The Omaha. Daily Bee
VOL. M-NO. 185.
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OMAHA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19. 1922.
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China 'Wins
Victory at
Conference
Hughe Revolution Defining
Open Door Unanimously
Accepted by Delegates
t Washington.
Take Up Railway Issue
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINC
4Maaaa l I W lir.
WaKhington, Jan. R With t!ic
miii iitiom acceptance of the Hughe
rroliitKn reittuming and redefining
the opm door and providing far the
c niortetiit lit of that principle, the in
terndtional 'conference still further
enlarged thf charier o new freedom
ljeniK wrought lor Chtr.a,
Mr. Hughes thra, without allow
ing the delegation any breathing
pelt., plunged the conference '
t on v deration of thf reform of the
3V,r"d eyswrn in, China, this being
' suoject listed on itie agenaa.
'e question of maintaining the
ese Eastern railway a a free
y of commerce with no discrimi-
'ii against ahippcrs, which m
fi alleged designs of the Japa-
'- to monopolize transportation in
region. Mr. Hughes caused to be
erred to a committee of experts.
Submit Resolutions,
The lir itish ambassador offered a
resolution providine that China and
the other powers undertake to abol-
all transportation discriminations
in China and Mr. Hughes submitted
another expressing the hope that
China would unify its railways under
Chinese control with such foreign
financial and technical co-operation
as may prove necessary.
On account of the opposition of
Japan and trance the Hughes open
door resolution was not adopted in
it j entirety. The fourth article under
which the val'dity of existing con
cessions m China could be referred
to the'international board, was with
drawn by Mr. Hughes at the sugges
tion of Sir Robert Borden of Can
ada, with the understanding that it
w ill be dismissed later at the instance
of the Chinese delegation.
Fourth Article Unimportant
The American delegation regards
the adoption of the first three ar
ticles of the resolution as a distinct
triumph and pronounces the fourth
article unimportant. Under the three
articles adopted, the powers, includ
ing China, agree to end the granting
of spheres of influence in China and
of monopolistic concessions and to
establish. board to which any ques
tion f compliance with the open
docr principle may be referred for
verttgation and report. :
Under the construction of the
Resolution by the American delega
tion, it will be still possible to bring
before the board any open-door
question involving existing concessions.-
intluding Japanese privileges,
wrested from China through the 21
demands.
Bitter Pill for Japan.
The Chinese resolution proved a
bitter pill for the Japanese to swallow
and they squirmed a good deal dur
ing the proceedings. Although they
have always maintained the fruits
of 21 demands were not garnered in
violation of the open door principle,
the Japanese ambassador desired to
I ave existing concessions exempted
from the application of the fourth
?rticle and his attack ended in with
drawal of the article from immediate
consideration. ,
The Japanese ambassador scoutea
the feasibility of setting up a prac
ticable board of reference for open
Coot questions, hut finally accepted
the provision. Then he endeavored
to establish that the Hughes resolu
tions represent a new open door pol
icy and that concessions grantee!
hitherto, though they might not con
form to the new policy, were not in
conflict with the open door principle
ss originally enunciated.
Mr. Hughes met this Japanese at
tempt to preclude the application of
the Hughes resolution to existing
concessions including the results oi
the .21 demands. The secretary as
serted there is no departure in the
Hughes resolution from the open
door princiole as it has been under
stood for 20 years.
Packing House Strikers
Tilling to Arbitrate
. Chicago, Jan. 18. The Amalga
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America, is now,
and always has been ready to arbi
trate with the packers the grievances
which caused the union men to
strike, Dennis Lane, secretary of the
, m tnr.;r!it in- discussing the
announcement, that the government
Will tender its services ' cuu.i
to arbitrate the differences. .
Representatives of the largor pack
ing companies renewed '-assertions
that plants were operating t nor
mal and that there was no question
to arbitrate, maintaining that an
agreement had been reached witi
employes through plant conferences.
Four Persons Drowned
in Storm at Vigo, Spain
c,;,. T.n -18 (Bv A. P.)
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Electric light and street car serv-,
ices here were paralyzed today as a
result of a violent storm which,
struck the coast last night
number of motor boats were
-driven against the sea walls and
wrecked, and the city s avenues
fronting the sea were covered wrth
wreckage of small boats. Several
fishing smacks are reported missing
Four persons are known to have
been drowned. '
The mountainous wave toted one
large fishing boat out of the water
into a dry dock.
