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OMAHA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,. 1922.
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The Omaha
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Grand Jury
Returns 30
True Bills
Indichuent Filed in Federal
Court Against Quartet of '
Promoters in Great Wes
tern Tir4 Deal.
Second Sitting Finished
The federal irand jury finished it
"ccond sluing i4te yesterday, report
ing JO indiftniont'. to judge T. C.
M linger. Tle judge dismissed th.-
TMe judge dismissed tlv
jectf to recall March IS ii
ml new indictment against
jury, tiuuj
needed.
A bran
11. II IIM ......
r i)Cviiorter.iia.nc-Vuiiii)erii-t-biplrvr(nbiii.ioii
for using the
mailsto defraud in the Great Wot
cru I'ire and Truck romnarv nro-
nlion sch
fle Williati
in scheme and a second one in
in Berg potash case were
among those returned. Another
charge is in connection with the Mis-
' souri Valley Cattle Loan company, i
There now stands three federal j
and two state indictments .gaini.ll
McWhorter, Masse and U'ohlberg.
Sam B. Musser and Kaciiael C.l
Mrickland, already indicted ly tin
state grand iurv last summer. Wer
also indicted on five counts ty the
iedcral body lor using the mails 'to
defraud in. the American Brokerage
ana development corporation. .
Indictments Withheld.
.Three or four more indictment
thought to be based ori stock pro
motion schemes,-were withheld from
publication until arrests can be. made.
Wcbh 1. Elliott. Erniin B. and Ed.
v.-in Rj McCormick, the pinless
clotheswire .salesmen, were indicted
lor using 'the mails to defraud
. Adotph Schneeveli. and Henry and
Otto Lauterer .and Armond It.
Roemer, recently arrested at Dallas,
Tex., wre named for aysclume to
defraud Walter, V. , Fisher, South
Side nierqhant..' ".' , .' .
Curt J. Mcitzen and Harry W.
Woodward of the bankrupt Meitzer.
Woodward Auto company, were in
dicted on the charge of unlawfully
concealing assets of the b'inkrupt
estate from Frank E. Frost truster.
A check of, $58.86 is. mentioned. :
Charles Earl Steutevilc, postmaster
at Bridgeport, Torrill county, is
charged with embezzling $1,788.80 in
money orders. There are two counts.
Joseph E. Ouellet. alias H. J.
Roche!, jof Aakdale.' Neb., is charged
with stealing a registered letter from
the United State's mails. ,
' Twelve indictments: for violation
of the Harrison act also were re-,
turned. , .' - . I
Nw Charfce a Surprise.
The new indictment1 of Masse,
.AVohlberg, McWhorter and Chiplcy
vas the surprise of the list It sets
forth that the quartet obtained pos
session of the Nebraska and ' Iowa
Mercantile Building company, incor
porated at $200,000 on December 1,
1917; that they 'amended the articles,
changing the name to , the Great
Western Tire and Truck company,
and raised the capitalization to
S1.000.0QO; and subsequently sold
$360,000 of "blue sky" by falsely
representing themselves to be manu
facturing tires to be sold to stock
holders at a 20 per cent discount.
"The scheme wais typicaj of all the
quartet's deals." said Postal Inspect
or Henry Randall who assisted in the
investigation.
A. XV, Lane, assistant United
States attorney, said the new indict
ment in the Berg Potash, case was
made to substitute for tho first,
should attorneys for the vdefense
raise objections to the indictment be
cause the name cif Charles L. Dundy,
now dead, is included am'ong the
defendants. . ' ,
Latterly, the Great Weste.-u Tire
and Truck company evolved into the
Great Western Body company, ac
cording to Lane.
Norris Would Junk
Electoral College
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Washington, Jan. 4. An amend
.incut to the federal constitution
abolishing the electoral college and
providing for election, of the presi
dent and vice president by direct
vote of the people is proposed in a
joint resolution introduced in the
senate today by Senator Norris, re
publican. Nebraska.
