The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 203.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Monsignor
McManus
Is. Invested
Couoril Bluffs, Priot For
tnally Arrayed, in Purple
Cass'ock, Roilict, Rirrlta
and Frrialae.
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Bishop Rebukes Parish
Surrounded ty too prirts from
various parts ot Ioa. 1'ev. F. I
McManus pastor of the M. Francis
Xavicr cliurrh, Council Hinds; was
invested with the urpl robes f a
ttionifiiior by Binhop T. W.
Drumm of Des Moines in St, Francis
Xatr ihnnh yesterday before
I'rrat congrrgstiuli.
'J he title ai conferred upon
Fahrr McMiiim in ttome Oclober
17. r.'I. .y the late Pope Benedict.
The Very Kev. U. F. Mulvihilt.
prtiidrn't of Dc Moine Catholic
college, read the apoilolic brief, first
in Latin, then in li ti
Escorted to Altar.
Father McManut then wasfcortrd
to the altar, white the bishop placed
upon him the purple cassock and
.ish, the rochet, the iiiantcli-tta, the
black biretta with purple pompom
and the purple feriatac, or cloak.
Following this, Kev. M. S. Mc
Niiniata of Des Moines celebrated
solium high mass and Bishop
Drumm prrached a sermon.
The bishop lauded the holy life of
t lie new monsignor and also criti
cized the backwardness of the Coun
cil Bluffs parish in some respects.
Filled With Humility.
"Father McManus has been hou
ored directly by this, investiture." I.e
said. "He is a man who prays and is
tilled with humility, tven on our
trip to Rome he was thinking always
of the welfare of his parii.h.
"This investiture is an indication of
what the holy fattier expects of this
parish. Council Bluffs ha not sent
as many young men inlo the priest
hood and women into tlie sisterhood
as it should. It has neglected its
campaign for the diocesan college.
"Unless this neglect is repaired at
once. I niay have to act accordingly
and you mav be sorry."
Presides at Banquet.
Officers of the mass were as fol
lows: Very Kev. William L. Hannon,
Davenport, deacon; Kev. W. J.
Guinan, Farnell, sub-dcacon; Rev.
Joseph Steiger, Earling. master of
ceremonies; Rev. .T. Stein Council
Bluffs, and Rev. II. A. Hogan, Ot
tumwa. chaplains to the bishop; Rev.
T. W. Bulger. Davenport, and J. W.
Wash, chaplains to the monsignor.
Bishop Drumm presided at a ban
ouct which was served in St. Fran
ks auditorium at noon. Monsignor
McManus pronounced the invoca
tion. Mayor Zurmuelileu made the ad
oress of welcome. Rt. Rev. Edmond
Heelan responded to the toast, "The
Holy Father."
Native of Iowa.
Rev. J. H. Hanson spoke on "The
Diocese of Dcs Moines" and John
M. Galvin on "The Catholic Church
in Council Bluffs."
. Monsignor is one tf the highest
titles of honor conferred in the
Catholic church. , Monsignors are
members of the pope's household.
Monsignor McManus was born in
Scott county, Iowa, September 8,
1S68, ami has lived in Council Bluffs
since IWS, when he was appointed
to succeed Rev. P. Smyth as priest
at St. Francis Xaxier church.
He wa ordained in Sacred Heart
'cathedral. Davenport, in 1893.
Bluffs Priest Invested
by Bishop of Des Moines
At the left is Right Rev. T. W. Drumm, bishop of Des Moines, who
presided yesterday at the investiture services for Monsignor F. P. Mc
Manus (right), pastor of the St Francis Xavicr Catholic church in Council
Blurts.
Police Against
Blank Wall in
Taylor Murder
Search for Former Secretary
of Slain Movie Director
Continues Will Ques
tion Pcavey Again.
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Woman and Two Men
Get 25 Years in Prison
Joplin. 'Mo., Feb, S.--ThVee of the
five persons arrested .in Mound Vat
lev, Kan., in connection with the
kidnaping and robbery of H. D.
