The Omaha M >rning Bee -^ir: - tlia't labor run bo mailr buppj.— CITY EDITION *=' 71' " —1 ^ ,,. - ■ - ■ ■, *=-■—'■ itu8kln v--- VOL. 54-NO. 244. OMAHA, THURSDAY,. MARCH 20, 1926.* TWO CENTS1* SBft&SHS&S?* w-' Muny Coal Bill Killed by Senators " \ n ti-Monopoly” Measure Sponsored by Spillmau Defeated After Heated Debate. Child Labor Vote Taken By r. V. POWELL. Stnff ( <»rre»p<>ndrnt of The Omaha llee. Lincoln, March 25.—Attorney Gen eral O. S. Spillman suffered an over whelming defeat in the state senate today when Ids muny coal and gas bdl was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 13 to 8. During debate Spill man was subject to a bitter attack by Senator Clark Jeary of Lancaster, who charged the bill was Introduced for political effect while ‘‘one of the most gigantic trusts in America is operating constantly under the at g-** rorney general's nose,” The vote fol lows: Kor: ■i.indrich r.ubertfcon Hrliwold Scott Herr "hallenbarser McGowan Warner. Against: Rannlng Johnson Hchrens I.auKhlin miss l.uckey chambers Purred Cooper- Ttre.t polazn I Robbins Hysart Vance Holbrook Watson Heekt Wilkine Hnye Wlltse (Ilian Wood Jeary Absent and not voting: * VJeacliam Humphrey. "i think the real purpose of this bill has already been accomplished," Jeary said. ‘‘That Is the garnering ot votes for the next election. The at torney general, who Is the real insti gator of the bill, has the machinery at hand now to prosecute trusts and monopolies. Yet, not a finger lias been raised against the cement trust, which really collects more money from the farmers than the gasoline coalers. Cement Men Attacked. "The cement trust In this state has the same Pittsburgh plus plan as the steel trust doe". You take at Superior, in this etate, where cement la manu factured. The people there pay' the same for cement as In any other town In the state. The difference In freight rates does not make a pen ny’s worth of difference in the price. "Just think of the unjustness of tiie provisions .of this bill, which pluces judiciary power in city coun cils to decide if monopolies exist without a bit of evidence on the subject. Xo court in the land ha? the ( ewe.- to make a decision unless evi dence is presented. You would let a town council usurp the powers of the court of the land.” Senator 'William X. Chambers of "inaba proposed an amendment giv ing the same powers to city councils (Continued From Togo One) HOTEL MEETING IN NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks, X. D., was selected by the members of the executive council of the Northwestern Hotel association as the convention city the first week in August. The meeting was held 'Wednesday at Hotey Font ensile, with the 12 members in attendance. Following the convention at Grand Forks, the hotel owners will charter a special train and make a pilgrimage to Winnipeg, Canada, to be guests of Winnipeg hotel owners. There are 350 member* In the or ganization. Eugene Eppley of Omaha predicted at the meeting that more than 300 would accept the Winnipeg invitation. KEROSENE BURNS FATAL TO WOMAN Sperlal Dispatch »y women In the Back Bay district, was arrested today. — We Have With Us Today M. Luo , Railroad Man, fit. I anils. Mr. Lucy I* the industrial Inspec ♦or of the Missouri Pacific railroad arid Is In Omaha inspecting site* along hi* company's tracks and also consulting with Missouri Pacific of flclHls located In Omaha. Me lisa been with the Missouri Pacific. tor more than a cjnoi :ci of a century. CHILD BITTEN BY DOG, DIES “West Point, Neb., March 25.—The 4 year-old son of Charles AA’. Mack died today of hydrophobia following a bite by a mad dog three weeks ago. A son of Hans Sorenson, attacked the same day by another dog suspected of suffering from rabies, has as yet shown no symptoms of the disease. Immediately after the boys were bitten, treatment was sent from the tearest pasteur station at Kansas City. Two day# elapsed, however, before the shipment arrived. Solons to Vi ork for Farm Relief at Next Session Many Farm Bloc Leaders Vi ill Spend A acations in Inter est of Pel Legislative Schemes. 4 By I'ltbersal Service. AVashlngton, March 25.