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aha Daily Bee VOL 51 NO. 175. tana m mm4-am Menu n. rats, ai aha P. . Uaeol M M Mnt a. MCt. OMAHA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 7, 19; t Mall il tear. " aa taaaet. M. a 4N (Mid Ml kHi U Ml to M Mi.U Waned tltlaa, CliHa M Naaaaa, KM. TWO CENTS The Om 7 1' 1 " kaaaBBBBT--' 1 1 ' Norton Is Made Head of Farmers Farm Bureau Avoid Politics and Refuse toj'Put Gaso line lu Sjiand in Reaefatijoai. ' 1 Favors Ccutv Manager By PAUL GREER. . Waff Carrrenall4 Omaha m. Lincoln, Jan. (6. (Special Tele gram.) J.' N.' Nolrton of Polk coun ty was elected iresident of the Ne braska harm Rureau federation. Mr. Norton is a dfemocrat and succeeds Elmer E. VJoungt., republican, of Lexington, Politics, however, did not enter iito the selection. In their effort ley steer clear of partisan questions, the federation refused to ?ct oie way or the other on the tax- atiojaf committee' endorsement of r proposed gasoline tax. Hot debate raged over this ques tion. It started off mildly enough by a farmer from the western part of the state saying that he had come to the meeting omioscd to the gaso line tax. but that the explanation ot oovcrnor McKelvie had convert ed him. "I believe very few farmers could talk this over with the gov ernor without bolng Convinced it would lighten their property taxes," he said. Purdy Attacks Bill. W. L, Purdy, a democrat from Madison, led the attack in which J. O. Laurence of Platte Center and Will Peck of Falls City joined him. It was John P. Davis, democrat, t Geneva, who put out the fire. With out taking any stand either for or against tle measure, he decried any cttort for political advantage and. moved successfully that the section be eliminated from the committee report. ' 1 ' ; Mr. Davis also attempted to cut nfi consideration of the recommenda tion that salaries of all state, county and local officials, be reduced to the prewar level on the ground that this was partisan, but was defeated on this. The amendment was made, however, that 'the reduction be lim ited to accord with he fall in the fot of living,- and not to the low l)sis of the prewar' years. A remark able revelation of the confidence of tiic. farmer in the recovery of farm prices . Mas shown in this debate. Some county officials and others, in cluding legislators, it was declared, are not now getting any , too much salary, - ; Favor County Manager. ' , v - ''When we act out of the hole and begin making money again, we don't Rt- H ihe jwnfeopIir held tlowh that they-cant buy.' said L. Y. rhomp'son of West Point. This view 'rfrevailed unanimously, .. However, in another resolution,, support - was in dicated foe abolishing certain cqunty oiTicials in. order' to reduce county taxes and propose establishing the county manager form of government. Ry a change in the Farm bureau constitution, the delegates, instead of. the executive committee,, elected the (Tarn to Pairs Two. Column Tore.) Lloyd George Rejects Alliance With France Cannes, Jan, 6. (By A, P.) Pre mier Lloyd George has decided there can be no question at this time of n lormal alliance between France and Great Britain, it is said on good au thority, but has held , out. the pros pect of a guarantee to aid France it it is again attacked, as in 1914, under certain conditions. , - These are, it is stated, that France co-operate with Great Britain in the economic restoration of Europe and consent to modifications of the Ger man reparation payments on the basis of a half billion gold marks in cash and a billion gold marks in kind, instead of two billion marks in cash. -Lloyd George, addressing the open ii g session of the council . today, warned the allied powers that they could not look to anv others but themselves to work out the economic rehabilitation of Europe. He appeal- ,CiS to the allies to set aside prejudices and work together to this end. - Tecumseh Forger Blames Bootleggers for Downfall Tecumseh, Neb., Jan. 6. (Special Telegram.) Charles Finney, hotel porter, pleaded guilty to forgery in the district court , here and Judge J. B. Raper sentenced him to the "penitentiary for from two to five years and fined him $200. Finney admitted appropriating" a letter at the hotel sent by the Hax Smith Furniture company of St. Joseph to M. C. Fenny, salesmar, endorsing a check for $150 found therein and cashing it at a Tecumseh bank. - . . . Finney told the judge his down fall was due to drink and said he bought booze from transient boot leggers. . ShooU Self Through Arm. Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Wilbur .Olson, son of George Olson, cleaned his father's revolver, icloaded it and then - forgetting it was loaded, pulling the trigger. A bullet passed through the upper por tion of his arm. 26 Below at Mason City, la. Mason City, Ia Jan. 6. The gov ernment thermometers here showed a minimum . temperature of 26 de grees below zero last night Thia is the-lowest mark reached in several ytars here. ' - To Hold Examination. Washington. Jan. 6. (Special, Telegram.) Postmaster general has requested the civil service com mis-. !oa to set a date for the ejumination tor nresidental postmaster at Bridce-' ort, Keb . . . Japanese Statesman, Friend of U. S., Dead 1 '1 Jrwi s . $j&' oJeuwA... Former Premier of Japan Expires at Tokio Home Marquis Shigenobu Okuma, ; Known as "Grand Old ' Man" of Empire, Suc . cumbs at Age of 80. By The Jlaaoelatea1 rreea. , . TokiovJan. 6. Marquis Shigenobu Okuma, Japan's octogenerian states man and former premier, died at hia home here today. ' ; t Washington, Jan. 6. Count Oku rtia, whose death at Tokio was ' re ported today, was known as "The Grand Old Man" of Japan and has taken a pre-eminent part in the life of his country for several decades. He was particularly interested in the promotion of a good understanding between his own country and the United States and " made it a point to receive at his beautiful home in Tokio all visiting' Americans of note Encumbered with an artificial leg, necessitated by a wound received when an attempt was made to assas sinate him iii 1888, Okuma won the admiration of his fellow citizens by his extraordinary physical as well as mental activity. This physical, of (liction brought on serious illness from time to time and if was fre quently reported in Tokio that Oku ma was .either dying, or . dead. His proud claim was that he cottld; out jiv Wun-Tmg - Fang, the Tcminent Chinese statcman, who still is living and is understood . to have an un recorded wager with Okuma that ne (Wu Tings Fang) would live to be 12S years of age.; ; ' : " ,s :y .. . i ' Grand Island Police Nab Escaped Convict Grand Island, Ieb., Jan. 6. (Spe cial , Telegram.) Charles Dunbar, alias Charles Johnson,' alias Harold Murphy, who broke jail at Grand Island several months ago, was re captured at Lincoln, but also escaped from jail here, again has been appre hended by. Grand Island police, after he broke into a store at Chap man, near here, late Thursday. Dunbar was being held at Lincoln for Colorado authorities, when he es caped from the Lancaster county of ficials. While in jail here he was let out as a 'trusty, but stole the clothes of a fellow prisoner and made his getaway. . . . Police already have a ' response from Canyon City (Colo.) penitentiary authorities that they will send a man to Grand Island for the prisoner. Dunbar had served but. a - short period on a five-year sentence for burglary when he escaped from the Colorado prison. . , Captain Denies Story of " " Yank Killing in A. E. F. San Francisco, Jan, Capt. Rus sell P. Tyler who was in charge of the prison camp at Bassens, France, during the war, last, night telef graphed the adjutant general of the army denying statements made to day before the' senate investigating committee by Edwin Duner of San Francisco. . - ; Captain Tyler's telegram said: "I si Fitzgerald killed. It was purely an accident. Fitzgerald was standing in the mess line. An un ruly negro prisoner was trying to take a rifle away from a sergeant. Why: John Tyles was a junior part ner, with a comfortable, sal ary, but the Tyles lived in a shabby home and Eleanor -Tylea rebellious! wore clothes of a shabbiness that made other women pity her. Why ? Tkat is the ttory of "ProvidedFor it By Edith Baraara Dalaa ; A Blue Ribbon tale of a house of plenty in which the wife ' and, children were mysterious ly denied the luxuries for which they longed. ' Read it in " . ! Next Sunday Bee De Valera Resigns as President Announce Own and Cabinet Resignations Declares Dail Executive Authority Irre vocably Disagreed. Will Seek Re-election London, Jan. 6. (By A. P.) The Dail Eireann !n Dublin has decided to vote tomorrow on the ratification of the Anglo-Irish treaty, says a Central News dispatch from .Dublin this afternoon. Dublin' Jan. u.