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Fight Looms
on Railway
Legislation
Norris, Brookhart, Borah and
Three Others Stay Out
of Republican Sena
torial Caucus.
Opposed to Cummins
By P. t\ POWELL,
Washington ('orrmiiomlriit The Otnalm lice
Washington, , Dec. 1.—Senator
George W. Norris of Nebraska, with
Senators La Foliette. Ladd, Brook
hart, and Borah, failed to attend the
republican senatorial caucus to day.
(Who caucus elected Senator Lodge
chairman, and Senator Curtis vice
chairman, and authorized Lodge to
appoint a committee of committees.
"There was no agreement made be
tween any of us to stay away from
the caucus,” Senator Curtis said.
"Evidently every one did as he
thought best.”
Norris Opposes Lodge.
From apparently authentic informa
tion the fact was gleaned today that
the group represented by Norris
doesn’t Intend to wage any fight
over the election of Senator Cum
mins of Iowa as president pro tem
pore of the senate, but under present
plans, If an attempt is made to keep
Cummins also as chairman of the in
terstate commerce committee, this
group will do all in its power to force
Cummins ffom the chairmanship and
turn that position over to La Fol
iette under the seniority rule
/If the .fforris group is successful it
will force a vote on the chairmanship.
It is believed that in forcing such a
vote it will have the benefit of put
ting both republicans and democrats
on record as to their true feelings
toward the railway legislation, which
promises to be one of the most bitter
fights at the coming session. It is
known that Norris believes that while
the democrats, forming the minority
In the senate, are protesting the Cum
mins chairmanship on ihe interstate
commerce committee for sake of party
advantage, any numoer of them will,
if forced to vote-, expose their true
color to their constituents.
Senator It. B. Howell of Nebraska
* attended the caucus. His presence
there seemed to cause surprise
among observers and he was asked re
peatedly how he happened to attend.
"Well, there are two reasons," the
senator replied. "The first is I ant
a republican and was invited, and,
second, I am new here and am at
tending as many functions where I
am Invited as possible in a search for
information and knowledge of affairs
in Washington."
Question of Patronage.
From the caucus Senator Howell
went immediately to the office of
Senator Norris, where lie attended a
conference of the Nebraska republi
can delegation called by Senator Nor
ris for the purpose of deciding upon
a manner of handling patronnge that
comes from Nebraska. At the last
session it was customary for the Ne
braska delegation to meet whenever
there was any patronage to dispose
of and each member vote, the major
ity deciding. This had to do with
senatorial patronage, only, tlio con
gressmen attending individually to
their own exclusive patronage.
The same plan was proposed at to
day’s meeting. Senator Howell stat
ed that as there was no immediate
patronage on the slate at this time,
he preferred to wait for a time before
entering into any agreement. The
conference broke up without any
definite agreement on how to handle
senatorial patronage which last se-s
sipn was as much in the hands of
Nebraska congressmen as in thnl of
the senator to whom it was allotted.
Gillett Endorsed
for Re-Election
Progressives Fail to Block
House (t. 0. P. Choice
for Speaker.
Washington, Dec. 1.—Speaker Gil
lett wan endorsed by house republi
cans for re election to the speakership
today, over the opposition of members
of the progressive blpc. Mr. Gillett
received 187 votes Rfpilnst 15 for Rep
resentative Gooprr of Wisconsin, If for
Reprcscntativo Madden of Illinois and
1 for Representative Little of Kansas.
The republican conference elected
Representative Lonjfworth of Ohio the
party floor leader. Tho election was
made without ri roll call, with a roar
of “ayes” and a srutterlnfc of “noon.”
Harry Knapp to Run *
for Secretary of State
Lincoln, Dec. 1.—Harry Knapp of
Broken How, nerving a second term
ns clerk of <‘water county, will be a
candidate for nomination to the office
of secretary of stale In the republican
primaries next April, according to In
formation received by Ills friends
here. Another aspirant for the of
fice Is J. W. Muyer of Lincoln, for
merly of Beatrice, who was chief
clerk In the alnte agricultural depart
ment during the McKelvIe admlnla
trat Ion.
