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r™n | The i imaha irning jee '”™;i / .. become a festival of every day.—Mae CITY EDITION ,|_ I I T , . ... — —— — .g-ggr- —-.-r-y=-j i-JM ■ ■■ , ■■■:■■ ■ ■■ -■■■■ Mkjmssx-t ■Hik-ua: ■ !"-rr. ' 1 '..±ju.mui. ■■ n mrm terlinrk. l VOL. 54—NO. 152. OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1924. * TWO CENTS10 S-TR^sKm <El.«wta»n».U *" 1---/ Poisoner of Wife Enters Guilty Plea Admits Slaying Wife When Arraigned in District Court; Mrs. Northey Main tains Innocence. Court Names Attorneys Special lUspntch to The Omaha Bee. Broken Bow, Neb., Dec, S.—Frank Bruner, 47, confessed slayer, and Mrs. Ardesta Northey, 47, for love of whom he says he killed his wife, were ar raigned In district court this after noon. Bruner, the haunted look gone from his eyes, faced the Judge and entered a plea of guilty. Mrs. Northey, still somewhat de fiant, still protesting her innocence, pleaded no guilty. Neither of the prisoners were able, hy their own statements, to retain attorneys. H. M. Sullivan was ap pointed by the court to defend Bruner, and A. H. Schnell and H. L. Wilson were appointed to defend Mrs, Northey. Bruner Calm. Bruner was calm as he faced Judge Hostetler. Ho entered the courtroom in company wtih a deputy sheriff and sat down at one side of the enclosure before the judge's bench. When lie was called on, the indictment against him read, lie bowed his head. “Guilty." , •*. That was his only word while In jlsj the courtroom. When Judge Hostet ler asked if he could retain an attor ney Jiruner shook his head negative ly. After Sullivan had been appoint ed the judge asked If he was satis fied wtih the selection of the court. Bruner nodded “yes," looked ques tionlngly at the judge, and resumed his seat. Mrs. Northey presented a sharp con trast to Bruner when sho arose from her seat while the indictment against her was being read. .She did not wait for the clerk of cour’ to complete reading before she protested her innocence. Trial Date Not Set. The two defendants are named In tlie same indictment nnd will be tried together. Bruner, in bis confession and in later statements, has snggested little intention of offering much struggle to avoid conviction. As a re suit of this, the court decided that one attorney would be sufficient to defend him. Mrs. Northey has declared her In nocence, has expressed a determina tion to fighi for her liberty and was, therefore, considered entitled to two attorneys to represent her. The date of the trial has not been set. as yet, but it is believed that It , I will start in as short a time as pns '» slble. In the meantime the two defend ants are being held in the county jail without bond. CONVICTED SLAYER DENIED REPRIEVE London, Dee. 8.—Home Secretary Joynson Hicks tonight refused to grant a reprieve for William George Smith, condemned to lie hanged at Hull tomorrow for the murder “on August 14 of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouse field, despite the fact that in.nnn per sons at a protest, meeting In Hull yes terday threatened a general strike If the reprieve petition signed by S'. 000, was not granted. Commander Joseph Montague Ken worthy, member of parliament, from Hull, has announced that he feared riots and bloodshed would follow the refusal to reprieve the condemned man. Threats are said to have been made to storm the Jail to prevent the hangman from entering. coldTatalto I OMAHA VISITOR \ Mrs. Emma Standish, 75, of Kan 4 sas City, died Sunday at the home / of her niece, Mrs. W. W. Bruner, 8939 X street, with whom she had been visiting for the past three weeks. Mrs. Standish had been suf fering from a cold which developed into pneumonia. Mrs. Standish Is survived hy two sons, Robert of Kansas City nnd Chauneey of Hepner, Ore., and hy a daughter, Mrs. John Lee of Hume, Ora. W. 9. Ksnyon, Dm Moines, Is. Federal Judge. Serving early In his career as a prosecuting attorney and a little later a« district Judge, Judge Kenyon ' swung Into hi* career at full "peed, liecoming assistant to the Attorney general of the United State* In 1910. In 1911 lie whs elected United States senator from Iowa to fill an on eiplred term whleh ended In 1913, / after which he was re-elected for two ^ terms, hut resigned before Ills second term was completed to accept appoint ment a* Judge of the United States circuit court, Klghth district, by *p polntmsnt from 1’resldeni IJjtidln*. ANTHRACITE COAL TAX LAW UPHELD Washington, Dec. 8.