The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 270.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921.
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THREE CENTS
14 Indicted
ForDrugAct
Offenses
List Headed By Dixie Mack
True Bills Also Returned
in Several Stock-Selling
Schemes.
INo Liquor Lomplaints
Indictmentj returned by the fed
, eral grand jury late yesterday after
noon were featured by the absence of
liquor compiaits.
Not a single indictment was re
turned for violation of the Volstead
act, an unusual occurrence since the
country went dry, according to fed
eral court attaches.
The grand jury returned indict
ments against 14 persons for viola
tion of the federal narcotic laws.
Several Promoters Indicted.
Indictmentj were returned also
against several promoters of stock
selling schemes in Nebraska. Names
of the persons involved in these par-
i ticuiar indictments are withheld until
arrests are made.
Earl Mack, ex-convict and former
. vaudeville actor, who was arrested
in Omaha for forgery three weeks
after he had married Miss Grace
Abbott, Omaha dancing instructor,
, was indicted for using the mails to
. defraud. He is in the county jail
awaiting trial for forgery charges.
Mack is said to have used the mails
to obtain money from a concession
in Topeka, Kan., on forged contracts
that he had sent through the mails.
Held Under Narcotic Laws.
Dixie Mack alias Bernice Aurelius,
wealthv oroDertv owner, heads the
tisi 01 persons lnaiciea lor violation
of the federal narcotic act.
The others are Marion Phipps,
Derby Austin, Leo Kong, Dave Mc
Kenna, T. F. Bowen. Aaron P.
Davis, George Watson. Susie Hunter,
C. F. Roland, R. G. Scott, Clarence
Thomas. Harry Rudolph and Harold
B. McGlothen.
A. true bill was returned against
Charles Finerty for alleged theft of
interstate shipments.
Joe Deccsaro of Chicago was in
dicted under the Mann act for trans
porting Myrtle Scherer from Chicago
to Grand Island for immoral . pur-
poses.
Ackley Case Ignored.
No indictment was returned against
Rev. Eugene Ackley, former pastor
of the United Brethern church at
Broken Bow, Neb., who was arrested
three weeks ago upon complaint of
Mrs. Zylphia Wallace of Sparta, Wis.
Mrs. Wallace appeared before the
federal grand jury in connection with
the case and was rele,aeetr 1,-ora cus
tody yesterday afteraooit. ; ." .
Mr.j Ackley has .been turned ever
"to His son at Broken Bow, '
New Members of Rail
Labor Board Are
to Begin Their Duties
Chicago, April 27. The arrival of
two of President Harding's new ap
pointees to the railroad labor board
today will increase that body to
seven when the wage reduction hear
ing, involving nearly 100 railroads,
reconvenes tomorrow. .. Walter L.
McMenimen. the new labor board
'member, and Ben Hooper, the pub
lic's new representatives arrived to
day.. Albert Phillips, labor member,
is in California, where he was called
bv the illness of his wife.
"With only a week's time to pre
pare their reply to statistics the car
tiers unloaded before the board last
week, the unions have been working
hard to gather rebuttal materia in
their fight against wasre reductions.
-Numerous printed exhibits filed with
the board will be supplemented by
oral arguments by Various : labor
leaders and specific replies to cost of
living. and wage statistics filed by
the roads ' -
President Leaves for
Atlantic Fleet Review
Washington, April 27. President
Harding left late today on the May
flower for Hampton Roads,' where
rtmrtfrnw Vt U'ill rtjipw the At-
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lantic division of the American fleet
and later hold a recption aboard the
flagship Pennsylvania, his military
and naval aides and a party of sen
ators. '
Secretary Denby, Admiral Coontz,
chief of naval operations, and mem
bers bf the house navalNcommittee
also left aboard the naval yacht
Sylph for Oldpoint. Just before the
review begins, they will join the
presidential party aboard the May
flower. .
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Newspaper Publishers
Opposed to 44-Hour Week
New York, April 27. The Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers! associa
tion, in annual convention, expressed
its opposition to reduction of printers
hours below 48 a weeK ana enaorsea
"efforts of its members who are en
deavoring to maintain the 48 hour
week and pledges them its co-operation
and support."
