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PRETTY r:SL SLAYER KILLS SELF
THOMAS FAILS TO SEE BRYAN
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Instead He
Pays Gall
on Garroll
“Just Friendly Virii," Ex
plflin* Slate Law Enforce
ment Officer; Governor
Plead* Ignorance.
No Barrooms Discussed
Elmer Thomas. prohibition director,
following an announcement by T. K.
Stroud, candidate for dlty commis
sioner, that 14 "barrooms” are oper
ating In Omaha, hurried to Lincoln
Friday, but, contrary to Information
given by lila associates, he did not
see CJovernor Bryan.
Instead, 'l4ionias called upon .Stale
Law Enforcement Officer Tom Car
roll.
“Yes, we hud a friendly visit," said
Carroll, "but we didn’t discuss any
’barrooms.’ We talked over prohlhl
'lion enforcement In general. That’s
our duty, you know.”
Co-operationf Of Courae.
Carroll declined to state whether
the discussion centered particularly
about Omaha and ao-called “vie# con
ditions’’ here.
“Of course I promised him the co
operation of my department," Carroll
lonctuded. "Why shouldn’t I?"
News To Governor.
The governor pleads absolute Ig
norance of Thomas’ visit to Lincoln,
or of It’s purpose,
"What did hb eom# to Lincoln
for?" he iisked.
"No, he didn't comb to tee me, or
at least If he did I wasn’t told about
11 "
Thomas returned to Omaha last
night.
^31 AUTOS BURN IN
- BLAZE AT CHADRON
Mr 4mrbtH Free*.
(’hadron, Neb., April 2*.—Thirty
one automobiles stored In the Chad
on City garage were destroyed, along
ivfih the building, by fir* early today,
. Dialling a loss estimated at $*5,000.
Exploding gasoline tanks and a
high north wind handicapped fire
fighter* and added to danger of the
blaxa spreading. A short circuit In
I bn electric lighting system Is be
leved by Ben Braltliwalt*. owner, to
have caused the fire.
Among cars lost were five truck* pf
ttie Huberts Paving company of
Lincoln. ». -Sftf
AL JOLSON SUED
BY D. W. GRIFFITH
Now York, April 25.—Al Joleon.
comedian, woe *ued for $5*0,000 for
olleged breach of contract today by
l>, W. Grlffth, motion picture pro
iJucer.
The complaint filed In federal die
Hot court alleged that Jolaon, after
having agreed to appear In aeveral
plot urea for Griffith* concern, had
toiridoned the Job In the middle of
■hat waa to have been hi* flrat film
'uy. lie waa aald to have quit be
iiee he had decided he waa “no
mving picture actor."
TSHING TUG CREW
REPORTED LOST
jflev*land, p., April 25.—Reporta
* the burning of a flailing tug with
the loea of It* crew, 12 1-2 mllee eeat
^^,,f Houtheaat ahoala at the head of
^^®**l.uke Erie, were received by the In
im city Radio comtamy here tonight.
lVe Have
With Ut
Today
Erl H Vaught,
Oklahoma City.
Attorney.
Mr. Vaught, pa*' pi' fident of the
International AfMoclatlon of Uon«
1 In ha and chairman of the program
1 iiinrnlttee which I* making plune for
lire International convention in
Omaha, June 2$ to 27, waa horn In
Virginia In 1*71. He attended court
fry achool and later wae graduated
from Emery and Henry college.
He then engaged In the hualneia
of teaching the youth of Virginia,
l'$nne»*ee, and finally Oklahoma, lie
wna flrat In charge of a country
achool, hut. In 11*01 ha went to Okla
home t'lty, where, for five yeare he
waa auperlrUendent of achool*. Then
lie engaged In the law huelneea. He
waa preaident of the Oklahoma. City
Chamber- of Commerce for a time, and
a member of the Oklahoma etatt
board of education.
