The Omaha Corning : ;ee I:!™' -cheats himself. Believe In 3ourself CITY EDITION , | a|i n a [| tJuLj ^___ __ t ^ , _ | | | t M| . . , . and jour raiiahilitle* and you hIII not v - VOL. 54-NO. 242. OMAHA. TUESDAY, MARCH 21. 1925. * TWO CENTS1" ciT,\hy«u E0iSJ«h,?i“tf*- — Drastic Tax Kedu ctiou Is Certain Mellon. (*rcen anti Smoot Agree That Revifinn Down ward of Schedules for 1926 May Re Pledged. Large Surplus Expected •*.' I tmcronl SprUrf. Washington. March 2.1.—Secretary • •f the Treasury Melton believes that fhe finances of the government are at taining such a position that congress will be able to effect another drastic ia\ cut when it convenes next lJe cember. 1 hiring the summer the Treasury department will co-operate with mem bers of the bouse ways and means committee hi devising n tax reduction Plah. based on an estimated surplus nf $374,000,000 for the year 1928. if was said today. Representative Green of Iowa, tr chairman .,f the house ways ami means committee, ralleil on Secretary Mellon to discuss die tax situation and the probable extent to which IpCti income taxes can he cut. 'Ydlection returns so far on 1924 income taxes, filed March la, indi cate. It was said at the treasury, ■ that, the total will at lpnst read), if not exceed the estimate of $1,650,000 000 *68,000.00(1 Surplus. 'lorse collections further Indicate, Secretary Mellon believes, that the government will have a surplus of approximately 868,000,000 at the end of the current fiscal year. This fig ure may l,e changed, however, bv ap plication of the recently enacted postal raise in wages and tile salary increase voted to members of congress. M Idle Secretary Mellon was making optimistic promises of further tax ,-uts today, Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the senate committee on finance, called at the White House io discuss the same question with President Coolldge. Following this conference, Senator Smoot predicted that tax revision downward would he on* of the first problems to he taken up by the new congress when It convenes In De ceroher. hike Chairman Green of the house way- and means committee. Senator Snoot emphasized the necessity for reducing the maximum surtax on In comes to 2.1 per cent, with correspond ing cuts in other surtax rates. This Plan also has the approval of the Tieoury department. Kliniinate .loint Taxes. The s-11■ tor «ald that be also ex pre'ed the elimination of certain mis • dlaneons taxes, such as those, on automobile 'vies. Senator Smoot endorsed the presi dent's idea of having ihe national -vivei nmem withdraw from the in heritanee tax field, leaving that source of revenue exclusively to the Mates. At the same time, the senator as serted. the states should quit the in come tax field, which wo],Id thus he left entirely in the hands of the na tional government. These two i»tep». he pointed out, would eliminate the difficulties now Involved in Joint taxa tion of both Incomes and inheritances In national and stale government* alike. At any rale, it is now a certainty that, the tax burden will be lightened consider.,l>ly in 1928. AMERICANS SAFE IN TALIFU QUAKE Peking, March 23.—Americans re siding in Talifu, the city in western Yunnan destroyed by earthquake and fire March 18, escaped uninjured, ac cording to word received here today at the American legation. X'o reports as to the number of persons killed and injured at Talifu were received here. Scores, however, were heiie\ed to u have met death. 1 Talifu, with-a population of SO,000, was practically wiped out, reports •said. POLICEMAN SLAIN | IN PISTOL BATTLE Kent, O , March 23 —Clayton Apple, 43. merchant policeman of this city, wait*shot to death early to day In a gun battle with three gun men. supposed to he bent on the mur der of .4. Medio, another private of ficer, for revenge, the burning of the garage or robbery. Mrs. Prler A. Yost Succumbs Month After Male's Death Harvard, March 21 Mu. Peter A Vom died of pneumonia Saturday, a month after the death of her hu.