Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL. 60 NO. 236.
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OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1921.
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ail Unions
Open Fight
For Rules
Endeavor to Show Opposition
To National Agreements
Dominate by Few
Executives.
Charge Open Shop Mov
By The Aaaoclattd I'rrM.
Chicago, March 18. Union labor
leaders delved into the records of
the association of railway executives
today before the railroad labor
board, in an endeavor to show that
the railroads' fight against national
agreements was not unanimous, but
was dominated by a few officials.
An underlying purpose to estab
lish the open shop and crush labor
organizations was declared to be be
hind the fight of the association
against national boards of adjust
ment. The controversy over tiles';
boards in the association's labor
committee was brought out by cross
examination of T. Dewitt Cuyler,
chairman of the association, and his
assistant. Robert S. Binkcrd, and
the introduction of voluminous cor
respondence and rfports of the com
mittee into the labor board record.
Todays proceedings marked the
beginning of labor's main fight for
continuance of the national rules and
working agreements now in effect,
the juslnesi and reasonableness of
which the board is now trying to de
cide in hearings which began Janu
ary 10.
Jewell Presents Program.
A basic program ot II points on
which, labor would be willing to
negotiate national agreements, was
laid before the board by' IS. M. Jew
ell, president of the railway em
ployes department of the American
Federation of Labor. Frank P.
Walsh, counsel for the unions, fol
lowed with an exhaustive cross-examination
of Mr. Binkerd and Mr.
Cuylef. '
The association's labor committee
was tjtc outgrowth of the transpor
tation act, according to testimony by
Binkerd, 'brought out in the cross
examination and was designed to
deal with labor disputes. Records
brought -by Mr. Binkerd were read
to show that t divided opinion con
cerning national boards of adjust
ment had existed in the committee.
As a result of a bi-partisan board
appointed at the suggestion of for
mer President Wilson in March,
1920. the national boards of adjust
ment1 created under federal control
were continued with the approval of
a majority of the labor committee,
it , was brought out- .Minority re
ports, representing the stand of W.
V. Atterbury, vice president of thei
Pennsylvania, however, were adopt
ed by the association which went on
record in favor lot local boards of ad
justment. Efficiency Impaired.
The majority report of the labor j
committee, submitted on March 29, j
1920. said that if the roads did no: .
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International Gang
Steals Painting From
, Hamburg Galleries
(hieafo Tribune-Omaha IV Leaned Wire.
Chicago, March 18. An interna
tional gang of thieves, specializing
in rare paintings,. rugs and other art
treasures, is being sought in Chi
cago. The latest coupe of the gang
is the theft from the art galleries
of Hamburg, Germany, of a priceless
Rembrandt. The painting is a land
scape, Autumn Scene After a '
Thunderstorm." J
According to tienry Aussie, awiss
consul in Chicago, who today posted
a reward of 50.000 marks for the re
turn of the painting or information
leading to its recovery, it was stolen
January 5 from the former imperial
gardens in Hamburg. It was traced
to New York, where the trail end
ed, but informatiotagince picked up
leads to the belief that it has been
ajrought to Chicago by the thieves or
W-'ir agents and that they will try
to dispose of it here. It is a small
' canvas and can readily be concealed.
Japan Ready to Consider
I Disarmament Proposal
Victoria, R. C. March 18. Japan
w ould be wiling to consider any pro
posals that might be submitted to
it leading to a reduction in arma
ments and is prepared to participate
in an international conference to that
end. according to Count Hirosawa,
newly appointed Japanese minister
to Spain and Portugal, who arrived
here todav.
Bauditi Rob Women Clerks
A, -n m i- t . r .
KJl nan employes union
Detroit, March 18. Three armed
bandits this afternoon held up two
women employes of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
niployes and railway shop laborers,
.ind escaped with $6,000 in cash. The
holdup occurred in front of the
brotherhood headquarters here.
Bridgeport Bank's Request
To Organize is Approved
Washington, D. C. March 18.
