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    The Omaha Morning Bee zzizrzl
rhanaa In tontprralurr. flnarr of nnblP rhaiartrT.—William
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HOME EDITION V0L. 54-NO. 149._j* OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924.***_TWO CENTStB S?*#1*clnu eiww".?^*1”*' ■ — ^
President
Has Hectic
Trip West
\ ii»its Stockyards. Then Dines
Upon Choice Steak; Gets
Great Ovation on
Michigan Avenue.
Returning to Capitol
lt> Mill.II’ A. OK.\ll'„
\ niveiN.pl Nervlee Stuff <'«rr**N|M-ml«*nt.
Ell Koule to AVashington With
I rasident Coolidge, Dec. 4.—With a
new sense of tlie magnitude of Chi
cago n.s a city and a distribution
center, President Calvin Coolidge and
liis party are speeding back to Wash
ington tonight following a hectic day
of entertainment and Inspection.
Tile president's day. mostly spent
amid (he urban surroundings of
North Michigan avenue, ended ih
more interesting fashion with a trip
through the Chicago stockyards and
a dinner in Stockyards Inn where lie
matte a speech dealing with the prac
tical aspects of production and'mar
keting of tlie nations grain and live
stock supply.
For perhaps tlie first time in his
tory a president of tlie United Stales
walked over tlie narrow runways of
t tlie stockyards beneath which stirred
and bellowed a multitude of cattle,
prize i attic these were brought from
far states to form a part of the 25th
International livestock exposition.
Then he and his group, including
Airs. Coolidge. repaired to Stock Yards
j Inn, dined, hoarded their car attached
to a, regular express and started on
tlie return trip to the capital to be
completed tomorrow night.
Great Ovation.
A bleak wind, permeated with the
inevitable boquet of the far celebrated
stockyards whipped across the run
ways as the president made his inter
ested tour this afternoon. Tlie din
ner, tendered by the management of
Use exposition, was followed by an
i ntertaiiiment Jn the arena of the
stockyards amphitheatre. a horse
{ show, for steers are not the only ani
mals housed in the yards.
Calvin Coolidge this afternoon re
coiled one of the greatest and most
spontaneous ovations of liis career.
His cavil la do of automobiles started
from the Drake hotel (a White House
(for a day) at 3:30 p. m. Down the
seemingly endless stretches of Mich
igan avenue, he and his party, ac
i enmpanied by officials of (he exposi
tion. moved through banked lanes of
clteei ing people. The route down
! Atlchlgan avenue i» a graphic transi
tion from the opulence, of tlie great
i Ty's financial and merchandising
heart to the squalor of the streets
g Hanking the huge stock yard reservn
I tion. The president was greeted with
cheers during tlie passage of every
block.
Inspects Other Place*.
i Not content with cursory inspection
r of the "car lot’’ pens of prize cattle,
the president made several stops at
places of interest in the remarkable
city which has been built about this
enormous livestock receiving and|
slaughtering plant. lie viewed the
work r.f boys and girls clubs and
stopped in front of a replica of the
home of Shakespeare—serving as a
model butcher shop with hundreds of
"cuts’’ orderly ranged.
En route to the stockyards, the pres
ident halted before a rude wooden
cross beside the towering Wrigley
building in North Michigan avenue,
beside the commerce-congested Chi
cago river. It was here, 230 years ago,
that I’ere Marquette founded the
first white settlement In what was
to bo the state of Illinois. The celt*
liratlon is one of the big events of
the week in the windy city.
The dinner at Stockyards Inn was a
•*. ery orthodox affair, as regards the
menu. Tlie piece de resistance, of
) course, was steak. This steak was
better than most millionaires’ tables
might boast—unless their Vnarketers
were In the high councils of the meat
f producer**. It came from one of the
finest steers ever slaughtered in the
yards and tlie meat had been frozen
for four months.
*. New Seerelary Confirmed.
► n Washington. Dec. 4.—The nomina
tion of Howard M. (“lore to lie secre
tary of agriculture was confirmed to
day by the senate.
We Have
With Us
Today
Salvatore I’aeelta anil
William .1. Hplllard,
Narcotic Inspectors,
\\ aslllilgton, I). ('.
These Iwo men are known to un
lawful peddlers and users of narcot
ics all over the United States. They
are members of a five-man squad
working out. of Washington tinder
Col. Ij. O. Nutt, head of the narcotic
division.
