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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. •
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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.
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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.
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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.
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& f Gas
advanced
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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
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[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
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Stockholders
to Get Testimony
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of Skinner Meet
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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*.
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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.
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Cuts Neck,
Jumps F rom
10th Floor
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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
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