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v ^ l CITY EP1TION VOL. 54—NO. 158. OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924. *TWO CENTS1* <rBiftStS E>iwwa«S.utt*
Labor Pays
Tribute to
Dead Chief
Endless Stream of Feet Beat
Path of Devotion Past Bier
of Samuel Gompers on
Train.
Heads Bared Everywhere
lit. Press.
Aboard Gompers Train Eli Koute
to Washington. Vincennes, lnd.. Dec.
13.— Footfalls of American army of
labor continued today almost endless
ly to heat a march of devotion past
the bier of Samuel Gompers as the
train carrying his body pushed across
Illinois. Indiana and Ohio on the way
to AVashington. The new carpet
placed beside the coffin showed a
badly worn path by nightfall.
Following the demonstration at St.
Jiouis. where a. continuous file went
through the car for more than four
hours during the morning, other
thousands came to look upon the face
of the dead at Flora. 111.; Vincennes.
Washington, Mitchell and North Ver
non, Jnd., and many smaller places
brief slops were made. At Flora
t abroad men were lined up alongside
the track for over a block.
All Heads Are Hared.
Their heads were hared as the
train came in. They had left their
> engines and trains standing on the
side tracks and in the shops while
they came to' funeral car. Frequently
section men at work along the way
stopped their work, doffed their hat*
and stood silent, as the train passed.
Though some of the railroad unions
are not affiliated with the federation
of labor, which Gompers helped to
create, all have paid their respects to
labor's dead chieftain. The crowds
have grown and With them the gifts of
flowers as the larger Industrial cen
ters of the country were reached.
"The tribute to our chief has been
more than any man could ask,’* said
Matthew Woll, one of the vice presi
dents of the American Federation of
. Labor. "The people have shown that
Gompers was a real lender. With
flowers, with their presence and In
many ways th^y have said it unmis
takably.”
Others to Join Party.
Officials on the train were advised
that the remaining members of the
federation s executive council were to
join the party at Cincinnati and
that the funeral coach and the sleeper
which the official party occupies
would be Incorporated Into a special
train of four or five coaches td com
plete the journey to Washington.
The executive council members ex
pected at Cincinnati were: Daniel J.
Tobin, lndlanopolls: Jacob Fisher, Tn
dianapolis: James Wilson, Cincinnati:
Thomas Rickert, Chicago; Frank
k Duffey and William Green, Indian
apolis.
Word was received on the train
that the governor of Ohio and city
officials were to be at Cincinnati to
meet the funeral train. The train
arrived at Vincennes almost 40 min
utes late. but. durin gthe six-minute
slop more than 350 persons from all
valks In life filed past the hter.
Funeral on Thursday.
New York, Dec. 15.—Hugh Frayne,
in charge of arrangements here for
the funeral of 8amuel Gompers* said
his previous announcement that the
ceremony would be held Thursday at
Sleepy Hollow cemetery, Tarrytown,
N. Y„ was "official and final.” Frayne
said the plan had been approved over
the long distance telephone by Frank
. v Morrison, secretary American Federa
tion of Labor, and that reports that
the funeral would be held Wednesday
W»re Incorrect.
Governor Alfred E. Smith and Ma
yor John F. Hylan will head a distin
guished list of honorary pallbearers,
who will attend the funeral.
Frayne, In official charge of the
funeral arrangements, said tonight
the body would arrive here Wednes
day morning, coming over the Balti
more ft Ohio railroad from Washing
ton. It will be met by a double es
cort—an honor committee made up of
• leaders and members of 45 local labor
bodies, and platoons representing the
army, navy and state guard.
Body Will IJe in State.
With the casket mounted on a gun
caisson and flanked by the American
Federation of Labor department
(Turn t« Page Two. Column four.)
—
We Have
With Us
Today
F.rigar F. Alien,
Elyria, O.,.
■’resident International Hoelety for
Crippled Children.
Mr. Allen Is here to help the Ho
tary club crystallize Its ideas and ef
forts to help children who have been
crippled by disease or accident.
He estimates there are 347,000 such
unfortunates In the 1'tilted Slate*
and Canada and iliai half of them
can he ( ured If treated III time. About
21,000 are l>elng helped through of
foils of the society and the agencies
It has helped to create.
,\n important port of Ibis work,
peculiar to It, h* says, is ths soaking
f out of the cripples. Many of them
nr* hidden, kept out of sight by iclo
lives with a mistaken Idea lhal do
Ini inlly m physical t.clples* ness l"
•omelhing tu b« ashamed of,
\
Child Breaks Neck
in Fall Against
Hog Fence
Sprrlal Ptspateh la The Omaha Her.
