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££££=• The Omaha Morning Bee ____________ -tTT-** j| vnr sq_vn 11 q (.<~« .. H«mr OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923.* 8^4* WiJWi tATS TW° CENTS " 'V?£i ■ _ VUU OO U». dawk* P. 0. Uafer Aat «f Narak S. ■•». . . .... I Prohibition Politics Is ! Explained * ' Senators, Congressmen and I Political Leaders Blamed Rather Than Heads of | Enforcement Bureau. Biy an Favored Haynes By MARK SULLIVAN. Washington, ■ Nov. 1.—Governor I’lmchot’s repeated criticisms of the .WJministration for failure to enforce fhe prohibition law as effectively as tfie Pennsylvania governor thinks It i Ought to bf enforced, Indicates that the church people behind him are de i iermined to keep it up until they get action of one knd or another, k In the frst criticism. Governor ftaff^lnchot said that the trouble was ''(politics.” Most of Washington tljiinks he is right. But it is the poli tic* of United States senators, mem ber* of congress and party leaders throughout the country, rather than the politics of the persons in Wash ington directly concerned with en forcing prohibition. These persons are three: The first, Roy Haynes, who Is the prohibition commissioner. As to him, nobody charges politics. The Anti-Saloon league Is perfectly satisfied with his good faith and zeal. He tries his Jiest to enforce the law and nobody lists ever charged that he practices politics. In point of fact, at the time Sir. Haynes was appointed by the late President Harding, your correspond ent was told by some enraged re publican leaders from Ohio, that it Was wholly without consideration of the republican organization in that state. Further than this, your cor respondent was told the only rec ommendation of Haynes made to Harding came from William Jennings 'iryan, and that it was on Mr. Bry an’s recommendation wholly, or cer tainly chiefly, that Harding made the appointment. So there is no politics in the case of Haynes. Above Mr. Haynes Is internal rev enue Commissioner David K. Blair, and above Mr. Blair Is Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. These two men are Mr. Haynes’ superiors. Mr. Haynes says that he Is not Interfered with by his superiors' either because Of politics, or because of any other consideration. rt|The truth is, if you move about ®?^£UTiong republican senators and con gressmen here in Washington, you will hear several times a day that Mr. Blair and Mr. Mellon in all their official actions covering not only pro hibition but tax collections and other functions are less susceptible to po litical Influences than the republican senators and congressmen think they ought to be. It is notorious among republican senators and congressmen that Mr. Blair and Mr. Mellon have retained in their departments llter (Ttint to Page Eight. Column Six) 489 Teachers Attend Meeting at Holdrege Holdrege, Neb.. Nov. 1.—Four hun dred and eighty-nine southwest Ne braska teachers were registered here at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. In dications point to a record enrollment, as each Incoming train brings addi tional members of the profession. At 9:30 this morning a symposium of public education was opened by ,1. ft. Kroh, president of the Nebras ka Press association. Hia discussion of the subject was from the view I point of the press. * The ticket sale for the Little Sym phony orchestra Is quite brisk and indications point to a crowded house. Dr. G. M. Shidler's address, "The Challenge of the Boy," Is being looked forward to with great Interest. L Bad roads will probably cut the at tendance about one-third. r‘ ^bvernor Has to Itemize Laundry Bill for State Lincoln, Nov. 1.—Deputy Auditor Frank B. Honza is not the least, bit Intimidated by Governor Bryan's de , nunciatlon of his holding up a $7.75 laundry bill subject to Itemization. Today the bill was turned hack to the finance department for itemiza tion. and when it. has been concluded it la iprobable that the hjll will be paid, but Honza is not going to al low bills that are not properly drawn, governor or no governor. Former Nebraska Banker Dies in Los Angeles Hastings, Neb., Nov. 1.—George T. Brown, 7S, former vice president of the First National bank here, and for 30 years engaged in the banking busi ness in Adams county, died at hlH home In Los Angeles, according to word received here. Mr. Brown was prominently Identified with the de velopment of this section. Wild Ducks Plentiful Beatrice, Neb.. Nov. 1.—Ducks hsve been plentiful In this section of the state the past, few days, since the rain and snow. One hunter reports that he killed 12 mallards near the mouth of Bear creek on the Blue river, and several other sportsmen report good success . t Corn Yields 15 Bushels I Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 1.