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/ “T=rr_ The < >maha >rning . iee much change In temperature. JL * # X T M ±. M. T Money U created by trade, not Ng _ trade by money.—A. B. Barker. v VVOL. 54-NO. 128. OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1924. * TWO CENTS1" «UPn.d. > , / Smallest Corn Crop Since 1913 u Merchantable Quality This * Year Is Lowest in 30 Years, With Exception of 1917; Big Potato Crop. Apples Above Average Washington, N'ov. in.—The small 1 eat corn crop since 1913 was the re w -ward of American farmers this year who planted the fifth largest acreage to that crop In the history of farm ing. Not only was the harvest sub stantially below those of the last four years, but the merchantable quality of this year's crop Is the lowest in 30 years, with the exception of 1917. Preliminary estimates of produc tion, issued today by the Department of Agriculture, placed the crop at 2.477.538.000 bushels, the acreage at 305.604.000, or 1.4 per rent more than last year, and the merchantable quality of the crop as 63.2 per cent. Corn production during the last four years hns averaged more than 3,000, 0(10,00(1 bushels. The white potato crop, estimated at 454,119,000 bushels, is slightly larger than the big crops of 1917 and 1922, yield in northern states running far above earlier expecta tions because in some regions the crop escaped frost and continued growing far into October. Per capita production this year is 4.08 bushels, 4 compared with an average of 3.76 1 bushels per capita during the last 20 years. Plenty of Spuds. There will be an ample supply of good potatoes at moderate prices, government officials declare, and be cause of low prices In some western s'ates some good potatoes will be fed to livestock. There are Indlcac tions that some of the crop may not be even harvested. The average yield tin lo 121.0 bushels per acre, as rA“*Vnmpnred with 99.1 bushels, the Hi ve.ir average. Drouth In important soul hern pro duclng states greatly reduced the sweet potato crop, which is estimat ed at 75.620,000 bushels, or about 25.000. 000 bushels below the average of the last five years and Ihe small est rrop since 1916. Flax seed production returned thi.. year to the high level of the period from 1902 to 1908. ;’"d i total crop of 30,652.000 hushed Is 'estimated, passing the record (yen of 1902 b' more than 1,000.000 hv iit-W. Tobacco production is 261.000,000 pounds less than la t •' '»r. with o total crop of 1,213,975,000 oounds es timated. Blight tobacco shows a de crease of 115.000,000 pounds, cigar types 63,000,000 pounds tind Mary ■ - land and' eastern Ohio export type R. 1,817,000 pounds. Quality of the crop varies in New Kngland, is good in l’ennsvlvanla, not so good in the Miami valley of Ohio and poor in Wisconsin. Quality In Kentucky Is uncertain ns yet and will depend upon rains during the curing season. Maryland export suffered some frost Bright tobaceo in the main produc ing regions Is slightly better In qual ity than last year, though still low. (iood Corn Weather. Corn production averaged 23.5 bushels per acre this year ns com pared with 29.2 bushels last year and 27.6 bushels. the 10-year average, over most of the corn belt, weather (’urine October was very favorable for maturing and drying crop. Sec ; * tiops that, were not frosted made jvt-iterlal gains over earlier expecta ' tion^ and Increase of aliout 19.000.000 bushels in the total crop over last month resulted. The favorable weath er improved the quality of the crop much more than seemed probable. Much corn that was frosted in Iowa, the largest producing slate, and oth er states, had dried out with a mini mum of souring and molding, though much of the frosted corn Is chaffy, shriveled nnd loose on the cob. The apple rrop, estimated at 177, 238.000 bushels, Is slightly above the overage of the last five years, but smaller than last year. Prospects sre particularly poor In Washington. Idaho, Michigan nnd In commercial M sections of Pennsylvania nnd Mary ' land The total commercial rrop Is estimated at 27.188,000 barrels. The harvest of pears this year has hern exceeded only once, ip 1920. Production