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/ * * <i t \ ' The Omaha Corning Bee ™“cht-,,,e“ j ihangt) hi temperature. • » * ™ “ « ^ “ • • * 1 “ Today is yesterday's pupil.—Frank / _ lin. ^ ^ CITY EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 153. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924. * TWO CENTS10 --' = ■ • .— . -- ■■ ... ■ .._ , ■ , .. ---•==• Member of Iowa Bank Gang Guilty Admits Crime on Second Day of Trial After Court Agrees to Sentence of I 15 Years. Had Hopes of Escaping -—. S|MM'i«l Dispute.! to The Omaha Bee. Logan, la., Deo. 9.—It Is better to spend 15 years in prison than take a chance of “getting'’ 40 years. So said Harry Raymond, alias Pat Carroll, notorious bank robber and jallbreaker, when he pleaded guilty in district court hero at 10:30 this morn ing to the charge of robbing the bank at Little Sioux, la., October 20. i The judge promptly sentenced the bandit to years in the Fort Madi son penitentiary, the jury which was ready to try the case was dismissed, the attorneys gathered up their papers and the large crowd of witnesses and spectators departed. . Hope of Fisc ape? It is believed that Carroll may have bad a hope of escape yesterday while being brought from the jail to the courtroom. At any rate be made no move to plead guilty but sat while the jury was selected. He hadn't the least chance of a “get-away,” for he was brought to the courtroom handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff O. A. Case. The jury was duly selected and two witnesses were heard yesterday after L noon. These were the banker at IJt l tie Sioux and a, girl. Both positively identified Carroll as the robber. Hears Sentence Smiling. This morning Carroll, finding that for once In his career he held a fraud with not a winning card in it. con eulted with his atto.iey regarding a plea of guilty. Or* n went to the county attorney and they consulted with the judge. It was finally agreed that Carroll would be given 15 years if he pleaded guilty. —0 He promptly agreed to this and smiled as he stood up to receive the sef'ienee which will keep him ocblnd fA Vn bars and walls for a decade k half—provided he and his 9 n don’t find some way to shorten Si c|carcdratlon, as they huve In 2f cj Imllar instances. b Lack of Sleep. Jf-L Ire was the time in Kansas, lest Tf «ly, when Carroll was caught by tile '’law.” His friends slipped some nitro glycerine in to him and he placed this with such skill that the explosion blew a hole in the jail without hurt "* ing him. The Little Sioux hank was robbed early in the morning. Citizens heard them come Into the town and work Ion the bank vault. When they ap proached, the bandits opened fire on them and kept the town in a state of terror till they had obtained the loot and escaped. Two other banks are believed to have been robbed in Iowa by the gang just before the Little Sioux affair. Carroll was captured the next day at the railroad station in Pacific Junc tion, evidently dazed for lack of sleep. POSER OF OMAHA BEGINS PEN TERM Special PI npatr h to Ttir Omaha Ills-. Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9.*—Carl L. Wer ner, who was arrested in firand Island, Neb., when posing as Mount Bums, 3d, of Omaha, has begun to serve his sentence of a year in prison on a charge of false pretenses. Werner was found guilty of marry ing the daughter of John Hosfeld of Shlppensliurg, l’a., after telling her he was wealthy and unmarried. AA'wner, who was a classmate of Burns, was neither wealthy nor unmarried. His marriage took place in Maryland, so __ no bigamy charge could be preferred against him. Wymore Elks to Hold Party for Kiddies Christinas Eve k Wymore, Dec. It.—Elks lodge Is T t ranging to hold a big Christmas party the afternoon before Christmas, at which Santa Claus will distribute • andy and needy gifts to children. A municipal Christmas tree Is planned for Main street Christmas eve. We Have With Us Today >lr. 1'lu-lits, \Hsemblymaii, New York City. Mr. Phelps Is a graduate of Wil liams college and was flret elected to the assembly, the lower house of (lie New York legislature, In 1923. lie wan one of the three republicans elected from New York city. Last month he was reelected by an In 0 creased majority. lie Is one of the youngest members of the New York assembly, and one of the most active. His district Is a unique one, for it embraces Washing ton Square, Greenwich Village, Gram mercy Park and the bright light re gion of Urnadwny. Judge George W, L Olvsny, the new hose of Tammany, Itres lii the district. Mr. Phelpe Is returning t<> New York from s trip to the Pacific coast. see* \ 78 War Mothers Kneel and Prav for Parole of Young North Platte Slayer G J One Who Lost Son Tells Board of Pardons Woman Wlm Was Killed Really to Blame; W. C. T. U. and Sheriff of County Also Urge Leniency. .