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    Court Dismisses
U Action Against
Science Church
Publishing Society Lose Suit
To Restrain Interference hy
Directors Dismissal of
Rowlands Sustained.
Bc-ston, Nov. 23. The supreme
court today dismissed a bill brought
by Herbert W. Eusticc and other
trustees of the Christian Science
Publishing society against Adam H.
Dickey and others, directors of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, to
restrain the latter from interfering
with the publishing society. The
court held tliat the directors of the
church were within their authority in
dismissing Lamont Rowlands of
Picayune, Miss., as a member of the
botrd of directors.
The court dismissed the sugges
tion of the state attorney genera!
that it had no jurisdiction and that
under deeds of Mrs. Eddy, a public
charitable trust was created.
In its rescript the court says:
"Interlocutary decree or decrees to
he entered sustaining the defendant's
exceptions to the master's report, so
far as they relate to rulings that di
rectors have no power to remove a
trustee under the deed of January
25, 1898, and that the removal of Mr.
.Rowlands was ineffectual and other
wise confirming the master's report
except those paragraphs relating to
the Dittemore-Knott controversy
and final decree to be entered dis
missing the bill."
At the end of the decision the
court says:
"On the facts found by the master
in the light of the principles of law
here found to be controlling, the
plaintiffs cannot maintain their bill.
"To decide the fundamental issues
raised in this record it is unneces
sary to question whether Mr. Ditte
jnore or Mr. Knott is a director.
This issue is involved in another suit.
The exceptions of Emilic E. Hu
line have been waived and need not
be considered.
Both appeals of Mr. and Mrs.
Krauthoff dismissed.
"Bill dismissed."
; Suit Started in 1919.
The Christian Science litigation,
upon which the full bench of the
Massachusetts supreme court render
ed its decision today, started on
March 25. 1919. One year later, in
March, 1920, the master appointed
by the court to determine the facts
at issue, filed his report. Final argu
ment were completed on Decem
ber 1, 1920, and since that time the
full bench has had the matter under
consideration.
The original suit was a petition by
the trustees of the Christian Science
Publishing society for an injunction
to restrain the directors of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Bos
ton (the mother church) from inter
fering in the management of the
afhjrs of the publishing society or
from engaging in a competing busi
ness. This resulted from a vote of
the directors to removt Lamont
Rowlands of Picayune, Miss., from
"the board of trustees. !
' Five other , actions were brought
subsequently. John V. Dittemorc,
a director whose fellow directors
had removed him, sought to compel
his reinstatement. Mrs. Emilie B.
Hulin of Brooklyn asked leave to
intervene in the trustees' suit as one
of the original so-called first mem
bers of the church, but subsequently
withdrew her petition. Daisy and
Edwin A. Krauthoff asked the court
to rule that the church manual was
the supreme authority of the church.
,The trustees asked that individual
members of the church be restrained
:from influencing other members to
cancel subscriptions to Christian
Science publications. '
; " New Action Filed.
Finally Attorney General T. Wes
ton Allen of Massachusetts asked
that the issues raised in all the other
suits be tried out in an information
which he filed, asking that the court
declare that in establishing the
Christian Science church Mrs. Mary
! Baker Eddy created a public chari
table trust, and that the directors
.were the governing body of the
; church and had power to declare va
cancies in the trusteeships of the
publishing society and to determine
what literature should be published.
Frederic Dodge, a former judge
of the United States circuit court,
was appointed master to determine
the facts at issue in the trustees" or
iginal suit and to interpret two deeds
of trust made by Mrs. Eddy. He
also heard the Dittemore case in
part
In his report, filed in March, 1920,
Mr. Dodge held that the directors
had no legal right to remove Row
lands from the board of trustees or
Dittemore from- the board of di
rectors. Concurrent action by the
first members, he said, was required
by one of Mrs. Eddy's trust deeds
to make lawful the removal of a
trustee. He held that Dittemore
could be removed only by a court of
equity as t director under the trust
deed of 1892 and only for cause as a
director under church by-laws
adopted later.
The master said h was unable to
find that Mrs. Eddy intended all
branches of Christian Science activi
ties to be carried on tinder unified
' supervision of the constituted author
ities of the church or that she in
tended to subject the trustees to su
pervision by1 any other constituted
authority of the church. The trust
deed of 1889, he said, seemed to him
to contemplatae "a publishing so
ciety in close alliance with, but not
under, the rule of the church or its
officers."
