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I weather—forecast i 'Tijr' OMAHA' MORNING >EE change in temperature. “ “T r|bow himself through the world. giv ___ __— ..J , ■ - — _ — j- m j = ■ ■■ ■—m_= jnR nn(| receiving offense.—Carlyle. CITY EDITION y0L> g4 NQ m_OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1924. * TWO CENTSla °T*.h c*"*. --—- _ Stone Will Seek Court Tax Ruling r _ Attorney General to Make Test Case on Publication of Income Tax Returns —Gives No Opinion. I' Supreme Judges Decide By tnlversal Service. Wr Washington, Oct. 28.—Attorney | General Stone decided today to take l Ithe question of the publication of In I jfcome tax returns Into the courts for ^ final decision. Stone said that he would select fco-ne newspaper or newspaper pub {isher to prosecute for violatio'n of he Internal revenue law, which brakes It illegal for anyone to pub ' lish any part of an Income tax re I turn. This test case will be brought I eventually into the supreme court, where the question will be decided once and for all. The attorney general believed that this was the only means of settling the tax publicity dispute. Contrary te expectations he refrained from ex pressing his personal views on the matter, merely quoting the letter of the statutes. According to his explanation, Stone b voided making a decision as to whether or not the newspapers were guilty of violating the law in pub lishing the income tax information because he felt the attorney gen eral’s opinion might control the gov ernment's and newspapers attitude anil prevent the dispute from being brought into court. Court Proper Place. 1 Tie said that the court was the proper place for an adjudication to be made. Until the problem Is finally settled In court, the attorney general warned newspapers against continuing the publication of tax returns. *“If the papers continue to publish the income taxes, they will be doing rbo at their own peril,” ho said. He made it plain that he had not pet decided when he would prosecute nor when nor where the action would take place. He will select a case that typifies most of the points in the dispute. Stone said that after carefully studying the situation he could not find that the officials of the Treasury department had been guilty of any violation of the law in making the returns public. He em phasized that the law expressly di rected these officials to have the data available for publio Inspection, and that. In complying with the law they bad warned the newspapers against publishing tiie tax information. Action Against Papers. T-’or this reason all the government action will center against the news papers themselves, while the Treas ury department will be considered as having complied with tlie law. The attorney general also disputed the argument that the publicity provision of the internal revenue law was intended to apply to the tax on Income in 1924, and not to’ those taxes collected in 1924 on 1923 in comes. He said that as he understood the question, the law having been passed was at once in force. He declined, however, to any whether he con sidered the publicity provision retro active and intended to apply to the taxes of the last two years. LOEB WILL NOT ATTEND FUNERAL •Toilet, III.. Oct. 28.—Richard Loch will not attend the funeral of hls father, A. B. Loeb. who died yester day in Chicago, Jacob Loeb, his uncle, announced during a visit at the prison here. Jacob Loeb told Rich ard of hls father's death. Ho said po request would he made to have the youth released from prison to at Mnd the funeral. We Have With Us Today latslie SI. rerrott. Architect, Melbourne, Australia. Leslie M. Pcrrott, architect, Is to draw plans for the lirst typical Ainer lean hotel* to be built In Melbourne, Australia. Accompanied by James Richardson, wealthy owner and opera tor of hotels in that city. Mr. Perrott Is touring the United States to make a. survey of up-to-date hotels. They are also purchasing equipment for these hotels, Including laundry sup plies and plumbing. A hotel with rooms with private baths, at earn heat and hot and cold water la not to be found in Melbourne, according to Perrott. The privilege of taking a room In the hotel with cur the necessity of eating meals there, European plan, will he an Inno vation Introduced by Mr. Richardson. The flood of American manufacturers to Australia has made it necessary to build modern hotels, said the archi tect, Australia has the greatest auto ‘'mobile market in the world with tlie r cBceptlott of America, he said. Mrs. Perrott I" with her husband. Bhc Is an American girl, native of Kow Britain, Conn. Si S 5 Cents Awarded Plaintiff in Slander Suit Special llUputdi to Tlic Oikialia lice. Columbus, Neb., Oct. 28.