The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 232.
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THREE CENTS
Censorship
'Bill Passes
Lower House
Rodman, Fighting Measure,
Asserts Law Will Permit
v Discrimination Against
Classes by Board.
Debate Waxes Bitter
Lincoln, March 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Motion picture censorship
for Nebraska received the recom
mendation of the lower house today
by a vote of S3 to 38 after a 10-liour
day spent in hot debate and ending
i:i personalities.
rfhc Byrum-Gifford bill was killed
by practically the same vote. Bitter-
, ness was noted when Representative
Williams, acting chairman refused to
permit Representative Rodman to in
troduce an amendment calling for a
state referendum on motion picture
censorship. Williams held that a
gentleman's agreement made by both
sides, barred introduction of tin
t amendment at that tijgpe.
' - Williams refused to permit Rod
man to read rules which stated spe
cifically that amendments were in
order.
"Well, gentlemen," Representative
Mickey shouted, "you now have your
first touch of what censorship will
be."
Representative Jeary, in closing ar
guments for -the ( censorship bill,
said: ,
"If some of thesc"'ftcwspapers with
wild Sdeas don't watch out, we'll
get them next."
- Rodman States Objections.
Representative Rodman, in closing
for the anti-censorship faction and
for the Byrum-Gifford.bill, said:
"ft the censorship bill passes, what
safeguard lias the laboring man t
see that a capitalistic board, appoint
ed by a capitalistic administration,
hasn't his side of the labor controversy-stilled
by a board of three cen
sors who shall decide what pictures
he shnl! or shall not see. What safe
guard has the. political party not in
power in this "state to keep a board
appointed hy an, opposite party from
censoring its propaganda or prevent
ing H from appearing on the screens.
Thank God, so far, they haven't at
tempted to violate our constitution
al rights in having free press and a
free speech.
"But gentlemen, look out, they
mav attempt it next."
Here Rodman pointed to- a bit o
1 deleting done by the Kansas board of
censors relative to a statement in
opposition to picture censorship by
Secretary of State Charles Evans
Hughes, which the Kansas board re
fused to permit shown in the stated
Stifling .Free Speech. .; .h
"1 here's a specimen of it." Rod
man said. "Isn't that stifling free
speech." ! , . '
Practically - every- member who
voted for censorship took occasion
to speak and received applause from
a friendlv gallery of Lincoln women,
who have lobbied continuously for
Vat bill.
Finally, at 6 o'clock, Representa
tive McKee shouted: ' .
"Even those women up there are
tired of hearing you fellows spout."
The galleryfreccivcd" the attention
of Representative Snow.
"J don't expect any of your ap
pbuse, "he said," but I have heard
the remark made by one of the re
presentatives favoring your censor
ship bill that if we didn't vote for
it. we wouldn't get to come back.
Well T am not going to vote for it
and I'm going to come back. If
the people really understood the
proposition and we had the state's
money to spread propaganda for the
Tiyrum-Gil'l'ord bill as lias been used
' for the movie censorship bill and the
other 52 child welfare bills we could
beat yoiy hands down."
Arguments in favor of the censor
ship bill primarily were aimed at
licentious pictures and pictures in
the nude thrown on screens. Speak
ers declared that local conditions
would , make prosecution for these
pictures, such as proposed in the
Byrum-Gif ford . bill, impossible and
ctnsorshiv was the onlv cure.
Many referred to telegrams and
(Turn ,to Fire, Column One.)
Two Exhibitors Claim
First Sale at Auto Show
Two exhibitors at the Automobile
show claim the honor of being the
first to close sales after the official
opening time, 2 Monday afternoon.
W. R. Huntington of the Omaha
Auto Sales company registered the
sale of a Maxwell touring car with
the show manager at 2:10. W. D.
Eck, 2310 South Trirty-third street,
was the purchaser.
Ralph Jones of Card-Adams com
pany registered the sale of a Chand
ler "touring car to William M. Barr,
4910 Dodge street, at 2:45.
The hoirors are prizes which the
automobile men try for each year
and much rivalry is evident among
the contestants.
$500 Reward Offered for
, Men Who Lynched Negro
Frankfort. Ky., March 14. Gov.
