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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 2. MitrH ftmaf-CUu Mittar M 2t. IN, at Onana P. 0. Uaatr AK if Mara I. 1(7. OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1921. Until Jum M. ky Mali (I Yr ). Dilly .. IMe; Oilty Only. IS: Sun.. I2.S9 Oatilda 4th Iom (I mr. Daily Me Seaaajr. lit: Daily Only. 112; Only, li THREE CENTS v 1 V r I J ' Dry Forces Spli t 0 v er Emergency kWayne B. Wheeler and E. C. Dinwiddie Disagree on Need of Haste in Pass ing Enforcement Bill. Charge Power Of Czar Chfcage Trlbane-Omaha Ilea I.eaee4 Wire. Washington, June 19. Prohibition forces, which have fought side by lide for years to make the country dry, split wide open before the house rules committee over the ques tion of tightening up the law for the enforcement of the 18th amendment. The rules committee had before it a demand for a special rule to rush through the Volstead supplementary prohibition bill as an emergency measure. E. C. Dinwiddie, former chairman of the legislative commit tee cf the anti-saloon league, told the committee he saw no necessity for such , haste, except insofar as the bill related to prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer as medicine. Mr. Dinwiddic's testimony aroused the ire of his old colleague, Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon league. "Opposition to the merits of the bill is simply an attempt to kill it," Mr. Wheeler said. "Mr. Dinwiddie lias not been with the Anti-Saloon league for more than a year and in assuming -to protect certain phases of the trade, he is unwittingly protect ing the illegal traffic. In opposing tins bill, Mr. Dinwiddie is in new company." Wanta Bill Divided. The new Volstead bill, broadly speaking, is divided into two parts. One part would prohibit the prescrip tion of beer as medicine and the other part tightens up the restrictions on the use of alcohol for industrial pur poses. Mr. Dinwiddie argued for the division of these parts into-two sep arate parts. "It would be wiser to pass that which is emergency legislation .and then to take up the other features," said Dinwiddie. "There is going to be other prohibition features pro posed and a demand for the transfer of enforcement to the Department of Justice. There is plenty of authority under the law now to regulate use of industrial alcohol. "I do not feel that I am betraying any confidence when I say that there arc other matters in connection with prohibition enforcement to come be fore the senate. There appears to be - noijuestion of the necessity of Tc-ncy jwid to stop the 'flood cf. laWtfr wjictt it is saia, can snoruy be cfceeteuV' 7 " - ' " - " -: 'j , Dinwiddie stated that he believed that Attorney General Palmer's beer ruling was a proper one, fotmded entirely upon the law and that no sinister motives could be ascribed to the fact that it was handed down or. the eve of bis departure from office. The ruling, he explained, had been asked only 10 days before that. He reaffirmed the belief that the nation's industries requiring alcohol were entitled to the fullest consider ation and added: "I don't believe we want to do anything foolish something that w ll not be complete in its scope." Dr. M. C. Whitaker, vice presi dent of the United States Industrial Alcohol company, said that prohi bitionists were seeking to give the federal prohibition commissioner more power than the czar had over KiBsa. .-. Czar Was Shot ''The czar was shot for . exercis irg less power than you propose to give the commissionei under the bill." he said. "There is no excuse for imposing . this arbitrary power on a single industry. The only boozefighters we have in our plants are the government employes." ,V. L, Cre-use of the National Tirfume and ; Wholesale Druggists' association declared: "Liquor addicts will drink any thing including varnish, furniture poUJi. shellac, flavoring extracts and wood alcohol. The chief excuse of Wayne B. Wheeler and his suppor ters is that certain alcoholic pro ducts are used as beverages. We can not stop everybody from drinking. iSome will drink anything that does tiot kill them outright. The prohibi tion commissioner has invited every form of fraud by the indiscriminate issue of permits numbering between 10,000 and 20.000." Nine Gage County, Girls Leave for Illinois Camp Wymore, Neb., June 19. (Spe cial.) Nine girls from Gage county, accompanied by Miss Van Every, work secretary of the Y. W. C A., left for Milford, la., where they will camp. The attendance is limited to 200" girls from Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and Ne braska. The girls from Gage are Misses Nolia Hale, Cortland; Colia Kiser, Blue Springs; Marguerite Graves. Filley; Irene Parrish, Dor othy Meiers. Wymore; Edith Bur roughs, Iola Worden, Beryl Jackson, Dorothea Arnold. Beatrice. Superior Shifters Lay Plans for Coming Year Superior, Nebl, June 19. (Spe cialsPublic health, good roads . and school facilities are features of the working plan for the roming