The Omaha Daily ' Bee
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Farm ers
Outline
Ne Laws
J'nu Bureau Program for
Agricultural Conference
Will Alk Cle arly Co-Op-rrative
Right.
Follow Atlanta Plans
Washington, Jan. 17. The pro
gram whifb Hie American Farm
bureau will lubiuil to the national
agricultural conference when it eon
ees urxb weele will call (or early
ruattmentjjy coiigrrs of Us "clear
ly Hi-fining rights of the fanner, to
Maikct ihnr product co-operatively."
In making i his announcement, the
bureau f4ij their economic and legis
lative ropoal would be based ou
the plan adopted at the convention in
Atlanta, Ga. Also, it was said, in
formation which the Department of
Agriculture is collecting on farm
icnantry and other problem will be
J"ai available to the delegates,
The farm bureau (ederatiou said
iy would urge the conference to en-
i- a recommendation that all ap-
iiiiiciits on leiicral boards and
niutces "he made to that tnter
of apiculture shall be protectco'
conserved."
Urge Financial Relief.
clief of the farmers' financial sit
iin will be ureed through a plan
which it will be suggested that
ingress enact long time credits for
commodity financing based on ware
Iioiim! receipts, personal rural, credits
menred by proper insurance features
mi'i the creation of machinery that
v il! allow co-operative systems to
tbtuiu money directly. ' "
'i he transportation policy to be
ji.H'utcd will suggest immediate re
th.etions in freight rates, all savings
in oprr.it iitg costs to he further rc
llcdcd in further rate reductions un
Cl Jic increase of 'August, 120, is
ivii-.J out. and repeal or amendment
of the Ao'anuion law, "so as to nulli
!r the national agreements." The
conference will also be asked to dc--lare
for the repeal or amendment
wf the Esch-Cumniins law, "so as
to abrogate the guarantee clause, re
store jurisdiction in interstate rates
10 the -states, vitalize the railroad la
bor board and co-ordinate wage-making
powers with . the rate-making
power of the Interstate Commerce
commission. ' i
Nitratt Development. ,
The program, it was said, probably
Mould urge development of the mus
cle shoals nitrate water power pro
ject, "as an essential measure in
securing the preservation- of our soil
(Turn to Tate Two, Colli win Two.)
U;JS.and Britain May
r Enter Waterways Pact
Washington, Jan. 17. Negotiation
of a treaty between the - United
States and Great -Britain looking to
ward improvement of the St. Law
rence river between Montreal and
Lake Ontario, o as to provide a
deep waterway from the Great Lakes
to the Atlantic ocean, may be ex
pected to be undertaken son, it was
aid today at the White: House.
'The arrangement of such, a treaty
fs recommended in the report of the
international joint committee trans
mitted yesterday by the president to
congress. Conclusion of such a con
vention would be the first step to
ward making possible the long dis
cussed lakes-to-ocean waterway.
President Harding, it was also said
at the White House, is much inter
ested in the project and intends to
lend his influence toward early diplo
matic efforts. . ,';
McKclvie Drops Plan to
Cut Employes' Salaries
Lincoln, Jan. 17. Abandonment of
his proposal to recommend a reduc
tion of S per cent in salaries of all
state employes to the special session
of the legislature was announced to
day by Governor McKelvie, adding
that he would not -recommend any
general slash in wages. He plans to
made reductions elsewhere, m the
appropriation of a year ago. which
will total a sum larger, than his esti
mate of a saving of $164,000 under
the wage reduction plan, the gov
ernor said. A state income tax on
salaries of public officials, which he
considered at one time, also has
been given up, the governor stated.
Mmipv to Relieve
Unemployment Situation
San Francisco, Jan. 17. The San
Francisco-Oakland Terminal Rai
Mays company was authorized by the
state railroad commission to borrow
$80,000 to relieve seasonal uncnl
plovment by putting 200 men to
work for three months in mainten
ance operations. The " company
ooerates a system of ferries and
electric lines connecting the east side
of San Francisco bay with Sail
Francisco. . . '
East St."" Louis Strikers
Enjoined by Circuit Court
Bcllevile. 111., Jan. 17 A tcmpor
' ary injunction restraining members
of all unions in East St. Louis from
interfering in any way with the busi
ness or molesting employes ot the
Fast St. Louis plants of Swift & Lo.,
and Armour & Co. was issued in
circuit court here today. The order
is returnable at the April term of
court. Union packing employes have
been on strike six weeks.
