The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 61 NO. 211.
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OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25. 1922.
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Band Shoots
Family of 7
in Belfast
City Stirred a Haider Force
Way Into Home and Slay
Saloon Keeper and Four
Son.
Clash In County Tyr&ne
Belfast. March 24.-(f5y A. P.)
A band of turn forced their way into
the home of Owen MacMahon. a
saloon keeper, early this morning,
and shot seven members of the
family. News of the taid lias stirred
the city.
MacMahon and three of his sons
were killed outright, another son died
of his wound, and two others are
rear death. The crime is thought to
have been in reprisal for the shooting
of a number of special constables in
May street yesterday.
At about 1:20 o'clock the raiders,
who are reported to have worn uni
forms, smashed the door of the Mac
Mahon home in the north end of the
city and rushed upstairs, where the
occupants of the house were sleep
ing. The male members of the fam
ily were taken down to the living
rooom, lined up against the wall and
riddled with bullets. .
Three Bodies in Heap.
The shootings were heard by oc
cupants of a nearby house, who no
tified the Glenravcl street barracks.
Mrs. MacMahon and her daughter
rushed Hown to the living room when
the attackers departed and found the
seven lying on the floor, three of the
bodies in a heap.
Ambulances took the victims to
tj-,e hospitals, where it was found
that four already were dead.
Another son who was ordered into
the room escaped by throwing him
.sclf under a lounge and was unin
jured. An ambulance attendant collapsed
after helping carry the bodies into
the hospital, although hardened with
sccned of bloodshed.
Crawl Under Lounge. ,
The son who crawled under the
lounge was a 6-ycar-old child who
had been taken from his bed at the
fame time as the other membcrsVif
the family, f ' .
Mrs. McMahon pleaded -tearfully
but in vain with the assassins to
n,r, !, familv. TVin ulift srrmed
from the window to a nursing home
adjoining to summon help.
The McMahons are a Catholic
family.
Three murderers were reported
from the Fermanagh-Tyrone border.
The victims were Frank Kelly, Ed
ward McLoughlin and William Cas
sidy. All were shot to death. It is
believed the murders wcte in repri
sal for the recent terrorism at Tril-
liclc, County Tyrone, in which SamH
ucl Laird, an Ulster special consta
ble, was shot and killed and numer
ous unionist houses were burned.
A freight train was held up near
the city this morning by 12 armed
men who opened the registered mail
it was carrying and scattered the
freight along the tracks.
Hall Commandeered.
The Y. M. C. A. hall here was
commandeered today by a British
regiment.. At a unionist meeting last
evening Lady Craig, wife of the pre
mier, announced that she had re
ceived a letter from a friend in Lon
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Rickard Has Alibi,
, Declares Attorney
New York, March 24. Opening
the defense of Tex Ricard, charged
with criminally arsaulting 15-year-old
Sarah Schoenfeld, counsel for the
sport promoter today told the jury
that a perfect alibi would be proved
for November 12, 1921, the day of
the alleged offense.
Max Steuer, chief counsel, also set
forth that the two' apartments on
West Forty-seventh street mentioned
in connection with the case had been
"rented by Rickard while he was ar
ranging the Dempsey-Willard fight
in Toledo to store his liquor, because
he saw prohibition coming.
Rickard, Steuer said, never had
been in the suites in his life, and had
gone to the apartment houses them
selves only twice . to ascertain from
the janitor that his cellars were o. k.
Rail Workers Pay Demand
Called Strategic Move
Chicago, March 24. Counter re
quests for wage increases by railroad
shopmen at a time when railroads
were asking reductions were char
acterized as a strategic move, coldly
calculated to interfere with and de
lav a. new wage agreement, by J. V.
Higgins. representing western roads,
before the railroad labor board to
daw Mr. Higgins made the closing ar
gument against employes charges,
preferred by B. M. Jewell, head of
the shop crafts unions, that the rail
roads had not held proper confer
ences with employes under the
transportation act, prior to bringing
their wage-cut requests to the board.
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Motor 1 rucks Approved
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mittee on public thoroughfares of
the board of aldermen this afternoon
votea in lavor ot a proposed oram
jince requiring installation of gover
nors on all commercial motor cars
to keep the speed to 15 miles an hour.
Ex-Emperor Charles
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London, , March 24.-(By A. P.)
