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OUAHA. UONDAY. APRIL 3, 1922.
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If PAUL OIKM
A si plor lor pilgrimage, on one j
f thru aright spring nay, it the
site of Omaha's new Terlinual High
Sthool, Thirty-third end Cuming
street. A building massive and
Imposing at any of I How that rose
wheu Aladdin rubbed hit magic
lamp la bmg puttied toward comple
tion heav.
Already, before thutr citizens
tfis MstaMss hat not taken them
IMa apo hae realised it. the
an d lo Ilia second story.
Aa lb sightseer comet up the Cum-
mg altl he is struck by lle vast nets
o(the project, Behind the concrete
walla towers the red-painted steel
frame of the school auditorium, lour
stories tall. Reaching the top of
the Mil, otic looks down into the ex
caatio for the boiler room. SO feet
deep.
The building sprawls over two
blacks of lane), in five wings. It
stretches 600 feat long and about
JO feet wide. Theft wilt be eight
Mm of floor apace. When M a
completed in September, 1923. it will
have rott the taxpayers U.SOO.000.
according to the official estimate.
People Mast Pay.
This splendid high school building
will belong to the people ot umana,
but there will be .a mortgage on
It, bonds one day to be paid off by
lam. That is why tome of those
who go out and look the structure
over can't decide whether to point
with pride or view with alarm.
There la rletht now a clash of
Opinion over who rubbed the lamp
of Aladdin, and whether it was rub
bed in the wrong direction. On the
Board of Education ia a group of
aoHd and responsible business men,
who plan to spend the $5,000,000
bond lean for the construction of
this building, of a North High
school at TWrly-tbird afreet and
Ames avenue and of a grade school
in Minne Lusa, with something left
over the building fund. Another
group of business men, equally re
MM'tatil and wclt-meantae:. are
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wans
1 rWraiog that the fundi aboufd have
es)eeJ for a high Khool
lion in tho elementary acneala.
The Board of Education, by using
the North High school, which ia ex
Cried to be completed by Septero
r. 1923. aa a junior high acbool,
will eombuti the two upper claaaei
of all the grade schools anywhere
near. Ita plana call for the even
lual use of this school aa a regular
mghschoof and the building of two
or three junior high scboole in dif
ferent parta of the city.
Mote Beada Reojtlrod.
Whichever course ia followed, a
ure thing la that more bond will
Have to be isoaed. The acbool popu
lation of Omaha fa growing each
year, necessitating new bondings.
The upshot of it alt is that acbool
Reports fetter
Osdnsss Cccditkxu
Washington. April 2. Acting Di
rector Daria of the war finance cor
poration, in a statement, noted
mar bed improvement In the condi
tion of the agricultural industry and
a better outlook for business gen
erally," on the basis of April 1 re
ports from corporation agencies.
"Livestock producers and farmers
generally." the statement said, "are
reported ranch more confident be-
; cause of improved market condt-
Bank deoosils have increaaed in
, -sjmany agrksjltural communities and
in towmi J Dunns are siij
stronger position than they have
been for a long thne. Best of all,
conMcnce ia returning and with it
the trend of buaineaa ia toward a
realoralion of more normal condi
tions all along the line."
Vp to March 31, the statement
said, the corporation had approved
-loans aggregating $3222S,6W, of
which jSl4.l87.761 was to banks,
$3J&JM to co-operative and $50,
290,120 for export purposes.
Lease 23,CC3-Acre Ranch
Near Affiant fur Cattle
Alliance, Neb, April 2. (Spe
cial) Edward Brass and A. I- Van
AlatJae. prominent western Nebras
ka eattteoaea. have leased the Willis
Beck reach of 20.000 acaea near
AMaanrc. and have announced their
jaAeatioa of putting at host 2300
head of cattle on the range for sum
mer feeding. The Beck ranch it
on of the largest in the sandhill
dmtrltt. Mr. Beck waa stricken with
fmntyh about a rear ago and re
fired front active management of
the ranch.
PnjutJ Beattrice Qwtd
Lcaoeti bt llay Cemapany
eaeriee. Neb, April 1 The Bea-
watea m soon
of a SJnOjOOO
a ao-year
wwH the May Hotel tamp any.
SL L. stay m koatasM aaonaarer at
ry of a year.