(Special Telegram) The comptrol
ler of the currency has approved the
application of the Citizens National
bank, Bridgeport. Neb., to organize
with a capital of $25,000 to suceed
the First National bank at Bridge
port Gas Company is Ordered
To Refund Consumers
San Francisco. March 18. The
Centra Costa Gas company was
ordered by the state railroad com
mission to return 10 per cent of its
August and September, 1920, bills,
because, in the opinion of the com
mittee, poor sen-ice complaints
Mrs. Neilan Divorced
Given Custody of
6-Year-OId Son.
Blanche Sweet Cause
Los Angeles, 'March 18. Mrs.
Gertrude Bambrick Neilan is free of
marital bonds today, Judge Sum
nicrficld having granted her a di
vorce from Mar
shall A. Neilan.
widely known film
director and pro
ducer, and given
her the custody ot
their six-year-old
boy, Marshall, jr.
The decree was
eranted on the
ground ot
tion. but
deser -
only
atter Mrs, .Neilan s
luother had men
tioned the name of
Blanche Sweet as
the woman alleged
to have broken
up the Neilan
home.
M rs. N ci Ian,
questioned by her
attorney,
Lee. jr..
Bradner
. testified
that she was de
serted in 1915 in
New York City at
which time Neilan
came to California.
Left Once Before.
"Some .months
... , i.;..
Blanche 3Ueet had a disagree
ment over a trivial affair," she said,
"and be left me. He came back and
I forgave him. We lived together
from May until October, 1915. Then
he went to California. He later
wrote me telling me to come and
when I reached here he gave me a
home but declined to live there with
me. There was absolutely no rea
son why he should treat nie in that
manner. It was no fault of mine."
Judge Summei'licld questioned
Mrs. Neilan as to whv her husband
. , ' . lmiui iu inn vi v.
left her. "I'm sure I don't know. I
It wasn't my fault," she replied.
Mrs. Bambrick. Mrs. Neilan's
mother, when cattfd as a witness to
corroborate the desertion charge, fig
uratively "let the cat out of the bag."
"Your honor," she said, "every
body is trying to shield this man.
Bvjt I won't shield him. He left her.
You bet he did. He left her with a
little baby a year old, and for why?
Everybody in Hollywood knows.
Blanche Sweet, lived right down the
block a few doors, and he was in
love with her. That's why he left
her. Blanche Sweet knows all
about it."
Judge Summerficld granted Mrs.
Neilan a divorce on the desertion
charge.
By a property settlement arranged
out of court Mrs. Neilan is to re
ceive $200 a week,' a trust fund of
$50 a-week for the education of their
son and "property valued at about
$50,000.
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Banker Disappears
From Boat While on
t Way to Conference
I Kalama. Wash., March 18.-F. L;
1 Stewart, cashier of the State Bank
of Kelso, which was closed today in
order of the state banking board, dis-
appeared from a ferry boat into the
(Columbia river opposite .here tonight
' while enroutc from a trip to Port
j land
I Thp cintaiti and crew of the ferrv
expressed the opinion that Stewart
had leaped or fallen overboard. His
suit case was found on board.
"'Stewart had gone to Portland for
a conference with bankers, but did
not keep the engagement, according
to a statement telephoned to officers
here. Stewart formerly was a state
senator. V
Indictments Asainst Utah
, . a
Sugar Company Dismissed
Sioux Falls. S. D., March 18. In
dictments against the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company of Salt Lake City
and three local coal companies for
alleged profiteering under the Lever
act. sections of which were declared
unconstitutional recently by the
United States supreme court, were
formally dismissed here in federal
court.
Sucker State Plans Road
Building Experiments
Springfield, 111.. March 18. The
state of Illinois will go into the road
building business as an experiment
this spring. Governor Small an
nounced. The first trial roads will
probably be built near Joliet, where
gravel pits arc located and where
convict labor can be employed.
