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VOL. L NO. 36.
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, X921.
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Profits Tax
Needless
Kconomy in Expenditures and
Levy on Luxuries Suggested
as Substitutes by Iowa
Representative.
Pay Debts bv Lo
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By ARTHUR SEA.RS HENNING.
( hlm Tribune-Omaha Bra Leaned Wire.
Washington, Feb. 19. How lo re
duce taxation, repeal the excess
profits tax without any substitute
therefor and yet finance the govern
ment adequately in the next few
years was' outlined to me today by
Representative Good of Iowa,
chairman of the house committee on
appropriations.
Mr, Good says it can be done by
economy in government expendi
tures and by refunding the war ob
ligations of the government over a
long period, therebv avoiding the
liquidation of the $4,000,000,000 Vic
tory loan maturing in 1923.
Total receipts during the fiscal
ear 1920, not including public debt.,
vere $7,141,564,649.96.
'Mr. (iood estimated that govern
i-ntMit i. v nmiftil ii pifi in tlii nvt fi!rvit
j ear will approximate $3,500,000 000
and, w ith excess profits tax abolished
and no substitute provided, there will
be $4,150,000,000 of revenue.
Expenditure Estimate.
"Looking at the matter in
broad way," said Mr. Good, "h has
semed to me that, if we donot by
additional legislation take -on new
obligations in the way of financing
activities heretofore financed by in-
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uivii.uais or corporations aim h wc
-do not lake on additional govern
ment functions involving large ex
" penditures. we should be able to
kcop the appropriations within ap-
'ptoxitnately $3,500,000,000. An analy
sis of the receipt's under the war
revenue aft will, I believe, show that
by the repeal of the excess profits
tax provision alone $1,500,000,000 a,
year will he saved. My own opinion
is that it will rather exceed than' fall
below that sum. Unquestionably the
excess profits tax is in a large meas
ure passed on to the consumer, and
is one of the elements that have
tended to keep living costs exces
sively high. That tax can be re
pealed and it ought to be repealed.
It must be repea'cd if living costs
are to be reduced, accordance with
' the demands of the consuming pub-Ik-.
$7,000,000,000 Debt.. .
"There w ill mature within the next
J, I h tPCw yew., rtifeate.st Jp d? htfd-,
iiess. war savings stamps and Lib
ert v bonds , of approximately $7,000,
iMK);000. I believe ourtaxes have be
come such a load upon industry', that
they are harmful when viewed frcm
the standpoint jnf national promic-
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Officers Arrest
Robber Suspects
Several , Hundred Dollars'
Worth of Loot. Found --f
la Home.
A quintet, who police' say they
believe arc responsible for numer
ous burglaries and holdups perpe
trated recently iu Omaha, were ar
restfd early last night and are, be
ing held for investigation.
The persons are: Roy Slack,
, Eighteenth and Leavenworth streets,
charged with breaking and entering;
Carl and Ottoe Rose. 1119 Arthur
street; Hazel Lathern, Eighteenth
and Leavenworth street, and Ed
' Chadwick. 1214 Blaine street.
According to Detectives Graham,
Franks. Heller 2nd Francl, who
made the arrests, merchandise stol
en from the dry goods store of Mrs.
Gust Weift, 2230 South Fifteenth
street, was found in Slack's home.
The articles ipclude, clothing, tow
els, stamps, ivory set and a revolve.-.
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Slack has made a full confession
to his part in the robberies, accord
ing to Acting Chief of Detective
' Jack Pszanowiski. Police records
show that the man has served a
term iir the Nebraska state peni
tentiary and was paroled from the
institution last November. He was
convicted for burglary.'
The other four arrested are po
lice characters, dectectives say.
The loot recovered totals several
hundred dollars' in value, accord
ing to officer?. - "
North Platte Kiwanians
1 Hear Safety First Talks
North Platte, Neb., Feb. 19. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The newly organ
ized Kiwanis club held a luncheon
at which the principal speakers were
L. B. Garey, safety first official
from Denver, and A. H. Adams, as
sistant general manager of the Un
ion Pacific. The topic of the evening
was "Safety First."
