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VOL. 51 NO. 152.
Japan May
Back Down
In Rail Row
Action Paving Way to Settle
ment of Shantung Railroad
Question Expected by
Arms Delegates.
Means Victory for China
By PHILIP KINSLEY.
thlraco Tribune-Omaha llrt Vmtd Hire.
Washington, Dec. 11 Japan is
prepared to lack down in its de
mand for half control of the Shan
tung railroad, thus paving the way
for the final settlement of this great
issue. China will win, at least. "in
principle," although actual with
drawal of Japanese and restoration
of the lease hold and economic
' rights obtained under the Versailles
treaty and the 21 demands will not
be accomplished at once and will de
pend upon the ability of China to
fulfill the financial and peace keep
ing obligations which it will assume.
Announcement of the attitude of
Japan is expected in a day or two
and the whole matter will be left
to continued negotiations outside the
. conference. It may be called another
success directly attributable to the
conference, if this plan materializes
as promised. , . . .
Settlement Predicted.
Japanese diplomats have proph
esied for several days that the
Shantung question would be settled.
It could only be settled in one way,
because the Chinese delegates were
afraid to retreat an inch from their
stand for complete restoration of the
tormer ucrman rights. .Pressure
from student and political organiza
tions here and in China was too
strong. The delegates knew that if
they yielded they,, and possibly their
government, would fall.
In fact, they had been given this
week to make good in. getting some
thing concrete and 'vital to China.
Japan did not have to yield. It is
becoming stronger every day and
has rights which are recognized in
international law. The powers that
stood back of it at Versailles could
not force it to yield. It has chosen
this way because it seemed the
wisest way and it needs to hold
China as ft friend rather than an en
emy. And Chinese bankers have of
fered to buy back the road.
Bandits Get Away With
f i 3,300 :Case? ; Whisky
Before Police Arrive
Baltimore, ' Deft "11. After " S.500 '
cases of whisky had been taken from
the warehouse of ' the - Canton dis
tilleries and loaded on motor trucks,
police answering a riot call last night
frustrated the robbery ' of 180,000
quarts of liquor. , .
Three trucks, carrying 3,300 cases
of the liquor had left the warehouse
when the pofice arrived and all roads
in Maryland and nearby states are
being searched for them
Two trucks on which were loadid
2,)0 cases, were ready to leave the
warehouse when the police reached
the scene and men were busily en
gaged in loading two other trucks.
Sixteen men' in charge of the trucks
were arrested. " ,' T
The confidence of the guards at
the distillery was gained by a forged
permit . ' '
Attorney General Says
Eugenics Law Illegal
Cheyeune, Wyo., Dec. 11. Love
laughs at eugenics here. Attorney
General W. L. Walls, in an opinion,
declared the state, eugenics law. en
acted by the last legislature, is il
legal and Saturday the county clerk
was busy passing' out marriage li
censes without the customary phy
sician's certificate.
The law requires that 10 days be
fore a marrigc license is granted, a
certificate from a physician must be
p'resented to show freedom from
disease. It was modeled after the
Wisconsin law,- but ' the attorney
general said that failure to mention
in the title of the bill the provision
for medical examination nullified the
law. .- ':
Mine Labor Chief Denies -'..
Split in Illinois Union
Indianapolis. Dec. 11. Frank Far
rington, president of the Illinois dis
trict of the United Mine Workers
of America, today denied that there
was any disposition among Illinois
miners to break away, from the In
ternational union and join with the
Kansas "insurgent"' group in forma-'
tion of a new union. . .
He also denied he had issued a
statement coming from Illinois head
quarters at Springfield last night,
quoting him as defying an executir;
order from John L. Lewis, president
of the International union, rescind
ing the action of the Illinois rniners
convention in assessing lllinoismin-r-rs
for Kansas "insurgent" miner re
- lief purposes.
Financial Condition
Discussed by Bankers
Columbus, Neb., Dec 11. (Special
Telegram.) Forty bankers of Co
lumbus and Platte county met at a
banquet at the Evans hotel to discuss
the present financial condition. W.
