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Who Did'
Sealed Verdict of Jury Re
vealed, Makes Direct Charge
Preliminary Hearing Set
For Thursday.
Faces Murder Charge
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Lucy Neal, wife
of Ben Neal, who was found dead
in his farm home near Peru, Neb.
the night of August 11 with a bul
let hole in his head, was . arraigned
here at 6 this evening before Jus
tice of the Peace Shelby W. Eus
tice on a charge of first degree mur
.. dor.
. Complaint charging Mrs. Neal
f villi first degree murder was filed at
'tfr Auburn, this afternoon by County
Attorney Ernest F. Armstrong im-
mediately afjer a sealed . coroner's
iurv reoort connecting her with the
v ; alleged murder.
V f The woman was arrested by Sher-
in uuvis ai uic uuiiic ui uci iMuin-
er,.,Walter McCully, farmer living
near Stella in Richardson county,
about 5 this afternoon. She was ac
companied to Auburn by her daugh
ter, Ava Marie Neal, 16, the only
person present with Mrs. Neal in
the house on the night of the slay
ing. Mrs. Neal's brother and her
brother-in-law, J. M. Wright, cash
ier of the Farmers St?te bank at
Stella, also accompanied her.
Preliminary Hearing Set. I
Preliminary hearing was s;t at 10
Thursday morning before Justice of
the Peace Eustice at Auburn. At j
the arraignment this evening Mrs. I
Neal was represented by her attor
neys, Lambert and Hawxby.
Bond war-fixed at $10,000 Mrs.
Neal Qualified as one of the bonds-
men and Wright and M:Cully as the
ether two sureties.
The woman appeared calm and
perfctly self-possessed at the ar
raignment. Finding of the coroner's jury,
which deliberated several clays be
fore reaching a decision, was as fol
lows: "We, the jury, duly impanelled and
sworn to hold an inquest on the body
of Bellington Neal, do find that the
f aid Bellington Neal came to his
j&r death on August 11, 1021. by the
jr.uiiaiiui iiuiu guu jictu in uic nanus
of Lucy Neal or a person known to
her."
The jury, comprised of J. C.
Woodie, foreman; Arch Railsback, J.
J. Turner, Edward Houston and
Harry Patterson was out from mid
night, August 11, until Friday, Au
gust 19, when a sealed verdict was
returned with the jury's request that
it remain sealed until Saturday after
noon. Since Saturday following the trag
edy Mrs. Neal has been stopping
at the home of Walter McCully. near
Stella.
Wife Runs to Neighbor.
First report of the slaying was
made about midnight August 11,
when Mrs. Neal ran to the home of
a neighbor, Charles Buck, declaring
her husband had been shot. It was
found that a bullet had entered
Neal's head near the ear and, ranging
downward, had struck the jawbone.
In the dead man's hand was a re
volver containing two freshly ex
ploded shells and two tinfired car
tridges. There were blood stains on
the grip of the revolver and on the
walls of the room. Hans Nielsen,
head of the state bureau of criminal
identification, after examining the
f martcs on ine revolver suDsequeniiy,
y- ' sa'd that he believed Neal did not
' commit suicide. .
j , Conflicting stories were told the
coroners jury. Airs. Neal reported
hearing only one shot, while her
daughter said she heard two. Mrs.
'V Neal also said she did not attempt
fi&bfiko telephone to neighbors, although
subscribers on the party line report
ed hearing several calls and the op
erator at Peru notified the town j
marshal . that there was something
wrong either at the Buck ct Neal
home. The revolver with which Neal
was killed was identified by Mrs.
Neal as the one which had belonged
to her former husband and which had
been in her possession.
Stories of domestic trouble and
that Neal had suffered financial re
verses lately were rife in the com
munity. Church Workers Want Bryan
On Disarmament Conference
Ocean Grove, N. J., Aug. 20. A
resolution requesting President Har
ding to appoint William Jennings
Bryan a delegate to the coming in
ternational disarmament congress in
Washington, was unanimously
adopted yesterday at a conference of
church workers and members of the
International Reform bureau. The
committee also offered plans for pre
venting boxing contests on holidays
in New Jersey .and for the institu
tion of legal proceedings against Tex
Rickard and others responsible for
the Dempsey-Carpentier fight on the
ground of "conspiracy."
Omaha Minister Elected
Secretary of Lutherans
. Lincoln, Aug. -20. (Special.)
