Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 220.
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TWO CENTS
Commission on Contracts Given
County Officials, Claimed by
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State Engineer at Investigatio
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i tdunty officials keep
J irnt spent on va
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counties ire the
Lincoln. Feb, 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Developments the first day
of the Hte road and bridge probe
authorised by the special session of
'he legislature were:
State Engineer George Johnson
charged that Nebraska county and
township officials have acted as
agents (or road machinery, culvert
und material firm, receiving com
missions from such firms on pur
ihases made by the counties or
tywnship..
Attorney General Clarence A.
Dais charged that only two coun
ties In the entire state had com
plied with a law in efTect since 1917,
at responsible
records of every
nous county road
and Lancaster
only two which
have complied with the law, Davis
charged. ' i
Johnson, in his report submitted
to the probe ' committee, declared
that in some instances companies
laised prices quoted to counties after
having- guaranteed commission to
county official.
Many Ncmes Given.
"v Names of numerous officials in Ne
braska are given in connection with
the charges made by Johnson in the
anoended reoort. In rome cases, the
'deal was put through by means of
appointing a father, brother or otner
rnlative of the official or agent for
the company seeking to land the
county or township business.
"V. C. O'Brien, clerk of Highland
township, Adams county, placed an
order with B. C. Larrabee, salesman
lor the Galion Iron Works and
Manufacturing company," says the
report, "and at the bottom of the
order page Larrabee says there is a
commission on the order payable to
V. C. O'Brien, Juniata." -
speakingof the report, engineer
said: . -
cent of all the road
counties during the
has been done with
en furnished by this
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an
UP
CY
idea Increase.
ures sent out by
onald, chief of the
roads, show that
foot for road ex-
ka is lower than
WMtesouri
mile of earth
ebraska than in
Iowa, South ua-
Colorado. Lost
ads is also lower
states. ' Cost ot
ds is about the
'rt details the
ebraska mo-
tansa:
not. Wyoming
oer mile of pravel r
here than in other
constructing "Uv r
' same as in otheKtatel
Mr. Johnsons W
. :h...hcp in
tor vehicles from 25,6 iV "
243,198 today, and addS: 'It is im
. possible to conceive whilt tht roads
.. i.. rAer this tr&ffic if the
counties had not received
state aid."
i.r- a rnmtianson
,..r,rk Hone bv the countiesand by
the state road department.
Split Over Road. ,
of the day I was
.pent by the committee in endeaW
ing to unscramoie
road conditions
county. . . . . n
. T O. anroyer. a ciu,
wr nrrinrf. Richardson county
commissioner,, admitted at the be
ginning that the county had been
split for years as to the location of
a mam traveled road, and finally it
became Johnson's duty to determine
(Tn to T Two. Column Two.)
Governors to Debate '
on Waterway Project
Report Filed by State
Engineer in Road Probe
Some County Officials Hivt Criti
cised This Deportment Very Se
verely for Requesting the Legisla
ture to Pass the Equipment Bill
House Roll 5541921 Session of
the Legislature.
We recommended this bill for the
reason that, while we feel that a
large per cent of the county officials
were honest and doing their best to
get the most for the money expend
ed, a few were not on the square and
for that reason we considered that
the purchase of equipment should
not be made until bids were received
and a price established. The enemies
succeeded in having all of the pen
alty clauses stricken from the bill
before it passed, and for that rea
son it is inoperative.
To substantiate our claim that
such laWvas necessary, we here
with submit for your consideration
certain official reports of the pro
ceedings before the federal trade
commission showing the method of
conducting business by certain ma
chinery and material firms with
county and township officials in this
and other states.
There seems to be a tendency on
the part of certain county and town
ship officials to act as agents, either
on a salary or commission basis, for
such machinery, culvert and ma
terial firms doing business in Ne
braska. The records in Kearney county
disclose that Christian Hove, a
member of the county board, sold
road machinery and culverts to the
county during 1921. We are in
formed that he is still representing
the Galion Iron Works & Manu
facturing company and serving as a
member of the county board.
A Few Instances.
