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Omaha Sunday PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. H THE WEATHER. Unsettled VOL. XLV NO. 32. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 191&-SDC THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. .Bee WEALTHY YOUNG WOMAN ABDUCTED BY NEGRO, BELIEF (wife of San Diego Hotel Owner Missing and Former Chauffeur , , Suspected of Carrying ' I Her Away. HUSBAND RECEIVES MESSAGE Telegram Says Taking Only Cours to Keep Family from Death and Destruction. THREATENING LETTERS SENT BAN DIEQO, Cal.. Jan. 22. Mrs. .i'tola Hood, the young wife of a wealthy hotel owner here, Is miss ing and the police said today they acre searching for Raymond Merlll Dodds, a negro, whom they charge with having carried her away. Van Lee Hood, her husband, re reived a telegram sent late last night from Los Angeles. It said: "I have, taken the only course open to keep my family fr,om death and destruction. Am leaving here right now. Will write soon. Go to mamma. She will tell you all. Brace up. You cannot suffer more than I am and have been. Tell the people we had trouble and I left. With love, good-bye. VIOLA." Hood took the telegram to his mother-in-law, it is said, and then learned for the first time of threat ening letters received by his wife and alleged to have been written by Dodds, the Hoods' former chauffeur. Dodds was discharged on accusation of theft. former Carriers Of The Bee Have a Lunch Together A luncheon a little out of the ordinary was given Friday afternoon at the Uni versity club, when four old classmate and boy partners on Bee papr routes met together for the first time in sixteen year.. They were Dr. William Wherry, Mr. Otis Alvlaof. of the First National bank, Mr. Chandler Holmes, clerk of the district court at Council, Idaho, and Mr. Newton Buckley, a oivtl engineer, occa sionally tn Omaha. ' Tears it go the four "were known to-The- Bee circulation department as 'tho happy f6ur," because they were always together te get their papers, and seemingly most happy lit the association. At the luncham last Friday afternoon it waa voted that Dr. Wherry was the only one who had fallen off any in looks, brought about by the recently gaining of forty pound in weight. Funeral of E. L. Lomar ;Will Be ; Held Monday SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22. (Special Telegram.) Simple public funeral serv ices over the late Edward Lloyd Lomax. passenger trarno manager or the western Pacific, who died Friday, will be held Monday afternoon in the parlors of a al undertaking concern. The cere monies at the grave will be private. Railroad and transportation men from leading lines centering in San Francisco will attend the public set-vices while the pallbearers have been chosen from their numbers. Dean Gresham will conduct the religious services. Among the pallbearers are the follow ing well known transportation men: C M.' Levy K. O. McCormick T. J. Wyohe James Horsbourjrh A. K. Baldwin ' Hamuel F. Booth Charles Elsey If. K. Oreirory F. J. Evans W. I. Sanborn J. T. Hendricks Charles W. Ilornlck Harvard Scholarship To James Northrup Principal Moore of the South High school announces that a Harvard uni versity scholarship has been awarded to James Northrup of ISM North Twenty fourth street. South Side. This pupil is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Northrup and will complete hie course at the South High next June. He expects to enter Harvard next fall. EIGHTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO JNLALASKA TIWN bmuli "am., jan. c Klchara son, sixty miles from Fairbanks, re ported to degrees below xero today. Eighty points reported from 40 to 60 de grees below. The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Unsettled. Temperature at Omaha. Yesterday. ours. Deg. 3i 31 Si i 31 M Hi 42 43 45 ...... 4ti . 45 44 , 41 a. in... a. m... a. m... a. in... a. m... HV .J . a. Jr.Z- r 'i p. m., C vyO J 8 p. m. , !Jr?LtS p. m.. -vir?5" 7 p. m., Comparative Local Record. 1914. 1915. 1914. 191 Highest yesterday 46 8 34 43 Lowest yesterday jr O 17 24 Mean temperature 4 " S4 Proelpltation 1 . .01 .01 . Temperature ami precipitation depar luitMt from the normal: Normal tvtnpeiature 20 fr the day 1 Jotal deficiency since March 1 10.) I Normal ie'ipi:auon ,0 inch I Deficiency for the day 01 Inch I Total raiiifail since alarm 1..27.IX- inches Deficiency since March 1...... 1.75 inches iKjHclemjy for cor. period, 1914. 2.73 Inches ixtlciency lor cor. period, mi i.M inches i A. wtwii, forecaster. ( OMMERCIAL CLUB hOSSES REAVIS HAS PLAN FOR MORE CADETS Memberfrom Nebraska Firit W&ntt to Fill Academies at West Point and Annapolis. MEANS SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, I. C, Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) Congressman C. F..Reavla has ap pointed Charles C. Hart man of J438 W street, Lincoln, cadet to the Naval acad emy at Annapolis and Carl W. Hoff man of Nebraska City and Lyman Bell of Teoumseh as alternates. Mr. Reavla Is not at all satisfied with the manner In which cadets to West Point are appointed and by the same token he la dissatisfied with the way con gressmen dosignate young men to enter either military school.. Congressman Reavls believes we should utilise the military and .naval academics to the tullent etttanU of their equipment and to "take from congressmen thai power to recommend cadets. , ; ; Outlining the purposes of a bill which he proposes to introduce, Mr. ' Reavit aid:-. , .