Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 36.
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OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 2D, 1921.
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Boycotted
By Embassy
British OfficialsCaucel Invita
tions for Dinner in Ilonor
Of Publisher in
Washington.
Visits With President
( hlrag Tribune-Omaha Be Lraard Wire.
Washington, July 28. Boycotted
by the British embassy for having
riticized the fitness of Premier
Lloyd George and Lord Curzon, sec
retary of state for foreign (fairs, to
represent Great Britain at the Wash
ington conference. Lord Xorthcliffe,
rot perturbed by the action, is busily
engaged in making the most of the
two days he is spending in Wash
ington. Much interest was aroused, how
ever, when it became known that the,
British embassy, acting presumably
under instructions from London, had
cancelled invitations for a dinner to
i ipht at which Lord Xorthcliffe was
fo have been a guest of honor and
to which a distinguished company,
including several cabinet officers, had
been invited.
In spite of the denial of R. Leslie
Craigie, first secretary of embassy,
that a dinner had been, arranged, or
that any entertainment had been
planned for Lord Xorthcliffe, or that
the embassy had ever known that he
was in town, it is known that invita
tions were issued two weeks ago
find cancelled by the embassy day
before yesterday, an attache of the
embassy expressing-' the regrets of
the ambassador. Sir Auckland Ged
des, and explaining that it had been
found impossible to give the dinner
tonight and that all invitations were
therefore being recalled.
Means of Discipline.
In high official circles in Wash
ington tonight, it is generally under
stood that Lord Xorthcliffe is being
disciplined and the support of his
government withdrawn from him in
consequence of his editorial stric
tures upon the prime minister and
the foreign secretary. It is said that
the British ambassador was instruct
ed not only not to entertain Lord
Xorthcliffe, but not to accompany
him to the White House, present
h:m to the president or countenance
him in any way during, his stay in
Washington.
Lord Xorthcliffe, however, having
heen advised that the president
would be glad to receive him, and
having numerous personal invita
tions, has been bu.-,y every moment
since his arrival this morning. After
breakfast at his hotel with H. Wick
ham Steed, editor of the London
Timcs he called by ippointment at
the White House" and broke all
-t efords by spending more than an
hour with President Harding.
Discuss Newspapers.
The president gr;eted him with
enthusiasm as one editor to another,
showed him a copy of the Marion
Star and talked eagetly and with in
terest of the newspaper business and
ether matters, as Lord Xorthcliffe
afterward admitted, though refusing
to go into details.
This afternoon I ord Xorthcliffe
motored to Mount Vernon with 1
party and tomorrow will be enter
uiV.cd at lunch.-on by the Oversets,
iHib, a group o! Washington cor-
icspondents ar.r! tdiicrs who h-ivs
seen journalistic service abroad, and
tomorrow night he will be enter
tained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs.
f.dward Bcale McLean, the com
pany on that occasion including sev
tral members of the cabinet and
others in official and diplomatic, as
veil as resident sociil circles.
Teleph
T
one Lineman
Narrowly Escapes
Electrocution at Blair
Blair, Xeb.. July 28. Special Tel
egram.) (J. P. Florrell of Holdrege,
foreman of a crew of line repairers
lor the Bell Telephone company,
narrowly escaped electrocution while
working in Blair today. He was
working on a 30-foot pole when he
.-.ccidentally came, in contact with a
iVht !i!ant
His position was such that fellow
workers were forced to climb the
pole to remove him. He was badly
burned and taken to the Blair hos
pital. Jamaica Council Forbids
Exporting Immature Fruit
Kingstone, Jamaica, July 28. The
legislative council today adopted a
law prohibiting the purchase and ex
portation of immature fruit. The
measure was the outcome of the
keen competition between .American
companies purchasing and shipping
bananas from Jamaica and the other
British West Indies.
The colonies of the British West
Indies have decided upon a uniform
customs tariff. Arrangements are
being made to give preference to
Canadian goods, principally flour. In
return, Canada is to give preference
to West Indian products, principally
sugar and oranges.
Osteopaths to Establish
Free Clinics Throughout U. S.
