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THE ( >MAHA M iRNING DEE ”™™“I disuse In temperature. done ia doing it promptly. I a* —— ____known. CITY EDITION yQU fi4 _NQ 13?< OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1924. *_TWO CENTS10 - - Stock Trade Sweeps to New Highs ( [Volume of Business on Ex change Greatest Since De j cember 21, 1916, the “Peace Note” Boom. 2,594,300 Shares Sold By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 20.—Breaking all records for the volume of business transacted In the post election boom, the stock market today swept up ward to new high levels under the leadership of the lower priced rail road shares. Sales on the New York Stock exchange to'taled 2,594,300 shares, the heaviest day’s trading since December 21, 1916, when the frenzied trading which followed the “leak” of President Wilson’s peace note sent sales above the 3,000,000 share mark. The avalarichest buying orders for the syeculative rail Issues which poured Into the stock market was instrumental in carrying the general price average to a record high for all time. Sixty-tliree Individual Highs. Sixty-three individual high records were established during the day's trading. In which 550 issues were dealt In, as compared with yester day's high of 574. A series of optimistic predictions by railroads executives regarding 1924 earnings, reports of progress in several pending mergers and of the •uccessful conclusion of .refunding plans by some of the roads con tributed to the extraordinary demand for the carrier shares. Thirty-two rail issues eclipsed their previous 1924 peak prices, with New Haven and Kansas City Southern elading the advance on grains o’f 3 3-8 Rnd 4 3-4 points. New Haven sold at 32, the highest price in two years, in response to reports that the com pany had arranged successfully for the refunding of a 123,000,000 bond issue. i Industrial Gains. Other rail stocks which scaled new penks for the year included Missouri Pacific, “Katy,” Norfolk & Southern, Vnlon Pacific, Northern Pacific and Wheeling & Bake Erie preferred. Overcoming intermltlbnt profit tak ing, representative Industrial shares scored a slight net gain for the day with 31 separate issues working into new high ground. These included American Express, North American, Public Service of New Jersey, Goodrich preferred, Mack trucks first preferred. Interna tional Harvester, Postum Cereal, Otis Elevator, Texas Gulf Sulphur and General Asphalt, which scored gains ranging from 1 to about 4 points. OMAHAN IS STILL WED TO WIFE NO. 1 Special Dispatch to 1'he Omaha Bee, Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20.—Frank L. Oarmony of Omaha Is still the legnl husband of bis first wife, according to a decision Thursday by the su preme court upholding the contention of wife No. 1 that original divorce proceedings are still pending. Oarmony, early in 1322, filed suit for divorce against his first wife, and she filed a cross-petition. On Octo ber 24, 1922, Douglas county district court, In which the petitions were filed, decided that Mrs. Oarmony should be given the divorce, and a decree was granted. On March 14, 1923, the attorney for Mrs. Oarmony, No. 1, produced a certificate of marriage showing that Carmonjehad married another woman on March 3, 1923, in Council Bluffs, before the six months stipulated by law had expired. The attorney asked that the decree be set aside. The mar riage of Oarmony to wife No. 2 was held Illegal by the court. Oarmony appeared in district court on November 27, 1923, and told the court that his second wife was expect ing a baby. In order to make the birth of the child legitimate Oarmony asked that the divorce decree from his first wife he reinstated. His re quest was granted, according to (he records. No protest of the firs# wife to the proceedings was shown on the records. ---- We Have With Us ' .lolin G. Price, Columbus, O., (•rand KMilled Ruler of Benevolent and Protective Order of Klks. Mr. Price, chief of nearly one mil lion Elks, has an unusual record. He was In the postal service until he was 28 years of age. During the last few years of his service with the gov ernment at Washington, ho attended night law school at the Georgetown University. Having established himself In Co lumbus, O., as an attorney, ho attain ed the distinction of serving as at torney general of the Buckeye state. Ife took a keen Interest In the Klks and was recognized at the last meet \mg of the grand lodge hy election to ^ the highest office In the order. While In Omaha today and Satur day he will be accompanied by Mrs. rtjtce and 4-year-old eon, Dlcle. “Didn't Hurt" Says Child After Fatal Shot La 'Junta, Colo., Nov. 20.