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v_ VOL. 54—NO. 264. OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 1925. * TWO CENTSID ' ■ -'
Ruling Hits
Prosecutor
of Wheeler
Defense Objections to Im
portant Testimony in Case
Against Senator Sus
tained by Court.
Realignment Necessary
By JAMES R. NOt RSE.
I nlvrraal gertlre Staff Correspondent.
Great Katie, Mpnt.. April 17.—Ob
jection* by defense counsel and rul
ing by Judge Dietrich cut a wide
swath today in the government's
case against Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, on trial for alleged misuse
of his office to promote claims of
clients pending in the land offb-i in
Washington.
Judge Dietrich refused to admit
any testimony relating to the manner
in which Gordon Campbell. Wheeler’s
id/* client, obtained permits to prottpeet
for oil and gas or to the history of
those permits. He directed the gov
ernment’s attorneys to confine them
selves exclusively to events which oc
curred after the permits were granted.
The court also barred all evidence
relating to the alleged conspiracy of
Wheeler, Campbell and others, upon
which they were recently indicted by
the grand jury in Washington.
Prosecutor Surprised.
These rulings were a complete sur
nrisc to the government and neoessi
lated a sharp realignment of their
< ase.
District Attorney Slattery had
hoped to get Into the record the en
tire history of the granting of the
permits In an effort to show that
Campbell, after taking up all the land
the law entitled him to, had obtained
other sections through the use of
dummy applications.
Wheeler's attorneys pointed out
that all such transactions antedated
the employment of Wheeler by Camp
bell and were therefore Irrelevant to
the case upon which Wheeler is being
tried. Judge Dietrich sustained this
contention, thereby knocking a large
hole in the government's case.
The rulings ate important to the
defense for the reason that they com
pel the government to begin its oase
with what happened after granting
of the permits to Campbell.
Outline or Defense.
The defense now will contend ihn:
as the permits nil were granted be
fore Wheeler came into the ease as
Campbell's attorney, there was noth
ing Wheeler could have done in
Washington to expedite the Issuance
of permits, as charged, because none
ijf the permits were then pending,
hence he could not have received a
lee for such work.
Senator Walsh, leading defense at
torney, attacked the whole indictment
In an argument to the court this
morning, upon the ground that cer
tain counts of the Indictment averred
that Wheeler acted In relation to ap
plications. "the exact nature of which
was not known to the grand Jury.”
Walsh refused to' cross-examine the
first witness produced by the govern
ment. The witness called was W. K.
Bennett, register of the local land of
flee, who identified the permits is
sued to parties in Ihe case. He was
followed by James McCowan. a sur
veyor. who told of surveying the land
for Campbell and getting permits in
the name of himself and two brothers.
Philip and Han.
“Mystery” Witness.
It looks as If the “mystery" witness
who'm Slattery promised In his open
ing statement to the jury, would tes
tify that Wheeler besought him to
take up pending i-ases In the Interior
department for Campbell and “split"
fees with Wheeler on a 50 30 basis,
will not materialize. All guesses as to
whom this witness might be were
narrowed down to Peter Nyce, law
partner of former Senator Chamber
lain in Washington. But Chamber
lain wired to Walsh today that Nyee
would neft give such testimony, so the
mystery as to the identity of the wit
ness remains unsolved.
-Slattery refused to give any nddl
tJona.1 Information concerning the wit
ness, and some of his assistants prl
vately stated they were sorry such a
statement had been made to the jury.
French Aniba*«ador Snrr
lT. S. Banker* Will Aid Again
New York. April 17.—Ambassador
Daesrhner of France told members
of the Bond club that lie was sure
American bankers would show the
•ami readiness to help France as
they have evinced In the past. Gen
oral Pershing expressed the con
viction that France would never de
fault on Its obligations and paid
tribute to the French ambassador.
Chicago “Ponzi” Sentenced.
Chicago. April 17.—Raymond .1.
Pisehoff. a Chicago “Ponzl" convict
ing of swindling hundreds of poor
persons In stock manipulation and
pivimntlonal schemes, was sentenced
to prison for from one to 10 years.
With Us
Rev. Jamee A. Crain.
Executive Secretary Council of
Churches,
Pittsburgh. Pa
Rev. Mr. Crain arrived In Omaha
Friday morning to take over the ex
ecutlve secretary duties of the Omaha
Council of Churches. Me was for
merly pastor of the 11 llklnsburg (Pa.t
Christian church and executive sec
retary of the Norfolk <Va.) Council of
churches Ills new office Is at ths
Y M. C A
Sunday rt»v. Mr. ( ram sill occupy
Pie pulpit Of Bet Frank Smith at
the F ire* ("antral 'Congregational
OjujcJj.
