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The < imaha Morning Bee t:::“ ^ cluing* In temperature. ,, . (althfuJ rfw,rd.-Prov*rba. « 1*. ^ CITY EDITION j* V0L. 54-NO. 162. OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924. * TWO CENTS1" CFt'v«1,C«r i** <feli>«wla»r(!U* *" v ^ ' Court Hears Love Letter of Dead Man Attorneys for Farmer-Slayer to Introduce 75 Others If Judge Permits; In sanity Plead. r Unwritten Law Urged Pprrlnl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 19.—Messages of affection alleged to have passed between George Relnmiller and Mrs. Kdward Schuerman were offered as ^ evidence In the trial of Kdward Schuerman today. Schuerman, on trial on a charge of murder in the first degree, arising from the fatal shooting of George Relnmiller last October, continued his efforts to prove insanity at the time of the shooting. The letters which Mrs. Schuerman Is said to have written Reinmiller and some of those which Relnmiller is said to have written Mrs. ^chuer maji were on the attorneys' table in court today. Only a few of the letters were open ed and read. Tomorrow 75 will he of fered as evidence. Should they be ac cepted all will be read in open court, attorneys declared. “Honey Is Sweet and So Are You.” One of the letters was found on a rafter in an ice house. It read: “Roses is read. Violets Is blue. Honey la sweet and so are you." It was signed "Mary" and address ed to George Relnmiller. The others spoke of lonesomeness. One said that a day was a long time and added a hope that Mary would meet him that night. Schuerman contended at the time of • the shooting that he had killed Relnmiller because Relnmiller was wrecking the Scheurman home by making love to Mrs. Schuerman. The wife Is much younger than her hus band. At the beginning of the trial It was Intimated that Mrs. Schuerman would be called to the witness stand to tes tlfy on behalf of her husband. Today ** the defense declared that all Inten tion of calling her had been aban loned. Wife in Courtroom, Throughout the trial Mrs. Schuer man has occupied a chair just back of her husband. Mrs. Reinmiller, mother of the dead man, and her daughter have been sitting across the room. The principal testimony taken to day was In support of the Insanity plea of the defendant. Witness after witness was called to testify as to the behavior of the defendant shortly be fore the shooting. A number of witnesses who live near DeWltt, Scheurman's home. In cluding Kdward Chad, Kdgar Rossl ter, Rev. Mr. Baker and H. D. Waldo, J testified that they believed Schuer man "to be not just right even before Reinmlller was killed." "He appeared to be brooding over something." Waldo declared. All of these witnesses testified that Schuerman began to act queerly last April. Nurse Testifies. Mrs. Margaret Salla. a nurse, testi fied that six years ago Schuerman was seriously III with influenza. She volunteered the information that Schuerman, In her opinion, was in sane at the time of the shooting, Sh" was on the stand more than two hours, being cross-examined by both defense and prosecution attorneys. Sheriff Greer of Wilbur was called to the stand. He testified that when ^ he arrested Schuerman a few hours after the shooting the man had acted as though he was "mentally defec tlv#.” The attack of influenza was again brought into the testimony when John H. Schuerman. cousin of (he ac cused man, testified that Schuerman had not been himself since that ill ness. Family History Reviewed. A bit of Hchuerman's family history was Introduced by Mrs. Lohmeyer. who testified that nhe had known Hchuerman's mother In Ohio. Schuer (ft man's birthplace. The senior Mrs Schuerman was the mother of 19 children, Mrs. Lohmeyer said, and had "always acted queer, ns thougn che was mentally unbalanced." A large crowd packed Into the Utile courtroom today. Hope that Rein miller's mother and sister will be called to testify for the defense ha» not been given up by the spectators alienists have been railed tr —--— Return From to Me giro Sank., Pec. 19.—AP Mennonltes, whe and Herbert distrb'ti several months »g< v In Mexico, hnv* this place on thcli r farms. Mexico of opportunities as the} expect, they said. Rill Piwftl. pec. 1#.—Vhc nava bill, carrying neat'll was passed late tod'*} Commons Hrres*. Dec. !».