(tr ip a few day* ago he waa elected
delegate to the republican national
convention at Cleveland, and Ilk* the
22 other delegate* from Ok In home, he
- will vote for Coolldge, he any*.
Babe Ruth’s Homer
Wins Game for
Yankees
Babe Ruth’s home run In the third
Inning Friday, with Bush and Dugan
on base, enabled the Yankeea to de
feat the Re«l Sox, » to 2. It *««
Ruth'a third home run of the aegaon
and the fifth atralght victory for the
Yankee*.
Armed guard* have been set over
Wise Counsellor, John H. Ward’s
Kentucky derby hope and the public's
prrxent choice for the $50,000 race at
Churchill Downs May 14, according
to a copyrighted story In the Louis
ville Times Friday.
Joa Jackson, former outfielder of
the Chicago qfub of the American
league, wilt appeal from tha recent
decision of Judge Gregory In setting
aside ft verdict of more than $16,000
against tha club, for alleged back
salary.
Charles West Washington and Jef
ferson negro athlete, captured tha n»
tional all around college title for the
second successive year Friday, when
he was victorious In the pentathlon,
a. feature of the opening day of the
Penn relay carnival.
IstNt news In the world of sport
will be found on pages It and II.
Experts’ Scheme
May Be Delayed
by French Stand
British and Belgians Accept
Proposals for Immediate
Application, Compari
son of Replies Shows.
Br Associate# rim.
Par1#, April 2(.—Th* reparation
commissioners, making their first in
formal comparison today of tha allied
replies concerning th* experts' plan,
found these answer* somewhat diver
gent, but offering hop* that an agree
ment would be ultimately reached.
Tha British and Belgians accept the
experts’ proposals on the wholo for
tmmadlate application, but the French
appear to consider it necessary for
th* various governments to pass on
the reparation commission’* decision
after they are made.
It is understood that the French
reply, In It* pr***nt form. I* regarded
a* unacceptable to the British govern
ment and as requiring negotiation*.
Consequently It Is thought around th*
commission heedquarter* that the
speed with which action on th# ex
perts' report has been taken thus far
will not be kept up.
Th# member# of th# commission
decided Informally that Sir John
Bradbury and Louis Barthou, their
president, should confer with repre
sentatlve financier# of th# countries
likely to participate In the supplying
of capital of the new German gold
bank.
They will begin tomorrow with J.
P. Morgan, who arrived opportunely
In Paris, not knowing beforehand
that ha waa to he consulted while
here.
A forecast of the Italian replj from
a well Informed quarter Indicate# It
is fully In line with th* Belgian and
British responses.
CALIFORNIA MAN
HAMMER VICTIM
Vallejo, t.'al., April 2*.—Without re
gaining consciousness or giving any
clue to the Identity of the person oc
persons responslhls for th* mysteri
ous assault which caused his death,
Ernest Klepateln, Mare Island navy
yard draftsman, died today.
Klepateln was found In his apart
ment with hi* head crushed by 1#
blow* from a hammer, which was
Imbedded In his skull, lie had been
mysteriously missing from hi* em
ployment since Hunday.
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Chieftai n of
Tammany
Hall Dies
dharle* F. Murphy, Who
Fought Way From Stoke
hold to Quarterdeck of
Party Fame, Succumbs.
Throngs Gather at House
New York. April 25—Chart#* F.
Murphy, grand chieftain of Tammany
hall and for many years a powerful
factor In democratic councils of the
state and nation, died today of heart
disease Induced by acute Indigestion.
A product of the esst side's pic
turesque "gas house district," he had,
first with fists and then with brains,
fought Ills way from the stokehold
of ward polities to the quarterdeck
of party fame and financial fortune.
In a span of 55 yaai-s lie had been
poor man’s son, w.ud heeler, bar
tender, saloon keeper, office holder,
financier,and finally local director and
national adviser to his party.
He had graduated from the sobri
quet of "Flats Murphy" through that
of "Hurly-Burley," "Sport,” "Silent
Charles” and at the last, “C. F. M.,”
the Initials by which all knew him,
although few of those who obeyed
his command* ever h*d »een him.
