The Beatrice Daily Express from Beatrice, Nebraska • 1

CITY EDITION BEATRICE DAILY EXPRESS UNITED PRESS WIRE NEWS SERVICE ALL THE NEWS OF GAGE COUNTY READ TODAY'S NEWS TODAY THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920 NUMBER 83 REPUBLICANS WILL BACK M'MULLEN AS BEST do a CHANCE BEAT M'KELVIE Party Leaders in Metropolis Unite on Gage County Man for Governor, According to Late Reports All Elements Represented in Conference. Word comes from Omaha just as the Daily Express goes to press that all elements of the republican, party in that city have united upon Adam McMullen of Gage county for governer. Opposition to Governor Mo Kelvie is very strong in that city and leading republicans of the metropolis were aspecially strong in the elimination movement that recently proved unsuccessful. Realizing that concerted effort would be necessary in a field divid ed among so many candidates, peated conferences have been hell, since the elimination precess failed with the result that Mr. MoMullen was finally selected as the man most likely to accomplich the desired result.

It is understeod that leaders of all the various republican factions in that city have pledged McMullen their support, and that he is assured of carving Douglas county by a tremendous maiority. With the strength he has alredy developed out in the state and which was undoubtedly an important factor in influene ing the Omaha decision. his chances, for securing the nomination are con sidered brighter than ever before. The complete story of the agreement will be carried in the Omaha Tuesday evening and Wed papers nesday morning! Beatrice friends of Mr. McMullen are inhilant over the rood news from Omaha, and will bend every energy to see that he out of his home county with a COPS rousing maiority.

SUDDEN DEATH DR. COSFORD Former Reatrice Man Dies at Lin7 coln Tuesday Over State Morning--Well Known Dr. C. S. Cosford, formerly with the government bureau of animal industry in this city, dropped dead in his office at Lincoln Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock! according to word received here by friends of the family.

The dector had not been in the' best ct health for some time, but had not been confined. to his bed. he went to his office Tuesday Death was caused from apoFoxy. The decensed was about 62 years. of age and was well known throughout Nebraska by reason of Anis activity in federal hog cholera prevention work.

He was assigned to Gage county by the government about ten years ago. being in charge of Gage and Johnson counties. Later he was transferred to Lincoln. where he was given increased, territory and responsibility. The doctor is survived by his wife and one son, Howard, a graduate, of the Beatrice high school.

HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT Beatrice will debate Pawnee City Wednesday evening at 8 o'elock at tho high school auditorium. The subject Avill be: "Resolved. that Congress. should prohibit strikes on railronds doing inter state The Beatrice debaters are Richard McCann, Joseph Downs and Ernest Beam. George N.

Foster of Lincoln and W. G. Bishop and Prof. Senning of Wesleyan will be the judges and John Delchant of this city will preside. WOOD CUTS LEAVE SHORT Presidential Candidate Returns to Duties as Army Commander.

Eoston, April Major Leonard Wood has given up his leave of absence and cancelled all speaking engagements, it. was announced today at the Wood headquarters here. General Wood Will resume his duties as commander if the central department of the army. General Wood was given three months leave of absence to tour the country, speaking in behalf of his candidacy for the republican nomination for president. Wood's leave of absence was not scheduled 10 expire until early in June, just before the national republican -convention.

General Wood has given, up his leave because of the critical situation brought about the railroad strike, it was announced. COAL PRICES BOOSTED BECAUSE OF BUNGLING Administration Makes Consumei Pay for Its Blunder in Big Strike Settlement. Washington, April 13- -The administration's much heralded in the bituminons coal controversy promises fo cost the consumers the United States some 5 000.000 to $1,000,000,000 annually, as a 1'e sult of the consequent increases in the prices of soft coal ranging from $1.25 to 82 a ton announced by the producers Blame for the higher prices is placed by the operators and dentors upon, the 27 per cent. wage increase awarded the miners thy President Wilson's coal commission. The mincus, who are dissatisfied with the award, declare that the amount of raise in prices of coal is not warranted by the increase in wages.

The whole difficulty is traced back to the administration's hit-and-miss policy in dealing with the situation. Fuel Administrator Garfield. bofore his resignation from that office as result of friction with other Wilson officials over the question, suggested 10. the president a plan for a 14 nor cent wage ineras, that could be absorbed by the operators without an advance in the price of coal. Anxious put a dramatic finish to thy strike at all costs Attorney General Palmer and Joseph P.

