The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO; 77.
UCredit For
Farmer By
New Law
Billion Dollar! Available to
Make Substantial Advanced
To Live Stock and Agri
cultural Interests.
Thomas Chairman Here
Preliminary plant for the opcr
ation of the War Finance corpor
ation in Nebraska were announced
last night, y
It it the intention of die War Fi
nance corporation to make liberal
and substantial advance to the live
'stock and agricultural interests of
the entire country, but at the sam
time adhere to sound business prin
ciples. One of the greatest benefits to be
derived from the functioning of tht
corporation will be the carrying
over oi breeding stock, which has
brought about quite a strain on the
banks of this district. The coroor
ation has $1,000,000,000 available, if
necessary, to carry out its function,
, ir nre-Year Loans.
ine recent amendment to the War
Finance corporation law permits the
carrying of loans for a time not ex
ceeding three years from the date
on which the lean was made ongi
nally. The law also provides for
the orderly marketing of grain. It
is said that the operation of the
corporation will provide for loans
on warehouse receipts-on grain and
other agricultural products.
Eugene Meyer, jr., managing di
rector of the corporation, who now
i making a survey of the country,
neciared in Minneapolis last Satur-
day: 'Confidence is already being
last restored in the south, due in
part, at least, to our extension of
credits there for the cotton crop.
Thomas Is Chairman.
F. W. Thomas, vice president of
the First National bank of Omaha,
vas called, to Minneapolis by Mr.
Meyer for a conference held in that
city. At the same time the appoint
ment of Mr. Thomas as chairman for
this district was given out. Other
Omaha members of the committee
for this district are: R. P. Morsman,
vice president of the United States
.National bank, and A. W. Pratt, pres-
. ident of
bank.
I Chairn
the Live Stock National
Chairman Thomas states that the
lony
The amended law under which the
corporation will act is as follows:
"Section 24. Whenever i. in the
opinion of the board of directors of
the corporation the pubic interest
may require it, the corporation shall
be authorized and empowered to
make advances upon such terms not
(Twa to- Fa Two, Cotnmn Two.)
Norway to Recognize
Reds If It Is Asked
J
Christiania." Sept. 14. Recognition
f the soviet government of Russia
as a de facto regime will be declared
by the Norwegian minister of for
eign affairs in the event such appli
cation is made before the Norwegian
court during , a lawsuit between
agents of the two governments. "
It is stated in the preamble of the
government's bill for the ratification
cf a Russo-Norwegian commercial
agreement that there has been an
exchange ot notes between the Wo
feOvcrnmcnts in connection -with the
agreement and that Norway has
promised recognition 'under the con
ditions stated.
''Harvest Home" Festival
Is Planned in Alliance
Alliance, Neb.. ' Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) An old-fashioned "harvest
home" , festival is being planned for
Alliance. It will be held about the
t - 'committee will be in a position to
' receive applications as scon as the
board of directors of the corporation
in Washington pass certain regula-
. Tinna nnw nnr r rnnsinprai
! ciose, of tl.t potato harvesting, sea-
"... . . l . . . 1 . Tl..
jr-Htpn, iittorui.ig io present piaiu ii.'.
date will be set fyr the convenience
of the farmers, so they will be able
: to enjoy the big ' show. The pro
gram will include various kinds of
races on the main street, and prob
. ably a big barbecue. Priies will be
' given for the winners of the vari
ous contests. All of the merchants
are co-operating in defraying ex
penses of the festival, which will be
the first of its kind ever held here.
AH of the attractions will be free
to the public. r
Gothenburg Farmer Fined
' For Violating Dry Laws
Gothenburg. Neb.. Sept. 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.) George Clark and
Tom Smith .'were, (arraigned in
Judge Wanbaugh's court here on the
charge of violating the 18th amend
ment. A raid on Clark s farm last
week revealed a still and a large
quantity of liquor. Clark pleaded
guilty to the charge and was tinea
$100. Smith was released -because oi
lack cf evidence. ' :
Waco Farm Boy Browned.