Secretary of State Pool, the present
democratic Incumbent, has no oppo
sition In hla own party for renomln
aOon,
Welcome W. Bradley
Resigns His Position
1 W. W, Bradley
Humane Society
Chief to Detroit
Completion of Fifth Year of
Service Here Marked by
Resignation.
W. \V. Bradly, who Friday Com
pleted his fifth year as superintend
ent of the Nebraska Humane society,
has resigned to accept a similar posi
tion in Detroit, Mich., it was an
nounced Saturday by F. S. Morton,
chairman of the board of directors of
the society.
Mr. Morton expressed himself as
well satisfied with Mr. Bradley's
conduct of the work lit Omaha, and
said that the best wishes of the en
tire board will accompany Mr. Brad
ley to his new field.
Mr. Bradley^ came to Omaha from
Minnesota.
It was largely under his direction
that the new animal shelter whs
erected at Twenty-first and Izard
streets, at a cost of 175,000, and that
humane society work was placed in
a stable and organized basis In Oma
ha.
Assailant of
Strike-Breaker
Seeks Pardon
Request of Crawford Poolhall
Owner to Be Fought—
Deny He Served
Time.
Lincoln. Dec. 1.—George W. Hop
perton, under sentence of front one
to five years for felonious assault in
Dawes county. Is to be given a hear
ing by the board of pardons at Its
meeting December 11, on his applica
tion for a pardon. Hopperton was
sentenced January 3. 1923, but owing
to the crowded condition of the state's
prison was not brought here to begin
serving his term until two weeks ago.
Hopperton’s plea for a pardon prom
ises to be bitterly contested, with
County Attorney F. A. ('rites of ('had
ron here to resist, the granting of
clemency. According to a communi
cation to State Probation ’Officer Har
mon from the county attorney, 1 lop
pert on was supposed to be In the
county Jail at (’hadron, but has "nevpr
served a day of his sentence" prior to
entering the penitentiary.
The crime of which Hopperton was
convicted was the slugging of Leslie
W. Dotson. In Hopperton’s pool hall
at, Crawford, during the summer of
1922. while the railroad shopmen's
strike was on.
In his statement to the pardon
board. Hopperton admits he used a
metallic tobacco cutter on Dotson, but
says bo did so only in self defense
when the latter attacked him. Dotson
was suspected of being a. railroad
strikebreaker, and was said to have
been employed as a guard to protect
rallrond property.
Craig Chesterfield, who was report
ed to have victimized several busi
ness men at Fremont by representing
himself as a foreign count, although
born at Baltimore, wants to lie
paroled. J. M. Gulnett, federal im
migration Inspector at Omaha, writ's
that lie will keep tab on Chesterfield
If the later Is paroled o him. dies
erfleld was convicted of forgery In
1921.
Karl (*. Kmythe, convicted on a
charge of giving a fraudulent chattel
mortgage to n Imnk at Cody, will also
be among those who will be heard
December 11. Ho is said to be an
army deserter, and a letter from the
state's attorney at Oacoma, H. I)..
Indicates lie may be wanted there
for passing worthless checks, lie was
sentenced to serve from one to five,
years.
Isnen Boring, serving one to ten
years for the theft of an automobiln
In llall county, has asked for a pa
role, as has Fritz Luellman, doing
one to twenty years In the reform
atory for forgery In Wayne county.
Both men had been out on parole
ones but were returned to prison
when they violated the terma of their
relcass.
Confess^'
Is Crux of
Vajgrt Case
That Made by W oman Admit
ted by Defense Without
Objection — Fight Ex
pected on Statement.
Board Chairman Called
Seward, Neb., Dee. 1. That the con
fession made by Lulla Vajgrt, five
days after Anton Lana met his death
in the straw house on the Vajgrt
farm, will constitute the backbone of
the defense was clearly indicated in
the trial of Mrs. Vajgrt and her hus
band and daughter today when de
fense chief counsel admitted the con
fession without objection.
Mrs. Vajgrt, in her signed state
ment, exonerates her husband and de
clares that she and Alhy alone were
with Lana until after he was dead.
“Was Adolph there at all while the
fight was going on?" the county at
torney asked.when she was making
the confession.
No, was her answer.
"Didn’t Adolph help you pound him
with the plank?" is another question
in the confession, and it, also, is an
swered with a negative.