Norway Recognize Obregon.
Mexico City. Jan. 18. Norway has
recognized the Obregon government
of Mexico, it is stated in advices re
ceived here from the Mexican charge
i afiaiii at Cbjistiani,
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U. S. Again to Offer
to Mediate in Strike
Washington, Jan. II Services of
the government wilt be formally
tendered j,-ui in an endeavor to
bring about q vbitraton of the
packer' strike, now being conducted
in the larger imdweien centers of
the meat parking induMiy. it was
decided toiiay at a conference of cab
inet members and rongremca. 1 be
previous oficr of the government at
mediation was reiued by the park
ing companies on the ground that
the itnke was not effective.
After some dicuioB it was un
derstood the conference decided to
submit the proposal of meoiation by
telegraph by both the parking com
panies and union organisations re
sponsible fur the strike.
Bankers Praise .
War Finance Aid
to State Farmers
Opinions of Bank Executives
Vho Have Tried Plan
Unanimous for the
Svttem.
Two opinions concerning the W
Finance corporation existed among
the state bankers who met in Omaha
Wednesday. In gene-al, those wh
had made use of itsH government
credit endorsed the sjstem. while
those who had not used it wee
c'oubtful and even critical. This was
s'hown by individual interviews rather
t'-an in any public way.
"To my mind, the War Finance
loans have been the salvation of Ne
braska," said A. M. Engles. a promi
nent banker of Auburn. "There is
absolutely no occasion for any bank
being financially embarrassed if they
will embrace the opportunity offered
through this system. Some banks
are timid about rediscounts and
ethers imagine that the method :s
very complicated. Others- simply
don't understand."
Mr. Engles stated that prospects tn
Nemaha county are good, with farm
ers making a little money off, stock
feeding and the wheat .with a fine
start From the other corner of the
state. F. M. Farr of Kimball also
brought praise for the War Finance
corporation.
Relief to West
"These loans have been a big re
lief to our section," said Mr. Farr.
Two banks in Kimball county have
received $160,000 from Washington,
wjtli . which to extend the loans o
farmers and cattlemen. We are not
encouraging fresh loans, but are giv
ing borrowers a longer period in
which to'grt'v then- feet." V
"It ha been a wonderful help."
said H. W.Chamberlain, a banker of
St Edward. "The War Finance
loans have saved the day for a good
many farmers and bankers together.
They have made it possible for farm
ers to carry over their products s
thev can realize a fair price, some
bankers complain that it takes too
long to get these loans through, but
it took us only lit days to get ottr
paper through. They talk . of red
(Torn t Face Two. Column Twa.)
U. S. Intervenes in
Chile-Peru Dispute
Washington, Jan. 18. (By A. P.)
The American government has in
tervened in the controversy between
Chile and Peru, involving the execu
tion of the treaty of Ancon, invit
ing the two South American govern
ments to send plenipotentiaries to
Washington for a conference.
The invitations, it was said today
at the state department, were for
warded to the foreign ministers of
Chile and Peru several days ago in
the name of President Harding.-The
text of the invitations, it was stated,
would be made public as soon as it
had been learned that they had been
received in Santiago and Lima.
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 18. By A.
P.) Chile, it was announced today,
has accepted an invitation from the
United States government to desig
nate a plenipotentiary at Washing
ton to study the form of execution
of the treaty of Ancon, under which
the Tacna-Arica dispute between
Peru and Chile arose. It is said the
United States has extended a similar
invitation to Peru.
Petition in Bankruptcy
Filed Against Exporters
New York, Jan. 18. An involun
tary petition in bankruptcy was filed
in federal court against Childs and
Toseph, exporters, by three creditors
"with claims totalling $238,000.
An extension of credit was asked
by the company on December 30, and
a committee of creditors made an
attempt to keep its affairs out of
court It was said the company did
an extensive business in India and
the far east and had been unable to
make collections.
The petition made no mention of
liabilities and assets. ' The last finan
cial statement issued on December
31. 1920. showed assets of $6,122,722
and liabilities of $4,005,282.
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Changes in
Bank Law
Called Off
Nebraska Banker, in $"moii
Paa Hfolutum to Keep
Guarantee Law Intact
Governor Apprwtfi.