J. Coad, Omaha, member of the fed
eral reserve banks, was the principal
speaker, explaining the methods of
the federal reserve banks.
J. F. Flanigan, secretary of the
war finance corporation, -was present
and explained in. detail the method
of making application for loans to
the war finance corporation for ag
ricultural purposes. '
Musical Composer Dies
Stw York. Dec. 11. Yicto" Ja
cobi, 38, musical comedy composer,
died today ia a hospital here.
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Three Arrested
For "Gun Play"
In Strike Zone
Negro Employes of Swift &
Co. Seized by Police Union
Leaders Confident For.
men Will Join Walkout.
Yesterday resembled a tvDical Xew
England Puritan Sunday in South
Side up to 6 p. m as far a strike
activities were concerned. The po-
lice made but four arrests, three of
which were in connection with, the
strike.
Police Sergeant John Zaloudek and
squad of patrolman arrested three
negroes, employes of Swift & Co..
in the rear of 4913 South Twenty-
sixth street, at 8 yesterday morning.
According to police reports, Frank
Marshall, 4913 South Twenty-sixth
street; William Morris, 2S12 M street,
and RuTus Avern, 49i'i South
Twenty-sixth street, were in the back
yard of Marshall's home when they
were approached, by Thomas Smith,
1249 South fifteenth street; Leroy
Terry, 4822 South Twenty-sixth
street, and Fred Brown, 220 Ohio
street.
Weapons Are Drawa
Marshall and Morris drew weapons
on Smith, Terry and Brown, and
backed away. Marshall had a loaned
.22-caliber revolver and Morris had
a biflr butcher knife. Avern was un
armed. The latter was arrested for
investigation, and Morris and Mar
shall were held on charge of carry
ing concealed weapons.
South Side police received a re
port yesterday morning from John
Boharty, 3831 South Thirty-fourth
street, that while he was going home
in his automobile Saturday night
over the F street viaduct, two un
known men in another machine or
dered him to stop, but that he
stepped on the gas and made his get
away George Sarich, 2926 S street, also
reported to the police yesterday that
between V and 1U Saturday nignt,
a' man stopped in front of his home
and after taking down the house num
ber told Sarich he was coming back
and "fix" -Win. Early yesterday
morning William Faust, 580H South
Thirty-first street, a striker, was ar
rested on complaint of his wife for
being drunk and abusing her.
Boycott "Big Five."
A mass meeting was held at
Union hall yesterday at 2:30 p. m.,
which was attended by more than
1,000 strikers, many of whom were
women.
Addresses were made by Frank
Lauer, chairman of the strike com
mittee; B. F. Ballard, district presi
dent of the Carpenters' union of
Omaha; Curtis Davis, colored; R. R.
Johnson of the' Carpenters' union,
Council Bluffs, and H. F. Kaps, press
secretary of the Central Labor coun
cil. '. Johnson and Ballard said,
among other things", that the unions
they represented were behind - the
strikers and that a boycott had been
placed on markets handling "Big
Five" products. They advised the
them to stick together and said,
in their opinion, the Butcher Work
men would eventually win their
strike. . .
Expect Foremen to Strike.
Frank Lauer said responses had
been received to the resolution ask
ing foremen at various local plants
to join the strikers and that he ex
pected a least 50 pert cent of the
foremen to walk out this morning. A
lunch room has been established and
a rest room fitted up at union head
quarters. Conditions at the various packing
plants were unusually quiet. At
Cudahy's it was reported that the
plant 'was in partial operation yes
terday and at Armours it was re
ported a large quota of non-strikers
had worked five hours clearing up
unfinished work from Saturday.
Central Organization
, To Dispense Charity
Alliance. Neb.. Dec. 11. (Special)
A central charity organization has
been formed here to give aid to neeay
families of the citv and county. All
applications for assistance will be
handled by a committee ot prominent
citizens, who will make a thorough
invrstiiratinn of all cases in order to
prevent duplication. In the past there
has been no organization to nanciie
this work and as a result' some fam
ilies have been receiving aid from
several sources and getting more
than their share.