—Th« houao ° In accordance* with It a pro Igrsm. began Its holiday recess thli afternoon, adjourning until Feb tuary If. Mine Worker to Fill Post as Labor H ead William Green of Ohio Is Elected to Succeed Late Samuel Gompers as Fed eration Leader. By International News Service. New York, Pec. 19.—The American Federation of Labor executive coun cil today elected William Green, one of its members, and treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, to the presidency of the organization, left vacant by the death of Samuel Gompers. Green is a resident of Goshocton. O., is 51 years old and has been a miner since he was 18. The election was held in the Elks’ club here, where funeral services for Green’s predecessor were conducted I mm*:-:;;-:* m wr^amk. | William Green. yesterday. All 10 members of 4.he executive council were prsent. Six votes were enough to elect. Not only has Green bfeen active In labor circles since he reached matu rity, but he has been prominent in politics in Ohio as well. He served two terms In the Ohio legislature and was one time president of its senate. He was secretary and treasurer of the federation In 1021 and 1913 and In the latter year be came a member of the executive council. The new president has a wife and five children. SLAYING SUSPECT HELD BY POLICE Chicago, Dec. 19.—Police today ar rested ' Ted" Newberry, alleged "hi jacker" suspected of being ring lead er in an organized band of extor tionists possibly responsible for the slaying of Homer Finch, roadhouse keeper at Chicago Kidge. Newberry was seized on anonymous informa tion connecting him with the shoot ing and wounding four months ago of Harry .1. Callan, reputed "gold coast" bootlegger. Newberry's alleged gang Is be j lleved by police to have terrorized saloon keepers in several small towns surrounding Chicago. Newberry is held Incommunicado. Cole Finch, son of the deceased, who says he saw the slayers, will be taken to see Newberry. Meanwhile police are quizzing a bellboy of a downtown hotel for pos sible Information. GUILLOTINE FOR “OGRE” SLAYER Hanover, Germany, Dee. 19.—Fritz Haarmann today heard the jury's an swer to his plea for speedy death. It was a sentence to die on the guillo tine for both the attic ogre and his vulture accomplice, Hans Grans. Haarmann was found guilty of 27 murders with which he was charged. Grans was held guilty of Instigation of nno murder and as accessory in a second. Grans was sentenced to the guillo tine for prompting the murder of one of the many youths he lured to Haarmann's little room overlooking the river where Haarmann killed them that Grana might aell their clothes. An accessory to s second murder of the possible two-score Haarmann ad mitted he may have committed and lost In the ruck of his murder clotted memory, Grans was sentenced to 11> years In the penitentiary. Cologne Evacuation ity British to Be Delayed I .undo n, Dec. 19. I»rd Curzon, Hpenklng last night In the houftn of lord*, In which he I* government lender, declared the tjiieHtldn of evacuation of the Cologne urea could not he taken lip before the report of the Hilled military control ioniml*.*l»»n wtu* made January 10 when the nlfieH would dlnetiH* the extent to which the term* of the Verna llle* troely h-VI Inert carried out nnd whether the fir fit. Hinge of the evacuation of tier man occupied territory should he he gun. "Great Britain,'* he *nld, "ha* not the nllghtent de*lr« to continue file occupation. The #»nnn*r It In ended the better, from Great Britain * vie** point and from the world'* view point. to Recovery J Omaha Detective Chief Shot in Gun Battle Making Re markable Progress; Two No. 6 Shot in Brain. Mother Hurries to Omaha Benny Danbaum, chief of detec tives, shot in the head and face Thursday afternoon in a gun battle at Twenty-seventh and Douglas streets, is making a remarkable re covery at Nicholas Senn hospital, despite two shotgun No. 6 shot im bedded In his brain. Thursday night and until 1:30 Fri day morning his condition was seri ous. At 1:30 he foil asleep and slept at Intervals until mo'tnlng. His main thought was for his moth er. Airs. Mary Danbaum, who had gone to Hnrrold, S. D., to spend the holidays with her daughter. She was notified there and drove 110 miles to Huron, S. D., In an au tomobile to patch a train. The tem perature was 27 below zero, and the run was made In two and a half hours. She arrived here at 10:30 and was met at the station by Chief of Police Charles Van Deusen. Mrs. Van Deu sen and Mrs. I,eon Kerwin, a sister of Mrs. Danbaum. They took her straight to the hos pital. There she sank into, a chair be side the bed. put her arms around her son and wept softly. The "Little Chief” patted her tenderly. "Y'ou mustn’t worry, mother. See, I am nil right. 