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The Omaha Sunday Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 27.
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1921.
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FIVE CENTS
Position of
U. S. in Oil
Threatened
Petroleum Prices for 1921
Too LowWill Be Higher
In 1922, Sinclair Head
Predicts.
Government Aid Sought
Chicago, Dec. 17. There is plenty
of petroleum and always will.br, but
America nmst be willing to "pay the
price of preparedness unless she
wants to. lose bcr position ot pe
troleum supremacy, declared II. F.
.Sinclair, chairman of the board of
the Sinclair Consolidated Oil cor
poration, at the annual dinner of the
American Petroleum institute held
here.
"Petroleum prices in 1921 on an
average have been too low," Sinclair
said. "In my opinion they will aver
age much higher in 1922 and may
average higher, than ever before in
the history of petroleum. I am con-
" tident that petroleum prices must
gradually work higher. Naturally,
there will be periods of depression,
but in the long run petroleum will
command prices which more nearly
reflect its service value. The day
' is coming when American fields will
not be the largest producers and
' when American refiners who have
not fortified themselves in foreign
fields will be forced to take a minor
place in the refining industry cf the
world. i
"Unless America is willing now to
pay the price of preparedness she will
lose her position of petroleum su
premacy, and the nationals of other
countries will force her to 'pay
through the nose.'
"In order to keep pace with the
demand, we have drilled in the last
-11 years no less than 250,000 wells.
This includes almost 70,000 'gasscrs'
and dry holes. .
26,000 New Wells Yearly.
"In the last six years we have
. been drilling an average of about 26,
000 new wells each year, of which
.' about 7,000 were 'gassers,' or dry
holes.
"To drill and equip an oil well to
day, considering the country as a
whole, costs on' an average about
Ri7nm
But America must have oil. If
she innot get it from her own fields
she must get it from foreign' fields.
j. If she -cannot buy.it from her own
citizens -she must buy it from foreign- ;
ers. 7 .". ',.''
J- "As Is generally known, Mexico
is the second largest producer of pe
troleum... In Mexico, as in the United
States. American oil men have been
and still are Ihe leaders in petroleum
development. '
"Mexico last year produced 23
per cent of the world's total produc
tion of petroleum;- If Mexico drops
out, what will be the effect on the
i petroleum situation? What will be
' the effect upon the United States?
Can you cut off a quarter or a fifth
of the world's production without
placing a strain upon the petroleum
market of the United States?
"A large part of the Mexican pro
(Turn to Vikg Two. Column Two.)
Body of Rep. Elston
On Way to California
Washington, Dec. 17. Accom
panied by. 11 senators and representa
tives, the body of Representative. El-
) ston, who ended his life by drown
ing in the Potomac river, left here
today for Berkeley, Cal.,' where
burial will be - "held. The funeral
parly expects to reach its destination
Wednesday. '
Those who accompanied the body
were Senators Shortridge, California;
Harrison, Mississippi, and Stanfield,
Oregon, and Reoresentatives Bar-
: bour. Free, Lea, Osborne and Raker,
Cal'fornia; Arentz. Nevada; McAr-
thur, Oregon, and Webster, Wash
ington. -
Olympic Passenger Is
Killed in Ocean Storm
Chcerbourflr. France. ' Dec. 17.
(Bv A. P.) The White Star line
steamer Olympic, reported by wire
less as having been badly butteteo m
a storm en its passage from New
York, prived here today 24 hours
late. The wind blew at the rate of
120 miles an bour during the storm,
it reported. One third-class passen-
jrer was killed during the storm, an
Italian named . Seraphina, "while an
other in the same cabin, a native of
Czccho-SIovakia named Saldmnoix,
was badly injured. 1 hey yere
thrown- against a cabin by one of
the waves. Saldmnoix's legs were
so badly smashed they had to be
amputated-
Lincoln Doctor learned in i
Breach of Promise Suit!
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Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.) Dr.
Joseph Adolphus of Lincoln was
made defendant in a $20,000 breach
of promise suit filed here by Miss
Leda Flick, a clerk. She claims in
her petition that for five years she
and the Lincoln -physician planned
to marry, drew plans for their home
and had decided on the furnishing?,
that would be put in the home. And
during that time, she alleges, sbe
refused to smile at other eligible
young men.
