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By PAUL GREER.
r.iljjar, N'eb., Jan. 30. (Special.)
J raveling faiCMittn ceased over a
year ago to boast about the size of
ihcir orders and entered on a rivalry
in telling the tallest talc of hard luck.
I'Ut within the laet week or no they
l ave begun to whisper to each other
i hat trade han been picking up. Ihcy
i iloii't boait of it. however, seeming
to fear that if they do their luck may
ihaiige.
Their scent, however, cannot he
Itpt. Just a an indication, the sta
tion agent for one of the railroads
tntcriug Edgar reveals that within
the la-t few days heavier shipments
of dry goods and hardware than have
been seen in a long time have been
received. More carloads of farm
products also have been moved to
the market cities. A through freight
train from California has had o
much business that it is now run
ning in two sections.' Hotels are
filling up with commercial guests
nnd the clerks in nearly every town
ay that one after another "drum
mer" confides that he is having in
creased sales.
Much Corn Held.
. As is general through Nebraska, a
great deal of corn is being held on
the farms of Clay county. Once this
.starts to market, as much of it will
if the ambition of a price of 50 cents
a bushel is realized, there will be
considerable more money. Accord-
ims io rrca oigman, a lanncr Jiving
near here, there may be less corn
planted this spring. He foresees a
replanting of the alfalfa fields and
pastures that were plowed up during
the war when the government was
urging farmers to produce grain to
the utmost.
"Lots of farmers have no pasture
now. hardly a place to turn out a
work horse." he declares. There
probably will be an increase hi milk
cows, with a tendency toward small
er farms, more thorough cultivation
and less employment of hired labor.
There are many things about the j
, farming business that make prcdic-l
i-1ions risky. For instance, the dry
winter has put the wheat that 'Was
planted here last fall in doubt. The
dirt is said to be blowing from the
roots in seme parts of this county:
If rains or snow should come too
late it would be necessary to plant
a good bit of corn in these fields. At
all events, something of food value
will be produced.
' Tenants Hard Hit.
Thousands of acres in this county
are owned by Mrs. Clara B. Fort,
who lives in Illinois, and there are a
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Loot Dental Ohces of
$1,000 Cash and Gold
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L Norfolk, Neb.. Jan. 30. (Special
Telegram.) Robbers made a clean
sweep of dental oflkes here during
the night, netting about $1,000 in
cash 'and gold. Several safes were
b -oken open. The offices were locat-
separate buildings, tnc
nch were conspicuous-
chalk crosses, indi-
nary plans ot wnar
police say was an. organized ram,
Propose Federal License
1o Hunt Migratory Birds
Washington, Jan. 30.-rPassage of
the New-Anthony bill to provide for
federal licenses to hunt migratory
birds and for the establishment of
game refuges and public shooting
grounds for such birds would affect
about 5,000,000 American sportsmen,
the bureau of biological survey,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, estimates. The bill has been
favorably reported by the senate com
mittee on public lands and surveys.
In the house the bill is. in the com
mittee on agriculture.
The bill provides that each hunter
of migratory birds shall obtain a
federal license, at a cost of $1 for the
season, the license to be issued at
any postoffice in the United States.
Cracksmen Use Dummy Safe
"' to Fool Philadelphia Cops
Philadelphia, Jan. 30. Cracksmen
nlacerl a dummv safe of cardboard
Vand oil cloth in the window of the
United Motor Service corporation to
day to fool the police and robbed
the real safe in the rear of the plant.
They escaped with a code book for
making keys for ignition locks and
$800 in money, bonds and jewelry.
Seventh Man Gets Life Term
for Oklahoma Lynching
Oklahoma City, Okl., Jan. 30.
Robert McAllister, the seventh man
to receive a life term in the peniten
tiary for complicity in the lynching
here the night of January 14 oi a
nonunion packing house worker, was
Sentenced today when he entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of murder
before District Judge Phelps.
Burlington Cuts Wages of
Clerks One to Seven Cents
Lincoln, Jan. 30. (Special.) A
slash of 1 to 7 cents an hour ii
vages of all clerks employed by the
Burlington, effective February 1,
was announced today. . . Approxi
mately 200 clerks employed in Lin-
and 500 in Nebraska are attcct-
the order, -
Shantung Settlement
Believed Near at Hand
Wellington. Jan. 30. (By, A. P.)
