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The Omaha. Daily Bee
.VOL. 51-NO. 178.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1922.
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TWO CENTS
flaa P. , VM Aat Man t ICS.
FilianC6 Dayman Spiiis Story of Frontier
.01 p n Thrills for Historical Society
E. E. Bruce
Named in
Trust Suit
Relief Felt
When Dail
Adjourns
De Valera and Supporters
Will Remain in Body But
Reserve Right to Criticise
the New Government.
Getting Read jr for the European Concert
una a a nil
"Cowboy" Mayor, Speaking at Lincoln Meeting, Tells
of Stampedes. Blizzards and Hardships
Meet Topic
V : Came to State in 1879.
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Gives First
Day to Run
Credit Din-
cushion U
nt r inance
Board Mad
Permanent.
Nearly 700 Attend
Good nature
determination i:
common scnte and
ark the Farmers Un
whieh otened in the
ion convention.
Auditorium
stcrday ' and whicll
will close toda
scarcely one or the
nearly 700 d
'cgates but will at gome
time m ,ht
conversation mention
the lact thaflt he is hard up. and njt
one but wilJl ,milc and add that times
Convention H
are uotinOHo be bettrr another yea-.
The fimcr teems like a man who
j l? ,ljs p.urse wilh a 100 bi"
' if u,,decidcd whether it was
Prl'yl or wholly his fault or whelh
'r ' X pocket was picked. And he
tn er. that nn nrh tnet
curs again.
Blame Reserve Banks.
Cheaper1 cost of production gets
honorable mention and much more
is said of marketing hut the bluest
specific question to come before the j
convention is that of agricultural
credit. The intensity with which the
farmers blame the federal reserve
bank for the deflation of farm prices.
. is equaled only by their eagerness
to secure some permanent method
of financing loans running from six
months to three years. ,
A. C. Davis, national secretary-
treasurer "of the Farmers' union, first
brought up the subject. The joint
congressional committee on agricul
ture has recommended' such medium
Jei'gth loans be made by an cxten
'or rf the functions of the federal
1 land tanks. There are many farm
f" ';. would rather have
the War Finance corporation per
i rimy. established lor this pur
ioic. Not only Mr. Davis, but sev-
. era! other speakers, praised the na
tional administration for its efforts
to bring relief to the farmer.
Visit Eugene Meyer. .
, C, J. Osborn,' president . of the
State Farmers' union, told of his vis
it to Eugene Meyer, managing' di
rector of the War Finance corpor
ation, and of arrangements to func
tion through a state wide i farmers'
loan company or a co-operative
bank. He declared that some farm
ere told him of paying IS per cent
rit'jrcst 'and others were being fore
r losed through inability to get ex
tensions. In one county there have
hee-i $400,000 worth of foreclosures,
he said. ; '
T, ,"Vith the remark, that the source of
trt'iit should he in the hands of agri-
. caltu'-e, vhe; latroducwf- Jud J. v Hv
toady of Lincoln, who has drawn
legal papers for Martini either a
rmers union co-operative bank or
statewide loan company with capi
tal stock of $500,600 or, more; not alt
of which -would have: tp be paid in
at once. Both these would rest on
the patronage basis, which is a part
of co-operation, the stock of the loan
company being limited to 8 per cent
profit and the rest of the profits being1
uivided proportionately : among the
patrons. Judge Broady prefers the
loan company rather than the bank,
and in this was supported by the ad
vice of J. E. Hart, head of the state
department of banking and finance,
who next spoke., , .
"Ideas Need Deflation." "'
"What is needed," said Mr. Hart,
"is not only financial but mental re
construction. A good many ideas
need deflation Nebraska has only
one real resource, agriculture, and
when that fails all else goes.' - My
prediction is that we have ' now
reached the bottom. Reports from
tanks about the state show' increas
ing reserves, a' few more loans being
n'ade, and the farmers liquidating
more. I believe an agricultural loan
company could be made a permanent
aid in marketing, produce!" ,
Mr. . Hart Outlined the form of
c-rgankation known as an installment
investment company and declared
that the plan proposed could be in
w orking 'order within 30 days, getting
money directly from the War Finance
corporation. , The' purpose ; of this
plan is' not so much' bringing more
credit to the farmer as getting him
the most useful kind, at a moderate
rate of interest. The Federal Rer
serve bank handles only short tie
notes, and the1 federal land banks'
loans run for 34 ycara. but there is a
dearth of facilities in between.
