The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51-NO. 210.
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OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922.
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President
Advocates
Sales Tax
Harding Informs Congrrt
General Levy I Only
Feasible Me am for Rain
ing Bonus.
Opposed to Other Plans
Washington, Feb. 16. President
Harding informed congresi today he
considered a general sales tax the
only feasible method oi railing
fund for a soldier' bonus.
Th executive, in a letter addressed
to Chairman Fordney of the boue
ways and means committee suggest
ed that unless congress saw tit to
enact a sales tax, passage of bonus
legislation should be temporarily
postponed.
Declaring that the government had
tinder consideration the disposition
of surplus war properties and other
transactions which should bring
"great relief" to the treasury, the
president said it would be wise to
let the legislation go over if congress
did not deem it advisable to adopt
the sales tax.
The president's letter was regard
ed generally at the capital as leaving
the bonus situation even more coin
plicated than before. Senate and
house subcommittees were to meet
late in the day to receive and con
sider the White House communica
tion. Sales Tax Lacks Support
W hen the sales tax was discussed
In the subcommittee last week it was
understood that the senators were in
formed that less than 100 republican
votes in the house could be mustered
for a sales tax as a method of
financing the adjusted compensation.
Such a tax had been considered by
house leaders as a possibility, but
virtually had been discarded.
The text of the president's letter,
which was addressed to Chairman
Forduey of the house ways and
means committee, follows:
"In accordance with the promise
made to yourself and your asso
ciates on the senate and house
committees charged with the re
sponsibility of formulating pro
posed bonus legislation, I have
carefully looked into the program
of taxation which has been sug
gested. In addition thereto, I have
made inquire Into the feasibility of
issuing either short time treasury
notes or long time bonds to meet,
the financial obligations which the
proposed legislation will impose.
It is not possible to comment to
you either of the,' plan suggested.1
Suggests Sales Tax.
"It continues 'to ' be my best
judgment that any compensation
legislation en-cted at this time
ought to carry with it the pro
visions for raising the needed rev
enues, and I find myself unable to
suggest any commendable plan
other than that of general sales
tax. Such a tax will distribute the
cost of rewarding the ex-service
men in such a manner that it will
be borne by all the people whom
they served, and does not commit
the government to class imposi
tion of taxes or the resumption of
the burdens recently repealed, the
maintenance of which can be justi-
(Turn to r Two, Column Tito.)
Ringing Yacht Burned;
Six Persons Injured
Bradentown, Fla., Feb. 16. Fire
resulting from an explosion on the
Salome, owned by John Ringling,
millionaire circus man, injured six
persons last night and destroyed the
vessel which was valued at $50,000.
The injured are. Mrs. John Ring
ling, L. C. Wallick. New York hotel
man, and Mrs. Wallick, Mrs. San
ford Makeaver, Judge Ernest Hep
penhcimer of the New Jersey court
of errors and appeals and Mrs, Hep
penheimer. -
All except Judge Heppenheimcr
were reported as having been severe
ly burned.. The only other persons
aboard the vessel were Capt. C. W.
Jarriot, the master and his son, who
were unhurt.
. The explosion was said to have
been caused by a backfire from the
engine which ignited the -gasoline
tank. In a few moments the boat
was in flames and it became neces
sary for those on board to leap over
board. The accident occurred during a se
vere electrical storm.
The yacht was of the auxiliary
cruiser type, about 40 feet long. It
was burned to the water's edge and
sank.
Nebraskan Famous for
His Eloquence Is Dead
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Troops- Are Held Ready at
Fort Bliss for Emergency
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 18. Five thou
sand troops at Fort Bliss were being
held today ready for any emergency
which might arise along the border.
They were mobilized last night when
rumors were scattered in Juarez and
El Paso that 3,000 men were assem
bling in the hills south of Juarez, and
that the Juarez garrison was expected
to "turn over." Juarez military and
civilian officials strongly denied each
report, but admitted they are aware
that revolutionists are trying to re
cruit men in Chihuahua.
