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OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21. 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Debate on
Four-Power
Pact Ends
Senate Leaden on Both Sides
Aprer That Ratification of
Pacific Treaty Is Certain
-Vote Todav.
Matzenauer Reaches City
Without 100 Pet. 'Husband
"Do Not Speak of Him," Sayi
Famoui Dita, Tall ami
Imposing, to Que
tion Aked.
Fireworks Mark Session
anhington, Man-It 23. The sen
die concluded tonight il long debate
on the four-power Pacific treaty and
prepared (or it final vote tomorrow,
with the leaders on lioth tidcs pri
vately agreeing that ratification by a
narrow margin seemed certain.
A display of oratorical fireworks,
scarcely surpassed in spectacular ef
fect, even during the Versailles
treaty fight, brought the debate to
an end. Both opponents and sup
porters of the pact summed up their
four weeks of argument in a running
crossfire of discussion that lasted all
. day and until late at night, but ap
parently did not change a vote.
Estimates of the outcome made by
well-informed senators placed the
ratification majority at from 3 to 10
votes,, depending on how many of
those who have been counted against
the treaty join the majority, once
they see that the administration lead
ers are sure of the two-thirds neces
sary to ratify.
It was said that several who stand
with the opposition, if there were a
chance to defeat the part, were in
clined not to waste their votes in a
lost cause.
To Vote on Amendments.
A dozen or more reservations and
amendments also must be voted on
tomdrrow, but the administration
managers are confident of the defeat
of all of them except the "no alli
ance" declaration, framed by the for
eign relations committee and accept
ed by President Harding.
Making their last stand, the treaty's
opponents marshalled all their argu
ments against the four-power agree
ment as an alliance and injected
several new issues that caused mo
mentary sensations and led to bitter
. exchanges. A recent speech by Trot
sky serving notice that the new in-"'
ternatjonal group should not jforget
the red army of Russia was quoted
by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
Allegations that the pastor who
. opened the arms conference with
prayer was compelled to omit the
name of Christ were, thrown into
the debate by Senators' Reed, demo
crat, Missouri; Hitchcock, democrat,
Nebraska, and others. In an arraign
ment for the treaty as a return to the
old balance of power system, Senator
Glass, democrat, Virginia, declared
it was a step toward war instead of
peace. ,
No Alliance Proposed.
For the treaty supporters, Sena
tors Lcnroot, republican, Wisconsin;
Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, and
others insisted that no alliance was
proposed and that amity in the Paci-
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State Ends Testimony
Against Tex Rickard
New York. March 23. The
prosecution late today rested its
cases against Tex Rickard, sporting
promoter, charged with assaulting
Sarah Schoenfeld, 15, after Herman
Berch, janitor of , the apartment
house in which the attack was al
leged to have taken place, had been
called to the stand. . '
Berch testified that after Rickard's
arrest a stranger had led him to
Madison Square Garden and that
there Rickard, charging that some
one was trying to "frame" him, told
him that if he knew anything to
keep quiet.
Supreme Court Justice Wasssr
yogel denied a motion by the defense
to dismiss charges of assault in the
second degree and abduction after
the state had closed its case.
Justice Wasservogel announced
that 1 had decided to bar men
spectators as well as women from
the remaining' sessions of the trial.
Women were barred at the outser.
The order was issued after several
society women protested against
"discrimination.'
Reconciliation Between
Puryear and Wife Hinted
Mrs. Earl Puryear, who has been
ill at the Y. W. C. A. for the past
lew days and who complained that
r.nother woman had alienated the af
fections of her husband, hinted yes
terday of - reconciliation. The man
?nd wife held a conference yesterday
in the office of Puryear's attorney.
After leaving the attorney's office
they are saidto have come to an un
derstanding. Cranted Divorce 12 Years
Agp, Obtains Decree. Now
Waiting 12 years after being
granted a divorce, Fred Slot has
paid the required fee and the de
cree has been issued by District
Judge Sears. Slot is now in Den
mark and wants to remarry. In his
request for the decree he enclosed
the amount, of the fee. The docu
ment will be mailed to him.
Missing Father Sought
The city clerk has a letter from
Ervin R- Baylis of Potwin. Kan.,
asking for assistance in locating his
father. W. C. Baylis. who was in
r'maha when heard from las.
