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Two Women .Meet Fate in I Denver Fires Te/clier Killed in Jump From Burning Apartment House —Second Trapped in Another Blaze. By AftNOrlHt'Ml I’rfM. Denver, Colo.. Dec. 31.—Two per sons are dead and five others are in jured, some possibly fatally, as the result of two apartment house fires here early today. Miss Beatrice Jones, 38, a teacher In the Denver public schools, plunged to death from a third story window after flghltng her way through a veil of smoke and flames in an effort to escape. In the second blaze. Miss Eula Cramer of Love land, Colo., was trapped in the burn ing building. Firemen found her charred body. Miss Evalyn Louerman, a sales woman of O'Fallon, 111., is believed to be dying as the result of injuries she sustained when site leaped from lier window to the icy sidewalk, where firemen found her. Earl Duskey and his sister Beatrice, both of Loveland, Colo., also were fatally injured, it is believed, when they plunged to the ground. Miss Myrtle AVheelQck and Miss Mary Olsen, a teacher, were the other two Injured. Miss Louerman and M<ss Olsen were forced to jump w:hen their bodies were seared by the flames. In the first blaze, H. G. White, jOsAcr of the apartment, Mrs. White pnSl three other occupants of the 'building, escaped on receiving an early warning of tha fire from a neighbor. Firemen fought the flames In 10 be low zero weather. 3 Americans Said Slain by Chine se 2 Women and Man, Mission aries, Reported \ ictims of Notorious Bandit, Ily International New* Servlet*. Shnnghal, China, Dec. 31.—Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hoff, and Mrs. J. Kil en, captured American missionaries, have been killed by the bandits who. took them prisoners, according to a; report here from Tsaoyang. The notorious bandit I>ao Yao-.Ien is reported to have made the attack on the American missionaries. Keport of the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Hoff has not been confirmed. Ily Associated Press. Fekln, Dec. 31— Followers of the notorious bandit leader, Lao Yao-Jen captured an American missionary, Mrs. Julina Klien, and wounded two other missionaries, Professor Bern hard Hoff and Mrs. Hoff, in a raid upon the town of Tsaoyang, in north ern* Hupeh province, near the border to-™ of Siangyangfu, according to adi^ps received here today. American legation has taken steps to bring about the cap ture of the brigands and the libera tion of Mrs. Klien. The Chinese gov ernment has offered a bounty for the capture, dead or alive, of the bandit leader. The three missionaries are repre sentatives of the Cuurch' of the Lutheran Brethren of the United States und were conducting a mis sion at Tsaoyang when the town was raided. Warned of activities of the bandits in the vicinity, by the tuchun, or military governor of the, province, they had vacated their sta- j tion and embarked on river craft for the safety, before the raid. Later, j however, on rereiving assurances : from the tuchun that the bandits had i been suppressed, they returned to the mission. •Mrs. Kilen is 50 years old and her home is in Northfield, Minn. Profes sor Hoff. 32, and Mrs. Hoff, 25, were married here last August, and only recently had gone to Tsaoyang, ac companied by Mrs. Kilen. to open the mission there. They formerly re sided in Grand Forks and Abercrom bie, N. D. Ily Associated Press, pekin. Dec. 31—The captor of Mrs Kilen. known both as Lao Yan Jen ,ind Lao Tang-Ren, for weeks has bfan terrorizing the frontier country along the northeastern border of ifupth province and the southwestern line of Honan province. It was his bind which last November raided the ktAwn of Likwnnkia and k lied or Wl|u,ded approximately 2,000 per sdtH. some of whom wero put to dan'll at horrible tortures. At that time missionalres at Laohokow, a station about 40 miles from Likwankla and a little farther from Tsaoyang, the station most re cently raided, abandoned their estab lishment nnd sought safety in a larger community. An electrical generating plant to east lietw'een 12.000,000 and $15,0000, 000 is to he erected in Cincinnati or at a point up the Ohio river. 