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The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL, 51 NO. 78.
OMAHA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1C. 1921.
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Japan May
Buck Plan
Of Hughes
European Nation Eagerly
Await Reply of Mikado to
AgenJa for Disarma
ment Conference.
Objections Anticipated
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
t nleaa Trla-Omah Be I-earfd Wirt.
Washington, Sept. IS. Secretary
of State Hughes' proposed outline of
the agenda for the" conference on
the limitation of armament and on
Pacific and far eastern questions,
will be approved in the main by
Great Britain, France and Italy, ac
cording to the prevailing view in
diplomatic circles here.
It is opined that none of the Eu
ropean pouters will suggest the elim
ination of any of the subjects of
discussion proposed by Mr. Hughes,
. although some additions to the pro
gram may be urged.
1 lie attitude of Japan, however, is
the unknown quantity and Tokio's
reply to Mr. Hughes' note on the
ngcuda is eagerly awaited for the
light it will shed on the length to
which Japan it prepa'red to go in re
moving these causes of misunder
standing responsible for the main
tenance of huge armaments.
Would Bar Questions. '
Japan desires the exclusion from
the agenda of questions it tcgards
as settled, such presumably as the
award to Japan of the mandate for
the former German islands in the
north Pacific and the cession of
Shaptung to Japan, and questions
it regards as affecting no more than
two powers, such presumably as
the 21 Japanese Remands oa China.
Japanese spheres of influence and
concessions in China.
Mr. Hughes has not limited his
froposals to the scope desired by
Japan, wherefore it is a foregone
conclusion tnat considerable argu-
Snd ,H JaPa" 'f n0th,nK more'
'The secretary of state would have
the conference discuss the mandates,
preservation of the territorial in
tegrity of China, spheres of influence
and concessions in China and sev
eral other questions which Japan
does not wish to discuss. '
"Nobody'a Business."
' What Japan is doing and proposes
to do' in China, Tokio considers no
body's business but ' that of Japan
and China and moreover does not
welcome suggestions, from the
United States particularly, on this'
score,' because the United States in
the Lansing-Ishii agreement conced
ed Japan s - special interest ,m
China by. virtue of propinquity.
Japan has gome questions not
mentioned by Mr. Hughes which it
proposes to suggest for the agenda.
Whether these proposals will include
racial equality and the attitude of
the , British dominions and the
United States toward Japanese im
migration is a matter of animated
speculation. Immigration would ap
pear to be excludable by the Jap
anese stipulation itself in regard to
(Ton ta Pax Twa. Column Three.)
Zionist Convention
Is Brought to Close
Carlsbad, Czccho-SIavia, Sept. 15.
The worlds Zionist , congress,
which has been in session more than
two weeks, was brought to an end
1'te last night. The old leaders, Dr.
Chavtm Weismann and Nahum Sok-
olow. were re-elected, the former re
Training as president. A proposal
to remove Zionist headquarters from
London to Palestine or Switzerland
was rejected. -
The congress accepted the recom
mendation by the political commis
sion that it send special delegations
to Washington, London, Geneva and
Palestine to negotiate with the vari
ous governments and with the league
of nations concerning the future
safeguarding of Zionist interests in
Palestine.
The report of the budget commis
sion, recommending an expenditure
of 1 .500,000 , for next year, was
adopted by the congress.
Investigation Started in
, Explosion at Oil Plant
Philadelphia, Sept 15. Investiga
tion of the explosion and fire yester
day at the Point Breeze plant of the
Atlantic Refining company, which
resulted in the death of 11 workmen
and the injury of a score of others
was ordered today " by Director
Cortelyou, of the department of pub
lic safety. Several of the injured are
in a critical condition.
Yesterday's fire is believed by of
ficials of the company to have been
caused by a loose connection in one
of the tubes leading from a naptha
still to a nearby vat.
Treasury Note Subscription
Shows Money Market "Easy
Washington, Sept. . 15. Prelimi
nary reports indicate subscriptions
aggregating more than $1,400,000 to
the treasury's combined offer of j
$600,000,000 in short term notes and
certificates dated September 15, bec
retary Mellon announced tonight.
Treasury officials declared that the
total of subscriptions was the largest
ever received for these securities.
An easier money market was in-,
dicated by the heavy over-subscription,
officials said. -
Illinois Man Chosen Head
Of Spanish. War Veterans
Minneapolis,' Sept 15. Oscaf E.
