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Bryan Asks
Budget of
$21,992,554
State University Must Stand
Bulk of Reduction in Ex
penditures as Outlined
liy Governor.
I- armers Are Hard Hit
By V * . POWELL.
Stalp ( orr$-*jM*t»dent, Thp Oimilm Bre.
Lincoln. Jar. IS—(Special.)—Ex
jk nditure of $21,892,554 41 by the state
I•• vernment during the next two years
is recommended bv Governor Charles
IV. Bryan, in a budget message de- ,
lixered tills afternoon before a joint
session of the senate and lower house
of the state legislature.
Cnder the law the governor's fig
to es cannot be Increased except by ,
three fifths vote of each housg.
The Bryan budget is $2,347,243.46 j
l«ss than that recommended by the
retiring governor, 8. R. MeKelvie,
Whose total was $24,338,797.87.
Governor Bryan's principal reduo- j
Hons from the recommendations of |
Governor MeKelvie affect the state
university, the road building aetivi 1
ties and the department of agricul i
lure. Governor Bryan wipes out the 1
department of agrioulture entirely,
for which MeKelvie" reecommended
tin appropriation of $1,356,543 He arts 1
similarly toward the department of
finance, with an appropriation of $62.
7(hi and the public welfare depart- ,
;n*nt. for which MeKelvie recommend ]
ed $231,000. In place of these be
(leates other departments with total!
appropriations of $324,000, thus mak
ing a cut of $1,325,000 in these items
by either eliminating the work entire .
ly or placing it elsewhere.
Principal Reductions.
In addition he recommends the fol
lowing reductions in th# MeKelvie
figures: State university, $474,000;
normal schools. $182,000; road and
bridge building, $342,000! trade and
commerce activities. $84,000; govern
ors offiee, $5,000; attorney general,
$7,000; state superintendent, $45,000;
tax commissioner. $7,000; railroad corn
et- mission. $73,000: military department,
*16,000; pardon hoard. $2,000; state j
’Kmrd of agriculture, $60,000; state his- ;
tnrical society. $3,000: state irrigation
association. $1,300. Spanish "War veter- j
ans, $10,500; labor bureau. $10,000.
Bryan recommends increases of ■
$313,000 for the hoard of control; $12.- '
000 for the commissioner of public
lands and buildings and $8,000 for the !
board of vocational lands and funds.
Of then? apparent reductions, some-,
what more than $500,000 represents :
fees and miscellaneous revenues ;
winch MeKelvie included in his op-j
propriations, but which Bryan pro-j
1 orc.s to put tn the general fund and |
for the disposition of which he says |
h* will make later recommendations.
Among the agricultural items elimi- I
’ ed is $200,000 for the eradication
of bovine tuberculosis.
In addition to these reductions. Gov
ernor Bryan recommends that the!
automobile license tax be cu_t one half
or $1,500,000 annually .
The governor recommends radical
changes tn administrative duties of
departments, completely wiping out
the present administrative code sys
tem by placing these activities under
* new names and under other officers.
Briefly his plans of government
which, together with his proposed
appropriations, will call for a three
fifths vote to change, follow;
State l nivemty.
\o rhange, whatever. Recommends 1
biennial expenditure of $5,866,614.64.
against a recommendation of $6,360.
725.66 made by McKelvie. Refuses to j
include in recommendations sums
collected as laboratory. cafeteria,
dormitory and other fees, which with ,
federal aid extended to university
^ amounted to $2,493,622.68. all of
which w as included in McKelvie!
budget.
Says he might have made cuts if i
secretary of board of regents hud I
pointed out to him where such could j
be possible. However, as secretary
declined, he asserted reductions were
impossible for him to recommend at
this time. •
Recommends expenditures of $1,
432 303A3 for biennium, against a
$1,634,305.63 recommendation by Mc
Kelvie. Here, too. he refused to in
dude in his total reappropriations of
fees collected hy these institutions as
I Turn to Tsge Kirht. C olumn One.)