Bowles, Joplin motor driver, pleaded
guilty to highway robbery in cir-
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cuit court toaav anu weic scunuwu
in 2i rears each in the penitentiary,
Thcv were Mrs. James Kidd, her
son-in-law.- Kenneth'... Hoyt, and
Clvde Booth.
Mrs. Kidd, according to police,
said they planned to kill Bowles, go
to western Kansas and sell his car.
Hoyt' and Booth denied they in
tended to kill Bowles.,
Later. Thehna Hoyt, 16, wife of
Kenneth Hoyt, pleaded guilty in
juvenile court to a charge of high
way robbery and was sentenced to
five years in the reformatory for
girls. '.
Mark Kidd, 14, pleaded guilty to
a similar charge. '
Mississippi Solons to
Probe Charge on Governor
Jackson, Miss.. Feb. 8.--A resolu
tion asking an investigation of the
seduction charge against Governor
Russell will be introduced in the
lower branch of the legislature as
soon as word is received from Miss
Frances .Birkhead. the complainant,
that she will testify before the com
mittee, it was announced today. Miss
Birkhead is in New Orleans.
Exchange on London Only
51 Cenjs Below Par Value
New York, Feb. 8. Exchange on
London made still another high rec
ord soon after the opening of today's
dealings, dtmand bills advancing
seven-eighths of 1 cent to $4.35js,
only 51 cents under its par or pre
var value.
French and other European ex
changes made proportionate gains in
the early dealings.
Recognition of Obregon
Asked in House Resolution
Washington, Feb. S.-Resolution
calling on the administration to recog
nize the Obregon government hi
Mexico "was introduced -today by
Representative Ryan. . repablicaa
New York, - j
Los Angeles, Feb. 8. Officers
trying to solve the mystery of the
murder of William Desmond Tay
lor, motion picture director, here last
Wednesday night, . reported tonight
that they had made but slight prog
ress in the last 24 hours. The blank
wall, which, they said, unidentified
influences appeared to have thrown
up between them and the true facts.
remained unpierced.
J. he police continued to concen
trate their efforts upon the search
for Edward F. Sands, former secre
tary and butler for Taylor, missing
since; Taylor made a charge of
grand larceny against hint last Au
gust. Lapt. David L. Adams, head
of the detective bureau, reiterated
that "there is no one else we want,
and have discovered nothing that
would indicate a motive Hor the
crime except that of avertine prose
cution on the grand larceny charge."
Tip From Arizona.
Late today the detective bureau
received from the sheriff at Tucson,
Ariz., to the effect that a man re
sembling Sands was seen at Lowell,
Ariz., February 4, three, days after
laylor was slain. Walter Peterson
ot xucson, according to this mes
sage, saw -the man. Peterson said
the man he talked with professed
to De a deserter irom the British
navy, had been, in Los Angeles and
was familiar v.-ith the Hollywood
section. The man told Peterson he
was on his way to the Imperial Val
ley, California, without explaining
wnat ne was doing in Arizona.
the sheriff s investigators said
they expected to examine Henry
reavey, houseman for iaylor, in an
effort to obtain corroboration or de
nial of certain statements made to
them by other parties.
reavcy passed the day assisting
otneers in checking over Taylors
effects at the apartment where the
slaying occurred. The police took
charge of certain articles, as possibly
having some bearing on the killing,
out dm not state what they were.
No More Letters Found.
After the search , Captain Adams
saia mere naa been no letters dis
covered by the police and that he
never had seen any letters addressed
to Taylor with the exception of a
half dozen from the director's .for
mer wife and daughter. These, he
declared, had, absolutely no bearing
upon the case.
Mabel Normand and Mary Miles
Minter, '. motion . picture actresses,
friends of the slain director, who
have been questioned about the case,
remained in seclusion today. Both
police and sheriff's investigators said
no further information had keen
sought from them.
German Government Pays
31,000,000 Gold Marks
Paris, Feb. 8. The German gov
ernment todav made its third payment-of
31,000,000 gold marks to the
allied reparations commission, in ac
cordance with the 10-daypayment
schedule recently adopted bv the
commission, at Cannes, according to
an announcement by the Temps.
