorced wife
oi Lloyd Magney, deputy United
M.Ttes. attorney.'
Lloyd Maguey is a boyhood
chmnof Dick Kitchen and at pres
ent makes his home at the Paxton
hotel.
Dick Kitchen was divorced a little
m :re than six months ago from his
v iic tormeriv Koucrta t.aay oi mis
lily.
with whom he eloped while she
still a 'student at Central High
school. Llovd Maenev was hi
at-
t'orncv during the suit.
A few weeks later Mrs. Magney
obtamcd v a divorce from her bus
ies nd.
IVior to the divorce suits the
Kitchens and Magjicys frequently
were seen in each others' company
,-.nd both families lived at the Pax
ton. Mob Seeking Officer Who
u jifMii viiiirvi nuu
Shot Prisoner, Dispersed
tlueatening for rive hours to .storm
the police station at Augusta, Kan.,
and firnig several shots, a mob of be
tween 400 and 500 men dispersed
shortly before midnight, according to
reports received here.
' The expressed purpose of the men,
it was said, was to capture an offi
cer who is alleged to have shot and
probably . fatally injured Charles
Foreman, an oil field worker, in
making an arrest Saturday night.
At one time reports said Chief of
Tolice C. C. Wheat was forced to
drive the men back with a shotgun.
Police, aided bv 'officers from near
by towns, continued on guard at the j
police station.
Young Woma Arrested on
Charge of Embezzlement
Sacramento, Cal. Feb. 14. Mrs.
Olga Bachado. bookkeeper of the
Fleischman Yeast company here,
was arrested yesterday and charged
with embezzling more than $3,000
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trom tne concern, lor wnicn sne naa
worked for more than five years.
To Assistant District Attorney
Farrell Mrs. Bachado, who is well
known in athletic circles here, ad
mitted the shortage, but refused to
make any statement other than that
she would expose, the embezzler
w hen summoned ,jnio court.
Value of Cattle on Farms (
Lotfer ThaniPre-War Prices
Washington. D. C, Feb. 14. Cat
tle on farms are now valued at less
than prewar prices, the Department
ct Agriculture announced, i. ne crop,
the department said, began in Jan
uary, 1919.
The department further stated that
the decrease in value not only re
sulted, in the loss of all the increas
es sustained during the war. but tn
additional 50 per cent. Hogs have
lost ?8 per cent of the gains made
-during 1917 and 1918, according to
the figures.
U. S. Judge Landis Is
Impeached in Congress
I I
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Wilson to Vetg
Fordney Tariff
Bill Is Report
Developments Centering
Around Tariff Legislation
Came Fast in Congress
Yesterday.
By The Associated rress.
Washington, D. C, Fcby14. De
velopments centering around tariff
legislation came fast in congress to
da. They included:
Declaration by Senator Under
wood that he had received assur
ances that President Wilson would
vetd the Fordncy emergency tariff
bill, not by withholding -his signa
ture, but with a comprehensive
statement giving his reasons complcd
witn a final attack on republi
can congressional policies. ,
Announcement by. Senator Mc
Cumber, republican. North Dakota,
that a vote on the bill probably will
be obtained top-sorrow night.
fstatemcntl bv Chairman Ford-
cy of the house ways and means
onmini f re a ml-iHiV A f I n yt 0 ihf ill.
teution of the republicans to press
the permanent tariff through the cx
tr4 session before attempting con
sideration of taxation.
The Fordncy bill was pulled out
of its pigeonhole for several hours
of debate. 'Nothing came of it. how
ever, although it had been expected
a vote would be had on the amend
ment of Senator Smoot, republican,
Utah, changing the import rates on
sugar from those accepted by the
senate finance committee. Mr. Mc
Cumber as well as Senators Gay,
democrat'. Louisiana, and Smoot
discussed the amendment and sever
al, other senators got into the de
bate. .Sr-natnr l?ndern;rnrf tloclined to
te
rect and refused to answer ques
tions-relative to the form in which h
the information came.
