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kf~“'i The < imaha Morning Bee not much change in temperature. ’ At last—far off—at last, to all, _ _____ - . - And every winter change to spring. I CITY EDITION , VOL. 53.' NO. 220. OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924. * TWO CENTS'* Wo*,".*. 825iL5!u,te V_ ~Alf,,d T^on,^,l" J 1 ^ H» Mall (1 Yaarl: Dally and Sunday. »5: Sunday. wllhln lha 4th anna. Outaldn th» 4th Zona (1 Tear); Datl> and Sunday, lit: Sunday only. H. , , . WIFE HAS BOSSIF ARRESTED HERE _v^?Cv -—---« - Big Bombs to Fififbt Ice O Jam Arrive Two Martin Bombing Planes Due at Fort ('rook Today for Blasting (iorges in Platte. Work Starts at Columbus A carload of 300 pound bombs nr "here yesterday and two Martin iment bombing planes are sdied n[pit to arrive at Fort Crook today at 11. with which United States aviators are ready to fight huge ice gorges in the Loup and Platte rivers. The planes left I-angiey Field. Vn., Tuesday night and arrived at Cha rute Field, III., Wednesday. The fly ers are equipped with the necessary facilities to fight the rising ice. The aviators will fly as low ns possible in order to bit the correct spot of the gorge in case bombing is neces sary. r The Union Pacific railroad started to break the ice gorges in the Loup and Platte rivers yesterday afternoon. Blasting in the vicinity west of Co lumbus, Neb., marked the beginning i _ti ft he hard work. Gorge Blasted Out. Gangs of men were sent to Schuy ler to blast out a gorge that had I formed in the Platte there and sent water out over the low ground to the north, though the company's lines were not directly threatened with any damage there. Blasting at the bridge west of Co lumbus was to open a channel under the bridge. This was done a week ago, but the river froze over and the work had to be done again. It is said that the Ice In the bars in the vicinity of the Union Pacific hridge is fully 30 inches thick In places, wjfile it runs all the way up to IS inches or more on the currents. River Almost Bank Full. The planes will be taken to Colum bus only in event that the situation lies critical through the forma of ice gorges, and in any event not hefore the actual breakup of the Ice gets under way. The Platte con tinues almost bank full, and the Loup at a high stage for this time of year. Ninety per cent of the surface of both rivers south of Columbus still is covered with unbroken ice. Medical Meeting Here This Week --r— Representatives of Leading Schools to Gather at Nebras ka University College. Representatives of 'be leading medical colleges of the country will meet in Omaha Thursday. Friday and Saturday tor the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, which is to he held in ConKling hall on the campus of the Fnlverslty of Nebras ia Medical college, At the first session this naming, l>nn K. Joseph, vice dean of jt. Louis Fnlverslty School of Medl ine; O. H. Perry Pepper, assistant professor of medicine. Fnlverslty of Pennsylvania, and 'Valter U. Bier ring, examiner In pharmacology, na tional board of medical ■ examiners, trill talk on technical subjects, and Walter I.,. Niles, dean of Cornell Fni ■tversity Medical college, will talk on Poor Boy In Medicine.'* I)r. futtpr to Speak. Dr. Irving S. 'Cutter, dean of the Nebraska University Medical college and president of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will be. the first speaker on the program this afternoon. Burton D. My* srs assistant dean, Indiana Universi ty School of Medicine; L. S. Schmitt, associate dean. University of Califor nia Medical school, and Samuel P. t'apen, chancellor of the University of Buffalo, will speak on subjects per taining to medical education, and Ray Lyman Wilbur; chairman, will give the report of the committee on educa tion and pedagogics. The doctors will devote Friday morning to attending classes of the medical college, here for practical demonstrations In teaching. That afternoon a round table conference, will be held, the subjects to be pre sented for discussion by Nathaniel W. Faxon, chairman of the intern# committee, American Hospital asso ciation; Stuart Graves, dean of Uni versity of Louisville School of Medi cine; H. G. Wclskotten, dean, Syra cuse University College of Medicine, end William Dick ''utter, dean, New York Postgraduate Medical school. Ittisiiiess Session Saturday. The business scion of the asOclatlon with the report of officers and com lnjttec "ltd election of officer will (.]o.o* tlie convention Saturday morn lng. _ Mub Hurt in Fall. \V H. Heller, 2106 Vinton street, brother #f Robert Heller and Klmer ilrr. patrolmen, received a con P^tuslon of the skull when lie slipped end fell on the sidewalk at Sixteenth and Farnam streets Tuesday after noon at 4. He wns taken to St. Jo seph hospital, where lie was uncon scious for two hours, lie was re ported to be Improved this morning. * Government of Belgium Beaten Brussels, Feb. 27.—The Belgian government was defeated in the cham her nf deputies today by a vote of 95 to 7!l on the Franco-Relgian con vention. Premier Theunls has announced that the cabinet wll place its resigna lion In the hands of the king tonight. Power Finn to Spend $3,250,000 on Improvements Omaha Company Authorized to Sell 12,000 Share* of Stork—Substations to Be Built. Lincoln, Feb. 27.—The Nebraska Power company, Omaha, today was luthorizcd by the sttae railway com mission to sell F2.000 shares of 7 per rent cumulative preferred stock of [lie par value of $100 a share, "the transaction to he on such basis as -hall net applicant not less than 90 per centum of par.” The power company plans to under take, according to the, authorization order, on improvement program in volving the expenditure of $3,250,000, which includes enlarging the Omaha power plant from a capacity of 53,000 kilowatts to 73,000 kilowatts. The capacity of the main leads of ihe power plant also will be enlarged ind a large central suhstatlon and a service huihling will he erected In Omaha. In addition to expenditures for Im provements, the company plans to loan Its subsidiary, the Citizens Gas mil Klectrlc company of Council Bluffs, $297,000 for "important im provements and enlargement of ca pacity there, because a refinancing program for that subsidiary is con templated in 1925, at which refinanc ing time this loan is to hs repaid.” The order shows that the power company's huslness has increased from 28.000 In 1917. to 50,000 custom ers In 1923, and that the annual con sumption of current for each resi dence has jumped from 275 kilowatt hours in J917 to 400 kilowatt hours in 1923. The Nebraska Power company Is ralued by company engineers at $21, 113.898. Construction planned in Omah^ consists of a substation at Twentieth and Howard streets to care for the downtown district; a service head quarters building at Forty third and Leavenworth streets, and a substation :n South Omaha. “Uncle Joe” Out for Delegate Chicago, Feb. 27.—“Uncle Joe" Cannon is out for a delegate-at-large to the republican national convention, according to word received here from hia home at Danville to the effect that petition* were being circulated for him there and that his name probably would be filed at Springfield by Thursday. The former epeaker of the national house of representatives is for Coolidge, according to his pe titions. although the Coolidge head quarters has announced no candidates for delegates-at large. Lowland* Flooded by lee Gorpc in Republican River Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beaver City, Neb., Feb. 37.— An lea gorge In the Republican river extends for 14 miles, commencing east of Hol brook. and the water 1* hacked up over the lowlHnda In the direction of Cambridge. Unless the lee loosens up soon, county official* will break It up with dynamite. Prisoners Who Broke Jail at Beaver City Captured Special Itiapatrh In The Omaha He*. Beaver City, Neb., Feb. 27.—The two prisoners who escaped from the county Jail Sunday night have been captured. N. S. Fense! was located st Norton. Kan., and James I'lillllps was arrested by polite in Denver. Taxes Are Paid. Columbus. Neb., Feb. 27.— Platte county people hnve been paying their taxes better in the past three months than at any time since before the war, according to County Treasurer Will Boettcher. Ihstress warrants now being issued for 1323 personal taxes total Just about one half what they did In February, 1323. Special Next Sunday “This Week’s Choice Real Estate V a 1 i e s Page.” A full page of the choice real estate listings in Omaha. Every offer a good one. Don’t fail tb see it before you buy. Next Sunday in the Want Ad Section Daugherty Won’t Quit Under Fire ♦ Attorney (ieneral Demands Hearing on All Charges, and May Not Resign ^ hen Acquitted. Leaves Capital Suddenly Washington. Feb. 27.