A township official in Waco town
ship, York county, Charles Apple
gate represented, the Galion, Iron
Works & Manufacturing company
during 1919 and 1920. and sold cul
verts and road machinery to the
township of which he was a mem
ber. ,
Township officials of Rockvillc
township and Ashton township,
Sherman county, sold culverts' and
road machinery to the township,
while serving as members of .. the
township board.
We are informed that J. P. For
sythe, a member of the county
board of Knox county, sells lumber
and culverts to the county.
The above are but a few of the
instances coming to our notice wiere
officials act as agents' or sell to the
county or township. Other methods
are used such as the -appointment of
the father, brother, brother-in-law, or
some other relative as the local agent
throuorh whom sales are consumated.
These conditions are entirely too
prevalent in this state and such
methods should not be allowed to
continue, and should be strongly
Vvnuciiiiitu ou "v i. w f - -
Vail
We wish to especially call your
attention to Docket ho. 4o6, 1-edera!
Tade commission against Gabon
Iron : Works - and Manufacturing
COl.Vinanv.
ge 18 shows that W. u enen,
cleric of Highland township. Adams
coulitv. olaced an order with r. u
Larlabee, salesman. At the bottom
of tile page, Mr. Larrabee makes the
. - ; statement that there is a commission
" Washington.' Feb. 28. Governors j Q thei order. Page 19 shows that
v,thaniel L Miller of New iorK(tms commission is payable to W. U,
id Henry J. Allen, ivansas, m - j j uncir or jumna, mu.
in pvrrai nunaicu ucivj
V- ii ...i!nc nf the country, arc
Following U the report of State Engineer George John
ton, tiled today with the special road investigation commit
tee of the state legislature, in which he charges that county
and township officials of Nebraska have committed irregu
larities in connection with road contracts:
refer to it. Have Mr. 1'abrr to
make check out for $30, mark it
the scrambled
in Richardsi
Potash MeiliGreat Throngs
n.
a . ! ii as rnncess
f jvinsler
I)tlarr McWiorter and As
Kociatrs Took $136,000 in
Alleged Fraudulent
Promotion.
Says C
ompany
Robbed
..j v.. nrpsent at the open-
Ixy:.A iv v- r , 17,1,
1B meeting tomorrow of the
hnual convention oi uic
livers and Harbors congress when
latters pertaining to' waterways iu-
hovements ana snipping ics'"u
'e brought tip for discussion.
: Governor Alien arnvea iou-y
Lnt tnmc time in conference with
Lmt,r. rtf rons-ress from his state
La a;t h. was ready for the de
late with Governor Miller on the
5t. Lawrence river project, stucu-
1.1mA fnr tomorrow.
Governor Allen has said mat nc
t,-i;,-.4 h Sk Lawrence river
l,,,11 he widened and improved
to enable shipping of the Great
Lakes to pass to the Atlantic ocean
that mute: while Governor Mil
ler has been a strong advocate of
h rWelooment of the New York
state barge" canal from Buffalo to
Albany, so that shipping from the
Great Lakes may pass down the
Hudson river to the Atlantic, thus
permitting American shipping to uti
lize what he termed essentially
. American waters.
San Francisco Business Men
Favor Light Wines and Beer
San Francisco, Feb. 28. More
than 93 per cent of the members
of the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce favored the modification
of the Volstead act to permit the
use of beer and light wines, in re
sponses received today to a post
-r Tfrndnm: About 2.600 replies
nor received. The Chamber of
an
, Have Paid Them. I
Paee 21 shows that an order was
placed wirh Mr. Larrabee by S. F.
Weeks, Scotia, Neb. Page 22 shows
that Mr. Weeks was at the time
county commissioner ot Greeley
county, ebraska. rage a states:
Have made Arrangements here witn
a very influential man to turn over
everything our way for 5 per cent
on graders an 10 per cent on cul
vert pipe. TKey won't " purchase
anything but our line. 1 hope you
will approve of this arrangement.
HAVE PAID THEM." At bottom
of page 23, Mr. Ljarrabee's daily re
port shows tnat hs paid expenses oi
county board of Greeley county to
see grader at Kearney, bought their
meals, cigars, and sriow tickets.
