,“ti The Omaha ty Burning Bee ' mostly cloudy and probably .non. A A *—# AW A A A A A J. A AT » A 'm.A ▼ ‘ The treater the obstacle, the more / _____ (lory In overcoming It.—Mollere. < CITY EDITION VOL. 54- NO 159~ ~~ OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER* 17, 1924. * TWO CENTSlB ' ■ ZERO WEATHER SWEEPS STATE CALVIN COOLIDM REBUKES JINGOES ;V\v>. _'_— j Split With Wilbur Over « IN avy Looms * President Reaffirms Declara tion That He Is Opposed lo Any Armament Competition. May Mean Cabinet Rift ^ Washington, Dec. IS.—President Coolidge’* determination that the United States shall not engage In any armament competition, irrespective of what other nations may do, was poeitively reaffirmed and emphasized at the White House today. The president told callers that he could see little hope for the future from the standpoint of world peace and economic well-being, if nations resume the business of armament rac ing, and so far as the United States is concerned, Mr. Coolidge made it ■ clear his administration will have none of it. Washington, Dec. 16.—A distinct rift has developed between President Coolidge and ills secretary of the navy. Curtis D. Wilbur, over the American naval policy. A It has widened steadily since the F submission of new budget, appropriat ing $10,000,000 less for the upkeep of the navy this year than last, despite the *vidence of experts and the gen eral board that the navy today 1* con siderably further from the 6-5 S ratio than it was a year ago. Today Washington was filled with renewed reports, which could neither lie positively confirmed nor positively denied, that Secretary Wilbur will soon part company with the adminis tration and either accept a reappoint to the Judicial service or retire to private life President Coolidge is said to havej>een irked by some of Secretary Wilbur's confidential testimony before the house naval affairs committee, which has been coming out piecemeal for a week. Wilbur's views, which reflect Those of the general board, differed widely from those expressed by the president In his message to congress and his subsequent speeches and pa lters. In his message to congress Presi dent Coolidge said: 'Frequent reports will reach us of the magnitude of the military equip ment of other nations. We shall do well to be little Impressed by such re ports or such actions.” » Wilbur's testimony was all In favor 'f of increased appropriations to bring ' the American navy up to a parity with that of Japan in those important auxiliary vessels like cruisers, in which It now lags. Secretary Wilbur has been frequent ly "In hot water” since he became a member of the president's official family. At the direct instance of Mr. Coolidge and William M. Butler, the republican campaign manager, his stumping tour of the west was can celled anti he was summoned back lo Washington. After his return hero tie took no further part in the cam l'ttign . QUARTERMASTER rs, MOVING DELAYED Nothing will be ilone by the govern ment until the end of the fiscal year in restoring the quartermaster depot to Omaha, according to word received .Monday by Clarke G. Powell, com mlasinner of the Chamber of Com merce, and MaJ. Cen. George B. Bun can of the Seventh Corps area. Wholesalers say If the depot can again be brought to Omaha several million dollars will he spent here an nually. The Chamber first worked for depot k last summer, when officials at Wash p ington were given statistics showing that money could be saved the gov ernment In freight and other charges. If the depot should come here, sup plies will lie purchased for the entire Seventh Corps area. r We Have With Us Today w. I). (iranlcher, Coffee and Sugar Grower, Guatemala, C. A. Mr. (Iranlcher has lived In Cuate mala City, Guatemala, for the last three and a half years. He Is a buyer with tho Mg Arm of Quseada A Co., Inc., owners of thousands of acres of sugar and coffee plantations in the Republic of Guatemala, it*** He Is a native of San Francisco * and Is In Omaha for a few Flays to testify 1." a suit In federal court In volvlrig more thmi *100,000 In sugar transection. •T.lfe In Cential America lm» I1" roof! aides," he said. "Guatemala CHy has about 120,000 pe'Fple and occasion >.