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Halting of
Strikes Is
Considered
Secretary of Labor Davis
Plans Correction of Indus
trial Ills Through Con
ciliators in Big Plants.
Seeks Personal Contact
By HARRY WARD.
Washington, Dec. 10. Prevention
of strikes and the correction of in
dustrial ills through highly trained
mm acting as ronciliators in the key
industries of the country is being
sought by Secretary of Labor James
J. Davist
"It is impossible to deal with these
industrial ills and not be impressed
by the fact that many of us must be
mishandling certain fundamental eco
nomic principles to be producing
these costly and wasteful disturban
ces," said Secretary Davis. "The dis
turbances are comparatively few, I
know, in relation to the whole in
dustry," he pointed out, "yet no mat-
. ter what small percentage of industry
continues in a state of turmoil we are
promoting a waste of time and prd-
duction and a measure of social irri-
' tation that should not be."
According to the labor secretary, a
few of the big industries of the coun
try are especially liable to labor dis
turbances. In these industries con
troversy has become more or less
chronic
Solution Difficult.
"A fair and lasting settlement of
disputes in these industries is hard to
arrive at because of the highly tech
nical and complicated nature of these
industries, and because of our lack of
the technical knowledge necessary td
a jusf settlement." he said.
"Naturally the public is also with
out that exact knowledge," he con-
nuuea. "it lacks a clear idea of the
merits of these disputes, and the nuh-
lie is, after all, the final court to dt-
c tie these matters. 1 he processes in
a number of basic industries are
complicated to the last degree, and
we cannot hope to pass a fair judg
ment in any of the disputes in these
'industries, we cannot have a trtirU
public opinion to enforce any sucli
lair judgment until we know more
exactly what precise services are to
be expected from each employe or
group of employes in these indus
tries, and what wages and conditions
the "employes may reasonably expect
for their services.
Plan Originated.
''Now we have originated in the
department of labor a plan which I
am confident will bring us this
much needed exact knowledge. This
plan calls for the appointment of a
highly trained technical man, who
f hall also be a man of high intel
ligence and broad character, to serve
as a conciliator in each of these basic
industries. Each man among the
, number must know his special indus
try inside out, from top to bottom
He must know every technical
process involved in that industry. He
must know what is to be expected of
every worker, at each step of the
process, from water boy to skilled
machinist. He must recognize the
merits of any organization among
the employes. But above all he
must be a man to command the re
spect and trust of both management
and employes.
Secretary Davis said he believed
(Torn to Pit Two. Column Seven.)
Dudley F. Malone
Slipped One Over
New York, Dec. 10. After dodj
ing reporters ever since his divorce
became known and his engagement
rumored, Dudley Field Malone,
' former collector of the port of New
York, sailed today for Europe on the
Rotterdam with his bride, Miss JUons
Stevens tf Omaha.
The couple slipped aboard just as
the gang plank was to be pulled in.
Mr. Malone admitted, smilingly, that
his lateness was premeditated. '
The ship was escorted down the
harbor by airplanes paying their re
spects to Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell, assistant chief of the air
service, who is going abroad to study
aeronautics.
It was learned that instead c-l Hav
ing been married in New York yes
terday, as had been reported, he and
Miss Stevens had been wedded at
Peekskill, M. Y.. last Monday.
Train Carrvinz Lamont
t
And Friends Is Wrecked
tv i v c Ti- in & ..-.:.
on which Thomas W. Lamont of
V, Vnrt anrl 9 nartv of friends
are en route from New York to
Fmehurst was wrecKeo. miies
..,.u lirr tndav. The accident
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was caused by a broken rail, several
cars, including the Pinehurst sleeper,
rolling down an embankment. No
ae was injured, according to in
formation. "Dope' Men to Get Sentence
Federal Judge Woodrough will
pronounce sentence on John W.