Further indications that a settle
ment of Shantung controversy was
imminent developed today when the
Japanese and l hinrtc delegations
were called together to rciume their
conversations.
livery iue of the Shantung prob
lemi prcvioukty ha bcru settled ex
cept details of the Taiitg TaO-Tin-anfu
railroad settlement and resump
tion of the negotiation was taken to
mean that the two group were ready
to again take up dicuion of the
railroad question.
At th time time a call was Usued
for a meeting late in the day of the
naval committee of IS, presumably
to dincti the Japanese reply on for
tifications which is the only feature
of the five-power naval treaty re
maining uncompleted.
Member of the Chinese delega
tion indicated that the prospect of a
settlement of the vexing railroad
problem was based to some extent
on advice lately received by them
from l'rking. It was thought in Chi
iicms circles that the Japanese prob
ably would meet the Chinese half
way in reaching an agreement on the
basis of some modification the Japa
nese proposal urged upon the Chi
nese delegates last week.
Mary Piekford's
Divorce Case Now
Under Advisement
Autkoritiel
Probe Fals
of Theater
Arguments on Motion to Set
Aside Decree of Film ,
Star Completed Ly
Attorneys.
Carson. Nev., Jan. 30. The Ne
vada supreme court, after hearing
oral arguments today on a motion of
Attorney General I owler to have
the divorce obtained by Miss Mary
Pickford at Mindcn, March 2. 1920,
annulled, took the case under ad
visement.
The court lia9 three months in
which to make a decision, unless the
case is re-submittcd before that
time.
Fowler contended that the divorce
of Miss Pickford from Owen E.
Moore, another motion picture ac
tor, was obtained by fraud, since she
deliberately swore she had no other
residence than Genoa, Nev., al
though she and her husband were
bonafide resident? of Los Angeles.
The Nevada supreme court, and
the appellatcrourts of other states
had declared the state to be a third
party in a divorce case, he said, and
he' intervened since Miss Pickford
had flouted the laws of Nevada.
Gavin McNab ot San Francisco,
attorney for Miss Pickford, asserted
that the attorney general's act was
"gratuitous and meddlesome action
and interference by a stranger, with
out warrant in law and against pub
lic policy." He declared that the at
torney general could not have ap
peared in the divorce action for either
side or as independent intervenor,
and the district court's action was
irrevocably" final since neither party
iiad appealed. . )
Robert Richards, deputy state at
torney general, opened the arguments
tor the state and P. A. McCarran,
former chief justice of the Nevada
supreme court, followed McNab, say
itlg that there was no aggrieved party
in the case, and therefore no founda
tion for the suit to annul thy divorce
citcrce.
f4 V ' iv'OKcn open, in
(J i ed in four sepa
1 M entrances of whic
I ,'f ly marked with
r V eating prelimina
I police say was ar
6,000 N. Y. Dressmakers '
Ordered Out on Strike
New York, Jan. 30 Six thousand
women and gTrls employed in shops
in the lower Fifth avenue district
were ordered on strike today by the
Ladies' Waist and Dressmakers'
union as a protest against a proposed
25 per cent wage reduction.
Tomorrow and Wednesday, i union
leaders said, the remainder of the
40,000 workers affected by the wage
reduction proposal would be called
out. '
General Sladen Named
West Point Commandant
Washington. Jan. 30. Brig. Gen.
Fred W. Sladen, commanding Fort
Sheridan, III., was today appointed
commandant of West Point Military
academy to succeed Brig. Gen.
Douglas McArthur, who will be re
lieved next June 30 and assigned to
duty in the Philippines. .
i Colgate Hoyt Dies.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 30. Coir
gate Hoyt. banker and director of
various railroads and industrial com
panies, died today at his home after
a brief illness. He was born in
Cleveland. O., in 1848.
In 1882-4 he was the government
director of the Union Pacific rail
road. He formerly was a director
of the Oregon & Transcontinental
railroad and other lines.
Women of U. S. Think
Themselves Superior to
Men, Frenchman Finds
Chicago, Jan. 30. The American
woman marches down the street as
if she owned the town, Jules Bois,
president ef the French Society of
Physical Research, said in an ad
dress here yesterday.
"She really feels superior to
men," he added. "I was astound
ed when I came to America a few
weeks ago. In Europe Freud de
clared women axe handicapped by
an inferiority complex, that is, they
feel a deficiency when competing in
the world of men. That may be
true in Europe but it certainly is
not true here. They have what J,
would describe as the superiority
complex. Women here will go far."