He held, therefore, that Rowlands
was "still a trustee" and that Ditte
more continued to be a member of
the board of directors instead of
Mrs. Annie M. Knott, whom the
ether directors had elected to suc
ceed him.
Numerous collateral suits followed
the publication of the master's re
port
Fanner Gored by Bull
- Gretna. Neb., Nov. 23. (Special)
Jacob Ehlers, farmer, living three
miles east of Gretna, was gored by a
bull. He was tramped noon and bad
ly crushed. His condition is criti-
Statue of
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Left to right: Herbert Haseltine and Jo Davidson, American sduptors,
in Mr. Haseltine's studio in Paris with a model of a bronze statuette of
General Pershing, which will be presented to West Point as a gift of ad
mirers of,the commander-in-chief of the A. E. F. Both scluptors worked
on the statuette, which shows Pershing erect on a spirited charger march
ing forward. Mr. Haseltine originally intended to have the horse in a rear
ing position, but later changed its attitude out of respect for Pershing's
motto, "Ever Forward!" General Pershing during his recent visit to Paris
visited Mr. Haseltine's studio to view the work of the artists. lie was im
mensely pleased with it.
Norris Raps Hitchcock
For Stand On Tax Bill
(Continued From Face On.)
publicans fight for these principles
whether their party is in control or
whether they are in a minority. My
colleague fights for these things
when he is in a minority and cannot
accomplish anything and votes the
other way when his party is in con
trol. Senator Wrong in 1917.
"In 1917, when we had the revenue
bill here, at the beginning of the
war, if the few republicans that my
colleague is glad to work with now
had had their way then, they would
have increased the taxation on war
profits in a way that would
have brought into the treasury of
the United States more than $1,000,
000,000 in excess of what was
brought into the treasury. We were
defeated, and my colleague, as did
most of the democratic senators,
helped to defeat that very thing.
There were a few over there who
voted with us on every one of these!
amendments, but the senior senator
from Nebraska, Mr. Hitchcock, was
not one of them. . v
"But, the thing I wanted particu
larly to call attention to, was that
these republicans who voted then
for an increased surtax on big in
comes, these few republicans, in the
minority as they were, who fought
for ificreased taxes on war profits
when the democrats were in power,
were found, when this bill came here
with a republican in the White
House, and with the republicans in
control of the senate and the house,
fighting for the same principles that
they fought for then."
Scores 1917 Senate.
Senator Norris then reviewed the
activities of the democratic senate
during 1917 when that body had be
fore it the revenue bill. He showed
that the same situation existed then
as now, only the conditions were re
versed, there being a democratic
president then. He said that Senator
La Follette had offered an amend
ment to the then tariff bill increas
ing the rates from 66-100 of 1 per
cent on an income of $3,000 to 59.91
per cent on an income of two mil
lions and which the experts of the
treasury department estimated at the
time would have brought in $231,
000,000. He said on looking over the
record, his collegue, Mr. Hitchcock,
"who now is boasting of the fight
that he is making for increased
taxes on big incomes, is recorded
as voting 'nay' on the La Follette
amendment."
And so he proceeded to dissect
Senator Hitchcock's record, finding
that his colleague had voted "no"
to increase the tax on individual in
comes; voted "no" on an amend
ment of Senator Johnson levying
a tax of 73 per cent upon war
profits, "notwithstanding that the
amendment, if adopted, would have
been another tax on profiteers."
Says Playing Politics.
In closing. Senator Norris said:
"I have had only a few minutes
to look up this record, although I
was very clear in my mind as
to what it was. With additional time
I should go further into it and show
additional circumstances. But I only
wanted to call the attention of the
senate, and I hope of the country,
to the inconsistency of my col
league. He has been right this time,
and in this instance I agree with
him. I wish we could have kept the
income tax at the present rate, and
I voted against the bill because of
the change in the rate. Among oth
er reasons I intend to vote against
the conference report because I do
not believe it is fair. It lets too much
wealth escape taxation. But I think
now as I thought then, that the
only difference between myself and
my colleague is that at that time,
with the democrats in control, he
was following the lead of the presi
dent in the White House, doing his
dictation, or he is going contrary
now to his convictions, or he has ex
perienced a change of heart. I hope
it is a change of heart, and the one
thing to indicate that is, is that there
is a senatorial election coming on
in Nebraska now, and there was not
then." -
McKelvie to Attend Meet
Of Governors in Charleston
Charleston, S. C, Nov. 23.
