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The Omaha Sunday Bee _ ■ -— ^ VOL 52—NO 37 «•** •• "?«•' "*»» :•« OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1923. • ^.*""o7n,M.;.?uruV«,V^:w^»,.Vr,.X FIVE €ENTS ’ v-,‘ *•'1 • Omaha P. 0. Under Art of March 3. i»7». __ _ _— U. S. Seat ini New Court Advocated Harding Asks Senate to Ap prove American Meinber >liip in International Tri bunal of League. Message B i g Surprise i Washington, Feb. 21.—(/P)—Condi tional American membership in the international court set up by the league of nations was proposed today by President Harding. In a message to the senate asking | that it advise and consent to such a ' step, the president declared partici pation In the tribunal offered an op portunity through which the United States could demonstrate its willing ness to aid in preserving world sta- j Uility without in any manner assum ing "any legal relation to the league.” Four reservations, the first of which r would specifically disclaim any obli gations under the league, were sag- ; nested by Mr. Harding as necessary conditions to membership in the court. The others would give this govern ment a voice in selecting the judges j of the court and in making changes in its basic regulations and would provide that congress determine what part of the expenses of the tribunal are to be paid out of the American treasury. Message Is Surprise. Although there had been intima- ] tions that American participation in i the court was favored in adminlstra- I tion quarters, the president's message ] i ante as a complete surprise to sena- ! tors generally and ail indications | pointed to a delay In senate action on the recommendation until the ses- | Mon of congress which meets In De- , eember. Among the leaders of the "Irrecon cilables” of the league of nations fight in particular, there were pre dictions that nothing would be done until time had been given for mature reflection and debate. A special meet- J ing of the foreign relations commit tee was called to meet Tuesday to take up the president's proposal, but there seemed to be no hope that final action would be possible In the four day* remaining thereafter before the present congress goes out of ex istence. Comment Withheld. So far as the merits of the proposal were concerned, there was a general disinclination to comment. Even the "Irreconetlables” w-ehe unwilling to i ^^v/ tpenly declare war on tne plan, de * spite heir private expressions of dis satisfaction. The republican organi zation leaders, including Senator | Hodge of Massachusetts, chairman of | the foreign relations committee, I would only say that they must give t tie subjeet further study before gn nounclng what would be done. Among . the democrats who had supported the league there was a general disposi tion to endorse the objects sought by Mr. Harding, hut they all stopped there and asked for time to think It over. It was indicated that one factor standing in the way of an immediate expression of individual senatorial opinion was the fact that the presi dent's message, having gone to the eapltol late In the day, had not yet received a careful reading, even by tlte leaders. It arrived at the senate chamber five minutes before the day's business was halted under a previous unanimous consent agreement and so had to he read to the senate behind the closed doors of the brief executive session held to consider nominations liofore the senate recessed until Mon day. Hughes Sends Eetter. A letter by Secretary Hughes ac (Tlirn to rare Tun, Column One.) Kin of Man Who Died in Hospital Sought County hospital authorities arc t aklng a search for relatives of Charles .1. Fitzpatrick, formerly an de lator operator lit the Omaha National Hank building, vyho died of pneu i^^tiionia Thursday at the hospital. The man's private life, they say, a mystery. MnJ. F. A. McCormick oC the Volunteers of A sterlca stated that Fitzpatrick had l>con a lodger there for a month before he was taken ■o the hospital. Fitzpatrick was suf fering with mental trouble at that time, and was unable to give an ac count of himself. He said he haid a sister, Mrs. Uouise flutter, In Ohio, and mentioned a fam ily named Peterson at Twenty ninth «nd Seward streets, hut search for tne«o persons has proven futile The body is being held by F. T. Stack & Co. Unless provision Ismail** for burial. It probably will be turned over to a medical college. Aviators to Attempt New Endurance Mark Monday Payton. O.. Feb. 24.