The real fight between the state
and the defense will come when
County Attorney McKilllp attempts
to introduce into the records, confes
sions made by 15-year-old Alby and
her father. Tiby lias never impli
cated her father, but he stated. In
hlis confession,” when I come over
there I see the fight. He (Lana) want
to run out, X see like if he were choke
and he want to go out. I don't re
member. He want to go out of shed
and I raise a two-by-two and we
pound him, we both pound him." fn
a supplementary confession, Vajgrt
states, "then tt was no niy fault some
one stick the gun in my hands, I put
it some where in hero, (indicating
right side), then it shot, but who jerk
I don't know."
The state spent a (fart of the day
trying to lav e foundation tor the
introduction of the confessions. Uml
called W. B. Stolz. chairman of the
board of Seward county, to the wit
ness stand.
Stolz testified that he had been
present when Vajgrt made the con
fessions and that he had been warned
that what he said would be used
i^ainst him. The defense, however,
discredited his statement when the
records of the preliminary hearing
were produced and showed that Stolz
had testified there that he had heard
no warning given to Vajgrt.
"Did you know that Constable
Oeorge Runty was clown giving
Vajgrt the ‘third degree' before l\c
was brought up to make his confes
sion?" Attorney Thomas asked
"No, I didn't," Stolz replied.
Stolz and Oeorge Bauer of the
county board, who followed, agreed
that they had seen nothing unusual
In the conduct of Vajgrt when he
made the confession.
Check for Stale.
The slate suffered a cheek in testi
mony of James Marek. cashier of
the First National Hank of Crete,
who was called to the stand to testify
that Vajgrt, on the afternoon of the
crime, fame to him and paid $200
that he owed on life lnnuranco prem
iums.
Marek said Vajgrt had paid him
the money 1 ntv.-o checks on a Mil
ford bank and a few dollars In small
currency, but tha Implication that
Vajgrt’s action was inspired by the
t>agedy that had taken place on hi"
farm was destroyed when Marek said
that Mrs. Vajgrt had tried to pay
the premiums two days befoe, hut
Imd been unsuccessful because bo
did not know exaajly what was awed.
Olenn Pendqjl. who, with- his wife,
was with Mrs. Vajgrt when she Indi
cated a desire to make a confession,
testified that he had never beard the
women Implicate Adolph in the crime.
His testimony practically coincided
with the statements in the confession,
and when he had concluded the testi
mony the confession was identified by
him and admitted to the records.
Tells of Threat.
Helmet Fuehrtng, neighbor of the
Vajgrte, was the state’s last witness
before the court adjaurned. He said
that he hail known I.ana intimately
and that on the Friday preceding the
tragedy the farm hand had come to
him, apparently intoxicated, and
threatened to kill the 'Vajgrt s.
Fuehrtng declared that lie had re
monstrated with I.ana, but that he
had said. In reply: "I don't give a
damn for the law. I liill them and
kill myself, too."
"What did you say then?" the
county attorney asked.
"I said, ’No, Tony, you don’t want
to kill nobody,' but lie gave mo s
shove and said, 'I thought you were
my friend.' Then 1 saw little Lillie,
the Vajgrt" 4 year-old child, whom I
knew Anton loved iftul I said, 'What
will become of her !f you kill her
father?’
"I.ana replied, 'that's light.’ and
hurst Into tears," the witness con
cluded.
Warden Threatened.
Fuehrtng, on cross examination ad
mltted that Lana could not be rnllod
"mild" even when sober, and that he
had known I,ana to threaten the gntite
warden and Constable Itunty when he
found them on the banks of tha liver
where he was accustomed to trap.
Again referring to Lane's threat to
kill the Vsjgrts, Fuehring said ihay
hail gone to the farmhouse and called
Adolph out. ^
o ieanng tor
Officials Is
Postponed
j Arraignment at Piatttinouth
Delayed Till Wednesday
on Motion of Counsel
for Defense.
Ask Charges Be Quashed
Special Dispatch to Tlie Omaha Bee.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 1.—Pre
liminary hearings on indictments re
cently returned against Cass county
and Plattsmouth city officials were
postponed hero this afternoon until
Wednesday morning at 10. The post
ponement was granted on motion of
counsel for the defense.
When the hearing was called at the
courhouse this afternoon, with D. O.