- ...... ' . "One of the contributing " causes of German military success Is her large and efficient corps of officers. Germany' has been able not only . to officer her own armies, to supply the. places of those lost and missing, but ' to officer the armies of Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey as well. Shortage of Officers. "he army and navy of the United States are notoriously mora deficient in the number of officer than any similar organisations In the world. What offi cers we have are very efficient, but we have too few. "The naval academy has at present a student attendance of 908, with an equip-' ment sufficient to accommodate 1,290 students at alight additional expense. The mllllary academy presents the same condition only lees In degree, "The cltlsenship of the United States possesses every potential " essential re quired of great soldiers, but the develop ment of a citizen soldiery, should ooca slon over reqi'-e, demands an ample supply of offlcei . - Room for More. "The 'academies are national institu tions dependent for their support upon the general government. Every citizen in the nation contributes to their existence. The object of these schools is the pro duction osV trained professional soldiers and sailors, whose services are to be na tional in character. I see no reason why Institutions so maintained, and with such purpose should not be opened to all the youth of America whether possessed of political Influence or not. "My bill will provide that each state shall be entitled to the lama proportion of the student body which now obtains, and that any young man who la physic ally and mentally competent may enter the competition and be given the exam ination. In this way I believe the per sonnel of the student body will be im proved and the whole subject .matter re moved from the domain of politics." Des Moines Law Passed by Votes of Women is Valid DES MOINES. Ia., Jan. 21 The state supreme court tcday ruled that the Des Moines municipal court bill was legally adopted in the recent special election. The legality of the. street car franchise awarded- the Des Moines city railway was also upheld. The principal point decided was whether women were legally entitled to vote lu the election. It was the vote of the women which gave the municipal court a majority of 68. ROCK ISLAND BALKS ON CENTRAL ASSOCIATION DEAL ROCK ISLAND, III., Jan. 23. The local base ball association, formed several months ago to secure a franchise in 19U In the Three-I 'league, at a meeting held last night voted not to take over a Cen tral annotation team President Justice of the latter organization has promised to place here at a result of the recent ruling declaring this city Central -asao-ciation territory. The local association holds a lease on tho municipal base ball park and will refuse to surrender It to Justice, It la claimed. Man Charged with Passing of Bogus Bills Is Captured SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) Deputy United States Marshal Jen sen has departed from Stoux Falls hav ing In custody George Tate, alias "Spike" Hennesy, alleged counterfeiter, who re cently was captured in South Dakota, and who Is being taken by Deputy Mar shal Jensen to Pittsburgh, Pa,, where he will be turned over to the United States authorities, who want him on the charge of passing counterfeit sliver certificates. ' ,i The defendant Is an ex-pugilist, a former circus bicycle rider and a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Tate is SS years of age. The Indictment pending against him at Pittsburgh charges that he during last May passed counterfeit $3 silver certificates ,at Altoona, Pa. II was arrested in the east, 'but broke Jail and headed westward, finally bringing up at Mllbank, 8. D. Upon a riving In Mllbank he assumed thBam of . James, Qulgley. ., The fact that he waa captured was flue to his talking toe much whlle under the In fluence, of liquor. While partially in toxicated he ran afoul of Sheriff Manley, and, being In a talkative mood, confided to the sheriff a part of his Past record, of the indictment pending against him at Pittsburgh and of having broken Jail at Benton Harbor, , Mich., last May. ; Furman D. Updike Visits Sons in Jail . CHICAGO, Jan. 23. Furman D. Updike, whose sons, Irving and Herbert, con fessed te plotting to murder hi ma week ago, visited them at the county Jail for the first time today. He shook hands and spoke kinwly to his sons, and then all were closeted for an hour. The nature of the conference was not disclosed by either of the vis itors when they left the Jail. YOUNG COLUMBUS COUPLE SURPRISE FRIENDS AT ALTAR COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan. 22.