'mam "«»>* Matinees Today (YN".) & Wed. POST Direction Melville B. Raymond In Locke’* Master-Piny “The Climax” ol DDTPrC* Wed. 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Chicago, Dec. 31.—Two of the re public’s most reliable Indicators of prosperity or panic—meat and grain —pointed their bands today toward "plenty” on the dial of 1924. Surveys announced by two of America's foremost authorities on grain and meat—John J. Stream, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, and Thomas K. Wilson, presi dent of Wilson & Co., packers—In dicated the year ending tonight has been one of the most wholesome for these two Industries and many other smaller Industries allied with them. While conceding that wheat farm ers, who, he said, represent 6 per cent of American agararlnn notlvity, had been hard hit, Stream said the loss was offset by excellent prices for corn, hogs and cattle. "The wholcsomeness of general conditions, throughout the country," Wilson said, “was never better." He added that meat production In 1923 had been the greatest In the his tory’ of the nation. "Meat production this year will ex ceed the year 1922 probably hv one and one-lialf billion pounds, owing largely to the increase of pork pro duction through the buying and handl ing of nearly 10,000,000 more hogs than last year," Wilson said. "Foreign trade has been good. Europe has bought from 30 to 50 per cent more meats and fats than in 1922." The grain trade has passed through Its most distressing period, Stream said. Still, the trade enters the new year with high hope, lie added, that the major problems of the. grain grower and merchant are on the road to solution. ^Argieulture as a whole, he prophesied, will continue to mend steadily. Still Found in Bunk Car Dewitt, Neb., Dec. 31. —Federal agents last night raided several rail way bunk cars on a spur track of the Hock Island railroad here and in one of them found a complete whisky still amt outfit, w ith coils, cables and a quantity of mush on hand. Two jugs filled with whisky were seized. Two men employed by the company were arrested. Itn Center ite Today Start the New Year Optimistically—See BATHING BEAUTIES rB0'ur^* With Clyde Uatrn, Jack Hunt, a nig Cast and 22 WELL FILLED BATHING SUITS FXTRA Aaron A Kelly, America's Great kA I ItH fl!1| Colored Singers and Dancers Ladies' 25c It.u gain Mat., 2:15 Week Daya GALA HOLIDAY MAT. AT 3:00 TUES. “nuumiuwttUDD iritATEW GRAND.16th and Binney Tom Mix In “Soft Boiled" _Matinee New Year's Day low a Banker Held in West Otto Ronna Is Indicted for Fraud by Avoca Grand Jury. Otto Ronna, 50, former president of the now defunct American State bank of Walnut, la., is In custody at rasa dena, Cal., on an lndietrmnt returned Inst week by a grand jury at Avoca. Ia., charging him In three different counts with making false statements to the state banking commission. The Indictment charges that In April or May, 1920, during the pro cess of changing the bank from a pri vately owned institution to a state bank, Ronna removed nearly $500,000 in alleged questionable notes from the bank, rediscounted them to banks in lies Moines, South Omaha and Ooun cil Bluffs, and marked them "paid.” Bond is $15,000. The indictment also charges that he told the banking commission the capi tal stock of the bank was paid In cash, whereas it was paid by notes of the stockholders. Ronna's bond has been fixed at $15,000. Penalty for the offense of which he is aecus d is five years in the penitentiary, on each of the three counts. According to Frank E. N'orthrup, county attorney of Pottawattamie I county, the charge would be outlawed by the statute of 1 mitations next April or May, except for the fact that Ronna was out of the state for 10 months in 1921. Closed Last May. The bank of which he formerly was head was closed last May. It has since been reorganized and now is operated as the Walnut State bank. At the time the bank was closed, It had deposits of more than $900,000. At the time of the reorganization, set tlement was made with depositors on the basis of 45 cents on the dollar. In 1921, after the bank was made a state bank. It was sold, and Ronna was obliged to endorse all the col lateral. He had the reputation of being one of the strongest bankers In the state. Employment for Veterans Asked Washington, Dec. SI.