Wymore, Neb.. Dec. 15.—John
Meyer, farmer living four miles
north of DlUar, looked up from his
work this afternoon to see the body
of hts son, Charlie, 5, hanging from
the fence of a hog pen.
The little boy had been playing
about the pe/i while his father was
grinding corn less than six yards
away. In some manner he,caught
his head between two board of the
fence and. unable to reach the
ground with his feet, dangled until
his neck was broken.
Because of the noise of the
j grinder Meyer did not hear the try
of his son.
The boy is survived by his par
ents and several brothers and sis
ters.
Fate of Muscle
Shoals Bill to
Be Known Today
•
\ ote on Smith Amendment
Vi ill Be Recorded at 3, De
feat of Which May
Mean Peace.
Washington, D. Dec. 15.—The
senate, under a unanimous agreement,
must declare its position on govern
ment or private operation of Muscle
Shoals by 3 p. m. tomorrow.
Senator Underwood, author of the
Underwood Muscle Shoals bill now'
before the senate, has demanded such
an expression of the senate in its vote
on the Smith amendment, which would
strike out of the hill the entire clause
and leave only the government opera
tion provisions.
The Alabama senator holds that the
amendment would strike out the heart
of his bill and has said he would re
gard the vote on it as a forecast of
the final vote. The opposition, mean
while. is rentertng Its effort to kill
the bill through support of the amend
ment.
Kditoriai ITobed.
The senate Judiciary committee to
day authorized a subcommittee to In
vestigate the Washington Herald
editorial last week, attacking Senator
Underwood and his bill. The editorial
was referred to the committee after
Senator Underwood had denounced II
on the floor of the senate. By aunanl
mous consent agreement the commit
tee was authorized to Investigate the
editorial and question its author, and
If the disclosures warranted, to re
port a resolution to the senate for a
general inquiry.
The agreement to vote on the Smith
amendment before 3 tomorrow and to
limit each senator to only one speech
of not more than 10 minutes, was ob
tained by senate leaders as a means
of what they regarded as a filibuster
against the Underwood bill.
Opponents May Rest.
Sponsors of the bill believe that If
the amendment is defeated the oppo
sition will cease its tactics and per
mlt a vote at an early date. The sen
ate leaders are anxious to gel. the
Muscle Shoals question out of the
way to permit legislation on other
subjects before the Christmas adjourn
ment.
A unanimous consent agreement ob
tained at the last session enables the
managers of the Underwood bill to
hold it before the senate until final
disposition. This favored status gives
them the privilege of blocking con
sideration of all other legislation dur
ing the entire present session if nee
eeeary.
FIRE DISCOVERED
IN STEAMER HOLD
New York. Dec. 15.—Fire wan dis
covered today In the hold of the
Southern Pacific line's steamer El
Orlenta as It lay at Its North River
pier. The vessel was laden with cot
ton, much of which was destroyed.
It arrived from Galveston last week.
Pyle Elected President
of Pawnee Pair Association
Pawnee Olty, Dec. 15.—At a. meet
ing of the stockholders of the Paw
nee County Fair association, the fol
lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent. IV. M. Pyle: vice president. K.
L. Vance; secretary, Her! K. Field
son: treasurer, F. I/, lieimett; dlrtr
tors' A. D. Jacks, J. I>. Albright and
W. II. Heohtel.
The report of the treasurer showed
that the proceed* of the 1924 county
fair were $12,000 and expense* were
nearly equal to the receipts. During
the last year the board has made
improvements on ilio fair grounds,
the most expensive of which Is a
large grandstand, with a capacity of
1,800 people.
f ranklin (Hull hi Place 100
(IhrislinaH Trees on Streets
Franklin. Dec. 15.—Franklin com
munity chest has decided to have a
Christmas tree and service* on
I'runklln main street, the day before
Christmas. It Is planned also to
pine* 100 decorated trees on Hie
streets a week before Christmas.
Three lldolle^ers Jailed.
broken Itniv, Dff. 16 John HuaIi
• nig, who hitwown fliirgfnt *n<l
f’oiriAi«H*k, John Tenhon, living ni»«r
AmaHijio, nnri Krl l*(*nn of fhia city
rwrwlvod from Jurlg#* HoulMht' w Jm 11
in uiidition in >u00 Tint fur
violating the liquor Uw,
Defense of
Forbes Has
Body Blow
Story of Mortimer Given Sup
port by Testimony of Two
New Witnesses for
Government.
