Nebraska Newspapers

    The- Omaha Daily Bee
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By ARTHUPI VARS HENNING.
lltlraia Trlhua 1 .i,, BM i..
W'a.hiiiKtonlfff,,,,. j . Fr-j.h dif
fcultics in P'ltfiiR the naval limita
tion agreement down in black and
'.vhltC were ffmnunlrrnl linlaw bv llie
heads of t.'Jhe delegations of the five
powers.
ns that the rotucrence
arc purpoclv delaying action
hope that if France and Great
reach an understanding at
, J' ranee will forgo its siil-
ie building program and make
ii i p.HkcIi.mi nml nil ,1 fit l, II
oi submarine and auxiliary tounaKC
were pronounced unfounded bv the
American delegation.
The hope that the Cannes toiiier
i lire will bring about this result is not
'based rn anv official reports, it was
explained, it was addud. however,
thnt it will not be too late to include
(submarines and auxiliaries in the
limitation agreement right tip to the
hour of signing or even thereafter,
for a supplementary compact could
be executed.
- Argument Over Annex B.
The difficulties encountered today
had to do with Annex B prescribing
.six' optional methods of scrapping
the 08 capital ships which are to
be eliminated from the navies of the
United States, Great Britain and
lanan.
. Mr. Hughes strongly advocated the
destruction outright of the bulk of
the retired capital ships and sougiit
to obtain a definite understanding
concerning the ships actually to be
scrapped and those to be converted
into merchantmen and naval train
b SuRg'adflie
ing craft. l
. The FrcncrBnd Ilalhfl delegates
-supported Mr. Hughes.
Mr ,i Balfour, opposed M. Hughes'
'proposals.. He' was unwilling to
. commit Great Britain definitely as
to the amount of tonnage to be de
stroyed and thfc amount to be con
v erted to peacetime uses. He held
that so long as the retired capital
ships were disarmed it made no dif
ference whether they were destroyed
or not for jSey never could be used
t ;.gaiu as batxifeships. When pressed,
by Mr. Hughes, Mr. Balfour said he
desired to consult with London be-
fore continuing ,thc discussion. . ,
. ...Kato WiU:Tftiitrtctions.' '
. -Final approval" of 'the agreement to
fcintaifl -. the -status,, quo of naval
v ai-Wscs and fortifications in the Pacific
iu'.s been postponed until Baron Kato
receives instructions from Tokio as
to the Japanese islands to be ex
- -eluded as comprising "Japan proper.'
It was asserted by a member of
the Japanese delegation tonight tha:
Japan does not wish other people to
refine Japan proper, that being a
matter solely for settlement by
.'.Japan; but there had been no ques
. lion, it was added, about the precise
i.ipancse islands to ic mciuaen i-i
the fortifications agreement. These
inlands, the only Japanese islands
discussed in this connection, it was
.si'.id, are the Bonin islands and
Oshima. upon which Japan has
cgreed to maintain the status quo in
regard to fortifications.
Packing Strike Cases
Tried at Nebraska City
Nebraska1 City. cb Jan.' 11.
( Special.) Several leases growing
out of the packing house. strike hers
;vqre before the county court and
women were, among the defendants.
Bertha Lewis and Homer Halsted,
chr.rgcd' with assault, were fined $t0
each and gave notice of appeal.
; Jay Rccdcr.' Fay Felthauscr and
Joan Danlcy "were charged with as
sault upon George Garreans. Recdcr
.-.nd Fclthauscrv' were dismissed and
Danley bound over , to the' district
court. . ' - ',-
Martin Mullaney. charged ' with
detaining Arch' Cruder, ct al., plead
ed not guilty. Robert Walls, charged
with obstructing the highway with
a log to prevent passage .of vehicles
to packing house entrance, pleaded
not guilty and.his case was set for
January 16. ' ; - -i "
Earl Thompson, charged with as-
' saulting Harley Laughlan, pleaded
not guilty. Ruth Gallant and Elsa
Malcn, charged with assaulting Jo
sephine McGuire, were released and
the charge against them dismissed.