Former Emperor Charles of Austria
Hungary, exited on the island of Ma
deira, is ill with fever, says a Cen
tral News dispatch from Funchal to
day. His temperature is given as
104, and a consultation of physicians
has been called.
Responsibility
for Tax Levies Is
in Many Quarters
First Essential for Property
Owners Bent on Reduction
Is tb Find Where the
Money Goes.
By PAUL GREER.
Who gets the money? If property
owners are wisely, bent on reducing
taxes, the first thing to do is to ana
lyze the apportionment of them. The
bald statement that total taxes on a
nir nf nrnnrrtv hspH to be a certain
amount, and that they have now
grown to( another and greater sum
does not ' Convey ay new infprma-
tion. ' v
Everybody knows that taxes have
gone up. . Responsibility for the
levies, however, is so divided up and
shifted about that the average tax
payer does not know who to blame.
In Omaha, for example, there are
five different assessment . boards.
When a citizen receives a bill for
taxes, each of these has a share com
ing. The situation is much the same out
in the state. Perhaps it will dispel
some of the fog to examine in detail
the apportionment of taxes in various
parts of the state. The figures are
all taken from the books of the coun
ty treasurers. For example, the res
idence of W. C. Wiley, 1320 Loring
street, Fremont, carried a tax total
of $21.51 in 1914 and $36.28 in 1921.
This is the way the Dodge county
treasurer divided up Mr. f,n"f-S
contribution, on a valuation oi $i,oos.
1914.
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School bonds i
1911.
$ 4.67
4.59
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1.94
Inc.
S 2.62
. 1.24
3.50
7.10
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Total 121.61 $36.IS 14'T
Taxes Almost Doubled.
a i. Tntti snH TTnion streets in Fre
mont is the home of Mary Hansen,
with an assessed valuation of $2,340.
In the last eight years her tax bill has
increased lrom a.m to $oi.oi. -mc
rTa'e rnr ti rT1 nf this increase was
$4.36, out of the total increase of
$28.64. At the same time the city tax
went up $7.31, school, tax $13.14,
county tax $2.92, and school bonds,
81 cents. ...
Four miles out of Fremont is tne
168-acre farm of Joseph Roberts. The
(Turn to fane Two. Cotnitm Three.)
Heir to Million Dollar
' . Estate Still Missing
v. Vnrl- March 24. Mrs. Gra
ham Duffield, Chicago widow, who is
here seeking Uoraon yumeiu, no
n.vin ic heir tn a million dollar
estate left by his grandfather, made
only one short trip in searcn oi
today. . , . .
She went to Cooper Venion this
evening, but failed to find any. trace
of the lost bov, who left a school in
Plainfield, N. J., because he did not
like conditions there. Mrs. Dumeld
said that although she has had two
telephone conversations with Gordon
in the last two days, he has not
come to her hotel as he promised.
MILLICENT
was too temperamental "
for the Hotel Van Bus-
kirk's staff, so her
"biggsy poppa" ' sug- r
gested the vacant flat in '
the neglected Alb er
marie. A ' BLUE RIB
BON short story by
Louis Weitzehkorn
Tomorrow
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The Sunday Bee
WjPves
',000 to
Child Home
Nebraska Society With Omaha
Headquarters Named Chief
Beneficiary in Tcutanicnt
of Cordon Man.
Other Bequests Sought
A $JS,0o0 bequest, one of the larg
est ecr nude to a local charitable
institution, fias come to the Nebras
ka Children's Home society, it be
came known yesterday.
N C. Sherman ot Cordon, Neb.,
who died two weeks ago of Bright's
disease, was the generous donor. He
made the will five or tlx days before
lie died.
"The first we knew lie had any In
tention of remembering uS in his
will was when he telephoned to the
Omaha oflice to ask what the cor
porate name of the society was,"
said Rev. R. B. Ralls, superintendent.
"Of course, we had no idea it would
be such a handsome gift."
Leaves No Children.
Sherman was a widower for 25
years and had no children.
"His -interest in the society was
enlisted five or six years ago by the
late Rev. R. B. Hall, district super
intendent," said Ralls. "He made
annual contributions, though not
very large ones, hut his attention
was evidently called to the good
work our society did in his county.
We have taken a number of de
pendent children out of that locality
and furnished fine homes for others
in his district."
Sherman's bequest includes 1,000
acres of Nebraska farm laud, valued
at $25 an acre, and $10,000 worth of
personal property, including horses,
Liberty bonds,, notes, farm machin
ery and other valuable effects.
