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^ LEATHER FORECAST ' ^PI-II? PV\/I A T~T A lVTCYR 1\[T]V^ k P P fTHOUGHT FOB THE DAY. ' Nebraska—Fair and somewhat mill- JL * JLJr A. X A Js J. X , !lL * T • ^ ™ r Tlierr no better ballast for keep toni-ht *"g the mind steady on Its keel and _ _—_—_ . — saving It from all risk of rrankiness, CITY EDITION . VOL. 53-NO. 243 OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1924. *' TWO CENTS'* <K£%2fi fiSSlLSl"^ l «»»■" business.-mi. -J N ■ ■■ ' — **^ By Mall ft Tear); Pally and gnaday. U: gun,Isy. ti ts, within tha 4th seas. Oslalda ths «(S gnus (1 Tsar): Dsll> and Sunday, IH; Sunday only. »». - i— STORM CUTS DAKOTA 'OHNSON VOTE _ %V‘ S'».» i'«-' ___» Fate of Detective Frank Aughe's olayer in Jury’s Hands Chair Asked as Penalty for Gunman Defense Pleads for Leniency; Guzwesc Is Taken Back to Cell to Await V erdict. Deadlock Is Rumored With ft plea for a death sentence ringing in their ears the Jury who are to reach a verdict in case of the state against Joe Guzwesc. charged with the murder of Detective Frank Aughe, retired to the jury room at 32:15 Tuesday noon. Hours later no report had come from the locked room. Hopee of conviction held by Coun ty Attorney Henry Beal and hopes of acquittal, or at worst life sentence, held by Guzwesc were both wavering a few hours after the jury had re tired. A report had been circulated that part of the jury strongly favored a death sentence and part disbe lieved in capital punishment under any consideration. Mrs. Mnyrae Aughe and Miss Helen Aughe, widow and daughter of the slain detective, waited patiently at the court house for the word from tfie jury room that a verdict had been reached. At 12:30 the bailiff approached Judge Fitzgerald and delivered the message that the jury desired to ex amine further the gun from which the bullet was fired that killed Aughe. John N. Baldwin, attorney for the defense, objected. "If they w ish to see an exhibit from the trial,'' he pleaded, "they must examine all the exhibits which were admitted as evidence.” Exhibits Shown Jury There were 15 of these, including the criminal record of the man on trial for his life. Judge Fitzgerald ruled that the en tire list of exhibits be viewed end ell 15 of them were taken into the Jury loom. The Jury did not ask foi* further Instructions from the court. County Attorney Henry Beal bit terly arraigned the Indiscriminate pardoning of criminals by parole boards, in his powerful argument to the Jury trying Joe Guzwesc for the murder of City% Detective Frank Aughe, Tuesday. It waa In answering the plea of John N. Baldwin, attorney for Guz wesc, who besought the Jury to pin upon its bosom "the white flower of charity” In considering the fate of "this wounded animal." "The parole board at Canyon City, Colo., Just seven months ago, let the so-called flower of charity Influence good Judgment,” Beal declared. “It sprouted In their minds and brought forth the flower of death for Frank Aughe. The blood of Aughe Is upon those who, in the past, have depit weakly with him." Demands Death Penalty. Beal argued for the death penalty. "You 12 men have not the power to send tills prisoner to the electric chair," he said. "For, though you bring in that verdict, the evidence in the case will be reviewed by the su preme court and, if the evidence is found not sufficient, the sentence will he cut down. Never has a man been sentenced to the chair from Douglas county whose case was not later re viewed by the highest tribunal In the slate. Do not fear to do your duty as men. "If you send him to the penitentiary for life, he will he out before many years. Societies f.nd individuals will plead for him, forgetful of liis past record, the persons he has terrorized in burglaries and The man whom he murdered. Misguided people, wearing on their bossoms the so-called white flower of charity, will be active In his behalf." * Jury Given Case ■*\n dross, assistant county at t< also argued for the prosecu tii James Walker made the open in vrgument for the defense. * i ne Jury took the case Just after }•'. following reading of instructions by J ud go Fitzgerald. Four verdict forms were