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WEATHER FORECAST f ^ j j|^ i \ \ T T \ ^^TTIVTTV A AT" THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Nrt.r«,k. .nd low*: Sund*,, fair _ jlll/ ^ _ 'IVXxaX X iJL V>^ -L A JL^XjL 1 J_W X-/ A rnr M «»l Mm AIM colder. larger blowing* than fnnr-*«ore year* ^ — ... ___ ^_____ ^ ^ _ _ __ _ Bll of *elfi*hne**.—Henry Van I>> ke. CITY EDITION ~ yo]. R Nn aa OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1925. * X'X FIVE CENTS ---- ■ -' _. “ — —■ — ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■ —- ■ 1 '■ ■■ ■ ■»■ ■ ■■■ i <m " j .. " President Acts in Row Over Stone Coolirige Takeg Charge of Fight in Senate to Hold Ip Confirmation of Appointment. Calls Committee Members B.v I nivrniil Service. Washington, Jan. 24.—President Coolidge look personal charge today of the fight In the senate against confirmation of Attorney General Btone as a member of the supreme court because of his efforts to ob tain an indictment against Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, In the federal courts here. After a bitter flareup in the senate over the nomination of Stone, the president tonight summoned to the White House Senators Curtis of Kan sas, Heed of Pennsylvania. Sterling of South Dakota, Butler of Massa chusetts, and Watson of Indiana. From them the president learned first hand what took place in the executive session today when senators denounced in vigorous language Stones activities in the Wheeler case, and indicated they would with hold confirmation of the attorney general as an associate justice pend ing an exhaustive investigation of the facts. Sends for Stone. After conferring with Ms close friends in the senate, President Cool idge sent for Attorney General Stone. Senators refused to disclose whether the president made any suggestions tending to relieve the situation. Stone was equally reticent but it is under* Flood that he is standing by his guns and has repelled suggestions that he Jet up on the Wheeler case in order to insure his early confirmation as an associate justice of the supreme court. # U was disclosed that for more than rut hour Senators Borah of Idaho, Nmi iM tif Nebraska, Walsh of Mon tc.itt*. Faraway of Arkansas, Heflin of Alabama, and Overman of North Car* condemned the activities of the J »:•;»;! rtm<jnt of Justice in trying to ob tain a new' indictment against Sen ator Wheeler. It was brought out by senators that the Department of Justice is trying to we ure the indictment because of a letter sent to former Assistant Secre tary of the Interior Bdothby by Philip Campbell, a client of Wheeler, in which it is alleged offers were made to turn over to Booth by certain land.-* provided he gave ♦Campbell clear title to claims in dispute. Campbell Better Probed. Th.it letter was written while W i wa** touring Russia. i pi.inted out to his colleagues t !i * ' unmittee had gone Into the « .1. it.icr carefully and till ef ii.r t • connect Wheeler with its I (in I d failed. if'or \Va l> It (»f Montana de ( ;• d 1m is convinced Wheeler Is in* i u of any wrongdoing in efforts «•. » niphcll to secure land permits. \ orney General Stone has let sen M r» know that he will not be di \ -d from his avowed purpose of t ing bring an Indictment against Y\ heeler by any threat to hold up, or *i iiv his confirmation as a member of th** supreme court. FATHER OF DEAD MAN AIDS SLAYER Kansas City, Mo,. Jan. 24.—Acquit ted on a plea of self-defense of mur dering her husband. William 1>. Rich round, at Laramie. Wyo., Mrs. Rich round will be accepted Hs a daughter In the home of Richmonds parents. Mr. and Mrs. t\ I,. Rlchtliund, here, tin* Wider Richmond said today. Airs. Richmond is sold to have ad tniited that she shot her husband a week ago when be attempted to force her to cash a check from their sav lugs «nd then threatened her. The father testltied before a coroner'll Jury In t be wife's behalf. WOMAN WHO CAST FIRST VOTE DIES Fort Morgan, Colo., Jan. 24.