They are part of the Hying squad
ron that work* on eases where local
agents fall down. They may be In
fort land, Me., one day and a few
4ays Inter In Portland, Ore.
The two Inspectors have broken up
ktrge dope i lugs In l‘ lorlda and In the
J.eincnwoi'th penitentiary. Pacella
was for five years In the aeersl serv
let of the Italian govsrnmsnt.
Jury Acquits Clyde Martin of Murder
Charge on Prisoner s 34th Birthday
c? J
Deliberation Lasting Only Six Hours Concludes One of
Shortest Slaying Trials in Iowa Criminal His
tory; Mother Hears Verdict.
Special Dispatch to the Omaha Hee.
l.ogan, la . Hee. 4.—Clyde Martin was found not guilty of a charge of
murder by a jury In district court here tonight. The jury reached a ver
dict after deliberating for less than six hours.
It was the jury's present to Martin on his Sitli birthday.
Martin was accused of having shot)
to death Sam Parrish at Dunlap on
the night of September 8, 1323. He
admitted the shooting hut contended
that it had been in self-defense.
Tile trial was brief, one of the
briefest murder trials In the history
of the court. It lasted but four days.
Throughout the trial Martin's
mother has sat beside him, offering
such comfort as she could and sob
bing almost continually.
IJroke Down on Stand.
Martin, affected by his mother's
grief, broke down and sobbed when
he took the stand in his behalf.
William P. Welch, attorney for
Martin, pleaded to the jury for four
hours to acquit the man. He summed
up the evidence which had been
taken, pointing out the facts which
would bale caused £ person to have
tire,| the fnlal shots. He told of why
his rllent had hidden frnni’the law for
a year. lie pointed to the grief
stricken mother and asked ‘Voukl
any man with a mother as devoted as
that be a wilful murderer?”
Welch, a graduate of Creighton uni
versity with the class of 13IG. made
one of the most appealing addresses
ever heard in the little courtroom.
As ills four-hour talk drew to a
close, the jury began to wipe its eyes.
Every member of tho jury was it:
tears.
Harry Robertson, prosecuting the
case for llie state, thundered at the
jury and accused Martin of hiding
behind his mother's skirts.
WUI Return to Mother.
"This man, crouched behind the
skirts of g. woman, his mother, pul
Pam Parrish into a narrow cell. Why
shouldn't lie be put In a similar
place?” the attorney shouted.
Throughout the day Mrs. Martin
sat beside Clyde, tugging at his
sleeve and whispering, “Son, this is
your 34th birthday. Don't forget it.”
Mrs. .Martin sat with Clyde again
tonight when the jury solemnly filed
Into the jury box. handed the clerk
of court a sealed verdict and agreed
that it was the unanimous decision.
Martin will return to his mother's
home at once, lie made his home
with Iter continually until the night
he fled from the officers after the
shooting.
MEMORIAL PLANS
FOR WILSON MADE
■Washington, Dec. 4.-r-Final ar
rangement* for the congressional me- |
mortal services to be held for Wood- j
row Wilson In the house chamber |
Monday, December 15, were com
pleted today by the joint committee
of the senate and house, of which
Senator Swanson, democrat, Vir
ginia, the war president’s native state,
was selected as chairman.
Invitations to attend the services
will be sent to the president and his
cabinet. The members of Wilson’s
cabinet, former Vice President Mar
shall. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to
the late president, and the governors
of various states, the supreme court
and the diplomatic corps as well as
ranking officers of the army and navy
also will attend.
AMBASSADOR TO
MEXICO VERY ILL
By rnlvfnuil Scrtlrr.
'Mexico City, Dec. 4.—The illness of
American Ambassador Sheffield ha/>
taken a dangerous turn, it is learned
today. What appeared at first as a
slight stomach ullment has proved to
be gravo Infection of the kidneys with
gallstones and a complication of yel
low Jaundice.
It is now believed that it will lie
necessary to operate and remove the
patient tcs a lower altitude, if not
requiring his return to tile United
States. Tin- ambassador's physicians
said that he "spent a miserable day."
HEAD OF PANAMA
CANAL ZONE HERE
Pntiamu. 1 »e<\ 4 -Col. M P. Walker,
governor of the Panama Pa no I son**,
is Mailing for the Putted Stale* to ap
pear before the congressional commit
tees on canal affair*. Pol. Harry ltu»
ges* will be lifting governor during
Colonel Walker * absence.
