The Omaha Daily Bee
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Alliance. Nth.. Feb, 2.-(pecit.)
Three waves of settler swept into
Uox Butte county before the secret
"af mastering the dry and sandy, but
fertile soil was learned. Two fen
eration drove away, disheartened, In
covered wagon, but the third U here
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Bark of tin' certainty is the fact
that $1,000,000 worth of potatoes was
railed last year on the table land
ahout Alliance and Ilemingford.
About a quarter of this crop is still
' unshipped. Trices for the table va
riolic are low, about 60 cents a
bushel, b'it the seed potatoes known
a Red Triumphs are being sold as
high as $1.40 a bushel. Thee are
much nrin-d by southern planters,
who now are putting in their crop.
The potato industry has been on a
large scale out here only five years.
There are a nuniher of reasons
why this northwestern section of
Nebraska. 4W miles from Omaha, in
sists tint it is "the best country out
doors." One is that in worse days
than those just pf-t the, farmers
learned to pav their current ex
panses by milking cows.' By wide
diversification they, have avoided
risking their all on the fate of a sin
gle crop. -
Fireman Turns Farmer.
There is a creamery here which
"ships butter east by the carload. A
tanner drove in with his butter fat.
which in the last week or so has
struck a low price, although up to
that time, there had fceen a good profit
in it. ITe was introduced as a rail
road fireman who had turned farmer
iust a few years ago. He now milks
25 cows, in addition to raising pota
toes, corn and other small crops.
Asked point blank if he was doing
better on the farm than on the rail
road, his answer was an unqualified
assent. .' ' '
..n-t. mm tnatf, a dollar on
the road. 'he spends it," the farmer
explained, "Men have to set.a-bt
salary before they cap put much ot
it to work fo thent. The farmer
doesn't have the money to spend; it s
growing in the ground.
Far eastward from Alliance stretch
es the great cattle range known as
the sandhills. A fair-sized ranch is
S.000 acres, and one man, Everett
Elder, runs from 10.000 to 15.000
head of cattle on a tritt of 90.000
acres. There are now 100,000 head
in the territory lying 5 miles m a
half circle about Alliance. That
sounds big, but as a matter of fact
it is just about a third less , than
normal, ,
Credit Needed.
Credit is needed to bring in cattle
from the south. One bank has a loan
of $110,0000 approved by-the War
Finance' corporation and is .encour
aging th- purchase of more cows
from. Texas in the spring. One
(Turn to Pafe Two. Colnmn Tbrea.)
Senator McKinley
Favors Deep Waterway
Washington, Feb. 2. Construc
tion of the St. Lawrence-Great
takes deep waterway project as a
solution for: -"the growing m
adaquacy of . the transcontinental
i-eight problem" was urged by
Senator - McKinley. republican of
Illinois, in . a. speech today in the
"Senator '-'McKinley declared that
the rail lines were wholly unable to
meet, the demands upon them when
freight rates that would insure heavy
freight movement were in effect.
Discussing the New York barge
canal, the Illinois senator said it
would never be capable of taking
' care of all the traffic which would
normally move in that direction. He
said its capacity could- not exceed
10.000,000 tons a 1 year, while the
estimated , movement of traftic
would be more than 200,000,000 tons
annually, provided favorable condi
tions for its movement were ottered.
PartnM-slrin Management
of Knitting Mill Failure
Wakefield, Mass.. Feb 2.-The
effort of the management of the
Harvard Knitting mills here to make
their employes partners m the busi
ness has not been asucce to date,
Charles N. Winship, head of Wind
ship, Bolt & Co., owners, announces
after a two-year trial. In a printed
report to the employe-partners, he
said there has been a lack of co
operation to increase production and
reduce waste and said that 8 per cent
of the production of the mills last
week was sent back for repairs or
thrown out
Central Ohio Is Doomed
to Six Weeks More Winter
MatfoVO, Feb, 2.-Central Ohio
it doomed to. six more weeks real
winter weather if President Hard
ing's printer groundhog knows his
business. A chattel of L. H. Dennis,
makeup man on the president's news
paper, the weather prophet took to
his hole soon after election day last
fall and-.had not been seen until this
morning. According to Mrs. Dennis
and the children who watched for
him,, the groundhog emerged from
his hole,-stretched himself, blinked
his eyes and seeing his shadow, beat
a hasty retreat
Agricultural Conference
. Success, Declares Updike
Nebraska Delegate Finds Conditions Gradually Im
proving, But Says Freight Rates Must Come
" Down or Farm Prices Go Up to Assure
Prosperity Co-Operation Advisable.