Governor Will Return
.2 Monday From Eastern 1 rip
Lincoln, Dec. 17. (bpeciai.j
Governor S. R. McKelvie will re
turn to Lincoln Monday following
two weeks spent in tbe east attend
ing the conference of governors and
a meeting of the state capito! com
mission to pass on final plans of
Architect Goodhue of New York for
Nebraska's $5,000,000 state bouse.
ati Announcement.
Mr. B. Brewer liaa pur
chased an interest in The
Omaha Bee and has be
come general manajrer of
the newspaper, effective
at once.
Mr. Brewer until recent
ly was business manager of
The Cleveland Press, the
leading afterroon newspa
per of Ohio. Prior to-tak-ing
charge of The Cleve
land Press, Mr. Brewer was
business manager of The
Cincinnati Post for a num
ber of years. The Cleve
land Press and The Cincin
nati Post are two of the
most successful newspa
pers between Philadelphia
and Chicago. .Both are
Scripps newspapers, Mr.
Brewer having severed his
connection with the
Scripps organization sev
eral months ago.
Oinalian Cleared
Of State Canie
Law Violation
Man Credited With Killing 53
Duck9 in 4j Minutes Had
Help, Investigation
Discloses.
Publication of a picture of John
II. Hale, 3722 South Twenty-seventh
street, in last Sunday's rotogravure
section of The Bee with notes that
Hale bagged 55 ducks in 45 minutes
near Lisco, Neb., has been investi
gated by George Koster, chief state
game warden for Nebraska, and
Otto Gewinner, deputy state and
federal game warden. It was dis
closed that three other hunters with
Hale helped bring down the birds,
according to the investigation. They
were: Will Dolson, 2112 Chicago
street; a cousin, Will Dolson, Lisco,
Neb., and Guy Dolson of Broad
water, Neb.
The game wardens conducted the
investigation when numerous com
plaints were received by Mr. Koster,
citing alleged violations of the
game laws.
"We're after the violators strong,"
stated Mr. Gewinner, "but it was
proven clearly that four men made
lip the hunting party that brought
down that many ducks in 45 min
utes near Lisco." .
down that many ducks in 45
utes near Lisco " .
Mr. Hale, who is 57, said: "I'm
too old to be bagging , that; many
ducks in a Meek." -
Chief Game Warden Koster
stated that Hale has assisted him in
arresting violators of the game laws
on several occasions. v
Reavis to Engage
In Law at Lincoln
Congressman Will Form Part
nership at Close of Pres
' ' ent Term.
Falls City, Dec. 17. (Special.)
Congressman C. F. Reavis will" move
to Lincoln and engage in the practice
of law at the close of his present
term vin congress'. - lie will be asso
ciated with Max Beghtol, under the
firm name of Reavis & Beghtol.
Mr. Reavis said he expects con
gress will adjourp in late spring or
early summer Unless there should be
a long debate over the proposals of
the disarmament conference.
If there is an early adjournment,
Mr. and Mrs. Reavis vill take a trip
to Europe before returning to Lin
coln next September to take up their
residence.
" , Mr. Reavis considered propositions
to engage in the practice of law in
other places, but he and Mrs. Reavis
decided to remain in Nebraska rather
than go to a new locality.
Habeas Corpus
For Kansas Women
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 17. (By A.
P.) After being refused permission
to see the four women of the mine
fields arrested last night and lodged
in jail, Phil H. Callery, their attorney,
began the preparation of an applica
tion for a writ of ' habeas corpus
which he announced would be filed
in the district court today.
Since the arrest of the, women the
city jailer has refused permission to
any one to see them, saying he was
acting upon orders from Attorney
General Hopkins.
Snow covered the coal fields, this
morning.' The Kansas cavalrymen
at Ringo, Mulberry and Franklin
have stoves in their tents and plenty
of fuel.
Do Your Shopping
In the Morning
The Bee;, at the re
quest of Omaha retail
ers, suggests that the
public this week do as
much shopping as pos
sible during the morn
ings. Retailers point out
that morning shoppers
'will avoid to a large
extent the crowds of
the Christmas rush,
will obtain better serv
ice and will assist in
relieving the strain on
clerks.
Cu t in Navy
Personnel
HeldFolly
('apt. D. W. Knox Declares
Congressman Kelly' Pro-'
posal Would Give U. S.
