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OMAHA, TUESDAY. KEBRl'AUV 2. il;2.
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TWO CENTS
Morse and
Three Sons!
lndi cLediw-.i
Princess Mary
to Promise to
Obey Husband
rfjiaralion lotnplftfrf iur
SpetUnildr Oration)
Attack Oil
T r c a t i c s
La u n died
Current of Wireless
'May Explain Spooks
of Anligonlsh County
"Please Adopt Me, Uncle Sam"
ll-hta. N. S. Frh, .V.-TN
'proiimty of radio tioii it iht
1 late t f spoliation of Ant gonuli
ifnuniy "spooks" mWIi hr dnv
1 .le MaiUm.lJ ud family trom
(home 4 nj baflled iinrmg4l.r.
I lie undcrfiK-ri tie i- W
Charred With Commirary to! Kainy Weather ForrcsM
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Defraud U. S. and Fmcr-
jrnry Fleet Corporation
Eight Olhm Named.
Millions Arc Involved
Hf laa Aaaartat-4 .
Washington, Ffl. 27. Charle V.
More, New Vork shipbuilder, Ip
Hre on, Lrvtn, Henj.iniiu and
Harry Mnre. and tight other al
leged to have been associatedwith
him in connection with wartime
hipping contracts wtre indicted
lay hy the frucral grand jury o.
hargr of conspiracy to defraud
he United State and the emer
gency llect corporation.
Those Indicted in addition to
Morse and hit oti were:
Colin II. Livingstone, former
president Virginia Shipbuilding cor
poration ami president of the luy
Scout of America.
George M. Burditt. attorney for
lite More interests, especially the
L'tiited State! Transportation" com
pany. Inc.
Neheniiah 11. Campbell of New
York, assistant treasurer, I'nitcd
States Transportation nonipany.
Inc.
Kuueit M. Much, Augusta, Me.,
assistant treasurer Virginia Ship
building corporation.
V. V. Srotr, Washington, aitor
ney for Virginia Shipbuilding cor
poration. I
Philip Rcinhardt, auditor frtr j
1'uiled States Fleet corporation, at j
Alexandria, Va. t
Leonard D. Christie, treasurer i
Virginia Shipbuilding corporation, j
Robert O. White, assistant treas-1
ttrer Groton Iron works; president ;
L'nited States Transport company,)
Inc.
Two Indictments Returned. '
Two indictments wete returned,
both covering identical transactions
and accusing the same persons. One
charged a conspiracy to defraud the
United States and the other a con
spiracy to commit an offense against
the United States by defrauding the
United States shipping board.
Bonds of ?10,000 were fixed in each
case.
In a statement Mr. Morse charged
"that the indictment which is ter
ribly unjust, as will be proved later,
was secured because of personal
feeling against me on the part of
Attorney General Daugherty and
certain present officials of the United
States Shipping board."
Mr. Morse's attorney, Wilton J.
Lambert, said that indictments
against if-v-Morse and his associates
'would v.ttr have been returned
had they been permitted to appear
before the grand jury" and that the
defendants all will be promptly ac
quitted as soon as the "real and
actual evidence" is presented.
Millions Involved.
, The contracts between the Emer
gency Fleet corporation and the
11 Groton Iron Works and the Virginia
Shipbuilding corporation, on which
the charges resulting in the indict
ments were based, involved an
amount said to approximate $40,000,
000. Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago,
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral who conducted the investiga
tions for the government, declined to
estimate the amount out of which it
is alleged the l'nited States was de
frauded, but it was understood the
sums which the government alleged
(Tarn to Fmt Two. Column Foiy.)
Harding Desires Early
Action on Tariff Bill
. Washington. Feb. 27. The tariff
bill was discussed today at a White
House conference between Presi
dent, Harding and Representative
Mondell of Wyoming, the republican
house leader, and Chairman Ford
ney of the ways and means commit
tee. It was indicated afterward that
the executive desired a speeding up
of work on the measure, which is
now in process of rewriting by re
publican members of the senate fi
nance committee.
