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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Ask Direct
Primary for
President
Move Undo Way in Congress
to Aboli Electoral Col.
legc Ground That
Sys ban Is Obsolete.
ouced by Norris
THUR SEARS HENNING.
! Tribune Omaha bee leased Wire,


chic, rri"ans-omaha bee Leased wirs
Washington, Jan. l4.--A move
iifrnt Is under way in congress 'c
abolish the electoral colleges ant
provide for the election OF the prcsi
dent and vice president directly b,
the people.
Senator Norris OF Nebraska ha.
introduced resolution proposing an
amendment TO the constitution TO CT
feet the change. The measure is
supported not only by those who be.
lieyc the electoral machinery should
be modcrnized by the elimination ot
All ancient device which has served
its purpose for more than a century
but by thc advocates OF the direc,
primary method of nominating can
didates for president and vice presi-
dent.
One of the principal obstacles to
provision for the nomination oi
presidential candidates by national
psimaries is the existing electoral
system requiring the choice of presi-
dental electors by states. 1t is held
by many authorities that under the
existing provision of the constitu-
ton congress lacks power to cs-
tablsh national primary.
Power Was Held Back.
when our forefathers adopted the
constitution" said Senator Norris to-
day, "they were afraid to put too
much pawcr directly in the hands OF
the people and so they provided for
The election of the chief magistrate
by an electoral college. The mem-
bcrs Of this electoral college. the
constitution provides. shall be chosen
in such manner as the. legislatures
OF the several states shall provide.
Thus the election OF the chief execu-
tive of the nation was placed two
steps beyond shc reach of the voter.
1t was intended that these AZ presi-
dental electors should exercise a
discretion in the selection ot presi-
cent and vice president but as time
<Ncnt on and the people bccaife
anxious for greater voice IN their
own government, they provided for
method of instructing these prcsi-
dental electors through the mstru-
mentality of party conventions. This
has taken away from the presidential
elcctor the discretion which the law
in fact gives him, but it has not by
any means, placed the selection OF
president and vice president in the
hands of the people themselves.
people Have No Voice"
"In order to be elected president
Of the United States it is necessary
that a man be nominated by some
political party. There is no Other
practical way Of clecting president
SO long as our antiquated electoral
college remains part of the coil
stitution. The practical result is that
any man or set Of men who are able
through any means whatever, to co.'s
troll presidential conventions do in
fact. through such means, select the
president and vice president Of :he
(Turn to Page Two. Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Hay Springs to Ship Car of
Corn to Starving Russians

Hay Springs, Neb.. Jan. IA
Especial. )--Citizens and farmers of
this vicinity have completed ar
rangemsnts to ship a carload OF corn
TO the starving Russians. 1t is
planned tc have this car of 1000
bushels on the way within the next 10
days.
Citizens also are investigating the
possibility of shipping a carload OF
potatoes to the starving people,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Oil Town in Texas
Reported in Flames

Dallas Tex, Jan. 14.-Fire which
broke out in the business section OF
Mexia tonight had burned all wires
leading into that city. Reports were
that seveAl buildings on the south
side of the town were burning.
Mexia is Texas newest oil town
and is under martial law as the re-
suit OF Cleanup" Of the town sever
al days ago by state authorities.
The Southwestern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph company declared
that just before its wires went out
preparations were being made to
dynamite their building to check the
fire.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Norfolk Man First to File
to Enter State Primaries

Lincoln, Jan IA. Especially =
George NJ. Beels, Norfolk, is the
first man to formally become a can
didate for Office at the coming pri-
maries.
d. M. Ansberry, secretary of state.
today received proper credentials and
sufficient cash from Beels to warrant
complying with the latter's request
that he be placed on the ballot as
a G. 0. P. candidate for state sena-
tor in the llth district, comprising
Madison, Pierce and Wayne counties.
Beels is republican state committee
man in his district.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Trio of Youths Held for
Alleged Auto Theft Here

Detectives Cich and Bugliwicz
brought three youths from Missouri
Valley, Ia, to Omaha. Friday night
They are wanted for the alleged
theft of an automobile belonging to
the Drive-1t-Yourself company, 1914
Howard street.
They gave their names as Charles
Goswick, Moline, ILL.,: Glenn Hanser
and Cyril Rathbone, both OF Council
Bluffs. Rathbone is under a $1,000
bond in Council Bluffs for an alleged
tox car theft, police saig.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Fur.Lined Flying Suits
for Mail Pilots Arrive