Methodist Church Loans r
f 1,711,000 to Students
New- York. Jan 17-Thc Board
of F.ducation of the Methodist
Episcopal church today announced it
l:sd outstanding $1,711,000 loaned to
students to finance their, education,
and that since ina"Ku"n of the
student aid system. 29.000 - young
nuirsr.u women had obtained loans.
Lillian Russell Goes to
Europe as U. S. Agent
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Xew York, Jan, 17. Lillian Rus
sell sailed for F.urope today as a
.'pecial agent for Uncle Sant, com
missioned to look over the intcude l
immigrants to America and report tj
Secretary of Labor Davis on her
return.
The American beauty, who now i
Mrs. Alexander P. Moore, wife of
the editor of the Pittsburgh l eader,
was accompanied by her husband,
who is also to investigate the foreign
immigration situation. ..
"Mr. Davis wants me to look into
the human side of the immigration
problem," she said.. "He has known
for a long time of my interest in
those poor people, who come here
only to be turned back because ot
some defect. One thing I want to find
out is why the passports of delin
quents are vised at all, why they
are ever allowed to enihark on a
journey that ends in disappointment.
The fault lies on the other side, not
here:'
Three Witnesses
Are Examined in
Arbuckle Trial
Report of Doctors on Examin
ation of Body of Virginia
Rappc Is Admitted Into
.Evidence.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. Taking of
testimony in the second manslaught
er trial of Koscoe Arbuckle got well
under way here today. . Three wit
nesses were examined at -the single
session of fourt held. -.
Leo Friedman, assistant district at
torney, made the opening statement
for the prosecution outlining evi
dence whereby it hopes to prove that
Miss Virginia Rappc died of injuries
received : at Arhuckte's- hand at a
party he gave' in his rooms in the
Hotel St. Francis here last Septem
ber. . , ' '
: The outstanding feature of today's
proceedings was the submission to
the court of a report prepared by
Drs. William Ophuls, G. Y.,Rusk and
D. M. Erwin. This report was used
at the first trial. of Arbuckle, which
resulted in a jury disagreement. The
doctors, named by Judge Harold
Louderback' i for the , purpose,
examined organs of Miss Rappe to
determine if there was any evidence
of weakness in them. The report
said there was none and following its
reading to the new jury the doctors
substantiated it with verbal testi
mony, Dr, Ophuls said, there were many
inflammations in one of the organs,
but asserted they we're 'common
among women.
F. X. Latulip, diagram expert of
the San Francisco' police department,
who made maps, and took photo
graphs of the Arbuckle suite in th?
Hotel St. Francis, was on the, witness
stand when court adjourned until
tomorrow. ':
Honor Memory of Okuma1.
' Tokio, . Jan. 17. (By A. P.)
Many thousand Japanese today paid
tribute to the memory of Marquis
Shegenobu Okuma, Japanese states
man, who died here last week. Be
fore the funeral services were held
today, long lines of admirers filed
past the body as 1t lay in state in a
specially constructed pavilion in
Hibiya. park. ' ' '
Most of the members of the im
perial household, as well as numer
ous government officials and diplo
mats visited the Okuma residency
yesterday to pay tribute to his
memory and to offer condolence to
. the family. '
Fourteen Days Enough, Wife
of 16 Years Tells Judge
When Mary Gentle, 16, stated that
she had married Roslato Gentle, 25.
while under the influence of "dope"
sriven to her in cake, District Judge
i Scars granted her divorce yesterday
morning. She had been married 14
days.
During that time, according to her
testimony, she had been kept prison
er, nagged and. ridiculed ; before
friends, and forced to cam her own
living. ' i. , v. .
