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Johnson to
Put Vigor
in Campaign
Keystone Speech Is Expected
Early in Year at Cleveland
—Ford Endorsement of
Coolidge Damaging.
Prospects Are Not Bright
By MARK SI IJJVAN.
Washington, I). C„ Dee. 26— Sen
ator Hiram Johnson and his manag
ers will begin the new year with an
effort to put vigor into his campaign
for the republican campaign. One
of tlte expectations is that the sen
ator will make a keynote speech, and
It Is said that the' time will be early
in January and the place Cleveland.
If this expectation is fulfilled, it
hand in hand with the selec
•lion already made of Cleveland as
the national headquarters of the John
son organization and the official seat
of Ids manager, Frank Hitchcock.
This is part of the known program
of the Johnson organization which is
to center their drive in the states of
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and Michigan.
The first two are chosen because they
are doubtful states, as between the
republicans and democrats; and the
latter are chosen partly because they
are part of the heart of republican
power and partly because they are
states In which Johnson was espe
cially strong in 1920.
Basis of Theory.
The basis of the theory of the John
son managers is to try to be able, by
the time the convention opens In
June, to say to the republican lead
ers that Johnson can carry more
votes than Coolldge In the two pivo
tal state of Ohio and Indiana; and is
the preference of more republicans
than Coolldge In the two big repub
lican state of Illinois and Michigan.
They hope to be able to prove this by
the results in the primaries, which
will take place in these states In April
•nd May. The burden of the John
son hope lies In this effort to be able
to show greater strength than Cool
ldge In this vital territory and by
this to convince the republican man
agers that Johnson can make a
stronger campaign against the demo
crats In the subsequent election than
Coolldge can.
The Johnson backers do not hope
and never have hoped to get more del
than Coolldge throughout the
BPWmtry. They know and admit that
they cannot get more than a scat
tering delegate of two in the hundred
from New England. They have no
strong hope of doing much among
the more than a hundred delegates
from the south, except in North Car
olina, and possibly one oth<>r southern
state. They have some hope of get
ting a considerable number of dele
gates from west of the Mississippi on
the theory that Johnson represents
the first hope western republicans
have ever had of putting a westerner
in the White House. But the total
number of delegates west of the Mis
sissippi is less than a fourth of the
convention.
Prospects Not Bright.
Politicians universally, Including
Johnson's own friends, admit that
tarely has a man started out to get
a nomination under circumstances
less promising of success. Johnson
today stands farther back in the race
than when he made his entry in No
vember. Practically everything that
has happened has run against him.
It is not an unreasonable surmise
rhat if Johnson had not made his an
nouncement in November he would
hesitate to make It today. The most
damaging Incident was the endorse
ment of Coolidge by Fprd. Fully hatf
of the basts of Johnson’s candidacy
was the expectation of being able to
picture Coolidge as the reactionary
candidacy and himself the progrefn
sive candidate. This other half lies
•- '■ i hope of making an issue out of
n relations. That Ford, who
was the idol of most of the insurgents
and discontented voters In the west,
should say that Coolidge is satisfac
tory to him was blasting to that part
of Johnson's hopes which lay in this
field.
The progressives, insurgents and
indicate felt that if Ford were presi
dent be would find ways to do the
things they want done, and Ford says
i i effect that If he hud tlie power lie
v ould give the Job to Coolidge. It
is probably true, us Johnson's friends
say. that Ford cannot deliver his fol
lowing. Many of those who were de
termined to put Ford in the White
Mouse, being radicals by tempera
ment. will now turn to some other
radical, probably LaFollette. Hut the
.rest body of tlie middle of the road
people will take Ford’s assurance
about Coolidge as having great weight
and will be most disinclined to give
encouragement to opposition from
Johnson, InFolletto or arty one else.
Faces Hard Fight.