Judge Loses His Temper
By JOHN A. KENNEDY,
CnlT«rnftl Service Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, Dec. 3 5.—Further corrobo
ration of the atory of governmental
graft and intrigue, told on the wit
ness stand by Ellas H. Mortimer, was
offered by the prosecution at the
Forbes-Thompson conspiracy trial
here today.
John B. Mllliken, former member
of the legal staff of the veterans'
bureau of which Forbes, one of the
defendants, was director, and IJeut.
Col. E. C. Stoekdale, on duty in the
construction dlviaion of the army dur
ing the wn£. took the chair aa gov
ernment witnesses and gave testi
mony considered very damaging to
Forbes and Thompson, who sre being
tried in federal court for alleged at
tempt to loot the soldier hospltallza
tlon fund.
Not only did the witness help Spe
cial Assistant Attorney General John
W. H. Crlm draw tighter the net of
evidence by which he hopes to
enmesh the former Washington offi
cial. but file defense. In the person
of Randolph I-tughlin, Thompson's
attorney, drew the ire of Federal
Judge George Carpenter on its head
for "attempting to drive the court to
prejudice in this case."
Court Is Criticised.
Filing an 3 8-page brief in support
of his motion to strike outv all of
Mortimer'* testimony given during
the first two weeks of evidence tak
ing. l-aughlin appended to the docu
ment a criticism of the court's atti
tude. He asked for permission to
argue the request.
Carpenter took the matter under
iydvlsement, reading the brief while
the taking of evidence wae resumed.
" hen he reached that part which
criticised the court. Judge Carpenter
excused the Jury «nd called the stfor
neys to the lair.
“1 have tried to be impartial all
along in this case,” he said, "and I
am unwilling to let even the spurring
of counsel drive me to prejudice."
SCHUERMANN TO
TRIAL WEDNESDAY
Special llUpatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 15.—Special
venire of 50 residents of Gage count}
was drawn In the district court today,
from which a Jury will be selected to
try the Schuermann murder trial,
which is to begin Wednesday, Decem
ber 17. Jurymen will also be drawn
from the regular panel of 24 men for
the case.
It was stated today that about 40
witnesses, CO on each side, have been
subpoenaed. A large crowd from De
Witt, where the slaying of George
Reinmtller. of which Edward Schuer
mann, farmer, is accused, arc ex
pected to hear the trial.
County Attorney Mattoon will be
assisted by W. A. Vasey of this city
In prosecuting the case. F. W. Bar
tos of Wilber Is counsel for the de
fense.
ONE MAN KILLED
IN POWDER BLAST
Tacoma, 'Wash., Deo. 15.—.John El
legood, 5«. was killed. 140,000 worth
of property was rutned and three
building* wrecked tn a double ex
plosion at the Dupont. Powder com
pany's plant at Dupont. Wash., to
day.
Alleged Attempt to Wreck
Train Frustrated by Police
Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 15.—Police
moisted by federal authorities ar
rested two men In connection with
nn alleged attempt rnnde yesterday to
wreck train No. B5 on the Chicago (t
Kiisterii Illinois bound from Chicago
to New Orleans and sold to be carry
ing a large shipment of cssh for the
federal reserve bank In the hitler
city. *
“‘Peeping Tom” Disturbs
Residents of Randolph
Randolph, l>w, 15.—Thin city nan
i-een atlrred somewhat by a “peep
Inn Torn,’* who in »ald to be prowl
In* around resident#* on th* enat and
south aide* after riai k and in on* In
stance entered n home. Careful watch
la being kept and *otne of the real'
deni* have threatened to shoot.
Fifteen Miles of Higlnvav
(traveled in Platte County
Columbus, Dec. 15.- More thsn lfi
miles of state aid hlghwnvs were
graveled In Platte county during the
past vear under direction of the coun
ty supervisor.
Operation Deferred.
Baltimore. Md. Dec. 15. An opera
Hon that an* to have been performed
on Wilbert if. Roblnnon, nwinaifer of
th* Tlronklyn club of the National
league, wan deferred after * confer
ence of i>h\*lc|nn* at I'nlon Memorial
hoepitnl her# fid* afternoon becalMc
of the weak condition of th* baseball
leader
4J 111- -intist Faces Trial
HC
?“!” 88ia ieecing Rich Woman
“Doctor From , Whose Name Means. Literally,“the
Cat's Elbow,” Dupes Score of Victims in Berlin.
