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Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Man Who Helped Draw
Final Covenant Says
League is Successful

Philadelphia, March II. - The
covenant OF league of nations was
declared a success. in that it met
the first real test when it was ac-
cepted by the competent government
tai authority of nearly every coun-
try in the world, by David Hunter
Miller of New York, here tonight.
Mr.. Miller, who with J. B. Hurst of
the British foreign Office, drew the
final draft of the document, spoke
before the Philadelphia Public
Ledger forum on the peace confer
ence. Mr.. Miller was attached to
the mission of Col. E. NJ. House and
later appointed technical adviser to
the American commission to nego-
tlate peace at Paris.
The covenant has two schools OF
critics. he said, "and perhaps three:
those who think it goes too far,
those who think it does not 20 far
enough and those who approve of it,
but do not like some of the people
who wrote it."
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Railroads
Wage6
Association of Executives An.
nounced Concerted Move
Will Be Made to Reduce
Paw of Skilled Men.
Great Western L e a d S

Chicago, March ll.-Nirtually all
of the larger western railroads to-
day had swung into line in the policy
started a few days ago by several
eastern railroads OF taking steps 10
bring about reductions in the war
time wage scale of unskilled em-
ployes.
The reductions will be urged, rail-
road officials said, to keep the roads
out of bankruptcy and enable them
eventually to reduce traffic rates
which were said to be higher than
the public can bear" Various rail-
road presidents declared the roads
were existing entirely on credit.
None Will Escape.
At the same time came statements
from officials of the Association OF
Railway Executives that lower rates
of pay for skilled wor kerS probably
would be sought after the wage for
unskiled men had been settled.
One road, the Chicago Great
Western, took the lead among the
western lines in the matter OF re-
ductions by announcing that It pro-
posed a 20 per cent decrease IN tne
pay of every employe, from the
president down. with the exception
of train service men, telegraph
operators and unskilled men. The
pay of unskillcd workers would be
brought down to conform with the
rates paid in other industries, if pos
sible. Conferences will be held with
the employees at Oelwein, Ia, March
l9. About 5000 men would be al
lectcd.
The Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. and the Chicago & Alton
were two roads to announce today
that they would seek reductions for
unskilled employees. The former
proposed reduction of 81 cents
in pay of unskilled workers at a
meeting with representatives OF en-
ployes yesterday.
All Follow Leaders.
The Santa Fc. the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul: the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, and the Chi
cago & Northwestern announced
proposed reductions last night. The
Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern previously had announced
conferences with their employees.
The Illinois Central had no Of
fetal statement to make, but it was
understood that this road and scv-
eral others expected to take the
same action as the other lines.
The Chicago Great Western
railroad, which yesterday announced
that it would seek conferences con-
>cerning wage reductions for its un-
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Immediate Action on
Tariff Legislation Is
Promised by Penrose

Washington, March 1l-Speedy
action on tariff and tax revision at
the special session of congress was
promised today by Chairman Pen
rose of the senate finance commit
tee. He said the object of the con-
ferences arranged for Monday be-
tween republican members of con-
gressional committees and Secretary
Mellon OF the treasury was to ar
range a program behind which all
republicans can put their shout
der"
"We cannot look for improved
business" said Senator Penrose,
until the tariff and internal rete-
nue. legislation is outlined and gov
ernment extravaganza stopped"
Urging less interference by the
government in business, Senator
Pcnrose said he favored abolishine
"all of the autocsatic mushroom gov
ernment boards-all the Wilson
toards-which rose during the war"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Opening Arguments
Heard in Rate Case
Before Supreme Court

Washington, D. c., March IL
In opening arguments before the ST.
preme court in the Wisconsin rate
case, counsel for that and AZ other
states declared that the transporta-
ton act as construed by the Inter
state Commerce commission to give
the commission control over state
rates, SIS destructive of our dual
form of government and contrary to
the spirit of our constitution"
Counsel for the railroads argued
that the commission had full author
ity to right the injustices caused
where a state had claimed an un-
fair advantage over sister state
who has acted literally in the pub
lie interest"
NJ. B. Olbricl, special counsel for
the state of Wisconsin. appeared for
the principal appellant and John E.
Benton, general solicitor of the Ma
tional Association of Railway and
Utility commissions, represented the
numerous state bodies.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Omaha Charter
Bill Is Passed
By Senate Body
Committee of Whole Passes
Amended Measure After
Recommended by Cities
And Towns Committee.

