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\ CITY EP5TI0N VQI, 54—NO. 129 OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1924. *_TWO CENTSlo (^.h‘c«»nn,*. L , ■ —'
Brookhart
Continues to
Lose Lead
* Small Majority of Iowa Sena
7 tor Declines Steadily as
Official Canvass of
Votes Proceed.
Reports of 74 Counties
&
Itjr A -soriatnl I'renn.
','os Moines, la., Nov. 11.—The
margin by which Senutor Smith IV.
Brookhart, republican, led his demo
cratic opponent for the United States
senate, Ilanlel F. Steck, had nar
rowed down to 626 votes tonight
when tabulation was completed by
the Associated Press of official re
turns from 74 of Iowa's 99 counties.
The senator's majority had shown a
steady decline throughout the day,
his lend this morning having stood
al 7.17.
The total vole tonight, based on
tlie official figures from 74 counties
nntl the unofficial returns from 25,
slot xi:
Brookhart, 447,382.
Sleek, 446,756.
Twenty-six of the 99 counties from
which official figures had been re
eelved tonight did not change the
unofficial report. The 25 counties yet
to report Included Polk (Des Moines);
Linn (Cedar Rapids) and Pottawat
tamie (Council Bluffs). There has
been no official indication that any
I large changes might be expected In
* either of these populous counties, al
though one authority today said the
Brookhart total had been Increased
by the Incomplete official canvass In
lies Moines, by 38 votes.
In the official vote recorded up to
tonight. Senator Brookhart had gain
ed 111 votes and lost 257, while Steck
had gained 549 and lost 296. This
was a net loss of 146 for brookhart,
which, combined with Steck’s net
gain of 258, made a total of 399 votes
by which the senator’s unofficial lead
of 1,025 was reduced.
One of the peculiarities of the elec
* tlon was emphasized today through
the finding of the Webster county
election board that more than 2,000
votes cast in that county did not
record a choice for senator. This
number. It was pointed out, would
have been enough to give either can
didate a clear' victory.
In the state as a whole, approxi
mately 60,000 voters refrained from
expressing their choice for senator.
In this group, observers believe were
many who would not vote for
Brookhart as a republican because
of his differences with the party
leaders, and who, as republicans,
could not bring themselves to vote
for a democrat as had been urged
by many prominent republican lead
ers.
BOAT WITH RUM
CARGO IS SEIZED
Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 11.—The
748-C. a Boston motor boat, was
seized by a coast guard patrol boat
off Kastern Point Monday night and
a cargo of 1,200 gallons of alcohol
aboard whs confiscated.
The two men in it were lodged In
Jail to await arraignment tomorrow.
Increased activities of the coast
guard patrol has been reported tc
have reduced the rum fleet off Mas
sachusetts bay. Two destroyers have
been circling about the rum fleet,
bathing the ships In a flood of light
fiom their searchlight:;, according tc
"4 reports.
WYOMING ROADS
PACKED BY SNOW
Tlock Springs, Wyo., Nov. II.—
After 24 hours of intermittent snow
fall, leaving mountain roads almost
impassable due to huge drifts, thf
skies are clearing this morning ant;
the weather Is turning intensely cob
with a heavy northwest wind.
/
We Have
With Us
Today
.lamb limner,
Sutton, Neb..
President, Midwest Implement Deal
era’ association.
It took more than 40 years foi
Jacob Benner, head of the Jacol
Benner & Hon Implement compnnj
of Hutton, to develop his company t<
its present rank as one of the largest
In Nebraska.
When Mr. Benner entered the ini
plenient retailing business, he did no’
have even the money to pay freight
charge*. But he became agent foi
the Llninger Implement Go. on com
mission, eventually setting up hii
own company.
This business has grown until now
it occupies three 'wilding . the mail
structure being a three story brlcl
affair.
Mr. Benner i.tmc to Nebraska li
1ST,', a nil has lived tit Hutton sine
that time. During his first pin
year.I here he worked as a flint
k hand.
' is now In Omaha as pieslden
of the Midwest Implement Dealers
UseoelatVjn, which Is holding lls an
nual con**iitiun hero Tuesday, Wed
nosday and Thursday.