Short End. of Katio.
British and Japs in Lead
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
(hlrago Tribune-Omaha lira Leased Wire.
Washington, Dec. 17. With navy
building competition halted by the
naval holiday agreement there will
ensue, in the opinion of American
naval authorities, a keen competition
in the efficiency of the restricted 6ea
force a competition in which the
United States will be worsted, if the
reduction of personnel proposed by
Representative Kelly o Michigan, in
charge of naval appropriations in the
house, should be approved by con
gress. Capt. Dudley W. Knox, U. S. N..
is authority for the assertion that the
Kelly proposal to cut the personnel
in half would destroy the 5-5-3 ratio
of the Hughes plan and make the
actual ratio: England, 5; Japan, 3;
America, 2.
Doesn't Contemplate Reduction.
"The Hughes plan," said Captain
Knox, "does not contemplate a re
duction in the navy now in commis
sion. The ships which America is
scheduled to scrap constitute almost
exclusively ships not yet 'completed
and certain of the older ships which
are nearly all out of commission. As
a matter of fact, the prescribed al
lowances of Mr. Hughes for the
United States are actually greater in
total tonnage than ships now in com
mission. In the cruiser class, for example,
we are short about 60,000 tons of our
allowance; in aircraft carriers, about
40,000 tons,, and in submarines about
6,000 tons. If these shortages are
made good it would require approxi
mately 8,600 men and 436 officers to
man the new ships alone, on an or
dinary peace basis of complement.
But it is not only in ships yet to
be added to the navy that there
exists a shortage of personnel. Acute
deficiency exists at present. Our 18
battleships now in commission,
which is the number allowed in the
Hughes proposals, require 22,380
men as a compliment under ordi
nary peace conditions, whereas at
present they have only about 19,000
men on board. In other words, the
battleships are on a basis of only
per Cent of ordinary' peace
complements...-" :.
"Similarly, the 65 destroyers which
we have in commission are operat
ing on 84 per cent of the normal
peace complement and the 213 de
stroyers in reserve on the very much
reduced basis of 50 per cent.
Big Shortage Exists.
"The number of men afloat in the
entire navy 'is approximately 78 per
cent of ordinary peace requirements,
while the shore establishments aver
age about 75 per cent."
The total number of men now in
the navy is about 100,000. This
number, by the most conservative
estimate, is 20,000 men short of the
(Turn to rr Two. Column One.)
Naval Board to Probe
Collision of Ships
New York, Dec. 17. A navt'l
board of inquiry into the collision
of the destroyer Graham and the
passenger liner Panama, off Seagrit,
N. J., last night, probably will be
named next week, it was announced
today at the offices of Admiral H.
P. Jones, commander of the Atlantic
fleet. Of the seven naval sailors
injured when the Graham's plates
were crushed in by the liner's bow,
one, W. P. Kelly, 20, seaman, first
class, is not expected to live, it was
said.
Responsibility for the collision was
charged to the commander of the
destroyer by Edwin A. Drake, vice
president . of the Panama Railway
Steamship line, operators of the Pan
ama, who said that the Graham
sought to cross the bow of the liner.
Highlander Officers Cited
For Contempt of Court
Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.)
Four officers of the Royal Highland
ers, a fraternal benefit association,
have been cited to appear before the
Lancaster county district court De
cember 27, to show why they should
not -be punished for contempt of
court. It is charged they have
ignored an order of the supreme
court directing them to charge the
old rates for insurance instead or
higher rates decided upon at a meet
;ng in Denver.
The officers ordered before the
court are: W. E. Sharp, president;
Frank Sharp, chief secretary: Q. B.
j Clark, secretary-treasurer of Moray
, Castle Xo. 20, Lincoln, and 15. L.
! Starboard, secretary-treasurer ' of
i Bonnie Doon Castle No. 30, Lincoln.
Request for Grand Jury
1 To Be Answered January 1
; Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.)
'Final decision on the request of At
; torney General Clarence A. Davis
i for a grand jury investigation of al
', kged dishonest stock selling schemes
perpetrated on the public by certain
j Lincoln men will be made January
; 1. it was announced by District
Judge E. J. Clements.