-»“y you'll see an automobile. But I'll bo glad to get back tii hVlscci. I'm going from there, however, lsA'-’k to ^ I'm plantations." 2 BANK RUBBERS GET QUICK ACTION Greeley, (Tolo.,-Dec. 16.—Quick jus tice was handed out Monday to Jesse T. Layton, alias David Lockhart, 23, and Ernest McCauley, alias John Small. 32, when they pleaded guilty in district court to robbing the First State hank at Kannsburg, Colo. After hearing their please District Judge Neil F. Graham sentenced each to from 20 yedrs to life in the state penitentiary, just 72 hours after they had robbed the bank of about $550. Farm Crops Value Is $9,479,902,000. but Volume Is Low Combined Acreage Smaller This War Than Last, but Better Prices Boost Total V alues. Washington, Dec. 16.—This year’s harvest of important farm crops, the highest priced in live years, though not the greatest- in volume of prod ucts, was valued at $9,479,902,000 to day by the Department of Agricul ture. Better prices than last year placed tlie value $753,013,000 higher than Inst year, when the total, as revised, was $8,726,889,000, and $1,663,882,000 high er than in 1922, when they aggre gated $7,816,020,000. The combined acreage of the princi pal farm crops was smaller this year than last, there having been a total of 355,210,400 acres, as compared with 355,594,730 in 1D23. Both the spring and winter wheat crops were extremely satisfactory, but corn had an unfavorable season. Cotton, planted late, was affected by drouth to some extent, but a fair crop was produced. A large crop of pota toes, on a smaller acreage than In recent years, resulted from unusually favorable weather. Corn maintained its rank as king of crops, and, although production was 600.000,000 bushels less than last year, Its value was $188,000,000 more than the 1923 crop. The total value of corn was placed at $2,405,468,000. Cotton ranked second, with a total value of $1,683,274,000, of which $1,487,225,000 was thp value of lint and $196,049,000 the value of seed. Hay, with *a total value for tame and wild of $1,467,648,000, was third crop in point of income. Wheat ranked fourth with a total value for spring and winter of $1,136,596,000. 1 REPORTED DEAD IN MINE FIGHTING Charleston, W. Ya., Mcc. 16.—One person was killed and several wound ed in fighting that broke out at Ka\ ford, in the Cabin Creek coal mining district this morning. It was an nounced at state police headquarters here. Cause of the fighting is not known. FATHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS BURN Ogden, T’tah, Dec*. 1ft.—Lewi* Hoope* and hi* two daughters, 10 and 14, were burned to death early this morn ing when fire destroyed the Hoopes i home at Tetonla, Idaho, according to word received here. Mr*. Hoopes, who escaped unharmed, notified her brother here of the tragedy. Loolidge 1’rohahly Will Not Leave Washington Washington, Dec. 16.—Possibility’ of any trips following adjournment of congress and the Inauguration Is considered slight by President Cool idge. Suggestions recently have been made that the president, after his In auguration, visit the south or west, two sections he lias not Included on any of the few trips lie has mode since entering the While House, but the president has given no thought to any such plans. It Is considered Im probable at this lime that lie will he able to accept the invitation tendered him yesterday by the I'nlted States Mood Itoads asst,diet Ion otic! the Jtankheud National Highway assocla lion to attend the uieelings of the two organisation* In April ut Houston, Tex. Slayers of American* Liven Death Sentences Tirana, Albnnln, Dw. 1H. Klv«* of (he men convVted by court-martial of thu murder laat April of Hubert L. <'oleum n of Shu Krai%ci*ro und Oforge 15. DeLnng of New Turk, have been sentenced to death. Three other* have been condemned t«> 10 year*' Im prisonment with hard labor. Shaw Orileretl Held. Chicago, Deo. lft.—(Jeni-ge Shaw, a ehell nhocked war veteran, umr order **d held for murder by a coroner’* Jury for the killing of IiIm father. Hruoe A Hlmw, wealthy Inventor, with a *abcr. New Passenger Ship. Wsshlngtnn lie . 