—With the declaration that he had shot himself, but that “it didn’t hurt at all," William Kimball, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kim ball of Holly, Colo., informed Ills mother that he had fatally wound ed himself. He died in a hospital here last night. Returning from a dance at Gra nada, Colo., Tuesday night, Kimball removed his revolver from the au tomobile and placed It in the din ing room table. The child picked it up, placed the muzzle to his breast and pulled the trigger. The bullet passed entirely through his body and lodged in the floor of the dining room. The child then ran to Its mother, crying, "I shot myself, mama, but it doesn't hurt a bit.” Benedict Man to Represent State in Husking Match Vifgil Archer V^ins Irip to Des Moines in Elimination Contest Staged at Wahoo. Special IH—pah’ll to The Omaha Bee. Wahoo, Neb., Nov. 20.—Virgil Archer, Benedict, Neb., won the cornhusking contest staged on the farm of E. J. Lohr, near here, this afternoon. He succeeded in husking 1,627 pounds, 23.24 bushels, of cotyt in one hour and 20 minutes. His nearest competitor was Lewis Dinklage, Wlsner, Neb., who husked 1.582 pounds, 2?.6 bushels, of corn in the allotted time. A. G. Anderson, Sutton, was third with 1,509 pounds, 21.fe bushels, of corn. Joe Korte, Raevllle, was fourth with 1,496 pounds, 21.38 bushels, of corn. The contest started at 1 Thursday afternoon in a 60-acre corn patch on tlie I-ohr farm. More than 2.500 per sons had gathered at the edge of the field by then lo watch. Eight Entrants. Each of the eight entrants in the contest were assigned a section of the field to work in. A wagon drawn by t team of horses and a driver were assigned to each contestant in addition to the “scavenger" assigned to walk behind the contestant and check up on ears overlooked, dropped and improperly husked. The time—keeper called time and the men started down the rows. At the end of one hour and 20 minutes the time keeper stopped the work and the checking of the loads of corn began. Dinklage had husked the most corn but he had been careless and the "scavenger” who followed his wneon had picked up 309 pounds of corn. ’I%is was deducted from his total poundage, 1,891 pounds, leaving him 1.583 pounds. Archer also lost 117 pounds because of carelessness. Emir States in Contest. Joe Korte had lews waste than the others but had not quite husked enough corn to achieve a position bet ter than fourth. Those whd took part in the contest were; Roy Keller, Madrid; Lewis Dinklage, Wlsner; Virgil Archer, Benedict; Paul Butterfield. Virginia; A. G. Anderson, Hutton; Joe Korte. Raevllle; Elmer Baade. Beimel, and Albert Steucke, Battle Creek. Archer will go to Des Moines where he will participate In another contest Monday. This contest will be between champion cornhuskefb of Nebraska, Iowa, Jllinois and Indiana. Trendelenburg \ isits Premier Herriot in Paris B.v Aiaoriated Prew. Paris, Nov. 20.—Dr. Trendelenburg, the chief German technical delegate In the Franco-Oerman commercial agreement conference, viaited Pre mier Herriot today and explained to hint the viewpoint of the German government concerning the pending negotiations latter an official communique was Issued saying that Hr. Trendelen burg's explanations "have removed (lie difficulties which had Interrupted the negotiations.” Dutch Guilders Sell at Par First Time Since War * New York, Nov. 20.—Dutch guild ers sold here today at par—r40.20 cents—for the first time In five years. Thfs makes the third Kusopcan cur rency to get tiack to parity since the war, the Swiss and Swedish ex changes selling now at a slight premium. The recent Improvement In Dutch exchange Is duo primarily to the eco nomic recuperation of Germany, which has always been Holland's best customer. Government Authorized to Sell Power of Shoals Washington, Nov. 20.