Nearly Score Injured
in Interurban Wreck
Cleveland, Jan. 4. Between 15 and
20 persons were seriously injured,
two probably fatally, and a score
more badlv shaken up and bruised
shortly before noon today when the )
hrst car1 of southbound ueveianu-Akron-Canton
interurban limited was
derailed and went into a ditch three
miles south of Bedford, ' near here.
The accident is said to have been
caused by a broken flange on the
first car.
Nurse Sues Akron Doctor
for $250,000 Heart Balm
Akron. O., Jan. 4. Dr. FJmer K.
Hottenstein, practicing physician in
Akron for 30 vears, wis sued for
S250.000 heart balm today by Mrs.
Viola Pindle, this city, who was
nurse in many of his case.
Mrs. Pindle charges breach of
promise to marry.
Prominent in her charges is the
allegation that Dr. Hottenstein en
couraged her use of morphine so that
her will power against him was
weakened. '
Dr. Hottenstein denied the charges.
Severe Storm at Tulsa.
Tulsa, Okl.. Jan. 4 Further dam
age was caused here early today by
a severe storm which put pow"
lines out of commission, shattered
store fronts and littered the streets
with debris. The office of Jhc.Tula
Tribune, an afternoon paper, waj un-
Me to operate -- '
Btanton Would Force
Lawmakers to Go Home
to Take Their Bath
Wellington. Jan. 4. On the
theory that the pay of i member of
cjngrc U luflicicnt to provide
home with a bath. Representative
Wanton, democrat, Texan, introduced
4 bill to close free bath establish
ii. rut in the house office building
The mcaiure would drop front the
government payroll what the Texan
described in his measure as "body
rubberi."
Other bills introduced by tlv:
Texan would eliminate the house
barbershop, where a member may
have hit hair cut at 25 cents half the
city price, and the house restaurants,
run partly at government expense.
Witness Accuses
Major of Slaying
Annv' "Runner"
Former Soldier Charges Com
' uiander of Infantry Bat
talion With Shooting
Messenger in A. E. F.
Hy Tim AnMM'latfd Fre.
Washington,' Jan, 4. Accuser and
accused faced each other today be
fore a senate committee investigat
ing charges that American soldiers
had been hanged without trial in
France. ,
Near the close of the session, Mai.
H. L. Oppie of Staunton, Va., com
mander of the Third .battalion, 116th
infantry overseas, went on the stand
to enter emphatic" denial, of charg
es by former service men that ha
had shot down some of his soldiers
in cold blood on the battlefield. He
was asked, however, .to step aside
until other witnesses testify against
him, meanwhile being i given tin;
right through counsel to cross-examine
them.
Grayson H. Withrow of Balti
more, still in his 'early 20's, testified
that he saw the officer seize a gun
from a private and fire at a man in
his command. Shells were . falling,
he said, and there was tremendous
excitement, but Wilhrow swore .that
from his retreat in a shell-hole he
saw the man fall as the major's
gun barked. But he could not say
whether Opie had killed him, de
claring that the latter, standing out
in the open, was within arm's reach
of half .a dozen officers when the
shot was fired.
Accused of Shooting "Runner."
As Withrovv left the stand; Wil
liam F. St. John of. Lynchburg,
Va., .suffering from nervous trou
bles resulting from service overseas,
accused the Virginian of shooting
down a "runner" at the front, be
cause he failed fer stofc after thrice
beinit ordered to halt. Four other!
men saw the killing, he declared,
but he refused to give. their names
on the ground that he had not been
able to confer, with them and "that
it. would not be just if they, should
appear and "not back up" his charg
es. One. he said, had "developed
cold feet" and was unwilling tol
come. '
Reminded by Chairman Brandegee
that the names must be submitted
St. John complied, mentioning first!
the cousin of one of Major Opie;s
counsel. It was 'while St. John was
being cross-examined by John A.
Culchins of. Richmond, Va., Major
Opie's counsel, that he. lost control
of his shattered nerves and shouted
he was dcaline- with a bunch of
fanatics who "are trying to prove I
am 'nutty.'" Mr. Cutchins disclaimed
such an intention- -'
, Seeing that the young man was
worn out by excitement, Senator
Watson, democrat, Georgia, whose
charges of illegal executions are un
der investigation,' declined to ques
tion him. Tomorrow Major Opie
will testify.