. The convention authorized the ap
pointment lof a committee to nego
Ut with four international unions
for new arbitration contracts in place
of those expiring April 30. 1922.
.House Immigration Bill
Delayed in Reaching Senate
J Washinr:on. Aoril 27. Prospects
that the immigration restriction bill
passed by the house last week, would
reach the president's hands this week
vanished when the senate immigra
tion committee . adjourned without
action, to meet again Friday.
The house amendment excepting
aliens under religious persecution
from the restrictions of the bill met
opposition,
Going
No amount of pretense or misrepresentation can
conceal the full significance of the city commission's
achievement in cutting electric light and power rates
to all but 200 of the 35,000 patrons of the Nebraska
Power Co., these 200 being the wholesale buyers who
were getting extraordinarily low rates already.
The price of most things is still above pre-war levels,
despite recent reductions. For the most part, today's
price-cutting is but a partial elimination of what was
added yesterday when prices went up.
But the price of electricity to the ordinary user
never went up. Telephone rates went up. So did gas
rates. Butter and egg and coal prices did. The price
of electricity did not. The city commission's reduction
is a cut not from a war-time peak, but from a pre-war
normalcy. The initial rate was 14 cents in 1912, 11
cents in 1914, 8 cents in 1915 and 6 cents in 1916:
Now it is cut to 5 1-2 cents.
This electric light rate cut is the only reduction
made by or enforced upon a public utility corporation
in Omaha since long before the United States went to
war.
Five men brought about the reduction Commis
sioner Ure who pointed the way and who led the fight,
Mayor Smith and Commissioners Ringer, Towl and Fal
coner, who co-operated with him. These men did their
duty despite the clamor of wholesale buyers of electri
city who were on the "preferred list," who had received
their electrical power at less than it cost and who ob
jected naturally to losing this special privilege.
The city commissioners decided that every man
should stand on his own feet, that no big corporation
should pay less than cost for its electricity and then ex
pect the small user the home-owner, the little store
keeper, the small manufacturer to make up the de
ficit. This had been the practice and those who bene
fited by it. have fought strenuously to maintain it.
Aided by the newspaper devoted to their special in
terest, they have opposed bitterly any schedule which
would raise their rates to a cost basis and lift the bur
den from the shoulders of the small users.
The nature of this campaign is shown by the World
Herald's editorial comment on the commission's action.
The World-Herald condemns the city commission for
raising the rates of the favored corporations. It does
not mention that the commission also reduced the rates
of 35,000 small users. It implies that the city commis
sion refused to reduce these rates the exact opposite
of the truth.
Such tactics are plain misrepresentation,' evidence
of the desperation of those who use them.
The city commission has made its record. If the
public understands the truth of the' situation, the
commissioners have nothing to fear as to the verdict.
Bandit Victim
Of Bullet Fired
By His Own Hand
Man Who Leaped From Hotel
When Cornered by Police
.Succumbs to Self-inflicted
.- - Wounds.' J " "
With his' girl-wife, Irene, 19, Rev.
Father Mugan and two sisters kneel
ing at his bedside praying, Frank
Seward, self-wounded and confessed
bandit, died at 2:55 yesterday after
noon in St. Joseph hospital.
He lapsed into unconsciousness at
2:30, after gradually sinking lower
and lower all day.
His last words were, just before he
went unconscious:
"It's all right to send my body to
Chillicothe."
His home is in Chillicothe, O., and
a few moments before he died, a
telegram was received, from his
brother, Thomas, in Columbus, O.,
asking that the body be sent there.
Confession Announced.
Immediately after Seward's death,
Detective Danbaum, whd with De
tective Palmtag, captured the bandit,
announced that Seward had confessed
to him Sunday night that he was im
plicated in the $8,000 robbery in
Toledo, O., and participated in the
gun battle following, in which' two
railroad officers were Tcilled.
, "He confessed Sunday night,"
said Danbaum. "But I promised
him solemnly not to make his confes
sion public until after he died."
Seward's last hour, before he lapsed
into unconsciousness, was spent with
his girl-wife.
Last Hour With Wife.