—Maj. Gen. John A. Hull, Judge advocate general of the army, advised Secretary Weeks It was his opinion, reached after a careful study of the law, that the federal government had ample au thority to sell to private and commer cial enterprises power generated by the Wilson dam at Muscle Shouts, Air State Grain Men Attack Farm Firm Resolutions Charge Market ing Body Formed at Chi cago Deceiving Public. Waterway Is Favored Charging that the Grain Marketing company, formed in Chicago by sev eral large grain concerns, will be de veloped from ttye top down and not fifim the bottom up. the Nebraska Farmers’ Co-operative Grain and Livestock State association before ad journment Thursday afternoon adopt ed a resolution of censure. The policy of the Grain Marketing company, the resolution states, “vio lates a basic law of the world of na ture and of the world of business." The plan originated, It is alleged, “not with those connected with the co-operative grain marketing move ment but among those who were among the originators of the vigor ous opposition to every attempt of producer to market co-operatively.” Charge Deceit. The resolution concludes: Resolved, that it is the sense of this convention that these are criti cal times for the co-operative move ment, that greatest caution is neces sary and that those who' have been and who now are connected with farmers’ organizations, and who are in any way connected with or sup port the Grain Marketing company have been misled, deceived or other wise improperly influenced and that farmers should not look to them for advice or leadership in connection with the Grain Marketing company. The convention endorsed the St. Lawrence deep waterway, a resolu tion declaring that “any unnecessary delay in Its development will mean unnecessary monetary loss to the farmers of Nebraska.” Another resolution rails for the de velopment of irrigation projects in Nebraska, Another one calls for the assign ment by the government of a reason able wave-length to WAAW between 8 a. m. and 2 p. m. with a 10-min ute period at 8 p. m. “The territory that is most in jured by the present regulations.” tiie resolution states,” Is the wide expanse to the west of Omaha where WAAW Is the principal or only source of wireless market reports.” Farm Itills Misleading. A resolution "deplores all activi ties of congress or other departments of the government which, while they may lie intended for the aid of the farmer, because of economic laws or conditions cannot result in his bene fit and have the effect of dissatisfy ing the farmer and making him have less Interest In the farmer's cause in general." John F. Gustafson, president of the Farmers National Grain Dealers’ as sociation, spoke on the need of bet ter co-operation between the farmer and his elevator associations and managers. A technical debate was thrashed out by II. C. Fllley of Lin coln, George A. Williams of Fair mont, Lieutenant Governor-elect; .1. R. Morrison of Chappell and U. C. Ocker of Glenvll, The convention adjourned to meet next year in Omaha. BODY OF AIRMAN IS FOUND IN SEA Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 20.—A dis patch received her® today from Os tend, Belgium. Bays the body of Com mander Hacadura Cabral, the Portu guese aviator who was loBt on a flight from Amsterdam to Lisbon, has been found in the North Sea. Second (Jans Postal Rates Are Discussed Washington, Nov. 20.—Second clnss postal rates were the subject of a conference today between President Coolidge and representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers* as sociation. The disc ussion centered on the cost ascertainment report prepared by postoffice officials at tlie request of congress, which, it is understood, shows a considerable loss in the han dling of second class postal matter at present rates. The conference whs arranged st the request of the postal committee of the association of which Jerome I). Barnum Is chairman. i__ Two Convicts Killed in West Virginia Mine Moundsville, W. Va., Ni>. 20.— Two convict miners were kiltpcl and a third wim Injured seriously whrn they were caught In mi explosion of gas or dust In the West Virginia pen nluo hero, ltcx Under, super intendent, wns being lowered Into the pit when the blast doeurred. The cage was pulled up and Under, over come by the deadly gasses, was re vtved. , Miss Rrnndcis Admitted. Washington, Nov. 20.