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V,
Cabinet Is
Split Over
Peace Plan
Hughes and Hoover Using In
fluence With Harding
Against Plan Proposed
By'Senatc.
Message to Cover Views
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribun-Oinhi4 B Leased Wire.
Washington, April 8 Having re
ceived a large amount oi conflicting
advice, President Harding has set
about the formulation of that part
of t his message to congress which
will present the peace program he
contemplates carrying out. ,
( The executive has been urged by
the majority of the republican mem
bers of the senate foreign relations
committee to declare himself unre
servedly for the rejection of tlie en
lire Versailles treaty and the adop
tion of some such program as is'in
itcrent in the Knox resolution de
claring -peace with Germany.
Objections Raised. .
Strong objjections to either the
whole or important features of this
plan have been submitted rto the
president by Secretary of State
Hughes and Secretary uf. Commerce
Hoover. '
The president, up to date, has
Iraned noticeably in the direction of
the senatorial proposition and has
tcld senators that in . view of. the
impossibility of accepting the Vcr
ailles treaty, he saw. no alternative
but the Knox resolution or some
variation thereof. It r.ow remains
to be seen whether1 his attitude will
he changed or modified materially
by the, opposition of Mr. Hughes
and Mr. Hoover to the Knox plan.
Should Stand With Allies.
The secretary of state is in favor
of . the United States participating in.
the reparations commission provid
ed by the Versailles treaty, in or
der to "make good in an effective
manner our declaration that we
stand with the allies in holding Ger
many responsible for the war and
bound to make reoarMions to the
full extent of its ability. He would
have an American representative in
the reparations commission and the
United States committed to co-opep-Kt
in enforcement of the reparation
!erms.
- Mr. Hughes believes that if we are
:6 stand with the allies in this mat
ter we should have a voice in the
determining, amount, of , reparation j
that Germany is able to pay. It is
not clear, however, whether he re
gards it necessary to ratify the Ver
sailles treaty with reservations in
order to.'bring about uch participa
tion in the reparations commission
or deems it possible to enter into a
separate arrangement with the allies
fo this purpose.-
The advocates of the Knox resolu
tion have informed the president that
he cannot carry out his announced
intention of disentangling the United
States from European affairs if he
adopts Mr. Hughes' views. They as
sert that representation in the repara
tions commission would keep us in
(Turn to Taito Two. Column One.)
Two Elderly Women
Exiled in Hotel Suite
For Over Three Years
Hoboken, N. J., April 8. A
strangle case of the voluntary exile
ot two elderly women of moderate
means, who lbcked themselves in a
juite of three rooms in a hotel for
r.ore than three years, was revealed
:oday. , ...
Until todav, the women, Miss Car
' Mine Sunderland and Mrs. Fannie
Miller, had not left their rooms since
January, 1918. They had Jived en
tirely on canned goods ordered by
nail. Their rooms were paid for by
-hecks thrust through a track un
der the door. , , , , .
Miss Sunderland, the elder of the
two. was ill in bed. She was taken
to a -hospital where it was said she
orobably would not live long.
Mrs. Miller said they had shut
themselves from the world because
"they had to" and would make no
bther statement.
Midwest Refining Company
Increase Oil Acceptances
Casper, Wyo., April 8. 'Ihe Mid
West Refining company, principal
purchaser of crude oil in the Sal.
Creek field, announced today tli.it
acceptances of oil would be in
creased from 65 to 75 percent of the
field's production as a result of tne
completion of additional storage at
the Casper tank farm. Restrictions
limiting purchases to 65 per cent of
production have been in effect since
March 1. The new order goes into
effect at once, and purchases will
amount to between 35,000 and 38,
000 barrels daily. .
Alexander Howat Fined
$200 on Charge of Contempt
Fittsburg, Kan., April 8.-Alexan-der
Howat, Kansas miners union
head, today was found guilty of con
tempt of court in ordering a strike
of coal miners weeks agoand
sentenced to pay a fine of $200 by
Judge Andrew J. Curran of the
Crawford county district court today.-
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Man Sought in $1,000,000
Mail Robbery Surrenders
Chicago, April 8. "A country-wide
search for Isadore H. Star, dia
mond cutter, who is albged to have
acted as a fence in the $1,000,000
Union station mail robbery here two
months ago, ended today when
Star surrendered himself to the fed
eral marshal He was released' in
$10,000 londs, .