Outline Loan Body Plans
Rfsviulion opposing the enactment
of any amendment or changes in the
Hate bank guarantre law at the
coming special csion of the Ne
braska legislature was pased late
eterday by ) state bankers,
with but two dissenting votes.
Governor McKclvie. who was
present to give Ins reasons for plac
ing in his call for a special Icgi.la
tive session consideration of emend'
menu to the guarantee law, tolj
the bankers he was willing to abide
by their wishes.
"If yon don't want the law
changed, I'm willing that it remain
the same," said Governor McKel-
vie. "The primary purpose of my
special call was to reduce appropria
tions and to retrench the cost of
the state government.
Governor Approves Move.
"I'm not insisting on any legisla
tion, continued the governor. "It
may be better to let the guarantee
law alone. I certainly wouldn't
endorse any suggestion to weaken
the law."
Asked to "explain w hat amend
ments 10 the guarantee law he had
in mind. Governor McKelvie rcai
the state guarantee act effective in
South Dakota, which provides that
when a bank is apparently weak the
state may step in and conduct its
business as though it were a goins;
concern. He said there had been
no failures in South Dakota, despite
the financial depression.
"A number of failures would not
have occurred in Nebraska cculd the
bank board have stepped in and op
erated the weak banks as going con
cerns," said the governor. "The
formation of the State Agricultural
Loan association may make such
legislation less necessary, however."
Loan Body Plans. '.
A. L. Schantz, Omaha banker, out
lined the two primary objects of the
State Agricultural Loan association
at a meeting of the association's
stockholders, just preceding Gov
ernor McKelvie's speech.
He explained that the as-ociation
is to. take good assets of failed
bail. endorse them ?r passage by
the War Finance board, get the
money from Washington and into
the state guarantee fund.' There
are $3,000,000 in assets in the hands
of receivers now, he said. The asso-
(Tarw t P Tw. flumii One.)
Police Seek Man
in Theft of Engine
Butcher. Tells of Daring Plot
to Get Carload of
Cheese.
Milwaukee, Jan. IS. Charged
with stealing a locomotive. Robert
Spornitz of West Allis. Wis., pro
prietor of the Milwaukee Produce
company, is being sought tonight in
connection with what was described
as a daring theft
Details were related to the police
by John Beasley, a butcher, who
said Spornitz. single handed, had
stolen the engine from the New But
ler yards of the Chicago & North
western - railroad and taken it IS
miles in an attempt to steal a carload
of cheese. . Beasley, who is under ar
rest said he and Spornitz planned to
couple the engine to a carload of
cheese which was loaded at Keesus,
Wis., yesterday, haul the car to But
ler. Wis., and unload it
Spornitz, a former switchman, was
given charge .of the engine in the
yards, Beasley told police, by the
train crew, who believed him to be a
section foreman. Spornitz got a "go
ahead" s'ignal from - the towerman,
unlocked the switch and ran the en
gine IS miles west on the main line,
where he was halted by a stalled
freight Beasley said. Beasley, mean
time, had gone to the siding where
they had planned to unload the
cheese, he said.
PoKce believe Spornitz abandoned
the engine when he feared pursuit
Prohibition in Mexico
May Result From High Tax
Mexico. City. Jam 18.-(By A. P.)
Possibility of prohibition in Mex
ico has been seriously considered in
some quarters within the past few
days, following the increase in gov
ernment taxes on all alcohol bever
ages from 16 to 32 per cent and
President Obregon has received nu
merous inquiries from industrial
quarters requesting information. He
has been asked as to what extent the
government intends to prosecute its
campaign for at least a diminution
in the liquor traffic -
El Universal says it is informed
on high authority that the govern-;
ment is seeking "the most accessible
means ci imposing prohibition."
British Parliament to
Reopen on February 7
London, Jan. 18. (By A. P.)
The reopening of the British Parlia
ment which had been set for Janu
ary 31, has been postponed until
February 7, it was announced to
day. - -
"Beauty Powder" Fatal.
