f
t '
Greatest Bar to
American Naval
- Plan Is Removed
Termination of Anplo-Japan-fie
Alliance Docs Much to
Open Way for Limita-
tion AgreemenL
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Chirac TVttHin-Omh IIm I-sd Wlr
Washington, Dec 11. The great
est obstruction to triumph for the
American natal limitation program,
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, was re
moved here.
Now for the 10 year naval doliday,
agreement on the capital hip ratio
proposed by the United States, and
the bringing of the Washington con
ference to a aupcr-ctiinax of achieve
ment for. the peace of the world.
Having removed a Rrave possible
cause of war, the delegates of the
potters represented here propose next
to consummate the underlying pur
pose of the conference, the limita
tion of the great nava armaments of
the world.
' Expect Agreement Soon.
Flist to be determined in bring
ing consideration of the naval pro
gram to a conclusion is the 5-5-3
ratio, of capital ships to be accorded
the linked States, Great Britain and
Japan. '
Today's accomplishment is be
lieved here to make acceptance by
Japan of the 60 per cent capital ship
basts almost a certainty. How soon
agreement on this wil be announced
could not be stated definitely to
night, but the prediction was general
that it would be forthcoming within
a few days. r - ' ' :
Baron Kato. the. head of the Jap
anese delegation,, said tonight that
final word from his. government on
this Important phase of the sonfer
ence had not been received, .but that
it was expected" almost hourly. ; As
soon as the issue is decided, it is
probable that another plenary ses
sion of the conference will be held
to receive the announcement.. Re
ports are current ; tonight that a
plenary session 'might be called
early next week,' but American con
ference officials'ea'id.that there could
be nothing definite about it at this
time. '" -'V
Successful Outcome Predicted.
The spirit of the .delegates at to
day's session reflected a suc
cessful outcome of .the naval reduc
tion controversy. " Mr. Balfou of
Britain, speaking of the four-powered
agreement and its effect on the pur
poses of he Washington conference
said:- -.. ;. t
"Nothing is more germane to its
spirit and nothing that we could
possibly have done .would better pre
pare the way. for that diminution of
naval armament' which I hope will
be one of our greatest trimuphs."
Prince Tokugawa of Japan sa:d that
Japan would rejoice in the pledge
of peace upon the Pacific ocean
made today and endorsed the
utterances pfMtr; Balfour in predict
ing success. of .the disarmament pro
gram. . .
Support of De Valera "
In Ireland Weakening
l i 1 f.t-f- -
" ' (Centlnearm Face One,)
Arthur Gnffith wtll:b the. first chief
of the new Irish free state.
Tom Johnstslti'Thr-secretary of the
Irish labor party, told me that
labof would fake-ne part in the pres-
. ent quarrel. It-is 'true that it is not
directly , represented in dail, having
stood aside t& allow' concentration on
the national demand, but it will not
even try to influence the votes of the
members of labor constituencies. :.!
gather that labor is inclined td simpa1-
'thize with the insistence for the "full
republican demand, but this, it most
' be understood, is the political labor
which is. inclined toward bolshevism
and numerically is not influential. It
also has, & grudge against the Irish
republican police which it accuses of
havincr heloed the employers in the
recent Strikes in Limerick and else
where. ,
London, Dec. 11. England is opti
" mistic While waiting for Wednesday's
meeting of dail eireann.
Sir Jimes Craig, the Ulster pre
mier, completed his conferences with
Premier Lloyd George and will re
turn to Belfast, after having
discussed Ulster's fiscal status un
der the treaty and the question" of
the readjustment of Ulster's boundar
ies. It is stated that Ulster has asked
that the,- boundaries commission deal
with tha nine counties instead of the
six now constituting the district, as
if it sacrificed certain Catholic areas
in Tyrone and Fermanaugh it "could
be compensated by the inclusion in the
northern district of certain Protestant
areas n Cavan, Donegal and Monag
han. . 1." ' ' '
Crain's only comment was:
"The situation has not materially
changed."