—L. L IN \ trough, living seven miles north ol ■^^gbeatrlce on the Cornhusker highway, reports that hs la gathering his corn crop, and that it. Is yielding 4B bushels to the acre. He Hays that most ol Lh« corn is well matured Nebraska Poultry and Products Yield Annual Returns Almost Equal to Wheat Eggs Valued at $25,500,000 and Dressed Poultry Worth $10,000,000 Sold Each Year by Farmers—Total Wheat Value, $57,445,000. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Be*. Lincoln, Nov. 1.—Poultry and It* product* put almost as many dollars Into the pockets of Nebraska farmers as wheat, a comparison of figures shows. According to Prof. F. E. Mussehl of the poultry department of the agricultural college, eggs bring in $25,000,000 a year to the owners of poultry and idressed poultry adds another $10,000,000. The report of the federal govern ment for a year ending December 1, 1922, shows that If every bushel of v. heat raised In Nebraska had been sold at the price then prevailing, wheat would have brought $57,445, 000. but since all the wheat raised in Nebraska Is not sold, this figure can not be taken as the actual amount realized by wheat growers. Figuring on the same basis—every bushel raised and sold—corn netted $105,792,000, oats $19,076,000, barley $2,047,000, rye $1,369,000 and pota toes $5,488,000. This year, with many acres that were formerly given to wheat now being devoted to other products, and with the prevailing low price of wheat, it would not be surprising if poultry products net the farmers as many dollars. So that poultry fanciers may make an' even greater sum from their llocks, C. B. Steward of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation was at work this morning organizing a state com mittee to lay plans for co-operative marketing. It is planned to organize on a basis laid down by Aaron Sapiro yesterday to poultry fanciers »ho met for the purpose in Lincoln. Poultry experts, Including Prof. Mussehl, met with Steward today and a tentative committee was selected, although it will not be possible to announce the selection for several days, Mr. Steward said. Fraud Hinted in Claims Paid for Hospital Design Notation on Architect’s Bill Filed With Veterans Bureau Puzzles Board of 'Inquiry. By CniTcrMl Seryie*. Washington, Nov, 1.—The veter* ans bureau investigation today re vealed these startling facts in con nection with the payment of $33,000, claim of Matthew O’Brien, San Fran cisco architect, aired yesterday: The claim was allowed and pay ment made by the general accounting office on an ex-parte showing of at torneys for the claimant: No effort was made to ascertain the facts on which Director Frank T. Hines of the veterans bureau acted when he disapproved the claim and so notified the general accounting office. President Coolidge. within $0 days, declined to arbitrate the controversy between O'Brien and the veteran* bureau on the validity of the claim, advising that It should take Its cours® through the general accounting office and the court of claims, since Director Hines had disapproved It. The supposed merits of the claim were passed on by a 23-year-old clerk In the general accounting office. The findings of this clerk were ap proved and th® payment was made on the authority of a 33,000 law clerk without reference to any higher authority in the general accounting office. A mysterious pencil memorandum found in the file on this claim re mains unexplained. This memoran dum was a calculation of 40 per cent of 33.300, the results being 31.320. Chairman Reed of the investigating committee said of this: "The amount of this claim was $33,000. Ten per cent of that is $3, 300. Somebody has been figuring on what is 40 per cent of this amount." W. K. Gordon, of the general ac counting office, the witness on the stand at the time, said: “I don’t think it means anything ” "I hope It doesn't" Reed replied. -Motorist Escapes Bandit Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 1.—A lone ban (lit attempted to hold up Frank Hoi llngworth as he was en route home in his car. When the man stepped out in the street and commanded Hollingsworth to halt he turned his machine to the other side of the street and made his escape. Police were notified, but were unable to find any trace of the would be robber. Rate Problem Needs Surgeon, Browne Savs j *■ Transportation Question Needs Skilled Effort, Rail Commissioner Tells Aurora Rotary Club. Aurora, Neb., Nov. 1.—‘‘Although the farming Industry is depressed beyond all reason, the Nebraska farmer Is no worse off than farmer* in any other section west of the Mississippi river,” declared Thorne A. Browne, railroad commissioner of Nebraska, in his address to the Au rora Rotary club at their regular monthly banquet. In discussing the relation of trans portation charges to the farming in dustry, Mr. Browne declared that in so far as transportation can be mad* to aid, it must do *o, but that the situation is acute enough to call for the skilled efTort of the economic surgeon, rather than operation with a meat ax. In so far as reductions in freight rate* can be made, they should com* to agriculture, he said. A group of state commissions in the middle west are preparing a case to