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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL, 51 NO. 18.1. (M4 mm r. at. l 11.1. OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 192'. Hall it (Mil. OMIi ,M b..r, It, atlM tk ' Wtl Ml, .' W awm W It" UIM, iM 4 HU 17 M. TWO CENTS tlM A4 i (tea Agreement Reached in Rail Fiffht Executive , and Uuiuni to Hold Regional Conferrm-ei on Question of Wages and Working Rule. T 4J PL.-...t, I fi 10 iVleet On rCbrUary IU Br Tm Aowlaifil rrna, Washington. Jan. 16. A provi sional agrcrment Mat reached today )' the railway executive and the heads o Wit lour railroad brother hood i. mcting at the instance of Secret' Hoover, to mbniit waj;: and wufrkitiB our-tionj ufiVetiuK. 'win ru'ice enu loyrs to regional fonfereftce$ for adjustment, if tohi Me williout contests before the rail road hlbor board. Hailrjuad executives will meet in Chicaufo Saturday to consider the nropyoWs, w hile brotherhood chief j will report bark to their organista-1 tions antf if the agreement i rati- j 'ed.,as all concerned expected that! i would be. the regional gathering -iu be lummoncd about rcbruary 1'). The action came after an all-day session in which active heads of many of the larger railroad organiza- ' tio-14 participated, and which w as i ailed by a smaller preliminary meet- I iuj of railroad executives and l;.hor ' leaders with Mr. Hoover. Carl Gray Attends. Anion? those present were Carl '"ray of Omaha, president of the Union Pacific: C II. Markham, tircsiilent of the Illinois Central: Daniel Willard. president of the Bal timore and Ohio; Hale Holden. pres ident of the Chicago, Burlington and Ouincy, and B. F. Bush, president of the .Missouri 1'acitic, Ar.ioncr hrotherliooH olTii-eri were! ':irrcrt S. .Stiinc, chief of the enei ncers: VV. G. Lee, clv'cf of the train men -. L. F.. Shepperd for the con ductors and Timothy . Shea for the I't'irincnicn, The regional conferences. Mr. 1 loover said, would "facilitate the work of the railroad lahor board and tend to create a spirit of workinp s;nod will and the settlement of dif-1 t'en nres by adjustment, not bv meth ods of litigation. To Ask Wage ut. Mr. Hoover stated that the coiv forence tyday did not discuss wages or working agreements in them selves and added that he considers the railroad labor situation as dis connected from negotiations over coal mining-wages.- . Railroads have given notice to the railroad labor board and the orgati izatiotwpf their employes . that they vil ask general reduction in -wafte Mialrs, but the proceedings have not yet been brought to trial. - It is an ticipated that new wage scale agree ments, if reached by negotiations be tween the train service men and the roads in the regional conferences, will be bubstitutcd for any decisions which might be reached through for mal proceedings. Appeal to- the board would only be taken on such matters as were not decided at the conferences. Mother Braves Fire to Save Child Woman R11119 Into Burning Home and Rescues Infant ot y juomns. Dcs Moines, Jan. 16. (Special TelcRram.1 Doris Steele, 9 months old daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Leslie Steele of Des Moines was saved from death when her mother rushed through their burning home to save her today. The baby received burns, however." which may prove fatal. Mrs. Steele had gone to a neigh bors to borrow water when she no ticed smoke coming from her. own home. The house was in flames when the mother reached it. She rushed into the burning building an,d emerged with the babe in her arms. The house was not insured and is a total loss. It represented savings of three years to the Steele family. Toledo Rules Auto Busses From Business District Toledo, O.. Jan. 16. Downtown Toledo was without bus service yes terday for the first time in several years, and to care for extra patron age, the Community Traction Com pany, Toledo's municipally con trolled street car system, placed ex tra cars on nearly all lines. The busses were ruled out of the congested business district last week by Safety Director Gilson D.' Light. The bus owners will seek court ac tion. 26 Arrests Are Made Taming Wild Oil Townj Mexia, Tex., Jan. -Twnty-six a -rests on liquor charges, burglary and carrying arms have been made hy military- authorities .and Texas Rangers within the past 48 hours. Those arrested are being held in the Winter Garden where the stat troops are making their headquarters during the period of martial law, pro claimed several days ago by Gov. Pat M. Kcff. Poincare Cabinet Goes Into Power, in France Paris. Jan. 16. The new cabinet under Raymond