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^ CITY EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 147. OMAHaTwEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1924.* TWO CENTS'" Wc*-",4.J
Fear of Rival Drove Bruner t< > Slay Wife
h* -m oaia %/
___aid -1*31 --« -
C. of C. for
Tram Fare
Hike Here
Immediate Increase, Aboli
tion *nf Occupational Tax of
Company, Repair of Dam
^ aged Paving Only. 1'rged.
Earnings Too Meager
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce
went on record Tuesday afternoon for
an Immediate increase of street car
fa res.
^ The executive committee approved
report of a special tramway coni
mi (tee of the chamber whlc h also
urges the abolition of the occupation
si tax raid by the Omaha & Conn
<il Bluffs Street railway, and the
amendment to state laws which would
permit the citizens to vote a "com
prehensive franchise."
The demand for a higher fare is
based on the state railway commis
sion's $14,100,000 valuation cf the
property. The committee contends
that the company should pay a 7
per r®jit dividend, or have a net oper
ating income of $950,000. Figures for
the current year would indicate that
the railway will earn $561,000 in 1024,
falling short $389,000 of the desired
amount.
The committee “does not believe
itself competent to arrive at the exact
arumm* of the increase in fares which
should be grunted the company in
outer to yield a fair return."
The tramway committee, which was
v appointed October 15, consists of Guy
6P(\ Kiddoo, chairman: John Gamble,
G. W. Hull, George Kelly, Fred
Knapp, Paul Kuhns. .lodge McGilton,
George Pray, E. T. Rector and L. C.
Wholes.
Repair Damaged Paving.
The committee recommends that
the company be required to maintain
paving to the extent to which it
is damaged or destroyed by the opera
tion of car lines, “but that it should
not bo required to pay for new pin
ing or for maintenance required by
1! •» ordinary wear and tear of gen
traffic. If the company desires
to present a charter amendment to
the people before the next general
election, in order to secure the relief
suggested here this should be done,
but the cost of such a special elec
tion should be borne by the com
pany."
Passengers Pay All Extras.
The report goes on:
"Your committee bases its recom
mendation that the campcoy be re
lieved of the paving burden upon the
fact that at present the cost of pav
ing between the company’s tails is, in
the final analysis, paid by the street
car riders and benefits only the own
«•; s of property which abuts upon
street car lines. Your committee be
a lleves that the cost of paving the
T streets through which street car lines
run should be distributed,in the same
way as the cost of paving the streets
where there arc no street car lines."
The proposed immediate increase in
fares, the committee states, should
expire December 25, 1925, and a. new
idle be made effective at that time
by the state railway commission
based on the company’s expenses and
pi aspects at that time. It is recom
mended that the traffic bureau «>f the
Gliamber cf Codimerce appear before
the commission in any proceeding* as
representatives of tha chamber and
the people of Omaha.
DAWES TO QUIT
s, TREASURY POST
Washington. Per. 2—Comptroller
of the Currency Henry M. Hawes has
derided to leave the government serv
ice to engage In private business It
•was learned officially at the White
House today.
IIi* resignation hap not been sub
milled to President Ooolidge, but It
1* expected shortly.
The comptroller, who Is a brother
of Vice Presidentelect Charles 0.1
DawM, is understood to he slated for
the presidency of tVie Pure Oil com
\ vany.
New Pastor at Beatrice.
Hperinl BifipHtrli to Tl»# Otnnltu Bff.
He.itrice, Xeb., Dec. 2.— Rev. <\ K.
Hlmerly of Kansas City, Mo., who has
just. closed n successful revival at the
Church of Rod in West Beatrice, has
accepted the call a* pastor and will
locate here with his family.
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We Have
With Us
Today
Henry Kahrs,
Farmer,
Dulge Foie, Neb.
Mr. Kahrs went to western Nr
braskn lii years ago and bought land
cheap on a tableland north of Dodge
lade, at that time considered nearly
worthless. George Roberts, tuna ha
i#e iruin, has much land In that vl
dolly now. They raise excellent
w heat.
Mr. Kulir* farms about I .non acres
with his brother. John. Tm \ plo.\
With a giant trai lor which turns H|i
• "furrow" 2* feet wide with 'lisk
. plows.
w We and his wife drove In Omaha
In a new sedan, atnppini fn routs
to visit hia brother, Fred, xt Was!
Point.