Edwin P. Morrow today offered a
reward of $500 each for the arrest
and conviction for each member of
the mob that early yesterday took
from the Woodford county jail and
lynched 'Richard James, negro. He
also issued a proclamation removing
from office, John H. Edger, jailer,
of Woodford county.
Fisk Rubber, Factory' Goes
Back to Full Time Basis
Chicopee, Mass., March 14. The
Fisk Rubber company, which has
been operating on a three-day sched
ule since December 1, today resumed
full time and a wage redaction on
both day and piece work was put
into effect which amounts to an aver
age of 10 per cent. - About 1,800 em
ployes are affected. I
Chesterton "Boob" or "Nut?
Omaha Opinion Is Divi
English Writer Fails to
Ability as a Lecturer
"Over Our Heads'
s Way, With 1,000
Gilbert K. Chesterton, celebrated
English writer, reputed to be bril
liant, gave his $l,000-an-hour lecture
on "The Ignoranceof the Educated"
before the biggest audience the
Fontencllc ballroom ever held,' yes
terday afternoon.
In his opening sentence, the pon
derous Englishman took the vast
audience into, his confidence.
He told them he "was oneof those
famous Englishmen who cannot lec
ture and do."
At the end of his hour the majority
of his audience agreed with him. '
Said Miss Kate A. McHugh, for
mer principal of the' Omaha High
school artd president of the drama
league:
"I am greatly disappointed. 'I ex
pected to hear a scintillating lecture,
but there wasn't even a sparkle I"
"I'm, going to write him a letter
and asic him what he was talking
about," said Miss Grace-Sorenson,
editor of Every Child's magazine.
Thinks He's a Boob.
Mrs. Halleck Rose was incensed.
"I think he's a first-class 'boob,'
and I think Chesterton thinks we are,
too, for listening to his piffle for a
whole hour," she remarked. "I wel
come more such English lecturers of
his kind. By contrast we will more
quickly learn o respect American
culture," she announced emphatically.
"His lecture ivas an insult to my
intelligence," said Mrs. George
Priuz, active in the Fine Arts so
ciety. "He's a nut!" commented Earl
Gannett.
"I think I'll take the lecture plat
form myself; I'd make a great hit
saying nothing and would make a
lot of moryy," said Mrs. J. N. Paul
Unions Threaten
To Quit Hearing
Of Labor Board
Request of Railway Vlen for
Subpoenaes for Road Offi
cials Has Not Been Com
plied With.
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Chicago, March 14. Railway labor
unions today notified the United
States railway labor board that they
could not proceed with the hearing
over national agreements unless the
board complied with their request to
Subpoena various railroad executives
tc appear before the board.
Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the
railroad brotherhoods, told the board
at the opening of today's session that
he was "greatly surprised to find
that his request for subpoefiaes has
not been complied with and that it
was useless for the labor side to go
on with its testimony. -The testimony-
of the railroad heads was es
sential to a fair hearing, he said.
Mr. Walsh referred to the labor
situation in the packing industry,
charging that the packers had
"joined with the Morgans and Garys
and railroad heads in a concerted at
tempt to ruin labor unions forever."
The board adjourned at 10:25 a. m.
and went into executive session to
consider Mr. Walsh's statements.
Henry T. Hunt of the public group
of the board said he believed rub
poenaes would be issued, but that the
board wanted to do it in "a courteous
way "
Ruse of Woman Leads
Insane Man With Gun
Into Hands of Police
Kearney, N. J., March 14. As
Crowds of citizens watched from
places of safety, Anthony Peczuilis,
aged Lithuanian, fought a gun battle
with police and volunteer assistants,
in which two policemen and two
merchants were wounded. The man
was finally captured by the ruse of
a woman. , t
According to Andrew Veribitsky",
who said he had been the only com
panion of Feczuilis fof 30 years, the
latter had become .suddenly insane
Saturday because of brooding over
the lack of funds to purchase a build
ing away from the city. Peczuilis, he
said, forced him to turn over his life
time savings of $735 and then droe
him fro mthe house in quest of more
money. While he was away, the
aged man began shooting through
the rpof of the house, attracting the
police. -
Firing his double-barreled shot
gun repeatedly Peczuilis held the
police at bay for more than an hour.
