The Omaha Morning Bee VOL. 52—NO. 148. ^ V A' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1922.* 2M TWO CENTS ■ __ _ . ___ A * * ,. ■ -.. .. ....... ——.. i '■ ■ ' " ' Quell Reds, Demand of Pershing H General Broadcasts Plea for More Patriotism and Strong ^rtny to Defend Unit ed States. Governor Small Scored Chicago. Pec. »i.—(Hy A P.l—lien, j .John .1. Pershing wound up a busy | day In Chicago tonight by sending! lirr.nli apt through the air n demand' f ir suppression of radical* and a plea j for morn patriotism and a strong army ! to defend the t’nited States. Tho same speech, delivered earlier in tlie dav nt a patriotic luncheon of, -1 . Association of Commerce, brought • ,5ui* men and women to their fort. . e-Trilu.' tlie gem ml. They not only \ MWdoiFcd Jiis s1 utlnient*. but hy a ris ing \. (e adopted a resolution proposed lo Gen. ntarle* <1. l\iwe*. former dt-i rector of the budget, declaring that Governor I.cit Hntall had “besmirched the fair name of tlie state of Illinois | and of tlie United State*" when he commuted the sentence* of William tiroes Lloyd, millionaire communist, and til of hi« associate* General Pershing, following tlie lun- ] nheor. visited Hpecdway hospital., Where he sounded tlie same note of ; if: mile * i vice in at' address to hun I iced* of wounded soldiers. To Review Cadet*. Tonight the general spoke again on i pall iolism at the dinner of the Amer ic.n Horseshoe society, broadcast his j t[rt-ech via wireless telephone and vis ted the horse show at the DresrI , pavilion. Ill- left at 11 for Culver,; trnl . where Thursday lie will review . tlie cadets of the Military academy, there before returning to Washington, j The i 'onititerce association luncheon was startled when General Dawes, without previous Intimation of his purpose, read the resolution condemn ing the Illinois governor. As he called for il rising vote there were cries of “impeach him.” It was several min utes liefure order corfW lie restored. "A move to impeach tho governor would do no good.” General lMwos said when he could mako himself heard. "He Is too strong politically ami it would he useless to attempt to dislodge him with the method* nt our ’ disposal.” Condemn* Towards in Congress. The governor, the resolution read, ha* “invaded the Judicial part ot the ^Pvornment in thus rep ml in ting tin- ; it*tiding of a. Jury ot the people, the I judgment of the supreme court ot the | State of Illinois and tho Judgment j of tho justice representing tho su- ; prenie court of the United States Gen. Da we* devoted his speech to ; condemnation of cowards In congress. “There are a lot of demagogues in eongreea who have given a lot of men the chance, little hy little, to under mine the constitution of tho United States.” he said. “We must get a ; new breed of men In place of those i awards who would murder then country for the suke of a few votes.' (..mill Scores Orbs. Gen. lvrshing. in his opening re marks, took notice of the attack on him hy Kugene Debs, in a si>eech be fore n socialist gathering here 1yed, who came to Omaha from Audubon, la., last Au gust, stood looking in a shop window at Seventeenth and Douglas streets. A little man, apparently a foreigner, with a black moustache, approached her, stood by her a moment, then jabbed her arm with a needle, she said, and walked off. "What are you trying to do?” sho asked him, but he walked on, making no reply. But almost immediately her arm began to hurt and she started north on Seventeenth street. When she was opposite the post office building, just across Dodge street, the same man approached her and said: “You’d better walk this way," and led her into a small motor car stand ing there. She was dizzy and resisted little, she said. They went for a long ride, sho said, and the next thing she knew she was sitting in tho car with him on the hill by the Cenlrnl High school. “I slapped him," sho said, "and started to get out but he grabbed me by the arm, and when 1 slapped him again, lie threw me out. "I staggered to my rooming house at 1S17 Davenport street hut col lapsed on the atalra.” The girl exhibited a brown spot about half the size of a dime on her right arm half way between the el bow and the shoulder, as evidence she had been stabbed by a hypo dermic needle. Member of Charivari Parly Injured When Gun Explodes Falls City, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Special.)