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. L l VOL. 52—NO 245 £»»«•* »■ s«m«.cum M«tt« m» 2t. >90s. >i OMAHA FRIDAY MARCH 30 1923 * yw,! W: *«»;«». mm. «itjin tM «h »««. TWO (.'ENTS '» •«" c«««en »•«»«•
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Red Meet
Described
by Foster
Defendant in Syndicalism
Trial Takes Stand—Say? He
as Present at Mich
igan Conference.
Admits Radical Activities
St. Joseph, Mich., March 29.—Will
iam 55. Foster of Chicago, charged
with criminal syndicalism for assem
bling in the Michigan sand hills with
an organization alleged to have been
formed to advocate the overthrow of
the United States government by
force and violence, took the stand in
liis own behalf today and, admitting
his presence at the communist con
vention, denied all connection with
the organization.
Ha denied that lie had filled out a
questionnaire at the convention in
which his occupation was stated as
industrial organizer of the communist
party of .America, and he denied he
had been issued a portfolio containing
radical documents,
Foster admitted on cross exaniina
mm that he had sat in one meeting
of the presidium, or governing body of
the convention.
"Did you appoint your successor on
the presidium when you left?” O. L.
Smith, assistant attorney general,
asked.
“So," he answered.
No I .ring Speeches.
Unlike Charles K. Ruthenberg, first
v it ness for the defense and one of
Foster's codefendants, Foster made no
long speeches from the witness ftand,
nor did he try to engage in argu
ments with the attorneys.
Speaking in a voire so low that,
at times, it was almost Inaudible above
the rustle of the crowded court
room, he confided his replies to a
"Yes, sir, or no, sir." unless some ex
planation was necessary.
Diffident and seemingly almost
bashful, with a shy and bashful smile
at times for jury and spectators, there
uas nothing in his bearing to indicate
'le mas the man who organized more
than 200,000 steel workers and led the
treat 1919 steel strike, or who, ac
cording to Ilia own statements, has
>een an active revolutionary leader
'or nearly 20 years.
Tale of Radical Activities.
Ilia story, on both direct and cross
xaminntlon, was one of years of
ad I cal and union activities. At vari
ius times in his career, ho said, he
i.<t lies it a member <«/ the j, VV IV.,
‘■eretary of the Syndicalist I.eague
if North America, student of radical
movements abroad, leader of many
•Dikes, delegate to radical meetings
md correspondent in Russia, member
.f the Seamens union, Railway Car
vfen and other organizations and for
'he last two years a subscriber to the
Marxian communistic school of radi
cul thoughts.
Under examination by Frank P.
Walsh, hia attorney, Foster repre
sented as much as he said he could
: member of the speech he delivered
at the communist convention. He
-..Id he had told the delegates there
of a trip taken through the shops of
the striking men from where he had
returned just before the convention
met. ,
On cross exam I n%iion Mr. Smith
brought out that Foster was < in
(igden, Utah, about the latter part
f July or first of August and then
isked him If he was accompanied on
he trip by Joseph Kowalski.
Foster denied knowing Kowalski.
Kowalsky is a Russian who was
arrested in Chicago in the January.
9:M, raids and deported to Russia. He
slipped back into the United States,
md when caught last fall in New
York, was tried and sentenced to a
rear and a day in Atl&nta,. when he
Mill Again fare deportation.
Resolution Asks Information
on Capitol Printing Bill
Special Dispatch to The Omaha lice.
Lincoln# March 29.—A resolution
.ailing on the joint investigation com
mittee of the state capito) controversy
to ascertain from the capital commis
sion nil facts in regard to the *7,000
printing bill presented to the state
by Architect Bertram Goodhue, was
presented to the lower house by Rep
resentative A. B. Thatcher. The reso
lution will be considered tomorrow.
The resolution asks for definite in
formation as to whether tiie hill has
l,*en paid, and, if so, who is responsi
ble for (he payment.
Lone Road Agent Gets
1.31.70 in Station Holdup
Bf A**ociate«J I'ret*.