-Speclal Telegram.) Keeping the news of their prospective marriage a secret from even their closest friends, two of Columbus' most popular young people, Matthew C. Abt and Miss Irene Xanders, were quietly married this evening. The bride Ia the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. 11. Xanders. Rev. Mr. Xanders being the Episcopalian minister. Matt Abts is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Abts and is treasurer of the II. W. Abts company, wholesale grocers. The ceremony was performed in the Episcopal ohurch by the bride's father, the bride being given away by her mother. Miss Dorothy Abts, sister of the groom, was the ring-bearer, and Mr. and Mrs. Abts, sr., were the only others In at tendance. The bride wore white net. Their plans for a secret escape were conventionally upset and a crowd of their friends quickly gathered at the train and deluged them with rice. They left on the night train for Omaha and Chicago for a honeymoon of two weeks and upon their return will maka their home with the bride's parents until the completion of a home which the groom will erect. Mr. Abts, who Is a prominent and popu lar Elk, had privately provided for a collation to be served his brother Elks this evening, which was well attended. RAILROAD SETTLES WITH INJURED TECUMSEH MAN i TECUMSEH, Neb., Jan. 22. (Special.) A claim agent for the ciikm Pacific Railroad company was in Tecumseh Fri day and settled with C. W. Jones, one of tiie passengers on the motor which was wrecked near Randolph, Kan., on Octo ber, l last. The agent paid Mr. Jones 11,000 in cash. Five Tecumseh men were In the wreck, two of them losing their lives, and this is the second settlement the railroad company has brought about The other was with Carl Brock, a farmer living east of the city, who was paid 11.600 la cash. YOUNG WOMEN OF HASTINGS ORGANIZE NEW ASSOCIATION HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 2.'. (Special Telegram.) At a banquet attended by mora than 200 women, a Young Women's Christian association was organized last night and the membership opened. There are about 709 self-supporting women In Hastings and the association is xpotd to start off with about zoo BY THE. BEE'3 CARICATURIST SITMSON AND ROOT FOR PREPAREDNESS Former Members of Republican Cabinets Endorse Wilton Flan for Larger Army. FAV0E UNIVERSAL TRAINING WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. A letter on "military conditions" by EUhu Root, former secretary of state, and an address endorsing the administra tion's continental army plan by Henry L. Stimsoo, former secretary of war, were features of tbe program of tbe final session today ct tbe Na tional Security League's congress. A number of otber addresses are also to be delivered. , Tbe congress will close tonight with a banquet, at wblch , penator Lodge and former Attorney General Wiekersbam are to be the principal Speakers. ' Declaring himself In favor of compul sory universal military service as the true solution of the defense problem, Mr. Stlmson said he regarded the program now advanced by Secretary Garrison as the sound Initial step. . "If congress la not ready to sanction universal training," he said. ' "the meas ures which are enacted should be those which, so far as they go, are In accord with this great fundamental duty and which, as time passes and experience ripens, will lead most naturally to the establishment of suoh a system." "One of the propositions which is being seriously urged ' before congress Is that we should pay our state mllltla from the national treasury and should a tempt to (Continued on Page Two, Colunm One.) John Lind Replies To Ex-Ambassador's Plea for Disavowal MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Jan. M.-In a reply to a letter from Henry Lane WIN son, former ambassador to Mexico, call ing on him to disclaim alleged statements made at a church meeting here, that Mr. Wilson knew of the plot to murder Francisco I. Madero, John Lind, former personal representative of President Wil son In Mexico, sent to Mir. Wilson the following letter, made public tonight by Charles B. Etliott, Mr. Wilson's local attorney. "Hon. Henry Lane Wilson, Indianapolis, Ind: Dear Sir: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. "In the course of the address to which you refer I commented on the event which led up to and culminated In the death of President Madero. What I said was stated In good faith In the course of that discussion and In the full belief of the accuracy of my Information. The press reports of my utterances dispatched from the other language of my remarks are misleading and susceptible of mis interpretation. I was not responsible for their publication, assume no such re sponsibility and disavow them. Signed, "Very