Poincare went into power today with the publication i.i the Official Journal of 19 presi dential decrees, one for each minister and under secretary of state. . Albert Saurraut will be decreed minister of colonies, the post he held in the Briand cabinet, w hen his accentance is received from W ash- ington. , British Yield Government of Ireland to Irishmen Good-Humored Crowds Cheer "Fall of Dublin Castle" as English Authorities Turn Over Governmental v Towers to Provisional Regime Under iew Anglo - Dublin, Jan. 16. (By A. P.) The governmental powers (or Ireland, vetted in the British authorities at Dublin Castle, were turned over to day to the provisional government of I Ireland. eontiiMed Saturday , under rhe Anglo-Irish treat;-. The traiufer was made by VUcount Fit galan, the lord lieutenant, in the privy council chamber. The viceroy this morning awaited a telephone mesage announcing that the new ministry had arrived at the castle, but not until 1:28 this after noon did the cheers of the crowd out ide announce the arrival of Michael Collins. Prof. John MacN'cill, P. J. Browne Accuses Street Railway of Concealment j Sayi Traction Company Pre scnts Only Part of Valua tion Information Needed to Railway Commission. Thorne A. Browne of the Nebraska State Kailway commission told reprc- sentatives of the Omaha and Conn - cil Bluffs Street Railway company yesterday afternoon that they are not giving all the information requested by the commission in connection with the company's physical valuation rc- P2?.- The commission directed his rc- marks to U. G. 1'owcll. valuation ex pert in the service ot the traction company, in the office of Corporation Counsel W. C. Lambert, where the railway commission resumed its hear ing yesterday morning on the vahia- tion figures as submitted by the street railway company. Says Doubts Set Up. "There is no use building up a valuation that contains only that i which the applicant wants it to con tain," said Commissioner Browne. "Xou seem to DC setting up straw men and doubts because of a fear that the commission may draw the wrong conclusions." At the conclusion of the last hear ing in September the commission re quested the traction company to fur nish at the next hearing certain o'ata in connection with all extensions which have beeir-Tnade to the sys tem. When the information was pre sented yesterday by Mr. Powell, Commissioner Browne stated that the street railway company is elect ing to furnish information which it wants to introduce and to withold that which it docs not wish to fur nish. . After some quibbling. Mr. Powell said the company would fumisli the information requested. "This would be a good time for the company to state whether it will or will not furnish the information," added Commissioner Browne. Forbes Reports Today. At today's session B. E. Forbes, chief engineer for the railway com mission, will present the result of his independent investigation of the cost of the street railway system. The commissioners announced yesterday that Mr. Forbes has made his in vestigation without their interference and that they do not know what fig ures he will present. Man Kills Wife, Shoots Daughter, Kills Self Hackensack. N. J.. Jan. 16. Peter Pcppe today shot and killed his wife, seriously wounded his daughter. Mary, and then committed suicide at his home in Li'tle Ferry. Pcppe recently had been arrested for non-support, the police said, and the theory -was advanced that this angered him and .led to the tragedy. Judge Asked to Appoint C. S. Society Trustees Boston, Jan. 16. The directors of the Christian Science church to day asked Judge Crosby of the su preme court to appoint trustees of the Christian Science ' Publishing society to succeed Herbert Eus tace and Paul H.arvey, whose resig nations were accepted by Judge Crosby on Saturday, and Lamont Rowlands, whose removal was up held by the supreme court. Judge Crosby dccThed to take ac tion on the appointment of new mistees until after the conclusion of the present hearing on the trustees' petition ifor approval of their ac counts. - , . , ; 1 V..r TavCAV VnlPfB A fiL Jn Uwg Tan. 6.A diminu tive senate page, preceded by Sena- tor Frclinghuysen of New Jersey, walked into the senate cliamoer toaay bearing a bundle of papers about which his arms were barely able to reach. There was a buzz of com ment." but revelation of the nature of the" bundle was withheld until the senator a few minutes later submitted to the senate a petition carrying, he said, 15,000 signatures of New Jer sey citizens who were appealing for modification of the Volstead act The senator said that it came