Dalpk Set for Hearing
tui Defunct Hank Petitions
Atlantic, la., Dec. 4.—Approval of
nine petition* fib*d In the office of
the district clerk here by Bruce
Townsend, examiner In charge of the
defunct Iowa Mate bank lien . in
asked of the court. Judge .1. H.
Dewell set December 5 and J O aa dap ^
for panning on t hem. On thoae da tea
hearing* will be held to determine
the at&tua of certain accounts, for
Nome of which priority 1* n*ked
(irnniton Hill lloiiriuji
H. Iiis.mI l.v Iliiairniun
Washington. Dec. 4 Ke<|»i«“-i* f«i
hem Inga on the Pramlon hill to In
fhide *11 prohibition administration
under « separate luiroau were refused
today by Pbalrman Hterllog of the
senate Judiciary committee. He sahl
lie would ask for early action on the
bill already passed by the house.
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leaders Si <rht
Lease of Shoals
to Private Firm
Underwood Hill Authorizing
Transfer of Project Is Ex
pected to Re Passed by
Senate Soon.
B.' I nivrr-iiI Sert ii-r,
Washington. L>ec. 4. -After years
of fruitless debate and discussion, dis
posal of tiis water power project a!
Muscle Shoals, Ala., which cost the
government SiilfeOOO.OOO, to private
Interests is iu sight, senate leaders
said today.
As a preliminary step the senate
will puss, within the next few days,
the bill recently introduced by Sena
tor Under wood of Alabama. It an
thnrizes the president and the secre
tary of war to lease the project to
private individuals or corporations,
between now and July 1. Should
they lie unable to execute a satisfac
tory lease within the tint" specified,
then the project is to lie operated by
the government.
Discussed All Day.
Senate leaders announced thyre are
four responsible parties and corisira
tlons anxious to submit bids under
the terms of the Underwood bill. One
19 a corporation headed by Hamble &
Co. of New York, and another the
Alabaina Power company, to which
was leased the Oorgas plant at Mus
cle Shoals, The other two prospec
tive bidders were not disclosed.
The entire day of the senate was
devoted to a discussion of ways and
means for the disposal of Muscle
Shoals to the best advantage of the
government and the people.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, chair
man of the agricultural committee,
opened the debate, saying h" pre
sumed that since lord had withdrawn
his offer "that element will he re
moved from the controversy.”
Then Norris launched Into a two
hour speech. In which he reviewed at
length efforts made by his commit
tee to solve the Muscle Shoals mud
die.
I nderwood Qppnsea.
He pointed out that the committee
had agreed to recommend to the sen
ate a plan which, in effect, meant
government operation of the plant,
which, he said, he would offer to the
senate as a substitute to the Fold
offer at the proper time.
The senator maintained that to
lease the property to a private per
son or to a corporation would mean
a government subsidy In the produc
tion of water power and nitrogen,
which would eliminate competition by
putting all competitors out of husi
ness.
After that was accomplished, ho
argued, then those in charge or the
Muscle Shoals project would he in n
position to charge exorbitant prices
for their products.
Underwood took vigorous exception
to Norris’ proposal for government
operation of the plants. He argued
that private enterprise has won in
many Instances where government
operation lias proved a failure.
POLICE TO GUARD
BRITISH CABINET
London, Dec. 4.—The British raid
net ministers have been placed under
special police protection, says the
Daily Mail. This precaution lias been
taken because of Information received
from the headquarters of Viscount
Allenby, British high cornml*Hioner ia
Kay Id. that a plot has been discov
ered tu assassinate prominent mem
tiers nf llic Iti itisli government.
E. J. SAILSTAD
DENIED PAROLE
By
(in enhav, Wis.. Dec. 4 Kdward .1
Hallstad. serving i four year sentence
for arson In the Wisconsin state re
fot mature her*', was denied a paiole
today by t lie state hoard of control be
cause of ilie grave ratine nf his of
fense. it was said.
Doctors to Hold Meeting at
Clarinda Stale Hospital
Slienatulon li. la.. Dr, 4 I *r. ,1. 1
It lining of Vorktown Is president and
and In J. !■' Aldrich, secretary of
the Page County Medical association
which holds Us annual meeting
Thursday at the Clarlnda slate hos
Pitta I. There will be n program based
on the topic of public health.