; Found Nooses on Bodies.
Starting out with the testimony of
Rufus V. Hubbard of New York,
who as 'an embalming asststant with
the American graves registration
service, declared he found nooses
and black caps on the bodies of three
American soldiers dug up in the little
French cemetery at Bazoilles, the
committee permitted ;thc inquiry to
run its course. Another witness,
who assisted in a legal execution, de
clared that the bodies were buried,
nooses and bjack caps intact, in the
same cemetery- where Hud Bard said
three so marked had been found.
A farm boy from Georgia, who
frankly but pathetically announced he
could not read nor write, cleared up
his statement concerning the shoot
ing of a soldier because he had
sneaked away from his command to
quench his thirst at a spring. It de
veloped that the command was try
ing to conceal its position from the
enemy -and that all hands had betnj
warned that the first man attempting
to walk out in the open would ie
shot. The soldier walked 50 yards
beyond the dead line, refused to halt
when ordered, and they shot him in
his tracks.
There was much testimony relat
inrr to executions at - Is-Sur-Tille,
! none of the witnesses being able to
1 . 1 : 1 1 k..n
sav wncincr uic vuuma uu m
tried, beyond the claim ,of some to
the contrary as the trap was sprung.
War department records, containing
the list of 11 legal hangings., listed
two at Is-Sur-Tille.
Bandits Torture Family
and Escape With $400
Lo ' Aiiffeles. Ian. 4. Three
masked robbers beat C. N. Churchill
in his home and burned the chests of
Churchill, his wife and two daughters
to force them "to disclose the hiding
place of money. The, bandits located
?400 under a carpet and were fright
ened away by noise.
. Admits Killing Daughter
l'oughkeepsic. X..Y- Jan. 4. Na
thaniel Ingraham of East Park
pleaded guilty to murder in the sec
ond degree for the killing of his 6-year-old
daughter. He was sen
tenced to from 20 years to life in
jirg Sing
Sentiment
for Gas Tax
Is Growing
Opposition of Fanners la Rub
bing Off at State Meetiug
Colorado Exemption
Plan Favored.
Fill e y Endorses Bill
. By PAUL GREER.
Staff t'urrmixinilrnt Onmlia llrf.
Lincoln, Jan. 4. tSpccial.) A
good deal of the opposition to the
proposed gasoline tax is rubbing off
at the farmers' meetings at the state
agricultural college here. Some im
portant farm leaders taking the stand
that road,-btiilding must be continued,
favor lifting the cost off property and
putting it directly on those who use
the highways. They suggest that an
exemption such as is allowed in Colo
rado be given on fuel for. stationary
engines and tractors, which do not
use the roads.
Prof. II. C. Fillcy, rural economist
at the agricultural college, made a
great impression with an endorsement
of the plan of Governor . McKclvie
befcre a meeting of the Crop Grow
ers' association. The day previous,
F. W- Chase of Pawnee criticised the
gasoline tax. and Prof. Filley pre
sented the other side.
Shifting Tax Burden.
His first warning was that with a
national debt of $24,000,000, the farm
ers, as the only class which was not
able to charge its taxes into the
price of its products, must be on the
watch for attempts of other interests
to shift the burden of payment. He
urged the farmers to study taxation
and oraanize a clan of their own on
information and not hearsay. He
praised the excess profits tax, the in
come tax and the surtax on large in
comes, and warned against a general
sales tax. The gasoline tax, he point
ed out, is not a sales tax, but an ex
cise tax, just as that on tobacco. He
expressed the view; which is 2,lso
quite general among the farmers,
that a low state income tax would be
good and that the plan of Governor
McKelvie for an income tax c.n office
holders, may grow to apply to all in
comes. "The man who uses the gasoline
pays the tax," said Prof. Filley. "The
man who does not wish to pay this
tax has merely to refrain from the
purchase of gasoline. Insofar as gas
oline is a necessity to people of small
incomes, such a tax is a burden, but
insofar as gasoline is a luxury or a
semi-luxury, such a tax is an, ad
mirable means of raising revenue.