Convention Is Important
No more ' irnpo; tant convention
could be held at this time than that
of the "Farmers' Educational and Co
operative State union of Nebraska,"
to give the Farmers' union its full
name In other years agricultural
organizations might meet in a great
city almost unnoticed.- Since .then,
however, townspeople and farmer
have discovered how essential each is
to the other.
Though the farmers may feel that
there are some few who are taking
advantage of present condition, yet
(Tub Pan FIt. Catoata
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Volcano Ometepe in Worst
trapbon since lear lotto
San Juan Del Sur. Nicaragua. Jan.
10. The volcano Ometepe. on the
island of Ometepe is in active erup
tion. Many thousands of cocoa
plants have been destroyed, large
areas of grazing lands are covered
with ashes, and many cattle are dead.
The inhabitants of the adjacent vil
lages, terrified by rumbling, are fleeing
to zones of safety. Considerable lava
is flowing. . The eruption is the
worst since 1885. ,
John W. Peppr Take Oath
as Pennsylvania Senator
Washington, Jan. 10. John Wnar-
ion Peooer took the eath of offive
today as U. S. senator from Pennsyl
ania. soceeeflmg the late :cnaor
Penrose. The oath wa admini.-',
tered by Vice President Coohdge
12 o'clock. -
Lincoln, Jan. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Days of yesterday were
linked with' the present tonight by
gray-haired pioneers of Nebraska at
lending the 45th annual meeting of
the Nebraska Historical society.
James F. Hanson of Fremont
chided the younger generation for
its pessimistic attitude toward the
present financial depression and de
clared it was merely a "drop in the
bucket" compared to those under
gone by. their fathers. He told of
the grasshopper days, the populist
days and the days of real money
panics, when the nation and state
did not have the millions to tide the
people over with as they have at
present.
Capt. Lute H. North of Colum
bus told weird, interesting stories
of the famous "Pawnee- Indian bat
talions of 1866 and 1867, which aid
ed in guarding the frontier of Ne
braska from Cheyenne Indians. Cap
tain North commanded a company
of the battalion. '
Mrs. Elizabeth Burke Tratt of
North Platte told stories of the fron
'cr days of her husband, the late
t i r . . "l.-! ,1 .-Un-. ,-wl
I"' V V?.1? " cl"""B "
Mavm. g, ' ' rjahlman of Oina-
. j - j - - .
Jia interested his audience with remi
niscences of cowboy hie in western
Nebraska. ; "- -. '
Came With Irwin.
Among the anecdotes and reminis
cences told by the mayor was a
story of the ' experiences of himself
and Bcnnet Irwin, who arrived in
Western Nebraska in March, 1878,
Strike Assaults
to Be Put Before
Federal Attorney
Complaints of -Strikebreakers
Who Allege Beatings at
Nebraska City to Be
Presented to Kinsler.
. Lincoln, Jan. 10. Assaults by a
mob at Nebraska City on two Lan
caster, county farmer laborers seek
ing work in the packing plant theie
told of by the youths to J. C. Mc
Clung, : deputy United States mar
shal, , will i be presented to. United
States District Attorney Kinsler. '
McClung stated he would ask Kin
sler U jtnejaltack made on. the youth
could be construed as a violation ot
the restraining order against the Ne
braska City strikers issued by Fedr
eral Judge T. C Mufiger and wheth
er government , officials would be
justified in taking action ; ? ;
Tells Story of Abuse.
. Domar Jones, 16, arrived in Lin
coln yesterday with his face cut and
bodyj bruised, and told a story of
abuse by a mob at the depot and at
the union hall. He didn't know what
had become of his companion, Elmer
Murdock, 18. Both boys went there
to work in the packing house.
