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The Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL. 51 NO. 164.
OMAHA, MONDAY, PKCKMBKU 20, 1921.
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City Spends
Xmasof Joy
and Cheer
Gloom and Despair Arc
Driven to Cover Churches
Have Special
Services.
Legion Feasts Ex-Yanks
The aad Christina did not appear
in Omaha yeale rday. '
If there wai a person in want who
had not felt the kindness of the va
rious charitable organizations, the
dispensers of aubstantial cheer didn't
know about it.
Omaha enjoyed the day.
The cold snappy weather was good
for skating. Hundreds, young and
eld. were skating at Miller, Han
scam, Rivcrviow, Fontenelle and Tur.
tier parks. Warming houses super
vised by city employes made skaters
comfortable.
The Orpheum and Gaycty perform
ers, whrnevcr possible in their' songs
and recitations, injected Christmas
spirit.
Newsboys Get Gifts.
Street urchins and newsboys were
remembered with gifts. One news
boy was given $25 by a local banker
"Gee! 1 wish Christmas would
come every day," said little Tony
Kotollo, 10, Sixth and Pierce streets.
"I got so many presents that I had
to have my brother, Angelo,. help
me.- Papa and mamma are both
sick and, gee I how tickled they'll be
to see us." Tony stated that he re
ceived almost $100 in gifts.
It was an irresistible army that
drove cheerlessness and despair to
their last defenses.
Special Church Services.
Omaha churches had special serv
ices. Sunday school classes had ex
tra music features by the children.
The inmates in the both city and
county jails were remembered with
gifts and big chicken dinners. Church
workers sang-Christmas carols and
religious services were held in the
jails Sunday morning.
Traveling men miles away from
home found the hotels happy places.
The larger hotels provided Christ
. mas dinners with the usual "mother's
trimmin's" and sacred music.. The
Fontenelle and Rome had beautifully
decorated trees. 1
Ex-Service Men Cared for.
The American Legion members,
under Rev. Father Holsapple worked
well into Saturday night and all day
Christmas to; see that ex-service
men without homes, and others who
Mere stranded here for lack of em
ployment, felt that Christmas was
no mockery.- -- . , ,
Trucks loaned by business houses
were kept busy all day delivering
coal, clothing, shoes and foodstuffs
to former 'soldiers. "I don't think
we missed a 'vet'" said Father Hol
sapple. "Kept usr mighty busy, but
the "buddies" are all satisfied."
Hospitals Are Visited.
The Women's Overseas Service
league, of. which ' Miss Helen Cor
nell is president, visited the local hos
pitals carrying baskets of homemade
i "goodies" to sick ex-service men. The
boskets were packed at the home oi
Miss Marie Matthews, chairman of
the hospital committee. Tuesday
right the league will give a Christmas
dance for the enlisted, men at Fort
Crook, There will be a Christmas
tree and each soldier will receive a
gift.
. A Christmas .dinner was served by
the American Legion to cx-sereict:
men at the Loyal .hotel.
The spirit of "peace on earth, good
will to men'' was brought to hun
dreds through the good will of sev
eral restaurants that offered meals to
the hungry. (
Boxes for Poor Farm.
Miss Cassie Riley distributed 28)
Christinas . boxes containing nuts,
candy and fruit to inmates at the
county poor farm. Religious services
with music were also held. '
The City Mission Christmas exer
cises arc to be held Monday at 10:30
a m. There will be two Santas and
two trees laden with gifts and food.
Five hundred are' expected to attenJ
the party. .
King Thanks Whitlock
For Aiding Belgium
Brussels, Dec 25. (By A. P.)
King Albert called at the American
embassy to bid farewell to the
retiring ambassador. Brand Whit
lock, expressing the thanks of
himself and the nation for the relief
work which Mr. Whitlock carried on
during occupation of Belgian terri
tory by the Germans. The king re-
niained for nearly two hours, remi
niscencing on the war and when he
was leaving expressed sincere regret
over the departure of Mr. Whitlock.
