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. _ _^^tory of Justice over force.—Galsworthy.
^ v CiTY ED1TIOW V0Ia 54—NO. 160. OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924. *TWO CENTS10 Sr7v\h,c^ - - ,
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Realtors to
Draft Tram
Relief Bill
Legislative Committee In
structed to Draw I p Meas
ure Providing for Re
^ newal of Franchise.
Provides Bus Line
The legislative committee of the
Omaha Heal Kstate board will draft
fur presentation to the legislature a
bill which it passed, will enable the
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street
^ Itallway company to secure a rcnew
al of its franchise.
* The committee was instructed to
prepare the measure by the members
of the board meeting Wednesday
noon at the Chamber of Commerce.
Included in the bill will be provisions
designed to eliminate a section of
the present law which prohibits the
granting of more that? five miles of
franchise at any one election.
The bill is also expected to incor
porate a section which provides for
the estblishment of a hug service to
be operated as an auxiliary to the
present street car system.
Company to Pay for Ejection.
Occupation tax, from the payment
of which the street railway company
has asked to be relieved, is not men
tioned in the report approved and
made public by the realtors. The re
port, however, does state that the
cost of paving between the rails
should be levied upon abutting prop
erty owners and not upon the street
railway company as at present.
A Should the street railway company
s -ek relief from the payment of pav
' mg costs in the form of a charter
amendment to be placed before the
public, the necessary election expense
should be borne by the company, the
report declares.
The report expresses confidence in
the ability of the state railway com
mission to determine the proper fare
and recommends that the city coun
cil, in its proposed hearing with the
commission, request no authorization
or fares effective after December SI,
••*** 3 025. It Is the thought of the real
tors that at that time the expenses
and earnings of the company for
1925, as well as whether or not the
company has been relieved of paving
expense, should be considered before
a more permanent fare charge Is al
lowed.
Relief Necessary.
The report of the realtors, in part,
VI lows:
The street railway company's
franchise expires January 1, 1928,
r,nd, w'hlle the company claims a
perpetual franchise and the city
claims otherwise, long litigation
would be required to definitely set
tle this point. Under the laws of
the state at the present, no fran
V chise or extension can be granted
( * except by a vote of the people, and
under that law' at present no fran
chise can be granted for more than
(Ive miles at any one election.
The maturity of the company’s
first mortgage bonds, in the sum
of $9,619,000, on January 1, 1928,
places the company In a serious
situation as to refinancing or re
funding, and unless relief Is grant
ed to the company so that It may
show more prof! table operations and
is granted the right to use the
streets after January 1, 1928, for a
period of years, refinancing may be
Impossible and the company will be
thrown Into receivership or foreclos
ure. Such a condition would mean
a rundown system with very poor
g service, which would react In a
great, financial loss to merchants,
property owners and business In
general.
At present, under the city char
ter, the company Is required to pay
for paving between the rails, which
the compajiy states amounts to ap
proximately $60,000 per year. The
company can be relieved of this re
quirement only by amendment to
the city charter, which can be done
only by a. vote of the people.
i WINNIPEG WHEAT
y i MAKES NEW HIGH
Winnipeg, Dee. 17.—Wheat prices
on the AVInnipeg exchange this morn
ing again shattered all post war rec
ords, when the December future
reached $1.71% and May 1.787*. The
market at. 11 o’clock eased of about
’* cent, as heavy profit taking came
in at the pejik.
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We Have
With Us 1
Today
Horace Hrreley .lames,
Chicago,
Oil Man.
Thirty six years ago Mr, James
• lived up to Ills given names by rom
Ing west, lie stopped In Omahs, hut
ee'* v/ss disgusted with the town, snd
xvas ready to Jeate the day after he
arrived. Instead, lie went to work
f a- The Omaha Bee In the business
office, and lila disgust soon changed
to a desire In remain here, h* “aid.
lames Is president of tin .Missouri
V OH Men's association, and secretary
• <*f the American Oil M-n'n asaorla
tlon. Ill ha,- been attending a men
1ng of the Nebraska Independent OH
Jlen'a aaauctallon at Hotel Roma
Wymore Man Finds His
Mother Dead on Return
From Father s Funeral.
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Wymore, Deo. 17.—Mrs. Wayne
Sapp, 65, widow of M.' I,. Sapp and
resident of Wymore for the last 30
years, who suffered a paralytic stroke
eight days ago, died at her home here
Tuesday. The former huslmnd, M. I,.