Split Develops Among
"Dry" House Members
Washington, April 8. A split
developed among dry advocates in
the house, when Representative
Wood, republican, Indiana, an
nounced he would introduce a bill
transferring enforcement of prohi
bition from the internal revenue
bureau to the Department of Jus
tice. Cnairman Volstead of the
judiciary committee, author of the
enforcement act, declared he was
opposed to such legislation.
Mr. Wood said he believed his
measure would remedy non-enforcement
conditions. He recalled that
he said on the floor of the house last
session that he woujd take such a
step if Representative Volstead did
not do so, on the ground that the
enforcement- machinery established
by the Volstead act had fallen down
hopelessly.
"Some of those who want prohi
bition enforcement transferred to
the Department of Justice do not
want the law rigidly enforced," was
Representative Volstead's comment.
Hungarians Ask
Investigation of
Charles' Coup
Agrarian Members of Assem
bly Urge Prosecution of
Men Associated With Ex
Emperor for Treason. ,
Budapest, April 8. (By The As
sociated Press.) Investigation of the
attempted return of former Emperor
Charles to the Hungarian throne has
been demanded at a meeting of
agrarian members of the national as
sembly. It appears" that the anti-Carlists
had confidential agents near the for
mer emperor and it is declared they
have a list of men associated awith
Charles in his attempt to re-establish
his throne. The agrarian deputies
have . urged their punishment -on a
charge of treason.
In addition, the anti-Carlists ac
cuse the Hungarian government of a
"blameahle lack of energy respecting
the, king." They declare the gov
ernment permitted him to hold a
regular court at Steinamangcr, ap
pointing officers and court dignitar
ies, creating barons and administer
ing to themthe oath of office."
Papers Publish Statement.
- Newspapers in this city have pub
lished the manifesto Former Em
peror Charles issued before his de
parture, with the government's per
mission. "I returned to- Hungary's sacred
soil," the manifesto declared, "be
cause 1 was unable to live - away
from my beloved country, and be
cause I was convinced that only the
crowned, king can restore tranquil
ity and order which is neccssary
for prosperity.
-Will Sacrifice Life.
."Realizing, however, that my re
turn would involve the nation , in
supportable trials, I depart, but,
though in my exile, I will devote all
my energies, and, if necessary," sac
rifice my life for the ' interests of
Hungary.
. "I have faith in Providence, and
the time will come when I can re
main in my beloved fatherland. In
the meantime, ask the nation ' to
support the regent, who is fulfilling
the heavy duties of the head of the
state, and on whom I could rely to
protect the nation's and the king's
common interests."
The . manifesto was7 signed at
Steinamanger, April 2.
Great 'Lakes Middies
Will Be Given 30 Days
Vacation Immediately
Waukegan,- 111., April 8. A special-
order has been issued authoriz
ing Capt.' Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh,
commandant, to grant every man on
the Great Lakes naval station 30
days' leave of absence while extensive
repW-s are being made throughout
the station. No work, drill or other
exercises will be possible, so all men
will be sent home. Special money
requisitions will be honored for those
who haven't sufficient funds. The
paymaster has been authorized to ad
vance six months' pay if necessary.
The government will make arrange
ments with the railroads for free
travel to any part of the country.
McCook Fair Dates
McCock, Neb., April 8. Red Wil
iow county fair dates for 1921 hav
cen fixed for September 13, 14,
15, 16.
DO you know the cry
that is spread abroad
among detectives in
vestigating every epidemic
of shoplifting, every series
of mysterious thefts, every
new and successful "confi
dence' scheme for sepa
rating 'the gullible from
their cash? t
It is
Find the Woman
Sometimes they find her.
Sometimes by. feminine in
tuition and clever foresight
she escapes the clumsy en
tanglements of the male
planned net.
You'll find a thoroughly inter
esting feature story ia next Sun
day' Be ebott Omaha captures
and escapes of the elusive deni
zen of the zone outside the law.
A collection of photograph of
the "Aristocracy" down oa the
state university farm is the
feature, of ferinf of the Rotogra
vure section for Sunday.
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Senate ProbefShows Depart
ments oD Not Overlap or
Duplicate No Irregu
laris Found.
Audit System Is Praised
Lincoln, April 8. (Special.) i
Constitutional offices in the state ad: (
ministration function a little too in- i
dependency. . j
The bureau of markets in the state j
department is accomplishing no re
sults, where it should be of great
value.