1 feel fine and I’ll neon be well. Think of yourself, mother." Companion in Hospital. In fart, Benny had "set the stage” so that his mother wouldn’t worry at her first sight of him. H» was sitting up in bed. clad In silk pa ’hwu »r ' *-linking » cigar. Always one of me most dehonnalr men on the force, his silk pajamas are dear to his heart. Soon he was chatting with his mother. They didn’t talk about the gun battle hut about Christmas and the presents they are to send to friends. Mrs Danbaum soon took charge of things. She called In Detective Bob Donohue and Instructed him not to let any persons see Bennie ex eept brother officers or those who have very good reasons to see him. Donohue has been assigned to he the wounded man’s companion while he Is In the hospital. “Ain’t I a Pup!” The defective chief occupies a large, sunny room on the south side of the building next to tfie room in which Chief of Police Van Deusen was 111 for several weeks. Friday he asked Donohue for a mirror. After some objections Donohue gave it to him. Danbaum looked at his swollen features and ox claimed: "Ain’t I a pup! Look at that face! Well, I’ve got a double chin at last.” Dr. A. P. Condon and Dr. Adolph Sachs said at noon Friday his condi tion was excellent. The two No. 1 shot embedded In his brain will he left there tinless an Infection should develop. Geslna Radmacher end .lean Hnck er are the nurses In charge. Danbaum Inquired about the work at his office and gave directions re garding severnl things. The physicians gave permission to cat whatever he wishes, but the pa tient found It impossible to swallow much because of the swellings. So many bouquets arrived at his room from dubs and Individuals thnt he ordered some of them taken to the rooms of other patients. A box of cigars was also among the gifts. Mrs. Danbaum will la* tlie guest of Mr. and Mrs. Van Deusen st tlielr home until her son gets out of the hospital. FOUR CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH HlatersvIlle.W Va.. Tier 19.—Four children were burned to death, a woman waa aerloualy Injured and two other, were slightly hurt today In a lire that destroyed the home ol Mra. Olive Jones at Stanley', Ttun, f>., about five tnllea from here. The dend are: l.oulre Jonea. IT; Hazel Jones. IT, daughter of Mra. Jones: Alice Myers, 4, and Hazel Mvera. 2. The latter were the granddaughter, of Mrs, Jones. 1 Pioneer Dies. K|>eelnl I»i*»|*tat«ti to Th* Oniiiliw H#e. Norfolk, Neb., I>**r. . Thursday night marked the pne log of nnothiu of Norfolk's emly settler*, when Fred \l.*t i<lt, fifi. who war In th# third group of pioneers to eelflo In thl* vlrtnlty. died nt hi# home he?# nfter ii long 111m##. Seerelnrv Helnins Place. Norfolk. Net)., Dec 19 Fred n Humphrey was reappointed secretary of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce by the hoard of directors at a meet Ing Appointment of the "landing committee, for th* yaar waa alar made at the meeting, } V ---—— ■ ---- Wounded Detective Chief Recovering 9 Benny Danbaum. Forbes Defense Is Unchanged by Rapid Cross-Fire Alibi Witnesses Repel All Ef forts of Federal Counsel to Shake Their Stories; One Tells of Threat By Anioctatrtl Pr«M. Chicago, Dec. 19.—Defense testi mony refuting Kllas IT. Mortimer's allegation that he paid Charles R. F-orbes, former director of ths veter ag? bureau, t50,n00 In the Drake ho tel In Chicago on June 20, 1922, re malned unchanged today through a rapid fire of cross-examination by government counsel. Miss Edna Breese. Forbes' stenographer at the hotel during his visit to Chicago on June 19. 