Heart nf Chicken, 10 1 ,
Years OU, but Never '
Hatched, Still Beat
New York, Jan. 17. Part of the
heart of a chicken that never was
hatched was beating today, .the
tenth anniversary of its removal
from the embryo and isolation by
Dr. Alex's Carrel of the Rocke
feller institute. . - "
The tissue fragment is still
growing and its pulsations are
visible under the microscope, Dr.
Carrel said. It grows so fast that
it is s"b-divided every 48 hours.
Agrarians
Victors in
Bank Fijdit
Senate l'a.T Hill Iiu-rcaing
Six of Federal Ileum C
HiMrd to Include l-'urm
Member.
Heflin Charges
Wiuliiugioti, Jan. 17. The firt
step to -brimi alu" farmer rire
mentation on the I cderal Ucurve
hoard wtt taken late today bv the
iifUiiir in the paotag' of the krlluKU-
uiith compromise bill increasing the
hoard's sppuinjlve nnnibcrihip troui
five to six and providing that the
iiurirultural interest shall have a
'ipokcinan among them.
j lie vote was tJ to v. seven m
those who oppoi-cd the proportion
were republicans and two democrat.
Thev were: l'omerene, Ohio, and
William. MiKsisnippi. democrats;
Brandcgee. Connecticut: Calder. New
York: Kdge. New Jercy; Keycs.
New Hampshire; McLean, lon
nectirut; Moses, New Hampshire,
and Wadsworth. New York, repub
licans. Regard for Interests.
By the bill, which constitutes an
amendment to the federal reserve
act, the limited designation of the law
is wiped out and instead of the
specific provision for the naming of
two bankers to the board, the
statute, if agreed to" by the house,
will direct the-prcsident. in making
appointments, to have "due regard
to a fair representation of the
financial, industrial, agricultural and
commercial interests and geograph
ical divisions of the country."
The measure alo provides that
hereafter no federal reserve bank
may enter into a contract for bank
ing homes if their cost is to exceed
$250,000 unless the consent of con
gress is first given. - ,
There were many attempts to
change the compromise, hut all save
the amendment restricting construc
tion, by Senator Harris, democrat,
Georgia, were killed. The agree
ment , on the compromise, which
bore the approval not only of all j
the agricultural bloc leaders in the
senate but that of President Hard-
ing. held throughout. 1
Senator Smith, ' democrat, South
Carolina, who first offered the pro
vision as to farmer representation,
withdrew his amendment and called
upon his democratic colleagues to
support the substitute, which he de
clared to be adequate.
1 Harding Favors Plan.
While the senate was moving slow
ly toward a' vote, word was received
that Mr. Harding would observe the
intent of the .legislation and woulrf
name the farmer member. He had
previously indicated disapproval of
the original, proposal and the com
promise measure resulted.
Prior to the vote, there were sev
eral hours of heated debate, in which
Senator Glss, democrat, Virginia,
former secretary of the treasury and
an author of the reserve act, ' de
fended the system and the board and
criticised Senator Heflin of ) Ala
bama, also a democrat, for the lat
ter's frequent attacks on the boarrf.
Senator McLean, republican,' Con
necticut, also defended the board, but
assailed extensively; those who, he
said, were going ahead deliberately to
"fool the farmer."
Mr. Heflin declared a board which
would permit orders to go out for
the construction of a bank building
like that proposed for the New York
Federal Reserve bank and. which Is
to cost around $20,000,000 was cover
ed all over with suspicion of graft."
Opponents of the measure, headed
by Senator McLean, made an attempt
to stave off its passage just before the
final vote, by moving to send it back
to committee, but this was defeated,
52 to 17. ' "
Reavis Joins in Fight
on Anti-Lynching Bill
Washington, Jan. 17. Democratic
members of the house were aided
today in their fight against the Dyr
p.nti-iynching' bill by Representative
Reavis, republican, Nebraska, who
declared it was evident some mem
bers of congress, sworn to uphold
the constitution, were readv to
''ravish" it. He urged defeat of the
bill, asseiting its passage would be
an unconstitutional usurpation of
pewer by the federal government.
All afternoon the bill, carrying;
heavy penalties for persons partici
pating in lynchings and for ofiichls
who fail through negligence of duty
to prevct them, was alternately
commended and flayed.