— Karin re lief legislation will vie with tax re duction, railroad consolidation and other important administration mea sures in demanding consideration in the next session of congress, accord ing to movements now under way among senators and representatives front agricultural states. The recommendations of the presi dent’s agricultural commission, which were not acted upon at the recent session, again will bs before the two houses, but likely will receive scant attention,* it Is now Indicated. These proposals failed to win a majority in cither branch in the 88th congress. Proposals of Own. As against them In the next session, members of the^two agriculture com mittees and others from farming communities, fresli from contact with the distressed planters, will have pro posals of their own to'press. Representative L. J. Dickinson, re publican, of Iowa, chairman of *h« farm bloc in the bn"—. • was substituted by the house for that based on the pre.nic.. mission plan and reported out by the agriculture committee only to fail of action In the senate, Is drafting an other more comprehensive measure. He will begin a speaking tour April 16 which will carry him through all the western agricultural states, af fording an opportunity to "sell” his plan to the farmers. Borah Will Speak. Senator Borah also intends to make a speaking tour in the west In the interest of farm relief legislation. Representative Gilbert N. Haugen, republican, of Iowa, chairman of the house agriculture committee, is go ing to Kurope to. study the co-opera tive fnrm organizations of the Seal, dlna.vlan countries, Germany and other nations, with a view to prepar ing legislation for introduction in the next session. He will be accompanied by representative Cyrenus Cole, re pub lean, of Iowa. Senators Capiter. Kansas: MyNary, Oregon; Iatdd, North Dakota: Brook hart, Iowa, and others In the two branches aiso will work on bills dur ing the adjournment. MEDALS OFFERED WOMEN DRIVERS The Omaha safety council Is offer ing three medals to women drivers, winner* of the contest to be held in Elmwood park Monday, April 6. The medals are gold, silver and bronze. Five honorable mention ribbons will also be awarded by Mayor Dalitman. The contest will consist of five driving tests. The honorary Judges will be Mayor Dahlman, Chief of Po lice Van Deusen. H. A. Adams, Joseph Polcar, Rallard Dunn, AY. Jt. Watson, County Attorney Henry Beal and Judge L. B. Day. The con test Is open to all woman drivers over 18. Enrollment blanks and rules of the contest can be secured at the safety council office. WOODLOCK GIVEN COMMERCE POST Washington, March" 25.—President Coolldge took another thrust at the senate today by giving a recess ap pointment to Thomas F. Woodlock, "New York financial writer, as mem ber of the Interstate commerce com mission. Both In the regular and extra ses sions, the senate, because of opposi tion of southern democrats, refused to confirm Woodlock. Democrats de manded that the vacancy on the com mission be given to a man from the south, * Omaha Police Search for Paemlo Salesman Omaha police are searching for a pseudo washing machine Nalesman, who, they say, prowls homes instead of soliciting them. Mrs. J. K. Dewey, 3900 North Twen ty-third street, discovered the man in her home shortly before noon Wed neadey. The stranger fled. Neigh* hors told police h* had been canvass ing the district as n salesman for o washing machine. ( lamir Huston \rkn Divorce. Beatrice, March 2j -Claude Must on of this city filed suit for divorce from Mildred Huston. He charges her with desertion and i ames Luther Jleedy ms go-respondent. H« denies that lie | is the father of a. fourth child. Hus i ton sfsks custody of three children. He was recently brought l»n» k tn Beat | ice from Lincoln on the charg* nf failure to contribute to the support of i»ls family. Lahinet Rf-gigii*. Managua. Altn-cli 2f>. The Nicara guan cabinet resigned tn give Free I (tent HoIorzHiin n free hand In or ganlzlng a new cabinet. till a rAMII.V— Are yr. , - , I mr ♦ hem* It 9 a n ip* brakes rellnert hii\ beetle Servir# Ht*H«*>n. A'Po ttn.l h*0 u Cory. «UI iltiue* 9 Guardian of McGlintoc1" Held in Jar Chicago Judge Decides Ampi Evidence Found to Suit port Charges of Mur der in Case. Faiman to Be Arraigned ll.v l ni versa 1 Her vice. ('hicago, March 23.