fzzzxzL The Omaha N orning Bee_
4oL. 53 NO. 170. .‘-r K «ST “;MVi ■SU'* ^ OMAHA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1924. * g;„r ,i,'. V«S'1 'foT‘K.,,"V"^ TW0 CENTS *
Prosperous
Year Is Here,
Ine 1 Ion Says
r<‘*-ur) Secretary in New
fa Message Predicts Con
>i ’ned Improvement in
Condi*, o. is.
oi id Policies Urged
1ivYshington, Dec. SI.—Secretary
Hon looks with confidence to a
!>erotis 1924, although he said In
*w Year's message tonight that |
ii '’'pended on the continued ef |
|g t the country to keep its fin |
*1 b'Use in order. II*' incntlonad
|i* same time the effect favorable
''O hy congress on ttie tax mea
*• w* old have on the economic
Hti. ns 11 toe nation
T atn convin d.” the secretary's
i.-ige said, "ths,' i. the tax redue
* proposals are enacted into law
th> sound policy of retrench
' ir expenditures Is continued.
Homing year will witness a. steady
ivmient in the favorable condi
wihqh ’already have begun to
eke 1,'jemaelves felt and this coun
, will i'ljoy prosperity in 1924.''
The secretary recounted efforts of
e treasury to place governmental
seal af airs on a. sound footing and
>c!ared the recovery of general busi
es*) fronl the “severe industrial de
cision'1 markable.
Ir edicts' Continued Progress.
"It ha* become increasingly evi
m,’’ the rflessage continued, “that,
iH, btisinea.8 on a s°und footing and
lrly br lance<* relations between in
s'rie* our own country can enjoy
a) ilitv an-1 a moderate degree of
0‘peritv ,’ven when unsatisfactory
or iitlons’ pf®va‘’ ahmad. The result
Kho ild not rn,y ‘"aphe confidence for
he fut* e* Justifies the belief the
l.edlately ahead of it* will
■nued progress. If the drag
itsound basis of taxation Is
*from business and industry,
t depends upon the continued
f.f the country to keep its
house in order, holding down
kres and following sound
Je regards new undertakings.
.'ernment has succeeded In
,he flecol year 1923 with a
j >f about 121(1,Coo,000 above
jidlturea chargeable against
(receipts, including that sink
1 and other debt, retirements
■ the government is corn
fitted aider tho sound policy of
dancln^l its budget and gradually
‘during ats indebtedness.
Tax Reduction Reconunended.
“OuriTj- the year the treasury has
imp let* ^ the refunding of the seven
id on* laJ^ rfllions of the short
ted de.^ S on a strict investment
sis and. ^.jj.hout disturbance to bus!
ss or a raln the financial mar
t. T' a j,a£ inclv led tho compb
>n of ftp founding of the victory
cn a regatinP ov"r $d.0i*0.0on.oon
d the re,jrefuci * of over half a
Iflllon >’oiiarx war savings cer
locate* The y(,-* r :¥ff closed als6
L'fwjtn rMed tll„ , ,n(1inK of the debt
| ai to^lls coimtr i v <IrVat 1
l" Wf, aggregating
[ " 8 isfactory « I lngemerf'8 f 1
|t‘ir ‘.dual retirement.
<iS 1 result «.f the present ‘fa'"1
bl« c* ,()itiori of the gov#rni>1*nl J
finance ^ the treasury has recn,n
mende. ,l rm|11( i .... of taxes. n
belief i at co mtry should *>B ,-e'
lh-ved, i „ fa|. a), tnay b« possible,
j :cessi\e burden of tax,tlon'
s been borne so unco nP*a*n'
ring and after the w'r
has accordingly reec mmen<l
igress that legislation lja an'
ilch will distribute t.^e h*ne'
x reduction among al* classes
yers and release fot lav<‘8t
productive enterprls<‘' 'unds
e nece-eary for th«> c°un'
v’ansion end future healthy
tent.’’ _i
ii. Uoudbolders
Make Big Loan Offer
•, Dec. 31.—Representatives
bolder* of second mortgage
1 the Denver a Rio Grande
Railroad company today of
IpimI the United States dis
irt, as supervisor of the re
ii of the road, sufficient funds
11.129.000 interest due tomor
ho first mortgage bonds,
ffer was made in a hearing
, newspaper men. According
eta leaking out. Judge J.
ymes said/if those who made
• could Write a court order
Dry to him he would sign it.