TVoman Convicted of Murder
Given Conditional Pardon
Madison, Wis , Jan. 3 8—A condi
tional pardon was granted today to
Grace Lusk. Waukesha school teach
cr convicted of second degree murder
in 393 8. hy Governor John J. Blaine,
in order, he said, to save her life. She
is in i • private hospital undergoing
treatment, having previously been
granted h temporary release. Miss
Rusk was convicted of killing Mrs.
Dcvid Roberts, wjfe of a Waukesha
doctor, with whom she was said to
t>e in love.
Marriage License Girl's
Nerve Failed in Own Case
Muskogee. Ok!., Jan. 18.—Although
she had issued marriage licenses to
_ thousands of persons during her term
ar court clerk of Aaskell counts’. Miss
Rillian Allen of Stigler balked at giv
ing on? to hersrtf, and eloped to Mus
kogee to wed her deputy clerk, Carl
Coker.
"I didr. t have the nerve to issue my
own, - she sard.
Dr. Work May Become
Secretary of Interior
... ..•*- —.*'
I>r. Hubert Work, postmaster gen
eral, is mentioned in well-informed
circles In Washington as the man
President Harding will select to suc
ceed Alfred If. Fall as secretary of
the Interior. In that event Harry S.
New. defeated senator from Indiana,
would likely take the postoffice post.
Motion Picture
Actor Held for
Death of Dancer
Roger V. B. Clark Arrested in
Los Angeles in Connection
TK ith Murder of
Fritzie Mann.
I*>s Angeles. Jan. IS.—Roger V. B.
Clark, motion picture actor and as
aistant director, was arrested here to
day at the request of the San Diego
police and booked at the centra] police
station on a charge of suspicion of
murder in connection with the mys
terious death of Fritzie Mann at Tor
rey Pines.
Clark's car showed evidences of
bloodstains. The last number of the
license plate was broken off and the
dashboard case glass was broken
with blood spots on the board. There
were evidences of bloodstains on the ,
rear seat, showing indications that at
tempts were made to clean them
Clark admitted acquaintanceship
with the slain girl, but denied having
seen her since last November, when,
he says, he separated from her at
San Diego, when she attempted to
borrow money from him.
Clark, who is 33 years old. has a
divorced wife and R year-old child re
siding <n San Diego. He disclaimed
knowledge of the death of Miss Mann.
Planned to Feate City.
Police have information which they
say indicated Clark planned to leave
for New York today. He vigorously
protested against his arrest.
Questioning of Clark has been held
in abeyance until arrival of the San
Diego officers. The motion picture
man volunteered explanation of his
movements and admitted that he was
(Turn to r»fr F.tghf, Column Four.)
War
Ref;J>'.tnp;
Parleys End
Proceedings Are Shrouded in
Mystery—No Formal Sug
gestions Made by
Either Side.
British Start for Home
11} GEORGE F. Al'THIEK
W ashington ( orm«|H>ntieiit Omatm lire.
Washington. .Ian. 38.—(Special.)—
Negotiations for the refunding of the
British debt, it became known today,
have ended for tbe present in utter
failure. Government officials, shroud
ing the proceedings in mystery, ad
mitted that not a single formal sug
gestion had been made on either side.
Hope was expressed, although a
weak one. that representations made
by Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the
exchequer, and Montague Norman of
the bank o£ England, to the British
cabinet might result in a more pliable
attitude on the part of the British
government, in which event further
negotiations will be resumed on the
basis of instructions that may be sent
to Ambassador Geddes by tbe British
cabinet. It is upon this slender reed
that hope clings that some formal ar
rangement may yet be made which
can be submitted to congress before
adjournment.
Officials of the American debt
funding commission said they “hoped"
some agreement might be reached lie
fore congress adjourns, but refused
to express themselves as “hopeful."
Failure to reach an agreement be
tween now and the time congress ad
journs will not only defer possibility
of reaching an agreement relative to
the British debt for another ye»r. blit
will delay settlements on the rest of
the allied debts, since the British
agreement has been relied upon to
furnish a precedent for understand
ings with the other allied nations
which owe this government money
Interest Is Obstruction.