Miolition of TD I,and
Office* Is Voted Down
Win liliiKton. I tec. I A s.-cl|»n
prnpoulnK it I»«>111i«»ii of !l‘i Irik) ofllcf*
wan Hlmlnntsd tndny from th*» In
(prior tlijmiliiinnt itbproprlfttlon I>111
by th* Ihumu Tb* volt* Wrtfi l»R to 17
till Mid ^m«'n«lii'n*Dl, nlT#'i *,il by Kt*pr*'
Nnii.tiu f Hlnnott, i ttiiuldlrun, Oi v
gun, to ntriUg nyi the ■eclluu
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Investors in
M. E. Smith
Allege Fraud
n> _
Stockholders Seek to Recover
$2,600,000 Alleged Due
Company From Stock
Issue of 1922.
Woods Brothers Named
First preferred stockholders of M.
E. Smith A company, acting through
Brogan, Kllick and Raymond, at
torneys filed suit Thursday in district
court for a return of $2,600,000 to
themselves and the company. They
allege that this sum was taken by
ihe M. K. Smith Securities company,
a "phantom” corporation "for the
purpose of constituting a screen and
fictitious entry and device to aid, ob
scure and cover up the acts and ma
nipulations of the defendants."
Plaintiffs are Minnie Drexel,
widow of John Drexel: Lillian and
Frederick Hanna. Thomas P. Wilson,
former district court reporter: John
H. Stafford, and Harry A. Tukey and
Harley G. Moorhead, trustees for
Meri-it and Rutli Wing.
Defendants are M. K. .Smith A
Co., M. K. Smith Securities company.
Frank H. Woods. Mark W.
Woods, George J. Woods. Samuel
Megeath, Walter C. Teagle, American
Stocks and Bonds, I.td., and Woods
Brothers coriioration.
“I nlted io Violate .Statute.”
The petition alleges that the M. K.
Smith Securities corporation of which
individual defendants were officer?,
while pretending to be a corporation
organized in Delaware, did no business
there and was organized solely to se
cure control of the officers and direc
torships, management snd assets of
M. E. Smith A Co.; that it
owned no property and. though it ex
isted from November 22, 1922, to May
7, 1924, it filed no yearly statement
in the office of the attorney general
as required by law. Each of the de
fendants, It Is alleged, united to vio
late tlie statutes In this respect.
It is related In the petition on No
vember 27. 1922, the capital stock of
M. E. Hn.ith A Co., was In
ci eased from $3,500,000 to $6,100,000,
the Increase comprising 26.000 shares
of common stock with a par talue of
$2,600,000.
State Department Petitioned.
Application was made to the slate
department of trade and commerce to
issue Hnd sell these shares, represen
tation being made that no commis
sions would be paid for selling the
stock and that payment would he de
manded In cash and short time notes
for all shares aold.
Permission wss granted to issue the
stock whereupon, it Is charged, the
defendants caused to be transferred
to the M. E. Hmlth Securities com
pany the block of 26,000 stiarea
without requiring any payment what
soever.
When this transfer was made each
of the defendants, excepting M. E.
Smith A Co., became Indebted to M.
E. Smith A Co., for $2,600,000, the
table of the shares, It Is held by the
plaintiffs.
Defendants In Power,
From the time of this transfer. Do i
cember 2, 1922, until the time when |
the reorganization was effected, the \
defendants were In control of M. E. i
.Smith A Co., by reason of hold- j
ing n majority of the stock, it Is'
alleged.
On May 7, 1924, the defendants ■
Tarn In I'sice Two. Column Two.)
EGYPT’S CHAMBER
TO BE DISSOLVED
Talro, Kgypt, Dec. 4. Ziwar Pasha,
the premier, today informed the presl-j
dent of the chamber that the govern ;
ment dde* not Intend to advise King
Fuad to convoke parliament Immedi
ately. A petition signed by 11 It dep
uties, requesting the convocation of
the chamber, \ahh presented to the
king on Wednesday.
London, Dec. 4.—Ziwar Pasha to
day informed the president of the
chamber that the cabinet had decided
to dissolve parliament, according to
the newspaper, Akahar, quoted hy the
t 'alio correspondent of the Daily
'telegraph, who adds: "A royal de
oree dissolving parliament Is ex
pected tomorrow.”
Scliooiipr Discovered
\ltandoiicd I tv (!r«-\»
New Vork, Dec. 4. The oil tanker
Shenandoah today report# d hy radio
to coast guard headquarters hero that
the schooner fiachel \Y. Stevens had
l»e#n sighted Oft miles south of t\«po
flatleras this morning abandoned by
tlio crew and In waterlogged » ottdi
tlon
Ths y homier. r. > ii»i; a m tv of
1ft men sod commanded by 1‘apialn
Martin Hansen, was Isiund from
Jacksonville, Fla., to Philadelphia
with a cargo of lumber.
