The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 61 NO. 281,
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OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922.
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Platte Valley in Central Tart
of Slate Swept by Da mag.
ing Stonw No Etinate
Of Loll.
Communication Broken
The loll ( lite terrific lorm that
tftfpt over the I'Uiie valley In cen
tral Nebraska Wcdiir4y ntctt it
four dead and ix injured, st'eording
to dUpatchet reaching here It iiiuht.
v ire communication wiin inc mius
cn area was broken for everal hour.
The dead are: 1
fdward MeArlhur. 16, ton of Dr.
A. J. McArthur. WrU.ert. iu.tantly
killed by flyinir timber while nuking
hit nay Iroin the ranch home o( the
family to a rave nearby.
Herman McCarthy, IS, ton of Wil
liam McCarthy, killed when farm
htiihtifijt were demoli.hed four miles
southeast of Ashley.
K. J. Glenn and ton, Frank, 14,
Uildreth, electrocuted by live wire
blown dow n on their home.
The atonn which (truck Uildreth
cut diagonally across Franklin county
towards Hatting. The American
Telephone & Telegraph wires were
reported down between Hatting! and
Hotdrrge yesterday and on a stretch
tive miles east of Hastings poles
were reported down.
. Two Counties Hit
The tornado that swept Dawson
and Custer counties, leaving ruin in
its wake on both sides of Lexington,
moving in a northeasterly direction
toward Broken Bow, Ashley and Sar
gent, left many injured. The tornado
missed Lexington to the east by a
few hundred feet.
Six injuries have been reported
from Lexington. Warren Miller was
blown off the Platte river bridge.
Mrs. Arthur Nielson was injured
when the house blew over. Mrs.
Nielson was found under the kitchen
cabinet in her home. Her baby, in
the kitchen sink, was uninjured.
Arthur Gurnsey, near Sumner was
taken out of his house through the
window by the force of the wind and
landed in a tree and then to the
ground, severely hurt. Orion Miller
suffered three broken ribs. A daugh
ter of Jack Ward was also reported
injured.
No estimate can be made of prop
erty damages. The loss is enormous.
Buildings Destroyed.
Buildings of William Price, Charles
Mellharn, Bert Amos, Emmet Bad
bout and George Wolselben, south of
; Sargent, were completely destroyed.
- The storm raised and passed xyict the
town of, Sargent descending- again
on the farm of Mike Beak, six miles
: northeast, completely demolishing all
buildings. All ' small outbuildings
were overturned or smashed by the
tornado. -
Farmers living east and south of
Broken Bow, in the path of the
storm, suffered heavy losses, accord
ing to dispatches. High wind and
hail and two inches of rain fell with
in three hours in this section. Lines
of communication were destroyed
cast of Broken Bow. V
Farmer living cast and south of
(tara to Pa( Two. Column Sevea.)
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Germany Unable to
Meet Payments May 31
. Paris, May 11. (By A. P.) The
t-crman reply to the reparations note
of April 13, which has been received
by the reparations commissions, pro
tests the good will of the German
government, but pleads the material
impossibility of imposing 60,000,090,-
000 marks new taxes before May 31.
or complying with all the conditions
; lirid down on March 21.'
The German government, the reply
savs. is convinced of the necessity
of covering expenditure without fur
ther monetary inflation. Having re
gard, however, tor the uernian econ
omic situation and hnancial obliga
tions abroad, it is considered inevit
able that important payments due
uermany in foreign currency cannot
he -met without the aid of foreign
loans. ' i .. ., v i ,'. . .. ..
Harding to Deliver Views '
on Bonus After Week-End
Washington May 1 1. Transmis
' sion by President Harding of his
views on' pending soldiers' bonus
legislation to republican members of
the senate finance committee will
' await the return -of the executive
" from his week-end trip to New
Icrsev. it was said bv Senator Wat
.son of Indiana, one of the republican
committee members, after a confer-
ence today at the White House.
Senator Watson said the president
and majority members of the com
mittee were not far apart on the
bonus matter and indicated that
further conferences would be held
before the president presented his
views. Mr. Harding was also repre
sented as feeling- that, inasmuch as
his letter would be in the nature of
a public statement of his position,
. he should give it most careful study.