Obtaining Jewels and Property.
By O. I>. TOIJ8CH18,
CnivrrMl Centre Staff Correspondent.
Berlin. Dee. 15.—Dr. Kdwin Maria
Katxellenbogen (which literally
translated means “the cat's elbow),
generally known as the "doctor
from America." went on trial in
Berlin today on charges of having
hypnotised numerous rich women to
entrust him with their money and
then having swindled them out of
their fortunes.
The exact charges against him are
30 cases of fraud, theft, forgery and
assault and battery.
lvatzellenbogen la a short, stocky
man, described as "brutal In ap
pearance. He was arrested several
days ago at the request of Karla
Wilson Memorial
Services Sta ged
c
Life Long Friend of War
President Delivers Formal
Oration at Ceremony.
Washington, Deo. 15.—Congress
and those who had an Intimate con
nectlon with the private and public
life of Woodrow Wll*nn, paid tribute
to his memory today in the chamber
of the house of representatives.
Former cabinet officers who shared
his burden of war and its aftcimAlh.
members of the supreme court and
envoys of foreign governments with
Mr*. Wilson and members of his fam
ily and special guests, sat with the
senators and representatlves ss Dr.
Kdwin A Alderman, president of the
I'niverslty of Virginia and a lifelong
friend of the war president, delivered
the formal oration.
President Coolidge and hla entire
cabinet participated in the exercises,
occupying hslf of th» first row of
seats, the remainder being held by
chief Justice Taft and other mem
bers of the supreme court. Mrs. Cool
Idge, accompanied by the White
House military Bide, was In the execu
tive gallery.
Speaking from the same rostrum
where Wilson delivered his message
to congress, Dr. Alderman denied
there could be anything of "failure"
In his great attempt as president.
“If there was failure. It wa/ hu
manity a fault." he said. "I envisage
him rather as a vietor and a con
queror. To make him the one un
daunted advocate of the world's
hopes, the scapegoat of a wo^ld col
lapse. Is to visit upon him an lnjus
ties so eruel that it must perish of
its own reason."
With an apparent deliberate effort
to refrain from forensic delivery, the
speaker traced the career of Wilson
from boyhood, through student dsys
to his entrance Into domestic and,
finally, international politics.
The sustained Interest of the audi
ence was manifest throughout the SO
minutes of his discourse
Mrs. Wtlson, clad entirely In black,
except for the relief of a white col
lar. occupied a front seat In the re
served gallery directly In front of the
speakers stand. She sat quietly,
with hands folded and her eyre con
tinually upon Alderman.
SERBIA DISSOLVES
COMMUNIST PARTY
Belgrade, Dec. 15.—Ths Serbian
government, acting under the law for
protection of the realm, ha* dissolved
the communist party. Police searched
the party's officea and seized the
communist newspaper. The Workman
In Chain*.
O'Neill to Be Decorated
With Illuminated Trees
O'Neill, Dec. 15.—Christmas tree*
Illuminated by electric lights, In front
of all biialiiess place*, la the scheme
of decoration planned for the business
section of O'Neill from * week before
Christmas until after the holiday*.
The scheme was suggested by Mrs.
Georgia llacely. Sidewalk sockets
used in the plan of uniform flag dec
oration In the city will hold the treen,
which will he lighted from an over
head circuit until being Installed. The
Illumination will l>»gln Thursday eve
liliig of this week.
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hnrsuit in IJ. S. Court
S/tans Pacific Ocean
lo Far-Atcny Java Isle
v„j
In far-off Java, an island In the
Hutch Fast Indies, is a group wail
lug iHitiently live rsull of a law
suit now being Irlcd before Federal
Judge WotMirough In the I lilted
Stales district court in Omaha.
The suit Involves more than |?50,
000, representing three suits over
sugar Imported from Java.
Tiny rrreptsrles filled with sugar
are displayed as evidence ludore
Judge Wnodroilgli.
The plaintiff — G. Amslnrk, ban 1
Francisco, largest Importer of the
western |Mirt of the l nlted Slates— I
brought the suit against the II J. 1
Hughes rompaiiy, Grainger Bros,
of I .insoil* and llllss Syrup and Re
fining company of Kansas City, tin
l-.ai li suit Is being tiled sepa
lately.
