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Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04

on French
Representative Rcayis of Ne.
braska Prepares Resolution
Directing Government
10 Collect Debt.
Attacks Big Navy Plan

Washington, Jan. j.--The admin
istration will be directed under a
resolution introduced today by Rep
resentative Reavis. republican, Ne.
braska, 10 demand a repayment by
France OF money loaned to II by the
United States during the war. Mr
| Reavis, in statement said prompt
payment OF the debt had been in
sisted upon because France has indi-
Gated its intention OF expending large
sums on increased naval armament.
The text of the resolution follows:
"WhercaS, the proceedings OF the
conference on the limitation OF arm
amcnts disclose determination on
| the part of certain debtor nations OF
| the United States TO expcnd large
sums of money on increased naval
! armament.
France Not Named.
Resolved by the house OF repre-
sentatives (tlie senate ooncurring)
that it is the desire Of congress that
the government of the United States
advise such nation or nations through
the proper channels that the payment
CT Obligations now due to the United
States will be acceptable"
Mr.. Reavis' statement was as fol-
lows:
The United States feels very
great sympathy for the distress Of
Europe aside from any selfish in
terest we may have in the matter
do not doubt that congress will
be willing to fund the European debt
as suggested by the administration
il the necessity for it is made ap-
parent. Blu. with France standing
unmoved before the prayers and
pleading of mankind for a tranquil
world and asserting the intention of
vastly increasing the most barbarous
and inhuman implement of war,
viz: the submarine, | think, it, is
time to wipe the tears of sympathy
from our eyes and try to see the
clearer vision, what the present sit
uation portends.
Sovereign Nation
France has today an army larger
than had Germany at any time be-
fore the war. 1t not only declines TO
reducesit, but insists upon actions to
increase its position with reference
to naval increases, comprehends
the expenditure of hundreds of mill
lions OF dollars. Surely no nation III
! the financial distress i'll which France
is alleged to be would be contem-
plating such an armament program.
France is sovereign nation, and
as such is free to follow its own in
clination. But the people of the
United States, believing that huge
armaments are as provocative of war
today as they were in 1914, can with
justice insist that the program whion
France has mapped out shall be paid
for with its money and not WITH
ours" )
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Daughter Of Jurist
Files Divorce Action

Mrs. Barbara Hall. eldest daughter
CT Judge Walter I. Smith, began all
action i'll district court at Councii
Bluffe yesterday, asking absolute
divorce from her young husband
Roy j. Hall. on the grounds of cruel
and inhuman treatment
Mrs. Hall. who is now staying at
the home of her parents on South
Seventh street. obtained the protec-
lion OF the court by temporary in
junction restraining the husband
from carrying out threats of per-
sonal violence, or destroying or dis
posing of property, which includes a
rev home recently built on Avenue
c, near Thirty-second street.
Miss Smith and young Hall were
married at Hollywood, Los Angeles
April %, 1920, when Judge Smith and
family went to California in the hope
OF bene6ting his health. The mar.
riage ceremony was performed by
Rev. Marcus P. Mcclure, former pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
in Council Bluffs, and now in charge
OF one of the largest churches in
Hollywood.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Practice of Beechnut
Company Held Illegal

Washington, Jan. 3.-The practice
of the Beechnut Packing company in
its selling methods was found by
the supreme court today to be in re-
straint of trade and in violation of
law.
The court reversed the decision of
the lower courts and held the fed
eral trade commission was within its
rights in ordering the company to
discontinue its practices. The meth
ods of the company. Justice Day
stated, in delivering the opinion, sup
pressed competition.
Justice Day stated that the order
OF the commission is too broad and
the court prescribed a form of order
to be followed in the future. Jus
tices Holmes. McKenna, Mickey
nolds and Brandeis dissented.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Farmer Not
Rebellious
in Spirit
Big Farm. Convention at Linz
coin Brings Out THAT Pres.
ent Crisis Is f.onsid.
cred Sayely.
L.oath to CIT Acreage
BY PAUL GREER,
starr Correspondent Omaha bee