Club First New Year
cetiug to Be January 8
>rs of the Lions club will hold
St meeting of the new year
g. the following men were
d leuiers of the January
Ted Maenner, chairman; Carl
H t*. Moeller, W. Parker,
,'veska, d- ii- Wallace, Ford
• j Burbeck, D. M. Kdgorly,
jnford and Charles Hopper.
age Pioneer Dies.
bachelor, living west of
.pel of heart trouble at a
I f|c was a Mennonlte
lp't„ Gage county 111 1878. He
|tlves living in Beatrice and
I Alive Celebrates.
Th'rank Augho celebrated
.V*w Veer's eve. hut hln
'. Holiday. H" was born lie
81 i||74. lie aiwujs, sits up
it biJthdsy out, be ssya
li. Brener Resigns
From
The Omaha Ree
y/ale of the holdings of B. Brew
rV in The Omaha Hoe to N. B.
Updike is announced today.
At the same time announce
ment is made of the resignation
of Mr. Brewer as vice president
and general manager, effective
January 1.
Mr. Brewer came to Omaha two
years ago, purchasing an interest
in The Omaha Bee from Mr. Up
dike and becoming the active ex
ecutive head of the organization
as vice president and general
manager. During the period of
his office consistent progress was
made by The Omaha Bee in cir
culation. in advertising gains and
in prestige. Before coming to
Omaha Mr. Brewer was connected
with several large daily news
papers, including the Cincinnati
Post and the Cleveland Press.
Mr. Brewer has obtained an
option for the outright purchase
of a daily paper in an eastern city
of 100,000 population and ex
pects to leave in a few days for
the east.
“The* associations of my two
years in Omaha have been indeed
pleasent and 1 am juite relactant
to leave,” said Mr. Brewer, “but
the opportunity of owning a news
paper of my own is too attractive
to ignore.”
Fremont Woman
Han«;s Herself:
Found by Father
Miss Parsons Ends Life
in Garage While Sup
posed to Be on
Visit.
Fremont. Neb., Dec. 31.—After an
all-night absence of his daughter..
Lulu. 35, Ira Parsons, 72. retired farm
er, discovered her body suspended
from a rafter In the garage at their
home this morning.
Parsons, semi-crippled, went to the
garage to get his crutches, planning
to go to the home of a neighbor
where she was supposed to have vis
ited the night before.
The daughter got the rope at the
Parsons farm Friday,^and hid it ry
the cellar, it Is believed. SunrfSy
night, attired In her best clothes, she
left, apparently to visit a friend, in
dicating that she might remain for
the night.
This morning the father became
anxious when the daughter failed to
appear to prepare his breakfast. Ills
trip to the garage for his crutches
resulted In finding the body. The
victim had apparently jumped from
a chair, after fastening the rope to
the rafter and then about her neck.
Dixmude Is Believed
Destroyed by Fire
Hy AModatrd yrrnm.
PaJmero, Italy, Dec. 3).—Bits of
charred wreckage swept in by the sea
at Sciacca and along the coast neur
Palmcro, have been examined by ex
pertft, and the conclusion has been
reached that the French dirigible
Dixmude, was destroyed by fire, prob
ably after an explosion.
A solemn requiem mass was cele
heated.In the cathedral here today for
the victims and the people of Palermo
I have placed flowers on the body of
i'deutenant Grenadan, commander of
tlie dirigible. The body lies In the
station here.
Short Road Force
Caused Delay
in Paving Bills
Lack of Help in State De
partment Is Noted by
Federal Highway
Chief.
Washington, Pec. 31.—Continual
bickering and delay on the part of
I he state administration of Nebraska
over presenting vouchers for federal
aid road work in Nebraska caused
the federal good roads bureau to send
Clifford Shoemaker, an engineer, from
the Washington office to Lincoln.
Shoemaker has been instructed to
get at the bottom of the trouble and
make a final accounting of the situ
ation as it exists.
“The state has cut its force to al
most nothing and that, added to action
of the state In presenting a great
volume of vouchers all at one time to
our engineers in Nebraska, has
caused some of the trouble," Chief
McDonald of the federal department
said today. "Any figures given out
by our chief accountant relative to
the amounts available for Nebraska
as against vouchers passed by our
department ami paid are absolutely
authentic."