Paee 26. shows that Herman
Wahl purchased an eight-foot grader
for Saline county. rage 27 shows
that Mr. Wahl was county commis
sioner of Saline county, living at
Western, Neb. Page 38 reads:
"Enclosed you will find an order
from Herman Wahl for a Sfcindard
Premier grader. Mr. Wahl is going
to set it up and demonstrate it him
self, and if he does he is to receive
$50 when the machine is settled for.
So please make a notation of this; so
that when time for settlement comes
there will be no question about it
You will notice that I have added
$25 to the price and charged him the
freight" Page 30 reads as follows:
"Please refer to my letter of April 9
in regard to Herman Wahl setting1
up and demonstrating tne no. o eng.
grader. Mr. Wahl has accom
plished the fact of setting up and
demonstrating this machine so tht
$50 C. M. issued is due him. Now
jvty,
rnmmmt includes practically
of the leading business men of tht when voir gel this letter take the let- done by
iter of April 9 out of the file, and
demonstrator hire and expenses and
I will put this item in my next ex
pense book after receiving the check.
Please see to this at once."
Another Simitar Deal.
You will see at the bottom of
page JO and top of page 31, the
statement: "While I sm writing this
letter, I want to make notation to
you of another similar deal. There
is a commission of 10 per cent due a
blacksmith in Beaver Crossing, on
the M. Twp. Seward county deal.
When this grader is demonstrated I
will make the settlement at the time
and they the commission and charge
it in my expense book as indicated
above, unless I hear further from
you." Page 33 states: "You are
hereby authorized to ship on or
about Rush, or as soon as possible
thereafter to Mr. J. A. Witter at
Feaver Crossing, countv of Seward,
state of Nebraska, on C. & N. W.
railroad for "M" township, No. 10
Premier with extra blade 20 ft
cable. (Note on side) Name of Cor
responding Official J. A. Witter. P.
O., Beaver Crossing. Order taken
by P. McDonald."
Regular meeting dates.
Page 35 shows that J. A. Witter
was township clerk at the time.
Page 36 shows that Mr. McDon
ald made a collection of Mr. W. C.
Grotr, payable to Carl Sheep, for
$827.55: also statement at bottom
of letter: "In his letter, Mr. Aif
Donald states 'I took care of the
extra expenses on this deal and will
charge it up in hnal settlement.
Please advise us to what he refers.
Signed Galion Iron Works & Mfg.
Co.. by Credit Manager."
Also wish to refer you to Docket
430, Federal Trade Commission vs.
Russell Grader Manufacturing com
pany. - - '- " r -
Pages 8 and 9. paragraph 5, bill of
stipulations reads as follows: "That
in the course of its business of manu
facture and selling road machinery
and similar products in said com
merce in and among the states and
territories of the Unted States, the
respondent, Russell Grader Manu
facturing company, has, in many in
stances, paid a commission through a
commission contract for the sale of
its products in the usual form, with
firms or corporations of which a pub
lic official was then a member, and
that thereby, in many instances, sales
or its products through the service
of such firm or corporation in co
operation with such official have been
actually effected by respondent, for
and on behalf of the particular
county, township or municipality
with which such member of said firm
or corporation has been or then was
officially connected, and that respon
dent has. also, in many instances
where a public official has been en
gaged in his community in the sale
of machinery or some kindred line of
business, retained such official for
the sale of its products in such com
munity; and thereby respondent has,
in many instance, been enabled
through the services of such official,
to sell its product to the governing
body of which he was then a mem
ber, and has paid th regular dealer's
commission for such service."
Because of the above stiplation of
facts, the copies of orders and claims
paid to the individual county officials
wer not introduced as eviueucc;
however, we understand that this
evidence is on file with the federal
trade commission.
In the fall of 1919, the Kearney
county board bought a small Hart
Parr tractor, through a supervisor
as agent. This tractor was used
some on the road in the fall of 1919.
The following spring the county
board asked our division engineer
to approve this purchase and reim
burse the county from the state
highway maintenance fund. The
division engineer refused to approve
the claim, and discovered that the
tractor the county was using was
an old tractor, and after securing
the factory number of the tractor
purchased it was found that the
county did not have the tractor that
had been shipped by the company.
The tractor which had been paid for
was located on the farm of the coun
ty supervisor at Axtell. He had
taken the new tractor and turned an
old one over to the county, which
was of the same model. As soon
as this suoervisor found that he was
in trouble, he settled with the coun
ty for the tractor and tendered ms
ri-sicrnation as a member of the
board, which was accepted.