The state department of public
works is exonerated of any irregu
larity in connection with a grading
contract in Harlan and Franklin
counties' and with a contract for
highway signs. . ,
Public service corporations should
be required by law to pay fees to
defray the cost of operation of the
Nebraska railway commission, which
during the last biennium was $124,
630. .
The foregoing are some of the
high spots of the report of the Reed
investigating committee of the sen
ate, filed Friday, after 10 weeks of
investigation of overlapping and du
plication in the state administration.
The commttec consisted of Senators
Keed, Bliss. Halderman, Randall and
Cooper.
Commend Accounting Plan.
The- code administration is com
mended for its accounting system,
and code departments are declared
to have paid their own expenses from
fees,-with a surplus left over of $125,
000. This is not counting the de
partment of justice, or in other
words the attorney general's office.
A long tabulation of figures con
cludes the report, showing the rel
ative cost of adminisration in Ne
braska, Kansas and Colorado. The
legislative appropriations in the three
States in their order were $1,202,739,
$1,013,525 and $1,108,323. Nebraska
has 228 employes, compared with
227 for Colorado and 217 for Kan
sas. Fees collected in Nebraska totalled
$1,327,679. The fee receipts in the
other states are not given.
The legislative reference bureau is
dismissed with the publication of a
letter from .Chancellor- Samuel
Avery explaining that the. salary of
Director A. E. Sheldon is limited to
$3,500 from all sources, under the law
of 1917, which limits the university
appropriation to $2,000, in addition to
the $1,500 received as secretary "of
the State Historical society. -Attorney
General Rules.
A letter from Attorney General
Clarence A. Davis is appended to
the report on the department of pub
lic works, explaining that,- in his
pinion, it was not mandatory on the
department to collect fees for high-,
way signs; the department had al
tered its contract with the Iowa road
marker concern to provide for a fee.
The Harlan-Franklin county con
tract, to which the Franklin county
board objected because the highway
department had not settled, was ,
found to be entirely regular, and the
delay was due to the failure of the
government accepting part of the
projects.
The printing of departmental re
ports is criticised, in that succeeding
reports are often ready before the
first report is finished. A time limit
on the printing contracts was rec
ommended. It was also urged that
the reports be condensed.
Revise Budget Change.'
Constitutional elective, officers are
recommended to - co-operate and
standardize bookkeeping methods. It
is suggested that either a fund be
created in one of the departments, to
nav extra clerk hire or extra salaries,
or a lump sum be appropriated to the
offices for distribution, as tne execu
tive of the office sees fit, instead ot
fixing the salary of each employe
in the budget appropriation.
The report criticises the lawwhich
provides different methods of paying
fees, some to the- departments and
some to the state treasury, and rec
ommends that all the fees be paid to
the departments.
It is recommended that so far as
possible all supplies be bought
through the state purchasing de
partment.' American Made Munitions
Seized in Raid at Juarez
El Paso, April 8. Fifty pistols
end 30,000 rounds of ammunition, all
American made, were seized last
night in Juarez by customs nen
under command of Rafael Davila,
when a house on a main street was
raided. The ammunition, packed as
if for shipment, was intended for
bandits in southern Chihuahua, Colo
nel Davila. said, according to private
information he had obtained, which
led to the seizure.
City Council of Chicago
Passes Curfew Ordinance
Chicago, April 8. The city coun
cil passed an ordinance today mak
ing it illegal for-children under the
age of 16 years to be on the streets
after 10 p. m. unless accompanied
by their parents or 3 -guardian of
mature age., The curfew ordiance,
which is said to have the support of
Mayor Thompson, was passsed after
being recommended by several for
mer foremen of grand juries' and so
cial workers. .
Southern Pacific Men .
Refuse Wage Reduction
Houston, Tex., April 8. Repre
sentativis of the maintenance of
way men of the Southern Pacific
lines, in conference with officials of
he company, this morning, refused
to accept a reduction in wages or
changed working conditions. They
also declined to sign a joint state
ment of facts and will submit a
separate statement to the labor
board, m j ,
No Agreement Reached
0n Wage Contrqvers
Representatives of the Bricklayer
Representatives of the Bricklayers'
'ajnion and the building contractors'
, ;age committee met yesterday after
.Atoon in the Builders' exchange and
adjourned without coming to an
agreement in inc wage controversy,
.1. -..i
according to George Kiene, a mem
ber of the contractors' committee.