—Miss Busan Braudels, daughter of Associate Jus flee IhnndelM. was admitted to prat tire before the supreme court. Mists Rrandcls is now special assistant to ilia United Hiatts attorney. New Yorl, city. Boy, t to Murder and Rob capturing Slayer of Father Youth Takes Refuge in Home of Bandit ^ho Killed His Parent, but Escapes and Wife of Thug Strangles Own Son in Darkness by Mistake. By KARL H. VON W1EGAND, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. Berlin. Nov. 20.—A tragic story with dramatic elements that would tax the Imagination of a novelist to surpass, comes today from Klaus enburg, formerly In Hungary, but since the war, a part of Jtoumania. John Szita, returning from the cattle market at Grosswardein ac companied by his 12-year-old son, had a premonition that he would be held up and robbed of 80,000 lei, proceeds of his cattle sales. So Szita tied the money In a small bag around the boy's neck. Half way home Szlta's premon ition came true when lie was at tacked and killed. The boy ran to the nearest village, seeking pro tection, and at the first house he reached lie told his tale including the fact that he had the money. The woman of the house comforted him and put him to bed with her own son, aged 10. Later in the night the woman’s husband returned home and she told him the story related by the boy. The husband informed her that ho himself was the murderer of the boy’s father but that he did not succeed in getting the money. The man and woman then decided to take the money from the boy and afterwards to hide traces of the crime, planned to burn him in a big bake oven in the house. The boy, whom the pair believed to be asleep, overheard their plan to murder him also, lie slipped out of a window and ran to the nearest constabulary. A little while later lie- returned to the house with two gendarmes who arrested the pair. It was then discovered that the woman had made a mistake in the darkness, having seized and choker! her own son to death believing he was the refugee boy, and in her excitement had put his bod yin the oven. The fire was still burning. The pair are now in jail. Former Treasurer Must Serve Term Third Man to Enter Peniten tiary as Result of North Platte Fire. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Nov. 20.—The Nebraska supreme court upheld the sentence of three years imposed by the Lincoln county district court on Elmef C. Baker, former deputy county treas urer. Baker was charged with em bezzlement Of $4,000. The charge grew out of the burn ing of the courthouse at North Platt1’ a year ago. S. M. Souder, who was county treasurer at the timevjtnd A. B. Allen, who was county clerk, are both serving sentences in the peni tentiary at this time on charges re sulting from the courthouse fire anil an Investigation which followed. GANGLAND’SGUNS BARK ONCE MORE Chicago. Nov. 20.—Gangland's pistol, muled since the murder of Dean O'Bannion and the attendant increased vigilance of police to avert ;* possible gang war sjxat death again today alter another victim bad been taken for a ride.” The body, bearing three bullet wounds, whs found slumped in an al ley where, jxolice believe. It had been burled from an automobile In which the man had been killed. Nearby, police found another man dying from a fractured skull. The dead man was Identified as Genaro Paulla. At a hospital the other victim re fused !o reveal his identity. Dying, he adhered to tha gang land's code of silence. "My friends will take care of this,” he murmured and lapsed into uncon sciousness. - ROBBER SUSPECT CAPTURED IN IOWA Keokuk, la., Nov. 10.—Joseph Has kins of Keokuk, arrested here yester day hy authorities front Scotland county, Missouri, as ft suspect In the robbery of a hank at Arbela, Mo., has been Identified by the cashier and vice president of the bank as one of the two men who held them up Tue* day afternoon, police here announced today. A charge of robbery will be placed against him, the prosecuting attorney of Scotland county said. A bullet hole In the rear of Has kins’ car led authorities to believe he also may have participated In an nt tempted robbery nt Gorin, Mo . when a telephone operator opened fire on the robbers’ machine. Trade Commission Bars Use of Term “Imported Washington, D. C. Nov. 20.