—Mary Lee Htark, the oldest woman In Mor gan county, died Thursday In the Old Ladles’ home Hhe was J>3 year* old. Mrs. Stark was'born In Connecticut nnd came to Wyoming in 1S7S. Hite w.is the first superintendent of schools In t'iteyenne. Hhe claimed to have b'*en the first woman In the United States to cast a ballot, as Wyoming was the first slate to grant woman suffrage. GASOLINE PRICE BOOST GENERAL With i he advance of 1 tent a gnl Ion for gasoline Hold In Nebraska by lho Standard Oil company, olhvi laige oil companies boosted the price of iheir gasoline In Omaha Saturday, .w- The advance of 1 cent In the price of gasoline wa* general throughout the city. The Nlcholaa Oil company, Sinclair Rfefinlng company, Andei aon-Johnson Oil company, and Men hattan Oil company, boosted their price of 13 cents a gallon to 14 rents The National Refining company price nf 1* cents for IVhlte Rose gasoline eras j^dvanced to 17 cents a gallon. Jazz Craze Invades Small Town; Girl Forger Blames Rum, Clothes Maiden, 19, Hates to Go to Prison and Leave Bright Lights and Music. Special PI,patch in The Omaha Pea. Cedar Rapids. Ia., Jan. 24.—The .iazzlan.i spirit is In young girls of the small as well as of the large cities. A year ago Margaret Walm was IS and an unsophisticated country girl living in Palo, a small town near here. Now she is in jail and has admitted she forged 40 checks. In her grip w as found a checkbook on a Keystone (la,) bank, which she says she ob tained there while keeping house for a wealthy farmer. She signed checks; with half a dozen names and ob tained more than $40(1 in amotiifts ranging from $5 to $25. "Why did you do it, Margie?" she was asked. “Jazz, booze, pretty clothes," she answered with a smile full of worldly I w isdom. "But," she added, "I hate to I go to prison. It will keep me away jtrom the bright lights and music." Eleven months ago the girl began "keeping company" with Jack Mally of this city and they were married. She was Introduced lo the night life. She took lo the bright lights and blaring brass. The dance halls saw her night after night. She was (he last to leave. Her pace became too swift for her husband. He couldn't dance till 1 and rise at 7 to go to work. At 20 Margie was a divorcee and liad plenty of time to indulge in tlie joys of the gay while way. But her unconventional way of obtaining funds brought her to grief. Wheat Sets New Mark at Chicago Retl Winter Grain for Imme diate Delivery Sells for $2.10 a Bushel. Chicago, Jan. 24.—With No. 2 red winter wheat at a n«w high price record here today. $2.10 a bushel, im mediate delivery, the speculative mar ket for future deliveries showed re mendous rapacity for absorbing a world of selling. Fresh buying, based more or less, on 9,000,000 bushels re duction In the official estimate of the 1924 yield of wheat in Canada, was extremely active, and May contracts here commanded as high as $ 1.95th a bushel, c below the topmost price so far. According to one authority, the buying public has virtually run away with the wheat.market, there being no price reactions such as In general would seem proportionate to the volume of profit taking and to the swiftness with which values of late have advanced. Today's upturn, about 2c a bushel at the maximum compar ed with yesterday's finish, came In the fare of tile fact that domestic primary receipts this week were 8,120,000 bushels, against 3,785,900 bushels a year ago. Besides export clearances were relatively small and llie outlook was thut the l'nlted States visible supply total oil Monday would show a much smaller decrease than last week. in line with wheat, the rye market today moved up briskly, and estab lished another new all around peak record. DAVIS RETURNS * FROM ABROAD New York, Jan. 24.—John W. Davis, defeated democratic candidate in the last precedential election, re turned today on the steamship Paris after two months abroad with Mrs. I >a vis.” ''Back to my desk and to work,” said Davis when asked about bis pro* gram. Asked if lie had anything to say about the democratic party, Davis re plied: "Yes- that It is a party full of hope.” Davis' appe.i run<e showed that Ids vacation had entirely offset the ef feels of his rnrnpai^ii. FAMILY 0VF.RC0MF. BY SMOKE CLOUDS Bridgeport, Neb., Jan. 24.