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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Jefferis Aids Amending
The Railroad Measure
BY E. c. SNYDER.
Washington COrrespondent Omaha Bee


Washington, Nov. l7.-(Special
Telegram )-Representative Jefferis
in discussing certain features of the
Esch railroad bill before the house
strongly supported an amendment
offered by Representative Barkley of
Kentucky striking out certain direc-
tons to the Interstate Commerce
commission in reaching its conclu-
sions as to the reasonability of
sales, etc These directions, four in
number, namely: That the commits
sion shall take into consideration
the interest of the public, the ship
pers. the reasonable cost of main
tenance and operation. including
wages of labor, depreciation and
taxes, and fair return upon the
value of the property. Mr.. Jefferls
contendcd were mandatory upon the
commission to consider these four
essential things in arriving at what
is a just and reasonable rate.
"Why should those be made man.
datory and the hundred and one
other things that enter into the sub
ject of transportation be left en-
tirely to the discretion of the COM
mission as to what right they
should have?" the Omaha represen-
tative asked. "In other words it
seems to me that you are limiting
the power of the railway commission
and compelling them to consider
something above and beyond all
others and possibly to the exclusion
of the others that should contend in
fixing a reasonable and fair rate.
For my part | cannot see why it is
discretionary for the commission to
consider others and it seems to me
that the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Kentucky, Mr..
Barkley, should be adopted in this
house, or else other matters should
be made equally neritorious for the
commission to consider in arriving
at Just and reasonable rate"
The Barkley amendment striking
out all the mandatory features of
the section was adopted by Sub
stantial majority. --.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Provides for Private Owner
ship and Operation Of Rail
Carriers Under Broad Super
vision of Federal Authorities.
.REAFFIRMS STAND
ON LABOR SECTION
Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion Put in Control Of All
Capital Issues of the Roads
After Bitter Controversy.

/ Washington. Nov. 1.-THE Esch
railroad bill. providing for private
ownership and operation of rail car
riers, unaer broad federal super
vision, was passed Monday night by
the house. 203 to 15o. The measure
goes to the senate, but it will not be
taken up there until the regular
session in December.
A ma jority OF the democratic
members opposed the bill, after their
failure to eliminate the provision for
government guarantee of revenues
of the carriers for the first six
months of renewed private opera
ton.
Representative Sims, Tennessee,
ranking democratic member of the
house interstate commerce COM
mittee, that framed the measure, led
the fight on the guaranty, declaring
it Subsidy" A motion to eliminate
it was defeated. 200 to los, on sub
stantially a political division.
Resffirms Labor Section.
The house reaffirmed, 253 to 1l3,
its stand on the labor section pro-
viding only for the voluntary con-
citation of labor disputes. Repre-
sentative Kitchin, North Carolina,
former democratic leader, attacked
the labor section as leaving the set
tlenlent Of disputes largely with the
railway unions. He declared "the
hrotherhoods could nullify the pro-
visions 10 days after passage of the
bill by refusing to appoint represen-
tatives" to the boards created to
settle controversies.
Preceding the final SHOW down"
by separate rolls, the house spent
the day in considering numerous ex-
tensions of the powers of the inter-
state commerce commission. Its
last act was to place the commits
sion in control of all capital issues
of the roads, after members had de-
clared that if similar provisions had
been in the law some years ago none
of the "disgraceful financial disas-
ters" would have befallen several
big systems.
Eliminate Rate kule.
The proposed new rule for rate
making was eliminated after a bitter
fight. Efforts to prevent the inter-
state commerce commission from
being given authority to control
intrastate rates, imposing an undue
burden" on interstate commerce
were defeated. By this action the
house enacted into law the famous
Shreveport case" after which in
trastate rates in the southwest gen.
orally were increased to remove a
discrimination found to have exist
ed against Shreveport in favor of
Dallas.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
DIVORCED WOMAN
ADMITS TO MURDER.

Mineola, N. Y, Nov. l7.-Mrs.
Maria Warren, divorced wife of an
actor and formerly a resident OF
Indianapolis, confessed that she
killed Mrs. Clara Branch at Lyn-
brook last Friday, District Attor-
ney Weeks announced. Mrs. Branch
apparently was beaten to death with
a hammer.
The district attorney said Mrs.
Warrens confession was "com-
plete."
When arraigned on charge Of
murder in the first degree, Mrs.
Warren cried, IL am guilty" after
the charge was read to her. She was
informed that no plea of guilty could
be accepted i'll her case.
'I'll plead not guilty, if you say
So" she said, "but | am guilty and
want to have it over with, as soon as
possible"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Negro Identified as
AssaiIant of Woman

James Campbell, negro, of St
Louis, was arrested last night by
South Side police and positively
as the man who criminally
assaulted Mrs. Ella Gizard, IS years
old, on her farm home half mile
south of the Douglas county line
yesterday, after he had stunned her
husband with a blow over the head
Campbell was taken to central sta.
tion for safe keeping.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Wilson Tells Hitchcock Adop.
tion of Republican Senate
Leaders Reservations Will
Pigeonho|e Entire Document.
UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Striking Out Reservation IS
Will Not Affect Presidents
Decision, Democratic Leader
Tells the Correspondents.
Hourly temperatures.