—Use of the words “Import” or "imported." In advertising in connection with the »nln of merchandise not actually Ini ported Into the United Stoles was held hy the federal trade eommls shin today to constitute an unfair method n fcompetition. The commission Issued a cease and desist order against Mitchell Blank of Camden, N. J„ trailing under the name of Hagen Import company of New Jersey, requiring the company to discontinue Its alleged practice of using I he words “Import'' or “im ported” In a trade or In advertising In connection with the sale of goods which the commission alleged were manufactured In the United Htates. Centenarian Reckon Letter From Coolitlge Elgin. Ill, Nov. Ik Mrs Kate (Grandma) Hhlelds, Elgin's only ceil tenarlan, who celebrated her 101st birthday recently by voting the "straight republican” ticket, was con gratulated In s letter today from president Cooltdge. "It was very satisfying to know that toy administration merited your approval and that your vole was casl for me,” the president wrote “It Is very pleasing to have one who Iikh seen so much of tile thus rspivss (>our confidence In u Lincoln Boasts' City Gas Station * Gasoline Sells for 13 Cents at Municipal Institution; Voted on Referendum. « Special Dispatch to Tile Omaha llcc. Lincoln, Nov. 20.—The city of Lin coln opened a municipal gas station today. Gasoline sold for 13 cents a gallon. Authority for its establish ment was granted after the people of Lincoln voted in favor of such a sta tion on a referendum at the Novem ber election. GOVERNORSTACK DIES FROM WOUND By I nlvrnml Hert ic*. London, Nov. 20.—Governor Gen eral Sir Lee Stack, who was shot yes terday while riding through the streets of Cairo in his automobile, died today. None of his seven as sailants. who tired at close range, after throwing a bomb which failed to explode, has been arrested. News of Sir Lee's death was re ceivcd here in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. The general suffered from heavy loss pf blood and two blood transfusions were resorted to in an effort to save bis life. Surgeons discovered tliat the as saasins had used dum-dum bullets, which mushroom when they strike. One bullet was located behind the spine. A conference was held today be tween Prehtier Stanley Haldwtn and Lieutenant t’olonel Amery regarding the Egyptian situation. It Is under stood they decided to send a stiff note to Egypt, charging the Egyptian gov ernment with raising the Sudan ques tlon and in this way Incurring indl root responsibility for the attack. Sir Lee was governor general of the Sudan and Hash Mir. HARRISON RAPS TAX PUBLICITY Washington, Nov. 20.—nepeal of t he publicity feature of the Income tax law wns urged today by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, one of the democratic leaders of the senate In a formal statement. Harrison said he would be glad to co-operate with the republican major ity In the senate In working for re peal or modification of the law. "I am sure," he said, "that the American people are sick and tlrw! of so much red tape." Police Chief Opens War on Law Violators gprrlal l>lM>»teh lo The Onnlhn Her. Sidney, Neb., Nov. 20.—Chief of Po lien Joe Waite has started a cam paign which lie hopes will end reck less driving and drunkenness in this town. In police court today most of the cases, were of tlieso classes Most of the offender* wore fined from $j to $20 on each charge. Skeleton Parts of Child Found in Hale of Paper Lancaster, O., Nov. 20.—Parts of tlie skeleton of a child apparently 12 years old were found In a balo of Wiintc* paper received by the l nited State* (lypmini company, from Km* manuel Friedman, London, O. Local police who have been conducting an Investigation declare they have made no proKi'cuH in determining how or why the hone* not there. Slayer Justifies Self. Cavalier. N INov. 20.—Lying on Ills had, where lie lias been lield for the last two years by tuberculosis, Theodore Himhlie. Jr.. 23, who stabbed Ills father fatally yesterday because he said "lie was mistreating mother," declared that lie felt Ids act was Jus tilled. ICiilrond Is Auctioned. Springfield, III., Nov. 20 -The t’hl • ■ago, lVorla A St. Lout* railroad wa* pnrcolfHl and moM at miction Meeter in rhan« cry Mrlgglc offered it In IS parte. The* total euto u«id bv bidden* WAS $3,u&U 500. % Gem Curse Hits Mate of May Yohe Malignant Influence of fatal Hope Diamond Is Held Responsible for Shoot ing of Captain Smuts. Wrecked Her Marriage Boston, Mass., Nov. 20.