Minus Floyd Glotibach, her "100
per cent" chauffeur-husband, for
whom she had reservations at Hotel
Fontenelle, Mme. Margaret Matren
auer arrived in Omaha yesterday
afternoon in time to attend Margot
Ajquith'f lecture.
The star in the Metropolitan
galaxy of artist, appears at the
Auditorium tonight under auspices
of the Tuesday Musical club.
A tall and imposing figure in
tangerine gown and a tope of pearls,
inadame very firmly declined to dis
cuss Iter marital troubles with the
chauffeur who tired of his caviar
existence.
Says Song Not Affected.
"That is through finis for the
present. No new developments '
since the interview I gave out in
St. Louis, last week," declared
madame. "I beg of you, do not
speak of him, or of it, to me, I
wish not to think of it even.'
Her singing is not affected by the
emotional turmoil of the past week,
she made known.
"I am an artiste. My singing
must romc first, therefore I put all
else out of mind," she averred.
Matzenauer dined alone in her
room at the hotel and in the evening
attended the "Passing Show" as the
guest of Mrs. A. V. Kinsler. head
of the Tuesday Musical club, who
was her hostess at the Asquith lec
ture, as well.
"I enjoyed Mrs. Asquith very
much," said the diva.
Her colorful gown set oif to
greater advantage her Czigany type
a mass of heavy black hair, olive
complexion and large dark eyes. She
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is a Hungarian by birth but a citizen
of America now, she stated.
Reverses Role of Interviewer.
Then she reversed the role of in
terviewer and interviewed:
"Tell me what there is to see in
Omaha this is my first visit here."
"How large is the Auditorium?'
"Would a local audience care to
hear songs sung in German yet?"
"Is there a good river road for aa
auto drive?" "Is the Tassing Show j
any good?
Then her dinner service arrived.
U. S. Jo Bar
-JC in
Coal Strike
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Attorney General Announce!
Government Will Tolerate
No Force on Part of
Striker.
Recognizes Right to Quit
Washington, March 23. Warning
that the federal government would
tolerate no use ot violence to pic
eut coal production during the
threatened coal strike was Krued to
dav by Attorney General Daugherty.
Mr. Daugherty declared he was
making no threats and that he be
lieved a man or set f men have the
Reserve Board
Modifies Rules
Banks Allowed to Deal in
Bills to 10 Per Cent
.J. Capital.
Washington,. March 23. The fed
eral reserve board was-j understood
to have removed restrictions upon
the dealing in bills of acceptance by
banks, to enable them to accept bills
in an amount up to 10 per cent of
their capital stock without presenta
tion of the documentary evidence of
the transaction.
According to high officials, the ac
tion of the board is a constructive
step which could enable American
interests to maintain their footing in
the financing of- international trade
upon equal terms with foreign bank
ers. Heretofore, it was explained, the
federal reserve board has required
banks under its jurisdiction to de
mand the document covering a ship
ment of goods before accepting a
bill drawn for the financing of the
transaction.
American bankers have complain
ed, it was asserted, that the restric
tions were giving business to for
eign financial institutions which
should have been handled in this
country. The board, officials de
clare, by removing this restriction up
to 10 per cent of a bank's capital,
had made it possible for American
banks to compete with London and
other European financial centers
without the handicap of the time ele
ment required in the transmission of
papers.
Postmaster General
Plans Reorganization
Washington,.' March 23. Reorgani
zation of 100 or more of the most im
portant postoffices in the country is
planned by Postmaster General
Work, in order - that greater ef
ficiency and economy may be afford
ed the public, it was announced to
day. The postmaster general also plans
to augment the inspection service by
about 100 additional inspectors who
are to be assigned to make careful
analysis and investigation into those
postoffice where improvements are
believed to be possible.
"The work of the department has
been badly handicapped because of
lack of inspectors," Dr. Work said.
"Cases dating back as far as last
December are yet to be acted upon."
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Small Nephew of
Hoover Drowned
Body of Boy Found in Swim
ming Pool During Family
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Palo Alto, Cal., March . 23.