Officers gave the pair that one hour
alone the only' time they had to
themselves since Seward's sensational
leap from the fourth floor of the
Wellington inn Saturday night, after
which he shot himself twice in the
chest when he saw escape was im
possible because of a triple fracture
of his leg.
As the officers re-entered the room
to tell them the time was up, the girl
sobbed out: '
"Oh, Frank I Oh, Frank!"
She promised him to be good and
return to Ohio, there to abandon the
life she admitted she had been living,
and start anew.
In , the T-oom when Seward died
were the two sisters, Father Mugan,
three newspaper men. and Patrolman
Peterson,' who has been on guard at
the hospital since the removal of the
wounded bandit there. '
Seward died peacefully.
No Pain at Death. -
He was not in pain when the end-
came, according to tather Mugan,
who had administered hc last sacra
ment to him. -
Through a request of Seward be
fore he died to Father Mugan the
body was given into the care of the
Larkin undertakers and probably will
be sent today to Chillicothe.
As soon as Irene reached Central
police headquarters from the hospi-
(Tara f Tmgt Tw, Calnma Two.)
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Loot Stolen in Railway
Holdup Found in Caboose
Chicago, April 27. Non-negotiable
notes and- checks for $833,000
stolen from .two bank messengers
during a raid on an Illinois Central
railroad train two weeks ago were
found by police in an abandoned
caboose on the Nickel Plate rail
road. The checks were found, the
police sayi, on information given by
Frank Rio. one of the two men held
for alleged complicity.
Down!
Break Narrowly
Averted in Ship
Wage Squabble
Marine Workers Flaty Refuse
Proposals Made By Chair
man Benson Another
'Conference "Friday.
Washington, April 27. A final
break between ship owners and
marine workers was narrowly
averted at the conference called by
Chairman Benson of the shipping
board, in an effort to prevent a
threatened strike on May, 1, when
existing wage agreements expire. An
appeal by Andrew Furuseth, presi
dent of the International Seamen's
union, resulted in an agreement for
further conferences Friday.
The delay was sought so pro
posals of Chairman Benson for a
15 per cent wage reduction and
changes in working conditions afloat
might be laid before the unions, but
admittedly the outlook for an agree
ment was not Dngnt.
Chairman Benson said he would
not recede from the outline of re
ductions he had presented as neces
sary to the merchant marine.
W. S. Brown, for the Marine En
gineers' Beneficial association, flatly
rejected the proposed wage reduc
tion. W. A.' Thompson, representing the
American Steamship Owners' as
sociation, said that unless the unions
were prepared to negotiate a new
wage scale, further conferences
would be useless. , . ;
Apparently. Mr. Furuseth's action
in urging- another . meeting aftsr
submission of. Chairman Benson's
statement to union members alo"e
averted an immediate break in the
negotiations.
Court Reverses Action ,
in Espionage Conviction
Washington, April ,27. Upon mo
tion of Solicitor General Frierson,
confessing -error, the supreme court
reversed . the conviction of Henry
Albers in Portland, Ore., on charges
of having violated the espionage act.
Evidence produced at his trial
proved that Albers. who was of. Ger
man descent, was in a state of
"maudlin drunkenness" when he
made statements commending the
German army and predicting its vic
tory, upon which the indictment
against him was based.- Albers was
sentenced to pay $10,000 fine and to
three years imprisonment. .
Arkansas Men Plead Guilty
to Charge of Night Riding
Jonesboro, Ark.,' April 27.
Twenty-three men under indictment
on charges growing out of night rid
ing here last fall, pleaded guilty and
were sentenced to prison terms rang
ing from two months to a year. They
included Dcwitt Garrett, who' has
been on trial for a week and whose
attorneys last night asked permis
sion to change his plea from not
guilty to guilty.
Negroes Will Control New
National Bank in Chicago
Chicago, April 27. The first na-J
tional bank to be controlled by !
negroes the Douglas National Bank
of Chicago today received its
charter from the comptroller of the
currency. Only one white man, the
chairman of the board, is connected
with the bank.