20 and 21, 1922, repelled every attempt of the prosecution to shake her story. William M. Sutherland, an officer of the William Sutherland Construc tion company, St. Ixtula, denied Mor timer had been suthorired to repre sent the company in negotiations with the veterans' bureau. Ife told of Mor timer's having represented himself as a spokesman for Sutherland com pany in bids for hospital contracts. Reputation Excellent. Sutherland said he had known Thompson for several years ss a man of excellent reputation for hon esty and fair dealing. Dr. George It. Tullldge of Phtla delphln. Mrs. Mortimer's father, told of a conversation with Mortimer In October, 1923, In which the latter said: "I am going to get Forbes If I can’t get him one way I’ll get him nnother, Dr. Tullldge said Mortimer »ss asked why he held such bitter feel j Ings toward Forbes. "Because he could have made me a rich man by giving me hospital contracts but he would not do It." the witness affirmed Mortimer re plied. "The day before Mortimer took the stand before the senate commit tee, did he say In your presence 'I am going down to swear my soul to hell to get Forbes?' " Dr. Tullldge was asked. "Me said substantially that," he replied. Tell* of Threat. The witness also told of a state nu-nt hy Mortimer In his presence that If Dr. and Mrs. Tullldge were not successful In bringing Mrs. Mortimer to the eland to corroborate Mortimer's story he would "drag her dow n to the mire " "Did Mortimer «nv In your pres ence that If you did not make Cath erine iMrs. Mortimer) line up you against Forbes, be would drag her down to the mire?" "Vr. fathei . M< Jugo-Slav Sovereign* Intend to \ isit Rome Rotye Dec. 19 The report that the .Tugo Slav sovereigns, King Alexander and Queen Marie, Intended to visit Itomo next February as the guesta of King Victor Emmanuel anti Queen Helena, la raualng much satlafactlon here It la hoped that till* visit, a* a tangible algn of friendship between the two reigning houses, may dla slpata any rcmnlnlng clouds In the ^ilatlons between the two countries Foreman o II ough Jury to Make Trip lo Scotland Shenandoah, la , Dec. ID.—Christ m i* at home after an absence of 30 yeari will menu more than the usual cheer to .Tsntea A. Halter, proprietor of the Hbensndoalt Monument stoic, who will return to Aberdeen, Hcol Isnd, for the hnllday. He has not seen his parents for 30 years, Mr. Haller, who resides at Redford, was the foreman of the fury which re cently found t.Nrl Hough guilty of the murder of Lillian McKInnay of Herrick, 8. D, — Hubby Drank Pain Cure, Wrecked Furniture The pain cure manufactured by the East Cereal company In reality la a Joy potent, according to Mrs. Joseph Ine Hrabik. Mrs. Hrabik charges that the pain remedy contains alcoholic Ingredients and Is In fact an Intoxicating liquor. She stated Thursday in a petition died In district court that Christine East, owner of the cereal company, sold the pain cure to her husband, Joseph, upon numerous occasions. Joseph, she said, consumed It and became Intoxicated. Whereupon, she declares, he came home, demolished filrnlture and abused Her. Also be became sick and she was obliged to nurse him. The pnln cure gave her a pain, she states and seeks to secure $5,000 dam ages from Chrlstin Enst. Davis Director of Reserve Bank President of First National on New Board: Other Changes. T. T,. Davis. vice president of the First National hank, was named as a member of the board of directora of the Omaha branch of the reserve bank of Kansas City, according "to an announcement by the reserve bank Friday. The other new appointment an nounced was that of A. .1 Weaver of Falls City, fruit grower and live stock dealer. The two men become directors January 1. T'ndcr a re< ent ruling of the federal reserve board the mem bership of the board of directors of the Omaha branch has been increased from fi\e to seven The increase Is in order to give the board a wider representation In the agricultural, industrial and commer cial Interests of the Omaha rone, which comprises the states of Ne braska and Wyoming in the Tenth Federal Reserve district. The member* of the board and length of term follows: A If Marble, presides' Stork Grow er*' National bank. Cheyenne. Wyo , on# year term. __ T. L I'svle. vice preaidant. First N» tlnnal hank Omaha, two-year term It O Marnell, osshier. Merrhanta' Ni ttona! bank. Nebraaka «’It y. Neb. three year term I, H Karhsrt. managing director, one year farm _ . \V J Coed. president. Omaha Hour Mills