I -
House Passes Bill to Aid
Starving Russian People
I- Washington, Dec. 17. A bill au
thorizing the president to spend
$20,000,1100 out of the funds of the
United States grain corporation for
relief of the distressed and starving
people of Russia was passed tonight
, by the house, 114 to 51.
River Waters Heated
To Prevent Ice Jams
Ottawa, Dec. 17. Hxpcrimen
heating the waters of the St.
rence river adjacent to power mlll
crating plants to ruminate inte
ence by ire jams are to be carried
out by the Ontario Hydro-electric
commission, H. G. Acres, engineer,
told the International Joint Water
ways commission.
.Hugh L. Cooper of New York,
predicted that ice jams would prove
a serious problem in the proposed
power development schemes, but Mr.
Acres is of the opinion the heating
plan will obviate wholly the diffi
culty, which will have to be dealt
with only during the, spring break
up of ice.
Youngsters Don't
Know Why Mama
Cries at Night
But They Do Know She
Works Hard All Day
And Their Toes
Are Cold.
"Mama washes all day and some
times she cries at night. We don't
know why," said three ragged, little
tots who made applications for shoes.
There were just fragments of leather
on their feet and their toes were red
and blue with cold.
There are about two dozen poor
little boys and girls ahead of these
children but, in a short time, we
hope, they shall get shoes, as The
Bees fund grows. And another
wretched home and poor, struggling
mother and innocent, helpless little
ones will be made happy.
Reflect Xmas Spirit.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
and Western Electric employes held
a bazaar recently and raised money
for good purposes, part of which
they sent to The Bee's fund.
Other organizations, groups and
individuals are participating in this
great work which reflects so
much of the Christmas spirit. '
Will you, out of your comparative
bounty, give help to those less for
tunate than you?
Gifts Acknowledged.
Right now, send a check or monev
to The Bee. Address it "The Bee's
Shoe Fund." It will be thankfully
acknowledged. And every cent of
it will be used to put shoes on little
feet which can get them nowhere
else.
Previously reported $ 1,163. "8
M. J. Merrill , 5.00
Robert Konrnlhnl . 1.00
Selwyn Jueoha, jr " 2.50
Mm A. M. tilocumb. .60
A Friend, Mt. 'Ami, la 4.00
A Friend of Children, Gibbon, Jieb. . , 5.00
Mr. 'II 5.00
Fred M. Crane Co 10.00
A. T. Hunnen 5.00
ft. W. I", and I. M. F. 8.0
Aicnea School.;-....., .
Friends 3.00
Northwestern Bell Telephone and
Western Electric Employes . 25.00
B. I. Jones 6.00
Central High School, Home Room
40 2-"
Mrs. G. Carlson, Gothenburg, Neb. 5.00
Total 1,247.6S
Accident Toll in
Lincoln Heavy
One Woman Dead and Six In
jured in Crashes in Capitol
City in 24 Hours.
Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.) One
woman is dead, another seriously in
jured, one man is injured and four
small children are suffering injuries
as results of collisions between
street cars and trains and automobiles
in the last 24 hours in Lincoln.
Mrs. Adelaide Eberly, for five
years mother of the Pi . Beta ; Phi
sorority, was killed instantly last
night when she was struck by a
street car. " . ,
. Mrs. Fred A. Lindenberg of Uni
versity Place is badly hurt and her
four children suitered" minor injuries
when the auto she was driving col
lided with a Rock Island. train at a
crossing.
A. W. Miller was injured when the
car he was driving was struck by a
street car. "
The motorman driving the street
car which U alleged to have struck
Mrs. Eberly declares he didn't strike
her and passengers on the. car say
they did not see the accident. The
motorman continued to the end of
his "run" before he knew anything
about the accident.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
r.VRX ONE.
Iniliulrlnl School Girls Build Own
Kltchrn at Grneva Page 4.
Ltlth Coiipla Olrbrate Sid Weil
ding Annlrertwry rase 6.
PART TWO.
Sorloty and Nrwa for Women
Page 1 to .
(.hopping- With Polly Pace T. '
PART THREE.
Sports Newi and reatures
, Fase 1 and 3.
ActlirHle In braka Town Dur
ing Pat Week Pace 3.
Sixth Lemon in Piano Playing
Page 4.
"Jaek and Jill" Page 4.
Markets and Financial Page 5.
Want Ads Pages 8 and 9.
