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=~l The Omaha m < irning ' iee Vol. 53—no. 139. gsf * TVSTSTS F!feC omaha. Monday. November 26. 1923. • &„r rJr^rJriv^vvy» two cents - "ire::?. Gun Men Suspects Deny Guilt Trio Unmoved When Told Body of McArdfe Found; drilling for 36 Hours ''aih to Change Story. Inquest Set for Today Without a tremor of a muscle or the quiver of an eyelid, James Grif fin, 1020 North Nineteenth street, and William Welter and Jesse Banker of Nehbraska City, alleged gangsters held In connection with the murder of llenry JIsArdle whose body was found in a hurncd haystack near Pa vilion Friday night, met the an nouncement yesterday that the charred body of their victim had K#s^en found and identified. The revelation, which had been held from them for ove t24 hours, was psychologically timed to strike the suspects in their moment of weakness after they had been grilled and questioned for over 36 hours by\ • authorities. Insist on Innocence. Steadfastly, through the long hours of grilling, the trio had all stuck to their declaration, that although' the evidence was almost conclusive, they knew nothing of the body's whereabouts. With the same stoli dity, sternness of visage, hardness of v eye, they greeted the declaration that McArdle's body, the one link the state needed to charge them with his mur der, had been found. They say noth ing hut continue to assert their ig norance of the whole matter. A coroners inquest /will be held this afternoon at 2:30 In the John A. Gen tleman undertaking parlors. "The state has its case in almost complete shape and will only offer sufficient testimony to warrant a ver dict of murder. I do not believe It necessary to call mare than 10 wit nesses." declared County Attorney Henry ileal. An X-ray taken of the burnt body of McArdie showed that the bullet which resulted In death entered the head below the right ear and was im bedded in the base of the skull below the left ear. according to Drs. A. F. Tyler nrid S. McOleneghan, who con duct*!,;- the deamination under the di rection of Paul Steinwender. Crank Was Bloody. ramn The factured skull might have been caused by the bullet or a blow on the head or perhaps both.” said Dr. Tyler. The crank of Brunson's car in which Leo Brunson and the dead McArdie were kidnaped follow ing the shooting was covered witli blood to which tufts of hair were ad hering. According to Tyler. McCIeneghan disci,vored traces of what might have been a bullet wound In the abdomen. If a bullet was responsible for these traces. It must have passed entirely through the body. Witnesses all de clare only one shot was heard. Station Held Up; Three Men Kidnaped Olathe. Kan.. Nov. 25.—Four bun dits entered the Santa Fe pnssenget station here, dynamited the safe and after collecting about $200. kidnaped E. C. Gilbert, station master, and two express men and fled in an automobile. X hastily organized posse discov ered the three men two hours later locked in a tool house about three miles from the scene. They were unharmed. Gilbert was unable to give a com plete description of the bandits. He said they drove toward Kansas City. Geneva Bank Buys Cows for Farmers Geneva. Neb., Nov. 25.—Cows for dairying purposes have been shipped In by the Citizens Htate bank and sold to farmers In Fillmore county. Twenty-four ftead of Holstelns were purchased in Wisconsin recently by John I*. Davis. He was accompanied on the buying trip by Otto Liebers. dairy expert, of Lincoln. Two Counties Report Banner Popcorn Crops Greeley, Neb., Nov. 25.—According to reports from Valley and Garfield countleB, farmers In the popcorn dis trict arc realizing well on this year's crop. Art Meyer, a Garfield county farm er. is averaging $100 an acre from his crop, which Is yielding two tons to the acre and Is contracted at $50 a ton. Joe Wnrford, Valley county farmer, has 70 acres of popcorn, averaging 2.700 pounds an acre. He Is receiv ing $50 a ton. Kevenl big yields qre reported from North Loup, the heart of the pop corn belt. Two Rum Suspects Held Hantore Saleno was arrested Satur day night by I’ete McGuire, morals squad head, In a raid on Haleno's home at 1525 South Sixteenth street. Police seized a hi 111 and 105 gallons of alcohol, which they discovered In a "trick" basement of the house. Tony Bruno, 3614 North Fifteenth streel, was arrested last .night by J'ete McGuire's morals Squati i. H raid on his premises. Officers con fiscated 60 gallons of whisky anil 20 barrels of mast $ -1- - Where New York Comptroller Must Ser _vvv ^e Ciia.rle.r I>.C*vu.gj Esnsnzjc CDWi-'tfyiPr'ttftoirtA * The decision of the supreme court of the Fnited Slates, upholding the 60-day sentence Imposed upon Charles I.. Craig, comptroller of the eity of New York, by Kede.al Judge Julius l«. Mayer, has been followed by a demand for a revision of the laws under which judges may holl citizens In contempt of court. For making adverse criti cism of Judge Mayer in a transit case in which the city was interested, Mr. Craig must leave his comfortable home in Riverside Drive, where he is pictured, and spend 60 days In this block of cells in the Kssex county jail at Newark, N. J. Two Are Killed, Third May Die in Auto Wreck Car Traveling at High Speed Overturns, Pinning Victims Under Wreckage; Survivor Escapes Miraculously. Auburn, Neb., Nov. 25.—Two men were Instantly killed and another sus tained probably fatal Injuries when the automobile In which they were riding turned over on the Omaha ICansas City federal highway, nine miles south of Plattsmouth, about 1 this morning. The dead are Alex ltain, 55, and Henry Umland, 35. both of Auburn. John Burley, also of Au burn, Is in the hospital here not expected to recover. A fourth mem ber of the party. Shelby Hummel, of Plattsmouth, was thrown clear of the wreckage and miraculously escaped Injury. Bummel said the car was traveling at a terrific rate of speed, probably more than 60 miles an hour, when suddenly it seemed to swerve and instantly afterward overturned. The three men were pinned under the rear wheels of the wrecked car. The bodies of the two dead were badly mutilated. The cav was driven by Vrotftndt and the four were on their way to Omaha from Auburn. Bumrtlel said they took advantage of the smooth stretch of highway, about two miles long, to "step on it a bit." Eighteen Speeders Nabbed by Police Increased vigilance of traffic offi cers Saturday resulted In 18 Speeders being booked at the police station by midnight. Those arrested are Harold Ilrake. Council Bluffs: Creighton lira gnz. 4109 M street; Mike Marfifi, 1119 Pacific street; J. Thull, 1703 Dodge street; Harold Robbins. 4804 North Thirty-sixth street; L. Schesehy. East Omaha; Robert Furrev, Jr.. East Oma ha; N. Osheroff. 1119 North Seven teenth street; Florence Shealy, 2721 Maple street; Louis Travis. 2518 South Twenty-fifth street; John Sbnra, 1004'i South Twentieth street; W. M. Haynes, 2107 North Twenty-eighth street; Leroy Fox. 7740 North Thirty eighth street; Howard Ivane, 1815 Oray street; William Smltt, 2225 Sew ard street; James Stoker. 2445 South Seventeenth street; W. S. Ray, 2626 Sprague street, and Bert Herps, 2617 Woolworth avenue. Washouts on Farms Take Toll of Fertility Lincoln, Nov. 25.—An exhaustive survey nearing completion In certain sections of Cass county by the stnto college of agriculture shows that the acres depleted by soil erosion run as high as 20 per cent. In order to eliminate this condi tion which is cutting deeply .Into the production capacity of many of the farms of the county, agricultural ex perts in charge of the survey are recommending the planting of more sweet clover or alfalfa and an In crease in the number of livestock on farms suffering from soil erosion. Dr. F. i 'r. Srnilh in Finn/ Drn The Lions club will hold n Thanks giving dinner Tuesday noon, at the Fontenelle hotel. There will he tur keys, prizes and surprises for every one. The entertainment will he fur nished by May Hobson’s quartet, wfille Kenneth Wldenor will play n piano solo. Dr. Frank O. Smith of the First Congregational rhurch will he the main speaker. Dr. George A. Miller will preside. Speeding Students May He Suspended Lincoln, Nov. 25.—University of Nebraska students that violate auto mobile speed ordinances may be sub jecting themselves to suspension from the school, Police Judge ('hap pen announced to a number brought before him yesterday charged with exceeding the safety limits. The Judge wild he would confer with Dean Kngberg on the advisa bility of suspending the guilty. The accused pleaded they wer« compelled to drive fast In order to reach their classrooms on lime, but It not save them from the imposition of fines. Scientist Would Include Tests in Motorist Licensing Measure — C. O. Webber of State Univer sity Says Fear of Acci dents Needs to Be De veloped. Lincoln. Nov. 25,—Should psychol ogists he. asked to assist in drawing up an automobile drivers' license law for Nebraska their lirst step would be the inclusion