The Omaha Daily Bee
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THREE CENTS
Harding Ts!" l&Cphgress In
Ready For
New Duties
President-Elect Arriv
es
at
Washington and Goes Into
Series of Conferences With
Members of Cabinet.
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By ARTHUR SEARS HENNlNG.
lileego Trlhiine-Oraahit Bee Leased Win-, j
Washington. March 3. With the
10 members of his cabinet in the
I
capitol and hi installation address
in typo,, former Senator Warren G.
Harding of Ohio is ready for his in
auguration lonnrrow as the 29th
PUT sidunt of the United States. t .
'VI. ..f t .1.. .,;.,, 1,,., in?m-
but tile extent to which President
WBsoi will bo able to participate in
this .ceremonies, on account ot ins
iritinnit.v. is still utidctcmined. Me
is confident, he will be able lo appear
ill the senate it not n the cast front
with Mr. Hardiitg. but members of
hi- tamile are fdei coring to dis-,
..i,..' nun uiii ..shim L'lum aj uiuvii .
and Mime -.of thrni have urtred him I
not to uo to the canitol at all. feel-
ing that public exhibition ot his
crippled condition would only dis
tress himself and others, g
Arriving in ' Washington shortly
after' 1 o'clock' this afternoon, the
president-elect established himself at
the Wiilaid hotel and from that mo
ment until he retired tonight,- was
caught in a whirl of preparations tor
his forthcoming duties.- .
Holds Many Conferences.
The afternoon was devoted to -a
series of conferences between Mr.
Harding and members of his cab
inet, senators and representatives,
republican leaders and prospective
officeholders.
Late in the afternoon the President-elect
and Mrs. Harding drove
to the White House and made a call
of courtesy on President and Mrs.
Wilson. liarlier in the afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Harding called " on
Mrs. Champ Clark and expressed
their sympathy for her in her be
reavement. The day was rounded out with a
rlinucr of Ohio folks given by Carmi
Thompson, at which Mr. and Mrs.
Harding were the guests of honor.
At 5 o'clock the president-elect
received the Washington corre
srvondents by appointment. Mr.
Harding, 'bronzed by the Florida
sun and looking physically fit .for
his big task, shock hands with the
Newspaper men with Ins character
istic cordial ' .im when an were
assembled addressed them informal
ly. 'Nit did not make this appointment
wit'.rffcc, view of delivering a speech
to you," said Mr.' Harding with a
smile. "1 w anted to meet you to
day , before 1 assume office because
T thought it would place us on a
better -looting to' meet as member
of the. craft, for' I am a newspaper
man myself, you Jinow.,
To Receive Every Courtesy.
"Of one thing I want to assure
you, and that is that you wjll receive
from the executive of the next four
years every courtesy becoming that
great loflicc, and that you will bs
made to feel as welcome at the White
Home as I should want to feel if i
were in your place." '' ,
Among the earlier callers cut the
president-elect vas, Jypics J. Davis
of Pittsburgh, whose appointment as
secretary of labor the president-elect
had announced a few hours pre
viously, as his train left Baltimore.-
This announcement completed the
cabinet slate. , Mr, Davis was -formerly
a uuion steel worker .but is now
a banker in Pittsburgh, though he
is probably known most widely as
the head of the Loyal Order of
MoosV. to the development of which
ho has dev6ted much time for a
number of years. ' '
The hew" labor secretary was
closeted with Mr. Harding for half
an hour anil then ' lctt to get tn
uchVith Secretary Wilson, to ar-
lange for the transfer of the port
folio on Saturday
Bluffs Man KiUed by-
Fall in Elevator Shaft
Ribcrt Voart. 68. 118 North Seventh
street, Council Bluffs, was killed yes
terday noon ai the result of a fall
into an elevator shaft at the Great
Western freight house in Council
Bluffs. He was employed by the
Friedman-Yudelson Co., and was
engaged in driving a wagon. X6 one
saw him fall into the shaft, but em
ployes heard his cries and discovered
him lying at the bottom wnh a
crushed chest. , He died before doc
tors could be called.