The optt-
an
safaris
Mary oad
- ?nvr?fiSatv,
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Claim French Croesus Has
Sinister Power in Britain
Accmation lUdt in Houm of Commons That Uyt
tcrloui Sir BmII Zaharotf Hbj Influence Over
English Government Has Im
mense Fortune.
j Of tto Aawsastd Tnm.
I I'arit, April 2. Sir Basil Zaharoff,
little known to the public, but credit
ed among the informed as mysltri
, omly powerful and fabulously rich,
I made one of his rare appearances in
the news recently through an accu
! tation in the house of commons that
lie is exercising a "sinister influence"
on the British government. Sir Basil
lives in I'arit and is of French na
tionality, although knighted by King
George. He alto has the Grand
Cordon of the Legion of Honor. He
was born in Constantinople of a
Russian father and a Greek mother.
Sir Basil hat attracted little popu
lar attention, the only reference to
him in the Frcurh newspapers being
made with an occasional contribu
tion to charity, rarely lets than I,
000,000 francs. He is supposed to
have one of the largest private for
tunes in Europe. Besides beiug
chairman of Vicber Maxim com
pany in England, he is one of the
largest shareholders in the French
Creusot Gun works, and probably
the largest owner in arms and am
munition works, not excepting Fran
Von Bohlen of Krupps.
Had Oreat War Contracts.
Sir Basil is also reputed to have
great pottestiont and investments in
all parti of the world and it the
principal owner of Monte Carlo's
concession. His friends say the first
great step in his fortune w? the
realization of profits amounting to
7,000,000 pounds out of Russian gnv
ernment contracts during the Kutso
Japanete war.
The members of the College of
France, when they invited Prof.
Albert Einstein to visit Paris to lec
ture on his theory of relativity, were
much concerned over the reception
he might meet. He slipped into the
French capital by leaving from the"
opposite side of the roach from the
crowds, whose intentions in the way
of welcome were not defined It is
brought out everywhere that the pro
fessor was not one of the 9.1 "Ger
Roscoe Arbuckle
to Tell Own Story
Film Star to Take Stand in
Third Trial on Man-
ifaofrfer Charge.
San Francisco. April 2. Roscoe C.
(Patty) Arbuckle ia to take the
stand ia the next few days to tell his
own story of the happenings at the
Hotel St. Francis party in which he
is alleged to have fatally injured
Miss Virginia Rappe, motion picture
actreaa, counsel for Arbuckle an
nounced. The Arbuckle trial, which
is on a manslaughter charge in con
nection with the actress' death, is
expected to consume at least two
more weeks. It will be Arbuckle's
second appearance on the stand. He
did not testify at the second trial, the
prosecution reading his testimony on
the firtt trial in the record of the
second.
Tomorrow's first witneswill be
Fred Fischbach, roommate of Ar
buckle during the party, whose cross
examination began Saturday. It was
announced Saturday that documen
tary evidence tended to contradict
the testimony of Jesse Norgaard, a
prosecution witness, also would be
introduced. Norgaard testified that
Arbuckle attemnted to bribe him -to
obtain a key to Miss Rappe's room
in a Culver City studio where pr
gaard waa night watchman.
Son of Millionaire
Is Sentenced to Life
Wlr.
Chicago, April 2. Judge Michael
L. McKinley imposed sentences of
life imprisonment in the penitentiary
upon Ira D. Perry, jr.. son of the
millionaire inventor of the Perry
auto lock, and Joseph Shean. They
were both members of the notorious
Devon gang and had pleaded guilty
to murder, the state having waived
the death penalty.
Perry confessed to the murder ot
William Schaller, a jeweler and
Shean to that of Paul Loberg, jew
eler. The gang is said to have vom-
mitted nearly 200 robberies.
Woman Throws Plate at
Man Peeping in Window
"Tack the Peeoer" almost got hit
in the head last night
And it was a new dinner plate.
Mrs. Lena Berger, 1711 Burt
street, saw him near her window.
threw a plate, screamed, and called
police.
When
everything
cits fail
a:s Bes
"Want"
Ada
17th am Fa
man intellectuals" who signed the
war "round robin.' '
Prof. Einstein disarmed his crit
ics by insisting that hit nvc-leciuua.
the hrtt of which was de!lverJ Hi
day, be limited lo invited scientist
All of his lectures are to be given
in the German language.