Officers for the ensuing year are:
Superintendent C. L. Little, - Prcsi
dent: F. C. Pie!sticker, vice presi
dent: Joe Hirschfeld, secretary; J.
L. Patterson, treasurer. Directors,
Dr. J. B. Kedfiold. O. Elder, Guy
Swope, Dr. O. H. Cressler and S. R.
Dcrryberry. The charter member
ship, of the club is 53v J
Grand Island City .Council
Oppose3 McLellan Bill
Grand lslanc". Neb., Feb. 19.
(Special.) The Grand Island city
council passed a resolution condem
ning the proposed state legislation
placing the control of public utili
ties in the hands of the state rail
way commission. Representative
McLellan of this city introduced the
bill which was opposed by his own
constituents.
In answer to protests here he said
that his aim was to protect small
cities which purchase their electric
rrent from latger communities.
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James. Rowland Angell
New President of Yale
New Haven, Feb. 19. James Row;-
laud Angell, son of the late t'resi-
dent Angell of the University of,!
Michigan, was unanimously elected
president of Yale university, in sue-
cession to President A. T. Hadley.
He is in the south and will be tin-
able to'greet the alumni next Tues-
day when the alumni day is observed,
President Hadley, after the elec -
lion uau uet.ii aiiiiuumtu, auiu. i
"Dr. Angell has a combination of
qualities which fit him admirably for
the headship of Yale. He is a :
teacher with large administrative
experience and a western man i
thoroughly familiar with eastern
ideals. His work with the Carnegie
corporation and his headship of the
national research council hae given
him a broad view of educational
questions."
Council, to Resume
Hearing, on .'Light
Rates Wednesday
Hoth Sides Ready for Argu
ment on Power Company's
Application for 33 1-3
Per Cent Boost.
Next Wednesday morning the city
rnnnril will rrsinni it l-iparinir nil
j t,c application of the Nebraska
rower company, asking tor. muni
cipal authorization to . establish a
higher schedule of rates, .which
amount to approximately 33 1-3 per
cent increase. j
The principal feature of, the pro
posed increase contemplates raising
the present getietal domestic rate of
6 cents per kilowatt hour to 8 cents,
with similar advances iuiojher classi
fications of current' for - light and
power uses. I
Since the hearing was started last
December the city has engaged
Alton D. Adams of Boston, an ex
pert, to go over the evidence alreadyj
onerea ana to prepare tne case irom
the city's side of the controversy.
During the last week Mayor Smith,
Corporation Counsel W. C. Lam
bert, Mr. Adams and some of the
city commissioners have been in con
ferences, i
Adds Various Items. )
During the former hearing the Ne
braska Power company presented
C. E. Bailey and W. J, Henderson
of New York, representing firms
which make a specility of giving
valuations and other information of
public utilities in rate cases. .
Mr.. Bailey testified that on June
1, 1920, the local plant was valued
at $13,840,000 at tha then prevailing
ortces oi materials "and eciuiotnent.
To that amount he, added 'x-arious
items Which brought theTfcfcrr' 'W
$17,588,190, which he asserted rep
resented a latr valuation ot the plant
last June. , ,
W. J. Hciulcrs-cm testified that the
"summary of ' actual original cost
to November. 30, 19-'f). was ?l',08J,-
659." ; This .total did not include
various items considered -'by Mr.
Bailey. Mr. Henderson explained
that he offered a ''cost study" from
the books. , .
Independent Conclusions.
The company claimed in its state
ments which were submitted to the
city council last December, that dur-j
ing January, lyU, its return was in
adequate to the extent that it would
support a valuation of only $5,160,-
(Turn to Time Two. Column Eight.)
69 Per Cent of World
Petroleum Production
From United States
Washington. Feb. 19. Sixty-nine
per cent of the world's petroleum
production in 1919 came front the
United States, a compilation made
public by the geological survey
disclosed. The world total was
placed at 544.885,000 barrels. of
which the American output was 377.
719,000 on preliminary figure. Mexi
co with 87.073,000 barrles, or 16 per
cent,' standing next, and only one
other country, Russia, reaching 5
per 'cent. v
Of the total, 98 per cent came from
the United States, Mexico, Russia,
Dutch Indies. India, Roumania, Per
sia and Galicia.
