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0 0 The Omaha Ni.< >rning Bee VOL. 53—NO. 180. - ■«•*•«« a".^"mi* i"%£ OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1924. *_5:,.?/.",11 TWO CENTS » Bok Award to Play Part in Politics Dawes Report on Reparations Will Play Rig Part in De ciding Future Course of United States. Senators to Fight Plan By MARK SI IAJVAN. Washington, Jan. It. — Politicians are speculating excitedly on how far the Bok peace award is going to bring ■^•The broad question of our relations ! to Europe into the present session I of congress and the coining presiden tial campaign. Wjth varying degrees of hope or apprehension, depending on the point of view, they agree it will. They say that the attitude of America toward European questions is likely to be determined for a con siderable time by the immediate de velopments attending the Bok peace award, plus the outcome of one other development in the same field tempor arily eclipsed by the volume of news and comment attending the award. This development is the presence In Europe of two Americans, Charles Dawes and Owen Young. In an effort •to help solve the reparations prob lem. Washington generally feels that the personalities of these two men. especially of Dawes, coupled with the conditioh. that they are in Europe not at America’s initiative, but upon Europe's request and invitation, to gether with the other circumstances, compose a situation such that if they ‘ are not able to achieve anything, America must conclude even though regretfully, that we might as well wash our hands of the whole thing. Expect Much Front Danes. What Washington expects front Hensral Dawes, because of Its ac quaintance with him, is definiteness -—a show down and a clear statement of facts. If he comes home and says, as he would say In the event of an unfavorable outcome, "Nothing doing” and gives, as he would give, the rea sons why and'the persons responsible, both official Washington and America generally will pretty surely say the same thing and proceed to forget Europe as an American political and economic problem for some time to come, so far as that is possible. On the other hand, the present sessions in Paris may end in an attempted solution. Whether America should endorse s^h a solution would then lie added to the Bok peace award as an issue of foreign relations in Amer ican politics. It should be added that the best Judgment In Washington is that the reparations problem is at last ripe for solution, and that something satis factory will comee out of the present sessions at Paris. As to the Bok award, it is practic ally certain to be attended by political developments. That was the inten tion, and that is the course it will take. There is sufficient indication of this in the language of the original announcement, which Included these sentences: Hard Fight Assured. "The purpose of the award is two fold; first, to produce a plan, and sec ondly. to insure, so far as may be, that It will be put into operation. The second 150,000 will be paid to the au thor If and when the plan, In sub stance and Intent, is approved by the United States senate; or If and when the Jury of award decides that an ade k quite degree of popular support lias been demonstrated for the winning plan.” The same group of republican Ir reconcilable*, who made the fight -t($j.gainst the league of nations, are fully determined to make an equally lesolul# fight against this modifica tion of It. To predict the result of the fight In advance of knowledge of how 1 the referendum goes would seem fu I tile. Finds Popular Favor. i The common expectation la that the popular referendum will be over whelmingly favorable to the plan. Nevertheless, the lrreconcllahles say they will fight It even If four fifths of the entire population goes on rec ord In tavor of It. They have the same mental attitude of jeering that they had five years ago. They say that if they could heat Woodrow Wil son, they can beat Kdward Rok. They say they wilt make the Rok peace award as ridiculous as the Ford peace ship. Some of t.he old familiar tactics of fighting by Innuendo are already un der way. The weakness of Mr. Bok and the friends of the plan Is tliRt so far ss has yet