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CITY EDITION J
The Omaha Morning Bee
—VOL 53 NO~22L ~ OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1924. * ’ TWO CENTS1* °A’r: c,*r.'E".,:«h."lu,,■
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^THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
He who aave* not a* he get*, may
keep hi* nose all hi* life to the grind
atone, and die not worth a groat.—
Benjamin Franklin.
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Two Youths
Found Shot
to Death
Students of Pennsylvania I ni
versity Believed to Have
Died in Suicide
Pact.
Tired of Life, Note Says
Pottstown, Pa., Feb. 28.—Finding
of the bodies of two students of the
"Wharton school of finance, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, shot to death in
their room in the local Y. M. 0. A„
today led to efforts by police to dis-i
cover whether their deaths were due
to a suicide pace prompted by infatu
ation for the same girl.
The.|ead youths are Thomas Slien
Jarttes . Warmkessel, both of
■Prtstowu.
A note in Shenton's handwriting In
dicated a double suicide. Both were
studying commercial law and account
ing at night classes In Philadelphia.
They were in their first year at the
university.
The bodies were discovered by Clare
1 inerting, another resident of tlie Y.
Al. C. A. dormitory, who found Warm
kernel's body lying at the door of the
room, with hat and overcoat on. and
a muffler over his face, while Shen
ton's body la>* on the bed, fully clad,
shot through the left chest with a
pistol beside him, Warmkessel had
been shot In the temple and chest,
tjia wounds being powder marked by
the close range of the shots.
The note, dated yesterday, rends:
“Jimmy, and 1 are both disgusted
with ourselves. It’s awful to he weak
lings with nothing In yourselves to
lie proud of, so what's the use. He
Is trying to kill himself by running
himself down, for he says he doesn't
have nerve enough to shoot himself.
I can't stand by and see him die that
way, and he Is too good a friend to
hope for another like him, so we have
decided to go together. Tom.’’
Shenton’s parents are dead and he
had lived at the Y. M. C. A. for some
time. Warmkessel lived with his
mother here.
The possibility that the case may
be one of murder and suicide Is also
being investigated by the authorities
Carl Gray Heads
Dairy Society
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Dan Morris of Kearney Made
Vice President of New
Nebraska Organization.
Lincoln, Feb. 2S.—Carl R. Gray,
'resident of the Union Pacific, this
ifternoon was elected to head the re
cently formed Nebraska Dairy De
velopment society. Mr. Grny has been
actively Interested In the organiza
tion since It was tentatively planned
at an Omaha meeting, and was chair
nan of the organization meeting held
lere last week.
He and other officers of the so
ciety and an executive council were
elected by '25 trustees chosen by a
vote of the members at the organi
xation meeting.
J)an Morris, Kearney, was elected
vice president, and H. P. ftavis, pro
fessor of the animal husbandry de
aartment at the stale college of ngri
mlture, secretary.
Directors of the society are Walter
Head, Omaha; II. J. McLaughlin.
Itoniphan; L. R. Leonard, Scottsbltiff;
It. MeKclvie, Lincoln; Ole Hanson,
Orleans, and C. B. Steward. Lincoln.
York Clothing Store
Robbed; $2,500 Loss
York, Neb., Feb. 28.—Thieve* last
broke into the Rush Williams
ig store In this city and stole
andige to the value of *2.500.
The goods taken Included overcoats,
suits, silk shirts, silk ties, bathrobes
»nd traveling bags. The hack window
v.as pried open and then the back
door was unbolted, through which
the goods were removed.
\ couple of old overcoats, a suit
,nd ft sweater were left by the rob
in exchange for the new clothes
■aken. A York rltlzen saw a large
ruck drive out of the alley back of
this store at about midnight, but paid
no attention to where It went.
Married in Council Muffs.
The following person* obtained mar
clsge lle#n*'s In Council Bluffs ’.ester.
h a y :
!•' O. Boos. Council Bluffs . "I
Margaret Bremen, Atlantic. In.21
Herman Ahrens. Omaha ’•*
Manor* Smith, Omaha .•*»
I K HaVoraa, St. Joseph, Mo..