Twenty-one governors have' de
clared their purpose of attending
the sessions of the house of gov
ernors here December 5, 6 and 7.
They include McKelvie, Nebras
ka; Kendall. Iowa; Davis, Idaho;
Campbell, Arizona; Mabey, Uiah;
Dixon, Montana, and Carey,
Wyoming. , -
A reception on Board the cruiser
Rochester and a review of men
from the Atlantic destroyer squad
rons, cadet of the citadel and Na
tional guard companies are on the
tentative program,
THE
Pershing
Mrs. Neal Says Her
Life Was Threatened
(Continued From rate One.)
the night when Ben Neal was killed.
Ava said that on the night of the
tragedy she retired about 8:30 and
read in bed for a while. She was
awakened by a shot which seemed to
be in the northeast bedroom, oc
cupied by her parents. She jumped
out of bed and ran to the dining
room. Then she heard another shot
and a noise as of something falling
to the floor, she said.
Heard Mother Scream.
She heard her mother scream and
then ran out of the house. Her
mother ran out at the same time,
she said; together they ran toward
the home of Charles Buck, their
nearest neighbor.
On the way she asked her mother
what had happened, she said. Her
mother made no reply to her first
question. She asked again.
"Mamma said she thought someone
had shot papa or that he had shot
himself," the girl testified.
Denies Having Revolver.
She denied that there was ever a
revolver in her own room. Elsie
Turner, a girl friend, had testified
for the state that she saw a revolver
in a glove box in Ava's room a
short time before the shooting. This
box was found in. Neal's room after
the shooting. s
On cross-examination Ava said
she "always woke up when papa and
mamma quarreled at night."
She denied that she had stated to
Mamie Buck, after she and her
mother arrived at the Buck home,
that she had tried to telephone when
she heard the shots.
Denies Killing Neal.
The climax of the direct examina
tion came when Mrs. Neal's attor
ney, A. II. Lambert, asked:
"Now, Mrs. Neal, did you shoot
Ben?"
"No, indeed, I never shot a gun
in my life. I tried to be a kind
wife," she replied.
Under cross-examination, she de
clared that when she returned to her
husband after their second reconcil
iation last April she did so because
of a sense of duty. "All my love
had been destroyed by his actions,"
she said.
Awakened by Shot.
She declared she knew nothing of
the shooting. She was awakened by
the shot and jumped from bed and
ran out of the house and to the
neighboring home of Charles Buck
without investigating what had hap
pened to her husband, she said.
Their last serious quarrel, she said,
was in September, 1920, after the
funeral of her brother's child. She
packed her suitcase and Ben kicked
it around the house, declaring,
"there'll be another funeral soon," she
Said. , '
Deposition from Omaha.
Dr. S. McCleneghan, coroner's
physician of Douglas county, was
represented by a deposition detailing
the effects of gunshot wounds at
various distances and the difference
between rigor mortis and cadaverous
spasms. He stated that a gun simi
lar to the one found in Neal"s hand
would leave stains or burns if placed
from one to three inches from the
body, but would not leave marks at
a greater distance.
The deposition stated that cadaver
ous spasms preceded rigor mortis
and lasted from IS to 30 minutes aft
er which the muscles of the 'body
returned to normal and rigor mortis
set in. It requires from one to six
hours for rigor mortis to set in, ac
cording to the Omaha doctor.
Quotes Medical Books.
Dr. C. A. Lutgen of Auburn testi
fied that a pistol held one to three
inches from the head would feave a
smoke smudge. He said that it could
he! waclipH rf f Thr f1f,nc rtai'me
rthat a smudge was washed off
:eals face by Sheriff Davis. He
stated that a cadaverous spasm would
cause the victim to clutch a revolver
hghtly. On cross-examination he ad
mitted that his' statements were based
on reading in medical books and not
practical experience.
