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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL 50 NO. 237. Intwt Smm'-CImi Hitter Mo M. ISM. Pha P. 0. tlir Act t( Match J. U7. OMAHA, MONDAY, MARCH 2ll 1921. ' By Mall (I year). Iml 4th 2ana, Dally and Sunday. $9: Dally Only. IJ; tuaday, 14 Oatilfa 4th Zaaa (I year). Dally and Suaday, til; Dally Oaly. 11; Sunday Oalj. l THREE CENTS r-Bl -ar I vAot iT I ni M1; i Limelight In Capital Much Interest in Visit of Former French Premier Will Attempt to Convert Ideas of Harding. . r f l iS'ven to understand , that a bill de- roes of Pact Conhdent!?iKned ,0 p'n"y .pie an em- W VW Wa VXSr Xavaaa ai.aia i 1 If.Alt.' inriA.. tir nrl By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. 4. hlruco Tribune-Omaha lire .tnaftl Wire. Washington, March 20. Will for mer Premier Viviani of France sue- crcd or fail in influencing President i Harding in the formulation of the i peace program he will submit to the torthcoming t-csMon oMlic 1 li con-, grcss? This is the foremost topic of spe- j rulation in Washington in regard to . developments of international' affairs, Accompanied by Stcphan Lauzannc, ; the French journalist, M. V'iviani , will arrive Shrlrrklir I week for a f tay ot three weeks or more, during which period he will-? discuss international problems with i the president, Secretary of State: .Hughes and other cabinet members and a number of senators and reprc-', scntatives. v Advocates of ratification by the United States, of the Versailles treaty in some form. and acceptance of a modified league of nations cov enant, are exceedingly hopeful that j the former French premier will weaken the president's opposition to Mich a course by his representations of the financial and economic plight ' of France and the necessity of slrong .concerted action by the powers, in cluding the United States, to force i Germany to pay the prescribed repa rations. ' May Delay Decisions. ? .-H-uaiuis who are irrecomliaDiy opposed to the treaty and the cove nant are confident that M. Viviani's , visit will have no effect on the for mulation of the peace program be yond delaying announcement by the president, of the course qi action up- ' on which he shall have decided. It is known that the president desire the fullest discussion of the prob lems which, will be brought to the for, by the visit of the distinguished Frenchman and it is conceived to he unlikely that any final decisions will be reached until after he ' has de parted. The preseut status of interchanges between the Harding administration anYl the allies is one of diplomatic sparring. Mr. Hughes started out bv making it clear to the allied ambas sadotf that the- Unired Staffs will enter upon no discussions of the -.natters tVy wish to take up with the administration until the allies have conceded the inalienable . rights of America in the mandated territories. The position assumed by the allies is that they are seeking nothing, have nothing to take up with the United States and merely desire to co-operate to the best of their .ibil ity with the Harding administration. Want Support of United States. The utterances of M. Viviani on the eve of his departure for -,'he United States, however, leave so doubt that he wishes to present to the -president the question of thc1 United States backing up Francs in wresting the indemnity from Gcr- . manyvv The most acceptable form of Americau assistance, in his opinion, would be American ratification of the Versailles treaty and entrances into the league of nations with article 10 eliminated from the covenant. Mr. Harding is now wholly op " posed to such action by the United States and there are few even of the pro-lcaguers who entertain Jiopcs that the president can be persuaded by M. Viviani. It would be neces sary for the former 'French premier to convert the president from the view that the United States ought not to enter the present league of na tions, which is a permanent military alliance, either with or without acJ tide 10, and outfit not to underwrite the terms of the peace ot rans, the being demonstrated bv current dc-J vclopments in Europe. Might Take Less. It is possible that, France would be. content with something much less than M. Viviani will propose, possibly some official endorsement by the United States of the meas ures adopted to exact German pay ment of the reparations. Anything that wouM tead disintegrate Ger man resistance vand start the repara s tion payments would benefit France immensely.' With revenue from rep arations pouring into the treasury, the credit of France would be great ly improved and the French govern ment would be able to negotiate or . better terms loans from American financiers. Wliat administration officials fail to understand is the necessity for American assistance in enforcing the -peace terms. With oermany with-; out navy and military armament and with the Britsh navy and a French ' afmy of close to 1,000,000 men now i under arms, it would secm that the j allies need no additional help in im-! - posing their will upon the German republic. Hoy Arrested as He Drives Away With Benson Man's Car Otto" Glaser. 