Sapp, died suddenly six (lays ago near
Cody, Wyo., and the only child, Har
ley Sapp, railway switchman, of Wy
more readied Wymore after attend
ing the funeral of his father a few
hours after the death of his mother.
An aged mother and several brothers
and sisters of Mrs. Sapp, all of Wy
more, survive.
Nebraska Fowls
Healthy, Poultry
Ex]>ert Declares
Chickens, Ducks, CeeSe and
Turkeys May Be Consumed
„ Without Fear During
Holidays.
1 Jncoln, Neb., Dec. 17.—Nebraska
need have no fear of disease In chick
ens or other poultry and can use it
freely during the holidays as usual.
Dr. Li. Van K*. pathological expert
at the College of Agriculture,-said
here today in discussing the embargo
placed on live chickens by New York
City and California. Dr. Van Ks be
lieves that there is no reason at this
time for people to curtail the use of
poultry.
Dr. Van Ea enlarged upon hi* state
ment, made yesterday, that the dis
ease reported can be likened to Euro
pean fowl plague, hitherto unknown
in this country. This disease is like
fowl cholera, he said, and can only
be differentiated from it by a labra
tory tesi. Poultry received for test
ing at the college gives no indication
of such a disease. Dr. Van Es says
there is no reason to believe that
European fowl plague exists in Ne
braska until definite proof has been
established.
The agricultural department wants
poultry owners in the state to co
operate with it by sending chickens
with a cholera-like disease to the col
lege t8r laboratory testing.
Governor Charles \V. Bryan^ an
nounced that he had received a tele
gram this afternoon from a poultry
transit company at Chicago saying
that the health Lioard there had
agreed there should he no embarger
on poultry at the Chicago market.
COMMITTEE TOLD
OF ROOD DANGER
Washington, Dec. 17.— More than
50,000 inhabitants of imperial valley.
(Jalifornla, are in imminent danger
of a flood, w hich would sweep a way
all of their possessions and put the
area, under water for many yenrs, it
was declared here today by Itepre.
sentative Swing of California, at the
opening of senate committee hearings
on the Hwing-Johnson hill for the
utilization of waters of the Colorado
river in reclamation work.
Senator Johnson, coauthor of the
bill, declared that the project would
pey for itself within .10 years with
interest through the sale of electric
power generated at the dam.
STOTHART DEATH
LAID TO POISON
New York, Dec. 17.—Cyanide of
potassium appears to have caused
the death of Mrs. Dorothy Htothart,
the county medical examiner report
ed this afternoon after an autopsy
on the body of the wife of Herbert
Htothart, Rroadwav composer. Jl's.
Stoharf died from a potion she
drank after a quarrel yith her hus
band.
It was the supposition of relatives
of Mrs. Htohart that hy mistake she
drank a shoe cleaning fluid as a head
ache antidote In the Stohart apart
ment. Chemists said cyanide of po
tassium might well be one of the In
gredients of such a polish.
22 PERSONS HURT
IN TRAM ACCIDENT
Kansas fMty, Kan., Dec. 17. Twen
ty-two par non a v ere Injured hff* to
day when a atreet car alld down a
ateep grade and turned over on a
! curve.
M. H. Marhlr Notary Public
at Table Rw-k for 12 V ear*
Table Hock, Dec. 17. M.-il. Msr
Me of Table Rock, who wan commie
atoned Inat. Haturday by Governor
Bryan an a notary public, cifn boaat
of quite a record In that line. Ilia
Aral commiaalon for this office wan
from Governor Jamea \V. Ha wee, on
uncle of the vice president elect, auO
he haa aerved 4 2 yeare.
Road* Rough After Krme.
Kearney, Her. 17.— Buffalo county
ronds are at III far from being: apeed
way*, though two weekn have olapiicd
alnce Platte wan draped with » enow
mantle 14 Ipchen deep. I .one* were
quickly cut through huge drifta, but
there follower! Iieav.v thnwn which
made even 1 heae oneway truck* nl
moat ImpaiiKfthlc. They were churned
Into mud, and with a aluinp In the
tempera! ure down to the •/,*• «» mail;
the road have frozen hard, preaentlng
a, riding nurface that will la> the
good nature of the moM optlmiatl"
autolai
U.S.B eh-*d
Othe^A
Air Power
Army Aviation Chief Says
America Has Only 450
Pilots Fit to Fight;
Asks More Cash.
