, ~zl The Omaha NDrning Dee —"-z0: _____ fight or not, I always fight.—Nelson. CITY EDITION ,~vql. 54—NO. 157. ■ OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1924 « _TWO CENTS‘B °^c^‘d. MsS?* V- -' Funeral of Gompers on T hursday Great Labor Leader Will Be Buried in Sleepy Hollow | Cemetery Near Tarry* town, N. Y. Full Tribute Is Planned By Inivrrnnl Senior. Xew York, Deo. 14.—Across the ■wide stretch from San Antonio, the body of Samuel Gompers moved to ^jl^*day, mourned by thousands, toward ™ its final resting place in peaceful Sleepy Hollow eemeterj-, near Tar rytown, X'. Y. In that tranquil setting, made fa mous by Washington Irving, the great labor leader will be buried with simple honors on Thursday, hardly a Stpne's throw from the grave of An drew Carnegie, his one-time foe. The city and the nation will pay tribute to the man who rose by his own genius from a London hovel to the most powerful labor man in the world, an intimate of presidents and a friend of potentates, here in the city, where he laid the foundation tor his success. Every Honor Accorded. For from the time the massive bronze coffin arrives in Pennsylvania station Wednesday morning until the last spadeful of earth is thrown In his grave, every honor possible for a grateful public to bestow will be accorded the father of labor union 4 ism. r‘ A committee of labor men, repre senting every branch of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, and a com mittee tt citizens representing the national, state and city governments and nearly every clvio organization of note will meet the funeral train and escort the body to the Elks home. There it will lie in state until 9 Thursday morning, when Rabbi Ktephen S. Wise will hold services, which will be followed by the Masonic funeral rites. The body and the «*»!?! urn era will then be transported to Sleepy Hollow. Fort Worth. Tex.. Dec. 14.—Mourn ing' throngs which choked the train sheds of the Texas & Pacific depot, paid Fort Worth's honor to labor's dead chieftain when the funeral train bearing the body of Samuel Gompers, re 'ed here for 25 minutes this morn ing. anks of flowers which encircled the flag-draped coffin were heaped higher with this city's floral tribute Officials of the labor unions who had known the labor generalissimo so well, dry-eyed, but with heads bowed and hearts heavy, filed silently past the casket. American Legion representatives and members of the * other patriotic organizations, swelled " the long line of persons that viewed the funeral car. JOSEPH LAMB SUFFERS STROKE Special Dispatch to The Onmha Bee. Hubbell. Neb., Dec. 14.—Joseph Lamb, one of the early settlers in this vicinity, suffered a paralytic ilroke Friday and today lies in a seri ous condition at his farm home be tween Hubbell and Williams. Mr, [,amb is 85 years old, and up until the stroke was unusually active. He is widely known and is one of the largest property holders (n Thayer county. He owns more than 1,000 to scree of land near here. He settled F,*"b-here over 45 years ago, before the railway was built through here. The stroke is said by physicians to have been caused by a blood clot on the brain. BRAZIL DECIDES TO RAISE SIEGE * Buenos Aires, Dec. 14.—A dispatch to La Nacion from Rio Janeiro says the Brazilian government has decided to lift the state of siege in the state ^ of Sao Paulo. Pope Pius Presides (Tver Acaduiey of Scienee Meet Rome, Dec. 14.—Pope Plus presld ed today at the Inauguration sitting of the jSontiflcal academy of science. He delivered a brief address empha sizing the efficacy of the studies of the academy and expressing his best - wishes for it development. ftclentiflc report wero read on inathenintli s, chemistry, physiology, medicine, meterology and natural his tory. We Have With Us Today Messrs 4. f. Neacrest, Lincoln Jour nal;; M. K. KlKBcrt, llastlnss Trib line; Frit* Asmers, Norfolk Dully S News; K. II. Marvin, Beatrice Nun; 1 joyd .Swain. Columbus Telegram, •who nro In the city attenilimc the meeting of tho Nebraska Dally News paper association, at the Hotel Fon teffhlle. The members of the association f' wcie kuchIs of the I tin Jtls*'iiit com pany for luncheon tit the factory cafe teria, after which: they wet" shown through the factory by Mr. I*. I’ Ft id res. Hales I’roniotion Manager of the Itcn JUsluU company. /-* I 6 Persons in County Cannot Write SpM-ial Dispatch to The Omaha Ber. Table Rock, Xeb., Dec. 14.