— i --- ■■ ■ - t By P. C. POWELL, staff Correspondent of The Omaha Her. Lincoln, Dec. 9.— While Victor Moss, world war veteran, charged with tilling Mrs. Izetta Linton at North Platte in 1921, pleaded with the state hoard of pardons and paroles for a parole, 78 mothers of veterans at North Platte knelt praying that the board show leniency for Moss. Mrs. Wood White of North Platte,*§, momer oi a war veteran who meo in tho service, carried the story of love, passion and patriotism which sur rounds the Moss crime to the state hoard, and as this pretty, dark eyed mother related the story of Victor Moss there was not a sound among the 400 persons present at the most dramatic meeting in board's his tory. Tiie meeting today was fraught with human passions, politics ami love stories. The total number of convicts in tiie list of applicants was 37. Included in the number were five bankers, six convicted murderers and five men convicted of assault upon women. Adam McMullen Present. Governor-elect Adam McMullen was present at t lie meeting as a spectator. The board found it impossible to complete the bearing today and a night session was held. There will be another session tomorrow, the hoard finding it impossible to con clude its work by midnight. The cases of Burl Kirk, Omaha, convicted of killing a policeman, and \V. A'. Matthews, an Omaha banker, will be heard tomorrow. Mrs. White, in addressing tiie board, told of the death of her only son, Major A. White, of her grief and tiie attempts of her friends to allay this grief. Finally, it was decided by friends that the best way to soothe the broken hearted mother was to place four ex-service men in her home and permit them to become her constant companions. In the group of ex-service men was Victor Moss, now branded as a mur derer. Mrs. White told the board of the kindness of Moss and his efforts to make her forget her sorrow. Say* Woman Kntleed llim. "That woman enticed him from my tome." she said in speaking of Mrs. Izetia Linton,“vtut muAlereii woman. ‘There is much more' f could say, Put all has been trusted to One who an save. "Remember that at the last meet ing of the War Mothers It was igreed that everyone of the 78 of ns would kneel for a brief period today end ask God to fill the hearts of the members of this hoard wltti tiie Yule i tide spirit and restore this young man In a mother waiting at home and bring Christmas joy to her inxious, bleeding heart.' The history of the Moss • ase ns presented by X. T. Harmon, chief •lerk of the board of pardons and paroles, to the board follows: “Victor Muss, an ex-service man, iged 23, began working for the tele phone company at North Platte in [920, lie soon found a home with Mrs. White, a grieving war mother, who was housing ex-service men in in effort to forget grief over the leath of her sop. After living at tho White home a few months, he left md moved to the home of Mrs. Izetfa Linton, who was 10 years his lenior. W. C. T. 1 . support Plea. "This woman became Infatuated with him and improper relations fol lowed. One night Moss returned to Hie house with a woman’s ring on ills finger. It bad been given him by a telephone operator. "A jealous quarrel was the result. In tiie flghj Mrs. Linton was killed Moss’claimed she was killed when he attempted to snatch n revolver from her after threatening to commit suicide. "The woman, on her deathbed, swore (hat he Nhot her." The local chapter of Hie AY. C. T. T?. at North Platte had representa lives present urging that Moss get n parole. Sheriff L. L, Berth# of North1 Pintle also was present urging clem (Turn to Tare Two. column Otie.i COOLIDGE FROWNS ON “PORK” BILLS Washington, Deo. 9.— President Coolldg* Intends to put lit* foot down Hijuarely on nil Attempts to enact "pork. barrel" legislation at this sex slon of congress, it was announced it the White House today. Drastic cuts must be made In the rivers and harbor* bill before It will receive the approbation of the execu tive, It was Haiti, The president regards with extreme displeasure, the sudden "Jumping up" an the total appropriations tarried In the measure from the original figure ot approximately $25,000,000, to near ly double that amount. OMAHAN LOSES CLAIM ON FUND IMn|mt«h to 'I lir Omuliii Itrr. Fremont, Neb., Dec. !t. Itt a hear ing of evidence to support claims against the state guarantee fund In the case of the First State hunk of Nickerson, which failed. Judge Hut ton ruled that P. I<, Waldron of Oiim ha had no claim. Waldron made rluhn for Ids deposit of $1,700 In the hank, hut the Judge ruled Dial mi Waldron handed the mom v to an «•#> fl« i.il of the hank in th* streets of Fremont and not over the counter, there could be no claim TOM GIBBONS KNOCKS OUT KID NORFOLK t%y I*rn*s. New York, Dec. 9.