from the Anti-Dry league of his state. Bankruptcy Asked for New York Stock Brokers Xcw York, Jan. 16, An involun tary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court, today against E". D. Dyer & Co.. stock brokers. Judge J. Mack, appointed Monfred W. Ehripk i receiver. .... .V Irish Pact. Hogan, Joseph McGraih, 'a m O'liiggint and William l'ograve. Imiuediatrly alter ard VUount Fitialan with two aides arrived, and they all proceeded to the privy coun cil chamber, where the transfer of powers was effected. From an early hour this morning all approaches lo the catle were blocked by gtwd humored crowds; By ARTHUR SEARS JIENNING. watching for lut was described a j My Omaha iw wira. the "fall of Dubl.it lasile. .The vlig,on, Jan. 16. - The de metropolitan police dealt m a friend-1 , , ' ;. " , ly manner with all comers and the auxiliaries in uniform watched the proceedings front their old quarters where they had examined so many arretted Sinn leiuers. Tributes Are Paid Over Bier of Late Joseph Millard Official of All Banks in City t ' Attend Funeral Services e w it t - of V Idely-Knowit I" ruimiutr. Sr-naiisr Millard ualkerl tiimil in j iaj wit, the constructive forces of 1 ,1C ,ution. lie had the true pioneer spirit; he always was hopetui. but conservative. fie was a home-loving man." These were among the tributes paid the character of Joseph H. Millard by Rev. E. H. Jrnks in his funeral sermon at the Millard home. 500 South Thirty-eighth street, yesterday afternoon. "I talked to Senator Millard a few days before his death," said Rev. Mr. Jitiks. "He hitched his chair over close to me and couhded that he j planned another trip to Europe. Then he told nic of a time when he had gone to France to meet his wife and daughter. He said none of the most famous paintings seemed as beauti ful to him as the sight of his wife and his daughter, standing in front of a Taris hotel awaiting him."l Last Days Were Best. Rev. Mr. Jcnks said he believed Mr. Millard's last days were his best days. He called attention to Mr. Millard's "twinkling humor" and to his warm hospitality, to friends who called on hiin. "Senator Millard knew jhe value of spiritual things," said Rev. Mr. Jenks.. 'Tie helped the spiritual side of the city as well as the material." Automobiles were parked for blocks around the Millard home during the services. Chief of Police Dcmpsey, wrho has known Mr. Millard for many years, was present, and saw to it that Thirty-eighth street was blocked at Farnam street, to prevent vehicles from passim? the home during the sarvices. Mayor Dahlman and City Commissioner Ziniman also were present. 70 Employes Attend. Officials of every bank in town were present. Fully 70 employes of the Omaha National bank attended the services, Among out-of-town persons at tending were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bennett, formerly of Omaha, now of Chicago. Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme tery. Jefferis Announces ' Candidacy for Senate A. W. Jefferis, congressman from the Second district rf Nebraska, which includes Omaha, announced himself yesterday as candidate for the republican : nomination for United States senator and-filed his application with .the 4 secretary of state. R. B. Howell, national committee man, announced himself some time ago as a candidate, but up to yester day had not officially filed. Mr. Jefferis is serving his second term in congress. Former Congress man Charles Sloan of Geneva and Attorney General Clarence A. Davis have been reported as other possible candidates. . Liquor Running Airplane Seized on Mexican Border Washington, Jan. 16. Seizure of the first' rum-running airplane this year was announced today by pro hibition headquarters. The plane' with 120 bottles of Mexican tequila, tb prohibition'bureau stated, was seized on the Mexican bolder at Del Rio', Tex., and the pilot and two men ar rested. The seizure, the bureau said followed reports current for. several months tlfat a .rum-running airplane has been , plying between San An tonio and border points. Son of Former Ambassador Fined for Disturbing Peace St. Louis, Jan. 16. Vincent Ker ens, a bond' broker of New York, son of the late Richard Kerens, for mer ambassador to Austria-Hungary, was fined $25 in police court today-on a peace disturbance charge, after it had been testified he had threatened the life of James Smith, guardian for his brother Richard, who is confined in a local sanitar ium. Treasury Appropriation Bill Reported to Senate Washington. Jan. 16. The first of the annual money bills, the treasury appropriation measure, was reported to the