Mr. Vogt me to the Bluffs from
.111' 1. LUC L.1U113 11U111
l.ouisvilIc. Ny,. hve years ago. He 1 tiimi. t:. r, , 1 ir,..rAn'
is survived bv his wife, four daugh-1 M"k Fnces Cut at Lincoln
ters snd four 'sous. The daughters i Lincoln, Xeb March 3. Effective
are Mrs. John Hires, Mrs. Fred ' tomorrow, the price" of milk to con
Ross, Miss Verne and Mrs. Frank ' sumers will be reduced to 11 cent-s
Thorburg of Belgrade, Ncb aud theU quart, a cut of 1 cent. Milk rc
, sons are William and Guy at homejt!'ed for lo cVuts a quart here three
and Frank and OJlie at Belgrade, ' months ago.
a eo. . coroner iienry iiuicr may j
hold an inquest, he says.s
Senate Passes Resolution
To Return Body of Soldier",
ashmgton. D. C, March 3. The
senate completed enactment of a
house resolution instructing the War
department to bring , back from
French battlefields the bodv of one
unidentified American dead soldier,
tery.
Held for Forgery-'
McCook, .Xeb.. March 3. John
Clemmona was brought to McCook
from Plattsmouth to answer to a
charge of forging two checks on
McCook tnerchants. Clemmonswas
mployed l-'erc for same time before
Suing to Piattsmouth.
Reno, Nov., March J. Irs. Mabel
Finch, wife of Attorney lames
Finch of this city, the first woman's
name to be d:awn troni tue jury
pane! in the' trial of James 11. Never..
1 prominent politician and mining
i man, accused of the murder of Mrs.
Ltta IJanna. lebruarv J. was tenta-
I lively selected a:i a jurpr in the case.
Airs. Jmcli sutvivea tnc examina
tion of attorneys and was passed for
cause, irmess removed oy h per
emptory " challenge, she will be
sworn as one of the 12 to nass on
, the guilt or innocence of Neven,
When the trio! was resumed tlt-
panel had been reduced to 54 and a
special venire wns ordered drawn by
Judge Moran. At noon 10 had beer.
passed ror cause. t
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VliinilT
Tells of Slaving
His Young Wife
DctCCtlVC thief, lestlijing at
Trial, Denies Intimation
Prisoner Was Intimidated
At Police Statiou.
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told
She
her J was going to
laughed. 1 showed
kill
her
rain.
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the revolver and she Jaughed
Then .1 saw red and shot her.
Thus did Bumell Lawson, youth
ful wife slayer, calmly relate de
tails of the recent tragedy to Act
ing Chief of Detectives Pszanowski.
according to the chief's testimony
yesterday in district court,, -where
Lawson is on' trial for tnurdejv
"Lawson said his 'wife double
crossed him.' "-said Pszanowski.
"lie said she hadn't been giving him
all the money. He said he was a
bit hot-headed."
Gene O'Sullivan, counsel for Law
son, questioned Pszanowski concern-'
ing reports Lawson had been in
timidated after his arrest.
Denies Intimidation.
''Didn't someone threaten fo beat
Lawson tip?" Didn't some men out
side your office shout. 'Lynch him,
electrocute him? Didn't some one
tell him the government, was going
to take the case over and that he
would be electrocuted tomorrow?"
O'Sullivan asked.
i "They did not," replied Pszan
owski. Joseph Jacobs, police reporter for
The Bee. and Reid Zimmetinan, 'po
lice reporter for the World-Herald,
called to the stand by the prosecu
tion testifier! that in their interview's
with' Lawson he had not mentioned!!
imurooer relations o fi his wife with 1
another man, as hig reason for shoot
ing her. ,"'-,' ' ' ..
CiSunty Attorney Shotwcli read a
letter alleged ta have been-'written
by the voung husband to" a youth
named Henry M. Pratt, in Kahsas
City. It read in part:
"Sitting Pretty,",, 1
"Setting pretty with jake, a Vic-
u via auu iit-v viwuiLD v v -
it irtA .1. it.-
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iiaim uii is ai c mi auu iiaiiti? )
and inakir.ir boco iaek." ' - !
