VOL. 51 NO. 145.
Arbuckle's
Fate Rests
With Jury
Manslaughter Case of Film
Star Given Into Hands of
Jurors at 4:15 P. M.
Friday. ;
Ends Three Weeks' Fight
B Thm Associated Frees.
San Francisco, Dec. 2. The man
slaughter case of Roscoe C (Fatty)
Arbuckle went to the jury at 4:15
p. m. .
a. a . .
ai o p. m. the jury was given a
dinner recess until 8:30 p. m. The
jurors, heavily guarded, were taken
to their hotel.
Arbuckle is accused of having fa
tally injured Miss Virginia Rappc,
a motion picture actress, during a
party in his rooms in the Hotel St.
Francis, September 5.
The case has occupied th.e court
'. for approximately three weeks. To
day's entire session was taken up
with final arguments, instructions to
the jury, and jury deliberation.
Gavin McNab, chief defense coun
cil, opened the session today , with
a continuation of his' closing argu
ment. He was followed by Milton
U'Ren, assistant district attorney,
whose summing up lasted nearly an
hour.
' I heourt room . was crowded
thrndjrliont the day and the adioin-
'J4 corridors also held an anxious,
frushing ,crowd that taxed the abil
ity and good nature of the augment
ed police guard. Arbuckle appeared
to : show defp interest in the argu
ments, especially that of McNab,
who characterized him as a "great
artist who has sweetened the lives
of, millions of little children.",
. -; ! McNab Scores Methods.
McNab attacked what be termed
the . "imprisonment" of two prosecu
tion witnesses, Miss Zeh Prevost
and Miss , Alice Blake, show girls.
by the district attorney "in order
to coerce them into giving tcs'i-
mony beneficial to the prosecution's
cause." He said that the "forces of
law and order should not assume the
leadership of a mob or take .ts com
mands from . the niob." adding that
'"had Arbuckle told at the time of
his arrest the simple story that he
told on the stand, God knows what
would have happened to him."
U'Ren referred to .Arbuckle as a
"Belshazzar silting on his throne and
pouring wine" during the partv in
the Hotel St.; Francis. '"Thank God,
he ha.s been told, as Bclshtzzar was
fold, that his kingdom is divided
and liis reign is. over." U'Ren said,
i Asked at the cessation of final ar
guments, 'what his future plans were.
Arbuckle'. said . he would make .no
s'atemcnt "until the thing is out" of
the way." He remarked tiat the fi
nal argument of Gavin McNab, or
"the old man" as he characterized
him, had not been answ.rec ade
quately by U'Ren. The prosecution
reiterated its Jiope for a speedy con
viction. V
- Jury Closely Guarded.
Alternate Juror Hopkins said that
the jury had been watched . cbser
than any other in San Francisco for
25 years. '"They censored our mail,
both incoming and outgoing,"- he
said. "We each had a separate room
at the hotel where we stayed and
were watched Tike hawks by . the
four deputy sheriffs who guarded
us. They ' certainly- did, their duty
well. , " ,'
"The newspapers were carefully
keot from us. I - have no idta of
what has -happened in the world for
two weeks.
Hopkins. told a representative of
the San Francisco Call that in his
opinion the prosecution had failed
to prove its case and that the jury
would be four or five hours m reach
ing a verdict.
Man and Wife Arrested
As Counterfeiters
New York, Dec 2. After hunting
since July for the manufacturers of
a skilfully executed counterfeit $20
.federal reserve bank note, treasury
agents under John F. Tucker yester
day arrested M ax Silver and his wife
Bessie Mrs, Silver was arrested in
a fish market when she attempted to
change a bill. and heir husband was
taken into custody at their home,
where a quantity of the spurious bills
was found.
The Silvers have seven children.
Whenever they changed one of the
fake bills they bought something for
one of the little ones and the house
was a veritable toy shop and ware
house for youngsters' clothing. Ac
cording to the detectives, Silvers
was acquitted just before the world
war on a charge of counterfeiting
Russian roubles..
Jury to Visit Hotel
Where Burch Stopped
Los Angeles, Dec. 2. The jury in
the : trial of Arthur C Burch,
charged with the murder of J. Bel
ton Kennedy, will be permitted to
visit the hotel where the defendant
had a room for several days before
Kennedy was slain, August 5, last,
but no time had been set for the
visit when the case . was resumed
today.
