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VOL. 51 NO. 49.
.Sidney Bank
Loan Bad,
Says Hart
Advance of $33,000 to Cold
Storage Company Violated
State Laws, According
To Nebraska Official.
Hints At Prosecutions
Lincoln, Aug. 12. (Specials-
Officers in the defunct Nebraska
State bank at Sidney broke the state
banking laws by lending the Sidney
Artificial Ice and Cold Storage com
pany $jj,uuu, according to a state
ment tnHnv hv T R. Hnrt. secre
tary of the state department of
trade and commerce.
The law specifics that no bank
shall lend any one individual or
company more than 20 per cent of
its combined capital and surplus. The
officers are liable to a $500 fine for
this offense. This is the maximum
penalty provided by statute.
The Nebraska State bank had no
surplus and its capital was $50,000.
Under the law it could lend but
$10,000 to the ice company, and not
$33,000, according to Hart.
Many Common Interests.
TViia Irian tn the ire comnanv
looks especially bad, according to
Hart, because in the secretary of
f state's office records show that John
A. Simons, president and general
manager of the ice company, is a
director of the bank; F. D. Wool
dridge, secretary and treasurer of
the ice company, is vice president
of the bank; F. M. Wooldridge, di
rector of the ice company, is presi
dent of the bank, and Isabella D.
Wooldridge is a director of the ice
company.
"There was another failure to
comply with the state laws in the
management of the failed bank,
stated Hart. "This was the failure
by $3,000 of having 15 per cent ot
the capital and deposits in excess
of loans. There is no penalty for
this offense, however."
Gives Out Report.
Hart today gave out the report of
the condition of the bank May 23,
the last report filed.
This showed the capital to be
$50,000; deposits, $233,000; loans,
$232,000; cash and due from bank,
$36,500; banking house turnituie,
fixtures and other real estate,
$31,500; bills payable, $23,000.
There are seven directors in the
bank and five of them are members
of the Woolridge family: F. M.,
president, husband and f father, K U.,
vice president, son; M. L., cashier,
wife and mother; C. E., assistant
, cashier, son; H. O. assistant cas h.er,
daughter. J. A. Simons and J. VV.
Harper are the two other directors.
"You may rest assured that every
thing will be done to prosecute any
one found responsible for the failure
of the bank," Hart said.
Public Getting Peeved.
"The public is getting in the mood
of handling bank wreckers the same
as they used to handle cattle rustlers
on the plains in Nebraska.
"When we received the last report
on May 23. we withheld action in
closing the bank because the harvest
was coming i on and there was a
good crop out at Sidney.
"But heavy deposits in pupuc
money were drawn out at the time
the bank needed it the most in order
to pull through.
"I went there Sunday and endeav
ored to get the Liberty State bank
at Sidney to take over the affairs
of the embarrassed institution and
left instructions with E. A. Stoll,
our examiner, to close the bank it
the plan to consolidate failed.
"All in the information I have from
Sidney is a telegram from Stoll:
'"Consolidation failed;' bank
closed.' "
Entire Police Force
Of Town Under Arrest
Duquoin, 111., Aug. 12. Duqupin
faced the unique situation yesterday
of having its police force ar
different charzes. Cruet
of Police Huelsman and Motor Cop
Pyle were arrested on a charge m
connection with the arrest of three
men who were alleged to have
stolen goods from an Illinois cen
tral freight ear. ' ,
Patrolmen Kelley and Cook were
arrested following an altercation
Tuesday night in which Attorney L.
A. Craflston was badly beaten while
trying to prevail upon Kelley to ac
cept a bond for the release of a
client. All of the officers were im
mediately released on bond and re
sumed their official duties.
Passengers From San Jose
Reach San Diego on Destroyer
San Diego, Cal., Aug. 12. All pas
sengers, mail and baggage from the
steamer San Jose, aground off the
coast of Lower California, were
brought here last night on the de
stroyer Farquhar, as was also $500,
000 in gold bullion taken from the
San Jose's vaults after it had struck.
Among the passengers was Charles
C. Phillips, 5141 Germantown ave
nue, Philadelphia.