Grand Island. Neb., March 29.—
While Night Ticket Agent Black, of
i he Burlington railroad, was alone
last night, there appeared at the win
dow a lone man. face covered with a
blue bandana, who forced Black to
.pen to office door and deliver the
534.70 in tiie rash drawer. Tiie bandit
wanted to know where ‘ail those
hills’ were Rlnek’s reply livit they
were in the safe and only the day
man had the combination was no
i spied. A much larger sum was saved.
Police l<elie\o the bandit or bandits
were tiie same as those operating at
York. Only one was visible here, how
ever.
Herrin'Prosecution Bests.
Il> Tfl# AWMH lilt«•<! pirss.
Marion, HI., March 29.—Tiie prose
cut Ion in the second Herrin riot trial
rested today after having called 32
witnesses since the taking of testi
mony started on March 6 The de
fense began the presentation of Its
case.
Waitress Shot to Death
l.ctrolt, Mich., March 29 — An un
dentifled man shot and killed JuiUi
Blog, a waitress, seriously wounded
Airs. Sophia Mu nut Inn, owner of tlio
i<-staurant. and then committed sol
• Ide by shooting. He had quairclvil
i|'.k Miss Ulog, It is said.
40 Dancers Held Up;
Bandit Shoots Owner
By International New* Service.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 29.—Walk
ing into a crowded dance hall at Los
Nietos in broad daylight, a lone
bandit, armed with a revolver, today
held up 20 couples dancing there and
shot Kussell Jeffries, one of the pro
prietors of the place, wheif he at
tempted to interfere. In the confu
sion after the shooting the bandit
escaped Without robbing the dancers.
Who had line'll up against the wall
with their hands in the air and their
lacks to the robber.
Jeffries is in Mercy hospital at
Whittier with a bullet Wound in bis
spine and will probably be paralyzed
for life, if bo lives, physician* said.
Bunco Jurors
Before Grand
Jury Inquiry
Charges of Attempted Bribery
I nder Probe—-Conviction
of Swindler King Comes
After 103 Hours.
Denver, Colo., March 29.—The coun
ty grand jury today began to probe
tlie* bunco case. The first juror of the
12 who late yesterday returned a ver
dict of guilty against all of the 20
defendants in thn nationally Known
confidence ring case went before the
grand jury this muring. Oilier jurtirs
were to follow as fast as thn grand
jury men cuuld complete their ques
tioning.
Tln-ee cf the Jurors remained in the
district attorney's ofiire while the
other members were testifying. They
were Arthur Armstrong, J. E. Russell
and J. C. Tharp.
George E. Sharp, who almost upset
the verdict of guilty while the court
was polling the jury by declaring. "I
was sick and could not do anything
else," had not reported at the dis
trict attorney’s office uy> to 10:30
o'clock.
Sensation Promised.
Behind the grand jury probe, ac
cording to reports in official circles,
Is the possibility of the development
of a sensation greater than the
dramatic raids of August 24 last, the
testimony at the trial and the verdict
of guilty against the 20 defendants.
That developments may bring into
prominence the name* of widely
known Denver nten frequently was
predicted.
Subpoenas were served on the Jury
men immediately after they bad given
their verdict and b d been discharged
shortly before ti o'clock last night.
The grarm j,..y , ml* is behoved to In
in connection with alleged attempts
to influence members of the jury
during the trial.
The 20 men found guilty after the
jurors' 150 ballots, and a record break
ing session of four nights and five
days in the jury room, received the
verdict calmly and without display nf
emotion. The w.ves of three of the
convicted men, however, burst Into
hysterical weeping, the only sound
that broke the silence of the crowded
court room.
Several hours before .the verdict
was return^!, the grand jury re
(Turn to I’nge Klght, Column Three.)
Paving Tax Payment
Bill Is Postponed
Special IMepateh to The Omaha Hee.
Hincoln, March 29.—The senate
passed these bills Thursday morning:
S. 1-*. 1T2, changing system of meas
uring haystacks.
