t i The Omaha N orning I3ee ztjuizz1 change in temperature. \ ’ rnurage, that «e tnoie on to better _____ ______ ^ _ _ _____ - tiling*.—Theodore RoneevelU i. CITY EDITION ~ RJ_wn us; ~ OMAHA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4. j924.V ' TWO CENTS^CVV^ v.; ' "■ -rl_ , Bank Bandit Cornered by Police Here Arrest Inevitable Officers Say After Blocking Every Ave . nue of Escape From JT r City. Three Men Under Arrest Surrounded by a small army of police, one of the two bandits who fought a running gun battle with deputy sheriffs Tuesday night is hid ing in Omaha. 00* This gunman and his accomplice were brought to Omaha St 7:!il) Wednesday morning by a farmer, K babs, who thought that they were bootleggers, babs is held by police. The second bandit was taken by babs to Council Bluffs, where it is believed that he hoarded a train, rapture Held Inevitable. With every avenue of escape from the city guarded, police believe that the lone bandit is bottled up in his hiding place in the city and that his capture is inevitable. With babs police are holding his nephew, E. M. babs, 15, and V • J. Anderson. They are being questioned at length concerning the actions of the bandits. The description they have given of the two men tallies perfectly with that of Hie gunmen who held up the First State bank of Bothany, near blneoln, Tuesday after noon. fought with deputy sheriffs on the West Dodge road Tuesday night. 1 anil made their escape from the city 8 oil the same road an hour later. Found lu Haystack. The bandits were discovered by the , babs boy early Wednesday morning in a haystack on his uncle's farm, three and one-halt miles northwest of Elk horn. The hoy called his uncle, who talked with the men. They told him that they were bootleggers who had •got into trouble In Omaha." They persuaded him to take them back to Omaha. drnv* into Omaha on the West Ccnler road and left one of the men al Twentieth and beavenworth streets. He drove with the other to the Burlington terminal in Council Bluffs. babs told police that neither man seemed to he wounded. Resorts Being ISearrlieil. Anderson Is held for questioning as a result of his admission that he saw bubs driving Into Omaha with the two bandits. He lives on a fa”11 half a mile west of the I-abs. The admissions of Anderson and the babs ended the search of the country near Oretna by Omaha de Ddives. Every available officer on the Omaha force is now concentrated on the search for the fugitive in Omaha. The activities and associates F of all known criminals are being c heekeii tip, and nil know n resorts me being searched. baits' admission was made to De t-Clives Fred Palmtag and Harry Bu ford and other officers who visited the I-ills farm In their search Wed lieniliiy afternoon. Caution to \\ iml*. The bandits threw caution to the winds by dashing into Omaha late Tuesday through a squad of depu ties. stealing an automobile in Omaha and leaving the rltv by the same road and past the same deputies. The bandits raced Into Omaha through a maze of cars which had been stopped by Deputies Dan Phil lips, Ernest Fee and Jack Oraharn at ^ One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street, where the sieputles were testing au tomobiles lights. Narrowly avoiding the cars parked at the side of the road, the bandits' Ford coupe almost struck Phillips as it whizzed past. Fee and Volunteer officer Earl Sires Jumped into Fee's machine and gave ( base. Running (iiin Rattle. For a time Fee and Sires gained on the fugitives, and when they rattle within range the bandits opened fire with rifles and revolvers and from pistols. The officers returned the fire, >;ind for 10 miles a running gun bat tle was kept up between the two speeding cark. As they sped through Dundee, th« officers’ car developed ignition trou hie and began to fall behind. The bandits then began to wheel and dodge through side streets, and al Forty second and Davenport they darted Into an alley and the officer! lost the trail. Having completely* lost the trail Fee and Sires notified police tn takt (Turn tn Pare Twu. Column One I / We Have With Us Today 4). W. I>yer. 4 allege Professor, Nashville, Tenn. Professor I)|tr holds Ihe chair o aortal research al Vanderbilt onlvei *ltv mid Is one of Ihe mnef* promlnem economists of the south. He practices his theoiiis on hit farm out of Ridgetnp, Tenn.. s fev miles front Nashville He is the fath er- of eight children, and on this farrr he teaches them how tn live practice Hvee, be useful and constructive. Professor Dyer rant# to Omaha b address the Nebraska Manufacturer! association! '—---- ^ Campaign to If ipe Out Illiteracy Is Launched in Cheyenne County __:-—' Sidney, Deo. 3.