Carlson, of the department of Illi
nois, was elected national command-er-in-ehie
of the United Spanish
War Veterans on the ninth ballot, j
aken at 2 a. m. today, :
Woman Asks Alimony
From the Estate Left
By Former Husband
New York. Sept. 15,-Muit the
estate of a deceased divorced man
continue to pay weekly alimony ex
acted of him in his lifetime?
J nis question today was put up
to the Bronx supreme court for de
cision when Amelia Korber began
suit against Mary Korn, widow of
her divorced husband, Edward Korn,
who had been directed by the di
vorce court to pay her $20 weekly
the rest of her life.
Mrs. Korber asked the court to
prevent the widow from disposing
of their former husband'a property
until provision for continuing her
alimony payments had been made.
Assembly May
Boost League ,
To 50 Nations
Political Committee Approves
Admission of Letvia and
Esthonia; Wait Report
On Lithuania.
Geneva, Sept. 15. Mcmbetsiiip of
the league of nations will be in
creased to 50 if the assembly adopts
the recommendation of the political
committee, which today decided tu
approve the admission of Letvia and
Esthonia. I heir applications were,
put over, the committee deciding to
await M. Hymans' report, expected.
Monday, on the efforts to settle the
Vilna dispute before acting on'
Lithunia.
Hungary's application will not
come up again until September 23,
when County Appony I is to furnish
all necessary information, lhc politi
cal committee also decided to recom
mend to the supreme council inclu
sion of the eventual peace treaties
with Turkey a clause safeguarding
interests of Armenia.
Raps U. S. Employes.
The finance, committee, which is
scrutinizing expenditures of the sec
retariat and the labor bureau, today
asked Albert Thomas, head . of the
I..U 1 U 1 ..!
though the United State, i. not a
member of the league, he had a num
ber of Americans on his payroll...
'"I found some remarkably cap
able men in the United States," he
replied, and "it I can find more
will take them on, wherever they
come from.
Small Nations Object.
The preponderance of Briiish and
French on the secretariat and the
labor bureau is being criticised by
representatives of. the smaller states.
The committees will ; , probably
recommend . tfiat insofar -as possible
all states represented in the assembly
shall have proportionate representa
tion, in the executive organization.
Steamer and 32 Persons
Are Lost in Hurricane
Bridgetown Barbados, Sept. 15.
ine scuooncr Majestic, commanded
by Captain Bnggs with 32 passen
gers and crew from Demerara, for
Barbados, is believed to have been
lost in the hurricane which swept
over this region September 8.
The British warship Valerian re
turned here today from an unsuc
cessful search for the Schooner.
Four boatmen were drowned here
during the storm but only slight
damage was caused to the sea front.
Bill Would Legalize Beer
" And Give Soldiers Revenue
Washington, Sept. 15. Represen
tative Vincent M. Brennan of Mich
igan intends to introduce and urge
the passage of a bill legalizing the
manufacture and sale of beer and
light wine and its taxation to raise
the revenue necessary to provide ad
justed compensation for veterans of
the world war.
"I have entertained this thought
for some time and have believed it
to be particularly pertinent since the
president requested the senate to re
commit the so-called soldiers' bonus
bill," said Mr. Brennan. "On - my
return to Detroit the question I was
asked most frequently by my con
stituents was not what congress
proposed to do regarding the tariff,
immigration or disarmament, but
'Are we ever going to get our
bonus?' or 'When is congress to le
galize the sale oi beer?" "
Immigration May Not Be
. Discussed at Washington
Tokio, Sept. 15. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Belief that immigra
tion problems will not be included
in the agenda of the conference on
limitation of armament and far east
ern questions at Washington is held
in this city. It is declared that this
question will not be discussed at the
conference because both Japan and
the United States hope for a direct
settlement. It is understood the
note from Washington regarding the
agenda of the conference did not
mention immigration, and it is be
lieved Japan will not insist upon its
inclusion.
Illiteracy in Wyoming
Decreases During Decade
ashmgton, Sept Is. Census
figures made public todiy show
there were 3,134 illiterate persons 10
years of age or over in the state of
Wyoming in 1920, illiterate as used
meaning unable to read or write in
any language. Only 320 were native
whites of native parentage, the re
mainder being of foreign or mixed
parentage or of foreign birth. The
percentage of illiteracy decreased
from 3.3 in 1910 to 2.1 in 1920.
. Dividend Declared,
' Xew York, Sept 15. The Central
Agnrra Sugar company, a Porto
Rico corporation, today declared a
quarterly dividend of $1.50 a share
instead of &2 formerly paid.