—The Pennsyl vania anthracite coal tax law was up held today by the United States su preme court, which upheld decisions by lower court. Validity of the law was attacked by the Cranberry Coal company, Alliance Coal company, Lehigh Coal and Navi gation company and the Philadelphia & Heading Iron and Coal company. More than $3,000,000 in coal taxes were assessed against the coal com panies by the state. State Capitol Problems Up to ' New Legislature Commission Decides They Are Powerless to Award Lighting or Furnishings Contracts. By P. C. POWELL, Stuff Correspondent of The Omnlin Bee. Lincoln, Dec. S.—Problems involved In building Nebraska's new stats house and a tentative plan of hills to he introduced at the session of the legislature hy the state capltol com mission were discussed at a meeting of that body today. The legislative program as tentatively decided upon includes: A continuation of the capltol fund tax to raise $2,500,000 In addition to the $5,000,000 already appropriated, which the commission declares neces sary to complete the stnte house. Furnishings Contracts to Be I,et. Authority for commission to con tract for furnishings of new capltol. Giving either the commission, the board of educational lands and build ings or the governor power to con tract for lighting the state house. After considerable argument over whether the municipal lighting plant In Lincoln or one of the privately owned plants should be given the contract for lighting the state house the commission decided today that It did not have authority to award such a contract. Powerless to Award Light Contract. This decision ia based on the fact that the lighting is entirely In the hands of the state government which uses the building and the commission, authorized to merely supervise Its erection, Is powerless to award such a contract. The present statutes are hazy as to whether authority for awarding lighting contract Is given the governor exclusively or the board of educational lands and build ings, which comprises the governor, Dan Swanson, land commissioner; George Marsh, state auditor, and C. D. Hoblnson. state treasurer. As a number of rooms in the state house will be occupied by January 1 In order to provide committee rooms for the legislature a temporary ar rangement with a power plant must be made or there will be no overtime work in the offices occupied in the new capltol. MATE HITS YOUNG WIFE; HE’S JAILED Raymond Roche, 64, 1705 South Twelfth street. Council Blfufa, met his wife Sunday afternoon as she was talking to some young men on a street corner. Roche picked up R stick and struck his wife. Her cries brought police, who arrested Roche. He was sentenced to 10 days In Jail in police court Monday morning on a charge of drunkenness and disturb ing the peace. He admitted striking his wife, who is considerably younger than he. 3 SLAYERS GET' LIFE SENTENCES Sedalia, Mo., Dec. Harry and Arthur Defenbaugh, brothers, and Charles Harrla, three of five accused of slaying of Sheriff Garrett Groomer jflf Benton county, in circuit court at TVaraaw tills afternoon pleaded guilty before Judge C. A. Calvlrd, and were given life terms in the penitentiary at Jefferson CUy. Shenandoah Editor Takes Position at Pocatello, Idaho Shenandoah, la., Dec. S.—Mias Anna Dlenat, assistant city editor of the Sentinel-World, leaves Monday foi Pocatello, Ida., where she has sc repted a position on the news staff of the Idaho State Journal. Miss Dlenat, who has been In Shenandoah three years, ta s, graduate of the school of journalism of the Univer sity of Missouri, Columbia. She was secretary of the Shenandoah Busl ness Women’s club. Driver Killed in Runaway. David City, Dec. 6.—Frank Sey more, a farm hand near Rising City, was crushed to death when he fell beneath a runaway team which had been frightened by a pasalng freight train. 12 Horses Die in Fire. Broken Bow. Dor*. 8.