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The Omaha. Daily Bee VOL 31-NO. C15. tf-4 M ImMIm HtlW aU M, MM. 4 OMAHA. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1022. TWO CENTS "nnrv jvJlIU II Republican Army Men Plan Coup Kevoltijij Member! of Repub lican Military Force Di run Overthrow of Up ponenti to Republic. Final Action Is Delayed London. March 2V.-(l!y A. At the conclusion of this afternoon', tension oi lite conference on the sit uation in Ireland, Arthur Griffith. lr"ulciit of Dull Eircaiui, informed the newspaper correspondents tlut the southern dch gates would meet Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, and hit colleagues at 11 o'clock to morrow morning. Discuss Dictatorship. Dublin. March 29. The convert sention on Sunday of revolting mem bers of the Irish republican army de bated the question of declaring a military dictatorship but deicrrcil ac tion thereon, says the correspondent here of the Loudon Star, in a dis patch to his paper. lie gives as his authority a statement issued from the Regcr' Much barracks this morning, which says the proposal before the convention was to over throw all governments jn Ireland opposed to a republic. According to the correspondent the report of the convention , is touched for by the regular genera! headquarters of the lrih republican army in statement which says the following resolution was offered by Thomas Barry and Frank Barrett. "Resolved, that matters of im mediate concern for the executive will include: "First Maintaining Ireland as an independent republic. "Second Appointment of a chief of staff who will appoint a general headquarters staff. Appointments can be vetoed by the executive. Would Overthrow Government. . "Third Declaration of dictator ship. For this purpose the execu tive shall be empowered to secure the services of others, who need not be members of the executive, : with a view to ordering the dissolution of all pretended governments in Ire land by the prohibition of parlia mentary elections until such time as an election without the threat of war by Great Britain can. be held o adult suffrage." The statement proceeds: ' "The dictatorship would over throw the four governments in Ire land opposed to the republic name ly, the Dail Eireann, provisional. British and northern governments." Police Barracks Raided. Belfast, March 29. (By A. P.) The police barrarks at Belcoo, near the Fcrmanagh-Cavan border, were raided last night by armed men who crossed the Cavan county border, which is only 100 yards distant. Oi the garrison of 21 royal Irish con stabulary and special constabulary men, only six escaped. The other 15, with all the post's arms and am munition, were carried into free state territory. ' ' . A freight and mail train bound from Belfast to Dublin was derailed by a large party of armed men near Xcwry early today. Nine cars were burned. ." . . In consequence of this incident the (Ircat Northern railway has decided K- suspend operation; of all main l;ne trains out of Belfast at night, except locals. ' ; . Ulster specials patroling the Ar-magh-Louth frontier were fired upon v hen they inadvertently crossed into free state territory. One constable was wounded. The fire was returned v ith unknown results. Secrecy at London Meet. London. March 29. (By A. P.) The conference between represen tatives of northern and southern Ire land and the British government be gan this morning for the discussion of the Irish crisis with much official secrecy. The conference was probably the most thoroughly representative held in London since the earliest days of the peace negotiations and it was the first time the north and the south had been brought together in a for mal conclave of this kind. The lead ing representatives were, for north ern Ireland, Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier and the Marquis of Londonderry; for southern Ireland, ichacl Collins, head of the pro visional government and Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Eireaum Daugherty Asked to Rule on Status of Private Yacht Washington. March 29. Attorney General Daugherty was understood to have been asked by the treasury to rjile on the status of the yacht Patrivia, owned by James Shewan of New York, which was . recently seized, together with 4o0 cases of liquor at Miami. Fla., by customs cuthorities. The ship's owner, it w as said, claimed the vessel was sail ing under British registry and that the liquor was part of the sea stores carried for the crew. Mr. Daugherty, it was said, has b-en asked to rule as to whether the national prohibition laws apply to a foreign-built vessel, American owned, sailing under a bill of sale deposited with customs officials. He also was asked as to whether the customs au thorities could decide if an amount of liquor carried as sea stores was excessive. Bather Flock to Atlantic City Beach .Vt.titic City. N. J, Marh ?.