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ly Bee VOL. 50 NO. 213. tuitnt al Kon-CtM Milttr May Ji, ISM. I Oman P. 0. Ua4ar Act e Mirth 9. I7. A, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1921. By Malt it nrl. Iatldt4th Zom. Oally aad Suaj. I': Oilly Only. JJ: Sunday, 14 ' Ovtalda 4th Zone (I lur). Dally aa Suaaaj. tit: 011) Only. 112; Sunday Only, J THREE CENTS f C.E. Hughes Selected Rat on Wife's Photo Has No Beaf X Victor On Divorce Case, Opinion oi i y, . . ' 1 ! 1 11 B a 1 1 1 e Failure of Rodent to Bite Husband as He Plucks it; . From Picture Sign of Innocence, iVXltlll Pit IPC Says Daughter. k j J 111 ViL llllS The Omaha Da Government May Take West Indies Question of Acquiring Posses sions in Payment for British War Debt to Come Up In Senate. Reed Back of Movement Give Him a Little Shrapnel, Boys! Omriftt: H21: By The Chlcae Thbarw.l For Cabinet !! i I Former Sunreme Court Ins.. tice Named for Secretary Of State Portfolio Under Harding. Was Choice From First 15t The Asmclutcd 1'im .St. Augustine, Feb. JO. Charles 12. Hughes, former supreme court jus tice and republican nominee for the presidency, was designated by Presi I dent-elect llardinir as the new .--f erclary of state. The annoutnje'ment embodying the first official' word from the president-elect regarding selections lor his cabinet was made in an oral statement after a long con-j ference between the two men on! foreign problems. j There was no clement of surprise j ill the sloction for it had been known 'eeral weeks Mr. Hughes virtually was certain to be given (he place. He ii understood to have been Mr. llard i:j' choice from the first. Obligation to Accept. f Mr. Harding declined to go into details about the subjects discussed . with Mr. llughes. saying that one i.f the policies of his administration would be 40 let each department head ,-ueak for himself. Mr. "Hughes de clared no public statement on the problems ahead would be expedient at present. "Of course," he added, "I ap- praise it as a great privilege to be invited by Senator Harding to serve i in liis administration. And I rgard ! it as an imperative obligation to ac cent" , it was generally understood, how-,. ever, tiiat a-.pio'uauc appointment to be' made early in the administra tion furnished .one topic and that there was consideration also, of the preliminary steps to be taken toward an association of nations. The dis cussion regarding appointments wa more or less indefinite, it being Mc. j Harding's policy ?o delay most of the diplomatic selections until after in-j attguratiou. Informal Negotiations Planned The general impression among ihose close to the president-elect is that the first diplomatic approaches to other nations ia regard to a peace association will be of an informal character. Mr. Hughes will bring to the scc letaryship of stale a legal training of unusual scope as well as a mind . sympathetic to international agree ment and for maintenance of peace. . Durinjr, the .treaty fight he advocat od reserved lafificatiau of th'o "Ver sailles league ar.d proposed -sevcrai reservations which were considered by the senate majority. Offer Daugherty Place. . Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bei Leaked Wire. Washington, Feb. 19. The first written or spoken word direct from President-elect Harding, ..indicating one of his cabinet choices has been received by Representative Frank Murphy of Ohio who had asked the president-elect to consider the name of Percy Tctlow- of Ohio. The president-elect said definitely that hi had asked Harry M. Daugherty to go into his cabinet. Parents', Anxieties , Stilled as Runaway Boys A 1 1 T ' fs ADanaon inp Eleven ravenous Mason school boys, ranging in age from 8 to 11. skipped out from school Friday afternoon and became wearied of a jaunt at Valley, Neb., at 2 Satur day morning. the lads appealed to R. T. Smith, train dispatcher in the railroad sta tion, for warmth and food. Smith al lowed the boys to sleep on the sta tion benches and called Omaha police. Meantime, mothers of the missing boys had appealed to the police. James Ryan, 1343 South Twenty-, fourth street, father of one of the boys, raced to Valley and brought back eight of the youngsters. I1ie following boys made up the runaway group: Earl Ryan, Tom I.atta, Donald Lindquist. Joe Eiono. Charles Marco, Tony Bresca, Joe Barone, . Pete .Leonardo, Durrell Ifonnet, Nick Estelle and Sam Amato. Condition of Caruso Steadily Improving New York, Feb. 20. Enrico Caruso watched the falling snow from a window near his sick bed and with the yearning of a school boy w ith the measles, declared "it looks fine." The tenor's physicians, ill a bulle tin, indicated his condition was im proving. Ti.. l. .11..:.. : .. ,i : ... 