Dr. B. F. Lorance of Auburn, fam
ily physician of Neal, testified that
he had no social disease or outward
manifestation of one. He stated
that Neal was not abnormal. ,
Jury Goes Home.
John Hannaford, neighbor, told of
plans Neal had made on the day of
his death for putting up hay.
The court adjourned until f riday.
The jurors were permitted to go to
their homes over Thanksgiving. Mrs.
Neal will spend the day at the home
of relatives near Stella.
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BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1921.
Breach Between
Great Britain and
China Develops
Difference of Opinion on
Meaning of Open Door
Policy Expressed By
Delegates.
By PHILIP KINSLEY.
C'hleaio Tribune-Omaha Be MiuM-d Wire,
Washington, Nov, 23. A wide
breach developed today between the
British and Chinese views as to what
the new eight power definition of
the "open door" may involve in the
way ot control by foreign capitalists
of Chinese finance, railroad and con
cessions. The British view amounts
to a method of "intemationaliration
which- Chinese delegates fell they
cannot sanction, owing to the grow
ing feeling against foreigners at
home. ....
As outlined by a British spokes
man, the open door mean's "equal op
portunity for all foreign enterprises
in such phases or sections of devel
opment as China may throw open to
foreigners." China has indicated It
will throw the entire country open.
The next British interpretation is
that "the policy of spheres of influ
ence has been sueprscded under the
Root resolutions by international co
operation. Outline of Plan.
Specific applications of this prin
ciple, as outlined by the British arc:
"All nations are to have an equal
tariff. Duty on goods entering
China by sea or by land should be
identical. The 'likin' or interpro
vincial customs should be abolished.
"The new arrangement contem
plates the acceptance of the four
power consortium and possibly its
extension.
"This is, strictly speaking, a de
parture from the principle of the
open door, but is regarded as in the
interest of the Chinese.
"The arrangement implies the ac
ceptance of the consortium under
which existing concessions are to be
pooled, and equal treatment for trad
ers and passengers on railroads with
a tribunal for reference of com
plaints. It is obvious that the rail
road problem is one of the most im
portant to China and has a marked
beating on tariff and finances."
- Consortium Not Mentioned.
The Chinese minister, Mr. Sze, said
tonight that when the Root resolu
tions were accepted by China none of
these implications was understood by
the Chinese and that no mention was
made of the consortium, the railroad
and consession pool, the abolishment
of likin taxes, or anything else which
was suggested to him as being the
British program.
China has not recognized the con
sortium, he said, and he did not
see how such steps as were outlined
could be an aid to national sov
ereignty. Mr. Sze intimated that while the
four Root resolutions adopted left
out several of the things the Chinese
wanted, they put up a fence as to
future aggression and left the door
open for taking up present issues. He
gave notice that the Chinese would
bring up their troubles soon.
Favor Likin Taxes.
China was not ready to abolish the
likin taxes, he said, for they were in
part allocated to payment of loans.
It was pointed out that it was un
likely the Japanese would agree to
the railroad concession pool, as they
had kept their South Manchurian rail
road interests out of the consortium.
The situation shows that the Brit
ish have a plan which they think can
be put forward under the Root resolu
tions. This plan will meet with
Chinese objection here and in China.
It remains to be seen how far the
powers will push China to agree and
what part America plays in . this
game of international finance.
It was reported to day that the
Shantung issue had been decided out--side
the conference, but this was de
nied by Mr. Sze. It is known, how
ever, that both China and Japan have
been approached unofficially and
tentative arrangements made for
them to get together over this ques
tion. -
Land Armament
Discussed by 'Big 5'
Washington, Nov. 23. (By The
Associated Press.) The delegations
of the five powers discussed land
armament today, but no definite dec
laration of policy resulted from their
deliberations.
None of the powers, it was under
stood, presented any proposal look
ing toward a concrete pronounce
ment supporting the French attitude
toward army reduction as outlined
to the full conference in plenary
session Monday by Premier Briand.
The debate led the delegates into
a consideration of specific problems
of land armaments and it was de
cided to appoint subcommittees to
deal with such subjects as airplanes,
poisonous gases and other auxiliary
means of warfare.
Premier Briand, attending his last
meeting of the armament group be
fore his departure for France, made
a brief presentation of the exact po
sition of his government, and it was
said that a general discussion fol
lowed along the lines of that in
which the powers expressed general
appreciation of the French position
at Monday's session.
