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    S3SS- The Omaha Morning Bee
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k VOL. 53—NO. 165. J-ff f! KSTrS OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECr 26, 1923.* 5:,-";." & ZT& TWO CENTS
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EXHUME AND BUS SLAYER’S BODY
- - . . —_ -- a
Worst Storm
in 33 Years
in Pacific
Plate Glass Windows, Street
Signs and Mail Boxes
Wrecked by Gale in
Seattle Streets.
Four Dead in Tug Wreck
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 25.—In a storm
, which wrecked the tug Tyee with the
loss of four lives last night in north
Pacific waters, and in which the wind
reached the highest velocity that has
been set down in the 33 years that the
! Vnited States government has kept
' record here, two vessels were still in
l (UjjJ^iiS today.
Bf*besides these marine accidents in
tlie Pacific ocean and the strait of
.luan de Fuca, the steamer Dawn
sank at her dock in Seattle In Lake
Washington.
One hundred telephone wires were
broken throughout the city. By the
time newspaper staffs were at their
posts, news of 20 plate glass windows
shattered by the gale was received.
Street signs and mall boxes were up
set everywhere, even surpassing a
hallowe'en.
The highest preceding record for
wind here was 64 miles, noted In De
cember, 1912, and November, 1914.
A wireless message from the steam
ship Author, adrift with machinery
trouble off tho Washington coast
said that It was well away from
shore and making three miles an hour.
The Nelson steamer Jacox, which
round Itself unable to handle the
schooner Thistle, which she was tow
ing through the Straight of Juan de
s'uca last night, was today proceeding
under her own power and convoying
the Thistle. The Thistle, Its sails
spread, was making for Port Angels,
on the strait, and the coast guard cot
ter Snohomish had Joined the Jacox
in the convoy.
Engineer Pike, owner of the British
tug Tyee, which eanlc off Pender
Island, near Vancouver, B. C., and
Mate Warder were saved, while the
four others on the craft lost their
lives. No one waa killed or Injured
In the sinking of the Dawn.
Jyogation Needs
to Be Looked Into
Federal Board Will Visit
Western Nebraska in Jan
uary, Simmons Says.
By P. C. POWELL.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Be*
Washington, Dec. 25.—Representa
tive Bob Simmons Is in conference
with the fact finding commission ap
pointed by the secretary t>t the in
terior to investigate drainage and Ir
rigation cases and decide upon a
plan to relieve distress of water users
who are struggling in making pay
ments for federal irrigation work
which it is claimed cost much more
Ilian was necessary.
This commission, according to Sim
mons. intends to visit the North
l*latte valley about the middle of
January. Other water projects in
western states will be investigated
on the same trip after which the com
mission will weturn to Washington
and outline a plan for relief of watei;
users.
Those on the commission are:
Thomaa E. Campbell. Arizona; John
Widtsoe. Utah; Joseph R. Garfield,
Ohio; Oscar E. Bradfute, Ohio; Jullua
H. Barnes, Washington; Etwood
Mead. California; Clyde C. Dawson,
Colorado.
lights templar Hold
Christmas Services
Christmas services of Mount Cal
vary commandery, number 1, Knlghta
Templar. Omaha, began yesterday
morning at 11 at the Masonic temple.
The band played several Christmas
hymns. Scripture lessons and prayers
were led by the prelate.
Right Eminent Grand Commander
Jesse D. Whitmore, Valley. Neb., sent
a toast in which he said that "The
entire world is suffering because of
hatred. Injury and wrong. I-et us,
hs Knights Templar, by loyalty, ser
vice and charity help to heal a portion
if the ills from which humanity is
suffering.”
Rev. Thomas Casady made the ad
dress. Rev. Donald C. MacLeod, who
was scheduled for the address, was
ailed to Boston.
