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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1924)
The Omaha Sunday Dee ::: It* losses and misfortunes, hut Its l _-_____ t , | M fear*.—A. C. Benson. | VOL. 54—NO. 28 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1924. • X X FIVE CENTS s -' * V- ---—- - ■-—~ -—-— * Tram Case Hearing Set for Jan. 13 Rail Commission Will Meet Meet in Omaha After En gineers Complete Stir i vey of Property. And It Is Called Useless The State Railway commission will meet In Omaha on Tuesday, January 3.1, to begin its heal in.- on the appli cation of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company for increased revenue. 4 Thorne A. Browne, chairman of the cotnlmssion, announced at Lincoln on Saturday that the traction company will provide quarters for tlie hearing, the city council chamber not b'eing available on account of the probable length of the hearing. Engineers of the commission will he In Omaha about January 2 to prepare preliminary reports and statements for the commission. The commission completed an extensive physical val uation of the street railway com pany's properties during 1322. It will be necessary to revise this report by bringing it up to date. The commis eion reported that the street railway company’s Nebraska properties were worth *14.100.(100 as of December 1. 3919. The work of that physical val uation Cost approximately >50,000 an<! It was accompanied by extensive sta tistical Information. Copies of the physical valuation report and accom panylng testimony and exhibits are on file in the office of tlie corporation counsel In the city hall. Since the railway commission granted the street railway company n temporary rate of seven rents for cash fares and tokens at the rate of four for 25 cents, beginning in Aug ust. 1919, the commission has re quired the traction company to file each month a financial report ac cording to a standardized accounting system. Audit Unnecessary. During city council meeting last "Tuesday, Prrsident Ralph G. Goad of United Improvement rluhs requested that the city make an independent audit 'it the books of the street rail way company In connection with the forthcoming hearing. Accordingly, the mayor named Commissioners D. B. Butler, John Hopkins and Dean Noyes to confer with the corporation counsel anti then to recommend what ever in their judgment was neces sary. On Saturday morning these cumrolsHoncis visited Air. Lambert at the hospi.nl and were informed that, in view of the extensive informa/on in'the possession of the state railway i mirnisslon. It would not be neces . iry for the city to make another audit, which would cost from $12,030 W in $13,000 and would nut yield infor , i, it ton other than the railway corn in 1 in already has obtained. When Mr. Lambert leaves the hos V I. within two weeks, the city com i, iysiniu i s and representatives of the improvement Hubs will discuss the : i id it phase of the case. ( lulls Will Be Present. The street railway officials have In ilicnted a willingness to co-operate witii the city In any effort to obtain iiiim illation of the operations of 11 traction company. It is understood between the city officials, members id the State R-viw . commission and the street i.- .i v company, that the fmihcot.i heuung will be "wide 1 I?n." and that representation of lm '] ovement clubs. Chamlier of Com F*. mercc, Real Estate hoard and other * organizations will he permitted. Mayor Dahiman has announced that at the hearing he will make an effort to have left undisturbed the present schedule of special rates for children and school attendants. One of the prospective features at the hearing will he an effort to ob tain a clean-rut presentation of the lelatlons between the affairs of the Nebraska and the Iowa properties of the traction company and also the liver bridge operations. It has been the contention of the street railway W company, tn statements to city coun cil and to the railway commission, that Its deficit for this year will be about 1355,000, based on 7 per cent irturn on the valuation ns approved by the railway commission. The rnrft jany Haims it has fallen short nearly $.,000.000 during the last five years of a fair return according to the 7 per sent basis on $14,100,000. REV. R. E. BAILEY CLUB’S CHAPLAIN Rev. Ralph E. Bailey, mlnlater at Vu-at Unitarian church, haa been named aa chaplain of the Optlmlat club. Members of the club will attend Chrirttnn* servlcee this morning at the Unltarlnn church. J{ctl Oak High School Inane* I'irnt Paper " Red Oak, da , Dec. 20.