Mara Hitcher, 8f Jo»eph, Mo.12
tarry Stark*, Moline, 111. ™
tiTn White. Brooklyn. N. Y 9
la ranee Anderson, Curtl* Neb..
M«ty .Merrill, Maywood, Neb.
K. A. Bohr, r.lncoln. Neb.'..'2
ffiather Christiansen, Lincoln, Neb.... 20
liny Daugherty, Lincoln. Neb. 22
Martha- l*a»k. Lincoln. Neb. "o
John Hehrendt. Panama, In.. 15
\]Mft Kelley, Panama. In . t
Waller Bra naan. Ornahn . 21
Alice Corby, Lincoln, Neb... -‘9
D„x*|d King, Klmlra. N V. H
Clara Mnffntt, Neola, In...* 2
J.eell*’ Callahan. Omaha ... 21
Loretta Bit nay, Dinah* . 1#
i■ q | ft*'siiu. Omaha .. 29
Mnb 1 Bates, Council Bluffa 2*
nun I Miller, Shelby, Neb.20
Mybllla Augustine*, Hhelby, Neb. 19
Henry Petersen, Oounr II Bluffs .. 21
I*.htH« r Wition, Council Bluffa. IK
Mrs. Bossie to Prosecute to Limit,
She Savs in First Connected Story
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Wife of Ex-Omaha City Clerk Calmly Tells Reporter for
The Omaha Bee of Incidents Leading 1 p ^4
to Des Ttion.
By W1IX M. MAI PIN.
Weary, but determined, after long
weeks of activity in getting her re
creant husband back to America,
where she says she will prosecute him
10 tiie limit, Mrs. Claude Bossie, for
merly Maybe lie McKeon, told to mo
for the first time, the who^> and
connected story of her troubles.
Heretofore what she has said to re
porters during the time she was pull
ing every wire to get Claude Bossie.
bn.- k has been short and disconnected.
But Thursday afternoon she> began at
the very beginning and gave The
Omaha Bee the full story.
There was nothing theatrical about
it. She did not indulge In any dra
matics. Quietly and without any dis
play of passion she told the story of
the incidents leading up to her deser
tion, and of her determined efforts to
bring her husband hack to America
to answer to the charges she makes
against hint.
The dainty charm that swept Claude
Bessie off his feet when he first met
May belle McKeon, the star of the
Hippodrome chorus, has by no means
disappeared during 12 years of mar
ried life, nor has it been marred hv
the trying exactions of the last two
or three months. Dainty.and petite,
neatly hut not ostentatiously clad,
Mrs. Bossie is still an attractive
woman, and her story carried convic
tion with it.
Shows Nervousness.
Kmotion has run its gamut, and
Mrs. Claude Bossie, deserted and des
titute, talked calmly and dispasslon
atel.v about her marital troubles.
The only si;,n of the strain through
which she has been going for the Iasi
10 weeks was her extreme nervous
ness. The jangling of the telephone
hell, the slamming of a door, any sud
den noise, caused her to Jump and a
spasm of pain to cross her mobile fea
tures.
“I shall never ask for a divorce
from Claude Bossie. What 1 have suf
fered as his wire Is enough, and after
all this l have no desire for legal
Delegates Filed
to Back Coolidge
in Convention
Many Women on List of 38
Named to Support Presi
dent for Re/iom
ination.
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. I*.—Frank P.
Corrick, director of the Coolidge cam
paign In Nebraska, filed petitions with
the secretary of state this afternoon
placing in nomination for the repub
lican primary election Calvin t ool
idge for president and the full ticket
of delegates at large, district dele
gates and alternates. 3S names In all.
A total of 6.324 names were on the
petitions coming from the several
congressional district of the state, as
follows:
First congressional district, 1.04!;
Second congressional district, 896,
Third congressional district, 85.>;
Fourth congressional district, 10,3;
Fifth congressional district, 994: Sixth
congressional district, 1.4.iS.
