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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 60 NO. 299. UHni M Swi-CIm( MiHw Mty M. IN. Oaika P. 0. Ultor Art Mtnk a. 1(71. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921. UMI Jum II, k HUM (I YD, Dally 4 San., S7.M: 0lly Only. : ' OUMdt 4tk loin (I ynr). 011 U Sunday. Ill; Oally Only. U: Sudy Only. 19 THREE CENTS 1 , I'M " 1 3 . Bryan Votes In Florida 111 Future Commoner Announces That He Will Transfer Legal Residence From Lincoln To Miami. To Be Active In Politics B.r The Associated I"rn. New York, May 31. William Jen nings Bryan will vote in Florida in the future. While here today he an nounced that his actual residence in that state would become his legal residence. He was influenced in mak ing the change, he said, by the state ot Mrs. Bryan's health, and in his new home he expected to concern himself as much as ever with public affairs. He said: "Mrs. Bryan's health is such that it is necessary for us to live m the south and having lived in Miami for right years, wc have chosen that city for our permanent home. For some time I have been, politically speak ing, in a state of suspended anima tion, living in Florida, but voting in Nebraska. "Rcing as much interested as ever " in the problems of government and desiring to make my remaining years as valuable to my country as pos sible, I have decided to transfer my citizenship to Florida and thus make my actual residence my legal resi dence also." The foregoing announcement, nude in New York today by W. J. Bryan, substantiates in part a story emanating from Florida a few weeks ago, which was published in The Bee, to the effect that the Com moner was contemplating establish ing his legal residence in that state so as to enter the race for the United States senate in 1923. This story was carried by papers throughout the country and never did "bring a denial from Bryan, al though his brother, Charles -W. ol Lincoln, declared that his illustrious brother did not have any intention of establishing his legal residence in Florida. - May Wheat Makes Sensational Gain Demand of Shorts Boosts Mar ket 12 1-2 Cents to ,; Vi $1.82. CtrSicMv Mav 31. Wheat', for f..p slIU.-rv iufl( a sensational .upward swing hi prfce today as si result ot demand tor snoris wno nan waited until the last of the month before fulfilling contracts. - lmix was for sale and the market ran up MVit a bushel to $1.82 as compared with Saturday's finish. " Except in the May delivery of wheat, prices although . firm, kept within moderate limits. Huge re ceipts of all kinds of grain here to day operated as a counter balance against the bullish effect of the un usual upturn in the price of May wheat. About 2,400 car loads of grain arrived, including 450 cars of wheat. . 1 Illinois Farmers Move To Kill Lantz Measure Springfield, 111., May 31. Far mers from all sections of the state swarmed into Springfield on special trains today to make a stand jor the Chicago board of trade and against the I-antz grain exchange regula tion bill pending in tne nouse. c t t-tpn train were chartered to brine :', what was expected to be the largest . - . ... i it lobby .which ever oescenaeo. upon an Illinois tfcislatlire. "The cntprinc wedce of TownleV- 7ibiii in Illinois" was the label placed on the Lantz bill by President Grif-'- fin of the board of trade. "' Emmissaries of the . Illinois Agri cultural association, backers of the Lantz bill, also were on hand today in an ettort to duplicate in me nouse 'their recent victory in the senate. '"'Mexican Socialist Says Country INo Uood for Keds v Mexico City, May 31. Bolshevism 1 does not constitute a menace to Mexico, declared Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama, socialist leader, in tbs ... Chamber of Deputies last evening. "Mexico is not prepared for Bol shevism," he asserted during the course of an address. "Its prole tarian classes, because of their lack . of education, experience and gener al worldly knowledge are not in a position to supplant the present rul ing class. Bolshevism, however, is ripe in England, France, Italy and even in the United States, but' Mex ico must wait for further. develop ment before such ideals can come to fruition here." ; Insane "Woman Sets Fife to ' Negro School Building Macon. Ga., May 31. An insane woman stripped of all clothing, ap- - . pcared last night on the campus of the Central City college, a negro in stitution, and after stoninsr one of the buildings entered and applied a , torch. The frame building burst k VnbJ flames and the students had to Kee for their lives. The structure was burned to the rround and an adjoining building (aught fire and was partly destroyed I i he loss ts estimated at $iuu.uuu. The woman was seized and taken to jail. . ' Petrograd Port Opens Riga, Letvia, May 31. A dispatch from Moscow today said the port of Petrograd had been opened, and that the first ship, a Lettish vcssrl. uilcd from that port. No Longer Will Bryan Do Voting in Nebraska V - .