I lie three defeiidanls allege llial
• lie sugar shipped was not the
“white Java granulated sugar" pui
thaaad by coutract
Miohaeli* and Seltnar Bagerloef.
noted Scandinavian women author*,
who plan to write novels about the
whole case.
Katzenlenbogen, it ia charged,
worked especially in front of the
telephone booth* of Berlin hotels,
where hi* penetrating look rendered
women who ‘‘looked like money"
helpless to use their will power
against him.
One of his victim* was the wife
of the Dutch secretary of state for
colonial affairs, lira. Van Brink. He
is alleged to have cheated her out
of a villa, an automobile and her
jewels and furs, and also to have
induced her to live with him as his
wife.
• 1
Jap Militarists
Becoming Active
,TJiicago Minister Says U. S.
Acts Ha\e Furnished Food
for New Propaganda.
Chit Ago. Dec. 15.—American acta
have given ammunition to the war
preaching militarist* of Japan, who
htvl been in disrepute in their own
country, the Rev. Albert VT. Palmer,
D.D., told the Chicago Congregational
Minister** union today.
“Meet Japan half way as a friend/*
urged Dr. Palmer, who for 13 years
was a minlstei In California, includ
ing 1b years as pastor o'f Plymouth
church. Oakland, and wm for seven
years In Honolulu. T. H. He has just
become pastor of the First Congre
gational church of »>ak Park. Til., fol
lowing a tour of eastern Asia.
“America’s national defense test
day,” he said, “the naval maneuvers
in the Pacific, and the passing of
anti Japanese laws in western states
combined with the immigration laws
have given the Japanese militarist*
a chance to preach war to the Jap
anese people,’* he said. “Newspapers
in Japan print pictures of American
military parades, airships and naval
movements under highly colored cap
tions.
* What butts Japan is that people
of less national intelligence and a
poorer civilisation can eiuer the
United State* and Japanese can not.
Jupan cone id e red the Roosevelt agree !
inent ns sacred as if signed treaty
and complied with the slightest re
quest of the secretary of state limit
ing immigration.
“Peace will not always be possible
If we continue to treat Japan as an
inferior race. Absolute equality is
the thing to make Japan our friend.*'
At present Japan is too poor to
fight, he added.
NEW AIR MAIL
TERMINUS OPEN
New Brunswick. l>ec. 15.— Hadley
field, the New Jersey terminus of
the government transcontinental air
mail route, was « pened today.
The field, about five miles from
this city, takes the place of Hazel
hurst field on Long Island.
Pilot Paul Collins brought in the
first mail car from the west this
noon.
From 47 minutes to an hour xvlll
Ik* saved in transcontinental mail
service by moving the eastern termi
nun to Hadley field with the added ad
vantage of avoiding the fog and oth
er dangers encountered over New
York City.
POISON LIQUOR
TOLL REACHES 7
N'ew York, I>»r. 15.—Another death
from liquor p o i s o n 1 n r today
brought to *ev«n, fh. punibar of fa
talitlo. In th*> Wffk.nil #pldamlc of
"holiday hootch" caac*
In addition, h!x pattern* on Relle
\ up hospital nre not »xp#ct*d to llv«
no a rmmlt of drinking laid liquor,
blxtv a.vrn p*r»nn», Including 11
women, nr* In the alcoholic ward of
the hoeplial.
*-r l liable* Iti Locate
Owiu*r« of 86 l)i\i«lcml (llu-cks
Sidney. Dec. 15.—With Kfl checks,
representing $2,000 worth of dividends
of the iWuiii t First National hank of
Hldney, that was closed In 1&21. for
which he cannot find owners, Harry
d VN ilson, receiver, has made final
settlement of the accounts and been
<1 tf/t 'barged- After months of futile ef |
fort t<» locate owners of these dividend
Checks, he |ms Kent them to the
comptroller of the currency. The
hank finally putd depositors 4.1 per
cent of their deposits.
Will (.oiiloal Settled.
Broken How, Dec. 15.— The contest
against the will of Theodore Frisch
kom. a bachelor, 71. who died shout
■I year ago, was settled oilt of court
last week after two dnvs‘ work pre
IlmlnaiN to trial. By his sill Frisch
kom left Itls estate, mined «t $?0,oA0.
to one sister, Mrs. Jules Hauniunf.
and her non. IBs brother and thief*
nicies contested the will
(.orniHii ( wliinpi
Berlin, Dec |\ t'haui elloi Mai t
today tendered the lenignatlon of his
cabinet w Frtaidtnt ILbtil
State Rail
Body Asked
to Hike Fare
Omaha Trolley Company Will
File Petition for Increase
in Net Return on
Valuation.