Following is the complete delegate
ticket:
IK-Iegates at large to the national
convention; C. F. Reavis. Lincoln,
A. AV. .lefferis, Omaha; George N.
Seymour. Elgin; K. R. Perry, Lin
jrn]n: Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha;
George <’. .Tunkin. Smithrield; Mrs.
Blanche AVillinms, Ainsworth.
Alternates to delegates at large to
the national convention: J. C. Moore,
Tecumseh; A. J. Donahne. Omaha; A.
It. Collins, Coleridge; J. Allen Mur
phey, Dorchester; Elizabeth O’Linn
Smith, Chadron; Gus Abrahamson,
1 [oldrcge; Russell A. Davis, Fair bury.
District Delegates.
First district: Thomas Murray,
Dunbar; Mark AV. AVoods, Lincoln.
Second district: H. Malcolm Bald
l-lge, Omaha,
Third district: Mrs. Belle Moss
man. Madison; Robert I. Stout, Te
katnah.
Fourth district; Airs. .1. A. I)ore
mns. Aurora; Dwight s. Dalbey, Be
atrice.
Fifth district; Mrs. Carrie R
I’rln'-c, Grand Island- John E. Kel
Icy, McCook.
Sixth district; N. P. McDonald,
Kearney; Dr. If. A. Copsey, Alliance.
Alternate* to District Delegate*.
l-'irst district: Robert M. Arm
Armstrong, Auburn; Paul Harbach,
Nebraska'City.
Second district: John F. Whde.
Blair; Floyd Davidson. Springfield.
Third district: Mr*. T. D. Mathews.
Fremont; Julius Nichols, Columbus.
Fourth district: K. O. Hall, David
City; (Jeorge T/lcgett, Utica.
Fifth district: Mrs. W. H. Miller,
Franklin; Charles \V. Meeker, tm
perlal.
Sixth district: C. M. Pavla, Did;
A Infield F.vana, HoottiblUff.
Dworak Club Formed.
plans fur organization of a "Fred
Dworak for Commissionerdull were
laid by friend* of Dworak at bis,
I borne last week.
Petition ndvoi ntlng his isndldary
bas been signed by 200 persons, It
was announced.
freedom. Far less have T any
to see him free to wreck some i <
woman's happiness."
"But what of the happiness of the
woman he now claims as his wife.’
"Is her happiness a thing to con
sider in the circumstances?” was the
quick reply. "Does anybody think
for a minute that she was deceived by
Bossie s story of a divorce?
‘‘Wrecked My l.ife.”
"For nearly 12 years T was a good
and true wife to Claude Bossie. He
wrecked my life. After taking from
me m.v best years, he left me desti
tute. I tried to treat him fairly, and
God knows I did not want to keep
him when I learned that he preferred
another woman. But if lost to every
other sense of decency he should, at
least, have had the decency to treat
me with the consideration of seeing
that I was not left destitute while he
was indulging in what he calls love
for the 'little woman who came be
tween ns.”
It was when Mrs. Bossie referred to
Ruth AVarnsely as ‘the little woman’
that her black eyes snapped anil her
chin set firmly.
"I noticed more than a year ago
that Claude had something on his
mind. Natural?. I thought It was
money affairs worrying him. and I
insisted that he should tell me, his
wife, about it. He kept evading me,
but finally he admitted his love for
that woman, and insisted that she
loved him. All the love f ever had
for Claude Rosste died with that ad
mission.
"But while I'told him that he
should leave me and go with the other
woman, I insisted that he should pro
vide for my maintenance.
"Position Horrible.”
"My position was horrible. I was
a wife, yet not a wife. To all intents
I was alone In the world, and prnctic
ally helpiesp. Yet the man who had
promised to love and cherish rne was
lavishing his affections upon another
woman. t!od alone knows the agonies
I suffered while trying to put on a
smiling front to the world. X knew,
and I knew that scores of our mutual
friends knew, that Claude was clan
destinely meeting that woman. I
knew X was not the only one who
knew that he had her with him on
that California trip. But I Just had
to smile and carry on, because I
knew of nothing else I could do. 1
had no one to whom I might turn,
except my aged parents in New York,
and they were powerless to help me.