Specific rates in the bill occupied
the attention of the senate commit
teemen, some of whom said a de
cision in the controversy with house
leaders over, American valuation
probably would be deferred until,
work on the rates had been com
pleted. - ,
Chairman Fordney reiterated that
he would insist on a bill with Amer
ican valuation and added that it was
his opinion that if the senate meas
ure did not provide for such valua
tion it would be referred to the ways
and means committee for redraft
ing. ,
30 Students Guard College
in Connecticut From Fires
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 27. Thirty
students, working in four shifts, are
watching the Trinity college build
ings day and night, because of incen
diary fires. They are armed with
searchlights at night and have been
ordered to keep especial vigilance
over Seabury hall, where their pro
fessors and "their wives reside. The
student patrols have also been or- j
dcred to refrain from putting their ,
hands on surfaces in case of another
fire, in order that fingerprints may i
not be obliterated.
" Denies Pair Arrested !
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 27. I
dent of the Central Michigan Paper j
company, in a wire to George S. j
Clark, secretary of the company,
denied that he and his wife were i
the persons convicted in Los An-1
seles Saturday , of shoplifting in a
department store. "I am a victim of I
a false impersonation" the message j
read. "Not persons to referred in j
news item. Matter under investiga-j
Dufni't l.rMfti Ardor.
London, lib. 27.-(Hy A. .'.)
I Pnnie Mary and Vmouut I a
i cHIc t pent the laoMuvrniiitf bclwte
ttif r wciMing r eceiviiiif a number ti
individual and drputiiott whote
clferi!invfllccS the tat collection
of ciftt alreadv ucr(tow inc the iUj
fount in Huckinuhani palace, lo: WaOiinututi, Irh. (Sprtial
each inor bringing 4 present lite Tclie'am.t Senator Norn mhI
' ' i!Sge4tion that the m .AVt'"V
Method Adopted lV iviUlC heen due ta ft . I ,
. J 'i-n . !cd by the JVS .
wipotiniu rupsen runuM- uu-m at r; . v oil
lamitirt lit) v , outitv a
now teKrt " ,t been driv
rr AdminUtriitioii Lead
rt Charge.
other
en
from thnr lio , uy tnyteriou fitei
during the U1 doim jeart.
pnnre cprcd her thank, Dur-
n'ij mc i4i loriinKiii ne 11 .1 voura
dcen tt thete acknoutcdijeiiieui j
dady, rtithiutr from the rcrriviitg :
r.wtn from time 10 time to u'ive hrr j
lirctMitakcrs upporiumty for the'
rrcrary trying on of Iur many new j
gowns. J
Aiming the gilt teceived Ud.iy
v a 4 pair of KiKer ondlcstuk j
trom 1".iiihii Wan tmaker of New
oik, presented for him by Col.
George Wo'd, a personal icpresent
aiiNe in London. Princes Mary
thanked Col. Wood and aid the can
dlesticks would be placed among lirr
choicest possesions and would al
wayt be gratlv treasured.
ngrct iu v uil i nuiuay n)cn k vtf.,ifit ,0 uow lr Vi.
ter I rankhrt Prince, duector ot the
j An.enVan Institute for Scientific He.
.search. ho has accepted ait invita-
todav he saw no rvasmt why the j ton to undertake an investigation 4
two t hiurc tiratirs written by the 'the mystery.
arnii conicrrmr and reported to
the fcu.ite today, covering the
I hiiu-.c t.niif and general nuri
lions conceriiing tar eastern alun.
-hould not be tant'Cit and lie be
beveij tint tilt denmcrats would
.pl't in their opKisiiioii to tin in.
He said furthrr the so-called Yap
treaty, now under consideration bv
I lie siuatc, and which was debated
at length today by Senator IjIiii
son ot California, in opposition,
would undoubtedly be ratified by
thw necessary two-thuds majority.