Toronto. Jan. 18. Anoerson Bu
chanan, a law student died suddenly
today after taking a "beauty powder
sent him by mail and guaranteed to
change his complexion within 24
hours. The authorities are investi
fatinft . "
Edward Simon Dies
After Brief Illness
Edward 5;mon. 3S, former member
tl the state legislature, a ciniiidat
for the cny conimissiunership and
I romincnt iu J(li circles, died tud
drnly yesterday alterroon in Wist
Memorial hopitl of a throat ir.fo
ton.
lie entered the hospital last Tburv
dr. suffering from a bad cold.
lie was graduate oi Drake unU
versity law school. D-s Moines, la,
rnd played on the Drake football
t-am. Since h- retirement from ac
tive politic, lie has been associated
with Ins brother. Jake and Louin, ta
the Simon Brother i wholesale groc
ery company.
Surviving him are his parents, Mf.
and Mf. B. Simon, formerly of
louncd Hlntf. who now live at 129
North Thirty-third street; thr;e
brothers anj three listers.
Witness Blames
Wire Operator
for Statements
Says Meaning Changed in
Telegrams Regarding Kill
ing of Soldiers in Ameri
can Forces in France.
. Washington. Jan. 18. Ttestimony
relating to alleged brutality toward
enlisted men in home and foreign
prison camps, was presented today to
the senate committee investigating
charges that American soldiers bad
been hanged without trial m ranee,
There was no evidence bearing on
the charge of illegal hanging. Five
of the 10 witnesses expected to tesu
fy were summoned, but they did not
appear, and four of them could not
be located.
Called as a witness after tele
graphing Senator Watson, democrat,
Georgia, that he knew of the kill
ing of three soldiers. Bruce Bennear
oi Elk Garden, W. Va., said he had
no personal knowldge as to such
crimes. Pressed' as to his reason
for making conflicting statements,
Bennear explained he had written the
telegrams and that an operator, re
writing them 'with the view of
eliminating unnecessary words, had
made him say what he did not mean.
Harry K. aimer of Jsew lork
city told the committee that while
in the air sen-ice in France he was
trasnferred to another station, the
name of which he did not remember
and in pasting through Paris was
picked up and put in prison as "a lost
and found person," although he was
in possession of official transfer
papers. '
Couldn't Sleep.
VT put in a roont with- so
nuny others that we could not sleep
even on the floor," the witness said,
"and was kept there two days. There
was not even a chair in the room."
"Were you ever told you were
under arrest or what for?" Chairman
Srandagee asked.
"No sir."
"Did they give yot water at thj
prison?"
"No. but we got some on the
Q.T."
Walmer related many alleged
grievances, saying after he left Paris
he was stopped at a village and put
to sleep in a horse stalL Eager to
get away, he said he ate two bars of
soap which made him ill and he was
tagged as an influenza patient and
cent to a hospital. Meanwhile, he
declared, he was robbed of 800
francs and his mothrs picture, found
with his money, was tourn up and
thrown in his face.
Baggage Robbed.
Walmer wept as he told how the
military police had robbed his bag
gage, stealing the little things his
mother had knitted for him, and a
Bible given h'm by his grandmother.
Champ E. Martin of Seneca, S. C,
standing six feet seven and one-half
inches in his socks, told of the shoot
ing of Frank Ahenok. a prisoner by
a sentry in France. The prisoner,
he said, was lying down and was
shot ss he started to turn over. An
order to shoot the prisoner if he
moved was given, the witness said,
by Sergt. William L. Born, who was
never tried.
"I saw and heaol Born tell the
sentry if the prisoner moved to
shoot him," said Martin. "I do not
know if he meant moving a muscle
or attempting to escape. A moment
later, I saw the man dead."
Government to Take Hand
in Vest Virginia Mine Row
Shamokin, Pa., Jan. 18. (By A.
P.) International President . J. L.
Lewis, presiding at the anthracite
wage conference today, received a
telegram from Washington that the
Department of Labor had informed
the union representatives that evic
tion of miners from their homes will
be stopped in West Virginia and
"destitute conditions investigated at i
once."
John Brophy, district president of
the central Pennsylvania soft coal!
miners, chairman of the national re-i
search committee, said the operators
have been spreading propaganda
holding up the mine workers as re-!
sponsible for the high orice of coal'
and it was time for the miner to put
his story across.