Noises made by the elevated
trains, coupled with trie general
love for jazz music and entertain
ments on the part of the modern
girl, were reasons given by M.
Bois
today.
for the dearth of Joan of Arcs
District of Columbia Officials
Investigate Knickerbocker
Disaster Congress Also
May Take Hand.
Death TollPiTced at 105
My Tha Anaorlatrd Trrai,
Washington, Jan, 30. Investiga
tion of the cause of the Knicker
bocker theater disaster, which caused
the death of more than 100 persons,
wa begun today by several agencies
of the District of Columbia uovern
ment, with the probability that con
gress also might undertake exhaus
tive inquiry.
The senate is expected to act to
morrow on a resolution by Senator
Capper, republican, Kansas, calling
for an investigation by a senate com
mittee. Faulty Construction Charged.
Despite the announcement by Rep
resentative Moudcll, republican
leader, that the house would not au
thorize an inquiry until District of
Columbia officials have concluded
their investigation. Representative
Ryan, republican, New York, charg
ing that the collapse of the roof wa9
due to the faulty construction and
would not have occurred had there
been proper inspection, offered
resolution proposing an investigation,
District of Columbia commission
Lers declared they woud go into every
pnase ot tne tragedy whicn occurred
Saturday night when the roof, weight
ed with snow, fell on the audience
of several hundred, not only to fix
the blame, but to guard against a
possible similar recurrence.
Blames Defect for Fall
Col. Charles Keller, engineer com
missioner, after surveying the wreck
age, declared he believed the cavern
was caused by a defect in material at
some point of the roof's support.
Plans for the support of the roof,
he asserted, indicated that the ca
pacity for weight was greatly in ex
cess of any requirement in a climate
like Washington s.
Preliminary to an investigation, the
federal grand jury examined the
wreckage today.
D. J. Ramsey Nevitt, district coro
ncr, declaring he would- spare no
effort in placing responsibility, re
quested Peyton Gordon, district at
torney, to ask the War department
to assign expert engineers to de
termine the cause of the collapse.
Last . Body . Removed, -
Convinced that all bodies had been
removed from the debris the search
for dead halted today after 40 hours'
work. The last body was removed
last night. Building Inspector Hcalv
ordered the walls razed at once as a
safety precaution.
Rccheck of the dead indicated to
night that if no more of the injured
died the death toll would be 105.
Reports that three additional persons
had died were unverified. A dozen
persons in hospitals, however, were
reported m a critical condition. E. H.
bhaughnessy, second assistant post
master general, was said to be
(Tarn to Face Two, Column One.)
Most Violent Storm in
Years at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Ca!., Jan. 30. Snow,
rain and wind in Los Angeles and
other southern California points yes
terday, last night and early today
combined in the most violent storm
of years. The snow was of brief
duration in the city and fell hi only
a few sections.
United States w eather . bureau
officials said little, if any, damage
was expected to result in the citrus
groves.
Two1 feet of snow yesterday on
Mount Lowe, a mile-high mountain
near Pasadena frequented by sight
seers, derailed an excursion train on
the electric line near the summit and
made it necessary for 71 excursion
ists to walk two and a half miles
through the snow. .
Final Preparations Begun
for Meeting of Cardinals
Rome, Jan. 30. (By A. P.) Final
preparations were begun today for
the convening on Thursday of the
solemn conclave at which the car
dinals of the Roman Catholic church
will choose a pope to succeed Bene
dict XV. The last minute cere
monials will be preceded' by three
solemn requiem masses, the first of
which took place this morning, with
the cardinals participating.
The beautiful and historic Sistine
chapel, in which the conclave, will
meet, has already- been fitted with
the long stalls in which the cardinals
will sit while the balloting proceeds.
Minute instructions have been given
out for the performance of the cere
monial. It has been prescribed that
all prelates excepting cardinals will
wear black vestments.
Colorado River Body to
Hold Hearings in Month
Washington. Jan. 30. Open hear
ings by the Colorado river commis
sion will be held somewhere in the
Colorado river basin in about a
month, Secretary Hoover announced
today.
The commission met today and
Mr. Hoover said continued an infor
mal discussion of the process of
developing the power and irrigation
possibilities of the Colorado river.