— A charivari at Dawson was converted into a tragedy when a double-barreled shotgun exploded in the hands of Em mett D. Stone, 23, one of the cele brators, tearing out his left eyeball. 'Hie gay party had been serenading Mr. and Mrs. Dan Riley, who were married ou Thanksgiving day, and shotguns played an important part in the celebration. The accident brought I the fun to an abrupt close. The prob lem of find ing the one person a m o n gst tho usands who would , rent or buy your real estate—your piano, typewrite* or used but useful furniture, is made easier by the use of Omaha Bee “Want” Ads. No arrow ever finds its mark as surely and quickly as a small “Want” Ad in Th-» Omaha Bee. t Remember, Omaha Bee "Wanl" Ads Bring Better Results at Lesser Cost Erin _ Dominion of Britain ! _ Oath of Office Administered to Governor-General and Members of Dai! Kireann. Hayes Chosen Speaker Dublin, Dec. 6.—(By A. 1*.)—Inaugu ration ot the Irish free slate as one of the dominions of the British empire took place today. Tho ceremony was simple and untnarred by hostile dem onstrations from tho republican mi nority. The oath was administered to Tim othy Jlealey as governor-general by by lord chief justice at Mr. Healey's residence, three miles west of Dub lin. and afterward the new governor general administered the oath to President Michael Hayes as speaker of t lie dail There were no crowds outside the parliament house when Hie dail met tonight. Tho members assembled punctually at *. William T. Cos grave, president of the dail cabinet, and Kevin O'Higgins, minister of home affairs and nephew of the new governor-general, were among the first arrivals, and occupied the same seats as in the old days. Deputies Sworn In. At 5:10 Speaker Hayes announced he was authorised by tho governor general to administer the oath to the deputies. Mr. Cosgrave was the first one to lie sworn and to sign the roll. The form of the oath of allegiance was primarily to the constitution of the Irish free state and then to King George ns the head of the peoples forming the British commonwealth. Mr. O'Higgins and the other minis ters took the oath In turn, followed by the members of the dail. The oath was administered to each man individually. When the ceremony was completed. Prof. Hayes was re-elected speaker and Cosgru\e president of the cabi net. Only two of tho five Irish signa tories of tho treaty, Earn on .1. Dug gan and George On van Duffy, took the oath. Of the others, Arthur Grif feth and Michael Collins are dead and Robert C. Barton is in jail as a rebel. I.abor Members Take Oath. All the labor members were pres ent and took the oath, with the ex ception of 1,. Gaffney, who was the only member of the dail to vote against the constitution. He is ex pected to refuse tho oath. Cathal O'Shannon, editor of the Voice of Labor, and noted for his ad vanced views, was one of those sworn in. Lord Mayor O'Neill was absent because ot illness. Another absentee was Liam do Rolsitc (Will iam lioohe), member for Cork city. He has been a supporter of the treaty and is counted upon ns certain to take the oath later on. Gen. McKeown, who has been con ditioning the free state military op erations in the provinces and has not been in Dublin lately, appeared and look the onth. Tha labor party authorized its lead er to mike a statement explaining its acceptance of the onth. The state ment said the laborites were merely following the tactics of the political parties of the winkers in all other countries, whether monarchist or re publican. Tlie oath they looked upon as Implying no obligation other than the obligation resting upon any per son in accepting tho principles of citizenship. Bandit Situation in Tsing Tao Critical Pekin, Dec. 6.—(By A. P.)