"If I ere a farmer t would feel
mighty good about the Nations! Af
ricultural conference," aid Nelson
l. L'pdike upon hi return I' yes
terday from serving at niember of
this atiembly in ihingtoit. "One
thing it proved it that, while con.
ditiont are greatly improving, freight
rates hive to come down or farm
prices go tip before stable pros
perity will be sure. Out of it i ex
peeled to come action nutting things
on a more equal bU. '
"Every section of the country and
every intern! connected with agri
tuliiire had a hearing," lie continued.
"For the firt time the problem of
profitable production of food was
considered on a national scale. Never
before had a president of the I'niied
States opened a convention of this
kind, and it ended with practically all
Mtiftiicd that the administration is
l-eartily In favor of any plan to bene
fit the producers; ' ;
Not One Man Job;
"Each, delegate went down there
with his own opinion of how things
should be fixed up, but after listen
ing to the discussions from all angles
nnd sections, ir dawned that no one
person vas capable of righting
things. One speaker. Just back from
a tour vf Europe for Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, explained that
giving Furope more credit is no way
out. He compared it to lendiner
money to nun to p.iy hi grocery
bill when what he nerved a or
to make his own .living. He like.
wit exprcHcd the opinion thst rath
tr than more credit, i lie farmers nee'1
prices which would enable the
Injunction
Granted in
Packer Suit
Federal Court Iisuea Order
Retraining Fmployri From
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trquett, stated that the pretcnt con
gres bad done more for agriculture
than any one In many years. His
political convictions, he said, pre
vented him believing it was a better
congress than others, but he mut
admit that it had dine mote, becauvs
it had been scared the wnrt.
Concrete Plan Difficult
"It was hard to agtee on any con
crete plan for the whole country.
For example, it was openly admitted
by the catern poultry and dairy men
that they are having a lustily, suc
cessful j ear because of the cheap feed
they have been able to buy front the
west. The middle western farmer, all
admitted, has been eminc the worst
of everything. One quettion was how
to help him and not cripple the con
suming farmer in other localities.
"Some of the dclrgates became
restless because they did not get more
tune to talk on account of the formal
program of speakers. These speeches
were designed to get the standpoint
otthe other fellow. For a while, led
by Ben Marsh and J. i. Wanna
maker, a cotton man, they threatened
(Tura U I'm Tn. Column Out.)
Twenty-Five Men ,
Believed Killed in
Mine Explosion
Sixteen Bodies Recovered Fol
lowing Blast at Gates, Pa.,
Rescue Workers Fear '
Others Aspbjxiated.
Gates, Pa.. Feb, Zr-Twenty-five
men are believed to have lost their
lives in an explosion early today in
the Gates mine of the H. C. Frick
Coke company here.
Sixteen bodies had been recovered
from the workings at 2 this after
noon and experienced miners in the
rescue crew trying to penetrate the
choked entry leading to the affected
workings gave ,it as their' opinion
that the mine men still unaccounted
for also had been asphyxiated.
The bodies were located in an en
try and taken to the foot of the
shaft.
Hundreds of persons assembled
from nearby mines and a detail of
10 state policemen was sent to the
shaft to hold them back. In the
crowd were said to be many mem
bers of the families of the dead and
missing miners.'