While the American representa
tives refused to discuss the points of
difference between the two govern
mental agencies and the British were
equallr silent, it is understood the
chief obstruction to a settlement clus
ters about the interest rate. The
Briisli delegates have stood out for a
rate equal or lower than 3 per cent,
while the American commission has
insisted a higher rate should be paid,
approximating 3 1-2 or 3 3-4. on ac
count of the fact that Interest rates
are higher in the United States than
the 3 per cent which it is claimed the
Fank of England is charging.
Tbe two British commissioners left
for New 1 nrk at 3 today and expect
to sail for England Friday. Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Baldwin ex
pect* to put the American viewpoint
before the British cabinet a week
from next Friday.
The formal communique on the
break of the negotiations was contain
ed in the following: "The two com
missions have given long and detailed
consideration to the question involved
in the funding of the war debt.
“Progress has been made toward a
mutual understanding of the prob
lems involved and discussions have
now reached the point at which the
British government thinks it desir
tTnrn to rage Two, Column One )
THE 1,000 CLUB
The ”3.000 club,” organized in the interest of humanity!
That is the name of Omaha’s latest club—an organization whose sole
purpose it will tie to wipe away tears; to iiistin happiness in saddened hearts
of unfor'unate children; to make homeless children happy by giving them the
loting care of a mother and a place in a real, honest-to-goodness home.
The new organization is being fostered by women interested in the Ne
braska Children's Home society, which has launched a drive for *40,000 for a
new' receiving home where poor, homeless and unfortunate children are re
ceived and cared for until a permanent home can be found for them.
Any Homsn Eligible.
Any woman or girl in Nebraska is eligible to memliership in this hu
manitarian organization. All that is needed is *10 and the desire to make
some homeless child happy. •
The women behind the club hope in this way to raise a part of Omaha's
quota in the campaign and to interest 1,000 Omaha women and girls in what
this organization is doing.
The names of the members of the "1.000 club" will Vie printed in The
Omaha Bee as they are received. The .Nebraska federation of Woman's
Clubs, the Lions' club and The Omaha Bee have joined in the undertaking
to raise the money with which to build the home.
The receiving home will not he a permanent home for any ctvld. Tt will
not he an orphans' Institution. The society K.. B. Kalis, it's superintendent,
said, believed in placing children in homes where they will receive the real
loving caress and care of a mother. The children arc adopted and watched
by the society until they pass 23 years of age.
One Thousand Members Sought.
“We are confident that 3.000 women in Omaha will realize what a won
derful cause this is and what wonderful service they can ghe to these
homeless waifs by Joining the '3.000 club.’ said Pr. Mas Emmert of the
Lions' club, w ho is chairman of the campaign committee. "A membership
card in the ‘3.000 club* will he a badge of honor and will lie more appreciated
as the years go by and the homeless, unhappy children grow up to become
good citizens and an asset to the community in which they live."
Fill in the coupon today and Join the ”3.000 club.” Mall your *10 and
coupon to ''1.000 club” Editor. The Omaha Bee.
'Give Me a
Chance”
“1000 Club” Editor
THE OMAHA BEE
I want to help make some poor child
happy. Enclosed find S10 for my
membership.
N'ame ..
Address .
Wallace Reid Succumbs
in Fight Against Drugs
- a,
Noted Movie Star Die« in
Hollywood Sanitarium—
l nconscious for Two
Days Before End.
Los Angeles. Jan. 18. — Wallace
Held, hero of romantic film plays, lost
his life in fighting to overcome the
drug habit, the end coming this
afternoon at a sanitarium near Holly
wood, wneie he had been under treat
ment for more than a month. He had
been unconscious for nearly two days,
during all of which time his wife,
Dorothy Davenport, was at his bed
side. rile direct cause of the death,
according tc Mr Reid's physician.
Dr. G. K. Ileihert. was congestion of
the lungs and kidneys, which re
sulted from the actor's collapse when
he endeavored to break off the use
of narcotics.
Reid, vhc- was six feet tall, and
whose normal weight was 185 pounds,
lost 60 p urds before the end came.
I'p to about a week ago relatives
said he v.:,3 improving and would be
able to resume work in the studio of
the Famous Players La sky corpora
tion by Jnlj at the latest.
“I’m Winning Fight.”