—Awak ening: before he was completely over come by smoke that had blown from the chimney into the open window of the basement where he and his family were sleeping. Archie Truman of Minatare crawled to the open sir, and revived sufficiently to get back into the smoke filled house to icscue the family. Both the boys nnd his father soon recovered but two of tils sinters, who were unconscious, are yet in a serious condition. A shift In the direction «»f the wind dur ing the night caused the smoke to leach the room In which the family slept. /———. ■1 ■ ■■ — Notre Dame 7, Creighton 7y First Half The score In the first half of the Notre Pame i ret* h ton basket lull aarne at (.‘relghton Kvmnailum Hat urday was 7 to 7 at the end u( the 1 first half. % • • ■ I J{a.ryaret \ACatfy | 12-Year Truce Shattered in N. Y. Chinatown District Not Safe for Sightseers; Tongs Are Using Guns Again. New York, .Ian. 24.—The war of the tongs—On l.eong tong and Hip Sing tong—has been renewed with a venge ance. Blood has been shrift. More men are going to die before it ends. One man already is dead, and three have been wounded in the first out break of a tong war since 3912. The police are frankly apprehensive. Thetr guard In Chinatown hue been trebled. Blueeoats, very much on the qul vlve, are In every nook and cranny of the ill lighted, mysterious streets. Alert plain-clothes men, with service revolvers noticeably close at hand, patrol the streets. White visi tors are barred. Sightseeing buses aren't allowed In the neighborhood. Trouble has been expected for weeJi.s. Inoffenslvo looking Chinese, each packing his "rod," have been pouring in from Newark, where Chinatown moved almost en masse when vice and gambling were stopped In Nb-.V York's Chinatown. The po-| lice knew tlie w ar was coming, but > they were powerless to prevent it. Twelve Years of Peace. The story goes back 12 years. Tn1 193 2 two tong men went to the elec-! trie rhalr in state's prison at Ossin-, ing, N. Y.. for murder. Thetr bodies, did not go buck to China, aa all good, dead Chinese do. Important business men. Judges, lawyers and assistant district attor-j neys get the leaders of the On I,eong' tong and the Hip Hlng tong together j at a great peace banquet, and thCj hatchet was buried, Arbitration was to nettle all future disputes, and fire arms were to play no part In the minor disputes that might follow a gambling game or th# cooking of a little yen hok. The I at iii| net was an entire suc cess. and. to prove 1t. l.ee Kay. nephew of Tom l.ee, leader of the On Leong tong, was shot to death In tlie street directly lit front of ttie banquet hall while tlie pe ireful fes tivities were in progress. Staid Judges stayed not on the order of getting under tables during tlie tusi lade. But their rainier judgment pre vailed, "anil On l.eong tong didn’t take revenge. The electric chair did. The end of the trues started about six months ago. Then the pnllr# heard rumors that a shortage of $4<V nno had been found In the arenunta of the On Leung tong. It was re ported to the district, attorney In true occidental fashion, and ths tong ex pelled 3 2 of Its members. Declare Faith Wasn't Kept. Influential members of tlie On l.eong tong held an Important con ferenee with Irtfluential members of the Hip Hing tong. The result was a promise of tlie latter tong that tlie expelled members would not find sanctuary within ils ranks. The expelled members moved en tnasae to Cleveland, ()., the police learned. Shortly after their ai rival there a Wealthy Chinese merchant complained Unit tie had been de frauded of $15,000 In ft business deal. It lakes a shrewd Chinese to defraud another of $15,000. A number of j Chinese were arrested, Including most j of, If not nil. ttie dozen expelled from i the On l-cong Tong. And-lhen Ihcse men were straight way balled nut. To the headquarters of the On Leung Tong In New York came under giound whisperings that th* money for til* bait bonds was furnished by the Hip Sing tong, which indicated to the nieniliers of th* On