Nebraska and loirs Farm News
Page 10.
PART FOVR. ,
"What Makes Hen Go Wrong," hj .
P. ('. Powell, in wfaieh Nebraska
con (lets tell what led them
a ray Page I. -
"The Married Life ( Helen and
Warren Page 1.
1 0O.O09 Reward." second Install
ment of new serial by Henry C.
Rowland Page 2.
"SnrriTals." Blue Ribbon abort
story Psge 3.
Editorial Comment Page 4.
"Happyland," for the children
Tag 5.
Amnsemqtia Psgrs . 1 and 8.
iie$ 4-S"kl
Sad News for New
They Needn't Expect U. S. Attorney Kinsler to Get
'Em Out of Jail Before Tuesday Morning
Stern Edict Signifies Support of Rohrer. - -- '
Tf aiivnnf wants tn rpTphraf,v New
Year's eve
' .p . ,
And get arrested
By prohibition agents,
He needn't expect United States
District Attorney Kinsler to help
him out of jail befora Tuesday, Jan
uary 3.
"I do not want to be in the atti
tude of advocating any half-hearted
enforcement of the prohibition law.
So far as this office is concerned, the
law will be enforced to the very let
ter and maximum penalties asked in
all cases." "' 1
This statement was made by the
district attorney yesterday to explain
away "unwarranted inference that
there is a lack of harmony between
him and U. S. Rohrer, federal prohi
bition director, as to the extent to
which the law "should be enforced
New Year's eve."
No Lack of Harmony.
Kinsler gives assurance that there
is no such want of harmony as
some persons have been led to be
lieve and has issued the following
statement: -
"The district attorney's office h"
prosecuted and will continue to
prosecute ' every violator of the law
against whom complaint is made,
and records of the federal court show
that violators of the prohibition law
not only are being punished per
sonally, but their places of business
are being closed for a period of one
year, each, whenever they are found
guilty.
Brokers Warned of Plot
To Destroy Exchange
New York, Dec. 17. Rumors of
a new radical plot to blow up the
New York stock exchange were cir
culated in Wall street today follow
ing news of the arrest of Wolfe Lin
denfeld in Warsaw in connection with
the Wall street bomb explosion Sep
tember 16, 1920.
It was' tcported a number ' of
brokers had received letters warning
them the exchange would.be demol
ished by next Monda
Police said no.word of such threat"
had been received but admitted spe
cial guards had been ortlcred placeJ
about the stock exchange and other
buildings which might be target tor
a new radical attack.
Albanian Envoy to U. S.
Denies His Country
"In Market for King"
New York, Dec. 17 (By A. P.)
C. A. Chekrezi, Albanian commis
sioner to the United States, todav
issued a statement denying that his
country was in, the market tor a A. L. Schantz. .Omaha, is presi
kmg.' or that the throne had been fcnt. Elmer Williams. Grand Island,
offered to Jerome Napoleon Bona
parte of this city.
Referring to reports published ves-
terday that the offer had been made
T r tnA rrr'P'lf.rTrinnnriiioiir r rv i
poleon ''by commissioners of the Al
banian government, Mr. Chekrezi
said.
"As the only commissioner of the
Albanian government in the United
States I wish to state most emphat-
ICally that neither 1 lior any one.
as far as I know, has ever been com-'coh,
missioned by the government of Al-
bama or by any party to open tiego-
tiations or make an offer of the
i crown of Albania to any one."
Peace Preferred
(CunrHiM; t Tae Chios TtfksaM
Years Celebrants
"The only controversy that arose
between the federal prohibition direc
tor and the district attorney's ofnee
was over a question of procedure,
namely, this:
Two Whole Days.
"If one charged with violation of
the prohibition law should be ar
rested on New Year's eve, with two
whole days intervening before the
accused can have a hearing, the ques
tion is, should the accused be per
mitted, to give a reasonable bail for
his or. her appearance on Tuesday
morning, or should the accused be
required to lie in jail on Sunday,
New Year's day and on the Monday
following, which also is a holiday?
. "It was the opinion of the dis
trict attorney's office that the ac
cused should be allowed to give a
reasonable bail and be at large until
Tuesday morning, while the federal
prohibition director contends that
the accused should be required to lie
in jail until brought before the court
Tuesday morning.