S. F. 219, to keep barber shops an!
reslaurants separated.
The following were postponed:
11. It. 394, by 8taats. Makes paving
iS'-ssments in cities and villages pay
able in 10 Instead of 20 years.
•S F. 1T0, by Hastings. Provides
eon.pleb set of statutes covering reg
uiat on* in the Incurring of debts and
issuance of bonds by all political sub
divisions of (he state, with uniform I
procedure.
Fight Over
Rhine Army
Cost Likely
Anti-League Senators Expected^
to Oppose Terms of Settl
inent as Approved by ^
Secretary Hughes.
U.S. to Aid in Collections
kiy lulversnl Service.
v Washington, March 29.—Secretary
of State Hughes' acceptance of the
terms agreed upon in Fnris for Bot
tling America's hill for the Rhine oc
cupational army is regarded here as
foreshadowing another battle with the
irreconcilable, anti-league senators
on the Issue of joining hands with
the league of nations.
Tho settlement, ns reported to the
State department. Involves the United
States in the collection of reparations
from Germany and will cause the
United States thereby to become a
member uf the group of nations, iden
tical with those In the league, who
will try to force Germany to pay.
That acceptance of these terms wilt
he vigorously protested by the anti
league group was predicted by sena
tors. who see In the agreement an ap
parent act of defiance on the part of
Secretary Hughes of that element in
the senate and tn the republican party
opposed to foreign entanglements.
Terms of Settlement.
The tiring up of the United States
in tlu- reparations question conies
through that portion of the agree
ment which provides that after de
duction is made for the $10,000,900
worth of German goods taken by the
United States aftjer the armistice,
the United States w ill receive for the
ensuing four years, a sum equal to
25 per cent of all moneys collected
from Germany. In succeeding years,
the United States is to receive $20,
000,000 a year from the reparations
account until the entire sum of $265,
000,000 ij liquidated.
Irreconcilable senators see In this
arrangement a victory for France and
Iinglaml in their efforts to link the
United States with tho whole repara
tions business. Fremier Poincare is
quoted os being well satisfied with
this phase of the settlement.
Opposed 1>.V Wilson.
This Vas one tiling which former
President Wilson studiously resisted
while in Paris, because he believed the
reparations matter was one with
which the United States should have
nothing *0 do.
The turns *>f the ssttPjment do not i
have to be submitted to the seriate
for approval or rejection, because the,
agreement 1s not in the form of a
treaty. For this reason, if the ad
ministration finally agrees to the
terms laid down by the allies, the sen
ate will have no power to block It
or to modify the terms.
But Mr. Hughes will hare succeed
ed in conferring upon the United
States a backdoor entrance into the
reparations muddle, and the senate
Irreconcilables probably will overlook
no opportunity of letting the American
people know about It.
Four Men Frozen to Death
When Tue Fourniers in Storm
D j
Norfolk, Va , March 29 —Four men
were frozen to death today tn Albrr
n.arle sound, near the mouth of the
North river, 30 rnlles below Elisabeth
City. N. c., when the tug Julian J.
Fleetwood capsized during a storm.
Five other members of the crew were
rescued by the Annie Vansciver of
the North river.
Air Fleet Arrives at Miami
Miami, Fla , March 29 —The six
army plane# arrived In Miami early
;hts afternoon from Havana. Tim
plan** landed safely at Curtis* flHd,
re von mllefi from here, and will re
maln there a day or no. The planes j
had a afo Journey from Havana and
had no trouble In landing.
THE SUNDAY BEE
"The Altar That < laimcd Thousands of Human Victims."
An amazing story of how men, women and babies were sacri
ficed on a shrine to appease strange heathen gods. A story
almost beyond belief.
“The Princess Who Wanted Love" How Princess
Yolanda of Italy defied proud family traditions by giving her
heart to a dashing cavalry officer. A love story that is a
true one.
, “Farrand's Last, Role." A fiction story of an unhappy
princess, written by Klizabeth Jordan, the well-known short
story author.
