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The Omaha Daily Bee VOI 51 NO. 25. OMAHA... TUESDAY. MARCH 7. 19:2. Mall t tMit; Hut. It; (m IOH Ik. Ilk TWO CENTS IT C R i c I c Italian Princess May U. O. JAU51S Marry Roumanian in I rial olj Promoters 1 I'oUi-Ij 'niiiiiy Sold Slotk After Failure Certain, i One of Ginfromrnt" Contentious. Defense to Hold Boards The government dord its case 8mt the four promoter of the Berg Potash eompany late yesterday viih thete two main points: Evidence that two share of Berg treasury nock were issued to V. A. 'amine of O-icola. Neh., for $2X, on Fehruarv IS. live day aiter W. A. MeW'Imrter. one of the de rndant nfliccr. told Walter Hope l ell the "company had gone floey" w supplied from company books ly II. . O'llara. accountant. 1 he Berg company paid $100,000 to the N'eh-Ou company June Jo. 1918. lor leaes, alihnugh there was no Neb-Ola company in existence until August 12. A. L. kreiss, for mer general manager ot the Herg .company, recalled to the stand, tcsti ved he did not negotiate the leases in question until tome time in July or August. Claim Nothing Paid. Xot a penny was ever paid for lhese leases, for which $100,000 after, ward was exchanged, Krciss de c'ared. "Ve promised the owners only the royalty from the potash ex tracted." he said. Payment of this $100,000. $6Q.:0! of which was made in certificates of rieposit. was not completed until De- ember 31, 1918, according to the bonks. "There wasn't enough money June 26 to pay such an amount," O'Hara testified. Judge Mungcr overruled objections irom the defense to the inclusion of this testimony. Another $60,000 item, credited once for commissions to William A. McWhorter & Co., and again "to lease account-' to the McWhorter company, fiscal agents, also was questioned by Lane. Nothing on Books. On cross-examination of O'llara Judge J. M. Parsons, for the defense, disclosed evidence that the Carnine stock sale was negotiated August 24, 1918, nearly six months before the payment appears on the Berg com pany books. He emphasized the fact there was iiothing irregular about the transac tion and asked the accountant if it v at, not customary to pay for Tstock lv note, later than the date of sale. ""Trie books show no such note. V, V was a cash payment," returned Q-;Jra. ' Prosi"'V,,or Lane holds that ,,it"ftn of the sale was .u. v;-avment w; I fe e, j Rn 1 1 1 K H i I o I Uoyd George to Keep DOIllIb Tlllb 0fT.ce, London Rcporl. 11 l (I C I 11! I0 Mr Bf r.) U II (I L O I uihonutivly frponed In Co m mil lee Why We Shouldn't Go to Sea x a ban I Head parliamentary tnbbir,thii Itrrnoon, Myi tht I ? n jktocuiion. that the criki b been decision cf Prime termin g y decision ci I Pme Mm' Oeorgt to continue in ik Atttnem la lh uri.nl ,(rmt to tb urgent ill unionut coUeafuo. r -.TV v- I'.,.. f..l l.ff.... M,.U i. ,y. N .A .in. Confine Ym largely Vv-i AIllilHCC 111 Adjusted Srrie I'rili 2 fii'Htc 'ritok,iI. House Action Delayed Four-Power Pud, New Tells Senate Indiana Senator, Opening Ad- Princess Yolanda. London. March 6. From a reli able source it vas h-arned that ne notiatti'ii, are pending fur the mar riage of Prince Solanda, eldct daiiKlitcr of King Victor Lmmanuel of Italy, to Prince Nicholas younger son of King Ferdinand of I'outnaui.i, says an F.xchange telegraph di patch from Koine today. The re port is not yet confirmet'l. I.at De cember it liru.els dispatch carried reports of Prince Yolanda's en gagement to the Duke of lliabant, eldest son of King Albert of Hel gium. Ignorance of the engagement, however, was professed in royal circles. iiiinUtratioii Figlit, Dr-t Urf lr. Not OMiatctl to l'c 1'rcf. Eva King Given Sentence of 25 Years in Prison It) Tba AwkikI rrr.. H hingttii. March 0. Iloii.t ways and n;can coininittce rcpuhlt-j cans encountered some uiiiot'kcd-fur snags late today in further connidei-i atiou of the soldiers bonus bill, with a result that the formal preenti-l ., . . ... .j. i . .1 i :! ' 4iui:gtoti, Martn o A rtoiu tivn of the iinaMire to the liou-e wid ! ..... ., ,, , l. be delayed for several day. t t"-n l'rcsidcnt Ilaiding wbat It was undcrtood that an iin-uc- effect ratuicition of the four-powerj e-ful tlTott ,va. made to contin j iiVj,-t. trcxt v will have on the Lam.-' the bonus largely to the -dju.tedij j hii agImi.nt between the! service certiticatc option. 1 he other j , ,. , , , .i..i' difference wtrc said to have been 1 '"ted hta e and Japan was adopted j unimportant. ' ,ol,,' lV ' f "e After a morning sei..