And always, from merest youth, hi*
name and that* of Tammany were
linked together.
Dias Few Minnies latter.
He retired last night, after a busy
day and a hearty dinner, to he awak
ened thla morning by feveriah chill*
and the punga of Indigestion. Charact
eristically. he Insisted upon breakfast
ing at th# usual early hour. Im
mediately he became alarmingly III
and died a few minute# later in the
presence of his physician, a priest. hl«
daughter Mable, and her husband.
Surrogate James A. Foley,
The taciturn genius, who had ruled
the destenlea of Tammany hall for
12 yearn as successor to the late
Richard Crocker, remained consetoua
to the end. unaware that d»ath was
near. He submitted docilely to th#
hypodermic Injected wh»n his physi
cian rerognli^d that collapse was 1m
mlnent and his only comment was of
surprise that Indigestion should have
awakened him, and that hi* hear!
caused him pain.
Mra. Murphy, who was In Atlantic
City, wna summoned home. Although
her husband died before ahe could en
train. she wa# not aware of It until
she waa met by friepda at thla end
of th# Journey.
Klac Hair eunag.
Tammany hall waa tha flrat to
lanrn that death had Invaded the
home of Ita leader near Gramercy
park The party'a Big Wigwam on
Fourteenth street half-etaffed Ita flag
and went Into mourning. Party
chlefa and Tammany worker* **#em
hied from all outlying wlgwame to
pay tribute to the memory of their
leader and speculate aa to hla aue
eeaaor. Police and traffic reeerve*
controlled the Ihronge that gathered
about the old faehloned manelon
where he died.
f’omlng at a lime when Tammany
hae girded lt»elf for a atrenuoua
presidential campaign, and eo eoon
after hie protege. Governor Alfred K.
Smith, had formally entered the llata
for the democratic preeldentlal nomi
nation. Mr. Murphy* death wa*
mourned hv high political leadere »e
a party mlefortune, If not an actual
calamity.
Sue eeaaor Sought.
Tammany'a greateat concern to
night wae the choice of a man Mg
enough to carry on where Murphy
left off. A meeting of the executive
committee haetlly wae called to dle
ru*e the altuatlon, although It wae
underatood that a new chieftain
would not be named until after the
funeral.
It waa eoneldered probable that the
committee would follow the precedent
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“I’mHappy,” ReadsNoteLeftbyHungry
Mother Who Kills Self and Children
“I Don't Think I Will Have Any Worne
Hell in Place Where I Am Going," Write*
Woman Before Turning on Ga* Jet*.
Itenver, < olo., April Z5. Hera ua*
ah* could not **cura food for her
three email children, Mr*. Mabel
Ward turned on all the «»* burner*
In th# atov* of her kitchen her* to
day and took the live* of hereelf and
her three children.
' Th# children wer* two boy*, 3 and
4. and a baby girl, 1* month* old.
Mr*. Ward wa* th* wife of Oeorge
Ward, employed by a local tran*f*r
company. Hhp left th# following note:
'’Well, folk* I gueea you think I am
not happy, but J am. for a few
day* I hav* had what I wanton tor
th* flrxt tlm* In my Ilf* ft * awful
to b* poor and wora* fo hav* *hlldr*n
and no way to lak* oar* of th*tn and
I mad* up my mind no! tlior*
would hav* h**n anothar on* bafor*
Ion* Don't blam* floor**
•'ll* ha* alway* don* th* b**t ly
rould, but h* wax up **aln*t It Ilk*
m«, Put In th* world to work- nn
aduoatlon, no tratnln* Nothing to
do but work Ilk* do**
"I don't think I will hav# *nv
wor** holl In th* plac* wh*r# •! am
going,”
Omaha Bandit “Queen” May Have
Engineered Denver Jail Break
Hulli Harris, Wanted Herr
lor Auto Theft, Thought
to Have (Jiven Free
dom to 15.