senate today by its appropria tion committee. The . bill carries $12072,000. an increase of $1,466, 000 over the amount in the house 4ill t Waterway PJi :v Before I a ! Vs - (y P C A n V International Commission Urpc St. Lawrence-Great Lakci Seaway Project lie Undertaken. Opposition Is Unjustified; tailed plan for the construction of I the M. Lawrence seaway, which I would make ocean ports of Chicago and other cities on the Great Lakes, was submitted to congress too'av. to- nether w ith the recommendation of 1 the international joint commission I that the project be undertaken at once by the United States and Canada. The cost of construction of a St. Lawrence ship channel of 25 feet draft is estimated at $252,000.00(1 and of the new Wellano' canal at foO.OOO, IHK). The undertaking, it is proposed, shall he financed by sale of bonds by the American and Canadian sovern- ! uients and bonds retired from pro- i"co of ,l,e a,e,o( ,,e vo,umc of water power developed. , More than 42.0O0.0O0 people in the ! midwest and far wot would be bene- j fitcd by this scheme to enable ocean ! ships to penetrate to the heart of the agricultural section, exchanging car- goes of foreign imports directly for careers of (Train and other nrniltirt ! Find Opposition Unjustified, j Such eastern opposition as has dc- vciopea to tne project, tiie comnns- fion finds unjustified, declaring the New lork barge and other canals in adequate to relieve the acute existing . transportation shortage and pro-1 uouncing the St. Lawrence route su-' perior to all others for the purpose of affording the interior of the coun try dirct access to the ocean. j The recommendations of the joint ; commission foltow: ! I. That the governments of the ' United States and Canada enter into; an agreement by way of treaty for a scheme of improvement of the St. Lawrence river between Montreal and Cake Ontario. 2. That the new Wclland ship canal be embodied in the scheme and treated as a part thereof. . 3. That the proposed work be tween Montreal and Lake Ontario be based upon the report of the en gimcring board accompanying this report, but that before any final de cision is reached, the report of the board, together with such comments, criticisms and alternative plans as have been filed- w ith the commission be referred back to the board, en larged By other leading members of the engineering profession. To Investigate Damage. 4. That there shall he an ex haustive investigation of the char acter of the damage through flowage involved in the plan of development finally adopted. 5. That assuming the adoption of the plan of the engineering board, or of other plans also, involving the (Turn to race Two, Column Four.) 12 Persons Killed 1 in Ship Explosion Fire Follows Blast on German Steamer Bride- of Mate Among Victims. By Tli ANdovlfUrd Frp. London, Jan. 16. Eleven members of the crew of the German steamer Vesta, bound from Hamburg to Lis bon, as well as the wife of the chief mate, were killed by an explosion on the ship Sunday night. ' Ten sur vivors of the crew were landed at Lowestoft by a trawler late this aft-, ernoon. - . Details of the disaster, as related by the captain, are that during heavy weather Sunday night the deck car go, consisting largely of naphtha, shifted. An explosion occurred ana soon the whole vessel was in flames, except a space near the bridge, where the crew huddled for safety. A boat was lowered, but it was en gulfed in the Tieavy seas and its three occupants drowned. The mate, clasp ing his bride in his arms, jumped overboard.' Both perished. Others also plunged into the sea. only to die. Finally only the captain and nine men were left. They. were rescued by a trawler. They had been scorched by the flames and partially asphyx iated by the naphtha fumes. Bridegroom Charged With Theft of $10,000 " 'New York. Jan. 16. Thefts ag-" gregating $10,000 are charged to Wil liam Phillips, young bridegroom and employe of the American Express company. In court Saturday Phillips re lated that the money was used to furnish an apartment for his bride and invested in an up-town broker age firm. The firm paid him $250 a month for two months, then took him off the payroll and abandoned the office. Mayor Sets Up Bread Stores to Fight High Cost of Living Tiffin, O.; Jan. 16. Continuing his fight against food profiteers and the high cost of living in Tiffin, Mayor Utiger today established three bread stores, two at fire stations and one in his automobile supply house here. Bread is being bought from To ledo bakeries and. retailed at 6 cents a pound loaf. Tiffin bread retails at 8 cents. No High Court