As soon as news of the accident
reached officials of, the company,
trained rescue crews' from all parts
of the Connellsville coal field were
hurried here, some of them coming
in special cars. :
While it was assumed that the ac
cident was due to a gas explosion,
operationg men at. the mine refused
to make a positive' statement.
The mine is one of the' largest in
this vicinity and normally employs
about 1,000 men. It has Been work
ing day and night shift3 and a large
mimber of men were in the entries
and rooms when the 'explosion oc
curred.. The mine shaft is 680 feet deep
and the explosion occurred in a sec
tion so far back in the workings that
its force was spent before it could
reach the bottom of the shaft and
dsmage the hoisting machinery.
According to reports in the village
this morning a number of men quit
work at the usual time and were mak
ing their way to the shaft on foot
when the accident happened. They
immediately organized rescue crews
and, under the leadership of Super
intendent Sam Brown, set out to re
lease the imprisoned men. ;' ,
Skeleton of Man Found Tied
Between Trees Identified
Butler, A ia., Feb. 2. The charred
skeleton of a man found lashed be
tween two trees in the lower section
of Choctaw county last Thursday
was today identified as that of Drew
Conner, a young man of the neigh
borhood who disappeared just be
fore Christmas, Authorities stated
they believed an attempt had been
made to cremate Conner alive or to
burn the body after he had been
slain. Ten persons are being held in
connection with the case.
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SUNDAY'S BEE.
The Looters
Shaughncssy
Dies From Hurts
iii Theater Crash
Assistant Postmaster General
Succumbs Suddenly After
Condition Showed Im--provemcnt.
,
Washington, Feb. 2. Edward II.
Shaughncssy of Chicago, second as
sistant postmaster general, died here
early today at Walter Reed hospital
trom injuries received in the Knicker
bocker theater disaster Saturday
night.. ,.'
Although Air. Shatighncssy's in
juries were known to be of a criti
cal nature, his condition had shown
Edward H. Shaughnessy.
improvement up to yesterday and his
death was unexpected. Attending
physicians at the army hospital, to
which Mr. Shaughncssy was taken
after being removed from thtf wreck
age of the Knickerbocker theater sev
eral hours after the disaster, said his
death followed a sudden heart col
lapse shortly after midnight. Mr.
Shaughnessy suffered a broken pelvis
and other injuries, but had shown a
resistive power which made physi
cians hopeful of his recovery. '
Mr. Shaughnessy's wife and his
10-year-old daughter, Ruth, both of
whom are now recovering from in
juries received in the tlieater dis
aster, had not been, informed of. his
death at an early hour today. They
are "being treated at another hos
pital, the daughter having both arms
broken, while Mrs. Shaughnessy is
suffering from a fractured rib and
shock.
Governor Tells Liberties
Union Why He Used Troops
Lincoln, Feb. 2. (Special.) The
American Civil Liberties union of
New York wired Governor MclCelvie
today asking if it is true he sent the
National Guard to Nebraska City
during the packer workmen strike.
"As American citizens devoted to
preservation of civil liberty," read
the' telegram, "we deplore the use of
martial law in strike districts with
the occompanying restriction of civil
rights."
The governor's reply was brief: '
"Martial law was declared in Ne
braska City for the purpose of main
taining law and order and this is a
thing that I propose doing at all haz
ards. When I am sure that this end
has. been accomplished "the troops
will be withdrawn, and not . until
then." 1
Taikers won their suit for a tern
porary injunction when Federa'
Judge T. C. Munger signed an order,
late yesterday, enjoining all packing
company employes from interference
or violence within, as well as outside,
th "bur hve" plants.
A special clause was inserted to
cover possible outcropping of bad
frrling between strikebreakers and
leiumin strikers a situation for
which counsel for packers expressed
fear at jestcrtlays Hearing.
Situation Tense.
The fact that the strike was called
eff Monday miclit has no bearing on
the injunction proceeding, Judge
Munger declared in handing- down
his opinion.