Today Murdock, with his face
swollen ; and cut, arrived at Mc
Oung's office. He told a similar
story of abuse, beginning shortly
after they left the Nebraska City sta
tion, whence he was taken to the
union hall and later to .the railroad
yards, where, he charges, he was
beaten again and left unconscious: :
"While in the . hall all the men
seemed to seek advice from a man
named Reeder," Murdock said.
"A man. named Jay Reeder was
one of the men sentenced by Judge
Munger to jail Saturday, night for
contempt of court for violating the
j restraining order,", McClung said.
Said Sheriff Balked.
Murdock said he later appealed to.
Sheriff Ed C Fischer for aid in pros
ecuting his assailants - and quoted
Fischer as saying:
'"I am not in the habit of furnish
ing body guards for every , Tom,
Dick and Harry who comes alqng."
Murdock told McClung he heard
the ; men saying they "had another
train to make tonight." -
Both Murdock and Jones, declared
they heard the men threatening to
shoot the packing plant superintend
ent at the first opportuniy. ; ,
Gold Miners in Transvaal '
Strike Against Use of Natives
Johannesburg, South Africa, Jan. 10.
(By A. P.) The strike of gold
miners, declared last Sunday, became
effective today in all mines of the
Transvaal.
The strike was precipitated through
an. attempt by the mine workers to
reorganize the labor forces by greater
employment of native labor, particu
larly in the semi-skilled occupations,
in order to decrease . working costs
and thus meet the decreased price of
gold.
StAetA Goline T
Is Proposed for Bonus
' Washington. Jan. 10. A tax of
i cents a gallon on gasoline, to be
paid by the producer, the proceeds
of which would be used for a soldiers
bonus, is proposed in a bill introduced
by Representative. Bacharach. New
Jersey, republican. The tax, he esti
mated, would vield from $240,000,000
to $250,000,000 annually, sufficient
revenue, he said, to meet cash pay
ments to formet service men orm-iderl
1 ior in the bilL -
Schooner Thought Lost.
Halifax, X. Jan. 10 The
irhnnfvr IHnra A ?fl tnnc a( Itsr.
hoc Baffet. N. F with it crew of
six men, was given up for lost to-
m maritime circles. It - left
CorctorR, P. E. L. for Harbor
Baffet. ! nothing has since been
t heard from it
from Texas, the mayor being
a native of the Lone Star state.
"We two young Texaus reached
western Nebraska in March of 1878,"
said the mayor. "Our destination
was the Newman ranch, then located
at the mouth of Antelope creek, on
the Niobrara river, 12 miles east of
where the town of Gordon now is lo
cated.. This was one of the large
cattle ranches, handling from 10,00
to 15,000 head of cattle. Billy Ir
win, my partner's brother, was fore
man of the . ranch. The nearest
Planches were the Hunter ranch, 20
miles above an the Niobrara, and
the Circle ranch, 40 miles below. The
terminus of the Elkhorn raitroad at
that time was Neligh, Neb. ,
Herds Driven From Texas.
"The cattle handled on the ranches
were mostly, brought across the
country in trail herds from Texas,
and some from Oregon. Nevada and
Idaho. These trail herds were made
up of 2,000 to 3,000 head in each herd,
and if required five to six months to
make the trip. The crew necessary
to handle a herd consisted of a fore
man, about eight riders, a', horse
wrangler, a cook and a mess wagon.
The outfits from Texas carried no
tents, the men all sleeping in the
open. The distance traveled in a
day would be from five to 20 miles,
depending on feed, water and wea
ther.' ' At night the cattle were bed
ded down and the men stood guard,
divided into shifts. In times of
storms and stampedes every man was
called and generally it was an all
(Tora to rag Two, Column Two.)
Victory Claimed
by Both Sides in
Newberry Case
Vote Expected Today in Sen
ate Election Contest Ef
fort Made to Pair
Absentees. ' .