- By A. P.) Eamonn de Valera. after announcing today in the Dail Eireann his resig nation as president of the Irish re public, declared that he was sick at heart, and -that, whatever happened, he intended to retire to private life. He spoke with great feeling, with tears in his eyes, when he protested he had never been a party to any political trickery. . Later it was declared " in other quarters that President Dc Valera had said he would withdraw his res ignation on the 'agreement that a vote would be taken tomorrow. Will Seek Re-Election. Dublin, Jan. 6. (By A. P.) Eamonn de Valera resigned the presidency of the Irish republic to day, presenting also to the Dail Eireann the resignation of the cabinet. He told the dail he would offer himself for re-election standing on the principles of 1910. Mr. De Valera said he must have a cabinet which thought with him and he would demand that all re sources be given him. to defend the republic. ,vAt the opening of the afternoon session of the dail Mr. Dc Valera said that since the Irish agreement was signed in London the executive authority of the dail had been irrev ocably split. They had since tried to keep together nominally as a unified executive, but the time had come for that to be ended. , Without Outside Authority. The president said he and cne sec tion of the cabinet stood for the preservation of the republic and the other section for quite . nother plan. Ttftre never would be peace, Mr. De Valera declared, until the prin ciple was recognized that the Irish people wanted to live their own lives without the imposition . of outside authority. ' . ' Mr. De Valera said he could not accept "the responsibility unless he had the sole power ot the govern ment to carry on his office."";' Michael Collins, the minister of finance and leader in support of the treaty, announced that he (Collins) (Turn to Fate Two, Column Two.) U. P. to Purchase 4,500 Freight Cars Total Cost of Order Placed By President Gray Will Exceed $9,000,000. - Carl Gray, president of the Un ion Pacific system, placed an or der with car builders yesterday call ing for 4,500 specially constructed freight cars. The total cost of the order, will be between $9,000,000 and $10,000,000. ' Three thousand five hundred cars will be 40-foot, double sheath box. cars, to be used in the transporta tion of grain over the Union Pacific lines. Of this group 1,500 cars will have 10-foot doors which will make itjpossible to use them in transpor tation of automobiles. One thousand cars are to be 50 foot all-steel cars for the special transportation of automobiles to dealers on the Union Pacific sys tem. ' The new cars are( expected to be in service by early summer. KreinYorkGaragfe Causes $1 50,000 Loss York, Neb., Jan. 6. (Special Tele gram.) Fire of unknown origin was discovered by Lawrence Em mery, night man' at the York Auto company, which totally destroyed the immense ' building and 45 cars. The building was owned by L. M. Lincoln and William Overstneet who estimate their Moss at $75,000, partially covered by insurance. The 45 cars are estimated to be worth $80,000. .- Man Arrested on Charge . of Holding Girl Prisoner ' San Francisco. Jan. 6. Philip Whitney, 30, of Kansas City, was ' arrested by a detective yesterday aft er police had received miormation that he had held Mrs. Maud Hux horn, 20, also of Kansas City, a pris oner at various hotels and other places, in the city for three days, much of the time at the point of a pistol, in an attempt to force her to marry him. A charge of threats against life was placed against W hit ncy and he was released on $1,000 bail Popocatepetl in Eruption; Villagers Panic-Stricken 'Mexico City, Jan. 6. (By A. P.) The volcano, Popocatepetl, south east of this city, again began to show serious signs of activity yesterday afternoon. At 4 o'clock an explosion was heard 'within the crater,, the de tonation being audible for some dis-, tance, an a great smoke column aross tc a considerable height The inhabitant of villages near; the base of the mountain were panic. ', stricken and fled - - Agricultural Bloc Opposed by McKelvie Denver, Colo,, Jan. 6. The agri cultural blot, or anv other "clatt movement." ha no place in America,! declared Governor Samuel R. Mo" Kelvie of Nebraska in in aH1' , ' fore the Denver