Views Respected.
"The views of the federal prohibi
tion director will be respected fully
by the district attorney's office arid
no effort will be made by the latter
office to permit anyone arrested on
New Year's eve, or any other night,
to go at large on bail. The federal
prohibition director alone will have
authority to grant permits to the jail
officials. to permit violators of the
prohibition law to be at large over
night."
Marine Mail Guards
Shoot Two Students
Denmark, S. C, Dec. 17. Two
students were reported to have been
shot by marines on a Seaboard air
line train near here early today. Their
injuries are said not to be serious.
The cause of the shooting has not
been determined.
Many Banks Subscribing
To New Nebraska Farm Body
State banks of Nebraska are sub
scribing rapidly to the stock of the
State - Agricultural association, or
ganized recently at a meeting of
state bankers. The organization has
an authorized . capital stock of
8500,000 and a paid up capital of
?230.)00.
According to William B. Hughes,
Omaha, secretary of the Nebraska
Bankers' association, the new or
ganization in no way conflicts with
work of the Nebraska Agricultural
Finance corporation, nor will it
handle cut rent business.
Its purpose is to liquify, as far as
possible, slow but good assets m the
haml3 0f receivers of state banks.
vice president, and J. P. Palmer
Omaha, secretary-treasurer.
I MCrCelvie Economic Probe
!
Opens in Norfolk Monday j
Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.) Leo
Siuhr, chairman of the McKelvie
economic probe committee, which
goes to Norfolk tomorrow, stated
that practically the same methods
I vn.;lt he ntirsneH there at T in
anj the "spread" between the
U. - me articles would be investigated,
"Stuhr is waiting until the strike is
lover at Omaha hef-. ;n.-c;t;n,,
,hc profits on meat and hides.
HUNDRED . Ef pgosfiSEi ' Ife -
.rvlQ , I
11 Reds Nabbed
In Raid on I. W.W.
Headquarters Here
Majority Taken in Police Net
Floaters Men Believed to
Be Here to Create Dig-'"
order on South Side. :
Eleven alleged members of the I.
W. W. were arrested Saturday aft
ernoon by . eight detectives from
Central police station when' they
raided the headquarters of the local
organization in a hall near -Sixteenth
and California streets. Eight of the
members taken in the raid later were
released on their own recognizance
to appear in police court Monday
morning. ;
Practically every one of the men
taken in the raid, with the excep
tion of two, gave their home ad
dresses as somewhere besides Oma
ha. Tfcree of the men were registered
from Minneapolis, two from Ohio
and the others from other parts of
the country.
The raid is in line with the policy
of the police department to arrest
every known I. W. W. in Omaha
during the progress of the strike of
packing hsuse employes on the South
Side. "The I. W. W. is an unneces
sary evil in Omaha during the
strike, ' declared Chief Dempsey in
ordering the arrest of every mem
ber. One of the men taken in the raid
was found to have considerable I
W. V. literature in his oossession.
He declared that he was just return
ing it to check it m when he was
taken.
"That stuff is all the bunk." de
clared Behl when arrested. "These
birds want you to help them,, but
they are unable to help themselves.
I have a good job and I lost one over
a red ducat and I am sure that
I am through with the organization
because I don't v?ant to lose another
job," he continued.
All are. charged with vagrancy.
Attorney Will Fill
Pulpit on Sundays
Atlantic, la., Dec. 17. (Special.)
Alfred G. A. Buxton, attorney
here, will become pastor of Union
church at Griswold, having accept
ed a call from there.
The attorney, however, will not
give tip his practice here. He will
go to Griswold each Sunday to fill
his pulpit engagement." '
Dr. Buxton until recently was
rector of the Episcopal church at
Council Bluffs. He gave up his
pastorate there and entered the
ministry in the Christian denomina
tion. Later he went to Hawaii
where he remained several months
engaged on a special mission. Dur
ing the- recent presidential campaign
he was associated with the Harding
headquarters. He came to Atlan
tic a few months ago to engage in
the practice of law, forming a part
nership with Edward M. Wfllard.
The Weather
Forecast
Sunday Possibly ligfet snow; ris
ing temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
S a. m..
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Navy Plan
Submitted
By French
Prosopal for 10-Sliip Building
Program Put Forward
Without Annrovul of
Government.
