' THE < MAH A N.< iRNING . lEE n„t much change In ten.per.ture. . . thinKSfc^&TMS* CITY EDITION j *VOL. 53. NO. 233. ♦ OMAHA, FRIDAY MARCH 14, 1924. * TWO CENTS" 'nJM £11.".'!™“''' _J V. __— -—n» Mall (1 Tear): pally and Sunday. *5: Surdav. I: SO. »I1*>- L L 1 Outalde the 4ih Zn.ia (1 T.ari: Pally and Sunday. >11: Sunday nrlr, II._________— _ _- -- . -i - .. ■ - * \ NorbeckBill Is Rejected in Senate %__ Despite Coolidge’s Endorse ment, $50,000,000 F arm Relief Measure Defeated by 41-32 "\ ote. Only Make-Shift-Howell Washington, March 13.—The senate, despite President Coolidge's endorse ment, refused today, 41 to 32, to an thorize the proposed loan of 460,000, ooo to farmers of the spring wheat belt to finance their start in the poultry, swine and livestock indus tries. In disposing of the proposal, car ried In the Norbeck-Burtness bill ns the first of several special farm relief measures, the senate divided along geographical rather than party lines. The result showed 23 democrats and IS republicans opposing, and 20 repub licans, 10 democrats and two farmer labor members supporting the bill. Leaders of the farm bloc insisted that the result of the fight for the •Norbeck-Burtness bill did not indi cate the senate’s sentiment toward remaining relief bills. Many opposing votes, they asserted, were based on the opinion expressed by Senator Class, democrat, Yircinln, and others, that It was “an attempt to put the United States treasury ino the meroanile business.’’ and further, on the objection that it was designed to assist a sharply limited area. McNary Bill Is Next. Hhe McNary-Haugen bill, scheduled to he the next considered, was expect ed by the farm bloc toescape criti cisms raised against the loan bill. It proposes the creation of a $200,000, 000 corporation to purchase the domestic surplus of every staple farm product when It falls below a “ratio price" and to sell such aurplus abroad. The final vote on the Norbeck Burtness bill came after more than 1 a week of continuous debate and at- i tempts from both sides of the rham- ' ber to amend It in Important details. . A committee amendment, aponsored by Senator Harrison, democrat. Mia- 1 sissippl, which added $25,000,000 for loans to other one-crop sections, was the first to go. Today an amendment by Senator Byrsom. republican. New Mexico, which would have added $20,. 000,000 for loans to banks In distressed agricultural sections, was defeated without a record vote, as was also a substitute measure by Senator Howell, republican, Nebraska. Howell Demands Relief. Senator Howell said he recognized that the Norbeck-Burtness hill was “only ^makeshift,” but insisted the present emergency required prompt relief. Senator Wadsworth, repub lican. New York, asked if anyone con sidered it possible to organize a corps of government Inspectors “which would he able to keep track of this livestock, scattered over live or six states." "We recognize that difficulty,” agreed Senator Howell, "and the sub stitifte Is intended towhrow every pre caution around the government funds.” Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, endeavored again to amend the bill so ns to rp'quiro the secretary of agri culture to uwmfyistlnR agencies to *u •tervise the Joan, hut his motion lost, 34 to 3fi. As when first presented a vote was had on this proposal, but S**nntor Oooditjg. republican, Idaho, -hanged- his ballot from affirmative :o negative after the roll. call. The contention that there was an inalogy between the Norbeck-Burt i#sa bill and the railroad aid carried n the Ke -h t’mnmlns act was denied ay Senator Class and other demo unts. Senator Class stated he had Jrawn tic ■ mocratlc plank which pledged t' party ,to modification of the transpu : t;ion act, and believed the railroad It d been dealt with too gen«rou*|\ "in the Interpretation of the act," bi,t that the ground for their eomi it. at Ion was Just. .... . -- We Have With Us Today E. C. Bennett Of Denver, Colo., lintel man. Slopping nt Hofei Eontenelle. Mr. Bennett was born tn Janies , tow*, Pa., in 1877 and seven years liter came west with hia parents and s'dtied an a townless prairie in west ern Nebi asks, near what