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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL 51 NO. 187. mh4 m mmt turn Utum , MM, OMAHA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 21, 1922. t tUH II H. HI tm4u. ti. mm IM ftMUl Mi mm l.'.Mi i (flm mu " miN, liwli mi w lM. TWO CENTS F JV 11 IB) 1 y r i i ( v f t - PVi ir c i .i i i ii c rnysitians Expect End Aiiy-Time RfUleasuesi Reported Increa ing at Midnight and Rch piraliuit Frequent ami More Difficult. , .Oxygen Is Administered Br Tli AwMtrlmrd I'm. e. Jan. 21. (12:25 a. nt.) At ur Prof. Battistini held out lr pe that Pope Benedict w:U sur- .1.. :u. of. Battistini visited the ponti.f lidnight. He found the restless. of the patient had increased. Ills e was satisfactory, out respin- was frequent and difficult. I am not able to say whether the tiff will iurvive the night,", he d. "The state of mind of his holl as is perfectly quiet. He smile I nd exchanged playful words with hose around his bedside. The ad- nmistration of oxygen gave hirr S'eat relief." Koine. J.iu. 20. "li it pleases the Lord that I shall work again for I lis church. I am ready; if lie says it is cough, let His will be done.'' These were the tinal words of Toiie Benedict when the cardinals with tl'ew from his chamber this evening. Retains Consc;ousness. . The .Wocialcd Press was told that he regained consciousness. Professor Ettore Marchiafava, one of the physicians in attendance on the nope this evening, still was sonic- v hat hopeful as to the outcome. "There is a thread of hope." lie said. lie auucci mat inc-iomiii was re sisting his ailment with great forti tude. The patient obtained a little rest early in the evening but he was no better nor yet any worse, the doctor said. All the cardinals of the curia re mained at the Vatican throughout the afternoon, and this, evening many of them were present in the antechamber to the sick room. All the cardinals concurred in the opinion that there was still a ray of hope but that the condition of the patient .-was m6st despecate. Al though his breathing' continued (HT-: v -fjpift, the fact that he had' been able Jft throw off some of the lung coii ''gestion brightened the spirits of the ' pontifical court. Uudden Change for. Worse.' During the early hours of this morning, towards 4 a. in., there was a s'.idden change for the worse arid the bronchial affection, from which his holiness had been suffering for several days, spread to his lungs. The pontiff asked for and received the last sacrament, insisting upon (Turn to Pago Two, Column Two.) Indian Poet Scores Four-Power Treaty Washington, Jan. 20. Warning against the four-power Pacific treaty drafted by the armament conference and similar pacts is being sounded in India by Sir Rabindranath Tagore, . poet and dramatist and Nobel prize, winner, according to the American commission to promote self govern ment in India. In a communica tion received today by the commis sion, the celebrated writer said: , "Power has to be made secure not only against power, but also against weakness; for there lies the peril of its losing balance. The wtak are as great a danger for the strong as quicksands for an elephant. The people who grow accustomed to wield absolute power over others are not to forget that by doing so they generate an unseen force which some "day rends that power into pieces. ,-''.-' "Politicians calculate upon the number of mailed hands that are kept on the sword hilts; they do not possess that bird-eye to see the great invisible hand that clasps in silence the hand of the helpless and waits for its time. The stroug'-form their league by a combination of powers, driving the weak to form their own league alone with their God. The west seems unconscious that science, by providing it with more and more power, is tempting it to suicide, en couraging it to accept the chal- " ienge of the disarmed, not knowing that the challenge comes from a higher source." Charles and Zita Warned. Berne. Jam 20. (By A. P.) . Former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary and his wife. Zita, will be deported to an island much more r.tiiAtA frnm Pnrnnp fhan fartpira trt which they are now exiled, if there is any further attempt at restoration of their throne in the" states forming the former empire. Zita, who came here to be at the bedside of her son, Robert, lias so been informed by the Swiss government, which transmitted to her a statement made by. the Brit ish, French and Italian ambassadors here. Former Instructor Held j for Death of Schoolboy. Gates villc, Tcx JanJ 20. H. C I Twyman, former military instructor j at the Texas juvenile training school i here, was charged with murder in connection with the dea'h of Dell i Thames, 14. of Beaumont in an in- ! iictment returned late yesterday, j The boy died at the school Jcp Icmbcr 25, "by bring choked," ac- j c-rdiuf to the indictment. I Catholic Church Head Nejr De?,h at Vatican -i " life1 - ; . r.', !,:" i ...