Car Alleged Stolen by
Girls Is Recovered
Kearney. Neb., Dec. 24.—Police
today recovered a Bulck roadster, the
property of Elmer II. Frank, of
Table Rock, Neb. The car had been
stolen over a month ago. At the
time It was reported that two girls
lint] made off with the machine. One
of these girls was located In Kear
ney, being employed at the slate hos
pital. Recovery of the car followed.
The owner, content to locate the ma
•hlne, refused to prosecute for auto
theft.
.■MtfOTTflBLUFF—Dua to an unro
plKptlc Nebraska law, Cupid has
transferred his usual holiday rush
from this portion of ths stats to Wyo
ming, the usual heglra continuing to
Torrlngton, **>• fsvorlts Oretna
Arsen.
Mexican Federal Troops on the Move
<Pacifio an*l Atlantic Photo.)
Veteran* of ilr luxe travel on box car* In France will appreciate thin
scene from Mexico, where the Obregon force* are being marshaled to meet
the revolutionist*. This picture shows a detachment of the Obregon army
on the move, with the soldiers traveling in the traditional Mexican way
on top of box cars. *
Hope Wanes
for Safety
of Dirigible
Giant French Balloon, Dix
mude, Is Believed Lost
by ,Navy Depart
ment.
Location More Uncertain
By .Associated Frees.
Paris, Dec. 25.—Hope that the
French dirigible baloon Dixmude, last
reported floating out of control over
the Tunisian coast, will be saved, is
apparently waning. Judging from a
communique issued by the navy de
partment at 7 tonight.
The communique begins: “News
received this afternoon tends to' In
crease the uncertainty of the Dlx
mude’s position.'’ and then says in
vestigation has shown it to be doubt
ful if the lights reported to have been
seen between 6 and 7 Sunday night
could have been from the Dixmude.
It is pointed out the reports did not
aay the body of tife dirigible had been
seen.
Investigation also has shown the
reports front Bizerta and Sfax, on the
Tunisian coast, Sunday afternoon to
the effect the Dixmude was going out
to sea, apparently in a damaged con
dition, were incorrect, the statement
says.
Boats Ready to Aid.
Toulon, France. Dec. 25.—livery
torpedo boat destroyer in the harbor
is being kept under steam in readiness
for a dash to sea in case word Is re
ceived of the definite location of the
missing dirigible Dixmude.
Thinks Crew Will Be Saved.
Lakewood, N. Jt. Dec. 25.—The
French dirigible Dixmude has alight
chance of being saved, in the opin
ion of Anton Heiman. consulting en
gineer on the Shenandoah and German
commander of the Dixmude on Its
first flight in Germany, where It was
built to bomb New York.
Captain Helnen today said ha felt
no anxiety for the 60 persons aboard,
who. he said could leave by ropes
if the ship could be lowered near
enough to the earth. In the event,
however, he said, the ship probably
would be lost unless It could be low
ered where enough persons could be
immediately gathered to hold it down
by the ropes. The chief danger, he
said, was that a storm might carry
the ship off to sea.
Captain Helnen declared reported
movements of the ship Indicated the
commanding officer helteved he could
repair the motors in the air and even
tually return to the home station
under his own power.
Foreigners Quit
German Schools
»r Associated PrtM.
Berlin, Dec. 2B.—Foreign students
are deserting German universities be
oause of the high cost of living in
this country. Outsiders must pay
more than twice as much for tuition
fees ns Germans, hut the unusual ad
vance In living costs has Iteen the
chief factor In reducing (lie number
of non-Germans In all the universities
of the republic.
Kvery 30th male German between
the ages of 19 and 23 Is a student in
some university, and the number of
students In attendance at practically
all universities Is increasing In spite
of the economic distress.
OSHKOSH—A hand of Archie Snell,
27, was practically torn off when it
caught in ths husking machinery of
a com picker, lls Is In a hospital
at North riatte.
Man Befriended
on Christmas Is
Taken by Death
Stranger, Recent Patient in
Omaha Hospital, Dies in
Silver City Where
Given Lodging.