Negotiations will be opened again
next ednesday, however, at a sinu
lar meeting in the exchange. '
"It is possible that a settlement
will be reached," was the only com
ment of George Keller .of the union
on the meeting.
"I look for an agreement in the
near future," Mr. Kiene said.
Industrial
Crisis Near
In England
Action of Unions of "Triple
Alliance" Brings on Great
est Controversy in Brit
ain in Years.
By Tlie Associated Trest.
London, April 8. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The railway men
and transport workers this evening
decided to strike in sympathy with
the miners Tuesday moruing, fail
ing the reopening of negotiations
tor "a settlement of the coal strike.
' London. April 8. All efforts by
Mr. Lloyd George.' the prime minis
ter, to bring the miners and the mine
owners together to discuss the dif
ferences which led to the strike in
the coal fields having failed, the min
ers' executives went into conference
this afternoon with their partners in
the, triple alliance the transport
workers and the railway men to de
cide when the members of the allied
organizations should be called out in
a sympathetic strike.
J.ast night's decision by the
premier, at the suggestion of the
more moderate labor interests, to in
vite the miners and owners to a con
ference this morning at which the
first subject for discussion would
be the resumption of pumping to
clear the mines of water, led the gen
eral public to believe a settlement
was in sight and that the impending
strike, promising to be the greatest in
the history of the country, would be
averted.
The miners, however, were
adamant in their stand, insisting
there should be no restriction re
garding the questions -to - be dis
cussed by the conference and an ex
change of letters between them and
Mr. Lloyd George failed to change
their attitude.
The government was just as firm
in its view that the threatened de
struction of the mines by flooding
should be first considered.
Early' this afternoon it came to be
known that a deadlock had been
reached and that apparently noth
ing short of a back down by the
government .-could avert the indus
trial upheaval.
The triple alliance, which has now
taken over command of labor's side
of the controversy has a member
ship of 800,000 miners, 300.000 rail
way men and 250,000 transport
workers.
Considerable opposition to the
(Turn to Page Two. Column Two.)
Attempt to Install
Eclectic Course in
Medic School Fails
Lincoln. April 8. (Special Tele
gram.) The biennial attempt of
eclectics and homeopaths to force the
university school of medicine, Omaha,
to install courses in eclectic medi
cine and homeopathy failed in the
lower house today by a vote of 38
to 37.
The Lincoln delegation voted as a
unit in favor of homeopaths and
eclectics. A majority of the Omaha
delegation was spending the week
end at home. They were known to
be against thar bill, which forced the
installation of the two additional
chairs. Their absence nearly result
ed in advancement of the bill in
committee of the whole.
Representative Wcsterhoff Of
Thayer county an allopath, led the
fifjht against the bill, asserting that
there were schools available for
students desiring those courses.
Members supporting the bill as
serted it was necessary for a rounded
physician to understand homeopathy
and eclectic medicine as well as sur
gery and allopthic medicine.
Dean Cutter of the university
school of medicine, was present dur
ing the debate.
Chicago Brick Company
Cuts Its Prices 25 Per Cent
Chicago, April 8. A 25 per cent
reduction in the p rice of bricks was
announced today by the Illinois
Brick company. It is understood
other manufacturers of brick here
would make a similar reduction.
Bricks' that formerly cost $16 a
thousand will be reduced to $12, ef
fective Monday.
Cruiser Accompanies Ship
On Which CrewHas Mutinied
San Francisco, Cal.,- April 8. The
steamer Willhilo, accompanied by a
United States cruiser, is steaming up
the Mexican coast with her crew in
mutiny, according to a message re
ceived here today by the agent of
the steamer's owners, the Williams
line of New York.
An Extraordinary Announcement
There will be an announcement of exceedingly great interest in
The Sunday Bee.
It will have a definite meaning for every reader.
None can afford to miss it. -
Be sure you get your Sunday Bee tomorrow and don't over
look this announcement.
THE INFLUENCE
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, Whmn (A th'tf mrm Woomv.
Officers Blame
"Thieves Ring"
For Mail Holdups
Evidence of "Inside Informa
tion"' Found in Recent Roh
hcries $390,000 Lost
In Chicago Wednesday.
