The- Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. SI NO. 2M.
OMAHA. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922. .
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TWO CENTS
Galli-Curci
Is Robbed
of $45,000
Two Girli Make Away With
Jewfl Case Which Maid of
t Famoui Singrr Left in
Cafe Rent Room.
All Roads Under Guard
San Juan Caputrano, Cat . April 6.
Madame Gli-Curci, opera singer,
was robbed of jewels and valuable
which she laid were worth $45,000
when two girls fled with a jewel
case that had been left in a cafe
restroom by the singer's maid. The
singer and her party had Mopped at
Jan Juan CapiMrano for lunch.
The singer, her hnband, Homer
1-finueW and the maid departed at
nee for Lo Angeles to aid in the
earch for the girl, after first tele
phoning the facta to the authorities
there and at San Diego.
San Juan Capistrano is the usual
midway point for automobile parties
between San Diego and Los Angeles.
The traffic is almost entirely by
automobile, and frequently arriving
and departing stages, as well as
scores of private cars, made it diffi
cult to determine which way or by
what conveyance the girls fled after
committing the robbery.
All Road Watched.
Mr. Samuels telephoned a complete
description of the lost jewels to the
sheriff's ofritfe at Santa Ana and also
notified the officers at San Diego and
I.os Angeles. These three counties
immediately sent out patrols on alt
roads and set watches on trains
along the coast routes.
According to Mr. Samuels Mm.
Galli-Curci and the latter's maid,
Mrs. Mae Hcndrickson, were travel
ing by motor between Los Angeles
and Sail Diego. While traveling, the
jewels were entrusted to the maid.
She stepped into a restroom in a cafe
here, laid the jewel case down for
a moment arid then, realizing what
she had done, returned to get it. It
was gone.
Mrs. ilenderickson said there were
two young women in the restroom,
both blondes and one tall and wear
ing a light coat. She had no other
description of them. The jewels
were in a small blue leather case,
about the size of the case of a port
able typewritten
They included the following items:
One 17 carat diamond on a plat
inum chain.
One pair of diamond earrings,
1-2 carat diamond in each drop.
One diamond pendant, set in plat
inum. :
' One pendant containing 10 large
diamonds set in a row of sapphires.
One pair.of large ornaments, each
containing rows of diamonds set in
onyx (about 100 small stones in all.)
One solitare diamond ring.
' One emerald necklace with gold
chain. t .-.
Two small diamond rings.
' One pair of emerald earrings to
ma'tch.. , v
One ve,ry ''large carved single
emerald in gold mounting.
A number of small single pieces.
v Police Notified.
Los Angeles, April 6. The police
department here stated that it had
been notified by telephone of tne
robbery at San Juan Capistrano
whereby Madam Galli-Curci lost her
' jewels, and that a very meager de
scription of the thieves had been re
ceived. They said they were watch
ing the' roads and trains and also
- were hopeful that reported pursuit
from the point of th theft would
be successful.
Offerings of Foreign
Securities Increase
Washington, April 6. Large in
creases in the offering . of foreign
bonds, especially foreign government
bonds"in this country during the past
, few months were reported by the
federal reserve board.
From the beginning of the year to
March 15. the board said that the
total of foreign dollar loans issued
in this country was $263,000,000,
while during 1921 the total was $650,
303,000. Of the total during the
present year, $231,500,000 represent
ed foreign government and municipal
loans, while $31,500,000 were corpor
ation loans.
. "The whole question of ,inter
national investment of capital and
the rehabilitation of foreign coun
tries." it added, "is evidently assum
ing fresh importance. This is partly
due to the fact that the market for
capital has improved and .that the
possibility of placing capital issues
is now considerably greater than on
former occasions."
New York Cotton Broker
: Charged With Grand Larceny
New York, April 6. Henry Peers
of the cotton brokerage firm of
Henry M. Peers & Co. was held in
$5,000 bail by Magistrate .Mc
Andrews on a grand larceny charge
preferred by John S. Oliver of the
cotton brokerage house of Oliver
and Haughton. Theft of $10,600 en
trusted to Peers to buy cotton was
alleged. .