. Representative Mondell, republican
loader, s&id he hoped general debate
H'Oiild be concluded tomorrow'.
A. B. Houghton Acceptable
. to Germany as Ambassador
'Washington, Jan. 17. The Ger
man government has notified the
American government that A. B.
Houghton, now. member' of the
house from New York, will be ac
ceptable as ambassador and the name
of Mr. Houghton will be sent to the
senate this week.
Shantung Parley Continues.
"Washington, Jan. 17. (By A. P.)
The Japanese and Chinese arms con
ference delegations, -continuing today
their efforts to reach a settlement of
the '.Shantung question, took up the
matter of coal and iron mines in the
Kiao , Chow leasehold of Shantung
province, but - made virtually no
progress toward an agreement.
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Plead Guilty to Mail Theft.
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 17 Alex M6
Clean, 44, and J. Logan, 22. pleaded
guilty in federal court here to the
robbery of a Canadian mail truck,
October 7 last, when registered pack
ages with a reported value of $25,000
v crc taken.
Mail Fliers Sneer Now
at Cold Wave Prophecies
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Winter has no terror now for Omaha air mail pilots.
Tooling a rocking craft in the teeth of a winter snow and wind storm
is no light pastime, but the air mail pilots won't. mind it so much now that
new fur-lined flying suits have been issued to them.
The suits were promised as Christmas presents, but they didn't reach
here until Monday. In the above photograph Jack Knight, who became
famous by his night flight from North Platte to Chicago a 'year ago, is
wearing his new suit for the first time. On the right is Clarence Langc
showing how the suit looks from a rear view. '
The suits, which are lined with heavy, warm fur, arc valued at $.'00 each.
Three Bandits Rob
Ucs Moines Rail
Company of $2,000
Board Owl Car as Tt Enters
Barns and Relieve Collect
or of Money Motor-
man Is Held.
Dcs Moines, 'Jan. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Three unmasked hand
its held up the cashier of the
Des Moines City railway' and a
motorman and conductor on an in
bound car, early this morning and
escaped with nearly $2,000. The
m.un robbed were Henry Schweiker,
collector; Motorman B. Eberhart
and conductor R. M: Grassec.. .
The bandits boarded the street car
a few blocks west of the car barns.
They apparently were familiar with
the time the collector left for the
downtown office. When Schweiker
boarded the car at the. barns he was
met by a bandit with a gun. . One
bandit covered the motorman and
the other the conductor. After tak
ing the money from Schweiker they
ordered the motorman to drive the
car to Nineteenth street, where they
jumped off. As they left, Schweiker
reached into his pocket 'and thede
parting bandit mistaking his move
for an effort to get a gun. fired twice
at him, both bullets passing through
his overcoat but not touching his
body.
Police were without a clue in their
investigation of the-crimc late today.
Burrell . Eberhart, the motorman,
is being held for investigation on
orders of police. - '
Bandits Rob Bank
.Messengers of $12,000
Chicago, Jan. 17.-r-Crovding their
automobile to the curbstone and
opening fire before giving their vic
tims a chance, to raise their hands,
four armed bandits wounded ' and
robbed two messengers of the Citizens'-
Trust and Savings . bank of
$12,000 this morning. The messen
gers were. Joseph Ross and Anthony
Koefoots, both of whom were shot
in the neck and head by the robbers.
Bandit Tears W oman's .
Diamonds From Ears
Lincoln,- Jan.-17. (By A. P.) A
bandit Walked into.; the home , of
Mrs. Emil Dahl, near the , theater
district, late this' afternoon and rob
bed her of her diamond earrings
worth $160 which: he 'jerked from
her ears. He demanded S100 for
the return of the jewels and told
her he had coine' all the "way from
Chicago to steal them..; -' . "
Mrs. Dahl's ears .were badly' in-,
jurcd. ;.
Exposition Building in
Brazil May Be Embassy
Washington, Jan. 17. The build
ing to be erected by., the United
States government to house Amer
ican exhibits at the Brazilian cen
tennial exposition to be held at Rio
de Janeiro,, next fall, H. will "be of
permanent construction- and may be
converted later into a. building to'bc
used as an embassy, under plans sub
mitted tq President Harding. : . .