- . . .!J, . ' .;-;.r4. I i i Oriental Issue s Holding Up Work of Arms Meeting .y ;- u . Sliaulung Controversy and Question of Forlifieatiohs in Pacific Practically Only ProMcms Now Unsettled. By GRAFTON WILCOX. Omnha Bee lntd Wire. Washington, Jan. 20. Delegates to the conference are so anxious to con clude their work here that all are exerting their influence o induce an early settlement of he fortifications c'isputc and the Shantung contro versy. All are in agreement that il these obstructions could be removed the remaining work on the agenda could be transacted in 10 days, in cluding the ninerpower -treaty ,o-i China and the far east and the Siber ian question. It is practically certain there wilt be only two more plenary sessions, one to dispose of the naval limita tion part and fortifications agreement and the other to ratify agreements on far eastern affairs. With respect to t'.e fortifications agreement, it was stated today the conference is still waiting word from the Japanese government relating to proposed definition of Pacific terri tory to be included, but there is a growing conviction that this word will not conic until Shantung and other 'Chinese questions; .have been settled. . Expect Settlement Soon. As. for Shantung, Chinese and Jap anese conferees, it Mas lcafned to day, lock for a settlement of the ob structive railway issue early next week. This expectation is shared by Secretary Hughes and Mr. Balfour, and the whole Shantung problem will be out of the way within a week. This, it is believed, would serve as an accelerator on all other problems and point to final adjournment, of the conference soon after February 1, Today the committee on the -.far cast made progress with respect to the Huges resolution calling for list ing with the conference by the pow ers, all treaties, commitments and arrangements with China. A resolu tion was submitted and discussed. Xo opposition was voiced to the res- (Turn to race Two, Column On.) MAYNARD never be- fore had realized that there could be a tra- . sredy in pigs. He won dered how Mrs. Tolly was going to find the money for her rent. The Fulfilled by Charle Sxby Blue .net ton Another BLUE RIBBON story in The Sunday Bee T vl n Fi rm c ioan iiuiib !A tucked i by Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Al lege, Some Cniianic Are Charging Fanner F.xtortioiiate Interest. Says TerrnUniushficdSoullcrn part Mr Tfc A.rUI4 rt. ; Wa-hinnton. Jan. 2. - Fann i liraiu'init came to thf trout today,. iih the amiiHiiucment by Secretary j Wallace tlut be would lay I'Clu- the national arKcu!iwe confrren e; fext week charge that certain con-- panics loaning money on larm niori Sages were takmg advantage of the V'esent crii to charge . "extortion ate" interest rate. The Agricultural department aUi made public information it had gat'i. ered nhowing that the banks of tbe thiited Stale bad outstanding ap proximately $3,809,801,415 personal and collateral loans to farmers ami t.447.4SJ.9o in farm mortgage joans at the end of 1920. "In all lines of business" the sci ictary declared, "we find predatory individuals who serk opportunities to take advantage of the misfortunes rf other, Wc expect that from men ot a certain type, but it is a real sho'fc to note that the same sort of thing is new bcinir done bv some insurance companies and farm mortgage loai. companies of .whom wc have a right :o expect a higher cotie ot einics. Some Good Companies. These charges, he added, did wt innlv to all comoanies making loans to farmers, for .some, he said, wee dcing t'c right thing and helping tl.e farmers all they could. Others, how ever, he asserted, "are taking ad vantage of the farmer's distress to heartlessly extort a rate of interest and terms of loans which cannot be justified." Charles iv,Karrett, president ot t.ie National Board of Farm Organiza tions and president ot tne Aationai farmers' union, also issued a state ment in which he declared that the irovcrnment had "ditched" the farm ers "because, through the federal re serve board and other agencies, it al lowed a ruinous (artificial deflation to Lring agriculture' to its present de plorable straits." Real success for the conference, he. asserted, would be possible only if a plan is evolved through whicu speedy aid will be given the farm, fo that they