The Peers firm is a member of
the New York Cotton Exchange,
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ifuc vu,ci u. iiaugiuuu die mem
bers of the American Cotton Ex
change. . ' . v .
Woman. With Broken Back
Gets $38000 Judgment
San Francisco, April 6. Miss
Mildred Muller of Boston was srven
judgment by a jury here today for
Sos.Uud for a broken back sustained
when struck recently by a car of the
Union Traction company of Santa
Cruz, Cat. She sat throughout the
tnal m a wheelchair.
Opera Star Loses Her
Jewels in Califbrrua
Italy Ousts Russ
Royalists; Plot
at Genoa Feared
Soviet Delegation Arrives in
Italy Lloyd George to Con
fer With Poincare in
Paris.
Genoa. April 6. (By A. P.)
Genoa and. its environs have been
cleared of suspicious Russians, who,
it was feared, might disturb the com
ing international economic confer
ence. Strangely enough, most of the
Russians expelled from Nervi and
other watering places in the vicinity
of Genoa were monarchists chiefly
members of the old aristocracy
who claimed they must remain In
Italy for health' reasons.
Some of the Russians were es
corted to the border, but others of
them will be permitted to remain In
Italy, in Florence, Rome or other
cities, if they so desire. After the
recent attempt on the .life ot Prof.
Faul N. Milukoff in Berlin there
arose grave apprehension lest the
Russian monarchists in Italy, bitter
against the conference, which they
are said to fear, will recognize the
bolshevik government, might make
a demonstration against M. Chitch
erin and his associates' .. -
Soviet Delegation Guarded.
Genoa. April. 6. (By A. P.)
Foreign Minister Schanzcr has urged
the chief delegates of the allied pow
ers to be here by Sunday for a meet
ing preliminary to the economic and
financial conference, which opens
Monday. M. Schanzer acted on the
suggestion of David Lloyd George,
British prime. minister. .
Pj-emier Facta will attend the con
ference for about a week, after which
he will return to Rome, leaving M.
Schanzer here.
The Russian soviet delegation has
arrived in Italy and is being escorted
to Rapallo by a detective. force.
It is expected the conference will
last about two months. The pro
gram will be ; set forth by M.
Schanzer: , v.
To Confer With Poinjare.
Paris, ' April 6.-(By A. , P.)
Prime Minister Lloyd George of
Great Britain, who will arrive in
Paris tomorrow afternoon" on his way
to Genoa, will have a ' talk with
Premier Poincare at the foreign of
fice. It js understood the premiers.
will discuss matters connected wun
the Genoa gathering, the German at
titude on the reparations issue, and
the subject or the interallied debt's.
The French delegates, are going to
the Geona conference without full
powers, it developed from reports of
Premier Poincarc's final instructions
to them. This decision of the gov
ernment is being much discussed in
political circles, where it is looked
upon as likely to develop complifa
tions. . - -
Seventeen Killed in Fight
Between Arabian Factions
Tnrtnn Ann? '6. Seventeen per
sons were killed during a faction
fight between two Arah villages.near
Hebron, Palestine, says a Jerusalem
dispatch to the London Times. The
dispatch said it was understood the
diciiirhanri. had no connection with
the dispute between the Arabs and
Zionists. . .
Arbuckle Defense Rests.
San Francisco, April 6. The de
fense in the Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
manslaughter trial announced at the
opening of court today that it rested
its case. Its last witness . was ar
buckle himself, who testified yester
day. 1, .-: .. v
Real estate
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this time
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Rumors 'of I
Scandal In
ArmyHeard
I)icloMirr Linking Name of
Officer Foreseen in Tangle
Surrounding Death of
Lieut. Col. Reck.
Sweeping Probe Likely
OmK Hr I m4 H lr,
Oklahoma City, Okl., April 6.
Disclosure nation-wide in scope,
threaten to link the name ot
dashing army officers with socially
prominent women, many of them
married, and ctue a series ol
scandals expected to startle the
country i foreseen through the
tangled web of conflicting stories
ohadowing the slaying of Lieut Cot.
Paul Ward Heck, commandant or
1W Aviation field. I-'ort Sill.