—William D. Shepherd must stay In Jail. Judge Jacob Hopkins, in superior court early tonight, overruled the mo tion of tlie defense that Shepherd be admitted to bond pending trial and a grand Jury indictment charging mur der. Shepherd is charged with slaying William ,\\ Mci Unlock, his millionaire ward, by feeding him typhoid germs. The motion to grant Shepherd ball pending trial was entered In superior court last week by William Scott Stewart. Shepherd's attorney. He ar gued that the state had secured the indictment without presenting suffi cient evidence of Shepherd's guiit. Tlie arguments, which began almost immediately, continued until late this evening. Robert E. t'rowe, state's attorney, made the final plea against granting Shepherd bond. He held that the state had offered ample evidence on which to base tlie indictment. Dr. C. C. Faiman, who was indict ed with Shepherd, will probably be arraigned fluring the week._ The,ques tion of granting him bond will then be brought up. Dr. Faiman lias never been formalh arrested on the Indict ment. He lias not been kept in jail, but held under guard by attaches ot the state’s attorney’s office. Dr. Faiman is the state's star wit ness, as well as one of the defendants. t was Faiman who confessed that hepherd had secured typhoid germs from him and had promised him $100, 000 when the McCHntock estate was settled. Shepherd was crest fallen when Judge Hopkins announced tlmt his motion for bond was overruled He had expected to gain ills liberty and was prepared to post as much as $500,000 for appearance at tlie trial. Shepherd .indicated that he might appeal from Judge Hopkins’ decision and continue the fight for bond. THREE HURT WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE R. Osborne. 1537 Willis avenue: Grace Thetisoldt, Herman. Neb., and Mrs. Goldie Parish, Hetman, suf fered minor injuries Tuesday night when the Oilwrne nml Thlelsoldt cars collided at Twenty-fourth street and Bauman avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Parish were riding with the Thiel sold ts. Jerry Tarose, messenger hoy 4615 South Thirty fourth street, suffered abrasions of the bands and knees Tuesday, when struck hy the car of K. A. WilMiigton. 2004 Wirt street, ns he was riding hts bicycle at .Sixteenth and Chicago streets. , The accident was a "double action'’ affair. The machine of Route C. lair son, IS76 California street, si t uck Willing-ton's car, knocking It Into the boy's bicycle. SHERIFF’S SLAYER SOUGHT BY POSSE Abilene, Tex., March 25.— An all night search by more than "oo men, Including officers from several coun ties In this section revealed no trace of the Mexican who shot ami killed Sheriff W. W. Setter-while of Howard county and Deputy Sheriff George Reeves of Merkel yesterday. The country where the officers were killed near Merkel Is very rough, undergrowth of bushes and canyons affording a hiding place. The search continued today. The officers were killed when theyj attempted to arrest the Mexican who, was wanted for killing a mnn nt I’.lg i Hpring. FLEET ENGAGES IN SHAM BATTLE Ilj The Umn intril Prf»i. Aboard l\ S. S. c’oncord. off! San Pedro. Cal.. March 'J. *PHo mnatj P'twe fill great battle fleet rent the air with appalling vibration* in it* annual force practice* ninuilfttlng a teiijfl.- naval battle. IIiu\it I loti■■ I\ hark Settler Pies at \ge of TI • 'heater, March 25 G. K. IVnell • I. died at Ida home n*-ar bate today. He waa born in < >hlo in 1>tr»nt flnd came to Thayer county. Nebraska. in lK$r» •iml bought land near ll>e Mtate line .lust Mouth <»f < 'heater, ''here he hna lived continually Mince, ill- wife died here in J019. Throe sol in and one daughter aurvive. ZionCity Radio Station Heard 8,372 Miles /Ion 111), III., March 23.—Radio fetation WCItl), located here, re ported the following rablnjrain from I. II. Xcoft of Chicago, who U vlfe Itlnu Id* old tionie in Tasman, New Zealand: “Heard with loop last night on loud ape.**her: belie*e world'* record for loop reception.** Timii'ii ia 8.Hi? miles in direct I line lrotu Ztuu litj. # Mrs. Wooster Lambert. Paris Div orcee, Marries Sidney Allen of St. Louis JU *\10\ rces Take Place in France; Mrs. \A. ' lS t n" 31. V1? cr Wife of Booth Tarkington. Hc arated from Hn>l>and. - . £ * & --- "I; i.1 S»1 . .. e -1ht r C orrcwponUeilt. I’arl«, March "5.