—-D. D. Thomp son, living 12 mile* *outh of town, KU*talned n $4,000 lo** when hi* large burn nml content* were destroyed by fire. Twelve horae* perluhtd In the fire. Solon to Undergo Operation. Washington, Dec, 8. Represents live Williams republican, of Michigan Is 111 here and I* eipeoted to h# re mnved to Johns Hopkins university, Hsltlmore. on Thursday for removal of the gall bladder. Jury Picked in Illi nois Poison Case Elsie Sweetin and Lawrence Higlit Begin Their Battle for Life on Charge of Slaying Mates. Jurors Are Stolid Men By VnlTerssI Service. Mt. Vernon, 111., Dec. 8.—Lawrence Might and Elsie Sweetin were united today—not in the bonds of love they sought to fashion from the shrouds of their mates, but In their mutual battle against the hangman's noose. The unfrocked minister who poison ed his wife and the woman who killed her husband toward the same eon verging end sat at the defendants’ table in the little courtroom, Thetr eyes seldom met throughout the day in which the 12 simple, thoughtful men were chosen In whose hands their fate is to be placed. It Is a middle-aged jury, men past 40, which will try the case of these self-confessed rural Borgias. The trial, it was Indicated, will move swiftly. A few questions are yet to be put by the defense to George Nelson, a farmer, the 12th man se lected to sit In the Jury box. Eight other farmers have been ac cepted, and the three others Jurymen are a blacksmith, a laborer and a storekeeper. Jurors Are Plain Men. They are men who, It seems, would be little Impressed with the subtle psychological arguments or would condone a slaying because It was mo tivated, as the defense may seek to prove, by a mad Infatuation that not even stopped at death. Justice—not roipance, Is written in their faces. To them Frank G. Thompson, the prosecuting attorney—that Is what they call their district attorney in this community—will outline the case, how Wllford Sweetin, the miner husband of Elsie, suddenly was taken 111 after eating Ice ci^am. Physicians thought It to he ptomaine poisoning. He was not a church-going, like his rather pretty wife, and Rev. Law rence Hlght, pastor of the little Methodist church at Ina, came dally to his bedside to "pray wtih him and convert him." Small Roses of Poison. While ministering to his spiritual wonts this minister, according to his own statement, placed poison in the food, small doses at first, to make the Illness seem a lingering malady, and then, tired of the delay of death, a final big dose, "enough to kill 10 men." Sweetin died—converted, according to Might s own words at the funeral sermon. A few weeks later Mrs. Hlght, mother of the minister’s children, was taken ill, she too lingered awhile, the disease baffling the physicians of Inn. Then she died, also of poison, which the minister has admitted plac ing in her food. The doctors, how ever. had believed It a natural death. The circumstances, however, set the tongues of the villagers to wagging nnd rumors of the close friendship which had sprung up between the pas tor and his parishioner, even before their mates had died, sprung up and would not down. Bold Confess Guilt. Their arrest followed and after hours of questioning came the story that bag placed the survivors of the tragedy within the shadow of the noose. The first witness to be called will he Dr. William H. McNally, of Chicago, a chemist who discovered poison In the bodies of Mrs. Hlght and Wllford Sweetin. Sweetln's father today sat at the el bow of the prosecuting attorney throughout the preliminary session today. There were whispered confer ences as Jurors were accepted or re Jected. Defendants Calm. At Mrs. Sweetln’s side snt her brother, Earl Son, and her half brother, John Williams. Alec Bum pus nnd his wife, who early became suspicious of the manner In which Sweetin died, are In the courtroom. Mrs. Bumpus Is Sweetln's sister. Hlght alts alone, as far ns friends are concerned. Only his legal coun sellor confers with him. The defendants are calm—the hys . terla of the early days of the tragedy ^ and Its resultant Inquisition is gone. They watch the men as one by one they seat themselves In the Jury box They look for trsces of sympathy and hope for mercy. Married in Council Bluff*. The following person* obtained mar riage licensee In Council Bluff* yeeterdty: Name end Addrra*. Age. ■fume* Perry Knepher, Omaha.,... . . SO ] Kva Knepher, Omaha... 