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The Omaha Daily- Bee
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OMAHA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Good Roads
Big Asset
of State
liighty-Mile Motor II in Trip
From Hastings to York
Eye-Opener for "Hard
Ti
met" Howler.
Marketing on Increase
'4 Mad am of Impart., ta maat
"MM nuimIHm. all paMrafer train..
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rpraaiaiita ml Th. IW In ale trip .rr
lh Mala am aaolher af th .leu thai
Malu la far from rial aa II. hark.
Thl at lha aaemth ot lha atria f w
tiulao aap1n( sally.
x By PAUL GREER.
York. Neb., Feb. ..-(Special.)
iiooa road are not least among the
asseti of Nebraska.. A great deal of
money Mas been spent on their con
struction and upkeep, and it would
be splendid if road cobti could be re
(lured, but there ii not one highway
that person living anywhere near
regret having built or willingly would
cc neglected.
An cW-mile journey by motor bus
irom mstings to Urand Island,
Aurora and . York would open the
ejes of a good many city folk. All
the way the road is smoother than
nany city streets, and for several
miles in Hall countv it is graveled
like boulevard. This material is
due trom pus near Grand Island,
The existence of so many brick yards
in other localities suggests the idea
tiiat some day, when population and
prosperity have increased, and the
price of brick decreased, long
stretches of. roads may be paved per
manently. .
Dirt Roads Fill Need.
But for the present dirt roads fill
every need. This one is kept open
through, the winter by snow plows
and is maintained in constant repair.
T he driver of the bus asserts that he
has not missed making a regular trip
one day this winter. . The sights
'along the way prove that good roads
are of importance to many beside
competitors with passenger trains,
Everywhere in the state there is a
great deal cf. trucking between
towns. Poultry and egg dealers
'send out . from larger centers to
smaller ones, bringing back loads of
produce.' Jobbing houses send out
loads of fruit in ' this way. We
passed an immense oil truck just out
'of Hampton which covers this whole
region. '
Farmers seem to be cashing in
more of their produce than for some
time. A good many horse-drawn
.wagons heavily laden with wheat and
corn were heading" for the loading
points. ' Twb farm wagons, . loaded
more lightly, were being drawn to
town by... automobiles., In one of
these cases the cargo consisted of
hogs and in the other corn. An in
genious farmer even was carrying
two hogs in a Ford, with one fas
tened on . each running board.
' Trade Better.
Gossip along the way never fails
to touch on the fact that more money
is coming into evidence and that
trade is better. , Passengers in the
bus are mostl' traveling salesmen,
although there is at least one farmer
and a bevv of school teachers. 1 he
(Turn to Pate Three, Column One.)
United Statu Vartu
to Seven ot Eight tads
F ormed at Arms Meet
Wa.hljigton. Feb. l-(Br A. V.
tnle present plans ait charseJ.
the Washington conference will
give to the world tight treaties, to
seven I which the United iMe,
UI be a party. This the tat:
Four-power I'acifie treaty, signed
Drremtwr IJ.
Five-power naval limitation treaty,
reacy lur signature.
I ive-powcr suhmarint an! po!on
gas treaty, ready lor signature.
Six-power treaty allocating Ger
man i acme cable, dralnng.
Nine-power treaty on Chinese
Unit, drafting.
Nine-pov.rr treaty on Other
Chinese auctions, draftini.
i American-Japanese treaty regard
lug Yap, irtua!ly ready tor tigna
ture.
Chinene-Japanese treaty reaardina
snantung, near completion.
Parole Asked by Man
Who Shot Poker Player
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Fremont, Neb., Feb. 1. (Special.)
.Richard Henry Dunkle, serving
from one to 10 years in the state
penitentiary for manslaughter in the
lcilling' of Ross Wickcrsham, after a
poker gams, at Ni.ckerson last winter,
has applied to the state board, for a
pardon. . .
Dunkle is an ex-sen-ice man and
ever since his discharge has been suf
fering with lung and heart trouble
as a result of being gassed in
France. Since being at Lancaster,
Dunkle has been a patient in the pen
itentiary hospital. Friends and
relatives fear that even liberty in the
fresh air will not prolong his life
to a great extent. 1
County Attorney J. C. Cook stated
today that he did. not know what
action he, will take in regard to the
pardon ". when it comes up onFcb-
ruary 4, before the state board.