Washington. Dec. 25. Highest of
ficials in the State department know
nothing of Brand Whitlock's retire
ment from Brussels, but assumed
that he had applied for leave of pos
sibly 60 days, in the expectation that
his post would be filled by a suc
cessor before the expiration of his
leave. Such a course, it was ex
plained, would be in accordance with
custom of the diplomatic services.
300 Needy Children in
Beatrice Are Remembered
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special.)-
Nearly 300 needy children of
Beatrice were remembered bv citi
zens of the town in firemen'i hall
Saturday afternoon, where presents
were handed them from a Christmas
tree, followed by the - serving of
candy and nuts. There was music
' by Lenhart's orchestra, - community
singing and an address br Rer.
Lee Sorey. Charitable organizations
' in the city taw that the poor was
jell provided for oa Christmas.
Eldest Daughter of Noted Writer'
Is Victm of Wrecked Romance
Jessamy Bret Harte Steele Inmate of St. Lawrence
Hospital for Insane Moving Picture Brings
Outline of Tragedy to Light.
C hirac TrlbMM-Omalut It LtaMd
Ogdensburg, N. Y Dec. 25. A
story more full of surprises than fic
tion has been uncovering itself up
here on the American hore of the
St. Lawrence river during the last
fortnight,
Jessamy Bret Harte Steele, elder
of the two daughters of Francis Bret
Harte, world-famous author of the
"Luck of Roaring Camp," "The Out
cast 'of Poker Flat," "Tennessee's
Partner," "The Heathen Chinee,"
and other imperishable stories and
poems of the pioneer days of Cali
fornia, and herself once an outstand
ing figure in the less staid life of
New York, through her compelling
personality, her beauty aud her ir
responsible madcap gayety, is an in
mate of the St. Lawrence. Hospital
for the Insane.
The manner in which this fan
came to light was in keeping with
the dramatic nature of the whole
story.
Every Sunday night an entertain
ment, which included a showing' of
moving pictures, is given to the ho
pital inmates. Two weeks ago the
Christmas Truce
Observed by Both
Sides in Strike
Helen Keller Sends $100 aud
Sympathetic Words to
Workers Only
- One Arrest.
Christmas day in the South Side
strike zone was comparatively quief.
But one arrest had been made up
until 5 last night.
" Union headquarters at Twenty
fifth and M streets was jammed with
packing house workers at a mass
meeting which was called at 2:30
p. m. and lasted for two hours.
Few signs of discouragement could
be detected in the countenance of the
striking workers who assembled Tn
the union hall.
. J. W. Burns, union official, as
serted the packers are worse off now
than during the first week of the
strike. They are producing little,
and are under greater expense, Burns
claimed. He read a- message from
C. J. Hayes, international president
of. the union, .which declared -the
packers are on the defensive
Helen Keller Sends $100.
Edmund Brumbaugh read a mes
sage to the strikers from Helen
Keller, who also gave $100 to aid
their families. The message reads:
"My heart overflows with sym
pathy. I' suffer from seeing other
people suffer. t . ; ' , ' '
"I am ashamed of the comforts I
enjoy when T think of j'our misery.
I cannot enjoy the "pleasure that
comes to me while you arc cold and
hungry I cannot be free while "you
are bound. You are a part of the
great struggle for freedom and jus
tice going on all over the world. .
"I am deeply grieved : that you
must suffer, but only ' through suf
fering can you ' grow strong and
overcome the countless difficulties
that gather against you.
"Only in fighting for your free
dom can' vou win your just cause."
""HELEN KELLER." ,
Want All Disarmed.
J, H. Davis, district union presi
dent, told the strikers .that police
would be requested to disarm every
one. , .
"I understand about half the
strikebreakers" are - carrying guns,"
said President Davis. "Most of
them left the packing houses today.
