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Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Ruse Of Woman Leads
Insane Man With Gun
Into Hands Of Police

Kearney n. J., March l4.-As
Crowds of citizens watched from
places of safety, Anthony Peczuil;s,
aged Lithuanian, fought gun battle
with police and volunteer assistants,
in which two policemen and two
merchants were wounded. The man
was finally captured by the ruse OF
4 woman.
According to Andrew Feribitsky,
who said he had been the only COM
panion of Peczuilis fof so years. the
latter had become suddenly insane
Saturday because of brooding over
the lack of funds to purchase, build
ing away from the city. Peczuilis, he
said, forced him to turn over his life
time savings of $735 and then drove
him fro mthe house in quest of more
money. While he was away, the
aged man began shooting through
the roof of the house, attracting the
police.
Firing his double-barreled shot
gun repeatedly Peczuilis held the
police at bay for more than an hour.
He was captured when woman
neighbor entered on a plea of kind
illness. She was followed by the po-
lice. who quickly overpowered the
aged man.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Unions Threaten
ToQuit Hearing
OfLabor Board
Request of Railway Men for
Subpoenaes for Road Off
cials Has Not Been Com.
piled With.

Chicago. March l4.-Raiiway Labor
unions today notified the United
States railway labor board that they
could not proceed with the hearing
over national agreements unless the
board complied with their request to
subpoena various railroad executives
tc appear before the board.
Frank p. Walsh, attorney for the
railroad brotherhoods, told the board
at the opening OF today's session that
he was greatly surprised to find
that his request for subpoetlaes has
not been complied with and that it
was useless for the labor side to go
on with its testimony. The testi-
nlony of the railroad heads was es-
sential to fair hearing, he said.
Mr.. Walsh referred to the labor
situation in the packing industry,
charging that the packers had
Joined with the Morgans and Garys
and railroad heads i'll a concerted at
tempt to ruin labor unions forever"
The board adjourned at 1925 a. NJ.
and went into executive session to
consider Mr.. Walsh's statements.
Henry T. Hunt of the public group
OF the board said he believed sub
poenaes would be issued, but that the
board wanted to do it in "a courteous
Way' A.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Attempt to Resurrect
Byrum Budget Bill
Fails in Lower House

Lincoln, March 14.-(Special.) -
The administration crowd ran over
Representative Byrum again today
when Byrum attempted to lift his
budget bill, which was killed by tht
house finance committee The
Byrum motion to put the bill on
general file was killed by vote OF
81 to 40.
That leaves nothing except the
administration budget bill to be con-
sidered. The administration bill pro-
vdes tor quarterly reports from inst
tutional and departmental heads;
puts a ban on diverting money from
one fund TO another and establishes
Phi Bross, secretary of the depart
ment of finance, at the head of the
budget checking system.
The Byrum bill, one of the first
introduced at t1is session, provided
Tor the creation of a budget COM
mission with a paid secretary who
shall make visits to state institutions,
discover whether money is being
spent for the purpose appropriated,
and forced the governor to give his
reasons in writing for changes in
appropriations.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Treasury Officials Plan
Farm Loan Bond Issue

Washington, March IA new
issue OF farm loan bonds of approxi-
mately %5,000,000 probably will be
offered for subscription soon, treas
ury officials said tonight.
Issuance of new bonds, Commits
sioner Libdell said at the time OF
the supreme court decision February
2S upholding legality of the federal
farm loan act, would be made as
soon sas possible, but he 'intimat ID
it would be at least 80 days before
the funds would be available for
loans.
IN the present money market the
bond rate will have to be advanced
to per cent" he said. THE interest
rate to the borrowers will have 10
be advanced to per cent"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Once Famous Singer
Dies in California

Los Angeles, March 14,-Mrs.
Jennie Kempton, IS, who won inter
national fame as a contralto singer
more than half century ago, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Roth Hamilton. She had been in
failing health for several years.
Mrs. Kempton was daughter OF
Reuben Twitchell of Dublin, N. H.,
bandmaster of General Sherman S
headquarters band on the famous
march to the sea.
When IA years old she sung in the
American premiere of the oratorio
Elijah" in Boston.
She soon thereafter commenced
a European career in which she ap-
peared before most of the reigning
monarchs. Among her most priced
possessions were gifts from Queen
Victoria, Napoleon III and Victor
Emmanuel. Later she organized an
opera company in Boston and
toured America. Her husband died
several years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Two Exhibitors Claim
First Sale at Auto Show

