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CITY EDITION VOL. 53—NO. 32. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1924. * FIVE CENTS -jBhB Drya,B
# By Mail II Year): Daily and Sunday, $5; Sunday. $2.50. within the 4th *one. Outside the 4th Zone (l Year): Dally and Sunday, $12. Sunday only. $5.
U. S. Consul
Is Tricked
by Bossie
Childlike Faith of Represen
tative at Cherbourg Permits
Runaway City Clerk to
Escape.
Now on His Way to Italy
The simple trust and childlike faith
of the flitted States consul at Cher
bourg, France, has permitted Claude
Bossie, Omaha's runaway city clerk,
to slip away from the wife he aban
doned in Omaha to run off with an
other woman.
The consul had Instructions from
the State department in Washington
to cancel the passports of Bossie and
“wife,'' on the ground that they had
been obtained fraudulently and that
the "wife" who went to Europe with
him on the Majestic was not his
wife for the reason that Mrs. Bossie
is in Omaha.
According to Associated Press dis
patches. Consul Corrigan boarded the
Majestic on its arrival at Cherbourg
from New York, lie found Mr. Bos
sie and informed him of his instruc
tions from the State department.
, Ilook, Line and Sinker.
Bossie, thereupon, showed the con
sul a marriage certificate dated Oma
ha, December 21, stating that he had
married Miss Emma M. Wamsley of
Redlands, Cal., and stated that the
woman with him was the same.
Whereupon the consul evidently
apologized for Intruding and allowed
the pair to land without further ado.
And he sent a report to the State
department, the dispatch adds, ex
plaining that it was all a mistake
and that whoever notified the depart
ment to have the pair stopped was
evidently unaware that Bossie was
divorced six months ago and had a
right to tnarry again.
All of which is untrue, as the con
sul is due to find out in due season.
Wife I* Chagrined.
Bossie was surprised and die-’
Med to bear that tier husband
ude is a smooth one and evl
put it over on that consul,”
she said. "He has been lying all the
way through. He has such a frank,
open face that people don't suspect
him.
\ "Still It does Been: that a consul
ought to know enough not to act
merely on a man's word in prefer
ence to information from the State
department."
No license Here.
Herbert Stubbendorf, marriage II
cense clerk, only laughed when asked
whether, perchance, Bossie had ob
tained a marriage license herfe.
"I would never let anything like
that get by," lie said. "I know Claude
llossie and would certainly have
opened my eyes pretty wide If he
had applied for a marriage license,
Knowing as I do that has one wife.
And he could not have obtained a le
gal divorce without service on Mrs.
Bossie.
It is said that if Bossie has landed
lie is safe from any prosecution for
the time being and as long as he
chooses to remain abroad.
Postmaster C. E. Black, pursuant
to a tiegraphic request from Washing
ton Saturday Investigated the mar
riage record of Bossie at tho court
house and telegraphed tho Informa
tion to Washington.
Pioneer Omaha Real Estate
Man Dies at New Orleans
Hugh McCaffrey, 74, Omaha real es
late man who lived at 720 South
Thirtieth street, died Saturday in New
Orleans.
He came to Omaha from Tyrone
county, Ireland, In 1871. and had lived
here ever since. He left Omaha Jan
uary 4 for a trip to the south, which
was to have included Cubu.
He Is survived by two sons, Hugh
A. McCaffrey Rnd C. J. McCaffrey,
and two daughters, Mrs. P. A. Blum
and Mrs. Edward A. Callahan. The
body will l»o returned to Omaha for
burial, arriving here Monday.
The day Mr. McCaffrey arrived in
Omaha 53 years ago, he drove teams
over the tee from Council Bluffs.
18 Below at Butte.
Butte. Mont., Jun. 19.—Tempera
lures from 6 to 18 below were re
i orded In and near this city last night,
other low points in Montana were:
(Ireat Kails. 4 below; Billings. 10
l>elow; Lewistown, 18 below; IJvlng
>.ton, 6 below. Continued cold Is pre
dicted for tonight.
Married in Council Bluffs.
The following persons obtained mar
riage licenses In Council Bluffs yesterday.
