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*•* V CITV EDITION ’ VOL. 64__^0 146 OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1924. * TWO CENTS“ Criv»h^'«nt« EI»«wh«?®.U — J
Nebraska
Stock Gets
3 Ribbo ns
Poland-China Hogs From
This Slate Take Second
and Third in Chicago
I Stock Show.
Second in Another Class
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 1.—Textbook herds
men from a dozen American agricul
tural colleges fortified the rase for
"hook learnin' ” today by running off
with most of the honors in the open
ing day's competition at the twenty
fifth International Livestock Kxpo
sition. When the awards of the state
universities and agricultural colleges
were posted, exponents of "practical
farmitig” and barnyard methods,
were routed.
The University of Illinois entry
took the first purple ribbon champion
ship with the year's champion Poland
China harrow. The same herd pro
duced the winning harrow In the 150
250-pound class, in which Iowa stale
college and Michigan Agricultural
college entries took second and third
place, respectively. A blue ribbon
for the pen of 10 in the same class
went to the University of Illinois with
the Iowa State pen taking second
honors.
Nebraska Cops Two.
Iti the Duroc-Jersey class in the pig
competition, Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical college won highest
honors with the champion fat barrow
It 0f the year. Second honors went to
the University of Minnesota. For the
i hampion pen of the same stock,
Oklahoma. A. ami M. took first and
second honors. Iowa State college
won firs| rank with a pen of in of
the class. The finest specimen of the
type in the 150-250 grade came from
the herd of the University of Minne
sota, with the University of Nebraska
entry second. For 260-350-pound
grades, Oklahoma took first and sec
ond places and Nebraska third. The
best )ien of three in the 150-250-pound
class was from the University of Min
nesota. ‘
Til 350-450 pound class, Oklahoma's
.pen of three won first. Minnesota's
second and Iowa's third.
Additional honors for the Minne
sota herd came from the Berkshire
harrow competition, in which the
Oophers triumphed by a small mar
gin over the Michigan Aggies, who
took second standing. The champion
pen of fat Berkshire barrows was
from fhe University of Minnesota and
the second from Purdue.
Iowa State College repeated last
year's win in the Chester Whites di
vision In which It again produced
the champion barrow of the year. Ne
braska took second. Minnesota gave
the show its champion pen of Ches
L ter Whites, but Iowa State was a
close second.
First Blue Ribbon.
The first blue ribbon for a breed
er's entry came from the sheep
houses, In which Canadian slockmen
were generally triumphant through
out the day. Cecil Stobbs, Wheatley,
(Turn to Page Two. Column Five.)
SALINGER FREED
ON $25,000 BOND
Br Associated Press.
Sioux Falls, Dee. 1.—Ben I. Saling
er, jr., former vice president and gen
eral counsel for the defunct Midland
Packing company of Sioux City is at
liberty today under bond of $25,000
t following his sentence In federal court
here Saturday to four yeara In the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.
Kan., and a fine of $1,000 for use of
mails to defraud In connection with
the company's promotion.
The bond was approved late Satur
day when counsel for Salinger an
nounced intention of filing a writ of
error, which will be presented In
Omaha Wednesday to give basis for
appeal.
We Have
♦, With Us
Today
II. G. I/e*dy,
Lawyer,
Kansas City, M<>.
H, G. Reedy Is general counsel of
the Federal Reserve hank of Kan
sas City and Is In Omaha on business.
Ha Is a personal friend of O. O.
McIntyre's family at Plattshurg. Mo.,
and a warm admirer of The Omaha
Bee * famous contributor. Me said
that. In the hometown paper at
Plattshurg. all of McIntyre's letters
to his father, whoeh are numerous,
are printed in full and evoke a lot of
Interest.
Melntyre Is Plattsburg's perennial
candidate for president, Reedy said.
Rilward Amherst Ott,
Lecturer,
I ties, N. V.
^ Reared on an Ohio farm Mr. till.
• I the nge of 22, went on the slogp.