- The stock is to be sold exclusively
to Chicago negroes. '
U. S. Wails
rui
Fro Jink
ies
Secretary of State Hughes Ex
pects to Learn Attitude on
German Reparations Of
fer Thursday. " . -
Unacceptable to France
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINQ.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire,
Washington, April 27. Whether
Secretary of State Hughes will be
enabled to bring about a reopening
of the reparations negotiations de
pends upon the attitude of the allies
toward the German counter propo
sals, of which he expects to be ad
vised officially by tomorrow.
When he left the State department
tonight the secretary said he had
not received the reviews of any of
the allied governments on the Ger
man note. He declined to say
whether he himself regarded the Ber
lin communication as affording' a
"proper basis for discussion," which
was one of the conditions he in
formed the German government it
would be necessary to fulfill before
the United States would consider
transmitting the proposals to the al
lies "in a manner acceptable to
them."
News dispatches from Paris stated
that the French government had
cabled Ambassador Jusserand to in
form Mr. Hughes the German offer
is unacceptable to France. The am
bassador declined to discuss the mat
ter, but he did not see Mr. Hughes
during the day, presumably not hav
ing received his instructions.
Britain Makes Inquiries.
The British government was re
ported to be making inquiries of
Berlin concerning the precise mean
ing of certain phases of the German
proposals, particularly the period of
years over which the reparations
payments would extend. , In some
quarters this was interpreted as evi
dence that the British government
regarded the Berlin offer as repre
senting concessions which .might be
made the basis of further negotia
tions. Sir Auckland Geddes, the
British ambassador, did not see Mr.
Hughes during the day and so far
as "could be learned, had not received
his instructions.
There is little doubt remaining that
the allies regard the German proposi
tion as a whole, unacceptable. It is
therefore unlikely that the United
States will present the note to the al
lies formally. Mr. Hughes having
clearly indicated to Germany that he
would not transmit the "propTOSalrff
they proved unacceptable . to the
allies.
It remains to be seen, however.
whether the allies find in the Berlin
note, any basis for further discussion
with Germany before taking steps on
Mav 1 to collect bv force the repara
tions due on that date, it they indi
cate a willingness to negotiate
further with Germany on any of the
features of the counter proposals, it
is a foregone conclusion that Mr.
(Tarn to Face Two, Column One.)
Stenographer Shoots
Ex-Roommate Before
Crowd After Quarrel
Chicatro. Aoril 27. Miss Teanett
Wrw 20 a stf-noorranher. 'todav shot
her former roommate, Miss Cather
ine Davis, 24, a bookkeeper, while
standing on a crowded elevated line
platform in the downtown business
section, then ran into a cigar store
and shot herself. Both girls were
taken to a hospital, where their con
dition was said to be critical.
The shootinsr. witnessed by hun
dreds of persons on their way to
work, was believed to have resulted
from a recent. quarrel which caused
the two girls to break a friendship
of a year. Two days ago Miss
Davis received a letter trom miss
Hov containing a bullet. At Miss
Davis' instigation Miss Hoy was ar
rested on a Charge of disorderly con
duct,, but was discharged.
Bill to Permit Liquor Sales
on Steamers Introduced
W-icliiiiortnn Anril 27. Sale of
liquor on passenger steamers of
American ana loreign registry De
yond the three-mile limit would be
aiitVinriTprl iinHr 9 hill introduced
by Representative Edmonds, repub
lican, isew jersey.
Th fitrhf fnr linnnr ahoard such
ships was made before the house
judiciary committee last session, but
the bill was- not reported. Chair-
advocated modification of the law
to permit American passenger steam
ers to compete with foreign vessels
not restricted by prohibition regula
tions. -
Real Beer Excites Crowd;
Police Reserves Called
New York. Aoril 27. Police re
serves had to be called to hold back
crowds that gathered when 600 gal
lons of real beer, seized by. the
Dolice. was poured down a sewer
on East One Hundred Twenty-third
street-. Men and women, carrying
pitchers, basins ad even cups, tried
to- break through the lines, but were
driven back. - p
Boy of 17 Convicted for
Death of Aged Woman
Oakland, Cal., April 27.-John H.
Baker, 17, was convicted of murder
in the first degree for killing Mrs.
Emily Turner, 77, four years ago.