respectfully, yours. "JOHN, LIND." JewisS War Relief Day Next Friday; Bishop Greer Tells the Reason Why The proclamation by the president of a Jewish War Relief day through out the country for next Friday, January 27, is stimulating system atic activity in the work here in Omaha. The different churches will be advised In their services about the day that has been set apart and urged to contribute when called upon. The Omaha Jewish War Re lief committee Is headed by Harry B. Zlmman, .to whom remittances should be made with check, payable either to Morris Levy, treasurer of the local committee, or Felix M. War burg, treasurer of the national com mittee. The reasons why this ap peal is being made have been set forth In stirring language by Bishop Qreer In his address to the big Car negl hall meeting In New York last MEXICANS WHO SLEW AMERICANS WILL DIE TODAY Cattle Thievn Killing; Bert Akeri Sentenced to Death and Face Firing1 Squad This Morning. TRIAL IS SHORT AND SNAPPY Rancher Who Lived Near El Paso Shot to Death While Hunting; for Stolen Cows. MURDERED AFTER A BATTLE , Bl LLRTIV. EL PASO. Tex., Jan. 22. nern ardo and Frederlco Duran, the Mexi can cattle thieves Involved In the killing of Dert Akers, an American, yesterday at San Lorenio Chihua hua, Juarei, below the boundary line, will be executed tomorrow morning at S o'clock, according to an announcement made tonight by Andrew Garcia, Mexican consul here. "The Durans confessed their crime and were sentenced to death today," said Mr. Garcia, "and a firing squad will execute the penalty." EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 22. The tense situation at this border point produced by the Santa YBabcl mas sacre more than a week ago early today was considered to have been complicated, when details of the killing of Bert Akers, an American rancher from Yelets, Tex., became known. Akers was slain by Ber nardo Duran, a Mexican cattle rus tle in a battle that occurred yester day afternoon at San Lorcnso, Chi huahua, a village a short distance below the border. With a compan ion, Douglas Downs, and a Mexican police official, Akers sought to re cover cattle stolen last Monday from Mrs. Murphy, a neighbor, at Ysleta, when Duran, with his brother Fed erico, opened fire from the root of their house. ' General Gabriel Oavlra. commandant at Juarei, from headquarters early today, gave out 'a carefully dictated statement. 'The Duran brothers have not satis fied the authorities as to how they ob. talned the oows. It la my opinion the men were thieves and that the cows were stolen. " "' "The names e-f the men are Bernardo Tnan. who killed the American, and his brother, Fedrico Duran, who pursued and captured the policeman. "I sent a party of police to bring the body of the slain American to Juarei. I have asked Consul Garcia of El Paso to request the penitentiary officials at Santa Fe, N. M., to look up the record of Bernardo Duran, who Is reported to have been a prisoner there on account of cat tle stealing and who escaped. "I announce that if the Durans are found guilty, they will receive the punish ment they deserve." NEBRASKA EDITORS . MEET AT HASTINGS ORD, Neb., Jan. 21 (Special.) A eall for a meeting of the executive committee of the Slate- Press sssoolatlon has been bisued by'Presldent Horace M. Davis of the Ord Journal for Hastings, Saturday evening, January 29. Time and place for holding the next annual meeting of the association Is to be considered. A rep resentative of the Western Nebraska As sociation of Commercial Clubs has asked permission to attend the meeting and ex. tend an Invitation for the next annual gathering of the thought moulders. The plan that met with approval at the last meeting of the association was for a week's trip through the western part of the state, holding meetings en routs and stopping at dtferent towns along the way, with Scott's Elun the objective point. The party would gather at some central point, posHlbly Grand Island, and go out by one railroad and return by another. All newspaper men will be welcome at the meeting In Hastings, Mr. Davis says, and It Is possible that ' the legislative committee of the association will meet at the same time and place. HARLAN COUNTY BANKS PAY TAX UNDER PROTEST ALMA, Neb., Jan. 23.-(8peolal.)