Air Mail Refund Bills to,
. Be Introduced This Week
Legislation providing reimburse
ment of western cities that advanced
money for establishment of air mail
fields and hangars will be introduced
in the house and senate this week,
according to J. David Larson, com
missioner of the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce, v who returned from
Washington yesterday.
Representative Jefferis will intro
duce the bill in the house,. while Sen
ator Smoot will father the bill in the
senate. The sum involved is close
to $150,000. of which Omaha is
claiming $33,000.' '
Influenza Epidemic
Increases in New York
New York, Feb. 1. Influenza
cases in this city have -reached
epidemic proportions, Health Com
missioner Copeland announced last
night in making public a report
showing that 813 cases of the dis
ease and 283 cases of pneumonia
had been reported during the last 24
hours. There-were 43 deaths from
the two causes.
Man in New York Prison
Named Delegate to Soviet
Moscow; '. Feb. L (By A. P.)
James Larkin, who is serving a pris
on sentence in New York state un
der conviction for criminal anarchy,
has been elected as one of the dele
gates to the Moscow soviet by the
voters of a tailoring factory here,
whose workers are largely composed
f tailor. - who- came from America.
Packers Carry on
Injunction Fight
Though Strike Off
Counsel for ''Biz Five" Will
Ask That Order Be Made
( Permanent in Hearing
Today.
Notwithstanding the calling on' of
the packer strike on the South Side,
counsel for the "Big Five" pa:kera
will present their plea for an inj-mc
tion against picketing in the strike
rone at a hearing to be held in fed
eral court today. Judge T. C
Munger is expected to preside at the
hearing.
The packer strike was called off
Tuesday.
Want Permanent Injunction.
That will not deter us from seek
ing a permanent injunction against
picketing in the future." declared G.
L; De Lacy, member of the law firm
representing the packers.
"We want a permanent injunction
to be a matter of record. ' No doubt
there are many strikers ,who will
not be taken back to work imme
diately and I think a permanent in
junction will be a protection against
them in case they become dissatisfied
and resolve to renew their moles
tations."
Bigelow to Represent
Anson H. Bigelow, counsel for the
unions, declared he would be present
for the hearing.
Packing plant employment agents
predicted yesterday that most of the
old employes of the plants would find
work within the next week as the
packing season was just opening. Of
l,0OQ applicants yesterday only 165,
however, were given jobs.
Think Unions Shattered.
Managers stated yesterday morn
ing that their reorganized torces
were nearing normal efficiency.
.The packers believe that the fail
ure of the. strike will shatter the
, ,
unions Deyona recovery.
Tots Die in Flames
When House Burns
Mother Working in .'Yard
Looks Up to See Fire
Consuming Cottage.
The two infant daughters of -Mr.
and Mrs. Bcrelson Decker, 1014
South Seventeenth street, Council
Bluffs, were burned to death late
yesterday afternoon when the cot
tage in which the family lives caught
fire from an overheated stove pipe
and was completely gutted.
The -two children, Dorothy, 4
months, and Mary, IS months, were
left m the house while Mrs. Decker
was hanging out washing. When
she glanced toward the house it was
in flames, with no possibility of res
cuing the babies. The frantic mo
ther made several attempts -to res
cue them.
Decker is employed by the Droge
Elevator company.
"Wobblies" Active
in Colorado Mines
Poor Work
Blamed for
Disaster
Senator Capper Hold Faulty
Construction and Bad En
gineering Rfupotuihle
for Movie Collapse.
Failed to Anchor Beams
Denver, Colo., Feb. 1. The min
ing districts jot southern Colorado,
particularly in Huerfano county, are
infested with scores of followers of
the Industrial ' Workers of the
World, Patrick J. Hamrock, state
adjutant general, asserted in a re
port to Governor Shoup. The re
port was made following the with
drawal yesterday of state rangers
from Huerfano county, which has
been under martial law since No
vember 17, last, when the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company cut wages
and a strike of miners followed,'
Jonas Marsh Libby
Plunges to Death in N. Y.
New York, Feb. 1. Jonas Marsh
Libby. editor and international
authority on ' industrial matters,
plunged to his death this afternoon
trom a point hign up on the Z5th
story of the Municipal building. His
bodv fell in the midst of lunch hour
pedestrians. .-
Rightly So!