4 anxiety for the patient, who a few; weeks ago was stricken with pleurisy and hovered between life and death for a few days after 'suffering a re lapse Tuesday night. It said: "Mr. Caruso has had a good night and he is quite refreshed this morning. His condition is fever ih, but qnite satisfactory." Bill to Abolish Curtis School to Be Postponed A dispatch in The Bee stating that a bill to abolish the state agricultural school at Curtis was recommended iof passage should have read that it was recommended for indefinite post ponement. Mayor Out for Re-election. Sutton. Neb., Feb. 20. (Special.) Mayor Scott has announced his candidacy for re-election, claiming economy in having reduced the tax levy to 28'J per cent while sonic other cities in the county rnn as high as 50 J?er cen.t O'Neill, Neb., lib. JO. (Special.) i Vrtj-if -i iiti ii r r and wirrt man I f cta - j ;tions which might influence a super- ! stitious litigant to compromise a case ! pending in court before it is adjudi- ! cated have no standing in the court j of Judge Robert R. Dickson of tlie I'iftecntii judicial district. Saturday morning Judge Dickson threatened to send to jail Frc! Rarcl nian, prominent O'Neill merchant, because he picked a rat off the frame of a photograph of his wife and threw the rat into a stove fdled with burning coals. Razelman's wife is suing him for divorce and, incjt dentally, for a goodly chunk of ali mony. After Bazelman had burned the rat one of his little daughters, influenced by the fact that he came unharmed through the ordeal, wrote a letter to her mother, telling about the affair and assuring her that "because papaJ came through Hie ordeal without a scratch he must be the innocent party in the divorce action." Mrs. Bazelman turned the letter over to hrr attorney, who introduced ! it in court Saturday morning as the judge was about to decide the case. Judge " Dickson promptly called as witnesses the little children who saw the rat plucked off the picture, others who saw the bones of the rat in the stove afterward and then, after ad ministering a scathing lecture to State Section Of Medical Bod v Will Meet Here Clinics and General Meetings Make Up Program; Director Of Research Laboratory To Speak. The Nebraska section of the American College of Surgeons will meet in Omaha on March 3 and 4, according to anouncements made bv Dr. J. P. Lord of this city. This will be the first meeting of the mem bers of this association in Nebraska. Owing to the large number of members of the national association, it has been agreed not to hold any more national conventions, because no city in the union is large enough to accommodate the activities of the delegates to these meetings.. In the forenoons ot the days men ztasfi:i0kteif&l- -hukMr3i-bA various hosoitals of the city. The afternoon meetings will be at the Hotel Fontenelle. The American College of Surgeons includes eminent surgeons of Can ada, the United States and South America. It has a membership of Approximately 4,000. It -was organ ized in 1913. "' i To 6e a member it is necessary to be a graduate of at least eight years standing from a standard medical college. Special - preparations in surgery also, are required. Further more, "the applicant must be recom mended as to qualifications by some one already a member of the college. Forty surgeons of Nebraska are members of this congress. The Ameircan Society for the Pre vention of Cancer is collaborating with the American College of Sur geons by sending to its meetings eminent lecturers on subjects per taining to cancer. " The principal speaker of the meet ing will be Prof. Francis Carter Wood, director of the Carter Re search laboratory, Columbia uni versity. The officers of the Nebraska sec tion are: Dr. John E. Summers, Omaha, chairman; Dr. D. T. Quick ley, Omaha, secretary; and Dr. J. Stanley, Lincoln, counselor. Confession of Robber To Release Prisoner Now Serving Sentence Cbicato Tribune-Omaha lite Leaaed Wire. New York, Feb. 20. A thTcf. who was moved by a religious service to confess his guilt for which another is serving a term in Sing Sing prison, is expected to arrive here tomor row. , David E. Deckter, 42. of Boston, is reported to have confessed at a mission service in micron, w., mat in December last, he stede $2,700 from the Mercantile Restaurant company of New York. , He told the Akron police that Rob ert Harley of Brooklyn, who is mar ried, and has three children, was sent to Sing Sing for the robbery. Deckster says he served nine years in Leavenworth prison for the mur der of Captain Cotton of the 16th infantry in 1911. while Deckster was a private in that command. 