$2,500,000 in Gold Sent to
U. S. by Russia Via Sweden
New York. Feb. 8. Gold bars
valued at $2,500,000, said to have
been held by the Russian soviet gov
ernment and sent to Sweden for re-
minting, arrived on the steamship
Nyland from Stockholm, - it v,-as
learned yesterday. The gold was
consigned to a local bank. i
War Transport
Is Burned at Sea;
Crew Is Rescued
Northern Pacific, Veteran of
Transatlantic Service in
World War, Destroyed Off
Cape May.
New York, N. Y., Feb. 8. The
former transport Northern Pacific
which last claimed headlines in 1919
when it crashed onto a sandbar off
Fire island with 3,000 American sol
diers it was bringing back from
France today was destroyed by fire
40 miles off Cape May, N. J.
A crackle of the radio early this
morning brought word that fire had
broken out aboard the swift steamer
and that it was a mass of flames.
Later messages reported that it
had been abandoned by Capt. Wil
liam Lusti and its skeleton crew of
75 who were taking it to dry dock in
Chester, Pa.
Rescue of all its crew by steam
ships which had rushed to scene. The
last message stated that the vessel,
blazing fiercely and listing hard to
starboard, was driving southeast
ward. From early this morning the
staccato notes of wireless told the
swift story of a gallant craft meet
ing her fate in crackling flames and
leaping seas.
Tied Up in Hobpken.
For several months the former
transport was tied up in Hobokeu.
Then, purchased from the govern
ment by the Admiral Line for serv
ice on the Pacific, she left last night
for Chester, under command of the
man who had tramped her bridge
dufing the stirring days of the war.
She carried no passengers.
The tanker Herbert ' G. Wylc,
bound from Tampico to Portland,
Me.,' and the steamer Transportation
were the first vessels to reach the
doomed craft. They promptly re
ported by radio rescue of its skele
ton crew who were taking to small
boats. '
The tanker Halsey, bound south
for Mexico, also reported for assist
ance, 'but proceeded on its way when
it found there was nothing it could
do. From Cape May , the coast
guard cutter Kickapoo put out to
the aid of the Northern Pacific. Offi
cials of the Admiral Line were una
ble: to state how many persons were
on board the steamer. Radio mes
sages from the steamer Transporta
tion nd the tanker Herbert G. Wylc ;
indicated, however, . there were 27 j
members of the, crew and four em
ployes of the Sim Shipbuilding cor--poration.
' '' -Stands
by Vessel.
"Twenty-two members of ship's
crew now on board," said the Trans
portation's wireless. "Five on tank
er, Herbert G. Wylc. that accounts
for all hands in trew. Ship now
burning throughout length. Impos
sible to board at this time." . . '
The Wylc radioed she had stood
by the burning. vessel until daylight,
seeking the four missine men. but
had not 'found them.
The United States coast guard cuN
ter Gresham left Staten Island to r
to the burning steamer at '7:45
o'clock. , . -
Rum Craft With 300 Cases
Whisky Seized by U.S. Agents
Perthamboy, N. T.p-teb. . Ihe
tug Harbinger, which has been es
corted along the coast by coast guard
cutters on its liquor-laden voyage
from St. John. N. B., to the Bahamas,
was seized with her cargo of 300 cases
of whisky today by Samuel H Cone,
a prohibition enforcement agent.
1 hree members ot her crew were
arrested on a charge of attempting to
smuggle tliquor ashore, . 1
Work on 14
Warships
Suspended
Here's Your Hat, Goodbye! You in Gleat Hurry?
.'lion to Stop Ruild ...
in Anticipation
prinsl of Naval L.iii
lation Treaty.
Will Cancel Contracts
ny Tii AmwImImI rr.
Wachiiigtou, Feb. 8. Construe
tion work on ! rapitai snip was
suspended lodav bv order of Secrc
lary Dcnhy and direction of Presi-
dent Ilariling. I lie step was taken
in anticipation of ratification of the
naval limitation treaty which re
suited front the Washington confer,
enre, and under which only three of
the vessels involved will be com
plrted as warcraft. The other 11
will be scrapped or converted to
merchant nhins under the treaty.