—The curse of the famous Hope diamond has struck again, the second time in two weeks. Capt. Jan A. Smuts, whose wife was May Yohe. one time owner of the gem, is at the city hospital recovering from a bullet wound in the chest. Captain Smuts, a veteran of the Boer war, is a cousin of Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, famous Boer leader. He told police he suffered the wound when he dropped a revolver while cleaning. Fear that he might die and hi.: wife he blamed for his death, prompted him, he claims, to write the suicide note found by police. The note read: Suicide Note. "I shot myself because I was un kind to niv wife, May Y'ohe. who has been the best in the world to me.” Two weeks ago, the Blue Diamond inn at Marlow, N. H., with which the former actress and her husband were trying to recoup the fortune they scattered on five globe circling trips, was reduced to ashes. They came to Boston and took a $5 a week room in a south end lodging hous<-. There the former Lady Francis 'Hope and once famous prima donna was found sitting on the floor holding her husltands head in her lap and cooling his lips with water. When taken to the hospital Captain Smuts attempted to conceal their identity. He said his name was John A. Sgiith, but police investigation brought out his identity. Once Owned Theater. May Yohe once owned her own theater in London. Her charm and personality kept it filled. She was the toast of kings and nobles through out the world and was highly com plimented by the late King Edward, when he was prince of Wales. The lack of success attending her marriage to Sir Francis Hope was blamed on the big blue diamond. YOUTH OF 12 SHOT BY IRATE FARMER Baltimore. Md., Nov. 20.—Martini Ililton. 12, of EUicott City, Md.. is in a critical condition In a Baltimore hospital, with his face, neck and shoulders riddled with bird shot from the weapon of an infuriated caretaker of a Howard county farm who fired point blank at the youth and a com panion when they refused to leave a , cow pasture. SUGAR WORKERS OF CUBA STRIKE Havana. Nov. 20.—Employes of 18 sugar mills throughout the island are on strike; employes of four other mills in Orlente province will likely Join the strikers today, and four striking lead ers are under arrest, according to re ports reaching here today. The leaders who were arrested are held incommunicado, and would be deported to Spain, it was said. Mother of Lieut,-Gov. Lunn of New York Seriously III Denver, Colo., Nov. 20.—Vhysi - ians early today reported no change In tlm condition of Mrs. Martha A. Lunn, Tfi. mother of Lieutenant Gov ernor George Lunn of New York, who is seriously 111 at her home here with pneumonia. Although Mrs. Lunn has been III for three days, not until today dkl her condition become alarming, mem hers of the family here said. In response to a telegram. Lieu tenant Governor Lunn left Albany, N. Y.. tonight for Denver. He Is ex peeled to arrive .Saturday morning. Two daughters. Mrs Frank Halt of I Oakland. Cal., and Mrs. Fred \V. Sharpe of l.os Angeles, also have been requested to come to the l>cd sido of their mother. Lemuel General Given Prison Term for Theft llv \«ai* I’rr»». Lille, France, Nov. 20.—Found guilty by a French court martial of confiscating and shipping to Ger many valuable properties from the chattenu he was occupying as head quarters In northern France during (l,e war. General Yon Nathualus, a German commanding officer, was sentenced today lo a year's Imprison ment and payment of the trial coals. The conviction was on a vote of i to 3. General Yon Nathualus, wlu> a year ago was tried by default and sen tenced to six years In prison on the same charges, was caught in French territory recently and brought to trial in person. —-r Itovs lluntls nl Dinner. «‘inl lhN|Mt(rli (o ihf Otiiitliit Hrf, Sidney. Nob., Nov 20 Pwc» t«»> * ImiuIh furnished jnmdc for the futhor :«nd non baiHHMM gtv«*n hero hi-M night by the* Ommlwr of I'ommoivo. Ths Hov. Mi Light gavo tin HtLIivh-* The affair ««s nel iatumtai s Stork Wins Race; Baby Is Born in Taxicab For the second time within a year the stork has run a race in Omaha with a taxicab. The biru won in both races. Last Sunday morning a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Svojtek. 