Obregdn to Regulate -Petroleum
Matters
Mexico City Feb. 14. Delega
tion of power to President Obrcgon
to regulate petroleum matters is
forecast by Yasquez Schiaffino, of
ficial mayor" of th Department of
Commerce and Industry. He says
that modification of Article XXVII
of the Mexican constitution, which
nationalizes petroleum deposits,
cannot be written into law by the
extraordinary session of congress
which began February 7. or by the
regular session which will convene
on May 1, lor lack of time for care-1
tul study.
Senor Schiaffino said President
Obregon is expected later to pre-1
'sent a imii ot nis own. inis icgis-
1 -however will cause .such , a .
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oil fields. Senor Schiaftmo was the
original head of Mexico s petroleum ,
department.
Alma Youth Nominated
For West Point' Cadetship
Washington, D. C, Feb. 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.)- Representative An
drews nominated for J. cadetship at
West Point today Harold S. Gould,
son of S. A. Gould of Alma, Neb.
Congressman Andrews in a letter
to Secretary Baker said that the
youth of the land had a just esi
mate of what was required of those
who sought ntnuicc to West Point,
and was convinced that too much
was exacted in the manner in which
questions were -.mswered than in the
correctness of the answers. This, he
thought, was at least one reason why
young-men were loath to enter upon
a military career. They would rather
take their chances in any one of the
professions
r i
Mr. Andrews suggested that it
might he well for the academic
board at West Point to take cogni
zance ot the present situations
Pacific Coast Lumher Firm
Announces Cut in Prices
Seattle. Wash.;- Feb. 14. Rcduc-
, tions of from $2 to $5 a 1,000 feet
on common grades of lumber, et
fective tomorrow, are announced by
the Weyerhausen Sales company,
which controls a number of com
panies on the Pacific coast. This is
being made to meet market condi
tions at this time, it is said.
Participants in Poker Game
Robhcd by Lone Bandit
Duluth. Feb. 14. A bandit held
uo 12 participants in a poker came
in a downtown hotel, took $1,500 in
cash and jewelry valued at $2,000. 1
according to reports to the doHcc !
I tonight. t
ested
Sarpy Delegation,' Appearing
Before ' House Committee,
i Denies Tlvat Anuexation
With Douglas Desired. v
Justice of Vote Denied
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Residents from Sarpy cotm
ty, 150 strong, appeared tonight be
fore the house committee oft privi
leges -and elections to register pro
test against the Driicscdow bill pro
viding for an election to determine
whether Sarpy should be annexed to
Douglas county. One farmer stood
hvthfc center of the delegation during
the hearing with a huge banner held
aloft, which read, "Sarpy county re
fuses to be crucified -on the cross of
Omaha."
Prior to the hearing the delegation j
marched ud the streets of Lincoln
and through the corridors of the
state house carrying ine oanner.
Speakers denied the claims made
that a majority of Sarpy county resi
dents, desired annexation and de
clared that Omaha wished the an
nexation from purely selfish pur
poses, chiefly or the benefit that tax
assessments for improvements
against Sarpy county farms would
work on Omaha property.
Unfair Representation.
"We couldn't get a fair represen
tation under suclua plan with our
small population, which is less than
the negro population of Omaha," J.
M. Gates of Fort Crook said.
"We know our court house is baaV
but, we want to Myid our own build
ing and not help pay for one in
Omaha," John Crooks of Fort Crook
boulevard declared. 'I have been
tald that he. profit on -the furniture
in the Douglas .county court house
was $10,000 and'our whole bonded in
debtedness is only $25,000.
, Edgar Howard,. Columbus editor
and former Sarpy county resident,
begged that Sarpy c"ounty keep its"
individuality and not get its simple,
innocent rural life mixed with the
fast and, furious pace of the Nebraska
metropolis.
"I deny the justice claimed that a
majority' vote will decide whether
Sarpy county wants to annex," How
ard declared, because I Know the
Omaha politicans and I also kndw
that with the proximity of the float
ing population of South Ohiaha to
Sarpy- county it would be a simple
matter to provide abodes over the
line in Sarov county for 40,jdays
and thus permit the South Omaha
people to vote in favof of annexation
on a Sarpy county ballot."
Final Decision, Delayed.
Representative Druesedow, author
of the bill, was not present. Final
decision was delayed until it was
learned whether Dresedow wanted to
appear- before the committee.