—Carl Ledbetter, chairman of the Cheyenne county 11 literacy commission, of which Mrs. Ruth Hndkin Is secretary, the county superintendent and some of the min isters of Sidney have started on a campaign to wipe out illiteracy In the county. The 1920 census showed but 38 people in the county 1hat could not read and write, atid to edu cate these people before the next cen sus and have Cheyenne county 100 per cent literate, night schools and Americanization schools will be estab lished at Sidney.__ Hough, on Stand, Maintains Story V He Was Poisoned Repeats Tale of Two Strang ers, Who After Giving I^itn Rad Liquor. Disappeared With Girl. Rlieclnl 1M,patch tn The Omaha Bee. Bedford, la.. Lee. 3.—Carl Hough, on trial for the slaying of Lillian Me Kenney, last August, took the wit ness stand in his own behalf today. The man denied charges made by the prosecution and. - under the di rection of his attorney, told his story of yyhat had happened from the time be left Oakland, la., August 11 until he was arrested in Sioux City. He said that lie had started from Oakland with Lillian about 10:30 In the morning and bad driven toward Clarinda. About two miles north of that town he met two strangers who were having trouble with their auto mobile. He asked them If be could be of assistance and the men accepted his aUI. When the car was repaired one of the men offered him a drink of liquor. After that they stayed to gether throughout the day, drinking continuously. The strangers, whose names Hough said he never learned, ran nut of liquor during the afternoon and wen I in search of more. They finally' found some in Bedford an/1 soon aixer that left town. Lillian was then riding with one of the strangers while the other "as with Hough in laugh's car. gome distance from town they all got out of the-automobiles and sat at the side of the road. Houjfh declares that he took but two drinks and then lost conslousness. The next thing he remembers is when be awoke. Lillian anil the strangers were gone. At that time be was so sick be could hardly walk and went tn the nearest farm, and asked for some eggs and milk. When he bad con sumed these he left and went io New market, driving through Bedford and across *the bridge beneath which Lil lian McKenney’s bruised body was found a day later. t'nder cross examinatio nllotigh de nled that be had ever told anyone that be was married, that lie said his name was Wilson and that he lived In Nebraska or that he told friends in Oakland that he bad met a lough gang in Omaha and had gotten Into trouble with them. When Hough stepped to tile wit ness stand he was calm. His demean or was more Ilk / that of a slate wit ness than of a prisoner. But when tire prosecution started Its / ross ex amination lie began to show signs of nervousness, lie flushed seve al times as questions were asked and stumbled slightly in his answers. Court adjourned at 9 tills afternoon while Hough was still on the stand. He will be called to continue giving testimony at the opening of court In the morning. When court was adjourned Hough stepped from the stand with on air of relief, walked up to the deputy sheriff who was waiting to take him back to his cell and held out his bands to In- handcuffed. From the first day of the trial Hough has been led from i ell to courtroom and from courtroom to cell handcuffed. The trial Is rapidly developing Into the biggest "entertainment" of the town. The courtroom Is packed each day and llm spectators arc carrying lunches so that they will not lose their scats by going out during re cesses. During the morning defense called several witnesses to testify regarding the finding of the body nf Lillian M/ Kenney. The fart that doctors had remarked at that time that the girl had a broken neck was harped upon continually. Fine Feathfred Flocks on Display at Columbus .Columbus, Dec. 3 Fine feathered flo/'ks from pens of farm and city fowl fanciers are exhibiting their plumage at annual show of the Platte Valley Poultry and Pet Stock assoola tlon, Joseph Dagle of Richland, la , b acting ns judge. A new teat m e of tin show of value to exhibitors who desire to compels to the stale show Is that very bird which wins the first award heir will be eligible to entry tn the state competition without any entry fee charge. Municipal In* Skaiin^ Pond Planned at Alliance Alliance. Dec. 3 Business jn'" have started a subscription fund tr 1 provide money for s. municipal Ice skating pond for th« youngsters ol i ths city. Manager Ksmmtsh hat signified willingness of the city t< help In Its construction. Coolidge, in Note, See^ Prosper' President Warns Congress Against “Spending Sprees" in Course of Annual Message. Foreign Relations Good /-- X Complele text of President Cool Itlgo's message to emigres, will he found on Page 10 of this edition. v ___■> Washington, Deo. 3.