A r buckle
In Court
Saturday
Officials Are Still Undecided
Whether to Prosecute on
Manslaughter or Murder
Charge; Decide Today.
Liquor Probe Launched
San Francisco, Sept. 15. District
Attorney Brady announced tonight
that no decision had yet been
reached whether to proceed against
Hoscoc (ratty) Arbuckle tomorrow
in police court on the murder
charge preferred against him. or to
ak for dismissal of this in view of
the grand jury indictment against
Arbuckle for manslaughter.
The decision will be made tomor
row morning, Brady said. His
statement was made after a confer
ence with his deputies and with
Chief of Police UfBricn and Cap
tain of detectives Matheson.
The body of Miss Virginia Rappe
is not to be removed from San
Francisco to Los Angeles tonight,
contrary to an announcement made
by District Attorney Brady, but will
be taken to the southern city tomor
row, the undertaking establishment
in charge here announced today.
Arrangements could not be com
pleted in time to send the body
away today, it was announced.
"Henry Loves You,"
The manager of the establishment
was asked in a telegram from Henry
Lehrman, Miss Rappc's fiance in
Xew York, to whisper in the dead
girl's car, "Henry loves you."
"She will hear you," the telegram
continued.
The exact time for the departure
of Miss Rappe's body had not been
set late today, but it was expected
to be forwarded tomorrow morning.
The body was prepared for shipment
today.
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton, chairman
of the 'special committee appointed
by the women's vigilante commit
tee yesterday to co-operate with
District Attorney Brady in the in
vestigation of the Arbuckle case, and
Mrs. Robert H. Dean, a prominent
member of the special committee.
waited on Brady today and pledged
him the full support of the com
mittee. .
The women announced that the
vigilante committee, which is made
up of a number of San Francisco
clubwomen, will have members of
the special committee at every pub
lic hearing of ' the Arbuckle case,
will provide every possible'- protec
tion to the women witnesses and
will co-operate otherwise,; in every
way possible. '
New Developments. .
The developments in the case to
day were: - ,
Robert H. McCormack7 assistant
United States attorney general in
charge of liquor prohibition prosecu
tions, announced that he would con
duct a sweeping investigation of the
liquor phases of the Arbuckle case,
"even if such investigation reached
into the moving picture colony at
Los Angeles." Arbuckle i:s accused
of having had a quantity of liquor
(Turn to Pace Two, Column Two.)
Dawes Outlines Cuts
In Budget to Senate
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. 14. Charles G.
Dawes, director of the newly created
budget bureau, sent to the senate
finance committee today the details
of the cut of $350,000,000 to be made
in the ordinaryexpenditures of the
government for the present fiscal
year. Of this sum, $305,000,000 will
be sliced from the expenditures in
the War , department, shipping
board, railroad administration, vet
erans' bureau and other sources.
The remaining $45,000,000 will
come from reductions jn the Navy
department and co-ordtnaticn in
handling purchases and supplies with
all governmental departments.. The
scheme which Director Dawes sub
mitted to the senate committee bore ,
the approval of Secretary 61 the
Treasury Mellon. !
Parcel Post Service to v !
Russia Now Is Instituted
Washington, Sept., 15. Opening
of parcel post; to Russia thereby
completing, mail service from the
United States to that couiUi y was
announced today by the pottoffice
department.
First-class mail service to Russia
was opened last April and with the
resumption of parcel post service all
clasesV of mail except registered
letters and packages may be mailed
in the United States to any point in
Russia. The rate to Russia is 12
cents a pound plus a transit charge
depending on destination and weight.
Greek Vessel, Scene of Raid
By U. S. Agents, Leave Port
New York. Sept. 15. The Greek
steamship King Alexander, raided
September 9 by federal agents who
seized large quantities of liquors and
narcotics after a gun fight in which
two metnbers of the crew were killed
and seven seriously wounacn, was
given clearance papers today and
sailed at 7 p. m. ,
Thirty-seven members of the King
Alexanders crew, including several
petty officers, remained behind to
face charges of having violated the
Volstead and Harrison actj.