Taft’s Daughter to Be
Dean at Bryn Mawr
“4
.Mrs. Helen Tail .Manning will re
turn to Bryn Mnwr college as Mean
in September, thus becoming college
dam's first young mother-dean. She
left the college to marry and do post
graduate work. Now she has two
daughters—Helen, 11. and Caroline. 2
months. Her husband, Frederick, Is a
professor in Swarthmore college.
Complete Plans
for Decorations
at Lesion Meet
c
George Brandei- (loafers
With St. Paul Business
Men on Vi ork Done for
l()21 Convention.
By a Staff < orre**pon<lpnl.
S;. Paul, April 17.—George Bran*
dels of Omaha, accompanied by Wil
liam Bar-on. Phil Armour and MoVrie
E. Jacobs, came to St. Paul today to
rind out how St. Paul business men
handled the national convention of
the American Legion last year and to
ascertain what plans had to be car
ried out in decorating the city.
Following a series of conferences.
Mr. Brandels sajjl: "I am more than
ever enthused over the coining legion
convention. Omaha people have no
idea what great pleasure and honor
is in store for them. I was glad to
hear front hotel owners and lending
business men and officials of St. Paul
what great care to avoid damage was
exercised by the more than 40,000
legion boys who attended the conven
tion here test year, ft was a great
tribute to tile legion."
Will Give I p Vacation.
Mr. Brandeis, who is clinirman of
the Omaha convention decorations
committee, conferred for several
hours with the local committee which
handled the decorations. Following
the conference he declared that
Omaha will outdo St. Paul In deco
rating the downtown section of the
city. Last year legion official# said
that St. Paul decorations were the
finest ever had at a convention city.
•T now realize I wilt have no time
for a vacation this summer. " he said.
"Omaha was sincere when it made a
bid for the legion convention, for we
want the opportunity and the honor
to act as hosts to the boys who sac.
rifleed everything for us It is the
least we can do.
Seek (ivic flub 1 o-nperahon.
"When I g»t back to Omaha T am
going to appeal to every civic club in
the city to get behind the decoration*
committee ami make every spot In
our city hlar.e forth with color and
light to greet the former aoldlera, the
women's auxiliary, their relative* and
ft lend* ."
The .St. Paul committee turned
over to Mr. Braudel* plan* and re
port* of the decoration* committee
and i 'lair* Welkert. one of the leader*
in arranging for the convention, aald
he would be glad to appear before the
Omaha convention committee and re
late hi* experience* in arranging the
decorations for the convention last
year.
Mr. Brandei* and party will re
turn to Omaha till* morning.
20(1 Cuests Attend
lied Oak W. R. C. Banquet
Fled Oak. April 17—The Woman*
Relief Corps held Hr Annual ltfinqnet
In observance of Grand Army day.
Friday, April 1ft at the Masonic hall.
There \vcr<» 200 guests. The tables
warebeautifully decorated for the oc
casion.
WhIJ* Marching Through Geor
gia” whs being played the veterans
of the civil war took their places at
the table. Mrs. W. R. Kerrlhard and
her orchestra guv# selections. A quar
tet composed of Alt anti Airs. « lar
ence Stephenson. Mrs. Harry Petty
and M. P Harris snug patriotic
songs Mrs. R K. Foster accompanied
them at the jtiano
AT. II. Wamlxiugh gave an interest
Ing talk »*n ‘‘Why We Were Here ”
.tUO Couple* at Ball.
Shenandoah, Fa.. April 17. Th*
fireman * ball Wednesday olght *1
which Merritt.'* Herenader* of HL
Joseph played, was attended by 300
couple*. The fund* will go for uni
form* Th* ball was held in th* ne*
memorial armory.
Worker*’ Bureau Meet*.
Philadelphia, April 17. The fourth
nations) convention of the Worker*'
Education Bureau »»f Americ/i opened
a three days’ session here
Married in Council Bluff*.
The followinf person" oh»*lns<1 msr
rise* llr#*n*#s in Council Bluffs veatardsy
Arthur W Weyant blscoln. Nsh I*
Ttille l.inti f.lncoln N’sh -k
William F. Saxton Omaha M
Ruby Thompson nislr, Neb il
bl’O..... i vnxi
N.Y. Church
Former Arkansas Fpiseopal
Leader. Ousted for Heresy,
Ipliildted From Speaking
in Eastern Diocese.
St. Mark Rector Scored
Xew York. April 17.—Bishop Wil
liam T. Manning tonight forbade Or.
William Montgomery Brown, former
Protestant Episcopal bishop of Arkan
sas. from officiating or speaking in
any parish or mission of the Xew
York diocese.