Fire Damages Yuma.
Yuma, Colo., Jan. .30. The main
business block of Yuma was wiped
out by fire at midnight Sunday and
three firemen were injured striously
in fighting the flames, which were
brought under control at daybreak.
The loss is estimated at approxi
mately 100,000. The oristin of the
blaze is unknown,
De Valera Says Fate of
Erin Up to Election
r-ri.. Jan. 30.-(By The A. F.)
In a statement to the Echo De I'arU
I. anion De Valera ayi: "My policy
in Ireland i to win full independence
fur which we have mugglcd (or
year. The republic of Ireland cx-
Ms. An attempt it being niad"
ub.titute for this another , 3v,4''
government. AH my cflorU . v
precrvc it a it is, without !.ltl,''
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UHK me iiiiwiMiaiiuii vi anjiiir
trniial in the constitution.
"lu addition, and it i a grand task,
wc are going to work to get the rc
puhhc of Ireland rccognura ly lor
ciiMi coveninirntB.''
Jt was pointed out that in icw of
the Anglo-Irish pact it would be dif
ficult or impossible for foreign gov
eminent to recognize the hub. re
public, to which Mr. De Valera re
plied:
"The pact in question it a yet only
a nroduct. not ratified by the people.
Until Inland has decided on this
subject I consider the agreement
null and void. In the near future
the date has not yet been fixed the
men and women of Ireland will vote
and thus make known their senti
ments on the agreement proposed by
England. 1 hat general election will
decide the fate of Ireland."
Decries Dragging
New Capitol Into
Political Fight
W. II. Thompson, Democratic
National Committeeman De
plores in Legislature Action
of Own Party Members.
Lincoln. Jan. 30. (Special Tele
gram.) W. H. Thompson of Grand
Island, democratic national commit
teeman, in an address before a joint
session of the house and senate to
dav. dcolored the attempts of cer
tain self-seeking politicians of his
own party to inject the building of
Kehraska's new state house into
P0,itics- . . t u
"Rather, it is something we should
all unit upon and look at from a
business and patriotic angle, not
from a political angle," he said.
Ttipse remarks were made when
Thompson, as a member of the state
capitol committee, explained details
of the statchouse plans in compli
ance with a request from members.
Defends Tover Plan.
Thomoson explained that the com-
tcmplated tower as a money saver
:r,ctn,H nf , a monev waster, as
olmerYAl
The tower he explained, will hold
offices, and every loot will De utu
:a ,.r,u If a dome were erected
it would be useless and be good for
nothing except ornamentation.
Figures were read showing that
prices of materials used in construc
tion of the capitol, and the labor
necessary had dropped large per
centages and were only 11.2o per
cent in -excess of the prewar prices
of 1915. . ,
Falling Prices txpectea.
rnnrinuinfif. it was explained that
this year excavations and foundation
work would comprise about all that
rnnlrl he done, and the steel and
other materials which will include
most of . the expense-will be pur
chased months from now when the
fall in prices promise to be even
greater. .
An attempt is being maae to tic
up the new. statchouse appropriation
and delay work, one or two years.
The statehouse appropriation bill,
around which the fight wil tenter, is
to be considered immediately after
final disposition of the gasoline tax
bill.
1 A Modern Don Quixote
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White House Reception
Called Off by Harding
Washington. Tan. 30. Declaring
"there is so much of grief in Wash
ington today" President Harding to
day announced postponement of a
reception tonight at the White
House at which' Washington resi
dents of Ohio birth were to meet in
observance of the birthday of Presi
dent McKinley. i , '
European Conditions
Improving, Hoover bays
Atlanta, Ga., Tan. 30. "It" is gen
erally accepted that the European
economic situation is gradually ad
justing itself and becoming a little
more stable," Secretary Hoover de
clared in a letter to Dr, A. M. Soulc,
president of the Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture, made public
yesterday.
"Until definite policies are adopt
ed regarding German reparations
and other important economic mat
ters are settled, the letter continued,
"it will be too earlv to make t
prophecy as to how conditions will
affect our trade for 1922."
Mother and Bahe Fatally
Burned, in Starting Fire
El Dorad0, Ark., Jan. 30. Mrs.
W. S. Wineer. wife of a former gov
ernment petroleum expert, and her
19-months-old child, were tatatiy
urned here last night when she
oured oil upon a fire and the blaze
ignited their clothing. The bodies
ave been sent to Huntington Jaeacn,
,'al for burial.