The people of Omaha
and Nebraska are justly
tired of purely news
paper controversies on
matters that do not af
fect the public welfare.
Mr 1 AaMTlaUj Pre-a.
Washington. Feb. I. Bad eugi
Herring, couplfd with cheap and
faulty construction, was held re
sponsible (or the collapse of the
roof of the Knickerbocker theater
and the resultant loi o nearly
hundred lives, by Senator Capper
ot Kansas, in a statement issued
after an inveMigation of the ruins
of the ill-fated structure.
senator tapper, who as a mem
brr of the senate District of Colum
bia committee, introduced a reoIu
tion providing for senate investiga
tion of the disaster, was accom
natiied in his inspection of the scene
by fcenators Jonei of Washington
(ooding of Idaho and Sheppard of
Texas, all member of the District
of Columbia committee, and Repre
sentative L pshaw of Georgia, whose
neice, si its Caroline L pshaw, was
injured in the collapse.
ihe Kansas senator said District
of Columbia oflicials who approved
the plans for such construction as
was used in the Knickerbocker were
responsible to a large extent for the
collapse of the building. ,
Beams Not Anchored.
"Government engineers on the
ground told me, said Senator Cap
per's statement, "that none of the
bearings of truss or beams on the
walls were anchored or fastened to
the walls, which in my judgment
was a tundamental error in such
construction, because any unusual
disturbing cause might gradually
slip the beams from their supports.
Coincident with senator tappers
statement the American Association
of Engineers issued a statement in
which it declared the disaster "was
evidently due either to faulty de
ign or construction which - would
not have occurred had licensed engi
neers or architects supervised the
work." The association has a com.'
mittee investigating the collapse.
Hold Inquest Tuesday.
Other developments in-the inves-
ligation today was an- announce'
ment from Coroner Nevitt that he
would inaugurate the inquest to be
held over the bodies of two of the
theater victims luesdav and a con
ference between District Attorney
Gordon and the two army officers
etailed.to assist him preparatory to
presentation of the matter to the
grand jury.
Three more messages of condo
lence from diplomatic representa
tives of foreign governments here
were received today by - Secretary
Hughes. The expressions of sympa
thy came from Arthur J. Balfour,
head of the British delegation to the
Washington conference; Minister
De Cespcdes of Cuba and Minister
Sze of China. Mr. Balfour's message
said: :
"It is a matter of most poignant
regret to myself and to each of my
colleagues that the city in which,
for the last three months, we have
received such hospitality and such
kindness, should have been plunged
into griet by a disaster 50 terrible
at the moment when the labors of
the conference are approaching their
conclusion.
Grand Island Family
Is Overcome by Gas
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Dr. and Mrs. Cates and their
3-year-old daughter, Dorothy, and
1 1-2-year-old son, Jack, were over
come, by gas, the nature of which was
not ascertained for two days, when
it was found that a prior tenant of
the house had placed the cover of a
mason jar on top of the rent of the
bathroom gas heater.
The little girl was the first to be
overcome, immediately after break
fast. Shortly thereafter the little
boy became unconscious. A physi
cian was called. Mrs. Cates was. the
next apparently to faint and the at
tending physician, not being able to
discover any evidence of gas, thought
that in the mother's case it might be
excitement: Dr. Cates . -was . next
overcome, and the physician in charge
himself began to feel the effects in
a severe headache.
Plumbers and gas men were called
and the mysterious malady was ex
plained when the covering of the
vent was accidentally - discovered.
The woman of the family previously
occupying the place, had also been
overcome and the family had vacated
the premises under the impression
that something was wrong.
Receivership Asked for.
Locomobile Company
' South Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 1. A
receivership for the Locomobile com
pany of Bridgeport xvas applied for
in papers filed with Federal Judge
Edwin S. Thomas at his office to
day. This action was taken,-it was
stated, as a step toward reorganiza
tion of the company. The company
and various credit interests were
represented by counsel who stated
that the proceedings were by agree
ment .It was represented in the ap
plication "that the interests of banks
and merchandise creditors, as well
as the stockholders can- be best
served through a reorganization
through a receivership." ;;s
Encourage Writers
Quebec, Feb. 1. The provisional
government is to encourage produc
tion of literature, a bill just having
been passed by the legislature pro
viding three annual cash prizes for
budding authors. The highest' is
$2,500.