MYSTERY SLAYING
PUZZLING POLICE;
T.os Angeles, Deo. 2.—With six No
vember murders still unsolved, Los
Angeles police tinned their attention
today to a new mystery, involving
the killing of a girl, whose name is
link nown.
Detectives investigated a report
that the girl's body had been shipped
from here to Seattle in a trunk.
Known only as "Babe,” the girl
was slain in a hotel here six weeks
ago, according to detectives, who said
on the night of her disappearance
screams were heard in her room.
Bank Bandits Get
$2,550, Kidnap Two
in Unique Holdup
Ask Change for Dollar. Scoop
l p Cold and lake At
tendants Along
W ith Them.
Bethany, Neb., Dec. 2.—The two
young bandits who robbed the First
State bank of Bethany, a suburb of
Lincoln, this morning were still at
large tonight.
Despite the fart that the state
sheriff's office had been called and ef
forts had been made to guard every
road out of town, the bandits made
their escape.
The two young men entered the
bank at 11:30. One of them pushed n
$1 bill in front of o. 1<\ Heiliger,
cashier, and asked fur change, 25
cents in pennies and the rest in
nickels.
Heiliger proceeded to give the
change, when he found himself
faring a revolver.
' March to the back of the bank,”
ordered one of the young men. The
other approached Jlarry Heiliger, as
sistant cashier, and in an instant
both were under guard of one of the
men at the rear of the banking room.
Demand Currency.
The other quickly gathered up
$2,050 in currency and then demand
ed that O. F. Heiliger get them the
currency from the safe. He told
them there was none there, but that
there was a little gold. They obtain
ed $500 in gold.
“Now, we’re going to take you with
us for a ride,” said the taller of the
two bandits, as he ordered the two
brothers to accompany them from the
bank. The bandits even ordered
them to lock the hank door. This
they did, and the two banker's wrere
forced into the bandits Ford touring
car.
They drove rafiidly south out of
th« town.
Boast of Other “»lob.”
“Rememlicr the hank robbery at
Normal about a month ago0'’ inquired
one of the robbers. The bankers as
sured him they remembered it well.
“We re the guys that pulled it," the
robber assured them.
“Got a cigaret?” asked the other
bandit.
One of the HeUigers handed him an
opened package. The young bandit
took it, lighted one, gave one to his
companion and put the package in his
pocket.
“Remember Me?”
“Remember me?” asked tlie other
bandit, looking Harry Heiliger in the
face. Heiliger looked at him and said
he did not.
“I was In your hank, looking the
place over, about three weeks ago,”
the young man assured him.
At Fifty sixth and Randolph streets.
Lincoln, in a hollow place, the car
was stepped and the brothers were
told to get out.
“Beat it into the cornfield,” ordered
the bandits as they drove swiftly to
the south. The hankers saw them
disappear over the hill and then ran
hack to Bethany and spread the
alarm.
NEW JAPANESE
ENVOY NAMED
Tokio, Dec. 2 -Tsiineo Matsudalra.
former vice minister of foreign «f
fairs and member of the old lialmyo
family of Fukul, hits been chosen am
bassador to the Frilled States In suc
cession to Masanao Manillarn, who
returned from Washington several
months ago following the acute sit
nation brought on by passage of th'
Japanese exclusion law through con
gress. it is unofficially announced
here in today's edition of the Hochl
Rhimbun, Independent Tokio new*
paper.
Grower* Plan Audit of
Supar Company Book*
Bridgeport. Dec. ? Rooks of the
Great Western Rugar company will
he audited bv an accredited account
ant. hired by the North Platte Valley
Pert Growers’ association, as n means
of ascertaining information upon
which to base demands for the 1925
contract, according to action of the
l.oard of directors that was Instructed
to employ a public accountant to
make the audit.
Report of the chemists employed by
the association Mint worked with the
company chemists during the recent
campaign showed the beets of Ne
braska to contain more sugar this
ve.tr than ever before, with an aver
age of over IB per cent of sugar non
tents.
I.inrr Slill Grounded.
London. Dec 2. Advices to the
Lloyds from Hamburg stated that an
attempt in float the liner Mlnnekahda
of the American line, vv hich went
ashore off Glur kat.idt, Germany. Sun
day, had bean unsuccessful.
Spark Pi
of Iowa Is
Prize Steer
0 _ _
Amos Animal Gris Second
Place in Chicago Livestock
Show; Is Reserve
Champion.
Auction Upon Thursday
By I'niversel Service.