In some instances families have
cnM fnnH and r-lothinir ffiven to them
for their own . use and spent the
money tor non-necessities, it is ai
F.itrht families, the bread
winners of which are either out of
work or unable, to work, are now
receiving assistance and 10 more are
under investigation. 1
Denver Real Estate Man
Held on Check Charge
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G. E. Townsend, said to be a real
estate dealer of Denver, was arrested
here by Sheriff Miller, following a
message from Chadron authorities
stating that he was wanted there on
a charge of passing a check for $52
on the Chadron Motor company,
without sufficient funds in the bank
to meet it. According to Sheriff Can
field of Chadron, who came here to
take Townsend back for a hearing,
the latter purchased two auto tires
ana casings at tne cnaoron xviotur
company and gave the check in pay
ment Investigation showed that he
had only $45 in a Denver bank on
which the check was drawn. Town
send stated that he did not . know
tia flirt Tint 'liava annticrti mrinav in
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the bank to cover the check.
Farm Body to Meet
Bayard. Neb., Dec. 11. (Special
The annual meeting of the Morrill
county Farm Bureau and Live Stock
association will be held at Bridge
port, when the annual reports of
County Agent Schroll and Home
Demonstration Agent Lulu Boyes
will be given, and election of officers
held. .
Support of
De Valera
Weakening
Men Who Fought for Freedom
Of Ireland Reported to Be
In Favor of Peace
Treaty.
Pin Faith To Collins
By JOHN STEELE..
t'tilra.a Tribune rahlr, Copxrlihl. IKS I.
Dublin, Dec. 11. There is less
doubt now than ever that the people
of Ireland are solidly behind Arthur
Griffith and ichael Collins in their
action in signing the -peace treaty
with England, and it is reported that
even the adherents of Eanicnn IX
Valera, in the first flush of fxcite
ment over his repudiation cf the
treaty, are now weakening.
Sean T. O'Kelly, the Irish envoy
to Paris, who arrived in Dublin
for the avowed purpose of fight
ing the ratification of the treaty,
is reported to have told a friend
that he is convinced that Mr.
Griffith was right, although he feared
he was pledged to vote agair.'t him.
De Valera Losing Following.'
Most significant is Mr. De .Valcra's
loss of popularity with the men who
have done the fighting for Ireland's
freedom. One commandant of the
Irish republican army said this
morning that he was tired 'of listen
ing to men who had been safe in for
eign countries during the fighting
and that he pinned his faith in
"Mick" Collins, who had stayed in
Ireland, and risked his life through
out the struggle. ;
There were conferences in Man
sion House, although there was
no formal cabinet, meeting and
there-will-not be until after dail
eireanu meets. Prof. John Maineall,
the .speaker of dail cireann, , came
to ' town and conferred with
Messrs. Griffith and Collins, with
whom he has thrown in his .'ot. A
number of bishops also called on the
plenipotentiaries, bringing messages
of encouragement from their dioceses
while they received messages from
men like Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of
Cork, L. Deroiste, a member of par
liament from Cork, O'Meara of
Limerick and many others from all
parts of Ireland pledging support.
Speculation as to Course.
There is much speculation as to
what Mr. de Valera's course of ac
tion will be if he is defeated, which
seems certain. He may resign and
retire to private life; he may continue
in public life,- holding that dail eire-
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dim lids duauivcu mm iium ma it-
i,t- .i, t- .-). 4a tn.
the latter course, it is agreed that
(Conttaned From Pace One.) ,
Hardy and Byron
To Get Light, Power
Deshler, Neb., Dec. 11. (Special.)
In consideration of a loan of
$5,000 for five years at 7 per cent
from Hardy and Byront the Deshler
Light & Power company has been
granted a franchise for a period of
25 years to supply those towns with
light and power. Work on the trans
mission lines will" commence in a
short time and the work is to be
completed in four months. Farmers
along these lines will be supplied
with light and 'power. The same
rates will be charged as , apply in
Deshler.
Disappears After Setting
Forth to Denounce K. K. K.