T. W. Allen, statistician for the
federal bureau of roads, today assert
ed emphatically that the article ap
pearing in The Omaha Sunday Bee
of Pecemlier 23. to the effect that
on November 30 there was $362,000
available in federal funds remaining
from federal money due the previous
state administration, is correct.
“I authorized publication of such
a statement. It was true then and
it is true now." Allen said. "There
may have been delay either by state
or federal authorities in Nebraska in
sending vouchers to us here for pay
ment. If so. this delay, 1 understand,
is largely due to faulty surveys
turned over to our men which neces
sitated extensive investigations and
use of field note books in certain in
stances."
Auditor Marsh Assured
of Prompt Road Service
Lincoln, Pec. 31.—Nebraska's
claims for federal road aid money
are receiving the personal attention
of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
This was learned today from a letter
addressed to State Auditor George
Marsh, in which the secretary states
that he has ordered a “complete In
vestigation of the whole matter."
The letter comes as a reply to a
request by Marsh, dated Deeeml»er
1!>. that the secretary investigate "an
undue delay on the part of the fed
eral government in paying Nebraska
road vouchers."
Wallace also promises that a fed
eral engineer will he sent from Wash
ington to the Lincoln office to occupy
a position similar to that being held
by Clifford Shoemaker, senior high
way engineer, who is assisting .1. <’■
Wonders at Omaha in expediting
claims.
County Assessors to fret (.lit
Rates to Lincoln Meet
Lincoln, pec. 31.—County asses
sors will meet lore in convention
January 9 and in, and W. II. Smith,
state tax commissioner, today notified
all assess,,rs that they may take ad
vantage of reduced railroad fares in
effect during OtganUed Agriculture
week.
SUNNY SIDE UP '
Fred Wright, the well known Oma
ha at»»ney, was formerly a resident
of Scottebluff. He makes frequent
visits back to the old home. Wright
has long been attorney for a well
known character out In the Irrigated
sections who Is either In the courts
seeking a divorce or defending him
self against one where heavy alimony
la asked. Every time Wright shows
up in Scottsbluff somebody asks him
If Old Man Soandso is getting an
other divorce.
Runey Campbell Is one of the
pioneers of the North Platte valley
and one of the few democrats ever
elected to office In Scolts Bluff coun
ty. I met him on the street of the
old home town Sunday morning and
asked him to go to church with me.
"Can't do It, Bill," he said. "Thirty
five years end more ago I drove 27
miles to hear a fellow preach In a
sod schoolhousc, and when I got there
he was so drunk lie couldn't get Into
the pulpit. I haven't been to church
since, and I’m afraid to go now. The
church might cave in on me."
dancing through a score or more
of tho country papers 1 note a nuin
her of anouncements of revival meet
Ings, But they will not be like the
old revival meetings of boyhood mem
ory. The preaching will be scliolurly,
but will lack the old time fiery ap
pc.il that used to sd the brethren and
t.bt- sisters <<> shouting. And they'll
havi a big choir up In front to tin
most of the singing, whereas In the
old days the organ was In the middle
of the church and a lusty-voiced man
stood up in front of tho congregation
and led the singing. Everybody sang
Iri those days. They hold a " erics of
meetings" nowadays. Fifty years ago
we had real revivals. Old land Walla
man used to. get converted every Jan
uary, weaken every February, back
slide In March slid raise particular
fils the rest of tbs year. Bu* Jsliil
ary always found him saved again
: W» always knew when tha peak ol
the revival had come. It was when
Dad Wallaman began to writhe
And there were the bold, wicked
boys who once climbed to the roof
of that little church while a revival
was in full swing, and put a board
over the chimney. Of course those
boys grew up to he bank robbers, anil
hoss thieves, and other things equal
ly bad. One served five terms in con
gress. one was on the district, bench
of Missouri for several years, and
would have been there yet hod not
death called him. tine occupied one
• if the most prominent pulpits In Ht.
Joseph fur 20 years. One of the oth
ors didn't amount to much.
Speaking of busy bridges that at"
situate wholly within Ihe confines of
Nebraska, the bridge carrying the
most traffic is doubtless the one be
tween tiering and Scottslduff And
In addition to being the busiest, It is
perhaps I lie* prettiest piddle bridge in
Nebraska.
Tito mountain known as Scolls
llluff has long been considered tlie
highest point in Nebraska. Hut It
Isn't, The highest point isn't even n
mountain. It Is a level plateau In
western Kimball county at the Wy
oming stato line. Hcotts Bluff is
4.6116 feet above sea level. The Kim
ball county plain Is slightly more
than ii.7r.il feet above soa level.