“I'm Winning the fight, mamma.’
was his invariable greeting to hi*
wife when she called on him. Mrs.
Reid said her husband contracted the
drug hahit during an illness nearly
two years ago. He was working on
a picture early in November when he
suddenly collapsed. He was advised
to take a long rest and started on a
mountain trip with Mrs. Reid, Teddy
Hayes, his trainer, and H. H. Muller.
On his return to Los Angeles his
condition showing no improvement,
he went to the sanitarium.
Shortly before Christmas his fam
ily made public the cause of his
breakdown. Mrs. Reid declaring she
believed ttie information might aid in
arousing the American people to the
necessity of suppressing the narcoti?
traffic.
Reid was born in St. Louis in 1892
and educated in New York. His stage
career began jn vaudeville with his
father in "The Girl and the Ranger”
and later he entered the motion pic
tures in the early days of this in
Wallace Reid.
dustnr, associating with Selig, Vita
graph and Universal.
Started as Utility Man.
His entrance was as a general util
ity man and he wrote, acted and di
rected. He was later employed by
It. tV. Griffith in the production of
"The Birth of a Nation" and entered
the Lasky employment in Geraldine
Farrar's "Carmen.”
His ascendancy in the motion pic
tures was then rapid and he became
one of the best liked actors in Holly
wood and New York.
Reid was remarkably versatile. He
was a deep student and lover of
books. He was deeply interested in
chemistry and psychology and was an
accomplished musician, the Violin and
stringed instruments as well as the
saxophone ranking among his favored
interpretative instruments.
He was married to Dorothy Daven
port. motion picture actress, whom
he met years ago when she was star
ring at Universal City and he was an
assistant director nd utility man.
They had one child and adopted a
second.
American Citizen
Slain by Mexicans
•>
Negro Shot to Death in Grave
He TS a? Foreed to Dig
at Mexicali.
Calexico. Cal., Jan. 18.—Roy Gib
son, a negro Americ^i citizen, dug
his gra\e and was shot to death in it
early today on the outskirts of Mexi
cali, Mex , just ar-ross the border
from here. Authorities expressed the
belief that the slaying was done by
an organization of narcotic smug
glers. Gibson, according to the au
thorities. was well known along Hie
border here and had l»een arrested
a number of times in connection with
smuggling operations.
The slaying is ta-lieved by authori
ties to be an outgrowth of the arrest
here last week of Joe Vidal, alias
Beppo, alias Manuel Sanchez, with
two others and the seizure of nar
cotics valued at $30,000.
The State department at Washing
ton has been notified of the slaying.
Authorities say the execution of
Gibson apparently was in the belief
that he had informed the authorites
of operations of the smugglers, but
Gibson gave no information in this
raid, the officers said.
Walter F. Brown Dies.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 18—Walter F.
Brown. 49. general traffic manager
of the Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company, widely known
throughout the west, died here last
night of pneumonia. He had been ill
only a week. Mr. Brown, who was
a graduate of Yale, rose from the of
fice of manager in a small exchange
to one of the highest executive posi
tions of the company. He was born
in New London, Conn.
No Flat
Refusals!
When it conies to renting
apartments, flats, houses,
rooms and housekeeping
suites, the “Want'- Ads in The
Omaha Bee are regular ‘ go
getters.”
Here is what Mr. V. F.
Kuncl, 1244 South Thirteenth
street, has to say of the result
producing power of these
‘‘For Rent” ads:
"Cancel my ad. Rented my
flat through The Omaha liee
in one dav. Inserted m another
paper without reaulU."
If you have any vacant
property list it in the “Want”
Ad columns of The Omaha
Bee, where you will secure
better results at lesser cost.
Telephone At-lantic 1000
and ask for Miss Smith, our
“For Rent” specialist.
Read and use Omaha Bee
"IVanl ' Ads—the hec-linc
to results.
Oakland to Copy
Quivera Features
Ak Secretary to Aid in
Launching Festival in Cali
fornia City.
Charles Gardner, secretary of the.
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, will leave
Omaha January 25. for Oakland. Cal., j
where he will assist <takland busi- !
ness men in the organization of an
institution to be fashioned after the
Land of Quivera.