—Assistance in the task of finding Jobs for re habilitated former service men has been asked by President Coolidge in letters to the American Federation of I,abor, the United State* Chamber of Commerce and the chamber* of com merce f>c the larger cities. The president, in letter* addressed to these organizations and mad* pub lic today by the veterans bureau, de dared that "while much ha* been achieved, especially by th* United States veterans bureau, in thi* very vital problem, there is still much to he accomplished for the approximate ly 79.000, who axe still In training and who are to become ready for em ployment at the rate of about 1,000 per month ” Pour boiling water down the drain pipe frequently. This will keep your main clear and sanitary. 33 Air Records Set in U. S. in 1923 Speed of 266.59 Miles an Hour Attained—Night Air way Established. 1)7 Anwltlrd Prrtl. New York. Dec. 81.—Unparalleled achievements were recorded In Amer ican aviation In 1923. the 20th year of mechanical flight, says a summary prepared by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America. Establishment of 33 new world flight records: construction of the world's largest rigid airship and the largest airplane: operation of the first night airway, enabling the air mall to cross the continent In 26 hours, and development of commercial aviation to new degrees of usefulness, were recorded as outstanding events of the year. Other Important developments were: Perfection of the aerial torpedo, non stop transcontinental flights, prog ress In bombing battleships from the air; development of the aerial smoke screen, and devising of mean* to refuel planes In flight. Advance* In commercial aviation during the year, says the review, lay in lmuroved transportation of pas sengers, malls and express; forest patrol and crop survey flights; de struction of boll weevil and gypsy moth by spraying from air machines, map making, aerial photography and advertising. Of the 33 world records, 22 are credited to the naval bureau of aero nautics and eleven to the army air service. The t'.iree outstanding speed records, set by Lieutenant A. J. Wil liams, U. S. N. were: 1. Speed of 266.59 miles an hour for three kilometers at Mltchel field, New York, November 4. 2. Speed of 243.81 miles an hour for 100 kilometers at St, Louis, Oc tober 6. 3. Speed of 243.67 miles an hour for 200 kilometers at St. Louts, Oc tober 6. Other notable performances were the establishment of a new duration record of 36 hours, four minutes and 31 seconds by Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and J. A. MacReady of the army air service at Dayton. Ohio, Ap ril 16-17, later eclipsed by Lieuten ants Lowell H. Smith and J. P. Richter with a record of 37 hours, 15 minutes, 43.8 seconds, at San Diego, Cal., August 27-28. Lieutenants Kelly and MacReady also made a nonstop flight from New York to San Diego, May 2-3, covering the 2,700 miles in 26 hours, 50 min utes. Two Policemen See Aged Woman Shot Atlanta, Ga„ Dee. 31—Mrs. M. O. Hughes, an aged woman, was shot to death here late Sunday by her daugh ter-in law, Mrs. Frank Hughes, in the presence of two policemen. The shoot ing occurred In Mrs. Frank Hughes' home while the elder Mrs. Hughes an ' the two officers, armed with a wa rant, were searching a trunk for ai tides which she claimed her daugb ter-ln-law had taken from her. A memorial was recently unveiled at Santiago de Cuba In honor ox Massachusetts troops who lost theli lives In the war with Spain. Cubar military forces and United State) marines took part In the ceremonies WORLD REALTY THEATERS Extend to You and Yours Every Good Wish for a Happy and Prosperous New Year VAUDEVILLE PHOTOPLAYS Holiday Bill Headed by WiUiam Weston & Co. 6 Standard Acts of Laughter Shows Today at 2:00, 4:20, 6:46, 9:10 Presents the snappy farce stage comedy, ‘A Bachelor’s Night’ in addition to photoplay features Show* TihIhj at 2:00, 4:20, <1:50, 0:10 sow sHoni\o “The Silent Command” A tremendoni production centered nround a plot to blow up the I’nnnma fannl. 