Bad Hat Craae Waning.
Red halt which became popular
with feverish rapidity among French
uonieii, semi destined to vanith in
equal ha.te, although the grand
land at the AuteuiT races last Sun
day looked like a held of ponies.
The milliners' later designs of bril
liant hands with small flowtra on
them likewise st becoming too com
mon to pirate the leaders of fashion.
One duchett now is wearinc a
girdle of freth flowers, matching the
color of her dr.ss, tet on black vel
vet. The flowers are changed sev
eral timet in the course of an eve
ning at an expense of about 1.000
francs.
A lessening in the vogue of public
dancing is strengthening the fashion
of wearing ankle length gownt.
Large "barbaric" earrings are devel
oping to a point where they almost
touch the shoulders.
Wants Poets WeO Fed.
Ezra Pound, an American poet
living in Paris, believes that better
poetry can be written by the well
ted tnan the starving genius. He
it gathering a group of "those who
care" to pledge annual subscriptions
to impoverished writers of merit may
maintain reasonable, comfort Under
the plan, the support will diminish
as a writer's productions are market
ed. Thus, it is pointed out. there
will be no occasion for catering to
inferior tastes. Anatole r ranee prom
ises his "benediction" on the plan.
Haa Minister of Sports.
France probably is the only coun
try having a minister op sports and
a high commissioner of sports divid
ing between them the physical edu
cation of the country France also
has a thoroughly organized federa-
(Tum to rm Tw. Calnm TfeM.)
Former Emperor
Met Death Calm! v
Body of Charles Lays in
House Whkli Wat E
ruler's
Funchal, Madeira, April 2. "Oh
God, thy wilt be done. Into they
hands I commit my soul and the
care of my wife and children. I
offer Thee my life as a sacrifice for
my people."
Thus spoke former Emperor
Charles of Austria-Hungary, serene
and calm at the moment of his death.
The body of the former emperor
king, dressed in the campaign uni
form of a field marshal, lay today
in the chapelle ardente of the house
that has been his residence since he
came to Madeira in exile. After it
had been embalmed the body was
placed in a leaden coffin with an
outer shell of mahogany. The bishop
of Funchal said mass in the mortu
ary chapel and the local authorities
made calls of condolence.
On Tuesday the body will be re
moved to a private chapel in the
cathedral, pending transfer to a
mausoleum in the cemetery of Monte
Campo.
It was learned that Charles : had
been ill for 10 days before a physi
cian was called to attend him.
No Official Recognition.
Vienna, Auril 2. (By A. P.) No
official recognition of the death of
former Emperor Charles thus far
has been given by the republic.
Neither half masted flags nor the
customary display of sable bunting
were- to be seen in Vienna today.
The absence of the aristocracy from
the usual Sunday resorts and a large
increase in the attendance at the
churches were the only private evi
dences of recognition of the death
of the last Haspurg ruter. .
The voluminous obituaries and ap
preciations of the former, emperor
king which fill the press are color
less but kindly. They dwelt upon
the virtues of Charles as a man, hus
band and father, but excuse him as a
statesman; for being well-meaning
but an unfortunate ruler called to
the throne at a time when greater
men than he could not have done
more for the people. The circum
stance of his death in exile and pov
erty elicits a note of pity.
Motorcyclist Injured
at Railroad Crossing
Beatrice. Neb.. April 2. (Special
Telegram.) Charles Roberts of
Ashland, Neb., was seriously, if not
fatally hurt when his motorcycle
went into the ditch at the Union
Pacific crossing near Cortland. Rob
erts was found by trainmen "and
taken to the home of C. C Wolfe
at Cortland. It is thought he . suf
fered concussion of the brain.' It is
said he was riding south On the
Cornhusker highway at terrific speed
when the accident occurred;
Grante Workers Reject .
New Working Agreement
Boston. April 2. (By A. P.)
Union granite workers in 18 New
England centers rejected a two-Tear
working agreement entailing- a 20
per cent wage reduction and announc
ed that they would not resume nntfl
a new contract was signed. The
board of control, representing three
large producers' associations, u tarn
announced that the "American plan"
fopea shop) would be put mto effect
mimediateiy m all the centers. Twen
ty thousand roea wouM be aCecteu.
the board said.