After the two hour and a half ses
sion was over the French premier,
despite the failure to make a joint
declaration of policy, expressed gen
eral satisfaction with the direction
the discussions had taken.
Alliance Aviator Is
Convicted in Wyoming
Alliance, Neb., Nov. 23. (Special.)
William C Brooks of Alliance and
Hemingford. airplane pilot employed
bv Ora C Phillips, was foond guilty
in the district court at Newcastle,
Wyo, of a statutory offense against j
a 15-year-old Newcastle girl and was
sentenced to from 15 to 25 years in 1
the penitentiary. The conviction was
returned by a second jury, after the j
first jury had disagreed. Phillips was j
arrestaed following the Brooks trial '
on a charge of subornation of per- j
jury in connecti6n with the Brooks j
hearing. He is alleged to have at-;
tempted to bribe the mother of the j
girt to give false testimony at thei
trial and to have offered her $22$ i
.tdo so. j
Washington Notes
By E. C. SNYDER.
Habitation f arrniwndrnt Omaha He,
Washington, Nov, 23. Represen
tative McLaughlin, who was
scheduled to go to Canada, tinder
the auspices of a well-known New
York newspaper publisher, to study
the operations of the Canadian sales
lax laws, has cancelled his accept
nice and will remain in Washing
ton during the recess, for the pur
pose of making a further study of
the needs of agriculture from fed
eral legislative standpoint.
Representative and Mrs. Reavis
will leave today for Cleveland to
spend Thanksgiving with their sons,
Frank and Jack Reavis, who are
practicing law in that city.
Shortly after Thanksgiving Mrs.
Reavis will visit a sister at Iowa
Falls, while Mr. Reavis will continue
on to his home in Falls City. He
is scheduled to deliver the Llks Me
morial address at Omaha cn De
cember" 4. and later will speak be
fore the Palimpsest club.
Postmasters appointed yesterday
by the postoflice department includ
ed; J. C. Dcmitig at Anoka, Boyd
county, vice B. M. Rybin resigned.
Mrs. Blanche Marten at Sibyles,
Albany county, Wyoming; vice
Florence Taylor, resigned. Dclva A.
Baird at Climbing Hill, Woodbury
county, Iowa; vice Esther Kluss, re
signed. The postoffice at Cairo,
Louisa county, Iowa, has been dis
continued. All mail will be sent to
Columbus Junction.
New Officials
Take Office in
North Dakota
Men Elected to Succeed Gov
ernor, Attorney General and
Commissioner of Agricul
ture Inaugurated.
Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 23. R. A.
Nestos, an attorney of Minor, was
sworn in late today as the 13th gov
ernor of North Dakota, displacing
Gov. Lynn J. Frazier, a Nonpartisan
league choice, who was ousted in the
October 28 recall election.
With Mr. Nestos there went into
office Sveinbjoru Johnson of Grand
Forks and J. A. Kitchin of Sentinel
Butte, indeoendents, chosen in the re
call election to succeed Attorney Gen
eral William Lemke and J. N. Hagan,
commissioner of agriculture and la
bor, respectively.
Re-establishment of the credit of
the state; reduction - in public em
ployes; curtailment of the state's pay
roll and completion of the Grand
Forks state mill and elevator project,
a part of the Nonpartisan league's
program of state ownership, were
promised by Governor Nestos in his
inaugural address. He promised "to
make a thorough examination, in
sofar as possible, of every depart
ment, industry and activity, for the
support of which tax moneys have
been used."
Governor Frazier, who began his
third term last January, will return
to his farm near Hoople. Mr. Lemke
will return to his law office in Fargo.
Two Mexicans Are Shot by
Countrymen at llayard
Bayard,' Neb., Nov. 23. (Special.)
Two -Mexicans, Ines ' Baion and
Maximo Darcia, were wounded by
unidentified Mexicans, who shot at a
house in ' which about 20 of their
countrymen were spending the night.
The wounded men will recover. The
20 Mexicans were in the house when
three strangers entered and by their
actions roused the suspicion of the
proprietor, who ordered them to
leave the place. When they had gone
about ISO feet, they turned and
opened fire on the house, some of
the bullets entering the side wall and
going through the opposite side. The
occupants of the house think that a
robbery was planned, but abandoned
on account of the number in the
house.