-i of the Presented by Borah. majority committeemen. Chairman 1.e resolution wa presented by j Fordncy auuouucrd that it was the! Senator Horah, republicank Idaho,! plan to complete the bill in the af-jonc of the treaty tpjHiicnts, andj ternoon. introduce it in the hou.-ejwa aurecd without a roll call, after immediately and formally preent ita hhort debate in which Senator t'n-i tomorrow, alter a session ef the en tire committee. He added that mean time he might discus. the measure with President Harding. Opposition Develops. derwond of Alabama, the democratic leader and a member of the Ameri-j ran arms delegation, declared that in , his ottinion the "agreement would e wiped out entirely Dy tne series I . .1... .i ? rf rmiii-rt-ncr trfatiCS, quire the democrats on the committ-l .Senator Horah offered his proposal tee to east their vote on the bill j f" the administration fiKht for rat without presenting full opportunitv 'l.cation of the four-power pact had was the the made, date that the - February 15. ', Further inquiry to the sale ot original or treasury stock not trans fers, after September 30, 1918. when the 'company's fortunes began to wane, occupied the rest of the ses sion. O'Hara on Stand. O'llara will be on the stand a few minutes this morning to complete cross-examination, after which the d&fense will hold the boards. It is thought W. A. McWhorter will be the first of the four men on trial to be put on the stand by the defense, though Judge Parsons, their chief counsel, declined to admit, last night, that any of his clients, would testify in their own behalf. The other three defendants are W. (i. Cbipley, Charles Wohlberg and Jacob Masse. Parsons said he expected to use four days for-lhe defense. Chinese Government Asked to Punish Shelton Slayers Washington, March 6 The Amer ican legation at Pekin has request ed the Chinese government to take alt nn?ihlp measures to bring to trial .the robbers who murdered .Dr. t CU.ttsin on Amcrit-an mission ary at Bating on February 17, it was announced today at the State department. The announcement said that the action of the legation at Pekin was taken upon receipt of a telegram from an American missionary at Bata'ng, giving an account of the murder. Dr. Shelton was a medical missionary of tht. Chrurch of the Disciples--of Christ. First news of his death was received in a tele gram addressed to the general mis y ion board of bis denomination at St. Louis. . ' Actor and Playwright Sues George Cohan for $50,000 w York, March 6. Robert C. Milliard, actor anr playwright, brought suit for $50,000 against Ceorge M. Cohan today, alleging Cohan failed to live up to an agree ment to rewrite "Honest John O'Brien" for him, with . the result that he finds himself in midseason without a play in which to star. Hu liard contended that he turned oyer to Cohan the rights to produce "A Trince There Was" on condition that Cohan would rewrite "Honest John O'Brien" for him. Appeal to Be Ta.ken in Case of Woman Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Bluffs District Court. Mrs. Eva King, indicted for first degree murder and convicted of mur der in the sccdnd degree in connec tion with the death of Robert Mur ray, railroad detective,, in the gun battle between gangsters and offi cers at the Lena Schneider bandit farm last fall, was sentenced yester day to 25 years' imprisonment in the women's reformatory at Rockwell City. la., by Judge O. D. Wheeler in district court at Council Bluffs. Notice of appeal to the state su preme court was given and her ap peal" bond was fixed at $5,000. Prisoner Breaks Down. J. J. Hess, attorney for the defense, argued for a new trial on the grounds that the judge'jj instructions lie the jury Classified his' client wronfly be fore the jurors and that evidence of breaking into stores by the garipr was improperly admitted.- Hess alleged that Mrs. King was not implicated in the murder of Murray, nor responsi ble for other acts of the men at the bandit farm. The motion was over ruled. The convicted woman was unable to stand and receive sentence. She arose from her chair at the request of Judge Wheeler, but broke into tears and crumpled back in her seat again before ' he could pronounce sentence. Her mother, Mrs. Ida Miller, was at her side during the pronouncement of sentence. Daughter of Prospector. Yesterday for the first time the maiden name of the young woman was disclosed here. Before her mar riage to King she was Miss Eva Sheppard. daughter of Grant Shep pard, Idaho prospector, who was ab sent from his home for months at a time. The mother is a Christian Scientist and supported her children