$ ; Bandit Killed at Bristow Fugitive From Iowa Prison Bluffs Sheriff Relieved to Hear of Death of Escaped Convict in1 Oklahoma Twon; Is Identified. James O'Keefe, bandit killed by his pal last Friday in a gun battle at Bristow, Okl., was the same Sioux City gangster and gunman who escaped from the Fort Madison pen ilentiary in Iowa, according to photographs, Bertilkm measure ments and fingerprints received yes terday by Sheriff Groneweg of Coun cil Bluffs from the Fort Madison, prison. Similar records were sent to Bris tow and the return report indicated that they tallied exactly with those of the dead man. O'Keefe was killed in a fight with a pal over the division of loot in a robbery. The dead bandit first came to the attention of Iowa officials in 1919, when captured near Sioux City by a police captain by the same name, after he and five accomplices had held up a bank in a suburb. Culver Kennedy, young Sioux City clubman, well known in Council Bluffs and Omaha, societjy was a member,, of the gang and is now serving time in prison. Four of the bandit gang, includ ing "O'Keefe, were lodged in. the tOuhtyrjaH rat ;LtMarS; v "THey" es caped after killing the son of Sher iff Maxwell, but were recaptured by a posse of citizens. Sheriff Grone weg, Sioux City police and state agents joined in the hunt for them. O'Keefe and. his pals pleaded guil ty to a murder charge and were sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Madison. On the way to pris on O'Keefe told Sheriff Groneweg that he would escape and return to kill him. He did escape last Christ mas with one of his original pals and a nation-wide search has been made for him since then. His fel low gangster is still at large. Gen. Pershing to Be Honor Guest While Visiting in Lincoln Lincoln, May " 31. (Special.) r..n Trtim T Pershins surprised the "old home town" today by drop ping in unexpectedly, accompanied by his brother, James j-ersnmg ui i York. A series of entertainments are being planned for the leader of the . E. F. during his visit in Lin coln, which will extend until Satur day morning. ' General Pershing will be the honor guest at a luncheon Friday noon at the home of E. J. Burkett for the Ne braska university . alumni class of 1893. General Pershing was a mem ber of that class. On Friday evening he will be the guest of 900 American Legion men of Nebraska in the Scot tish Rite temple. General Omar n..n nf Fort Crook will be an other honor guest on that occasion. Leader and Call Regain Mail Privileges of U. S. Washington, 'May 31.-The Mil waukee Leader and New York Call were restored today to the second class mailing privilege, itwas an- j t... tUa Vnctnffire. nenart- ment. Use of the mails was denied these two daily- newspapers oy ior mer Postmaster General Burleson because of the character of matter thir columns in rela tion to American participation in the war. 1 . ' ' ' Disarmament "Feelers" Have Been Sent Out by U, S. Washington, May 31. "Informal feelers" with respect to an interna tional agreement for a reduction of armament already have been put out by the American government, it was learned today in high administration quarters. The purpose, it is under stood, was to develop the attitude of foreign governments on the ques tion before any formal negotiations are -undertaken. U. S. Sends New Note on Oil ' Policy to the Netherlands Washington, May 31. Exception to the assertions of the Netherlands government that the United States entered its protest against the Dutch oil policy in the Djambi oil fields too late to affect the operations of that policy is taken by the American gov ernment in a new note which it was announced today had been dis patched to The Hague. i -iSr a .. jj ! ? ( . A L J W. J. Bryan. Chicago Air Mail Head Suspended E. W. Majors and Thri ; ' sistants Relieved From Ljr Following Investigation By Postal Inspectors. Parker Named Successor Br The Associated Ireai. Chicago, May 