Dwyer, acting county attorney, in
charge of the prosecution, all de
fendants filed pleas in abatement, de
claring the charges against them to
bo unjust, and that they should be
quashed before coming to trial.
Those indicted Include Charles C.
Parmele, former president of the de
funct Dank of Cass county, forgery
and embezzlement; Carl D. Quinton,
sheriff, false reports on office fees;
Alvin Jones, chief of police, malfeas
ance in office; Julia Kaufman, liquor
charges; J. W. Chilton, Murray, Neb.,
and C. G. Frick*, secretary of the de
funct Livingston Building and Loan
association
Court Room Packed.
The court room was packed as the
scheduled hour of the hearing ap
proached, and men stood about in little
groups on the street, discussing the
indictments, the first returned in the
county since 1891.
Humor this afternoon had it that a
Plattsmouth hanker, close to the in
dicted officials, made a hurried trip to
Lincoln yesterday, and that the state
ment from Gov. Charles W. Bryan
that none of the indicted men would be
removed from office, pending hear
ing, was the result.
Petition I’irrulated.
The circulation of the petition call
ing for the convening of n special
grand jury which returned the indict
ments, is said to have been a con
certed movement on the part of a
group of citizens who term them
selves the “better element’’ of the
town, in indignation against liquor
parties alleged to have been staged
at the home of Julia Kaufman, for
alleged failure to arrest whose hus
band the chief of police was indicted
New Judge Called.
District Judge James T. Begley Bald
following the postponement of the
hearing that lie does not rare to sit
on the case. He lias called Judge F.
W. Button of Fremont, who will ar
rive Jn Platt*mouth Wednesday, to
preside at the hearing.
All the persons Indicted by the Jury
were present In court this afternon
with the exception of Sheriff C. B
Quinton, J. W. Chilton and C. O.
Fricke.
Charges against the sheriff are un
derstood to include the allegation that
his accounts for the period between
June 23, 1922, and November 1, 1923,
accounting for *396 in fees, were de
clared fraudulent by an auditor from
Lincoln. The sheriff faces In addition
a charge of malfeasance in office and
an Indictment for perjury,
F. A. Holmes is accused of misrep
resenting himself as a stale officer,
.under Tom Carroll. Although state
officials declare he was not so em
ployed, and although no bond wag
filed for him in Cass county. he
worked with l>eputy Sheriff William
firelie. also Indicted, and turned In an
expense account for the period be
tween September 1 and November 13
In which it Is alleged Mo sometimes
charged ns much ns *is a mile for
bringing in a prisoner. Canceled
checks show that he was paid at least
I56D for his services during this per
iod.
Four < barges on Grebe.
William Grebe faces four indict
ments. He Is accused of lying in wait
on the road to Plattsniouth and stop
ping nil motorists. He Is alleged fro
quently to have been abusive, and
occasionally to hnve administered se
vere lieatlngs to oeoupants of the oars.
It is said he arrested on* motorist
from Omaha whose car displayed a
wheel tax tag on tho radiator. The
charge was that the tug was on the
wrong aide of the radiator.
Committer to Consider
Moving Doane College
Special lllapatch ta The Omaha llee
Beatrice, N li jicr. I A commit
tee of three and tin executive coin
inittcp conalatlnft of a number of
business men of the city haa been
appointed to Investigate the advis
ability of moving Doane college from
<\nte to Beatrice, which haa been
under conaldcrat|on for aoinc monthw.
I $1.700 Found in ( lollies
of Him II lut Died After
Inhuliiift Smoke nl Fire
Authorities are arching a claimant
for SI,7110 In postal savings cer
tlffriilcs foutiil oil file bntlv of Her
lici t Smithson, 82, who died after
lie lukalcd smoke from n fire near
lila riHiniiiic house, ‘.'III 1-2 Soulli
Tliirtcinfli sired.
\ Idler' foil til in the man's
pocket Indicate Unit lie Inis a sis
ter in l.os Angeles, Iml gins no
address. The body In being belli at
the K. .1. Slack A t o. morgue.
I ttless iilatlves appear before
Monthly, II ISi) will be burled.
If oman Builds Eight-Room House All by Herself
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Here are Mrs. Hetty .lane Cooper
niid the eight-room house site limit
ail by herself at Crescent Lawn, Cabin
John Heights, near Washington, f>.