In Mill Pond at Thayer
York. Neb.. Sept. 14. (Special
Telegram.) Orville ' Hiatt was
drowned this evening in the; mill
pond at Thayer. He was 17 and the
son pf Charles Hiatt He lived three
and one-half . miles northwest of
Central City High School
- Has Overflow Attendance
. Central City, Neb., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) Schools opened in this city
"rth 25 registered in the high
school. The present assembly room
' seats only 190 and an overflow room '
.tjs pressed into service, , '
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'total at bw4 Nw
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Sheriff Take Dare
To Become T he t plan;
He's Making Good
Kf York. S'P- N.-Shcriff
David If. Hnott took a dare onty
once when one of the alimony club
at Ludlow Street tail nnlxrxl kin,
open the jail door and let hint out.
so w nen uine larlton producer of
a Broadway iimSjca comedy dared
me sncntt to come up next Tuesday
night, the 50th performance, and act
ine warden in ih I nH u.- , i ......
of the piece, the sheriff said:
ou re on." It was agreed that
ii ine sncrtrt played the part the pro
ducer would forfeit all boxes for the
following matinee for the Ilnm tnr
Crippled children, Knott's pet char-
he sheriff appeared for rehearsal
todav and tnrountrreil an a iron.. n(
the Actors Equity association who
ivkjumcu nun io pay inc 111 Illa
tion fee of a member of the organ
iration. The slier iff got over his
10 lines to the tatisfartinn rf (lie
stage manager and Julia Sanderson,
the star and with another rehearsal
Saturday will be all set for hi lrhn
as a thespian.
Nine Men Dead
In Philadelphia
Oil Plant Blaze
Missing Employes Believed
Trapped in Tunnels of
Flaming Naphtha; 20
Known Injured.
Philadelphia, Sept. 14. Nine men
are known to have lost their lives
and more than a score were injured,
several of whom may die, in the sec
ond serious fire at thi big Point
Breeze plant of the Atlantic Refin
ing company m a month. 1 hree oth
ers are reported missing.
The fire was preceded by a ter
rific explosion which killed several
workmen and drenched others with
flaming oil. Prompt action by the
company's organized rescue squads
is believed to have prevented a larg
er death list.
The explosion occurred in the
north section of the yard where sev
eral hundred men are employed in
the manufacture of naptha. Many of
these work m underground tunnels,
where fires that boil the crude prod
uct into naptha are maintained. Some
of them were trapped, in these tun
nels by rivers of Jiquid fire. It is
feared the three missing men were
caught in these tunnels.
Physicians reported that several ot
the injured were . probably fatally
burned.' ' ,
Officials of the Atlantic Refining
company were unable early tonisrht
to explain the, explosion, the second
fatal accident of the kind in a month.
The first was on August 14. when
five men were killed.
Henry H. Curran Wins
G. 0. P. Nomination for
Mayor of Manhattan
New York, Sept.. 14. Henry H.
Curran, coalition candidate, won the
republican nomination for mayor
Tuesday over three opponents, lead
ing his nearest rival, F. H. Laguar
dia, president of the board of alder
men. bv a vote of almost 3 to 1.
Judge R. I Haskell, who made
his campaign on the wet issue; ran
a close third and W. M. Bennett,
former state senator, was a poor
fourth. '
The vote with 1,223 out of 2.73J
districts missing was Curran, 55,576;
Bennett, 2,497: Haskell, , 18,833;
Laguardia. 21,240.
The other principal coalition
nominees, Charles U JLOcKwood tor
comptroller and Vincent Gilroy, in
dependent democrat, led their op
ponents by overwhelming pluralities.
JMayor jonn .r. jiyian ana comp
troller Charles L.-. Craig, were re
nominated without opposition in the
democratic primaries. Murray Hul
bert received the democratic nomina
tion for president of the board ol
aldermen without a contest. '
Embargo on Grain to Aid
Canada Farmers in Lftect
Montreal, Sept. 14. Grain ship
ments through this port have be
come so heavy that the Canadian
Pacific and Grand Trunk railroads
today announced restrictions for the
protection of Canadian shippeis.
Herealter it was announced grain
ships from American ports bound
for Port McNichol and Ti$n. Ont.,
must obtain - permits before using
the dock facilities here.
Approximately 90,000,000 bushels
of grain have passed, through the
port so "far this season, setting a
new record. About 40 per cent of the
total was American grain.
Head of Lumber Bureau of
U. S. WU1 Visit in the West
Washington. Sept. 14. Axtl Ox-
holm, chief of the lumber division of
the commerce department leaves
Saturday for : the Pacific, coast to
confer with lumber men and ex
porters in connection with the de
partment's program of expansion of
the country's foreign trade in lum
ber. Mr. Oxholra plans to anive in
Bellingham, Wash., Sept 24, . and
from there to proceed to Seattle,
Tacoma, Portland and : Sn Fran
cisco. ' : i .