State Has Assisted Counties in
Greater Part of Work Done by
County Commissioners.
We wish to especially call your
attention to the fact that 90 per cent
of all of the road work done by
the counties during the past two
years has been done with equipment
and men organized and furnished
by this department and that we
have advised with the counties and
furnished service on all such work,
and when considering county road
I work in comparing same with wor
this department we re-
in London Pay Homage
Mary and Viscount Are Wed
Mighty Ovation Given Couple
as Chimes of Westminster
Cathedral Announce
Union.
Wartime May 1, 1918. The pot
ah bubble at its height. Five con
spirators hatch a scheme to convert
a $10,000 blarkimithing supply com
pany into a $1,000,000 potah con
cern. They sell stock, pocketing
5200,000 at the very outset, and $30
cut of every $100 thereafter.
Remit: 753 stockholders are out
$4.M.000.
This is the graphic description of
the origin and short-lived career of
the William Berg Potash company
as outlined by J. C. Kinslrr, United
States district attorney, in his open
ing statement yesterday to the jury
which is to try the alleged stock
fraud case in federal court.
One Defendant Dead.
The conspirators he named are I
William A. McWhorter, W. G. Chip
ley, Charles Wohlberg. Jacob Masse
and Charles L. Dundy, now dead.
The prosecutor charged McWhor
ter was the "moving spirit of the
sell t me to defraud." He also re
ceived the biggest part of the spoiU,
according to Kinsler.
"In one division of $190,000, Mc
Whorter got $58,000 and the others
only $38,000 apiece," he asserted.
Anticipating argument for the de
fense that the potash concern might
not have failed if the war had not
ended so soon, Kinsler told the jury
the potash concern was "like a
strong man with his heart cut out.
He dies."
"Robbed Company Blind."
"These men robbed the company
blind while they were selling the
stock. It died before it was born
February, 1919."
Organization of two subsidiary
companies, the William A. WcWhor
ter & Co. and the Neb-Ota com
pany, were further artifices to de
fraud, Kinsley outlinedCHe described
other- hokus-pokus and stock-sell
ing legerdemain, among them op
tions lor acquiring leases on potash
deposit lakes in western Nebraska
on a royalty basis, without paying
one cent, then turning the worthless
Options over to the Berg company
for a consideration of $100,000, $70,
000 of which was paid in cash.
The first play' of the conspir
ators was to vote themselves $200,
000 in stock without any considera
tion, then to sell the stock and
pocket the money, he said.
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. engineer may oe witness.
The names of A. L. Kriess, en
gineer and general manager of the
proposed plant at Merriman, Neb.;
one Collins, and one La Flesche,
who shared in, stock, gifts, were
mentioned. Kriess will be the chief
government witness, it is under
stood. "
J. M. Parsons, chief counsel for
the defense, asked the jury to bear
in mind what the potash situation
was at the time the company was
in its heyday.
"Potash was bringing 6 to 22 per
cent profit at the time. It bore
promise of 50 to 100 per cent profit
a month, if the war lasted. A mis
take in business judgment does not
mean , an intent to defraud."
Newspapermen in whose publica
tions Berg stock-selling advertise
ments appeared in August, 1918,
were the first witnesses called to
the stand. Trial will be resumed
at 9:30 this morning.
State Senator Randall
in Race for Governor
London. Feb. 28-(By A. P.)
Princess Mary, only daughter ot
King George and Queen Mary, wis
married todiy to Viscount Lascelles,
with all the pomp and dignity befit
ting a royal wedding.
The ceiemony began in Westmin
ster Abbey at 11:30 o'clock and soon
thereafter the couple were pro
nounced man and wife, while the
chimes of Westminster rang out the
happy message and vast crowds gave
tumultuous greeting.
The scene of the ceremony with
in the historic vails of the abbey
was one of impressive grandeur,
with the king and queen and the en
tire royal household participating
and with all ranks represented in the
brilliant assemblage, while outside
London, Feb. 28. (By A. T.)