Washington, Nov. l7.-On ths
eve of final vote on the peace
treaty, President Wilson gave the
senate to understand today that un-
less it modified the reservations al
ready adopted he would take the
treaty back to the White House and
lock it up in his desk.
The first effect of the warning
was to stiffen the lines on both
sides of the senate fight. Then COM
promise proposals of many kinds
were thrown out by the democrats
in final effort to break into tho
majority program. They found the
ktrsaty's republican friends, all OF
whom had voted for the reservations
disposed to listen but to promise
nothing, and tonight the life of the
treaty seemed to hang upon slend-
er thread.
Decision by Wednesday.
A decision one way or the other
is planned for Wednesday, and und-
er the cloture rule the leaders say
it cannot be delayed beyond Thurs
day or Friday. Tomorrow the sem
ate will remain in session until il
ha. cleared away all proposed reso-
lutions leaving nothing to do but
act upon the ratification resolution
itself Four reservations, two Of
them proposed by the foreign re-
lations committee, were voted down
TODAY and none adopted.
The presidents determination was
made known at White House con-
fe: ence with Democratic Leader
Hitchcock, who declared afterward
that Mr. Wilson never would have
an opportunity to pocket the treaty.
because his supporters in the senate
would vote down any ratification
resolution that contained unaccepta-
Bile reservation. The senate leader
reiterated his belief that once such
a resolution is defeated, there will be
compromise that will keep the
treaty alive.
Hope Given Setback.
Hope of such a development had
setback, later in the day however,
when a number of the mild reser-
walton republicans agreed to vote
with the Republican Leader Lodge
against consideration of any altern-s
ate resolution of ratification after
the first one has been rejected. Vice
President Marshall has indicated he
will rule an alterate proposal in orders
and the democrats have counted on
to sustain that ruling. How many OF
the republicans will be bound by
today's contrary decision, remained
uncertain tonight.
Today's efforts at a compromise
were conducted in a roundabout
way, Senator Hitchcock declaring he
would reserve his direct offer until
after the mild reservationists had
been released from their pledges to
the majority by defeat of the MAJOR
ity resolution of ratification.
Would Not Negotiate.
He had intended to bring all the
treaty's friends on both sides of the
chamber into conference today, but
h, found the republicans unwilling
to negotiate until they had complet-
ed the program to which they had
agreed.
1t was the preamble to the reser-
vation group, requiring that the sem
ate qualifications be accepted by
three of the other great powers.
which the president found particu-
CONTINUED on Page Two. Column one.J
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Liquor Interests Given An
other Setback When Chicago
Jurist Holds Wartime Prohi-
bition Act Is Constitutional.
VOLSTEAD ENFORCEMENT
MEASURE UPHELD, TOO
Country Still in a State Of
War Regardless of PERISH
ing's Statement That Army
Demobi|ization CompIete.'

Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE liquor in
terests were given another setback
today when Judge George A. Car
penter handed down a decision ii
the United States district court
which held that the wartime prohi
bition act and the Volstead enforce.
ment act were constitutional. Judge
Carpenter announced that Judge
Louis Fitzheary of Peoria, ILL.,, hat
concurred in the decision.
In making his ruling Judge Car.
penter denied the suit for in unc.
ton brought by Attorney Levy
Mayer, representing Hannah &
Hogg, wholesale liquor dealers, IL
restrain United States District At.
torneys Charles +. C1yne and Julius
F. Smietanka, collector of internal
revenue, from enforcing the dry ac'
and the enforcement law.
Under the fifth amendment to the
constitution. which provides that
Legislation restricting personal lib
critics Of individuals may be passed il
the community as a whole is bene,
fitted, Judge Carpenter held that
congress was empowered to pass the
two acts involved in the case.
He held the acts constitutions!
because decentralization of indus.
tries mobilized by the war was no,
yet complete and that the country
was still in state of war, regard
less of General Pershing's statemen,
that army rehabilitation was COM
plete, and despite the PRESIDENT
veto of the Volstead act, indicating
that the war was over"
Judge Fitzhenry is expected to
hand down his decision IN Peoria
tomorrow.
Quotes Kansas Law.
Referring to the national prohibi.
ton act, Judge Carpenter said:
IF the state of Kansas under its
police power had the right to pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale 'oi
ardent spirits, so had each one oi
the other AZ states in the union. II
all of the states had the right, grant.
ing that the federal government un-
der the constitution while prosecut.
ing the war was entitled to exercise
police power necessary and proper
for the efficient carrying on of the
war, there is no reason why the cen.
trail government could not provide
against the manufacture and sale oi
Intoxicating liquors in all of the
states and that without compensa.
ton to the owners and dealers"
The judge further said:
Power Of Congress.
Congress had the power before
the eighteenth amendment was
passed to make police regulations ir
the aid of war. That amendment
certainly did not destroy that right
If that amendment had been passed
in January, 1917, with the one year
of grace for the liquor interests te
readjust themselves and their bust
nesses could any one in reason con-
tend that congress had not the pow.
er in April, 1917, to prohibit the
manufacture, sale, or even use, OF
ardent spirits.
Il cannot agree with the decision
of Judge Brown in Rhode Island
that the eighteenth amenG&lent ne
cessitates the declaring of the war
and national prohibition acts uncon-
stitutional
what congress has don. is in the
fContinued m Pare Two. Column Ffve.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
PRINCE RETURNS TO HIS
MORGANATIC WIFE.