"I don't know much" about the
sentiment for annexation," said Rep
resentative Randall of Omaha, "but
I do know thai the roads and im
provements in Sarpy county are a
disgrace to Nebraska and annexation
with a live, aggressive county seems
to be the only way to get the resi
dents over there into the stride of
modern times."
Representative Ed A. Smith of
Omaha, a member of the committee,
declared he was ready to vote against
the Dresedow bill at any time after
hearing the arguments today.
The- speakers before the committee
were: Representative Frazier of Sar
py county: J. M. Gates, Fort
Crook; , J. D. Clark, Papillion; Joe
Elwell, Springfield; John Hughes,
Fort Crook boulevard, ' and A. SD.
Compton, former Douglas county
commissioner, who declared that
Douglas county had enough to do
to attend to its own affairs
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TOllCe Lan t OlOD Jime,
p n i q
Ur. L. L. Ubbey bays
L- Cobbey, pastor ot the Hrst
Christian churchi t!cciared in a sr.
mon Sundav nisilt oll -Cin Portce
top Crime.' the source ot the
crime must be wiped out. said the
Rev. Mr. Cobbey, the policeman's
duty is to check crime.
More religion in the home, not
more policemen is what is needed to
stop crime, the pastor declared.
"We hfve too many laws now.
We have so many they clutter up
our statutes. Very few of them are
heeded. Police Commissioner Ringer
told me the church is the greatest
aid the police have." he said.
Dr. Cobbey praised the Omaha
police department for its efficient
work, Yeciting the fact that Omaha
leads the large. cities of the nation in
the reduction of crime. , .
Major O'Neill Given Post in
Attorney General's Office
Washington, D. C, Feb. 14. -(Special
Telegr a m . ) M a j . Harry
O'Xeill, formerly of Omaha, now
a resident of Stapleton, Xeb., who
was until December 31 a major in
the. quartcrmastet corps and until
recently a member of the board of
contract adjustment, las been com
missioned a major-in the quarter
masters officers' reserve corps and
appointed as special assistant attor
ney general, assigned to the defensi
of the War department's claims in
I the court of c!?.iru,s.
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! Streams in Nnrthm' Part
Of fetate Swollen by Thaw
! Norfolk, .Neb., f eb. 14. (special
Telegram) Streams in northern Ne
braska and southern South Dakota
are swollen as a result of a general
thaw. Spring-like weather is gen
eral. Tulips are sprouting and robins
hare come back to the state in fairly
large numbers. . Indications are that
there will be a serious ice famine in I
this vicinity nest summer
Prof
Harding Opposed to 1
Income Tax Exemption j
Washington, Feb. 14. President
elect Harding todav informed Repre-
stniauve iongwonn oi unio nc uiq
-not believe he should btf granted
exemption from paying an income
tax on his presidential salary. Mr.
Harding wrote Representative Long-
wortli in reply to a letter seeking
his opinion as to what 'action the
house ways and means committee
should take on a bill introduced to
exempt the president from the in
come tax levy. Under the present
revenue law the tax amounts to ?18,
000.
President Wilson, how ever, w as
exempted from paying under a de
cision of the United States supreme
court holding that since the chief
executive and federal judges as
sumed office prior to the enactment
of the revenue law, they were not
suDject to the tax.
Debate on Bridge
Location Brings
On Near Battle
Oniahau Promises to . Smash
In Face of Antagonist in Ar
gument Over Placing of
Platte River Structure.
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Debate over the location of
a bridge across the Platte river be
tween Saunders and Douglas coun
ties reached fever heat today before
a house committee when Tremont
Conle of Omaha shook his fist under
the nose of M. A. Phelps of Wahoo,
shouting:
"You say much more and I'll
6mash your damned face in."
Fully 100 Sauuders county citizens
appeared before the committee.
There was nearly a 50-50 representa
tion of those who wanted the bridge
just south of the Burlington bridge
and those who wanted it farther
north.