Lincoln, March 1l-(Special-
The Omaha charter bill was referred
out of the senate committee on cities
and towns with favorable recon-
mendation this morning and passed
through the senate committee of the
whole.
The bill carries with it the amend
ments prepared by the committees
from the Chamber OF Commerce,
Real Estate board. and members Of
the city commission.
These amendments were explained
in full to the Douglas county dele
cation at a meeting here a week
ago. The bill also carried amend
ments proposed last night at a meet
ing of the cities and towns commit
tee OF the senate.
Proposed. by Zimman.
These provide civil service com
mission for the Omaha police depart
ment and power for the city coun-
Gil to call a special election to vote
bonds not exceeding S225000 to re-
pair and modernize the Auditorium.
The Auditorium amendment was
proposed by City Commissioner
Harry B. Zimman, who said in his
plan, the basement of the Auditori-
um would be completely excavated.
and stalls put in and rented for a
city market. The rent from these
stalls, he argued. would, in time,
pay for the bond issue.
Another amendment proposed by
Col. Amos Thomas provides for call
ing a special election to vote bonds
for an armory in Omaha for the
Nebraska National guard, the
amount of the bond issue to be de-
termincd at a later date.
Hearing Tuesday
Commissioner Zimman also urged
that policemen and tiremen salaries
should be fixed in an amendment
put in with that bill This was not
included, however. in the charter bill
which was put up to the third read.
ing today.
The charter bill introduced in the
/ lower house, however, does carry
this amendment.
A hearing on the house charter bill
will be held next Tuesday evening
according to an announcement today
by Robert Druesedow, chairman Of
the house committee on cities ant
towns.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Prominent! Banker Of
U.S.. Sues for Divorce

New York, March Thames A.
Stillnlan. president of the National
City bank, has begun an action for
divorce against Mrs. Sillman, the
former Eff Potter, and Mrs. Still
man has started a counter suit it be-
came known here today.
Although attempts have been made
to keep the action secret, filing Of the
suits was confirmed by Supreme Jus
tice Morschauser. He has appointed
John L. Mack OF Poughkeepsie
guardian OF Guy Stillman, born in
1918, whose inheritance rights arc
said to be involved
The Stillmans were married here
June 3, 1901. Bishop Henry {, Pot,
ter, uncle Of James Brown Potter,
the brides father, performed the GER
emony. Her smother, well-known
beauty, went on the stage in 1886
after a. separtion from her husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Referendum on
Soldiers Bonus
Passed by House
American Legion Charged
With Bad Faith-Twelvc
Refuse to Cast
Votes.

Lincoln, March li-tSpecial.) IA
Sl0,000,0O0 appropriation for a SOL
diers' bonus will be submitted to a
vote of the people OF Nebraska under
the terms OF the Sturdevant bill
which passed Tie committee OF the
whole OF the lower house today by
a vote Of 81 10 %.
The bill provides that cX-soldiers
sailors, marines and nurses shall re-
ceive SIS ior every month OF service
during the war, with mini
mum of $50.
This bill followed on the heels OF
a bill passed two days ago provid-
ing for a $2,000,000 appropriation to
be placed on interest to go to dis
abled soldiers and their families, to
be handled by the officers OF the
American Legion,
Would Call Referendum.
The Sturdevant bill as first con-
structed provided that all appropria-
ton be made by the legislature
Representative Mears put in al
amendment calling for a referendum
on it. This amendment carried.
Representative Rodman declared
that American Legion men in the
house were acting in bad faith i'll
backing the Sturdevant bill with the
Mears amendment.
1--WE were told by the American
Legion men in the house that if we
put the $2,000,000 appropriation bill
through they wouldn't demand an
other" Rodman said.
Passed Legion Bill.
1t was declared that the $2,0O0000
appropriation bill passed several
days ago was the bill demanded by
the American Legion lobby while
the Sturdevant bill was demanded
by World War veterans and some
members of the American Legion.
Following Rodman's denunciation
of American Legion members in the
house, they declined to vote on the
Sturdevant bill, excepting Represen-
tative Griswold, who voted against it.
Il am an American Legion man
but | think it is up to the federal
government to provide the bonus, y
Griswold said.
Representative Mckee, father OF
FIVE sons in the service, voted against
the bill.
My boys can make their own liv-
ing" Mckee said.
Vote on Measure.
The vote on the Sturdcyant bill
! follows:
|. For: Anderson (Hamilton). An
derson (Knox), Beans. Bethea, Book
Cole, Davis, Druesedow, Dyball, Fos-
ter, Franklin, Frost, Gilmore, Green
Hakanson, Hoare, Hoffmeister, JAG,
obs, Jeary, Johnson, Lauritsen, Lun-
dy, Lynn, Mcfarland, Mcclellan
Mcleod, Mears, Medlar, Mellor,
Mickey, Moseley, Murphy, Nelson
O'Gara, Osterman, Palmer, Park
Perkins, Peterson, Rank, Robertson
Ruddy, Sandquist, Smith, Sommer-
lad. Stats, Stephenson. Strong
Sturdevant, Thompson, Vance, No-
taw, Webster, Wight, Wood and
| Young.
| Against: Acton, Armstrong, Az
tell, Barbour, Beckman, Behrens, By,
rum. Clizbe, Downing, Dysart, Ep,
person, Essam, Frazier, Clifford
Good. Goodrich, Gould, Griswold
! Hammer, Kendall, Leftwich. Mckee
/ Miner. Morian, Niewedde. Rodman
Snow, Sprick, Ullstrom, Wallace and
Williams.
: Not voting: Bowman, Douglas
Frantz, Hascall, Nutzman,' Randall
Reed. Reneker. Westerhoff, Wolfe
! Yeiser and Anderson (speaker.)
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Russians Form Regime
To Supplant Soviets