Flapper Styles Banned ,
,j , " By Indianapolis Girls
( Indianapolis, May 11. Convinced
t that most schoolgirls today are sac
rificing their health in a mad rush to
, follow the evolution of the flapper,
"Drom girl" and "rax, Indianapolis
"irls in good dressing courses in the
..kl.M akNla )ll. af.t...ul (Uxl Ann
j;uuub vw wkinu mai .lay-
N. Y. Assemblyman Left
i $4,500,000 by Father
Mineola, N. Y., May 11. As
semblyman ' F. Trueb Davison of
'Nassau county has been left $4,500.
000 by the will of his father. Henry
P. Davison, New York banker and
philanthropist, which was filed for
probate here today. The full value
of the estate was. not given,
(Omahan Invited to
Speak at Los Angeles
Capt. C. E. Adam.
Capt. C. E. Adams, welt-known
Omaha veteran of the civil war, has
received an invitation to be the prin
cipal speaker at the observance of
Memorial day at Lot Angeles. The
invitation was tent jointly by 25
societies of Lot Angeles, who are
planning the greatest Memorial day
celebration in the city't history.
Two Identified
as Murderers of
2 Chicago Cops
All Law Enforcement Organ
izations of City United in
"Fight to Finish" on Dr.
ganized Labor.
Chicago, May 11. Declaring that
he agreed with the contention made
by the police that "Chicago is in a
state of warfare," Judge Kickham
Scanlon today refused to issue writs
of habeas corpus releasing Cornelius
Shea and John Laferty, labor leaders,
arrested in connection with the mur
der of two policemen yesterday
morning during a series ot labor
bombings. He told the police these
two men could be held at least until
Saturday.
At the same time Judge Joseph
David in effect refused to release
"Biar Tim" Murphy and Fred Mader,
the latter an ex-convict and head of
the Building Trades union. Judge
David refused to .hear . the pleas.
postDoinir the case rti. tomorxtw
at the request of the, police. - .
Jail Crowded,
Chicago, III., May 11. Jails were
crowded with labor leaders and
others held in connection with the
murders of two policemen here yes
terday and the bombing ol two build
ings, which police attributed to labor
disorders. Two men have been
pointed out as resembling men in the
automobile from which shots which
killed Terrance Lyons, acting lieu
tenant, were fired. ,
All law enforcement organizations
in the city are united in what police
term "a fight to the finish with or
ganized labor." More than 10 labor
leaders, including "Big" Tim Murphy,
Cornelius . Shea and rred Mader,
president of the building trades) coun
cil, were arrested in raids on labor
headquarters; The two partly identi
fied as slayers are. police say, lsa
dore Braverman, 28, and Max Glass,
33. .
Advances Alibi.
Braverman is said to have fired the
shots from an automobile when
Lieutenant Lyons 'was killed and he
was pointed out by James A. Mc
Cleltan and Frederick Blank, patrol
men, who were with Lyons when he
was shot and when Albert Moeller,
patrolman, was injured seriously.
Braverman's family has' advanced
an alibi for him. .... . '
Glass, who is a member of the
Glaziers' union, was pointed out bv a
man who said he was an eye witness
as the slayer of Thomas Clarke, pa
trolman, who was on guard ' at a
building which previously had been
bombed. '
James ' Lafferty, a third suspect,
who has been at "liberty under heavy
bond in connection with a mail rob
bery,' was partly identified by Po
liceman Blank as the third occupant
of the death car, The car, riddled
with bullets and blood spotted, was
found abandoned.- Police believe one
of the gunmen was wounded.
Charles G- Fitzmorris. chief of po
lice, says he believes the men were
hirelings of the "higher-up forces
in organized labor circles, putting
into action a conspiracy to overthrow
the citizens' committee and the Lan
dis wage award," a decision - handed
down by K. M. Landis, former fed
eral judge, then acting as arbiter,
which was intended to settle labor
disputes between members of the
building trade council and the labor
unions. ;
Sales are
made every
day through
the medium
of Bee ,'
"Want" Ads
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Russia and
Germany in
Arms 'Pact
French Journal AuerU Ger
mans Agree to Furnith Red
Army With Arms and
Materials
Soviets Deliver Reply
I'arit. May It (By A. P.)-The
new. paper I'Eduira today printed
the text of a military convention
laid to have been signed by rcpre
cntative of the Kutiian toviet
army and the German general ttalf
in Berlin, April 3, by the principal
clause of which the Germans agree
to furnish the red army with the
armi and material nrcestary to equip
180 regiments of infantry and suffi
cient heavy field artillery for 2U in
fantry divisions.