"Officers of the Nebraska district of
f ;e Lutheran Missouri synod elect-
t. a today are: Rev. F. W. Secsko ot
" Omaha, secretary; Prof. A. Schuelke
ot seward, treasurer; ai. vviikih,
N. E. Meyer. G. W. Wolter, N. Hill
man, John Albright, board of home
missions.
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She's Charged With
Murder of Husband
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Alfalfa Industry
Threatened By
High Freights
Grain Men Complete Testi
mony Before Interstate Com
merce Commission, In
Fight For Lower Rates.
Washington, Aug. 20. Grain men
of the west completed, before the In
terstate Commerce commission, their
description of agricultural distress
throughout the grain and hay pro
ducing states and announced readi
ness to begin their effort to show
that high freight rates were respon
sible for these conditions.
James M. Cassidy and Floyd Wil
son, alfalfa meal mill operators of
Colorado, told the commission that
the industry was threatened with
total destruction through high
freight rates, since the principal
markets were on an average of 1,200
nines irom pom'.s oi production, ine
industry which has grown up in the
last 15 years Ind furnished the car
riers with considerable traffic, most
of which has been lost through high
irr-irht, the witnesses assert':-'
J. P. Larson, secretary of the
Iowa Co-Operative Grain Dealers'
association, testified that where it
had cost from 10 to 12 per cent of
the gross corn crop in his state to
move the crop to market in prewar
times, it now costs from 25 to 29
per cent. He explained the workings
of co-operative elevators in Iowa and
said that prices paid by the eleva
tors were those of Chicago or Min
neapolis, less the freight and han
dling costs. The farmer would get
the benefit of any freight rate re
ductions, he said.
J. J. Neville of the Millers and
Grain Dealers' association of Utah
and Idaho, testified as to depressed
prices in his section.
Arizona alfalfa producers cannot
raise alfalfa at a profit under pres
ent freight rates Amos A. Betts,
commissioner of the Arizona public
utilities commission, ' and Lawrence
G. Wilson, secretary of the Casa
Grande Farmers' association, as
serted. Education Given as
Safeguard Against
Future Conflicts
Honolulu, Aug. 20. (By The As
sociated Press.) Educate the na
tions and they will abandon war for
peace, was the principle upon which
the Pan-Pacific educational confer
ence, in session here yesterday,
based several resolutions looking to
wards a plan for spreading general
information. and publicity among the
peoples ' living around the Pacific
ocean.
The conference recommended a
program ef inter-Pacific -action, in
cluding scientific research by univer
sities of the Pacific of the causes of
war; the higher education of Pacific
peoples as a means to advance inter
national peace and improved facilities
for the exchange of teachers and
pupils between Pacific, countries:
As a means to place the nations on
a common elementary basis, the con
ference passed' a resolution urging
the adoption of the Roman alphabet
by all nations bordering the Pacific.
Six Texas House Members
Are Arrested for Absence
- Austin. Tex.. Aug. 20. Six of
nine members of the Texas house of
representatives were taken into cus
tody today by the sergeant-at-arms
and the sheriff and. taken under ar
rest before the house. They were
charged in warrants issued last night
with wilfully absenting themselves
from the session to prevent a quor
um. . . 1
Man Held for Manslaughter
Waives Preliminary Trial
O'Neill, Neb.. Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Walter Holcomb, who
shot and killed Thomas Olson of
Holcombs ranch, southeast of Cham
bers, Neb., a week ago last Sunday,
waived preliminary hearing on a
manslaughter charge in county court
and was bound over to the fall term
of district court ,
G. 0. P. Tax
Bill Passed
Bv House
Democrats Fail in Efforts to
Have Measure Recommitted
For Elimination of
Surtax Rates.
Final Vote, 274 to 125
By The Associated Vrean.
Washington, Aug. 20. The repub
lican tax bill was passed late today
by the house after the democrats
had failed in an effort to have it
recommitted for elimination of the
provisions repealing the income sur
tax rates above 32 per cent.
The vote was 274 to 125, with
only a slight split in . the party
ranks. "
Before the vote, Representative
Mondell, republican leader, delivered
a prepared address praising the tax
bill and saying it remained for a
later congress to fully revise the tax
schedules "when we shall have
passed beyond the shadow of the
war overhang.
Relieved Burden.
"In this measure, we have relieved
the burden where it is most clear
ly of an emergency character," he
said, "and relieved it and lightened
it for the benefit of every class and
condition in the nation.