In another letter to Or. W. X.
Guthrie, rector of SI. Mai k-ln-the
liouweiie, Bishop Manning said tli.tt
Or. Guthrie's Invitation to Bishop
Brown to s-|»eai\ in St. Mark next Sun
day was in "open contempt and de
fiance of the authority and law of the
church."
Bishop Brown was found guilty of
heresy last year by a trial court of
the Protestant Episcopal church.
I-ate ra court of review affirmed this
judgment and ordered him "deposed
from the ministry of this church."
Quotes Authority.
Bishop Manning, as bishop of the
Xew York diocese, announced that
Bishop Brown was "inhibited from
officiating or speaking in St. Mark
parish or any other parish or mission
in this diocese."
Bishop Manning said such right
wus granted him by a canon of the
church allowing the bishop to in
hibit a minister coming into the
diocese "under the imputation of hav
'ng elsewhere been guilty of any of
the offenses" within the heresy code.
in ills letter to Or. Guthrie. Bishop
Manning reminded him that St. Mark
hud been deprived of Episcopal visi
tation or ministration on March "fi.
102-1, because of the eurythmical
dancing rites performed there, and
that under the canons of the church
no bishop could exercise his office at
St. Mark without Bishop Manning's
consent.
‘‘Open Contempt of C hurcli."
"Y'our action, therefore, in inviting
Bishop Brown to officiate in your
parish," Bishop Manning wrote, "is
in open contempt and defiance of the
authority and law of the church of
which von are a minister; and there
fore, acting under the law of the
church and by the authority vested in
me as bishop of tills diocese, I here
by forbid you to allow Bishop Brown
to officiate or --peak in Hr. Mark
church next Sunday or it any time
without my permission."
Bishop Manning warned Or. Guthrie
that If tlie latter proceeded "in de
fiance" to allow Bishop Brown to
soeak such action would be a "direct
I violation of the constitution and
cartons of the church and will be re
garded as conduct unbecoming a
I clergyman.'*
R. E. LEE ORGANIZES
INVESTMENT FIRM
I'lrganlzr.rion of the firm of Rufus
R. I-ce A company, to do a general
business In Investment sccurltlss.
with offices at 325 Rankers Reserve
Rife building, was announced yester
day by Rufus F;. Re*, president of the
new company.
The company was organized by
Mr Ree, who recently resigned as
president of the t'ontlnental lias A
F7Iectric corporation after selling his
holdings in that company, and bv Foy
\V. Porter, formerly with Burns.
Rrlnker and company, a local Invest
ment house
The new firm will engage in a
general Investment business, handling
high grade securities of all types, and
extiect to particl|>ate in the piajor
syndicate offerings, ns well as being
correspondent* of Otis and company,
Cleveland, o., one of the large under
writing and distribution Investment
.houses of the country,
KINGSLEY MADE
HEAD OF ROTARY
Ray C. Klnfcsley will eerva a a pre*l
dent of the Rotary rlub during the
coming year. Mr. Kingsley was elect
ed by the board of director* at a
meeting held yeaterdnv afternoon.
Other officer* elected are \V. \V.
« armichael, first vice president: Wai
ter L. Rierpolnt, *econd vice pre*i
dent- Walter (I. Silver. *ecretary.
and Rert A. Wilcox, treaaurep
Itnl Oak Couple Joined
in W t-dloi'k in Missouri
Red Oak. April 17. Wayne lla*t
Ing*. daughter »»f Mr * and Mr*. .1 I,.
Lindaev. mid Hrno Newberg. both of
Red Oak. wore married Wednesday
morning at Kockport, Mo, The cere
ninny wm perfogpieil by Rev. Mr.
Maaon it the Methodl*t pureunage. in
the presence of Mr. and Mr*. Archie
Lindsey.
Mi. and Mi* Newber* left for n
vl*it at leilnt* in Mi**mirl and Ne
hraska. They will reside on tlie New
berg farm at Red Oak.
Wife Gets $5, ‘Friend’
$200,000, by Odd
Will
I,0* Angels*. April 17.—Flv, del
l»r» to III* wife, Frisda. and more
than *700.01111 lo Jains* A. Watt,
dsM'i'lltcd simply a* "a frlmd." ars
among tbs hsi|iissl» uotsd In (Its
will, fllsd for prnltHts tods.r, of
Usury fi. Voscksll, srcsntrlr drug
•tors proprietor, who wa* nturdsrsil
In hi* iliop lisrs last month, tins
third of \nsrlisll'« *350,000 s*lntr
gos* to his son, t liarls* R. A osrksll
Vnsrksll ws* found bsatrn lo
| risalh hsliind * niiintsi in tbs shop.