31. E. W. Majors, head of the Chicago division of the air mail service, and three other or ficials at Checkerboard field, were suspended today, following an inves tigation by postal inspectors. Other men relieved from duty pending "further instructions" on or ders irom Washington were, W. b. Moore and I . V. King, assistant su perintendents, and Paul Dumas, field manager. C. A. Parker, who recently arrived from the east, as appoint ed temporarily in Majors place. The investigation followed the deaths of five pilots in the Chicago division in the last few months. Charges of inefficiency, negligence and drunkenness were made by wit nesses during the inquiry. All of these charges were denied bv the ao cused officials, whose conduct also was defended by pilots at the field The chief witness was C. C. Ev- ersole, former air mail pilot, who was discharged after he had made a para chute leap from his plane near Min neapolis last February. Eversole claimed this as necessary to save his life, but it was asserted by offi cials who made an investigation that his leap which resulted in the destruction of his plane wras unne cessary. Eversole declared the real reason for his discharge was that he had told postal inspectors of neglect and inefficiency at Checkerboard and other fields. Eversole charged that 13 men have been kjlled in the-air mail service because of what he termed "gross mismanagement, in efficiency and friminal negligence by officials." In addition, he asserted that air field officials were drunk while on duty and staged wild parties which incapacitated them for duty. Roundup Association . Of State Will Hold Meeting at Valentine Annual meeting of the Northwest ern Roundup association, comprising men connected with the cattle busi ness in Nebraska prior to 1890, will be held in Valentine, June 3 and 4, The business session will be held-on-'the- first day; the remainder' of the meeting being devoted to social events. Members will be motored to the Peterson clubhouse on Hack berry lake, where a fish dinner will be served. Many of the" old-time northwest ern cattle men of the state belong to the association, v including Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, Ed Cahow and Johnnie Cook. Any men who were connected with the cattle business prior to 1890 are invited to attend the meeting. Officers of the association are: President, John H. NeisS, Valentine; vice president, James H. Quigley, Valentine; secretary-treasurer, I. J. F. lager (Billy the Bear). ' ., Building Stagnation Not Due to Rates Is Word of Rail Chief Washington, May 31. Existing freight. rates are not responsible for the stagnation in the building indus try and have not operated to curtail road construction, Edward Cham bers, vice president of the Atchison, Topeka & Sanja Fe, said today in resuming his testimony , before the senate Interstate Commerce com mission, which is inquiring into tin transportation situ;"! "In cities on the Pacific coast and throughout the west, south and east," Mr. Chambers said,' "condi tions surrounding the building in dustry appear to be about the same. The general report is that a com paratively small amount of building is being done. At San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, where lumber is at the door, conditions are the same as at Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago or Cleveland." Movie "Hero" Drowns in . Attempt to Save Heroine Seattle May 31. J. A. Clark, mo tion picture actor, was drowneer in Green lake here in his attempt to stage a "rescue" of Isabclle Car penter, his leading woman, as a part of a picture drama being photo graphed by a film producing com pany, j The scenario called -for the capsiz-. ing of a canoe containing two prin cipals. . Miss Carpenter, when she saw Clark was in difficulty, attempt ed to rescue him aid narrowly es caped drowning wi'.h him. Colorado Bank Rohbed Of Bonds and Currency Delta, Colo. May 31. The State bank at Austin," Colo., was robbed some time Srmday night of bonds and negotiable securities estimated to be worth between $25,000 and $30,000 and a small amount of currency, it was discovered when the bank was reopened after yesterday's holiday. The combination of the first door of the safety vault was knocked off and the second door was blown open with nitroglycerine. Rubber Firm Bankrupt . Cleveland, May 31'. Federal Judge Westenhaver appointed receivers for the Portage Rubber company of Barberton, O., following a petition by three manufacturers claiming the 1 comnanv owed them $1,700,000. -i- -m: w&ni wm No Naval Holidays For U. S. Without Other Countries Senate Rejects Lenroot Amend ment to Cut $25,000,000 From 1922 Building ' Program. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. Washington.. May 31. Notwith standing its- 'unanimously , expressed desire for an international v naval holiday, the senate made it em phatically plain that the United States is determined to go the limit in naval building unless Great Britain and Japan agree to join in a pro portionate reduction program. By a vote of 35 to 20 it rejected an amendment offered by Senator Lenroot of isconsin, republican, to cut $25,000,000 from the appropria tion in the naval bill for carrying out the program to. make the United State's the foremost sea power in the world by 1924. The Lenroot amend ment would have reduced the ap propriation of $63,000,000 for battle ship construction during the fiscal year of 1922 to $38,000,000. The total amount carried in thebill for naval construction is approximately $105,000,000. Poindexter Defines Stand. In the debate preceding the vote on the Lenroot amendment, Senator Poindexter of Washington, acting chairman of the naval committee, served notice that "the big oavy" faction which he represented would insist that any international naval reduction agreement entered by the United States must be based on an American navy equal to that of Great Britain. The senator inti mated that the disarmament advo cates were, on the whole, carrying on the tradition of pacifism which opposed the war with Germany when Germany attempted to run amuck on the high seas. Senator Lenroot argued that there was no necessity for the United States having the largest navy in the world and said he saw no rea son for trying to outstrip Great Britain. "Does the senator think we ought to take off our hats every time wc meet Great Britain and bow?" asked Senator Poindexter. "I am very glad to get the sena tor's real views gradually into this debate," replied Senator LenrooW "Do I understand the position oi the senator from Washington to be that he will not be willing to enter into any agreement for limitation of armaments unless in that agree ment i is stipulated that the United States shall be the first naval power in the world?" U. S. Must Be Equal., "On the contrary, I do not want the United States to be the first, but I do want it to be the equal of any other," answered Senator Poindexter. "I, myself, will not agree to enter into any agreement of a limitation of. armament except upon the basis hat we shall be assured that hi United States will be substantially and practically equal to any other power in the world upon the seas." While the senate was making clear its stand. President Harding let it be known that he had had "feelers" out abroad regarding naval curtail ment before the senate adopted the Borah amendment requesting "the president to negotiate with Great Britain and Japan in the matter. The president did not give any details re garding these "feelers," but it is presumed here that he referred to in formal conversations on the rubject by Ambassador Harvey with British officials and the American charge at Tokio with leaders of the fanancsc government. The June Bride German Guards In Upper Silesia To Disband Soon Demobilization to Occur as Soon as Interallied Au thority Has Been Definite . ly Re-Established. Oberglogau, Upper Silesia, May 31, By The - Associated Press0-i Gcrman,1' defense" organizations 'In this city and in other towns west of the Oder river will disarm and dis band as soon as interallied author ity has been re-established in upper Silesia, said General von Hoefer, commander of German guards iu this city, yesterday. He added that the allies should be thankful that the Germans had "organized these men and had maintained order, in stead of trying to disarm and dis band the defense troops at this critical time." "We do not want to keep these men under arms a minute longer than necessary," he went on, "but we must protect ourselves." General von Hoefer lost his right arm during the great war. He has repeatedly prevented the Germans from starting a general advance, ris ing one morning at 4 o'clock to send orders to Germans already under way toward the Oder to turn back. He has been in close touch with British control officers. Rigid discipline has been estab lished, and operations are being conducted in