•
‘‘Cartoonists and Such." (). 0. McIntyre relates some
secrets of those merry men who make you laugh with the comic
cartoons of the newspapers,
"My Lost Opportunities.” Stephen Leacock in his most
delightful style bemoans the chances he passed up to gain
fame and riches.
“Helen and Warren." The vicissitude* of a married
couple entertainingly told by Mabel Urner.
"The Theater In New York.” Percy Hammond’s weekly
letter on what is going on along gay Broadway.
< “llappyland." Two magazine pages devoted to the enter
tainment and instruction of the youngsters.
These are a few of the features which you will find ex
clusively in The Omaha Bee next Sunday. In addition. The
Sunday Bee will carry complete sport news of the day, includ
ing n special article by John MeGraw, manager of the New
York Guilds complete society news of Omaha and Council
Bluff#; Mark Sullivan's weekly resume of the national political
situation; four pages of comics; the complete news report* of
The Associated Press, the International Service and the Uni
versal Service, and the only rotogravure section in Nebraska
NOTICK Kverv available copy of The Omaha Bee lust
Sunday was exhausted before the demand was supplied.
Order The Omaha Bee sent to your home now. The
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Gruenther’s Will Not
Found; Son in Charge
Chris M. Gruenther, the prominent
club man and politician who died last
week, left s < estate estimated at
mots than^ 00D, according to a
petition application of ad- j
minisf »' . estate in county
cour'^y*1 ' .
■ f? e Ik'.ho Crawford appointed
^ ^ enther, a son, special ad
V -or.
.lough it is 1 now n that Mr.
rf?‘.enther left a win, bis relatives
! nd friends are at a loss to locate it,
11. F. Daugherty, attorney for the
estate, stated.
Soviet Agency
Defends Doom
on Catholics
“Were Convicted for Offenses
for Which They Would Ha\o
Been Equally Liable in
Any Country.’’
lly thv Awmolnlfrt I'rM*.
Moscow, March 20.—The appeal for j
clemency of the Catholic prelates and
priests sentenced last Monday will be
considered at the first meeting of
the central executive committee to be
held either tomorrow or next wok,
the government’s amnesty depart
ment committee announced today.
Meanwhile the temporary stay of sen
tence for the condemned is applica
ble and they will remain in prison.
Statement Issued.
Moscow advices had indicated that
the execution of Archbishop Zopliak,
head of the Roman Catholic church in
Russia, and Vicar General Butehka
vitch, who were condemned to death
by the soviet court on Monday, would
bo carried out today (Thursday! if no
action was taken extending amnesty
or granting a stay of sentence.
London, March 29—The Rosta
agency, the Ru«“ian soviet otfleial
agency, has issued a statement declar
ing that the members of the Catholic
church Just convh ted at Moscow
were charged with offenses for which
they would have been equally liable
for prosecution in any country in the
world, namely, defiance of the law
of the land open and secret Incite
ment to violence.
“The soviet government," the state
ment says, “is not prepared to tol
erate surh activities, particulaily
when the offenders declare that their
allegiance is to a foreign religious au
thority and not to the Russian gov- j
eminent and still less when there Is j
:i«son to f ipect direct Intercourse
with a hostile stale. In soviet Russia,
as in all other civilized countries,
priests have no privileges or extra ;
territorial rights In the eyes of the
law.
Protest by I niled Slates.
Washington, March 29— Repre
sentations of “earnest hope1' that
Archbishop Zepliak and Monsignor
Hutchkavltch of the Roman Catholic
ehurch may be spared from the
death sentnero passed upon them In
Moscow, have been made by the
State department to the soviet gov
ernment through the American am
bassador at Berlin.
Official announcement that the
American government had token th.s
step "to give expression to the hu
manitarian Interest of the American
people In the fate of the two e< celesi
nstlcs was made lust night by the de
mand. The sentences had been char
acterized by department officials ear
lier in the day at constituting an out
rage against humanity which could
not fall to create the ilee[>esf feeling
of resentment and horror In the
United States.