show that the need of agricultural relief from war time freight rates i* great enough to warrant a shifting of the burden to other transporta tion. "The railroads of the country never handled so much business a* ia being handled now," said Mr. Browne. "Agriculture contributes a large share of this tonnage. General economic conditions can usually be fairly measured by the volume of freight transportation. The reason it is not a measure of agricultural prosperity is the unusual out of line price conditions for agricultural pro ductions. "On the whole, railroads havp im proved more In 192S than for the same period in 1922, but the eastern carriers have Improved more than the carriers in the middle west, chiefly because of the relief that ha* already been granted to farm prod ucts in reductions of freight rates. This relief In particular conalsta of lb per rent reduction In rates on wheat, 21 per cent on corn. 10 per cent on livestock and 15 per cent re ductions in rate* on hay. These make up the very large part of agricultural production In this part of the world." Mr. Browne declared that freight rates might be reduced considerably on some of the richer road* In Ne braska. ' SUNNY SIDE UP Don VanDueen. editor of the Blair Pilot, emerging from a flower store with Mrs. VanDuaen by his side. Cranks up the flivver and drives down to Omaha whenever the spirit moves him, which Is often Captain of a company In Third Nebraska during Yanko-Kpanko war. Veteran In news paper ranks. Progressive to the point of radicalism, hut fine fellow to chum around with. Complaints about depredations of youngsters on Hallowe’en, coming chiefly from men who often brag gbout the depredations 'hey com mitted when they were youngsters. Comes now the uninteresting In Oovernor Hadley queer sort of state salt In ton of sea water. May we ever expect preponderance of mud In city water again? Governor Hadley ueer sort of state executive. He Is really Opposed to the enactment of more laws, or even any considerable revision of laws we now have, until the people learn more respect for the laws now on the statute books. Have you noticed the gradual dis appearance of the hatpin? Women no longer fuss around to find a place to Jab the pin to fasten hat on head. They simply pick up a hat shaped after the fashion of a, trench helmet and Jam It down over their heads, much after the fashion of mere men. Time saver, also much handler. The Old Timer recalls that, about the most ’ hilarious Hallowe'en cele bration ever held In Omaha was jusl a quarter of a century ago. II marked ttie close of the Tianantleeis slppl exposition, and was panic!paled In by fully *0,000 peopls. Ths mid way ran with Juet a bit mors pep and zip. and the souvenir hunters were unusuaJly active. Beer steins there wasn't a ateln to be found the and when the gates finally closed there wasn’t ateln to be found the whole length and breadth of the ex position grounds. Often wondered If the men who wears a toupee thinks he Is really fooling anybody. Woman recsntly tried to convince Ihs police her husband was truthful because he had never lied to her In the whole course of their married life. They have been married nine months. A few years ago the man with a flowing mustache, prominent tnv perlal, long hair and a wlde-brlmmed hat would have attracted great at tention. Man of that description wandering about lobby of hotel and not even ths bellboys took a second glance at him. Attended my first smokeless ban quet last night. Only one of my sex present among 200 teachers. Enjoy able, but slightly embarrassing for » time. Buggest that the men might profit by having Mies Belle Ryan of ficiate as toastmlstresa soma time. Mias Ryan Is a past mistress In ths art. Right now my pet peeve Is to have a friend whisper In my ear that he has Just hsd a nip of prime stuff. Have doubts about there being any of that left; also doubt friendship of mnn who thus whispers and :il"P« there, WU*‘ v«ur ptt peeve'.' W -M M High Tariff Duty Urged by Growers Head of Wheat Farmers As sociated Will Seek Action From Congress and President. Export Bureau Sought Denver, Nov. 1.—President Coolldge and congress will be urged to place a heavier tariff on wheat Imported into the United States and to estab lish a government board or bureau with power to purchase and mer chandise the exportable surplus. George C. Jewett, general manager of the American Wheat Growers' as sociated, said. The announcement followed a two day conference between representa tive* of the wheat grower*’ organi zation and the Lowden committee, at which plans for centralizing the control of co-operative wheat market ing were discussed. Mr. Jewett said hi* association would urge that the government bu reau or board be given authority to sell the wheat in the world markets, and that any load taken on the ex portable surplus be prorated back on the entire wheat crop. The plan was originated and agree® upon in an executive meeting of the board of trustees of the Wheat Grow ers' association