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^ Tl he Omaha IV orning L^ee £sr?sH’*s trmperstur*. JE. JL JL M—4 M M m. M. M. 4. m. d*r. -What ar« you hunting. buUyV' __ . » \ _ac a*ked. “Dunno, *lr, 1 ain’t »»fn CITY EDITION '“vOlTm-NO. 192. = OMAHA. SATURDAyT'iANIJAKY 24,~ 1925. ■ TWO CENTS'* HfiiSieSAS.1*'1*’ Ll* _ ■ ■ ■ - ■■' , ■ ■ ■■ ■■ ■■ -— —' ~ ■ ' l"*"~ ■=—- ' " » Collie Saves 3 Families From Fire Barking Arouses Sleeping Oc cupants of Dwelling Wiped Out by Early Morn ing Blaze. 23 Persons Flee Into Cold Barking and whining of his pet i oilie, Friday morning at 3 awakened Chester Rosenberg, 16, 702 North Thirtieth street. Hearing the roar and crackling of flames and finding his room filled vith a red glow, lie stepped to his window and discovered that the vacant house nest door, 704 North Thirtieth, was in flames. Chester aroused his mother and in valid father, four sisters and two In-others, arid all hastened from their i home in night.attire, after telephon ing a fire alarm. Spreads Nest Door. The blaze, which nearly had con sumed ihe roof of the vacant two story house before the nlarin was .'.ounded, spread quickly to the Rosen berg dwelling and in the one at v06 North Thirtieth, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jj. C. Kronen and their seven I hlldren. All three structure* . were burning fiercely before the first stream of water were played upon them and nine companies of fire apparatus were called to the scene before it waa brought under control and its spread to other adjoining homes prevented. All thres houses were practically de stroyed. Fireman Injured. C. IV. Appleton, member of hose company 'No. 12, received face and hody bruises and * broken arm when a piece of cornice fell from the Rosen berg home, knocking him from a ladder on which he was climbing to the second story. >■ Kronen and Ills wife were awaken ed by a'crackling eound. "I though our furnace was making the not*».” he said, "and did not pay much attention to It. Our curtains were down and I could not see. •'Finally my wife got up and pulled back the curtain and at the same time, the flames broke the window and the lace curtain in Ihe room caught fire. It burned down to a crib where two of our children were sleeping. Carries Dill Children. • My wife ran through the house and woke up our other five children while I picked up .Tanef, 6. and tTurn to I'sao Seven, Column One.) SECOND ROMANCE OF GURNETT ENDS Three week* of married life ended the romance of Billy Gurnett arid his second wife, he testified in di yorce court Friday morning. Gurnett, secretary to Chief of De tectives Ben Danbaum, told the court that he and his wife were married July 31, 1924. and that he was called to Portland, Me., on federal narcotic duty throe weeks later. His yvifc. Winola, refused to go. "I wrote her, urging her to come to Portland," Gurnett said, "but she refused. She wrote me that she had fuund a man who she loved better, a, and she said she could never live with me again as man and wife.” Mrs. Gurnett. did not appear In court to contest the divorce. She dis appeared at the time the petition yvas filed and newspapermen have been unable to locate her for a statement. The decree probably will be signed next yveek. , Gurnett and his wife were married after a romance which began through the fondness oil Gurnctt’s 4-year-old daughter by bin first wife for the present Mrs. Gurnett, who lived In the same hotel. UNIONS MAP OUT CHILD CAMPAIGN Plans were made for a publicity campaign in favor of the legislature’! ratification of the child labor amend ment. to the federal constitution at a meeting of representatives of labor m unions In Tjibor temple last night. Men wFre present from Mulders' union No. 11, Independent club, Klee trie*I Workers' union No. 793, Plas ferera’ union. Workmen's circle No <i2B, Sheet Metal Workers No. 3 Bricklayers No. 1, Stone Cutters anti workers’ parly. T. W. Edward* of the Independent club presided. Rev. Hpnry Chapman Swearingen, Clergyman. 81. Paul, Minn. ' Dr. Swenrihgen has been pastor o the House of Hope Presbyteriai ehurch, Ht. Paul, for 19 years. H yvas pastor of the First Presbyteriai church. Uncoltt, Neb., from 1902 t 1907 and Is an Intimate friend of W J. Bryan, who was then s member o that congregation. He whs moderator of the genera assembly of the Presbyterian churrl In 1921 and has been a mernbei o the executive committee since 191* He Is a trustee of Macalester collet Slid McCormick Theological semi nary. Itev. Dr. Swearingen has also lien a member of the Minnesota s(Ht hoard of parole for in year and close 'student of the rehabilitation o ’ convict*. I SWEDISH PREMIER | TO RESIGN SOON By Astoria ted Prr»i. Ktor-kliolm, .tan. 23.