Senator Norrin will vote for the
trrty.
London, Feb. 7.-l'.y A P.)-.
Although daughter of Great llritain's j
ie to "obey" her husband when she ! concrrtcd aHacW on the amis confer-
cure treatic. ilurai tcrtc! uy tactics ,
TI y Th ,MM-Inlril P.
ahitiKtoii, Feb. .7. 1 lie
Rcccnl'Knin Bir
Business Boom,
Says Ur. W atcrs
Slow But Steady Improvement
in General Condition Given
Impetus in Kansas and
Missouri. ,
lirst
is married to iscount l.asccllcs m
Westminster abbey tomorrow. The
wedding service will follow the
Church of Lngland prayer book or
der, but the "revised exhortation"
(Turn la Vmt Two, Column Too.)
'Sweetheart' and
Dear Gus" Letters
Read in Rose Suit
Salesman Suing for Divorce
Declares 'W ife Pawned Wed
ding Ring Offers Mis
sive Asking Money.
Augustus II. Rose, salesman, Car
ter Lake club member and owner of
two automobiles, testified yesterday
afternoon in District Judge Sears'
court that his wife, Alma Christine
Rose, had pawned her gold wedding
ring.
Rose, who is suing his wife for
divorce on grounds of infidelity, de
clared he ceased to love her on Sep
tember 14, when, on returning home,
he found a "nice looking young
man" in his home. . .
' Tells of Scuffle.
Rose told of a scuffle with the
man, whose name was not mentioned
in court, and of the man leaping
through a window and running
away. His story was verified in part
by the testimony of Olden Cart
wright, 3524 Lafayette avenue, a
school boy, who testified he saw a
man whose ear was bleeding, run
ning down the street. (
Counsel for Rose introduced a let
ter purporting to be from Private
Melvin E. Dictz, former Fort Omaha
soldier, and alleged to have been
sent to Mrs. Rose.
"Sweetheart, will you send me $10
by telegraph," is aleged to have been
the contents of another message to
Mrs. Rose from the soldier.
Offers "Dear Gus" Letters.
Counsel for Mrs. Rose introduced
"Dear Gus" letters and postcards, al
leged to have been written to Rose
by a Mrs. Caroline Crosby of Texas.
One communication w-as quoted as
reading: "I want more than your re
gards." Anotber: "I get so lone
some for you."
Rose testified he had, during a
quarrel with his wife several years
ago, written the woman in Texas,
who, he said, is his cousin.
"I wrote her and asked her if
she'd have the same feeling for me
if I were free," said Rose. "But
she's married since then, and I'd for
gotten about it all."
Were Once Reconciled. v
Mr. Rose started suit for divorce
against his wife several years ago,
but dropped it .as the result of a
reconciliation. Mrs. Rose has filed a
cross-petition in the present suit,
asking separate maintenance. Mr.
Rose admitted on the stand Mrs.
Rose had cooked his breakfast be
fore he left for court yesterday ;
morning.
II) Mff lorrpiilnl,)
Kansas City. Feb. 27.-(SniciaI.
The slow but steady improvement
"Romantic!" Barbara
laughed at the roman
tic language her father
would use if he caught
her meeting the son of
the general with whom
he fought his duel.
- , The
Wanted Man
By Harris Dickson
Blue
(mtcfJ
UkOotv
THIS NEW BLUE RIBBON
SERIAL STARTS IN
Next Sunday's Bee
completed its consideration of the
pacts and ordered all of them favor
ably reported.
After several hours of .wrangling a
unanimous agreement was reached
to vote not later than 2 Thursday
aitcrnoon on ratification of the
treaty with Japan rclatiug to Yap
and other mandated islands in the
Pacific. Immediately afterward de
bate is to begin on the other treaties
resulting from the conference nego
tiations. Using the Yap treaty as the im
mediate vehicle of their discussion,
but interspersing remarks on many
other subjects and frequent quorum
calls, opponents of the conference
program carried on such a deter
mined all-day assault that the senate
managers prolonged the session into
the evening m the hope ot wearing
down their assailants.