Senate Farm Body
Wishes to Visit Shoals
Washington, Feb. 16. The senate
agriculture committee today asked
the senate,- in a resolution, for
authority to visit the Muscle Shoals
power and nitrate project in connec
tion with the committee considera
tion of Henry Ford's -offer to lease
the properties. The resolution,
which proposed that the who'e com
mittee of 17 make the trip, was re
ferred to the auditing committee be
cause of the expenditures that would
be entailed-
Matthew Gerinjr,
Leading Lawyer,
Dies in Lincoln
Prominent Democratic Poli
tician of PlaUmouth and
Noted Orator Victim of
Nervous Breakdown.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Feb. 16.
(Special) Matthew Gcring, 61,
prominent attorney, died in the state
hospital in Lincoln today.
Matthew Gering was born iu Ba
varia, Germany, September 16, 1861.
He came to this country with his
parents in 18t6, when they settled
at Cedar Falls, la. He attended the
public schools there until 1875. He
graduated from Georgetown univer
sity, where he had led his classes.
- Reputation as Orator.
After winning his decrees in law.
he returned to Dakota where he had
worked as a bookkeeper before en
tering college. In 1886 he was nam
ed a member of the territorial con
gressional convention. At this time
he established the reputation as an
orator which remained with him un
til his nervous breakdown last No
vember. '
He removed to Plattsmouth. Neb.,
in 1887, opened law offices, and in
1888 was elected county attorney o
the democratic ticket. From that
time he was identified prominently
in democratic politics of the state.
During- the war he applied his ora
torical abilities to the various patri
otic drives including Liberty bond
and Red Cross campaigns.
Member Omaha Elks.
He was a member of Omaha lod;;e
No. 39 B. P. O. E.
He is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Eda Henry Harold, Miss
Barbara Gering and Miss M'a Ursu
la Gering, all of Plattsmouth, and
one brother, Henry R. Gering, of
Omaha.
The body will be taken to Platts
mouth, where funeral services will be
held Sunday morning. -The body
then will be brought to Forest Lawn
cemetery in Omaha where it will be
cremated.
Lincoln Man Stricken
on Road Near Harbine
Faiibury, Neb.. Feb. 16.-r-(Spe-cial
Telegram.) The lifeless body
of Edward Wrigly of Lincoln was
found .by Peter W'oltcrs near liar
bine. His body was found in the
road near the wheel of his automo
bile, where he, was apparently re
moving a tire. The theory is ad
vanced that the exertion caused by
removing the casing brought on
apoplexy, from which he died.
Mr. Wrigly .was a former resident
of the Harbine vicinity, coming in
the early 70s and residing there
until his retirement to Lincoln,
about seven years ago. His body
was found close to his old farm and
it is supposed that he was on his
way to visit the old place.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, John of Derbys, la-, and Ar
thur of Basin, Wyo., and a daughter,
Edith, of Wayne.
Senate Asks Harding for
Data on 4-Power Pact
Washington, Feb. 16. The reso
lution asking President Harding for
full information regarding the nego
tiations of the four-power Pacific
treaty was adopted by the senate to
day after a debate in which the arms
conference policies were discussed for
the first time on the senate floor.
LOVE-in-a-MIST
One lover's props were
the moonlight, the. flow
ering honey - locust " and
spring; the other's noth
ing more than grapefruit,
for breakfast in- the
diner. ,
A BLUE RIBBON
love story.
By Fanny
Heaslip Lee in
Next Sunday's Bee
Siinan Law
Upheld by
Hidi Court
Instructor in Hamilton Coun
ty Parochial School Fined
123 for Teaching German
Language.
Two Justices Dissent
Lincoln, Feb. 16. (Special.) The
supreme court today utlirmcd (he
Hamilton county district court in
fining Robert T. Meyer, Instructor in
a parochial school, 5.'5 for teaching
the German language against edicts
of the Siinan language law patted by
the Irginlature in 1 V IV.
Meyer and the school board were
charged by the Mate with evading
the law by oitrnuMy lengthening the
noon recess from 12 to l:J0and using
the last half hour of reces to teach
German,
Meyer contended lie did not come
under the taw because it did tint for
bid teaching German outside of
ichco hour and from 1 to l:.Vl
rould not technically be called school
Iiour.
Strengthened by Amendment,
Two inemberi of the court joined
In a dissenting opinion.