—A jury in the district court of Merrick county today awarded Charles I). Perkins, plantiff, damages of 5 cents in a slander suit which lie had brought against John Kershaw. Perkins accused Kershaw of hav ing slandered him by starting a rumor that hay had been stolen from a farm on which Perkins was employed and that Perkiis was the person who had been responsible for the theft. Kershaw denied tiiat lie bad started, or repeated, such a rumor. But Perkins insisted on legal re dress. The Jury listened patiently to the evidence and then giunted dam ages which they felt fully covered the injury to Perkins' feelings. Franco-Russian Amity Restored Eiffel Tower Flashes Moscow Recognition by Herriot of Soviet. By AMMociuteri Paris, Oct. 28.—France’s recogni tion of the Russian soviet govern ment was flashed at noon today from Eiffel Tower in a brief message ad dressed to >f. Tchitcherin, foreign minister at Moscow. The French government promised to make public the text tonight, together with the text of (he soviet reply, but up to 10 tonight neither text hail been issued, as the Russian answer had not been received, and the government was firm in its resolve to publish the two simultaneously. A message was even sent to M. Ra kovsky, the Russian soviet charge at London, requesting him to refrain from issuirfg the texts of the notes until he was assured they had been given out in Paris. It may be taken for granted, the Matin says, that the exact terms of the reply are known to M. de Mon zie, president of the commission on Russian affairs, who would hardly have risked offering the govern ment's recognition without onreful soundings and precise assurances, notably front M. Rnkovsky regarding the reception awaiting it. The next step will be the nomina tion of ambassadors. P.ut apart from that, according to the Matin, a Franco-Russian conference for next week is under consideration at which the economic and financial ouestions raised by recognition will be studied. M. de Monzie is likely to preside at this conference, and M. Tchitcherin may possibly head the Russian dele gations. The French govermnen thad origin ally intended that these negotiations should precede recognition, hut Mos cow demanded that the discussion should follow recognition, as it was impossible for Russia to hind herself by engagements if not officially rec ognized. Tile French agreed to this on condition that the soviets under dertook to show a conciliatory spirit during the ensuing negotiations. Note Is Received. By AiMkorlatiMl I'rc**. Moscow. Oct. 28.—M. Tchitcherin. commission for foreign affairs today received from Premier Herriot a note conveying France’s full and conril tional recognition de jure of the soviet government. An immediate exchange of ambassadors is sug gosted. FOUR CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE Tccumseh, Oct. 2R.—Charles Well sandt of Tnlmage has received word from Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Paulsen of Orovllle, Wash., that they lost their four children In a fire which destroyed the family residence. Mrs. Paulson is a daughter of Mrs. Well sandt and the family formerly lived in this section. The fire started in the Paulsen home at 3 a. m. Mr. Paulsen was away from home, being on a night shift of work at a railroad round house. Mrs. Paulsen was sleeping on a porch and did not awaken until the heat became intense and timbers began falling in the bouse. It was absolutely too late to save any of the children. The children were T.illic, 14; Verncr, 12; rilsle. 