C. She Inis been engaged in the work
for four years. She sawed every piece
of lumber, and drove every nail which
went into the house. The dwelling
Is a two-story structure. Mrs. Cooper
is proud of her job.
Prize ^ inners
in Photo Contest
Are Announced
More Thau 1,100 Amateur
Pliotopra|>h* of l utmial
/ Merit and Varied
Subjects Entered.
First prize In the Alco-Eravure con
test conducted by Tl'.e Omaha Be
for amateur photographers of Iowa
and Nebraska, was won by Elvira
Anderson of Wohoo, Neb.
She will receive the award of $20.
Second prize, carrying an award of
$15. went to Mrs. Charles Clotfelter,
1257 South Sixteenth street. Omaha.
Vac ltanda of Verdigre, Neb., won
third prize of $la, and John A.
•Stryker, Kearney, Neb, won fourth
prize, of $5.
In addition to these prizes, six
contestants were singlnf out for hon
orable mention, and to each will be
awarded a prize of $2.50.
They are Henry Jensen, l.oup City,
Neb.; E E. Mick lew-right, 1009 North
Thirty-fourth street: \V. Frank ltogge,
Atlantic, la.: Mrs Janies Snvtlle. 2511
Eleventh street. Council Bluffs; E. C.
Burkhart Beverly, and Mrs, F. P.
Itahmeyer, ooti j street, Broken Bow,
Neb.
Winners to Is- Reproduced
Prize wining pictures will appear
In the Aim (iravurc section of The
Omaha Bee Sunday, December 9.
More than 1,100 amateur photogra
phers entered photographs In the con
test, and a surprising amount of tal
ent was urnsi thed.
The task of Judges w ns fraught w ith
.-difficulties ordinarily. It is fairly
easy to eliminate nil but a few dozen,
at most, of the superior contestants,
but In this Instance, virtually all the
photographs were of high quality,
and reference was had ns a conse
quence, to comparative composition,
grouping, and arrangement for con
tiast. as well ns excellence of photo
graphic technique.
Subjects Varied
The subjects chosen by the con
testants were many and varied. They
Included everything from the kitchen
cat to the facades of cathedrals.
Hundreds of entrants pinned their
hopes to striking landscape views,
while others selected individual trees.
hi other specimens of plant life i<
-objects for their skill.
They used everything from the little
rest pocket kodaks to the more pr#
tentlnus plate cameras with high
speed lenses, but so 1- ng ns they re
mained within the possibilities of their
apparatus, all were judged alike.
The prize winning pictures were
considered by the. judges, all things
considered, to hH*e shown the most
careful forethought ami to exhibit
evidence of the most skill In thsj oper
ation of equipment *
Blackmail
Checked at
Falls City
♦ . ~
Deputy Sheriff Fatally Shoots
Member of Plot to Extort
Money From
Farmer.
Officers Hide in House
special Oiapatch to The Omaha Bee.
Kalla City.. N'cb.. Dec. 1.—Deputy
Sheriff A1 i*nm!i fired/the shot which
resulted In the death of Robert Bur
dette. 38, Granola. Kan.. pseudo-pro
hibition agent and alleged blackmail
er. on the August Hartman farm
near here Inst irtght. according to
the finding of a coroner's jury today.
Smith was exonerated of blame In
connection with the death.
In company with Deputy sheriff
Young, he had ,r+n called to the
larm by Hartman, who said that two
men repre.senttng themselves as pro
hibition officers, were attempting to
blackmail him. and that they were to
call at the farm la.rt night for a sum
of money.
(sheriffs Hide.
The deputy sherlf's secreted thom
srlves in the house. Shortly after
ward. Burdette drove up in company
with Paul Wanser, also of Granola
Wasner caine to the door of the
house. Burdette remaining In the car.
with the motor running.
Wasner refused to enter the house.
The two deputy sheriff* then dashed
out and covered Wanser. Burdette
got out of the car, but was driven
back by Smith at the point of a gun.
According to Smith byth Wanser and
Burdette moved ns ttiough to draw
weapons, a shot rang out in the
darkness, and Burdette fell dead.
Guns were found on both Burdette
land his partner, Wanser. who was
arrested.