Ren With Hobbies
Good Surety
Misks
Columbus, 0„ Nov. II.—Men with
bobbles and fat men usually arc
good risks for surety companies.
Fred M. Witliey, vice president of
the National Surely company told
the Columbus Ad club today.
Tlie “nut” or man with a hobby,
Mr. Witliey said, is a good moral
risk because he is too busy with
his pet subject to lake other peo
ple's money; the fat man is a good
risk because his thoughts center on
eating rather than dishonesty.
Tile married man is a belter
moral risk than the bachelor by a
(i-to-l ratio, Witliey said.
New Dirigible Is
Problem for Navy
Department Heads
Officials Unable to Decide
Upon Future Activities
for Big Airship, ZR-3,
Recently Imported.
Washington, N'ov. 11.—What to do
with the dirigible ZR 3 was a ques
tion which today furrowed the brows
of grizzled admirals and rosy ensigns
throughout the Navy department.
Occupying as it does a dual iden
tlty of strictly commercial ship under
a strictly military jurisdiction, the
great air cruiser has proved a per
plexing problem to those in charge.
Suggestions for its future activi
ties have ranged from a north polar
expedition to operation as a mail ship
from Los Angeles to Honolulu, but
Secretary Wilbur said today no deci
sion had been made or might be ex
pected for several weeks.
So varied have been the proposals
even within the department that Ad
miral Moffett, the navy air chief,
today appointed a special board to
consider future operation of the ZR-3
in the light of its capabilities as
shown on its transatlantic flight and
of Its theoretical performance when
Inflated with helium.
Dr. Hugo Eckner, head of the Zep
pelin company, called at the depart
ment today to say farewell to Sec
retary Wilbur and other officers and
was Invited into conference on the
subject of the cruiser's use. He w-as
of the opinion that active experl
ments should be made with the
helium inflation before any decision
was reached, since the American gas
has a materially lower lifting ratio
than the hydrogen used by the Zep
pelin company.
One of the plans put forward in
the bureau of aeronautics Is a propo
sal that the ZR-3 be placed on a regu
lar New York-to-London mall route.
This would permit some monetary
return.
SOVIET REPUBLIC
GRANTS AMNESTY
By Associated Prru.
TIflis, Georgia. Nov. 11.—The cen
tral executive committee of the re
public of Georgia today granted
amnesty to those persons who par
tlclpated in the recent revolt against
the Soviet regime.
Tho sentences of those condemned
f.o death are commuted to ten years
Imprisonment while those who arc
awaiting trfnl or who have fled the
country will be granted^ full im
munlty providing that, within 13
days they "express their sincer>
readiness to return to peaceful work
and to sever their connections with
all persons and organizations hostile
to the Georgian government.”
The amnesty order does not annul
the confiscation of the property ol
those arrested.
SCOUT CRUISER
FINDS DERELICT
Washington, Nov. 11.—The U. S. S
Trenton, combing the waters arount
Greenland for the missing Americar
yacht bief Erlcson, reported to thi
Navy department today the sightinc
of a derelict 15 miles south of New
Koundland, which answers the tie
script ton of the missing yacht.
The Erlcson left Greenland twt
months ago bound for New Found
land and has not been heard fronr
since.
COURT RESCINDS
HICHAM DIVORCE
London, Nov. 11.—The high couri
of justice today rescinded the dlvorct
deerei granted to Sir Charles Fred
erick I llghnin from Mrs. Jesse fftuar
Macintosh Simpson Highum Octobei
15. 1028.
Sir Charles obtained the divorce hj
telling of his wife's alleged relation!
with two men. It was dissolved oi
counter charges brought lit a petitlot
. by tho king's proctor.
Wife Is Seeking Husband
Missing Since Last Spring
Beatrice, Nov. lb—Mrs. K. L
Wright email, old resident of llolmes
ville vicinity, has been making (
, fruitless search for her husband, win
, mysteriously disappeared last spring
! She states that he came to Heatrlci
on a (rain and that was tho last seet
of him. Ills finances were In bai
shape, according to Mrs. Wrlglitsman
hut Ills father has straightened u|
bis affairs, lie was engaged In farm
I tig near llolmes ville.
by Outlook
Conditions We Have Been
Looking for Are Here,
Says Deere & Co.