Walter Large, 5, nephew of Herbert
Hoqver, secretary of commerce, was
drowned in a swimming pool at the
Hoover home here during a family
reunion. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
president of Stanford university,
worked over him for three hours, but
hope finally was given up.
As a result of the accident, it was
announced, Mr. Hoover will cancel
his engagements to speak in San
Francisco Friday and Saturday. The
boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Guthrie Large. of Monterey.
Servants found the child uncon
scious in the swimming pool shortly
before noon. It is not known how
long the child had been in the pool.
The accident happened during a
reunion of the Hoover family. The
boy came here with his parents. His
mother is Mrs. Hoover's sister.
British Sub Lost With
' . All Hands on Board
London, March 23. ("By A. P.)
The British submarine H-42 has been
lost with all hands in the Mediter
ranean, says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Gibraltar today. It
collided, with a destroyer during
maneuvers.
The British submarines of the "H"
class were all built under the war
emergency program, most of them in
1918-1920. They are of the single
hull "Holland" type modified by the
admiralty, 164J to 171 feet long and
15-34 feet beam. They displace from
440 to 500 tons and are equipped with
two sets of Diesel engines, giving a
speed of 13 knots on surface. They
carry four torpedo tubes. ., Their or
dinary complement is 22 men.
U. of California Rated
as Largest in World
Berkeley, Cal., 'March 23. Fifty
four years age today, the University
of California was started with one
small class.
-Today, the university said to be
the largest in the world is celebrating
its birthday. From a dozen students
composing the institution's first class,
it has grown to an establishment
with an attendance in all its branches
ofc 43,000. .
Philanthropist Here in
Interests of "Mothers' Day'.'
Robert Spero, New York philan
thropist, was in the city yesterday
for the purpose of creating a more
sympathetic and general interest in
the observance of Mothers' day,
which occurs May 14, this year.
Suitor Kills Girl, Self. -
Patterson, N. J., March 23. An
gered, it is said,, because Miss Elsie
Smith, a fellow employe, resented
his attentions, Alphonse Beyer, ship
ping clerk in Napel silk mills, lured
the young woman to a dryi"2 room,
shot and mortally wounded her, then
fired a bullet through his head. Both
died in a hospital without regaining
consciousness. . . .
Friends of the girl said she never
had paid more than ordinary atten
tion to the shioDin? clerk- desoite
his advance .. "
New York. March 23. The na
tion wide strike of anthracite and
bituminous coal workers, set to
begin April I, will be prosecuted
"with the fullest and most effective
co-operation of the American Fed
eration of Labor," it was an
nounced here today after a visit
to mine officials and envoys of
Samuel Gonipcrs, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Gonioers' delcsates came
here shortly before midnight, and1
after a short conference with John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, left
early today for Washington.
Representatives of the anthracite
division of the anthracite workers
here today were optimistic of
success it the general strike. They
expressed confidence that, should
the strike become a long drawn
battle between operators and min
ers, railroad members of the
American Federation of Labor
would come to their moral and
financial aid through the railroad
miners' protective alliance.
right to strike in an orderly manner
but that they did not have the right
to interfere with those who took
their placer.
The attorney general did not dis
close the government's plans for the
miners' walkout, but it was under
stood' that he- conferred yesterday
with Yresident Harding and Secre
tary Davis upon the possibility of a
public appeal by the president to
avert the strike.
Investigation Proposed.
Investigation of conditions in the
coal mining industries by a special
commission to be appointed by the
president is called for in a bill in
troduced today by Representative
Bland, republican, Indiana.
The commission, which would
have three members, would be in
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Rockwell Preparing
Program for Arbor Day
Washington, March 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) George L. Rock
well, formerly connected with the
forest service in Nebraska, now in
charge of the same service in New
York, is enthusiastic over Congress
man Jefferis' letter to President
Harding asking the chief executive
to issue a proclamation recognizing
the fiftieth anniversary of Arbor day,
which was established by J. Sterling
Morton in Nebraska.
Mr. Rockwell, in a letter to Mr.
Jefferis, says his idea is a big one
and means much for the future of
forestation throughout the country.
He said he had written Secretary
Wallace calling upon the latter to
urge the president to issue a general
proclamation to plant a. tree on the
fiftieth anniversary of Arbor day and
that he was preparing a program for
such an observance throughout the
states.