After District Attorney Woolwine
l-.ad interposed objections to such a
visit unless - the jury was accom
panied by the court and the defend
ant, as was the case when the cot
tage in Beverly Glen, where Ken
nedy was killed, was visited, Judge
Sidney N. Reeve announced the
same procedure would be followed.
. ' nelease of Debs Asked
Detroit. Dec. 2. Release of Eu
gene V. Debs and members of the
Industrial Workers of the World
was asked of the' government in a
resolution adopted yesterday by the
Bngfcerhopd cf .Welfare .Workers.
bo cf .We
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Girl Weds 12
To Collect Allotment Checks
Pretty Woman Enthralls Soldiers and Sailors, Mar
ries Them, Has Allotments Made Out in Her
Name, Disappears Caught in Chicago
By Secret Service Agents.
Chicago, Dec. 2. For pretty Mrs.
Helen Drcxler of Waukegan, matr
mony didn't lead to alimony, but it
led to something just as remunera
tive and even easier to get.
As a member of the Order of Gold
Diggers Mrs. Drexlcr no doubt
considers herself a past grand mis
tress. After rifling the pockets of a
dozen husbands she worked on Un
cle Sam. What money she didn't
get from the husbands she got out
cf him.
Marries Twelve.
In brief, Mrs. Drexler has the
unique record of having married 12
men, divorced none and got approx
imately $400 a month from the gov
ernment during the last three yeais.
Dunno- her spare time she has
been traveling over the country at
3 Non-Defendants
Say They Hustled
RadicalFromTown
Surprise Sprung at Hearing
Of Shoemaker's Suit for
$50,000 Against Harting
ton, Neb., Citizens.
Attorneys for the defense sprang
clever surprise yesterday in the
$50,000 damage suit'brought by.F.
S. Shoemaker, . Nonpartisan league
speaker, against eight citizens of
Hartington, Neb., for running him
out of town the night of April 3,
1920. .
Thev Put on the stand three men
who acknowledged that they were
the ones participating in the episode
of the night.
These three, Lyman Sorenson,
James Miller and Phil I'lumlcy, are
not defendants in the suit. The eight
nanred disclaim all connection witli
the incident."
' The statute of limitations is ex
pected to defeat any action , Shoe
maker might ; institute, against the
sclf-aVowed participants.
. Admits He Was Spokesman.
v Sorenson, an .officer jit .the Amer
ican' Legion, whose two brothers
were defendants in Shoemaker's cri
minal -petition, admitted he 'was tlie
spokesman named to "invite-Shoemaker
to 'leave town," " ' '
"I; told him he was obnoxious to
the citizens of -Hartington and he
was not, a welcome guest in our
raids," said young Sorenson. .
Witness testified he could not re
member who it was that "intimated"
Shoemaker was to be run out of
town or who it was that asked him
to be i spokesman of the occasion.
He denied he went to the Harting
ton hotel' for the purpose of extend
ing his "invitation." . ..
"I i, went there that night to ar
range with the hotel manager for
a dance the legion was going to
give in the dining rpotn,," he averred.
Testify to "Grabbing" Arms.
rMiller and Plumley testified they
were the ones who "grabbed bis
arms" one of them . on each side
of Shoemaker. They denied any vio
lence was offered the plaintin and
told -how - they returned to the Jio
tel to get his overcoat when he,
complained of . being ( cold. . They
stated the crowd was a bantering
one and- Shoemaker told them "they
were not bad fellows.
The mob was largely made up of
indignant high school "kids," whose
teacher, Professor . NelSon, and
whose school Shoemaker is alleged
to have derided. .-When taken to
Nelson's home by the mob, Shoe
maker denied making such state
ments, witnesses testified.
Rex Olson, five times cited for
bravery in the late war and one
of the defendants,, also ' took 'the
stand. He denied active participa
tion, but gave the name of Lloyd
Samuelson and one Clarence as men
he' had "seen in the crowd." '
Frank W. Hitchcock also denied
there was any-violence. . ,
"Shoemaker was frightened at
first, but he soon entered .into the
spirit of the thing," he testified.