—Through the survey tl\£t Is being made throughout the country, to ascertain how many illiterates there are in each county of the state, figures from Pawnee county, obtained from, the most reliable sources, show that there arc but six persons of mature age in the county who cannot write. Home may have been missed of course but even if the number were double the number reported the pci eentage would still be small. The population of Pawnee county is about 10,000 which would make the per centage of illiteracy but little more than one-half of. 1 per cent. Lincoln Student at Princeton to Study at Oxford Sou of Assistant Bursar at University of Nebraska One of Youngest to Win^ Rhodes Scholarship. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Dec. 14.—One of thn youngest Rhodes scholars-elect in the history of the scholarships will rep resent Nebraska at Oxford univer sity, England in 1925. After debating the records of a number of candi dates the Nebraska selection commit tee announced today that it had de cided In favor of John G. Wester man, IS, son of Max Westernian. assistant bursar of the University of Nebraska. Young Westeyman whose brillian-, record at the University of Nebraska has excited considerable comment among educators. Is at present a fel low of Princeton university. While at Nebraska lie specialized in chemis try. He leavps for England In Sep tember. 1925, to take up his studies. The Nebraska selection committee which named Westernian was com posed of Chencellor Avery "of the Uni versity of Nebraska, Paul F. Good, lawyer of Lincoln and secretary of the committee, Professor J. A. Rica of the University of Nebraska, Ralph T. Wilson of Omjklia, and >1. A. Gunderson of Fremont, With the exception of Chancellor Avery all arc former Rhodes scholars. By Assorlsted Press. Swarthmore, Pa., Dec. 14.—Three cand dates accredited from the Unit ed States military academy at West Point were awarded Rhodes scholar ships for the state of Maryland. New Hampshire and Washington In the .annual elections completed .yesterday. President Frank Aydelotte of Swarth more college. American secretary to the Rhodes Trustees, announced to night. This is the first time in the history of the Rhodes scholarships that an award lias hern made to a West Pointer. Princeton university also had three successful candidates; Frown unlvrt sity two and Harvard two. The competition this year was the keenest in 20 years since the first Rhodes scholar was elected. For the 32 appointments In as many slates, there vvere 507 candidates from 184 different colleges and universities. As each American college and university is allowed in the final competition only a limited list of candidates In a given state—from two to five, de pending on the number of students it has enrolled—the 507 young men who got their names before the state committees of selection yeslerduy were those who had previously sur vived the competition in their own institutions. List of Awards. The list, which Is subject to ratifi cation by the Rhodes trust, includes the following: California—John Whipple Olm stead, 1720 Kuclld avenue, Berkeley, University of California. < 'dorado—John I.. J. Hart, 10 8hep ard street, Cambridge, Maas., Har vard university. Illinois—Rueben A. Borsch. 326 Collinsville avenue, Collinsville, 111., Illinois Wesleyan university. Iowa—Nell Fouls Crone, Clark Hall, firlnnell, la., Orlnnell college. Minnesota—Frank I), Cray, 2I02 Fake of Isles boulevard, Minneapolis, Minn., University of .Minnesota, Missouri Arthur I >. Hood, 804 Hill crest, Columbia, Mo., 1'Diversity of Missouri. Nebraska John If. Westermnn, 108 Stockton street, Prim-elon, X. J., University of Nebraska. Oregon -Clinton X. Howard, 307 Hlllyard street, Kugetie, Ore., I'Di versity of Oregon. Washington—Francis R. Johnson, 47)8 North Thirty-ninth street, Ta coma, Wash., United States military academy. Many Different Stales. According to the regulations of the Rhodes trustees, a man may be a candidate for a Rhodes scholarship either In the slate In which lie rr sides or In the stale in which lie had received at least two years of Ills col lege training. This makes It Impos sible for any given college or univer sity to have competitors entered In a number of different stales, and Princeton yesterday headed t lie list With 27 candidates in 17 states. Harvard loti) 22 c a ndhia tea In It stales; Wile in la states, Cornell 12 in seven, Vanderbilt university nine in four staler: oherltii college seven In four siiiipH, .mi! tin Univer sity ot Michigan seven In three states ' *>> ( ^o/nory oi \Vilson to Be Honored Prominent Members of tour Administrations to Be Present at Services Today. Rites to Be Broadcast Washington, Dec. 14.