Murder Not Suspected in ,
Mysterious Poisoning
Santa Rosa," Cal.. Jan. J!. Johan
na B. Ha,berhaur, 19t daughter of a
rancher, w ho was mysteriously pois
oned at her home near here last
night, was not the victim of. a mur
der in the opinion of Sheriff John
Boyes, who investigated the case
yesterday. 1 Boyes said he would .in
vestigate further and until he com
pleted such investigation could make
no further comment on what he be
lieved to be the exact cause of the
girl's death. -An inquest was ordered.
Man 74 Years Old Pleads
, Guilty to Bigamy Charge
Ottawa.-On t, Jan. 11. A biga
mist at 74, Paul Bloom, gray of
head and bent" of figure, entered a
plea of guilty today and was given
a one to two-year sentence in the
Ontario reformatory- Bloom said he
left his first wife IS years ago. ,
Continued Fair .Weather.
Continuation of fair weather with
not much change in .temperature is
predicted by the weather man. -The
I ighest , recorded Tuesday w as 38
and the lowest 19 at 9- yesterday.
N'orth Platte, with 14, was the cold
t ooint in the state i ,...
Japs Agree to Get
Out of Kiaochow
Wellington, Jan. II. (By A. P.)
The Japanese delrgatei to the
armi conference today tentatively
agreed to the withdrawal of Japa
nrc troops from the former Grrman
Kiaochow Irate hold and from the
Tsing Tao-Tsiiun-Fu railway on
condition that Japan furnish proper
policing.
The delegate! did not discuss the
date on which the withdrawals
would take place but the Japanese
suggested that the railroad guard
withdrawal would be treated sep
arately from that of the withdrawal
of other troop in the liae hold.
Britain to Make
Frances Safety
Vital Problem
British Memorandum of Pro
posed Anglo-French Pact
Declares Naal Rivalry
Must Be Avoided.
(.'amies, Jan. 11. The British
memorandum of the proposed Anglo
French pact which was telegraphed
tcxlifally to London, declares Great
Britain makes the security of France
a problem of her own and that she
will be ready again to throw in her
forces, as in 1914, if French soil is
attacked.
Naval rivalry must be avoided by
the two countries, sets fortli the
memorandum, which declares that the
submarines have proved m tour years
experience to be inept either in naval
attack or defense and can be used
only to prey upon the merchant
marine. Naval competition, it is
added, would corrode any accor.d.
Consent of France.
Assumption of trade relations with j
Russia were declared by the memo-j
randum to be indispensable to the re-1
covery of Europe and the consent of
France to Russian participation in the
economic negotiations was made one
of the conditions of the accord.
A copy of this British memoran
dum was handed to Premier Briand
yesterday. -. ,
The document, referred to in :he
foregoing is apparently' the memo
randum ct the recent talk tn London
between Premiers ' Lloyd George
and Briand regarding the proposed
Anglo-French treaty.
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.Representatives oi tne oermun
government today were summoned
to appear this ' evening before the
allied reparations commission to ex
plain Germany's inability to meet her
January and February reparations
payments. i f ; - (
' Briand to Demand Text,
Cannes. Jan. rll. (3y- A. P.I
Premier Uriand will IcaveXannes for
Paris at 3 this afternoon, it was an
nounced this morning, not only to
inform the French cabinet as to the
status of the negotiations here, but
it is understood to meet and answer
criticisms of certain groups of the
opposition and to demand tr.at the
chamber of deputies support or re
ject him.
The principal differences between
the premier and the opposition, it is
learned, are with regard to the new
tprm nf navmpnt hv Gi-rmanv
adopted by the council's expertsTmt
not yet ratified by the full council.
France under these terms wnuld re
ceive less- than, under previous ar
rangements but a greater proportion
in kind. ' . ' ; .