The jury recommended life im
prisonment. Baker choked his bene
factress, Mrs. Turner, to death in
revenge for a fancied wrong and also
robbed her of $9, according to evi
dence given at ihe trial. '
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Nominations for
New Postmasters
Sent to Senate
Names Under New Adminis
tration Announced By Hard
ing General Policy to Be
Made Public Soon.
Washington, April 27. The first
nominations or - postmasters ' to' be'
made by President Harding were
sent to the senate today, leading to
reports that the administration's
policy in regard to appointment of
postmasters generally would prob
ably be announced soon. The list
contained the names of 84, all of
whom, according to a statement, had
made the highest mark in a competi
tive civil service examination, except
where the veterans preference statute
operates.
Congressional leaders said their
understanding was that the nominees
had not only qualified under the civil
service requirements, but were ac
ceptable to party leaders in their re
spective districts.
Congressmen said the expected def
inition of policy would probably be in
the form of an order continuing,
"with some modifications" the civil
service requirements now existing for.
postmasters of all classes and clarify
ing regulations providing for retire
ment of postal employes.
In some quarters it has been said
civil service requirements for appoint
ment might be continued with provi
sion that selections could be made
from among the first three or four in
the list, so allowing some latitude in
making nominations. . . .
Action on Haywood's
Bond Is Withheld
Chicago, April 27. The govern
ment' is withholding action towards
the forfeiture "of the bonds of Wil
liam Haywood, I. W. W. leader,
who is believed to be in Russia,
pending receipt of a cablegram from
Haywood himself, which is expected
daily, Dsitrict Attorney Clyne said
today.
"Haywood's friends have main
tained throughout that he went . to
Russia on a personal mission and
would return if his bonds are not
forfeited," Mr. Clyne said.
Mr. Clyne said that 13 of the 47
I. W. W. expected to report to' the
Leavenworth - (Kan.) penitentiary
last Monday had not yet reported
and that search for them had been
started. '
Slayer of Mail Clerk
Gets 25-Year' Sentence
Minneapolis, April 27. Delbert
Smith, 19 years old, who confessed
that he robbed a Northern Pacific
mail car , near Little Falls, Minn.,
February 18 and fatally wounded Za
E. Strong, a mail clerk,' was senr
tenced to 25 years in the federal peni
tentiary at Leavenworth,,. Kah., by
Judge Morris in federal court :today.
He will be taken to prison tonight.' '.
Smith was arrested several weeks
after the robbery at Salt. Lake City.
He pleaded guilty.
Cummins Asks Reasonable
Freight . Rates for Coal
Washington, April 27.-t-Inforrnal
request that seasonal rates on anthra
cite and bituminous coal be initiated
with ,the lowest schedules applying
to summer months, was made of the
Interstate Commerce commission by
Chairman Cummins of the senate in
terstate commerce committee. ',
The request was transmitted orally
by Senator Cummins at the sugges
tion committee members. . r ,
Impanel the Jury of Women
rcowrtint Mil': 9 CUotca TrtbdMl
Rebel Chieftains
To Get No Amnesty
All Men Higher Than Cap
tains Must Surrender
Ranks.
Mexico City, April 27. Rebel
chiefs will in future receive no prom
ises of amnesty from the Mexican
government. Personal orders were
sent yesterday to military command
ers in" all .districts by President Obre-
gon that all rebels holding ranks
higher than captain must surrender
unconditionally.
This order came as a result of in
direct offers by Francisco Murguia
through various agents to cease rebel
activities if promised executive leni
ency. Operations by federal troops have
averted any serious danger from the
Murguia revolt, said a war office
statement, which added that if either
Estaban Cantu or Candido Aguilar
is chosen to lead the revolution fixed
for May S, as has been rumwed,
there are sufficient government forces
to handle the situation.
President Obregon's aggressive
ness against rebellion has been ex
emplified recently by the court
martial and execution of several lead
ers of small rebel bands.
Minneap olis Dealer
Urges Early Passage
Of Grain Control Law
Washington, April 27. peedy
settlement of the agitation for
regulation of the grain exchanges by
enactment of a law which would pre
serve a "broad liquid market" and
retention of the "hedging facilities"
was urged before the house agricul
tural committee by F. B. Wells, a
grain dealer if Minneapolis. The
demand for ,'hostile legislation" he
said, "is keeping buyers out of the
market."