Grand Island Ready
For Night Air Flight!
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Grand Island. Neb.,- Feb. 19. -(Special
Telegram.) Arrangements
are being perfected for tl;e landing
here'Tuesday night of the two. mail
airplanes which will cross the coun
try on a test trip between New York
and San Francisco, one each way. A
large field immediately east of the
Grand Island Aeroplane company's
field will be used. Bonfires 200 feet
froin reach fence will be built and
maintained half an hour before and
after the arrival of each plane. The
plane front the west is due at 9 and
that from the east at 12:20. The bon
fires are to be maintained with a'
blaze eight feet high. The retention
of this blaze off ha'f an hour after
rlenarttirp is nreeautionarv. in the
- ' pi'pnl itlipr 3 1-iatnr chniflrl finrl a
necessity to rehirn. It is expected
that this will be made a permanent
emergency landing field, the arrange
ments have been perfectd by the local
postal authorities and the Chamber
of Commerce.
District Governor Speaks .
At Fairbury Rotary Club
Fairbury, Neb., . Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Billic Copnock. district gover
nor oi the Sixteenth district, ad
dressed the Fairbury Rotary club.
Eighteen members of the; Beatrice
Rotary club were present at the
meeting. Fairbury club has been
in existence a lit'Ie over a year and
numbers 32 members at the present
time. The club leads the Sixteenth
district for the month of October
in attendance and all. clubs in, the
state of Nebraska for the mouths
of November and December.-
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Man Convicted in 1910
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City, Mo., Feb.
(Special Telegram.) Gove
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i from the governor of Nebraska fori
the return to the penitentiary of j
that state of George V. Osborne, j
who is known at the Missouri prison
under tne name ot james cdu, serv-
ing a term of live years for assault
to kill, a crime committed I in Grund
rnmitv f ir. laltrr nart nf 1917.
The requisition papers state that
Osborne was convicted of murder
in the second degree in Dodge coun
ty. Nebraska, November 21, 1920, wa.s
sentenced to the penitentiary for 15
years, and effected his escape in
June, 1915.
The term oi the man expired in
the Missouri penitentiary under the
three-fourth rule February 17, 'but
meantime the Nebraska officials had
learned that the man serving under
the name of Sebu here was known
as Osborne in Nebraska and they
telegraphed to the prison official to
hold him here. He will be turned
over t the Nebraska' authorities.
French Cabinet
Names Marshals
Generals Despercy, Fayolle
And Lyautey Honored for
Parts in World War.
By HENRY WALES.
C'liicnico Tribune Cubic', Copyright, 19il.
Paris. Feb. 19. The Briand cab
met this afternfcon named Generals
Despercy, Fayollc and Lyautey
marshals of France.
General Dcspetey was in command
of the Aisne front in May, 1918,
and when he warned the allied high
command that a German offen
sive threatened, he was told to mind
his own business, an attack being
exnectrd at Amiens.
On May 27, the Germans smashed
Chemin Des Dames and General
Despcrey was relieved. Afterwards
General Despercy was sent to Salon
ki, and commanded the allies of;
Tensive, which -smashed the .Rtjlgars'.
" 'ticijeraf Fayolle commanded a
French army n the Sonune battle
and was the first to discover 'the
Germans' retreat early in 1917.-
When the Italians collapsed at
Caporettc, General .. Fayollc, com
manding the French corps, rushed to
the Tagliamento river. Afterwards
General Fayolle returned to the west,
front and commanded the- center
army group, and took part in the
Chateau Thierry engagements. J
General Lyautey was minister of
war in Briand's cabinet in 1916 and
since then has been military gover
nor of Morocco.
Committee to Report
. Favorably on Bonus
" Bill Early Next Week
Chicago Tribune-Omnhn Bee I.PBied Wire.