Bucharest, Nov. H.-(By Asso-
ciated Press,)-King Ferdinand aud
Queen Marie have been much dis
tutbed by the fact that Crown
Prince Charles has rejoined Miss
Zyzis Lambrno. whom he married
morganatically in 1918, and from
whom he was forced by his parents
to obtain a separation soon after
ward.
Besides renouncing his rights to
the throne, he has accepted subor-
dinate position i'll the RAINY.
He has had all that a mother and
father could give to d SON. said
Queen Marie sadly. land If he
chooses to go this way we can't help
it, We have pleaded and reasoned
with him until entreaty is no longer
possible. Youth and love, | sup
pose, will have their way in spite Of
kings and queens"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
PRINCE OF WALES
DANCES TILL LAST.

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
Nov. 7.-After three days spent in
golfing and tramping over the pine
clad mountains of West Virginia,
the prince OF Wales left this quiet
little winter resort Monday night
for New York. There he faces a
strenuous program of public recep-
tions and entertainments lasting to
the moment he sails for England
next Saturday.
The prince spent practically the
whole Of the last day of his vaca-
ton on the golf links. In the even
ing he was entertained at tea
dance given by Mrs. H. S. Rogers.
A famous jazz band had been
brought from New York tor the oc-
casion and the prince danced until
the last moment before train time.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
"LONE THIEF" REFORMS;
TIJRNS TO WRITING.


Los Angeles. Cal, Nov. 17.-Jor-
dan Lawrence Mott, third grandson
of the late millionaire founder OF
the Mott Iron works of New York,
whose sensational elopement in
May, 1912, with beautiful Mrs.
Frances Hewitt Bovine, young So
-;ety matron of Flushing, created a
,tir that became worldwide, has
,een located. with Mrs. Bovine. at
Avalon, Catalina island. according
70 reports received here. Seen on
Catalina island. which lies about 80
miles out of Los Angeles harbor.
Mott was said to have announced
that he mad reformed and was de-
voting himself to writing
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
STUDENT ATHEISTS
WON'T BE REINSTATED.

Chicago. Nov. l7.-Alfred Struve
and Jacob Sackss students at the
Crane Technical high school, who
were suspended when they refused
to stand and face the east on Armi-
stice day, will not be reinstated.
The boys, accompanied by their
parents and an attorney, appeared
before Principal Bartholf, James E,
Armstrong, assistant superintendent
OF schools, and representative of
the Department of Justice and were
questioned.
Jacob Sacks said that he and his
schoolmate were atheists and that it
was against their religious belief to
pay homage to the countrys soldier
dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Wheeler Begins Service
As Inspector of Police

Police Sergeant Lyman G. Wheel
er was temporarily appointed inspec-
tor of police last week and began his
duties yesterday morning. Wheeler
has been on the police force for more
than II years. When war broke out
he enlisted in the marines and served
in France
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
NEW ORLEANS PAPERS
INCREASE RATES.

New Orleans, La, Nov. H-Ev-
ery New Orleans newspaper has
raised subscription rates and prices
of copies sold on the streets. The
States and Item, afternoon papers,
which sold for two cents on the
streets will cost 3 cents copy and
subscribers by the week will have to
pay 20 cents instead of IS cents per
week. The Times-Picayune, now
selling for five cents on the streets,
will raise its subscription price from
is to 20 cents per week. The pa
pers announced that the raise is due
to shortage of paper and increased
cost Of production. Advertising
rates have been advanced Is per
cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Brotherhoods Confer Again.