To Reorganin Fleets.
The German general staff, accord
ing to the convention, pledged to
reorganize the Russian Baltic and
Black tea flcett, and to supply at the
earliest possible date 500 new air
planes, together with a tupply of
spare parts, and 150 field wireless
outfits. The Germans would train
ftO Russian instructors in the latest
discoveries and inventions of chem
ical -warfare, and tend technical ex
perts to Russia to speed up the ex
isting munition plants and open new
factories.
The red army staff guarantees the
establishment in Russia of three Ger
man plants, one for the manufacture
of airplanes, one for poison gas and
one for arms, on condition that the
Russian army can use the output
when needed. German specialists
would be admitted to "the new arms
factory in Afghanistan."
Joint Plan.
The text printed by I'EcIaire also
says the Russians would promise to
maintain not less than 18 infantry
and eight cavalry divisions on the
western Russian frontier. The red
staff further would agree to increase
the capacity of Alexandrovsk and
Kikolaievtki railroads.
Finally, the convention says the
two staffs will prepare a joint plan
of operations for Russia's access to
the Baltic sea, and the contracting
parties bind themselves to keep the
convention a secret. The document
is signed, according to the newspa
per, by Novitski Stefans, Major Gen
eral Von Seecht, Vice Admiral
Behncll , Lieutenant Scharf and Ma
jor Pefler. . - '
Reply Made Public. '.
Gtnoa,. May ll.-(Bs A. P.)
Riiwia's reply"- to the allied memo
randum, made public this evening,
declares the financial differences be
tween the powers and Russia re
quire deeper study, and it suggests
the appointment of a mixed com
mittee of experts by the economic
conference to consider these ques
tions. ' .
The reply rejects the mixed tri
bunal system proposed by the allies
for settling the claims of foreign
ers. This system, it says, is irre
concilable with the communistic
system.. The reply maintains that
the preferential rights Russia pro
poses to grant former proprietors
will 'make it possible for them to
pursue in Russia reconstruction with
the' mixed tribunals. , : ; '
The reply reiterated the -claims
for-damages because of the block
ade of Russia and the wars against
it promoted by foreigners, quoting
the Alabama claims growing out of
the American civil , war as a prece
dent. If Belgians Quit.
London, May 11. A dispatch to
the Evening Staudard from' Genoa
says that if the French and Belgians
quit the conference Premier Lloyd
George will remain "and try to work
the ship to port with a short-handed
crew." ' . ',:
Railway Men Ask President
to Free Political Prisoners
Houston, Tex., May 11. A reso
lution petitioning President Harding
to grant amnesty to all political
prisoners now incarcerated on ac
count of their political activities dur
ing - the past war; was adopted by
the 20th. triennial convention of the
International Brotherhood of Loco
motive Fireman and Enginemen.
A motion was referred to a com'
mittee that the-convention abandon
the idea of establishing a tuberculosis
sanitarium. Another motion . advo
cated a national law prohibiting em
ployers from calling pensioned em
ployes back into service . '
.-.The greater part of the afternoon
session was spent in considering
amendments to the bylaws and con
stitution. - - , j s
Chinese Have Queer Way
Of Committing Suicide
Shanghai, May 11. Swallowing
opium, match heads, gold rings and
earrings are favorite methods with
the Chinese for committing suicide.
According to the 75th annual report
of the Chinese hospital for 1921, 229
women and 73 men were treated for
attempting suicide by swallowing
opium; 130 women and 35 men who
attempted suicide by swallowing
match heads, and 125 women and 15
men who sought death by swallow
ing gold rings and earrings. : v,
"Dry" Democrat Assured in "
Race for Senate, High Saya
Lincoln. May 11. (Special Tele
gram.) F. A. High, superintendent
of the anti-Saloon league, announced
tonight he had obtained the "honor
bound" promise of a dry democrat to
lead the Bryan forces in a primary
fight against- Senator Gilbert H.
