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— - ■■ I wea™®^*^ast rpTTTA /f 4 TT A C!tT1VTT\ \ '\7r 1 ) t-v—\ thought for the day Nebraska and Iowa—Sunday partly I I I I ' 4 4^ W I 4/ I / % I / Y 4 1 I I W l' \ I I W 1 A A The darkest hoair man's life **** cloudy and somewhat colder. .Jfc- JL *• A ~ ^ ™ ■*» **■ ▼ "*• r ' *-* Is when he sits down to plan how to _ get money without earning it.— CITY EDITION _ VOL. 54-NO. 34. “= OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING7FKBRUAfiY 1,~1925. * X X_KiVbTcKNTS s- '""""■’‘77 -..' Nome Awaits Arrival of Anti-Toxin Town Stricken by Diphtheria Turns Anxious Eyes to South, for Sight of Speeding Dog Team. Many Lives in Balance By Intoriintlnnal New* Service. Nome, Alaska, Jan. 31.—This little town on the top of the world to night turned anxious eyes southward to watch for the coming of fleet dog teams bringing death-cheating anti toxin to its diphtheria sufferers. Speeding Into Nome across the frozen snow and ice was Leonard Sepella, famous musher of the north, guiding a sled containing a package of the precious scrum to replace Nome's exhausted supply. With five dead, 22 suspected cases, and many sick and terrorized, Nome awaited arrival of the champion dog team driver and his cargo Dr. Curtis J. Welsh, Nome's lone physician, who has been battling night and day to check the disease, declared that Sepella, should be ar rive within the next few hours, would probably save hundreds of lives. He said his supply of old anti-toxin, ren dared practically useless because of its age, was entirely gone and that primitive methods would be forced upon him unless the new supply of (he remedy was rushed Ccn. Scot C. Bone hashed from the state house at Juneau that he had every confidence Sepella and his gr.’nt huskies would arrive here to rn i row or next day at the latest. < r Tdne has received bulletins marking the progress of the mad (, tin- relay learns over the tun ra and d dared "The eyes of the i u-th are watching Sepella in his race for humanity.” Tit* approach of the racing dogs rvhtened the hearts of Nome’s reel dtnts. • Morale in the camp is splendid and assistance to the sufferers has been i ft red by every resident, although i he bulk of the tattle has been done by lir. Welch and Miss Emily M. i. -an, a nurse formerly of Wichita, Kan. CREDIT PLAN FOR WORLD, PROSPECT Paris, Jan. 31.—An international Dawes plan to take care of all credits Is In prospect for Europe. The same experts who drafted the Dawes plan whereby Germany is paying repara tions to the allies are likely to formu late the Dawes debt program, accord ing to Willis H. Booth, president of the International Chamber of Com merce and vice president of the Guaranty Trust company of New Tork. Action to formulate a Dawes debt plan will be taken this summer. Booth •aid. and would be the outcome of ne gotiations which the International Chamber of Commerce Is now carry ing on. “The assumption that I am In Paris to negotiate the Franco-American debt Is a mistake," said Booth. "I have absolutely no official mission here to perform. I am here only for the International Chamber of Com merce. The chamber will take up the entire Interallied debt institution as a ^ whole, but I have no Intention of en tering Into any discussion of any iso lated debt, Including the Franco Amerlcan debt.” Guilty on Rum Charge. Bridgeport, Neb., Jan. 31.—Judge Barron, sitting In district court at Gering, fined George Konglr' and George Kamer of Mitchell Valley, $500 each, and sentenced them to 30 days In Jail for having mash In their possession. Farm Home Burn*. Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 31.