Mother of 5 Held as Burglar.
Manchester. X. H., Jan.' 17. Mrs.
Katherine Marston. mother- of five
children, was bound over to superior
court under bonds of $1,200 today
on four charges of burglary. Police
said the woman had contesed to 13
burglaries.
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Russians Eat
Qwn Children
in Volga Region
Peasants in Famine District,
Crazed by Huugcr, Devour
Offspring Thousands
Doomed to Die.
" 'Riga, "Jan. -17. Cannibalism, re
ported as existing tn Samara province
by a delegate to the ninth congress
of the soviet? thrrt; weeks ago, has
become general in the Volga region,
according sto yesterday's Kosta re
ports. Reviewing the latest reports
from the famine districts, the Rus
sian wireless news service states
that cases of parents going insane
and eating their children are fre
quently mentioned.
It does not matter how soon help
conies, it will fail to save hundreds
of thousands of peasants," the state
ment continues. -
"The horses have all been eaten,
and the trees for the. coining year
will be leafless, for the buds have
been eaten. All 'food substitutes
are gone. Famine; and disease rule
supreme." , . .
Roberts to Be Invited
to Farm Conference
Washington, Jan. 17. (Special
Telegram.) George A. Roberts of
Omaha is to be invited to attend the
agriculture conference in Washing
ton, , Congressman Jefferis was in
formed today by the secretary of
agriculture. Roberts owns 6,000
acres of land in Nebraska, operates
a number of elevators and is a large
cash and "future grain operator on
the grain exchange at Omaha. His
name -.vas suggested to 'Secretary
Wallaces by Congressman Jefferis.
Robcns is known to have studied
the prese: t crisis in gram with great
concern . md he ,is 'expected to ad
vance toncrete plans for improving
fnrm pruts. He V expected in
WJshinK'on early nex' week.
Three Fires Break Out in
Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago;-- 'Jan. 17. Three - fires
which broke out simultaneously, last
night in the stock yards district fol
lowing renewal of. .strike, .noting
when shooting occurred in a clash
of .union and ' nonunion workers,
were under investigation by the fire
attorney.
The cooperage shops othe .Wil
liam Davies company, packers,' and
the, stables of . the Magnus '.Metal
conipany were destroyed, 35. horses
Jqsing , their .liy.es.'.: . .. ... .. .....
Bread Prices ''Are Reduced
. One Cent a Loaf in Chicago
, Chicago, Jan. 17. Bread", prices
were . reduced T 'cent here . today,
Russell . J. Poole, , secretary of the
city council committee "on living
costs, , announced. Pound J loaves,
now selling "for 10 cents, will be
Sold -for 9 cents, and 24rOunce bread,
now .sold-for 15 cents, will be sold
tor 14 cents. 1 ,. .
' Chicago ; eats ..1.250,000, loaves of
bread a day,, according to Mr. Poole,
and the- public. therefore will save
$12,500 daily.. , ' r ' . ' j
South Dakota Postmaster'' '
111 in New Orleans Hospital
New Orleans, Jan. 17, Charles L.
Doran, postmaster of Hardin Grove,
S. D.,i who was arrested here on the
charge of cashing, worthless mail
order checks, is critically ill at a hos
pital Physicians expressed the opin
ion that he had taken poison,
Slavery Is
Reported in
Abyssinia
Fn;lili (,'orrcrM)iiilt'itt Iny
liritMi Sil'jn U ('upturn!
Iv l(idi-r Arc lb ltl a
Sluu' in LcgHiion.
Oppose "Hush Policy"
III TN .tMwiilH l'rM, i
London, Jan, 17. TImi AIyM
nia U the lat home of oprn ulavrry;
that in it capital, .Vl'li- Adclia,
there are more klave th,m free
men. and that the tiriiih lrKiion
there 'is lull of lavc omil by
ligation crvatilt, are ,asM'rtinii
made by two eorrct.yoiidcnts of the
Westminster tiactte. who latcfy
have been in Abyssinia.
