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The Omaha Daily Bee
kVOL. 50 NO. 214.
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OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921.
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THREE CENTS
Hearing of
LandisCase
Is Heated
Stormy Scenes Occur at Ses
sion of Judiciary Commit
lec Investigating Impeach'
mcnt Charges.
Welty Is Reprimanded
II' Tlta Aatutciatwl I'rma.
Washington, Feb. 21. Somewhat
stormy scenes occurred before the
house judiciary committee today
with the precutation of impifach
mcnt charges against Federal Jtidge
Landis by Representative Welty,
democrat, of Ohio.. Mr. Welty read
his charges as outlined bcfqre the
house last week and was subjected to
a crossfire of questions.
Representative Walsh, republican,
jf Massachusetts, wanted to know if
Mr. Welty. had any proof that Judge
l.andis in acting as supreme arbiter
of org-auicd base ball had neglected
his official duties.
"Wlicn you are trying to catch a
rabbit vou've got to follow his
H acks." 'Mr. Welty replied. "I am
trying to unburden myself."
Witness "Called Dwn."
..,,-, . ... !. . f... -...1
en, give us inc idiis uu uuu i
maKe so many ' speeches," admon
ished Chairman Volstead.
'The Ohio .member then offered a
telegram from District Attorney
Clyne saying 921 criminal and 309
other case wefc pending in Judge
' Landi' court.
"flow liyiny were tried last year?
Chairman' Volstead asked.
"If you want to know you can find
out." Welty replied. , . .
"I've done nothing to be insulted
bv
you,", announced the chairman.
"J
u-3n( d rivll niKtt'pr.
nprlarincr it was outrageous that
Judge Landis should be drawing
S-42,000 from organized base ball,
Representative II listed, republican,
New York, insisted, the committee
wanted facts on which an indictment
could be drawn.
Will Show Bribery.
"In other words, a legal way to
in. peach him if we can," suggested
Representative L5ois. republican,
Iowa.
"I am going to show that these'
base ball players are guilty of bribing-
Judge Xaudjs." Mr. Welty
shouted. ' . .
This statement was made in regaru
to
the indictments tor inrowms
games. . ,
Representative Gard, democrat,
Ohio, wanted Mr. Welty to get down
to brass tacks on his charge that
Judge Landis, had nglecfcd his om-
.tfial duty. - . -
Motive Is Simple. v
Acceptance by Federal Judge Lan-
, .'fu: Si? 500 annual
talarv as supreme arbiter ot basekTnj9 decision, belore becoming el-
ball, while serving on
might go unchallenged "if the motive
(Turn t re Two. Column Three), v,
0
Taxicab Driver is
Murdered; Entire .
Family is Missing
Houston., Feb; -'l-1'16, uoy,,,
A. Lynn, Victoria uxieab driver, has
21. The
body of
been' found by officers on the banks
of ihe-Colctta river, It. had been
stripped of clothing. Wliether the
man had been .-hot or beaten to death
i- not known. . Lynn and the family
oi H H. Strum had been missing.
l ive nieivarc being sought in con
inction with the hunt for the Sturm
- Vcar which had been sold to the
turms was abandoned near ic
Kiriii bv two men who called Lynn s
f,.., iimt tmvn to continue
.aMcau hi-"" k- - . .
i heir journcv. Lynn car was tounU
t-.tr Sundav. blood-stained and.
burned, nfar the San Antonio river.
The Sturm family, consisting ot
Murm his wile, two children and a
tep-brother-in-law. left Houston
Saturday morning for ictoYia.
-where Strum planned entering busi
:i : iraraec proprietor.
Topeka Woman Poisoned
' o T a
. Lloctors oay ai 1114UCS1
Topeka, Ka-. fcb. 21.-Miss
Kathleen Foley who died myster
ioufly Friday night, was the victim
o "poisoning. 'doctors W. J
riner and C. B. Van Home testmed
at tlie inquest today.
Chocolate candy was found in the
pocket of a coat which the woman
threw aside unon her return trom
a neighbor's house shortly betore
her death. The candy is to be ex
amined. . --7 ,
George Y. Cruise, Wichita sa es
man and companion ofOliss Foley,
refused to testify . at the inquest.