Britain and Japan Lead
Washington, lice. 17.—England nn«l
Japan* arc probably the greatest air
powers in the world, while the United
States Is about on a level with Italy,
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assistant
chief of fhe army ah' service, testi
fied today before a house investigat
ing committee.
The British, General Mityhell said,
are now trying to lay the foundation
of air supremacy as they did with
their fleet. Japan owes its excellent
air service, he said, to Its efforts
toward consolidation of all flying ac
tivities.
Could Control Seas.
General Mitchell said the United
States could control the seas by air
within two years if each year the
services were given appropriations
equivalent to the cost of half a bat
tleship. In proportion to the amounts
spent, the United States is getting
the least out of is money of any
country, he said, a great stumbling
block being the ingrained conserva
tism of the services.
The witness favored divorcing the
air services front the army and the
navy and establishing a single flying
machine organization, so that a na
tional air policy could be developed.
The American army, water-cooled
pursuit planes are excellent at low
altitude and as good as those of any
other nation, General Mitchell said,
but the army lacks suitable pursuit
planes for action at high altitude and
for the defense of localities.
Suicide for Pilots.
In case of sudden emergency, the
general said, the United States would
only l>e capable of finding 450 pilots
fit to fight in the air. The science of
air combat, he said, has developed so
greatly since the war that "it would
be suicide for a pilot to go off the
ground with only the knowledge he
had at the end of the war.’’
The general said he wouMkfavor In
creased reserves for army air serv
Ice, trained one day a week, with
three consecutive weeks' training once
a year to keep up the necessary num
ber of pilots in case of sudden war.
EMBEZZLER GETS
EXILE SENTENCE
Sail Francisco, Dec. 17.—Reverting
to an amient Athenian custom, Su
perior Judge Bouts H. Ward yester
day sentenced Harry I/evlnson, for
mer manager of a lunch company
here, to five years exile from Sari
Francisco, ,-fft e>r he had pleaded guilty
to a charge of embezzling $£>,000 from
hi* company.
Judge Ward gave Levinaon a utay
of execution until after the holiday a
*o he might spend them with hi*
family. After that lie must leave.
In announcing the sentence. Judge
Ward aaid:
"The purpose of exiling you from
fhe rpt is that you may not
l>e tempted back into the gay life of
your former yearn through your for
mer aaaofiafe* and friend*."
SENATE HOLDS UP
POSTAL PAY VOTE
Washington, Dec. 17.—The senate
this afternoon agreed to postpone n
vote on President Coolidge* veto of
the postal pay I4II until January W.
The veto message will come up on
January 5 and a tlnal vole is sched
uJed for the next day.
In the meantime administration
leaders will seek to consolidate their
forces for passage of a hill combining
postage increase with Increase in sal
aries of postal employes.
BOYLE, LEWIS ~
DECLARE TRUCE
Pat Boyle and Jar k Lewis met
W ednesda \ morning in the office of
Attornex John K. Morlarty and agreed
to a t l uce.
Charges of assault and hntfery
brought by Lewis against. Hoyle In
municipal court w.n dismissed. Boyle
and Lewis had some difficulty over
the division of boxing hold money.
Morrill lo Have New D«'|iol.
Bridgeport, Dec. 17. Morrill's fight
of >eara for a new depot and othei
railroad Improvements has borne
f nit, officials of tin Ituillngton road,
nt a meeting with members of the
Chamber of Commerce and the city
council, having announced that the
company would start early in the
spring to erect a modern station. And
Install mote yard tracks. Center
street will he* opened across the
tracks, making a main thorough
fare through the town.
Civil War N olrran Pirn.
Keiune , Dec. 17 Sedgwick post
No, I, C A. *n conducted tin- Ml
nernl services Tuesdax for John Men
nlng. MW. who died on SHlurdtix Tin*
aged vetera n xxas pioneer settler
i f Nebraska, and homesteaded near
this cit •' in lM7l!. Me Is eiirvfxed hx
five children, all of whotn were prev
ent At the funeral Mr*. Henning
died In iOil
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k^ jrier Who Shielded Relatives
With Silence Buried bv “Lifers”
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Past Dies With Burglar Shot hy Lincoln Policeman; Placed
in Naineles Grace in Pen ilentiary Cemetery by
Men Serving Life Terms.
By a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Dec. 17.—A lonesome
grave In a prison graveyard.
That wus the reward won hy
Howard Jackson, 4."*, by his silence.