Illinois Men
May Bolt
Coal Strike
Mca Will Return Before Or
ganisation Is "DtmolWaH
ovr
million Uut
owtae aw I Wir.
I hirago, April 2. Warning that
while the 90,000 Illinois coal miners
will remain out at long at pottible to
tupport their "weaker brothers" the
organization will bolt the raukt of
the ttrikert before it it "demoralized."
wat ittued by Lon Fox. pretident of
the Ninth district, in a tpeech to a
matt meeting of. J. 500 at Setter, 111.
Fox, with Alexander Howat. de
posed president of the Kansas miners,
and John F. Walker, president of the
Illinois Federation of Labor, repre
sented Frank Farrlngton, Illinois
chieftain, who was unable to be pres
ent. The protpcit of a long drawn out
strike with the miners at a disad
vantage, and reference to the graves
of scores who have been starved in
tuevious strikes, was pointed out by
Fox. .
Outlook Not Good.
"Our outlook it anything but good
today," he said. "There are thou
sands of tons of coal on top of the
ground. ,
"The miners of Illinois dont
know where thev are going. Illinois
is 100 per cent organized and ia the
backbone of the Lnited Mine Work
era of Amreka. We must hold out
aa long as possible to protect our
weaker brothers in the east. We are
going to continue to do so as long
as we sateiy can ao so. oui
not swing to continue until we de
moralize our own organization.
Mr. Fox mentioned the fact that
one conference had been held with
operators of the state, but said the
miners' committee decided a separate
state agreement, which would meau
withdrawal from the strike, should
not be made "at this time."
Over Half MiBion Out;
6,200, Mines Shut Down
Br ARTHUR EVANS.
Otaafea ttaa Urn Wlra.
Chicago, April 1-The first day
of the coal strike saw 600,000 mine
utt and A200 nxiuet closed,
Mine Workers of Asrterkt at Indian
apolis. About 1,500 open shop pits were
still working. They are in non
union territory, which in all has been
producing about 40 per cent pf the
soft coJ ovtput. . '
John L. Lewis, international
president, declares the suspension of
work is "100 per cent efficient" by
the 515,000 union members, while
nearly 100,000 nonunion men have
already thrown in with the strikers
and are off the job. How far the
suspension affects the nonunion
fields awaits a real checkup.
April 1 is always celebrated as a
holiday anniversary of the advent
(Tarn to Fas Tw. Cli live.)
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Soviet Demands at
Genoa Are Outlined
London, April 2. According to a
dispatch to the London Times from
Riga, dated Saturday, messages have
been received in the Letvian capital
to the effect that the Moscow soviet
will make the following demands at
the Genoa conference:
Recognition of the soviet merchant
Aa nhrrstrieted use of foreign
ports, and the handing over of all
Russian 'ships. It will be claimed
that 60 per cent of Russia's prewar
shiooinir was in foreign ports and if
any of it has been lost it shall be re
placed. In event the Dardenellas become
neutral," the soviet government will
seek participation in the inter
national control of the waterway.
Burlington to Add 60 Men
for Alliance Division
Alliance, Neb., April 2. (Special.)
-Effective immediately, approxi
mately 60 men will be added to the
Burlington payroll on tne Alliance
division, extending from Deadwood.
S D., to Ravenna, Neb. All of the
men will be given employment in
the maintenance of way department
and work will start with a full force
as soon as weather conditions will
permit. A number of men will be
assigned to work in the Alliance
yards, while the remainder, will be
distributed at various points on tne
division.
Bishop Stuntz Tells of
Negro Housing Problem
Newark, N. J., April 2. Negroes
who have migrated into the north
since 1915 outnumber the Jews who
"went out of Egypt under Moses,"
it was asserted by Bishop Homer C.
Stuntz of Omaha, at the Newark
conference of the Methodist Episco
pal church here tonight They
have overflowed all housing accomo
dations and are huddled in quarters
where it is almost impossible to
firovt the elementary decencies of
ife. Bv the aid of the centenary
fund our church has provided them
with pastors and social service."
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Jap Consul Injured
San Francisco, April 2. The con
dition of S. Yada, Japanese consul
general injured last night in an auto
mobile accident, was reported im
proved today. Mr. Yada was struck
by aa automobile as he was alight
ing from a street car. He suffered
! a arokea leg and .numerous bruises.
