Tup- Omaha \! irning Bee '• change in temperature.did so »ell as those that settled be. Benjamin l ranklin. Johnson Still Leads Coo&f£e m South Dakota Primary - a Senator Has Margin of 2,000 Votes Outlying Precincts, Still Un heard From, Expected to Increase Californian's Lead—McMaster Wins. *+ McAdoo Running Strong By Universal Servlet. Sioux falls. S. D., March 27.—Sen ator Hiram Johnson of California Is lha choice of South Dakota voters for presidential nominee on the repub lican ticket. Tills Is Indicated by latest figures tonight from Tuesday'* preferential primary. Johnson now having a lead of nearly 2.000 votes over President • 'oolidge. figures from 1.663 out of th* 1.826 precincts In the state give: Johnson, 39,976; Coolidge, 38.197. Ooolldge supporters practically con '■eded, late Thursday afternoon, tho victory of Johnson, according to re ports here. It Is pointed out by John son supporters that all the remaining precinct* In outlying district* of th* state, where the farmer vote, which put Hiram across, was the heaviest, and political dopesters predicted that • Johnson’s lead would increase stead ily until all the returns are received. Governor W. H. McMaster, in his fight for nomination as United States senator, lias won out over Thomas Sterling, incumbent, by 8,000 to 10,000 majority, on the face of available re turns. Only scattered figures are available on th* democratic primary, county auditors having received but few re ports from th* outlying precincts. What returns are available, however, indicate a strong delegation for Me tdoo, will go to the New York con vention In June. Th* race between Coolidg* aeid Johneon has been s seesaw sITair. •f* Early returns Tueeday night Indicated that Coolidg* would carry the state, although by a smell majority. Early Wednesday forenoon Hiram Jumped into th* lead, temporarily, but re turn* from some of th* larger cities sgaln put Coolidg* in front before noon. The president held his sdvant age until late Wednesday afternoon, when figures from a number of the rural districts again put th* Cali fornian In the lead. During Wednes day night and all day Thursday, John son continued to gain, until even Coolidg* backers admitted that his lead was too much to overcome. FORTY PER CENT SURTAX PROSPECT Washington, March 57.— A general tax bill that has for Its maximum surtax 40 per cent Instead of the 3712 that finally was agreed upon between the warring republican fac tions In the house, and Incorporated in the Longworth compromise, was In prospect today as the senate finance committee continued to wrestle with tl.a measure. A survey of sentiment In the sen ate indicated that It Is going to outdo the house in wrecking the carefully prepared scale of rates originally laid down by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, calling for a normal tax of 3 per cent and a maximum surtax of 28 per cent. The action of republican leaders In asltlng the Mellon rates back Into be bill was merely a gesture. It was Seslgned to force a showdown vote rn the original Mellon bill, possibly •o further .demonstrate to President odldge the utter hopelessness of trying to pass the Mellon bill be originally written. FARMERS START PLANTING OATS Beatrice, Neb.. March 27.—A num her of farmers In Gage county began planting their oats crop today, and I# the weather remains favorable the work will lie well In hand within the next few days. Spring plowing will iIso he on in earnest If the present leather continues. I We Have With Us I Today II. C. Mc'KrtvIe, l.liirnln. Cattleman. Htapping at the fsstle hotel. Born In Clay county, Nebru '>»» Sen lee. Milford, Neb., March 27.—Glenn West, 1*, shot and dangerously wounded his father, Guy West, farm er, living nine miles southeast of here in Seward county, Wednesday evening, with a .22 rifle. The bullet entered a little above and to one side of the left eye, and Is still embedded In the temple. An operation will be performed today, which will deter mine the recovery of the father. ■The boy, held by local authorities, ran away from home two days sgo. He said that his father, while under the Influence of liquor, had beaten him unmercifully. I.ast night, according to the story told state officers here, Glenn re turned home. He went to the garage and found the rifle. Returning to the house and seeing his father sitting in an arm chair nestr the window, he shot him. Glenn was taken Into cus tody today by County Attorney Me killip, Sheriff Scott and officers from the state law enforcement department at IJneoln. Physicians attending the father re fused to state definitely Ills rhances for recovery until after the operation has been performed. COUNSEL GRILLS GRANDPA ROMEO Wahoo, Nsb.. March 27.