Official.
Analyzes Problems
A message of better days for the
manufacturers and dealers in farm
implements was brought today to the
annual convention of the Midwest
Implement Dealers’ association.
The message was delivered by Bur
ton F. Peek, vice president of Deere
& Co.
“The conditions we have been so
long looking for, are here," said Mr.
Peek. He called attention to the
serious depression that has been the
experience of both Implement manu
facturers and dealers during the de
flation period. "That Is now hap
pily past,” he said, "and we arc not
going to cry over spilled milk.
"In this connection. I have some
figures that may be interesting. The
Farm Implement association has
made a study of the distribution of
the fanner's dollar. It finds that of
every dollar expended by the farmer,
18 2-3 cents goes for food, 15 cents
for clothing, 10 cents for taxes, 9
cents for feed, fertilizers, etc.; 6 cents
for payment on indebtedness, 6 cents
for education, 4 cents for radio, jew
elry and phonographs: 4 cents for
building supplies, 4 cents for house
hold supplies, 3 1-3 cents for farm
equipment and 2 cents for Invest
ments.
Luxuries Compete With Implements.
"Analyzing these figures a little,
we find they may be roughly divided
Into the uncontrollable expense and
the controllable. In the uncontrol
lable column we must place food,
clothing, taxes. Interest, payment on
indebtedness, feeds, fertilizers, educa
tion, building supplies, household
supplies, amounting. In all, to 81 2 3
per cent: In the controllable item
we can place automobiles, radio,
jewelry, phonographs. Investments,
and. 1f you please, farm equipment,
amounting to 18 1-3 per cent.
“It Is therefore evident that In the
competition for the farmer's dollar
your principal competitors are the
automobile, the phonograph, the
radio outfit and the jewelry. I do
not complain about this. The farmer
does not owe the implement manu
facturer a living and he does not
owe the Implement dealer a living. He
does owe It to himself, however, to
farm In the most efficient and Intelli
gent manner possible. To this end
the efforts of the manufacturer and
the dealer should be directed. The
manufacturer produces the ma
chinery—the Implement dealer must
tell It.
Speaks of Dawes I'lan.
“It Is the business of the manufac
turer to produce at the lowest cost
possible, consistent with quality, and
to distribute at the lowest cost pos
sible, consistent with service. Ex
perience has demonstrated that this
distribution must be through the re
tail Implement dealer, to whom he
(Turn to Pace Ten, Column One.)
FREIGHT LOADING
CONTINUES HEAVY
Washington, Nov. II.—The prosper
oils condition of the nation's rail
roads, reflected in soaring prices on
the stock market, was still further
exemplified today by the annou...
ment by the American Hallway asso
elation that loading of revenue freight
1 continues to l>e the greatest In history
for this season of the year.
During the week ending November
1 the total cars loaded was 1,073,430,
a great increase over corresponding
1 weeks in pervious years.
With two months of 1924 still t"
be accounted for, 41,156,503 cars have
j been loaded with revenue freight by
, American railroads this year, this
, record for 10 months being almost
. equnl to the 12 months of previous
. years.
Armistice Day Observed
Uitli Union (ihurrh Service
Wyniore, Neb., Nov. 11 - Armistice
day was observed with special serv
tees and an appropriate program at
the Methodist church here. It was u
union church service under the nun
' pices of Anderson Post, No. 2 5
t American legion of Wyniore. Patrt
otic songs were sung, an address on
, peace and the benediction were given
by Wyniore pastors and a speech
i was niBde by Leonard Densmore. lo
ad attorney and representative elect
from the Thirty-eighth congressional
, district, for tho legion. Merchants
, displayed flags on staffs set In hold
! eis at the outer, edge of sidewalks,
, and all business houses were closed
part of the day.
Cheyenne County KarnicrM
HoMint; Their Wheat Crop
’ Bridgeport, Nov. 11. — Cheyenne
• county farm*!* ■hipped almost nln«
carloads of wheat a month to market
1 Innt year, uncording to figures com
' plied by the rail road* that show .1
• total of 1.020 cars leaving the county,
’ carrying more than 3,000,000 bushel*.