16. 5536 , Soeucer street, was arrested Saturday as he was driving away from in front of a soft drink parlor at Benson in an automobile owned by O. M. Hunter of Benson. The boy told police that a man had offered him $5 to take the car around corner and. leave jt there. . Glaser is held for: investi- VilTHead City SchooU Rt-.i Cloud. Neb.. March iO. Special.) C. L. Clark of Lincoln, mral high school inspector, has heen elected superintendent of the Red Cloud -city schools at a salary of svooy ... ; - S IT r. 1 ft f IT Live otock men Urge Embargo Upon Meats ; Washington, March 20. An em bargo on the importation of meats and readjustment of freight rates on live stock from the west and south west was urged by a delegation which called on President Harding. Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, accompanied the delegation, which iniQiudcd Judge Sam flowan, Texas. general counsel of the National Live i Stock association! T. A. Tomlin, ! Denver, secretary of the assoc'ation, and J. If. Mercer, Topcka, chairman i of the Kansas City Live Stock asso ciation. Senator Capper said later he was lll't-i Trntiall1v iillM ht iuttrrlir. I early in the .session of congress and . ,By The !..P" would be given the support of the. aslnngton, March 20. Lo-ordui-administration. jation of the facilities and service of . - ! the railroads under strict government -- p j, '-. KfYiYfO I l1slfWfl I 1 1 1J.OlVyUl Propaganda is fi I . 1 if , Circulated Here I I American Legion Turns Over To Federal Officers News paper Published in - Bremen, Gcrnjauy. Lincoln, March 20. As farther proof that there is an insidious Ger man propaganda campaign underway in Nebraska, Frank B. O'Connell, state adjutant of the American Le gion, turned over to (the federal de partment of justice a copy of a dis loyal newspaper circulated regularly to Xcbraskans of German parentage. The newspaper, which states that it is "devoted to the furtherance of in ternational understanding,'" is -sup-lksed to be printed in Bremen, Ger many, and was shipped into the state by express. Adjutant O'Connell said, the copy was turned over to him by a mem ber of the American Legion in the Nebraska town where it was sup posed to have been delivered with others. The newspaper very vigorously at tacks the Wilson administration in its relation with Germany- and at tempts to justify Germany's acts during the war. In equally forceful language, the newspaper attacks the French for having put negro troops ,along'the Rhine. It attempts to tell the truth about the "negro horror of the Rhine, and "accuses tie United States postoffice department of en forcing a "conspiracy of silence" on the subject. - . Editorially the newspaper charges that "the German people were cheat ed intej an armistice." A-- The newspaper is printed in Eng lish fof the benefit of its American subscribers. Adjutant O'Connell. in turning the newspaper over to the Department of Justice for investigation, said this ,was only one of numerous means 'agents -of the German propaganda campaign" are using to regain a hold on German-Americans. "The Amer ican Legion in Nebraska," he said, "is devoting every effort to expose the projected revival of German propoganda the state. , Hays Pledges Efforts ' EKminate Politics From Postal Service Chicago, March 20. Elimination of politics and extension of the civil service in the Postoffice department were pledged by Postmaster General Hays in two speeches here yester day. -My purposes are to take the:, ng. purchase of fuel and sup postal service out of politics, to makol ; application of a standard of such rectifications as in all decency nrd fairness must be made to assure asquare deal and to strengthen and broaden the civil service and put the postal service upon a purely bus iness basis, so sound and serviceable that rrb political party will ever again dare attempt to ignore or evade it," he declared. Labor Takes Large Part Of Railroad's Earnings Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Shicago, March 20. Sixty-one per cent of the railway dollar is taken by labor, according to a diagram prepared by Slason Thompson of the bureau of- railway news and statistics. The diagram shows that the remainder. of the dollar was distributed as follows:' -Fuel cost, 11 per cent;"hiaterial, 19 per cent; loss and damage, 3.73 per cent; taxes, 4.67 per cent, and the remainder, .85 per cent, went for rents. Crowd Waits in Vain for Baptism Shivering Omahans Line Lake 'Front to See Im mersion of Candidates for Negro Church