May Rise Higher.
. Sherman recently was offered $30
an acre for the land, F. W. Thomas
of the First National' bank and sec
retary of the society, was informed
by a banker at Gordon, so the amount
of the bequest may rise higher than
$35,000, eventually.
The Sherman bequest will be the
nucleus for a $100,000 . endowment
fund Rev. Mr. Ralls hopes to estab
lish. A $2,000 cash bequest was
made less than a year ago by W. A.
Wolfe, late banker at Beatrice, Neb.
"If we have a few more we will
soon be on a permanent footing,"
said Ralls.
The deceased farmer left a number
of other bequests. He willed 160
acres to a friend who nursed him
through his last illness, and $3,000
each to some-nieces and nephews.
Directors Rejoice.
The Nebraska . Children's Home
society, established for more than a
quarter of a century, cares for an
average of 1,000 children each year,
according to Ralls. Eight children
were placed in good homes this week.
A staff, including the leading child
specialists of the city, ministers to
the medical needs of the needy chil
dren. .Offices are at 602 McCague
building.
Directors of the society, headed by
Frank W. Hallcr, rejoice greatly in
the munificent bequest.'
Love Missives Were
Plea for Money, Charge
Lincoln, March 24. (SpeciaU)
Love he professed for her in letters
presented to court was a false prc
trnc in nrrfpr to obtain aooroxi-
mately $1,000, Mrs. Letta M. Hook
told a court here yesterday.
Fred Vaughn, charged with being
the writer of heated, verbose love let-
tr whirh alwavs ended with a olea
for money, is charged with obtaining
money under lalse pretenses, une
letter read in court follows in part:t
"Swppthpart. I am ffnintf to ask one
more favor of you. I love you, I
love you body and soul and I am up
against it bad. I can't tell you all,
onlv that I must raise $225 bv 4
o'clock tomorrow.
"There is nothing impossible for
you. I have that much confidence m
you. fiow it you get it come to
where I told you and if you are not
there, please rememDer love, i am
takine the onlv thine left. Trust me
and help me!"
Hamilton County Seeks
Dismissal of Wentz Appeal
"Lincoln, March 24. Argument
was heard today in the supreme
court on the motion of County At
torney Reinhardt of Hamilton coun
ty to dismiss the appeal of Charles
W. Wentz. convicted of violating the
state banking laws. The county at
torney alleges Wentz is a fugitive
from justice. Objection was made
by .Wentz's counsel, who asserted
Wentz can be produced whenever
necessary. s
Receiver Appointed for
New York Exporting Firm
New York, March 24. Federal
Judge Knox appointed Martin Con
boy receiver in equity under $25,000
bond for the exporting firm of Isaac
Brandon & Brothers, against which
a ' bill in equity had been filed by
the Panama Banking company. The
assets of the firm, which does an ex
tensive business in South and Cen
tral merica. are estimated at $2.
000,000 and its liabilities at $1,000,000.
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It's a Crime to Die Under iFour Dead
100 Years, Avers Spirit
Message' From Dr. Peebles
Friend of Late Physician Reads Communication at
Banquet of Longer Life LeagueDoctor Reports
He Is Exploring Moon, and Stars and Rheu
matism Is Thing of Past.
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Lot Angeles, Mrch 24,-i-Dr.
James Martin Peebles, physician and
scientist who died in Los Angeles
February 15, was present in the spirit
lat night at a banquet to celebrate
the lUOth anniversary of hit birth,' It
was announced to the 300. men and
women who assembled to honor Dr.
Peebles' memory, by Dr. Ciuy Hogart,
head of the Longer Life league,
which arranged the gathering.
Standing beside a chair left empty
in a row otherwise occupied by
speakers of the evening, Dr. Bogart
announced the arrival "from be
yond" of the departed scientist.
"He is with us, sitting "in' this
chair," Dr. Bogart said. "Some of
you who are clairvoyants may be
able to see him. He has been under
the care of nurses and teachers since
he left us in the flesh and is not yet
able to communicate with all of us."
Reads Message.
Later, Dr. Bogart read a mesjagc
he stated he received from Dr.