—Ideats. Oakley Kelly ami John A. Mac-Ready will take to the air next Monday in the hope of breaking tho airplane c-ndurnm-e ic-cord for sustained flight, which they bold. The present record Is 35 hour* and 16 minutes, established at San Diego, Cal., last fall. The start will not be made until 8 a. m. in order that weather reports may h« in stieeted. Veteran Nebraska Editor Dies at Home in Scotia Scotia, Neb.. Feb. 24.—(Special.)— Henry C\ Waldrlp, veteran Nebraska newspaper man urid for more titan 28 cSSnara gdlter and proprietor of the ctcotl* Register, I* dead at his home here, lie la survived by his wife, who has long had charge of his bitsl ness, and ono daughter, Mr*. Nellie Waldrip Dressier of lk-lgrade, and hve grandchildren. Text of Harding’s Message to Senate Requesting Place in World Court Washington, Feb. 24.—t/43)—The text of President Harding's message to the senate requesting participation in the international court established by the league of nations follows: There has been established at The Hague a permanent court of international Justice for the trial and decision of international causes by judicial methods, now effective through the ratification by tlie sig natory powers of a special protocol. It is organized and functioning. The t’nited States is a competent suitor in the court, through pro •vision of the statute creating it, but that relation is not sufficient for a nation long committed to the peaceful settlement of international controversies. Indeed, our nation has a conspicuous place in the ad vocacy of sucli an agency of peace and international adjustment, and our public opinion of today Is over whemingly in favor of our full par ticipation and the attending obliga tions of maintenance and the fur therance of its prestige. It is for this reason that I am now asking for the consent of the senate to our adhesion to the proto col. History of Court. With this request I am sending to the senate a copy of the letter addressed to me by the secretary of state, in which he presents in de tail the history of the establishment of the court, takes note of the oh- , jeclion to our adherence because of the court's organization tinder the auspices of the league of nations and its relation thereto, and indi cates how. with certain reserva tions, we may fully adhere and par-, tlcipate and remain wholly free from any legal relation to the league or assumption of obligation under the covenant of the league. I forbear repeating the presenta tion made by the secretary of state, but there is one phase of the matter not covered in his letter with which I choose frankly to acquaint *’ senate. For a long period, lndes ever since the international confei \ ence on the limitation of armaments, ' the consideration of plans under which we might adhere to the pro tocol lias been under way. We were unwilling to adhere unless we could participate In the* selection of Judges; we could not hope to participate with an American accord if adher ence involved any legal relation to the league. (omlilinns Acerplalde. These conditions, there is good reason to believe, will be accept able to the signatory powers, though nothing definitely can be done until the United States tenders adhesion with these reservations. Manifest ily the executive cannot make this tender until the senate has spoken its approvnl. Therefore, I must earnestly urge your favorable ad vice and consent. 