yesterday, Mr. Jewett said. He declared he would go to Washington early thi* month and lay the plan before the government. Women Teachers Awarded Prizes After Banquet Male Instructors Barred From Dinner — Omahan Wins First in Painting Contest. Miss Belle Ryan presided tosst mistress at the all women's banquet at the Hotel Fontenelle la»t night. The dinner was arranged by Mise Mary Foster, who had charge of the prize list. Prizes of considerable value were donated by Omaha mer chants, and these were distributed by lot amidst great applause. At each plate was palette and brush with three colors, and each guest was asked to paint the portrait of the neighbor on the right or left. Much merriment ensued when the commit tee reported and the various artlstla efforts portrayed. Miss Rlsle Smith of Omaha was awarded first prise In the painting contest. Among the distinguished guests were Miss Patty Hill of Columbia university. Miss Hill spoke briefly, among other things saying that she noted a growing pride on the part of teachers in the profession they have chosen, and better spirit prevailing among them. Miss Margaret Streeter, another distinguished guest, compli mented the district association by say ing that the convention here Is the nearest like the national superintend ents' meeting of any she had ever at tended. She said there was a grow ing appreciation of good music, and gave much of the credit for this to the public schools. The banqueters sang a number of old plantation anngs under the direc tion of Miss O'Toole. Miss Rlackburn at the piano. The attendance was so large that a number had to be accommodated In the main dining room. These came Into the Palm room to enjoy the short talks and Join In the singing. Road Contractors Sue State for $42,428.72 speetal IHspatrh te The Omaha Bm. Mncoln.Nov. 1.—Counsel for Peter son, Rhlrley * Gunther. Omaha con tractors, appeared In district court here this morning to prosecute a 142.429.72 suit against the state of Nebraska and George W. Marsh, state auditor The contracting com pany claims It has not been suffl rtently paid for the Harrlton Whit ney road In Rloux county and seeks to recover through the courts. The road contract, according to the contractors, called for clearing and excavating which totaled $129.294 01. They have been paid $9t,887 29 to date. The charge for excavation was to he mad« on a sliding scale, da pendent upon the difficulty of the work, and the stats maintains that the contractors have made a mistake In the classification of ths work and are charging too much. Man May f-nif Log From Arridrnt With Shredder Kearney, Neb., Nov. 1.—Frank Cline of Pleasanton, la a patient In the hospital here as the result of an unusual accident which occurred on hla farm savers! days ago While engageii In shredding corn, a pin In the machinery became fast ened and Cline sought to kick It loose Ills foot esught In the shredder and before the marhlne could ha brought to a Standstill the leg was drawn In up to lbs knee The bones were crushed and amputation may be nee •taint te »*T* Wa >U% A Ventured Prediction as to What We Will Be Doing a Year From Now Judge Who Nominated W. J. Bryan Near Death Judge \Y. It. Oldham. Kearney. Neb.. Nov. I —Judge \V. p. Oldham, who was ntrlcken with apoplexy about three rflonths ago, and who haa been Invalided since that time, la reported slowly sinking and attending phyeletann fear that the end la near Judge Oldham la known through out the state an a barrister of unusu al ability and la widely known in p<e lltlcal circles. In 1900 he nominated William Jennings Bryan for tha pres! dency at the St. Louis national demo cratic convention. Teachers Instead of Motors Teachers from all parts of Ne braska art taking advantage of the reduced railroad fares In force dur lug the convention, and are coming to Omaha in large number* behind a puffing locomotive. Few have made their way by automobile, according to J. ti. Haakln, secretary of the Omaha Auto club "The roads are in fine shape dr olared Mr. Haakln yesterday We are receiving visile from many lour lata front California.'' he ndded Moat of these are coming by way of the Santa Fe highway, which leads through Kansas, It la too late for the Lincoln highway, according to Mr. Haakln "That road la not In good condition for traffic at the pres ent time," ho said. State** Claim to $100,000 K*tat«* in Hand* of Jury Special Ihepatrh In The Omaha Wee. Haatlnga, Neb,, Nov. I The second hearing of heirship claimants to tha 1100.000 estate of John O'Connor. Haatlnga recluse, closed late today when the case went to the Jury. Four groups claim the estate, headed by John F. Klrkntan. Omaha; Kd ward Connor, Lapeer, Mich.; Hudolph Olson, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, and Mary J. (Salbigher, penver. The hearing has been In progress 24 days and the avlrtenre and argu ment. If printed, would make 50 or dinary slxed volumes. The slate, rep ■ eaented by S|>ei lal Counsel \V T Thompson. Is also claiming lit* e-tat* on