appeared, they have no politicians on their side who are bh resolute in leadership or as ruthlesH In political combat as the irroconen ables are. When the Irreconcilable* fight, all rules are off and it 1* cave man politics. The lrreconcllahles ■have one Immense ad\antage In that they are entrenched In the powerful foreign relations committee of the senate, tCopyright, 1124.) I’ender Blacksmith Sued Over Breac h of Promise By A *»•<>«-l»t erf Prwm. Lincoln, .fan. 11. Olli* Muck, 40, ! milt In dlttrict court hw* today, asking $50,Out) for breach of proin Imp F from *^ai l O. Hallbcrg, Mh< kamith of Ponder, Net*. lkr petition allege that Hallberg took advantage of her prom la# to marry him And loter de •tried btr. • % Keefe Is Re-Elects of Farm Lincoln, Jan. 11.—H. L. Keefe of WlTthill was today re elected, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federa tion at a meeting of county delegates held here in connection with Organized Ag •iculture week. L. R. Leonard of Scottsbluff was chosen vice president. Tlie board of directors for 19t'4^and the districts that they represent fol low: Northeast. H. I<. Keefe; central. C. Allen Cook of Lowell: southern. C. B. Steward of Red Cloud, present sec retary of tlie organization; southeast. Ben Malben of Elmira: western, L. It. Leonard; at large. Mrs. O. A. Cumings of Johnson county, and Mrs. D. A. Benson of Folk county. The state legislative program of the federation was not formulated at this meeting, it being decided to draw up the platform after taking a refereti dum of the members. The national legislative program of the American Farm Bureau federation was endorsed. Will I’se I/Ohbyist. It is tlie plan of tlie organization to provide a representative to look after the farmer's interest at the next leg islature. For tlie coming year, the farm bu reau federation will stress co-opera tive marketing, an educational cam paign on rural taxation, better rural educational facilities, and farmer leg islation. These major planks in the federa-; tion's program are included in a num ber of recommendations to county or ganizations which were unanimously passed at today's meeting. Headway has already been made In the formulation of a co-operative egg marketing association, and George R. Boomer of the state agricultural col lege, who is acting in an advisory capacity to the organizers, said that articles of incorporation would be ap plied for at once. Follow Sapiro Plan. It is planned to organize the asso ciation along lines laid down by Aaron Sapiro. co-operative marketing expert, who addressed poultry producers here on the subject several months ago. C. B. Steward, secretary of the asso elation, was enthusiastic over the suc cess of the meetings. “It Is the best meeting we have had In two years/* he said. The program of work for the com ing year recommended to the counties follows: Co-Operative Marketing. Study the need* of a co-operative mar keting law. Develop a bill neceesary for the enactment of each a law In the lsZc teginlaiure and lay plena for a vigorous conipalgn looking to the placing of auen a law on our statute*. Stress eduratlon. particularly among our member*. tZtat co-operative marketing may be fully ami clearly understood. Study and eirrvry. in conjunction with county board* and tlia extension service, the marketing problem" or each county. Give all poeaibl* aid to the state egg marketing committee looking to an early development of that project. Hold available competent legal couneel for formation of co-operative marketing organization*. Organization. Maintenance of a campaign manager with available solicitor* for memberehlp work. The plan of a paid secretary for county unit* whore duties ahall be to aollclt ana collect memberehlp*. In co-operation with county agent*, »ecure »**d. «erum*. etc . to a*ii*t In securing direct market* for live stock grain and hay. to **ai»t In all co operative marketing project! and in gen eral farm problems. Publicity. The continuation of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Review. We believe that advertis ing >a nereaaary for Hi continuance The placing of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Re view on a self-sustaining baala. this to b« left in the hands of