—Prominent personages of at least four adminis tration? will participate in the Wood row Wilson memorial exercises w hich will he held at noon tomorrow' In the chamber of the house of repre sentatives. Members of the Wilson cabinet, his widow, one of his daughters find close friends will join with President t'ooildge and Ills official family, su preme court justices, ambassadors and ministers, senators, representa tives, governors of states, army and naval officers and invited guests to do reverance to the memory of the war president. Dr. Edward Anderson Alderman, president of the University of Vir ginia, which Mr. Wilson attended as a law student, will deliver the eulogy. Rev. J. J. Muir, chaplain of the senate, will pronounce the benedic tion, with the house Chaplain. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, offering the opening prayer. Senate to Adjourn. The memorial sertices will be broadcast by radio through a chain of stations—\VR<'. Washington; WGY, Schenectady; WJS5 and WEAK. New York, and others (« be determined upon in Iasi minute arrangements. As ap additional mark of respect, congressional lenders are planning to adjourn the senate and house after the exercises. The grfet white capital will close its doors in the morning to all except members and attaches. At 10:30 the tost door leading to the rotunda trill •be ripened to those holding tickets of admission, for which there has been great demand. The marine hand will furnish the music. The speaker s gavel wilt ball the house to order shortly icefore the customary gathering at midday and the members of the senate, after assembling for prayer, will proceed to the house. The president pro tempore of the senate will occupy 'he speaker's chair. Chief dustier Taft to Attend. Prominent among the assemblage wilt be Chief Justice Taft, the only living former president of the I'nited States, whom Mr. Wilson succeeded nst chief executive. A unique pro cedure in house annuls will is* fol lowed by sealing special guests on tli" floor of the chamber. Mrs. Wilson will o>--upy a selected space, as will the lute president's daughter. Miss Margaret Wilson. His other two daughters. Mrs. W illiam McAdoo and Airs. Francis R. Satie, v ho is abroad, will he unable to at. lend. His brother, John I!. Wilson of Baltimore, will U+ present wilti ills wife. Those closely identified with the war president In the White House who are lo attend the services In i lude W illiam .1. Bryan, Robert Ean sing. William C. Kedfleld, Josephus Daniels, William B. W'llson, Bain bridge Colby, 1>. F. Houston, John Barton Payne and A. Mitchell Palmer, who served in Ids cabinet. , MrAdcsp I nahlr to Come. Rear Admiral Cary T. Cray sop, his personal physician, who attended him In Ills last Illness, and Joseph P. Tumulty, his secretary during his presidency, nlso will he present, and Col. E. M. House, Bernard Baruch, Breckinridge lamg, Homer Cum mings, Frank Polk, Raymond T. Baker and Clem E. Shaver, demo cratic national committee chairman, have been specially Invited Thomas R. Marshall, who served with Mr. Wilson us tier president. Indicated In a brief telegram to the committee on arrangements today that lie would he unable lo partid pnt e. and sent Ins regrets, lien. John ,!. Pershing, retired, who led Amer ica1,* victorious army, will Ice prs i ( tiled from paying honor lo Ills chief toimct row by his absence In Routt) America on a diplomatic mission. William C. McAdoo, llte late presi dent's son In law. telegr .plied that ho would b«v unable lo uttend. Student* Slci^li Hilling. Spf< ini lll.iMit.il |n The llninhs Her. Newcastle, Net)., I>cc. 14.