1 would rejoice if some action could be taken, even in the short period which remains of the present session. It Is not a new problem In Inter national relationship; it is wholly a question of accepting an establish ed institution of high character, and making effective all the fine things which have fteen said by us in favor of such an agency of advanced civilization. It would be well worth the while of the senate to make such a special effort as is becoming to record Us approval. Such action would add to our own consciousness of participation in the fortunate advancement of in ternational relationship, and re mind the world anew that we are ready for our proper part in further ing peace and adding to stability in world affairs. Police Arrest 15 in First Move on Gambling Dens & Woman Is Pinched Vi ith 12 Men in Raid on Apartment —Two Cigar Stores Are Visited. Fourteen men and one woman were arrested in three raids conducted by police yesterday, as the first move in a war on gambling houses and gam blers in Omaha. Two of tue places raided were cigar stores, \yhere only the proprietors were arrested. The third place was tno Bou. jems Bachelor apartment,, 1216 Farnam street, where toe pro prletor, 11 players and one spectator, a woman, were arrested when the police found a dice game In progress. The raids were the sequel to several eorpplaints. Persons have been call ing daily for more than a week, the police said, telling of gambling games and devices that were conducted In Omaha apparently without any re gard for the law. None of the In formants was willing to sign a com plaint against any of the places where gambling was reported and, in most Instances, they would not even give their names. The raiding squad, organized short ly after noon yesterday, was composed of detectives and patrolmen who be gan making a round of all places where irregularities had been re ported. Find Game Going On. On reaching the Bourgeois apart ments they found a large game go ing on in lie rear of the establishment. Three tallies had been pushed together to make room for the players. A “box" containing dice, change and play ing cards, w-as at the end of the table. A sheet covered the table to dfeaden ihe sound of the “galloping dominoes." V croupier stood at the head of the table, a "whip" in his hand, raking In all bets and crying the turn of the dice, according to the version of police. So interested were the players In the game that they failed to notice the officers when they entered. It was not until the burly bluecoat pushed his way to the side of the table and de clared all the paraphernalia conils rated and every inmate of the house under arrest that the alleged gamblers became aware. Owner I .Suds Olliers. O. A. Fagerburg acknowledged he was proprietor of tho establishment and led the way Mi the waiting police patrol. Eleven players and one woman, who said she had entered the place In search of something to eat, followed him. At the police station they were all booked on charges of being ltnmates of a. disorderly house, except Fager burg, who was charged with keep Ing a disorderly house. Cigar Men Arrrsted. John Yavorck was arrested at Ills cigar store, 2901 Hhermun avenue, when police found a gambling device in operation. Ms was charged with being tho proprietor of a disorderly house. At another cigar store, not South Sixteenth street, Tt. A. Jones wav»r rested as keeper of a disorderly house when a gambling device was found in the backroom of his establishment. Lincoln Man Kills Self at Home of Father in Klk Creek Tecuniseh. Neb.. Feb. 24.—(Special.) ; —Arthur Schultz, 29. of Lincoln com mitted suicide at the home of his father, E. E. Schultz, In Elk Creek by shooting hlmsrlf. Eclat Ives give domestic: troubles os the cause, eeyIng Schultz's wife left him. She was for merly Lulu Holden of Crete-. The widow, a 4 year-old daughter, par ents, a brother and two sisters sur vive. Schultz had been working nt day labor In Lincoln. Ho was a member »f the Elk Creek Methodist Uiuic^. Omaha Motor Show to Open Monday at 2 a/ ‘'Smallest and Best" Boast of Barkers—Auditorium All Dolled Up for ()cca§ion. Omaha's 13th annual motor show will open Its doors at the Auditorium at I Monday afternoon boasting that it s the smallest of all. Twenty seve i passenger exhibits in cluding 35 cars, and six trurl- dls plays will be -pread through the em bellished space of the bog budding fo. tiling a mecUaniaal ywp»*J un ol the realised dreams of America's greatest automotive engineers and designers. "The smallest show, but the beat." was the forecast of A. B. Waugh, show manager