Cleveland, O., July 28. Thou
sands of children become mental de
fectives from injuries to the neck at
birth, Dr. Raymond W. Bailey of
Philadelphia declared in an address
at the 25th annual convention of the
American Osteopathic association
here today. All of these cases can
be cured by osteopathic adjustment
of the neck, he said, adding that
nothing else can cure them.
Osteopathic clinics for the free
treatment of these cases are to be t
established all over the country, Dr. j
Bailey announced.
PubKsher Snubbed
By Brirish
1 SaafVaaAW '
Lord Northcliffe.
Governor Small
Is Anxious For
Immediate Trial
Illinois Executive Declares He
Has No Fear for Out-
come
of Honest
Hearing.
Chlrnt-o Trinun-Omah Bee lJ Wire.
Chicago, July 29. '"I want an im
mediate trial. I have no fear of the
outcome it I am given an honest
hearing," said Governor Small to
day. "I cannot get a fair trial in
Springfield or Sangamon county
and these men w ho are raising such
a hue and cry about me know I
never could set a square deal
in
Springfield. They also know the rea
son why.
"The people of the state of Illi
nois need have no fear as to the guilt
of their governor. I am innocent and
demand a fair opportunity to prove
it. I am willing to face any jury ;n
the world outside of Sangamon
county."
The governor held a long confer
ence in Chicago with a number of
close political friends and a group
of attorneys. Stories that he is in
hiding 'are disapproved by the fact
that he toured the parks in a large
car with some friends.
Surrender Expected.
While it is expected that he wiii
return to Springfield very soon ana
surrender to Sheriff Mester, Attor
,ney General Brundagc's forces are
planning to fight any move on the
part of the governor to surrender to
a Cook county judge and obtain his
release on a habeas corpus writ.
Poundage's men, it is said, will go to
the extreme to carry the fight to the
state supreme court to win their
point. Men behind the prosecution
of the governor profess not to be
worried about the governor obtain
ing his release on a habeas corpus
writ. In such an event the proceed
ings could be instituted again on
some other count and he would be
required to secure a second writ c
a number of writs. If he leaves the
state, it is said, a fugitive warrant
will be issued.
There is a precedent in Illinois
which spoils the chances of the gov
ernor to escape by means of a writ
ot habeus corpus issued by a Cook
county judge. The supreme court
has held in a similar case that this
action is illegal.
Sterling Alarmed.
To add ro the governor's worries,
the news was brought from Rock
ford that Lieutenant Govrnor Ster
ling -ndicted with Governor Small as
a co-defendant, is alarmed at the
present tangle and plans to come to
Chicago tomorrow for a conference
with his attorneys. It is intimated
that he is contemplating a request
that he be tried alone and is reported
to desire that his case be heard by
Judge Smith of Springfield.
The governor hotly resents any
intimation that he is hiding. In fact,
he has made no attempt to hide. He
is stopping at a prominent hotel in
Chicago, eatiny in a public restaurant
and is irequently seen in the streets.
It was said tonight that he plans to
go to his home in Kankakee tomor
row, and may return to Springfield
Monday.
Meanwhile Sheriff Mester is sitting
tight and says he will give the gov
ernor a "reasonable" time in which
to come in and surrender.
York
Photographs
One of the beat of The
Bee' "Kodaking Through
Nebraska" page will appear
in the Rotof rarure for nest
Sunday. It i a representative
collection of photo from
York. Neb.
Mayor J. W. Little i there
in the center of the - page.
There are picture of the York
Country Club, the Elk' Home, '
Lutheran Hoipital and a
doxen other photo of York
cene and people.
. "Loye Me, Lore My Dog"
i the title of the roto page
for the morie fan for neat
Sunday.
Civil War
Threatened
In China
Tension Between Canton
Southern and Pekin North
ern Governments Reported
Near Breaking Point.
Mutiny in Chang Sha
By J. B. POWELL.
(hfrafo Tribune Cable. Copyright, tM.