of on*, of the many simple "attention tests,” according to Christian O. Webber of the psycho; logy department, University of Nee braska. “A series of psychological tests, carried out at tjie instigation of eastern street railway companies by the late Hugo Munstcrberg, showed that motormen who had figured In the majority of accidents on which the companies had paid damages lacked constancy of attention,” Mr. Webber said. "Prior to the tests it had been pretty generally assumed that many1 of the so called ‘avoidable’ accidents were due to a lack of dexterity on the part of the motorman, but Munsterberg proved that although this might be a contributing factor, it was negligible compared to incon stancy of attention.” The chief light psychology would throw on automobile accidents I* the way they come, about, Mr. Webber said. People have no instinctive fear of an impending accident when they are in an automobile, doubtless be cause automobiles are so modern tha.t there has not been sufficient time for the development of such fear. Another reason is that the most deeply graven and lasting Im pressions come frtwn actually witness ing an event or accident, and since the majority of people gain their knowledge of accidents through read ing of them, there is not the same fear impressed ns there would be were accidents actually seen. P.ersons who get into avoidable ac cidents can be said to be lacking In imaginative foresight, since instinct Is not such a great help to the hu man being, Mr. Webber continued. Further, many persons fall to real ise how fast a car is traveling after it has once got In motion, since the delicate mechanism that conveys to the brain a sense of movement Is not so active when one is proceed ing st a fairly steady rate as when there Is a sudden change of motion. Mr. Webber declared that experi enced drivers who apparently never look to the right or left when i rose ing an intereection. ha\e unconscious ly developed and are using a proved psychological fact that tha outer edge of the retina of the eye is the most sensitive to motion. Girl Seeks Death Over Love Affair Lillian Oonsigr. 2230 Jones street, attempted sufrlde In hei apartment late yesterday nflemoon by shooting herself through the left breast, the bullet making Its exit under the left shoulder Made. She lies at the point of death at Lord Lister hospital. The cause of her act Is ascribed to a love affair. Mrs. Conely Is a divorcee. It is tie da red. Her parents live In Valley. Financial Retrenchment Begun at Athletic Club A plan for financial retrenchment at the Omaha Athletic club Is being announced by the board of directors on the club bulletin. It Is explained that the retrench ment program Is being made In an ef fort fo place the club dining room, the club swimming pool and the club gymnasium,on h paying bnsls. A fee Is now lielng charged for the u«s of the pool and the gym. The plan to place the dining room on a paying basis calls for the reduc tion In s xe of the 10-plece orchestra led by Gilbert .Taffy, the violinist. Trial Halted for (lupid. Limn, (>,, Nov. 24.—A wedding may he more Important than n trial. This, apparently. Is the judgment of Justice of the Peace William H. Guy ton. A Jury case was In progress In Justice Guyton's court It was halt ed, however, by the squire until he performed the ceremony uniting In wedlock Miss K(1 na MucKile. Ill, and Walter Martin, 2!», carpenter, In the presence of attorneys and Jurors as | spectators. % C. 0. Webber. rv French and Ruhr Pact Threatens Allied Crisis Britain Issues Strong Verbal Protest on Method Dis posing of German Collections. By I til rerun I Service. Palls, Nov. 25.—Another Anglo French cries, more acute than even the recent dash which nearly broke the entente, looms as the result of a new concord between the French and the Ruhr Industrialists. It Is learned tonight that a strong verbal protest by Britain has already ia*en delivered against the term* of the agreements on the grounds that they seriously affect the rights of the other allies concerning reparations. According to the agreements, only the value of deliveries In kind will he turned over hy lhe French to the rep arations commission for distribution among all the allies, while all the. cash collected In the form of taxes and customs, and also whatever France gets from the actual operating of several Industries already seized, will be kept by France for running ex penses In the Ruhr. East Fails to Realize Farm Needs Katinas Secretary of Agricul ture Declares Limitation of Production to Demand Is Way Out. Raise Food to Order By P. C. POWELL Wii.hltictnn Correspondent The Omnhn Bee. Washington, Nov. 25.