Washington, Jan. 10. The New
berry election controversy in the sen
ate revealed today under surface in
dications of a seething line tighten
ing fight with the title to Truman H.
Newberry's- seat as, senator from
Michigan, which, has been challenged
by Henry Ford, his democratic op
ponent in the 1918 election, in the
opinion of leaders, "hait4g in'Jtfcc
balance. Both sides claimed victory,
Mr. Newberry's supporters predicting
a majority pf four to seven vote3,
while his opponents "declared he
would be unseated by from three to
five votes. ' .. , . a
Five speeches voicing opposition to
Mr- Newberry's being seated were
delivered today while leaders , of both
sides were examining the situation in
an expectation that a vote may be
reached tomorrow. -'.
Opposition leaders were declared
today to have begun efforts to send
the whole thing back to the senate
committee on privileges and elections
which reported a resolution declaring
Mr. Newberry to be duly elected.
They said Mr. Newberry should be
called to testify. .'. ',
One Pair Arranged.
In addition, there were energetic
efforts by republican leaders to have
absent senators paired. Only one
such pair, however, was arranged,
Senator Crow, republican, Pennsyl
vania, who is ill, being paired to vote
for the resolution with Senator Ken
drick, democrat, Wyoming, against
it. Senators Weller of Maryland,
Lenroot, Wisconsin, arid Johnson,
California, are away unpaired, and
the first two are counted on as fav
orable to Mr. Newberry. Mr. John
son s attitude has been Classed as
doubtful.
The limitation of one hour for each
senator began to have its effect to
day, two members, Senators Walsh
of Montana, and Heflin of Alabama.
exhausting their time. In addition,
Senators Borah, republican, Idaho,
and Robinson of Arkansas, Ashurst,
or Arizona, democrats, also contrib
uted to the attack against the resolu
tion clearing the Michigan senator's
title to his seat.
Senator Walsh declared that the
record showed ' expenditures of at
least $250,000 in the campaign as
compared with the committee report
of. $195,000. ,
"And it is not contended that it
was all," he added. "The $250,000
all that the record showed was a
mere suggestion of the amount that
has poured in." , - j,.
Attack Statement
He. attacked Senator Newberry's
statement that he knew nothing spe
cific regarding' the expenditures.
"If he didn't, it was because he
has wilfully declined inquire," said
the senator.
"If this violation of fundamental
rights of the American people goes
nnrebuked by the senate." be said.
"the government may well be re
garded as in direct peril.
- The Newberry case, said Senator
Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, is only
another evidence of that dark thread
that runs perilously through the his
tory of alt great governments, of the
attempts of wicked wealth to con
trol the destinies of nations."
Mr. Ashurst denounced republi
cans of the senate investigating com
mittee for not having compelled pro
duction of the Newberry committee's
records.
Indict Fugitive Banker
St. Louis. Jan. 10. Arthur O.
Meminger. fugitive cashier of the
Night and Day bank, was indicted on
a charge of making a false report of
the affairs of a corporation. His al-
j Wired deialcations are said to be
4?54,0P.
Govcrnmcnt Charges Ncbras
ka Portland Cement Com
pany Is in
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Dissolution Is Requested
Denver,' ' Jan. 10. Charging ' that
Charles Bocttchcr and Claude K.
Boettchcr of Denver, D. Thatcher
of Pueblo and 15 other manufactur
ers arc in a conspiracy' to violate
the Sherman anti-trust law, the U.
S. government filed a dissoultion
and injunction suit in the U. S. dis
trict court here, citing the Cement
Securities company and six other
cement manufacturing companies as
being in the alleged combination in
restraint of competition and trade. v
.Among defendants named in the
suit who live outside Denver are:
Carl Leofiardt, Los Angeles; Jas
Pingree, Ogdcn, Utah; J. D.;S!em-
ons, Butte, Mont.; Murrell O. Mat
thews, Oklahoma City, Okla.; E.
E. Bruce, Omaha, and C. F. Sicboldt;
Danbury. Ia. .