. a t It If r J
I Miangnai, juiy -o. -uoves ana
counter moves in the middle angtse
valley region indicate the coming of
civil strife between the Canton south
ern government and the Pekin north
ern government. The quarrel appar
ently started between the southern
province of Hunan and the northern
province of Hupeh.
Southern agitators are said to
have been at work, but doubting the
loyalty of the Hunan military gov
ernor, they have instigated a mutiny
in Chang Sha, the capital of the
province, looting and partially burn
ing the place, according to Hankow
reports. The foreign populations of
the city, totalling approximately 200,
are not believed to have been
harmed.
'Gunboats in Readiness.
Wu Pei Fu, the northern military
hero, is reported to be rushing troops
into Hupeh. Wang Chang Yuan, the
governor of the province, has assured
foreigners that they will be afforded
every protection, but the American
river gunboats Quiros and Albany,
are lying off Hankow, the Chicago
of China, with their decks cleared for
action, while the British gunboats.
Tell and Woodcock, have proceeded
to Yochow.
Apparently no fighting has taken
place as yet. but feverish prepara
tions are being made.
Aimed at Pekin Faction.
That the whole movement is a part
of a plan formulated by President
Sun Vat Sen of the Canton govern-
! mcnt acainst the Pekin government.
is evidenced by a dispatch from Can
ton saying Sun had issued orders to
his military leaders to relieve Hupeh
from its present military domination.
The report says Sun Vat Sen is pre
paring to lead a part of his army
toward Hankow as the first step of
a march on Pekin.
The Pekin government is silent,
but foreigners believe that any in
creased activity on the part of Wu
Pai Fu, which would give him popu
lar support, may lead to a break be
tween Tsao Kun, the military gov
ernor of Chihli, "his immediate su
perior, and Chang Tso Ling, the
militarygovernor of Manchuria, and
the now self-constituted super-war
lord of the Pekin gdernmeht
Louvain Library
Cornerstone Laid
Gift of Americans to Replace
Structure Destroyed by
Germans
Louvainc, Belgium, July 28. (By
The Associated Press.) The corner
stone of the new library of the Uni
versity of Louvain, planned as a gift
of the American people to the people
of Belgium to replace the one de
stroyed by the Germans in 1914, was
laid with elaborate ceremony here
today.
The reading of a message from
President Harding was a feature of
the exercises which were attended by
King Albert, who delivered an ad
dress preceding the laying of the
stone, as did Cardinal Mcrcier, the
primate of Belgium; former Presi
dent Poincare of France and Pre
mier De Wiart.
The representatives of leading
American and other universities par
ticipated in the ceremonies. Dr.
Nicholas "Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, New York,
laid the cornerstone as chairman- of
the American committee for the
restoration. of the famous educational
center. Cardinal Mercicr, primate of
Belgium, standing in the midst of
Belgium's highest clergy, blessed the
building.
Germany Owes America
$240,744,511 for Troop Care
Washington, July. 28. Germany
owed the I'nited States, up to April
30, last, $240,744,511 for maintenance
of American troops on the Rhine.
Secretary Weeks sent the figures to
the senate today in answer to a reso
lution by Senator Borah, republican,
Idaho. The total cost of the Ameri
can occupation forces, December 18.
1918. to April 30, the last date for
which accounts were available, was
placed at $275,324,192. There are now
500 officers, 13.241 enlisted men and
54 nurses in German territory, Scc-
I rctary ecks stated. The resolu
i tion was understood to be prclimin-
axy for agitation for return of the
I troops.
DaugherlyPostpones
i Report on Debs Pardon
Washington. July 28. Attorney
, General Daugherty's report to Presi
j dent Harding in the matter of a par
! don for Eugene V. Debs, socialist
I leader imprisoned at Atlanta peniten-
tiary for violation of the espioiflge
' law, will be deferred until after the
president returns from his 10 days
visit to New England, Mr. Daugh
erty said today.
Australia Not to Interfere
! With Landing of Mannix
j Melbourne, Australia, July '28.
! (By The Associated Press.) The
! Australian government has decided
not to interfere with the lauding of
Archbishop Mannix on his return
I from his around-the-world trip, or
i to insist on his taking the oa'h of al-
legiance, it was announced today.