—Attorney General Daugherty will remain for the present a member of President Coolldge's cabinet, but he will he ex peoted to retire to private life as soon as the senate has completed its inquiry into his administration of the Department of Justice. His determination not to resign without a hearing on the charges against him was reaffirmed today In the face of growing pressure for his removal. Me even refused to promise that he would vacate his post upon termination of the senate Inquiry, hut it was apparent in other quarters that any plan for his retention be yond that time had been abandoned. This conclusion is one of the most difficult problems which Coolidge 'has had to deal with since he entered the W’hite House followed by an almost continuous succession of conferences in the midst of which the attorney gen eral himself suddenly left Washing ton. It was announced af.er his de parture that he had been called to Florida, where Mrs. Daugherty is ill, and would go by way of Chicago to attend to public business there. Tonight his determination to remain attorney general pending the senato inquiry was announced to the coun try in this terse statement, prepared before his departure and issued from the Department of Justice. Reiterates Firm Stand. "It Is not my purpose to even con sider tendering my resignation as at torney general until after a fair hear ing on charges preferred against me." Previously he had made the same determined declaration to President Coolidge. after the president had laid before him in a conference of more than an hour the conclusions reached by the administration after a reex amination of the whole rase. The White House refrained from any pub lic statement, but it was evident that until Daugherty had announced defi nitely his refusal to retire under fire the belief in some administration quarters had been that his resignation was imminent. liNrm City In Haste A second and shorter conference with Coolidge preceded Daugherty's departure this afternoon from Wash ington. He drove directly from the White House to the union station, where a train to Chicago was held for several minutes to take him aboard. Some of his best friends had not known of his intention to leave the city, and his secretary at first refused to confirm or deny the story of his departure. I>nter this statement, also prepared by the attorney general be fore he left was made public at the “I have been called to Florida on a personal matter, hut I am com pelled first to go to Chicago to attend to important government business which demands my personal attention. "1 will return from Florida as justice department: soon as I can. In the meantime proper attention will he given to all government matters. The Depart ment of Justice is functioning 100 per cent. Though temporarily absent 1 shall nevertheless be In constant touch with the department. Several important cases and other pressing matters which rsquir* my personal attention will he taken along with me in order to facilitate action there on." Record Run of 25,000 Hogs Reiches Sioux City Yirds Bloux City, Neb. 27.—A record run of 25,000 hogs arrived at the Bloux City atockyarda today, beating tha old mark of 24,176 which stood for several year*. Kun* have hit ahove 20.000 on »ev eral occasion* thia year and mote than 24,000 came In on January 30. The former record waa made January 10, 1*17. The Day in Washington —_—_ The aenata and house stopped legislative business to pay tribute to the memory of Warren fi. Hard ing. Negotiations were resumed h.v house republican organization and Inaurgrnt leader* looking to a com promise on the Income rates of the tax bill hut without result. A large sheaf of telegrams sent to Kdward II. Mcl.ean, Albert ('. It. Kail and others at I'aJm Hem h were read into the record hy the senate oil eommlltee. Senutor Smoot, reiiiihlieilii, I'tali. Issued a statement saying he whs advised ill advance that K. I.. Iloheny was coming to Washington to testify about his loan lo Albert. II. Kail. Attorney (leneral Daugherty de parted suddenly and unannounced for Chicago. later announcing through the Department of Justice that he had no Intention of tender ing his resignation until after a fair hearing on charges preferred against him. £ Newlywed Sh^ of Party atv^° j\ Albion, Neb., Feb. 27.