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Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-08
DEATH & FUNERAL NOTICES.

BAY-william H.. entered into rest at
his home. s5:s Seward street, Tuesday
morning at tho age OF 81 yars
Funeral services Friday. June 0, At
80 p. m. at tho Scottish Rite eathed-
raj. in charge OF Nebraska Lodge No.
I, A. =. a \. VI, InteTment Forest
Lawn cemetery, Friends welcome, For
further Information call Hulse a. Rsp"n.
OSElIs-J. Knox. sr.. entered into rest
Tuesday. June 8, at tho ago OF ~ years.
Funeral services Thursday, June s. at
pa m, at the Church OF Sacred Heart,
sd and Binney SITS, lnterment Holy
sepulcher cemetery. Friends welcome.
Remains will lis In state Mt Huso q
Ropens funeral pRrlors.
GENTLEMAN--Mrs Mary. age 20 years.
widow OF the late Robert.
Funeral Friday morning from residence
Si32 Cunning street at $3.50 A. m. TO ~.
Cecilia church a. IN. lnterment Holy
Sepulchrc cemetery.
NELSoN-MrB. Mary. age 4s years, died
Monday at her home. 50is South 18th
~. Survived by her husband, John.
Funeral Thursday. .. M. Brewers
funeral chapel. 2ith and X SITS. Rev.
a, X. walporn Graceland.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Sixty-Five Years in
Government Service
Is Ended by Death

WASHINGTON, April with g.
break of two weeks the remarkable
total of siXty-five consecutive years
in the government service was end
ed by the death here recently of Mr..
Henry j. Wylie, retired civilian EN-.
sploye of the quartermaster depart
nent of the marine corps. Mr..
Wylie enlisted in the Forty-ninth
Massachusetts, infantry, in 1861,
from his native residence, Pitts
field, Mass. He left the union army
in 1868 with the rank of regimental
sergeant major In the two assaults
on Fort Hudson, La, his regiment
lost 1900 men.
Two weeks after leaving the army
he was appointed to a clerkship in
the Washington navy yard, and in
an unbroken stretch of sixty-three
years on active duty served total
of forty-five years in the quartermas-
ter department of the marine corps,
acting as chief clerk for thirteen
years. In this capacity he admin
istered the oath of office to five
commandments of the marine corps:
Generals Haywood, Elliott, Biddle,
Barnett and Lejeune. On the occa-
sion of his funeral many distin-
guished officers of the service at
tended, headed by the preSent COM
Inandant of the marine corps, Major
General John A. Iejaune
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
LLOYD GEORGE ASKS
VOTE Of CONFIDENCE
FROM PARLIAMENT
British Premier in Stirring
Speech Places Genoa Res
oIution Before the House Of
Commons ::

LONDON, April 3.-Premier Lloyd
George this afternoon asked the
house of commons for a vote of
confidence in his government.
In stirring speech before a
crowded house, the British prime
minister put his leadership to the
test. He defended the coalition gov
ernment's foreign policy and asked
the approval of parliament of the
Genoa economic conference.
Lloyd George met squarely the
crisis confronting his government.
He was faced, from the opposition
benches, by leaders of three indie
pendent groups of political enemies,
each ready with an amendment to
his resolution:
Resolved, That this house ap-
prove the resolutions passed by the
supreme council at Cannes as a
basis for the Genoa conference, and
will support his majesty's govern
ment in endeavoring to effect them"
The prime minister stood ready to
resign if an amendment were passed.
1.-THE Genoa conference was called
to consider the reconstruction of
economic Europe" Lloyd George
declared, opening his speech late
this afternoon, land to examine the
best method Of restoring prosperity
out of desolation."
He thereupon moved his resolu-
ton, asking parliament's confidence
in the proposed policies.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Adjustment Advocated
For Ku Klux Klan
By Texas Senator