He was hurled today in tho ceme
tery at the Nebraska penitentiary
by the prison chaplain anil a party
of trusties, some of whom are serv
ing life sentences.
Jackson died as the result of gun
shot wounds suffered last July
when he was surprised while rob
bing a home in Lincoln. Police de
clared tliaf Jackson had companions
on that night. Jackson neither af
firmed nor denied this charge.
True to the ethics of his unethi
cal calling he remained silent
throughout the long weeks of suf
fering which followed his Injury.
Never Tried.
Jackson never went to trial on
the charge of burglary- which was
lodged against him soon after bis
capture. Blood poisoning developed
within a few- days and bis condition
became so serious that he was re
moved to the penitentiary- hospital
where he could be properly- cared
for.
But no surgeon s skill eould cure
him and. after months of lying
helpless In bed, he died.
There was a time when Jackson
might have been given an oppor
tunity- to die outside the prison
walls behind which he was lodged
through no decree of court. But this
opportunity was brief.
After he entered the hospital
Bertllllon experts took his finger
prints and measurements and be
gan to check up ills record. It was
foui}d that lie had lived for six
years in the San Quentin peniten
tiary under sentence for burglary,
that had also stopped for two years
in the Missouri penitentiary at Jef
ferson City, that he had been sen
tenced to tlie Minnesota state peni
tentiary at. Stillwater: lhat he had
suffered a severe wound in the
arm on one occasion white escap
ing from police at Dallas, Tex.
Shields Sister.
Hater, a few weeks ago, lie inti
mated that he would like a burial in
a cemetery other than that of the
prison. At that time he almost di
vulged the name of a sister. He
mentioned the feet that he had such
a relative, then declared that, he did
not wish her to be implicated in his
life in any way.
But few- tears were shed during the
brief ceremony at the lonesome
grave. Those were shel mostly by
the "lifers" who acted as sextons.
And those tears were shed not so
much for the man who has gone as
over the thought that, some day. un
less society interferes with a pardon,
their end will he the same.
Civil War Veteran
Dies From Stroke
Fought in Battles of \ ieks
iiurg ami Mobile; Came
. to Nebraska in 1885.
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 17.—Joseph
A. Riddell, 92, veteran of the civil
war, member of the O. A. R. and Xe
biaska Pioneers Is dead following a
paralytic stroke.
He jva* born in Louden vllle, O.,
and in 1S55 moved to Marion county,
la. .Unlisted in the 1'nlon srmv at
Knoxville in 1962. Among the bat
tles in which he participated were
Vicksburg and Mobile.
After the war he located in Charl
ton. la . where on December 27, D67.
he married Ruth Ptrahan, who died
IB years ago. Coming to Nebraska
from Iowa in 18s5, Mr. Riddell en
gaged In the implement business in
Kairfield. Neb., until 1906.
He then moved to Beatrice, where
Mrs. Riddel! g death occurred In Feb
ruary, 1909.
With hi* son. F. A. Riddell, and
daughter, Miss Rose Riddell, who is
now Columbus’ city librarian, Mr.
Riddell, moved from Beatrice to Co
lumbua in 1912. Besides the son, 1’.
A. Riddell, and daughter, Mias Ros*;
Riddell, residing here, he leaves an
other son, (). J. Riddell in Alhambra,
a! , and a daughter, Mr*. J. K. Hak
tneon of Fairfield, Neb.; seven grand
•hildren and one greatgrandchild.
1te\. Walter H. Riley, pastor of the
Federated church will conduct the
funeral at the residence Thursdat.
»nd the body then will be taken to
Beatrice Friday morning for burial.
STATE RESTS IN
TRIAL OF M’COY
T.O* Angels*. Dee. 17—The proaeeu
(Inn In the trial of Kid McCoy; ci
prize fighter, for the tnurder of Mr*
Theresa W. More, last August, closed
Its ease late today, without railing
to the witness stand Albert A More
divorced husand of the dead woman,
who had been widely heralded as a
star prosecution witness.
Attorney* for the prosecution an
nounced that Mors might be called
to testify In rebuttal.
Ml* lawyer, F. A, Andreanni, wa*
placed on the stand as the final \mC
icss In the prnserutlon's endeavor to
prove the tranquillity of the Mors
household before the entrance of Kid
McCoy.
The sudden closing of the prosecu
tlon look the defense by surprise and
attorneys for McCoy obtained a re
cess In which to rearrange their pro
gram.