—It had h,*n expac-tad that Premier Hjalmnr Brantlng. l>ecauB€r*of his ronttnued Illness, would resign his oflloo this afleritHpu, hut today's cabinet council passed without the resignation being presented. Such action by tlie pre mier soon is taken fur granted, how ever. the program being for him to be succeeded in the premiership by K. v. Tfmrsson, now- minister of finance, until ,M. Blunting recovers his health. — Entire Ministry » of Prussia Steps Out After Caucus Riotous Scenes Occur in Diet as Government [\carlj Is Forcctl Out by Lack of (ionfidriicc. ^ B> AwH-lHlnl Press. Berlin. .Ian. 2.1. -Following upon a sensational session of the diet today, and a subsequent caucus of the so cialists, democrats and centrists, the Prussian ministry, headed by Heir von Braun, resigned. The diet ad journed until February 3. Great I prnar Follows, Earlier in the day almost riotous scenes occurred ii^ the Prussian legis lative body when the government was within a scant margin of being forced out through the explicit declaration of lack of confidence by more than half the total number of deputies. A vote on th* motion of "no confi dence" resulted in a lie of 221 to 221 and 225 votes were required by Hie Prussian constitution to defeat the government. A great uproar followed the an nouncement of the He vote, such an occurrence being unprecedented in the diet. Motions of non confidence in Premier Braun and Ministers of the Interior .and Commerce Herr Sever ing a^nd Sieving, wer*> then adopted 221 to 2IS, but thjs majority was also Inadequate. Freeh Tumult Arises. Finally an ironical nationalist mo tion of confidence in the government resulted in no one voting "for" but 223 casting their ballots "against,” as the government parties abstained. Accordingly the house was declared to lie without the necessary quorum. Fresh tumult arose when the social ist* and communists began shaking their fists ut each other. Then a communist deputy seized the presi dent’s bell and made a terrible din, calliug for cheers for the interna tional. Amid this confusion the diet adjourned, OMAHA FIRM BUYS ELEVATOR SALVAGE By Atuelllnl Frew. Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 23.—Outbidding several competitors for the purchase of salvage grain in the Nye-Schnei der.Tenks elevator, destroyed by fire several days ago, the I'pdiks Grain company. Omaha, today began work of salvaging the wheat in the burned elevator, paying $125,000 for It. Otis Smith, vice president of the L'pdike concern, is In charge of the work. The wheat and grain will bo shipped to Council Bluffs, Mr. Smith said. The fire in the big elevator was still burning In spots today. In Some of the bins the grain was untouched, since the walls are still standing, and much of it can be salvaged. It was said. About 232,000 bushels of wheat were destroyed. The exact amount of undamaged grain cannot he ascer tained until the bins are opened, ele vator men said. ARGUMENTS BEGIN IN FORBES TRIAL Chicago, Jnn. 23.—Closing argu ments began today In the veterans' bu reau conspiracy trial after an hour of rebuttal evidence by the prosecution. , The case probably .will go to the jury by the middle or next week. Only one witness, A. Sprague, com missioner of public works in Chicago, was called for Ihe prosecution rebut tal. 8prague( who was chairman of the American Legion pat,lonal rehabil itation committee in 1922, Identified correspondence with Charles R. Forbes, former director of the veter ans' bureau, Telntlve to plans for speeding wot le-on the Livermore (Cal.) hospital. Japanese Squadron in San Francisco Harbor San Franeiaeo, Jan. 22.—The train ing *<|iin<Jron of the Japaneae navy, conalstinR; of three erruisent, arrived here today fqr a week's *tay. A boa rel ink party from the 1'nlted State* navy greeted the vlnitlng mjnadrOn In Snn Kranclaro hay and conducted It to the Anchorage ... An elaborate proKram of entertain merit has been arranged for the 2,413 officer* and men in tl»« rujnadron. Doctor to Florida. Ilartlngtoii, Neb., Jnn. 23.--Dr.snd f Mrs. L. Stark nnd son. Howard, have i left here on an automobile trip to > Tarpon Springs, * Fin,, where they i . > , I,. Stark. t In addition to Inking u rest, Dr. Htnrk Intends to do some research I work at the universities nnd Clinics I In the south. Ills mother Intends tf r return here with them. Four Hurl in Cun Fight. Bristow , Okln Jan. 23, Four t>ei eons ueie slight ly wounded when po i lice officers nnd offlcinls of the Airier ban National bank »nfag,d four rob I bets in :i gun fight. The lubbers e> f leaped with about }.