Law-son urgtd hisfnend to joui
them in Omaha. rratt, on ,the
stand, testified he arrived in Omaha
with, "Billy" Silvers on Friday, Jan
uary 21. Lawson met them at the
station and took them o his apart-1
nient, lie said. " ' ' 1
"When we got out there 1 asked j
him where his wife was." testified.
Pratt. "He said she was at thr hotel.
On the day of the murder Silvers,
two women friends and I were play
ing cards in the Lawson apart
ment. . -
"Lawson, his wife and his sister-in-law
were in a back room. Lawson
came out and said, we thought jok
ingly, that he guessed he would have
to kill his wife.
Went for Soap.
"Just then one of our women
friends said she needed some soap.
Lawson gave Silvers and I a dollar
and asked it's, to go out and get
some. When we came back a few
minutes later -awsoit was standing
outside the apartment.
"'Boys, if you don't want to see
a murder don't go upstairs.'' he
saM. "We ran up to his apartment.
His wife was lying unconscious on
n - t , . , . l. f
line noor, wounoea m xne (neaa.
Eulalia, her sister, was sobbing- by
her side. When the .police arrived.
The prosecution predicted last
night the trial would continue until
next Tuesday. About 20 more wit
nesses will be called by the prosecu
tion. Large' crowds, principally women
and girls, jammed vthe court room to
capacity. Court attaches were startled
when, yesterday noon, they saw al
most a dozen girls devouring lunches
they had brought with them to the
trial. It is the first time in Jhe his
tory of district court women have
brought lunches rather than chance
missing some of the harrowing de
tails of a trial, they say.
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Snow Scenes
, Four beautiful pictures of.
ivinter day. scenes in Omaha
parks ae reproduced in the
Rotogravufe Section of The
Bee for next Sunday. They
are skiving examples of expert
photographic artistry.
In addition the Roto Sec
tion mil offer a page of photos
of Omaha "kiddies' and an
unusual collection of costume
pictures for movie fans.
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Many Bills Receive Deatb
Blows During Last Desperate
Attempt to Clean Up
Late Measures.
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Cla
ouse
onors
Bj The Aawiattd 1'reaa. ,
: Washington, D. C, March
J Congress tonight ncared its end in
the usual desperate attempts to pas.
' eleventh-hour 'measures. Night ses
sions were held ana many mils re
ceived their death blows while nu
merous others escaped. The $395,- i
000,000 navy bill appeared lo be thu i
only regular ,supn!y bill whicn
would fail. Its loss was conceded
tonight on a!! sides. f
For the second time the house to
night refused to concur in the sen
ate amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill, providing ?10,
000.000 for w ork during the. coming
fiscal vear on the government dain
near the Muscle Shoals. Ala., ni
tAte plant. The vote was j!U7 to
144. I
The Fordney emergency tariff bill
was returned to the house today
with the president's veto. The
house agreed 'to take it up tonight
with little tixpectatiou that the nec
essary two-thirds vote to override
the veto would be forthcoming. J
Tribute to Clark.
Important i bills remaining in
President Wi'sou'ls hands without
indication of ihsir tate were the im
migration restriction bill, the war
time laws repeal, -measure and three
appropriation bills, the army bud
get, completed today by congress,
the annual agricultural bill. and the
fortifications supply measure.
Despite the rush of business the
house paused for an hour tonight to
pay tribute to former Speaker Champ
Clark.
The crux of battle was the navy
bill in the senate. , Senator Poindex
ter, republican. Washington, in
charge of the measuie, admitted its
defeat early ; today and sought to
withdraw it from the senate. It was1
ruled that his motion was not in
order and the bill remained pending
all day, but there was no program
for its disposition. ,
Hopes for Storagfe Bill.
Some leaders declared it wis be
ing used to head off consideration of
the soldiers' bonus and other bills
against which, powerful
opposition
has been centered
It nnninrft nrnhahl. that flip hiM:
for governmcut regulatiotr of cold j
storage would, bff fenieng those saved
trom - aetcat. A-' new . compromise
agreement in conference was reached
and adopted promptly by the senate"
with similar actien expected in the
house. ' .