Chicago, Dec. 2.—Deacon 1054, a
pure bred Hereford steer, entered by
John C. Shaffer, Chicago newspaper
publisher, today was named grand
champion of the International Live
stock exposition. The steer, weighing
95<» pounds, was reared on Shaffers
Ken-Uary ranch at Littleton, Colo.,
and is 11 months old.
The award was made by Walter
Biggar of Grange Farm, Delbeattie,
Scotland, chief judge of the exposi
tion.
Deacon 1054, which will go to the
slaughtering bench in a few' days af
ter being auctioned off to the highest
bidder, is the third purebred Here
ford to win the coveted honors of the
international livestock exposition,
which now' is in its 25th year. In all
other years the grand championship
was swarded the Aherdeen-Angus, or
shorthorn families.
The prize animal was sired by Dea
con Domino, jr.. by Miss Perfect ion
139th, and was fed on bran, oats and
corn, the records revealed.
Spark Plug Second.
Judge Biggar awarded second hon
ors to Spark Plug, the entry of the
Iowa State University at Ames, la.
Spark Plug, a crossbreed, weighing
1,400 pounds, and born September
4, 1922, therefore becomes the re
serve grand champion.
The auction of the prize animals
w'lll take place Thursday in the pres
ence of President Coolidge and Mrs.
Coolidge. Fancy prizes usually are.
paid, in 1919 the grand champion be
ing sold at $2.62 a pound on the hoof.
It is usually dressed for Christmas
beef.
other champions crowned at the
exposition today were the barrow
entered by the University of Minite
sola, a fine Berkshire specimen, and
the reserve title going to a Damp
shire entered by Oklahoma A. A M
college.
The Speed wav farm of Indianapolis
displayed the champion barrow in the
fat Yorkshire division, reserve hop
ors going to the Michigan Agricul
tural college.
Columbia Stock farm of Kansas
City, Mo., was awarded the .fat spot
ted Poland China harrow event, and
R. F. Harris farms of Seymour, III .
the champion fat Tairtworth barrow
Wheat King Named.
The Heart's Delight farm of Chazy.
X. Y.. displayed the champion fat
Dorset wether, and the University of
Wisconsin the champion fat cheviot
wet her.
Ceremonious Sultan, 7 year old
polled shorthorn hull, was again
named grand champion of the show
in his division, establishing a new
record in all breeds and species. He
was grand champion in 1919, 1920,
1921, 1922 and 1924. The animal is
owned by the Leemon Stock farm of
Hoopeston, 111.
Jerome, owned by Highland farms,
was adjudged the senior champion
Percheron stallion.
Another award made today was
that of the "Wheat King''—the title
going to J. C. Mitchell of Dahimla,
Sask. Mr. Mitchell displayed samples
of Maid Marquis hard red spring
wheat with which he annexed the
title in 1719 and repeated in 1920.
In the 14 years in which wheat ha*
been judged in connection with the
live stock exposition the title has
gone to Canada 13 times. The single
exception was In 1921 when a Mon
tana farmer, exhibiting a grade of
wheat Imported from Saskatchewan,
carried off the honors.
Canadians also took nine out of 1>.
awards in the timothy seed and
clover seed competition.
BROKER BROTHERS
SHOT IN QUARREL
Now York, Dec. S - Louis and Sum
ucl I.lehslcr, brokers, wars taksn to
a hospital this afternoon Buffering
from bullet wounds while detectives
began a hunt for N'nnh Aaron.
The brothers told police they had
been shot during a quarrel over busi
ness matters.
Woman Suffers Injuries
When Blown Down hv W inti
Bridgeport. Her r Unable to walk
against the strong: wind that prevailed
in the Sunni district Saturday, Mrs.
A. Beecher, a realdent of the Dalton
country, wa* blown down aa ahe
walked along: the *idewalk and auf
feted a broken wri*t and some torn
ligament* in hep arm. The wind wa*
the HtronK»*nt ever noted In this terri
tory, blowing: at time* 70 fnlle* an
hour an«l filling the air with every
thing: light that could be picked up
Window* wore broken and aevei.il
*lgn* blown down.
Mimicn Doctor Sentenced to
Ten Wars in Penitentiary
yU|!Hl« It lo Tltf OiiiiiIih Itrf
Mtntlen, Neb. I tec !>r. (‘barle*
11 Abbott, found guilty h uerk ago
i on i statutory rh^tKe, \*a* today sen
fenced tc» JO years In the penitential *
Notice "f ap|ie,»| waa hied and Abbott
I potted (3,000 bond.