Washington. D. C. Feb. 19. An-1
nouncement was made by Senator
Penrose today, after a conference
with his republican colleagues on the
finance committee, that the soldiers'
bonus bill, minus the taxation fea
tures, would be .favorably reported
to the senate, probably Monday or
Tuesday,
At the sanve time the com'mitte
probably will recommend passage of
the Watson bil! providiug" for the
decentralization of the" war risk
bureau, liberalization of certain in
surance and the establishment 14
regional dffices. ' : ,
Senator, McCumbcT is now work
ing on the necessary eliminations
in the bonus bill which will strike
out those features providing for spe
cial taxation, which was contemplat-
cd to raise the money necessary to
put it into eitect. ,
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Man Held on Murder Ch
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Grand Island. Neb.. Feb. 19t.
(Spcciah)-Grand Island police have '
sent the first rav nf hone trt a ATpyI- ;
can in prison in his native country
while two companions scoured the
LTnitcd States for the woman he was
Charged ' with murdering. They lo
ated the; "dead" woman living
frith a man here and she left for
Iowa after which she promised to
return to Mexico and prove that, her
husband had not murdered her.
The man and his wife came to
this country several years ago, but,
later separated. The husband re
turned to his native land and when
is wife did not accompany him
her mother had' him arrested on a
murder charge. The Mexicans re
fused to divulge their names.
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Omaha Man Has Long Wait
To Get Telephone Service
Lincoln. Feb. 19. (Special.) The"
.Nebraska telephone - company " not
only has failed to date to put in his
telephone for which he paid an in
stallation fee of $3.50 on April 28,
1920, but the company'has had the
nerve to send him a telephone bill
every mont-h since, A. S. Paddack,
5517 North Thirty-ninth street. Oma
ha, complains in a letter to the Ne
braska railway 'commission.
He said he has gone repeatedly
to the company for relief and has
received neither the,tclcphoue or his
fee back. He vnv he just learned
that his order had been canceled
last Aui;t;.-:t., ,( .
, The cor.iin!i-,v;ii u il I .ink the com
pany forva fcoc.r on , Paddack' s
t cast
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1 20,000 Children Die
By Accident Yearly
Washington, D. C, Feb. 19. Ac
cidents take the lives, every year,
f 20,000 children up to the age ot
14 years, the Red Cross disclosed
xlay. It shows that 167 out of every
,000 child deaths between the ages
of 5 and 9 is due to accident, while
between 10 and 14 years, the ratio
is lZtoaJhe 1. 000.
Statistics for 1917 showed more
deaths from accident than! epidemic
diseases among children. The per
centages of total deaths were acci-
I dent, 17.7; epidemic disease, 17.1. Of
; the accidental deaths in the 5 to 9
i period, 39 per cent were due to vc-
lclcs and in the 10 to 14 year period,
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Pf.-r cent to the same cause.
j Ship But Little
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Damaged by Bomb
Navy Tests Show
i;xmosivc Dropped Oil Deck of
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Old Battle Cruiser Fails
To Sink Vessel, Offi
cers Testify.'
Washington, Feb, 19. In another
argument before the senate naval
committee as to the relative worth
of capital ships and flying machines,
high naval officers disclosed that a
bomb weighing 1,600 " pounds and
loaded with TV N. T. had been ex,
poded recently on the Old battle
ship Indiana, without destroying
any of"the vessel below its protec
tive deck.
The explosion, they said, would
not have sunk the ship and did not
damage, it below the water line,' al
thoughthe hull was not nearly so
Ttrong as those of modern supcr
dreadnaughts. '
The officers were called after'Rcar
Admiral William F. Fultam, retired,
former superintendent of the naval
academy, had urged suspension of
part of the 1918 building program to
determine the future value of capi
tal ships, in view of the development
of aircraft and submarines.
The admiral said that the navy as
now constituted, was "a one-plane
affair" with surface ships only, was
disorganized and unprepared or
war. He urged that the money
saved by suspending work on the
ships be given to the immcrliae de
velopment of the air forces and sub
marines so that the , navy might
speedily be converted into what he
called "a three-plane fighting ma
chine," composed of battleships, air
craft and submarines.
Admiral Coontz, chief1 of naval
operations, called by Senator Toin
dexter, repttbh'can, Washington, who
prepared the committee's recent re
port favoring capital ships, opposed
any suspension of w:ork' oh' the" su'
erdreadnaughts 'and battle cruisers,
building or authorized.
