The Omaha Morning Bee
VOL. 52—NO. 148. ^ V A' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1922.* 2M TWO CENTS
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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 1<J days
ago. !
1 When a man." said the general,
"aho has been convicted and sent to
prison for his seditious sentiments,
proceeds, after his release, to take the
public rostrum and when that man,
defending tho principles of sovietism. '
Is given an ovation by 8.990 or 4.900
persons, what have the jieople of Chi
cago to say about it'.’
“When these traitors tell us to stop
war by refusing lo buy liberty bonds,
must we take their insolence? I'll
answer you. No, we'll not. take it.
Arlion Urged.
"Has the Herrin massacre, or the
meeting of the communist party in
the Michigan woods no meanirg for j
us? Head the pacifist pledge signed |
by l.'-OO men, calling niton the youth i
of America to be traitors to her in :
Wr hour of need. If we are wide,
awake we will take action in a ease ;
o! this sort. We cannot hand down .
conditions such as those to posterity i
or even live among them ourselves.
“Do not he misled hy these cranks
who are always tampering with our,
constitution. Let the constitution
alone and live up to It nnd wo will
ha\e r.o further trouble.”
Young Prisoner Escapes
from Stale Reformatory
Lincoln, Dec. C. — (Spec.al.) — Carl
Kuehn, alias Herbert Ironer, "0,
escaped from the state reformatory
here this morning.
Witli eight other inmates, he was
Unloading coal from a car at the state
asylum, a mile and a half from the
reformatory. At roll call on the first
trip he was missing.
lie was sent up from tlurialo comi
ty last May for one to two years for
breaking mid entering.
Superintendent Gus Miller stated lie
was subnormal; that a test revealed
he had the mind of a hoy of 10. The
top of his head comes almost to a
peak. Miller said, and ho has been a
wanderer all his life. At one time he
was an inmate of the Creston School
of Industry at Lone, Cal.
None Drunk at Execution.
Pes Moines. In., Pec. 6.—T. Hollo- |
well, warden of Fort Madison prison, j
who attended the quarterly confer- j
ence of the hoard of control yester- I
o.,v, declared that he did not see any
^intoxicated persons at the prison dur- |
ins the execution of Orrie Cross.
Schuuianu-Heink to Recover.
Carden City. NY Y.. Pec. C.—The ;
ultimate recovery of Mmc. Ernestine
Schumann-lloink, noted contralto, who
is ill with bronchial pneumonia at her |
home here, was predicted today by i
her physician. Her condition im
proved materially last night. i
Combination Truck.
Tank and Boat Shown
Government Officers
Sew York, Dec. 6 — A heavily
armored gun mount, equipped to
travel ns an ordinary motor truck, a
caterpillar crawling tank and a bout
yesterday was demonstrated before
army and navy officers and mechan
ical engineers.
Carrying a "5-millimeter gun and
driven by its inventor, Walter Chris
tie, the gun mount moved on its
ordinary solid rubber-tired wheels at
the rate of 30 miles an hour. On its
caterpillar belts it climbed the side*
of a steep hill on the New jersey
shore, then took a two mile cruise
on the Hudson.
Overton Depot
Badlv Wrecked
by Rail Crash
Tun Freight Cars and C'on
tents Demolished—Loss Is
Kstiinated at $50,000
.No One Injured.
Overton. Xeb., Dec. 6.—(Special.K—
Ten freight cars and their contents
were detnolbhed and the Union Pa
cific station here was badly wrecked,
when a. car on a fast westbound
freight train was derailed .ilist east of
the depot at 3:30 this afternoon.
The derailed ear broke h ose front
the train, said to have been traveling
about 30 miles an hour, tinned side*
ways across the truck and crashed
Into tho cars of tin eastbound freight
standing on a siding. Ten of the cars
on tho eastbound train, loaded with
autos, lubricating oil. oyster shell and
stone, were overturned and demol
ished.
A car of stono was hurled into the
station, wrecking the waiting room
and office. Three employes had just
stepped outside tho building and the
waiting room was vacant. Xo one
was- injured.
Number 18, fast eastbound passen
ger, had just passed the depot before
tho crash occurred.
Koth east and westbound tracks are
blocked and wrecking crews have
been dispatched to the scene from
both directions.
Girl Kidnaped
by kl)ru«f Bandit
Stenographer Dragged Into
Auto After Arm Pierced |
by Hypodermic.
A hypodermic bandit kidnaped a
girl in tho heart of tho business dis
trict of Omaha yesterday noon.
Miss Gurdrun Hedegaard, 85, sten
ographer, unempl >yed, 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.
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Dominion
of Britain
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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).
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» 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 $150,000 had
been spent during the past year by
his bureau to purchase bootleg liquor
as evidence for prosecutions.
Another interesting disclosure was
that Mr. Haynes denied that lie ever
sahi that 20.000.000 Americans had
ever gone on the water wagon. Under
cross-examination by Representative
Gallivan, democrat, Massachusetts, lie
would not even claim 5,000,000 water
wagon converts; he refused to make
any estimate.
Mr. Haynes was sharply “razzed"
about the activities of the “dry” press
agents in his employ, particularly
Sherman Cuneo, author of a recent
literary work entitled; “from Printer
to President,” a biography of Presi
dent Harding. •
Howe Woman Kills Self;
Despondent Over 111 Health
Stella. Neb., Dee. G.—(Special.)—Mr*.
Oscar Howell of Howe committed sui
cide by shooting herself when alone In
her home. She was In Stella yester
day and It is believed she bought car
tridges while here. Her husband is a
laborer and her father, Mr. McCul
lough, is a blacksmith in Howe. Two
small l».ys survive. Despondency over
poor health is said to have caused her
act.
Harding Would Cut Congress
Control on Ship Bill Aid
Washington, Pee. C.—Elimination
of the Madden amendment to the
shipping bill, giving congress control
over the extension of government ail
to shipping companies was urged by
President Harding in a letter writ
ten to Chairman Jones of the senate
commerce committee and read to the
committee today when it took up the
measure.
Shantung Returned to China
Pekin, Pec. ti.—ttiy A. P.)—China
and Japan last night completed settle
ment of the Shantung controversy as
outlined by the terms of the 'Washing
ton treaty.
China as a direct result of the
Washington conference thus regains
control of territory which it lost when
it Mas seized by Germany in 131$.
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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.