Loan Negotiations at En'u
Between Argentine and U. S.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 13. Negotia
tions between the Argentine govern
ment and American banking institu
tions for a loan of $50,000,000 have
been .suspended, it is learned in
Authoritative quarters, here,"
Virginia Rappe Pictures
' Barred by Distributors
Movie Industry Starts "0 - ig House;" Only Small j
Fraction of Fill AvVvs solved in Orgies
Like ' A ' JV1' Claim of
(blent Trlbuno-Om.il. a'rVlre.
cw York, Scpt.V -ill'utrt to
clean house in the moving picture in
dustry were made today by exhibitors
and distributors of films, who, at the
same time, defended the movies a
a whole, from the criticism (.rowing
out of the "Fatty" Arbuckle case.
Only a small fraction of the filn
people, it was said, leads the kind of
life that resulted in the death oi
Virginia Rappe.
The Aoeiatcd First National
Pictures, Inc., one of the two largest
agencies in the country for the dis
tribution of moving picture films,
today instructed its branch e.schang.
throughout the United Sta'cs and
Canada to withdraw from exhiinilion
all pictures for which the late Vir
ginia Rappe appeared before the
camera .and not to make any iurther
contracts for her films.
Terms for Return
Of Shantung Given
Proposals for
Negotiations
Declared to
, Liberal.
Be
Tokio, Sept. IS. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Japan's proposals to
China, relative to the restora''on erf
Shantung were published uiiollicially
here yesterday. The conditions laid
down by Japan arc qonsijcied by
newspapers as most liberal and belief
is expressed that they form a basis
tor negotiations which may clear
away the controversy over he fu
ture status of Shantung.
It is pointed out bv the Ashi
Shimbun of this city, that other in
terested powers could participate in
the negotiations for the opening up
of the interior of Shanttlng.
"Japan's abandonment of an ex
clusive settlement of the Shantung
matter and her preferential rights
there and the restoration ct cus
toms," the newspaper continues,
"constitute new features in Japan's
program of restitution."
Antelope County Fair
Attendance Cut Down
" ; By Drizzling Rain
Neligh, Neb.,'Scpt. ' 13v (Special
Telegram.) A drizzling .rain inter
f erred with the second day attend
ance at the county fair being held
in .this city at Riverside park. How
ever; the crowd was far greater than
expected by the management.- The
program was carried out as adver
tised. Clearwater and Pierce bands
furnished the. music. The evening
entertainment, including the free at
tractions and fireworks were called
off. The night fe pavement dance
was also postponed.
The ball game between Oakdale
and Royal was uninteresting from
start to finish and was won by Oak
dale by a score of 16 to 6.
In the half-mile free-for-all race,
Black Bess, first. PiPano, second;
and Shady, third. Time, 52 1-2.
On-fourth-mile . race: Queen, first;
Beauty, second, and Raudv, third.
Time, 25 1-2.
Three-eighths-mile county ' pony
race: Black Bess, first; Tiaiia, sc
ond, and Shady, third. Time, 42.
farmers pony race, three-eighths-
nule, seven starters: Rex, first;
Koudy, second, and Shady, , third.
l ime, 42 1-2.
U. S. Flyer Makes Record
With Plane Machine Gun
San Diego. Cal., Sept. 15. Lieut.
L. T. Kittredge, of the Pacific naval
air service, made what officers said
was a remarkable record with a ma
chine gun today while traveling 85
miles an hour in an airplane with
Lieut. E. P. McKellar as pilot. Kit
tredge put 194 shots into a sleeve
target 'towed by another airplane,
without a Single miss.
Naval aviation experts said they
believed Lieutenant Kittredge's rec
ord is the best ever made. The aver
age is said to be about 80 out of- 200
khots. -
Grace Lusk to Be Sent
From Prison to Hospital
Madison, Wis., Sept. 15. Grace
Lusk. Waukesha school teacher, con
victed in May, 1918, of the killing
of Mrs. David Roberts of Waukesha,
will not be pardoned by Governor'
Blaine. As a result of the pardon
hearing Wednesday afternoon it was
apparent that Governor Blaine will
release Miss Lusk from prison so
that she can be sent to a hospital for
special treatment and a surgical op
eration for organic troubles.
Consolidated Distributors,
Auto Firm, Is Bankrupt
New York, Sept.15. Receivers in
equity were appointed today for Con
solidated Distributors, Inc.. . com
pany which makes automobile ac
cessories here nad sells them in 39
stores in various parts of the coun
try. Liabilities were given as
$2,500,000 and assets as $3,5000,000,
but it was claimed the company
lacked funds for current expenses.
Search Started on Islands
For Missing Broker
Dulutlu Sept. 15. Systematic
search of Lake Superior islands was
begun this morning for Robert P.
