—-1 The Omaha Morning Bee n™ y break* a thread in the loom, ami will —-— • Nee the effect when the weating of a CITY EDITION 1^ —r.- .— m,.--■■ —r..^ --7-— - a r-r—-:-—. M nil 1 1 -- —1^— imihii 1 1 -1a11 1--— -- I Hfr HlllP Ift BBrBTWtd, \ HI, '-' VOL. 54—NO. 239. OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925.* TWO CENTS10 WcVi -- Muny Coal Bill Revived by Senators SoIoijs \ ote to Lift Measure Over < .ommittee ^to; In tangible Tax Repeal Re\ isetl. Road Money Discussed By P. C. POWELL. staff ftirrciwindcnt The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, March 19.—The senate ju diciary committee refused tonight to absolutely repeal the intangible tax law In accordance with a desire of flie house and voted to put a bill on -cneral flic which place* a flat 4 mill lev y on Intangibles, Banks, under terms of he bill, will be assessed at 71 per cent of their net value. This action followed an extensive hearing before the committee last ^ night, addressed bv J. A. C. Kennedy and A. W, Gordon of Omaha. Both speakers stressed the fact tijat farm property Is not assessed at its full value, while under tbs Intangible re peal b!lt Intangibles, drawing from 5 to 7 per cent Interest, would be as messed and taxed on full value. Another fact, driven home by tlie speakers was that in other neighbor ing stales flat mill levies were as sessed against Intangibles and such action had placed millions of hidden money on the tax roils. They pointed to action of the Kansas legislature two weeks ago in passing a 2 12 mill levy on intangibles. Sheriff's Feeding Kill Out. Action of tlie senate In lifting the muny gas and coal bill over the veto of the judiciary committee last night created no end of comment in legis lative corridors. The vote was 17 to 14. Those voting to lift the bill were: Hanning* K^rr, R#hr#tis, McGowan, Dotazai. Meauham* Goodrich, Purcall. Griswold. Robortaon, FTolbrook. Scott, G#«*kt. .ShaUorhirger Muoiphroy, Warnor. Johnaon. v Against; *51 laa, Lack#?. ' htmbiri. Robbins, 'oop#r. Vane#, Pysart* Watson, Ft or#, Wllkotni. lllian. Wilt##, i.aughHn. Wood. Absent and not voting. Ifl-ary, R*ed. In the morning the senate commit tee on miscellaneous subjects placed the Hoye-Caldwell sheriff's feeding Mil on general file without amend . j;.elite. i onslderable agitation Is under way ,n the senate t^ver a plan to use only S3 000,000 of the proposed gasoline tax f inds in meeting federal aid for state highways and turn over the remain ing 11,000,0(10 to the countiee for sec ondary roads. Thi* plan wa* the mabject of several hours’ debate be fore the revenue and taxation com mittee tonight. Gas Tax Action Soon. Under the bill as passed by the house the proceeds would go to meet as much federal aid as can be ob tained in the next two years and If any money remains It will go to the counties. Action on the gas tax bill hy the senate committee Is expected in the near future. A small furore was created in the senate today when it was charged that Horace Mann, a Lincoln attor ney, employed to correct technical errors In bills had caused unnec essary delay In sending several bills to the senate for action. A motion by Cooper of Douglas, to dispense with Mann's ser vices was voted down. Literacy Test Opposed. After cc'nsdderable argument the house sent a bill which would force alt auto drivers to obtain licenses back to committee for correction of certain errors. The senate commit tee on constitutional amendments listened to arguments on a bill pro viding fdr a literacy test for all voters, argument tonight by persons from Omaha and other parts of the state, all opposed to the bill. The , provision of the bill, Introduced by Ijiughltn of Beatrice, an American Legion man, would be referred to the people as a constitutional amend ment. Nd action was taken. Representative George O’Malley of Greeley, democrat, Introduced a reso lution calling on Attorney General Spillman to probe alleged unfair price discrimination of creamery companies in the state. The house killed the bill providing for reduction of salaries of code secretaries when It came up Iri third reading. Mrs. Ruth A. Morris I)ie« at Her Home in Gibbon Spc-lal Dispatch to The Omalia Bee. Kearney, March 19.—Mrs. Ruth A. Morris, mother of Dan .Morris, preel dent of the City National bank of this city, died at her home In Gibbon' yesterday. