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Builders to
Confer on
Wage Scale
Employers and Union Heads
Will Thrash out Problem;
i Former Favor 20 Per
Cent Reduction.
Labor Has Proposition!
The first serious effort of build
ing contractors and building craft
unions to agree on a new scale of
wages , will be made Monday after
noon at the Builders' Exchange,
when representatives of the 15 build
ing trades unions- will meet mem
bers of the exchange and archi
tects. Although no definite decision will
be made at this meeting, both con
tractors and labor representatives
predict it will result in a speedy ad
justment of scales.
Contractors hope to show union
representatives some reduction of
the existing scale is necessary to en
courage building. .
Union representatives will attend
(he meeting to listen to arguments
of the contractors and report back
to the bodies they represent.
To Present Propositions.
lioth contractors and union men
v ill have propositions to present.
"The contractors will put a 20 per
cent reduction proposition before the
union men,"- said F. W. Currey, of
the Selden-Breck company. "It is a
miestion Of work now not wages.
There is no building activity now,
but contractors believe building will
start rapidly if thcre is some indica
tion labor will do the reasonable
thing."
The attitude of building trades on
a wage reduction has been misin
terpreted, according to John M.
(libb, secretary of the Building
Trades council, a body made upof
6,000 workers.
Will Stand Some Reduction.
"We are willing to consent to a
reduction in proportion to the re
duction in the cost of living," said
Secretary Gibb. "I don't believe the
men would consent to a 20 per cent
reduction and when that proposition
is presented Monday afternoon I
have a counter proposition which I
believe the contractors will consider
reasonable. .. '
"Government statistics show the
cost of living has dropped 7li per
cent over the high level. I cannot
reveal the proposition I intend to
present, but I can say that, the men
would not be apt to consider a re
duction of more than JO per cent. -
Pes rCsnt -rEmpfoyed.
v "About 50 per cent of members
voi the council .are employed at
present. : We realize something is
n.ecessary to start building and are
willing to make some concessions.
: The representatives of . the unions
will report back to the men details
of the Monday meeting and it is
up to; them to decide. Something
definite should be reached during
the regular meeting of the Building
Trades Council Thursday night."
'The present wage scale agree
ment between the Builders' ex
change and the Trades Council ex
pires March 31, at which time a
.-new set of scales will be agreed on
lor either six months or a year.
Under the present scale brick
layers, electricians, structural iron
'workers, plasterers and hoisting en-i-gineers
should receive $1.25 an
hour; carpenters and- sjicet metal
workers $1.12 1-2 an hour; elevator
constructors and cement finishers
SI. 10 an hour, and painters $1.00 an
hour. .
Memorial of Nebraska
Woman Acknowledged;
' By Woodrow. Wilson
A personal acknowledgment of the
Thanksgiving memorial sent by Ne
1 raska women to Woodrow Wilson
has just been received in Lincoln.
A formal acknowledgment from Mr.
Tumulty, to whom the document
was sent, was received immediately
after its arrival in Washington, but
the appreciation by the president
himself has just reached a membet
of the committee. It reads: -
"The Thanksgiving memorial pre
pared by Nebraska women has just
ieen brought to my attention and
has given me the deepest and most
sincere gratification. I wish I could
express to the signers personally the
pleasure and encouragement which
their action has given me. oraiai
ly nd sincerely yours.
- "WOODROW WILSON."
Demonstration Planned
In Behalf of Eugene Debs
! Boston, March 5. A demonstra
tion to be hdd in Washington,
April 13, on the second anniversary
of the imprisonment of Eugene V.
Debs, several times socialist candi
date for president, was announced
today by the national executive
committee of the socialist party as
part of a national campaign for the
release of all so-called political pris
oners. '
Spring Plowing is Under
Way Near West Point
West Point. Neb., March I.
(Special.) The warm weather of
the past three weeks has extended
, farm work to a considerable extent.
