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A OMaha Daily Bee Husban RTHjt ITH1I E i i Ti'N0-12- rVt Made gStef Jurist W Country 1 1 1 f wit j Eatona n WM4-CliM Mitt Mu 31, I90. It OatM P. 0. Utl Act at Muck i. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1921. By mill (I year), Daily in Sunday, IMO: Dally cnlv, $6; 8ua4ay. $2.50; to MlMi la UnlUi Stataa, Caaaaa anC Mealoa. THREE CENTS rresiuent succeeds 'Fdward White as Head Of United States Su preme Court. is. ' ,'mination Is Confirmed uf t"o Irlbune-Omaha Ilea leased Wirt. . .Vashington, June 30. William ' ' jward Taft, president of the Unit ""Sutcs from March 4, 1909, until (arch 4, 1913, was nominated by V esident Harding today to be . Jiief justice of the supreme court of A United States and the nomina f.bu was confirmed by the senate a Iw hours later bv a vote of 60 too 4. p v'hrce republican senators and one j nocrat voted to prevent Mr. Taft pm achieving the cherished ambi- jn of his life; They were: Borah I Idaho, Johnson of California, La jollette of Wisconsin, republicans, ,r.d Tom Watson of Georgia, dem Hnt. l Ambition Realized Montreal, June 30. "It has en the ambition of my life to be lief Justice." William H. Taft lift' I tonight, "but now that it PWttified I tremble to think f ' I can worthily fill the V ismtTi'Sna be useful to the V M." Taft's nomination to fill the y,i!icy occasioned by the recent ffeath of Chief Justice Edward Doug iii White, was sent to the senate farly' in the afternoon. Immediately i'! rcafter a few rumlings of dissat- ction were heard from progres ;, A republican senators, who have iht relished Mr. Taft politically ?Ytnce tnr disastrous party spin in :'9l2. But there was no revolt and An effort by Senator Kellogg to bring f'.bout co'ifirmation without delay in vhe judiciary committee, was suc cessfully engineered. Brief Debate. ivWhen the committee reported the domination favorable in executive .ession and unanimous consent was 'btaincd for immediate consideration, kre was brief debate. Senator ftnox of Pennsylvania, urged con Vmation from the republican side VAtd Senator Underwood of Alabama, iJcJ .minority leader, supported the lSnatinn from the democratic side. y naitwv Borah made the principal S "jch in Opposition to confirmation i4 declared aWvMr? Tft. had been , ayirateef Jirom the law for 30 years M had'; devoted most of his life to i;littcv During his political career, ,k; said; Mr. Taft had never tried a t Se no presided as a judge. He 10 caiicn aTicniion to inc laci uiu 'nft is 63 vcars old, within seven a qi uk judicial rcuieincui ist. (, - ijen a i. lan icti inc nmu youse, senator boran said, ne was willing to risk his reputation at ?ie nar. "I "We took a great lawyer from the Wch and shoved him into politics." It. Borah is reported to have said in r e executive session, referring to VJ Icretary Hughes, "and now the. re- ' Jablican party is snoving a politician iSnto the bench." r Senator Johnson spoke along sim-..f-tShes. 1 Former Act Criticised. .,. t An vtyftyrvnA tn thu fart thnt J t, while president, had ap i! m Just'ce -White, a southern rnat the:uPPort to r "a't va(aft did not know when his on was sent to the senate rai1 president had decided to v, 'im. For all the president Taft would get the first r his Rppointment from the Am's- That il woul(1 be creat P ,e president had no doubt. n a uae aware of the fact V'loM- aeo Mr. Taft was dom- ; nated by a supreme ambition to one pre-ide over Americas nignesi irt The ' president had not intended appointment until lau, out nc ned the nomination so that the Supreme justice may am mc tment of Justice in reorgan- e federal courts, which are Jmcd with cases, so that their may oe expeauea. p t of soecial judges or com- cases is under consideration v4 In in the situation ana tne aa- , H the new chief justice in this .yQURht. I i-iking sauor L,onviciea Q Contempt Is Given Year Portland. Ore.. June 30. Olaf i'ederson, a striking union seaman, 'as adjudged guilty of contempt in k federal court here, today and silenced to serve a year in jail for is part in a water front battle on Ye night of June 20, between strik and joiice when Nestor Varrio . Hi sho. ana kiuea oy an onicer. i'ivtV.ther strikers were acquitted and vv, p-Jailors union ot tne racmc was -rence. ' m i i 1J Charged With Arson t A J l t wlri' Tim .10 T.oni F. T.ilire- iVWU Willi aisuu in miiiisvuwii l.i'iA thr attmnted destruction of Corbm home here last as acquitted by a jury to- . . V vas arrested following a lO'eA,, confession bv Mrs. Cor- i II Wids9 house and collect the j I Sec Mature Early (ilkjtes 6 crops are fully " I ieclarna normal this sea yffntentih b.n laid, by and I fk Svioif of grain are ready for Ex -President Named Chief Justice of Supreme Court I I; 1 ,xi I 1". : . . 