Rater he became dean of oratory ami
Knglleh at Drake university.
In determining the work for which
youths are most suited Mr. ott be
lieves that mental test* are unsatis
factory, and that personality tests
which Include 12 others phases of
character ate more satisfactory. He
spoke *' the Advertising Selling
league meeting Monday night
Fight If as Not on Program ^
Lowell Sherman, who lost decision in Lillian Foster, actress, innocent cause
fist fight. of It all.
When Lowell Sherman, accompanied by Lillian Foster, both stage stars,
entered his box at the Rquity ball in New York and failed to introduce his
fair companion to George Baxter, actor, a fist fight ensued that sent women
shrieking from the ballroom. Words and fists flew, and before blonde belle
came to the rescue. Baxter had heen declared the ‘‘wiiinah.”
Police Lauded for
Aid to Operati ves
Cornett Declares Omaha Is
Only City to Co-Operate
Vi ith Federal Officers.
—
U. S. Wins Point at
Opium Conference
Commission Vote It Compe
tent to Discuss Limitation
Plans.
Geneva, Dec. 3.—A decisive victory
was won by the United States this
afternoon before the international
conference for regulaly»n of the opium
traffic when the commission voted it
was competent to discuss America's
plan for limitation of raw opium con
sumption in India. Lines wer® so
sharply drawn over that question that
delegates warned that it might dis
rupt the whole congress. England.
India and Holland united in opposing
America’s plan.
Twenty six votes were in the af
firmative; one—that of India—was in
the negative. Nine nations, including
Britain, France and Turkey, abstain
ed from balloting.
Representative Stephen Porter, chief
of the United States delegation, in
formed the conference that neither
the American people nor their gov
ernment had any wish to meddle in
the internal affairs of any notion.
The contention bad been made by
England and India that consideration
of Indian consumption of opium would
constitute Interference in domestic af
fairs of the empire
Torter suggested that drug produc
ing states damaged by limitation of
production should be aided by other
states.
This proposal so pleased Persia,
which had pleaded that limitation
would make many workmen in Persia
idle that its delegation thanked the
Americans.
STATE LEGION ’
MAPS CAMPAIGN
Special Dispatch to The Omaha lies.
Grand Island, Dec. 1 The member
ship committee of the * American
Legion, department of Nebraska, in
rinding district and local chairmen,
met here last night to map out the
1925 campaign.
State Commander Courtney. Kear
ney; John Maker, state membership
committee chairman, North Platte;
Sam Reynolds, national executive
committeeman. Omaha; Frank O'Con
nell. state adjutant. Lincoln; Stanley
Biegrl, state publicity chairman. Kear
ney; Lloyd Kain, Gothenburg; John
I^awler, Hastings; Charles D. Hohous,
Nebraska City; Carl Ledbetter, Sid
ney; W. I. Stebbins, Gothenburg, Rus
sell W. Genzler. Omaha; Commander
Smith and chairman Northup, Grand
Island, weir in attendance.
NEW FIRE SHIFT
ON TRIAL 30 DAYS
Members of the Are department
started Monday morning at 7 to opei
ate on a 24 hour basis as &n experi
ment for 50 days. If the experiment
Is approved, the legislature will be
asked this winter to amend the
present double shift law to authorize
a system of 24 hours on and 2 4 hours
off.
Under the proposed new plan the
men will sleep and eat their meals
in quarters.
Itork Island Publisher
Dodge* Murder Charge
Peoria. III., Dec. U- John P. Looney,
former publisher of the Rock Island
News, wanted In that city on various
Indictments, one charging murder, the
outgrowth of a vie® war there tun
'ears ago, in federal court her® de
manded trial on an Indictment « bars
log him with interstate transportation
of a stolen automobile. The federal
indict merit was returned here more
than a year ago. The trial was ®et
for December 22.
Chicago Mystery Oirl
May lie Canadian Singer.