Bad Tile Halts Work
Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 12. Federal
road engineers have stopped tne
work of laying tiling on the Norfolk
r tl- fefk highway following an
unsatisfactory report from labora
. .... .hAr. tect upre made of the
tile. Approximately 75 per cent of
the tiling has been completed.
Sunday Bee
Features
CuttrU 8od-CltM
Omaha P. 0. Uadar
Free Lances Wreck
Bootlegging Trade;
Everybody Doing It
Hammond, Ind., Aug. 12. Boot
leggers are hard hit by the indus
trial depression and say that it
would not be so bad if so many
hadn't tried to break in the game
when they lost their jobs. One said
yesterday:
"It is discouraging to pick out a
prospective customer; call him off
to one side to make a sale and then
find that the bird has a pint on his
hip and was figuring on selling it to
you. It seems like every fellow I
tackle is a bootlegger and we can't
sell to each other. I could pick up
several cases of liquor at a good
price, but I'm not going to tie up any
more money with all these free
knees running wild." v
Nearly Quarter
Million Paid to
Stock Salesmen
Official Asks Advice As To
Forcing Return of Commis
sions to Shareholders in
Defunct Concerns.
Lincoln, Aug. 12. (Special.)
The defunct Nebraska Building and
Investment company and Nebraska
Hotel company paid salesmen $227,
267 to sell their stock, according to
a report filed in the Lancaster
county district court by W. E.
Barkley, receiver.
Barkley tells the court that he
wants advice as to what action to
take, if any, in attempting to force
these salesmen, numbering approxi
mately 150 and including many
well-known Nebraska citizens, to
return the money to the stock
owners.
Nor does this $227,267 include all
the money Spent by promoters of
the bankrupt companies for com
missions. In Confused State.
Barkley says in his report:
"It is impossible to ascertain just
what any certain certificate cost to
market for the reason that some of
these persons drew straight sal
aries, some drew salaries and ex
penses, and some were paid,, spe
cially, such as R. B. Hendrix.
When he left the company he
claimed instrumentality in disposing
of large blocks of stock as stock
sales manager, and that he had been
insufficiently paid for same and m
consequence the Nebraska Building
and Investment company gave him
a house and lot, the house having
cost . the company $7,094.20 to
build." ,. . .
dk.1,L,p firVir pvnlains a D3U
mixup in which he finds himself jn
attempting to straignten out re
turn of commissions paid to the
stockholders because, he asserted in
his report, prior to July 19 1919,
sales were lawiui unu t
then in effect.
Litigation Under Way.
After that date, when the legisla
ture succeeded in putting a new
blue sky law into effect, sales were
unlawful, Barkley declared, and, ac
cording to records in the bureau of
securities, a permit to -sell stock was
denied the Nebraska Building and
Investment company.
Barkley, in listing the salesmen
and stating the amount of commis
sions they received, does not specify
which part of the commissions re
ceived came from stock sales after
such sales were alleged to have be
come unlawful under the blue sky
law, which went into effect in 1919.
He lists all the salesmen and the
amount of their commissions.
Civil litigation is under way at the
present time in an effort to return
some part of the thousands of dol
lars derived from the sale of stocks
to the purchasers. According to a
statement by state officers it was
agreed to withhold criminal prosecu
tion, if any is started, until after the
civil odds and ends are picked up, as
it was held by officers investigating
the company that the civil action
before the criminal action and ex
pense" involved in the latter, together
with tying up of settlements while
criminal action was pending, would
enable stockholders in the companies
to 'get more money back.
State officers asserted today that
it was probable that many persons
(Turn to Fage Two, Colnmn Two.)
Preacher Says Priest
He Killed Struck Him
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 12. Ed
win R. Stephenson, barber and itin
erant preacher, who yesterday shot
r.nd killed Very Rev. James Coyle,
dean of north- Alabama for the
Catholic church and pastor of St.
Pauls church, had little to say today
regarding the shooting.
"I remonstrated with him for mar
rying my daughter, Ruth, to a man
against whom we had lodged objec
tions," said the prisoner. "I called
him a 'dirty dog.' He struck me
and then I shot him."