—The (Ilf ferent high school clusnes hare arc milking sport of the heavy snowstorm by taking sleigh rides several intles Into the country. The seniors and freshmen separately hate lmd sletgh ride parlies and seteral sleigh loads of students, regardless of rlas I afllll nllons, have fonnd parties and gone gilding merrily over tho snow with cheering songs and chiming hells. \V. R. (!, KliTt* Officer*. Sp^'UI IMipHlrh to 'fit* O limit a flu*. Table flock, Neb., Dec. 14 At the annual election of officer* of the W. f{ i\ of tlil*-: city, the following have been elected: President, Mi**. May H. t ilenn; arnior \ l« e president, Mr*. May Hcden; junior vice jncwldrnt; Mr*. Marv t'uttun; treamii cr, Mr* Anna H. lien : conductor, Mr*. Julia Mold; guard. Min I'lmu l.anc. t liap lain Mr* Anna Mitt, and uumloinn Mr* (Jrece Kditri. i Paris Gives Laush to American O Society for Lionizing Duchess Grand Duke Cyril’s Claim to Throne of Russia Not Recognized as Legitimate—Nicholas Is Logical Candi date, Aristocrats Declare. By C. F. BKBTEIJ.r, * 1 nivrrsal Service Staff Correepondeat. Paris, Dec. 14.—The feverish an tics cif American society leaders In their lionizing of the Grand Duchess Cyril has furnished the best laugh Paris has had in months. None of the so-called "legitimate’’ Russian aristocracy here—and this is their home—recognize Grand Duke Cyril's pretentions to the throne of Russia with the possible exception of Grand Duke Dimitri, now a champagne agent, who is grandiloquently des ignated by Grand Duke Cyril as "Russian ambassador to Raris.” Even tlie Grand Duchess Mario Pouliaplns, former crown princess of Sweden and Dimitri's own sis ter, deplores the "inner politics” ss threatening to create a definite schism in the "white Russian" ranks. She declared herself in that manner to me several days ago in a chat at the Rltz. Grand Duchess Marie, who is the ranking grand duchess, has for years been running an embroidery shop here. She thinks the efforts of her fellow aristocrats to assert their title to a nonexistent throne are silly. "They would do better If they went to work,” she remarked to me. Nicholas Heal Claimant. The real claimant to the Russian throne If it should ever be restored, which in the opinion of the most competent experts is unlikely, is Grand Duke Nicholas, who replaced the czar when the latter abdicated. Grand Duke Nicholas has the con fidence of a majority of the Russian exiles because he Is not only the czar's brother but led the Russian army In its only successful offen sives. Grand Duke Nicholas la living on the Riviera In strict retirement and refuses to discuss politics. When Cyril's name is mentioned he merely smiles. "it seems extraordinary to me that the social leaders of the great democracy must seek to bask in ^ the shadow ot one whoso light, never really legitimate, has already begun to dim,'1 was the remark made to me yesterday by Serge Vourowsky, famous Russian com poser and critic, who for years lived In Paris, where one of Ills operas will be produced next month. “I wonder If they really know ' how ridiculous they look to the friends of the grand duchess ami even to liersrlf If the truth were known. “Grand Duchess Cyril Is a fine woman, hut even she must realise the falsity of the position In which the American social climbers have placed her.” “Smoke Cloak” latest. Swooping from heads, crowned and , uncrowned, to twinkling ankles, we find an eccentric American heauty tieading the list of those furnishing the season's real fashion Innovations. Helen MacDonald of Rochester, N. Y., whose name was once linked with the prince of Wales, and who wras known on Broadway as one of the loveliest discoveries for the Green wich Village Follies, showed up at the Auteuil races this afternoon attired in a "smoke cloak.” Tills filmy, diaphanous affair of silken tricol in chimney gray, is so knitted and shaped as to create the Impression of windblown smoke. Mrs. II. II. Rogers, mother of the wife of Count Saint von llong straeten, sailed for home this morning with a sigh of relief. Al though Count Salm dogged her footsteps, she succeeded In leaving France without ever once talking to him. Meanwhile Count Salin still in sists that Mlllicent Is about to re join him in Paris with their baby. "They must have her under re straint,” he exclaimed Indignant!} when this weeks liners arrived without her. Safety Meeting Called by Hoover State and Local Officials Will Confer at Capital on Traffic Problems. Washington, Dec. 14.