They wanted 'em for Christmas
but they received their gifts" three
weeks late.
Flying suits, requested by Omaha
air mail pilots more than two months
ago when cold weather set in, final
ly arrived yesterday, it was an
nounced at the hangar.
The suits, which are fur-lined and
cost more than 500 each, were re-
Questioned by the air mail depart.
ment from the army aviation sup
ply.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Snow Tuesday or Wednesday
Predicted by Washington

Washington. Jan. l4.-Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday. are: Upper Mississippi and
Lower Missouri valleys: Generally
fair except for SHOWS Tuesday or
Wednesday: normal temperature.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Two Bandits Rob Theater
but Drop $500 in Getaway

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 14.-Emil
;. Imam, assistant manager of a
downtown theater, was held up in the
playhouse by two armed men and
robbed of 5000 in cash, part of the
theater's payroll, he reported to the
police. In escaping. one Of the
bandits dropped satchel contain
ing $500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Nebraska Doctor Accepts
Post in Panama Hospital

DIR. Perry Allerton. a graduate OF
the University of Nebraska, college
OF medicine, last year, who has been
an inferno in the Walter Reed hospi-
tai, Washington, D. C.. will sail for
Panama January 20. He has taken
a position in the Santo Tomas hos
pital, Ancon, Canal Zone, for one
wear.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Former Denver Newspaper
Man Dies at New Orleans

New Orleans, Jan. l4.-Frank l..
Wright, 48, former Denver and
Kansas City newspaper man, died
here today. He was employed
many years on the Denver Post and
Republican. In recent years he has
been press agent for a we'll known
circus. He was i'll only three days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Allies May Try Germans
Accused of War Grimes

Paris, Jan. l4-(By a. P)-Sur-
render al the Germans charged with
offenscs in connection with the war
to the allies for trial is recommended
in two resolutions adopted by the
iuteraIlied commission on war crimes,
made public today.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features OF
THE SUNDAY BEE
PART ONE.

PART ONE.
Women Among Nebraska Farm Lead
ers- Page 2.
Child Welfare Board Fighting slav-
cry In State Page 8.
PART TWO.
Society and News for Women
Pages 1 to 8.
Shopping With Polly Page 5.
PART THREE.
Sports News and Features
Pages ! and 2.
For the Live Boys Of Omaha
Page 8.
OF Especial Interest to Motorists-
Page 4.
Want Ads Pages and 8.
Nebraska and Iowa Farm News
Page !.
Markets and Financial Page 5.
PART FOUR.
'The Dauntless Lysander." Blue Rib
bon short story by Winona God
frey Page 1.
100000 Reward serial by Henry c.
Rowland Page 9.
"Hsppyland," an hour Of pleasure for
the children Page 3.
Editorial Comment Page 4.
THE Married Life Of Helen and
Warren" Page ).
Tenth Lesson In Piano Playing by W.
Scott Grove Page 8.
Jack and Juf'- Page 8.
Amusements- Pages 8, ! and ..
Music New Page 8.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Buy Auditorium Site.

Hastings, Neb., Jan. l4.-(Special
Telegram THE city of Hastings
paid $4,000 fer eight lots which will
be used as the site OF the municipal
auditorium, which will be erected in
the spring.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
Young Hastings Poet
Guest of Saturday Club

The Saturday club had as its guest
yesterday Albert Anderton, young
poet from Hastings. Mr.. Anderton is
a farmer, but is becoming known for
his prose, verse and humorous arti-
cles.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15

ShIppeFs' Bulletin.
Protect shipments during the next - TO
IS hours from temperatures as follows:
North, east and west, 20 degrees; south,
IS degrees.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-01-15
The Weather

Forecast.
Sunday, fair and colder.
Hourly Temperatures.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
TEACHERS SCRAMBLE
FOR POSITIONS, SAYS
COUNTY SCHOOL HEAD