Is now the town of Big spring. He Is exceedingly grntefnl to his parents for this move; for Jn tfie west he lias found not only happiness, but success. Fifteen years ago lie etc teic-il the hotel business and he Is new manager of the Hotel Kefimark In Denver. The honors which have- been con firred on Mr. Bennett Hre numerous. He Is potentate of El Jebel temple of Bib Mvsllc Shrine In Denver, and of this office he Is proulest. lie Is also president of the Itncky Mountain Hotel Men's association arid treasurer of the home which Is supported in Denver by the National I!festers’ as ■delation. Mention of Mr. Bennett's most recent success, however, always brings n quh-k smile to his countenance. For only ti few days ego, while playing golf in Denver, he shot n hole In two slrnjtes. And of this feat h" Is will big I" - enthusiastically on any oc castor ‘ I Wholesale Graft Is Featured in Testimony at Daugherty Probe Divorced W ife of Jesse Smith, Right-Hand Man of Attorney General, Who Killed Himself, Describes Various Deals Involving Bonded Whisky, Pardons and Fight Film Permits. Hy A*MriAlH Prw». Washington, March 13.—Whisky deals, deals for pardons for a federal convict, dpals to permit illegal show ing of prize fight films, stock deals anil various other alleged deals of a highly Hensational nature featured today's testimony at the senate com mittee investigation of Attorney Gen eral Daugherty. In a two-hour session replete with thrillers, Miss Itoxie Stinson, di vorced wife of Jesse W. Smith, "bump er and friend” of the attorney gen eral, testified Smith had told her that he ami -Mr. Daugherty stood' to make $160,000 through showing of the Carpentier-Dempsey prize fight pic tures. which the attorney general would not prevent. About Parole. Miss Stinson followed that by re lating ft conversation between Smith and Joe Weber, the actor which re lated to getting a parole for Weber's brother-in-law, "a Mr. Solomon." at the conclusion of which Smith told her Weber "was awfully cheap," and "wanted a lot for nothing. On another occasion, the divorced wife testified Smith turned up at Washington Courthouse. O., just from Washington, with 7a $1,000 bills in a belt around his waist, but wouldtft tell here where he got the money. Whisky, she said, she knew had been withdrawn from government warehouses on permit, soon after Mr. Daugherty took office as attorney general, but they soon stopped that, she said, because "they got afraid of it.” To Tell All. At a dramatic moment in her testi mony the witness called to tlie at torney general's brother, M. S. Daugherty, sitting as a spectator in the hearing room, reminding him that she had told him she had determined to "tell all." Miss Stinson’s testimony todsy, as her preliminary testimony of yester day, was replete with allegations of. and partial descriptions, of various deals in which she said Smith was associated with Daugherty, much of which could be proved, she said, b personal papers which are on their way here from Ohio. M.ss Stinson's testimony started with reference to “the Ilttly green house of K gtreet. She said she was not familiar with Washington and would rather not answer questions about it. "It wag purely personal," she said, "It la absolutely of no consequence." She reiterated, however, that Smith had told her of meetihr the attorney general there. She said “different senators and Important people" had conferences in the house. “Do you know who occupied it?" asked Senator Moses. , “I think it was one of Mr. Me Lean’s. I'm not sure about that. Site said she did not know of the purpose of the conferences there, but Smith had told her the house was used for private conferences where they would not be disturbed. Appointments Considered. Department of Justice appoint ments were considered there, she said, and jieople making appointments went there, she was told. Senator Ashurst referred to Col. James G. Da%len and Miss Stir,son said she met him in the shack near Washington Courthouse, which the attorney general, Smith and others maintained. Hesitating. Miss Stinson said she could “tell better later" of the confer ences between Darden and others. Smith had told