Frontier Days' Parade
Waits for Omaha Crowd
Gate City Delegation Given
Honor Position; Saxophone
Artists Put Bands
In Shade.
By FRED S. HUNTTR.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 28. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Thirty thousand
visitors and 1 8,000 natives waited for
100 Omahaus today.
For 20 minutes the annual Fron
tier days' parade was held up until
the Ak-Sar-Bcn special train from
the Gate City puffed noisily into the
Union Pacific station,
Omaha had to be in the parade,
the Frontier days' committee de
cided, and as the Omaha train was
still some miles down the line, the
paradcrs drew up at the depot and
waited patiently for its arrival.
The parade was headed by Miss
Wyoming and Miss Colorado, to
gether with Governor Carey of
Wyoming and Pauline Frederick, the
movie queen, who is here to give
the uncouth plainsmen an artistic
treat.
Miss. Wyoming, whose real name
in Helen Bouham, was a visitor in
Omaha twice last year and was
recognized by the Omahaus as they
d-'sembarked and was given a cheer.
Governor Carey gave the excursion
ists from Nebraska the glad hand
and the parade started, Omaha oc
cupying an honor position first in
line after the Fiftccntli cavalry from
Fort Russell, which led the proces
sion. "Doc" Puts Bands in Shade.
"Doc" Waggoner tuned up his
saxophone kings and the eight of
them soon put the variety ot 30 and
Omahans Attend
Ste. Amies Feast
Near Quebec, Can.
Hundreds of Afflicted, Some
Of Whom Traveled 1,000
Miles, Visit Shrine in
Hopes of Relief.
Montreal, July 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Omahans were prominent
in the crowd of several thousand
Americans who took part in the cele
bration of the feast of Ste. Anne at
the famous miracle working shrine
of Ste. Anne De Beaupre near
Quebec. The vast throng was com
posed of many nationalities and
nearly every Canadian town and
American state was represented.
One large party from Omaha in
cluded Mrs. Morgan Healey, .Miss
Margaret Healey and the Messrs R.
E. Marie, J. T. Marie and F. A.
Marie. A group of business women
from Philadelphia also were at the
shrine, while. Massachusscts was
represented by a large motoring
party. Tourists from New Orleans..
Baltimore and New York were nu
merous. Western Ontario had a
large quota as well as the prairie
provinces.
Fiftieth Visit to Shrine.
A veteran pilgrim stated that this
was her 50th pilgrimage to the shrine
on the feast.
Among American clergymen who
took part in the celebration of the
feast of St. Anne at the famous shrine
of Beaupre yesterday were: Rev.
Fathers Malone and Clancy of Jer
sey City; Rev. J. E. Bourget of
Chicago; Rev. J. McGary of Buffalo,
and several others from the diocese
of New York.
The most impressive part of the
ceremony was the huge procession
held through the spacious grounds
of the cathedral with the participants
carrying lighted wax tapers.
The sight of the many afflicted
among them, many stretcher cases,
paralyzed men, women and children
in wheel chairs, children who had
not walked from their infancy ear
ned in the arms of grief-stricken
parents, cripples dragging themselves"
forward, terribly wasted and de
formed, was unforgettable. Many
members of religious orders were
among the number.
Sufferers Travel 1,000 Miles.
Some of the sufferers had trav
eled nearly 1,000 miles in spite of
heat conditions. A young girl, en
tirely paralyzed and blind, was
borne on a stretcher which during
the services was placed in the nave
near the great relic. Attended by
her devoted parents she had come
from a distant American town. The
deep faith of the stricken girl was
an object lesson to the many hun
dreds who gathered around her dur
ing the day, for although her cure
had not been effected following the
great procession for hours after-;
wards, she was still in the church, 1
her lips moving in prayer.
Reds Deny Cancellation
Of All Orders Except Food
Riga, July 28. OPicial denial that
Russia has carfccllcd all orders
abroad except for food stuffs and the
announcement of two important
concessions are contained in a dis
patch from the Rosta agency, the
semi-official bolshevik news agency,
received here today.