New York, Dec. 11. Attacks on
Great Britain and the peace terms of?
fered Ireland, voiced by speakers at
the convention of' the Friends of
Irish Freedom, were cheered-by more
than 1,700 delegates, representing
every state. "
D. S. Cohaian, state supreme court
justice, who was elected permanent
chairman; received a welcome when
he declared Irish in America would
never be satisfied and would never
cease work until' Ireland was grant
ed a government "with the -same in
stitution and the same freedom that
America has." He also attacked
British influences which he said
were seeking to control American
opinion. . . :
"We give notice to England." he
declared,-"that Mr. Harding and Mr.
Hughes are not going to be able to
have their present scheme of alliance
put through any more than Mr. Wil
son and Mr. House put through
their league of nations.
Reduced Holiday Fares
Via the Burlington Route
Fare and one-half round trio from
all stations to destinations to which
the one-wav fare is $2j or Ies: mm
mum reduced fare. $2.50. Children
of half-fare age half above fares.
raf nf ale. December 22 to 24. in
clusive: final limit, January 4. These
reduced fares would include such
cities as Chicago, St. Louis." Kansas
City, Denver and intermediate terri
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umce, Jf none,- jjougias o saw, - -
Work of Omaha Poetess .. .
Recognized by Magazines
Mrs. Julie Hammond
Plans to Publish Mys
tical Writings in
Book Form.
Mrs. Julie Hammond, 2425 Cur
dette. street, is an' Omaha poctes '
whose work has been recognized by,
publications here, and elsewhere.
She expects to gather her poems in
a book to be published next spring.
A blending of various romantic
strains from her ancestry accounts '
for the mystical motive of many of
her poems. For she is a New Or-
leans Creole, with Spanish, French, ,
Cuban and negro blood.
Her parents died when she was
very young and she went to live in
Virginia with the family of Mrs.
Ellick McVeigh Miller, a novelist.
Here she found just what she
craved books. And from these
books she educated herself. She
has never' gone to school.
Her earliest published work was
printed when she was 16. She has
had poems published in Life, the In
dianapolis Freeman, the Monitor,
Omaha, and in other papers.
One of her most appreciated
ooems is "Tune Time." It has a lilt
and rhythm that, typify the beauties5?
ot June: , , , r
Sunshine and blua skits, and Ilslds ot
r living gruen;
Hill and UI berierktd with flowers, ot
vary bua and (been.
Bong bird and butterflies on golden
win sirteam;
Muslo ot the running brook, and drowsy
. murmuring slream.
Moonshine- and starshlna and winds
. tluit njftly nigh;
Airy clouds of fleecy white, that idly
Wander by. ,
Old frlnnds and new Invea now meet
with hearts atunn;
To wonders ot tlia earth and aky and
thia is June. . . .
Body of Slaughter
Found in Woods
Discovery Corroborates Story
Of Killing of Desperado
Told by Escaped Convict.
By Tba Associated Press.
Little Rock.. Ark.,' Dec. ll.--The
body of Tom Slaughter, -notorious
bank , robber and murderer, who
fought many gun battles-with officers,-
only to lose his life ' at the'
hands of a companion, ..was found
near the ashes of t his camp fire
in the woods 20 miles northwest of
Benton. ' .
The discovery corroborated the
story told by J. C. Howard, the
convict who killed the desperado.
According to Howard s story, the
group of seven convicts,. two, white?,
and five negroes, after - abandoning
the automobile in which they escape
ed, kept together and on sev
eral occasions heard members .of
the posse searching for them. Late
in the afternoon they came to the
secluded spot,, where, they, camped.
Howard said-.that .Slaughter; warned
the others of the party that he
would kill them if they "slackened."..
Howard said he watched his
chance and got the promise of Jim
Wells and Clifton Taylor, negroes,'
to "frame up" on Slaughter and the
other negroes. They disarmed the
other negroes as they slept. Howard
then gave a yell and-, as slaughter
started to arise,, shot him three times.
Howard and the two negroes,
Wells and Taylor, surrendered. -.
Huskers Answer Call
Superior. Neb., Dec. 11. (Special)
The report that cornhuskcrs were
needed inv the-f-yicinityvof superior
brought' men' in numbersand corn-
picking is being' rapidly completed.