Miion Wheeler, assistant in the
ofitre of Attorney General Clarence
A. Davis, represented the state in
the case.
At the last session the Siinan law
wai strengthened by passing the
Kcea-Norval law.
The Opinion.
The opinion, in part, reads:
"It is within the power of the leg
islature! to say that education of a
child in primary grades tdiall not be
conducted in a foreign language, and
prevent teaching of foreign lan
guage until he is thoroughly ground
ed in English.
The statute prohibiting such
teaching: was intended to prohibit its
teaching whenever pupils of the
school should be assembled for pur
pose of receiving instruction, and
was not limited in its aims to those
hours only which should be set
aside to teaching of the common
school branches."
Mrs. Appleby Gets
$500 Heart-Balm
Jury Brings in Verdict After
Five-Hour Session Silk
Was for $33,000.
Mrs. Anna Applebv. suing John
Appleby, the brother of her divorced
husband, for $35,000 for alleged
breach of promise, was given $500
by jury in district court last night
after it had deliberated five hours.
Appleby declared last night he
would appeal the case.
"I'd give $500 to charity before I'd
give her a cent," he said."
After the 'jury had been given the
case A. L. Sutton called the atten
tion of District Judge Goss, who has
been hearing the case, to the fact
that the judge, some 30 years ago,
obtained a divorce for Mrs. Ap
pleby. "Perhaps I shouldn't have heard
the case," smiled Judge Goss. "I
remember now I did represent Mrs.
Appleby."
"It's all right," replied Sutton. "I
thought I'd wait until the trial was
over before telling you. I was
afraid you might cast a smile in the
direction of your former client if I
reminded you."
Appleby is a retired Etkhorn
farmer and is the brother of Mrs
Appleby's divorced husband.
Kenyon's Resignation
Mailed to Governor
Washington, Feb. 16. The resig
nation of William S. Kenyon as
United States senator from Iowa, to
take effect February 24, was today
en route to Governor Kendall of
Iowa.
Senator Kenyon, who is resigning
to take the federal circuit judgeship,
to which he recently was appointed
by President Harding, mailed his
resignation to the Iowa governor
late yesterday, it Was learned today.
He also sent the Iowa executive a
telegram informing him of his ac
tion. Bodies of Los Angeles
Boys Found in Snow
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 16. Mem
bers of a searching party returning
here today told of finding in the
snow drifts in the mountains be
tween Mt. Lowe and Mt. Wilson, 20
miles -north of here, the bodies of
Wilbur P. Lace and Ben Mustain,
Los Angeles high school- boys, re
ported lost more than two weeks
ago. .
The boys had started for a ranch,
but were caught in the recent record
snowstorm. . '..
At one time the boys thought they
had escaped the 'perils of the storm,
as shown by a note the searchers
found in a mountain cabin."
Finance Corporation Lends
$497,000 to State Farmers
Washington, Feb. 16. (Special
Telegram.) The War Finance cor
poration announced today that it
had approved advances of $434,000
in Nebraska for agricultural and
livestock purposes, and $497,000 in
Iowa-
Swindled of Life's Savings
St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 16. Mor
ris Heller, of Newark, N. J., before
leaving here for Newark last night,
announced that he had been defraud
ed of his life's savings of $105,000
here last week by confidence men
and that he was returning to Newark
to consu.it nis attorneys.
Fort Bliss Continues
"Watchful Waiting"
l:i rw.Tfx , Feb, 14-Fert Bliss
this evening ttitl it mobiliied, main
Mining- lit "watchful wailing" policy
inre lot night when troop were
held In readme to protect the bar
frr, after it port of an expected raid
on Jurtt by rebel forces were re
ceived. "J be tatu U the tame at hit
nrght,H It w officially announced at
ting. Gen. 1. L. Jlowrt office thii
fvenin. "However, men nil! not be
confuted, strictly to camp. T;
will be permitted to attend t
mommy prwe Kgnr, wnicn u neuu .Mi
within the pot area." A, "
in Juarec the ntuation i practical
ly unchanged. Military and civil offi
cer are on the alert.
Only a ikrietoa guard il on duty
at the garrison in the downtown dis
trict of Juarez, the remainder of the
military tyrce being on outpost duty
aim at the military tort a liort di
taiice from the city.