-.000 hum the | bunk. Clear Road Is Given *$$ Postal j&y' - w Vs- . A, - V A Supporters v\'"c,N ve Increase /at 1 Point of (t / , *jghl Up by Op, -.tuts. May Be Put Aside Today Washington, Jan. 23.—The postal pay and rate increase bill was given a clear road in the senate today when a point of order against all the pro posed rate advances was defeated, 60 to 20, although considerable debate and some changes in these provisions are in prospect. Further consideration of the meas ure went over after tile vote which futile lute today and there Is a like lihood also that Senator Moses, re publican, New Hampshire, in charge of the bill, will permit it to be laid aside tomorrow for ihe War depart ment appropriation measure. Would Cause Delay. Eleven democrats and one farmer labor, Johnson, of Minnesota, joined with republicans In defeating the point of order against ihe rale In crease sections, which, If sustained, would have caused a delay until the house, which has not yet received it from committee, could act on the bill. The point of order, raised by Senn lor .Swanson, democrat, Virginia, on the ground that the rate advances constituted revenue raising legisla tion and As such should originate lit lIte house under ihe constitution, was supported hy 23 demoerais, three re publican*, Rrookhart of Iowa, Frazier of North Dakota and Norbeck of South Dakota; and one farmer-labor, Shlpstead of Minnesota. Tile democrats who voted against (he point of order were Bruce, of Maryland; Dial, South Carolina; Ferris, Michigan; George, Georgia; Gerry, Rhode Island; King, Utah; Mc Keltar. Tennessee; Reed, Missouri; Sheppard, Texas; Smith. South Caro lina, end Walsh, Montana. Wants Seperate Issue. Debate on the point of order ee cupled most of two session* of the senate, with several democrats, In cluding Senator Simmons, North Carolina and Underwood, Alabama, also voicing considerable opposition to the bill itself. Senator Underwood at tacked the principle of the bfll which proposes means for increasing postal revenue to care for pay raises, argu ing the postal employes should be given salary advances for services rendered and that the question of rat* increases should be considered solely on the basis of whether they were too low for ihe service rendered. ^ RAILWAY MERGER READY IN MARCH New York, Jan. 23.—'The *1.500, 000.000 "Nickel Plate" merger project of the Van Rweringen interests will he ready to lay before the Interstate commerce commission for approval by the end of March, It was Indicated today, when directors of the Erie Railroad company accepted the re vised lease which will bring their road into the new system and called a speejal meeting of stockholders for March 35 to ratify the plan Formal ratification of the le.iseg probably will be voted by stockhold ers of the Pere .Marquette, Chesa peake A Ohio and Hooking Valley railroads about the snme time. The procedure In the raae nt the present Nickel Plate will be slightly different, since It will continue ss a holding company. No difficulty In obtaining the assent of stockholders of any of the con stituent companies to the consolida tion Is expected, since provision hae been made In the leases for dissenting shareholders to dispose of their stock or call for an appraisal of Ita value. RAIL OFFICIAL PARTY ROBBED New Orleans, La., Jan. 23.—A rob ber Is reported to have boarded the Illinois Central passenger train No. 2. northbound, about "5 miles north of here lsst night and held up a party of officials. The man Is said to have escaped at Amite, where posaes are search ing for him. No definite Informa tion as to the amount obtained could be learned. A big wallet taken from C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central railroad was the only money taken by the robber who hoarded the train when it stopped at Indepen dence because of a hot box. The robber on leaving the train »i changed shots with one of the train crew. Armed Forres Surround Chilean Headquarters fly SiMrlnlffl I’reas. Santiago, Chile, Jan. 23.—By a sudden roup late thla afternoon, a contingent of young army tftcers occupied the Vloneda palace. ' cad quartei# of the government, and s tr rounded the palace with armed forces. Walton League Keronnnends Members for Dame hardens Missouri Valley, la . Ian. 23.