Reorganization of Spokane
Fruit Growers Planned
Spokane, Jan. 18. Plans for re
organizing the business of the Spo
kane Fruit Growers' association were
being considered today by trustees
of the organization, following the
appointment in superior court here
yesterday of a receiver. Assets of
the association were placed at
5250,000 and the trustees declared.
in a statement, that liabilities would
be met in full
T. T. Grant a member cf the
board of trustees and attorney for
the concern, said that he would
suggest the organization of district
associations among growers of the
Spokane valley to continue the mar
keting activities heretofore conducted
by the association,
Senator
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Liquor Suspect
Says She Took
Place of Sister
Pretty Girl, Arrested in Raid
That Disclosed Fake La
bels, Held for Trial in
Federal Court.
Rather than see her sister, a young
mother, go to jail on a liquor charge.
Katherine Warner, 24. held for al
leged possession of revenue stamps,
tdd United States Commissioner
Edwin C Boehler that she allowed
herself to be arrested by police at
her sister's home in Benson Acres
Tuesday night.
At the hearing yesterday in Com
missioner Boehler's office, the pretty
girl was ordered held under $1,000
bond, signed by Antone Legretto,
1213 Chicasro street
Sister Asks Aid.
"My sister 'phoned me frorrf some
where that the officers were going to
raid -the place." said Miss Warner
after the hearing. "She cried and
asked me if It wouldn't go out and
take her place if they made an ar
rest"
Arrest of the girl's brother-in-law,
whose name is withheld, is expected
today, according to federal authori
ties. ,
Miss Warner's trial for illegal oos
session of liquor will be heard ,-n
Central police court today. The
federal charge aeainst her has been
set for January 25.
Labels Are Seized.
Labels of well-known brands of
whisky, government seals, rectifier
used in the process of distilling and
government alcohol testers were
seized by police in the raid.
Leaving Commissioner Boetiler's
office after a night and a day spent
in jail, the girl said she was "ready
to collapse." -'
Supreme Court Upholds .
Dismissal of Rail Case
New York, Jan. 18. The United
States circuit court of appeals, in a
decision handed down today, affirm
ed the action of the federal district
court in dismissing the injunction
suit brought by Clarence H. Venner
against the Southern Pacific company
and its directors and the Pacific Oil
company and its directors. "
Venner alleged that the segrega
tion of the Southern Pacific's rail ;
and oil properties to the Pacific Oil
company would e'eprive him of in- '
terests he had as a stockholder' of j
the Southern Pacific company, in the
property of the - Southern Pacific
Land company, a subsidiary.
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Man Held on Federal Charge
Commits Suicide in Jail
New Orleans. Jan. 18. Charles
Doran, 60. former postmaster at
Harding Grove, S. p., arrested at a
local hotel recently on the charge of
passing worthless money orders, died
today as the result of taking poison,
which he obtained from an undeter
n.inei' source while being held at the
house of detention.
Daisy Wolffe22, who. the police
say. asserted she was Doran'si wife,
is being detained on charges of con
spiracy in passing worthless money
orders. .
Strikers Arrested.
Denver, Jan. 18. Twenty striking
packing house workers and S)-mpa-thizers
were arrested at the gates of
the Denver stock yards today and
placed in jail on charges of picket
ing. The arrests were made follow
ing reports to the police that mea
going to work were being molested
and prevented from passing through
inc gates by pickets,
.Borah Discovers a Germ 7"
David City Store
Destroyed by Fire
s
Seward Firemen Called When
Snowstorm.. Threatens to
t Spread Blaze.
David City, Neb., Jan. 18. (Spe
cial Teleeram.1 Fire startinir from
Ja deiective flue completely destroyej
tne I. O. O. F. temple, a two-story
brick building here, early this morn
ing. The Seward fire department wa
called to aid the local department and
the combined forces worked in a
snowstorm until noon before the fire
was under control.
The first floor of the building was
occupied by the E. E. McVay iurni
ture store. The store loss is abot't
$5,000. The damage to the building
is $20,000. Both are partially covered
by insurance. A falling wall crashed
into the J. D. Duncan Produce com
pany store adjoining, doing .damage
estimated at $5,000. The strong nortt
vind tlireatened to destroy the pro
duce company store and the David
City ice plant until the Seward fire
men reached the scene. Both are
brick buildings.
M. D. Murphy. fire chief, and a
cumber of the members of the volun
teer fire department were in Norfolk
attending the state firemen's conven
tion. Community Builder
111 in Kearney Hotel
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.)