•Johnson not only faces the Inherent
difficulty, almost the Impossibility, of
taking the nomination away from a
president In office, but faces It under
ihe added difficulty of the obvious
present contentment wtlh that presi
dent among republican voters every
pin re. The analogy, nr rattier the
lack of a oology, to 1912, Is convinc
ing. Kvery one admits that Cooildge
today is more acceptable to the repub
lican voters than Taft was on Janu
ary 1, 1912. and if Itoosevelt. with his
greater personality and popularity,
-\p 1m under much more favorable clr
Mjjrmstanc.es. was unable ot take the
nomination away from Taft, ran John
eon take It sway from Cooildge?
Tlie most dependable information
1
that comes from California is that
oven in Johnson’s own state, Cool
idge's friends, added to those w'ho
are not necessarily Coolldge’s friends
hut are primarily and determinedly
Johnson’s opponents, can prevent
Johnson from getting the delegates.
Practically the only danger to Cool
idge now', and it is a real danger,
lies In the possibility that the repub
lican congress may turn out to be,
unpopular, and that the country may
roughly identify the republican presi
dent with the republican congress,
but while this would help the demo
crats greatly, would it help Johnson?
Johnson is not, only a member of the
republican party, but as a senator
himself cannot avoid odium for what
congress does even as much as Cool
idge can.
Girl Run Oxer
by Automobile;
2 Others Hurt
Tol, 4, lias Broken Leg and
Possible Internal Injuries
—One Motor Car
Overturns.
Alice Tverdick, 4, 4115 South Thir
teenth street, Is in St. Joseph hospital
with a fractured leg and possible in
ternal injuries as the result of an
automobile accident near her home
Wednesday afternoon.
She was running across the alley
between her home and that of Ben
jamin Barsballe, a neighbor, when
Barsballe, backing his car out of the
starage, struck the girl, knocking her
down and running over her. He
picked her up an dtook her to the
hospital.
Dr. L. B. Lake, 2426 Spaulding
street, and Leo Hutter, carpenter,
were injured In another automobile
accident at Thirty-fourth street and
Grand avenue yesterday afternoon,
when an automobile driven by Dr.
Lake ran Into the curbing and over
turned.
Dr. Lake suffered a sprained back
and Hutter was severely bruised and
suffered a possible fracture of the
ribs.
Max Schmitt, 718 North Twenty -
first street, anotl*r occupant of the
car, was unhurt. The place where
the car overturned Is called “death
curve" by neighbors. The Injured men
were attended by a police surgeon
and taken *•-Iromauual hospital.
Equipped with the license number
of the automobile which yesterday in
jured Mrs. Thomas Lutes, 4806 Wirt
street, at Forty-seventh and Miami
streets, police yesterday established
Mrs. T. G. Harrison. 3704 North
Twenty-second street, as the driver
of the car.
Admits Driving Car.
Mrs. Harrison admitted driving tin
car, but said that another car, in
Which Mrs. Lutes was riding, struck
her machine, and that she did not
stop because she thought no one was
hurt.
With her in the car at the time
was Mrs. L. R. I’axton of Sioux City.
Police advised Mrs. Lutes that if
she cared to prosecute she might
swear out a complaint.
Dakota Wheat Acreage
to Be Reduced a Third
Watertown, S D.. Dec. 26.—The
acreage sown to winter wheat in
.South Dakota this fall is about 28.000
acres less than one year ago, or 82.
000. according to the December crop
report of the division of crop arid
livestock estimates here. The 10
year average has been about 98,000
acres, while the five-year average
was about the present acreage, the
report said. The average abandon
ment of acreage the succeeding
spring has been approximately 15.3
per cent for a 10-year average.
Thread of Romance Is
Couple Marry After
40 • Year Separation
Rewoven on Christmas
Sioux City, In., Dec. 26.—Christ
mas, 1923, always will be a memorable
day in the lives of Mrs. Amanda Nel
son of Sioux City and Peter J. Sand
berg of Magnet, Neb., as it was on
tliat date more than 40 years after
a romance entered their lives that
the pair finally became man and wife.