Protests against the executions
were received by the department din
ing the day from the Catholic club of
New York City. A cablegram of pro
test nlso was sent hy the nation.il
Catholic Welfare Council* to M
Tehiteherin, people's commissar for
forties, affairs at Moscow, declaring
that carrying out of the s.ntnec s
would “outrage not only the ■ hivrlt !
able and generous Catholics of Amer
ica. but the entire Christian world.”
Hridegrooin of TO Year
Kills Self With Poison
lx)s Angeles, March —Elbert 11
Kakle. Tb. a prominent btitincis man
< f Fort Worth, T»*x , died at the Pa
cific hospital today, a* suicide, accord
ing to the report t«» Chief Deputy
Coroner William M* IXmaJd. Police
detectives who me investigating the
• ase stated that Kakle, who was a
bridegroom of two months, was taken
to the hospital last Saturday night,
suffering from poisoning ns a result
of eating a deadly poi-<ui. and that hi#
condition was discovered by his wife,
w ho is some 30 years his Junior.
— _ . . — —
Aged Couple Found Drud;
think Man Fifed ItoU-e
Eetherville, In . March 2t* Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Clausen. M and 70. respec
tively, were found dead In their home
near her© late Wednesday Olnusen,
who is believed to have been men
tally deranged, is thought to have
slain his wife, set fire to the bouse
. ml to have suffocated Mrs Clan
sen's body was found in the hm-cment
badly burned. Ills was found in a
chair. „
Judge !-*fiot from \mhu-h.
Kort Wurth. Tex . Man h "'■<
JoMf pH t\ I i.nnlel, former disti .< t at
tmney st ilamiifi, who was shot from
smhuah late yesterday while pssalng
through the Cedar Drake# just mnt!:
of Hamlin, died today, nccotdtng *«■
word received here.
Randall was an Innocent victim of
what officers believe to he ,i hottleg
ger's bullet meant for i »ie witi*«sog
in a liquor suit
Randall was killed as lie and tin <
other companions, two of whom wer*
stale witnesses In a Uquor suit, were
passing through a district known to
be infested with hnttb’ggci a amt tin
scene of many w hisky mill* lie
w as 4. yean old I
We ll Bite. What’s So Disgraceful About It)
SINCE NINE OUT OF TEN OF OUR GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXECUTIVES BEGAN AS LABORERS,
CLERKS, FARMERS OR OFFICE BOYS—
' iwijm'j j|
tnew AVHWf
l could find
AN ABLE ll
CINERAL Vf
MANAGE*
-C-7^ ?
wHh t
F»«VT >«■*
A
I CU.CO
AND THERE ARE MORE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR JOBS THAN THERE ARE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLAR MEN TO FILL THEM—
AND SINCE IT IS THE HOPE OF EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY THAT THEIR SON MAY HAVE
THAT ABILITY—
f HE CETS
-^of fifty thoiTAhIj]
~ 1 YEA.R-— Y~
' jDCVYN WITH HIM* ).
WHY IS IT THAT CHASING THEM IS CONSIDERED SUCH A GREAT POLITICAL SPORT AND
VOTE GETTER?
Paris Mourns
at Funeral of
Divine Sarah’
Bernhardt Cortege Pacse:'
Through Streets of City
\mid Lnprecedented
Scenes of (irief.
II? Intmintioit.il Newi Sertlrf.
Pat is, March 29.—Amidst almost
unprecedented scene* of grief ar.d
lamer, tat ion Mi da no Sarah Bernhardt
—"the divine Harah"—was buried to
tlay. It had been announced that
there would l*e no sermon, no mass
and no music, but at tin* last minute
this program was changed. There
was a low mass In the church of St.
Francois De Sales which lasted an
hour. A funeral chant was sung and
on orchestra played "Asa's Death"
from Peer Gynt.
The police lines were unable to hold
back the tremendous crowd which
gathered about the church. Persons
brushed past the gendarmes and en
tered the church amidst great con
fusion. The solemnity *>/ the occasion
was ina 1 red by the trampling of feet
and the s taping of chairs. Men and
women crowded close to the cata
fahp't* !n an effoit to the coffin,
w hi* h w as hidden beneath a mass of
flow? i *
\merican* \mone Mourners.
