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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.
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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
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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.