given the jury, fine Is •guilty of first degree murder and habitual 'criminal” with the penalty of death; a second is like this, With the penalty life imprisonment; a third declares fluswesc guilty of second de gree murder, and a fourth Is for ac qulttnl. Mrs. May me Auglie and Miss Helen Auglie, widow and daughter of the slain detective, wept during the argu ments. The court room was crowded. T he prisoner, under whose eyes dark rings appeared, moved restlPHsly anti moistened his lips while Beal pleaded for the electric chair. The young criminal Is said to have an obsessing fear of the chair. Giizwese Takes Stand In his short testimony Monday, (;uwp«e said he is 27, came to this country when In was 12 and that his parents Mill live In Poland, lie ad jolt led serving terms In three peniten tinrirs. lie said Auglie seized him by the shoulder while he was backing out of the ding store at Sixteenth and .William streets, holding other detec lives in Hie store at buy, that lie swung around nu Auglie and that ills revolver was discharged accidentally Just So the Grafters Are Not Confused With the Patriots. ChAR«.eY- The results o’ THeSe Senate • ) INV/^SYiCxATiOnS SoRTA JAR A FEUAH’S / FAITH - MAKES YuH THINK THE END AIN’T ) 4 IN SIGHT AN MEB6E NEVER W*U BE t \ _ ____J * Joe - if vbu HAD A Pile o' APPtes in The cellAg; An' A FEW OF 'EM Took A notion To DEVELOP* Some BAP SPOTS o« <Jo clean RcrrTEN-^ Hovx long D'Yum -tPink: THeY js Could pass per Sound PRu«T \j f 5AY* AWe^sO ) that put-s a X P4EASANTER tICxHT ) ON «T OOCSN’T British Off on World Flight Single English Plane in Unof ficial Race With Amer ican Pilots. By Awwlitrd PrMi. Calshot, England, March 25.—Great Britain entered the air mall around the world against America at 12:10 p. m., today when an amphibian plane manned by a trio of royal air force aviators rose from Southamp ton water amid an escort of land and sea planes and turned Its glistening nose toward the coast of France. Officially, of course, there Is not any race. Three British flyers of long experience In the air merely wanted to try to fly around the world "on their own,” and the air ministry gave them leave. Official ly, It Is merely a coincidence that a group of American plane* happened to be trying to accomplish the same thing at the same time. Unofficial ly, however, every one In England who cares anything about flying looks upon the venture ns a race against the American planes which left California, flying In Ihe opposite direction last week. With a single plane "on Its own,” In competition with four American ships, the British are putting their trust in the Kipling phrase—"He travels fastest who travels alone." Squadrons Leader A. Stuart Mac Laren, a modest Scotsman of 32, who Is navigating the plane. Is acquainted with his route from here to India, having been the first to make an air voyage between the home country and Its eastern empire. But from India through the orient and ncrosa the Pacific, Canada and the Atlantic, he will be flying over strange lands and water. CANDIDATF AT HIS MOTHER’S BEDSIDE A "George Collins for Municipal Judge" club has been organised to conduct the Collins' campaign while the candidate and his sister, Flor ence, are at the bedside of their sick mother In Rochester, Minn. II. L. Beveridge was elected presi dent at a meeting of the club Mon day. William Ritchie, Jr . was made vice president and Miss Irene Peter son, secretary and treasurer. ALLEGED TROUSER ROBBERS HELD George Smith and Tony Martlnea, Atlantic hotel. Are held by South Omaha police for breaking and en tering. They nre alleged to have been discovered packing trousers In a suit case at the stole of H. Kollnck, 4001 South Twenty-sixth street this morning. Meanest Mpii Again. John R. Vanderlaln, M03 Hill strrrt, told police that two m*n who cam* to bin door to nak location of an address, held him up and obtained $10 The Day in Washington .