has about doubled sin< r 1909. California leads this year with 4.867.000 bushels. r~~. We Have With Us Today .lames D. Drain. Washington, I). C„ National Commander, American legion. A veteran of the world war, Mi ]daln Is now devoting his entire time to furthering the work and aims of the American l.eglon. lie gave up his |aw practice in Washington to serve the country during Hie war. When elected national commander of the legion he again gave up his prac tice In Washington and moved to the legion headquarters nt Indianapolis He Is to speak at the Chamber of ^ Commerce, the Armistice day ban ” quet In Hotel Rome and at the party tn he given Tuesday night by the women a auxiliary of the legion In th« Burgess-Nash restaurant. Boy, 3, at Play, Is Crushed Beneath Wheels of Tram Bal»y Confused lty Two Trams; Falls Under Wheels of One While Dodg ing Other. William Davies, 3, only son of Mr. • »nd Mrs. William Davies. 42tfft Blnney street, was caught between two street cars and instantly killed at 1:30 p. in. Monday while his mother was franti cally searching the neighborhood for him. The child ran onto the car tracks in front of Clifton Hill school and fell under the wheels of a northbound Forty-fifth street car as he was at tempting to escape a passing south bound car. The child had been playing in the yard when his mother last saw him. When she missed him she called for him and began to search the neigh borhood. Sees Son's Body. While she was still looking for the boy a man who had seen the accident ran to her to ask her name. When she said it was Davies he informed her that her son had been hurt. She ran to the scene of the accident and crowd ed through the thronfr of onlookers to see her son’s torn body being taken from beneath the car. When police and surgeons arrived i hey found her in a critical state of hysteria. She was persuaded with difficulty to leave the sc$ne. The child’s father, who is a brick mason, was at work at Thirty-eighth and Dodge streets when he was in formed of the accident. He was taken to his home by Mrs. H. J. Cooper, 2723 North Forty fifth street, wife of his employer, and was on the verge of nervous collapse. Both Mr. and Mrs. Davies were treated by Police Surgeon Greer, who said that the shock of the tragedy had left both in a critical condition. Boy Becomes Confused. The car which struck the boy’ was manned by Motorman D. H. Payne and Conductor L. P. Couch. Payne said that he had not been driving rapidly, hut that the hoy had become confused by the two approaching cars and had suddenly turned hack directly into iho path of Payne's car. B. J. Haines, 411ft North Twentieth street, a teacher at Clifton Hill school, who saw the accident, verified the motorman s statement that the boy was confused by the cars. Kaincs and Mrs. Cooper assisted Mr. and Mrs. Davies to their home and j attempted to assuage their grief. Dr. j Greer raid that the rare given the mol her by Mrs. Cooper may liavi saved her from a complete mental ' c\*llr pse. STATUTORY CASE ENDS IN MYSTERY A complaint charging Mike Miller. 4!i10 South Twenty-fifth sired, with a statutory offense was mysteriously replaced in South Omaha police court Monday morning by a complaint charging assault and battery. Miller was sentenced to 30 days In jail, hut a second complaint charg Ins him with contributing to the delinquency of two young girls wav Immediately dapped on him. A hear ing on this charge will be hold Wed nesday. Miller was arrested Saturday eve ning when officers found Hilda Ivudna, 16, and her sister, Mary, 12. in his rooms. A confession from the elder girl implicated Miller. A statutory charge was filed against Miller, but w hen his case was called in police court the only corn plaint which could be found was one charging assault and battery. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 30 days in Jail. Deputy County Attorney Gordon Nick el son was indignant when in formed of the disposition of the case, and Immediately prepared and filed a second complaint. He is investigating to find who substituted the assault and buttery charge for the original complaint. X. Bowers, proprietor of a restaurant adjoining Miller's rooming house, was fined $100 and costs in police court , on a charge of possessing liquor. He was charged with the ownership of 1,000 quarts of beer found In Miller’-' home when the officers arrester! Mill cr ami the two girls. The two girls are being held b> juvenile officer*. NEGRO SLAYER GETS SENTENCE New York, Nov. in.