tha ground that UC'unoi bad no hair* a Sidelights on Teachers’ Meeting Miss Emma Scherwin. county su perintendent of t'edtr, comes all the way from Hartington to attend the teacher*- convention here. That Is furthermost point in the Second dis trict. One of the most enthusiastic of the county superintendents present is Mms Brown of Thurston county. She brought a large proportion of the county's rural teachers with her. W. T. Poucher. superintendent of Burt county. Is among those pres ent. He is one of the rapidly dimin ishing number of men county super intendents. Practically all of Hartington* teachers are on hand, showing not only their interest but the interest of the patron* of the Hartington schools. And it's quite a Jaunt from Hartington to Omaha. Superintendent J. I. Kay of Hie Emerson schools is kept busy trying to listen In on all the sectional meet Inge. J. J. Tigert. United Stales commis sioner of education, left Omaha Im mediately after his address Wednes day night, going to Kirksville. Mo., where he assists in the dedication of a new huildlng at the normal school. He and Governor Hyde traveled to gether A. H. Waterhouse, superintendent of the Fremont schools, former prin cipal of (he Omaha High, is a busy man. He made three addresses Thurs day, and shook hands with $.200 teachers and something like 1,800 other friends in Omaha Kpesklng of averages, th# men teacher* agree that the average age of the women teachers present is a bit under 2$. Teachers with bobbed hair, 1.3 per cent. Teachers who use cosmetics and lipsticks. .001 per cent. Smiles, 100 plus per cent. Pulchritude away shove par Beauty, Incompar able One of the real live teacher* pres ent is Mr*. Elsie Jaeger of Columbus She has charge of whit la called the "opportunity room ' of Columbus schools and is proving wonderfully expert at fitting children Into the right niches, A. V. I .arson head of the manual training department of the Colum hu* schools. Is admittedly one of the leaders In that department of school activity. A noticeable increase In th* num ber of men teachers. The explann tlon Is the Increasing Interest In man ual and pliyalcal development. But the male county superintendent 1* likely to be ns extinct a* the dodo In a few years. Young men predominate among th# male teacher*. A middle aged fat man would look queer frying to teach physical training by example. Mias Eldrldge at th* Information denk to the rescue of pusxled reporter. Granted him permission to attend a very exclusive banquet. Executive committee of the district all smiles. Kegislration at 3 p. m. Thursday was 3.300. and more com ing. Total attendance expected to reach 4,000 before noon today The pageant at the City auditorium tonight I* one of Hie convention high lights. Management now worrying about making room for all who wish to attend. 1’rimlpal Campbell of Piattsmouth trying to take In all th* meeting* and shake hands with all friend* fc Picked for himself s diffleul^ task, •specially the latter. William Bpaht, principal of the Ne braska City schools, registered in yes. terday noon, and hopes to remain until the lights are turned out. U. s. Conn, head of Wayne nor mal. registers In and kept busy greet ing friends. He says the teachers' college it flourishing as dtever before. A number of towns located In the Third district are asking that they be transferred to the Omaha district, which is No. S. Among them are Walthlll, Oakland, Craig and Te kamah. One reason is that the train connection* to Omaha are better. An other reason Is that they would rather come to Omaha. Miss Jessie Leeper of Nemaha county is one of the numerous coun ty superintendents present. Miss Alpha Peterson, superinten dent of Cass county, reports a steady improvement in school conditions, due lo an increasing interest on the part of parents William Leeper. principal of the Kagle consolidated school, 14 miles from Lincoln, l» attending the Omaha convention. Mis* Bertha Bishop, superintendent of Sarpy county, held her county in stitute Wednesday, and on Thursday escorted all of her rural teacher* to the Omaha convention. W. H. Morton, superintendent of the Beatrice schools, went through Lincoln to attend the district meet ing In Omaha The champion long distance at tendant is Mrs. Ida Bell, superinten dent of Grant county. Sh* drove from Grant to Ogallala to catch a train for Omaha. Fsmlnlns manual training teachers ar* not numerous. Miss May of the school* at Grant, Perkins county, is one of them. To her is given the record among teachers for the largest number of miles traveled to atten 1 the Omaha meeting Superintendent R- R. McGee of the Columbus schools la devoting consul era hie of his time to inspecting school building* in Omaha Columbus is new preparing to vote on a $Jiin.pn<» bond proposition for school buildings Visitors attending the teachers' con vention of District No. 1 here were entertained yesterday at a special tea given by the Prsndela store at the Italian Renaissance loom at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Over ROtl were present at the tea. and took part In the dance which followed Music was furnished by Randall's royal or chestra Each teacher was presented with a roee as sh# entered A few school master* also came and took part In th* tea and the dancing.