London, March ll.-Reports ftom
Reval today state that Russian emf
grants are forming government
there, to include representatives OF
all the anti-bolshevik parties, which
soon will enter Russia. The flood
of Russian refugees over the frontier
has suddenly ceased, the reports say,
and it is presumed the soviet outhori-
ties are preventing anyone from Aay-
ing Pctrograd.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Trailing the
| Rum Hounds

4 thrilling and detailed de-
scription of methods used and
difficulties encountered by
Omaha and federal sleuths in
trailing bootleggers and home
brewers pill be a feature Of
next Sundays Bee. Don't
miss it. .
A collection of photo
graphs of pork and play in
Omaha Might Life" is Of
fered on Page One of the
Rotograpure Section. On
Page Tho is a series strik-
ing light and shadow pictures
Of screen stars.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
President Discusses
Department Questions
With Official Family

Washington, D. c., March IL
Many problems of departmental or
ganization together with various
pressing questions of public policy
were discussed by President Harding
and his cabinet at three-hour mee;-
ing.
Departmental patronage is said I'd
have been one of the subjects left
out Of the canvass. Several of tha
secretaries were ready to recommend
important appointments within their
departments. Their SUGGESTIONS, how-
ever, were put over to be discussed
privately with the president.
1t was said that few decisions wera
reached, most Of the discussion be@
ing OF informative nature. Tha
reorganization plans to be inaugu-
rated are understood to have been
touched on only incidentally.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Woodrow Wilson Now
Fully Established in
Washington Home

Washington, March l1.-Wood-
row Wilson rounded out the first
week OF his return to private life
with a privatec dinner at which B.
N. Baruch of New York and Nor
man H. Davis. former under secre-
tary OF state. who has been retained
N the Harding administration as the
american member of the internation-
al communications conference, were
guests. 1t was said to signalize Mr..
Wilson's intention to keep in touch
with men and affairs.
The former president. it is said, is
row fully established in his new
Tome and has suffered no setback
in health. His principal household
difficulty, his friends report, has been
to find room in his new house for
his library OF 5000 volumes.
Mr.. Wilson spends some part of
every day dictating~to a stenograph-
CT. attempting to dispose of heavy
correspondence. and with Mrs. Will
son, frequently takes motor drives in
the afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Revolutionists
Send Ultimatum
To Soviet Heads
Surrender of Petrograd De.
manded by March Is Under
the Threat Of General Bonn.
bardment and Offensive.