16 The slilpplng board today approved the plan of the American Hh wallan Hieamuhlp com lHilly lo build a P'jaenger *hlp, the total rout of which Will be $G,5(50,000 Child Sees Mother Shot by Father Man Kills Wife anti Then Takes Own Life; Quarreled Over Christmas Packages. Six Children Survive J. G. II. Lang, 56, Lake Manana, shot anil killed his wife at their home Tuesday morning because she would nut show him the contents of a Christmas package. After emptying Ihe chambers of his revolver, he carried the smoking weapon to his bedroom, reloaded it and fired two bullets into his own heart. Re died at the feet, of bis 12-year-old stepdaughter. Luella. who had seen him shoot her mother. The dying mother called to the gtrl: "Kiss hie. Luella; I'm dying. Run for help.“ The child ran shrieking from the house' and called neighbors. The mother died 30 minutes later in the arms of tier daughter and son, Harold, 1 who came to the houpe a few minutes after the shooting. Officers had not then arrived. According to the child’s sobbing story, the argument began while she was seated with her father and mother at the breakfast table. Her father had seen a package addressed to Mrs. A. U. Soloneky, Mrs. Lang s daughter, who lives at Webster City, la. It had been lying on the countei in the grocery store w hich Lang oper ates. adjoining their home. "What’s in the package?’’ he de manded, the girl told officers. ■'Just some knick-knacks." the mother replied. "Nothing that would Interest you.” Angered by Krasivu. The evasion angered her husband, the daughter said. lie Insisted on knowing what the package held, and his wife grew determined that he should not know. They argued heatedly. I^ang suddenly Interrupted the argument to say: "J want you to Lend the store to day.” Still worried over the argument, Mrs. Lang refused. “I've got a rash on my neck,” she said. "It might he contagious; some of the customers might get It.’’ Km plies Revolver. - Her husband rose from the table without a word, the child said, and went to his bedroom, adjoining the dining room. Mrs. I-ang also rose, and walked into the living room. The daughter, Luella, was In her bedroom, adjoining the living room. Suddenly I .a tig appeared In tha doorway between the living room and dining room, holding a shiny nickel plated revolver. Re leveled the gun at his wife and emptied It as rapidly as he could pull iTurn In I'ttfff HR, I olnmn One.) FAMILY QUARREL FATAL TO THREE Vancouver, Wajth., Pee. 16.—A man. a woman and n girl, aged 4. are dead and two other children aw in a hospital with gunahot wounds aa the result of nn attempt to an.lhl late a whole family by the man, fol lowing a quarrel over finances, and which finally ended In his suicide. The dead are .tames M. McGInley, Mrs. Mary McGInley, his bride of leas tliun 10 days, and Lueile Calla way, a daughter of Mrs. McGInley. Foreign Missions Safe After Mutiny in kalgun Washington, Dee. 16.— Foreign ml* alone and missionaries were reported safe In Kalgmi after troops of the fourth mobilized brigade, part of the command of the governor general of t'hanar had mutinied, In advices to the State Department today from Kd win F. Stanton, vice consul at the Chinese city. The business district WSn luted. Charge Mayer of the American le gallon at Peking Informed the depart ment that he had addressed a note to the foreign office Insisting that all possible protection to American life and property he given. The for eign office Informed him that order hud been restored after the .looting had continued from last evening until early today. *utn faction* will tie united Hgtiinst Bear Ail tnlrnl I,utils M. Nnlton Ims been *• lecled by the Navy department to sue ceed ltesr Admiral Henry It. Wilson as superintendent of the nnvv argil my at Annapolis, when the latter n the* from a< tlve arrvh a next Fed ruary. Admiral N'elaon now Is In command of latllh'shlp division No. 3, In the fleet In pai Ifh* vv filers. (iarage Is Solti. M|tffl«l IHupitlelt In fh# Umnhik Hee. <'olutnbiM. Nfh ?N*r hi Male «■! thHr fain no bar* nn«l thr ill*! rU'titin. nfrtiey for nutnmobll*'* In IMntto Ami cotniU** by )ktirn« H W II non 1«» Tt'owhrlilf * A .luhiiNun «• i KIkIh. NVh.. ttu* tom pit'll" l linin' Jolin Druikw alcr W ede. fgindon, Dec It. .John Drink WhI»»r, lit*- pinywM'lxht, mil M!