British House of Commons
Passes Reparations Bill
London. March 18. (By The As
sociated Press.) The house of com-
I i&ons tonight passed the third read-
mg of the reparations bill. I he bill
; provides for a levy of 50 per cent
on German goods, but this provision
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win not ne ciiecuve umu jiaicii ji,
Prize Pictures
The Dee offers in next Sun
days Rotogravure Section re
productions of the three prize
winning photographs in the
recent Nebraska and lona
contest for amateur photog
raphers. You will UJ(e them. They
are three beautiful pictures,
so presented they are ready
for framing.
The Rotogravure Section
clso will contain reproductions
of several of the contest photo
graphs awarded honorable
mention.
Lensoiiip
Referendum
Is Defeated
Snow Reiterates Charges That
Appropriations for Child
Welfare is Spent in
Propaganda.
Measure Goes to Senate
1 Lincoln. March 18.-( Special.) --
I Opportunity to deyde w hether they
wanted motion picture censorship
was denied Nebra-.Ua voters when
the lower house, bv a vote of 5.)
to 4,i. refused to accept the Mickey
Rodman amendment to the motion
picture censorship bill providing lor
a referendum.
It was the last concerted fight in
the lower house against censorship.
Motion picture industries must re
treat to the senate to again array
I their forces against censorship, back-
i ed bv a lobby of women described
today as t lie "most compact, magnil
iccut lobby which ever bore down on
the Nebraska legislature." -
The measure passed on third read-
mg by a vote of 60 to 35.
In tlp event of passage by the
senate, and if Governor McKclvie
refuses to veto the measure, motion
picture men have one alternative
petitions for a referendum. The mo
tion picture men and others opposed
to censorship, on the ground that it
strikes at the very core of American
standards and law, right of free
speech and liberty of thought, at this
time are determined to resort to this
expensive and troublesome mode of
procedure to determine w hether cen
sorship is desired by the masses, or
ny t,,e ciud ana soe-c y women o:
Nebraska, as is claimed by ant.-cen-
sorsn.p mcmuers. ,
Lobby Is Late.
The bill appeared on the calendar
this morning on third reading. Its
friends were caugl.v napping. Tlu
big lobby of women, which has
watched all movie proceedings care
fully and applauded long and loud
the speeches of members speaking
in behalf of censorship, were home
catching up with their housework.
There were just two women in the
gallery. 'But half an hour after the
amendment was proposed, thanks to
the Lincoln telephones, the gallery
was again filled with women, minus
powder on their noses and other
customary facial ablutions for lobby
work.
With the applauding women "back
on the job" the procensorship "boys"
began to orate again and the timc
v.orn arguments for and against cen
sorship echoed through the legisla
tive hall.-'- , -'-is
Representative Snow again- charg
ed that the $15,000 appropriation for
investigation of child welfare had
been used in part;to spread and or
ganize propaganda for the 53 rari
ties of bills introduced by. the child
welfare commission and primarily
for motion picture censorship, which
he described as "the hub" of the
commission's legislative program.
"State Paid Bill."
Snow read figures from the state
auditor's report showing that Mrs.
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Kearney is Expelled
From Grain Exchange;
Partner Reinstated
Formal announcement was made
yesterday of the expulsion' from the
Omaha Grain exchange of Laurence
Kearney, member of tiie recently
dissolved firm of Cope & Kearney.
At the same time it was announced
that Elmer Cope, senior member of
. nn. iiiin, jii nu nay allium uy
J the action against Kearney and has
the firm, is in no way affected by
been reinstated in the exchange
after a suspension during investiga
tion of the situation.
Kearney was found guilty by gov
ernment and exchange officials of
having changed the samples of
grain offered for sale by his firm.
He has left Omaha and is now re
siding in California.
j Cope, who was out of the city
i when the transaction occurred, dis
solved the partnership and has re
sumed business as Elmer Cope &
company.
Nehraska Potash Company
Is Sued for $700,000, Profits
Lincoln, March 18. George W.
Harris of Colorado filed suit in fed
eral court seeking to recover $700,-
000 from the directors of the Amer-
I ine vmer- i
v., u j v-i - i
ican rota, n company ot .Nebraska,
j nis amount, ne enarges. was
wrongfully appropriated from the
company's funds over the protests of
the stockholders. Harri-;' suit was
filed on behalf of himself and other
stockholders.