They'll be 'going back either Monday
or Tuesday morning. Be iu xne
picket lines; talk to theiff and try
to keep them from going back."
President Davis declared none of
the strikers or their families .were
in hunger. Two thousand baskets
were given out yesterday and more
will be given out today, Davis said.
There will be a mass meeting to
night at the union headquarters.
Other speakers yesterday, were
Rev. J. L. Bcebe, who advocated
that the government hold public
improvement projects for cases of
emergency to furnish employment;
W. H. Green and Anson H. Bige
low, attorney for the union.
Lincoln Gas Company ,
Patrons Get Rebate
Lincoln. Dec. 25. (Special.)
Patrons of the Lincoln Gas and Elec
tric company of this city may get
a little Christmas joy from the fact
that a draft for . $284,515.62, repre
senting rebates due to consumers un
der the $1 gas case order, was re
ceived by the company and turned
over to the Nebraska State bank.
: The company will begin paying re
bates to the consumers early in
January.
The first period claims will be paid
first, and the draft which the com
pany received will more than cover
all of v these. The second period
claims will be paid about the first of
March.
"Burn Corn" Movement
Gains at Bloomfield
Etoomfield, Neb., Dec 24. (Spe
cials) The "burn corn or bust"
movement organized by local farm
ers, is gaining momentum, according
to reports. . Loral business men and
citizens have given their hearty sup
port to the movement and reports
come from other communities that
steps are being taken to form like
organizations. Each business man
and citizen agrees to buy and burn
at least two tons of corn the present
winter. And no farmer is to sell
more than two tons until all have
disposed of that amount. The price
agreed on is 29 cents per bushel.
program included a film version of
Tennessee's Partner."' !u the midst ,
of it one of the patients, known in
the institution merely as Mrs. ateele,
suddenly became Rreatly agitated.
"My father! My father!" the kept
crying out.
The entertainment had to be sus
pended until (.lie could be calmed.
So has brought to light a tragedy
which has been kept quiet by the
few who knew. It includes a divorce
obtained in Vonkers from her hus
band, Henry Milford Sleek', a stay
in the city almshouse of Portland,
i Me., a renewal of gay life in New
ork and eventually commitment to
the pyscopathic ward of Uellevue hos
pital, with transfers first to the Cen
tral Islip hospital on Iong Island in
1915. aud later, in April, 1917, to the
asylum here.
These are the bare facts in the
case and the only facts of plain
record. Behind them, dimly traceable
in outline, lies the story of a possi
ble temperamental inheritance which
is now four generations old and
which began in this very region of
the St. Lawrence and Hudson river
valleys.
Blue Jackets
Sent to Cairo
To Quell Riots
Flotilla of Armed Nile Boats
Reported Ordered to Upper
Egypt Military Con
trols Port Said.
By The Aimwiated Tree.
Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 25. Bluejack
ets arrived here Saturday night in
connection with the several days'
rioting. It is reported a flotilla of
armed Nile boats, manned by men
of the royal navy, will proceed to
upper Egypt within a few days.
Reports from Port Said say mobs
penetrated into the European quar
ter, but that the British military
quickly restored order.
It is understood that the military
has, assumed control at Port Said.
Disturbances were reported from
various parts of Egypt, but the
police and military were said to be
handling the situation. The martial
law order notifies the- public that
disorders and rioting and the de
struction of property will be rigor
ously suppressed by the military,
who are - ordered . to shoot when
necessarv. "
- The- dead reported in 'Cairo "up to
last night was 12. There were minor
disturbances in the native quarter to
day, .but the military was in control.
Among those killed last night was
a man known as rroressor jean
Orth " a well-known figure. ; He
claimed that he was an Austriau
archduke, whose mysterious disap
pearance was chronicled a number
of years ago. He was stabbed sev
eral times in the back. All the other
persons killed were natives.