Father Coyle was shot on the
porch of St. Pauls rectory and died
in a hospital without regaining con
sciousness. Members of the priest's
household saw his assailant ap
proach the rectory, but did not hear
the conversation.
Mason City Packer Dies
Mason City, la., Aug. 12. J. E.
Decker, 72, founder of the J. E.
Decker and Sons packing plant, died
at his home here last night, following
an illess of two years. One son,
Jay, now head of the packing com
pany and two daughters, Gertrude
and Mrs. E. R. Dunlop, survive their
father.
"A Daughter of Pan"
Blue Ribbon Short Story
By STEPHEN M'KENNA
Matttr Ma J. IMA. 1
Act ! Karen S. I.'a.
Brictson Is
Summoned
Into Court
Stormy Hearing on Injunction
Plea in U. S. Court Ends
With Order for Ex
amination. Stock Sales $360,000
Federal Judge Woodrough signed
an order yesterday that O. A.
Brictson, president of the Brictson
Manufacturing company, a tire
manufacturing concern incorporated
tor $5,000,000, appear in federal courf
this morning.
He further ordered that Mr. Brict
son "bring with him all books ant
records of every kind and descrip
tion pertaining to the affairs of tht
company," and that he "submit him
self to an examination of the affairs
of the company."
The order was the outcome of a
short hearing before Judge Wood
rough of the petition of stockholders
asking that the company be en
joined and the appointment of a re
ceiver. Find Doors Locked.
F. A. Mulfinger, representing
stockholders, declared during the
hearing that "every stockholder who
endeavored to gain information into
the affairs of the company found the
doors of the company office in the
Woodmen of the World building
locked."
"I can prove that $360,000 acquired
through the sale of stock in the com
pany entered the hands of Mr.
Brictson," said Mulfinger. "We don't
know where a cent of the monev is.
A $28,000 lot purchased to build a.
factory on is all there is to show for
the money, and there has been no
effort to start building the factory."
"Swobe is at the bottom of the
whole thing," interjected Michael C.
Culhane, Minneapolis attorney rep
resenting Mr. Brictson.
Gets No Satisfaction.
"With reference to Swobe," shouted
Mulfinger, "I'll say on my reputation
as a man and an attorney that he had
nothing to do with the matter. This
is an action brought by stockhold
ers." "I want to tell the court of a per
sonal experience in dealing with the
matter," exclaimed Robert J. Webb,
also representing stockholders.
"When the matter was first brought
to my attention I called the Brictson
office. A girl answered and I got no
satisfaction.
"I then went up to the office. The
door was locked. I walked to the
end of the corridor and turned in
time to see a man insert a key in the
door and enter. I went back and
again failed to get in."
"He'll Be Here."
"It seems that the 1,200 stockhold
ers in the company trying to get in
formation have found nothing but a
locked doer," observed Judge
Woodrough.
"This seems to be a situation
(Turn to Pose Three, Column Five.)
Police Battle Crowd
Who Defy Train Crew;
50 Men Are Captured
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 12. Police,
deputy sheriffs and provost guards
battled with a crowd of 75 illegal
train riders about five miles from
here this morning, after the men
had refused to get off the train
which was pulling into the city.
' Conductor Arigon Binkley at
tempted to make the men leave the
train. They refused after making
threats, according to reports received
at police headquarters.
The conductor dropped off the
train at Lanark, N. M., a station not
far from here and wired the chief
dispatcher. All available officers in
El Paso went to meet the train.
Just before it pulled into the city
limits, the illegal train riders saw the
officers approaching, fled from the
train and hid under a trestle and in
the hills, some of them firing as the
officers approached.
Seeking cover, the officers took up
the fire. Fifty men were captured.
Among them were two alleged army
deserters.
Woman Changes Denver
Man Is Her "Love Mate"
Denver, Aug. 12. Miss Nellie
Phillips, 25, made a formal complaint
to a probation officer today against
Stnffel. parage owner, charg
ing that she was his "love mate;"
that she had home mm two cnnnren
and that he took them and turned
them over to his legal wife Who had
no children.
