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OMAHA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1322.
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TWO CENTS
15 Liquor
Yiolators
Dismissed
Fede ral Judge Impatient With
Prohibition Office, Throws
Out Cae i The a Evidence
Is Not at Hind.
I Warrants Held Faulty
Judge Woodrough made a liole-
te dii
"Son Name Given
Thirteenth Month on
Propoied Calendar
M
Heretofore Mr. Kinsler lu v,ew nistri.-t Attorney Piikine Ul
dmmistai oi nouor iaci in icj-
eral court yesterday, and scored pro
hibition enforcement Rrt lor their
ildav in procuring evidence agam
alleged violators. .
iv caea were dummed ne
i lli tcarcil rrni -nrn
l.iitti. Trier vfre 15 tn til. in
ome the evidence was held to te
inefficient. ... . ,
With this setback I niied Srate
Aiiornpw Kinkier opened the bargain
counter far violator who wished to
plead guilty.
Kinaler Change Views
Washington, Ftb. .Tht con.
Itrtnce on calendar rform of tht
tha Liberty Calendar aiaociation '
o( America, lata today adopted
a reiolution urging tha United
States and other nune to adopt
a propoaal advanced by M. B
Couworth of Vancouver, B. C.,
for rearrangement of tha year in
U month of 2S day aach with
New Yeara day aet aside annually
at an Independent holiday. A
aimilar holiday would ba aet atida
every fourth year, under tha plan,
aa "leap year day" and tha eitra
month would ba named "Sol," airtct
In that period tha eotttice would
occur in both hemisphere.
Mr. Cottworth'a plan ia aaid to
have been endoried "by tha Royal
aociety of Canada and tha Cana
dian government, and a number of
international chamber of com
mere and other orgtnirttion.
State Takes Hand
in Investigation
of Taylor Murder
i
1 i.rtrwitkintr roun el ill liquor cae
with hi legal lorgnette coolly and
itant!v when it came to recom
mendation for light sentence u op
posing counsel' client pleaded
K"i',v ' ' t
TI,.,. ! nnltiillir doing. VJ UlC
iimmary of Mr. Kinsler declina-j
HOIK.
Tilings changed yesterday.
Judge Woodrough saddened the
prosecutor' world and the world of
the prohibition enforcement agents.
The judge was impatient. The dock
et was tilled and overflowing with
cac. Defendant were on hand.
Opposing counsel was there. But
the scene wa a destitute of evidence
a a schoolyard i on Saturday.
' Sani Turco." called the clerk.
Sam responded, but there was no
evidence. .
Dismissed." said the judge.
Another case, that of Sebastianp
Srelca, went the same smooth road.
Judge Makes Ruling.
V. "When the evidence i not here,
they will be discharged," was the
text of the judge's ruling.
Then Kinsler temporized. The
bargain counter for pleaders was
opened and 11 Volstead violators
-hit the sawdust trail." These dis
posed of, many more followed and
within two hours more than 30 cases
were finished.
J. S. Kerr, a former policeman,
whose home was raided while he was
still commissioned, "took his medi
cine" in the form of a $10 fine.
Al Jackson, once a detective, and
whose bid for fame was made when
Pat Crowe, alleged kidnapper of
Kddie Cudahy. shot him, declined to
rush the bargain counter.
lacksons attorney, Herman Aye,
,-ugued a motion to dismiss the case
on the grounds that the information
had been signed by tne assistant
United States attorney, oeorge gey
ser, instead of by Kinsler.
May, Free 100 Others.
Should Aye's motion be honored
the decision will free more than 100
(Turn to Tg Three. Colnma One.)
Nebraska Citv
"Fires" Police
Thread of Evidence
Letters of Mi Normaml
Have Been Found.
Former Army Officer Named
Chief to Reorganize
Department.
The entire police force at Ne
braska City, including Chief William
Dunn, has been dismissed by the city
council there, according to informa
tion telephoned front that city by
Col. Amos Thomas of Omaha, com
mander of Nebraska National guard
troops sent there recently to preserve
order during a strike ot pacKing
plant - employes. .