While still in the springtime of lif°
the man and the Woman conceived
a deep and lasting affection for each
other. But fate was unkind to them.
Mr. Sandberg married another wo
man while the young woman also be
came a bride.
For years they heard nothing of
each other and then through a happy
circumstance, they were appraised of
each other’s whereabouts. That was
after Mr. Sandberg became a widower
and Mrs. Nelson a widow.
They resumed their courtship. Time
had mellowed their hearts still more
and the spirit of Christmas would not
be refused. So they wedded and once
more romance stepped into their lives.
Hooper Granted
Phone Rate Hike
Charges in Uehling, IVicker
son and Winslow Remain
Same—Rural Tolls
Roosted.
Lincoln, Dec. 28.—The elate rail
way commission today partially grant
ed the application of the Hooper Tele
phone company, which servos Hooper.
Uehling, Nickerson, and Winslow, for
an increase in rates.
The company was granted a small
Increase January 1, 1320, but the com
mission finds that it was "as much
too conservative in its conclusions as
the company was too liberal," and
states that the 1923 Increase will bring
$1,000 a year additional revenue to the
company.
Rates in Hooper are Increased as
asked for and rural rates for all ex
changes will be raised 10 cents, but
the commission denied the company
the right to increase rates In the
other three towns it serves since
they do not have the higher grade
common battery service enjoyed by
residents of Hooper.
The company estimated that It
needed additional revenue of approxi
mately $1,-100 to pay T per cent on its
investment, which is required if
earned because of local conditions.
The balance is made up by permitting
the company to reduce Its set-up for
maintenance from 10 to 9 per cent.
Gobs Unable to Attend
Big Football Game
Do* Angeles, Dec. 2fi.—Several
thousand of the 20,000 tickets reserved
for the navy for the Washington
Navy football game to be played at
Tournament park, Pasadena, New
Year's day. were turned back by navy
officials, it was announced today by
Darwin Meisnest, graduate manager
of the University of Washington.
They were placed on sale here today.
Many of the men of the naval forces
based here will be unable to attend
the game, owing to the necessity of
holding them aboard ship to prepare
for the fleet's departure for winter
maneuvers in southern waters the fol
lowing day.
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Bond Jumper Caught.
Paul Vojnovlch of South Omaha,
who Jumped his bond in a liquor case
two weeks ago, has been catight In
Detroit. Mich., a dik\>atch to General
Prohibition Agent Samardlck staled.
He will be brought back here.
SUNNY SIDE UP □
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Tuesday morning, and all'a well.
The terrifflc dtn haa subsided some
what. and the dove of peace may now
and then be seen hovering In the off
ing. It Is not yet safe to undertake
to walk across the floors without
shoes, there being vast quantities of
nut shells and divers and sundry
pieces of sticky candy scattered about.
Hut the Hist excitement of grabbing
things off the Christmas tree has sub
sided. Mother Is showing evidences
cf the severe strain of the Inst two
cr three weeks—and dad is a nervous
wreck. Making Christmas merry for
a big family, ranging from IS months
old to past three decades, Is some Job.
^>ut it’s worth all the expenditure of
time and money.
Kver and anon as the door Into the
kitchen Is opened there Is wafted to
my nostrils the appetizing odors of
roasfing turkey, bubbling cranberry
sauce, mince pips in the baking, sage
and onions and celery, ’n ever'thlng
Confidentially, there are other odors
of a very reminiscent nature, arising
from a combination of the white of
eggs beaten to a stiff froth, then
folded Into the yolks beaten stiff, with
pulverized sugar, with hot water and
nutmeg, together with - l wonder
when dinner will lie ready!
1 hope Santa Claus was as good to
you as ho was to me. At home,
watching the kiddies hopping around
their Christmas tree, enjoying good
health. Just the gifts I wanted, a
< orklng good Christmas dinner now
being put on the table stretched out
to make sealing room for an even
dozen of us, nnd the telephone keep
ing up a continuous Jingle As good
friends rsll up to wish a Merry Christ
mas and a. Happy New Year. I’ll bet
Hank Kord and Jack Rockefeller are
Cot having half at much fun today
a I am.