27 It. D. Minefield, Cetad, Neb. . 2ft Lola Grare Huge. Cnaad, Nell..... 91 l.ee Hushing. Palmyra, Neb.*.... 4f* Pauline Hhnffrr, Palmyra, Neb, 4ft \V. M. Kin I*. Mrhuyler. Nab... 17 Pea 11 Butler, Omaha .••«,.. B I, ,M Andersen, Omaha ....... lf' Mabel Moure, Unuhn It tl J. Barrett, Fremont Neb..... SS Helen Johnson. Fremont, Neb. H Raymond K. H« hnekloth Nenla. Neb... II M lid md Drelet. Neola. la.It A W llartung. Omaha 21 Thelma flhumway ffartwlck. omeha 1" ( /« \j. Cotner, Plettemeuth. Neb . .. 41 fda N. Parker, Plattamnuth. Neb ..... 12 ■ f.avern Cunningham. Omehe . 4t i MsOter Ifyeell. Otnah*. .. 41 , ft !,. Clerk Omaha ... . 2ft , Lata 1, Clark, Omaha .... 11 Widow of First Nebraska Homesteader Divides “Entry No. 1” Among Her Seven Children Npwial IMHpatrli to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Dec. 8.—With all the vast “public domain” to choose from, decades ago, a man named Daniel Free man chose a “squat” on a fertile tract six miles from Beatrice. When the first homestead law was passed, he shot in his application for this piece of land. He won it, and received the first homestead grant ever issued. It was called “entry No. 1.” He farmed it continuously until his death several years ago. Since then his widow, Agnes, has managed it and his three sons have done the work. Last week his widow divided the tract for the first time. She deeaed it to the three sons and four daughters, giving each 80 acres. The children are: Leclaire Free man, Mrs. Eliza Carre, James H. Freeman, Arzene Quackenbush, George Frank Freeman, Lelia Josephine Freeman and Samuel Freeman. _J German Election Socialist Victory J Nationalists Defeated by Nar row Margin at Polls; Radi cal Blocs Collapse. fly International New* Service. Berlin, Dec. S.—The constitu tionalists have defeated the nation ilists by the narrowest of margins. Radicals in both wings suffered a complete collapse, the Hitlerites and he communists losing 40 to+Jii) per -ent of their strength In the last •eirhstng. The social democrats become the itrongest party. These three facts stood out today rom the latest returns from the double "lections Sunday. Because of the voting for both the relehstng ami he Prussian diet, the returns were ecelved slowly. The results as indicated thus far ivere: Social democrats, 126; Oerman na llonals, 125; Oerman peoples. 49; cen trists. 66; democrats, 30; Bavarian peoples, 19; Hitlerites, IS; com munists, 44: others, 20. Changes Ahead. Despite the collapse of radical ele ments, there was every indication to lay that there will be essential -hanges In the dominant political constellations, because the Oerman nationals and the Oerman peoples parties also were winning seats at he expense of the Hitlerites while Ihe social democrats and the demo -rats were strengthened hy desertions from the communists. The Catholic centrist party has always held its own. Chancellor Marx's newspaper Ger mania, characterizes the results ns "neither a swing to the left nor s iwlng to the right, hut a strength cnlng of the middle parties." It seems most likely that the for ; mer Marx cabinet will be returned to power. Heavy Vole Cast. All parties brought all possible reserve Strength to the polls, aver iglng 85 per cent of their total vot ng strength, as compared with TO in the May elections. The re-elected members Include Xdmlral Tirpltz, Von I.udendorff, Prince Bismarck, Count Westarp. 'ount Bernstorff, former Chancellors “ttreaemann. Wlrth and Fehrenbach. 'hancellor Marx and Count I .err hen - eld. WESTERN UNION LOSES TAX CASE The 'Western t’nlon Telegraph com nany wa* dented a permanent Injunc don to prevent the state tax rommls iloner from assessing Its Intsngllble sssets In a decision handed down In 3maha Monday afternoon by Federal fudge* Woodrough of Omaha. Kenyon >f Iowa and Munger of Lincoln. The telegraph company claimed hat It wa* operating under a federal erant leaned In 1866. The stilt In .-olved about 14.000 In taxes. In another decision handed tlowr. iy the three judge* Monday three allronda were grunted temporary In unction* to restrain Nebraska county reasurers from collecting the full imniint of the 1924 taxes, which the ■nmpanle* assert are excessive. The Northwestern has agreed to pay 70 per rent of Its tax. the Bur Ington 75 per rent, the Minneapolis 5 Omaha 60 per cent and the Ml* lourl Pacific On per cent. Beatrice Poultry Win* Prise* at Kausa* Show nJlstrlce, Oec. *.