- ! Inp'i'd by climbing mercury which, reached lf tUgtrt at nun. hundred 'f bathed deierted the indoor rw! j for a plunge u the brevets, 'Ibej board lk and beaches were a riot of eolor. ' i Weather bureau office Mid tlut I with one exception, todav was the warmer March Atlantic City ha I had in 50 years. ! Matters Trial IsGiven tojurv: i . ' 1 Court Is Crowded In-tructioiH of U ii u ii a 1 Length Read to Jury ly Judge (JroM Follow ing Arguments. The Thomas II. Matter cae was riven into the hands of the jury in district court yc.tcrdiy afternoon hort!y after 3:30. The trial, in which the state at tempted to prove Matters guilty of aiding and abetting embezzlement of Pioneer State bank funds in con nection with the purchase of Colon ial Timber and Coal corporation bonds, lasted 15 days. As the hands of the clock neared 5 i. nt.. Special Assistant Attorney : General Dorsey wound up a brilliant argument with the charge that Mat ters" crime is one of the most colos. a! frauds ever perpetrated in the state of Nebraska." The court room was filled as Dis trict Judge Goss read unusually lengthy instruction to the jury anil the 12 men retired from the box where for 15 days they have heard the legal battle waged between At torney General Clarence A. Davis, Judge Dorsey and Attorney Pratt, for the state, and Attorney Hallcck Roe, counsel for the defense. Matters exhibited some nervous ness as the closing argument was heard and the judge read his instruc tions. His daughter was in the throng, to accommodate which extra seats were placed in the court room. Cars Promised fort Relief Corn Applicant for Consularship to Lithuania in Capital for Reformed Church. By E. C. SNYDER. Washington Correspondent Omaha lire, Washington, March 29. (Special Telegram.) Rev. R. Birk, Sutton, Neb., a leader in the Reformed church movement, was in Washing ton today to secure free transporta tion for a number of carloads or grain which his people will contri bute to the starving population of Russia, and which he plans to have moved from Sutton to shipside early in July. Mr. Birk invoked the help of Congressman McLaughlin, in whose district a very large number of Reformed church members reside. Mr'. McLaughlin presented Mr. Birk to the acting secretary of commerce, William E. Lamb, who agreed to provide free transportation for the grain. Mr. Birk is a candidate for a con sularship to Lithuania, his mother country. He has lived in Nebraska for many years and is a naturalized citizen. Congressman McLaughlin recom mended Clarence Rosecrans for postmaster at Odell, and Owen Nye Clark at Beaver Crossing. Both are exservice men. In view of the vote on the army appropriation bill, which required all members of the house to be present at noon, the scheduled call on Presi dent Harding, by members of the Nebraska delegation, in behalf of a national Arbor dav proclamation. was postponed until Friday. Mount Etna Breaks Into Violent Eruption London, March 29. Mount Etna is in violent eruption, says a Central News dispatch from Rome, quoting" advices from Palermo. Streams of lava are flowing from all sides of the crater, and the inhabitants of the villages on the mountain side have fled from their homes. Several earthquakes have occurred in Palermo and Messina provinces in the last" few davs. Have you read today's Bee "Want" Ads? 17th and Farnam ATIantic 1000 Army Cut to 115,000 by House Vote i Number of Officer Reduced ( 1 l.CMH) $228,000,000 Appropriated for l!xpciie. .Guardsmen's Pay Raised Washington. March 29. Without a roll call the hon-c today passed the unity appropriation bill carrying ap ' proximately fJsa.tmo.t'itH) to meet military nd noiiiitilitary expenses of the W ar department during the com ing tical year. I A sent to the senate the measure ' provide that by July 1 the enlisted Mirngth of the regular army must I be reduced t" 1 15.1KXJ men, exclusiv: 'of 7.UW Philippine scouts, and the number of officers decreased to II, WO. I The principal changes made in the , bill by the house w ere the elimina tion of a provision that all troops I stationed in China and a part of those on duty in Hawaii, the Panama ratial rone and on the Rhine should be returned to the I'nitcd States by July 1 and the adoption of an amend ment increasing by $I5.IK)0.000 the amount carried as a lump sum to ward continuation of work during the coming fiscal year on various river and harbor projects. I Bill Carries $270,353,000. iAs framed the bill carried S270. J5.UKKI, approximately 116.000.000 less than the amount appropriated for War department activities dur ing the current fifcal vear and a re duction of nearly $88,000,000 from budget bureau estimates. Hou?e amendments added about 18,000,000 to the total. The Dempscy amendment increas ing the appropriation for rivers and harbors from 27.6.55.260 to 42,915. 