. Squeezed through th' jam over the
naval bill also was a hew measure
a ri-'rtr;a r
appropnaunji
$18,600,000 for hos-
pttal extensions fcr Avar -veterans.
Several nominations were confirmed j
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Train Dispatchers
Strike' as Protest
Against Cut in Wages
Chicago, Marsh 3. For the first
time in the history of, the 'American
Train Dispatchers' association, mem
bers have gone on strike, according
to a statement issued by J. G. Luhr
sen, president of the organization.
Dispatchers have already withdrawn
from the service of the Missouri &
.North Arkansas railroad, he said,
where a wage cut recently went into
effect.
The dispatchers also will join other
organizations in withdrawing from
the service of the Atlanta, Birming
ham & Atlantic railroad if they de
ckle to strike, he added.. This road
wetjt into receivership last week and
a wage reduction was ordered by the
federal court.
. "Tliese two cases grew out of de
cisions of th labor board," he said.
"It seems to us that the whole struc
ture of the transportation act is at
stake, rf a wage scale can be avoid
ed by the mere subterfuge of having
a recievci- ( ppointed, then we had
better know it now than later."
Judicial Reapportionment
Measure Passes Senate
;Lintoln, March 3. (Special.)
S. F. 154, the judicial reapportion
ment hill, finally received the ap
proval of the Nebraska' senate in the
committee of the 'whole after a
vigorous fight was made to amend
the provision giving Douglas coun
ty nine instead of the present seven
judges.
The bill -was advanced to third
reading with the original provision
for nine judges for Douglas county.
Wiltse led the fight lo cut down the
Douglas county apportionment after
he had 'defeated a proposed amend-.
meit by Senator Hoagland giviifg
the district wire!: he represents-two
instead of one judge.
Mexican Bandits at Fremont
Tlt.l 1 It-k f ntri'iii mi hi fiat
I uviu Af VVUilH J UAVU 1U -vim
Fremont. Neb., March o. (spe
cial.) Shouting, "We're officers," six
Mexican bandits ordered occupants
of a Union Pacific bunk house at
Mercer, six miles cast of Fremont,
to open the dojr. ,
Flourishing firearms they obtained
; $55 in nioney, witches valued at $60.
I he inmates ot the' buuk house were
also Mexicans and now a revolution
is brewing in the attempt to locate
their traitorous countrymen. Three
of the gunmen were seen boarding a
f i eight train out of Tremont.
Boxing Bill Passes
Lincoln, 0.1arch 3i(Spccial.)
The American Legion boxing bill
passed the house onthird reading
today bv a vote of 72 to 20. It now
I 'goes to the senate for consideration.
''Jehovah" Sykes Is
Released From Jail
Denver, March 3. Joshua (Je
hovah) Sykcs, self-appointed king of
heaven .and earth ;ind head, of the
Temple of David cult here, was re
leased from the Denver jail this
afternoon on instructions from the
United States district attorney at
San Francisco.
The instructions stated that Sykes
had been given a slay of execution
and that it he departed from Denver
tonight, he would have time to an
rive hi Sail- Francisco in accordance
w ith the court. ' I
Sykes is wider sentence of-. IS
months in the federal prison for ob
structing the United States war pro
gram. Germany Given
Until Monday to
Agree to Terms
-lilies TO 111 1 flRV lllllllCUiatt
Steps by Occupying Tbrcc
Cities aud Tax Merchan
dise for Payment. V
London, March 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Germany was today
given until Monday noon to accept
the fundamental conditions laid
down by the supreme allied council
at Paris. The German delegates
were informed, by the allied repre
sentatives today .that if Germany
does not accept those terms the al
lies will take immediate steps.
The first will be the occupation
by allied troops of the cities of
Dttisburg and Ducsscldorf and Ruhr
dor f, '
Second, each allied country will
place such a tax on 'German mer
chandise as it may deem proper.
Third, a customs boundary along
the Rhine, under allied control, will,
be established.
- Won't Reduce Years.