—The flral ieswn of the A>-orn, edited end pub lished by the English classes of Red Oak High school, la now In clrcula tlon. Frank Lunsford, the editor in-chief, haa a staff of 20 students g. The first Issue has 20 pagea In * mimeograph, bound between red and green rovers. Art work Is by Keith Rapp. --V VETL-’*' .** ,l WAR ^ uiVlE Maynard M. civil war vet eran, died Frio blowing a long ill ness. Funeral services will be lteld at 2 Monday afternoon in tho Grace Methodist church. Mr. Mabery arrived In South Omaha, in 1899 and has lived there ever since. He was associated with his brother, the late William 11. Mabery, In the hardware business at Twenty-fifth and N streets. For the last several years Mr. Ma bery had been a district court bailiff, serving under Judges Estelle, Ken nedy, English and Wakley. Surviving him are his widow, a son, O. D. Ma bery; a grartflchlld, Mrs. Mildred Ma bery Upton, and a brother, F. A. Mabery. Burial will be In Forest Lawn cemetery. Gompers 2d Will SI ices Wife Share Labor Leader Leaves Spouse Only Minimum Provided by Law; Rest Goes to Relatives. Earlier Will Canceled By Universal Service. Washington, Dee. 20.—Mrs. Samuel Gompers, wife of the late labor leader, is to receive of Ills estate the mini mum provided by law, according to Gompers’ wiB, filed for probate here today. The residue of the estate Is to be divided, share and share alike, among his two sons and his granddaughter. The document was dated November 9, 1924, and with It was filed another will, drawn up by Gompers In 1921 in which he named his wife as bene ficiary. Over its face were scrawled the words, "I cancel and revoke this will" and signed Samuel Gompers. The testator makes the following; disposition about his wife's share: "After the minimum aniouht ha: been set aside and paid to my wife, Gertrude A. Gompers, the minimum amount being that which the law provides, providing said Gertrude A. Gompers, is my lawful, wedded wife at the time of my demise, but If said Gertrude A. Gompers shall not be my lawful, wedded wife at the time of my demise, she shall not. receive an> part of my estate whether real, per sonal or mixed, and the whole amount of my estate shall ue divided between my lieirs, whose names ap pear in this will." The American Federation of Labor, several trade unions and like organi zations are bequeathed $100 each to be used In the purchase of American (lags. MEMBERSHIPS IN QUIVERA OFFERED The kfliffhts of Ak-Sar Ben are np pealing to business firms of the ehy to Rive their employes memb^t1 li i - in the Ak Sar-Ben for Chntnia* p.ifts. Charles Gardner s* n of the Ak-Sar lien, Mid licit two concerns, one eniplovlmr fi\. men and the other i 1'. P-• Riven all employes mem Dr. Pinto’s Statements on Marriage Bring Flood of Letters In Approval Huge stacks of letters on his desk each morning are the harvest which Dr. A. 8. Pinto, health com missioner, is reaping from his re cent suggestions on marriage laws. Hitler criticism is contained In somrt letters, but most of them ex press hearty approval of his pro posals or of certain phases of ills program. Writing confidentaily to Heajth Commissioner A. 8. Pinto, a busi ness woman of South Carolina ex presses her views as follows: "Attached Is a (lipping from a South Carolina newspaper, In which you expreas an opinion on the em ployment of married women. I am a business woman, employed by a syndicate, holding concessions in department stores throughout ihe country. I have to employ sales people, and am surrounded by sales women dally. I have often won