"We have lifted rather than shift
ed the more oppressive and annoy
ing of the war taxes. We have kept
faith and while some will rail against
the measure, for purely partisan pur
poses, it will receive the commen
dation of the great body of the
American people. ,
Mondell Cheered.
Mr. Mondell was cheered from
the republican side. Representative
Connally, democrat, arose to ask the
republican leader to show him the
pledge in the republican platform
for the relieving of the taxes on
men of large incomes. Mr. Mondell
tried to get recognition to answer
but the house was in an uproar
which did not end until 3 o'clock,
when the way was cleared for voting
under the plea.
Representative
Cochrane, -New
York, rising to a point of privilege,
offered a point of order condemn
ing President Harding for address
ing the senate July 12 on soldier bo
nus to the exclusion of the house.
The democrats forced the first
roll call on Representative Mon
dell's motion to lay the resolution
on the table, which prevailed.
War Bride Makes
Suicide Threats
"They Don't Like Me Here,"
Sobs English Girl ; Hus
band Out of Work.
While her husband, an ex-soldier,
tramped the streets of the city Sat
urday in search of work to keep his
little family ,from starving. Mrs.
Frank Harris, an English war bride,
scarcely past 20, sank into utter
despondency in her home at 1401 El
lison avenue and threatened suicide
to end her trouble with relatives, she
told police.
When emergency officers arrived
at the Harris home, the little woman
was in hysterics, cuddling her 8-months-old
babe.
"I want to end it all," she cried,
as she told of her struggle to con
form her foreign ways to the Ameri
can methods of home life. Her hus
band has been out of work for sev
eral months, she told police.
"They don't like me here," she
cried.
Relatives of Mr. Harris called po
lice when the woman threatened to
end her life.
Police Chauffeur Lyman Wheeler,
a former police sergeant and a mem
ber of the American Legion, inves
tigated the case and took up a collec
tion among other police lor the
young war bride. The case has been
turned over to the Welfare board.
Harris and his wife were married
two years ago in England, following
a war romance.
WHERETO FIND
The Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
"The Cyclone," Blue Ribbon Story
by Rose L. Ellerbe Part 4, page 1.
Scenes at Camp Gifford, a Boy
Scout Page Rotogravure, section,
page 1.
"The Third Degree". Another of
the Series "The World's Greatest
Detective Cases"S-Part 4, page 3.
Sports News and Features Part
3, pages 1 and 2. '
"Pretty Pal," by Edward J. Do
herty Part 4, page 3.
Society and News for Women
Part 2.
"The Bogie of Fear," Arthur Som
trs Roche Serial Part 4, page 2.
Kids Page Part 4, page 5. ,
' Plattsmouth Photos Rotogravure
section, page 3.
- Editorial Comment Part
4,
nasre 4.
"The Married Life of Helen and
Warren" Part 2, page 6
"The Dubbville Foursome," by
Cartoonist Brewerson Part 3, page
2.
"Standing on My Rights," by
James J. Montague Part 4, page 8.
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California Sheriff
Is Killed by Fugitive
Los Angeles, Aug. 20. Sheriff A.
D. McMartiti, Ventura county, was
shot and killed today and Under
Sheriff William L.-Kelley, Ventura,
dangerously wounded by a man they
attempted to arrest at Owensmouth,
Los Angeles county, the sheriff's
office here announced. The man who
shot them was later killed in a battle
with pursuers, it was stated. Earlier
advices reporting Kclley killed were
erroneous.
Camp Dodge Will
Be Improved for
Guardsmen's Use
Iowa Plans Model Place for
State Troops Letters to
Nebraskans Are
Delivered.
Camp Dodge, la., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Camp Dodge will be a new
place when the National guardsmen
return next summer for their annual
two-weeks outing, according to Gen
eral Tinley of the Iowa National
guard, stationed here this week. The
Iowa guard recently purchased
Camp Dodge for $38,000 and has
already sold the barrack buildings
to a wrecking company. , When the
old buildings have been removed
the guard will construct a regular
nest on the 500-acre site. The build
ing will be of a more permanent and
more commfortable nature.
Work has already been started, to
prepare the camp for the next sum
mer. The large swimming pool, for
which money was appropriated by
the Iowa legislature at its last ses
sion, is now under construction and
will soon be completed. Other
minor improvements are also under
way.