Minor disturbances which the po
lice took control of, occurred today
at Damanhur and Beni bouef, in
southern Egypt.' The fact that, the
telegraphs, telephones and the rail
way are working normally . indi
cates a favorable situation prevails
in the provinces.
It is nuderstood that the authori
ties have decided on the ultimate
destination of Said Zagloul Pasha, a
nationalist leader, and five of his fol
lowers. Madame Zaeloul was informed by
the .authorities that she might join
her husband. She replied, hawever,
that it was her intention to take his
place -in Egypt.
Cadillac Reduction
More Than "Dopesters
Here Had Predicted
.
The much discussed reduction on
.Cadillac automobiles came as a
Christmas present to'the long list of
motorists who were waiting to see
what Cadillac would do the first of
the year. The announcement of a
reduction ranging from $700 to
$1,000 in the Omaha delivered price,
effective January 1, was made in the
Sunday, papers. "Dopesters" and
motor fans have made all sorts of
predictions regarding the price of
Cadillacs' to be announced, but most
of the "dope" missed the mark by a
wide margjn.
According to J. II. Hansen of the
J. H. Hansen Cadillac company, the
official reduction announcement
amounts to considerably more than
most of the conservative guesscrs
had estimated. The reduction is a
very substantial one conside ing the
fact that it applies to the new models
introduced recently. Numerous im
provements and refinements were
made in them. ."''
One of Smallest Dogs in
World Born at Bluffs
One of the smallest dogs in the
world is a jealously guarded curosity
at the home of C, O. Davis. Ill North
Eighth street.- Council Bluffs. Its
mother is a tiny Mexican Chihuahua,
the smallest breed of dog to be found
any where. The puppy only weighs
three ounces.
The mother dog is 5 years old and
has belonged-to the Davis family
since she was 7 months old. Her
name is "Midget." Another puppy,
born to Midget more than a year ago,
excited such curosity in the com
munity and brought so many visitors
to the Davis home that the canine
atom died from exposure and too
much handling. Midget jealously
guards this baby and will permit no
one to touch it
Debs Given
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mate as Socialist Leader
Is Released.
Goes Direct to Capital
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Atlanta, Dec. 25. Eugene V.
Debs, several times socialist candi
date for president, was released from
Atlanta penitentiary at 11:30 this
morning, the balance of his 10-ycar
sentence for violation of the espion
age act having been commuted by
President Hardinc.
Debs left an hour later for Wash
ington, his lelease having been con
ditioned, he said, on his reporting
to Attorney General Daugherty. He
refused to issue a statement or to
comment on any way on his case.
He expect! to reach Washington
about 7:30. in. Monday. '
An ovation was given Debs as he
emerged from the prison. The roar
from the crowd was echoed plainly
from within the walls as the many
friends he had made shouted a
good-bye. Debs paused and waved
bis hat to a group within the prison
before entering an automobile to go
to the station. -
Friends of Debs said he planned
to go to his home in Terre Haute,
Ind., when his business at Washing
ton was concluded.
Accompanied by Brother.
Debs was accompanied to Wash
ington by his brother, Theodore,
who had been in Atlanta for several
days; Miss Lucy Robbins of the
American Federation of Labor; Miss
Cclia Rotter, a member of the Debs
freedom conference, and newspaper
men.
For 48 hours, friends of Debs had
kept a watch over the prison, ex
necting his release despite reports
from Washington that his commuta
tion of sentence did not become ef
fective until after midnight Satur
day. Warden Dyche and Debs had
breakfast at the warden's residence
and Debs Jater returned to the in
stitution. 1 Just before Debs was formally re
leased the warden issued orders per
mitting newspaper men to enter the
prison, where they were shown the
dining room and kitchens and the
Christmas dinner being spread for
the 2,300 inmates. They entered the
warden's private office and greeted
Debs before he left.
, Ride in Day Coaches.