Harris, a broker of Spokane, Wash.,
who disappeared from Isle Royalc
August 20. The expedition, headed
by John Sonberger of Mungcr,
Minn, a friend of the missing brok
er, left Fort William, Ont, today, i
An exception was made in the tic
of theaters which had igiteJ tun
tracts before September I, to how
her pictures, and which agree not tJ
exploit in a sensational ii the per
snality Nof the actress for who.
death in San FrancUco Rescue Ar
buckle is now being held.
J. D. Williams, manager of the
First National. aid this action fol
lowed a protect from the tu ition pic
ture theater owners of America and
information that some theaters are
sdvertiMiig "The I'unch , of the
Irish," as "The lat picture of Vir
ginia Rappe. directed by her wcct
hcart, Henry l.ehrman."
Five pictures for which Mis
Rappe acted before the camera have
been in circulation recently. In
none of them was she starred. In
only two was she even "featured,"
which means the use of her name,
among other, in the advertising.
j Attempt to Break
League Deadlock
Conference Committee Is
Named to Choo6e Fourth
Deputy Judge.
Geneva. Sept. 15. (By The As
sociated Press.) Efforts to break
the dead lock between the council
of the league of nations and the as
sembly of the league over the elec
tion of the fourth deputy judge of
the international court of justice
were begun at the opening of to
day's session of the assembly. A
conference committee was named to
meet a similar bodyfrom the coun
cil and it was expected that the one
remaining deputy judge to be chosen
would be decided upon.
The committeemen named were
delegates Motta of Switzerland. Von
Swindcren of Holland, and Zahle of
Denmark.
The conference committee .ap
pointed by the council " comprises
Paul Hymans of Belgium, Count
Quinones De Leon of Spain, and Dr.
Wellington Koo of China.
Dr. Alejandro Alvarez, of Chile,
who was defeated yesterday for
judge, was consistently supported
during three ballots by the as
sembly for deputy judge by the as
sembly, while the council voted for
Baron Descainps of Belgium.
General Staff Orders
Reduction of Army
-i i
-Washington, Sept. 15. Imporlan'
changes involving considerable re
ductions in the size of the army have
been ordered by the general staff
with the approval of Secretary Weeks
in placing the army on a oasis of
150,000 enlisted men, it was learned
today.
Infantry regiments hav.'. been
ordered reduced from 1,490 to 1,312
men and in number from 65 to 45;
cavalry regiments from 818 to 641
men and from 17 to 14 in number;
field-artillery regiments from 33 to
16 m number, without reduction of
men; engineer regiments from 13 to
7 in' number without reduction of
strength; coast artillery, railway and
tractor regiments from 1,066 to 829
and 29 men, respectively, and the
latter in number from 7 to 2.
The number of men allotted each
branch is 58,800 for infantry; 11,184
cavalry; 19,174, field artillery; 18,110,
coast artillery; ; 10,300, air service;
6,519, engineers; 3,000, signal corps;
11,200, quartermaster corps; 709,
finance department; 2,976, ordnance
department; ' 776, chemical warfare
service; 6,543, detached enlisted men,
and 8,591, medical department. These
allotments, however, include the
Philippine constabulary, which V not
embraced in the 150,000 figure.
Prepare for Second Trial
Of Defunct Bank: Cashier
Lincoln, Sept.-15. (Special.) As
sistant Attorney General Dort is
working in preparation for the retrial
of the Ray Lower case a Wahoo.
Lower was formerly cashier of the
defunct Valparaiso State bank. Low
er s first conviction was set aside by
the Nebraska supreme court. , Com
plaints have been brought against
Lower charging embezzlement, lend
ing the banks money to himself and
taisitymg reports to the state bank
ing bureau.
War in 1925 Is Predicted
By High Japanese Officer
Milan, Sept. 15. "War is un
avoidable; hastilities will begin in
1925 and they will be confined to
the United States and JaDan." a
high officer of the Japanese navy,
who is in Italy on a special mission,
said in a statement to the newsoa-
per "Giornale del Popolo" of Rome.
Continuing, he said: Considering
our competitors great superiority in
men and money, Japan is making
enormous efforts to increase its navy
by devoting 16 per tent of its na
tional revenue to this purpose. -
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Names H. B. Titcome as Chief
New York, Sept. 15. Directors of
the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany of Mexico today elected H. B.
Titcome president, succeeding the
late Col. Epes Randolph. Mr. Tit
come is "vice president of the Pa
cific Electric Railway company,
which operates the system of in
terurban railways from Los Angeles.