He was captured when a woman
neighbor entered on a plea of kind
liness. She was followed by the po
lice, who quickly overpowered the
aged man.
Nelson B. UpdikeHolds
Conference With Harding
Washington, Maith 14. (Special
Telegram.) Nelson B. Updike, pub
lisher of Th Omaha Bee, returned
to Washington today from a visit
to relatives at Hopewell, N. J. Mr.
Updike had a conference with the
president and the postmaster gen
eral. - -
Blockade of Kronstadt
Is Planned by Trotzky
London, March 14. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Leon Trotzky, Rus
sian soviet war minister, according
to advices today, has decided to
blockade Kronstadt, although this
will entail great suffering to the
S.000 women and children in the
own
Impress Big Audie
But Then, Maybe I
Anyhow, He's On His
Good Silver Dollars.
of St." Paul, cx-president of the
Nebraska Federation of Women's
clubs. I
"The mountain labored a n d
brought forth a mouse," commented
Miss Lnda'Hamcron cryptically.
Belle Ryan "Amused."
Miss Belle" Ryan, assistant supei
intendent of schools, was frankly
amused at the whole procedure.
"At least he's honest," she said.
Gilbert K. Chesterton.
"He warned us he couldn't lecture.,
Now I think it's a compliment to
be ignorant."
Mrs. Warren Blackwell, chairman
of the program committee which en
gaged him to speak for the Fine
(Turn to Pae Two, Column Thrtr.)
Six Men Hanged
For War Against
British Crown
Crowd of 20,000 People Sur
rounds Mount Joy Prison
During. Hours of Exe
cutions. Dublin, March 14. Six prisoners,
convicted of complicity in the kill
ing of the British intelligence offi
cers and members pf the. ' crowt
forces in Ireland were executed in
Mount Joy prison, this city, this
morning. TJie men were hanged in
pairs at intervals of an hour.
, Twenty thousand people gathered
outside the prison during the Jiours
that the execution were going on
and all work in the city stopped until
U o'clock. Even the postoftice was
closed and telegraph service was
suspended.
The scene in front of the prison
as Impressive. The crowd began
assembling at dawn and by 7 o'clock
the prison yard, the roadway, and
all the abutting streets were
thronged. An altar had been impro
vised near the prison door and on
the walls and trees in the prison yard
sacred images'and pictures had been
placed.
Everywhere candles were burned;
scores of persons in the dense
throng hotding them aloft through
out the long vigil. Here and there
priests or women led in prayers or
hymns in which everyone joined
earnestly.
Hundreds kneeling in the road
way were forced to rise when an
armored car forced its way through
the crowd. - From 5 o'clock this
morning it had moved back and
forth in front of the prison. On the
roof of the jail, overlooking the en
trance, a sentry kept watch. -.
Two of the men executed, Patrick
Moran and Thomas Whetan were
charged with complicity in the kill
ing of intelligence officers in Dub
lin on November 21, last. Whclan's
two brothers are in the United
States, one of them in the American
army. The other four men, Frank
Flood, Bernard Ryan, Thomas Ryan
and Fatrick Doyle, were accused of
participating in an ambush near
there inHanuary in which one mem
HVas
ber of the attacking party was
killed.
Packers Warn Idle Men
Not to Rush to Chicago
Chicago, March 14. The Big Five
packers issued a warning today to
unemployed persons in other cities
not to come to Chicago seeking work
in the stock yards, as positions were
not available.
The packers saiihey had been
swamped today with applications for
work from men who flocked here
from other cities.
"We. do not need men and do not
expect to need any," the packers an
nounced. , "
Secretary Denby Plans to
Witness Navy Manouvers
- Washington, March 14. Secretary
Denby will leave Sunday for Guan
tanamo, Cuba, to witness target
practice and winter battle maneuv
ers of the Atlantic fleet. Later he
will go to Haiti and the Dominican
Republic, to , inspect the marines
stationed on the islands, and will
return here about April 5.
Unemployed Parade
Mexicali. Lower C'al., March 14.
Three hundred unemployed men
marching with a red banner and' a
band which played , dirges, made
what they termed "a friendly de
monstration" here to show their need
of employment y
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tection
a suites
Gome First
Conference Decides to Rush
Anti-Dumping Legislation
At Special Session of
Congress.