• • •
Two. houra have elapsed since last
above written. I-ong practice haa
ipade me fairly expert at carving a
turkey. And believe me, a fellow has
to bo something of an expert to keep
up with the demands of a hungry
bunch of kiddles, appetltiea sharpened
by chasing around the neighborhood
In the crisp air, showing their pres
ents. I hale Just had ocular demon
stration that their legs were hollow.
Am going down to the river and
show the young folks how to skate.
Iteen a quarter of a century since I
had my skates on, hut skating, like
swimming, la never forgotten If once
learned. Aa I remember It, I was a
whiz of a skater In my young days.
Wish you were here to watch me.
• • •
<!lod you weren't here. The spec
tacle would have been very entertain
ing, no doubt, hut not to me. Gosh,
but the lee docs freeze hard these
degenerate days! And I have learned
that a fellow my age doesn't bounce
like he did when he was In hlH 'teena.
In fact he don't bounce a tall. He
just lands with a dull, sickening thud.
At least I did Kick tells run lie didn't
think It possible for a man to get into
so many shapes in the short space of
llnnt between Ills feet-living out from
under him and the impact of iso
pounds on the Ice. What I'm wonder
lug at Is how it fellow can fall so as
to have every part of lile anatomy,
front and back, lilt the lcj> all nt once
I've heard of this thing of aching
In every joint. If my every ache la
a Joint, I'm the eighth wonder of the
world, anatomically speaking lloiv
ninny shoulders and hips and knees
Hrol elbows Is a mull supposed to
have, anyhow? W. M. M.
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Christmas)
Parole Irks
Gov. Bryan
Executive Doubts Right of
Lincoln Judge to Free Con*
\icte dParticipant in
Tram Holdup.
Seeks Light on Matter
Lincoln, Dec. 26.—Members of the
state board of paroles and pardons
are at a loss today to understand the
release Monday of Chester Morgan,
24, convicted holdup man, who was
paroled from the bench by District
Judge Morning after he had served
two days in the penitentiary.
Morgan was arrested recently with
four companions snd charged with
holding up a Lincoln street car. They
pleaded guilty In district court In the
morning and that afternoon were
given 10 years apiece by Judge Morti
ing. the speed with which they were
sentenced causing considerable com
ment.
Morgan, In company with the other
four was taken to the penitentiary',
but was removed Saturday and
brought before the judge two days
later when he was paroled.
Judge Morning, in discussing the
case today, said that he was not cer
tain of the legal grounds of his ac
tion, but that extenuating circum
stances in Morgan's case justified his
release. Morgan, he said, was not an
active participant In the holdup which
netted $20. but sat In an automobile
and waited for the other four.
The legality of the judge’s action
was questioned today by Governor
Bryan, who Is a member of the board
of pardons, the governor declaring
that he had no previous knowledge
that a prisoner at the penitentiary
could be released or removed except
after a hearing before the board.
The governor said he had received,
during his term of office, numerous
petitions from prisoners In city and
county Jails, who stated that they
had been advised by district and
county judges that their release could
only be granted by the hoard.
"Judge Morning raises a question
that the board w-ould be glad to know
more about," the governor said. "If
there is a statute applying In Mor
gan's case we are unaware of It. and
any Information that we can get on
the subject will enable the board to
act more intelligently In future cases.
"However, until I hear officially of
the matter, I must assume that Judge
Morning knew what he was doing
when he released Morgan."
Zionist Leader Will
Speak Here Sunday
Louis Lipsky, Zionist leader, will be
the principal speaker at a publio mass
meeting of Omaha Jewry at the Bran
dels theater Sunday evening.