He will spend 10 days in Oakland.
He goes west at the request of the
Oakland business men sent to the
board of governors of Ak-Sar Ben.
Tlte Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben is the
only organization of its kind in ex
istence that has operated success
fully for 2S years.
For that period Ak Sar Ben lias
been spreading far and wide the gos
pel of the golden grain l>elt and no
other institution has the entertaining i
and democratic features of Ak-Sar ;
Ben. It is principally these features
that have attracted attention not 1
only in Oaklnd, Cal., b.ut in San Fran
cisco as well.
San Francisco is reviving its Por
tola celebration and will include some
of the features of the Knights of Ak
Sar-Ben.
Charles F. Young and R. C. Streh
low. former Omahans. now are lo
cated in Oakland, Cal., and both are
reported to he enthusiastic over the
proposed plans of emulating the Ak
Sar-Ben organization there.
Aviators Shatter Dayton
to .New York Speed Record
New York. Jan. 18.—Lieut. Alex
rearson and Bradley Jones today
broke the time record for an airplane
flight between Dayton and New York,
landing at Mitc hell field. Long Island, j
at 4:2$, unofficial time, making the*
distance in four hours and three min •
utes. The previous record was four
hours and 30 minutes.
Lieut Pearson, who piloted a DH-4
plane, said he had taken advantage
c*f a southwesterly gale, which had
prevailed throughout the trip.
Official clocks at the field registered
4.32 when the plane landed, but Pear
son’s watch showed 4:29.
Anti-Sectarian Garb Bill
Causes Split in Committee
Salem. Ore., .Ian. 18. — The anti
sectarian garb bill, designed to pre
vent the wearing of costumes of re
ligious orders by teachers in the pub
lic schools, which already has passed
the house caused a split In the senate
education committee today, and as a
result majority and minority reports
were being prepared. The four ma
jority members favored enactment of
the bill by striking out the penalty of
fine and imprisonment and the minor
lty. three, favored allowing the pen
alty to remain.
obblies*" Sentenced
Sacramento. Cal., Jan. 18.—Ten I.
VI'. W. men recently convicted on
charges of violating the criminal svn- j
dicalism act were sentence# by Su
perior Judge Malcolm C. Glenn to ;
serve from 1 to 14 years ii^San Quen
tin. After creating a scene the con
victed men marched to the county
jail singing an I IV. W. song
V
Italy Warns
War Near
in Germany
Step? Taken to Impress1 Ser
iousness of Situation on
British and French
Governments.
Coal Owners Face Trial
Washington, Jan. 18.—(P,v A r >—
Italy has taken definite steps to im
press upon the British and Frem h
governments that it regards the pres
ent situation in the Ruhr as fraught
with great danger, and. although not
taking the position of an actual medi
ator, has earnestly suggested that any
further forcible steps toward the col
lection of German reparations lie
taken only after the most matured
consideration.
The Italian government is under
stood to have acted after the German
ambassador at Rome called attention
to the fact that the French army in
the Ruhr and the remnants of the
German military forces are facing
each other across a space of only a
few miles, presenting a situation re
garded in Germany as involving the
most dangerous possibilities.
To Seize Customs.
Coblenz, Jan. 18.—The interallied
Rhineland commission this afternoon
decided, in conformity with instruc
tions from the French, Belgian and
Italian governments to take over the
customs and forests of the Rhineland
An order was issued to seize tonight
all the receipts in the cusloms offices.
Magnates to Stand Trial.
Essen, Jan. 38.—(By A. PI—The
French military authorities today in
stituted court-martial proceedings
against six Ruhr coal magnates whoso
names are withheld. They were
charged with "refusing to obey the
orders of the military authorities in
the territory under state of siege."
The magnates have not been taken
into custody.
Seize Rail Stations.
London, Jan. 18.—The French this
morning took possession of all rail
road stations 3n the Ruhr area, says
a Reuters Essen dispatch, it is re
ported, but unconfirmed, that the
French also seized the offices of the
various coal companies.
Stiffen Resistance.