Many farmers are now discing,
plowing and otherwise preparing the
ground for the spring. Grass is get
ting green and trees are budding.
Central City High School
To Give Play for Athletes
Central City, Neb'., March 5.
(Special.) A five-act comedy-drama
will be staged at the Donelso-i
theatre, by the High School Athletic
association, March 7 and . 8, Pro
ceeds will be used m defraying the
" boys' expenses at the state tourna-
: menu
Mail Truck is Robbed
Near Police Station
Chicago, March 5. Five men in
an automobile held up a mail truck
within a block of a police station to
night. Several of the bandits
boarded the truck, which was filled
with mail and drove it away. They
were closely followed by the police
in automobiles. ,
Confirmation of
Sale of Denver
Road Postponed
Stockholders of Rio Grande
Line Given Until March 23
To Purchase Property
For $10,000,000.
Kansas City, Mo., March 5.
Postponement of confirmation of the
sale of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad until March 26, during which
time the stockholders would be
given an ooportunity to purchase the
road for $10,000,000, was ordered by
Federal District Judge Lewis of
Colorado, sitting with Federal Judge
Walter E. Sanborn.
Judge Lewis announced the de-.
cision after an all-day hearing on an
(action to enjoin confirmation ot the
sale hxed by the court November
20, at $5,000,000.
"It is ordered," the court instruct
ed, "unless the stockholder! 'shall
make a deposit of $100,000 with the
clerk of the court and also cause such
depositary to consent in writing, the
said $100,000 may be and shall be
paid over to the receiver, for ths
benefit of the property under ad
ministration if the depositary dails
to bid and purchase the equities in
the properties described in the mas
ters' sale for the sum of $10,000,000
or more within 20 days after March
5. Unless no higher bid is made or
accepted the sale already made will
be confirmed."
The court took under advisement,
several briefs filed by parties to the
ligitition.' '
Attorneys for the stockholders,
who are opposing the sale of the
properties, ordered by the court, but
not confirmed, present objections to
the confirmation, and argued for a
preliminary injunction to restrain the
confirmation. Leave also was asked
to file an mended ancillary bill in
equity to vacate all orders and jtirg
ments relating to the Denver & Rio
Grande.
Attorneys for the Equitable Trust
company of New York, trustees for
the bondholders of the road, opposed
efforts to prevent confirmation of the
sale. .."""'' " ?v '
the convenience of the litigants who
had to .come from distant parts of
the country.
Telephone Hearings
Of Rail commission
Set for This Week
Lincoln, March "5. (Special.)
The Nebraska Railway commission
has three hearings set for the com
ing week, all of them relating to tele
phone matters.
The second application of the
Nuckolls County Telephone com
pany for a rate increase will be held
at Nelson, before Commissioner
Thorne A. Browne Tuesday.
The Madison County Telephone
company's application to issue a
stock dividend is to be heard in the
commission's offices Thursday.
Friday Commissioner H. L. Cook
will go to Rising City to hear a
complaint against the quality ot serv
ice offered by the Surprise Tele
phone company.
"Arguments in the Doxstadter case,
wherein the commission held farm
ers' mutual telephone companies to
be common carriers and within the
jurisdiction" of the commission, was
put over until the first sitting of the
supreme court in April.
Stock and Bond Salesman ,
Dies Following Operation
Frederick W. Hawksworth, 40,
prominent stock and bond salesman
of Omaha, 4919 Chicago street, died
Friday night itt the Nicholas Senn
hospital following an operation for
appendicitis.
He is survived by his wife and son,
7. his mother, Mrs. D. Hawksworth
of Plattsmotith, one sister, Mrs. E.
W. Cook of Plattsmouth, and thrcu
brothers, Frank, W. Hawksworth
of Denver, Joseph E. Hawksworth of
Omaha and David W. Hawksworth
of Detroit.