That Ihe cattle Industry Is coming
back m western Nebraska Is plain to
be seen. Two years ago one might
travel for hours and see only a few
scattering steers, but it Is different
now. They nre numerous every
where Tlie largest bunches of pen
fed rattle are ill the sugar factories
!n I lie North I’lntlc valley They are
fed a combinathm of l.rrt pulp and
molasses, with plenty of alfalfa I
have never hml a wholly satisfactory
explanation of why these pulp fed
ratlin are shipped to Kansas I'lty In
stead of to Omaha This must lie
looked Into.
W. M. M.
Hordville Farm Body
Sues Stockholders
Aurora, Neb., Deo. 3t.—The Farm
ers’ Union Co-operative association
of Hordville has brought suit against
50 stockholders for judgment for the
amount of stock held by stockholders.
This company purchased a store in
Hordville and the board of directors
signed the note to procure the money.
It is alleged that the directors did
not cause to be published the notlco
of indebtedness which is required in
the statute and that for this reason
'he stockholders can be forced to pay
an amount equal to the stock held
Ly them.
It is reported that some of the
stockholders have paid this assess
ment, while those wro are now sued
absolutely refused to pay.
Vivid Colored
Handkerchiefs
Used as Shawls
__ j
Advance Indications from
Smart Shops of Paris Re*
veal “Sensible Clothes*’
AX ill Be Revived.
Palis. Pec. 31.—The mulatto fash
Ion of vivid colored handkerchiefs and
shawls of flimsy silken fabrics re
turned as the last sartorial surprise
of the dying year. The stylish res
taurants present a striking panorama
at lunch time with a varied assort
ment of r«inb<«wllke shawls which
are nothing less than huge colored
handkerchiefs worn triangular wise
across the shoulders and knotted In
front in exaggerated cowboy fashion,
which was popular in Deauville two
summers ago. .
The smart shops are Inviting sights
just now. The windows of the Rue
Lie in ifalx are filled with a wide as
sortment of the latest spring gar
ments for wear on the Riviera. White,
fleecy woolen sport costumes, looking
hot. hut in reality cool and airy,
dominate the collections.
Advance Indications from tha «e
cret designing rooms of the big dress
makers, who will commence their
spring and summer openings In a few
weeks, reveal that next year will *<e
a revival of the so-called "sensible
clothes.” such as were worn gener
ally during the war.
Skirts have a tendency to he short
er, but are also slightly more elabo
rate. especially as regards the use
of colored furs for hein and trim
ming.
Jackets of tailor-mades will be
longer than last year with the three
piece afternoon suit still the favor
ite.
Hats will he smaller, with an ab
sence of extremely elaborate trim
mings, such as have been seen here
tofore. The vogue of open work
sandal like shoes shows no sign of
abating. The tailor-mades will he
worn mostly without belts.
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Nebraska
News
Nubbins
BEATRICE The Gage County Fur
and Agricultural society at Its annual
mooting elected these officers: Presi
dent, Joseph Relieve; vice president.
< . It. Willey; secretary, Bovd Rlst;
treasurer, Paul W. Mosely, Wymore.
With K. C. Rooms as rhairman. the
board of directors consists of J. It
MrPheron, Blue Springs; Kick Hue
sun, Odell; Charles Miller. Wymore;
Ernest Kell, Rockford: George Spiegel,
Beatrice; Merle Douglas, Wymore.
BEATRICE—Col. F. E. Kinney,
farmer and stock raiser of Uberty,
says the future will be brighter for
stock raisers, especially those who
engage In the hog business. Although
prices for hogs have not been very
satisfactory, he looks for Improve
ment In the coming months. Hun
dreds of light hogs have been msr
keted In Gage county tho last few
weeks, and tho Interest In the pure
bred sales Indicates that an Increas-,
Ing number of farmers t ike the -ajne
view of the situation.
DEWITT — Federal agents who
raided bunk cars on a spur track at
the Hoik Island station at this place
found a complete still. Two Jugs
filled with whisky and some bottles
of liquor were found. Two Mexicans
employed by tho Rock Island track
department were arrested and lined
$105 each and are being held In the
DeWltt Jail.