____/ Debate of the Daugherty caae oc cupied the house while the investi gating committee was in recess. Secretary Hoover's special com mittee on cotton census reported numerous recommendations for counting tlie crop. A commission waa appointed by President Coolidge to ascertain the best means of conserving the na tion's oil supply. The certificate in the senate's contempt procedure against Harry F. Sinclair was forwarded to the district attorney. The senate finance commission laid aside the revenue bill tempo rarily to study estimates of costs of the soldier bonus hill. The Austrian and Hungarian gov ernments approved in principle a proposal foe cancellation of a mixed mission to set the wac claims. The house irrigation committee derided to ask Governor Hunt of Arizona to testify regarding charges that Secretary Week was favoring (.'(dorado in the Boulder canyon dam matter. Secretary Mellon denied having influenced the international revenue bureau in tax matters and Invited the senate investigating roniiiiittro to examine the accounts of all com panies in which he Is personally in terested. The Western Petroleum Iteflners corporation and the Sinclair Ite flning company protested to the shipping hoard against application to petroleum products of the prefer ential through export rate rlausr of the merchant marine act. Senator Heflin, democrat, Ala bama, protested against the manner in which (lie Investigation of al leged land frauds in Hie lower Kio Grande valley of Tevas is being conducted and threatened lo carry Ills tight to the senate floor. Inquiry Into the fliianrial affairs of Albert B. Fall occupied (In- sen ate oil rnmmittee. A resolution looking to Impearlinirut of C. C. < base, customs collector at Kl Paso, Tex., wild refused to testify, was adapted by the senate. Chase, it was said later, had submitted Ids resignation to the treasury. MANNINGTON WILL TESTIFY, HE SAYS Ilj Internatlonnl Nr«» Itrnk*. Pari#. March 25—Howard Manning ton of Columbus, O., confidential friend of Attorney General Daugherty, whoae testimony Is desired by the Wheeler senatorial committee Inves tlgatlng Ihe attorney general's artlvl' ties, told International News Net vice Iti an exclusive statement today that lie I# willing to testify voluntarily. "I expect to return to the 1,’nlted •States as soon ns my business here Is complete," said Mnnnlngton. "That will probably be within a month. "I am perfectly willing to testify before the senate committee tt they call me." ; Reisers Listen to Repetition of Testimony Attorney for Son. Harry, Call Same Witnesses ^ ho Appeared in f County Court. Special I>i.patch to The Omalia Bee. Wahoo, Neb.. March 23.— Levi Reiser, 7!>. ami his bride, formerly Irene Buell of Ashland, were today forced to listen to a repetition of testlmon taken In county courty when Reiser was adjudged incompe tent to handle his property. Before District Judge Frederick Shepherd, who has come here from Lincoln to hear Reiser's appeal from the county court, attorneys for Rel ser's son, Harry, who brought the ac tion, marshalled the same witnesses that appeared before. Again Mrs. Lizzie Matzen told the court that she could have married Reiser and accompanied him to Cali fornia had she ssid "jes" to his pro posal of marriage; again Kll Reiser, year-ohl brother said Reiser had been a shrewd business man before lie became enamoured rtf Mr*. Buell; and again the story was told of Mrs. Reiser s warning to her husband to "keep his mouth shut" delivered on an (imaha street car. Attorney'* for Marry Reiser have announced flint they will call at least it witnesses and the case will probably lie continued for two more days. The courtroom was less crowded to day than during the county court trial, hut the impussabl* condition of roads lending Into Wahoo was as cribed ns the probable reason for the apparently diminished Interest. Dur ing the county court proceedings the courtroom, anterooms, and corridors were j acked and spe< (stars stood 10 deep inside the rail. Filin Actress Weds. Log Angeles, March 25.—The mar tinge of Alice Ijikc, film actress. to Itobert B. William* took place hero Tuesday, Police Judge James H. IIopr. performing the ceremony. Married in domicil Bluffs. The following perrons obtained mir IiIhkp license* In Council Hluff* yesterday: Howard Brown, Mina Hu... 3** l''lfira Mwuln. Omaha » ?1 H*»nrv Anderson. Cntinoil Hltiffa. 29 Mildred Johnson Omahn . 1? Marl Miller. Ottulm 44 Maude Thumaa. Omahn . 