“VMaiO Bumped /nfo Fleeing
Suspect When Shots Fail to Stop Him
Trust Omaha detective* to ‘‘get
their man.”
If they can't lilt him with a gun
they can hit him with a flivver.
Detective Cummings played this
neat trick on Emmett Stewart, col
oied, of Council Bluffs, Tuesday after
noon.
Cummings snd Detective Treglia
w»re riding In Cummings' machine
near Eleventh and Howard streets,
when they saw Stewart and rerog
nlr.ed him as a man wanted as a shop
lifting suspect.
Treglia Jumped out of the machine
and ordered Stewart to stop. Stewart
broke into a run. and Treglia chased
after him. Stewart gained a lead and
Treglia. pulled his gun and fired In
the air. From then on Stewart was
only a rapidly moving pillar of smoke.
Congress Gets
Down to Work
$800,000 for North Platte
Project Included in Meas
ure Before Senate.
Washington, Dec. 2.—With only
brief debate, the senate today passed
the $ 1 *6,000,000 deficiency appropria
tion bill.
The bill was blocked In the closing
I day* of the last session as a result of
a filibuster by Senator Pittman,
democrat, of Nevada, who objected
! because appropriation for reclamation
projects in his state was decreased.
When Pittman announced that an
adjustment satisfactory to him had
been made during the summer by
the Interior department the confer
ence report on the bill was immrdi
ately approved.
The hill now goe* to the president
for signature.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Congress put
on its working clothes today and got
down to business.
The senate tackled the $1*6.000.000
urgent deficiency bill, left over from
last session, which has already passed
the house and which provides money
for a varieftv of guverninent needs.
The house started grinding on the
big appropriation hills that are ex
pec ted to occupy almost all of the
present session.
The issue between the republican
regulars and the insurgents has been
left burning—with a time fuse at
tached.
The appropriation hill called up in
the senate today carried heavy sums
for the soldiers' bonus, Irrigation
projects, tax refunds and endorse
ment. of the naval disarmament
treaty. A hundred minor appropria
tions swelled the total.
$5,500 IS VOTED
TO FIGHT DISEASE
The city council Tuesday morning
passed an emergency ordinance which
allows the health department an ad
ditional appropriation of $6,500 to
combat an outbreak of smallpox and
to meet Increased expense of operat
ing the emergency hospital.
Health Commissioner A. f* Pinto
outlined that there has been an In
crease of $400 per month for the last
six months in the operation of the
emergency hospital, that the drug
bill has been $600 more per month
for three months and that this year's
garbage contract will run $2,500 more
than last year.
Seven new rases of smallpox were
reported on Monday and Tuesday
morning. Five of the recent cases
were of pupils attending Immaculate
Conception parochial school. Twenty
fourth and Bancroft streets, which has
been given general vaccination or
ders During the last few weeks
pupils st St. Peter parochial school.
St. John high school. Mason and
Windsor schools have been vacci
nated.
During November the health de
partment recorded 36 cases of small
pox. and only six were reported dur
ing October.
During tlie last two months mem
hers of the health department have
been taking vacations of two weeks
each without pay to meet some of the
deficit jn the fund.
Dairy Tool Work to Be
Continued Another Year
Fremon». Pec ? -Organisation of
♦ he Trl-county Test association for
another year will he completed
December 20, when members of the
body will convene in Fremont to
plan activities of the coming year.
,T. .1. Farrell, North Bend, presi
dent of the association, presided at a
meeting held In Fremont to transact
routjne business. Prof* Davis of the
state college of agriculture addressed
the gathering on the feeding and care
of dairy rows.
The purpose of the organlzatIon is
to promote and Increase dairv farm
lug In this portion of Nebraska
Corn Soil* al $1.
Beatrice, Neb,. Dec For the
first time this year, tin price of corn
Jumped to $1 today, and it Is h i id «
number of farmers expect to put their
grain on the market at this tlym*
Whe.it has gone up f#* $1 116 a bushel.
I rain K ill* Tlin-r
Springfield, ( * , I *« «- ' Mrs Ida
('roves, and iter two children.
Philip, in. and Kdllh. IT. were Willed
ohen then* automobile \uta struck by
a train • ♦ Belle Center.
Cummings wheeled the tar around
and started In pursuit, while Treglia
continued to run and shoot. They fol
lowed Stewart to Thirteenth and
•Jackson streets. Stewart was still
unpunctured and going strong.