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon, at Gibbon. Mrs. Morris was 71 years old and had l>een ailing since last fall. In addition to her husband six children survive, Dan and Frank of Kearney, Klnter of Lincoln and Mrs. D. A. Trlvelplece and Mrs. George Spencer and Mrs. Harry de Rrle of Gibbon. Ticket Named at Ord. Ord, Neb., March 19.—The good government party held Its caucus In Ord Tuesday night and selected the following ticket: Councilman—First ward. F. C. Williams; second ward, Guy Burrows; third, ward, Bert Lash mett. Dr. Blessing, Will Zabloudll , and J. B. Ptoltz were nominated for the achool board. Missouri Fund Raised. J+fTerfion City, Mo., March 19. fJov #»rnor flam A. Baker JMiitd a procla mation aakin* the paoplo of Mlaaourl In contribute money, food and cloth* frig fr>r relief of people In the Ft turn • trickcn area of aoutheaal Miaauurl. WORKERS SEARCH RUINS AT DE SOTO Soto, Til., March 19.— With * total of 45 bodies already recovered, rescue workers late today were con tinuing their search of the ruins here for additional bodies with the possibility that the ultimate death | toll here as a result of yesterday's, disastrous tornado' will approximate more than 100. The list of Injured here exceeds 200. The possibility that the death list will ha Increased was strengthened when physicians announced that lit tle hope is entertained for the re covery of many of the injured. A large percentage ot the vasal ties here were among children. Eight een met their deaths when a. school building housing about 200 pupils was demolished. Bureau of Mines Director States Oil leases 0. K. Federal Official Declares Sin clair Terms Better Than \ny Other ^ hioh Could Re Obtained. B* The Iww-latwl Press Cheyenne, TVyo., March 19.—Down the long, long trail of words, between section* of direct examination, cross examination, redirect and re-cross questioning, attorneys In the Teapot Dome lease annulment suit went to day. The deposition of Rear Admiral ■t. K. Robison, head of the navy bureau of engineering, composed of more than "00 typewritten pages, was finished, after It had held the at tention of the court for the greater part of two days. On completion of the Robinson de position the reading of one by Dr. H. Foster Bain, director of the federal bureau of mines, in behalf of the Mammoth Oil company and Harry F. Sinclair, who are battling the efforts of the government to annul the naval oil reserve lease, was started. Dike Admiral Robinson. Dr. Bain set forth his belief that the Sinclair terms for leasing Teapot Dome were far better than any other which could have been obtained by the gov ernment. Conference Held. Dr. Bain declared that In the latter part of October. 1921. a conference was held between the then secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall; E. C. Finney, assistant Interior secretary; Rear Admiral Robison. A. TV. Am brose, bureau of mine* technologist, and himself. Ri that conference he said, It was determined to ndvise Fall that drilling In the Salt t'reek field adjacent to Teapot Dome was causing the latter to be drained, and that steps should be taken to protect the navy's Interest. It also was determined among bureau officials, he said, that strip leasing, or arrangements under which only offset drilling could he provided, would serve as a temporary measure only In the matter of protecting the navy's oil. More than partial leasing would have to be undertaken if the maximum of salvage were reached, Dr. Bain said. Took No Part In I .ease. Dr. Bain testified he took no part In making the l»ase to Sinclair and his Mammoth Oil company. Referring to preliminary negotia tions with the Texas company for leasing Teapot, Dr. Bain said that on April 6, 1922. the day before the Sin clair lease was signed. Fall received word from the Texas company that It would be unable to meet the terms offered by Sinclair. After an ex change of telegram* between Fall and the Texas company beginning April 4. 1922, Fall told Dr. Bain, the latter said, that he (Fall) thought it of no further use to negotiate with any mir but Sinclair. Explains Advantage. Questioned a* to the advantages of the Sim lair offer over the proposal* of other oil companies, Dr. Bain said that the Sinclair plan offered pro tection against drainage, added facili ties for handling production, guar anteed storage equipment and an ex change of crude oil for fuel oil, of which the navy is said to have been In need at that time. The latter part of Admiral Robi son's deposition dealt with details about the Sinclair lease. In one place the admiral was questioned a* to whether he had told the then secre tary of the navy, Edwin Denby, that everybody connected with the lease affair stood to risk their reputations In handling the matter, to which Robison assented with the assertion: "It’* hard to touch oil without he lng contaminated." Income Tax of Four Cent* Paid IX itli Check Columbus, March 19.