. . ...ritung uijc rumib.
It seems particularly tittffig that
T'i,' T T ' r T? 1
t,he proceeds from such a tax should
be used for road construction, since
the men who manufacture, sell and
drive pleasure c&rs have been most
insistent upon the rapid development
of a good roads program. Such- a tax
(Tarn to Pace Two, Column One.)
Rum Sleuths Seize
10 Gallons and Car
Three Men Caught With Load
of BoozeClothier Nabbed
for Selling Whisky. -
Federal rum sleuths played in
luck yesterday afternoon, confiscat
ing a large quantity of liquor.
' Three of U. S. Rohrer's men cap
tured thtee men, 10 gallons of moon
shine and an auto one mile west of
Fairacres on the Dodge road. The
men arrested are Ralph Dimerco,
1937 South Eleventh street; Sam
Turri 1140 North Seventeenth, and
Charles Day, 2021 California street.
Later the officers made a purchase
of two gallons of whisky from Sam
uel P. Goldberg, proprietor' of cloth
ing stores at 1314 Douglas and 1308
North Twenty-fourth streets.
.Goldberg' was kept in jail all night
on Rohrer's order and not permit
ted to give bond until an informa
tion was. filed against him.
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Pugilists Did Not Perish
in Fire, Reports Indicate j
New York, Jan. 4. Two stills,
two barrels of liquor and nine bar
rels of mash were found by the po
lice last night in the fire swept ruins
of the Bcechhurst Country club at
Whitestone, which had been leased
as training and sleeping quarters by
Joe and Frank Welling, pugilists.
rears were expressed when the tire
broke out yesterday that the boxers
had perished'; but a search of the
ruins failed to reveal trace of any
bodies. Later, the police learned that
the cllings had been seen sevcrr
miles away after the fire.
-Police also announced that they
had confiscated all liquor in the build
ing. They expressed the opinion it
was the property of the owner and
announced that a warrant for his ar
rest would be applied for tomorrow.
Two Women Found Dead
in House at Aberdeen, S. D.
Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 4. Authori
ties today were investigating - the
cause of the deaths of two wemen
and the illness of two men who were
found in a house here last night Po
lice said they had not determined
whether liquor or fumes from a
stove were responsible for the
tragedv.
The dead:
Miss Louise Waltman.
Miss Effie Funstan.
John Kellar and Merle Fulker aff
in a hospital in a serious condition.
Wife of Mitchell Palmer,
Ex-Attornev General, Dies '
Washington. Jan
4. Mrs. A. I
.Mitchell 1'almer. 'itc ot the tormer heel makers in JO factories walked
attorney general of the LVtedlout vosterdav Nranse of a 10". nrr
States, died suddenly at her home i
.-here tonight
2 Dogs Arrested and
Brought to Jail as
Guardians of Still
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 4. Two
dogs were arrested by federal r
hibition officers in; Shelby coui
and brought to headquarters, he
charged . with being guardians
stills.
According to Chief Federal Of
ficer N. L. Pierce, the dogs have
been used by moonshiners for scv
eiat months, viciously attacking of
ficers who attempted to raid the
stills. The raid-was made near Pel
ham, where five men, three stills, a
horse and 2,640 gallons of beer were
seized.
Governor Halts
Plan Presented
by O. Howell
McKehie Refuses to( Open
Telephone Regulation QueS'
tion at Special Session .
of Legislature.
-Governor Mckelvie refused yes
terday to open the question of tele
phone regulation at -the special ses
sion ot the state legislature which is
to meet late this month..
The governor's decision was an
nounced at Lincoln when he made
public a letter addressed to R. B.
Howell, general manager of the
Omaha metropolitan utilities dis
trict, who urged him Tuesday to
take action.
Proposes Municipal Control.