Moore, Smith Heins and Yersie Ed
wards, found guilty on "dope
charges Monday morning at 9. Nine
irore "dope" cases remain to be tried,
after which 78 liquor cases will go
on trial The criminal court prob
ablr will grind throughout holiday
week, according to George Keyser,
distant United States district at
Davis Offers Plan
To Prevent Strikes
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Blue Christmas
In Prospect for
Disabled Vets
Unless Someone Offers Tem
porary Aid, Men Get No
Pay This Month
Checks Held Up.
If it should snow from now to the
first of the year Christmas will be a
mighty blue one for 500 cx-scrvice
men who are existing on maintenance
checks formerly received the first
and 15th of every month. Up until
now the first and 15th' meant "pay
day." The 15th of this month will
be just a day. . -
It's all because congress forgot to
vrttA nn mvnmnrjarinn to take' care
of maintenance funds for the period
December 1-15. "
Friday M. E. Head, district man-oo-nr
rtf ' vntpratis' hnreaii. tele
graphed the following message to
Lon McL-arger, local manager oi me
bureau.
Gloom in Message.
"In view of the fact that appropri
ation for 'vocational rehabilitation
1922' is practically exhausted, main
tenance checks tor trainees covering
Kor 1.1? ran'l he sent until
additional appropriation is provided
by congress. .
This message brings gloom to ow
icnmuc rlm linve hr-pn receiving
their checks from the Omaha office.
The pay roll for each month, accord
ing tr Director McCaraer. was from
$90,000 to $100,000.
There arc trainees in tne univer
sity of Nebraska medical school,
Creighton, University of Omaha,
Boyles Business college, the railway
educational bureau, and other educa
tional institutions. Many of the men
receiving checks not only need the
money for school expenses, but are
keeping families. With them, no
money means no unnstmas..
Chance for Volunteer.
Should congress make the appro
priation at once it would be impos
.,;kt tn tret the checks here in time
for Christmas, Mr. McCarger said
yesterday. It takes 10 days to write
the checks and 1U days lor inera io
- The only solution of the problem,
one that will make ennsunas imic
a rheerv one for the trainees, is for
some volunteer with beaucoup
rl'Qrtrent" tr.- sten nn and underwrite
the nav roll until congress makes
the needed appropriation.
Such a volunteer win De receivcu
by Mr. McCarger in his office on the
seventh floor o" the W. O. W. build
ing with open arms, and hailed as a
savior by the trainees. .
He's a Captain Now
r ; f -rii11ntirh. son of T.
1N.UK 0"
W. McCullough, has been promoted
from -lieutenant to captain in inc
. ;r ennrp Pantain McCul-
Aniiy oi , - -
lough is at present commander ot a
balloon company ai ron sm, wm.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
PART ONE.
' Karketf and Financial Pge 9.
PART. TWO.
Society and Xewi for Women.
PART THREE.
BporU N'w and Features Pages
1 and S.
Of Esperlal Interest to Motorists
Paa S.
Want Ad's Pares and ?.
Nebraska and Iowa Farm
Pa 8.
PART FOCR.
"S1M.0OO Reward." First InUU
soent of New Serial by Benry C.
Rowland Pass 1.
Tricks." Blae Rtbboa Short Starr
br Lonla Weitienkorn Pace S.
Happyland,' ss Hoar of Flrasara
for the Children Pace S.
Editorial Comment Paco
Maateal News Pare 5.
FHth Eessoa la Piano Plarlnr
Paro .
-The Married Life of Helen and
Warrea" pare S.
"Jack and JDI Pare S.
Aamscmrnls Para 9. "I tad .
Trial Costs
Arbuckle
$30000
Joseph Schenck Only Financial
Backer 'of Film Comedian
Attorney McNah'g
Fee $20,000.
"Fatty" Without Funds
By CHANDLER SPRAGUE.
San Francisco, Dec, 10. How
much did Koscoc Arbucklc's trial
cost hinir Who supplied the money?