« I and. Both wore old resident* and well known. We Have With Us Today Judge ('. B. IxrfUin, Mtorncy, Lincoln, Nrb. I • j • I iz« Lett mi came to Omaha mufer with the rorrinilaelotier «*r in tonal revenue mi revenue mat tern. He i*. now •« member of the law lino «.r Lri t«»n. Brown & lilbhle oi I inculn. .fudge l .cl i n euevoedod L. «I tu In t hr firm .lu tenelle hotel from a trip over the oity, during which time they visited th‘j Armour Packing company. Members of the Greater Des Moines committee were the guests of the Greater Omaha committee at a lunch eon in the Hotel Fun lentils Monday noon. At the luncheon. I.afe Young, jr. business manager of the Des Moines Capital, told Omaha business men that Hie most important thing for any city was “brotherly love and good will." - j Musi Co-operate. “The Chamber of t ornme «> ^nd the Greater Omaha committee, fune-1 tIonirig properly, can make Omaha a t eal citv, one that will be a credit to I the mate and nation at large,” Mr Young wild. “If you are not solid in Omaha you can t get anywhere. Twenty-five years ago we started to get together. We started to cooperate with each ■ ther and today wo think Des Moines is one of the best cities not only In the Mississippi valley' but in the whole country." George Way Williams, president of the I»ps Moines Chamber of Com nierce, said that the greatest thing in I Moines Is the good fellowship dis played by its citizens. Alex Fitzhugh, executive secretary of the Greater Dps Moines commit tee, explained the workings of the committee and what P does for Das Moines. Explain* Des Moines Work. He said every year the Greater Des Moines committee fosters three things: First, he said is the manu facturers and jobbers whow. At this time all the goods manufactured In Des Moines are shown to its citizens. Second, Is the builders* exhibit and show. Third, is the concerted ex hiblts and retail merchant* of Des Moines. “At our concerted exhibits all the product* made In Des Moines are 'lisplayed in the store windows of our department stores,” he said. Mr. Fitzhugh on behalf of the members of the committee thanked the members of the Greater Omaha committee for the hospitality shown the members of the Greater Des Moines committee. He told the Omaha members that the growth of Omaha in the last, few' years has astonished the guests «>f the city. “Omaha and Des Moines, locatod as they are, should become great and largo cities before many years pus* by. But In older to do this we must have teamwork.“ The \ islfing goest/» and many im in hers of the Greater Omaha committee; were guest* at the home of George Brandeis, following their ride about, the city and preceding their arrival at the Hotel Fontenelle for dinner. Three Men Are Jailed on Fowl Theft Charge Beatrice, Neb., March III) -Veilln Wuster, II. It Tuninon and John ftchrelner, claiming to he from Kfwl Cloud, Neb., were lodged In Jhll thin afternoon, *u»peoted nf , hi. Ken Mtenl lug. They were traveling In twoenra iid officer# w«y the turn had M'ldlhe tdilrkeij* lo Swift A Fn . here, fot $jon. After Wnwlei v t~ une.