Lincoln, Jan. 3.-(Special Tele.
sram.)-The biei hfart OF the farm.
or was never bcdore so torn between
conflicting desires. That was evident
IN the meetings. Of organized agri.
culture on thc campus of the agri
cultural college here today. Never
was ther% time when it was SC
hard t% tell what the farmer was
thinking about. Although he is com
plcteW upset by unfavorablc iinan-
cial conditions, he is not nearly so
.kSsterical as people in the cities
imagine. Nor. say the old-timcrs. is
there the bitter spirit of rebellion
that has marked previous crises in
agriculture.
Loath to Cut Acreage.
There is a definite decision to do
only what he can do with his own
force, that is sure. In general, the
producers are loath TO cut acreage.
The feeling is strong with them that
it is their allotted task TO feed the
world. They think of the poor in the
cities and the famine overseas, and
though they wonder why the food
they have provided is not distributed,
many fear that If they lessen their
production they might be crippling
humanity This does not mean how
ever that less OF one crop may not
be planted, and the effort diverted to
raising other kinds OF food.
From the interest shown at the
meeting OF the Crop Growers asso-
citation, in discussions on growing
alfalfa, clover and pasture crops, ii
appears more land probably will be
put back to grass this yer. During
the war, pastures were plowed up
in order to increase production Of
grain and Nebraska was left with
a cattle shortage. Continued dry
weather, however, would prevent a
return to grass.
Rotation Is Advised.
The only thing to do" says w.
H. Brokaw, of the extension serv-
ice, rs to put the land back to
grass. The policy OF this department
is to encourage rotation by putting
III lSk uHlCS. olC Vi tUt u1IIlCuIt1tS
is the inability of tenant farmers
to escape from the necessity of a
ready money crop, such as corn.
However, tenants can turn to in
creased pork production"
Dairying is already on a boom.
-3c1ae see danger OF going to an
sextremc before adequate markets are
( assured. Although there are many
country towns where canned milk
is all that is obtainable, there have
also been a few communities having
20 much fresh milk that it could mol
be disposed Of. This contingency,
however. is usually quite distant.
And, as Senator A. II. Miller. q
farmer of Washington county, said:
Any man with milk stains on his
ovcralls can get plenty of credit.
Both Senator Miller and Irwin
Iopt. farmer OF Red Willow coun-
~, who formerly taught at the farm
school, agreed in their papers that
the farmers will consume less OF
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Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Sleuths Nabs Squawman
After lO-Day Hunt on Skis

Craig. Colo, Jan. 5.-Facing biz
yards in the snow-covered Rocky
mountains and tracking down moon
sinners and bootleggers on skis is
the eNhilarating pastime OF Dale
Hunt, federal prohibition enforce
ment officer in this territory. 1t is
estimated Hunt has travelled several
hundred miles on skis and snowshoes
in an effort to make northwestern
Colorado bone dry. Hunt arrested
and secured the conviction recently
of one of the most notorious moon
sinners in the west when he captured
"Squawman' Brown following a sem
sational Today man hunt in the hills.
Brown is three quarters Cherokee
Indian.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Three Dead, 20 Sick
as Result Of Revelry

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Federal, state
and local police officials yesterday
took stock of results i'll the third new
years celebration since prohibition
Three persons are dead, there were
800 arrests for violation of the Vol
stead law and 20 victims of alcoholic
poisoning are in the county hospital
most Of them in bad condition.
Of the three dead, one froze to
death while intoxicated, another
died in convulsions from bootleg
liquor and the third, who was rem
dered topheavy by his load OF
hootch, fell to the pavement, crack
ing his skull. Another unidentified
man was picked UP unconscious in
the street last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Secretary of Republican
Committee Seriously iii

ST. Paul, Jan. 3.-The condition
OF Clarence B. Miller, secretary OF
the republican national committee,
who was operated on for appendicitis
today. was reported TO be very
serious" by his his physicians lasl
night. although it was announced ht
was resting fairly comfortably. The
crisis will not pass for at least ~
hours. II was said
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Former Student, Freed
in Murder, Dies in Crash

Philadelphia, Jan. S.-William P.
Brines. former University OF Penn
sylvania student vino was acquitted
last January of the charge of killing
Elmer c. Drewes, Dartmouth col
lege student, lost his life in an auto
mobile accident near San Diego,
Cal, Sunday, according to tele-
gram received here by John R. Wig
gins, his uncle.
Drewes was found dead on the out
skirts of the city with bullet in the
head in October, 1920 Brines pleaded
not guilty and at the trial his counsel
did not place him on the witness
stand,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Attorney W. E. Child
Dies Of Pneumonia