Secretary Denbv acted after A
sistaiit Secretary Roosevelt had dis
ciised with President Harding the
terms of the treaty affecting the
new ships. Mr. Harding approved
the stiKRcttion that work be halted
immediately on the eight super
dreaduaughts and six battle cruisers
pending final action on the treaty.
Hie building operations thus halted
have cot the government approxt
matcly $5,0o0,0OO a month.
To Cancel Contracts.
Following ratification of the
Ireatv, contracts for the new ships
will be canceled. The ultimate cost
to the government cf this cancella
tion cannot be determined, but naval
official believe a considerable sav
ing will be made through todays
action.
Only one capital ship under con-
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strucnon was exempted iroiu io-
dav's suspension order. It is the
Colorado, more than 90 per cent
complete and which will be retained
m the prrmanent fleet.
vessels on which work vas or
dered stopped included eight first
class battleships: The Washington,
at the New York Ship Building cor
poration; the West Virginia. New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry
dock company; the South Dakota.
New York navy yards; the Indiana.
New York navy yards; the Mon
tana. Mare Island navy yards; the
North Carolina. Norfolk navv yards;
the Iowa. Newport News Shipbuild
ing and Drydock company, and the
Massachusetts, Bethlehem Ship
building corporation, Fore River,
Mass.
Work also was ordered suspended
on six battle cruisers as toiiows.
Lexington, Bethlehem Shipbuilding
corporation; Constellation, JSewport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock
comoanv; Saratoga, New 'York
Shipbuilding corporation: Ranger
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock company; Constitution and
United States, Philadelphia navy
yard.
To "Complete One Battleship.
While work on the battleships
West Virginia and Washington was
ordered stepped, one will be com
pleted and added to the fleet. Which
to be selected has not been de
cided, but it has been indicated that
the West Virginia probably will be
named.
With the Colorado, the vessel se
eded for completion, will make up
the two battleships of the West
Virginia class" which the United
States is to retain to replace the
Delaware and North Dakota, which
will be scrapped. The two form
the American equivalent under the
5-5-3 naval ratio agreement for Jap
anese retention of the battleship
Mtitsu,
The other battleships on which
work was stopped are of the 40,000
ton type armed with 12 16-inch guns
excluded from future naval estab
lishments of the treaty powers.
Of the six battle cruisers, two are
to be completed as airplane car
riers, but work of converting them
to that tvpe wilt not be undertaken
until the treaty has been ratified. .
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Treasury Building '
Threatened by Fire
Washington, Feb. 8. Blazing
scaffolding and repair materials, ac
companied bv the explosion of a bar
rel of kerosene on the roof of the
treasury building, threatened the
structure for half an hour today, un
til the fire was brought under con
trol. A blueprint laboratory and a
small contractor's shack on the roof
were destroyed, lreasury omciais
estimated that the damage was
light, but no figure on the loss from
ater and fire was available.
No valuable blueprints were de
stroyed, according to James A. Wet
more, supervising architect of the
treasury, and William Y. Brady, su
perintendent of construction. Six
clerks, in the print room when the
fire started, saved all the important
plans before they left.
American Legion Guard
in Lincoln Accidentally Shot
Lincoln, Feb. 8. (Special.) Os
car Thompson, special American Le
gion guard in Lincoln's residential
district, was accidentally shot; when
a revolver fell from his holster and
was discharged. The bullet entered
his shoulder.
Firemen Battle Flames
With Temperature 50 Below
' Dawson, Y. T., Feb. 8. Fire Mon
day destroyed the Empire block,
one of Dawson's landmarks. Fire
men fought the flames in a 50 below
zero temperature. The block was
originally valued at $50,000.
. Killed in Auto Crash
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 8. (Special
Telegram.) Herman L. Wagner,
49, of Holstcin was found dead un
der his auto near the state hospital
here. His car had turned completely
around. His skull was fractured.
