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CITY EDITION —1
'—_ j
Verdict of
Guilty in
Decker Case
. Youth First to Be Convicted
in County for Manslaught
er After Auto
Crash.
To Be Sentenced Later
*
■James Decker, 19, 314 North Nine
teenth street, was found guilty of
manslaughter in district court Thurs
day. He Is the first person to' ever
he found guilty of "causing a death
g- while exceeding the speed limit" In
Douglas county.
The charge against Decker was an
outgrowth of the fatal injuring of
Tommy Healy, 4, only son of Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Healy, 3935
North Thirty-seventh street, July 22,
when a truck driven by Decker
crashed with a sedan driven by Mrs.
Healy.
Case First Dropped.
After a brief investigation of the
accident the police and the coroner
agreed to drop proceedings against
Decker. Mr. Healy, heart broken
over the death of his son, Insisted
that something he done and the
county attorney’s office obtained a
complaint against Decker chnrging
manslaughter.
Deputy County Attorney Dnn
Gross prosecuted the case.
Parents Testify.
Two fef the witnesses called by
5 the state were the father and mother
of the dead boy. Mrs. Healy, so
overcome with grief by the picture
which her testimony revived in her
memory sobbingly told of the ac
cident and explained how she be
lieved her son had been killed.
Healy, his health Impaired by con
stant brooding over his loss, was
«.ailed to’ the witness stand at the
completion of his wife's testimony.
Sentence has not been passed as
yet on Decker. The statute calls for
a penalty of from one to 10 years
Imprisonment or a fine of from $200
-a to $500.
CHURCHILL HEADS
BALDWIN CABINET
By Annriated Pren*.
London, Nov. 6.—The selection of
Winston Churchill as chancellor of
the exchequer In the new cabinet of
Premier Stanley Baldwin was defi
nitely announced this evening.
Other definite cabinet elections
were: Secretary for India, earl of
Birkenhead; colonies, Lieut Col. L.
C. M. S. Amery, foreign secretary,
Austen Chamberlain.
President of the cruncil anil leader
I of the house of lords, marquis of
* Curzon, privy seal, marquis of Salis
bury; lord chancellor. Viscount Cave;
home secretary. Sir William Joynson
1 ticks; agriculture, Edward Frederick
Bindley Wood; first lord of the ad
miralty, William Clive Bridgman:
war, Sir Baming Worthington-Evans;
air ministry. Sir Samuel Horne.
Health, Neville Chamberlain; labor,
Sir Arthur Steel-Maltland: hoard of
trade, Sir Philip Eloyd-Greame; edu
cation, Bord Eustace Percy: secretary
for Scotland, Sir John Gllmour; at
torney general. Sir Douglas M. Hogg.
Mr. Baldwin's official position will
be that of prime minister, first lord
of the treasury and leader of the
house of commons.
NOTED EDUCATOR
TO SPEAK HERE
James J- Walsh former dean of
die college of medicine of Fordham
university. New York city, will ad
dress the students of Creighton uni
\ ersity this morning on “The
Comedy of Evolution."
Dr. Walsh, who is the author of
“The Thirteenth.” and "The Great
est of Centuries,” is the first of a
series of distinguished lecturers who
v ill appear before the student body.
Dr. Walsh addressed Creighton stu
dents last year on “Cures.”
0 We Have
With Us
Today
Nlcholaus b. Engelhardt.
Professor of Education.
Teacher's College, Columbia I nicer
»ersity, N. ^..
Professor Engelhardt, who came
half way across the country to
apeak to Nebraska teachers at their
district convention held in Omaha,
hi well acquainted with Omaha
schools and their work. He made a
survey of schools here at the same
time that surveys of city schools
were made In St. Paul. Baltimore.
Ht Johns. Newfoundland, llackcn
Back. N. J-. and other cities.