Colonel Thomas, who recently
said that the local authorities at
Nebraska City had "fallen down"
driving disorder that occurred dur
ing the strike, announced tnat xuney
Cook, who served as a Jirst iicu
senant during the world war, had
been .appointed police chief and was
now engaged in reorganization ot
the department.
Martial law still is in force at Ne
braska City, .despite the recent call
ing off of the strike, three companies
out of five remaining on duty. The
next company ' to withdraw will be
that from Seward, Colonel .Thomas
r said. '
y Farmer Found Shot
to Death Near Aurora
Aurora. Neb., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Arthur Brenneman, 3s was tound
dead near the barn on his farm from
a shotgun wound in the forehead.
Disco-erv of the body was made by
ludge R. C. Roper, A. C Epperson,
Theodore Griess and Harry Thomas
who drove into the farm yard on their
way from Aurora to Harvard.
Brenneman apparently had been
dead but 20 minutes. His wife first
learned of the tratredy when the
bodv was carried into the house by
the four men. It has not been de
termined whether or not the shoot
ing was accidental.
Besides his wife. Brenneman is
survived by four children.
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Nebraska Gets $183,000
r From War Finance Body
Washington, Feb. 9. (Special Tel
reram.) The War Finance corpo
ration announced that from Febru
ary 6 to February 8 it approved ad-
'varices tor agricultural ana live stocK
purposes as follows: $185,000 in Ne
hraska, $427,000 in Iowa. $329,000 in
South Dakota, and $298,000 in
AVjeming,
Mr th AmII4 rrw.
I.o Angeles, Feb. 9. A new and
comprehensive investigation into the
circumstance surrounding the slay
ing of William Desmond Taylor,
noted film director, was under way
here today, directed by the district
attorney.
Yesterday and today the district
attorney gathered into his hands the
scattered threads of evidence that
had been drawn out by the police, the
sheriff's office and independent in
vestigators, and tonight he was at
tempting to weave them into some
sort of pattern that would disclose
what transpired just before Taylor
lost his life. .
One item gathered from this pros
pective fabric of fact and deduction
was a packet of letters written by
Mabel Normand. motion picture
actress, and which disappeared from
Taylor's home after his death. These
letters w ere discovered yesterday,
concealed among Taylor's effects.
Their contents were not disclosed and
Miss Normand. who was in seclusion
today, declined to comment on the
new turn of events.
Manager Questioned.
Witnesses questioned today in the
investigation, which it was announced
would be complete and would take
other inquiries into consideration only
so far as facts learned by them might
be helpful, included Charles Eyton,
general manager .of ,the . Famous
Plavers-Lasky studio here! at which
Taylor was employed as a director.
Mr. Eyton testified at- the coroner's
inquest that he was the first to sus
pect that Taylor's death had been
caused by other than natural events.
He said he had insisted that the body
be examined for wounds, and it was
his insistence, according to his state
ment at the inquest, that caused the
fatal wound to be discovered.
Mr. Eyton had a conference w-ith
the district attorney, i nomas Lee
Woolwine. and another one in which
W. C. Doran, an assistant district at
torney, as well as . Mr. ; Woolwine
uarticinatcd.
Others summoned to the district
attorney's office and questioned in-
rluded Mr. and Mrs. Douclas Mac
Lean, whose home adjoined that of
Taylor and who Dad given statements
at the. inquest and to the . police.
Henrv Peavcy. Taylor's houseman,
who has done little since the shoot
ing but submit to interrogation about
Ht he knew of it. Howard Fel
lov chauffeur for Taylor, and Harry
rerows. brother ot tne cnauneur, ana
rn assistant director, were also ques-
tioned fully. The district attorney
declined to disclose tne results ot
these interviews. . .
Report Revolver Found.'
Another development' today was a
well-defined rumor that some person
had found a revolver, possibly the
weapon with which Taylor was slain;
shortly after the murder became
known. This rumor was brought to
the attention of the district attorney
and the police, both offices disclaim
ing any direct knowledge of the pur
ported discovery, but both saying
that cognizance was being taken of
the rumor.