Mr. Howell proposed- that citits
end towns be given control of tele
phone rates,' instead of having ex
clusive control vested in the state
railway commission; as at present.
He suggested further that , compet
ing telephone companies be required
to exchange service, so that sub
scribers of one company could, taht
with those of another. A third pro
posal was that the metropolitan uti'i
ties district be authorized to estab
lish a wireless telephone news serv
ice. Holds Plan " Unwise.
. The governor wrote Mr. Howell
tliat the special session is being called
for certain specific business purposes
and that he wants it to be short. For
that reason he does not propose, he
said, to include any general legisla
tion in the call. Under the constitu
tion, the legislature cannot consider
any subject not mentioned by the
governor.
The governor said that he thought
the proposal, for municipal regulation
of telephone rates and . for connec
tion of competing companies would
be unwise in any case., , . '
1 told the governor, saio Mr,
LHorell, '-hat ' action of th sorf-I
s ' ' ,
reco.nmended would go a long
way toward ending the present tele'
phone rate controversy. . 1 see no
reason why cities and towns should
not have the same right to regulate
telephone ' rates as , they do water,
gas and electric rates; The lack of
enforced connection of competing
companies was. what killed telephone
company competition years ago. It
we had that now, we would not have
to meet the present situation, where
flie public apparently is helpless hi
the face of increased telephone
charges."
Harding Challenged
on Blood of Negroes
New York, Jan. "4. Charles Ed
ward Russell, socialist writer and
lecturer, tonight challenged Presi
dent Harding to produce "any
photograph or any other kind of
picture of the impassable gulf be'
tween the white, and black races
which he said existed." He declared
that no microscope could delectthe
slightest difference between the
blood of whites and negroes id said
this proved "that man is man, re
gardless of the color of his skin."
LaFollette's Charges
Refuted by W. I. Drumraond
Washington, Jan. 4. Denial ef re
cent charges by Senator La FoIIette
of Wisconsin that an agreement not
to push legislation to repeal the so
called guaranty section of the trans
portation act and to restore state
control over intrastate rates was ob
tained from farm organization lead
ers at a conference here with rep
resentatives of the railroads ond of
coal, steel and lumber interests, was
made today by W. I. Drummond of
Kansas City, chairman of the board
of governors of the Internationa!
Farm congress.
Mr. Drummond, who attended the
conference Decerflbcr 9. which was
termed a "secret meeting" by Sena
tor La Fdllctte, declared the session
was not a secret one and tnat the
agricultural representatives hc!d out
'uncompromisingly" for repeal of
the guaranty clause and that the rail
way executives agreed not to oppose
its repeal.
Jolly Bandits Kidnap '
Victim for Auto Ride
"Get in the car and don't ask any
questions," said one of three masked
men who alighted from a closed
automobile at Twenty-fourth . street
andFowl- avenue Tuesday night
at 11.
The man addressed was C. B.
Bogger, an office employe of the
Sinclair OiPconipany, w ho was walk
ing to his home, 2026 Fowler avenue.
As a revolver was held ' against
him, 'Bogger got in - with the three
men w ho laughed and talked as they
sped to a lonely spot on the Carter
lake drive. There Bogger and the
men alighted, they took $25 and a
gold watch from him, gave him a
car slug to ride home and told him
to "beat it." which he did.
Heel. Makers Strike
Haverhill. Ma-. Ian. 4 Wood
cent wage cut and refusal to rccog-i
- size the union
The Trick Is to
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Investigation of
Hduse Furnishing
Industry Ordered
Debate Preceding Adoption of
f .Resolution in Senate Fea
- tured ' by Attacks J on
Profiteers and Trusts. "
Washington, Jan. -14. Investiga -
tion by the federal trade commission
of the house furnishings goods in
dustry was directed in a resolution
adopted -late today, by the senate.