year published by the Superior Shifters, the local commercial organ ization. Recreation for the young, a labor bureau, development of the city along industrial lines and Americanization activities are other things included in the program. Live Stock Exchange Election Cleveland. C June 19. Everett C Brown of Chicago was re-elected president of the National Live Stock xchange. Kansas City. Mo., won tli4 acst annual convention. five Killed; 15 Hurt In Interurban Wreck Jackson, Mich., June 18. Five persons were killed and about 15 in jured near Ann Arbor, when a De troit Limited railway steel interur ban car telescoped a wooden car. None cf the injured arriving here were seriously hurt. In speaking of the wreck, one passenger said that persons in the rear end of the wood en car did not have much chance to escape. About half of the wooden car was completely demolished, while the steel car was but slightly dam cged, he said. Minnesota Man May Head Joint Probing Body Congressional Committee Will Organize Today for, The Investigation of the Agricultural Situation. Chlrago Trlbune-Oroa.hu Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, June 19. Represent ative Anderson of Minnesota is ex pected to be named as chairman of the joint congressional committee authorized to investigate the agricul tural situation when the five sena tors and five represeentatives com posing the body meet to organize Monday. Representative Anderson outlined his views on the scope of the in quiry as follows: ' "1. What is the relative position oc cupied by agriculture with respect to industry, and commerce. Does it oecupy the position to which its im portance as a basic industry entitles it. and if not why not, and what can be done to bring it into its appropri atae relation with the industry and commerce of the naton; in other words, what is the matter with agri culture and what can be done about it? "2. Is agriculture receiving its fair proportion of the consumers dollar, and if not why not, and what can be done about it?. What is the relatoin of the credit, marketing and trans portation facilities of the country to agriculture? Are they fully adapted to serve it as well as the interests of the entire country and if not how can they be made so? "3. Is the system through which farm products are distributed from the farm to the consumer through the various processes of marketing, manufacture and distribution, 7 effi cient or wasteful, and what can be done to make it more efficient and less wasteful and expensive." . Youths Halt as Officers Shoot Copper Perforates Fleeing Flivver; Boys Accused of Attempted Rohhery. - t When Policeman Zich' called "halt" to two youths who were escaping in a dilapidated car Satur day night near Twelfth street and Capitol avenue, they didn't heed the orde'r. "Wang! Wangl" The trusty "copper" from the seat of a rickety wagon fired twice at the fleeing flivver and Well, he literally perforated the left fenders and the right running board of the car. Both shots tore gaping holes in the tin. The boys halted. At Central police station William Ferguson, a fruit peddler, 708 North Eighteenth street, introduced him self as complaining witness against the youths. It was his cries for help, that prompted Officer Zich to fire the shots. The . two youths, who gave their names as Ross Irwin and Bert Black, 3723 South Twenty-fourth street, were booked for disturbing the peace. Ferguson told police the boys were attempting to rob his son. Hold Witnesses in Cases Against Two Windy City Crooks (htoafo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Chicago, June 19. Plans are un der way by the federal government to rush the trials of "Big Tim" Murphy and Vincenzo Cosmano for the Dearborn and Pullman mail rob beries. Heretofore, these men have been able to postpone their trials un til vital w itnesses disappeared and the government proposes to forestall this plan. Three of the chief witnesses will be held in prison, out of reach of the friends of the leaders until they take the witness stand. , Secret service men are still search ing for the missing $225,000 of the DeaTborn street loot. Tbey have no doubt Murphy held this sum out on his pals and has concealed it some where in the city. Another feature that bodes ill for Murphy and Cosmano has cropped up. Members of the gas house workers and the street sweepers unions, who heretofore have upheld Murphy and Cosmano in ' all their crooked work, are disposed to drop both of them. Two Killed; One Injured; When Plane Falls in River Troy, N. Y., June 19. Don Camp bell, an aviator of Albany, and Rob ert Smith of Troy were killed and Scuyler Mocharie of Albany was in jured when their plane dropped into the Hudson river today. Farewell to Wallace Paris, June 19. The France America committee gave a farewell reception to Hugh C Wallace, re tiring American ambassador, and Mrs. Wallace, GrownArms Are Thrown From Ship Guerilla Warfare Is Con tinued in Ireland 'With Many Casualties o Both Sidetf .X Republicans Kily Sun in