1 Knee Length Skirts And Brilliant Colors Doomed, Modiste Says Chicago Tribune Cable. Copyrlfbt.1 1SJ1. Oiicago, III.. Feb. 20. The knee length (or highet) skirt is doomed and the brilliant colors that have dazzled far some time, are a thing of the past, according to Mme. Rip ley, president of the National Fash ion Art league. The league will hold its annual convention here early next month and Mme Ripley has just returned from a tour of the country and an European- trip, to secure a complete roundup oi ideas for the coming yer. Silver i,ray will be the ultra smart tone for the last word in spring frock? and all pastel shades will be preferable to the brilliant colors of fast year. Superfluous trimmings are to go and there will be no normal waist lines. The long, straight effect, or very low-belted frocks will super cede all other models. . Bazelman, announced that he would reserve decision until further investi gation. None but Bazelman and the children saw the rat ou the picture. Bazelman, who Is a member of the firm of Bazelman Lumber company, operating a lumber yard and a gen eral store, is a Belgian. He has en deavored to make up with his wife since the divorce action was started. The photograph on which the rat was draped when Bazelman picked off, hangs six feet down from the floor, and two arid one-half feet from a window, on a smooth wall. Rat Calm and Collected. the children testifted that they were in another room when their father first entered the room and that he threw open the folding doors between, and called them to see the rat before he walked over and picked it up. Tliey testified that the rat was calm and collected and made no ef fort to bit him, and that it raced around on the burning coals for about half an ho'ur after being put in the stove. Following is the letter to Mrs. Bazclmaii. from her little daughter, Agnes, that gave the court knowl edge of Bazelman's peculiar effort to adjust their differences: "Dear Mamma: Well as this is the first day of Lent, I will tell you something queer that happened in (Turn to Page Tiro, Column One). Legion Asked to Guard Against New Propaganda Plans for Pro-German Mass Meetings in Many Cities, In x eluding Omaha, Bulletin Sent to All Parts, Says. Indianapolis, Feb".' 20. American Legion posts were asked tonight by the Legion's national headquarters to watch for a revival of German pro paganda. , i A. bulletin sent all state headquar ters said that mass meetings in sev eral cities,-, including Omaha, have been plannew. as "one of the first national manifestations" of the pro paganda campaign, the object of which is the bulletin outlined as fol lows: , ' "Risruption of the accord which exists between the , United States oiw n'twKipai:tjcuJar ret erence to France and Great Britain. by the turning of American popular sentiment against the governments of those countries, and: "Methodical creation of a power ful national political machine,' by the amalgamation of the disloyal elf: ments of our nation, and the eleva tion to a place of power in American politics by the invisible influence of this organized minority," "One of the first national manifes tations of this activity will orobablv take the form of mass meetings," the bulletin continued, ostcnsively m protest against the occupation of the Rhine by French negro troops. The alleged presence oi French colonials is to be used as a motive to turn American sentiment against France. Negro troops were withdrawn from Hie French army, of occupation months ago. "Identified with this movement are individuals who disloyalty and whose efforts in the interest of Germany have been notorious in the past and who are now again in direct communications with Berlin. "National headquarters has . re ceived reports of pro-German acti vities from many sections which ap pear to connect directly with the na tional propaganda campaign out lined. I , , "Department oificials are request ed to make not ofaiiy dramatic acti vities in their community and to forward reports-' to national head quarters." Fight Against Winslow Bill Started in Senate Washington. D. C, Feb. 20. A fight against the Winslow bill for partial payment of government debts to the railroads, opened in the sen ate, but action went oyer until Mon day. ' r Leaders had planned to give prior ity to the bill in its consideration, but Senator Gronna, republican, North Dakota, intervened with a mo tion to take up the agricultural ap propriation bill and discussed agri cultural conditions until the senate recessed. Women Take Examination For Posimaster at Armour Table Rock. Neb.. Feb. 20. Spe cial.) An examination has been held at the court house in. Pawnee City for the postmastership at Armour, this county. At the date originally set there were no appli cants and it was stated unless there should be candidates at this time the ntt'irp " wnnM fl,'i-Antin,,4 ! xr. r f i". i ...j ,.' iaid i. ui;tini.T aim airs; Sadie Byrne took the examination. Boy Held for Bond Theft May Answer Charge in East Spokane, Feb. 20 Elliot Micbi ner, 15, arrested at North port, Wash., in connection with the alleged theft of $14,600 worth of securities from his father at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, will be turned over to officers from eastern states if they desire to cancel his parole, it was stated today by authorities at Coeur d'Alene. . American Church Pastor ' , At Buenos Aires, Dies Buenos Aires. Feb. 20. Dr. Wil liam Patterson McLaughlin. 