Two exhibitors at the automobile
show claim the honor OF being the
first to close sales after the official
opening time, ? Monday afternoon.
w. R. Huntington of the Omaha
Auto Sales company registered the
sale of a Maxwell touring car with
the show manager at 2:l0. w. d..
Eek. 2Sl0 South Trirty-third street,
was the purchaser. 4
Ralph Jcnes of Card-Adams COM
pany registered the sale of Chand-
Ter touring car to William NJ. Barr,
1910 Dodge street, at 2:45.
The horprs are prizes which the
automobile men try for each year
and much rivalry is evident among
the contestants.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Alleged Swindler
OF Nebraskan F aces
Trial in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Cal, March a.
Everett A. (Big Hutch) Hutchings.
termed "the king of the bunco men
by the district attorney, was placed
on trial here for the alleged swim
ding Of ]. B. Norris Of Decatur, Ill.
out of $4,000 in a fake stock deal.
Hutchings.. who was arrested in
New York and brought back here
several months ago, has been free
under 100000 property bond pend
ing the outcome of the trial.
Last week he surrendered him
self to answer a new county grand
jury indictment charging he had
swindled John Swanson of Hold
rcge, Neb, out of $4,000 in a man
ner similar to that through which
he was alleged to have defrauded
Norris. Hutchings is free under
$4,000 bond in connection with the
latter charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Confer on
Wage Cuts
.OnMarch2l
Secretary of Labor Davis Calls
Packers and Employees for
Conference Next
Monday.
Butchers All AT Work
Nv The Associated Press.

Washington, March 1+.--Secretary
of Labor Davis today proposed Non
day, March q, as the date for rep
resentatives of the packers and pack
ing house employees to meet-with him
III al effort to reach an agreement
i'll the controversy growing out q.
the wage cut made by the packers.
J. L. Condor and Carl Meyers. at
torneys for the packers, have been
named to represent the packers i'll the
negotiations.
Await Result of Vote.
Chicago, March l4.--While await
ing the outcome OF mediation plans
and the result OF a strike vote, cm-
ployes i'll the packing plants Of Chi
cago and their leading branches in
the middle west had decided to go
to work today under the reduced
wage scale announced by the five
leading packers which goes into ef-
feet today. More than 100000 men
are affected by the reductions of Is
and 12E1 per cent in the hourly rate
and piece work rate respectively.
with time and half for overtime
only after ten hours.
ANY assumption that we are at
tempting to. establish tcn-hour day
is wrong,% said statement from Ar
mour & Company today in answer
to charges of union leaders. The
whistle i'll the Armour plants will
continue to blow at the end OF eight
hours work each day
Workers Told to Stay.
At mass meetings held in half a.
dozen packing centers yesterday,
the workers were advised to remain
at work until the strike vote was
completed. which it was said here.
would be about Friday
Union Leaders suggested Friday,
March l8, as the date for the pro-
posed conference in Washington OF
representatives OF employers and
employees with James ]. Davis. sec
retary of labor. According to re-
ports here, Secretary Davis had re-
~ceived but one official response
from the packers TO his mediation
proposal. Wilson & Co. agreed to
send two representatives
In drastic shakeup of the police
department, Captain Wesley II.
I WeStbrook was on duty today in
he stock yards police district be-
0ase of his ability to cope with
X ~bor troubles, Chief OF Police Fitz-
~lnorris said.
Wage Cuts Small.
"Our cut in wages is small when
compared TO other firms" said the
statement of Armour & Company.
1--WE have a list of 2l other firms
reducing wages. where the decreases
ran from l4.25 to 1884 per cent The
stockholders OF Armour & Company
could not dodge the fact that we are
losing money. That is why wages
are reduced.
THE average working time in the
killing gang i'll the past year has
been AZ hours. Under the new ar
rangement a worker will be able to
earn a substantial increase"
Thousands of packing house en-
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Harding Fills
Three Big Posts
Sena,e Prolongs Session to
Permit President to Make
More Nominations.