Silver City, Neb., Dec. 23.—An un
identified man died at the Lincoln
highway hotel Christmas morning.
He had applied for a bed in the Jail
Christmas eve. Jailer I^ea took pity
on him and furnished hirn a bed In
the hotel. In the early morning hours
the hotel keeper noticed his distress
and attempted to wait upon him, re
maining with him until 5 o'clock
when he died.
County authorities were called from
Central City to investigate. No iden
tification papers were found on him.
He had said that he was on his way
to St. Paul. Neb., and had been at
an Omaha hospital. He had been suf
fering from asthma. The man was
about 60 years oid, five feet five
inches tall, wore a green suit which
had been purchased from Wolbach at
Grand- Island. He wore a black win
ter cap and an unlined overcoat of
a greenish color. His hair was gray.
Ho had a gray mustache and a stubby
heard. In his pockets he had 40
cents, a compass and a small looking
glass. It is thought that he may be
a man by the name of Bagley, a
farmer near St. Paul. The body was
taken to Central City.
Gridster Dies of Injuries.
Rochester. N. Y.t Dec. 24.—Timothy
Cotter, end on the St. Stephen foot
ball team, Bttfalo, died at a hospital
here today as a result of a broken
neck received Sunday in a game with
the Oxfords of this city. The coronet
issued a certificate of accidental
death.
Venizelos
.
to R eturn
to Greece
Former Premier Yields to De
mands of Political Lead
ers, Athens Pa
pers Say.
Demonstrations Barred
By Associated Fress.
Athens, Dec. 2U.—New* that former
Premier Venizelos, yielding to impor
tunities of political leaders, bad de
cided to return to Greece and prob
ably would arrive here next week,
was made known to the Athenians
through late editions of afternoon
newspapers.
Tt gave rise to expressions of the
highest satisfaction In revolutionary
and liberal party circles, but caused
some apprehension* In the republican
camp for the reason that the ex
premier's plans are unknown. One
prominent republican declared the in
formation supplied to M. Venizelos by
his partisans was misleading because
It showed the liberals to be stronger
than the republicans.
M. Venizelos' ban against popular
demonstration* upon hi* arrival
caused keen disappointment among
his followers who had planned to out
do In magnitude the welcome ac
corded the late King Constantine
upon his return to Greece after his
exile in Switzerland.
To Leave Paris at Once.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. 25.—Former Premier
Venizelog has decided to return to
Athens, and is leaving Paris for
flreece forthwith. His decision was
taken after a delegation which arrived
j from Athens had delivered to him a
| document signed by 270 members of
the legislative assembly elected last
week, urging him to resume charge
of the government and save the coun
try.
M. Venizelns was told the elected
representatives of 19 electoral dis
tricts who were away in the provinces
when the document was drawn up,
aieo favored : he request, which tho«
was supported by more than *00
deputies out of the S98 constituting
the assembly.
Before the overwhelming sentiment
of the country as thus expressed. M.
Venizelos Informed Oeneral Dangiis.
head of the mission, lie could not re
fuse to tend his help to the country,
but declared hie political action would
only have a temporary character. The
former premier added he had no In
tention of forming a cabinet under
his presidency and that his entire ef
forts would be bent toward bringing
the country back to normalcy. He
will reach Athens before the new as
sembly cpnvenes early In January.
Sir Herbert Samuel Off
to Meet King Hussein
Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Jerusalem, Dec. 25.—Sir Herbert
Samuel will leave for Ammon, the
capital of Transjordanla, to meet
King Hussein, of the Hedjas. who Is
expected there January 3 to confer
with his two sons, the Aemlr Abdul
lah of Transjordanla and King Felsul
of Mesopotamia. It Is understood that
Sir Herbert will discuss with the Hed
jas ruler details of the Anglo-Arab
treaty about to he concluded.