71, for 30 years pastor of the American church here, is dead. He was born in Cincinnati and came to Buenos Aires from New Orleans. Rear Admiral Fullam Deliv ers Indictment of Present Building Program Scores Heads of Department. Short of Submarines thlreeo Tribune-Omnha ltee Leaned Hire. Washington, Feb.- 20. The Navy department fought a hard battle with the critics of its building policy, led bv Rear Admiral Fullam. retired. before the senate naval affairs com- mittee. The navy came of: victorious, if the attitude of the com mittee is to be the deciding factqr, after Rear Admiral Fullam had de livered a sweeping indictment of the i navy building program. Admiral Fullam agued that the navy heads apparently had learned no lessons from the war; that they had shut their minds against sugges tions based upon the experiences of world conflict; and contended that this attitude "imperils the nation." 'The American navy today, he de clared, is "fatally' short of submar ines," and its air force is "pitifully inadequate to meet modern condi tions:" He charged that the navy ia uttcdy disorganized and bitterly as sailed the theory of dividing the fleet, contending that the battle fleet should be concentrated in the Paci fic. Would Curtail Building. Admiral Fullam' urged completion of six superdreadnaughts now fur riest advanced in construction, but held that construction should be sus pended on 5 dreadnaughts less than 25 per cent completed and 6 battle cruisers less than 10 per cent com pleted, -while the navy makes a thorough study of what constitutes a modern navy in the light of the experiences of the war. All the important bureau heads of the Navy department were on hand to answer Admiral rullams testi mony. Rear Admiral Taylor, ciiief of construction, maintained that the battleship was the backbone of the tiavy. It should be improved to the highest degree, he said, but it should remain the navy's chief reliance. Admiral Coontz, chief of opera tions; agreed with Admiral Fullam as to the necessity for developing the air service, but disapproved the proposal to suspend the construction of battle . cruisers. Captain Craven, director of naval aviation, thought it would be" advisable to create a sepa-, rate air service and urged that the development of air craft should be pjushed .to t'aC-fulIe? txttrf, hut not1.. at the expense of the capital ship, Rear Admiral McVey, chief of ord nance, told the committee that no projectile has yet been invented that can be dropped from a plane to do anything more than local damage. Would Complete Ships. Admiral Fullam pointed out that the American navy now has 16 dreadnaughts in commission and 11 superdreadnaughts under construc tion, six of which are between 25 and 90 per cent completed. "It would appear good policy to complete . these six ships which would give a very powerful battle fleet of 22 dreadnaughts," he said. Admiral Fullam- urged the com pletion of the 10 scout cruisers un der construction as soon as possible, and the utmost haste in completion of the AJ submarines now under construction. . "In our surface fleet we find that with 22 dreadnaughts, 300 destroyers and 10 scout cruisers, our navy will stand next to that of England," he said. "It will be at least 30 per cent stronger than that of Japan and omit ting Great Britain, it will be more powerful than the combined navies of all Europe. Action of Obregon ' Against Oil Permits burpnse to Officials Chicago Tribune-Omaha. Bee Leaied Wire. Washington, Feb. 20. Action of President Obregon in secretly order ing the Mexican department of com merce, industry and labor, to for bid the issuance of drilling permits except in lands which have been manifested, an action striking par ticularly at American oil companies operating in Mexico, caused sur prise at the State department. The embassy at Mexico was instructed to make inquires and to report. All the information lately received ed by. the State department had seemed favorable to the Obregon policy of conciliating the United States and officials believed Obre gon was desirous of avoiding any act which would reflect a govern mental sentiment -hostile to the United States or prejudicial to Mexico's chances of receiving recog nition from the American govern ment. Mexican Government May Enter Petroleum Field Me.xico City. Feb. 20. The Mexi can government may be in a position to sell petroleum direct to foreign buyers, under