—A picture sque figure In Washington this week is J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state department of agriculture at Topeka, Kan. Mohler has been secretary of agri culture for 20 years In Kansas. Demo cratic and Republican governors come and go but there Is no question as to Mohler staying on the job. The farmers In Kansas decided In the early days that this one job of such vital Importance to them must be freed of politics. Therefore, they drew up a law which keeps their sec retary on the Job, subject to the will of the slate board of agriculture which is a board selected and operated by the farmers. The governor hasn't a thing to say about Mohler’s appoint ment. East Misunderstands. Mohler expresses much concern over the differences, economically, ex isting between the industrial east and the agricultural west. The picture he draws is pessimistic to say the least. '.’Unless the east begins to under stand and sympathize with our prob lems, Independent, farm owning agri culturists will someday be a thing of the past and our agricultural states will be divided into huge landed es tates farmed by tenants,” Mohler said. "Even now statistics in our state in dicate that the percentage of arwill farm owners is growing less while the number o ftenant farmers is grow ing by leaps and bounds. East Is Prosperous. ' The east undoubtedly Is prosper ing. All Industrial plants, except those of manufacturers of farm Im plements aVe doing a hugs business and getting prices for their products much In excess of the cost of pro duction. "Everyone In the weat \nows that ths farmers' products are selling be low coat of production. The most bitter phase of the situation la that apparently the east doesn't cate Aiuch about our condition. "The east manufactures our shoes, our clothes and all of our necessities. The east handles Its production #o that seldom there la a surplus and westerner* must pay their prices. Must Fit Production to Market. "Apparently from a political angle they have the best of us, because they represent the largest percentage of population. As w are doing now they can make or break ua. "To my mind there Is only two ways in which to place the east In the same position relativa to price of our pro ducts as they have placed ua In ob taining their products. That 1* to put agriculture on the same business basis as the Industrial plants put their products. "We should have men who can fig ure out the amount of wheat, corn, oats, alfalfa and cattle the trade de tnands and curtail our production to their figure*. To do this means we must trust someone to handle these matters and follow directions on pro duction and produce no more than is ordered. It also means diversified farming on an extensive basis.’* Q SUNNY SIDE UP The flotsam and Jetsam of a big city. Borne on the tide surging in front of Municipal Judge Baldwin. A dozen speeder* arraigned, and all of the careful drivers. Judge admits that everybody drives carefully, but assesses stiff fines, Just the Mine. Two roughly clad young fellows insist that they have been shucking corn and want to get back to old home town in Illinois. Tell a pretty straight story and are allowed to go under suspended sentence. Man with badly discolored optic tells the Judge how rnan smote him without warrant or excuse. Man denies it, but judge accepts word of man with damaged ♦ ye. Dilapidated man accused of being a vag. Admits it and gets .10 days and n lecture. Couple of painted females in dilpiduted finery plead not guilty. A few sharp questions ami they are led hack. Judge Cooley wandering at large through corridors of station. Constant stream of visitors flowing Into Police Commissioner Dunn's office. An odor of formnlde hyde pervades every nook and corner. Humanity in nil its aspects constant ly ebbing and flowing through the halls. A Mg three horse truck hauled to the limit with scrap Iron. Truck set lies into a chuck hole and the three Mg horses strain vainly to start the load. Driver climbs down "fT seat find walks to horses' heads. Pats each one gently and reai hlng into his pocket gets a lump of sugar for each one. Stands to one side, shakes the lines arid calls "AH together now. boys!" The three horses shake their heads, rtouch down and strain against the collars, and the big truck moves ahead. "Th*f's