.I*k« White. Lincoln, Neb.*..41
Bertha Ltunkel. Lincoln, Neb.41
Th&rwald Olsen. Council Bluffs.21
Clara Helden, Omaha ....21
Ervin Wild. Fremont. Neb.,,...23
Helen MonOeu, Wahoo. Neb.23
Monty Wilson. Lincoln, Neb..24
Beulah Abbott. Lincoln, Neb.20
Iferschel Babcock. Omaha .24
lone Foy. Detger, Neb... 20
Edward Dlppt, Omaha.II
Hladys Heilly. Omaha...19
A Holinstrofn. Omaha...,. 2H
Hagmar Nybbelln. Omaha. 17
Arthur Sc hull*. Extan, Neb. 24
Dorothy Hubbard, Havelock, Neb.17
Arthur Tamlsleu, Missouri Valley, la. 12
t'atherlrto Drummer, Neola, la..•••.,, 26
Fred Millar, Sliver City, la....,,.26
Marla Fahranburg, Carton. Ia..22
Aurel TJIalcu. Omaha.27
Mary Morovtaa. Omaha. II
idkmii
Woman Accused of Husband’s Murder
I , Mr. 3 J^Ere. E .oJ- KSvou vt . )
Mrs. Mathilda S. Khouri of Dorchester, Mass., is sought by the police
on the charge of murdering her husband, Klias 4. Khouri. A former sweet
heart confessed that she told him she shot her husband to death. At first
his death was ascribed to suicide.
Court Enjoins
Church Board
From Meeting
Temporary Injunction Is Is
sued to Stop Discussion
Regarding Discharge of
Ten Members.
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Ltnco'rw Jan. 19—Jndge W. M.
Morning Issued a temporary Injunc
tion in district court here today pre
venting the board of the German
evangelical church from holding a
meeting on Janury 21 to discuss the
discharge from the church of 10 mem
bers, who. it Is alleged, protested the
previous discharge of 17 members of
the same church.
The 10 who sought the Injunction
alleged that the 17 discharged mem
bers were thrown out of membership
because of remarks tfiey made con
cerning the pastor, August W. Ka
remba and that this action was taken
without power under the constitution
of the church.
The cases of these 17 former mem
bers were turned over to the Ne
braska synod of the church and arc
to lie heard later this month, it Is
said.
A meeting of the congregation was
called by the church board for Janu
ary 21 to take up the discharge of
the 10 protesting members. The tem
porary petition prevents this meeting.
Northwest Favors
Grain Export Bill1
Washington. Jan. 19.—Approval of
the McNary bill, proposing the crea
lon of a $200,000,000 agricultural ex
port corporation to dispose of surplur
farm products abroad, was given be
fore the senate agriculture commit
tee today by representatives of w’heat
growers In the northwest. The bill is
the third of tho trio of major farm
relief measures taken up by the com
mittee which has Indicated Its Inten
tion to expedite a report.
Professor H. C. Dale of the Univer
sity of Idaho, expressed the opinion
that the McNary bill would have an
immediate influence upon the price of
staple farm products by eliminating
the adverse effect of “exportable sur
plus."
Three Are Drowned When
Automobile Jumps Bridge
By Associated frees
Ardmore, Okl., Jan. 19.—Mrs. Floyd
Keane, 35; Miss Janice Pollard, 24.
and Victor Jackson, 15, were drowned
when their motor car ran off a bridge
Into Mud creek, In the Graham oil
field. Tom Broad well, tha driver,
was slightly Injured.
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Youth in Bottle
to Be Available,
Asserts Dr. Mavo
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Nototl Surgeon Predicts Poo
pic Will He Kept Young,
hv Artificial Chemical
Means.
HJr MMMtlMHl Kf««
Rt. Lmils. Mo., Jin. 19.—Ageing
person*, eager to be young again, will
find rejuvenated youth, not leaping
from bough to tree top In the glands
of monkeys, but In a bottle on the
bath room medicine shelf, according
to Dr. Charles M. Mayo, noted surgeon
of Rochester, Minn.
He revealed this conviction tonight
while attending a meeting here of the
American College of Physicians and
Surgeons, of which he la president
elect.
Dr. Mayo said It was entirely prob
able that in the future people would
be kept young until death by arti
ficial chemical means, rather than
by transplantation of glands.