Judications arc that the War de
partment may order a far-reaching
probe of alleged booze parties which
rumor has linked with army posts
throughout the United States and
in the more isolated national
domains. This is expected to be
independent of any' .local or state ac
tion. On Trail of Cay Parties.
While brother officers of the slain
airman nought to defend Beck,
Forest Hughes, prosecuting at
torney, announced he "was on the
trail of a series of gay parties in
which the glamor of the uniform
mixed with 'brew bottles'" would
be revealed. v
Hughes, it became known, based
his investigation into 'the killing ot
Heck on reports that "the . Day
home, mi the hours preceding the
tragedy, resembled a military post."
Moinan Truitt, attorney for Day,
previously announced that- neither
Day nor his wife would testify.
"But I will testify I must tell
the whole of my story," Mrf. Day
insisted. "I have nothing to hide
! did no wrong. Why should I sit
silently by. and let the idle tongues
cf gossip sway why should the
woman always pay? My husband
is the only man I love."
Denies Liquor Parties.
"It is silly to say our home re
sembled an army post," she con
tinued. We had many army men
as guests chiefly friends of Colonel
Beck, but our home was never the
scene of liquor parties."
"Since my wife will testify, I too,
will tell my story to the coroner's
jury Saturday," Judge Day an
nounced, overruling the wishes of
bis counseL , : ..'. .
That several army officers, includ
ing Major Paddock, Beck's com
panion on the morning of the
tragedy, will testify, is certain.
"I can not see why Judge Day
savs Beck ran from him that was
fnot Beck's style," Major Paddock
declared in a statement issued at
Fort Sill. "I know Beck. He was
not the sort to hide behind a cur
tain, even if he was caught in a
tight place. Beck had been in too
many tight places to be a coward."
Padock said he left the Day home
half an hour before Beck was killed.
He was spending the night at the
home, of L. H. Prichard, an oil man
who 'lived 100 yards from the Day
home.
Paddock denied liquor played a
part in the party preceding the trag
edy. Quotes Police Officers.
Prosecutor Hughes quoted the po
lice officers who were first on the
scene as saying that "corn whisky in
a glass, some lemon juice and a
plate of sliced oranges" were in evi
dence in addition to "brew bottles
on the mantel."
"I am positive Day jyas not drunk
had not been drinking," said
Hughes. i -..
Public opinion in Oklahoma in
connection with the case is expressed '
in a statement issued by R. W. Dick,
former warden of the, state peniten
tiary and business associate of Day.
"Oklahoma has her own code of
laws for the protection of the home,"
Dick said. "We know Beck was at
tempting . to break this code. It
makes no difference whether he was
drunk or sober. He came into the
home of his friend and violated it.
The penalty for such action in Okla-
homa is death." "
Special Jury to Hear
Governor Small Case
Waukegan, 111., April 6. (By A.
P.) Governor Len Small will be
tried by a special jury, picked by a
neutral jury commissioner. . .
attorneys for the - governoJ ac
cepted this proposal" made by Judge
Claire C Edwards, and withdrew
their previous attack on the legal
ity of the existing jury list of Lake
county, which they had assailed be
cause it did not include the' names1
of women voters, and was not based
on the combined voting list of men
and women.-
Both sides then agreed to post
pone the start of the case until
Monday, April 17, to give the special
committee time to prepare the new
jury lists.
Corporal of Artillery '
Killed by Mexican Guards
El- Paso, Tex., April 6. Mexican
river guards, after commanding him
to halt, shot Corp. W. W. Whyte
of the 82d field artillery, Fort Bliss,
to death Tuesday night while he was
trying to cross the river on horse
back, according to a report made by
the commander of the guards today.
The soldier's body was found yes
terday on the Mexican side of the
river. .