The resolution sponsored by Senator
Kenyon, republican, Iowa, provides
that the inquiry shall embrace the
"causes of, factory, wholesale and
retail price conditions" in the indus
try... .. , . . ,
; The debate preceding adoption was
characterized by a general 'attack on
profiteers, trusts and combinations in
restraint of trade and - scattering
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assaults on the federal trade commis-Jof
sion..The latter was defended, how
ever, by several senators who con
tended it could never be "a popular"
goveYnmeht agency because of'-tbi
nature of its work. .''',
Half a dozen senators, including
King of Utah, Robinson of Arkan
sas, and 'Walsh of Montana, demo
crats, and Norris of Nebraska, re
publican, urged that the scope of
the inquiry be broadened, contend
ing it should include trusts and com
binations in other commodities and
in other lines of industry v herever
they could be reached. ,
Prosecuting officers of the state
government were assailed by Mr.
Kinir and Senator Heflin. democrat.
Alabama, who declared these officials
appeared to have sat "with folded
hands" and to have made no effort
to check combinations and trrusts
within the states which could not
be reached by federal authority.
Mr. Norris charged that these
combinations were doing business
"at the old stand" since the war arid
that little, if anv attention had been in the Bronx, bundled into the rcb
given them by either state or federal I bcrs' car ird taken to the woods near
otticials. Discussing the federal trade
commission, he said sometimes it
had not functioned up to expectations
and added that "with prosecuting of
ficers failing to prosecute and courts
failing to convict, the only remedy
which seems open to the paople is
the exertion of the pressure of pub
lic opinion." '
August Belmont Injured
in Fall From Riding Horse j
New York, Jan. 4. August Bel
mont, New York financier, was re
ported to have been taken in a pri
vate ambulance to his home after he
arrived at Pennsylvania station' late
today in his private car. He was re
turning from the south and was
said to have been injured in a fall
from a horse. His office declined
to comment on the report. I
Later it was stated at Mr. Bel
mont's home that his injuries con
sisted of a strained back and bruis
es, which were painful, but not se;
rious. His physicians expect he will
be out in a few days.
To PI
, r. -l it o i "'man H. Ncwberrv of Michigan plans
for Rails With U. S. Firm i to take the floor in tile senate within!
New York. Jan. 4. (By A. P.) 1 the next few days to defend riimself;
The first large steel export contract
of the rear 13.000 tons of rails for
the Japanese government was an-1 ,
nolinced today by the U. S. Steel j
Products comoanr. the exnort airencv !
!of the U. S. Steel corporation. Th'ci
rails, will be manufactured at the i
hnclM. nhnl M In. t -n-.- f 1
and Iron company, the largest south-j
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em suostd-ary ot the I. b. tccl !
iorporation. - -
Get the European
the Gold Standard
Extra Freight
and Passenger
Collide Headon
Northwestern' Trains Crasb
Outside Wall oo Yard Limits
Passengers and Crew
, ".. Escape Injury. .
1 'Wahoo, Neb., Jan. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Northwestern passenger
irain No. 28, northbound, collided
headon with, an extra freight train.
No. 41, about OO yards north of the
railroad yard limits here shortly- be
fore 6 tonight. Several persons were
injured slightly but none seriously.
The engineers and firemen jumped
when they saw the. collision was in
evitable and were the most seriously
injured, being badly bruised from the
talk Passengers on the train wer
badly: shaken up and some slightly
injured. On the train were a number
Fremont, school teachers, returning
to their duties, and a number of fanv
crs and county, agents, returning
from the organized agricultural meet
ings in Lincoln. '
The extra freight train was follow
ing a southbound jfpassenger i train
which had passed the northbound
passenger, at-Wahoo. Trainmen say
that no, report of the freight train"
leaving Colon had been received
when the passenger train left Wahoo.
Colon is the first station north of
Wahoo.
! The wrecked passenger train was
en route to western Nebraska from
Lincoln, when the accident occurred.
Police Recover Auto Truck '
; and Silk Valued at $40,000
New York. Jan.' 4. A daylight
holdup 'was reported by the police
late 'today, after the truck and its.
contents had been recovered
Charles Fritz,' the driver,- told the
police that he and his two assistants
had been- held up by motor bandits
Van , Cortlandt ' park.
where they
were ordered to walk-
north under
pain of being shot. .