"Discoveries recently made." the
surgeon said, "and experiments not
completed entirely show that thyroid
substance may be developed within
the human being by Internal chem
ical processes. Certain elements taken
Into the system will form new thy
roid glands.
"The time Is coming when science
will enable all to remain young In
the sense of physical condition of
their bodies, despite ages now con
sidered enough to warrant use of
the word 'old.' ”
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Sociology for
Teachers, Plan
.Single semester course* for teach
ers and prospective teachers In edu
national sociology and community or
ganization and recreation will be
opened at the University of Omaha
on February 4. according to an
nouncement of Prof. K. Karl Sul
lenger, head, of the department of
sociology.
One hour credit will be granted
those successfully completing the
course In educational sociology on
Monday afternoons at Mason school.
Similar classes in community or
ganization and recreation will bo con
ducted at the University of Omaha
on Tucsdny and Friday afternoon*.
Charles H. Graaty Dies.
By Prf*l.
London, Jan. 19.—Churln* H.
! Grant y, widely known American
newspaper man, died here today
after a Ion*; illness. The end came
peacefully nt 4 o’clock this afternoon.
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Killed in Prime
of Life
A /or Rent Advertisement placed by,Mr. J. Loter of
Dewey Ave., was purposely cut off—killed in the prime
of life. It is alleged by Mr. Loter that said advertise
ment had been published half of one day and had rented
his home; although it was still getting him new prospects,
he wished it killed. Such ‘‘tragedies” nre common on
The Bee Want Ad Page. Advertsements are killed every
day BECAUSE THEY COT RESULTS. The Want Ad
phone is AT. 1000.
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Cows to Aid
Prosperity
lin Nebraska
State-Wide Organization to
Encourage Dairying Is
Formed at Conference
in Omalia.
Plan Fund of $100,000
Instead of wheat—more dairying.
Instead of alternate periods of boom
and depression—a steady, stable pros
perity In which all classes In this
farming stats would share.
For six hours yesteday a group of
more than 80 men, some of whom had
rome from tho westernmost part of
Nebraska, 500 miles away, discussed
how hest to co operate with tho farm
ers In stimulating dairy production.
Two dairy farmers, Jacob Hass of
Chaleo and Hal C. Young of Lincoln,
put their endorsement on the plan,
and said that once farmers got start
ed In the business they would need no
financing.
During tho meeting a farmer called
J. M. Oillan, secretary of tho agricul
ture committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, to say that his neighbor
hood, near Yutan, wanted a carload of
dairy cows, and inquired where they
could 1)0 secured.
Form State-Wide Society.
"Thisi conference Is the best possible
evidence that Nebraska Is an entity
and can act as a whole,” Carl R.
Gray, president of the Union Pacific
railroad, said, os he rose to act as
chairman. “Having suffered severe
reverses, the farmers are seeking for
new sources of Income. Operating
singly they often find It difficult to
make satisfactory arrangements. Jf
we can provide an expert dairy ad
viser, help them to reduce the ex
penses of purchasing and shipping In
• •ow s, and he otherwise of practical
help, that should be our pari.”
So was born the Nebraska Dairy
Development society, with headquar
ters in Omaha and annual meetlngi In
i meet*!. . As outlined by n committee
:K«..’ed tv Mr. Ornv and Including
Dan Morris of Kearney, F. D. Tomp
son, A. 11. Haecker and Prof. H. P.
Davis of Lincoln, and J. W. Shorthlll
and John L, Kennedy of Omaha,
branches can tie formed In any coun
ty. A dairy specialist Is to he en
gaged as manager, adviser and lectur
er, and no means Is to be neglected by
which to stimulate dairy production
and to distribute helpful Information.
As recommended In a preliminary
report read by Louis 8. Clarke, the
message of "One Million Dairy Cows
by 1930" will bo amplified by radio,
movies, lec tures and personal- meet
ings.
Helped by Omalia Men.
Active membership, which Is open
to business men and houses alike, will
cost $10 a year. Frank J. Farring
ton already has secured pledge* of
$48,750 from Omaha business houses.
(Turn to Ptff Two, Column Four.)