"Claude Bossie asks the world what
right anybody has to break his pres
ent happiness? lie says he gave up
everything for that woman. But
didn't X give up everything when I
sacrificed my profession to marry
him? What right, had he to wreck
my happiness? Why should 1 con
skier the happiness of the woman he
deserted nre for? Did she consider
my happiness?"
The dainty little woman's black
eyes snapped as she moved forward
in her chair and allot the questions
at her Interviewer. One could easily
understand her determination to
prosecute to the limit.
.Someone Blunders.
"It seems never to have occurred to
Claude Bossie that there were some
laws to obey, even though they might
(Turn to Hair Two. Column Two.)
Review Begun of
Military Prisoners
Most Are Felons and Few of
Them Deserv e Clemency,
Officer Says.
Leavenworth, Kan.. Feb. —Of the
'36 Inmate* af the I'nited Stele* di*
clplinary barrack* here, a review of
whose case* was begun today by the
special War department board, virtu
ally all are serving for felonies «nd
hut few *re deserving of further clem
ency, MaJ. A. J. Steven*, barrack*
adjutant, declared.
Major Steven* made hi* »tatement
In contradiction to what he termed
newspaper propaganda plelurlng the
inmate* a* "martyr* of drn*tlc mill-1
tary courtmartlal.”
Although imncedlng there might he
many meritorious case* among mili
tary prisoner* In the federal peniten
tiary at Leavenworth, where S4 are
serving life term*. Major Steven* de
clared It was misleading to refer to
them ns a "lost legion."
"The real 'lost legion' at the fed
era I penitentiary," he said, "are the
hundreds of narcotic addicts s- n
triued under the Harrison act and
scores convicted under the Mann act.
who may have been the victims of
circumstance* "
Adjutant Stevens said the clemency
board at the barracks had Investigat
ed ihe cases of every prisoner at
least once a year and there now was
not a. single prisoner whose destiny
whs cnntrnled solely by circumstan
tial evidence.
Many Seeking Kmplnyment
on Farms Near (inlnmlms
Columbun, Neb., Feb. 2# - The cm*
ploy merit bureau c»f the chamber of
eommarce here In being literally be
*ieged by married arul «lriKlM men
who are nuking for John on farm* and
other poult lone ( )ii the other hand,
farmera are lilting fewer men thte
>enr than theV ever have before.
Plan to Cut
Rfpi&Rates
i
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.^Dipping Board Declares Low
er Transcontinental Charges
Would Destroy Canal
Traffic.
I. C. C. May Defer Action
Washington. Feb. 28.—Protest
against the granting by the inter
state commerce commission of ay
plications 1 / certain railroads for
lower transcontinental rates was
made today in a resolution by the
shipping board, on the ground that
It would divert to the roads ship
ments now carried by water carriers
through the Panama canal.
The board In a resolution held that
the request for lower railroads rates
was made "in contemplation that it
will drive the ocean carriers from this
competitive trade.”
Would Destroy Competition.
The ship lines now engaged in the
Inter-coastal service, the resolution
said, have been established as a com
petitive artery of transportation for
commodities moving between the At
lantic and Pacific seaboards, result
ing in the development of a large
volume of commerce which has been
"of great benefit to the producing,
consuming and manufacturing por
tions of our population."
Any destruction of "this favorable
and economical competitive trans
portation." it was contended, "would
lie injurious to the public interests.”
I. C. C. lias Power to Act.
Tlip applications referred to, which
have been made bv railroads engaged
in transcontinental transportation. If
granted, allow the roads concerned to
proceed toward lowering rail rates to
meet Panama competition, but would
not of themselves authorise such de
creases without further action by the
interstate commerce commission.
The fourth section of tho Interstate
Commerce act declares illegal any
railroad rates which are less for long
distance hauls than existing like rate*
over the same roads which apply to
shorter distances.
The commerce commission Is given
specific power In special cases to set
aside this section, known as the long
and-short haul clause, and the rail
roads are asking it to exercise that
power in tiie pending applications.