Watson Outlines Plans
Washington. March 14. Anti
dumping legislation to protect Amer
ican industries from European com
petition will be rushed through at a
special session of congress under a
decision reached at a conference to
day of republican members of the
senate finance and the house ways
and means committee, with Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon.
Whether tariff or internal tax re
vision shall be accorded second place
on the fiscal program was left for
determination at a conference which
Chairman Penrose of the senate com
mittee and Chairman Fordney of the
house committee plan to hold to
morrow with President Harding. The
final program. Senator Penrose said,
probably will be announced after this
conference.
Most committee membersNat to
day's conference were said to favor
giving right of way to tariff revision
legislation. Agreement, it was said,
Was unanimous against attempting
to enact any temporary stop-gap
tariff bill, the feeling being that the
legislation should be permanent.
Soldier Bonus Bill.
The soldier bonus bill is to be a
part of the republican fiscal program,
Senator Penrose and Representative
Fordney announced. Financial re
quirements of the government for
readjustment of compensation to
former service men were included in
estimates considered at the confer
ence and after the meeting Snator
Penrose predicted that the bonus bill
would be passed early.
Prior to the conference. Senator
Watson of Indiana, republican mem
ber of the finance committee, issued
a statement declaring internal tax
legislation should precede revision of
the tariff, adding hat business
would expect immediate relief "from
the great burden of taxation."
"We should repeal excess profit
taxes and the higher surtaxes and
substitute a moderate sales tax and
clarify and simplify the administra
tive features of the law," he said.
"We should make definite ar
rangements with our debtors to pay
a fixed amount each year; so that
we may have definite assurances as
to just how much ,we may expect
Need Budget System.
..."Wc ' should at oice adopt . a
through-going budget system so
that we may cut the cost according
to pattern and then proceed to, the
reduction of governmental ex
penses." Afembcrs .of the committees in
agreeing to give preference to an
anti-dumping bill also decided to at
tempt enactment of legislation pro
viding for American valuation of im
ports. This legislation would apply
to the ad valorem duties collected
under the Underwood law. Its re
sult, Senator Penrose and Repre
sentative Fordney said, would be to
increase considerably the revenues
now calculated on foreign instead of
American views.
The republican leaders said they
expected to pass the anti-dumping
bill early. Representative Fordney
estimated it would require only a few
days in the house and a similar esti
mate for action was given by Sen
ator Penrose.
Alleged Swindler
Of Nebraskan Faces
Trial in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Cal., March 14.
Everett A. (Big Hutch) Hutchings.
termed "the king of the bunco men"
by the district attorney,' was placed
on trial here for the alleged swin
dling of J. B. Norris of Decatur, 111.
out of $31,000 in a fake stock deal.
Hutchings, who 'was arrested in
"ftew York and brought back here
several montlfs ago, has been free
under $100,000 property bond pend
ing tht outcome of the trial.,
Last week he surrendered him
self to answer a -new county grand
jury indictment charging he had
swindled John Swanson of Hold
rege, Neb, out of $20,000 in a man
ner similar to that through which
he- was alleged to have defrauded
Norris. Hutchings is free under
$10,000 fond in connection with the
latter charge.
Spanish War Moscot Will v
Return Hoinc as Postmaster
Washington, March 14. Cornelio
D. VargasKwho came to the United
States after the Spanish-American
war as mascot of the Fourth Ohio
infantry regiment, is going back to
his home town of Guayama, Porto
Rico, soon, to serve as postmaster.
His nomination was sent to the
senate by President Harding. Vargas
is now an employe in the postoffice
at Columbus, O., and he is the first
postmaster to be named by Mr.
Harding.
Congress Special Session
Will Be Called April 11
Washington, March 14. Congress
L-iIl be called into special session
Monday, April 11. Senator Lodge
announced at the White House to
day after a conference with President
Harding. ,
Elliot Wadsworth to Be "
' First Assistant to Mellon
Washington, March 14. Elliot
Wadsworth of Boston.Mass.. was
nominated today by President Hard
ing to be assistant secretary of the
treasury. He will be in charee of
foreign loans.
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Dr. Fields Files
Appeal Brief in
Supreme Court
Attorneys for Doctor Con
victed vof Illegal Operation
Charge Girl'6 Letters Were
Improper Evidence.