One incident to the scries of
pointed exchanges running through
the debate was a complete disclaimer
from the democratic side, that po
litical opposition" had been organ
ized against the treaties or had heen
counseled by former President Wil
son. Johnson and Reed Lead Attack.
The attack on the Yap treaty, dur
ing which many stray shots were
taken at others of the arms confer
ence agreements, was led by Sen
ators Johnson, republican, Califor
nia, and Reed, democrat. Missouri.
The former characterized the Yap
pact as a "dismal prologue" to the
conference series of covenants, and
the latter openly charged republican
leaders with an effort to force the
treaties through the senate before
the country discovered what they
contain.
When it became known that the
foreign relations committee had giv
en its approval to the general far
eastern and the Chinese tariff treat
iesthe last two of the conference
series remaining before it the ex
pected flood of proposed reservations
began to make its appearance on
the senate floor. Three related to
(Tnrn to Vaxn Two, Column One,)
2 Girls Shot and Slain
in Bed in T&as Town
Amarillo, Tex.. Feb. 27. Two
young women were shot and killed
while sleeping in bed and a third
young woman was fired at but es
caped injury about 30 miles east of
Plainview, accordnfg to advices re
ceived here. The shooting occurred
about 4 o'clock this morning.
A young man named Upton tried
to kill himself while being pursued
later, officers said. j '
The young women slain were
Misses Solomon and Umberson and
the third young woman was Miss
Wilson. The shooting occurred at
the Umberson home.
Chicagoan and Wife He
Tried to Kill Near Death
Miami, Fla., Feb. 27. The lives of
E. C. Frady, president of the Cole
Motor company of Chicago and his
wife are hanging by a thread today,
according to surgeons at the hospital
where both were taken yesterday
following Frady's attempt Ao kill his
wife with a gun and then to end his
own life by slashing his throat with
a safety razor blade and a penknife.
No charges have been placed
against Frady, but a deputy sheriff
is stationed in the hospital.
Mrs. Frady arrived about six
weeks ago and he a month later.
Other guests at their hotel say that
Frady seemed to be unusually jeal
ous and railed at his wife for ac
cepting introductions to other men.
tion."
1
j 8 to Testifon N. Y. Swindle
j New York, ' Feb. 27. Eight wit
1 nesses were subpoeaned to go be-
fore the grand jury today and testify
against Alfred A. Lindsay, former
stock broker, charged by eleven men
and women with having fleeced them
of more than $700,000. Lindsay has
been missing from his pretentions
Nyack, N. Y., home for more than a
month.
Amonir the witnesses called was
; Mrs. Lillian M. Duke former wife
of James B. Duke, millionaire to
! bacco manufacturer and one of the
j first women to bring the Lindsay
: rase before District Attorney Ban
ton. She claimed she entrusted more
j than $400,000 to him.
which aumiiiisiiaiiu:! icaucrs opeiuy tn general liusincsg conditions in
tharaed siictcsted a filibuster, was this tcmMry received a decided int-
launched into the senate today, just I Pl'"'s t,,c WV hy !" ''
a. the foreign relations committee gf""? i?!" "h"h. V.V'd..i'r,,,M'
1 iu in iaii.--, aim -wisuuii.
L'p to a week ago, Kansas City
business had reflected an improve
ment in the livestock industry, but
the general farm situation had been
held hack because of the long drouth,
endangering the winter wheat. Kan
sas wheat was retarded so seriously
that grave fears were entertained as
to whether or not the crop would
survive. Accordingly Kansans were
not encouraged by the advance in
grain prices as were Nebraskans.
Last week's rain changed the
whole situation and Kansas City
business men expect an immediate
reflection 111 trade.