—\V. W. Foote, president of the local chap ter of the Ittaak Walton league, has recommended the names of six mein bets of the club for appointment ee deputy game warden# In preparation for law enforcement against spring drooling and I"'1 emit fishing Mary Hall Decline*. N>u Voik. .Inn. 22. MIm Mnr> I frill, tt*«*w. "horn I ’ • l*n In i known nn "Mr. »ro.' announced to : •Yould morr* I v u# i .4 ime i j thawwould not marry him* r-- “ ' Smoking Chimneys Replace Smoked ' Glasses as Aid to Eclipse View * "''mahans. Thanks to Dense Pall Ranging Over Downtow n District. Need Not Search Out Bit of Red y Lens Used When Sun Misbehaved in 1869. The eclipse of the sun today will furnish the first practical use of Omaha's notorious smoke nuisance. Those who are downtown at 7>45 this morning will not have to carry smoked glasses with which to observe thtg phenomenon of the eternal skies. The morning pall of soot which overhangs the city will serve the purpose with equal precision. As the poet said, It is an 111 wind that blows nobody good. The clouds of combustible carbonites which bespeckle Omn bans every day may be utilized now. The last impressive eclipse of the sun in Omaha, occurred In 1863, when the obscuration reach-, ed 96 per cent. The pioneers of the Nebraska prairies, to whom a real, up-to-date smoke nuisance was as foreign as airplanes, radio, automobiles and shingle hobs, took pieces of glass and held them over their oil lamps. After (he glass had been smoked to the hue of an Omaha business man’s collar at 6 any 1325 winter afternoon, the outline of th? famous eclipse of 1869 could he properly viewed. .Eclipse at 7:45 a. m. But scientific application to ethereal things, like whisky, im proves with age. Astronomers and similar learned men tell us that the eHIpse can best he seen on foggy, smoky days, if the sun Is shining brightly in tlie residen tial districts, or threatens to, this morning, one must either get out one s smoked glasses, or hasten to tlie downtown district. At 7:45, when the sun rises from its habitual place nlopg the eastern horizon, the smokestacks of downtown Omaha will be belch ing nut black columns of soot for all the world like an active An dean volcano. The big buildings will be shrouded as usual, giving tlie effect of dusk. In fact, many Omahans who live In hotels and apartments downtown actually N-----— are led to believe that the sun never rises before It. Tills inky clonk, on which City Commissioner John Hopkins has begun a vigorous war, will be at its gloomiest at 7:45 today. It eliminates the necessity of smok ed glasses. All one lias to do Is to inhale the volatile maUer in the air, look ,to the east Without the aid of other arllficial means, and the eclipse may Vie seen per fectly. It will reach Its more complete obspurity of 87 per cent at 7:51, and will last almost an hour. Should firing Clean Shirt. In order to witness the eclipse In comfort, one should have an t airtight box handy, containing a clean shirt and collar, a bar of soap and a towel. After remain ing on the street an hour, the amateur scientist will have col lected upon his person a consider able quantity of soot. Father William F. Higg, as tronomer of Creighton university, says that tile next eclipse will reach Omaha in June, 1954, and will have a maximum obscurity of 98 per cent. When told tills. Commissioner Hopkins, foe of unnecessary smoke, said: “'This will be the last eclipse, T hope, which can bo seen with the naked eye because of tbe smoke clouds. I am sure we won’t have to wait until 1954 be fore the atmosphere Is cleared of this nuisance. In fact, I'm posi tive we won't, and I don't exactly mean maybe.” The commissioner doesn't al ways indulge In slang. Vmt he was a. hit under the weather because he had just looked at the complex ion of his collar, and ’of his face. In an old looking glass at city hall. ”W* seem to have a partial eclipse of the sun every winter day,” lie added, with appropriate and sarcastic emphasis. Whisky Merger •/ Plan in Britain Agent* of Three Distillery Companies Meet in London to Form ffnge Combine. By HAYDEN TALBOT, I nW.rMl 8wTlr, Staff (-orrepondent. » London, Jan. IS.—A $100,000,000 whlsky'*mei ger Is to bo tho outcome of s meeting todsy of the "big three" In ths distilling world, tho Buchanan. Denar and Johnnlo Walker distillery companies. \'lth their subsidiary companies tho three control tho wholesale and retail Scotch market, although superior "Scotch" Is still being distilled by small concerns In tho Orkney Islands. The producers of "Irish'1 whisky are still unidentified with the trust. Tho total amount of capital Invest e.1 In tho business of making Scotch whisky Is many millions greater than ever before In history, arid tho fact that Scottish distillers are prepared to pay an annual bonus of $125,000, 000 to keep tho 1Sth amendment op erative Is the best evidence, ns the British dispensers of alcoholic bever ages see If. that prohibition will never work In Kngland. Among the peers closely Identified with the "big three" are Lords Forte vlot, Dewar, Woolavlngton and Stev enson. HORSE REPLACES CAR; ROADS MUDDY Special IHspstrh to Ths Omaha Bee. Newcastle, Neb., Jan. 23.