Leung Tong that the expelled members had been laken In by Ihclr rival organisation and tieme that the Hip Sing tong had broken faith. So "smoke wagon*" helrhed, and men began falling In Chinatown's At l eel a. Chinese are notoriously had shots It's far safer to tie the liitemle.l vie inn than to lie a bystander. Tne po llen are rui rf ill of Hie bystanders. They only wish the tongs would learn tu *hoot stimuli!, and then they'd prnlMhly let cm fight It out among j l hemaalvea IIoiim* Is Hurried. Fa train l, la.. .Ian, 24 Th* farm horn* of William Monralock «>i dt »f toysil Th uratlay hy flr*. w tilth nrls Inalt'| In t dafarilv* fin* Mr*. Moor* look «a» a*v»r*Iy hurt whan th* pi ’nn f*11 aaulnst lift a* tlity wet* al ttinplln* lit roll It fiom th* lum**. I Dance Halls Blamed for Youth’s Fall Poolhalls During Day and Girls at Night Demand Money, Boy Tells Police After Arrest. - % Names Companions A round of pool halls In the day time and dance halls at night, indulg ed In by a group of Omaha boy3 whose names have not been made public, was described to detectives Saturday night by Earl Cassidy, 17, tint) South Seventeenth street, who was arrested for an alleged automo bile theft. Detectives Buglewioz and Mlcklas arrested young Cassidy late Satur day, after receiving a report that a oar had been stolen from In front of the Orain Exchange building. “Pardner” of Theft Suspect. In his confession Cassiday admitted that he was a. “pardner” of Orvls Ronham, 18, now In county Jail await ing trial for burglary. These two youths are believed by police to have attempted eome 30 daring robberies, many of which turned out so badly that tile youths' efforts seemed al most Don Quixotic. One of the attempted robberies was at Die Pelton garage, Twenty-second and Farnam streets, In which the youths used an automobile wrecking derrick to lift a safe Into a Stutz car. Theytthen discovered that they could not operate the car in whidh they had placed the safe, nor even start It.I llad Enough linns to Start War. Another of their exploits, young, Cassidy told detectives, was the, burglarizing of a sporting goods j house, when they obtained enough: guns to start a war, but found to their dismay that they didn't know how to shoot them. They persevered, however, estab lishing a rifle range north of Flor ence. But young Cassidy accidental ly shot himself, and as a result he and Ronham were arrested. 1'assl ly was arraigned in Juvenile court and paroled to his mother, Mrs. Velma Cassidy, who operates th» check stand at a dancing academy. Young Cassidy defended the fic tions of the three boys whose names he gave to police, declaring that the cost of shooting pool and dping the dance halls necessitated the business of raising money in some manner. They have no time to earn mom y any way except by stealing It, hr sa d, according to the detectives. Perfect* Ford Key. Cassidy's arrest occurred SatUrdu only a few minute* after he had taken the car. lie said he had per fected a key for stealing Fords, but that he tried 14 before he succeeded ■ ii getting one of the temperamental machines under way. lie explained that ti« was none too adept at driv ing any kind of car. and that lie couldn't hack any out, hut Anally found one which stood parallel with the street. lie had only driven as far as Eighteenth and Douglas streets, anil was proceeding call tlnusly when the detectives discovered him, ran him into tlie curb and ar rested him. t'assidy steadfastly denied that he hims"lf. came under the sheik class lie declared he couldn't dance, and ; really hadn't intended to steal th" | car. “I Just wanted to take lorn* gtrU for a ride,” he said. —- 1 ■ CUMMINS DESPAIRS OF RAIL MEASURE Washington, .Ian. 24—Senator Cummins, republican, Iowa, nti flounced after a conference today with Piestdent Coolidge th«t he bad abandoned effort* at a compromise between railroad managers and win ployes on legislation similar to the Howell Barkley bill, to ileal with iallroad labor disputes. Neither side, he said, ha* been willing to agree to a conference. Action on the Howei^ Hark ley bill however, has