her the attorney gen eral and himself met in the “green house" beeause they could meet "privately." Daugherty was in Columbus, she said, when she saw Colonel Darden at "the shack." ”1 know they had somethin* thut thr^- were considering. ’’There was something wrong some where,” she continued. "They did drop Mr. Darden!" “What brought this about was that Darden did not measure up," said Miss Stinson. Dropped Him. ’’Measure up to what?” demanded Senator Ashurst. , # "They dropped him," was the an swer. yuestloned by Senator Wheeler, Miss Stinson answered "yes" when asked if Smith was a partner “in these various deals." Of that, she said, her chief knowl edge came from Smith. She said she knew of a "deal" between Daugherty end Darden of which Smith bad told her. She said Smith gave Darden $1,400 and he told her Daugherty gave the sam" amount to Darden. "They had a deal in an oil propo sition out west," she said. Smith told her, she said, that Colpnel Darden for years “has been trying to get through some leases some way through Washington prior to this administration.” Farm Body Plans iWheat Regulation Organized hy Tow nships, Pro moters Would Parrel Out Amount Each to Raise. Columbus, Neb,, March II.—A new “money saving” or "money making" movement for farm aid Is being launched In the vicinity of Columbus. The new movement calls Itself the Wheat Farmers' Price Regulation as sociation. ^ Oscar Holman, St. Paul. Minn . one of the representatives of the new organization, ssvs the plan is to organize all the wheat producing farmers in the United States into an organization by townships, counties and states and then parcel out to each the amount of wheat he shall find It necessary to raise lo keep from over-production. Mr. Holman, who begins his activi ties In Butlpr county this week, said that the fdea of the organization waa to figure out the exact amount' of .American wheat needed In the United States every year to meet exact pro duction demands and then dividing the futur« needs of ttie nntlon In pro portion to each farmer's acreage, di rect him how many bushels he can •uifely produce and yet avoid over production. Mr. Holman says the association proposes to leave the amount of. acre age to the Individual farmer, since some soil will average more liuahels of wheat to the acre than others, nnd a farmer will he merely Informed how many bushels he can safely pro duce. He can then figure out how many acres he needs to nlant. Holman declared that his organiza tion had no connection whh the Na tional Producers' alliance, which has 1 sen organizing 9,000 farmers In this section In nn effort to perfect a move ment that will enable farmers to place their own price on products or to refuse to sell them. Third District Nclirnekn Teacher* lo Meet in April flperlul IMHlmlrll to Ulp (llimlia Her.) Norfolk, Melt., March 13. The an mini convention of the third district Nebraska Teachers' association will be held In Norfolk April lo, ll and 1", according to action taken bj the executive committee today. Married in Council B|nfl*. Tha following in'irrluR* llcener* wiro K run ted In Connell llluffa yputeiiliiy: V'iiiii* nnd HAafden< n A rfv T W. Hlilfldt On iih« ... ik Ann* Tubba. Omaha. ... if. Frank Phillip*. N«wr**t|#. Wvo.2.1 Mah#*| Olaaaon. Omaha ?4 Mali Maynard. Fremont .2' i'cell Waaenar. Wihoo . is Fill*. Omaha .?* Marla Nprarman. Omaha. . 2h Tom Ba»r»1. L*Poln .22 Ifrl<*n Wlnfara, Lincoln . .. 2 1 VI rad I Fowarde. Flavalnrk. HI t B«trn'.a llavelofk . M nrMl* fJarrlaon Tlldan .lo Violet Durkee. Albion ..17 Kenyon Declines Naval Portfolio Not Qualified, Says Iowa Judge—Justice Vi ilhur Considered. Washington. March 13.—Judge Wll Hain H. Kenyon today declined ap pointment hs secretary of the navy. The final answer of Judge Kenyon w:m transmitted to President tool idge late today after he had consid ered for two days an offer of the sec retaryship, made vacant early this week hy the retirement of Edwin Denby. Judge Kenyon Issues this state ment: "A man In a Judicial position ac quires the habit of looking at all sides of a question before arriving at ft conclusion. 