—Prosperous at home, at peace with the world, the country can go forward with su preme confidence In the future, pro vided it stays within the roadway o.* rigid public economy and sound business principles of government al ready charted—this was President's Coolidge's annual report to congress today on the state of the nation. The most important thing this “lame duck’’ session of congress can do, the president said, is to abstain from going on any spending sprees, stay within the budg t, and by so do ing, make certain another substan tial cut in taxes next year. If this congress wants to tinker the tax laws, in the three months of life left to it, Coolidge proposed #hat it abolish the publicity feature of the income tax law. and provide some reductions in Hie higher brackets of the P‘,me law. Otherwise he reoom mei -W1 that further tax revision he left until the new congress, elected in November, comes into power. So far as international affairs are concerned, the president told congress that not since pre-war days have they been in such satisfactory shajie. There are no clouds on America’s international horizon. Arms Meet In Abeyance. Do reiterated that he is desirous of calling another armament conference, but said that because of proposals being made abroad for Kuropean con ferences, be believed it advisable to held American plans in abeyance for tile time being. Numerous recommendation* were made by the president on a variety of subjects, but none of them was startling. Throughout his rather lengthy message, the president reflected his own anil the leaders' opinions that Ut ile beyond passage of the necessary appropriation bills will lie possible in the short and dying session of con gress at hand. The more important of his recutu mendations were: 1. An adequate army and navy of foil treaty strength, but with no armament racea of any kind with ant nation. 2. American entrance Into the world court, hut with specific reserva tions to the effect that thi* govern ment will not lie bound by advisory opinions, nor lie drngpod into litiga tion without its consent. 3 'iTio l'nlted States should re main outside the league of nations. Revise Immigration l.aw*. 4 Some revision of existing immi gration laws to allow those aliens already here more latitude ill bringing In their relatives. r.. Disposition of Muscle Shoals to private interests, either by outright sale or long term lease, s subcommit tee of congress to he appointed to consider bids. fi. No extensive tinkering with the railroads, hut encouragement nf fur ther consolidations into fewer s>Vtoms. If tile railway labor hoard cannot he improve^ on, it should he left alone 7. Amendment of present election Invvs to provide equal representation of the parties on election hoards and board* of registration. 8. Reconsideration by congress of Ihe whole government shipping proh •lem. it. Continued development of water ways and reclamation projects within the lindls of the general economy pro grant. lit. Kxtenslon of the life of the American debt funding commission now trying to fund the 37,(HID,000,000 unsecured war loans it. Some revi. ions of judicial pro rrdtire to relieve court congestion and expedite Justice 12. Conversion of postmasters of the first three . lasses and of prohlbl (Turn In rife Seien. Column four.) Nebraska Canned Corn Being Shipper) to Texas Oliimbu*. D«c. 3.—Heavy *hip monte nf canned corn prepared at the Columbus canning factory during the *weet porn canning *ea*on are being *pt tn Texan. Commercial report* In dicate that canning; factorie* through out the country enjoyed an excep tionally good *e**on thi* ve*i. Urologist Hurt in Kail. Fort Morgan, Colo., Dtn . -I Chnrlc* Culler. KcoloKiat. Miifffrrd fructure* nf both log* end hi* left wr»*t In a full from the derrick at the Murr* No l oil 1***1. two mile* northwe*t of Fort Morgan. Culler had l^*cn In Fort Mnrgan several month* making ir*t* and wn* Hiipei Intending opeiation* at i h» time hi* Injury. American Liner Refloated. London. Dae. 8.