—Four cents Is the smallest known income tax puiil by any Platte county resident for 1024. Deputy Internnl Revenue Collector J. R. Whelan, unlisted the man, whose name has not been di vulged, in making out h!e Income tax report and when they finished a half hour’s labor It developed that bis net taxable Income was around making the tax just 4 cents. It was paid by check. Married in Council Bluff*. Thu following person* obtained marr'ag* ltc*na«a fn Council Hluffo y«*terday; Howard M. TTa>c*. Omaha .2* Camollo Wataon, Omaha . -a Raymond B. Hrnlth. Lincoln, Nab. .... 29 Helen Graham, Lincoln, *>b. . l > 'Harold Hub*cu. Sf Paul N#b. ..... ’’ i F.vangalln* Fl"hman, Pout, Neb. .. U I Prank I’arta. «\»unfl| flluffa . . . 80 j Palomana /.aecon* Pout tj Rluffa .... t •* j W. N. McOraw. Tlldcn N#h .. M r»or*a Port berg, Newport, Nah. ... tHi l awranca 5*. Cur tit, Omaha . '0 Kva Nolan, Omaha . ..... li Gurdnn Murk*nthtw, .Itndron, »,b. x frollla Good'tin, .landnon. N>|»."i Irving •' Norahov. Albion. Nch . I Wrma William*, l.nraito, Nab . 20 l|lrrh#rt Inr)!<», Harman Ntb.I" | flei* u Hatlung, Hooptr, Ntb... *3 Dennisloun Is Washout,! Say sEx-Wife! J Second Male of British I Colonel l akes Vi iln'ess Stand Before Curious Throng in Court. “1 Love Him!” She Cries By ROBERT J. PRKW. Inlrmiil service Staff Correspondent. Ixnidon, March 19.—“It is too sacred to be discussed—I love him. I I lo've him.” More tilt His and surprises w ere piovided in the Dennisloun case to-j day when the vivacious and energetic! .Minina Countess Carnarvon took the I witness stand to firmly avow her; continued affection for Col. Ian Den ntstoun In spite of all the things that j hate been said about him during the trial. "I love him with all my heart, my soul and my body,” she added. The court was jammed with an overflow of scandal mongers who had been disappointed in the dullness of the Waterhouse case for the day and many of the women In the room tit tered as the countess confessed her love for the man who was being sued by Ills fo'riner wife for money loaned. When the women laughed their amusement irritated Pir Edward Marshall Hal), her lawyer, who pro tested: “It may be a laughing matter to come, but you are making a solemn statement." "Ton Sacred in Discuss.” The, countess lowering lier voice almost to a v.hisper and appeared to be on (he verge of fainting as she repeated: "it is too sacred e\en to' discuss." Phe staggered and clutched ^.t the rail and an usher dashed to her as sistance, but she lifted her smelling salts to her face and said: "I am perfectly all right." Opening her evidence the countess said that during the war she spent ?625,000 financing a hospilal. Phe then related what she knew about Mrs. Dorothy Dennietoun's Liaison with (Jen. Mir Jo3m Cowans, and added; .VLr,s. Dennistuun came to London when the general was dying, but sin Was very callous when told how seri ous Ills condition was—it was a real shock to rue. Mrs. Irennistoun said to me, ‘Don't think me hard—the gen eral killed all the love I had for him a long time ago.' Hr»t Wife Attractive. "After the general's death *he showed me some lettei-s from him which aroused my sympathy. 1 thought It terrible that he should have been so ungallant." "Did Mrs. Dennlstoyn have a fas cinating personality?'' asked Sir Kd ward. "She is attractive to the last de gree," said the countess. "No one can resist her charms when she wants to show them at her best. There never was anybody who en tered our home who was not capti vated by her. They were all her slaves. "She always referred to her hus band as the 'Tiger.' She said he was an awfully sweet man but a 'wash out,' If you will excuse the vulgar lam. She suld she never loved him ns a wife but that she had a great affection for hint as a. sister. "Mrs. Ueunlatoun told me that General rowan* had promised the colonel a post at Gibraltar and naked her to slay wllh him In Paris for a day or two on the way there. She was annoyed to find that her room at the Rltz was next to the general's room and she had It changed, but she told me that Hie general came to her room that night between 1 and 2 o’clock and had stayed about two hours. .Mr*. Pennistoun never told tne that her husband had connive^ at the arrangement for her to meet the general.'’ Knrnuntged Tlieir l,ove. The countess iiald that she saw Colonel Ttennlstoun In Paris In No vember. 1921. and declared: "lie looked simply awful. He was emaciated, his clothe* were shiny and he Apparently did not get food enough to keep body a lid soul together. I was extremely sorry for him. AfPr. wards I paid sums of money Into his account by arrangement for our own private reason*. "Mrs. Pennistoun was fully aware of the growing affection between the colonel nnd hvself and that It was cul minating in love. She encouraged It with all her might." The countess testified that the more than $500,000 which she lwld Into the colonel's account Just before their marriage wus tbs proceeds from three Gainsborough* which she sold to Kir Joseph Puveen, Uni she com plained: "■lust a simple Soul." "The character given my husband by Kir Hills Hume Williams Is wicked and abominable. He Is not clever, but Just a simple soul. Tic was absolutely putty a mere rug- In Mrs. Pennlstoun's hands." Colonel Ilesnnlaloun's final hour on the witness eland was more or less Itmiifsluous. Me admitted that an unnamed American woman had once threatened him with a. law suit. The nueetlon* of Kb- Hills Hume William* today were mostly directed to draw from the colonel I he rea son* fo- his "no| helping his fnrmei w if" financially when he was In funis as she hml !ielp".-| him wheui he was broke In Paris.' ' "The Whole of this oase 1* pure malice on Mrs, 1 »ennlstonn's part," 1 he colonel protested, "Kite hope/, to •how up not only no seif but toy win ¥ *-■-S Woods Br *»ers’ " .lana^iM iui nit compa / in Thompsonville, III., is safe and that none of the Woods Brothers’ em ployes engaged on a big railroad construction opera tion there was injured, v_J Bus Competition Urged in Plea for r* Higher Tram Fare c < (iinpaii} to I,ml Presentation of (.’aso Friday; Proposed Schedules Are Analyzed. The Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Hallway company will con elude Friday morning the presents, tion of Its case before the state rail way commission, In connection with an application fur authority to charge a schedule of fares that will yield lhe company 7 per cent on the com mission's valuation of $14,i(10,000. Corporation Counsel W. C. Lambert will follow with his side of the case on behalf of the city. One of the im portant witnesses to be called by the corporation counsel will be C. I>. Rob inson, Who Is operating engineer for the Metropolitan IT til tiles district, but whose upiiearanre In this instance will be in a private capacity. R. A. Heussler, vice president, and general manager of the traction com pany, was the only witness examined Thursday, lie was examined on de preciation. decrease of street car traffic during the last few years, the proposal rate schedules as submitted hv the company- and other phases of street railway operation. Competition Discounted. The general manager said that in maintaining a depreciation reserve fund, any conservative traction execu tive in these days takes Into account the prospective competition of motor busses with street cars. He at tributed decrease In business during recent years largely to the use of the automobile. Chairman Browne asked the gen eral manager why the company, In preparing itg estimated deficit for 192*., contemplated a decrease of 7 per cent In traffic, which was the de rreuse of 1924 over 1923. "Our recent experience has been that the business has decreased about e per cent n year and we believed there would be a similar continuing decrease." Heussler testified. "Our netual revenues for January and Feb ruary of this year show a decrease at 7.79 per cent, compared with the corresponding months of last year. Business conditions, the weather and the automobile are factor* of the street car business. Slump Nearly Ended. "When do you believe this slump in street car business will cease?" .'orporation Counsel Lambert asked. "I believe It will soon reach its limit." I/eussler repl'ed. It has reached the limit In some cities. Omaha is more liberal than most cities in the matter of downtown iufomobile perking. ' Do you think that if the city xnnell would pass an ordinance pro hibiting downtown parking, would lhat