tnmtanv, Omitha, one-year fern* .T E Miller Mdler A Paine, depart ment etorr Linroln. two.year term. A .1 Weaver. Ilveatock dealer. Falls City, three year term ARMY DEVELOPS LIGHT MORTAR Washington. Hoc. 13. Army ord nance experts have developed a new Tf» mm. n*>rtar fur use with Infantry against machine gun nests. The weapon "111 displace the Stokes mot tar used in the world war. It throws a 12 pound protect He. with « range from A00 to MOO yards, and is light enough to be handled by one mule, or four men. Iowan Shot hy Bandit at San Diego Rerovering Atlantic, la., Dec. D» Hay I Warner, formerly of l.ewls, la . Vic tint of a bandit s bullet while doing ptillco duty at Kan Diego. Dal., is »on vs Ioscont. according to word from his horn*. Warner was shot and danger ously wounded several months ago. For many works he hovered between life and death. M r*. Warren DeV os*. Hie*. Atlantic, la Dec, 1*> Mrs. War ren DeVosa of the Flint Oro\e neighborhood, near Klllott, la., died Tuesday night st s He,! Oak hospl tal following an operation for an at gravated rase of appendicitis She D iurvived by a husband, two children and her parents. Officer Arrests Alleged “Prince of Rum Runners* Phil Lippert Held in Grand Island Jail; Federal Agent Says He Sold Him Case of Whisky. Special niepatrh tn The Omaha Bee. Grand Island, Neb , Per. 1?.—A re putation with police of the city and an adventurous spirit which led him ( to taunt authorities today resulted In the arrest of Phil Lippert and three others here. No charges have been filed against the men as yet but the arrest was made by federal prohibition agents who say that they purchased a i ase of alleged whisky from Lippert. They confiscated hi* Odillac automobile. Kor several years police have l>een fairly swamped with complaints about Lippert, they declare. He Is alleged to he "king of rum runners" and “prince of the bootleggers'* of Grand Island. Several times the police attempted to arrest Upper!. A* many times they suspected that the complaints had come from him. The arrest was easy hut the evidence wss far from anything upon which to has* % con vlctlon. Then a federal prohibition agent came to the city. He was cnnsp'cuous at thepollce station by his absense Ills one loafing place was a garage There he arranged to buy a quart of ■ whisky. Then he arranged to buy a case of whisky which Lippert wss to deliver. » Lippert delivered the alleged whisky today. The officer greeted him with open arms. placed him under afreet and kept the automobile Walter Quillen and John Wllker snn were arrested with Lippert. All are being held temporarily without hand. WEAVER ACCEPTS BANK BOARD POST Lincoln. Dec. 19.—A. J. Weaver of Falla Otv. who was yesterday ap pointed director of the Federal Re serve Board at Omaha, has accepted the appointment, according to a tele gram received here today from Weaver by C P Steward, secretary of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federa tion. Mr. Weaver is a well known apple grower and business man. "We have been Irving to get a real farmer on every one of the hoards." said Mr. Steward ' Since we helped put K. S. Cunningham, president of the Iowa Bureau federation on the national hoard, we have managed to get a farmer on eight of the 13 dis trict hoards." New I.oacnr to Kncouracr Mi**i**i|*pi Watrrwav* Chicago. n#c. 19—Organization of the "! Will Legion, of the Mississippi valley," to encourage waterways and promote the interests and communl cations of 19 states of the valley was announced here today. The organi sation was Incorporated In Illinois yn r.er a charter obtained on Dooetn her V William R McCauley, former com tronder of the Illinois department of flic American I*eglon. is president. It is tdanned to publish a monthly magazine and to foVm branches throughout the 19 valley states slid to cooperate with other el vie organl rations throughout the \«!lr\ Oil Station Vnfolk N*l>. IV. 19 \N>ut *’.0 jin « ash was stolen by robbers who j broke Into the Grand theater gasoline j station. Friday morning. It Is thought that some other articles were taken, but no estimate as to the value has been made The station Is ^paiattd by Auguit M a na k » A Son. ( Attempt to “Fix” McCoy Jury Bared Alleged Slayer Tells Own Story of Death of Mrs. Mors From Witness Stand; Says Suicide. By Intcrnatinnal »ws Scrvlrs. Lon Angeles, Cal-. Dec. 19.