—Tho American lln •r Mlnnvkahd*. which want ashore off ths Gsrman roast near Hamburg Sunday, has basn rafloatad Tht tins' | proceaded for Hamburg. R> v'&?randeis Weds Paris War Hero; | C\,T n Brandeis Gives A wav Bride _J' A/ ^mier of France Poincare a Guest at One of Most Events of Social Season; Wealthy Omahan Makes Flying Trip Abroad to Be Present’ , By FRANK E. MASON. International News Service Staff Correspondent. I’aris. Pec. 3 —One of the most brilliant marriages of the season took place today when Renee Roth Rrandets of Omaha, NeF , became the hride of the noted Armand Massard, war hero and Paris newspaper director. The father of the bride was a wealthy mer^hyt of Omaha, Ran Francisco and New* York. The wedding ceremony was performed at high noon at the Churoh of Paint Pierre De Chaillot, E. John Brandeis. a brother, made a flying trip from Omaha to Paris to be present and give away the bride. Poincare 1m Guest. A notable pothering marked the wedding, the guests including Ray mond Poincare and former Ministers Maginet and Paul Strauss; General Duhail, chancellor the legion of honor: the Duke and Duchess Pozzo Dijeorge: Count Jean de Castellane; Sacha Guitry, the famous playwright; Andre De Foueqilieres: Prancis De Croisset and the Count nnd Countess De Grammont-T.es Parre. Following the wedding, the couple left for Monte Carlo, where the honeymoon will he spent. Rater, they Woman Injured When Atuo Upsets Mrs. Charles Dann Pinned Beneath Car for Se\eral Minutes After Crash. Mrs. Charles liann. 1615 Willis av« nue, was severely Injured Wednesday afternoon when tive automobile Bite was driving skidded anti turned over at Twenty-fifth and Sprague streets Mrs. l)‘ann was driving east on Sprague street, when at Twenty-fifth site was forced to swerve sharply to one side to Avoid a collision with a bread truck. In putting on the brakes she locked the back wheels of the car, which skidded across the street, struck the curbing nnd turned over. Deputy Sheriff <\ J. Xiebv was at Xineteenth and Sprague sheets at the time and saw the accident. He drove-to the scene and tfiere he found Mrs. Dann pinned beneath the «*«» and no one In the crowd which bad collected attempting to aid her. The deputy sheriff pulled the wom an out of the wreck and took her to the Lord Lister hospital. Mrs. Dann suffered severe bruises and on injury to her back. Her con dition was not believed to be serious Wedheaday night. STRIKING MINERS’ CHARTER REVOKED Scranton, Pa.. Dec. S.—The rela tions between the 12,000 miner* on strike in Plttston and the United Mine Workers of America, were sev ered today by the revoking of the charters of all 10 locals now on «n outlaw strike, by the district mine union officers acting on direction of International President John L. Lew is, according to union officials here. The striker* are no longer affiliated with the national miners' organiza tion. The union heads served an ultima tume yesterday that the men must re turn to work this morning or lose their charter*. The ihen refused to return. SEVEN EXECUTED AFTER RED RIOTS Royal, Esthonln. Dec. S.—It »»« officially announced todg" '..at 17 per son. wcr>* triad by >Rtirt-martial yes terday, of whom aevrn were eon demned to death and the sentences carried out. Normal condition* now prevail throughout Eat bon la, the announce ment states, following the auppres slon of Monday'* communist revolt. This cost the lives of nearly a score of persons on the government Hide, while some 50 of I lie communists w ere killed during the brief but sharp lighting. Dempster Plants Cloned While Inventory h Uaken Real rice, Dec, 5.—The Dempster factory at thin point has been rinsed down the Inst few days during the annual lrfvolre. The foundry u 111 re open Saturday and the farlory on Monday. Clyde Dempatar, auperln tendent. reports that business Is good for this season of the tear, and that, prospects are b ight for H25. Deputy Sheriff Vi eil-. Spec Is I DUpufrh In Ths Omaha Rrr. Bent t i e, \>h . Dec 3 -Deput\ ShGriff J. W. Aahonfeltcr iin»l Mrs A. f. Real, n|d resident* of Beatrice, were married this evening nt the borne of the latter’* daughter at Atchison. Kan.. according t«> word r»* reived here The In hie hi* been \ lett ing at Atchison for some week*. The newly married couple wllll return to