can continue as produc ers of food and clothing materials for this country and for a large part ot the world." Women to Attend. Secretary Wallace also made pub lic the names of 26 women, who, he announced, ' would probably partici pate in the conference as delegates. Acceptances have already been re ceived from the majority. Among the names were "Mrs. W. G. Jamicson of La Vcta, Colo.; Mrs. George Frccdhoff of Yearingtoti, Nev., cattle ranchers; Mrs. W. C. Martin of Dallas, Tex., chairman ot the State Federation of Rural Life clubs; Mrs. O. Edmunds of Harlow town, Mont.; Mrs. Lula.Kortz-Hud-son of Simeon, Neb., ranch woman and president of the Nebraska Home Economics association; Mrs. Thomas ( Winter of Minneapolis, president of General Federation of Women's clubs; Mrs. John Harbert of Man 7anola, Colo.; Mrs. A. C. Wise oC Clearwater. Kan.; Miss Nealc S. Knowles of Iowa State college, Ame-s. Hearing in Strike Case postponed Until Feb. 2 ' Federal Judge Wade yesterday gavc attorneys . for . the striking packing house employes 10 days ad ditional time to prepare to argue the granting of a temporary injunction. This question was to' be heard January 23. The strikers' attorneys asked the judge to postpone the hearing till February 2, and he did so, . The temporary restraining order, issued against the strikers, continues in effect until the hearing of Febru ary 2. - Judge Offended When Law Breaker Wears Uniform Springfield. 111.. Jan. 20. Fed eral Judge Fitzhenry took offense at the United States marine uniform worn by Leroy Good of Batchtown when Good appeared before him to day to plead guilty to the charge of shipping wild ducks to St. Louis. "Why are you wearing that uni form?" the judge asked. "It is the best I have," Good re sponded. "You should have had enough money to buy a different suit to do vour law breaking in. Your fine is $50 and 90 days in jail." Daugherty Orders Probe ; of Bosch Magneto Company I Boston. Jan. 20. United States j District Attorney Harris said yester I day that Attorney General Daugh j crty had asked him to investigate the I affairs of the American Bosch Mag- neto company and that the. books of the company ' now were in his possession. Mr. Harris said he was awaiting instructions from Wash- ington before proceeding further, i He said he understood from Mr. Daugherty that the matter concerned I is some war conlracV Hays to Quit Gbinet forMoviejobMarc h4 WaliiniiUn, Jan. 20. l'ouuter General IUvi jnnouiued today tha'. hi rrifiuik)ii from the cabinet would be mule effective March 4, in oitlrr that hi term of crvice In the cabinet may intludc one complete year. Mr. Ifayi a ' at the White Hcue today bi contract with ti e National Aoiiatioii of Motion Picture Pro diwer and DUtrihuto. t tinned in New York lat Saturday, but that I i fore xitfiiinK he talked with Presi dent Harding by telephone to make ; known to linn that the March 4 date !j i tNfat-lcry and had been ar ranged uudrr the romrart. of California Sees Snowfall Citrus Industry Threatened 10 Hclow at Uoie Blizzard in Michigan Steamers Detained. Los Angeles. Jan. 20. Snow flur ries for the first time in 40 years fell in nianv narls of southern California today, including Long Beach. Santa .Mia, urauge, ruucrion, icuianus and Anaheim. San Francisco, Jan. 20. Late last night reports came in from several centers of the citrus industry of de creasing temperatures and apprehen sions of crop damage. I'reparations for heavy smudging were made in many sections ot San Bernardino comity. At v'ialia the citrus growers wcrt reported lighting what was feared to lc the heaviest frost of the season. There a court order was, modified to permit the pumping of water from an irrigation district's plant to flood the ground in orchards as an anti frost measure. San Bcrnado. Cal., Jan. 20. In an clTort to prevent frost damage to the citrus fruit crop, smudging was started late last night in the Ontario and Upland sections where the tem perature was down to -.8 degrees. Growers declare the situation is se sious. Smudging was reported to have ttarted m several otlier sections. . 