crcd what the outcome will be tf the employment of married wo men increases ns It has in the Inst 10 years. "I have found that In the average department, nine tenths of the dis cord can lie positively traced to the married employe. I have had departments where tlie saleswom en's husbands would ■ a 11 for them tiered what the outcome will lie if noons and night In a car. When I asked them 'why so,' they said their husband's sAlary was not sttf flcient. yet they supported cars and often wonderful apartments. I,ra\e Children III Ward. "Here in the. south it is not tin common to find a married woman working, with tjio or three children si home being cared for by an Ig norant negro girl or woman, Hun dreds of similar circumstances I could n'toie "When a wife goes to work the hugband automatically loses his Identity as the head of * family Together they stand, or divided they fall; his identity lost. Ills mor als weaken. I have known of happy married couples being broken by the ruthless Intruder of a 'lost identity,' seeking to fill his leisure time with selfish pleasure, at the cost of the happiness of others. I write you this, because I think you are absolutely right on this point, and If you could promote a method to correct this, you would he l lie founder of a very good move ment. "If every 1 business house would pledge not to employ married women (unless a serious misfor tune befalls the husbands), souug women would not expert to con Untie working after they are mar rled. Automatically, their minds would revert to home life." “Soulless Money Mnliillg.” Edith .Johnson, a newspaper women of Oklahoma City, writes: "Too many married women are In Industry, some of thefhi through tiei essity, sonin of them through Choice. Too many clever, Intelli gent, well-educated women are f■ <1 lowing the soulless occupation of making money when they would much better, he rearing fine hoys and girls. Where they should he patriotic, they are selfish; wlscrc they should he living for tomorrow, they are living wholly for today. "When l)r Pinto declares that childless marriages should he an nulled nftcr two veara, h« takes on extreme gtand. and one th it is not justified bv the facts. For good and sufficient reasons, many a child whose life U valuable to the human ram Is not horn uuHI four, five nr six years after marriage, or even longer. Moreover, a happy marriage without Issue Is I'a own Justification. We do not n»ed more children—we need better children." 1 Russia Torn by CivilWar; Many Dead Strife Between Trotzky and Rykoff Factions Breaks Out in Open Fighting. Red Army Backs Its Chief By International »w* Service, Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 20.— Meager dispatches filtering through from Odessa all day indicate that a condition bordering on civil war ex ists in Moscow tonight ovel* the issue of "Trotzkyism.” Terrific fighting between opposing factions is reported to have resulted in many dead and injured. I.eon Trotzky, commissioner of war in Russia, is reported to be backed by the red army. A climax to Trotsky's difficulties with his soviet com patriots came when his soldiers ar rested Stalin, general secretary of the communist party. Stalin was placed in jail charged with having falsely accused Trotzky of being a traitor. Rykoff. president of the council of soviet commissioners, went personal ly to the Jail and sought to have Stalin released. The soldiers on guard defied him. This, according to reports, brought a clash between the Trotzky and Rykoff factions. Government troops were reported to have stormed and wrecked the barracks of the Trotzky followers. In the fierce street fighting which has been going on all day, according to reports, it was said that many soldiers and civilians had been kill ed. Trotzky's followers were said tn have captured various public build ings. Strenuous fighting was report ed at Kazan and Xlehni -Xovgord. I Rancher Arrested as Slaver Suspect ; Moonshine Party Alleged toj Have Resulted in Stabbing in Lonely Cabin. lly International _ New* Service. Klamath Fall*, Oregon. Deo. 