-ied .1 nun plaint charging him with driving » mr without n Ii* criv»* filed ugnlriil him. MKI.AV |K IIAM.FKUI K-- it. r, 1 , baatoa Aervlr* Million rnid bava vour hrah** r*lm#«1 hef.ro «om*'hlnjr happen* Troup Auto Auppl/ Co. 5027 Farnam VI. —Adv«rtlMtn»nt Bank Thief U { C3H filOOS ash Aitm o d-EOlSIH 3 L > _ \rlliur klingheil \rresled 11\ Federal Officers on F\c of Mis Wed ding. Admits Plot to Extort fly Til# AtKirlatPri l’r#*« Grand Island. Neb.. March l’o. Ar thur Kdlngbeih perpetrator of the Chapman baftik robbery, acquitted by a junr a few weeks ago of the graver charge and convicted only of grand larceny, with the recommendation that the sentence he suspended, was to have been married Saturday or to day. Instead he was arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Cleary in this city on the charge of attempted blackmail and the wedding has been canceled. By men informed at the time of the robbery. Klingbeil was suspected of thi* additional crime. BostofTice in sped ore had letters In their posse sion. hut the proof was difficult to obtain. Officers state that at last Klingbeil lias admitted writing a let ter to W illiam Kiskalt of central Cits . in which lie threatened the destruc tion of certain property If Kiskalt did not leave a sum of money at a certain place. Inspector Mange stated that the amount demanded was The place at which the money was to have been left was two miles north of th*5 home of Kiskalt, under a tree. Chosen to Watch Tree. The story has been current for some time that when Kiskalt first re «eived the letter, a neighborhood ‘•ominittee w.14 selected to watch* the spot, that Klingbeil. trusted as he was. was himself -.elected as one of the committee, and. of course, no one came to get the money. It vas learned last night that the wedding had been postponed. Miss Mildred Crlt.es flung to Klingbeil, it is stated, despite the jury's conviction of grand larceny. A truckload of fur niture, designed for their home was returned to Grand Island some days ago. with the information that the wedding had been postponed. Handwriting Identified. The identification finally leading to Kliugbeil’s admission was made through a letter addressed to a Cen* tral City business man, asking for a position. Sheriff Maurer of Central City. Postmaster Clayton and George Gregg, attache of the » entral city postoffice, helped bring about a con fession Klingbeil was bound over to the federa’ district court under $11,000 bond, and is in jail here in default of bond. MRS. WATERHOUSE VICTOR IN COURTS London, March ssibllitles of another war were frankly ventilated. MacDonald, in moving ills motion, expressed the fear that the Slngn pore project would involve the scrap ping of the Washington ratios, and contended that Slngapjorp made for miIiI; Instead «»f |og;il mlutloii of Immigration problem* such a*, exited between Japan nml Australia. Itt'uprn I'o.-lnl l*r«il»r*. N" folk > eh. March Postal Ju -c oh i ' I».* \ #• begun furthe Irp-e*tl-j ailon into Hie robbery of th» Nor folk jionioffice following the finding of allied « connected with the cilim hy p fan nei ne*r Prow ell. Veb. Post i nsstgr Wlchman is *idlus the In *p*ctore in tha investigation t / Fashionable Women Crowd Court , See Dennisloun Case Principals f "T iGlvi - 1 * - — SS i» - ' sjoti of t .elehrated I rial Ha* \ *neet of Gala ire at Loading I healer; .lurv Will Return I heir \ eriliet Sometime on lne.*da>. i;> KOItKin .1. VHKW. I Miwr.Hi *•<•»■» ire staff < otr«'*poi»clcMit. London, March 23.—Picture a gala matinee at a leading theater and you have an idea of the fash ionable crowd Unit assembled at the law courts today to see the curtain fail in the now famous JDennistoun case. Kvery part of the courtroom was packed with women wearing costly furs, Paris hats and glitter ing gems. They raided from titled women of Mayfair to actresses and psychoanalysis devotees and the> saw all the leading figures in the \ suit. Mrs. 1 )«*iinisf otin, tired looking hut composed, wearing a black clothe lint and black fur ••oat. ar rived early. The Countess Carnar von was attended by her husband, Col Ian Hennistoitn. whose atti tude to his former wife