Seventeen Nebraskans Try
For Rhodes Scholarships
Philadelphia, Pec. 2. Five hun
dred and six candidates for Rhodes
scholarships will appear tomorrow
before committees .of selection in 32
states to compete for the 32 ap
pointments to Oxford. It is the
largest number of candidates for a
single year since the scholarships
were established. "
The list, as announced tonight,
shows Ohio leads with 41 candidates,
the greatest number that ever ap
peared in any state.'
Other states with the number of
candidates include:" California, 17;
Colorado, 14; Iowa, 30; Nebraska,
17; Oregon, 12"; Texas, 22, and
Washington, 14.
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announcement
of ;.
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Reward
in .
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U. S. Fighters
the government's expense, dodging
secret service Operatives and search
ing for husbands.
Denoument came in her arrest by
William G. Harper and Gabriel Di
Fiore of the secret service.
Receives Thanks.
At the federal building Mrs. Drcx
ler admitted she had received gov
ernment allotment checks from at
least a dozen hero husbands.
Marriage for her was a simple
process. She found a soldier or
sailor, enthralled him with a Circean
spell, married him, then left him. Al
most before he woke up to the fact
that he was missing a wife she had
his allotment check.
When federal officials wrote let
ters to the husbands of Helen to
night they used a mimeograph.
Holds Mrs. King
Only Person Who
Knows Slayer
Testimony at Trial of "Bandit
Queen" Indicates She Alone
Can Explain Who
Killed Murray.
Only one person may know who
killed Robert Murray, Nortnwestern
special officer, on the afternoon of
October 14, when the bandit ren
dezvous on the Lena Schneider farm
in the suburbs of Council Bluffs was
raided by officers, and that person
is Mrs. Eva King, ' on trial in the
district court at Council Bluffs for
first decree murder, according to
the gist of yesterday's testimony.
This came in the stories told on
the stand by two of the state's star
witnesses H. H. Morgan and
Ralph ' Jones, special agents,' respec
tively, for the Northwestern and
Milwaukee railroads. The founda
tion for it was also laid in the tes
timony pi Sumner Knox, leader of
the raiding party and the state's
first and one of tlp most import
ant witnesses, who was on the stand
Wednesday afternoon and. until yes
terday morning.
;, A rumor that an attempt had been
made to kidnap' Mrs. King during
a recess in the trial yesterday aft
ernoon was discredited, following
an investigation. Court officials,
however, admitted they were watch-'
ing the actions of several persons
who had aroused suspicion and that
ample precautions had been taken to
guard against any possible attempt
to, rescue tho woman. V. -. ,
Naval egofetiom -'
Satisfactory to U. S.
Washington, Dec. 2. (By The As
sociated Press.) Negotiations over
the naval program, according to the
feeling jn American arms confereence
circles- today, are proceeding satis
factorily. '
.The four American delegates, meet
ing ttoday, went over the situation -as
it . stands. Afterward,- it ' was said
that the Americans were well satis
fied with, the turn the naval discus
sions were taking and were hopeful
that the American limitation; program
would be received favorably. A more
definite status, however,, was said to
be improbable before next week.
It was suggested today in British
circles that the "Anglo-Japanese al
liance inevitably would come into
the naval discussion, if it had not al
ready done so, despite -the apparent
intention of the British delegation
to press for a naval agreement not
rependent on the outcome of the Far
Eastern questions. The naval ques
tion is Said to have been considered
at a conference yesterdav between
Baron Kata and Arthur L. Balfour
and it is regarded among the dele
gates as entirely likely that the al
liance was one of the important
questions of their questions.
Cabinet Members Consider
: Government Aid to Russia
Washington, Dec. 2. Considera
tion was given at today's cabinet
meeting to proposals that the federal
government give direct aid to Rus
sian relief; No decision was reached,
but it was indicated President Hard
ing and his advisers would probably
act one way or another.
Fprmer Secretary of Commerce
Redfield, a caller on President Hard
ing, urged the backing of the, relief
work by direct appropriation.