Norwegian Writer Dies.
Madison, Wis., Sept. 15. Peer O.
Stromme, a well known Norwegian
writer, lecturer and journalist of the
northwest, died here today.
"B Fiv e
Plants Now
Open Shops
Iiuli itlital .Negotiation.
on
Wttgt'i ami Working Condi
tions tn 15c Carried llrtwmi
I!mplo)tT and Worker.
Alschuler Pact Is Dead
II) The .tMurlml I'rtM.
Chicago. Sept. IS. Willi the cx
Dilution of the six-mninli extension
of the AUchuler arbitration aurec
incut brtweeu the 'packer and their
employes today individual plans of
t cpr CNcntat itn in lour ol the largest
packing companies becami the olc
medium of negotiation on wages and
vorking conditions between the
companies and their workers.
According to the packers, there
will be no immediate readjustment
of either wanes or working condi
tions. Any future changes, however,
will be made throimh representatives
of the employes elected under the
individual company plans and will
r.ot take into account the meat work
ers' union.
Union Request Ignored.
The request for a conference to
renew the agreement under which
Federal Judge' Alschuler has been
arbiter or to substitute a new agree
ment was made to the packers by
union officials last week. Charles
Hayes, president of the union, said
no reply had been received from
any of the companies and "appar
ently, thry intend to ignore the union
riquest."
The union membership, according
to Mr. Hayes, includes about 70 per
cent of the workers in the five big
plants Swift & Co., Armour & Co.,
Wilson & Cos, Morris & Co. and the
Cudahy Packing company. All of
these concerns except Morris & Co,
have instituted what they term a
American shop , representation
plan.
This plan, which is practically
identical in the four plants, provides
that any person is eligible for em
ployment whether a member ot
union or not, that only an employe
of the company may represent work
ers in the adjustment of grievances
and that employes shall elect their
own representatives in any negotia
tions over wages or working condi
tions.
No Changes Here.
Predicted wage reductions in the
packing industry, declared by union
leaders to be destined today, were
not announced at any of the Omaha
packing plants.
There can be no readjustment in
wages or hours, declared Oakley C.
Willis, general manager of the
Armour & Co. plant here, "in any
of the plants under the conference
plan without the matter being passed
by the members of the conference
board who are equally representative
at the employes and employers.
No wage reductions were ordered
at any of the . independent plants,
either. . Independent plants already
have announced they will follow the
lead of the other packers in the wage
question. - .
Man Held for Train
Robbery Identified
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 15.
The man being held in the Platte
county jail for attempted robbery of
a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
train near Parkville, Mo., last Satur
day night, was identified today as
J. C. Bond, arrested in Richmond.
Cal., February 3, 1913, on a charge
of burglary and sentenced to prison
for five years.
San Pedro Tropical Storm .
Takes 22 Lives Much Damage
San Juan, Porto Rico, , Sept. 15.
The tropical . storm, which reached
its greatest intensity Sunday night
at San Pedro Macoris, Santo Do
mingo, caused 22 deaths and great
material damage there, according to
Captain Tremdack of the steamer
Manna, which arrived here from
Santo Domingo ' today. Many
coastal craft in the ' harbor were
wrecked, lie said.
Delayed reports received here to
day from all over Porto Eico say
that, the storm which struck lliis
island resulted in three deaths and
considerable damage to shipping. It
also caused a heavy loss in the. cof
fee crop. - .- ,
Large Barn Near Rockford
Is Destroyed by Lightning
Beatrice, Neh., Sept. 1 3. (Special
Telegram.) The large barn on the
farm occupied by John Protsman,
near Rockford,-was struck by light
ning and burned to tho ground.
twenty tons ot hay, much corn,
wheat and oats, harness and farm
implements were consumed. Loss
$4,000, partially covered by insur
ance. I he tarm- is owned oy Mrs.
A. Bookwalter.
Alleged Strikebreakers' Train
Held Up by Union Oil Men
Bakersfield, Cal., Sept. 15. A
special train carrying 250 men. said
to be en route to the West Side oil
fields to work on jobs left by strik
ing oil workers, was surrounded to
day by 1,000 union men at Pendle
ton Junction, near Maricopa, who
told the train crew the train could
not continue farther into the fields.
Woman From Omaha Tries
To End Own Life by Poison
Chicago. Sept. 15. (Special.)