20. .Tame* Folan, 50, Itinerant laborer. is (lead and James Howard, fil, Title Like rancher, was arrested at his home at Canbys Crossing by authoi l ties following a moonshine party In Nolan's cabin on the ^olated shores irf Tule Lake, in Modoc county, Cali fornia. which culminated in a stab hing affray Thursday night. Howard notified a passerby that Nolan needed a doctor late Friday af ternoon, Nolan was dead when a doctor reached the cabin. Howard is mi id to have served time in Portland for moonshining. He de nied stabbing Nolan. Farley Back Monday. C. J. Farley, president of the M. K. Smith company, who has been visiting his business interests at Crand Rapid'*, Mich., i* ex perted In Omaha Monday. 'New Governor Named at Panama Caital Zone QCT/-M.X/. | Col. H. I>. Walker, of the engineer corps, 1'nlted States army, has been appointed governor of the Panama canal zone by President Co'olidge. Colonel Walker served in the world war and made an enviable reputation. Tree Hits Coach; 4 Persons Killed lliffli Wind Topples Trunk From Kdge of Bluff to Road Below. Hv Tntcrnntinnul New* ^errlr«. Chchalls, Wash., Dec. 20.—Four persons were killed near here late to-' day when a tree, blown off a bluff, crashed on top of the Chehalls-Mor- j ton stage. The dead: Han Shuler and 7-year-old son. ttttek Belcher. W. S. Kaiser. All the dead were i-esl'-vits of the Klickitat prairie section. Several other passengers and W. I. Collins, bits driver, were slightly hurt. The accident occupied about |1 nulcs east of here at a turnout tn the road. As It drew alongside of a truck a large tree was tumbled off a bluff; by a strong wind and crushed the' stage. GARY WARNS OF I JINGOIST MENACE N>W York. 1) <\ 20 Klhert II ! Guy, rh-ilrnvm of the hoard of th** Uni tod Si at Hterl corporation, tald In a statement published her® today that only Irresponsible jingol.wt® ©n* visional w ir h■'tween tii® United States and Japan. This country I? fortunate in having ®uch men as President Coolldge nnd _ Secretary of State Hughe® to direc t it® foreign relation®, .said Gary. See j retary Hugh**’ statement declaring j that 1»ond* of friendship linked Japan and the United S* wa® timely ns well-a® ;; m- ©. -.nd Japan 1® faith fully « trr.vlng out i»® disarmament pledge®. "The ac-tlvlt tf ' 'n«1 i vldual® fn prl vote or In public; life in tld« country | or Japan to fm th - fir* a of trouble do not nrnurntely represent th© pen era I ittitud© of the large majority of th? people of th*1 two * • nintrles," aald Gary. "I believe from what T hear through many* enure*1® tint Japan ha® faith fully, conscientiously nnd promptly carried out it® arm® limitation prom ise®. "of eours© Ibn© f® danger that agitation by unscrupulous person®, If long continued, may hive l>ae1 effect. Still, the large1 majority I® too sensible to take any step flint Would bn Muainst th*1 1 •«! l|it*‘i«-sf® of the people of the two nation®" Conviction of f. \\ . V. Officer I- Sc! \>hlc Rscramcnto, <!»!., I Kh:. 20.-—The convict hoi of Toni Connor* of San Francisco, *e«r« Jury in California of the general defense committee of the Industrie! Workers of the World. In the sup* rior court of Hat-r*m*nto county on a charge of corruptly nt templing to Influence a Juror in the trial o' alb a* d I W. W. mcimn *. was reversed today h\ the'third cir cult court of appeal*. The appellate court set asld” the conviction on the around itn Inst rue lion given the Jury was “prejudi cially erroneous." Connor* was charged with having •*ent T. W. W. literature attn i the criminal syndicalism net to .1 Juror who tried the rase <*f .1. Wggnei* and Tt. C. Bussell on a chn "f vio lating the act. Tim llteuitu. * ..i ■* at tacked prosecution wit in Radio Station K told: tied ill (ilurimlii li\ Students Ipoflilf IMx|iii|< I, 11, Tllr Ol*inln» lice ClSrJnda. Tu., 1 >ec. " < Mat Iml.i n"w hns tin amateur radio station operated f»\ Merrill Hhum snd Nathan Wilco* nf tile high ncho'd class of 102.1, Their official mil i* 1 BOH | These lads werO among the first radio enthusiasts In the cnrntnupit> have ssssmhled dosens of outfits, and built as many more, during their work with the high school radio duh They are now student* in the local Junior college | Underwood Bill Facing Sure Defeat Administration Senators ^ ith draw Support From Plan to Lease Muscle Shoals. U.S.Commission Favored By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON. International New* Service Staff Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 20.