Seven Per Cent Sought
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Hallway company will today formally
petition the Nebraska state rai*way
commission for an Increase in Omaha
street car fares.
In a four-page petition, which will
be filed this morning at I.lnooln, the
company declares that Its valuation
has been fixed by the state railway
commission at $14,100,000. that a 7
per cent return on this valuation Is
fair and just and in line with the
commission's rate-making base and
that the company has failed In the
sum of $1,924,941.83 to earn 7 per
cent on the fixed valuation during
thp Iasi five years.
For 1924 the company declares it
self entitled to a return of $949,848.29.
whereas it actually will earn but
$383,098.82. or $364,749.67 less than 7
per cent on the valuation.
Stresses 7 Ter l ent.
"The company, as a matter of legal,
ju« and equitable right, is entitled
to earn a nel revenue over and above
cost of maintenance and operation,
taxes and other expenses, a net sum
of money equal to 7 per cent on the
valuation of the property as fixed by
the Nebraska state railway commis
sion as a base for rate-making pur
poses ' declares the petition.
"The commission. In its opinion
fixing valuation of the company's
property for rate making purposes,
said. 'We will use 7 per cent as repre
senting the necessary annual return
on the fair value.' Again, in its com
putation. It used figures representing
7 per cent on fair value; and again
the commission In its opinion declared
that the 'company's net returns have
fallen considerably below fair return
on a fair value of the property.'
"Computing what would be a fair
return upon the value of the property
on th» rate iaise fixetfT)- the commis
sion. the company is entitled to earn
the following sums:
No Fare Suggested.
!t:« . » *44.*77 47
1*21 . *44.47772
i*2 2 . *4* *i
t*;t . »4».*l* -*
1*24 . *4* 444.2t
Tots) . 14.744 424.70
"After deducting the proportionate
part which should be charged to the
Iowa corporation for use of the Ne
braska property there still remains a
deficit In the following sums:
1*20 .» 575.«27 74
1*2 1 . 444 0*1 4*
1122 . 144.1 74 77
1*22 ... 54 1 1 24 21
1*24 . 544.74* 47
Tats I .$1.*34.041 IS
The street railway company does
not attempt to suggest what It be
lieves would be a proper fare, that be
ing the province of ihc railway com
mission.
MOTORMAN HURT '
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Bellingham. Wash . Dee. 15.—
Motorman S. Garrett was seriously
Injured and seven or eight passengers
suffered less serious Injuries this
morning when an Interurhan from
Helliugliam to Mount Vernon. Wash .
turned completely over and rolled 100
feet down a steep embankment 10
miles south of this city on the slope
of Vhurkanut mountain when the
grade gave way under It for a die
tance of 550 feet. The slide con
tinued down the mountainside across
the state highway and then on to the
Great Northern railway tracks, com
pletely blocking them both. The In
jured were taken to the hospital at
Bellingham.
Heavy <battle Shipments
Received in Holt County
O’Neill. Pec. 15.—The annual In
flux of southern cattle and cattle
frobi the ranges of Wyoming and
.Montana, to be wintered in the heavy
haying region of southern Holt coun
ty. already has begun.
Among the^lienvy (shipments ..f the
last few weeks was one of S.300 bead
shipped front the south hv the Alpl
t’nttle comiwuv of Ariaona, and
which will lw wintered on the l,ee
A Prentiss much, southwest of
O'Neill. The freight bill on these
cattle was slightly pier 326.000.
It is estimated that between 20.000
atnl .10,000 eattle will !>e wintered in
the county sout,h of Kwlng, O'Neill
Atkinson am! Atuart.
Kansas City Fugitive
\Treated at Realriee
Ilea trice. He. 15. William Hell
wanted at Kaneaa Oily for jumping
his bond, was srrested here by the
police, who were given a description
of him some days ago. An officer
will come here to take him lwck to
Kansas titty. Bell's mother resides
In Beatrice
Santa Claus \ isil* ^ ork.