give your company enough addi tional revenue to meet the deficit you ■lalm?" asked City Commissioner D. B. Butler. "It would not. but It would result In more revenue," the general malin ger answered. School Tickets Eliminated. Mr. Heussler gave It as bis opinion that the occasional street car rider, who ordinarily pavs cash fare, should lie required to stand a greater pro portion of an Increase In fare than the constant rider. lie stated that he Is unable to see any equity in per mitting school children to ride for less (ban others of the same age, many of whom may he working. He said that the school ticket privileges Is being abused, tine of the proposed rate schedules submitted by the company eliminates school tickets. During the discussion the proposed Increased fare, n schedule of 8 cents for cash fare and four tickets for 30 ( ents was emphasized by the traction representatives. This would yield ad ditional revenue of approximately $500,000 a year and over a period of vears would reimburse the company for losses claimed during the last five year period, according to testimony at the hearing. Another schedule which w-'a stressed provided feu- cash fare of 8 cents or five tickets for 35 tents which tv*>uld yield additional revenue of about $400,000 a year. This Is pproxi mutely the amount the company e-sti mated would he the deficit during thin sear. The hearing will be resumed 1'rlduy morning at 9 Student* ti» Vpprar in l’lay. I’awiwe I’lly, Noli.. March I" The Junior class of the 1‘awnee <’lty 11 licit school will present a piny. "The (’harm Kchool,” "it the opera house here Wednesday nlwht,in 'he f|> »t no llvlly on ihe school's sprint . nlemlar Hewnlecri members of the class an In the cast. The pi i' I* i . Iti? co.iciu il ,.\ \li-• Marie Mlnnlck ami I Im-old (‘upper of I he Itlfib school fraternity. I dir Sii'pln* I tccri’«*('». Washington. March I" (In l hml "7!*,43h nurpltii fr*t*lj»lit »'Mti in food lipfttf and 1 ■»ir\ i• m* M i i i*h . i th « ;t ■ » f ho \mrilo#n f!n!l\sav nwool.itiim roport tonight, of fi.'iHit, fiuiu Hi* I'tb* t uary 2b surplus. i Four Bodies Taken From Hope for Rescue of ,'{(• \ ir-i tims W ho Remain K11 toiuhed Miandoned hv Their Rescuers. Governor Directs Work Ky \ nherikal Serrlrf. Barrack sville, A\". A'a., March 19.— The bodies of four miners who were entombed in the mine of the Bethle hem Mine corporation here In fin ex plosion Tuesday night, were brought to the surface this evening and iden lifted. Thirty additional miners yet en tombed had not been discovered. A’hile It. Is possible some may he far hack in the workings and still alive, there Is little possibility of them be ing rescued alive. Governor Howard M. Gore, who is at the shaft mouth directing the work of the rescuers, made the announce ment that the four bodies had been recovered. Mine rescue crews, xvorklng at a distance of 6,000 to 6.000 feet, expect to penetrae further tonight and pos sibly reach other men. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the explosion, which caused a damage of $230,000, Three men are still held as suspects in the theory that they may have blown up tiie mine because of labor troubles. KENTUCKY STORM TAKES BIG JUMPS! Bt Tlift \ I ;\1 p ,1 Vn**.. I.oui*ville. Kj' March 19.—In jumps 20 mites long, a tornado came Into southwestern Kentucky last night from Sumner county Tennessee, nnd killed 10 persons In Allen and Metcalfe counties. Three others were seriously Injured In these coun ties, according to reports. Isolated disturbances In Jefferson Fayette, Franklin, and Washington counties caused the deaths of six other persons and Injuries to 42. Leaping from Sumner county, where It took a toll of 30 lives and hurt SO to 40 others, the tornado descended at Ilollajid, Allen county, demolished the home of .Mrs. Herman I.aw. 2h years old. killing her, her 3 weeks’ old Infant and her sister, Ruth Wilson, It. At Mount T'nlqn. nearby, one woman was killed and her husband Injured. At Beaumont. Metcalfe county, five members of one family and one other man were killed. Wind and lightning accounted for the other deaths. GREEK BANDITS ! KILL AMERICAN Washington. March 19.