—The Cool Idge administration tonight virtually! withdrew its support from the Under wood bill for disposing of the govern ment’s $100,000,000 Muscle Shoals project. This action, coming ns a climax to three weeks of sensational debate, presaged certain defeat of the Under wood plan although the Christmas recess will delay a final decision un til the new year. A drift of administration leaders, almost reaching the proportions of a bolt was recorded in favor of the Jones hill for creating a federal com mission to study the project and to recommend its disposii^n in a report to congress before Decmnber 1, 3922. The drift became pronounced dur ing the day when nearly every re-j publican spokesman In the senate an-j noum ed his preferem e for the Jones hill over the Underwood measure. Previously, they were as one In sup porting the Alabama senators plan. The result reduced the Underwood supporters from a onesided majority to a mere handful of southern sen ators. Smoot I.eads Bolt. Tilts movement was led by Senator R»ed Smoot, republican of l'lah, who announced his opposition to the Un derwood bill following a conference with President Cooltdge. His attitude | was endorsed later by such spokes men for the administration as Sen ators Watson, republican of Indiana: Reed, republican of Pennsylvania, and | Butler, republican of Massachusetts. The attitude of President Coolldge was explained tonight by an adminls Iratlon spokesman ns follows: "The president Is not wedded to the Underwood hill and never has been. He simply wishes to have the senate provide alternatives of both private and public operation so the govern ment can make the most advantage ous disposition of Muscle Shoals. As this dual provision was In the Under wood bill he did not oppose It. lie would prefer, however, that a com mlsahfti be created, with cabinet of | ticeis as members, to recommend final | disposition of the project." These recommendations have Veen carried out In the bill of Senator .Tones, republican, of Washington. He provided for a commission, com prising the secretaries of war and agriculture and a third member to b» named by the president. This com mission would recommend sale or lease of the project hut Its decision would he subject to the approval of congress. Would I .case Power. The power generated at Miwle Shoals, meanwhile, would b« 1 -'-d by th* secretary of war suhpeet to the terms Imposed by the president. Final word on the projects future, however, would rest with congress. The progressive groups, favoring ♦he government owner'll p plan of Senator Norris, republican, of Ne brnska. also declared the Underwood hill was certain of defeat. Thev con tended however, that the Norris plan still had a “chance to win." This was the view- expressed by Senators Me Nnry. repuhllrnn. of Oregon and 5k ICellnr. democrat, of Tennessee, who have assisted Norris In h'e fight. FIRE THREATENS TOWN IN IOWA Cedar Rapid*, la . De< 11.—A fir* which broke out In th* CcorfT* Rfbner cipar store at Marlon shortly before noon today threatened to wipe out the entire buslnet-s section of the town. l.ntes* report* said that the Com nn rcbil Savings bank was sblaxe and that a garage and two franm build ings near the Milwaukee railroad ata tlon had been destroyed. The fire was spreading rapidly and xvn* beyond control of the local fir* fighters. Married in (munnl Bluff*. Th* follow nr »>»r*nn* obtained mar i i •» r •* Re*ya< ■ in Oum-.l Pluff* nay Hrfirv T Tetter. University Place. Neh 21 Ituth Hilev. Omaha .... 21 t *hn H Rwrnr* Omaha.. 24 rllaahrth kudrna. Walton. Neh.51 4|H»tt Vam v. Om»ha . 