the executive com mittee. ... Transportation. Careful ronaideratlon of varloua phaaea of fanners' transportation problem" that they may be properly Informed on any referendum* that may b* taken relative to freight rate*. Farm Finance. Give ell aid ponaible In formation of Inteirredlt associations for the relief or interest ratea. Taxation. A tat department looking to adjustment of tax values of land, comparable to tax values of all other property. Also to con sider any tax prQblerne that may coma before euch department. A working out of closer relatione be tween women'* club* and farm bureau locale. _ Hairy L' Keefe. - _ Violence Is Feared in Herrin Withdrawal of Troops Halted W hen Members of Ku ‘ kl ux klan Refuse • to Disarm. Federal Officers Arrive Hr Amirlilnl I’rr*. Herrin, III., Jan. II.—Troop* re mained in Williamson county tonight because an alleged member of the Ku Klnx Klan refused to respect the re quest of Sum Stern*, exalted cyclop*, that all klansmen In Herrin disarm. RheHff George Galligan had agreed to request the recall of the troops If the citizen raiders would give up their arms, and Cyclopa Sterna Immediately got busy in an effort to have revoked the arms permits of 200 alleged klansmen. Sterns, however, was blocked in his Initial effort, when Justice of the Peace Wilfred F. Keaster, the first man he approached, refused to with draw the permits. "I’m the only person who can re call them, am 1 not?" the justice em phasized, "and I won’t. "Those fellows’ lives are in danger, There'* a gun on 60 hips In Herrin just waiting for a good chance to take a pop at 'em.” Mr. Sterns said, ”1 have done all I could and have failed.’’ Raiding to Be Stopped. Marion, III., Jan. 11.—Federal offi cers arrived late today to stop fur ther dry raids by private citizens, which has resulted In troops being ■lent to this (WitttfttMOa) county. The, federal men said they would tak® over the evidence gathered by the citizen-raiders, who have been led by S Gleen Toting. ■.———-— i SUNNY SIDE UP Passing by the city hall yesterday r was reminded of something. Don't know Just why passing tbs city ball reminded me of it, but it did. AA'hat lias become of that fascist! movement that we beard so much about a few short months ago, accompanied by pictures of prominent gentlemen hereabouts clad In black shirts and a few other garments? Now, why dW passing the city hall remind nje »f all that? Ain't human nature queer? A down times lately 1 have had occasion to lake a street car for some distant point, Hnd each time rfcy car cams along and promptly set me down at my destination with dispatch. Ail of which excited no comment. I.ast night T shivered op a corner for eight or 10 minutes waiting for a belated car, and the thing* I thought about the street railway management would look shocking in print. Yon walk Into a store and If all the clerks are busy you avvaltt your turn without grumbling Hut you pick’up your telephone and act like an India rubber Idiot In a fit If the line Is busy or you me delayed /i few seconds In getting central. A'nu don't bawl out the clerks for not rushing to wall on you,1 leaving all oilier customers to wait, but at the telephone you slam the hook up»n»d down, mutter harsh words and snap central's head off if you are not given Immediate attention. The queerest tiling In (lie world Is human nature. Prominent railroad official gave me a severe shock yesterday. Declared that, the recapture clause of (he In Instate commerce set was not fought by tlie railroads with a, view to knocking It out. They warded It to tabled and only sought lo have It de clared const it utlnnnl to silence a few obstreperous stockholders. *'We'vr • got to keen the wen kroads going In order to distribute commodities, and ths recapture clans* is th* only (aji way of providing the money.” Seems that I must study up on this railroad ■tuff. Snow may made it disagreeable for pedestrians and compel city official* to .lump sideways, but just think ,of the employment afforded hundreds of men engaged in carting It off. Many blessings coma In disguise. Sauntering down lower Fame in yesterday found a silver quarter, which was Immediately Invested In nicotine. Better luck than experi enced by my old