r' t.ti- ul atsociatia Mitt m'.:),i "The dcodU u'tf'i- are hound byHM.rtiVtl ' . .m it if difficult tdk . me intrrets of any one class without doing in jury to others." the governor said, He predicts failure of the agricultural bloc in the senate. "If the agricultural bloc shoul prove successful, we will soon find our legislative bodies sharply divided into groups representing various class movements and interest labor, finance, industry and so on Divisions representing various sec tions would be arrayed against each other, each seeking only its own sel fish ends. We already have the so cial bloc. Corliss on Stand in Receiver Suit for Bi Creamery Head of Concern Says Com pany Solvent; Stockhold ers Say Dividends Were Paid From Capital. District Judge O. D. Wheeler re suined the. hearing of Iowa stock' holders' petition for a receiver for the Waterloo Creamery company of Omaha in Council Bluffs yesterday, The hearing progressed so rapidly yesterday that attorneys for both the company and the stockholders said it might be finished in another day. A week was spent in the hear ing early m Dccemoer. . Corliss on Stand. The evidence yesterday was chief ly in detense ot the company s claim of financial soundness. President Corliss was on the stand during the greater part of the forenoon and in the afternoon an expert accountant, working in the interest of the com pany, testified. Questioned by Wil liam J. Hotz, Omaha counsel tor tne company, he declared that the books showed the company on October 31, 1921, to be solvent, that the gross assets of the company then were $2,587,745.35 with a surplus and re serve of $150,000. At that date the total liabilities of tve company were shown bv the book abstract to be $338,671.22, $164,000 of which was mortgage indebtedness. -The state ment was made that during the last eight months of 1921 the company had reduced its . obligations $56,000. and hd , done a gross business ot $340,000. , i . .. ; -,r: , Dividends Are Discussed. Counsel for stockholders brought out the fact that the last dividend , , At.. -- .1.. r:' pam Dy me comiiany was m mc n nal quarter of 1920, and the conten tion was that this dividends as well as all others, was paid out of the c:sital stock and not from surplus and profits. They also got into the record the statement that there was paid as pom missions to stock sales men from 1919 to 1921,. $323,566, which had been counted as assets or listed as used for development purposes. It was also shown that the premiums on stock sales totaled $400,000. Company Expert Heard. - Combatting this, the company's expert showed that $200,000 of the $323,566 had been charged off liqui dated from the surplus. . Keenly, watching the case are at torneys representing other Iowa stockholders. Oscar Westrand, Red Oak lawyer, - is representing 2,000 stockholders in that vicinity and Guy Mack, vStorm Lake attorney, is looking after the interests of stock holders there whose holdings are about fifty thousand ' dollars. They say they may intervene as plaintiffs in the receiver suit if the interests of their xlients justify it. Raid Dublin Bank. . Dublin, Jan. 6. (By A. P.) Four armed men today held up the em ployes of the Inchicore branch of the Hibernian bank, took all the money, totalling : several thousand pounds sterling, and escaped in an automobile. . Photos of Former Nebraskans Now in Cinema Spotlight A page of specially posed pictures of former Nebraskans now active in production of motion pictures is a feature of The Bee Rotogravure Section for tomorrow. - A second page shows students of Omaha art schools' at work and dis plays reproductions of some of the best of their sketches and oils. ..A page of outstate photos includes a lay out contrasting Colum bus, Neb., scenes of 50 years ago with the Co lumbus of 1922. There's another page, too, of pictures of Omaha children. Sunday Bee Rotogravure The ...... 0 - . : ; : , , ,- ' , Amis Conference May Outlaw Use of Poisonous Gas Secretary Hughes Presents Resolution Drawn by Root, , - to Prohibit Mode of ,,.!