The Great Northern Telegraph
company has been granted telegraph
concessions from Pctrograd and
Moscow to Denmark, Japan and
China, and the German Goods Ex
change company, which is the gen
eral representative of the trans-Atlantic
Export company of Germany,
New York and Russia, is to be per
mitted to open exchanges.
Inch Rain at Randolph
r f r
Is Dig Benefit to Crops
Randolph. Neb., July 28. (Spc -
cial.) An inch of rain fell here ac -
companied by a strong wind. Corn
is in excellent condition, and crops
are gradually recovering from the ef-
fects of the dry w eather. Threshing
indicate a good hancbt of oats
5v
Tauuhs. Fxedzrick
40-piece brass bauds in the shaje.
"Doc" was in rare musical form and
so were his troopers, and they gave
Cheyenne a brand of nifty harmony
that won't be forgotten soon.
With 30,000 visitors making Chey
enne look like a regular city, the
Omaha party is sitting on top of the
vorld. The special train is side
tracked in the yards and there ue
Omahans will bunk while the big
percentage of the 30,000 look k-r
likely spots in the sagebrush a.;d
trust to providence that the no-tur-ral
elements are kindly.
The diner remains with the train
so that the culinary cravngs of the
Ak-Sar-Bcn-ites will he pleased with
Omaha grub and Omaha service.
All of the thrills of the frontier
were passed out to the Xcbraskans
at this afternoon's performance. Two
(Turn to Face Two. Column One.)
Divorce Is Not
Effective. High
Court Decides
Mrs. Peter Holmberg to Get
Estate Because Husband
Died Within Six Months
Of Decree.
Supreme court decision in the
Peter Holmberg case, holding that
when a divorce is granted and one
of the divorced parties dies before
the expiration of six months such a
divorce decree never became ef
fective, was received by Ross Shot
well, attorney, yesterday.
Decision is based on the ground
that action or cause for divorce does
not survive after the death of one of
the parties. It is regarded by many
Omaha attorneys as one of the most
important decisions handed down by
the supreme court in many months.
As applied to the Holmberg case
the decision will, beyond dispute,
make Mrs. Augusta Holmberg sole
heir to her husband's estate, ac
cording to Mr. Shotwell.
. Decree Granted.
Peter Holmberg brought suit
against his wife, Augusta, July 9,
1919, charging that she treated him
like a stranger and a boarder in their
home. They were married emuary
28, 1914, in Council Bluffs and at
the time of bringing divorce action
Peter was about 77.
In a cross-petition Augusta charged
Peter with nonsupport and declared
that he had bought her only calico
dresses since their marriage.
A divorce decree was granted Au
gusta on October 24, 1919. He paid
her $450 alimony.
On December 12, less-' than two
months after the divorce was grant
ed, Peter died. The wife asked that
Lis estate be probated in county
court, claiming she was his widow
on the ground that six months had
not expired since the divorce decree
v. as handed down. v
Will Leaves Out Wife.
Peter had left a will, leaving part
of his $5,000 estate to a Swedish
Methodist church here and the re
mainder to friends in Iowa. He was
born in Sweden and had no relatives
here. He did not mention Augusta
in the will.
County Judge Brycc Crawford
held she was actually his widow, and
allowed her a widow'.; pension. At
torney Shotwell, however, filed a
motion asking District Judge Wake
ly to vacate the divorce action, so
she might be "the widow of record."
Judge Wakcly refused to abate the
action.
His decision was technically up
held by the supreme court, which
ruled that no court could abate the
divorce action. The supreme court
went farther, however, and said that
the action was automatically vacated
by the death of Pctr.
'
Lightning Bolt Restores
Voice to Mute Woman
Lynn. Miss., July 30. The crash
of a lightning bolt striking near her
home completely cured Mrs. Ida D.
Wallstadt of this city of a nervous
affection which had made her dumb
for more than eight weeks, accord
ing to physicians and surgeons who
examined her.
She was at work in her kitchen
when a bolt struck the Sacred Heart
school nearby. Her first thought
was for her children, asleep in an
adjoining room, and she rushed to
them crying out: "My baby, oh, my
baby!" She has been able to talk
naturally ever since.