New York, Dec. 11. Capt. G. A.
Rau, who went to a Ku Klux Klan
meeting in Brooklyn Thursday night
with the avowed purpose of denounc
ing the klan, has not been heard of
since. The police were unable to
obtain any trace of him today. '
Captain Rau, who was a lifelong
friend of Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
lived at the Delta Phi fraternity
house, Manhattan. Before ' he . left
the house Thursday evening he in
formed his friends of his intention
of denouncing the klan. If he was
not heard from in 24 hours, Tie-said,
his friends should notify" the police.
Chester - Arthur, 'one - of Rau's
friends, notified the police today and
a search wks started.
Hunt Pugilist on Charge
Of Robbing Brother-in-Law
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. ll.-(Speeial.)
---Officers here are looking "for a
prize-fighter who goes under the
name of Wisdom and whom they be
lieve got $290 from " the safe at
Davison's milk depot here - a few
hights-ago. Wisdom is a brother-in-law
of Davison, and the officers
say he disappeared the night of the
robbery. He was followed to Sa
betha, Kan., where he and his wife
succeded in eluding them, the officers
say. ' According to Davison's father,
Wisdom is to fight in the east soon
and the authorities will try and ap
prehend him then. r
Fordney Introduces Bill -To
Buy Grain for Russia
Washington. Dec. 11. An appro
priation of $10,000,000 to be used for
the purchase of 10.000.000 bushels of
corn and 1,000,000 bushels of seed
grain to be distributed in Russia by
the American relief administration is
proposed in a bill introduced by
Chairman Fordney of the' house
ways and means committee.
Canadian Comptroller
Of Currency Suicides
Ottawa. Dec. 11. R. E. Rourke,
comptroller of currency in the domin
ion government, look his life tonight
by swallowing poison. The comp
troller's office is the highest post in
the Canadian department of finance
tinder civil service regulations.
OMAHA, MONDAY.
Woman is Pinned
Beneath Her. Auto
Gothenburg, Neb., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial Telegram,) Lydia Kraxberger
was seriously Injured a few milci
north of here at 4 p. m. Sunday
when the auto the was driving turned
II tuc amu biiv w9 Ult.lllli IUI IICU
over,
:r, pinning ncr uencain it. Anotner
passed a few minutes latetr and
was brought to town. ' Upon ex-
ination by Dr. Stevenson it w"'
nd vertebrae was "compk .
car
she
am
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badly cut.
Mrs. Obenchain
Again Changes
Mind and Lawyer
Charles Erbstein Out of De
fense of Woman Indicted
Jointly With Arthur
C. Burch.
By EDWARD J. DOHERTY.
ChlrafO Trlbunf-Omsha IV Lraard Wire,
Los Aneeles, Dec. 11. Mrs.
Madclvnne Connor Obenchain. "the
three-man woman, jointly indicted
with Arthur C. Burch on the charge
of slaying J. Belton Kennedy, has
again changed her mind and her
counsel.
Charles E. Erbstein, who came out
here to defend her last October, is
out of the defense.
Whether Erbstein was released by
Madclynne or withdrew of his own
accord, is a matter ot discussion. Jbrb
stein, in a statement sent to Los
Ansreles. declares he withdrew.
Because of the attack made on his
character by District Attorney Thorn
as Lee Woolwine, he feels his useful
ness to his client is 'at an end, he
says, and promises that he will carry
on the tight against these two.
Favors Local Attorneys.
Mrs. Obenchain says that after
thinking; over the. matter for some
time, she believed it would be better
for her to employ local attorneys,
At any rate she has placed her
defense 111 the hands of Jud K. Kush
and Alfred F. MacDonald, associat
ed with LeCompte Davis, one of the
most prominent members of the
California bar.
At all times Ralph Obenchain, her
former husband whont she discard
ed for Kennedy, has been associated
with the defense counsel and has re
mained at her beck and call.
Schenck asserted that some man
whose identity he has not yet learned
phoned him a few days aeo and said
that for $10,000 he would srive Mr.