Chicago, Dec. I The mystery girl
in the psyorhnpathlo hospital, who
i (aim* to be bereft «»f her memory,
may be Miss 1,1®* in Durkin, a singe
of Winnipeg. Canada, according t*» *i
letter received bv the poller from
Joseph \V. Htandlsh. n theater man
Hger si Ringhsmptnn, N y. ||e said
she has a brother in New Tork city
X
Declaring that the Omaha police
force la one of the few, if not th**
only one which co-operates with fed
eral agents, William Gurnett, Omaha
police officer who has been nerving
as an internal revenue officer during
a leave of absence from the Omaha
force, Monday related harrowing ex
perienoes which resulted from the
failure of police in eastern cities to
co-operate.
"To most police departments and
the men in them an internal revenue
rffleer 1» the same as a prohibition
agent. They are not In sympathy
with him. and do not cooperat* with!
him.
"I got into a dangerous fight with
a dope peddler in Boston, and a Bos
ton police officer stood 20 feet away
and watched without helping me. I
wns badly bruised and my side was
almost paralyzed. T asked the pa(
tiolman to call a patrol wagon. Hej
refused and I had to walk with thei
prisoner eight blocks to a police sta-j
tion.
"I have traveled all over the coun
try. and Omaha is the onlv city in
which I find police are co-operating,
v\ ith federal officers. Police Commls !
sinner Dunn i« responsible and he is
to he praised."
MANY AT RITES'
OF GAS VICTIM
One of the largest throngs which
ever attended a funeral In South
Omaha witnessed the last rites Sun
day afternoon over the body of
Charles G. Root, president of the
Traders’ exchange, who was asphyx
iated Friday by exhaust gas from his
car.
More than SftO persons crowded the
auditorium of Grace Methodist church
and the steps and sidewalks outside.
The proeesslon of ears which followed
the body to the grave was more than
a mile long.
Th* eulogy was delivered by Rev.
C. C. Wilson, former pastor of Grsce
Methodist church, of which Mr. Root
had been treasurer. He pointed to
Mr. Root’s career as a commission
man as an example of upright living.
The funeral sermon was preached by
Rev. R. T.. Storey of Grace church.
Ree Hive Masonic lodge was In
charge of the services at the grave.
Mr. Root was a member of the Ma
sons and Shriner*.
He wns asphyxiated In his own
garage as he was tuning up his car
to meet his daughter, who was arriv
ing by train Thursday evening, ills
wife was asleep when he left the
house Thursday evening and discov
ered his body early Friday morning
when she awakened and heard the
motor still running.
WOMAN IS SLAIN
BY BANDIT PAIR
Kansas U|ty, Mo., Dec. 1.—Two
masked bandits entered the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lennle E. Bloodgood
early today, killed Mrs. Bloodgood
after they had locked her husband
Into the basement, and escaped with
$85 In cash they took from under s
mattress.
Bloodgood heard Mrs. Bloodgood
say “we have no money;” then he
heard one of the bandits strike her
Neighbors released him an hour later
ROSE FORFEITS
$200 BEER BOND
William Rose, alleged heud of the
Omaha “beer ring.” forfeited $200 in
bonds Monday morning because he
wouldn't step an ohs the hall to at
gue about tils connections wlih the
liquor traffic.
BaJprr Condi (,)mlo.
Vl<r Assnclsteil Preen.
Madison. WIs , Her 1 T K Jones,
director of athletics st the University
of Wisconsin, tendered his resigns
tion to President A. Berg today
£
farents ot
Slain Yegg
Meet at Bier
Reconciled by Death of Son
Shot hv Police; His W idow
Breaks Down as She
Sees Them.
Refuses to Tell of Crime
Over flip body of their son, shot
down as a bandit last Friday, the
parents of Arthur P. Henderson were
■reconciled Monday afternoon.
William Henderson. the dead
bandit's father, and his former wife.
Mrs. r. J,. Berry, wept together as
they identified the Isidy on the stone
at the morgue as that of their son.