North Dakota Official
Proteats FowI I'.inltar^o
Htsinurok, N. I».. Dee. 17 -A pm
test ngninat an embargo which he
understood (lip Mate of St mv York
hud placed on shipment* of dieted
and live chicken* from North Imkolt
w»l made by \V. F. Ftrynolds, pitnl*
dairy commissioner. In n tale gram t <»
Ikrni A. Pyrke, state ooimnisslonei
of agriculture of New York.
Repayment of Taxes May
Reach Sh'tO.IMMI.IMHI Mark
Washing!on. D*t\ 17. An fippiopit
Minn of f'lft.ftfto.iidrt to ho iis»»l hi i«
payment of federal taxes Illegally eol
looted wan requested- of emigres*; lo
dap by the treasury.
fofnd in Clirietmas \ttire.
rVsad, I »e«* 17 Through the effort
nf the \noiiiiin Legion <'In ImI m.t *
treee have hem jdm in th< fVigi*ol<
sockets along the street* otul ate 1 *•
log decorated with (‘hiisliun* VM«
Iwd*. A I’oiuniutiit> t hristikiitfc » N
being h*i up st the Intersecti«-»n of
the Lincoln hjgl \Vo\ and Main Mr<- t
v program will t>« given on tlu <>v»
nlng of L^combei 73
Senate Plans Vote
on Postal Pay Veto
I . -—
Coolidge Again ^ arns Leader*
Premature Pa**age Would
Obstruct Economy Plans.
Washington, Dec. 17.—While Presi
dent Coolidge continued today his ef
forts to prevent the overriding of his
veto of the postal pav increase bil?
by the senate, that body entered into
an unanimous consent agreement foe
a vote on the veto not later than
January 6.
Calling a number of republican sen
ate leaders to the White House the
executive again informed them of his
desire that the veto be sustained be
cause any other action in advance of
the enactment of a revenue measure
to take care of the pay ra.se would
Interfere with the economy policy of
his administration and continue what
he regards as a harmful practice of
leaving to the future the matter of
providing for present authorized ex
pendlttires.
After these leaders had visited the
White House, renewed efforw* were
made to get unanunous consent agree
ment for senate action, immediately
after the unanimous consent agree
menr had l»ecn entered Into, the ad
ministration measure increasing pos
tal rates on all except letter mail
was referred to the postoffice com
mittee with a view to hearing- and
action during the I’hristma* holidays.
Some administration leaders are of
the opinion that there will be a suf
ficient number of senators in accord
with the president s program to sus
tain bis veto. Thirty-three vote*
would be necessary to accomplish thi«
result provided all senators were
present and voting.
These leaders are proceeding now
under a plan for senate consideration
of t*oth the pay increase and the mail
rate advance ns companion measures,
if not as a joint measure. There is
rather widespread opposition hoxv
ever, to bite hing the two proposi
tions together In a single bill.
STORE TO HOLD
“MEN’S NIGHT”
Paille t'reek, Mich., Dec. 17.— A
department store, catering exclusive
ly to woman, will be open tonight *'tn
men only.” Men clerks will be be
hind the counters, the proprietor an
nounce*. and no women permitted In
the store In any capacity.
The theory under which the
proprietor is proceeding, is that men
who seek to purchase t’hnsfma* gifts
for women are embarrassed when
obliged to shop among women.
Hubotiir I’la^iir Anion;;
Km* ill N **w Orlran*
Washington. Dec. 1 7.—--Kef|wests for
an immediate appropriation of
fUT'-.OOO to be used In controlling a
reported outbreak of bubonic plague
among rats nt New Orleans and vi
cinity was forwarded to congress t"
d. \ by the Treasury department.
Mr*. KLuM-liinann Di-ml.
«‘InOmiafi. n, I>c< r; Mrs. Hen
rietta Flei*< limann. SO, widow of
I 'lun le* Klein- limann founder of the
tMncinnatl cotnimny hearing his name
died Tuesday following a three yeat
illness. Mrs. Kleis-h matin was the
mother of Julius llelsthmsrin New
York, former mayor of t'lnelnnatl
Mrs i K Holmes, also of New York,
and Max Fleischmann of Son Fran
. i«. o
Ni’Hiti Run* Amuck.