Convict in Sing Sing Makes
Thrilling Escape From Pen
Ossining, N. Y. Sept. 14. Joseph
Sorace, - a manslaughter convict
made a thrilling escape trom ping,
Sins orison early today. Sawing
through the bars of his cell. Sorace
climbed through a, trap door to the
roof of-the prison, slid 70 feet to
the ground on a telephone wire.
scaled .the prison wall and dived
into the Hudson river. He emerged
Mow the prison and disappeared in
the darkness. 4
MrtM H M. ItM
A at If . ItVt,
Reorganize
Grain Firm
At Fremont
Articles of Incorporation of
"Nye Schneider JenW
Company Set Stock at
$1000,000.
Fowler's Name Left Out
Fremont. Neb., Sept. 14 (Spe
cial.) Articles of incorporation for
the Nye-Schneider-Jenks company
have been filed here with the Dodge
county clerk.
These are filed as the reorganiza
tion of the Nye-Schneidcr-Fowler
company, which recently passed
through a stormy financial sea.
The articles are filed by Edwin N.
Mitchell, Isaac E. Congdon and
Frank D. Williams. Mitchell is a
Lincoln man, recently elected presi
dent of the Nyc-Schncidcr-Fowler
company when stockholders and
creditors permitted reorganization
only under that provision.
May Borrow Money.
The new name of the concern is
that which it bore prior to becoming
the Nye-Schncidor-Fowler company.
Under the purposes of organiza
tion listed in the articles, the firm
may borrow money in the ordinary
course ot business procedure and
must execute and deliver all evi
dences of indebtedness. Loans may
be secured through personal pledges
of property or on mortgages.
40,000 Shares.
Capital stock is set at $4,000,000
to be divided into 40,000 shares at
$100 per share par value. At least
20,000 shares of the capital stock
must be subscribed for and issued
in such amounts and at such times
as the board of directors may name,
All stock must be fully paid,' non
assessable, cither in money or' prop
erty equivalent to the par 'value of
the stock.
Heaviest indebtedness cannot ex
cced two-thirds of the capital stock,
The company comes into existence
September 12, under the articles filed,
and terminates September 12, 191
or in 50 years.
Eight Bridges
Are Washed Out
In,Polk County
12 Inches of Rain Falls in
Four Hours 7N0 Estimate
On Damage to Crops
And Live Stock.
Osceola, Neb., Sept. 14. (Special.)
Twelve inches of rain fell between
9 and 1 o'clock last night at Arbor-
ville, near here, in the heaviest ram
storm in 10 years.
Five and one-half inches were re
ported from Polk, Neb. . '
Eight bridges - were washed cut
on the Blue river west of Stroms-
bursr to the county line.
Little wind accompanied the rain
and there was no hail. No estimate
of damage to ciops and live stock
was available at a late hour today.
Gilbert Johuson, county highway
commissioner, who has spent the day
viewing the damage to roads, reports
that the area 'revered by the ram
is about 15 miles square. Approaches
to "many .bridges st'ii standing were
washed out, he stated, leaving them
impassable. . . c
Convict Killed When'
He'Tries to Get Away
Jolict, 111., Sept. 14. One man was
shot to death and two were wounded
in a dash for liberty at "the Joliet
penitentiary today, in which Carl
Stepina. a Chicago gunman, and Ed
ward Thorpe, also of Chicago, made
their escape. Stepina had filed the
bolts of his cell lock and released the
others. '
Theodore Schiller, 25 years old,
was kilied by the rifle of a guard as
he was scaling the wall after the qum
tet had escaped through a hole cut in
the roof of the cell house. John
Koch, serving 10 years to life, and
George Williams, under the same
sentence, were, wounded seriously.
English Cabinet Abolishes :
Dole System for Unemployed
London, Sepi.;14. The first sitting
of the cabinet committee on unem
ployment, which - was appointed at
Inverness last week, was held at 10
Downing street today. The session
lasted two hours and plans for the
immediate relief of the unemployed
were considered. It was decided
that no extension of the dole system,'
under which approximately S160.000.'
000 have been given out without the
slightest return, would be. tolerated,
Instead policies were formulated for
starting work of a useful nature, on
which the men can be employed.
