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TWO CENTS
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Given Aid
by Expert
Couuty Agent One of Factors
Making for Prosperous
"Agriculture in Ne-braska,
Responsibility Is Heavy
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Br PAUL OREER.
Hastings, Neb., Jan. 31. (Spe
rial.) One of the factors making
for pro!prou farming in Nebraska
i the county agent. He. more than
the banker, is the father confessor
of the farmer. In times like thee a
heavy burden of responsibility, falls
on nis snouuiers.
in me omce oi union K. uavis in
the Adams county court house this
morning was a group of farmers of
inc Kina always characterized as
"substantial.' They wanted to talk
over matters with their countv
agent. There were 7,400 such calls
last year, and it has meant much to
successful agriculture to have this
source of expert advice close at
hand. Mr. Davis plainly was very
" busy. He was trying to clean up
his work in order to accompany an
orcnara specialist from the state
agricultural college to the Platje val
ley for a demonstration. This
county, which always has plunged
heavily in wheat and corn, has been
Riven the idea of fruit raising in the
Blue and Platte valleys through Mr.
Davis' slogan, "A tree next year for
every man in the county.
Live Stock Is Specialty.
, ... .
nis own specialty, ' however, is
live stock. He has been a farmer all
ins Hie. is a graduate ot the agri
cultural college, and has back of him
the tradition of his father's 37 years
as a pure bred cattle man in rurnas
county. A team of 16 and 17-ycar-old
boys led by Elvin Lawrence and
coached by this county agent won
the championship for stock judging
at Lincoln and Sioux City last year.
The country boys and girls, through
his influence, have been interested in
calf clubs and other schemes that are
making rural life interesting and giv
ing valuable training as well. ?
At a few places in Nebraska there
is what appears to be an organized
movement to do away with county
agents. The cost to fhe taxpayers
of maintaining;- such an . officer . is
about $4,000 a year, which amounts
to 46 cents out of every $100 paid
for taxes in Adams county. Efforts
to find any, opposition to the county
agent here are wasted. -The en
couragement he is giving to hog and
cattle feeding and dairying, branches
that have been neglected largely in
, this section, and which offer now
such a favorable outlet for corn, may
account for the hopes that center
about him.
Work Praised.
"The county agent is the best thing
that ever 'happened for Adams coun
' ty," said Neil Dunn, president .of the
First National bank at Hastings.
Almost the identical words were
used by a farmer:
"It is the best thing that ever hap
pened to this county," this farmer
testified. "Mr. iav;s Is interesting
the county in a better class of stock
and diversified farming, and through
(Torn to Para Ten, Column Seven.) 1
Refunding Bill Passed
by Senate, 39 to 25
Washington. -Jan. 31. The bill
authorizing the refunding of the
311.500,000,-000 foreign debt into se
curities maturing in not less than 25
years was passed tonight by the
senate.
The vote was 39 to 25. Final en
actment of the measure must.atwait
adjustment of differences between
the house and senate which is ex
pected wifh a week or 10 days. 1
Three republicans, Borah, La
follette, and Nqrris( joined with the
solid democrat minority in opposing
the bill. '.
Juvenile Judge Seeks
to Succeed JeJTeris
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Judge Willis a Sears.
W.G. Sears Seeking
G.0. P. Nomination
in Congress Race
Says Personal and Political
Friends Have Long Urged
Him to ' Become a
Candidate. '
Willis G. Sears, for 18 years judge
of the district bench, announces hi',
candidacy for the republican nomina
tion for congress in the Second dis
trict.
He paid a filing fee to the county
treasurer late yesterday afternoon,
the filing to be forwarded to the sec-
etary of state ' at Lincoln, as rc-
uired by law.
"I've been on the bench for one-
quarter of my life. I gjiess it's not
too late to make a change," the'judge
,-awlcd in his own picturesque
;.ishion. when interviewed on his
congressional aspirations.