At the railroad station Debs de
cided that the party would ride in a
day 1 coach and would donate the
Pullman fare to the Russiart relief
fund. "I left 2,300 men back there
and they all should be given their
liberty," he said. "They were all my
friends. He also declared he would
work for the release for what he
characterized as political prisoners.
Debs was convicted in September,
1918, for obstructing the draft, and
was sentenced to 10 years. His
friends carried the fight to the
United States supreme court, which,
in March, 1919, upheld his convic
tion, aud he was taken to the
Moundsvillc (W. Va.) penitentiary.
A few months later he was trans
ferred to the Atlanta prison. Last
spring he went to Washington with
out escort for a conference with At
torney General Daugherty, in con
nection with efforts to obtain his
pardon.
Debs was frequently praised as a
model prisoner.
Warden Dyche and former War
den Zerbst both referred to him as
an influence for good" in the prison.
DaughertyVExpecting Debs.
Washington, Dec. 25. Attorney
General Daugherty said tonight he
expected Eugene V. Debs to call at
the Department of Justice to discuss
the commutation of his sentence by
President Harding. When Debs was
here recently it was . decided, Mr.
Daugherty said, that in the event he
was released or his sentence com
muted, it might be well for .him tp
come here for a final conference.
There was no reason, however, the
attorney general added, that" Debs
should be formally' obliged to corns
here, as was indicated by the re
leased socialist leader when he left
the prison.
Youths Must Hang for
Murder, Court Rules
Santa Fe, N. M., Dec. 25. Blau
tcrio Corrall, 16, and Romaldo Lo
sano, 17, convicted on a charge of
killing Ventura Bencomo, jailer at
Silver City, April 1, must hang, the
supreme court yesterday refusing to
grant them a new trial. The judge
ment was reversed as to Jesus
Rocha. 22, the court ruling there was
no evidence to connect him with the
crime. . ,
When Deputy Warden Dugan
at the state penitentiary searched
the cells of Corrall and Lo
sano,. yesterday evening after
the court : desicion ' was re
ported, he found files, knives and
hacksaws. Bencomo was killed dur
ing a jail break at Silver City and in
dications were Corrall and Losano
were alf ready to make another break
for liberty. ??:
No British Empire 100
i ears Uence, Says Wells
London, Dec. 25. "I hope and
believe that 100 years hence there
will be no British empire. Either
it will have played its part in the
development of civilization and
have changed into and given place
to a much larger union of ircc
states, or it will have become a dan
ger and a nui--anre to mankind, and
have followed German imperialism
and Roman imperialism to the dust
heap."'
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"Crowbar Yecjis"
Rob Grocery Store
Christmas Eve
Two Suspects Arrested for In
vestigation in Connection
With Store Rohberies "
During Past Week. .
Another saf was blown in-Omansrhfad;,- wa"s upsct Saturday night
. r"t. :..4 I ...I . rr: . c it.. i i t
on Christmas eve, netting the yeggs
$200 in cash
The Reuben grocery, Twenty-fifth
and Davenport streets, was the
scene of the "job." Bakers worked
below without hearing the report of
an explosion of nitro-glycerine that
shattered the door of the cabinet
safe, they told police. Discovery of
the robbery was made Christmas
morning, when pedestrians found the
front door of the grocery battered
open. ,
Door Badly Damaged.
The heavy door- of the safe was
blown out of shape by the explosion.
The "job" was similar to the work
that characterized at. least a half
dozen safe-blowinr robberies in
Omaha last week.
With the arrest of two suspects in
the cases yesterday, detectives are
seeking further clues that may lead
to the apprehension of the, "crowbar
yeggnien." The cracksmen use the
method of knocking off the combina
tion and inserting "soup" .into the
pinion hole, then lighting the fuse.
Police are holding Robert Evans
of Memphis,. Tenn., and Leo F. Sul
livan of Chicago as suspects- in the
recent safe-blowing robberies, a po
lice report states. They were ar
rested Saturday by Detectives Haze
and Summit.