Exhibition .Shot By a Former Champion
mmn
Western Welcome
Given Dr. Fast
at First Sermon
First Methodist Church Is
Packed to Hear New Pastor;
Audience Enjoys
Serjnon.
Member's of the congregation of
the First Methodist church gave
their new pastor, Dr. J. W. G. Fast,
a true western welcome yesteraay
morning, when he preached his first
sermon, "The Supremacy of Christ
in the Modern World, in his new
Omaha charge. The church was
packed to overflowing and automo-
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ones linen ine turn oh uiatinaujr
everv street adiacent to the church.
Previous to his sermon, ur. fast
uraised the work done by the for-
mer pastor, Rev. Titus Lowe, and
asked the congregation to support
him as they had his predecessor.
"I feel that I have been made
welcome in Omaha," Dr. Fast said
"In fact the welcome started be
fore I left Akron. Letters from
members of the congregation came
there bidding me welcome. The re
ception I have received since com
ing here'has been ideal."
Captures His Audience.
Dr. Fast captured his audience
from the very start. Throughout
his preliminary remarks and his ser
mon there was a vein of humor that
sparkled again and again. His au
dience liked it for there were many
smiles evident. Then, too, there was
the good old-fashioned religion
straight from the shoulder, delivered
with force and substantiated with
intelligence. '
"Jesus came into the world when
it was dominted by a most complex
civiliiation. The Roman empire
and its civilization dominated the
world. There were complex cere
monials of all kinds. The law was
complex and when Jesus swept all
these aside and taught in such
language that even a child could
understand, he naturally found
friends as well as enemies.
Reforms Traced to Jesus.
"The supremacy established by
Jesus' teachings has come down
through the ages and is the great
factor in modern civilization. All
the great reforms, political and re
ligious, can be traced to his teach
ings." .
The speaker said the seeds sown
by the disciples and followers of
Christ in the "dark ages" were bear
ing fruit rtbw. "Jesus has become
suoreme in soite of all obstacles."
the speaker said.
ihe music ot the choir, under tne
direction of J. Edward Carnal, was 'I
excellent. Last night Dr. fast
preached on "The Good Old Times
and Our Times." Dr. and Mrs. Fast
have moved into the parsonage,
which lias been redecorated and re
modeled for them.
Grain Association at Leigh,
Nebraska, Incorporated
Leigh, Neb., April 2. (Special.)
Articles of incorporation for an or
ganization to buy and sell the grain
of this community have been filed
and directors and omeers ot tne as
sociation chosen. The capital stock
is $25,000, with $15,00 paid up. An
elevator will probably be built, offi
cers of the association said.
Aged Man Asphyxiated.
Los Angeles, April 2. George H,
Ackerman. 75, a retired business man
of New York city, was found dead
from asphyxiation in a room of a
bouse where he was visiting here.
The police pronounced it a case of
suidcit,
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May Try Matters
Again April 10
Attorney General Davis Says
Omahan to Face Jury on
One of Two Dates.
Lincoln. April $2. (Special TelC'
aram.WAUornev General Clarence
hA. Davis anncumeed last night that
1 tanas H, 3afe -would be tried
again bh the UMb of, aiding and
abetting the $200,000 embezzlement
ot willard V. Mathews trom the
Pioneer State bank, now defunct,
tither April 10 or April 17.
Mr. Davis said he had planned, in
the event Matters was convicted or
acquitted, to try the case against R.
C. O'Brien, charged with conspiracy
in connection with the sale of stock
for the Great Western Body com
pany. Asked whether he had a comment
to make on the deadlocked jury, he
replied: "The less said the better."
Alliance Atito Thief
Starts Prison Term
Alliance, April 2. (Special.)
Harold Watkins, confessed automo
bile thief,' was taken to the peniten
tiary to begin his sentence of three
to 10 years imposed by Judge West
ovVr at the February term of dis
trict court. He has been held in
the county jail here since that time
because or lack of room at the pen
itentiary. Watkins admitted stealing a car
from the fa.rmthome, of J. F. Spet
man, by Whom he had been em
ployed. In company with another
Alliahc young man, Peter Scbleve,
he. was arrested two weeks later in
St. Paul, Minn.,, and the car recov
ered there. Both pleaded guilty af
a preliminary hearing but Schleve
later changed his mind, stood trial
and was acquitted by a jury. Fol
lowing his return here Watkins es
caped from the county jail after the
bars had been sawed in two, but
gave himself up at a farmhouse the
following day in a half frozen con
dition. As a witness tor Achieve
he is alleged to have given perjured
testimony, and as punishment for
breaking jail and giving false tes
timony, Judge Wcstover fixed his
minimum sentence at three years,
with a maximum of 10 years.