The German delegation was in
formed the allies would not reduce
the period of 42 years allotted for
the payment of the total amount of
reparations by Germany. ,
Germany's . counter proposals,
which wer submitted to the allies
on Tuesday, were not susceptible of
examination. Premier Lloyd' George
told Dr. 'Walter Simons, head of the
German delegation, in substance,
after today session of the confer
ence had assembled at t. James
palace at noon.
Violation of Obligations.
Mr. Lloyd George said, the atti
tude taken by the German empire re
garding reparations was, in addition,,.
a grave violation ot tne onngations
of Germany toward, the allies. He
reminded, the German representa
tives that their government had not
fulfilled the treaty of Versailles rela
tive to coal deliveries, disarmament,
the payment of 20,000,000,000 marks
in gold and the punishment of Ger
man officers and soldiers accused of
crimes during the war.
Germany, added the British prime
minister, in refusing to accept the
concessions proposed bv the allies
with regard to reparations, had by,
the same act renounced the advant-
ages granted her at the previous
conference with the allies.
Mr. Lloyd George then, on behatf
of the allies, announced the u-ti-matum.
Princess Anastasia,
Formerly Mrs. Leeds of
New York, Seriously 111
Athens, ... March 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Princess Anastasia,
wife of Prince Christopher of Greece,
who has been violently ill of stom
ach tr.ouble for several days, seemed
to be in a serious condition today.
Dr. Hoover, chief of the American
Red Cross hospital in Constanti
nople, is being rushed to this city on
a destroyer for a consultation with
seven Greek physicians who have
been treating the patient. A 'phy
sician who attended the princess
while she was a resident o( Switzer
land has also been summoned. An
operation may become necessary."
Princess Anastasia was formerly
Mrs. William B. Leeds of New York.
She was married to Prince Christo
pher in Switzerland early in 1920.
Bank' Clerk's, Tbeft.Does
Not Shake Employer's Faith
Chicago, March 3. The theft of
$772000 in bonds by .William Dal-ton,17-ycar-old
clerk in the North
ern. Trust company, "has not shaken
our faith in young men," H. O. Ed
monds, a vice president of the com
pany, said today, "and his unfaith
fulness has not caused any apprecia
ble change in our system."
Statements of other Chicago bank
ers today also declared "honesty is
uot a matter of age."
S7.V0nf) TaiiPBlrv liivpn tn
in wfi n . !! i' Absent were Good, Illian and
Mrs. Wilson Goes to Home!iiucr
Washington: March 3. The $75.- j' Senator Miller, who returned later,
, 000 tapestry, presented to Mr. Wil- ; asked to be recorded as voting for
! son. wife of the president', during the ! the passage of the bill. i
'peace conference, will. -find a place!
in the' new home 'of the Wilsons. Ii;,nn,;,, Torm.oratnra T
M WiUnn it wan learned tndav.
hj.s removed, the tapestry from the
east room of the White House,
where it has been hanging since it
was brought to the United States.
Hamburg Is Port of 343
Ships During February
Hamburg,, March 3. Five hun
U'ed and forty-three vessels, hav
ing a tonnage totaling 672,278, a."
rived here during the month of Feb
ruary. Of these, 33 flew the Amer
ican flag. ,
1 Glass Plant Burns.
! Barnesville." O.. March 3. When
a tank filled with molten glass burst
early today fire started which totally
destroyed the Kcarns-Gorsuch glass
plant here, with i loss estimated at
,700,000,, 1
Language Bill
Passes Senate
WitliEiglit Naysjch
Re-Enacted Siman Law With
New Teelh Now Goes to
House Many Ex
'. plain Votes.
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Lincotn, March 3.-(Special.)
The Nebraska state senate passed
the re-enacted Siman foreign
bill, S. F. 160, .on third reading,
Thursday morning, by a vote of Zl
to 8. It now goes to the house. ,
. (The eight who opposed the bill
included Senator Norval of Seward,
the original introducer, and Senators
Cronin, Harriss, Humphrey. John
son. McGowan, L'lrich and Wiltse.
Three of the eight Norval, Wiltse
and Harriss explained their voles
against the nitasure.