While these local developments
keep the officials engaged, word came
tnat tne san jjiego amnoncies uc
lieved the body" of a Suicide, lying in
the morgue there might be tnat ot
Edward F. Sands, missinsr houseman
against whom Taylor swore out war
rant for grand larceny and embezzle
ment and who has been sought by
officers, eager' to learn what he knew
of the murder. Investigation, how
ever, developed that the dead man
was not Sands and tne ban Diego
investigation closed about as sudden
ly as it had started. . .
It also was announced that the pub
lic administrator was searching for a
second safe deposit box held by Mr.
Tavlor. One was found and opened,
its contents being negligible. There
was no direct evidence that he had
another box. but the authorities said
many men divided their documents m
two or three boxes and it was pos
sible that the search would yield
something. Inventory of Taylor's
estate so far located has disclosed
little ejfcept some automobiles, per
sonal ertects and a small amount ot
casn.
Navy Heads
Fislit Cut
to 50,000
Pln Made to Carry Ojpol.
tion to Reduction Proposed
ly ConpTCM Direct to
Harding.
Would Cripple Service
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Oauh Dm Wlr.
Washington, Feb. 9. The Navy
department ha determined to enlit
the aid of I'rrtidrnt Harding in re
sistance ta the movement in con
grci for reducing the enliMed per-
lonnel of the navy to jw.iw.
Such a reduction would not onty
force the United State ruvy out of
proportion in the icheme of rela
tivity wcrked out in the naval treaty,
but would cripple the aervice actu
ally needed for peace-time activities,
to lay nothing of actually endanger
ing national defenoe in emergcnciei,
opponent of the plan ay.
President Harding ba anurcd
Secretary Denby and chief of navy
bureau that he would regard a re
duction cf enisled personnel below
&0,0)0, The King bill would make
it 50,000.
It can be slated, however, that the
imriran naw at the moment is
topheavy in commissioned personnel,
particularly in higher grade. Un
less the classe at the naval academy
soon are cut down, tne topneavmrsn
will apply to the subordinate grades
as well.
Holding Down Officer.
The ' Naw department itself s
holding down even now in the num
w nf hiffh.rankinir officers. For
....mnl. thfrf is nrovision bv law
for 48 rear admirals, but only 34
had been commissioned on January
2. There is provision tor cap
as aaninst onlv 163 COmmiS
sioned; 385 commanders, against 285
commissioned; 7U lieutenant com
manders, against 570 commissioned,
and 1.787 lieutenants, against 1,323
commissioned.
Naval authoritic take the position
that the fleets and the shore sta
tions need practically all the trained
enlisted men now in the service if
the ships which are to be kept in
service should the naval treaty be
ratified, are to be properly manned.
An impression tias spread mar inc
r.rannin of a number of the older
battleships will release a large num
ber of enlisted men. Department' of
ficers showed today that this is not
true. Only about 600 men will be re
leased bv the scrapping of the ships
on thft conference list. Most of these
vessels are now "ip ordinary, that
is, they are tied up with a-mcre
handful of caretakers aboard each.
More Men Needed.
All the men released in that di
rection and many times more will
be needed to man the two new ships
which are to be completed under
the limitation program.
A comparison of the personnel
strength of the three leading navies
might be made to show their relative
standing. This follows:
Dog Tunnel Through
Snow Slide to Saw
Llvet of 3 Children
Go West, Young Man
Living i ton. Mont., Feb. I A
iot that tunneled through snow
able tight ! deep today tavtd
the hvet of the threa children of
r. J Lyons, Mill Creek ranch
er. The children and tne dog wcra
playing in a ditch in tha path of
the slide, which covered them.
Nonie, aged I. was rttcucd by
throwing her arms about the dog
at the animal dug it way through
the mow to tht surface, She wit
able to summon other member of
tha .Lyon family, who retcucd
Jimmy, aged 7, and Austin, aged 3.