'ECH33 NOW SHOW INO TOM MIX In a l.anuh Thriller of the Went ' MILE A MINUTE ROMEO'* TODAY ONLY MARSHALL NEILAN'S Continuous From 3 P. M. { “THE ETERNAL THREE” RAYMOND GRIFFITH—CLAIKK HI MINOR IIOliAKT IIONHORIH ^ r~* — its Professional Men’s Club N^mes Officers » i'l/on VJ. SckuUe j H. W. Von Ko.iu.kd »..**> 1 president of the Professional Men s club for the ensuing year at a meet ing held Monday noon. Other officers Include E. N. Clen non, vice president, and E. A. Litch field, treasurer. War Cross on Death Bed. Paris, Dec. 31.—Oen. E. A. Bual, chief of the general staff of the French army, died yesterday. General Bual was to have been in eluded In the New Year's honor list and given the grand cross of the le gion of honor Yesterday President Mil lerand and Marshal Petain went to the hospital before he died and pinned on his breast the insignia awarded h m. General Bual was chief of the French military advisers at the Washington armament conference. Wife Kicked Downstairs by Husband • j Mrs. Helen Arthur Tells Court Husband Once Dragged Her From Bed While in Rage. Mrs. Helen Arthur, 554 South Twenty fifth avenue, testified before District Judge Day In divorce court Monday morning that her husband, Robert Arthur, merchandise broker In the Arthur building, dragged her from her bed and kicked her down stairs. , Attorneys for the Arthurs explained that a financial settlement has been made in the case. Arthur Is to pay his wife $1,000 In cash and to sign with his father, E. W, Arthur, a note for $2,200 dated February 1. 1924, and payable to her In monthly payments of $100. Joseph Turney, 2130 South Twenty fifth avenue, father of Mrs. Arthur, also testified to the alleged cruelty of Arthur, declaring that on two oc casions his daughter sat In a chair In his room In an effort to avoid her husband. Judge Day ,took the case under advisement. The original petition was filed June 1, 1923. Since then there has been much legal strife over the affair. Mrs. Arthur first asked for separate maintenance. Arthur then filed a petition asking that their mar riage he annulled. He later withdrew this petition. Council’s Last Meeting. The city council held its last meet lng of the year Monday morning. The membeis passed the weekly payroll, approved the pla’s for Shad duck place, a $-w addition between Sixty sixth and Sixty-seventh streets and Lake and Corby street, and ap propriated $1,500 for the printing of the new zoning maps and ordinance. Bee Want Ads Produce i;*'SUlts Coercion Charge in Tax Cut Bill Washington, Dec. 31—Charges that there is an organized consp.racy to coerce senators and representatives to support the Mellon tax bill before they have an opportunity to study Its provisions were made In a statement by Kenresentntlve Gnrner. Texas, ranking democrat on the ways and means committee. The statement issued by the democratic national committee sa.d Mr. Garner spoke for the minority members of the commit tee. which has been considering the measure for several weeks. "Evidence is dally coming to light,’* said Mr. Garner, "that the nation wide propaganda to commit the peo ple and the r representatives in con gress to the Mellon tax bill before all of its provisions were made known .h the result of a huge organized con spiracy on the part of the predatory interests constituting special privi lege." ' Plain and convincing evidence of this conspiracy is found in the word ing of telegrams and letters being received by senators and representa tives in congress which are in identi cal language, show.ng that they emanate from one source although coming from various sections of the country." Lawyer Who Convicted “Doc” Cook Loses Case of Son in Police Court I Sylvester Rush, deputy I'nlted Stales attorney general, who pro set uteri "Dor" f ook on the oil fraud charges on which lie was sent to prison rer< n*ly, appeared in mimic i. al court Monday morning to de fend Ids son, William, on a charge of reckless driving. Me lost the case. William was fined SI.50. He was arrested after the car he was driv ing Saturday night struck Alfred f.aug. SI3 11 Sou*h Twentieth street at Twenty-sivtli and Harney siieets. I-ang was removed to a hospital, suffering^froin a lacera tion of the ear. for ct Happy and a Prosperous New) \ear x Put^our Want Ad irvthe Omaha 1 I AT-lanficlOOQ and a$k for I 'Classified Depdrtnte/ttvl