reportorla! friend, Washington Deliverus Perclval, now connected with the «\ of C. publicity department. While reporterlng or is reporting the word for The Bee many years ago, Perclval was waiting for a. car at Fifteenth and Farnain. There was snow aplenty in the streets and some slush on the side walks Percy saw a hit of green pa per showing up through tin* slush. "Aha,” said Percival, “I will see some sucker come along pretty soon and picking it up, thinking he has found something.” The sucker soon came along, picked lip the hit of green pa per, smoothed It out and thrust it Into his pocket, but not until Per cival hafl seen that It was s $10 hill. A. St. Paul newspaper friend In forms me that Kupper Bier is a cen tcnarlnn of that city. A l>es Moines newspaper friend wants to know what has become of that dangerous Kegga, and an Omaha friend wants to know what has become of Kid Htelna. My, hut a lot of things were lntot forever when the old schooner Pager went down. Asked John lOgan of the Sun ford if guests t'ver left any unique goods behind. Then ho told me of an absent minded guest who once paid his hill and departed for Kansas t’ltv. and telegraphed frantically from Pacific Junction to hove his wife no tilled and instructed to take the next tram. • W. M. M. # * & f Gas advanced . * in Nebraska Standard Starts Boost in 1J Central States—Seeond Increase Since Christmas. Muny Sales Planned Here Standard Oil Company of Nebraska is lo raise the price of gasoline 2 cents per gallon in Nebraska tomor row morning, according to W. h Pierpont, manager of the local office Of the company. Other companies will follow the lead of the Standard, managers said, and will advance the pVlce of their product in the near future. This is the second advance in the price of gasoline since Christmas. 'J'he first advance of 2 cents, made De cember 30, was from 14 14 to 16 1-4 cents. The new price will be 18 1-4 cents. * The tank wagon price will‘be In creased to 16 14 cents from the pres ent price of 14 14. The oil companies give advancing prices at the refineries as the rea son for the boost in price. Hopkins Going South. City Commissioner John Ilopklns announced that he will leave for "points south" this afternoon to in vestigate the situation learn If it will be possible to contract for a large supply of ga.s to distribute to consumers at a lower price. "I can't get the information I want by telephoning or wiring, so I’m go ing to go to the seat of the situation and see what I can find. I'll probably be back in a couple of days." The city has a tank already sunk at Sixteenth and Izard street*. With a putnp attached, Air. Hopkins bw lievea it will be the first city filling «tati#h to be opened. Others tftll fol low at fire stations. Will Cut Price. "I don't yet know how cheap we ll be able to sell the gaa." he said, "hut 1 do know that it will he a good deal cheaper than the present price." J. L. Mask-In, secretary of the < tins ha Auto club, said that the club would not enter the gasoline bind ness. Hryau’a .Move Secret. T.lncoln, Jan. 11.—An announce ment from Chicago today that the price of gasoline will advance 2 cents In Nebraska tomorrow will give Gov ernor Bryan an opportunity to prove a statement made recently that he would put In stale agencies should the price go beyond 15 14 cents a gallon. Asked late today what stepe he In tended to take should Standard Oil stations raise the price tomorrow, the governor said: "1 intend t%do everything 1 can to prevent it." Me did not outline his plan for preventing the Increase beyond what Ire recently declared lb be a "fair" price Hnd one that he had secured last summer. ftleien States Hit. Chicago, Jan. 11.