Prominent among the matters
coming before the council of the
league of nations today was the re
appointment of members of the com
mission governing the Saare valley
and .definition of what constitutes
""an inhabitant of thevSaare." -
Under the treaty e-t .Versailles the
majority of the inhabitants of the
valley are under French control but
Germany insists they ' do not for
this) reason lose their German na
tiorfality. Germany also ' protest
against a Frenchman being chairman
of 'the governing commission. ,
Morals Cotirt Judge
Threatens Publicity
Chicago. Jan. . 11. The power of
the press was resorted to by Judge
Heap today in an attempt to clear
the morals court of the spectators
who daily jam their way into it to
listen to the tale's of difficulties into
which their fellow citizens have
fallen, but- it failed to have any ef
fert on the, sightseers, , ...
After repeated orders that every
one not in the room on business gel
out had failed to reduce the number
of onlookers, Judge. Heap called in
a newspaper photographer, who took
a picture of the gallery. - '
"This picture will' appear in the
newspapers tomorrow so that your
friends .will know you come to a
place" like this for diversion," said
Judge Heap. , X
. The announcement merelv caused
many more to try to force their way
in Less than half a dozen persons
lcft .
20 Visitors Arrested
- at Cook County Prison
Chicago, Jan. 11. Yesterday was
vistors' day at the Cook county jail,
and after it was over 20 visitors
found themselves inside looking out,
instead of outside looking in. A
squad of detectives went to the jail in
the belief that persons wanted by the
Dolice would conieUo see. some of
their friends in jail.
The score of men seized is said by
police to include several men wanted
for burglaries, and holdups.
Alabama Man Flagged.
' Birmingham. Ala.. Jan. 11. Lester
Hagwood of Woodlawn, a suburb,
reported to police today- that he was
severely flogged last night by five
men after being enticed from his
home. According to the police, he j
said his . assailants accused tiini of
some irregular" real estate transactions
aith his mother,
Newberry
Scored by
Nebraskans
Michigan Senate Seat "Placed
on Block," Declares Norris,
"Sale Was Public, Bid
ding Open."'
Hitchcock Joins Attack
Washington. Jan. 11. National
republican leaders were charged by
Senator Underwood, Alabama, dem
ocratic leader, in the ncnatc today
with having "determined to buy a
seat in the aenaie for Truman II.
Newberry, whose retention of that
eat is contested by Henry Ford, hi
democratic opponent."
The democratic leader, entering
into the debatf for the first time, de
clared that as he saw the Newberry
case and as he believed the country
viewed it. the issue .involved is
whether the republican party, as
party, intend to obey the law of tin:
land."
Owen Present Resolution.
A resolution declaring Newberry
nnt to In- entitled to a scat in the
senate' because of "admitted expendi
ture bv relatives and friends of
$200,(KK) in his behalf."' but making
iio reference to questions of moral
turpitude of Senator .Newberry's
connections with his campaign com
mittees s activities, was introduced in
the senate today by Senator Owen,
democrat, Oklahoma.
Taking the floor against Senator
N'cwbcrrv, Senator Norris, repub
lican. Nebraska, said, that a senate
seat had been placed on the auction
block" in Michigan.
Says Sale Was Public.
"The sale was public, the bidding
was in the open and it was knocked
down to the highest bidder," said
Senator Norris.
'Then why all this fuss? The
question is, shall that sale be con
firmed, (i seems to me the pur
chaser paid more than the blamed
thing is worth."
Senator Hitchcock, democrat, Ne
braska, also speaking for the opposi
tion, said the micstion before the
senate was not Mr. Newberry's guilt
or innocence, or whether he knew or
was ignorant of "scandalous expendi
tures." The question, he declared,
was that of protecting the integrity
of the senate.
Couple in Auto ;
Crash 10 Minutes
South Dakota Man and Bride
of Few Moments Injured
in Accident at Turn in
. Council Bluffs.