The cortege, after the church serv
ice, passed in front of the Sarah Hern
hardt theater, where It halted for .t
minute. Among the wreath* were
three from the Lambs' club, the play
rr 1 (lull, the Actor* Ja|Uity of N«w
York. Many American* were among
the mourners. An unconventional
touch was introduced in the church
service when an usher rapped loudly
three times, the signal in French
(healers, that the curtain is about to
iTarn In I'kip Two. I olssta Two.)
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preferably with genii'
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dreds. ye* thousand* in Omaha
who are obliged to live in
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and ask for Mis* Smith, our
"Rooms fur Rent" specialist.
Omaha Bee "H aul
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suits at Lester Cast.
High Degrees in
Masonry Granted
¥
Closing I Jay of Scottish Rite
Reunion Has Banquet and
Maundy Service.
The annual sprung reunion of N'e
braaka Consistary No. 1. Scottish Hite
Masons of the valley of Omaha, was
concluded last night with a banquet
t wtoeh Clarence H Walrath was
toastmaster
The n union was l* gun net Monday
in Scottish Hite <athedral, Twentieth
and Douglas streets A class of 10S
received 31*t and 32d degrees yes
terday. Robert Cain, .jr, venerable
master of Kadosh, being in charge.
After the degrees had lieeq conferred.
th» regular Maundy Thursday ser
vices were conducted under she di
rection of Clarence It. Walrath. wise
roaster of Semper Fidel s chapter of
Hose Croix
At the Conclusion of the jervices a
banquet waa served by the members
of the b. ntIsh Hite Women s club, of
which Mr« Ed H. I.evy is president.
The speakers at the banquet were
William C. Ramsey. Raymond D.
Young and Kc'-. .to W. U. Fast.
32d degree Masons The Masonic
quartet and Elias' orchestra were on
the banquet program.
Ara I>. Davis was elected class ora
tor by those'who received degrees
> esterday.
Several members of the order from
Nebraska towns and front out of the
state attended the reunion.
Bid* for New \ derail*'
Bureau Hospital Opened
Washington. Mar. h 29. — Bids for
the construction near Knn Francisco
*'f tht Livernn re hospital for the vet
erans* bureau, were opened today by
Director Hines, but no sward was
made.
The b.ds. « ovcring general construe
tioi . wcr ns follows
11 K McKee of Kl Past. $1.€45.TOO.
Mahoney Bros. San Francisco, $1.
723.400; Sound (Construction company
if Seattle, $1.?35.€S0; Hannah Bros,
compare, San Francisco. $1,801,721,
and Robert Frost. San Francisco. $].•
9 42,(100.
‘>0 Nanta-kd Beaili
lion s»s Ha/t il liv Kirr
Boston March 2‘* A Unit a mile of
N.mtasket Beach, a great summer t o
sort for New Hngland people was laid
" iste last night and eat ft* today by
the most disastrous fire in the history
of the beach, Alw>ut 90 houses were
destroyed, seven per no ns injured arid
about 150 trade homeless by the con*
f .Agra t ion.
Dnn tge In estimated at $1 000 000.
(.ausaiiiu* P»*arr Parlrx
In Bo Hoauiuod in Vpril
lirttrva, March 29—the pcair nr
(ollallont hot ww n llir nlli<« anil
linin') I,III hr iv.iniinl *1 l.aumtilir
Hiniir llmr l«l»nn \pril 15 anil ?0
l lir annminrrmrlit Man mailr tnda> hi
llir m-i t i lai lat M lltrli llir pnurr* Irtl
at l-au-<annr al lhi» tcimlmlim of thr
rntnl lonfrrrnu*.