'y'" - fiVf i ... William H. Taft. Two Assailants Of Jap Houdini Sent to Prison . V Third Man Accused of Rob bing Companion Who Be friended Trio Pleads ; Not Guilty. William Funk and James Hatris, two of the trio of hoboes who rob bed their companion, 'K. Saito, Jap anese, tied his hands behind htm roped his feet together and then threw him in the weeds along the right of way of the Rock Island near Underwood creek a week ago Sun day afternoon, were brought into dis trict court at Council, Bluffs yester day by County Attorney Swanson. Both entered pleas of guilty to the charge of highway robbery and were sentenced to five years each in the Anamosa prison. Morris Brady, al leged third man, refused to enter ntoQ nf rinUv onri will remain in the county jail until the middle of the. Sentember term ot court. Saito, whose Houdini accomplish ments enabled him to free his feet and bring about the arrest of the men by walking to a farm house a mile awav. is willing to remain at Council Bluffs and appear as state's witness against Brady, said to be the planner and leader in the rob bery. He was not placed under bond and is faithfully keeping his promise to County Attorney Swan son. ' . The men took S24 from Saito after he had played the good fellow by buying their lunch and giving each a package of cigarets. The three men were eating ice cream, bought iwth Saifo's money, when captured an hour after the robbery at Neola. Police Heads In Des Moines Are Dismissed Former Detective Chief and Assistant Police Chief Ousted for Violation Of Statutes. British Cabinet Decides To Renew Pact, Report London, June 30. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The Pall' Mall Gazette and Globe says that the Brit ish cabinet today decided upon re newal of the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Discussion is proceeding on cer tain modifications that have been suggested. These have special rela tion to the American attitude toward the treaty and the position of India, the newspaper adds.. IAAfuinnnnfWii"-ii' - - - - - f His English schoolmates couldn't understand why Bill Halliday should insist on his Americanism, when no one could have told him from an Englishman, if he kept still about it. But Bill longed for home and base ball, American football and Independence Day celebra tions. Here's a real Fourth of July story for every red blooded American boy, for their fathers and mothers too. Stuck a Feather in His Hat Slue Ribbon! Fiction, By William Almea Wolff. Complete ia The Sunday Bee Des Moines, June 30. (Special Telegram.) John Brophy, former chief of detectives, and 'Frank Harty, former assistant chief of police, were summarily discharged from the serv ice by the civil service commission here today. Both men had been demoted pre viously by the city council and tem porarily suspended by Chief Saun ders after Sheriff Robb charged the officers with violations of their oaths cf duty. Sensational hearings were held in May for Brophy and Harty and it was evidence from these hear ings that prompted the commission s delayed action Thursday. In its oecision, the commission de clared that it had conducted on its own. action, independent of any charges, a general investigation of ths departtiient. Brophy was dis charged for accepting rewards in vio lation of the statutes, and an im proper conception of the duties of a police onicer, in his conduct to wards two pickpockets who were re leased and also towards recovery cf stolen property from pawn shops. Harty was scored for his action on the 'pickpocket case, hut his recom mendation of Frank Umbenhauer to be placed on the force was the main ground for Harty's discharge. Umbenhauer had been indicted for bootlegging when Harty recom mended his appointment. The com mission ruled that Harty "did not have the proper conception of the tjpe of man fit to be police officer." Disabled Vets to Meet In Frisco Next Year Detroit, June 30. San Francisco was chosen as the 1922 1 meeting place of ' the Disabled AmcVican Vet erans of Foreign Wars, at the final session , of the organization's first annual. convention here today. Cin cinnati was named as the permanent headquarters of the organization and Judge Robert S. Marx of Cincinnati uac r-pliptrt national nrpsinVnt. National -officers named in addi tion to Judge Marx were as follows: Senior vice commander, Ralph A Horr. Seattle; junior vice com manders. Myles Sweeney, New York: Milton