during the father's absence by prac ticing as a' heater. After Sheppard had been gone for more than two years, the Wife ob tained a divorce. She put her chil dren through school and in later years met and married Henry Miller, whose name she now bears. The marriage relation ceased very soon and Miller disappeared. When next heard from, he was in the Oregon penitentiary, convicted of safe blow ing and a bank robbery. Drive to Lower Price of Eggs Launched in New lork New York, March 6. -Market Commissioner O'Malley announced today a drive to bring eggs to the lowest price since the war. He has obtained promises of co-operation of many large chain stores, he said. One group will offer eggs tomor row at 25 rents a dozen. Hughes Back Home Washington, March 6. Secretary Hughes arrived tonight from his va cation trip to Bermuda and went im mediately to his home, saying he would be at his office in the State department early tomorrow. Farm Advance of $471,000 - for Nebraska"Approved Washington,. March 6. Approval hi 186 advances for agricultural and livestock purposes aggregating $4,802,000 was announced today by War Finance corporation. Among 'the loans were the following: Colo rado. $88,000; Idaho. $124,000: Iowa. $40.000: Montana, $159,000; Nebras ka. $471,000; New Mexico, $583,000; South Dakota. $407,000: Texas, $218, 000; Wyoming, $190,000. Will Hays Assumes New Duties as Head of Movie Industry to consider it, met with some op position from the majority side and it was indicated that when the mea sure was put in final form by the re publicans, the minority members would be given time to study its pro visions before final committee action. The bill will be taken up again to morrow by the republicans, it was said, with the hoop that it could be completed before flight. Changes made in the bill at the two sessions of the majority mem bers today was said to have been largely of a technical character. Committeemen declared that no im portant alterations had been mad.; in the compromise plan eliminating the cash bonus, except where the men were entitled to $50 or less and substituting a bank, loan section to the adjusted service certificate plan authorizing national and state batiks and trust companies, organized under state laws, to loan certificate, holders up to 50 per cent of the adjusted ser vice credit. Majority Not Disturbed. Representative Longw'orth of Ohio, a member of the committee, told newspaper correspondents that the majority was not disturbed by sections of this bill. He thought former service men would have no difficulty in realizing on the certifi cates, saying the amount of each would "be small and that the small banks would be asked to advance only a comparatively small total. The certificates would not be re discountable by federal banks, he continued, nor could the bank mak ing the original loan have the cer tificates redisc'ounted by other banks. He added that the section was so drawn that the certificates could not get out of the hands of the banks except by . transfer to the government. New York, March 6. Will H. Hays, former postmaster general, took up his duties today as executive president of the motion picture man ufacturers and distributors of Amer ica. He spend most of the first day in his sumptuous new offices receiving best wishes of leading motion j picture producers, reading sheafs of congratulatory telegrams and admir ing bouquets sent in by friends. Mr. Hays denied he had be,en em ployed to bolster the industry against attacks on its morality, asserting the following two clauses from his con tract told the whole - story of his duties: ' - "To obtain and then to maintain the highest possible standards of moving picture production. "To develop to the highest possible degree, the moral and educational character of the industry,' 1 00 Cases of Eggs Lost When Boxcar Burns Tccumseh. Neb., March 5. (Spe cial.) A refrigerator car and over 100 cases of eggs, 30 dozen to the rase, were lost by fire on the Bur lington at Sterling. A Sterling produce company had loaded the car with 400 cases and turned it over to the transportation eompany. A small heater, used in the car to keep the eggs from freez ing, is thought to have caused the blaze. When the fire was discover ed a locomotive hiuled the car under the water tank and the water was allowed to flow on it, but to no avail. The car was then set on a side track and men salvaged all the eggs they could. Nearly 300 cases were removed, but there was considerable loss in breakage and by heat among these. The car was destroyed." Youth Who Escaped From Sioux City Jail Captured Sioux City, la., March 6. Roy Burk. 17. who with five others escaped from the Woodbury county jail here 10 days tigo, has been captured at Sapulpa, Okl., according to word received by Sheriff Paul Beardsley. Burk was to have been taken to the penitentiary the day of his escape to serve 20 years for rob bing a man of $2.71 at the point of a gun. He will be returned to Sioux Citv and tried for jail breaking. This ! carries a 10-year penalty. Chicago Woman Cashier Arrested in Los 'Angeles Los Angeles. March 6. Miss Laura Thomas. 