Mr. Hawksworth was an Elk and
a Sigma Chi. Funeral services will
be held Monday afternoon at 2 at
the home of his mother in Platts
month. Burial will be in the family
lot at Plattsmouth.
Plan School Carnival
Gotiienburg, Neb., March 5.
(Special.) A High school carniva
is being planned at the High school
building Mondav. The proceeds
will be irsed to defray the expenses
(of the basket ball team to the state
'tournament.
Pigs Run Wild When
Women Take Law Into
Hands at East Buffalo
Buffalo, March 5. Several hun
dred pigs ran wild through the
streets and yards' in the East Buf
falo section today, when 200 women,
weary of waiting for city ordinances
to regulate driving in the streets,
took the law in their own hands.
Ihe women first argued with the
drovers, and finding them obdurate,
attacked them with sticks and
stones. The pigs scattered during
the melee. ' .
A detail of policemen quelled the
riot. The drovers were cut and
bruised, but seemed most concerned
over the kss of their charges.
Govewior
atro
McKelvie, Jr ith Ne-
braskaj SCL' Favors
T. J. Mature of Omaha "
For U. S. Attorney.
Dry Laws to Be Enforced
By E. C. SNYDER.
Waahlnfton Correspondent Omaha Bee.
Washington, D. C, March 5.
(Special Telegram.) Governor Mc
Kelvie put in a busy day today pay
ing his respects to the members of
the Nebraska delegation and talking
over with them phases of the patron
age situation. He had a particularly
long conference with Senator Norris
and went over the political situation
in the state at sorr.c length.
The governor says that the delega
tion should get behind T. J. Mc
Guire of Omaha for United States
attorney. He says he is convinced
that the American Legion deserves
substantial recognition for the active
manner in which its members sup
ported President Harding and the
whole state ticket at the November
electfou. As Mr. McGuire has the
endorsement of the Legion it would
be good politics to make this ap
pointment, and the governor did not
hesitate 'to express his views along
these lines., to the members of the
delegation. ' y .
Endorses York Man.
: Upon the question of prohibition
enforcement commissioner in place
of James H. Hanley, Governor Mc
Kelvie, like Mr. Howell, is insistent
that a man should be appointed who
has the endorsement of the anti
saloon leagnc. His candidate is C.
,E. Sandall of York.
"We want a man who will enforce
the, federal law and help us in en
forcing the state law," he said. "We
want a man who w:ill work with our
enforcement officer and not against
him, as Mr. Hanley has done. The
Volstead act is on the statute books
and it must be lived up to rigidly.
There can be no half-way measures
about it. And yet, I want a man
appointed who will have common
sense behind the enforcement. One
thing I want to see Stopped' and that
is giving encouragement to boot
leggers." i .
Quizzed on Candidacy.
Asked if he would be a candidate
for the United States senate to suc
ceed Senator Hitchcock, Governor
McKelvie said: ,
J'Oh, that time is too, far off. I
crta5khaKn iivfcia 'about t
now. What I w;ant done in the way
of patronage is in the interest of thelost my money," declares Norfleet.
republican party. We have a great
opportunity to clinch the men and
women who came to us for the first
time in 1920 and we ought to do it
at once. There can be no ulterior
purpose in that position, I feel sure."
Governor and Mrs. McKelvie had
intended going to New .York today,
but Mrs. McKelvie developed a mild
attack of ptomaine poisoning this
morning and it was thought best to
postpone the New York trip until
later. They will leave for Nebraska,
instead, tomorrow afternoon after
dining with; General Pershing. Asst.
Adjt. Gen. Major Stein will go west
with the governor and Mrs. Mc
Kelvie. Wralter A. Head of Omaha, who
accompanied Governor and Mrs. Mc
Kelvie to the inauguration, left
Thursday evening for New York.
Move Made to Reduce
Democrat Members on
Standing Committees
Washington, March 5, A de
cision to reduce the number of demo
cratic members on standing commit
tees of the new house of representa
tives, was reported by the republican
committee on committees.