Alleged I Ivy Agent*.
Hartman t< Id the sheriff the two
men called on him last Wednesday.
They flashed bogus badges, and a
document representing them as pro
hibition agents They threatened to
nriest him on a charge of selling
liquor to a neighboring furmer. but
promised to fix it up for $6,000. Hater
they reduced their price to $1,200.
telling Hnrtman they would call for
the money Friday night at g.
Hartman notified the sheriff, and
sheriff’s deputies awaited the call.
Two other accomplices, said to lie
Hiohardson county residents, are be
Ing sought.
Harry Hartz Kxonerateti
By A»M»rli,rtl I’rf**.
I,n*$ Anjr*U*s. Cal., D®c. 1.—Harry
Harts, automobile race driver, whose
cor struck nttd killed two persons at
the Beverly Hills speedway Thanks
giving day. was exonerated today of
all blame at the coroner's inquest in
to the deaths.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Feature* nf
THE SUNDAY BEE
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Mother of
Three Fails
in Suicide
Ionian Locks Children in
Front Room—Goes to
Kitchen and Turns
ou Gas.
Rescued by Neighbor
Locking her three small children
in the front part, of her home at
7376 Pinkney. street, early this after
noon. Mrs. Grace Berry, proprietor
of the Fort cafe at Thirtieth and
Fort streets, plugged up all the
cracks in the kitchen, turned on all
the burners of the gas stove and lay
down on the floor, her head resting
on a sweater doat over a hot air reg
ister.
On the dining room table she left
a note, written on a paper aack, un
dated, unaddressed and unsigned
“My insurance policy is in the res
tai’.ant. Market 3725." the note read
“Frank, please take care of me and
the kids, I am going to John and
don't leave me at tiv. undertaker'*,
take me home."
The “Frank'' referred to in the
note is believed to be Frank Van
Kampen. the man with whom she
had been living and to whom she
is said to have been married about
six months ago.
“John"' Deceased Husband.
“John" is understood by police to
refer to John Berry, the wothan's
former husband, who died several
years ago.
Van Kampen. according to the
womans brother, Martin Poland, of
Council Bluffs, disappeared Thanks
giving day after telling his wife he
did not intend to return. It was
worry over Van Kampen. according
to the brother, which probably
prompted her act.
She had visited her brother's home
in Council Bluffs in the morning and
her attempt at suicide was made
shortly after her return.
“(inodky, Darlings."
"Goodby darlings. Mamma is go
ing a long, long way," were her last
words to the children, ire she locked
them in the front of the house.
They became frantic, and began
to scream. They attracted' the at
tention of Vere Timmons. 8, 3409
North Twenty-eighth street, who call
ed Mrs. Doris Baker of Lincoln, visit
ing nt the home of her sister at
3869 Pinkney. She returned w(ith him
to the Berry home, broke down the
Kitchen door, turned off the gas. and
called police.
Martin Poland, the brother, who
works in a grocery store in the vicln
ity, also was i-ailed The woman
was left In her brother's care.
Husband Arrested. %
Van Kampen was arrested three
months ago when a quantity of liquor
was found in a car ho was driving.
At that time Mrs. Berry paid his fine
of JIOU. She said he was employed
las .< waiter In her rcstnurant. She
was employed nt the time as a Kir be r
in the Loyal barber shop.
The children are Katherine. 8, Betty.
It. and Kdlth. J.
Ift‘jt«l of Vmeriran ^ eoinrn
Flouts (llmrjjes by Members
I»e» Moines, la Dec. 1,—Allegu
lions against the ofllcers and directors
f the Brotherhood of American Yeo
men contained in a petition tiled yes
terday by six policy holders of the
society were declared false and char*
-.ctrrlxed as "Just a little Insurgency
in a statement today by George X.
1 rink of Des M. ‘.nr*, president of the
hi nt her lined and one of those named
as defemtant* by the petition.
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Radio Hunt
Mail Pilot
.Nine 1. S. Planes Circle Sier
ras here Clare V auee
Believed Lost—Radio
Stations Send Calls.
Airman Is Lost 24 Hours
By International News ierricr.
San Francisco, Dec. 1.—From the
air, by telephone and by radio a gi
gantic search was being conducted to
night of the snow capped Sierra moun
tains for trace of Clare K. Vance, not
ed air mail pilot, missing now inoie
than 24 hour».