"The purpose of the restraints
order was not for or against tne
;rike. but to aid in keepinc the pub
he peace and to protect the lawful
rights of those who wished to work
ai;d of those who wished to employ
them." he explained. "Evidence
shows a camnaiun of violence, threats
tr.d intimidations, despite efforts of
officers of the union to control the
v'tuation. The danger of repetition
of such arts is not certainly past.
The judge said that "a tense situa
tion has been created winch may
break at any time into renewed law
lessness.
Peace Not Yet Assured.
"ft is not yet time to say that peace
rnd good order and regard for plain.
t'fTs' rights is definitely asured and
that there is no further need for pro
tection," he declared. "That time will
doubtless come and mav come soon.
but considering the rights of both
parties at this time, a temporary in
junction should issue."
'The snecial clause, soucht by T. A.
"C. Kennedy, attorney for the pack-
ers, enjoins all those employed by
the plaintiffs, as well as all others.
iroin intertering witn or ODsirucunHt
any one in the free and uninterrupted
performance of work by violence.
"while in the employ of the comoany
or about the plants or premises."
Bigelow Opposes Action.
Anson H. , Bigelow, attorney for
the strikers, opposed any action,
other than a continuance of the re.
training order in effect until yester.
('ay, during his argumtnt to the court
rior to announcement of the judge's
decision.
"Strikers admit thev ve lost and
arc humbled to the around," he said.
"Why hold a club over their heads?
Why enjoin picketing when there
iin t any picketing; i
The need to maintain order within
the plants and to prevent trouble be
tween strikers who are returning to
work and strikebreakers, is a new
issue, he maintained.
Let the packers police their- own
plants and keep order amopg their
employes," he exclaimed.
Tudee Munger required a $o,UW
bond from the packers as a guaranty
f.gainst wrongful enjoinment.
Federal "Dry" Agents
Charged With Assault
Los Angeles, Feb. 2. Charges of
brutality made to the Los Angeles
county district attorney today re
sulted in the issuances of complaints
against four federal prohibition en
forcement agents charging them
with assault with intent to kill, in
the course of a dry raid. The of
ficers named were C.-H. Wheeler,
James Pierce, J. A. Doyle and Joe
Krumbansel.
The charges were made by James
Fiore. Representatives of the Ital
ian consul at San Francisco assisted
in the investigation.
Fiore asserted that the dry agents
handcuffed him, strung him up from
a curtain pole and kicked and pouna
ed him so that he is now in a hos-
pital for treatment for broken ribs,
bruises and lacerations. He also
charget that they meted out similar
treatment to his 11-year-old son.
"Alfalfa John" Can't Get
Ads 'on Primary Ballots
Lincoln, Feb. 2. (Special.) S. J.
Franklin, "Alfalfa John," of Beaver
City filed his fee today to enter the
primaries for the republican nom
ination for congress from the Fifth
district. -
"Can't you insert 'Alfalfa John'
after my name on the ballots " h;
asked the secretary of state.
"No," replied that dignitary, '.'we
can't carry your advertisement on
the primary ballots."
Franklin is a member -of the lower
fcouse of the state legislature. He
is in the retail seed business at
Beaver City. :
Can They Wash Out the Irish Mason and Dixon Line?! S ta tO T'dV
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Is Reducec
$2,051,750
Well-Known Movie
Director Is Killed
hy Unknown Slayer
William Desmond Taylor Dis
covered Dead Beside Desk ;
in Home Mabel Nor
mand Is Questioned.
Omaha Bea leaned Wire.
Los Angeles, Feb. 2. With a bul
let wound in his left breast, the body
of William Desmond Taylor, one of
the best known motion picture di
rectors' in the world, was found be
side his desk in his home at 404
South Atvarado street, where he had
fallen, the victim of an unknown as
sassin. "
The discovery was made by Henry
Pcavey, a negro butler, shortly after
8 this morning.
Motion picture circles in Los An
geles and throughout the world were
shocked by the news of the slaying-,
and hundreds of messages began
pouring in.