10; Arnold. R. The house and all of its contents were destroyed Strrrt to Hr Graveled. Harvard. Oct. 2R.—The street lead ing into the city from the cemetery, six blocks or more, will be graveled, according to present plans of city officials. Married in Council bluffs. Tliefollowlnir persons obtained marriage Ihenses in Fount-II Muffs yoaterday. Name. Residence. Arc* M H. Wilkinson. Oinitba.4! I'Mrui I-*, Jones. Omaha. :to Fdwnrd ll**ffner, Heading. Pa . 24 Josephine T.avolo. Fast Providence. II 1 21 Wdwsrd FlirastH. lfallani. Neb ..22 Beatrice Th'h.v, Wilber. Neb .in Frank Patel, Olenwood. Neb. ..2”1 Sylvia 1’rban. Glenwood. Nob l« Fskil F Ifsnson. Ilenrdlot Neb 2l Helen F. Wickbiirg. SIrotnsburjr. Nab 10 William Hobart Mahmsofi, Omaha. IJ Viiii in 11. i bn a ha 1 * franU Hein*. Spaulding Neb. Ifarirlla Smith. Rapid ‘‘lly. H l» -»• .loll II F Drew. Ties Moines. In 4: Fannie Mmle Pelbv. Omaha 40 Adolph II Voss. twin* Poach. i'al >*• Mm v M. Hlekkotter. Blair. Neb. . ... A* John Thomas Pavla. DealnatOP. Neb 1 M'ary This!. Lexington. Neb. ...»» -KOiSIH 83* Divorcee. 23 / Shoots Her Bx-Husband With Daughter, 2, Clinging to Her Neck, W oman Fills Body of Former Mate With Shot. He Broke Into Her Home Hy 1 ni vernal Service. San Francisco. Oct. 28.—While her 2-year-old daughter clung tightly to her neck, Mrs. Beulah Harris, 23, a pretty divorcee, raised a shotgun to her shoulder and killed her former husband, Roy Harris, 29, late today as he was about to enter her home In the fashionable Ingleslde district. Harris, riddled wtih buckshot, roll ed down the steps. “Oh, daddy, daddy!” screamed the child, as her mother calmly walked to the telephone and notified the police, “that she had just killed her husband." Mrs. Harris appeared calm as the officers entered her home. “He threatened to kill me many times,” Mrs. Harris told the |Kilice. "I was attracted by a noise at the rear door and on arriving there I found my former husband trying to force open the door. "I warned him to leave and told him I would shoot If he entered. He threw his weight against the door and as it flew open I grabbed a shot gu nand fired. It was all his own fault.” Mrs. Harris was charged wtih mur der. FASCIST REGIME TWO YEARS OLD By Associated PrM», Rome. Oct. 28.—Italy today cele brated the completion of two years under the fascist government. Public buildings throughout the kingdom, by the order of Premier Mussolini, and thousands of private ones were lye flagged in honor of the occasion. The features of the celebration were the ceremonies consequent upon taking the oath of allegiance to the king by some 250,000 black shirts, most of whom participated in the fascistl march on Rome two' years ago and who were later formed into a national militia, becoming an integ ral part of the nation's armed forces. The oath-taking ceremonies were scheduled for various centers through out the country but the principal functions were In Milan, with Pre mier Mussolini attending, and In Rome. U. S. STEEL PAYS EXTRA DIVIDEND New York, Oct. 28—Directors of the United States Steel corporation nt their meeting this afternoon declared an extra dividend of f>0 cents a share on the common stock, in addition to the regular dividend of $1.25 a share. Net earnings of the corporation for the quarter, September 30, 1924, were $30,718,415, against $47,053,880 in the same quarter last year. Surplus after taxes and charges amount to $15,078,110, equal, nfter preferred dividends, to $1.72 a share on tho common stock. SUNKEN TREASURE SHIP IS LOCATED New York, Oct. 28. — Treasure hunters who left New York early this month In recover gold, silver, copper and Jewels which went down with the steamship Merida off the Virginia capes In 1911 hnve been successful in the first phase of the expedition. The sunken ship tins been located. Divers now will be sent down after the treasure, the value of which is esti mated'at $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. Alfalfa Stark Hums on Farm Near RmI Oak Red Oak, In., Oct. 28,—A slack of alfalfa hay, estimated to contain 40 tons, on the Frank hidings farm two miles north of lied Oak took fire Friday morning and