Cummings in his Ford slowly crept
up on Stewart ns he crossed Jackson
street. He nosed the car to Stewart’?
side and then—a quick flip of the
wrist and the front wheel caught
Stewart in midair. He flew a ways,
dropped a ways, and bounced a ways,
Then he stopped, and the officers
bundled him into the car.
They took him to the police station
where he was found to have a bun
die of underclothing concealed under
his coat. Police say it was stolen
from the Burgess Nash company. H*
will be charged with larceny. He re
reived only minor bruises.
Senate Has New
Shoals Proposal
l iiclenvootl Sponsors Plan to
Lrase Nitrate Plant to
Pri\ ate Interests.
Hv International N>w» gerrlce.
Washington, J>er. 2.—A brand new
proposal for disposing of the govern
ment's huge $100,000,000 water power
project at Muscle Shoals. Ala., was
sponsored in the senate today by
Senator Oscar W. Underwood, demo
crat of Alabama, on behalf of the
congressional group that formerly
supported the offer of Henry Ford.
The Underwood plan, tinder alterna
tive proposals, would direct the sec
retary of war to lea“e the project to
private* interests before .Inly 1, 1921,
or then organize a $50,000,000 govern
ment corporation to operate the plant
for the manufacture of cheap fertiliz
ers.
Jlis b ll would dedi- ate the great
Wilson dam and its adjoining nitrate
plants to he used for the national
defense in time of war and for the
production of fertilizer in time of
peace,” e'en If leased to a private
I corporation, the project would re
main a pail of the national defense,
subject to federal seizure on five days*
notice.
Insure Cheap Fertilizers.
Under either private operation or
government ownership. Underwood's
hill would lay down drastic terms to
insure cheap fertilizers. First, an
annual total of 46.000 tons of fixed
nitrogen must he made, and slmdar
amount of fertilizing nitr * turned
out every year. This limit begins
with the fourth year of operation,
with lesser amounts demanded for ’he
first three years And the selling
price of the nitrates would be limited
to a profit of not more then £ per
cent of the fair annual cost of the
production.
In introducing the hill. Underwood
explained It was a substitute pro
posal for the offer which Henry Ford
made for the Muscle Shoals project
two years ago and wihdrew during
the recent recess of congress
Would Hasten Manufacture.
"My bill would provide a start for
the manufacture of nitrates in this
country," Underwood said.
"I am not at heart a government
ownership man. but I believe the
manufacture of nitrates is so imi>nrt
j.nt a part of our national pro
gram, 1 am willing to have the gov
ernment enter that business if pri
vate interests do not desire to accept
our terms. The government has
built its own battleships Now it
ran make Its own nitrates Roth are
truly war functions.
SINCLAIR RAISES
“GAS” PRICE HERE
The Sinclair Refining company
raised the price of gasoline at it**
Omaha stations and tank wagons 2'4
cents Tuesday morning. making
filling station price 1. ’4 cents and
lank wagon price 13*4 cents a gallon.
The Standard, Ni« bolus und other
big companies, up to noon, had not
joined the rise, maintaining their
prices at 11 cents at filling stations
and It tents by tank wagon delivery
"The increase by the Sinclair com
pany was a surprise to us." declared
President Richardson of the Stand
ml Oil Company of Nebraska. ' I
cannot any whether we will follow
or not."
Division Manager .T V pippel nf
the Sinclair company said It could
no longer continue doing business at
a Jes*
"Gasoline costs cents a gallon
at the refinery and the freight to
Omaha i* 2*4 • ents. a total of 1A\
cents We were selling at 11 from
tank wagons and you can t maintain
trucks and pay drivers on such a
small mat gin of profit. Nor can you
maintain expensive filling stations on
i margin of « little more than
cents
The "mystery station" price stood
it 13 cents and the II. M Michel
station price at 12% cents a gallon
Tuesday It is believed other com
panics will follow the Slnclalt i |*c
within a short time
IVrsliing in I'tiiiHinn.
Panama, Dc« 2 The t\ S S
I tab. carrying the American dcl.ua
Hon to the centennial of the battle of
\\scin ho, to i.rt celebrated in I unu.
Petti on Drcembei M. sailed front heir
yesterday General Pershing and his
fellow delegates wete visited b\ the
members of the Panama cabinet.