Thg amount sued for is said to
represent the profits of the Amer
ican Potash company of Nebraska
during 1918, 1919 and the early part
of 1920.
Harris claims the funds were ucd
for improvements to the Western
Potash works, over the protests of
tockholders.
Big Slump in Price of Farm
Land in Cuming County
Vcst Point, Xeb.. March 18.
(Special.) Farm land is selling now
at greatly reduced prices. The half
section of Kellinghaus farm, north
of this city, was sold for $250 an
acre. The same farm sold a year
ago for $350. Tn other sections of
the county a few deals are being
made at about the same percentage
of reductions. Farm wagcs are
down to from $40 to $50 a month.
Spanish Radicals Deported
New York, March 18. Sixtv-tivc
Spanish radicals were deported to
day on the steamship Mongolia,
bound for Vigo, Spain. They were
brought to this port by Department
of Justice officials from Seattle, Kor-
iLfolk and other cities, "
Blondes Are Fickle,
Declares Judge Who
Bans Them as Jurors
New York. March 18 "There
! will be no blondes on this jury.
Blondes are tickle."
j And then Justice Morn's of thej
j municipal court took off his glasses j
land instructed the court attendants j
to bring in all the brunette women I
j in sight.. '
j And the lii'st juryuomeu tovscrvcj
in this state were corralled. Less j
i than three minutes were needed to j
I select three women to serve with
three men in deciding a small cloth-!
, ing case.
I he magistrate hail become vexed
over the argument of counsel in se
lecting jurors from a venire wholly
male.
"1 think the best way to settle this
matter," the court said, "is to call
for a jury of men and women. I am
tired of heading you men argue on
' the merits oi jury men."
Kronstadt Taken
By Soviet Forees,
Is Announcement
I I'mlum Wn Vf ferteil at
I Capluie Was Llieiieu ai -
A. M. Thursday According
to Russian IS'ews Agency
Report at Stockholm.
,London, March 18. (By The As
sociated Press.) The Russian soviet
government, in confirming by wire
less today the capture of Kronstadt
by bolshevik troops, says M. Kus
min, soviet commissar of the Baltic
fleet, and M. VasilcfT, chairman of
the Kronstadt soviet, who were ar
rested at the beginning of the upris-
.. , d , h bolshcviki
Lf'thcir ent ilUo &0Ilstadt.
' on their entry into Kronstadt,
j M. Kustnm participated in
i final liquidation of the rising,
.. .- . . . ,h
the
wireless adds.
Garrison in Flight.
Stockholm, March 18. Kronstadt
was taken by the soviet forces at 2
a. m. Thursday, according to a Rus
sian news agency here.
For the assault Trotzky had con
centrated the whole of the new
seventh army, totalling 60,000 troops.
Kronstadt fired its 10-inch guns
and when the attacking forces were
near enough opened with a machine
gun fire, causing severe losses. The
Soviets managed , to force an en
trance to the- town and were joined
by local communists. After two
hours of fighting they were ejected
and at 7 o'clock nearly all the at
tacking forces had been killed or
wounded.
Mca.whilc Kroiiatadt's obsolete
batteries on the sntall island near
the 'KateHan'. coast were" blown up
and the defenders obliged to retreat.
The Kronstadt garrison consisted
of between 15.000 and 16,000 men.
They were exhausted through lack
of sleep for several days.
Soon after the fall of the fortress
groups of fugitives were moving
toward Finland.
Ukrainians Successful.
Berne, Switzerland, March 18.
(By The Associated Press.) The
capture from the bolsheviki of Mo
hilev and Janipol, on the Dneister
river, by the Ukranian nationalist
forces was announced by the Ukra
nian mission here today.
The Ukranians shot all the bol
shevik commissars and officers, the
mission declared.
Wet Forces Win Motion
In California House
Sacramento, Cal., March 18. A
resolution to memoralize congress
in favor of light wines and beer
passed the assembly of the state leg
islature by a vote of 43 to 34.
The vote was the first actual test
of strength between wets and drys.