SUNNY SIDE UP
On the wing: Just before Christ
mas, on a fast train fairly flying
across the plains of Nebraska. Talk
about California climate — nothing
could excel the beauty of this Ne
braska day. Scarcely a cloud In the
skiea. Golden sunshine bathing the
flying landscape in a glow of color.
Scarcely r breeze to rustle the llrnha
of the trees, and the warmth of a
May clay over all. It seems anything
hut Christmas weather. But the
Christmas spirit pervades the palatial
train.
Stalwart young fellow In the uni
form of the B. O. T. C. on his way
•home for the holidays. He is a stu
dent at* Creighton and hasn't seen
Had and Mother for over four months.
Studying law and exudes confidence
in his ability to take the world by
the nape of the neck when the time
comes, and shake fame and fortune
from It. Ills youthful spirit make me
feel young. That lad is sure going to
make the girls In the old home town
turn their heads when he walks down
the street.
Laughing, chattering quartet of
girl students in the end section.
Dolled up tn their best and proudly
dlsptuylng the colors of the U. of N.
Furtive glances now and then towards
the young It. O. T. C. lad. hut he
seems oblivious. Me must be think
ing of the Only Olrl, who will doubt
less lie somewhere near when lio
steps down from the train. Quartet
pays no attention a tall to the middle
aged fat man who looks on life
through rubherllred specs, but he
gets a bushel of Cliristmas fun of It
all. for It has been only 35 or
years ago that he uns young him
self, and he hasn't forgotten It. Never
will, either.
Another middle aged man whose
compartment Is filled with packages
wrapped In gaily colored paper. On
his way home after marketing four
loads of fat steera at South Omaha.
All his children are married, he tells
ms. but he has a flock of grandchil
dren who will have a high old time
when grandpa gets home 1 know
d
all about It. Got some of my own.
and that big grip In my seat la
crammed full, and all I have In It la
the other ahlrt and a few collar*.
A tinge of sadness. In th* draw
ing room ts a brave little woman,
watched over by a nurse and. a young
husband whose face la lined with
care. They have been to a famous
hospital, and now, ao the grief
stricken husband tells me. they are
taking her home to await the end,
which will not he long delayed. The
stricken woman's prayer is that she
will live to reach home In far away
Oregon. The drawing room* la filled
with flowers.
Two small lads across the alslr.
They are a* restless as lads of N and
11 usually are. IV* made friends la
cause I showed them a bonk Intend
ed for my own * year old boy. Their
dad was with them. "Going to Wy
oming to spend Christmas with grand
pa and grandma," confided the old
est. “We've never been out there
to see 'em," explained the other. To
these two bright eyed lads It is a
great adventure. Wonder If my own
grandchildren are ns eager to see me?
If they only knew—! Hut they will
know before you read thla.
Train keeping up an average of 50
mllea an hour, but It seema lo he Just
dragging along. Wish I could take
aa much Interest In the passing land
scape ns the two little bids across the
aisle. They see something ngw nil
the time. All 1 can think of Is the
lights o’ home, and the tree a suiting
my coming ere It la decorated flenrge,
the porter, figures lie'll he home
about sundown t'hrlstma* il.-n In
Inrins me lie has a wife and two little
ones, and as he tells me I sen more
Ivory than 1 ever Imagined could
ho atored away In one mouth
Husband of the sufferer In the
drawing room cornea out and softly
closes the floor. Mays Ills wife Is
asleep. Ko We adjourn to the smok
ing room. Ilnwr different we two ap
proaeh the gnwt holiday!
All. well, life Is a complex affair
at brat. I in oft lo smoke (lint clear
W. M. M.
Back to Normalcy
LETS S£E NOW,
| WHERE VfERE WE
VJHEN THAT
GENTLEMAN -
1, CAME IH • _„
Plan to Cut Taxes Endangered
by Legislative Jam in Congress
Conservative Democrats Ready to Supftort Mellon Proposalf,
W hich Are Opposed by Progressives of Both Parties
—Idea of Increasing Inheritance Levy Spreads.