Henderson and Mrs. Berry were
divorced several years ago, and she
has since remarried. Neither knew
that the other was to be In Omaha
until they met at the police station
as they visited Mrs. latonia Hende
son in her cell at. the city jail. Old
quarrels were forgotten as they dis
cussed the tragedy. Henderson drove
to Omaha Monday morning from
Kansas City, and Mrs. Berry drove
to Omaha from Tulsa, Okla.
As they waited to see the bandit's
widow, they were joined by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davidson.
Latonia Henderson, the bandit's
widow, almost broke her sphinx-like
s.lence as the four were ushered to
her cell bv a turnkey.
Sob of Joy.
She gave a sob of Joy as a turnkey
conducted them to her cell. Her voice
broke with emotion, and she !>egan to
explain the tragedy in a torrent of
words. Detectives listened closely, be
lieving that she was on the verge of
revealing the Identity of her hus
band's associates.
As suddenly as It had begun, her
outburst ceased. She became calm,
brushed away her tear*, and said.
But I can’t talk about it now; it a
too terrible.” Her husband's parents
did not attempt to question her
further.
Latonia Henderson, railed "^Jhe
cleverest woman ever arrested in
Omaha," lias checkmated police in
a desperate game of wits.
She is still in jail, turning back
questions with shrugs of her shoul
ders, and the member* of a gang of
safe cracker* are fleeing further
every hour from the law * pursuit.
So cleverly Is she playing her cards
that police believe they may he forced
to free her, nr to hold her only on
such a petty charge as vagrancy.
Tf ahe accomplishes this. <~h|ef ef
Detectives Ben Danbaum said Mon
day. the "prize ratch" rtf the year
will slip through th* finger* of
police.
1'ae* Hood Strategy.
F.very move she has made, accord
ing to Danbaum, from the moment
she rushed Into the morgue Friday
and identified the slain Plggly Wiggly
store bandit as her husband, waa out
lined In advance. The plot was flaw
less, and she has not made a single
misstep In the face of 72 hours of
almost constant questioning. Police
know the game, but the woman holds
the trumps.
"She Is only a decoy, but she has
played the part perfectly,” said Pan
bnum Monday,
"She deliberately walked Into one
hands, knowing that she would he
arrested. She only wanted to draw
officers off the trail of the others of
(Tara to rase Two. Column Three.!
RETIRED FARMER
DIES IN OMAHA
Kntidt Knudtson, 74. retired farmer,
died Sunday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. be# Winkler, 4308
Bedford avenue.
Three daughters, Mrs Winkler.
Mrs. Maude Zreelnnd of Omaha and
Mrs. Minnie 1.oilman of Sioux Rap
Ids. la., and three sons. Guy, John
| and Burt, survive.
Funreal services will he held at
Slmix Rapids on Wednesday, lie had
been a resident of Omaha for 16
years.
CHICAGO COTTON
EXCHANGE OPENS
Chicago, Per*. 1.—President Cross
well of the Houston Cotton exchange,
through his broker, sold inn hales of
January rot ton to President Frank
U Carey of the Chicago hoard of
trade, .who in turn sold to Wallace C.
Winter, a broker for James Simpson,
president of Marshall Field A Co.,
t .non hales at $21.40 a hundred pounds
It was the Initial transaction on the
new cotton futures exchange today.
\ppcalfl of Murray and
Fahy Decided Tn»la\
rhtr/i(ro, |)p,\ 1 federal .1 udtO'B
Cage and AUwhuler took under ad
\ Isement until tomorrow the appeal
to the United States court of appeals
of William J. Fahy, former postofflc*
Inspector, and James Vturray, convict
ed of plotting the $2,000,000 mall train
robbery at Thmdout. IP . lost June
12. The two men must serve 25 years
in A Hunts federal prison unless tbeli
conviction Is overturned b.v the high
or courts.