The guards reported that ihe
soldier tried to cross the river and
fired at them after they had com
manded him to halt
Corporal Whyte's home was in
Salt Lake City, ,
i
Jewel Declares Rail
Wage Cut Unjustified
Chicago, April . Closing hi
arguments htlort the United Slates
railroad Ubr hard in protest
agaiiut a wage dmrat for shop
trail emplte, B. M. Jell. repre.
enting the shop cralt men, declared
dung cKprnt were a high now as
rspriwt were a high now as
their employe should b
tare ri in retard to V"
Mlirit
rlared the
uken care ol tn regard to - v
In quoting Irom Utenw ..v
by W. D. Iliggin. reprfV
western railroads and John
ber, representing the eate . rail,
road. Mr. Jewell declared that Mr.
Iliggin had stated in January, 1918.
in the lirt liraring before the board
in Vahingion, that shop mm who
were receiving lets than (150 a
month should not receive a wage re
duction. He aUo quoted Mr. Wal
ber as saving that the cost of living
had not decreased.
Forces Moved
to" Ulster Border
by Republicans
UUter Party Fired on ly Ma
chine Gunners Front Across
Line Situation
Dangerous.
Belfast, April 6. (By A. P.) Sir
James Craig, the UUter premier, an
nounced in the Ulster parliament to
day in the course of a statement on
the criminal procedure bill that he
had just had further assurances that
"the other side" intended to enforce
peace themselves, and the prospects
seemed to be even better than yes
terday. Belfast, April 6. (By A. P.) Re
publican forces are reported to have
been concentrated on the section of
the Ulster frontier between counties
Leitrim and Fermanagh.
Early today, one constable was re
ported missing and three wounded
from a patrol near Bclcoo, close to
the border and police were rushed
to the scene from Eniskillen. It
was first reported that the constables
were ambushed, but advices to the
headquarters of the special, con
stabulary here say the party was
fired on by machine gunners across
the border. ,
An officer who visited the scene
later reported everything quiet and
said no attempt at any invasion was
feared. " '
. Force Intercepted. .
Dublin, April 6. (By A. P.) One
hundred young men from Tralce, pro
ceeding to Dublin to join the Free
State army, were intercepted today
at Mallow, County Cork, where they
were to change trains, by a strong
party of republicans. " A clash oc
curred, in which it is reported one
of the Free State recruits '. was
wounded.
All the. Free State men were then
arrested and taken to the barracks at
Duttevant, County Cork.
Situation Dangerous.
London, April 6. (By A. P.) In
dications that the situation in Ire
land is becoming dangerous in con
sequence of growing antagonism of
the republicans toward the support
ers of the free state are given in
newspaper dispatches.
Hostile demonstrations by the re
volting section of the Irish repub
lican array against the Irish regu
lars have been reported with in
creasing frequency in the last few
days. These are often accompanied
by shooting and seizure of free state
property,' but there have been no
serious casualties nor clashes on any
considerable scale. i
Sleuth Arrested tor
Burch Jury Tampering
Los Angeles, Cal., April 6. One
private detective is under arrest to
day on a charge of jury tampering
in the case of Arthur C. Burch, ac
cused of the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy, and another faces citation
for contempt of. court as the result
of the court investigation of too close
questioning of members of the venire
from which the jurors for Burch's
second trial were to have been
chosen.
H. H. Hockins, an employe of a
detective agency engaged by the
state to investigate jury panels, is
the man under .arrest. The charge
against him is a felony for which
the punishment is a possible sentence
of five years imprisonment or a fine
of $5,000. - . -
F. C Neal is the man said to face
citation for contempt, although he is
still at liberty while the accusations
against him are being investigated.
Thomas Lee VVoolwine, district at
torney, and Asa Keyes, his deputy
at the head of the bureau prosecu
tion, were exonerated ' from any
knowledge of the alleged jury tam
Ping. y. ' - -'
Wealthy Youth Indicted
- in Gotham as Bigamist
New York, April 6. Joseph Don
ald Grafton, son of a wealthy fur
niture manufacturer,- whose where
abouts are unknown to the police,
today was indicted by a supreme
court grand jury on a charge of big
amy and a bench warrant was is
sued for his arrest.
The indictment charged that Graf
ton had married Mary Margaret
Laird, known on the stage as Peggy
Davis, in this city 17 days after he
had gone through a marriage cere
mony in Youngstown, O., with El
len Curley Mclntyre.