Chicago, April 8. A nation-wide
thieves' organization, whose direct
ing genius has "inside" information
of all large currency shipments made
by icderal reserve bawks and whose
agents are working in the registry
departments of the country's princi
pal postofiiccs, has been responsible
for registered mail ro.bberies aggre
gating more than $6,000,000 within
the last nine months. ,
This was the opinion expressed by
the postal authorities following re
ceipt f the details of the Dearborn
street station holdup which netted
five holdup men $390,000 in cash and
Liberty bonds late Wednesday after
noon. Hard on the heels of this re
port came another of a registered
mail rpbbery at Sullivan, Ind., the
home town of Postmaster, General
Will Hays.
Local postal inspectors freely ex
press the opinion that Chicago's
latest mail robbery was an "inside"
job, but advance the theory that the
currency shipment to Indianapolis
banks was tipped off from the Chicago-
federal reserve bank, rather
than from the postoffice.
Aside from the disclosure of the
$6,000,000 -registered mail ring, the
outstanding developments in the
day's search for the Dearborn street
station robbers were:
Photographs of. Eddiet McBridc
and John McEvily, recently acquit
ted of the murder of Poiiceman John
Mullen, were identified by witnesses
as two of the robbers.
On a tip received"1).v Chief Hughes,
19 suspects, most of them postoffice
employes, were taken iuto custody in
a rait on a pool room.
Oliver. lirown, manager of the
Bellevue garage, from which the mail
robbers stole the car used in the
holdup, was taken into custody.
Two Policemen Arc Dying
As Result of Street Fight
Chicago, April 8. Policemen John
Tracey and .Robert Nikisch are be
lieved to be dying, Matthew Lalich
died early today and two others are
suffering from wounds 'cceived in a
street tight in the South Chicago
steel mill district late hist night.
The policemen, in plain clothes,
had been crowded off. the sidewalk
by three street workers, according
to the police version, resulting in a
nnarrl Thf fnrrMcmpri nninrt- fir.
and by the time both sides had emp
tied their guns all had ' been
wounded.
Allied Plehiscito Ilead
Has Arrived in France
raris, April 8. General Lcrond,
head of the inter-allied commission
which supervised the recent plebis
cite in Upper Silesia, arrived in
Paris today, bringing with him, it is
supposed, the report on the plebis
cite, upon which the supreme coun
cil must, before April !2, under the
terms of the peace treaty, decide the
boundaries between Poland and Ger
many in this district.
The peace treaty is interpreted
here as obliging the supxmc counc'l
to assign to Poland the districts
which gave a majority in her favor.
OF WEATHER ON THE
lOapyitraU Wis By Tka CMcaio TtftranaJ
Erzerum Greets
Leader of Turks
People Display Wildcat En
thusiasm as Officer Reaches
" . ; , City.-'.
I ,
', Angora, April - 8. Kiazim Kara
i Bckir, commander of Turkish; na
tionalists forces at . Erzerum has ar-
I division after a rmarlahlft marr.il
from Armenia.. He, was summoned
to the western, front by the Turkish
nationalist government after the
Greeks launched their' offensive East
of Smyrna and Brusa.
The peopje of this city greeted
Kiazim with wildest enthusiasm and
flowers were strewn in the 6treets
ahead of his horse. He continued
his way to . the front, declaring
there was no fear of a bolshevik ad
vance in Northeastern Asia Minor.
Jsnik, a town 32 miles Southwest
of Ismid and near the Sea of
Marmora has been captured by
Turkish nationalists,, says an official
statement issued here. The - Greeks
defending the place fled, abandoning
important supplies and losing thou
sands of prisoners.' -The ancient
name of Isnik was Nicea. ""
The first general ecclesiastical
council met at Nicea in 325 A. D..
on which occasion the Nicene creed
was framed. . -
Germany Will Offer
Reconstruction Plan
Berlin, April 8. Germany will
submit to the allied supreme, council
specific proposals for the reconstruc
tion of the devastated regions of
northern France in a note which
now is being prepared and which
will be dispatched before May 1, it
wis announced officially today.
The note will reiterate Germany's
desire to see the regions recon
structed as quickly as possible and
will offer German labor and material
to this end.