WASHINGTON, April 1-Destr,,c.
tlon OF the Ku Klux Khan was advo-
Gated by Senator Culberson, Demo.
crat, Texas, in letter to a con.
stltuent, declaring that the Ku Klux.
hian was an organization inimical
10 orderly government. The letter
was made public here.
L have no affiliation directly or
indirectly with this organization"
said Senator Culberson, land I am
unqualifiedly opposed to it's opera
tons. If not curbed it will usurp
the functions of the state and be
destructive Of government itself. It
will indeed overthrow our Anglo
Saxon civilization in it's relation to
government.
Steps should be taken, there.
fore, in order 10 arrest it's progress
and finally to destroy it."
The state rather than the federal
government has power to proceed
against the khan, Senator Culberson
declared, adding that the necessary
power to handle the situation was
lacking in Texas. He favored an
extra session of the legislature to
enact legislation to meet the situa-
tiOn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
TEXAS COTTON BODY HAS
EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION
Henry Ford Buys Farm
Where John Burroughs
Lived and Is Buried

KINGSTON, N. Y, April l.
near Roxbury, where John Bur-
roughs was born, where he lived
many of his years, and whore,
last April his body was laid to
rest, has been purchased by
Henry Ford, long a friend and
vacation comrade of the author.
On Monday the first anniver-
sary of the burial Of Burroughs,
the farm will be dedicated u his
memory.
Mr.. Ford, it was learned to-
day, bought the place March 10
from Julian Burroughs, the
natura1ist's son, to whom it was
bequeathed, and established a
fund for it's preservation as a me-
mortal.
The John Burroughs Memorial
association has been formed to
buy the place and preserve it,
but when that organization met
difficulties in raising funds, Ford
volunteered to see the plan
through, it was said today by
JuuSe A. L.. clearwater, through
whom the purchase was con-
summated.
Judge Clearwater said Ford
paid $4,000 for the farm. His
added gift will be used to pre-.
serve the spots that Burroughs
made known to the world through
his books-the time darkened
house in which he was born,
Woodchuck Lodge, the retreat in
which he wrote of nature and its
wonders and in whose quiet
shelter he was host to intimates;
the rock upon which he played as
a boy and that now marks his
resting place; the spring that in
spired many pages of his works.
Ford and Thomas A. Edison
and Harvey S. Firestone, who
used to go on vacations with Bur-
roughs, are expected to attend
the memorial service Monday,
along with host of others who
loved him.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
FORD ASKED TO INSPECT
SAVANNAH RIVER SHOALS
NEW OFFER MADE
FOR MUSCLE SHOALS

WASHINGTON, April 1.-Use of
nitrate plant No. at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, to establish by congressional
assent, IAN important profitable in
dustry" in Alabama and Tennessee
for the fixation of nitrogen, was
proposed today by Charles l.. Par
sons, a chemical engineer of this
city, and former adviser to the gov
eminent on nitrogen production in
time of war. The proposal was trans
mitted to congress by Secretary
Wees without comment and was
referred to the house military COM
mittee for examination in connec-
ton with the three other private
offers for various units of the
Muscle Shoals properties.
In a letter to Secretary Weeks,
which accompanied the proposal,
Mr.. Parsons reiterated statements
contained in his recent testimony on
nitrogen fixation before the house
military committee, and declared
the cyanamid process was becoming
obsolete. For that reason, he
added, he did not propose to oper-
ate plant No. 2 designed to the
cyanamid process but agreed to
furnish the calcium carbide it
might require in the event the gov
eminent leased it to other interests
Id ~ IN ifcn
the production of cyanamid or fer
tiliZer products.
Chairman Kahn, Of the military
committee, made public the offer
after the committeeman decided to
begin executive sessions April 10 to
define just what was offered by the
four proposals now before it and
later, to recall their proponents for
final examination and possible mod
ification Of the offers. After that
had been done, Mr.. Kahn said, the
committee would begin preparation
c its report to the house covering
the various offers and probably con-
tanning a resolution for adoption
which would determine what dispo-
sition could be made of the proper
ties by authority of congress. .
Both the military committee
members and those of the agricul-
ture committee in the senate having
jurisdiction over the four proposals
were agreed today that actual de-
velopment Of the Muscle Shoals
""ojects should be started at the
earliest possible time. House mem
bers, however, were inclined to take
the position that a decision on the
proposals should be made at the
present session Of congress while
some senators believed greater
progress could be made by appro-
priating for construction work to-
begin in July and Withholding the
offers for more deliberate consid-
GRAFTON, probably by the December
congress.
This difference Of opinion was
credited to the contrast between the
legislative calendars of the senate
and house, the latter being com
paratfvely free from congestion Of
major bills while the former re-
vealed measures scheduled for
passage before adjournment which
would require extended debates and
consideration before they could be
disposed of. These, it was said,
would probably make it impossi.
BILE for the senate to take up the
'rious offers for Muscle Shoals at
the present session
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Little Girl Tells How
She Tried to Catch
Burglar Who Beat Her