Personal and political friends have
long urged him to make the race, he
tated. .Nevertheless, the news came
as a great surprise to many.
Judge Sears is presiding over the
juvenile court- and has won a large
tollowing by his sympathetic dealings
with "kids." He is also a past exalted
ruler ot the local lodge of fclks, which
took large strides, in , membership
while he was, at its head.
Congressman Jefferis, present in-
cumbent, has announced his . candi
dacy, for the-eaate--;"-T .
Jailed for Keeping
Twins From School
West Coast
Shaken by
Upheaval
Shifting Axes of Karl It Causes
Rock in Pacific Ocean to
Slip Millimeter and
a Half.
Pictures of Washington Theater Disaster
Mrs. Loretta Schreiner Takes
Court's Order. Nonchal
antly and Goes to Cell.
. Lincoln Woman's Club Plans
to Build $100,000 Club House
Lincoln, Jan. 31. (Special.) The
Lincoln Woman's club at its meet
ing last, evening perfected articles
of incorporation for a building asso
ciation and will take steps to com
plete plans for the construction of
a $100,000 club house. The club
already owns the site for the next
building. '
Omaha to Be Headquarters of
, Nye-Schneiderjenkg Firm
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 31, General
headquarters of the Nye-Schneider-Jenks
Grain corporation, will be re
moved from Fremont to Omaha
March 4 next, according to announce
: ment by local officers today, v The
company, which is one of the largest
in the central western country, was
recently reorganized.
Muratore Resting Easily.
New York, Jan. 31. Lucien Mura
. tore, leading tenor of the Chicago
Opera company, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis yesterday,
spent a comfortable night and was
resting easily ' today,' his physicians
reported. Barring complications, he
will be able to leave the hospital in
ten days, it was said.
Copper Mine Reopens. .
:- Butte, Mont., Jan. 31. Work was
resumed today at the Pennsylvania
mine, of the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company with a shift of 400 men.
Approximately 6,000 men are now
- employed in the Butte mines, which is
' about half the normal number. .
Fremont. Neb.. Tan.- 31. (Soecial
Telegram.) Mrs. Loretta Schreiner
of this city was sent to jail for 30
days by Judge Waldo Wintersteen
for failing to send her twins, Laross
and Lavisa, 8, to school.
I heir teacher," the' superintendent
f schools, and the attendance of
ficer, Miss Dell Peabody, testified
that the youngsters have not been
in school since November 14, 1921.
She was warned repeatedly, the
officials stated. When brought be
fore county court this morning, Mrs.
Schreiner attempted to excuse her
actions, saying the little boy suffered
from kleptomania while attending
school and that she feared for the
morals of the girl. .
The judge was not impressed with
these excuses and told Mrs.
Schreiner she" would be sent to jail
if the twins were not in school the
next morning at the regular hour.
"I don't care," was the reply. "I'd
just as well go right now. The
court accepted the offer and ordered
Mrs. Schreiner taken to the county
jail. '
The twins will be cared for. by
the county while the mother recon
siders her policy. ' '
This is the first case here of a
mother being sent to jail for not
sending her children to school.
Princess Matoika at N. Y.
New York, Jan. 31. The steamer
Princess Matoika, which was dis
abled at sea Sunday during the heavy
gale, passed into Quarantine today
under its owns power. ,
Yn 4alt yoursalf a'card from
. tli bottom of tfca pack.
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BLUE RIBBON
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Next Sunday' Bee
No Tidal Waves
New York, Jan. 31. The earth, In
its whirl through space, got off cn
tcr a few moments today anJ khiitcd
its "poles" or axes, to fit the i:ew
renter of rotation.
Then, that it might not be travel
ing on a "flat wheel," so to speak.
a few million tons of solid rock
tomewhere off -the western coat of
the I nited Slates in the bed ot the
1'acific ocean, "slipped" a millimeter
ami a half to even things up.