London, March 1l.-Revolution-
ary authorities at the fortress of
kronstadt have sent an ultimatum
to the soviet authorities in Petro-
grad, demanding the surrender OF
the city before March rs. If the
'city is not given up. the ultimatum
declares. there will be a general
borbardmerit, it is asserted in an
Abo, Finland. dispatch to the Lon
don Times. Wholesale arrests and
executions of workmen are said to
have occurred at Oranienbaunl,
Systerbak and Petrograd.
Kronstadt last night sent out a
wireless dispatch denying bolshevik
statements that the fortress was
without food, says a telegram from
Stockholm. To the contrary, there
is plenty of food and ammunition
there. the message stated.
ARTILLERY fire from Kronstadt has
been extremely we'll directed the
wireless dispatch is quoted as say
ing. "The fortress of Todleben and
all other soviet batteries on the
karelian peninsula have been conf
pletely demolished. Two of the four
l2-inch guns at Krasnoye Gorka
have been silenced by. shells from
the battleship Petropavlovsk. kras-
roye Gorka has been isolated the
railroad to it has been destroyed
and a thaw has placed the surround
ing marshes in such condition that
the fortress has been cut off from
the rest of the bolshevik forces"
A great anti-bolshevik movement
in the vicinity of Minsk, white
Russia, is reported in Reuters dis
patch from Helsingfors. Soviet
troops are said to have mutinied
and murdered bolshevik commissars
there.
Another dispatch mentions street
fighting between the bolsheviki and
anti-soviet units in kley.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Final Vote
Blocked on
Censorship
Debate in House Ended by Ad-
iourment-To Resume
Discussions at Monday
Session.
Berka Measure Carrie,

Lincoln, Ad1Cn ll.-k kSpcCldl lci1-
sram. "A final vote on motion pic
ture censorship was blocked in the
lower house late this afternoon when
those opposed to censorship pushed
through an adjournment motion. 1t
ended hours of debate on the motion
picture problem.
The house must decide Monday
whether to continue the fight then or
set a special date for consideration
of motion picture regulation bills.
Possibly the house will turn the bills
over to the sitting committee.
1t looked ominous for those OPP
posed to picture censorship when
the house adjourned. Omaha men,
bers and others whose votes were
certain to go against the censorship
bill wanted TO go home on an early
train and if the house had failed to
adjourn, the procensorship faction
apparently had victory i'll their hand.
They fought the adjournment
motion.
Berka Bill Carries.
In the preliminary skirmish. a
motion by Foster of Omaha to vote
on the Berka bill, memoralizing con-
gress to pass a federal censorship
law, carried. The Berka bill passed
without a dissenting vote.
Then Mcfarland of York moved
to indefinitely postpone his regula-
ton bill which would make it a mis-
demeanor to show any picture tend
ing to disrupt morals Of youth and
old age.
Withdraw my bill i'll favor OF the
Byrum- Clifford bill" Mcfarland
said. The withdrawal of the McFar-
land motion left two bills for con-
sideration. One was the Byrunl-
Clifford bill and the other the straight
censorship bill providing for paid
commission of three in Lincoln to
censor pictures before they are
shown III the state. The Byrum-
Clifford bill provides a Jail sentence
for picture show and theater men
who show pictures or scenes por-
traying first degree murder, statu-
tory offenses and scenes involving
undue exposure of the body.
Showmen Lose Hope.
Apparently motion picture men
have lost hope of succeeding i'll
quashing all regulation bills and
turned their forces behind the By
rum Clifford bill in an attempt to de-
teat censorship. ........
]. Reid Green, sponsor Of the CEN
sorship bill, moved that it be ad-
vanced to third reading. Byrum
moved as substitute that the By
rum-Gifford bill be advanced to third
reading.
Byrum, in support OF his bill. de-
clared censorship created more Jobs,
was unAmerican in its nature and
tailed to make as stringent regula-
tons for straight dramas as his bill
did"
The grille, girlies in the regular
theater and some OF the scenes and
lines m them would put the motion
pictures to shame Byrum declared.
A dozen spoke in behalf of the
censorship bill before adjournment
Representative Good said.
The motion picture people are
killing their own business the same
as the saloons did We would have
saloons now if it hadn't been that
the owners refused to obey. the law
and clean up their joints. The
motion picture exhibitors persistently
refuse to clean UP their pictures"
The gallery was filled with women.
Scores of kilograms from club
women throughout the state were
received by members today urging
support of the censorship bill
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
War Degrees Still Figure
In Howard COLLEGE Awards

Cambridge, Mass, March IT,
War degrees still figure in academic
awards at Harvard college. In an
announcement today, it was stated
that about half Of the 81 men given
the degree Of A. B. were granted ii
with Is per cent allowance 'for hon
orable service in the war"
Award degree was conferred post
lIumously on Richard B. Narnum,
'2l, Of Oakland, Cal. word OF whose
death in Paris reached here a few
days ago. Narnum was a former
aviator who was III France as the
holder OF an American field service
fellowship at the University OF
Toulouse.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Mrs. Brandeis Unaware
Suit for Divorce Filed