Only 400 of 700 Delegates
At Swedish Baptist Meet
St. Paul, Sept. 14. Only 400 of
the estimated 700 delegates to the
Swedish Baptist general' conference
ot America had enrolled when this
morning it was called to order, ac
cording fo Dr.. G. Arvid Hagstronu
president of Bethel academy where
the meeting is being held.
4: , Pershing Sails. -New
York, Sept. 14. General
Pershing was a passenger on the
steamship Paris, sailing for France
today, where he will bestow pos
thumously upon an unknown French
soldier" the congressional medal of
honor recently authorized by con-
ress. " 5
OMAHA. THURSDAY,
Big Silk Matilla
Brought to N. Y.
For Drop Curtain
New York, Sept. 14. A drop cur
tain and co.lumei valued at $100,txx
Hid by customs officials to be the
most gorgeous needle work in their
experience, were brought to New
York today on the 2panih liner
Montserrat from Barcelona and
Cadis.
The curtain and costumes are to
be used iu the New York production
of the Spanish opera, "F.1 Gato Mon
te ," literally "The Wild Cat." which
has had a run of six years in Madrid
and other Spanish cities. Manuel
I'inela, who will sing the leading
role here, was panenger.
The curtain is 33 by 50 feet und is
in reality, an enormous embroidered
silk matilla. It and the costumes
were made tu the Royal Fabric
works at Madrid, a government in
stitution In which all the costumes
of the Spanish court are made.
Murder Verdict
Asked by State
In Morris Trial
Wiluesse Testify of Actions
Of Man Whose Wife'a'Body
Was Dragged by Saddle
Rope on Horse.
North Platte, Neb.. Sept. 14.
(Special Telegram.) The trial of
William Morris, charged with the
death of his wife April 10. 1921. has
been in progress at Tryon for a week
and has attracted the attention of
practically all residents of sparsely
settled McPherson county.
Following the introduction of its
evidence, the state rested at noon
today and began argument for a
direct verdict of murder.
Mrs. Morris was ound d.d in a
pasture with her foot caught in the
saddle rope of a horse she had ap--
parently beep riding. The story told
by Morris was that - his wile had
gone to the pasture for the cows
the horse she was riding became
friehtcned. she was unseated and in
falhiisr her foot caught m the saddle
rope and she was dragged to death.
Body Disinterred.
After interment neighbors became
suspicious that Mrs. Morris had been
foully dealt with by her husband,
this suspicion being accentuated by
remarks Morris had made which in
dicated that he designed to get rid
of his wife. ' A conference was held
with George N. Gibbs of - North
Platte, county attorney for McPher
son county. ' which- resulted in the
body beings disinterred.
In the evidence introduced by the
state m the trial now in progress
several witnesses testified that Morris
had expressed a desire to get rid of
his wife. One of the witnesses testi
fied he had solicited a loan to secure
a divorce. Mrs. Smith, wife of the
owner of the land on which he re
sides, said he proposed that be and
smith exchange wives. Another tes
tified he intimated that Mrs. Morris
would not be there when a certain:
sum she had promised to pay became
due. y:
Doctor on Stand. ,
Dr. Wurtelle of North Platte, who
examined the- body after it had been
disinterred, testified that there was a
mark on the neck which indicated
strangulation and a mark on the
cheek as though" made by a blunt
instrument and that the neck and
cheek marks were apparently made
before the woman had been dragged
by the horse, The bruises on the
body of the woman were not sucn as
would indicate . that , it had been
dragged such a distance and at such
speed as Morris told in his story fol
lowing the accident, the doctor said.
Other witnesses were introduced to
show the actions and apparent ' in
difference of Morris . following his
lies death. ,
Erzberger Murderers
Known, Baden Report
Munch. -Bavaria, Sept. 14. Baden
authorities announced today thai
they had ascertained the name of the
murderers tf Mathias - Erzberser.