The appearance of a black cat
under the gates of Buckingham
palace early this morning was
hailed as an omen of good lurk
for the princess by the people as
sembled there. The crowd, con
sisting mainly of women and chil
dren, cheered the animal lustily.
United in Marriage
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Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 28. (Special.)
C H- Randall of Randolph filed
today for the republican nomination
for governor. He is the third en
trant, others being Adam McMullert
of Beatrice and A. H. By rum of
Bloomington.
Randall has been a state senator
two terms. He was a member of the
legislative committee which per
fected the civiL administrative code
legislation and is expected to defend
J the plan in his campaign.
the abbey enthusiastic popular hom
age was given the bridal pair.
The long-awaited day found Lon
don crowded with excursionists from
all parts of the isles and the conti
nent. Americans also were in evi
dence, hundreds having made the
voyage to gain a glimpse of the
great state function
High Prices for Seats. .
All these, augmented by native
Londoners, most, of whom took the
day off. crowded into every niche
about Buckingham palace, along the
Mall, in Trafalgar square, down
Whitehall and in the precincts of the
parliament buildings and the abbey.
Many paid high priees for seats in
stands or even standing room in
windows along the way.
Hours before the wedding there
were overflows of humanity in every
street transversing the route of the
wedding party. Some, bringing
blankets and food, made certain ot
seeicg their ptinocss- by keep?iig-all-night
possession of carefully chosen
positions.
At 8:4o o clock, vehicular traffic
was diverted from the streets be
tween the palace and the abbey by a
force of 8,000 blge-coated and white
gloved police, who lined the royal
way crowding watchers back to the
curbings. .The arrival of the guests,
who had to be in their places by
10:30 o'clock, was the first reward
for the occupants of the gaily-flagged
stands.
Gorgeously Gowned Women.
Only motors and carriages bear
ing ticket holders were permitted to
pass the police lines. The convey
ances put down at the abbey doors
streams of gorgeously-gowned wo
men, myriads of diamonds, sapphires
and other precious stones flashing
from their tiaras?" necklaces and
bracelets. Their escorts were resplendent-in
service dress or the
velvet breeches, white silk stockings
and three-cornered hats of court Te
galia. Members of the diplomatic
corps were shown their seats by the
master of ceremonies.
Outside Buckingham palace, and a
few moments later, about the abbey,
military guards of honor took up
their positions, forming a line in front
of the police, , their tall fur shakos
and scarlet and white uniforms mak
ing a brilliant spectacle of the mile
and a half of thoroughfan
Two - thousand of the king's life
guardsmen and territorials, were pa
raded for this duty. With them were
their four bands, which entertained
the crowds until, at 11 o'clock, trum
peting from the mounted escort her
alded the departure of the two car
riages from Marlborough house, car
rying Queen Mother Alexandra and
Princess Victoria, with . the queen's
suite.
Deafening Crescendo.
Alexandra was accorded a mo
dicum of the applause and cheering
which the crowds were reserving for
the bride. As the carriage rolled by
the guardsmen snapped to "present,"
giving the royal salute, and the bands
blared the queen mother's anthem.
There was a one-minute interlude,
then from Buckingham palace, at the
end of the Mall, trundled the three
carriages of Queen Mary, the duke
of York and Ptinces Henry and
George. ,
Cheers for these members of the
royal family bad scarcely abated
among the elbowing masses now tip
toeing in their expectancy, when
from that portion of the route near
est the palace door yard, the cheers
swelled to a deafening crescendo as
the gilded glass coach bearing the
Trincess Mary and her father rum
bled through the bronze gates.
Before the coach and the two
trailing carriages bearing the prin
cess ladies in waiting and the king's
attendants had reached the entrance
to the Mall, the cheering had spread
half way down the avenue. The
band's rendition of "God Save the
King" was unheard in the wild
tumult. The sound of the hoofs of
the bays drawing the historic Irish
state coach and those of the sover
eign's mounted escort also were
drowned in the cries and applause.
The coach, which derives its name
from the place where it was built,
lias a high seat with spacious plate
flafs sidrs, through which the fea-
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On "Honeymoon Special"
Royal Newlyweds Board Non-Stop Train Bound
- for Shifnal, Shropshire War Veterans Guard
Pah; . . ' "
London, Feb. 28. (By A. P.)