21. said to have been a cashier in the South Park bank, Chicago, is under arrest here on a telegraphic warrant charging em bezzlement. According to the police she confessed to taking $1,600 from the bank on January 21. blaming her desire for pretty clothes. When her funds became exhausted Miss Thomas passed a number of worthless checks in Los Angeles, the police say. She will be returned to Chicago to answer the charge. been opened by Senator New. re publican. Indiana, in a prepared ad dress declaring that the treaty con tained no alliance, but was a long step forward in international amity and understanding. No Further Binding Effect. Senator I'nderwood asserted that anyone who had read the four-power treatv and the Lansing-Ishii notes would see immediately that the latter have "no further binding effect" be cause a new arrangement has been substituted to define rights in the Pacific. "The Insing-I.-hit agreement" said the democratic leader, recog nized certain spheres of influence and of course a1l questions of spheres of influence in the region of the Pacific are settled by this treaty. The Lansing-Ishii agreement is com pletely wiped out by this treaty." Senator RobinscTn. democrat, Ar kansas, and Brandcgee. republican. Connecticut', suggested that the four power treaty concerned only the Pa cific islands, while the LansingTshil agreement dealt with China and Sen ator LVderwood rallied that in any case the arms conference treaties as a whole "clearly negative any idea that Japan has any special influence in the affairs of China and the region of the Pacific by reason by her con tinguity of soil." Thus, he added, the special inter est, referred to in the Lansing-Ishii notes had ceased to have any status in international law. There is no "alliance" in the Pa cific treaties nor any obligation to use force. Senator New of Indiana, (Turn to Pb Two, Column Six.) Klan Donates $15 lo Church Funds H-mtrntt. WSJ T Cluo TnSw. " m Slarl8 Term in Prison Hooded Men Inform Baptist Pastor They Are "for Him." Wife Brings Suit Against Hushand to Get Practice Detroit. March 6. Viola Graham Peters. law student, craved practice in the knowledge of law and accord ingly brought suit against her hus band. Gerritt. for scnafate mainte nance, Gerritt told " Tudec Arthur W ebster in contesting the case. ,Taft, Ca!., March 6. Five automo biles carrying masked and hooded men in the regalia of the Ku Klux Klan were driven to the Baptist tabernacle of the Rev. Van Dyke Todd at Fellows last night during the regular service and leaving the occupants outside while threi mem bers of the band entered the taber nacle, informed the Rev. Mr. Todd that they were "for him" and donat ed $15 to the church funds. The tabernacle was filled with members of the Baptist faith and the sudden entrance of the three ghost like Klansmen caused much agita tion among the worshipers. The ex citement subsided, however, as soon as the good will of the white robed visitors was manifested. The Rev. Mr. Todd has been the object of two communications re cently, both of which were signed "K. K. K." The first threatened him if he did not discontinue sermons which he had been preaching recent ly, against lawlessness in the oil fields. A second letter received a few days after it became known that he was the object of a "warnirig" commended his pulpit stand against the "open town" element and declar ed that the "triple K" had no con nection with the first warning that he received. , Portrait Painter Dies Farmington, Conn., March 6. Robert Boiling Brandcgee, portrait and landscape painter, died at his home here late yesterday. Dog Guards Body of Master for Over Week Union Chief Says Railroads Held U.S. Grain Growers Launch Subsidiary "Petting Parties" j Sales Firm Head of Telegraphers Charges Roads Did Not Hold Proper Wage Conferences With Employes. Chieag, March 6. Charges that the railroads generally had not held proper conferences with their em ployes before bringing requests for