Total of 5,587 Persons
Killed by Railroads
Washington, March 23. Ameri
can railroad operation last year re
sulted in the accidental death of
5,587 persons and the injury, more
or less serious, of 43,324, according
to compilations by the Interstate
Commerce commission. The - was,
however, a decrease under the totals
reported for 1920, when 6.495 per
sons were accidentally killed and
63,786 injured. The commission es
timated that the decrease in number
of persons killed was 14 per- cent
and 32 per cent in the number in
jured. Mayor Delivers Address
to University Students
Mayor James C. Dahlman address
ed 200 students of the University of
Omaha at a special chapel yesterday.
The speaker emphasized th"e value of
education and encouraged the stu
dents to take advantage of university
opportunities.
Omahan Seeks to Prevent
Whisky Tax on Automobile
Alfio Caniglia, Sixth and Pierce
streets, filed an injunction petitionln
federal court yesterday against A. B.
Allen, collector of internal revenue,
seeking to enjoin him from levying
on an automobile for whisky tax.
Two Vessels Sold.
Washington. March 23. The ship
ping Toard announced the sale of
two lake type vessels, the Catherine
and the Mary, to A. H. Bull & Co.,
for $151,000. which is a little better
than $35 per registered ton ,
12 Doctors' Skill
Unable to Save
Armour's Child
Six-Year-Old Daughter of
Philip D. Armour HI Dies
of Septicemia in Chi
cago Home.
Chicago, ' March 23. Gwendolyn
Armour, 6-year-old daughter of
Philip D. Armour III, died today
from a form of ceptisemia after a
week's illness, during which the mil
lions of the Armour family, the skill
of a dozen physicians and a dozen
nurses, and the resources of the en
tire city of Chicago, were unavailing
in the fight with death. Never in
Chicago's history have such heroic
efforts been mado to save a life.
Contracts Throat Infection.
A week ago the little girl con
tracted a throat infection. Looked
on at first merely as a minor illness,
the poison spread through her body
and finally her condition became so
serious that the greatest physicians
in the midle-west were summoned. A
special staff of nurses was employed
and quarters arranged for them in
the Armour home on Lake . Shore
drive the exclusive residential sec
tion known as the "gold coast."
As Gwendolyn's condition became
worse the efforts to save her life in
creased. The city officials were ap
pealed to and orders were issued yes
terday to close all traffic on the sec
tion of Lake Shore drive where the
Armour residence is located. Special
policemen were stationed all around
the neighborhood to prevent noise.
The homes of Chicago's richest fam
ilies the McCorm'cks, the Marshall
Fields, the Palmers, Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick, and dozens
of others, all neighbors to the Ar
mours were " cut off from traffic
communication with the rest of the
city.
'Phone Bells Muffled.
Telephone bells in the Armour
home were, muffled and the "gold
coast" became at isolated section of
the city, while through the night
physicians and nurses watched at the
bedside of the little girl who could
not shake off the effects of the blood
poisoning, despite the tremendous re
sources at her beck and call.
Toward midnight last night it be
came apparent that the fight was a
losing one, and when the end came
the little girl's father vice president
of Armour & Co. 10 physicians and
six nurses were grouped at her bedside.
Youth's Kneecap Broken as
He Leaps Off Boxcar Here
William Kotelman. 17, of Chicago
suffered a fractured kneecap when he
leaped from a boxcar and was run
down by a Union Pacific switch en
gine here at 5:30 yesterday morning.
Farm Advances Anounced.
Washington, March 23. Approval
of 102 advances for agricultural and
livestock purposes aggregating $2,
847,000, was -announced by the war
finance corporation. The loans in
clude: - Colorado, $105,000; Iowa.
S152.000: Montana, $136,000; Nebras
ka. $46,000; New Mexico. $29,000;
North Dakota. $267,000; South Da
kota, $208,001); Texas. $488,000, and
Wyomisg, $201,000. ,
"Prohibition Navy"
Ready for Operation
Within Next 10 Days
Miami, Fla., March 23. The
"prohibition navy" will be operating
off the Florida coast within the next
10 days, according to information
given out at the headquarters of the
federal prohibition agents working
under Col. Nutt and E. B. Henson.