* It l* estimated that there arc nearly
1 5,000,000 to he sold here thin season.
* as more acres were planted and the
j crop was heavier than last year. Only
a small portion of tho present crop
has hieri sent to market.
ivlillicenl Rogers Salm Will Join
Noble Husband in Paris. He Insists
"All Efforts to Separate Us Have Failed.” Count Declares
—Has Reserved Same Su ite They Occupied After
Elopement Which Thrilled New ^ ork.
By C. F. BERTEM.I,
I n(vernal Servlee Staff t'orre«Iionilen».
Paris, Nov. 1L—“All efforts to
separate us have failed. Absence
lias only made our heart.* grow
fonder. Millicent will said Novem
ber 25 from New York to join me
in Paris.”
Count Ludwig Salm von Hoog
straeten made this statement to
Universal Service in the early
hours this morning when seen at
the Embassy club where lie and
his bride, the former Millicent
Rogers, went nightly during their
honeymoon.
Surprised to meet Count Salm
there I asked him whom he was
with. He replied with a melan
choly smile:
“I am alone, surrounded by
memories of my love.”
However, it was observed that
he danced assiduously throughout
the evening.
"I do not know whether Milli
eent is bringing the baby with
her,” said Count Salm. “I hope
she is bringing him, as 1 would
love to see the little chap.
“Millicent writes that he is just
like me, and I am anxious for them
both to get here.'*
The count has reserved the same
sulto at the Lottl hotel that lie and
Ex-Pastor Held
on Grave Charge
Girls Tell of Alleged Crime
Committed at Scott**
bluff.
B. .T. Minort, former Baptist preach
er, who was arrested on a serious
charge in Scottsbluff, Neb., was held
to the federal grand jury Tuesday hy
United States Commissioner Boehler
on 15,000 bonds.
Minort, a humane officer with the
Child Welfare bureau in Wyoming,
was given custody of two girls, Mary
sod Resc G'Hearn, li and 17. rc
sportively, to be taken to an aunt In
Denver.
According to the complaint filed
against Minort, he took the girls from
an uncle in Casper and went to Tor
rlngton. Ills home, to get his auto
mobile.
The girls told police and federal
authortles Minort, instead of goinfc
direct to Denver, stopped in Mitchell,
Neb., where lie is alleged to have
mistreated them. He was arrested
after the girls were taken In cue
tody In Scottsbluff.
Minort has a wife and five children
In Torrington. He is well known In
western Nebraska and Wyoming and
is said to have left Ills pastorate be
cause his salary was not large enough
to support Ids large family.
The case will lie tried before a fed
eral jury In North Platte next month.
CHRISTMAS POSTAL
RULES ISSUED
Anyone wishing to senda Christ
man present to « friend In Mozain-1
bique or Tientsin may get Informa
tion regarding methods from tin
postoffice.
Postal officials have prepared *
list showing just when a package
nhonld be mailed in order to reach
any of 225 countries In time for
Christmas. The list also gives in
'formation regarding rules governing
such shipments.
l-*nrcel post packages nvty now be
sent to nearly any country in the
world. Before tho wlr they were
accepted only for delivery In the lug
er nations.
MAIL ROBBERY
LEADER PLEADS
clili|igo. N'ov. 11.—Brent Glasscock.
Ilcgcd leader In the actual robbery
of Hip Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
11in11 train last June when loot esti
mated at $2,000,000 was taken at
HondOUt, 111 . and Joseph and Jesse
Newton, formally changed their pleas
of not guilty to guilty before Federal
Judge < ’llffe today. Five of the al
leged conspirators now have pleaded
guilty, leaving only four to be tried.
William l'ahy. former pnstoflVe in
speetor, nrresled by fellow Inspectors
and accused of being one of the arch
conspirators: James Murray, pollli
Inn; Walter MrCoinb and Herbert
Holliday, tlie latter of Kansas City
remain to be tried.
BANK ROBBERS
SHOOT WAY OUT
Ohlraffo, Nov. Two men, araied
with shotgun aml rifle, nnd wearing
«*nrtrholt# around their hodlo*.
hold up tho Interstate National lmnk
Monday night and obtained $1T»,000 in
rnidi.