School System
Scored by Woman
in Fremont Jail
Dances Given as Reason for
Keeping Children From
Schools Maintains Fast
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Fremont, Neb., Feb. 8. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Loretta Schreiuer
leaves the Dodge county jail Thurs
day morning upon the completion of
her lU-day sentence for failure to
keep her children in school. She
continued her fast until the verv
last and refused all offers of food
while behind the prison bars. Costs
of prosecution are to be paid, her
mother, Mrs. L.. h. Moore, wealthy
Wyoming stock owner, said today.
Mrs. bchreiner tssucs a statement
in defense of her action in keeping
her children out of school. It bit
terly attacks the present school syS'
tern and the evils of ,the dance as
sociated with school activities. Ac
cording to statements made by Mrs
Schreiner and her mother, they will
seek recourse for her incarceration
against thercourt in which she w-as
sentenced. Judge Waldo Winter-
steen said today that if the children
are still kept from attending school,
Mrs. Schreiner will either by his
court. or some other court be sent
back to jail. . I
Issues Statement.
VJn justice to myself and 'my
friends I am obliged to make this
statement, Mrs. Schreiner said
"After nine days of prayer, with only
bread of heaven for my nourish
ment, I am fully persuaded that J
have made no. mistake, and that who.
ever is interested in my attitude
should know the truth in full about
my seeming disregard of the school
laws of my country.
"My study of the school influences
upon the young of the' country be
gan 24 years ago, when I started
rearing my family of seven children.
The terrible records have come to
my . knowledge and all have had a
chance to know what has come out
of our public schools in the way of
scandal and infamy, bccular papers
publish it broadcast, still the de
stroying influence in the shape of the
school dance goes on. If is the dance
of death and darkness, and is made
almost compulsory in our schools.
Put Bible in Schools.
"I have been asked to state what
will induce me to put and keep my
children in school and I here make
my only reply: - Put the Bible into
the schools as part of the educa
tional system, then my children may
take their chance with the rest.
"No one should exercise himself
regarding my refusal to eat while in
carcerated behind iron bars for the
sake of my convictions. The bread
which I have, the world knows not,
and the lowly Nazarene ministers to
my needs. If this be insanity. I make
the most of it and know that there
is a great host who are insane as I
and know the value of fasting and
prayer. I have fasted and prayed
for many days and this is mv final
conclusion." . -
Former Envoy Leaves
' $1 to Divorced Wife
New York, Feb. 8.-The will of
Manuel Dieguez, former Guatemalan
counsul general, filed today in sur
rogate court left $1 to his divorced
wife, Aida Moreno Dieguez, who
lives in California, with her three
children. "
"This is in no sense a slur upon
her character." the document states,
"for she ever was a good wife to
me. but rather a recognition of her
sterling wftth as a wife."
Military Court
Sentences 12 at
Nebraska City
Man Who Reopened Store in
Violation of Order Gets
Seven Months at Hard
. , Labor.
90
of
Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. S.
(Special.) Twelve jail sentences
growing out of packing house strike
disturbances was mcetcd out by the
military court here, established at the
time Governor McKelvie ordered
martial law. within the three-mile;
strike zone.
Ilugh Seymour, charged with vio
lation of the military proclamation
by opening , his cigar store after it
was ordered closed, was given seven
months at hard labor in the county
jail. Other sentences follow:
Other Sentences.
Wayne Lewis, strike disturber
days in the county jail.
Pete Thompson, a partner
Lewis, 60 days.
Charles Logan, vagrant, 30 days.
Henry Peterson, charged with
drunkenness, 10 days.
Lerov Meyers, active as striker, 90
days.
Lew Burns, union member, 60
days. . .
Rav Felthauscr, intoxication and
disorderly conduct, 15 days.
Paul Martin, unlawful lfossession
of firearms, 'five days.
George Thompson, drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, 15 days.
Robert Wiggans, drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, 10 days.
Wilbur Butterbaugli, unlawful as
sembly, 10 days.
New Police Chief.
Turley Cook, ex-service man, was
appointed chief qf .police by . the
mayor after military authorities in
charge here made it plain that a
change in the police department Was
necessary for good government in
the city. The military forces are
makiniz a cleanup of the city and
made complaint to the civil authori
ties that conditions again would be
come obnoxious if the old police
force was retained.