—The price of gaso line will be advanced 2 cents over the present price, effective tomorrow morning, according to an announce ment made by the Standard Oil corn pany of Indiana 4iere today. The *d vanee will be effective In 11 central states. The states affected by the advance are Illinois. Indiana, Michigan, Wis consin, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Iowa, Kan sas and parla of Oklahoma. Ths price of kerosene will he ad vanced 1 cent a gallon. In Illinois the price to be effective tomorrow will he 15 cents a gallon lank wagon ami IS cents service sta tion. The only reason given for the ad vanes in gasoline and kerosene was general marketing conditions." i l The Day in Washington The house useil time fur general debate «in the interior n|i|irn|>rlnltnn bill to discus* prohibition. Senator .lame* K. Watson of In diana announced he would not Kerb Hie republican presidential nomina tion. Director Hines announced a gen eral reorgMiitathm of Ihr adminis trative machinery of Die veterans' bureau. \grirulliire committees of both senate nod bouse timed picas tor help for flie farmers. \ senate suhenimnillee lo-adcd l»y Senator llorali was named to conduct hearings on Itusslan rerug uition. The house foreign ailairs com mlllee iMisiponed Indefinitely action on a resolullon lo proliihil sale of war mafeclal lo foreign goyern ments. t lialcman Smith of llir senate in ferslnie commerce commiMee issued a statement timing cooperation lo reduce excessive freight rates. \diulnlsl nil Ion leaders began plans limiting lo the creation of an agency lo deal with offers fot Muscle Shoals. lii poldit an senate leaders dealing with lax legislation conferred on I In- i|uesllon of w hal changes should he made In the Mellon bill lo as Mile its passage Suppose He’ll Have to Work on It a Bit or He Wouldn’t Feel That He Was Earning His Salary -7HnZL ig£FJHANClA^ — -— [I'll JU5T Touch I IT UP A SIT . J Hope Vanishes for Submarine Crew Drivers Fail to Locate Sunken \ essel—Huge Seas Hamper Work. M* Aiitoelfttnl Pr«i. Tolland, England. Jan. 11.—Divers made a number of unsuccessful ef forts off Portland this afternoon to learn whether an v^Jei't located In 30 fathoms of water is the British submarine 1*'H which sank yester day after a collision with the dread naught Resolution Tonight there was nothing to give hope there would t>e any survivors among the members of the crew The divers were greatly handicapped by huge seas. ami made their descents at great personal risk. They will continue to search further to fhnrrow". An underwater examination of the Resolution shows unmistakably the submarine must have been badly holed. It is supposed the underwajer craft was struck high tip whigh would explain why no oil floated, because the oil tanks are-at the bottom of the vessel. The end of the crew is believed tn have been mercifully swift, as the sea pouring in on the hatterte* would have created fumes, asphyxiating the men almost Immediately This Is re rarued as the likely happening since the sensitive hydrophones have heard no sound. Mtmbcri of the Resolution's crew. I*, was learned today, just before th“ accident saw what tjtey supposed was a dummy torpedo JuAf. ahead, hut what it Is now known must have been the submarine's periscope, Wyninre (Jirl, 18. Pleads to I'rtrgin^ Brother"* Name Beatrir#, N**h . .Ian. 11. Klsie I'raig IS. ’Wyninre, guilty In • ••unity roiirt to i charge «»f forgpvy • ml w up hound o\« t to thp dlvfrirt • •ourt. bring rclrn *><*«! on $600 boml fnrni*h<»<1 by her fnthrr. Shp ip rharg r«1 uilli forging th« imine of hrr brntbrr. i Miai'ta*. to a rherk for $<C*. Forty-five Degree Parking Necessary Residents on South 27th St. wqro resolved yesterday that forty five degree parking was necessary on that street. It turned out to lie only a tem porary congestion, however. Mrs. Roy K. Smith had a hot Rent Ad in The Omaha Ret \ advertising a cottage for rent. The crowd were folks who had read the ad and come out lo see the cottage Oh, yes! The cottage was rented. Very likely a WhiiI Ad will rent your house or rooms, too. Phone AT 1000 ami try it. Omaha Hoe Wanl \ds UK NT HOl'RKS. It's Result* That Count t • I I Stockholders to Get Testimony . of Skinner Meet —— Transcripts VI ill He Sent to 3,500 Persons—Many Far- ! mrrs Pay in Sums on Stock. Joseph S. Canady, receiver for the Skinner Packing company, obtained permission from District Judge Fitz gerald to ha\e a transcript made of every word spoken at the annual meeting of the company a stockhold ers Thursday at the Swedish auditor ium. Transcirpts w ill l«e sent to 3.500 stockholders who wei-e not present. Many stockholders hare already paid in 2 per cent of the par value of stock they hold as a loan to the company." said J. X. Campbell, 3412 Davenport street, president of the company. "We asked this because of numerous judgments hrought against us by stockholders stirred up by attorneys "At present there are Judgments of about *150,000 against ua while we hold about *700.000 in notes." Tlie money will not alt be collected until the end of nezt month. It Is said. Because of Invented capital, the plant Is practicalh owned by Ne braska farmers, said Mr. Campbell. To Command Polar Flight. Washington, .inn. 11. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the bu reati of aeronautic*. will commnmi the navy’* polar flight planned for the coming ■umnier. According to Sec mtnry Penhy. Hnnnine of "Manpin" Host \rn\* Hr's Hoard in Kill of Had l urk Time was when Rill Maupln. who Io|Im of the sunny side of life in The 1 Ve, w a« sure that a rose by any name would swell s* sweet. But now lie s not so sure. He found this let ter tn his mail: “For weeks post 1 have none but l»ml news A favorite bull calf that I placed In pasture .1 month ago sawed himself In two. trving to e« capo Into the broad world through a barb wire fence, m.v blue blooded fox terrier, bred in the pm pie, has .lust presented me with a litter, has a man who 1ms owed me for many years. recently paid up and his oho* k has just returned, marked 'no funds; my most dependable and only bootlegger was jailed Friday l ist In Wnhoo, m\ last 'Mor> was returned by Ho* S.mirdV' l‘\enlng IVst, mark ed 'rotten;' the i leaner has my only decent suit and says V. O IV for you and no more bunk.* Things surelv have hern blue and l have found no t leasure in life until this morning; 1 read the current issue of pn ('m« ha newspaper and found. M u pin w II I III 11 .1 w ik Prats Hod From Whom Ml Hie « ings Blow Thete is •onu* balm in t Ulead “Alosl ass in cdl v your*. • BivANK 1. HLL\ LX. ] 4 Lower Costs Are Farmers' Need Interest. Freight ami Taxes Too High. J. M. Flannigan Say*—Sentiment for Wheat Tariff. Lower interest, lower freight* and lower taxes are three main needs of the farmers. John M. Flannigan de clared yesterday on returning to Omaha from a tour of Nebraska. Mr. Flannigan. who is a former member of the Nebraska Bankers' association, is now serving a* head of the War Finance Agency at Helena. Mont. "Theie Is a more conservative attl tud# among the. western farmer# now.” he said. ”A 10-day trip through Nebraska has shown me that the land situation, which Is popularly suppose*! to be demoralized, ha* never been bad. The Nebraska farmers are ab sorbing the declines There are few chattel martgaces. foreclosures and only the normal land foreclosures. Interest payments sre prompt, and country treasurers say taxes are be ing paid in good order T lock for a good year in I91H. "The War Finance corporation, which lent $13,000,000 in Nebraska, has now only $500,000 out. Farmer* generally regard it *s a remarkable Institution—there ha* never been a lawsuit or a mortgage foreclosure un der war finance loan*, and liquida tion has been orderly but not forced.” Mr. Flannigan expressed the belief that corn and wheat price* should be higher, and said that the proposed tariff increase on imported wheat Is receiving strong support. In Mon tana the lumber and mining Indus tries are normal, hut wheat growers have made no money for several year*. "High freight rates and the cost of production have caused the downfall of wheat growers.” he said, "not the terminal or marketing fa cllltiea. ’ l'aunty sentiment he found to favor tlie Mellon tax reduction plan, Cool idee and MrAdoo are the favorites for the presidential nomination*. Omaha Woman Sues Over Insurance Consolidation t.incoln, .Ian. 11.--Suit whs filed in district court objecting to the merger of the Standard Life Insurance com pany of Decatur. Ill , and the Com toon wealth Insurance company of Omaha. The suit was filed bV a policy holder of the tVmmon wealth, Mrs Florence M Talbert of Omaha. who declares in her petition that the as seta of the Standard are entirely m udeuunie to properly protect h* 51.000 p«dir> with the Omaha com 1 >an v. The Weather For ?l hours ending . r m. .Unuirt II 1Vni|*erwlMrr. Ilt|rhrj»t, V 3; li’sejit mean M; no nm». lotsl «leh» Irn. sinos Jsnuarv i. tor * Pi •*« tt>Msiiou in«he* and bumtre.t• v.«. 1 »t«i 11 ’ total tin « .1 v i. c ' ** K«TM. C . 