661 was adopted by a rising vote of 172 to 75. On this vote the Ne braska delcgatioii'divided, McLaugh lin, JefTcris and Kinkaid voted to in crease the appropriation, while An drews, Evans and Reavis voted to sustain the committee recommenda tion. ' - '" Increase Guardsmen's. Pay. - By a vote of 146 to 62 the house increased the pay of National guardsman from 9,000,000 to $11. 000.000 and by a vote of 188 to 144 voted to increase the appropriation for forage, bedding, etc.. for animals from $800,000 to 1.002,000. Messrs. McLaughlin and JefTeris supported the increase for the guardsmen while Representatives Andrews and Reavis voted against the increase. - The bill was the 10th annual sup ply measure passed by the house this season. Two appropriation bills the Navy and Department of Justice State department measures have not not yet been acted upon by the house. Pershing and Harbord Opposed to Army Cut By the Associated Prem. Washington. March 29. Stating the army's case in opposition to further reductions in its enlisted -and commissioned strength before Wash ington newspaper men, gathered at the National Press club tonight, General Pershing, chief of staff, and Major General Harbord, deputy chief of staff, jointly declared their belief that the bill passed by the house limiting the army to 115,000 men and 11.000 officers would work seri ous injury to the nation's military policy and undermine the best systeifl for preparedness the nation ever had. "Further reductions would be dis astrous," General Pershing aeclared, "adding that such reductions would introduce an unwarranted element of danger in every plan of national de fense." General Harbord asserted that the countny "traveled in a vicious cir cle" of unpreparedncss and postwar economv. Both officers asserted that 150.000 men and 12,000 officers were absolutely essential to the na tion's needs at this time. Principal of Utah School Is Charged With Murder Ogden, Utah, March 29. Marlow J. Christensen, principal of the Uintah school near here, was charged with first degree murder as a result of the fataf shooting last week of Lloyd Bigbec, 18. one of his pupils. The murder complaint was sworn to by the boy's father. Young Bigbec died at a local hos pital of a bullet wound in the ab domen. He was shot by Christen sen. authorities say. the school principal believing he was about to be attacked by the youth whom he bad reprimanded for an alleged breach of school discipline. New U. S. Amhassador to Germany Meets Harding Washington, March 29. Alanoson B. Houghton, the new American ambassador to Germany, received final instructions from President Harding today prior to leaving later in the day for New York to sail Saturday on the Olympic. He intimated that one of his first duties would be to conduct the ne gotiations for creation of a commis sion to dctermire the Harms between Germany and the United States. 'I Uncmploi" p WlVi 4 OkVV ... V" Henry CtVv' veteran, drifted into pt .j)urter yet tetday and a.vfl that he be per mitted to tentence himself to 30 dayi itt tail. "I've sought work from New York to Omaha without finding it," be aid. "and now I am suffering; from stomach trouble. Lock me up for .50 day and when the weather break I can make my own way on farm." ! Smith Attempts j to Prove Alibi as Bank Robber Omaha Man Testifies V.-H at Vahoo Farm Hour of Ithaca Rcbhrrv. He at W.ihco. Neb., March 29. (Special Telegram.)-Riley Smith, 3520 Pine street, Omaha, who was positively identified by two witnesses as the larger of two men who held up the Ithaca bank and escaped with 51. 733.35, is endeavoring to establi.h an alibi. He spent nearly the entire day on the witness stand telling of his whereabouts on December 16, 1921, the day the robbery occurred. Smith claims that he left his home on the day of the robbery at 11.45 and drove to the Rav M. Lamport farm home, three miles cast of Wa hoo. He testified he arrived at 1:15. He claims to have spent the entire , dav there leavirtr for Omaha at 10 j , that night. Women on Stand. 