Runaway Team Hauling
Blazing Load, Fires Field
Joiiet, 111., July 2e'. A runaway
Vt9
of horscs na,,1,inK J"- of
i blazing grain yesterday dashed about
( a 10-acre field, setting fire to two
, other wagons of gram and igniting
jthc shocks in a rye field on a farm
near Ottawa. The runaway was
j ctued by flames starting in the
v agon of rye as a result of falling
I sparks from a thr::hins machine
.outfit. i
Patience Is
Advised In
Irish Row
Lord Birjv
d Sa j s Pro
ven Made
uions Will
v
ue Continued.
Defends British Stand
London, July 28. An interesting
debate, revealing a" clash of views
among unionist peers, took place
Wednesday in the House of Lords
on the Irish negotiations. The mar
ciuis of Salisbury, inviting the gov
ernment to make a statement on the
subject, complained ot the indclinite
delay and protested that unionist
acquiescence in the. delay might he
interpreted as approval of the nego
tiations. "The truth is," he declared, "we
feel great shame and humiliation, and
we are only awaiting a government
statement to make our position
clear."
Lord Birkenhead, lord high chan
cellor, replying for the government,
confessed he was puzzled to know
who the marquis of Salisbury mcint
by "we."
"For myself and my unionist col
leagues," said Lord Birkenhead, "we
are utterly unconscious of any shame
in the negotiation's undertaken, or the
proposals made."
Defends Government.
The high chancellor proceeded
warmly to defend the government
proposals, saying they should be ac
cepted. The government not only
welcomed but challenged criticism.
"If the proposals vere rejected, it
would be none the kss necessary to
acquaint Parliament and the country
with the nature of the proposals.
"Moreover, in the event of their
acceptance, the government would
recommend them to Parliament, and
if they failed to meet with the neces
sary support, the government would
have to consider whether the neces
sary support was likely to be forth
coming elsewhere.
. Pleads for Patience.
Lord Birkenhead then pleaded for
patience on the ground that those
in Ireland who were discussing the
proposals were confronted with sim
ilar difficulties and considerations
as varied as here' among those they
have to consult.
He would be extremely surprised
if Lord Salisbury secured much sup
port in attempting to complain that
the representatives of southern Ire
land took some weeks to consider
whether they were prepared to ac
cept the proposals. He failed to. sec
how anyone could grudge delay-accompanied
by a happy cessation
from the outrages which had previ
ously occurred.
Britain Is Firm in
Silesian Trouble
Premier Meets Cabinet With
Regard to France's Re
quest London, July' 28. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The latest French
communication insisting that more
troops be sent into upper Silesia
immediately is understood to have
been the subject of an important con
ference this morning at which Pre
mier Lloyd George, the dominion
premiers and cabinet officers were
present. The ministers will send a
reply to M. Briand, reaffirming the
view that the situation in upper
Silesia does not justify the sending
of more troops at the moment and
urging the desirability of a meeting
of the supreme council at an early
date to deal with the report of the
allies' commissioners in Silesia.
Widow of Banker Asks
Court for Accounting
Aurora, Neb., July 27. (Special.)
Suit for an accounting has been
brought in the district court by Helen
B. Glover, administratrix of the estate
of C. O. Glover of Coloardo Springs,
Colo., against the stockholders of the
Giltner State bank of Giltner. This
action grows out of the liquidation
of the Bank of Bromfield, which was
formerly run by Glover.
The bank was insolvent in 1917
and the state banking board con
templated closing it. E. J. Hainer,
A. E. Siekman, C. S. Brown, C. P.
C (7't, F. E. Edgerton and Fred
Burr agreed to organize a
new bank and prevent a failure.
Mr. Glover turned the assets of the
bank over to the new bank and also
gave them other property to reim
burse them for bad paper in the
bank.
Oklahoma Postmistress
Short in Accounts, Missing
McAlester, Okl., July 28. Postal
authorities announced here today
that a search had been started for
Miss Beulah White; 20. postmistress
at Adamson, Okl., missing since
June 16, when she left, presumably
to attend a state postmaster's con
vention at Oklahoma City. Post
office inspectors, who examined her
accounts announced a shortage of
$1,300 had been found.