1 am appreciative of the honor conferred and confidence shown In tendering me the position of secretary of the navy. ••It Is difficult not to respond to a supposed call to duty from the presi dent of the Knifed States, especially a president of the type of Calvin C'oolldge. •'i have not considered my personal preferences In the matter, as I would he willing to make any sacrifice for ieat public service, t cannot, however, escape the conclusion that 1 do not imssess the qualifications or training for t lie office. ‘Tlrtice, It seems very clear that 1 should go ny further In Its considers tlon. It has been a pleasure and privilege to serve with President Cool idge. whom I esteem as olio of the finest representatives of our rest American life and one Imbued In puli lie life with the same high Ideals of honesty and clean government ns was Abraham Lincoln." Chief Justice Curtis D. Wilbur of the California eupreme court, prob ably will be tendered the post Chief Justice Wilbur, although jIdentified with the legal profession practically all of bis life, ns Judge Kenyon has been. Would. In the opln Ion of the president, be able to adapt himself to the task of lalmlnlsterlng naval affairs, la-cause of Ills neqliaint anee with the navy resulting from his course at the naval academy, where he was grUduateil In Isss Whether Chief Justice Wilbur will take the tonal secretaryship Is h quest Ion his ti lends here could not answer tonight, hut It was recalled he had declared sevei it days ago In J.os Angeles that Inasmuch as lie was trained 111 the naval academy to serve Ills country ho should have to accept If the opportunity offered. Koh Kansas Store. Wy trior*, N*b., March 1.1. Thn riry priori* *tnr* owned bv F. *». f'rlhba r r Cftwktr City, Kan , wn* frnbheri 1" turn who *»cnp*<1 In an auto truck fvlfh good* valued atijJ.GOO Man Slain; Residence . • * - _ Set on Fire - i Body of U. P. Employe Dis covered in Blazing House at Ogallala—Skull Crushed by Blow. Two Suspects Arrested Sprrliil Dispatch t« The Omaha Be*. Ogallala. Neb., March 13.—What authorities believe is the murder of John Jefferies, Union Pacific pump ing house employe, was revealed this morning by a fire here. Attempt to cover up the alleged crime by setting fire to the house In which the body lay. is indicated. Alex Swankuskey and his brother in-law, Frank Heramsey, are being held in connection with the slaying. Fire was discovered at 6 this morn ing in a small house in the western part of town. The building had been almost demolished before the alarm was turned in. When the blaze-was extinguished, firemen found the body of Jefferies lying face down on the floor. The skull had been crushed in by a blow from some instrument, A jug con taining liquor was found on the floor nearby, according to officers. Automobile tracks were trailed to the home of Alex-Swankuskey hv Fire Chief George Smithey and Night watchman Art Braman. A hammer and a stove poker were found In Swankuskeys pocket, according to the officers. Swankuskey, who was In bed, and Frank Heramsey, in whose home two gallons of liquor were found, were arrested and lodged in jail. Coroners inquest was still tn progress at a late hour today, Th f hammer found in Swankuskey'* pocket was identified as one l>elong ing to Jefferies. Dying Statement Altered or False, Defense Claims Girl Delirious at Time of Making Charge, Attorney for Dr. F. A. Edwards Tells the Jury. "The dying statement read you as that of I .Milan Holman Is not hers, hut that of John Yeager, deputy county attorney—" These words, hurled at the jury by C. J. Southard, attorney for Dr. Frederick A. Edwards, closed the arguments of the day by attorneys for both Dr. Edwards and the state, in trial of the doctor on a* charge of murder by Illegal'operation. In Judge C. <>. Stauffer’s court yesterday. Southard read charts from Nicholas Fenn hospital on the girl's condition on December 30 and January 5. days on which the stale contended the vic tim made her d\i#g statements be fore Yeager, Emmett Rrllmhaugh, at torney, and three attaches of the hospital. Claims (ilrl Drugged. "On December 30 these charts show the girl was administered morphine several times nnd that In th* after noon. according to ths