Ceremony Postponed by Pastor's Illness; Cold winds blrv over the shores of Carter lake Yesterday afternoon while fully 1,000 shivering Omahans waited in vain for the scheduled bap- j tism of 19 candidates for member ship in the Pleasant Green Coloredj Baptist church. "The Rev. J. Costello, pastor of the church, had announced he would baptize the candidates in the lake atj 3, and would-be spectators began ar riving in automobiles and on foot 1 long before that hour, clad in over-! coats and furs. The lake shore near Municipal beach, where the immer sion was to be held, was lined with several rows of cars. Life Guards Jim Bnrner. Thomas Christopher and Julius : Bxeiman. j employes of the park department. were on hand but not in bathing Suits to guard against accidents. iney were kept busy answering questions of .the Impatient croyd, New" Plan For Railway fed Co ,tuon of All r acuities Unaer Government Super vision Proposed by Asso ciation of Stockholders. V It Would Save Millions i supervision is proposed by the Na i tional ' Association of Owners of 1 Railway Securities, as a way out of the transportation crisis. The plan , will be submitted tomorrow to Chair- man Cummins of the senate lnter- sta.te Commerce commission. b. DaY Warfidd as- sociation, announced today that rep resentatives of his organization ktcr bcfore ,hc tomj mittce Mr. Warlicld says that the plan will save millions of dollars an- ; nually, increase facilities and service -: and lower fares and rates. lie adds ! that . American transportation has outgrown its present system and ; warns that the railways must recog nize that only drastic measures "will save them from being swallowed up : in the demoralization that govern ment operation and after-war adjust-" ment has brought." ' f "Unless intensive economical methods in administration are adopt-, cd," he continues, "there is no al ternative but government operation, followed by government ownership, although the country has given evi dence of being opposed to it. . National Service Urged. ' j The proposed plan is supplemental : to provisions of the transportation act permitting regional consolidation of physical properties by the Inter state Commerce commission. ' The proposed co-ordination would be brought about through a national railway service, to be organized by an act of congress, and which also would be an agenc3' to purchase equipment to be furnished the rail ways without profit. The -Interstate Commerce com mission would select five of its mem bers who would constmite the serv ice division. ' This division would have supervision and regulator pow ers to be exercised through the board of the national railway service. The board would be composed of 40 members, subdivided into two divisions, finance and-administrative, and ra'rlway crfficers,-of 20 members each. . . . Four Group Boards. . Subordinate to the board would be four group railway .boards, one in each of the four jate territories i eastern, southern, western and moun-, tain-Pacific. Each board would have seven members, five to -be selected by the railways and two from the shippers. '' The 20 railway officials serving on these four boards would serve as the railway officials division of the national board. ' v Co-operating with the group boards would be 10 committees, each selected from the railways of each group. These committtees would cover a large range of .investigation and report, including the normal equipment requirements of each rail way; additional equipment to be jeased from the national railway service; standardization of equip ment; useless expenditures incident to competition; a study of joint use of terminals, yards and shop facili ties; surplus property nqNrequired in lesitimate transportation ; cost of etiiciency m railway operational (Tarn to Pe Two. Column Two.) Officers for Year Named By Geneva Woman's Club Geneva. Neb., March 20. (Spe cial.) Officers of the Geneva Wom en's club chosen for the year are: President, Mrs. Lee Huston; vice president, 'Mrs. Thomas Moore; re cording secretary,-Mrs. R. A. Burns? corresponding secretary, Mrs. R. G. Phillips; treasurer, Mrs. L. L. -Fisher; custodian, Mrs. M. Bolton; audi tor, Miss Cora Stewart. Delegates chosen to attend the district con vention in April at Crete are: Mrs. Lee Huston and Mrs. C. B. Reeve; alternates, Mrs. M. Bolton and Miss Josie Hamilton. Mrs. R. A Burns, president, is delegate ex-otticio. Miss Nellie Williams of Lincoln explained the system of the county library at th request of the club. which remained at the beach until well after 4. A minister had baptized two negro men that morning and departed with out giving -his name, accordng to Bruner. . The Rev. Mft ostello, 'when lo cated, explaned the baptism had been postponed indefinitely because of his illness. In administering the rites of baptism it