«-A party of 19 young men assembled at the home of Mr. Brennan, near Boone, for the purpose of giving a newly married couple a charivari. The night was dark, and just as the “music” was shout to begin a man emerged from the house and shot twice at the visi tors with a revolver. One bullet took effect In the shoulder of George Peter son, inflicting a slight flesh wound. Alfred Brennan admitted that he did the shooting, claiming he did it for a joke and thought he was shooting over the visitors. He was arrested, had a hearing and was bound over to the district court for trial. McAdoo Confirms Story of $150,000 Youngstown Fee Declares a Lawyer Must Con tinue Practice of Law in Order to Support His Family. Bos Angeles, Feb. 27.—William G. McAdoo tonight partially corroborated what he termed "the Youngstown story" in a statement in which he said his former legal firm in New Y'ork had represented the Republic Iron and Steel company before the Treasury de partment at Washington for a total Re of J 150,000. McAdoo's statement In full follows: “Concerning the Youngstown story, I have no hesitation in staying that my former law firm in New York was employed as counsel for the Re public Iron and Steel company, an independent concern. In a complicated tax matter at Washington. This case was heard In the regular legal way before the board of appeals and *e view of the Treasury department, a semi judicial body composed of civil service men. Whether it came before Commissioner of Internal Revenue Williams on appeal I do not recall. Briefs were filed and the case was ar gued several time. It involved very serious and important legal questions concerning invested capital ami waa of Interest, to taxpayers throughout the C-nited States. The amount In volved was large. "Th* employment began November, 1919. at which time a retainer of S10, 000 was paid, and the case was closed In the early part of 1921, whereupon an additional fee of SI 10,000 was paid the firm—the compensation being commensurate with the importance of the mailer and the serive* performed "The practice of law In New York Involves a very expensive organiza tion. high rentals, etc., and the fee* are, of rourse, high. This was not a personal fee, hut a fee to the firm and I received, of course, only my proportion of It. "There appear* to be a concerted efTort by my political enemiea to di vert atlention from the scandals at Washington by trying to attack my law practice. I have no apologies to make for it. Former associate Justice of the supreme court. Charliw E. Hughes, and other public officials after retiring from office resumed the practice of law. Just as I did, snd no one criticized them for it. A lawyer must practice law after he refill's from public life or be deprived of the opportunity <of supporting his family. ' Spring Wheat Millers Combine Minneapolis, Feb. 27.—A tentative organization of millers of the spring wheat area which eventually la ex pected to represent them in all prob lems affecting the Industry was the outcome of a meeting of SO millers from Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota and Montana her# yesterday, it was advised today, Th# new association will be known as th# Spring Wheat Mlllera club, and ita membership la expected to in clude all mlllera In western Wiscon sin, Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota, northern Tihvn and Montana. There are 20# miller* in thla territory. H. AI. Faltner of Mankato was Slsrled temporary president anil C. T. V.widenover of Minneapolis tempo rary secretary. A meeting to effect a permanent organization will lie held In a month. Marrirrl in Council Rluffc. Tha fallowing pyanna nh**ned mar r*a»* llctnaea in Council Bluff* Neuter dav: Harr/ Larson. Grand Island. Nab . 4a Mauds Sfruva. Grand island. Nah 41 8'anlev Schmidt. Srhuvler. Neb.2« Martha t>ubskv Sohuvlar. Neb . 21 John Osborn. Fort Calhoun Neb. :j Marla Scnneemevar. Fort Calhoun. Nab it* William Thompaon. Omaha .22 Mar.lorla Carr. Omaha . l o Hobart lllrhhorn. Omaha .«... .ft lloaa Kdalateln, Omaha . 