-; - Warfare. i By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Laae4 wire- Washington, .Jan. 6. Following unanimous adoDtion of a rule pro viding that illegal attacks upon mer chant ships by submarines or other warships shall be -punished as piracy, the conference committee on limita tion of armament began considera tion today of a proposal by the American delegation that the use of poison gas in warfare be absolutely prohibited. secretary Hughes made tne pro posal iik the lace ot a report oy a subcommittee which declared the limitation of chemical wartare un practical. He based the American proposal on recommendations of the American advisory committee and of the general 'board of the navy that gas warfare be outlawed. I hat the conterence will outlaw gas warfare,' as pr'oposed by Mr; Huches. is the expectation of the American delegation, for the proh bition ' confirms that imposed by Great Britain, France, Italy' nd Ja- oan uoon Germany, Austria ana Hungary in Peace treaties. Root Author ot Kesoiution. The resolution, Crafted by Mr. Root, follows: "Tie use in Avar ot asphyxiating, poisonous or ahalogous liquids 'or materials or devices having oeen iustlv condemned by the general opinion of the civilized world and a (Turn to Pace Two, Column Five.) Two Famous Hotels : . Threatened by Fire , New York. Tan 6. A furious fire; in the center of the block-containing the McAlpin and Waldorf-Astoria hotels tonight threatened the famous hostelrics. filling tljeir rooms with smoke and spouting flames which; il luminated that congested section ! of the city and attracted an enormous crowd of spectators. At 8 o'clock the blaze was reported as still gaining headway. ' The fire started in an upper loft of a six-story building. In a few minutes the three upper floors were enveloped in flames wrich drove'back firemen who attempted to mount ladders. - Nation-Wide Aerial Mail Service -Is Recommended Washington, Jan. 6. Development of a nation-wide network of air mail routes was advocated today by Ed ward H. Shaughnessy,' second assist ant postmaster general, before the house postoffice committee. He favored the letting of contracts for the carrying of all air mail in order fo relieve the government of the bur den of operating routes. - New York and Chicago bankers, he said, have estimated they would save $100,000 in interest daily if they were able to exchange their clearings over night by fast airplane service. " Negro Hanged for Assault. San Antonio. Tex Jan. 6. George McKinlcy Grace, negro, was hanged iti the Bexar county jail for criminal- ily assaulting a white woman. Thou ! sands of people crowded the streets surrounding the jail. About 150 per isons, among them some women, saw 'the execution. 1 Modern God of Liquor Seized in West Farnam Home Residence of John J. Chap man Raided by Federals; $3,000 Stock Taken. . The $25,000 home of John J. Cliap; man, 5608 Farnam . street,' was searched by federal prohibition en forcement agents yesterday afternoon and 133 quarts of bonded whisky and 10 gallons of other liquors, all valued at $3,000, were confiscated, The officers were armed with tha new federal search warrants, which were received from Washington yes terday' ' i ' The old federal warrants were de fective dnd when federal agents wished to search a house they had to use state warrants. ' " V With the new warrants ' many places here ' will be invaded by the federal officers in the future, it is said. V; ; ' . v .' Chapman was arrested yesterday and his Cadillac automobile was con fiscated. So also, were five gallons of alcohol which officers -said they found in the car. " ' ' He was arrested once before. That was in Council Bluffs. ' His car was released when he put up a $5,000 bond. This . bond is now forfeited and the car is. confiscated as well. Places Raided by "Dry" Agents May Be Closed Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan.- 6. Virtually every one of the saloons and soft drink parlors raided in Sweetwater county, December". 28 and .29. by 41 special deputies acting , , under permission from Prohibition . Commissioner Haynes and Attorney General Daugherty, face a penalty of. being closed for a year, it- developed as the outcome of a conference between D. C. Thomas, v county attorney .ot Sweetwater county, and ; Governor Robert D.,Carey today. At the con ference, action was oromised aeainst every place where; evidence was se cured. . .. - The proceedings ; will be brought under the Arnold injunction and abatement act passed by the last leg islature, provisions of which allow for -the closing for , one year of all. houses where proprietors or tenants have been found guilty of engaging in bootlegging, gambling