The Nebraska and Iowa guards
men have been sharing the Camp
Dodee hospital and hospital equip
ment during the stay of the regi
ments from both states but the
Iowa men will leave August 24, turn
ing all of the partnership material
over to the Nebraska men. There
arc now some 1,200 Nebraskans and
about1 3,500-Iowans in camp here.
Many mothers of Nebraska Na
tional guardsmen may worry about
where to mail letters to their sons in
camp; here. All that mothers need
to know is the name of the company
to which their sons belong and mail
addressed to them will be promptly
taken to the barracks in which the
men are quartered.
The service company of the guard
i.? now so well organized that it
claims to be able to deliver letters
to men if only the name of the man.
is given and it is sent here. How
ever, all who write Camp Dodge men
are asked to make their addresses
as complete as possible since the
mail will be handled with less effort
and more speed.
Asks $75,000 Damages
For Electric Shock
Seventy-five thousand dollars is
csked from the Baker Ice Machine
company, Omaha Steel works, An
drew Busk, contractor, and the Ne
braska Power company by Stephen
O'Donncll in a suit filed yesterday
in district court.
While he was at work laying a
track where the Baker Ice Machine
company's new building is located,
Fifteenth and Evans streets, July 6,
a steel cable came in contact with a
high voltage wire, carried the cur
rent to the track at which he was
working and snet the current through
his body, he says.
He alleges that the electricity
burned into his face, jaw, neck, shoul
der, body, leg aand foct, incapici
tating him entirely from working
again. He is 38 years old and was
earning $3,000 a year, he says.
Default Judgment for $1,500
For Assault on Man Set Aside
A judgment for $1,500, entered in
district court August 12, in favor of
Philip Goldberg and against Dr.
Harold Gifford, Harrison & Morton,
realtors, and E. Bever, elevator
operator in the Lyric building. Nine
teenth and Farnam streets, was set
aside Saturday in district court, on
representation of defendants that
they defaulted in the case through
an error by a new stenographer.
Goldberg charges that Bever as
saulted him, striking him down andJ
knocking out some of his teeth. He
asked $10,000.
When no answer was filed Au
gust 8, which was the legal limit,
judgment for $1,500 was entered by
default. Judge Day set this aside
when proof was made that the ste
nographer's error was the reason for
failure to defend the suit.
Navy Officer Personnel
Ordered Reduced a Half
Washington, Aug. 20. Reduction
of the officer personnel of the naval
reserve force by approximately one
half has been ordered by the Navy ,
department as a retrenchment meas
ure on recommendation of the gen
eral board. Reserve commissions in
several of the staff corps have been
abolished and all warrant officers in
the reserve done away with.
The naval coast defense reserve,
composed of officers who obtained
commissions for shore duty during
the war, is to be entirely abolished.
PERSONAL
SAVINGS
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Japan's Reply to
Its Invitation to
Meet Discussed
Answer Probably Will Be in
Nature of Reiteration of
Country's Position Already
Voiced.
Tokio, Aug. 20; (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Japan's formal an
swer to the American invitation to
participate in the conference on dis
armament and far eastern questions
was discussed by the cabinet yester
day, but it is probable its dispatch to
Washington will be delayed a few
days. At present it is forecast that
the reply will be in the nature of a
reiteration of the position of Japan,
which has been voiced in formal
notes sent to Washington.
Some newspapers profess to be dis
turbed over the expression in the
American note that there would be
discussed "matters which have been
and are of concern," but officials
seem to consider it logical as carry
ing out America's original position
that the powers themselves, either be
fore or at the formal sessions in
Washington, must define the agenda
of the conference.
Pressure continues to be brought
to bear on Premier Hara to go to
Washington. If he decides not to at
tend, Viscount Uchida, Japanese
foreign minister, may be the chief
delegate.
Export Rates on Grain
From Chicago Reduced
A reduction of Tyi cents on ex
port grain, as well as flour and grain
products, from Chicago to the At
lantic seaboard, effective September
3, was announced by L. G. Reynolds,
local division freight and passenger
representative of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad.
Railroads Announce Cut
In Rate on Canned Goods
Spokane, Aug. 20. Marked re
ductions in freight rates on canned
goods, dried fruits and vegetables,
peas and beans in carload lots,
shipped from Spokane territory to
eastern points, were announced by
transcontinental railroads. They will
be effective August 22.