Coolidge’s
jNote Urges
Tax Slash
Surplus Anticipated at End of
A ear. Executive Tells Con
gress in His Special
Message.
|Government Cost Cut
By H. K. REYNOLDS.
International News Service Staff
( orrespondent.
Washington, Dec. 2.—President
Ooolidge today told congress how tr
keep on reducing taxes. It can only
be done, he said, hy continuing the
government's present policy of strict
and unyielding economy. Trans
mitting to congress the federal hud
get for the fiscal year 1925 26. tht
president revealed that a surplus ol
*67,000,000 is anticipated at the cm;
of the current fiscal year on June 3b
P‘25, and that the surplus for the
n*»xt year Is expected to he nearly
*374,000,000.
“We are now in the fourth year ol
our campaign for the reduction o]
the cost of government." the presi
dent /-aid in a special message rear'
in both houses this afternoon. “Out
aim is to reduce the burden of tax's
In this we have heen successful. Wt
ire fast reducing our expenditute?
to a minimum consistent with ef
ricienr service. We have before Uf
an estimated surplus of $67,000,000
for the current year and $373,000,000
f"r the next year. Shall we embark
upon new projects involving expend!
lures which will prevent the accu
rnul.ition of these expected surpluses
or Fhall we continue the campaign
for economy? I am for economy. If
we continue the campaign for econ
my we will pave the way for furthei
reduction in taxes."
Mr. Coolidge added, however, that
’his promised reduction could not he
effected immediately, and Indicated
that he was not in favor of the tax
prrihlem l»eing taken up by a special
session of congress after March 4 a.«
has l»een suggested in some quarters.
Before it undertaken." he ex
plained, "we should know more deli
nitely by actual operation what our
revenue* will he under the present
tan but the knowledge of our re\e
nue* under the existing law will n\aii
us nothing if we embark upon any
new large expenditure program."
In arcordan1 e with the president's
economy program, the government s
ordinary expenditures fnr the next
f *ral year will he mo-* than $6A -
bOO.OOO less than thev were th.« year.
The total expenditures for 1325*26. in
eluding * he payment of 300,000,000
toward the reduction of the public
debt, will he $3.267,*1.37*. compared
with $3,534.$* 3. *08 this year and
$3 506,677.715 last year.
Navy Expense Cut.
Nearly half of the saving to !>•*
effected will be in curbing the expen
diture* for tlie* army and iuv» Ov
estimate being $_‘9.00©.0oo le-* than
the amount spent this year.
"This reduction is made," the presi
dent said, "in accordance with my be
lief that we can have adequate na
tional defense with a more nodes!
outlay of the taxpayers' money.
Further stud may point the wav
to additional reduction without weak
ening our national defense, hut rather
perfecting it. The nation is at peace
with the world. We no longer have
International competition in naval
construction of major units. We are
concerned primarily with maintaining
(Ttim to Taee Two. ( nlnmn One.)
HONEY MEN WILL
MEET WEDNESDAY
The Nebraska Honey Producers'
association will meet at Burgess Nash
audit or iu in at 10:30 a in. Wednesday,
and will have luncheon at the Bur
gess Nash ten room at noon. Speak
ers at the meeting will be H H Bind
<»f Medina, l> .1. II Wagnei of Wash
ington, 1). C„ and A. II. Punn and
•I. il. Jessup of Council Bluffs.
Norfolk Kiwanis antes
Officers and Directors
Norfolk Neb l)ec ? Kleien men
were elected officers and members of
the board of directors of the Norfolk
Kiwanis club
The following men were elected *
officers: I. P Nicola, president C
K. Burnham, vies president: V B.
Carpenter, district trustee .1. \ Duff,
treasurer.
Those elected to the board of di
rectors were .Terri V Brown 1 B.
OfKson, C. .1 Fleming Frank Turk
M Frasier. Dr M II Hill and
M S Mi Pilfer
Detroit Pastor Dies.
t>»trott. tvc. •: v\ titiHin n«»r
one of the leading sponsors of the
Ford for president boom, is dead at
Ids h 'me In pcarhoi n
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GORE NOMINATION
SENT TO SENATE
Washington, Dec. 2.—Several score
of nominations, many of them cover
ing appointments made during tlie
i *•<css of congress. were sent to the
• apitol today by President Coolldge.
The nominations include those of
Howard M. Core of West Virginia to
tie secretary of agriculture: Wilbur J.
Carr, New York, and John Van A.