A few minutes after Rev. Wilford
Ernst Mann, rector of the St. Paul
Episcopal church in Council Bluffs,
had pronounced them husband and
wife. Henry Tienken, 28,' of Dallas,
S D.. and his bride, Julia Hanna
Bruning, 20, crashed over the em
bankment on West Broadway at
Thirtv-eiehth Itrect in their automo-
hile. ' '
Tienken, who is registered at the
Conant hotel in Omaha, and" Miss
ccombanied bv A. Sutej,
1214 South Thirteenth , street, Oma
ha, drove to. the Bluffs early, yes
terday afternoon '.in Tienken s ma
chine. After obtaining a license at
thfv roiirtiio'use. thev.'went to- the
home of Dr. Mann on South Sixth
street to have the ceremony per
formed: V ' ,
Ten minutes later, , while ap
proaching the Douglas street bridge
on the return to Omaha, Tienken
lost control of the machine and .it
climbed the curb, rolling eight feet
to the bottom of the bank which
borders Broadwav at that-point.
Tienken sustained a fractured
skull, several fractured ribs and a
punctured lung. He is in the Jen
nie Edmundson Memorial hospital
and has slight chance for recovery,
according to attending surgeons.
Neither Mrs. Tienken nor Sutej re
ceived injuries of serious character.
Marriage of Princess
Radziwill Annualled
Rome, Jan. 11. Princess. Radizi
will announces that the, Sacred Rota
tribunal of the Vatican has annulled
the marriaee of her son. fnnce
Radziwill, to Miss Dorothy Deacon, !
which took place in 1910 at London.
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Miss Dorothy Deacon was the
daughter of the late Edward Parker
Deacon of Boston' and became a
princess by reason of her marriage.
She was noted for her beauty and
ad long been prominent in society is-
London and Paris.
The Duchess of Marlborough, who
before her marriage to the duke last
June was Miss Gladys Deason, is a
sister of Princess Radziwill. The
duchess attended the wedding of her
sister Dorothy.
Jefferson County Motorists
Take Out 1,400 Licenses
-Fairbury, Neb., Jan. 11. (Special)
The rscords in the county treasur
er's office show that 1,400 automobile
licenses have been sold. This num
ber represents nearly one-half of the
csrs in Jefferson county. It is esti
mated that . the auto fees for the
county this year will aggregate $40,-
000.
Boston Coal Price Cut. .
Boston. Mass., Jan. II. A reduc
tion of 50 cents a ton in the retail
price of hard coal was announced to
day by one of the larzcr companies
Acre. .
Auto Racing Train
Crashes; 2 May Die
Monroe, 'i$ Jan. II. Racing a
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rail
road paiscugcr train due Iters from
Milwaukee at 8:30 o'clock last night
may coit the lives of two persons
who were pinned beneath the wreck
in their automobile, which turned
over twice in a ditch (our miles
southeast of here.
The victims are Fred llausen, 22,
and MUs Clara Streubcl, 20, both of
trod head. Wis.
The automobile had
nrlc ami nrrtc with lli . ..it
is..! nl olw nit M) milo in V.-U
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several miles, when the act x oC
rurred, according to the rngineer
who stopped Ins train and with the
aid of passengers, loaded the injured
i-ertons aboard the mail car and
hurried them to a hospital in this
city.
New York City
in Grip of Worst
Gale of Winter
Wind Velocity of 90 Miles Off
Sandy Hook Pedestrians
Are Hurled to the
Pavement.
f The Auoclntrd I' "
New York, Jan. 11. This section
was lashed today by the worst gale
of the winter a gale . that at 2
o'clock this afternoon reached a ve
locity of 90 miles an hour off San
dy Hook. ,
"t'sbcred in with snow that later
turned to hail and rain, the storm
buffeted New Yorkers without mer
cy, hurling many, to the ground.
Window glass fell tinkling into the
street, mail package boxes were
blown over and traffic generally
hampered. Many pedestrians were
injured.
Traffic Impeded.
Harbor traffic was liard hit. A
number of small boats were blown
from their moorings and incoming
liners were held at quarantine by
high winds. Some concern was felt
for the disabled army transport
Crook with nearly 1,000 passengers
aboard, despite radio messages that
repairs had been made and all. was
well.
Outside the city the full strength
of the storm was felt in New Jer
sey and Long Island, especially
along the coast, and at several points
a tangle of telephone and telegraph
wires was reported.