The cabinet also considered the
recommendations of the National
Advisory Committee of Aeronautics
for the establishment of a bureau of
aviation in the Department of Com
merce. It was the general opinion
that congress-should take up ' the
suggestion and enact necessary leg
islation. - .
Attempts to Pull Destroyer
. Off Beach Are Abandoned
San Francisco, Dec. 2. Attempts
to pull the destroyer Delong off the
s&nd just. south of Half Moon bay.
California, where it went aground
early yesterday, were abandoned to
day, for fear the vessel would sink,
as the Delong was found to bs leak
ing- . i -I
The tugs Sea Ranger and Sea
Monarch, which went from San
i Francisco to make the attempt, re
j turned, leaving the navy tug Un
i daunted, standing by to watch the
(destroyer's condition.
I THe officers and crew came athnre
jand were brought here b motor I
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OMAHA, SATURDAY,
Eviction
Of Miners
Ordered
Oakview, Colo., Mine Owner
Try to Oust Strike
crs From Dwei
by CoimCv)OVM
Rangers Prevent Action
Walsenburg, Colo., Dec. 2. (By
The Associated Press.) According
to Col. Patrick llamrock. state ad'
jutant general in command of the
Colorado rangers in the Huerfano
county martial law district, what was
reported to him as a proposed at
tempt on the part of the company
to evict miners trom company
houses at Oakview was frustrated bv
the military this morning when the
Uakdale Coal company, which oper
ates the property, was notified that
no miners were to be ordered out of
company houses until they had found
other places in which to live.
Colonel Hamrock stated that the
men who had been ordered to move
from company houses were miners
who had been employed in a section
of the mine that is not now being
operated. These men, according to
me military, nave Dcen characterized
by the company as agitators and
trouble-makers.
' Men Accept Reduction. '
A report to ranger headquarters
here said that 230 miners at the
Pryor mine, owned by the Union
uoai and coke company, went to
work today at a 28 per cent reduc
tion in wages, the company claim.
ing that the reduction was made in
agreement with the employes. The
Pryor mine ' is not Colorado Fuel
and Iron company property and was
not artected by the strike against
that company, put into effect three
weeks ago. ';
At ranger headquarters it was also
reported that the lurner Coal com
pany had posted notices of a 30 per
cent wage reduction to be Dut into
cnect January l. lhc turner, com
pany's mine . is located 11 miles
northwest of Walsenbtircr. Jn the
case of the Pryor mine, officials said
today it would not be necessary to
file a notice of a wage cut with the
stato industrial commission since the
reduction had been made with the
consent of the employes.
v-Many Men Return.
Figures announced todav bv nf-
fidals of the C. 'F. and-1, show a
further increase in the number of
men reporting for work, 70S coal
miners working 1 todav. as asrainst
680 yesterday, -in the five- Las- Ani-
(Turn to Pace Two, Column Seven.)
Gov. McKelvie Hears
Plans to Aid Farmers
Chicago, Dec. 2. Financial aid for
corn growers, who will be enabled to
borrow money with their corn crops
as security, was discussed in- a mul
titude of phases at a conference here
today between the corn belt ad
visory committee of the war finance
corporation and- governors of sev
eral middle western corn states. This
year's bumper corn crop, with the
resultant low market price caused
the farmer to receive but S cents an
hour foV.his labor, .Gov. Warren T.
McCray.of Indiana, the chairman,
told the conference. Governors of
12 states were invited, but only Gov
ernor McKelvie of Nebraska and
Governor Kendall of Iowa were
present. -. . . - ': '
Burlington Sleuth
; Kills Ottumwa Man
- .
Ottumwa, Dec' 2. A. E. Mullen
of , Ottumwa, special agent for the
Burlington railroad, ,shot and killed
"Boots" Emil, 25, near the road's sta
tion at Chariton last night following
an. alleged attack upon the agent by
Emil and Ralph Robinson, his' com
panion. Mullen is being held by the
police, - ' ... j . . -- : ,
The Road to Happyland
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1 Want to give the children a treat, an hour of real pleasure
evry Sunday morning? It's an easy and pleasant thing to
do just follow the guide posts along the road to Happyland.
Here are the directions and a few words about what will be
found there.
f Happyland is located in The Sunday Bee. There are stories
there and jokes and paragraphs that tickle the fancy of every
, youngster and bring the smiles to happy faces.