U. S. Officials to Come
West on Bank Failures
Washington, Jan. 19.—Four officials
will leave for Chicago tomorrow to
give personal study to the western
hanking situation, where several fail
ures have resulted In n stringent
credit situation. They are Comptroller
Dawes of the currency, George R.
James and J. IT. Cunningham of the
federal reserve hoard and Managing
Director Meyer of tho war finance
corporation.
Files for Legislature.
Wymore, Neb., Jan. 19.—Attorney
Leonard D. Densmore of Wymore
Thursday filed for state representa
tive from the Thirty-eighth district on
the republican ticket. Densmore has
hail previous experience ns a repre
sentative, He Is a graduate of the
Wymore High school and the state
university.
WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
THE SUNDAY BEE
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PART «M:
I’uiP 4—VulltOliMl.
I *i*«c «* 7—-11. (i, Well* \ nl ln*r of
“Outline of lll»tory,“ Write* of
World l urreney.
Pace 0—IliiHine** and Kent MIuIp
.New *.
PART TWO.
face* 1 mid t—fiport*.
Pace 4—Kadio Vena.
Pace ft—Automobile Seetloli.
Pace fl—“French \ unity MU»v I ni
broil W'or»t Wur In |||*t«*ry.“ liv
David I.lord tieorce: “ltii*lnr**
Main* Not |!»2» FI* * lion liatoin
eter,“ liv Mark Sullivan; >o
More |tu*ino«M Men Wanted In
line nine Htreet/* by t.eorce II.
aliavv; “Woman'* ln*tlnet Win*
Over V.lire of I arrer.“ bv Mary
Robert M Klnehiirt.
Pace 7 — Market*.
Puce* II and ft—C li»**lfled Advrrtl*
Inc.
Pa*e 10—Hook llevlrw*
PART TURKS.
Pace* I to ft— Hoc let v.
Pac* ft— Hhopplnc With Polly.
Pace F—“Meven Yiptlctied Men."
Story by \rllmr Homer* Hoe lie:
“Art at f.’mm per Performcnre.''
by O. O. McIntyre; “ \l*e Marlin.
"O* Our \ppxlllu* lcnoranee."
Pan*' i — lluppv hind for Kiddle*.
Pane* H nail ft— Movie*
Pace 10—\mu*emeiit« Mini .Mu*lr.
PART HM’K.
Hpeelal W bent t.rmicr*' I dlflon In
Klchf Pace*. OutllnliiK Proaram of
The Omaha llee hi Relieve I arm
er* of tbe Mlddlewe*t.
IWIIT FIVE.
Four Pace* of Mnet Papular I'omlr*.
AUfM.HW I RK SI < TION
Four Pace* «»f hrctihlq Niwi llluvti*
tlnna.
8 Warships1
of U. S. Off
for Mexico
1100 Bluejackets Arc Aboard
Cruiser Omaha and Six
Destroyers Bound for
Vera Cruz.
Purpose Is Withheld
By International »wi Service.
Washington, Jan. 19.—Eight war
ships from the Pacific fleet, carrying
1,100 blue jackets, were en route to
night to Vera Cruz, the heart of the
Mexican trouble zone, and headquar
Brownvllle, Tex., Jan. 19.—Pas
sengers arriving here today frsrn
Monterey stated that (ieneral
Tapia, father-in-law of President
Alvaro Obregon, has been arrested
at Monterey by federal officials,
charged with taring a rebel sym
pathizer.
tens of the De la Huerta revolution
ists.
It will be the blue jackets' first
visit to Vera Cruz since the memor
able landing there 10 years ago,
when a score lost their lives.
The squadron left Colon, In the
Canal zone, under command of Rear
Admiral B. C. Hanrahan, aboard the
United States cruiser Omaha.
In addition to the Omaha, the de
tachment comprises six destroyers— !
the Corry, Hull, Sumner, Faren,
Shirk and MacDonoghue—and the
supply ship Prometheus.
Should Arrive Tuesday.
They sould arive off the rebel
stronghold Tuesday night or Wed
nesday morning.
Beyond confirming the fact tile ves
sels actually were steaming to Mexi
can waters, nothing of a definite na
ture was forthcoming from the State
department tonight to Indicate the
purpose of the mission on which
they are going.
It was assumed, however, that
Rear Admiral Ilanralian's Instruc
rows "were td proceed t© Ms desti
nation. report on arrival arid await
further ordeis.