Si I,..Hi, M.i. I*. ! ; \ lirKt-'
i n t.'Mirl, to-loy nt Deering Mo,
iv. miles south of St. I.onls, killing
one an-l ciltiially wounding three
others the *»e m a hospital at t’ape
I tit a idee i| Mi • ording to nuayr
I spli ts received here.
\
Borah Says
War Must Be
Outlawed
Chairman of Foreign Rela
tions Committee Seores Re
sort to Violence on Part
of Great Nations.
Outlines Plan for Peace
Philadelphia. Dec. IT.—The Ameri
can people will never consent to be
come a part of a scheme or plan for
peace which recognizes war as a le
gitimate method of settling disputes
cr which is controlled through in
ternational politics. Senator William
E. Borah declared In an address to
the Philadelphia Forum upon the
subject of “Outlawry of War.”
Because of his recent elevation lo
the position of chairman of the for
eign relations committee and the stat
us before that body of the question of
American entry into a world court,
.Senator Borah's subject had aroused
especial interest.
“To talk of leagues and court!
while pursuing a deliberate policy of
violence and vengeance,'' Senator
Borah declared, “is to trifle with the
greatest problem now before us for
settlement.’’
lie Cites Examples.
“There Is no hope for peace," he
asserted, “so long as great powers
will that there shall be no peace."
He listed a number of International
Incidents since the World war which
he said have involved “a resort lo
violence and force upon the part of
great and powerful nations against
the unarmed and helpless,’’
Among the incidents cited were
Nicaragua. Vera rT\iz. Santo Domin
go, Amritsar, the Ruhr, Corfu and
Egypt.
“In ail these instances,’’ the Idaho
senator said, ” the aggressor nation
was strong enough to have invoked
conciliation, adjustment and arbitra
tion and thus have set examples and
established precedents of more value
to the cause of peace than any peace
plan.
“Human Morale Broken."
• onfine our love of peace to
paper, our war spirit find* its expres
sion in deed* We profess friendship
and 'practice vengeance. I'nder such
policies and practices, league* and
court! not only prove in»ITective but
hop# sickens and the moral# of the
whole human family is broken and de
moralized.'
Declaring he had not criticized
peace plans which “deal with Eu
ropean conditions alone," Senator
Borah *Hid he was prepared to
rejoice “If i he league of nations, or
the protocol. Or any other plan, cots
siderod a* European enterprise* can
be made to serve the cause of justice
and peace in Europe."
He suggested that the phrase, “out
lawry of war,' be dropped for “sub
stitution Of law and judicial tribunals
In international affairs." The plan
should be considered, he said, as three
separate propositions;
“Without sanction of Ijiw.”
Creation of a Uvd> of International
law involving “going as far a* hu
manly ivossihle to reduce international
relations to established rule* of con
duct."
Establishment of on independent
tribunal with jurisdiction and power
to determine all .-nnlmverites involv
ing construction of tnternstlonal law
or treaties.
Declaring liv said tribunal tha' war
is n crime no long#'- to lie recognized
at any time as a legi iiimte inatru
ntent for settlement of Internationa!
disputes.
“in other words," said Senator
Rorah. “If war comes. It must be
without the shield or *nnctlon of law.
but in violation of it, a* piracy or
slaver}, o- peonage, or murder."
SALE OF FLASKS
BRINGS PROTEST
Madiannr VVI*.. Dec. 17 —The eale
of hip flaak* to student* at the T ni
verelty of Wisconsin. nhlch. accord
inn to tha mudent council, ar* “he
oominc an alarming menace to the
meralitv of the *> hool.*’ t* to ha in
veetigaled by membei s of tha eopho*
more cla*e An effo^ to prevent
aalen in the vicinity of the university
at least if to be made.
% nniHn l.o*<** I’nur finger*
in T\ing Horse ^ it It Rojir
Tb uiirejtfnt. I*e«- 17. Aa Mra. A.
Kinarlne of Venango WU tying a
hnre* with a rope the animal bec ame
frightened and Jerked hack, crush*
In* aml nmnglinc her hand between
the poet and the rope no that ampin
tat ion of font flneer* became n*oe»
*a,r y,
Slrofinann Refuses In
Organirc New Ministrx
TV lin, T»e«\ 17. -Dr. tlustav St rear
innnn, for el an minister in the Man
cabinet and leader of the Desman
people*' parly, hap refused to form a
new mintetry.
I \ or\tiling for l egion.