Hitchcock.
"This man has given me his word
of honor that if Charles V. Bryan
or W. H. Thompson do not become
candidates for the senatorial nomina
tion he will go in as a dry candiate,"
nigh said.
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Attorney General Is
Boomed for Senator
, Clarence A. Davit.
Davis Expected
to Enter Race
for U. S. Senate
Huge Petition Filed for At
torney General From Doug-'
las County Outetate
Politicians Active.
Lincoln, May 11. (Special Tele-1
gram.) Candidacy of Attorney Gen
eral Clarence A. Davis for the repub
lican nomination for United States
senator became increasingly likely as
a result of discussion among repub
licans attending the state conference
here' today.
Coincident with the gathering.
petitions were filed from Douglas
county and elsewhere asking that
Davis name go on the primary bal
lot. Under the law. he has five dayt
in which to accept the filings in order
to make it operative.
Friends Encouraged.
Close friends of Davis expressed
confidence tonight that he will enter
the race. They profess to find en
couragement in expressions ot re
publicans 'from various sections of
the state whom they quote as not be
ing satisfied with the candidacy of
any present aspirant for the nomina
tion, iney claim mar uavis win rany
a large outstate vote to his support as
a result of his wide acquaintance and
his activity in.proscfcuting allegedly
fraud stock promotions, that 4w will
have the friendship 6f the state ad
ministration and will command pow
erful aid from anti-saloon league
sources. ,' "
Petition! From Omahans.
The petition signed by 350
Omaha residents, included those
ot bank presidents, prominent at
torneys, city , firemen, city police
men, laboring , men, merchants and
many women. It is by far the larg
est petition filed, as yet, for any
candidate. In addition, it is known,
half a'dozen petitions for Davis are
in circulation in Lincoln and many
out in the state.
- State Senator M. F. Rickard of
Guide Rock filed for re-election on
the republican ticket. Loren F. M.
Fries of Howard county filed as a
democratic candidate for state sena
tor in the 27th district.
Chang Masses Troops; :
Plans to Resist Wu
Tientsin,' May 11.; (By A. P.)
Gen. Chang TsoLin, defeated be
fore Pekin by Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, is
preparing to resist his pursuer and
has massed troops at Kaiping, Kuyeh
and Luanchow, about 65 miles south
of the great wall on the Mukden
railway. Chang has announced he
will not be responsible for foreign
lives or property if Wu attacks.
., Wu has ordered his Chihli troops
not to proceed beyond Peitang until
it is clear whether Chang intends to
fight or ;. withdraw. Thirty-four
American soldiers have left to re
inforce the railway guards at Tang
shan,'70 miles northeast of here and
only five miles from Chang's out
posts. .The situation in the Kailan coal
mines is serious, owing to the short
age of food and fear among the min
ers over the presence of hordes of,
Chang's Fengtien troops. , '
Financial Crisis. f 1
Amoy, China, May 11. (By A. P.)
A financial crisis in Canton, the
seat of southern government," it re
ported in dispatches received here.
The . banks , are closed, business is
paralyzed and the government bank
notes have depreciated 50 per cent
in value. '
-The crisis is attributed to the agi
tation caused by the operations of '
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's southern govern
ment in preparation for its projected
campaign against the north, and the
consequent political complications.
Army Blimp Lands Safely ;
After Drifting Over Sea
Hampton, Va., May 1 1. The .army
blimp A-4 arrived safely at Langley
field late today after, having drifted
for an hour and a half over the ocean
off Cape - Henry with its engines
dead. -The craft drifted to sea be
fore a four-mile northwest breeze
until ' repairs, were . made, when it
turned toward shore. The crew of
five were none the worse for their
experience. - . .
For Citizen Training Camps.,
Washington, May U. The War
department plans to assign to each
corps area for the training of the
citizen army during the coming sum
mer "a reinforced brigade in which
all arms are represented," it was
announced today.
Omaha to
Be Center
for Armv
' t Soen.h
fh4 .rea to Be Moved
k0uo .ere Seventeenth In-
laniry to lome.