That the presence of the American
destroyers In the vicinity of Vera
Cruz may he fraught with some dan
ger was Indicated tonight by a warn
ing bulletin Issued by the naval hy
drographic office.
Warned of Mine*.
This bulletin stated:
"Caution—Mines—Mexican ports—
Information has been received that
the entrance to Satina Crus. Mexico,
la mined, and ships should take pilots
before entering, and that the defacto
government (De La Huerta) has de
cided to mine the harbors of Puerto
and Vera Cruz. Vessels should take
pilots before entering ports."
This warning was conveyed Imme
dlately to Admiral Hanrahan, In com
mand of the Vera Cruz detachment.
Prior to the state department's sn
nouncement tonight. It had been as
sutned the ships are going to Tam
pIco—the heart of the great oil re
gion where there are millions of dol
lars tn American Investments and
hundreds of American citizens.
I»e La Huerta has been molesting
foreign shipping. Including American
oil tankers, at Tampico for several
days with a pair of obsolete gun
boats Hnd even went so far as to
shell the environs of the city. This
resulted In the despatch of a per
emptory note two days ago from
Washington, warning the rebel chief
tain ngainst any Interference with
American property or shipping. The
revolutionary leader has ignored the
warning, so far ns making any re
sponse Is concerned.
IliiertMa Headquarters.
The dispatch of the vessels to Vera
Cruz itself, where De La Huerta
makes his headqusrters, and from
which he Is directing his campaign
against the Obregon government. In
stead of to Tampico, lent a more seri
ous aspect to the American govern
ment's move.
There are many more chances of
trouble In Vera Cruz than in Tampico,
according to naval ofllelals who were
recalling tonight the historic landing |
made there in 1914 when t'arranzlstas I
opened Are on the quay, killing a
score of blue jackets.
Despite the opportunities for un
pleasant developments at Vera Cruz,
the belief prevailed among adminis
tration officials tonight that the naval
demonstration will lie peaceful.
Nuco, Ariz., Jan, it).—Three hun
dred Mexican federal tuvalry arrived
at Naco, Sonora, this afternoon from
Sinaloa fully equipped for campaign
ing and fiOU additional troops are ex
preted from the south, brlniflng the
numticr Malting permission to cross
tile border to more than 9,000.
Ill' InlrrlliilItinul V « „ Hervte*.
Kl Paso, Tex.. Jan. 19.—Railroad
officials here tonight were awaiting
oiilers fin the entrainment at Naco,
Art* , of Mexican federal soldier* who
plan to move through the I’nlted
States to encircle the lie la lluertn
rebels. The railroad men were pre
wired to route the troop trains so
they would reach Kl Paso in such s
way'as to cross only four miles of
Texas territory.
IVarlies Kppoiirtl Killnl.
I iIIm City, Nob. Jttn 1 !>—fllchm-d
Mon county will have no pouch or
apricot. crop* thin year i\n the result
of th* proHant cold wave, accord In#
to Henry H Wyatt, fuv«iniu«nt
wtalhtr obMfivei
f
Ordered to Mexican Waters
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I". S. Kriiut (rulwf Omaha.
Wedding Bells
to Ring if Man
Is Given Pardon
Fiancee of Forger Writes Let
ter Pleading for Convict
in Penitentiary.
Lincoln, Jan. 19.—If Hubert O.
Wells of Quick, Neb., serving a term
of from 1 to 20 years for forgery in
the state penitentiary, is released by
the board of paroles and pardons a
lone standing romance will be culmin
ated.
Wells, who wHj aptwar before the
board February 13. has a fiancee. Miss
Marion Mitchell, living in Vancouver,
B. C., who will marr yhlm when he is
set free.
"A Good Key."
"He is a good boy and deserves an
other chance," declares a letter writ
ten by her to the board, in which she
states that It is Weils' intention to
Join her In Canada where work will
be found for him.
Weils was paroled in 1920 after
serving part of a term for forgery and
was returned to the penitentiary Feb
ruary. 1021 after again committing
tho offense. In his application fer
parole ne says that he was not re
leased when he had work In sight
tut when work was scarce and Ill
ness and poverty caused hint to vio
late his parole. He Is an ex-service
man, having served In the army from
1918 to 1919.