—Levi Keiser, "giandpa Itomeo," held his own on the witness stand this morn ing In the hearing of Ills appeal from a Judgment of Incompetency. Called to the stand by counsel for the plaintiff, his son Harry, he "held Ills own" for more than two hours of cross exaruination. After close examination over a note, his newly acquired wife, th«* former Irene Buell, Ashland attorney, was called to the stand. Thirty years younger In age, Mrs. Keiser expressed her firm belief that her husband was sane In every respect. She was only kept on the tvltness stand for a few minutes, and Keiser was recalled. ■ - \ | Girl, ('.lad in ISi^ht A It ire. Leaps From Window of Pullman -'_J Mills city, Mont., March 17.—At tired only in her night clothes, nn unidentified girl leaped from a pull men window of Northern Pacific trnln No. 2. last night find evidently r scaped serious injury, ns a search along the right of way today between Mllea rity and Hebron, N. !>., where she was last seen in the train, failed to disclose anv trace of her. The young woman was on her way from Keattle to i'hlcngo. When the j train loft Miles Pity, slie retired for I the nlgiit. Before the train reached Hebron, the porter noticed the our | tains of the bortli moving In the I wind and inter discovered that the young woman was not in bed Her clothing and luggage were In ' (he car. The missing girl is about 20. Norfolk. Neb.. March 27—Grace Lutheran church of Norfolk has the record of being the only church known which will not take an excuse from member* of the congregation for not being marked "present" at Sun day services. When two members of the congre gation stated they could no longer hear the sermons, because of defec tive hearing, the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Brandhorst, purchased a telephone transmitter and Installed it near the pulpit. It was connected with bat teries, but plugs were put in the pews which furnished those with defective hearing with a pair of ear phones. Now they sit in their pewa and hear the sermons as of old. One member of the congregation became an Invalid. The pastor strung a wire from his church to the inva lid * borne four blocks away. Now she hears the sermon end the choir and never misses a service. DISEASE CAUSES BIG CATTLE LOSS Sim Francisco. March 27.—The Intact outbreak of the foot and mouth diaeaao In California will reault In the destruction of 7,*74 cattle. 89 hogs and ISO sheep In the Merced area, the state department of agricul ture announced today. Kan Joaquin county went Into close quarantine when It was discovered the disease had broken out on one ranch. A clrcue of hundreds of head of horses and wild animals was served with quarantine notice. None of the circus livestock Is Infected and the quarantine was made as a preven live measure. The state has ap pealed to all licensed veterinarians to volunteer to aid In combating the disease. Morehead and Thorpe Endorsed as Candidate* TJneoln, March 27.—Congressmen J. H. Morehtad, democrat, nnd R. H. Thorpe, republican, were endorsed nn primary candidates by farmers and labor groups of the First congres slonal district meeting at the local labor temple. The conferences were railed to carry out progressive pn lltloal action, ns outlined In the nn flonal political policies of the organ isntlnn. The meeting was attended by railway men, Lincoln and Have hark shop craftsmen, farmers’ union representatives and other Individuals. Married in Council Bluff*. The following .persons obtained mar rlag'- Meanses In Council Bluffs yesterda.v •T. A Wolfs, Omaha . . O f.snors M orris. Coffey vllls, Kan. ' \. If. Jefferson. Omaha . Itom* Kerstetter, Washingi on. Nob ... 1® 1 llarmin Pfeifer, Omaha "I j Ifascl Hsnry, Council Bluff* . 11 | Bert Williams, Omaha. . ♦ Klyrnentyna Higgins. Omaha. "0 i Martin Rnide, Bennett Neb m , Bertha Kuhn. Beaver Crossing. N*l» II I Frank McKinney. Tyler. I'm ’ | Johanna Hte< kler. Friend, Nob. )4 * Horner Bobbins, omshn .... I Bush Moody, Omaha . ... | Oeorg* Monkman, Harlan. Is . . Clara Mlersland, Tlsrlan. I< !'■ • 'ail Hansen, Wnlbaeh. Nob ... . .1 Bessie Webbies. Wnlhacdi. N«h. 11 M ,1. Linn, 1 )mih«. .. ? I ' \Tfte Rudd, ornnhs I Robert There, jr . West Point. Neb . . "* i Hellish IJft... West Point, Neb........ 11 Keiser Has Sound Mind. Doctor Says “Aged Romeo’’ (Claims He Ik Able to Take (.are of Himself. Slice 1st nupalrh In The Omaha Bar. VVahoo. Neb . March I*.