—T. .1. Mahumn of his city received word that his Buff Irplngton* won a number of iirb.es It the poultry show held at t’lav 'enter. Kan. He has exhibited 62 ilrds this season and won I Ibbons >n 49 of them 55 Cent* Per Voter < lost of Flection in York County York. Dnc, R.—According to John Muir, county clerk of York county, It "<»■!* York county voter* about •ont* gplcco to hold an election Thl* ncludo* officer*’ aalarlos. polling »lar* rental* and all other * Kponm* Hum'll Woman Kills Self. Hturglft, H l> , !>«»<■ R Mr*. Hhcr nan Orr, who rentdod on a ranch !0 mile* #n*t of ftturgia, committed uilcld* by taking carbolic mid, No native I* known. f*h«» left a hu« )gnd and four chllditn. Shoe Fund Passes $200 First Week Work of Fitting Applicants Slow Even So; Many Chil dren in Need. Previously reported .8157..VI A. r. H. I .HO H. S.0I4 K. P. sweeter.. 3.511 Hansen .. 5.IMI I.. I'. I ll. rbo.-k 5.011 KlUabeth Morris, Wood l.nke, Minn. VUIl Klnu Prlekett, l.eod, K. I). 5.00 \ f.ircjnun 5.00 A friend . 5.00 1 friend . 10.imi tiionvmoii* . I.INl ties. I ■/.. «.. 1.00 Tnl «l . 5704.00 The Omaha Bee Free Shoe Fund has passed the *200 mark. School children who need shoes are being eared fur very slowly. Many npplirations are delayed pending re ceipt of more contributions. This la no kind of weather for youngsters to be out In paper-soled shoes, and the cold blast should make those who themselves wear stout footgear show compassion for less fortunate persons, especially little boys and girls. Eleven contributions Monday total ed *46.50. If that average is kept up during the week by Saturday night the total of the fund should reach nearly *500. Thosei who desire to aid In this worthy cause should make out their checks »f\d money orders to The Omaha Bee Free Shoe Fund. They may leave the money with the rash ler of The Omaha Bee if they wish. Don't let the poor children of Oma ha suffer this winter. RUM DEALS AIRED IN FORBES TRIAL By Associated Press. Chicago. Dec. 8.—Liquor permit deals and domestic personalities of Ellas II. Mortimer featured his testl inony as cross examination started . today In the Forbes Thompson vet erans’ bureau graft conspiracy trial. "I answered the telephone In Forties’ apartment In Washington one time aud found it was Mrs. Mortimer, using fhe alias of .1. C. Martin, and asking for her ‘papa,’ " Mortimer tea tlfled. Colonel Kashy Smith, counsel for Forbes, led Mortimer through a long series of whisky permit deals. In some of which Representative John W Langley of Kentucky got the with drawal permits. Mortimer said he testified about this at the trial last summer, which resulted In Langley s conviction for conspiracy to withdraw liquor Illegally Luis Vlncentl of Baltimore gave i him a *50.000 note for helping get him out of Jail, Mortimer said, but Colonel Forbes and "Mrs. Mortimer took It out of his papers. Some of these permits were for the Mulford Drug company and the Me Outre Chemical company, both of Philadelphia, Mortimer said. GIRL KILLS SELF TO AVOID SCHOOL Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 8.—"I’ll dlo or kill myself before T graduate, 1 don't want to go to school," lenm Puckett, 12. told her aunt, Miss Ruby Brewer, today when the latter an nounced she would take her to school The aunt had heard Leona make similar expressions tmfore end paid no attention. A few moments later she hesrd a shot tn an adjoining room. l,eonu was found dying. Sha had shot her self through the heart with a pistol taken from her parents’ room. The parents were at work. Bi-Imp Brechrr Orator at McCook KIK* Memorial McCook, 1 >ec. 1.