Walter Z. Child, all attorney, died
at his home, 4l2 South Forty eighth
street, at ! yesterday afternoon, after
two weeks illness with pneumonia.
He is survived by his wife and
three small children. Stephen. S;
Helen, g. and Mercedes, seven
months; his father. Stephen Child,
and a brother, Henry Child of
Springfield, III.
Mr.. Child had lived in Omaha
seven wears.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Sheriff in Nillisca Feud
in. Race for Legislature

Red Ook, Ia, Jan. 3.-(Spccial. y
Sheriff Ed Peterson, a leading iis-
urc in the Wilkerson-Jones feud, an
aftermath of the Villisca ax-inurder
case, will be candidate at tie COM
ing June primaries for the republican
nomination for state representative
Repi sentative E. A. Larson viii not
seek another term. Deputy Sherii,
]. A. Baker will be candidate for
the nomination for sheriff.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Mayor Held for Contempt;
Pardons Careless Driver

Alexandria, La. Jan. 3.-Mayor
Foisy was arrested on warrant
charging contempt issued by Muni-
cipal Judge Sunley. The mayor was
said to have freed a man fined for
careless driving, declaring that the
conviction was spite work on the
part OF the judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
5000, 200 Bushels of Corn
Bought for Russ Relief

Washington, Jan, 5.-Morc thar
100000 bushels OF corn has been
bought by the purchasing commits
sion for Russian relief and one ship
load OF 100000 bushels left New Or
leans, December 81, the American
Farm Bureau federation today said
it had been informed by Don Liv-
ingston, commissioner of agriculture
of South Dakota. The corn has been
bought, it was said, for delivery Of
ship board at New Orleans. Baltimore
and New York. -
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
New York Boxers May Have
Perished i'm Club Fire

New York Jan. 3.-Fear was ex-
pressed today that Joe and Frank
Welling, boxers, might have per-
ished in fire which swept the top
floor of the Beech Hurst Country
club at Whitestone. which they had
leased as training and sleeping quar-
ters.
Search of the burned-out sleep
ing rooms disclosed no trace of the
pugiIists.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Pickford Divorce Suit
Called "Worst of Its Kind

Carson City, New, Jan. 3.-Mary
Pickford's divorce from Owen
Moore was. "the worst OF its kind
and should be tbe. last of its kind"
Attorney General l.. B. Fowler de-
clared in closing brief filed in the
supreme court here today in his ac-
ton to have the decree set aside.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Plans Tax
on Public
Governor Mckclsic to Ask
Legislature for Salary Levy
on State, City and Coun-
ty Post Holders.
Omaha Mayor Included

Lincoln, Jan. 5,-(Special,l-lm'
position OF state income tax on al
high salaried state, county and city
officials probably will be another
task assigned to the special session
OF the legislature by Governor Nc
kelvie.
The governor declared today he
believed such a tax possible, and. II
il proves TO be. it will take the place
OF the proposed wage reduction oI
) per cent in salaries OF constltu'
tionaI state officers which was
dubious because. under the constitu'
ton, AN officer specified by that doc
ument is not subject 10 salary change
during his tenure OF Office.
Exempt From Reduction.
The lower salaried onlccrs whose
stipcndS were not made secure by
the constitution have been complain
ing because supreme court Justices,
the state treasurer. state auditor and
others couldn't get their salaries re.
duccd even il they desired it, and
that was very questionable although
a few announced they were ready ii
the law would point the way.
This meass that these officers
probably will be reduced greater
percentage through the income tax
than the lower salaried officers
through the imposition OF ) per
cent reduction with $1,000 cXemp-
ton attached" the governor said to-
day.
All public officers in the state,
county and city governments have
been exempt from the federal income
tax because under the federal law one
branch OF government can't impose a
tax On another.
Consider Omaha Officials.
The governor stated that if it we're
found a tax placed on the salaries
of Mayor Jim Dahlman and the Oma-
ha city commissioners for instance,
couldn't go into the state treasury
because this same rule OF law ap-
piled to the state, an effort would
be made to divert the tax from these
salaries into county and city funds,
respectively. .....
There is no doubt that the tax
from state officers salaries can go
into state funds" the governor said
The governor announced that
S250000 might be cut from the state
university appropriation in one lump
in the form OF repeal OF the ap-
preparation of $250,000, made by the
last legislature for a memorial GYM
nasium on the campus at Lincoln.
One-half of this amount was levied
and collected this year, but under
the governors plan this S125,0OO will!
be. appropriated against a necessary
university item of expense and that
much of the expense will be cut
from the appropriation bill.
May Divert Gym Money.
Possibly it will be placed in the
salary fund SO. we can reduce the
salary fund $125,000 in 1926" a
budget official said.
There will be other reductions in
the university appropriations, just
the same as in practically all appro-
the governor said.
Announcement of the deleting OF.
the memorial gymnasium appropria-
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Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Members Of Portugal
Cabinet Resign Places