Mar-Murray, N. J.. assistant secre
taries of state; James Rockwell Shef
field. New York, ambassador n Mexi
co. and Kdgar A. Bancroft, Illinois,
ambassador to Japan.
Father of Slain
Girl on Stand as
State Rests Case
—
I.lim-r .MrKninicy Calm 1 n
• l«*r of Attor
neys; (Garments
of Dead (»irl Displayed.
Sp«*<‘ial DUpatrh to The OmuliH Rrf.
Bedford, la., Dec. 2.—The state
rested late this afternoon in the trial
of Carl Hough, c harged with the mur
der of Lillian McKcnney near here
last August.
The defense will open its ease to
morrow morning. The case* may he
given to the jury early next week,
authorities declared today.
A thrill was furnished the sperta
>ors who packed into the court room
this morning when Klmer MeKennev,
father of the slain girl, was called to
the witness stand
MeKennev was calm throughout
the questioning, hut occasionally,
when the garments of his dead
daughter were < ••dayed, he passed a
ha r.d across his
He said he and his family lived In
Bmnson. la . until a few* year* ego
when they moved to Herrick. 8. D.
"Lillian graduated from high school
there he said ‘‘She was a good girl,
i didn't like to see her go with Hough.
The last time I saw her she was with
him. T1 t was about T the evening
of August .
‘‘Next morning we saw she hadn't
been home and had taken some of
her clothes and gone off with Hough.
I didn't see her again, only her body,
which I identified here August 15.”
Hough's attorney, in cross-examina
tion. sought to show that Lillian was
so big and strong that Hough could
not have killed her. Mr McKenney
said she was about Hough's height, 5
Yoet 4 inches. She sometimes worked
in the harvest fields, he said.
William Kruger, Cushing (la.)
garage man. testified that Hough ftp
! pea red at 1 i« place the Friday follow
ing the murder and reported that hial
<ar was hrokgn down on the outskirts
of the town. Kruger towed it in and
| found it was out of gasoline. Hough
! asked for money and Kruger loaned
him $2. Hough never called for the
car.
State Agent Hiram Long detailed
the steps by which he traced Hough
from Bedford.
DOCTOR ISOLATES
INSULIN ELEMENT
Chicago. Deo 2.—Medical circles
here today were discussing the dis
covery of Dr. Arthur I.noke, 26-year
old < hem-st of St. Luke hospital, by
which he claims to have isolated the
active elements of insulin, diabetes
remedy and the diphtheria antitoxin,
permitting their labarotorv synthesis.
The discovery, physic ans declared,
would permit the inexpensive manu
facture of the drugs and do away
with the present necessity of obtain
ing them by laborious processes from
animals. Dr. I^ocke’s announcement
stated he had effected the isolation by
. eiectro-dlaly sis.
WILSON SERVICE
SET FOR DEC. 5
Washington. Dec. 2—The senate;
today adopted the houae resolution
setting aside Decetnl>er T» for joint
memorial services for the late Presl
dent Woodrow Wilson.
\rtinp Spanish Premier
Vppeals* to New>papers
Paris Dec 2.—Admiral de Magan.
! acting Spanish premier, recently sum
|moned the editors of the Spanish
newspapers, says De Matin's Madrid
correspondent, and appealed to them
< r the ground of patriotism to defend
King \tfonso \fter announcing to1
I ihe editors that a revolution w »sj
| being planned abroad, the acting I
prime minister declared that the revo
: lutionaries counted on the support of
France.'or rather the French govern
men!, which only represented a sec
tion. albeit the most numerous of
Trench opinion
I or«l\ Pro$;r«'$M\
Tordyce. Dec 2. Improvements
being made show Tordyce one of the!
progressive towns of northwest Ve
hraska. I'ommunllv hall is being re
paired and painted the old hospital
Is being converted into a modern
banking building the hotel has been]
sold and will ho opened under new
management, and a 2 4 hour electric;
light service is being installed
V w hii Vmlia-"Hilnr.
Mnli'.i City. IVr 2. Is’ U ..-ml
• •I'lrmllj i c|Mv I.-.1 Ihrtl XlUrito T':<n!.
wrwwv of th. Ii-('..iii\, l. to to to
\V»*hlnitlon XlfM. in nmtui.vi.t. i
w Iiaii 111. lo.io lUMtoliKtlon. «ir . on
rlin1.il "till J. 1,. Arl 111 * IN- of
Ati.tln T.x.