Is the basis of the case. She is suing him for Jfi.OtMi she alleges she loaned or paid on his behalf after their divorce when he was down and out Sir Kills Hume Williams opened his argument on behalf of Mrs. Coroner Prolies Death of Infant Mm n \reused of Killing .Nepliow In Nciglilior; \cl inils Information Hearsay. Special Oitopntrh to The Omnlm Fairbuty, Neb., March 23. Further' investigation *T the mysterious cir-j (Mimstaiices surrounding the death of Willie Yan»e, 2 years old. was fore-i cast hero f • .mI«iy when the undertaker | who has the body, announced that he! would not permit the burial until Jae is ordered to do so by the courts The child died Saturday at the home of his uncle, Thomas F. Keane. The cause of death was said to be * 'con vulsions. ” Shortly before th* funeral this morning, Mrs Merle !!f t h.e sc k of tic dissfttis fled shareholders. BRANDEIS BAGS TIGER IN INDIA K. .lohn Brandeis, Omaha sports 1 man and capitalist. Is now satisfied, according to a telegram received by George Bran dels. Monday, from Hal cuttn, India. I got my tiger.” K. John cabled, lie }<|so <*at>ied that he was on hi* way homo by wav of Yokoboma. j .It pan. Braudels left Omaha last I>e«ornbei t>* attend tho wedding of his sister, Uuth, in Paris. Several weeks ago he I went into the interior of India with a group of Iintrltxh offb or*- on a hunt. ' I h<‘\ Hull, 7 I. ami I lit'\ Join in 11 i>l v \\ i ll Ii n k *|t*Hf»l I * Iftpitt ill to I'll** 11 III it It it It****. * ’iilhertson. Nob , March 21 Love known no age limit. John Peuer stein of tamplxdl Neb., and Mrs Catherine Y* tger • f t'nib* son proved this when tiny were rum lied here todav lie Is 71 vent- eld and ids brld** Is 71 They will spend theh lioitev moon at l4'eiie»‘snleln's homo at timplajll Sla\rr Serving 1 if,- I ,-rin llio in Nurili Dakota I’ri-oii Bismarck, N I» . March 2 ' Pu neral services were hyl-l here tndnv f- r llemy f Lawn who was srrvln a Ilfs sentence |n the state pent Unitary for the murder of eight per *<*ns near Turtle La ** fiv e \ • •.»? - ,yu He Was hurled In the conn *0 \ In m “\\ lli|»|»ill|C Hops” |>|.‘,Ilk 1 'roim 1 *11 >, I 11 \l o i ll ":t |’|i., nf nol k ii III > wi-i p I'lilrrnl In Tlmimi-. W. I lllfKlnliol litm, fit, ti 1 • -r mm Ii i '■(11111> "u lil|i|i|n I i i I 't i, ) inti vv <; .Mil' I If , h II I'. | u |! Ii 1 immli'i lii« II l im-i.i i i ■ ... Ifwi'l I In’ll Stiiffil i 'Ip\ Pin rill, ii M. ;, h "i \ mill i"bb,'.1 i If \ .in. ■ , 11111...11 ,ii i ~h'i|i "f .*11.111111 In l.n.1.1 ill.. wni.li rift filler l«.\\i|i\ ntur f.nilim ,|,.|.n .1. \ n Inji. P I lip |H ■, 11 I r I n i Into a 1 t i ‘ rofHtv JJennislouns monetary claims against the colonel and denounced JJcnnlstoun ns the traducer of his wife, who sacrificed herself for him. Then Justice McArdie summed up the case for the jury, lie described Mrs. l.Vntiisloim as the most adroit and most ingenious witness he had seen on the stand for 30 years, sav ing: "She has a quick brain, abso lute self possession and is resolute, with a wonderful mastery of an swer. If she decided to invent a claim she would be one of the most dangerous women 1 have ever seen." The judge stated that he doubted that any agreement was made by Colonel Dennistoun and Dorothy for payments In lieu of alimony at the time of their Paris divorce, but loft the question with the Jury as well as questions concerning items total ing nearly ? 