Arraigned on a charge ot attempting
"to bribe Miss Foley and her mother
to leave the state, he pleaded not
guHty. Cruise is accused of trying
to prevent Miss Foley from testify
ing at his trial at Wichita on a
charge of murdering his third wite.
Bed Wing Business Man
tt i o J C.U.i Prrti Ranl-
Had Bonds Stolen trom Bank
Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 21. Liber-
tv bondr-vatiicd at ?2.00U. said to
have been the oilcs stolen January
24 from the State Bank of Afton,
foimd by county om-
cials in two banks today. .Accord
y ing to bank ofticials the bonds had
been advanced as collateral for loans
to P. J; Beltz, local business man.
Beltz pleaded not guitty when ar
raigned today it Sillwater on
charge of robbing the Afton bank.
1 Hehas confessed to authorities that
he held up the State bank at Stock
holm, Wis..' Saturday.
Pass Election Laws
, Bismarck, X. D., Feb. 21. Bills
which seek to change several elec--tion
laws, including one providing
that there be no party designation of
candidates for state offices, were
parsed by the North Dakota hous
today. v
Illness of Caruso
May Improve Voice
New York. Feb. 21. There are
indications that Eurico Caruso's
voice will be better than ever after
the illness which nearly caused his
death last week, said a statement is
sued today at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
"This illness, unfortunate as it has
been has given his voice and throat
the first real rest they have had in 25
years and this must be of great ad
vantage to the most strenuously ex
ercised vocal organs in the world,"
the statement declared.
"There remains, then, merely the
question of a complete recovery of
constitutional strength. At no time
has there been any injury to or dif
ficulty with the voice."
League Council
Spends Day on
Publicity Plan
No Decision Reached Com-,
mitteen on Amendments
And Article XVlII Arc
1 Appointed.
By The Awtoclated Press. ,
Paris, Feb. 21. Though matters
of great importance are to be-considered
by the league of nations
council, which opened today, the
council spent most of the day in dis
cussing publicity without reaching
a decision. Two currents were mani
fest, one favorable to the fullest
publicity, as demanded at the last
Geneva assembly, the other resist
ing anything more than the bare
communication " '
A committee ,was appointed to
consider amendments to the league
covenant. A. J. Balfour, Great
Britain, being chosen as chairman,
with these members: M. Viviaui.
France;, Vittorio Scialoia, Italy;
Senor Branco, Uruguay; Dr. Fdward
Benes. Czecho-Slovakia; Wellington
Koo, China; M. Agaywa. Japan i M.
Beichmann. Norway; Senor Goih
zalcs Hotelia, Spain. Two additional
members are to be selected later:
Another committee was appointed
to consider article XVIII of the
Versailles treaty, having rcferv
.t tl.i intprnrptatimi of the
U V. V.. tu lv . . . . . I . . . .
value of treaties up to the time of
registration with the league. Mem
bers of this committee arc Signor
Scialoia, Italy; Raoul Fernandez,
Brazil; Henri Fromageot, France;
Professor Strvcken. Holland, and Sir
j' Cecil Hurst, "England.
Will Revise Sevres Treaty.
London,Feb. 21. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Revision ' of the
treaty of Sevres, o as to give, Tur
key additional territory in Thrace,
now occupied by the Greeks, was de
cided upon by Mr. Lloyd Gcoffcc and
Yf R ,4 trulav in rnnsnttations ore-
itl, J ai -
ceding the near east conference here
X 1119 Viv i. li .w.w " a
Tcctive, however, requires the ap
proval ot the allied colleagues or me
French premier and the British prims
, minister.
, According to this Franco-British
i agreement, the frontier line in
j Thrace will be moved westward, ex-
tending frcin Enos, on the Aegean,
I to Midia, on the Black sea. This
would take from Greece one-fourth
i of the territory - it now occupies
I tUir and fflrl it tn the CoilStailti-
noplc district.
v kJ
Tit Trk also, under this ar-
ranegment, are to be allowed repre
sentation on the international com
mission controlling Constantinople.