U. S. Lieutenant
Shot by Germans
Son of Chicago Woman Exe
cuted Just Before .First
American Vidtory in War. .
Chicago, Feb'. 19. Official records
and Red Cross reports today brought
'to Mrs. Frank Kendall .the story that
her son, Lieut. Oliver J, Kendall.
was shot by the Germans as a "spy
just before the first great American
victory in the , war at CantignyA be
cause he would not reveal to his Ger
man captors the details of the Amer
ican forces. The execution took
place despite the fact that Lieutenant
Kendall was in full uniforrh when
captured between the lines.
Two days later theAmericans cap
tured the ground where he had been
buried behind the German lines, and
when the body was removed to
the American cemetery at . Bouvil
lers. France, it was identified as that
of Kendall.
Kendall creptotit of the American
trenches to investigate the German
lines and was never seen again, but
from German prisoners captured the
same night his comrades learned he
was taken prisoner.
Caruso Apparently Has
Won His Fight for Life
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won. Dr. Autonio Stella, his personal
physician, said today.
Dr. Francis J. Murray said 'his"
morning that Caruso had "spent a
comfortable night and had a good
sleep," adding "it was the best ni,?ht
since his relapse." . '
Archbishop Dougherty
. Starts Jc.uruey to Rome
r New York, Feb. 19. Waving fare
well amid a shower of carnations'
and orchids thrown by hundreds of
admirers, Archbishop D. J. Dough
erty of Philadelphia sailed for Rome
today to receive from Pope Benedict
the red hat of a cardinal.
The flower-strewn ship was de
layed more than an hour while pre
lates and laymen offered the arch
bishop their felicitations, and then a
heavy grain cargo had settled -the
ship in .its slip so that it was forced
to wait nearly two hours longer for
a higher tide.
Coppers Must Stay Off ;
Street Carf. While on Beat i
Patrolmen of the Omaha police '
'department were given a final warn-
ing yesterday afternoon not to ride
on street ca'rs or any other vehicles
while on their beat.
. This was announced in a com
munication to the captain of police
from Police Inspetcor Patullo.
Further violation of this regulation
will be punished by .suspension or
i fine, it was announced.
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Fordney Tariff
Measure Ready
For Conference
House Supporters Overcome
Blockade Against Emergency
Measure hy Final. Vote
.. Of 190 to 132.
WaV.iingtojii Feb. 19.- House sup-
tportcrs- oi the Fordney emergency
tariff bill pushed it over another bill
today, in its' progress through con
gress. D-y 190 to 1 32,. hcy overcame
a parliamentary blockade and turned
the measure over 'to, conference
committees to thrash out differences
bctvvccii the house and senate.
" The 20 odd senate - amendments
will be discussed in the conference
Monday on the return of Chairman
Fordney of the house ways and
means committee from "a visit to
Presidentelect Harding. Although
opponents were prepared for a bat
tle in conference, the majority lead
ers hinted they would attempt to
shove the bill through and take it
back to the house -in hq form in
which it passed the senatd.
Opponents had - employed every
parliamentary maneuver at their
command, to tic it up in the last 48
hours, but they went down to de
feat before the superior numbers oil
the , republican side. House demo
cratic leaders were understood to
l)ave appealed to some f the dem
ocratic senators' to help :, them in
solidifying their liaes. ...
Sensational Charges1
Are Made in Beatrice
Beatrice, ' Neb., Feb. .(Spe
cialsSensational charges featured
the trial of Frank Cunningham,
farmer, in the, district court, charged
with assaulting ' Cordea Carpenter,
15. now an inmate of the girls' indus-
! trial school at Geneva. The complain
ing witness-. and ' Wilma Drueary,
I also of the girls' industrial school,
gave Judge Colby the names of a
: number of men whom they said
, had been intimate with them, and
i the court instructed the county, attor
ney to .. bring action immediately
against them.
As a result of the girl's' testimony,
police say several ! men have left
town, including the Carpenter girl's
father, who was one of the principal
witnesses for the . state: The two
girls were kidnapped here last sum
mer and later sent.jo Geneva.