Lincoln,' March 14. (Special.)
Attorneys for Dr. Eeslie,S. Fields,
Omaha physician convicted of per
forming an illegal operation on Ruth
Ayer, 20, Hayes Center (Neb.) girl,
from the effects of which she died on
August 8, have filed a 70-page appeal
brief in the Nebraska supreme court.
The defense is relying on alleged
errors in the submission of evidence,
particularly in the letters exchanged
between Miss Ayer and F W. Alex
ander, of Hayes Center, sweetheart
of the girl, who a short time after
the trial in Omaha was accidentally
shot and killed.
These letters are declared by the
defense to have been improper to
introduce as evidence, because they
had been written before August 3, the
day the crime is alleged to have been
committed.
The defense also cites as error the
action of the court in letting the jury
take to its room the last letter writ
ten by Miss Ayer, considered her
dying declaration, under the rule of
evidence barring depositions 'from
the jury room.
The brief goes into allegations of
new evidcnce offered in support of a
retrial, wherein a Mrs. Bort and sev
eral other women tell of a "M'ss
Ruth Ayer," answering the-description
of the girl victim, who came to
certain morning houses while she was
ill.
The defense claims error in allow
ing a Dr. Strickland'who testified to
administering an anesthetic to Miss
Ayer, that he had administered -anesthetic
to five or six women pa
tients of Dr. Fields, in the same hos
pital. ,
U. S. Envoy to Greece
Resigns From Post
Athens, March 14. (By The As
sociated Press.) Edward Capps,
American minister to Greece, retired
frnm his noct vpQfrrlav ilrniner nrw
the legation to Barton Hall, the first
... . ,
secretary, wno win act as cn?rge
d'affaires until the arrival of Mr.
Capps' successor.
Universal regret over the retire
ment of Mr. Capps is expressed in
Alliens ' T,1 Crerf rn,r,1icf Mr!.
his resignation is interpreted as the
first, step toward recognition of King
Constantine by the new United States
administration.
Mr. Capps, who is professor of
Greek at Princeton university, has
been in this country on a year's
leave of absence.
Mexico Labor Federation
Asked to Join in Protest
Mexico City, March 14. Officers
of the Mexican Federation of Labor
have been asked by the Guatemalan
confederation to join in a protest
from Latin-American labor bodies
to Washington, against the use of
United States military forces in set
tling the dispute between Panama
and Costa Rica. The Mexican '4-
bor officials have not acted upon
this request.
Greeco-Annenian Banking
Finn in Milan Is Bankrupt
Milan, Italy, March 14. Dilsizian
Brothers, a Greeco-Armenian house
wi)h branches in the ner cast and
New York City, were declared bank
rupt today with debts estiiwrted at
115,000.000 lire. The assets are placed
at 130,000,000 lire. The chief credi
tors are said to be Italian and Amer-icanbanks.
This Is the Last Day
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Harding Fills
Three Big Posts
Senate Prolongs Session to
Permit President to Make
'More Nominations.
Washington, March 14. President
Harding today filled three more im- i
portant posts in his administration i
and asked the senate again to pro- j
ipng its special session 10 act uu
further nominations tomorrow
As assistant secretary of war,';therjycsterdav i,eads o the three argfirV.a)or troubles. Chief of Police Fitz-
president named L M. W'ainwrigh
of , New York, who served in, the war
as a national guard colonel on the
staff of the,twenty-seventh division.
As assistant secretary of the
treasury in charge of foreign loans
he designed Eliot Wadsworth of
Boston, a retired business man and
Red Cross official.
Eugene Meyer, jr., of New York
was nominated as a duector of the
war finance corporation, a post he
held under the Wilson, administra
tion. '
All three nominations with many
amy promotions were onfirmed by
the "senate without prcjonged de
bate, the leaders hastening consider
ation in the expectation of a sine die
adjournment tonight.
Whether the names to-be sent at
tomorrow's session will include se
lections for the shipping board re
mained uncertain tonight, but there
were indcations that the president
hoped to reach some decision in re
gard to several board members. To
day he talked over the matter with
F. C. Munson of the Munson Steam
ship Line and T. A. Farrell, president
of the U. S. Steel corporation, both
of whom have been mentioned as
possible chairman of the board, but
both of whom denied that they were
under consideration.