Supreme Court
Tightens Up on
Liquor Control
Decision Holds Goods Stored
in Government Warehouses
Cannot Be Withdrawn
for Private Use.
Sarah Bernhardt Is
III With Influenza
Paris, Jan. 30. Madame Sarah
Bernhardt is seriously ill with in
fluenza in her Paris home. She has
been forced to cancel her part in.
the gala performances on the
Moliere Tri-Centenary.
. The bulletin issued by her phy
sicians says:
"While her fever gives rise to
anxiety, there are no fears for the
life of Mme. Bernhardt. Her con
stitution continues robust, due to
her determination not to quit
work."
Washington, Jan. 30. Intoxicating
liquors stored in government bonded
warehouses cannot be withdrawn by
the owners for their personal use,
the supreme court today held in a
decision delivered by Justice Juo
Kcnna and dissenfed to by 'Justice
McReynolds. Such liquor can only
be transported from the bonded
warehouses, Justice McKenna stated,
to a wholesale druggist lor sale to
him for purpose not prohibited:
The court, in a previous decision,
held that owners could withdraw
from private warehouses liquors for
their own consumption or for the use
of their family or bonafide guests. To
day s ruling marks a wide distinction
between private and bonded ware
houses.
Justice McKenna said "mere own
ership was not the equivalent" to
possession and declared that under
the Volstead law "there inust be
ownership and possession in one's
own private dwelling and that char
acter cannot be assigned to the bond
ed houses of the government. The
case did not, he said, have the ef
fect of depriving those who held
warehouse certificates of their prop
erty without due process of law, nor
did it amount, he added, to the tak
ing of private property' for public
purposes without just compensation.
Referring to the contention that
the prohibition amendment and the
Volstead act, if applied to liquor,
manufactured and lawfully acquired
before the amendment and the law
became effective, would be void as
taking from property its essential at
tributes of the right to use it, pos
sess it and enjoy it, Justice McKen
na stated that the court was "not
disposed to trace the elements of the
contentions minutely," as they were
all answered by the former decision
of the court in the national prohibi
tion cases. v
Referring to that part of the law
which permits one to use lawfully
obtained liquor in his home, Justice
McKenna asserted this right cannot
be construed to extend "to liquors
not so situated, or to put it more
pointedly an intention to make all
bonded warehouses out-buildings of
its dwellings."
Nomination of Miller for
S. D. Judge Favored
Washington. Jan. 30. The nomi
nation of Andrew Miller to be fed
eral judge for the North Dakota dis
trict was ordered reported favorably
to the senate today by the judiciary
committee. The action, Chairman
Nelson said, was unanimous and
based on a new report by a sub
committee, which recommended that
charges against Mr. Miller be disre
garded.
Muratore Operated on.
New York, Jan. 30. Lucien Mura
tore, premier tenor of the Chicago
Opera company, was operated upon
for acute appendicitis at the Audu
bon hospital today. He was taken
from his apartment in the Ritz-Carl-ton
hotel at noon and placed on the
operating table early this afternoon.
Mrs. Muratore (Lena Cavajiera) -accompanied
her husband in the am
bulance to the hospital.
The operation was reported "en
tirely successful," by the physicians.
They added . that the attack was
acute a.d a delay of three more
hours would have been fatal.
British Quitting
Ireland Rapidly
Each Day Sees Large Batch of
Troops Leave Ports Pcov
pie Indifferent.
Dublin, Jan. 30. (By A. P.)
Bnti1i evacuation of Ireland is pro
ceeding more speedily than was an
ticipated.
Each day sees a large batch of
troops leave Dublin and other ports.
Departure of the Dublin garrison is
due to begin this week.
Throughout Ireland similar build
ings are falling under control of the
new Irish government and some may
be needed for the new Irish army.
It is taken for granted that it will
be established promply and green
uniforms are being manufactured on
a large scale.
It is noteworthy that the evacua
tion of the British has occurred
everywhere without manifestation
whatever from the people: there has
been no sign either of popular re
joicing or regret.