"I vote aye without apologies,"
said Senator Riekard, when his name
was called. -
Drastic Features Removed.
Senator Berka voted "aye" withe
thei explanation that amendments
had been madcthat removed the
more- drastic features of the bill.
"Believing that some of the. pro
visions of this, bill are unconstitu
tional and violate the rights of the
people. I vote no,," said Senator
Norval.. ,
Senator Wiltse said the Sfinan law
met all requirements, and that the
proposed law "goes further than
necessary jnrcstricting the privileges
of the peopSSand much further than
the public demand.?." He expressed
himself also opposed to criminal laws
with emergency clauses attached.
Senator Harriss said he was con
vinced the law was unconstitutional,
that it would be thrown out aud the
state would then have no law on the
subject. ,
Changes in Law.
The bill as it now stands, which is
virtually a substitute measure intro
duced as an amendment by Senator
Perry Reed of Hamilton, re-enacts
the Siman law, provides that foreign
languages can be taught on the Sab
bath alone, and fixes a penalty for
any organization or individuals who
discriminate against the English
language. It expressly permits par
ents to teacb foreign languages t
their children or employ private
tutors to do so. '
Those voting' for the bill on third
reading:
Anderson. Beebc, Eerka, Bliss,
Brown. Bushee, Cooper, Davis, Dut-
ton, Gannon, Halderman, Hastings,
Hoagland. Pickett," Rahdall, Reed,
Riekard. Robbins,
Saunders, bturm,
I Warner and Watson
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Forecast for Inaugural
Washington, - March 3. Fair
weather with temperatures close to
freezing will prevail tomorrow dur
ing inauguration, a special (orpcast
by the weather bureau todayyinade
known.
The sky was overcast today and
flags and bunting drooped with the
weight of moisture gathered during
a night of slow, steady rain.
Utah Copper Company Cuts
p.. . i j . .
uiviueuu 10 ou ienis
New York, March 3. The Utah
Copper company today cut. its regu
lar quarterly dividend from $1.50 to
50 cents' per share. At the same time
the Ray Consolidated Copper, com
pany announced it had passed its
quarterly dividend due al this time.
"March "-ing. Fourth
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Senator Strikes
Back at Williams
airman' McLean Accuses
-a - r i
Comptroller of Being
"Poor Loser."
Washington, March i 3. Chair
man McLean of the senate bank
ing committee struck back to
day at John Skelton Williams, re
tiiHig(1 comptroller .;of 'the currency,
wiho in his letter of resignation to
Preside .Wilson, made public last
night, caged that the senator had
prevented his confirmation by the
senate.
"Mr. Williams had every oppor
tunity to disprove the charges urged
against his confirniaticHj," Senator
McLean said in a formal statement.
"The committee voted against re
porting his nomination back to the
senate. K ( ,
"It is now Mr. Williams' privilege
to abuse the court; and, as that
court is composed of senators, it is
to "be expected that he will have the
cordial co-operation of the chief ex
ecutive. "Outside of Mr. Williams repre
hensible conduct in office, it is to
be borne in mind that there was an
election last November, and his
letter to the president would indi
cate that he is a very poor loser."
Nebraska Youths Are
Held for Attempt to
Blackmail Governor
Denver, Coio., March 3. An at
tempt to blackmail Governor Shoup
was revealed today when Colorado
range'rs arrested Homer Crandell, 11,
and George, 18, his brother, follow
ing receipt of a letter demanding
ijo.uiH). loni:rht.ihe Katigers arej
c.L-i,fr ,1k tifiri' fntlmr l.nl.c '
Crandell, of Ainsworth, Neb.
The letter was s:gned "An i Ex
service Man," nrd the writer
promised to repay the money with
interest at 10 per cent on March 2,
1922. ,
The arrest of the boys followed
placincr of a decov package under a
bridge over the Platte river. As soon
as the package, had been thrown over
the bridge rail, the hoys ran fron
their camp nearby, and seized it. .
The Crandells were on their way
by wagon to the Pacific coast. The
boys said their father left camp this
morning to mail a letter and left
instructions that they stay and watch
the. camp closely.