Miss May Robbins, 22, reported to
1Z
Lhave come here from Omaha, Au-
F . , e i' t
gusi io, ucs ii ere in a serious con
dition as the result of an attempt
to commit suicide by taking poison.
Attending physicians sayyshe prob
ably will recover, i 1
Bishop Mean Nothing
In Charlie's Life; Star
Be fuses to Leave Bed
London, Sept. 13. Charlie Chap
lin was still klrepiiig tlii afternoon
when lite biliop of Itiriiitiighaiu.
who met him in I.os Angeles, call
ed, and hig servants refused to dis
turb him even for the bihop.
(ieorges Carprutirr alo called, but
had no better luck.
Late this afternoon Charlie quiet
ly klipiied out of hi hotel attain.
Ilchit received an invitation from
Sir Harry Lauder to uprnd the week
end at lu ratle in Scotland, hut so
far lie has nut replied. Charlie's
secretary aid that ,0K) letters re
ceived by the famed comedian have
not been opened for want of time,
Auburn Legion
Raps Fair Board
In Resolution
i roicoi I'Atiuijion oi lien
Cross Nurpes on Charges of
Delinquency During
Accident.
Auburn, N'cb., Sept. 15. (Spc
cial.) Aburn Post, N'o. 23, Ameri
can Legion, passed resolutions con
detuning the action of the three in
dividual members 'of the Xcmahi
county fair board for the expulsion
of Misses Mitchell and Coulon,
American Red Cross nurses, from
the fair grounds September 1. The
members of the board named in the
resolution are A. M. Englcs, H. F,
Cohlman and Thomas Reed.
The Legion held a special meet
ing at which the resolutions were
passed, lhc resolution stated that
the board expelled, the nurses with
out investigating the charges of de
linaueucy in carina: for an injured
auto polo player, filed against them.
J he resolution stated that an in
vestigation conducted by the Legion
showed the two nurses had conduct
ed themselves in a proper" manner
and had at all times performed their
duties.
The Central division of the Red
Cross in Chicago is now investigat
ing the case and a report is expected
on the return of Director Davidson,
who is in Montana on a vacation.
New Bureau Created
To Enforce Packer Act
Washington, Sept. 15. Establish
ment of a separate and distinct unit
to administer the packer regulation
act was said today to be in process
of organization by the department of
agriculture. y
Organization of the new unit in
the department is in charge, of Ches
ter Morrill, assistant chief of the bu
reau of markets, who has been desig
nated by Secretary Wallace as a spe
cial assistant in charge of the act's
administration. Legal phases in
volved in the organization have been
placed in charge of Bayard T.
Hainer of Oklahoma City, former
federal district court judge of Okla
homa. "Formal supervision of the pack
ing industry," said a department an
nouncement, "awaits the fulfillment
of certain preliminary legal require
ments. Already, however, th'i depart
ment has been informed that there
will be placed before it at an early
date complaints as to the commis
sion rates long a fione of conten
tion charged at some markets."
Mrs. Kaber Fails in Her
Attempt at Getaway
Marvsvillc. O.. Sept. 15. Follow
ing the discovery of an alleged at
tempt to escape from the state re
formatory for women here, Mrs. Eva
Kathenne Kaber, who is serving a
life sentence for the murder of her
husband, todav was reported bv re
formatory officials to .have instituted
tour-day hunger strike 10 davs
ago when the alleged plot was dis
covered, and she was placed in soli
tary confinement.
Mrs. Louise "Mittendorff, super
intendent ot the reformatory, an
nounced today that the conspiracy
was discovered when she intercepted
letters written to Mrs. Kaber by
Miss Marian McArdle. her daugh
ter, who is in a Cleveland jail await
ing trial for complicity in the mur
der. . . v
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'ugilist to Surrender
On Conspiracy Charge
Los Angeles, Sept. 15. Norman
Selby, former pugilist, who is known
in the ring as Kid McCoy, is .ex
pected to surrender himself, author
ities said today, in connection, with
an indictment charging him with
grand larceny and conspiracy to ob
tain money under false pretenses.
The indictment charged Selby with
having been concerned in the sale
of alleged worthless oil stock " for
$3,260. The indictment was return
el several days ago, but was not
made public until today. Selby's at
torney telegraphed the efistrict at
torney the defendant would surren
der. The Weather
SA Nebraska Showers- Friday and
possibly Saturday; somewhat cooler;
cool Friday in southeast portion.