observations r.f attending nurses, was In a delirious condition and several times attempted to climb from her bed." said the at torney. "On January 5. when the statement again was read to her gnd she was told she was dying," continued South ard, "the observations on the chart show she took morphine for 12 hours before 2 In rhe afternoon and then again signed her death statement. "The state contends she was normal In mind when the statement was given—the chart shows she was de lllions—what ate we to draw from that? I'll tell you. The statement Is either doctored or It Is Iklse." Closing Xrgiiincnls Today. Yeager, In his remarks to the jury at the close of testimony stressed the point that no Instrument In the case taken from the t'hllds residence nt 412 North Forty-eighth street, a! Icgcd to belong to Dr. Edwards, was used for anything hut treatment of women's allmemts, Dr. S. McCleneghan, who testified most of Wednesdnv. was recalled to the stal’d to describe use of certain instruments found in the grip Moth stste and defense Attorney* xx ill make dosing ai guments today and ths case probably will be In I hr hands of the Jury by afternoon. Xdinlts Operation. Dr. Edwards mounted tlm witness stand yesterday morning amt ad inltted that be performed an opera lion on the glib He denied, howevci that the opera lion was ll I eg i I as charged In the In diriment returned against him Ilia testimony was to the effect that the operation performed Is countenanced hi legitimate medical practice Dr Edxxarda t cell fled he found the girl n victim of late hours and other excesses, but that be advised her that by submitting to a minor operation, and with proper rest and treatment, she xvould be restored to' normal liealt It lie testified that lie accepted a $50 fee from the girl. Why More Good Men Don’t Go Into Politics _. ... - ■ - ■ — — — - — — -— —) /~7.. ' I > HOKEST mem „ Am public orntE - * 1 *' rTELV. TME INVESTIOCOTOW 1 *i COMMITTEE HAVE YOU OR,'! y> HAVE YOU MOT STOPPED robbing post offices?) I YES S^R -OR iy--' IMEAM NO EiRi/1 -ER-tH' / ___ ~/-.-TO-" ^ \l- /*w///' SJtta.— -I22 ij 'WAnteo:- GOOD pKOMEVT MEW Ft? PUBLIC OFFtCf / ^ % VJ .4^' | Court Order Halts All Drilling Work on Teapot Dome Government Wins the First Round in Battle to Regain Oil Leases by Securing .Injunction. Cheyenne, W'yo., March 13—All drilling opemtions of the Mammoth Oil company on the Teapot I>ome oil reserve are halted and the opera tion of existing wells is reduced to the minimum deemed "necessary to prevent loss or damage," under the terms of a temporary injunction granted today by Federal Judge T. Make Kennedy, at the reuuest of the United States government. Judge Kennedy appointed Head Ad miral Joseph Strauss of the United States navy and A. K. Watts, vice president of the Sinclair Consolidated I Oil corporation, as joint receivers to take charge of the properties and sell oil from producing wells pending the | final settlement of the government”* sujt for annulment of the lease of the reserve t ollarrv F. Sinclair and the Mammoth Oil companv. I /ease Cancellation Sought. Itesldes the temporary injunction end receivership the government in its complaint asks that the court enter a final decree cancelling the leases and contracts, returning the properties to the government and *n [forcing accounting. No date wits set for further heat ing on the request for a final decree, [opposing attorneys taking the stand [that the Involved nature of the action made It impossible at this tin»e to jsay when they would he prepared to continue the rase Judge Kennedy granted the defendants 30 days to tile their pleadings m the case IHpe Lines Lxclinled. Pipe line and storage facilities of the Sinclair Pi|>e Line company and the Sinclair Ur ude Oil Purchasing company located on the Teapot lVnne reserve are excluded from the control I of the receivers, unless further « ofirt [orders are issued The formal older as amend# <1 In minor particulars was signed by Judge Kennedy Lite this afternoon Under the order as amended the Steak. Clroweis National hank #»f h'heyenne Is named as depository f*»r funds coll#‘ft««d h\ tiie receivers. (ioliimbu* Police Fnforre R#'|(iilatioiiH for Mca-lc' Columbus. N# h, Match 13- Hoard of health authorities and polio*' are (lamping the lid down on bonus where the measles epidemic Is prev alent and the houses remain unpin carded. One arrest has bo# n made and one fine assessed In police court Jake Schneider, a baker, was fined In police court for failure to notlfv authorities that his children had the measles According to Chief of Po lies Jack Lehman. Schneider did not summon a phvaldan to attend the children. The Day in Washington L.