- McCook lodge No. 14.14, H. P. O. K., held memorial eerx Ices .Sunday afternoon In the Temple theater. Bishop (Seorge Beecher of the Episcopal church delivered the ad dress. A fine music program was given by members of the Congrega l Iona I church choir. ltlalmp Beecher delivered two ser mons at the McCook Episcopal church Sunday and confirmed a cities. Oratorio Sung ill Crete. < ’rote. I»ec K. The oratorio, "Ell Jali." was given Sunday afternoon in l.ee chapel l»y a chorus of over 100 voices. The soloists were E O. l«ew 1 Ip. tdncoin, tenor, Prof, t'harle* V Kettering of Crets college, barltotae Miss Mildred Potter, soprano, and Miss Elva Bloodgood. alto Then* i vias a large and appreciative audience i Mortimer Says Forbes Stole Wife Witness in Bribery Case Testi fies He ‘"Helped"’ Vets Bu reau Head Out of His Apartment. Used This to Coerce Him 1 B.v Anftortated Pr^jn, Chicago, Dec. 8.—The bitter per sonal feeling of Elias H. Mortimer, chief government witness In the Vet erans bureau conspiracy trial against Col. Charles R. Forbes, one of the defendants, came out frequently in the defense cross-examination of Mor timer today. Mortimer charged that Forbes had broken up bis home, and said that he "hoped" Mrs. Mortimer had received the divorce for which she applied in Philadelphia a few days ago. He said lie agreed not to contest it. "I found him in my apartment with Mrs. Mortimer Lalior day evening. 1922." Mortimer said, "and I helped him out and told him not to come hack. I mean as he was going out, 1 helped him along. I didn't need any help then and I wouldn't need any now. There are still some things I want to even with Forbes.” The next day, Mortimer said, this breach, one of several similar ones earlier in the summer, was tempo rarily healed over, and they all went together to the wldding of Mortimer's sister-in-law In Philadelphia, Septem ber 28, 1922. Met Them in Park. “A day or two later I saw him rid ing In Falrmount Park. Philadelphia, with Mr*. Mortimer, w-ith Mr. Wil liams' chauffeur," (.1. F. Williams of Philadelphia, Mrs. Mortimer's uncle), Mortimer said. “I went over to him and asked what he meant by being with Mis. Mortimer after I had warned him to stay away," Mortimer said. Forbes' reply was not stated. JUDGE THREATENS TO JAIL COUPLE "If either of you come before me: again on a charge of bothering the; other. I will sentence you to 30 days In Jail," announced Municipal Judge j Snphus Nehle Monday morning w hen j he dismissed a peace complaint ; brought by Nina Campbell. 714 North i FJphteenth street, against her bus- ' hand. Clyde V. Campbell. 1521 North Eighteenth street. The Campbells are separated. The wife caused the arrest of her 1 husband on a complaint, charging! that he threatened her. Campbell told the judge that his I wife bothers him for money while he is working. The Campbells agreed not to bother the judge again. I JUROR LACKING IN HIGHT TRIAL Mount Vernon, 111.. Dec. 8.—With 11 juror* accepted, difficulty was experi enced today in completing a Jury for he trial of Mrs. Elsie Sweetin and t-awrence M. Might, on a Joint charge of murder by poison of her husband, Wilford Sweetin. Fifteen talesmen were examined without finding a man acceptable to both aides. TRADE MARK SUIT AWARD $1,741,000 Chicago. Dec. 8.—Federal Judge Wlb keraon today awarded the L. T. Lar ion. Jr., company a judgment of II, 741.000 against tht William Wright, Jr., company. In a trade mark suit that has long been pending between two chewing gum manufacturing -oncerns. I'nion \t ins First of Farm Union Debates Atlantic, la.. Dec. S.—The first <1* bate In the state-wide farm bureau contest on the question "Unolved, That the average Iowa farm boy of Inday will find greater opportunities m the farm lhan In town or city uccupatlons.” has twen held In ('ass county. Thoae supporting the negi live side In I'nlon township, this | ■aunty, were declared the winners j Three more dokxtes are scheduled In | '»*» county—at I’ymosa, TMensant and I Rear <«rov*. Tha last named town Ihlp participated In the semi-finals-, »*t year. lorry F.lcrlod Horn! of Shonandoah Kiwanians Shenandoah, la. Dec. S Shonan loah Klwanla club, which recently tponaored the pilgrimage of children o Lincoln's tomb at Springfield. has dected R, (1. Berry president for next rear, K. It. Delsell xdea president. K 3. Itnt ledge district trustee and K .'. blshlwugh treasurer. All wet yctlve In the pilgrimage plans __. I Stray Dogs to Ho Killod. AllUnrr, l*ft’ £ VllUnt'i* Ht> of trial* havr atnitrd tha annual collrr Inn of t1nir taxra and announce that ivrr^ do* tl\«t h»i* hot a tan on tt vlthln thioo month* will hr killod, hi m #ffort to rid the city <'f \md* ^rahl* ran In a* It I* r*tlmal«s! thrrr T# nun# than 100 itta^i In tomv p CREWS REPAIRING STORM DAMAGE Special Itispatcli to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Bee. 8.