Miss Davis, 17, now is ill in a san
itarium here. Her mother, with the
Youngstown girl, appeared yesterday
before the grand jury.
Oil Tanker Adrift.
Panama, April 6. The Standard
Oil tanker W. J. Hanna is reported
adrift off the Peruvian coast with a
broken engine shaft. The canal tug
Gorgona was preparing 4oday to go
, to her assistance. r
I I V
a
Big Hail Storm
Does Damage in
Council Bluffs
Greenhouses of Half Dozen
Firms Are Ruined by Crash
of Glass Windows in
Cars and Homes Broken.
One of the most severe hail storms
Council Bluffs has seen for years in
flicted thousands of dollars dam
age yesterday afternoon.. Hail came
down with great force for several
minutes, forcing pedestrian to seek
shelter and tying up street car and
automobile traffic.
Florists, 'as usual, suffered the
heaviest damage as a result of the
storm, More than 500 square feet of
glass was broken at the J. F. Wil
cox greenhouses on East ' Pierce
street, one of the largest plants in
the middle west. No damage at all
was done to the rose houses at Lake
Manawa, operated by the samecom
pany. Greenhouse Destroyed. ,
The greenhouse of O. H. .Herman
at Tenth avenue and Thirtieth street
practically was wiped out by the
hail. His plant covers three acres
and he reported last evening that al
most no glass was left in the frames.
Heavy damage resulted at tne
greenhouses of C. E. Hinman, Twen
ty-seventh street and seventh avenue
and A. W. Young's five greenhouses
at Ninth avenue and Iwenty-nmth
street. . s
Other Council Bluffs .i florists
whose frames of glass were severely
damaged during yesterday's storm
are: F.. L. Lainson, Canning street;
L. H. Reams. 500 North, Twenty
sixth street; Henry Meyer, 321 Ben
ton ' street. With . the exception of
the Wilcox concern, none, of the
greenhouse owners carried hail in
surance in sufficient amounts to cov
er their losses. . .-. V:
' Car Windows Shattered. "
v Windows in closed automobiles
and street cars in all parts Of the
city were shattered by the hugs hail
stones, which fell with terrible force.
Passengers in several street cars re
ceived slight cuts from broken glass.
Windows in scores of homes, par
ticularly in the west part 'of the city,
also were broken during the 'storm.
Hailstones were picked 'up which
measured more than two inches in
diameter.
It's Hot, Anyway
Omahans jvere practically ' satis
fied yesterday that spring is at hand.
The thermometer climbed steadily
throughout the day : until it had
reached 83 degress at 4 in the after
noon. But this was not a record,
except as the hottest day so far this
year, for weather bureau officials
stated their memory recalls the time;
when it had been 91 here at this time
of the year.
Snowstorm in Wyoming.
'CasRer, Wyo., April 6. The heav
iest snow storm of Ahe winter was
in progress in central Wyoming
early today. The equivalent of an
inch and a half ' water fell in rain
and snow yesterday and snow lay to
a depth of about one foot today with
heavy fall continuing.
Postmaster and Bystander
Shot in Fight With Bandits
Tacoma, Wash., April 6. Post
master A. R. Weaver was shot,
probably fatally, and Percy Ohman,
a bystander, was wounded in a clash
with two robbers who last night
held up the postoffice at Pacific City,
near Alburn.. Both bandits escaped.
feu f -mm
It's Easy If You Know How
Miss Stone Acquitted
on Charge of Murder
New1 York,- April 6. Miss Olivia
M P.'Stone, who' shot and instantly
killed Ellis G. Kinkead,' former cor
poration 'counsel of .Cincinnati,
August' 5,-.' 1921,' was . acquitted of
murder, by a jury in the Brooklyn
supreme court tonight.. . "
The ' prosecution, Tn summing up
yesterday,-asserted that'the case was
a test of ,the supremacy of Ameri
can law and would determine wheth
er justice could be' meted out to men
and women alike.