The newspaper today publishes
the first article by the correspond
ents detailing conditions in Abyt
hinia. The correspondent assert that of
the tdaves alleged to be in the Hrit
isli Uu.il inn many are ltiitish mib
jeets, having been captured by utave
raiders in British territory. They
declare that not only arc the slaves
who enter the legation compound
not instantly set free, but that if
they have escaped from their own
ers, the latter can enter the com
pound to recapture them.
Bound By 1919 Pact.
The article declares Frauce, Great
P'ritain and Italy, havmg bound
themselves under the arms, conven
tion of 1919 not to supply munitions
to the Abyssinians, it is now only
America which is importing, or
seeking to import, arms into
Abyssinia arms destined to asit
the slav raiders.
At present, the article continues,
there is a lrge consignment of
American cartridges and automatic
rifles at Jibuti (a French 'port on
the Gulf of Aden) awaiting the con
sent of the French authorities for
its transport into' the interior and
it is believed that the Frciich, not
being much in love with the conven
tion of 1919 and fearing an "incident"
with the American government,
which probably knows nothing about
the affair, may shortly give their
consent.
The correspondents describe con
ditions in Abyssinia as anarchic. The
country has fallen into corruption
and decay. Brigands abound. There
is no. sanitation. Traveling in the
interior is dangerous, but any trader
who dares to tell of conditions
would be blacklisted and probably
expelled".
Want U. S. Informed.
In an editorial the newspaper sug-
gcU tliat the Brit ijh foreign olVice
has preferred to say as little as pos
sible about the allegt'd scandalous
conditions, and calls for the aban
donment of the "hush policy" and for
the full rght of publicity to be
thrown 011 them both in England and
the United States.
The editorial adds that it is un
fortunate the United States did not
sign the 1919 convention, "but we
feel sure the State department at
Washington, once it realizes the fact,
will not delav in making its attitude
clear."
- The ancient empire of Abyssinia,
or Ethiopia, has an area of about
350,000 square miles and an es
timated population of more than
eight million.
. In 1916 Lidj Jeassu. - son of a
daughter of the famous'King Mcue
lik, was deposed as supreme ruler,
and Quizero Zeoditu, a daughter of
Mcnclik, was nominated empress,
and Ras Taffari proclaimed regent
and heir to the throne.
Kite Flown as Memory
of Franklin Is Honored
New York, Jan." 17. Festoons of
wreaths, each of which was symbolic
of a point in his varied genius, were
placed on the Park Row statue of
Henjamm Franklin today, the 216th
anniversary of his birth. -
Civil and military authorities, rep
resentatives of the 'electrical indus
tries and members of various pa
triotic societies participated hi the
exercises held about the statue. ,
A large kite, with a lightning rod
attached, a contraption similar to
that with which Franklin demon
strated electricity, was flown front
city hall park as the ceremonies be
gan.
Strikebreaker Found '.
Hanged at Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Jan. 17. The
body, of Jake Brooks, negro, who
was kidnaped from his home here
Sunday night, was found this after
noon hanging from a limb of a tree
six miles south of here. Brooks
had been employed at a local pack
ing plant since the calling of the
strike ot packing house workers. ,
Condemned Murderer Afraid
to Sign Request for Reprieve
Salt Lake City. Jan. 17. Steve
Maslich. condemned to die Friday for
the murder of Marco Laus. which he
is "alleged to have committed with
Nick Oblizalo, has refused' to sign an
application for a reprieve. Maslich,
his attorney said, feared that by sign
ing the document he would "sign his
life away."
Bodies of Twin Babies
'' Found Frozen to Death
.' Chicago, Jan. 17. The. bodies of
iviii uaoy uoys, 1 uay 01a. wrappeo
in a blanket, were found in sn alley.
Police believe they were abandoned
this morning and froze to death. Be
side each body was a bottle of milk.
Loot Winnipeg Bank.
Winnipeg. Man., Jan. 17. Two
armed, masked bandits entered the
North Main street branch of the
Provincial Savings bank hcrc im
prisoned the cashier, disconnected the
telephone and took $3,000 from an
open safe. They escaped in an automobile.