Me spoke to the teachers in con
. vention here and at the Chamber
* „( Commerce. Professor Engel
hardt is a member of the Natinal
Education association and of the
National Society for Scientific
si u dy of Education, lie has taken
degrees both at Yale and at Co
lumbia- From a teacher's position in
k private, schools lie has climbed to
’ ids present professorship, i'rofes
„ot Engelhard! is the author of
many hooks on education. His home
is In New York city.
Youth Convicted in
Fatal Auto Smashup
Little Hope Held
for Recovery of
Senator Lodge
Report of Physicians Says His
Condition Is ‘’Most Un
favorable; He Still Is
Unconscious.
Cambridge, Maes., Nov. 6.—Little
hope of the recovery of Senator
Henry Cabot I.odge was held out to
night by physicians who have been
in attendance at bedside since he
suffered a stroke at the Charles Gate
hospital here yesterday. In a bul
letin issued early tonight the outlook
for his recovery was pronounced
"most unfavorable." The senator
was still unconscious and his condi
tion was said to be little changed.
The bulletin which was released
nl>out 6:30 p. m. announced "no de
cided change during the day. Out
look most unfavorable." The bulle
tin was signed by Dr. John H. Cun
ningham and Dr. Frederick H. Wins
low,
At the time the statement was
made public Senator Lodge had been
unconscious for approximately 30
hours. He was seized with a stroke
yesterday noon which rendered him
unconscious and his condition, pro
nounced critical by his physicians at
that time, has varied but little.
Senator Lodge submitted to an
emergency operation on July 27, re
covering quickly. He again rallied
rapidly when a second operation was
performed October 20. That he. would
be able to attend the opening of con
gress on December 1 has been consid
ered assured, Dr. Cunningham said In
reviewing bis patient's case today.
His progress has been so satisfactory
that it had been expected the senator
would be able to leave the hospital
next weetk.
EDUCATION NOT A
LOCAL AFFAIR NOW
Dr. E. N. Engelhardt, professor of
education of teacher*’ college, Coluin
bia university, made a brief and poig
nant address at tlie chamber of com
merce Thursday noon on tlie impor
tance of proper and scientific educa
tion of the young.
In 1910, lie said, this country spent
$300,000,000 in the schools, and in
1923 the figure had mounted to $1,
600,000,000. However the percentage
of income so expended has not In
creased. It is still 1.7 per cent but
Dr. Engelhardt predicted it would
some day reach 2Va or 3 per cent. Edu
cation, he continued. Is no longer a
local proposition.
New Hearing Ordered
Upon Railroad Rates
Washington, Sow 6.—Hearings on
ilie application of the Grand Trunk
railway and the Canada-Atlantlc
Transit company to continue class
and community rates from eastern
trunk lir.e and New England terri
tory and from Canadian points to
western and central trunk line ter
litories without observing the long
and short haul provisions of the In
terstate commerce act were ordered
reopened by the Interstate commerce
commission today. The hearings were
set for December 8.
Congressman Will
Appeal Prison Term
Covington, Ky„ Nov. 6.—Attorneys
representing John W. I.angly, con
gressman from tlie Tenth Kentucky
district, and Milton Gipschultz of
Philadelphia, arranged here today for
the appeal from their conviction In
federal court for violation of the pro
hibition law. Each of the defendants
was sentenced to serve two years In
the penitentiary at Atlanta. The at
torneys filed tlie necessary papers
and presented bonds for appeal of the
cases to tlie United States circuit
court of appeals.
Cliiirrli RoIiImt Guilty.
Burlington. t.. Nov. t».— Wllliurn
<*. Moyera, .ti» organizer of the Ku
Klux Klttn. who hn* been hold in Jn 11
here In default of bull charged with
robbery of St. Mary Cathedral on
August 8, entered a pica of guilty.
■ ■ — tL U a. j 1 ^
Contest on
Brookhart
Is Certain
Iowa Senator Unofficially Re
Elected by Margin of Only
923 Votes Out of Near
ly Million Cast.