continued to burn until late Sunday evening. The fire started from spontaneous com bustion. The loss Is estimated from 8800 to $700, it is covered by insur ance. Shenandoah Hull of Joke. Shenandoah, la., Oct. 2s. The *ea bnn’ft bent joke <m Shenandoah, whJch pride* 11n«»If In having a dirig ible for a namesake, in brought from I New Kngland by R I*’. Ilopkln*. a flag MAlnuman. Driving through n i onnectieut town, llopktnn wn» liaIt• fd by a young American who called to his gang "Hey. coma hero and bop iIih guy what think* ho 1* driving the Shenandoah.” The boy had *pled the Shenandoah namcplne on the Iowa car. Mayor Voss hnprm in ft. Atlantic, la , Oct. 2H -The coudl lion of Mayor K. I! Vos* of Rxira, jfiiouHly III. as tlu* rcMiilt of burnn Miiatulned while fighting a blare in bit* son'* wood*bop, Im better, lie aluo Im suffering from effect* of fume* of < bemlcnl* used to extinguish bis blaz ing clothing. Keep Business on the Up Grade GENERAL INCREASE Ilf 11™,!-.!/%*;™* PRODUCTION REPORTED Kriimiri II 111 Washington. Oct 26.—A ten«9* Jl * vUAiv incr*ase of reduction of basic curt* * •___ _ _/• (nudities. factory employment, a«» |C ■JT*pt^OQ C1|1|J distribution of merchandise was uofc lO iilvl CCvWXliy „d ln gapfamber and tbej« war. .(< - V considerable Increase In the Voluno* of borrowing for commercial- pu«* - . poses In September anil early U«* T?-ua-»alAt r-ndOrtT 'ober the federal reserve board t»vl r .HlDiOVTlicTj L m « Statement today LlAllMiV^r %* Thp boards lnde» of production tut • ^ tmslc Industrie*, ajljuste.l fov <■?«• 'i't\C%1fPA QltlO serial variation*.,rose nine pec coi>« JLLxleJ. VclX*OXX/>/ ,n September, the first ad'anco *inc<i 'U Januaty. It »&* said Increased *c tivltles were notetlin many lines o, industry tncludinajUuttlles. Hon anj —. WT 1 1 steel and coal Blinding contract* In Nebraska 0,“ we are at the1 dawn of a new prosperity Vote for Coolidde and Dawes next Tuesday and make prosperity sure Nebraska Corn Improves Greatly Warm October Gives Grain Opportunity to Harden and Mature. Spccl»l IM.patch to The Omaha Bc». Columbus, Neb., Oct. 28.—Nebrusku corn crop may be Increased at least in per cent because of the extremely warm and pleasant October, reports from farmers In this vicinity show. When the early frost came all hope of saving a portion of the corn crop was abandoned. The ears wero soft and only partially filled. The cold, wet summer hnd done Its damage. Then came the warm weather of October and the ears began to All out and harden. Now the crop looks gooil and a cry which has not been heard In years has been raised. "Where will we get help In harvest ing the crop?" the farmers are ask ing now. The poor outlook for a corn harvest resulted In the usual number of tran sients staying away from Nebraska. Tho farmers say that they have not even seen any hoboes along the rail road right-of-ways. TWO ESCAPED CONVICTS HELD San Francisco. Oct. 28.—Arrested on a charge of vagrancy following a brawl in a downtown apartment house, in which one woman was beat en and a taxicab driver shot, Richard Richter, alias Frank McErlane, was today Identified as an escaped con vict. Richter was identified from photo graphs by Policeman Emmet Hogan as Frank McErlane, convicted In Chi cago In June, 1916, as a participant In the murder of Policeman Herman Malley. He escaped from the Cook county jail there on September 12, 1918. George Carroll, alleged companion of Richter, arrested for disturbing the peace, was identified ns an escaped convict from Waukesha, WIs.. where he was serving a term for robbery. In the room In a downtown hotel occupied by Richter and Carroll po lice say they found two automatic re volvers and two shotguns, along with several hundred rounds of ammuni tion. Bishop Beckman Confirms Classes at York ami MeCool York, Oct. 28. Bishop Francis J. Heckman made his first official visit to York on Sunday for the purpose of assisting at confirmation services at Which 73 girls and hoys were con firmed. In the afternoon the bishop went to MeCool where the sacra ment of confirmation was administer ed to 26 young people. Clarinda Colored Women Voters to Be Organized Clarinda. la.. Oct. 28 Mrs. Mar garet <\ (Joiner, national organizer, (’hleago, find Mr*. Joe .Tone*, !