Many ‘*eek Clemency.
Penitentiary inmates from Douglas
county who will appear before the
board Include John Reynolds, Robert
Melvin. Paul Karros. Allen Woods,
Carl Holland, and Ray William Klass.
Two of the men, McLain and Klass,
are serving sentences for having
stolen automobiles and Holland and
Karros are forgers.
Policemen and Two Sleuth*
Held a* Holdup and Burglar*
Chicago, Jan. 19.—Three men
trained fo catch criminals today were
Identified as robbers. One until yes
terday was a policeman, the others
were private detectives supposed to
have been able men at ferreftng out
and catching the perpetrators of
crime.
Hugh Krgte, a former Burns de
tective, and Oleaaon Walker, a former
Pinkerton agency operative, were ac
c uaeri by .Mrs Ida Jacobson as the
men who rnnsarked tier borne after
gaining admittance by flashing badges
and choked her until she told where
her Jewelry, valued at $3,000, was
hidden.
Joseph Zimmer, a policeman until
yesterday, when the police trial board
discharged him for participation In a
Christmas tight, wss arrested snd
Identified as a holdup man who
robbed a taxicab chauffeur.
Gage County Highwuy*
Blocked by Snowdrift*
Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 19—Hast and
west highways in tiage county are
badly blocked by drifting snow and as
a result traffic is almost at s stand
still. A. W Koch of Odell left Beat
rice In his car snd when It ran Into a
deep drift he was obliged to walk to
town, suffering severely In the helow
sero temperature before reaching
home over unbroken roads. (trant
Wllllss, farrier living eight miles
southeast of Beatrice, reached town
today In his car and was obliged to
shovel his way through drifts until lie
reached the main traveled highway.
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Mellon Savagely
Attacks Garner
Tax-Cut Program
Declares Democratic Plan Is
“Political and Nothing
Else"—Brands Unscien
tific Proposal.
B* International »w» Servies.
Washington, Jan. 19.—A savage at
tack on the democratic plan of tax
reduction, designed as a substitute
for his own program, was made to
night by Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon.
"The plan Is political and nothing
eh>o," he asserted.
The democratic plan was written
by P.epreeemative John M. Garner
of Texas, and has the united support
of the democrats In congress. It pro
vides for greater cuts on taxation of
smull Incomes and smaller cuts on
large Incomes than Mellon proposed
in his program aed leaves the maxi
mum surtax at 44 per cent.
Secretary Mellon attacked the
Gamer plan as "unscientific" and de
clared it had been drawn Irrespective
of the general economic good. After
discussing the plan at some length
In a formal statement, he paid his
respects to the democratic substitute
In these words:
"We come now to the fundamental
differences between Mr. Garner's plan
and the treasury bill. His Is a make
shift, the treasury plan is the result
of experience and study. His seeks
popularity by offering a small direct
saving to most taxpayers; the trea
sury bill is fair to all classes. Hit
is not intended to be effective on the
economic side of taxation; the trea
sury bill Is designed to free capital
and to benefit not only the Individuals
who pay taxes direct, but every per
son in the country who must pay
these taxes in every purchase.
"It is the difference between a
political method of handling tax re
duction and a business method.”
^ atson Men in Georgia
Refuse to Rack McAdoo
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 19.—Avowed fol
lowers of the late Senator Thomas
E. Watson, Informed the Georgia
state democratic executive committee
today that they will support neither
W. G. McAdoo nor Senator Oscar W.
Underwood for president but will
place a third candidate In the field.
t\ Idle no announcement was made,
it was reported that their candidate
probably will bo Senator James A
Heed of Missouri.
San Francisco. Jan. 19 —The demo
cratic state central committee today
endorsed the candidacy of William G.
McAdoo for president of the United
States as the nominee of the demo
cratic party and voted to place an In
structed delegation on the ballot at
the coming presidential primary elec
tion In California.