Beattie# tomorrow t«» make their home. Woman. HR, Dies til < o/.tul. Gonad. Dei I Mi« I'.ll/I Cllzh* nil old settler of Nebraska. died here Monday night. Site was year* old. Kh* .. bus reported Hint, contrail to charges made ns n result of the officer's death, the "material* of which the airplane was constructed were In perfect condition and showed no signs of deterioration." (irrinf; In (ft-l I'lour Mill. tieilng. I >(-, Vniwnmcement has been made that tiering Is to hove n flour mill with a ntpaoilj of nearly loo bsrrrl* o tlay In * short time. The North Platte flouring mill* con earn has made a deal In purchase llis property of the tiering Mill and Els-ator company, that hat formerly ground nothing but coare* feed Grain Kings Selected at Stock Show New World Masters in Field Crop Production Named at Chicago Ex position. Montana Wins Award By Associated Press. Chicagb, I)er. 3.—Stockmen and grain growers divided the laurel* to day in the International Livestock exposition. While new champions were selected in the animal rings, new world masters In field-crop production were named In the hay and grain division. A dozen states, most of them in the upper Mississippi valley re gion, figured in the grand champion ship awards. Indiana produced the corn cham pions of the year, and Montana brought the oats championship back to America after a »;x-y*ear sojourn in Canada. The new’ corn king is Ralph L. Heilman, Hope, Ind.. exhibitor of Johnson county white dent, whose samples furnished the best ears of the show in competition with more than K00 specimens. J. K. Mumert, Astoria, 111 . won the reserve championship, second high honor, with yellow dent. He was world champion last year. Montana Oafs \\ in. Grand champion honors in the oats division went to L. K. Peterson, Vic tor. Mont for an • xhi^it of Victory white. Kichard Kl - nsrnith. OruUas ka, Wise, took the reserve cham pionship. -1 A cui of yearling Angus calves* shipped by K. P. Hall. Mechanlcsburg, 111., won the grand championship in carlot fat rattle, one of the five high est cattle awards of the international. The grand champion wether of the show, the highest award for non breeding lambs, was won by the Iro quois Farms. Cooperstown, N. Y., with a Shropshire. Charming Countess, a 2 year-old, owned by Albert Hultine. Haronville, Neb . was the grand champion fe male in the Polled Shorthorn class, and Ruby 4th by the same owner, was the reserve champion. Hultine also ente-ed the champion yearling herd of the Shorthorn division. The champion graded Shorthorn herd | was from the Leemon stock farm.] Jloopeston. Ill . Hultine taking second j honors, and 1L F. Hrannon, Bel\idere,, Tenn., third. £ C anadian Stallion* Best. Judging in Clydesdale stallions, four years old and over gave a blue ribbon to W«*e Donald, a 10 year-old, entered by C. A. Weaver, Regina. Sask. * Second award went to King borne, owned l»v B. Finlayson. Bran don. Mwitoba, and third to Punure Gage, by the same exhibitor. Tancwnter Footprint, from the stables of Otha Wyrick. Kempton, Ind . was winner in the stallion 3 year-old • lass for Clydesdales. Criter ion's I^ast. from Iowa State college was sei-ond. C. G. Good and Sons. Ogden. Ia.. took first in two classes of breeding Belgians, winning in 3 year olds with Oakdale Farceur, and n 2 year-olds with Farceur's Supreme. Canada took off the first grand championship in the horse show with Kssendon Jet, from the stables of the Dominion Kxperimental* farm, T#ai\>mbe, Alberta, selected grand champion Shite mare. F. A. Huddles ton. Webster City, la., with Mildred O. , won the reserve championship for Junior clashes, and also captured first honors for an entry of two animals the produce of one dam Two brothers. George and L. O. Hutaler. South Manltou, Mich, en tered the gold'medal sample of rye in the grain division The best cow peas, mottled, were entered by C. s Looney. Winchester. Tenn. John Christiansen, New Salem. N P, win first awayd for flax wheat grown in combinations. I ifo Tmiirr N\ ill Play (ilarim't in Prison Hand P.eatri' e, 1 * • 3 A cording t wore! received here, Francis South Beatrice tony who is serving life Ini prisonntent in the state penitentlarv at Lincoln for tl»e murder of Charles Wolfe here three years ago. has pur :b i*rd \ clirinet and will play In the prison band. South has been appoint ed inspector of shirts in the shirt manufacturing department at the penitentlarv (Imcrnor Ckcd I" Vid Srnrcli Inr \li>~i 11 Hoy Line »ln, lVi- .1 -Mis. \\ J. Wag ner of Corning, la has asked Gov eruor Bryan to aid In locating her loat son. Paul Wagner, lt». high school boy, who left his home at Corning, la , lust October. He was traced to tbtiahu. the mother s.iv*- in her letter tthe governor and at that place I* reported to have Inuight a railroad ticket to Lincoln. I’rnslx I -capos at I rrntoii. Tt .’lit nil Veil I v ;i AdltA'l llll Inin, one of the three prisoners who whk brum held in the county mil here awaiting removal to the penitentiary r»i apeti last night He had heeti al lowed the privilege of the courthouse on condition that be sweep the balls and while thus engaged be made his escape, lie was ronvlctad of partici pating in tht rObbtry of a stor* ■ f-- ' Septuagenarian (joes to Kansas to Marry; Wouldn't W ait 10 I)a\s v:—' Falls City, Dec. 3.—The 10-day wait provided by the Nebraska marriage law seemed too long to John Dell. 70, and Mrs. Mary Morehead, 67, pioneer residents of Richardson county, when they decided to "get hitched,” so the county lost a license fee while Brown county, Kansas, gained one. "Wait 10 days?” Mr. Bell stormed when informed at County Judge Vir gil Falloon's office that Nebraska's recently enacted law requires that de lay betwepn application and granting of marriage license. “No. sir, we are not going to wait. We have decided to get hitched, and we aren't going to wait that long to satisfy this so called eugenics law.” Informed that they might drive to Hiawatha, Kan , 18 miles south, the aged lovqrs took this advice and were married there an hour later by Pro bate Judge Nancy Hamm. They are spending their honey moon north of Falls City. The bride is a sister-in-law of Con gressman John H. Morehead. \\ oman Confesses, Then Denies She Furnished Poison _ Mr*. Arclpsta Northev rak ens Momentarily and Makes AdmissS’i; Then Retract*. — I$v Int^rnstionul News Service. Broken Bow. Neb., Dec. 3.—A mo-l mental's weakening of the iron deter mination which has rallied lira. Ar vesfca Northy, mother of four grown j children, through many hours of re lentless grilling, was reported this afternoon when County Attorney Hi-haper announced that Mrs. Northy admitted she had given Frank Bruner the bichloride of mercury tablets which he placed in Mrs. Bruner's tea. Bruner confessed that he poisoned his wife to make his marriage to Mrs Northy possible I.a'er, however. Mrs. Northv repu diated her statement and cried: It's a lie. I had nothing to do with it." Both Rruner and Mrs. Northy are facing trial early next week on a charge of first degree murder. SIMMONS’ PLEA FOR REHEARING DENIED Lincoln. Dec. 3.—The state board of j patilons and jwmde* ha* ignored the: request of Walter H. Simmon* for a | set ond hearing on hi* application for! a commutation of a death sentence, according to announcement today, j Simmon* wan convicted of murder in j Boyd county and sentenced to be elec-j trncuted in the penitentiary here. The pardon board denied him a re \ hearing at the time of hi* application] la*t April, following: a review of his rase by the supreme court, which de* j dared he was not entitled to a nen trial. Hi* eas* for several months! ha* been before the United States *u-1 prema •-nurt and each month since hi*j appeal to the Washington high court j Governor Bryan ha* granted him a j reprieve until a decision is rendered.! His last reprieve will expire the ninth! of thia month, the date of the next meeting of the board of pardon*. An other reprio\ e I* to be issued at that] time unless the Washington court In! the meantime act*. BEATRICE GAS CASE TO COURT Lincoln, Doc. .1—District Judge Munper today heard argument in fed eral court in the cast nf the city of Beatrice against the Nebraska Gas & Electric company the city having tak* en an appeal from the finding* of the sp-vial mister, submitted in Novem her, in which he held for the gas com pany. The city of Beatrice officials adopted a schedule of gas and elec trie light rates which the company resisted on the ground that they were confiscatory. This contention the spe cial master upheld. Judge Monger took the case under advisement. I’ apples will he dis I irlhuted among the children. The Weather l ret ft h*ur» esrtlnc IV . ; Pr#*’ l|Mt» • ton let hf * *ncl 11 \m«11 eOi h» Toll). Iip r I 'lsl pud f January 1 *h IS *1*-fu i*nn I 41 Htnih ft s. m 2* \ p m. ft 4 4 • ni *4 few ft' ? s s* 1ft i i' m fti 1 * Ml ft* 4 |» |tt 14 4 • n* I * ft r m C 10 • 133 . ft i * r ov I *< i M • m l; * r 03 ft s | It seen 14 I v m l-| Share Sale Again Over Two Million Wpshapp to (.ongrras l rging Economy Is Signal for Fresh Outburst of Bullish Market. 