Appearing as the first opponent of
future trading legislation on which
the committee is holding hearings,
Mr. Wells said sound legilsation
would have "a good effect." He ap
proved many features of the Tincher
bill and suggested certain amend
ments he said owuld permit "com
petent speculative" buyers, to re
main in the market.
Escaped Convict With 99
Years to Serve, Surrenders
McAlister, Okl., April 27. Virg.l
Smith, who escaped from the Okla
homa penitentiary July 28, 1920,
while servyig a 99-year sentence for
a statutory crime, re-entered the
prison here todav after voluntarily
ksurrendering to officers at El Paso,
l ex. smith said he surrendered to
pleasC his mother, according to pris
onofficials. Theater Owner Released
From Blue Law Charges
i LaCrosse, Wis., April 27. B. C.
Brown, owner of a theater at Viro
qua, arrested on a charge of violating
the blue laws by keeping his movie
house open on Sunday, was found
not .guilty by a jury today. The peti
tion for his arrest, signed by 2S0 citi
zens, was circulated by the W. C.
T. U.
Revenue Officers Seize
11 Stills in One Day' Work
Lodgepole, Neb., April 27. (Spec
ial.) In a single day revenue of
ficers located and took in charge 11
stills between the towns of Julesburg
and Sedgewiclc. Most of them were
being operated by Japanese and Rus-
Vjian beet farmers.
Smoot Plan for
Sales Tax Draws
Sharp Criticism
Kenyon of Iowa Raps Propo
sal of Utah Senator
Hot Fight on Scheme
Predicted.
thlcaro Tribune-Omaha Bee' Uunl Wire,
Washington, April - 27. Senator
Smoot of Utah, "the watchdog of the
treasury," precipitated the first de
bate of the session on revenue ques
tions today by advocating . the
adoption of his; sales tax plan. His
argument drew sharp criticism from
western senators, notably Kenyon of
Iowa and McCumber of North Da
kota, indicating that the measure has
some stormy sailing ahead of it.
Senator Smoot gave notice that
when revenue revision comes before
the senate, he will propose . an
amendment for the imposition of a
general sa;les tax of 1 per cent in
lieu of the excess profits tax. He
estimated . his plan would yield an
annual revenuye of not less than $1,
500,000,000. '
Many of the arguments put for
ward by Senator Smoot were con
tained in a formal statement which
he issued several weeks ago. He has
been endeavoring for some time to
bring the rriatter before the senate,
but has been prevented by the press
of other measures. .
Senator McCumber challenged
Senator Smoot's assertion that the
total of the sales tax, where applied
on a number of sales, would not ex
ceed 2l2 per cent. He insisted that
it would mean .1 per cent tax for
every exchange made. Senator
Smoot corrected this by stating that
the 1 per cent tax which he proposed
merely applied tothe profit taken on
the sale and not to the cost plus the
profit.
Senator Kenyon questioned Sena
tor Smoot's statement that the tax
would be simple to administer. He
said that to him it was as com
plicated as the Einstein theory which
only 12 men in the world can under
stand. .
Four Men Sentenced
to Die at Cork Today
Cork. ' April '27. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Four men are to be
shot tomorrow morning at the mili
tary barracks. ., The men, Patrick
O'Sullivan, .Maurice Moore. Patrick
Ronayne and Thomas Mulcahy, were
convicted of levying war against the
British crown forces.
The corporation and the labor
board of Cork has adopted a resolu
tion saying that as the British high
court in Ireland and the British
ministry recognize a state of war,
the executions will contravene civil
ized warfare and the dictates of com
mon humanity.
Copies have been ' sent President
Harding and Pope Benedict.
New Recreation Officer.
I,t. Col. Frank P. Anios of
cavalry, has reported for duty at
Fort Crook, where he will be educa
tion and recreation officer. Colonel
Amos had been on recruiting duty at
Kansas City, . Mo. ,
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Fiscal Bill
Is Passed by
The House
A d d i tional Appropriations
Agreed to After Call of
House Air Trip Was
Planned.