Decisions. ' Washington, Jan. 16. Decision day in the supreme court today brought forward no decisions, several orders only being noted Hoover:- "Here's the Doctor, Mother, He Will Soon Put You on Your Feet" 1 ' 1 1 1 . t t Jury in Bureh Murder Trial Unable to Airree . - i - . . c Members Disc-barged After Being Out Over 71 Hours -r-Judgc to Set Date for -Retrial Today. "' Los Angles, Jan. 16. The trial of Arthur C. Burch of Evanston. III., charged with murdering J. Bcllotl Kennedy, near Los Angeles last August, enu'ed in a disagreement of the jury today and Burch was di rected to be in court tomorrow to have a new trial date set. The jury of 10 men and two women, which had been out over 71 hours, was discharged by Judge Sidney N. Reeve without comment. , The fore man announced the final vote was 10 to 2. Jurors who talked to news paper men later said the majority was tor conviction. . . . District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine said he was ready, if necessary, to start a retrial of Burch tomorrow, but expected that the case would follow that of Mrs. Madalynne .Obenchain, codefendant of Burch, set for February 6. "I'm going to keep . after Burch until- I get him," the district at torney said.. He issued a "signed statement in which he asserted that within 48 hours after the jury was sworn in, he and assistant. District Aifm-nr-v Asa Keves had made up thtir minds that flue of the jurors had gone on the jury with her mind already made up and that she would, in all probability, vote for acquittal." Burch said he was "surprised and disaoDointcd." but added, "I believe the jurv did the best it could." His father, Rev, W.. A. Burchi of Evan ston, said he was well pleased' with the outcome. J, D. Kennedy, father of the slain mau, said he believed the evidence .was conclusive for con viction and that, any other result was an "outrage." ' ' '. .Most of the jurors declined to discuss what had goiieori-in the jury room. Those who did talk refused to mention names, but said the first ballot stood six for conviction, five for acquittal, and one blank, and that the majority gradually grew to 10, where it remained for nearly 48 hours, until the jury's dismissal. The jurors spent about 31 hours actually in the jury room. Iowa Woman Held in Chicago on Shoplifting Charge Chicago, Jan. 16. Miss' Ruby Ara, 23, Ames, la., was arrested to day in a department store on a charge of shoplifting -and tonight she told police she had been -forced' to steal through .abandonment of her self and her child by thc baby's father who, she said, was a student at. Iawo State .college, Ames. She could not obtain fcod for it, she said. She said she formerly was a student at Ames. ' Nominations Confirmed Washington, Jan. 16. The senate today confirmed the nominations of Commissioners Aitchison and Hall, of the Interstate Commerce commis sion, who were reappointed by the president. The senate action ends a protracted fight waged by several southern senators against the filling t)f the vacancies by men from sec tions of the country other than the south. Sir John Kirk Dies. London, Jan. 16. Sir John Kirk, 90, who was chief officer on the gov ernment expedition of David Living stone to Africa in 1853, died yestcx- Cay Jury Completed in Arbuckle Case Elcen Men and One Woman - to Hear Evidence in Trial of Film .Star. . San.' Francises, Jan. -16. The jury in the second . trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckje, on a manslaugh ter charge was completed late today. Two alternates were selected to fill the places of any jurors incapacitated by illness.' The jury is composed of 11 men and one woman. The alternates are a man ana a woman, lakmg ot testimony will start tomorrow. Gavin McNab, chief ; of defense counsel, who was taken ill while ex amining veniremen, was able to go one with the case after, an hour. The 12th reeular juror was obtained quickly, but selection of the alter nates occupied some time. Archi bald Haskin, an advertising man ager, was challenged - peremptorily by the state after he had said his son was a motion picture operator at Hollywood. . ' "By a coincidence, the second al ternate juror was the last member of the venire. Two panels, 81 ven iremen in al!.'werfe5used in ohtainnig the jury. ' This !s nearly 30 more than were examined to obtain a jury at Arbuckle's first trial. Judge Harold Lauderbach fixed the hours of court from 10 to 12 and from 2 to 6.7 This represents an hour longer than usual each after noon, but tne court announced no night sessions- would ;bc held. -The jury was ordered Jockcd up during the trial. - . - - , -- Grand Island Men' Robbed by. Slickers Thomas Horsman , and . Harold Moore, Grand Island, gave up their suitcases to two strangers they met cn the train coming to Omaha yes terday, when the latter said they would care for them. '. The Grand Isbnders, later, went to police headquarters-and told the desk sergeant the strangers did not meet them es promised. They said the; suitcases "contained several hun dred dollarS' ln Jftioney ".and clothing. - - f r . . . Both Sides Claim Victory " in Garment Workers,!. Strike tNew' Y'ork, Jan. 16: The garment workers' strike, which has disrupted the industry rn New York since' No vember. 