—Barge j forc-s of men are still at work in nearly every direction from Beatrice repairing telephone, telegraph and electric lines which were leveled by the sleet storm of last week. Reports reaching here today stated that more lines went down last night during the heavy wind and almost zero tem perature which prevailed in tills sec tion of the state. Relief From Cold Wave Promised bv y J Bureau for Today y Thermometer Falls to Within 12 Degrees of Zero; Rail roads Report Trains on Time, However. The weather bureau foresees some relief from low temperatures for out staters today, but it probably will remain cold in Omaha for another day, according to predictions. At 8 Monday morning the bureau thermometer showed a temperature of 12, the coldest this winter. The mercury began rising slowly after that. Trains on Time. Railroad men and telegraph com pany offlials said that the cold weather is affecting neither train service nor wire communication. "Near zero weather prevailed west of Omaha last night, and wa feared we might lose some wires, but we didn't.” said C. L. Gray of the Bur lington railroad Monday. "Trains are running on time.” Little spurts of snow on west Ne braska Vnlon Pacific lines and near zero weather, but no interruption of service were repotwd. Heaviest Snowfall. The lowest temperature on the cen llnent was reported at Prince Albert, btnada. where the mercury fell to It below zero. It was 4 degrees above it North Platte, 6 at Valentine and 6 at Sioux City; 8 below at Lander and 4 below at Sheridan, Wyo. The heaviest fall of enow In years In southwestern Nebraska wa* re ported In a dispatch from McCook, and a dispatch from Callaway re ports from t to 8 Inches of snow. Phone Wires Out. Private and municipal coal con • rns reiiorted a large number of small orders for coal and charities of the city received many call for as <i«tan'» as a result of the cold. Telephone wires encrusted last week by heavy coat* of ice bowed to a stiff breeze Sunday night and as i result long distance lines were out if order to almost all points except ,'hicago. Telephone officials re ported 70d telephones out of order in imah.a Monday morning. Air Mail Radiograms. Snow and sleet will not affect com munieation service between Fort (’rook and the general offices of "the lir mall in the federal building. Carl Kgge, superintendent of the air mail service, announced that he has installed an antennae to be hooked up with the postoffice clock and expects to receive radiograms from the air mail Held. The air mall has hsd considerable trouble communicating with various line stations and Kgge believes he s will get a great deal better service; with his six-tube rsdio set installed I ">n the fourth floor of the building. Sioux Falls. S. P-, Pec. 8 —Ten | nchrs of snow fell in eastern South j Dakota yesterday following a similar j all s few days earlier. The temper , iture today was within five points' 'f the zero mark, the lowest of the ; reason. BLAST DAMAGES PUBLISHING PLANT Coffeyville, Kan.. Pec. S.—An ex- i vloslnn here early today wrecked the j vlnnt of the Coffeyville Pally Pawn r morning newspaper, and two ad io!ning buildings. Pamnge la e? Jmated at $76,000. No one was Injured. The news taper office was deserted, aa no vapor Is {sued on Monday morning. Police are Investigating t w o heories one that the explosion was he result of an accumulation of gaa, ind the other that the riewspaiver of ioa was bombed by person* who are intagonislic to the policy of the wper, which ha* supported the Ku KlUX Klan Jutlcr May Bp Denied Further \b»enee Leave Washington. Pee *.—President "ooltdge la Inclined to refuse a fur her leave of absence for Brigadier general Butler, serving as director f public safely at Philadelphia, but will reach no decision until after urther conference with Secretary IVlIhur. The Weather i J '■ F‘cr T4 hour* milto# T p m I'wm | *r 4 lToclpUAtton lwch*»« And Hurniie dtSt* — j \>IaI. 43 total stn.# JiittaM l. Ji St j lefirUn- y 1 «S IliHtiii Tetn|ipr«(ur«ia I A to . 14 I p m .»