New Agency for Executive 0
Clemency Is Advocated
Washington;. April 2. President
Harding 'was urged, in a letter sent
to him by the American civil lib
erties union, to set up a new agency
for . passing on applications for ex
ecutive clemencyl The Department
of Justice, the letter declared, be
cause of its organization , and its
other many -duties is unable to ko
into a esse 'further than the recom
mendation" made by the federal at
torney, wrro prosecuted it
. As an instance in point, the union
cites the " case of Oklahoma tenant
farmers nqvir, In jail,, "who, accord
ing to ihe attorney general, mur
dered: elidala. of the government,"
declaring that "investigators for the
union anr they personally have in
terviewes the sheriff and deputy sher-
ft whose murder was alleged by
the Department-of Justice, long after
the faraieTI were in jail.
Portuguese' Flyers Delay
Resumption of Flight
Litbon. April 2.By A. P.)-
Owing'to high winds and a rough
sea off the Canary islands, the Portu
nuese: fivers. Caotain Coutinho and
Sacadtira, postponed their intended
start from the vicinity of Las Pal-
mas for the Cape Verde islands on I
the sacond tea of their flight to Rio
Jancirc ' j
Clash Between
Japs and Chinese
Reds Is Feared
Japanese Are Concentrating
Forces Before Nikolsk -Inhabitants
of Vladivostok
By RODERICK MATHtSOri
CWHM, IStS.
Tokfb, April' Z-iAlthoiigh no dis
position exists oh the part of the
Japanese government or people to
engage in hostilities, all the news
from Siberia indicates the approach
of hostilities between the Japanese
and the Chinese reds. The latter are
steadily advancing in the Japanese
zone, in soite of repeated warnings
from the faoanese command that
such -violation ot the agreement win
be resisted.
The Japanese outposts have been
withdrawn and the forces' are being
concentrated, taking up a line be
fore Nilcolsk. The reds are filtering
past and entering Vladivostok, where
the inhabitants are ' becoming
alarmed.
Dispatches from Dairen state that
the Japanese delegates are being in
structed to hasten the conclusion of
an agreement and they are even
conceding some points which ''here
tofore they have stubbornly con
tested. . Harbin, however: reports a
stiffening of the' Chita attitude,
which has almost reached the point
of defiiarice to Japan. . Foreign Min
ister Janson of the Chita government
is Quoted as saying that the Japanese
are insisting on a special position in
Siberian . trade which Chita refuses
to accept, the latter taking a stand
for equal opportunities and the open
door.
No steps have been taken yet to
increase the Japanese forces on the
Vladivostok front, possibly because
of the lack of desire on the part of
the Japanese public to embark on
a military adventure in Siberia or
in any other place. It is felt that a
troop movement would precipitate
an avalanche of hostile criticism
against the entire Siberian policy of
the militarist party.
Retail Food Prices
Continue to Decline
Washington, April 2. Retail food
costs continued to decrease in all of
the 16 principal American cities
where observations are . maintained
by the Labor department during the
month ending March -15, according
to the monthly report the averaee of
decline' under February 1 S amounting
to,3 per cent in Detroit, Philadel
phia, Rochester, alt Lake City and
Scran ton; Z per cent in Norfolk and
San Francisco and 1 per cent in Chi
cago,' Cincinnati, Columbus, Little
Rock, Louisville. Mobile. Minne
apolis, New Orleans and St. Paul.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska Unsettled Monday.
probably showers in south and east
portions; Tuesday, partly cloudy;
not much change in temperature.
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Hot Fight
on Navy Cut
Predicted
Massachusetts Coogreaemags
Says Reduction to 65,000
WouM Put U. S. Below
.5-3-3 Ratio.
Mackkn to Support Plan
ly ARTHUR ISAM HINsflNO.
OoMh Bw I mtri Wlrs.