—The marriage of Mrs. Wooster Lambert to Sidney Allen of St. Louis reveals the as tounding secrecy with which many Pails divorces are surrounded. Ac cording to affidavits produced at the marriage, the Wooster Lamberts were divorced in Paris early last year, but no record of the divorce appears in the Seine tribunal rec ords. Wooster Lambert of St. Louis, one of the principals of 'lie J-am bert Pharmaceutical company, mar ried ids wife, Marlon, 10 vests ag". According to report here, she ob taised a liug* divorce settlement, running Into the millions. Another American divorce, the details ot which arc not obtainable through any official source, Is that of Mrs. W. C. t’onnollv, who was Miss-Louise Fletcher of Tndianapo. 11s and formerly the wife of Booth Tarklngton. Connolly, who is prominent social ly in Washington and Boston, came over for the few days that were necessary to receive service of the divorce papers and then returned, while his wife is taking George Fleurot's house on the Avenue du Bids de Boulogne. Paris, to estab lish the "domicile’ required by the lenient French courts. Utah \* ooi Given Rate Advantage Boston \X ool Interests Pusli Fight lor Joint Through Rates From Pacific Foaet. Portland, Ore., March 23.—H. AV. Prickett of Salt Lake City, testifying today in the hearing before an inter state commerce commission on the eetition of Boston wool interests for joint through rates on wool from In terior points In tlie Pacific northwest to Boston, said because of billing in transit privileges, Utah wool had ad vantages of easy access to Chicago and St. Louis markets. He said this eras largely because through rates were lower than the sum of lo cal rates. Wool produced in eastern Idaho and eastern Utah, lie said, is near the twilight zone, where the transconti nental rail fate is on a parity with the existing joint rail and water rate via Portland canal to the Atlantic seaboard. In his opinion Salt. Lake City potentially Is as great a wool concentration point as is Portland and that through rail and water rates with arrangements carrying nego ■ialile through hills of lading would benefit wool growers in the inter mountain country and be reflected In higher prices for wool, If scoured and graded at Utah s chief city. Donald _ McLean of Twin Falls. Idaho, secretary of the Idaho AYool Growers association, favored Joint through rates and through bills of lading mi wool from interior points. He skid it was desirable that more wool from Idaho should move through Portland f°r trans-shipment via the Panama canal and would do so if joint rates and through hills of lading arrangements were made. J. F. Sears of Yakima, AA'ash., an other witness, who represented a live stock loan organization, said he would oppose any rate adjustment that would prove harmful to the wool warehouse and manufacturing inter ests of Portland. TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE FIXED Washington. March "3. .-The War department announced today the fol lowing program for this summer's citizens' military training camps: Sixth corps area: Camp Custer, Mich., and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., July 23 to August 2!. Seventh corps area: Leavenworth. Kan.: Des Moines, la . and Fort Knelling, Minn., August 1 to 39. Kightli corps area: Fort I/>gun, Colo.: Huachuca, Arts.; Sill, Okln : Bliss, Crockett and Sam Houston. .Tex.. July 28 to August 26. Ninth corps area: Forts Douglas. I tab; D. A. Russell, Wyo , and George Wright. Wash., June !2 to July 11. For Winlfleld Scott, Cal., June 20 to July 19: Belmonte, Cal., July 21 to August 89; Camp •Lewis, Wash., June 19 to July 18, and Fort Worden, Wash., Junn 20 to July 19. (lonlract Lot for Sinking Creighton Stadium Piles Raymond i?oncrete Pile company of l\ari*aa City wan awarded contra t for alnklng reinforcement* for 500 «»»n< • et© pile* f>>r the new Creighton atadlum. the work to begin next Mon day and to coat approximately $18,oon. In order to complete the atadlum in time for the American Region r«m ventlon tiext October," aabl Rev. John I'*. M •< Vtnnlck, prealdent of Creigh ton university, “work muet begin a* once, even though only $65,000 of th** quarter million needed, have been raised." Mncltinery for t ho work baa be**n whipped from Knnen* c.