Chicago Ponzi
Seeks $30,000
From Nebraska
Suit Tried to Kecover Funds
Lost ly Failure of Drown
County Bank at Long
Pine.
O'Neill, Neb., Feb. loV fSpecial
TclcRram.) Raymond J. Bischoff,
the Chicago i'onr.i, at present has a
rase pending in the district court of
brown county, ,cbraska. growing
out ot tne taiiure ot the Brown
County bank of Long Pine, in which
be is seeking to recover from the
.Nebraska itate guarantee fund
$30,000 for certificates rf drnosit
which be alleges he paid $J4,00u for
and which were isMied by the bank
in the name of II. F, Bird of Brown
county and taken by Bird and How
ard O. Wilson, cashier of the bank,
to Chicago, where they were sold to
Dischoff. The state is resisting' the
payment of these certificates, one of
the grounds being that thev were
not regularly issued.
I he case, tried several months ago,
s still under consideration by Dis
trict Judge Robert R. Dickson of
O'Neill.
Bischoff testified in person at the
hearing that he purchased the cer
tificates through S. P. Buchanan,
whom he described as my broker ex
ecuting my orders for the purchase
and sale of bonds on the New York
Stock exchange." He testified that
a very great condition of confidence-
existed between them and that
his transactions with Buchanan
amounted to as high as $100,000 a
day.
Describee Brokers. v 4-
E. R. Rockwell, whom Bischoff de
scribed as "a Chicago broker of no
great business standing but a man
about town who does everything and
anything he can." he said, repre
sented Bird and Wilson in the deal.
Harry A: Massey & Co., traders of
Chicago, were mentioned ny Dis
choff in the deal, also the Great
Lakes Trust company of Chicago,
his bankers, and Assistant Cashier
Aueustus of the trust company.
At the hearincr December 20, last
year, in establishing his identity,
Bischoff described his business as
finance, consisting of brokerage,
financing corporations and invest
ments and banking business and that
he had resided in Chicago four
years.
Bischoff testified that he paid a
cashier's cheek of $24,000 and $4,500
in cash for the certificates and was
informed that later the $4,500 was
split between Luther F. Binkley,
Chicago attorney. 3013 East Wood
avenue, Bird Rockwell and Buch
anan. Biscoff, when asked what he
understood by a bank deposit, said,
I take notes, bills of exchange, ac
ceptances and deposit them in my
bank and get credit for them and
they immediately become deposits
against which I can draw cash.
P. N. Dole, Chicago lawyer, and
Joseph B. Fradenburg of Omaha
were Bischoff's attorneys at Long
Pine.
Burnham Testifies.
C. F.. Burnham, president of the
Norfolk National bank, a director
of the Federal Reserve bank, intil
January 1, 1921, and a director in
the Tilden National, the Citizens
State bank, the Stanton National and
the Norfolk Savings bank, testified
at the hearing that it was a common
practice in Nebraska among state
banks to issue certificates of de
posits without the deposit of money,
with the tacit consent at least of the
state banking board; that it was a
matter of very frequent occurrence
and that the, state banking board
had taken no action to stop such
practice to his knowledge. He af
firmed that it was a common prac
tice at the time for the sale of these
certificates to be negotiated and
that it had become a common prac
tice to issue certificates of deposit
for notes put in banks or any other
collateral which the bank recognizes
as of value.
"Let's Keep Them AU-What Do You Say?"
Freight Steamer Reported
Without Fuel and Drifting
Boston, Feb. 16. The freight
steamer West Carnifax. Hamburg
and Rotterdam, for Galveston, re
ported by radio last night that she
was without fuel or rations and was
drifting southwest at a rate of two
miles an hour. She gave her posi
tion as latitude 37.40 north, longi
tude 65.54 west, which is about 500
miles southeast of New York.
Othei. messages picked up here
indicated that the Steamer Eldaria,
Havre for New York, had gone to
the assistance of the distressed ves
sel. Arrangements were made to
send out the coast guard cutter
Tampa this morning.
Tekamah Couple Wed.
Robert Parke Loftis and Miss
Annie Wilcox of Tekamah, were
married Wednesday by Rev. A. S.