They: are Heinrich Tillessen, a
student, and Heinrich Schulz, a mer
chant -' - ,
Both men were members of the
brigade of General Erhardt. which
was prominent in the Kapp insurrec-
on. Neither has been arrested. '
Berlin Sept. 13. (By the As-
sociated Press) Oltwig Von Hirsch
field, the student who was taken into
custody late in August on suspicion
that he was implicated in the as
sassination m Baden of Mathias
Erzberger, the former vice chancel
lor, was released today owing to
lack of evidence. ,
War Finance Body Ready to
Take Up Big Farm Loans
Washmtrto. Sept. . 14. The War
Finance corporation announced to
night that it was ready for business
in connection with the distribution
of upwards of $1,000,000,000 in ag
ricultural and live stock loans un
der recent" congressional authoriza
tion. -
Circulars have been mailed to all
farmers' organizations, - banks and
financial institutions in the agricul
tural and lfve stock sections setting
forth the manner in which applica
tions for advances should be made
and local committees have been ap
pointed, f
Phonograph Music
Gives Postal Clerks
Speed and Accuracy
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 14.
Stimulated by - phonograph music.
ight clerks at.the Minneapolis post-
office have increased their speed and
accuracy, Postmaster E. A. Purdy
announced at the conclusion of tests
covering a month's period.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1921.
Manslaughter, Murders and Moonshine
Griffith Heads
Peace Delegation
Of the Sinn Fein
Delegates Tsot Appointed in
Response to Premier's Invi
- tation But to Carry on
Negotiations.
Dublin, Sept. R-By The Asso
ciated ' Press.) Appointment of
plenipotentiaries to the proposed
conference at Inverness with British
representatives to discuss the settle'
tnent of the Irish question was ap
proved by the Dail Eireann at its
session here today, following a''unani
mous vote of approval of reply of
recent proposals of Sir. Lloyd
George. :
ahe appointments approved toi'
low: Y -
Arthur Griffith, founder of the
Sinn Fein and foreign -minister m
the Dail cabinet, chairman,.
Michael Collins, finance minister.
Robert C. Barton, one of the lead.
ing figures in the preliminary nego
tiations.
Eamon J. Duggan, Sinn Fein min
ister of-parliament. :
George (j. JJuffey, who has acted
as representative ot the ainn ttn.
abroad. .' ; " "
1 he Dail s , official " - bulletin an
nouncing approval of the five pleni
potentianes says this, was done in
view of a possible cbnference with
representatives of the British gov
ernment.
The' Dail plenipotentiaries, it was
explained, were not appointed to go
to Inverness in' response to the prime;
minister's invitation," but' have . been
chosen to carry ' on possible nego
tiations which may or may not tol-
low the receipt by 41 r. Lloyd George
of the. Dail cabinet's reply.
Spanish War Veterans Go
On Record Against Ku Klux
1 Minneapolis. - Sept 14. When. tO'
day's session of the annual encamp
ment of the United Spanish War
veterans opened the report of the
resolutions committee ' was pre
sented. . The committee charged that
British propaganda ; 1 was ' evident m
revised editions, of a history , used
in the public schools. '
V The report j stated that the book
omits historical facts, such as the
Boston tea party, i Lexington and
Bunkerhillj that it eulogizes Bene
dict Arnold and sacrifices historical
facts in favor of international rela
tions between the United States and
Great Britain. ' ' - v-.
Other resolutio.ns condemn the
Ku Klux Klan and .demanded sup
port of all former .service men " to,
legislation -making-, profiteering 'in
time of war a felony, v, ;'
Central City Council
Opposes Welfare Board
Central, City, Xeb, -. -Sept. 14.
(Special.) The efforts' of citizens to-
secure a weitare . board; to . act m
conjunction with the council in reg-t
ulating the welfare of the city failed
when the council turned down th;1a
proposed ordinance.
32 Slackers Arrested. ,
Brownsville, Tex., Sept 14. Sher
iff A. Y. Baker of Hidalgo county
last night delivered to military au
thorities at Fort Brown 32 alleged
draft evaders. ' They were arrested
following publication of the slacker
list of Hidalgo county. - AU bear
Mexican names.
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litmrly diMyi hand in hand.
New York Protests
Human Auction
Various .Organizations Decry
? ' Plans to Repeat b,os- Z
ton Stunt. ;
New York. Sept. 14. Plans of Ur
baine Ledoux to repeat here the
"auctions" of unemployed which he
staged on the Boston Commons, met
with opposition today from various
organizations interested in the wei
tare ot the jo&iess. jeaoux an
nounced he would hold his first auc
tion hsre next Mondav.
"Such an exhibition would only
make trouble and would accomplish
no useful purpose," said Bird Coler,
commissioner of public weitare and
head of the mayor's committee on
unemployment. '-.
Hugo Frayne of the American
Federation of Labor declared labor
was "opposed to the auctions and that
Ledoux would get' "a-warm-recep
tion if he attempted to hold them
here.