250 Seek (iitizcuidlip.
The regular nat ursllsstlon court
will be presided over Tuesday hv
Judge (loss There ate JftO ap
plicanta for cUiscnahu*
Frank Bruner, Confessed Poisoner of His Wife.
Believes 0n]v Electric Chair W ill W ipe Out Crime
j
Resigned to His Fate Now
That He Has Revealed De
tail of Crime; Woman -4j
Protests Innoeenre. jjj
Spwlnl PUpatrh to The Omaha Bee.
Broken Bow. Neb., Dec. 1.—Frank
Bruner. 47. who Sunday confessed to
the sheriff that he had slain his wife
in order to marry the wife of an
other man, was arraigned in county
court here today, waived preliminary
hearing and was held to the district
court for trial on a charge of mur
der Jn the first degree, with bond.
Ardesta Northey. 47, implicated by
Bruner’s confession and charged
jointly with him. was not taken to
court at all. She will he arraigned
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Bruner is a changed man since he
made his confession. No longer does
he whisper to himself and act like a
man weighted down by the burden of
grief and crime which^the death of^
his wife a week ago caused. He
seems peaceful, sits quietly in his cell
and expresses a willingness to accept
any punishment which may l>e meted
out to him.
Ready for Punishment.
"I have told all. Now' I feel bet
ter," he declared today when he was
led into the office of the ^heriff prior
to being taken to the courtroom.
"I am ready for any punishment
which the court may decide to give
me. I had no idea that just telling
about the crime would relieve iny
mind st) much. I am content "
Mrs. Northey presents the opposite
side of the picture. She denies every
allegation made bv Bruner and sits
In her cell, waiting. She is defiant
when question* are asked and sullen
when left alone.
"f loved Frank and he loved me.
I gave him no poison for his wife and
did not know that he intended to
poison her. He told me that he would
get a divorce." Tha* is all that she
will sav. She always finishes the
statement with:
Woman Protests Innocence.
"T am innocent, and that's that."
County Attorney Schaper went over
Bruner's confession with the prisoner
again this morning. Kach question
was asked as it had been asked when
the man broke down. Kach question
was answered aa It was on that occa
alo». Tha confession of the man
checked He did not vary in a detail
"I loved Ardesta Northey and went
with her everywhere." he said. ' I
told her T would get a divorce from
my wife, and then it seemed like such
a long wait. I told my wife of the
regard I had for Ardesta and she re
fused to leave home.
"Then one day Ardesta gave me
some bichloride of mercury tablet?
and told me how to dissolve them in
my wife* trq T did s* she directed'
and my wife died.
"We thought that everything would
die down soon and that could be
married,"
Hriiner Relates Crime.
Bruner told at length how he had
put the poison in the cup of tea
which his wife was about to drink,
how' he had left home immediately
(Torn Id l*i»»p Two. Column Sf»enJ
DEAD MAN SUED
BY FORMER WIFE
Denver, Dee, t —a damage suit for
5400.000 was filed against a dead man
n district court heie today when Mr?
Irene Baer sought these damages in
an alienation of affection complaint
as well as the return of $40,000 worth
• f diamonds and oriental rugs from
Mrs. Klaie Baber Baer, second w'ife of
Julius I. Baer, deceased wealth'
manufacturer of Boston and New
York.
Attornev* for Mrs Baer No. 1 de
Hare that Baer was served with a
summons in the rase just before his
death a month ago. but the formal
complaint was not filed until today.
Mrs. Irene Baer charges that the
second Mrs. Baer, formerly employed
as a nurse by Baer when be came
here for his health, alienated his
affection* through fraudulent means,
resulting in a divorce. She also
charges that narcotics were used in
poisoning the wealthy mans mind
against her.
Frank Bruner.
State’s ^ itness
List Shortening
in Hough Trial
Man M ho Pointed Prisoner
Out to Sioux City Police
‘Principal \\ itness
Monday.
Min. Bruner.
Inquest Ordered
Into Fatal Auto
Crash in Bluffs
Jury to Fix Responsibility for
Death of One and
Injury of Two
Others.