Magnus Johnson Loses
n> Dnivrrftal Service.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 6.—Senator
Smith tV. Brookhart, republican, of
Iowa, has been re elected by a margin
of 923 votes, with nearly a million
votes cast, on the face of complete
but unofficial returns tabulated late
today.
The complete vote gave Brookhart
447,310, and Daniel Steck, democrat,
446,387. A contest, it was said, was
certain to ensue.
In the spirited Minnesota senate
contest, though not as close as that
in Iowa, Senator Magnus Johnson
appears to have been defeated by a
plurality of approximately 20.UO0
votes, by Thomas D. Sohall, blind
congressman. In 3,000 of the state's
3,607 precincts. Sehall, the republican
candidate, polled 356,000 against the
farm-labor candidate's 334,019.
Gains and looses.
While the farmer-labor party in
Minnesota thus apparently loses a
senate seat, it has gained a seat In
the lower house, in the Indicated elec
tion of W. L. Carss, over Victor
Power. This contest was for the seat
in the Eighth congressional district.
The nearly complete totals gave
Representative Theodore Christianson
the governorship by a plurality of
50,000 over Floyd Olson, farmer-labor
candidate.
With tHe probable election of Carss,
farm-labor candidate in the Eighth
district, and the certain election of O.
J. Kvale and Knud Wefald also farm
labor candidates, the remainder of the
Minnesota congressional delegation
will be composed of republicans: A.
J. Furlow, Frank Clague. A. H. An
dersen, Walter H. Newton, Harold
Knutson and O. E. Keller.
Knutson defeated S. C. Shipstead,
brother of Henrik Shipstead. the
senior senator frohn Minnesota.
George Sparks, Pottawattamie
county auditor, today declared that no
official recount was being made In
Pottawattamie county and denied the
statement made by L. H. Cook, cam
paign manager for Senator Smith
Brookhart that the senator had
gained 300 votes in the new count over
Daniel Steck, the democratic candi
date.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 6.—An of
ficial recount of the senatorial hnliots
cast Tuesday in Pottawattamie coun
ty was started this morning and lias
recorded a gain of 300 votes by Sena
tor Brookhart over Daniel Steck, the
democratic candidate, according to a
message received here by L. H. Cook.
Brookhart's manager. The county in
cludes Council Bluffs, where It was
first discovered voters had Invalidated
numerous ballots by marking arrows
upon them to set out the fact they
hud scratched their ballots for Steck.
THREE FARMERS
TO FEDERAL COURT
Special Dlspulrh la The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. C.—Anton and
Frank Her wick and John Kwuld, who,
with 12 other farmers, was arrested
last summer in a liquor raid made by
Sheriff Sailing, were taken to Lincoln
today where they will appear in feder
al court on the charge of conspiring
against the government in the manu
facture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors. A big still was unearthed at
the Ewald home at the time of llie
raid, according to Sheriff Sailing.
I* arm Federation Head
Suggests oil \ aeancy
Chicago. Nov. 6.—President O. E.
Brudfute of the American Farm Bu
reau federation today recommended to
Presldont Coolidge the following, to
succeed the late Henry C. Wallace
as secretary of agriculture: Frank O.
Lowden, former governor of Illinois:
J. K. Howard, former president of
the federation; H. M, Gore, acting
secretary of agriculture; J. W. Cover
dale, former secretary of the federa
tion and now secretary-treasurer of
the grain marketing company: L. J.
Tubor, master of the National Grange,
Murray D. Lincoln, secretary of the
Ohio Farm Bureau federation, and
Dr. Arthur Gilbert, commissioner of
agriculture of Massachusetts.
These nnmes, Bradfute explained,
were most frequently mentioned in
responses from 29 state farm bureaus
to President Coolidge'* request for
suggestions as to men capnhle of fill
ing the vacancy.
Indian Committee
Opposes Emir Ali
CuirO, Nov. 6.- The Indian cali
phate committee today took a deft
nite stand against the Ilashamite
family, declaring that It refused to
recognise the succession of Emir All
to the throne of the Hodjas. "All of
tlie-disasters of the Modem faith five
due to the Hushamlte family.” the
committee assorted.