Tests for Presidential
Postmasters to Be Held
Washington, . July 28. (Special
Telegram.) The civil service com
mission announced that examination
will be held on August 26 for presi
dential postmaster at the following
places and salaries:
Nebraska Broken Bow. 52,600;
Gothenburg, $2,300; Kearney, $3,000.
Iowa Charles City, $3,000,
Senator Faints After
Making Bitter Speech
t-fa-fMTTiTir line ' i I, i -fa fLmi1;..'..ji
George W. Norris.
Treasury Given
Authority to Act
On Funding Debts
Favorable Report on Admin
istration Bill for Carrying
On JVegotiatious Made by
Finance Committee
Washington, July 28. Favorable
report on the administration bill, giv
ing the treasury blanket authority to
conduct negotiations for the fund
ing of the allied debts, was ordered
today by the senile finance committee.-
It carries a; committee
amendment requiring that the fund
ing be completed within live years.
Secretary Mellon formally ad
vised the senate finance committee
today in a letter as to his views re
garding the extent to which the
United States had been committed
under the Wilson administration on
deferment of payments of allied
war loans and interest. ,
Postpone Action 3 Years.
The government was committed,
he said, to postponement of interest
payments for two or three years and
subsequent spreading out b: post
poned payments "contingent upon
such foreign governments carrying
out with reasonable promptness,
after this government is ready to
proceed, a satisfactory'funding of ex
isting short time obligations to this
country'-"
"So far as concerns the principal
debtor powers," the letter said,
"which together owe us (without ac
crued interest) over $9,000,000,000,
there is no intention or thought of
accepting in payment bonds other
than those of the debtor country.
"Authority now asked, however,
covers debts owing to us by Czecho
slovakia. Greece, Rcumania, Russia,
Serbia, Poland, and a large number
of other countries."
Accept German Bonds.
Regarding acceptance of German
bonds, the secretary referred to cer
tain negotiations at the Paris peace
conference where representatives of
Great Britain. France and the United
States recommended the acceptance
of German reparation'-bonds in pay
ment of. loans made by the three
countries to Belgium prior to No
vember, 11, 1918. This agreement
has been before the senate since Feb
ruary 22, 1921, and no action has
been taken on it, he said.
Mr. Mellon suggested that it might
be possible to provide in subsequent
negotiations for the pavment of the
deferred interest and the payment of
interest upon interest by increasing j
Illiercst raies OI Uie OOUUS lO DC
sued by the debtor country in substi-
tution for the securities now held. ,
i uis pian, ne saia, met wun tne ap
proval of the president and the in
crease rate would probably facilitate
marketing the bonds.
Infantile Paralysis
At Shelton Forces
Closing of Shows
Shelton, Neb., July 28. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Motion picture
theaters here have been ordered
closed due to an epidemic of infan
tile paralysis. Dr. Nucan of the
federal public health service is in
charge.
TJirce cases have been reported to
the authorities. No collection that
would indicate where the disease
originated from has been found
All of the individual cases have
been quarantined.
There have been no deaths.
Onlario's $15,000,000 Loan.
Due Monday Will Be Paid I
. i
Ottawa, Ont., July 28. Sir Henry
Drayton, minister of finance, an
nounced today that the $15,000,000
loan due in New York next Monday
would be paid without any further
government borrowing.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska Generally fair Friday
and probably Saturday; continued
warm.
Iowa Generally fair Friday and
probably Saturday; except unsettled
Friday in east portion; somewhat
warmer Friday.
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Nebraskan
Collapses
In Senate
Norris Faints at Conclusion of
Vehement Denunciation of
Opponents of His Ex
port Measure.
Condition Not Serious
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chiracs Tribune-Omaha Hoa Lnurd Wire,
Washington, July 28. President
Harding's efforts to induce congress
to take a recess received another set
back today, when the senate steering
committee, yielding to demands of
the agricultural bloc, added two
more important measures to the leg
islative program of the present ses
sion. The two measures are:
The Cappcr-Tinchct bill to regu
late grain exchanges as amended by
the senate agricultural committee.