Burch ,an absolutely hemp-proof
alibi. He would take the witness
stand, he said, and swear that on the
night of -the murder Burch was a
guest at his home. '
. Detectives on Trail.
L. Air. cienencK says lie nw ucicmra
. . . c- t i i i .
mav be errand iurv action.
-It was learned yesterday that Mr,
Woolwine intends to introduce testi
mony to the effect that Burch, when
he was taken o'ff the train at Las
Vegas, Nev., the day after the mur
der, "gave himself away."
Mr Woolwine declares that the
telegram advising the Nevada sheriff
to take Burch into custody did not
make any specific charge against
him, but that Burch sent a wire to
an attorney in Los Angeles, in which
he said he was held for murdering
Kennedy.
"If he did not betray guilty knowl
edge in this action," the prosecutor
contends, .burch at least admitted
he knew of the murder." It was
hours after the telegram was sent,
it is asserted, that news dispatches
linking the fugitive with murder were
received in Las Vegas.
The prosecution will take up the
better part of next week before it
closes its case, it was announced,
and the defense may take two weeks
or longer. It will be some time
after the new year, therefore, when
the case goes to jury.
Mrs. Obenchain is scheduled to go
to trial immediately after.
Box Butte County Farmers
Hold Meeting at Alliance
Alliance, Neb., Dec. 11. (Special)
More than 40 farmers and their
wives attended the fourth quarterly
convention of the Box Butte County
Farmers' union held here. Following
a dinner served by their wives, the
fjrmers devoted the afternoon to a
discussion of problems of interest to
the agricultural industry. Particular
reference was made to . the potato
grading and inspection law, which is
almost unanimously opposed by the
farmers of the county on the ground
that it does not give them sufficient
protection against what they say are
unfair methods used by many potato
buyers, 'who, it is alleged, grade po
tatoes to suit themselves without re
gard for the grading law. Delegates
were elected to attend the state con
vention of farmers in Omaha Jan
uary 27.
Noted Philanthropist
Sued by Errand Boy
New York, Dec. 11. Mrs. Wen
dell Phillips, well known philanthro
pist and a leader in one section' of
New York society, will be put on the
stand to testify' in her own defense
December 15, when the trial of a
civil suit brought against her by
Tommy Boyle, a crippled errand boy,
is resumed.
Tommy is said to have been em
ployed by Mrs. Phillips at the Carry
On association, which the distin
guished philanthropist organized for
ex-STrvice men.
Tommy, though not an ex-service
man, was given a place at $3 a month
and board and lodging. He says he
worked for 74 weeks, but his wages
were paid for only one month.
Bank Bandit Slain
Miami, Ok!., Dec. 11. One bandit
was slain, another probably fataKy
wounded and a third injured as they
were leaving the State bank at Tar
River, Okl., after robbing the bank
of $5,000 in cash tonight
DECEMBER 12. 1921.
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Jury in Gardner
Trial Unable to
Reach Verdict
Judge Warns Members Not
To Discuss Evidence in Case
; , Of Twice-Convicted
Mail Robber. . " . :
Phoenix. Ariz.. Dec. ll. The iurv
in the United States district court
here, which heard the evidence in
the trial of Roy Gardner, twice con
victed mail robber, on a charare of
robbing a mail car at Maricopa, Ariz.,
on .November o, was unable to reach
a verdict and was dismissed a few
minutes after noon today.
judge William rl. Sawtc e. who
presided over the trial, in dismissing
the jury, pointed out that it had
been considering the case since shortly-after
5 o'clock last night,'and
declared that failure to agree in that
lengtn ot time indicated to him the
jury should be dismissed.
I he judge, however, , warned the
jurors not to discuss the case with
anyone, and particularly warned them
nut 10 aisciose novy many ballots
were taken or how the ballots stood.
Disclosure of that information, he
said, might affect the trial of Gard
ner on another charsre that
scheduled to follow his trial. . .