\\\ Station Agent Appointed. Rnseinont, Man h 23 M \ H.itnil Inn nf Geneva lias been appointed Ma lion agent for the Burlington rail wav at this {flare, auoc eedltig M. B, Collins, who lakes the portion of operator at Superb^- Hamilton has been In (he service ,f the iiillwav for the Inst 13 years lie hits been operator hi Memo a for the last thro, yen re. Vi liman Lav • 11 ng»- l av. Detroit, Mil mb ?R. Mm. \ 1|« ,•, *lray KiiJea ha* driven her che. k furl $2,fl'JT,3014.05 to tbe Intel iial i rvenin . burr.mi office here. In pu v incut of h* ■ aupplemcnhit > In* umc tax on the auU ! of minority *har«»* «>f Kord MoPtI iMmipnnV »tock In 11*I © The pn\incn» w na nuide by Ibil It Hintth. her t»' tornay, under pmtoet l\rie In Mr Lra^rtl. New V4.uk. M.iifh 25 She . hold era of the 1'Jrio Rrdlrond cotiduiny up provetl propoHitl* to Icahc the road tb the New Vttrk t'hlciign /it Si I .oil I" I tell way <•* »in puny, the fln/il etep in bringing the l.t-ic under control of the Vhh Hwcrltigert inteieali t>> thelt ! i, i ,JU0,UUU|UU0 .SUktl mala umgti Group Takes Up Railroad Claim l it If* to Two Pici’es of Land, Totalling 2,000,000 Acre*, < Considered. Washington, March 26. -Claims by the Northern Pacific Railway com pany to two tracts of government land approximating 2,000,000 acres were taken up today by the congres sional commission investigating land grants to the company. The government lias Jaken tiie po sition that one tract of 3.500,000 acres should be denied the company be cause of the circuitous route taken by the railway in constructing its line through (lie stale of Washington. James B. Kerr of Portland, Ore., counsel for the company, told Hie commission the act of 1S64, which granted the compand a certain amount of land for each mile of track (instructed, gave the "greatest lati tude" os to the route to be chosen. Me contended the route through Washington was "to a large extent" determined by the topography of th*e country and that It was the only route that coufd have been selected at tiie time. The Interior depart ment and the president, he added, approved the route at the time of se led toll. The other claim involving approxi mately 590.000 acres, was due. tic; company contended, because of an overlapping of grants at Wilhiia. Wash. The government, however, held the claim should not be gtanted on the ground that tiie company had received all land to which it wss en titled in connection with tin Walluls construction. WOODROUGH AIDE BACK FROM WEST Anton Grose, bailiff of. Federal Judge Woodrough. arrived home Wednesday morning from I si* An gel***. whither he and the Judge jour neyed February J. Anton doesn't earn for Los Angeles. "Such flies as they have there I never saw In my life." said Gross. "They bother you all the time, "But the people are hospitable. Tou can't walk half a block before, some one offers you a ride. When he get* you In his car he want* to sell wou n lot." Judge Woodrough has been vaca tioning lit boa Angeles and doing work on several big rases on the Oma ha docket. He stopped In Salt Lake City to hand down decisions on case* lie heard In federal court there some time ago. HOWELL PLANS TRIP TO CANADA Wnsbtngton. March 15.—Senator Howell, republican, Nebraska, plans to visit Canada this summer to In sport the hydro electric system In that country with a view* of having « similar s\*tem organized In this conn try with Muscle Shoals as one of the unit*. In Canada, he said, «cheep power rates ate available be< ruse a. number of cities hate pooled their electric energy Into one slant system. Tins senator asserted that rate* In this country ns a rule are too high, adding that the Canadian system would serve to lower rates generally, Snulli Hi (ill N on tit Minting I'rnm Home Since Tuesday Lawrence Clark, 17, student at Mouth High, dlsappeated from home Tuesday morning. Ills father, F, J Clark, 1714 Mouth Twenty fourth street, reported to police Tuesday night. The youth left home et 7 Tues da> tnornllig with his lunch, ostensi bly for school. Mussolini \*k* \mliencr. Home, Marib 55 premier Mu* anllnl hna naked for an audience with Klim Vi* uh Kmnmnuel And a r-uifei a tire ha* been art f«>r Thuraduy Married in I oiinril IHnffs. Thf following V'^rpirn obtlliifl » * la cr» II "ins* In OmjfWll Ill'll?* )<•* fardat * li.lv In Htnkiov t.o*a»», la. . Ila.al Ktltot* OiL«ba .'* John Hall*' Omaha . ....... Zi All',. VN • M,;b h h .