Washington. March 14.-President
Harding today filled three more i'm
portant posts in his administration
and asked the senate again to pro-
long its special session to act On
further nominations tomorrow.
As assistant secretary OF war, the
president named J. NJ. Wainwright.
of New York, who served in the war
as a national guard colonel on the
staff OF the -twenty-seventh division.
As assistant secretary OF the
treasury i'll charge of foreign loans
he designed Eliot Wadswortf of
Boston, retired business man and
Red Cross official.
Eugene Meyer. Jr, of New York
was nominated as director OF the
war finance corporation, post he
held under the Wilson administra-
ton.
All three nominations with many
army promotions were confirmed by
the senate without prolongeN de-
bate, the leaders Mastering consider
alton in the expectation of sine die
adjournment tonight.
Whether the names to be sent at
tomorrow's session will include Sc
lections for the shipping board re-
NAMED uncertain tonight, but there
were Indications that the president
hoped to reach some decision in re-
gard to several board members. To-
day he talked over the matter with
F. c. Munson of the Munson Steam
snip Line and J. A. Farrell, president
of the L. S. Steel corporation, both
of whom have been mentioned as
possible chairman of the board, but
both of whom denied that they were
under consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Six Men Hanged
For War Against
British Grown
Crowd of 10000 People Sur.
rounds Mount Joy Prison
During Hours of Exc
CutlOnS.

Dublin, March 14.-Six prisoners,
convicted OF completely in the kill
ing OF the British intelligence Off
GERS and members Of the crown
forces in Ireland were executed in
Mount Joy prison, this city. this
morning. Iie men were hanged i'll
pairs at intervals OF an hour.
Twenty thousand people gathered
outside the prison during the hours
that the execution were going on
and all work in the city stopped until
II o'clock, Even the postoffice was
closed and telegraph service was
suspended.
The scene in front OF the prison
was impressive. The crowd began
assembling at dawn and by 7 o'clock
the prison yard. the roadway, and
all the abutting streets were
thronged An altar had been impro-
vised near the prison doors and on
the walls and trees in the prison yard
sacred images and pictures had been
placed.
Everywhere candles were burned,
scores of persons i'll the dense
throng holding them aloft through
out the long vigil. Here and there
priests or women led in prayers or
hymns in which everyone joined
earnestly.
Hundreds kneeling in the road
way were forced to rise when an
armored car forced its way through
the crowd. From 5 o'clock this
worning it had moved back and
forth in front of the prison. On the
roof OF the Jail, overlooking the en-
trance, sentry kept watch.
Two of the men executed. Patrick
Moran and Thomas Wheian were
charged with completely in the kill
ing of intelligence officers in Dub
lin on November 2l, last. Whelan's
two brothers are i'll the United
States, one of them in the American
army. The other four men, Frank
Flood, Bernard Ryan, Thomas Ryan
and Patrick Doyle. were accused of
participating in an ambush near
!. here in January in which one mem
Der of the attacking party was
killed
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
.82tection
feasures
Come First
Conference Decides to Rush
-Anti-Dumping Legislation
At Special Session of
Congress.
Watson Outlines Plans

! Washington. March IA. - Anti
dumping legislation TO protect Amer
lean industries from European COM
petition will be rushed through at a
| special session of congress under 4
decision reached at a conference to-
day of republican members OF the
senate finance and the house ways
and means committee. with Secretary
OF the Treasury Mellon.
| Whether tariff or internal tax re-
vision shall be accorded second place
on the fiscal program was left for
determination at conference which
Chairman Penrose OF the senate COM
mittee and Chairman Fordney of the
house committee plan to hold to-
morrow with President Harding The
final program. Senator Penrose said,
probably will be announced after this
conference.
Most committee members at to-
days conference were said to favor
giving right of way to tariff revision
legislation. Agreement, it was said,
was unanimous against attempting
to enact any temporary stop-gap
tariff bill, the feeling being that the
legislation should be permanent.
Soldier Bonus Bill.
The soldier bonus bill is to be
part of the republican fiscal program,
Senator Penrose and Representative
Fordney announced. Financial re-
quirements of the government for
readjustment OF compensation to
former service men were included in
estimates considered at the confer
ence and after the meeting Snator
Penrose predicted that the bonus bill
would be passed early.
Prior to the conference, Senator
Watson of Indiana, republican men,
Der OF the finance committee, issued
a statement declaring internal tax
legislation should precede revision of
the tariff. adding that business
would expect immediate relief from
the great burden OF taxation"
We should repeal excess profit
taxes and the higher surtaxes and
substitute moderate sales tax and
clarity and simplify the administra-
tive features Of the law" he said.
I'VE should make definite ar
rangements with our debtors to pay
fixed amount each year, so that
we may have definite assurances as
to just how much we may expect.
Need Budget System.
/. "We should at once adopt
through-going budget system so
that we may cut the cost according
to pattern and then proceed to the
reduction OF governmental ex-
penses."
Members of the committees in
agreeing to give preference to an
anti-dumping bill also decided to at
tempt enactment of legislation pro-
viding for American valuation of I'M
ports. This legislation would apply
to the ad valorem duties collected
under the Underwood law Its re-
suit, Senator Penrose and Repre-
sentative Fordney said, would be to
increase considerably the revenues
now calculated on foreign instead of
American views.
The republican leaders said they
expected to pass the anti-dumping
bill early. Representative Fordney
estimated it would require only few
days in the house and similar esti-
mate for action was given 'by SEN
ator Penrose
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
u. S. Envoy to Greece
Resigns From Post

