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„H.rh change In temperature. M. M. A. -■—# ^ T ^ Friendship is .he highest degree
- _ _ _ of perfect inn in society.—Montaigne.
CITY EDITION V0L. 54. NO. 119. OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1924. *TWO CENTS1” fTJ’J'cwuc£'£»L?Lut,'L v ----- —' ^
Peter Raps
Approval of
La Follette
Tells Senate Committee Ac
lion of Steulien Society “Af
front to Citizens of
German Descent.”
Investigators Are Defied
► Chicago, Oct. 30.— Declaring that
he had been an "opponent of the
third party movement from its in
• ■option" and that the endorsement
of La Follette by the Steuben society
"as an "affront to every decent chi
rm of German bluod,” Val J. Peter,
Omaha publisher of a German lan
guage newspaper, today struck back
at bis opponents in ids testimony be
fore the Chicago section of tlie sen
ate campaign expenditures Investiga
tion committee.
Peter, obviously angered by attacks
that have hem made upon him, de
lied the committee to force him to di
vulge his circulation figures, when
asked to do so.
"I stand on my rights as a citizen
and i Vusine.-- man,'' Peter told Sam
uel Untermeyer. lawyer and support
er of John W. Davis, when Unter
meyer demanded the figures.
Fights Untermeyer.
Untermeyer insisted that the
"rights” claimed by the witness did
not exist, but Senator Borah, chair
man. ruled that the rights of the
committee to force a witness to an
swer was not clearly set forth and
declined to press the issue.
"We don't want to get in a posl
t’on we can't get out of," lie explain
ed to Untermeyer, and then pointed
out that the question was not of ma
terial importance since circulation
figures are reported to the Postoffice
department.
“As an American of German blood
and as a member of the Steuben so
ciety of America and president of
the Omaha unit of that society, I
was from the beginning opposed to
i the movement of its activities in the
jk formation of a third party and the
P endorsement of anv political party by
our clement as a Woe," Peter told
the committee's
Opposed to a Third Party.
"I consider such an effort not only
as an affront to every decent citizen
of German blood, but as a menace
to America. We are a coherent part
of the American people and want to
be considered as such. We there
fore must refrain from any action
which will put us In a light as trying
to run as an Individual party. We
do not permit anyone to drive us like
• attlo into a certain political group
and we oppose those who seek to
bring vengeance upon those who re
fuse to obey orders of self-appointed
political leaders.
"Furthevmore, I am opposed to the
third party movement because it pre
sents issues and advocates doctrines
which are bound to undermine the
fundamental principles of our coun
try and of our constitution, and are
the first formal steps to create class
distinction in America. It divides
the citizenship into classes and cre
ates class consciousness, the menace
of which brought about the destruc
tion of a great part of Europe.
Explain ti. O. P. Plan.
Deter said he entered into an "ar
rangement with the republican na
tional committee to distribute his pa
pers among the German-speaking per
sons in Iowa, Minnesota and South
Dakota, where there are no republic
an German-language papers.
Peter said he was to send out 200,
aitO copies and had received $10,000
(Turn to Thus Two. Column Four.I
WOMAN ROBBER
PLEADS GUILTY
Shenandoah, 1h., Oct. 30.—Charged
with robbery of three Ciearmont, Mo.,
youths, stripping them of everything
< xeept their B. V. D.'s, Mrs. Ruby
Shannon plead guilty in district
court. The sentence was not pro
nounced. Her husband is in prison
under a 10-year sentence for the same
crime.
Air Port Leased.
Washington, Oct. 30.—Lease of the
Cape May air port to a commercial
company has been authorized by Sec
retary Wilbur on condition that the
leasing company will begin construe
lion of a rigid airship within one year
from the date, of taking possession.
/
We Have
With Us
Today
Dr. A. V. Ilill.
Professor of Psychology,
University of l.oinlmi.
"Have you done anything to pro
long life?" I>r. A- V. Hill was naked
"No,” he replied. ”llut I have done
a lilt to shorten It."
This "bit," explained the professor,
v\;,s the encouragement of violent
physical exercise.
"l!ut reully excessive exercise doe*
Hot have such a very great effect
Upon man's longevity." he added.