Aa th« mon stepped into tlio haul
: h* roport spread that they war© bold
Inn It up and on informalion posm* uf
merchants of tho neighborhood wnr
forinod. Tho “posse," aimed with ro
volvors, erected a lmrrleude <*f Imvi'i
outside the hank entrant1*.' and sought
to amhiiMh the bandit* a* they
stepped from the hank
A* they emerald they fought <
blind duel with the oiubushed p»*> «
but escaped to their automobile.
Millicent occupied after ilielr wed
ding.
When T nuked the count If he
had seen his wife's mother, Mrs.
Rogers; since she came over, he
registered astonishment.
“Is she In Europe?" he asked. “I
will have to look her up."
The count admitted that he i«
trying to become a Hungarian citi
zen in order to legalize his first
divorce which if* not recognized
under the Austrian law.
"This i» merely a formality nec
essary to assure the status of our
baby," said Salm. "Emphatically
it. is not because it is necessary in
order for Millicent to divorce me.
There is no question of divorce.
“It is true that tremendous ef
forts have been made to break up
our romance, but Millicent has re
mained faithful to me through the
most cruel test any woman has
ever been forced to undergo. Her
latest letters sho'w that the opposi
tion of the family is weakening.
There are signs that our love may
yet triumph over parental preju
dice.”
The count exhibited a sheaf of
letters bearing American post
marks. He said they came from
Millicent.
(Copyright. _
Robinson Slated
for Naval Post
(Juuhii of Theodore Roose
velt May Succeed Him a«
Assistant Secretary.
Washington, Xov. 11.—Theodore
Douglas Robinson of New York, a
nephew of President Theodore Roose
velt. lias virtually been selected for
assistant secretary of the navy.
Robinson, who is a son of Corlnne
Rooselvelt Robinson, called today at
the White House and after a confer
ence with President Coolidge, went to
the Navy department to confer with
Secretary Wilbur.
The post of assistant secretary has
been vacant since late in September
when Theodore Roosevelt resigned to
make his unsuccessful campaign as
republican nominee for governor of
New York.
The appointment of Mr. Robinson
would carry what has become a
Roosevelt tradition in the Navy de
partment. Theodore Roosevelt, who
retired as assistant secretary nix
wi eks ago. had been preceded In that
post by Franklin D. Roosevelt, a
democrat, and years ago Theodore
Roosevelt, wiio later was to become
president, also served as the depart
ment's Becond in command.
Mr. Robinson was born in 1883. He
has served in the New York state
senate. He was chairman of the pro
gressive st.1*0 committee of New
York In 1912.
YOUTHS HELD FOR
CHICKEN THEFT
Special Dispatch to The Onmlta I tee.
Ib* itrice, Neb , Xov. 11.—Walter
and Fred Kessner. Beatrice, 18 and
.0. respectively,* were arrested last
r.ivht at Deahler, Neb, where they
have been employed, and brought
here and charged with stealing 54
chickens from Charles Burke, farm
er living south of town.
Officers say the boys have con
fessed. Checks for the chickens
were drawn in favor of O. Jl. Miller,
for whom the lads declared they were
working. it was later found that
the endorsements on the checks had
been forged.
.Sheriff Sailing i ellovcs the two
hoys am responsible for many
poultry thefts in this section the
past year.
FUNERAL RITES
FOR TRAM VICTIM
Funeral acrvlce* for William
Davie*. :i, sun of Mr. and Mr*. Tom
Davie*, who was killfnl Monday when
a street car ran over him. will he hold
Wednesday ut 2 p. ni. ft the home,
12(1'.' Hltiney street. Rev. K. J.
Seeker, pastor of St. Mark Kplsropnl
church, will officiate. Burial will be
in Forest I.nwn r< inotery.
\notlit-r Boxcar Robbed
in ^ arils at Nebraska ('it>
Nebraska City, Nov. 11—A box
* it- was robbed in I he Missouri Pa
cific yards here last night of wear
ing apparel consigned to a local mer
* haul liny i nrs have been robbed
m the Missouri Pacific yards weekly
for some time. Monday n consign
men | of overshoes for tlio Homey or
shoo store here was found hidden in
weeds In the Burlington yards. They
were siolcn on the night of t>oto
her 28.