—I.evi Keiser. T9, known a* the "aged Romeo" since hie re*o»nt marriage to Mra. Irene C. Buell, ia a* normal as any man of hia age, according \ > Or. O. A. Young of Omaha, who took the stand, for the defense this after noon. Keiser la defending himaelf In die trlct court here against a counly court verdict that he la mentally In competent, Dr. Young, qualified as an expert witneas, told the court that lie was specialist In mental ami nervous dis orders and had been on the staff of tlie slate hospltnl at Hastings, 1'alike the county Judge, Judge Frederick Shepherd, who i* hearing the case, permitted the witness to testily that Keiser. In ills estimation was qualified to handle business. Tlie defense will tomorrow call doe tors J. F. Hauvetz and F. E. Way. trot 11 of Walioo. who testified as ex pert witnesses In county court. Attorneys announced tonight Ilia! theje would lie eight witnesses called in nil tomorrow, lull that It was |irob able tlie case would he conclude*l he fore court adjourned for the night. J. W. LANGLEY AND WEST INDICTED Washington. March ?7.—Represen tative John W. I.angley of Kentucky anil Millard K. West were indicted by a grand jury here this afternoon on chargee of corruption growing out of the recent Chicago grand Jury Inves tigation of the veterans' bureau. Tarnglcy tens Indicted separately, and Jointly with West. Russell M. Sacked, Sidney Reis. Ren I,. Moses and II. M Hat tier. The charge In each case was "conspiracy to commit offense,* nndc^ the national prohi bition art.” Three Cheeks Identified in Governor McCray Trial Indianapolis, March 27.—Three checks aggregating $75,000, drawn In favor of ihc Discount ami l>epo*lt Slate hank of Krntland, lnd., ww»* Identified nn coming from the Indiana state tjoard of agrlculturn by Miss .Vlnnlc Fisher, load bookkeeper for the hot id. ;t t i ho trial today of ClOV ernor VYurren T. Mot'ray. on « rhnr^p of embezzling $155,000 of the hosrtl a funds. In itm opening nU&tcnYrnt yesterday, the prosecution contended It would show that Mor *4 horn* tint'll* 7 p in . Matvb 7. rr*rip|i«t|rtn. InohM and hundifttlthft: I Tfitftl, ft Totftl ftltif • Jnmiurv I, et rf»e, ftf Hmiflf XenuHTHtiires, R « t)i . 4 1 1 p in.4* H ii. ni ...40 j 2»- .*• 4 7 ft in . .It ; p pi.. m 1 X Ii IP 41 4*1 ip ... . * y i $ « ni . . . 4 7 R p, m . M 1 ft a. pi .... R.t ft |>, m *1 | lift in .7 T |i. m ..... 4tft [ 13 noon t 4ft • r. ni fti* Grist Ground by the Mill of Investigators at Washington _ e ---—> Washington, March 27.—Developments today In the oil lease and Daugh erty investigations were: 1AI Jennings, reformed train robber, repeated to oll_committee story • told him by the late Jake Hamon, that $1,000,000 was paid by him In eonnecion with republica omlnatlon In 1920, among recipients being named Senator Perose, Harry Daugherty, Will H. Hays ad others. Jennings said Jlamon disclosed bis desire to be secretary of the interior, go as to be able to “grab” the oil reserves, enrich himself by millions and become the next president of the United States. 2Roxie StinBon was stopped by the Daugherty committee from giving • the names of the group of five, who, she said, made $33,000,000 on a deal in Sinclair oil stock, told to her by Jesse Smith. Daugherty’s counsel refused to assume responsibility for making the names public. 3 Harry Sinclair's case involving his alleged contempt of the senate was • withheld from the grand jury for another day by reason of the fact that the jury was bbsy indicting persons alleged to have dealt in bribery in connection with liquor permits. 4 Officials of he republican and democratic national committee organiza • tlons were summoned to appear before the oil committee tomorrow to explain contributions from the oil interests o their respeeive campaign funds. 5 Tax records of the Gulf Oil corporation were practically impounded • by the special senate committee Investigating the Internal revenue bureau. The resolution thjt brought abotu the Investigation was introduced by Senator Couzens, and the committee’s action was a result of testimony that the corporation had been allowed “lessee depleion” reductions in the settlement of its cases. £? Senator McKellar, democrat, of Tennessee demanded in the senate the vs resignation of Secretary Mellon, charging him with holding office in violation of the federal statutes because of his interests in numerous busi ness enterprises. Bryan Obtains Gasoline Supply for Sale in State Governor Declares He Will Fix Price Three or Four Cents Below Present Rate at Stations. ■r amcum r>fii l.lncoln, March 27. — Governor Bryan announced today that he had been able to obtain a continuous sup ply of gasoline and that he would be gin accepting orders from municipal ities, civio organizations and Individ uals who would sell the gasoline to people of the state st three to four rents below the present prices of the fuel. This announcement