^ "Tou can't keep a rose away from a man,'' laugh ed Mis* Berth* Calvert of the ad vertising department, when asked if th* male Instructors received rose* also Mis* Calvert was one of those In charge of arrangements. "Everybody seemed well satisfied." aald Mis* Calvert. "We all had a fin# time, and we are going to repeat the performance at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon " Knees Bogus Check Charge Beatrice. Neb Nov 1 - Edward M Nelaon of Nora. Neb. w.a* arrested at that place, charged with passing » no fund check for JR at the fair • tor# of this eit> Sheriff Sailing h i* **M tm Noam to bring him hack Says Meet Must Aim to Fix Sum Holds Part in Reparations Parley Useless Unless Ger* many’s Ability to Pay 16 Determined. Poincare Intrigue Seen Washington, Nov. 1.—The Uniteo States will refuse to participate in the proposed reparations conferenct unless It Is permitted to inquire inu Germany's capacity to pay. This statement was made today by an authorized spokesman for the gov ernment. who added: "It never has been our intention that the delegates to the conference should conduct an abortive and lim ited inquiry." Premier Poincare then (if press le ports from Paris are verified! seem ingly succeeded in imposing a condi tion to which this government will not give its assent, when he said: "Let it (the reparations conference not attempt either to change decisions already taken regarding the total amount of our credits, or engage in future Attempts indefinitely.” The spokesman declared Chat all previous official utterances of the French premier could be squared with the terms upon which it is proposed to hold the conference. It was assert ed that if that government is noti fied officially that the conference must not investigate Germany's rep aration paying ability. It will not be worth w hlle to agree to American pat tlclpation. The State department, tonight was without word from France that Poin care has barred a reparations inquiry, but officials obviously were disturbed by the cable dispatches coming through unofficial channels. The theory hitherto held by Secre tary Hughes that in his various pub lic speeches Premier Poincare mere ly was reserving all French rights from the danger of being arbitrarily disposed of by the conference, is bad ly shaken. Officials now admit that it looks very much as though Poin care is following deliberately the pol. icy of piling condition on conditio* until Great Britain and the United States give up ail hope of redueng Germany’s war bill through interna tional agreement. Get Out Rainstick Robins Advice Warm South Wind Brings Clouds and Wet Weather for Friday Predicted. Omaha* Indian summer weather ^ may revert to a semblane* of April shower* today. If th* weather mar is to hav a hi* wav about It. "Warmer and partly cloudy, with probable shower*," opined M V. Robins, me teorologist of the weathe- bureau last night. Yesterday, the wind from th# west which had caused the hasty exit o' Chief Winter a few day# ago. begn: to lose prestige with the recorde. at the weather bureau, and a moist warm south wind breezed into Omaha at th# rate of eight miles an hout. It hrought with it some of the clouds which have been trying lo form a smoke screen over the sky in the sunny southland. Hence, Mr. Robins' forecast. - Snow on the streets has disap peared entirely, though a little slush •till remains on some of th# side walks. In some lots, the white cov erlet has remained intact, to the be wilderment of Old Sol and pawing science bugs. The mercury yesterday registered SS degree* at 7 a. m . when the offi cial dav at the weather bureau be gin*. JTT noon it had reached 47 de grees Three hours later it still hov ered around 4S degrees. Weather similar to Omaha's was reported throughout the state The same general condition prevailed in Minnesota. Iowa, the Dakotas and other nearby stales ; Paralytic Stroke Fatal to Platte Center Pioueer Columbus, Neb Nov. 1 -Frank Siracke SO. pioneer settler of Flatt* county, died at his home near Platt# Center today He suffered a par alytic »trok* Tuesday. Funeral services await the arrival of a daughter. Mr* Frank Kohl, who Is expected tomorrow from Canada. Surviving Mr Straoke are his wife, two sons, George Straoke of Madison and Bernard Stracke of Platte Center, and three daughter*. Mrs Dtesburg, Platte Center. Mrs Will K rings. Cedar Rapid*. Neb and Mrs Kohl of Canada | The Weather j r<*r f4 hv'urn *ndmf ? r nt Nov*mto*t i. ms TMWPMBlar* 4* Si. mean 4t; »#r* m * l. 4 b TMaI bt.-emi i iii f '«tnt*rv \ Hcluliw* Humitlilv I'rrcMitMf . am *4 n v'r. (1 . * v ni sf l*rr# ll*ll4»l**n. Inchc* HwittlfvtllM Tot*! o, t$t*i «tB.WntMtrj I. 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