Kinkead, former corporation coun
sel of Cincinnati, was shot and killed
near his home in Brooklyn, August
5, 1921. Miss Stone was indicted on
a charge of murder in . the first de
gree ' to which she ,t pleaded not
guilty. :.: '
Her defense was that, betrayed by
Kinkead,. she had traced him, hoping
to get him to right the wrong. She
testified she had a temporary ' ex
plosion of the brain and recollected
nothing ,o the shooting. . . ,
Her -counsel contended that1- she
had been legally Iwedded to Kinkead
in Atlantic City in , 1918 by a com
mon law marriage. v
Mississippi Man Wins
Lumber Association Prize
Chicago April 6:-Announcemcnt
was made today of the award to
William H. Mason of Laurel, Miss.,
of a $1,000 prize by the National
Lumber Manufacturers' . association
for a newJitiethod whereby an appre
ciable'saving is possible in the manu
facturing process in the lumber in;
dustry, Mr. Mason's development is
operated in conjunction with the kiln
drying of lumber, the object being to
improve the grades of lumber as they
come from- the saws and at the same
time to , extract turpentine and pine
oil as byproducts.
American Gives 300,000 i
Francs for British Stamp
Paris, April 6. (By A. P.) A 1-
ccnt British Guiana stamp, issue of
loio, black on carmine, sold today
for 300,000 francs at the auction sale
of the famous Baron Ferrari 'collec
tion. This price, plus the state tax, mak
ing a total of 352.000 francs, was the
highest ever paid for a - stamp in
France. The specimen was sold to an
American. -
Japanese to Ask Test
Soon of Anti-Alien Law
Washington, April 6. Wrhen the
supreme court meets Monday it will
be asked to advance for considera
tion at this term a case which W. L.
Porterfield and Y. Mizuno seek to
bring to test the constitutionality of
the California anti-alien lod law -
2)
U.S. First Thought
' of Republican
Administration
Highest Duty of Nation to It
self and , Own People,
Vice President Cool
idgeSays.
Lansing. Mich.. April 6.' The
highest duty of a nation is to itself
and to its own people, and before
America can minister to other nations
there must be health and prosperity
at home, Vice President Coolidge
declared here in an address before
a republican gathering. "The first
thought of the present administra
tion," he added, "has, been of our
own : country, of our own domestic
welfare.
The refusal of , the United States
td "diminish her sovereignty by be
cominar a part of the treaty of Ver
failles and the covenant of the
league of nations," left the nation
free to determine its own relation
ship to other peoples and to man'
age its own internal ' policies, " the
vice president declared, adding that
"this has been the great problem of
the present, administration.
"There has never been any doubt
that this country must recognize its
necessity relationship to other na
tions," he said, "but our own people
must be strong before they can
strengthen other peoples.
The White House has been opened
to the people, and approach to the
president has not been hindered, Mr.
Coolidge said. Communication be
tween congress 'and the president
has likewise been open, frank and
inclusive, he said, and there has been
no coercion and no servility, but a
strict observance of constitutional
independence, bred of mutual re
gard, respect and confidence.
Pittsburgh Operators
Stay Out of Parley
Pittsburgh, ? Pa., April 6. The
Pittsburgh Coal Producers' associa
tion today declined the invitation of
Chairman Nolan Vof the house labor
committee to meet with tire operators
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and the
officers of the United Mine11 Work
ers for a conference ' on the coal
strike in Washington, April 10.
"We desire1 to say that we have
definitely and finally determined
that we will not again participate in
a so-called central competitive field
conference. We have -already noti
fied the secretary of labor of our de
termination and the reason there
fore," said the telegram sent to Mr.
Nolan.
Hoover Back in Capital.
Washington, April 6. Secretary
Hoover returned to his desk at the
Department of Commerce today after
a several weeks' trip in the west in
connection with hearings of the Colo
rado river commission. ,
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Blantoii Is
Denounced
as "A Liar"
Charier of -Mr a!y Graft" hy
Trias Rrprc'fnlatiSe Cause
Near-Riot Among House
Mftnlirr.
'Ought to Be Kicked Out
nw Mm I i4 Wlr.