Princess Mary's "honeymoon spe
cial" was prepared to leave London
with the bride and bridegroom for
Shifnal, Shropshire, at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
The railway officials arranged a
nonstop journey. It was planned to
have the 138 miles being covered at
an average speed of between 50 and
60 miles an hour, the train only slow
ing down at important centers to let
the crowds obtain a fleeting glimpse
of the couple.
"Princess Mary" was the name of
the locomotive assigned to draw the
train, which consisted of the queen's
salon and two other carriages from
from the royal train. It was planned
to have no other occupants aboard
the train except the couple s maid
and valet and railway officials. .
The little village of Shifnal is
densely, packed with visitors and
sightseers from surrounding districts,
and the station has been gaily deco
rated. It has been arranged that the
youngest "Mary" in Shifnal shall
present a bouquet to the princess im
mediately after the latter has alight
el from the train.
Along the five-mile route from the
Shifnal station to Weston park, the
residence of the earl of Bradford,
where the couple spend the first part
of their honeymoon, a guard of
honor formed by ex-service men
will be stationed.
A suite of rooms i:t Weston hall
has been set aside for the couple's
use. The princess' boudoir is fin
ished in sage green and gold and in
it is much old china, principally
Dresden.
Texas Panhandle Is in
Grip of Big Snow Storm
Amanllo, Tex., Feb. 28. The Pan
handle plains region, embracing
eastern New Mexico and Panhandle
of Texas is in the grip of one of the
worst snow storms of years.
Snow began falling Sunday night
and still continues with no prospect
of ceasing. The fall at Amarillo this
morning at 7 o'clock was four and a
half inches, with a -temperature of
4 degrees above rero.
Cold in Rockies. .
Denver, Colo.,. Feb.: 28. A cold,
high pressure area extended over "the
entire Rocky mountain region today, .
bringing in its wake general below
normal temperatures ranging from a;
few degrees above zero to 32 degrees
'below at Mites City, Mont., which
is the coldest point in the . country
today. An area of zero temperatures
prevailed over the mountain section
and as far east as western Kansas,
according to , the local ; weather
bureau. ; " .
Temperatures ranging from 20. de
grees to 30 degrees below normal
prevail in eastern Montana and
North Dakota. The cold snap in the
Rocky mountain region ' is accom
panied by snow, , . .
9,000 Cases of Influenza
Reported in California
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 28. More
than 9,000 cases of influenza in Cal
ifornia for last week have been re
ported to the state board of health,
it was announced today by Dr. Wal
ter M. Dickie, secretary of the
board, who, however, expressed the
opinion that the epidenvc was reach
ing its "peak."
Daughter Would Succeed .
Father in Seat in Congress
Springfield, 111.-, Feb. 28. Mrs.
Winifred Mason Huck of Chicago
today filed her petition as a candi
date for congressman-at-large to
complete the unexpired term of her
late father. William E. Mason. Mrs.
Huck is also a candidate in the re
publican primary. April 1, for the
full concessional term.
England Terminates
Protectorate in Egypt
' London, Feb. 28. (By A. P.)
Prime Minister Lloyd George an
nouncen .in tne nouse ot commons
this afternoon that the British pro'
tectorate over EgvDt has been ter
minated and that Egypt was free to
work' out such national institutions
as might be suited to the aspirations
oi us people. :
MacNider "Satisfied"
After Talk With Harding
Washington, Feb. 28. Hanford
MacNider, national commander of
the American Legion, conferred with
President Harding on the bonus sit
uation , todav. urcriniT iramwiut m
actment of .thesleeislation.
Mr.. MacNider and John Thomas
layior, legislative agent of the le
gion, ! who accompanied the com
mander, declared on leaving the
White House that they were "per
fectly satisfied." There will be no
aeiay in tne passage of the soldiers
bonus leeislation. the Winn rmrf.
sentatives declared, adding that the
president "was heart and soul with
the American Legion" and that he
understood tuily its position. ;
Mr. Tavlor SaiH thev riiH nnt. die.
cuss with the president any plan for
raising the bonus,
The Weather
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Direct Aid
for Marine .
Is Urged
President Harding Heroin
mends Government Pro
gram lo AmirI Financ
ing Merchant Ship.