94 <)Ua Nchroeder. Oxford, Neb. 41 ItonlnM Krtulh, Oxford. Neb. 24 • Hunt Aeplnwrall, Lincoln, Neb. 23 Stella Lngel, Lincoln. Neb. 19 i star Johnaon. ltenvrr ('roaring. Neb.. 91 Itoau Root. Heaver Croaatng. Nab. 19 Mantel Spill.ltd. Omaha. . 94 Lillian Smith, Omaha. 97 Sun Mi t’oy, otnnhn ... 27 I*'late And* i*oii. omaltH . 14 Iflcrnaid Klelier, Seward, Net»... 21 l.eomi Henderson. Seward, Neb 19 Klmer l.entm*rman, ('olumbue, Neb... 73 Mary Haggerty, O'Neill, Neb.26 Motion l.lpaey, Omaha. 27 Lillian Kohan. I>e* Molne*. la. ..... 19 Sam ltrlck, < malts.. . 21 Ann Hurnateln. Omaha 16 Louie .lenten, Lincoln, N'*h. .. .21 H«rr»lt Maker, Lincoln, Neb .19 Theodora Ha»Hln. Huntings Neb . 19 Hina Daugherty, llaellnae. Neb. 14 Move Made to Impeach C. C. Chase Resignation of Fall's Son-in Law Submitted Before Senate Passes Resolution Charging Conspiracy. I Action by House Urged Washington, March Hi.—Impeach ment of Clarence C. Chase, son in-law of Albert B. Fall, aa collector of cus toms at K1 Paso, Tex., was proposed today by the senate as an offshoot of its oil Inquiry. A resolution presented by Senator Walsh, the oil committee prosecutor, and adopted by unanimous vote, charged that Chase had conspired with the former interior secretary to “mislead and deceive" the oil in vestlgatorh, and called upon the house, which has the sole power of initiating impeachments, to- take such -teps “as may be appropriate." i Later it was made known at the White House that Chase had sub any mitted his resignation immedi ately after his refusal yesterday to answer any questions before the oil committee, but that It had not yet been accepted. Senators said the de \elopment would have no effect on the proposed impeachment proceed ings. When It reached the house, the senate resolution was referred with out comment to the judiciary com rnitee which meets tomorrow. Com mittee members indicated there would be no undue haste, but that some time in the near future a course of action would tie roco|nmended to the house. - To Press Contempt Cliarge. While the senate was debating the \\ aish resolution, law officers of the government began preparations to .press a charge of contempt against Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Home, w ho also has refused to testify before the oil committee, challenging the authority of congress to compel the attendance of witnesses before it» i ommittees. District Attorney Gordon conferred with special oil counsel and Chair man Ladd and Senator Walsh and It was Indicated than an Indictment would be asked this week of a grand jury now sitting in the District of Columbia. The conference took place within a few hours after the formal order of the senate had been signed by Acting President Moses and sent to the district attorney. Should an Indictment be returned there would I* put squarely up to the federal courts the question of the authority of congress, and Senator Walsh said that if this were sus tained. Sinclair probably would be haled before the bar of the senate for contempt and placed In the custody of the sergeant-at-arms until he agreed to answer questions. Tliatclier Testifies. Today's open session of the com mittee Itself was brief and devoid of sensation. AI D. Thatcher, president of the First X'utionnl hank of Pueblo, Colo., testified to loans of slightly more than $100,000 to Fall's cattle company by the M. D. Thatcher es tato company, and Senator Walsh commented later that the evidence before the committee shows thatfFsIl has received n total of $32,000, the source of which has not lieen dis closed. Thatcher told the committee ar rangement* had l>ecn mndo for the estate company to advance $100,000 to the cattle company for improve ments, hut that this sum had been lncreaaed by $2,000 through an over draft which was taken care of In a note. The only other witness was Ander son Jl. Tackett, accountant of the Federal Trade commission, who said a clerk In th» Washington broker age firm of W. B. llibhs and com pany had told him that the late Jesse W. Smltl^ nnd Attorney General Daugherty had a Joint account with that firm In 1322 under the title "W. W. Spaid Xo. 2.” lie could not give definitely the results of the transac tions of thl* account, lint said the losses might have amounted to $24, 000. HONDURAS REBELS CONTROL COUNTRY Washington. March 2 . - Honduran revolutionists are In complete posses slon of the entire country with the exception of Teguclgalpe, the capital. American Minister Morales reported today to the State department. Dock Strike Unci*. Hamburg, Mnrch 25.