—Farmers of this district may revert to the modes of transportation common be fore the advent of the automobile be cause of ths Impassable condition of the roads. A little warm weather following the cold snap and period of storms has caused the enow at the cross roads and in the valleys and draws to melt. Ae a result of this tho roads are so soft that the farmers declare them Impassable to enythlng but a saddle horse. There Is an excellent possibility that these farmers will be riding to town as they did In the days of when Nebraska was a territory. Radio New* Service in Pacific May He K\tcnded Washington. Jan. 23.—Hxlatence of the anma emergelcv which ltd the government to permit the use of the naval radio In the Pacific for press nnd commercial business for the past two years would warrant an exlen slon of the privilege, in the opinion of President t'oolldgc # -- Financial Situation of Belgium Reported Fnisnrl*, Jail. 23.- Tho dhdffian fl nanrjBl altuatlon, bn imported today In a p^ llamcntnry report, »h<nv* the «ountr\'a Internal dabt at th« end of November . b* .52,000,000,000 franc*, four and threa-fourth* billion* of which ara floating Th* catcrnnl debi ib given bn 0.?.'»0.000,00o fruit**, ami the debt t«» the I nlted States I* placed itt m.TOno.OOO about half «.f which t\ b* Incurred after the tmlatitc in the ptirch«*e «»f f-M».Ut ttf f More Xrgruliiir (.orn. \\ «*hlb&i«iii Jun ::: Vigt ntii* .orn Airc.t$e tltj* mmmmu j* plan'd ii i,| tn 000 net t • nr • n Int i »• , «*, «.f s per » cn< **vei hint ye n , tn ;i pitlirn ln*|\ lmnte vccidved l»j the dcpuit man! uf »gvIcviit ui ©. Department Book Scores I/m g Lease Farmers Advised to Kent Land From Tear to Year. Members of the agricultural com mltte® of the Chamber of Commerce. Friday noon at their semi-monthly meeting, discussed tlie recent pamph let issued by the Extension Depart ment of the University of Agriculture on “Landlords on Nebraska Farms.” The Extension Department made a survey of 650 farms in various sec tions of the state owned by landlord®. The members discussed the various means the landlords have in financ ing tenant* and the many ways and terms the landlord.* have in entering partnership with the tenants in both grain ami livestock. The members also discussed leas Ing by tenants. The book issued by the Agricultural Department con tends that the farmer who lenses hia land from yea rto year is much better off than the fanner with the long time lease. The chamber committee also dts covered through the pamphlet that in many localities in the state, foreign born /arm owners outrank the Amer ican born farmer, 3 to 1. The farms in the immediate vicinity o fthe foreign owners' farms are tenanted by rela tive® of the foreign born farmer. POLICE PROBING COAST SHOOTING IjOb Angeles, Jan. 23.—While John C, Thomas, said to l»e the son of E. K. Thomas, retired automobile manu facturer of Buffalo. N. Y„ who was mysteriously shot in* the bead late yesterday, battled for his life at the Hollywood hospital today, police de tectives tried to rfelv# Into the mystery shooting anti determine who fired the shots. They also were still searching for the gun with which the wounds were inflicted. When questioned by the officers. Thomas refused to snv who shot him and denied the allegation of his wife that he attempted suicide. Kentucky Legion Font First to (Jo Over lop Indianapolis, Jnd., Jan. 23.—-The Stearns (Ky i. |*>st Of the Amer i lean Legion, was the first to "go over the top” In the Legion's national en do\vincut movement for disabled sol fliers and orphans, nt was announced at Legion national headquarters. Stearns Is a mining village with a imputation of 121. Twenty-four hours after Its quota of the $5,000,000 fund wits announced, u check for $100 was sent. — . . — - -x Lumber Trade Satiafartory. Sidney, ,I;m. 33.—Sterling I.umbel company dealers of Colorado, Nehras I n and Wyoming met In convention at Sidm-y and discussed trade oomli tions. following a banquet attended by head ^officers of tin* cotnpan.v A review of the business of 1324 showed It, to have been satisfactory, wit! |ii*o*pP'*t8 of I n« *reased trade thti N».tr. Bette** servlet hv the railroad? Wit - also ' "nmirntupon Hirer (.hiblreu Kuril. t h.irlextop, \\ \ a . Jan. 21 Thro • lilldi en of Mi and Mrs William rangluK in »u»* from * it* IT. wfr*‘ burned to death In » flit e.irlv tods* that destroyed two lunpvs ami a stuie^ai Lhclyan. \ Dry Agent Is Outrun by Indian Girl FI oes, I,ike Eliza, Across Frozen Ice of River, After Taking Gun From Officer, White Girl, 14, Caught Sim-itl niapslrh to The Omaha Be#. Falls City, Neb., Jan. !3.