—Tommy Gib bons. St. Paul Hsht heavyweight scored a technical knockout over Kid Norfolk, of Baltimore in the sixth lWnrt of wljat was carded to be a 13 round match at Madison Square Garden here tonight. The end came after 53 seconds of fighting In the sixth round. "Tiger” Flowers. Atlanta, Ga., negro middleweight. won from Johnny Wilson of New York, former middleweight champion, on a techni cal knockout In the third round of a scheduled 10-round bout when Referee Eddie Pui die stopped the tight when it was apparent that Wilson was on the verge of a knockout and virtual ly helpless. The end came ..Ithin live seconds of the end of tht round. Wilson was rushed to the corner and hammered by his negro opponent', unable to of fer any resistance and almost helpless '<C defend himself, when the referee called a halt. it'll sun protested, but the refereo called Wilson s handlers and lie was escorted to his corner. Each weighed 13914 pounds. Johnny Darcy of Bayonne. X. J., v. on a judges verdict over Juan Beiza, Chilean lightw-lght iu a fast slx tound match, the first preliminary. Beiza weighed. 139; Darcy, 135 1-4. Hmiiid On*. They fell into a clinch at th# bell. They Iu mmer'd each other about th* l>«»dy, 1 Ulr‘ d>U4*U|« b.jU»g 4U»U4* UnW«V#l O ib bo IMT TTnded r* short 'oft to th# Jan a* th# negro danced anay. The ref •#"**« warned Gibbon# for UFtng a backhand blow Gibbon* ataggerr.l Norfolk with R right but the negro only amtled. Gib bon* scored heavily with long range punch*-# hut the negro w an unhurt Gib bon# leaded i’. beautiful right to the Jaw just befero th# bell. ■ton ml Two. Gibbon# Yva# ahnrt with a rlgh’. They clinched The negro wu* wild with a left. Tht*rr wa^ touch punching at abort range r>i» the blow* w e. i!.. Norfolk wan warned for hitting low A well directed left to Norfolk'# rlgh» #•>♦• brought blood Gibbon# continued id batter Norfolk about th»* face and trie Mood wtrenmed down Norfolk'* face They were in n furious clinch at th# h*t|, Konnd Three. Norfolk continued hi# clinching tar Mr# until Gibbon# barked away and landed aplld right t*. Norfolk'* head It \va# the b*»i»t blow of the fight. Gibbon* con tinued to piny fo Norfolk « bed #y«*. landing on th* negro**'# hem1 end face with a two-fisted atta-k Gibbon* #1# landing almost at will but the> were not damaging punch##, merely lotting blow#, Th" ref*r#* «topped th* fight and ordered Norfolk i<» bring hi# pun« he# up higher Just as the bell rang Hound Tour. They met In their usual clinch, both firing rapldlv in clone. Gibbon# landed h beautiful right to th# face It# followed with a left and <t<-x*d again with hi# right. Th# negro wm m tiding up well under the punishment Norfolk landed hi# right to Gibbon#’ law and tb*n landed to t tic In dy again A fu-iillad* of head and bodv pun* h*# had the negro groggV and Gibbon# stepped back to administer the finishing blow ll« warn wild, however, and Norfolk clinched until the hell ended the round. Hound Tit e. mid.on# continued hi# reUntles# bib bing mini k on Norfolk and th#n rocked him with h right to the Jaw a* b# stepped back They wreath d about tti# ring. One of Norfolk'* f m * * left# brought blood to Gibbons’ rinse Th ♦•negro wa# boring In with Gibbon#, swapping bk» \ffor hlAw. Twh e Gibbon#' right found NorfoiK*# law Tl * third on* floored Norfolk for a count of two, Just before th# bell. Kooml *t|«. Norfolk nine up strong and swapped putD-he* with Gibbons a* ihey met lt» the enter of th# ring Gibbon# had th* negro groggy arid he went down flat on hi# face for a count. Norfolk gut up and continued th* fight, but Gibbon# land* 1 solidly to th* body and Norfolk went down again Th* referee then stepped In and stopped the fight. MAN AND WIFE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER special IMupntrh lo The Omaha Be#. Madison. Neb.. Dec. 9.—A Jury was oinpleted Monday to try the case of John and Helen How era, charged • Ith first degree murder In connec tion with the death of Clyde Cherrlng ton. The stat»‘ will full 20 witnesses to testify/ and the defense 22. "Young <'herrlngton was shot on the night of August 31. Rowers was a special of ficer at n dance near Norfolk. He in alleged to have shot at a passing motorists, the shot''hitting Charring ton. The state charges Mrs. Rower* urged her husband to shoot. “FINANCE WIZARD” GIVES HIMSELF UP HntavVc N'- V., Dec. 9.