—Judge Charles Crnlg announced today that the name of the man who attempted to "fix'' John Apfell. a member of the Kid McCoy Jury, was known; that he would be arrested Immediately and a grand Jury Investigation of the whole affair launched at once. "Money talks and you can talk to me—I mean big money," the man said to represent a coast wide gam tiling ring told Juror Apfell. accord ing to Judge Craig. The judge admitted the McCoy trial might be halted at any time and an entire new trial ordered, owing to the attempted “frameup" of th< Jury. By Associated Tress. Dos Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19.—"Kid McCoy, ex pugilist, on trial here for the murder of Mrs. Theresa W Mors, last August, who took the witness stand in his own defense today, denied brokenly that he had killed her, de dared that he had loved her. and dramatically gave his version of her death. He said It was suicide To a court room packed with spec tators and unusually' still the former prize ring dandy told his story. Women sobbed and the prisoner himself seemed at times almost over come by his own recital. "Did you love Mrs. Mors?" hJs at torney queried. *'Yes.' McCoy replied. "Did she love you?" "Yes." "Did you kill her for her Jewelry?" "That 1s absurd," McGoy stammered brokenly. Describes Scene in Detail. After Identifying safe deposit boxes seized and opened by officers as his own and explaining that some of Mrs. Mors jewelry found in them had been placed there at her request, McCoy described the scene in the spartment where he and the woman had been living as man and wife, on the night at August 12. "We return -1 to the spartment about 19Jb p. m he said. "Mrs. Mors complained of her feet being sore and I took off her shoes. 1 mixed one or two drinks and made some sandwiches. She said the sandwiches were too large so I got the butcher knife from the kitchen and she cut them. "Then she fell into a rever e. toy ing with the knife. She said things were in a terrible state.' due to Mors' a. tlons toward her and the govern ment investigation of the Mors jewels tttocral of the lo'.s cf jewels later were seized as smuggled prop erty.) Offered to Izsave Town. "I suggested that I should go to N'ew York until this blew over. Then Torn to Page Two. Column Two.) WATCHMAN FINDS PARTS OF BODY Pari*. Dee. 39.—A gruesome mur dec. In which the victim L* believed by the police to be a former residen* of San Francieco, t'al . was discovered today. A night watchman hi* wav home came upon part of a human body wrapped in a newspaper. A* he con tinned atonic Boulevard Vtllette he found other portion* of the body. The head, however, wa* missing. The dismembered body had been wrapped in a French lanpuase new* paper, • Be Echo de Bouev.” printed in San Francisco. April $, 19T4. FIRE THREATENS TOWN IN IOWA Cedar Rapids, la Pec. 13.— A fire which broke out in the George Ribner oigar store at Marlon shortly before noon today threatened to wipe out the entire business section of the town. I^ates* reports said that the Com mercial Savings hank was ahlare and that a garage and two frame build ings near the Milwaukee railroad sta tion had been destroyed. The fire was spreading rapidly and was beyond rontrol of the local fire fighters. Witwcr Home Kohl >cd. I.O* Ancrlr*. nar. li Thn homo of H. O. Wltwar, authoi^. waa antrr*d today by thlavna and t*>w<*lrv valuod at IT.non na, aMcn, a.-covdin* to a pollea report. The Weather | For 74 hour* soiling T f> to Pee 17 Tom pcr*( uco 7 * to . dry bulb ft. e-*t bulb * Noon, dry bulb -4* wet bulb, ft 7 i‘ to . dry bulb, ♦; **t bu*b <*— 1 tugboat. 4* l.ooreat. ft Mean 4 N*‘'»nal. Tf Total defirlem y sine# January t. 7»* Holaui* humtdtu penontagr 7 n TO . 4! Nik'*o. H« 7 p O' < * !*•■#«• ipltatlow la. he* dhundredt ha Total. 17; total aim# .mnuary I. 2* .4* dath nen > 4 7ft ttuuetv Temperature*. ft a to 4 1 |v m. 4 ft a. to ,.-—* : P »» 7 7a to ... ft 7 » to ^ ft a to ..... ft 40 to ...... • • a m ..... . ft m...... . t 14 I TO ft 4 I TO 11 a m - 7 7 P iw . .... .r 12 neon ! * P m HoHirt* I'rmn V|nlin*« »l 1 T M T p, to nigh r to High l>* v*npert 4 A iknx 4 n«*r*i ‘ * s*?i l.ft •* ' I? |ft*a Mote** 7 r Santa 7'* I ft 74 pod** ot» a « ft * 1 and*r - *« fta |* ..»