J. Culp, Louisville, Kv.: Edward H. Huge, Chicago, and John McFarland, Athens, Ga Michael Aaronsohn oi Cincinnati, blind divinity student, was re-elected national chaplain. . The national officers will meet here tomorrow in executive session, then on in Washincrtnn tn lav hefore con- W ' " - " - " "O " J , gress their requests for speedy legis- lauun vj iu uiaduicu ativii-c men. Wisconsin Technically Dryest State in Union Madison, Wis., June 30. Tech nically, at least, Wisconsin after to morrow will be the dryest state in the union.. .Governor Blaine today signed the state prohibition bill which, among other, things, rules against the manuiacture or con sumption of home-made bever-ges of illegal and alcoholic content ' The measure is believed to be the first in the country to rule out home brew. Dividends Declared New York, June 30. The General Motors company declared ' regular quarterly dividends on all classes of stock. Frederick J. Fisher was elect ed director to succeed R. H, Collins , New Tangle Caused by Army Bill Law Reducing Forces to 150-, 000 Soldiers Will Throw 70,000 Men Upon Labor Market May Ask Modification Dy The Associated Fren. Washington, June 30. President Harding informed congress today that while he had signed the army appropriation bill with its provision for a reduction of the regular army to 150,000 men by next October 1, it might be necessary to ask for a modification of the measure later to avoid embarrassment to the secre tary of war. The executive declared in a spe cial message sent to both the senate and the house, that summary dis missal from the army of men who had enlisted for a longer period than October 1 would seem to involve a repudiation of a moral obligation by the government which would have its effect upon morale of the army and possibly influence enlistments in the future. The nature of the modification which might be asked for later was not disclosed, nor did the president explain how it was proposed to meet the moral obligation to the men and at the same time carry out the direc tion of congress to reduce the force by some 70,000 men in the next three months. Weeks Still Hopeful. He did say, however, that "every effort will be made to meet the re quirmeent of congress at the earliest possible day." Secretary Weeks, in discussing the bill, said that if the War department succeeded in meeting the limitations imposed by congress, some 30,000 civilian employes of the army, be-! sides the 70,000 enlisted men, would t be thrown on the labor market. He added that the War department still hoped to be able to avoid the sum mary dismissal of any enlisted men in reducing the army and that for the present no enlisted men woidd be discharged against their wishes. The war secretary explained that an opportunity would be given en listed men in the service who desire to leave, to tender their resignations. For the next few weeks, Mr. Weeks added, only routine and requested discharges would be issued. Only Practical Course. In signing the bill President Har ding was understood to have fol lowed a course regarded by his ?.?.- viscrs as the only practicable one, in view of the insistence of both the house and senate that the army be reduced as proposed in the measure and the short time remaining before the end of the fiscal year. The president's message to con gress said: "I am advising the congress of my (Turn to ran Three, Column Three.) Rotarians to Be Taken On Battlefield Tour Paris, June 30. Two hundred American delegates to the congress of the International Association of Rotary clubs, which met in Edin burgh, Scotland, two weeks ago, have arrived here and it is expected that more than 600, representing every state in the union, will be here by Saturday. The Americans will be accompanied by about 200 . English Rotarians. An elaborate program of entertainment has been planned for the visitors. They will visit Chateau Thierry and Belleau woods with Gen eral Nivelle, one of the French commanders on the western front during the critical days of 1918. Crawford W. McCullough of Fort Williams, Ont., the newly elected international president, will place a wreath on the grave of the un known soldier buried beneath the Arc Dc Triomphe in this citv. The program will close Wednes day with a dinner-dance. Drive on Tax Delinquents Announced by Revenue Head Washington, June 30. Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair an nounced today a new drive on tax delinquents, directed at violators of the tax provisions of the anti-narcotic laws. Taxes of this sort are due July 1 and the commissioner said he had instructed field agents to use as much vigilance against such evaders as has been employed against other tax dodgers. Founder of Sinn Fein Given Release From English Jail Dublin, June 30. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Arthur Griffith, foun der of the Sinn Fein organization, and Prof. John MacNeill, professor of the Gaelic league, were released from Mount Joy prison here this afternoon. Would Go the Limit (Hgj&dr America Is On Verge Of Peace Conference Report on Com bined Knox and Porter Resolutions Adopted By House. Bankers Extend N-S-F Company Temporary Relief Final Action Awaits New Audit of Grain Firm Liquidation May Be . ' Avoided. Help Yourself Club Winners Announced - Names of winners in The Omaha Bee's Help Yourself Club campaign will be announced in The Evening Bee tonight and in morning editions Sat urday. A complete list of the final. vote standings will also be published. Nye-Schrieider-Fowler company of Fremont, whose need of additional funds precipitated a series of con ferences by Chicago and Omaha bankers, will continue, at leas tem porarily to operate the 190 elevators which it and its subsidiaries own in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota. This was the decision reached at a meeting of Omaha bankers yester day, confirming a preliminary agree ment made in Chicago yesterday. Pending the audit and final settle ment of the company's affairs a rep resentative of the creditors will par ticipate in the company's manage ment made in Chicago the day be fore. Fred H. Davis of the First Na tional bank, who attended both meetings, made this statement: "It was decided to send an audi tor from Chicago to Fremont to nake a complete independent ex amination of the company's affairs. When the report is made, probably in a week or 10 days, there will be, another meeting to decide whether or not the banks will advance the further funds necessary to carry on the business. In the meantime business will be continued. "I think it probable that the inter ested banks will decide, after the audit is complete, to make the needed loans in order that the com pany's terminal and line elevators may not be withdrawn from service just at a time when the territory they occupy needs them most. This may be done even though it appears likely that the company must later be liquidated. If conditions are right, the company may still avoid liquida tion. No man can tell as to that at this time." Mr. Davis and other bankers said it was impossible to ascertain exact figures as to the company's condition until the new audit if complete. Other information divulged yesterday in dicated assets of $7,000,000, with lia bilities of $5,500,000. On this show ing, the $3,000,000 capital stock has been impaired to about half its face value. Hastings Man to Succeed Hanlev Active Dry Worker Appointed Prohibition Director at Omaha. U. S. Rohrer, real estate and insur ance-man of Hastings, Neb., haaj been appointed prohibition director to succeed James H. Hanley at Omaha. Mr. Rohrer has been active in pro hibition work in his vicinity for the last 20 years. He has been promi' nently identified with the Anti- Saloon league in law enforcement, appearing several 'irncs before th state legislature in behalf of tuc organization and its work. It is expected that Mr. Rohrer will assume his duties here soon, al though the exact date has not been set. According to Mr. Hanley, re tiring director, duties of the office Itavc been enlarged, now including both enforcement and protective work. "I wish Rohrer a roaring success," was Mr. Hanley 's comment on the few appointment, made yesterday bv the bureau of internal revenue at Washington. President Will Travel on Regular Passenger Train Washington, June 30. When fresident Harding and his party leave here tomorrow for a Fourth of July vacation at the home of Senator Frehnghuysen at Rantan, N. J. They will travel in a chair car of a regular passenger train. It will be the first time in several administrations that a president has left Washington as an ordinary pas senger. The party will leave about 1 p. m. and reach Raritan late in the afternoon. Spanish War Veterans Will Hold Reunion and Barbecue A reunion and barbecue for Span ish war veterans will be held in Fon tenelle park July 3 and 4. The bar becue will be served from 5 to 7 p. m. July 4. Tents will be furnished free to all who wish to stay over night. A large display of fireworks is on the program for. the evening -of the Fourth, Man Finds Body of His .! r' i l rather in jidesnow Ponca City, Okl., June 30. When Frank Thompson entered a side show at