—The farm home of Henry Coleman, south of Adams, was considerably damaged by fire of unknown origin. The Adams fire department was called and ex tingulshed the blaze with chemicals. -> January Bank Clearings Up $28,000,000 Omaha bank clearings for the month of January, 1925, were ap proximately $28,000,000 more than the bank clearings of January, 1924, eecording to the Omuha Clearing House association. • The bank clearings of January 1925, amounted to $182,0.1.1.729. while the hank clearings of January, 1924, totuhd $153,106,872. The hank clearings for (In- Week • ruling Saturday amounted lo >37 362 306. This la approximately i.I.OOO. #00 mote than the bank i leering* of the similar week a year ago. clear ing* at that time amounted to $34, fTI.OSy. The hank clearings for1 the week •ndlnj January 24 totaled $40,418, 166, Mystery in Leginska Disappearance I \ ■/V'ETI-rEfr Much mystery surrounds the disappearance In New York City ot Ethel l.egiilska, world famous pianist and composer-conductor, who vanished while a huge audience was waiting in Carnegie hall to hear one of her scheduled programmes. Her friends declare they believe she has fled from what she has been pleased to term "stifling civilization.” She had no money with her when she disappeared. r Omaha Woman and Daughter Friends of Titled Mate of Gloria Swanson MUS. FRANK A. SHOTWKLI. ami her daughter, Margaret, are friend* of Marquis l)e la Falaise of Paris, the new husband of (iloria Swanson. The Shotwells met the marquis last summer while in France. "The marquis is a fascinating man and hr is to Paris what the prince of Wale* is to Iaindon,” Mrs. Shot w ell said. “The boy is only 28 years idd, although 1 noticed the papers had him 29. We received a letter from him at Christmas time." Mrs. ShotweU and Miss Shotwell expect to meet the marquis and Ills wife of the screen when they arrive in this country during February. Marquis I)e le Falaise is described as a blond, and handsome, scion of one of the oldest families of France, hui he does not have a large bank account, according to report. (iloria Swanson, however, has indicated that real love came knocking at her iieart when she met the marquis. She Is “really and truly happy" now with the marquis by her side, she tidd friend*. The marquis will he introduced to Holly wood during the latter part of Februrry or early March. Ancestor Couldn't Spell, So Cohan Wants Name Changed to Cain , -^IIK error of an almost illiterate ancestor is lilameif by flohrrt \!>ran> | Cohan, anil salesman, for the fart that his name is ‘‘Cohan'' instead ! of “Cain.” t ohan filed a petition in district court Saturday, ashing that his name i be changed to Cain, arguing that Cain is really the name of Ills family for dorens of generations bark. Filtered a relative who wasn't such a heavyweight at spelling, he alleges, and began spelling it C-o-h a n. ( ohan Isn't hitter against this ancestor. He believes the mistake was made Inadvertently by the ancestor when he, the ancestor, was just learn ing to write. lint in any event he wants to he known ns Cain henceforth, and points nut that other fnlinns are retrieving their original family name in various parts of the country in the same manner. _ Mrs. Andy Nielson Demands $!)0,0(I0 for Son, Crippled in Tramway Crash Mrs. Emma R. Nielson, wife of Andy Nielson, the parson aviator,’ filed suit Saturday in the district court against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company for $50,0(10 damages in hehalf of her son, Paul, 0. The claim is based on an accident which occurred at Sixteenth and Cum ing streets on September 6, 1924. when a street car became derailed and smashed into an automobile in which the Nielson hoy was riding. The car was demolished, the plain tiff's petition alleges, and the boy was severely Injured. Mrs. Nielson declares that ns a result of these injuries iter son Is forced to wear a hinged brace on his left knep and that he is permanently crippled. In her petition she con tlnues: “Plaintiffs upper and lower Jaw and mouth are permanently crippled and deformed because of the loss of teeth and malnutrition of the bones thereof, the growth of w'hICh has been thereby suspended In infancy. Ilfs general nutrition, growth and vitality have been permanently und incurably impaired and he has suffered and will continue to suffer great pain of !