and commissioner of the Omaha Automobile Trade associa tion. under the auspices of which it will be held. "The sepculative era of motordom has passed, depression has eliminaled the weak and confirmed the strong, and standard cars have come out in more glorious perfec | tlon." Prices on lam- Level. Waugh declared prices would be found to reach a level even lower than prewar figures when compared on a basis of dollar f ir dollar Fourteen hundred dealers attended last year's show. Improved business conditions are said to promise a greater number for the 1923 exhibit. The contracts they usually place in j volve the sale of thousands of cars. “On a basis of dealer att« n lam e," Waugh declared. "It will lie the big gest motor show of the middlewost." Accessories will have a prominent [part in the show, many booths lining | the Auditorium stage. Place Finishing Touches. A score of laborers worked fever ishly all night putting the building In [ readiness for the show. Hhow hours will be 2 to 10:30 to morrow and 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 p. m. every other day until the close of the event the night of March 3. neorgeous decorations In orange and white have completely altered tho appearance of the Auditorium;' Two orchestras will furnish music every day. I Seven hundred dealers are expected 'to attend a dinner at Hotel Funtenelle i Wednesday night. Mayor Pahlman will welcome them and .1. I! McCain, Jr., vice president of Peters National hank, will speak. Klabomte enter tainment has been planned Hair Pin Removed From Chicago Girl's Stomach Chicago, K»*b. 24 A »mh pin, nvra! lowed by the child, van removed from, the atomach of Vivian, 3 venr old daughter of Mr and Mr*. Theodore Block, here. The child has r.lmoat fully recovered from tin* op « ration. Portable llou\>irs Are Taken From Falls City IIIflh School Flappers Falls «'tty, Neb., Feb, 24 — <Hpe ' rial.)—The anti flapper campaign baa I been extended to the Falls City high I nehool. Time was when the young high school niiss could exercise her pre mgatlvo of aping her older -Ister by flashing her vanity case, adjust her eyebrows, powder lier m.se and effect other toilet arrangements without ha log disturbed In class. That day has passed, according to an edict Juat Issued by Prof. It. II. tirove, super Intendent of the Falla City schools. Hevcral misses, skeptical about the sudden revolution In their scheme of life, made a "leat, case" of the man dale but they were Immediately con vinced, when their portable Imudolra were taken from them light before I the eyes of their classmates, loo. Monday Set forP 'th of .V**v . —■ ! > .«i of F iglit Expected to Conic* on Motion of Senator Ladd to Take Up Pilled Milk Measure. Friends Concede Defeat < Washington, Feb. 24.—OP)—Propo nents of the administration shipping bill demonstrated their superior .strength in the senate but their ef forts only served to pave the way for the death of the legislation on Mon day. Those supporting the measure, al though openly conceding it to be doomed, defeated the opponents on two roll calls by the identical vote of 46 to 3*. One vote was on a mo tion by Senator Robinson of Arkan sas, the acting democratic leader. The second was on the motion to proceed with the hill, which motion was made Wednesday night after the measure hail been laid aside to permit action on two conference reports. Thus tlie shipping bill was tempor arily revived but Senator Robinson immediately presented a motion to si rid the bill back to the commerce committee and to its death. This mo tion was by agreement left pending when the senate adjourned for the day and will come to a vote soon af ter 1 Monday afternoon. End to Come Monday. Supporters of the bill expert to defeat this motion. The end of the legislation for this congress and other -imilar shipping legislation for at least two or more years then will come on it motion expected to be made by Sen ator I-add, republican. North Dakota, to lay aside the bill and take up the tilled milk bill. Senator Jones, republican. Washing- j ton, in charge of the shipping bill, I said today he would vote for the Ladd motion, anil many of the republicans