14 and has kept thousands idle,, is expected to . be called ' off. Members of the strike committee of, the. Industrial :"' Ladies' Garment Workers' jiniftn-vwill.. meet toiiight to consider thelsituation. - . Each sidc-.t'o-ihe. controversy ap parently is satisfied that it has won a victory. Resumption of work under old condition s. as .suggested by" Sec retaries Hoover; and Davis, tempor arily continues the 40-hour week and piece work, which the union desired; while the employes expect an investi gation of labor.. conditions which, they assert. neef remedying. Movie Suit Dismissed.; Washington, Jai. 16. Chief Jjs tice Taft .in the' supreme court today announced '' dismissal '-for want of jurisdiction tne ' application of the Kansas City motion picture machine operators, local No. 170;' the Inter national Alliance of Theatrical Stace I f.mployes, -nd others, to bring be- tore the court an appeal in a case originally brought against them bv John P. Hughes and Wesley H. Briner, doing business as the Eastern ;heatcr, Kansas City, Mo. Buckeye State Voters to Pass on Volstead Act Fight to Permit, Sale of Beer . and Wine to Be Made " Issue in Fall EIcc . tions. Cleveland. O., Jan. 16. A fight to repeal the Volstead act and permit the sale of 2.75 per cent beer and light wines will be carried to the vot- ! crs of Ohio this fall under the terms of the referendum law, according to Capt. William H. Stayton, managing vice president of the National Asso ciation Against the Prohibition Amendment. Petitions will be circulated and a vigorous campaign waged to deter mine whether public opinion has changed since the act became effec tive. "We are daring the drys to fight us on open" ground," Captain Stayton said. "We feel that public opinion has undergone a change and we have come to the home of the anti-saloon league and into a state that was dry before the national amendment to determine whether we are right or wrong. If opinion has changed in Ohio, we will proceed in other states. No brewers or distillers will manage our campaign. It will be in the hands of business and professional men who have seen the error of the Volstead act and who arc looking for a law that will correct its evils." j ,- Captain Stayton said his organiza tion has more than 250,000 members, 5,000 of them in Ohio. 5 Petition Sent to Senate. -Washington, Jan, 16. A diminu tive senate page, preceded by Sen ator Frclinghuysen of New Jersey, Avalked":into':the 'senate chamber to day bearing a bundle of paper about which his arms were barely able to reach. There was a buzz of com ment,' but 'revelation of the nature of 'the bundle was withheld until the senator a few minutes later sub mitted to the senate a petition carry ing,'' he said, '15,000 signatures of New Jersey citizens who were ap pealing for modification of the Vol stead act. The senator said that it came, from the Anti-Dry league of his state. ' - Nebraskan Burned . : to. Death in Kansas Leavenworth,' Kan., Jan. 16. The charred body found Sunday in a ra vine near the National Soldiers' home has been 'identified as that of Walter Larsen, Fort Calhoun, Neb., and relatives have . been notified. Identification was accomplished by a bank pass book No. 81378, issued by the State bank of Omaha, Neb. Offi cials believe Larsen kindled a fire to warm himself and then fell asleep and rolled' into the blaze. ' . The Weather Forecast. Tuesday fair; somewhat colder. , Hourly Temperatures. n a. m... 11 a. in... 7 a. m.... S a. m... O a. m... in a. m... ! I 1 f. m.. ! p. m.... SI I p. n II I 4 p. m.... 14 I 5 p. m.... 17 I p. m.... , SI i 7 p. Hi.... 3 1 S p. m Highest Monday. 