CODUMBlfS—Actfvltlea of a dog
poisoner have nroused police follow
ing the death, within tho last few
weeks, of u score of dogs, chief of
Police Jack Lehman declared today
he believed the wholesale poisoning
of the ntiltnilla to Ire (he work of an
Individual whose hatred for the ani
mals luiil taken the form of a manta.
Wymore, Neh., Dec. 31—Final set
tlement has been made In Gage county
court of the estate of Joseph II Mer
rill. kl, civil war and navy veteran,
who lived alone In a shack on the
banks of Blue river, northeast of Wy
mine, for r.5 years, lie left an » talc
valued at $3.5011 and 15.non shares of
questionable oil and mining atneks.
He Is said to have received $73 p* r
month pension, Hie largest In Hie
county. The only near relatives an
two brothers, one In Nfyiltte, and one
In New York, from whom he was
estranged on Recount of one of the
brothers having married Ills sweet
heart 55 years ago, and since which
time he had not seen them. He left
no will F. K Rice, Blue Springs
merchant and old friend was np
pointed special sdmlnisl r.t I oi \lri
rill was fuuml dead July 3.
Ano ther Volume for the Archives
Fire Ruins Gering
Sujrar Warehouse
i
Blaze Is I oil"ht on Coldest
Day of the ^ ear—
Loss $40,000.
tiering. Neb.. Dec. 31.—File in the
pulp warehouse **f the Great Western
Sugar company last night destroyed
the building and contents. The ware
house contained 40,000 sa< ks of dry
beet pulp worth $50,000.
The building and machinery los« is
$40,(M*0. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by spontaneous combus
tion. It will smoulder for several
days but prompt action on the part
of the factory fire department and
the OerJng volunteer department con
fined the blaze to the warehouse
The firemen worked during the
coldest day of »’ •• year At midnight
It was 24 below sold at fi this morning
was below. Absence of wind en
abled the fire departments to keep the
fire from being communicated tu the
main factory where the year's cam
paign was just closing. Work was
uninterrupted and at *» this morning
the last beet went through slicers
The campaign is the shortest In the
history of the loyal factory.
Pioneer Omaha Woman
Succumbs at Home Here
Mrs. Soplila LefTert, SO. who . ame
to Omaha In 1855, died early Mon
day morning at her home.
She was the mother-in-law of the
late Dr. J. C. Bishop.
When she first came to Omaha she
lived In a house at Twelfth and Chi
cago streets. Later she moved to
West Point, Neb. She returned to
Omaha ?il years ago and had lived
hero ever since.
She is survived by three daughters.
Mrs. Lillian Bishop. Mrs. A. Hayes
of Portland, Ore. and Mis O. .1
Johnson of Orange. Cal
The tasty will lie taken 10 West
Point, where funeral services will he
held Wednesday morning.
The Day in
Washington
Thr weather hurrau warned of
rold waxes Invaded eastward.
I hr house immigration commit
trr continued hearing* on humigra
tion legislation.
I.ewi* X llill resigned a* director
of the hureaii of riigriixtng and
printing.
I'rohihit ion offieers throughout
the eoiiiltix were orderi.yl to nialte
Vew X ear'* parties "dry .**
Mexican ic\olut ionaty irjient*
filed a protest against the sale of
Xnierican arms to the Ohregoti got
eimim lit
lofal government receipt* for
IM.'.t were said at the treasury to
hr SI. I til,005,600, an increase of
nearly 9500,000,000 over IP??.
I leelrii railway* of the country
carried 15,331,101,HO I passenger*
last year and their nH operating
revenues wne placed at H? 16,911,*
3iH hy the ceimua bureau
Nebraska Bound
Rector Held on
Flirting Charge
Bail Kunii-lird !•> Lo« Angelo
Bi'liup i» Forfeited—A<l
• Ire*' Said to l»»- \ra|»
alioe. Neb.
It* luf rr»n»llm»ul Nf»* vF»i«t
I*js Angela, lire. 31.— Facing trial
it po Ice court ?<•, ai«i attempting
t« flirt with shop girl*, the Rev. J.
C. Ferrier. pastor of the Church of
Epiphany, resigned his pastorate and
fled I*** Angeles, it was revealed to
day. when n** faded to appear l**
fore Judge Crawford. When he failed
to appear, h * bail "f ‘100. furnished
by Hishop Johnson »>f the l/e Ai.
gcles Epi*. ..pal iii*H-ese., was * idert-,1
forfeittd. . nd a hem li wcr.int «ssued
for his arrest.