Once Famous Singer
JDies in California
Los Angeles, March 14. Mrs.
Jennie Kempton, 85, who won inter
national fame as a contralto singer
more than, half a century ago, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Roth Hamilton. She hHU been in
failing health for several years.
Mrs. Kempton was a daughter of
Reuben Twitchell of Dublin, N. II.,
bandmaster of General Sherman's
headquarters band on the famous
march to the sea.
When 14 years old she sung in the
American premiere of the oratorio
"Elijah" in Boston.
She soon thereafter commenced
a European career in which she ap
peared before most of the reigning
monarchs. Among her most prized
possessions were gifts from Queen
Victoria, Napoleon III and Victor
Immanuel. Later she organized an
opera company in Boston and
toured America. Her husband died
several years ago.
Negro Confesses Murder
Of Organist in New Jersey
Perth Am boy, N. ., MarclR
George Washington Knight, negro.
22, today confessed he had attacked
Mrs. Edith Wilson, church organist,
who was murdered near her home
Saturday night, according to the
police.
'Lying behind a group of lilac
finishes in a j-ard two doors from her
home, the-mutilated body of Mrs.
Wilson was found just before mid
night last night.
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Limited Train Wrecked
Dixon III., March 14. A broken
rail wrecked the ChiAago &-Northwestern
Overland Limited train
while it i was traveling 50 miles an
hour near here today. A trainman
suffered minor injuries. Eight steel
' Pullman cars were derailed
' Men W the Job'
j At Packing Plants
s Pay Cuts Come
TVT f TT 1 1 TT
workers urged by union
Leaders Not to Quit PcfluV
ing Action of Secretary
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Davis' Mediation
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All workmen were "ou the icCvyse of his ability to cope -with
ported. This, despite the fact that
the w age cut order went into effect
yesterday.
"There were 300 new men waiting
at the gate's for work." said M. R.
Murphy, general manager of
Cudahy's.
Armour's general manager, O. C.
Willis, and Lylc Hersey of the Mor
ris plant, likewise reported all hands
at work.
. What will be the situation , this
morning hinges on the strike vote
take last night at union headquarters,
Twenty-fifth and M streets.
Labor leaders urge the workmen
to remain on the job waiting iction
of Secretary Davis' mediation, and it
is expected the men will respond fa
vorably. It is expected, however, the
men will vote to strike unless the con
ference called, by Secretary Davis
brings a settlement satisfactory to
union leaders.
Nearly 20,000 men will be affected
by the strike order, if it is voted.
Ballots on the strike situation of
.the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher orkmen arrived from Chi
cago headquarters at the South Side
Headquarters, Twenty-fifth and M
streets, yesterday morning at 10.
Y -j - I T - i-
jacoo n. JJavis, presinent ot tins
district, is in Chicago conferring with
international officers. He is expected
to return to Omaha tonight or
Wednesday. i
Patrick E.-- Gorman, international
vice president of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen,
was the principal speaker at a mass
meeting of the Omaha district in the
hall at Twenty-fifth and M streets
last night.
Treasury Officials Plan
Farm Loan Bond Issue
Washington, March 14. A new
issue of farm loan bonds of approxi
mately $75,000,000 probably will be
offered for subscription soon, treas
ury officials said tonight.
Issuance of new bonds, Commis
sioner Libdcll said at the time of
the supreme court decision February
28 upholding legality of the federal
farm loan act, would be mack; as
soon. as possible, but he 'intimatd
it would be at least 30 daysN before
the funds would be available for
loans.
"In the present money market the
bond rate will have to be advanced
to 5 per cent," he said. "The interest
rate to the borrowers will have to
be advanced to 6 per cent."
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5,000 Promoters of Army
Officers Are Confirmed
Washington,'' March 14. Approxi
mately 5,000 army-promotion nomi
tiations, including the rank of captain
submitted by President Wilson be
fore the change in administrations,
were confirmed today by the senate
after considerable debate.
The Weather
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Confer on
Wage Cuts
On March 21
Secretary of Labor Davis Call's
Packers and Employes for
Conference Next V
Monday.
Butchers All At Work
Vy Tll AtaoclntnS l'r.