—The death of John Logan of Madison. Wi« , ns the result of n gunshot wound re reived during an attack upon him cd t*Ia> Planned York, March L» A committee from York V. M G. A. lms launched plans f"i .1 \ a on tlon HIM** school to be held after tjto closing «»f the public schools Plans me also being formulated to liav© supervised play in connection with the public school. Ii is the plan to make tin* supers tst*d play sits wide in scope, .md If possible to continue It through the entire vacation. \\ «*«l(tiii|c Sorrel I Ii«•»•*- N\ rrk>.: Heat rice. \eb., March 19 An-| nouncement was made of the mar rhrgt of ikuutld Falk and Mis* Hilda Heed, both of this city, three week* ago at Marysville, Kan The wedding was kept a secret until jesterdaj when Ihe Couple broke the news to filch* friend*. Mr Falk Is n linotype | operator on the Ilea trice l»ail> Sun. 1 I Id ol I i rry.p to I Gutlll. \aplcs. Match 19. Thiw poor per son* forced to spend the night lo the open were found frozen to death a# the result of an unprecedented culd .1.911. , Organized Relief Agencies Rush to Aid Victims of Big Tornado C7 State anti National Organizations Combine in Providing Medical Aid. Pood ami Shelter for Storm Suffer ers in Stricken .Arias of P'ive States. Rs tnivmal Service. i hleago, March 19.-- Relief agencies "f the mate and nation were work ing tonight to recover the dead and succor the injured and homeless left In the wake of yesterday's tor nado that swept across the country from the Missouri to the Ohio val ley. The devastation In southern Illi nois. where the storm struck with its greatest fury, resembled the bat tlefields of Ktirope according to re lief workers reporting here today. Relief and reconstruction uidts operated from a score of storm-torn cities under, direction of the state militia and the Red Cross. Gover nor Ren Small left ftprlngfield for a personal survey of the storm zone. In Chicago funds were being col lected for the sufferers, the fund tonight having reached an esti mated S20U.O00. At Springfield the state legislature was enacting a hill to appropriate $500,00. The measure Is expected to be ready for the governor’s signature by Mon day, Tents and Blankets. A train load of supplies furnished through the I'nited States quarter master’s department left Chicago for the storm zone this evening. It carried 1,000 tents, 12,000 blankets, 4.000 cots and other equipment. Tents are sorely needed for shelter for, according to word coming to Red Cross headquarters here, hun dreds of residences were wiped out In West Frankfort, McLeansboru. lie Soto. Parrish, Murphy1-boro and other cities and villages. The num ber of farm homes destroyed will number hundreds. Automobiles loaded with first aid crews searched out the isolated home* and ruins of homes In the storm zones all through the day. Re ports coming from returning relief l»ariies indicated the losses in the r iral districts would very great. Farms were found with not a build Ing standing. In some instances all the members,of the family had been killed or Injured. f ood Dispensed. Food was being dispensed by the Red Cross and military organiza tions in a score of stricken com munities. (several carloads of food were being shipped from Chicago and Ft. Louis. Pullman cars were rushed from St. Louis and Chicago to West Frankfort, Benton and other cities to be used as temporary hospitals. It was estimated tonight that more than 1,000 doctors and nurses are already in the Held, vvijli more Ic ing assembled to be rushed to points «lisre they will be most needed. Toe early hours of today found scores of injured without any medical at tentiun. Tlds condition had "been relieved tonight, according to re ports rf-ielved here. At every place where » dozen or more Injured were collected In temporary hospital quarters one or more doctors and nurses were In attendance, 12 Special Trains. The Illinois Central railroad alone reported it had sent 12 special trains into the storm zone. The Illinois Central penetrates most of the stricken area. But other roads, the Wabash, Burlington. B. «.t O.. Louisville A. Nashville and Chicago & Laster/i Illinois, were moving spe cials amj giving all possible support to spreading relief. Relief workers found many in jured could live but a few hours; others were not in a serious con dition. Within a day nr two the more serious cases will be brought to Chicago and Ft. Louis hospitals for special treatment. But today first aid was all that could be given because of the great number of vic tims demanding attention. Adj. Cen. Carlos Black, Mayor William Deter of Chicago, Gov ernor Fn all and other otfi -ials »x pressed gratification at the response given appeals for aid. Palm Beach Fire Causes 3 Deaths I wo Hotels Razed at Fashion* aide Resort: Damage Placed at ? 