been postponed for this session. WINE, STILL FOUND j AT PRIEST’S HOME Hair Hake City. I'Uh. Jan. 2t Deputy sheriffs todav raided the resi drnce of Hev. M K. Sheehan, rector of St. Patrick Catholic church and ■«Hzed 15 gallons of wine and a small still, l'p to late todrn no complaint had been Issued against Father Sheehan who said he held a state permit fni wine, and that the still was used solely for distilling water No whisky was found hv the ofth era Huciii); l)alf» S<*t. .Shenandoah, Is . Jan .’1 « W Kelly of Clurlnda W.IS elected |»r« -i dent, arid t'. N Nelson of r..i'i «rd. secretary at n meeting of the -mort ship” fair circuit hei e Frida v Dales for the southwestern Iowa fairs wen set ns follows: Clurlnda, July ?n Hedford. July 27 August 1. Malvern August 3 8; Hheimndonh. August, 10 15, and probably Avoca. August 1 i 22, and Harlan, August 2 4 D Ten rm • program are being considered though definite aitlon was not un no u need % Jj&erri* \ __■_JU- -—. Kd rerrrll, night office manager for the Roberts Dairy company, Twen ty-ninth and fuming streets, carried out several children from the three blazing houses of the thrilling fire early Friday morning. He saw the blaze from his office, and enlisting the aid of Pete Dempsey, night“"barn man, ran to the scene and helped arouse neighbors on all sides. Underworld Chief Slain in Own Auto Chicago Beer Magnate Shot Down in Front of Home; Sla\er Escapes. Chicago, Jan. 24.—John Torrlo. known as a beer magnate and under* world chieftain, wan reported shot and seriously wounded as he eat in hi* automobile in front of hi* South Shore home today. Several men In a fast moving automobile esraped after tiring upon him from under < over of their car. Torrio recently was fined *.',,000 and sentenced to jail for nine month* on a prohibition <Karge resulting from hi* a treat with more than a score of other* in a police raid on the Sieben brewery last May. Isolds Alterie, friend offc the late Dion < l Banion, florist-gunman bootlegger, who was assassinated in hi* floral shop, is under charges In the same case. FARMER IS FOUND GUILTY IN FIGHT Missouri Valley, la., Jan. 24 — •John 1 tiles, a young farmer living In the hill* southeast of here, was found guilty In district court at l.odgan, Friday of assail It and battery, the complaining witness he ing Jamea Kirkland, a neighlmr. Mile* had been Indicted l»y the grand jury on a charge of assault to commit great bodily injury. The two men met November 19. and in a fight Kirk laud suffered u number of broken riba. FAIR ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS Shenandoah, la., Jan. 24. — AH directors elected at the annual meet ing of stockholders of the Shenan doah Fair association, are new, ex cept one. The new members are Frank Keenan, Harry Shurtz, Theo dore Nordstom, Frank Anshutg, Wil liam Snook, K. F. Rose and Hon Me* Oifftn. K. F. Cans* was reelected. 'Plie annual fair will he held the week of August 10. THREE SMUGGLER GROUPS ARRESTED Mexico City, Jan. 24 l'tilted States custom* «*rik i tla nt 1 .aredo arrested today three groups of smugglers along the Mexican bonier, according (o word received here, ami seized a Quantity of silk valued at several thousand dollars. Two of the smug gler* were wounded. The Mexican army i* co-operating with the I'nlted State* officials, DEFENDANTS WIN *|irrl»| llUftnl'h to The Omaha Itee. Carroll, la.. Jan 2 4 A verdict for the defendants was returned by a Jury in district court that hetard the $20,000 damage ault of Mrs. Kvor Morgan against 1 us. Anneberg and Martin, alleging Injuries ns a result of nn opperation in a local hospital. The m*e was tried before Judge M. R. Hutchinson The jury was out two hours. f—1— . Sun Eclipse Spells End of World to “ Wildcat Biir Thernio|HiH*. W>o., Jan. ?$.— "M lliksl Mill*' Vbcrnnlhy cum down (lout his shark and trap* on IlirdVo e |uts* today. *ohl Ids fur*. Ids dogs and the r1 aim on federal Imd lie has been occupying In the mount tins and i* waiting fur the vli.tdcs of «tfti;ht In fall, when he pi diM the end of the world Ibr tin’s ellipse. Wildcat Mill tabes It, spell* the end of e%era tiling. Iowa G.O.P. Asks Senate Seat Vacated Fraud and Dci-ril in Klrrtion (Campaign Charged by Slate Central Com mittee. Complaint Bill Planned By .