Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 192'.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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Jury in Bureh
Murder Trial
Unable to Airree
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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.
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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. '
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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-
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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
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