an agreement reached by the seretary. of the treasury, de la Hucrta, and representatives of ex porters, by which the 10 per ciu lax imposed ou petroleum exports is to be paid in kind. This new pay ment, which was decided upon after conferences held at the government's suggestion, will be effective probably May 1. . Reward of $10,000 Offered For Slayer of Two Teachers Cleveland, O., Feb. 20. Fresh stimulus was given to the hunt for the slayers of Louise Wolf and Mabel Foote, school teachers beat en to death in Parma. Wednesdaj', by a reward of $10,000 offered by the board of county commissioners for information that would lead to the arrest of the murderer. Harding Given Clean Slate on Peace Program Withdrawal of American Rep - . n t reseiltatlVCS rom Kcpara- tions Commission Leaves Clear Way .for New Ad ministration. Clik'Ugo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington. Feb. ' 20. With drawal of American representation from the intcr-allied reparations commission, announced yesterday en ables the incoming administration to take up -the entire problem of peace as it sees fit, according to State department officials. The American action was charac terized not as disassociation, but as a discontinuance of unofficial dis cussions. While this government has liot ratified the treaty of Versailles, it was explained, it assisted in the drawing of that pact, and until some definite action is taken with regard to the treaty, there will be nothing to guide the government in its rela tions. with the questions arising from that convention. . ; The State department, it was as serted, docs not have the authority to agree or approve of possible changes in the treaty until the treaty shall have been acted on definitely, and therefore it was necessary to end an anomalous situation by retir ing from even unofficial connection with the inter-allied reparations and military commissions.' It was ex plained that this country still is at war. or in a state of armistice with Germany, and therefore the occupa tion of a. portion of the Rhincland by American troops has no associa tion with the question of reparations. It was declared emphatically at the State department that its action in recalling Roland W. Boydcn and other Americans from the repara tions commission and its sub-bodies, was not to be taken ?n any, sense as an action hostile to the allied powers. On tthe contrary, the reparations question must be handled by unified action, as the United States is "morally bound" to co operate with the allies in an effort to solve the reparations problem Secretary of Colorado A..F. and A. M. Lodge Dies Denver, Feb. 20. Charles Henry Jacobson. 33rd degree Mason, secre tary of the grand lodge, Colorado A. F. and A. M., and a delegate with Clarence -M. Kellogg to the 200th an niversary grand lodge held at Albert 1111 London, in 1919. died here this afternoon. Mr. Jacobson was born : in Niagara county, New lork. 1S52. Army Must Capture Ex-Prisoner to Free Him of Slacker Charge t'blcaco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaied Wire. Chicago, Feb. 20. Andrew Gry stoviak, who was supposed to be a prisoner at Fort Sheridan, was be ing tried before a court-martial on a charge of evading the draft. Evi dence produced showed that Gry stoviak was not guilty and .was or dered discharged. When the field clerk went to the I prison to get tlie prisoner so that I the judge advocate could announce j the glad new s, it w as found that he liaa escapee trom ine guarunouse un January 25. Now" it will be necessary for the army to apprehend Grystoviak again in order to free him. It was shown at the court-martial that the alleged draft dodger was serving time in the Ohio penitentiary when the evasion was alleged to have taken place. 'a 'Toddle" Wedding Planned to Put Pep in Marriage Ceremony t'-hiraito Tribune-Omaha- Bee leaned M ire. Chicago, Feb. 20. Now it's the "toddle wedding." Miss Marv Holleharen and Georee. ; Offerman asked permission of Maj. ! G. Hamilton, director of the Beauty Mart, to have a "toddle wed- diyg on March 2, in the Coliseum. ! Major Hamilton offered to supply a Uazz band to aid in the toddling. ) .Even the officiating clervtnan w'M i .l.il . i: ... rcs iuuuic, avjcuruing to viiemian, who has engaged a boyhood friend, Rev. George Klingman of Houston, Tex., for the ceremony. "Most weddings are too solemn affairs," explained Offerman. "Peo ple, including the principals, attend with long faces and everyone is al most afraid to breathe. We decided Ave wanted some pep in our cere mony; also a crowd .to witness it. that's why we made our present plans." Tenants Score in Chicago Rent War Landlords Agree Not to Raise Rates Retaliation in Form Of Taxes Threatened. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Uen Leased Wire. Cnicago, Feb. 20. First blood in the high rent war was drawn by the tenants yesterday whena num ber of landlords, summoned into the office of Joseph F. Peacock, city real eitate agent, agreed not to raise their prices. . Landlords and real estate agents pburcd into the city hall during the day with explanations intended to justify their rent increases. In greater numbers came communica tions giving reasons. Most of those who called person ally were unable to give explana tions that were deemed satisfactory. They were told that unless they re ceded at once from their positions the board of review and the asses sors would act accordingly in deter mining their taxes. Mr. Peacock emphasized this point and the result was that a large number of landlords and agents remain where they are. Among those who agreed not to I raise rents was tors. M. Rattncr, owner of a large apartment build ing. She had been sent a notice by mistake. - "I am not raising rents I am reducing them." she said. "I am cutting the rent of my four-room' fiats from $60 to 555. My five-room flats, which have been $70, will be $60 after Mav -I. and my six-room flats will be reduced from $80 to , $70." Nebraska Minister Seeks Patent on Airplaue Device Washington, D. C Feb. 20. (Special Telegram.) Rev. R. S. Smith of Ainsley., Neb., whether he is a flying' parson or not, is in Washington eking a patent on a new airplane device which (he divine has invented. It is not stated whether the device will make more certain the flight of his parishoncrs to the pearly gates, but the Rev. Mr. Smith believes his patent will reduce the liability of ak accidents to a very appreciable extent. Steamship is Wrecked at Entrance to V era Cruz Bay Mexico City. Feb. 20. The steam er Lucrio Del Albin. with 17 pas sengers and a crew of eight, was wrecked yesterday at the entrance to the bay of Vera Cruz. One person was drowned and the others were rescued with difficulty, according to reports. The vessel was caught in a storm. Railroads Earn 1 Per Cent Return During December Net Operating Income fori Last Month of 1920 Given As $15,896,313 by Bu urea o, Economies. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, Feb. 20. The rail roads of the United States, for the month of December, 1920, received but $15,896,313 as their net operat ing income. On the 6 per cent basis ou the valuation of their property, they should have received for this month $86,858,000. In other -words, the transportation agencies of the country received but 1.1 per cent on the total valuation of capital tied up in properties. These figures are based upon re turns made to the bureau of railway economics and Represent statistics re ceived from all the railroads of the country with the exception of the Central of Georgia, the Denver tt Rio Grande and the Green Bay el Western. They tell a tale which is most discouraging to railroad man agers and thousands of stockholders in such properties throughout the country. The figures made public by the bureau of railway economies show that total operating revenues of the railroads for the month of Decem ber, 1920, were $544,650,847, as com pared with $448,033,209 for the same month in 1919. The operating ex penses were $493,580,921 for the month of December, 1920, as against 4iu.jji.yo tor ti:e same period m y 1919. i Railroad experts are at a loss to account for the falling off in busi ness for the month of December and for the loss in revenue from both passenger and freight traffic, i Two Youths Are Killed By Carbide Explosion .. -. i . . Port Angeles, Wash., Feb. 20. Impromptu chemical . experiments with cans of calcium carbide cost the lives of two youths at an abandoned logging camp near here. Lyle Davis. 16, and V. Rice, 21, who were killed, and a younger brother of Dan's, found some cans of the substance at the camp. They punched holes in the cans and lighted the escaping fumes. Then they threw the cans into a wejl to see how much gas would be formed when the sub stance struck the water. An explo sion followed. Omaha Youth Nominated Priuciple to Annapolis Washington, D. C. Feb. 20. (Special Telegram.') Congressman lefferis has nominated Charles Louis Dundcy, sou of Mrs. Mac L. Dundcy, widow of Charles Mao Dundcv. Omaha attorney, to be principle to the United States naval academy. Young Dundcy is a grad uate of Kempb Military academy, Kemper, Mo., and formerly was a student at the University of Ne braska and Central High school, Omaha. The Weather Forecast. Generally fair Monday and slight ly wanner. Hourly Tempera! urea. m. 1 p. in. 2 p. in. i. m. 4 p. m. r p. m. f p. in. " p. m. 5 p. ni. 7 a. m ...0 m lit 8 a. D a. m , 10 a. in 11 a. tn, .. i: noon ,-. 3 ( hlruk'n Tribune-Omuhw lice Leaaml Wire. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Washington. D. C.,.lVb. 20.