>odv and mind.” Mrs. Nielson alleges that the derail rnent was mused by the motorman going CO miles an hour and losing • ontrol of his car, thnt the track had been negligently constructed and that the car had no effective power or hand brake COMMUNISTS OUST TROTZKY, IS REPORT l>ondon, Jan. 31.—The central com munism. committee has decided to ex clude Trotzky from the communist party, a dispatch from Helsingfors, Finland, said. Dispatches from Mos cow several days ago said Trotzky had been replaced as commissar for war, but that he would continue to be rtn active member of the com munist party. BLAINE TO BOLT INAUGURAL RITES Wash I rig ton, Jan. 31. Governor John Blaine of Wisconsin notified the inaugural committee that he will not he present to march In the Foolldge inaugural parade on March 4 next Governor Blaine is a supporter of Senator La FollHt e. Governor Blaine * declination is the first the inaugural committee has re reived from the state executives, all of whom were invited to attend the March 4 Inaugural Chaplin-Lita Grey Romance Tottering, Hollywood Hears; Girl-Wife’s Lawyer-Uncle Admits Cash Agreement Sought By Internntlonnl New* Srrvlr#. Los Angeles, Jan. 31. A sc hool Kiri’s dream of romance and happl ness with the most famous clown In the world, Charlie ChapUn, wan seemingly at an end today when it was learned that attorneys represent Ing Ijita. firry Chupliti. his hride of two month* after a colorless romance, wrte trying to rffert a financial agreement between the film slat and his girl wife. BidwIn MoMurray, well known Ban Francisco law yer and unc le* «»f Mih. , Chaplin, now In Los Angeles, wav quoted today a* admitting that ft nanrlal negotiations were in prugroe between Chaplin and hla bride, but denied that negotiations were the fore runners of a separation or divorce At the same time nil efforts to reach the comedian or Mr* Chaplin proved futile. Attorney McMurrny snld Mrs. Chap I in hud nothing to any and Chaplin was hci Juried, hut lust whers. hlv servants would not disclose. Speculation was also rife today with the report of the financial negotln lions. Just what would he their ef fed on the situation of u baby »*x , pci * 11'(| to be horn to Mrs. Chaplin, w.i i Htihjci | f»,i conjecture. The Chaplin * Ireyf rntimrue. which tyi iiiinated at Innpi line, MvxVio, m November, when the pair wii« mar tied, ha* aroused the interest of the hits* Hollywood film rolonv n* noth lug else ha* over done Mr* (’hap 11n, |i wm reliably reported, ha* ft* • juently told friend* that *he mo* tin happy b*cuu*e Chaplin waa borne **> MlUe; that lie n« \ei took lot *»ul In puhlle nnd that bn »»i»I\ dlvoi ton t*» hunk the tjionntonv <>f i,i\lu almo in Ihverly Hill* I* o «n i anhin.il ■‘hop ping tour *ith her u *»thet H**f»n aftei thetr nmiliua Mr Chaplin t«»ld friend* that hei t unon* hiiHhand \va* tiimlly engaged In mak lug a plot me and that home III' would have In h« Mldet larked f nj tlo I him la log 2 Men Held for Slaying Mail Clerk Detectives Complete Trail Which Led From Chicago to German Arms Factory and Back. Lost Revolver Only Clue By Universal Service. Chicago, Jan. 31.—Threading a maze that led across the Atlantic to a German arms factory, Chicago de tectives today solved the slaying of Bussell Dickey, express messenger, who (lied in defense of his mail car on December 20. As a result, two men are under ar rest, one of them, a passenger brake man on the Northwestern railroad, Edward J. Smith, who is credited with planning the mail holdup, and Bernard Mylin, who, the authorities declare, Us the actual slayer of Dickey. The only clue the authorities had lo the slaying was the revolver which the bandit threw from the train near Ravinla, 111., a suburb of Chicago. It was a German Mauser. A cablegram to the manufacturer brought the name of the New York dealer, who told the authorities that dealer who told the authorities that he had shipped the revolver and two silver bread trays to a man in Oconto Falls, AVIs. The articles never arriv ed at their destination. They hail been shipped on the Viking Express, on whleh Smith was brakeman. The theft was traced to Smith and the bread trays found In his home in Milwaukee. Confronted with the evidence, Smith, the father of three children, confessed having planned the holdup and naming Mylin as the one who had sought to carry It out. Mylin was to act alone, but when Dickey resisted the bandit he was shot down and In order to escape he leaped from the train in Evanston. Smith w-as on the train when the holdup took place, but, according to pre arranged plans, he was not to take part in It. The two are to he tried In Lake | i ounty on murder charges. Klan Drason Gets Guard Commission Colorado K. K. K. Chief Is Named Colonel in Med ical Corps. Denver, -Tan. 31.