The other charcre involved Gard
ner's attempt to rob a mail car at a
railway station, here and his alleged
assault on tne mail c eric in charo-e
of the car on November 15, in which
attempt he was captured by the
clerk, Herman F. Inderlied. After
the jury was dismissed, however,
Thomas A. Flynn, United States dis-
tnst attorney, said he was nnderidpH
whether to ask the court to proceed
with the trial of Gardner on the
f hoenix charge or to re-try him for
the Maricopa offense at once. Fur
ther than that, Mr. Flynn would not
comment on the case. Carl A. Davis.
attorney for Gardner, also refused to-
comment.
Gardner admitted, durine his trial.
that he committed the robbery at
Maricopa, but maintained that when
he did it, he was insane and not re
sponsible for his acts. , .
Delay Lakeside Drilling
To Build New Derrick
'Alliance, Neb., Dee. 11. (Special)
-Drilling at the Lakeside oil well,
operated by the Lakeside Deveop
ment company, will be delayed for
about 30 days during the .construc
tion of a new derrick, which is neces
sary because of the depth, of the
well.
The 120-foot derrick, which has been
used up to this time, is beginning to
show the strain of the weight placed
upon it at a depth of nearly 3,000
feet, and is considered unsafe by the
drillers.
It1 is expected that it will be neces
sary to drill probably 1,000 feet
deeper to reach the oil sands. The
new derrick will be 8o feet high and
more substantially built than the
present one.
Agent for German Estate
Files Suit Against Mellon
Washington, Dec 11. L. R. Pugh,
ancillary administrator of the estate
of the Princess Amelia Zd Lynar,
who died at Lindeau, Germany.
October 8, 1920, and representatives
of her heirs in this country today
iled suit in the supreme court of the
District of Columbia against T. W.
Miller, alien property custodian, and
Secretary Mellon for the return of
real estate, cah and bonds valued it
ahnill STiH nOO Tti nrorurlr it
, . . . - r"vr-' J , i
claimed, was illegally teued. J
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Nebraska City Riot
Proves Calm Affair
Crowd Goes to See Strike
breakers Who Refuse to .
; - Leave Car.
Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 11.
(Special Telegram.) Reports'" that
the Morton-Gregson '- Packing com
pany was importing a carload of
strikebreakers today drew a large
crowd of curious to the Missouri Pa
cific station. About 25 negroes were
in the car.
The train waited 10 minutes for
the men to leave the car. After
looking at the crowd they refused to
leave. Sheriff E. H. Fischer visited
with the men in the car and assured
them protection in case they desired
to go to the packing house.
When informed that a strike was
in progress the men stated that they
were employed with the understand
ing that they were to work on pub
lic highways. The men left the
train at Wyoming and waited for a
train for Kansas City to pick them
up and returned home.
' No effort was made to intimidate
the men by the crowd which" con
tained only three or four strikers
and the balance idlers looking for
excitement. , -
Labor Board "Welcornes Suit
By Pennsylvania Railway
' Chicago, Dec. 11. The injunction
suit ot the Pennsylvania Railroad
company against the United States
railroad labor board is welcomed, be
cause it will decide the board's
powers and the manner in which its
decisions can ' be enforced, Judge
Barton, chairman of the board, . said
in a statement tonight.
The injunction issued yesterday
.by Judge Landis and enjoining the
board from handing down a decision
in disputed shop craft cases affecting
the .Pennsylvania, expired today and
was not continued when the board
promised to hold its decision in abey
ance, pending a hearing December 21.
Old Stone School House
To Go "Under Hammer"
Bayard, Neb., Dec. 11. (Special.)
. The old stone scboolhouse, south
east of Bridgeport, is to be sold at
auction,. and kter removed from its
present -sift,' according to County
Superintendent Kelly. : This building
is one of the few stone-buildings
in the ; county and was-constructed
in the early days when Morrill coun
ty was stilt a part of Cheyenne coun
ty. Aconsolidation makes the sale
necessary. . . ,
Illinois Deputy Sheriff
.' - Found Guilty of Murder
Wheaton, III, Dec.'; 11. Jake
Klein, special deputy sheriff of Du
Page County, charged with man
slaughter in the shooting of Leo
.Neumann, a motorist, - was - found
guilty of murder in the manner and
form as charged in-the indictment,"
by the verdict of the jury. -
Ord Gas Plant Enlarged
Ord, Neb.. Dec. II. (Special)
Messrs. Barta and Gard, the new
owners of the Ord city gas plant.
have enlarged the plant.' Other im
provements also are being made. An
expert is here installing new machin
ery which, with the overhauled old
apparatus, will make one of the most
complete gas plants in the state, ft is
said.