Restrain Farmer From
Collecting Big Judgment
Alliance, Neb., Nov. 23. (Special.)
A temporary injunction has been
granted by District Judge W. H.
Westover restraining Peter J. Long,
former rancher of this county, from
collecting any part of the $75,000
judgment awarded him by the Doug
las county district court against the
Herman J. and John H. Krause es
tate. The decision of the Douglas
county court was twice upheld by the
supreme court. The case grew out
of the sale of a potash lake and ad
jacent lands by Long to the Krause
brothers in 1915. Two years after
the sale, Long sued for $1,000,000,
alleging that the Krause brothers
had concealed from him the true
value of the lake and lands.
Work for Sick Neighbor
Callaway, Neb.. Nov. 23. (Spe
cial.) Friends and neighbors of L.
V, Whipple gathered at his farm
and husked over 1,000 bushels of
corn. Mr. Whipple has been sick for
some time and has been unable to
do any work.
Cold" in Kansas.
Salina, Kan., Nov. 23. Winter
records were broken here overnight
with a temperature of 5 degrees
above zero. Snow flurries began this
morning.
Woman Collapses
While on Stand in
'Bluebeard' Trial
Former Sweetheart TelU How
Landru Lured Her From
Soldier Fiance, Then
Falls From Chair.
Taris, Nov, 23. "Bluebeard" Lan
dru, he of the 243 sweethearts,
tried his hypnotic eye on one of his
former sweethearts in court, result
ing in her complete collapse.
Fcrnandc Segrct, an actress, 29,
who was on the witness stand and
just at the point of relating the story
of her intimate relations with the
man who is charged with killing 10
persons, fell from the chair and had
to he carried from the court. Fol
lowing the incident the court was
susnended for a neriod.
Landru gave the first signs of
emotion that he has exhibited dur
ing his trial today when Segret,
sobbing took the oath as a witness
Strange Courtship. ,
With the "Bluebeard" staring
hard and the witness fearing to meet
his blazing eyes, she related the
strange courtship by which he won
her. She told how he haunted her
place of abode, making her acquaint
ance and wooing her faithfully for
several months. J hey first met on
a street car, she said, when he gave
her his seat.
Taking advantage of his act of
courtesy to open a conversation, he
make a cood impression. "After a
time he persuaded her to break off
with a soldier to whom she was en
gaged. He won the confidence of
her mother, who warned him that
the girl was only a poor girl, but he
responded:
"I will be content with her youth
and beauty."
Could Not Resist.
However, he failed to keep his
promise of marriage, the mother be
came angry and the girl left home
to live with him.
"I loved him deeply," she told the
court. "When he looked at me I
could not resist him."
This testimony of the girl led to
another dramatic scene when the
court resumed its sessions. An
alienist, Dr. Vallon, who testified
that he had examined Landru sev
eral years ago, was introduced. He
declared that only Landru's great
mental activity had kept him from
becoming a madman.
With an elaborate bow to the wit
ness Landru asked dramatically:
"Do you believe that I could hyp
notize women?"
"A charming talker might have
almost any effect upon a hysterical
woman," answered the expert.
After her recovery Segrot testi
fied that Landru had had a rifle and
a pistol in the place of Gambais.
She said that she had cooked on
the kitchen stove a few days before
the bones were found in it. She.
asserted that Landru was a police
spy during the war.
Alliance Comes to Aid
Of Tourists Without Money
Alliance, Neb., Nov. 23. (Spe-cialO-For
the third time within two
weeks Alliance authorities have
come to the assistance of persons
who have been picked up in the rail
road yards, "broke" and with "no
where to go." The latest case was
that of Mr. and Mrs. Aaroh Proper,
19 and 17, respectively, who were
traveling from Omaha to Tacoma,
Wash. They said they had bummed
most of the way from Tacoma to
Onfaha a short time ago. The hus
band worked for a short time in an
Omaha packing house and was laid
off. They decided to return to Ta
coma by the hobo route. They had
total cash assets of $2 when they
reached here. Proper is an ex
soldier, and the Red Cross is prepar
ing to assist him and his bride on
their journey.