Wait Reply From Briand
By Tim Associated rrs.
Washington, Dec. 17. Confer
ence developments took a new and
hopeful turn tonight when it be
came khown that the French 10 ship
building plan was submitted with
out the approval of the Taris gov
ernment, and that direct conversa
tions between China and Japan had
brought the Shantung controversy
near a settlement.
Naval sub-committee action to
ward a five power pact on naval
limitation awaits an answer from
Premier Briand on both the 10 ship
project submitted by French dele
gates litre and upon the joint
counter proposal concurred in by
Great Britain, the United States.
Japan and Italy, that France accept
a capital ship strength of 175,000
tons as compared to her present
164,000 tons in dreadnaughts.
A three-hour session of the sub
committee today was largely taken
up by Albert Sarraut, head of the
French delegation, in presenting
views of French naval experts here.
Secretary Hughes made a brief re
ply, tending to stimulate the good
feeling among the committee mem
bers. The official commuinque, how
ever, would admit nothing beyond
the facts that the committee met,
talked, adjourned and would meet
again.
Plan Framed By Experts.
As to the French proposals for a
new fleet, of 10 35,000-ton capital
ships, which stunned conference cir
cles when they first became known
yesterday, it was learned that they
were framed here by direction of
Admiral De Bon, chief French naval
expert, under his authority from the
delegation to present the views of
the French naval general staff.
Premier Briand and former Premier
Viviani both had left before the pro
posals were framed. The Paris gov
ernment has been informed by cable
of the situation.
It was evident tonight that the
175,000-ton. , capital ship limitation
for France was proposed by the.
American delegation originally.
Italy's spokesman in the subcom
mittee, Senator - Schanzcr, replied
that Italy accepted the .American
point of view as to tonnage and
would be satisfied with 175,000 tons
if France accepted that figure.
The point of the Italian delcga- .
tion, as it is understood to have been
developed, is that Italy had two
principles to maintain in the naval
ratio discussion, one that the Ital-..
ian navy should be on an equality
with that of any other power in the
Mediterranean and two, that the
Italian ratio should be as low . as
possible for Italy's purely defensive
purposes.
Gives New Angle.
Knowledge that the French 10
ship building plan, which up to to
night had seemed a stumbling block,
was merely the suggestion of the
French naval staff here as to what
it deemed desirable for France, put
a new face on the deliberations. The
action of the French experts in out
ling their views "was not only au
thorized by the French delegation
as a means to bring about a full
discussion of the general problem
of naval relativities, it is understood,
but it was also supported by con
ference precedent.
The only written presentation of
Japan's first claim to a naval ratio
of 70 per cent as compared to the
American fleet, so far as known, was
made by Japanese experts in the
original committee of experts aban
doned later for the naval committcs
of 15.
The American 175,000-ton plan
for France and presumably Italy,
undoubtedly represents the same
system of existing strength calcula
tion. There is not available, how
ever, a detailed analysis ; for ship
scrapping in the French and Italian
cases, since the tonnasre allowance
represents fftore than either power
now has. Presumably it does con
template the scrapping of all pre
dreadnaughts of both powers as. of
no military value.
Sheep Herder Is Killed
By Train at Grand Island
- Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 17.
(Special Telegram.) Don Bogie,
54, an attache of the Robert Taylor
sheep ranch at Ovina for many
years, was found dead along side
the Burlington tracks at noon today
by the crew of a passing train. The
train was stopped, ranch authorities
notified, and it was found that Bogie
had been struck by an early train
while crossing the tracks on a foot
path and that no one, not even the
engineer or fireman of the train
which killed the man, had observed
the accident. He was a sinele man
! Willi nrt rptntivec.in ttiie rmtntrv If
came to America from Scotland. ,
Nonpartisan Referendum
To Cost $7,500 in Postage
Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.)
The referendum invoked by the non
partisan league- on four laws pass
ed by the last legislature will cost
Nebraska approximately $7,500 for
postage, according to figures compil
ed in tbe office of D. M. Amsbcrry.
secretary of state. The copies of
ihe laws and data concerning them,
necessary under the law, must go to
375,000 votes. The laws under fire
of the league are: Ami-picketing or
anti-intimidation law. discretionary
bank charter law. state-wide regis
tration law and primary amendment
law,