10 Below at Boise. Boise, Idaho, Jan, 20. Boise and southern Idaho are still in the grip of severe weather. The official weather bureau report yesterday re corded a temperature of 10 below zero, the lowest point reached since 18W, when the mercury hit the 12 below mark. - Onlv on one other occasion in the past 45 years has the thermometer registered a minimum as low as yes terday. That was January 16, 1888, when it was 28 below. Nearly all other sections in Boise valley and in southern Idaho report lower temperatures than that re corded here yesterday. Blizzard in Michigan. Ludincrton. Mich.. Jan. 20. Pere Marquette Ferry steamers were held in port last night owing to tne severe blizzard that gripped this part of Michigan. Railroad and highway traffic-was somewhat interfered with. The mercury had dropped to zero last night. . Mayor of Kansas City Drops Dead in Office Kansas City, Jan. 20. Following a conference with Matthew A. Foster and Tohn E. Wilson, police commis sioners, in his office today, Mayor James S. Cowgill dropped dead of apoplexy. The mayor was 74 years old. , , Average Value of Crops Drops 59 Per Cent Since '19 Washington, Jan. 20. There is no parallel in the records of the bureau of markets and crop estimates to the fall of $21.22, or 59 per cent, m the average value per acre of the 10 crops constituting nine-tenths of all crop production, which occurred in the two years from 1919 to 1921, it was announced today by the Depart ment of Agriculture. The decline was found by the department to have been from $35.74 m 1919 to $14.52 in 1921. . The general trend of. the average was downward, the department fig ures show, from about $14 per acre in the years immediately following the civil war to hardly $8 in 1890, the lowest point in the industrial depression of that time, it was said. The average per acre advanced to $16.49 in 1913 and reached the "peak," $35.74, in 1919. ' Man Charged With Sending Poisoned Candy to Ex-Wife St. Louis, Jan. '20. Harry L. Rolf, 30, was arrested on a federal war rant here yesterday which charged him with sending poisoned candy through the mails to his divorced wife, Laura Spies. Uncle Pete, Only 103, Afraid Glasses Will Make Him Look Old Broken Bow, Neb., Jan. 20. (Spe eail.) Uncle Pete Starr, 103. was in Broken Bow to have glasses fitted to iu's eyes and also to prepare to break n a full set of teeth. He was afraid the glasses would make him look olf. hut he thought it was time to get a jrir anyway. Hard When you read in some American paper how shamefully weak have been, you are surprised to Lm riv . -1A, Learn that the Japanese jingoes conference. .... , , Lincoln Lawyer Loses Own Case Denied ' Divorce on , Wife's Charges of Too Much Mother-in-Law; Wife ' Gels $50 a Month. Lincolm Jan., 20. (Special Tele gram.) Thomas Stocker, Lincoln attorney who conducted his own divorce trial 1 in district court here today, was ' denied "a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Gussie -Stocker. In a cross petition, Mrs. .Stocker asked for separate maintenance-which was granted. Stocker was ordered to pay her $50 a month. , The following are charges pre ferred against Stocker and his moth er, with whom Mrs. Stocker . claims she was forced to live: Mother-in-law refused to give her fruit which others ate. Mother-in-law permitted use of only one pan of water to wash baby's clothes.; Mother-in-law refused use of house to entertain visitors. s . Mother-in-law - refused-,- to permit her to play piano.," Mother-in-law refused to. . permit burning of light- in bedroom after baby was put to bed. The young Mrs. Stocker claimed that a prenuptial agreement was to the effect that they need not live with the mother-in-law after the first year but that w;hcu she quit the Stocker home - everything indicaed such a life as above enumerated was to continue until the end. Stocker produced letters, which he said were carbons of letters written before the marriage, showing that they planned more than one year at his mother's home. - , Government Files Reply, to Suit Against Suffrage Washington. Jan. 20. The gov ernment filed in the supreme court today its reply in one of two cases challenging the constitutionality of the woman suffrage amendment. The appeal brought by Charles S. Fairchild of New York from the Dis trict of Columbia courts, in his ef fort to compel the secretary of state to withdraw the proclamation announcing ratmcation, snouia oe dismissed, the government contends. Withdrawal of the proclamation would have no effect upon the aliditv of the amendment, which is dependent upon its ratification by the requisite number of states and not upon any action the secretary of state may make, the government fur ther holds. ' Boys, 17, Dive Just Once Into Lake Erie at Zero Lorain. O., Jan. 20. With the thermometer hovering near zero, ; Earl Meistcr, 17, and Buster Jen nings, also 17,. opened the 1922 j swimming season with a plunge into Lake Eric. One dive was sufficient o "cool off" the lads. 15 '?,. 