Adjournment Is Sought
Lincoln, Neb., April 27. (Special
Telegram.) While membera of the
Douglas county delegation wero
pleading over the telephone with
Representative I. A. Medlar to rush
to Lincoln from Omaha, where he
had been called by important busi
ness, by airplane to cast his vote for.
the omnibus appropriation bill which'
was within one vote of passage on
a call of the house, two members ,
switched and the bill passed thi ;
lower house amid cheers.
On the first vote of the night scs
sion the vote stood, ,55 to 45, need
ing six votes to carry. A call of
the house was ordered and four
members persuaded to change their
vote. With one vote needed th
Omaha delegation was busy button- 1
holing" representatives in an en
deavor to pass the measure. Others
sought to. bring back Medlar.
Appropriations Voted.
The omnibus bill carried the foU
lowing appropriations:
Fort Crook road. $25,000. i
Burkett soldiers home, $25,000.
Grand Island Soldiers and Sailor!
home, $25,000.
Norfolk insane hospital, $10,000.
Conservation and soil survey, Lin
coin, $10,000.
The following additions wer4j
voted to the appropriation bill be
fore the omnibus bill was taken up
Memorial gymnasium at UnU
versity of Nebraska, $250,000.-
York women's industrial homei
$37,000.
Gymasiuin, Kearney industrial
school, $40,000.
University of Nebraska Trad
school $75,000.
Lincoln Insane hospital $15,000.
Plan to Force Adjournment.
A vote to adjourn was twice voted
down by the senate, which waited for
concurrent action by the house.
The appropriations have previous
ly been voted in the senate and
it is expected they will promtly
agree to the house action.
Plans were underway to force
through an adjournment tonight.
This would defeat movie censorship.
'Wilson Should Be
Kicked OuV Was Reply
of Ex-Kaiser to Pope
, . a. i I
Berlin, April 27. "Wilson should
be kicked out" was the former kais
er's comment on the note of the
then American Secretary of State,
Robert Lansing, in reply to Pope
Benedict's attempted peace medita
tion in the summer of 1917.
This revelation is contained in a
brochure issued by Philipp Scheide
mann, former secretary for foreign
affairs, in which he reviews efforts
of the Vatican to halt the war. Wil
liam's marginal comment on Mr,
Lansing's communication was:
"Wilson must give up the notion -that
he can make of the German
people what he wants to make. He
must take it as it is. Neither the
nation, the army nor the kaiser will
accept the Wilson pace of under
standing. Wilson should be kicked
out."
Schcidemann accuses the old ad
ministration of dilatory treatment of
the pope's note and with equivoca-;
tion in the negotiations on that ;- j
cassion. : ii
Free Bridge Committee
Raps Tram Propaganda
"No deep concern over th taxpay
ers' problems is causing the street "
car company to spend thousands of
dollars trying to influence votes in
the free bridge campaign," says a
statement issued yesterday by the
free bridge committee." ,
"The street, railway company's
elaborate and wholesale propaganda
is labeled 'free bridge facts,' but it :
should be labeled 'toll bridge facts., '
"A free bridge meanS annexing:
40,000 people to. Omaha- it means .
greater Omaha, more people, more
business, more industry, more work."
Members of the free bridge com- ,
mittee are I. Shuler, chairman; Penn .
roarea. Mayor smith, t,. K. Sher
man, C D. Glover, C. E. Black, F.
S. Larkin, W. R. McFarland. W. S.
Stryker and Dr. Max Emmert.
Secretary Davis to Mediate
in Printers' Wage Squabble
Washington, April 27. An at
tempt by Secretary Davis to settle
the 44-hour week controversy of
printers national agreements is
expected to follow presentation to
the Labor department head .this
week, of proposals for new wage
agreements for the printers, to re
place those which expire May 1.
John McParland, president, and
John W. Hays, secretary of the
Typographical union, will confer
with Mr. Davis, probably Friday.
Substitution of national agree- -ments
for local understandings be
tween printers and their employers
presents something of a problem, it
was said, owing to varied conditions
and demands to be harmonized.
American Tobacco Again
l Pays Dividends in Casb
New York. April 27. The Amer
ican Tobacco company, which has
since last September been paying
dividends on its common stock in
script convertible at par into class
B common, today reverted to cash,
declaring its regular auarterly divii
dend 6fV5 per cent