I Tbs flayers vs still bain* sous lit.
va! Fleet Tests Balanced Ration
" as Means ol Perfecting Efficiency
Fxeelleut Character and Quality and Quantity of Food l n
ehangcd. Hoxvexer. Ity Schedule Fixing Proper Per
centages of Food Consu med I•> 40.000 Men.
H> TIm* \*»4><-lat<Ml I'reit.
Sail Francisco, April 17 The
great fortified city of tremendous
hi riking power that is moving
steadily tonight over the Pacific to
teat the defenses of the Hawaiian
islands Is putting into effect many
new developments in the operation
of the United States navy by the
tremendous concentration of 127
% easels of all classes under battle
conditions.
One of the vital problems of op
eration involves the old axlon that
the navy, like the tinny, “moves
upon its stomach.“
Logistics, one of the most for
midable words that loom before
commanders in chief in time of ac
tion, either ashore or afloat, is meet
ing one of the most interesting tests
m the history of the navy- 'three
times a day approximately 40,000
men aboard the grand fleet sit
down to the best food afforded any
navy in the world.
Test Balanced Hal ion.
Mobility, plus, sea endurance, is
logistics. Mobility and sea endur
ance depend upon the elements of
fuel, food, water and consumable
supplies. The American fleet, as
ir steams onward to the island ter
ritory for a massive attack, is test
ing what many officers believe will
prove one of the greatest steps to
ward perfecting fleet efficiency—
tlie balanced ration.
Few of the 40,000 men aboard
know that the balanced ration is in
use. It has not changed the ex« el
lent character and quality and
quantity of the food. It is tlie re
suit of years of survey and fixes
the proper percentages of all ar
ticles of food In a 30-day consump
tion. It obviates ail the confusion
of ordering supplies of individual
commodities, and the ship eommis
sary officer, when port is reached,
merely sends a brief radio message
asking for so many rations.
Between the battle drills, general
quarters, fire drills and the perfect
ing of turret guns’ crews, the mess
call sounds—the most welcome of
all to the gobs. The 40,000 men
consume approximately 100 tons of
fresh and dry food components
daily.
Nation Kept Secret.
While each ship of the fleet is
stocked to the gunwales with its
provisions of rations, the great sup
ply ships of the train are in the j
heart of the convoy. Details con
cerning supplies are guarded zeal
ousl> by th* Meet officers, for this
phase of naval operations, they say.
is as vitally important as the muni
tions supply and is one in which tlie
naval powers of the world all are
striving to perfect their knowledge.
From the dreadnaughts, with
their 1,200 crew members aboard,
down to the submarines with their
crews of 43 men each, fare almost
equally well in the matter of food,
and as the great fleet moves on to
ward its objective, the mess men,
the cooks and the stewards declared
that tlu-ir part in the engagement
during mess duty is just as vital as
the part they play in the gunnery
tire when tlie ships go into action.
Bandit Suspects
Jailed in Iowa
two Threaten to Kill Motor
ist. \ro Faplured. Follow
ing Far Fra-h.
Odor Rapids. Is., Api 1 17.— j
Robert O t-haugnessy, 30. and Donald
Willard, in. who say they are or
their waj to Lincoln, NVl . to visit!
relatives, are in jail here tonight, as I
the result of a sensational encounter I
near Mwhanirsville, this afternoon,
with (lull Frink of Tipton.
The men are believed by police to
be bandits who had started on
holdup tour of the west.
O'Hhaugneesv and- Willard driving
a high-powered ear. ran into Frink's
car on the Lincoln highway. He de
manded payment for the damage, and
they refused Frink bopped into the
rear seat of the sedan and said lie
would stay there until they paid him.
('no of the men drew a gun, Frink
says, and threatened to kill him. He
grabbed a wrench and declared he
would brain the first man to turn hi*
head.
The men drove to this city and at
the limits again threatened to kill
Frink if he did not leave the car. He
refused, anti they drove Into town,
stopping at a garage, where they tried
to sell a spare tire to pay Frink, but
the garage man turned them down
Frink called the police, who arrested
OBhaugnessy ami Willard.
They admitted they had stolen the
car at Minneapolis last Monday and
were trying to reach Lincoln In It.
O'Shaugnessy admitted lie had served
a term In prison, but would not say
whore. Both say they live in Chicago.
Minneapolis police lisve been notified
J. W. WORTHINGTON
REPORTED MISSING
J*o» Angeles. April 17.—John W.