- . iv U ft'tl At*' rfo»i ii n , hlaml Nri», Mtirtha tfiulili Schuyler. N*ah. ....... \ I'aul l* Kahriidpti Omaha Hui It I Kuni On a ha 1' KI liter Aa|)|*. H' Ki|w»n1 Nth, *• .l; noth H o »i U 11 >a A1 to o n N *'1 • ? • | W ,i 11 pt \ II wallp Me 1 It 11 amt la M YiuU I. naii-b. Mcflalland. ta .*5 * arah* a M oi*m#r*a. Wav* ‘v \*h *1 j IIavpI M \V lion lirp.-nwoo.l, Nah. Si flcovar Wild f N*b 3'| M a • la o v« pi' K<*n •.,*• Vah . t* Vlnceai Ha 1 ■ i* *t ip n*1, V <4»! 4 r.liafUa f't agu* Nab AmliP.N flranf omilu * M a ' farat ft r* m r a?> Platt,* ' outh * *' N • F -auk W llarn H1 a ■ IN*h -.Til K-O-n H.lt rials \po * • '01* ]1 H Sid. N'oi'fcU. S • I. 4 * Li.aai-aiU ^eokar;. eNtilOlk* -NtU ......4* ( « Rite Victim Branded by Own Sister California Woman Confesses She W iclded Hot Poker W liicli Seared Body of Her Brother. Grand Jury Will Probe Oroville. Cal., March 25. District Attorney Edgar Kothe announced to day lie had obtained a confession from Mrs. Edward Rhodes, sister of Herman It. Shadow, cult branding victim, that she burned the holes into her brother's body with a red hot poker. She said it was the carrying out of the rite of their cult. Shadow was a willing sacrifice, ac cording to other evidence, tHe dis trict attorney claimed. It develoited today that an insurance agent ot Redding was ready to pay to Shal low's widow $2,000 which lie carried on his life. The manner and cause of death, according to the terms of tlie policy, do not affect its legality. The district attorney will call the grand jury later in the week. He ob tained today from Edward Rhodes, the branding vietln^j brother-in-law, at whose home the branding took place, a graphic account of the brand ing ritual. Tile investigation has been widened to determine whether there were other practices of branding, fol lowing rumors of victims being malm ! ed at religious rites. KREBS ADDRESSES MERCHANTS’ BODY Dr. Stanley Krebs addressed the merchants of South Omaha at the noon day luncheon Tuesday. Dr. Krebs is president of the Insti tute of Mercantile Art in New York City' and Rliiladtlphia. which was j founded by the late John Wanna maker. “All problems America lias had in the past, she has n.et successfully and all problems America now has will be met successfully.'' said Dr. Krebs. “The whole world seems 'o be suffer ing from -i sort of paralysis, brought on by people waiting for others to act. “Meo bants in i individuals must re alize the importance of focalized thought and action, and must be mili tant constructionists, always on the alert and ready to dpny any rumors detrimental to business and belittling the government. •“The federal rssem e board A »!„• best agency In the country te avert panics anil ciarly showed itself to be effective during the world war." RUM. “GAS” FAIL TO MIX, TWO JAILED IJquorand gasoline did not mix. md as a lesult James E. Sullivan, 1919 South Sixteenth etieet, and Kiel Krause, '911 Oak street, were lan guishing In the county jail. Sullivan with a cut hand and Krause with a fi i-tured j igl^t shoulder Wednesday. The accident occurred at a curve at the foot of th» hill leading from Ralston to Q ktreet. The two young men were In a car driven by Sullivan belonging to k. C. Nickerson, mana ger of the Electrical and Radio Sup plies, 112 South Eighteenth street. The car was almost completely de mollahed, "We had been drinklnq, ' said Km jse. "I wanted to get ba k to Omaha In time to go to work so Sulli van essayed to drive me In. I warned him not to go so fast, hut It didn't do any good. Aside from my shoultlei I'm worried about the car.'' FACTORY QUERIES . RECEIVED HERE Mort inquiries have been received by tbs Omaha chamber of Commerce during the last ♦>«) days regarding site? from prospective manufacturer* th»r. have been recei\ed in the last >e,s according to a report ead tQ the executive committee Wednesday J. M. (Milan, secretary of the indu* trial committee, said two un-re con t*rns have practically decided to lo cats In Omaha. One manufactures ir<»n and wire fences and gate posts and ihe other n special ktr. 1 of cat tle dip. Krai F.xtatr Hoard Men talk \pprai«al< at Meet Members of the omi^hs Res! He lm e hoard discussed the \arious phases of av>prnlsals »♦ their meet ing at the »‘malm Chamber «»f Pom. ir.eree Wednesday noon. Talks were made by W. 11 M ■F'nrland, F 11 Myers and Lyi\n t’Umpbell Ni-xl ^ ar in Vir. Chicago, March 2F« The ne\ wnr will bo fought In the air some 20 years hencs* it may come in 10 years -Sir ('buries Higham. Kngllsh sd vertising man. declared in admeaeing the Kngllsh Speaking union Chicago will he In r»s great danger of desf ruc tion by aerial bcmlai as \t»v\ V 't’k-i'r San FrancUco. he declared. Ken-i\ or Hcadg Hoad. Kans.9s ('1. > Mo M W T. Kemper, teoelvet the last \ #; t j year* for the Olden t milrivtd. will head the t pm g.