—Dr. John Galen I.nrke grand dragon of the Colorado ku Klux Klan. 1* a full-fledged cer of the Colorado National Guard, it became known today. Dr. l/ooke appeared af Governor .Worley’* office yeaterdav to subscribe to the oath of office, inducting him Into the office of colonel of the medi cal corps, to which he was appointed several day* ago by the executive. A hurried search failed to reveal « copy of the state oath that i* re qulred and the ceremonies wore post poned. Kate yesterday Muj. Bert T«ike ad ministered the oath to pr. l*nrk* in the executive chamber* in the pics erne of Governor Morley. FATHER SLAYS TWO CHILDREN Pott.town. Pa., Jan. SI,—While In a religious frenzy, police sav, Walter Blngaman, SO, a fanner of Coventry, 10 mile, from here, killed ht* 10 month-old daughter. Alina, and his 6 year-old son, Waller, Jr., today. Hlnga man's father, Christopher. 7t, died of heart disease while battling with his son to save the children's lives The hahy was strangled In tier crib The boy was killed by a heating ad ministered with the handle of a car pee sweeper. When state policemen arrivrd at the farmhouse they found Blngnman seated In the parlor calmly reading a Bible. They surrounded him with drawn revolvers, hut he manifested no ex cltement. ‘T know why you have come, the policemen said he told them I will go with you peaceably. I did right A spirit told me to kill them and I did." Jazz Era Waning in Omaha, Divorce Judge Believes; Decrees Here Slump From 1,042 in 1920 to 810 in 1924 Most Petitions Filed in Sum mer; Court Recesses Then, Hoping Troubles Will “Blow Over.” By J. T. ARMSTRONG. The divorce business is falling off. Just when Omaha was well on the way to out-dance Reno and Paris in the business of untying marital knots, things begin to slump. The depression began three years ago in Omaha, Just when Paris began to swing into form. The decrease was not marked at first, but Bince the first of this year there has been a genuine slump. District Judge I,. B. Day, who rules over the court of domestic relations, is not alarmed by the decrease in the number of married Omahans who would cease to he married. On the contrary, he is delighted. Jazz Kra Waning Seen. The Judge -ha/t recited his views on the damage of divorce to the com munity so often that it is not neces sary to repeat them. In this decrease the numbers of seekers after alimony or freedom or what-not, the judge sees a distinct change for the better, a waning of the Jazz era. Omaha surpassed many other i itles of the country in the number of di vorces granted in ratio to population back in 1920, when 1,417 petitions for divorce were filed and 1.042 divorces were granted. At about this time prom inent social workers of the city began expressing genuine alarm. The number of divorces granted be \-an to decrease the very next year, however, as the following table shows I)«tp**i Orantp'1 • ... i. Ol! 1 '■>'! I .. . fin T<-:-S . ....... DJtt l. . . #3.-, 19!4 .XlU Thu# it may be seen that the <1e <line ha# been steady, If not rapid. It was in 1921 that Juvenile authoii ties began investigating all rases in which one of the contesting parth s defaulted. This partly accounts for the fa^t that the number of decree* cranted ha# gradually become smaller although the number of case# filed has remained about the same each year. Hove nf Teare at Work. The dove of peace has hovered about the divorce court quite fre uently during the last few years, too, and many an unhappy couple has gone forth still married and de •ermined to have another try at liv ing lip to the “till death do part’ . la use in the marriage ceremony. Since January 1 Judge Day has heard 69 divorce case#, as compared to 92 case* on the corresponding Jan uarv of 1924, a decrease of 23 case* It mean* that people are settling down." the Judge hazarded. It means that we are emerging from the hectic. Jazz period.’