Within a short time after the new
murder mystery, detectives began
quizzing Miss Mabel Normand, Miss
Edna Purviance and Douglas Mac
Lean, all prominent in the motion
picture world. ' .
After talking with these persons,
Detective Sergeants Winn, Ziegler,
Murphy and Wallis announced a nation-wide
search for Edward F.
Sands, formerly employed as a sec
retary by Taylor. It is believed that
Sands, who had an intimate know
ledge of Taylor's movements and his
associates, may assist the police in
solving the murder. ,
, Checks Raised.
.Six months ago Taylor returned to
Los Angeles after a tour of Europe.
Then he learned a man he had em
ployed had "raised" a number of per
sonal checks and had stolen many,
suits of his clothes. He reported the
robbery to the police' and charged
that the man had secured many
thousands of dollars by illegal meth
ods. A police search was being made
(Tom to Fage Two, Column Four.)
Film Director Victim
of Unknown Assassin
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Fremont Woman on Hunger Strike
Mrs. Loretta Schreiner, 40, Has Not Touched Food
or Drink for 72 Hours Spends Most of Her
Time in Praying. ' , ,
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 2. (Special
Telegram.) Seventy - two ' ' hours
have elapsed since Mrs. Loretta
Schreiner, 40, has touched food or
drink, in-a voluntary fast adopted
since her entrance to- the county
jail Tuesday morning. s
Praying constantly but spurning
all food or nourishment, the impris
oned woman refuses to listen to the
arguments of the jail matron. Mrs.
W. C. Condit, wife of Sheriff Con
dit: her pastor or even her own
children.
Mrs. Schreiner was sentenced to
spend 10 days in the county jail
upon her refusal to send her 8-year-old
twins, Laross and Lavisa,. to
school. She accepted the sentence
without any show of reluctance, but
when mealtime arrived, she pushed
aside the dishes set before her.
Her twins, whose absence from
school was responsible for the mo
ther's presence in jail, were brought
to Mrs. Schreiner, hoping the sight
of her . offspring would induce her
to partake of nourishment for their
sake. An older daughter, a student
(at Midland 'college, visited the wo-
man, hoping to bring about a change
in purpose, but also in vain. .
Mrs. Schreiner spends lite long
hungy hours perpetually oh her
knees, thin wrinkled hands folded
on the narrow cot in front of a well
worn Bible. Her lips are forever
moving in silent .prayer arid cease,
only when someone attempts to
persuade her to eat.
Hoping that her pastor would be
successful in inducing the- woman
to partake of food, Rev. Fred .Young
of the Baptist church was called into
the jail to try his power of . reason
ing. Still Mrs. Schreiner would not
touch a mouthful of food. ."
As yet, she shows no '.outward
signs of suffering. In the , begin
ning she stated that herself and the
twins often fasted for a week at a
time and that the abstinence from
food would result in no harm.
Mrs. Schreiner is separated from
her husband, Nicholas . Schreiner,
wealthy and prominent Wyoming
rancher. Until a few years ago Mrs.
Schreiner , was also considered
wealthy, but since that time she has
given practically all she has toward
the supper t of her church.
Jury in Arbuckle
Case Still Debating
San . Francisco, Feb. 2. The' jury
i:i the second trial of a manslaughter
charge against-' Roscoe C. (Fatty)
Arbuckle still was debating for a de
cision late today, 24 hours after re
tiring. Some courtroom speculation
said that the alignment stood seven
to five for acquittal and another prev
alent guess was eight to five in favo'
of the. defendant. In the absence of
any inkling of information from the
-well-guarded jury room these guesses
had no' more weight than the idlest
speculation. " ' ; ' . .