1 Mj Pi,. XI T snifter rrrrKiirat I ed his statements as to the time of his arrival at the farm and, time he left for home. Mrs. Peter Doyd. Loyal hotel. Omaha, a sister of Mr. Lampert. testified that she was in the party with Smith and corroborated his statements as to his whereabouts. Previously Jamc M. Malt, cashier of the bank, and Sclma Ilageman. bookkeeper, positively identified Smith as the man who ordered them to hold up their hands and enforced his-demands with a revolver at 10 in the morning. They testified that Hall was forced to open the vault., which Smith and another man rifled. The two mn th-M" leaped it? an automo bile in which a third man was wait ing with the motor running. Saw Car Waiting. Robert Sween. section foreman for the Burlington, testified to seeing an automobile with motor running on the day of the robbery. The state rested its case and the defense im mediately commenced introducing evidence. The case is dragging slowly along and all the evidence will not be sub mitted until late Thursday or Friday. Liquo r Valued at $3,000,000 Seized Three Thousand Barrels of Gin Held Pending Treasury Department Ruling. New York, March 29. Three thousand barrels of gin, valued by prohibition" officials at $3,000,000, property of Mayer & Lage of Peoria, 111., were transferred from the steam ship Orizaba to a customs warehouse and detained pending the Treasury department's decision whether it may stored in a bonded warehouse in New York. It was explained that the gin vas bought by Mayer & Lage in 1919, when it was in the distillery of Clarke Brothers in Peoria. The liquor was shipped to Havana in 1920. to be disposed of there, but market conditions in Cuba inter fered with its 'sale and the barrels were never opened, remaining on' the Havana docks until reshipment to the United States was decided upon. Provision of the Willis-Campbell act permit the gin to be brought back to this country, the prohibition offi cials said, and the owners obtained permission for its return to the Peoria distillery, which, however, v ent out of business before reship ment was actually accomplished. The owners then decided to ask permission to store the liquor in a bonded warehouse here instead of sending it to Peoria on its arrival from Havana. Former Governor Enters Congressional Campaign Lincoln, March 29. (Special.) John H. Morchcad, former governor, today filed for the democratic nom ination for congress from the first district. Papers now are in circulation for the candidacy of Charles W. Bo-an for the same nomination. Senator W. H. Illian of 'Albion filed for the republican nomination for the state senate from the 21st district which includes Boone, Ante lope and Wheeler counties. Canadian Merchant Marine Cost Government $2,210,724 Ottawa, On ., Xfarch 29. The Canadian government lost $2,210, 724 in operating its merchant ma rine in 1921, excluding depreciation and interest charges. Interest owed the government for 1921, was $3,357. 833. Depreciation was figured at ?4.15ft,75 for the year. This information was given to the house of commons in answering to questions by two members 'Oil Baroness" Alert and Cheerful as Trial on Fraud Charge Proceeds in. Federal Court! . Sam Musser. Famous Canadian Shrine Burned, !..- Ul: C.rJ ! Dill llL'lltfc OtlVUU Flames Destroy Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beauprc, Noted for Reported Mirac ulous Cures. Quebec, Que, March 29. Fire to day destroyed the basilica of Ste. Arinc dc Bctaupre, famous for '.s shrine, but the statue of Ste. Anne and the historical relics to which miraculuous cures have been as cribed were saved. A message shortly bciorc noon said the iiionastry appeared doomed. Next to the cathedral at Ste. Anne de Beauprc, the monastery is per haps the most magnificant structure in the province, . Ste. Anne de Beaupre, the most famous shrine in the new world, each year attracts hundreds of the lame, halt and blind, who flock there from all parts of Canada and the United States to be cured of their afflictions. Ste. Anne de Beatip're. a village of a few thousand inhabitants, is lo cated a few miles from this city. In addition to the tho:ands of pil grims who annually visit the shrine, there flock to the village thousands of tourists to gaze upon the famous pile of crutches cast aside by those who declared themselves miraculous ly cured. Founded in 1620. The village was founded by Bre ton marinets about 1620. The pres ent church of Ste. Anne was opened for public""worship in 1876 and by papal proclamation made a basilica in 1887. In the church are relics of Ste. Anne and a famous statue of the saint with the virgin mounted on an onyx column. The original church, constructed in 1658 and the 11th