This is the manner in which tro-
irsori oi geology and ici.moiira
phic observers account for the vio
lent rarth vibrations which i cmoral
ned instruments in observatories
yesterday. Thus' far the exact loca
tion of the huge Iid" has not besn
determined. although observers
from Washington, 1. C, to Berk
elcv. Cal.. agree it nrobahlv was
few hundred miles off the mouth
of the Columbia river.
No Visible Record.
Absence of a record disruption of
the viMble suriace of the earth or of
the huge tidle waves which usually
radiate trom the scene of an earth
quake, lead observers to believe that
the "slip" occurred miles below the
bed of the ocean.
Its violence was attested bv thc
quavering seismograph which! in
some instances were thrown from
the recording rolls.- while a "strone
machine at Berkley was set in mo
tion tor the first time in many years.
.o doubt the earth was readjust
ing itself, said Frofessor J. J.
Lynch, seismograph observer at
rordham university here.
About ever so often the earth be
comes unset, sroes off center.
changes its axes, and usually about
tne same time there is a violent
earthquake, a slipping of miles of
strata, and we go merrily along
again.
The Andes, along: the Pacific coast
in South America, and the chain of
rocky deformations which join the
two continents, disappearing into the
sea off southern California, are con
tinually lifting, falling and "slip
ping, according to the scismosolist
and geologist. ;
. Many in Mid-Oceaa ';
Many of these disturbances take
place in mid-ocean, the only visibli
evidence being the lines trailed by
a seismograph hundreds of miles
distant. One of the most notable
examples of such a paroxism 'oc
curred in December, 1920,' and
scientists still are cudgeling their
(Turn to Page Fonr. Column One.)
Office Budget Bill
Passed by House
"Washington, Jan. 31. The inde
pendent office appropriation bill
carrying $494,304,238, most of which
is for use by the veterans bureau,
was passed yesterday by the house
and senate. For the bureau the bill
appropriated $377,474,622, and the
only change in this feature was the
elimination of a provision which
would have limited the number of
camps at which training schools
might be established to Camp Sher
man, O.
Some of the items making up the
$100,000,000 appropriation for the
shipping board came in for sharp at
tack, the house defeating, 171 to 117,
a democratic motion to recommit the
bill for restricting the board's ad
vertising expenditures to $500,000. In
addition to $900,000, carried for ad
vertising the board has available
$800,000, thus giving it $1,700,000 for
advertising. ,
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' -. oy mannes.
Funerals Held for
Victims of Crash
Senate Makes Change
in Refunding Bill
Washington, Jan. 31, A pro
vision in. the allied debt refunding
bill which would have given the pro
posed debt commission- authority to
"adjust and ' settle : all claims the
United States has or hereafter may
have against any foreigi govern
ment," was stricken out today by
the senate.
This was the first change to bf
made in the bill over the objection
of republican leaders. The vote waj
39 to 35, 13 republicans joining with
the solid minority in supporting the
amendment which was offered bv
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana.
The author of the amendment as
serted, and senators agreed, that
under the language of this provision,
the ' commission could proceed to
settle and , accept securities for all
claims that the United States mighc
have against the German govern
ment, including the claim arising out
of the maintenance of the American
troops on the Rhine.
Rail Earnings Too Low for
Freight Rate Cut, Says Hines
Washington, Jan. 31. Walker D.
Hines, former director general of
the railroad administration, today
called as a representative of the pub
lic by the Interstate Commerce com
mission in its rate investigation, testi
fied that, in his opinion railroad earn
ings were too low to allow general
reduction of freight charges, and that
business activity would not be stimu
lated by such a step, if taken.