R. 0. T. C. Camp Named
Vahiiigton. May II. f Special
Teh gram.) 1 he War department
announced today a new dUtribution
of the armed forces of the United
State in order to render the re
duced number of unitt most effec
tive. It it planned that the prime ob
ject of the army under the new, na
tional defense act it to train the cit
izen (oldiery.
The troop, however, must be kept
within easy reach, in the (vent of
need, at home or abroad.
The new distribution ealli for the
following changes in the Seventh
corps area:
Corps area headquarters wilt be re
moved from the vicinity of Ft. Crook
into Omaha.
The Sixth infantry, now at Jeffer
son barracks. Camp McClctlan, Ft.
Crook and Ft. McPherton, will be
assembled at the Jefferson barracks,
Mo.
The Seventeenth infantry, now at
Ft Houston, will be located at Ft.
Crook and Ft. Omaha. Neb. A part
of the Second battalion, field artil
lery, will be located at Jefferson bar
racks. The Ninth calvalry will in time be
returned from the Philippines to
ft. Mearte, 5. D.
The Fourth engineers, less three
companies, will be stationed at Ft
Des Moines. Ia.
The civilian military training
camp, to which Ncbraskans will be
assigned, will be at Ft. Dei Moines,
August l-3l. where 10,000 will be
assembled, including infantry, caval
ry, field artillery and all branches
of the service.
The Eighty-ninth division of or
ganized reserves will be at Ft. Des
Moines July 16-31.
The R. O; T. C. camp, to which
Nebraskans will be assigned, infantry
only, will be at Ft. Snelling, Minn,,
June 15 to July 27. Nebraska has
no artillery contingents for the R.
O. T. C. .
Acting Commander of 7th
Corps Slightly Injured
Brig. Gen. William Lassiter, 'as
sistant, chief of staff, chief of opera
tions, wJtki the., general army staff
Washington, D. C., arrived in Oma
ha yesterday morning and is in con
ference with Seventh corps area offi
cers at Fort Crook. He was met at
the station by Col, Fries, assistant
chief-of-staff, Seventh corps area.
Col. R. A. Brown, acting com
mander of the Seventh Corps area,
who was to have come over from
Des Moines, was prevented from be
ing here by an accident Wednesday
in which he received a broken wrist
and other hurts.
Plans for Big Steel
Merger Completed
New York, May 11. Moses Tay
lor, chairman of the Lackawanna
Steel company, announced today that
his company had completed negotia
tions with the Bethlehem Steel cor
poration for a merger of the two
corporations. . ,' ;
Rumors of the consolidation
caused heavy buying of those stocks
and kindred shares in the final hour
of today's stock market.
Lackawanna Steel made a net gain
of 7 points, Bethlehem Steel rose
15 points and affiliated shares ad
vanced 1 to 3 points. ; - i
Lackawanna has recently been
mentioned in connection with the
proposed merger of some half dozen
other independent companies, these
including Mid vale and Republic Iron.
Bethlehem representatives have
stated that they were not interested
in the reported merger or consolida
tion plans of their competitors. -
Alliance Men Arrested; -Mash
Is Found in Cave
Alliance. Neb. -Mar 11. fSnwial.
--Clay Beagle . and.. Alvin Roach,
both of Alliance, were arrested by
Morrill county, authorities following
the finding of five barrels of mash in
a cave on land owned by Roach's
mother. They were taken to jail at
Bridgeport. .Officers believe that a
still, which is said to have, been in
operation in that vicinity, was de-'
stroyed a short time before the raid.
The men will be brought to Alliance
and arraigned before United States
Commissioner . L. A. Berry, on a
charge of having . mash illegally in
their possession. -'
Highways Patroled
in Effort to Trap
Jewelry Bandits
Two bandits, armed with shot
guns and riding a motar car, were
playing hide-and-seek with Omaha
policemen, : deputy ' sheriffs and
poses yesterday in their flight
from a daylight holdup in Ne
braska City.
Two men entered the C. F. Foley
jewelry store at Nebraska City at
9 yesterday morning, forced the
proprietor and a clerk into a lava
tory at the point of revolvers,
tchooped up a large number of
diamonds and other valuables and
escaped in a motor car,.