JMtiSWT -
Ruth Harris alleged "bandit''queen,
la believed to have engineered the
escape of 15 prisoner*, all well known
1o Omaha police, from the county jail
at Denver Thursday night.
Police records here show that Ruth
Harris, Wllllnm Dallhunt (alias Slip
pery Dell Hanlon, St. Paul gunman),
William Herman and Thomaa Ed
wards stole an automobile owned by
A. J. Slatek, 404 North Forty-eighth
street, Omaha. March 10. Edwards
and Herman were arrested In Denver,
but Ruth Harris and Hanlon escaped.
They were later apprehended In
Wyoming.
Frank Camer, alleged Dundee
robber who plied his trade Iasi month
while hla wife sat outside as "look
out," was also among the prisoners
to escape.
Clyde Oldham, another prisoner to
take "French leave,” wae under ar
rest for Department of Justice op
eratives as a result of passing bogus
money In Omaha.
Denver police are searching for
Ruth Harris In tha belief that she
planned the roup and smuggled
L XtLth Tfatris
..*■ ... ' ■ ■* i
weapon* Into the Jail to th* prisoner*
who had been elected to escape.
While Hanlon wa* th* real leader
of the Jail delivery, Oldham proved
to he an able assistant. The entire
affair had h»en planned to the
minutest detaall.
An automobile we* watting for
Hanlon at th* entrance of th* Jail.
Police believe Ruth Harris was In this
motor car.
Coolidge Seeks
Compromise on
Jap Exclusion
Arrangement to Satisfy Advo
cates of Senate Bill and
Yet Pacify Orientals Con
sidered by President.
Waablngton. April Si,—An arrange
ment with raap-ct to Aipaneee 1mmI
gratton which will eatlafy thoa# ad
vocating exclusion and which at the
aam# tlma will avoid anr ffront to
J.ipan la being attempted by President
Coolidge.
Tha prealdent 1# hopeful that tha
arrangement can be effected and with
that end In view will continue hla con
ference# on Immigration legialatlon
with congreaalonal leader# and Berra
tary Hughea. Juat what aort of ar
rangement the executive ha a In mind
waa not dla'lneed at the Whlta Houae,
where the announcement waa made
today that a compromtae move waa
In progreae. None of thoae who have
conferred recently with the prealdent
would diacnee tha matter.
White Houae official# would not go
an far aa to any that the preaidant
would veto the Immigration Mil, now
In conference between the penate and
houae, ahould the propoaed arrange
ment fall of acceptance, but vlaltora
to tha White Houae have found the
executive greatly dfaturbed over the
alfuetlon reaultlng from adoption hy
congreaa of the provlalon for Japaneee
exetuaton.
Chairman Colt of the aenate Imml
grallon committee, who waa on# of
tha elx aenetore who voted agalnat the
Immigration hill, conferred with the
prealdent today And laid before th*
executive hla reaeone for viewing the
cxclualon provlalon aa nnneceaoary, II
logical and generally harmful to
American Intereata.
FRENCH AVIATOR
ON LONG FLIGHT
Parla, April 2*—Lieutenant Pette
tier Holav or "Plvolo,". ee ha la bet
ter known In French air circle#, made
an excellent atari on hla adventurooa
trip to the far eaat, covering the *tH>
mile# from Parla to Oudapeef yeat.r
day at an average «peed of 120 mllea
an hour.
Aa the under aecretary for air haa
no fund# to provide atocka of epare
part# along the route. Today and hla
mechanic. Sergeant Veein, ace en
tlr»ly dependent upon themaelvee for
any neceeaary repalra. If they cannot
fix th^r machine, they will have lo
come heck.
(.rand Jury I'rgca Removal
of Nevada Dry Director
Caraon City, Nev., April 24.—Ite
movol of T’rohlhltlon IMrector ,1. P
Imnnelly wee recommended by the
Nevada federal grand Jury In lt« (Inal
report aubmltted »n (he court llila aft
ernor.il. The report alleged louinc||y
had hecu "guilty of aerloua viola*Iona
of (he federal la#*,”
Married in f!ounril Bluffs.