73 New Highs Recorded B.v A Mctrin t »■<} Pm*. N'cw York, Dec. 8.—President Cool* idge s message to eongreas, urging economy in government expenditure* and the expedition of railroad con solidations, was the signal for an other outburst of bullish enthusiasm in the stock market, 73 Issues being boosted to new high prices for th» year on tolal sales that ran above the two million share ntark for the fourteenth time since election day. The general average of leading rail road stocks was carried to the high est level in several years, with th* industrials showing a substantia! gain on the day, despite the heavy profit taking in some of the popular issues. Sixteen rails bettered their previous high prices, the list including Atchi son. Atlantic Coast Line, Pennsyl vania. Baltimore A Ohio. Southern Railway. Erie first and second pre ferred, Wabash preferred A and R. Texas A Pacific, Gulf, Mobile A North ern common and preferred and Kan «a* City Southern preferred. The ex treme gain* in fliis group ran from 1 to 3c points. Additional evidence of the prosperity that the reads have enjoyed this year and th# prospects for the future was furnished after th# market closed by the directors of the St. Ixiuis-San Francisco rail road. who Inaugurated dividends of the common stock at the rate of 85 annually and declared the full year's dividends on the preferred for 1825. Public Interest Great. Brokers report that public Interest in the market Is the greatest in year*. Ijick of any reactions is gen erally attributed to ths unusually heavy buying orders placed on the "scale down.” this demand apparent ly taking care of all the short sell ing snd profit-taking to date. While bear traders have been heavy seller* of stocks In which spirited advances have occurred on the theory that they may be purchased cheaper later hut they have failed ot attract a following among the smaller oper ators. Owing to the unusually rapid ad vance since election day there ha* been a marked absence t his year of so-called “tax selling” for the purpose of establishing losses for income tax purposes. This has been confined largely to the nils dnd coppers, which have not shared to any appreciable extent In the genera! advanc* Many New Peaks. Present buying of stocks !« selec tive In character with the rail, public utility, motor, merchandising, tohaeco and metal stocks most in demand. Among the mary issuea to sell at new peak pries today were I.'tab tml Chino Coppers, Jordan Motors. Fam ous Players common and preferred, 11. R Mallinson, l^ouglas. Pectin. Pure Oil. Mathieson Alkali common and preferred. American Tobacco B and the new stock. Liggett A Mver* B. Air Reduction. Hudson and Man hattan. Hrookiyr Manhattan Transit and G. R. Kinney. Texas and Pacific land trust sell ing for the firs: time In weeks, limped 3d points ■ 300. 1\ S K altv .-opinion and prefetred continued iheir sensational gains, each * losing more than six point* higher on th* d.iv. a net gain of about 33 points in the last two weeks Net ga."« of 3 to 7 points also were recorded by General Cigar, iron Products pre ferred. Melsey Wheel. Pierce Arrow prior prefer: c ! arid 1 cited States Pts tributing common and preferred Summary of the Day in Washington The senate undertook the task of the Muscle Shoals ques tion. President Poolidge submitted hk* annual message to con greet. *t met ing economy. President CoolH?f left for Chlrfl* g*>. traveling :n n regular Pullman compartment. Director Hires transmitted to congress the annuel report of the Veterans’ bureau. Huntingto T. Morse shipping board and Krnerg*ney Fleet corpo ration director for Kurepe. re sign e»1. The French de’-t was the subject of further d :s> n between Am bassador Juisiaund and Secretary Mellon. Announcement ovas made of the signing of a treaty with Great Brit ain for equal lights fot A me it cans in Palestine. Pres f 'nt t'o*iuigo held the final break fast conference with republl* inn senators without inviting Sen ator la Kollette and his follow ere IVsttnastoi G« v.! New informed the senate the government is los ing nteitev on all poets! services except flr^t daes mail ami |n*a*l *a vtngs The District of t'nlumh * supreme court decided to ptevent the infer nal revenue bureau from making tax return* available for public In spection. v )