Vahington, April 2. The forth
coming fight' in the house over the
proposal of the appropriations com
mi lice to reduce the navy personnel
to 63.000 promises to be a spectacular
battle.
Keprr tentative Rogers, Wuu
chussctt, came out today with a
broadside against the recommenda
tion which he said would 'reduce
America to a position of inferiority
in the five-nve-tliree ratio provided
in the navy limitation treaty and,
make the Lnited Stales a third rate
naval power.
Representative Madden, Illinois.'
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee, says he will demonstrate that
65,000 men are all that are needed
to man the ships the pavy intends to
keep in commission and to operate
shore establishments. Ht asserts
that the data supplied by Secretary
Denby shows that the ships slated
for retention in commission can be
manned with 53,000 men.
30,000 Men "Lost"
While Mr. Denbv contends that
96,000 men are indispensibfe to main-
tain the navy without impairing tha
five-five-three ratio, Mr. Madden
says he will show that there are 20.
000 men "lost somewhere in tha
navy" whom the secretary was un
able to locate to the satisfaction of
the committee.
"I wonder if the neoole of the
United States realize what a navy of
only 65,000 enlisted men mesas to
the - nation," said Representative
Rogers.
' It means that we can maintain in
commission only 12 capital ships in
stead of the 18 allowed the United
States by the naval treaty of Feb
ruary 6. I had supposed and I
thing it was generally supposed
that when the United Statea agreed
to reduce its capital ship force to 18
it was making a very considerable
sae'rificce which was nationally per-
nuafiorc oniy- necause ine otner
world sowers were also limiting
themselves in proportion. Now. with
iiittax(ait scarcely dry upon the njval
.m. it is ptopotrt to redact the
18 capital ships to 12.
Means 2 143 Ratio.
'It means that instead of the 5-5-3
ratio established in the, naval treaty
we snail nave, with the new fiscal
year, a 21-2-5-3 ratio with the
United States representing the 21-2,
Great Britain the 5 and Japan th'e 3.
"It means that in point of naval
effectiveness the treaty ratio of
5-5-3 is cut exactly in two, so far as
the United States is concerned, the
other powers 'of course remaining
undisturbed.
"It means that the United States
automatically becomes the third
naval power of the world instead of
one of the two powers pre-eminent
in naval strength.
"It means that the United States
will stand before the world self con
victed of , insincerity. The world
thought and this country thought
that we were sincere in proposing a
drastic cut in our naval force, far
below what we would have con
templated had not the other naval
powers agreed to make correspond
ing reductions. Now we propose to
turn about and cut the Hughes ir
reducible minimum in half, in spits
of the fact that our naval rivals are
naturally proposing to maintain their
navies up to the exact treaty quotas.''
StiUman Case to Open
in Montreal, April 10
Omaha Bt tcaard Wlia,
New York, April 2. Examination
of 51 defense witnesses in the Still
man suit will start on April 10 in
Montreal, before Commissioner Eu
gene H. Godin, K. C, it was
said, after a scheduled preceding be
fore SupVeme Court Justice Morsch
auser at Poughkeepsie was post
poned for a week.
At the same time it was said that
the hearing in the suit set for Tues
day before Referee Daniel J. Gleas
on at Poughkeepsie, probably would
be deferred until the completion of
the Canadian testimony, which prob
ably will take a week or 10 days.
Some difficulty is expected in bring
ing the witness from the woods to
the Windsor hotel in Montreal, due
to weather conditions.
Fleet Corporation to Sell
Holdings at Bristol, Pa.
Washington. April 2. The emer
gency fleet corporation's entire hold-
r . . . . I , r . i
ings at ine piani or tne Jercnant
Shipbuilding corporation at Harri
man, Bristol, Pa., will be sold at
auction April 24 to 27, the shipping
ooara announced today, ihe sale
will be held on the ground.
At the completion of the sale, the
government's property will be moved
irom the yard and the real estate
will revert to the original owners.
Fire Destroys Container
Factory at Monroe, Mich.
Monroe. Mich.. April 2. The
plant of the Weis Fibre Container
corporation here was destroyed by
fire this afternoon with a loss of
about $1,000,000.
An hour after the fire was discov
ered the factory was in ruins and
the walls Collapsed.
Fire originated in the stock room
Mrhere an immense rtore of paraffin
covered containers fed- the flames.
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