Gridiron Club Abandons
Satire at Annual Dinner
" '"'- ' ' ' --.''-.. V
Winter Function5 Rivals Versailles. . Conference in
. Number, of . Notable Figuresv;.res6nti : ;
' -. Speakers Deliver Notably Frank and '.'z
, .J Informing Addresses. . v, '
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
- Washington, Dec 11. rNot even
at the Versailles conference were so
many of the great figures in the af
fairs of the world brought together
in one dining room as assembled
last night as the guests of the Grid
iron club at the club's annual winter
dinner. i
Not only were the president, . the
vice president and the cabinet pres
ent but the guests also included all
the principal delegates attending the
.conference, the French, Belgian,
Japanese, Italian and British am
bassadors, the ministers from Por
tugal, China and, the Netherlands,
eminent senators and representa
tives, famous business men and
financiers, and distinguisheajour
nalists from all parts of the world.
In one aspect, the dinner was a
plenary session of the men who
hold in their hands the forces and
powers that are guiding to their des
tiny the chief nations. Unlike a
plenary session of the international
conference, however, this was a
closed and not an open session, for
it is a rule of the Gridiron club that
no speech at a club dinner shall be
reported. Thus it was that under
this implied pledge of confidence,
famous personalities delivered no
tably frank and informing speeches.
Satire Abandoned.- -
Naturally the 'form of entertain
ment offered by the club to its
guests was attuned to the interna
tional character of the gathering.
In treating the conference, how
ever, the club for once abandoned
its customary methods of satire, wit
and humor and dealt with the sub
ject in a thoroughly dignified and re
spectful fashion. The keynote was
sounded early in the proceedings
when a member of the club ad
dressed the assembly as follows:
"Five great powers, meeting here
in Washington,- have achieved in a
month's time, more than ail the
world achieved for disarmament in
a quarter of a century of aspiration
and effort. To these five cowers the
I Gridiron club tonight pays homage,
THE
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Stillman Defense
Charges Effort to
Bribe-Witnesses
Attorney for. Wife of Banker
Presents Affidavit in Sup- ,
port of Accusation ,
Against Plaintiff.
lly The Associated Press.
Pcughkecpsie, N. Y., Dec-11. Ac
cusations that two Canadians had
been bribed to testify against Mrs.
Anne U. Stillman and- that agents
for James A. Stillman .attempted to
corrupt 11 others' into giving false
testimony opened a fresh counter at
tack upon the banker in his divorce
suit- ... .,. .' ' . . ..' ''
The charges were made in open
court before Supreme Court Justice
Morschauser by J. F.- Brennan, chief
of Mrs. Stillman's$;ounsel, and John
E. Mack, guardian ad litem for her
son, Guy, 3, .whose legitimacy the
banker impugned.;-Mr. Brennan pre
sented an affidavit signed .by himself;
outlining - the allegations ' and, ' ex
plaining that they would, tie borne out
by the testimony,' of, witnesses, to be
called at Montreal beginning ; Jan
uary 11. ',".!, .'
Mr. Brennan's. ' affidavit named:
several witnesses who, he, said'; would
be called .to testify'; that 'a'ectlts of
Mr. Stillman ;atffiipp.ted.,;to,;.'Jbribe
them in 1920 , abewt the'.time" the
banker instituted thVldivorce suit.
.The affidavit natned Joseph and
Ferdinand Page, tcjih .of Latuque,
Quebec, as the two who were bribed
before ; testifying.;: : agajnst-,jJ, Mrs;
Stillman. -Mr.- Brennan told the' bank-'
er's lawyer, Outerbridge Horsey'
that agents for i-Mr. Stillmun who;
sought to corrupt witnesses were J."
Albert La Fontaine and Francois,
Lajoie and added there were others
who were guilty.
Eleven witnesses named in the
affidavit would, Mr. Brennan stated,
swear that agents-. for Mr;';Srrllmart
sought .to bribe 7theni.','w4th'. consid
erable sums of money if they would
falsely swear," "they witnessed mis
conduct by Fred Beauvais, Indian
guide, and Mrs. Stillman.
The affidavit renewed charges that
Mr. Stillman was guilty of miscon
duct with three women,-Florence H.