At Garden City Pilot C. B. D
Colver. flvimr a mail plane from
Cleveland and Chicago, reported that
he had been unable to land, even
though he gave his plane the gas
and nosed lt down almost perpen
dicjtfarJyniitU.erang a.fj"eak wind
that swirled upward, tne machine;
nose down, seemed to hang for sev
eral moments still in air. Then the
pilot flew over Hazelhurst field and
anchored his sleet covered ship by
lashing it to a motor truck.
Pedestrians Injured.
Tom Breen,23, despite his best ef
forts, was blown into a tasxicab that
stood nearby with its door open,
The machine took him to a hospital,
where he was treated for severe con.
fusions. - '
Wind-borne missiles of various
kinds knocked several pedestrians
down. One, Anna La Cart, 14, was
killed by a blow from a limb ot a
tree. ;
Several . persons -were hurt when
portions of roofs and building cor
nices were blown into the street.
Majority of War Claims
Settled by Government
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Washington, Jan. , 11. Secretary
Weeks -sent to the senate today, in
response to a resolution by Senator
King, democrat, Utah, a report giv
ing the number ot cases acted upon
bv the War department' under the
law of March 2, 1919, providing re
lief in cases of contracts connected
with the prosecution of the war.
The secretary stated that the num
ber of claims filed for adjustment
under the act were 13,837, of -which
26 remain undetermined and 7.088
have been adjusted and settled. The
aggregate payments made on the
claims adjusted amounted to $238,
177,513. .'.'
The discrepancy of 6,723 cases ap
pearing between the total number
given as filed and those given as
adjusted or pending, he added, was
explained by the fact that in 3,203
claims, all relief was denied and that
3.520 of the claims filed were with
drawn. - -; '
Legion Posts Urged to Aid
in Hunt for Canadian Vet
JndianaDolis. Ind.. Jan. 11. Han-
ford MacNidcr, national commander
cf the American Legion, today is
sued a bulletin to all legion posts,
asking their assistance in a search for
Thomas Dace, vice president of the
Great. War Veterans of Canada, who
has been missing for some time.
Mr. Dace, whose home is in Ed
monton, Alberta, Canada, was la-?t
heard of in Winnipeg December 25
and was believed to have been on his
way to Minnesota. He had been ill
for some time as a result of wounds
received in the world war. Mr. Dace
is described as. 38 years old, 5 feet
4 1-2 inches tall, weighs 153'pounds,
has black hair and grey eyes.
Families of Oyer 200 Ohio
Miners Facing Starvation
. Pomeroy, Ov Jan. 11. Reports
reaching here are that the families
of more than 200 miners are facing
starvation in the Dark Hollow dis
trict at Forest Run, a mining town.
The distress is attributed, according
to reports, to be lack of work in the
coal mines, which have been shut
down for some time. - .
G. O.' P. Leader Dies -
Sapulp.i. Ok!.. .Jai. 11. Mrs.
Warren H. Brown, 42. vice chairman
of the republican state .committee,
died yesterday.
I The Shadow- "
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Crippled Youth '
Sued for $15,000
in Love Tangle
Brooklyn Miss Says Ardor of
Fiance . Cooled After All
. Arrangements Had Been
;viw"Made for CeremonyJ
Lincoln. Jan: 11. (Special 'Tele
gram.) For years Isaac Stine, crip
pled son of one of Lincoln's wealth
iest citizens, sat in a wheeled chair
with everything money could buy at
his disposal.
But a limousine wasn't the end of
his rainbow. Stine wanted a wife
and a "home, so the story goes, and
chose to conduct a "sight unseen"
courtship ' with Miss Gertrude Hen
och Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
.today, the shell burst in his
love nest and a breach .'of promise
suit emerged. Miss Henoch tells the
court bluntly - love has left her, a
near husband has refused to take her
for better or worse,.' she is 45 hours
from -Boadway , without a friend in
the town and suffering $15,000 worth
of mental anguish, humiliation and
spent cash. (
In her petition, Miss .Henoch de
clares Stine obtained r her name
through a friend and opened ;a cor
respondence. A black and white
proposition on high "grade, scented
stationery was: the result, she says.