>«•* Maine*. director of colored women’* department, will organize the colored women voter* here October 29 tn u Coolldge l)nwe* c lub. Cattle Average $3t a Head at Public Sale Shenandoah, la., Oct. 23. The I*. It. Marker public *a!o of cattle war at tended by n large number of buyer* rind wa* aatlafactory to Mr. Marker. The 53 head iold hverged $.14. Bank Held Up. Juliet. III. Oct. 28. Five bandits, traveling In an automobile Molen a week ago from a Mate highway po liftman, till* afternoon held tip the .Vkokcim State hank at Mokena, eight mile-. east of here, and escaped with $4,000. Escaped Theft Suspect Caught Man Carried From Hospital in Wheel Chair Must Stand Trial at Once. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Maryville. Mo . Oct. 28.—Otto Kahn, theft suspect, who escaped from a hospital here recently, was recap tured In Oregon. Mo., today. He had been transported to Oregon in an automobile by friends and left there. He refused to divulge the names of the triends who had aided in his escape. Kahn was being held in a hospital here Buffering from a fractured ltip. received when he leaped from a sec ond story window of a Maryville home after he had been surprised at work by police. He was in a cast and unable to move. His physician laid declared him unfit to leave the hos pital to stand trial and a guard had been placed at the door of his room. Recently two friends came to visit Kahn In the hospital. Ho had asked, and received, permission to lie in a wheel chair, and the friends simply I took the man, chair and all to a waiting automobile and left. It was believed that the man had been taken to Kansas City and the search for him was chiefly In that direction. The sheriff, however, re ctlved word today that a man an swering Kahn's description was in Oregon and went there immediately. Kahn will stad trial fur the robbery of the Maryville home at once. He will appear In the court room in a wheel chair and will still hvear his cast. WRECKED FLIERS REACH HONOLULU By AfttMielntr'l I’rrn*. Honolulu, Oct. 2S.—The mine layer Ludlow returned to port here today with the victims of yesterday's near disaster caused when an airplane en route to the Island of Molokai was forced down Into a rough sea. Albert C. Atkinson, a navy day official, who was injured while the Ludlow was making the rescue, was taken to a hospital. The other three who were aboard the airplane were not injured. The wrecked airplane was sighted by tlie Ludlow more than six hours after the accident. The airplane had drifted 30 miles from the point at which it was forced down. Clurinda Wmen Issur \ ote-Getting Challenge I Clarlnda, la., Oct. 28.—Members of (he Commercial club and several hun dred women interested in the politi cal situation were addressed at a ban quet here by Judge W. C. Ratcliff of Hod Oak. The speech was nonparti san. The women have challenged the men of the Commercial club lo a vote getting conlest. Clarinda High School Girin on Kudin Program • larindn, la.. <H i. 2s. KFNF sta tlon tShenandoah) noun program Wed nesday will include three high school girls from Clarinda, member* of the Junior ('In**: 1*3va Uarrlson, niww» *o prano; Carrie Owen*, pianist; Miriam Kaufman, violinist. Knrlington Train Derailed. Lincoln, Oct. 28.—-Derailment of n Burlington freight train two and one half mile* west of Brush, Colo,, last night caused it slight delay on (he main line of that rood, according to reports received at divisional head quarters here tnda\ Six cam are r* ported to have left the track, four "t which rolled down grade Into the ditch. No lives were lost, officials said. y Labor Party On Trial at Polls Today Third Parliament in Two Years Will Be Chosen by British Nation; Out come Uncertain. Labor Probably to Lose lt> Associated I'rm. London. Oct. US.