Newspaper Man Hir»
Superior, VVis. March J9 Charles
« iceuhtirg 41, circulation manager of'
the AN isconsiit Sunday* Times. Super
lot*. and a mi tmed with newspapers at
the head of the lakes for the past lu
years died today, fo’lowing utt ,mn k ,
vt heat t double (
Wealthy New ^ ork
Man Shot b\ Girl
Who Kills Herself
Resident <>f Riverside Drive
Calmly W ait* for \ ictim
in Cram! Central Ter
minal Building.
New Tovk, March 29 —After send
ing in lier card and then calmly wait
ing In an anteroom fir an Inter
view. Helena Zeigler. 26, of Riverside
Drive, today entered the private of
flee of Frederick IV Burnham,
wealthy contractor, shot him with a
double barreled pistol and then killed
herself with the wt.ipon.
Burnham. 44. and member of a
fashionable color > a Dobbs Kerr;,
was rushed to Bellevue hosp-tal. where
it was said he was dying.
The shooting took place In hi* suite
of < ff:< i a on the se.i>%l floor if the
Grand Central termimil building.
The body <if Miss Zeigler, pi -wtrate
and with the doul le liarrelest .45-cad
tier l -ti'l st : v’ lied :r. her t cht
hand, was dis acred in Burnham's
prlcate office 15 minutes after those
outside had heard voices raised as if
in violent argument, had heard two
shot* rapidly fired and then unbroken
silence.
She was on the floor. A bullet had
torn through her brain. In a far cor
ner of the room was Burnham, dim;
ing to a window ledge, gasping ar, I
rumpling his hail Blood streamed
from a wound In the left side if his
head
As those from without rushed to
ward him, calling him by name, he
pitched to the floor, almost o\ei thr
body iif the young woman •
Boon for Omaha Business
V\ ill Bo Bridget! at ^ anktim
(Hi.aha htUineas men an* elated over
the news brought tack from Lincoln
ly J. M (iillan. manager of the In
duatrial department of the ('hamber
of Commerce. that Governor Bryan
had signed the Yankton bridge hill,
•arising with it an appropriation of
$100,000 for the construction of an
tpptoarh on the Nebraska aide.
When finished, the structure tadl
he the only combination \ chicle aiu!
tallroad bridge over the Missouri west
of Sioux «'itv.
I ho Inmates Die as Kite
Sweeps ('otiuly lufirman
/ Al|U“li,t. Ml.'h Mai<1. 3:‘ -Tw > :■ <-a
Inmats* wri.> huriwst to rloath today
anil 37 olh*r Inman*. four of thrm
w oltlin, ware rarrirsl to safety by
bn-mrn when tho Aipin.t rounty In
firmary was dc.sl r»\\ rd by tiro Jt.itn
nno was I'sluital.sl «t J O.Ov'P Tho
is'st'tioil wore carried half a mtlo In
it t.iging mowatorm to a farmhouse.
Fireman war# handicapped''"by *®ro
woaliiot A noar imiiiIc emitted.
The Weather ^
f'Wfflul
Friday fait* ami colder
Hourly Temperature*
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House Bill
Cuts State
Ex penses
Finance Committee Measure
Reduces Appropriations
*">21.860 F rom Lowest
F]stimate.
Pork Seekers Plan Fight
S*(i*«-iul Ilispati h to The (tmahii It**.
Idnc-oln, March 2!c—Appropriations
contained in the blanket appropria
tion bill introduced in the lower house
' irant H. Mears, chairman < f ti -
finance committee, are $524,560 lcr
tlian any estimate made to date.
In addition to the blanket bill,
-Mears introduced the -ilaxi-- a*
wages bin which is $55,000 less than
the lowest estimate made to date.
In not a single instance did eitht
of the hills exi ted recommendations
made by the governor. The governor s
i (-commendations must necessarily be
t(ken into consideration, because
<annot lie increased without a vote of
rn r cent of t. -«tq membership
of i he house.
Majority Needed for I’.msage.
The finance committee by do nr
nothii g w.th * c g-,[rr,nr s r-c -r
men da tier..-, f.\'<-pting to iower them
more than $500,000. dc>es not need to
get more titan a tiara majority to put
:t,« bill through the house.