York. !>♦« Ki Sunt* Clau* arr!\c>n
liwt** Kat.utttav f; nut tin
mi.] .via In thr
*«'ln*»l Imnd ;ip] i|]l the I'hil
«lrrn in topD, an tv oil n* man from
lit*' rountt.v Hunt8 n lmtr«>
p*it k from tt hi* It ha itt»tnlbntfsl Mick*
of rand', to thr children. many of 1
whnin folio* n] him about loan Uui
in* ih« aXurnoop ^
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Summary of
the Day in
Washington
Memorial .service* for Woodrow
Wilson were held at the capitol.
The national conference on street
and highway safety began a meeting
at the call of Secretary Hoover.
Corporation incomes derived from
export trade were held by the su
preme court not exempt from the In
come tax.
The Department of Justice reiter
ated its intention to leave the Wee
ha waken, N. J., liquor cases to the
local authorities.
Navy air experts, it was learned,
have plan* for a 6.000,000 cubic foot
airship, which would be the largest
ever proposed.
A favorable trade balance of $108,
000,000 for November was shown in
American trade figures issued by the
Commerce department.
Looseness in execution of work in
the internal revenue bureau was
charged by Chairman Couzens of the
senate investigating committee.
The senate judiciary committee ap
pointed a subcommittee to investigate
the Washington Herald's editorial on
the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill.
Grand Island Is
Swept by ^ orst
Fire in History
j
Loss in ^ arehonoe Blaze Esti
mated at *750,000; Brought
l nder Control After
Hard Fight.
i Bulletin.I
Grand Island. Neb.. Dec. 15.—Al
though reported unde* control, fire
men tonight still were battling one of
the most destructive conflagrations in
the history of this city.
The fire, which for a time threat
ened to destroy the entire wholesale
district, wa« estimated tonight to have
caused damage of not le«* than $759,
900.
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J*> A»MKlitrd I’rfM
Grand island. Neb.. Dec. 15.—Fire,
believed to have been caused by spon
taneous combustion in the Ulry Talbot
company warehouse here this morn
ir.g, destroyed the W" rehouse, to
gether with $299,099 worth of new
sugar belonging to the American Beet
Sugar company, gutted the adjoining
Dolan Fruit codipany warehouse and
caused some damage to the Koehler
hotel before It was brought under
control. The loss is estimated at
$750,009.
Blaze Under Control.
Only the hawklike watchfulness of
the towns citizens prevented the
flames from spreading to other se>
tions of the wholesale district.
At 12 noon firemen brought the
biggest fire In the history of Grand
Island under control. The American
Beet Sugar company had 30.000 bags
of new sugar store! in the Ulry Talbot
building
Karlier in the fire the Union Pacific
passenger depot was threatened. The
wind shifted in the direction of the
retail se-iion. but half* dozen streams
kept the fire within the half block in
which It started.
Roofs Catch Fire.
ignitions were reported on ihe roofs
of the First National bank. Masonic
buildings and Myers' Jewelry store,
and on a score of automobiles parked
within three blocks of the fire. Thf
heavy water pressure burst a main,
but that section was soon cut off.
The Koehler hotel will be oil! of
business for several months. While
the hotel building was saved after I be
fire had worked its war well into it.
It is entirely watersoaked. Borne dam
age to nearly retail stock*, notably
the Marlin dry good* store, from
smoke, is reported.
Richard Goehring, »r.. is probably
the heaviest Individual loser. The
two building* occupied by the w hole
sale companies could not t>e replaced
tor $100,900 and carry only $80,000 in
surance.
I happrll Legion Post
to Stage Rabbit Hunt
CHappell, T»ec. 15.— Mi Aultffe post.
American I-egion. will stage a ick
rabbit hunt west of Chappell Tues
iia> . The Union Pacific will trana ]
port all rabbits killed from here to,
Denver, where they writ tie distributed
Farmers w 111 furnish lunch for th*
hunters amt think they will lie well
paid as the rabbits In that neigh j
horhood have killed lhe alfalfa, cal I
Ing stalks below the crown.
Mrs. Lou kolloy Die*.
Kwrtifv, 1 *c. n Mr*. Uni Krllrx ;
uf Oothenlmrir. died »n thin city Fn j
l*v. Mrs. Kelley her entire ltfe j
here up to nine month* Mr KelW*\ !
nil* engaged tn thf* oiirar making I
tmelnea* until recently when ho clo»*d
iHit hi* hu*tne*s to operate an auto
servt%e Mutton the change botiVF |
made' chiefly to benefit hi* health
Mra. Kelley t« survived by her hu# |
t*nnd. mother and two Mater*.
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Runs for Aid
With Bullet
in Temple
Saleswoman Admits Knowing
Man; ‘*1 Found He Cared
for Me and I Didn't
Want Him," She Says.