Volica Announces Sky
la Great Solid Dome
Hettlng on Wall of Ice
They Have an Advantage Over Him
(CPT?fkll J:j V Tka Calc TnbttM I
Zion, III., Feb, l.-Wilbur GlemS
Voliva, overseer of Zion and bead
of the Christian Apostolic church,
hat completed the fixing of dimen
sions of hit (Ut world, exitfiue of
which it now taught in the Ziou
schools. '
According to Mr. uliat pi
nouncrmeui. the sky is a vat doiuu ..'.'' ' f'
v wtiw 14, II VIII nmvil Ills- '
sun, moon and stars are hung like
chandeliers, J lie rdgrs of the dome
lie explain, rest on the wall of n?
wlikh surrounds the flat world to
keep foolhardy marinera from
tumbling over the edge.
"That is the plain teaching of the
word of God." he said, "that the
heaven, the dome, the vault, like
a tent, is a solid structure over the
earth and all the lights are let
within the firmament, lirckial sayi
'the throne of God Ii above the
vault.' t The ' firmament above our
heads is a solid structure and the
stars are points of light, that it
all."
Arbuckle Case
in Hands of Jury
on Second Trial
Defense Submits Case With
out Argument Comedian
Visibly Nervous as Jur
. ors Deliberate.
San Francisco. Feb. 1. The case
of Koscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, ac
cused of manslaughter in councc
tion with the death of Miss Virginia
Rappe, went to the jury at 3:42 this
afternoon after a trial covering three
weeks. It was his second trial on
the charge, the first having resulted
in a jury disagreement.
Airs. Lstclle Baumeister. one of the
two alternate jurors w ho were excused
when the jury retired, said that in
her opinion Arbuckle is not guilty.
Henry Ottenberg, the other alter
nate, declined to express an opinion,
although he congratulated the de
fense on its showing.
Defense Waives Argument
The defense inserted a sensation.
into the proceedings by announcing
it would submit the case to the jury
without argument. It was this ac
tion which accelerated the case so
that the jury was able to begin de
iteration a day earlier than had
been anticipated. The announce
ment came at the end of the first
argument by the prosecution, made
by Milton f. U Ken, assistant diS'
trict attorney. It has the effect of
shutting off further argument by the
prosecution as, under the law, such
further, argument can only be a. re
buttal of the final defense summing
Arbuckle, jovial and appaMfitly
carefree most of the day, was visibly
nervous when the jury retired,-
Courtroom Thronged.
Today's session saw the conclusion
of the prosecution s rebuttal . testi
mony, Three minor witnesses testi
fied. The defense announced that
would make no sur-rebuttal and
U'Ren then began the sole closing
argument. He attacked in detail the
testimony given by Arbuckle in the
first trial of the cause, holding .that
no proper explanation- had Jacen
given as to what transpired in Ar
buckle's room in the . Hotel St.
Francis when the comedian is sup
posed to have attacked miss Kappe.
A throng was drawn to the court
room lor the tmai arguments and
the police guard had its hands full
for the first time since the . trial
opened.
Neither side would speculate as to
the period of time it would take the
jury to reach a tmal decision.
Governor Spares Tree
Monument to Scout
Burwell, Neb., Feb. 1. (Special.)
Two vears aeo. when the state high
way was constructed through Val
ley county, by a request mde to
Governor McKelvie, a large cotton-
wood tree was left standing in the
road, the owner of the land permit
ting the state to take the right-of-
way around the tree. Ihis tree was
planted by A. J. Smith, not far from
the. homestead of "Happy Jack,"
government Indian scout,, in 1872.
Recent reports that the tree was to
be removed were sent to the gover
nor and he sent the division engi
neer to inform the principal parties
that the tree would stand so far as
the state and county were concerned.
Col. MacNider Mentioned .
as Successor to Kenyon
Des Moines. Feb. 1. Although
Governor N. E. Kendall would give
no intimation yesterday as to whom
he would appoint to take Senator W.
Kenyon s place in . the United
States senate, belief was current in po
litical circles here last night that the
governor has made up his mind to
appoint a resident ot the nortnern
half of the state. 1
Local supporters of Col. Hanford
MacNider of Mason City, nationa;
commander of the American Legion,
are mentioning his name in connec
tion with the appointment. ' - '
New York Newspapermen's
Club Is Incorporated
New York, Feb. 1. Supreme
Court Justice Wagner today signed
the articles of incorporation of the
Newspaper Men's club, a new social
organization of newspaper men here.