the stuff." shouts the driver its he swings hack to bis high perch and drives away Signs advertising poultry show at Municipal auditorium It will have lo be a good one if it excels the poultry show presented when the big i fflee buildings turn loose their femi nine contingent at 5 p. m. Hlg display windows filled with Christinas goods, mostly toys. K.tger little faces pressed against the glass, and childish voices discussing the merit of different articles. Mothers escorting little ones, pulled and hauled sideways towards the windows, and uuostlons fly thick and fast. Snappy weather, big window displays, hur rying throngs. childish chatter signs and lairtenis of the approach ing yuletlila anti Thanksgiving yet to come. Not a great deal of excitement In this department over war In boot legger camp. If rival bootlegging gangs will confine their killings to their own membership, will advocate police keeping hands off. Wouldn’t grieve a little tilt If rival gangs should emulate successfully and euthusins finally the famous cals of Kilkenny. Miss Joseph inn Andrea of l.os An geles geta^hei picture In the papers because site has not been lute to school In 13 years. That's a fine record, but In making If Josephlna has missed a lot of fun Women of Witrnerville. Neb,, went out and shucked a thousand bushels of corn to earn money to pay for repairing r<sif of village church. Strikes me that when the roll Is called up yonder the male population of that community will not crowd tilings much around the liar of Justice, Friend sends m« marked copy of London (Knglandl newspaper. Ar tli lea marked ars advertisements of products once familiar tn tilts conn tit Very reminiscent reading Many of ihe names familiar after thinking back a lilt. After sober second thought sober being a mighty good word In this connection ^Ain Inclined to believe that party mailing afore said newspnpci la pteaiimiiig too much on old friendship. W. M M 1 Radio Phone Used by Air Mail Pilot (By Pacific & Atlantic.) The above photograph shows .lark Knight, air mail pilot, holder of the world's record for number of miles flown, with his radio-telephone set, which is the ‘‘last word” in th<* protection of pilots. Radio fans throughout Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado are now listening for Knight’s voice, as he keeps in touch with central division headquarters in Omaha while in flight. Farmer Seeks Legal Light on Case of Trained Beavers That Cut Down Trees Animals That Half-Breed Raised as Pets • Destroy Tit:.her on Adjoining Farm. So Loser Wants His Just Share of Profits on Firewood — O Nwl|j Neb., Nov. 25.—Is an indi vidual who domesticates a wild ani mal liable under the Nebraska laws for profits accruing to him through the depredations of such animal when by law the ownership of the animal is vested In the state? • This Important legal proposition has been put up to Justice of the f’eare M F. Kirwin of Boiling Springs township, southern Rock county, by James Burngold, who complains that a hand of pet beavers domesticated by Charley Laughing Horse, a half-breed, who resides just below him on Bkull creek, a tributary of the Caiamas river, is felting his timber and float ing it down the stream to where Charley can corral It and sell It for firewood. Mr. Laughing Horse, it seems, sev eral years ago rescued from the traps of a trespasser several lieavers and cared for them in his milk hq,use. a dugout. through which a small spring creek flowed He fed them on salted com and willow cuttings the remaind er of the winter and the iVavers were quick to realire the laments of a habi tation protected from the attacks of their enemies. They soon lost fear,of Mr. laugh ing Horse anti members of his faimly and since have continued to abide in the milk house, meantime multiply ing as nature intended. Domestic life, however, failed to eliminate all of the wild tendencies and instincts of the little workers, and when the young beavers arrived the older ones took thojn out to the ranch orchard to give them first lessons in timber gnawing. Mrs. touching Horse objecting to this destruction. Charley finally at tracttd the attention of the beavers elsewhere by cutting saplings from along the creek and bringing them to the barnyard for his pets to work i upon. Having noticed the extreme! fondness of the animals for the salted corn, he conceived the idea of paint ing the logs with a saline solution and soon had the beavers chewing them up Into sbwewood lengths. From this