James. F." Kiernan, department
commander of the Veterans of for
eign Wars,'also joined in the auction
protest. . ." ' ' -
Madrid Citizens Band
To Down Profiteers
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Madrid, Septs 14. Citizens of
Madrid have formed an association
to take action against'profiteers. The
municipality recently, fixed, prices of
necessities of life whereupon, bakers,
gowers and fruit merchants threat
ened to join, butcher? in refusing to
meet- the'. prices,'4ut, the government
issued a note announcing it will en
force, the" city regulations and even
send offenders to prison. . . ,
There was an attempted demon
stration against profiteers yesterday
but the police prevented thu proces
sion- from parading the streets, and
arrested several ot the nwsest mem
bers of the crowd.: .. . !-
Ex-Grecian ' Premier Weds
Daughter of London' Greek
London,: Sept. : 14; Ehpnterios
Venizelos,'. former premier of
Greece, , and Miss Helena Schilizzi,
daughter of a Greek business man in
London, were married at the regis
try office , here this forenoon., M.
Venizelos is 57 years old and his
bride is 10 years his,. junior. After a
fortnight.; the -.couple will go .to
America where" M. Venizelos expects
to speak in behalf of the league of
nations.
Big Crowd Attends Trial ;
, ; Of Liquor Law Violator
Central City. Neb.. Sept"' 14.
(Special.) Edwin '. L. - Stump of
Clarks was found guilty by: a jury
in Judge Jeffrey's court on the
charge of selling .intoxicating liquor.
This trial ."was sof more than- usual
interest and' the county court room
was packed to the doors. .Following
the verdict,- Judge Jeffreys 'assessed
"ne 01 IW
Minnesota Bank Head"
- Shot to Death in Office
Dodge Center, Minn.. Sept. 14.
D. T. , Rounsville, president of the
First National bank of Dodge Cen
ter, 'was shot -and instantly killed in
the ba'nk late today by a man pre
sumed to be a robber. ,A posse was
immprfiatrlv formed and.th assail-
ant captured just outside of town.
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J. Bassett Moore
Is Elected Judge
Of league Court
Professor of - Internationa.
Law and Diplomat With
Varied . Experience, An
nounces Acceptance.
Geneva, Sept. 14. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) John Bassett Moore,
of the United States, was elected
a judge of the international court
of justice by . the ! assembly of the
league of nations on -the second bal
lot in the voting for members . of
the court which began here at 10
o'clock this morning. .
Dr. Rafael Altimayra Creyea . of
Spain, Dr. Ruy. Barbosa of Brazil
and. Dr. Antonio S. De Bustamente
of Cuba . also were elerted judges,
They received, respectively, 23, 38
and 26 votes. 1
.. Mr. Moore received li. votes on
the - first ballot by the assembly,
while . Dr. Roscoe Pound received
2. Elihu Root 2, and Prof. James
Brown Scott 2.
. Will Accept Place.
," New York, Sept. 14, John Bas
sett Moore announced at his residence
here today that he would accept
election to , the international court
of justice. - He is in his 61st year.
Elihu Root, who had declined elec
tion "because of - age, is 76.
Mr. Moore has been professor of
international law and diplomacy at
Columbia " university . for 20 years
and has had a varied public service
involving international relations.
C. and S... Corporate Income
For 1920 Totals $2,606,066
New York, Sept. 14. The annual
report of the Colorado and Southern
railway company for the yeaf ended
December 31. 1920, shows a net cor
porate income, -after taxes and
charges, amounting - to $2,606,066.
This is equivalent, after allowing for
preferred dividends to S6.21'a share
earned on the $31,000,000 of. common
stock. '.The company s gross income
for the year-is shown as $5,098,544, as
against $4,205,686 for 1919.,
C. C. Postpones Increases
On Vegetable Freight Rates
Washington," Sept. 14. Proposed
freight rate increases on melons.
fresh fruits and vegetables from Arkansas-
Louisiana, Missouri, Okla-
home- and Texas to northern' and
eastern points were suspended today
by the Interstate Commerce' Com
mission until January 13, tc permit
an investigation.
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THREE CENTO
Coroner's
Jury Holds
Arbuckle
Manslaughter Verdict Fourth
Charge in Week Against
Film Star; Girl's Dealh
Due to Peritonitis.