The incorporators include reporters
and editors of morning and evening
newspapers, news associations and
several trade publications. '
Prince Yamagata Dies .
London, Feb. 1. Field" Marshal
Prince Yamagata, one of the few re
maining of Japan's "Genro" or cider
statesmen, died at his home ii: Oda
wara today, says an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Tokio.. He was
in his 84ih yeai , ,
Witness for State
Gives Lie to Pierce
in Dainato Trial
Says Man ;Accused of Fogg
Murder Did Not Associate
'-With Accvmer Defense -Scores
Points.
Leo Kernan, 28, witness for the
stafe in the trial of Mike Damato
for the murder . of Frank Fogg,
druggist, created a sensation late
yesterday by testifying that Dama
to and Frank Pierce, star witness
for the state, had not associated
with each other when confined in
the same cell of the city jail.
Pierce testified earlier in the day
that he told Dainato of the alleged
plot to rob the Fogg drug store
while in the cell at the city jail.
. ; Told to Keep Away. ,
"Pierce and Damato never had
anything . to do with each- othjjr,"
testihicd .Kernan. - Damato told
me to stay away from Pierce, too,
while we were in the cell.
Under cross-examination bv Wil
liam Lovely, attorney for Damato,-
.fierce admitted he -was a constant
user or dope, and that he had
taken a shot in the morning before
he appeared on the stand. Pierce
said he had obtained morphine from
a police, surgeon, and from other
sources. He told of watching the
Fogg drug store for the arrival of
a shipment of morphine. ,
Identification Fails.
When asked to identify Mrs.
"Finger" ' Stevens, Pierce failed,
even when she was asked to stand
up. He had testified she was' pres
ent at the alleged confession of Da-'
mato and Stevens to the drug store,
"stickup." Pierce also admitted un
der cross-examination that his de
positions regarding the murder,
given in Kansas City, were partly
false, declaring . that . he had ' made
the depositions as a means of get
ting back to Omaha."
2,000 Striking Mill Workers
Storm Company Offices
Providence, R. I.. Feb. 1. Two
thousand striking mill workers and
their supporters, armed- with rocks
and clubs, stormed the offices of the
Natick mill of the B. B. and K.
Knight company at Natick in an
effort to release Michael Lautien,
striker, who had been- arrested
on a charge ot assauinng..a police
man.' They forced the1 front door,
shattered the-glass in every window
of the building and invaded the of
fices m their hunt tor J-auticn.
The arrested man had meanwhile
been, taken out a 'rear door by a
police guard. s ' , . ,
Maj. Gen. Kernan Assigned
Commander of Fort Crook
Washington,- Feb. 1. Assignment
of Maj. Gen. Francis J. Kernan to
command the Seventh corps area
headquarters ' at Fort Crook, Neb.,
was announced today by the war
department. ' Gen. Kernan recently
was relieved' from "command of the
Philippine department, in which post
he will be succeeded by Maj. Gen.
Wright of the Ninth corps area.' -
Treaty Approved.
London, Feb. 1. The , Bulgarian
cabinet, says a dispatch today to
the London Times from Sofia, has
approved of a treaty with the Unit
ed States, which' i passed bv the
sobranje will be sent to Washing
ton for ratification.
Accuses Wife of
Adopting Twins
Man Jailed on Charge of Non
, ( sup'port Declares Babes - -
vr. . Are Foundlings. ' -
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1 ..
. ..All attempts- to' bring about a rec
onciliation between - Mr.-, and Mrs,
Carl Fisher over the disputed par
entage of twins, Eleanor and . Carl,
18 months old, failed yesterday. .
Fisher claims the children .were
adopted by his wife, and that they
are foundlings. -
Mrs. Fisher and her twins appeared
at the county jail where Fisljcr is
being held for nonsupport 'of his
family, but the man refused the over
tures she made. .He asked her to
prove that she was the mother of
the children. '
"It was after she had gone to visit
a sister and then returned to Omaha
that she wired me at Grand Island:
'Come home at ' once. We have a
big fine boy,'" said Fisher when in
terviewed at the jail. p .
"When I got home it was twins."
Mrs. Fisher's story. was to, the ef
fect that Fisher abused her so that
she, did not dare to remain at home
during the birth of a child.