Leeds and two identified only as
"Helen" and "Clara."
We feel that it is fitting for us to
look upon five symbols "Which repre
sent those tewersj banded in com
mon cause,- vwhosf.-; -work here is
translating the great .vision into fact.
The symbols. we shall-show you are
net those of .war, but cf peace. To
night they stand together as closely
bound by ties ot'brotherhood as they
were in the" da. bf a world tragedy.
We ask you; ' gentlemen, to look
upon them."'" r vr- -Flags-Borne
i In.
One by one "the silken banners' of
Japan, Italy, France, Great Britain
and the United States were borne
into the room, each by a bearer at
tired in the military uniform of the
Country represented and each herald
ed by the nationa! anthem of that
country, played by the Marine band.
Every flag was received with tumul
tuous applause, all present standing.
When the five had been grouped a
member of the club announced:
"To these five flags, united iri the
task that a barrier against war shall
be built high and strong and im
perishable, the Gridiron club offers
its salute."
To the music of "The Star Spang
led Banner" the flags were marched
off and the gaiety of the evening
began.
Part of the equipment of the din
ing room was a radio installation.
The guests were informed that "nine
months ago, the good ship, Normalcy
sailed on an uncharted sea. Through
the wireless, the Gridiron club will
be kept informed tonight of her
movements." ,
Periodically throughout the eve
ning the -operators anounced the
messages as they were received.
Among them were the following:
"Running on even keel. Band
playing. . Everybody singing. Not a
care in the world. ish all could
see our prond ship as she. plows
majestic ocean. : P. ,S. Our" smoke
screen is working fine."
"This message -has been .relayed
via Milwaukee ana it. Louis: :
"Three miles off" shCre. ' Deep
water. No . bars. Rear Admiral
Wayne Wheeler at the helm.
.Whew I Jow the wind blows,"
DEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1921.
New Area of World
Relations Opened
By Pacific Pact
'Big Four' Agree to Respect
Rights of Each Other
Under Terms of New
Agreement.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
t'hU'Ma Trlbuns-Omah M ltutf4 Win,
Washington, Dee. 11--A new era
of international relations in, the re
gion of the Pacific ocean, if not in
the whole world, was opened when
the text of the new four-power
peace stabilization treaty was read
at the plenary session of the con.
ference on the limitation of arma
ments and formally accepted by the
plenipotentiaries of the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Japan. ' '
"Gcntlcriien," ' said Chairman
Hughes in adjourning the confer
ence. "we have been dealing with a
very simple paper. Probably you
would not be able to. find an inter
national document couched in more
simple or even briefer terms; but
we are again reminded that the
great things are the simple ones. I
firmly believe that when this agree
ment takes effect we shall have gone
further-in the direction of securing
an enduring peace than by anything
that has. yet been done."
Terms of Treaty.
The treaty provides:
1. That the United Stat;?, the
British empire, France and Japan
agree to respect the rights of each
other pertaining to their insular
possessions and dominions :n the
Pacific oean.
2. That .' if ..any controversy
"arising out of any Pacific question"
should . develop . concerning such
rights, which does not yield to dip
lomatic settlement and becomes a
menace to the accord of the powers,
it shall, be submitted .to a conference
of all -of them; for. adjustment.
3. , -That -if any power other than
the four .signatories, menaces their
rights they shall consult each other
to reach' an understanding on mea
sures to be taken, either jointly or
separately, to .check the aggression.
4. That the treaty shall be in
force. .10 years, after-which period it
shall, continue, in. force indefinitely,,
subject to,-, the. right's- of any of "the
four powers to terminate it upon 12
months' notice.-
5. That upon the deposit at
Washington, of the several ratifica
tions of the treaty, the Anglo-Japanese
alliance shall be terminated.- .
Accepted With Proviso, -
The treaty originally put forward
by the British government as a so
lution of the Pacific problem was
accepted by the American plenipo
tentiaries with the proviso that it
shall not operate to interfere with
the settlement of America and Japan,
of the question of the status of. Yap
and other former German islands in
the- north Pacific mandated to Jap
Ian ,or impair the American objec
tion's to, certain provisions of the
madate for south Pacific islands.