*n l>«i«\ k^ntitily, wltlfly knuivn lOn^ Hah vlollnlat, wtr# muntaU had not heard what had happened ft. It. “Jack Dempsey'.”'she aaid. “Well, right now I'm not saying anything about anything. There are lots of things 1 would like to say, hut I might say just the tiling that would start a lot of trouble, and I've had enough already. “However, If the decree is grant ed, there may be some news.” Rumors that Miss Taylor and Dempsey were engaged became lively when the two “just happened” to catch ‘ the same train for the east a month or so ago. Miss Tajlof Is due to figure In another court case soon, when she goes to San Francisco to testify in tlie “fur coat.” affair that revolves about Max Graf, film producer. As sociates of Graf i barge that he em bezzled the coat fro mthe company and gave it to Miss Taylor. He says he provided it for ft movie scene and that It was included in regular expenses. !Gretna Approves Paving Bonds Taxpayers of Precinct Note $25,000 to Gravel Highway. By ft vote of 203 to 21, the tax payers of Gretna precinct today voted bonds in the amount of $25,000 for gravellng eight and a half miles of highway through the precinct of Gretna. The stretch to he graveled In one of the links that when completed will make a through gravel highway from Omaha to Lincoln. The piece to be improved by today's voting ex tends six miles south from Gretna to the line of Melia precinct and two and a half miles north and east to connect with the gravel road at Elk horn. Some time during the latter part of Itecember or eariy in January the voters of Mctla precinct will vote on three miles of highway, that will be the laet connecting link in the Otnaha-Llncoln highway. The action of the voters in the Gretna princts is taken to assure success of the other proposition, RESERVE BANK PLANS ARE TOLD Tlie new structure of the Omaha branch of the Federal Deserve bank of the Tenth dislrlct, with headquar ters at Kansas City, will not bear the name of Kansas City in large leittU'S. according to word received In Omaha from Governor W". J. Bailey of the parent bank. Bailey said the letters were not meant to be placed on the bank and that the drawing submitted was simply an architect's conception. Work on the hank at Seventeenth and Dodge streets hegsn in earnest Monday. LIONS TO HEAR LEGION PARSON Father J. A. Augney. chaplain for: tl»e American Legion, wan to give a talk on hi* recent trip to Kurope at j the noon meeting of the I Aon* club Tuesday noon at the Hotel Fontenelle. Gilbert (Jendall, Roy Scout executive, whs to give a short talk. Charles Osborne is chairman of the meeting. Shoulders Sold for Ham hy lVddl»T at Oakland Oakland, Dm. IS.—At a Ion* of 13 rent* a pound for pork lh< people of Oakland hav« learned the differ enoc between ham* and .houlders through the ndarepreMiitatlon of a HlranKcr who recently drove Into town with a load of what he called Itome-augiM- cured hnm.x, obtained n peddler’a llceper from tha city clerk and dl*|>o*ed of nearly all at Jo rent* a pound. 3’ho peddler finally entered a homo where they knew "horn what am” and hy the time the authorities were Informed of the misrepresentation the •’hum” peddler had left town. It wne found that the "ham*" were •boulder* which dealers here *ell ft»r 17 cent* a pound. Doctor Pro|tones School Nurnc l.uw Amendment DI-pHtt li In I lie Otnnltft Hef. Columbus Nob.. Hot', 16 Amwntl Difnl f»f present school law* In sut h way ns lo require each county having mnic than 6.000 school chll then to employ * county school mtrsc will N‘ sought during the coming scs slon of the state Icgislnturc. ilsclarsA l>r. I: K Koclth**. city phvstdan. to dtiy. Soldier* Not Illumed. 1 ,mr* do. Tex I tee. lit Mexican soldi* rs lnt«l nothing to do with tb«» shooting heir y*st**r»1n\ of 1*#put> Sheriff Joseph Fierros Sh«*f Iff \ 1 i‘«*mhcn said t• *tfm\, following an In vrfttigatinn i*v tlcm-i Al (he p|h, com foamier of the Noma Laicgo garrl Ron. * State Bares Conduct of Poisoners Evidence of Indiscretions of Pasto'* and Elsie Sweetin Brotifdit Out When Her Confession Barred. Hight Waves His Signals Mt. Vernon, til., Dec. 16.