— M. Karl Williams, "financial wizard" walked Into the law office of City Judge he" our today and announced h|s read! ness to submit to arrest, A warrant charging first degree grand larceny, sworn out yesterday on complaint of It J. Welch, an automobile denier, who alleged he had Invested $19i<M)0 with Williams on promise of 3R per cent profit, \^n* served on hhn. I . I*. Foreman Pirn. Kin ney, Dec. 9 - J H. Kvsns, fore man of the Union Pacific roundhouse here, died suddenly at his home Mon day, following a stroke of pin nival* suffered a week ago. Mr. Kvan* was .i veteran In the service of the Union -Pacific and had served as local for* man fpr many year*. $c\ ug Code” Order for Dice-House Defendant in Narcotic Trial Claims Telegrams Support ing Government Case Re ferred to “Ivories.” Charges Intimidation The “drug code” which has fig ured so prominently in the testimony taken in the case of Stun House, Pat Burkrey and Frank O’Neil, on trial in federal court charged with con spiring to violate the Harrison nar cotic act. was declared to he code orders for "crooked dice” by Sam House Tuesday. It was the defense'* day at the trial. The government had rested it» case Saturday shortly before the trial was ordered continued by Fed eral Judge J. W. Woodrough. The i packed courtroom listened In awe to Sam House as he explained the various code words for dice. House had been called to the stand early in the day to testify on his own behalf. He denied all knowledge of the ‘crime with which he is charged and added that he was inno cent of selling, or thinking of selling, narcotics. Admits He Sent Telegrams. The government had built its case on testimony of narcotic agents that code words are habitually used by narcotic' sellers in ordering supplies. These agents identified words in tele grams alleged to have been sent by Mouse to Billy Vogel, a New Yorker. At that time House denied authorship of the telegrams and a handwriting expert and a Western lTnlon Telegraph company official were called on to identify them. Tuesday morning House admitted the telegrams were his but denied that they referred in any way to nar cotics. "I am part owner of a cigar store,” House said. "I havs a great many friends who patronize the place and these men used to ask me to get ciaioked dice for them occasionally. “The dice had to be ordered In New York and I would always telegraph for them. “Mirrors” Transparent IHce. ^"The word “mirrors,” which the agents say meant morphine, really meant transparent dice. These dice are clear hut have been dipped In a solution so that they are heavier on one end than on the other.” House then went on to explain other telegrams which have appeared so damaging throughout the testi mony of the prosecution witnesses. Sitting on the witness stand, well dressed, full fared and calm, he spoke in broken English, reading the tele grams carefully and selecting the word* which had been under sus picion. then making explanations. "Mills,” a word in one telegram, had been derived, he said, from the Polish word, “mallow,'' meaning small. By “Mills" he referred to small dice. There were other words which in dicated dice loaded with shot, dice which would roll seven nlmost every time and others which would roll seven after every other point. Asked Price of Whisky. A telegrsin which the government hail declared quoted prices of narcot ics House Hahl referred to whisky. The telegram rend. "Cash SO, market, 25. Scotchman, 38.” The cash price for whisky was $20 a quart; on C, O. II. orders It was $25 a quart and n man who was re (Tum In S^ege Two. ( iilvmn Tow.) VERDICT DIRECTED FOR NEWSPAPER New York, Dec. 9.—Federal Judge John C. Knox today directed a Jury to return a verdict of not guilty In the trlnl of the federal Indictment against I he New York Tribune com- 1 pany, )no., for publication of Income tax returns. Judge Knox directed s verdict tn order that the government might be In a position to appeal directly id the t'nlted State* supreme court. Me stated that under his Interpretation of the statute the Jury could not return n verdict of guilty. l'nlted Htatea Attorney William ' Hayward announced that he would immediately take an appeal to llic j supreme court. Baltimore, Md., Oec. '* \i the conclusion of the argument In I lie Hulled Stales court today on the demurrer of the Baltimore l*ost com pany to an Indictment charging pub lication of Income tax returns In vl«v ( let Ion of the law Judge Morris A. Soper announced that he would litkt j the mutter under advisement, Newton B, Baker, former secretary of war, concluded the argument for Hie Post. NOYES RENAMED AG PRESIDENT IC P Noyes of Valley was re elected president of Hie 1 ton* In* County Ak rlculturnl society «t Its annual moot In* field at Waterloo. Other officers alerted: Otto Pfeiffer, Klkhorn, vl« • president; J. S. Wyatt. Klkhorn treasurer; Frank II. Cox. Waterloo. 