—Miss Cora Dupuis, 16-year-old Indian girl,' who outran a detail of officers near Rulo, on the Kansas side of tho line, in a thrilling hunt, is In Okla homa, according to words received. Officers who matched speed with the girl are of the opinion that her nimble feet carried her all the way to her refuge. The girl gnve her great demonstra tion of speed after she was cornered in a Bmall house on an Indian reser vation near Ttulo by officers who sought her for escaping from the Kansas Industrial home at Beloit four months ago. Henry Bell, prohibition officer of Beloit, was the leader of the posse that tracked the girl to the reserva tion. Arriving at the house on the reservation, Bell entered in time to see the girl .and a companion fugi tive, Lulu Britz. 14. a white girl, leaving through the front door. Confronted With Gun. Bell made a dive for the door and was confronted with an Indian with a gtin. Bell tried to grapple with the redskin and the fleshy part of his right hand was perforated by three bullets. He was also even relieved of his own gun by the Indian. Meanwhile the two girl* were head ing south into Kansas. Like the thrilling scene of "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," the two girls were next seen fleeing across I he icy Nemaha river, the posse In h»t pursuit. * For about a half an hour the ofli cers end girls played hare and hound through timber and finally the ofTb cers become separated. Girl Removes Shoe*. The Indian girl, reverting to her aboriginal eclf, found her shoe* both ersome and quickly discarded them, continuing the rtce barefoot over the ice and snow. pne of the pofcae. Taz Srqlth, laid down a barrage of bullets, but it only added impetus to her apeed and she was soon lost to view. The white girl, being enly a *|»rlnt er and not a distance runner, v*S| soon captured. TRADE OUTLOOK STILL FAVORABLE New York” Jan. 23.—gun's tomor-j row will saj : "With strong basic conditions mnintsined tbe general business out look continues favorable. T>e*pife In creased irregularity in both demand and prices there still are more points of gain than of loss and ths usually large consumption of goods remains a prominent feature. Successive week ly returns of freight traffic show con clusively that distribution of mer chandise Is exceptionally heavy, car loadings being without precedent for this season, and most of th* other statistical measure* also make satis ftory comparisons. "Notwithstanding a sharp decrease in stock market operations, bank clearings at New- York city this week are 3V1 per cent In excess of thuae of a year ago. while outside renters report an increase of 16.8 tjer ceut. Improvement In mercantile roller lions is a phase commented upon in dispatches from various cities, with a liquidation of old indebtedness in the west and northwest reflecting the strengthened financial position of the grain farmers." Weekly banlt- clearings. 59,555,31?, 000. TOLL BRIDGE TO INSTITUTE RATES Dakota City, Neb., Jan. 23.—W. P. Warner, chairman of the bridge com mittee of the Dakota County Tax! Payers' league, has received word from J. A. Magoun, president of the board of bridge directors, that the bridge toll* vv ould be reduced by the is sue of couiton book s. (ierman Klectrie Firm Seek Financing in F. S. New York. Jnn. 25.—Th* German General Elect tiw company ha a been added to growing list of foreign industrial Incorporations turning to the American market for new financ ing. Negotiations were «t>out com pleted today for flotation of a $10, 000.000 loa nthrough the National t’lty company next week. The offer ing. which will be the first bond is «ut> ever floated by the German Gen eral Ktadrlc company outside Ger many. util take the forttih of 20 year T per cent bond* i*t lead to yield the Investor about 4 1*2 per cent. Mexican# F.xeoute Six' More of Robber Rand By | nliKmU Vn If#, Vtexirn City, Jan. 21. — Federal troops today executed six more mem hers of the band responsible for the murder of a German cttlren, W. Hintxpetei, sev eral day* ago near Fu obla. I*p to date tbe soldier* have exc outed tt member* of this band of rob bers. who hn\e t»e**n terrorixlng nu nirmuR small towns In the *;ate of i’u^bla. - 1'icnch I'lanes in Vlgeria, tiian Mgeriv .Ian. 22. Tbe twn uiiLmrs t>f the French aerial e\pe diUou to l.i<k« Fehad arrived here flom i'erpignau, Franco ^ 200 BEHEADED IN OPIUM ROW Shanghai, .Ian. 23.