Omaha Trust Company Buys
West Point Power Bonds
West Point, Neb., Nov. 23. (Spe
cial.) An auction sale of $58,000
worth of municipal light and power
plant bonds was held here. The bonds
sold at a premium of $1,020. The
Omaha Trust company, who was rep
resented by its vice president, R. F.
Pettis, was the successful bidder.
Road Conditions
(Furnished by Omaha Auto Clnb.)
Lincoln Hichway, Eat Roada good;
weather cloudy; detour for
at Mainhalltown: road from UeWItt to
Clinton now open.
Lincoln Highway. West Road graa,
weather clear at Fremont. Schuyler. Cen
tral City and Grand Island; roads -trems
western Nebraska reported a. lit
tle rough. .
O. L. D. Highway Fair to Ashland,
detour at brldue: roads to Lincoln and
west In fine shape; detour between Im
perial and Chase.
Highland Cutoff Rosda good; weather
partly cloudy.
8. T. A. Roads Roads tn excellent con
dition. .
Cornhusker Highway Roads excellent.
Omaha-Tooeka Highway Roads good.
George Washington Highway Roads
good to Pioux City: weather cloudy.
-Riaci will; Trail Roads aood; anow
some points rrorth.
King or Trans, r.orin maa e".
weather cloudy.
KHitr of Trails. South Roads In exceT-
lent condition; weather cloudy st most
ponits; detour Sim necessary 1.-1 r
Leavenworth and Kansas City duo to
road work.
River t River Road Good to Ucs
Moines; weather cloudy.
White Pole Road Ooort; six-mile de
tour east of Casey in lair shape; good
to Pes Moines.
I. O. A. Short Line Roads fine.
Blue Grass Road Roads good.
O Street Road Roads fine; short de
tour near Basle.
No road report will be Issued Thanka-
giving day.
Chiropractic For Health
To yon who are sick and ailing. Dr. Burhorn
savs: "We have proven positively that re
sults can be obtained in ninety-five per
the human ailments by takinj Chiropraetie
spinal adjustments.
Investigate ear methods today if we ran
Bot nelp yoo we will not accept your ease.
Adjustments at tSe office are 12 i"t tl.0 r
80 for 125.90. House calls made day or night.
Office equipped with private adjusting rooms
and complete X-Eay laboratory. Lady attend
ant. Fboae Douglas f34r.
Dr. Frank F. Burhorn
(Palmer S-chool Graduate)
Coiner 16th and Faro am Streets
Suite 414-26 Securities Building
Packing House Union.
To Act Sunday on Cut
Member of the Anulganiated
Meat Cutter and Butcher Work
turn's union will meet in the union
hall on the South Side Sunday to
determine whether to accept the re
cently announced wage reductions,
or to strike.
According to Jacob II. Davis, dis
trict president of the union, work
ers in packing plants here wlin al
ready hve voted to accept decreas
r through plant organiiations
would be included in Sunday' meet
ing. Conference boards of the Cudahy
packing plant at Kansas City and
the Swift plant at ICast St. Louis
voted to accept cuti.
Free Shoe Fund
Used as Medium
Of Thanksgiving
Appreciation of Blowings ly
More Fortunate May Be Ex
pressed Through Gifts
To Poor.
Thanksgiving today.
You have much to be thankful
for. But let us not forget those
whose blessings are fewer than ours.
Many little helpless children arc
without even shoes to keep their feet
from winter' cold, children of
widows struggling with poverty.
To show your own thankfulness,
why not send a contribution to The
Bee to be used in providing shoes
for these poor children? Try it.
Send it to The Bee at once. It
will be acknowledged thankfully.
Previously acknowledged ISSMM)
Mrs. Jred Myers 6.00
Tthrl (.race 1.00
.1. W 1.00
W. J 3.011
A Friend Si.
V. H .
Yonrs Truly, ralrbury, b , S.00
I.lttle Jack 1.00
('. O. Cries 6.00
Bubble . , 1.00
Ioturetts. B. Tope 6.00
William J. Klerstead 6.00
Mission Kensington Clnb 6.00
Total ?3?3.2
Four Held at Beatrice
On Liquor Charges
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 23. (Special
Telegram,) -As the result of an al
leged booze party at a road camp
east of the city Sunday, complaint
was filed against Roy Stattler of
Omaha, rharp-ino- him with having
liquor in his possession, transporting
it and giving it away. A similar com
plaint was filed against Frank Kinna
man, who was fined $100 and costs
for selling three pints of liquor to
Stattler. Both men will be turned
over to the federal authorities. Two
other members of the gang, "Red"
AfcMains and Lou McCown were ar
rested on the charge of being intoxi
cated. Plan Skating Rink
Columbus, Neb., Nov. 23. (Spe
cialsThe Rotarians will flood the
tennis ground for use of a skating
pond for the youngsters this winter.