1 sanatory. The following direr torn were re alerted: otto Pfeiffer, Henry t\ null, .1 C. Robinson nml K. N* I < soil. The society adopted I« resolti Hon asking Hie sfjite legislature tint tn ratify the proposed child lalmi amendment, which It In 1t*||eved will be offered at the coming ecavlon, New Scandal Uncovered by Mortimer Witness in Bribery Case Charges That Forbes Was Bigamist and Deserter From Army. Tells About ‘Crap Game’ By JOHN A. KENNEDY. I nJverbal Kertlri* staff Correiipondenf. Chicago, Dec. 9.—Crons examination of Silas H. Mortimer, chief govern ment witness In the conspiracy trial of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former ili rector of the veterans’ bureau, prac tically was completed by Forbes' council today, his story of official corruption still standing unlmpeached following his two-day grilling by the defense, Mortimer, the artful, cunning and alert 'Washington ’ fixer," who says he Is himself as qutlty of bribery and conspiracy as la Forbes, survived his all-day'ordeal much the same as yes terday when he sprang stories of cor ruptlon in high office so thick and fast that court, jury and spectators could, hardly keep up with him. And in much the same manner as he shot back answers to Col. .T. S Kasby-Smith, Forbes' chief counsel on Monday, the witness unloosed a fresh tirade of scandal concerning Forbes while the defense futllely attempted to discredit his testimony. Bigamist and Deserter. "I told Frank A. Vanderllp in Washington last March that Forbes was a bigamist and a deserter from the army.” Mortimer s*Jd in answer ing one rif Easby-Smlth s questions. Another question from Forbes’ at torney brought forth the fact that "Forbes and Mrs. Mortimer were shooting craps In my bedroom at tbe Drake hotel the night 1 gave the colonel that $.>,000 giver t© me by Thompson and Black." The last two men referred to are the contractors named in the indict ment as the other principle In the conspiracy to loot the soldier hos pltal building funds. J. w. Thocnp son Is a millionaire Chicago and St Deals r< ntractor. Black, Biso a for mer St. lends contractor. If dead. "Thompson was also shooting the bones. Me was pretty good at that," the witness Rdded. Kasby Smith rt'd bring out minor differences in dates and incidental phases of the many related graft stories Mortimer lias told, but on the whole the day was very satisfactory to the prosecution. Mortimer on (>uard. This condition was fiyiher brought aliout by the court having on many occasions to rule out lestlmony und admonish Kasby Smith y a In* tactics. Kasby Smith said tonight he will fin ish with Mortimer In al-out fi\e min ute* tomorrow. \ The answer of the witness that Forties was a bigamist and -army de serter was not elaborated a* tic court ruled the matter out. Tbi eondltlon does not prevail now, how ever, as Mrs. Kate Forbes, his second wife, secured a divorce atiout 1 I months ago on the Pacific coast, riovernraent attorneys say the first Mrs. Forbes Is still living In Jersey City. N, J. The word exchange between Mor timer anil Ka«by Smith wss a both •f wits, and Mortimer, who has leoi n many big paving deals in the capl tal, was never caught off Ills guard | olvantage and Mortimer came hrough unscorched. SHOALS MEASURE WINS SKIRMISH Washington. Dec. 9.— Karty pas fcige of the revised T’nderwood Muscle Miosis bill was virtually assured to lay when the senate in its first test ;ote overwhelmingly defeated an imendment proposed to the measure >.v Senator Bruce, democrat. of Maryland. Bruce's amendment was compare ively a minor one and would have equlred employe* of the corporation et up to operate Muscle Shoal* to ■ome umlfi* civil service. Supporter* ►f the rnderwood plan, however, ined up solidly against It. MINE WORKERS ELECT OFFICERS Indlauayolls. Ind., Dec. 9.—Interna ' lomil Vtd district officer*, from ►resident down, were voted on today . >> the rutted Mine Workers of ^ America. The result of the International dec* Ion will not be known until all the I'otes tire mailed Into headqtittrters iere for compilation. New officers sill begin their terms April 1. I92&. John I.. Lewis, International prvsl* lent; I'hll.p Mnrmy, vice president, itid William tJreen, secretary tress irer, are candidates for re election. Mnmonitc I.radrr Dirt*. Beatrice, Her. 9.