—Julius M. Mill.!', known In the Harlem negro quarter ns "Yellow Charleston." to day was sentenced by Judge McIntyre to die In the King-Sink prison electric chair during the week of December 22 for the murder of Barron D. Wilkins. Harlem negro cabaret owner, last May. Notice of appeal was filed. i --— - Ceorge Parks Company Sued liy Cir! for $25,000 Mario Burmelster sued the Cleorgc , Parks t’onstructlon company and ■ city of Omaha In district court yes i terday for J'Jfi.noo for Injuries sus tained Ootolier 31, when she fell Into an excavation at Fifty fifth street and Military avenue, Injuring her spine and knee. Former Police Chief Pies. Milwaukee, Wli.,SoV, in.—John T. Janssen, TO. for 33 year* chief of po i lire here. died. He realigned aa police chief In 1921, - ;--—'—: Lt* America Forget November 11, 1918 _) K " - ~ ...-. WE SHOULD all remember the world war. Experience is the best teacher and we need If to renew our recollections that we may not lose jg the benefits. When we do this two days stand out: April 6, | 1917,*the day of our entry into the conflict, and £ November 11, 1918, when fighting ceased. Armistice day is the best possible time for think- I ing back. It will be recalled that most people were surprised when the world war broke in 1914. Some of us had been saying, “War in Europe is inevitable; the United States will surely be involved, and reasonable military preparedness is wise.” Nor should it be forgotten that we who said this were stamped by many as either knaves or fools. Of the conduct of our women and men, our soldiers, sailors, marines, our public men and the people generally dur ing the war period we find ourselves justly proud. The nation rose to a very high level of patriotic endeavor. When the armistice came the country went mad with joy, but the excitement hardly died until we began to forget all that the war had taught us. We of the American Legion belong to the organization because we believe it offers a sure way to secure the benefits of the war to our country and the world. We of the legion are against war and for peace. We know that reasonable preparation will reduce chances of war, but we know also that the only sure safeguard against war is that which guarantees a certain and equal justice to all. No man dreads war so much as the man who has been in it and knows its actual horrors, but he is less than a man who is unwilling to fight for the right. But now we legionnaires would rather think about working than fighting, about trying to deserve as good a repu tation as citizens in peace as the country gave us as soldiers in war. JAMES A. DRAIN. Armistice Day to Be Observed Here Two Service* Planned for Omaha; Legion Head to Speak at Noon. P.anks will be closed Tuesday In observance of Armistice day. School.** will not he «losed. Both morning and afternoon cere monies conducted by the American Legion will be simple but effective. The ceremonies will he held nt the courthouse, beginning at 10:45. Special traffic policeman will stop all traffic within a radius of two blocks of the courthouse for two minutes—U'oni 11 til! 11 ;02. James a. Drain of Washington, D. C., national commander oT the American Legion, i.* scheduled to ar rive in Omaha by airplane in time to speak at the Chamber of Com merce at noon and to participate in the memorial services nt 2:30, when permanent markers will be placed at the foot of trees planted at Dodge street and Turner boulevard to mem orlze the soldier dead of the eity. MnJ. Gen. George B. Duncan, com mander, Seventh corps area. Issued an order Monday morning providing that soldiers stationed In the area bo given leave during the day, with the exception of guards and necessary fatigue. The flag will be flown at half mast nt the posts from reveille to noon. Then the national salute of 21 guns will be fired and th<* emblem hoisted to full mast. * This ceremony will he followed bv the parading of troop* and bands. Kvere.lt Buckingham will preside .t the Chamber of Commerce him h eon to Drain. Among those who will be at the speakers' table will be MnJ. Gen. George B. Duncan, Brig. Gen. Halstead Dorr.'