Nine government planes circled low
over the newly fallen snow fields In
the upper reaches of the mountains
which tower more than 10.000 feet
In search of some trace of Vance •»
plane. The air pilot with a cargo of
mall left San Francisco at 2 p. m.
yesterday and was last seen at 4:20
p. m. yesterday five miles east of the
summit of the mountains battling a
northerly gale In a snow storm.
More Planes Join Hunt.
Every governmental agency was to
night co-operating in the search for
the lost aviator. The army air service
furnished six of the seven planes
which left here today to hunt for
Vance. Two air mail service planes
if.ew from Reno, which was Vance s
destination, and this evening addition
si air mail planes were en route from
Elko, Nevada, and Salt Lake City.
L'tah, to join in the search.
The aviators already In the air
planned to fly this evening until dusk
forced them back to their temporary
base at Mather field, Sacramento. In
the morning a Feet of at least a doxen
and possibly more planes will take the
air.
Amateur and government radio sta
tions at frequent intervals are broad
casting the fact that Vance's plane
has probably crashed at some loneijr
point and asking that close watch be
kept ar.d report made of any wreck.
The available telephones In the mou»
tain country have all been pressed
into service and tbeir owners .‘sited
to join In the eearch.
Searching Parties Out.
The forest rangers in the high
reaches of the Sierras tonight jo: -
ed the aa«rvb. From their heed
quarters at Ptacervllle and Nevada
City searching parties were sent ou’.
Word from the rar.gers head junrte .«
state ! that one of the rangers yester
day afternoon about 4:13 sighted a
plane in the American River canyon.
This corroborated an earlier report
from a railroad crew that ft plane
believed to have been Vance's wrs
sighted at Eders, a littie. railro <1
station, high in the mountain- Ti.e
Eders reporti said the plane was no
ticed circling and then headed " rib
ward in the face of a stiff g:■!■■ tint
wns blowing Snow was then failing,
the report said. Vance is one of the
most experienced pilots in the n:r
mail service. He has a record of
over 400 round-trip Eights over the
Sierras and was one of the flyers t >
inaugurate transcont.nental air mail
flying.
Salt Lake Cilv, l'tak, Dec 1 —Tv »
airplones, one carrying Superinten
dent Claron Nelson, of the western
division of the United States .nr
mall service left here at I;3S p. m.
for Reno where Mr. Nelson will taks
'charge of the search for Clare Vane- ,
pilot, missing since late yesterday in
the Sierra Nevada mountain#.
Superintendent Nelson believes
Vance is down around Colfax. Cal.
and that he may have gained aheltor
in some isolated ranch house.
Vance hns a wide reputation as a
flyer. T.ast summer he built a plane
of special design in which he con
templated making a transcontinental
flight. He was deterred from this
experiment because of motor dif
ficulties which he whs. not able to
overcome before the season was
far advanced for the underlaying.
fight Hebb Motors
Indictments Dropped
l.i, coin, loeo. 1.—Acting on a
recommendation made by tlie United
Stales attorney general. Federal Judge
T. O. M linger today issued an order
dismissing the Indictments against
Aivln H. Armstrong. George A. Mat
lock. Frank 1- Goodwin, W. R, Wor
rell, William W. Abbott. F.. R. Good
win, James P. Coughlin and It. A.
Gordon, growing out of the failure of
the Hebb Motors company here.
Failure of the government to pro'»
its charges against K. O. Hammond,
L. A. Winship and K W. Gillespie,
former officers of the Hebb company,
who were named in the earn# indict
ment as those named In the dismissal
today, led to the decision not to
prosecute the others named
Homo Builder# Sue.
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lhiiKit*is Inc., of **«».•*ha. for whtvin
rwfhfin havc born appointed hava
»ult in district court hew ajrtonst
the I'van.* Hospitol Co, u% (
mortRafc* bonf* a* v,rr*MtM\£ wo •
ihnn an the Colutnbu* h<y*p:
tut. bu.KIinr*. ftroutitls *n»i part
the furnituw ami rquipn'.cnt.
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birthday to-day, Ktivu iiaorg# mill
visit her at SanUiinghan pdiaca.