Women Lobbyists Busy
For Child Welfare Bills
Lincoln, March 3. (Specials
Women lobbyists ' in support of
child welfare bill? are more con
spicuous in legislative halls now
than a( anytime during the session.
Everv available minute is being
used by tnem m pusnuig me cnun i
welfare program on the legislator!
while the committee is busy clearing
;ts skirts ot tnc numerous wcltare
bills by throwing them out on gen
eral file for consideration of the
house.
Railroad Yards Congested
By Heavy Grain Mbvement
Blue Springs, Neb., March 3,
(Special Telegram.) Nine thousand
tons of wheat, .representing about
four trains, was assembled at Red
Cloud. ' It represented the business
here for 24 hours. It was so heavy
it caused congestion in Wymore-
varcis. i wentv-seven locomotives in
-n(l out of roundhousc
were required
to move l.OO cars of, general mer
chandise and grain.
- Kill Annexation Bill
Lincoln, March "3. (Special.)--
The , Sarpy county annexation bill
has been killed in committee,
! Costa Rican Army
Is Being Rushed
To Coto District
A Steamer Has Been at Punta
Arenas Taking . oil Troops
and ; Ammunition Will
Go to Burica Point.
Panama, March 3. Costa Rican
forces are being rushed to the' Coto
district between this country and
Costa Rica, where Panaman and
Costa Rican troops have been en
gaged in hostilities, dispatches to the
government here say. A steamer, it
Is' declared, ''has,' been- at Punta1
Arenas taking on troops and muni
tions', and it is believed the Costa
Ricans planned to laud these forces
on the eastern shore of Burica Point,
a projection Of land which marks the
Pacific end of the boundary between
Panama and Costa Rica.
Should this "maneuver be carried
out, the Panama forces, which re
cently captured Costa Rican units
occupying Cotg, to the northwest,
would he in danger of being cut off
trom their base supplies. Such a
move by Costa Rica would involve
the United States, since the shore
east of Burica Point wwas given to
Panama under the arbitration ruling
of Chief Justice White, which was
handed down in 1914.
Travelers arriving here from Costa
Rica, reported ' anti-American de
monstrations in San Jose, Puerto
Limon, Cartago and Hercdia on'
February 27 and February 28.
The capture of another Costa
Rican vessel, with 100 men on board,,
was officially announced here yes
terday. Haiti Mission Urges.
Prompt Withdrawal of
AH 'American Forces
Washington, March 3. .With
drawal of American military forces
Lfrom Haiti and re-establishment of
tull power to the native government
is the object of a mission headed by
Paul Sannon, former minister to the
United States, which arrived to con
fen with leaders in congress.
' Mr. Saunon, who said lie repre
sented "the Haitian people." urged
upon Senator Knqx. a member of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, the appointment of a joint con
gressional committee to investigate
charges of alleged misconduct by
military officials.
Mr. Sannon s:'d that the national
government of Haiti had been dom
inated by the military officers in
command of American forces during
the five years' occupation and "In
the American officials connected with
the treatv of Sentenib..- 16. 1915."
f,, ,
llirec outlines htlter
Alliance Against Reds
Budapest, V.vrcb 3. An alliance
against the bolshiviki has been en
tered into between Poland. Rumania
pnd Hungary and the treaty of'-at-liance
was' signed Tuesday, accord
ing to reliable information. - .
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r-rotei.-f shipments (luring- the next 24 to
Zt hourn from Uimeratureit as follon-:
North, rant erul went, S Aerrtts, Plilo-
, eituu suultt tau be uioUe lattl'.
Tariff Bill
Vetoed Bv
President
Wilsou Says Situation Cannot
Be Remedied bv Fordney
Emergency Measure, in
Message to Cougress.
Foreign Markets Needed
By The .lakorlntrd 1'rraa. i
Washington. D. C, March 3. The
.emergency tariff bill was vetoed to
day by President .Wilson. It was
some time after the veto message
was received before h was read in
the' house and , some leaders ex
pressed doubt as to whether an at
tempt would he made to override the
veto. i'
Regarding the measure, President
Wilson said the '"Situation in which
many farmers find themselves ca:i ,
not be remedied by a measure of this !
sort," and that "ihere is no short !
way out of existing conditions."