Washington, April 6 Rrprrfiita-
live lUanion, Texas, dcnuKiat, was
denounced a "a liar," and narrowly
escaped bring mobbed by his sntry
colleagues (n one of the most turbu
lent sessions in the hittory of the
home.
nianton brought the loim down
upon himtelf by delivering a speech
accusing Home members ot ' mean
ly graft through the 'Mnrcroom.
representative (lamer. Texas, demo-
crat, took the lead in resenting th
charges and lilantnn soon found
himself in for an even worse excoria
tion than when the houe publicly
censured him recently for publiohing
nhsrrne matter in the Congressional
Record.
"in this world." said Mr. Garner,
"there are all kinds of liars the
artistic liar, the inartistic liar, th
common garden ariciy of liar"
"X will hold you personally re
sponsible' if you call tue a liar,"
shrieked Plan ton, leaping to his feet.
Sumners Gets in Row.
"Liar," shouted Representative
Sumners, Texas, apparently taking
the word out of iar tier's mouth.
Sumners added a thnice epithet or
two in an undwtone to further em
phasize his opinion of Blanton, and
started to move rapidly in Wanton's
direction.
The house was thrown into an up
roar. Shouts of "throw him out"
arose on all sides, all directed at
Blanton, apparently. The sergeant-at-arms
dashed in. and with the aid
of the speaker rapping furiously with
nis gavel,, succeeded in inducing
members to take their seats. Blan
ton left the chamber and Garner pro
ceeded with his speech.
Garner called Blanton "a disgrace
to the house," and declared he
'ought to oe kicked out."
Would Debauch Own Family.
"It is a hard thing to say what Is
in one's own mind about an indivi
dual," Garner continued. "I say I
have the firm conviction, that I be
lieve this individual creature would
debauch the virtue of his own fam
ily to . accumulate wealth for him
self or to put himself forward froin
a political standpoint.
"But I have in mind an individual
not a man a creature who is the
commonest, the biggest liar thslt
ever spoke a word of English in this
country. I have in mind a man who
would put into the Congressional
Record, if he had the opportunity,
anything that would be calculated
to make the people of Texas believe
you get your food free in Washing
ton. - i i
"I have in mind a creature who '
would go to that . same stationery
room and make inquiries about a
(Tarn u Pc Two, Column roar.) ,
Omnibus Naval Bill ,
Is Reported to House
Washington, April 6. The omni
bus naval bill, including a provision
under which the president would be
authorized to proceed with the scrap
ping of warships as provided by the
naval treaty," was reported to the
house today by the naval commit
tee. It also would give authority for
converting two battle cruisers, now
building, into airplane carriers.
The committee incorporated in the
general measures its bill recently re
ported which would fix the author
ized maximum enlisted personnel of
the navy at 80,000 plus 6,000 appren
tices. The navy bill for the next fis
cal year, soon to be reported by a
subcommittee on appropriations, will
provide for not more than 67,000 en
listed men. . '
Hungary Unable to Meet
, Demands for Reparations
, Budapest, April 5. The Hungar
ian government has sent a note te
the reparations commission concern,
ing the commission's request for de
liveries of cattle to states formed but
of the former Austria-Hungarian
empire, the note setting forth .that
according to the treaty of Trianon
such deliveries cannot be demanded
later than three months after the
treaty came into force. This time
having expired, the deliveries can no
longer be claimed, the note contends.
The note declares Hungary will be
unable to meet the commissions de
mands unless a foreign loan can be
floated. ' :
Nebraska Woman Appointed L
Missionary to South China
New York, April 6. Ten young
women who have been training as
medical, evangelical and educational
missionaries have been appointed to
the service of the Women's Ameri
can Baptist Mission society and will
sail soon for foreign lands, Miss
Mabelle Rae McVeigh, candidate
secretary of the society, announced
today. , . ,
The 'missionaries chosen, their
homes and their destinations include:
Miss Edith Lillian Dulin, Wayne,
Neb., South China.
Miss Florence Webster, Fargo, N.
D., East China.
Operators Invite Kansas -
Miners to Meet on Contract
Pittsburgh, Kan., April 6. The
Southwest Interstate Coal Operators
association has invited the Kan
union miner tn mrrt rrnriunt;,-..
of! the asrociation in a conference at
Kansas city Monday to consider ne
gotiations iot a new contract,