Gif Champion I
rom Pneumonia j
DiesF
The body of Mrs. K. II. Sprugu
4', who died at 6:50 yesterday
morning at the Illackstone hotel fal
lowing a 10-day iltnens from lobar
pneumonia, was taken to Chicago
for burial last night bv her hut
band and Mrs. Frances Fern, Mrs.
Spraguc's kistcr.
Mrs. Mpryue, who had tceii a
reident of Omaha for 25 years,
had bent an active worker for the
Child Saving institute. She also was
woman's state golf champion.
Yanks Hanged in
Forces of A. E. F.
Given Opiates
Charges That Bodies of Exe
cuted Men Were Buri&l With
Ropes on Necks Dctoed by
Graves Service Man.
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Washington, Jan. 17. Former
jcrvite men details for duty with
the American graves registration
service in France denied before a
senate investigating committee today
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mat me oouics oi soiuicrs legally
put to death in France were buried
with a stub of rope around the neck
and the black cap, which had been
placed on them on the gallows.
George A. Bam ford of Washing,
ton, and John R. Flynn of Cam
bridge, Mass., both testified they
had heard of nothing to substantiate
such charges. Flynn declared that
Rufus P. Hubbard of New York,
wlo had testified that he saw bodies
with rope and cap intact, was a
"trouble maker" who had to be
transferred on that account.
The Committee went into hanging
methods as part of its general in
vestigation of charges laid before
the senate by ' Senator Watson,
democrat. Georgia, that- foldicrs
were hanged without trial in France.
Disagreeing with witnesses who
preceded him, Richard C. Sullivan of
Sonicrville. Mass.,' an assistant em
Lalinrr with the .graves registration
service, declared he saw two bodies
taken tip with rope and black cap
intact.
"Was there any evidence that the
heart and brain were removed from
the bodies of the men hanged?"
asked SenatoY Watson. .
"I did not notice."
Edwin E. Lamb, of Hartford,
Conn., a lieutenant colonel with the
expeditionary forces, was called.-
"Did yon witness any executions
in France?"
"Yes, two at Basailles. Both were
court martialcd," he said.
The condemned men were given
opiates before the hanging to com
pose their nerves, the witness de
clared. "In the case of the second mar.
hanged, I think the body was placed
quickly in a coffin with the rope and
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cap sun on n, iamo auoca.
Dry Field Worker in
Iowa Stoned by Mob
Des Moines, Jan.' 17. H. C. Gib
son, special field worker for the
Iowa Anti-Saloon league, was way
laid and assaulted with eggs and
stones at Grand Mound, Clinton
county, on his way to his hotel from
a prohibition rally in a Grand
Mound school house last night, ac
cording to reports received from
him at state headquarters here to
day. He was not seriously in
jured. Gibson was sent to Grand Mound
by the league in response to re
quests from persons of that com
munity, who declared that Prohibi
tion laws were being violated there.
Several attempts, Mr. Gibson re
ported, were made to break up the
meeting.
Dismissal of Anti-Trust
Prosecution Is Denied
Washington, Jan. 17. Request of
the California . Associated Raisin
conipany . for dismissal of the bill
filed against that company in the
southern district of California for
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law, has been denied, Attorney Gen
eral Daughcrty announced today.
The Weather
Forecast. '
Nebraska Snow Wednesday: cold
er in east and south portions; Thurs
day fair and cold.
Iow-a Snow and colder Wednes
day; colder in .east .ana', south por
tions; Thursday fair and cold.
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Davenport 3S Rapid-City .
Denver 20 Salt Lake.
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to China.
Demanded
Hughes mid llnlfour Hurl
Bonili.licll at Anns Mrcl- .
inn, Abkiiijs Pad Instead
of Motto for Far F.t.
(Japanese Arc Hard Hit
By ARTHUR SEARS HENN1NO.
Ily (linn ha tW ImwI Wlr.
Washington, Jan, 17. .Srorelarv of
State Hughes ami Mr. Balfour
huilrd a couple of diplomatic bomb
shells into the conference on the
limitation of armament lh' after
noon. Mr. Hughes challenged the confer
fine to make the commercial open
door in the far east a fact, instead of
a motto, by proposing to end the
creation of sphere of influence and
the granting of monopolistic con
cession to foreigner in China.