Omaha By Tha Aaaoelated Prtaa. Dublin. June 19. The Sinn Fein campaign against steamers carrying supplies to crown forces continuis unabated. The steamer Rostellan Castle, with supplies consigned to crown forces on Spike island, ' was boarded at Blackrock, County Cork, and the careo thrown overboard. Four coast guard stations in Coun ty Doublin were burned, the Wex ford county court house was bombed and destroyed and Ravensdale castle in County Louth was set afire. Constable Shot. Constable L. E. Campbell was shot near Dundalk and armed men enter ed u saloon and shot two sons of t!ie proprietress. Armed civilians were discovered laying a road mine at Coolbawu, by soldiers who opened fire, killing one and wounding two of them. A police patrol . was ambushed near . Newmarkef-on-Fergus. One policeman was wounded, one of the attacking party was wounded and captured and another is believed to nave been killed. Aged Woman Wounded. Phillip Duggen was dragged from hi? home at Grangeshigen, Countv Kildare, by eight armed, men and 5-hct dead. His mother, 70, was seriously wounded. The body of Patrick Darcy, school teactier, was found near Corraoler labeled, "Sooner or later we get them." This spy was tried, convicted am! executed by the Irish republican army." , . World War Veteran Learns to Talk in St. Louis Hospital Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leaaed Wire. Washington,' June 19. Ralph M. Bowman, vocational education stu dent, whose vocal chords were de stroyed in the world war, can talk again,, after being speechless for two years. Restoration of Bowman's voice was announced by the federal board for vocational education, it , having been accomplished through the train ing of auxiliary muscles. - Bowman was wounded in France, December 3, 1918, by shell fire. His vocal chords were destroyed, and part of his chiti tore away by a shell fragment lodging in front of the vertebra at-the base of the neck. The unfortunate soldier was sent , to St. Louis for treatment and train ing in an institute for the deaf and dumb. There his jaw wa3 set straight with metal easts. A perfect set of teeth with imitation gums were made. A plastic operation on the chin left only a trace of scar, almost unnoticeable, and best of all, the pa tient learned to talk again. Across Ocean Aged Woman Awaits News of Stillman Case; Traits Which' Prompted Mrs. Potter to Brave Husband's Ire for Stage Found in Daughter Fifi Mother, Exile 35 Years Be cause of Decision, Recon ciled With Fifi Despite Family Opposition. ITM. 1 tha arrond of s aeries art kin UUing Flfl Btlllmao'a own atory. They win appear eaelualvely In Tha Bae. Tha third artlcla will be published Taea dar la both morning and arming editions. (Copyright, by the Dally News, New Tork. New York, June 19. (Special Telegram.) From a little cottage in the Orkney Islands an aged woman watches anxiously for news of the Stillman case. It brings back to her memories of a career which stretched over 70 years of crowded life, with many incidents in it which are being recalled for Mrs.' Fifi Pot ter Stillman today. That woman is Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mrs. Stillman's mother, an exile for 35 years. She sends across the Atlantic to her daughter here confidence and faith, although the inexorable demands of the Stillman family pride have kept them apart for years. Mrs. Stillman speaks ' of her mother with high seriousness ' in herited from their southern ancestry. "My mother was an Urquhart of Louisiana," she said. "There was in her, and there, is in me blood of those southern gentlemen who fought their greatest fights when the greatest force was cgainst them. 1 sometimes think one of those con federate soldiers has given me . the courage to carry on. Cora Urquharl was Mrs. Potter's name. She was the daughter of Col. David Urquharl of New Orleans, and the pictures- que old Delta city was her home until her debut in 1885. She was then only 16 years old." Met at Mardi Grat. . Down , from New York came young James Brown Potter, son of Howard Potter, millionaire banker. At the Mardi Gras he met the loveli est debutantes of the south. When he returned to New York in 1877 Cora Urquhart came with him as his bride. ' -The Potters were of an old New York family, leaders of society in the days when Washington Square v. a s,the center of all things fashion- Denmark Will Honor American Singers Copenhagen, June 19. (By the Associated Press.) A large conjhv gent of American singers of Danish descent who will arrive Tuesday, will be received in the royal palace by Prince Harald, brother of King Christian, in the absence of the king and Crown Prince. Christian Fred erik, who-are on a visit to Iceland. velter n der Blazing Citizens Seek Relief at Parks; Automobile Riding "a Very Popular Means of Cool ing Off Yesterday. Fans, automobiles, bathing suits,' swimming pools, lakes, the river, soda fountains, soft drink parlors, shade trees and lawn sprinklers were in great demand all day yesterday. .