*l>e«-lrtl to 1 ti** Omaha II#**.
Bedford, la.. Dec. 1. Testimony
for the state in the trial of Carl!
Hough for the murder of Lillian M< - j
Kenney of Herrick, B. D., last Au-1
gust, may be concluded Tuesday, j
Few witnesses will be introduced by]
the defense, it is believed, so that the,
rase may reach the jury late this
week, or early next week.
A feature of the testimony sub
mitted today was the story told by
John Rea<h, 209 North Thirteenth
street. Omaha, w ho n« sted pole e in
the apprehension of Hough in Sioux
City several days after the bouy of
the M'Kenney girl wax found 1
a bridge 10 miles west of Bedford.
Witness Tells of Meeting.
Reach met Hough in Arthur, Is .
about two days after the slaying, he
told the jury. Hough was driving an
automobile and asked Reach to join
hint in a trip toward South Dakota.
Reach noticed a loaded shotgun in
the rear of the car and his suspicions
were aroused further when his com-;
’panion appeared anxious to obtain a!
copy of a daily paper to seo the |
"weather report."
The men drove through several
Iowa town*, running out of gasoline
near Odebolt. where they abandoned
the automobile and proceeded on
freight trains. When they reached
CorrectlonvHle, Reach went into a|
restaurant for a meal, but Hough re
fused to accompany him. waiting out-,
side until he had finished.
At this point Hough refused to
"hop’* freights any further, but in-1
sisted on continuing toward Sioux
City on foot. TJiev reached the town]
(Turn to I’mc Two. Column lour.)
16 ARRESTED ON
GAMBLING CHARGE
Lue Melone was arrested Saturday)
night by the county morals squad ns
the manager of a gambling game at
Eighth and Hickory streets. Fifteen
inmates were arrested.
Deputy Sheriff Phillips declared that1
when he entered the poolhall he found j
a young woman sitting in a chair, a]
billiard cue resting arrows her lap.
Recognizing the officer, she pound
ed upon the floor with the rue, then
ran out of a bark door. Because of
her alarm five men who were placing
cards at the jenr of the hall escaped.
The men in the basement found
their exit blocked by the morals
■quad.
Smashing into a loaded auto truck,
hurtling across a ditch and rolling for
4n feet, a large tourinc car carrying
six men crushed the life out of one
and seriously injured two others on
the Lincoln h ghway three miles
north of Council Bluffs Sunday eve
ning.
George Pruett. 4*. 1510 Avenue M.
was almost instantly killed in the
first accident. His brother. Mert
Pruett, 1510 Avenue X. and Morris
MeGugian. IS, his adopted son. were
seriously injured and are at Jennie
Kdmundson hospital.
Turns Out for Wagon.
Their car was overturned after it
had struck a loaded truck driven by
Lester Kosowsk . 4801 Curtis avenue.
According to MeGugian. who was
Iriving, he turned out to pass a
wagon on the road and did not see
the truck.
Hoy Pruett. 1510 Avenue X", Glen
Mayhem and Riley M Intosh, 1609
\venue X'. George Pruett <= son-in-law,
who were also riding in the car, were
unhurt. McIntosh told police that
leorge Pruett had been sitting on his
<nec« and was caught under the side
’f the car as it roiled over. Pruett s
'prehead was crushed by the car.
Kosowskl hailed a passing mo
torist. who took the dead man and
the two injured men to the hospital.
Pruett is believed to have t>een dead
when he was picked up. Mert Pruett
and MeGugian suffered broken ribs
and painful cuts, but will recover.
To Hold Inquest.
Coroner I.. Henry Cutler empaneled
a jury Monday morning and will at
tempt to fix the blame for the ac
cident. County Attorney Frank
Xorthrop announced that he would
,wait the action of the coroner's jury
before taking any action in the case.
Pruett is survived by his wife and
ili.: mother, Mrs. Mert Pt (’ll >-f
Honey Creek, la., and by 10 brothers
and sisters.