The lower cost, the protection
against ice from the Burlington
bridge and the fine territory served
were arguments advanced fothe
bridge , south of the Burlington
structure. 1
Arguments for the other side were
given as the road included in the
atat airt hiffliwav nlatl would
lead to the bridge and also the fine
territory served. j
Both sides claimed the bill whicn
-TV
ould officially -locate the bridge
mth of the Burlington was robbing
south
tavnaVfrt nf the richt rf srlfdetermi
nation.
"al. A. Phelps of Wahoo accused
special interests of pushing the bilL
It was at this-junction that Cone
jumped up with threats of bodily in
jury to Phelps. Cone was srd to
own sand pits near the Burlington
bridge.
I hose w ho appeared before the
committee were: S. A. Sanders, A.
L. Ulstrom. John H. Lionberger, C.
E. Beale, Eli Keijctr, Judge G. N.
Paumenter. Elvad Johnson, M. A.
Pljelos, E. E. Placek, all of Sounders
county; C. Wt Sears and John H.
Lionberger of Omaha; A D. Comp
ton, former Douglas county com
missioner, who is interested in the
north road, was an interested listen
er at the hearing. The committee
withheld its decision.
Fairmont Creamery
Names New Officers
Directors of the Fairmont Cream
cry Co. have announced an enlarge
ment 6f its official personnel to care
for increased business.
J. II. Rushton, president of the
company for' 24 years and identified
with it since 1884. becomes chairman
of the board of directors.
E. T. Rector.-for 21 years vice
president, is made president. He is
succeeded in the vice presidency by
E. F. Howe, for 24 years secretary.
L. E. Hjirtz, general manager of
(he Lincoln, Telephone & Telegraph
Co. and a director of the creamery
company for several years, is made
i secretary, to be active in the man
agement.
The position of assistant treasurer
is created, to be filled by Howard
Rushton. . t
George W. Sunvncr and E. J.
Hainer, the lattcr.of Lincoln, remain
as treasurer and general attorney,
respectively.
$29,000 in Loot From Bank
Discovered in Cemetery
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 14. (Special
Telegram.) Safety deposit, boxes
containing $11,000 in Liberty bonds,
$8,000 in certificates of deposit and
$10,000 in notes were found cached
in a culvert near the Bluehill ceme
tery and delivered to Sheriff; Cole.
The boxes were stolen from the
Guide Rock State bank three weeks
ago.
. Discovery also was made that the
robbers had heir rendevous in the
basement of a vacant room in BJue
Hill and lud divided their loot here,
Only the safety boxes of the bank
wete robbed. An effort to blow the
bank safe failed.
Senator TWnsend to Wed -
t t T-l '
anette Loomis of Jackson
Jackson, Mich.,
nouncement of the
Fcb. 14. An-1
engagement ot
Miss Nanette B.- Loomis to" Senator
Charles E. Townsend, both of Jack
son, was announced yesterday by
Mrs. Ernest S. Loomis.mother of
Miss LoOmis.
The wedding will take place next
month.
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Man Slightly Injured
' In Eighty-Foot Fall j
.Martinez, Lai., l eb. 14. AJichaeii
Shauer, an employe of the Shell Oil
company, suffered only minor in
juries in a fall of 80 feet from a
smokestack here today. One of the
krones by .which he was beine hoisted
to the ton cave way. A large coil of
rope broke his talU
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Crisis Reached
By Nonpartisans
In North Dakota
I ' t i rer . u
1 erms Bankers Utter to Ab-
sorb Bonds, Virtual Disriip-
, tion of Industrial
. . Program.
Minneapolis. Feb. 14. North Da
kota state officials seeking to float
$(5,000,000 in state bonds have been
assured by Minneapolis and Chicago
bankers that the issues will be ab
sorbed if the bant of Nftrth Dakota
is liquidated and other state-owned
industries curtailed.
This proposition, it was declared
tonight by some of the interested
bankers, now is under consideration
by the North ' Dakota officials, in
cluding the state industrial commis
sion, which has charge of the execu
tion of the industrial program -in the
state.
Published reports that the state
officials and leaders of the Nonpar
tisan league had intimated possible
acceptance of these terms resulted in
a statement from H. A. Paddock,
secretary of the industrial commis
sion, deuying any agreement to aban
don any part of the "farmcrsT pro
gram" in North Dakota.