Ily MARK Sl’LLJVAN.
Washington. Dec. 19.—Th* situa
tion affecting Secretary Mellon's tax
reduction plan Is Just as complex
a* the Interviews front various
sources indicate. It grows more so
every day. There is disagreement
among the republicans as to whether
any tax bill at all should be passed
this session. This disagreement ex
ists not only among the rank and
file of the republicans, but among
the regular orthodox republican
leaders.
Those republican leaders who op
pose tax reduction have not been
saying much alniut it since the popu
lar reception of the Mellon and Cool-1
Idge recommendations, hut the oppose
lion exists and goes on the theory
that the best republican politics
would lie to defer all tax legislation
until after tile November election.
Relief for Small Taxpayer.
But assuming that Coolidge's
pressure for tax legislation prevails,
tiie real complexity arises on the
question of Just what kind of tax
reduction. For the understanding of
this phase of the question, the reader
should hear in mind a rough di
vision between income taxes on small
incomes and Income taxes on large
Incomes. Secretary Mellon proposes
to reduce the taxes on both.
That the tax on small Incomes, let
us say on incomes of less than $10.
000 a year, will he reduced, can be
taken perfectly for granted. Both
parties and all factions agree on
that, assuming that any kind of tax
legislation at all is to be passed.
But Secretary Mellon saya. In ef
fect, that the relief to the country lies
in reducing also the taxes on large
Income*. The argument la that the
mere reduction tof taxes on the small
plan is little compared to the benefits
that would come to the small man and
to the country ns .1 whole In the
shape of lowered cost of living and
larger and more active business
through reducing the tax on big in
comes ns well,
I,imitation of Wealth.
It l.s on llils point that there la
serious mikI far-reaching disagree
ment. It la certHln that Iji Follette
will lend n fight to not only keep the
present taxes on big Incomes, which
now run as high as 50 per rent, but
actually to Increase them. Some of
this school would also restore the
excess profits lax. and In yet other
ways Increase the levies on the rich
and on corporation# This fight about
taxes on hlg Incomes leally reaches
beyond the field of taxation, and
enters the field of sociology.
There la a definite group which re
gards the graduated income lax, not
as merely a device for raising revenue
hill additionally and even primarily
as a means of bringing about a social
and economic levelling process For
good or for III. Hist theory exists. The
number Is considerable who either
favor It because they think It la pop
ular politically, or else believe In It
ns a theory of society.
If the advocates of keeping or en
larging the lax on hlg Incomes turns
out to be numerous enough to be ef
fective. a compromise w ill presently
appear which Is as yet only quietly
talked about. That compromise would
reduce'the yearly taxes on b;g in
conies, but at the enme time would
make an attack on large fortunes in
the shape of increasing the inherit
ance tax on these fortunes when they
pass at death. There are many rea
sonably conservative republicans and
democrats who usree with Secretary
Mellon In reducing the annual taxes
on large incomes because they agree
that this would result in more active
business throughout the country, tn
a latgrr volume of buslmss. and in
a lowered cost of living; but tyno If
they arc compelled to face the nei es
aity of compromising would look less
unfavorably on taking for the gov
ernuent an Increased fiartiuti of large
fortunes at death.
Conservative IVmociaU Support.
Heneuth the surface in Washington. |
the social amt economic aspects of
large fortunes, are being discussed.
Whether the country is most bene
fited by preserving them in private
hands, or by the legL-'.ution tending
to break them up. is a question that
will presently appear in congress.