or prostitu tion. ; : Allies to Abandon War Crime Proceedings, Report Paris, Jan. 6. (By A. P.) Belief that the allies wilt abandon further proceedings against, Germany mili tary leaders', on charges- of . instigat ing the world- Var . expressed in French political circles today. Oc casion, for .such comment was . furnished-by' the meeting-of the .war guilt commission of. the league ot nations at -the : Quav D'Orsay at 4 o'clock-this -afternoon. The rcnorts of the English and Italian members of the commission were that they were reasonably sat isfied with result's of the trials of Germans' at 'Leipsic. The French and Belgian members submitted ad verse, reports. In view of this di vision the opinion appeared 'to pre vail 'that further proceedings would not be pressed. Delay: in . Arbuckle Trial. San Francisco. Jan. 6. A contin uance of . at least one dav in the sec ond manslaughter trial of . "Roscoe (Fatty Arbucklc). scheduled to stlrt next Monday, will be necessary, it was announced by both side today on account of another trial which is now progressing. War Dean Fair's Widow Cites Trustees in Estate Quarrel Seeks to Have A. L. Reed and U. S. Trust Company Turn :brer ;150,600 They V Hold. Abraham L- Reed and the United States Trust company are cited to appear Jahuary 10 before County Judge Crawford to -give cause why they should not turn over $150,000 worth of property belonging to the estate of Campbell Fair, former dean of Trinity cathedral, to Mrs. Camp bell Fair, widow and executrix, and Camobell Fair, son- and adminis trator. " Mrs. ' Fair and her son made ap plication for the citation in county court 3-esterday afternoon. The $150,000 consists of treasury certificates, notes and otner securr tiVs. ' - ' Litigatipn began seven months ago when 'James fair, JNew xorK min ister, filed suit to have his brother Camnhell removed as administrator, When Mrs. Fair learned of her brother-in-law's action, she immedi ately, had him withdraw the petition, which he did. . - Camnbell Fair four., months ago filed suit in district court to compel Reed and the trust company who had . been placed in charge of the estate five years ago to permit an audit of their books. The trust corn nan v filed an accounting and de clined t.o permit the audit. Campbell Fair then brought suit in district court to recover $15,000 which he claims he trust company had no au thnriMr in chartrc for its services. The trust company later instituted legal proceedings . to remove Mrs. Fair as executrix and her sdn as ad ministrator. ' ' ' -Mrs. Fair npyv. lives in Baltimore. Woman Confesses to Killing Mate While Crazed by Liquor Milwaukee, Jan. 6.-LMrs.. Elsie Trepte, .wife of :Adolph' Trepte, 51, former president-treasurer ' of the Globe Wire and Iron Works this morning,' confessed to ' local police to killing her husband yesterday while crazed with moonshine liquor, and haunted by ' the fear' that her husband was about .to, send her to a sanitarium. ' ; Senate Takes "Up Case " of Newberry Contest Washington, Jan. 6. Final con sideration of the Xewberry sena torial contest was begun in the sen ate today .under the unanimous con sent agreement previously 'entered. Senator 1 Caraway, democrat,'5 Arkan sas, who opened the attack on Mr. Newberry,'- was scheduled to discuss the controversy at length. The Weather Forecast. Saturday fair and warmer. : Hourly Temperatures. P a. m. ,. Ilia, m t t m. . m. S t . am. .... 7 a. in...... p. aa a. m...... 1 4 p. a Jl a. au p. a.. ...... ...11 10 a. m.. ........ .It a. m M 11 a. m. .....H 1 a. aa.... I aooa IS I 1 a aa. Highest Friday. Cheyenne Davenport Deorer . . SIPoeblo SI; Rapid City ..! ..it ..2 ..34 ..II ,.;..31 Salt Uki Ies Molne :c:8anta Fe Dodao City 4:iSherldn . Lander Sioux City North Platte Jii Valentine Mhippera' Ballrtte. Protect ahlpmenta ' during; the next Zi to St hour (mm t?mpratare as tol. lovot North. Mm: east and wet. 14 dt- treea aboie; aotith, : decrees. Newberry Case Opens in Senate Hfginniug of Final Round in Contest to Unseat Michigan Senator Featured by Bit ter Fight. Defendant to Take Floor Br Th AMtwIuted Kre... Washington. Jan. 6. The sen!.; began today its final discussion of the Newberry case, precipitated by the contest of Henry Ford against the seating of Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan, his republi can opponent in the 1918 elections, and was told