point it was but a step to salt the tree trunks along the stream and to let the older beavers do the felling, and then to catch the timber as it floated down to the barn yard, where the little beavers worked it up. Other beavers Joined the colony the second year, but It was only sfter the timber on the Laughing Horse ranch became exhausted that they began foraging on the upstream re serves and floating the logs down stream to be salted. Mr. Burngold paid no attention to the depredations of thd Laughing Horse pet beavers until he learned that Charley was getting more fire wood than he needed for home con sumption and was selling some of It to the neighbors. Now he contends he is entitled to a share of the earnings, or at least to enough of the firewood to supply his own needs. Judge Jvirwin will confer with County Attorney Nolan before rendering a decision Fascist Premier Says Debt Payment Is Myth Bt l nUrrstl Sffvlre. Rome, Nov. 25.— l am convinced that the payment of reparations be longs In the domain of mythology." said Renlto Mussolini, premier of It aly. "While Italy has not re nounced Its share eyeu though It Is very modest, we are under no Illusions as to Its actual payment. "It Is dangerously supei^luous to waste (Into in Interminable discus slons Italy has shouldered Its bur dens Itself It hss gone back to work and Is determined to restabillze Itself financially and economically. Italy hasn't |oat sight of the reparations question, hut we are acting and shall act ns If It didn't exist. "Rut there arc other questions In which we are Interested, the Rhine re public. for Instance. If this republic succeeds It will either be autonomous within the telch or Independent out side the relch. If the lust Is the case, then nothing Is changed, but If the second comes to pas* then the treaty of Versailles is destroyed. ’ Hliondthi Welsh Male ('horns to Appear in Concert Here The Rhondda Welsh male chorus will appear In concert «t the Kirst Methodist church lVceinbor IS. on der the auspices of the Wops class of young mm. The chorus Is making a tour of the country. (ireeley Guilts Pickers. Greeley, Neb. Not. 'J»» Greeley munty furnuTfi nrc crying for corn picker* This ciuiniy ha* a banner crop this year, and the farmer* are anxious to harvest It before winter. They are offering from 7 to 9 cents a bushel lo cornhuskers Scores of cornfield* are said to l*c averaging from 60 to 60 bushels an acre Judge Seeks Presidency Quincy, III., Not 21* Judge Floyd K Thompson of the Illinois supreme court will be a candidate for president of the I'nlted States on th* demo cratlc ticket, according to wont re t cited from him her* t«»da> 4 % | Lloyd George Pledges Liberals Aid to Europe* lamdon. Nov. "S — England's rela tion* with France never have been worse.'1 former Premier Lloyd George declared In a campaign speech at Glasgow. "A settle ment of Europe'* troubles has be* n postponed for many years." The former premier pledged the liberal party to undertake every ef fort to restore nomal peace In Eu rope, if given control of the govern ment. With the general election le«s than two weeks away, the campatgn is warming up all along the line. Lloyd George Is proving the central and most spectacular figure. All his old time vigor Is in /evidence. Harncston Man Fails to Identify Suspects Heat rice. Neb . Nov. Jf.,—O. P (’toss of Hameston. Neb., who was called to Kansas v'ity by authorities to see if he could identify three men held there, supposed to he members of the Kink rohbr Fang which visited Hameston some week* ago, and who was accosted by one of the robber* ow the night of the raid, was unable to Identify any of the n^n. Vi ar \ eteran Dies. IV* Moine* Nvli, Nov — l\uil Whltf, former Red Cloud boy, died Fluid>■ in Cedar Rapid*. la., ,»f m hetvuloal* contracted w hile serving In the navy during the war. lie leaves, a wife. 1 The Weather Vo- 54 hours ending T r m Novem bar 24: Temperature Hlptrit. 5*. lowest 44. mean 51: ner» util’.. 34 Total **< res am. e Januaiv 1, 11.1* Kelatlv# humidity, peroral age 7 a m. 7* noon 4 1 7 ** m . M 1’ieolp'tanou. In* h<-■* and hundredth’' Total. 0. Total »in« e J..nu*<\ \ Jo 34 •*\o, i, ot; ll-'uih Temperature* r> m m . * « m ......, if T » m .. . O f « in <T • n Mi J>0 t n n m t \ l * m .(<ti It noun. f>4 ' i v» m. I * p, in ....... ?i 3 |» m ... M < p m.. . 4 * 4 l» ni.4 ? * m ** ; a .»> 4«* * i' tn ....... 