Buell of the Trinity Methodist
church.
Banker-Trader
Sacrifices All
for Creditors
President of Defunct Homer
State Bank Draws Praise of
State Commerce
- ' Secretary.
Lincoln, Feb. 16. (Special.)
Forty years ago c. J. O'Connor ar
rived at Homer, Neb., with a sack
over his shoulder filled with trinkets
which he traded to Indians tor land
allotments.
Yesterday O'Connor, at the age of
70, walked from his beautiful home
with a suitcase holding his personal
effects, all he had left in worldly
possessions.
In the 40 years he was trans
formed from Indian trader to store
keeper and ther to president of the
Homer State bank, which w;:s closed
yesterday by J. E. Hart, secretary of
the department of trade and com
merce. "Durinsr the war when everything
was at peak prices O'Connor pur
chased land with unlimited credit
which was valued at $300,000," Hart
said today.
"He has voluntarily sacrifvxd
everything he had in the world to
satisfy his creditors from whom he
borrowed money to buy hundreds of
acres of land at peak prices.
"It is the biggest, voluntary, per
sonal sacrifice made by any banker
in the numerous failures of the last
two years."
Thanks to O'Connor's .action in
turning over everything to liquidate
the failed bank. Hart stated that
eventually the failure would not cost
the guaranty fund more than $25,000.
Receivership Asked for
Railway Laborers Union
Toledo, O., Feb. 16. Appointment
of a receiver for the United Broth
erhood of Maintenance of Way Em
ployes and Railway Shop Laborers
is asked in a petition filed in federal
court here late yesterday, , by the
Bacon Brothers company of Toledo,
it became known today. ,
The petition asks that the receiver
take possession of all property of the
brotherhood within the jurisdiction
of this court, including all money
on deposit with the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers Co-Opera-t!ve
National bank of Cleveland, and
that a temporary restraining order
be issued enjoining E. . . Frank
Grable, individually and as president
of the brotherhood, and all -other
officers from' withdrawing, . trans
ferring, assigning or encumeringr any
ot tne tunds ot the brotherhood on
deposit. "'. -;
Deadlock Reported on
Proposed Steel, Merger
New York, Feb. 16. A deadlock
has been reached in the . proposed
merger of several of the independent
western steel producing companies,
according to report current yesterday.
The outcome of the proposed mer
ger hinges largely on the .Questions
of valuations and securities. On this
question . no agreement - has been
reached.
Omaha Women Must Serve
Sentence for Shoplifting
Lincoln, Feb. 16. (Special.)
Maude Robinson and Grace Slade,
Omaha women, must serve from 1
to 7 years in the penitentiary for
shoplifting in Lincoln, under an
opinion handed down today by su
preme court attirming sentence of
the Lancaster count diitiiti cowU
State Officials
Take Control of
Pyramid Mutual
Insurance Company Organ
ized Year Ago by Former
Lion Bonding Men Is
Declared Insolvent. '
The bureau of insurance of the
state department of trade and com
merce,' through W. B. Young, chief
of the bureau, assumed charge of the
affairs of the .Pyramid Mutual Acci
dent company, 1708 Dodge street
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ye-ung
was accompanied by J. B. Chase,
deputy attorney general.
The intervention of the state into
the affairs of this company followed
the mailing- of letters to insurance
men, advising them that on Mon
day, February 6, the bureau cf in
surance notified the Pyramid com
pany to cease writing new business
in this state, on account of the com
pany's inability to pay policy claims
and because of questioned financial
condition..
" Says Condition Crippled..
. Insurance men were officially ad
vised by Mr. Young further as fol
lows: "Anexamination of the com
pany by this department shows them
to be in such a condition that, they
will be unable to reinsure or continue
business, and as a consequence it
will be necessary that this depart
ment suspend your agent s- license to
represent. said company."
"Representatives of the company
have agreed to surrender their af
fairs to the state insurance depart
ment ' without taking advantage-of
the 90-day' provision which they
might have claimed to adjust their
financial-embarrassment," said Mr.
Young.
Directors Approve Move. .
Thjis arrangementwas. appro-ved at
a meeting- of the directors yesterday
afternoon the offices of the -company.