2 l Wavne Paahl. Linroln, Neb . 14 llaulah Kranxen. I.lnroln, Neb. is llenry Woodfork. Counrll Itluffa . .. •» Luella Mowery, Council Bluff- . la Paul Pattlgre'.*, Council Bluff* Thelma IIIt -katough. Council llluff* H Carl Sorenson, l.vona, N'eh. . * Anna Lai*nn. Oak’arol. Neb . Lynn VL»ff«t», I • . Mary Porter, Neola, la ........ . I Rdward Norton, l.lrfccln Wh .*« j Anna Marahail, !.1n* tin. Nett . S. I*. L»I>ue. Omaha . 4 Ann Johnson, Omaha . ij Hay Craft. Neola la .. ’4 Maud Hrlrhard, Council Hiu([* . 2 1 ’.Valter ltnmlll. Carroll, In . 1'• Mary Ca iej, Carroll. 1* .. I* Arthur Mat*li. Omaha . *' Kathryn Nicholson. Omaha . Vanl Honlan.1, Tekamah, \>b. « Stella M<• Nettr. Takamah. Net. 4 I.aw rent e Waatphalen. North Mend. Neb 21 Gladys Julian. Ninth Bend, Neb . William Moracle. Tlllev Neb ?* EGl* Kelle't 4‘rab On hard, Neb ?• Apnpnai Hi "truck*. Omaha Antonia Stanek, Omaha 36 Why Ridicule the Ostrich III'T THK I’l BMC Oi TUOK8 HIM IN TIMES SI CH AS THESE AMI H OI l.l> NWAI.I/OW THK MOON IE NTTT SA1II IT HAS CHEESE Special Studies Urged for Gifted Iowa Educator ^ ould Differ entiate Between Needs of Talented Boys and Oirls. By Associated Press. Chicago, Keb *27.—The schools of this country have haidly made a be ginning In their provisions for gifted children. Prof, Bird T. Baldwin of the University of Iowa told the National Society for the Study of Kducatlon at the Congress hotel here. Professor Baldwin is director of the Iowa Child Welfare research station. “Moreover there is little or no uni formity as to methods of selecting superior children for rchool work," he said. “There is no mnsenus of opin ion as to the age or grade In which differentiation of work should take place and no provision is made for distinguishing betwee i the needs of gifted hoys and gifted girls." A concrete program for meeting this deficiency In our schools sug gested by Professor Baldwin proposes to distinguish between children who are superior both mentally and physi cally and those who are gifted In In telligence. but who are only normal In phyaical growth. For the tall, well developed and mentally gifted child he proposes acceleration of two. three or more grades. If thoroughness and accomplishment are also considered. These children will complete the course at an early chronological age with Superior knowledge nnd training on account of their superior ability and advanced stages of maturity. For the bright child who is not especially advanced In physical growth and development, I’lofrssor Baldwin proposes a quite different program. These children, he believes, should be accelerated horizontally rather than vertically. That la to say, they should be put Into speclel eec tlons of their normal echoed giade rather than be pushed up into higher grades. In these special sections they should have an rnrlehed school course with broader reading asstgn ments, special side excursions and in vestigations, and elective courses In special fields. These children will complete Ibis enriched course at the avepace igo with greatly enriched In formation. enriched altitude, and en rb I'l ti cnlng in npprnarhlng the problem of life l ire Nfiir Santa Barbara. S.ihtu H'ltl*41 lit t ill . Fell. 27 \ fore*! fire hurtling chi She edye of the Snntn li n Imi i National f<»re*t in Hie Miiliurbn of thi* city ln*t nluht hud tle*(i-nyetl 41 SB mom |e*or( hotel known tm The flume* *pr*A(1 to the home of Folltt Armour Mit chell. dnufthfer of .f driven Armour • »f Fhleniro. The Mitchell home \v*w *n\ed an*l Hie fire then *|irc«d to the F Futon eMntt which wh* waved hy lt« utonn con »t met Ion. The F. H*vn* .i e*t«te wio next attacked nnd * half doffii email buildings and out* house* destroyed. New Farm Credit Bodv to Increase i/ Strength of Banks L First \rt of $10,000,000 Cor {•oration Will Be to Restore (ionfidence in Northwest. Sa>» Jaffrav. Minneapolis Minn.. Feb. 21.—Initial action of the new tI0.00n.nijO aqricul tural credit corporation will be to restore confidence in solvent banks in the four northwest states and to fortify them against distrust and sub sequent withdrawal of -funds. t\ T. J .