Get Food and Clothing. -
Food and clothes made up valu
able loot that was stolen by bur
glars Christmas eve from several
dry goods and grocery stores in
Omaha, according to police reports.
Chickens, dressed geese, turkeys,
ham, tacon, butter and sugar were
stolen from the Nelson & Anderson
grocery, 3226 California street, after
burglars smashed a front plate glass
window. L. Kelley, proprietor of a
grocery store at 2902' vFranklin
street, reported that thieves broke a
glass window in the front of' his
store Christmas eve and stole bacon,
a case of eggs and smoking tobacco.
Gloves and hosiery were taken from
the dry goods store of John Libel,
1368 South Thirteenth street.
Farmer Kills Young Fox
Just North of - Bluffs
Ed Lewis, son of E. M. Lewis,
manager of tfie George Mayne farm
just north of Council Bluffs, killed a
young red fox with a shotgun in
some timber on the Mayne place..
Lewis has missed chickens fre
quently from his yard and believes
there are more foxes in the vicinity.
Just recently Lewis saw a deer
with his cattle in a pasture. .The
wild animal did not seem to fear the
cattle, but they were afraid of ..it
and broke through several pastures
in their flight. The manager of -the
farm believes that, it has since been
killed by hunters.
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Blaze Damages House of
First Fire Chief in Lincoln
Lincoln, Dec. 25. (Special.) Fire
gutted the home of John Haberlan. a
retired fireman and the first fire
chief of the Lincoln fire department.
The loss is estimated at $2,000.
Mrs. Ilaberlaii was home when
the fire started and turned in the
alarm. When the department ar
rived, the blaze had made consider
able headway. The bitter cold made
the firemen's fight harder.
Police Extend
Aid t.o Aged Man
Ill and Starving Seeker of Bed
Touches Hearts and Pocket
' hooks of "Coppers."
Tradition hasv it that policemen
are "hard boiled" at all times, that
they have no heart and are calloused
to the unfortunates about them. This
when officers of .the-second' shift
took up a collection and. fed Ed Fos
ter, 56, giving his home as Ambro,
Wis., who wandered into the police
station, ill with pleurisy 'and slowly
starving.-
Foster had been given lodging in
the jail basement Friday night. Sat
urday morning' lie went out to look
for a job, returning at. night to ask
for a "flop." A fit of coughing seized
him. Dr. Kinyoun, police surgeon,
seeing the condition he was in, col
lected enough money to. buy hot cof
fee and sandwiches for the old fel
low. The police officers immediately
went into their pockets, their "hard
boiled" faces softened.,
"I've never been treated so kindly
in years," he said as the tears rolled
down his unshaven, soiled, face..; Dr.
Kinyoun attended Foster, .and will
have him sent to the. county hospital
until he is able to work. Foster said
he had come to Omaha three months
ago and every 'day had' wondered
the'streets looking for work of -any
kind, but with na success. Except
for a' brother '-in Portland, he' is
friendless. . . ; . . .: .. . ' . '
New Workers Party
Dedicated to Upset
Present Government
New York,' Dec. 25. With a po
liceman's ' billy doing duty 'as the
chairman's gavel, the workers' party
of America was born here' Saturday
and dedicated to the overthrow, .of.
the present government and the sub
stitution of the "American Workers
Republic." : , . .- - -Self-styled
revolutionary' ' radicals
from all parts of the United States
attended ' the' meeting and then
opened the party's first national com
vention. -The
146 delegates announced they
would commence being revolution
ary by. working all day tomorrow
Christinas and - scheduled ' . commit
tee -meetings for tfie morning and
the afternoon, the second session of
the convention. ' After preliminary'
organization , was' affected Jamfs P.
LaiuiQn-of Kansas Citv,' wielding the
billy, as-, presiding -officer, said 'the
party should begin by fighting more
and talking less.