a strictly military man ner. Shippers Complain of v Lower Rio Grande Rates '.Washington, May 31. Complaint that freight rates to and from the lower Rio Grande valley were prejudicial to other territories was made to the Interstate Commerce commission today by shippers !n that territory through chambers ot commerce and various commercial organizations. Practically all rates to and Jrom Texas are based on what is known as Texas common point territory, the complaint said, but to this rate was added numerous and varied differentials described as needlessly high. Request was made that tho Texas railroad ' commissipn be authorized by the commission to make a readjustment of these dif ferentials. ' Conductor Killed and 21 " Injured in Trolly Wreck Burlington, N. J., May 31. Charles Conkling, conductor, lost his life, Andrew Austin, motprman, was badly hurt and about 20 pas sengers were slightly injured when two public service trolley cars col lided on a curve a mile east of Roebling. N. J. - Australia Pays Homage To Soldier Dead of U. S. Melbourne, Australia, May 31. Sir Joseph Cook, acting prime minis ter, on celebration of the American Memorial day, sent the following message to President Harding: "Accept Australia's homage to the soldier and sailor dead of the United States." ' . Wisconsin Goveraor Vetoes -Prohibition Enforcement Act Madison, Wis., May 31. Gov ernor Blaine today vetoed the Mathe son prohibition enforcement act a in conflict with the federal Volstead act, terming it "indefinite and uncer tain," and the Anti-Saloon league lobbv "ncrnirioiiSf" Two Men Killed, 13 Injured by Bomb Explosion Blast Follows Attempt to Load Explosive On Airplane at Aberdeen (Md.) Prov ing Grounds. Washington, May 31.-r-Tvo Men were killed and 13 injured, four probably fatally, by the cxplosion of a bomb aU the Aberdeen (Md.) army proving grounds during prepar ation for airplane bombing experi ments, according to official reports telephoned the War department to night by Maj. W. A. Borden and Capt. C. II. M. Roberts, special in vestigators sent to report and ascer tain the cause of the explosion. ' The dead yere Privates A. A. Shermer and E. H. Grinnel, both of the 14th squadron, air service. dpt. J. E. Hall, air service of New Haven, Conn., it was said, was not expected to live. He was wounded severely about the eyes and face. ' First Lieut. C. G. Eliason, air serv ice of Hagerstown, Md., the report said, was expected to recover. - He received a deep wound just above the right hip. First Lieut, L. R. Reese, quarter master corps of Gwynnbrook, Md., also was expected to recover. His thumb and fifth finger of the right hand had been removed. Private Samuel Weinstock of the 34th ordnance . company suffered a punctured lung and was not ex pected to recover. - Privates L. S. Hite of the '14th squadron, air service; P. W. Hall and M. D. Blezins of the same organiza tion; C. J. O'Neill of the 34th ord nance company and Edward Tarry of the same organization, all were wounded and recovery was reported doubtful. R. M. Herr, a civilian, employed at the grounds, was said to be suf fering severely from the shock of the explosion. Privates S. P. Mace, 47th ord nance company; L. J. Titlow of the 34th ordnance company, and Private R. F. Bohle of the same organiza tion were less severely wounded. Neither Major Borden nor Captain Roberts attempted to fix responsi bility. They said they had been un able to ascertain the full facts, but would make a thorough investiga tion. . , According to other reports, a 50 pound bomb rolled from the airplane and was struck by the rudder as the plane swung around. Mrs. Harding Appeals for Support of "Bundle Day," Washington, May 31. An appeal to the American people for support of the Near East "bundle day" on Wednesday, was made by Mrs. Harding in a letter made public to night. Marine Engineers Vole To Work in New Orleans New Orleans, La., May 31. Striking marine engineers of New Orleans voted to accept the com promise proposal of Secretary of Labor Davis and return to work. The vote was 78 to 51. - The Weather Forecase. Wednesday Showers and wanner. Hourly Temperatures. ...65 ...m ...61 ...60 ...lit ...M p. ni. P. m. p. m. p. tn. V. tn. p. in. 6 ft. 7 . in. 8 H. in. m. 1I H. 1 1 a. m. J? uuuu . ...CD I i o. m. Railroad Wages Culj 12 per Cent; Employers! Say It Is Inadequatei Annual Saving to Roads Es timated at $400,000,000 31 Labor Organizations On 104 Lines Affected. Order In Force July 1 y Th