In the belief that the answers to
these questions are matters of pub
lic interest, your correspondent has
endeavored, ,at the risk of getting
himself generally disliked, to get at
the real figures and to learn the truth
about Roscoe's backers.
The trial has cost Arbuckle about
$.10,000 and the money came from
the private pocket of Joseph
Schenck, husband of Norma Tal
madge. Those are the facts, as
closely as they can be approximated.
There have been many rumors in
San l'rancisco that for his, attorneys
alone, Arbuckle was paying $100,000.
I am assured this is not tht truth.
Ticklish Question.
When you approach the size of an
attorney's fee you are treading on
ticklish ground, but from various
trustworthy sources, Gavin McNab's
fee may be estimated at about $20,
000. The other expenses of the trial
will run to $5,000 and additional at
torneys fees will bring tht total to
about $30,000. The best authority
available has assured me that Mc
Nab is receiving smaller fee from
Arbuckle than he received from Jack
Dempsey and it is common know
ledge that pempsey paid him $25,
000. It also is less than he is re
ceiving from Mary Pickford for
fighting the Nevada courts.
This money has been' or will be
advanced by Mr. Schenck, close
friend, employer and financial ad
visor of Arbuckle. He expects to
be repaid by Arbuckle as soon as
the latter starts work and gets on
his feet, fnailcially. Right now Ar
buckle is "broke." He has no ready
motwv nnd his. sole assets are jep-
resented by his house and automo-J
bile in Los Angeles. y
Arbuckle "Broke."
From a man very close to Ar
buckle came the following account,
today, of the film star's financial
status: ' . . . - ,
"Roscoe was receiving a salary of
about $3,000 a week, tip to the time
this trouble came upon him. His
salary was stopped, after the first
week of the trouble and will not be
resumed until he goes back to work.
He has no present income. Even at
that time his affairs were in bad
shape. He had spent his income as
he went along, but fortunately for
him, several weeks before the Labor
day party, Mr. Schenck had insisted
that a part of his salary be put in a
trust fund in a Los Angeles bank.
There was about $7,500 in the fund
when the storm broke. It was used
to pay the expenses of the prelim
inary trial.
''He had no money left and there
were outstanding bills amounting to
$23,000 at the time Mr. McNab was
engaged. Mr. Schneck, in the first
place, loaned him the money, to pay
those f bills and thus relieve the at
tachments which had been placed on
his house. The other bills incidental
to preparation of his case were met
by Schenck as they appeared, out of
Ins own personal funds. He expects
(Turn to Page Two, Column One.)
Co-Ordination of Social
Agencies Here Under Way
Organization of the Omaha Coun
cil of Social Agencies for active par
ticipation in city welfare work has
started, according to S. S. Caldwell,
president of the council. Chairmen
of committees have been meeting
with representatives of many social
organizations and co-operation is well
under way.
At a meeting of the health bureau
Saturday, Dr. J. P. Lord, chairman,
with Dr. H. Schulte, dean of Creigh
ton Medical college; Miss Townsend
of the school nurses, and Miss Mc
Cabe of the Volunteer Nurses' asso
ciation, reports showed that a great
deal of the health work done in the
city overlaps and that some method
of separation must be devised.
A meeting of the council has been
called for next Thursday to discuss
reports on just where the agencies
are falling short in efficiency.
Nohel Prize Ditided
Between Two Winners
Br The Associated Press.