'’h# follow In d p*t»< it« (Rush sd m«*r l*i*
*ss in ( nil* ■ rl PHttff* yrikttliy .
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Science Master
of Insanity and
*
Age, Says Doctor
Endocrine Glands Hold Key
to Life and Death, Physi
cian Tell* Chemical So
ciety Member*.
Washington, April t$.— Helene* wa*
declared maaf»r over Insanity, old age
uid other III* through study of en
docrine glanda and discovery of
means for their control by Dr. W. J.
k. Bailey of New York In a paper he
for* th* division of chemistry of medi
cinal products of th* American Chem
ical society today.
Describing development of basic
knowledge about endocrine radiation
with the gamma ray as being of
transcending Importance to tha hu
man race. Dr. Bailey, who la director
of th* American Kndocrln* labora
tories, declared, "We have cornered
aberration, old aga, and. In fact, llfa
«nd death th*mar|v*e in the endo
crine*."
"If we look more to the endocrine
glands and leu to the head." he Bald,
"we have an excellent ehance of eradi
cating Insanity.
Nearing Deal.
"In and around these glands." he
tdded, "most center future efforts
toward human rejuvenation, a goal
for which the world has sought and
one which now eeems to be truly
realized.
"Today «h* decision of th* aanenaee
of a man I* left to a Jury of laynr>*«.
who hay* not th* slightest Idea of
what It le ail about. Brain esparto,
men who have watched and charted
erratic behtvt— instead of studying
Its cause, will testify In entire dis
agreement on every case. Yet th*
student of endocrinology can point
with certainty to th* factors In
volved, in a rational, scientific man
ner. W* have too long isgarded In
unity a* purely a brain condition Ita
uat la unquestionably In the en
docrine glands, which absolutely con
trol every brain function.
Kegulal* All Activity
"No greater truth has t-een
vouchsafed to mankind than that
these lowly masse* of colloidal ooze
regulate all body activity, down to
the tiniest cell, I am satisfied, from
deft clinical experience with th* radl
• ndocrlnetor that a method of *n
doerlneozotlon, la now avallabla
whereby wa can definitely, practical
ly without exception, retard the
progress of ear*acenr* and glvo a
new lease <-f relatively normal func
tioning power to those whoa* sun of
Ilf* I* slowly sinking into the purple
shadows of that longest night.
"Bejuvenetlon mesne more today
then any other *ub)*ct that ran con
cern a man or woman Tha wrinkled
f«<-*, the drawn akin. Ihe dull eye, th*
iHvt'ese gall, the faulty memory, th*
aching body, Ihe destructive effects
of sterility, all spell Imperfect en
docrine performance "
f The Weather
lv- >
for D hour* 7 f> rn April 1ft
Fr#>rijrt«mttnn, !*#■ he a nr A MN«4fMllh*
Tot14 IBtlt Total fint'l January I,
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11 p*w*n_ : • r f« v4<
All Balloons
in National
Race Down
Goodyear III, Piloted by Nan
Orman, Believed Winner
—Honeywell Kutry
Close Seeond.
Two Land in Minnesota
Han Antonio, Tn„ April It.—All
balloon* In the national elimination
rare had landed and reported to th*
rare committee here at 3 p. m. today.
The Honeywell and the Goodyear
ITI were the last to land. The Honey
well landed at hanbom. Minn , and
the Goodyear III at Recheeler, Minn.
lit. Paul, Mir.n , April 2a —Two on
trie* in the national elimination bal
loon race landed in aouthem Minn*
•ofa today, the "Honeywell" landing
near Han born and the "Goodyear 111"
coming down five mile* north of
Uocbeater.
The "Honeywell" landed without lr,
eldent. It waa piloted by Capt. H. E.