No action has as yet been taken by
the commission upon the applies
tions except to set them for hearings
and consideration.
Motor and Style
Show at Holdrege
Largest Exhibit in Stair Out
side of Omaha Planned—
Deadlines Band to Play.
Holdrege. Neb., Feb. 2? — Arrange
ments have been completed for the
fourth annual automobile show here.
March 2*> to 2l<. Fxhlblts of IT dif
ferent automobiles, including three
new cars that were shown at Omaha
ate assured.
An added attraction of the show
will he the annual style ah w which
has been held in conjunction with the
automobile show for the last three
years. Koch afternoon and evening
local merchants will display the latest
fashions In morning, afternoon and
evening wear, as well as the latest
creations In millinery.
Dan Deadlines band of Omaha will
give a concert each afternoon and
evening as well as furnishing the mu
sic for the style show.
Special effort Is being put forth this
year to make this the largest auto
Bhow In the state outside of Omaha,
and the Commercial rlub will apend
about $500 In decorating the audi
torium.
Former Official of
Thedford Bank Held
Sperlal llUpatrh to The Omaha llee.
I.lneoln, Feb. 21.—C. C. Phaw
former cashier of the defunct Thed
ford State bank, and M. E. Nelson,
son of the president of the bank, were
arrested today by representatives of
the stale banking department, eharg
ed with conspiring to borrow money
and defraud the state (ranking de
partment.
The Thedford hank closed Its doors
early this week. At that time bills
payable amounting to $12,000 were
shown to state officials. Distrust of
these bills was expressed nnd the ar
rests followed. The men ere srctised
of deltl'erstely planning to wreck lire
bank nnd the stnte guaranty fund
will suffer heavily In making the
losses good, officials said.
Bachelor Farmer at Klgin
Kills Self With Shotgun
Elgin, N«*b., Feb. 28.— Alloy* Hpusm.
40, fainter, eomrnltted auirld* by
shooting himself with >t shotgun, lie
was a bnehelor and lived alone. Sev
rial year* ugo lie was adjudged In
i sane anil for several months was
• onflntd in the Insane «•*> him at Nor
folk, but was later released, in \prll.
1Q1R, a brother eommllt'd sub-lde In
tbs same manner.
Why Go to the Mongolian Desert to Find Petrified Eggs?
1 MICLiOM
SE*.*1 OCD\,
WHEN WE HAVE SI ('ll A NICE DI I'OSIT RICiHT HERE AT HOME
Solons Consider j
Renewing Efforts j
to Oust Daugherty
Senate Republican* Believe
Attorney May Influence
the Course of Hi*
Investigation.
Washington, l'eb. "S.—Renewed ef
fort* to bring about the resignation!
of Attorney rteneral Daugherty are
under consideration among senate re
publican*.
Some of the party leaders who have
participated In tecent negotiations j
looking to his retirement are not sat
isfied with the arrangement which
permits him to remain In the cabinet
until the senate Investigation of his
administration Is concluded. This
plan, they s.iy, may mean an Indefin
ite delay.
The statement of Daugherty tv-fora
he left suddenly yesterday for Ch cago •
was an evident dl*appolntmcnt to j
these senators. Although the general I
belief is that hi* resignation will be I
demanded at the conclusion of the |
senate inquiry. It Is argued by hi* |
critics that he ought not to be al- .
lowed to remain In office to Influence
the course of the investigation.
Way Cleared for Action.
The resolution of Inquiry is to be
adopted tomorrow, under a formal
agreement rnteVed Into late today,
giving It exclusive right of way. It*
author, Senator Wheeler, democrat,
Montana, remained on watch all day,
but in the turmoil of other senate
affairs, was unable to find an oppor
tunity to call It up. laite In the af
ternoon Senator ltohlnaon of Arknn
saa, the democratic lender, obtained
a unanimous consent agreement for
It* consideration tomorrow Immedi
ately after the usual routine business
and It will then be debated until a
final vote la reached. The leader* ex
pert comparatively little discussion
and adoption Is assurde.