W orthington. Chicago * "Wolf of La
Halle street," convicted of swindling
operations in a Chicago federal court,
and sentenced to serve three years In
Atlanta (Ua.) federal prison, ha« tnys
terlously disappeared from his home
here, where lie was living tinder a fin
day stay of execution because of ill
news, it wna learned today.
The district attorney’s office here
recently reported Worthington as
"missing.”
BEATRICE MAY
BUY LIGHT PLANT
Beatrice. Veh . \prll 17. Twenty
petitions were in circulation here to
day asking a special election to vote
bonds for *120,000 for the purchen.*-'
of the Vebraska Has and Electric
company's plant here by the ritv |
The city has maintained a lighting i
plant for some time, and Is seeking I
to control the entlie system here
Saili-tutl KfleaM'd.
Oreen Bay, Wit., April 17 I .<1
ward Hnllstnd. former llmi Claire
phonograph manufacturer, In «*on»
panv with 11 K Murphy, stale parole
agent, was on Ills way for n town in
the southern i>art of Wisconsin,
where he will he employed In a inn
•'hine shop, lie was paroled from
Oreen Hay reformatory, where he had
served 15 months of a four year sen
tenre on a charge of arson
Dhwp* Arriv**» in lloMon.
Boston, April 17 \ Ice President
Lewes arrived here to attend the
celebration of the lftflth anniversary
of the battle of Lexington and Con
cord
Marconi Director Die*.
London April 17 (Jodfrey 1*fi*«
for many years managing director of
Marconi's Wireless icIcKi.iph coni
psn\ die.!
Noifil l.auvrr Dir*.
W sshlngton Vprll 1 ' Thom1** S
Hopkins. Mi, inter national I*" > <n
•Had. (
Alienist (.ailed
Into Will Suit
\llt nipt to Show W illmr O.
\yer \\a> Paranoia \ icliiu
\\ lien Deed \\ as Done.
-*|mm ml f>i*patch to The Omaha Bee.
Nelson, N>1 . April 17.— Alien latt*
w-Me brought into the suit over the
will of Wilbur O. Ayer here today to
support the contention of the plain
tiffs, Ayer s wife and son. that he j
mentally in* -om patent when he m id- \
a will leaving his fortune to the state
university,
I »r. J . M May hew of i^tuelit took
the stand this morning and discussed
the symptoms of paranoia, pointing
out several incidents in Mr. Ayers
behavior W’hich might have indicated
pa ranoia.
Following his testimony the chain
herited son. Marshall Ayer, was again
place«l on the stand and gave* other
accounts «»f h!s father's acts to «us !
tain the * lalm that he was mentally
incompetent. He declared that his
father had often accused him of “be
ing In league with his mother’
against the father.
Fred Edttterdftv. associate secretary
of the Fi -u Trust company **f Fin*
i i»ln. wld' li is the trustee for Ayer*,
estate, read a number of letters from
Aver, in which the father expressed
deep concern over his son’s failure to
prepare himself for a useful life
A large number of witnesses a~e
still to he called, and the case will
probably continue into next week.
RUNAWAY BLIMP
SAFE IN HANGAR
St Louis. Mo.. April 17—Th<* army's
bis blimp, lhe TC-3, wag ssfsly tucka<!
away In lla hangar at Scott field to
day, Ha damage alight after llg four
hour clash with the elements late yea
terday. The big air cruiser waa help '
leaa when the rudder eontrola became
tangled and failed to respond. The
heaviest damage was the loss of the e\ i
pensive helium gas, which was per
mltted to escape in order to bring
the ship down at Black "Walnut, Mo.
Airplanes and automobiles escorted
the TC 3 during Its entire Jaunt. Seven
men were aboard engaged in a train |
Ing flight when the blimp became un |
manageable.
Hn\ l.xplnrinp Sowt-r
Scaltlttl Willi Strain
Denison. It . April IT—An id GhI |
land, ’Oh^ir olil son **f F F. dfll |
land. Mi-year-old son of F. K. Gal
death by strain while exploring in a I
storm wer The sewer ends on the
hank *>f the Fust Boyer river, south
of the ity. and is the outlet for steam
from the city lighting plant. When
the boilers wei *■ blown off the boy I
was hi '.all li*« l on the face, neck and!
hands nn< **\ e Is severely burned
lie rushed out, took off his coat and
plunged Into the river for relief Com
paninns gave the alarm and he was
soon under medical care.
< lr\i'I.iimI ln\itr« < .ooliiljce.