TAX PUBLICITY
REPEAL ASKED
Rt Internaliorwil Nrw*
■Washington, r>ec. 1.—Repeal of th^>
publicity feature* of the incorw» tax
law was proposed in a bill introduced
In the house today by Congressman
Watson. republican of Pennsylvania,
a member of the house ways ami
means comm it tea which drafted the
lax law
The bill provides that the tax re
turns shall he open only to the house
ways and means committee, the sen
ate finance committee and special
rommittees of the house and senate
appointed to Investigate tax matters
h*r purposes of legislation.
DEPUTY RAIDS
NEIGHBOR’S HOME
Deputy Sheriff Dan Phillips has no
tired too many persona going Into 61'5
South Nineteenth street, across the
street from his home.
Saturday night he and his raiders
visited (12!» and arrested Herman
Hale for IllecHl possession of alcohol,
heer and wine. Six men, whom
Phillips declares are prominent Omit
bans, were arrested as inmates of the
establishment.
In police court Monday morning
Hale was fined $100 and the inmates
were dismissed.
MAIL CARRIER IS
SHOT IN KNEECAP
James Kinney, mail carrier of (‘res
rent, la , was accidentally shot In th*
leg bv his own gun Sunday. The
gun fell from its holster a* he was
leaxing his automobile and exploded
when it hit the floor of the machine
The bullet entered his leg below
the Knee and emerged six Inches
shove the knee, lim Knee cap was
shattered Denver Hough. Crescent
constable, xvho was with him, took
him to his home
l)ii\is Reviews Meet.
Mar Del Pinto. Argentine, 1 >c< 1
Secretary of Tjfthnr Davis, on n x isit
to South A merles, witm «ed manrii
vers bv the Argentine fleet off thH
port ysstsrdax at the Imitation of
President de Ahcsjs
MAN ENDS LIFE
IN RAIL STATION
Borden town. N C\ Per. 1 A well
dressed man of about JtJ» years of *ro,
"ho ha* n-’t born identified, shot and
killed himself In the Pennsylvania
railroad depot here today. In his
pockets were an !. O. O. V\ card and
a slip of tea per hearing the words
"Will Napoleon in ease of accident
please notify (I. N. Napoleon, Colum
bia, Cal.
I lirre Canadian Hank
()ffi< iaU to Prison
Toronto, Pec 1 —Three former of
ficlal* of the defunct Home Bank of
Canada, which crushed In 1923 for
'1 $.000,000. were sentenced to the
Ontorlo reformatory. They wore con
vidted on various charges growing
out of false hank statements. C. A
Barnard, who was a director of the ,
Imnk, was sentenced to IS months
Clarence b' Smith, another director,
to six months, and Sydney 11 Jones
auditor, to four months. Indetermi
nate terms also were imposed
< iarlmrotor Di> ideml.
New York. Per. 1 Director* of the
Utromberg Carburetor I'mtiixinv of
\merlca dec lared s quarterly dividend
*»f ft ?c0 |\s> able Januar> ? to stock
of record December li
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TAX PUBLICITY
TRIAL IS BEGUN
Kansas C1t\ Mo.. Dec. 1 —T» ia! of '
Hickey, owner and editor of the Kan
»** City Journal-Post and Ralph Kills
iceneral managing editor of the news
|wjvr. for alleged illegal publication
»f Income tax returns, began In fed
sral court here today.
oman Slain in Homo.
Panola. Kan . Pec. 1 Mrs. Gladys
Work, 25. as killed, her husband.
Karl, badly cut about the head and
heir son. Bedford. 20 months old.
probably fatally Injured by an tin
Known assailant in their home near
ter* early today.
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Two Houses
Reconvene
on Monday
Opening Brief, Neither Ses
►ion Lasting an Hour Before
Adjournment in Memory
of Dead Members.
New Members Sworn ir.