German Government- .
Ready for Rail Strike
TVrl.iv Feh 1 CTW A. PI The
Kovernment has announced if will
take aggressive measures, in the
event of a strike of the railway' men,
which it is ;undcrstood becomes ef
fective at midnight tonight. . .Gov
ernment authorities point out that
the- workmen have taken an oath, to
support the government ..and ;de
clare that, in case of disorganization
of traffic they will be prosecuted.
This, is the first time in' the his
tory of Germany that the govern
ment had expressed its determination
to take drastic steps against a Jabor
union.. Only .the most radicaj labor
quarters openly ..approve , of the
strike decision, the moderates -contending
that ,. proper consideration
was not given Jo. the" question before
the vote was taken; f ,.- , . ;
In the meantiine.ithe strike leaders
are in ..hiding.-fearing arrest ..
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Portuguese Cabinet, Formed.
December 16, Forced to Quit
Paris, Feb.- 1. The Portugese
cabinet,' headed- by Cunha' 'Leal,
which was formed December 10,
has?-beei obliged to resign', ' it is as
serted in, a dispatch, to .the-Temps
tddayl, from Vigo, near the Spamsh-
Pjr.tui;ese... border, relaying, a Lisbon
telegram. :Ihe- .Cunha ;Leal-cabinet
resigned January . 2f but President
Almeida . declined , to accept' the
resignation. . ' 't i : ; .-
Four Men. Found Guilty ;.
of Robbing Mail Train
Oklahoma City, Ok!.. Feb.: 1. .
Four defendants' were found guilty
and one not guilty." by a federal
jury today roi7 charges of robbing a
Santa Fe mail tram' near, here . last
September. The: men found guilty
are Jett jJuree, uan uuree, tr. jx
(Babe) Downer and Ed. 'Dodge.
Woman Held for Murder.
Berlin, Wis., Feb. 1. Mrs. Fred
Gardinier was held on -a murder
charge, following the return" of 'a
coroner inquest's 'jury ' verdict that
Gardinier, 40, a farmer, died of poi
soning. State Chemist Lovenhart
reported finding -traces of poison in
Capitol Levy Is.
Passed With Two
Opposing Votes
Democrats and Nonpartisans
' Repudiate Their Party '
' Press in Voting for
Appropriation.
Lincoln, Feb. 1. (Special.) Dem
ocrats and Nonpartisan leaguers in
the ' lower house repudiated their
party press today when they voted
solidly to continue building Nebras
ka's new statehouse. . :
There were only two votes against
the bill re-appropriating the 1919
levy for the new statehouse. They
were cast by Representative Charles
Epperson of Clay and Representative
David Bowman of Omaha. . v
Epperson has been against state
road construction, state bridge con
struction, the budget system of gov
ernment, the code bill and every
thine With which' Governor McKcl
vie has been connected. The reason
Bowman voted against the bill was
not.expkincd. , . '
The" repudiation of the demo
cratic and Nonpartisan league papers
by members of their own- party fol
lowed an address before the. lower
house bv W. H. Thompson, demo
cratic national committeeman, ex
tolling every loyal Nebraskan to do
away with the old diiapidatea struc
ture .and erect, a building fitting for
Nebraska. '
The members were given an op
portunity to investigate every move
made by the state capitol commission,
composed of representative men from
all political faiths, and the vote of
confidence, today was the result. ,
Little Progress Made
on Tariff Valuation
Washington, Feb. 1. Half a
dozen , or , more experts discussed
tariff valuation plans for. several
.hours before republican members of
the; senate finance committee, but
at the finish, sentiment among the
senators ': apparently . was no nearer
crystallization . than before. Some
committeemen, thought a decision
might be;reached within a few .'days,
but , others thought it would be put
off for. a week or more untiL consideration-,
of specific rates . in " the
bill had been concluded.
The discussion, which 'was be
hind closed, doors,- was said to have
covered, the whole' range of plans
suggested, including 'that"" in the
Fordney bill, -which -was' endorsed
in a memorial adopted by the Na
tional Association' of -Manufacturers
in ' convention ' here -yesterday and
presented ' today : -to- "the majority
committeemen by J."E. Edgerton of
Nashville, Tenn.,. president of the
association. 1
the vital organs.