Athens, March l4.-(By The AS
sociated Press.)-Edward Capps,
American minister to Greece, retired
from his post yesterday, turning over
the legation to Barton Hall, the first
secretary, who will act as charge
d'affaires until the arrival Of Mr..
Caps successor.
Universal regret over the retire
ment of Mr.. Capps is expressed in
Athens. In Greek royalist circles,
his resignation is interpreted as the
first step toward recognition Of King
Constantine by the new United States
administration.
Mr.. Capps. who is professor OF
Greek at Princeton university, has
been i'll this country on years
leave of absence.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Men on the Job
AtPackingP Plants
As Pay Cuts Come
Workers Urged by Union
Leaders Not to Quit Pend.
ing Action of Secretary
Davis Mediation.

+ Ali workmen were "on the it..
yesterday. heads of the three large
packing plants on the South Side re.
ported. This, despite the fact tha,
the wage cut order went into effect
yesterday.
There were 800 new men waiting
at the gates for work. said NJ. K
Murphy, general manager OF
Cudahy's.
Armour's general manager, Q. C.
Willis, and Lyle Hersey of the Nor
ris plant. likewise reported ali hands
at work.
What will be the situation this
morning hinges on the strike vote
take last night at union headquarters,
Twenty-ffth and NJ streets.
Labor leaders urge the workmen
to remain on the job waiting action
Of Secretary Davis mediation, and il
is expected the men will respond IA
vorably. 1t is expected, however, the
men will vote to strike unless the con-
ference called by Secretary Davis
brings a settlement satisfactory to
union leaders.
Nearly 10000 men will be affected
by the strike order, if it is voted.
Ballots on the strike situation OF
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen arrived from Chi.
cago headquarters at the South Side
headquarters. Twenty and NJ
streets, yesterday morning at 10.
Jacob H. Davis. president of this
district, is in Chicago conferring with
international officers. He is expected
to return to Omaha tonight or
Wednesday.
Patrick E.: German, international
vice president of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
was the principal speaker at a mass
meeting of the Omaha district in the
hall at Twenty-hfth and NJ streets
last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Chesterton Boob" or "Nut"?
Omaha Opinion Is DiviQa@
English Writer Fails to Impress Big Audie
Ability as Lecturer-But Then, Maybe IvWas
"Over Our Heads'-Anyhow, He's On His
Way, With 1000 Good Silver Dollars.

Gilbert X. Chesterton, celebrated
English writer, reputed to be bril-
liant, gave his 81 ,000-a hour lecture
on The Ignorance<of the Educated"
before the biggest audience the
Fontencl1e ballroom ever held, yes
terday afternoon.
In his opening sentence, the pom
derous Englishman took the vast
audience into his confidence.
He told them he was one of those
famous Englishmen who cannot lee
ture-and do"
At the end OF his hour the majority
OF his audience agreed with him.
Said Miss Kate A. McHugh. for
mer principal of the Omaha High
school and president OF the drama
league:
Il am greatly disappointed. l ex-
pected to hear scintillating lecture,
but there wasn't even a sparklep
I'm going to write him letter
and ask him what he was talking
about" said Miss Grace Sorenson,
editor or Every Child's magazine.
Thinks He's a Boob.
Mrs. Halleck Rose was incensed.
Il think he's first-class boob,
and | think Chesterton thinks we are,
too, for listening to his piffle for a
whole hour" she remarked. 81 well
come more such English lecturers of
his kind. BY contrast we will more
quickly learn to respect American
culture" she announced emphatically.
His lecture was an insult TO my
intelligence" said Mrs. George
Prinz, active in the Fine Arts So
ciety.
"He's NUT" commented Earl
Gannett
IL think III take the lecture plat
form myself; I'd make great hit
saying nothing and would make a
lot of money" said Mrs. J. n. Paul
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
DR.. Fields Files
Appeal Brief in
y Supreme Court
Attorneys for Doctor Con
victed of Illegal Operation
Charge Girls Letters Were
Improper Evidence.