Bankers and the North Dakota-officials
who were iu conference here
yesterday and f?day were reticent in
reference to the bankers' proposal
but from an .apparently authentic
source it was learned that virtual
disruption of North Dakota's "in
dustrial program" was the basis oj
the bankers terems.
Powers of the industrial commis
sion would be curtailed under these
terms, the State Bank of North Da
kota reorganized as a rural credits
institution, the Heme Builders asso
ciation discontinued any use of the
money ordered from bonds denied to
the Nonpartisan league or any of its
enterprises. .
Minors Under, Custody of
Children's Society Here
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 14. (Special
Telegram.) Judge Dilworth in
juvenile court ordered Alice, Bowie
and John Bowie, minors, given into"
the custody of the Nebraska Chil
dren's society of Omaha and denied
the application of Mr. and Mrs. G.
E. Ycatman, with whom the chil
dren have b;n living, for super
sedeas. The court found that the
children had been abused. The case
has occupied the attention of court
here for several weeks.
'Shipworkers in New Jersey
Strike as Wages Are Cut
Elizabeth, Na J., Feb. 15. Three
hundred ship carpenters, blacksmiths
and' caulkers at the Moore plant of
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpora
tion .here struck today in protest
against a wage reduction of 10 per
cent, which be'eame effective today
"l tne corporation s plants at yuincy,
,ass Baitiniore nd wiinilngton,
De4
Madison County-Will Spend j
' $15,000 on Roads This Year
Madison.- Neb., Feb. 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.)-. bout S45.000 will
be spent for road work in .Madison
county thts year. The commission
ers voted to buy a heavy road grad
ing outfit from the state. Patrol
work on the entire system of roads
will begin on March
i
McCbmbs Critically 111
New York, Feb. 14. William F.
McCombs. former chairman of the
democratic national committee, is
critically ill and expected to die at
nny time. He has been suffering
from heart disease.
Harbinger of Spring
Last Call in Bee
Camera Contest
Closes Next Saturday Ama
teurs Submit More Than
1,000 Photograph's.
. Here is the last call for entries in
The Bee's contest for amateur pho
tographers. . '
Camera enthusiasts still have five
days in which to dash mt the com
petition on its final lap. Pictures
riTtist reach the contest editor not lat
er than next Saturday, February 19.
Entries, so far, show the-iudees
will have more than 1,000 pictures
to inspect in awarding the title of
premier amateur photographer of
Nebraska and Iowa. The title car
ries with it a prize of $25. Second
prize is $15 and third prize $10.
Nanm-of the winners will be an
nounced as soon as possible after the
close of the contest.
For the benefit of possible late
entrants the contest rules are re
peated here:
Wcture must ht lakon ''somtwhire In
Nebraska or Iowa" by Nebraska, and Iowa
amateur photographer. Pictures taken
either before or after the opening ot the
contest are eligible.
There are no restrictions regarding the
subject matter of the photographc
There is no restriction on size of pic
tures eligible to entry In the contest.
Prize-winning pictures to be published in
The Sunday Bee rotogravure section.
All pictures submitted to become prop
erty of The Are, .with the condition due
credit be I given to the photographer for
all pictures, published.
The Bee sk permission to use the
original negatives of prize-winning pic
tures for purposes of enlargements.
Prizes to be awarded by a board of
three judges, composed of two profession
al photogruphers and the editor of The
Bee rotogravure.
.Name and addris- of contestant to be
i on back of each picture submitted.
More Money Asked to
Feed Army Pigeons
Washington.
Feb
14. Aruiv
pigeons eat well.
The allowance of the house of
$5,000 to feed them for a year is not
enough. This is tb opinion of Maj.
Gen. G. O. Squier, chief of the
army's signal corps, in appealing -to
the senate military affairs commit
tee today to override the' economic
practices of the lower body and give
his feathered personnel a larger ap
propriation. The general told the committee
that $25,000 should be appropriated
to keep and train the birds. .
Francis P. Morgan Dies
In Oklahoma City, Okl.