Mr Lipsky Ms chairman of the Na
tional Zionist organization, and has
been the representative of American
Zionists at many conventions held In
this country and in Europe
Harry H. i/spldus.was elected chair
man of the membership committee for
the meeting. Other members are Max
Fromkin. John Feldman, I. Ooidsteln,
and A. I. Kulakofsky. J. J. Fried
man is president of the local Zionist
organization.
Russian Bandit Executed.
Jewish Telegraph Agency.
Moscow, Dec. IS.—Tne bandit lead
er. Kuprcnko. one of General Pet
lura's chief lieutenants, haa been exe
cuted by order of the district court
sitting in Kiev. Kuprenko wag tried
for the shooting of a Jewish family
living in a village of the Kiev dis
trict. He wa» executed by a firing
squad.
Married in Council Bluffs
The following person* obtained marriage
licenses In Council Bluffs yesterday:
Carl I rich. Council Bluff* . 21
Evel/n Schilling. Scotia. Neb. 19
John Piokerill. I'nadllla. Neb. ........ 2*
Mutt I in Wright. Omaha . ... ...». 2.
William l Hi* Council Bluffs . 2.1
Irene Cole. Council Bluffs . 19
Nell McCray F*uerton. Neb .. Jfi
Fern MeNeff. F*ullerton Neb . 22
F'rank Young Pea Moines, fa. . 2*
Rose n*v. Omaha . . . . .
(i. w lister l.e Mar*, la *
Patricia Mahoney. T.a \fais la .... 21
I re I. iwe t)mah* .... 4"
Anna Pine. Omaha 40
iir.ro Virgin. Nebraska City. Neb.. 4»i
Blanche Crossly, Nebraska City. Vb
Charles Peterson. I^*s Angeles Cal 20
Nina Bahl. Council Bluffs .21
Thornes rettlgrrw. Omaha "I
Rosa Cunr, Omaha
William To*ton. Pocatello. Idaho . .
Alice Clausaen. Omaha ....*•!
lorn Davies Council Bluff* . - f
Clara Chlxrk, Connell Bluffs .
Lloyd Bsrtlett. Lincoln. N>b . 21
Lela Chidestsr. Havelock. Neb . 20
Arnold Bruhn. Trenton. Mo .
Eunice McCabe, Council Bluffs ... 26
Robert F'estye. Denison. !« ... 2"*
Hermls Curd. Mapleton. I« .... 19
Charles McDaniels. Middlepnrt, " ...
Oeorgia Hmlth. Omaha ... H
W. W. F'oster. Camas. Wash.'.‘4
Beulah Jones, Council Bluff* . .'7
Clark l.auer. Lincoln Neb . t*
Dorothy Aordt. Hnsilng*. Neb . 17
John Mtunip, Lincoln. Neb . .1
(dive doing*. Lincoln, Neb ... . "i
Carl Pa bland. Decorn h Is ..... 41
Nora Nelson, omsltu .... I*
Miles Hweence, I'npilllon Neb . *
chrlsllni Zeeb, Papllllon, Neb .
J«< k Allen Rogers Ark .. f
Elgin Thleler. t urn hu . '•
II l» Kohlsrhlen. Walnut la...... *
Mllda Ja« ohson, Avoni. Li ....
c c. ('on*, flerwln. Neb , I
Etta AImberry. Mason City Neb .. . :'l
William Welnicr, ('ouivil Bluffs. f
Anne O'Connell, Council Bluffs. ... '.’I
Wudel Bitangles. Mtn lib- In . T*
Father Nortnwny, Movllle, L< . 2(»
T T Jones, HavelOck. Neb ...... 1 '■
Margaret Kreee. lla\elock, Neh III
William Little lieveln« I* Neb .. 24
Anna Brady, Havelock. Neb. SI
There Is Such a Thing as Giving a Chest of Tools to a Boy
When He’s Too Small
WHY DON'T YOU TRY, TO
BUILD SOMETHING REAL HlCf
Y/ITK YOUR HEW TOOLS
INSTEAD OP JUST SAW IMG UP
THE FUPMlTURg -
{Claim Approved
by Bryan Held Up
by State Auditor
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Governor Refuses to Give Out
Lftter Explaining Trip of
Engineer Cochran to
South.