It is understood that" Mr. Lloyd
George and M. Briand agreed that
the Greek question might be settled
speedier than had been thought.
Congress -Asked to
"Vamoose Vamps" in
Moving Picture Films
Ihicaco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wir.
Washington, Feb. 21. Dr. Wilbur1
F. Crafts said lie is not promoting
any Sunday lav.' in congress, but is
chiefly interested in "vamoosing the
vamps, the dope peddlers, the boot
leggers and" the 'bookies.'"
He asks that police powers be
used to stop the exhibition "of the
nude, theVtmi-nudc, and bare leg
ged and .disrobing women it batb
i? beaches, and forbid the use in
outside advertising, of pictures ob
scene under the tests of the courts
thai they would sugges; impure
thoughts to the young and inexper
ienced! and arouse improper pas
sion." Petitions for such action arc be
ing circulated, not only in Washing
ton, but also in other cities.
Williams Enters Bank
Richmond, Va., Feb. v 21. John
Skclton Williams, comptroller of cur
rency, today accepted the chairman
ship of the board "of directors of the
Richmond Trust company.
Firewater Provided
For Hotel Fontenelle
Xo water for .the Fontenelle ! The
nianagemcnt ,ld guesfs o this bos-
tejry found themselves in dire
straits yesterday evening when a
main on Eighteenth and Douglas
streets burst and the water supply
in that immediate vicinity - w as
cut off. ' '
And to think' that John Drink
w"ater is putting up there during his
stay in the city. What was he
to do?
For a while it looked as though a
callwould have to be made upon the
home brewers of the city to come
to the rescue.
But in , the nick of time some
one thought of the 'Jarge reservoir
on the roof of the hotel, which had
been put there for 'exactly such an
emergency. -,.
Therefore, instead of notifying the
local brewers, the manager notified
the fire department, which, filled the
reservoir from a water main a block
downvrtie street.
Cp I a n f i fi 11
OeietllUll
Of Hudres
Is Popular;
t
New. Secretary of State Will
' - ... ,
He Morfc lhau blorilied''
Clerk" Fletcher to.Be
Under, Secretary.
Hoover to Have Portfolio
ARTHUR SEARS PENNING.
Clilrugn Trlhunr-Oinnli Dee I. rased Wire.
Washington, Feb' 21. Charles
Fvans Hughes, arriving in Washing
ton from St. Augustine today, found
plenty of evidence that republican
senators and repicsentatives are
united in applauding his selection by
Mr. Harding for secretary of state.
Even Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia whose coolness is frequently
alleged to have cost Mr. Hughes the
presidency in 1916, praised the in
dependence of the i'.ecretary desig
nate, as evidenced particularly by
; his denunciation of the expulsion of
j the socialists from the New York
I legislature and his menrdefense of
the direct "primary system against
attack by political bosses.
Mr. Hughes devoted most of the
day to winding up his law practice
and late in the afternoon he had a
talk with Henry P. Fletcher of
Pennsylvania, former American am
bassador to Chile and tee Mexico,
who will be under secretary of state
in the Harding' administration.
Fletcher Big Aid.
Mr. Fletcher, who resigned a year
ago in a letter warmly criticizing
the .Wilson policy in Mexico, is a
trained diplomat and w ill be relied
upon to supply what Mr. Hughes
lacks in knowledge of the technique
of diplomacy.
With Senator Fall of New Mexico
in the cabinet and Mr. Fletcher in
the State department the administra
tion will be well equipped to deal
with the Mexican question from a
thorough first-hand knowledge of the
situation. . ".
For ambassador to Great Britain
the selection of Elfhu Root, a can
didate for secretary of state, is be
in or cfrnti cr1v urtred bvisoine of the
of Mr. Harding.' It
it not unlikely that Myron T. Mer
rick of Ohio will be scntjwck to
In--:- ...u-A rm!nA a nnniitjir
X aria wiicic .it k r
ambassador.