Christinia, Norway, Dec. 10. The
Nobel Peace prize for 1921, it was
officially announced today, has been
divided equally between Hjalmar
Branting, premier of Sweden, and
Christian L. Lange of Norway, sec
retary of the inter-parliamentary un
ion. Hjalmar Branting, Swedish and
international socialist leader, was
chairman of the league of nations as
sembly committee on disarmament in
both 1920 and 1921 sessions and last
March was appointed a member of
the league council's armament com
mission. . Gardner Case to Jury
Phoenix, Ariz, Dec 10. The jury
which has been trying Roy Gardner,
escaped convicted mail robber, on a
charge of robbing a mail car at
Maricopa. Ariz., on November 3, be
gan its deliberations at 5:17 o'clock
"Mat a - i rnnri s. '
ToG
uara ie?v :-wKV jail
Frankfort, Ky Dec. lO.-Sta'.e
troops today were ordered to Jack
son, Ky., by Governor Morrow to
preserve order after seven or eight
masked men had stormed the
Breathitt county jail shortly after
midnight in a fruitless attempt to
liberate four men named Nohle,
whom they believed to have been
incarcerated there.
In the ensuing battle between the
band and the jailer's family, Albert
Roberts, 21, nephew of Jailer A. A.
Allen, was shot and "died later,
Mrs. Oscar Allen, wife of ihe
deputy jailer, was wounded and died
today, and Miss Maggie Allen, 25,
daughter of Jailer Allen, was prob
ably fatally wounded.
Committee to Call
Former Soldiers
InProbeofA.E.F.
Watson Presents Over 100
Names of Men to Testify
In Charges of Illegal
Executions.
Ij The Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 10. Names of
more than 100 former service men
were presented today to a senate
committee by Senator Watson, dem
ocrat, Georgia, who asked that they
be brought here to testify in the in
vestigation of his charges that
American soldiers had been put to
death in France without right of
trial. .
There was no intimation as to
how many would be summoned.
Assurance, however, was given Sen
ator Watson that every person
would be called if he believed they
were prepared to give testimony di
rectly bearing on the charges.
Senator Watson read extracts
from many letters in which soldiers
declare they knew of numbers of
illegal executions. One soldier wrote
that on a transport going to France
14 men were drowned for no ap
parent reason.
Says List Not "Complete.
The senator ' undertook to", show,
and indeed, announced he would
prove that the War, department list'
.of 11 executions did not include all
men illegally hanged or shoot by
order of superiior officers. A pic
ture of, what seemed to be a gallows
in France, on which a rope was be
ing hooked around thte neck of a
condemned soldier with several of
ficers on the platform and scores oh
the ground, was presented by the
senator, who testified that it was
taken by a colonel now in the serv
ice. The officer's name was not re
vealed. Senator Watson stated that he de
sired to return theh picturre tonight,
but by direction of Senator Shields,
democrat, Tennessee, it was retained
for the record, although Mr. Shields
declared it was not worth while as
evidence if the man who made it
could not be found to testify.
Use of Letter Blunder.
After presentation of a letter from
Assistant Secrtary of Navy Roose
velt, denying he had first-hand
knowledge of the killing of a soldjcr
by an officer and the subsequent
transfer of the officer to another
command, Senator Watson explained
that the use of Mr. Roosevelt's name
was due to a blunder. The letter,
he stated, was writeeri by Col. Wil
liam Hayward, federal district at
torney of New York, and a former
officer overseas.
Quoting from his letter to Chair
man Brandegee, the senator said it
was no surprise to him that the
American Legion "composed princi
pally of the officers who organized
themselves in Paris to perpetuate
militarism in this country, should
whitewash themselves."
The commander of a Legion post
at Westville. Okl.. the senator said,
had sent h!m the name of a man
ready to testify that 21 Americans
wera executed in France without
trial. Another soldier wrote that'
more than 600 had been illegally
killed in France.
"Did these men tell you why the
soldiers were killed?" Senator Bran
degee asked. !
"In "each case of ruthless killing,"
the senator replied, "it was stated j
that men were shot down because
they were fagged and unable to '
walk." I
Wife Sues Hubby; He Sues
Her Father for $50,000
Mrs. Lena Louise Stark filed suit
in Papillion Friday for a divorce from
John H. Stark on allegations of
cruelty.