followed at tempts started by the governor some time ago to obtain the gasclina tup ply. “I will now be able to furnish gaso line In carload lota at a wholesale figure which will permit it to be re tailed from three to four cents below the prices now bring charged at fill ing stations,” the governor said. He displayed a telegram from a pro ducer offering six million gallon* of high test petrol at the rate of 500,ft00 gallons a month, and Indicated that several other *ources of supply were available. The only drawback on the gaauMne sale by the state, he said, is the fact that committees, clubs and (owns and ettiea would probably not want to go to the expense of installing a pump for the gasoline. “While It requires mors capital and more facilities to handle gasoline titan Is needed for coal," the governor said, "vet If the people are in earnest and cooperate with their local official and myeelf. means will be found to realize a vast saving In the coat of till* essential commodity.” “The consumers’ part will be to get together In each community and or ganize associations or clubs pledging themselves to purchase gasoline from a municipal filling station when one ts established. Whenever local offi cials fall to act In the matter, public committees can he named to provide necessary stations and storage tanks. Car* hauling the gasoline will range in capacity front seven to 10 thou sand gallon*.” The governor sai^ that he would capei-t the gasoline dealers to *e!l wttli only enough margin to pay coat of handling and equipment. He diJl vitot 'state w hat wholesale price of the gwgollne would be. He declared tlttn. the country “is flooded with gasoline” and said hs anticipated a movement In the mar ket toward a lower scale Rich to Replace Gray. Talk of Carl Gray, Union Pacific president, liefore the Kiwanls and T.lons cltihe at the Rome hotel Fri day. has been callri] off due to Mr. Gray's absence from Omaha. Attempt Charged to Misrepresent ' Cost of Bonus Senate Finance Committee Practically Clears Up Ad ministrative Provision# of Revenue Bill. Washington. March 27.—Renewing their program of day and night ses sions, the senate finance committee today practically cleared up the many administrative provisions of the rev enue bill. The schedules of excise and miscellaneous taxes, most of which were revised by the house ere to be taken up Immediately. Meanwhile, democratic members of the committee spent another after noon in an unsuccessful effort to an agreement on the Income tax schedule which they will offer as substitute for the Mellon rates voted Into the bill by the finance commit-1 tee. The surtax rates proved the stumbl ing block. Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking democrat on the committee, presented a schedule which It is understood followed the general lines of the Gamer plan sup ported by house democrats with a re vision of the brackets and a reduc tion of the maximum rate to Shout 40 per cent. Before taking up the revenue bill today, the committee heard army and navy officers on the soldier bonus bill pasted by the house with ,a view to determining the number of veterans who would he eligible for the in surance provision and the average length of service of the veterans. While members of the finance com mittee prepared to-work out their own estimate as to the cost of the hilt in the light of the dispute between gov ernment actuaries involving a differ ence in estimates of more than $2. SbO.OOO nOb, Chairman Green of the house ways and mean* committee Issued a statement charging ' a de liberate effort to misrepresent the cost of the soldier bonus bill." COOLIDGE ASKS SPECIFIC POWER Washington, March 27.—President Ooolldge recommended to the senate Wednesday passage of special legis lation to remove all doubt as to the authority of the chief executive to de tacli men In the military and naval service* for special duties. The comptroller general questioned the legality of such appointments and has refused to approve salary accounts for thepi. Builder# Endorse Krone. Resolution endorsing George Krone for city commissioner was passed st a special meeting of the leva id of direc tors of the Omaha Builders' exchange Mr. Krenc Is president of the ex chu-ige. Need Some One in Washington to Do Something, Says Sloan V J "If Senator N'un is haa beon In i \Vnaliln*ton 21 yens and lias done nothin* In thal time to Improve con J dltlone, then It I* time Nebraska voter* sent *ome otto there who can." "old i'harles H. sioctt, repuhlloan [ candidate for the senate Thursday nlRht In rommentln* on Norris' state ment that "thin* have been Roltt* wroriR ever since he has been In WashinKton." Mr Sloan epoUe in