Dr. Ilill was awarded Ihe Nobel
in medicine In 1023. lie Is mnk
Ing a aeries of 20 lectures In various
■ it ies of the Halted Stales during
e tour of the country.
i Horse Nips Off Hr'\
. of Woman s «>♦
Ear
Beatrice, Xeb.. Oct. 30.—Mt
( »rum men, wife of a farmer
i west of here, met with a peoulUiv at
1 oldent when she stepped out to th<
barn to do the milking. In passing
a team one of the horses reached
over and bit part of her left ear off,
the services of a physician being re
quired to dress the wound.
Coolidge Winner
bv Big Majority
in Digest s Poll
Granting Doubtful States to
Davis and La Follette,
President Vi ill Still Have
;?27 Electoral Votes.
A complete table of the literary I
Digest's straw tides of 1920 ami I
1921 will he found nil Page 7. |
v'
President Coolidge seems certain to
receive more than enough electoral
votes to retain bis- office for another
term on Ihe basis of Hie final returns
of The Literary Digest s nonpartisan
national poll which will appear in to
morrow s issue of that periodical.
Of the grand total of 2.386,052 bal
lots recorded. Coolidge receives 1 ,
348,033 votes: La Follette, 508,516,
and Davis, 505,410. The balance of
24,093 votes are scattered among the
other five regular candidates.
Wisconsin, casting 13 electoral
votes, is tho only slate which ac
cords Senator I.a Follette a plurality
in The Digest poll. The states cred
ited to Davis include Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Ken
tucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisi
ana, and Ter.qs. represepting a total
electoral vr of 139.
Give* Doubt to Davis.
But, according to The Digest’s fig
ures, Senator La Follette has evi
denced considerable strength In Cali
fornia, Nevada, North Dakota and
South Dakota, which if he gains on
election day would Increase his elec
toral votes to a total of 39.
The Digest states that In pursuing
this policy of giving the benefit of
doubtful states to a vigorous contend
er for leadership in the state, Davis
might be credited with Oklahoma,
West Virginia, and Maryland, which
would Increase his electoral poll 2S
votes, making him a total of 165.
Granting the democratic and pro
gressive candidates these states, where
President Coolidge is leading by a
narrow plurality. It would leave the
president 327 electoral votes, with 266
required for election to the executive
chair.
1-a Follette Leads Davis.
On a special map which The Di
gest has prepared front the final fig
ures of its record-breaking poll, 28
states are marked republican, 12 dem
ocratic, 1 progressive, and 7 doubtful.
“Briefly, Coolidge receives more
votes than all his opponents put to
gether, and La Follette receives a
slightly larger popular vote than goeH
to Davis," says the Digest.
“The Digest does not predict the
election of Coolidge. It presents its
findings, vouches for the honesty and
general accuracy of Its poll, and
haves its readers to draw their own
conclusions.
“On the basts of the piesent Digest
poll, even allowing the rrities their
claim for a considerable margin of
error, which may or may not be
proved, it will he seen that the totals
seem to point to the probability that
Coolidge will receive the electoral
votes of a sufficient number of
states to insure his re-election.
La Folletle Draws Fropi Botli.
“It appears, also, that, In the Im
portant matter of <1 rift, as between
republican anil democrats since 1920.
there lias not been a great deal of
change.
“That Is to say, the growth of T,a
Follette’s strength, which may give
him a larger popular vote than Davis
in the coming election, has been
drawn with a fair amount of equality
from the two old parties, and has
not greatly disturbed their pro
portionate standing as of four years
ago.”
Buyers From Seven States
Buy Hogs at Public Sale
Shenandoah, la., Oct. 30.—Buyers
from Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kan
sas. Minnesota, Illinois and South
Dakota bought spotted Poland-Cblntt
. logs at the sueccsful sale of the
Henry Field Seed company.
Seventy head were sold, 58 boars
and 12 gilts. The boars averaged $40
and the gilts $30. The top of the
“ale was a boar pig whieli brought
$00, .1. G. Kaston of Mernlll, la.,
being the buyer.
A free lunch was served 500 people
who Here entertained by string
orchestra music, solos by Miss Luettn
Min nick and harmonica music by Bill
Sharp.