NEW YORK, April IA daunt-
less little girls efforts to capture
a burglar who had cruelty beaten,
bound and gagged her, were dis.
closed today when her mother, Mrs.
Cara o. Pomeroy, complained that
the police had "dCne nothing" in the
case.
Still disfgured by a swollen,
blackened eye and with her body
covered with bruises, the child,
Martha, aged eight, told reporters
OF her experiences.
she had Just returned from school
wednesday and was alone in the
house, Martha said, when the
burglar, "a big man with red hair"
called. He threw her to the floor.
MT her two or three times with his
lsts, bound her, gagged her, and left
her huddled in a corner for three
hours while he ransacked the house.
he took jewels, silverware, cloth
ing and even papers valuable to the
family. but not to him. And what
he didn't take he ripped up, broke
or tossed away.
Then he united the child and bur.
rled away, warning her not to move
Tor half an hour. But as he closed
the door Martha staggered to her
feet and followed him.
She said she saw him meet a
woman, give her one of his two
suitcases of loot and get into an
automobile; Martha tried to follow
the car, but was too weak.
Police declared they were work.
ing hard on the case, and expressed
behet that the robber probably was
the candy burglar" His system,
they said, is to bride school chill.
dren to tell where they live and if
the mouse is empty, by giving them
sweets. But Martha says she was
noe given any candy, although the
man stopped her on the street as
sne nurf!ed nome from school, and
asked if her mother was ar homo
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Former Emperor Karl
OF Austria May Be
Buried in Austria

FUNCHAL, Madeira, April l.
(By the Associated Press. )-Charles
I, former emperor of Austria and
king of Hungary, died here this
morning at 11:30 o'clock. The exiled
monarch had been suffering from
pneumonia for more than a week.
Charles, who retained conscious
ness until the last, passed away in
the presence Of his wife, the former
Empress Zita, and their eldest son,
Francis Joseph Otto, one time heir
apparent to the throne of Austria
Hungary. ....
Zita, when the condition of her
husband became critical, desired
that the physicians in attendance
permit her to undergo the operation
of blood TRANSMISSION in an effort to
save him, but the physicians refused
their consent.
His body will be embalmed, and
the expectation here is he will be
returned to Austria for burial. On
the announcement of the death of
Charles, all the commercial houses
in Funchal closed their doors as a
token of respect.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Mayor Suggests
That Engineers Be Sent to
Look Over PotentiaIities for
100000 Horsepower

AUGUSTA, Ga, April Julian
NJ. Smith, mayor Of Augusta, has
written Henry Ford, requesting that
he send some of his engineers here
to inspect the shoals on the Savan-
nah river, above Augusta. The let
ter went forward to Mr.. Ford today.
Mayor Smith points out the fact
that there are four or five sites on
the river above Augusta, capable Of
developing, in the aggregate, 100000
water horsepower. This enormous
volume of potential power, he points
out, now is going to waste.
Following is the mayors letter to
Mr.. Ford:
''In view of the fact that there is
some question as to your securing
the lease on Muscle Shoals, as mayor
of. Augusta, would like to offer for
your inspection the enormous vol
ume Of water going to waste at four
or five sites above this city on the
Savannah river.
"The sites I refer to extend over
an area of some 35 miles, and would
permit the generation off an aggre-
gate of 100000 water horsepower.
There now is a power plant at
Stevens Creek, about seven miles
above Augusta, and rs miles below
the shoals referred to above. This
plant develops $4,000 hydro-eIectric
horsepower and was designed for the
ultimate deVelOrnent of 20 200 NV.
dro-electric horsepower.
"At one Of the sites, known as
Rigjaw, there are five to six miles
Of shoals; at Crouch's Cliff, a few
miles higher up, there are three to
four miles of shoals, while at An
thony Shoals, on Broad river, Is to
IL miles above it's junction with the
Savannah river, are 10 to IL miles
of shoals.
L believe it would be worth your
while to send some of your engineers
here to go over the field. For your
information, will say, some seven or
eight years ago, eastern interests
secured leases and bought up some
land in that territory with the idea
OF developing the various sites. but
the advent of the European war
matted operations. These interests,
in fact, had gone so far as to per.
form considerable preliminary work.
Trusting that you will give this.
matter your consideration, and with
highest regards, am,
yours truly,
(SlgneO JULIAN M. SMITH.
Mayor City of Augusta
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Two More Arrests
In Platinum Case