By K. H. PKTEKS.
Staff (orrmpondent The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. Deo. "6.—The elate nudi
top'* office la today holding up a
claim of $157.35 against the state,
made by Hoy L. Cochran, state en
gineer, until a letter which accoin
panled the claim to the finance de
partment explaining it, Is attached
to It.
An attemid. to see the letter todaj
was without results, and Its contents
is still a mystery, although it is re
ported that It contains an explana
tton of a trip made by Cochran to
New Orleans, where lie attended a
meeting of federal and stale road of
finis, and Vsks that $135.23 of the
total amount be paid to him for <\
penses incurred.
Deputy State Auditor Honza made
a trip to the finance department this
afternoon and re<iuestlon to see the
letter. In the absence of the deputy
secretary of the department, George
N'. Hall, he applied to on# of the
clerks. She read the letter and took
It to Governor Bryan.
, Bonn Keep# UWer.
For CO minutes she and the gov
ernor were In conference behind a
closed door and when she emerged
the letter was no longer in her hand
Asked again for the letter she said
sharply. ”1 haven’t it,” and Indicated
that, so far as she was concerned, the
matter was closed.
When the claim was first presented
toteh auditor's office, hearing the rut*
her stamped approval of Governor
Bryan. Finance Secretary llall state.;
that a letter had been sent w th it
to his department.
Auditor Marsh, unfamiliar with the
details of th»» claim, asked that the
letter be given him so that he might
have an explanation should his ap
proval of it l*o questioned.
Mis request was refused.
Mo then asked for a copy of the
letter and was told, "I'll see about
It.”
Iio\ernor Promises Copy.
IjMto this afternoon Marsh w.is toUJ
by tho governor that a copy would
be forthcoming.
That wks after Mar-di had tele
plained t'orhi'Hii and asked him to
com# end explain the claim.
t'pclmiii was Accompanied In hit
trip south hv his mss slant, \t C
Nohlg hut Noble did not prevent a
elaini for expenses It is understood
that the two engineers hi© dividing
the cost of three days in the old
Kronfh city.
Cochran s expense account Includes
1H in railroad fare, $lti for a room
at the Si. Charles hotel, and $2.2ft a
day for subsistence during the trip.
Tho difference between the $l.u.S5
claimed and the cost of the New Oi
lcan* trip is made up in a three day
convention tit Omaha.
"I wont down to see federal road
officials," Cochran said today when
asked the whys and wherefors of his
claim. “They were .<11 there and 1
had some matters to discus* with
them.” •
50,000 Visit Bier
cf Helen Hamilton
Hi International New* S«r»i«f.
| t'amden, N. J , Dec. 26.—More than
50,000 persons, including Mayor Vic
tor King and other city officials, to
day visited the home of Helen Hamil
ton as a last tribute to the 13 vear
old girl whose prayer for death as a
Christmas present in order that she
might be relieved fr< m eight years of
suffering, was answered.
Floral offerings were brought by
n.nny.
Helen was to be buried with her
favorite doll, “Huey.” clasped in her
arms. The girl died Sunday night.
The mother asked that the funeral l»c
delayed until after Christinas.
Witnesses Shy at
Murder Hearing
Of . J witnesses called for the pre
liminary hearing of Alfio l>e George
and Sal'.itore Glain|>a|>a. charg'd with
first degree nimbler In connection with
the staying of Frank Gtbliterro, in
municipal court Wednesday, not one
appeared.
Finally Court Sergeant llolden was
sent to bring Chief of Detectives
Charles H. Van Deusen.to the court
room. On his testimony, and that of
Alfred Ranerl, Interpreter, both men
were bound o'or to district court on
the murder charge against theml
Kfforts was made by the defense to
show that I'e George had nothing
to do with the shooting.
