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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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