The negotiations between the
United States and Japan on the Yap
question are on the point of success
ful conclusion and announcement of
the settlement of the cable, radio
and commercial rights involved is
expected within the next few days.
The question of American rights in
the south Pacific is in process of
doplomatic discussion with the al
lies. ,
Immigration Exempt.
The question of Japanese immigra
tion is exempt from the operation of
the treaty. A dispute between Amer
ica and Japan over the immigration
of Japanese into the United States,
for example, or over the California
alien land law could not be brought
before the conference of the four
powers for adjustment.
"It should be observed," said
Senator Lodge, in presenting the
text of the treaty to the conference,
"that the controversies to which the
proposed treaty refers do not em
brace quesions which, according to
principles of international law, lie
exclusively within the domestic jur
isdiction of the respective powers."
Another important point that was
stressed is that the treaty, although
it terminates the Anglo-Japanese al
liance and is accepted by Great
Britain and Japan as substitute there
for, is an alliance in no sense of the
term. Its purpose is the professed
purpose of the Anglo-Japanese al
liance to safeguard peace but it
does not obligate any of the signa
tories to come to the defense of an
other with naval or military forces.
No Provision for Force. .-.
"There is no provision," said Sen
ator Lodge, "for the use of force
to carry out any of the terms of the
agreement and no military or naval
sanction lurks anywhere in the back
ground or under cover of these plain
and direct clauses."
Unusual significance attaches to
this utterance and to the further
fact that Senator Lodge was hosen
to make the announcement of the
agreement on the treaty. Senator
Lodge is chairman of the foreign re--lations
committee of the senate, the
consent of which to the ratification
of the treaty will be asked by Pres
ident Harding.
If the treaty provided for any
semblance of an alliance between the
United States and other powers or
for the employment of force to car
ry out its terms, as in the case of the
league of nations covenant,- opposi
tion probably disastrous opposition
could be expected from the senate.
Endorsed by Delegates.
When Senator Lodge had present
ed and interpreted the treaty it was
endorsed by the chiefs of delegations
in turn. First came M. Viviani, who
announced the adherence of France,
in an eloquent and impassioned ad
dress pledging the spirit of his coun
try's tragic sacrifices on the battle
field to the fulfillment of the ideals
expressed in this treaty.
Mr. Balfour explained that the
Anglo-Japanese alliance never was
aimed at the United States, but con
ceded that Americans naturally ques
tioned its import when "interna
tional tension began to develop in
the Pacific by which he was under
stood to refer to friction between the
United States and Japan. He also
admitted that the reasons for the
.creation of the alliance no longer
Atlantic Exchange
Tickle Dial to
New Machine Switching System Put Into Service
At Midnight 7,G00 Subscribers Affected
, 'Experts Present When "Cut Over" Is Made.
Two master minds of the telephone
industry of the world were in Om
aha Saturday and were present at
midnight when the Atlantic board
at the telephone exchange wai "cut
over" to the machine-switching sys
tem. . - -
They arc Dr. Frank B. Jewett.
vice president and chief engineer of
the WeMern Electric company, and
Bancroft Ghorardi, vice president and
chief engineer of the American Tele
phone &i Telegraph company.
With them was Karl W. Water
son, assistant chief engineer of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
company.
Jewett and Ghcrardi have had vital
parts in the 10 years' development
of the' machine-switched telephone
to its present state of perfection.
Omaha is the first city to have
the new system, they said. ansas
City and Patterson, N. J., have sys
tems in progress of construction.
All Atlantic Users Affected.
All of the 7,600 Atlantic telephones
were switched . from the . manual
switchboard to the new machine
switching mechanism at midnight,
and the new service was in full op
eration at the Atlantic central .office
Sunday. '...'.,
Only Atlantic, telephone users were
affected by the change. Jackson,
Douglas, Harney, Webster, Ken
wood, Walnut and Market subscrib
ers are giving their calls to an oper
ator today as in the past.
The first call recorded from one
Atlantic number to another after
the "cut over" was at 12:02 when
Miss Ethel Brown, Atlantic ' 0059,
dialed a call to Miss Melva Bouvia,
Atlantic .3873. .