Where to Find
The Big Features of
The Sunday Bee
Kindness Takes Place of Third
Degree Methods at Omaha Police
Headquarters and Gets Results
Part 4, Page -L , .
How Cattle Barons Fought Home
steaders in Early Nebraska Days,
by Alfred Sorenson Part 4, Page 8.
Scenes at Mount Vernon, Home
of George and Martha Washington
Rotogravure Section, Page 1.
"Romeo and Juliet," Made Into a
Comic Opera, by Montague Part 4,
' Fiim Favorites at Play-Roto-
gravure Section, Page 2.
Letters of a Home-Made Father to
His Son Part 4, Page 3.
M. J T l(. f U.l.n -,n4 War.
IHWUbU, Uil V ,1.1,11 M.lvt . ....-.
ren Part 4, Page 5. , . j
Sport News, Comment and Fea-j
tures Part 3, Pages 1 and 2. '
Music News and Notes Part 4,
Page 7.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
Part 2. Page. 8.
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Borrowing Trouble
ICopyttrtl: ltSl: Bjr h CWoaro TrttmaeX
Babe Tips Scales
At 41 Ounces
Alyce Weimer,Wko Arrived
Thursday, Is One of Small-'
est Ever Born in City.
A perfect, baby girl, weighing
slightly less than 2$ pounds, was
born at the Stewart Maternity hos
pital Thursday afternoon.
Due to its jmallness, physicians
feared -the baby could not live.'-and
.warned the mother, Mrs. Joint Wei-:
mcr, ou- rierce sireer, mai u prou-
ably would die.
Two days have passed, however,
and the tiny baby is reported tb be
thriving. - .
It is one of the smallest babies
ever born that has lived, according
to Dr. E. C. Sage, attending phy
sician. "We believe it has every chance
of living and developing into a fine
girl," L. Sage said yesterday.
"We are feeding it with a medicine
dropper and arc giving it other spec
ial Care that the larger babies do not
require. The little girl has learned
to cry quite lustily, size considered.
The young mother and her hus
band, who is a live stock buyer for
Armour & Co., are very proud of
their little girl. .
Mrs. Weimer wants to name her
Alice, and She is debating whether
to spell it the old-fashioned way or
'Alyce.'
The matter ot clothes has been
most "difficult in thfr case of Alyce.
Ordinary clothes are not only much
too large, but too heavy for the t'm
infant. Hence Alyce has thus far
been content to lie on a large, soft
pillow, swatlied in soft, filmy gauze.
seven pounds is the average
weight for a nswly born babe, ac
cording to Dr. Sage, who is on the
staff at the hospital.
Woman Given Life Term
On Charge of Murder
Los AngelesTeb. 19. Miss May
belle Roe was sentenced to life im
prisonment in the penitentiary fox
the murder of McCulIough Graydon,
a real estate operator. A motion for
a new trial was denied in the supe
rior court. A 10-day stay of execu
tion was granted for an appeal.
Three others wene indicted' with
Mrs. Roe for the murder, of Gray
don, which occurred in a' dispute over
the possession of a bungalowv Mrs.
Roe admitted firing a pistol during
the quarrel but said she had done
so to protect one of the men who has
been indicted. ; ' . ,
Negligee-Clad Women Rush
To Streets at Fire Alarm
"Kirft Firol" v
And following the alarm, out. of '
the stilly night came streaks ot
negh'gee from exits of the' Flatiron
hotel, Seventeenth andi Howafd
stroels.
' The hour was 4 a. m., Saturday.
Miss Pearl Pratt, Commerce High
teacher,' smelled smokc and the
rumpus was on.
Everyone thought the fire was
in the hotel, but hasty investigation
proved it to be in the basement of
the II. H. Harper company, in the
point of the Flatiron building. Small
damage was done.
Fire Damages Parochial
School at Nebraska Ciiy
Nebraska City, Neb.. Feb. 19.
(Special Telegram.) Fire of unde
termined origin caused damage esti
mated at $500i to the St. Bernards
academy, a Catholic parochial school
here, the fire was discovered about
noon bv one of the sisters, who
turned in the alarm. The fire de
partment extinguished the blaze be
fore the flames had gained much
headway, smoke and water causing
the priuicpal damage. This was
the fourth fire in 48 hours here.