Inquiry Mil) Last Month*.
In the brief discussion today Hen
ntor Villi*, republican, Ohio, recog
nixed ft* spokesman for Daugherty,
said there was no desire to hamper
or delay the Wheeler resolution, lie
and others will oppose the provision,
naming Senator Hrookhart, la., an in
surgent republican, to bead the com
mittoc, but it appeared likely tonight,
that he and the other* nanfed by Sen
ator Wheeler would he chosen by «
majority vote of the senate.
It 1* the plan to begin the Inquiry
next week. Whether Daugherty will
he present 1* uncertain, since lie ex
pet 1* to go from Chicago to Florida,
tiepin* requested the privilege of be
ing represented by counsel, and *en
utors have Indicated that this proh
ably will he granted, but there is no
thought of delaying the hearing* he
catiKe of hi* absence from Washing
ton.
Calloway—Wat' n John*- n d *d at
hi* home here.
The Day in
Washington
._'
Hi(U mi the shipping hoard fleet
were ashed on slightly modified
terms.
Forty members of the house an
nounced they would eai ll Introduce
a 2.15 per cent heer hill.
The senate immigration runitnit
tee agreed on the census of 19111
and a 2 per rent ipiota law for an
immigration basis.
Virtual agreement was reached
between reptihlit an leaders and in
surgents for tin- l.ongworth coin
promise to replace the democrat
income rates in the tax lull.
President I onlidgr attended the
placing on xieyy al the l.ihrary of
Congress of the original* of the
Declaration of lnde|iendence and
tile Constitution of the Knifed
State*.
Chairman I.enroot of the senate
axil committee, informed tile senate
Ilia! the oil lease rase* would he
instituted in the court* "very
soon."
S*nator Mrltellar, democrat,
Tennessee, introduced a resolution
pro|M>sing an impilry into the in
come tax returns of F.. I,. Dotieny
and of Harry F. Sinclair.
The senate postponed until to
nn-rrnwr, consideration of the resolu
tion of Senator Wheeler, demo
crat. Montana, for an iu« estigation
of \ttomejr fieueral Haughrrty.
The senate oil committee sum
rnoned Mitchell Palmer, made
public more telegrams to and from
Kdward It. Mcla-an, and heard
Ixnrl ('. Si-liny ler of l)rn«er. Colo,,
testify In connection with Teapot
Dome.
Senator Kdward*. democrat. New
Jersey, assailed the pmhihition
bureau in an address dealing with
Die shooting of Senator (creme of
Vermont, and xxas answered hy
Senator W illis, rcpiihlh an, Ohio,
and other*.
Srlitiylcr Hoy Die* lit re
I' rom Blood Poisoning
Joseph Adolph Jedllcka. 19. Schuy
ler, Neb . died at jin Dmaha hospital
Wednesday, following an attack of
blood poisoning from an infected
tooth, lie f* survived by Ida jmrente,
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Jedlicka; three
siklei s. Mrs. Jerry lanouaek. Mlt*
Anna and Miss Uo> > Jedllcka. and
one brother. Frank, all of Schuyler.
The body was taken to Schuyler >*>
terday for burial Satllnlhy.
\**l»ra*ka Pul* Han on \ 11
< alii*- From I California
Uncoln, Feb. £S.—A complete em
largo against cattle from California
to prevent foot and mouth disease
entering \ei»i isk » was announced to
day l*y the department of agriculture,
under the din'ctlon of Governor
J’rvui No California animal* will
be allowed to entei Nebraska until
the Hist ise has b* on entirely stamped
out In California South Ibikota has
taken similar hi tlon.
Norris Rebukes
Partisan Efforts
in Oil Scandal
Southern Senators Reminded
That Legal Action Differs
From the Processes of
F\ nrh Lav.
n.r r. t . t'owKi.u
lUdiiniliin f orrr»|H»ndent The Omiha Wrr ■
Washington. f>h. -S.— Senator
Ct-orge W. Norris showed hi* teeth
to the democrats today as they again
beg in jiolitioal sniping because all
I ersons involved In the oil scandal
bad not lie n Ir.ed and jailed and
. ill -u.ts lo ti.ip pointing oil from
Ihe naval reserves hadn't lieen Insti
tuted.