U heat Field Produces
47 1-2 Bushels to Acre
Bridgeport, Oct. 30. William White,
a farmer southeast or Bridgeport, has
* just threshed a field of wheat that
1 yielded bushels to the Here and
w• t*h*d 01 pound* t" ih* bush*)*
•lanneii — Station Agent Zook «if
s the Rook Island, who w«s seriously
; ill the past few weeks from an at
tack of typhoid fever, la improving.
k •
Piracy
,arged by
Physician
Ur. (1. A. Roetler. in Suit, Ac
cuses Other Omaha Med
ical Men of Attempts to
Force Him to Leave State.
Haled to Court Often
Dr. Clyde A. Boeder, Usti2 llarney
sheet, yesterday filed a $100,000 suit
in district court for alleged con
spiracy to slander him.
Defendants are Dr. Albert P. Con
don, owner of Nicholas Senn hospital;
A. B. Griffith, manager of the hos
pital; Steve Maloney and Felix Dolan,
former police detectives; Newton
Woods, a pollcenic.i. and Sylvia
Woods, his ex-wife; Edwin L. Hunt
ley, publisher of The Mediator; Dr.
Clarence B. Foltz and Dr. William
II. Pruner.
Numerous suits have been filed
against Dr. Boeder in the last year.
He charges that, the defendants
have been conspiring to ruin hint
since October 1, P.I23. He says scan
dalous matter against hint has been
sent by mail to the regents of the
Cniversity of Nebraska College of
Medicine of which lie is a member.
Ho says an article was published
in The Mediator, a weekly paper,
which, though it mentioned no names,
referred to him. He alleges that Dr.
Condon bought 100 copies of the
paper and had them mailed nut.
Dr. Roeder says he and ids wife
have received anonymous telephone
calls threatening them If they did
not leave the s' te. His wife, he says,
has received anonymous letters, ask
ing her to persuade him to depart
from city. He alleges that thren/s
have been made against members of
the families of his attorneys defend
ing him in the suits filed against
him.
Stephen Maloney was formerly
chief of police detectives and Felix
Dolan was a detective. They are now
private detectives.
FOUR WOMEN WIN
AT BRITISH POLLS
By Aanoclated Pr*»«.
London, Oct. 30.—Four of the If
women who were candidates for elec
tion to the house of commons In yes
terday's general parliamentary elec
tions. won seats, three of the suc
cessful candidates being returned to
the house and one of them earning
her seat for the first time.
Lady Asto'r, the duchess of Athol!
and Mrs. Hilton Phillpson, all con
servatives, were reelected and Miss
Wilkinson, labor candidate for Mid
dleboro east was elected for the first
time.
Five women members of the last
parliament failed of re-election.
They were Mis* Margaret Bond
field, Miss Suzan Lawrence and Miss
Dorothy Jewson, all laborites, and
Mrs. Margaret Wintringhani and
Lady Terrington, liberals.
WARMEST OCTOBER
FOR IOWA IN YEARS
Dps Moines, la.. Oi t. 30.—With tem
peratures ranging between 75 and 80
degrees throughout the southern and
eastern sections of Iowa the state to
day experienced the warmest October
30 in 37 years, according to the
weather bureau. Today's record of
78 degrees In IJes Moines has not
been reached since October 30, 1888.
Temperatures thus far this month
have averaged six degrees above nor
mal, the highest being the. 83 degrees
on the 19th.
NEIGHBORS HELD
IN FOWL THEFT
B. II. Higdon, farmer living in Lime
Klin hollow, asked Council Bluffs po
lice Wednesday to aid him in recov
ering Home chickens which he said
had been stolen from 111* farm. He
took police to the farm of Jim Hamer,
nearby, where they found 14 I i •
chickens tied in large sacks. Harvey
Hamer and Arnold Mowery, an cm
ploye, were arrested and are being
held for investigation.
Judge Addresses Meet
From Hospital liy Radio
San Francisco, Oct. 30,—IBs statu*
ns a patient in a hospital in Oakland,
across the bay, did not prevent Judge
Jesse J. Dunn, former chief justice of
tlie state supreme court of Oklahoma,
from opening the first national con
vention of tlie Loyal Knights of the
Hound Table, of which he is presi
dent. in San Francisco today. Judge
Dunn, speaking into a radio micro
phone at his bedside, addressed the
assemblage. Tlie organization is de
voted to public service.