Detective to Return Man . "
Who Suffered Lost Memory
Stockton,, Cal., April 8., Edward
Birmingham, Chicago detective, was
here today with a warrant for Day
ton Stout on forgery charges and
will return cast in a fsw days with
his prisoner in charge, it. was an
nounced. Stout was picked up on
the streets a few weeks ago, claim
ing to be suffering from a loss of
memory. A week later he is alleged
to have confessed to a tfctective tha;
his name was Dayton Stout and that
he was wanted in Chicago on a for
gery, charge. , ,
German Trade Activity ....
! In China Is Reported
Washington, April 8. A very-noticeable
increase of German trade
activity in China was' reported to
the Department of Commerce today
by Commercial Attache Arnold at
Peking. Considerable ' quantities of
German goods, including electrical
machinery,' dyes, iron, steel prod
ucts and hardware, he said,1 are be
coming factors in the Chinese mar
ket, while exporting of Chinese
products through German concerns
also is being developed.
B. E. Wallace, Pioneer Circus
Man, Dies in Hospital
Rochester, Mfnn., April 8. B. E..
Wallace of Peru, Ind., one of the
pioneer circus men of this country,
died at a hospital here last night.
He had been receiving medical atten
tion here since February 11 and had
'submitted to several; operations,
j Former Actress Dies '
i New York, April R. Mrs.' William
raversnam, wno, .wnne sne was on
the stage, was known us Julie Opp,
died here today at the Postgraduate
hosoital after an operation '
WORLD OUTLOOK.
ner
Admits 'Holdup'
Of Store 'Phony'
Jewelry Store "Rohhery". Was
Planned, Girl Declares, in
Order to Defraud Insur
ance Companies.
Newark,.' X. J., April 8, Miss
Gussie Lerner, 18-year-old steno
grapher admitted last night, police
said, that the' "holdup" at the Hey
man Brothers' jewelry manufacturing
establishment Wednesday night was
staged by Harry Heyman with her
assistance after it had been thorough
ly rehearsed by them for the past
two weeks. Heyman reported to
the police Wednesday night that
three masked robbers entered hil
place and escaped with diamonds
and jewelry valued at $21,000. The
"less" was covered by insurance.
The girl was placed under arrest.
She charged that Heytnan induced
her to aid him in his alleged holdup
scheme by pleading that he faced
bankruptcy and ruin unless he was
able to raise $20,000 quickly. He
confided to her, she is said to have
admitted, that he had burglary In
surance to that amount and it was
then that they laid their plans.
Heyman is said to have confessed
and corroberatcd the story told by
the young woman.
Mail Bandits Get Pouches
' At Will Hays Postoffice
Sullivan, Ind., April 8. Bandits"
who yesterday stole three registered
mail pouches from the Chicago &
Eastern . Illinois railroad station
here trod heavily upon the toes of
the postoffice department. Sullivan
is the home of Postmaster General
Will Hays. The amount of, the
loot is not known, but there seems
little doubt that whatever the figure
may be the chief of the service in
letters, from the home folks, and
through the columns of the local pa
pers which are religiously transmit
ted to Washington will hear more
of the affair presonally than if a
larger amount had been taken from
another station. The robbers
caped.
es-
Turks Resume Offensive
Against Qreeks at Brusa
Taris, April 8. Turkish national
ists have resumed their advanr in
the Brusa sector of Asia Minor ac-
coraing to dispatches received at the
French foreign office.
Fears are cntchtained here fnr the
safety of the entire Greek expedition
ary forces. The maamitude of the
teverse suffered by the Greeks appears
io dc greater man nrst supposed. Six
thousand wounded Greeks are said to
be in hospitals in Brusa.
Navy to Take Applications
. For Civil Engineer Corps
Washington, April 8. Secretary
Denby announced today that appli
cations would be received at the
Navy department to fill vacancies in
the corps of civil engineers of the
navy with the rank of junior grade
lieutenant.
The Weather
Forecast.
Saturday, fair and colder.
Hourly Temperatures.
n. m 89
a. m s
7 . m R9
p. m 44
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Prolrt ulilpmmu during nt II
to 'J hours from temperiiturM foiinivi.
North, l!i n(rrn; west, 20 tfrM. Khlp.
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F
armers
Complete
Selling Plan
Co-Operative Company to Be
Incorporated Under Lawi
Of Delaware-County
Div ided Into Districts.
Nebraska Man Officer
By Th AMOcUted Treti.
Chicago, April 8. Preliminary or
ganization of the country's wheat
growers into a national co-operative
marketing company to market tne
country's output or grain was cora
uleted tonieht and nlana were beintr
rmadc to actually put the new or
ganization into operation.