is necessary for him to lead his "candidates" into the lake until the water, reaches his. shoulders, he explained. "I was worn otit by five weeks of tevival services." said the minister. "The doctor advised against me going into the lake. I'm leaving town for a few weeks and the cere monv will not be held until I return. "I'm sorry . the crowd was disap pointed. It would have been a very beautiful sight. . I baptize large classes that way every year, r Per haps the weather will be better the j nct day we set igtht fcapUjm,' r r Wanderer Loses Nerve; j Jailor Fears Suicide thlrago Tribune-Omaha Hce I.rnaed Mire. Chicago, March 20. Carl Wander er's iron nerve is breaking down -uid today he is a whining culprit, instead : of the jeering, sneering, self cor.- ; fideut murderer. He hastenied him- J self to all visitors and the jail offi- j cials, who have placed .him in the i death chamber, arc watching him to : prevent suicide. ' Early next wcek, the body of the j "ragged stranger," for whose murder I Wanderer was convicted, will be J buried in Totters field., Ut tad been held ever since the triple crime, in I the hope that some one would identi-1 fy and claim if. Partial identifica- i tion has been made three Or four times, but all clues to the identify of the man have failed. It is believed Wanderer knows who the man was) and he may tell before he stops on ! the gallows. . j Clashes Between Pole and British TVrarWaO Roiii"iltol i 1IUUII& l it IJUl I CU; . I All Preparations Completed 1 For Upper Silesia Plebiscite Many Germans Return For Voting Privilege. By The Associated Pres. Berlin; March 20. Special' dis patches from Katowitz, Silesia, re port that Polish bands crossed the Silesian frontier into Rosenberg and became involved in fights with Brit ish troops at Gross Lassowjtz. Sev eral persons were seriously wounded, the dispatches state. Tarnowitz, Upper Silesia, March 20. All preparations hsd been com pleted when the polls opened today in Uppcis Silesia to determine whether the rich mining region of 50,000 square miles shall be under the sovereignty of Germany or, Po land. From- distant 'parts of the worlj Germans and Poles, former residents and entitled 'to vote, had journeyed here. The plebiscite, it is estimated, in volved the pilgrimage of 140,000 Germans. Special trains were fur nished at the expense of the Ger mans andthe trains were so crowd ed manrpassengcrs were obliged to stand. Among the last contingents were 40 from South Africa, comply mg the .-representation ot Hpr1uJSat,0n- every country except the entente. The final results were expected to be delayed- somewhat by the order of the intexaltied plebiscite commis sion suspending wire communication with tti wnrlH evppnt nrpec rtisnatrJi- ...... - ,,v..u, . 1- - - .... , ------ cs. wnicn were suoject to tne ap proval of the authorities. . , - Expect Big Vote. Approximately 2,500,000 Germans and Poles were expected to cast ballots and the tropagantia agencies of both countries have worked to the 1 utmost. Each voter received two ballots, one Polish and the other German. After marking one both ballot! were i dropped in tjic ballot box. This method, it was expected, would de lay counting the votes. Even pris oners were entitled to vote. Concentrations of Polish and, Ger man troops were reported on the, frontiers, and it was thought in some quarters fighting" would occur, al though the council of ambassadors had notified Germany full responsi bility' would be on her should dis orders occur if German troops en tered the zone. " ( Poland Also Warned. Poland also was warned that the allied plebiscite forces alone were re sponsible for the maintenance of or der. . j According to information in the hands of the inter-allied plebiscite commission, Germans are prepared to protest to the council of ambas sadors, should the vote be unfavor able to Germany and will ask a par tition of Silesia, asking that Poland be given the eastern section where trae Polish'majority "exists.. The resignation of many German judges, where the Poles predominate have been,received and no successors were appointed, or if apopinted, have refused to serve, the intention being to assert that without German repre sentation there was no guarantee of fair play. Man Injured When He Steps Into Moving Automobile Charles Palmer suffered lacera-. tions of the scalp Saturday when he stepped into a moving automor bile driven by Luther Charrton, Cen tral City, Neb., at Twenty-fourth and Hamilton. Palmer, who lives at Eighteenth and Charles streets, was attended by police ,surgeons and later was jailed pn a charge of intoxication. Charrton was booked for reckless driving and was released on bond. Tennessee Mountaineer Is Arrested as Fugitive Denver, March 20. Peter Kobin son. 39, a Tennessee mountaineer, is held in jail here on a charge of heini; a