Not Temporary Rise.
v Just as in Nebraska, producers in
Kansas City's territory, if local in
terpretation be correct, feel that the
present upward price movement is
not a temporary rise but a rather
permanent return toward a new price
level. They do not expect war-time
prices for farm products but neither
do they fear a second clump to the
low level of 1921.
"The producers in our territory
expect farm prices to maintain a
slow but steady increase while at
the same -time they expect eertain
other prices to decline until a new
parity is established," said Dr. Henry
J. Waters, former president of Kan
sas .State Agricultural college and
now' editor of a Kansas City weekly
(Turn to Pe Four. Column SoTen.)
Detectives Bare
Big Jewel Coup
One Man Involved in Attempt
to Steal $3,500,000 in Gems
From Princess Mary.
M
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Ill I I.
Authority
ol I. C. C.
Is Upheld
iSMiprfiuc1 l.tuirl UuK "Coiii-
merer I nit mid Pi .Not
Hrpard liile Line' in IK'.
iiioti on Trl t ).
D
ccision
Is Unr
nanimous
London, Feb. 27. An attempt to
steal a part of Princess Mary's mar
velous collection of jewels was made
at Buckingham palace at 8 o'clock
Saturday morning.
What might have been one of-the
greatest' criminal coups of history
was frustrated by the detective force
employed in guarding the wedding
gifts.
Only one man is alleged to have
been implicated, but r.o arrest was
made.
No information was obtainable at
the palace.
Princess Mary's jewels, including
the famous Clanricarde presented to
her by Lord Lascclles. are estimated
to be worth $3.500,000.
American Russ Relief
Worker Shot in Moscow
Moscow, Feb. 27. (By A. P.)
J. E. Murray of Woburn, Mass., con
nected with the American relief ad
ministration, suffered a slight flesh
wound when fired upon in the street
early yesterday. He was accom
panied by a Mr. Callahan cf Fall
River, Mass.
Whether the shot was fired by a
highwayman or by street patrols
who misinterpreted the actions of
the Americans has not been deter
mined. Murray and Callahan were home
ward bound from a concert when
they saw a sleigh ahead of them
halted, the occupants with their
hands in the air.
Thinking it was a holdup and they
would be the next victims, the Amer
icans jumped from their sleigh and
ran. Several shots were fired, one
hitting Murray. He was able to
reach a nearby house.
Harding to Deliver Ship
Subsidy Speech Today
Washington, Feb. 27. President
Harding plans to go to congress to
morrow and deliver his message on
government aid to the American
Merchant Marine, it was said today
at the white house. The president
worked on his message Saturday and
again this forenoon but was not able
to complete-it in time to deliver it
to congress today.
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Alabama Man Arrested
for Murder 48 Years Ago
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Feb. 27. George
Nichols, a prominent citizen, was
arrested here today on charge of
murder in connection with the kill
ing of Peter Moonev at Rome. Ga .
48 years go.
Movie Trust Fund
Law Is Held Void
by Federal Judges
Attorney for State Announces
Appeal Will Be Taken
From Decision to U. S. " '
Supreme Court.
Three federal judges sitting in
Omaha yesterday declared void the
state law requiring moving picture
exhibitors lo place in a trust fund in
Nebraska banks money collected as
advance payment for film contracts.
It was a test case.
George Pratt, acting for Attorney
General Davis, against whom the
Goldwyn corporation directed its
suit, said the case would be appealed
to the supreme court.
Law Held Unconstitutional.
In handing down the decision,
Robert E. Lewis of Denver, judge
of the circuit court, prefaced, his re
marks with the statement that both
he and Federal Jude 1. C. Munger
of Lincoln agreed that the law was
a valid exercise of the police power
of the state. Judge Woodrough, he
stated, was of the opinion that the
purpose of the act was broader in
scope than to carry out the contrac
tural arrangement; therefore he con
sidered it an interference with con
stitutional rights.
