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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 »<i The Omaha Ben.
Broken How. Neb.. March 26.—Mr*.
•*» Frank Gustafson died at her home
in Sargent at 3 this morning from
burns received when she poured
kerosene from a five-gallon can onto
a smouldering fire.
The can exploded, cov erlng her
body with burning oil. She was
a prominent club worker. She Is sur
vived by her husband and four
children. »
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f ormer Pawnee (Jily Pastor
III in Hospital at Xenia. 0.
I’awnee City, Marcji 26.—Rev. S. R.
lainleson, formerly pastor of the
I billed Presbyterian church In this
1 Ity. Is In a hospital at .Xenia. O.,
awaiting nn operation, according to
word received by members of his for
mer congregation here. Mr. .Jamieson
Is now pastor of the United Presby
terian church at Huger '.reek, near
Dayton, O.
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“Lone Wolf” Nabbed.
Flos*on, Mass., March 25.—James E.
Walters, sought for limny weeks ns
the “lone wolf" who specialized In
burglaries of apartment* occupied J>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*
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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 <T America*vi floating i
fort reebt-n, ti dreadnought*, today
belcbed ’ forth n deluge "f flame and
wtcel unlike anything ever before
loosed upon fhe Pacific ocean. K»*r *l\
minute* th«>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.
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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.
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. .. 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*
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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' <i: _■ 1-ve' pme f <ti,
Wednesday incliMe-l !< , a:h g of t r
j pawnshop where the pistol found
near the ar was believed to have
iw*«n Knight and the statement b;
I 'itto Uehnk*. farmer living vtiiy a
! short , distance from wltere the
) tragedy occurred. that he did no
j sav that he had seen two men ft*
the car Us*. Tuesday.
it th* |vawn*hop of M Kusehfi
l«gm, 121! XVuglas sireet, detectives
(Turn r*K» Fur, fdlvmii On*.)
Mi" l erpt'Oii t.ot- Modal
Havat a futon. March. 2, —-Mts*
t*. **a>c hV'fiUson .laughter of <»o\
: *»nor Mirtvn A. W rg\i* n of Texas
1 with .tv slater arid to other-in law
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! wa* gl\v u a gold r.n dat t'onimwnortl
■ ing her vis': here hast night at a KV
n h< * t Mayor Jose M Cuwii*
made »e pffwntatiw
\nn« Stati>ti«-i Sought
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