Chairman Mondcll announced that
the ways and means committee, now
engaged in framing a tariff bill,
would be made Up of 17 republicans
and eight democrats, while on other
principal committees of the house
there would be 15 republicans and
six democrats.
The reduction in democratic com
mittee memberships arises, it was
explained, out of the reduced size of
the democratic minority in the ne"w
house.
Oil Company Resumes Full
Operation in Oklahoma
Tulsa. OkI March 5. The Sin
clair CJ company discontinued its
prorating order and started running
100 per cent of the oil from leases
from which it purchases. Increased
storage facilities was given by com
pany officials as the reason for the
change. The Sinclair company is
the fourth major company to an
nounce a resumption of 100 per cent
runs, the Prairie Pipe Line company
being the only one not running thi
full amount. 1 ;
Victim of Holdup Turns
Tables Against Robber
Salt Lake City, March 5. Two
weeks ago at Shoshone, Idaho, M.'
Villicanca alleges that he was held
up at the point of a gun by'M. Al
vino and robbed of $1,000. Last night
Villicanca is alleged to have held up
Alvino on a Salt Lake City street.
Eye witnesses of the dramatic meet
ing said that Villicanca pressed a
gun at his victim's side. ,
Negro Pastor Killed
Madison, Wis., March 5. Rev. J.
G. Fox pf Beloit, a negro pastor, was
killed and J. Anthony Jesey. a negro
politician, was badly wounded in a
shooting affray three blocks from
the capitol.
Marshal O'Ba.inon. negro, was ar
rested and charged with the shoot-
i ing. tj Banner reiuscd to t'.iscuss
' the alfair.
New Congress to Take
Up Immigration Bill
.Washington, March 5. The inimi
gration restriction bill, which was
"pocket vetoed" by President Wil
son, will be one of the first meas
ures introduced at the coming special
session of the Sixty-seventh con
gress, according to congressional
leaders. It is the plan to send it
to President Harding with the least
possible delay, as proponents regard
its early enactment as necessary to
keep out hordes of undesirable emi
grants from southern Europe.
Some slight modifications in the
bill may be made. Many senators
are known to desire to increase the
present limitation to 5 per rtnt.
Texan Trails
Crook Throudi
United States
Rancher, Fleeced of Fortune,
Ends Grim Hunt Through
18 States By Landing
His Man.
By KENT WATSON.
International New Service Staff ,
Correspondent.
Fort Worth, Tex;, March 5. The
man hunt has ended after- 14 months
of searching through 18 states and
Mexico, and J. Frank Norfleet, grim
visaged Texas plainsman, has gone
home to' Hale Centre, Tex., to rest.
Joe Furey, the man he sought and
the man who is alleged to' have
fleeced him oiit of $45,000 oh a fake
"tock scheme, is in jail here. He will
go to trial before a jury in Judgt
George E. Hosey's district court
here., early this month.
Like a western melodrama run the
details of Norfleet's search for Furey,
who also is wanted in California,
Florida and Washington.
Swindled Out of Fortune.
Norfleet was swindled out of his
life's fortune on November 10. 1919.
Three men, it is alleged, did the job.
Then the man hunt started. It was a
month later that E. J. Ward and
Charles Gerber, two of the alleged
swindlers, were arrested in Los nA
geles, Cal., and, after a fight to pre
vent extradition, were returned here
to stand1 trial. In turn, they both
were given the maximum sentence ol
10 years each. '
And whih: Norfleet conducted his
nationwide searcch for Joe Furey,
Charles Gerber remained in jail here
where he now is awaiting a decision
on his appeal to a higher court. E.
J. Ward, taken to Washington to
stand trial on a charge similar to
the one under which he was con
victed, committed suicide in the
Washington iaif in, November,, .J9?jXl
'It lias been 14 months since I
"But as the davs' went bv I still
had hope. I grew more ditermined.