-uii atton ^ oiip that yesterday took over » «* vaid t:n*ler the Judgment of Foderal Judge John f I’olli x k. If was s mmnrood \ five management of the ton I will be sretn Wichita. \\ orkinou Hurl in I a 11 Toledo, n (n j Ft\* work men who fell 10 floor* Into the base ment r»f the new Park spa; intents .oial> iOjuitU. i EXPLOSION KILLS SARGENT WOMAN Grand Island, Neb., March 25 Mrs. Frank A. Gustafson, Oh, of Hargent, Neb., died early Wednes day as the result of a kerosene ex plosion at her home Tuesday eve ning, while preparing the evening meal. She attempted to hasten the slow-burning fire by pouring a small quantity of kerosene on the flames from a five-gallon can. Burns cov ered tho entire body before her daughter could extinguish the flames from her clothing. Phe leaves a husband and four children. Stock Reaction h Checked \\ hen Prices Recover Nothing in News to Weounl for Reversal, hut Swiftness of Rebound Indicates Decline Overdone. New York, March 25.—The ' eac tion in stock prices which has been under way, with few Interruptions, | for the last three weeks and has can celed about half of the extreme gains recorded since election day, was checked, at least temporarily, r day when prices rallied 1 to 5 points on the appearance of s’rong buying sup port. There was nothing In the day's news to account for the complete re versa! of‘form, but the swiftness of the rel ound in many issues Indicated that tho decline, like the advances which preceded it lias been overdone. Despite the strong opening tone, hear traders did not give up tlielr efforts to force a renewal of general liquidation. A heavy selling attack was launched against Union Pacific, which was depressed to a new low for the year at 135 3-5. This selling temporarily halted the advance In other quarters and brought about moderate recessions from the early high levels In some of the speculat ive issues, but the market sooon steadied and withstood further sell ing attacks, rallying briskly under the leadership of the standard Indus trials in the final hour. Halls failed to participate In *he advance » extensively as the indus trials because of the relatively, poor nature of some of the February earn ings rei>orfs now being published. However. Chicago Greet Western preferred. Denver A Rid Grande Western preferred and Texas & Pa cific each closed at ieust 2 points higher. while New Yorg Central, ■ Atchison, Northern Pacific, Baltimore i A Ohio. Chesapeake A Ohio. Hock , island. ‘'Katy'' and most of tile oth ' ere gained a point or eo. Union Pa i ■ ific rallied to 137. where it was off 2 points on the day. STOCKMEN AID IN POPULARITY RACE The Livestock exchange Interest* will start a campaign this noon to put their candidate in th* lead in the Knights of Columbus popularity contest. Mj«s Margaret M Coy, secretary to E. E. Grimes, manager of the joint railroad offices in *he struck yards, has been selected a* the representative of the stockyards in the popularity contest being conducted by tie Knights of Columbus tn connection with * Oom Pah," the indoor carnival to be held at the City auditorium April 20 to 25. Inclusive. At noon today the firs! a* a series of noon entertainments will be held In the Exchange dining room. * v*m mlssior men have Invite*! their wives to take luncheon with them and par ticipate in the entertainment and dancing. Miss Mci'oy is 2k years Id an*! lives at 2414 South Thirty first str eet 7 PERSONS DEAD IN OIL EXPLOSION Hamburg. Germrny. Mar-h — S*m I* vr> kll*1 »ri* C*** 'Injured nn oil nv'ni'r. on tl • Hamburg harbor hur!»