The transition from one govern
ment to another has been rapid, but
criminals have clone their best to
take advantage of any confusion aris
ing from the change. There have
been daring bank roblwries and
holdups throughout the country and
even in Dublin city, bat the new
government is Ndealing vigorously
with the criminal clement.-
Mercury Tumbles as
Cold Wave Hits West
Denver, Colo., Jan. 30. The west
was in the grip of another cold wave
today when the mercury went down
to 28 below in Wyoming. A light
snowfall was general over the region.
Forecasts for the next twenty-four
hours were for the" coldest weather
of the winter in Utah, northern Ari
zona, western Colorado and western
New Mexico,
Sheridan, Wyo., was the coldest
point in the storm area today with
a temperature of 28 below zero, while
at Billings and Havre, Mont., it was
26 below. .
Precipitation tonight will' be gen
eral throughout the Rocky moun
tain region, according to the forecast
of the weather bureau. Rain or snow
prevailed today over the stretch
from southern California to south
western Colorado.
Snow also fell over the Missouri
valley, North Platte, Neb., reporting
five inches. In Denver the precipi
tation was less than one inch and
the same condition prevailed over
nearly all of the state. .
Older Senators Refuse to
Be Deterred hy Heavy Snow
Washington, Jan. 30. While most
of their younger ; colleagues in con
gress reported that they were
"snowed in" by-v the blizzard, the
three oldest senators surprised at
taches at the capitol by appearing at
their desks as usual Saturday.
They were Senators Warren of
Wyoming,; 78; Nelson of Minnesota,
and Page of Vermont, both 79. As
other senators straggled into the
capitol from time to time, the three
patriarchs declared that they were
too sed to blizzards at home to be
snow bound here.
Fremont Banker
Denied New Trial
and -Is Sentenced
Frank B. . Knapp, Former
Head of Fidelity Trust,
Given Three to Five-" :
Year Sentence.
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 30. (Special
Telegram.) Frank B. Knanp, for
mer president of the Fidelity Trust
company, convicted of embezzlement
last week, was today sentenced to
the state penitentiary for from three
to, five years.
Attorneys for the defense imme
diately gave notice of appeal, when
their motion for new trial was over
ruled. Bonds placed at $6,000, pendXi
mg the fight in supreme court, were
furnished by friends.
Attorney Murdock, Omaha, asked
for a new trial on the ground that
there was no deliberate intent to em
bezzle when the alleged crime was
committed. The court, however,
stated that the jury was justified in
bringing a verdict of guilty with th-3
evidence, that was submitted. TIig
fact that funds left in Knapp's cars
amounting foo $3,585, by Stephen Car
penter, 81, were converted to the use
of the company, constituted embez
zlement, the court declared.
Knapp was supposed to purchase
liberty bonds for Carpenter, ,but
when the First National bank close t
its doors, and the' Fidelity Trust
company followed, no bonds for Car
penter were found by the receiver. .
Norfolk Man Is Lost
in Storm Seven Hours
Norfolk, Neb., Jan, 30. (Special
Telegram.) William Stoeber, 60,
had both his hands frozen when he
was lost in the storm for over seven
hours during the night. He was
found by a searching party sent out
tor him.
Opponents
of Gas Tax
Thwarted
niicmif of Bill Fail to Force
Snap Vote When Meas
ure Is Taken Up ly
HoUliC.
Minneapolis Man Slays Big
Timber Wolf With Hands
Minneapolis, Jan. 30, Using only
his gloved hands, Arthur Lener, Min
neapolis, killed a targe timber wolf
within the city limits, the first in
stance of its kind for more than a
decade. He slew the animal by
grasping its hind legs and crashing
its head against an iron railing when
it attacked him. He collected' $7.50
bounty.
Factory Wage Higher.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 30. Improved
business conditions, as well, as sea
sonable activity, were seen in the in
crease of 59 cents in the average
weekly earnings of New York state
factor- workers from November to
December, State Industrial Commis
sioner Henry D. Sayer announced
todav. The average factory wage
in December was $24.01.
Oklahoma Oil Sale Income
Tax Held Unconstitutional
Washington. Jan. 30. A tax im
posed by Oklahoma upbn income de-i
rived from the sa'Ie of oil and das
produced under leases upon restricted
Indian lands was held uaconstitu-
tional today by the supreme court
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Amendments Defeated
Lincoln, Jan. 30, (Special Tele
gram.) Attempts of administration
enemies to again iille debate and
put the gasoline ta bill to a vote
before everyone had an opportunity
trt rvnrra th-ir tiua jiIm.I A Ik
- -'' .., milt m
tonight many Mill desired to talk and
an adjournment was forced until to
morrow morning,
Afier several unsuccessful attempts
were made to amend the bill. gen.
eral discussion opened. "Alfalfa
John" Franklin maintained bis usual
record of talking first and was
against the bill. When friends of the
bill began to talk, "Alfalfa John" de.
mantled that debate cease. The
chairman told him bluntly that oth
ers beside himself would be given
the privilege of talking.