di vine edifice built in Canada, was taken down in 1878 and re-errected near the new church. Near it is a well to which miraculuous healing powers are ascribed. ' Started By Short Circuit. The fire, believed to have been started by a short circuit in the elec tric wiring system of the sacristy, in less than an hour drove the fathers from the building. Seeing that the great basilica was in danger, the brothers decided to tcmove everything of value. Kev. Father Bruneau, with the risk of his life, succeeded in carrying out the precious relics and the statue of Ste. Anne. In a short time the two 60-foot towers that comprised the facade of the cathedral crashed. Whole Village in Terror. Quebec firemen did their utmost to save the structure, but they were l.andVcapped by the weakness of the local water works. They w ere com pelled to lay a line of hose 3,000 feet leng to the bank of the St. Lawrence river, which was at low tide when the flames were at their height. The whole village for a time ivas in terror. At one time it seemed as iv destruction faced the little com munity, which lives for the most part from selling souvenirs to pil grims during the summer. Just as the villagers had abandoned hope the wind turned. Railway Clerks Charge Labor Board Is Unfair ! Chicago, March 29. Protesting their indignation "at the unfair treat ment" accorded their members by the L'nited States railroad labor hoard, the eastern federation of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steam ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex-1 press and Station Employes sent to ! the board a copv of a resolution to j petition President Harding to abolish j the board j n. i n i .... j lurks Opposed to Allies I Plans to End Fiditin? ! i , i to Tt. i. London. March 29. The later news from Angora indurates a strong ; WOmt n"s department of tfTe New for majority against acceptance of the Senator club, over the radio tcle alhed proposals for a near casern phone tomorrow night, an official settlement, says a Constantinopie ! announcement bv th eJuh saM m- dipatch to the Evening News todav, J oung Woman Prompt At- torney Frequently at Wit ncsi.fi Tell of tycful.! tiou in Montana Land. J. C. I"oer of CurtU. Neb., own er of I lie loO acre in Mouuita on which the American Hrokcrage & Development company of Omaha was selling "units" to oil inve.tora before i-ani Murr, it president, and Mis Kachaet C. Strickland wtrc indicted on charges of using the mails to defraud, testified for two and a half hours in federal court ei terday afternoon. He said that he met Muer in Omaha in June, 1V2, and that they agreed on a plan for gelling the land to oil investors at 525 per'"unit" of ioO piarc fret, lie iaid he bad brought back report to Muer and MUs .Strickland, telling of glowing I roprrj,. He denied that he ever told anone that drills were at work on the property. He sold some of the units himself. He said he knew the defendants were negotiating to ruy a drill. Musser to Take Stand. United States Attorney Kinder .jsaid he expects to finish the state's Y;i''e of the case by noon today. Mus- ser said yesterday he expects to take i the stand but did not know whether ' or not Miss Strickland will testify. The young woman, who has said, j hc had visions of being an "oil i baroness, sitting directlv beninu attorney, John N. Baldwin, was I alert and cheeriul and her fresh, I voting beautv and modish dre caused many eyes to be centered oiff her. Mie prompted the attorney frequently. Muster sat with his arm over the back of her chair part of j the time. t August Knocpfcl. driver of a milk i wagon for the Alamito Dairy com pany, tcstmed that he bought ?I.v 000 worth of units, giving notes for the sum, and then wrote to his father in Switzerland for the money which was left him in his mother's estate. Before the money arrived, he had learned of the situation of the com pany and saved his intended invest ment. Assured of Dividends. Mrs. Luella Collier. 