* Judge Day * severnl years of exp* vJence in divorce court have enabled him to observe that. Most divorce rnse* are filed in th* summer time, during the vacation pe riod The least number of divorce Milts me filed just before Christmas. Kaster, Christinas Reconciliations. Most reconciliation# between cs t ranged couples occur just before blaster and Christina'#. As a result of the tendency of roil pie# ask for divorces in the sum time Judge Pay usually takes hi# va cation in August, that is. he refuses j to hear divorce cases, during that month and spends all his time^on cither court business Judge Pay recently announced that divorces will not be granted simply because married couple* cannot get along, and made it flear that if chil dren are Involved it will be doubly hard to obtain decrees. This announce j inent is believed to have slackened the daily grind of divorce court here. But, !n any event, Omaha has lost Its stride and fallen behind as a di vorce center Which, as the judge would paradoxically put It. means that divorce business In Omaha is bad. but it I# a good thing for Omaha. 800 HOMELESS FROM FLOODS Nampa. Ida . Jan. 31.—More than 100 Nampa residents on the north side were homeless this morning, and dance halls, pavilions, city ball, rail rbnd depot and hotels were taxed to the limit to accommodate the refugee's is a result of the rising water of Indian creek, which extended over j the entire section of the city from two block# north nf the creek south [ to railroad trac ks, and fully 10 blocks long The flood was caused by a break In the New York canal, five miles south east of Nampa, which occurred about 6 Thursday evening. To keep the water from flooding the farms, canal headgatos were closed and the water diverted into Indian creek, which al ready was running full, due to con tinned warm rains which melted the heavy *n«»w A large number of chickens, hogs and several tons of ground hay are I reported lost, furniture ruined and goods in grocery stores destroyed The 'lows. It is believed, will aggregate nouily $100,000. Hie Weather I - -* ’i limp - I’liilii k' i |> pi I ihmii*-* SI' • ipontimt iv h*-« *i»i| loiedredih* ■» 0 104 'll llfpo I B HUM > V t 0 #0 % 0 1ft llmirli IViiipi ntliir* * ft b ni 4t l i* in II * » m <0 i in It n n» !•> .1 p m * B IP IB 4 i> in * * tn a* h ,, H, i »> ' *. 1 l noon.II • t« m . j ^ Judge Bluffs Teamster Buried When Bank Caves l nder Team ! | Ven's l.egs ami Hij> Crushed l») XX ei;:I’t of Earth: Res cue I h\ W it • nrs-eji. Georg* Foote, J310 .Avenue K team ster. strftered a rrurlied left leg and! hip and a broken right leg. early j Saturday afternoon «h n an embank ; Iment on which he was working at I Sixth and Avenue l>, Council l*lufi I caved in on him. [ Foote had driven onto^the -second* ! level of th*» bank, v.hich was hi - * dug: out. and h;*d riunbed off h.-' I wagon before the bank at awe bin ; fell. The wagon ami not-s* « were thrown, to the street bv rh.-» f * Hi tg earth anil I Foote was I tiried dm w*t complet'd' Witnesses t«» the . cctdent he!ped dL Foote out. He was rushed to ihe Jcnni* ted ntundeon hospital, where his i -mli tion was reported as critical Hit* i in i he afternoon. 6-YEAR TERM FOR ‘BREVITIES’ EDITOR New York. Ian 11.—Stephen G.j ! Glow, editor of Broadway Brevities | convicted of using the mails to dr fraud, whs *cntcnoed » dav to serve six years and one day in the Atlanta penitentiary. He was fitted $7 .©on. Albert S. 11»*ow*n. an advertising s* lirltor for the periodi« aI. whs sen tenced to two year* Th* Brevities corporation was fine $11,000. Nat Kunnes. another solicitor, was or dered hikl in the custody of th* Fnlted States marshal for one week pending further investigation ----*. j Rishop to Install Rector at Church in Columbus Golumbus. Jan. .11 lit. Rev. tei nest V. Sh.ayler, Omaha, bishop of ■the Nebraska diocese of t' e KpHc.