Washington, March 14. Secretary
of Labor Davis today proposed Mon
day, March 21, as the date for rep
resentatives of the packers and pack
ing house employes to mcer-with him
in an effort to reacli an agreement
in the controversy growing out, of
the wage cut made by the packers.
J. L. Condon and Carl Meyers, at
torneys for the packers, have been
named to represent the packers in the
negotiations. ' ' "'
Await Result of Vote.
I Chicago, March 14. While await
ing the outcome of mediation plans
and the result of a strike vote, em
ployes in the packing plants of Chi
cago and their leading branches in
the middle west had decided to go
to work today under the reduced
wage scale announced by the five,
leading packers which goes into ef
fect today. More than 100,000 men
are affected by the reductions of., 15
and MY per cent in the hourly rate
and piece work rate respectively,
with time and a half for overtime
only after ten hours.
"Any assumption that we are 'at
tempting to establish a ten-hour day
is wrong.x said a statement from Ar-
I mour & Company today in answer
to charges of union leaders. "The
I whistle in the Armour plants will
I continue to blow at the end of eight
jhours' work each day."
Workers Told to Stayf
At mass meetings held in half a
i dozen packing centers yesterday,
j the workers were advised to remain
at work until the strike vote was
' completed, which it was said here,
I would be about Friday.
I Union lead-s suggested Friday,
March 18, as the date for the pro
posed conference in Washington' of
representatives of employers and
employes with James J. Davis, sec
retary of labor. According to re
ports here. Secretary Davis had re
ceived but one official response
from the packers to his mediation
proposal. Wilson & Co. agreed to
send two representatives.
In a drastic shakenn nf the nolice
(ffpartmnt, Captain Wesley H.
WcMbrook was on duty today in
Wage Cuts Small.
"Our cut in wages is small wnen
compared to other firms," said, the
statement of Armour & Company.
"Wc have a list of 21 other firms
reducing wages, where the decreases
ran from 14.25 to 33.34 per cent. The
stockholders of Armour & Company
could not dodge the fact that we are
losing money. That is why wages
are reduced.
"The average working time in the
kHling gang in the past year has
been 42 hours. Under the new ar
rangement a worker will be able to
earn a substantial increase."
Thousands of packing house eni-
'(Turn to Pojte live. Column Two.)
Attempt to Resurrect
Byrum Budget Bill ;
Fails in Lower House
Lincoln, March 14. (Special.)
The administration crowd ran over
Representative Byrum again today
when Byrum attempted to lift his ,
budget bill, which was killed by tht
house finance committee. The
Byrum motion to put the bill on
general file was killed by a vote of
32 to 40. .
That' leaves nothing except th$
administration budget bill to be coon
sidered. The administration bill pro
vdes for quarterly reports from insU
tutional and departmental heads,
puts a ban on diverting money from
one fund to another and establishes
Phil Bross, secretary of the depart
ment of finance, at the head of the
budget checking system. -
The Byrum bill, one of the first
introduced at flu's session, provided
for the creation of a budget com
mission with a paid secretary whff
shall make visits to state insttutions.
discover whether money is being
spent for the purpose appropriated,
and forced the governor to give his
reasons in writing for changes in
approbations.
Fort Crook Aviator Not
Afraid of Naval Guns
Washington, March 14. The sug
gestion of army flyers that they be
shot at by navy anti-aircraft guns on
navy vessels in the coming test be-r
tween aircraft and battleships is not
taken seriously by high navy offi
cials. Lieut. C. C. Mosctey, winner, :of
recent contests at Mineola. and Capt.
Harvey W. E. Coqk, of Fort Crook,
Neb., have offered to take their
chances against the navy aircraft
gjins. They would not regard it as
"much of a chance at that," they add
ed. Woman's Torso Found Tied in
Gunnysack Floating in River
Belton, Texas. March 14. The
headless and legless body of a young
woman in a gunnysack, tied with a
rope, was found floating in shallow
water of Little river by two fisher
men today.
The body was nude and in ad
vanced state of decomposition.
Justice of the peace, C. L. Gib
son, said .that the -features of . the
body indicated that of a refined wo
man. A small blister on the riirfn
hand .was the only distinguishing
mark, jic sum.
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