Investigation Is Urged
San Francisco. Sept. 14. For the
fourth time within a week Roscoe t.
(Fatty) Arbuckle was formally held
today to be criminally responsible
for the death of Miss Virginia Kappe,
motion picture actress, when a
coroner's inquest into Miss Rappe's
death returned a charge of man
slaughter againot him. The verdict
read:
"We. the coroner's jury, find that
the said Virginia Kappe. aged 25,
single, residence Los Angeles, came
to her death on September 9 at the
Wakefield sanitarium from a
ruptured Organ, contributing cause,
peritonitis.
"And we further find that said Vir
ginia Rappe came to her death from
pcritoniits caused by the application
of some force which, from the evi
dence submitted, was applied by one
Roscoe Arbuckle.
Charged With Manslaughter.
"We. the undcrsimied jurors,
therefore charge the said Roscoe Ar
buckle with the crime ot man
slaughter. "We, the undersigned jurors rcc
emmend that the district attorney.
chief of police, grand jury and pro
hibition officers take steps to prevent
a further occurrence of affairs such
as the one which caused this young
woman s death, so that ban rran
cisco will not be made the ren-"'"
dczvous of the debauchee and the
gangster. -
Ben Boas, one of the nine jurors,
returned a minority verdict in which
he said that Miss Kappe s fatal in
juries were caused by the applica
tion of some force "but I am un
able to say who applied it."
Two Murder Charges. .
Two charges of murder, one pre
ferred by the police and the other
by Mrs. Bambina Maude Dclmont.
friend of Miss Rappe, and two
charges of manslaughter, one re
turned by the grand jury and the
other by the coroner's jury, rezt
against Arbuckle.
The coroners jury was out for
more than three hours, alter an
examination of witnesses which
started last Monday. ;
, Arbuckle, sensing the approach of .
: a . verdict , , today, was intensely
nervous throughout most or the ses
sion, twisting and clutching his fin-
gers and flushing deeply at times..
The round, boyish face was solemn
and at times sullen. Although ap
parently deeply moved, he accepted
the verdict with an attempt at com
posure and resignation. - k
Other Developments.
The verdict was the outstanding
event of' the Arbuckle case today. ,
Other developments were:
The starting of an investigation by
Robert R. McCormack, assistant
(Turn to Page Two, Column Three.)
Medical Adviser of
Yets' Bureau Raps v
Body, Is Dismissed
Washington, Sept 14. "Summary
dismissal" of Dr. Haven Emerson, ;
medical adviser of the JJnitcd States
veteran bureau, who was quoted as
having said in a speech at Colum
bus, O., yesterday, that the bureau
was being made the foot ball of
politics," was announced today by
Acting Director Leon Fraser.
Col. C. B. Forbes, director of the
bureau, who is on an inspection trip
to the Pacific coast, declared in a
statement sent to the bureau, that Dr.
Emerson's charge fliat $500,000 was
being used for political patronage "is
unqualifiedly laise. ,
1 expected some such silly state
ment from a disgruntled employe.
whose, services have proved -unsatisfactory,"
the statement said.
Burlington Gets $8,000,000
.' From U. S. for All Claims
Washington, Sept. 14. The rail
road administration today settled .
with the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad company all claims
growing out of federal control for
$8,000,000.
Other settlements announced were
the Virginian Railway company.
$2,100,000, the Alabama Great South
ern Railroad company, $1,530,000;
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad com
pany, 700,000.
General Price Slashing
Follows Wage Cut in Gary v
Gary, Ind., Sept. 14. A general
reduction in prices, ranging from
house rents to costs of a divorce is
in effect in Gary today.
Lower prices were recorded in
restaurants, house rents, clothing.
etc. - Physicians reduced their call
charges to $2, and attorneys an
nounced a cut of from $100 to $50
for handling divorce cases. '
Chicago Railway Shopmen
To Meet Sunday on Pay Cut
Chicago, Sept. 14. Railroad shop- '
men of the six federated shop crafts
unions in Chicago and vicinity will
hold a mass meeting Sunday to de
termine what action shall be taken on
the wage cut of last July and recent
changes in overtime rules made by
the railroad labor board.
To Raeume Prohe.
Washington. Sept 14. Members
of the senate committee investigating
conditions in the West Virginia coal
fields will leave Washington Satur
day for West "Virginia with the in
tention of resuming the inquiry in
an informal nstjaner.
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