---/ Federal Judge \V. S. Kenyon de clined appointment a* secretary of the navy. The house ways and means com mittee ordered the soldiers* bonus bill reported. • The ship liquor treaty with tireat Itrituin. aimed at rum smuggling was ratified h> the senate. Representative Sydney Xnclerson. republican, Minnesota. announced lie would not mpI» re-elect hm. Secretary Mellon gave more testi mony Indore the seriate finance r < intuit tee in regard to the tax bill. The senate defeated the Noiberk llurtness bill designed, to help farm era diversify their crops. Former Senator Phelan. (alifor nia, appeared Indore a senate coin mitten* and gave hi* views on Japa nese immigration. * Internal revenue rflHcUl* were Miminoncd for questioning lonior row in the senate’* investigation of their bureau. Prohibition officials said they had a < I cor case against the liritish steamer Ordutia. seized yesterday at New York. \ federal grand jury began con sideration of c harge* developed by a < hhago grand Jury in regard to misuse* «»f congressional iutfiiencr. The army hoard investigating military prisoner* indicate** in It* prediminary report it would recoin inend clemency in .1 con*iderahle number of eases. Moiisiderntion of the nomination of Samuel Knight to In* oil counsel in tin* Standard Oil company of ( alifoi nia c asts was postponed in definitely by the oil ecntiniftee. The M’liMe oil committee delxed into the smiling of marine'* t«» Tea pei Dome, examining \**i*tunt Secretary If esexelt and Major Ken* iral l.ejctine, comma ndnnf of the marine corps • The senate committee imesf{gat ing \tf«M'iiey f teiiera I Daugherty had another seusatloiial session, deicing into ''deals'* alleged by Koxie Stinson, divorced wife of the late Jesse \\ Smith, the attorney general’* "bumper and friend." \Mitnji Man SmtonciMl to t’ri-on on Korjser> ( liars'*' \-ht."i. SVI.,, M ir, h U " On i |ili-a I.f K'llUtl tH'fl.rf .1 41.1 . IS O ll..«t-.||<>r in ilisti iri ....mi. \nt.in 1*. i. ,'lidii»kl nf itn.-ir Aufitnn w i. Hnutrin'i'.l In n trim nf from two tn f|vt* yo.irs In lb. ■'Uitn I fm imiini y Ht l.iiicnhi lb i n i-boiokl \vn* cbury. I with f. iuinx „ chock \ fn\v tuooth* ngO bn |,|, |,|.',l Kiitlty t,, «t mn n nn fun,I t hin k .oul win filial Mott. I’ri tnonl Man Named C.oml Hoad- Hml> I* i«'l«l St'rr*'lar\ Sprrlul 11 >t« h lo The Omuhid I lee. Norfolk Neb. Mnt'h 13 Frank 11 Heels of Fremont. Neb. was elected field *e« rotary of the NebrasVl Hood Hoads association, succeeding P. K. i’lenient.* of ^Lincoln, who has re |Signed. Health Courses in School Urged: C — - ■ • Program Moans Dropping of Traditional Subjects. Teach ers' Association Told. Lincoln, March 13-—Addresses on st hool taxation and financial prob lem*. and report* of officers were he;ml l>y the Nebraska State Teach ers association at the business meet ing Thursday. Part of the morning program was taken up by a trip through the new state eapitol, con durted by Oovcmof Jlrvan. The speaker* were: Suj>erintendetit R. \V. Krotsinger of Franklin, t.\ Hay Gat* s of Grand Island and J. A True of McCook. A program of health education tbit really function* was urged by Mr. Gat** The *i»eakcr said that adoption of these aims means great change* in th# traditn nal school. It mean* that we must eliminate from the curriculum everything which does not make a difference in the conduct of the pupil, even though that subject matter has been sane tinned by tradition. It mean* that vo mu*t indue# those item* in the elementary school which constitute the fact* of life a* the masses live it even though the.*# facts have never been taught In school before.