(lorn.! (iiiaril <iullrr lo
lli-lp Ship in Dixlii".'.
Nfrw Vork, Her. 4 Tin* ihihI
guard cutter S* ne. i today \v»* dl
patched to the aid "f the four m inted •
achooner nine Pil’d, which \vu I i-a
reported In dial i c*« .hotit Iftft mill
aouthenst of Pape H.dtiias on
Than giving dsv.
Two fithei cuttei>-. the i\n.»hoa*et
from Norfolk and tin* tJr»'*lmm from
New York, had returned to Norfolk!
(his morning after an ummcceoaful I
search for the ecliooncr. |
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iCodeUsed in
“Dope Ring”
Is Revealed
Narcotic Agent, Testifying in
House Trial, Says Defend
ant Sent Telegrams
Ordering Narcotics.
State Wins First Round
Omaha, as one of the centers in a
nation-wide drug ring, Sam House at
one of the "kings’’ of the ring, was
■the basin of the testimony Thursday
in the trial of House, Pat Burkery
and Frank O'Neil before United
States Judge Woodrough.
The links with which the prosecut
ing officers hope to entangle House
and the other defendants, are 7liiefly
words. „They are tell tale words how
ever, and the use of them, charged
against the defendants, is alleged to
prove first that Omaha is on the "bit;
circuit ’ In the underworld of doi«?,
and that Sam (louse is otm of the
leaders in a national plot to evade the
Harrison drug act, which has for its
purpose tlic stamping out 'of the il
licit trade in morphine, cocaine and
other drugs, the use of which is so
largely chargeable to the present
crime waves throughout the country,
lode Words lievealed.
The telltale words, which are the
1-aaia of the conspiracy evidence, are:
"Merchandise," 'mirrors,” “caps,”
"mattresses," all of them, it is
charged being part of a secret code.
These words, it is charged, were used
by House in telegrams to New York
and, acoerding t>> those who have
sought to unravel the code, the use of
a word beginning with "in” means
that morphine is desired, whereas a
word beginning with "c" Is notice to
the dope ring headquarters that co
caine is wanted.
In addition to the plans for the r
vealing of this secret code, two other
important steps were taken Tuesday
which will have a bearing on the case
and which the prosecutors hope will
result in a conviction of ‘'King"
House and the bieaking up of the
ring in Omaha.
These steps w»r» s« follows:
First, Judge Woodrough sdmit
ted In evidence, over the strenuous
opposition of defense attorneys, cer
tain statements made by the de
fendants at the time of their ar
rest. These statements, it is be
lieved, will still further tighten the
coils around the defendants ns "con
spirators."
Second, the jury which is Helen
ing to the evidence will continue to
be locked up at night and during
adjournments of the trial. Tins is
for the’purpose of making sure
that no attempt will lie made to
corrupt the Jurymen.
Third, the jury was permitted,
upon the ple-v of the prosecution,
to lake s trip through that section
of Omaha's underworld, where the
government witnesses say they
first took up the trail of the de
fendants. and where they followed
it to the conclusion that finally
resulted in their arrests.
Slate to llcst Today.
The government is expected to rest
Its case at noon today. Three wit
nesses are yet to testify.
Kugene O'Sullivan who Is associat
ed with Benjamin Baker for the de
fendants stated that he would have
about JR witnesses. House will take
the stand, ho said.
With arguments to dismiss ihe case
after the government rests today
court attaches believe the case will
surely go into next week.
DEATH PENALTY
ASKED IN TRIAL.
St Pauls. Dee. 4.- The death pen
ally for lam MotloW. wealthy Ten
nessee distiller, was demanded by Cir
cuit Attorney Sldoner In Id* opening
statement to the jury this afternoon
In Motion-’* trial on a charge of tour
dering Clarence T. Pullis, Pullman
conductor, last March 17.
Judge Hamilton ruled against a do
lay In the trial, asked by the slate Ini
an effort to obtain the presence as a
witness of c l-'. Until of Grover.
X. c , a passenger on the sloping car
when tin- shooting of Pultla occurred.