The cement corporations alleged
to be in the combination with the
Cement Securities company are:
The Colorado Portland Cement
company, the Three Forks Portland
Cement company; the U. S. Port
land Cement company, . the Okla
homa Portland Cement company, the
Nebraska Cement company and the
Union Portland Cement company.
Five million barrels of cement are
manufactured annually by the com
panies named in the suit, according
to the allegation in the complaint.
Charles Boettcher, it is cited, is
president and director of all of the
companies . named, while Claude
Boettcher is vice president or direc
tor of all of the companies. The
other defendants named in the com
plaint are alleged to be directors or
officers. .
The Cement Securities company,
the complaint alleges, was formerly
in Denver in 1918. Shortly afterward,
it is charged that it begun to acquire
and absorb other corporations and
to direct their manufacturing, sales
and distribution . policy. Absolute
control of tho cement industry in
Colorado, Nevada, Idaha, Montana,
Wyoming, New -Mexico, -' Arizona,
Oregon, Washington, the Dakotas,
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma - and
Texas is charged in the complaint.
Cement Prosecution Is -,
v One, of Series;PJanned
-Washintto,an. 10. The suit
filed in Denver under the Sherman
anti-trust act against the Cement Se
curities company and its six sub
sidiary cement manufacturing com
panies and their officers and direc
tors, Attorney General Daugherty
announced late today is one of a
series of anti-trust proceedings in
stituted with a view to restoring
competitive conditions in the cement
industry. . t . ,
, "The , Cement - Securities com
pany," he said, "neither manufac
tures nor sells cement; it is strictly
a holding company and constitutes
a monopoly of the type which was
condemned by the supreme court of
the United States in the so-called
Northern Securities case, decided in
March, 1904. a
"In the cases heretofore instituted
at New York, Chicago and Kansas
City, the defendants are charged
with accomplishing their , unlawful
objeds by the modern method of
so-called open price associations, and
the exchange between members of
comprehensive statistical data with
respect to the business of each. The
exchange on statistical data between
potential competitors was likewise
condemned' in vigorous terms b;- the
supreme court in its recent oecision
against the Hardwood Lumber asso
ciation." , .V ... .,.
Edwards Would Repeal
New Jersey Dry Law
Trenton, N. J.j Jan. 10. Repeal
of the .Van Ness prohibition enforce
ment act of New Jersey, which he
characterized as "an instrument of
oppression" and substitution of a
less drastic act providing jury trials
for. all alleged violators, was urged
by Governor Edwards in his second
annual message to the New. Jersey
legislature today. "The belief that
the surest protection against judicial
and other ' forms of oppression and
tyranny lies in the right of trial by
jury," said the message, "is so well
settled in the minds of our people
that attempts to encroach upon or
destroy that privilege can have but
one effect, namely, to breed suspi
cion of the motives of legislators
and contempt for law."
The governor also, suggested
adoption of a resolution calling on
congress to prohibit hearing by fed
eral judges by cases decided by the
state utility board.
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Names Farm Meet Delegates.
Washington, Jan. 10. Names of
43 additional delegates to the na
tional agricultural conference weie
announced today by Secretary Wal
lace, bringing the total number of
acceptances to date to 90.
The list of delegates issued today
included, the names of Gov. Carey
of Wyoming, Gov. Parker of Louis.
ana, Eugene Meyer,, jr., director of
the War Finance corporation, A. C
Miller, member of the federal re
serve board and Judge Robert W.
Bingham of Lexington, Ky repre
senting the Burley Tobacco Growers"
association.
- Engravers Back to Work
New York, Jan. 10. Thre hun-
area sinking pnolo engravers re
turned to work today following the
signing of new working agreement
bv II photo engraving firms, official
ol the photo engravers anion an
nounced. ' - -
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Far East Agenda'
Wai Be Settled
v by Conference
Delegation Chairmen Cancel
Reservations and Remain
for Discussions of Nine ,
ortwsaty: '" -r
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Chirac Trlbane-O ma!i Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, 'Jan 10. Contrary
to some expectations, the Washing
ton arms conference will continue
until the end of January.