One Hurt in Car Craah.
Ponca, Neb., Oct. 30—Ham Shan
nahnn escaped serious injury, but had
two libs broken, when a big car ran
into his car and crowded him through
i he railing of a In Irige rear the Mu
lion school house as lie was returning
here from Sioux City. His nutomn
bile was wrecked and lie lost about
$15 worth of good* which were watci
snaked in the creek. 'Pile driver of
the other car, which bore art Iowa
license number, sped away without
atoppiufc.
p SVote YES for
CProsperi^c^.
Throw the /Foreign Strength )
election into r Opens Prices of \
Congress and J train Much HigherJ
we throw a I i* Well Maintained »t|I
monkey wrench) ' l
into our hope j „ (
• for rrosoeritv/ • .;vr&,r^w
L Vi Ui WaJK/wA A U y#f ,;iirei >n Mia local pit ah-r^ly 7
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V/ i ri; an?it*inc«l. A rtmh
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l I _ - s-a ^ >> ^ 'omlnir aft*r owr J
| 1 |\ / if ^jiri7hreai;n#ci« «pt*d, and with V
V./ LILY U A -A. iai. «r*in moving siora rapidly \
/ ' Hi" rrcactif policy of taking J
j I . ,... i! a t-reaKi will probably bo 1
days more to f /
matce Up our ) Tuh—^snssr, \
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Vote YES for \ 1 fi ’ h::I )
prosperity \ ’ is /
next Tuesday/!; i •&;y ::;i gfifl
§ it'.* 'tn& Jut! HI »• 11811 i !»** t 1
C 11 ; ;i 9 U 4| lust |1J»» II :o ,1
\ *, . - *o 11,tt him iMi m
By our votes ^ “^vC"—^
we go either forward or
baclyvard—Vote for Coolidge.
New York Rules
Out Gas Mixture
Death of Five Men Engaged in
Experiments Results in
Drastie Law Passage.
New York. Oci. 30.—Gasoline con
taining tetraethyl, the mysterious
looney Bas.” compound, may no
longer he sold In New York city. The
board of health today adopted a reso
lution prohibiting Its sale after the
death of the fifth of the 33 laborers
affected by the fumes while experi
menting w.th the mixture in the
Bayway, N. J., lal>oratoriea of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey.
The healtli board also made it a
misdemeanor for nnyone to use the
gasoline in motors in the city. In
addition, the officials authorized
Health Commlslsoner Monaghan to
make a thorough investigation of
the elements in the mysterious death
dealing gas and seek a mode of ef
feotlve treatments for its victims.
Herbert I'uson, 29, of Elizabeth, N.
J., was the fifth man to succumb to
the gas poisoning, which has made
its victims Insane. He died at Recon
struction hospital early today, con
fined in a straight jacket, a few hours
after the corps of Standard Oil phy
sicians and scientists seeking a suc
cessful treatment of the baffling
malady had announced their guest
successful.
A few hours after Fuson's death
11 more gas-crazed men were taken
to Reconstruction hospital. This
brought the total of those affected to
33 out of the 45 who were employed
In the laboratories, experimenting
with a mixture of tetra ethyl and
gasoline In an effort to add power to
the fuel and eliminate knocks in
motor car engines.
COOLIDGE TALK
TO BE BROADCAST
Chicago, Oct. 30.—Twenty-three
radio stations have agreed to broad
cast an address hy President Coolldge
on Monday night. It was announced
at republican national headquarter.
today.
New York, Pittsburgh, Providence.
H. 1.; Cleveland, Chicago. Omaha and
Kansas City are among tin* points
tentatively agreed upon as broadcast
Ing < enters for the address.
Jacob [.aim Dies Soon
After (.olden Wedding
Nelson, < >« t. 30. — Jacob Lehn, a
long time resident of Nuckolls county,
tiled at his home six miles soutlust's'
| of here, lit* wiih n native of Her
many ami came to this country when
a mere bid. lie was past 75 years of
ago at the time of bis death. Just
a few months ago ho and Ills wife
celebrated their golden wedding. Sev
enteen children were horn to them
Of these 12 were present at 1b"
funeral. He also leaves 25 grand
children and three greai-gr.mdcKl
dron am! the aged mother (wife) t<>
mourn his death.