The folks back at Hale Center,
where I live issued a silent and
stinging ultimatum that I wouldn't
be a welcome neighbor if I didn't
'get' my man. I quit the ranch and
became a special deputy. I was
given a warrant for Furey's arrest
and told that the governor of Texas
would "ask for the extradition of
Furey from any state in which I
captured him.
"I took -my. son, Pete, out of a
normal school to aid me in the
chase. My .wife managed the rench,
feeding m?,icrJess lambs from a
bcltle andi intending to tJic house
hold duties.
"Pete and I followed Furey's
trail from Tia Juana, Mexico, to
St. Paifl, going through 18 states.
We went to Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Joliet, Omaha Des Moines, Kansas
City, Oklahoma City, El Paso, San
Antonio, Oklahoma City, San Ber
nardino, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Hot Springs, Birmingham, Atlanta,
Mobile, Biloxi and Tampa, finding
evidence of Furey's ramifications in
all of those cities. We learned that
he had visited England and France
and knew that he -as being chased.
Caught at Jacksonville.
"At Jacksonville, Fla., we landed
him and I got extradition papers.
When we arrived m Jacksonville I
went to the detective bureau. They
told me Furey was wanted there and
that 'he's not likely to light. But I
kept on. There were eight large ho
tels there. I knew Furey would be
stopping at one of them, for he al
ways had plenty of money. I sta
tioned Pete at one hotel, while I
made the rounds of the others. We
had arranged to meet each other
every 45 minutes. I went to the
meeting place and there was Pete.
" 'I've found him,' ie said. I went
immediately with him to the hotel
where he had seen Furey. We trailed
Furey into a cafe. As I neared the
table where he was eated he raised
his head. His eyes met mine. He
recognized me. He jumped to his
feet and started to run. I pulled
(Turn -to Face Two, Column Three.)
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
Snow Scenes in Omaha Parks
Rotogravure Section, Page 1. -
Umahas first Auto Show Part
4. Page 1.
Nebraska High School Basket Ball
Tournament Part 3, Page 3.
Married Life of Helen and War
ren Part 4, Page 8.
Women's News and Features
Part 2.
Montague in Prose Part 4, Page
2.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
Part 4, Page 8.
Sport News and Features Part 3,
Pages 1-3.
Notes for Music Lovers Part 4,
Page 7. ,
Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8.
Letters From a Home Made Fath
er to His Son Part 4, Page 1.
Lincoln's Yarns Form Inspiration
for "Sermon Dramas" by Omaha
Pastor Part 4, Page 2.
Movie Stars in Costume Pictures
Rotogravure Section, Page 2.
Open
ing of White
House Grounds
CaUSeS Delight
Nebraska Congressman in Rap
lures Over President Hard
ing's Order; Says Demo
cracy Again in Saddle
By E. C. SNYDER.
Washington Correspondi-nt Omaha Bee.
Washington, .D. C, March 5.
(Special Ijclicram.) Congressman
McLaughlin,' Who is an' intense lovejd
of nature, was in raptures today over
the otder given by .President Hard
ing yesterday to open the iron gates
surrounding the White House and
let the people roam about the
grounds as they Avcrc wont to do un
der former republican administra
tions. ,
"The sheep and the cops are all off
the lawn in. front of the White
House and I the people are on," said
the York representative. Represen
tative democracy is once more in
the saddle and it did my heart good
to see the people throng over the
beautiful grounds." The people chat
ted in groups udcr ths trees, they
walked over the historic porch on
the north front of the White House
and they covered the lawns just as
if they owned the place. And the
American people do own it. Presi
dent Harding in his inaugural ad
dress recognized their supremacy, as
he surveyed the vast concourse ot
people in front of him.
Makes Harding Popular.