—A prominent missionary today Informer a Reuter’s correspondent that the military au thorities In the province of Fukien had beheaded 200 Christian Chinese farmers because they refused to grow opium. The missionary added that, although the Chinese offlcals were compelling the farmers to cultivate opium, 3,50o Christian families had refused to obey tbe orders and that the executions followed. Further Delay * Seen in Action on Stone-Warren " ♦ Additional Opposition Han Developed to Appointment of Attorney (General to Supreme Court Bench. Washington, Jan. 23.—Further de lay in senate action on the nomina tions of Harlan F. Stone of New York, lo be a supreme court justice, and of Charles B. Warren of Michi gan, to succeed him as attorney gen eral, was Indicated today by both sur face and undersurface development-'-; Additional opposition to the con firmation of Stop's appointment has resulted from the action of the dr partnient of justice in moving to seek an Indictment in the district of Co lumbia against Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, in connection with the same ease in which an in dictment against him now is pending ip the federal courts in his home state. No Recommendation. With respect to Warren's nomina tion. a senate judiciary subcommit t ee decided to present it to the whole committee wither! recommendation after Senator Walsh, democrat, Mont ana. bad submitted a compilation of testimony given by Warren before congressional committees some years ago In the "sugar trust” Investiga tion. Before his nomination was sent to the senate. Warren himself brought the record in these proceedings to Washington and placed them before President Coolldge who found them entirely satisfactory. The new development with respect to opposition to favorable senate ac tion on f*tone> appointment came suddenly and after Senator Overman, democrat. North Carolina, had con sideratlon of I he nomination deferred untfYwext Monday on the basta of the inquiry made by the judiciary' com mittee in connection with Stone s ap pearance a* counsel for executors of | the estate of the late J. Pierpont Mor gan in a suit against James A. Own bey, a Colorado mining man. Debate May Result Senators would not diseu«s ttie mat ter for publication, but there was considerable talk about It in the cloak rooms and there were indication* it would become the subject of senate debate Tn connection with the subject, it was made known that Attorney Oen eral Stone has sent formal notice to Senator Wheeler, through his coun sel. Senator Walsh of Montana, that hi* rase would lie presented to a District of Columbia grand jury early next month. Also it became known that Stone hsd written a second let ter on tbe matter today to Senator Walsh. UPROAR SUSPENDS CHAMBER SESSION By A»4AfiitH 1’rfM. Paris. Jan. IS.—The chamber of deputies this afternoon was thrown Into an uproar that lasted 25 minutes and the session had to be suspended after Deputy Desjardins had criti cised bitterly the action Of the cham ber in refusing to order the posting of deputy Marlin's speech <vn the in terallied debts. It was a Scene of such disorder as had nevei before been seen in the chamber. Deputy Desjardins kept on shout ing that the governmental majority was afraid to endorse Marin's theory oT Justice in dealing with the inter allied debts because of “the deplor able effvct It had had on the Ameri can senate." “Tutk“ LOOS I rc.-d \fter Explaining Garage \ i*it Missouri Valiev. la., Jan. IS'.— “Tuck" Long was acquitted Indlstti.t court at Logan Thursday afternoon on a charge of breaking and entering the garage of William Soharp at Ml sourt Valley, lamg and several other witnesses testified that they went to the Soharp gat age to get homemade w ine, that they had often drank tl ere w'lUt Soharp and that the Invitation. a« they understood it, was to help themselves if Soharp was absent. 1 lirre Holtlrcgt' Men lined for Ilaxinp; Liquor in Gar Kearney, Jan. i > i ■, p,,inter, A1 Palmer and Kit Jefferies, all of Uol tirege, drew- Lite* of lltht and court costs here uivott being found guilty of illegal possession. Two bottles of In toglcatlng liquor were found by the Police In searching a civ in which Xltq men came overland. Tnc Untie reivos ing ih an overcoat (socket, the other in a side pocket of the car door The eat- was ordered released by the jury w-hlch found the three men guilty ---n The Weather v ?4 I ou’i •ruling 7 r Rftlftttvft T!, wovn . > T r t < r*r#i*|plt*t*«A« v Gg gp,| v To««l ft. {«?•! •!(!