Happyland, too, is filled to overflowing with a wholesome
philosophy, a philosophy every child will be glad to have
learned,' a philosophy that makes a special appeal to mothers
Visit Happyland and see for yourself what is there. . Happy
has a message and story for every child and a smile for
every face. -
In addition to Happyland, the special page for children, The
Ege offers for next Sunday many other attractive features.
f"The Law in Petticoats" is a story by Ella Fleishman that .
brings forcefully to the attention the growing activity of en
franchised women in matters of law enforcement in Omaha
and Douglas county.. . . , .
f "One Can't Choose One'a Relatives" is the theme of a humor
- ous, romantic tale by William Almon Wolf, another of the
series of Blue Ribbon short stories that have gained wide
popularity among Bee readers. "The Sinister Cousin" is the
. title of the story. J
1 Special sports features for nest Sunday will be The Bee's
all-state high school foot ball selections and Walter Ecker
aaJl'i announcement of his 1921 all-western.
DECEMBER 3, 1921.,
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Meeting Called
To Plan Packer
Strike in Omaha
District Council Announces
Two Mass Meetings for Se
lection of Walkmit Ex ;
ecutivc Board.
Three meetings were called yester
day by Jacob H. Davis, president of
District Councill No. S of the butcher
workmen following the - packing
house strike order, issued in Chicago
Thursday. The strike was called
tor 6 Monday morning. t t t
The first meeting was held last" eve
ning for delegates of the.various local
unions to the district council.- .The
other meetings, one Saturday night
and the other at 2:30 Sunday after
noon, win be mass meetings for all
packer workmen. '
One of the purposes of the meet
ings is to name an executive board
to assume complete charge of the
walkout, according to Davis.
The district council will work in(
conjunction . with the strike board,
which probably will be composed of
20 men. - A publicity committee will
be embodied in the board, Mr.. Davis
said. -
At least 80 per cent of thi pack
ing house workers affected by recent
wage tuts are expected to obey the
call to strike, union officials said.
About 5,000 men in. Omaha will be
affected. None of the, smaller, in
dependent packers in Omaha or
throughout the country will be af
fected by the walkout unless they
follow the cut of the "big five", and
cut wages, Mr. Davis said yesterday.
Plants outside of Omaha in "this
district which will come within the
scope of the strike. order arc those
(Turn to Pare Two, Column Three.)
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All Business in
Vienna Suspended
Damage in Recent Riots
Estimated at Many Bil
' lions of Crowns.
Br The Anoeteted FreM.
Vienna. Dec. 2. Virtually all
business, was suspended today as a
consequence of the serious noting
which raged here yesterday. Dam.
age is estimated by the newspapers
at many billions ot crowns. ine
plate glass losses alone are said to
be more than bUU,UDU,UUU crowns.
The business -streets presented
desolate expanse of iron shuttered
or. boarded-up shops, interspersed
with broken glass doors and win
dows, disclosing wrecked and looted
interiors. In addition to the attacks
on the fashionable hotels and shops,
manv persons were dragged from
showv ' automobiles and beaten,
Amonc those who were roughly
handled was Sir W. A. M. Goode of
the Austrian section of the repara
tions commission, who occupied the
state suite of the Old Bristol hotel
His department was destroyed and
many of his' personal . effects were
stolen. . . ' - .. '
Presenting the views of working
men, the Arbeiter Zeitung says the
not came as a result oi miseries auu
despair and warns the government
and the moneyed classes.
Dail Eireann to Take
Up British Proposals
.London, Dec: 2. (By The As
sociated Press.) The British gov
ernment's latest proposals for settle
ment of the Irish question will be
considered by the Dail Eireann cabi
net in Dublin tomorrow. The new
terms, which were-handed to the
Sinn Fein delegates in written form,
show some advances over the gov
ernments previous proposals, and the
delegates felt the. necessity- ot giv
ing them fullest consideration at a
cabinet session.
The terms; it is said, concede from
the beginning the Sinn Fein's claim
for the unity of Ireland. Ulster must
be included within the scheme from
the start, according to the, plan as
it now appears to have been framed,
and must remain, in for six months.