3 nllmirlv Trsiser«ttirr« \ ' :: .. ; : 11 a m . - i | r m II soon 11 I p .. ... #1 Cuts Neck, Jumps F rom 10th Floor _ Foiled in First Suicide At tempt. Man Flings Self Down Stair Well in Omaha National. Illness Prompted His Act Thwarted In a prewous attempt to fling himself from a lofty window of the Woodmen of the World build ing yesterday afternoon, Louis Koss, 49, tailor, clashed his throat with a razor and flung himself into the stair well of the Omaha National Bank building as scores of office workers were leaving the building last night at 5. He died at 7;50 last night at Lord Lister hospital. In his fall he sus tained compound fractures of both legs, and Internal injuries. In his suicide leap from the 10th floor, Koss struck the stair rail on the sixth floor and his body was de flected, lighting oti the stairs a floor below. Police found no eye-witnesse= to the jump. Ralph G. Sawerbrey.‘J72 North Twenty-sixth street, janitor, was the first to reach the injured man. First Leap Failed. According to Howard u. ix>omj«. manager of the building, Koss bad been observed hanging about the rail before his offices on the 10th floor previous to his jump. A Janitress identified Koss as a man who at tempted to leap from a window of the Woodmen of the World building earlier in the afternoon. Koss leave? a wife and daughter, Delia Mae. 15. living at 509 Sou'h Twentieth street. "I am not surprised.” murmured Mrs. Koss in a dull, broken tone when notified of her husbands net. “He has said things many times lately that showed be was con templating something like that." Nearly Insane Front Illness. Koss. after an absence of '.’0 months from hla family, returned Sunday from Houston. Tex., where 111 health had forced him to leave a tailoring job, according to Mrs. Koss. A note found in the man’s pocket, hastily scribbled on a scrap of paper, reads: "To whom this concerns: Falling In health and driven almost insane by the .pain In my l«ack and chest, also worried "over other troubles, 1 take this means of ending it all I can't stand it any longer. May my wife and daughter forgive me. "LOUIS KOSS." Seven centa rolled out of the man i pockets when be leaped. The razor he had used he evidently brough' from his home "He didn’t say where he was go ing or anything when he l*ft tbs house this afternoon.” said Mrs. Koss. Koas’ previous attempt to kill hur. self at the Woodmen of the Wortf. building was frustrated when t>ersons believing he was losing his baalnce, pulled him back from a window State Rests Case in Baker s Trial Assistant Kirp Marshal IVlls of Deputy's Confession to Taking Money. Rt AmutIiM Trees, North Platte." Neb Jan. 1! —Th* stale rested Its ease late today In th* prosecution of Elmer Baker, deputy treasurer under S M. Souder. i-w cently convicted of arson in con* n set Ion with the burning of th* Pin coin county courthouse. I., J. Butcher, deputy stata ft. « warden, final witness for the state, told of conversations with Baker in which, according to the witness. B ker admitted taking money from t' e drawer and of putting back the sum at the end of the month when he re ceived his check of $150. When Baker overdrew his salary, he deposited .« receipts in the drawer. Butcher tes tified. The prosecution tn t’ e twist two days has brought out that according to conuter books clips of added re tire*. receipts and 1. O P.’s that | Baker has overdrawn his salary, dar ing the three years he was in office, J9.Sie.v0 by taking the money from the drawer in small amounts The atate also brought out that Baker served as deputy county treas ■er for two years without bond. b. t that hla name appeared upon the sta tionery of the off to* aw deputy a I that he pet formed the duties of dep uty. " A Gothenburg. Neb Jan. It A a ■< made tn U-iS - owned and play ed l>> Dr. \' illiam Thomas Baker of Goth lenburg. Its value is catenated at thousands <>f dollars On the violin is inscribed ""Aiio'an* P ola M vggini." and modi ill 19JS I it is -rare --hi |lr Baker and ihe vn-ltn hue -p. * thiottgh an intervaling hislor- to*; e- lie plnve-t it tn Mis-eurt f - n ivSit O' 1W- |i,- al-o i-iay «h! it f, , .and in tile IHd>> town tvn V for •» J b'-’iefit of the Aun t ii an l.egioa in | Gothenburg f