Washington. April 1? * Pr*«eldent
Fmdidge took under advisement nn
Invitation t«» address the convention
of postmasters and postal worker* In
Cleveland the last week in August.
t
Man With Longest
Name May Be
Deported
Washington, \p*il IT.—IJelru**
/ui«*u*/cHs/rH \\ illihituinltyissteiryii
lluiTlf/issteifill is .» KUntese rook
and iniisirlati and Nin Kram-Urn lin
inigt allot* JtuOtortlle* tmla> a*krd
I lit* I .nltor *l«*partnieiit to depot! hint
nn (lie u roil ltd that he dues not
meet immigration law r«H|uirentetits
Since entering the eminti) lie
Its* slntpMfied hi* name to I en \\
• • . In shorten what official* hr
lieu* to I r the longest name III tin*
w or let 4 J
Open ulfto;
Border Sky;
Mail Boutei
Fii>t Plane. \\ itli $3,000,000
in Registered Mail. Flies
(her New Course in
Aljout I I Hours.
Trip Complete Success
By The %MMOciateil Pres*.
Chicago. April 17.—The first air
mail flight from the gulf of Mexico
to tlie Great Lakes wan successfully
completed here at 4:29 this afternoon
when the 500 horsepower De 11r\ I
lrnd plane which started from New
Orleans at 5:39 in the morning, landed
here with registered mail valued si
mote than $3,000,000.
Post off ire authorities and air mail
officials who observed each stage of
the flight said that it was a com
plete success and that if «uch a serv
ice were made permanent it would
mean a saving of from one to two
days in bank clearings to the west.
Good Connections Made.
The mail matter brought in the
plane reached here in time to make
connection* with the regular trane
continental air mail service westward
tonight and mall matter which left
New Orleans This morning was being
lushed through tlie night toward the
Pacific coast. The mail matter east
ward bound reached here in time to
make connections with fast express
trainb leaving Chicago for the east to
night and also may 1>e placed aboard
the east bound mail plane arriving here
in the morning.
The trip, according to the pilots ar
riving here, was almost uneventful ar
far as the last leg of the journey was
concerned, they were ahead of sched
ule most of the way and landed at the
Maywood field here ahead of time by
10 minutes. Six mail bags containing
lank clearings for the most part,
were brought here. The plane on ar
rival was met by citv and postofflee
officials.
Sky Mail Schedule.
The sky mail left New Orleans at
5:39 for Mobile with Lieut. R. D.
Knapp piloting, passed over Mobile
at 7 a. tn., arriving at Montgomery.
Ala . at 8:30, where the mail was
transferred to a machine piloted by
• 'apt. Asa X. Duncan. Captain Dun
can reached Birmingham at 9:39. de
parting 23 minutes later for Nash
ville.
Nashville mw the air mail drop
from the clouds st 11:37 a. m.. and at
12:(»1 in a drijading rain Lieutenant
Mtloy and Captain Fox hopped off
for l^oinsviile. The stop at Louisville
consumed 15 minutes and the fliers
were again In the air at 1:49. Chicago
bound. A plan stop at Indianapt
lis was abandoned.
WHEAT BOUNDS
UP 7 CENTS
riHi .tgo. April 1'. — Somersaulting of
price* in the wheat market nearly out
■ lit] itself today with a rebound of 7
cents a bushel as compared with yes
terday's close. May delivery of wheat
whirled upward to $1.51** as compared
with $1.44 at yesterday's finish.
One of the chief reasons for the
soaring of prices today was a report
from a leading crop exporter Indicating
that the condition of domestic winter
wheat has retrograded six points since
the last week in Match and estimating
abandoned fields as amounting to $,■
4,">n.nno acres, about 20 per cent of the
total crop. Me figured the probable
yield of winter wheat In the United
States this season as 110.000.000 bush
els less than was the t ase last year.
Other factors which took the when'
trade here by surprise today were un
expected strength in foreign markets.
Pome improvement of export demand,
together with prediction* of greatly re
dwced world shlttments and a probable
decided curtailment of the United
States visible supply toial on Monday
next.
closing prices todav in tbe wheat
market here were hoy ant. 1 *4 cents to
7 cents net higher. May. $1.7>1'» to
$1.51*4, and July $1.41\ to $142.
Soil Kro-inn Prn fiilion
Method* Demonstrated
Clmrttid*, In., April IT—I! H*
BtinderUn. speeiaHet in agricultural
engineering, conducted demonatra
t on* In Page county for preven
tlnn of *oil eroalon In at w eek. The
terracing *y*tem on tbe ftyrl Strong
farm nwr Sham ha ugh wa* checker I
up n* to progr*a« and extended aud
ditch demonstration "a* given on
the Harry Strickland farm. noughts
township
Mr. Strong state* he would li e to
have til his rolling pasture terraced
Dmalian* Wed at Kod Dak.