Sidle Farm llurn Hnrns.
Heat rice. Oct. 30. The barn mi tin
Sam Salts farm hi the edge of West
Beatrice was destroyed hy lire from
an unknown cause. A small amount
of hay and grain were burned
Prisoner Hangs
Himself in Cell
Mail Held for Murder of ^ ife
Found Dead on Jail
Floor.
Belviilcre. X. J., Oct. 30—Frank
Thomas, railroad worker, held in Jail
here as a material witness in the
murder of his wife, Grace, whose
nude body was found in an abandoned
mine shaft near here, committed sni
cide in his jail cell here some time
during the night by hanging himself
to a liar of his cell. He was found
dead today.
Thomas had been placed under ar
rest following the discovery of hie
wife's body and all her belongings In
the pit. He denied any knowledge
of her slaying, contending she had
left their home several days before
the body was found. He said he re
turned to the house last Sunday night
and found a window shattered, fur
niture in disorder anil blood spots on
the floor.
*The mine pit is 14 miles from the
Thomas home and police worked on
tiie theory that the slayer or slayers
had taken the woman's body their in
an automobile.
Thomas, however, did not own a
car. and, so far as could be asoer
tained, could not even drive one.
When Warden Smith visited
Thomas' cell at fi a. m. ho found
the prisoner lying on the floor, his
head and shoulders held by a noose in
his suspenders, knotted about his
neck. .
County Physician Cummins, sum
moned to the Jail, said Thomas prob
ably had been dead about six hours.
Warden Smith said he visited the
cell about !l Iasi night and talked
with Thomas, who was smoking a
cigaret and appeared to lie cheerful.
Thomas apparently had tied the
.knot about his neck and the other
end of the suspenders to tile liar and
then had lain down, allowing the
noose to strangle him.
Hartingtou Boasts
Nett l ire K(|tii|»m**iit
Neb., Oct. 30 .
>peed. mobility and proper balance In
turnip# corners and drill" In the
handling and care of the equipment
upon the arrival of the new "triple <
combination" fire truck, have proved
satisfactory accordln# to a statement
by <Jeor#e Beste, veteran fire chief.
The new fire truck, which was pur
chased during the summer, arrived
here a few days aK«>, being driven ;
overland from the ObenchalnUoyri*
company factory in Logansport, lnd
The equipment includes a pumper, ■
chemical tanks and hone body. The
pump will throw a volume of water
equal to 300 gallons a minute, the ,
chemical tanks have a capacity of 35
gallons each, and the hose laxly car .
rlee 800 feet of fire hose. In addition ,
to this the flie truck 1" equipped with
a roof ladder and an extension ladder. |
W ith this modern fue fighting appa
rut us Haitingtou has one of the best
equipped fin* departments In north
east Nebraska.
I' ontiiiM'llc I Intel I .oiimmI.
Atlantic', la , t let. -30 John ia-e.
local ^otel man. lias hated the Full
Until* l|6»lel at Funianellr, U
Good Roads
Meet Pla ns
Gampaign
Omaha Pledges $10,000 for
Kducatioiial Program; Six
Year Building Schedule
Approved.
Seek New Members Here
Omaha and Nebraska took the
pledge Thursday to "pull Nebraska
out of the mud.”
At a state-wide conference yester
day at the Chamber of Commerce,
the Greater Omaha committee prom
ised to raise $10,000 as the city’s
quota of a $30,000 fund required by
the Nebraska Good Roads associa
tion for a vigorous campaign of edu
cation. A meeting will be held here
immediately after the election to ob
tain that sum of money, and to per
feet an organization to at least triple
the association's membership in
Omaha, which is now approximately
400.
Men from every section of Ne
braska attended the conference,
which unanimously endorsed the as
sociation’s program. Thi« was out
lined in full as to its fiscal status by
Burton A. George of Lincoln, chair
man of the soeiety’s legislative com
mittee. It calls for the expenditure
over a period <.f six years of *48,
000,000, to l*e divided as follows:
Six-Year Program.