4.000,000. 11% Int.rnntlontll *.%%■ '%*r%ic. West Palm Beach, Fla., March 13 —Three person* ore believed to have lost thetr lives in a fin- which ruined two hotel* and %-a used M .000.000 property damage In the famous resort of Palm Beach last night. The flame* were brought under control after dynamite had been obtained and made ready for blasting a path be tween the flaming buildings and other structures. During the- conflagration !l was: learned that the postoffice in West Palm Beach hail been looted of >2*3,000 and the West Palm Beach company of Florida Infantry was called out to patrol the stieet* and prevent further looting. Thousands of dollars in valuable | wearing apparel and other chattels of I guests whose fortunes run In millions of dollars today lay on the ground, carried front the Mazing hotels by the owners and sen ante. This, also.; is titi>ler guard of the soldiers. Tiie Breakers, one of the uMest aid best known of the resort hotels, was the first structure to lake fire, The three believed to have per ished are two children and their nurse. The father of the children, re fusing to give his name, but who said lie was captain of a yacht anchored In the lake, declared he left his two < lilldren and their nurse asleep in the Breakers. Tlie Palm Beach hotel, a smaller structure In West Palm Bench, caught fire and also burned to the grou nd. Pawnee ('ouiitj School' to Hold F.ssay (ionics! ( Pawnee «'ll>. Nee., March l.< — The county superintendent has announced I an ess..y %-ontest for school children, under the auspices of the W. t\ T. U . the national an,l county organizations! of Which have offere%j prizes totaling >37.50. Awards on the essays on pro hlhlllon and nnti-clgnret subjects I have lieen dlvhlad into three classes | for students of eoual grades. The limit for entry in the contest ha.' been I set for May 1. I stale Suit 1 lecided. F«*rt Smith, Ark.. March 1?.—Heir I m the *2,00O.«U>o J<*e Alexander eetau* i have won th»* suit of id» Georginr Knning by bor mother, Audi* IHinlap. • i veeover possession of \\ >> osiai*. j ncrordlng to an opinion ly .In Ago Robert Is. William* of the I'nltod State* diet riot. t'ourt »t AJuskoge* . Okla.. received by onuneel here. I.crman Teacher Die-. Berlin, Much li* - Fried* rich Hat* nlseh, Germany’* widely known old sehnol teacher, 1m dead here a? the age of 1,l- yeni t*, lie wa* penah ned some yearn ago after having taught for 4 draft a new code of, patent laws I Imrrli to Receive Part of Price Paid for farm Pawnee City, March 19.—Pawnee City Methodist church :nu' .fflliatevl organizations will receive $T,0oc, through the sale tilts week of a farm owned bv Miss Minnie Shannon of I this city. Miss Shannon willed to tin j local church general fund $1,000, toj the Sunday school $1,000. jo the Ep ] worth league $1,000, to the foreign I anil home missionary societies $1,0b-j each, and tq^ the Mothers' Jewels'! home sit York IS,000. Settling of the estate kings ' on tie* sale of the Shannon farm wast bf here. The land was bought by John! ". March of Seneca. Kan., who will! take possession March 1. Pawnee ( it) Federated ( lul>' Fleet Officer' I'a voiao i’!ty, March of local club* r«'OAmh eloct«tl. ar*: \ a « ’ 1' • - \lr« MaHa! Hv'etriS. v!t* \ . Mr$ K 11. t,‘*»»Ion..Ait: h' r»t»-\ Mm, Ua\ CntlAtt. Min V V 1..'. l, FVtArlA I’rf^tleM, Mr* t\ iihur; CJatUv: vice i»r.»y '« to, M » t.\ K ShAt non. ro. ipiBrMv, \4t* T T Hava «n>l : Mr* Mnl vl I \. l’t »r:.' Johrutoti m«|ltlAtll > -nfc.'v • M :* \ . Mi . | 'I 1 .mm | l. pr rcurt M*a l* W N*- ' ; Uaa» ur*;. Mi* Harry 1 ini' Tfip»vtfly Vfti'rnthMi club -V*rA*l«1#nt Mi» John tt I'vIa . \ *,‘p t • ■fjprc. Mi * if \ So*o*M- ‘..rAt«r> Mm IVrniuAi P\ 1* f r.».»wuY* M ■ K r ' off >* I U 1’iub*- Mn J W P> v v ,t$ i • tlcof \1 % \ M TtuM t : *+ * ir> M *• V.t", Clark fri «*‘af$’ Mi a* \ n v to * 848 Killed, 2,909 Hurt by Tornado J Hvi‘ hiat**» VffWteil I iy Fury of Sky Monster, \\ liioh Wreaks Rerun! !!avoc for Storm. Fire Adds to Its Horror H.v The Chicago, March lr*.