Washington, Nov. H.-Represen-
tatives of the four railroad brother
hoods conferred again with members
of the railroad administrators ex-
ccutive staff. Except to go over
some minor points in their demands
with Director General Hines ad-
Iyisers, no action was taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
American Legion Men
Escort Speaker Against
League Outside Town

Ortonville. Mimi, Nov. l7.-Ern-
est Lundeen, former representative
in congress from the fifth district,
who was scheduled to speak at a
local theater against the league OF
nations, was taken from the stage by
members of the local post of the
American Legion and escorted out
OF town.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
p REF
= IG H T
- R E E ZY
BITS OF NEWS
DEATHBED MARRIAGE
PROVES MIRACULOUS.

New York, Nov. l7.-What was
regarded as a deathbed marriage
on Friday, when William R. Thorn,
81, wealthy manufacturer, sorely
stricken with double pneumonia. and
his first cousin, Miss Susan Thorn
Knapp, 50, were wed. today was
hailed as the beginning of happy
married life. likely to last for some
years.
For the aged bridegroom, whose
doctors thought there was no hope
after Fridays consultation. today
saw such marked improvement that
the physicians predicted complete
recovery.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
Belgian Cabinet Resigns.

Brussels, Nov. 1.-THE Belgian
cabinet has rendered its resignation.
King Albert asked the members OF
the ministry to continue in office
until the results of Sundays cleo
tons are definitely known.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18

Grand Jury Foreman Towle's "Confession"
Money Was Paid Thorp's Grandmother is
Made Part of Recordin Bees Contempt Case

Truth and Justification the Story The Bee Pleaded by the
Objections Promptly Overuled by Judge RComy Attorney Fails
in Effort to Faten Responsibility Reporter MooFshng Excursion
for Evidence Ends Disclosure That The Suppress
News" Says Attorney
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15

tics are sent to a special hospital for
those cases. and other insane patients
who are pronounced incurable are
disposed of likewise. If a man is re-
turned from France as insane but not
incurable or epileptic he is kept under
observation for not over four months
before he is finally classified, and cpl
leptics not classed as insane are rec
commended for immediate discharge.
Cases of shell shock" are not classed
with these and have a special hospital
al Plattsburg for their treatment
Those who return blind or nearly so
are sent to hospitals for special treat
ment and education until they are able
to care for themselves, and the deaf
are retained until they have learned
lip reading and are otherwise fit for
discharge.
Where a soldier has lost a leg or
an arm he must remain in the military
hospital until the stump has healed,
artificial limbs provided. and he has
been taught to use them prof1c1ently.
The main body of wounded men,
those with surgical disabilities which
are durable in whole or in part WITHIN
their remaining terms of service VIII
be retained for the necessary mea-
sures if consented to by the soldier
If these measures do not show results
within a reasonable length of time his
discharge is usually recommended.
Once out of the army the soldiers
insurance with the government pro-
vides for the treatment in army hos
pitals of any future trouble arising
! from his disability in service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
WILL BAR RUSSIAN COIN
Germany Docs Not Want the Ruble
Circulated in Land.

Berlin, March 1.-the ministry of
finance it is understood, will recon-
mend to the German national assem-
bly, the immediate enactment of law
barring the Russian ruble from circu
lation in Germany and prohib ting any
traffic in it. The influx of Russian
currency which. began in an astonish-
ing manner with the advent of Adclph
Joffe the Bolshevi< ambassador to
Germany, in Berlin last summer has
been a constant source of annoyance
in circles keenly alive to the Bolshe-
vik menace.
While the big banks were for a time
apparently indifferent to the preser ce
of the ruble their suspicious were fl
na1ly aroused when the Spartacans
suddenly displayed unexpected p1 os-
perity which enabled them to establish
a daily newspaper and carry on a
political campaign which had ramif1-
cations in all sections of Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
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TO MAKE WOMAN PAY
Man in Case Will Shoulder All the
Blame On Her.

Harper, Kan, March 15.-Altho he
has confessed he bought the strych-
nine that killed Fred Highbach, his
neighbor and husband of Mrs. Freda
Highbach, the woman he loved and
planned to marry, Ben Romine, pros
porous bachelor farmer of Harper
county, will fight the murder charge
against him. His defense will be that
the woman took advantage of him and
in his insane infatuation for her he
obeyed every suggestion she made.
He asserts Mrs. Highbach was the
first to suggest they murder her hus-
band and go away. She admits this
and has confessed that she met Ro-
mine last a week ago last Sunday
afternoon aud planned the murder of
Highbach.
In his cell in the Anthony Jail, Ro-
mine smokes his pipe and jokes with
visitors. He hopes to receive a light
sentence or probably be freed of the
charge. He will plead not guilty at
the preliminary hearing next Monday,
he says now.
In another cell in the same Jail,
Mrs. Highbach. frail little woman,
80 years old. sits alone, crying for her
children. She had no visitors yester-
day. The only person she saw was the
Ja1ler. She asks repeatedly to see Ro-
mine. but this request is denied.
She says she killed her husband be-
cause he was cruel to her and the