STOCK SALES TOP
2,(X)0,000 AGAIN
lly Viitot luliii
N>w York, I»♦•!’. 4.—For th* fif
teenth tini' since election day, total
Mock sale* today erosMcd I ha 2.h00. -
unit *haro mark in a wild hur*t of
bullinh cntbiiMlrtWin that carried iilmitf
7.* MtiakK, nearly half of thorn rail*,
to now high level* for the year. Net |
km I n m hi (lie mtlvc imiiirs rangedI
from l to 7 point*.
Hill in IYoxmIi*
\cw I)e*|urlmrnt
\v unhittgtoti. ir 4 A bill ptosid-;
ing for th* cication of on executive
*Icpartment nf education and relief
wiih Introduced today bv t'hairman
Ualllngci of the hmme education coin j
mitler.
\ .- «• M't .i\, appointed b\ lb" pi cal .
dent, would bond the department
uluod by I hi 4 c fiMslMuntw loading *‘1111
• a thin, puidic hcalt li and veteran* re
1101 HC'nci.M which w olid lake n\‘li
th* ibitl** nf numernii* bureau* no"
under the juriadletinti <»f other d***j
i*a 11 fia lit « 9 llepi • *a*i<! .it |v « IMlIm .• 1
«nid the btjl wa* drawn along lttn*v
approved by lit! VVhtte Unuae
-••TTnrm — — _SsffliI.Mtffl
Activities of Piggly G iggly Manager
in Seeking Girls for Chorus Probed
r>_
Arrested and Ifeld for Investigation After Complaint Is
Lodged With Welfare Bureau; Discover Names •
of 45 Stage Struck Maidens.
The complaint of a girl, who aspired to a position ill the chorus, to the
Welfare hom'd resulted Thursday night In the arrest of Melvin Morris, man
ager of th<“ Piggly Wiggly store at Twenty-fourth and Lake streets.
Lodger at Police
Station Admits
Slaying His Pal
Man Voluntarily Confesses
Committed Five Years
V-:o in Milwaukee; Story
W ill Be Probed.
Richard Shay, 44, his clothing
lagged and dirty, his manner nervous,
entered ihe police station Thursday
night and asked for a place to sleep.
Then. claiming that he could no
lunger (and Ihe thought of what he
had done five years ago, he called
Sergeant George Emery to one side
and confessed slaying a pal In Mil
waukee ill 1919
"I can't stand it unv longer," Shay
said "1 didn't mean to kill him but
he died. "I know that."
Then he unfolded a tale of how he
and a pal had stolen a car io a small
Wisconsin town, had driven it to A
suburb of Milwaukee. Here they
broke into a clothing’ store and be
gan to loot It.
The pal. a man named Joe Smith,
began to gather up the loot and hand
It to Shay. Both men were holding
revolvers in one hand and handling
the loot with the other.
As Smith handed Shay a bundle
of loot Shay's gun exploded and
Smith crumpled on the floor, wounded
in the abdomen.
She' became frightened. Smith
| fainted from the pain of the wound
end Slioy picked up his form and
carried him to the stolen car.
After making Smith comfortable in
the back seat of the car, Sliay called
police.
A few days Inter he saw a notice
in a Milwaukee paper telling of,
Smith's death. Since then he has
mmed from place to place, pursued,
he said, by thoughts of what he had1
done.
HOLIDAY PARTIES
MAY NOT BE HELD
Indications are that Christmas par
ties. usually given poor children In
all parts i f the city will be done away
with this year in case the Community
Chest does not reach its goal of
$403,000.
According to the Rev. Thomas
Casady, i-astor of the All Saints
church, the annual Christmas offer
ing amounting to between $J50 and
4400 with which approximately 100
chiltlten are given a party, will be
I dope away w ith and the monr turned
| into the chest. "I don't think that If
I would be l ight to spend the money
I in that manner when little children
| are In actus! need of clothing and
food." said Rev. Xlr. Casady,
The first severe storm of the sea
son has worked a hardship upon the
! relief giving agencies of the chest
end yesterday more than 500 calls
I for assistance were received by the
j Salvation Army, Ihe Associated Chari
ties and the Visiting Nurse associa
tion.
30 ARRESTED FOR
FAKE PASSPORTS
Hr I nlversal Service.
Bucharest. l>eo. 4,—Thirty senators
and deputies of the Houma nian par
liament are under arrest in connection
"ith the charges of being implicated
In r ''passport factory,” where false
passports were turned out and sold.
Minister of Justh e Narxescu was
severely attacked in the chamber.
• 'barged with having influenced the
investigating judge to release several
of those arrested.
Minister of the Interior Valtoianu,
has resigned.