Berlin. Jan. IS.—(By A. P.l—A gen
eral stiffening of German resistance
in the face of French ultimatums is
indicated by the Berlin newspaper cor
respondents in the Ruhr. The mine
operators, workers and labor leaders,
are represented as standing together.
France arid Belgium appear to be
the only nations to which Germany
refuses to mtyke reparation* deliver
ies. for It is declared here that ship
ment to Great Britain. Italy, Poland
and Jugo-Slavia will not be interrupt
ed.
Still Retain Mines.
Essen. Jan. 38.—(By A. P.l—Rhur
valley coal operators, who thought for
a time last night that the French
(Turn te Faze Twe, Caitumn Six.)
Vessel of Rum Fleet
Bums to Water s Edge
Highlands. X. J., Jan. IS.—(By A.
P.t—A steam trawler, believed m in a
unit of the rum fleet hovering uu
Jersey roast, caught fire this after
noon and burned to the waters edge.
Another small steamer was seen to
break away from theVleet and rescue
the crew.
The hull was still burning at 2:1j
p. m. The blazing trawler, which
caught fire three miles south and half
a mile east of Ambrose channel light
ship was drifting into transatlantic
ship lanes and Incoming .1 menace to
navigation
Ob servers declared that the trawler
distinetly resembled a vessel pre
viously identified as one of the rum
fleet and a message received from
Sandy Hook, reporting the ' vessel
afire, added the terse phrase:
"May t<e bootlegger.”
The rescue of the crew was clearly
visible from the shore.
Observer Declares
Treaty Is Unworkable
p^-,\vta.-ru3l <
Howland Hoyden, American observer
on the reparations commission, threw
a bombshell into the allied chieftains
in France when he declared that the
Versailles treaty is unworkable, that
Germany cannot meet its terms and
that the sooner it is revised the better.
Railway Leaders
Explain Benefits
of Consolidation
Merger of Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burl
ington Lilies Into One
Great System l rged.
'Washington, dan. 38.—Advantage
ous aspects of a possible merger of
the Great Northern and Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Paul railroads were
portrayed before the Interstate Com
merce commission today by general
officials of the Northern Pacific sys
tem.
At the same time the •witnesses
maintained the position that public and
corporate interests would best be
served if the commission could find
it possible to include the Great North
ern, Northern Pacific and Chi
cago, Burlington A Quincy roads
in one great system. The is
sues involved hate been brought up
by the commission's investigations
into a plan for general consolida
tion of all the railroads in the I'nited
states into 3 8 or 3!* systems, as au
thorized by the transportation act.
Howard Elliott, chairman of the
hoard of the Northern Pacific, esti
mated that the Great Northern and
Chicago. Milwaukee, A St. Paul sys
tems had an aggregate of approxi
mately $285,000,000 in ltonded indebt
edness fulling due during the next
1" years, but expressed the view- that
this would in no way liindcr a merger
of the two. The securities could be
refunded and the credit of such a
merger as contemplated lie maintain
ed. he said, if national policy towards
railroads was satisfactory, because
the territory they served was des
tined to develop.
J. G. Woodworth, vice president of
the Northern Pacific-, in charge of
traffic, declared that any attempt to
unite the Chicago. Milwaukee A St.
Paul system with his road would
meet opposition from northwestern
commercial interests, as likely to de
crease competition in railroad service
and itv-rease difficulty with oar short
age. A combination of the Milwaukee
system, with the Great Northern, in
his view, would maintain a competi
five character of railroad servo—
throughout the territory served bv
all the northern transcontinental
lines.
South Jury Selected
Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 18—(Special.)—
A jury wav selected, composed mostly
farmers, to try the rase apainst
Francis South, charged with the mur
der of ('’harleF Wolf. The trial of the
case will consume several days.
MARK SULLIVAN
whose reputation is unquestioned as
America's Greatest
Political Reporter
is writing his first article for The Omaha Bee.
He discusses LLOYD GEORGE AND THE
REPARATIONS DISPUTE.
It Is Timely, Interesting:,
Informative, Authoritative
- Next Sunday in
The Sunday Bee
Mail Plane
Crashes at
Cheyenne
»
Pilot and Mechanician Killed
in Attempting *'Immerman
Turn""—Both Bodies
Are Burned.