—The situation of Tsing Tao caused by the operations of the bandits with whom Shantung province in infested is de scribed in an official dispatch as ex ceedingly critical. The Chinese officials there confer red with the bandit leaders In an effort to conciliate them. The bandits rejected the advances, however, and kidnaped the chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce, demanding $500,000 ransom for him. Later the bandit leaders delivered an ultimatum that unless Tsing Tao wTas handed over to them on Decem ber 10, the date set for the Japanese evacuation, they would kidnap all republican Chinese officials and burn or pillage the shops. Farmer Near Duncuu Has Gun Battle With Bandits Columbus, Neb., Dec. <1.—(Special.) —Carl Boss, farmer residing near Duncan, narrowly escaped death in a gun battle with three bandits at his faint. A bullet from one of their | revolvers tore a hole through the 1 shoulder of his leather coat, missing j the flesh. Returning home Boss saw ; three men prowling about the barns i and ginneries. lie opened fire on I them, which they returned, and a half dszen shots were exchanged ns they ! ran. Boss at once summoned the sheriff, who with a large posse of neighbors scoured the country. The trail was lost in the sand hills, and the chase had to lie abandoned. Mr. Boss thinks that the trio were cattle rustlers, because they had cut the fence of the pasture in which the cat ■ tie were kept. — Home of Opera Star Bobbed of $25,000 Furs and Apparel New York, Deo. ti.—Frieda (.!. Mem pel, operatic star, returned today to her apartment on Central Park West after a concert tour and was notified that the suite was robbed Tuesday. Jewels, furs and apparel composed tlie greater part of the loot, estimated to . be worth between ISO.ofi'J and iaO.OOl). k" - » aseisti Will Club Prisoners and Use Hospitals for Jails Home, Dec. 6.—(By A. P.)—Crimi nals will be clubbed and sent to hos pitals instead of being Imprisoned, in the administration of justice under the fascisti regime in the province of Al lessandrla. Dr. Hamlnbo Sala, the sec retary, said in an address to male factors summoned before him. “Hereafter the fascisti undertake the administration of justice ndoptlng j different laws from those of the judi cial authorities,” Dr. Mala said. “Who ever is guilty will not be sent to pri son but to the hospital—after being clubbed. “If after such lessons veteran of fenders still exist, the next time the clubbing will be such as to send them not to the hospital but to the ceme tery.'* Traffic Tied Up on Omaha Streets by Sheets of Ice J Horse Falls oil Man—Another Omahan Suffers Probable Fractured Skull—Skater Directs Traffic. A E. Snow, 142 North Thirty-fifth street, stepped out of the Ortman bakery, 216 North Sixteenth street, at 2 yesterday afternoon. As his feet struck the icy cement, they flew out from under him and he foil, striking his head on the side walk. Snow was taken to tire emergency hospital at Central police headquar ters, whero surgeons stated he may have suffered a fracture of tlie skull. Alec Epstein. 2055 North Nineteenth street, was leading a horse at Elev enth and Jackson streets. Old Dobbin slipped and fell—right on Epstein. The man suffered severe body bruises and was taken to the Central police headquarters emer gency hospital. Turnkey Injured. John Brady, 5241 North Twenty fourth street, veteran turnkey at the eity jail, fell at Eh-venth and Dodge streets and suffered painful body bruises. He was given treatment at the emergency hospital of Central po lice headquarters. These were the three most serious mishaps in the city following the steady cyrslalizntion of the mist which formed a. thin but substantial mating of ice on the sidewalks and pave- j nients. i Motor cars skidded hither and yon, i some «f them turning clear around in i iheir effort to continue under motion without the chains which ha 1 he*. ) left in garage and barn. Farnam, Douglas and Dodge street hills wore negotiated with difficulty by pedestrians, and not at all bj most motor cars. Autos Crash. Even