Directors of the company to be
known as the United States Grain
Growers', Inc., were elected today,
legal steps preliminary to incorpora
tion were under the laws of Dela
ware were completed and organiza
tions which had found fault with
certain features of the plan appar
ently had been brought into line.
So soon as incorporation papers
are issued, a national membership
drive will be started with the view
of brinftins: every grain grower into
the organization. It then will be
ready to carry out the plans which
its sponsors declare will curb grain
speculators, obtain larger profits for
the farmers, lower the cost of mar
keting grain and tend to eliminate
price fluctuations.
Spokane Man Directof.
Possibility that the members of
the Northwest Wheat Growers' as
sociation would nbt come into the
organization because their plan for
compulsory grain pooling was de
feated in favor of optional pooling,
was lessened when George C. Jewett
of Spokane, general manager of Hie
northwest company, was elected a.
director of the new organization.
Other associations which favored
compulsory pooling asked time in
which to make their plans, but in
dications were they would join the
new company.
Composition of the new corpora
tion's board of directors chosen to
day is, in part, as follows:
District No. 1 Washington, Ore
gchi. Idaho and California; George.
C. Jewett, bpokane, general manager
I Northwest Wheat Growers' associ
jatio.n, and Victor P. Smith, Wasco,
i Ore., secretary-treasurer Oregon
! Ilrin flmwerc aartriAtion.
District No. 2 Montana, North
Dakota. Minnesota and Wisconsin;
J. M. Anderson, St. Paul, president
of the Equity Ca-operative Ex
change at St. Paul; U3her L. Bur-'
dick, Williston, N. D.. president of
the North Dakota Farm Bureau
Federation and vice president of the
Percheron Society of America, and
W. F. Schilling, Northfteld, Minn,
president of the Twin ( City Milk
Producers' association.
Nebraska Man Elected.
District No. 3 South Dakota, Ne
braska and Colorado; C. H. Gustaf-;
(Turn to ! Two. Column Throe.)
Choice of New Railway ,
Labor Board Members i
Reduced to Half Dozen1
.Washington, April 8. Out of t
score or more of names under con
sideration for the three places on
railrnait lahor Vinard which wilt
become vacant April 15, President
Harding is' understood to have vir-4
tually narrowed his choice to a half
dozen men distributed among th
three groups represented on the
board. x
W. C. Park of Chicago, one S
those whose term expired, is gen
erally expected to be given a rt4
appoinment. Mr. Parks represents
the railway managers group and is
said to have been given general en
dorsemcnt for another term. Strong
nressure has been brought to bear,
for the reappointment also of A. J,
Forrester, representing the labo
group, although a number of others,
including J. G. Luhrsen of Chicago,
are understood to be still in th.
lunninjr for the labor appointment,
Widest speculation has surround
ed appointment of a board member;
to represent the . general public irj
succession to Henry- T. Hunt o
Cincinnati, the third member of tha
board whose term expires April 15.
Bulk of Beckwith Estate
Left to Aunt in Los Angeles
Syracure, N. Y., April 8. Profes
sor Holmes Beckwith, who shot and
killed Dean Wharton and himsell
at Syracuse university last Satur
day, leaves, virtually his entire es
tate, valued at $4,500, to an aunt.
Mrs. Mary G. Holmes of Los i
Angeles The will was filed for I
probate by David G. Holmes of
East Oiange, N. J., an uncle, today. I
Agister, Ruth B. Bullock, doingr I
missionary work in China, is cut off
with $10, because "in my years of f
severe trouble she, unsister-like,
gave m. no economic aid and only j"
scant r-ympathy." .
Objection to Shonts Will I
Is Withdrawn by Widow ,
New York, April 8. The contest
oyer the will of Theodore P. Shonts, i
New York traction magnate, was I
settled late today when his widow f
withdrew her objection to probate
of the instrument and all her allega
tions concerning Mrs. Amanda C
Thomas, to whom the bulk of the
estate was left.
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Seaplane Pilot Killed !
San Diego, Cal., April 8. Ensigri
Harry Charles Batchellor. U. S. N, ,
R. F of I.os Angeles, attached to '
the Noith Island navy air station, t
was killed today when a seaplane of '
which he was the pilot, fell 500 feet J
into the bay off the marine bar- ;
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