The two younger children were
unconscious when dug from tha
snow, but physicians said both
were unhurt.
Special Taxes
Proposed to Pay
Soldier Bonus
Field of Possible Revenues
Narrowed Down to Eight
Sources May Put Li
cense on Autos.
(Cwrilki: JIUl r TU Clueu TritntM I
Officers
Warrant officers..
Marine offlcera ..
Warrant marine
officers
Aviitiou
Totals
Men. navy.
Marines
Aviation .....
U. 8. Britain. Japan
. 6.1SS 7,075 7.3P1
. 1.S44 S.863 1,111
961 403'
US
103
1.0S2
, 8,619 11,455 S.573
.100.999 102.761 73,578
. 21,291 14,601
... 13,271
Grand total 130,809 142,088 82,150
Next In Importance to actlvo personnel
is that of the naval reserve. In that
wpect both the British and tha Japanese
are much stronger.
Bankruptcy Petition Filed
, Against Wash-Co. Milling
' Involuntary bankruptcy . action
against the Wash-Co Alfalfa .Milling
company w'as started in federal court
yesterday by the Calhoun Lumber
company, Otto Frahm of Calhoun,
and the Drake - Williams r Mount
Homeseekers' Rates
Announced by U. P.
Union Pacific officials added yes
terday to their list of rate slashes
by announcing reduction of home
seekers' fares to the northwest.
The fares from Omaha, Council
Bluffs, St. Joseph. Leavenworth and
Kansas City to all points in Idaho,
Utah,' Montana" and eastern Oregon
and eastern Washington have been
fixed on a basis of one fare plus ?i
and tickets are to be on sale the first
and third Tuesday of each month,
from March to November, inclusive.
The final limit is 21 days from date
of sale.' - ' .
Homeseekers rates were eliminat
ed last October when other rate re
ductions were disregarded. The new
homeseekers' rates are said to be
the lowei. allowed by the L nion
Pacific in many years.
Frank P. Corrick Files
as Republican for Auditor
Lincoln, Feb. 9. (Special.) En
trv todav of Frank P. Corrick of
Lincoln into the G. O. P. race for
state auditor promises to make a
warm orimarv campaign centered
around that office.
Corrick, as an active leader in
Roosevelt forces for years, enjoys an
acquaintance in Nebraska almost
equaj to that gained by George
Marsh. Dresent state auditor, in the
four successful campaigns he has
wafted for secretary of state and
auditor. He has been elected to of
fice four times by the people of Ne
braska and is now asking a third
term as auditor.
Corrick has never sought an elec
tive office uptil this year. He was
clerk of the lower house at the last
regular session.
Blind Man Enters Race
. for Congress in First
Lincoln, Feb. 9. (Special Tele
gram.) J. . Ray Shike of University
Place, a blind man, today filed nomi
nation papers as republican candidate
for congress in the First district.
Shike, as a piano tuner, has traveled
throughout the state for years. He
is the fourth republican to, tile for
Washington. Feb. 9. The field of
possible soldiers' bonus taxes virtu
ally wa uarrowed today to eight
source by the subcommittee of the
republican member of the house
way and means committee dealing
with the tax problem.
These source were stated as fol
lows: A gasoline consumption tax
of possibly 1 cent a gallon; a license
tax on automobiles of about 25 cent
per horse power; a stamp tax on
bank checks at about 1 cent for each
check; a tax on real estate transfers
at the rate of about 5 cents on each
$10 involved, and increased taxes on
admission where the sum paid ex
ceeds 25 cents; cigarcts, tobacco and
documentary stamps. ,
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
acting chairman of the subcommit
tee, in the absence of Representative
Fordney. said there was little senti
ment for any increase in either the
first or second-class postage rates,
but added that there had been some
discussion of an advance in the par
cel post rates.
Taxes Temporary.
The bonus taxes will be tem
porary, Mr. Longworth said, extend
ing over three years, and will be
designed solely to take care of the
cash pavments to be made during the
two and one-half years beginning
January 1. 1923. It was explained
that the cost of the other four op
tions to be included in the bonus
unn1H r,t snread over 20
years and would not begin to be a
serious cnargc asainsi mc
treasury for several years at least..