—A national conference on street and highway safety, to which Secretary Hoover has invited a number of state anc^ local highway commissioners, city poll, e head” concerned with traffic tegulatlon, motor manufaeturera and representative* of the public will be gin here tomorrow to continue two days. , A careful study of the problems presented b\ increasing use of mot or vehicles, higher accident and death rates due thereto, and projects pro. |)..«ed or attempted for the alleviation of present day difficulties, lias been made in advance by comr^tteos, vhfclt will make their reports after the opening address by Secretary Hoover. One of the early commltte reports, touching the statlatlcs of the high, way situation, shows that In 1923 street and highway accidents oc casioned a loss of "22,GftO huma* lives, 67*1,000 serious personal In juries and 1600,000,000 economic loss, an Increase of 80 per cent In the last seven years." Other committees have worked out proposals as to city planning methods that might simplify traffic movement and liettfr methods of automobile construction and operation. They also’have tout hed on the construc tion, engineering, and insurance fea tures of motor vehicle uae today. From the data assembled and Mean presented, conference lenders expect to work opt recommendations which may assist In accident prevention itul expedition of traffic movement. School Superintendent (ionipl intents Teachers Spr.-iftl IIUpiiO h l.i The Omaha Bee. llnrtlngton, Neb., lice. 14.— After visiting more than lislf of the rural school* In Oilnr county, Alls* Minina Mchtverln, county *uperlntenilent of ichools, repot t* that as a whole the teaching of these achoola I* superior to thnl of any oilier yrur dining ligi Hilinlnlstrallon, for till* she ghes credit mainly to tlie»new curriculum which each teacher I* following, Huperlntendent Hchwiiln state; that, most of the school building* arc In good condition and well equipped. Hhn declare* that w her* there has been neglect It I* very serious and Hint lack of Interest In the school Is a disgrace to the community. She urge* that parents of children In these district* Insist on better accom modations and the necessary equip ment, and If the neglect Is due to school hoard member* these parent* should see that a new set of officers l* Installed. Tiiiiiiv hill I'nrm Sold. Apr< In| IHapntt l» In Ilia Onmlin llrr. Til l*? Hurl*. Neb., I >rt . H The 7*» fli’t * f irm 1 •oloii'iiiibC t*• I hr estate of th» lair S. \ Tannylilll, wan mdd at putdh' a notion In I'awitrp * *lty hy SliriMT A\ t;i y, The land mIJoIiia the, vUIak** of vinlot, W'^t of hri «•, and u t *. Idd In I'm hy John N 1 \ rtluK* who uwtii) uliicr land It) the ! near vicinity. Christmas Tree (Question Grows Experts and Enthusiasts in Hot Controversy Over Pol icy of Reforestion. Washington, Dec. 14.—To cut, or not to cut, the Christmas trees, may become another famous question. Ever since a bill was Introduced In congress proposing to prohibit cut ting Christmas trees, and the Ameri can Tree association declared in favor of cutting them, in a proper manner, calculated to aid reforestation, the question has grown toward a con troversy. On tile one hand are the forestry experts, who maintain that cutting out of small Christmas trees only aids larger growth, and on tho other are the tree enthusiasts who main tain that children should be started on their way to a respect for forest life by being taught to do without the Christmas tree. Women's club and other* taking the latter view have appealed to Charles Intbrop Pack of the Ameri can Tree association to repudiate the recent expressions In faver of the tree cutting by Prof. Ttaiph S. Hos mer of the Cornell fc-estry school. "Conservation means proper use,” Pack has told the objectors. "What better use of a small tree than to give Joy to children? Most Christmas trees are < ut from waste and nonagrlcul tural land and are hut an lnflnltesmal part of tlie annual cut from our forests. Instead of being exeelsed aliout the cutting of Christmas trees, people should lie much more con cerned aliout growing national, stale and town forests and proper fire pro tection for them. If, under proper laws and practice, »e were growing a tree crop sufficient for our needs, there would lie no Christmas tree question.” New High School INamird. *l»erlHl liUfmtrh to The Onmlm We#*. Table Hock, Neb., De\ 14.