Woman Now
Doubts Love
of Poisoner
Ardesta ^ orthey Pleads Not
(iniitv ^ hen Arraigned;
TeIN Story of Life of
Hardship.
Early Trial Expected
Bv P. C. POWELL.
staff f orrevpomlent of The Omaha Bee.
Broken Bow-. Xeb., Dec. 2.—Custer
county authorities quickly wrote
'finis'' today to the first chapter
in ihe case of the slate of Nebraska
against Frank Bruner, 47. and Mrs.
Ardeata Northey. 47.
Yesterday Bruner was arraigned
and bound over for the murder of his
v ife, a murder he has confessed in
full. Tiiis morning was Mrs.
Northey's day in court. Implicated
by Bruner in his confession, she was
led into the courtroom and jointly
charged with him.
Somewhat dazed by the rapidity "f
events which have led her to a cell
in the Broken Bow jail, she stood
and listened abstractedly to the read
ing of the complaint which declares
that she supplied Bruner with poison
which he placed in his wife's Tea.
tVher. the reading was completed
she turned to Sheriff Henry Talbot.
He explained that by waiving hear
it g in court sha could save much
trouble.
Early Trial Date.
' Well. I sure ain't guilty " she
-toutly declared and w s bound < . er
to the district court.
Unless this v. ■ , n for whom
Bruner murdered .« wife hreiks
down and confesses before Monday,
when Judge B. O. Hostettler opens
district court, the next chapter will
he written when attorneys are named
to defend the woman and Bruner and
'.he date of trial ia fixed.
Neither of the defendants hr, re
money to employ attorneys. County
official* are firm in them belief th.,'
Mr*. Northey will continue her pro
testations of innocence and when tiie
two face trial Bruner probably will
be saved from the electric chair hv
placing the blame for the murder on
Mrs. Northey.
In other words the short-skirted
woman of 47. with her bobbed and
hennaed hair, will he pictured in
court as the “master mind'' in the
sordid love story and poisoning which
ha* be»n unfolded since Mr*. Bruner
died after drinking a cup of tea in
which her hushand had placed poison
tablets.
Wife I..irked \ffertion.
Both Sheriff Talbot and County At
torney Shaper believe every word of
Bruner's confession. They look upon
Mrs. Northey as a desperate, poverty
stricken woman facing old age anu
willing to sacrifice the life of another
woman for .a home and the IlSO a
month which Bruner earned In the
Burlington roundhouse. The officers
see in Bruner suffering from an ex
’egerated case of «si jealousy who
feared that in refusing to heed
Mrs Northev s directions that he
poison his wife and marry her, she
would turn to another man
Bruner, in .a statement to the coun
ly .attorney today, stated that hi«
. iiief objc tion to his wife Was her
lack ,.f affection.
All that woman could d" was
work. Bruner told officer* today in
speaking of his wife.
He didn't care for his wife be
cause she wasn't a good talker and
couldn't mingle In society with him.''
Mr* Northey said in speaklrg of
Mrs Bruner I don't believe he
really cared for me but he didn't
want at y one else around me."
Mr* Northey Chatty.
Mrs Northy was willing to talk
on all subjects, especially Bruner
•atul their 7 \ oar old love affair. In
one breath she told officers that the
reason Bruner didn't g*«t a divorce
wa.« because he feared his wife had
too nuii a on him ' to make s legal
separation possible In the next she
would inform officer* that he prom
ised “to get rtd of her."
"How did he plan to get rid of
(Turn to t'sv'f Two Column Three..
• —— .i -- ■
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
A deflcien. \» hill carrying lira,.
(inn nno was passed by the s»na-»
Serrral score of nominations
were sent to the senate by Treav
dent Ooolidge
Henry M 1 Vines Indicated he de
sired to resign as comptroller of
tho currency.
More hearings on the MayfleM
election case wore decided n by a
sennte committee.
President t"oolldce held a SfO'tul
brwftkfn^t conference with repub
It* a ns of the wns;p.
Tho Interior department appro
priatton hill, railing for $.\ts.»>*»«»
oa** reported to the htium
Senator I'ndet w-a»od, democrat.
Alutaira offered a new M .**. u»
Shoals proposal, while eome of hi
»eU«uuM \v» *e end* i\» u ig t,> re
vive Hem \ Kwi'i interoi
IVeeiilent « 'nolidse * budget
***e and the hud#et rixmi
'1 vl*; as the cost of runntrf
the K 'e mient in the pent f «|
K-' were »iihm;ned to aonfreu*
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