A group of 'six' men at a table in
one corner of the hall made all the
nominations for committees "on be
half of the American labor alliance
and the - workers council. Their
slates were accepted ' without discus
sion. ... ; '
Mrs. Goodrich to he Buried
Front Home of Her Sister
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Goodrich, 38. who died December
23, will be' held at 2 this afterhoon
from the home of her sister. Miss
Mary Olson, .2133 South Forty-sec
ond street. ' Interment will be in
Springweli cemetery.
Mrs. Oocdnch died alter' a two-
months' ilhfess. She .was born and
reared in Omaha.'-
She is survived bv her husband.
Charles S. Goodrich, the sister before
mentioned, another sister. Mr. W.
Peterson, and one brother. Morris
Olsen.
Two Missing in
$600,000 Blaze
At Sioux City
Fire Destroys Quarter . Block
Of Office and Store Build
' ings in Heart of Busi-
. Sioux City, Dec. 25. Two persons
are believed to have lost their lives
in, thi 'fire, that broke out in the
heart ot , the business district at mid
night Saturday, night and which was
brought nder control at 3 o'clock
Sunday morning. The loss is placed
at $500,000 to $600,000. .
The missing are Thomas Flynn.
37, proprietor of the Independent Au
tomobile company, who roomed in
the Massachusetts block, and C J.
Graven, 55, elevator man in Mas
sachusetts block, who . roomed in
building. , , .
Fire completely ,. destroyed ( the
quarter block of three-story build
ings located at the southwest cor
ner of the intersection of Fourth
and Jackson streets. Fanned by a
stitt wind, the blaze, which orig
inated ( in the Graber dry goods
store in the Massachusetts block,
raged for more than two hours be
fore firemen had it tinder control.
The following business estab
lishments were destroyed: '
The Massachusetts building, hous
ing the Graber dry goods store and
many offices; the Jones piano store,
Presto cafe, Panorg shoe store, Zion
Brothers mens', furnishings store,
the Peoples hotel and ' the Glenn
hotel. ' ,
The fire broke out within a day
of the 17th anniversary of the de
structive fire of December 23, 1904,
when two entire business blocks in
the same location -were razed, en
tailing a property loss of more than
$3,000,000. Incidentally last night's
first started in identically the same
spot as did the fire of 1904.
Youngblood Given
r Full Citizenship
"Roy Youngblood is again a full
fledged American. , President-Harding,
in anouuncing the pardon of the
young ex-soldier, convicted by- a
court-martial with the army of -occupation
in Germany of a crime of
which he was later found to be in
nocent, announced also the complete
restoration of citizenship for Young
blood, and the four, others who were
convicted, with him. ; ''.",?
'.Youngblood is living with his par
ents, Mr; and Mrs. Frank'. Youn'g
blood, 4703 South; Twenty-second
street. .
Pearl White, Screen Star,
May Play in Paris Comedy
Paris, Dec. 25. Pearl White,
American movie actress, announced
she is returning to the stage next
spring, probably to play in comedy
in Paris.
Henri Letellier. the "rnulett
king." is said to have, offered to
build a theater for her. '
Miss White denies she was leav
ing the screen permanently. .
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American
Delegates
Optimistic
Confidence Expressed That
Agreement oil Naval Limi
tation Will Be Reached
This Week.
Others View Dark Side
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
( hkaao Itlhune-Onrnha ! I wil Hr.
Washington, Dec. 25.- Confidence
that the agreement on the reduction
aud limitation of navel urniniiiente
could be completed this week and
sealed at a plenary session of the in
ternational conference was express
ed tonight by members of the Amer
ican dcligation.
The American deligates are also .
confident this agreement will include,
a limitation ot submarine tonnage,
which may represent a compromise
between the 60,000 tons proposed
yesterday by Secretary of State
Hughes for Great Hrilain and the
United States, and the 90,000 tons
of the original Hughes plan with
froportionate allowances for France,
taly and Japan.