wage reductions to the United States railroad labor board and that only the lower classes of employes were named while the roads held " petting parties" with the big four brother hoods, were, made before the board when wage hearings began today. A short indictment of the roads, delivered by E. J. Manion, president of the Order of Railroad Telegra phers, wound up a day's session of roll calls which disclosed that 205 railroad systems and 25 labor or ganizations are on the board's docket to figbt out the present case. Mr. Manion's brief, but pointed state ment was taken to indicate further charges of similar nature would bp made tomorrow by other labor lead ers. The object of seeking reductions at present was held out to the em ployes as a desire to translate such reductions into freight and passen ger rate reductions, Mr. Manion de clared the conference committees were told. There was no attempt by most of the roads, he said, to negotiate a new wage scale based by the transportation act's prescription for a "just and reasonable wage." Regional wage conferences be tween the roads and the big four, referred to by Mr. Manion as "pet ting parties," have been going on for several weeks, but no agreement has yet been reached. Meanwhile re quests by the roads for reduction of train service wages have been excluded from the present hearing by the board. Fire Threatens Former Center of Potash Industry Mother and Bancs, 111 with Flu, Rescued as Flames Ravage Business Block at Antioth. to Have Branch1 in Omaha Large! Com pany in World. ' Chicaso, March (i. Officers of the i . United States Grain Growers, Inc., i i yestrrdav announced incorporation of I the United States Grain Growers i Sales eompany, a subsidiary organi zation which will operate in the Chi cago, Kansas City. Omaha, Indiana polis and Minneapolis markets. The subsidiary organization, according to officers of the Grain Growers, will be the largest grain selling firm in the world. More than 1 10.000,000 bushels of ! surcd grain will be marketed each year by j The Antioch fire department, with the selling company on present mem-1 limited apparatus, was handicapped hy coin weattier and tne names were fanned by a high wind. Family Is Rescued. The flames spread from the Fred erick store eastward, destroying a vacant store building, law offices and library of Sam O'Brien, the Mc Clcnnan drug store building which was vacant, the Kiskis Brothers room ing house and the Central rooming house and a vacant residence. Mrs. J. S. Porter, proprietor of the Central rooming house and her three children, were ill and were carried from the burning building. ' Mrs. Hobbs. night telephone oper ator, stuck to her post, though heat from the flames cracked the glass in the telephone office building. Population Slumps. Two big potash plants have been destroyed at Antiocn in the last 18 months with several hundred thousand dollars loss. Antioch had a rapid growth dur ing the war when it became the cen ter of the potash industry. In the vcars since the war ended, its popu lation has become less and less and citizens recently have discussed the advisability of legally dissolving the incorporated town on account of the 'expense. The town now has about 600 people. Brother of Caruso Denies Vocal Orgaus Removed Naples, March 6. (By A. P.) Giovanni Caruso, brother of the late Enrico Caruso, who has just arrived from tjie United States, asserts that the botiy of the tenor was buried intact. Dr. Salvia, who embalmed the body, had wanted to remove the vocal organs, Giovanni added, but the family of the singer refused its permission. The foregoing dispatch confirms the statement of Mrs. Caruso, widow of the tenor, who declared there was no truth m the report printed in a Home newspaper last week that the vocal orarans of the sincer had been kept for medical examination. Antioch, Neb., March 6. (Spe cial.) Fire which started in the George Frederick grocery store here jut after midniplit destroyed seven buildings in the most important business block in Antioch, causing a !o?s estimated at $75,000, partly in- bcrshio basis, officials said. The United States Grain Growers Sales company will be able to en gage in a general grain business and perform all the functions of grain firms in the terminal markets at the present time, President C. II. Gus tafson said. Momhcrshio in the United States Gram Growers Inc., has passed the restaurant, ,le Steam Heated Sii.UtiU marK, otlictais saia touay, aim announced that more than 85 per cent of the 50,075 grain growers arc concentrated in the