Omaha before the t.tvestook exchanRe. before women member* of the republican commit tee, and at ihe Mount Maria Mnptist ehurch. "Senator Norris cave he is not parllsnn 1 am- lie sacs he has no part v to defend I h:n e And t i would rather have the judging; of thethe voters of the stats than that of outside senators ho have en domed Norris." Mr. Sloan called at ten ton to the faot that he was re*ponsib\-. as niem her of ills stale senate, for 4 lie ' anti olsomarsarlns law- which \iid the foundation for the growth W the dairy lnduitn in Nebraska ^w hlcli ha* made Omaha the greatest V'ngle manufacturer of butter In the win Id " \n a congressman from NebrasV* said Mr. Sloan he had hit rod noil measures whloh made posaiMe the eradication of liog cholera and tuher oulosis through government a«».a lance of the farmer. Mr Sloan In his address before the Mount Maris Baptist church k|vkr on "Ooorl r'llisenshlp. * Records of Four Thefts Disclosed Young Woman and Husband Arrested in Connection With String of Burglariea in Four Cities. Telegram Is Intercepted f v ^ Omaha Homes Robbed J John Gamble, 103 North Happy Hollow boulevard. Dr. Grant William*, 4803 Farnam street. W. T. WUson, 113 South Happy Hollow boulevard. Police late Thursday clearsd record* • of four more recent robberies and gave Omaha a glimpse of the season's first girl burglar. She Is Mrs. Ruth Cameron, who with her husband has left a string of burglaries netting thousands of dollars in four cities. Detectives Pete McGuier and Bill Cummings arrested Frank Cameron her husband, on description as he was driving away from the postofllee In » sedan stolen from Charles M. Powell. Denver, early this month. Police be lieve them to he members of an Inter city band. Their statements incrimi nate a Denver jeweler as leader. Under severe grlling he gave hi* Omaha residence address at a local hotel. Detectives Frank K; I lion and i Willie Davis arrested her there amid five iarge grips loaded with wearing apparel, a 38 caliber army revolver. 100 rounds of ammunition, much jewelery and a fortnight old fox terrier pup which she cuddled to her heart and called "Schnapps. Incarceration in city jail deprived ' her of Schnapps. The pup was cared I for by Bob Craren. secretary to Chief of Detectives Charles Van Deusen. Police intercepted a telegram at the hotel in Omaha where the pair regis tered, It was from the Denver fence and warned them not to send an} more loot to his business address. Aceording to the girl she accom panied her husband on his night prowling of home# in Chicago. Den j v»r, Kansas City and Omaha a* chauffeur. ! Omaha homes prowled to which t-'# j pair have admitted those of John i Gamble. It*? North Happy HoU»w j boulevard, on March 12: I>r. GrSBt. ] Williams, 43 was obtained by them in three rights. "I never actually participated in entering a home." said Mrs. Cameron. "But I was always there a block or so away in the car waiting for Frank. * has spent meet of his life in prise They used to rob homes togethe The town got too hot. #*> we went to Denver. There Frank continued and me helping him by driving the car We never made much in our Jobs be cause everything we got went inline diately to Denver by express and we were paid by the man there." "We got more than $2 worth of things from Omaha homes, but all wo got was about $80." Mr* Cameron regretted gl' ing up the dog. I 1. v -- n gift to her from a farmer ; between herp and Kansas City.where' *he stopped to ask the road. The j pair cam# to Omaha from Kansas City last week. Police escorted Cameron to the home of Max Flotow. M»20 Cass ttree; robbed of several hundred dollars' worth of clothing and Jewelry laet night. He admitted he committed the burglary. Summary of The Day In Washington Tax return* of "Merlon com jvante*" were explain*! before the | senate committee Investigating -the | bureau of internal revenue. The new- immigration bill pro viding a baste quota of J per cent of the 191® census was reported by the senate immigration commit tee. Representative John I.angle.' of Kentucky and fl\e others were in* , dieted on chsigw* of conspiracy te , obstruct the operations of the gov* eminent. At Jcnninge fold the olt com* mittce that Jake llamon told him of plans to nominate Warren G, Maiding at Chicago In l??0. and that tt c*v®»t llamon >t,®®®,®®®. The oil committee subpoenaed the treasurer of the democratic na tional committee, George White? the former chairman, and K. 1» j lV'hen> to Inquire about campaign | funda. The senate Paugherty commit tee braid ’.he oroe* examination of 1 Tootle Stinson and charges by H | 1 * Scaife that he ha-l been \ee in effici t* to expose allege . » i • ; ci aft graft, ^