The Egyptian pres, urges the Egyp
tian government to send official rep
rerentatives to the Moslem world con
are s, called by Sultan Ibn Humid,
lo lake place In the holy cilj of
Mecca.
English Publicist Pleads for
Government Led by Intelligence
Norman Angell Scores Balloting on Basis of “Irrelevant
Sympathies;” Society Too Complex to Be
Guided by Instinct, He Says.
Government directed by Intelli
gence, rather than by temper or In
stinct, was declared Thursday aft
ernoon by Norman Angell, distin
guished English writer and public
ist, to he tlie need of the hour.
He addressed the Omaha Society
of Fine Arts in the ballroom of the
Hotel Fontenelle on abstract and
practical phuses of British politics.
His lecture had an added signific
ance coming as it did so close on
the heels of the British elections,
which returned to power the con
servative party. He began Ills ad
dress by giving figures to show
that the defeat of the laborites was
not really the submergence of that
party, but a step in the disposal of
the liberals. This explanation he
supported by figures. When Ram
say MacDonald assumed the reins
of office, he did so after an election
In which labor polled 3,800,000
votes. In the polling a few days
ago, although defeated, labor ob
tained 6,600,000 votes.
No Revolt In Britain.
The socialists and the tories, he
said, may differ radically in theory,
but not in actual government. The
lecturer made this startling state
ment:
"Each succeeding government In
Great Britain has been more so
cialistic than its predecessor. The
government of Stanley Baldwin
will be an extremely socialistic gov
ernment. The force of events will
bring this about.”
Angell declared that there never
would be a successful revolution 1n
Great Britain promulgated by 18th
century tactics.
"But there will be,” he continu
ed, " a steady transformation. T
hope to see the day when the elec
torate will not be victims of Irrel
evant sympathies, but will exci
else public will on the basis of
Mellon Predicts
Business Revival
Secretary of Treasury De
clares Coolidgc \'ictory
Releases Brakes.
Washington, Nov. 6 —General bush
ness sees a "clear sky” in the opin
ion of Secretary Mellon, who now ex
pects that doubts as to the future
will be removed and commerce and
industry will go ahead with a pro
gram of expanding development.
The secretary, it was said today
at the treasury, believes that Tues
day's election has taken off "brakes
that have held back business some
what in the last several months. He
thinks also. It was added, that the
railroad managers will feel that they
may lay out programs for the next
few years, with more confidence that
moves Inimical to them will not be
made by congress.
With the uncertainty of s possible
deadlock on the presidential vote re
moved. it was said, Mr. Mellon fore
sees a generally healthy condition
both at home and abroad. He traces
the Improvement in Europe to the
settlement of the reparations prob
lem through tile Dawes agreement
and experts that brtter conditions
will result not only In the countries
immediately affected by the settle
ment, but 111 the United States and
In other countries which have Im
portant trade relations with those
who have signed the reparations set
tlement.
The treasury Itself is preparing
now to round out Its suggestions to
the next congress on taxes but these
recommendations, It was said, will he
largel a restatement of the position
taken last fall.
The proposals will be made In the
treasury's annual report and prob
ably will Include suggestions for cer
tain lax "reforms" as well ns refer
ences to methods of dealing with the
Question of tax exempt securities.
Tv ptigryphiral Union
Council Ends Session
Indianapolis, Nov. 6.—The execu
tive council of the International Typo
graphical union adjourned today after
hearing 35 eases of local organisa
tion affairs dealing principally with
reorganisation following the fight
for n 44-hour week In commercial
shops. It was announced that cases
were presented from many parts of
the United States and Canada.
James M. Lynch, newly Installed
president of the union, presided at
the council meetings. Lynch. John VV.