*p.*i , churrb. will deliver a lecture on the holy land Saturday evening in Co-1 lumbus and Sunday evening In 1 Schuyler. Institution of the new tec tor of Grace church here. Rev J I IdeB. Sattnderson will take place Sun-< day morning, the bishop acting as' instltutor. Ruined Business Houses in Cortland to Be Rebuilt Boatrlo*. Jan. 31 —Th* fnur bulbil Ins* d*stroynl by fir* Ih* first of (hr I »wk nt Cortland. will bo rebuilt In Ih* spring. Til* building* w*rs| Mlttenb*rg« r'» drug slot *. Oorilandl News, r.onobt laht .« afor* »nd black | smith shop Th* fir* stnrtsd Ih Ih* 1 ill iik stor* from unknow n nun. Vi oman and Two Children Found Slain in Home L .b-st-aml Placed l n«lrr Arrest Following Discovery of Pr-apitated J> > lies. Hi^rstoun. Md., Jan 31.—Mrs ; Russel! Martin. *. and her two chib | t'ren. 4 years, and 18 months, were I found brutally murdered in their jhon.e in the mining district of Para j «Umt west of here, today. Their I**- «is had been chopped off Russell Martin, th“ husband, wag j nfaced undv.r arrest bv Sheriff Wll i.i.im Husttr after Walter Winters, a . Im*; ,i, ,n the home, had j found the he. til. lt*dy of the wife’ Mving in a po.d of blood tn her bed 1 IV<khI Ti nil f<• Babes. A blood trail leading from the i dun •• iiii <Jos-d th*» children s InHliee | s’yiii!; hi the liottoni of an alaimlontd I shaft n»iu ■ tin a twsn Ini in the v-.tme room wh* e the uoi.u n v. ns lying a butchei knif w;ts found in a bucket of water. | 'lartin vrbhst >d the ijucstioains , j"f authorities for hours. Then some jone ask d “WhVh «*f them did you kill first?” Ilusb ••d-Susiuct CtillapseH. As though he hat! h en shot. Marlin i '-rumpled up and collapsed. Foum the I j questions Martin answered police re II onstru* ted the triple murder which: they scy th.1 husband committed Knraged by his wife’s love f«*r ! darning and tun tics. Martin w.trnH Iter to pnv in-re attention In home life am! the cuildr n. but she did not. And just a few d \s ago neighbors -aid. Mrs. Martin asked her husband for h divorce and $250 I w.iuse she was tir»d Using with him and wanted to p back to hti home in Wyoming. POFFENR \RGER TRIAL RESUMED! The tiial of Fred Poffenhargor. jh'ld In i unmet ton with the Burling ton mail rubbery was resumed Satut , ay morning in federal court. Test! ' mony of postal clerks and railway mail einpt.Acs Ik*tween the Pa ific «• ‘Halt and Council Bluffs was taken. W. H Pi« k- tt of B iker. Ore., Identi I fled on* of the stolen mail pouches in 'court hs one which he had handled. |and M. i M.f-Men mail clerk, test! I fled that be turned over certain mat! I pouches ni the end of his run from t’heyenne to Omaha. It is expected that the hearing of the testimony will ' be completed late Saturday. The rase may go to the jury on Manila} Poffenbarger was a pal of Keith I Collins, who was found guilty Friday [on ft\e different counts in connection | with the mail robbery. Collins, it is said, is liable to receive a sentence of 25 year* when arraigned next Weil ! nesdav Ft\e years is the maximum sentence on each of the fixe counts. Woman Who “Fooled” Wife-Seeker Must Spend l Years in U. S. Prison San .Ian 11 Mi*. Ho.** 1 .ivhiRNtnn. formerly of Oakland. Owl. tvn* *rntom r«| In I ha 1‘nitnl stair*! district rnttrt hi'i r Imtin to iuo \ aai> I In thr fpilrniil |Mh"ii for vvomrn at I Canton, o. «nr pleading utilltv t« l * t hurge i»f tiding thr mall* to tic fraud In (onnt tlitt with a nmtii ! | nionlnl vrntnrr Shi w »* arrantrd in I I t •'* Angel' * i iv ntl\ i •! 1' Mtllri of Dantirtm Aik thv | | • otittrillning win#**, t haitfinl that Mt* I Idvingeion sent him a photograph of I a woman othei than hei self and an offei of mat i tmon\ if he would for " till J *° t*» enable her to buv a tit kei at Henver She had etu ugh nion»*\ j to t ike het from Denver to lV«jueen,' she Mid In the letter He sent het ■ the tntmrv hot she failed to abide l»\ ! bet Agreement Diet het Arrest Mr* bhinisdun | i*n' nu| hei willingness 11» mat tv Mil l*r. MARTIAL_ _________ . -—-® - Police Chief Threatened by K. K. K. Attempted Discharge of Klans* man From Force Starts New Trouble; Sheriff Asks Troops. Fresh Outbreak Feared By \ftaoriater1 PrfM. Marion. 