1440 North Twentieth street, testified that she bought four of the units. "Norwood; Miller, a salesman, came to ourhouw' and-showed us a. bottle of crude oil that he told us came off of the J. C. Foster land," she said. "I bought two units and later I went to the office and bought two more from Miss Strickland. This was after I got a letter, April 1, 1921. saying the price of units was going up April 4. Miss Strick land told me I could expect divi dends in June." Norwood Miller, the stock sales man, testified that he got the bottle of oil from the office of the Ameri can Brokerage & Development cor poration and that he was told it .came from the J. C. Foster land. "Mr. Musser, I think it was, told me the oil came from the France No. 1 well and they gave me a blue print showing that the France No. 1 was about 500 feet from the J. C. Foster land," Miller said. . This flowing well, according to Foster's testimony, is about 20 miles from his land. Cross-examination failed to shake the testimony of these two, which is regarded as of great importance by the state. One of Siamese Twins Lingers Near Death Chicago, March 29. Death still lurked in the shadows of the hospital room where lie Jocfa and Rose Blazek, the twiift who were joined at birth and have been called "the Siamese twins." Th'ey continued in virtually an unconscious state, Josepfa" entirely oblivious of her sur roundings and Rosa in a comatose condition. The long talked of operation to separate them is entirely contingent on the death of one, which physicians have said would mean the death of the other. Should Josepfa die of the yellow jaundice which has stricken both, Rosa might possibly live two or three days, but death would be certain without an operation. Dr. Benjamin Breakstone said. Relatives Offer Reward for Return of Missing Girl Woodbury, N. J March ' 29. Relatives of Ida Kramer, 7. believed to have been kidnaped from her home here last Saturday, offered re wards aggregating $750 for informa tion leading to the recovery of the child. Authorities said they believed Miss Esther Tannenbaunt. arrested yes- tcrdav on a charge of abduction, and held 'in $10,000 bail, had not told them all she knew concerning the rase and continued their investiga- tion near her home in Camden. Miss Tanncnhaum. a "saleswoman, and a cousin of the missing girl's father. Isadore Kramer, steadfastly main-, tained her innocence. j Searching parties continued to scour the marshlands bordering Woodbury creek. c x- n . ' Senator Iew to LOIHlUCt j Campaign by Radiophone Indianapolis, March 29. United States Senator Harry S. New ex-j !lec,s t0 campaign by radiophone j Thursday night. snanr ill Mr: I t'ay. rriTi1 II r U II I I I Rachacl Strickland. Two Men Waiting in Death Cells of State Prison Dalton Man Who Killed Sweetheart Anxious for Court's Decision So lie Can Die. Lincoln, March 29. (Special.) Two men are in death cells afthe State 'penitentiary praying for death. One wants to join the sweetheart he killed. The other wants' to find another world, where the desire to murder, always in his heart, will be gone. The desires of both are blocked by the slow wheels of justice, which de mands that every opportunity of the law be given a condemned man be fore he is fastened in the electric chair at the state penitentiary. Opposed Appeal. Charles Nichols of Dalton, -Neb., didn't want his case appealed to the supreme court, but relatives insisted. It may be months before a decision on the appeal is handed down. Nichols workd as a hired man on the Carow farm near Dalton. He wooed and claimed he won the love of Emma Carow, with whom he worked in the fields. She postponed the wedding for two years. Nichols, according to hia own statement, shot her and saw she was in pain. He shot again, the bullet going through her head the last time. He turned the gun on himself, but failed to take his life. For weeks he was guarded closely to avoid threatened attempts at com mitting suicide. Wants to See Emma. Recently Nichols has promised to let the law take its course and is waiting patiently for the supreme court to ascertain if technicalities in his trial have been worked out cor rectly. "I want to 'see Emma," he has said. James B. King, negro, who stab bed Robert Taylor, guard at the state penitentiary, to death, has had his case appealed to the supreme court and a decision is expected soon. . King's previous history shows that he has endeavored to kill men sev eral times. Alientists have said he is a moron. King has asserted that he oiten wanted to kill himself but dreaded physical pain. He has asked sev eral times whether electrocution would hurt. Three Police Officers Held Up by Lone Bandit St. Louis, March 29. A police lieutenant, sergeant and patrolman were held up in the lobby of a hotel here Sunday by a bandit, it became known today. As it had been rain ing, the officers wore raincoats over their uniforms and the bandit ap parently .mistook them for civilians. Before obtaining any money, how ever, he noted their caps and es caped. . The Weather Forecast. Thursday fair; not much change l temperature. Hourly Temperatures. a a H 7 a m. . 1 P. P. a p. v. n p. p. .. .at . . .st ...as si K a. m. a. m. Id a. m. II a. m. li noon.. H5 ...33 . . .3 .. ..