Such confidence is not shared by
members of other delegations, not
ably the British, who regard the sub
marine controvcry as a tangle which
will not easily be straightened out.
Some of the British representatives
are extremely pessimistic, inclining
to the belief that no settlement is
possible and that the conference will
find it necessary to leave stibma'
rines out of the limitation agree
ment, with each nation permitted to
build as many as it may deem ade
quate for defense.
Await Word From Paris.
French delegates said they would
not be ready to state their position
on the latest Hughes proposal until
after hearing from Paris, probably
tomorrow. Mr. Hughes proposes
that France be allowed to maintain
its present submarine strength of
approximately 31,000 tons. The
French pronounce this unsatisfactory,
insisting that a maximum approxi
mating 100.000 tons is necessary for
the protection of France and its
colonies.
The Japanese also are far from
satisfied with the 31,000 tons allow
ance of the Hughes' proposal. They
want tine 54,000 tons maximum of the
original Hughes plan and will join
hands with France in fighting the
new proposition, which is supported
by Great Britain unconditionally and
by Italy in principle. .
: i When the naval limitation agree
ment is completed the conference
' will resume consideration' sat the
iiroblcms affecting China and the
far east ;
Events in China" connected with
the institution of the so-called dic
tatorship of Gen. Chang Tso Lin, the
super-Tuchun and inspector general
of the three provinces of Manchuria,
and the resignation of ' the Pekin
cabinet are regarded in conferejire
quarters as a vindication of the posi- '
tion taken by the powers when they
adopted the Root principles as a
chart for their future attitude toward
China.
' Oppose Concessions.
When the conference adopted the
Root declaration of principles it was
with the idea of doing something def
inite toward removal of foreign re
strictions on Chinese sovereignty, in
dependence and national administra
tive autonomy. Bull the representa
tives of the eight nations other than
China participating in the confer
ence have come to. the conclusion
that China is not. yet ready to re
ceive .concessions by the powers
amounting to quick and immediate
application of the Root principles,
i The declared attitude of the pleni
potentiaries in the conference has
been to remove limitations upon
China's, administrative . freedom and
independence of action just as soon
as that can be done' without disre
gard for the fundamental principles,
of safety for foreign lives and prop-!
erty in China, and when China is
ready to afford such guarantees.
The case with which General
Chang Tso Lin of Manchuria, after,
his arrival in Pekin on December
13, was able to effect the removal
of the Chinese cabinet and, take
charge of the government wa? mere- .
ly another demonstration of the pow'
er of the super-Tuchuns in' China
and evidence of the fact that ' the
real powers in the Chinese republir.
are the Tuchuns or militaty gover
nors of the various provinces.
The central government is unable
to exert itself in opposition to the
power of the Tuchuns, and those
who know the facts respecting China
assert the system of Tuchuns, great
and small, not the central govern-- '
ment at Pekin, dominates the pres
ent situation.
The three real powers in Chin
today are thethree superior Tuchuns
or military inspector general of the
provinces. If they unite their force?
and pull together they can dominate
the situation for good or evil. Should
they so unite on the basis ct a pro
gram of unification, financial rehab
ilitation and honest administration,
it would be the best thing that could
happen in China.
Should they fail to unite, and it '
rather doubtful now that they will
work in compete harmony, if at all,
there is no telling -what may.happen
in the Chinese republic. Chaos, civil
war and starvation would result
should the super-Tuchuns firht one
another. ,
Seventeen Pawnee City
High Gndsters Get Letters
Pawnee Oil v. rw t
ciaO Seventeen letters were pre
sented lo foot ball players Tuesday
morning af a n.-?. I -"ln..l
by uporintcndent C. R. Bigelow. A
talk was given by Coach Charle
Gately and the team then presented
the coach with a gold foot ball watch
charm as a token of their apprecia
tion of his efforts.
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