- .:-.-..,,
The officers of the Pyramid com
pany are F. B. Alldredge, president;
W F. Leech, vice president, and J.
(Turn t Page Two, Column Three.)
Harvey' Church Carried . '..
to Death Cell in Stretcher
Chieaeo. Feb. 16. Harvey Church
was wheeled to the death cell in the
county jail on a stretcher today to
spend the last 24 hours before going
to the callows tomorrow to pay
with his life .for the death of two.
men he brutaHy murdered in order.
to obtain an, automobile. Church, who
las been forcibly fed through a tube
for. several days" since going on a
bunecr . strike, fought viciously as
his guards, wheeled him down the
corridors.,- -It is . planned to wheel
him to the' gallows and strap him in
a chair on the trap..
Phonograph Music
Quiets Boy Under Knife
Chicago Feb.. 16. A boy 16 years
old underwent a serious operation
while listening to a phonograph play
ing "Liyerv Stable Blues here yes
terday. Only a local anaesthetic was
used. The boy had had ether opera
tions, the. physician said, -and hated
anaesthetics, so music was tried to
keep his mind occupied.' It was suc
cessful, the physician said.
Fire Destroys Fort Dodge
Building; Loss Is $300,000
Fort Dodge, la:, Feb. 16. The
Snell shops building, a business
block, occupied by 11 firms, was de
stroyed by fire here early today. The
los is estimated at more than $300,-
oco, .
Troops Will Be
Withdrawn From
Nebraska City
No Further Need of Martial
Law, Governor's Proclama
tion States Military. Sen- .
fences to Stand.
Lincoln, Feb. 16. The state of
martial law which has been in ex
istence in Four Mile precinct at Ne
braska Cit5', in Otoe county, since
January 28, ceased at 10 today by a
proclamation of Governor McKelvie,
stating "that violence and disorder
had been suppressed and there was
no further need of martial law.
The remaining units of guards
men, sent there to put down dis
orders growing out of a strike of
packing house workers will evacuate
today. ,
Military orders established during
the period of martial law, as well as
the military court created to punish
violators, ceased to function with the
termination of military rule, accord
ing to "the proclamation. Sentences
imposed by the ,court, however, as
they now exist or shall be modified,
shall be in effect. Civil authorities
are reinstated and are called upon to
carry out the provisions of the court
and "conscientiously continue to pre
serve peace and order in the precinct."
Gratification over the manner in
which the military conducted itself
and satisfaction that the community
was in a better state of affairs as the
result of military occupation is con
tained iu a statement of the govern
or. Not a . single shot was fired by
the troops during the three weeks
stay.
Coroner's Jury Not Able
, to Solve Double Death
Chicago, Feb. 16. (Special) A
coroner's jury here yesterday was
unable to solve the . double death
mystery surrounding the "finding of
Alfred- Andrew .Nichols ot Umaha
and Mrs. Ursula Thompson Rogers,
former actress and widow of a Ken
tucky millionaire, fatally poisoned in
a hotel here January 21.
T. lie verdict ot the jury held that
Mrs. Rogers - died from poison ad
ministered either accidentally or in
tentionally. Nichols was said to have
taken his own, life..iThe inquest was
called over the Rogers woman when
police were working on a murder
theory.
Business Conditions
Gradually Improving
Washington, Fek 16. Business
conditions throughout' the' - country
are better than they were a year ago,
in the view of treasury Officials who
declared, however, that the improve
ment has been gradual and there was
no immediate pr'ospect of a sudden
pickup in business activities. Some
seasonable activity might be looked
for in the spring, they asserted, but
in general onty gradual betterment
was Jo be looked for.
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Pact Asked
Senate Kcoolution Presented
by Hitchcock KequetU Full
Information on Four-Pone r
Treaty Negotiation.
Other Agreements Read
(If 1 AmrhM nM,
Washington, Feb. Id, Senate de
bate on the four-power I'acifie ttealy
began today with a preliminary tilt
resulting 1:1 a request to 1'rcsident
Harding for ! available Information
il tc how the treaty was nrg.V.'ated.