—Pinna are bring made for enlarging the school building at Ihm hard. At a I rerent meeting held there, an archl* ! tect i if Heat rice presented figures and plans for both building to the present | building and for building a now one. It was voted ftfr the board of educa tlon to call a special election to vote on the IhuuIs, which will be from } 18.000 to |:2,000. The Hurchsrd High school has an enrollment of over TO, and 1ms been so crowded for some time Jhat the maxlniurt efTl clency cannot be reached in the pres ent building. Jackie (oogmi llrts Now Six-Puuml Baby Brother I,os Angeles, Hoc. 14. Jackie Coo* gan, child film star, xesteiJay ac quired a six pound baby brother. Degree of Honor Plecl*. Hlue Springs, Neb., I»ec 14 At S leyiilar meeting of the I lessee of i Honor here officers for the coming mmi net* fleded gainst Mrs. Sweetln will ten (time ss the stale has practically com pleted its l*m njrumsi Might. b New York Police Find Thorough Suicide j H) InlserMl her?Ice. Xew I ork, Dec. 14.—Stefan Mat2 of Whiteetone, L. I., who last night shot hla wife four time*, today took his ow n life by what police declare to be tlie most thorough suicide ever reported. The man stood on a stone wall, tied around Ills neck a rope which he had fastened to the limb of a tree, drank a bottle of Iodine, shot himself through the temple, and swung lifeless ofT the wall, break ing his neck. Mrs. Mats:, who had been sepa rated from her husband for sev eral years, told police that he had accosted her last night and after an argument had shot her four times. She received only super ficial wounds. First "Showdown on Muscle Shoals at 3 on Tuesday j Vote l pon Sixth Amendment in Senate Is Scheduled; First Test of Strength of Underwood. talTiml Berries. Washington, Dec. 14.—The first ac tual "showdown" In tha fight In the senate over th* disposal of Muscle Shoals U a Iteduled fop S Tuesday aft ernoon. when the Smith amendment vall l.e voted upon. TIt amendment offered by Senator Smith of South Carolina to the Under wood hill provides for government ovne ship . f the project and would i ifi-r the leasing of the plant to u p I vow. corporation. T s upporters of the Smith Aiend ■ifcaded by Senators Howell and | of Nebraska, are prepared to t, up u > igorous fight, but the op ,, '. Ion fa. tion. with the backing of i- .dniiniatratlon, ia confident the n.. sure will meet defeat. Th .* Pi esident Calls* today. The decree* authoriae# the labor minister, who is president of the agrarian com mission, io ;-end a representative to each local commission established In the capital of each stale. The measure is Intended to give the department of agriculture greater control over local commissions, as well as to .-cttle agrarian problems more rapidly than at present. The representative of the commission In l ie slate capitals will always be In eloee touch with the national com mission in Mexico City. t!in|*lo\ ment Situation Improving Generally IVa ‘ ■ a. Dec. 14.—Increasing employment in all the middlewestern and many uf the eastern states and generally satisfactory conditions throughout the country, were re ported today by the Labor depart inert. Ttw*re«sin* activities In many Indus trie* throughout the country were re ported for November, while in near ly every c..*c of a decrease In em ployment from the preceding month the slackening was described as rca reliable. General Improvement over the previous mouth waa noted In Ne braska, with the exception of a lessening of seasonal outdoor activi ties. Major Industries were reported employing normal quotas. Gooliiigr* Take Gmiar. I\ aahlngtOn. Pec. 14.—Braving a wlntery gale. President and Mrs. CooMdgc and several friends left Washington shortly after noon today for a cruise down the Potomac on the Mai flower. They grill return early tomorow. I The Weather | V.J \\' 4 ht • g t>nding T |*. m. I'acam bar 14 rr* an- u>fca* and hundrtd' b» i tM*,* C * lAtal 4lK(« January 1, .4 44. 4*ftc\*i\ , *> ’ HAhflt Tsmtvntlum. 4 k TV . . . , , H 2 \ IV m... , % i | € a mi % S P »M . ' .a tv ., if 1 « » m * 4 r m . ♦ a. i ’ « 4pm •• 4 ’ •) a iT • r ni.‘ 1 ' ' l a It f v m .*.. 41 I i: no - 44 4 p, ... Jury Saves Bruner From Death Chair Deliberates for INine Hours Fate of Mail Who Killed Mate So He Could Marry Other Woman. Entered Plea of Guilty Sperlal l»l»p*trh to The Omsha Bee. Broken'Bow, Neb., Deo. 14.