Miss Phillips charges, according
to court authorities, that Stoffel has
maintainrH two residences for four
years, one for her and one for his
wife. The young woman avers that
hv mutual acrppmptit between herself
and Stoffel's wife, she and his wife
have shared btortel s time halt ana
half.
Stnffpl woo nlarprl iinrlpr arrest
following the filing of charges.
Men Held for Seattle Bank
Holdup Wanted in California
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 12. Ed
ward Patton and Louis Gordon, held
here in connection with a bank rob
bery in Seattle, arc also wanted in
Oakland, Cal., according to a state
ment which the police say was made
to them by Gordon.
, Woman's Section
Comprehensive Society Netvs
CABBY
OMAHA, SATURDAY,
Petrified Man Found
In Tennessee Ear1
Equipped With ;
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. )Y
thcr information as to the j itied
body of gigantic proportions found
near Helen wood, in Scott county,
lennessee, has been received here.
Cruise Sexton of Helenwood, found
the "devil," as he calls it, July 20,
last, while prospecting for coal. The
formation was live feet under ground.
It weighs something like 500 pounds
and has a horned head of abnormal
size. Its mouth is of unusual size,
with 24 prominent front teeth. Long
wings of brownish color reach from
the shoulders almost to the ankles.
Upper Silesian
Tangle Left To
League of Nations
France and Great .Britain De
cide to Refer Question of
Boundary From Supreme
Council.
Paris, Aug. 12. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) France and Great
Britain have deceded to refer the
upner Silesian question to the
league of nations it was announced
here today. This question which in
volves drawing a frontier between
Polond and Germany in Upper
Silesia, threatened yesterday to
bring about a break in the meeting
cf the supreme allied council.
Colonel George Harvey, Ameri
can ambassador to Great Britain
told the council this morning that
the United States government had
thought from the beginning that
the Upper Silesian question was
purely a European one, and as it
now was to be referred to the
league of nations on which tha
United States was not represented,
he thought he would be interpreting
the view of his government by not
participating in the decision to refer
the question to the league.
To Send Reinforcements.
On the question of additional al
lied troops for upper Silesia the su
preme council adopted in principle a
plan for sending reinforcements
after the league of nations has
handed down its decision on the
Silesian question, Great Britain,
Italy and France each to send its
share. Meanwhile, the supreme
council is sending warning to the
German and Polish governments
that order must be maintained in the
disputed territory.
The decision to refer the whole
Silesian problem to the league of
nations was unanimously approved
later at a meeting of the council.
This decision was considered here
today to have solved the crisis thai
arose between France and England.
It was announced that "certain in
surmountable difficulties which had
arisen between Italy, Japan and
England on one hand and France on
the other" had given rise to the so
lution decided upon.
Suggested by Lloyd George.
The suggestion that the matter be
referred to the league of nations
was made by Mr. Lloyd George, and
M. Briand concurred immediately.
M. Briand wore a satisfied air upon
leaving the Hotel Crillon, and con
firmed reports that a setlement had
been reached.
It was said that previous to the
council session, Colonel Harvey's
opinion was not asked and was not
proffered. It was learned that
Premier Briand proposed to Mr.
Lloyd George this morning that the
United States be asked to arbitrate
the Silesian controversy, but this
(Turn to race Two. Column Four.)
Planning New Highway
In Western Nebraska
Oshkosh, Neb., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) 9 big delegation attended the
highway meeting at Broadwater last
evening. The plan is to promote a
new highway through the state con
necting at the state line north of
Julesburg, Colo., with the Gulf-Plains-Canadian
highway, running
thence direct north to Oshkosh, up
the North Platte river valley to
Lisco, Broadwater, then norh to Al
liance and Chadron, then to the
South Dakota line.
The line is marked through Colo
rado and a good portion of the road
is being constructed and at an early
date the work will commence on the
Nebraska portion. This highway is
the first north and south road of any
proposition to cross the western part
of Nebraska and will meet a heavy
demand for connecting route with
the different east and west high
ways. Hastings Business Men
Organize New Lions Club
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 12. (Special
Telegram.) The Hastings Lions
club, as a part of the International
Association of Lions clubs, was or
ganized last night, with C. G. Lane,
president of the Exchange National
bank, as president. The vice presi
dents are C. I. VanPatten, C. B.