Col. Nutt declined to discuss de
tails of the naval campaign or to
say exactly when the fleet would
get into action.
It was said one of the plans for
combatting the liquor runners now
being discussed by the agents, in
volves the installing of a powerful
searchlight on Cape Florida to
sweep the ocean and bay at night,
in order to make the landing of
iiquor cargoes more hazardous.
Search for Missing
Flying Boat in Vain
Miami, Fla., March 23. Airplanes
returning today from their seach for
the flying boat Miss Miami, reported
they had found no trace of the
missing crafty which, with five pas
sengers, left this port yesterday for
Bimini.
A wireless message from a steamer
off Jupiter reported the sighting of
a plane this morning, but from the
position given the authorities ex
pressed the opinion that it was not
the Miss Miami.
The five passengers, for whom
friends are beginning to express
anxiety,, are: Mr. and Mrs! August'
Bulte and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
E, Smith of Kansas City, Mo., and
Mrs. Dixon of Memphis, Tenn. The
airboat was piloted by Robert Moore.
Machine Guns Fired
on Ulster Line, Report
. Belfast, March 23. Reports that
snipers on the southern side of the
Ulster border were using light ma
chine guns against reconnoitering
parties reached Belfast today.
All day yesterday the snipers were
active with their rifles, firing inter
mittently until a late hour in the sec
tor between Aughnacloy and Cale
don. In Belfast two class "A" special
constables were shot mortally at
noon on May street by a band, the
members of which escaped.'1
According to Fermanagh reports,
all Toad traffic on the free state side
in that vicinity has been suspended.
Farmers seeking to sell cattle and
horses are being forced to offer them
below prewar pricey.
Tulsa Girl Shot to Death;
Woman Arrested for Crime
Tulsa, Okl., March 23. Hanna
Novak, about 20,- was shot to death
while -sitting in an automobile in the
downtown district ' here this after
noon. Mrs. Harry Scrrill was im
mediately arrested by the police in
connection with the shooting. Ac
cording to police she shot five times,
Miss Novak died almost instantly.
Omaha Band Goe3 Ea6t.
"Omaha's fame as an "impresario"
of famous orchestras and orchestra
leaders is about to be raised another
notch by the approaching departure
of Arthur Randall's Royal orchestra
for an extended engagement in the
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Action Against
Miners Argued
in Supreme Court
Suit for Damages Claimed
During Coal Strike in Ar
kansas Heard in Wash
ington. Washington, March 23. The lia
bilities of the United Mine Workers
of America, as an organization, for
damages which may be caused by
acts of its members during strikes,
was argued at length' in the supreme
court by W. A. Glasgow for the
union, and H. S. Drinker, jr., and
J. B. McDonough, as counsel for
the nine mines in Arkansas, which
brought the so-called Coronado coal
case to recover damages for the de
struction of their property during
strikes in 1914.
The, United. Mine Workers con
tended that their organization could
not be sued because it was incorpor
ated, and a number of decisions of
the courts were cited by counsel in
support of his argument to have set
aside the decision of the lower fed
eral courts, holding that the organ
ization had violated the Sherman
anti-trust law by restraining inter
state commerce. Numerous other,
points were also urged by them, in
cluding the objection that individual
ly, and not' collectively suits should
have been brought by the eompanies
agaiftst the union.
- The conspiracy of the United Mine
Workers alleged in the Arkansas
strike was not attributed to the Chi
cago central competitive fields con
ference of 1898, between the mine
operators and the miners, or to any
subsequent annual wage scale con
ferences between the operators and
miners in that section, counsel for
the mine owners contended. They
asserted that the conspiracy found
by the court consisted of an agree
ment among the union miners, found
ed upon the teachings of the central
compefitive field conferences and
spread by the officers of the union,
who insisted that the competition of
nonunion mines must be suppressed.
War . Finance Corporation
Makes Loan Announcement
Washington, . March 23. (Special
Telegram.) The War Finance cor
poration announces that from March
20 to March 22 it has approved ad
vances for agricultural and livestock
purposes as follows: Nebraska, $40,
000; Iowa, $152,000; South Dakota,
$208,000; Wyoming, $201,000.