street cars had difficulties un til the motormen grew generous with sand. A truck of the Jake Robinson Fruit company forced II. B. Payne's automobile onto the sidewalk along Seventeenth street, between Farnam and Douglas streets. A Batin Ice cream truck, feeling its oats and desiring to add its little jest to the festivities of the occasion, kissed the light pole at Sixteenth and Douglas streets. But it was such a passionato kiss that the light pole was completely overcome, snapped off at the base. More than a dozen automobiles were tied up in the two blocks be- I tween Eighteenth and Sixteenth streets on Douglas street, but the drivers were heard to remark that "this is a ■ tough hill to make on high when it's i not so slippery.” Traffic Cut Off. Traffic on Douglas street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets was shut off late in the afternoon and of ficers posted to halt motor cars from attempting to make the grade cither up or down. Police Commissioner Henry TV. Dunn appealed to Street Commissioner Dean Noyes to start his employes at | work at once in spreading ashen and cinders on the more dangerous down town hills, and later to be distributed throughout the city thoroughfares. A. B. Jacobson, one of Omaha’s champion skaters, as soon as he saw what Old Man TVInter was staging on Ontuha streets, donned his skates and shook a mean hoof getting downtown from his Dundee home at 5115 Burt street. He coasted down the hills, he said, and hooked street cars and automo biles to make the upgrades. When he arrived In front of the Henshaw hotel, he started to assist in directing traffic up the slippery hill, skating here and there to aid in making the grade. Nebraska Cow Declared Champion at International Chicago, Dec. 6.—Chief among hon ors distributed today at the Interna tional Livestock show was the award to Miss Justine Mosse, Kansas uni versity graduate, of the championship for her Chester White sow. A. B. Cook, Townsend, Mont., won the championship among Hereford bulls with his "Panama.” In the Aberdeen-Angus breeding di vision, I. L. Jones, Raymond, S. D„ won the championship with his bull. Bar Marshall. The reserve award went to Congrton ond Battles, Taklma, | Wash. “U Dortha,” owned by George llaus- 1 sler and Bon, Holbrook, Neh., was ad judged the champion cow in the cRd Polled breeding class. Probe Bosch Sale. New Vork, Dec. G.—Inquiry was begun before a federal grand jury over the sale of the Bosch Magneto company by the office of the alien property custodian. The inquiry is being directed by Herman .1. Gal loway, a special assistant attorney general, who arrived fiom Washing ton. anil United Slates Attorney Hay ward. I Waiting Funds to Enforce ProhibitionCut in Supply Measure House Committee Slices Quar ter of Million From An nual Budget of Dry Officials. Omaha. Bee Leased W ire. Washington, Pec. 6.—Notwithstand ing the administration's concern over the widespread disregard of the pro hibition law, the house appropriations committee not only refused to in crease the annual allowance for “dry" enforcement but actually reduced it from $9,250,000 to $9,000,000. "While this reduction will of neces sity cause a small decrease in the personnel of the organization," said Representative Madden, republican, Illinois, chairman of the committee, in his report to the house, "the pro hibition authorities do not believe the reduction will handicap their work to any appreciable extent.” Publication of the hearings on the treasury appropriation hill revealed many interesting things concerning prohibition. It showed, for instance, that Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, in the course of a severe grilling before the committee, admit ted that approximately $150,000 had been spent during the past year by his bureau to purchase bootleg liquor as evidence for prosecutions. Another interesting disclosure was that Mr. Haynes denied that lie ever sahi that 20.000.000 Americans had ever gone on the water wagon. Under cross-examination by Representative Gallivan, democrat, Massachusetts, lie would not even claim 5,000,000 water wagon converts; he refused to make any estimate. Mr. Haynes was sharply “razzed" about the activities of the “dry” press agents in his employ, particularly Sherman Cuneo, author of a recent literary work entitled; “from Printer to President,” a biography of Presi dent Harding. • Howe Woman Kills Self; Despondent Over 111 Health Stella. Neb., Dee. G.