%««<>«*latcri Press. Des Moines. la., .Ian. 24.—The re publican party of Iowa, through the state central committee, today offi cially repudiated Fnited States Sen ator Smith W. Brookhart and moved to have the seat to which he was elected as a republican candidate last November declared vacant on grounds of alleged fraud and deceit. A resolution passed l»y the central committee, which met here today, di rected the chairman, 13. ,B. Burnquist of Fort Dodge to prepare a bill of complaint for filing with the senate, charging that Senator Brookhart. prior to the November election, posed as a republican until it was too late for the committee to bring out an other candidate, then aligned himself with the I«a Follette movement, de nounced the republican national ticket and divorced himself from the republican party, thereby deceiving the electors of Iowa. “The acts of Smith W. 1 ookhart,’ says the resolution in summing tip the charges of the committee, “are contrary to honesty and political morality ami to permit such acts to stand unchallenged would be to put a premium on trickery and deceit, and to permit an unscrupulous person to become elected to a public office by the use thereof. ” Ask Brookhart In sea ted. The contest of Senator Brookhart's election will not be on behalf of Dan iel F. Steck. his democratic oppo nent. who was defeated, according to ;he official canvass, by only 755 votes out of a total of nearly 1.000.000, but i he committee w,;ll ask the senate to refuse to seat Senator Brookhart in the new session and declare his office vacant. The governor then would ap point a new senator to serve until the next general election. ^ A contest of the election already I has been filed bv Steck who also ! alleges fraud and irregularities. The lengthy resolution adopted by ’he committee points out that in tha [regular manner the republican party of Iowa participated in the nomina tion of President Coolidge and Charles B. Dawes, that the national '-andi dates ami the platform of the party were entitled to the support of all other candidates; that the senator an nounced himself as a republican ran didate for ^nomination and was nom inated as a republican in the primary and continued to present himself as a republican candidate until the time for filing Independent candidates had expired and until It was no longer] possible f»»r his name to he removed from the republican ticket hkmowi-d Party. Thereafter, the resolution declare*.' ; Brookhart »«• openly disavowed the lepuhlican party, it* principles and candidates and espoused the principles' and candidales of a rival party that he ceased to l>e a member of the re publican jwirtv and did in fact be come a member of a rival party, the independent progressive party, and did thereby become ineligible ns a candidate of the republican party.” In permitting his name to remain ' on the republican hallot, says the lesolution. “Brookhart was actuated by fraudulent purpose and design of securing a large number of votes for senator, under the false claim of being a republican.” Members of the republican part> : were thereby deprived of having a candidate for l’nlted States senator, ihe revolution declares. The appearance of the senators name on the republican ticket, the revolution emit I lilies. xn\ed him fmm an ovel whelming defeat and resulted in “a glaring fraud upon the repub licans of Iowa and the l-nlted >y.'ite* The resolution Is umlei sttaxl to j have been adopted unanimously. SENATORS ARGUE COLONIAL HISTORY Washington, .Ian. HI - The senate was taken hack through revolu tionary history yesterday when Sen ntor Bruce, democrat. Maryland, chnl lenged previous statements by Chair man Borah of the foreign relations committee regarding French asMs tance to the colonies and utged that the United Stnies recognise a moral obligation to France In consideration of the latter's war debt. Against Senator Minora citations from contemporary