3 4 1*1, an bet It Turner. Omaha .23 I'liUrtird YV r*vln*rr. Mlnden. Neb 2n lens Smith Mimlen Nrh. 7' ('nivfn YY'arreek, Clarlntla la. ...... 3.1 Helen Albert). Omaha ............. 13 Jnaeuh Mamaek Omaha . I lorrm-c Newien. On Aha . 24 W. 8 Brown Omaha .. 3$ Hera Ian lib- Tlbbotta. Omaha . Arthur I' J> neon, lOtlaer. 8 I). .... 30 l.lllin AnUerarn. :• hello, la.. 2* Yf I. Quinn. Wvmnre, Neb 21 l.ontne Hi sham Raymond Neb . 2* \ yy Mill--. 1,1m .tin, Neh. ......... r Kva Hu-< boll. I .in ■'••In Nob. .......... 21 sldncv 1» Huff Phi- itio ............. Z% Huth K It"1 * Oitutha ............ Is l-‘»nnl- it ! On* •< ha ............ 3 A 1 an * * ' ’Mi, t>maha 52 damn e * - n«»l*i .Htn|fh, Cminn| ft In f ft ’*1 pint H* l.r tin win nd Putt not! Bluff* lb Hatofil H ti.iumm, l!mo|n Nrh Marv l.llon O Ornnell l.im-oln, Neh . “4 UltliHni Minder. Omaha . *■* Alexander, Omaha 13 Kvan * Pierre Pnuncll Bluff* .. r Fern Wallin*. Pound! ftluffa . It t.oiiia* Fralev I.araml* Wvn, ... 34 Julia Qularlck. fMnux Pltv. la..SG jnaenh P IV own, Omaha ......... 2t • tobll* May Outy. Omaha ... il I Tony Ciarletta, Omaha Slayer, to Get \ Freedom Tuesday as Christmas Gift Music Changes Nature of “Lifer”. Who Entered Prison as Youth of 18. Lincoln, Dec. 20.—Here Is the man who In to receive the best Christmas present In the state, something for which men have fought and died— freedom. He is Tony Ciarletta, lifer at the state penitentiary, whose sentence was commuted by the state board of pardons pnd paroles at Its last meet ing. Tony will be released Tuesday in time to reach his home at Joliet for Christmas. On Tuesday he will have spent 10 years, eight months and 12 days behind penitentiary wTalls. When Tony entered the peniten tiary to serve life for murder of an Omaha bank clerk in a holdup in 1014, he was a youth of IS years, worldly through experience as a bell hop in metropolitan hotels. The hold up was Tony's first "job," but, ac cording to his own admission, it might not have been his last If he hadn't been captured in Pueblo short ly after the crime. "<ilail I Was Caught. "The truth is I'm glad I was caught," Tony said today in discuss ing his prison experiences. "The chances are I would have done some thing else." • The story of Tony’s rrlme was one of the most sensational in Omaha's history. The story of his reformation which caused the board of pardons and paroles to place him in the world as a citizen again, is little known. When Tony entered the peniten tiary he was a "hard boiled custom er'' with an uncontrollable temper, lie would work, hut lie resented nnn one telling him how to work. He had trouble with the authorities. Music Changes Nature. It wasn’t' until Tony became inter ested in music that his better nature r i conquered his temper. From some an cestor this Italian lad had inherited a love for music. As he began to ac quire a knowledge of the art he be gan slowly to transform into the "Tony” that he is today. Music became Tony's passion and his pride. In a few short years he was the best musician in the peniten tiary and for a number of years he has been leader of the penitentiary orchestra. Since music has entered Tony's life he has been a model prisoner. In the last two years he has acted as prison librarian and photographer. He hasn t betrayed a trust and'it was this record, together with circum stances of the crime and the fact that Tony was led into the crime by older men, who have since died in prison, that tile bond giandted him clem ency. “I wonder how it will all seem when I get out,” Tony said. "You see. I'm a man IS years old now.” Lieut. \\ ood Plans I Second Marriage j S<m of Army General to Wed Suzanne Pierson After Divoree. Ilv r r. HFKTII.M. Staff ( orre»|*«ndfiit of Th»» Omaha Re# Paris. Dec. —I„luet. Osborne Wood, son of CJen. T^eonard Wood, will marry Suzanne (Sukl) Pierson af ter he is divorced from his present wife, according to report* from per wins clone to Wood today. Mb* Pierson .now In New York. Is a sister of Betty Pierson who figured) in the K1 well cane, afterward marry ! in" Schuyler Parson* and dh#»rclm him early this year. When