Me stellar of Tennessee and Heflin [
of Alabama weie alternating in s«nr
lug the two prose utors appointed byl
iTcsm-.Tt < oolidgc, when Norris
uro«e to his feet.
“I think. In all fairness that we
should gii e these Invest gators time.''
Senator Norris said, "It is easy to
convict on the senate floor, hut to
convict in courts requires much work,
work that cannot lie accomplished in
an hour or a day.
"If one just stops to think of the
voluminous testimony taken in the oil
Inquiry, upon which they must l at**
iheir suits after poring over this tes
titnony, he can readily see that prepa
ration for court action will take con
siderable time."
Next, the Nebraska senator halted
the criticism under way during the
day relative to lalltire of the attor
ney general In not M'ting since the
special prosecutors were appointed.
"I am holding no brief for the at
torney general and really haliers he
should have acted some time sgo."
Norris sold. “However, when the
senate passed the resolution appoint
lug special prosecutors, It passed a
[law which took the oil reserve cases
! from the attorney general, and hi*
I lark of action since the passage of
this resolution Is not a source for
|. rHIcism, It i* in obedience with com
mand of the senate. This continual
criticism i* an easy thing to overdo."
Railroad Sues for $8.12.
A suit to collect II 13 was filed In
[federal court Thursday against
Henris* fteed of l-aurel. Neb., by the
Chicago A St Paul, Minneapolis A
I Omaha railroad.
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State Sues
to Oust Oil
Companies
Action Filed in District Court
Here Charging Conspiracy
to Raise the Price of
Gasoline.
15 Corporations Named
Attorney General O. H. Spillman
filed suit in district court here today
under the antitrust acts of the state
to break up alleged combinations of
oil men engaged in the fixing of
prices and other discriminatory acts.
Tlie attorney general in his suit
charges that oil companies are en
gaged in a combination, confedi ; ttion.
conspiracy and trust to fix. establish
and control the prlc» at which gaso
line and allied produrts should and
must be sold within the city of Oma
ha and elsewhere in the state, th reby
preventing other than themselves,
their agents and confederates from
I conducting the business of buying
and selling gasoline in the city and
state, to prevent and restrict com
petition, and, by limiting ami reduc
ing the supply, to raise the price of
gasoline
Oily I nahle to Uuy.
Vain attempts made by John Hop
kins. city commissioner, to huv gaso
line to sell in Omaha at a lower price
than local filing stations, precipitated
the action.
The case of Don Scott of Auburn
i*» mentioned. The defendants says
the petition, refused to s»!I to ldyi
be' a use he was engaged in sell.ng at
prices below? that fix*- I by the alleged
"trust.”
Vpon conviction of violation of the
- r.titrust a1 ts of t!** state, the court
! may enjoin the offending companies
from continuing their alleged prac
tice of price fixing, or may oust them
from the state Hnd de* ire that th
may never operate therein aga*n.
I'erf'-ns Puml guilty of violation of
the«ie ac;s may he tlned and impiis
• •ned under a separate action.
All Companies Named.
Defendant* named In the suit are
the Standard Oil company of ,\e
braska, I'nited States Oil works
XI- holas Oil corporation. Anderson
iohnsein Oil company. Nebraska-low.)
jOU company. Stelk Oil company. Oina
ha Ileflnlne company. Standard < >i
c ompany of Indiana, Sinclair Ref a
|ing company. National Refining com
jpanjr, Manhattan Oil company.Shaffei
Oil and Refining company. The Tex*?
company, Tidal Refining company an-,
the Texaco Oil company.