fugitive from justice from Califor nia. Robinson was captured after he had barricaded himself in a down town rooming house. Police say he was traced by detectives from Cali fornia to Kansas and back to Den ver. Capper Papers Editor to Address Omaha Rotarians Marco Morrow of Topcka, Kan7 editor of the Arthur Capper publica tions, will address the Omaha Rotarians-at their regular noon lunch eon at the Rome lrotel Wednesday. Mr. Morrow, who is a prominent Rotarian, will speak on the "Phil osophy of Rotary." P. F. Petersen willj)residc at the luncheon. Fire Damages Theater. Nebraska City. March 20. (Special.) A fire in the basement of the Overland theater here caused considerable damage to three dress ingrooms in the annex of the build ing. The fire started in the base Sictit from an undetermined crjgiu Engine-men Killed In Coll i si on Two Lose Lives When Bur lington Train Hits Switch Engine in Red Cloud , s Yards. Say Engineer to Blame -Red Cloud. Neb., March -'0. (Special Telegram.) Engineer C. S. j Lawrence of Oxford, Neb., and lure , man E. .1. Knmell 6f McCook, Neb., !were killed instantly when a Bur ! lington extra stock train from the I west collided with a switch engine ; in the Red Cloud yards at, 5 this j morning. Lawrence was engineer i on the switch engine and Kimmel, i iirpman nn llip -frfio-llt train. s Keports indicate that the extra stock train w charge of Conductor Hinshaw and Engineer Reilly was coming into the local yards at a high raje of speed. The yard crew was switcnmg ana nau gone uniu a siding, leaving the switch open from the main line. This was per missible as the main line is .pro tected by a semaphore about two miles west of the depot, so arranged that it must be set at danger before the main line switch can be opened. It is said that the engineer of the stock train disregarded the scma phore signal and with his train not under control could not stop in time to prevent the crash. The engineer of , the stock trai.i stayed on his engine and was prac tically unhurt. The fireman jumped and was caught under the wreckage. The head brakeman, who was on the engine, tried to jump, but stumbled and fell in the' tender and this saved his life. The fireman- on the switch engine jumped in time to ,esc?pe in jury, v, , Among the cars wrecked were 10 of stock and two of cement. The ca boose of an earlier stock train, stand ing on another track, was over turned by the wrecked train. A num ber of passengers shortly before had occupied this car, but were at break fast when the crash came. Superintendent Maclaren and Train mastcf Welch of McCook arrived this morning to conduct an investi- working on the switch, engine here for about a month. Fireman Kimmel is a son of Editor F. M. Kimmel of the McCook Tribune. . Mrs. Nellie L. Guild, k Resident of x0maha For 50 Years, Dies Mrs. Nellie L. Guild, resident of Omaha for nearly 50 years, died yes terday, after a sickness of several months at the home of hcrx sister, Mrs. William Randall, 820 Park ave nue, with whom she has made her home for the. last 35 years. Her husband. David Guild, a former resi dent of Omaha, died j( 1886. Besides Mrs. William Randall, a sister,, Mrs. John Hodge of Oakland, Cal., formerly of Omaha, survives. Mrs. Guild was born in Scotland,. December 21, 1858, and came to Omaha with her parents in .1872,. where she lived until death. Mrs. Guild was well known in the city and was a charter member of West minster Presbyterian church, in which she was an active member". Funeral services will be held from Westminster Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at Z Burial will be in Prospect Hill ecmetery. Nine Guilty of Conspiring Sentenced in Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland, March 20. Nine of 15 persons alleged to be Sinn Feincrs, one of them a woman, were found guilty of conspiring against the government. A ver dict of not proven was returned in the case of two of the prisoners and the four others were found not guilty. The , nine were sentenced toTrom one to five years in prison and a fine of i500 was imposed. . Motor cars and explosives said to have been the property of those con victed were ordered forfeited. All the prisoners left the dock smiling cheerfully. Three Unaccounted for When Kansas Hotel Burns Emporia, Kan., March 20. Three persons are unaccounteafor, follow ing a fire which destroyed the Hotel Whitley today. Several persong were severely in jured, and others received slight in juries when they fell from the second story. ' Jack Fisher, a wrestler, fell three' stories when a rope burned in two, but he was uninjured. Ed Warner, Fisher's manager, jumped three stor- ics and landed uninjured on the' wrestler's back. The damage is estimated at $100,- WAV. Damage Suit Filed Against Minnesota Bank Examiner Minneapolis, March 20. Suit for $200,000 