Dividend Declared.
New York, Nov 11.—Directors of
the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis
and Omaha railway today declared a
dividend of per cent on tile pro
lerrrd stuck for 1924. payment of
which was deferred Iasi June. P
Is pnvuble December 11 to stock of
record December 1. No action was
taken on the common dividend,
which was omitted in Dvcembei
1923. t
Peace With
Honor, Goal
of Legion
James A. Drain. National
Commander, Tells of
Ideals and Aims of
Organization. |
Cheers, an noisy and whole-hearted
as those which were uttered through
out the world November 11, 1918,
were given at the Rome hotel Tues
day night by the 650 American
Legion members gathered for the
banquet given in honor of James A.
Drain, national commander, as “Jim'
walked into the banquet room.
The demonstration for Drain lasted
nearly five minutes. He bowed and
acknowledged the greeting and then
walked ot his place at the speakers'
table.
The Seventeenth infantry orchestra
furnished the music for the occasion.
The Keno quartet, the quartet which
represented Omaha at the St. Paul
convention, sang and the drum corps
of Omaha post No. I displayed the
Inlent which won them mention a
few weeks ago.
Commanders of posts at Nebraska
City, Valley, Lincoln. PapilUon and
Arlington were present.
Anan Raymond, newly elected com
mander of Omaha poet No. l. intro
duced Drain, the only speaker of the
evening.
Drain plunged at once into his ad
dress, calling on the guests to remem
ber the lessens of the war. The ad
dress follows;
War for Protection.
Look back to April 6. 191T. That
was the day when, after years cf
self-restraint and forbearance, out
raged beyond the possibility of fur
ther endurance, the United States
entered the world war. The na
tion came in not to serve a selfish
purpose, but to protect itself and
its citizens and to help establish
the ha lance for righteousness in
the world and u» wipe out the rule
of might over right.
The effect of the declaration of
war was like the opening of a
throttle upon a great engine. It
released forces of incalculable pow
er and aroused and vivified re
serves of patriotism which the
American people did not know they
had.
The compulsory military service
law passed at once, which made the
whole manpower of the nation
available to fight, seems lo toe one
of the finest demonstrations of
patriotism which this or any other
land has ever known. It meant that
the manhood of America was volun
teering in a l>ody because the
congress of the United States, re
sponsive as it was to the will of the
pe, pie. could have never passed
that legislation had not an over
whelming majority of ihe people
been for it.
Part of 1 . S. a World Wonder.
T lielieve when the history of
the world i" adequately written,
the part plaveil in It hy the Unite,!
States will he recognize,] .is one
of the new wonders of the world.
I think no people ever did so much,
or did it so well in so short a lime.
I do not under rate the efforts of
the allied nutions: they held the
liatlle line with rare courage and
marvelous devotion through more
than thtee sanguinary and terrible
years, but the United States, hesi
tant for long, when it did come,
came with ihe overwhelming force
and speed of an avalanche.
Of course, there were blunders
and faults without number. You
would not expect any operation of
the magnitude of this to la* carried
forward without faults Rut, on
the whole. It was a great task
gloriously well done.
Our people at home and over
there, in the military forces and out,
resolutely cheerful, shouldered their
burdens and went forward side by
side in perfect cadence with full
step. You onnnot stopple people:
nothing can impede their power of
motion forward when they so move.
Praises National Spirit.
All tribute is due our men w ho
went overseas and suffered and
fought and died there. We shall
turn to l'rtce Two. t'elmim Three.)
r——■ '
Barroom Bet Ends
in Death; One
Man Held
Scranton, !*»., Nov. II—In an
East Saerantnn barroom Monday
Joseph Sedowski. a powerful man
weighing more Ilian .'00 pounds,
looked upon Anthony Adam, weigh
lug 140, and called him a weak
ling.
Adam resented this remark and
made a lief he could lift Sedowski
to Ilia shoulders. Sedowski -at on
the floor and Adam took a good
grip AA ith every bit of strength
and will power there was in him,
Adam lifted, and with success. lie
ba la need the big man high above
his head
Ifut then In slipped. Sedowski
trashed down upon his head, mid
died of a broken neck. Adam is in
jail charged with In voluntary man
slaughter.