10,000 which were In cluded in the claims of Mrs. Den nistoun. The jury will spend some hours considering these questions before they return t heir verdict tomorrow. Norbeck Fear? Fxtra Session Suntli Dakota Solon Savs Plight of Farmer in 11 i ? Distort I- Pitialilr. ll» I nit eraaI Sertiee. Washington, March 23 —Senator Nurbeck of South Dakota, conferring today with Secretary of Agriculture ■Tanifne *nt far mreljef nipesures. tried in vain to got 11 f the farmers in the north west, notably those in hi# own sta‘r. He derlered their plight Is pitiable, with no relinf Jp s'gh’ f>e«pite the boasted prosperity r»f the country, he said, largo number# of farms rs r*on tintie to be forced into bankruptcy almost dally, and banks which cater to them are being i lo«*ed The situation is so alarming, #,*. id Norbeck, that he is convinced an ex tra. session nf congress will be nee e«sauy to pre\pnt widespread distress. CRUISER OMAHA JOINS BIG FLEET San Pedro, Cal., March 23 — Joined today by the light cruiser innahit and 23 destroyers from San Diego, the entire battleship force of the T'nlted State* hased at this harbor practiced rehearsal operailons preparatory to force fighting Wednesday The rehearsal took place off Hatn lint Island. Returning to this harbor late tonight, they will he off to sea early tomorrow for further practice. ENGLISH ACTRESS GIVEN DIVORCE F.n« \ngeles. Hal. March 23 Mi*. Thelma Holman, an Kngliah adrew won a separate maintenance suit of $500 monthly from her husband. Ron aid Col man. motion picture actor, in superior court here today. Mrs. Holman alleged that her bus band was making $1 "00 weekly and that he deserted her in Florence, i Italy, last year. Stork l*i ici>« ( rumlilr I mlcr Hear llaiiimrriiiir N’“\v ^ ork. March ? v Stock prices! • •» \ i to bled in nearly it pn*'m«s today 4 under the Incessant hammering of l-ntr trader* and the liquidation of l**ng account* by speculators, who»e margin* were Impaired and Investors* who bad become frightened by the recent draetle downward readjust mcfif «tf quoted Value* Moth the rail and Industrial averages sank to new low l*\o|« for t he year. The day'u -airs ran well over otic and one half million share*. In 11.• • :iI.m no. of un definite new* de\ chapmen!* to account for the, decline, Wall street w,i* inclined h» describe it mm n further correction o« the market'« so called technical position which had become weakened h> the speculative , \cck.«c* commit tc.i in ih,. fit -rff two moutb*'~of the 'car With money rates relatively low, hank clearing* and freight car loading* at record high levels and flu* *t- d industry In nn apparently healthy condition, such conditions me generally believed to he sound. M;n ri<<| in ( < mi IK' i I Hlnffw. " •'f f.-l! v\ iMt; , i ’ l«iif* H■ i,,% * • „ In . ,,un«il ftluff* w>r*ri!a ' H • • •• K M V nn S . o |- „ ltd « |* v i nth i .tmi-piti, t-’i. rut, ,\cb r.* H* W m m,i. , i ,i)U| a..,, \*#* ' '« b Mill" I«l; » • Mill II Nfl- 4 ■ ** '!> X 1 U' nl'l. •»* > v " H*It n I t , j « ' - It".. I',..; m„* I ' ' • U I !l> # M Mir \ l * W I III* •, || | .1,1, nil,, \..|, , ,, i Man in* m t.!t,»: f.inn*ln si* im cart I M * 111 > i * n b r, \" < > rfo 1W. \> t* ..... . V f I'M ■» \ u• i Not f.a. Sdb ; 1 !l**rr V HdP» *v i'iMin> i| muff* . * 4 • • t* <1 > • M II,.n# • ■•UIK'II Mhiffd Ma* t'annuhamp omtlu* 0*r» , ukui l y Farm band SI 100Is Four, One May Die Irving to (,oiled Hark I’aj. OnJ\ Kvplanation of Hrntal \tlack on Oirls ami Fat tier. Seek Other Explanation imperial IHsp&trh to The Omaha Hastings, Neb., March 23 -That lie went to the home to collect some money which he said was owing him for corn husking last fall was the only explanation Fred Ateliers. 