Red iMk. In . Apt.| 17 Mr. Rill 5
Mellffont* and Ml** Kaunda Swendt.
both of Omaha were married in the
elerk’a office at the court hone*
Wedneaday. April K». by Hew Cwrl
A f*|o\e»\ of the Congregational
church. The affidavit for marriage
It* en«e for them w.i* signed by John
X. l<ol*ato« Another marriage 11
eenae was issued to William I,. Hay.
Omaha and T.nui** Holme*. Ortuncll
Bluff*, on affldaxit of Rdwant Robin
oviti?
I ditor Orchard to (ii\r
\ddr»‘*s at SliPiiaii«loali.
Shenandoah. Is . April 17 \\ I! j
Orchard. editor of the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil will address tha Shenat
dnah chamber of commerce Mond*>
«t noon and the Clartnda OonmumiOj
chth Monday night
I oni* Mtpric l-’rcnt
• hi< two Vpnl II l.ot«n» Altei * !
friend of the late iron oBa union
.’•m!*! gtinman w fteed of a «*ha,,s-'
*' ' ♦ tilt to murrlet und two robber? !
thug** by bupsner Judf* Is via. I
U. S. Declares War on
Rainmakers Who Fail
4--I
The weather bureau 1° conducting
a campaign against so-called “rain
makers." The latf-s* to cited is
Charles Hatfield, nationally-known
as a “sky wizard,* who, the bureau
declares, failed to fulfill his contract
to produce J 1-2 inches of rain In
Itakersfleld, Cal., within one month
Government May
j
Plan New Policy
on Public Lands
35.000 Stockmen in I I \\ e*l
ern State* Interested in
Hearing* Before Senate
( oimnittee.
Washington, April IT. — Ksiubliah
ment of a new government policy
dealing with tlie remaining public do
main is the goal of-hearings opened
toilay by the senate public lands com
mittee.
With all acreage suitable for farm
ing now out of federal control, the
committee started an investigation of
other used by which th» estimated
155.00^.000 acre* might be put on
"basis of greatest equity to the gov
ernment and the citizen.”
More than 35,000 stock men in 11
western state- from Arizona to Wash
ingtou. are directly Interested in the
prop* • through possession of gl azing
permits. Statistics presented to the
committee show that more than
4.350.000 cattle and 16.000.000 sheep
are grazed under these permits, « htch
are controlled by tho department of
agric allure,
“Under present condition* Uhair
man Stanfield republican. Oregon,
sai'i. "there is no law defining the
rights of stock men to run their
herds In the national forest*, and
:nis situation lias added materially
to the hazards of th» livestock indus
try."
Aftet a week or 10 days of hear.ngs
In Washington, the committee will
spend much of the summer traveling
through the west to gather first hand
knowledge of the situation. A bill to
t>« based on these studies will be sub
mined to the next congress, designed
to put into law regulations now gov
erning public domain.
Representatives of the interior and
agriculture departments and of the
forestry service wer« present today
at th initial meeting., when the com
mittee outlined its program.
ANCIENT HIGHWAY
TO BE “NEW” ROAD
Clarinda. la April 17 An old road
west of Kssex. disused for 4ft rears
has been selected by Page county
board of auperxliors as the best lo
cation fur 'new ' road.
In similar awakening a 140-foot iron
bridge that has been In storage for
fixe or six xears xrill span the Nish
nabotna rixer near Kssex. across a
new channel of the stream. This
bridge xxas removed from the Noda
way just outside Clarinda to the
east xvhen the Hrummet memorial
bridge, honoring Ki-ed Brummet, the
first Page count y boy to fall in j
France wws erected.
Another 40 foot span which has
seer set x i e ’-etxxeen S' in -tiuh an.!
clarinda will be placed across the old.
channel of the NKhnabotna three
quarters of a mite xxcst of Kssex
Red Oak Rolan (’luh
I'Iccts live Director*
RmI Ol I
director* war# oho*en at the regular
Monday meeting as follow*: M I»
Igoni v# V M Hawkins, K. K Billings
l R. Replogle ar l 11 K Overhclser |
Officer* will b*» *hosen from this|
group ami will tak# office May 1
Officer* who have served tl * club,
luring the last year are .1 R. Inmtn
president. William Coohrmne vice
president; M h I .on n*. eevretarv.
II. C Houghton, jr . treasurer. R. K.
Overholaer. bulletin editor. 1. O Kiab
Ivrrk. director: dint Cramer, sergeant
at aims
Radio W ill RroadcaM
School < 'ontest Program
Atlantic In.. April ' -tVntestantsj
representing 1! state high schools
arrlxed here this morning to par I
tlolpate In the annual state ■
school declanxatoVx contest this eve
ning at the Methodist church. Sta
tlon KFKZ will radiocast the enttt.
progra m
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Rap Schwab
for Work as
Fleet Head
Slii|t|iin^ Board, in Suit for
$ 11,000,000, Claims Steel
Man Misused Powers
in Own Favor.