That a warm tight w,il lie made by
-upporlers of certain state Institu
tions to get Increases over the rieoi,;.
r.ier.datkm of the finance oj m n i ‘If
is promised on every side. It was
ccepted as a certaintv that in thi*
fight to b** waged by fi i* i ds f \i.
ious expending -ig>-refits that party
i.r.es would lie obliterated as a r. .
-Tity of republicans a.e on th*
finance committee which in cutting
state exiwnses surpassed any reduc
tions even hinted at by any other
public official.
W here Red actions ( nme.
Briefly, the reductions made by the
Mears committee are:,
lilate university sliced from previous
-_v estimate of *3.118,350 to" *3,071
1T0. These university reductions cal!
f.ist for elimination of high school
nspections under university superri
- cn which entailed a recommendation
tor *15 730.
' There are two men now in tht*
state superintendent s office w,ho are
doing the same work." Mears ex
plained.
Appropriations 1 r university p„
iet.ty are cut $13,404.
‘ Tliat leaves Ml.So* fer p ithcity,
Mears said.
Tractor testing, which would hate
cost $14,360, is eliminated by tb* com
mittee.
Agricultural extension work at th"
“•late farm is reduced from $147 341 t,
$300,000.
-"The $100,000 is still *35,000 in ex
■ of the biennial appropriation
made two years ago for this work, if
■ y memory serves me ngh‘ Mears
said.
Apportion Normal Funds.
There is no reduction made in ap
propriations for state normal schociw.
The only change is that instead of
lumping the total appropriations and
leaving distribution of this money to
the state normal hoard, the cwmmii
I Turn t« r*if Two. Column Three.)
House Refuses to Fix
Date for Adjournment
l- March 39 —The Nebraska
house yesterday, after much debate.
vote.1 down a motion to name a com
mittee to consult w,th a senate con
mittee . n a date of final adjourn
mer.t It also defeated a motion to
take steps to have a sifting com
mittee take charge of the general
f.le. Representative Gordon eham
pmr.od the mol. ,n to fix an adjourn
ment date. He was opposed by
Mears of Wayne, a veteran meirh»
who said it was too early to fix even
» tentative day. Representative
Collins said if each member wouii
appoint himself a committee of one
to keep his . mouth shut on blits
be kenw nothing ahout it would
taosten the conclusion. A majority
of the members sa 1 too many Im
portant bills were pending to di
vuss adjournment.
^ txiiiji: Bigc 1' < row net 1
Boxing ( lump of Omalu
Young Bige w.n the lightweight
hnmg chantplonthip of <>niaha Iasi
n.ght when he was given the referee s
decision in a six round bout at th* »
Auditorium Bige won every round
but one front hi* opponent, Turk la~
tan,
Joe Welch svn a decision In four
rounds front Battling McGuire in the
Brat preliminary.
Jim Herman of Omaha knocked out
A •nine Auderaon of Chicago in the
■- x n .ii i of n I.- . UU .orour
bout. Hernial several ttn,<* knockec*
Ai,d<i-son through the rope* after the
; hint round, a
Pacific Is Storm-lo'srtl.
San Francisco March*.'.> The :v
pho<vn reported last nlgl t front ths
'.cinit.v of Guam, the Ameriv-an naval
outpost between Hawaii and ihe Phil
ipplnr*, did considerable damage to
ihe naval establishment, according to
meager advices received today hv the
naval radio service from the Guam
at at ion
Ban Francisco, Match "# t> •. i>p.: g
in the eastern area* of the Pacific
ocean from the Arvtie to the tropu -
is la'lng tossed about todey in owe
of the worst stonns of the year, which
should reach the coast states t« the
next two dav*. the I'nited .State*
weather bureau tepoi ted hei e today,
(hilbnuk in Dublin.
liubl.n, Match -J — The tli-st «c> .via
outbreak id shooting iu eotne time oc
cuvred in varton* part!* of the city
eoilv to ,1V l-r. no cat a.. ■<» wne
irpotuM *