—Unless the board, of paroles intervenes at some future date, Frank Bruner, wife poisoBer, will spend the balance of • his life behind the walls of Nebraska b penitentiary. Bruner, who confessed that he killed his wife because she blocked his path to marriage with Mrs. Ar desta N'orthey, 47, was saved from the electric chair by a jury which recom mended the life sentence after %ine hours of deliberation. This roundhouse foreman who placed his desires above the life of his wife and the happiness of his children will be taken to Lincoln the first part of this week to start serv ing his sentence. He leaves behind, In the Broken- Bow jail, the woman for whom he committed the crime and who, he declares, gave him the . poison. Once she admitted her guilt, but the admission was hurriedly re tracted and she stolidly maintains her innocence. The truth of her story will be learned next April when she comes to trial. Jury Out Nine Hour*. At 2 Saturday afternoon the jury was entrusted with Bruner'S fate after listening to'eridence which con sumed but a fraction of the day. And at II at night his life hun® in the balance while the I'i jurors debat ed between the electric chair and a life sentence. Although he had previously de clared'that only his death could atone for his crime, he broke down when the verdict was read. A moment lat er he had regained his composure, hewever, and, with face set, was led from the courtroom. Bruner's plea of guilty to the mur der charge and the absence of Mrs. Northey from the courtroom robbed the trial of its major dramatic ele ments, and there were but few per sons who saw him led back to the jail from which he will make his journey to the penitentiary. Wife Wasn't Affectionate. The sudden death of his wife anS the subsequent discovery that death had come from poison led to Bruner's arrest a month ago. Twenty-foui hours later he had confessed and had named Mrs. Northey as aa accom plice. "My wife wasn't affectionate.” he told Custer county authorities, as he related the details of his protracted intimacy with Mrs. Northey which in cluded a 21 day motor trip through three states. "He killed her because he didn'1 want e me one else to get me,” waj Mrs. Northey's reply. "But she ga\e me the polaor,,” Bruner retorted. "It's a lie. I'm Innocent,” Mrs. Norther declared, although admitting the intimacy between herself and Bruner. A few days later both were arraigned. Bruner to plead guilty and Mrs. Northey to reiterate, before a judge, her plea of innocence. Woman on Trial In April. Mrs. Northey's husband, many years her senior, Is still alive and, al though they separated some time ago, they have never been divorced. Counsel has been named by the court for Mrs. Northey who declared herself unable to raise funds for le gal fees. No one has rallied to her assistance and she will remain behind the walls of the Broken Bow jail un til the next term of court, fouc months away, when she will make her fight for freedom. New Attack* Reported in Northern Albania London. Pec. 14.—The Albanian legation has received advises that hands organized on Jugo-Slav terns tory yesterday made attacks at scv« er.il points in northern Albania. Official denial has been given by the Albanian legation In Rome to reports of an Insurrectionary moves ment in northern Albania. The legs* tlon declared at the time that 'Tiers feet tranquility prevails throng has 5 Albania.” , - . - - - - ,» George (..lift Die*. ^ Humboldt, Neb, Pec. 14—Oeorgd * Clift, 75, died at his farm home two and a half miles east of here Friday afternoon. He was a pioneer, having come to Nebraska from Ohio In 1S79. He served as a county commissioner for two year*. Surviving hint are hia widow and seven grown children, four boys and three girls. ' Portiigal-ticrinau Pact. Lisbon. Portugal. I Vc 14—The Herman finance minister, Pr. Luther, has successfully negotiated with the Portugese government the basis of a commercial agreement between tht two countries. He left Lisbon f.tt lierlln today. Steamer Rams Bridge. Willemstad. Cm .,., ls-o. 14—The Rrltlsh steamer Tekoa, while entering Curnian harbor Iasi night, rammssl and seriously damaged the p*rl.ws bridge arrows the harbor. Aptwreaviy the eiearner sag pot damaged, ,