authorities which lie contended showed there had been actual gifts of ntonev from France to the United States In the revolu tionary period, Senator Borah main tntned his position that the Amer ican government had received no gifts and had fullv repaid itw debt In France. The Idaho senator as sorted that If Senator Bruce had "any evidence himself that tt was not paid. I will accept It." Senator Dill, republican Washing j ton, pleaded for cessation of what tie charactsi'tred as the "unnecessary i and unproductive debate He favor j ed collection of the French debt, be said, but in a generous spirit' Miss Florence McCabe, superintend ent of the Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha, was elected president of the second district of the Nebraska State Nurse association at the annual meeting held Friday afterpoon at the Hotel Kontenelle. Other new officers are: Miss Deeta Holdredge, first vice president Miss Myra Tucker, second vic“ president; Mrs. KtheJ Johnson Findley, secretary; Mrs. Amanda Ol son Schoolman, treasurer, ftnd Miss Pearl liaison, director. After a luncheon and musical pro gram, Miss I-a ura It. IvOgan, presi dent of the National Deague of Nurs ing Kduoatiop* si»oUt' on "The Place of the Nurse in the Community.” Dr. Jiodtipy W. Bliss spoke on “The Physician and Nurse as Co-Workers The meeting adjourned aft^r the election. LINCOLN REFUSES TO PLEAD GUILTY) Geneva, 111., Jan. 24.—Warren J. Lincoln would rather take a chance: on th<* rope than spend the remaindei of his life behind the walla of *a j prison. The man, charged with the murder of his wife, Lina, and her brother, Byron Shoup. made this de vision today as his trial started be fore Judge William J. Fulton. He emphatically refused to plead guilty to the murder of his wife and threw himself on the mercy of the court. Defence lawyers. Nate Aldrich and Harvey Gunsul. it was reported, urged the horticulturist to make the pica and take life sentence. I tn innocent, i ll he freed ’* roun tered Lincoln. ' Nope; 1 want to tell my story.” State s Attomev Phsrles Abbott cf Klein made his opening argument a the trial started t«wiay. "Kvldenre will show that Lincoln did everything to hide h!.s crime, said Abbott. "Why he even wrot*1 Lina n relative* that she bad run awav 141 Seattle with a man amt at that time be had *e;;led her lips in death. Just think, gentlemen «»f the jury, he besinir* tied her memory and ai‘» us**il her of um hastity after hei i»o*lv had 1^11 h.o ked to bits.” BERGDOLL AIDE TO PLEAD GUILTY Philadelphia. Jan. 24 —That Eu gene tlkei Stecher. f«u met hauffeu: for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. draft dodger, intends to pie. d guiltv and take his medicine it the March term of federal court was assured Assis tant Fnited Slates Attorney F. 1 Deininger, by William C. Lynch. Ste< her s attorney, this afternoon Stecher surrendered to federal ai thiuities yesterday and i« held in the Mo>aniensing prison here in tld.ftW bail for trial charjted with nidi eg tlrover C Hergdoll, the millionaire ili a ft (bnlger. !•» ewnpr from b - mother's heme in May. Hergdoll. StOilifr -aid. was still In Germany, where he his been hiding since his flight from the t’nite-1 States lie said he "aw BergdMI about thiee weeks mjo. FIVE KILLED BY | CAMP LANDSLIDE Seattle, Wash.. .Ian. It — Fi\e moll j .-.if (load, two mom hovering on the htlnk of (loath ami another suffer ing front loss serious injuries today, xictinis nf a landslide at the Stpne and Webster construction camp of the Baker river power plant at Con crete. Wash Charles Bnrku* of Seattle Robert Small of Concrete Andy Norman if Bremerton: Richard Turner of Hend erson, N C and I \\ Anderson of Bremerton neie killed The Weather 1 V-/ Kwr *4 httura at T p m ,ltnu *i \ 34 T»mp#u(ur# T ■ n .(•» bulb 34 I1 %»#t bulb .13; noon. «1rv bath « :* *rt| huth. »« . 4 r «i iln buiU. 3 4 w#t j bulb. 3 • , hitbct*f t* ti wom 15. Birth , 4ft normal .