Officers went at on * to the ret lory
of the preacher ami discovered that
Rev. Ferrier had deserted it last Sat
unlay, taking with nim all his bag
gage. The secretary-; ceasurer of the
church told the officers that Rev.
Ferrier had resigned ns pastor of the
church and left the city.
"He said he had a call to his old
home in Nebraska.” raid the secre
tary. A letter address'd to Rev. l>r
Her was found in hi« study, bearing
the sending address of "St. I’Tuil*
rectory, Arapahoe. Nebraska *
The Church of Epiphany is one of
the largest in the Uncoln Heights|
district.
Fair Managers Meet
at Lincoln January 15
Lincoln. iv<\ 31.—The l’» annual
scstliou of the Nebt * hi Aasocialion
of Fair Manager* w ill I c held hero
January 14 and 15. according to at
nouncement made today l»> U. 11
Smith. secretary treasutn
The meeting will be held In o*nju<
lion with the annual pesslon of the on
state board of auraulture and th<
two organiKation* will meet in a
joint hanquet January lf>. The pro
gram of the meeting of fair managers
includes addrenee* by managers front
Nebraska towns and cities in which
fairs are held and a meeting with
the state board of ...grlculturt
If. J. McLaughlin if l>oniphnn is
president of the fair managers and 1*
J. Mitchell of Deshlei ts \icc presi
dent.
Kirli Tmiri»l<*. Westward
Hound. (luiu in NiiiiiIi(-i>
I C'olUttthtl*. Neb I h « 111 - For the
first time in the history of the Litg
coin highway through Columbus
there lum been a westward migration
« f tourists (dining ftoni the east,
the tourists w ilt huge car* and
wealth me passing dully m ittetcas
Ing numbers. hound for southern t*;d
Ifnrnlo.
The winter tourist travel is <»f ait
entirely different class of people than
that of the summer Mason The tout
1st*, now westward I not ml. an' if tin
world’s elite Most of them are
women with daughters All stay ut
hotels.
Naken Stock I>
Carried Vwav
•
Burglar' Break Into New
Store ami Km ape in 1 ruck
with Komi- Worth ?8 000.
-
Wi.il* M W. Naken. proprietoi of
t . tIjir _ i>tor# it -10 North Six i
ieenih street, was out of the city
over the weekend, burglars broke
111io hi* end virtually moved :t j
off. he reported to police upon his
let urn Monday.
He estimates h » l>*se at between
jv.rtoo and $10,000.
The burglars lm< ked a \an lip to
lb*4 back door, broke through the en
ciii** tooni in the bas-ment Into a
wsshro; in. and then Into the store It
self T u y took every ihing. includ
ing men s suits w« n * suit'- ei*ats |
and dres'* *
The prow 1*1^ ui*dt no effort to
break into the safe.
Naken recently had tn<*ved to hi**
new location fr«*m 117 South Fif
teenth street.
Mike in Gasoline Price
Gets 0. K. of Bryan
Lincoln. Dec. Ul—Governor Bryan.;
uppmvea of the increase of two vents
u gallon in the price of gasoline, lit- ,
announced today that he is satisfied. !
' Sixteen and a quarter cent* is not
an exorbitant price and If it is not
raised abo'e that level I will not!
feel that It is advisable or necessary
to establish sales agencies through-;
out the state.” he sai l
lowa Baity Frozen.
Sioux City, la.. "l)ec. SI.—With its j
tiny hands and feet frozen and its,
undernourished body unable to with ’
stand the intense cold, the 2-months
old baby of Mr and Mrs. I' 1 Wtdg
erv d:ed codav
Married in (mined Bluffs i
Th* following ;>or-*«i;w obtained marriage!
IteoMOe «n Council Bluff* yoetorda)
Ouy Wll*nt\. Herahe*1, NVh ;t
Ituth Johnaon. Iloralu* N-h : s
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Aims HirUkamv ttr-tud I*'.and. N*b. t?
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Howard Kay, I1a»< fl(f Nob ... ?S
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Floyd Brltitun. Beat so*. \’#h.
Nbra Bennett. If. »tn. . Neb ... j- 2
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Melon H 11*01*. Norfolk Ni*b ...... VS
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Cecil Halter. » ouihH Bluff* . ?.*
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William A
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to Saotrll*- IV- la
Thm wild H•***«■* » I* . ago I ‘ *
t oialyn viavett, No* folk. .Nob ... ;»
Cold Spell
in State Is
Su bsid i ng
Onl ^ until Seriously Injured
in Boiler Blact Temper
atures Below Zero
Reported.