—(Special.)—Mr*. Oscar Howell of Howe committed sui cide by shooting herself when alone In her home. She was In Stella yester day and It is believed she bought car tridges while here. Her husband is a laborer and her father, Mr. McCul lough, is a blacksmith in Howe. Two small l».ys survive. Despondency over poor health is said to have caused her act. Harding Would Cut Congress Control on Ship Bill Aid Washington, Pee. C.—Elimination of the Madden amendment to the shipping bill, giving congress control over the extension of government ail to shipping companies was urged by President Harding in a letter writ ten to Chairman Jones of the senate commerce committee and read to the committee today when it took up the measure. Shantung Returned to China Pekin, Pec. ti.—ttiy A. P.)—China and Japan last night completed settle ment of the Shantung controversy as outlined by the terms of the 'Washing ton treaty. China as a direct result of the Washington conference thus regains control of territory which it lost when it Mas seized by Germany in 131$. I.__ Day’s Activities in W ashington I-2-J Rural credits legislation, understood to have the sanction of administra tion officials, was introduced In the senate and house. The shipping board, in its annual report, predicted the transfer of its merchant fleet to private Interests would he a slow process regardless of the fate of the shipping bill. The senate adopted a resolution by Senator La Follette, republican, 'Wis consin, calling on tho secretary of agriculture to furnish full informa tion regarding the proposed .\rmour Morris packer merger. The treasury appropriation bill carrying $115,120,000 of which $3,000, 00O would be available during the coming fiscal year for enforcement of prohibition, was reported by the house appropriations committee. Reduction of the maximum incomo surtax rate from 50 to not more than 25 per cent and enactment of legisla tion to prevent tax dodging was rec ommended to congress by Secretary Mellon in his annual report. CletVtenceau was kept on the move ns in quick succession he addressed army officers at the war college, visit ed Mount Vernon, called on Woodrow Wilson anil delivered a speech to u gathering of southerners. President Harding, in a letter to Chairman Jones of the senate com merce committee, urged elimination from the shipping hill of the Madden amendment which would make pay ment of government aid contingent on annual appropriations Operation of the Muscle Shoals proj ect by a government controlled cor poration for production of cheap fer tilizer for farmers and nitrate for war purposes was proposed in a bill in troduced by Representative Dickinson, republican, Iowa. Secretary Mellon announced the ' treasury’s plans for government finan cing in December and declared the ! treasury faced much improved pros- j pects for the next fiscal year. The program Includes tho issue of $300,- ] 000,000 in treasury notes and a com bined offering of certificates of In- j debtedness aggregating $400,000,000. j Traffic representatives from the | middlewcst appeared at hearings be fore tho Interstate Commerce com- ! mission and expressed opposition to continued merger of the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railways . systems. Delegates to the 18th annual convention of the rivers and har bors congress discussed the need for increased facilities for inland trans portation over waterways. Central American conference, after adopting rules of procedure, adjourn ed until Saturday to give the delegates an opportunity to consult their home governments on questions involving j the proposal for a union of Central ; America. Governing board of Pan-American I union adopted program for fifth Pan- ; American conference to he held at ' Santiago, Chile, next Murcli. Freighter in Distress. New York, Dec. fi.