The bandit car was traced by
officers through Louisville, Ash
land and Gretna.
Four automobiles filled with
Omaha' police and deputies of
Sheriff Clark, and a number of mo-,
torcycle officers were patroling the
highways leading into the chy in
an effort to intercept the holdups.-
G. 0. P. State Convention
Will Be Held August 15
Lincoln Named as Meeting Place by State Committee
Congressman Graham Tells of Record of"""
Inactivity of Senator Hitchcock on
Important Measures.
Lincoln, Neb, May It. (Special
Telegram.) Formal authorization
for the calling of the republican state
convention to meet in Lincoln, Aug
urt IS, wa given by the republican
state committee, meeting here today
a a preliminary to the republican
rally tonight. The convention it to
he called for II a. in. and delegate
will be apportioned to the various
counties on the bait of.one for each
250 votes cat for Harding in 19.U
pint one at large for each county.
Atide from thit item of butineta,
the meeting wai devoted to an in
troductory addret by State Chair
man McCloud of York and a short
tpeech by Congressman W. . Gra
ham of Illinois.
"I understand,1' said Chairman Mc
Cloud, "that taxes arc an iue in thk
campaign. Thai it all right with me.
Taxrt are coming down, coming
down in both nation and state and
coming down because of the action
and economy of administration di
rected by republicans. The national
budget has been cut $1,600,000,000 in
a tingle year and the state appropria
tiont were cut $2,000,000 by the tpe
rial tession of the rtate legislature.
That will have itt effect in the taxes
people will pay and they will realise
to whom is due the credit for the ef
ficient administration that makes it
possible."
Gives Hitchcock Record.
Congressman Graham pair particu
lar attention to the record of United
States Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
a candidate to succeed himself as
Nebraska's representative in the up
per house of congress. He cited ccn
ator Hitchcock's voting record on
important legislation in the last year.
It follows:
Tariff on hides, not voting.
Emergency agricultural tariff bill,
voted "No." ,
Willis-Campbell bill to forbid use
of beer as medicine, not voting.
Regulation of packing houres, not
voting.
Resolution for peace with Ger
many, voted '"No." -
Revenue bill, not voting.
Ratification of German peace
treaty, present but not voting.
Ratification of Austrian peace
treaty, present but not voting.
Ratification ' of Hungarian peace
treaty, voted "Yes." -
Free agricultural seeds', not voting.
Ratification of four-power treaty,
voted "No.'?
Commission to negotiate funding
Exservice Men
Push Demand for
War Contract Quiz
Representatives Woodruff and
Johnson Threaten Impeach
ment Action Against
Attorney General.
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
' Omaha Be lwtel Wire.
'. Washington, May 11. Demand for
congressional investigation of the
failure of the Department of Justice
to prosecute war contract frauds per
sisted today, notwithstanding Attor
ney General Daugherty's letter of ex
planation transmitted . to the house
Tuesday by President aHrding.
Representative Woodruff, Michi
gan, . and Representative. Johnson,
South Dakota, republican exservice
men who are . threatening im
peachment proceedings against . the
attorney general - unless he acts
promptly, served notice on Repre
sentative Mondell, Wyoming, repub
lican leader, that they would do
everything in their power to force,
action on their resolution providing
for an investigation. -
-Urges Appropriation. '-'Z
Attorney General Daugherty went
before the house appropriaitons com
mittee today and urged prompt ac
tion on the requested appropriation
$500,000,00 to enable the Departs
ment of Justice to embark upon an
energetic campaign against contract
ors who are accused of , defrauding
the government of millions of dol
lars during the war. . ' ,
Mr, Daugherty explained that tt is
his purpose, if. the approriation is
granted, to emloy 35 or 4 able law
yers, at salaries higher than those
aid in the department, to take charge
of the war fraud prosecutions. In
view of the importance of the cases
and the enormous sums of money in
volved, his is anxious to obtain the
best legal talent available. Further
more, he wants to have the prsecu
tion well '.equipped with auditors and
expert accountants. ... j
- May Recover $192,000,000.