The rates affect shipments from
Spokane, Walla Walla, Yakima and
coast points to all eastern territory
extending from St. Taul, Omaha and
Denver to the Atlantic seaboard, it
was announced.
Wife Says Husband Beat
Her Until She Fainted
Edward F. Mullen, according to
the petition of his wife. Frances K ,
for a divorce, filed Saturday in dis-
trict court, is of an extremely brutal
nature. Only about a year after their j
marriage in 1915 he began to beat
her, she says.
Late the night of March 16, 1921.
she says he beat her so that she
fainted and had to be carried to the
porch and worked over before she
regained consciousness. Last Thurs
day she alleges he beat and choked
her.
He Sees the Point
Headquarters of
Davis Selected
Grand Jury Men to Try
"Wildcat" Cases to Be
Drawn This Week.
The office of T. J. McGuire, as
sistant attorney general, in the
Omaha National bank building will
probably be headquarters of Attor
ney General Davis and his staff dur
ing the grand jury investigation into
"blue sky promotion schemes, start
ing September 8.
Harley Moorhcad, jury commis
sioner, will return to his office early
this week and then the names o the
2.? men will be drawn from the poll
ing lists as provided by law. From
the 23 names, 16 grand jurymen will
be chosen.
When they are sworn in they will
be suoreme in their deliberations.
Their power will be greater than that"
of the judges, county attorney or
attorney general.
The room to be used for the de
liberations has not yet been selected,
but, because of the great number of
witnesses to be called, the largest
possible quarters will be taken for
the jury sessions.
Ku KIux Klan Meets on
Bank of Platte River
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 20.
(Special Telegram.) More than 300
members of the Grand Island and
Hastings Ku Klux Klans met on the
banks of the Platle, six miles south
of this city, and inducted a large
number of members into the organi-.
zation beneath the fiery cross.
According to authorized informa
tion given out, the Towner-Sterling
bill, it is declared, was favored in t
resolution adopted at this meeting,
providing for federal representation
in American educational interests.
American Kidnaped by
Mexicans Makes Escape
Washington, A u g. 20. Eric
Clarke, official of the Irternational
Land and Live Stock company, has
escaped from Mexican bandits who
kidnaped him at a ranch near Rio
Primcro, and is now safe in Jiminez.
state of Chihuahua. Clarke reported
his kidnaping and escape today in
personal telegrams to friends here.
The bandits were holding him for
$7,500, ransom.
Britain's Acceptance of
Disarmament Bid Is Sent
London, Aug. 20. (By The As
sociated Press.) Great Britain's
j formal acceptance of the official in
vitation of President Harding to
participate in the conference on far
eastern questions and disarmament
in November next has been for
warded to the American government,
it was announced today.
Cool Weather and Showers
Forecast for Coming Week
Washington, Aug. 20. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are: Upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys, generally fair
except for showers Tuesday or Wed
nesday, temperature near or some
where below norniaj
Rickenbacker
To Race at Omaha
Air Congress
Ace of American Aces Ac
cepts Invitation to Partici
pate; Meet Will Draw
100,000, Prediction.
Eddie Rickenbacker, ace of Amer
ican aces, has signified his intention
to participate in the international air
meet to be held here in November.
"You bet I'll rave in Omaha at the
air- meet," he says in a letter to Earl
Porter, president of the Omaha Aero
club.
Charles J. Glidden of New York,
president of the World Board of
Aeronautics, in a letter predicts that
the meet will draw at least 100,000
neonle to Omaha.
The board is sending out invita
tions to aviators all over the world
to attend the Omaha meet in Novem
ber, the letter says.
Secretary James W. Metcalfe of
the Associated Retailers of Omaha
announced Saturday that his associa
tion had decided to set no limit on
contributions to the air meet fund.
Hightower Guarded
Against Taking Life
San Francisco, Aug. 20. William
A. Hightower, at the Redwood City
jail, where he is awaiting trial on a
charge of murdering Rev Patrick
Heslin, Colma priest, henceforth will
tat his meals with a spoon only
James Coleman, jailor today ordered
that no knife or fork be given him.
In explanation, Coleman said
Hightower had been in low spirits
since he learned that Doris Shirley,
his former companion, was married
a week ago to Lee Putnam, cafe en
tertainer, and the order was intend
ed to remove any danger of personal
violence.
Man Strolling Through
Park Robbed bv Bandit '
A. M. Marble, - Hotel Edwards,
was held up and robbed of $25 by a
lone highwayman in Elmwood park'
Friday night, he reported to police.