-. Annn Raymond • ont mander of Omaha post No. l, Amer ican Legion; Leo Bozell, past com mander; George Brandeis, Randall K Brown. Harley Gonant, Kugono Kp* piey, Samuel Reynolds, former com mander of the local legion post; Wil liam Ritchie, past department coin mander of the legion; Malcolm* Bui drift, Senator Howell, John L. Ken ney, president of the Chamber of Commerce, ami K. W. Judaon, presi dent of the Greater Omaha com mittee. The Kono quartet of Omaha post will put bn n musical program. Kelts Carlson will sing his Omaha songs. Commission**?* Clark G. powdl of th« Chamber of Commerce announced that the luncheon will L»* open to the general public. The city hall will be dosed. Kuilroari Ilrail Dir*. Norwich, Conn , Nov. 10. Charles Henry Osgood, 82, president of the New London & Northffrn Railroad company, died # Married Life If as Neither Heaven Nor Hell, Husband Tells Court ■ We both have tempers,” admit I'd Harry A. Harnett Monday In do mestic relations court, where be testl tied In a suit for divorce brought by Ins wife. I-oilise. He Is lithographing department foreman at Hie Festncr printing house and earns Jti5 a week. His wife admitted that lie gave her If.O a week while they lived at 821 -South Thirty eighth avenue. Numerous letters were Introduced in evidence, written by Harnett since they separated and addressing his wife In most endearing terms. They ire written on sheets of paper two feet long, mid eight of the pages were contained In a single loiter. "My dearest Louise." one reads In part. "As 1 sit here Ht my new desk and try to work, your dear face seems to appear t" me end mV thoughts are all of you, the only woman in tide world that 1 love Louise, It Is a shame we have had thia trouble. Don’t let's take It through the rourts. Let's get to get her and as God ts my Judge we will he a happy little family again. Honey, tell me, don't you love me? Thnt is the only thing that matters.'' An uncle of Mrs. Barnett testified that she was hlghstrung and nerv ous In disposition. "Your married life wasn't heaven, was It?" inquired the attorney. "No, and it wasn't hell, either." said Barnett. "My wife is a good woman and 1 never have had any Inelinniion to bother with other women." Kmery Peterson, vice president of the company, testified that Barnett sometimes had to wot k at night and also to make trips to Chicago and New York. The court took the ee«e under ad-| vlsement. I WIFE OF PONZI GOES ON STAND Boston, Nov. in.—Charles Ponxl. a cling as his own lawyer In the de fense before the state courts of charges of larceny in connection with his get rich quick scheme of four years ago, Introduced his wife. Mrs. Hose Ponr.l, as a witness in his be half. He asks her whether she had any money of her own now, whether she had received snv money from Pon/.i after his business whs closed by the federal authorities and how she bad supported herself while he was serving three and one-half rears in the Plymouth .InII ns h federal pris oner. The prosecution'- objections to this line of questioning were sustained by the court. Mrs. Ponzl said she had Invested $2,000 of her own money in her hus band's enterprise. Man Sentenced to 30 Day* on Check Charge Hparlnl IMupufrh to The Omnlin lire. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 10.