Advices received by senators from
St. Augustine are to the effect that
Herbert Hoover will be secretary of
ccminerce and circumstantial con
firmation was forthcoming in the an
nouncement that Mr. Hoover has
nnrrliased ' a Washington residence i
jat 2300 S. Street, where he will be
'a near neighbor of Fresident W;ilson.
Uncertainty in Posts.
Congressman Langley of Ken
tucky returned from St. Augustine
asserting that the selection of A.
T Hert for secretary of the navy
is. stil) beyond ddubt. -It was also
reported that the choice of A. .
(Turn to Pate Two, Column Fpor).
Airplane Patrols
of National Forests
Saved $35,000,000
New York, Feb. 21. Airplane pa
trols guarding national forests saved
approximately $35,000,000 worth of
standing timber from forest dires
during the last season, according to
a 'report of the Manufacturers' Air
craft association martjp public today.
-Between 900 and 1.000 fires were
reoortcd bv patrols from airplanes
: loaned to the forest service by the
, armv air servic.. Most of these
fires, it was said, were extinguished
by ground forces working under di
rections of the air patrols.
Efforts are being made by the as
sociation, its officers said, to secure
a larger appropriation from congress
in order to carry on and extend the
patrol work. The work for the most
i part has been carried on in Oregon,
j California, Colorado and other west-
crn states.
I Two Youths Are Killed .
By Carbide Explosion
j.
Port Angeles, Wash., Feb. 21.
Impromptu chemical experiments
with cans of cakium 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 Davytf 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 well to see how much
gas would be formed when . the sub
stance struck the water." An explo
sion followed.
Bids on Government Paper
Show "a Decided Drop
Washington, D. C. Feb. 21. Bids !
to supply the government with pa
per dfcring the next six months were
received today by the joint congres
sional printing committee and were
said to show a decided drop m
prices quoted Jaimary 31, when for-1
mcr bids were ejected. j
The low bid for news print today
was 5.48 cents a pound, as com-
Pared with 6J8 cents in the last
bids. Book paper was quoted from
2 to 4 cents a nound below the for-1
mer bids
The new bids, it was estimated,
will snmp the government $300,000.
Bonus Legislation Will Be I
Held Until Extra Session !
, Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. Sol-J
dier bonus legislation will be de
layed by. the senate until the extra'
session, Chairman Penrose of the fi
nance committee said today in con
nection with a statement by Senator
McCwnibe'r, republican. North Dako
ta, that he was preparing "forllie
senate" and the American people"
a statement of costs of. the relief
pleasures,
i Building-Collapse in
. Cleveland Kills Two
Cleveland, Feb. 21. 'IVo n;en arc
known to be dead and two others
were injured in the collapse today of
three floors of the old Masonic
temple building. Workers are
searching the debris for other vic
tims. , ,
Five men were unaccounted for
; tonight, according to II. Ci. Schncll.
timekeeper of the Cuyahoga house
' wrecking company, which is razing
I the building.
Nathan L. oglovru, '6, vice
president tif the wrecking" ompany,
and Fred Zoedcr, 67, day watchman
4or the concern, were crushed to
death.
An investigation to determine
whether there had been any criminal
negligence has' been ordered.
.
Sarpy Residents
Speak in Favor
Of Annexation
Pro-Consolidation Faction Be
fore House Comniittce Plead
For Druescdow Bill; Say
County Behind Times, y
Lincoln. JJeb. 21 (Special Tele
gram.) Hundred for and against
the Druescdow Sarpy county con
solidation bill appeared before a
house committee tonight when the
pro-consolidation faction was given
an opportunity to plead for the bill,
which docs not demand a merger,
but leaves the proposition to be de
cided by a majority vote of the Sar
py county residents.
Representative Druescdow opened
the meeting. He pointed to the anti
consolidationists in (he room wear
ing badges bearing the inscription
'Sarpy county always," and said:
"It was the same old story when
the South 0maha annexation bills
were up. ;The cousins, aujits and
grandmothers of the office-holders
came down to the" legislature and
pawned themselves off as represent
ing the sentiment of South Omaha
on the plan.
. People Favor Consolidation.