Woman s Mail Vote
Elects Man
ta Office
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Fremont, Neb. Nov. 11.—Harry
Schwab of Hooper, won out in the
race for township clerk over E. M.
Havens by the close margin of two
votes. One of these a mail vote cast
by a woman, elected Schwab.
The mail vote in Dodge county cut
down the lead by Charles W. Pool,
candidate for secretary of state, to a
meager 12 votes over E. B. Johnson,
republican. Peter T. Mitterling, clerk
of the district court, running for re
election, won the honor of polling the
largest vote In the county, despite his
opposition. He polled 4,935 votes
which included 92 out of a possible
124 mail votes.
Memorials to Men
Who "Went West”
Are Decorated
ar Mother? Place Markers
at Foot of Eaeh Tree
on Turner
Boulevard.
in memory of Omaha nun who
gave their lives in the world war the
Omaha chapter of War Mothers, as
sisted by the American Legion, placed
39 iron and aluminum jnarkers at the
foot of trees planted to commemorate
these men on Turner boulevard north
of Farnam street.
The ceremony.-held Tuesday after
noon. was participated in by Mrs'. H.
K McCluer of Kansas City, national
president of the War Mothers, and
James A. Drain, national commander
of the American Legion, who was in
Omaha to assist with other Armistice
day ceremonies.
Men and Women Touched.
The War Mothers and legion men.
grouped around one of the little trees
where the markers had temporarily
teen placed, were touched by the
simple, poignant talk of Mrs. Mc
Clper.
"Today we have assembled to pay
homage to the heroes that did not
come back.’’ she began. "When the
youth of America, went to war it
was easy for the people at home to
make promise*--.
"Bands ware playing, flags waving,
orators emphasizing the necessity of
conquering the enemy of humanity
and civilization once for all, no
matter what the cost.
Hearts beat high with patriotic
enthusiasm, promises of everlasting
loyally were made to those heroes
v ho went to conquer.
"While our lvarts ate flip 1 with
hove and devotion and admiration he
cause of tlie effor'a put forth by all
ii f our bnj -, yet somehow naturally
we feel a little more appreciative of
those who did not come luck. Me
are quite sore that those who did
rime hack justify us in this aright
preference.
"Ti ces a Tribute. '
"A tribute through the ages when
these trees give forth thrir tooling
shade to the people who shall pass,
recognizing they were planted by ap
preciative hearts. You are doing a
truly patriotic work. You at* among
the many planting a living memorial
throughout our country.
"They are the shrines wa.iih wall
serve a* reminders of th» set ekes -■
(Turn tii I'litf Scspu. t sliimii r«nr.v
INAUGURAL BALL
MAY BE DROPPED
Washington. N'ov 11 .—President
CooliUge is mu inclined to hold an
Inaugural ball, although it was sail
n day at the White House l»e had not
gisen consideration yet to plans '
inauguration. White House officials
said the president had made atguiry
as to whether lie himself would have
to attend an Inaugural hall if one
were held and thereafter ins disin
clinatlon for such a function.
it is the general expectation that
.,1! of the inaugural plans x\ ill ',t
marked by simplicity and economy.
Reil Cross Membership
Drive Opened at Oeneva
Geneva. Nov. 11.— Fillmore county
Red Cross chapters will conduit a
drive for membership Ivegmning
Vrmistice d.iy \ cour.ty nurse J
maintained and an average of 2.TOO
school children have been examined
each year. Where serious defects
were discovered the parents were
notified. One hundred women and
girls took the course in home hy
giene nsd first aid and received eer
ttficates. The instruction was given
by Miss Amy MaoOwan, county
rurse
Peanut Crop Short.
Wa itlngton, Nov. 11.—Here's a hit
of bad news tor small boys, monkeys
and elephants. The peanut crop this
yenr ts 54.959,006 pounds short of
the 195* yield, the Department of
Agriculture announced today.
The Weather
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l*» +\ipltatton, InchH and Huiutr#«Ii7i«
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V ictim Used
Diamonds
for Money
Loh Angeles Police Find Simi
larity in Murders of
Harry Katz and Mrs.