After that period, and before the end
cf a year,. Ulster is to be given the
option to withdraw and if she goes
there must beva boundary commis
sion to determine the exact area
which is fairly- entitled to go with
her..' ' . -.
Birth Control League
Scores Second Victory
New York, Dec. 2. The Ameri
can Birth Control league scored its
second victory over the police today
when Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee,
society woman and vice president
of the league, was discharged by
Magistrate Hatting a few hours
after -she had been arrested on a
charge of violating the law pro
hibiting dissemination of birth con
trol information.
Mrs. Rublee was arrested whilo
testifying , at - a hearing into the
causes that led police to break up
a, recent birth control meeting.
Trial of Julesburg Farmer .
On Murder Charge Completed
Bigsprihg, Neb.,- Dec. 2. (Special
Telegram.) Testimony in the case
of J. Baker of Julesburg, Colo,
charged with the murder of Ralph
Rozcll, Julesburg merchant, has been
completed and the case given to the
jury. It is alleged that Baker, a
farmer, shot Rozell following a quar
rel over a woman
-A
Juryman in Neal
Case Will Face
Contempt Charge
County Attorney Preparing
Information Against Juror
Accused of Discussing
-Trial Outside Court,
Auburn, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.)
Pursuant to : instructions of Dis
trict Judge Raper, County Attorney
Armstrong- is preparing to file an
infornjatiori against . Russ Rozean,
for eonternot of court.
Rozean is the juror in the-case of
Lucy Neal. charged with the murder
of her husband, Ben Meal, who ais
Qualified himself and caused a mis.
trial of the case by discussing it with
others outside the jury room, con
trary to. the frequent admonitions of
the court to retrain trom so doing.
As the contempt was outside the
presence pf the ' court; Rozean will
have to be arraigned formally in its
presence by action of the county
attorney. A transcript of the evi
dence at the secret inquiry is being
prepared. . -
. The case is a peculiar one for the
reason that the punitive tine and
ja.il sentence that may be imposed
will be entirely within the discretion
Of the judge. No minimum or max
imum .penalty is established by the
statutes, attorneys say.
Cost of the mistrial to the taxpay
ers was in excess of Sl.jUU, and a
new trial that will be necessary on
account of the alleged misconduct
of Juror Rozean will entail probably
as much, it not more expense.
Germany, Seeks Big Loan
From English Financiers
London Dec. 2. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Former German Min
ister ot .Reconstruction Kathenau is
negotiating with Sir Robert Home,
chancellor of the exchequer and with
officials ,of the Bank of England for
a loan of 50,000,00Q to Germany,
it was learned on high authority here
today. It was understood Herr
Rathenau would be given a definite
answer today, which a high official
said probably- would be in the nega
tive; .. ... ...
Attack on Londonderry
Jail Repulsed by Guards
Belfast, Dec. 2. (By The Asso
ciated ' Press.) An attack on the
jail at Londonderry with the object
of releasing the prisoners there was
repulsed by the police guards today.
Two policemen were killed and
several of the attackers captured. .
The Weather
. . Forecast.
Nebraska Cloudv Saturdav: Sun-
day, fair; rising temperature in west
portion. -.- , ,
Iowa Cloudy and somewhat un
settled Saturday; Sunday, fair; not
much change in temperature.
Hourly temperatures.
S a.
.33
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Highest Friday.
Cheyenne it Pueblo ...
Davenport SS Rapid City
Denver ....33'Sante Fe .
Dea Molnen ....4ef Sheridan ..
Dodre City 8' Slnux City
lender ......... 42 Valentin
North Platte J0 .
Shipper' Runetlo.
Protect ahlnment durinr the
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...2
...38
...3
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est 54
to 3$ hours from temperatures as tollows
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aafely.
THREE CENTS
Japanese
Favor Pact
With U. S.
Delegates Advocate General
Arbitration Treaty as In
surance Against Future
Conflicts in Pacific
America Welcomes Plan
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
Chlcaa Tribune-Omaha Bo leased VTlr.
Washington, Dec 2. A general
arbitration treaty between the Uni
ted States and Japan, as .insurance
against war in the Pacific, is being
advocated by members ot the Japan
ese delegation.