44 Smugglers Battle With U. S. Agents Last 200 Cases of 40,200 Case Shipment Are Seized; Schooner's Crew Carried Big Sums of Money. Two Shots Fired in Chase New York, Nov. 25—The British auxiliary schooner Tomako, most ad venturous of ail the rum carrying craft on the Atlantic, fell into the hands of coast euard early today af ter a sharp engagement six miles off Seabright, N. J. In the hold w» found William "Rummy Bill” McCoy, characterized by the government agents as the "rum smuggler king.” The coast guard cutters Seneca and Lexington, operating on information furnished by treasury department special agents that the Tomako ww off Seabright, lying in cloee t odispose of 200 cases of whisky, all that re mained of a 40.200 case cargo shipped recently In the Bahamas, proceeded to Sandy Hook long before daybreak. As dawn broke, the Lexington sight ed the schooner, its two sticks stand ing over the top of an early morning haze, and sent a radio message to the Seneca to proceed. When the cutters were a short distance away, a lookout aboard the schooner announced their approach. Immediately the little ves sel's sea anchor was aweigh. her aux iliary engine began throbbing and it was scampering to sea. Cutters Too Speedy. But the speed of the little vessel, w hich has taken part in many of the largest rum carrying expeditions from the Bahamas, according to govern ment agents, could not match that of the cutters and in less than a quart er of an hour they were close upon its heels. “Ahoy schoonre." shouted the com mander of the speedy Lexington. ' Heave to there, you little devil or there’ll be trouble.” "Heave to yourself," came the ans wering shout from the schooner’* stern. “Whaddve think j-er doln. rhasin a British boat outside th* three-mile limit.” "Bring It around or we’ll blow y«o clean down to Nashau." the coast guard warned. Two Shots Fired. So heed was paid to this thpea*. and a shot from the 3 inch gun on the Lexington whistled across the To mako's bow. its only effect was to Increase the schooner's speed. Then the Seneca sent another shot whining by the main mast. The cutters wer* almost upon her then, and the schoon er * captain brought her abou‘. A party of five from the cutter wa« dispatched in a small boat to board the schooner. As they climber over, several members of the crew attempt ed to push them back and a lively fist fight ensued, during which at least three members of the schooner’* crew got bloody noses arid sore heeds. Rounded up. the crew of elrht. jn cludlng the schooner’s master, Georg* Downey, were sent aboard the Lexing ton. Downey declared he was not liable to seizure, as the lf-mfle treaty between Great Britain and th* Unit ed States involving rum carrying boats had not become effective. Carry Big Sum*. Meanwhile, the boarding ratty searched the schooner and down In the hold they found McCoy, crouching among the remaining 300 cases of the original 4.300-case cargo. In his pock ets were found bank notes for $30. 000 and In the cabin safe were $30,000 more. All this McCoy said had been received from the smuggler boats of New Jersey that visited Ms ship on Rum Row. “I ni within my rights outside the three mile limit and all the custom* agents and prohibition agents and re formers in the- United States can go hang for I'll beat them." McCoy Is al leged to have said as he left th* schooner. The Tontako was towed to the Bat tery and her crew and McCoy, who 1* said to be under federal Indictment for violation of the prohibition law-s, wer* placed in jail. All members of the Tomako's crew had been riven their share of th* cargo's profits. They are being held for examination tomorrow. $25,000 Awarded for Death of Auto Victim Heatrloe. Neb, Not. tS—After be ing out six hour*, a Jury tn the dis trict court found for the defendant* in the JIS.OCMt damage suit of Mr*. U Ikavls against Mr. and Mr*. S F*. Nichols for th« death of her husband, who died here last May, three day* after being struck by a car drive* by Mrs Nichols. Mrs Pavi* now reside* at Musca tine. la Forty witnesses were exam ined during the trial ( clchratc Golden Wedding. Minden. Neb Nov. !> -Mr and Mrs. Christen l'edersen. formerly at this city, celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary at their home In Patterson. 0*1. . Mr and Mr*. TNster sen were residents of Kearney county and Minden from lvso Until six jeai* ago when they moved to California. School Head Resigns. I'l . Uli -C Ni !■ Noy P:<^ Horry Woten superintendent of the y'irtb fire hard *> histl*. haa rt-aigred hi- position and will attend l'n >n colli ge at College \ i*«r,