TheWeather
Conference
Approves
Naval Pact
Treaty Represent Agreement
Reached by "Rig 5' Fol
lowing Proposal of U. S.
fur Naval Holiday.
Work of Hughes Praised
Washington. Feb. 1. In a thraa
hour Kttion today tha Washington
conference approved both the naval
limitation treaty and th treaty put
ting submarine warfare against mer
chant craft and gaa and chemical
warfar under the ban of five-powar
disapproval The plenary session
then adjourned on cau.
Washington. Feb. 1 Sec-cta.x
Hughes shortly after noon today
presented to the arms conference the
text of the treaty iof limitation of
naval armaments.
The entire forenoon of today
plenary session of the conference
the fifth in in course had been
consumed with the presentation
and 'adoption of committee res
olutions Droviding for the return
of certain sovereignties to China and
the announcement of the settlement
of the Shantung dispute.
Treaty Not Read.
The naval treaty was not read
but Secretary Hughes outlined i:i
terms and declared that so far as
capital ships are concerned, the in
tegrity of the plan poposed on be
half of the American government
has been maintained.
A description of the terms of the
naval limitation treaty outlines the
results agreed upon between "the
big five" following the dramatic an
nouncement of the American propos
als by Secretary Hughes at the open
ing session of the conference on No
vember 12.
Secretary Hughes gave a some
what detailed review of the principal
terms and stated that the original
American proposal as Tl capital
ships, while changed in eMails, had
been adopted substantially.'
Integrity of Plan.
'The integrity of the plan present
ed on behalf of the United States'
said Secretary Hughes, "has been
maintained and the spirit in which
that proposal was made and in which
it was received has dominated the
entire negotiations and brought them
to a very successtul conclusion.
There was applause when Mr.
Hughes said the United States re
tained the number of capital' ships
proposed on November 12 and that
Great Britain and Japan were situ
ated similarly, the latter with the ex
ception of the new battleship Mutsu.
The effect of the retention of the
Mutsu, Mr. Hughes continued, made
necessary the changes in the or
iginal American program by which
two dreadnaughts of the West Vir
ginia class are to be completed and
the battleships North Dakota and
Delaware then scrapped.
Four Principles.
In the American proposals, Mr.
Hughes said, four principles had
been governing. They were first,
that all capital ships now building
and -contemplated should be aban
doned; second, that there should be
a further-reduction of naval arma
ment by "scrapping olderships; third,'
that regard should be had to the ex-
(Torn to Pare ' Two, Column Two.)
Increased Pension
Bill Passes House
Washington, Feb.' 1". Pensions of
widows and dependent ' children of
men who served in the army or navy '
during the war with Spain, the
Philippine islands or the China re
lief expedition of 1900 would be in
creased from $12 to $20 a month,
under a bill passed by the house and
sent to the senate. .
The bill, also increases thenum- .
ber eligible for pension by provid- i
ing that. the 90-day service require- '
ment. does not mean 90 days' dutv
outside ' the continental ' United :
States. Enforced furloughs are to
be included as part of a soldier's 7
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Head of Traction Company
Horsewhipped by Woman
Champaign, 111., Feb. 1. F. W.
Bedard, superintendent of the Ur-
T)ana and Champaign . Railway, Gas
and Electric company, was horse
whipped in front of the Illinois
Traction System bffices this after
noon by Miss 'Jessie Daniels, for
merly an employe of the company.
She later, surrendered to. the police,
but no-formal charge lias been filed
against her. She told police Mr,
Bedard had defamed her name.'
Mr. Bedard said She was dis
charged ,by the company because
of inefficiency. ' ,
France Pays $10,000,000
on Surplus war Supplies
Washington, Feb.' 1. Payment of
$10,000,000 on surplus supplies pur
chased after the Avar was made to
this country today by France..-,
The payment was the third In
stallment of semi-annual interest on
the- $400,000,000 debt created by the
liquidation, commission after the
wan when 'army supplies in France
were disposed of to the French gov
ernment. " ' " .
The principal of the debt is due,
August 1, 1929, and the annual -5
percent of interest, is payable -in
semi-annual installments.
i 1
Noted Musician Dies.
Cleveland, Feb. 1. Emil Ring,
58, prominent musician, died at -his.
home here' today. He came here
frbm Bohemia in 1888 to direct a
singing society and two years later
became director of th Cleveland or
chestra - . - '