Closed All Day Thursday
Thanksgiving f
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The Merchants
National Bank
of' Omaha, Nebraska
Capital Stack Paid in. $1,000,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits. . $1,000,000.00
Deposits $12,401,173.21
Fred P. Hamilton. B. II. Msile. O. T. Ea-tman. S, 8. Kent.
Prrsidnt Vice Prrsidnt Vice President Cashici
H. D. Bsiitler. B. B. Wood. J. p. L,
Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier
Fred P. Hamilton
Georre N. Peck K. B. Updike
Chas. L.
We Solicit Your Business
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Business Man Wanted
by a new Nebraska corporation with a wonderful outlook regard
less of the country's financial conditions. Busines is now on a
paying basis. Qualifications desired: Must be capable of handling
books, be a buyer, handle finances and act as director of the cor
poration. Prefer a married man acquainted in Omaha. Must be
willing to work on a nominal salary the first year. Should be able
to invest $4,000.00 to $5,000.00 after the arrangements have
proven mutually satisfactory. This is not a promotion proposi
tion. It is a concern needing the services of a man who is willing
to invest some money to add to the working capital to take advan
tage of the present ooportunity.
D-R, CARE OF "BEE
Invitations Arc
Sent for Third
Party Convention
Letters Mailed to 5,000 Nf
hrankano Urging Attendance
At Grand Jrland Conven
lion Deeenihrr 8.
Lincoln. Nov. 23. (Special.) Let
ter of 5.(NI0 Nebraska voters, urging;
them to attend Nebraska' third party
convention at flrand Ilaud Decem
ber f, were mailed from the oMice of
I. I Bollen, chairman of the tem
porary executive committee. Re
cipient of these letters are subscrib
ers to the Nebraka Leader, official
newspaper of the Nonpartisan league,
and other signers of the re ferendiitn
petition against four Jaw passed by
the last legislature.
Under the "Nebraska law there must;
be SIX) delegate present at the Cnnd
Island meeting in order to give the
new party a lawful place on the bal
lot at the primary and general elec
tions. Plenty of Candidate.
Bollen expressed little fear there
wouldn't be enough men and
women with an itching to
serve the public in the capacity of
a public servant to insure a third
party slate at the primary, from
United States senator down to mem
bers of the legislature.
Bollen says a new party in order
to nominate primary candidate must
have at least 50 per cent of the 500
delegates sign a third party agree
ment and affix their signatures to
nomination petitions for national and
state officers.
The only troubles facing the lead
ers at present are the platform and the
advisability of affiliating Nebraska'
third party with the national third
party, known as the "forty-eighters."
Platform Big Problem.
Judge Arthur G. Wray, one of the '
leaders in the movement, at the first
organization meeting, held in Lin
coln a month ago, 'urged nearly two
dozen alleged reform planks.
Bollen is opposed -to the Wray;
plan and is urging seven planks, in
eluding abolishment of the party cir-4
cle from the ballot; rural credit law
patterned after the South Dakota
plan; state income tax law; promise
specific reductions of state appro
priations in advance of election.
J. A. H. Hopkins, national chair-
man' of the "forty-eighters," will be .
in Grand Island at the convention in
an endeavor to coax Nebraska's third
party into his party fold. Bollen says
that he believes Judge Wray will aid
Hopkins.
Omaha Order of De Molay
Plan Convocation Dec. 10
A banquet at the Castle hotel last
night was attended by 100 mem
bers of the Order of De Molay.
George C. Pardee, first past master
counsellor was toastmaster. William
Cejnor spoke on the order. A convo
cation is to be held December 10 in
Scottish Rite cathedral ;
DIRECTORS:
S. Rogers Frank V, Jodson C. W. Hamilton
Bannders F. B. Johnson
B. H. Meila
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