0,.. -'vs r. to Please Everybody tCoKTrxke: Xtii: Br Tk Chirua TnbM v e-. u.m1 tfiCK0 AND 7MF Ocac Jl - -T.VI. - -tie WET HAVE WEAKENED 0U ' WT AGAINST NlC,TASTAPAKr f 7 are violently denouncing the weakness of their own , delegates to 'the 1 ' . . Negro Tells of ; Third Degree Methods of Robb Witness in Murder Trial Tells , of Being Taken to Scene of Crime and Ku Klux Klan Threat. N Des 'Moines, : la., Jan. 20.' (Spe cial Telegram.) A night of terror in the Toncy woods, where . the mur dered, body of Sara Thorsdale' was j found, was told by George Daven port on the witness stand in the trial of Joe-Williams, negro, for the crime. Davenport, accused, of the murder by Sheriff W. E. Robb and Williams, was permitted by Judge Thompson to give full details of the third de gree methods used upon him by Sheriff Robb. Id a low. dramatic voice, with the eyes of every juryman fixed intent ly upon him and with Judge Thomp son listening to every word, Daven port told his story. ' Taken to Woods. "I was takcr out.fo the woods, handcuffed and chained by Robb, Deputy Frank and Fred Chapman." he said. "Robb asked me on the way if I knew of the Ku' Klux Klan. He said they had 200 members here and dealt out punishment in their own manner for crimes like the Thors dale murder. " 'We are going to take you out here and finish you,' Robb told me. 'You won't ' get any trial. We will take it in our 'own hands.' - "At the cement plant hill Robb flashed on and off- the searchlights of the car three times', saying' it was a signal for the Ku Klux Klan to come. ;. - ' Gave Simple Prayer. ' "They took me to the spot where they said her body was found. They asked me if I had any last words to say. I told them I would like to pray. -. - "I knelt down and uttered a sim ple little prayer: 'Oh! Lord. I call upon you to witness upon this spot that I am innocent of this crime and am telling the truth. Forgive these men, even ' if they are to take my life. Amen."' The defense rested its case late to day and arguments will start Satur day. - - ; , - 7 , Waterway Referred to House Committee Washington,. Jan. 20. The report submitted to congress by the inter national joint commission on the proposed St. Lawrence waterway was referred by Speaker Gillctt to day to the house interstate commerce committee of which Representative Winslow of Massachusetts is chair man.' This settlement of. a con troversy which had arisen -over ref erence of the report was declared satisfactory by supporters of the wa terway proposal. our delegates at the arms conference '73 OF o- V-v Tut" AFTER JSy 5 A ftACE.yy NArm.- Steel Companies Ask Cut in Rates Representative of Manufac turers Declares Present Freight Charges Burden. -Washington,' Jan. 20. Coal produ ers completed their arguments ir. 'favor ..of lower freight rates before Jie Interstate Commerce commission today and gave way, to representa tives of the steel industry. Kobert Hula, for iron and steel manufacturers in the Chicago dis trict. presented the eeneral conclusion that "present freight rates are a bur den which has undoubtedly con tributed to the existing depression in industry." r- Throughout the discussion of coal Kites, the commission and experts sought facts as to impending wage rcducions and possibilities of a strike about April 1. II. W. Prickett, testi fying for Wyoming and Utah mine eperators, urged a rate reduction o 20 per cent in the. territory and said that the producers had already cut costs and intended to make lower wage scales April 1. J. D. A. Mor row, vice president of the National Coal association, was recalled for cross-examination and questioned as to the possibility of a national con) strike. He repiled that "he made it his business to know nothing about the labor side of the industry," but fcdded that the operators -expected vages to be cut then. Government Stand Toward War Prisoners Attacked Washington, Jan. 20. A protest against the administration's atti tude toward prisoners convicted un der wartime laws was made to At torney General Daugherty yesterday by a committee representing the American ' Civil Liberties union, which is conducting a campaign for release 'of 118 such persons. The committee, in a letter to the attorney general, protesting against state ments in his memorandum ou the case of. Eugene 'Debs, .contending that no distinction can be success fully made between ; offenders con vited for essentially the same of fens." .'-'. ' i .The. Weather -t , Forecast, varmer Saturday . fly Temperature.- Fai S . ....is ....ii ....n ....ii ....is 1 P. m. t ft. m.. S . m.' 4 ft. m. 3 p. ni. ft p. m. 7 p. m. ..SS ..S.I .,! . .S . .M . .24 ..S3 nt. . a. nt. . m. ft. m. I . m. li ft. m. It m ... .is . ....(. . 8 p. m. . Highest Friday. ?:phiio 16 Rilpld fity . ..; . .:j ,..! . .'.'4 . ..ii . .12 avcnport . Ioivr .