Naval Man Meets Death
Ch> yenne, AV'yn.. Jan. IS —Pilot P.
S. Oakes and Mechanician William
Aeor were lulled when an air mail
plane they were testing crushed at
the local field at 2.15 tie* afterno .n.
The airplane fell iiftO feet and in
stantly hurst into flames. Both bodies
were burned.
Oakes and Aeor left the hangar
where the ship had been overhauled
a few minutes before the crash. They
took off in a high wind and circled
the field, attaining an altitude of
about BOO feet.
Attaches at the hangar saw the air
plane falter and swoop toward tha
ground.
Attempts Turn.
At a hpight of about 100 feet, ole
servers state, Oakes attempted tha
maneuver known at the "Inimermnn
turn," which is considered unsafe at
any altitude less than 2.000 feet. As
the airplane swung with its nose to
the wind, it upieuded and shot m the
earth. The dust raised by the impact
mingled with a burst of flame as the
gasoline ignited.
Oakes piloted a plane on the New
A'ork-Cleveland division for s \ months
and then withdrew from the service.
For a little over a year he flew in
Florida
Three months ago he was re-ein
Ployed on the Cheyenne-Rock Spring*
division. He was 27 and unmarried
One Killed, Two Hurt.
Avalon, Cal., Jan. 15.—Lieut. Wil
liam H. Rohrhach, naval pilot of
Norfolk, A a., was instantly killed and
two other naval officers were seri
ously injured today, when the sea
plane S-5-L-2 fell 2,000 feet and splin
tered to bits on a rock off Ca’aline
island.
Lieuts. Brown and Harper were the
injured mer, They were placed on
the steamer Avalon bound for Los An
geles harbor, togrther with the body
of Rohrhach. Five other naval men
in the plane escaped injured.
Superintendent B. B. Coyler of the
Central division last night stated that
the cause of the crash at Cheyenne
was as follows: Oakes, when he start
ed to turn, was headed "down wind,”
or was flying with the wind He began
the turn which causes the pilot tn
loose control for a few Beconds, while
the maneuver is in progress. The
height was not sufficient to enable
the plane to fall far enough to mu' e
up speed. Had the pilot headed his
plane against or into tho wind. th-n,
is a chance that the accident would
not have occurred.
Mother Visits Son
Vv ho Killed Actress
New York, Jan. ]s.—Kneeling at the
Iwdside of her son. Harold Ralke A'atj
Alstein. at Bellevue hospital, Mrs. C.
H. Thomas. 2211 Davenport street.,
Omaha, murmured between her bro
ken sobs, J cannot believe that my
son. my baby, is a murderer.”
Y'ounp A'an Alstein. vaudeville acro
bat. is recovering from a self infli. t<-d
bullet wound. He tried to shoot him
self after he hud shot and killed his
former sweetheart, Marion Mat Laron,
a musician, likewise on the vaudeville
stage, lie said the girl spumed his
love.
As soon as A’an Alstein recovers,
and the necessary steps can }<e taken,
he will have to face a forma! charge
"f ho:nloid< . according to Assistant
District Attorney Ryan, who today
stated he would ask the grind jmy
for an Indictment of murder In the
first degree.
I he boy's mother, her aelfconipo*
sure shaken by the interview with her
son, declared she should da every
thing she eould to help her son
Publisher of 7 he Omaha Bee
Goes Last on \ acation Trijt
Nelson B. Fpdike, publisher of Thu
Omaha, Bee, left last night for Ni v
York city, where he will join Walter
Teagle and accompany him to a Kh t
ida hunting lodge to shoot quail He
will he joined in Florida by Mrs. t'p
dike and they will go to Cuba for a
month's visit.
Many Questions Settled
I-incoln. Jan. 18. — (special i —
Whether a veterinarian should an>«
thetize a horse in pulling teeth puzzled
members of the lower house for half
an hour today. F inally, it was agreed,
he should and it was agreed sn exist
ing statute made such procedure
necessary and another hill. House Roll
was superfluous. Therefore, the
bill was killed.
The Weather
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