Because of business depression and
consequent scarcity in positions, and
lower pay. positions as teachers are
more sought after now than they were
a year or more ago, according to G.
o. Williams, county superintendent Of
schools. In a statement made Satur-
day Mr.. Williams said that the chief
trouble now was to sort out the best
applicants where only a short time
ago the chief trouble was to find
enough applicants who could meet the
requirements.
! Three hundred and ten teachers are
employed outside the city of Rich
mond. AS many as 20 applicants have
their names on file for one school in
some places, while a total of 200 have
filed their names with the county sup
erintendent.
One year of college education is re-
quired for grade school teacher and
teachers in high schools must be col
lege graduates, it was stated.
The monthly state examination for
teachers was held at the high school
Saturday with approximately 100 tax.
ing the examination. The usual mum.
Der is 80 or 60, and last month 110
took the test.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Queen OF ROMANIA
PROBABLY WILL NOT
VISIT U. S. this YEAR
tBy Associated Press)

SIBIU (Hermannstadt Transyl-
vania, April 29-Queen Marie of Ru-
mania probably will be obliged to de-
fer her long-contemplated trip to the
United States until next year.
She had hoped to visit New York
prior to the cornation of herself and
King Ferdinand, which will take place
here Aug. Is, but the wedding of her
second daughter. Marie, to King Alex
ander of Jugoslavia, early in June,
will make it impossible.
Then she has number OF official
visits to make this year to European
countrCs so that voyage to America
after the coronation in August is ex-
tremely improbable.
The popular Rumanian Queen de
sEes to express her warm apprecta-
ton and thanks for the many invita-
lions she has received from women's
civic societies, other organizations and
personal friends in the United States
urging her to visit America this year
She has even had invitations from
motion picture concerns, one OF when
offered her a flattering sum to appear
in an American scenario as Queen OF
the Movies" She obviously had tc
decline these novel tenders.
Lavish Coronation Service.
The coronation ceremonies, which
will take place in the heart of the
beautiful Transylvanian Alps, will be
! on scale of lavishness and rega
grandeur hitherto unknown in the
Balkans. A magnificent cathedral o.
! Byzantine design, costing millions O
| francs, has been especially erected II
! Sibiu for the browning of Europe:
most beautiful Queen and King Fer
dinand. The Rumanian parliamen
has appropriated an immense sum fol
| the event. Most of the reigning soy
ereigns and heads Of state Throughout
Europe have been invited. 1t is hoped
here President Harding will sent
someone to represent the United
| States.
| King Ferdinand and Queen Mari
assembled the throne just before tn
/ beginning of the World war, and tn
continuance of the struggle made
necessary to postpone the coronation
from year to year. Aug. 16, which
! has been finally chosen for the event
is the anniversary of Rumania's entr.
/ into the war.
! Massive crowns of gold, surmounte'
by rare stones, have been made for tn
i Rumanian rulers and the Queen ha
replaced all her precious jewels whicl
were confiscated by the Bolshevik
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
The Original Star Spangled Banner
r. o. HAMILTON

Street Theatre, and he it was who
led the singing.
The tattered old flag now in the Ma
tional Museum here was carefully pre-
served, chiefly because it was the in
spiration of the famous anthem. Prob
ably 1t would have been kept some
where as treasured reminder of the
repulse of the British at Baltimore.
but the whole nation took an interest
in this batte-scarred bit of bunting be-
cause Of its association with Keys in
spired patriotic poem.
Despite the fact that the old flag
was mounted on net and carefully
mended, 1t still reveals the signs of
age and wear, and plainly shows that
it has been through strenuous times.
TIL old emblem of this nation has
little in common with the flag of today
except the general plan on which It
is made, with the blue field dotted
with white stars in the corner, and
the alternate red and white stripes.
However, where today there are 48
stars, in 6 horizontal rows of stars
each, there are in the old Fort McHen-
/ y
ming at the edge which would be text
the flagpole, there are three stars in
a row, then row of two stars, then
three, then two, three more, and two
more.
Old Flag Has IS Stripes
In the early days, it was customary
not only to add star for each addi'
! tional state admitted to the Union,
but to add stripe to the flag as we'll.
| When the country reached its day OF
real expansion, this had to be stopped
] and the stripes in the flag were re.
duced to Is, to correspond to the IL
original colonies which were formed
into the United States of America
when this country freed itself from
/ British rule.
| However, the country had not gone
back to Is stripes for it's flag in 1914
and there were just as many stripes
as stars in the blue field and the old
inspiration for Keys poem has Ii
stripes.
Key was not Baltimorean, but
was born in Frederick County, Mary
land He was lawyer, practicing his
profession in Washington and the
!. town of Frederick, later famous as the
home of Barbara Frietchie. Key was
! buried in the little cemetery at Fred
( erick. His home in Washington was
one of the sights of the city for Q
long time, being torn down not LONG
ago in order that big new bridge
connecting Washington with Virgins
might have it's Washington end or
the site of the old Key home. The
! bridge is known to Westinghouse as
the key Bridge" because of this fact
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
James M. Webster Will Be
Buried at Chester Mond0,