27, would give County Attorney Crow this afternoon for an attack on Weirt J. Meester, 60. a widower, and his three daughters at their farm three miles southeast of Hastings early to day. After wounding the four members of tiie family—the entire household —fitellars walked back to Hastings. He told the prosecutor he threw his gun away in a Hastings street. Weirt Meester was shot in the side and the bullet was extra* ted from nls back. Ilia condition Is extremely gra \ e Elsie Meester, is. was shot in the groin and lower chest. She was slowly sinking tonight and the prospect for her recovery was slight, due to in ternal hemorrhage. Signs I onfession. Alice Meester, 16, was shot u o.r back of the head, the build emerging from the jaw, and was also cut on top of the head find bruised over left eve. She is expected to recover. Lena Meester. 20. wan battered over the head with the pistol and burned b> powder. .She was dazed today but will recover. Ateliers, who Is understood here to have been divorced, had lived in Hastings since working for Meester in the fall harvest and lately lad |#een employed as a car washer. He was fully clothed but In bed when arrested by Sheriff Harm at the V. M. (' A. a’ 2 a. m., an hour or more after the shooting. At first denying the shooting, he later confessed to the sheriff saying that Meester owed him some money, that he walked to the Meester home and i at Meester called him a vile name. He said he had ’ nothing agaJnst the girls.” Hie confession t«► the county attor ney was substantially the same, with the addition that he went to •; e home to collect some money. He had no explanation for wounding the girls except that after shootirg Meester he “got excited." Was New \ ork Orphan. Rtelleve. v ith anothe* man. wap overheard last evening telephoning f**r da tee with two gh Is which were tefused. The i-onve r nation was cot with the Meester hoi *** and If is not known whether he pb* nod there The authorities are puzzled to know why Ateliers should have gone to the home to collect money after' midnight. tiC-ra wa« able to go to a neigh hor'e f t call for h*lp and three am balance* re«t»oiided. Ateliers was an orphan sent in hie L* I mod fr* * i N*»w York and wn« raised in * l.«> county by Mrs Caro line Ateliers. now of Idaho, He is a member of Company c;. National Guard, under the name of Fred Frapk. A restaurant employe said A;filers yesterday allowed him a pistol and nitif * ,ir?ridg* s The a ithorlties lea r r. ed that Ateliers bought a car with, the money paid him by Meester last fall. He Atiked Meester to advance a -utii to make up the purchase price and showed some displeasure when Meester refused. 3 MEN FOUND DEAD ON RANCH Mile* Cit}. Mont., March 23—John M. Kemp, 1 < eon. James i^nd J AY. Stacey were found today shot to death on the ranch of Stacey. 12 mile* south of Mizpah. Sheriff Far nitm and Goroner Graves after an in tvsiigation expressed the belief that HIhqov had killed the Kemps iiui him&df after an m moment ov er a load of ha> sil<‘ 1‘im lin-ctl for Jrwis.li I lirolo.'intl Seminar) Jmt*h r i*lrg ri» ht«- t|fmi Jet .sulem March 23. \ she for a veahivan, an orthodox Jewish theolo gical seminary, which will serve hs \ world center of Instruction in the Talmud, has been purchased bv the Palestine chief rabbinate. It was an pounced today. The site ;% on a hill near the Diskin orphanage in Jerusalem. r Summary of the Day in Washington The supreme court rev eased for three weeks. General Pershing was named head of the Ttietui Aj ica plebis. ite enun slop. The Northern P u ii.c land grants continued a subject of imjuiry i»cforc »i congressional ion»mii**lon. President I'oolldge rrdei «d ’ h Ic* \cMlention if to i ho nrcc*«lt \ of u*> in; foder.MI funds |»a> fur priori! guard drills. S’c; < .