—Losing Its fight to have go to the jury the alleged confession of Mrs. Elsiei Sweetin. that she thrice gave poison to her husband, tvilford. at the insti gation of Lawrence M. Might, the prosecution today opened a new line of testimony when witnesses were called from Ina. III., to tell of the conduct of the co defendants at tly time Hight was pastor of an Ina church. With the alleged confession ruled out. the state prepared to produce everything it could to show that iyi proper relations existed between Mrs. Sweetin and Hight before and after the death of WIlford Sweetin. Evidence as to a "tie pile." » hleh stood some distance from the Sweetin home and upon which Hight Is al leged to have climbed to wig wag signals to Mrs. Sweetin, came first. At t amp Meeting. Then testimony was introduced as to remarks alleged to have been made by Hight when lie preached the funeral of Wilford Sweetin. the man for whose murder he Is now on trial Then there was evidence as to a! leged Indiscretions of Hight and Mrs. Sweetin at a camp meeting a few weegs after S** eetln's Oeatn. at which Hight was one of the exhorter* and at which Mrs. Sweetin « ■ upied a cot tage adjoining that of the Hight fam lly. Mrs. Dllio Clinton of Ina testified she attended t hi - camp meeting and that she frequent;? observed Hight leave the t.»i>ernarle. the large build, ing In which services were held, and "go north." Shortly after this, she aa;d. Mr-. Sweetin would "leave the tabernacle and go north, too." Mrs. Irene Christian of Ina testified that during the months of last May and .Tune, she saw Hight go to the Sweetin home frequently . Went to Hack Ikior. "He would go around to the l>*ck door." she testified. Vivian Taylor testified concerning the funeral sermon of Sweetin. preached by Might. "Mr. Might, In his opening remarks, said lie felt unworthy to preach the sermon." she testified. "Among oth er thing, h# said, he prayed to Cod for a chance at this man. and then told how he had saved his sou) on his deathbed.” Esther Fowler of ina testified that she had seen Hight standing on the tie pile, some dletam-e from the Sweetin home, with his hat off. -He was all alone." the witness said. "Sometimes he sat on the pile. ‘ Alva N. Turner of Ina then took the stand. "Might would stand by the tie pile and wave his handkerchief arounl and then he would climb upon the pile ami sit there like a stuffed toad," Turner testified. TRAIN HITS TRAM; 3 PERSONS DEAD Helena, M-int . l>0. 1* —Three pel adiis were killed, two other* probably fatally hurt nnd six lee* seriously In Jurnd just hi fore noon today w hen a (treat Northern train crashed into a street car on a croMlnj here. Difficulty on Southern Pacific It* Now: Settled 8*ui l^mncigco, DtC. 14—The differ* eno«« between the Southern Pacific company and It* worker* in engtne service, which resulted recently in f«n overwhelming vote to strike, have been Atnicablr settled, according to an agreement made public today by :he company. The agreement will maau a total wage advance of approximately $i»00. poo a xear on the Sent tier n Pacific ayatem. the company announced. The (new wage Agreement I* retroactive to September 1. Bride of Rhinelander W ill Demand Vlimoti) New York. I h*s 16,-—Not leg of »n application bx Vti* Mice Jones Rhinelander for $1,004 alimony and J $ 10,000 counsel fee* from heonardj Kip Rhinelander pending trial of hi* action for Annulment of their mar riage wan served upon leon R Jacob*. Rhinelander* attorney, by Judge Swinburne of New Rochalkt counsel f«»r Mr* Rhinelander. l)t*|MhfiH»0\ffllOf of hiangsu 1> Prisoner Shanghai. IVo, 16, <*h| Match Yuan. rot ding to AtivkfN here j Me * *ald to la held for % noutom *»f >.100 to |»r paid to each of the men) ierg of the detachment holding him. * SHOALS MEASURE WINS IN SKIRMISH Washington. Dec. 16— Supporters of the Underwood Muscle Phoals bill won a sweeping victory in the senate late today. Combining with administration forces, they defeated an amendment to the rtieasure by Senator Smith, democrat of South Carolina, which would have prevented leasing of the huge nitrate and power project to private interest*. The vote, regarded as a conclusive test of strength In Underwood bill, strongly indicated its final passage by the senate. Christmas Suicide Pact Principal Is Given Prison Term Dan Deetz Knters Guilty Plea lo One of Charges Against Hin»; Accounts for Poison Tablets. Grand Island. Neb.. Dec. IS.