-if fray, chairman of the board of di rector's of the corporation, announced in a statement Issued today. "I am sure no stone will be left un turned to enable ihe corporation with its Vast resources to help where it is possible to bring assistance to worthy farmers, either directly or in directly, so they can go on doing business and work themselves out of their present difficulties.'* Mr. Jsf fray's statement said. J. R. Howard, former president of the American Farm Bureau federa tion. w ho was mads vice president of the new corporation, la expected to take up full-time duties within a week. Members of Ihe hoard Indicated hit activities would be In line with a plan to broaden the organisation'a scope in furnishing greater relief than first outlined in the conference which bankers and industrial leaders had with President Coolldge last month. The executive committee of the cor poration has been called to meet Sat urday to perfect procedure to enable the corporation to l>egln functioning next week. Advisory committees are being selected In the four northwest stales to work In close cooperation with the headquartetw here, and these committees are to h* approved tit Saturday's meeting Osatos Consider Return to Omaha Shall oaato, former Omaha photo* rap her * waa expected to arrive Wedneaday afternoon from Chi t ago to confer with J. lahll. pho tographer who ha* taken charge of Ida atudlo here *lnce the departure of oaato last apt log fm Japan. It h.i* not been determined aa to whether Oaato will eatnhllah per ninneut residence here, according to lahll. Oaato and Ida wife, formerly Ml** France* Fitxpatrlck, were In the .lap ane*« earthquake and lost trace of each other for several month*. The happy reunion with their two children took place last fall In Chicago *t the home of Ml*. Oaato* parent*. Mr*. o*»tn will remain In Chicago with the children until decision 1* made hy her husband a* to hi* huslnea* •I Johnson Slate Is Announced Petition* ^ ill Be Circulated for Delegates Pledged to Support State’s Choice. Unc yin. Feb. IT —A slats of candi dates for delegates to the republican national convention pledged to sup port the winner in tha Nebraska preferential primary was announced here Um’jrht by Johnson headquar ters Six delegatee at largo are named, with the understanding that the sev enth will probably be otto of the women candidates on the Coolldge slate, who will pledge herself to acquiesce in the results of 'h« pri mary election. Delegates for the ta,ki district are not announced The candidates selected follow Delegates at large: C. C. Flans burg. Lincoln; E L Bradley, Omaha O. F. Bryon. Walihlll: I. D. Keans. Kenesaw: J. P Gibbons, Kearney; C E Sandall. Tork Dlatrlct delegates. First, C. A Fiawles, Plattsm-mth and Franklin .1 Potter, Lincoln: Third. Henry Beh rens, Beemer and Arthur Witte, Oak land; Fourth, H. E. Potter. Fatrbury and Martin Hulte. Wahoo; Fifth, A W. Sterne, Grand Island and W. H Wlnkelmann. Culbertson; Sixth. M L. Fries. Arcadia, and Frank M John son. Ooxad. mharKgo ou California Cattle Declared Here I.inrotn. Feb. 27.-*8tr»t>ry Slmnt w.»y of the slut* department of R«ri culture authorized the statement to day that an ernharu** had been de dared on alt cuttle coming from or pa**Jrg through California. N.t oat tie fi •ont California will be meivol or unloaded et the Omaha stockyards. Secretary Shumway said Aurora Defeats Rond Issue of $35,000 for Gymnasium Hr Aseerlsteg rre«» Grand Island. Nab , Feb. ST.—Voting 4S0 against to ST* for, th* citltena of Aurora defeated a $35,01*0 bond propo altlon designed mainly for school gymnasium purposes. Th* same pro, oeltlon was defeated two years ago. hy approximately the earn* vote. I The Weather I V—— ■■■ - - ' ►'t»r ?4 hours anJing 7 p m Kel tuary S’. Pemp-t at Ufa Highest 47 t«»*ea *4 Si. normal, if total rtafuen.' tine# January l, 40 rr*4 lptta |©n. In. ha* «n,< hundredth* total, *. total atnea Jinunr i ts, «• » aaa. JJ. * Vtonrl* Temper*! urea » nv 4 * ■ tn .... f I T • m * » m .IT * * m ** ' * • *n 4 ;> 11 » * * 1 3. noon ... «I \ r m <4 I r ni 4.N 3 r m, 4» « r m 4; ‘ r m 4? » p. I« 4 4 ( ? 4 4 • r m . 