. The attorney general told the
house in his report Tuesday that
civil actions numbering 200 and in
volving a possible recovery of
over $100,000,000 in over-payments
by the government were contem
plated. Today he informed the com
mittee that further examination of
the cases indicated that they , would
number about 275 and that the
amount of possible recoveries might
mil as ingn as lyAUOO.OUO.
Indications are that the commit
tee will, make a favorable report on
the appropriation within the next
day or two.
Three Catholics Shot.
Belfast. Mav. 1t fR., A t
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Three Catholic youths, James, Fran
cis and . Thomas McKeon, were tak
en from their beds at Ballymulderg
lasi nignt ana snot oy a gang ot
men. Tames wa killer) and th
others seriously wounded. Francis
received 16 bullet wounds
Charles A. McCloud.
of foreign debt, present but not
voting.
Extension of agricultural extension
work, not voting.
After reading thit record, Mr. Gra
ham said:
Entitled to Vole.
"I submit that the people of Ne
braska, at least, are entitled to rep
resentation in the United States sen
ate by the man who bears the title
of senator, that they arc entitled to
have him vote at least "yes" or "no"
on these important bills.
"I want to say to you that you
should unite on the best candidate
you have against Senator Hitchcock,
that you should nominate him and
with him beat the incumbent senator
when he asks re-election on such a
record as this. That is a job that
needs doing and you should do it.
The issue in this campaign is go
inb to be what the-republican party
has done; By our record we shall
be measured, and I promise you it
is a record worth while. It is not
a record of dodging votes." ,
Douglas county members of the
state committee present , included
Robert Smith, Clinton Broine, T. J.
McGuire and Mrs. William Berry,
with Harry Byrne holding the proxy
of Joseph Koutsky. The committee
meetipg was attended by editors of
many newspapers and" by:. county
chairman, candidates and others.
Former Kaiser
Devote Hours to
Study of Bible
Ex-Emperor Turns Attention
to Religion to Exclusion of
All Else Ignores State
Problems.' ;
Amsterdam, May 11. Former Em
peror William's devotion to religion
has progressed to the point of mania,
Admiral Von Tripitz, former minis
ter of the German navy, is reported
to have told a friend recently. v'
The ex-kaiser is rescribed as Spend
ing the greater part of each day in
reading the scriptures, commentaries,
sermons and other religious books
and in prayer. His physical health
appears to be good, but the members
of his entourage at Doom regard his
mental state with some anxiety. It is
observed that his interest in Euro
pean affairs has greatly diminished,
even German politics finding him
somewhat uninterested.- His mind
appears to live rather in the past than
in the future,' and he is disposed,
whenever he does converse on politics
and some one speaks of the injustice
of the world, to allude with" certain
melancholy and indifference to what
he terms the false accusations that
he "willed the war." . ' ; ; s
During his reign of the German
empire, William was primate of the
Lutheran state church of Prussia,
and as such he has always studien
theology and cultivated expertness in
defense of Lutheran doctrines and
their application. His mind was often
divided, in those days, between the
study of military and religious ques
tions to the exclusion of all problems
of statecraft His mental outlook
seems to have narrowed and his rare
visitors find his mind closed to pres
ent German affairs and the relations
between Germany and the rest of the
European countries.
City Ice Department Has '
26,000 Tons in Storage
The city ice department now has
nearly 26,000 tons of ice in storage.
This large reserve will enable the
department to keep 38 jitney sta
tions supplied during the hot
weather. . ,
A 20,000-ton storage house erected
at Twenty-first street and Poppleton
avenue last year is being filled for
the first, time. . .
The Weather
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Hourly Temperatures.
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Campaign
Opened by
Republicans
Congressman W. J. Graham
of Illinois Urges 500 Ne
braska to Keep Effi
cient Government
Tells of Extravagance
Lincoln. May ll.(Special Tile-
nrjni lP,tiitili.-all( ltd hlrnna
tened here tonight to the bid of a
republican congrets for re-election
to continue a struggle to restore ef
ficiency and economy into the federal
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yi'vcriuncni, wniLii ill inc kuiui v
i'ftnffrrhkniatt W I. (.rafiani nf Il
linois, principal speaker of the eve
ning, was on ine verge oi naiiKruptcy
when the democratic administration
was shoved into the discard by the
biggest majority in the history of the
country.