41, Pueblo .... SM Rapid City ..SJ ..KB ..40 ..41 . .40 ...IS . . SI ft a. m... IS noon . . Cheyenne ... lavnport .. Denver Ik Molnea . Hodire City . Tender -.'orth riatu . .51 . . i ..: .. ..H ..if ..it . .1.;8nla F . ..42; Hhcrtdan .. ..I 8log city ..H; Valentine .. Legislature to Act on 4 Big Issues Cut in Appropriation-, Caso litio Tav, Koenue and Hank Law Amendmeuts to Be Considered. Meet January 24 Lincoln, Jan. 16. (Special.) Four major propositions are sub mitted to the legislature in t formal call for a special tonion, to open Tueiday, January 24, iued todav by Gov. S. R. McKclvic. They re : Reducing certain appropriation item at least $l,000.0uu to reduce taxation. These items are con tained in House Roll o.M and weic voted by the la-t legislature. -Pansage of a bill living an ex- rise tax of 1 cent a gallon on gaso line used in motor vehicles and appropriating the money raised for use in building roads w ith fed eral aid, thus relieving real prop erty from taxation for road build ing. Passage of a hill which will provide for employment of an ex pert to study and report regarding amendments to revenue laws, the report to be submitted prior to convening of next regular session'. Amendment of Bank Laws. Amendments to banking laws of Nebraska to further protect de positors, and, if possible, to reduce number of failures. There arc six other measures sub mitted for consideration, cither technical or of minor importance. They (ollow: Reappropriating unexpended bal ance of funds raised during previous biennium for building $5,000,000 state house. This is made neces sary because at the last session George Marsh, state auditor, stated he didn't believe such action neces sary, and more lately has announced it imperative. Passage of law validating publica tion of legal newspapers, which, through misunderstanding ef present law, failed to abide by technical provisions. Consideration of such a bill was urged by O. O. Buck, secre tary State Press association. Would Change Omaha Law. Passage of amendment to Omaha law, making payments on con demned property fall due in 10 annu al installments and not levy it on lump condemnation, as present law provides. Omaha citizens declare ; present law is holding up much con demnation work. Passage of bill authorizing courts to send women to state reformatory on felony charger, - . Passage of bill authorizing board of control to ijend incorrigibles in state institutions to new state re formatory. Passage of appropriation bill to- pay for special session. Under the law the legislature is limited at a special session to con- (Turn to Page Throe, Column Onr.) Farmer Kills Wife and Children With Ax Charleston, III., Jan. 16. (By A. P.) B. F. Monroncy, a farmer, sur rendered to Sheriff Vincent Aye to day and told him he had kill ed his wife, son and daughter with an ax in an ettort to exterminate his en tire family because of financial Wor ries. He took the sheriff - ano his deputies to the Monronev home and showed them the bodies. I killed them while thev stent " Monroney said. "I killed my'bov first, then my wife and then mv daughter. They did not know any thing about it. Then I went to the barn and tried to hang myself with this window coro; but the knot was not big enough and it would not stick, so I went to bunt you." Monroney was locked up. Court Upholds Conviction for Speech Against Draft Washington, Jan. 16. The eonric tion of Walter. Matthey ia federal court at Davenport. Ia., es- thsj charge of having aided anothw tel v.olate the espionage act will stand the supreme court today refusing e review the case. The based on a public speech made bv Daniel 11. Wallace at Davenport it wdiich hc is alleged to have urged those inducted into the military serv ice to refuse to serve abroad and those who had not to resist the draft and to refuse- to enlist. Matthcnv was charged with having "aided "and induced" Wallace to make the speech. Game Warden, Mortally ! Wounded, Kills Foe San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 16. K. A. Coward, postmaster at Encino. Tex., and deputy game warden for T5rook county, is dead as a result of a Run fight near Rivera, Clcburg couiitv, yesterday morning with Angie Bale- . er. a Kingsville automobile inc. mechanic, who also was killed, ac- 1 cording to a dispatch received here last night from Falfurrias, Tex. ; Baker used a pump gun, the di- : patch said, and Coward, mortallv wounded, shot him through ilw i heart with his pistol. The men had never previously met, it was believed. Ship Company to Revise Offer for Muscle Shoals Sheffield, Ala., Jan. 16. A revised proposal in connection with the re cently submitted bid of the Nov, port Shipbuilding company of Wilming ton, N, C, for lease and oiwralion of the government property at Mus cle Shoals, will be made shorilv. Frederick Engstrum, president, an nounced today. Mr. Engstrum, accompanied bv J. H. Levering, consulting cngiiuvr, began a minute inspection of. the government Voperty today i