who voted to keep the measure alive are expected to j'dn with him In such numbers as to pass the motion. Such action would put the shipping bill be yond possibility of further considers tion before adjournment. Supporters of the ship bill claimed that the vote today on the motion by Senator Jones to take up the meaa ure for consideration showed that the i legislation could have been passed in the senate if it had not been pre vented by the filibuster from eoming , to a vote. R’csul i f H«H C til. Toe roll tail on this motion fololw*: ( For: Republican*— Ball, Brandegee, i liursuni, Colder. Cameron, Cummins. Curtis, Bililngham, Ernest Fernald. Frelinghuyaen, Gooding Hale. Har- i reld. Johnson, Jones of Washington, Kellogg, Keyes, I-enroot. Lodge, Mu ch inter, McKinley, McLean, Moses, Nelson, New. Oddie, 1’age. Pepper, | Phfpps, Poindexter, Reed of Pennsyl vania, Shortridge, Kmoot. Fpencer, Sterling. StitbkHand, Townsend. Wadsworth. Warren. Watson, Weller and v.Tiii-i—43. | Democrats—Broussard, IPomberene and Ransdell—3. Total For—46, Against: Republicans—Borah Brook tart. Capper, Couxens, J-add, t.a Follette. Mi Nary. Norris and Stef field—D. Democrats—Asliurst. Bayard. Cara way, Culberson. Dial, Fletcher, | i George, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Her lln, Hitchcock, Jones of New Mexico. Kendrick, King. McKeltar, Myers. ! Overman. Pittman, Robinson, Shrp parcl, Shield, Smith. Stanley, Swan-j son, Trammell, Walsh of Mnssa- j ehjjsetts. Walsh i f Montana and Wil | Hams—29. Total agfnst—3S. Filibuster Ended. Neither side In the fight would' say definitely bow closely this vote would have represented the lineup had the bill been brought to a vote, but leaders on both sides said It would not have varied greatly on the final roll call, the variance de pending on the amendment* to the till! that had been adopted. The te*t of strength and the agree mi nt to proceed Mnndny with the mo tion to recommit the legislation j served to bring to an end the fili buster last Monday night and con tinned until adjournment Friday. After the vote* taken today the sen to s|ient the rest of the session In l consideration of calendar bills and j the shipping legislation whs men | tinned but once when Senator King, democrat, Utah, In the course of re : marks on another Mil referred to It is "a sword of Dntnocle* hanging over our heads ’ Woman 101 Dies. Llmxiln. Feb. 24—Mrs. Sarah Jane Stephenson. 101, died nt the home of her ayn, Edwin Z. Glass, 65, In Col- I lego View. Mrs. Stephenson camo to j Nehrnskn from Michlgnn 16 years ago. | The Joneses Look ’Em Over f HOT COOKIES! WOULDN'T I \ KNOCK 'CM COLD OftWING TH6 )_ ^WAGON DOWN THE STREET!£(■ [winner P _I -X (G€E, IF ONLY MV SHCft ] ^HAQ A BOAT LIKC THATy _L_ /now, that's' WHAT I CALI \ A REAL CAR! j ! 0 Banking Measure Passed by House Three Democratic Floor Lead er* \ ote for Bill Oppo.'ed hy Governor. Lincoln. Feb. 24.—(t*p»claiv— Dem ocrats and republicans joined In the lower house to^Siy and passed the bi'l *iBcj.-d by vhe Nebraska States Bank-' .*' association oy, a rote of S3 to 4 This is the bill that . i. .. 'flail of | Uncoln, the governor's prisons I bank er, declared the governor would veto if it passed the house and the senate. It was considered significant that three democratic floor leaders, Over man, O’Gara and Began, voted in fa vor of the bill. The measure calls for the appoint ment of a commission by the bank ers. which may investigate weak tranks and suggest to the state bank ing department changes in personnel of officers of such banks and recom mend advancement of money from tlie state guaranty fund to strength en shaky institutions and keep them away from failure and a costly re ceivershlp. The hill now goes to tlie senate and probably will Is- referred to the senate banking committee, A similar bill has been In tlie senate hanking committee for weeks and has I een the subject of much debate. It is probably that the senate banking bill will be abandoned and action will be taken on the house bill by the committee. The four votes against the hill were cast by AJtlell, Broome, Davis of Fill more and Vi'el is. Policeman Killed in Saving Children