NEW YORK, April 1.-Two more
arrests We're made today in connec.
ton with the theft from the gov.
eminent at Jacksonville, Tenn. in
platinum.
The latest to be taken into Gus.
tody We're Mrs. Rose Weller, ~, Of
Maspeth, L. l., and her daughter
Katie, 81. They were\ arraigned in
federal court on a charge of being in
possession of some of the platinum
in May; 1920. -
Department of justice agents said
others previously arrested in The
case included Spanish Joe" Weller,
son c: Mrs. Rose Weller; Flo Weller
j e's wife; Meyer Ripstein and a
chemist sentenced to fifteen years
IN federal prison for having exc.
S cur the theft, substituting clay
for the platinum.
Federal agents said about $40. 900
mad been realized from sale of the
loot. Little has been recovered.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Youngstown, O., Steel
Mill Operations Near
75Per Cent Capacity

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April g.
Steel mill operations in the Youngs-
town district next week will average
more thans75 per cent of capacity,
the highest ratio for 10 months, &C
cording to schedules announced by,
mill officials Saturday. Nearly all
the open-hearth furnaces will be
running, and two of three Besse-
mer plants, while a week from Mon
day the Republic Iron and Steel com.
pany will start it's Bessemer plant,
which has been idle for more than
a year, thus making 100 per cent
Bessemer operation.
Operation of sheet mills will show
an increase from two-thirds of ca
pacity, this weeks figure, to about
eighty per cent
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
CIVIL SERVICE AND
'SPO|LS SYSTEM IN
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
Action of Harding in Dis
missing % Called Illegal
Statutes Covering Case
Invoked
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Geased Wire Service to The Journal.j
(Convripht 1922


Copyright, 1929
WASHINGTON, April "a crisis
has come in the everlasting struggle
between civil service and the "spoils
system"
When Attorney General Daugher.
ty told the house committee on ap
preparations that he frankly favor
ed government offices with political
appointees under a Republican or
Democratic administration, as the
case may be, instead of with civil
service employees and argued that the
political selection were the more eff
ficient, little significance was at.
tached to his observations, which
were regarded for the moment as
more or less academic.
Now, however, the biggest sensa'
ton has developed in the govern
ment service since the days when a
disappointed office seeker assassinat.
ed President Garfield and gave rise
to the civil service system Of today.
Office Seekers Active
Torn on every side by the de-
mands Of office seekers, who served
the Republican party in the 1920
campaign and who are eager to
serve it even more energetically in
the congressional campaign Of 1922.
President Harding has yielded at
last to. the opportunities Of his pO'
litical associates.
The ak fell first on the heads Of
twenty-five bureau chiefs and subor'
dinate officials in the governments
biggest estab1ishment-the bureau OF
printing and ngraving-where the
stamps, paper money and govern
ment bonds are made.
Without a word Of warning, with
out chance to defend themselves,
these officials, many of whom have
been in the bureau since boyhood
days, many Of whom never have
voted or affiliated with political par.
ties, were cast adrift and under the
law are ineligible for government
service again.
Are Still in Air
The whole government personnel
is disturbed. Hints are given that
the internal revenue service and the
customs service, the prohibition en-
forcement staff and other bureaus,
which like that of engraving and
printing come under the treasury
department, are to be the victims Of
political se-cleaning.
Secretary Andrew W. Mellon
loathes politics. He has declined to
interfere with what has seemed to
him an efficient personnel. Mr.. Har
ding couldn't persuade Mr.. Mellon
to take a deep interest in party
patronage. So Elmer Dover, regional
director for the Republican party on
the Pacific coast, and one of the lead
ing Republicans of the state of
Washington, consented to become as
sistant secretary of the treasury and
has been conducting a relentless
fight against Democrats still in Of
ficeA
In this he has the hearty SYM
pathy of Republican members of con.
gress who are not overly fond of
Secretary Mellon, anyway, first, be.
cause of his differences with con-
gress over taxation, and, second, be.
cause of his pronounced opposition
to the bonus bill.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
SITUATION QUIET
As COAL WALKOUT
BEGINS THIRD DAY
John L, Lewis Head of Strik-
ing Miners, Will Appear
Before House Labor COM
mittee Monday