states of, Illi nois, Nebraska, Indiana, North Da kota, Iowa and Missouri. Burch Called to Stand in Obenchain Tria Bartlesville, Okl., March 6. A searching party found the body of Harold Salley, 21, of Glen Oak. in a thicket near a country school house. He had been absent -from home eight days. The body was guarded by Salley's dog which at first refused to allow the searchers to approach. A severe bruise was found on the dead man's head. Salley apparently had been dead about sbc days. The damp ground about the body was trampled smooth by the dog. who was almost dead from , starva tion, apparently having remained J constantly with his master's body, Catholic Priest Beaten Amarillo, Tex., March 6. J. G. Keller, Catholic priest at Slaton, who was seized by masked men at that town Saturday night and beaten, tarred and feathered, authorized the statement here today that the inci dent was the climax of sentiment due to pro-German accusations aRainst him during the world war. He said he was denied final citizenship papers in federal court at Amarillo in June, 1920, on the ground that he had reg istered as a German subject after taking out his first naturalization papers. The masked band is reported to have comprised both Catholics and protestants of Slaton. A mcrs meet ing held at Slaton yesterday adopted resolutions declaring the attack on tl.c priest was not directed t the Catholic chjrch as an institution, but at the priest as an individual Los Angeles, March 6. Arthur C. Burch, jointly indicted with Mrs. Madalynne C. Obenchain on the charge of murdering J. Bclton Ken nedy, was called to the witness stand as a surprise witness b the district attorney in the trial here today of Mrs. Obenchain. He refused to an swer questions until granted counsel. Deputy District Attorney Asa Keyes asked Burch: "Did not Mrs. Oben chain meet you at the station when vou arrived in Los Angeles on July 2Uast?" Burch, who was visibly affected by the surprise of having been called to the stand and sworn in as a witness without warning, said: "I am not advised by my counsel, and I cannot answer." The prosecutor then asked him how he had come to stop at a cer tain hotel. Burch instead of replying turned to the judge and asked that he be per mitted to have the advice of his counsel. The request was granted and examination postponed while the bailiff sent for Paul Schcnck, attor ney for Burch. May Put Radio Phones in Cabins ou Leviathan New York, March 6. (By A. P.) Chairman Lasker of the shipping board said today that he would strongly recommend installation of radio telephone apparatus in each of the 700 first-class cabins in the steamship Leviathan soon to be re conditioned, so that when it re-enters the trans-Atlantic trade the pas senger, while at sea, can converse with friends ashore. The idea was suggested to him. Mr. Lasker said, by the successful wireless conversations yesterday be tween New York and the. steamer America, then 350 miles at sea. Oil Freight Rales Cut Washington, March 6. Reduction in the freight rates on petrol and petroleum products from the Burk burnett and Ranger fields in Texas to points in the Mississippi valley and mid-continent areas were or dered today by thf interstate conv merce commission, Man Crazed hy Moonshine Slays Wife and Kills Self Missoula. Mant., March 6. John Jarvi, said- by officers to have been crazed from 'drinking moonshine liq our, last night shot and killed his wife and then took his own life. Four small children survive the couple. John Jacobson and William Wirth are under arrest on charges of sell ing the liquor to Jarvi. Road Probe Body to Visit as Many Counties as Possible Lincoln, March 6. (Special.) Governor McKelvie stated today it was the intention of the state and county road probe committee. to visit as many counties as possible in a week, when the committee resumes its hearing April 14. The committee is certain to visit Sherman and Clay counties during that week. The Weather Forecast. Tuesday fair and colder. Hourly Temperatures. 5 a. m 32 I 1 p. m . . . S a. m. 31 2 f. m. . . . k . m il ! 5 p. m. . . . R a. m ....31 4 p. m.... . m 31 6 p. m.... 10 a. m 32 p. m ... 11 a. m 32 7 p. m ... 