Outlines Alternatives.
Dwight R Griswold declared these
alternatives faced the lower house:
Dicontinue road building alto
gethcr.
Appropriate approximately $1,000,
000 raised by taxation on property
owners to continue road building in
1922.
l'ass the gasoline tax and force the
users of roads, the automobilists, to
pay for them.
"Are you going to gig back on the
reductions you made the other day
and raise the appropriations tjearlv
$1,000,000 after you have sent word
out to the public that you had re
duced appropriations for road build
ing that much?" Griswold asked.
Puts Blunt Question.
"Or are you going to cut taxes on
property so 'people will be encour
aged to improve land and build new
homes? You know high taxes on
property have made people fearful of
building new hemes or improving
the homes or farms they own."
Wallace of Orleans pleaded with
members who are aspirants for state
offices to vote their convictions'.
"Don't vote against this bill just
because you are a candidate and feel
that if you don't commit yourself
you'll get more votes," he said. "The
tax is growing in popularity and
you'll find later on that you'll be'
thanked for voting for. the gasoline
tax. I never yet have explained it
to a man who didn't believe it was a
good tax.
Declares Tax Is a Relief,
"I vote for a bill if I think it is
good for the farmers. I'm one my
self, and I don't vote on the snap
judgment of a few who are opposed
to anything that sounds like a tax
and don't realize that the gasoline
tax is a relief and not a burden."
Sturdevant of Polk declared the
property of the farmers bore 65 per
cent of the burden of taxation for
(Tarn to l'nge Two, Column One.)
'Down With the Pope!'
Cry of Insane Singer
Rome, Jan. 30. (By A. P.) Sud
denly becoming violently insane, a
member of the pontifical choir today
created a sensation in the Sistine'
chapel during the requiem mass for
the late Pope Benedict XV by shout
ing. "Down with the pope!" He in
sisted upon leading the procession
out of the chapel, preceding the car
dinals and somewhat roughly elbow
ing Cardinal Vannutelli before he
was overpowered by the Swiss
guard and locked up.
The incident was without prcce
dence in the history of the famous
chapel.
The demented man will be tried
before the vatican justice, Monsig.
nor Sanz De Samper, the palace ma
jor domo, on a charge of creating a
disturbance and probably will be
sent to a sanitarium. Members of
the Vatican hnnerlinM ciiA u. ... .
had been brooding over the death of
xupc oeneaict ana Had been suffer-'
mg from insomnia for a week.
Court Restrains Picketers
in St. Paul Packing Strike
Minneapolis, Jan. 30. A tempo
rary injunction restraining violent
picketing by strikers in the South
St. Paul packing plant strike was
issued by Federal Judge Booth here
today and hearing on a petition for!
a permanent injunction set for Feb-
ruary 6. Armour & Co. and Swift &
Co. filed the petition. )
The injunction was granted after
affidavits had been presented alleging
that since the application for the
temporary injunction, was filed last!
Thursday packing plant employes I
have been attacked and beaten with
clubs, and shots have been fired :
through windows of their homes,
Oldest Man in Sl Louis
Dies at Age of 111 Years
St.- Louis, Jan. 30. Simon Sobcl
man, 111, said to have been the old-'
est man in St Louis, died today from
a complication of ailments superin
duced by Old age. He is survived by
four generations. Sobelmam in an
interview once, was quoted as saying '
his - father lived 101 years, one
brother, 114, and another, 110. "We
were all hearty eaters," he was
quoted as saying.
Illinois Miners Condemn
. Lewis' Attitude in Kansas
Springfield, III., Jan. 30. Illinois
miners voted 31,673 to 5,558 against
the policies in Kansas of John L.
Lewis, international president of the
United Mine Workers, in the recent
referendum, union tellers announced
today. The vote for financial aid for
Kansas miners from the Illinois
miners' treasury was 33,462 to 4,86
in fave of (he aid.
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