Two minutes before, or exactly at
midnight, as the "cut over" was ef
fected, a Harney exchange operator
picked up a call from Atlantic 0310
to Harney. 1163. This was the first
actual call .' under the new dialing
system.
The change in the service fur.
nished Atlantic telephone subscribers
was carried out last night without
ceremony. Careful and detailed pre
parations had been made, and re
hearsed, which resulted in the switch
being made almost in the twinkling
of an eye,.- 4 .
existed, both Germany and "Russla'i
having become impotent for aggres
sion. . ' . .
Replacement Best Course.
When' it came to germinating the
alliance, however, England, found it
self likely to be misunderstood by
Japan if it were abrogated by Brit
ain, and by the United States, if
the alliance were not dissolved, Mr
Balfour, went on. Hence, it was de
cided that the best solution would be
the replacement of the worn-out al
liance by an agreement of all the
powers in the Pacific. He called at
tention to the fact that he was Brit
ish prime minister when the Anglo
Japanese alliance and the Anglo
French entente were created and that
he always had stood for a close ac
cord with the United States. He
looked upon the treaty now agreed
upon as the fruition of policies with
which he had been identified.
Nothing could better prepare the
way for achieving the great purpose
of the conference the reduction and
limitation of armaments, Mr. Balfour
said.
Prince Tokugawa spoke briefly but
earnestly in support of the treaty in
behalf of Japan and then the repre
sentatives of Holland, Portugol, Bel
gium, Italy and China, although not
parties to the agreement, added their
endorsement of its spirit and pur
poses. Convicted Murderer
Escapes From Prison
(Continued From Pose One.)
wheel so that the car ran onto the
curb, leaped out, fired a shot at the
owner of the car to terrify him, and
then clambered into a big touring
car, apparently waiting for him, and
that is the last seen of him;
"The only way we can hold O'Con
nor is in the morgue," said Chief of
Police , Fitzmorrrs, , as he.' sent out
every available detective in squads,
armed with riot guns, with instruc
tions to kill him on sight.
"We will have him back before
Monday morning dead or alive,"
said the detectives, as they started to
comb the city in high powered cars,
traveling in squads pf four and iive.
: Defied Police.
O'Connor, after- killing .Detective
Sergeant O'Neill,, defied the police
for many, months."1:. He 'said,;, after
he was captured, that he attended
many dance halls, rode freely through
the parks and did not restrict his
movements in any way. . ...
- Eventually however, the chase be
came so hot that he went to Minne
apolis. ' After a drunken -carouse
there, he entered a ..sleeping car,
armed- with three magazine pistols,
and undertook -to. terrify., the negro
-porter. The" latter kicked him in the
face, knocking him from the car.
The engineer came back to the assist
ance of the porter, and with a larcre
monkeyl wrench, beat O'Connor un
til he became tractable. ,-He almost
escaped detection when arraigned the
following day on a charge of dis
orderly conduct and assaulting with
a deadly weapon. This would have
enabled him to go free after a few
weeks in a Minneapolis jail, but some
one recognized him as the Chicago
all around murdered and he was
extradited.
Denied New Trial
. Every . effort had been made by
his attorneys and his friends in the
criminal world to save him from the
noose, but Saturday the Illinois Su
preme caurt denied him another trial
Among the murders charged against
him, but for which he was never
tried or escaped punishment, were
the killing of Jimmy Cherin, who
had been his pal. He had refused
to kill for "Tommy" and all the in
dications wert that "Tommy" killed
him.
Harry Emerson, one of the men
arrested for the hold-up and robbery
of the Illinois Central station at
Randolph street in 1918, said O'Con
Phone Users
Get Numhers Now
While highly pleased with the man
ner in which the change to machine
switching service took place, tele
phone officials are urging At
lantic subscribers to limit their
calls for a few days to only those
which are necessary, because the
operating forces which handle calls
originating in the Atlantic central
office and terminating at some one of
the manual switchboards are entering
upon their new duties for the firnt
time.'