Iowa Showers Fndav and prob
ably Saturday; not much change in
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Irish Meet
Called Off
By Britain
Premier Lloyd George in Re
ply to De Yulera Says Sinn
Fein Note Makei Con
ference Impossible.
Must Consult Colleague
Ity Tha AaMwUIrd Piw.
London, Sept. 15. Prime Minister
I.loyd (icorsc tonight canceled the
Arrangements for a conference of
Sinn Fein delegates with himself and
members of hi cabinet at Inverness
on September 20.
The prime minister aid he must
now consult with his colleagues on
the course of action the new situa. '
turn necessitated.
Mr. Lloyd George told the Sinn
Fein leaders he would comniunicate
the result of such consultation as
soon as possible, but that he must
make it clear the British govern
ment cculd not reconsider its posi
tion as stated by him.
Makes Conference Impossible.
Mr. Lloyd George's reply, which
was telegraphed tonight, says:
"I informed your emissaries who
came to me Tuesday that rcitera- ,
tion of your claim to negotiate with
his majesty's government as the rep
resentative of an independent and
sovereign state would make a confer
ence between us impossible.
"They brought me a letter from
you. in which you specifically reaf
firm that claim, slating that your
ration 'has formally' declared its in
dependence and recognizes itself as
a. sovereign state,' and it is only, you
added, 'as representatives of that
state and as its chosen guardians,
that we have any authority or pow
ers to act on behalf of our people.'
Warning Given.
"I asked them to warn you of thi
very serious effect of sucli a para-'
graph and offered to regard the let-
ter as not delivered to me in order
that you might have time to recon
sider it. Despite this intimation yo
have now published the letter in its
original form. I must accordingly
cancel the ' arrangements for the
conference next week at Inverness ,
and must consult my colleagues on
the course of action this new situa
tion necessitates. S
"I will communicate this to you
as soon as possible, but a few days'
delay is inevitable. Meanwhile I
must make it absolutely clear that
his majesty's government -.cannot
reconsider its position, which I have
stated to you. " J '
"If we accented a conference with
your delegates on the formal state
ment, you have reaffirmed it would
constitute an official recognition by
his majesty's government of the sev
erance of Ireland from the empire
and of its existence as an independ
ent republic." . ,
Only One Answer.
"It would, moreover, entitle vou
to declare as of right acknowledged
by us, that in preference to assocta-
tion with the British empire you
would pursue closer association by
a treaty with some foreign power.
There is only jne answer possible
to sucn a ciaimas mat.
"The great concessions his
majesty's government made to the
feeling of your people in order to
secure a lasting settlement deserved,
in my opinion, some more generous
response, but so far every advance
has been made by us.
"On your part you have not come
to meet us by a single step, but
have merely reiterated in phrases of '
emphatic challenge the letter and
spirit of your .original claim. -1
"I am, yours faithfully. -
: . "LLOYD GEORGE."
Train Robbers Killed
In Attempted Holdup
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 15. Twc
would-be bandits were, shot and
killed last night by federal agents '
and railroad detectives when they at-
tempted to hold up Texas & Pacific
train No. 11, 15 miles .west of Fort
Worth.
One of , the men killed, it is re-.
ported, formerly was emoloved bv
the Texas & Pacific as an engineer.
He is said to have boarded th
train at Fort Worth and the other,
a fqrmer brakeman of the road, go)
on when the train was 13 miles out ;
Both bandits were killed almost
instantly, one of them shot 24 times
with buckshot and the other once
through the heart with a pistol bul
let. - ;
Omahan Leave Saturday
, To Get Alleged Swindlers
Ross P; Johnson, now under arrest
in Montreal, Can., on a charge of '"
swindling the , United States Trust -company
out of $3,000 in Liberty
bonds last June, will be returned to
Omaha next week.
Chief of Detectives Van Deusen
and Thomas Murphy of the United
States ' Naional bank, who had
planned to leave today, were in
formed by the American consul in
Montreal that new extradition papers
were necessary from Washington. '
Van . Deusen stated that they
would leave Saturday night and re
turn on Tuesday. Johnson is at
liberty on $10,000 bond.
Beer and Light Wines Asked
At Fire Fighters' Meeting
Columbus, O, Sept 15. Modifica
tion of the Volstead act to permit
manufacture of beer and light wines
is asked in a resolution adopted to
day by the International Association
of Fire Fighters in convention here.
Another resolution addressed , to
President Harding and ' Attorney
General Daugherty asks for the re
lease of all so-called political pris
oners and restoration of free speech,
free press aij peaceable assemblage.