—Johannes Pennrr. imminent Mmnonlte and pioneer of Inge county, died at Ids hum* north put of Hen trice, aged v;,, lit* was a dive of derftmtty and runic to tinge ■utility In 1 v77. HI* wife died 14 yean* igo. Kite f blldt. tc Henry Benner, dr*, i W Wlehe, (ItiMavc Benner, dr* John Itelmer % ml Mi** t'nrnrllus * Klrsei. all of flago county •t|r Neither Love Sans Marriage, Nor Wedlock Sans Love for War Mother Beautiful English Girl, Central Figure in International Romance, Asks Only to Be Permitted to Live Her Own Life With Son. By VINA LINDSAY, IniTenud Service Staff Correspondent. Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 9.—First, love without marriage, then marriage without love. Neither brought happiness to Nancy Jordan Clarke, beautiful young English girl, central figure in a tragic International romance of the world war. “I am glad to be left alone to lead my own life,” Is the girl's answer to the divorce suit of Claude Hetherlngton Clarke, English Don Quixote, who 15 months ago, married the young woman to give a name to her 4 year old son. Francis. I ---—® Clarke charges indignlfl|es and de Defeat of Sweet Sounds Knell of Colorado's Pool Farmers ho Signed Con tracts in heat Co-Opera tive Now Plan to Sell on Open Market. Boulder, Colo., Dec. 5.—The defeat of William K. Sweet for a second term as governor of Colorado sound ed a requiem for the Colorado Co Operative Wheat Marketing associa tion. one of the sad failures of his administration which cost farmers of tiie state many thousands of dollars. Hundreds of farmers who signed their crops under the ironclad con tract provisions of the association say they are now planning to sell their 1925 crop on the open market at a saving of from 10 to 16cents a bushel. l.fHMI Volf to Secede. Some time ago 1,000 or more mem ber* o{ tbe association banded to secede from the association. The election, however, t hanged their lilans and they have slackened the fight, figuring to save legal expenses and win out by simply defying the' contract holders. The association, of which Sweet I was ihe pillar. wa» Incorporated In such a way that no single memher once signing a membership blank, can withdraw. Many far mars, elated over the elec tion outcome, are planning on Ui r reusing their crop and to utterly disregard the contract w-tth the as “orlation, considering them-elves free to market their product as they sec ( ' Thee believe that the officers I "ho hcade,] the organization will be I powerless to forte them to stand liy their contracts, due to the aiteencel of administrative support. Many Htill in|niid. 1 heir idea- are strengthened by the | filet that last year a numl.er of mem l»-rs violated contracts. Association ] officers, who lieftue election attempted] t,, fm • e them to live up to contract I term* have since Iscomf passive and j have made no active tight. v !.-• ■ go i«*r.-pillage of farmer* who -till have nione, coming from the ■ iaii- n for wheat which "sc only partly paid for se,- the remainder of their payments vanishing. but are willing to lose Jt in order to have a fre«h Independent start next year Tiie first break between the officers "f the a-.eolation and a large block "f ttie tin mbershlp > ame n year ago "hen wheat dclivetej to the aasocia tlon by It- metnlier* for a gigantic 1 *" ! ":l' - 'Id at le»s th: n the open market I>ti, e. and at the same time ■•dminisitation machinery ,,f thi .»« soelation "a* le-ing meintelne,! at a ' cost of t&M.noO.nno per year KENTUCKY FACES SERIOUS FLOODS Fleming. Ivy Dec. 9.—Eastern Kentucky today fit, ed prospects of ne of the most disastrous floods In hfstoM as rain, which has been fall tng In torrrnta for 4« hours, continued unabated. • recks and streams' lusludinf the Kent nek y river, already have overs Plowed their channels, and entire •ommunltles are Inundated. Electric light and power lines In nany districts have been made inop “tattve and many sectlona wsrs In lark ness during the night. Mines have been forced to cease 'tveratlons. Damage. It is estimated, will run to Itindreds of thousands of dollars. Telephone communication with the iff acted district has !>een paralysed iml only meager details of the extent if the flood are available. These report the town of Noon, .etcher county. Inundated with rest lenta moving out of their homes to Maher lands. The mining towns of Jenkins. Me inbet Is. Burdins and Dunham of tha Vmaolldaled Coal company, and doming. Waylnnd. Wheelwright and inrrett are without light or power. $46,000,000 FUND TO AID EDUCATION rharlott*. K. «\. IVc. ? Forty nix nllilnn <l<»Uiu* of hi* fortune ban been riven to the creation of a trtiAt fund »V vlfltvt#** Duke, po\u*r niAgnnfe i 0 1*^ u**d for eduoitttonnl. charitable | ind religion* piiip.m*. chiefly In the tnte.M of North And South t'MmlhtA I'hn fund retain* nn Alternative iroviplun by xHilch Trinity cdim** nt Durham. N. f mny httxe ,1*00.000 if the t**t.