11 noon 33 p. m. . . . Highest Monday. h3enn 24 Pueblo Davenport 54. Rapid Citv Invr S5 Suit I.nke . ! Moinea ; Sunla K .. ; ln.1A rttv I f.nnr ...... Kottb riait . .4"i Kh-ridnn . .SJ I SIouk (,'Uy . .3b; Valentine , .3.1 . .3? ..Xt . .32 '..31 .31 ..3 ..30 W, . M.itlirw Sentenced In Due In 10 Year for Lnibe.liup Pioneer J'uinl-. Stickcl Case Dismissal I.itUuIu. Mjrt'll li. tSl'Ci il Tele- I gr.uu, - WilLird V, M.ithew. t.irir.cr I preident of the detum't Pii'lteer State bank. Omaha, sentenced in I Omaha t''is morning t ' from one ut ' 10 jear lor rnibi zlcuieiit of $20n.0rti of the bauk't funds became Convict K2.54, Nehtaka -late penitentiary, at i 6:15 iiiitight, i In an hour t'mgi r print, and ; BcHiHou ntcuNiireiiuuts were tktn and at H he wan taken to a cell bee be spent his fust night in prison. H' I picture fur the prisoners' gallery will lie taken tomorrow morning, Warnm 1'rndMl announced tonight. "We need a nun bke Mathews m inaugurate a bookkeeping sytin rnuncttiou with our new ovrr.i!! t.ic tury, which is ju'-t opening," the ; warden sain. Remains Stoical. , Prison otlicials reported tl.a I Mathews remained stoical during bn examination and while records tr ;h.' prison file were being taken. Mathews is the second Nebraska banker involved in bank failures in I the last t ear to enter prison. The other is li. II. Hare of lloskiu. w ho began serving a one to 10-year sen tence jn April. 1921. and will appear before the state board of pardons a:uf paroles March 14 to ask for a parole, 'as after a prisoner has served 1 j months for such a crime, he U cligi ' ble to parole if his prison record i good. Mathews will be eligible o j apply for a parole in January. 1023. ' under the same rule. Attorney General Clarence A. I Davis has instituted criminal pro ceedings against at least 12 other Ne braska bankers involved in recent failures. All of them, however, have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting1 trial. "I have taken this course to sa; those interested in the institution of which I was the head," said Mr. Mathews. "I could have pleaded not ciiiltv and stood trial. ThaT would I have made vast expense and, I bc I lirve, would have ruined the insti- union. As it is. I believe the bank will pay dollar for dollar. Mind is Prepared. . j 'Mv mind is prepared for tiie darkness and coldness of prison walls. I shall endure, them. "The worst will be the separation from my wife and home. "My comfort shall be that my heart is clean." Mrs. Mathews will continue to live at the family home, 4929 Cass street. Mr. Mathews was indicted by a grand jury last fall. Stickel is Dismissed. Indictment charging W. L. Stickcl, Kearney, Neb., with aiding and abet ting Mathews in the embezzlement of funds from the Pioneer btate hank was dismissed on the motion of Assistant Attorney General Dor sey, shortly after Mathews was sen tenced. "It might cost the state as much as S10.0OO to try Mr. Stickel's case." said Mr. Dorscy. "It has developed that there is no direct connection be tween Stickcl ajid the Tioneer Stale bank transaction. An examination ot (Turn to Tax T. Column Kopr.) Hundreds of Birds Found Dead After Snowstorm Broken Bow, Neb., March 6. (Special.) The bodies of hundred's cf strange birds were found on the streets and in the parks here follow ing the snow storm. The birds re sembled sparrows in form, but their markings were .white and brown, with black stripes. Since the warm weather of the last day or two, the ones surviving the storm have con tinued their journey north. New Hampshire Man Named Assistant to Postal Head Washington. March 6. John H. Eartlett of New Hampshire was nominated today by President Hard ing to be first assistant postmaster general. Mr. Bartlett, who at prrs ent is chairman of the civil service commission, will succeed Dr. Hubert. Work who on Saturday succeeded Will Hays as postmaster general. - Agriculture Department Appropriation Reduced Washington. March 6. An appro priation of $34,978,033 to meet ex penses of the Agriculture department during the coming year is recom mended in a bill reported today by the house appropriation committee. The total was $3,370,026 less than the amount appropriated for the cur rent fiscal year and $1,554,835 less than budget estimates. District Judge at Wahoo I ilea for Supreme Court Lincoln. March 6. (Special.) District Judge V.. E. Good of Wa hoo today filed as a candidate for the supreme court on a nonpolitica' ballot. He is in the Fourth judcia! district. Charles R. Keckley. Yorl; filed as a democratic candidate fcr the state senate from the Ninth sen- atorial district. Iowa Miners Vote for Strike Albia, la., March 6. Returns re ceived at state headquarters here in dicate that Iowa miners, members of the United Mine Workers of America, are voting overwhelmingly in favor of a strike unless an agree ment can be reached nn the new- wage scale, according to John Gay, secretary ot uie low a district. So if