Actual relief for the farmers, the
president, asserted, could only come
from the adoption of coustruct:ve
measui's of a broader scope; from
the'restoration of peace everywhere
in the world, the resumption of nor- ,
"mal industrial pursuits, the recovery,
particularly of Kttrope and the discov
ery there of additional credit foun
dation. Need Foreign Markets. '
The American farmer, the presi
dent asserted, needed the present sit
uation of domestic- marketing and
credit and an opening to foreign ma'
ke,s. rather tha:i protection from
foreign products as laid down in the
tariff bill.
The president remarked that it was
a hole peculiar' that the measure
"which strikes a, blow at our foreign
trade, should follow so closely upon
the action of congress directing the
resumption of certain activities ef the
war finance corporation, especially
the urgent insistence of representa
tives of the farming interests who
believe its resumption would improve ,
foreign marketing."
Alter the veto measure had been
read, the housesagreed to take up the
veto at 9 o'clock tonight. '
Text of Veto Note.
The text of President Wilson's
veto follows:
"The House of Representatives:
"I return herewith without my ap--proval,
IL R. 15.275. an act imposing
temporary duties on certain agricul
tural products to meet present emer
gencies, to provide revenue nd for
other purposes. -
"The title ot t'o:' measure indicates
it lias several pntoscs. The re
port of the committee on ways and
means reveals that its principal ob
ject is to furnish relief to certain pro
ducers in tji9 cation who have been
unable to discover satisfactory mar
kets in foreign countries for their
products and vhose prices have
fallen. ,
"Very little reflection would lead
anyone to conclude that the nica-'
ure would not furnish, in any sub-
(Tnra to Pc Two. Column One.)
Action Against Firms
For LSale of Spoiled
Salmon Recommended
Washington, D: C, March 3.
Recommendations that the Depart-,
ment of Justice institute criminal
proceedings alsainst dealers who, in
1918. sold the. War department
5,000,000 cans of salmon held by gov
ernment expert3 to be unfit for hu
man consumption, are contained in a
majority report filed, by the house',
war investigating committee. The
democratic members of the commit
tee resented a dissenting report.
The majority report condemned
the War department for failing to
take steps looking to the prosecution
of the dealers, condemned the
latter for selling the salmon, ; at
tacked the contract convering the
?ale, and, recommended that the De
partment of Justice determine as to
the possibility of recovering addi
tional sums under the contract.
Two Banks in Iowa
Go Into Liquidation
Emmctsburg, la., March 3. Blam
ing "general depression," officers of
the Emmctsburg National bank. Palo
Alto county's oldest financial insti
tution, closed the doors of the. bank.
President R. C. Williams, in a state
ment to the press, declared that not
a dollar would be lost by depositors.
The bank is capitalized at $50,000.
"Our bank has not failed." said the
statement of the president. "We're
merely closing now to avert failure."
Des Moines, la., March 3. The
Farmers' Savings bank of Ulmcr. la..'
was closed and in charge of a state
bank .examiner, it was announced
at the state banking department to
dr,y. The bank was over-loaned pud '
fperienced an unexpected with
drawal of deposits, it was said. It
was capitalized at S10.000 snd had
deposits of $90,000. according to i'.
last statement. 1 . S
Arkansas Railway Chief
'Denies. Open Shop Policy
Harrison, Ark.. March 3. C. A.
Phclan, general manage of the Mis
souri and Northern Arkansas rail
road, denied that the railroad had
adoptad the "open shop" plan for labor.-'
A' disnatch yesterday stated that
Mrs. Harter, employed in Mr.
Phelan's office, had given out a
statement that the railroad woule
hereafter operate en an open shon
basis. Mr. Phelau said that there
was no- such woman in the employ
of the railroad.
"We had to have labor and wa
hired it where it could he found,",
Mr. 'Phclan aul. "But the com
pany has not adopted the "open shop'
r.lat!.
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