—The German freighter Heinrich Kayser, from Sa vannah to Premen and Hamburg is in distress and drifting with a broken rudder chain. TiO« miles east of Cape May. according to a wireless received from the ship by naval stations. Bachelors Make Gift to Omaha Bee Shoe Fund 38 Unmarried Men from Three Nebraska Towns Send $38 to Aid Poor Kiddies. Bachelors are a kind hearted lot. Look at Phillips, Aurora and Mar quette from whit'li towns 38 bachelors send that many dollars to help put shoes on the cold feet of poor little children. Other kind hearts have been opened to the great need. The cold weather has brought an extraordinary call upon the fund. It is hoped that none of the desperate owes need be re fused. Previously itcknowledged . 9829.44 Axel Axen, Phillip*. Neb. 1.00 Curl Vlk. Phillip*. Net.. 1.00 Flunk Iter k murk. Phillip*. Neb..., 1.00 TIi«m>. Berk mark. Phi I lip*. Neb. 1.09 Victor lloegren, Phillip*, Neb.. 1.00 Clyde England. Phillip*. Neb.. 1.00 tiny Bedubaugh, Phillip*. Neb .., 1.00 John Bodahuugli. Pliiltip*. Neb..., 1.00 Sumner Kodabaugh, Phillip*. Neb. 1.00 Alfred Jnhnsou, Phillip*. Neb. 1.00 llirum Peterson, Phillip*. Neb. 1.00 Oscar Peter*«m. Phillip*. Neb. 1.00 J. Nelson. Phillips. Neb. 1.00 Frank Stewart. Phillip*. Neb 1.00 Will Stewart, Phillip*. Neb. 1.00 Henry Ortegren, Phillip*. Neh . 1.00 Simon Gustafson. Phillip*. Neb. . . . 1.00 Paul Stahl, Phillip*. Neh... , . 1.00 Reuben Gustafson. Phillip*, Neb. . 1.00 Will llainer, Phillip*, Neb .. 1.00 A. (i. Gustafson. Phillip*. Neb .. 1.00 John llerggren. Aurora. Neh. 1.00 Joe Olson. Aurora, Neb. 1.00 Olwon Bros., Aurora, Neh .... 1.09 A. O. Ortegren. Aurora, Nel* . 1.00 R. K. Ortegren, Aurora. Nel*. .. 1.04* Erie E. llerggren. Aurora. Neh . 1.09 Harry Faiigerstrum. Aurora. Neb. . 1.09 Erie Fnrsman. Aurora. Neb ... 1.00 Carl Nelnon, Marquette. Neh 1.00 Frank Cii*taf*on, Marquette. Neh 1.99 Daniel Gustafson, Marquette. VpIi . 1.99 Wallace Genuway*. Marquette, Neb 1.09 Edwin Genuway*, Marquette, Neb! 1.00 l.yui Genuway*. Marquette. Neb . 1.00 Edward Magnuson. Marquette. Neb. 1.00 Edwin Peterson. Marquette. Neb . 1.09 Frank Sand*. Marquette. Neh. 1.99 Henry G. Pike . 3.09 Mr*. K. F. Gro**. Weiour, Ida. 2.90 A Friend to little One*, Imperial, Neb. 1.00 Junior ... ft.99 Ca*h. Halting*. Neb.. 1.09 Total .9881.44 Every rent goes to bliy shoes for small children of the fatherless and desperately poor. Not a cent for "overhead" or anything else. Address "Free Shoe Fund, The i Omaha Bee." U. S. Officer Dies at Coblenz Coblenx, Dec. C.—By A. P)—Fu neral services for Major Henry S. Brlnkerhoff. retired, who died at Bonn of influenza, were held today in the chnpel of the kaiser's palace. The entire Eighth infantry escorted the body to the vault where It will await shipment to the United States. Col. James B. Burroughs, retired, who is ill with pneumonia. Is in a critical condition. The Weather — Forecast. Thursday, mostly cloudy and warmer. Hourly Temperatures. S a. m.1# 1 p. in.tfl 8 h. ni.17 2 p. tn."f, | 7 h. ni. ..20 ll p. in.27 M u. m.21 t p. in.27 9 ». in.. 22 G p. in .. .7*4 10 a. m.21 « p. ni. »H 11 a. in.25 7 p. in. ...... .20 ' 15 noon.25 8 p. tit.*. 29 Highest Wednesday. Cheyenne .... ...r>2JPueblo .t!4 Davenport .r<|K/i|>ld «'tty .s' Denver .Salt Lake .fin j I'ph Moines .32J Santa Fe .4* Podtfe City ... .6VSheridan . A 1 lein^r .4* Sioux City .?2 North Platte ... .221 Valentine .....16) Two Planes Meet in Air; Six Killed Major. Captain and 4 Enlisted listed Men Meet Death in Accident at Langley Field. Machines Fall in Flames Newport News, Vu., Doe. t>.