Honeywell and waa the enlry of the
Kanaaa City Co-operative club. The
"Goodyear III" tor# down th# tele
graph wire# and five polea In landing,
wrecking the carriage.
Neither Ward T. Van Orman, pilot,
or C. K, Wallen, hi* aide, were hurt
In the landing of the "Goodyear III."
Wreckage atrewu over the track* de
layed a Chicago Great Weetcro pa*
eenger train for IS minute#.
Although Honeywell and Von Or
nr.on are virtually tied for oatanre
from Han Antonio, air aervlc# officer#
behave the Goodyear III la the win
ner bv a few mil** Major Peek I*
probably third It I* not believed
here that the American record for
dbftance waa browen. It le 1,172
mflee.
Hr A Marl* tea Ttraa
lie* Koine* April 2i —An el*1 tnral
etorrn In northern Iowa early today
brought down two of the balloon* In
tba national elimination hoUgon race,
which atarted from Han Antonlh, Tea..
Wedneaday.
Th# "Detroit," piloted by Herbert
Van Thaden, went down at 4 thta
morning near Dubuque, and the
L'nlted Htalc* army balloon No, 1.
piloted by Maj Norman W. Peek,
waa for red to land at Ht Anagar, near
the Mlnneaota line.
Th# "Goodyear III," piloted by
Ward T. Van Orman, waa righted
over Volga City early today and waa
haaded due north. At noon today
no further report* had been received
her# from th* Grady ear craft and
Indication* were It anil waa In the
air.
Tba only other balloon, which waa
•till In the rare early today, wa* the
"Honeywell," piloted by Capt, H. E
Honeywell. It had not been righted
In Iowa at noon
FRISCO SLAYER
GETS REPRIEVE
Han Pmnctaco. April 2b.—I .act min
ut# reprlev# cam* late Thttr*day for
laaae Wolfgang, In th# death houa*
at th* atata prlaon at Han Quentin
awaiting **#eutlon tomorrow morn
Ing, when the atat# auprem* court
granted a writ of error on If* re
fuaal tn lean* a writ of hah*** cor
pua and aant the raa* to tba aupteme
court of th# l’nlted Htatea
Wolfgang wa# convicted of th#
murder In Toe Angel** of Policeman
Oliver Dlnamor# when th* policemen
attempted to arr**t him for the theft
| of a bottle of milk
Ford it Throttle,
Firestone
Fires
Mnrquette, Mkh April S*.—Henry
Ford Is learning to drive a locomo
tive, Harvey Firestone, millionaire
tire manufacturer, Is acting a* fire
man, while Thomas Edison eneotir
ages them when they return from tic
engine cab of the Ford special train
touring the upper peninsula of Mich
igan on an Inspection tour of the
Detroit manufacturer's pi opertle*.
Mr. Ford has taken to hla new
Job with the avidity of a youngster,
according* to tha trainmen with the
party, and can handle the engine ef
ficiently. Firestone, they eaJd. la a
fireman.
i
Knickerbocker
*
New Manager of
Salt Lake Line
Former Alaska Steamship
Company Chief to Succeed
W. H. Comstock—Head
quarter* at Id>* Angelea.
Announcement of the appointment
effective May 1 of F. H. Knicker
bocker as general manager of the Is»*
Angeles A Halt Uake railroad, with
headquarter* at I.o# Angeles, was
made today hy W If Guild, assistant
to the vice president of the Union
Pacific system.
Mr. Knickerbocker, who has been
general manager of the Alaska
flteamshlp company and Copper
lOver A Northwestern railway, lakes
the place of W. If Comstock, who
resigned to leo ttrS vice president of
the citizen* Trust and Havings bsnk
of t»a Angelea. Mince August. 1*7*.
Mr Knickerbocker has been con
I reefed whh tha stesmslilp company
'Prior to that time he held varjoua
lposlt|on* with the Oregon Hhort Ijtne,
including that of general euperlnten
dmf
Mr. Knickerbocker wse horn In Chi
cago, December 1*. 1*77. He attended
schmd in Omaha and began hla rail
road career as a stenographer to tha
peneml freight agent of the Oregon
Hhort Un«. Msrrh « 1**7, at Halt
Uake City.