Trimble and Harry Proffitt and the
secretary, G.'N. R. Browne. Meet
ings will be held each Tuesday.
Indemnity Payment to Be
Made on Time, Says Vorwaerts
Berlin, Aug. 12. The Vorwaerts
announced that the payment of
1,000,000,000 gold marks to the al
lies would be made August 30 ac
cording to schedule. This newspaper
also states that the dissolution of
the German self-protection troops in
upper Silesia would take place soon.
Kids
A FuW Page of Features
for the Children.
AUGUST 13, 1921.
nca Sits
Sensation May
Follow Probe of
Farmer's Death
Experts Examine Finger
Prints on Revolver Clutched
In Hand of Man Found
Dead on Bed.
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 12. (Special
Telegram.) Sensational develop
ments are expected to follow in
vestigation by a - 'coroner's jury of
the mysterious shooting and death
of Ben Neal, prominent and wealthy
farmer living in the hill district two
and one-quarter miles south of Peru.
Neal's body was found lying across
the foot of a bed in his home last
night with a revolver clutched in his
right hand. He had been, shot fatally
in the left side of his head.
Hans Neilsen, head of the state
department of criminal identification,
and other experts made an examina
tion today of finger prints on the
stock of the revolver. Results of
their investigation have not been
learned
Sensation Expected.
Several witnesses were examined'
by the cororner's jury and although
evidence at the hearing has not been
made public indications are that
there will be sensational develop
ments. The hearing will be contin
ued at 1 tomorrow afternoon.
Charles Buck, a neighbor living
300 yards from the Neal farm, was
awakened last night by Mrs. Neal
and her daughter, Ada, 16, who told
him that Neal either had killed him
self or had been shot while asleep.
Buck, investigating, found Neal's
body' lying across the foot of a bed.
Awakened by Shot.
Mrs. Neal said she was awakened i
at 11:30 by the sound of a shot. Ada,
who is a daughter of Mrs. Neal by
a previous marriage, said she heard
two shots and the fall of a body.
Two discharged cartridges were
found in the revolver Neal held.
The Neals were married 12
years ago. Six months ago Mrs.
Neal instituted divorce proceedings,
but later a reconciliation was
brought about.
Neal recently had lost 120 acres
of fine farm land near Peru by in
roads of the Missouri river. The loss
could not have embarrassed him
financially, however, it is said, as
the man owned the 80-acre f.irm on
which he was found dead and also
property at Brownville.
Funeral services under auspices of
the Odd Fellows' order will be held
Monday, probably at Brownville.
Masked 'Men Whip Negroes;
Marshal Told to Resign
Orlando, Fla., Aug. 12. Two ne
groes were whipped and the town
marshal of Longwood, a small town
near here, was requested to resign
last night by 16 masked men, ac
cording to word received here.
The marshal's activities in attempt
ing to enforce the speed laws prompt
ed the request for his resignation,
it was said.
The marshal was placed in an auto
mobile and taken into,a woods where
the negroes were being detained.
The marshal then witnessed the
thrashing of the negroes. They were
whipped for blocking the roadway
in their vehicles, it was stated. i
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Omaha Youths
Fined At Auburn
Mother of One Pleads Son's
Case at Hearing
Liquor Charge.
on
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 12. (Special
Telegram.) R. B. Kelly, soldier sta
tioned at Fort Crook, and Charles
Melville, South Side, Omaha, arrest
ed while speeding along the high
way north of Auburn, were fined
$100 and costs each for illegal pos
session of liquor.
" Discovery of the liquor was made
when Sheriff Davis, who halted the
two autoists, searched the machine
for identification numbers, believing
the car to be stolen.
He found four quarts of whisky.
Melville's mother, Mrs. Lenora
Melville, who runs a concession at
an Omaha park, appeared as attor
ney before Judgs Hawxby to plead
her son's case. She made a plea
that Charles could not be guilty of
an infraction of the Volstead act be
cause he is not of age.
Mrs. Melville paid her son's fine
in small bills and coins.
"Here goes four weeks' "pay," she
said as she hrnded over the money.