The Kenyon bill to give the farm
ers representation in regulating the
national banking machinery by mak
ing the secretary of agriculture a
member of the federal reserve board.
The two bills, the steering commit
tee decided, will take their place on
the senate calendar for consideration
in the order named immediately
after the anti-beer bill is passed.
The committee took no action
with regard to the much discussed
question of giving tax revision pre
cedence over the tariff bill. Mem
bers were of the opinion that this
problem had not yet reached such a
stage as to call for action.
Senator Norris Collapses.
The Cappcr-Tincher bill has been
passed by the house, but it has been
amended by the senate to make it
somewhat less objectionable to the
grain exchanges. The agriculture
Hoc has been insisting that action
be taken on this measure at the
present session.
At the conclusion of a vehement
attack upon the administration and
its supporters in the senate for side
tracking his $100,000,000 farm ex
port corporation bill, Senator Norris
of Nebraska, chairman of the agri
cultural committee, collapsed as a
result of exhaustion, due to heart
weakness and the he&t.
He finished his speech of several
hours' length and walked into the re
publican cloak room, where he
crumpled into a heap. Several of his
colleagues carried him into a nearby
committee room, where first aid was
administered by Senator Ball of
Delaware, a physician. Later Sen
ator Norris was removed to his home,
where it was stated his condition was
not serious. 0
To Replace BilL
Earlier in the day. the agricultural
committee, under the. pressure of
administration influence, decided to
displace the Norris bill with a substi
tute, said to be less likely to invite
President Harding's veto. The vote
was 10 to 2. Senator Norris vigor
ously resisted the substitution of the
new bill, but only Senator Ladd of
North Dakota supported him.
The substitute bill is a compound
of parts of the Norris bill and parts
(Turn to Pace Two, Column F!t.)
Men Accused of Crime
Against Girls Sent to
Lincoln for Safety
Fred L. Messick and Gus Peter
son, whose real name is said to be
district court on charges of statutory
lS-!ntt.iK nct email o r e n-rrm
sent i0 Lincoln for safe-keeping late
vesteT(3av af,ernoon by Sheriff Mike
Clark. The men were removed
from the county jail to avoid pos
sible disturbance caused by high
feeling against them.
Messick was arrested at Riverview
park Tuesday afternoon after he waf
captured by three men who said In
was attempting to assault Mary
Chapel, 10, 722 Bancrott street
Peterson, who is proprietor of a soft
drink parlor at 2201 Douglas street,
is charged with an assault on Eva
Overfelt. 8, 205 South Twenty-fourth
street, Monday afternoon in a room
at the rear of the establishment.
Elimination of Red Tape
Solution for Soldier Aid
Washington, July 28. Re-examination
of the 4,500,000 former service
men and elimination of the statutory
red tape was suggested by Col. C,
R. Forbes, director of the war risk:
insurance bureau, as the best solution
of the soldiers' relief problem. It
would cut off much "justifiable criti
cism." he said, and build a firm foun-
dat,on 10r ,utlirc Iing ith vet.
erans.
Colonel Forbes said claims had
been reduced to between 40,000 and
50,000, but applications for claims
were coming in at the rate of 1,000
a day, largely mental and nervous
cases, and he saw no "peak" in pros
pect. Latin-Americans to Be Asked
To Aid the Fight of Irish
Buenos Aires, July 28. An effort
to interest Latin-American nations
in the cause of Irish independence
will be made by Laurence Ginnell,
member of the southern Irish Par
liament, who arrived here yesterday.
He carried credentials from Eamonn
De Valera, leader of the Irish re
publicans. Beatrice Man Injured
While Loading Plate Glass
Wymore, Neb.. July 28. (Special.)
H. W. Diinmitt. prominent busi
ness man, was badly cut on the left
arm while assisting t.i burl Urn
piece of plate glast.. The glass Has
accidentally broken and Mr. Dimmitt
was thrown from th truck to th
iidcwalk,