Tum ailty. secretary to the president. got togbther, ignored Dr. Garfichl's plan and drove a "bargain" with the United Mine Workers which resulted in the appointment of the coal com mission. But the administration did not stand by the conimission for in adopting part of its recommendtions and ignoring the rest it bungled into a settlement which now threatens to make worse the vicious circle of living costs to the American nle by from 10 81,000, 000.900 annually.

The administration adopted the commission's recommendation for Fincreased wages and a two contract, but refused the other vital 1 suggestion that government prices he maintained until the coal short ages situation eleared. Government prices wers taken off April 1. and the enormous jump in prices al over The countix resulted. Here Is the way it works out: The normal annual consumption of soft coal in the United States is about 500.000,000 tons. An advance of $1.25 a ten amounts.

to $625,090, 000 annually. The increase in pro duction cost is only $200,000.000 fot. the entire 27. per cent wage increase or $104.000.000. if the Garfield Li nor cent is absorhed by the opera tors.

In other words, on.an increase of $1.25 a ton. the cont iny crease profits from $125,000,000 10 4521.000.000 annually. MRS. JANE LEMMEL DIES IN OKLAHOMA Mrs. Jane pioneer rest-.

dent of the Holmesville vicinity died Sunday. April 11, at the 1 home of a daughter in Oklahoma. City She was about fifty two years of age. The body will arrive at Holmesville Wednesday, and funeral services will br held Thursday afterpoon. at 2a30 o'clock from the Church of the Brethren at Holmes ville.

Army Bill May Pass Washington, April 13. Passage of the army reorganization bill by the senate was today, fol-4 lowing debate in the senate. PRESIDENT APPOINTS RAIL BOARD LONG AWAITED ACTION FINALLY ANNOUNCED PALMER INVESTIGATING Continues to Threaten Proceedings Under Lever Act -Strike Sit. nation Shows No Improvement. Washington, April 3-- Pres.

ident Wilson today appointed the railroad board created by the Esch Cummins bill' to settle wage disputes. The men named are: Public representatives- -G. W. W. Hanger of Washington; Henry Hint, er senator of Cincinnati; R.

M. Burton, of Tennessec. Labor representatives -AL hert Phillips, A. O. Warton and James J.

Forrester. Managing representative Horace Baker, J. H. Elliott and William L. Parks.

The senate is expected to confer the nominations today unless some objection is made Prompt senate -action will enable she beard to take steps immediately in the strike of railroad emploves which. has tied up lines throughout the country. Under the Esch-Cummins law the railroad emploves must continue -at work while the board is investigating labor disputes. Washington, April Attorney General Palmer today investigated the railroad strike while the senate waited for President Wilson to nomi hate the members of the railroad labor, board, upon whom will fall task of trying to settle the strike pencefully. The.

senate: was ready to sneedily in confirming the nomina tions which are expected today. Palmer intends to start proeced ines under the Lever act to stop the strike it the investigation show: public safety is imperiled. Senator. Cummins, chairman of the interstate commerce committee said he- would call a committec meeting to pass upon the nomina tions as soon as possible after they -had been received. Cummins re gards the creation of a board as the Tone big hope of ending the striker which is crippling the country.

Palmer said there was a cause to act as long as there is a chance to end the strike by other means. Palmer, apparently, is unwilling for the strike and that it should ho looked into. Getting No Better Fast. Chicago, April 14-Midwest in dustries. cut off from the coal supply, began closing down today throwing out of employment several bundreds of thousands and causing dailv loss in wages by business of several million dollars.

Despite the the situation was improved with several roads lifting freight em barzoes. Places hardest hit were Detroit Garv. St. Levis. Chicago and the Illinois mine fields.

For eight days Gary received not THE CHEER LEADER ONLY 327 DAYS HARVEY 8 325 189 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH BEATRICE? Topics of Vital Importance Discussed at Chamber of Commerce Luncheon. "What is the matter with Beatrice?" was the topic discussed at the weekly luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce Tusday noon. Under the leadership of A. Kidd, a number of members were called upon to diagnose the ailment, and many valuable suggestions were offered Lack of co- operation, factionalism jealousy, suspicion and selfishness were the chief ills mentioned as affecting the community welfare. Judging from the attendanes which was the largest on record, and the report of the soliciting committee for the budget, whatever ail ments Beatrice may have sufferd from in the past are now in a fair way to be cured.