Peebles, since Peebles had died,
through the late Herman Kuchn,
publisher of Chicago. He explained
that because of the late Dr. Tecbles'
short life "beyond" he wa unable
to communicate directly. The mes
sage was as follows:
"A word to Guy (Dr. Bogart) and
the Longer Life league friends. I
knew in my innermost vision that I
would celebrate my centennial be
yond the gates but that I would
be with the Longer Life league 'in
the spirit, as well.' It made little
difference to me on which side of
the gate I made the celebration. I
had lived so long and felt that I
had given myself the joy of working
long enough in the flesh. Guy re
calls that I told him a couple of
yean ago that I was anxious to
explore the moon and. go journey
ing among the turs. .
Wishes Gratified.
"Well, I am getting my wilir
gratified, and the old rheumatism it
k thing of the past.
"May the liiRer Life league
bring about a condition where you
won't make .such a flurry about a
few centenarians in vonr midst.
"In the service of love yon will
find your excuse for living. It will
make your life full and overflowing.
Watch the physical side the diet
and exercises to lengthen the years.
It is a crime to die under 100 years
a racial crime now, but in the dawn
ing age it will be an individual
crime.
"This one word more: 'I am glad
to add my testimony to the fat that
there Is no death."
"'What must the church do to be
aved?' Let the church serve and
love and it is saved."
Dr. Bogart added that he had re
ceived another message during the
evening from Dr. Peebles, extending
"Greetings" to the gathering and
urging his friends to investigate
psvehic research "scientifically."
Dr. Peebles before his death, told
friends he intended to attempt to
dommunicate with them, as he had
been deeply interested in various
forms of psychic research.
The program included a speech by
Dr. George A. Morrison, who will be
102 on Tune 4. next.
A memorial service for Dr. Peebles
was held last night at a Los Angeles
suditorium. During the day, his
ashes were scattered, according to a
request in his will, over a rose gar
den, the location ot which was kept a
secret. '
Gov. Robertson to
Have Early Trial
Penalty Provided LajjCa)!f
lor Penitentiary Sentence
' or $5,000 Fine.
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By The Associated Pren.
Okmulgee, Okl., March 24.
With the announcement by .District
Tudie Mark L. Bozarth that an ear.
ly trial will be accorded the defend
ants, interest here centers in tne
Drobable court action on charges di
rected against Governor J. B. A.
Robertson, Fred G. Dennis, former
state banking commissioner, and
several financially prominent local
men in Indictments returned by the
district court grand jury after an in
vestigation into bank failures in Ok
mulgee county.
Judge Bozarth said he would call
a term of district court probably
within three or four weeks and
would, at that time, set the cases on
his docket. He pointed out that the
defendants must be arraigned to en
ter pleas severaf days in advance of
the trial, but that it was not compul
sory that the defendants appear in
person,
The penalty prescribed by statute
for accepting a bribe with which the
governoj and Dennis are charged in
a joint indictment is a penitentiary
offense, not exceeding 10 years or
$5,000 fine or both.
It also provides that the officer
shall forfeit his office and be forever
disqualified from holding public of
fices in the state.
Five Passengers of
Flying-Boat Drowned
Miami, Fla., March 24. A wireless
message, intercepted here tonight
from a passing ship, said that Robert
Moore, pilot of the flying boat Miss
Miami, which has been missing for
two days, had been picked up at sea
and that the five passengers had been
drowned.
The Miss Miami left here Wednes
day for Bimini and ' an extensive
search had failed to locate any trace
of the boat or its occupants.
Schoolboy Commits Suicide.
Jackson, Ga., March 24. Leaving
a note saying he had been punished
by his teacher, Arthur Walt, IS, com
mitted suicide by firing a bullet
through his heart.
You will
find a better
man through
a Bee
"Want" Ad
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Protests Are Filed
Against Uni Paper
"The Shun' Disapproved by
Council of Greek' Letter
Sororities.
. Lincoln, March 24. (Special Tele
gramsThe Pan-Hellenic univer
sity council, composed of representa
tives of all Greek letter sororities,
met today and protested vehemently
against a university publication
known as "The Shun," published oc
casionally by Sigma Delta Chi, a col
lege fraternity. Protests against
articles in the publication were made
recently in circulars issued by Chi
Delta Phi, literary sorority; Thcta
Sigma Phi, journalistic society, and
the Valkyries.
At the meeting today "The Slum"
was branded as more offensive than
the Comhusker published last year,
which caused temporary suspension
of certain students. Such publica
tions, it was declared, heaps un
merited criticism on the university.