The petition alleges that the defend
ants have entered Into an agreement
binding themselves not to sell gasoline
and other products l-elow a certain
•tpndard figure
The petitem a«ks. in the name of
Ithe state of Nebraska, that the tie
[fondant i*-rporalk-ns ”1** ousted aid
excluded from all corporate rights in
the state of Nebraska, that the *
franchises to do business |)e declare,!
forf* itei) and canceled, that the prop
erties of the Nebraska corporation*
he placed in the hands of trustees to
he appointed !*>* the court and that
the defendants, their officers agents
and employes be permrnent’v * n
joined from transacting any business
in the state of Nebraska.”
Trustees are amsinted simply to
wind up the business of the com
panies in the state as trustees are
appointed to - ate for the estate of a
deceased i>er*on
Representatives of ti.e oil contpa
r.ies said today they were somewhat
surprised at the action taken by the
state, but intimated that a long legal
fight would intervene before they
could be forced out of the state.
New Evidence Vgaiiot
Oil Companies } neoveret
Lincoln. Kel>. fs — Following an
noumenirnt from Onwha that »u t?
had been filed there against ell com
panies ojieratlng in Nebraska, it wa*
said at the attorney general's office
here that new evidence had been un
covered by the department showing
an alleged agreement to fix gatolin*
prices and another alleged combine*
tion to si.-p the sale of low priced gas
oline at \he Omaha municipal filling
station.
Fire Causes $10,000
Dartia<?e in Creamery
H* \mhm
Lincoln. Feb. ,'S —Fire in the pow< i
house of th* Beatrice t're.ini>ry com
!|vtnv. . <;i«ixl »h* r. amnv'iiM n h «*<
i by explosion of a compressor ignited
did damage amounting to probabis
J10 t"ifl to the creamer> pi nt and to
the Wilson Packing mpuiv nevt
• i.x>r here this n rning No tie was
injured.
The f> i king p ant teftig. >r *!’i
office damage was estimated at >" boa.
The blase will not cause a ahutdown
Window lights, ski lights and dooi *
were shattered
Work of the fire department* was
made difficult by dense fumes of the
| ammonia.
I int'oln Pioitror Pit'
| Lincoln Feb. ,’s. ll.no IS
Itsin Uf*nhfi »:»'t 'iO hM N«
lltuvUa Mltv | ; ms, i . *:
>iM of l.Wmln, at th«'
hi* wn h*M* ttsluy.
LOCAL LAF CONTRIBUTORS GET AWAY TO GOOD START IN EFFORT TO WIN CASH AWARDS AND NOTICE IN THE MOVIES
The Ijocal I ..-if Killtor. of The
Omaha Bee haa his hamlg full.
Tuesday he announced that he
was going 1o pay cash prizes for
the heat loral lafa and print the
winning Jokes on the srrcen of
Omaha motion picture theater*,
with tho first ones to run at the
Hun theater beginning March *.
Already he ha* an astonishing
amount of material on hand.
The plan l« to have readet* of
The Omnha Her *rnd In nrl|tln*l
Joker. Knrh week 15 cash pile's
will hr paid for I he heat Joke*. The
weekly prize* will hr n* follow*:
First prize. *5.
Meeonit prlre, *:i.
I litifll priie,
The tint 1?, $1 tMili.
Any eort «»f (loin joke may he
entered for the prize award.
<)ld ntid well known Jok»»« whh h
Ion# eltire ha' e taken tip their
anode in uie t»ui jokes i-tome
should not he forced to come out
In this cold weather and compete
with younger and fresher Jokes.
I,et the old Jokes stay where thev
are ami try to Introduce some new
ono*.
Ono hutnnrlat tolophonod yoator
•lay and paid bo Intruded to pond
In * 1oko, but thought probably It
A too old IIrro It I*
t'lioud—Who wa* that lady I
ami >«u milh jenlrntaj
lliolianil—That imn'l any la«lj ;
that mi hit uitr
of rout a*. a Ink* Ilk* I hi* couldn't
sin a lirl**, hut It sill
altimilatr jour hraln In •volvln* *
b*tt*r on*.
A coupon will b* four.I on
» of thtu *.lltij'n.
1 «* it. If jou Ik* in nmk n* out
lour 'o. il l.lf s*n>l it to 'll* 1.00*1
Ijtf Killtor The Onigh* 11**.
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