Five minutes later Mr. Statk filed
a suit asking $50,000 damages from
his wife's father, Rufus Nutt, for al
leged alienation of Mrs. tSark's af
fections. The Starks were married in Oma
ha, June 18, 1919, and lived west of
the peony farm on the Dodge road.
In the alienation suit, Stark
charges that his wife's father in
duced her to leave home with their
baby.
THE SUNDAY BEE
5 CENTS
Beginning today, December 11, the price
of The Sunday Bee will be. reduced from
10 to 5 cents, both in Omaha and elsewhere.
"I Know
Davis Opposes
Attempt to Free
Wealthy Omahan
Attorney General Says Appeal
Of Jail Sentence for Traffic
Violation Attempt to
Evade the Law.
Lincoln, Dec. 10. (Special.) At
tempts of Omaha attorneys to free
E. R. Needhant, wealthy Omahan,
from a prison sentence imposed by
the police and district court, on
charges of driving an auto while in
toxicated and breaking traffic rules,
are branded by Attorney General
Clarence A. Davis as an attempt to
get the courts to differentiate in sen
tencing the rich and poor.
This charge is made by the attor
ney general in a brief filed for the
state in answer to the appeal of
Needham's attorneys from the rul
ings of the Omaha courts. Davis
quotes one section of the appeal,
which reads: '
"The sentence imposed ' by the
court below is as grave to him as
a sentence of 15 years would be to
a habitual criminal, and each day
in jail to him would be equivalent
to a year of time to the habitual of
fender." ' v.
Davis says:
"It is indeed remarkable reasoning
to think that confinement would be
less punishment to, or more warrant
ed for, a poorer or less prominent
citizen. We claim that a fine assess
ed against this wealthy man with no
family would not be such punish
ment as the offesse warrants.
"If his sentence is reduced to a
fine, because of his alleged standing
in the community, then we can rebut
the oftheard criticism that the 'rich
and influential are often able to
evade the law.'"
Iowa Priest Who Attacked
Girl Given Prison Sentence
Lemars, la- Dec. 10. Rev. Father
Wrenn, former priest at Akron, la.,
convicted of assaulting 15-year-old
Ethel Bray, was today sentenced to
an nndeterminate term in the Fort
Madison prison. Motion for a new
trial was denied. Counsel for Father
Wrenn will appeal to the Iowa su
preme court.
Two Belfast Bankers Are
Held Up by Bandit Sextet
By The Associated Press.
Belfast, Dec. 10. Two officials of
the Belfast Hibernian, bank,' while
motoring to Arva. county Cavan.
yesterday were held up by six armed
men and robbed of mare than 1,000
pounds.
Just How Warren Feels"
Measure to Increase
Number of U. S. Judges
Is Passed by House
Washington, Pec, 10. By a vote
of 197 to 90 the Walsh bill providing
for appointment of 22 additional
federal district judges . was passed
late today by the house and sent to
the senate after an amendment which
would have required federal judges
to devote all their time to judicial
duties had been ruled out on a point
of brder. .
Creation of the judgeships was ad
vocated by Chief Justice Taft, At
torney General Daugherty and a
group of federal judges and district
attorneys which made a survey to
determine the causes and extent of
docket congestion in - various dis
tricts and the means of expediting
the handling of cases. Districts to
which new judges will be allotted
under fhe bill include Montana,
Arizona, Northern California, South
ern California, Northern Texas,
Middle Tennessee and Southern
Florida, one each.
The bill also provides for the
holding of an annual conference.
Receivers Appointed
For Pathe Company
New York, Dec. 10. Judge Gar
vin in United States district court,
Brookly, yesterday appointed three
receivers in equity for the American
Pathe-Freres Phonograph corpora
tion, with headquarters in Brooklyn.