-. ... Dm Molnt .,22 Halt Luke . Snt ft IX1! tit'.' ... . ..II; Rherlila,, Ijimler -l gloux otv ortb n.tie . . . .39' Valfntlnc . 3 Shan tu ii Fight Gets Into Senate Wul-h Introduce KcRolulioti Calling on President IfnrJ ing to I'tirnifli Fact Concerning Situation. Menace to Pacific Pact Omalm llr 1mm H lr. Wahingtoii, Jan. .'0. The Shan tung coiitrovery, which plavi ! Mich an important part in the defeat of tne craillcs treaty, Malhcd into thr M-natc today, to menace ratification of the various part growing out of Ihe armament conference. Senator Walli of Montana, demo-' crat, introduced a resolution designed to bring the Shantung dispute, now raging between the Japanese and Chinese delegates, into the open. The resolution called upon President Harding to furnish the senate with Ihe facts concerning the situation. Senator WaUi declared that failure to adjust V,e differences between Japan and China would endanger ratification of the four-power pact and other agreements resulting from the conference. Senator Lodge, republican !cad r and Senator Underwood, democratic, leader, delegates to the conference, both happened to be in the aenate when Senator Walsh iotroducd the resolution. Move to Squelch "Resolution, They moved promptly and in per fect unison, to squelch il Each made a speech opposing action on the incaure at this time. General debate ensued, (n which Mr. Lodge and Mr. Underwood un dertook to lav before the senate a clear view of the situation now be fore the conference. . The debate brought out the salient fads: 1 hat the conference is unable to conclude its work because of tlv: Shantung issue. That the American delegation keenly appreciates the importance of a settlement of the Shantung ques tion and that it realizes failure to settle would adversely af feet prospect s of ratification of the various pacts. That Japan is unwilling to permit other nations to intervene in the controversy and, tinder the terms of the Vcrsaillers treaty, other nations are powerless to compel Japan to submit the Shantung question to a plenary session, -Hope for Settlement. That the' delegates still have high hopes that a settlement of - the Shantung question will be reached. Senator Lodge told the senate the American delegation had made every effort to use its good offices in be half of China but that impenetrable barriers had been set up by the Versailles pact. Senator. Lodge also stated that he doubted whether pll the details of the Shantung- negotiations, had been laid before the president Senators Borah, Johnson and Brandcgce "irreconcilables," asked Senator Lodge numerous questions, all tending to show that the commit ments of the Versailles treaty were menacing the success of the present conference. As the discussion be gan to take on a lively aspect, Sena tor Underwood said: "Any delegation or governmental instrumentality which tried right now to throw this into a plenary session and force somebody's hand would be throwing a monkey wrench into a piece of machinery that may aficct the world very seriously, whereas, I think, if it is let alone for a short time it will work itself out fairly sat isfactory, at least. I have every rea son to hope it will, and that a fairly reasonable settlement can be arrived , at." The resolution was laid en the table until tomorrow when it prob ably will be referred to the foreign relations committee. Poison Declared Cause of Mrs. Ryan's Death in Paris Paris. Jan. 20. (By A.- P.) The death of Mrs. Thomas Stewart Rya' known as Miss Audrey Creightor, yesterday, was due to poisoning, ac cording to the verdict of the police surgeon, who performed an auto;)- y today. Serious lesions were found in tl.e stomach and kidneys and the surgeon lemoved the vital organs for analyst. The attorney for Mr. Ryan, who i held by the police a few days age, after Mrs. Ryan had swallowed poison, today riled a demand for h; client's release ob bail. The demand pointed out that Mrs. Ryan never stated that she had been terrorized into swallowing the poison and that no cries of protest were heard. Farm Congress Head Leacs for Washington Meeting Kearney, Neb.. Jan. 20. (Special.) O. G. Smith, president of the Na tional Farmers' congress, left for Washington to attend the national .isriculturc conference called !y President Harding for next week. Mr. Smith stated before leaving tht be hoped that an amelioration it tanner groups would be accom plished. . ... Posloffice Orders' Washington.. Jari. 20. (Sm cial Telegram.) -The following lomth class postoffices have become presi dential offices paying Jfl.(HliJ salarv: Murdock, Neb.; Denver, la.; Can i Crock, S. D . ' -ri ' i