The resolution provides that, if the
senate concurs, a memorial will be
submitted to congress urging na
tional legislation relaxing the terms
of the Volstead act so that wines
with an alcoholic content of 15 per
cent and beer of an alcoholi con
tent of prewar standards may be
manufactured and sold.
Judge Landis on Bench 16
ears; Still Going Strong
Chicago, March 18. Federal
Judge K. M. Landis observed today
the 16th anniversary of his appoint
ment to his present position by an
nouncing that he "expected to be on
the bench 16 years more."
The judge was unaware that todav
j
nan lllc anniversary until miormea
k i,;. ;i;(f '
Recently there had been reoorts
that Judge Landis might resign from
the bench to devote his' entire time
to his position as base ball commissioner.
Only 387 Employes Out of 29,183 Workers in
Packing House Plants Are Against Strike
Chicago. March 18. Official re
turns in the strike ballot being taken
by the stockyards workers in the
plants of the big five packers had
been received at national headquart
ers here at noon from eight cities.
They showed 28,796 men authorized
a strike and 387 voted against one.
Unofficial tabulation in various
packing centers covered only official
returns.
Eight Cities Complete.
The following tabulation of the
returns thus far received were given
out by Dennis Lane, secretary of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North Ameri
ca. Chicago: For strike, 21,482;
against, 207.
St. Paul. Minn.: For, 2,183;
against, 115.
Oklahoma City, Okla.: For, 996;
against, 5.
Austin, Minn.: For. 624; against,
Wilson Pact
Spurned by
President
Harding Opposed to Resub
mission of Versailles Treaty
To Senate Would Keep
U. S. Out of League.
Favors Knox Resolution
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINCi.
Chicago Trlbunr-Omuha lire I.racd Wire.
Washington. March 18. On thr
eve of the discussion of Ai terican
foreign policies with former Premier
Yiviani of France and other Euro
pean envoys and with the republican
leaders in congress, President Hat
ding holds views which may be
summarized thus:
1. He is opposed to the resub
mission of the Versailles peace trea'.y
to the senate.
2. He is opposed to ratification
of the peace terms proper, even with
the league of nations covenant elimi
nated therefrom.
3. He is opposed to putting th;
United States into the league of na
tions with article 10 expunged, as M.
Yiviani proposes, or into any leagne
involving participation of America ia
a permanent military alliance.
4. For want of a general treaty
of peace which the United States
can accept without surrendering it
independence of action and abandon
ing its traditional policy of non
entanglement in European affairs, the
president is considering alternative
methods of re-establishing peace witti
Germany, chief of which is the Knox
resolution.
Endorsed by Republicans.
These views are fully endorsed by
the majority of the republican mem
bers of the senate committee on for
eign relations with whom the presi
dent is to confer on the formulation
of the peace policy before rlie new
congress is organized for business.
Senator McCormick of Illinois, an
irreconcilable opponent of the Ver
sailles treaty and Wilson covenant,
will be a new member of the foreign
relations committee, the youngest
ever assigned to that important
body. His selection for thi.i com
mittee was voted today by the repub
lican committee on committees.
Senator McCornv.ck has speciajizej
on foreign affairs during his two
years in the senate and has made two
extensive tours of Europe in that
time, studying war and peace, condi
tions. Senator Kellogg: of Minnesota, a
mild reservationist during the treatv
fight, is the other new member of
the committee, which will be com
posed of 10 republicans and six dem
ocrats. There will be eight members
strongly opposed to acceptance of
the Versailles peace plan and eight
more or less disposed to compro
mise. Speculation Rife.
Whether the president will modi
fy his present attitude in the light
of representations to be made to
(Turn to Vage Two. Column Four.)
Secretary Denby Will
Concentrate Efforts On
1916 Naval Program
Washington, March 18. Secretary
Denby will concentrate his efforts
on naval building for the present on
completion of the 1916 program. It
was learned today that he will not
start -consideration of another ex
tensive building program until the
17 battleships, battlecruisers and
scores of minor vessels of the 1916
bill are well on the way toward com
pletion. It was indicated that the prog
ress of disarmament discussions
would have a great influence on the
navy's future program, but that in
any event the department urged that
the 1916 program be finished as
soon as possible. At the present j
rate of building the last vessels of the
big pre-war program should be
ready for service by 1923.