It was, charged inelegant para
graphs, relating to girl students, ap
peared in the publication. Young
men responsible for publishing "The
Shun" are prominently connected
with student publications of the university.
Princess Fatima Has
Additional Troubles
New York, March 24. Another
mishap was jotted down in the diary
of Princess Fatima, who came to
America, bejeweled, lastummer and
who now is in seclusion, with hardly
a cent.
The latest mishap was a judgment
for $2,000 awarded M. S. Dave, a
jeweler, by Supreme Court Justice
Finch. The judgment was to cover
a. promissory note given the jeweler
last August.
' Meanwhile Stephen Weinberg, for
merly secretary , to the princess, was
having his troubles over purchase of
a naval officer's cloak for which he
was alleged not to have paid. He
went on trial before a federal jury.
He also is held for removal to Wash
ington on a charge of falsely posing
as a naval officer when he introduced
the princess to President Harding
last September.
Subpoenas Are Mailed Out
for "Man of Mystery" Case
- Lincoln, March 24. Subpoenas
for witnesses in the case of the gov
ernment against William Coutant,
known , as the man of mystery of
Pawnee City, were being mailed out
today to points, in Nebraska, Wash
ington, Texas. " Iowa, and Kansas.
Coutant is to be tried on a charge of
using the mails to defraud during
the term of federal court that opens
April 3.
Cousin of Washington Buried
Los Angeles, March 24. Funeral
services were held here for . Mrs.
Lazara A. Meeker, said to have been
the granddaughter of a cousin of
George Washington. She was near
ly. 101 years old. She died after an
illness of three days.- Mrs. Meeker
was born in Grand Isle, Lake Cham
plain, N. Y. She came to Los An
geles from Pittsburgh, Pa., 25 years
ago. She was the widow of the
Rev. Amos Meeker,
Coal Mine Near Trinidad,
Colo., Scene of Itla-t 200
Workcra llae Narrow
Kfoapc From Death.
Rescuers Rush to Scene
Pueblo, March 24. Four bodies
have Item uUn out of Soprit mine
No. -', near friuii'id, in which an
explosion took place at 3:45 tint
afternoon. Only one of the bodies
has been pnitivcly identified. It it
that ot Joe lionato. Sixteen still are
mi-Mug,
The explosion took place just as
the nun were changing shifts. Two
hundred men had been in the mine
and while the change was taking
place it is believed that only about
40 were in the mine when the ex
plosion took place. All of these.
with the exception ot the 16 still
missing, have been accounted for.
The rescue work is being carried
out in an orderly way, according to
reports received from the mine which
is eight miles west of Trinidad.
There is no lire in the mine and res
cue workers have been able to go
underground to a considerable depth.
As yet no theory as to the cause
of the explosion has been advanced.
List of Missing.
The missing are:
Mine Superintendent Pete Dal-
dozo; jack Daldozo, Jus son; Joe
Mario, Rudolph Teashka, Valantino
Martini, Feliz Maglio, Guissippe
Bonato, Pete Muzia, Antonc Bcretto,
Francisco Anatist, Frank Valenchick,
Matt ValcncTuck, Max Lobi, Or
dalin Serrano, Charles Romero, Rob
ert Romero.
Cause of Blast Unknown.
Denver, March 24. According to
a telephone message to the Associat
ed Press from D. A. Stout manager
of the fuel department of the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company, who
was at the Sopris mine when the ex
plosion occurred, there were not
more than 17 men m the mine at the
time oi the explosion, the hour oi
which he fixed at .3:30. . Two hun
dred men had worked in the mine
today. ,Their time for getting off
shift was 3 o clocH.
The cause of the explosion, Mr.
Stout said, had not been ascertained.
The only visible sign of the damage
caused, it was stated, was at the top
of the ventilating shaft. The explo
sion, it was declared, did not disable
an exhaust fan, used to keep the
mine free from gas and foul air.
Within an hour after the explosion,
the fan again was functioning.
Helmet men were rushed to the
scene from the Trinidad district and
also from Walsenburg and the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company's rescue
car, which was standing on the
tracks at Trinidad, five miles distant,
w-as sent to the scene of the acci
dent. '
Crete Man Ends Life
by Hanging in Barn
Henry Koitman, 80, committed
suicide about 5 this afternoon by
hanging himself. He had not been
feeling very well and called to get
medical assistance yesterday. He
grew despondent and secured a big
rope to a rafter in the little hay loft,
tied the noose around his neck and
jumped into the opening. He was
found hanging by his wife, who was
also sick but who had missed him
for a time and went to look for him.