Assessment Reduction
Sought hy Cuming County
West rolnt. Neb. .Ian 19—Cumins
cqunty officials have petitioned the
stale board of equalization for a re
duction of 15 per cent in the assessed
•■aluatlon of Cumins county. Tills
will not t>e acted upon by that Kurd
until nest June, when they are asatn
In session. The county officials
pointed out that the assessed valua
tion of t'umliur county was too high
In comparison that of other ivuntles
$100.00 IN GOLD
The Omulm Pee offer* $100.00 In gold and other prues
to the school student* of Omaha and vicinity for the best
storu s on
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
the \ ictor Hugo classic, which the Universal Pictures corpo
ration opens for a two weeks' engagement at the Prandets
theater beginning January ’J".
Read the details and rules of the contest on Page S t’
of this edition.
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Most of Lot
Are School
Children
Crash Comes During Public
School Entertainment in
Brooklyn Armory—32
in Hospital.
Hall Is Cleared Quickly
New York. Jan. 19—The Iron rail
ing of a balcony In the Thirteenth
Coast artillery regiment armory In
Brooklyn gave way during a school
boy track meet lata this afternoon,
catapulting 175 boys forward and
downward In a 12-foot fall. Thirty
two went to hospitals. The oondltlon
of seven was reported as "very seri
ous.”
Many of these had one or two
broken wrists—In some cases ths
bones projecting through the flesh—
or serious head wounds.
Not a boy escaped injury In some
degree.
The 440-yard race was being run.
The school boy athletes pounding
around the board track In one of
the closest events of the day swung
under the balcony. Sixty-seven boys
jumped from their front row seeTs
and leaned over the rail to watch the
race. Occupants of the second row
crowded forward against the first.
The rivets at the upper ends of the
iron rail—which. It was said, had
been in the building for 30 years—
snapped.
The result was that the boys, rang
ing In age from 8 to 15, were shot
forward as In a chute, and few could
avoid falling on hands, head or thould
ers.
For three hours the armory district
was besieged by franiio parents.
Nearly 7,000 boys and g'rls were
cleared from the building in three
minutes. In five minutes 50 doctors
and nurses were at the armory. Police
and firemen had drawn a cordon afcr'ft
the buUding.
Iowan Held as Head
of Auto Theft Ring
By A Moc Is ted Free*.
Sioux City, la., Jan. 19.—W. H.
Hendrickson. Sioux City salesman
and a candidate for the republican
nomination for sheriff at the last
election, was arrested on two war
rants charging him with receiving
stolen property. Serving of the war
rants followed returning of two In
dictments by the grand Jury. The
Indictments charge Hendrickson Is In
volved In alleged operations of a
•ring” which has been disposing of
many stolen automobiles In Sioux
City snd vicinity. Hendrickson was
released under 86,000 bond.
Roving Habits Basis for
Divorce Suit on Minister
Chicago, Jan. 19.—A suit for divorce
—her second—against Dw-.gbt U
Loughborough, former army officer,
newspaper man. business organizer
and assistant pastor, based on his al
leged "roving habits and unstabla
character,” was filed here today by
his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Ellery
Loughborough. Loughborough sev
eral months ago was arrested in Cali
fornia on complaint of a former Chi
[ cago business man who alleged he had
influenced the complainant s wife to
obtain several thousand dollars from
her husband's safety deposit box tn
Chicago.
Loughborough and hi* wife were
married in Eunka, Cal., November
14. 1S99 but three years later she
obtained a divorce on the grounds of
cruelty, according to the second bill
which chsrges desertion. She alleges
that his "roving habits and unstable
character” kept him away from home
much of the time and that he defin
itely deserted her December 81. 1921.
and that he last was heard of in Loa
Angeles She seeks the custody of
j their three children.
Fraternal Congress to
Meet Wednesday
First annual meeting of the Ne
braska Fraternal Congresa will bo
held Wednesday at Hotel Rome.
The congress is composed of frater
nal and benefit societies writing In
surance in Nebraska. Xtore than 1" ■
delegates are expected.
Mayor Pahlman will deliver the ad
dress of welcome at 10 in the morn
ing. and Rev. Frank G. Smith witl
deliver the Invocation. The afternoon
program will close with a banquet at
ti. Mr*. Katherine Remington is
president of the association.
Yeni/elos for Republic.
It. \ss.M*tsted rtcss
Athens. .Tan, 1$—Premier Venl
seloe today announced that tn the
coming referendum to determine the
future regime of the country he
would vote In favor of a republic.
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