Transportation was furnished .. so
wedding, bells- might , ring at ihc
Stine home -she further charges. In
Lincoln, she says, a diamond ring, a
wedding - trousseau, , re-assurances of.
love and a wedding date, January 8,
were paid for and assured, respec
tively, by Stine.
She says she arrived December 14. j
On January 2, she says, Stine took
her riding- and said he wouidn t
marry her. On January 7, she says,
Stine ordered her from his mother's
home and before he could get her
baggage out the wedding trousseau
was taken from her.
, Stine refused' to discuss the, case.
C. E. Matson,, his. attorney, said:
"Stine did send her money, but he'
didn't promise to marry her."
Tom Allen, former' United States'
district attorney and brother-in-law
of William Jennings Bryan, is Miss
Henoch's attorney.
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ord Company Seeking
to Buy Lincoln Motor Firm
Detroit. Mich.,- Jan. 11. Repre-i
entatives of Edsel Ford and the Ford,
Motor company will bid for the prop
erty of the Lincoln Motor company
at the auction set for February 4, it
was stated at the Ford Motor com
pany offices at Dearborn today. If
the Ford company obtains the prop
erty a new Lincoln Motor company .
will be organized, it was stated, and
the Ford interests will begin .manu
facture of higher priced- cars than
has been its custom in the. past. .
Montana Bachelor Tax
Law Declared Illegal
Helena, Mont., Jan. 11. The state
supreme court today declared uncon
stitutional, the "bachelor tax" law
passed by the last legislature, and the
poll tax law which has been in force
for more than 21 years.
The poll tax included all male per
sons from 21 to 60 years of age. The
bachelor tax was imposed on all
males more than 21 years old -who
were not heads of families. . ,
Farmer Buried Under Corn.
Callaway. Neb.. Jan. 11. (Spe
cial.) Tom Burke ofTDuuning suf
fered a broken shoulder wh?n a load
of corn he was hauling upset, and j
buried him underneath. He was re-i
vued by a passing neighbor.
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Court to Probe
Child Labor in
Beet Section
200 '.German-Russians Called
at Lincoln to Explain De
linquency of Children .
'v"". From Schobl.." '
Lincoln, Jan. 11. (Specials-
First steps of. the state to impress
on the minds of 200 German-Rus
sian parents ot 1.00U children jr.
Lincoln that Uncle Sam thinks moi e
of educating children in this country
than of the money they can make
in the beet fields of western Ne
braska will be taken next week whe-.t
the parents ' will appear before
Juvenile Judge Morning in Lincoln.
. In the court the parents will be
asked why they have ignored the
state laws demanding a certain at
tendance, at public schools. , It is
charged that thev take their chil
dren to the beet fields in the sum
mer, put them to work there and
fail, to bring. them- back to Lincoln
in the winter in time to get neces
sary schooling. . ; ., ;
The move was initiated by H. TL'
Antles of the state department of
public welfare. . ; . ' . ',
Air Mail Fund Cut From
Postal Appropriation
Wasliington, Jan. 11. With pro
visions for the air mail -ervice elim
inated the annual posijrfice appro
priation bill, carrying approximately
S554.000.000 was favorably reported
today by the house appropriation's
committee
-As drafted by a subcommittee: the
measure provided $1,915,000 for the
air mail service'during the fiscal year
beginning next July 1. The full com
mittee however, in approving the bill,
struck out this sections. ,
The total carried in the -measure is
$24,70T,976 .less-than the appropria
tions for .'the curre.nt fiscal v-earnd
24,735,691. less than the amount re
quested by the budget bureau. ,
"Beer and Wine" Measure '
, . ; Introduced in New York
'Albany; N. Y:, Jan. .11. A "wine
and beer"' bill was introduced in the
legislature today by Assemblyman
Custillier,: democrat. The measure
seeks to legalize the sale 'in hotels
and restaurants - of : beverages . containing-
not more than 8 per cent of
alcohol by I weight to be drunk-on
the premises. r - ; . - .