Magnate Denies Charge
New York. April 17.—Suit for $•.*
714.V'6.64 was filed here today by the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation
against the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet corporation
claiming the amount a* balances <5u»
on account of construction of St
vessels during and just after the wai.
The filing of the complaint in thi*
i-uit In the United state* dlstritt
court here was simultaneously with
the government's filing of a suit for
approximately til.00b.OOP against th»
Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation
and subsidiaries in Philadelphia, in
accordance with an agreement by op
posing counsel. Summons in the
Bethlehem company's suit had been
filed in the state courts last Ma;
but action is transferred now to ths
United States court.
Enter* Vigorous Denial.
Both Charles M. Schwab, chairman
of the hoard of directors of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation and Ihe
Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation
and Eugene G. Grace, president of
the former concern, issued state
ments today in denial of the charge
made in the government's suit at
Philadelphia that Mr. Schwab rs di
rector general of the Emergency
FleK corporation from April 11 to
December 12. 161*. misused his
powers in favor of his own company.
Mr. Grace pointed out that Mr
Schwab had accepted that post at the
"urgent solicitation’’ of President
Wilson ar.d the shipping board “at
a time ■ f serious national crisis." and
that he became director general of
the Emergency Fleet corporation
"upon the express understanding, re
Quced to writing, that he would have
nothing whatever to do with the rtla
t.'ons between the fleet corporation
and the Bethlehem Interests.”
Show Appointment letter.
"Mr. Schwab faithfully carried out
this arrangement." Mr. Grace said.
Mr Schwab issued th* following
statement:
"I have nothing to add to Mr.
Grace’s statement beyond giving out
n.y letter to the government’s Errer
genev Fleet corporation stating the
understanding with President Wilson
under which I took office. Those
connected with the shipping board
-.nd the Emergency Fleet corporation
know that I sedulously observed the
arrangement that 1 would keep band*
off -elations between the fleet cor
poration and Bethlehem. The charge
now made that despite this under
standing I should have affirmatively
interfered in the relations with Beth
lehem speaks for itself.
Sa»s bated l'. S. Money.
Mr Schwab also published hie le;
ter written to the president ar.d
trustees of the Emergency Fleet cor
poration April 30. 191S. in which he
listed 13 corporations in which he w»*
interested and requested that a!
business between the fleet corporation
and these companies he handed “en
tirely bv such other officers or agent*
of the Emergency Fleet corporatior
a* the trustee* might designate s
later resolution of the trustees a
cepted this arrangement
Mr. Grace's statement said that the
Bethlehem company, in its construe
tion of Sfi ship* for the government
effected *avings of about **«S0P»a'
below estimated costs.
The shipbuilding corporation allege*
that it ha* not been paid the f»’.
amount due on 12 contracts
ONE MAN SLAIN
IN STORE HOLDUP
Sacramento. Cal . April 17.—Balked
in .1 spectacular attempt to hold bp
a downtown clothing stove here todai
two bandits dubbed Gus Dibber*, ager'
proprietor o' the *hcp. into insenaiilltv
and shot and Instantly killed S!« son
Joseph H. Dibbers.
Minnesota Bank Closed.
>’ raul Minn April 17 —The Cl.
*«a S ate Rank of Clari«ss Tod
count> was ordered closed by th*
state laanklng department because c
■an o\ er-alm rdanoe of bad ivaper. tr
state superintendent of banks a'
rv Hi need. The hank was lyintlisd a
1. " and bad depovts of approx
mately tlSO.Opp
---—s
the Day in
Washington
The supreme court beard further
argument in the newspaper inootpe
lav list publication oases
President elec Machado of Cuba
visited ih.s tombs of Georg* Washing
ton and the unknown soMler.
The Nickel Plate merger hoarr*.
w as ravessiM until Thursday by ths
Interstate Ootnnterre commission.
The shipping board filed in district
supreme court a defense of it* swan
of fix e president ships to the Dollar in
tereais
A subcommittee of the senate pub
Ho lands committee prepared for an
Investigation this summer of admll*
.strstion of the public domain.
The Rumanian leg* U\>n annoy ne« I
\ »r:ttaurr.t xtith tha 8iar4*r<t Oil in
• in t«H» r*«uUtnf fr*n*
KumanU « dia mtninc )ah
The i g-onv' ; *
■oi o- dried I .l ined* to reiixe-*
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