« V Kfllngr; * M. I N V.UH' I «*! riente signed the I11» of Pines II t*M t v be'Wirti the I idled States nml » *uh»i, 1*1 celtlc't <-*olldg» invited o* 4s states and all foreign governments to participate In the Inlet t atiotml expo mltlon at Philadelphia June I u. No 'ember 30. l?26 i Consul s Daughter Sues for Divorce j frHEl/MA HnSTi/i^T CflMVl-gfEj Mrs. Thelma Morgan Converse, daughter of the Aineri* :ni consul gen eral to Brussels, and sister «*f Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, has filed suit in Los Angele for from J.i. \ ail Converge, New York society man. charging cruelty She s* playing in motion pictures in Hollywood. Receivership ol St.Paul Will "Not \fleet Service I inanrial V«1 jii^tiu«*nt. <»n the (.ontrar\. Will Make lm pro\etl Facilities P<>« -iMr. It t- Predicted. * 'hicaco March 2". A statement by H. FC. Byrnm. Mark W. Potter and Edward .1 Poundage, receivers for the Chicago. Mil w *ukee & St. Paul t railway, tonight said that the receiver | ship just established for *he road will! have no adverse effect upon its' service. "On the contrary, di e adjustment of1 Its outstanding securities made pos. sible by this receivership will give the railroad an opportunity to finance new and improve*! fruM* •« needed to render even better service," the state ment said. ‘ That portion of the wwt and nortliwest • hroucl w • ms .• ail road operates Fins been especially herd hit b> icrioultural and general buslne** depression. In addition niuch tonnage hns l*ef n diverted tO| the Panama canal, and th« wide I spread u*o of the automobile has | caused large «iovr^-ise in passenger j travel by rail Kreicbt K ates I dividends i* recent years and has had difficult' in earning enough net operating income t*» meet fixed charge* "This moans that, although the ow ners o ft he property have suffered an Important loss, neither its em ployes nor :s patrons h.\e been called upon to share this burden. No Federal \id. "As there is no euaiuntoo in the transportation a ’ the railroad could not look to the g* vernmert for as sis* a nee. "Its offi-ers and emploves have mads a splendid fight to ovc > ome these ohstttcb s. but the 'aids w-'i'c p-*, groat, Thf-> will all ttrlo-uc the op pmtunitv for profitable operations r.f forded by the receivership and will devote themselves to their various task**’ with lei.ewed enc^v ;m l*e nf much greater assistance in this dcvelopn-eir Mountain in < olmatlo \cain >Itift- l*o»it ion Mwk'r t'olo . M urn M vine Mountain.' a .dtocolitu uy.p *■ mountain on the road liemeen Rifle and Mooi.' ’ ;> *■ ift> d k a Meek — " - tempi-; ullv . tit off f om otitk.ia truffle toiui; The ttnnem r»t 1* . n Stitid.v tdcla a ml Ip today the tnonnt.dn had shift ed T.1 > «1 »i.~ About a quart' r ■ ! •, ■mile of the Iliad tut dUturlied and truffle w 1* Mookrd. The movement (delated the road about 11 feet. The entire dome like iu.-i*« I* niov Inp toward the neat, iroordlnp to repvpte "Movlv.p Mountain" hi* *hifted *e\ etui time* *in.-e the fas? *hift In 1»0« Ttuffle 1* tween Rif!. ' ml Mi'- >• rim -■ he .. 1 | until (he shifting etopa N'n . . t'o«\e i nt Im* bm n a-.alptied. Tltc Weather \ I'tlM'iTtttMl. % * « 1.1 k * » "» ... - \ : V- V ‘ ’• i» t V ' » 1*1 t • * "1 * * tk *M >»' • m ■ 1 * p ,M y < • w \ t $1 m » ’* • * r u. t I Windstorm Throws City Into Panic Sini-Ur Sk>. on \univei>ar\ of I ornado. Hri al Is < hnalia"> (. roatc-l l)i-a*t»r. Insurance Finns Busv Yesterday was th* 12th amityrrsav* of Omaha's rlis.istrou* tornado of 1913. and it found th* city in a panh I >a*’ of a repetition uf the recen* Illinois pinrin. so fresh in everyone 2 mind, added to the terror. The setting which preceded the 191 t rn.nio was almost duplicated early yesterday afternoon. The morning had been wci n and by 2 p. in. th* thermometer had risen to SI degrees Tli* air was still and sultry. Then cloud* appeared on the south western horizon, the "tornado corner out of whh*h came the disastrous fur nel shaped cloud of 1913. The wind rose to a fitful gale, whipping th* clouds into shapes \x lii* li vaguely r* sembled long spirals. The alarming conditions caused tc? ror throughout the city. Mother frantically summoned their children from play and hurried th*n» into base nienU and storm cellars. Window - In downtown office buildings were crowded with anxious watchers Telephones hwamped A® ti * *louc1* rose high** * fjn,.d of Telephone - all* began. Thousand®, of men and women in downtown • ‘ fice^ called to warn their families • * hurry to safety. t- t-•* re**nd tin** since th* dial telephones were in *tali*d, th* machine.