' ,,
Unearthed Still
Biggest One Yet
Police Believe
lodernly-Equipped;, 75-GaI-
lon Apparatus Confiscated in
Raid on Garage: Quan
tity of Mash Found.
, . .When 'i- police , officers - swooped
la ' T
down upon a Igarage at juij: heaven
worth street yesterday .(hey found
a veritable distillery
A 75-gal!on still, equipped with, a
water pump to feed the mash, was
dismantled and brpughl to the po
lice stationv . This . is the biggest
still ever taken in Omaha, according
to police.
Two hundred gallons of mash
were destroyed. There also were
20 empty, liquor barrels.
Two loaded .22 caliber rifles were
found suspended, upon the wall im
mediately above the still. - s .
R. Selden. 3012 Leavenworth
street, and Harry . L. -r Hatmaker,
841 1-2 South Twenty-fourth street,
were found in the garage and ar
rested for illegal possession and
manufacture .of intoxicating liquor.
The raid was made by Sergeant
Samuelson and Officers Summit,
Cech and Peterson.
A 30-gallon still and a large quantity-
of mach were found in the
home of Agnes Brown, 1018 South
Fifty-second street, yesterday aft
ernoon. Sergeant Samuelson and Officer
Sunf.it unearthed 500 gallons of
"dago red" in the home of Salvadinc
Gastro, 1920 South Thirteenth street.
At the home of Frank Zambimi, 723
South Nineteenth street, they found
600 gallons of "dago red" and a
quantity of mash.
Officer . Summitt reported the
raids of yesterday afternoon yield
ed 2,500 gallons of home-brew and
mash. " ,
Officers Almost Run '
r l (TT ' l if , :4 Beatrice, Neb. Feb. 19. (bpe
LOWn DV nOOtCtl AutO jc-aLF-The jury in the Schmurk es-
. I
When Officers Phee and Trigler
were scouting about-yi the neigh
borhood of Seventh and -Pierce
streets yesterday afternoon for signs
of home brewing" they wcreialmost
run down by a car that dashed' by
at a terrific speed.
The officers 'gave chase.. They
pursued the fleeing auto as far as
Eleventh and Pierce streets where
it was halted by a passing train.
A search of the car netted two
gallons of "hootch."
Fred Gagimaji. 2056 Poppleton, and
Catmillo Faltone, same address, oc
cupants pf the car, were arrested
and charged with illcgaj possession
and transportation of intoxicating
liquor. (
Drastic' Anti-Cigaret Bill
' Is Introduced. in Kansas
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19. A drastic
anti-cigaret bill introduced in the
house today would prohibit cigaret
smoking, possession of cigarets or
materials for making or their trans-
portation into the state. A fine of
not less than $50 or more than $100
is provided.
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Anti-Alien
Bill Passed
By Senate
at" L
Dillingham Immigration Re
striction Measure Approved
By Final Vole of 61 to 2
With Amendments.'
Cut Entries to 355,000
Uy J !) Anclal(t PreMI. ..' " ,
Washiiigtpn, Fob. 19. A , drastic
measure 'against immigration during,
the next year was adopted today by
ihe senate, which by bl to 2, passed
the Dillingham immigration restric
tion bill after adding amendments "
to increase its restrictive features.
The bill, it is estimated, would limit
immigrants during the next 12 .
months lo slightly over 355,000. T
The bill was adopted as a nubstiv
tutc for the Johnson bill passed by
the house. The latter would har for
a year, all immigrants except rela
tives of aliens now '.here.. '.The' bills '
now go to conference for adjustment.
ArivnralPK nf the Dillincham sub
declared that it would' keep out more,
immigrants than.,, the Johnson incas- ;
tire. ' ' "'
' Both, bills would go into effect
within two months, with the Dilling :
ham measure' effective for 15 and the
Johnson bill for 14 months. .
"- Quickly 'Disposed of. '-...