Mr. Hines estimates that "in the
public interest it is probably neces
sary for the railroads to spend on
betterments and facilities at least
$1,000,000,000 a year for some time
to come,"
Memorial Services Planned
Freight Shed Collapses
From Weight of Snow. ;
Washington, Jan. 31. Washing
ton today held the first of its many1
funerals for the 97 who perished Sat
urday night when the roof, of the
Knickerbocker theater collapsed
under the weight of snow, and me
morial services were announced by
a number of churches and other or
ganizations. Social functions and
business conferences ceased in hon
or of the dead, : and the theaters,
again in operation, sheltered mea
ger audiences, w'hile. hospital staffs
continued to treat the more than 60
injured still confined. -A number-of
official and unofficial investigations'
also got under way and others "were
announced. ,
Meanwhile, late today, another
building, one of the long sheds of
the freight depot of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, collapsed two
minutes after eight men .who-had
been employed there " had checked
out. No one ' was injured. Damage
to the shed and the . freight it con
tained was .estimated at $20,000. -The
structure, one of the' walls' of which
gave way, it is. believed, due to the
effects of melting suow on the slop
ing roof, was built in '1904. Firemen
and police immediately began an :n
vestigation. - .
Edward II. Shaughncssy,' second
assistant postmaster geireral, -' who
was one of the most critically in
jured in the Knickerbocker collapse,
(Tarn to- Pae Two, Column' Two.) .
Beatrice Judge Fines Oruahan
for Lacking New Auto License
Beatrice," Neb.,' Jan.' "31. L. W.
Smith of Omaha pleaded guilty this,
afternoon before Judge Ellis to the
charge of operating- a "car-without a
1922 license, and was- fined $25. and
costs, which he paid. Smith ' and
Robert Butler were arrested here
Monday night when officers found a
Winchester rifle, a Colt's revolver and
two-gallon empty container in their
car. No charge was brought against
J Butler
Man Kills Wild Bobcat :
With His Bare Hands
Ludow',"Vt., Jan. 31. John Shee
han yesterday earned the distinc
tion of being the first man in the
district to kill a wild bobcat with
his bare hands.
, Sheehan, with Arthur Conners,
was climbing a mountain trail
near here when a bobcat disputed
the right of way. As it sprang at '
the men, Sheehan ' gripped its
throat. His hands were badly
lacerated by the cat's claws, but
he' held on until it was dead. Local
hunters say this is the first instance
in their experience of a bobcat at
tacking a man. .
Confidence!
The Bee publishes today
' another of the remarkable
series of articles from its t
' staff representative, - Mrf
Paul Greer, portraying
Nebraska's economic' rC',
vival. -'" .. ;
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These stories tell, how n
, Nebraska has rounded
the corner and how Ne
braskans look to 1922 as ,
a year of real promise. If f
. you have missed the first
of the series, better ar
' range to get them. What
' ever you "do, you cannot
afford to miss today's
article and those still to "
come. They tell a story
of 'returned" confidence1'
that 'affects every reader
of this newspaper.
Dublin Mayor
Is Re-Elected
Alderman O'Neill Returned
to Office for Another Term .
by Overwhelming Vote.
Dublin, .'v Jan. 31. Alderman
O'Neill, -who has been the lord' mayor
of . Dublin for four years, has been
re-elected overwhelmingly. . He has
had a. remarkable period oi office.
His , house was frequently isearched
by the crown, forces ; wheri it "was
believed ' that rebels .. were hiding
there. At one time he applied for a
military guard to protect him and a
detachment of auxiliaries 'remained
in his palace for weeks. . !
After the truce. the Mansion House,
his official residence, became: the cen
ter of Sinn ; Fein ' activity ;and ' the
dail's , offices were reopened there
Belfast.' Jan. ."1 x-(By A.' P.) Sir
William F. Coatc; yesterday was re
elected" lord -mayor of Belfast.