"But when it came to a vote we
found the people they claimed to I
represent were in favor of consoli-
dation by a big majority. The sam? j
will prove true in Sarpy county if
this legislature wilt let. the people
of that county decide by a vote." I
n- r ii D, f pii, tl.l !
the committee he was born in Sarpy
county 50 years ago and the roads
then were better than they are to-,
day, Decause in mose uays mere
were no heavy trucks to cut into the
roads.
"We'll never get good roads until
we unite .with a. progressive conn
Ity." h? said. "As for the taxes, they
are only a tune nigner in uougias
county than- thev arc m Sarpy
county and look at the difference in
the roads and improvements of the
two counties." '
M. J. Beuber of Sarpy county, paid
hjs respects to the anti-annexation-ists
by saying that the "whole town
-of Papillion had taken the dogs and
i cats and themselves to Lincoln toV
" day to pack this meeting,"
' Claims Unfair Methods.
Beuber charged Sarpy county with
being behind the times! refusing to
sanction good roads that a majority
of the progressive citizens wanted
and claimed that unfair methods
were pursued in getting signers to
a petition against the consolidation
bill.
"They told us that the bill pro
vided for the annexation of Sarpy
and Douglas counties," Beuber said,
(Turn to Tag Two, Column One.)
Engagement of Japanese
Prince is Announced
Tokio. Feb. 21. (By Tlk Asso
ciated Press.) A statement issued
yesterday declares that the "intrigue"
in the court has ended with an ofltcial
confirmation of the engagement of
Crown Prince Hirohito and the Prin
cess Nagako. The statement says
that the question merely concerned
blood and inheritance. It adds:
"Although it is true politicians
and mischief-makers tried t make
it appear that the question involved
intrigue connected' with jealousy of
the Cho-Chu and Safsuma factions
to obtain influence, court and gov
ernment circles wish . to say that
such a contention is .groundless.
"Agitation for the postponement
of the trip of the crown prince to
Europe arises from apprehension of
danger to him abroad by Korean
malcontents." '
Foul, Play Suspected in
Death of Topeka Cfiuple
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 21. Foul play
is suspected by officers who early
today found the charred bodies of
Charles Owens and his wife in the
j fuins' of their heme near Berryton,
about 12 miles southeast of here. The
house had been destroyed. "v
tvens was reputed to have alway
kept money in the house. HisXbody
was found on a pallet on the kilfchen
floor where lie slept. The bodji of
. . .. . . : Tl ,
his wile was tound on the lloor tear i
her bed m an adjoining room. I -
Authorities found considerable ,
blood on Owens pillow. Hi? : skull
had been fractured, -it was aid. .
. c .
16-Year-UId Boy Sentenced
To Imprisonmenffor Life
V ,, . V.. .
Aurora, III., r e.b. 21. Judge CUfLs
sentenced rranklin Gossette, 10, to
the penitentiary for life todayt for
the murder of Mrs. Jesse Lovelctte,
jat the state training school for boys
at 5t. Charles. He .confessed he
struck her over the head with a stove
shaker as she slept.
Oil Drops Again
Pittsburgh, I'a.. Feb. 21. The
principal purchasing companies to
day announced a iurthcr reduction,
ranging from H cents on Ragland
to 50 cents on Pennsylvania, in the
pricc of crude il. The quotations
arc: Pennsylvania grade crude,
S3.25: Cabell. l.; Somerset, $1.75:
Somerset light, ?2; Raghnd, ?P-
A New
Endand Menace
To U. S. Charge of
Judge Cohalan
iii r r ." l i
Japan Be Assisted by
America in Enforcing Doc-
trine ' to Read "Asia
For Asiatics."
Chicago, Feb. 21. That England
was a menace-tothe United Stales
and the- menace must be removed
before this country could be as
sured of peace was the declaration
of Judge Daniel F. Cohalan of New
York tonight in an address at a
Washington day' dinner given by the
Committee,of One Hundred for an
Irish republic.
He said that the United States
should insist on England's freeing
Xanada and the West Indies as a
basis of negotiations for ,the settle
ment of hc? war debt to this coun
try, declaring England through war
preparations in these places was pre
paring for a conflict with the United
States.