by Senator Spencer, re publican, Missouri, chairman ot tn! senate privileges and elections com mittee, that Senator Newberry him self would take the floor Monday and defend lumsclt against the charge which involve his campaign expendi tures. The subject under an unanimous consent agreement, will remain con tinuously before the senate until de posed of. A vote is expected some time next week. Bitter Fight During the debate today. Senator Newberry's claim to his seat was de nounced and defended. Crowds filled the galleries in anticipation of a bitter fight and they could not he said to be disappointed, for at the outset Senator Caraway, democrat. Arkan sas, launched an attack on the New berry supporters for the position he said they were preparing to take; while Senator Spencer and Senator Williams, democrat, Mississippi, soon joined in the debate. When Senator Spencer announce 1 that he had been informed Senator Newberry would take the floor Mon day it was said by leaders that it would be the first time in the two years since his election that the Michigan senator has addressed the senate,. There was also a prospect of a speech tomorrow by Senator Townscnd, Mr. Newberry's republi can colleague, who was said to be prepared to speak for three hours in defense of the junior senator from his state. Frequent Calls for Order. Senator Williams had not long en tered today's debate when the pre siding officer was frequently forced to tap for order as the Mississippi senator's shafts produced laughter and occassionally applause from the floor and the galleries. It was Mr. Williams who elicited from Senator Spencer the statement that Senator Newberry would speak in his own de-: fense Monday. ' ' Senator Williams said he uesircd . (Turn to Pace Two. Column One.) County Makes Drive ' on Dry Law Violators Broken Bow, Neb., Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Custer county officials are making a drive on liquor law Viola tors. A still and about 150 gallons oj mash were found at the John Ward farm, one mile north of Mason Lity. Ward tvas arrested on the charge of illegal possession and manufacture. ,He waived prejiininarv hearing before Judge Helcomb and was bound over to district court on $1,000 bond. On the Clyde Wacht-:r place, 10 miles southwest of Broken Bow, officers found 13 quarts of the finished ' product. Wachter paid a fine of $100 and costs. ' A cave, fully equipped for the manufacture of liquor, was discover ed northwest of here. Investigation ' disclosed a 40-gallon still and five -barrels of mash. No arrests wen made. Leo Arthur, who resides near Broken Bow, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of liquor and was fined. English Society Stars . Appear in Divorce Lists London, Jan. 6.(By A. P.) A number of names of distinguished persons appear in the list of 1,046 di vorce cases to tome up at the ap proaching sittings of the law courts, beginning, next Wednesday.' ' Earl Cathcart, petitioning for a di vorce, cites the Earl of Craven as co respondent. v Lady Ronda seeks the restitution of conjugal rights against her hus band, Sir Humphrey MacKworth. Lady Belper is petitioning for a divorce. She obtained a' restitution' decree in' July. Lady Frazer seeks a restitution de cree against Sir John Foster Frazer. Borah Presents Resolution to Break Up Pairs in Senate Washinirton, Jan. 6. A resolution designed to break up the long estab lished custom of senate pairs was introduced todayby Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. Proposed as an amendment to the senate rules, the resolution specificaHy provided that hereafter pairs should not be recog nised unless a senator was detained at home by illness or absent on offi cial business of the senate. " Man Arreste'd on Charge of Threatening: Burnt New York, Jan. 6. A man claim ing to be Bradford Webster of Waterbury, Conn., a lawyer and col lege graduate, was arrested today. charged -ith writing threatening let ters to William J. Burns, chief of the bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice. He was held in $1,000 bail and sent to Bellevue hospital for observation. Assigned to Fort Crook. Washington, Jan. 6. (Speciii Telegram.) Maj. John W. Wood bury. Ordinance department, is re lieved from duties at Frankford arsenal, Pennsylvania, and will pro ceed to headquarters. Seventh eorps area, Fort Crook, Neb. set-as-