Milton T. "Cohan, Los Angeles, -a-member
of the defense council staff,
said that the defense would insist on
a third trial in the event of a dis
agreement. The district ! attorney
would make ho comment. '
Military Regime Takes '
Over Cook County Jail
. Chicago, Feb. 2. A' virtual mili
tary regime was inaugurated in the
Cook county jail today with the ac
ceptance of the post of jailer by
Capt. W. Westbrook of the Chicago
police department.; The change'froni
a civilian to a police-military man is
a direct result of the escape of
"Tommy" ; O'Connor, condemned
murderer, which caused a grand jury
investigation. , . ' . . .
?: "We'll make the jail a jail, not a.
boarding -house," Westbrook said.1
Capt. Westbrook was granted a
.l.eaye of absence from police duty
for 'one. year in order to reorganize
the jail forceJ and install rigid' disci
pline.. . .
Major in Mexican Federal
' Army Shot for Conspiracy
,. Mexico City, Feb. '2. Maj: Jose
Illoscas Anaya "of the Mexican' fed
eral army was shot by a firing squad
here this morning, following a
court-martial conviction for con-
Upiracy, according to an extra edition
of El Heraldo, issued at noon.'
Major Anaya was found guilty of
connivance with Gen. Miguel Ale
man, who is in' rebellion in the
state of Vera Cruz. The newspaper
says, other arrests will follow.
Major -Anaya was in active -service
of the federal army.
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Administration
Opposes Amended
Refunding Bill
Objection to' Measure as
Changed hy Senate Met hy
, House Committee Ac- '
' tion Deferred. - -
Washington, Feb. 2. Objection by
the administration to the allied debt
refunding bill as amended by the
senate was encountered today by
the house ways and means commit
tee when it took up the measure in
executive session.
: ' Chairman Fordney said action
would be deferred until he could con
fer with President Harding, prob
ably tomorrow.
Secretary Mellon, who was before
the committee, said lie would rather
have had a bill without the 25 year
maturity and 4 per cent minimum
interest rate limitation, but that it
would be feasible to go ahead with
the refunding negotiations and if
these limitations proved insurmount
able in the case of some countries,
additional authority ; could . then ,be
asked of congress.
It was understood that the presi
dent objected to these limitations as
written, in the senate bill following
agreement on them by the republic
an majority. It was said that at
tention of the committee had been
called that in the case of Some of the
debtor nations, particularly the
smaller and the newly formed ones,
it might be necessary to defer ma
turity of the refunded obligations for
50 years', instead of 25 years and that
where the loans we're to extend over
such a long period it might be desir
able to fix the interest rate as low
as 4 per cent."
Bankers Will Finance
. Kearney Potato Growers
Kearney, Neb:, Feb.- 2. (Special.)
rotato- men in the .Kearney district
assembled for . the purpose of comparing-
financial, notes and possibly
organizing a war finance corporation
association. The - latter task was
Spared them when local bankers
came to their assistance with the as
surance all money required to han
dle .the .potato -acreage -in this dis
trict this -year would be forthcoming.
It- was stated' that . the acreage this
year would be normal and might
possibly show an increase as high as
25 per. cent.
Paper Companies Consolidate.
Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 2. Consoli
dation of two of the large paper
mills in the Fox River valley, the
John Hobcrg .company and the Green
Bay Paper and Fibre company, was
announced today when the' two com
panies were taken over by a corpor
ation to be known as the Hoberg
Paper and Fibre company. The con
sideration involved Was about $3,
000,000. , ., . -
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1 1 New Laws Are Passeq
Lincoln, Feb. 2, (Spreml Tele
tram.) After pining bill c-illinj
for reduction of K,O.M,7$03 I
tte appropriations for JJJ. whici
mrnt the state taxri levy on rest im
personal proprrty will be approx:
niatcly 30 per cent ! than the W
levy, lite anecial sea.iim of the legi
ktture called hy Gov. McKrlvit ad
joiirnrd at 4 this afternoon.
liov. McKclvie asked the legials
ture to cut the VH1 levy 40 per een
AH. I Va1llCa St t ttimilf 1 ft I 11 tt C ' TO 1
Bi J VI V "I'l'iVI'l iMHWHf aair
755.65 by iuipoting a !ent a fUo
tat on Rsioline. which would hit
raied $75o.(lO to fininh the five-yes
trIrral aid road building prngritt
pledged by the legislature of 1917,
Action of the lower lioune in dr
featiiiir the catoline tax bill mid
the 41 per cent reduction impossible
It is the first time m Nebraska s hit
tory a governor ever called a specia
session to reduce appropriation
Gov. MrKelvie say the budget )'
tern made it possible.