Woman Becomes P. O. Chief
Callawav, Neb., Dec. II (Soe-cial.)-Mrs.
May T. Douglass has
assumed the duties of poati.iistres"
in Callaway, succeeding Herman
Schneringer.
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Senate Finance
Body Approves
Funding Measure
Obligations Maturing Not
Later Than June, 1947, With
Interest at 5 Per Cent
' Prov ided in Bill.
' " ' By Tb Associated Prei.
Washington, '-Dec. 11. Funding
of the $11,000,000,000 debt owed
the United States by foreign gov
trnments into obligations matur
ing not later than June 15, 1947,
and bearing interest at not less than
5 per cent, would be authorized un
der the funding bill as approved by
the senate finance committee.
- Chairman Penrose announced
that, . these and , other provisions
written into the house bill had been
agreed to by .Secretary Mellon and
the democratic members. He added
the rewritten bill would be reported
to the senate on Monday and called
up Tuesday.- - - . -
Interest on the new obligations
would be paid semi-annually and
the minimum rate which would.be
permitted 5 per cent is the rate
on the existing obligations.
Under . another amendment, four
ot the live members of the commis
sion "which is to conduct the fund
ing negotiations, would have to be
confirmed by the senate.
All of the changes in the house
measure, it was explained,- were in
line with those proposed by Senator
Simmons of North Carolina, rank
ing democrat on the finance com
mittee. Parts of the house bill approved
would provide that:
No part of either the principal or
interest could be canceled.
The bonds of one government
could not be accepted in payment of
the debts of another.
.The authority of the commission
expires in three years and that the
commission make annual report to
congress.
The total owed to the United
States, principal and interest, by
the foreign nations, is $11,329,281,
228. Young Congressman
V. Gives Talk on America
Geneva, Neb., Dec. 11. (Speciaf)
Roval C. Tohnson. rnnrrrpecman
from outh Dakota, spoke' on "Pres
ent and Future Conditions of the
Country," last niVht. He was intro
duced by .ex-Congressman .Charhs
H. Sloan. ( Mr. Johnson is 39 and
one of the youngest members of the
national legislative body. . His talk
.closed the high school lecture course
for this year. . ,
School Teacher. Burned ,
Pouring Oil . on Fire
Callaway, Neb., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Miss Helen Paine, teacher of
Oconto, was severely burned while
pouring coal oil on' a fire at the
school house.' :
The Weather
Forecast v
Nebraska Generally fair Mon
day and probably Tuesday; . not
much change in temperature.
Iowa Unsettled Monday, with
light rain; Tuesday, probably fair;
not much change in temperature.
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THREE CENTS
Convicted
Murderer
i tt i
JLF1 vaio jail
"Terrible Tommy" O'Connor
Sentenced to Hang Next
Friday,' Beats Cuards
Into Insensibility. .
Two Others Also Escape
Clilrxa Trlbuii-Omh lit Iad Wlr.
Chicago, Dec. 11. "Terrible Torn
my" O'Connor, sentenced to lu:i
next Friday for the murder of De
tective Sergeant Patrick O'Neill, who)
had gone to his home to arrctt him,
today made a sensational escape from
the county jail, taking with him Ed
ward Darrow and James Laporte
also desperate criminals. Two other!
prisoners, Charles McDerniott, a!
widely known safeblowcr, and Gar
enci Sponagal, under sentence of 10
years for robbery with a gun, were
seized as they were about to leavis
the jail.