—The people of Great Britain will provide themselves tomorrow with their third parliament within two years. What kind of a parliament it will he after the votes of the nation are counted no promi nent politician or political observer lias been audacious enough to predict publicly. That the labor government will go the way of all governments seems, however, to be the opinion held almost everywhere; but some of the laborites still appear confident that their party will be given a man date to remain in office. Whether the conservatives can re coup their losses of a year ago and return to the house of commons with a majority over all other parties and thereby put themselves into office without the assistance of the others, is a question no one has any means of determining, or even reasonably forecasting until tlie returns come in. Russia Upsets Dope. The whole preelection political situ atlon lias l>een made utterly uncertain by tlie eleventh hour bursting of the 'Russian bomb shell." with an effect on the country that cannot be gauged at all. Until this "red letter" gave the campaign orators a real live wire topic total, the electorate wore an apathetic air and it was rather the general expectation that the three parties would retur nto Westminster in thp same relative positions they held numerically when the last par liament's life ended—the conserva tives first. lal>or second and the lib erals third—with the conservatives lacking a clear majority. But now nobody tan say with any confidence what the result will lie. in any event what happens wifi not he due to apathy tinless the voters are entirely unaffected by screaming headlines nnd unperturbed by political speakers. Liberals Losing. Straw votes have been taken throughout the country and most of them indicate a slight increase in the strength of both conservatives and laborites, with the liberals losing. That the liberal strength in parlia ment is on the wane seems also to be the opinion of both tory and social ist chieftains. "The liberals are perishing." Lord Birkenhead informed one of his audi ences this afternoon. Birkenhead is a unionist. Philip Snowden, commissioner of the exchequer, almost at the same hour, told his hearers that thpre would never he a liberal government and tonight the prime minister, Ram say MacDonald, said that the only alternntlve to a labor government was a conservative government. On the other hand, former Premiers Asquith nnd Lloyd George, as leaders of the liberais, have given no sign of lack of confidence in their speeches in their constituencies. 23 PERSONS HURT IN TRAM CRASHES Baltimore. Md.. Oct. 29. Twenty three persons wore Injured In two street car collisions believed caused by Slippery rails resulting from an early morning drizzle here today. Am bulnnces responded to the first acci dent and barely finished taking the injured to hospitals when they were called to help the victims of the sec ond crash. It is believed all will re cover. Supporters of La toilette Organize Club at Avoea Atlantic, la.. Oct. 29.—A political meeting in interest of Senator Robert M. |„a Follette's presidential candi dacy was belt! here Tuesday night at Avoea. Charles Eckhardt. president ot the Avoea lax Kollrtte club, pre sided. Extra Hail Dividend. New York. Oct. 29.—Directors of the Norfolk & Western Railway do dared an extra dividend of 1 per rent on the common stock In addition to the regular dividend of 1 \ per cent Roth are payable Hecemlier 19 to stock of record November ”9. Chicago Hanker Hit's. Chicago. Oct. 29—James R. For gun, for more than a quarter of a century one of the leading lutnkers of llie middle west died here tonight at .1:40 after an illness of hut a few days, lie was 72 tears old. Carpenter Hurt at Work. Atlantic. In, Oct. *S.