Hayes, secretary treasurer of tho or
ganlzatlnn and members of the ox
eeutlve rouncll. will lenvo tomorrow
for El Paso. Tex . to attend the con
ventlon of the American Federation
of Labor:
Bryan Will Begin
Writing He Memoirs
Elmira, N. V , Nov. «.—William
Jennings Bryan announced bore to
day that lie planned to discoid lime
Ills lectures and retire to Miami. Fla .
where he will devote tits time to
writing his inonudis.
When asked If In- would continue
actively in politics. Bryan said that
he would lie Interested In politics as
long as ho lived lull was non commit
tal cm to whether or not he would be
actively engaged in politic!
soundness and intelligence. The col
lective mind too often falls into
certain traps."
Raps Versailles Treaty.
The treaty of Versailles came in
for condemnation as an example of
what can be accomplished under
an erroneous and passionate label
of patriotism.
"For five years we have been try
ing to destroy Germany,” lie said,
"and now wo are digging In our
own pockets trying to start it going
again.”
As a panacea for the ills of pop
ular government. Angell suggested
that the jury system In courts
might well be applied to the admin
istration of the other arms of gov
ernment. This the lecturer charac
terised as "functional" representa
tion. Lawmakers, he declared,
should not be chosen altogether
because of geography. Politicians
often disparage the use of reason
and- misguided patriotism, he said,
feared such words as analysis, in
quiry and doubt.
Need Moral Obligation.
Some of Angell's expressions
were as follows:
"Society has become altogether
too complex to be guided by mere
temper and instinct."
"What we need in politics is a
greater sense of the moral obliga
tion to he Intelligent.”
“Nothing that is plainly evil can
succeed—oqly evil masouerading
as good wins out.”
"No man cun dte on the field of
battle in sheer avarice. German
youths died from a mistaken sense
of duty."
"There Is a lot of rubbish In the
sentiments about ‘the great heart
of democracy.’ ”
"The voice of the people may be
the voice of Satan.'
Mrs. Luther Drake, president of
the society introduced the speaker.
China Setting
House in Order
New Government Plans Era
in Foreign Relations Based
on Friendship.
Pekin, Nov. 6—Gen. Feng Tu
Hsiang's government established by
a coup d'etat, is putting its house In
order and making public its plans.
C. T. Wang, the new minister of
foreign affairs, told the correspon
dents today that a new era would be
born in Chinese relations with other
nations, based on friendliness an.l de
termination to carry out the provi
sions of the Washington conference.
"China's foreign relations have
been conducted with childish clever
ness and gross negligence," Wang
said. "We shall live up to the letter
and spirit of our treaty engagements.
In so doing we wish to remind the
friendly powers that China lias a
right to Its own existence. Any con
dttions derogatory to its right to
exist as a free and independent na
tion must by necessity be rectified
by mutual arrangement as quickly as
the exigencies of circumstances per
mi.
' We are purtlrularly anxious to
do our duty in collaboration with all
(lie neighboring and friendly powers
to carry out tlie provisions of the
Washington conference and thus in
sure durable peace on the Pacific."
PRINCESS WILL
AID AMERICAN
Bjr BASH, D. WOON,
I nlttrwl Nsrvlrr Waff Corrfipimdrnt.
Paris, Xov. C.—Powerful efforts are
being made to secure the release of
Andrew Reid the young Baltimore so
ciety man who is held In Sante prison
for the alelged reason that he failed
to obey an edict of expulglon pro
nounced l>y the French courts two
years ago.
As a result of these efforts It Is
understood that Reid nmy shortly be
released and conducted to the fron
tier.
In a statement today Princess Pig
natelll who was reported preparing
to divorce the prince and marry Reid,
declared:
"My Interest in Andrew Reid 1*
purely sisterly. We are two Bath
more people aiid we went to school
together. It Is true 1 have seen him
In prison, but all this about our be
lug in love or his being the cause of
divorce between the prince and my
self Is all rot.
"As soon as Andrew' is released
from prison I shall go to Cannes with
my husband.”