Washington, D. C., Dee. 1—With
an outward calm viewed generally as
only the forerunner of storms that
are to come the fiSth congress recon
vened today for its final session. Jt
must give way on next March 4 to
the new congress elected last niomh.
The opening was brief and perfunc
tory. The senate was in session ex
aetly 20 minutes and (he house Just
55 minutes. The only departure from
the usual opening routine was the
adoption by the house of a resolu
tion for congressional memorial serv
ices for Woodrow Wilson on Decern
her 15.
Kach house adjourned until noon
tomorrow out of respect to memories
of members who have died recently.
aft«r It had adopted resolutions of
regret. Before that, new member*
had been sworn in and a joint com
mittee had been named to advise
President Coolidge that congress was
in session. This committee did later
in the day.
Budget Message Today.
The executive informed the com
mittee that tomorrow he would trans
mit the annual budget message and
on Wednesday would send in his
own annual message on the state of
the union. This will not be delivered
in person, thus obviating the neces
sity for a joint session.
Pacing the necessity of passing
more than a dozen annual appropria
tion hills in three months, congress
will get down to business tomorrow.
The house will receive the Interior
department supply measure and be
gin Its consideration on Wednesday.
As fast as the appropriation mea
sures are sent to the senate, others
will be ready for house consider i Vr
N’ot al! of the time will be given to
them, however, as house leaders plan
from time to time to call up general
legislation.
The program In the «ena*e will he
similar. although th" republican
steering committee will no* map out
a def.niie program until late this
week or early next week. Meanwhile,
however, the senate will give atten
tion to Muscle Shoals which comes
up Wednesday under a epecial crder.
The present expectation is that it will
be sent back to the agriculture com
mittee.
Insurgent* in rower.
While n^w legislation of ' impor
tance will he proposed and take Its
place on the calendars with much
that came over from the last session,
there is little prospect of action on
many matters other than the supply
bills. The republican Insurgents still
hold the balance of power and their
leaders have declared they will con
t.nue a drive for their program with
a view to taking their fight to the
country again two years hence when
the seventieth congress is to be elect
ed.
Whatever of increased bitterness
that may come out of the recent cam
paign is most apt to find expression
in the sena'o. The republicans there
have red out of their party coun
c Is those senators who actively op
pose.! the election of President Cool
idge.
All four of these senators were
present tod4> Despi'e * a rather
severe Cold. Senator Ij* Follette was
In his place in the front row. He ar
rived from Madison, in the morning
srd wa* greeted nt the senate cham
ber by a number of his colleagues. In
eluding Senator Wheeler, democrat,
Montana, who was his running mate
on the independent presidential ticket,
Wheeler Is Safe.
Senator Wheeler received a hearty
welcome front many of his colleagues
on the democratic side Coincident
with his return, Senator Robinson of
Arkansas, the minority leader, said
there was no intention at this time
of reading Wheeler out of the party
I ecause of h s acceptance »f a place
on the Independent ticket.
Senator lu» Toilette had no com
ment to offer on the action of the
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AGED MAN GETS
DEATH SENTENCE
P •krrshurg, W. Ya . Dec V—
David Runyan. was sentence to
be banged by Judge Walter K Me
Pougle today after be had entered a
plea of guilty in circuit court te a
charge of criminal attack upon his
gra Hilda ug liter, 14
' This case is too heinous ‘‘ Judge
MclVuiglo declared In passing sen
tence. “to let It pass and send you to
the penitential*) for a few years and
then he pardoned by some person*
whispering a pitiful tale in tin ear of
the |vm!on attorne \
Prisoner Blaim*> liquor.
' It s hoore that ruined me, judge/*
vleclared August tVlloinlt. when he
was arraigned befoie Judge HP
geiatd on a charge of breaking and
entering
He pleaded guiitv
“I’ll lust give >mi enough days to
keep > ini from a spirited celebration
of the holidays/' de dared the judge
DeR->o ?t w/t spent th# n**t $'
d*>a in the county tail.
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