WilLGunn. chief of police here for
several vears. was removed after a
petition signed by about 60 business
men, had. been-presented to the city
council asking a change oe maoe in
the head of the department. .It is
alleged that Gunn was too lenient
with violators of the law during the
trike. - ' .- ' - .
Cost of Arms Conference
Kept Wiihm $200,000
Washington, Feb. 8. (By A. P.)
The expectation that the arms
conference would not cost American
taxpayers more than the original ap
propriation of $200,000 made by. con
gress was expressed today by Un
der Secretary. of State Fletcher.
He said that while the appropria
tion, had been, expended it was be-
ieved the bills'to be met, all, he said,
of small amounts; could be paid out
of the allowance for contingent ex
penses of the stjre department.
President Harding.- the secretary
said, was most anxious that the cost
be kept within the $200,000 appro
priation. -.-
Ulster Unionist
Leaders Seized
in North Ireland
Boy, 13, Stabbed to Death
Marked Tree; Ark., Feb. 8.
atnes Gant. 13.. was stabbed to death
with a jack knife bv a young son of
J. II. Cowell irt a boys' quarrel over
some trivial matter at the school
house at Ilarrisburg, near here, late
yesterday, according to children who
saw the fight.' . The boy, who ts a
son of a former marshal of Harris-
turg, V as arrested .
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Armed Bands Make Whole
sale. Kidnaping Raids on'
Northern Counties Ulster
- - Mobilizes Men.-
Bj- The AMocintcd Pmi,
London, Feb. 8. The govern
ment this evening telegraphed the
provisional government of Ireland
asking it to obtain the release of all
prisoners taken across the border
from Ulster.
Belfast. Feb. 8. (By A. P.)
Armed bands raided several of the
northern counties of Ireland last
night and early today kidnaping
prominent unionists from their
homes and ambushing Ulster special
constables on an extensive scale.
The Ulster government announced
it would take drastic measures to
deal with the raiders. It immediately
mobilized in Belfast, hundreds of the
Ulster specials and dispatched them
in lorries to the . scenes of the kid
naping and' attacks, where they
now are scouring the country in
search of the perpetrators.
Many Raiders Wounded
Up to this afternoon the capture
and spiriting away of at least 20
constables had heen reported. A
number of the raiders were wounded
and nearly a score of arrests made. r
The counties where the raids oc
curred were Fermanagh, Tyrone,
Donegall and Sligo. In several
cases, unionists attacked put up a
desperate resistance and were wound
ed before being carried off. One
ccnstable was shot and killed in a
fight with his assailants.
Among those kidnaped was Major
Mourtry, son of Anketell Mourtry,
head of the ' Tyrone Orangemen.
Former High Sheriff Carson of
County Fermanagh, whose house
was raided, resisted single-handed
for an hour until he was wounded
and carried off in a motor car.
The house of Major ' Moore at
Belleek, Fermanagh, was attacked,
but he escaped.
Craig Blames Britain.
Belfast, Feb. 8. Sir James Craig,
premier of Ulster, issued a mani
festo to the people of northern Ire
land today declaring the British
government was responsible for to
day's kidnaping outrages becaus of
its demobilization of the special icn
stabularyi following the Irish truce.
The, kidnaping incidents of to
day, declared Sir James, would
strengthen the Ulster men's deter
mination that "what Ulster has she
holds." ' .
Dust Storm, Darkens Sky
Salina, Kan., Feb. 8. Skies are
darkened with dust as the result of
a wind estimated by the local weather
observer at from 35 to 40 miles an
hour which has been blowing since
midnight.
The Weather
Marketing
Bill
Passed
Forecast.
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By Senate
Co-Oprrativc Measure Placing
Control of AMnaliuiis With
Secretary of Ajricul.
lure Approved.
Victory for Farm Bloc
lf 1k AtM-laiH I'rou.
Wellington, Vel. 8. The hoi
co-operative bill. driHcnrd lo aid the
aicticultural imerrsls ud prrw l by
tne urnier dioc, was pasned by the
senate w i e touay.