Lisbon. Jan. 5.-(By A. P.)-The
cabinet, headed by Cunha Leal as
premier and minister of finance. has
resigned. The probability of the
establishment of a military or other
dictatorship is being talked OF, but
nothing has developed.
The resignation of Cunha Lea1
was due to incompatibility of opin-
ion between the premier and men,
bers of the political parties concern
ing the holding of elections.
The cabinet of Cunha Leal was
formed December 10.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Boston Banker Selected as
Scientist Society Trustee

Boston Mass, Jan. Sired NJ.
Lamson. local banker and a
Christian Scientist was agreed upon
today by the directors of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist and the
trustees OF the Christian Science
Publishing society as the sole EN-
porary trustee to administer the
society's affairs. Fhe agreement
came after Justice Crosby OF the su-
preme court had announced that
unless the two parties could unite
on trustee he would appoint a
temporary receiver
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
St. Louis Strikers Arrested.

East St. Louis, Jan. 3.-Tbout 500
persons gathered at police headquar-
ters here today following the arrest
of % packing house strikers. but
dispersed on police orders without
causing any disturbance. The ar
rest followed tho alleged beating OF
: negro cmploye of one OF the pack
ing plants.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Four Dead Toll of New Year
Celebration in Honolulu

Honolulu, Jan. 3.-Four dead and
Is injured was the toll of Honolulu 5
New Year celebration. Among the
dead is Corp. Victor Schiller of the
9Th infantry, stabbed to death at
the height Of the merry making New
Years eve. His home was in De-
troit. Priv. Gilbert Spillman was
arrested and, the police say, con-
feSsed the killing.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Officer on Z. S. Destroyer
Found Dead in Quarters

Los Angeles, Jan. 3.-Lieu. John
Eberwine, an officer on the destroy
er tender Melville, was found dead
in his quarters on that vessel yester-
day. with bullet wound in his body.
Fellow officers. said that he had been
despondent because he was one u
several hundred officers who would
suffer loss of rank as a result of
recently ordered changes in the navv.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Iowa Dry Agent Shoots Man;
Murder Attempt Charged

Sioux City, Jan. 5.-Dan Kelly,
federal prohibition agent, is under
arrest under warrant charging him
with assault with intent to commit
murder, following the wounding of
Merle Bergeson of Sioux City, early
Sunday morning, at hotel.
Bergeson was slightly wounded
in his left leg when the officers gun
was discharged. Kelly claim. it was
an accident. Bergeson and Kelly
had been companions throughout the
evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Harding Confers With
Cabinet on Economic Meet

Washington, Jan. S.-President
Harding and the cabinet spent two
hours today in discussing the
European economic situation and in
consideration of the possibility that
the United States might be called
into conference to deal with the
subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
$1,000 Reward for Joker.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-A reward OF
$1,000 for the arrest of a practical
Joker stood today. He turned in q
false fire alarm and last night the
third city fireman died from injuries
received when two fire engines
crashed when responding to the
call
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
6,576 Handshakes Cause
President and Wife Fatigue

Washington, Jan, 5-Beyond
slight fatigue in the muscles OF
their hands and arms. it was said
today that President and Mrs.
Harding showed no effect of the
physical ordeal they underwent yes
terday in connection with the White
House New Years reception. 1t
was estimated that $50 persons
passed through the reception room.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
; Shotgun Bandits Rob
Los Angeles Drug Store

Los Angeles, Jan. 5.-Three ban
dits. armed with sawed-off shot guns
held up three collectors for the Owl
Drug company in its store at Sixth
and Broadway today and escaped III
an automobile with a sum estimated
by the company at bout $4,000.
The robbery occurred in the busiest
street in downtown Los Angeles.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Hoquiam, Wash, Claims
Youngest Police Chief

Hoquiam, Wash. Jan. 5.--This
city claims to have the youngest po-
lice chief in the country. He is Will
liam Thompson, aged rs. He was
chosen TO succeed Clinton F. Hards.
who lost the job following his con
viction on charge of assaulting a
young man. Thompson. the new
chief, is a veteran OF the Second di-
vision in France.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Hibernian Hall Seized.