Kelly was lodged in jail, the ser
geant appearing for him being un
able to pay his fine.
The two youths were on their way
to Falls City.
Furniture Companies
Plan Consolidation
New York, Aug. 12. Negotiations
for the consolidation of furniture
manufacturing companies compris
ing 60 per cent of all interests into
a single corporation, capitalized at
$25,000,000, have been underway for
several months, it was learned yes
terday. The combined output of the fur
niture manufacturing concerns in
the merger is about 40 per cent of
the total production of the United
States. Plants are located all over
the country.
Negotiations, it is learned, have
been in the hands of the Liberty
Industrial corporation, a subsidiary
of the Liberty National bank. Be
hind that institution in th proposed
consolidation are J. P. Morgan &
Co., according to interests con
cerned in the plan.
Hungary May Negotiate
For Peace, U. S. Note Says
Budapest, Aug. 12. (By The As
sociated Press.) The Hungarian
government has received a note
from the United States government
communicating the text of the reso
lution passed by the American con
gress early in July regarding peace
with Austria and Hungary. The
note adds that if Hungary adheres
to the principles expressed in "r.c
resolution negotiations for peace
can be commenced immediately.
Legion Celebration
Davcy, Neb., Aug. 12. Legion
members of northern Lancaster
county plan a picnic dinner here Au
gust IS, at which time Governor Mc
Kelvie is expected to speak. A ball
game will feature the afternoon at
tractions. Sports
News and Features
Bright and Breezy
An Observer
Valera Answer
Raises Questions
For Negotiation
Letter Neither Acceptance
Nor Rejection of Irish Peace
' Proposals May Facilitate
Further Dealings.
By The Aaooclated Frna.
Dublin, Aug. 12. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The letter from
Eamon De Valera, Irish republican
leader, delivered to Premier Lloyd
George yesterday, is neither an ac
ceptance nor a rejection of the Irijh
peace proposals, it was learned here
today. The letter raises various
questions to which an answer is nec
essary. The answer may serve to
facilitate future dealings, it was said,
and is not expected to lead to a
break in negotiations.
There was no excitement in Dublin
today over Mr. Lloyd George's re
turn from Paris, as it was said that
no unexpected development had oc
curred in the Irish discussions. When
Mr. De Valera left London it was
recalled today by Irish leaders, the
statement was given out that a basis
had not been found for further con
ferences, and it was stated in Irish
circles that the time since Mr. De
Valera's conversations with the Brit
ish prime minister merely had been
spent in trying to find this basis. It
has not yet been found, it was added.
Voliva Renews His Attack on
Churches Invading Zion
Zion, 111., Aug. 12. Wilbur Glenn
Voliva, overseer of Zion, renewed
his attack today on religious organi
zations which have opened churches
here in opposition to the Zion
church, with the announcement that
the famous leases of Alexander of
Dowie will be changed to prohibit
the transfer of property without the
personal approval of the overseer.
The new leases will be for a period
of 1,079 years,' the 79 years being
added to cover the period during
which the Lord is expected to come
and take His saints out of the world
for seven years. At the end. of the
seven years, according to Dowie's
teachings, they will be returned to
establish His rule throughout the
world for 1,000 years.
The Weather -
Forecast.
Nebraska: Somewhat unsettled
and cooler Saturday; Sunday fair.
Iowa: Somewhat unsettled but
generally fair Saturday and Sunday;
cooler in northwest portion Satur
day; cooler Sunday.
Hourly Temperatures.
S . m M
1 P
2 P.
6 a. m 67
7 . m.. 67 I 8 n,
m.
Hn.ni 71 4 p,
W a. m .....75 5 p.
10 a. m 80 p.
11 a. m tt 7 p,
13 noon MS ! 8 p,
m. .
m..
m .
m.
Highest Friday.
fhfjrMmx 81 I rnrblo
ftavrnport 8M I Knplil Cllv.
Drnvrr "8 I Salt Lnkr. .
!) Molm 88 I Santa Ft...
1mUo City 88 INhrrldan ...
.87
.88
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.78
.80
.88
.92
jtnclpr D !Ninux Cllv .