Torylhlng at the Chamber of t Y»t»v
nifny, including the dlnins room
and the varioue i*innduee meeting
lonnid n ill be tinned over to the
Amnimn i.egion during it* annual I
convention in Omaha In 1^26 accord
inir to < lorRe ti, Powell, *>»mnd*
sinner,
Tl-.l* *rtlo»i \*n« taken Powell #■ Id.
h) the ejLfvUlht conuutttea iuetda> I
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Track Foreman Saves
Farmer s Horse Trapped
on Railroad Bridge
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Vesta, Dec. 17.—William Haskins,
track foreman for the Burlington rail
way between this station and Tecum
seh, conceived an idea, in consequence
of which Farmer Frank Chard, liv
ing along the railway tracks one and
one half miles east of Vesta, has one
good live horse today whieh he
thought he had lost last night. The
horse strayed along the railway
tracks and walked onto a bridge, its
legs going through between ties and
its body resting on the top of the
ties.
Foreman Haskins, who was called,
first tied the horse's forelegs together
and then the hind legs as they stuck
through the bridge. He then laid
boards on top beside the horse and
the men rolled the animal over on its
side onto the boards, so that its feet
came up through the spaces between
the ties, and it was worked off the
bridge, and its legs untied, when it
ttotted home. Tying its legs prevent
ed it from kicking or struggling and
breaking its legs, in which event It
would have had to be shot.
Nebraska Rancher
Shot and Killed in
Duel With Gun. Ax
North Platte Man Calls Sher
iff to Give Self Up: Sum
mons I nclertaker for
Victim.
North Platte. Neb., Dec. 17.—The
body of Oscar Daniels lies in a local
undertaking pa or here today while
Hank Embree is charged with murder
as a result of an argument which cul
minated in a duel between the two
men at a ranch IS miles north of
Sutherland Sunday night. Daniels was
instantly killed when Embree sent
the contents of his 10-gauge shotgun
through his head.
After shooting Daniels. Embree
calmly- called the McPherson county
sheriff and toid of the shooting. He
then telephoned an undertaker at
Sutherland, who notified a local un
dertaker, who took the body to North
Platte.
Bmbree. in relating the imidents
that led up eo the shooting, declared
the shooting was done in self defense.
According to his version of the affair,
Daniels and an old man, named Law
rence, were at a ranch house, IS miles
north of Sutherland when Ij»wrenee
started to go home. When Ijiwrence
started to crank his automobile, he
said, Daniels attempted to stop him
an>l hegan to abuse I,awrence. Em
bree said he took Lawrence's side in
the altercation and that Daniels
turned on him with an nr.
"In defending myself." Embree said.
"I shot Iwniel*. killing him."
“OGRE” SLAYER
DECLARED SANE
Hanover, Germany, ixv. 17.—Fritz
lUarmann. but. her of voting: men and
boys, wag declared sane today by two
alienist* who took the stand at ltaar
mann s trial.
"It is wrong ’ said the first alienist.
Prof. hullzts "in conclude that such
a criminal must be insane. Even the
mns' beastwI of deed* can be com
mit ted by a «ane person."
The second alienist was IV. Schack
nita. He testified:
"Haarmann wa« not insane whenj
he committed murder, and he is not
insane now. Haarmann, however. :? i
a man of console:stile moral Inferior
ity: he is Intellectually weak and hi" I
feminine traits and a hvsterical char
acter. All of these, however, would
not prevent a free exercise of his will
There Is a strong indication that he
killed through impulse at times, and
at other times merely to get the
clothe" of hta victims."
U. S. NATIONAL
CONTRACT SOON
Contract will he awarded next week
for the erection of tlta new addition
to the I’nlted States National hank
and I'nlted State* Trust company
at Sixteenth and Famam etreeta. of
ficials of the hank said Wednesday.
The structure will he equivalent to
s five story building and will cost ap j
proxlnvately gSM.OW*.
At present the United State# Trust
company I* occupying the upper stor
lea of the hank building
Plan* Completed for
4 nttle' Sale at Mimlcii
Kramr> rV< IV ' Mldwrat Viol
atrin-PYtoaian mwootaiion mrt htr<*
Wodnraday and romplrte.1 plan* for
thr hi* annual Mle to bo hrl.1 At Mb'
Urn February 24. A committee wo
ipMnlo1 to select and approve .all
intb'li cow«, ralvM and bulla which
are to bo koM. t\)tiAi|tnH« are not
limited to nirmbri'fi of thr **aooiati<n.
but all an I mala entered must pa an the
teat* exacted. aw thr arrociatfon will
Maud behind all a took raid. ln*urin>;
bu>era ofiitnat misrfprwtrnUUon.