Milwaukee,' Jan..'.ll. Directors of
the Milwaukee Chamber of Com
merce have voted "in' favbr of '"beer
and light wines,? - it became known
today. "Increasing lawlessness iand
crime is attributed to prohibition in
a resolution adopted.. : '
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Salt Lake Youth Wounds l.
Serf During. Nightmare
Salt Lake City, Jan. 11. Kdnueth
Wright. 22, is in the hospital suffer
ing from a builct wound in the chest.
He said that he retired with a revol
ver under his pillow, that he had a
nightmare and that when he awak
ened he was standing in' the 'room
with the smoking weapon in his hand.
Doctors said Wright would recover.
Ax Murderer Kills Woman.
Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. II. Police
are searching for an ax wielder
who last night killed Mrs. Clem S.
Crawford and seriously wctmded her
husband, a grocer. Robbery is be-l-cvcd
the motive.
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Litigation Over
1 $1,000,000 Baum
Estate Dropped
All ' Suits Dismissed After
- Heirs Reach Agreement
- Out of Court on Divis-
ion of Property.
. The battle of the-J. E. Baum heirs
and David Baum which involved the
$1,000,000 estate of the former has
come to an end. ' " ' ' ,
All suits have been dismissed both.
in county and district courts and according-!
to the heirs a satisfactory
settlement' has been reached between
all parties concerned.
The '$94,000 claim of David Baura
against the estate was "cut to $75,
000. Claim of the Bennett company,
originally $147,000, was reducel by
credits to $130,000 and adjusted to
$110,00p. . Claim of the' Baum Iron
company was also adjusted and re
duced to $15,222. .
In the' Baum Iron company the
heirs share on a 50-50 basis the
same with ' the Paddock-Hawley
company of" St. Louis. , v
The Bennett company gives 617
Shares each to the David Baumand
the heirs. ' Daniel Baum," jr., gets
three shares.'l '-"'- ,-
David Baum still will have to give
an account ot all transactions since
he 'was administrator, said County
Judge Crawford. CM. Wilhelm is
now the administrator. After a hear
ing lasting several days. Judge Craw
ford ordered three claims totalling
$337,000 set aside. '
The heirs are Mrs. Otiha Baum.
the widow; J. E, Baum, jr.; Richard
Baum, . Bownie Elizabeth Baum
Rouse and aKthcrin'e L. Baum. .
Tram Car Carrying 75
, Is Bombed in Belfast
Belfast,. Jan. . 11. (By' A. P.) A
bomb was,, thrown at a-tram car
bearing 75pl persons-to their work in
a -Crumlin.' road district today. The
quick action of the' driver, who put
&n full speed when he heard a re
volver shot, resulted in the missile
going wide of the mark. 1 he ex
plosion splintered the car.
A -man and his wife living nearby,
who went to. the door of their house
to learn the cause of the commotion,
were 'shot dead by a volley of rifh
fire which -.swept the street.
Rockefeller Pays $391,698
Income Tax From Pipe Lines
New York, Jan. 11. John D.
Rockefeller today sent to' the feder- j
al building a check for ?J91.698.jy,
which the supreme court decided he
owed as taxes on income .from pipe
lines transferred to oil companies.
The Weather
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day;' not'much change in tempera
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Thursday.
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Economy
Demanded
by Farmers
I'liiou Hqilies to Governor's
Attack on Agricultural
Bloc Kndorses the St.
Lawrence Waterway.
Finance Body Is Formed
The reply to Governor McKrlvic's
condemnation of the aKricultural
bloc was given by the state conven
tion of the i'armrr union at tin
Auditorium ycterday. A series ol
resolutions were adopted condemn
ing the calling of i M'fciul trition,
the gasoline tux, the expenditures of
the capitol commission a welt as
dealing with a number of other it
sues, state and national. Senator ('.