Halt Take City. April 75 —Tha ap
jvuntment of Fred H Knickerbocker
to be general manager of fh# lew
Angeles and Halt Iwke r*l!m*»l was
confirmed here trelay hy E E. Calvin
of Omaha, vice president In charge of
traffic of the Union Peiaflc system.
Mr. Calvin Is In Halt Uaka on an In
spection trip
Mr. Knickerbocker will hold a con
ference h*re negf Sunday with Mr
Calvin before proceeding to levs An
geles In assume hla nsv* duties, ac
cording to announcement.
PAVER ABUSED
HER, WIFE SAYS
Mr* Hugh Murphy, Jr . testified In
domestic relations court Friday after
noon that her huaband came home
tntoutcated a number of times snd
need abusive language H* la trees
urer of tha Hugh Murphy fvmetru'
lion company
They ware married In 1*1* and hav#
a child, Phllomena. 4 Mra Murphy
haa two children hr a former mar
rlage The homa ls at 10* Mouth
Fifty first afreet.
Olify Two Amriran Marine*
Slain in Honduras Clash
Han Halvador. April ?* —Only two
American marinas war* killed In tha
clash In Honduras reported for the
first time In dispatches received yea
lard ay. according to ddvicaa reaching
bars fodav,
Radio Waves Must Go to Church Sunday
in Kansas, Attorney General Holds
l.illlr C.hurrh at \orir«v l»e* W04W Aftrr
Castor Leaves hut Nearhy Station Interfere*.
Com plain « Congregation— W ill Remedy.
Sr rami Uftl##
Top#k* Kan . April Jt.— ff ***tl«
lht»rf#r#* with th» radio **r#|itin» of
rhurrh *#rvh *• I* II to lx r1**«rfl*d
a* Ih* work of II.' d#tll#or of man?
Thl# la Ihr nu#»1l«,n whlrh tru«l#r«
of th# lltll# pn*t> r r»* rhurrh al Nor
way. Kan, *utrmlt#d «o Atty. Urn
Chart** ft Griffith today,
Th# lltll* rhurrh at Norway thought
It had It* mtnlat'r prohtam alt a#ul*d
w|lh lit# rdvrn' <>f radio hroadraat
#4 rhurrh arrvir*#.
Too tmall to #u, |*>rt a r#*14#nt min
latar, th# rr./if rrgaljoo fnatallod a
radio irrrivlnr *#t with «. loud *p**k
or and arromhird e,n Sunday morning*
to tun# In on th# *#rvtr#* of a taatihn
alia Omaha rhurrh
Th# ptnn workrd Idratly. Ih# trua
tee* declared When the Omaha con
frcfatlca song. tha aeratilptaK tit
tha tUJla country church rhlni.d In
When the f maha paalnr presehed.
tha folks at No* a ay lletened or d >wd
Jtjat Ilka tha faraha congregation
W hen <>nt»hi announced the nflrtinc.
the ptriie a ia peered in Norway.
Then trouble darted. Interference
In tha firm of continue.* wave* *aul
In haea been sent out by a small
broadcasting station near Norway
regularly tntermpted tha eervkrs
Attorney Oen«“*t Clrifflth de«-:de.1
that If the hr. ad> aster Interfered ma
t|rt«u»ty he rci id he pmneew.(d,
charged nllii a aMatlon of tha Kan
•aa taw yrnhdd trig tntsrfer* nc* With
religious worship sod Its coeee*4oei.t
heavy penalties.
w -I
Acid Ends
Wicrd Love
Triangle
Modern Portia. Kill*r B«»
ciii<f Married M a n
Spurned Love, Trapped
in Flight
Death Foils Detective!
Ill t Rltrraal vnio.