'.SHro.' Ireland. l;;n. 31. (By A. P.';'
--Michael Kevin, "republican, labor
ite, defeated Harry Depew, free state
laborite -"tcr the office of mayor yes
terday. His risk) 'ty was four. :'
Arbuckle Trial Arguments
" May Extend Into .Thursday
San Francisco, Jan." 31. Argu
ment in the case of Roscoe Ar
buckle on his second, trial on the
charge of manslaughter in connec
tion with the death of Miss Virginia
Rappe, may be postponed until
Wednesday afternoon, while rebut
tal witnesses called by the state oc
cupy the stand. The arguments may
extend into Thursday, it was indi
cated ca"rly today.
District - Attorney. Brady an
nounced that the state was awaiting
the arrival of a witness from- Chicago,-
whose name he .would not
state, whose testimony will be of
fered ' in rebuttal to. that of Mrs.
Florence "Bates. Mrs. Bates stated
that "Miss Rappe, while employed as
model in a Chicago store, .was seized
with an illness similar in its svmp-
toms to that she suffered at the party
in Arbuckle's room, -
Omaha Strikers
Ask to Be Given
p Their Old Jobs
Packer Workmen, Beset by
Cold and Hunger,' Call
Off Walkout by Over
whelming Vote. .
' Hundreds of ' ex-strikers beseiged
the "big five" packing plants yester
day for their former jobs, after the
calling off of the strike by aii almost
unanimous rote of 1,500 strikers at
Union halt Monday night. A total of
3,000 strikers ore now ready for
work, according to strike leaders.
The strike was called off without
the sanction of the international offl
tftrs of the union, according to a dis
patch from East St. Louis, which
litotes C. J. Hayes, president of the
union, as stating that "no authority
has been given local strikers to ter
minate the strike in their respective
cities." - . . '
So far, only a small percentage of
the former strikers have found work.
Out of a total of 1,300 who applied
yesterday, 265 were given jobs.
. Packers state that the strikers have
been coming back since the vote last
Wednesday, despite the overwhelm
ing majority for staying out.
C. R. Orchard, publicity man for
the strikers, was of the opinion yes
terday that there would soon be
work for all, as the heavy season
would open in the near future.
. The packers, however, are hold
ing to their decision that none of
the men hired during the strike, who
(Torn to Paf Fonr, Column One.)
Gasoline
Tax Beaten
House
in
Administration Loses Hard
Fight to Levy on Auto
Fuel bf Vote of
67 to 31.
Irish Catholic Heads
Favor Only an Italian
"Rome, Jan. 31. (By A. P.) "It
was an English-speaking - pontiff
(Adrian IV) who gave Ireland to
England in the 12th century; there
fore, we do not favor any but an
Italian for the. throne of St Peter,"
declared a member tf the party of
Cardinal Logud. primate of Ireland,
who arrived here ' yesterday. "The
incumbent of this high office must
speak the Italian language, be inti
mately! acquainted with the delicate
relationship between the .Vatican and
the Quirinal and understand the psy
chology ' of the- Italian' . government
and people. ' ,
.."The holy see encompasses ajl peo
ples and all countries, and must not J
identify itself too closely, with any
government, for there would be dan
ger that it would.be used as, an in
strument for" the "achievement of a
purpose not. in, the interest , of the
whole world."
Although he had been traveling for
five days, Cardinal Logue upon his
arrival plunged inta the many prob
lems confronting 'the sacred college.
'. Desoite ' his' 82 years, the Irish
primate appeared fresl , buoyant and
vigorous. When seen b an Asso
ciated Press correspondent at the
Irish Theological college, where-he
stays while in Rome, he asked to be
excused from, speaking for publica
tion. s - : ;
The Weather
Forecast
Probably snow Wednesday:
much change in temperature. '
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Means Big Road Expense
Lincoln, Jun. 31. (Suciiat Tele
gram.) The lower liouts refuted to
lift the burden of road building off
property owners todj? snd killed the
gaioline lax till by a vote of 67
to 31.
This means tlut good rosd build
ing mutt ceae this year or ('50.000
mutt be added lo the appropriation
bill lo carry it on, tay sponsors of
the bill.