Provision had been made for sixty men, but many were turned away at the door and ate elsewhere. returning for the program which followed. At the close of the discussion Chairman McCracken of the solicit ing committee reported that approximately $4.800 of the $7,500 needed for the burget had been raised. This work was all done in a few hours Tuesday morning, and the various teams reported failure to secure the full amount apportioned in very few cases. Among the speakers on the tonic suggested by Mr.

Kidd were Dr. Hepverlen, Rev. J. F. Haas.

E. M. May. vin, Tom Adams. E.

L. Hevelone. fudge L. M. Ponyberton.

George Cohason and Mercer B. Walker. The concensus of opinion seemed fo that while Beatrice had suffored from factionalism and narrow mind. edness in the nast, a new era is now 1 hand and there is every renson: to believe that she will move fore. yard by leaps and hounds.

Some very plain talk was, heard metheds used in the late ily election. and evrevone seemed to. he agreed that a broader spirit of co- toleration and self secrifice would be necessary if Be atrico to take her rightful place among. the. galaxy of Nebraska.

cities. By motion of Mercer R. Walker President Kline of the Chamber of Commerce was authorized to an soint a special committee for the ourpese of promoting the hotel profeet. Mr. Kline stated that the menmership of this committee would be announced later.

NOT CHASING RAINBOWS, Adam McMulln Promises Conserva tive Business Administration. Gage county's favorite candidate for governor, Adam McMullen is making hay in Omaha. Sunday's Bee quotes him to the following effect: "I feel that the vote will break rather even out in the state." said Mr. McMullen, "and that the vote here in Douglas county may decide the question." Mr. McMullen was the first can didate to file for the republican nomination.

He is a former: state senator and representative, having three terms of legislative service to his credit in all. "My platform is simply a promise of conservative business like admin istration," he said Saturday. "I 0m opposed also to the civil adminis tration code. believe that the thing we have to do today is to "steady the boat," rather than chase new rainbows." a carload of coal and big steel mills, there laid off workers by the thou sands owing to the shortage of fuel. Gary's streets wear lightless night.

Approximately 18,000 were reported idle in Detroit today, Other Michigan cities swelled. the total of employed another 18.000 About one- of the coal mines in Illinois were idle and 45,000 were out of employment, according to. Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois mines. More than a hundred thousand are idle here. Some laborers returned to work at the stock yards, but there were still 40,000 stock yards workers idle.

Despite the shutdown of many industries. the strike situation was considered improved today. Brotherhood Approves. Chicago, April 13. -News of the appointment of the members of the rattroad brotherhood was diocted with satisfaction by railroad labor leaders here today.

"The appointment of the members ship will have a very benfeicial re sult throughout the country," said F. F. Heberling, president or the switchmen's union of North America. "It will have a tendency to stop the spread of strikes and cause many to return to work at once." WICK SHAM OW PONE IDENTIFIED TIM CONFESSES PARTICE IN BLACKMAIL CA Two Members of Trio Who Swindled Pickrell Farmer by Impersonating Federal Officers in Custody. HOUSE COMMITTEE AGREES ON BONUS, REcommends.

Plan fox Raising Billion Dollars by Tax on Sales. By Herbert W. Walker. (Unites Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, April 13. A cash bonus of 8T for each day of service is to be given to approximately 3,000,000 of the 4,800,000 men in the army, navy and marine corps dur ing the war, under plans that hare been approved by the bonus sub committee of the house ways and means committee, it was learned today.

The program, which will be sub mitted to the full committee for ap proval during this week. calls for expenditure of slightly less than to be raised by a tax of onc-half of one per cent of all sales. considered very likely that the plan will be submitted 10. the house in the near future. Under the plan some of the service.

men will be eliminated: 0 toral which is estimated at about 1,800,006 Among these classes are: Those who served less than sixty days, these men having already ceived the original 860 bonus. Men who were assigned to indus trial service, such as ship building, and received extra compensation. All commissioned officers. Men in the regular army before the declaration of war. Men who while serving in the army received compensation from their employers or business interests.

No man would be given the bonus 1 until he applied for it, and this, it was said, would reduce total ex. ponditures, as many thousands of service men who have wealth are not expected to ask for the extra compensation. The application is to contain an affidavit that the soldier is not in any of the above classes. The plan calls for the payment of the bonus in four equal installments. The average service, the sub-committee has been informed, is ten months, making an average bonus of about 8300.