W. Norris,- who is a member of the
agricultural bloc, was congratulated
for his work in behalf of the farmers,
while Senator G. M. Hitchcock, who
ius no connection with this non
partisan bloc, was left without any
mention.
Waterway Endorsed.
The St. Lawrence waterway
project was unanimously endorsed.
A reduction in the automobile li
cense tax was the counter sugges
tion to the gasoline tax.
The greatest piece of constructive
work accomplished by the delegates
was the authorization of an agricul
tural investment company to work in
conjunction with the War Finance
corporation to obtain more credit for
fanners. This, it was explained, would
also serve to prevent blue sky stock
sales and may finally be converted
into a co-operative bank. The reason
assigned for not starting such a bank
now was that the farmers did not
wish to embarrass those banks now iu
the field.
Fight Marketing Plan.
The greatest struggle of the session
caine over the question of endorsing
the United States Grain Growers, Inc.
Charles Woostcr of Silver Creek led
the opposition to this plan for a
national grain marketing organiza-'
tion of farmers, and the decision was
surprisingly close. There was evident
considerable feeling that this organi
zation, and the Farm. Bureau federa
tion as well, was poaching on the pre
serves ot the .farmers union.
C. H. Watts, formerly manager of
the livestock selling agencies operated
by the farmers, mace most of his ap
peal for the presidential office on this
animosity, . particularly condemning
the livestock marketing plan of lb--
Committee of 15, which is sponsored
by the same intenesUi -' '-" :
lhe election of officers, however.
favored Pres. C. J. Osborn of Sidnev.
who was re-elected by a vote of 455,
(Tarn to Pje Two, Column Im.
Business Revival
Seen in Chicago
Factories Will Resume Opera
tion on Large Scale Many
Purchases Made.
Chicago. Jan. 11. Signs are not
wanting that the country is getting
back on its feet after the orgy in
cident to the war and the shamclcs;
profiteering during-and after thai
period. Retail and wholesale busi
nesses find they must go into the
market with purchases. Six big rail
roads ate asking bids for millions ol
dollars worth of rolling stock .and
demands in other lines arc beginning
to be felt. :
With the reopening of industry in
Chicago, a survey shows that 2.00(1
jobs will -be open by . February 1.
This, of course, will not make much
of a dent in the 100,000 unemployed,
but it is an indication of what is com
ing. . ;
Among the plants to reoocn be.
fore February 1. is the American
Car and Foundry company, which
will put 500 additional men on the
;ayrolls. Various other plants will
employ anywhere from 35 to : 100
men.
If the railroads come into the mar
ket for steel, the mills in the Calumet
district will reopen on a large scale.
Sheet mills are already running full
bi&st. Othcr mills are running 50 to
75 per cent.
Of 19 factories of the American
Can company in the Chicago district,
only one is idle and 10.000 persons
are on the payrolls. Officials of the
company say this" number will be in
creased in the next two months,- ,
Army Tanks Aid in Search
for Missing Cook County Man
Duluth, Jan. 11. A dozen mem
bers of the Duluth tank corps, Min
nesota National guard, with tanks
and trucks, were to leave here this
morning for the wilderness of the.
northeastern tip of Minnesota io es
tablish a base for an airplane ordered
by the slate to search for James
Maher. Cook county commis-
sioner, who has been lost for two
weeks in( the vicinity of Thunder
Bay, Lake Superior,
The tank men will aid Major
Wilier of the guards observation
squadron, who arrived here late yes
terday in an airplane from St. Paul.
Two Pupils, 14 and 16, Stab
Teacher, Probably Fatally
Princeton. Ky., Jan. 11. Ernest
Howton, school principal at Dcwitt,
was stabbed, probably fatally yestc--day,'
by two pupils, when he at
tempted to punish them for infrac
tions of the rules.
The pupils alleged o have at
tacked him are Otis and Aubrey
Blalock, brothers. 14 and 16.
Five Killed in Explosion.'
Galati, Rumania. Jan. II. Five
pcrsons were Kiuca ana six others in
jured when an explosion occurred in
the Milaud marine arsenal today. Tht
arsenal was badly damaged ' ?
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