/ 1 "
East in Path of Blizzarc
#
Chicago. Dc,-. si.— The dying yeat
found the middle west engulfed in a
blizzard; the New Year came on a
blanket of snow.
The strom that swept thhrough the
northern with sfeet and enow ant
temperatures far below zero was the
most severe of the winter.
Reports of death attributed to th*
storm began to trickle in tonight. At
Denver, Miss Beatrice Jones diet
l after leaping from a w indow during
a fire. At <l!en Ellyn, II!.. l)r. E. 8
H gley. blinded by snow, drove onto
a railroad track in front of an on
coming train and was killed
The i ountry fiorn the Vn. ific north
we-t to the Ohio river was whippet
by sales, according to weather charts
tonight. Tlte < old w ill spread ovci
the entire country, with the excep
tion of the California region and t tv
extreme southeast.
The severest <add was reported from
Wyoming. Montana and the Dakotas.
Rock Springs. Wyo.. reported 40 lie
low zero, and other stations had front
in to 3.7 below.
Kae down in the southeast, Tenne*
*-». A I.-, ba ma and CSeojgia, the tern
perature was abnormally high, Knox
ville reporting 66 Montgomery. 74.
nd Jacksonville. 76. The c dd w, i
reach this southeastern region within
24 to 4S hours, hut will be less sever*
than north of the Ohio.
Wvmore. Xeb.. Dec. 31 —\Y E
Hooper. 6*. Burlington employe anJ
resident of Rea' .-e for 4i years, wc
found dj-ad on the sidewalk between
his home and the Burlington station
at s o'clock this morn.ng. lieing the
first storm victim or the winter n
Clasre county.
For 25 years he was roundhouse
f remrin at Beatrice. He was walk
ing the 10 blocks from his bomrt ;o
work and succumbed to the sever**
wind and snowstorm raffing over
Gage county.
He leaves a wife and two daugh
ters.
Hurt in Explosion.
Grand Island. Neb.. Dec. 31.—A d.s
patch from Ord states that the heat
ing plant of the building ooi upied by
the ord Journal exploded early today,
injuring one man and doing damage
t" the extent of *3.000. Kroxen u ^
during the cold weather Sunday, the
lx.tier below explodes] simultaneously
with a radiator on the first floor.
All the windows of the building
were knocked out and there was
damage to machinery. Ralph James,
high school senior, employed in his
space time, was in the basement.
His right hip was broken and intern;,
injuries are feared.
Frank Grady. linotype opera tor. ha
just left his chair near the burster
radiator when the hitter flew into a
thousand fragment*. Editor Rue kb -
was standing in the doorway an.
was not injured.
Two Inrli know at 1 alls t ily.
Fails City. Neb . Dec SI —The y. ai
1SJ3 made tts farewell bow to Fall
•■:ty today with the coideat weathei
of 'h*' reason, the temperature drop
pine to one above this rooming. Tw.
inches of snow Ml during the night
Veil s will lv much warmer.
Ninth Nebraska Recovering
Norfolk. Net lv.- 31 —The 1
:-ird which 1 had all of the nort .
Nebraska and South Dakota In it*
grasp since Saturday night is sub
siding and train sohuJles which were
demoralised are being resumed undci
nnormal conditions.
Rig snowdrift* have been cleared
from the tracks and Automobile
roads are being opened. The east and
west roads have beer blocked bv
drifts. Uve «tock enioute to mar
ket* tod.iv suffered 'adly. Soma Us
to hogs is reooried.
Nine It. I’.il lb ;rcc Drop
'V.'i-.ioie N-h t*ec .'i it appeal*
the New Y . *' 11 . . ■ x-iapp era
tn Gage county.
in Gage oiutit; In 1J hour* the
tcmpemiivo fell id degree* reaching
■Jo above
IS Below \i t hatMrou
Ghaddron. Ned . 1 Vo 31.— North
i .st Nebraska t\; l.> t • is firs:
leal taste of winter icsterday when
the thermometer dropped steadily un
til venohe\i| l> below aero early this
morning The cold spell followed a
light snow storm which contlncxi
from S;ituid*y evening until late yes
terday
The Weather
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