"All three of us agree that the act
puts a hazard on hoth bailor and
bailee because the law makes no pro
vision, by taxation or otherwise, for
restitution in case the state bank in
which the money is deposited, should
go broke," said Judge Lewis.
Judge Munger augmented Judge
Lewis' statement with the opinion
that the law interfered with consti
tutional rights guaranteed in the
fourteenth amendment and offended
against the interstate commerce law.
Case Creates Interest.
James E. Rait-, Omaha attorney,
representing the state, argued that
the law was passed to benefit close
to 500 moving picture theater men
and to protect investors whose funds
had been subjected to grave abuses
in this state.
"If the Goldwyn or any other
company fails in New York. Ne
braskans cannot get their money
back, except on a percentage basis
with other creditors, even though
this is a trust fund," said he.
The case was watched with, high
interest by movie folk all over the
country as five states now have the
law which movie interests seek to
overthrow. "
Arizona Man Beaten to
Death in Venezuela, Charge
New York, Feb. 27. Louis Fer
nandez, who arrived here from South
America today, announced he wouia
ask government officials at Wash
ington to investigate the death of
William Young of Phoenix, Ariz.,
who he asserts was thrown into a
Veneuelan prison and tortured and
beaten to death by the police of that
country.
Y'oung was in Maracaibo, Venezu
ela. 011 business, according to Fer
nandez, when he was charged with
conspiracy to overthrow the govern
ment and jailed under the name of
Romarcz.
To Release Pullman Car
Washington, Feb. 27.Attorney
General Daugherty has instructed
federal authorities at Boise, Idaho,
to release a Pullman car 6cized there
by prohibition enforcement officers,
it was said today at the Department
ot Juitice. " ' . j
Wealthy Omahan
Sued for Divorec
Daughter of 'John Alperson
Seeks Decree From Max
Moskovitz.
Esther Alperson Moskovitz,
daughter of John Alperson, brought
suit for absolute divorce from. Max
Moskovitz, wealthy Omaha and
Missouri Valley, la., business man,
yesterday.
Mrs. Moskovitz in her petition
charges that her husband owns con
siderable real estate and farm lands
and has one-half interest in two
stores in Missouri Valley. His in
come on his Omaha property alone
totals $200 a month, she alleges.
She avers that he is worth more
than $50,000. In her petition Mrs.
Moskovitz charges that her husband
has been cruel to her. They have
been separated two weeks.
They maintain one home in Mis
souri Valley and another home at
4426 Barker avenue. Mrs. Mosko
vitz seeks to obtain alimony and
custody of their two children, Lu
cille, 5. and Gertrude, 2. They were
married in Omaha August 22, 1915.
Husband, 1 9, Drowns
Baby Son in Bath Tub
New York, Feb. 27. Walter Lid
die, 19, drowned his 8-months-old
son, William, in the bathtub at his
home here yesterday. The boy father
left the dead child in the tub and
went down town to tell his wife. 18.
They were separated, but friendly.
She and her folks refused to be
lieve him so Liddle started back
with her brothers to prove it. On
the way they met a policeman who
refused to arrest Liddle. The
brothers called the police after they
had lifted the baby from the tub.
Liddle was arrested on a charge of
homicide.
Widow Attends Funeral
of Husband She Killed
A smile covered the face of Mrs.
Lillian Valien when she was dis
charged in police court yesterday
after having been held in custody for
shooting and killing her husband,
Emil. at their home at 2732 Parker
street. Saturday morning. A coro
ner's jury exonerated her Saturday,
deciding that she acted in self de
fense when her husband started to
abuse her.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Valien
and children attended the funeral
services of her husband conducted at
F. J. Stack & Co. chapel. Burial
was m w est i.awn.
Merchant Marine Act
Bans Traffic in Canada
Washington, Feb. 27. The mer
chant marine act of 1920, known as
the Jones law, prohibits transporta
tion of merchandise between Alaskan
ports and continental United States
by. Canadian rail and water lines, the
supreme court announced today in a
case brought by the Territory of
Alaska and the Juneau Hardware
company against the collector of cus
toms for Alaska. .