a carnival here last night, to view the body of a man desig nated in flaring posters as "Woolcy Jim, the outlaw," he experienced a great shock. The body was identi fied by him as that of his father, who disappeared nearly two decades ago. According to a statement made by Thompson to Sheriff Dan Bain, his family was living at Pryor, Okl., when the elder Thompson left home. The body was bought by the carni val company, according to the mana ger, from a Muskogee undertaker, who claimed to have kept it 18 years in an effort to identify it after it was found on a freight train. Thompson has asked that the body be returned to him. Wallace Forbids Smoking On Olympic Peninsula Washington, June 30. In an ef fort to protect the cyclone-swept area of the Olympic peninsula in the sta.te of Washington from fire, Sec retary Wallace issued an order, ef fective tomorrow, prohibiting smok ing within the area during the fire danger season. Aerial tire patrols also will be maintained from Camp Lewis dur ing such seasons, the War depart ment and forestry service co-operating in this work. Nearly 7,000,000,000 feet of timber blown down by the terrific storm January 29 is contained in the 500,-000-acre area swept by the storm. Husband Asks Court to Force Wife to Pay Alimony Minneapolis, June 30. Benjamin L. Liss petitioned the district court for an order to compel his wife to pay alimony and provide for his sup port, making the first case of its kind in Hennepin county. In his petition Liss charged that two years ago he was stricken with paralysis and since that time, while unable to work, his wife has sTW property which they owned and has not provided far him. The complaint does not ask divorce. The couple were married in Russia in 1904 and have one child, , Allies Blamed For Atrocities Against Turks Americans Anxious Over Re quest of Near East Relief That State Department Interfere. By LARRY RUE: Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1021. Constantinople, June 30. Ameri cans familar with conditions in the Near East feel anxious over the re quest of the Near East relief, in the name of 25,000,000 subscribers., that the State department of the United States interfere in Turkish affairs for protection of the minorities in Tur key. High officials and political ex perts say allied interference, which the United States is urged to recom mend, largely is responsible for atrocities on the part of Armenians against the Turks. The reaction against the Armenians and any re quest for further interference would aggravate racial hatreds existing be tween these two peoples. The Turks are fighting row on two fronts Smvrna and Cilicia against allied interference and the Armenians, by encouraging the al lied forces fighting against the Turks, are inviting disaster on their own heads. The Marash massacre in February, 1920, where in 8,000 Armenians and 2,000 Turks lost their lives, was fol lowed by a long scries of abuses of the Turk population in that area by the Armenian gendarmes armed by the French. General Gouraud forced this gendarmerie finally to disarm because of atrocities perpetrated in a Turkish village. The Armenians m Aintab also took up arms with the French against the Turks which did anything but in crease Turk love for the Armenians in the territories which were com pletely in the hands of the Turks. The Near East relief by grossly exaggerating the Turk atrocities against the Armenians, and not men tioning. Armenian abuses against the Turks, not only is giving Americans a wrong idea of the re spective merits of Europe and the Armenians, but is greatly embarras sing American representatives in pro tecting American interests here by creating an anti-American feeling among the Turks. 85-Year-Old Man Walks From St. Louis to Cincinnati Cincinnati, June 30. In search of the Swiss consulate, where he ex pects to find aid, John Allbright, 88, hobbled into Central police station last night, claiming he had walked ! from St. Louis, starting June 1. May Become Law July 4 By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha llee Leaned Wire. Washington, June 30. We appear now to be en the verge of peace with Germany. Four years and four months after taking up arms against the Teutonic empires and two years after our allies made peace with the enemy, it looks as if the American resolution terminating the state of war will be signed by President Harding by July 4. The house adopted the conference report on the amalgamated Knox and Fortcr peace resolutions today by a vote of 263 ot 5. The meas ure was rushed to the senate and taken up immediately, but