This was at one time an $8,000,000
concern and is' now alleged to have
assets of $2,000,000 and liabilities of
$3,000,000. Former Secetary if
Commerce Redfield, Ejgene A. Wid
man, ex-president of the company,
and B. M. Kaye. Manhattan attor
ney, are the receivers.
The equity receivership wss
agreed upon at a meeting of credi
tors before Judge Garvin, after a
petition - in involuntary bankruptcy
had been filed against the concern
by printers and insurance compa
nies. '':
Warden Must Show Cause
For Holding Mrs. Peete
San Francisco, Dec. 10. An order
directing the warden of San Qucn
tin state prison to appear December
17 and show cause why he should
not release .Mrs. Louise Peete, who
is serving a life term for the murder
J of Jacob Denton in Los Angeles, on
me ground inai ner conviction oy
a jury on which 13 members served,
was in violation of the United States
constitution, was issued today by the
United States district court.
Lieut. F. D. Powers Named
Head of Omaha Station
Washington. Dec. 10. (Special
Telegram.) The Navy department
! has ordered F. D. Powers in charge
' of the navy recruiting station, Oma
ha. Chipley Given More Time
Another week of grace was granted
to William G. Chiplev. indicted in
connection with the Missouri Valley
Cattle Loan company fraud. Ex
pected Monday. United States Dis
tiict Attorney Kinsler postponed his
Appearance in Omaha until Decem
ber 19.
Cheerless Xmas
For Poor Kiddies
Unless You Help
Your Own Christmas Will Be
Happier If You Help
. Bee Fund to Buy
Shoes.
Christmas
may be "white" or
green to you, but to many little
innocent .children it will be "blue."
It's only two weeks away now.
There are dozens of children of
the wretchedly poor now waiting on
the list for shoes from The Bee's
which they can be provided with
shoes.
Won't it make your own Christ
mas happier if you help one of these
little boys or. girls to get such neces
sities? Send hi your contribution today to
The Bee and let us acknowledge it
and send it on its noble mission.
Previously received ........
Mrs. Katie E Schnttt
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V. ft. Orant W. K. C
A I'rleml, David City, Neb.
I.ouls Meyers, Garland, Neb. ......
Leopold Feltensteln
Hampton Lodge No. Hi, A. F. &
A. M., Hampton, Neb. . . . .
C. A. M
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(ioldeit Glow club
A Friend, Weeping- Water, Neb. . .
Woodmen C'lrrle Federation
6.00
2.00
5.00
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2.00
fi.OO
2.30
6.00
Ladies' Auxiliary. Congregational
church. West Point, Neb B OO
A Friend, Tekamah, Neb ....... 3.00
Total S9SI.S5
Baby Taken From Father
Will Go to Grandmother
Little Junior Harris Quinby, 3,
who was taken from his father and
step-mother by juvenile authorities
last week -and placed in the Child's
Saving institute, Forty-second street
and Dewey avenue, will be sent to
his grandmother in California, Judge
Sears decided in juvenile court yes
terday. Charges brought by neighbors that
Porter Quinby and his wife, 111 Ben
son Gardens, had abused the child
cruelly for the last year, were investi
gated. Quinhy's mother in Califor
nia has signified her willingness to
take the child and give it a home.
Sioux City Business Man,
Resident Since 1866, Dies
Sioux City, Dec. 10. Charles
Breun, 85. one of Sioux City's best
known citizens and a pioneer busi
ness, man, died last night. Breun
came here in 1866 in the steamboat
days.
. More Warm Weather.
The 10th day of the present
stretch of warm weather shews no
indication of a break, the weather
bureau stated. The thermometer
stood at 34 yesterday at 8 and the
forecast for today is warmer.
The Weather
Forecast
Sunday fair and warmer.
Hourly Temperatures.
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II
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Reecl Will
Fight Pact
On Pacific
IrreconcilablcsDcclarcWar on
Four-Power Treaty Adopted
By Dclegutcs to Anns
Conference.
Ratification Is Predicted
lie Tlie Associated I'ress.