Crew of Wrecked Schooner
Row 200 Miles in Open Boat
St. John, N. F.. Feb. 27. The
crew of the Newfoundland fishing
schooner Howard Parks rowed 200
miles in an open boat after their ves
sel had foundered and reached Bar
bados yesterday. Advices today said
the vessel had been driven far to the
southward by contrary winds before
it sprang a leak.
IK, hf AawUinl t'riM.
, W ashiiigh.il, I e!i, .'7. Declaill J
that "cftiniiHtce is a unit and dors
I net irvjtd state hnes," the stipteme
'com i I'id.iv, lluoiitj't Chief Justi.e
j 1 aft and wilbmit ilissi'iit, handed
iilnwn 4 decision uphohliinr the bu-
thotity cf the Interstate loininnie
) timititiosiiiii iindi r the Irai'spoiiation
at f f P'.'O, lj Ux Uic railroad pa
I sf ngrr l.itrs when necessary tn ie-
t ... . .,. ilii ,iHr.i:lt,,ll.itifi alitt 1,11.
. ,M-l I IMIII,ni', IMtW-'...
jcflMittirrce."
Two eArt were nrrsrntrd lo the
I -V 'coin!. Our wa brouijlii by the rad
j 'road commission of Wisconsin and
J ' ! others against the Chicago, Hurting
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injunction to prevent the roads ct
the state (im putting into eftect i
slate passeugrr Iralhc. the rate of .U
lent 4 mile allowed by the govern
ment on interstate travel.
I he other was brought by th
state td New Yotk against the fed
eral government, the InterMate Com
merce? commission ! certain rail
road of that slate, on the ground
that the J-cent fare fixed by the pub
lic utility commission produced rea
sonable returns U the railroads upon
their slate tiaflie. In both state,
freight rates had been advanced to
the interstate heel without objection
from the states.
Seeking Best Systems.
"I' fHiKrcss in its couttol of its h
j tersiatc commerce system is seeking
in the transportation art o make tne
system adequate to the needs of the
country by securing for it a reason
able compensatory return for all the
work it does, the chief justice stated
' in the opinion. "The slates are seek
j ing to use that same system for in
jtrastate trafli;e. That entails large
I duties and expenditures cm the in-
l.r.l.la -.itlilllr... U.-.I..M1 ultlVIl
r'lV l SLnill'lll I may burdi'ii it unless compensation is
UUT I JUL.., VTUIIIUll (received for the intrastate business
1 ..... .. .i.i.. it.. 1 f.
I 1 idsvnill'i y iiu'iqii. it 1111,1 ii'i
ine tniersiaie business. .ongres as
the dominant controller cf interstate
commerce, may Ihertforc, restrain
undue limitation of the earning pow
er of the interstate coiitmerLC svs-
! teni in doing state work,
"Itcau impose any reasonable,
condition on a stale's use. of inter
stale carriers for intrastate commerce
I it deems necessary or desirable. This
is hecanse-of I he supreiuacv of the
Frank Finley. 75, retired wealthy "-"ona, . power m ,ms e,a.
ucucrai ict;unuuii isui jnvoivcu.
Referring to the suggestion that
the conclusion of the court would
give the Interstate Commerce com
mission "unified control of interstate
and intrastate commerce." the court
(Turn to I'M. Two. Column Fit.)
Husband. 75, Leads
Savs in Petition
Mr. Frank Finley, 73, De-!
clarcs Mate Spending For
tunc Asks for Sep
arate Maintenance.
farmer of Perkins county, Nebraska,
was charged with spending large
sums of money on women, accord
ing to a petition for separate main
tenance filed in district court yester
day by his wife, Lydia Finley, 73.