IImmI MirfHriri*. 700 mil*-*, at
*'.*00 prr mile S|!l.A(*».4WM»
Hr Iflir***, and luhfrtit 5,150,000
Maintenance of -.fate hiK>>wn>
«on«t nut i«»n for *ix your*
at S1.73O.000 per 10,500. (MX)
4.railing 2.100 nialr*, at Sl.ftOO
I »•-r milt* 3.15O.0O0
(. raw-1 in* anil Hat Ini; 3,000
niilt**» at $3,500 per mile |H..V»fl,IWO
Total * *4ft.900.4H»0
Th»* rauri'ei of menu* for flii*« f»
pend 1 nre. ttrorg*- rxplalitrd, would ho
ax follow»»:
I^^i-IatUe appropriation. $2.
noo.ooo * rarly ii*v *ix y ear*».$12.000.000
Federal aid ... . 12.000.000
Two-rent ffftAolilin tax, $2.
400.000 annually 14,400.000
Fifty per rent, auto lirenw*
fe r% 10,500,000
Total revenue $48.000,000
George had figures to prove how
far below neighboring state« Nebras
ka has been in the matter of good
roads. The following figures repre
sent what Nebraska and the adjoin
ing states spent on highways in 1923:
Miuouri $2 A. A4tft.H2H.il)
Iowa 12.AA3.7H5.5S
4 olomdo . 4,305.565.05
Kimsfi- . 4.301,040.53
'-.tilth Dakota 3.455.672.7ft
\\ lorninic 2.156.163.7*
\rhni-ku 1,200.000.06
The Nebraska Good Roads associa
tion, according to W. H. Blakeman,
who presided at the conference, haft
had difficulty in making both ends
meet. The association tries to keep
two men on the road constantly to
preach the gospel of good roads, and
to recruit members. Ford llovey.
chairman of the executive committee
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce,
and Frank W. Judson, bead of the
Greater Omaha committee, ag to
raise funds for an extensive cam
paign for the two field officials fgx a
week.
Iowa Road 11Speak*.
The conference received its impetus
from Judge George R. Lynch of
Adair, la.. prominent good road
booster
1 bring greeting*.’’ Judge Lynch
said, "from the mud ridden state of
Iowa to th»* mud ridden state of Ne
braska.”
He deplored the bad roads of the
two states, especially in Pottawa
tomie county, la. He said that im
proved highways benefit all classes,
especially the farmers, and next to
them the business men in cities of
more than 10.000. He explained how
Iowa has just become interested ir
(Turn to I'Mgf Two. Column six.)
BARNF.Y OLDFIELD
SEEKS divorce:
I,o* Angelo*. Cal.. Oct. 30.—"Bar
ney" Oldfield, former star of the auto
mobile rare track*, today, under his
true name of Verna *Kli Oldfield,
brought suit for divorce against his
wife, Rebecca, lie alleged Mrs. Old
Held spent his money faster than he
could make It The Oldfields were
married January 7. 1907, and sepa
rated July 20. 1923. according to the
complaint filed here.
Century Oil Concern*
in Mantis of Receiver
New York, Oct. SO.—Tho Century
O I company and six of its suhsidlar
i»s wot.* placed in tlie hands of a
receiver today by Judge Francis A
Winslow in federal district court,
who noted on the application of A. K.
Kit kin fl Co. K. Height Wilson was
appointed receiver.
The subsidiaries named in the com
plaint n r the Century Oil Co . of
Oklahoma: Century Oil Co., of Cali
fornia. Century Petroleum Co , of
Texas the haPorte OH fl Refining
corporation of Maryland the La
Porte Oil t. Refining Co., of Texn*
and the Goose Creek Oil corporation
of Delaware.
