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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.
<ioolitlgt-'s Fallirr Dci lnn s.
W ashirigton, Dec. 16. President
Coolldge received word from his
father, John Coolldge, that the elder
Coolldgs had decided against accept
ing an Invitation to spend Christ
mas nt the White House, but that
he would probably come to Washing
ton to see his son Inaugurated
March 4.
(.ruinl Dut'hraa Sails.
New York, Deo. 16. (hand Duchess
Victoria Feodorovnn. sa if** of th«
giand duke. Cj ril. clairmuit of the
Russian throne, sailed for Kuropc
after r brief visit In this country.
“All Ku*>*utn faction* will tie united
Hgtiinst <he soviet when the time
comer," she said.
^ •
Junior of Dempsey-Taylor Nuptials
Crops Out Again After Divorce News
Film Actress, on Eve of Receiving Her Decree from Kenneth M.
Peacock, Refuses to Affirm or Deny Plans
to Becoipe Bride of Boxer.
By (nherial H«nlce.
Los Angeles, Dec. 1R?—With
Philadelphia courts apparently
vorce for Estelle Taylor, film act
ress. from Kenneth M. Peacock,
the rumor of Miss Taylor's engage
ment to Jack Dempsey has taken
on new life.
Dispatches from Philadelphia to
day stated that the suit was filed
in September and that the report
of the master in the case, filed
November 14, has just beetn ap
proved. The report listed no ex
ception*. 1'ndcr tiie Pennsylvania
law, the case now goes to the judge
for decision and when, as ill tills
case, no exceptions are listed, the
Judge usually grants the decree.
•1 didn't know that tilings were
moving so fast, hut l eortainlv hope
it’s true, ' said Miss Taylor today.
She admitted that the divorce suit
had been filed, but said that she
Carl Hough Calm
at Life Sentence
"’iou've Said It All,”
Responds to Judge" i»
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•special lli,|»teh I. The Omaha lire.
Bedford. la., Dec. 16.—Standing
alone before the bar of justice, in an
empty courtroom, his parents having
deserted him, Carl Hough, 23, today
heard Judge Homer Fuller pronounce
life sentence upon him in district
court here for the murder of Miss
IJIllan McKenney of Herrick, 8. D.,
whose bruised body was found under
a bridge 13 miles west of Bedford
last August 13.
Judge Fuller, in passing the sen
tence recommended by the Jury 10
• lays ago, further urged that the
parole tioard never consider a parole
for the convicted slayer.
Hough showed little emotion as
sentence was pronounced, maintain
ing the same nonchalance as through
out the trial. IV hen asked by Judge
Fuller if he had anything to say, he
looked up and remarked, "Not a
thing. You have snld It all.”
None of Hough’s relatives nor
those of the slain girl were in the
courtroom at the time, they having
returned home after the trial.
Motion of Hough's counsel for a
new trial Monday was denied by
Judge Fuller this morning, just be
fore he passed sentence. Hough will
be taken to Fort Madison i»enlten
tlary Wednesday to start his life sen
tence.
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
ON MATE’S GRAVE
Brentwood, X. V. He*-. Ik.-t’hoos
Ing her husband * grave In Brent
wood cemetery an a pyre, Mra. Laura
Baker killed herself by fire and poison
today.
V phvshian said he believed Mrs.
Baker swallowed poison, saturated
her clothing with gasoline ami then
turned herself Into a living column
of Hamcs by applying a match
Kmpty bottles which had contained
a poison and gasoline were found near
the grave.
Dugs Domesticated a*
Long as 7.000 Years Ago
By I nhrrMl n Iff.
Chicago, Dec. III.—Proof that dogs
were domesticated as long as 7.lino
years ago h is come out of the sn. lent
tombs of Kish, the oldest city of
which history bus record.
Prof. B. laingdon. In a report to D.
C. Davies, director of Field musruns
today told of finding 1111100 clay
canine figures In a chamber of tbs
palace library of Kish. Another
figure was found In the tomb of n
child, Indicating, the archaeloglst
declared, that dogs were regarded £e
playmates of children.
New Superintendent at
Annapoli* Na\al Academy
Washington, Dec. li> 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. <f«*po*ed lutlttarx uoxenor of
Klingsu province. t«* reported to l*e a
pi '%*ne» of * detachineni of hi* own
troop*. U» Nanking, capital of thej
pt ox itn «, (t>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.
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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
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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.
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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
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