Associated Vtt. Chicago, May 31. An estimated $400,000,000 will be. slashed. from the nation's railway wage bill when an order cutting wages an average of 12 per cent to be handed down to morrow by the United States labor board, becomes effective July 1. The order affects members of 31 labor organizations, employed on 104 rail roads. While the decision is specifically applied only to the roads whose cases have been heard by the board, the decision says it may later be ap plied to any other road asking a hearing under provisions of the .transportation act. Percentages of reductions com puted by members of the board gave the average of 12 per cent, and the same source estimated the annual re duction in wages at approximately $400,000,000. Increase Wiped Out. The decision brought reductions varying from 5 to 13 cents an hour or from S to 18 per cent nd in the case of section laborers, wiped out the increase granted them by the $600,000,000 wage award of July 20, 1920. For section men, the reduc tion was approximately 18 pt:r cent or from $3.70 to $3.02 per day. Switchmen and shop crafts were given a 9 per cent reduction, while train service men were cut approxi mately 7 per cent. Car repairers were cut about 10 per cent. Common labor pay, over which the railroads made their hardest fight, is to be reduced 6 o S'i cents an hour, cutting freight truckers' average monthly wages to $97.10 and track laborers to $77.11. This new schedule still gives section meu an average daily wage of $3.38 for an eight-hour day, although consider able testimony offered by the roads showed common labor wages as low as $1.50 for 10 hours. Shop crafts employes and train and engine men, except those in pas senger service, are reduced 8 cents an hour. Construction and section foremen are reduced 10 cents an hour. Conductors' Scale Cut. Passenger and -freight, engineers who were given increases of 10 cents, and J3 cents ani hour by the award, are to be' cut 6, and 8 cents an hour respectively. Passen ger and freight conductors, who re ceived increases of 121-2 cents and 13 cents in 1920, are cut 7 1-2 and 8 cents respectively. Train dispatchers and yardmastcrs whose monthly earnings averaged $260 to $270, arc cut 8 cents an hour. The smallest reduction will apply to office-boys and other employes under 18 years of age, who'will re ceive 5 cents an hour less. - Clerks are reclassified so that en tering clerks, usually young meu and women, of 18 to 20 years of age. will receive a monthly salary of $67.50 for the first six months and $77.50 for (Tu'n to Fage Two.' Column Two.) New Federal Export Trade Corporation Proposed by Norris Washington, May 31. Creation of a $100,000,000 federal farmers' export financing corporation to buv farm products in the United States and sell them abroad is proposed iu a bjll introduced by Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the agri cullural committee. The corporation would be composed of the secretary of agriculture and four other direct ors to be appointed by the president with the consent of the senate, with annual salaries of $7,500 and beau thorized to issue bonds up to 10 times its paid in capital. The proposed new 'government agency would seH American farm products abroad to nations or indi viduals, act as the agent for any producer 'or dealer in farm products and also make advances to assist agricultural exports. Four Soldiers Slain In Battle at Cork Cork, Ireland. May 31. (By The Associated Press.) Four soldiers were killed, two mortally wounded and 12 slightly wounded, when they were attacked at 8 o'clock this morning while marching from the Youghal barracks to the rifle range. Near the golf links the road had been mined and an intense fire vas opened on the soldiers. Bombs also were used. The uninjured soldiers replied to the fire of the attacking party. ' A curate, who was driving to celebrate mass, got into the line of fire and was wounded His driver was killed, v - Santa Fe to Reduce Forces At Many Shops on Lines Topeka, Kan., May 31. Approxi mately 650 men will be laid off at the Santa Fe shops in Topeka, and a corresponding reduction in forces will be made at Albuquerque, N. M.; Clc bum, Tex., and San Bernardino and Richmond. Cal.. A. G. Wells of Chi cago, vice president of the road, an nounced here today. Election Hearing June 8 Washington, May 31. Hearings in the Ford-Ncwberrv election contest will be beirun June 8.' the senate subcommittee on elections decided