From Fire Trucks San Francisco, Feb 24—After hur rying a group of school ] iplls to safety out of the path of fire appa ratus, Patrolman Charles King was struck by a protruding ladder of a fire truck and probably fatallv injured yesterday, ills skull was fractured. King, known to hundred* of school children ns "Charley the Policeman," lias four children of his own Vssociate of Murcino Found. Chicago, Fell. 24 —Although Joseph M. Marctno, also known as Joseph B. Blata, barber, banker and financier, whose financial methods Investigators have declared resulted in shortages In the accounts of three eastern con cerns totaling $513,000, still was sought today, Samuel Lombardo, associate of the missing inan. was reported in t'hlcago. Lombardo, vice president of the Niagara Insurance company of Buf falo, N. V , one of the concern* said to be short In It* account*, refused lo talk w lien found last night hy newspaper men Nebraska's Best-Known Newspaper to Publish Works of Native \\ riters Nebraska's best-known newspaper, I The Omaha H«>e, I* helping Nebraa KBPS to recognise the literary genius In their midst, hy publishing the works of two of the foremost writer* both N’elirnsknng, In their respective fields today. They nrc John <1. Nelhurdt, Nebraa kn's poet laureate, gno of whose poems appoint dally on the editorial pipe, and .Will* father, novelist, whose latest novel. "On* of Ours" will begin nest Friday In The Omaha Morning Ilee. Mine father, who was horn near lted floud. Neb . snil who spent lief girlhood In the vicinity, tins achieved International fame as a writer. Hire! Is placid l>y many rritlr* an the fore mutd living American woman novelist Her l>e«t known hook* Include "My ' Antonia" and "Vouth and the Bright 1 Medusa.” "One of Ours," her first long novel since "My Antonin" has taken her three years to write. All the magla of Mia* father'* subtle and flexible style, all the passion of her daring. Impatient mind ,nre lavished upon the presentation of a single figure, a Ne brnskn girtn youth, a aort of young Hamlet of the prairies, and upon the haunting story of Inn struggle with life and fate. Miss father for years was editor of a nationally known woman'* magas.lne published In the east, hut resigned to devote her full time to writing. Hhe was graduated from the Unhcfsity of Nvbruska in 1 StMi Dav’s Activities in Washington The administration leaders finally abandoned hope of pia«“ing the ahip pin's bill and agreed in the senate to a vote to dispose of it early next week. The house lacking committee com pleted a composite farm credits bill, embracing the principal feature* of the Ix-nroot Andersen, t apper and Strong measures. A speciai senate committee 1 e<om ul ended ur.antmnj#!y that there te an Inver; cation of the veterans’ bu reau by a joint r inmlttee during the recess of congress. President Itarding asked the senate to authorize American membership ifl the permanent court of international justice organized under the auspices of the league of nations. Five divisional prohibition chiefs were transferred to new berth* .by Commissioner Haynes in a readjust ment of enforcement personnel af fecting widely separated sections of the country. Native of Ireland, Omahan 31 Years, Dies Mr* Margaret McArdle. 62. died yesterday at her home. 21a North Thirtieth street, from the effects of la grippe and complications She was born in County Amurgh, Ireland, in 1SC1, and came to Omaha 31 years ago. In 1*S9 she married Frank J. McArdle. The couple cele brated their thirty-fourth wedding an niversary February II 8ho i* survived by her husband, one brother and two sisters in Ire land and four sisters. Mr*. William Maher, Mrs Timothy J. Foley and Klla and Bee MrShane of Omaha Mrs McArdle wa» active in many charitable works., especially In those of her parish. Funeral services will be held at St. John Catholic church Tuesday morn ing WHERE TO FI\D The Bit? Features of THE SUXDA Y REE PART ONR. I dit«iri*l t on t met it— Page 4 ,#H«w I Nearly Iml M» HgahaiM." by Stephen leanseW— Page 9 Picture Taken In Rgypt Prlre Pna»e«*let*— — p*g* 4 A Sigh for l.rern W hUkorr.t A Men fwr t.reen AA Mattered Drama ' by o. » Mclnfjre— Page