The senate this afternoon put
$750,000 for road ba.k inio the ap
propriation bill tnd, after it is pmrd
on third reading in the upper house,
the bill must go back to the lower
house for approval.
The bill a it originally went
through the house contained reduc
tions amounting to approximately
$2,793,000.
The senate today, by adding the
good roads appropriation which was
cut from the houss bill, $17,500 more
for fighting bovine tuberculosis, and
$10,000 cut from the railway com-
mission rate probe fund, reduced
the reductions approximately $.',
000,000. ' Opposs Road Appropriation.
Certain members in the house de
clared today they favored abolish
ing the roads appropriation when
the bill comes back from the senate,
and will nsist that the $750,000
added by the senate be' eliminated.
In the event such a fight is waged
and succeeds in the lower house, and
the senate insists that the roads'
program continue, It means a long
deadlock until one of the nvo
branches capitulates or a compromise
is effected.
- Had the gasoline tax been accept- -ed
and the tax on real property for (. .
road building eliminated, the state'
tax levy for 1922 would have been
reduced approximately 40 per cent.
Now, unless the good roads pro
gram is abandoned, the levy will be
cut only about 30 per cent.
Agitation for discontinuance of
the good roads program is reported
to be coming from counties which
have the federal and state good
roads program completed, and so
don't care whether the othr-r coun
ties get their good roadi or
Dysart Makes Tax Plea.
The- three-day fight on the gaso
line tax bill was closed and a vote
taken after Representative Tom Dy
sart of Omaha made a final plea to
members to vote for the bill, insure
a completion of the good roads pro
gram, and lift the burden of taxation
off real property.
However, a coalition of democrats,
nonpartisan leaguers, persistent ene
mies of the state administration, an.l
house members who are candidates
icr state offices, proved too much foi
administration forces. Then, a num.
ber of members were presented witlv
a nonpartisan league threat of a
referendum and refused to take the
(Turn ta Pace Two, Colaan Twa.)
Revised List Shows
97 Killed in Theater
Washington, Jan. 31. Ninety
seven persons, according to a final
and official list issued today by the
District of Columbia authorities, lost
their lives in the collapse Saturday '
night, under a burden or snow, of
the Knickerbocker theater roof. In
&ny additions to the list, it was said,
would result from the fatal termina
tion of injuries sustained ' by other
victims.
Action on the resolution offered
in the senate by Senator Capper of
Kansas, providing for an investi
gation by that body of the disaster,
probably will be delayed a day or .
two.
Members of the District of Co
lumbia committee, it was stated, de
sire to make a survey of. contem
plated action by the district author
ities before supporting the Capper
inquiry. , -
Weeks Ready to Present
Ford Offer to Cabinet
Washington, Jan. 31. Secretary
Weeks was prepared today to present-to
President. Hardinu at the
White House cabinet meeting a full
summary of negotiations for thedis
posal of the government's properties
at Muscle Shoals. Ala., either by
contract for lease and purchase or
jjgr completion of the projects there.
.. inc rcpuri vo ue suuuimcu.iu kv-
gress when, the Ford proposal is
sent to the body, either Wednesday
or Thursday, still was before the -
secretary in an incomplete . form.
F6r that reason, it was explained, any
discussion of the question by the
cabinet at today's meeting will be .
based upon an oral presentation of
views rather than the written report. '
London Papers Anxious Over
India s Civil Disobedience
London. Jan. 31. (By A. P.) To
day having been fixed as the begin
ning of the "civil-disobedience" cam
paign in India, several Londou news
papers discus s the outlook, which
they regard with considerable an-
xiety. . " .
. The plan laid down by M. K.
Gandhi, nonco-operationist leader, to
try the disobedient experiment first ..
in the two areas of Bardoli and An
and. seems from various reports little
likely to be observed, indications be
ing that the scheme will be put into
operation throughout a much wider- :
area. The recent movement in the -Guntur
district is 'cited in support of
this supposition