CHESTER, Ind, April 29.-Funeral
services for James M. Webster, A
years old, who died Thursday morning
at 1890 O'Clock at his home on the
Arba pike one mile north of Chester,
will be held at the home at 1870
o'clock Monday afternoon. Services
will be held at the Chester M. E.
church at 2 o'clock but the casket will
not be opened at the church. Friends
may call at any time.
Mr. Webster is survived by the wild.
ow, one daughter Florence Webster,
IA years old, one sister, Mrs. Joseph
Parrish. of Fountain City, two broth
ers, Rev. Hubert Webster, of Thermo.
polls, Wyoming and William Webster
of Knightstown
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
EARLHAM MUSICIANS
IN CONCERT TONIGHT

The Earlham college orchestra, with
its conductor, Prof Carl Walger, will
be presented in it's annual concert by
the Earlham department of music and
dramatic art Saturday evening at 8
o'clock in Lindley hall. Pupils of
Samuel B. Carton will be assisting
artists.
Following is the program to be rem
dered:
Overture" Keller Bella: Calm as the
Night" Carl Bohm; Love in Idle.
ness" Alan McBeth; reading, Spring
is Sprung" (Anon), Cyril Pitts; Sym
phony in B Minor" first movement,
(SchuberD, known as the unfinished
symphony; Cycle of Nonsense Songs
for four solo voices eliza Lehman)
Mrs. Sherman Brown, soprano; Miss
Grace Shera, contralto; Cyril Pitts
tenor; Alan Wallace, baritone; Miss
Mary Carman, accompanist. "Loin du
Bal" Gillet;' vision d'Amour," BY
ford; "The Sunshine of Your Smile,
Ray; WALTZ" Zeller.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Special Services Sunday
At WESLEYAN Church

Special Missionary Day services will
be held Sunday in the Wesleyan
church. Rev. ]. o. Baker, head of the
theological department of Marion col
lege. will participate in the meetings
throughout the day.
Rev. Baker will speak at the II
o'clock service, $3.50 o'clock and
o'clock. The missionary society OF
Bethel A. M. e. church will take part
in the program in the afternoon.
The Guild missionary society of Mt
tMoriah Baptist church will be at the
Sunday evening service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
CAUGHT RICH farmer
!, IN LIES IN MURDER
GRILLING, is CLAIM
tBy Associated Press)

HoOPESTON, ILL.,, April 29.-Infor-
nation obtained through a night of
grilling of John Wyman. SO, a well-to-
do farmer, in connection with the
mysterious death of Gertrude Hanna,
25, whose body was found Thursday
in the basement of the untenanted
parsonage of the First United Presby-
terrain church here, will be placed be-
fore the Vermillion grand jury May Is,
States Attorney John H. Lewman an
nounced this morning.
During 36 hours of almost constant
questioning Wyman stubbornly in
sisted that he was innocent Of murder
ing the young woman, but admitted
that he was the father of her child,
which would have been born in a few
days, the states attorney announced.
Say Wyman Trapped
''Wyman has been trapped in a net
work of lies" the states attorney con-
tinued. "And we have gained suffi-
cient information to warrant a grand
jury investigation of his connection in
this battling case"
Sheriff Charles Knox and G.. J. b.
CART, Hoopeston chief of police, who
aided the states attorney in the in
yestigation, corroborated Mr.. Lew
mans statement.
All authorities working on the case
virtually have agreed upon the muir
der theory, although the exact cause
of death had not been ascertained.
CHICAGO, April 29.-Miss Gertrude
Hanna in 1919 was classified in the
Cook county psycopathic hospital al
Chicago as paranoiac, it developed
today. Accompanying her record al
the institution was the official remark
'She has ordered a revolver and am
! munition to protect her from a man
she believes is following her"
Miss Hanna a few years ago was
placed in an institution at Kankakee
ILL.,. after she suffered nervous break
down. She later was discharged as
cured.
Recall Remarks
At the Chicago psycopathic hospita
she was said to have remarked: 81 am
SO unhappy. The folks at home seem
to have no confidence in me. | get
careless. I steal little things an6
think nothing of 1t. just don't care
Questioned as to why she came tC
the hospital, she closed her eyes, and
dazedly answered: "My father does
not like my friend, and he does moi
like my father"
She suddenly closed her eyes agar
during the questioning and said: &c
hear so many voices but l canno
understand"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
REALTY TRANSFERS