"Throwing open the grounds of
the White House to the people and
tcmoving the police from the barred
gates, gates that have been shut
tight for eight years, has made Pres
ident Harding the most popular man .
in Washington. In the language
of Teddy, 'It is bully.' One notel in
Treside'n.t Harding's address that has
found instant response among con
gressmen, and it is thought by them
will appeal to the business world,
is the suggestion that no legislative
miracle can bring about prosperity,
but that natural causes must
operate."
Will- Take Time.
"There is no instant from disorder
to order," he said. "We must face
a condition of grim reality, charge
off our losses and start afresh. It
is the oldest lesson of civilization.
I would like the government to do
all 'it can to mitigate them. In un
derstanding, in mutuality of interest
in concern for the common good,
our tasks will bq solved."
Congressmen deduced from the
address the conclusion that the pres
ident will have no suggestions to
make concerning the scope of tar
iff rates, leaving that to the legisla
tive branch. lie strongly advocates
a protective tariff sufficient to pro
tect American , labor, but it is not
likely, it is assumed from his words
that he will side with any faction
on high or low rates. ' $
Submarine 0-8 is Floated
By
Coast Guard Cutter
New Bedford, Mass., March 5.
The submarine 0-8. was floated late
Friday by the coast guard cutter
Acushnct, assisted by the crew of the
Cuttyhunk coast guard station. The
submarine grounded of the Penikese
island yesterday. The Acushnct nar
lowly escaped going aground herself,
petting very close to Gull island in
the heavy seas, buf in a short time
both submarine and cutter were safe
in deep water.
Railroad Workers Strike
Against Wage Reduction
Atlanta, Ga., March 5. Approxi
mately 1,500 employes of the Atlanta,
Birmingham .& Atlantic railroad
went on strike today in protest
against a wage reduction order put
into effect March 1, by B. L. Bugg,
receiver for the road, on instruction
of Judjre Samuel H. Sibley of the
Cnitcd States district court.
The Only Mourner
$5,000 to Be Sent j
j Chinese Monday
Firgt lnstallment of Nebraska j
Collected.
Five thousand dollars, the first in
stallment of Nebraska on its quota
of $200,000 to help the Chinese in
the famine-stricken districts of that
country, will , be wired Monday to
national headquarters, Isaac Carpen
ter, vice chairman of the drive, an
nounced last night,- ' ,.
...Because wof jthe urgent . need . ot
money, vMr. Carpenter- said," "-'the
sums will be sent to national head
quarters in $5,000 lots. The following
already have contributed in Omaha.
Carpenter Paper Co., $500.
Union Stock Yards Co., $500.
Iten Biscuit Co., $500.
A friend $500.
Dr. and Mrs, Callfas, $500.
Dr. and .Mrs. Patten, $500.
' 'According to word received here
from national licadquqartcrs of the
Chinese relief. John D. Rockefel
ler, jr.. and the Lauru D. Spellman
Rockefeller foundation each contrib
uted $500,000.
C. F. Wolsifer of China, a son-in-law
of Dr. J. P. Connolly ol
Omaha, will speak at the Chamber of
Cqmmerce Monday noon on condi
tions in the famine districts of Chi
na. He will arrive in Omaha this
morning and will be the guest ol
the Connollys here for several week.
The public is invited to attend
the lecture at the Chamber of Com
merce. A luncheon will be setved.
Vice Chairman Carpenter said ad
ditional information received Satur
day from national headquarters em
phasized the importance of gather
in? funds quickly. Contributions
should be mailed to Date Clark, vice
president Omaha National bank.
Nebraska Baby Lodge
., Of Elks One Year Old
Chadron, Neb., March 5. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Nebraska's baby
lodge of Elks located here has com
pleted 12 months of successful fra
ternal development. The membership
close to the 400 mark, includes
business men. railroad men and
ranchers , from territory reaching
from Gordon to Lusft along the
Chicago Northwestern.