*2. tola) »tn«# Javni i ary J. (ft RftlMpft Ibmmtiu P*rf#nla*# T a ft! 4ft. noon (( 1 »» IP ja Pt#« p tattoo In ha mu\ Mno trodth* Total n«n» total *»rw« .Unuar« i ft 1C.I. i1«ftcl*hrt ft 34 Mfttiri* Intittrraifthf* a »n 3 .n p «n «; : * • is f r n (4 • ft it 4 3pm 4*1 * • **4 4 r m o • • m ; i ‘pm $ t I ]* • ™ G « p m J1 • %' 5 i * r m ., , t» U no,;• 11 Merchant Opens Fire on Bandits Ha*l Armed Self Vftcr Rob bers Had Terrorized Neighborhood During Last ^ eek. Identified as Soldiers Two holdup men were shot and killed by S. R. Gulick, grocer at 3302 Grand avenue, shortly after 7 Saturday night. They had entered the store and attempted to hold up the place. There has been a series of robberies in that lo cality during the past few weeks, and Gulick had armed himself some time before. The two men were identified ** Fort Omaha soldiers by Lieut. F. B. Richardson, officer of the day at the fort. One of them. Norman Kelly, fell in his tracks after Guli< k fired on him. and died In the store. The other. Arthur Fay. ran from the store, leaving a trail of blood, ami was found dead on Saratoga street, near the fort. Roth men were meml*er.** of Com pany F, Seventeenth infantry. Gulick. anticipating a robbery, sev eral of which have occurred in that vicinity recently on Saturday night.-, had armed himself with a shotgun and a revolver, and had seated him self on the stairs in the rear of the store, behind a cookie box. "I knew they were tough when they came In." said Gulick. "I pre pared for action.** One of the men demanded cookie-* of Mrs. Gulick and she handed them td him. The other had gone farthe bark in the store and approached Charles Havey of 4$J4 North Thirty third street, who was using the tele phone. Addressing; Haver he pidied a gun and said: "Damn you. get out of this corner and raise your hands. I'm going to kill you. I mean business." It was then that Gulick opened fire. Two Shots. He fired two shots, one charge tak ing effect in the brains of ea^h of the soldiers. Fay staggered through the door ind ran unsteadily for a block and a la If, Kelly fell to the floor, dead. Chief of Detectives Danhaum. re cently wounded in a gun battle, hur led to the scene nf the shooting, viewed the dead man. and declared they answered the description of men svh had l»een carrying on a series «*£ ti old ups. The men wore government shirts ind overcoats, but wore overall*. Knew They \\ ere Tough. Gulick w is himself a victim of a (oddup on »»«-Uii*er 3«» when ?w'«» men ^ entered his store and ribbed lutu >f *3 "1 knew when the two* men entered hat the> were touch " said Gulick. S«» 1 prepared invw-if for battle. I • rtas right, too." NEW ENVOY FROM FRANCE ARRIVE? New York Jan ;t.— Emi! Dnrsvh roer. who will succeed the retired Jules Juaserand as French ambatsa dor at Washington arrived today. ar compan ed by his wife and tw< daughters He dec lined to express his views «i the matter of war dehi payments saving * to do so would not l»e deoen to the American government nor ?« Mr Coolidee He mkl, however. that recoil* 'pee* hen by men In the public life of t'rHiue had •vuKol tmn h ornament and "the general impression is thr> Frame is to pay her debts, as sio a) wavs has done the enly questioi being how to do it." Washington The senate passed the v-nv app* > print ion bill cat rving >33; 'Sfl.Ptv The interna! revenue bureau *d vise*! taxpayers not to pay more in come tax than thev owe Argument for quashing the oil in dictment* were continued in the tHs trict of Columbia supreme court. ■J - President Cooltdge reaffirmed hie stand in favor of American paruct lalion in the world court Senator CopeUml New York told tbc senate the original treaty ceding the Cuba sovereigns o\et the Isle of r*tnes had leen lost The house passed a bill to Increase expend!!ure*» from >; 1.000,00* to Mi.* 000,000 each far *he ah taft carriers. Lexington and Saratoga Sworn statements <h giig mmv'n duct against Federal Judge flee' ^e iV English of th* astern Ttbnota district wete filed with Speaker CW* left. Assistant Attornev turners! 5*<m niour told a senate ommtttee tha IVivartment of Justice is invaavai* *'•* re* s * ' * -f the Gen %*i Electric company, \ Another Hero of Fire Routing 3 Families Florence McCabe Heads Nurse Society of State