It look the senate less than five
hours to dispose ' of ' the immigra-,11
Ktion legislation. The two senators:
opposing passage were v ranee, re
publicanAIarylaud, and Re'cd, demo-
crar, Missouri. .
Hefore rmssiiijr the sub, the senate
defeated, 4.5to 19, a motion to adopt
the Johnson bill, - - '. . '
Forty per cent less immigrants
would be admitted under the DilN
iughara bill than as reported by the
senate immigration committee. This
was accomplished by reducing the ba-
t sis of immigration from 5 to 3 per
ceijjt ot tne niimDer ot aliens here, ..
according to the 1910 census. Thd
amendment was offered by. Sena
tor Harrison, democrat, Mississippi,
who. led the fight to make the leg
islation more drastic. '
Under another amendment, wives
and children of aliens who have ap-:
plied for citizenship would be given '
preference. ) Another amendment .
struck out a clause authorizing ad
missions when deemed justifiable as
a -"measure of humanity."
', Table of Admissions. ; '
The 3 per cent standard of the bill,,-;
according ' to conniittee estimates
would permit the following number .
of immigrants during the next year
after the hill becomes law : Belgium,"
1,482; Dcmitarkv 5.449;' France,
3,523; Germany, 75,040; Netherlands.
3.094; Norway, 12,1J6; Sweden
19,956; Switzerland, 3,745; United
Kingdom. 77,206, or 202,212 from
'western Europe. '
Tlje maximum number estimated .,
from, northern and southern Europe
is: Austriarllungary, 50,117; Bulgaria,
345; Scrja, 139; Montenegro, 161;
Greece. 3U38; Italv, 40,293; Portugal,
1,781; Roumania, 1,978; Russia, 51,
974; Spain, 663; Turkey in Europe,
967; Turkey in Asia,- 1,795, or 153,
243 from that district.
Full Bar Defeated.
Efforts to bar. all immigration for
a year were defeated," an amendment
by Senator Trainmcll, democrat,
Florida, to erect such a barrier be-
ing rejected without "a record vote,
as was an earlier amendment by
Senator Harrison, to make the re
strictive basis of the Dillingham bill
1 instead of 3 per cent.
Advocates of the legislation de
clared that it was designed as a
temporary stop gap until congress
could enact reform legislation.
Senator Dillingham and Chairman
Colt of the senate immigration com- :
mittec, said the bill was designed to
allay fears of a "flood" of immigra
tion. In opposing the bill Senator
Reed said it was "narrow and in
conflict with generous American poli
cies.'; ' " '
' House leader's who favor restric
tion pf immigration predicted tonight
the senate bill probably would re
ceive house approval. ' -
Jury Unable to Agree in
Gage County Estate Case
Ht mcp whi.. i U'fnr nut I lllira.
day evening, was unable to agree
and was discharged by District
Judge Colby. Relatives are at
tempting to break the will of Mrs.
Schmuck, who left a small part of
her estate to Dr. C. W. Walden..
the physician who attended her in
her last illnejs. The . plaintiffs 'al
lege that she was of unsound mind
when she made her will. The es
tate is valued at about $25,000.
Will Carroll was found guilt v of
stealing an auto from Oscar Ehr
lich. .
Omaha Brakeman Sought
To Answer Forgery Charge
'v Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 19. (Spe-s
cial Telegram. )--A search ' is being
made for Eddie M. J. Mortenson,
24, a brakeman on the Omaha rail
road, who is charged with forging
a 'draft for $700, which he deposited
in Worthington bank and then
checked .out;, the money. - Morten
Vm has a wife and baby in Sioux
Falls, and is believed to have eloped
with a Canton, S. D. giri. The draft ,
was secured irom a letter which
; Morlcnson offered to mail for
Luverene, Minn., business man who
mistook him for the mail clerk on
the train.
Durocjersey Hogs Average
$80 at Upland Public Sale
Upland. Neb., Kb. 19. peeiaU,
eustrof sold 42 mrgc Jersey
Imgs. The top bringing $225 and the
' lowest $40. The aeragc price wa.s
about $K(t. There were several "buy
ers from other places in the state.
Thsy bought about half of the ani
mals the other? were' taken by peo
ple livimr near this city.