Insistence by the American dele
gation on a nine-power treaty, relat
ing to China and renewal of, effort
by Japan and China to agree on
Shantung are chiefly responsible for
prolonging the deliberations.
Yielding to the American demand
for a thorough summing up of all
matters relating to the Chinese ques
tion, the chairman of delegations,
who had engaged passage for home
next week, cancelled their reserva
tions today.! Mr. Balfour of Britain
was to have sailed January 14.. He
now plans to leave January 24, but
may remain even later.. M. Sarraut
of France also has cancelled reser
vations and Baron Kato, who wanted
to leave next week, will remain un
til discussion of the agenda has been
concluded. ' "
America Stands Firm.
, Asked tonight if a , nine-power
treaty on the, far east situation, em
bracing . measures of relict for Chi
na, would be insisted . upon, a
spokesman for the American dele
gation said:
"That has 4een our hope and ex-,
pectation from the first and nothing
has occurred to change the situa
tion." "How' about Siberia?" , he wis
ssked. 5 .
"That is on 'the agenda and we
expect to clear up the. agenda be
fore adjournment, was the reply. -
Progress of the chief delegates hi
going over the draft of the naval
treaty was slow today and although
it was stated that no "capital dif
ferences" were expected, it is prob
able that some changes in phrase
cJogy will be hecessary and reference
of some sections- to home govern
ments, may be required.- .That will
take time. - , ..... j.
The plenary session of the confer
ence for final action on the naval
agreement probably can riot.be": hell
Friday and perhaps not .until next
week. ' . , . . ,
Will Submit Treaties.
It was authoritatively 'stated to
night that the action of the confer
ence with respect to submarine reg
ulations, poison gas and : recom
mendations for a future conference
on aircraft rules will not be incor
porated in the naval treaty. - ' r ;
President Harding let it be.kncwn
today that he will submit all of the
treaties coming from the conference
to the senate at one time after the
conference has adjourned. Whether
he will send them to the senate with
a written message or . present them
with a personal address has not been
decided..
As to the general effects of the con
ference, the president was of the
opinion today that it has already
demonstrated the more tolerant atti
tude which is growing up between
nations in settlement of differences.
In this connection there has been
forwarded to Mr. Harding a state
ment by one described as "among
the greatest statesmen of the age,"
declaring that if the Washington con
ference accomplishes nothing more
than already has been announced it
wonld "mark an epoch in the history
of human affairs and point the way
to greater accomplishments for world
Peace." ;
G. 0. P. Secretary
Dies at Duluth
Clarence B. Miller Victim of
Heart Attack Following"
Operation. " .
" St. Paul,. Minn.,' Jan; 10. Clarence
B. Miller of Duhith, Minn., secretary
of the Republican 'national committee
and former congressman, died late
today. ; He was operated on for ap
pendicitis January 2, and his condi
tion became critical, due to heart
trouble.
Mr. Miller became ill while visit
ing in Duluth during the Christmas
holidays, and when he was taken 'to
a hospital here it was necessary to
postpone an operation for a day on
account of his weakened heart, ,
For several days after the opera
tion for appendicitis Mr. Miller,
condition was declared "very criti
cal," but on Sunday it . was said tie
had shown great improvement. Last
night, however, complications d;-.
veloped and he wcatened rapidly, the
end coming -at 4:35 p. m. ;
Mr. Miller was born in Goodhue
county, Minnesota, in .1872, and
graduated . from the University of
Minnesota law school in 1900. ' H"
was a founder of the "Minnesota
Daily," official university publication,
He served in the 1907 legislature,
and the next year was elected' $61
congress, where - he remained until
1918.
In 1919 he was chosen assistant
secretary of the republican national
committee, and at the beginning' of
the republican campaign. in 1920 was
made secretary.- '. .