The Finleys have been married 42
years and have amassed a fortune
close to $75,000, according to Mrs.
Finley.
Seeks to Prevent Sales.
Mrs. Finley seeks an ordr from
the court enjoining her husband, the
Citizens Security bank of Wallace.
Neb., Farmers Equity Exchange of
Perkins county, and two ranchmen,
Grant McClintock and David Law
of Perkins county, from selling
bonds, securities or any other prop
erty belonging to the Finleys.
The Finleys have been living in
Omaha for a number of years.
Mrs. Finley in her petition alleges
that their "nest egg" is due to the
hardships and drudgery she went
through ii) the early days.
Says Husband Neglected Her.
During the last few years, Mrs.
Finley charges, her husband has
been cruel. She says he has "neg
lected her and indulges in harsh and
critical language, even physical vio
lence." "Spending large sums of money on
women is depriving her of her heri
tage," the petition alleges.
In her petition Mrs. Finley
charges that her husband is "fully
conscious of the wrong he is inflict
ing upon her and in due time she
avers he will recover from the delu
sion under which he now labors and
will regret the course he has pur
suod." She charges that his property
is being dissipated and lost.
Were Married in 1880.
Mrs. Finley claims her husband
has money, notes, Liberty bonds and
securities in several banks. He also
owns interests in several ranches, she
says.
The Finleys were married in Law
rence, Mich, March 14. 1880.
19th Amendment Upheld
By U. S. Supreme Court
Washington, Feb. 27. The wo
man's suffrage, or 19th amendment,
was today declared constitutional by
the supreme court.
The supreme court dismissed for
want of jurisdiction the suit brought
by Charles S. Fairschild of New
York who sought to challenge the
constitutionality of tbe amendment.
The Weather
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VaVlentine
Lad of 1 5 to Go on Trial
for Slaying Woman
Omiiiia Bee leased n ir.
La Por.e, link. Feb. 27. Charged
with murder in the first degree, John
Mollick, IS, will he placed on trial
Monday for the slaying of Mrs.
Robert Stoltz.
The only explanation the bov
slayer offers for the tragedy is the
passion which he says possessed him
to kill some human being and as Mrs,
Stoltz was the first person to cross
his path the day of the shooting two
months ago. Mollick fired the con
tents of a loaded shotgun into her
body, killing her instantly. The
state, it is said, .will demand the
death penalty for the boy.
Young Mollick had been taken
into the Stoltz family from an or
phanage. Doukholiours Deny
Plan to Kill Children
Nelson, B. C, Feb. 27. The Douk
hobours of Canada, otherwise known
as the Christian Community of Uni
versal Brotherhood, merely ex
pressed a theoretical advocacy o'.
massacre of their children and aged,
according to the explanation now of
fered by Peter Veregin, president of
the band, in a letter to the Daily
News here. In his letter he ex
presses some alarm at the apparent
indignation of Canadians over the
announcement of the sect some days
ago that the members were con
templating migration to escape taxa
tion, in which event it might be
found necessary to kill off children
and aged persons who impeded the
progress of the wanderers.
j After apologizing to the Canadian
puonc, particularly tiie women, the
Doukhcibotir Chieftain explains that
the children of the colony arc on
the verge of starvation, being de
prived of milk through the forced
sale of cows in 1920 for the payment
of taxes. He protests against income
tax collections totalling $4,000 claim
ing earnings of individual members
to be within exemption limits.
London, Paris and Milan
Exchanges Hit High Mark
New York, Feb. 27. Foreign ex
change bills on London, Paris and
Milan were at highest quotations in
several years here today, presuma
bly on the outcome of Saturday
conference between the British and
French premiers at Boulogne.
Demand bills on London rose to
$4.43;vg during the morning, a gam
of 2 cents from last week's linai
prices.
Paris demand bills rose 14 points
to .0921 and the Italian rate gained
IS points at .0515. The German
mark was depressed, however, sell-
, ing at .0045.