•• .tin,nt t \ p s lltMirlx lpm|rrmiurr« i ». m .,. :a i p ,r % ft « «G TA ’ • * i T ft. m M ’ i». t • 4: * ft. IV- \ 4 \\ in » ft * m • 4 \ •: rp 4 ii BPOD J ’ ip in 4 Life in Pen for Slayer of Farmer Court Motes Rapidly in Kill ing of Kansan Whose Body \\ as Found in Over turned Machine, Judge Passes Sentence Special IiUpetch to TUe Omaha 11m. Washington, Kan., Jan. 23.—Oliit Ireland, alia^ Jack McMahon, plead ed guilty to a charge of murder In district court here today and was sentenced to life Imprisonment In the Kansas state penitentiary. Ireland confessed the murder of Owen Brown, a young farmer of this district, on the ni*ht of T>e<emlier 3u. He said, in his confession, that he had murdered Brown, then fired tilt automobile in which the men had been tiding. In an effort to hide the -Crime. Authorities has feared a mobbing ever since the murder was discovered and Ireland arrested. Ae a result, the [man has been under almost con-tau guard ever since. No Spectators Present. The case' was set for trial, but no One, aside from lliose interested, the sheriff, tlie prisoner, the county a’ torne.y arid the prisoner, were noli fled. There w*re no spectators pres ent. Ireland lia.» made a second eonfe1 sion of tii- crime In which he repud. ated sonic of the statements made soon after his arrest. This confession was read, the prisoner nodded to hi. attorney, who Informed the court that til- plea would he one of guilty, and request-d that the case be a. lowed to go to the hands of the Judg without a hearing of any further tet ttmony. Judge John C. Hogin accepted the plea of the attorney and passed sen tence of "life Imprisonment at hard labor In a state penal institution" a1 once. Heavily <>uardfd. Heavily guarded by deputy site iffs and <*oun attaches. Ireland w - taken from the courtroom to the Mis souri Pacific depot, placed on boar a train and taken to the prison. The trial came ae a surprise to tb residents of this district. It had beer, expected that Ireland would come to trial during the regular term of court and that the case would be beard during the month of March. As It was, the entire trial, frwu the time the sheriff was notified unit'. Ireland irss on his way to the train occupied but 15 minutes. After the attorney had entered the guilty p'ea for his client. Judge 1 login asked P eland what he had ■■ say for himself. [ Kor a moment Ireland waa unable to speak at all, and then, in a vole* thick with emotion, he began to plee for leniency. Pleads for 1/uiiency. “I know T am guilty," he said. ‘ uu* I hale never before committed * |crime, nor have I ever appeared br fore a court." [ "You admit your guilt'" the Judgv answered. "There is only one se*. tence which I can pass end that It provided by law. As to the punls' tTuen to Page seven, Column Three BULLS AGAIN ON RAMPAGE New York Jan. *3.—Wall str« bears received another drubbing a' the hand* of the bulls today whe price* of active industrial s’ocl jumped from 3 to 13 points nnd ir some < . e* advar. ing from 1 to t' P tfe* between sales. Cast Iron Pit wa* the star performer, replacing 1 tv Steel as the leader in the mllle* but American Sugar which Jump*, from S3* to between sale* and cot pitted a gain of Id point* since la* Friday, was a strong contender tv second honors. Worthington Pump. Radio Corpora tion. Universal Pipe. Pacific ©i American Can and Baldwin Isjcorao tive were prominent in the forwarv movement of industrial stocks. Cot tinental Insurance gained 7 points Sharp advances in grain prices or in the quotations were Sterling ex change, the higheel since 1515. wet> important factors in the movement of stocks. t-* * Summary of the Day in Washington The senate again debated . tee French war debt. The senate election* eor.imitte* recommended Senator >l»yfleld. Tex a*, he seated. Se rotary Honrwr agreed to aid v the campaign for rebuilding the 1^* vain library. 1 Additional opposition dex sloped t** the confirmation of At torn ev General Stone a.* a supreme court justice. Argument* on the motion to qua?*3 the naval oil indictment* wert bear l In plst ; let of Columbia auprerr** court. The senate interstate comme *e committee voted in favor of reducing interest rates on money loaned b the fovmtmstit to railroad* Commissioner Ptrks of the office | of Indian affairs asked the house 1’ | >h*n subcommittee to dismiss charges ! v*f y tadmlnlst 'at ton of hi* offict.v The Gutted states and Netherlar-a* ! c ^xr*aments ** eed to arbitrate tha I question • »f wovet'dgnty oxer the t* ! land of Ihtlmu* tn the Philippine \otum*«n tb omiraMotl |Gh.u , , ». Warn i b* ettocn ! get.ei .*1 \x ;X* eld i * sen at* i mmltte. x M''e oi Sen * WaUh ol Montana. I