—WUIIam Ful ton, carpenter employe*! at the Voss wnndehop at FxIih, la . suffered a painful Injury la at night when n rap Idly revolving drill slipped and pene (rated the I»one In the left ttriat Stamlnnl Oil Dividend. Sun FihnolHoo. t h’t The Stan iLird t Ml mnipany CtTallfornlal today declared a regular quarterly d vldend of b0 i rntn a ahut c to all atockholdcre "f record of November 17. /Vine Babies Pledged To Teachings of W. C. T. U. Nine baliies were pledged to the teachings of the Women's Christian Temperance union at the state convention held at North Platte, Neb., last week, according to re port made by Mrs. Harriet Nation, president o'f Omaha W. C. T. L., at a meeting held Tuesday after noon at the Y. M. C. A., tor re port of delegates. One baby was named Frances Willard in honor of the great temperance worker, said Mrs. Nation. Mrs. Alice Wetherboe. another delegate from Omaha W C. T. F., made report of the entertainment and meetings held. Mrs. H. C. Fetters, candidate for election to the board of education on the Greater Omaha ticket, spoke to the members present. Mrs. bet ters is a member of Francis Willard union. "Another woman Is needed on the school board," said Mrs. Fet ters. "Women look after the physical comfort and spiritual help of children in the schools and the men look after the material side such as new buildings." Fortune Favors McMullen on Tour Fair W eather Essential to Suc ress of Campaign; No Rain Till Final Day. By P. C. POWEIJ-. Is tlie Lord on the side of Adam McMullen, republican candidate for governor? If you ask Walton Roberts of Lin coln, McMullen's manager, he'll tell you He is. “For two months I've been praying that rain wouldn't Interfere with the outstate schedule I prepared for Mc Mullen.” Roberts said. "I knew if McMullen could see the people and the people could see McMullen there would be no doubt about his election. “AH that was necessary' for Mc Mullen to win was for the public to hear McMullen's message to feel con fident that a business man and not a ! politician would handle affairs of state if McMullen were elected. The only thing I w-as afraid of was in clement weather. “Well. sir. you know I had such faith in McMullen putting it over that I prayed for good weather so he could take his message to the highways and byways of the state. It seems the prayers were answered, "For eight weeks the weather had been ideal. Adam McMullen has de lhered his message. And last night, the first night for eight weeks that he didn’t need to awaken to find he was scheduled for speaking outstate. It began to rain. It seems my pray ers have been answered and Adam McMullen has been permitted to de liver his message with the elements favoring him.” MAN ADMITS THEFT; SENTENCED TO PEN Special Ki.palrh tn The Omaha Bee. Grand Island. Neb . Oct. IS.—Ail ap|ietite for chicken has proven the downfall of Miles Gibbons, alias Curt Lambrecht. Miles was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary f°r chicken steal ing after he pleaded guilty in district court here today. Miies. for some months, will not eat chicken Gibbons was accused, by the sheriff, of being the individual who has raided chicken coops in almost every portion of the state. Miles ad mitted that he had raided a few. He gave ns his excuse for thieving an Insatiable appetitie for the white meat of fowls. Community Auction Sale at Wymore Nets Over $1,0001 Wymore, Oct. 28.—The first com munity auction sale conducted by the Wymore Community club, netted over 81.000. The auctioneer wt/ Col. V. K. Kinnev, and J. S. Jones of the Kirst National bank was clerk. Sev eral head of farm stock, household articles, potat jes and other items were sold. The highest price paid was for one mule, 8105. One horse bought 8100 and one cow $75. Potatoes sold for 75 cents per bushel. It is plan ned «o hold a sale each Saturday afternoon. Property Is to he listed at the banks. Hoy’s I.cg Hrokcn in Two Places liy Kicking Horse Tecumseh, Oct. IS.—Ernest Sohra lutck, 16. son of Mrs. Chris Sohra back, living near Crab Orchard, is in a lientrlce hospital. He suffered pain fill injuries from ttie kick of a horse his right leg was broken In two places, and the ntrtal buckle on his garter holder was driven Into the flesh and rut an artery, causing con sldernble loss of blood. I The Weather I V-—-* For *4 hour* rmltnc ? p m Oct M Pro. iptintton tr,« ho* Hundred til*- • Total. total *tn< * Jnmtat v t. £3.0$ . tlefh 3 45 llnurt* Tom pen* I lire* $ * tn ...... M I p m ...... t • Ha tn ....... 3. I» m .... . M < a m..j»? 3 p m .... •> 7 H n in 35 K p in H? $ a tn . . 3 3 3pm h d I •> a m 1*3 * pm.. h* Ha m 3 7 “pm. h i 12 noon .. 10 l p m ....... 