4l Broke and Needs Work, Clerk Says Deputy Sheriff Takes Him From Hotel in Council Bluffs—Out on ?5.000 Bond. Other Woman With Him "Dear! broke and in need of a job." •aid Claude F. Bo-sie when he re turned under arrest to Omaha yes terday afternoon Iter an a; sence of two months. The former city clerk was brought from Council Bluffs to Omaha jester day afternoon by Deputy Sheriffs Olaf Tliestrup and It. I.. Pridwell on t warrant charging wife abandon ment. He waived extradition, arrived at the office of Sheriff M. I,. Endres at 4 and at 4:30 was at liberty on bond of $ 3.000, furnished by Paul Patti \ana. 412 South Tenth street, and ap proved by District Judge I,. B. Day Slipped Into Council Bluffs. The warrant was issued oh infor mation furnished to County Attorney Henry Beal by Mrs. Maybelle McKean Eoss>, who is the second w ife and maintains that she is his legal wife at this time. Bessie registered at the Grand hotel in Council Bluffs Tuesday night as "Charles Baum, St. Louis." He was assigned to room 302, and a woman, known as Ruth Wamsley. occupied loom 504. Bessie referred to her as bis wife. The former city clerk and his com panion came to Council Bluffs from Kansas City, where Bossie conferred concerning a federal case, which is set for hearing April 21. Claims He » legally Married. When the automobile bearing Bes sie entered Douglas street he re marked that Omaha was the best city in the world and had been good to him. ' And there it the city hal! " he commented when the municipal build ing was in sight. I was married to Ruth Wamslev in Laurence, Kan., on December 2d." he said. "There was a separate main tenance agreement between myself and Mr*. Bossie in Omaha. In nv opinion, political opponents in Omaha hare been urged by my second wif« to bring these charges against me He would not discuss the ques* or of whether he obtained a divorce fron h:s second wife, as reported in ar interview when he arrived in New Tork on February 13. "Bark to Clear I p Account*. "I haven't murdered anyone net stolen anything he added. "Ther* certainly ha? !>een a lot of fun stirred up. I have had too much pub l.city, more than I deserted. I hav« come back to assist In the audit ol the accounts of the city clerk's office I had a record of be.ng an efficient •and correct city clerk. The accountf w ill be found to be o. k." Bossie stated that he was 111 ir New York city 10 days after his re turn from France two weeks ag. Ixeaterday. lie said his waist line has diminished. He appeared quite calm when the i Council Bluffs sheriff entered his , hotel room vesterday afternoon and { explained that he would be under cus , tody until arrival of deputy sheuffs from Omaha. He used the interim ) by telephoning to John P Wear, at torney in Omaha, to arrange a bond. ! He Joked injthe automobile on th* wav to Omaha, telling those who rode with him that he was !0 days m Paris, was interested in th# dexterity of the taxicab drivers of the French capital, and that he did not suffer seasickness either way. Chats With Sheriff Fndrrx. Arrived at the sheriff s office. Bes sie greeted Sheriff Endres, who in qulred how he was feeling. "When we arrived !n New Tc: k on the Berengarla." Bossie said. ' theis were about SO photographers after us. While trying to shield me from the camera men my wife was photo graphed by a man who used a flash light. While in New York Felix Mo i*h*ne. former sheriff here, called tn ,see me." H'sste Slid he would remain tv I Omaha until bis case I* called In K.tjf *xs City in April. He indicated tjjjr he will hate to look for a Jol^F^ | de lined to disci:** details < ?/ 1 leged tangled matrimonial »'/ tween himself and the ee.f Bos*’# and th* woman he r* I is his w if* M Cntll tile- w*-e -A*ref ■ I jst the Bluff- hotel, fc* insisted that she ♦** Mrs w Baum of St Ukl? that her hvtst&fj had gen* to i -mabt and would rent* at &. Boss!* was m hts room tint? arrested and t«k# i :■ Or aha ” Hints at !’■ lilt, tl s andal. When pressed fet >r oxplanv n < f the meaning of to- « , -went that hi stile political thfHimora m Omaha I have sought h‘ undoing he declined ho nnko .atta p'fn4^i1 rofriviw >vt«.**,0. AA llO V % to tl'T* l*o*|ih»n of i ty oJotk At tho hog in ning of th«* i.rt'Hg'nt <*|t> ftdmiuUt;u !»on Ihrof ai ua ngo. loft thf cj;\* h»H on niorn nK, T\?*oombe. r’S. t*olng her* only a Uw ho urn bo jtH.rn tPAina rtlcv an absence f H*ht tlA\A On thAt cv» o 'n \U>o jOAhlman Jeli\ere?1 »n ultimatum it bat he either dim unttmif' h a \aoaV,'v virtta lift Klin v hlnk nn? later than January l <>n (TuAAdAA morning J*nuav\ v th* •? I'oun it 'Mivtvf.1 It ami n?** v» <r»m to rat* r*(t, t otnma Too t fc