—MaJ. Guy L. Gearhart of Leavenworth, Kan.; Copt. ISenton A. Doyle of ft Louis. Mo.; and four enlisted men were Killed at Langley held today when a Martin bombing plane carry ing five of them, and a Kokker scout ing machine piloted by MaJ. Gearhart collided about 21.0 feet in the air. Doth machines crashed in flames. The enlisted men killed were Staff Sorgt. Mnrslck. Cleveland, O. I’riv. K J Klnnka, Chicago. I’riv. Thomas Jordan, Decpstep, Go. Priv. Leon Kolas, Philadelphia. I'oUker lilts Bomber. Tin' liombcr, piloted by Capt. Hoyle, was leading n formation and was making a banking when the Fokker arose In the air from a long takeoff. The smaller machine struck the bomber almost amldship. cutting off the tail. Jtoth planes hovered a mo ment. then both broke Into flames and crashed. t’ritinto Kolas leaped from the bomber ns it neared the earth, but was fatally Injured, lie died while being placed In an ambulance. The others were pinned beneath the two machines and before aid could reach them, their bodies were burned almost beyond recognition. Airmen Plan Nonstop Flight From Tucson to San Diego Tucson, Arlz., Dec. 8.—Making a direct flight from El Paso to this city in tlu'co hours and twenty minutes, arriving at the Fishburn aviation field him at 12;3a, three army planes en gaged in route mapping from Fort Bliss to Hun Diego were laid up for the night. Moj. Ralph Royce, pilot of one of the planes, and commander of the planes engaged in the flight, an nounced that an attempt w ill he made to inako the flight direct to San Diego from here. The smallest of the three planes will bo forced to stop nt ! El Centro to refuel. The aviators will hop off early Thursday morning to continue their flight. Three Wounded by Boy With Gun Genoa Lad Shoole Mother and Two Sisters Accidentally While Playing. Columbus, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Special.)— As a result of the accidental discharge of a shotgun with which her 9-year-old son, Edwin, was playing, Mrs. Louis Kush, residing near Genoa, and her two little daughters, Ursula and Min nie, 5 and 2. lie seriously wounded in St. Mary hospital here. For Mrs. Kush and Ursula the attending doctors hold hope* for recovery hut little Minnie s condition is extremely serious. Th" baby ho8 been unconsciotis for 43 hours. The accident happened at the fam ily home. A neighbor made a call and placed his shotgun, loaded wtth buckshot, in one corner of the room Edwin picked It up and pulled the trigger. Doth shells were discharged the scattering shot striking the boy's mother and two little sisters who were standing near him. Minnie was struck in tlie head, neck and body. Ursula's right arm was badly injured, tlie mother was shot in the hip, abdomei and left lung. Surprise ^ itness on Stand in Colorado Murder Trial Durango, Col., Dec. e.—(By A P.V— Charles Griffith, a surprise witness testifying for the state, declared he saw Rod S. Day, editor of the Durnti go Democrat, fire two revolver shots at William L. Wood, city editor of tho Durango Herald, and saw Wood fall to tlie sidewalk. Day is on trial, charged with the murder of Wood Griffith declared that Day's ham holding the revolver was extends! outward and upward. Tho defens* has maintained that Day, dazed by f blow from Wood, drew his revolvei and fired with his hand well dowi. toward his hip. Griffith asset ted that at the time when the two editors met he was across the street from the scene of the shooting. Rales From Missouri River Points to Re Investigated The Interstate Commerce commis Mon tins suspended reduction in clans freight, rate* from Kansas City. Atchison. iSt. Joseph ami Leavenworth to Nebraska, pending an investigation December 28 in Kansas City. Since 1914 freight rates between Missouri river cities and points in Nebraska have been a source of com plaint and dissension, and tho Ne braska commission hopes the in vestigation will do away with alleged discriminations. IT. S. Gives Colombia Cheek for $5,000,000 Damages Washington, Dec. fi —The Unite* States gave the republic of Colombia a check for $5,000,000, its first pay ment tinder the $25,000,000 treaty rat ified in 4921 to cover certain damages incurred in the construction of the Panama canal. The payment was due September 30, but for some unex plained reason Colombia was not ready to receive it until today. Under tho treaty tho remaining payments will be iuado yearly iq $5,000,000. sums.