60 Nebraskans Injured On Rock Island Coa«li Rolls Down 12-Foot Embankment After Bump ing Over Ties for 300 Feet. Engine Stays on Track Pawnee City. Neb.. Oct 28.- Sic people were injured, three seriously, when a Hock Island iiasaenger train left I he track and turned over, tw and a half miles northwest of this town, at 3 this afternoon. The injured: John McCullough, Kairbury, Neb., conductor, injured about the head, back and shoulders, unconscious. Mrs. Ida M. Smith, Sabetha. Kan., injured about the shoulders and back, unconscious. Mrs. J. Palmer, wife of t hief t lerk to superintendent of Kairbury divi sion. head badly gashed and both bruises. A. I,. Austin. Sabetha, Kan., broken ribs. K. A. 1-aplount. Beatrice, Neb., Salvation Army tforker, batk injured (Maries Malir, Beatrice. Neb., Sal ration Army wotker, body bruised. The Injur'J were taken to a P;.» nee City hospital by doctors who drove to the wreck In automobiles with stretcheis. The train was eastbound from Nel son, Neb., to Horton, Kan. It con sisted of a coach, baggage car anti engine. It was not going fast at the time of the derailment, according 1 ■ ■ passengers. Cause of the accident is not known One truck jumped the rail first and bounced along 300 feet before the n t tipped over The embankment Is 12 feet deep and the cars were resting on thei tops when they stopped sliding The engine did not leave the track. Mrs. J. Palmer, wife of the Kuel Island clerk, was carrying a few months' old baby at the time of the accident. Although she is listed a one of the most seriously injured, her child was not hurt. Although a relief train was sent for immediately after the accident it ha not arrived at 5 tonight and Ihe tracks were still impassable, l'or 3<m feet they had been torn up by the derailed truck. This Hock island track is not a main line, but connects two principal routes. POLITICAL ITEMS ARE IN DEMAND Columbus, Neb., Oct. 28.—Fiction ■nagazine demands at all news stands, i survey of local dealers shows, have aken a decided slump in favor of veekly and daily periodicals carrying speculative articles on the outcome if the election which show an in •rease of ion per cent In sales. IVniers with 50 years experience leclared today that never before dur ng a presidential year have men and vomen. regardless of political affili ition, purchase*! periodicals In effort ° Pet every side of the question Many individuals purchase four and ive newspapers a day. In buying only a few ardent sun loners of Coolidge and Davis express heir opinion. The majority are si ent on the candidate of their choir on! largely speculative on what may lappen in case no man is elected. Next Rio Grande Meet Held in Albuquerque Albuquerque. N\ M.. Oct. L'S.— Tb. next meeting of the Rio Grande com mission to discuss the diversion of the waters of the upper Rio Grande for irrigation purposes will be held in Albuquerque in January or Febru ary, according to Herbert Hoovei secretary of commerce, who passed through here today on his way to California to vote in the election nex: Tuesday. Hoover had just come from Colo rado. where he attended meetings <vf the commission Saturday and Stir day. where definite action was post poned until Texas has an oppor tunlty to name a representative to meet with the commission. fortified Seed Potatoes Bringing Good Prire Hemlngford, Oct. 28.—Septembe snd October rainfall records show - '* inches of rain w ell distributed and w inter grains are up and doing fine The potato harvest is over wlthcu any frost to injure the crop and cert tied seed Is selling rapidly now a $1.50 a bushel or better. One sab of choice bliss Triumphs where the strain has been under certification for several years and where the quality w as well known to southci - planter, who had u«e*t the strain he fore, was made at 11 S2 .a bushe’ f ,*. K. for January shipment and deliv ery to Tavulsiana. Hog ( liolera Infection Spreads in Glav ('ountv Harvard. Oct 2S.— Reports comm', lo Harvard from the adjoining fan, ing district indicate an epidemic vf bog colei a in (he north part of t'la* amntv Although hog raisers w> . Itave l*>*t st.s-k Iwvp ha-tene-1 to vo Inate tlteir herds it is believe*I tha i holera .nfection ha- spiead wit* y.