Built ol K. C. Loader
Kxamined in Prolie
whit.fi.i,i, n. H., Nov. e—An
autopsy on the !>o«ty of James Travis,
past grand knight of the knights of
Columbus council here, which was
found In a mill pond vcHterdav. d« !
veloped no signs of violence, It was'
announced.
I'ounty Solicitor M J Ryan oainej
here to Investigate the reports that,
Travis, whose body was weighted
down by two sunken logs, had been
killed because «>f activities against the
Kii Klux Klan. Letters with threats
hud been received by him iscently,
it woe said
Unselfish
Work, Plea
of Educator
i
Tells Teachers’ Convention
Here That Real Duty Is to
Inspire and Not Be
Mechanical.
Child Study Outlined
Dr. X. L. Englehardt, professor of
education, teachers’ college of Colum
bia university, told the superintend
ents. principals and supervisors at
the fourth annual convention of the
Second district of the Nebraska State
Teachers’ association Thursday after
noon that every educator should
think in terms of service, and should
have an unselfish devotion to work.
"Performing your tasks and think
ing in the easiest way out is not giv
ing service," the speaker said. "Td
work in a routine, mechanical man
ner is not service. AVe, as a pro
fessional group, have no right to
assume resiKmsi'uility without assum
ing an element of service, without
putting into our work the priceless
ingredients of love of work and de
sire to serve. .
"Our work should he the expres
sion of the sou!. AVe should he mas
ter teachers. The master teacher in
spires and he leaves a heritage that
cannot lie measured In ordinary
terms. AA'e should find inspiration In
recongiticn of the fact that those
we are training are fitting themselves
for tlie places they should fill, where
they may render the maximum of
service to the world.
Hope in Every Child.
“The master teacher should ho
able to diagnose every case. Our
job is not one of giving up: we
should say there is hope in every
individual and should study the child
in every detail.
"The superintendent and every
teacher should have professional grit.
\Ye are living in a day when it Is
said that in every life there is hope.
We must search for event element
that affects our problems."
Selections were given by an or
chestra from the elementary grades,
under the direction of Itobert Cusco -
den and Wallace AA'heeler. J. H. Dev
eridge, superintendent of schools, pre
sided at the session.
If your child has a craving for dic
tionaries and encyclopedias and a
mania for looking things up in them,
then you probably have a gifted child
in your family, according to Dr.
Lewis M. Terman, head of the de
partment of psychology, Leland
Stanford university.
Psychological Tests Explained.
Professor Terman addressed ele
mentary school teachers, who are at
tending the convention at the Tech
nical High school auditorium.
He told the teachers of the results
of two years' study of 1,000 "gifted"
children in California, by Leland
Stanford. This study is to continue
for eight more years at least, he said.
The cases were selected from Cali
fornia public schools. Thousands of
students were selected by the choice
of their teachers according to prom
ise and age. These were given test
upon test until all but those having
a 140 intelligent quotient were elimi
nated.
In the selection it was demonstrat
ed, said Professor Terman, that if
one wtahes to find the smartest in
a class he can do so by picking the
youngest.
Hoys IiCail Girls.
Of tile selected cases, there were
US boys to every 100 girls. The j
iTum to I’hip Two. Column One I
Portugal PnjiM
Coolidge \ idorA
By liMrlatrd Pr*M.
Lisbon. Portugal, Nov. The elec
tion of President Coolldge represents
a victory of pure American traditions,
the Diaria de Noticias declared today.
The newspaper describes Coolidge ns
n man having the Monroe doctrine
as a political gospel.
Ttie conservative newspapers gen
erally express the opinion that the
elections in the two great Anglo
Saxon nations will influence the
World to choose the right form of
government.