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Love Letters
of Wife May
Be Evidence
Jury to Hear Testimony in E«1
Schuerman Case Obtained
in Less Than Day; State
ments Made.
Take Testimony Today
Sp.rinl IMitpalrh to The Omaha flee.
Beatrice, Neb.. Dec. IT.— Intimation
that Edward Schuerman. wealthy
farmer, -will bane his fight for hi*
life on a plea of insanity was made
today when .attorneys made their
opening statements to the jury in
district court.
Schuerman went to trial this morn
ing on a charge of murder In the
first degree. He is accused, of hav
ing shot and killed George Rinemiller
In a fit of jealous rage.
At the" time of the shooting Schusr.
man admitted that he had fired the
fatal shots and that he had intended
to commit suicide later but had "lost
his nerve" at the final moment. He
said, at that time, that his action had
been made necessary because Rirfe
miller was wrecking his home by
making love to Mrs. Schuerman, who
is several years younger than her
husband.
Jury Impanelled.
The jury which will hear the tv
dence in the case was drawn more
rapidly than had been expected. The
panel was complete at 4 this after
noon. Then the attorneys for the
state and for the defense made their
statements to the jury and court was
adourned until Thursday morning.
Taking of testimony will begin then.
Alienists have been subpoenaed by
both the state and the defense. The
defense has called Dr. John Mavbew,
Dr. Everiits and Dr. Williams, eil
residents of Lincoln, and the state
has called Dr. Sid well. superintendent
of the school for feebleminded heie.
F. W. Bartos. attorney for Schuer
rnan, declared. In his statement, that
Schuerman had been driven tempo
rarily insane prior to the shooting.
He pointed out the fact that h -
man's mother and two o'f his sisters
were mentally deficient and cited
cases of hereditary Insanity for the
benefit of the jurors.
To Offer I-etters.
The attorney also declared that he
would offer more than S60 letters
which had passed between RinemilP ■
and Mis. Schuerman as evidence and
added that, should the court accept
the evidence, the majority of the let
ters would be read.
The state, prepared for the plea of
the defendant, declared that Schuer.
man is sane and was sane on the
morning of the shooting. The prose
cution contend* that the shooting was
premeditated and offers to prove their
contention with the testimony of SO
witnesses who have been subpoene- .
Tne defense has called. In *1!, 51
witnesses.
George Rinennlier w.-^s shot to death
early In October while be was on his
war to work. He was employed as a
bridge builder and was working on a
bridge near here With hint at the
time of his death was the foreman of
the bridge crew.
Defending Home.
The ne witness to the shooting
told the sheriff that Schuerman drove
up to Rinemiller and Kim. stooped out
of I- s automobile armed with a
double-barrelled shot gun. fired twice
ID" <• here Teo. Column Them.)
BRYAN APPOINTS
G. 0. P. ELECTORS
J. ineolr. Dec. 17, — Governor
Charles W. Bryan. recently defeated
candidate for vtce president. todar
performed the irksome duty at ap
pointing eight republican elector*
front Nebraska to vote for Coolidge
and Dawes in the electoral college
The men were named in the May
election and state law requires the
governor to appoint the electors »ui>
porting the winning candidates.
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Summary of
the Day in
Washington
Secretary Hoover, before the house
commerce committee, approved plan*
for a bureau of civil air navigation.
Secretary Wilbur ordered a coti-t
of Inquiry to Investigate unauth-r*
land publicity of naval Information
The senate agreed to vote January
* on overriding Vresident C.av'idge't
veto of the postal pay increase Nil
Thomas M. Kossbottom, manager of
the I'nltcl States line* testified be
fore the houae shipping board Invy*
tigHiing committee.
Brig. Gen. William B Mitchell of
the army air service, testified before
the house aircraft investigating cot«.
ml ties.
The republican steering committee
of the houee declined to give prefervn
Ual statue to ihe S.v.t.OrV poo river* and
harbor* bill. *
A senate foreign relaiion* sybeovt
milter a;<« named to confer With Se
retary Hughs* with a view to mr*di
fvlng the proposed ovnonetv ial treaty
with 'C« 1 inanv
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bams uthocs of rtvMHVMla for '1IIw W
Mm**,. , g their *Hi’i
in the ten*to.
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