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Final Vote
on Measure
333 to 70,
Four Nehracka Member Sup
port, and Two Oppose Bill
in Roll Call Parage
.Never in Don lit.
Hall of House Crowded
By E. C. $NYDER.
Hlilolo orrMcKindrnl Omaha lt.
Washington. March 23. The
house today, by a vote of 333 to 70,
passed the bonus bill after five hours
of intensely interesting debate.
There" never wm a time when the
passage of the hill was in doubt
after the ways and means committee
had taken weeks to frame the meas
ure, laboriously going over evrry
proposition, rejecting the bad fea
tures of each and eventually agreeing
upon a certificate plan to adjust the
compensation of the men who had
gone out from farm, counting room,
factory and professions and been ab
sorbed into the army of the United
States for the purpose of stopping
German aggression.
The vote of the Nebraska delegates
on the final passage of the bill stood.
Andrews, Evans. Jefferis and Kin
kaid for, and McLaughlin and Reavis
against.
The vote of . the Iowa members
vs: Kopp, Hull, Sweet, Haugen.
Cole, Ramscyer, Dowcll, Towner,
Green, Dickinson and Boies, republi
cans, all in favor of the bill.
House Crowded.
Ordinarily the house has been the
least attractive to the great many of
people in the last few months, the
senate holding the center of the
stage, because of the treaties now
pending. Today, however, the hall
of the house was crowded to sufAjCa
tion, people fighting for a vantage
space to either hear or see the house
in action on the bonus bill.
Representative McLaughlin of Ne
braska, who had sent out a qucrtion
naire last week to 500 or more of his
constituents asking for their view
on the bonus, told of the result of
that referendum iu one of the best
speeches heard during the debate.
Mr. McLaughlin said that he had
voted for the first bonus bill
and he would like to vote for the one
under present consideration, but he
could not do so for the reason that
the present bill makes no tax levy
of any kind to meet the expenses
that it will incur.
Estimates Too Small.
' The first bonus bill, the congress
man from York county pointed out,
carried with it ample tax provisions.
"In my judgment," he said, "the
certificate provision of the present
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Tidal Wave Inundates
City of Venice, Italy
'London, March 23. A Centra!
News dispatch from Venice says that
a tidal wave late last night inundated
the city, the water rising to a depth
of more than three feet in some of the
public squares.
Venice, situated virtually at gea
level and threaded bv canals, is enh.
ject to periodic inundations, due to
unusually mgii tides and spring
freshets. The squares, such as St.
Marks, are under water at such
times, but the rise seldom exceeds a
few inches.
Peasants' Costumes Are
Recommended for Girls
New York, March 23. Costume;
cf the peasantry of Europe were
taken as models for many creations
in an exhibition of "good taste in
dress for young girls," opened today
by a joint committee of the Art Cen
ter and the Parents' league.
All of the exhibits were designed
by girls in art classes of schools in
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago..
Cleveland and elsewhere.
The Art Center announced that
the exhibition was the opening of a
eamnaicn tn nronraa hpftr tocip
and better sense in dress for young
gins. ,
The designs condemned the "flap
per" styles, so much in vogue for
girls of 16 to 18. "Better taste and
good sense" was interpreted in the
designs to mean skirts below the
knees, high necks and sleeves of at
least elbow length.
Woman Faints in Street
and Is Robhed of $3,500
Los Angeles, Cal., March 23.
The police are seeking a person be
lieved to have stolen $3,500 from
Mrs. Jessie W. Taylor when she
fainted on the street here.
She had just drawn the money
from a bank in $100 bills. A num
ber of persons rushed to her aid.
When she regained consciousness
the money was missing.
Later, she said, she received a tele
phone call from a man offering to
return half if he were permitted to
retain the other half. Mrs. Taylor
refused and offered a reward of $500
for the recovery of all.
Improvements Announced.
St. Paul, March 23. Contracts for
signal and interlocking plant im- .
provements this year, amounting to
$700,000 were let by the Northern
Tacific railroad. The principal con
struction under the contract will be
done between Dilworth, Minn., and
Mandan. N. D. a distance of 203
miles.