"The British empire must be dis
membered if the world is to have
peace," the judge continued.
"There are only three great pow
ers left England, Japan and the
United States and we should turn
our attention to helping Japan ,cre
ate an equivalent of the Monroe doc
trine, which would read 'Asia for
Asiatics.' , - .-
"Let us encourage her to turn her
attention west instead of east. Such
conduct on our part would not alone
relieve any tension between Japan
and ourselves, but would remove
from Australia and Canada their fear
of Japan and their dependence upon
the British fleeV It would preserve
the people of Asia and prevent Eng-j
land or any other country from at-i
tempting to seize the lower half of i
Asia." x I
t-
Nationalists Lead , j
In German Elections
i
Berlin, Feb. 21. Results oi the
Prussian elections tabulated up to
this evening follow-:
Nationalists, 35 r people'sparty , 34;
centrists, 24: democrats, 14; ma
pority v socialists, 59; . independent
socialists, 15;, communists, 15.
Count Von fiernstorff was' elected
a depufy representing the democratic
party in the' reichstag elections in
Schleswig vester-dav. ' ' '
.
America nRepresentative
Ot . u j n..: !
n Reparations Body (Juits
Paris! Feb. 21. Col. C. D. Smith
tjday announced .his withdrawal as
American representative on the Aus
trian branch of the allied reparations
commission, saying he would not
participate -further, on instructions
Lrtl 111.110
troln Washington
His statcmeiit was couc hed in the
c,n, ,.rll,c c ,i,a, nam. w.
j Bovden in Paws Saturday when the
j latter withdrew from the'"rcparatons
(commission.
j
! Temporarily Insane, Man
r.M r? . i n .1
Kills Father and Brothers
j ForUWortln Tex.. Feb. 21. Berg
Kobiifson, young larmcr ot near
Alcdo. Tarrant county ' killed his
father. Will Robinson, and his two
brothers, Jim and .Will, jr., during
a temporary fit ' of insanity today,
according to police. The slayer was
placed in jail. j
Most Married Missouriaii
Dies atsPoplar' Bluff Home
Poplar Blnff. Mu Feb. -M. Wil
liam L. Tillman, 79; reputed to have
been married more times than any
other resident of Missouri, diederc
last night after a brief illur-s. His
11 ih i)ifc died last week. ,
i
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Broom Sweeps Clean
Second Blizzard !
PredictetfiriEastj
Tractor Snowplow and Steam
Warfare Partly Clear New
York Streets
i New York, Feb. 21. Greater New i
York succeeded only partly today in
, freeing itself from the winter's
! thickest covcrintr of snow. ' Tonieht
lli'p wnthpp hnrraii nridicted the f
probable arrival before dawn of an
other blizzard. . .
More than 20,000 workmen strug
gled to release the streets and rail-,
way tracks from the hard-packed
snow and high drifts that clogged
them. They began work Sunday De
fore the storm that lasted almost 24
hours had died down.
Baby snow plows of other winters
were augmented by huge' caterpillar
tractors that shaved the thick white
beard off the streets, scooped it into
automatic carriers and- dumped jt
into large trucks. More than 150
of these tractors were used.
The New York Central sent out
locomotives equipped with a new
melting device to burn snow off its
tracks.
A steam fjet running from the en
gine boilers to the rails furnished the
heat.
Brooklyn and. Staten Island
seemed to suffer most from the
storm. Staten Island ' was without
milk and the tood supplies were
dwindling. Transportation there
was practically suspended. 1
Street Cleaning'Commissioner Leo
asked the board of estimate for an
appropriation 'of $1,000,000 to pay
for the warfare arfailist snow.
Liquor and Jazz Music
Needed on IL S. Ships
i
Washington, Feb. 21. Liquor and
iaz music were variously suggested
to ' the shipping : board today as a
means of enabling Am-erican passen
ger ships to compete1 on an equality
with foreign lincrSv . The., proposals
were advanced at a,' conference held
by the board with'T'epresentatives of
the Pacific coast ports oii the' alloca-;
tionajof new ship to the weSt coast
and the establishment, of trade routes
to the orient,; .,
E. F. Blaine of ,Sattle, Wash,
aid he did not believe American
ships were going , to be well patron
ized if there were "soft drinks,"
prayer books and hymnals in their
saloons," while Roger D. Pinnep
ol Astoria, Ore., declared people of
his district were of. a different opm-
ion regarding liquor and "as to the
hvri,n. bhook,s J ult, 0llt a,
jazz music on board and-keep within
the law."