H. D. Watson, pioneer community
builder and who is credited with hav
ing introduced alfalfa in Nebraska,
is critically ill in a hotel here. At
a meeting of the city commissioners
a resolution was adopted calling for
the erection of a memorial to Mr.
Watson, an appreciation from the
city for his activities towards the
best interests of Kearney and Ne
braska. This memorial is to be
erected on the 'Watson boulevard,
which he laid out nearly a half cen
tury ago. Civic organizations will
be asked to back the movement.
Two Convicted Slayers
Die in Electric Chair
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 18. Louis
Livery, negro slayer of Matilda
Russo, 7, at East Moorestown last
June, and George - V ashmgton
Knight also colored, who killed Mrs.
Ea'ith M. Wilson, a church organist
at Perth Amboy, last March, were
put to death in the electric chair at
the state prison here.
Mrs. Wilson was on her way home
the night of March 12 when she was
waylaid and attacked bv Knight
He afterward confessed. Medical au
thorities declared the woman o'ied
of fright Knight said "fiery gin"
had brought about his downfall
After Matilda Russo, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Russo, of East
Moorestown, was murdered last June
her mutulatcd body was buried in
the cellar of Lively's home.
Elba Votes Bonds to Build
Transmission Line to Town
Elba. Neb., Jan. 18. -(Special Tel
egram.) At a special election the
village of Elba voted bonds of $18,
000 to build a transmission line from
Dannebrog to Elba to secure cur
rent from the Central Power com
pany hyo'ro-electric plant at Boelus.
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, Jan. 18. The nomina
tion of Henry P. Fletcher, under sec
retary of state, to be ambassador to
Belgium was confirmed today by the
senate, together with that of William
I. OToole of West Virginia, to be
jtainijter to Paraguay
Chicago Bandits
Raid Bank, Take
$23,000 in Gems
Tie Up Clerks in South Hal
sted Street Institution Dur
ing Busiest Hour and
Seize Diamonds.
Chicago, Jan. 18. Four men in an
automobile, resembling the one used
by bandits who shot and robbed two
messengers of the Citizens Trust and
Savings bank yesterday, were ar
rested last night by the police and
taken to the detective bureau for
questioning. They said they came
here from Milwaukee.
The bandits who robbed the bank
messengers obtained a $9,000 pay roll
after forcing the messengers' auto
mobile to the curb and opening fire
on the bank employes.
Four youthful bandits tied up
three clerks in the Star Loan bank,
in South Halsted street, during the
busiest hour yesterday and escaped
with $25,000 in diamonds and other
jewelry and $600 in currency. Hun
dreds of people passed the bank dur
ing the robbery and three customers
entered while the bandits were at
work. They were promptly trussed
up and shoved into the basement to
keep company with the bound and
gagged clerks. The thieves over
looked the safe, which was unlocked,
and contained diamonds worth more
than $50,000.
Three bandits invaded the apart
ment of Elizabeth Thornton, upon
whom Frank Brownie, race track fol
lower, was calling, and robbed him
of $7,600 in cash. They also relieved
Miss Thornton of jewelry worth
$2,000. The bandits were dressed as
telegraph messengers and thus gained
entrance to the apartment Brownie
was all set for a campaign at Hot
Springs and had his reservations for
a start later in the day. He told the
police he knew the men who
"framed" the robbery as they were
aware he was starting south with a
large amount of money.
Escaped Convict Gets '
Prison Term Lengthened
Alliance, Neb.. Jan. 18. (Special.)
Harold Watkins, farm hand, who
sawed the bars and escaped from the
county jail, where he was being held
following his plea of guilty to a
charge of automobile stealing, and
who voluntarily surreno'ered after a
12-mile tramp through the snow
which brought him exhausted to a
farm house, has pleaded guilty in
county court to a charge of escap
ing from custody and will be given
n additional sentence of 1 to 10
years in state prison. When he broke
jail he was being held temporarily
because of impassable roads penn
ing an overland trip to Rushville,
where he was to plead guilty to the
auto theft charge ' before District
Judge Westover and receive sen
tence, James Howard, negro, who
escaped with him, is still at large
The latter wrote an offiensive letter
to the county attorney before mak
ing his break for liberty.
The Weather
Forecast
Thursday fair and continued
cold.
Hourly Temperatures.
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Stand.