PERSHING GIVEN
NEW DECORATION
II* I nUor»nl Sri vice
Washington. Her. 4 The ne"
silver star will* add to the scintilla
tions of the numy decoration* on the
uniform blouse of (lenernl i'ershing.
tetlred genei 1 of the armies, the
W.u* department announced today.
The new decoration in evidence of
a citation of gallantry in action
against the Spanish forces at San
. I'ubn, on July 1. 1SJS. when
l'eishing was a first lieutenant in
ihr Tenth ouvahv
Knilroaih lnundi t i^lil
on I oh or !•'\j*r»*s^ Halr>
III \«MH a|r«| I'rrai*
St Paul, Minn., He< 4 Fifty 1
three railroad* launched s fight;
against n reduction in e\pn* rate*!
authorised under an order of fhej
Interstate t'ototnerce ooinuiF«ioo
May IT to become effective January!
I. In •« *'ilt filed in 1 'idled State*!
district court here today agahyu the
tederni govoinmeitt and the American
Hallway ttxpraa* company.
' Moarria, after telling hia atory to
the police, was held for Investigation.
The girl told officials of the Wel
fare board that she had answered an
advertisement seen in an Omaha
newspaper for girls who wanted to go
on the stage. The address given In
the advertisement, she said, was 538
South Twenty-fourth street.
When she arrived at the address she
was met by Morris who invited her
Into the house. There lie told her
that she must he measured. She
agreed and proceeded to measure her
from head to foot.
I see Tape Measure.
,' I must do this to see whether or
not your figure will conform to that
of a successful chorus girl,” Morris
is said to have told the girl.
When nothing definite came of the
call the girl went to the AVelfare
board *nd complained.
After an Investigation had been
started. 20 girls vv ho had applied for
stage positions came to the AVelfare
board and told of their experiences.
Munis toid polite that he had met a
man by the name of A1 Scott, man
ager of the Star Musical company.
This company had planned to organ
ise shows In Des Moines, Omaha, Kan
sas City and 1st. Louis.
To (jet SI a Measurement.
Scott, Morris said, hired him to find
some girls to fill vacancies in the
cast. Scott explained that the girls'
figures should conform with certain
measurements. He declared he was
to be paid II for each measurement.
Two brothers of Scott, AV. C. and
G. C., and a man named Joe Miller
were mentioned in connection with
the project. 3(orris said.
The conference which Morris had
with Scott, be said, took place In a
Douglas street pool hall.
At the address mentioned In the ad
vertisement police secured 45 appli
cation* of girls for stage positions.
Many of them stipulated prlrna donna
parts.
ESTRANGED WIFE
TO HELP SLAYER
Chicago, Dec. 4.—A* the effort to
complete a Jury to hear the trial of
Russell Scott, former Toronto pro
moter, charred with the murder of a
drug clerk In a holdup, was resumed
today, Scott * estranged wife. Mrs.
Catherine Scott, promised bitn all
possible aid and expressed her con
fidence in his innocence. She ar.d
Boon's parents attended the trial each j
day.
The prosecution is demanding the]
death penalty and, according to As
sistant State's Attorney Bert Cron-1
son will he satisfied with nothing less'
than a verdict of death or acquittal.
Light Jurors had been sworn when
the trial was resumed today.
APPEAL DENIED TO
U. S. SHIP OWNERS
London. Deo 4.—The court of ap
peals today dismissed, with costs, the
appeal of the owners of the American
freight steamer American Merchant,
against the judgment rendered last
spring, pronouncing the American
vessel solely to blame for its collision
In the Thames river In March with
the British steamer Matatua, which
sank with the loss of tight men.
The appeal was taken on the basis
of the record of the gyroecope com
pass, but the court held that this
record was-not necessarily accurate]
Rnd that th« testimony of men w*s
to be preferred to that of machines
POLICE GIVE UP
BANDIT SEARCH
Oinah.i police Thursday had virtu-1
ally abandoned the search for the)
bandits who engaged in a gun battle!
with deputy sheriffs on the West
l'odge road Tuesday evening.
Detective* now believe that one of I
the two bandits who were brought
into "maha b> R. lath*, a farmer,
.aught a freight train out of the city
soon nfter lie had left 1 .aha at Twen-j
lieth and Varnam streets.
Th# other one. whom 1-ahs took
to Council Rltiffs. is helie\-*d toj
hate caught a train from there.