% vi') * < \> Plan* ' • valttusa . . • 4 ... • *i Heavy Toll Is Taken by Cold Wave Additional Death and Intense Suffering Result; Score* of Cities Cut Off From Vi ire Communication. Property Damage Mounts Br 1 niversal Serrice. Chicago, Dec. 19.—The storm and cold that had been sweeping the northwest was penetrating the east ern states tonight. It hrought addi tional death and Intense suffering. Its force will he felt clear to the At lantic seaboard and down in the south ern states. Telegraph and telephone communl eatinn was crippled and railroad transportatjbn slowed up from the Ohio river to the Pacific coast. Reduced to dollars and rents, the storm will cost the country millions of dollars. Thousands of telephone and tele graph poles were broke ndown by the sleet, snow and high winds. On the prairies livestock perished. The line of zero weather extended to Chicago tonight and was moving east and southward. Cities Cut Off. The advance of the storm that pre ceded the cold ever since disturbance developed In the far northwest a week ago had reached New York, Pennsyl vania and West Virginia. Indiana, Ohio. Michigan and Ken tucky felt the full force of the storm during the day and tonight the tem I>erature was falling. Kntire cities were rat off from com munication with the rest of the coun try. Among the larger of these was St. Louis. The storm and cold was spreading southward as well as east. Snow was reported in Texas and the tempera tur# was below freezing at many sta tions in the southwest. In the northwestet n states first to feel the brunt of the storm, tempera tures continued below zero, but in the ; extreme northwestern moderation was I reported and it was believed the grip j of cold weather from the Pacific to | the Mississippi river would be broken ! within the next two days. Dakota I* Coldest. North Dakota continued to be the coldest place on the may tonight, readings being from 20 to 25 degrees below zero. It was 10 below at Minne apolis. I-ast night it was 14 below in Montana. Two men lost their lives in Chicago when they fell on slippery sidewalks. Another was crushed to death when his truck skidded and collided with another truck. Two children were burned to death in their home near Carey, Ind . ami a man lost his life In a fire near Durand III. A train with passengers on board was stalled on the Chicago A Alton railroad near St. Louis. It came to a stop w hen telegraph poles broken by sleet, fell across the t racks. The sidewalks of Chicago were a glare of ice all day Holiday shopping was S' xrcely half of normal for this season. Train* Kunning I-ate. Kane - V.tx. Dec. 19—Subzero temi'eraturi's again gripped the south, west tonight, but with predictions of a slackening of that grasp tomorrow. Bright sunny skies greeted Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma and Texas today. There was little relief from the cold, however. Wire communication continued paralyzed and trains still were run ning late, some of them sexeral hours In Oklahoma 1S5 cities and towns were cut off from all wire communi cation Many in Missouri. Kansas and Texas xxere xxithout outside tele 1 hone or telegraph eommunlcathm. t8!. Louis xxcis virtually isolated. Three ile.iths in Oklahoma were at tributed, indirectly to the frigid^ temperatures I*. F. Penmvk, **. died at an Knid hospital frxxm expos-ire and a mother and Infant daughter were butned to death at Cardin In a hotel fire that was believed to hava started from a gas stov# left burning all night. Summary of the Day in Washington The house passed the naval appro* print ion hill President Coolldge appointed an oil conservation board. Relation* with Japan were discussed again In the house. The senate voted to appcoprlat# . fiooatm to fight the poultry disease. V full force against the rum fleet i'v mulJuly was promised by Kegr Admiral rt;Hard ef the coast guard. V hott«e committee upheld the right of Representative l*a Guardia. repuh* jl -iii, New* York, to retain hi* seat. A vote on the Millie Shoals Kill waa deferred in the M*nate until after Christ m .1* President i'aInter completed hi* tes timony to the h shipping Kurd investigating committee The senate the sliisrill of the Mmvm newspaper* attacking Senator Inderwv*! In connection with hia Muscle Shoals bdL