Pullman Gets Authority
to Buy Haskel & Barker
Washington, -Jan. -10. Authority
was granted the Pullman company
by the, Interstate Commerce commis
sion today to purchase the property
of Haskel & Barker car company by
issuing 165,000 shares of niw'c'apital
stock having a par value of $16,
500.000. Protest was filed against thev trans
action by C. E. Nash of Los Angeles,
Cal., on the ground that the price
paid for the car company would be
so high as to increase charges to
the public users of Pullman equip
ment, but the commission refused to
allow them and held that the Pull
man, company could, have ' completed
the transaction without asking Inter
state Commerce commission permis
sion." -. - -
Legion Post to Bring Up . .
Bonus Before C. of C
Chicago. Jan. 10. National Com
mander Hanford 'MacNidor Of. the
American Legioh issued instructions'
last night to all legion posts to pre
sent the. case of adjusted .compensa
tion for ex-soldiers before chambers
of commerce in every, city of the
United States in connection with the
referendum - on that ' question ' now
being conducted by those bodies.
The campaign is tovbegin imme
diately, as the Chamber of Com
merce of. the United States, which
submitted the referendum to it
members, has set the time limit in
the voting at February 21. '
Slayer Who Made Escape
From Asylum Recaptured
Norfolk, Neb- Jan, 10. (Special
Telegram.) Gustave Bahr. insane
slayer .whor escaped from the state
asylum here, has been returned to his
ward bv the superintendent who
found him on the Bahr ranch near
'.Blooinficld last night. - -
Mata-Hari Alive;
Execution Fake,
Claim of Guard
Famous Danseuse-Spy Saved
by Her Sweetheart Officer,
. Member ciT Death 1
v Squad Asserts.
- Paris, Jam -10- Following the rev
elations of Count Emile Massard on
the life, trial and death of Mata Hari,
as told recently in The Evening Bee,
additional doubts have developed as
to the truth of the official report ot
her execution. V '
"Mata Hari is alive. The man
charged to enforce the execution had
once been her; lover, and the rifles
of the wounded , chasseurs who
formed the. firing squad'were filled
with blank cartridges.
, "Mata Hari was warned of the de
ception beforehand and when the
rifles spoke, tumbled down, like the
wonderful actress she was, in a
splendid similitude of death. ',
"The officer in charge, who had ar
ranged this travesty of justice, fired
the 'coup de grace' into the ground
nd not into the ear of the fallen
woman, as Count Massard states."
These are the statements of Cpl.
Pierre Deny, one of Mata Hari's
death guard. They come after state
ments by'persons who knew the
t?.mous dancer intimately, that she is
i:ving in Germany in seclusion.
These, stories , are contradicted by
officials in charge of the execution,
who say Mata Hari's body, after no
body had' claimed it, was taken t
the amphitheater of the faculty of
medicine and there dissected.
Four Children Killed as
Train Hifc School Bus
5 Van Wert, O., Jan. 10. Four
children were killed and 17 others
were injured shortly before1 9 o'clock
this morning when a school bus was
hit - by a Pennsylvania fast train
three miles east of here.
..There were 33 children in the bus,
which was enroute to the township
school. '
The driver of the motor bus did
not see the approaching train on ac
count of the heavy fog, it was said.
Sidney Railroad Employe
Found Murdered in Bed
'- Sidney, Neb., Jan. 10". (Special
Telegram.) Steven Paun, an em
ploye of the Union Pacific railroad,
was found murdered in his room it
the Le grand hotel here today. Paun
was about 50 years of age. Robbery
:s thought to have been the motive.
- The Weather
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Griffith Names Cabinet
Hy Til ,rlled rrr.
Dublin, Jan. 10. When the Dail
Eircanti adjournrd tonight to Feb
ruary 14, the situation which hit
night was dangerous and obscure,
had been largely clarified. The new
president, Arthur Griffith, and a
new cabinet had been elected and
im in t.ar! l..ni. .if,..il Itfrl ti Milt.
ting the treaty into effect.
Piesident Griffith nominated and
the dail ratified, viva voce, the fol
lowing cabinet members:
Minister of finance, Michael Col
lins. 1.' :N - ir-' .