—Through mediation by the minister of labor, the employers and dock workers have arrived at an agreement terminating the dock etrtke, and work will he re sumed today. The strike began two weeks ago. Wife Knocked Down. Charge R. Oliver. (!S2T South Twenty seventh street, knocked her down Monday night, Mrs. Oliver testified In municipal court this morning. Oliver wns sentenced to five days In Jail on a charge of Intoxication and abusing his fame * (---;--—i President s Prodigal Pet Cat Held Under Guard at While House v_/ Hy I nlver«»al Srryi<«*. Washington. March 25.—"Tige,” tile pet cat of the president and Mrs. Coolidge, was a prisoner in the White House tonight and every precaution was taken to prevent his escape. He was returned tills morning after four days of truancy. Three times during the day he made "a darink break for litjerty and once the White House police guard apprehended him only after an exciting chase across traffic-jammed streets and the green plaza. Secret service men had been quietly inquiring for him and last night the radio broadcasting stations and the press were appealed to. An army officer located "Tige’’ in one of the government buildings a mile away. For awhile he was quite contented. He took a nap in the letter basket on the president’s desk and visited his friends in the executive offices. Then some attache rewarded the prodigal with a bit of cat-nip. From that time until late tonight he showed every in clination of again going A. W. O. L. Chapel Crowded at Funeral for Convict’s Wife •M ore Sinned Against Than Sinning,’’ Says Pastor ^ho Delivers Address. ' Columbus, Neb., March 25—Declar ing society commits a greater sin in the condemnation of the sinner than the one who commits sin. Rev. T. M. Pyle, pastor of the First Baptist church, delivering the funeral sermon tor Mrs. Elizabeth Juatls, 18, In the chapel at the Gasa Undertaking com pany's mortuary today, pleaded for a greater sympathy #f mankind for the sufferings of this world's unfortu nates. The chapel wag crowded to ca pacity with men and women from every walk of life. In the front of the room stood the casket of the girl mother. A load of flowers weighed down the coffin lid. Rev. Mr. Pyle's address was a plea against the condemnation of the un fortunate and a commendation of those who had made the last mo ments of the girl's life pleasant and whose kindliness had enabled the body to be given a decent burial. “Oh let us remember “Judge not that ye shall be Judged.” Remember how a woman* was brought to the master. Taken In sin some of those responsible for her condition sought to stone her. Jesus said, "Det him that is without sin cast the first stone.” ' The Rev. Pyle pleaded for more flowers to the living, less criticism ami a greater spirit of helpfulness. He urged them to invoke the bless ings of the divinity on the father of the little boy that the man the girl had loved, might when he left the un fortunate confinement of the prison walla take into his life the little motherless boy Garry, that he might become a living monument to the mother who had virtually given her life for him. GENERAL MOTORS EARNS $62,065,526 »w York. March 15.—General Motor* corporation and Its subsldarle* earned net Income of $82,065,526 In! 1923, compared with $51,807,448 in 1922. the annual report showed to day. After dividends on the debenture and preferred stock*, there remained $55,180,155 for the common stock, or $2 67 a share. Included In net Income. *.he reflmt said, was only such proportion of the profits of the Fisher Body corporation and the General Motors Acceptance corporation, as was received in cash dividends. The corporation's shsre in the undistributed earnings of these two euhsldaries "as $9,941,439, which If added to net Incom- would repre sent a total of $7?,009,9,'.5, Net profit from operation* and Investments totaled $76,642,963. The corporation did the largest business In its history. 