Budget System Operation.
Expending agencies operating fo
a year under this system were obhee
to submit estimates of expenditure
tor every quarter tn advance to th
budget commissioner, who. in tur
presented these estimated to Go
McKelvie. Insistence of the governo
that they keep within or below thei
appropriations for each quarter cu
down expenditures for 1921 hundred
or thousands of dollars and reduc
tions estimated as possible by the
agencies for 1922 with prices fallin.
resulted in tne saving to taxpayers.
Gov. McKevie asked every expend
ing agency a month before the se;
sion to "cut till it hurts." The ereai
est reductions were in code depart
menis, wnere tne cntets are respons
ble to the governor. In two of th
elective offices, those of treasurer an
auditor, no reductions were made, a
though a majority of elective offtcei
entered into the spirit of cutting e
penditures and ottered large redu
tions. .
Pass Eleven Laws.
In addition to liehtcninz the bui
den of state taxes 30 oer cent th
legislature at the conclusion of a nine
day session, enacted 11 laws, indue
tng:
Giving state banks a lawful r'tti
to take full advantage of loans offci
ed by the War Finance corporate
and thus insure Nebraska farnjei
financial support sufficient to carr
them through the rapidly disappea
ing financial stringency.
Empowering state tax commi
sioner to take steps to obtain an e:
pert to study Nebraska's taxatio
laws and report remedial suggestior
at the next session of the Ieaislatur
Other bills passed were correcti'
in their aim and merely clarified tl
(Turn to Paca Threa, Goluma On.)
France to Auction Off
Famous Postage Stamp
; New York, Feb. 2. A new meai
ct collecting a lew odd millions
the war dcht has hr-pn hif nnnn t
French members of the allied con
nuttee on reparations
.; When collections begin to dra
they merely auction a few of tl
postage stamps collected by the la
caron rerran, and stamp addic
from all over the world flock
Paris, well laden with coin.
Such an auction will taW( nla,
in March when two sections of tl
famous collection will nffr
Among the bidders will be sever
Americans.
The Ferraji colection is consider
tne most complete m the world,
was gathered by Baron Ferrari,
Austrian, and seven assistants.
Bootleggers Rectifying
Denatured Alcohi
Washington, Feb. 2. Bootlegge
throughout the country are evolvii
a new industry the rectification
denatured alcohol prohibition o
ficials said today, which probab
will necessitate complete revision
the government's system of distrib
tion.
Keports have beeii received, it wi
said, that some of tfce governme:
formulae for industrial alcohol lei
themselves readily to rectification.;
that illicit liquor dealers are obtai
ing the denatured, spirits under go
ernmenr permits and by vanot
processes rendering it more or 1c
drinkable.
( . '
Officers of Dakota Bank
Held for Emhezzlemei
Minot, N. D.. Feb. 2. Three o
ficers of the Mohall State bar
were arrested yesterday, chargt
witn embezzlement of $100,000, a
cording to advice here toda;
Francis Murphy of Minot, assista'
attorney general, filed the complai:.!
atter he had moved for dismiss
of action charging embezzlement
?9.000.
The bank officers arrested ar
J. C. Peters, president; A. L. Wieb
cashier, and Walter Bergman, a
sistant cashier,
Public Debt Decreases.
Washington, Feb. 2. The publ
debt decreased, approximately $lf
000,000 in January, according to fi;
,res announced today by the trea
ury, which showed the public de
on January 31 to be $23,388,544.23
as compared with f 23,438,984,351 H
JJcoember 31,