, An, hour of general discustion
whiih brought to the surface various
croaA cutrrntt of senate opi.iion, but
kllcd '7 develop dclinitt'y the na
tively itn ngtli of mipportcj bud o:
poiiriiU tf the treaty, preceded adop
tion ( l'e formal retjueti for in for.
motion. The resolution bad the sup
port c' tepublican and democratic
leaders alike and was approved with
out a teu-rd vote.
While it awaited th president's re
ply, the foreign relations committee
decided 10 go ahead with other trc.i
tici nii' tiiig from l.e rms tiern'i
ntiovf, ,'n the hope ,ntt all ot them
might be pressed to ra.ific2t:un with
out delay. At a meeting la'.e in the
day the committee completed it
reading of the naval limitation and
submarine treaties itrntiwt bringing
to light any indication of opposition.
Tomorrow it will read through the
general far eastern and Cm'ncje
tariff pacts.
Hitchcock Presents Resolution.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
ranking democrat member of the
committee and leader of the unsuc
cessful fight for the ratification cf
the treaty of Versailles, presented the
resolution requesting . full informa.
tion from the president. With some
minor changes in phrasology, it
promptly was accepted by Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts and Under- .
wood oi Alabanin, republican and
democratic leaders, respectively, and
both members of the American dcl
egation to the tnns conference, al
though each declared he knew ol no .
information regarded the four-power
negotiations that was not a.'cady
before the senate.
Senator Underwood,' explaining- at
length why no record of the nego
tiations was kept, declared the dis
cussions could not be carried on in
a public way because, they concerned -principally
the . abrogation of the -Anglo-Japanese
alliance, on which
the American delegation could speak
only by private suggestion.
Hitchcock "Amiied." .
The "heads of delegation," Mr.
Underwood added, conducted di
rectly most of the international ex
changes leading up to the treaty.
Declaring himself ''amared" that
no minutes of so important a discus
sion had been kept, Senator Hitch
cock replied that his resolution at
least might result in some light be
ing thrown on certain questions
raised in regard to the interpreta
tion of the treaty terms. Senator
Johnson, republican, California, abo
declared a further explanation was
due the senate and the American
people, since the 900-page book of
data submitted . with the treaties
contained . scarcely a reference to
the four-power pact.
When President-Harding will re
ply to the resolution was uncertain,,
tonight, in view of the absence ot .
Secretary Hughes, who has gone to '
Bermuda. ,i
It was indicated, however, that
action wpuld be taken as quickly as
possible because jof the president's
desire to have ratification of the
treaties completed without delay.
In order that the full scope and
intent of the four-power agreement
might be understood, Mr. Lodge put
into the senate record a"copy of a
note sent by the four signatory pow
ers to Portugal and the Netherlands,
spected in the same manner as those
nations in the Pacific Would be re--spected
in the same mariner as these
of the signatories which are to be
respected under the treaty pro
visions. 5 Die in N. J. Town in S Days
From Ppisonous Liquor
Ridgefield Park.. N. J.. Feb. 16.
Five persons have died from drink
ing poisonous liquors here in the last
five days. Discovery -of the source
of the liquor was ma.de today-upon
the death of Charles Kelly, railroad
gate tender, when his daughter made
affidavit that .he had purchased the
liquor from John Best, - '
Before Best could be located he
also had succuniber to alcoholic pois
oning.' Detectives who visited Best's
home fourid his son, Harry Best. .
desperately ill. He was taken to a
hospital where he died without re
gaining consciousness. '
Investigations by the police re
vealed that' two men who died at a
Hackensack hospital recently had
purchased liquor from Best.
RicLenbacker-Delayed
by Snowstorm m Sierras
San Francisco,. Feb, 16. Eddie
Rickenbacker. American ace. who
was due to complete a flight from
Omaha to San Francisco today in an
airplane of the mail service, will not
arrive until 9 tomorrow morning, on
account of heavy snow storms in the
Sierra Nevada mountains, according
to word received from Reno by radio
message to service officials here.
Sentenced to Church
Chicago, Feb. 16. George Moh
ring, 22, and his brother, Robert, 18.
must attend church regularly and
must get down on their knees be
fore their mother and beg forgiv
eness for the trouble they have
caused her, under -the terms . of a
sentence imposed on them yesterday.
The boys were arrested for theft o
automobile Jkcessoriu,