James A. Emery of San Francisco,
said he agreed with .Mr. Blaine with
the qualification " that "the ships
Oiight to be dry, but the passengers
wet."
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Illinois Farmers Giv
Corn to European Belief
Chicago,, II!., Feb. 21. Tficnty
six hundrcd bushels of corn, gift
of Woodford C'luntyWarmcrs for
the starving of Kuropc and Aisia,
were loaded in cars at Eureka on
the first of srore.N f "Corn days"
j.to be observed in Illinois. -
Lorn s!ll!!H machines were set
up in the mam street. The cobs
were sold and the proceeds will.be
added to the relief fund.
Trust Fund Provide for
' Prohe of Graft in New York
Ntw York, Feb. 21. Creation of
a trust fund of $75,000 by" Edward
Hatch, a New York merchant, to be
used in financing graft inquiries in
the city administration, dnlf in event
of his death as a result of corruption
exposures bv former Governor
W hitman, .
Final Plans for
Capitol Will Be
Ready This Year
Governor McKelvie Estimates
That Contracts for Work
Will Be Let Late in 1921
Or Early in 1922.
Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special.) Final-plans
for the construction of
Nebraska's new $5,000,000 capjtol will
be completed towards the latter part
of 1921, Gov. S. R. Mcfcelvie in
formed members of the legislature
today in a special report to that body.
The governor is chairman of the cap
itol commission.
By the time contracts have been
awarded and work is ready to start,
the commission is confident that
building costs will have declined
sufficiently to work a saving of $2,
000,000 to the taxpayers of the state,
the ge-vernor states, over the peak
prices paid in 1921.
Contracts for the work will be let
just as soon as the final plans have
been prepared and sufficient money
has accumulated from the capitol
Jevy to warrant a start in the actual
construction of toe building. 1 he
governor estimates that this will be
late in 1921, or at the opening of the
building season in 1922. The com
mission chairman says that it was
deemed wise to proceed slowly with
the work of building a new state cap
itol and the results so far have jus
tified the course followed b.v the
commission.
. The report goes into detail of the
competition whereby Architect Good
hue of New York city- finally was
awarded the contract for furnishing
the plans and supervising the build
ing of the new capitol. Final ar
rangements of floor space have been
agreed- upon and the architect has
started the work of drafting the
final plans for the building, the gov
ernor states.
Irish Home Rule to Go
Intcj Effect April 5
London. Feb. 21. The provy
council has decided-'hat the home
rule- act for Ireland shall go into
effect April 5. The first step is to
be the issuance of writs for elections
to the new parliaments, which prob
ably will take .p!aj:e three weeks
afterward. The Belfast parliament
will assemble in June.
Present prospects seem to be that
there will be few candidates for the
6uthern parliament and it seems
doubtful whether this parliament
will be formed.
Mail Clerk Shot Ly Bandit
Dies in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Feb. 21. Z. E.
Strong, railway mail clerk, shot
Friday night by a bandit, died to
day. The shooting occurred when
Strong refused to obey a command
of ht robbers while the latter was
holding up clerks on the mail car
on train number 2, the North Coast
limited on the Northern Pacific
railroad.
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Rail Rates
Increased
In Nebraska
Passenger Fares Raised 20 Pet
Cent and Freight Tariff
3,") Per Cent by Fed
eral Court Decision
Roads to Put Up Bonds
Inflective today, railroad passenge".
rates in Nebraska will be increased
20 per cent and freight rates 35 per
cent, under "a federal court decision
handed down yesterday by Judges
Sanborn, M linger and Wade, sitting .
in joint session at the hearing ol
an injunction suit brought by the
State Railway commission against
the railroads to restrain them from
charging interstate rates in Nebras
ka. Comparative Rates.