II P 4RT TWO ‘■Pmnra doubling Stake# ' b* Uoyd George— Page 4 Kml of loyalty loam* hi Betrothal of Prlnre— Page 3 Real Kafate Nma— Page It. Sport*— Pagea 1 and t. Market and Financial NeWa— Page ». Want dd*—- Pagea 10 and II PART TURKIC. Society Niwi for Women — Pages |. f, 3. Shopping with Polly Pagea 1 and 3. Anuiaemeiita— Pagea 3. t. Ill and It. •‘The Married IJfe of Helen and Waryen— Page II. At gale— Page 3. PARTS Ft)I K AM) 111 1 Omaha Automobile Show N'rwi and Ad\ erf leemente. \ MAOAXINP. IRCrtOA * f heek,M Blue Ribbon Short Story by Henry 4 ll*»w tahd —* Page I. "Ti»m." by Anaa W ahlenherg— Page 9. Miipp* land— Page 4 The Teenle AA’emlea — Page ft. Faahfton Fanny ami Her Friend*— Page 3. lef. ere few Ihe I .It t In folk*— Pago 3 KKlOt.lt\\l HK KM TION Automobile* and Automobile Men— Pagri 1 and 2. Bryan Asks Aid in Counci 1 Flan 3.OOO-Word Statement Gall* on Nebraskan-* to Support Pro posed Government Change. Lincoln. Keb. lit.—(Special!—Gov. Charles \V. Bryan today Issued a S^Ob word statement calling on the people of Nebraska to rapport his executive council plan of government and to write members -* the ’eg.s iatur* and the govern*:. oneelf iig Ing adoption of th>- plan. The governor. In hui statement, made It plain that he would not com promise in any way with a modifies cation of the civil administration coda of government r w in for t at the state house at Lincoln. The* governor asserted that under his plan taxes would iM reduced |9, 000.000. In arriving at this figure, he take* the total amount of appro pria t Ions asked of the legislature two years ago and fails to take into con sideration that these requests wer> trimmed millions of dollars by the last administration. Members of the legi.-laiure declared this statement by the governor was a desperate attempt to rally support :o his plan, 'but they expressed the sentment that the people will learn that his plan does not entail a 19,000, 000 reduction as he claims and that *t does spread responsibility for of ficial acts on the six constitutional officers instead of the governor, ruins the present budget system, and at the same time gives the governor the sole appointive power. W ifr of Noted Baritone Obtains Divorce Decree Reno. Nev . Kel*. 14 —Roby Thom as, wife of John Charles Thomas, noted American baritone, obtained a divorce in the district court here Lite Friday. Cruelty waa charged in the complaint. Mrs. Thomas testified that his treatment caused her to lose weight from ISO pounds to 102 pounds, at which figure she now tips the scales Thomas was temperamental. Mrs. Thomas testified, and on one occasion he bit her until the blood ran frotp her shoulder, she said. On another occasion Thomas did r.ot like the gown she worO at the breakfast table and in the presence of a male guest, he is alleged to have tern the gar ment from her body The couple were married in Baltimore in 1513. Soldier Bonus Bill Is Deferred in Lower House l.incoln. Feb 34 —(Special >—Con sideration of the }10.000.000 soldier bonus bill was deferred today because there waa no specific provision in the measure providing for sending the proposition to referendum at the next general election. The bill will retain ita place on the house calendar pend ing a decision by attorneys in the houae as to the proper method of drawing up the referendum clause Ohio W iId Flowers anil Snakes “Rushing Season ' Amesviltr. CV. Feb ;< \t 1 (tow era are blossoming In the hilt* around here. It I* reported. For several weeks. It la said, these blossoms have been found peeping Ihrough the snow. Snake* also, w.-ro found sunning phemselveo. It Is claimed The Weather Forreant. Sunday fair, nomrwhxt cooltr. .*« Hourly TrntprrAlttrt*. H I iw ... I\ I p. m 4* a a. •*» .... 41 ! f |< W \4 T a. m ,. 4 4 H v w M * a. hi ...... . 43 4 |». iw M V M. W 4f N |1 w \* 14 «. m 13 * |v m . .,. >♦) II • m II 1 |i w ..... 4* tt vntM'Hi .... .U 4 Bandits Get $100,000 in Diamonds Daring Robbery Staged in llevator of (Chicago Build ing—Throw Operator Out of Oar. Other Thefts $35,000 Chicago, Feb. 14.