Theresa Mor*.
Illicit Trade Probed
I,o.' Angel*-.". Oil.. Nov. 11 —A dia
inund-studded trail that was marked
here last night by the killing of
Harry Katz, jewel amt antique col
lector, musician anil bohemian. led
tonight to the safe deposit vault' "t
a downtown bank, whose time lo< k,
rigid over the holiday, is expected by
officers to reveal at S tomorrow morn
ing an array of gems whi* h 01; y
throw some light on the motive for
.he Katz slaying.
The man who was shot down on Ins
own doorstep is declared 1 > police, to
have l>een under surveillance for
come time as the cent* r of an umitr
grounil jewel trade whose source *>f
■ upply tiie ofticiah wen seeking ' ■
fathom.
Wherever Katz went li*- can d
dlhmonds. several of tiieni at a time
and all valuable, say bis ; cquaiit
tunces. He bought real • nate with
diamonds. He borrowed money and
gave diamonds as security.
Diamonds and violins were his hob
bles. He had 22 of the latter In the
luxuriously furnished apartment on
the threshold of which he was killed.
On Katz' body when lie died were
a diamond pin and diamond rings
worth thousands of dollars, according
to a police inventory.
More diamonds, many of them, are
expected by the police to be found in
the Katz safety deposit box when the
bank time lock permits its opening to
morrow morning.
Officers working on the case ex
pressed the belief that the same or
similar motives prompted the killing
of Katz and the killing on August 12
last of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors. jew*l
Collector and antique dealer, in con
nection with whose death Kid Mc
Coy. ex-pugilist, is being held.
Bach was cut down by a .32-cnliher
bullet. In each case a 'thick, heavy
ret man' was identified with the kill
ing.
I«tte today the police detained Ouv
Peterson. former business associate
of Katz, with whom the dead man
had had several lawsuits. The ©f
j ticera are checking Peterson's story of
Ills movetnenis last night.
PLANES WILL AID
NAVY MANEUVERS
San IJiego. Nov, 11.—When tie
h'nlted Si.ue* fleet starts for Hono
lulu next March for its winter ma
neuver*. an air fleet of approximately
Su plane* will ammipany them, k
Was learned hen today in navy cir
cles.
Tiie purpose of taking the aircraft
is to test many theoreti t! pi-obler, *
that have never been tried heiw.-en
the planes and the surface "c-; in
major I si t tic practice. U also v ..«
learned the planes and ships prabaUiv
would mutin in Hawaiian waters cr
six months.
Captain S K Moses, unnuuiwk ,»f
tlie fleet air force, revealed th.'.t tne
dirigibles Shenandoah .ml Is.* A n
,-elea, or on- of these, might he takc-n
to the mid-Pacific islands and used in
the inuneuv, ■*. as well as the ..ircraft
currier Bangley . which vv It a hr Ice
line next month.
The coinmande also stated t'.m a
flight of th i'S type setiplai.es
being proposed to Honolulu, although
there is nothing definite at this tin t
on the flight.
COURT PROTECTS
HOME BEVERAGE
Baltimore. Nov. 11.—In the tri..’ '
Representative John PlUIlly Hill, in
tile I'nlted State- court here today
for alleged violation* of tlie Volstead
act. Judge Morris A. Soper rule! tint*
the one-half of one per cent" clause
in the Volstead law doe'* not apply to
beverage* made in the home fci
home consumption.
■Washington. Nov. 1!.—The finding
of Federal Judge Boper in the ease
of Representative John riiUlip Hill
at Baltimore today is regarded her*
as necessitating a revision of the poli
cies and regulations followed by :h#
prohibition commissioner.
Swine Paralysis Develop*
in Pastern Colorado Hcnl*
Fott Morjmn, Colo Nov 11 -M -
herd* of hogs in eastern Colorado at*
suffering from swine paralysis. Agr
cultural college authorities state that
the disease is caused bv a la. k m
minerals in the feed and are pla.-i
sir-slacked lime in the drinking wate
of diseased herds to combat the
t vara lysis. Old bones and cob* bun.
together In the hog lot help to supple
lime and phosphorus vv Idoh
needed
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