Daughter of Ex-Pastor of
Denver Dies in London Wreck
Denver, March 18. Agnes Hart,
daughter of the late Dean H. Mar
tyn Hart of St. Johns cathedral of
this city, was killed in an accident in
London, according to a message re
ceived yesterday by relatives here.
Russo-Polish Treaty Signed
London, March 18. The Russo
Polish treaty was signed at 9:30
o'clock tonight, says a dispatch to
the London Times from Riga. The
Mispatch added that the treaty is to
be ratified at Minsk within JO uays.
Albert Lea,
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Minn.: For,
against, J.i
Cedar ftapids.
Ia.
For,
against, 1.
St. Louis. Mo.:
against 17.
Milwaikc, Wis.:
For,
For, 895;
against, 29.
Unofficial Count Is In.
Official returns had not been re
ceived from East St. Louis 111.; Kan
sas City or St. Joseph, Mo., but in
complete returns showed a majority
for a strike, Mr. Lane said.
An unofficial tabulation from
Omaha shows a total of 6,841 votes
were cast, 5,109 of them favoring a
strike.
A statement by six of the smaller
packers made public today through
the American Institute of Meat
Packers announces that most of them
have been forced to shut down their
plants to avert further losses due to
material costs and wage rate under
Slayer Who Must Die for
Killing Wife and Stranger
1 1
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Lloyd George Is
Facing Serious
Cabinet Crisis
Resignation of A. Iionar Law,
According to London Press,
Has Precipitated Tangle
of First Magnitude.
London. March 18. A political
crisis of the first magnitude has
been created by the retirement of
A. lionar Law from the British cab
inet, it is declared by the London
Times. Other newspapers, while
less emphatic, agree in saying that
Mr. Bonar Law's resignation is cer
tain to have considerable ' political
effect and that it probably will ma
terially weaken the coalition govern
ment. It is pointed, out that no
successor to,. Mr. Bonar Law is like
ly to work so well with ' Premier
Lloyd George and the Graphic even
suggests that if Mr. Lloyd George
is called upon to face a prospect of
unsympathetic association, he may
find" the strain of office intolerable
and will follow Mr. Bcnar Law into
retirement. '
There are many forecasts relative
to the new uaionist leader whom
the party will elect on Monday.
Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exechequer; Sir Robert Home,
president of the board of trade and
Sir Edward Carson are given most
prominent mention as being prob
able successors to Mr. Bonar Law.
Suggestions have been made in
some quarters that , Mr. Lloyd
George, himself, take command of
the unionist party. The London
Times remarks that the unionists as
a whole, while willing to make
every use of him, are most jealous
of his power.
An intimate fr&nd played chess
with Bonar Law Wednesday eve
ning and suspected nothing, but a
specialist who examined him on
Thursday morning ordered him to
quit work, or face the gravest risks.
He will go to the Riviera and will
remain abroad a couple of months.
Man Sentenced to Hang
Asks to Change Plea
Redding, Cal.. March 18. A mo
tion to vacate the judgment and per
mit the plea of guilty to be with
drawn auf to submit a plea of not
j guilty was made here in superior
cburt in behalf ot William H. Aorris
of Terre Haute, Ind. Norris is under
sentence to be hanged March 25 as
the confessed slayer of City Marshal
John V. Reives.
Martin I. Welch of Sacramento,
who made the motion, based his
plea on an affidavit in which it was
alleged conviction of the defendant
was obtained by coercion, fear, trust,
misapprehension of the seriousness
of his crime, and without the advice
of counsel.
Street Sales of Ford's Paper
Barred by St. Louis Police
Stl Louis, March 18. An order
prohibiting street sales of the "Dear
born Independent," Henry Ford's
publication, will be issued tomorrow.