John E. Laughlin to Oliver L. John
son and Carrie, 1925; lots 9, 10, II,
Dublin.
Edna 2. Witt to Jehu H. Marshall,
81; lot %, c. T. Prices add, city.
John L. Bachelor to Charles L.
Shutz and Mary E., 81; lot II, o. Map
City
William Bohannon to Edward Kuntz,
81; lot %, Mendenhall & Price add,
city. - .
Ida Powell to Perry Murray, 81; N.
E. 3-12-1.
George w. Williams to j. G. w.
Beard, 81; part 29-1S-13.
Luther E. Arnet to Lenora D. Stat
ford, 81; lot IA, Haynes add, city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Find Battered Car Much
Worse From Experience

With the cooling fan pointing naked.
ly to the heavens, the bulbless head.
lights leering drunkenly at pedestrians
on the sidewalks, and minus horn
spark plugs and radiator, the touring
car owned by N. R. Blue of the Union
pike. was hauled into the police sta
ton, Saturday morning. The machine
had been abandoned on South I
street.
Blue reported the machine stolen
from the show grounds at IL O'Clock
| Friday evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Big TAX COLLECTION
EXPECTED SATURDAY

Tax collections for Saturday were
expected to reach total of $4,000
as compared with $4,000 for the day
before, it was stated Saturday morn
ing. in the county treasurers' Office.
Total collections to date are s405. $50
Six hundred and forty property hold
ers had paid their taxes Friday.
The treasurer's office is open from
Z to o'clock Monday evening. After
that date, the 10 per cent penalty
will be attached.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Richmond Theatre Offers
"Way Down East" Sunday

Beginning Sunday. the Richmond
theatre will run Way Down East" D.
w. Griffith's greatest photo-drama, for
an entire week Richard Bartholmess
is starred in the picture.
The big scene of the silent drama
is that in which the hero rescues the
heroine from going over a waterfall.
IT is said to be one of the most rea-
hstic scenes ever enacted for the sill
yer sheet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Randall
White. Richmond. boy; Mr.. and Mrs,
John M. Burner. Dublin, boy; Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Fulton, Webster, girl:
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Root, Hagers-
town, girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stew
art, Richmond, girl; Mr. and Mrs. John
Frederick Fletcher, Richmond, boy
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lyle, Center
vile, boy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
First President of Sunday
Club Visits Richmond

E. R. Johnson, the first president
of the BILLY" Sunday club. of Roam
oke, Va, dropped in on the Sunday
party for visit over the weekend.
Sunday conducted a revival in Sep
TENDER and October, 1920, in Roam
oke, and Mr.. Johnson reports that the
work started at that time was still
being carried on.
Reporters have been admitted to the
British parliament since 1886.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Briefs

Notice to members Of
Knights Of Pythias No. 8. 1t
is to your interest to be at
temple at $3.50 Sunday morn
ing. Charles Tangeman,
William G. Stahl,
Geo. G. Ferling,
Trustee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
SHERIFF AND
Continued from Page ons.)

Neff in the back of the head The
coroner announced he would continue
the inquest at 8 o'clock this morning
at Rushville after the bodies had been
removed there. Preparations were
made at Rushville at the same time
for the reception of the % prisoners
held at Beardstown.
There was doubt, however, in the
minds of some Schuyler county folk
whether removal of the prisoners to
the county seat, where the dead men
were SO we'll known, would be wise
Nothing would be done, it was an.
nounced at Rushville, until further
word from the states attorney.
Sheriff Lashbrook was 40 years old
Deputy Utter leaves wife and -four
children Deputy Neff was As. The
sheriff's term was to expire this fall
and he had announced he intended tC
retire.
Difficulty is expressed in obtaining
suitable horses for artillery, so ex
Onrimantc arc boinU mado with pofOl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29

early in the war by gems and jewelry
of even greater beauty and worth.
Her pearls alone are said to represent
millions of francs