*I In 1h> used in It* e\|vsin «li»n If it elect* to t I Am** it* name to 1 >wk« uul\er*it> otheiwiee the rn*tee« are dltcrtedt to «i>end not nor* th in th’it amount In *AtAhli*hin£ t Uuk* ui»l\et »lt> in North f'aroUnA wruun. The two have been separated nearly a year. They were married Septem ber 15, 1923, after a speedy and ro mantic courtship following Clarke's spectacular rush here from Chicago to Induce Miss Jordan to marry him and remain in this country instead of returning to England as she had planned. Met on Steamship. Clarke had met the girl and her small son on the steamship Presi dent Monroe, two years ago. when she was coming to this country at the invitation of Mrs. Mary Van Trump Warren, formerly of this city. Mrs. Warren was the divorced wife of Frank B. Warren, attorney here, whom Mis* Jordan alleged was the father of her child. Neither Clarke nor Mrs. Clarke are specific as to the ‘'incompatibilities'' that wrecked their marriage venture. Both say they found they could not be happy together. Clarke declares that now. as at the time he married Miss Jordan, he has the Interests of her hoy at heart. He said he had offered to adopt the child and that the mother had refused. “I know that Mrs. Clarke wants her liberty," said the husband, "and I am willing that she should have it. We simply didn't make a go of It, and it is better for us to go our sepa rate ways. I wanted to get the di vorce as quietly aa possible for the sake of the boy. He is the main one to be considered.” Affection for Boy. It waa Clarke's affection for the small son of Miss Jordan that led to his meeting with the mother on the President Monroe. Clarke was a play mate of the boy's on the ship anl frequently rode him about the deck on his back. The young Englishman’s acquain tance with the girl, begun in this manner, caused hitn to play the part of a story book knight and come to his ramntrywoman s succor in a courtship and marriage that excited nation wide interest. The stormy voyage to America with a sea so rough that Clarke and little Francis were the only passengers who had the hardihood to Btav on deck, seemed, in a sense, prophetic of the F.nglish girl's futile attempts to find happiness in the m* world. Almost from the first, tat* seemed unfriendly She was met in New York by Mrs Warren and taken to t he'.latter V home in Kansas City. Venture a Failure. Clarke went to Chicago. He at tempted a correspondence, but she did not answer his letter*. In Kar as* city the girl found disappoint ment and disillusionment. Ufa in t ie Warren household was lol satisfactory and she left it to earn ] her living in an office. Sh* placed her child In the care of a minister and his wife, with whom the boy still ] lives. Adjustment* here proved difti cult. The girl found tfiere were g. s sip* in the new world as well as the old. The economic strain, too, proved severe She decided to abandon the struggle and return to her English home . Clarke, in Chicago read that she had applied for passports He took the first train fo Kansas City, located li**r after much d.ffirulty, and. after i short and ardent courtship, induced her to marry him on the day shs was toll have sailed Finally Separated. For a time the Clarkes apparently lived happily. Then they separated and Mr*. Clarke returned to work, .iarke went to Chicago but later re timed here where he is employed as i salesman for a livestock company. Although the English girl's second ittempt to find happiness In America lias ended disastrously, she has not loat hope This will be her perma nent home. “I ran make my own living." *he (ays, "without the aid of any one. I ■an support my sop Nothing on the lutaide. no person can bring happi ><»** to you. It must come from with n. I am ready now to lend my own Ife.” Mrs, Warren, the girl's benefactor, tow 1* the wife of l.ieut. Thomas E. (Vhitehead. of Washington, It. C, Steamer* Collide. Nsw York, Pee. 9. —The Spanish ■oyal mall steamship Montevideo, car ving So passengers, collided with the Standard ‘Oil tanker Charges P. Spratt late yesterday off Ambrose tght, it waa learned today when the ueamer put back into port and dts • mhaiked It* passenger* Three sea Tien on the tanker were Injured when he starboard and seamen s quarters 'ere crushed. The Weather |j -—■ _/ M hour* •n4tnt T P, w in -Ilf, nn,1 hufi.liFtMl » Total *•; total *lnr» 1 Si S* a#fici*«o * *« IIourI5 Tfwikrntlnm * » n* • | v m . \ TI * » . n» ....... t |i m l h * * tU f % ; r,' . » I * * tv . t t r m ‘t»f li l f jft t» I* * wn It f j. \ * a j' » '« t* t r m ..it I If SO-** ■ ,.,,,,11 I p, HI .lit f Industrial Prices Hit High Level Steady Investment Demand Comes From All Section* of Country; Total Sales Reach 1.800,000. ——— |Few More Brokers’Loans By Associated Pres*. New Turk, Dec. 9.