damages agapst F. E. Pear sot), state bank examiner and 14 other defendants was filed in Hcnnepen county district court by J. M. Arrowwood, former cashier of the Farmers State bank of Kimball, Minn. Mr. Arrowwood alleges that he was forced to dispose of bank stocks worth $200 a share at $80 a.share because ot alleged manipulations of the defendants. . Destroyer Aground Washington, March 19. The de stroyer, Toucey, went aground off St. Simions sound, near Brunswick lightship, Georgia, the Navy depart ment announced tonight. It was re ported as resting easily and im no Does Harding Enjoy Being " President of U. S.? He Does! New Executive v Grappling With Tasks With More Expedition Than Many Friends Thought Pos sibleDemands Service to People and Is Eager to Help Give Service. By EYE WITNESS. ! Chicago Tribuoe-Omah Bee laaed Wire. , Washington, D. C, March 20. Does Warren Harding from Marion, O., enjoy .being president of the United States? . He does. . Does the gusto ot the man survive the grind? It does thus far. A man who has looked over the shoulder of all the presidents at work from Roosevelt to Harding in -clufivc, said to me: n these first grilling days of a new administration it's the sense of power that holds 'em and keeps 'em happy dammit, they love it! Call this'man on he phone and this one, and this one, and this, and in six min utes four of the best brains in this country at his elbow, and then the five of 'them bend to a problem for 20 . minutes fialf an hour thrce auartcrs as lone as the president wishes and there is not a whisper or a jfoottall to distract him: Its king ship, my boy!" Warren Harding is grappling' with his new tasks, with more expedition than some persons who know him well thought he would. Eight months ago he liked to work leisurely. He always had. The campaign pulled him pretty well out of that failing for a failing it had sometimes proved to be. Needed Pushing. In Marion they used to sav, ''War ren's all right, but there's times when he's got to be pushed." . As president he does not enjoy procrastination any more. "Nothing so emphatically indicates that he has grown.- Like Roosevelt and Louis Philippe, he is a moody monarch, and some times the prompt swinging away to Many Churches Add New Members On Palm Sunday Kountze" Memorial Receives Class . of 192, Largest ' in City Pastor Officiates . In Wheel Chair. Large congregations crowded Omaha 'churches' yesterday, worship" jng on one of the great festival days of the church year, Palm Sunday, whichVommemorates the entry oi Christ into Jerusaloin. Most Protestant rhsrehes received large classes of new 'members, this being the Palm Sunday custom, es pecially in Lutheran and Episcopalian churches. Vastly the largest class of coii firmants in this city and probably 4n any city- yesterday was the class of 192 young folks received into Kountze Memorial Lutheran church in the morning. Rev. Dr. Baltzly, seated in a wheel chair because he re cently broke a bone in one heel, con ducted the service, assisted by Rev. Geoge Dorn, associate pastor of this" church. Hundreds Stand. The edifice was crowded to the doors, hundreds even standing throughout the ceremony. Next Wednesday evening an additional class of ?2 will be received 'into Kountze Memorial chur.ch,' bringing its total membership to 13.550, the largest Protestant congregation, with one exception, in this country. At St. Marks Lutheran church, Rev. AV. I. Guss confirmed a clas3 of 13 boys and girls. At Cross Lutheran church, 15 children were confirmed in the morning and a class of adults later. ' Bishop Shayler confirmed a class at the Episcopal church of :' St. Philip the Deacon yesterday after noon. . , Palm Ceremony. The worshipers who filled all Catholic churches at yesterday's spe cial services were presented with sprigs and leaves of palm in accord ance with time-honored custom, the palms- having been blessed by th clergy. In Episcopal churches also there was the ceremony of blessing the palms. Warm weather helped to bring out big audiences to all churches, Palm Sunday starts the most solemn week of the Christian year, that which commemorates Chirst's crucifixion burial and resurrection. Many churches will hold special services every evening this week. Judge Orders Car Seized By "Dry" Agents Returned Salt Lake City, March 20. An automobile seized by the government and held for libel in connection with liquor trafficking was crdercd re-' stored by Federal Judge Tillman D. Johnson when it was shown that the machine had been' used without the Owner's knowledge or consent. Judge Johnson cited the recent ac tion of the court of appeals in St. Louis in a decision holding that the passage of the Volstead act repealed all internal revenue laws covering prohibition. - v , George Carter Suggested For Job of Public Printer Washington, D. C, March 