Suki was In Pari* recently Wood was seen with her frequently and motored to Cherzmirg with her when she sailed. Wood will pwliably sail for New York in January ns soon as his divorce :* established. He will probably marry In New York city, but Intend* to settle In France. H ** recent enormous losses ' a* gambling In the Bachelor club have! been replaced, according to the best information, by unexpected luck in the London stock market where last week he Is understood to have made $125,000 In one speculation. A « i ding to intimates of the Wood*. Mrs. >Vood Is demanding n “baccarat divorbe'' claiming that her husband** devotion to cards and other speculative venture* took all his tune and utterly came between them. PAROLE PLEAS FORGED, CLAIM Washington. Pec. 20.—An lnvestl | cation of the government pardon and | parole system, as proposed by Attor | ney tleneral Sjone, may disclose that forged letters from federal Judges ami Pnited Slates attorney* have been em ployed by prison officials to obtain the release of prisoners, Pr. K. K ■ Pudding, president of the Prisoners’ Relief »<>< iety. declared today. Pudding said that Information tq this effect had reached him from ex convict* who have been confined at Atlanta prison and other federal in stltutlons. Forgery, ex convicts told Pudding, was employed In some Instances to get paroles or pardons for prisoners ( who have paid for their release. ] A fwPfCIC.SME ST ACTS THE. — I x )EIMA1 LAP while eablv SHOPPEBS TAKE A nTtr Hr A, I I I I M Gas \\ ell "Blows;*’ Workmen Helpless Fumes Foil Fffort* to Clamp Control Head on Casing. B» Internal inns! New* Srrrlre. Chickasha. Ok la.. Dec. ?n.—One of the largest gas wells in the south west—45,000,000 cubic feet— is going wild here tonight while 100 workmen stand helplessly by. With derricks weighted down byj snow and ice and zero weather pre j vailing In one of the largest gas fields in the world, fears are enter ! tained of a disaster that would shut | off gas from Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and other towns In the southwest. Workmen are unable to keep up the pressure to supply the lines. Fume* from the "runaway well"! are so strong that workers can not j get near the leak. The big well came in a day earlier' than expected without the control head on the casing. Two men have already been over-, come bv the irus fumes .and are in a critical condition. Others are making desperate efforts to reach the gas. RUTH CHATTERTON TO MARRY FORBES New York, Dec. 2*.—Ruth Chatter ton, no tress, and Ralph Forbes, an Knglish actor now appearing with her in a Broadway musical comedy, today obtained a marriage• licenae | They said they would be married to-1 day in the Church of the Beloved Disciple here. Forbes is lending man of the mu si cal production in which Miss Chat triton is starring. YOUTH GETS BOND ON GIRL’S CHARGE Missouri Valley, la, TVo. 20 — Wayne Jones. I?, was released on bond on a statutory’ charge, sworn out by l*on Richardson, father of IV vear-old Nettie Richardson. Jones is said to have declared hia intention of eloping with the girl and marrying! her. Jones w * acquitted by a Jury last June in district court on a charge of sn offense against another girl. MONOXIDE GAS IS FATAL TO 3 Flint. Mich , Dec 20 —Three men were found dead in a garage between here and Holly today, the result of carbon monoxide gas, according to physicians who were summoned. rhe Weather J! Tor S4 hour* rf.l'ng T |» m. 1'tc, 1$: T a m , dr' bi”» art bvilb 4 I Noon. «tt * bulb 1 fl wti bulb * T p in . dry bulb, l}, «»i bulb. I* ll*aha»t 1*. !<«»• ^1. < Mran. •—> j Normal, 7.*. Total drfu-lav * amc# Janna-v 1. If* ; R#|«HV0 humidity. jur.-enUdr T a in . M Noon, 43 7 |i *%* *# ! r»^lplt«l4db in* hr. m n«1 tnimltodth* j Tola! 0 Total nine* January ;* S> . | d-'flolrn.-v. ^ floor lv Tmuparat t»rr* lam 4 1 fv m.* * * . 1 ? I • am. • Sr to 141 t a u' S r m I * J K a. m —' 4 i' tty ...1*1 • am ... — i * v m \ f> { team... e • p m 14 11a m , . 