-Two tanks In Harlan county paid their taxes under protest pending the supremo oourt decision on the validity of the nw law that auperseded the Hmlth mortgage tax law which permitted banks to escape taxation on their capital stock. month, at which $800,000 was raised, as follows: "I am here tonight to voice by my presence, for whatever my pres ence may be worth, and also by a spoken word, my sympathy, and to persuade others toward that sympa thy for the suffering, starving Jew ish people; men, women and chil dren on the other side of the seas., I am moved to do this, not merely by sentimental considera tions, though such considerations are always legitlmato, but as an act Of Justice. It Is a debt, a debt in tbe first place which the Christian cbuch owes to the Jewish people; It is a reparation debt for Its persecu tions of them and for the cruelties and crimes which it has inflicted (Continued on Vaa Two, Column Two.) FIRE OH NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER SYGNA Ship Which Left New York with Cargo of Steel for Russia is Forced to Return. NO MUNITIONS ARE ON BOARD NKW YORK, Jan. 22. Mystery surrounds the fire which forced the Norwegian freight steamer 8ygna to put back to this port today after having sailed yesterday for Arch angel with a large cargo consigned to the Rusnlan government. The fire boat William J. Gaynor met the freighter at quarantine and after quantities of steam bad been turned Into the Sygna's forehold, from which clouds of smoke were pouring when It reached port, it was believed the fire was virtually under control. Officers and monitors of the freight er's crew said so far as they knew no explosion preceded the ftre, but they wtre unable to offer an explanation of how the blase originated in a hold which they said contained only structural steel and railway material. When asked If there waa evidence Indicating that the fire had been of Incendiary origin, the officers said "that it was too soon to make ah Investigation," Members of the Sygna's crew, who covered the hatch of the forehold yes terday, said there was no indication of fire when the freighter sailed and that It was early yesterday evening before one of the watch saw smoke seeping from around the hatch. The cover was hurriedly taken off. and while no flames could be seen, a gmat quantity of smoke rose from the hoid. The flygna will be docked, partly un loaded and thoroughly examined to de termine the cause of the blase. Steel rails and various forms . of structural steel were said to be in the bottom of the forehold, .while on top of this ma terial was a large amount of railway supplies, chiefly steel car parts for as sembling in Tlusnla. It could not be learned whether the vessel had any munitions aboard. Norton, IJIly A Co.. agents for the Sygna, later stated that the freighter did not carry any munitions or highly inflammable material, the cargo consist ing of steel railway car parts and wire. Pope Holds Belgium Entitled to-. Liberty, and Amends, it is Said WASHINGTON, Jan. . 2S.-The British embassy today issued this statemont, based on Its dtspatchss from London: "A. distinguished Belgian Jesuit, Father Benusse, lately received by the holy father, has given the following ac count of his audience to a Dutoh chap lain In the Belgian army on his return: " The pope told me and told me to repeat It along the trenches to men and officers, and even JLo the king, himself, that he considers Belgium has the light to complete reparation from Germany and that he will never consent to offer his good offices for re-establlshment of peoce unless Belgium has all Its terri tories in Bumps and Africa restored to It, with plenitude. It liberties and inter national rights as they existed before and this without pprejudloe to Its claim for an adequate indemnity to be fixed after a minute Inquiry and Inventory of all publla monuments destroyed after re building factories and private houses and restitution of all private property.' "Tho Times correspondent at Balonlkl reports the examinations of enemy con sulates' archives still Is Incomplete. Among documents found at the consulate of his majesty of Austria, are 1,(00 ooples of a long Arablo proclamation to Senusst chiefs, Inciting them to holy war on non Oermanio Christendom. They were found in sealed parcels addressed to the Austrian military attache at Athens. "The proclamation contains the fol lowing words: " 'Of all Instruments Allah has chosen for protection of our religion the surest Is the German nation. In these circum stances we have realised the Imperious necessity of proclaiming a holy war. In northern Africa, the most powerful ruler and one possessing most authority in the Mussulman world. Is his excellency, the Imaum, illustrious exemplar cham pion of Islam in the cause of Allah, who Is our lord and master, the sure guide of all elect. This leader is bred In the truth of the Koranlo law and his soul shining with its pure effulgence, has undertaken the task of purifying all cor rupt souls and directing them In paths of life revealed by tbe holy book given all Mussulmans.' "There Is evidence that this proclama tion was produced in Germany, a coun try whose monarch always is invoking God." Sixteen Warships of Allies Bombard Ports of Bulgaria PARIS. Jan. tLX dispatch from Milan to the Temps says that tbe squadron of sixteen warships of the allies which on Wednesday last bombarded Porto Lagos, the Bulgarian seaport on the Aegean, near the Greek border, also shelled the military barracks and railway station at Dedeghatch and destroyed a military train. The dispatch adds that among the attacking vessels was the Italian cruiser Plemonte. Norwegian Town of Moedo is Destroyed COPENHAGEN, Jan. 21 -(Via London.) The Norwegian town of Molda was still burning at midnight. The greater part of it has alreudy been reduced to ashes and it is threatened with entire destruc tion. Nearly 2,U0u people are homelees. No casualties have been reported. An earlier illnputen announced that tha fire, which started at Molde on January 21, had consumed the central part of the town, and that the flames were being fanned by a high gale. Molde is a small seaport on the bay of Molde, to the south west of ChrUtlansand. PASSENGER CARS CARRIED DOWN MOUNTAINSIDE Great Northern Train is Struck by an Avalanche on the West Slope cf the Cascade Mountains. FOUR BODIES ARE RECOVERED Snowilide Hits Train Which ii Standing Still'and Takes Away Diner and Day Coach. SCENE OF FORMER DISASTER SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 22. Early tonight four bodies had been recov ered from the wreck of -the west bound Qreat Northern Cascade Lim ited train, two cars of which were struck by an avalanche near Core, station, on the west slope of the Cascade mountains, and carried 300 feet down the mountainside today. Tbe bodies recovered were those of: BERT KIRKMAN, Sheridan, Wyo. W. F. CARTER, East Vancouver, B. C. EDWARD BATTERMAN AND BABY, Wenatchee. Wash. A 10-year old son of Mr. Batter man is misRlng and It is feared he is dead. Still another passenger, name not known, has not been found. Tbe railroad company says the total list of dead will not exceed six. Flfteea Iajared. Fifteen .passengers were injured, none seriously, except Ernest Smith of Bpo-' kane, a small boy. The Injured were taken to the hotel at Scenio, a few miles below Corca, and cared for by physicians. The Injured and uninjured passengers will be brought to Seattle to...ght. Nono of tho trainmen or dining car em ployes was killed. The train was held at Core-i by a small slide. When the track was about cleared an avalanche broke from the mountain and caught the dining car and day coach. They went down tho mountainside like chips and the diner caught fire and waa destroyed. One dead man and three In jured were extricated from It and a charred body remained while resouers de voted their efforts to the other victims. Concrete sheds were erected on the ap proaches to the Cascade tunnel following the tragedy of February IS, 13! 0, when two passenger trains were swept from the track by a snowsltde near the aoene of the present accident. 'Railroad engineers bolleved that all points liable to be reached by a slide had bee protected. ' Fif ty Five-Minute ' , ' Speeches Made on Good Roads Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Flfty-ftve-mlnute speeches on the fihackleford J2S, 000,000 good roads bill, evenly divided be tween city congressmen who oppose it and those from the country districts who support it, were delivered In the house today and more will be heard on Mon day. The money would be apportioned to all states, conditional upon looal co operation, "We don't want to appropriate a lot of money for roads that probably will run from country depots to farmers' houses," was the way Representative McQea of New York put the opposition. "The objection of the opponents to thla bill Is that it would not provide peacock highways running from ' ocean-to-ocean lor automoblllsts," Representative Thomp son of Oklahoma replied. Many opponents of the measure de clared the proposition appropriation should be aplled to the preparedness ex penditures. CUSTER COUNTY DRYS FIRM IRGANIZATIOM BROKEN BOW, Neb.. Jan. 2X-(Spe. clal.) A county "dry" federation was formed here this week to co-operate wlt.h all similar organisations Interested In carrying the state for prohibition at the, next general election. Ralph Johnson was elected president, O. O. Joyner vice pres ident, J. M. Fodge secretary. Ray Kun.i treasurer. The election of J. D. Ream and Rev. A. A. Randall comnieteA ma necessary number, and this body will constitute the executive committee of Custer county. The county federation has empowered this committee to organ lie all the precincts along the lines thst have already been established. Two hun- ' dred dollars waa raised toward the sup port of the state federation In carrvinx on Its propaganda. Week ginning Jan. 84. Free Movie Coupon rats See Coupon entitles hears to a free tioket to any of these hlrh-eUa Moving Jfloare Theaters on th days named. Present at Boa Office with regular price of one adult paid ticket grandIdesse "IEIATI8 84th and W, BEAD TOT Ut" Konth Omaha. I6th and Blaney. The Bookie of The Home of Bout Omaha's llrh still Amassment JMotures. Belt." !?. V UoBi'f Good Una. u TW. HIPPODROME ARBOR 0814 Oumiag It. j-. AJways tha Best o. Hot ores Ob- Ton ravortte. taiaable. . Good Mondays This roupon mood m and Thursdays eompanled b a .U W . dnilMlon. ticket. SUBURBAN LOTHR0P Where Tour En- ih and tathr jp tertalBiueut la Tbe Family First Consider- Th-t atloo. Whea acoaipjit4 Good on Monday r a Mil aAiuiuioo. eve n 1 nss w It h Ooo4 ear Muaator one paid a4uUs- sukl Sluo.