20. (Special Telegram.) The Iowa delegation in congress presented the name of George H. Car ter, who is clerk of Jhe joint com mittee on printing, to President Har ding for the position of public printer. It is thought, however, that Oscar J. Ricketts of Illinois has best chance to land the place, as he is backed by "Uncle Joe" Cannon and dc- pends Oil the mood. But Harding does not work just as Roosevelt did. Roosevelt's de cisions usually were quick, and so are most of Hardi'ngs the actual deciding, I mean but he gets to the discussion in a different way. After the discussion he wants no more of a question. He wants to feePthat his head k clear of it. At such moments he can be very stub born and vehement even irascible if they hector him. There is another side more in gratiating and equally characteristic of the man. You may not have a great president time alone can tell tliat--l)ut you have got a great helper. , To James J. Davis, the new sec retary of labor, who has just come from the president, 1 said "How do you lind him to deal with?" Demands Service. "I'll tell you in mighty few words," the Moose 'chief said," and it's' this way. A cabinet officer goes right into Harding at any and all times; an usher takes him right in. I never yet have seen a man respond as the president has. 'It's up to you to give service' is the way he puts it to us, and he is eager to help us to give service. "I felt a little bit weak you un derstand a little bit shaky when I vent to the first cabinet meeting, but that man gives you confidence. When I left I knew I had the presi dent of the United States back of me. I've been around the. world and I've met men all kinds' of men and I never saw a man that so wanted to help you solve the human firohclms. "For example: I went to him and (Turn to Page Two, Column One.) Chiropractors' Body Celebrates Passage of Bill Iowa Physicians Meet Here Following-' Legislation for Separate Examining Board v And Recognition. - A meeting of the Southwest Iowa "Chif opractors" association, "to" cele brate the passage of the bill in Iowa giving chiropractic physicians -a' sep eratc examining board and legal rec ognition, vvas held in Omaha yes terday. , , " . . ' - A clinic t'n the office of Dr. Lee W Edwards was held in the morn ing. The, big event of the day was the banquet in the Hotel Fontenelle at 3 in the afternoon, which was at tended by 75 persons. Dr. A. W. Schwictert of Sioux Falls, S. D., presided as toastmaster in the absence of Dr. Edwards of Omaha, who was called to Casper, Wyn., on a chiropractic case. Dr. Schwietert is former secretary of the Iowa association and partly re sponsible for the organization of chiropractic physicians there. - The meeting was entirely Of a so cial nature. .Telegrams of congrat ulations were sent to heads of the South Dakota,. Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas associations. Straight chiropractic bills have been passedjn these states recently. ' Among those present were: Dr. S. L. Answorth of Lincoln; Dr. and Mrs. Julander of Des., Moines; Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Lvons of Glenwood; hDr. and Mrs. A. W. Schwietert of Sioux Falls; Dr. and Mrs. Lewis of Wayne, Neb; Dr. C. Aerni of Co lumbw. Neb.; Dr. V. L. Olson of Osceola, Neb.; Dr. and Mrs. Jo seph McDonald of Hiawatha, Kan.; Dr. Raester of Red Oak, la.; Dr. C. C. 'Lucas of Malvern, Ia-jDr. Frank Elliott of Davenport, la; Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Schaffer of Auburn, Neb., and State Representatives R. S. Mosley and E. Anderson. Governor Refuses to Send ' Troops to Protect Railway Little Rock, March 20. Governor McRae yesterday refused to send na tional guardsmen to protect proper ty of the Missouri and North Ar kansas railroad and make possible operation of trains. The governor said his refusal is based on the fact that the railroad is under jurisdiction of the federal court. . Sheriff Johnson of Boone county, who had been instructed by the gov ernor to protect the railroad prop erty, wired that sufficient deputies are not available and repealed his request for troops. Federal Judge Jacob Triber issued a warrant for the arrest of Pete Bettye. charged with attacking J. S. Lcdbetter. telegraph operator. Reichstag Fixes German Army Strength at 100,000 Berlin, March 20. (By The As sociated Press.) The Germany army bill abolishing conscription and fixing the strength of the army at 100.000 men and of the navy at 15, 000. passed" the Reichstag. The indepdent socialists and communists voted against the measure. v The Weather Forecast. Ncbraska-iVrobably fair aird cold er Monday. " . . Hourly Temperatures. K a., in. 4 lp. in. a. m 41' p. m. 7 a. in. ,.4hi a p. m. J n 44i 4 v . ,.... a a. 4n. .'.-.. 4.! ft p. m. 10 a. m. 41 p. im. swift jvork and decisive ction jUS'JStMt.w.i,M 'mijH.USihlSh Sir' .so 1 p. m Six Killed In Elevator Explosion ... 