Francis P. Morgan, civil war vet
eran and clerk in the Omaha postof
ficc for many years, died Saturday
night at the home of a daughter in
Oklahoma City.' Okl.. according to
word reaching friends today. Funer
al serveices will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30 in the Cutler fu
neral home in Council Bluffs. Burial
will be in Walnut Hill cemetery.
Most Perfect American
Girl Marries Electrician
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 14 Betsy
Bucll. adjudged by -the Smithsonian
Institute in 1918 to be fhe most
perfect American girl, was married
today to Frank R. Valentine, an
electrician.
The distinction given Miss Bucll
was based upon ancestry and men
tal and physical qualifications.
Rats Reported Killing ,
Young Live Stdck iu Texas
Ft. Worth, Tex., Feb. 14. Serious
depredations by wolvrs are reported
by stockmen at Kcunedal. The
wolves havebeen attacking lambs
and calves. Instances of rals at
tacking the young live stock alo
are reported ,
Rinrfeader of
Swindlers' Gang
Held Chicago
Neal McDougall Identified as
Oue of Band Who Secured
$1,300,000 by Confidence
.. , Game. ' ' s
Chicago, Feb. 14. One of- the al
leged ringleaders of a band of swin
dlers blamed by police for the disap
pearanceof C. C.tiukes. a banker of
Milan, Ga., four months ago, and the
lCss to their victims of Sl.500.000.
vas identified here today as Neal
McDougall, under arrest on suspi
cion of having, defrauded many Chi
cago women ofvaluab!e jewelry.
While held under the Chicago
charges his picture was broadcasted
and Atlanta police ate said to have
identified him as one- of a band of1
confidence tiiertumbering at times
nearly a hundred." '
Six others of the band have been
trrestcd in Memphis, according to
reports to the police here, and an-
oiner is ngniing extraoiuon irom
Alabama.,
An elaborately equipped club was
maintained by tluj band, police re
ports said, in 'which victims' were en-
-.i.m- i -j. a-
renamed w nitc pians cre iaiu to t
swindle them. '
Danziglmmigration "
Tests Break Down
Paris, Feb. 14. (By The Associat
ed Press.) The immigration in
spection service at Danzig, the
largest European port of departure
for American immigration, has brok
en down, the United States public
health service refusing to certify any
one leaving there for America. Dr.
Rupert Blue, assistant surgeon gen
eral, informed The Associated 'Press
todav. He has received messages
frnm T S l.inson rhief incnertnr f
the United States public health serv
ice there, representing that the Poles
and officials of Danzig aijc engaged1
in a controvery over authority
which has resulted in laxity of in
spection. Reconstruction of Roads
Of Mexica to Cost Very Much
Mexico City, Feb. 14. Immediate
reconstruction of Mexican railway
lines at present operated by the gov
ernment will require 15,000,000 pesos,
says a report filed by Jaime Gurza,
a special investigator appointed dur
ing the Carranza regime, and who
since the depth of Carranza has
been working steadily on the sub
ject. , .
He estimates the total cost of
) maintenance of these lines costs 14.
000,000 pesos.
TheNWeather
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Nebraska Increasing cloudiness
Tuesday. Wednesday unsettled and
colder with probably rain or snow,
strong shifting winds.
Iowa Fair Tuesday; Wednesday
unsettled with probably rain by night
and colder in west.
Hourly Trmpcratura.
m. m.
a. m.
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7 p. m.
p. m.
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Mtlppem RulMln.
rrotrri snipnwup nurinn the ilt 54
U id hours from temperatures as follows:
ru.nii p.i east, so lifer: wvm. as
Kiees. Phlpmenls touth can be maiia
Nebraska
Rates Will
Be Raised
I. C. C. Orders Discontinuance
Of Unjust Discrimination in
Relation of Interstate and
Intrastate Charges.
Freight Rates Affected
.By . C. SNYDER.
WanhiogUm Correspondent Omaha Bee
Washington, D. C, Feb. 14. (Spt
cial Telegram.) In the matter of th,
intrastate rates, fares and charges c
the Union Pacific Railroad compauj
and other carriers in the state of Kt
braska, the Interstate Commerc,
commission, in a lengthy opinion b;
Commissioner Daniels, ordered tr .'
day that the common carriers wlu "r
are parties tp the proceeding, include
ing every steath road in the sttVc, b ' '
required to cease from practicini
the "undue prejudice, preference and
advantage and unjust discrimination
found to exist in the relation of in-
terstate and intrastate passenget
fares and to establish passenger farcf
for the transportation of passenger(
in intrastate commerce w ithin tin
state of Nebraska."