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The con-
dltions under which the miners would
end their strike may be revealed by
John l.. Lewis, president Of the
United Mine Workers of America be-
fore the house labor committee to-
day.
Lewis is to appear before the com.
mittee which has been investigating
the coal strike to outline the miners
position.
Both the operators and union Gift
Gals expressed satisfaction with the
situation over Saturday and Sunday
Quiet ruled over the districts where
100000 miners are idle.
In the meantime, however, an all
most complete suspension of work
was reported by union headquarters
in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, In
diana, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and
other unionized districts. In
Pennsylvania both the bituminous
and anthracite diggings were shut
down.
From Kentucky it was reported
that work would continue under
contract which had another year to
run. In West Virginia the opera
tors said the mines would be reopen
ed Monday on an open shop basis.
In Kansas union chiefs said that
the strike would continue despite
an industrial court order for tenn
porary extension of the old contract.
No effort toward federal interven-
ton was reported, administration
leaders holding that any such &C.
ton must be based on the existence
of an emergency which, they said,
does not yet appear to exist, as sup
plies of coal from three to eight
weeks are on hand.
Senator Borah, Of Idaho, chairman
Of the Senate labor committee. show-
ever, suggested that the necessity
for government operation Of the
mines might arise. eff the coal in
dustry does not reorganize in the in
terest of the public, it will be up to
the public to try the experiment of
government ownership he declar.
ed in a statement.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
African Prince Shines
Shoes at Hotel Ruh]

NICE.-"All right, shine 'em up,
Sambo. and make it snappyw
Any American visitor is apt to so
address a negro servant at the Hotel
Ru'' The guest will not know that
the porter is Prince Braham Kachala
Nengami, only living heir to the
'hrone of Kanaoura, in deepest AFR
ca, and one who has been received
as royalty by the kaiser and the
crown prince, the Empress Eugene,
the Prince Of Belgium and the pope.
The prince, whose country was di-
vided up between France, Germany
and English IS technically a protege
of France. He lost his small allow
ance from the government at bac.
carat, and was compelled to take his
present job shining shoes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
DANGER IS OVER

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 3.-After
forty-eight hours battle with the
Mississippi to keep it from breaking
through the weakened levee at Old
Town, Ark, government engineers
announced today danger was past,
and the situation we'll in hand.
Approximately six hundred men
helped build two sub-levees of sand
bags and timber piling back Of the
danger@point at Old Town. The two
temporary levees were completed
yesterday afternoon.
The cotton belt levee board and
st. Francis levee board announced
today that danger of a break was
virtually over.
The flood crest is expected to
reach Helena, Ark, some time today.
The crest at both Helena and Old
Town is expected to go. to 52.2 feet,
which United States engineers say
the levee will stand.
The situation in the st. Francis
river district near Mariana, where
tho farm lands are not protected
by levee, is reported improving.
Refugees, however, are still arriv-
ing at both Mariana and Helena,
driven, from their homes by ack
water
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Two Pilots Are Killed
As Planes Crash
Near Houston, Tex.

HOUSTON, Tex, April 3.-Two
airplanes from Ellington field crash
ed near South Houston this morning
and came down in flames. Both
pilots were killed. Major Simmons,
pilot of one plane, was burned to
death, and Lieutenant Fitzpatrick,
pilot of the other, died a few min
utes after the accident.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Irish Rebels Capture
Ammunition and Guns
On British Vessel

DUBLIN, April 3.-Irish repub-
lican rebels captured 100000 rounds
OF ammunition and 10000 rifles when
they seized a British government tug
at Queenstown, it was learned today.
The arms were taken to Cork by
water and packed into hundreds of
motor lorries,i which had been seized
there for this purpose. They were
in the hills.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
Motor
Company Incorporated
In Lansing Saturday

LANSING, Mich, April 2.-The
iLincoln-Ford Motor Car company
was incorporated Saturday with a
Capitalization of $15,250,000. There
are $500 shares of common stock,
of which Edsel Ford, president of
the Ford Motor company, holds g.
497. Henry Ford, Henry M. Leland
and Wilfred c. Leland hold one
share each.