How the 20 per cent increase af
fects passenger fares in the state ij
shown by the following fares to
representative points in Nebraska
from Omaha, before and after the
new ruling: 1
Union Pacific Fremont, was $1.19;
now $1.43; Grand Island, was $4.68;
now, $5.62; North Platte, was $9.12;
now $10.94.
Northwestern South Uorfolk,
was $3.96; now $4.76; O'Neill, was
$6.38. now $7.67; Chadron, was
$14.48; now $17.39.
Burlington Lincoln, was $1.78:
now $2.14; Hastings, was $4.90; now
$5.89; McCook. was $9.17; now
$11.01; 'Alliance, was $13.64; now
Ordered to Put Up Bonds.
The 'court ordered the railroads to
put up bonds of $200,000 under the
condition that if the injunction be
found, in the future, to have been
wrongfully entered, the defendant ,
will be required to refund the excess
rates paid by complainants.
The judges overruled the motion
of the State Railway commission
to remand the hearing to district
V.UUI I.
According to the decision of the
court, passenger rates in Nebraska
will advance to 3.6 cents a mile to
conform to interstate rates. '
Attorneys at Hearing,
Representing the State Railway
commission at the hearing were:
Hugh La Master, assistant attorney
general, Nebraska; Victor E.Vii
son, in behalf of the shippers; Thorn (C
A. Brown and H. G. Taylor, both
members of the commission.
The railroads were represented as
tollows: Missouri Paoiiic, J. A. C.
Kennedy and Yale Holland; Union
Pacific, C. A. Macgaw, H. A. Sand
britt and J. M. Soubey; Burlington,
Bruce Scott and Judge T. L. Roof,
Northwestern. Wvmore Dressier and
A. A McLaughlin? Rock Island, E.
P. Holmes
Wilson to Recommend
Taking German Bond
For Belgian War Debt
Washington, Feb. 21. President
Wilson is expected to recommend to
congress before he leaves office that
authority be granted for the United
States to accept German bonds to
be applied against the debt that Bel
gium owes America, it was learned
today at the State department.
.While the United States is not
committed to any agreement, it was
explained that there was an nnder-
j standing reached at the Paris peace
couicrence mat sucn recommenda
tions should be made ij the legis
lative bodies of England, France and
the United States.
It was incident to the claims of
Belgium for priority in reparations
and was agreed to by the represen
tatives of the three great powers as
a practicable means for an immedi
ate lightening of Belgium's financial ..
burden.
General Pershing to
Be Real Head of Army
Washington. Feb. 21. Gen. John
J. Pershing will be general of the
army in fact, as well as in name,
during the coming administration, it
was asserted definitely today by
omcers ot the general army staff.
All general army orders will be
issued through General Pershing
and not by the secretary ot war. ac
cording to these officers.
Upon formal appointment of a
new secretary of war. General Per
shing will be called into council, it
was stated, and will either be named ,
chief of-staff, or be permitted to
designate the chief of staff who will
operate under his direction.
Man Killed Instantly as
Train Strikes Automobile
West Point, Neb..- Feb. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Adolph Vossen. 42.
was killed instantly at a crossing
t"mr and rt,i.!,,l, ,,i1A .' .i.-
. ...... ,114, ia mis, j i mis,
city wncn tne car in winch he was
riding was struck by the morning
passenger train. " The train was
traveling at a speed of about 40
miles an hour when it struck tfce
car. Vossen recently moT'rd to this
county Trom Missouri' and was mar
ried. The accident apparently was due
to negligence of Vossen. as the road
as clear at this crossing.
Whes of Alien Enemies
May Gel Back Property
Washington. I). C, Feb. 21. The
house passed today the senate bill
"amending the trading with the ene
my act to permit American wives of
citizens of Germany and Austria-'
Hungary to recover property confis- '
cated by the government provided
they were married and in postessiot:
of the property before the I'nited
States entered the war.
House approval alo v,as Riven' the ,
Nolan bill, extending for six months :
patent privilege to citizens of for
eign countries that afford Americans
similar ri'Jits
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