—Dan A. Iteetz principal figure in the re cem alleged intriguing in the district court, and held on several charges including the concealing of stolen cars, today decided to plead guilty to this charge, and to take his sen tence. Mildred Camp, the fugitive witness, wanted in the case, has not as yet been brought back from Ca!J fornia, but is on the way. In the custody of the sheriff. Deetz. in a statement to the court, said that he obtained the poison, of which he sent one tablet to Mildred Camp, for a suicide pact to be carried out at Christmas time, from Mrs. Deetz, but not for that purpose. Mrs. Deetz had procured the tablets to protect him from disease which he had Indicated might be caught in jail. Deetz denied that he had himself stolen the automobile in question and when sentenced to from five year* to i* vears in the penitentiary, protest | ed with the statement that he had | been told by Attorney McDermott, of Kearney, that Attorney Suhr had agreed to recommend an indetermin ate sentence of from one to 10 years. Attorney Suhr denied this: demanded an inquiry by the court and when It was made, the statement of Attornev McDermott was that he had merely expressed his opinion to ]>eet* that this would be the sentence. The Mildred Camp end of the case is still to be determined. W. A. Prince, attorney for l>eetz, cleared himself of any odium in connection With the disclosed conspiracy between Mildred Camp and Deetz, or the dis appearance of the Camp girl. FOUR KILLED ON WAY FROM DANCE Sterling. Colo., Per. 1*.—Four young persons who hail attended a dance at the Elks club here, were ground to death under the wheel* of a Burlington train at midnight while they were en route to Illff. ]2 mile* from Sterling. The dead are: Vivian Gill, 20, and Esther Rlaik. 20, teacher* In the Illff Colo., school: Walter Mad, 24 Sterl log. and John Shugart. 25, a travel ing salesman. The young women were being' taken to their homes in Iliff. Due to falling snow the approaching train was not seen, it is believed and the ,automobile in which the four were riding was struck and demolished All were killed almost instantly and their bodies badly mangled. The train w vs stopped and the bodies I rought to sterling. The accident j occurred about two miles from here. Serbian Troops Attack on Albanian Frontier By Frm, reunion. Dec. 1«.—The Albanian legation in tgindon this evening re vived a message from Tirana etating that "the prefecture of Plhra wires that a violent bombardment began early this morning on the Serbian frontier against the Albanian troops. ’ The message declared that the Al banian commander of the Goeovo dis trict “wires that the first attack on the Vlluintan frontier was made h\ Serbian troops, who, after they crow ed the frontier, were re pi .toed by Ir regular*. Fighting continued all along the frontier. Yesterday the customs authorities of Scutari cap tured.*! Zogat a boat full of ammuni tion coming from the Montenegro frontier Kailit'gl to Prison. st Joseph. Mich., Deo. 1«--Ghat lea K ttuthenherg. whose conviction on i charge of violating the Michigan *> net rwntly wan uphel \ the Mate *upt*n>« court. linn orrt*r*| to uppt'Ar b«for* Ju.tr* White MobBm} for MtnstthY The Weather V---._ Kor 14 treu * *"'! m T r re I**- \* >'■ vi ip. tutiviD hrhM *n«1 ,un.l*^M«hg l iIsaI it 1t>ui gif JunuA.A L J* -t * • Hi«i»i« TtmprrulHn* * > w. . . f 4 I b. pi ,,,. , \ * * "» . t* 5 y h * * ...... t * * A * - ..... it k v» it ..««. \l * * m .!•* V fi tn ..*1 *. . i ♦ P PA .• \ » ** .... 4 T t **l .• l. fa.in > r tn ««.»