Only one vole. ili;it .if Seniui
Gerry, democrat, Khode lland, wai
eaM against the measure. Two oibci
senator, Brandrj,er. republican,
Connecticut, and King, democrat
I tali, were paired s?aiu the meas
ure and withheld thnr vote.
The vote was 53 to I and the sen
ate's action was regarded bv tomt
a the moit sweeping of the vic
tories vet attained by the farm line
since, in accepting the house bill, th
senate overrode its own judiciary
committee which had reported
substitute measure. The substitute
was defeated Sd lo 4. The bill now
goes to conference.
A paired by Ihs senate, the bill
retains the provisions which relieve
the co-onerative associations from
the application of the law prohibit
ing trusts or unfair business prac
tices, placing the authority to deter
mine when such acts have been
committed with the secretary of
agriculture. The senate substitute
would have made the associations
amendable to the present laws and
it was around this point that debate
revolved.
Norris Defends Bill.
During. the close hours of debate,
reference wag nadc lo the bloc's
power. This brought from Senator
N'orris. republican, Nebraska, the
statement that he had heard the bill
had administrative support.
"It is the first time in many, many
months that the majority has come
over to my side," he added. "It
happens so almighty seldom that 1
feel I must make note of it. Maybe
the administration is behind this bill.
If it is so, then I am glad they have
come over into the same wagon with
me. Whether they came because of
me or in spite of me, I do not know,
but I welcome them here."
The bill was introduced simul
taneously in the house aud senate
last April. It was soon acted on by
the house, but when it reached the
senate it lay in committee several
months. More delay came after it
was reported out.
The most important amendment
accepted by the senate was one pro
viding "that the associations shall
not deal in products of nonmem
bers to an amount greater in value
than such as are handled by it for
members."
Prohibits Closed Corporations.
This, it was alleged, makes it im
possible for co-operative associations
to be "stolen" by a group of in
dividuals who merely by declining
to admit new members, resolve them
selves into a closed corporation.
Without the amendment the group
would be able, according to senators,
to engage in competitive trade. The
amendment limits any association to
the handling of the commodities of
nonmembers so that what was de
scribed as a throttle of local busi
ness could not be obtained.
Other important provisions pre
scribe that no member of an asso
ciation ti?f V1"; more than one vote
in directing its activities, regardless
of the amount of stock he holds, nor
can any association pay dividends on
stock or membership cafiial in ex
cess of 8 per cent a year.
' With respect to the authority
granted the secretary of agriculture
to control attempts to -monopolize
or restrain trade, the bill provides
that notice of charges of alleged
violations must be served on the of- '
fending association and it must be
given an opportunity to defend it
self . If found guilty, the secretary
may order the association to "cease
and desist" and in event of its fail
ure to do so, the case then may be
referred to the federal courts for en
forcement of the order. . -
U. P. Cuts Fares for
Market Week Here
The Union Pacific railroad an
nounced yesterday a rate of a fare
aid one-half from all points in Ne
braska and Wyoming and eastern
Colorado as far as Fort Morgan for
the meeting of the Merchants' Mar
ket association, to be held in Omaha
March 6 to II. The tickets will be.
on sale March 5, 6 and 7, with final
limit March IX 1922, mininihm ex
cursion rate, $2.
The same rates in this territory
will be given also for the meeting of
the automobile trade at Omaha
March 13 to 18. Tickets will be on
sale March 1J. 14 and 15. with-final
return limit March 20, 1922.
Former Curate Sentenced
lo Nine Months Hard Labor
Regina, Sask.. Feb. 8. Rev.
Gwylyn F.. Williams, formerly a
curate at Oxbow, has been sen
tenced to nine months at hard labor
for trying to deceive his wife into
thinking him dead.
He admitted sending a false cable
from England, forging a death cer
tificate and also forging the name
of another church official to a letter
describing his death and funeral.
10 Bandits Raid Road House
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 8. Ten
bandits, all masked and each carry
ing two guns, held up Ye Taverne,
a road house, three miles irom here,
early today, lined up 75 guests and
robbed them of $5,O0 cash and jew
elry. The bandits escaped in an au
tomobile, .?,