Circling through the woods, they
returned to thf city and notified the
police. The truck, was , found in a
garage, where it had been placed in
storage. . . ' ...... . .
Riverside, Cal,. Mayor Killed
1 1 Hours After"Takiti2 Office
'Riverside., Cal.. Jan. 4. L. V. W.
trown, who was inducted into, office-
as myor- of Riverside at .10:30
o'clock, yesterday morning, was in
stantly killed in an automobile ac
cident near Upland. 18 miles north
west of here, at 9:30, o'clock last
fiugnt. , ins secretary, .miss .Monica
j' Alvcrson of Phoenix. Ariz., and the
mayor's sister, also .were' m the ac-
cident but escaped injury. Brown
was wealthy, his holdings including
extensive, interest, in and near
Phoenix. ' ' '
Newberry Wfll Defend
Himself in, .Senate 1
Washington. Jani 4. Senator Tru- j
against me .iiovemcnt 10 oust nun on
charges that he spent too much
money in his campaign agnnst
Henry Ford in 1918.
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County Attorney Arrested
Wahoo, Neb.. Jan. 4. (Siwcial j
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Currency Back to
Women Pickets
Use Flag to Halt
Strikebreakers
Woman Severely Beaten When
She Attempts, to Wojrk
Many Arrests Promised
by County Attorney.
, Nebraska City,' Neb., Jan. 4.
(Special.) An American flag was
stretched across the road leading to
the packing house here by women
pickets in an endeavor to stop strike
breakers from being taken t work
in automobiles. 'A taxicab driver
drove .through and dragged the flag
in the road.
The 'county attorney, when in
formed of the happening, stated that
complaints would be filed against
two women who are alleged to have
arranged the flag. They will, be
charged with desecration of. the flag
and using it for purposes contrary
to law, he said. '"'.' '
A woman strikebreaker was se
verely beaten by women pickets
when slie attempted to go to work.
Complaints were sworn out against
several women alleged to have taken
part in the assault. Women" pickets
are i)ow on duty in place of men and
union' headquarters officials claim
that they have persuaded a number
of woman strikebreakers to leave the
plant. . , . . - .
Debate on Anti-Lynching
Bill Under Way in House
Washington, Jan. 4. Debate on
the Dyer, anti-lynching bill got un
der way today in the house, despite
a determined filibuster by demo
cratic opponents." Three hours were
spent in roll calls demanded by Rep
resentative Garrett, Tennessee, dem
ocratic leAder, in a futile attempt to
head off discussion.
The measure is to be set aside to
morrow . for. consideration . of the
treasury appropriation bill, which
will Jiave right of way until it is sent
to the senate. Representative Mon
dell, republican leader, in a state
ment predicted a vote in the near fu
ture on the Dyer bill, but stated de
bate would be interspersed between
various appropriation bills.
Baby in Mother's Arms
- - " Shot in Belfast Fight
Belfast, Jan.4.T-(By.A. P.) Six
deaths have resulted from the pres
ent series of - disorders in Belfast,
one of the, fatalities being that of a
child who was shot while in its
mother's arms..
Firing continued last night, the
fiercest being in the - York street
area. A heavy snow and frost did
not deter the rioters. '
In the Sinn. Pein Carrickhill dis
trict late yesterday the police ar
rested two men" who fired on them.
One had a rifle and the other a num
ber of bombs.'
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Valentin
De Valera
Presents
New Treaty
Republican Leader Urges A
sociatioti Between Ireland
and Britain and Other
Commonwealth States.
Buckley Opposes Plan
My Tli MorlnliMi ),
Dublin, Jan. 4. On the rea-
sembling of the Dai! F.ircann today
the new version of Eanion de Val
era's amendment was distributed to
the members. It proposes, a treaty
of amity and association between
Ireland and the governments of Great
Britain and of the other states of the
British commonwealth.