Lincoln, March l4.-(Special. -
Attorneys for DR.. leslie S. Fields,
Omaha physician convicted Of per-
forming an illegal operation on Rutl,
Aver, 20, Hayes Center (Neb.) girl.
from the effects Of which she died OH
August s, have filed 70-page appeal
brief in the Nebraska supreme court.
The defense is relying on alleged
errors in the submission of evidence,
particularly in the letters exchanged
between Miss Aver and F. w. Alex
ander. of Hayes Center. sweetheart
of the girl, who a short time after
the trial in Omaha was accidentally
shot and killed.
These letters arc declared by the
defense to have been improper to
introduce as evidence, because they
had been written before August ;, the
day the crime is alleged to have been
committed.
The defense also cites as error the
action of the court in letting the jury
take to its room the last letter writ
ten by Miss Aver, considered her
dying declaration, under the rule OF
evidence barring dispositions from
the jury room.
The brief goes into allegations OF
new evidence offered in support OF a
retria1, wherein a Mrs. Bort and sew
eral other women tell of a Miss
Ruth Aver" answering the descrip-
ton Of the girl victim, who came to
certain rocming houses while she was
ILL.,
The defense claims error in allow
ing DR.. Strickland,' who testified 10
administering an anesthetic to Miss
Aver, that he had administered att
esthetic to five or six women pa
tients of DR.. Fields, in the same hos
pital.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Negro Confesses Murder
OF Organist in New Jersey

Perth Amboy, N, J.. March, a.
George Washington Knight, negro,
%, today confessed he had attacked
Mrs. Edith Wilson, church organist,
who was murdered near her home
Saturday night, according to the
police.
: Lying behind a group OF lilac
bushes in yard two doors from her
home, the mutilated body of Mrs.
Wilson was found just before mid
night last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Spanish War Moscot Will
Return Home as Postmaster

Washington. March 14.-Cornelio
D. Vargas. who came to the United
States after the Spanish-American
war as mascot OF the Fourth Ohio
infantry regiment, is going back to
his home town of Guayama, Porto
Rico. soon. to serve as postmaster
His nomination was sent to the
senate by President Harding. Vargas
is now an employe in the postoff,ce
at Columbus, O., and he is the first
postmaster to be- named by Mr..
Harding.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Mexico Labor Federation
Asked to Join in Protest

Mexico City, March 14,-Officers
of the Mexican Federation of Labor
have been asked by the GuaAemalan
confederation to join i'll a protest
from Latin-American labor bodies
to Washington, against the use of
United States military forces i'll set
ting the dispute between Panama
and Costa Rica. The Mexican la
Dor officials have not acted upon
this request.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Woman's Torso Found Tied in
Cunnysack Floating in River

Bolton, Texas. March l4.-The
headless and legless body OF young
woman in a gunnysack, tied with
rope, was found floating in shallow
water OF Little river by two fisher
men today.
The body was nude and in ad-
vanced state OF decomposition.
Justice of the peace, c. J.. Glib
son, said that the features OF the
body indicated that of refined wo-
man. A small blister on the right
hand was the only Distinguishing
mark, he said
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Fort Crook Aviator Not
Afraid of Naval Guns

Washington. March 1.-the sue-
gestion of army flyers that they be
shot at by navy anti-aircraft guns ON
navy vessels in the coming test be-
tween aircraft and battleships is not
taken seriously by high navy off
cials.
Lieut.. c. c. Moseley. winner OF
recent contests at Minco,a. and Capt.
Harvey w. Z. Cook, OF Fort Crook,
Ncb., have offered TO take their
chances against the navy aircraft
guns. They would not regard it as
much OF chance at that" they add
cd.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Packers Warn Idle Men
Not to Rush to Chicago

Chicago, March 14.-The Big Five
packers issued warning today to
unemployed persons i'll other cities
not to come to Chicago seeking work
in the stock yards, as positions were
not available.
The packers saidshey had been
swamped today with applications, 1or
work from men who flooked here
from other cities.
"We. do not need men and do not
expect to need any" the packers an
neunced "
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-15
Secretary DENLY Plans to
Witness NAVY Manouyers

> Washington. March 14.-Secretary
DENLY will leave Sunday for Guam
tanamo, Cuba. to witness target
practice and winter battle maneuv-
ers of the Atlantic fleet. Later he
will go to Haiti and the Dominican
Republic, to inspect the marines
stationed on the islands, and will
return here about April 5.