- 'Twas a hot Sunday, with the ac cent on "Sun," most of the day. And-,sweltering humanity sought surcease from heat by use of all the bove-mentioned devices and insti tutions and many others besides. Parks, both public and amusement varieties, were full of folks, thirsty crowds ' hung- around the drinking emporiums and fountains all the day. On many' a front porch the I'kids" sat dressed in nothing but their bathing suis. ' And more than one automobile party was observed in the same comfortable state of desha bille. -, , - The thermometer traveled up into the sweltering. 90s and men, women and children did all -they could . to escape the torridity. 1 , Professor Einstein and Thomas A. Edison, if they had been here, might have combined on a pleasant little problem- of the number oi miles trav eled, by. automobiles in the city dur ing yesterday. There is a "relativity"'' between heat and automobiles. Now,' yester day everybody who Had' a car seemed to be out in it, chugging over the streets and roads. ' And everyone who hadn't a car hoped some friends would call and ask 'em to go riding. Prof. Cornelius Biggentippler stood at the corner of Florence boulevard and Wirt street at 5 p. m. and count ed the automobiles. He reported that 72 passed in one minute, more than one a second. He made further,. calculations: Assuming that there are 40,000 pleasure, automobiles , in Omaha, which is a row esthnate, and assum intr that "35.000 of them were out yesterday and traveled an average of only 25 miles each, they covered 875,000 miles. In other words, com bine them into one automobile ami this ..Omaha y car yesterday . drove from i here ; to the moon, 240,000 miles, and back again, and then went around the world six times, 25,000 miles each trip and still had 5,000 miles to spare with which to go to San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and back to Omaha. , . , , .,' Yes, it was hot. 1 McKelvie Will Fish: - .; Norfolk, Neb., June 19. (Special Telegram.) Gov. Samuel - R. Mc Kelvie stopped off. here on his way in the state fish car to Niobrara, near which place he plans a fishing ex pedition, , . , . , . , , . able fn this country. The youthful Mrs. Potter took her place at once in the most exclusive circles of the metropolis. She was a very slender, pale girl, with Titian Aiair and hazel eyes, at times almost the color of the emer alds she delighted to wear. Her costumes were the despair of all fi . 7 ,.-- fr ?Ov ..?"".;'-..;. at; - m AV.vv.1 i . A Study in Relativity - ; . . , Copyright: 1911: By Tha CUaeg Tribune. 1 ' The collection today gg 1 ( i . . amounts to Mwtfkfp jmmm . WHICH .5, J BELIEVE, MMBf . - ; gg Trie price of a tire, wWWi ' . P AND ALMOST HALF THE ) fvA ' ill 9 ; , - " : THEDEMPSEY-CARPeKTlER) iR 5 Womens Clubs to Start National News Bureau Will Furnish Publicity of In terest to Women to News ' u papers Will Incor . porte for $100,000. Salt i Lake City, June 19. Final meetings of the board of directors of the General Federation of Womens clubs' in conjunction with state prtsi- dents were held at Ogden'folloVing the conclusion of the council meeting- in Salt Lake. ; A plan to ' establish a national woman's, news bureau for the pur pose of giving publicity to the ac tivities of women, proposed bw Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark, contributing editor of the Pictorial Review, was started with stock subscriptions from club women from 20 states. The amounts of subscriptions amounted from $50 to $500. Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of Minneapolis, president of the general federation, and Mrs. Robert J. Bur dette of Pasadena, Cal., were among the subscribers. The company will other women in New York. In the old days of operat at the Academy of Music, the Vanderbilts, Whitneys, and Astors clamored for the privi lege" of having Mrs. James Brown Potter in their box parties. Pierre Lorillard, one of the most extraordinary figures of the forma tive pflfiod of New York society, con I Lyl a I . 'Ml - "L JV JtllW fM.W hf . - I 'f iW ft M UH n M f" ' ......... I - 1 be incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000 and is to consist entirely of women and headquarters will, be established at Chicago. Regional research stations' will be established all oyer the United States in charge of women, where news of interest to women will be gathered and sent to headquarters. , As a be ginning, it is the purpose of the news bureau to supply 100. daily newspa pers in cities w.th populations from 10.000 to 500,000. The bureau will be in operation in September, Mrs. Clark said today. Wood Lake to Continue : Accredited High School Wood Lake, Neb.. June 19. (Spe cal.) The, accredited high school here 'will ; be continued during - the coming year, the propositoih having .j ' a : ' ; i - earned, v w upon -vote in inz community,'. J-. S. McKee, an over seas veteran, was in charge last year and will be continued in the same capacity this jrear.'