North IMatte 80 I Valentine ...
"How France's Crown
Jewels Are Guarded"
By STERLING HEILIG.
THREE CENTS
Hughes To
Preside At
Conference
Harding Passts Full Re
6ponsihilily for ; Disarma
ment Parleys to Secre
tary of State.
May Name One Woman
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Chicago Trlbuno-Omaha Iter Leaned Wire,
Washington, Aug. 12. President
Harding today announced the selec
tion of Secretary of State Hughes to
head the delegation to represent the
United States in the Washington
conference on limitation of arma
ments and Pacific and far eastern
issues which menace international
tranquillity.
The president further announced
that he passed on to his secretary
of state all responsibility for the
conference henceforth except, of
course, the naming of the other
members of the American delega
tion. The president believes, according
to his advisers, that he has done his
full duty in bringing about the world
conference, which already begins to
assume an importance as vital to the
nations as the Versailles peace con
ference. The president does not be
lieve that he, as the president of the
United States, should push himself
into the conclve further. He will, of
course, in his capacity as president
of the nation which invited the con
ference, address the delegates when
they convene November 11, but after
that his relation to it will be an ad
visory one.
Confidence in Hughes.
Having implicit confidence in his
secretary of state, the president, in
striking contrast to the course of
President Wilson in the Versailles
peace negotiations at Paris, has in
formed Mr. Hughes that he is rely- -ing
upon him for direction of Ameri
can efforts in endeavoring to bring
about a settlement of world prob
lems which will permit reduction of
armaments. Negotiations with the
powers over the scope of the confer
ence, the details of the agenda and
the controversies that may arise in
this connection with Japan or others
of the participating (powers, will be
in the hands of Mr. Hughes.
This does not mean that the presi
dent will not be in constant touch
with developments and consult fre
quently with the secretary of state,
but it does mean that President Har
ding, having brought the allied and
associated powers and China to
gether for discussion of the vital -problems
outlined in his invitation,
is going to retire from the limelight
and entrust the work of the confer
ence to the men he will chose to
represent the United States.
Hughes to Preside.
As head of the American delega
tion, Secretary Hughes will un
doubtedly be chosen to preside over
the conference when it is organized
and in this capacity he will be ele
vated to a post of world prominence
that will rank with the eminence o
CUmenceau at Versailles.
Who will be Mr. Hughes' col
leagues on the delegation is yet un
determined. The president will not
name them until negotiations have
been concluded with the powers as
'.e :he size of the personnel for each.
There will be no hard and fast line
drawn, however. Inasmuch as all
delegations will act as units it will
not he necessary to insist upon an
equal number of representatives
from each countryr. The wishes of
the respective governments in the
matter will be respected.
Great Britaian, it is understood,
will be represented by members
from the dominions, vitally interested
in far eastern question i, as well as
the tepreseentatives of the home gov
ernment. Tin's being so, the British
delegation ma number as many as
seven or eight. Other powers may
send rniy three or four.
May Name One Woman.
The president, it is believed,
hopes to appoint at least five to the
American delegation and possibly
six. Whether a woman will be one
of them has not been decided, ut
agitation for such appointment con
tinues. An administration official today,
discussing the importance of the
conference and its possibilities, de
clared that this government fully
realized the difficulties of the un
dertaking and that the representa
tives of the United States would en
ter' the conference determined ,to
hold their ground in the discussion
of eastern issues, "which have
been" and "are" matters of interna
tional concern.
The conference, he said, will be a
practical, hard-headed one. The.
representatives of the powers rep
resented must go there to look each
other straight in the eye. They
must keep their feet on the ground
and, above all things, "stop seeing
visions.'.'
Pure Live Stock Boosters
Complete 1,400-Mile Trip
Hastings, Neb.. Aug. 12. (Special
Telegram.) The Nebraska Here
ford boosters completed today ,a
1,400-mile trip by auto when they
arrived in Hastings. There were 50
persons m the train and 30 towns
had been visited this month. They
were given u cordial reception every
where and in many places fully 500
or more were on hand to greet them.
They report the manifestation of
great interest in the breeding of pure
live stock.
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