Chief of Police Martin O'Brien an
nounced tonight. The sale bycriers
Ion the streets constitutes -1aw vio-
lation punishable under defamation
land criminal libel statutes and the
i disturbance of the peace ordinances,
1 -nar'cs '' Dausc, city counsellor,
j ruied toda3'.
J Western Roads Put Freight
Rates Back to 1920 Scale
Phoenix, Ariz., March 18. The
state corporation commission re
ceived word from United States Sen
ator Ralph Cameron that the west
ern railroads had decided to suspend
for 90 days the present rates on east
bound traffic and go back to the
rates prevailing on August 26, 1920.
Flood Waters Recede
Walla Walla, Wash., March 18.
Waters in Mill creek and other
streams of the valley fell today and
danger of further damage was con
sidered past. The flood in the city
caused a damage estimated. lo ex-
'(J-sfc "Ni
Japanese Diet Is
Facing a Serious
Crisis, Is Belief
j Riotous Scenes Enacted at
Meeting of Opposition
Party at Which Viscount
Kato Accuseil of Bribery.
Tokio, March 18. (By The As
sociated Press.) Riotous scenes
were enacted at a meeting of the
Kenzi-Kai, or opposition party,
which had gathered here today to
discuss a sensational open letter
written by Secretary Hirooka of
the Ziyu-Ka: party charging Vis
count Kato, president of the Kenzi
Kai with accepting a bribe. The
meeting was attended by 10,000
persons, and when , representative
Tomezaburo Shimizu attempted to
speak a dozen men rushed forward
and, demolished the platform. Many
fights occurred in the crowd, and
the police were forced to intervene,
making many arrests.
After the meeting had broken up,
a crowd, headed by two autos,
marched toward the Diet building
which was surrounded by two cor
dons of police, with hundreds of re
serves in nearby streets and parks.
Near the, Diet building the crowd
vas harangued by leaders. The
throng was urged to break through
the police cordons, but police re
serves were hurried up and the man
ifestants were forced to retire. Their
leaders were arrsted.
' It was the prevailing opinion here
today that the ministry is coir
fronted with a serious crisis.
Mexican Rail Leaders
Confer With Huerta
Mexico City, March 18. Leaders
in the railway strike, which has se
riously embarrassed traffic in Mexi
co for the last three weeks, met
Adolt'o De La Huerta, secretary of
the treasury, last night, but no head
way was made toward a settlement
of the difficulty. The government
remains firm in its original demand
that the men return to work, and the
strikers are unyielding in urging
their demands.
Secretary De La Huerta has as
sumed the post of fpvernment
spokesman in dealing with the strik
ers. Gen. Pi K. Calles, secretary of
the interior, having announced his
complete retirement from confer
ence following refusal of the strikers
to carry ouj an agreement for settle
ment of the strike early this .week.
Bolivian Indian Tribes
Revolt Against Regime
Buenos Aires, March '18. Indians
living in the high table lands of Bo
livia have risen against the Bolivian
government and a native chief has
proclaimed himself president of the
Indian tribes, says a La Paz dis
patch to La Nacion.
Several encounters between the
insurgents and provincial forces
have resulted in several persons be
ing killed and wounded. Bolivian
troops are reported to be on their
way to suppress the revolt.
Burroughs Back Home.
Pasadena, Cal., March 18. John
Burroughs, naturalist, today was
back in his winter home, a cabin
in Pasadena glen, completely recov
ered, it was said, from the minor ail
ment which caused him to go to a
hospital several weeks ago. He said
he will start cast March 25 in 'order
to reach his home at Riverby. N. Y.,
in time to celebrate there April 3,
the 84th anniversary of his birth.
The Weather
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Wanderer
Sentenced
iTo Scaffold
i Slayer of Wife, Unborn Bale
j And "Rapged Stranger"1 in
j Fake Holdup lo Pay Su
preme Penalty.
; Jury Out But 29 Minutes
Chicago, March 18. Carl Wan
derer today was found guilly by a
jury of the murder of the ragged
stranger lml to death in the alleged
muck holdup, and the penalty fixed
at death.