-The proposal that the United States pur chase from Great Britain the ltrilish West Indies for $4,277,000,000, the. amount of the American war loan to England, is to be discussed in the senate this week. .Senator Reed of Missouri has in troduced a resolution providing that the executive be requested to ascer tain from the London government whether Great Britain is willing to consider the cession of the islands to the United States and he stated tonight that he would address the senate on the measure within a few days. The resolution says nothing abuut forgiving the British debt' to t lit American government, but this is ex actly what Senator Reed haT in mind in proposing that England be sound ed on the question of parting with the islands. If the suggestion should bear fruit, England would cede to the United States six archipelagoes off the south Atlantic coast of this country-and the United States would cancel tnjp British indebtedness. Salvage from Loss. The question as it now present itself, is one of arranging for some salvage from what may become a total loss to the United State-. W hether America will 'be repaid in full or even in large part for the loans to the allies totaling nearlv $1(1,000,000,000, is a matter which i's being debated at home and abroad. No interest has been paid on the leans, even by Great Britain, for nearly two years; negotiations for the refunding of the borrowings over a long period are in progress and the principal allies are actively urging the cancellation of all the in ternational war loans as a means of quickly restoring the credit of European nations. Great Britain itself has taken the) leadership in the movement for can cellation of the loafis, having sound ed the United States definitely on the proposition, though unsuccessfully up to date. It is conceived that England will renew the petitions un der the Harding administration and it is also conceived that develop ments in international affairs event ually will force the cancellation of the debt to tiii country. Quotes Monroe Doctrine. . In such a contingency the cession to the United States of the British and French islands on this sido of the Atlantic would constitute salvage and a consideration for the cancella tion of the allied debt. Senator Reed will tell the senate that the application of the principle of the Monroe doctrine and strate gic considerations make it desirable that all the islands lying off the American coast should be under American contro!. The West Indian possessions of several European na tions not only flank the American coast, but , command the. approaches to the Panama canal. The British island of Bimini is so close that long range guns thereon could shell Miami, it is asserted. While war with Great Britain is regarded as unthinkable, a sound policy of defence would take no chances, it is contended, with any control of these strategic points by another power. It was such consider ation that prompted the United States to purchase the Virgin islands from Denmark for $25,000,000 and thus forestall any sale of the islands to another European power, Ger many having already attempted t" purchase them. T . f n ii rennon ror iecan Of Sioux Falls Mayor Filed With Auditor Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. 20, A pe tition looking to the recall of Mayor George W. Burnsidef Sioux Falls, was filed with the city auditor late. Saturday. Thc octition charges t he mayor with failure to enforce the laws of the city, constant "playing with politics." inefficiency and ex travagance; The document is said to contain the" signatures of 1,132 reg istered voters of the city. Mayor Burnside declared that Fie wished he could call an election im mediately, but found that it would he impossible before the regular city election in April. Asserting viR orouslyjiis intention to fight the re call, the mayor f aid : "To do other wise would be equivalent to oper.lv' admitting that 1 feared to have niv i record made public. My friends also ; have advised me to fight it. and 1 j w ill ask them to stand by me. ! "The small taxpayer is paying Ic.- j taxes this year thru' the year before." I he declared, "ar.d the taxes will be 2a per cent less next year than this year." , Mammoth Freight Vessels Arc Launched at Frisco Oakland. Cal.. Feb. 20,-The two largest freight vessels ever launched in San Francisco bay the 14.500-ton Manulant and Manukai, sister ships, destined for the Hawaiian trade, slid from the ways within an hour at the Moore Shipbuilding company yards here. The vessels w ere built for the Mat son Navigating company. Hogs Average $7. a Jlead. Beaver City, Neb.. Feb, 20. (Spe- cial.) Forty head of pure-bred Po land China sows were sold by B. M. Davis & Sous here, bringing an average of $75 a head, The top price of the sale was $H5, paid by Paul Hansen of Stamford.