Madeline Frank Brandeis, whose
suit of divorce from Ervine John
Brandeis was filed in district court in
Omaha Thursday afternoon. is win
tering at the Beverly Hills hotel in
Los Angeles. and was unaware her
divorce suit had been fled. she told
newspaper men there yesterday.
Mrs. Brandeis told them, however,
the petition had been prepared and
she expected it would be filed soon.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Foster said
yesterday that the summons on
Ervine John Brandeis to answer the
suit of his wife, Madeline Frank
Brandeis for divorce, would be served
by leaving at his usual place of
residenCe."
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
.HARD|NGASKS
MEDIATION IN
PACKER ROW
President Urges Employees and
Employers to Join Labor
Department i'll Settling
Wage Cut Dispute. .
Davis Sends kilograms
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENN1NG,
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wires

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wirss
| Washington, March 1l.--In an en-
/ deavor to avert the threatened strike
OF packing house employees, President
/ Harding tonight asked the employees
and employers 10 join with the Dc-
partment of Labor i'll settling the
dispute over the reduction of wages
and lcngthening of hours to be put
into effect by the packers next Nom
day.
/ After a conference with the prcsi'
dent in which the plan OF action wat
evolved. Secretary OF Labor Davif
sent identical telcgrams TO the pack.
crs and Secretary Lane of the Meat
Cutters union. requesting that each
side appoint two representatives to
assist the Department OF Labor IN
making an investigation such az
would promote peaceful settlement
OF the controversial
Telegram to Packers.
The telegram addressed to tha
Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson and
Cudahy companies follows:
The federal government is deep
ly concerned about the mainteu-
ancc OF industrial activities in full
est understanding and hopes there
will be no interruption OF the con-
tinuity OF employment i'll the great
packing industry. II the Depart
ment of Labor can be helpful in
promoting understanding and can
aid in any way to avoid the cessa-
ton OF operations, such service by
this department will be given most
gladly.
The whole problem of industrial
rcadjustment is of such widespread
public concern that the Depart
ment of Labor. with the knowledge
of the Departments of Agriculture
and Commerce, requests that two
representatives of employing
packers will report to this depart
ment to make possible such i'll
quiry into the situation as may
prove helpful i'll leading to a just
and satisfactory solution. am
sending a like request to the em-
ployes and am acquainting them
with this request to, you. Surely
there must be just solution and
the good Offices of this department.
| are rendered in the hope of find
5 ing that solution. SO essential to
the promotion OF the common
good.
: Discussed in Cabinet.
| Secretary Davis put in the whole
day studying this first problem of
! his administration of the Department
| OF Labor. When he reached his
office at 7::5O a. III. he found on his
! desk the Omaha telegram from tha
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Lawson Given
Life Sentence
In State Prison
Wife-Slayer Found Guilty of
Murder in First Degree;
Jury Out Only 3 -
Hours.

Burncll Lawson was found guilty
of murder in the first degree for the
Staying of his young wife January
"A. and sentenced to Life imprison-
ment i'll the Nebraska state penitcn-
tiary by jury in District Judge
Troup's court at OPS last night
The jury had retired for dclbera-
ton at 6.
Young Lawson took the verdict
calmly, although showing some
signs Of apprehension as the jury
men filed into the court room. He
sat with his face buried i'll his hands
until the last word of Foreman Thco-
dorc X. Rud's finding had been read.
lie was then returned immediately
to his cell in the county jail.
Neither the prisoners mother,
Mrs. Hope Lawson Of Little Rock,
Ark, nor the sister of his murdered
wife, Miss Eulalia Wortsmlth, were
i'll the court room.
This murder trial was one OF the
longest on record in the local dis
trict court. 1t started Monday,
February Is. Nearly two days were
required to get a jury. Adjourn
ment was taken last Friday evening
until Monday morning. Since Mon
day the case has been pushed, so that
altogether it took 10 days
The court room was crowded
throughout the hearing.
Lawson was charged with murder
in the first degree. County Attorney
Abel Shotwell, leading the prosecu-
ton. fought for the death penalty.
The defense was emotional insan-
ity, an attempt being made to prove
that Lawson came of a family in
which there has been insanity and
also that his mind had been weak
encd by disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Woman Kills Three Children,
Shoots Three. Kills Self

Lowell, Wyo.. March l1.-Mrs
James Waters, wife OF prominent
rancher in the Big Horn basin, last
night shot and killed three OF her
children, wounded three others, and
reloading the revolver, killed herself.
Two of the children were reported
to be dying, while one may live.
Mrs. Waters is believed TO have
been insane.