At the first annual election ths
following officers were elected:
W. S.- Bostder, exalted ruler; A.
G. Fisher, esteemed leading knight;
P. P. Troudfiet, esteemed loyal
knight; E. M. 'Birdsall, esteemed
lecturing knight; J. H. Cuddy, secre
tary; H. F. Maika, treasurer; Nick
Tritz tyler; J. H. White, and Ben
Lowenthal, trustees.
Past Exalted Ruler George Bab
cock was unanimously elected by the
lodge to represent them as repre
sentative to tlfe grand lodge in Los
Angcks.
Scottsbluff Man Convicted
Of Assault on Hotel Waitress
Scottsbluff, Neb'., March 5.
(Special.) John Guyton, once a pro
fessional gambler in Colorado, 'was
found guilty in district court of as
saulting Marie Dawkins, IS, Lincoln
hotel waitress at the hotel, January
15. The jury returned its verdict
after 12 hours' deliberation. On the
stand the girl testified that she had
been decoyed from her work in the
dining room at noon by a false not
and was held prisoner in Guyton's
room until 6 o'clock the following
tnrning. 1
South Carolina Town Passes
Sunday Blue Law Ordinance
Union. S. C, March 5. The Sun
day blue sky laws will become an
established fact in Union March 13,
when an ordinance prohibiting Uie
sale of anything but medicines 'on
Sunday goes into effect. The
new law was backed by religious oi
ganizations, .
Big Eagle Carries
10-Year-OMBoy
Up Into tlie Air
Montana Lad Escapes Death
When He Falls Into Ravine
From Rope on Bird's
Legs.
. Billings, Mont., March 5. Arnie
Melatte, 10-year-old boy living on
4 ranch in the upper Yellowstone
vtfej is alive, todiy'after a "riaffow
escape from an "aviators deatn.
Melatte, ambitious to earn bounty
money for the pelts of coyotes, set
two traps in a runway frequented by
the varmints. Visiting his traps the
lad found two monster bald eagles
that inhabit the mountainous sec
tions near where the cabin of the
lad's father is located.
While endeavoring to tie one of
the eagles, after having liberated it
from the trap, the bird spread its
great wings for flight and rose in
the air with the frightened lad
clinging to the rope that he had
tied around the eagle's legs. The
boy released his hold and the eagle
soared away while young Melatte
tumbled into a ravine. He was
shaken up badly but suffered no
serious injury. V
Weeks, Wallace and
Fall Members of New
Power Commission
Washington, March 5. Secre
taries Weeks, Fall and Wallace, who
took office today, will constitute the
new federal power " commission.
Many applications for power grants
are pending and the new commis
sion is expected to hold an organiza
tion1 meeting in the near future.
Ten regulations designed to make
effective the waterpower act were
issued by the three retiring com
missioners, former i Secretaries Bak
er, Payne and Meredith. One pre
scribed the manner in which corpor
ations were to set aside deprecia
tion reserves, and was adopted' to
cover the immediate situation.
The other regulations were said to
be of a more or less routine nature,
covering general conditions of ap
proval of permits from the point of
best serving the public interests,
whether the plan was efficient and
whether the applicants had sufficient
capital to carry the proposed plans.
Italian Chemist Perfects
New Artifical Rubber
Madrid, March 5. The invention
of an artificial rubber is reported
in a telegram from Barcelona. The
inventor is Washington Rossi, an
Itlian chemist in the Barcelona .la
boratories. The substitute possesses
all the qualities of natural rubber
at one-twentieth of the cost, the re
port declares.
High School Operetta
Gothenburg, Neb., March 5.
(Special.) Princess Chrysanthe
mum, a Japanese operetta, will be
presented by the High School Glee
club under the direction of Miss
Irene Raabe, teacher of music,
March 14.
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U. S. Takes
Hand in Row
In Panama
Cessation of Hostilities in Cen
tral America Demanded in
Note Sent by New
Administration.