Belfast. Jan. 5.-tBy A. P.0-The
Hibernian hall at Eskra, County
Tyrone. was seized today by party
OF Sim Feiners. One section of the
party held Sim Fcin court at the
old school house and others visited
homes OF Catholics and demanded
their rifles and shotguns in the name
of the republican army. Many re-
fused to comply with this demand.
whcreapon the Sim feiners Lett
with threats that those declining
~onld be shot.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Miller Slightly Improved

St Paul. Jan 3.-Hospital st-
tendants today said that the eondi-
tion of Clarence B. Miller. secretary
OF the republican national committee.
who IS III OF heart trouble and pneu-
nionia. was slightly improved, al
though still critical.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Henry P. Fletcher Named
Ambassador to Belgium

Washington. Jan. S.-The nonina-
ton OF Henry p. Fletcher, under
secretary OF state. TO be ambassador
TO Belgium was announced today at
the White House. 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
Count Sczhenyi Named
Hungarian Minister to L. S.

Budapest. Jan. 5.-Count Laszlo
Sczhenyi has been appointed Hun
carian minister TO the United States.
He is now in Washington. Countess
Szchenyi was formerly Gladys NJ.
Vanderbilt of New York City.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04
The Weather
Forecast.

Forecast.
brask a-Snow Wednesday
colder in east and south portions;
Thursday probably fair; rising tenn
peratTe in west portion.
Iowa-Snow and colder WedneS-
day; Thursday probably fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-04

Highest Tuesday.


Protect shipments during the next a
20 g hours from Temperatures as follows.
North and west. IS degrees east 20 de
Erec-s sorth. : degrees.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
FLU SWEPT ENGLAND
IN THE 18TH CENTURY;
NAME FROM ITALY
By Cable TO The Star,

By Cable to The Star.
LONDON, january 31.-Infuenza,
which is gripping England and has
spread to America, is by no means
q modern disease. The dread word
made its first appearance in Eng
land just before the middle of the
eighteenth century. in connection
with an epidemic ague, which per-
haps came, like the word, from
Italy. The word is q by-form Of
Influence" which was originally
an astrological term for the power
or virtue supposed to flow from
the planets upon men and things,
SO in it's very origin it suggests
something mysterious and prob
ably baleful.
The use Of the word in England
became more general during the
epidemic Of 1852. and with the
severe visitation Of 1882 the term
became settled and was formally
adopted by the College of Physi-
clans. A Shropshire parish regis
ter thinks the disorder" remark
able enough to make a note of in
that year, and Lady Sarah Napier
Uennox) in a letter to a friend
dated May 20, 1882, says that 80
general an illness has never been
known here in the memory of
man."
She had heard of no fatalities,
but it was "horrid troublesome"
and "all bilious people are very
bad with it" IF it reaches you."
she further advises, you must get
rid of it by sweating or a gentle
phisic, and drink wine. for it's of
the putrid kind"-an adjective with
which many may agree. though not
in it's eighteenth century sense.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
STARTS TESTS TO LEARN
SECRETS ABOUT DUCKS
Egg-Laying Abilities to Be Studied
for Year in Thirty "Duck
Apartments"

FARMINGDALE. N. Y. January 81.
Thirty housekeeping apartments
for ducks-a species of the female
that really pioneered in the modern
wave of domestic unrest-have been
built at the State Agricultural In
stitute here. D. A. Ahrens. head of
the poultry department. announced
today.
The unwilling duck housewives
are objects of an experiment in trap
nesting" from which Mr.. Ahrens
hopes to derive a set of rules by
which the egglaying abilities of a
duck can be judged by her physical
characteristics. Such rules have been
worked out with considerable nicely
with respect to other fowl. Mr..
Ahrens said. but the duck has re-
manned mystery because of her
unwillingness to have her egE-laying
pried into. She refuses to sit on a
nest, where her performance could
be checked up-laying her eggs
where the inspiration of the moment
strikes her.
To get around this exhibition of
temperament, Mr.. Ahrens has con-