The amandment provides:
"That inasmuch as the articles (
agreement for a treaty betwecs
Great Britain and Ireland, signed st
London December 6, 1921, dp not
reconcile Irish national aspirations
and the association of Ireland witn
tl, ,,,, if r r( nulinnc t-HAmi, i 4
the British commonwealth can
not be . the basis of an enduring
peace between the Irish and British
peoples.
Treaty of Amity.
"The Dail Eireann in the name of
the sovereign Irish nation, makes to ,
the government of Great Britain tc
the governments of the other states
in the British commonwealth and to
the peoples of Great Britain and of
these several states, the following
proposals for a treaty of amity anl
association which the Dail Eireann is
convinced could be -entered into by
the Irish people with the sincerity of
good will." ,
The complete text of the proposals,
it was announced, would be put into
the hands of the delegates before the
motion was moved.
Mr. Dc Valera, after sharp ex
changes . with Arthur Griffith and
Michael Collins over, the much
mooted "document number 2" an
nounced that he would move his al
ternative proposals tomorrow as an
ffmendment to the Griffith motion for
ratification offhe treaty-,.
The question was raised whether
Mr. De Valera, under the rules of
the debate, would be permitted to
make another speech.
' Session Starts.
The first speaker at today's ses
sion was Donald Buckley of Kildarc.
who opposed the treaty, ,
' "The people of this country have
been stampeded into acceptance of
the treaty by the rotten press ' of
Ireland," he said. "I shall vote
against it."
Alexander MacCabe of Sligo fo
lowed with a plea for acceptance.
While he was picturing the disap
pointment he said millions of Iridh
wuuieii anu eiuiurcn wouia ieei n
the treaty were rejected, Miss Mary
MacSwiney interrupted him, saying
the women were not in favor of tlv--
treaty. To this MacCabe retorted:
I know what the women of Ire
land want as well as you."
Mrs. Pearse, mother of Patrick
H. Pearse, the first president of the
Irish republic, who was executed
after the Dublin rising in 1916..
spoke against the treaty. . She de
clared she knew that her son, if he
were alive, would vote for rejection.
Announcement was made during
this afternoon's session of the Dail
Eireann that Eamon De Valera
would make public his alternative
proposals as a substitute for the
Anglo-Irish treaty at the close of the
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Two Sisters Die in Fire
Started by Still Blast
Cairo. 11!.. Tan. 4. Marie Hocran.
17, and Gladys Hogan, 9, sisters,
were burned to death this morning
in a fire which police attributed to
the explosion of a still. The blaze
destroyed the Hogan home. A still
and several jugs of illicit whisky
"v.c .uuiiu in me iuims. jLcnnis
Hogan and his wife and three small
children escaped.
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Sproul Will Not Resign
to Fill Vacancy in Senate
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Gov. Wil
liam C. Sproul tonight announced
he would not resign to take the sen-
ami amp uiduc vacant oy ine death oi
Senator Boies Penrose.
"If I should ever desire to go to
the United States senate." he said.
1 snail submit my candidacy to the
people of the state in the regular
way.
"In due time, I shall name a suc
cessor to Senator Penrose who will.
I hope, commend himself to the state
and the country." he said
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Sproul Denies Report He
Will Resign Post at Once
Harrisburg. Pa., Jan. 4.-Gov.
WJlh'am Q Sproul tonight dismissal
reports that he would resign as gov
ernor to be appointed senator within
48 hours by saying the question cf
the succession to Boies Tcnro'e
would not be settled for some days,
possibly not until early next wccU.
Admits Stealing $21,500
to Gamble on World's Series
St. Louis. Jan. 4. Cart Frank :
Abraham, 19, a bank teller, was sen
tenced to three years in the relorma-
iory alter he confessed that hf
utilized $21,500 of his firm's menrr
for betting purposes during, tr-?
world's series.
K. of C Get Cross
New York. Jan. 4 The archM-hon
a( C.i. It : I . .
.-din wuinniKO nas presented to
the Knights of Columbus a wood s.
cross made from the same tree from
whic.i tolinn litis constructed the
cross with which hf onnosed Itie
Arawak Indians in ihp haul at
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CcHro Santo.
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