totlav. Executives Declare Reduction Not Sufficient to Justify Lowering of Passenger f Or Freight Rates. Union Leaders Silent ' ' Chicago, May 31. Railway execiM tives were unanimous tonight in cm pressing disappointment at what they, termed to be the inadequate wage decreases announced by the railroad labor board. B. M. Jewell, president of the rail road department of the American Federation of Labor, refused to comment, but declared the decision would be taken up at a meeting of the executive committee, probably in Chicago soon. - "The reduction is not, iu my opin ion, sufficient to meet the demands of the situation," said H. E. Byram. president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul raifroad. "The railroads, in good faith, asked for and expected the board would make a reduction of wages cquivaVnt to the advancit granted July 20, 1920.. That advance proved to run at the rate of $800, 000,000 a year when the railways were handling a normal business and averaged about 22 per cent. Reduction Only One-Half. 1 "The reduction is just about one half of this sum. It is estimated that it will amount to $400,000,000 a year, or an average of about 12 per cent. The reduction granted will be help ful, but it will not be sufficient. Whether it and other developments will make practicable any reduction of rates, will depend upon the effect upon the net earnings of the railways. It docs not seem probable that the jiet earnings will be increased enough to make practicable any substantial reductions in rates in the near fu- ture." , S. M. Fclton, president of the Chicago Great Western, declared the decision was "very disappointing." "The relief granted to the roads,'' he said, "is relatively so small as to preclude early consideration of any substantial reduction of freight and passenger rates, although where dis criminations exist or where it :s shown that the rates are seriously hindering movement of traffic, changes will be made." State Rights Will cct Southern Senators to Fight ' Provisions of Townsend Bill. Washington, May 31. The-issue of the rights of the states as op' posed to those of the federal gov ernment is threatening to become the subject of debate in congress on the subject of highways. . ' Issues thus far has. reached tht state of discussion only in the sen ate postoffices and post roads com mittee at hearing soon to be com pleted on the Townsend bill to es tablish an interstate highway sys tem and to create a federal high way commission. Members of the committee from the southern states have indicated, 'however, that the question of authority as between the states and the federal government will be raised when the Townsend bill reaches the senate. Provisions of the Townsend bill give the proposed : .highway com mission of five members authority , to pass finally on the roads to be constructed with the $100,000,000 federal aid appropriation, Dick erson Legislated Out Of Prisoner's Relief Job Washington, May 31. Abolition of the office of general manager of the Prisoners' Relief society, heldby Denver S. Dickerson of Nevada, for-. mer superintendent of federal pris ons, was announced today by Chair man ij. L. Bowles of the society's board of directors. Dr. E. E. Nud ding, president of the society, will J-resume active charge, Mr. Dicker- son no longer being connected w'ith the society. - Negro Plantation Boss In Convicted of Murdet Covington, Ga., May 31. Clyde Manning, negro boss on the John S. Williams plantation in Jasper county, was found guilty of murder by a jury late today, in connection with the murder of Lindsey Peter son, one of the 11 negroes alleged to have been held in peonage and then killed on the farm a few months ago. The jury was out 33 minutes.. Manning was sentenced to life imprisonment. - ; Committee Named to Probe Needs of Former Soldiers Washington, May 31. Appoint ment of a committee to investigate the needs of and problems in con nection with soldiers' bonus legis lation was announced today by Chairman Penrose of the senate fi nance committee;. Senator McCum ber, republican, North Dakota, is chairman of the committee and the other members are Senaors Suther land, republican, West Virginia, and Walsh, democrat. Massachusetts. Admiral Sims Honored Cambridge, England, May' 31. Rear Admiral Sims of the United States was granted an honorary dc grcc oi oocior oi laws ov tne uni- tversitv of Cambridge. At the ano iimc mo i Tiiicc oi naics was c corded lhc same honor.