-—\V. <’ Howard, who was brought back Inst ; week from Omaha on the charge of passing s no fund check for $10 fit I thw»Kunk garage, pleaded guilty to 'day In county court and was given :t0 days In Jail and ordered to pay tlm costs which amounted to $51. of fleers say h»j is wanted at Lincoln .ind Omaha on a similar charge. Cute Injure* Wheal. *l>i't li.l I tirri‘M|Minilrn( l it. Iliniilitt Hr. llratrlrr, Nell., Nov. 10. A Kulr blew nil dny In thin necllon from the smith nml fnrmnrn frnr Ihnt wlntir when! will hn (Inina*rd nn « rrimlt hermme I hr ground In very drv. Nn molnturn hnn fallen for nmrr (linn three month*. SALINGER CASE ISSUES CLEARED Sioux Kails. S. IV. Nov. 10—All Issues but two In the Midland Pack ing company case. In which Hen I. Salinger, Jr., II. Hnrllngutne and Kreil Sawyer are charged with using the mall" In a scheme to defraud, were ruled out by Judge Joseph IV. IVoodroijgh in federal court today. At the opening of court Judge IVondrough declared that the Jury would have only two Isssues to con sider whether there was fraud In paying dividends, thus Inducing fur thrr stock purchased, and whether the defendants actually diverted funds la- the system of reselling so-called "dummy stocks," thereby defrauding the corporation. The ruling of the court today js the result of further consideration of motions made by the defense Satur iln after the prosecution had com pleted its rase. . Thieves Loot Poolroom. Mperlitl llUpftti'ki to Th« Omit III* lift*. Newcaatb*. Neb., Nov. 10.—Sneak thlnvcn t titered (be poolroom here < undue ted t>>* d;u k Roche and looted the money drawer which contained about $30. Entrance wan Rained ihrotjuh the back door. It 1* believed Hint the theft wan made by aomeone who f(sequenta the poolroom and le • eqUAlllled with thlnjr* about the building. , Oil Mail to Prison. Texarkana, Aik, Nov. 10. Thomas i Ryan, Lhlnnuln (Ark.) oil operator, found guilty September 20 of fraud tllont use of the malls, wns sentenced In five years In the federal peniten tiary st Lesvrmvnrth, Ken., and fined lint) In federal court. He gave [ nolle* of appeal, » Congressman l p on Rum Charge L Lawmaker Submits to \rrost to Test Proxisions of \ olstead Art. Baltimore. Nov. JO.- Before thA i of Kepiesentatlv* John Philip lllll, the Baltimore member of eon Kress who Is charged with violation of the X’olstend net in the manu facture and possession of wine and eider, was railed in the I'nlted States court here today Mr. Hill said that he would not deny any of the ma terial facts in the case. "XX hnt we me after.’’ he said. ’’Is an interpretation of section 19 of the X'olHend art as tt applies to wine Xolstead art *s I tnpplles to wine snd rider. It Is possible the court may rule that the less than one half of 1 per cent regulation in the X'ol stead ad applies to home made wine and rider. In that rase I would expert to he found guilty and the case would be carried on appeal to a higher court. If the court agrees with officials of the prohibition unit, as evidenced In letters In my posses slon from them, that the one half of 1 per rent provision .floes not apply, then we will expect the jury to determine what Is Intoxicating In fart.’’ The Indictment a against Mr. Hill contain six counts and are the result of the manufacture by him at his home here of fruit wine and cider which he said contained 2 50 per rent of alcohol, the purpose being an effort to have legally defined the phrase ''intoxicating Ihjuur'' ns it or i urn In the Volstead act. SUN YAT SF.N AT TIENTSIN I^nndon. Nov. 10. Sun Yat Sen. head of the government of southern Chinn, arrived today at Tientsin, wheer a confet'encr of several of the principal figures opposed to the former mllitarly regime in T>kln, la about to ho held, aaya a dispat* h from Tientsin, Chang Tso-I.In. the Man j churian war lord, also arrived for the I conference. Feng Yu llalang, the “Christian general.’* had previously reached | Tientsin, where It h.id bo» n an ! nmmeed he would confer with former Premier Tuan ChiJul. Taang Tso S l.ln and Cung Haueh Liang. eon of i hang Tmo Lin. Hail Bomb \ ulliori/ctl. Washington, Nov in. The South ern Hallway company received an thorlly from the Interstate Commerce commission to produce authentication and dell ver> of Its treaMfVf of $j.oon.non of development and general '£trgin 4 per cent gold bonds, to be njflkl unUl further order. Lodge Services Will Be Marked j by Simplicity Kinal Honors to Senator Vi ill1 • He Paid at Christ Church, C a m bridge, o n ednesdav Noon. Boston, Nov. in.—Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who in life was a fig ure apart from the mass of the na tion s legislators, among whom he moved with distinction, will have fu neral services in which old associa tions will he maintained to the end. and in which his simplicity of tastes will be preserved. The services at Christ church. Cambridge, on Wed nesday, at noon, with Bishop Law rence, his college classmate, offici ating, will be more nearly those of the man for whom friends of a lifetime mourn than of the I'nited States sen ator who has passed after a notable career. Although it was suggested "by Gov ernor Cox that tlie bier lie taken to the eapito] on Beacon Hill to lie in state, the senator's family decided to make no change from the home on Beacon street of Dr. Sturgis Bigelow, his boyhood chum, where the laxly has rested since a few hours after death last night. Dr. Bigelow him self is seriously 111 and cannot at tend the funeral, hut the thought that It was there the senator would boose in lie, within a block of his father's home, prompted the decision Many Delegations. With word that provision should l>c made for the president’s official representatives. Secretary Hughes, Secretary Weeks and Captain An draws, his naval aide, for Governor Cox. and various delegations, the family felt that opportunity for the tributes that these delegations seek to show may still be afforded in Christ church, with its limited seat ing capacity of 420, at the same time that the senator's personal associa tions are preserved. Among the attendance at the serv ices will be delegations from the na tional senate and house of reprpsenta t'ves. from both branches of the Massachusetts legislature: commit tees representing the town of Xa bant, which Senator laxlge had serv e I as moderator for years; of the Massachusetts historical society, which he had served as president, and of Harvard university. It was at Christ church. which hes on the edge of the Harvard col lege group of buildings where he 'pent his college days, that Senator Lodge was married, the day after Jie was graduated, to Anna Cabot Mills. , and it was from Christ church that j the senator buried his wife in 3 315. Tribute* Tour In. It* rector, the Rev. Trcscott Ev arts, will assist Rishop Lawrence. The pallbearers will he Dr. Frede rick Shattuck, John T. Morse, jr.. i Henry T. Walcott. James Ford I Rhodes, William C. EntUcott, Clayton Johns George Mackav and George B Gardner. hl« classmates in roliege. '■ontemporaries in letters or friends In other connections. Tributes and messages of eondo! cnee poured in on the family today from all part* of the world. Presi dent Cool id ge sent his message of sympathy anl made public a tribute that placed Senator Ixrdge as “one of the great men of our time.'’ Gov ernor Cox, in a formal proclamation issued today, said' “A great man has gone from us. j The character of his long public j service may be measured by the j highest standards: and it will not be | found wanting. . . He never avoided a struggle for the principles ! which lie embraced and he met such Turn (*• t’u- Three C*IhH F-'ni INDUSTRY SURVEY BEING MADE HERE The bureau of statistics of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce ha's begun Its annual task of obtaining manufacturing and wholesaling sta tlsttra of tlie city. A I'omplete report , will be given out about December 31 The report will have statistics of! the total amount of business done during the year, the pay roll and the number of employes in the nutnu facturlng plants and wholesale' i houses. The work is being done by thf I regular staff of the chamber, assisted l bv W D l*er. Ival, who has recentl> i-ompleted a government survey o( J manufacturing conditions in the west ’ — Vtlauta \jj«*n!s Destroy 2 1.000 Quarts of l itjuor Alsnta, Ga , Nov. 10 —The Ini gest shipment of expensive liquors ever seised here, according io local offl ! i cers, was destroyed by fodeial prohi ltiilon agents The liquor—34.000! quarts of Switch. r>e and chnmiv*fc.ne 1 was found In the rally, at! cards b> Capt. Orover C. Fain, of the pellet' department. Past'd on current bootlegger prices. It Is estimated It was worth leister f?00,000 and ,000. The Weather 1 |v-' K»t 2 4 hour* ♦*n»tinir 7 y* m Vm I ri«rit>M»lluu. inch** *n«1 huntli *-<ti h* 1 Tnf«l, 9. total Mine* J»\n V Ji. ^* »!• I flvlW'. 