Hurt County to Hold Hally
iu Fight on lulu rruloMs
Te'cauwih. Nob.. !><s -t. Tito com
mlttoe it) i hurgo of cattle tul»etvulo
hN eradication in Hurt county will
give h dinner at »I:3n Friday e\on‘bg
,to those interested in ntrubuttinK tho
cIImo.iso The dinner will bo aarved
by the Ladies Ueliof corps at its hall.
The Dav in
Washington
The house immigration commit
t«*e began hearings on immigration
legislation
President t oolidgo took up tho
the question of extending the Coast
wise shipping laws to tho Philip
pines.
\it effort was begull in the sq
pi erne coni I to reopen the t alitor
nia alien land low ease recently do
I tided.
The naxy department announced
ady alter parties would soon hr sent
to \las|«a for preliminary work in
connection with the polar flight.
Court martial sentences in the
cases of f apt I dwaid II Watson
and Unit. Commander Ronald T
Hunter of the destroyer squadron
wrecked last September on the Cal
Ifornia roast yy ere approyed by Sec
retary Dauby.
I
Friend of Iowa
Outlaw Is Held
Sheriff Struck by Resem
blance of Henry Hood
to James Da\ i».
Wlien Sheriff P A. Lainson and
his deputies arrestfd Henry flood.
1014 Fourth street. Council Bluffs, on
a liquor charge on Christmas eve.
they were stfuck with the man's
resemblance to .lames l>avts. notor
ious Iowa outlaw formerly a mem
ber of the "Ited" Burdette gang at
Sioux City, who es'-aped sometime ago
from the state penitentiary at Fort
Madison.
The fact that Good has no bullet
wounds on his tiody, proved to the
sheriff that he could not be Davis
It Is a coincidence that Good is
personally acquainted with Davis.
Sheriff l-ainson formerly was a
state agent, and had met Davis in
that capacity. L. H. Bird, a deputy,
formerly was a guaid at the state
pcultMitiary, and knows Davis In
sight.
J. I I lodges, a roomer at the Good
home. w.is also arrested on a liquor
tharge. Good was released on $1,000,
and Hodges on $!>h0 bond.
^ usliington Resumes
football Practice
Seattle. Wash.. Dec. —Football
practice was resumed here today by
the University of Washington grid
iron team after a layoff over Christ
mas In preparation for Its game with
the United States Naval academy
eleven at Pasadena New Year's day
Workouts tomorrow and Frida'
will precede the departure of the
Huskies for Pasadena at midnight
Friday.
Knute Rockne M ill Mold
Summer (loaehiup School
!.tin .Ingrlett. 1'pi*. 7-- Rimer Hen
■ in-i n fnuthall i'Hu h i f the Culver
■Ity of Si'iithern Oultfornia nnnoune
■ t toiln> that Knufe Roi-kne, Not i t
Hnme « gridiron mentor, will arrive
In-re July 7 to handle three week*
• if nunimer nohool lit. l*nlver*.ty of
Southern OalifomUt.
Jockey Taylor Injured.
Now York, IVo. H.—J'1' 1 • y H 1'-*x
lor whs hurt in tho s« coin! rat e at
Jefferson park todav when he "as
catapulted from his mount. Sea
Wrark. He was rushed to tho emerg
onoy hospital but the extent of hi*
injuries had not hern determined v”
KohftiNon. on Saint Mauri-*'. a lac fell
but scrambled off tho track unin
jured.
The Weather
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January I 4
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50 Patients
Are at Large
After Fi re
Checkup at Illinois State Hos
pital Shows Violently
Insane Among Those
at Liberty.
Aid Sent From Chicago
IIv I i)trrr*nl Serjlce.
Chicago. Dec. 26.—Fourteen insane
patients were burned to death tonight
when fire destroyed a section of the
Illinois hospital for the insane at
Dunning.
Hospital authorities believe the
death list may exeted 20.
The fire started shortly after 6.
ga.mng headway slowly at first.
