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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<lgo Let ton in the hot election
• n f*-r judge of the Kiret dietrlet, hm
eav defeated. He wa* a Judge of the
Nebraska supreme court for Iff
Ilia former horn* nai In Beatrice
A
Youth Thrives on 90
Minutes Sleep Daily
-I
The case «»f Alderson Fiy, 20, stu
dent in Marshall college, Hunting
ton, W \a., has at 1 ranted national
attention among psychiatrists.
Five years ago Fry's legs were am
putated by a train. Since then lie has
slept an average of only 00 minutes
a day, yet. is in a normal physical
and mental condition. It oecnsionallj
happens that he does not sleep for 10
da ys a t a t inie.
Omaha Shows Real
Hospitality to 21!
Boosters of Iowa
Greater IJ<v Moine* Commit
tee, Guots of Greater Oma
ha Committee, on Re
turn \ i»it.
Fes Moines business men visiting
in Omaha Monday and Monday night
were shown a taste of real Omaha
hospitality. In fact, the 28 leaders
of Des Moines' business Interests, who
arrived in Omaha to he the guests
of the Greater Omaha committee, ad
mitted this after arriving at 1 he F<*r>
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
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\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 <m# nf Kng
land's most noted society law rase,
culminated today in a victory for M
Muriel Waterhouse when a Jurv re
turned a verdict in her f&vm .
Mrs. Waterhouse had sued c*»pt
Sir David Wilson Barker, Lady Wi!
son Barker and R. P. Sheldon for
$50,000 she cialmed was obtained
from her late husband, Frank Water
house, by “fraudulent misrepresenta
tion.’*
The jury found no of con
spiracy against Sheldon. The verdict
of the jury assessed costs of the a<
tion against Sir David and Lady
Wilson Barker.
_
NO U. S. RUM CASES
IN STATE COURTS
Plans of the prohibition department
to transfer 30n liquor cases to the
state courts following the passage of
the "pint” law. were given a severe
jolt Monday when 1’nlted States Dis
trict Attorney .1. Klnsler ruled that
all ca-es would all be tried 1n federal
court.
Elmer Thomas, prohibition director,
had made his plans to relieve the fed
eral docket and fill the state courts
with at least 300 liquor cases since
the drastic "pint" law took effect.
"The liquor cases on the federal
(.locket can not he transferred to state
courts," Raid Klnsler "Persons nr
rested since the passage of the pint
law' can he tried in state courts pro
viding they have not already been ar
raigned In federal court."
Hnime of Common* Approve*
Mriti-lt Singapore I'oliey
lly rhd Aiiorlatfil I’rw*.
London March 23. The govern
merit tonight received another parlia
mentary vote of approval on the Sin
gapore policy, when the house of
commons. hy 2M) to 129, rejected
Ramsay McDonalds motion to rr
duce the naval vole in a prntee*
(gainst building the naval lase it
Singapore '1'he debate was largely
a. repetition of that of last week, but
the possibility of a “white versus \ el
low" conflict between Japan and Airs
tralla loomed rather Urge and the
|K>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;<r> 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
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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 !!<!!. a neigh
bor, told the authorities that she be-!
llev<* dtlie child had been killed by
Keane.
A coroner's jury was hastily sum
moned. and Mrs Hull edmitvd on
the stand that she had no evidence!
Indicating that Keane had bad any!
part in the child'* death. Her in
formation. she said, was based on
“hearsay." The jury reported that
the child'* death was due to “un
known causes”
Doctors found tnai K* on the child a
neck which, thev said, “might be”
finger marks. Neighbor* testified
that the Keanes had never hern
known to mistreat the child, whom
they had cared for.
Notwithstanding the Jur\ s verdict,
the undertaker said he would Insit"
on a court order f«»r the child's burial.
ATTACK LAUNCHED
ON RAIL MERGER
WnsliinKt'-n, Mi-h 23 The fir
attack oil the plan of the Van Swer |
Ingen Interests to a. quire control by
lease or five big railroad systems was
made before the Interstate commerce
commission today by Albert Stiles, of
Now* Vork, In a petition to intervene
in tlie merger project.
Stiles, who is an engineer and a
hold# of common stock in the Fhrsa
peak* Si Ohio railroad, assailed th*
proposed merger plan, claiming that
the promoter* had grossly ndsrepre
sented the value >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-.
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Ifwi'l I In’ll Stiiffil
i 'Ip\ Pin rill, ii M. ;, h "i \ mill
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"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 <e* secretary to sup
port a proposal for the formation of
an export corporation under govern
ment super vision to handle surplus
grain
The #eruifor argued that such a
plan, which was incorporated in the
Haugen M< Nary bill and rejected by
the last congress, is ;he only feasible
way to stabilize the price of wheat.
.lardine did not take kindly to the
suggestion. He pointed out that the
question was discussed from all angles
by the president's agriculture confer
ence of which he was a member, and
had been discarded as "impracticable
and unwise ’*
Norbeck is much disturbed over the
condition <>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.
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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 <m
"The effect of thf-c romini"ns has!
been aggravate*! I v the far that ini
this serf;.?' «f the country freight |
rates have been lower* than in tl i-e j
region* where the business depression
was le»s acute.
"Regardless of these things the
Milwaukee has had to pay as high a
scale of wag* s. high a price for
materials mil as high taxes as have
been paid by * he mo*' prosperous
railroad, enojying the heaviest traffic.
\* i result • e Milwaukee lias
paid n<n> 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<! h1
"The Milwaukee railroad is 1 won
derful proper!v \• fine ph»i.-«l cc*
di'lon. It hns urlimitca! faith in the
development of the west a?-I t.«
northw c«*
"An oppotM ' tv ,n r..'n ♦ ,>
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
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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<fci -_\a w . ut'able * %
«*'o.util I i • .*. Mine and it tuntol *
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l*liil«>-<i|t|i, r H.iiiji' N'lf.
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