1 urn;!! aiiaiia, ukiiki v.am
Home affairs, Eainon J. Duggan.
, Local government, William T.
Cosgrave. '
" Economic affairs, Bryan O'llij;
glns. Defense, Richard Mulcahy.
Relief Is Felt
Immense relief is felt here at the.
turn of events and this will undoubt
edly be experienced throughout Ire
land. Temporary withdrawal of Eamonn
de Valera and his supporters from
the dail, which rumor had forecast
proved not to involve a permanent
split. Mr. -De Valera confined his
protest to the election of a new pres
ident, declaring his unwillingness to
recognize the suitability to that post
of a man, who as chairman of the
London delegation, .was bound to
give effect to the treaty, which, ac
cording to De Valera, subverts the
republic -
During the luncheon, Mr. De Va
lera and his associates, who left
the hall, held a prA'ate meeting.
Some of the more ardrnt spirits ad
vocated refusal to return, but mod
erate counsels prevailed and the da:l
reassembled as a united body. The
De Valera party met again tonight
to formulate plans, but it was made
evident by the numerous speeches
from Mr. De Valera what - those
plans are likely to be. ' -
He holds that the dail's decision
for the treaty binds him and his ad-
herents not to obstruct the new gov
ernment in carrying out the treaty,
but he reserves the right of free crit
icism, should Mr. Griffith, as chair
man of the provisional government .
no anvthinir inconsistent with the
rights of the people or the existence
Must Face HostiUtiy. i
He also expressed the conviction
that English hostility may have to be
faced. There is still intense suspicion
on both sides of the dail of the good
faith of the British ministry. D?
Valera was clear in his assurances
of the full support of his party "t
resisting an attack from an outsids
enemy. , ,
Mr. Griffith was repeatedly presscJ
by Mr. De Valera to define his po
sition, which De Valera described as
a new case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde. ' Mr. Griffith was challenge..!
to define his attitude toward the re
public and it evidently was supposed
that he would have difficulty in rec
onciling his position as president
with the position of chairman of the
provisional government. Mr. Grif
fith, however, frankly recognized,
during the transition period, the ex
istence of republic, which he undertook-
to maintain,' but he said whci
the free state was framed, there muit
be a general election so that the peo
ple could choose, between the free
state and the republic.
Mr. De Valera's attitude towar 1
Mr. Griffith was considerate and re
spectful and Mr. Griffith expressed
his cordial appreciation.' . ;
Heat Is Displayed.
Some of the De Valera supporter,
notably Erskine Childers, were an
xious to press on Mr. Griffith ques
tions regarding his future actiom.
which were obviously intended to
embarrass him. He finally lost hi
temper, declaring he would answer
no questions of, "any damned Eng
lishman." This was the first display
of real heat by any leader. H:i
friends accounted for it by the fac
as Mr. Griffith himself said later,
that he had been engaged for many
months in continuous and arduous
public work in London and Dublin
and. must now assume responsibility
for the new government, whicii
would tax hfs strength.
Th.
-. auuui to op
pose adjournment on the ground tha:
meanwhile expenditures could not
constitutionally be incurred without
the dail's approval" Mr. Collins as
sured the members that no expendi
ture was involved except the ordi
nary weekly wages of the department
officials.
. pr:ffith requested adjournment
indefinitely, but on appeal of Mr. De
valera, consented to February 14
Will Keep Army.
Mr. De Valera, however, arose
again tp ask regarding the position
of the army. Richard Mulcahv. new
minuter of defense, announced that
it would be his policy to keep the
army intact. Mr. De Valera said an
order to the army should be given
m the name of the organized repub
lic. The minister replied that the
army would continue as the army
of the republic. "
After luncheon the dail- was
brought face to face with an urgent
practical matter by a deputation
from the Irish labor congress. The
deputation submitted the question of
unemployment and the standard of
living. The situation was declared
to be serious, and the dail was ake4
to deal with the problem. Mr.
Griffith promised that a committee
would be appointed to inquire in;
the matter..
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