•«.. II | 4 a m ...... t1 I p to i 4 J T a »« , I i 9pm ...Ski « A m ... .11 4 p m. Ill 4a VtA .,«•«.. 13 4p m 14 j <*• m S? ip m .«» 14 j 1 • fm II tprn. \ 4 I I uroa . U • p m 12 | Jury Named in Case of Pat Carroll Suspected Member of Little Sioux Holdup Gang Close ly Guarded as He Sits in Court. Has Long Police Record Special Dispatch to The Omaha Be#. Logan. Ia.. Dec. Harry Ray mond, alias Pat Carroll, is on trial So opens the latest chapter In the Little Sioux bank robbery of October 20, when a party of heavily armed bandits stood off residents of thetowr In a gun battle while their compan inns blasted and looted the bank vault. Raymond was arrested at Pacific Junction the night of October 21. He was Identified later as Pat Carroll, notorious bank robber and Jallbreakei of Kansas. The jury which Is to hear the evi dence In the case was Impanelled late this afternoon and the trial was ad journed until tomorrow morning, when the prosecution will open lta case. Prisoner Handcuffed. Raymond entered the courtroom this morning fastened to Deputy Sher iff O. A. Case with handcuff*. He was smiling, well dressed and appar ently In an easy frame of mind. The police record which was ob tained from Kansas authorities after the man had been identified a* Pat Carroll has led Sheriff Walt Milkman to take no chances on the prisoner's escape. He is kept under constant guard and the deputy sat Just behind him throughout the stay In the court room. Gang Terrorixed Iowa. Raymond is Recused of being a member of a bandit gang which ter rorized southeastern Iowa for weeks last summer. The gang are accused of having robbed the Little Sioux bank after two other banks had been visited and looted. They are also accused of having gone to Soldier, la., after Raymond's arrest where they blasted and looted the bank vault. The Little 8Soux bank was robbed early in the morning. The bandit* In driving into town and in working on the vault aroused the townpeople. When citizens began to approach the building on# of the bandits opened fire. From then on until after the vault was blown and the loot placed In an automobile the gunfire was continuous The following morning the os'’ which the bandits had used was found wrecked near Tabor. Ia. The men all escaped and were organized to search for them. Arrested at Missouri Valley. That night Raymond entered the station at Missouri Valiev and wras arrested. No trace of any of the ether member# of the gang was found. Raymond .according to the police record sent to Sheriff Milllmag. was arrested Inst May in Kansas on a charge of bank robbery. While await ing trial friends placed a charged of explosive at one comer of the Jail building and blasted a hole through which the prisoner escaped. Attorneys for the defense tor* ex ception to the presence of an as sistant county attorney at the trial today Their challenge went unan swered. Liable to 4A Tears. The state, apparently relying upon circumstantial evidence, questioned every Juror as to hi# attitude toward accepting circumstantial evidence In a case of thla nature. That was the principal question to the e-xatr.!na tion. The charge against Raymond, that of robbery with use of ex pi calves, carries a maximum penalty of 40 years' imprisonment under the Iowa statutes. Summary of the Day in Washington The hnse shipping hoard investiga tion was resumed. The house spent the (lay consider Ing legislation for the Platelet of Columbia The annual report of the commis sioner of reclamation was submitted to rongresa. The Chicago aanltary dietrict ease involving removal of water from I-ake Michigan was argued In the supreme court. A tentative program for the employ ment of the Ivos Angeles and Shen andoah was worked out by navy of ficers. Albert C Williams of fort Worth Tex,, was nominated as a mem her of the federal farm loon Imnrd, A cotton crop of 13.lM.0ih> hales valued at ll.til.lltjtl was forecast by ihe Department of Agriculture on estimates made December l, Secretary Weeks suggested amend ments to Senator lind'-ra ,-od's Muscle Shoals t'lsn and the Alabama senator declared an agneemrnt would be reached I-aok of an adequate Industry was described as of grass concern to the government tn the annual report of the national advisory eotnmlHae fts aeronautic*