2332 North Fifty-seventh street, In a taxicab as It reached the steps of Lord Lister hospital. The baby weighed six pounds, 12 1-2 ounces at birth. Although the driver of the taxi, F. B? Smith, made every effort to reach the hospital without exceeding any speed limits, the race was lost. Spectators on their way to church Sunday morning saw a young man rush from a taxicab that had driven hurriedly up to the entrance of the hospital and In a few seconds return to the cab with nurses and an interne. All returned to the hospital within a few moments. The baby and mother are reported to t^e "doing fine ’ at the hospital. A similar losing race with the stork was made to the University hospital a few months ago. $150,000 Mark Is Passed in 2 Days 0 bv. Chest Workers J I Comparisons Show Contribu tions This Year Are Pro portionately Larger Than Last ^ ear s With more than $150,000 to show for the.r two day's labor, the 3,000 workers in the second annual cam paign of the Omaha Community Chest are ready to resume today In an ef fort to reach the $402,000 goal as rapidly as possible. Apartment house dwellers and others who could not be reached dur ing the -day were met at the door upon their return home last night, and as a result several thousand dol lars more was added to the rapidly growing fund. Many Increased. A careful check of the first day's receipts, compared with last year's cards, showed that in practically all cases the subscription had either been increased or duplicated. In some instances the amount pledged was five times that of last year and announcement of these in creases brought rounds of applause at the noon luncheon of workers held at the Fontenelle. Practically all of the larger whole sale and retail houses in the city ore vieing with each other to see who will turn in their 100 per cent cards first. Starting early Wednesday morning, the work of canvassing each employe was started and followed with rallies at noon, and in some cases speeches were made by the solicitors at the close of the day's work. Every Home. Workers in the women's division are reporting success and hope to have their work cleaned up by Satur day night. Every home within the city limits is being visited, and In many cases explanation of the work of the Community Chest is explained and opinions altered. The "high power" teams of the general solicitation division are mak ing the rounds of the downtown busi ness offices and thousands of dollars have been subscribed that have not been reported by the solicitors, who are waiting* until they finish their district. FUNERAL RITES' FOR JAKE MAHR Special Dispatch to Tile Omaha Dee. Sidney. Neb. Nov. 20.—Funeral service* for Juke Mahr, veteran V’nlon Pacific roundhouse foreman, the largest and most impressive ever held In Sidney, were held thi* after noon. Peleg.itions of Union Pacific offi rials from Omaha, Cheyenne. North Platte and Laramie were present. Mahr was killed Saturday night when he was run down by a switch engine in the yards here. (Governor Smith \iir!<e? Radiy Swollen Foot Albany, N. V.. Nov. 20.—tSovernor Alfred E. Smith was confined to the executive mansion today, nursing a badly swollen foot. He returned to Albany last night from a short vac*-, lion at French Lick Springs, lnd. He said he experienced the first twinge cY pain when he twisted a toe in driving on the French lJck golf links The foot trouble has been diagnosed as both rheumatism and gout. Fire at State House. Lincoln. Nov. 20 The fire depart ment was called out this afternoon to extinguish a blase on the fourth floor of Nebraska's old state house caused by an explosion of chemicals In the state laboratories. Ikimagc was slight. 1 The Weather \ V_ J K*vr :* hour* ending ? |> m N c v*mh»p .’0 IVecipttatton. in< h»a ami hundredth* j Total. 0 Total a Inca January 1 lit if | deficiency, 4.1? H marly Temperature*. fc a n». . I r. m I t* a an .II S |», m.4 Tam .,,4? I p. in. •. *>»j a a to I# 4 p. nu Mlt, f i • a> nt .4T & p m. *,... *•' j a m ..... 4* K i" m %»***.4>* j II a nv T p m II aeon I r m. *«•*«» 14^ Sheatsley Funeral Is Held in Ohio Presence or Absence of Ca» in Lung Cells Expected ts Answer Riddle in Furnace Case. Chemist Seals His Report ll> Associated Press. Columbus, O.. Nov. 20.