Detroit, April 25—Wand* Ktopa,
pretty 2Jy**r-old Chicago lawyer,
ended her life In tha Htalkr hotel
her* today. Hh* took poison.
The girl took her llf* when *h«
learned Chicago d*t#etlv*a were o<
the way here to arrest her# for mur
der. Hh* killed an aged gardner In
Chicago yeaterday when he undertook
to prevent hr* from entering tha
home of T. K. Bmlth. advertising
tnan, whom ahe had a worn to kill he
eaua# of a love affair.
After the Chicago crime, the girl
hoarded a fa*t train, cam# to Detroit
and secured a room at the Ktatler.
I .ate thle afternoon ah# learned
through newspapers that ah* had
been traced here. Hetlrlng to her
room eh* took the fatal pole on. Her
Identity waa disclosed when her body
waa found.
Grain Head Hurt
in Motor Crash
Frank J. Taylor Seriously In
jured an Auto Crashes
Into Pole.
frank 3. Taylor, president of the
Taylor Drain company, 2*hl Houtn
Thlriy third atreet. eras eertouaty In
jured Frl-Uv morning when the auto
mobile he waa driving gtruck a tele
phone pole aa he turned down the
In-line to the Burlington d-tvr
Htt cheat waa crushed and he suf
fered coticuaelon of the brain. Internal
Injuries and laceration* and *hr*g<et>*
about the head.
Ta'ylor was driving Mr*. IWea
Brigham, mother of Detective De->rg*
ling turn 9*11 Frederick atreet, and
Mr*. Annette lake, the detective'*
—•train, to the station. Mr*. Lake wae
to Mav* for her horn* tn Watertown,
Neb Both women were badly shaken
up and bruised. • ,
The car was wrecked. Taylor w«*
taken to Nicholas Been hospital
Taylor la president of the Om.-’t*
Drain egchange.
Dr, Hiyfi Dfliren I^rture
at Mtiair Tfirbfn’ Meeting
Orand Island Neb April ft.—At
th* dosing session of th* eighth an
nual convention of th# Nsbrasl *
Music Teacher*' *ssoei»*lon. Rev Dr.
P Mills Hsye*. honorary professor of
English and art la th* fnlrsral'y of
Nebraska. delivered a leciurs on "The
I Influenoe of th* Imprearionlel'.f
Movement In Literature, Painting
and Muelr." stressing muelr.
Mr and Mr*. Hayes M. Fuhr. of
the Hastings foliage conservatory,
presented Tennyson'* "Enoch Ardor '*
vrlth the musical setting hy Richard
Ptrsuss. Mr# Fuhr at th* piano and
Mr Fuhr reading the poem.
Tha convention clotted with a ban
quet.
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Summary of
The Day In
Washington
The senate disposed of many #*e
lw>n* of th* ta* MU.
Th* funding of th* Hungar.aa
debt to the t'nited Piste* was an
nounced
Th# houa* began consider at loo of
th* child labor constitutional
amendment.
A grand Jury »»* selected ta bear
criminal charge* growing out of th*
oil Investigation
Th* house shipping board Investi
gating committee Inquired Into re
! pair worh on shipping board
, v ease la
Newton D Raker and other op
, posed th* Ferd Muscle Shoal* of
fer before lbs sensl* agrtculture
commute*
Th* MpFadden MB to • riend tha
i national hank and federal reserve
I arts was reported hy the house,
hanking committee.
River and harbor Improvements
j estimated to cost were
I approved by the house river* and
j harbors pnmtnHfe*. *
The boundary -ommlas onsr* sp
j pointed hy the supreme court sub
| mitto-l their report on the Teas*
I Oklahoma fled river case.
Announcement was mad* that
President fooltdg* vs a* atlenvpttng
j lo work out a new solution at th*
I Japan*** problem
Invitation* ear* tmiad ty the
Amei-icaa government for a ran
j fsrencs of ventral American ie*
j puMlr* loidving to peace la Hon*
f dura*.
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