Chiefs Plan
To Press
Refund Bill
SoUifTi Bonui to Follow
CloprlV on AllieJ Debt
Meaure, Under Pro
gram of Republican.
Early Action Is Assured
j i, Ta kmmrmtM Vm.
I Walni:gtHn. Jan. IH.-iiute
Ipithlimu soled tod)', in p.rty con-
ifrrrme, M t re me amru ucm
. . ..' . II....' I AHMI
tnnuing bill "1 m inn
till, in that order. 1 here a di
aKreetmnt on details cf the ne
ure and the conference adjourned
until tomorrow.
'I he cic to prcM the refunding
bill was unaniniuu. but unofficial re
port fcave the reu!t on the bonti
meamre at 31 far and 2 agamt. with
some opponent either abent -r
withholding their vote. Republican
Ladrr said, however, that the
.f the majority inured passage of a
bonn bill at this esion.
While there was no divisu n on the
allied debt bill, it developed that the
measure, as reported by the finance
committre. met with some objection,
inquiry being made a to the reason
for the elimination of the provinon
requiring semi-annual payment of
interest on the refunded bonds of the
debtor nation.
It was understood Senator Borah
of Idaho and some other republicans
were ready to join with democratic
senators in demanding that this pre
vision be retained.
Favor "a" Bonus B3L
Spokesmen took pains to make it
clear that the majority senators ha4
declared for "a" bonus bill and not
the particular bill referred back tc
the senate finance committee last
July on the recommendation of Presi
dent Harding. Some leaders said,
however, that the measure undoubt
edly would be similar to that one.
insofar as the five ways for payment
of adjusted compensation were con
cerned. Most of the bonus discussion cen
tered around means of providing
necessary funds. Some senators fa
vored a measure carrying merely
an obligation against the govern
ment with payments to be made out
of current receipts as money was
available, but it was said that the
preponderance of sentiment was for
a specific provision that the financ
ing be done with funds derived from
the sale of refunded British bonds
in the United States.
- Want Sale Tax.-- ..
This broueht up the question of a
sales tax or some other special tax
ation, proponents of a sales tax ar
guing that some such plan would
be necessary to bridge the gap be
tv ecn the passage of the bonus leg
islation and the time that funds from
the sale of the refunded British
bonds would become available,
A general speeding up of the work
of the senate also was said to have
been brought up, with suggestions
for day and night sessions of the
finance committee.
Aside from the allied debt refund
ing bill and the bonus measure, the
senate will have before it the four
power treaty, the tariff bill and all
annual supply measures as well as
other important matters. With a con
gressional election next November
and a warm campaign in prospect,
many members of congress wish to
get away from Washington around
June 1.
Unrest Reported in
Southern Ireland
London, Jan. 18. Unrest prevails
in southern Ireland, says the Dublin
ccrrespondent of the London Times,
who intimates that followers of
Eamon De Valera may be engaged
in stimulating disturbances.
"A spirit of extreme republican- '
ism," the correspondent declares,
"still flames in the south where large
bodies of armed men refuse to ac
cept the treaty between Ireland and
Great Britain. There Ijas been an
epidemic of robbery and other
crimes of violence in Dublin and in
rural districts which demands strong
measures from the government The
whole country will heartily support
the provisional Irish government in. .
any measures taken to establish or
der but the next few weeks, while
English forces are being withdrawn,
may be a difficult time in the island."
A newspaper published in the in
terests of the followers of Mr. De
Valera is said to have appealed for
funds to organize popular opinion in
favor of .the republic
Influenza Epidemic in
Paris and Provinces
Paris, Jan. 18. Influenza is rapidly
becoming epidemic in Paris and the
provinces. The disease appeared tn
December, its ravages gaining from
day to day, the climax coming Mon-
day. when 24 deaths were reported
in this city. During the last 10 days
of December there were 10 deaths
from influenza in Paris, but during
the first 10 days of January there
were 41. ,
Two Convicted of Robbing
Circus at Second Trial
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 18. Roy
Moore ana Bert Orcutt were con-
circus here September 16, obtaining
about $30,000, most of which was
recovered. .
This was their second trial, the
jury in the first trial having disa-
greed.
Pope Benedict Has Cold.
Kome. Jan. 18. (By A. P.) An
nouncement that Pope Benedict was
indisposed was made today. His
holiness, it was stated, was suffering
from a cold.