798,555 cars and truck* lieing manufactured and sold, compared With 456.7(3 In 1922. FARMER AND WIFE HURT IN RUNAWAY Beatrice, Neb.. March 25 —John Welgand. farmer, living eight miles southwest of Beatrice, suffer* a broken nose and other Injuries, ami hi* wife was out and bruised when their team ran away on Mouth Sixth street, thro win IT* them mi the pave ment. The buggy wag overturned, pinning Mrs. Welgand beneath the wreck. The horses freed themselves from the vehicle and were caught two miles south of the city. BF.RGD0LL QUITS GERMANY. RELIEF lit \«m$4 luted Pee*#. Kheilwioh, Baden. March 25. — Grover rievolamt Bergdoll. the Anier bun draft evader, left here tins morning for an unannounced destln at Ion. As he carried considerable luggage, it Is generally assumed he is quitting Germany English Bride Whose Mate Can’t Remember Nebraska Girl's Husband Cannot Recall Wedding Willard Holt, Returned to Omaha for Alleged Pass ing of Bad Checks. Loses Memory. Twelve pictures of beautiful women, j A lapse of memory. These are the puzzling features to the case of Willard Holt, now! under scrutiny of Omaha police. And while Holt languishes in the - city jail unable, as he says, to re member whether he ever married any of the women whose pictures were found In his trunk, his bride formerly Miss Marie Faulk** is in seclusion at the home of her cousin. Holt was returned to Omaha from Winona, Minn. A trail of worthless checks through Iowa and Nebraska led to his arrest. And the bride, native English girl, now is endeavoring to unravel her romance from the tangled threads of her husband's business affairs 34-Hour Courtship. "I married him after a ;4-hour courtship,” she said. ”1 met him In Hastings. When we found we must post 10 days’ notice of our license we went to Sidney, la., and were wed. "I knew nothing of the check charges against him. He paid all our traveling expenses with currency." A check alleged to have been passed in Holt bore the countersign of Henry Baldwin, 4838 Woolworth avenue, hus band of the bride's cousin, Gertrude Baskin, her girlhood chum, also suf fered from some of the checks, accord ing to police. Police throughout Iowa and Ne braska have sought Holt on check charges for the last two weeks. His description was*broadcast by radio and he was arrested while he waited outside the Winona bank for his wife. ”\V. W. Davfet" Receipt* In hi* effects were found receipts from til* Santa Barbara (Cal l Tele pljone company, made out to W. W. Davis, for phone calls. Police are attempting to establish that Holt and Davl* are the same person. Mr*. Holt declared she will take no action agalpat him In-divorce court until settlement of present charges. She told her experiences in a Brit ish accent. Lapse of memory is the explana tion given police by Holt, who was confronted with the pictures of the women found in hi* baggage. ”1 don't know whether I've Been married to any of them or not," he said "I was under care of a doctor in 190S. I can't remember what for. but he must have been treating mo for some mentnj disorder." NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PLANNED Special Pl.patc* to The Omaha Her. H> at rice. Neb, March !S>.—Upward* of to hid* from contractor* In Be Htrlce, l.lncoln. Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City and other points l»*\e been filed with the board of educa tion here for the construction of tbe new junior high school building to cost $400.00®, and the repair of a number of want buildings. Bid* will be opened on April ?. The Weather l - -/ Knr T4 hours rndlnt ? P m March l*rrt'ip»i a Mon. Incurs srul hvntlrrtllhi Tstst. I* Tulal s»lnr* .hinmrt l. J.*3; exert*, a I VliMtrn irW|*fMUtir« a m * « m 4« 7 * m . 41 i i m 4 3 »» m . .47 in a m 47 It ft in 4 4 It noon . .. .. U i iv 111 f ? p m .......4* X p. in.4? 4 i» *n .45 5 i m. .45 * n *n .4 4 T r in 4» I 1' ill 41 Senator and Coolidge in Close Race Early Reports Show President Leading in City Precincts —Johnson Ahead in Rural Districts. McAdoo Believed Victor By AnoriiM Press. Sioux Falls. VS. !