<1 a nnmll freight vaaael into >h«- air. Another freighter was .unk h\ fhr expio*U'ii an.I fou- of ns ■ are missing. Summary of the Day in Washington Luther (’, White of Masaaen. >ett$ n»« appointed superintendent of fed eral prisons. The na\y announce.! ihe ah ship Los Angeles would make trips to Bermuda and Porto Rico or Cuba Thomas K \\ >'olliv k of N w \ was given a recess appointment a* ' member of the interstate comiue: commission The Baltimore r.fmvnce of tic Method Epie* opal « S* ith MH e«! against unifloHthn ''Ith themeti* ern church 4Charges of ’’atrocities h\ Chileans In 1’:H ".i \rI ttfio * . e It . !.* pat dies nuuie public y ,»e Pi*:; a , embassy I tnndgi ,i f Ion fliers • cun s * 1 \ to determine the effec- • f the !*\* t immigration • ? S< :h ,\me (cat's of Indian hlv«Ht President t oolidee ,! * m Borah of the senate foreign vel .lc* * committee dis. visaed the pry.e* f a new arms conference. Sixteen sermt*Mj» asked ■ \t fro;*-, al Bade * ommUtskm for inform*! c > s* - to. trade combination* bev g fc c » ,-C • • hi 1 l*v V ■ ertcan ■'..» c*1 • .t'nrir.qn diplomatic t \ m wei e ri - »* f. t data on it o tin fchl (tail ,V A Asks Probe of Fai ei Lad's Death Deflare Loroner’s llieorv lliat ^ on ill 1 nok < n Life Not Supported by l aet' in Lase. No Cause to Shoct Self T'nless rising public feeling tie mauds an inquest into tlie murder or suicide uf Victor Pearson. 24 year id farmer boy of Yutan, Neb., whose charred body was found in Ids burn ed automobile twYi miles east of Ei* horn Tuesday night, the tragedy will probably always remain an unsolved mystery. Coroner Paul Steinwender annomic el Wednesday night that h» would hold i. > Inquest, as he believes* that young Pearson shot himself. Relatives ind tli** fiancee of Pea: son refuse to accept the suicide the ory, however, and declare positively that liie young man was murdered. They indicated Wednesday tiiat the* will demand that the authorities con tinue the investigation, which had been practically dropped. The young man’s habits, they say. make the suleide theory untenable. No ( ause for *»ui« ide. Young Pearson's fiancee. Emu a Weidnnn. 2". of Mead. Neb., to whom lie was to have been married April-0, was insistent Wednesday in her dc tnand that the case be sifted to the bottom. -She was the last of l’earsor - acquaintances to see him alive, and site declares that he was in the best of spirits w hen he left her home short ly after midnight Supdav, saying the he was going horne.j Nothing liHd occurred «he sai l ve hentently. whicit ndght have led hint to take his -life. He had spent th»da> at her home, and in the evening they went to church together. They re turned to her home and discussed their wadding plans. Miss Weidrnan arid v. inc Tea: son s family were unable to give any direct evidence supporting the mur der theory, but the authorities who declare that the youth killed himself were likewise unable to suggest ary possible motive for sub ide. Wednesday some of the investlgat ii.g authorities were inclined to tbs theory that Pearson had taken Iris own life. They pointed to these facts to support their claims: X. That no one was seen in the car with Pearson while it was standir.; hub deep In mud in tlie by road Tuesday afternoon. 2—That a gun bearing the same number as that found by the wreck'd car ha* been traced to ail Omaha pawnshop where the dealer said lie sold it Monday afternoon to a man who tallied with the descrip tion of Pearson. 3. That Pearson's ear was seen parked in two different places in tlie vicinity he met death between 1 Tuesday morning and the time he died. I No known motive fur murder Pearson never Known to carry mm h money with him. 3. Vmie Itelieve tliaf cross-cur rent in love might Iiave caused an apparently melancholy mood. Murder Theory. Those clinging to the theory that I the young farmer was murdered point to these circumstances: J. Only 4k hours before he had planned with his sweetheart for Iheir wedding, set for \prll 3: ap parently lie was very happy. 2. Footprints leading up mud bank from automobile debris. 3. He sermed in g(>od spirits when lie talked with his mother Monday night and fold her lie lemrid be home soon. i- Thai pistol was find to left of wreckage, indicating An it hail been on outside of car when if hi set or caught fire. Pegrson did not smoke, which precludes the po»si bilily ef act bleat 3. Improbability of mail planning suicide to s«t air afire and tlien riaveCng binsatf Tee it-: i' c hV'fiUson .laughter of <»o\ : *»nor Mirtvn A. 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