Mr. Kortman and family have
lived in Crete about 12 years. He
owned several farms west of the city
and is considered a wealthy man.
Pioneer Sutton Doctor
Dies Suddenly at Home
Sutton. Neb.. March 24. (Special
Telegram.) Dr. Martin V. Clark,
one of the pioneer citizens of Suttoii
and the first physician of Clay
county, died at his home here. 1 he
funeral was held in the Methodist
church, of which he was one of the
earliest members. Dr. Clark was a
soldier of the civil war serving first
in the Seventh Ohio infantry and
later in the artillery.
Chicago Man Indicted for
Making False Tax Returns
Chicago, March 24. Charles J.
Roedecker, president of the. Amer
ican Coal and Supply company, was
inHirtpfl hv the fpHeral irranrl iurv.
charged with making fraudulent re
turns and with evading payment of
income taxes. He was declared to
have falsified his 1920 returns ap
proximately $100,000.
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Prince Pops Question
' on Second Meeting
Princess Olgs.
Copenhagen. March 24. The en
gagement of Crown Prince Frederick
of Denmark to Princets Olga, eldest
daughter of Prince Nicholas of
Greece, announced on March 5. came
as a surprise here, even to King
Christian and Ljuccn Alcxantfrwina.
How much so can be judged from
the fact that a supposed picture of
Olga printed in the Danish news
papers and authorized by the court
chamberlain turned out to be that
of another Greek princess.
It seems to have been a case of
love at first fight, for the corre
spondent has been given to undcr
stand that the crown prince proposed
marriage the second time he met
Princess Olga at Cannes, lhe prince
is 23 years old and the princess 18.
Wife of Former
Senator Hollis
Denies Divof ce
Statement Follows Report of
XMarriage of Husband in
Italy Decree Denied -in
Paris.
Concord, N. H., March 24. Mrs.
Grace B. Hollis authorized through
counsel here today a statement that
she had not been divorced from
former United States Senator Henry
J. Hollis in any proceedings of which
she had knowledge or notice.. The
statement was made after receipt of
announcement that the former Sena
tor was married this week in Italy.
"In December, 1915" the statement
said, "Mrs. Hollis obtained a decree
of separation which does not give to
cither party the ; right to re-marry,
from the supreme court in Concord
which then had unquestionable jur
isdiction. The decree was obtained
upon the ground of abandonment. In
June, 1920, Mr. Hollis filed a libel
for divorce in the French courts in
Paris and of this proceedings Mrs.
Hollis was duly notified. She ap
peared by counsel and pleaded her
rights as an , American citizen and
especially those growing out of the
decree of New Hampshire and de
nied thte rights of the courts of
France to grant a divorce.
"By a decree of July 12. 1921, the
French courts sustained Mrs. Hollis'
position and dismissed the petition.
The time for appeal expired on
March 10, 1922, and no divorce has
been granted by the French courts.
- "Mrs. Hollis also is ignorant of
any steps which Mr. Hollis may have
taken in any other European coun
try and is confident that as an Amer
ican citizen, she is still the wife of
the former senator. Her lawyers
say that no divorce granted by a
court of any other country of which
Mrs. Hollis is not a resident, or in
procedings to which she was not, a
party, can have any validity in the
United States or in any other coun
try recognizing the general princi
ples of international law.
Outlook Bright, Davidson
Tells Electric Light Men
Milwaukee, Wis., March 24. The
nation is standine on the threshhold
of the greatest electrical development
in tne history ot the industry, de
clared J. E. Davidson,, Omaha, vice
president of the . National Electric
Light association, before the con
cluding session of the Wisconsin
Electrical association convention to
day. - . "
"The outlool- in all lines of in
dustry looks brighter every day," he
said. "It is time those words, 'busi
ness as usual,' were forgotten, or at
least let us change them' to 'busi-nes-
unusually good.' Let's 'can' this
phrase, 'back to normalcy.' We don't
know what normalcy means, but
what we do want to' see is improve
ment of all lines.". . .