** “If we are to face squarely the problem of school revenues." Superin tendent True toll the convention, we must first of all face the problem of a revised tax system." Mr. True would abandon the per sonal property tax "because it does not tax a man according to hi* ability to pay ami merely afford* a screen behind which wealth is hidden from the assessor. Minur.oia Si't'il Potatoes \re Ho.' rived at Rcarne* Kearney Neb . Mat ch ! .“> Th Platte Valley Potato Growers' asso datum ha* received the first shipment Af seed potatoes from Minnesota, two fxirlotd*. The shipment is made up «'f Irish Gobblers and Karly Oh os. the] former *el»tng at $1 W per bushel, the ; lattgi at $1 W The *« e.i ts s.xwf t' ; be of exceptional quality this year. It appears certain, at this time, tlmt there wlU not l>e an increase In the potato acreage of the Kcamo district. Last v»ar about 3.€00 acre* were planted in this area, a* com *1 pared to oxer r«.o00 the prexdous sea s<'ii. \ sh.-tt p break in the market. I which carried some of the smaller] grow* r* under, result*'*! In a consid I crable reduction of a*axMgy 1 >«: xeai.j bringing tt about to noimal. I The Weather |V-—-/ Ver !l heura #mtlns ? r m. Mar. h 1“ Trwipirntim UtahcM. IX InwMi, is. inrun. ne» mat. 5€. Tefal «JrfU lct*t-v a.tu# January I t. 4* k a *n...... ,T" j|y,. S* • a nt i .... . s* fan* . - i. ■, Ml Ann*,.. * * k e iv. ] t S. XXI “f * P W Ik j t a « ni *' t p m r 4 | t\ • r« . ■» • j» m . ll .»• Customer? Find Bodies in Bakery Husband, Enraged Over Hii Mate’s Divorce Suit. Shoots Mother of Three Through Heart. No Witnesses to Tragedy Enraged because a petition for divorce had been filed against him, Edward Weaver, 35, shot and killed his wife and then shot himself in the head shortly before 2 yesterday after noon. Ehe shooting occurred at'the Purdy bakery, 2414 Grand avenue, where Mrs. Weaver was employed as a elerk. When A. Barnhart. 2569 Brown street, and J. T. Halsey, 25*6 bla street, entered th» bakery a few min utes after the shooting to make a purchase, they found the two bodies lying on the floor in pools of Mood. The body of Mrs. Weaver was be hind the counter and that of Weaver was in the center of the room. The woman had been shot through the heart. The revolver, a 36-raliber police positive, was on the floor by Weaver. Four of the cartridges had been ex ploded and two were still loaded. Husband Furious. AVeaver. according to Mrs. Peter Ol son. cousin of Mrs. Weaver, had be"n furious when he learned of tfie peti tion for divorce filed 1 y his vv ife tv n months ago. He had often declared, she said, that lie would kill his wife) if she attempted to obtain a divorce. A Reparation was all right, he had said, hut he did not believe in divorce. When nothing was done after the petition was filed Mrs. Weaver dis credited the threat* Mrs. Weaver called her couain shortly after noon yesterday to sav that Weaver had telephoned her an.l had asked for th" a Idress of her at torney. He said he wanted to pay her $4b ordered as temporary' alimony by the court. She told him that he knew where the attorney was aa well as she. ' Mrs. Olson said. "I was busy {lath ing the tie by and asked her t. n-l{ later. Fhe said she would because •here was a lot more to ted. Th« next I heard was that she was dead." No Witnesses. It is believed that Weaver called to make sure that hi* wife was at th« l-akery. then went to the dare and shot her. No one was :n the place at the time , Mrs. f. H. Fratt, C41S Ijtrimcre av enue. also employed at the bakery, had seen Weaver hanging about and was alarmed. She told Mrs. Weaver, but Mis. Weaver refused to accept her fears. It w is Mrs Fratt who railed police when she heard the shots In the bakery. The jiolii-e di-1 not arrive un til the Indies hr-t 1-eer, die ,-vered by customers. The Weavers had been married for If* years. They leave three small children, John. S: Ihvrothy. T. and Ed win. The children are living at the home of Mrs. Olson. Although the children were told of the death of thefr father and mother, they failed to grasp the signifirame and were playing in the yard at Mrs. Olson's a short time after the shoot ing. 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