Members of the subcommittee fig
ured that on the basis of estimates
furnished by treasury experts the
$350,000,000 yearly needed for three
vears for the cash -payments could
be obtained from the eight sources
outlined. Exact rates in each case
remain to be fixed, but the subcom
mittee exoects to have the program
completed by Saturday. It then will
be passed upon -by the majority
members of the way and means
committee, and under the present
plans, will be submitted m turn to
republican members of the senate
finance committee and President
Harding.
Graduated increases in the various
kiiu's of documentary stamp taxes
in force were discussed in the sub
committee with sentiment said to
have been in favor of imposing the
highest rate in the case of the trans
fer of canital stocks and bonds. The
figure suggested was 1-10 of 1 per
all transfers. The oresent
, i tax is 1-20 of 1 per cent in the case
i of the original transfer and 1-50 ot
Armed Men
Line Ulster
Frontier
Few of TOO Seucd Unton.su
Return Friends Fear for
Safety of Others Dublin
Starts Probe.
Offer Money Bag
as Evidence in .
Robbery Trial
Sack Said to. Have Held Loot
of $1,4-00 in Strand Steal
Is Exhibit Against
Churchill. .
Norton Refuses
to Enter Race
for Governor
Bryan Followers Cheered by
Word That Farm Bureau
Head Will' Not Join
v Opposition's Forces.
Chicago Mayor
Creates New Post
to Enforce Laws
oct cent on each subsequent trans
fer.
May Double Rates. .
The suggested increase in taxes on
nm .while that on tobacco would yield
, ,! 1 cc nvinrvft Tn (Vi,. rase
an aciciu'on' j.wu.w. -
of admissions the existing rate m
10 per cent may be doubled where
the charge exceeds 3 ccni.s. -
Representative j-ongwortu
tha bv spreading the taxes over
eight -sources the burden would be
fairh- well distributed.
While Mr. Longworth's commit
tee was dealing with the tax prob
lem, the other subcommittee Degan
work on the bill. Jt was sam uv
no changes would be made in tne
five optional plans as written in the
original Fordney measure, but that
several alterations in some of the
administrative featitures were plan
ned. One imoortant "change was made
today, the' committee striking out the
provision requiring the Army and
Navy departments, before making
payments to former service men, to
ascertain and deduct any amounts
that mieht be owed the government
by the men growing out of their
war. service. -
Waldron Brothers of Omaha
Buy State Bank of Elkhorn
H. B. Waldron . and his brother,
W. T. Waldron, both of Omaha.
have bought the Farmers State bank
of Elkhorn, a town a few . miles
northwest of Omaha. The , bank
was organized in 1915 bv Peter Man
gold of Bennington, his sons, George
and John, and . Chris and William
Glandt, farmers,
The Waldon brothers have been
identified with the banking business
of Douglas county for 30 years. H.
B. Waldron with Gurdon Wattles
organized the Citizens State bank of
Waterloo in 1902.
j company p Omafi "a I t V . -iinjrresj jg this district,' s 9
Trial of Floyd Churchill, arrested
in Connection with 'he ; Strand theater
robbery, September 6,' 1921, began in
Judge Leslie's court, yesterday after
noon. Baggage said to have been
Churchill's and declared to have con
tained money and two guns, was in
troduced as evidence. - -
Scott Irving, janitor at the Strand
theater at the time of the robbery,
was the first witness. He said
Churchill resembled one of the three
bandits who attacked him in the
basement of the theater as a . pre
liminary to the robbery.
Charles Brainard, house man at the
Farnam hotel, where Churchill- is
alleged to have stayed, stated he saw
Churchill returning to his room by
way of the back stairs at 7:30 the
morning following the robbery with a
bundle under his arm.
Churchill checked out early that
morning, he claims. The defendant
answered vaguely to the description
of the hotel roomer, according ' to
Brainard. . -
A money bag, containing a white
sock in which were currency and
silver amounting to $1,400, was offer
ed by Chief of Police Dempscy.