The jail delivery, which is one oil
the most sensational in the history
of the prison, bears the marks of
outside and inside help. O'Connor)
is' a tremendous power in the un
dcrworld, and can command the iid
limited assistance of many politicians.
A large sum of money was raised
in the underworld for his defense
but it appeared he would have to ga
to the gallows. About the only avet
nue left open was. the insanity pleaj
but he improved on this vastly by;
departing from prison. It is a ccr
tainty he will not be retaken alive, a
the police have orders to kill him on
sight and he will not submit to arrest
with a death sentence hanging ovet
him and only hve days distant.
Blamed for Seven Murders.
Police officials say O'Connor hai
been connected with seven murders.
His entire life has been marked by
criminal acts and he hat always been!
accounted one of the most desperate
criminals in Chicago, which is cursed
with some of the worst in the world.
The escape took place at 11 o'clock
this morning when 75 prisoners were,
exercising in the "bull pen" at the
county jail. Some one had supplied
O'Connor with an automatic pistol
and he and five others pounced upon
David Strauss, the only guard in the
pen, gagged and bound ,him and
beat him into insensibility.
Hearing the commotion, two other
guards dashed into the big enclosure
but O'Connor pushing his pistol into
their midriffs, ordered them to throw
up their hands. Other prisoners fell
upon them and beat them uncon
scious. ; " -
Take Keys From Guard.
From one of them the O'Connor
gang secured a key that unlocks sev- .
eral doors. They dashed downstairs,
unlocked doors and beat surh o-narrU
as stood in their path. They reached
the basement, opened another door
and passed into a courtyard.- Leap
ing over a wall, O'Connor and two
of the prisoners jumped into a wait
ing automobile. It broke down a
block away, but they forced the
owner out of another car and dashed
away.
Still another car was commandeered
further along the route of escape.
The owner was forced to drive at
top speed to a pointt about two miles
from the jail, when O'Connor
reached over, turned the steering
(Tarn to !'! Tiro. Colnm Fire.)
Settlement of Caruso
. Estate in U. S. Delayed
Ne York, Dec. 11. That the in
come from the estate of Enrico
Caruso here is estimated at about
$250,000 yearly, practically all o!
which is from tVic U n(
machine records, became known to-
aay witn tne explanation that a set
tlement Of the. Ampriran aetata .f
the tenor was being delayed by ques
tions concerning tne records.
A nnpetinn tias .ri... . . - ...
1 ........ ..,.0 .MOUI I (J
whether the income from the phono-
grapn records shall be regarded as
income or eanital anil it ma.. V
- ' . J ua-
sible that the courts may be called to
pass upon the matter.. Undar the
agreement signed by Mr. Caruso and
the other heirs in Italy, one-half of
it . A c A rtrtrt . a a
T 1 1 fr hh tncnrria wam
plied to the share of Gloria Caruso,
while the rmatnr1r L
... - u". uiYIU-
ed share and. share alike between
Mrs. Laruso, Kodolfo and Enrico
Caruso, ir.. nn nf h tnn. I
. - -j - ..... iluui , a i ' i
Giovanni Caruso, brother of the
tenor. .
American Education Week-
Is Generally Observed
Indianapolis, Dec. 11. American
education week, whlrh r1n
night, was so generally observed to
every state that it will be observed
annually, according to A. M. Ows
ley, director of the A
commission of the American legion.
wmcn in conjunction with the Na
tional Educational society directed
the ' week's program. " . .
Plead Guilty to Charge
v Of Tranpine Illceallv
. Bavard. Xeb. f)e. 1 1 (r.rr',
wave Lewis. Charles Hall ant!
Philip Knoss pleaded guilty to trap
ping without a license and having in
their possession green hides. The
man had been trapping along the
river near Bayard, it is said, and were
caught by Deputy Game Warden Y.
K. Greer.
Vienna Rioters Sentenced
Vienna. Dec. 11. (By A. P.)
With a double guard of soldiers with
fixed bayonets surrounding the court
house, the trials of persons arretted
following the recent riot began today.
Twenty-live were given sentence"
ranging up to 10 months' imptuaja-ment,