Four thousand patients, many of
them violently insane, fought to es
cape. Special details of Chicago's p
■lire and fire fighting equipment w ere
rushed to the scene.
The building destroyed was known
as Annex No. 1, and contained «<"•
tubercular patients. It was here that
loss of life occurred, three patients
being unable to escape.
A check up of the institution to
night showed that 50 patients had es
raped and were running at large.
Some of them are violently insane.
That the loss of life was not
greater was believed due to th" fa
that most of tlie patients were in the
dining halls when'the fire alarm was
sounded.
The fire was confined to the annex,
all other buildings being saved.
\\ oman Is Hurled
From Moving Car
l eg Broken ^ hen Found lo
Police—Forced to
Knter Auto.
Vis. Joe Olieschek. 1311 N stree'
wwa picked up on the sidewalk at
Twenty-seventh and«F streets eai.
Wednesday b; Detectives Zalisko
and tlalsche. suffering from a broke:
leg.
She said slie had been thrown o..'
of an automob.le at that spot by fo .
'men who forced her to enter then
machine at Twenty-seventh and I
streets about 2 this morning. After
driving about for a short time, she
«aid. they forcihly ejected her from
the car. breaking her leg.
She was take to South Omaha po
lice station, where she was givet
.medical attention. Eater she was
taken to St.'Joseph hospital.
Elmer White, taxi driver, recogi i.z* '
her as a w man w hom he drove from
Twenty fourth and Washington street*
to 233 1 N street about 1 45 this morn
in;-.
Mrs Olieschek ;s t>4 She works f
her tswrd at the home of Tom Sk>'
ton. 2015 Madison street, where she
lives, and is also employed at a room
■ ng house at the N street address.
She said she tried to g- into t
'looming house but was unable to d.
so. and was walking to the home of
|Joe Sente'-:. 431S South Twenty-sev
enth street, when she was accosted to
[the men in the automobile
" hen she was thrown from the car.
-she said, one of the wheels of the n
'chine passe.! over her leg She i
lin the street, unable to rs* A f.
'moments later, the car returned, am!
two. of the tm rr . c ried her out of t ■
jsiteet and placed her on the sidewalk,
[according to her story. Site lay then
|20 minutes before aid arrived.
Sarazcn L liable to Play
in California Open
Loa Angeles, Dec. i*.—Gere Ss-s
zen will not reach California in time
for the California own tournament
here January 12 to It, hut will com
pete January lo in an intarnatioual
match at Brentwood Country clul<
with Arthur t!. Havers. British open
champion, according to Joseph Kirk
wo<xi Klvkw ood played over the 1 *
\vge>* t'ountry <-!>;!> - "in -p to.'>\ i
get a line on it for the state open.
French Honor Mine. < uric.
l'aris. Her. —Mine. Mark Cunt,
working txuh her hoehaml. Prof,
llfrrf Curie. In their modest hhora*
torv in Hue 1 Homoml. made her mo
mentous discovery of radiujii year#
ago today.
At 4 o'clock this .i t." t o hour
that saw Mroe. Cures experiments
crowned with nuaWM, President M
lrrand, accompanied by tnfmlvit of
the cabinet, the diplomatic corps am!
several scientists, will m«t ,«t the
Sorhontie to celebrate the anulversary*
\ chruska Couplr
I? «•</ h\ l)isti i< /
Jtiiiei' tn Hluffs
14oyd Hart leu. -1, of l.incohi, a ml
I ,ola Ohlde«ter. of |! t\» U»ck. \Ylv,
came to Council Hlufl* \\ crinetalav
and obtRintsi a marriage lioens*
booking for i\ justice of the js'h.c to
marry them they found both of the
ust ee * busy th other couples. so
they *ent to the court room hi dis
trict court and Pistrlrl dunce Thomas
4. Whitmore >v.i* pressed into scrvUe
to t>erfonn the cnremony.
They ane one of the few couples
e\er married b> a 1st i udf* m
Council HlufCr
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