Pill-1 utrgli I niversity
Plans Huge Building
Pittsburgh, Nov. 6.—Plans fot the
erection of a f 10.000.000 52-story
building at the entrance to Kchenly
park to house n major part of the
activities of the I'nlversity of Pitts
lnirgh were announced tonight hy
Chnncellor John (5. How-man. The
new Structure, to be known ns "The
Cathedral of Learning." will accom
modate 12.000 students
Chicago Brener Must
Pace Liquor Charges
R“" Francisco, Nov. S.~ An order
committing Terrence Druggan, chi
'-ago brewer, to the jurisdiction I f the
federal courts in Chicago to answer
to charges there In relation to an al
leged violation of the Aoiatead act.
was handed down here today hv the
1’nlted States district court. Druggan
was arrested here recently
W alt's Kci't'jvt's ^ ouiiE.
Londo« Nov « Hie print* ,.r
Wales today received Owen D Young
former agent general for reparations,
under the Dawes plan, at st Janies
IHilacc Young ts in Louden on Ills
way buck to the United Slates
Educator Pleads for
Inspirational Work
Season s First
Snow Reported
in 2 Communities
N alentine ami O’Neill Each
Record Light Fall as Mer
cury Drops Below Freez
ing Point.
Nebraska fell into the clutches of
winter Thursday.
The temperature began to fall
rapidly Wednesday night and by
Thursday morning was so low that
thoughts of a heavy coat began to
lie a pleasant thing.
Omaha, though threatened with
snow all day Thursday, was fortunate.
Only toward evening did anything re
sembling snow arrive. Then a slight
misi, cold and so fine that It was
hard to detect, descended on the city.
At O'Neil!, Neb., however, snow ar
rived. It also fell at Valentine and
North Platte. The fall was not heavy
but a very fair indication of W'hat
may come later.
At Valentine the precipitation was
about two hundredths of an inch and
the same amount was recorded at
North Platte.
Rapid City, S D reported 20
hundredths inch of snov Cheyenne
had little more.
Valentine was the coldest place In
Nebraska. The highest point reached
during the day was 24 degrees. North
Platte reported a maximum tempera
ture of 32 degrees and Omaha en
joyed a maximum of 39. At 7
Thursday night the mercury had
dropped back again to 34 and was
still sinking.
Throughout the slate the farmers
have been taking advantage of the
warm weather in October and the
early snow will not effect the har
ve.-ting of corn very much as a re
sult.
LEAGUE WINS IN
NORTH DAKOTA
Hr A.AortalrU l*re*«.
Fargo, X. IV. Nov. 6.—Tie non
partisan league, winner in the guber
natorial race In North Dakota, also
has captured control of the house of
representatives, with the outcome of
the contest for control of the senate
hinging upon the result of a single
senatorial battle, that in Grant
county.
When 110 members of the new
house of representatives had been
accounted for this afternoon, the
league had 60 and the independents
had 49 In four outstanding contests
remaining unsettled the independents
led In each instance.
Sa>rr Foes to I/ondon
Lout Siamese Treaty
Victoria, B. C . Nov. 6.—Dr. Francis
B Sayre, advisor in foreign affairs
for tli* Siamese government and a
sen in Ian of the late President Wood
row Wilson, arrived here today
.•board the liner President Madison.
Sayre is en route to I.ondon to
negotiate a new treaty for Slam with
Great Britain which will seek. It Is
said, autonomy of international af
fairs, particularly tariff measures.
Lone Bandit Holds I p
Bank at Portland. Ore.
Portland. Ore . Nov 8 A lone
luindit held up the Mull w ■!) Coni
menial and Saving* nhak at Mult
noniah. Ore . ne.tr here, noon to
d.tv. forced Assistant Cashier Nicholas
into the vault and grabbed all the
money in r!*M. $1,300 in cash* and
$8,000 in bonds. The roblier fled in an
automobile.
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Accusation
of Mother
Lie, He Says
Tells Weird Tale of Persecu
tion in Reply to Charge
That He Struck and
killed Bahy.
Both Now Held in Jai 1
A flat denial that lie lind killed or
in any way aided In the death of his
il-day-old infant was made Thursday
afternoon by Frank P. Lutz in a erlJ
In the Lincoln jail.