. Charles Hanna. a rancher, was elected to succeed W. F. Parker as moderator. Retiring Yale Head to Be Named President Emeritus New Haven,' Conn., June 18. President Arthur T. Hadley, upon retirement .as head of Yale uni versity, will be given the title of president -emeritus by vote of the corporation. Gave Up Life as Social Leader In New York to Take Up Dramatic ' Art. ceived the brilliant idea of an exclu sive summer colony in the Berkshire foothills. This was the year after the birth of little Fifi Potter. Mrs. Brown Potter was then the recog nized lea'det of younger society in this-country." f To her went . Pierre with his plan. Mrs. Potter, with characteristic en thusiasm took it" up and pushed it. In two seasons she had. created Tuxedo park, ' the ' most fashionable summer place in America With the possible exception of Newport. - But social triumphs did not con tent Mrs,.' Potter. jShe .,. had . been much abroad, and was a guest of Ed ward VII and Queen Alexandria of England, the Prince and , Princess of Wales. She wanted a cosmospolit'an career as an artist of the stage. Her drawing room -recitals had been one of her greatest social assets for some years; she decided to make the best of them. Goes Abroad With Fifi. In .1886 she went abroad, taking ittle Fifi, then 7 years old, with her. They were accompanied by Mary J. Doran, the faithful Irish woman who was yith Mrs. Stillman througnout her childhood. . Mr. Potter remained in America. He knew his wife's artistic ambitions and opposed them with alt the pre judice of "old New York" against the stage. , , Her answer to his opposition was a stage debut at the Haymarket theater in London, in the chief rols of Wilkie Collins' "Me and Wife." It was a brilliant occasion, and only the first of a brilliant series ot such occasions during the years that followed. - But brilliant stage careers were not for the Potters of ofd New York. When Mrs. Potter returned to America in 1888 she was met by her husband -with a demand for separa tion and the cuatady of little Fifi. She was giventhe alternative to abandon ing her stag career. ' : Herj answer, wired tp Mr. Potter, Torn la Fage Two, Cat win Four.) Nation Drive to Unionize Steel Men Postponed Campaign to Be Held Back Until Conditions Improve; Thousands of Employes " Out of Work. Denver; June 9. The opening of the actuat nation-wide campaign to unionize the steel industry has been postponed indefinitely, because'of the industrial depression, it was officially announced tonight. This action was decided upon to day by the ' executive council of na tional and international organizations in the steel industry affiliated with t..c American Federation of Labor. ! : "The campaign will be held in : abeyance," said William- Hannon, ! secretary of. the council, "until we sec more hopeful signs of improve ment in the industrial situation. "Reports received today by our committee indicate thatt conditions throughout the country m the steel industry are the worst in many years and thousands of workers are out of employment. The ' United States Steel corporation plants are only op erating from 30 to 35 per tent of their capacity. . . "At the. first encouraging sign of improvement, however,' the commit tee will be called together and the active campaign' immediately launch ed. Funds are available and no time will be lost in getting the work tin der way." - The council discussed wage reduc tions in the steel mills, Mr. Hannon said, and decided that "another at tempt at wage reduction would prob ably result in the committee throw ing its- resources into the fight to help the workers." 1 J Plans for "educational work" among the steel workers, , he , ex plained, had been worked out by the council and within a few weeks a bureau may be opened, in one of the steel centers. ' Besides representatives of unions in. the steel industry, the meeting of the council today ' was attended by More than a dozen other officials of national and international" unions, who are attending the American Federation of Labor convention. Haywood Given Ovation By Third Internationale Riga, June 19. (By the Associat ed Press. )t William. D. Haywood of the I.-W. W-. who - fled, to Russia recently, was given ..an ovation by the delegates' to the third interna tional of Moscow, says a Moscow paper. He was introduced as one over whom a 20-year penal sentence was hanging. He said that formerly oppressed Russians fled to America, but : that ' now American workmen escape, to truly free Russia. Several Deaths Reported Due to Heat in Chicago Chicago, June 18. Several deaths and many prostrations attributed to the heat were reported today, when the mercury touched 95 for the sec ond time in 48 hours. One of the victims was Mrs. Anna Ladd, 50, on her way to Gardena. Cal. ; -, The Weather' Forecast , Nebraska Generally fair Monday and Tuesday; cooler in east portion Monday. ' . Iowa Somewhat unsettled Mon day; cooler in extreme west portion; Tuesday generally fair. Hourly Temperatures. . 