—After the light of a full day hod cast Us searching rays Into the debris left by Wednes day's turn *do, and v lief work had been organized to gather the dead. ; nd aid ilic liur- . nd itoineMss. the toll remained the greatest recorded in similar cat istruphetf. The reported dead were and tlu injured in the five states affected. While casualty lisi*= had been i e duced In some instances, word from hitherto un re ported places kept the total almost as high a« indicated Hr the first hy sterical messages from tb* devastated centers. After a night of terror, day revealed that some towns had been obliterated, while whole blocks of larger places had been leveled and fire had added to the horrors of th* wind. Because of the fires rescuers could not dig out the dead in some place a or give as much attention to the homeless and maimed as was needed l ieiidisli Keren! rich % . Where there had been happiness prosperity and future, the tornado Masted all. 1* showed fiendish ec centricity by levelling and blackening portions, while sparing the rest. Nearly half of Princeton. Tnd., wes smitten! A girder city, Griffin, was virtually carried away. DeSoto, 111., with aOu people, lost its existence. A neighbor, Gorham, of 3<»o w,< Viiped out. Murphysboro, UL, lost nearly three square mile* of its busi ness and residential sections. Other hamlets are yet cut off from telling their story. Darkne>.° still hampers relief war', tonight, as many lighting systems have not been repaired, but national # protection about them. Auto ligh*«. candles and llaehlights ^re substitut ing for power plants. Pullman cars have arrived to hou*e refugees in one or two sectors-. iVopertj Loss Huge. Those in charge speak in million* when asked to estimate material Jose* The brief dispatches *-ead: “One hundred thousands dollars In southwestern Kentuckr.** "12,000.000 at Princeton," “$6,000,000 jn southern Illinois" ‘ $100,000 in Missouri." At the other scenes no one yet retstures to estimate. The tornado took Its toll over a ter ritory of 300 mile-* !n five hours and within the same period of time out s de aid was covering that distance *•» cnrrr* help and comfort to survivors. 1 he Red c ross rushed supplies from 5*1. IrfOuii*. Ghloago offered $500,{KM.*. ihe Illinois legislature appropriated a like amount, tiie Missouri legislature H.'i.OOM. ar.d the southern I lime:. A men van lx>gioc. 5S.000. Other con tributione are expected to re&eh $lin>,OO0. From Ti» Associated press ife ualty I s: ton.cht it was seen tlo*: more than 100 children were victim? FT very a\alia Me dwelling wc* -1 morgue in the zone of \iSitation. Se • *v »•!*€ .1' ■ » ■ • . v::;.. . vl. .rf Path Mile W iti** Apparently arising in tlie Miesoyi. Thtar < h.iPs. tee tur .ai * jumped and - « mile wide :n S"i. ■ localities; in other* it eotdd be i' •.j red by feet. It w u > more merciful at Its start, preferring to unload its fury in Illinois and lndi him. It cracked into Kentucky c» c Ten negate mure us a side line It ap peared. !'erlu*p* its tail whipped loose the Luke freighters from the • moorings in Buffalo, miles uway. LICENSE REPEAL STARTS AT ONCE •Just as ?' 'i. n? the governor sips.? the bla doing away with the rettuire.,' 1 a day notice in . 'turning raarrla.* licensee, if he doe?, Omahans may l«e s n obtaining li.-ens.* on theJr R-.. - trip to the courthouse. it was a, noun.ed Thursday morning by t’ljd, bufiubmd, clerk of county court. Ordinarily Id dn» fin pec hill bfcomti effect he a* « Uw, but i > this ease Mr. 8no0bla<1 brieve* t be inter t of the bill If so pin in that the IOkIhv notice nay be dene jov»r wit.’ Immediately. “The 30 day notice rerjuiremar. * even i ermittad a waiving of the notice in certain c*»f« Sunblad *v plained Summary of the Day in Washington ¥Vrm*r Senator Culhersvi or Tex » (W at hi* Washington home. Ittetlngnlshed servloe medals nt.o awarded the army world filers. Hid* were opened .n the shtppivc hoard's preetdenUMe ships in the Pnolflo. Hush Holland of Ohio submitted his resignation as assistant attorney gen. era I, President Ooolldfte ordered the pat ent office transferred front the In :e ior • i lie iVr v tendency tow t id expansion of farm rrop e*'s age in It; was shewn > Intention to plant l-epnrt of the iHieoEi ent of Vg! a-ultttie Insti in Urns to examine grain ex* oh "g «i ,i grr- veootds w#-« given agent* of Ihe g am sdminlstr* Hon tmestig «i a-g wheat r.i-a fluo Stlnaa * 1 Cross-word Puzzle Fans Wt» tin'- m *urprt*o tor you. \\ atch for it. Don’t mi*.' it SEE THE OMAHA REE NEXT MONDAY ! The Weather I ' " h.'U » i > f f p v « -fc • * *' ; ' % ' '-«<".*% % In. Mt * To1t ft; total ► no* Jamiar> \, t «1* ■ f.o'»*nr\ , tv** k * 01 4 1 |v v . i* • * tO ..... 34 • O. 44 t * ox ... 34 S r t T 4 p ot 4 4 4 * »’■ .14 t lv lit I ft * *« • * * n * * x i ■ • »o 43 : r ■-i. . ' r II t| 5 p us