Washington, Dec. 10. An open
declaration of war on the four-power
Pacific treaty came today from the
senate "irreconcilables" and in the
face of the predictions by both dem
ocratic and republican leaders that
the new treaty would be finally
ratified.
Senator Reed of Missouri, demo
cratic opponent of the league of na
tions, denounced the new treaty as
"treacherous, treasonable and dam
nable" and announced he and prob
ably others of the irreconcilable
groups in the senate would fight the
new treaty to the bittter end.
Washington. J.'ec. 10. (By A. V.)
The Anglo-Japanese alliance, long
regarded with apprehension by the
American people, passed into his
tory today when spokesmen of both
nations at the arms conference ac
cepted in its stead a new four-power
agreement for preservation of peace
in the Pacific, to which the United
States and France became parties.
This action, with fulfillment of
details to follow, paves the way to
acceptance of the American propos
als for reduction of naval arma
ments and in a large measure is ex
pected to contribute to settlement of
the Chinese questions.
It is a 10-ycar agreement in which
the four nations bind themselves to
respect their existing rights in in
sular possessions and dominions in
the Pacific and in the case of dis
putes which cannot be settled by
diplomacy agreed to a joint confer
ence among themselves. j
Any one of the parties may withdraw-
on 12 months notice after the
expiration of 10 years.
The treaty requires confirmation
by the senate.
, Lodge Presents Treaty.
Senator Lodge presented the treaty
to the conference in the following
statement:
"I should be insensible, indeed, if
I did not feel deeply gratified by
the opportunity which has come to
me to lay before the conference a
draft of a treaty, the terms of which
have been agreed upon by four of
the great powers of the earth in re
gard to the islands of the Pacific
which they control, either as posses
sions or dominions. I will begin by
reading to the conference the treaty,
which is both brief and ismple and
(Turn to Face Two, Column Tiro,)
v
Gen. Orellana Named
Guatemala President
Guatemala City, Dec. 10. (By A.
P.) General Orellana, chief of
staff of the Guatemalan army, yes
terday was elected provisional presi
dent of the republic to take the
place of Carlos Herrera, who was
overthrown early in the week.
. The national assembly convened
today, despite the protest of Repre
sentative Silva Pena against the con
stitutionality of such action.
Benton McMillin, the American
minister, in an interview yesterday,
declared that Jie had declined to join
the other ministers in their visit to
the de facto government. He added
that he would take no steps toward
recognition of the de facto govern
ment until he was instructed to do
so by the government at Washing
ton. Twenty-five persons were killed in
side the city Tuesday during the
overthrow of the government. Ac
cording to an official report, 10 of
the kiiied were city police.
Anness May Enter Race
For Congress in First'
Syracus, Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Since the announcement that
Congressman F. C. Reavis of the
First Nebraska district will not seek
renomination, friends of Wilbur W.
Anness of Dunbar, who ran against
Mr. Reavis for the nomination, are
given assurance that Anness will file,
for the nomination. ' Mr. Anness
served Otoe county in the state leg
islature. Will Stop Sunday Movies
If Prices Are Not Lowered
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Mayor C. J. Carrig informed
the city council that he would put a
stop to Sunday picture shows if the
scale of prices did hot come down.
He declared that because it has a
monopoly on the movie business in
Columbus one company is charging
higher prices for the shows here than
people in the surrounding towns pay
for their film entertainments.
Former Lieutenant Governor
Leaves Estate of $2,000,000
Lincoln, Dec. 10. (Special.) R.
E. Moore, former lieutenant governor
of Nebraska, left an estate of more
than $.2,000,000. according to an est:-,
mate filed in county court with a
...siicopy of his will. Half of his estate
;'Jj, is 'eft to the widow and the re
".";! maindcr. excepting Sl'W.O'Ki, which is
J to be used for building an annex to
....,; . 1 . I
1 other relatives.
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