First, the Illinois congressman de
scribed graphically the alleged reck
leis abandon with which the demo
crats threw billions of dollars into
wateful and useless extravagance
until the heads of his audience grew
diy.
Information First Hand
It was not second hand information
which he conveyed to the men and
.women assembled. Cnnsrrrcuman
Graham was a member of an investi
gation committee of war extrava
gances and his figures on democratic
expenditures in the operation of the
railroads by the government, the con
tinuance of purchase of war supplier
after the war ended, the allowances
cf millions in claims alleged to be -"political
pie" for administration fa- "
vorites and the handling of the Mus
cle Shoales project came from the
lips of a man who was on the ground
when the discoveries were made.
After lifting the curtain on the
monstrous expenditures and appro- '
priations made by the democratic
administration. Congressman Gra
ham described progress made by a
republican congress to restore as '
rapidly as possible a government liv .
ing within its income.
Reavis Also Speaks.
The Illinois congressman was aid
ed in his efforts to bring the true
conditions at Washington home to
his hearers by C. Frank Reavis. re
tiring First district congressman,
who sang his swan song tonight be
fore the appreciative audience.
. Congressman Reavis recited figures
of millions appropriated by the last
administration for armament for
army and navy. Then he told of the'
millions saved by the tepnbncanioiiA.
gress on this armament as a rtsult
of the four power treaty inauguar
ated by President Harding, guided
by Secretary Hughes and .ratified
by a republican senate. s - .
"The government i h.lea nov
ated at a saving of $4,000,000 a day
over me oany cost ot government
operated by the democratic adminis
tration," Congressman Reavis said.
Governor Delivers Jolts.
Then Gov. McKelvie delivered a
few jolts at the democratic claims in
the state campaign. He described the
efficiency of a co-ordinated, responsi
ble government under the code sys
tem as against the old bureau and
commission system of government,
the savings effected by the initiation
of the budget system of government
and the record breaking slash of
more than $2,000,000 in appropria
tions made at the special session of
the legislature.
C. A. McCloud of York in
troduced the speakers. - It was the
first state-wide meeting of repub
licans in preparation for the cam
paign. Numerous republican candi
dates were on hand all during the
day shaking hands and engaging in
friendly banter with their oppo
nents. - : ,
Congressman W. J. Graham told
his hearers that the republican party
is struggling successfully to lift the
nation from a "legacyof debt" placed
on its shoulders by "the last adminis
tration. , . ' . -, - .
The country is faced with a debt
of $24,000,000,000 at the present time,
he declared, and $14,800,000,000, he
asserted, it attributable to the fol
lowing causes: '
Probable waste in war contracts,
$7,250,000,000; illegal loans to foreign
countries, $1,300,000,000; shipping
program, $3,300,000,000; government
operation of railroads $2,950,000,000.
Summarizes Achievements,
'i Briefly Congressman Graham sum
marized the achievements of the re
publican administration so far
in handling the problems left it. His
summary follows: . ,
"In the first year we paid off $35,
000,000 of the principal of this debt.
' We found the most disastrous
revenue system with which the coun
try was ever cursed.
"We passed a new law. and re
duced the burden of taxes upon the
people by $819,000,000 a year.
"We found the Liberty bonds sell
ing for 85 cents on the dollar.
"We brought them to par.
Reduce Armed Forces.
"We found an army of 230,000 men.
"We have reduced it to 135,000.
"We found a navy of 133,765.
"We have reduced it to 86,000.
"We found an Inflated per capita .
circulation of money of $57.73.
"We reduced it by March 1, 1922,
to $49.96. , ; i .
"We found total appropriations
for 1920 of $7,348,259,415.37.
"We reduced it in 1922 to $3,909,
782,209.46. ,
"We found 640.175 civil employees,
"We reduced them in one year by
71,849. : s '
"We found the doors. of our coun-
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Declare Dividend
Denver."Mav 11 The rnnlm.nt.1
Oil company declared a dividend of
$2- a share on the capital stock of the
company, payable June 15," 1922. to
stockholder nf rernrit at 'r. rtn..
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of busies, May 25, 1922,
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