Ready to Enforce Stand
By The Associated I'res. "
Washington, March 5. Cessation
of hostilities btween Costa Rica and
Panama is demanded in notes which
it was learned the State department
had dispatched today to the govern
ments of those two countries by
Charles E. Hughes, new secretary
of state.
This action was the first of the
Harding administration in the realm
of foreign affairs and was said to
have been based on the grounds of
broad expediency, as the dispute be
tween the Central American repub
lics involved American interests in
the Panama canal zone.
A peaceful solution of the dispute
over Goto on the basis of the White
award is understood to have been
suggested. The notes did not sug-
gest mediation by the United States,
j i i . - i
vryed the impression that this coun
try stood ready to enforce, if neces
sary, a peaceful solution.
Confer With Harding.
Dispatch of the notes followed con
ferences between President Harding,
Secretary Hughes, John W. Weeks
and Edwin Denby, new secretaries
of war and navy. Mr. Hughes took
up the subject of the dispute with
Under Secretary Davis immedfately
after his induction into office and
later, spent nearly two hours with
Mr. Harding '
Secretary JiVeeks was 1 called in
soon after the conference began and
presented latest dispatches from the
canal zone. Mr. Denby discussed
the question later with the president.
Replies from Panama and Costa
Rica to the notes dispatched several
days ago by former Secretary Colby
were received today. That from -Panama
was said to have expressed
a willingness to accept the offer of
the United States in attempting to
settle the dispute, but the one from
Costa Rica was described as nnsat-i
isfactory.
Protect U. S. Interests. .
It was said that the American gov
ernment had no official information
that either Panama or Costa Rica
intended to submit the dispute to the
league of nations as reported in press
dispatches. Today's action of the
State department, it was added, was
taken without reference to such re
ports. President Harding and hii ad
visers were said to have given their
approval of the steps taken to pro
tect American interests in the zone
of hostilities and indicated that un
less the two American warships on
their way south proved adequate,
larger forces might follow.
President Harding has taken . a'
Iteen personal interest in tha situa
tion was said to be anxious to see
peace..
Censorship of Cables.
New York, March 5. Censorship
i:as Dcen estannsnea on an came
messages to and from Costa Rica
;md Bolivia, the AU-American
Cables, Inq., announced today. All
messages must be in "plain language
or the code must be indicated
diplomatic messages excepted,"
the announcement said. -
Stromsburg Doctor
Meningitis Victim
Stromsburg. Neb., March S. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Dr. C. A. Anderson,
50, died today after an illness of 10
weeks with cerebral spinal menin
gitis. Dr. Anderson has always lived
in this community and after receiv
ing his medical degree began prac
ticing here about 22 years ago. Be
sides his wife and son and daugh
ter, he has a large number of rela-!
tives.
He was an active member of the'
Swedish Baptist church and was also
a member of the board of educa
tion and has always taken an ac
tive interest in good government
and problems of interest to the com
munity. Federal Officers Seize
Liquor in Raid at Union
Plattsmouth, Neb. March 5. (Spe
cial.) Discovery of 'several barrels
of mash in a vacant house at Union
followed the visit of a federal law
enforcement officer to that village.
The owner of the mash has not been
apprehended.
John Ervin was fined $100 for un
lawful possession and Nelson Mar
tin, another Union man, was fined
$20 for being intoxicated.
New Buildings Replacing 1
Condemned West Point Stores
West Point, Neb., March 5.
Special.) The old buildings of the
city, condemned some time ago by
the fire department, are gradually
being removed and will be replaced
in each case by modern structures.
Among the last to be removed is
the old West Point House, built
nearly 60years ago and for many
years the leading; hotel in the val
ley. .
Bandits Fail to Get Loot
From Safe in Mitchell
Scottsbluff. Neb., March 5.
(Special.) Two masked bandits held
up the night operator in the Bur
lington station at Mitchell and when
he could not open the safe, they
tried in vain. One struck him over
the face with his pistol. They es-
caped without loot. The safe con- .
taincd $72,
)