Men who were promoted to be commissioned officers would be paid only for the time they served as enlisted men. The levy of the tax would be in the na ture of an experiment, as there is sentiment in congress which might replace some of the other taxes regardless but for the present it must be collected from all sales. Under the house committee's plan the tax would not he paid in stamps. CUNNINGHAM GIVES BOND Kidnaping Case Continued to April 28. Frank Cunningham, a young farm hand from the vicinity of Ellis, was arrested by Constable J.

W. Ashenfelter afternoon ton the charge of having kidnapped Wilma Drurey, a 14-year old South Beatrice girl. The offense is said to have been committed last Thursday evening, when Cunningham took the girl and several of her companions from her home, and that: she had 'not returned at the time of filing the complaint. Cumningham admits that he took the girl away at the time stated, but thet he left her at the corner of Fourth and Court streets the same evening, and has not since scen her. It was reported Tuesday mornling that Miss Druery returned home late Monday evening and told her parents that she had been stopping with friends in West Beatrice Cunningham was, arraigned before Police Judge Ellis at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.

He gave. bond signed by Goorge Zimmerman in the sum of 8500 and the case was continued to April 28th. Washington. April 13-Ex-Senator Burton of Ohio today was appointed e4 a member of the United States tariff commission hv President Wilson. Martin J.

Gillen of. Wisconsin was named- to fill a Va concy on the shipping board. Both men are republicans, WEATHER FORECAST Fair: warmer tonight probably becoming unsettled by Wednesday night: warmer southeast portion Wednesday. Maximum temperature for 24 hours ending Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. 12; minimum temperature, 27.

Lincoln, April How John Jurgens, old and highly respected farmer living near Pickrell, Gage county, was frightened and threatened with arrest into paying $1,000 to three men posing AS United States revenue officers was told by Walter Wickersham in a statement today in the presence of Deputy United States Marshal T. W. Carroll and Captain Anderson of the Lincoln, police force. Wickersham, an employe of a local construction company, was arrested by the pooftice Monday and held at the city jail. Wickersham is alleged 10 have stoutly maintained his innocence under a severe, grilling, according to officials, until he was identified by Jurgens, who was asked to come.

to Lincoln and identify the prisoner. Then, it is declared. Wickersham confessed that he was one of the three men who had put the deal lover on Turgens to receive part of the thousand dollars. Ed O'Connell, charged with impersonating a federal officer in con(nection with the Jurgens case, is said to be under arrest at Beatrice. The third man wanted has not.

been boltaken into custody. It is understood the arrest of Wickershare was brought about by information received from Gage county. In statement Wickersham said O'Connell had come to him while he was at a barn owned by Wickersham's uncle and asked him it he would like to mako a little "easy money. Wickersham replied. O'Connell then informed that an old farmer, John Jurgens, living neat Pickrell was operating a still land it was planned impersonate officials and go to Jurgens and intimidate him.

Turgens was told that the mentbers of the party were government officials and that they had knowledge that he was running a still in defiance of the federal revenue law and was liable to a fine of $5,000 and jail sentence. According to Wickersham, the farmer agreed. to pay $1,000 and stated that he would go to Beatrice to get it. A 8500 Liberty bond and a 8500 check on a Pickrell bank was paid over to O'Connell, according to Wickersham. Wickershani said the three men turned the check and Liberty bond into cash, dividing it at Beatrice.

Wickersham is married and has a small daughter. His wife and child visited him at the city jail Monday night. He is 31 years old. Deputy United States Marshal Carroll said a charge of impersonating federal officials will be brought against O'Connell and Wickersham. STATE RIGHTS IN MEXICO Sonora Resents Infringement of Sovereignty by Federal Government.

Nogales. Ariz, April 13- -The seces. sion of the states of Sonora was caused by "hostile action" of the fedoral government of Mexico in sendlasting troops into Sonora without the consent of state authorities, accordling to a statement given the United Press today by General de la Huerta, governor of Sonora. "I beg to request that you make the following explanation," he told the correspondent, "The stand taken by the state of Sonora is against the unjust attack on our sovereignty that is being made by the central government without taking into consideration the repeated petitions which have been made to federal excutives by the state legislature, municipal mayors and numerous citizens. "The federal executive has ignored all petitions.

Last Saturday night a notice was given, notwithstanding all efforts of the state of Sonora to come to an amicable agreement, for troops to invade Sonora immediately. We now declare ourselves independent." Mexican Councilman Tamez at Nogales has announced that an official is now in authority over the state of Sonora. While forces are being mobilized by General P. E. Gallez to resist the invasion from federal troops, Sonora railroads are being operated by the state government 48 Theist.