This development follows closel
upon the Japanese suggestion thai
the prospective agreement on tni
reduction and limitation of arma
ment should be embodied In a for
mal treaty ratified by the United
btates, Great Britain and Japan.
President Harding previously had
made it known that there would be
no objection on the part of the
American government to a treaty
on the navy reduction plan which
he had no doubt would be ratified
by the senate and carried into ef
fect by congress with little opposi
tion.
The United States would also wel
come proposals by Japan as to a
general arbitration treaty. There is
treaty between the two powers
now for the reference to the Hague
tribunal of disputes rot involving -
vital interests and the Japanese sug
gestion involves an arbitration trea
ty of broader scope.
Japan Missing'.
Japan is conspicuously missing
from the list of about 30 nations
which, beginning in 1914, entered in
to the Bryan peace insurance trea
ties, which provide for applying a
"cooling off process to internation
al disputes. The signatories obligaU
themselves not to go to war pending
discussion of the controversey by 3
commission.
Japan never accepted the Brvai
treaty, but it is alleged that tin
United States never pressed it ta
do so. Members of the Japancsi
delegation expressed regret at th
failure of Tokio to follow the ex
ample of the other allies in accept
ing the' Bryan treaty and intnr.ate
that their government '.s now ready
to rectify the mistake.
One spokesman for the Taoanese
delegation said ecneral arbitration
between Japan and the United States
would be the best possible insurance
against war in tlw Pacific and would
make the continuation of the. An-
glo-Japanese alliance unnecessary.
This is as close as any of the Ja
panese have come to admittir.g that
tne Anglo-Japanese alliance is now
regarded by Japan as a measure of'
protection, in the event of trouble
with the United States. The Japa.
nese .have steadily disputed the con
tention that with Germany and Rus
sia down and out, the alliance is
now aimed at the United States.
Senate Not Favorable.
The senate has ' not looked with
favor upon general arbitration treat-
(Torn to Par Two, Colomn Four.)
Severe Storm Sweeps
Three Western States
Salt Lake City, Dec 2. Salt Lake
City and a large part of Idaho,
Wyoming and Utah are reported to
be wrapped in snow today, follow
ing a storm which broke in northern
Idaho last night and traveled south
as far as Fillmore, Utah.
The storm consisted of a wind of
great velocity, followed by hail,
lightning and thunder, and rain and
snow following early today. Two
stores at Payson, Utah, were de
stroyed by fire caused by lightning,
with a loss of several thousand dol
lars. ' . . , A
On account of the conditions no .
air mail planes reached here todav
and none left. -Four
Grand Goblins
Of Ku Klux Discharged
Atlanta Ha . Tier 7 nic-lii,-.
of four grand goblins of the Knights
ot tne xvu jviux Kian was an-
nniinrprl here tnrlav in a ctatmnf
by Edward Young Clarke, imperial
Kieagie ot tne order, lollowing the
institution of court proceedings by '
him to recover property of the or-'
ganization held by Harry B. Terrill,
grand goblin of the "capitol do
main" of Washington, D. C.
Mr. Clarke charged the four men
had KOIlffht in nnst him Knf )iq the
high officials had sustained him. He
did not name the men, but Terrill in
a statement said the others were F.
W. Atkin, Lloyd Hooper, New
York, and A. J. Padon, Boston.
Robbers Get $40,000 in
Holdup of Express Firms
Niaeara Falls. N. Y.. Dec. 1
Armed robbers secured loot valued
at $40,000 in a hnlrtnn of hree .
press company employes here last '
night. The robbers loaded two
strone boxes into an automohile atirl
drove away while many persons
watched them and thought it was all
a joke.
Three of the hsnrlits rnvererl tho
expressmen while the fourth robber
put the strong boxes, which con
tained about $40,000 in currency and.
vaiuaoies into me automoMie.
Norfolk Machinist Hurt
When Engine Plug Blows Out
Korfolk, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special
Telegram.) A. C Hines, machinist
in the Northwestern shops here.
probably was fatally injured when
a wooden plug forced from the no7
7.e pit of an e:iginc struck him on
the jaw, breaking the lower jaw -bone
in three place and fracturing
the base ot the skull.