I'ire l)«*slro\> Rofiipee
( .imp Near I okio. .1 apau
|ly V kmih til (« . I l’r«*a»
Toklo, (hi. »0 A file today Je
stroyetl 000 shacks in one of ||\#»
refugee eamps established foi tin'
sufferers from the big earthquake of
September l 10:’.; two persons weie
killed and .‘III injured. while 4.000
were rendered homeless by fire.
f----X
Danes Just Plain
Charlie to Wife of
Anita Physician
v_/
Avma, la., Oct. 30.—General
Charles G. Dawes, republican tier
presidential nominee, is just plain
"Charlie” to Mrs. C. V. Heaver,
wife of an Anita, la., physician and
surgeon, who was a governess in
tile Dawes home when they resided
at liineoln. Neb. Mrs. Beaver cared
for tlie general’s son and daughter
during their tender years. The boy
was drowned. The Dawes family
now is rearing two adopted chil
dren. Mrs. Beaver, of course, is
going to east her vote for Mr.
Dawes.
Business Marking
Time Until Vote
Decides Campaign
Executives Hesitate to Plan
for Future So Loup a?
Likelihood of Dead
lork Remains.
Business men throughout the coun
try, according to advices received by
The Omaha Bee arc holding up all
pi rns for business expansion until af
ter election. Business feels that the
danger of the election being thrown
into congress is a real danger. if
the people by their own votes do not
elect the next president the doubt and
uncertainty that will follow a scram
ble in a deadlocked, lame-duck con
gress will make business expansion
equally doubtful, if not Impossible,
business men believe.
Business men in Omaha have the
same feeling, and here, too, the for
ward march of the business parade is
being halted.
The record of the past occasion
when there was an indecisive election
of a president is being reviewed by
business executives.
Similar to 1876
As in 1876, so in 1?74. Floods of
political waters have swept under
the bridge since that memorable elec
tion of '76,
But thousands of voters yet active
in public affairs remember the clouds
of doubt and uncertainty, tlie tense
ness of feeling, the disastrous slump
in business, that followed that elec
tion.
On the face of the returns the elec
toral vote was in doubt, and neither
Hayes nor Tilden could lie declared
elected. The strain upon the country
was terrific during the long months
of uncertainty, and not until the elec
toral commission made its report was
the tension relieved.
There were charges of graft and
corruption. The final choice itself
has never been free from such
charges.
The country faces Just such another
situation as that which confronted it
during the long months after the
elec tion of 1x76. The conditions can
not tie the same, for there is not the
least danger of the necessity again
arising for an electoral commission.
The danger is that should no candi
date secure a majority of the elec
toral vote, tlie election of a president
will devolve upon the house of rep
resentatives and upon the senate
would devolve the duty of electing a
vice president.
I-a Follette Beal Problem.
If either of the major political par
ties had a working majority in house]
or senate, or both, the situation would '
(Tarn to Pace Two, Column Klif l
2 AUTO CRASHES
IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
Two minor automobile collisions
were reported to Council Bluffs po
lice Wednesday night. No one was
injured and damage to the cars was '
slight.
doe Passer reported that his rat had
collided at Kighth street and First 1
avenue with a truck driven by Carl
Hotchkiss, driver for Ihe National Re
fining company. l>. R. l>e Marre, 34;>
Hyde avenue, told police that his car
hail collided at First avenue and
Broadway with a machine driven by
an unidentified woman j|
Six of Frew Mat Have
Perished in Ship Fire
Martinez. Cal . Oct. 30.—The tank '
steamer Alden Anderson of the Asso. 1
elated Oil company, was still burning ‘
today after having been, for most of '
the night, the center of a spectacular
fire which destroyed the super suuv !
lure and lielovv deck works of the ves- '
sel, a long section of the company's '
wharf, several thousand cases of gas
aline and a Mg warehouse, entailing 1
a loss estimated at between li.ROO,- 1
000 and 13.000,000 Si\ members of
Ihe crew are missing from the tanker,
and may have perished.
Beatrice—R c. Van Bur n, be. ,r 1
01 Mrs. \\ II Paris of this cite
died at his home at Joplin, Mu The !
body was brought here and funet-a’
services were hold ai the home of his
sister. Burial in Kvcrgreen Homo
cemetery.
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Tories Get
400 Seats
Out of 615
e
Defeat of Uriti^li Labor Gov
ernment So Crir-hing L\en
Zinoxieff Affair May
Not Hold 1 hem.
Liberals Meet Disaster
By Avsocint-(I rrce,
London, Oct. 30.—The conserva
tives will have more than too mem
bers out of a total membership of •
61 T> in the new house of common
That is the startling outcome of the
third appeal to the country within
two years. The exact figures cannot
vet be given, because in the universi
ties and gome outlying Scottish
islands, the counting will not be com
pleted for another week.