4 7 i> tn . IS II noon . if w 10 Killed, 9 Hurt, in Soo Wreck Death List May Reaeh 20; Sub-Zero Weather Intensi fies Suffering of Victimi J.' Fished From Stream. Broken Switch Is Blamed By International New* Smir*. Fond Du Lac, Wis., Dec. 20.-—'Tha, death toll from the Soo Line passetr. ger train wreck at Chippewa Falls. Wis., this afternoon was increased to 10 tonight when three additional victims died at hospital*. Nine other injured were still alive at 6 o'clock but of these at least three were reported in critical condition. .Several were reported to have been rescued from the Icy waters of the Chippewa river and these were In a serious condition from exposure. By International New* Service. Fond Du Lac, Wis., Dec. 20.—With I 10 known dead and nine injured in the wreck of a cafe car of a fast Soo I Line passenger train at Chippewa j Falls, Wis., this afternoon, meager i reports reaching this city gave rise to fears that the death list may total from 13 to 20. Identified dead: Mrs. Harry Jones of Sioux City, la. John Dunn, New York city. Plymouth Ibnderson, Minneapolis, Minn. A C months .Id baby of Mr. and Mrs. J,. Spencer of Seattle, Wash. Two women and a man of about 63 are among the unidentified dead. Tw6 men are missing. I relieved to have floated down the river. Among the injured are: Marion Lawson, Menasha, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. L. Spencer of Washing ton, D. C.; Harry Jones. Sioux City. Ia.; Sam Curtis and Don Lewis, both colored, of St. Paul, Minn. The train had Just pulled out of Chippewa Falls and had slowed down j to cross a bridge. Three cars had j passed over a switch near the bridge when a bolt broke, closing the swku-h on <he cafe car, which left the rail”. The engineer made desperate ef forts to halt the train before the dts aided car reached the btddge but the train could not be stopped. The c*r I toppled half off the bridge and half > J off the bank, crashing through the ice and lying on it* side half In the river. Most of the passenger* in the cafe oar wore women and children. By An—**ci*ted Prtw. Seattle. Wash., Dec. 20.—Matthew Lyle Spencer, dean of journalism of the I'niversity of Washington here, and his wife, were among the in jured in a railroad wreck today at Chippewa Fa'ls, Wis.. and the r baby was one of the nine killed, he stated in a telegram to the university. FROTESTS SOUGHT ON NAVAL GUNS TV sshington. Dec. -0.—A direct move to obtain from Secretary of States Hushes what protests may ! ave 1 • < n made by foreign govern ment** against elevation of runs on American battleships was made to day by Congressman Pi it ten, repub lican. of Illinois, through a resolu tion introduce*! In the house. The resolution provides that the secretary he directed. * if not in* compatible with the public Interest'* to furnish the house with such data, information or such objections which he may have from any foreign gov ernment In connection with the modernization of certain capital ships oi the United States navy by increas ing the elevation and range of turret guns. ■\\ ar Secretary Approves Golden Gate Bridge Plan San Francisco. 0*1.. IVc 10—Sec ret irv of War Weeks, in ft felefrram received today, approved with condi tions a plan to hridfte the golden pate, the entrance to San Francisco har-, lx>r. It is estimated the project will cost Jill OOP.n«0. / — .— - Summary of the Day in Washington ftmgreaa ree r««l until TVftwi her !S. The senate continued it* Muaclo Shoals debate. House and senate agreed on a $100,000 appropi nation to fish! poul try diseases. V $10,000,000 forestT} Mil was in troduced in both house and senate. The war finance corporation filed an cm oursctnc report on renditions in agriculture. The leiisio bureau reported an in crease In earner deaths and a de crease in deaths from tnherruloais. Uepreseutath e ItHtten, republican, Illinois, introduced a muMha to ok the stale department lor lull* malion on the international status of gun dotation. \ ire tTialim.au riiimmer denied that the shipping hoard had a otest down a resolution to carry out Tee*l dent Coohdgc's recommendations for separation of the hoard and fleet cor potation. *