—In response tw a steady investment demand coming from all sections of the country and foreign capitals the average of 20 leading industrial stocks was lifted today to the higRest level in several years. Railroad shales lost ground on profit-taking. Seventy-four issues, In cluding It motor and accessory and 13 public utility shares, attained new peak prices for the year, with total sale* of all stocks slightly above 1,800,000 share*. A remarkable feature In the ad vance since election day Is the rela tively small increase in broker's loan*. This is attributed by brokers to the fact that large blocks of stocks are being purchased outright by large institutions and wealthy Individuals. Many brokers report that considering the volume of trading, speculation has played a relatively minor role and has been confined largely to pool opera tions In about a score of industrial specialties. Much Extra Help. ■While the recent boom in stocks, coming soon after an advance of ahout 11 per cent In brokers' com mission*. ha* added million* of dol lar*' to Wall street coffer*, many brokers actually have more business than they can handle. The recent rapid succession of two 1.000.099 share days ha* compelled many of the larger firms to work their em ployes far Into the night to keep ac counts in shape. While extra help has been added, the bulk of the work has fallen upon veteran employe*. There ha* been relatively little expan sion of wire and branch office faclli | ties, except by a few of the youpgpur end newer firms. 8everal houwe* witn wire connections to southern resorts have found It necessarv, however, to advance the opening of the special service for winter vacationists. Munds A Winslow, on# of the largest com mission house*, will start its service to southern points next Monday or nearly three week* ahead of the usual schedule. Except for a slight hardening in steel and copper prices, there was nothing special in the day's news to account for the steady demand for .nduotrial issues. Net gain* to one to five point* were scattered throughout the list. United State* Steel common crossed 118 for a gain of more than i ne points In expectation that the monthly statement of unfilled orders to be made public at noon tomor row, will show an Increase of at least 390,969 tons over the previou? month. Meriing (limb*. The long list of ne* highs incited American Telephone. American Waterwork, Consolidated Gas. Jordan Motor*. Maxwell Motors A. and B.. the three Pi sic*-Arrow issues. Inter national Harvester, Pullman, We*; Ittghouse Airbrake. Postum Cwreai. Kennecott and Utah coppers. Luflum and Sloss-Scheffield steel*. Pure oil. Oommerclal Solvent* B. and Western Union. General electric was one of the individual feature*, scoring an extreme gain of nearly seven jwltit* at 280 1 2 or within a small fraction of the year'* top. Sterling exchanged continued it* climb toward parity, selling at 84.71, within 11-2 cent* of the t-eak price reached since the war. Before the close, however, the rate had fatten hack to around last night'* ctoee Trading In the European currencies was quiet. Wheat and corn prices attained tlie highest level of the season. Active buying of wheat on reports of i« rge r export sales and estimate? of larger world requirement* sent the pr.ee up 118 cents a bushel. Corn advanced 1 3 8 to 2 1-4 cents on reports of fea ther crop damage. Coffee price* were marked up 12 to S 4 cent a pound but cotton was slightly l«wt . BISHOP ARRESTED ON THEFT CHARGE By AanrltM Brea*. Copenhagen. I too. k.—Th* aneat of he Rex, Dr. Anton Raat, American Mefhodiet Kpiaropai M«hop of Scar,. Ilnax-ia. on a charge of mi*,,ppropn* ttlng charity fund*, ia featured hy all the Copenhagen newspaper* today, lie vo taken into euatmly. the aw* Ihorlitea faring he might leave the 'ountry. The pclte* eeatvhed hi* 1<1?n* and office#. netting papers and hook*. Beatrice Man Die*. Speelet lHspelrh to The On..ha (tee I'Oiilri.'e, Neh., Ttoc, k. —Henry " U'Pei nvan, fixrmerty engaged m th* tailoring huaineee here, died euddenly tilt* morning of heart diaeaae, at the home of Mr*. Hoover, where he had lu*i finished eating a hearty lirsaV ’usi He x«.x» about Sf year* of age nut leave* two son*, one living at Rt. l‘:ml amt the other in itoltfomlB. Sometime ago w hen Mr, Wipperman .* seiioualy ill he deeded ail of hto "I*C!H t,. the 'xataren* c!iu<-eh of -hit crt|*- %