' Both Jewett and Ghcrardi had big
things to do in the war. As colonel
in the signal corps and as a member
of the .navy- department special
board for anti-submarine warfare,
Col, Jewett directed the construc
tion of a majority of the electrical
apparatus which was used in the
late war, among them the method
of locating submarines by sound
range. He also aided in the perfec
tion of the wireless telephone.
Between his miliary and naval
duties, Col Jewett was kept busy,
and at the close of the war was
decorated with the distinguished
service medal. Col. Jewett is an
officer, director and member in
many electrical and scientific or
ganizations. Long in Phone Industry.
Mr. Gherardi has long been con
nected wilh some of the largest
telephone and telegraph companies
in the country. He played an im
portant part in the connection of
the subway and cable from Boston
to Washington, the trancontincntal
line1 and development of wireless
telephony! During the war he was
a member of several governmental
advisory' 'boards and did important
work with cable communications. .
Asked as'tq whether the wireless
telephone would ever be practical
for commercial ' purposes, Mr.
Gherardi said: "The wireless is like
one big party line. When too many
try to use it at one time there is
much confusion.; There will be more
development, - of course, but in its
present; state it is most practical
for communication " with ships or
airplanes."
According to W. B, T. Belt, pres
ident of the company, the new machine-switching
system cost about
$2,000,000,.' '
nor had fired the shot that killed
Policeman Dennis Tierney, who in
terrupted the robbers.
Six months later a gang held up
the Stockmens Trust and Savings
bank and George Raymond, one of
the gang, was killed by detectives.
Then began the search for O'Connor,
supposed leader of the band. In an
attempt to arrest him for this and
other crimes, Sergeant O'Neill was
shot to death by O'Connor.
State Authorities Rule
Lorenz Must Have License
New York, Dec. 11. Dr. Adolf
Lorenz, noted Austrian surgeon, will
discontinue all operations immediate
ly, in view of a ruling of the New
York state medical authorities made
public, that he may not continue
holding clinics unless he procures a
state license.
The announcement that Dr. Lor
enz would discontinue actual opera
tions, but would act in the capacity
of a consulting physician, as allowed
by law' was made by Dr. Jacob Sobel,
representing the city health department.
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Woman, Nonpartisans'
Choice for Governor
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Miss Alice Lorraine, Madison, N.
D., is the first woman to be nomi
nated for governor in the United
States. She will be the nonpartisan
league's candidate in the next North
Dakota gubernatorial campaign.
Warden Must Show Cause
For Holding Mrs. Peete
San Francisco, Dec. 11. 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
of Jacob Denton in Los Angeles, on
the ground that her conviction by
a jury on which 13 members served,
was in violation of the United States
constitution, was issued by the United
States district court.
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Missions, Big Trees, Catalina, Yosemite.
Congenial Hotels
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Resident of Fillmore
County, Dies Suddenly.
Geneva, Neb., Dee. 11. (Special.)
John W. Yates, 77, a farmer, who,
resided near Geneva, was found
dead sitting in a chair by members
of his family about 4:30 r. m. Fri
day. He had hauled a load of wheat
to market, returned home and
loaded bis wagon again before en
tering the housr.
Mr, Yates had lived on the same
farm for 50 years, having taken it
as a homestead when coming to Fillmore-
county from Madison, Ind.
His wife and three children survive
hint. His daughter, Mrs. Blanche
Yates Pangle; and a soji, Clark
Yates, reside near Geneva and
Harry Yates, a son, lives in Tor
rington, Wyo.
Mr. Yates was a veteran of the
civil war. His funeral was held at
2 p- m. today, conducted by the Ma
sonic order and members of Wilsou
post No. 22, G. A. R., acted as hon
orary pallbearers, while his nephews
officiated as the active bearers.
Blair Man Working in Omaha
Dies Suddenly in Hospital
Blair, Neb., Dec. 11. (Special.)
Anson Reeves, 24, who had been
working in the Omaha stock yards
two months, died in an Omaha hos
pital. He is survived by his wife
and daughter, Maxine, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Reeves, two
brothers and one sister. Funeral
services were held in-the Methodist
church, Rev. J. A. Johnson, assisted
by Rev. W. H. Underwood,
officiating.
days ayear
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