4 12 HmuiIa I chi port* Hi rr* ft a nt 1 )• m ' • *. m. M 2 iv m .\ Tu rn.,. * * J p in.,.72 « «. m. 4 r in, 71 t #. m. *rt k p. m. TO 19 * m ..... . * 3 « p m.b • 11a hi T p m.* T 12 noon ......... TO $ p. m 19 Lead Over Steek Now 675 Votes Official Canvass of Only Hal! of 99 Iowa Counties Costs (». 0. P. Senator 350 Ballots. Complete Returns Slow n.r AwwiaM Pres*. Des Moines, la., Nov. 4.—Senator Smith W. Brookhart's unofficial ma jority over his democratic opponent for the t'nited States senate in Tues day's election had dwindled from 3,023 to 675, when more than one half of the election hoards in Iowa « •<ci counties completed their official canvass of the vote late today. Re turns from these official surveys are not expected to be completed in ail counties until late this week, nurner ous boards having adjourned this evening until after Armistice day. The loss and gain for each candi date had fluctuated widely on the reports so far received. In 50 coun ties the result was again of 96 votes for Senator Brookhart. while his loss totaled 200 votes. Steek had gained 470 and lost 223. Among the larger groups of votes figuring in the change in the sen ator’s lead, was a net gain of 103 , for Stock In Emmett county, again of 1S2 for the democrat in Harrison county and n»t gains of 63 and 53, respectively, In Lee and Page coun ties. Stock also gained 50 in Sioux county. Brookhart's greatest gain so far in the canvass was in Page county. ' here he picked up 63 votes, while Osceola added 27. Other counties w here Brookhart gained smaller num bers were Clay, Franklin, Guthrie. Jasper and Woodbury. Brookhart gained in seven coun tics and lost in 13. Steck’s galh was registered in 13 counties and he lost eight that had reported tonight. The new totals stood tonight: Brookhart, 447,426; Steek. 446,752. The county auditors' report on thr canvass contained no explanation of tiie changes, which, however, were assumed to be largely due to errors of election judges in transcribing to tals from their tally sheets to th» outside of envelopes containing the precinct ballots. YOUTH HELD FOR CAFE ROBBERY Forest Sleeier. 24. arrested by Omaha police early Monday morning as turned over to sheriff’s officers in Council Bluffs Monday and charged with entering and robbing the Perry cafe at Neola, la., Sundav evening. Four pistols and several watch charms were stolen from the cafe. Two pistols were found on Sieeter's person when he was arrest o,l in Omaha. He was formerly em ployed as a cook at the restaurant. MAN FOUND DEAD BESIDE RAILROAD Kearney, Neb.. Nov. 10—Frank Miisll, 4!>. was found dead beside the I'nion Pacific railroad track*, near hi* home Sunday night. Following an investigation held by County At torney Hugh Drake this morning, it was announced that Musil came to his death a dentally, being struck v a train while walking along the - de of the train track* He is sur vived by his widow, four daughters and two sons, COMPANY DENIES TRADE CHARGES Washington. N'ov. 10.—The Ganr Moore company of New- Tork tod*' tiled a complete denial of all the charges of wrongdoing made against tt in a complaint issued recently bv the Federal Trade commission, charg ing unfair methods of competition In the marketing of .aval to South Amer ica. «• First Ship 1 raves (ireat I ihi's for Foreign Port IVt-oit. Mich. Nov to—Detroit s-nt Its first ship to ■ distant fceeikn port when the steamer Onondago of •h- Ford M--or onipanv s fleet anil oil fi. in it-e Giver Rouge plant fot !'■ mi" Vires Aigemina !4outh America, with a cargo of automobile pnrta the first of its kind ever gx ported direct from any Great Tjakes port. Departure of the Onondago created something of a furore In the offic« * of the customs officials here, whei* clearance papers were Issued for the first time to a ship sailing to a for eign port. Fire Destroys C.vval Bin*. Nov. id.—¥ir* at uihutM to c^tmhuMlnn *\»rlv tovlav th<* ctwltnit htn* • »f tho t'nlon I'tctflr mllrtMui m 1j* Sallr. r •!»»,. m'nr h*r*. catiatvtg ibiu h*:* Mum.ilfHl at $75,Odd. l . S. Jtirv Novi'tnhct 1ft. Tha Nslftil crand jury wit! November IS. acv«'m$1r»£ I bHihI Statas WntruH Mt«M*r*av J, t\ Klnflt Th# Jury Ml hoar liquor cantt*