He was walking through the park
with Edward Yountc, a new
acquaintance, who gave his address
as the Y. M. C. A. The highwayman
did not molest Younte.
Chautauqua at Scotia
Scotia, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) The chautauqua at
Scotia opened August 19 and large
crowds are being drawn. The pro
grams are particularly good this
year.
The Weather
Forecast.
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temperature.
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"Drys" Win
Victory In
Conference
House Provision to Permit
Home Brewing and Clause
To Prohibit Search of
Automobiles Killed.
Recess Plans in Danger
Chlrngo Tribune-Omnhn lira Tfiard Wlrt.
Washington, Ausr. 20. rttti n.
ate and house amendments liberal
izing prohibition enforcement
emerged in a badly shattered state
from the secret sessions of the joint
conference committee which report
ed a complete agreement on the
Campbell-Willis anti-beer bill.
Outstanding features of the con
ference agreement were:
Disappearance of the house provi
sion interpreted as legalizing home
brewing and distilling.
Elimination of the senate provi
sions designed to prevent unwarrant
ed search of automobile, baggage,
and other private property by pro?
hibition agents. ,
Retention of the provision of the
original Stanley amendment adopt
ed unanimously by the senate to
protect private dwellings from in
vasion by prohibition agents, with
out search warrants.
"Wets" Indignant.
The results of the conference were
viewed as a victory for the radical
"drys." Indignation ran high among
the "wets" and the more conserva
tive "drys." The report was , read
with such amazement that it threw
the entire legislative program into
confusion and rendered recess pros
pects uncertain.
"Wet" leaders, re-enforced by
some of the less radical "drys" in
the senate made it plain that they
would never consent to the passage
of the bill in the form reported by
the conference committee.
They made no effort to conceal'
their determination to filibuster
against the bill to the last ditch if
they found themselves unable to
muster sufficient votes to reject :he
conference report. They declared
thir intention of holding out indefi
nitely against final action on the bill
if the house insisted on killing the
Stanley amendment.
Recess Plans Threatened.
In view of this apparent impasse,
the chief hope of a recess now Tests
on the possibility that the house may
refuse to support the conferees and
agree to accept the Stanley amend
ment. Another prospect, less promis
ing, however, is that the weary con
gress, bent on taking a vacation, will
refuse to stay in Washington to
wrangle about denying doctors the
right to prescribe beer as medicine
and will go on its holiday without
acting finally on the conference re
port. Two members of the conference
committee did not sign the report.
They were Senator Ashurst of Ari
zona and Representative Dyer of
Missouri. Senator Ashurst openly
bolted the conference and washed his
hands of the entire proceeding after
the conferees decided to torpedo the
Stanley amendment Although an
ardent prohibitionist himself, Senator
Ashurst contended that prohibition
enforcement has run to such excesses
that legislative measures are impera-
tively necessary to preserve the con
stitutional rights of citizens.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota
laid the conference report before the
senate, but made no effort to take it
up today. He probably will ask the
senate to act on it Monday.
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Glass Manufacturers ,
Ask Boost in Duties
Under Fordney Bill
Washington, Aug. 20. Increases
in duties above the rates of tho
Fcrdney tariff bill were asked by
glass manufacturers and others af
fected by schedule 2, applying to
earths, earthenware and glassware,
before the senate finance committee.
The glass manufacturers were es
pecially concerned over competition
from Germany and other European
nations.
Nicholas Kopp representing 26 il
luminating glass makers, asked in
creased protection. When Senator
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were valued at only $7,000, the wit
ness said that European manufac
turers could pay a duty and stil!
deliver their products in this coun
try at half the American cost oi
production.
He said that German glass com
panies have been paying huge divi
dends. He predicted that the im
ports of glass will greatly increase.
Lincoln Lawyers Endorse
Munger for Circuit Judge
Lincoln, Aug. 20. (Special.) En
dorsement of United States District
Judge T. C. Munger for the position
left open by the death of United
States Circuit Judge William C.
Hook of Leavcnworts, Kan., was
made today by 100 members of the
Lancaster County Har association.
Thomas Lynch of Omaha repre
sented the Omaha Bar association
at the meeting, i Lynch reported that
the Omaha association already had
endorsed Judge Mungrr's appoint
ment. Resolutions were prepared
and forwarded to President Harding
urging the appointment of Judge
Munger,