Jt ta the writer's Judgment that
there are many more conservative re
publicans than radical republicans,
and many more conservative demo
crats than radical democrats. If the
conservative* in both parties unite,
they can readily pas a tax bill not
varying greatly from what Mellon
proposes Smoot says that eight
democratic senators sre needed to
pass the Mellon tax reduction. Thera
are not merely eight, but twice eight,
and perhaps three times eight demo
cratlc senators who lielleve in, rough
ly, the kind of tax reduction Mellon
proposes, era I who, if nec asary, will
vote that way when and If the test
comes. Hut the question is whether
the democrats and their leaders can
agree ns a party policy on forcing
through a tax reduction against the
wishes of the more radical members
of the party and against the Judg
ment of those democrats who think
it is not up to their party .to hurry
the tax legislation.
Ttie present writer believes there
Is probability |fi the observation of'
that democratic leader who said that
because of the delay In getting or
ganized, and because of the pressure
of work, tax reduction is likely to be
"lost In n legislative Jam."
Wilson Hostile to Itonii*.
Among the rumors afloat In Wash
ington, which ts given here for no
mors than the value of a rumor Is
one to the effect ti nt e\ President
Wilson |s opposed to th** soldiers'
bonus on the theory that It trlr* to
set a money value on a high service
In the world The rumor says fur
ther that the antbbonus democrat*
will rtv to persuade Mr. Wilson to
she them the a hi of a public state
meat from him. it Is significant of
the weight and authority Wilson even
In retirement still ha*. On the gen
eral subject of taxation, It I* a fact
that Wilson's record ts conservative.
While he was yet president, he nppos
ed £eialmng the excess profits tag.
Nebraska Girl.
Singing Carols,
Killed bv Tram
Ruth Bachelor. Daughter of
\ alentine Ranclunan. Loses
Her Life in Last on
Christina? E\e.
'Vhile s.nging carols Christmas eve
in Cupe Elisabeth, Me., with a group
«f college students. Ruth Bachelor.
24. daughter of John J. Bachelor,
wealthy Valentine (X'-b.) rancher, was
struck and instantly killed by a one
man street car.
Cape Elisabeth is a suburb of Port
land Ml* Bachelor had gone with a
schoolmate. Miss Elisal<eth (Dicky)
Hunt, from Iceland Powers school.
Boston, to the latter'* home In Port
land for the holidays.
Vn approaching automobile was
sighted. A street car was nearing
front an opposite direction. Head
lights on the motor car blinded both
the girl and the ntotorman and Miss
Bachelor was struck by the street car.
This information Is pieced front ft«g
menlary communications received by
her father who with Mrs. Bachelor Is
stupplng with Mr. and Mts August
It. Wolf. 2271 Hnscatl street. Omaha.
.The body of Miss Bachelor is en
route to Omaha. Funeral serxices
x\ 111 lie held at Valentine.
Besides Mr. and Mr*. Bachelor, th*
girl Is survived by two sister*. Mr*.
Helen Yeast and Mr*. Ray Christopher
of Valentine, and a brother, O. E.
Bachelor.
I
Kearney Store Robbed
Two Suspects Are Held
Kearney. Neb.. Pec. T,Y Two men
entered tbe Army and Navy store
last night, fitted themselves out in
new clothing, packed bundle* of ad
dittomd loot and sneaked out as they
entered. by a rear door. Thtlr old
garment* were left behind and they
cave the officers sufficient clue to
trail a pair of suspicious looking men
who had been seen about town during
the day. They were spotted at Grand
Island and are being held there pend
ing their return to Kearney. The men
aneated had In their possession a
quantity of clothing answering the de
script Ion of goods taken from the lo
i a I store.
KEARNEY Postmaster I YV.
Wright of Gibbon, sustained a dis
located shoulder and was bruised in
i fall over a hag of mall, while dls
trlbutlng parcels In the office. He
will be confined lo hi* home for some
time.
The Weather
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Bones Are
Found in
Fired Home
Murderer of Five Is Taken
From Grave to Scene of
Crime and Funeral
Pyre Kindled.