•.9{ 24 Degree Drop in Day Is Recorded Snow Flurries Accompany Cold Wave Here; Motorists Stranded by Low Temperature. Four Fires Reported Sub zero weather, accompanied by a brisk north wind, held Nebraska and Iowa in its grip Tuesday. Four fires were reported as a re sult of the weather, three near Co lumbus, Neb , caused by exploding oil stoves and one near Council Bluffs caused from an over heated flue pipe. For the first time this season Omaha received a taste of aero weather. The thermometer stood at 21 at o Tuesday morning but the temperature was dropping rapidly and at It It was four dpgrees abo-• xero. At noon Meteorologist M. V. Robins, announced a reading of one degree above zero. That mark was held until o when the mercury sank to zero. It remained at bero until after 8. Three F arm Fire*. Slight snow flurries marked th* day. It was almost too cold for a good snow- storm but hard dry flakes, whipped by the wind fell at intervals all day. Meteorologist Robins de clared thtft .01 inch of moisture fell during the day. Motorists, who had neglected to fill the radiators of their cars writh non freeze solutions were in difficulty about the down town streets. A com mon sight was some unfortunate working valiantly with auto crank to start a cold and stubborn motor. Columbus, Neb., experienced xero weather Tuesday evening. The ther mometers there registered one degree below zero at *. The falling tempera ture was accompanied by a sharp north wind. Business was almost brought to a standstill. Three fires near Columbus were laid directly to the cold weather. At three homes oil heaters in bedrooms exploded. ATI the fires were at farm houses. The first was at the home of Arthur Jackson. The second was at the home of Mrs. Ida Jackson and the third was at the home of E. II. 1 Zourich. Cold Wave General. The flames in every instance were controlled quickly and damages were slight. At Norfolk, Neb., the mercury dropped to four degrees below zero. A sharp wind, which struck the town just prior to the cold snap, continued through the day and colder weather was expected. The cold weather was general over northern Nebraska and South Dakota. Roads, for the most part, remained fair, although on some of the little used roads the freezing weather de veloped ruts that made driving a lit tle difficult. Beatrice, Neb., reported the coldest weather of the season for that point, when the mercury reeched five de gree above zero. The wind was drlv itig across the city and the merebry was falling Tuesday evening with every- indication that the first eub xero weather of the season would be recorded before morning. A light snow fell at Beatr.c* throughout the dsy. The snow i>u i.ght and drifted before the wind. Herriot Improved. Paris. Dec. It.—Continued improve- • tnent in the condition of Premier Her* Hot was reported today. The decision of his physicians that he must re main in bed for some time wag un changed. r-----— Summary of the Day in Washington The house considered the navy ap» proprtatton bill. The senate indicated a preference for rrlvate operation of Muscle Shoals. Joseph W. McIntosh of Illinois was nominated a* comptroller of the eur» rency. The national conference on street and highway traffic made recommen dations and adjourned An attempt to over ride President Coolldge’s veto of the postal pay btlj was (docked in the senate. President Ceolidge, it was mid. at the White House, does not believe so investigation of the navy Is neces sary. Representative Crisp of Georgia. a member of the debt commission, told the house no concrete proposal on the French debt had been submitted. It was indicated at the IVpartment of Justice that the Atlanta federal (•enitentlary removal cases might In volve a wider development. State department official* declared (he protest of Soviet Foreign Minister j Tchitcherln on the operations of the cutter bear would not be answered : The American embassy In Mexico was instructed to Investigate the shooting of tveputy Sheriff Joseph Ftsrroa of M ebb County-, Teg., near N uev .. The senate . anipugn expenditures (n\cat (gating committee dismissed (tu. report of a It iHVi.SiHI repuMh'sn *lu*h fund,” purporte*t to have (won hand), d ttviough Imr wes.ern reserve banka a