Mr. Balfour, on behalf of Great
Britain, not only accepted the pro
posal, but went farther and urged the
hetting up of international machinery
designed to enforce observance of the
open door principle by China and
other tiowers.
Plan International Board.
Under the term of the Balfour
proposal, which was promptly ac
cepted by Mr. Hughe, the provision.
of existing concession appearing to
be inconsistent with the oiwn door
principle, would be submitted to
an international board for investiga
tion and report.
Japan was the hardest hit bv th's
proposal, which would make it pos
sible to call in question the condi
tions on which she ha obtained
spheres of influence in Manchuria
and numerous- concessions wrunt-
from China by the 21 demands oi
1915.
When the ll-ughcs and Ralfour
propositions were combined in one
resolution. Italy added her accept
ance to that of the United State::
and Great Britain. France objccte!
to existing concessions being callcf';
in fjuestion and Japan, accepting "in
principle" asked for tinfe to sttidv
tlie text. The committee thereupon
adjourned till tomorrow.
The Japanese appeartd to be
wholly unprepared for so bold an
attack upon the position they have
established in China by bulldozing
the Pckin government and flouting
the open door. They have bad their
trunks packed for a week, eager to
get away from Washington with
out going any further into the far
eastern question.
Want Definite Statement.
Mr. Hughes opened the discus
sion in the far eastern committee
by stating that the open door prin
ciple, which has been subscribed to
in general terms for more than 20
years, needs a more definite state
ment in order to insure the future .
against misunderstanding among
xurn io j-nffn -J wo. UMUBI pix.J
U. S. Troops Welcomed
at Swiss Frontier
Rome. Jan. 17,-(By A. P.) Maj.
Gen. Henry T. Allen, with a com
posite company of, American troops,'
was receive at the Swiss frontier ,
yesterday in the name of the. Italian
ministry of war by General De Luca.
who will accompany the Americans
to Rome for the ceremony of the
bestowal of the American con
gressional medal of honor, on the
Italian "Unknown Soldier."
General De Luca delivered to Gen
eral Allen a message from Minister
of War Gasparotte, saying:
"In the name of. the Italianarmv.
I am proud to welcome -you and
your comrades of the American army
at the moment of setting foqt on our
soil a5 our hnnnrprt crtipctc prm.
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honor in Rome the memory of the
Italian 'unknown'soldicr'."
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Trotzky Addresses Army
Meeting on Conference
Moscow, 'Jan. 17. (By A. P.).'
Leon Trotzky, soviet minister of war
addressing a meeting today for thei
betterment of the red army, discussed
the international situation and al
luded to the prospective international
economic conference. '
He said the resignation of the liri
and cabinet might result in another
attempt by France to defeat soviet
Russia, but on the other hand, France
might lend herself .to an agreements
for rebuilding Russia in order to
prevent England from getting the
supremacy there. -
Arniy -Major Leads Cowbov
in 300-Mile Race in Texas
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 17. Mai.'
Terry Allen, army horseman and
polo player, riding a cavalry horse
in the 300-mile race from north Tex
as to San Antonio, arrived at Camp
Travis remount depot. Key Dunne,
cowpuncher who left Fort Worthy
Friday on a cow pony at the sanie
t'n,A nr-:- Alt . t--.,-.
....... ...ajui .-Alien kii JLSaildS. 3S .VI 1
miles behind.
Aviator Finds Small Boat '
Aground on Mink Islami
Port Arthur. Ont., Jan. 17. Major :
Miller, pilot of the American army
airplane which is searching for
James Mahcr, commissioner of Cook
county, Minnesota, missing since he
put out in a launch from Port Ar
thur, nearly three weeks ago. n--'
ported today that he had seen a Ssinall
boat aground on Mink Island. He
planned another flight.
Kentucky Senate Condemns
Granting Seat to Newberry
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 17. The.
Kentucky senate passed a resolution,
21 ta 14, condemning the action of
United States senators in voting to,
grant a scit to Senator Xew berry of
Michigan in coneress.
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