T. P. Brashay, flagman of the train
on which Churchill is alleged to have
ridden to Kansas City, claims the
bags introduced as evidence were
found on the floor . of the chair car,
and were turned over to the Kansas
City police. Silk shirts and collars
with the laundry, mark "F. C." are
said to have been found in the bags.
The trial will be resumed this
morning. ,
Firemen at Kearney
Quit Jobs in Disgust
Kearney. Neb.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
The Kearney volunteer fire depart
ment, disgusted over tailure ot the
citv commissioners to purchase addi
tional fire-fighting apparatus, tender
ed its resignation m a body, effective
withm 30 days. '
In the niterum the city commis-
sjon is confronted with the necessity
ot either acting on an additional
truck purchase or seeking a paid de-
oartmcnt. It is possible an expression
of voters on purchase of a truck will
be asked at a special election in
March. Administration officials plead
thev do not have sufficient money
available, at this time to make the
purchase.
Tom Kelly's Brother-in-Law
Nahbed With, Stolen Auto
R. L. Sharp, 3812 North Sixteenth
street, was arrested for having in his.
possession an automobile stolen from
E. J.. Weiss, Madison, Neb., last May.
He told police he got the' car from
a man to whom he made a loan of
$250. The man did "not return.
Sharp is a brother-in-law of Tom
Kelly, now in jail in Sioux Falls, S.
D., awaiting a supreme court decis
ion in his prosecution on a liquor
charge. .
State Probes Outbreak
of Diphtheria at Norfolk
Norfolk. Neb.. Feb. 9. (Special
Telegram. 1 Dr. Dillon, head of the
state public welfare, is here consult
ing with local board of health re
garding the outbreak of diphtheria
in one of the grade schools. About
a dozen carriers were found. One
)1 death occurred oa ykursdaia
Minister Given Supreme Pow
, ers Over Violators "From
Highest Official to Low
est Crook."
Elevator and Coal Bins v
Burn With $30,000 Loss
Wakefield, Neb., Feb. 9. The
elevator and coal bins ', belong
ing to the Crowell Grain Co. caught
fire shortly after midnight, and were
destroyed with a loss of over $50,000.
Fire apparatus from Emerson was
Lincoln. Feb. 9. (Special.) Pub
lic announcement of J. N. Norton,
president of the Nebraska Farm Bu
reau federation, that he would not
be i a candidate for governor either
on the democratic or third party
ticket is looked upon here as mak
ing the candidacy of Charles W.
Bryan for governor on tne ocmo-
cratic ticket a certainty.
Bryan followers feared that in the
event Norton listened to the honeyed
words of the Hitchcock-Mullen tac
tion to fuse with them and make a
Flitchcock-Norton slate it would
draw sufficient progressive democratic-
votes from Bryan to defeat
him as well as Norton and insure
nomination of a reactionary demo
crat at the primaries.
Bryan followers also feared that
if the heavy pressure brought to bear
upon Norton recently by third party
leaders to have mm enter tnat parxy
as a candidate for governor he
would take thousands of democrats
into the third party with him arid
leave reactionary democrats in tne
majority. In their attempt to gei
him as a gubernatorial canaiuuc
third party leaders went so far as
to give Norton definite assurance
that if he became a candidate Ar
thur G. Wray of York, present can
didate, would withdraw in his favor.
"The principal reason or excuse
for a person's candidacy should be
his desire to assist m bringing about
certain conditions which he may
favor and since I have reasons to
believe that other men will file who
favor most of those things that ' I
would advocate, I am content" to
serve in a less conspicuous place,"
Norton said.
Maid Admits "Framing"
Robbery at Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, Feb. ?. Gilbert L.
Brighton, arrested and who confessed
that he was one of two bandits who
entered Charles A. Faus' home here
last Friday night but was not the
one Who killed Faus, is believed by
officers to have fired the fatal shot,
they announced today.