House Cuts Withdrawal
Provisions From Army Bill
Washington, if arch 24 Provisions
of the army appropriation billvwhich
would have required the. withdrawal
of certain regular .army: troops from
China, Hawaii, the' Panama canal
zone and Germany by July 1, were
eliminated from the measure today
by the house, .a motion to strike out
the sections by Representative
Rogers, republican," Massachusetts,
being adopted by a viva voce vote.
No Alliance
Reservation
Approved
Final Note u Four-Power
Agreement 67 to 27 Thir
teen Dotnocrat Join Sup
porter of the Part.
Crowds Pack Galleries
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
timah n ImhiI Mir.
Washington. March 24. Hy a vote
of t7 to 27, the four-power pact,
foundation of the accomplishments of
the international conference on th
limitation of armaments, was ratified
by the senate today.
There were four votes more than
the necessary two-thirds of the sena
tors present for this quadruple agree
ment stabilizing peace in the Pacific
and terminating the Anglo-Japanese
alliance an agreement which, taken
together with the navy reduction and
other treaties, constitutes a historic
achievement of the Harding adminis
tration and America's greatest con
tribution to the cause of world peace.
The Nebraska senators were split
in the vote, Morris supporting the
treaty and Hitchcock voting with
the opposition. Senators Cummins
and Kawson of Iowa both voted for
the treaty.
The senate's approval of the key
treaty paves the way for ratification
of the other agreements by the sen
ate and of all the treaties by the
other great powers.
Reservation Attached,
dv a voie oi y to i ne senate
attached to the resolution of ratifica
tion the so-called Brandegce reserva
tion declaring that "the United States
understands that under the statement
in the preamble or under the terms
of this treaty, there is no commit
ment of armed force, no alliance, no
obligation to join in any defense."
When the senate- was all ready to
vote on ratification. Senator Hitch
cock created something of a stir by
making a parliamentary inquiry as to
whether a resolution of ratification
applied also to the supplemental de
claration of the armament conference
relating to domestic questions. Theie
was much dispute as to whether the
inquiry was in order. Vice Presi
dent Coolidge, amid considerable con
fusion, ruled that the resolution of
ratification did not apply to the
declaration.
All except the Brandegce reserva
tion were voted down by decisive
majorities. Self-muzzled, the sen
ate broke all records for voting. In
the course of four hours, 31 roll
calls were taken. Amendment after
amendment was attempted by the
opposition but the republican organ
ization, working like well-oiled ma
chinery, swept them down in order.
Numerous reservations met the same
fate. ;
Undrwood Makes Good..
Senator Underwood, democratic
leader, one of the American dele
gates who helped negotiate the
treaty, made good his promise to
(Turn to r(te Two, Column Fir.)
Lincoln too Wicked
for University Place
Lincoln. March 24. (Special Tele
gram.) Unitcrsity Place is involved
in the bitterest row in its existence
over proposd annexation to Lincoln.
An election will be held April 4 to
decide. ,
Those fighting annexation take oU
fensc at the pool halls and dance
halls in Lincoln and the Lincoln city
commissioners refuse to promise to
abolish these istitutions. Letters
have been sent broadcast over the
state to Methodist ministers, urging
that .they use their influence against
annexation. Wcsleyan university
regents are split on the proposition.
For years University Place has
existed without either a pool or
dance hall and sale of cigarets and
tobacco were barred until recently.
Even now only one or two stores sell
tobacco. - v
Senator Norris and Other
Solons to See Muscle Shoals
Washington, March 24. (Special
Telegram.) Senator' Norris. chair
man of the committe on agriculture,
will leave tomorrow with a number
of other senators and representatives
on an inspection of Muscle Shoals.-
The agricultural committees of
both senate and house believe that
the government would be best served
by having the members inspect the
propertv, which represents an outlay
of nearly $40,000,000.
Suicide Bares Widespread J
Blackmailing Activities
Los Angeles, March 24. With
spread blackmailing activities were
declared bared here today by J. D.
Armstrong, private detective, co
operating with local police detectives
in investigation of the .suicide late
yesterday of Mrs. Emily Brittain in
the apartments of Arthur Bowen.
oil operator of Bethel, Okl., and El
Paso, Tex., according to announce
ment by local authorities.
Chicago Reserve Bank
Cuts' Rediscount Rate
Chicago, March 24. The federal
reserve bank of Chicago today an
nounced to the member banks of Dis
trict No. 7 that the rediscount
rate will be reduced to 4 1-2 per
cent, effective tomorrow. The rate
has been S per cent.