7 Huge Chicago Warehouse is Wrecked by Blast Bodic Of Two Victims Found , ...I In the Ruins. Grain Loss $1,000,000 4 Chlraro Tribune-Omaha B I.ranfd Ira, Chicago, March 20. Six men are known to have perished in the Sat urday night explosion of the Armour Grain company's big northwestern elevators. - The bodies of two vic tims have been found and identified. Four more are believed to have been buried under the tons of debri?, which may take weeks to clear away. The known dead are two watch men, Paul Bala and Henry Osterman. Bala's body was blown from aiir-up-per section of the giant structure far into the railroad yards to the somV where it was picked up, headless and with only tatters of clothing and one shoe remaining on it. Osterman'i body Was taken from among a mass of steel and wreckage in what had been the lower section of the struc ture at 9 o'clock this morning. After searching alj day in the ruins, officials of the grain com pany, on advise of fireman,' stated that it would be impossible to go on with .the search until most of the wreckage has been cleared away. This will require powerful wrecking and hoisting machinery and the uSe of acetylene torches, for the demol- N ished sections are a mass of bent and twisted steel. The four men unaccounted for and believed to lie in the ruins are Louts Reich. 30; Arthur Boumann, 30; M. J. Wil.tz. 28; and Amill Marzell, 43. Hie grain loss was placed at bor dering on $1,000,000 by officials' of the company. There were about $4,- ,000,000 worth of grain in the eleva tors. ,E. A. James, secretary of the company, said this consisted of 5, 000,000 bushels of oats, 1,500,000 bushels of corn and about 200,000 bushels of wheat. , . Two theories were advanced in connection . with what may have caused the. explosion. These came from John K, Thompson, who wai -' superintendent of construction dur ing the building of the elevator. One erf his theories was that the explo sion was spontaneous combustion. The other was that the highly-explosive mixture of humid air and grain dust va Ignited by a spark, possibly- from a watchman's cigaret. "I did a little investigating his morning," said Mr. Thompson, "and 1 I learned that the plant was shut down at noon on Saturday. This is significant, inasmuch as it estab lishes that there was no machinery .. running: Sparks from machinery have been known to cause these dust explosions. : "There were two distinct explo sions. - The first was a small otiCj. evidently in the driers. This mere ly acted as an igniter of the main explosion, which passed like a wave of fire through the entire structure." Insurance Official' Recognizes His Son . Among Prison Inmates Columbus, O., Marcft 20. Lemuel Gary, district superintendent of a large" life insurance company, yester-' ' day sat in a meeting of underwriters listening to a, male chorus composed cf convicts from the Ohio peniten- . tiary sing. In the prison uniform was . a young man named William Gary. Friends of the insurance man com mented 0n the likeness of his name with that of the convict's. They called the convict, down from the stage. .There was an instant recognition by the insurance man of his son; by the convict of his father. Rising to ' Lis feet, the father introduced the convict to the audience, saying he had nolt seen his son for 14 year. As a closing number, Young Gary, with his arm linked in that of his father sang, "Dear old Daddy." "This is the happiest day of my life." said the father. " Young Gary, sentenced from Cleveland for' automobile theft will be released from prison in April. Fate of 16 Defendants in "Battle" Trial With Jury Williamson, W. VaV March 19.-i-The fate of the 16 mountaineers, de fendants in the Matewan battle case, rested jn the hands of the jury to Saturday night., , Ten months ago Saturday the gun fight between residents of the little mining town and Baldwin-Felts de tectives occurred. Ten men were killed and the 16 men were tried on indictment in connection with the death of one victim.- A. C. FclU. The trial occupied 46 days. After two hours 4nd a halt of de liberation the jury reported it had reached no decision, and court ad journed until 8 a. m. Monday. Eleven Persons Apply for ' Citizenship at Geneva Geneva, Neb., March 20. (Spe. cial.) Application for citizenship t has been made by 11 residents of this s county and their examination will be made March 22, "naturalization day" in district court which convenes on Monday afternoon for the March jury term. Fifty-two cases appear on the docket, wjth but one of the criminal class. - Congressman Andrews Hoini ! Hastings. Neb.. March 20. (Spe cial Telegram.) Representative W. j E. Andrews arrived from Washing- ion to remain in the i-itth district a week. He will address the teachers of southwest Nebraska in convention