I.utz, accused by his wife, who is
under arrest in Omaha, of having
struck and killed their 11-day-old in
fant last May, told a wierd story of
persecution and Infidelity on the part
of his wife. ‘
“I didn't kill the bahy. I loved it
although it wasn't mine.'' Lutz said.
"My wife promised to get me if 1
didn't provide her with money, yet
she didn't want to help make a home
for me."
Mrs. May Lutz was arrested in
Omaha Thursday by private detec
tives on a charge of selling mortgaged
property. After she had been locked
in her cell she began to sob.
"You won't let him get me if I tell f
will you?" she sobbed.
Mother Tells Story.
The officers assured her that theie
was nothing to fear, thinking that
she feared the wrath of her creditors.
Then she told her story. Phe told
how her husband had ordered her lo ;
get tip and tend to the furnace one !
morning last May Just 11 days after
the birth of her baby.
She told how she refused saying i
that she was not well enough. Then ‘
her husband, she said, had seized the
baby which lay in bed between them,
and had struck it shouting that "we
have enough now and don’t want this i
one.”
The baby, under the repeated blows,
turned black in the face and she real
ized that It was about to die. She hur
ried with it to a priest and had it bap
tized. Then It died.
Baby Sickly. Sara Father.
The cause of death at the time was
given as pneumonia. Lutz, his wife
said, threatened her with death if the !
ever told how the baby had actually
died.
Lutz sticks to the story now that
the baby died of pneumonia. He ’
named the two doctors who attended
It during Its Illness.
"The baby was born sickly.” he
said. "We had tto call doctors for it i
| right away. It wasn't mine but I
was willing to reep it and raise it as
my own. I had no reason for wanting
j to kill it
“My wife has threatened to kill me
several times. She heard I w-as in
Lincoln last week. We had separated
and 1 had taken the three children to
mv folks In Auburn. She Immediate
ly came here and started habeas cor
pus proceedings to gain custody cf
the kids.
Wife Tried to Kill Him.
' She tried to poison me that night
and I almost fell for It.
Then she got a gun and pulled it
on me. The only reason she didn t
kill me was that it failed to fire and
she didn't know how to fix It.
My wife got the kids. I guee
The judge listened to her cry and
agreed to let her have the kids or#
night. That was at the first day <*f
the habeas corpus hearing.
"The next I knew she was claiming
that the kids had been kidnapped
while she was waiting for a train
She said that she was going to Horn
holdt to visit her folks."
Lutz was arrested on a charge of
having stolen an automobile in Car
roll, la., from the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company. He has admitted
(Turn to Pare Two. Column F rtat.i
Gang Raids Continue
in Eastern Poland
Warsaw. Nov. Raids of bands of
alleged bolslievikl upon towns In the
eastern provinces of Poland continue
and there is Agitation for the ap
pointment of a strong minister of the
intetlor to deal with the situation.
Tlie latest incident occurred s
Ostrog where a gang attacked and
burned a large warehouse used for
the storage of goods for trading
with the soviets. The watchman
and r policeman who went to his
aid were killed.
Close Congressional
Race in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City. OUa.. Nov. A
recheck made on the total vote to
several counties by election officials
in the First congressional district late
today revealed the closest rate in the
history of Oklahoma in which Wayne
Bax less, democrat, was leading S. J
Montgomery, republican, by one vote
with every precinct reported Board
throughout the district were reche. k
tug their figures agai.i to determine
the winner.
Crow Indians Note
for Calx in Coolidgo
Hardin, Mont . Nor t> — President
Cool I4ge received a large niajoritx
ox*er lei Follette and Ihtvis In the
first ballot cast by the Crow In
riiana. according to returns todhy
from the Crow reservation agency.
The count gaxe: t'oolMge. IIS
IXavis. SJ; la Follette •;*.
The Indians were glx-eri th* tight
of franchise during the latter part in
the Haitllng ad.uiimua.isn
* i