7 DEAD, 40 HURT,
AS TRAINS CRASH
Oakland. Cal., IVc 4 —Seven per j
sons were killed and approximately
4ii Injured today on the Key Route!
system when a train from Sacra-j
mento crashed into the rear of a;
crowded electric train hound from
Twelfth street. Oakland, to San Kvan
eiaco with early morning commuters, j
The cause of the accident has not
lieen determined
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Railroads
Crippled by
Snowstorms
Telephone Companies Report
Heavy Damage Through
out State; Many Towns
Are Isolated.
—
One Fatality Recorded
A blizzard, the first of the season,
held Nebraska in its grip Thursday.
A storm, starting from the west,
moved over the slate late Wednes
day. By 6 In the evening it had
teaehed Omaha and a steady rain was
falling.
This rain was accompanied by *
falling temperature and by midnight
telephone and telegraph lines were
breaking.
Thursday morning the rain changed
first to sleet and then to snow snd
trans[sirtaiion became a problem.
Automobiles skidded and slid alemt
the streets and pedestrians were but
slightly more fortunate in moviug
continuously in one direction.
From all parts of the state came
reports of damage.
Only one fatality of the storm had
been reported Thursday night.
Charles Schulz, 60, Chicago A
Northwestern railroad car inspector,
was almost instantly killed when he
slipped on an Icy ladder and fell to
the ground. The man landed on h s
head.
Wire* Snap I'nder Ire.
The ice which formed on trees, tel
ephone and telegraph lines grew
| heavier and heavier until litnhs and
wires snapped under the strain. Some
towns were reported completely Iso
lated, others were dependent upon
tuakeshlft lines of communication.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
company reported many of their lines
throughout the state completely out
and a great deal of trouble through
out Omaha. There the line* are. for
the most part, underground, but «'
where the lines are above ground they ,
were said to be rapidly breaking.
Special crews were at work repairing
the damage as rapidly a# possible.
The stom is passing over the state
slowly. The first reports came from
the northwestern section of the state
and the same sections were still re
porting a raging storm Thursday
night.
Five-Foot Drift* at Kearney.
Kearney reported that the stern
there was accompanied by a high 1
wind which aided the heavy ice In
wrecking communication lines. The
snow, wet and sticky, falling and drift
ing along the mads blocked all high
way transportation.
By the middle of the afternoon 5
Thursday the snow had reached a i
depth of 19 inches on the level and In
Places had drifted to a depth of five
feet.
Fremont was isolated Thursdav
morning. Telephone lines were in
tair order, but telegraph lines were
all gone and were not replaced until
j late in the day. and then only par
j tially. The Fremont Tribune reported
I that it had been dependent on radio
all day for its news dispatches. It
was the first time in the history of
the publication that the mdio had
taken it* place as a means of com
munioation.
The Chicago A Northwestern rail- *
road reported that poles and wire*
all along its lines were down and
|communication was something to wish
I for.
Trains Stalled.
Vt Norfolk two feet of snow had
fallen by dark Thursday. The stem
from there was the same as from
every other point. The storm started
as a steady rain. A falling tempera
ture accompanied the rain and the
resulting Ice. together with the snow
which began to fall Thursday morn
ing. wrecked communication line after
communication line unwl the town
was nearly isolated.
From all about the state came re
ports of stalled train* The drift*
were so heavy that it was almost im
possible to force the trains through
them. The high wind which aocotn
panied the snow drove the drifts
tightly into every hollow and valley,
across roads and railway tracts.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
company reported that most of their
trouble was west of Omaha. While
n few line.- were out in the vicinity
of Council Bluffs most of the trouble
was either in Omaha, one line from
the west or on lines going out of
Omaha. But one long distance line
was open Thursdsy night, the line to
Sioux City. It was impossible to
call Chicago from Omaha except In
a roundabout wav.
Sioux City received Its share of the
storm. Ten inches of snow had fallen
there by S Thursdays night. A rail
ing temperature was also reported
from Hurt point and from several
points in South Dakota came reports
of sub rero weather. -
The storm found some hearty sup
porters. The school children went to
school Thursday morning with sled*
and when school closevl In th* after
noon every hill was filled witli
coast era
Kansas City, Mo, 1H-. 4 A storm
sweeping eastward from the Kooky
Mountains brought the fltst siege of
vv inter to a wide area of ihs middle
and southwest l.uuwlit w it tt i mae-M-s y
interruption- to . miimunk abort fagili- "W|
Trains front th* west a no *>'Utti|j*et
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