Endorses Waterway Plan
ftntehe. IW l.mil Wire.
Washington, Feb. -'8, Direct aid
to tne American .Mercnani .Marine a;
a cost to the government of at Ira it
$15,000,000 for the firt year and ul
timately of possibly f.W.OM.000 an
nually was recommended by Freri
dent Harding in his address to con
gress today.
The president endorsed, in a gen
eral way, recommendations made tu
him by the shipping board. Besides
direct compensation for America1;
vessels engaged in foreign trade, the
program involves the sale of govern
ment ships at present market value,
a construction loan fund of $ 1 25.000,
000 and arious forms of indirect aid.
While President Harding esti
mated that a maximum expenditure
annually for the 10-ycar period, dur
ing which it is proposed lo continue
the subsidy, would be not more than
$30,000,000, provision is made for the
creation of a merchant marine fund
amounting probably to somewhat
more 'than that sum.
May Exceed 130,000,000.
The merchant marine fund would
include 10 .per cent of the annual
customs revenue, amounting prob
ably to $30,000,000 annually, all of
the revenue from tonnage taxes-,
amounting to $4,000,000. postal earn
ings, amounting to ?4,000,0(X), wlurii
would otherwise be paid to American
ships, and such money as may be
returned to the government from
earnings of American ships, in ex
cess of 10 per cent, after such ships
have belief it-id from the government
compensation. On the basis of these
estimates the merchant marine fund
might amount during the frt year
to as much as $38,000,000.
Bills prepared by the ''.shipping
board and embodying thp admiji'8-'
tration recommendations were intro
duced bv ReDrescntative Greene of
Massachusetts, chairmau of the
house committee on mercchaitt ma- '
rine and fisheries, - and by Senator
Jones of Washington, chairman of
the senate committee on commerce'
Opposition Not Expected.
The merchant marine committee
is expected to report the bill to the
house without much delay. Th sen
ate committee also is certain to take
favorable action. The bills probably
will pass in congress at the present
session: '
Comments by members of congress
indicated that the legislation might . -not
encounter quite so much opposi' .
(Tura to Fair Four, Column Five.)
Free Staters Have
6 Majority in Dail
Dublin, , Feb. 28. (Ey A. P.)
Shortly after the Dail Eireann re
assembled today a division was taken
on the ratification of the appoint- .
ment of Patrick J. Hogan as dail ,
minister of Agriculture. The vote
was 56 to 50 in his favor.
This was the first show of strength
between the republicans and free
staters, and it was taken as an indi
cation that the party led by Arthur
Griffith and Michael Collins has a
working majority of six. .
Appeal to Supreme Court
for New Trial for Moonet
San Francisco, Feb. 28. An ap
peal to the state supreme court was1
taken today on behalf of Thomas
T. Moonev. servinar a life sentence in
San Quentm prison for murder in
connection with the Preparedness
day bomb explosion in San Fran- (
cisco in 1916. The appeal contended
that the superior, court was in error x
last year in refusing to grant Moo
ney a new trial on a petition known
as audita querela, a procedure which
permits invoking of common law
pleadings as a ground for the admis-,
sion of new evidence after statutory -procedure
has been exhausted.
Santa Fe Freight Official
. Dies in Chicago Hospital
Chicago. Feb. 28. W. G. Barn
well, assistant freight traffic mana
ger of the Santa Fe system, with
headquarters in San Francisco, who
had been in Chicago attending a
meeting of the transcontinental ;
freight committee, died today in the
German Evangelical Deaconess' hos
pital of bronchial pneumonia. Mr,
Barnwell for nearly 30 years was
identified with the Santa Fe coast
lines, comprising all the lines of the
Santa Fe system west of Albuquer
que, N, M. He was born on April
13, 1865, in Danville, Que.
Kansas and Oklahoma Wheat
Fields Get Needed Moisture
Kansas City, Feb. 28. The great
wheat belt of Kansas and Okla
homa which needed moisture most,
got the very best of last night's
snow, which, according to reports
reaching the local weather bureau
was continuing in many places tOJ
day. . ,
From Dodge City the heaviest
snow extended into the Texas Pan
bundle, P. Connor, weather fore
t caster, said.
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