Has Chance of Recovery
Shouting- that he had shot himself
because of a woman, blood streaming
from a bullet wound in his temple.
Max Moss, 28, grocer, hailed George
West. Fremont, at Happy HoHow
boulevard and Dodge street Monday
afternoon and asked to be taken to
a doctor.
West took Moss to a drug store at
Fiftieth and Dodge streets and called
the police. They took Moss to the
Lord Lister hospital.
Surgeon Probes for Bullet.
Police Surgeon Greer operated upon
the wounded man at once in an effort
to remove the bullet. He declared that j
the bullet had deflected miraculously
in passing through the skull and had
not entered the brain.
Moss's condition is said to be very .
serious, but there is chance for hla
recover}.
West told police that Moss ran 200
yards after he shot himself.
"He came running down the hill, !
shouting and waving his arms." West
told police. "When he got into my
• ar lie said. 'I've just shot myself over
that damned woman,’ and then he
began just to babble Incoherently.”
Talks Incoherent!}.
After the police arrived Moss con
tinued to talk. His words could only
be understood occasionally. He was
conscious throughout the trip to the
hospital and the operation.
The woman In the case, police say,
is Miss Blanche V. McCoy, 84, 702
fsouth Twenty-fifth street, saleswom
an at the Marybelle shop in Aquilla
Court.
Victim of Melancholia.
Miss McCoy admitted to police that
she had known Moss for six months,
but said that she had seen nothing
- of him for the last two months.
”1 found that he was beginning to
care for me," she said. "Then I found
how things were, and 1 didn't want
to see him any more.”
"I think, they should have taken
iare of him before this." she added,
but refused to explain whet she
meant.
Moss’ partner in the firm of Mc
Ginnis* & Moss, grocers, Twenty
fourth and Jones streets, said that |
Moss was a victim of melancholia
and had been acting peculiarly for
several months.
Wanted to See Mother.
‘‘I'd l>e*n afraid he'd something 1
desperate, but I didn't think he d
shoot himself." McGinntss said. "Only
era*} people shoot themselves.
■'Miss McCoy stopped me several
weeks ago and told me that she
thought 1 should watch him closely.
She seemed to think he was threaten
ed by mental disease.
"She told me that she wanted to
see Moss mother, t want to tafU
with ,ie: explain things.’ sha
told me. 1 don t war.t her to think
I'm just a common woman'.”
Mom lived with hts ntothe- a: the
Florentine apartments at Twenty
fifth and Marry streets.
McGinnis* said that Moss had fre
quently stated away from the store
recently lie hail not been at work
since las’ Friday.
Bullet 1> I*eflected.
Owners of the twit ate garage at
Twenty fourth and Ia-a\ ntrorvh
streets, where Moss kept hts carl iaM
that his car was out of the garage
until early Monday morning. He took,
it out again a few hours later, roih-e
are endeavoring to learn where ho
went l-efore he shot himself shortly
alter noon at Fifty fourth and Dodge
streets.
Police Surgeon Greer, w ho treated
the man. said that a miracle had *
saved Moss from instant death. ThO ?
bullet was fired into the temple front
a .12 caliber automatic pistol, held 1
against his head. In some way th* !
bullet was deflected to the front, of l
the skull and did not penetrate the
brain.
\\ orries \hout l ar.
Moss remained partially conscious
a« doctors probed the wound with
their instruments In an effort to ex
tricate the bullet. He seemed te un
derstand what the d-octors were tty- s
lug to do. for he hekl his head !« a S
l-osiilon w here they could work raoe; j
easily.
Ottos he ssked the surgeons to
send somebody out to look for n\v
car.”
IVioctlve* Nelson. Oetselman and j
Cummings are endeavoring to clear ?
up the twee.
Community lot* Skating
Kink Built at David City
David City. Dec. 18 — The t on,met
rial club of this city. CO ''js*rating
with the Womans club and the Boy
Scouts has decide,! to have * com
munltv ice skating rink on th* west
side of the square. Work ha* •!
io*d\ been started *nd this rink vrtU
tw ready for use this week
I'our Drv Vgouts Srntcnord.
Kanes* city iv, t;, - f\,ur feme*.
I i' ted state, prohibition agent* con
cb ird oi conspiracy and graft toitaw
"*'* „n fenced te two ,e*r* )n the
fe,bv <i penitentiary and fined
•ach
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