* were swatni*ed and unable to carry all the calls. Hundreds of - all® poured into the weather hur*au. and the information ci\en out there that th® barometer was falling. ifM*rea.sed the general alarm. The barometer fell from ngv nial, 2? ^9 inches. to 2* 33 at 4:30 p. m Insurance companies were deluged hy hast'.- orders f*-r tornado insurance Business men and other owners of large building* suddenly recalled that their properties were unprotected against tornadoes and they frantically endeavored to obtain policies before the storm struck. • Hour of Kafnfall In two hours, between 2:39 and 4'b» p. in . the Foster-Barker Insurance company wrote more that; 23 policies, totaling over $3,990,000. Other pedi cle* wore still being written w hen the office w * closed at ft p. m. Ti e Harry A. Koch Insurance com* pan* w r,.^ *3 t- rm to and s,r -* poli cies between 3 and 5 p m . and sf that ho\ir the clerks were still working a* top spec*.] and taking additional or der* B' 4.3<» p m. the cloud* had con pb-Teb m\ - i«t * '* sky sod the city was H* dark as night A few minute* later rain began to fall, and fear of a windstorm passed The rain con tinned for more than an hour fPoroe Y.il fell in th* vicinity of Twenty so' enth and Pratt street* Hailstorm in Fremont The only heavy storm reported ii the vicinity of On aha wa? at Fre mont. where a heavy hailstorm beg*" shortly before 4 p. m This storm was preceded by the same condition* whxh alarmed Omaha. Hailstones a* large as marbles fell for Id minute* ami then the hail gave place to rah which continued for an hour. Then the skies clearer 1 A ],• \rain fell at Beatrice Net late In ti e afternoon Farmers said that it would l-e highly beneficial io crop* in the vicinity. While the fear of a tornado wh* still at its height in Omaha, nn tt?r known radio station broadcast word of a tornado which was said to have struck bt Lou;* This report caused a new flood of telephone call* t * newst tper? and telegraph companies but the report was contradicted by The Asso.'.ited Frees, which said that no unusual conditions had prevailed u.\ where in the St. Louis region. High Trm|*craturc Recorded. The maximum wind velocity re ‘•■'rdod at the Omaha weather bureau w s 4 r ule1* per hour, but ofthua's su>i the wind w%i« .apparently stronger ip the res den “e district Found] HtufY* experienced a brief hnilsb nn, and H O pum* of glass hi • L , *1 L- 1*1'’*'?* greenhouse oi t'nnniim *irwt were broken, lkimage t• »pvt ltd No ofl er damage was reported T he t .i\jim;'ii temperature of $1 a* - v i' Monday broke all record! V * • » ** for March temperatures. Th only higher temperature recorded r March was in March. 1 when the maximum was v" degrees. The tornado which struck Oma1 * in 1913 oocuned at 5 *0 p m, t1 Kiis r Suudav. It u*ok LL lues a > - d o ;k.\r. *. - - \ \ *pe: ’ ilnn ice The temperature then xs -» 8 Mr and Mrs Nathan I>arrv-tor. who live on i farm in Boomer tow r >; i* !• tiulrs m>nheaj*. of Found; 1 | w * i': h * ; c • M ' .1 itc ' - m when the.r cn * tpped . ff the muddy road snl oxei ! turned, a mile from their home. The 1 kminctona were hastening ; home from iVunctl Bluff*. fearing that A tornado wr.s coming* On a | HI! the car w i« caught by a gust of wp*d a ihe wheels slipped tn .hr o'ud lx*tt ■ M-