111.. Jan. 31.—Declaring tlat "deeper trouble" was now on at Herrin, Sheriff George Galligan and Chief of Police A M. Walker, united late today in a telegraphic appeal to Adjutant General Carlos Black at Springfield to declare martial law at Herrin. The telegram was dispatched after a throat which Chief Walker asserted J. H Smith, a Herrin klan leader, had made on his life in front of the < ity hall when the chief attempted to discharge Patrolman Harold Crain, a klan sympathizer. Ross Uscnby. Herrin night police man, and Harry Walker, son of the chief, were under the protection of Sheriff C.nlligan here tonight. Chief Walker, however, who had come to the county seat to confer with Galli gan. returned to Herrin, where the situation was said to be menacing. H»rrin. III. Jan. 31.—After a di* puts over the attempted discharge of Patrol Harold Crain, Chief of Po lice A M. Walker of Herrin went to Marion, the county seat, late today and joined with Sheriff George Gal iigan in sending a telegram to Adjt. Gen. Carlos Black at Springfield, ask ing that martial law be declared here Chief Walker, according to reports, told Patrolman Crain, a Ku Klux Klan supporter, to turn in his star and keys, saying he had determined to dis charge him. i Crain asserted that Walker made a ' move as if to draw a weapon, and | that he tCrainl told Walker not to draw a revolver or there would be trouble. •Soon afterward. It was related J H. Smith, a Herrin klan leader, serv ed i personal warning on M'alker not to discharge Crain Walker then went to Marlon. "It would be useless for the police- ; men to go back to Herrin." Galligan said They could not control the si - ion. and in event of trouble and they might get killed." The sheriff, who is a bitter anti klansman, declared 500 gun-earryme permits had been issued in Herrin and that I* rmanent pec e would t*e impossible until soldiers had come in and disarmed those carrying weapons without sufficient reason* HOI DEN PLEASED BY HOSPITALITY The following telegram was received Isuurdrv morning from Hale Holden. ; president of the Burlington railroad. ’ y Ford Hovey. chairman of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce *»n our return to Chicago. In be half of my a^i'ctetes and myself. I wish to send you an expression of ! mu «fn* re thank* and apprecia tion for the cordial and genetou* welcome received from yourself and nwxN'Iatca from the Omalui Chamber of Commerce, Your prom ises of a friendly reception far ex eroded our anticipation, and we have come away with the warmest frtlinp of renewed allegiance to the interests of your great com munity . Will you kindly convey to votir membership every expression of continual good wishes and thanks for the generous welcome you ac corded ua? Knight' of l*\ tliiH' Mold Pistricl Mori Albion. N»U.. .Ian. .11 A meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodges of the ninth Nebmaka district was held at Albion Thursday. About 50 dele gates from outside Albion were pres ent. A banquet was served by the ladies of the Methodist church, at which 115 were present. Bast Grand Chancellor W. I*. Klswtck of Craw ford made the principal address. Summary of the Day in Washington KtpraaortaUve Berger. Wisconsin* socialist. assailed the insurgent i*:oup in the house as inconsistent , ||| The house decided t ' \ :e Tuesdav on the question of returning postal bill to the senate The Kendrick bill to tu! sett'ers old 1 •eclain.vtion ; *»■ i *» w .i« *ppi \ . d l-v a senate c*umnittee MaSmift. Protest ax'lost the British bate • \ met i. s i. p-- \* * i liewed h> l hr S: »tr ilepar* ment aSKfr*:- ; Tb.e house eliminated • be ^pp: taifS , n ,.t %gHpbc othe Vote will Imp taken 'ud* tee m ,»*pp mgs on farm legislation, ^