They based their belief "on the
confession reported to have" been
made bv Aneeline Wacaster, 16, maid
at the Faus home, who, according to
the police, said that she "framed the
job for Brighton -and-a companion
rnh t!ie Fans home.
The girl in her confession is re
ported to have said that the man wno
did the shooting wore an army over
coat. She said that the two men
first aDoeared at the back door and
that she sent them to the front door.
At the back door, according to the
police statement, the girl said that
Brighton wore the army overcoat and
the police do not believe that Brigh
ton gave this coat to nis companion
while on the way to tne tront. ,
Growing Wheat in Nebraska
Is Reported Satisfactory
Lincoln. Feb. 9. (Special.) With
the possible exception of south cen
tral and southwestern counties, the
condition of growing wheat in .Ne
braska "is generally quite satisfac
tory. A. t. .Anderson, federal crop
statistician, stated today. Conflict
ing reports from these two areas
prohibited a statement on conditions,
he said. Recent snows and rainfalls
ave new birth to the Nebraska crop,
Chicago, Feb. 9. Mayor Thomp
son today formally created the post
of law enforcement commissioner in
his cabinet and appointed Rev. John
H. Williamson, a Methodist minis
ter, as the first incumbent with su
preme powers over law violators
"from the highest city official to the
lowest crook on the streets."
Mr. Williamson was instructed by
the mayor to pay particular atten
tion to reports of dishonesty among
some city officials. The appoint
ment was made in response to ap
peals from ministers and civic or
ganizations and because of the nu
merous rumors of corruption.
Tonight Mr. Williamson resigned
as pastor of his church and formally
accepted the new position. In an
nouncing his acceptance, he declared
that his office would be conducted
"in accordance with the teachings of
Christ." He Sppealed to all Chris
tian organizations to join him in a
crime drive.
In a statement announcing the ap
nointment. Mayer Thompson said
that "in seeking the causes of crime,
we must not close our eyes to tne
fact that many persons who formerly
were in the habit of drinking intoxi
cating liquors and who are not
in sympathy with the eighteenth
amendment, now drink moonshine
or anything ill the nature of intoxi
cating liauor and under the influ
ence of it. become utterly irrespon
sible." Consequently, one of the
first duties of the commissioner
must be the mayor continued, to
seek out every place where intoxi
cating liquor is sold.
'We must also lace tne tact, ne
said, "that during the past four or
five years many young men ot the
city, as a result ot the teacnings or
war, have been educated to, value
human life cheaply. Some of these
young men are not mentally capable,
on account of war strain, disease and
she shock, of making the distinc
tion between robbing and killing for
private gain and doing the same
thing on the battlefield in the name
of patriotism."
Elaborate Ceremonies
Mark Burial of Jap Prince
Tokio. Feb. 9. (By A. P.)
Elaborate ceremonies today marked
the burial of Field Marshal Prince
Yamagala, Japan s noted elder
statesman, who died at Odawara,
February 1.
The public ceremonies were similar
to those that attended the burial of
former Premier Okuma, who died
early in January. After private
funeral services, the public cere
monies took place in Hibiya park
where a special pavilion was erected.
Constables Are Kidnaped
Belfast. Feb. 9. (By A. P.)-Ad.
ditional kidnaping occurred today in
County Fermanagh, ont o( the coun
ties in which tht raid wert carried
out. Four class "B" tpecial eonta.
Met wert kindnaped In tht Rottlea
district. They wert taken In th
direction of Bally Bay. where it is
believed other pritoncrs art being
kept.
Msjor Mile of aoutb Donegal,
ont of the prisoners taken by the
raider of northern Irish counties
yesterday, returned to hi homt to
day. Other from the tame area arc
reported to have been released.
Belfat, Feb. 9. Ulster's frontier
was virtually a line of teel today,
following the raid yesterday, in
which many unionist were kid
naped. From I'ortadown, County
Armagh, to ltelleek, on the Ferma
nagh Donegal border, forces of pe
cials were on guard, a well a
heavy contingents oi the regular
constabulary.
It wa estimated that 5,000 men
were engaged in policing the line.