Because of this astounding con
"creative victory it Is expected that
Premier MacDonald, who returned to
London tonight, will call an imme
diate cabinet council to consider tiie
government's position. This may
quite possibly have to be tlie last
meeting of a labor cabinet in Kim
land for the next five or more years.
The expectation tiinight is that the
MacDonald cabinet will decide to re
sign forthwith, thus making way f"i
the Baldwin ministry.
There is. however, another alter
native!—o follow the precedent set
by the Baldwin ministry after tin
last general elections—meet parlia
ment and wait for defeat on the ,•
dies- from the throne. One etro
motive for following this course
would eb that Premier MacDonald
has declared his intention to prone
to the roots of th# Zinovieff nffaii
and thus he would be in a position
to do effectively only while he le
tained tne foreign secretaryship with
access to all department documents.
Defeat Is Stunning
In the face of such a stunning de
feat as the government has suffered
at the polls, however. It is generally
thought that even the investigation
of the Zinovieff affair would not jus
tify the cabinet in carrying on until
parliament meets. When J. If.
Thomas, secretary for the colonies
recently declared that the govern
ment would await defeat in the com
mons. he had in mind undoubtedly
a future position in which it would
require the combined vote of the con
servatives and liberals to ovorthrov
the ministry and not a j>osition where
the conservatives would command
an absolute majority over ali parties.
I'nder these circumstances the
chance* strongly favor the immediate
resignatio nof the ministry.
Next to the tremendous success of
the conservatives who gained ap
proximately 159 seats and lost some
thing under 10 to the other parties
the most striking thing Is the sub
mergence of the liberal party.
When Herbert H. Asquith, the lib
eral leader, announced a bare tw - -
months ago his intent to move a cen
sure motion on the government's Hes
sian policy he could not possibly !:i
visaged tiie Lite which has overtaken
Ids old and respected party, that now
secs itself faced with extinction, ils
leaders. Including himself routed and
it* members in the new house re
(lured to one-tenth those of the cen
sei -va lives.
Liberals He.pon-iblc.
Tiie liberals suffered disaster in tha
" ■.idled khaki election of 191 g bi •
' \
question forces itself upon political
inquirers as to what can have in
duced the experienced liberal leader
thus to rush upon his fate. Tiie li.
oral organs are persistent in accusing
Itamsay MacDonald of forcing an
unnecessary election but the taker
reply to this contention is that t}i->
liberals had entered into art unde.
standing with the conservative* to
bring labor's reign to an end.
Liberalism lias been a dwindling
force in all recent elections and b'
t Turn to Page four. Column One. '
I S. and Mexico \jjent*
Plan NX ar on Narcotic*
Washington. Oct 30.— A con ft"
once : s being arranged Ik* tween
l*tilted States ami Mexican officials to
lis u*s men tie "f che. king the am
tiling of narcotic drugs.
Agenda of the meeting Acting Ft»
Itibitioti Fommiskmner Jones said,
will Include plans for stationing fed
eral agents at strategic bonier points
md the exchange of information a«
!o names, photographs and other rec
ords of known International smug
glers. *
\ drop in narcotic smuggling in the
ust year is set out in the annual rr
\ I ot
i I vision, is compiling
SuntLix School ( la*> Has
Perfect Nttcmlaneo Rccortl
t'lartndu. Is iX’t JO.—The hennr.
lass of the Fresbyterian Sundae
ichool is taught by the wife of the
mstor. Mrs. A H Marshall These 1 »
x>ys havr made a rex ord for (A toln
*f not only 100 per cent atjeiatimcr.
'tit rftlsbl it to 120 per icnt lo bring
ng two visitors e.r h week ileoige
md John Vaple of Unui<t \ \ illc.
If ! he\ keep this record darti fi
Nt»\emlHM :! . \ will i>» .. vrn » \u get
md l*ettei class room, ax mdiciitmn
hat their loyalty i- appro*-lated by
he Sunday hou| eounc'l a* well as
> their t(aehei In a they rang
rvuu $ to 10 yeara.
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