The jury deliberated only 29 min
utes but was delaed in returning
the verdict through the absence of
Judge David.
In a previous trial. Wanderer was
convicted of the murder of his wile
and was sentenced to prison for 25
years.
Killed Three in Robbery.
The conviction of Wanderer cam
as the climax of his trial for the
murder of "John Doe'' or the "poor
boob" and "poor fish" so designated
by him. who acted as the dupe at
the slaying of Wanderer's wife, un
born babe and the "ragged
stranger."
The murder was committed on the
night of June 21 last year. , Wan
derer and his wife had spent the even
ing at a neighborhood motion pic
ture theater and were just turning
off the street into the yard leading
up to their home when thev were
accosted by the "poor boob."
Was "Framed" Robbery, w
The stranger commanded them to
hold up their hands. It was dur
ing the staging of the fake robbery
that Wanderer drew his gun and
fired, killing his wife and the
stranger.
At the time of the shooting Wan
derer, who was an ex-service man,
was hailed as a hero, but after three
days of investigation by the Chicago
police department Wanderer was
taken into custody, charged with the.
triple murder. He stoutly maintained
that he was innocent for several days,
but finally, after a lengthy question
ing, he signed a written confession.
Convicted Once Before.
He was placed on trial October
17 for the murder of his wife and
unborn child and alter a trial lasting
several days was convicted of mur
der, but the jury fixed the penalty at
15 years in prison, which meant the
serving of but 14 years' actual time.
The verdict so incensed the people
of Chicago that he w as brought back
from the penitentiary and placed on
trial for . the murder of the man he
characterized as the "pocr fish." His
conviction today, with its sentence of
death, resulted from his second trial.
The body of the man for whose
murder Wanderer today was found
guilty, still is in the county morgue,
never having been identified.
Cuba Playground of
Yanks, Says Gamble
After Trip to South
i
John W. Gamble, vice president
of the First National hanW. Hrsrrilipd
his recent trip to South America
ana Cuba to members of the Ki
wanis club at their regular weekly
meeting at the Rome hotel yester
day. Cuba, according to Mr. Gamble,
was a veritable playground. The
island of Jamaica is "where the
black man smiled' and the Panama
canal zone is a region of wonders.
1 Plans for the district convention
of Kiwanis clubs to be held in Oma
ha April 14 are being made by the
"Honest Injuns."
Business meetings will be held
during the day and in the evening
a banquet and ball probably will be-
given for the visitors.
Jury Samples Evidence and
Convicts Four Under Dry Act
Tampa, March 18. The iurv
looked dubious when evidence in a
liquor seizure case involving thu
Cuba schooner Ramplazo, was pre
sented for its inspection in the fed
eral court.
"Have a drink, boys, and sec for
yourself, if it is not 'the real stuff,"
said District Attorney Herbert S.
Phillips, handing bottles of whisky,
brandy and wine, part of 3,000
quarts seized aboard the vessel, into
the jury box.
The jurors did, except one. who
merely sniffed, and were convinced,
promptly voting the captain, mate
and two deckhands guilty.
Fremont Couple Celebrate '
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Fremont, Neb.. March 18. (Spe
cial.) Mr. and Mrs. William Gnuse
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary at their borne here. Mr.
Gnuse is 77 and his wife is 80. Both
are in excellent health. Their son.
John Gnuse, superintendent of the
Lutheran orphanage, held a big re
ception in their honor. Besides their
22 grandchildren there are four sons
and two daughters in the family.
Denver Man is Killed
In Automobile Crash
Denver. Colo., March 18. W. R.
Calicotte former state fish and game,
commissioner and candidate for
United States senator, was decapita
ted today when a runaway auto
mobile crashed dowti hill into a
street car in the business section.
1 wo other peions were fatally in
jured.
Man Confesses to Murder
Los Angeles. March 18. (.'baric
1". Smith confefsed in the city jail
here today, according to the police,
that he and h: s father. T. W. Smith,
also under arret here had murdered
Icier Sclmurg m, Akron. U.. last
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