7e . .is ,.7s ..HO .. . JM ..T . . t P. t p. P. 4 P. p. p. 5 P. . . ..M ..I . . . .1 . .ft ..ft ..? Lower Price For Coal Is Possibility Frelinghuysen Bill Would Vary Freight Rates Accord- . ing to Season to Promote Summer Buying. , , , i r i it l . r rti nan neads ocout nan By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. CMcngo Trlhtinc-Omuha Hre Leased Wire. "Washington, June 19. Cheaper coal this summer will become a possibility if congress passes with out delay the Frelinghuysen bill pro viding for seasonable freight rates . for coal, which the senate will be gin considering tomorrow, The bill authorizes the Interstat? Commerce commission to establish coal rates varying according to sea son, provided that the average an nual yield to the carriers' is not diminished. Under such authority it is planned to fix rates lower in summer than during the remainder of the year in order to promote summer buying i r i ...j mine operation. President Harding is convinced that a lowering of freight rates would reduce the price of coal ma terially, bwt railroad executives dis-, pute the soundness of this -view,!) contending that the transportation cost now is only 21-2 per cent of the price to the consumer. Favor Seasonal Rate Bill The coal interests favor' the sea sonal rate bill and the railroads have offered no opposition to date. Its early passage by the senate is predicted and the house will be urg ed to "pass it as an emergency measure. A companion bill for stabilization Of the coal industry will be called up by Senator Frelinghuysen as soon as the other measure is dis posed of.'The stabilization bill gives the Commerce and Interior depart ments broad powers in dealing with coal mining and distribution and is being vigorously f&ught by the coal operators, wholesalers and retailers.1 - A statement sent by the National Coat association, composed of bitu minous operators, to , members of congress opposing the bill, advances various objections, among them the following: . j It is rcgulatorv in its character and seeks to establish a govern- , mental control over private indus try. It is highly inquisitorial in its na ture. : Violates Guaranty.' : It 'violates the constitutional guar anty against unreasonable search and seizure. ' It makes possible the publication of private affairs. It violates the constitution in that it attempts to force the disclosure of information concerning matters : which are not within the power of rAiinriiee Antral i It violates the constitution in that" it , attempts to transfer legislative.; power to the executive. It obviously will fail "to . accom- ' plish its ostensible purpose for the reason that the chief difficulties uii-. ' der which the coal industry operates are lack of adequate transportation facilities and irregularity of markets. it will entail urxm the national ' government great expense in the way of administration and will increase the cost of the production of coal. , Needless Duplication, , V It calls for needless duplication of work on the Dart of government of ficials and employes. It would be a forerunner and pre cedent for similar paternal and regu latory legislation with reference to every line of private business. "If congress has the power to enact legislation of this character concerning the coal industry and all consumers of coal, it must have the same. power to enact similar legisla tion with rpfprnr tn rtthrf linr-a nf privite business and if it is conceded that such legislation offers a pana cea for supposed evils in the coal in dustry, it will in similar fashion be assumed that by legislation -can be found a cure-all for every supposed defect in private business," says the; association. "Such a program of leg islation, once embarked upon, will . lead rapidly to the destruction of private initiative, competition, and the whole structure of the producing , and merchandising business of tins country. Interne at University of Nebraska Hospital Dies Dr. Wilmer Orla Lewis, Clay Cen ten. Neb., interne at University of Nebraska hospital, died yesterday at the hospital. He had come to Omaha last week from Lincoln where he . had taken examination at the State, university. Dr. Lewis, who was 30 years old, i survived by his parents, Mr. and -Mrs. G. F. Lewis, and a sister, Lela Bernice, of Clay Center. Short funeral services wilt be held this morning at 8 at the Hoffmar funeral borne, after which the body will be taken to Clay Center for., burial. Lightning From Clear Sky Killa Man in Front of Home . Chicago, June 19. Lightning fron a clear sky killed Charles Widen o: Brookfield. III., chief traffic clerk foi the Chicago. Burlington & Quinci railu-.lv whili" ho va ttandinu if. front of, his home today. His wife witnessed the tragedy. It was de- .. dared that the skies were unclouded 1 i Iowa Sheriff Sella Cars r :" ; For T)IinmiMit T 1 . T.- W--.- . lt CI :et. -A ivcs .Hume-, j uue y. cncruis in, several cities -of Iowa have sold au- tomobiles during the last two weeks, on which owners had failed to pay delinquent taxes. The provision of the law authorizing such tales be came optative in May. . j