when con siderable debate developed action was postponed until tomorrow. The president leaves on holiday tomor row, but the resolution will be for warded to him as soon as approved by the senate. With the state of war terminated, the next step will be the settlement of war accounts with Germany and a renewal of friendly relations. Whether this shall be dc.ne by means of treaty of amity with Ger many, which shall include reparation terms by ratification of the Versail les treaty with radical reservations or by new treaties with the allies as well as Germany, is a question Mr. Harding intends to consider with great deliberation. Democrats Continue Fight. In the proceedings today the dem ocrats continued to oppose the reso lution feebly, although their chief objection the repeal of the declara tion of war against Germany and Austria was eliminated in confer ence at the request of the house re publicans. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, author of the senate resolution, as serted that the difference between the original measure and the confer ence report was not important and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking democratic member of the foreign relations committee, admitted that it was less objectionable with the repeal of the war declaration stricken out. Senator Edge of New Jersey, re-'- v., publican, wanted to know whether, if the peace resolution had passed two monthes ago, the government would have been legally able to seize the property of Grover Cleve- (Tura to Page Three, Column One.) - TheWeathe r - Forecast. Nebraska Generally fair Friday and Saturday, except thunder show ers in west Friday night or Satur day; cooler in northwest Friday and in west and north Saturday. Iowa Generally fair Friday and probably Saturday; continued warm. Hourly Temperatures. ' t it. m n ' 9 p. m 0 j I p. m. ....... . .96 I i P. m 95 I I p. m 94 I p. m AS ! T p. m 91 i S p. m Kit lligbent Thti-iMlj. Cheyenne : Pueblo 9 4 R a. m. ;i a. m tl 7 a. m 1 8 a. m ft 9 a. m M 10 a. m HI 11 a, m M 13 noon fi Subcommittee Urges Favorable Report on . Campbell Anti-Beer Bill Washington, June 30. Recom mendations for a favorable report on the Willis Campbell anti-medical beer bill was voted today by a sen ate judiciary subcommittee, after sev eral minor changes had been made in the measure as it passed the house. . Changes to be recommended by the subcommittee would ?fford greater protection to manufacturers, dealers and consumers of industrial alcohol, but would not affect the three main provisions of the bill. These provisions prohibit the pre scription of beer as medicine, limit prescriptions issued by physicians for vinous or spirituous liquors to 190 days and extend provisions of the prohibition enforcement act to Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. Chairman Sterling of -the subcom mittee, said that the bill would be submitted to the full committee probably next Tuesday and bs taken up in the senate as soon as possible. The changes recommended by the subcommittee, if retained, will neces sitate return of the measure to the house after the senate vote. Permission Asked to Use Women as Prohib Agents San Francisco, June 30. Permis-. sion to employ women prohibition enforcement agents in an effort to break up a "bootlegger" ring which he says is operating in many San Francisco hotels and apartment houses was asked of Washington authorities By John Exnicios, newly appointed prohibition enforcement officer for California, Oregon, Wash ington and revada, it was announced today. Exnicios stated that he had authoritative information there was such a ring. Civil Suit to Be Brought Against Cement Company Washington, June 30. Attorne General Dougherty announced . that civil proceedings charging vio lation of the anti-trust law would be instituted today in the federal court at New York against the Cement Manufacturers Protective associa tion and its officers and members. He said members of the association produced approximately 90 per cent of the total Portland cement used in the northeastern section of the United States. Davenport Denver Dodge City... lender Kortb fiUe..., 4 .IS 8't Sa ita Fo.. Hlendtn, , Volenti i I Leke to ...to -.. Geneva Man Injured in Automobile Collision Geneva, Neb., June 30. (Special.) J. R. Smith was cut by glass when an automobile driven by Harry Wagner crashed into a' machine owned by Harry Campbell that was parked alongside of the road on the Meridian Highway near here. Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. J. L. Hughes were in the car at the time but cs caped uninjured, "