—Henry Hart, a New York jewelry salesman, was robbed of unset diamonds which he valued at 1100,000 by two afmed men in an elevator in a downtown build ing todayr Hart said his concern has offices at 87 Nassau street. New York. The robbers escaped. The robbers threw Eugene Winsby, the elevator operator, from the cage at. the sixth floor, he told the police, and with Hart a prisoner mounted several floors higher in til® building at 130 North State street. They stop ped the elevator and menacing him with their revolvers took his satchel of diamonds. Hart said and left him on an upper floor. When Wineby reached the street, the robbers had descended in the ele vator and escaped. Into Elevator. "The bandits followed me into the elevator," Hart said. "I was about to get out at the sixth floor when or.o of the men grabbed me. 'We want you’ one of them said and then forced the elevator operator cut of the car, ran a few- floors higher and then to -i rny tchel of jew-rfs. Then they put me out of the elevator anl descended.’’ Several j rror.s in the lobby saw the bandits escape. 825,000 land in Ohio. Cambridge, O . Feb. 24.—A ion* bandit this afternoon held up and robbed Harry Moss and John Han ning of between 120,000 and 125,000 of payroll money lveionging to th® Akron Coal company. The bandit es caped after shooting Moss in the lelt shoulder. The money was being 'ransported in an automobile along a lonely road to Kings mines, about 22 miles east of here, w hen Moss and Hanning were stopped by the bandit. Moss was shot when he resisted. Mine officials r I a sheriff s p' -se are searching for the bandits. Bandits Raid Trunk Factory. 1 Petersburg. Va.. Feb 24. — Six masked hand.* forced an entrance into the Seward Trunk ar.d Bag fac I tory early today, bound and gagged the watchman, broke open the vault and esmap" <1 w ,h 51O.00C*. Drunkenness in House Charged Fongre'-man Says “Dry” Member “Too Drunk to Answer Roll Call.” \\ ashington. Feb. 21.—The house vas thrown into an uproar today after Representative G a UK an, democrat, Massachusetts in another aasault on the prohibition enforcement act on declared that recently a "dry” mem ber o( the senate had beeome "too drunk to answer a roll rail'' and had "to be rest rained by two of his coi leagues from getting on the floor.” Randolph .Man Found Dead at Bachelor Home on Farm Randolph Neb , Feb 24 —(Special I —Thomas Hendrick, 40, a hachelor, was found dead on his farm by neigh . Ivors. Hendrick had not been seen f -r several days and an investiga tion was made. The man bad been dead for some time. Pr. Texely de ! rlared death resulted from natural causes Thee months ago Ellis Her drick, fat itr of Th mas, was found | dead in the same house. Vnti-Saloon League Seek* to Strengthen Dry Lavs Denial that the Anti Saloon I-vague • f Nebraska is opp,sed to further en actment of dry legislation, was mad* j yesterday by F. A High, state su perintendent with headquarter* *t Lincoln. Neb “l under-stand this impress.on ha* gone out," he sail, "but ! wish'to «ty that it is absolutely wrong. The league is very much Interested m measures that have been introduced at the present session of the legisla ture which wi^l strengthen our pres ent dry law s. "IVe are es;'*c:.Uly Interested in thw : passage of the Nil which has been introduced amending the Sacketi law , in accordance with the suggestion of (•overnor Bryan in his message to the legislature. Every man an,! woman in ihe state who believes in enforcement f law sh 1 give that amendment hie | hearty support." Hail\va\ Given Permission to Lsuc $43,000,000 Stock , Washington, Feh. 14.—lVonlsstoa was givtn the le ulavtile A Nashville railroad by th» Interstate Oommercw nimission to issue $4.‘> tfaO.OOO in new -;,vk and distribute it as a s: vk divi dend to stockholder* The stock dividend ts Ihe bret which any railroad corporathm has been au i lhori»>t to roske by the o mmission I since it w as given power, tinder thw i transportation act. to supervise capi | tai issues ef irwnsponatton com panies!. Inquiry Into \ ctcrans* Hiirctni Favored in Senate Washington, ; of the \etorwi'*‘ bureau hv a faint committee during the res-esj* of con i tires* w as recctnmended unani mously today b> the special so-ate committee conducting a preUminat y l inquiry.