It also is ordered lhat the carrier
refrain from the same alleged unfair
practices existing in the relation oi
interstate, and intrastate charges io(
frerght services and that they estab
lish freight charges in intrastate coin
merce within the state of Nebraski
which shall exceed the charges it
effect July 29, 1920, and applicable ii
amounts corresponding to the in
crrtses heretofore made by the car
ricrs under ex parte 74.
Other Fares Unaffected.
The railroads are not authorized
however, to change the excursion -convention
and otJicr fares for spey
cial . occasions, commutation, any
other multiple form of tickets ot..
club car charges applicable to in
trastate commerce within the state oi
Nebraska.
: The order oi the commission wil
become effective on or before March
22, 1921, upon notice to this commis-',
sion and (o the general public by not
less than 5 daysjfiling.
Vre this is a clear knockout for,
the State ' Railway commission, ii
is entirely consistent with 'the posi-,
tion taken by the Interstate Com
merce commission since the passage
of the Esch-Cummins law. Identical
ly the same opinion had been order
ed in a number of cases w herein the
states , have sought to maintain the
rates as fixed by :.cts of legislatures
and railway commissions as against'
the rates promulgated, by the Inter-
state Commerce commission on in- ,
terstate business. t
Purpose Defeated.
Commissioner Daniels, in his '
opinion, says:
"The interstate fare of the re
spondent carriers are generally on
the basis of 3.6 cents a rtjiile, while
(Torn to tmta Three. Column One.)
Telephone Operator
Testifies Against- His
Father Held for Murdei
Williamson. W. Va., -Feb. 14.'
Miss Elsie Chambers, a telephone
operator, took the stand tor the state
today to testify against her father,
Reece Chambprs, and 18 other men
charged with murder in connection
with the Matewan battle last May,
when seven private detectives and
three civilians were killed.
She testified she heard another''
(Operator at the Matewan exchang.
j telephone Anse Hatfield, a brother
S of Sid Hatfield, Matewan police chief
and a defendant, telling him that Sid
had threatened that Baldwin-Felt
detectives who were. evicting mineri
trom compam--owned housxs would
not get out alive. Anse. Hatfield was
to have been a witness for the state,
but was shot and killed last August
On cross-examination it wai
shown Miss Chambers did not lira
at home and was not on friendly
terms with her family.
Liquor Manufacturers
Meet With Dry Director
Washington, Feb. 14. A commit
tee' representing liquor manufactur
ers and exporters was here today to
confer with Prohibition Commis
sioner Kramer and Internal Revenuu
Commissioner Williams on redraft
ing regulations governing the liquor
traffic. A change in the regulations
was made necessary . by Attorney
General Palmer's recent , ruling that
under the law permits for withdrawal
of liquor 'from warehouses could not
be issued to wholesale liquor dealers,
but only to manufacturers and
-wholesale druggists. A representa
tive of the Department of Justice will
meet with the committee.
Ship Workers' Referendum on
Wage Cut Ready Thursday
Washington. Feb. 14. Results of
the referendum vote now being taken
. among eastern shipyard workers on
I acceptance of lower wage scales will
, be reported next Thursday in New
! York at a meeting of union heads.
Reports from yarious districts are
reaching American Federation oi
Labor headquarters here by wire,
but will not be made public. '
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding cor
poration had proposed a 20 per cent
cut, effective not later than today, .
Neola Farmer Found Not
Guilty on Poison Charge
Alter more than 24 hours' delib
eration the jurors in the case of
Walter L. Bardslcy. accused of hav
ing made five attempts to extermi
nate the family of W, F. Zimincr-
r'iss'man. returned a verdict of not guiltr
Sunday. The . trial, in the district..
COUri 111 lOUUCll Hlutts, latd
J ,. J ,,.,,.,. I rrt:j.., ,1,1.
de-l"cck ana attracted considerable III-
ICrest.
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