The forces began to move toward
the border yesterday. The roads
leading southward from Belfast today
presented scenes of activity. Motor
truck and armored cars bearing the
so-called "A" and "B" specials. Ac
companying them were other trucks
w ith stores and ammunition.
High Tension Prevails.
High tension prevails at all points.
Strangers traveling through the six
counties are subject to the closest
scrutiny and in some cases are halted
and interrogated.
No communication was possible
with Enniskillen today hi conse
quence of the wires from this city
being cut. -
Colonel Wyckhani. commanding
the Ulster specials, has received a
communication from Duble castle,
stating that the provisional govern
ment is sending special officers to
investigate the kidnaping. " '
200 Held Captive.
Belfast, Feb. 9.-(By A. P.) The
number of men held captive after
yesterday's raids is placed at 20O by
the Northern Whig, unionist news
paper, which adds:
"They are being held at the mercy,
of men who, as the events of the last
two years have shown, are capable
of atrocities as vile as any that bol
sheviki or bashibazouks ever com
mitted. "Viscount Pitzalan is as powerless
to prevent the rapid spread of an
archy in 'the south or to protect the
peaceable, people on either side of,
the boundary from the roving;
banditti who call themselves soldiers
of the Irish republican army as the
(Turn to Pn Thre. Column Tw.) .
"Wolf Hunts" Are
Opposed by Stuhr
Declares Drives Are Camou
flage for Slaughter of
Protected Fowl.
The Weather
Forecast
Friday, fair and warmer.
Hourly Temperatures.
6 a, m. SS 1 p. m. St
6 ft. m. 24 S p. m..w....,,.SS
.7 a. no. .... 31 S p. m. ...... ..S3
S a. m. 19 4 p. m S4
9 b. m SI 5 p. m S4
1ft a. m S3 6 p. m. 8
It . m S 7 p. m SJ
13 noon SO S p. m. , 31
Highest Thursday.
Ohyenn S6J Rapid fitly 5
Dtvenport :S1t Lk 44
Pnvr 62', Sam F it
Bodies City 6Phrfdn ..14
Lander .-..4S gtoux City 4
North Pltt ,...Slvlntln ,v-..0
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Lincoln, Feb. 9. (Special.) Wolf
hunts are camouflage for shooting:
pheasant, prairie chicken, grouse and
other protected fowl and game is the
charge made today oy J-eo aiunr,
secretary of the department of ag
riculture, t .
He declared the ''wolf hunt" has
become a nuisance in the state and
that it threatens the game and iowi
seriously. He pointed to one such
hunt advertised to take place soon
nar Reaver Citv in which it is ex
pected 1,000 men will take part. It
is to cover 140 sections of land.' ,
"In some counties they hold these
hunts as often as once a week and
they rarely get a wolf," said Mr,
Stuhr. "But with such a mob of men
the game wardens are helpless. They
kill the protected game and birds
by wholesale. If the thing doesn t
stop I will try to have a law passed
prohibiting wolf hunts."
All Berlin Welcomes .
End of Muny Strike
Berlin. Feb. 9. All Berlin today
welcomed the end of the strike , of
municipal workers, who resumed
their tasks last night. ' ...
Most of the apartment houses and
offices were without sufficient heat
yesterday, the street railways being-
at a standstill, six schools being'
closed and - hospitals badly handi
capped. These conditions were be
ing overcome today.
Trains are also beginning to move
in a'l sections of Germany. .
Naval Ordnance Plant
at Charleston Is Closed
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 9. The
naval ordnance plant at South Char
leston, was under orders today from
Secretary Denby of the Navy De
partment to close at once and to lay
off without pay until June 30 all
empoyes except those necessary for
maintenance and protection of the
plant. ' . '
J. H. Hanley Urged to Seek
Nomination for Congress
Friends of J. II. Hanley, formerly .
federal prohibition enforcement offi
cer here and also formerly secre
tary to Congressman Lobeck, circu
lated informal petitions yesterday
calling upon him to seek the demo
cratic nomination lei nrtM