—Efforts to solve the mysterious death of ilrs. C. V. Sheatsley, wife of the pastor of Christ's Lutheran church, Bexley, fashionable Columbus suburb, whose charred body was found late Monday In the furnace of the Sheatsley home, were practically suspended here to day while burial of the minister’* wife was lieing made at her old home in Paris, O. While local efforts to solve the mys tery of Mrs. Sheatsley's death laxed here, they were being pushed by County Prosecutor John H. King and City DetecUve Harry Carson at the scene of the funeral and In Canton, 12 miles away, where relatives of the dead woman live. There, the officials sought from Mrs. I.yda Sponseller, mother of Mrs. Sheatsley. and her two brothers. Charles and Harry Sponseller, Inti mate details concerning Mrs. Sheats ley’s early life and her domestic re lations after her marriage to the Rev. Mr. Sheatsley, in a hope of throwing some light on a theory that Mr*. Sheatsley ma^ have committed sui cide. No Finding Yet. County Coroner oJseph Murphy, who favored the suicide theory ever since the woman s body was taken from the furnace Monday evening, has not rendered his official finding as to the cause of her death and stated today that he probably will not do so for several days. When King returns he Is expected to find on his desk a sealed report of the analysis of the lungs of the dead woman, made by C. F. Long, an analytical chemist. This report. It is hoped, may aid materially in estab lishing whether Mrs. Sheatsley was alive when her body entered the fur nace or whether life was extinct and that the body had been placed In the furnace by an urfknow'n hand. Offi cials, In having the lungs examined, believe that if Mrs. Sheatsley was alive, that the lung cells will contain traces of gasls from the burning coal which she would of necessity have in haled before death ensued. Txmg expected to finish his analysis to night. (.rowd at tseryires. Canton, O.. Nov. 20.—Friends of years ago this afternoon pail Let respects to Mrs. Addie Sheatsley. 50. victim of one of the most baffling tragedies of recent years in Ohio, when they gathered in a little red brick church at Paris, near here, the girlhood home of Mrs. Sheatsley. for her final funeral service?. The church was not large enough to accommodate all. Scores remained outside. Among those at the church was Mrs. Lydie Sponseller of Canton. S\ years old, mother of the dead w o man. As the body was being lowered into the grave the ltev. C. V Sheatsley, husband of the victim, broke down for the first time since the body of his wife was found practically cremated In the furnace of thtif home in the fashionable Bexley dl' trict of Columbus. Friends assisted him from the cemetery. Stiiride Is Belief. Canton. O., Nov. 20.—Still main taining that his wife committed suicide by cremating herself in the furnace of their Bexley home, the ltev. C. V. Sheatsley, here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sheatsley th s afternoon at Paris said that the only new angle In the case that he knew of was the finding of a piece of glass in the furnace. ’’This may throw some new light on the tragedy." he said. Clarence Sheatsley. the youngen son. who found his mother's body in the furnace but failed to tell other members of the family, told officials that a bottle of acid was missing from the medicine case In the hath room. The disappearance of the aval has strengthened the suicide theory. The pies * of glass It is believed, may lie the add bottle melted down by the heat. Mother Fxpress Opinion. Mrs. Lydia Sponseller, agel mother of Mrs Sheatsley, declared In an Interview here today thnt she be lieved her daughter had taken hes own life and that sbe had not been murdered by any member of tha Sheatsley family. I am satisfied." Mrs Sponseller said, "that Addle, if she did not take her own life, was not murdered by anv member of her family." Mrs. SiHuiseller also said that her daughter had always sure girlhood t>een a devout Christian but that she never had known her to lie fanatical over religion. Prosecuting Attorney John R King or Franklin county (Columbus! whe wtth Detective Harry Carson here to continue his Investigation of Mia. SneatsUvy » death was to attend the funeral services. Founders Name President. New ' ork \ov#mLi ft*.—The Ns llonil Founders association e-vt • 1 " Ilham H Bai t of i>uttala, pres: dent.