- . :;. as .' is ' p. . ! I p. m Highest Wednesday. .44 Publo Pavenpo;t . ren-r . . . . t- Molnps I'oda City , T,anrlT .... Norh TUtta ...". . . .54 . . .3 . . . Rpld Cily Snn!a Ke . PhHUin . flloux City Valentia . . . .41 ! Te n-Yea r u i i t IlUlillciy 155 Approved Senator France Only Member to Yot Apuiii't Limitation Agreement Kollcall on Sub Treaty. 71' to 0. Only Start, Borah Says By ARTHUR SEARS I1ENN1NG. Omaha IWv Uawa Hit. Wellington. Mauh 29. The in tvrn.ittonal agreement to reduce and retrict the n.ivie of the great now ei was latilird by the euate by a vote of 74 to I. Senator France, Maryland, republican, ca-t the nega tive vote. The treaty lulu the competition in navy building, send oo warship built and building to the scrap heap, and establishes a 10-year naval holi day and restricts t tic sie of the American. Ilrilish ami Japanese na viea iu the ratio of 5-5-0. Ratification by the other signa torict is expected to follow speedily. Following the almost unanimous approval of the navy reduction treaty, the senate, in an extraordi nary burs oi speed and with equal absence of partisanship, ratified the treaty prohibiting the ue of poison gas and restricting the use of sub marines in warfare. The vote was 71 to l Nine-Power Treaty Next. ' The nine-power treaty, relating i to China, is next on the program. It ! may be ratified tomorrow. Only the i Chinese tariff treaty will then re ! main and this may be approved 0 practically without debate, i The naval areaty had some inter esting side lights. I am glafl that this treaty is here and that I have j S. VJZ ?i said uesrest. j however, that it ought to be con i sidered as the beginning, and only as ' the, beginning, of the work for dis j armament. I have no doubt that this treaty represents all that cou'.d be obtained from the Wa.-hingto confer ence. But I should .regard it as a disaster rather than a benefit if this treaty should.be looked upon as all there is to do in the way of disarm ament, even naval disarmament in the next 10 years." Senator Borah also said it would be a cauae for concern if the mari time nations, relieved from the ne cessity for competing against each other in capital, ship building, should now turn their energies and resource-, es into vast submarine and aircraft programs. Johnson Waives Aversion. Senator Johnson, California, repub lican, waived his aversion for (reaties and voted for the Jtaval agreement, as well as the submarine and gas treaty, with wry face. He felt mis givings over the Pacific fortifica tions clause in the naval treaty, h" said, but he would vote for the pact upon the assurance of the navy gen eral board to the effect that the Uni- (Tarn to -Pa Two, Column: Oh.) Eastern Nebraska Reports Rain and Snow Beatrice, Neb., March 29. (Spe cial Telegram.) Rains liave fallen in this section of the state a greater part of the day, giving the ground a thorough soaking and improving crop conditions. Henry Scheve, farmer and stock raiser living west of Beatrice, places the wheat in his neighborhood at a 90 per cent yield. South of there," across the state line n Kansas, the grain suffered from drouth earlier in the' winter. Norfolk. Neb., March 29. (Spe cial Telegram.) A light snow is falling all over north Nebraska and southern South Dakota. Tempera tures are rising rapidly. Mayor Hylan Orders Probe of Anti-Smoking Ordinance New York, March !?9. Mayor Hy lan directed Commissioner of ' Ac counts Hirschfield to find out how Alderman McGuicnness' unadopted ordinance prohibiting smoking by women in public places happened to be put into effect by Police Com missioner Enright Commissioner Enright started en forcing the ordinance Monday uight, greatly to the consternation of women smokers and proprietors of restaurants and other public places" where smoking was indulged in. He rescinded his action yesterday morn ing. Daniel McCoy, employe in the city e'erk's office, whose error in forwarding the ordinance to police headquarters was said to have been responsible for the blunder, was one of the first witnesses called. ; Proprietor of Birmingham j Rooming House Flogged Birmingham. Ala., March 29. P. R. Robinson, rooming house pro ' prietor, was taken from his home shortly bfiore midnight by four I men. handcuffed, whisked to Shades mountain and severely flogged. Rob- .n;n, .tiiuiumg o tuy ucieciivcs, said he did not care to prosecute. "The men who did it think they are doing something for the good of the land and I do not want them prosecuted," Robinson said, accord ing to the detectives. Robinson's mother stated, accord ing to the detectives, that the ioae I imen had posed as officers, 1