>., March 75. Aniong the early reports of the Soutl lAakota primary, rural precincts sau majorities to Senator Johnson, whil, the first Sioux Falls reports wer. favorable to the president. Four Iocs' und two rural precincts gave Coolidg' 394 and Johnson 333. The republican senatorial contea. Iietween Governor W. H. McMaster and Senator .Thomas Sterling alsr showed a rlose vote in first return* seven precincts—four local and three rural—giving Sterling 690 and Mc Master 604. Sixteen Minnehaha county precincts gave Coolidge 1,911 votes, Johnson 1.084, Sterling 1.3*8 and McMaster 1,166. In Yankton county, three pre cincts gave Coolidge 707, Johnson 146. and five precincts gave McMaster 304 and Sterling 184. Tl»e first 70 precincts reporting, in cluding 16 from this county, gave Coolidge 7,194 and Johnson 1,498. By Universal Service. Yankton. S. D., March 75.—Three precincts in Yankton county out of the 73, including two in city of Yank ton, give Coolidge 707; Johnson, 146. Five precincts, including two in Yankton, give McMaster 334; Ster ling, 183. Platte, S. D„ March ij_Johnson defeated Coolidge for presidential nomination and Sterling defeated Mr Master for the senatorial nominal ion at this place today. Totals follow: Johnson, HO: Coolidge, 64; Sterling. IJ5; McMaster, S3. Watertown, S. !>., March IS. — Hiram Johnson. W. H. McMaster and Royal C. Johnson swept Watertown and Codington county in today's pri mary. Totals in Watertown. Hiram Johnson. 1,005: Coolidge, 434; McMaster, 008; Sterling, 471. Sioux Fails. S. D., March 75 — "'hen the polls closed tonight it was estimated not more than 50 to 60 per cent of South Dakota's voters had gone to the polls in today's presiden tial primary. The counting of ballots started at 5. The count was alow. Hiram Johnson, senator from Cali fornia. and President Coolidge were contenders for the republican presi dential endorsement. William G. McAdoo was the demo cratic candidate, opposed by a faction seeking to send an uninstructed dele gation to the New York convention. Mr. McAdoo is lieiieved to have won the party endorsement. Up to the hour the polls closed and through early stages of counting the ballots, supporters of both Johnson and Coolidge claimed tha election for their favored candidate. Senator Johnson was handicapped because of a storm which swept ever the state. There was rain and snow. The storm kept hundreds of rural voters from the polls and it was in the rural districts that Senator John son expected his strongest support, it had been admitted President Coolidge probably would carry the larger cities, where republican officeholders have t strong grip on local politicians. MEN LEAVE JOBS; FIND THEM TAKEN A number of workers who walked out of the Armour packing house kill, ing department Saturday when re quested to work two hours overtime, came to work Monday to find then* Jobs filled. There are ITS men employed in. the department. E. 8. Materbury* general manager, estimated that 4« men quit. It la said that the men of the department had been working overtime several days last week. The objection is alleged to have been working more than eight hours on Saturday. IDAHO DELEGATES BACK COOLIDGE T.ewuton, Idaho. March *5.—The re publican state convention here todaei passed a resolution instructing the Idaho delegation to the national con- - ventlon to vote for the nomination cf President Cooltdge as presidential candidate. Another resolution en dorsed the a.'ministration of Oeternir Moore and tbs re-election of the en tire present congressional delegation was demanded. J. Zac Spearing l.catis New Orleans. March !5,—J. Zaq Spearing. New Orleans attorney on the face of early returns from today's democratic primary to select a sues eraser to thd late Kepresentatii e Dupre of the Second oongreshional dim ttlct. was leading hit two opponents Genevieve Clark Thomson and T. Semmes Wamsley. by seieral hundi*4 \otes. Lift Victim Sues. Charging that he was injured ta the extent of $1,203.23 when he stum* bled w hen leaving an elevator In the Wickham building. Council Bluffs, Anker Bert has tiled suit igamst E. A. Wickham, contractor