Refused Decent Burial
Jefferson. Ma.. Deo. 25.—The body
of John Snow was exhumed early to
day from the solitary grave, where it
was buried yesterday, and placed in
the cottage where he killed his wife
and two other women on Saturday.
The house was then set on fire. The
charred t>ody w;;a found in the ruin"
later in the day. County Attorney
Wcston M. Hilton has l>egun an in
vestigation In an effort to determine
who was responsible.
The countryside was stirred, when
it was learned that Snow, after kill
ing the wife and son of Deputy Sher
iff Frank C. Jewett at their home in
White Field, had come to Jefferson,
where his wife, her aunt and her
grandmother lived, and had shot tl e
three women, then ended his own
life. Although the medical examiner
characterized the murders as "the
work of a mad man.” threats that
Snow's body would be burned were
said to have been made the next day.
Funeral services were held yester
day for the three women killed, and
1 urial was In a cemetery in Jeffer
son. Authorities refused permission
for the burial of Snow's body in the
cemetery, and it wa sinterred with
■ ut ceremony in a grave on the farm
where his wife had IKed.
County authorities were not not:
fied of the exhumation and burning
until several hours after the cottage
had been destroyed.
Funerals for Mrs. Jewett and her
•*"n will be held some time this week.
It ia the theory of the authorities
that Snow, who had been separated
from his w.fe and placed under bond*
to keep the peace because of com
plaints that he had beaten her. killed
her and her relatives because she
refused to return to him. and that
he killed the deputy's wife end sot.
because they refused to let him take
the deputy's automobile to com*
here.
Three Narrowly
i <
Escape Death
in Motor Crash
i _
Automobile Plunges Over 20
Foot Embankment After
Pa'seugers Are Thrown
to Ground.
A family of three, returning P
their home in Millard after spendu -
Christmas in Omaha, narrowly es
caped being plunged to death, when
their autonvobile went over a 20-foo:
embankment after colliding with an
other motor car at 2:30 yesterday *
afternoon at Seventy second an I
Center streets
j As the result of a slump preventing
the tar from hurling into a deep
ravine. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Huddle
s'.ott and their son. Ulley, eoc.ip ■.
With minor injUrjr# They we:>
thrown out by the impact with the
stump.
The aividem oc.urred, when an
automobile bearing three men. win*
ar# said to have been intoxicate,
crashed into the Huddleston cat.
which was going west on West Cent#i
street. The car came from the aoutii
on Seventy-second street. County of
ficer* expect to arrest the occupant#
today.
The Huddleston automobile swerved
to the curb aner trve impact, then
went over the embankment. The
stump obstructed the oar in its rapid
descent to the deep ravine below
Huddleston and his son received
medical attention at St. Joseph ho*
ptlal. after which they were taken
to their hoove in Ml’taid. Mis, Hue
dlesion required to treatment
The Huddleston automobile w .*
demolished.
Shelton \ derail of Citil
^ ar. Cripple. Found Dead
s' • lUM Netv, Dae 3
civil wtr veteran who ha® been ® rc
Ident of this community for mor®
than 30 years, was found dead at his
home. He had been a cripple for
many ye*rs and got about only by
the use of crutches
Heart frdlura ■» thought I® ha> *'
b®*n the cause of his death. Ta<>
; sons and a daughter preceded him In
death and his widow survive®.
Air Mail Discontinued in
Memory of Four Dead Pilot*
M N • '
ice from east to west 1.1* Ken (lb
continued until January 1, s ccidin;
l>v advi.es received Ivy the Reno an
mail field anil the Reno postotflc.
The layoff is out of respect to the
memory of the four a.r mail pilots
who lost their lives this year, and to
permit a right inspectio nof every oil
1 tan* in the service.
Kt.MCRRKK — farter l'ouls. r.
brought a golden eaglo t<v town which
lie shot It weighed lt> pound* an
measured seven feet and two Inches
wing spread He is having tl
mounted