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i | rr-rr. i The Omaha Sunday Bee ; I ^ [ CITY EDITION J VOL 54-NO 29 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1924. • XX FIVE CENTS s. -' SEASON’S OOLDESTWEATHER HERE Worst Storm in Century Hits Britain Sea Walls Crushed, Shipping Damaged, by Terrific Gale of 60 Miles An Hour. Losses to Total Millions By n.VVin M. CHURCH, International Newi Service Staff Corre spondent. London, Dec. 27.—Widespread de struction was being written into the history of the British Tsies tonight by the worst storm in 100 years. A terrific 60-milean-hour gale has been blowing for hours and the weather bureau forecast It would con tinue. The Herman trawler Hohelust was sunk off the coast of Scotland, 11 of the crew being drowned, Lloyd's announced tonight. Xo section appears to have cscap ed damage. Sea walls were crushed liko egg shells, roofs were wrenched from houses, shipping was torn from its moorings, badly damaged and, at some ports, tossed high and dry on the beach. Damage Total* Million*. A compilation tonight of accredit ed reports showed: Storm damage will total millions of dollars. Floods were sweeping the Rhyni ney valley In South Wales. Homes were under water and Inhabitants of the district were seeking refuge on higher land. Tlie Thames river overflowed its hanks at numerous places, causing damage to homes and farma. In Ireland the River Foyle was out of Its banks and many ^homes were Inundated. The Cardiganshire coasts were hard hit and damage will reach a large sum, reports said. Cardiff roads were Impassable and sea walls were leveled. Aberystwyth was part ly under water and residents of the town were Isolated. The body of a man believed to he the captain of the French steamer "St. Cardot;" was washed up on the Cardiganshire coast. The body of another man was found among masses of wreckage strewn along the coast. Water Covers Farms. Reading, England, reported thou sands of acres of land under water. At Hull, a ferryboat was blown ashore and passengers were rescued with great difficulty. At the fashionable watering place of Hyde, on the Isle of Wight, a naval monitor was torn from Its juoorings an<l swept on to the beach. Smaller craft were tossed on the beach almost bodily. Various steamers sent out radio • signals of distress Two yarmouth vessels were brought Into port after „ terrific battle with the winds and nfter lifeboats made futile attempts tn rescue passengers. The British steamer Sarthes, bound for South Africa, was taken into tew, and at last report* was returri in • to port with its engines disabled. The British steamer Hlen Eden is ashore at X'orth Foreland, England's most easterly land's end. chalk cliffs rise 20(1 feet there and shipping men say there is small hope for the vessel. The crew, wireless report* said, was balked In Its attempts to launch boats to reach shore. Landslides Numerous. Landslides were numerous. At T’rmtypool hundreds of tons of dirt had Stopped all train traffic. Tons of earth fell on a train at Fontlcelil and four passengers were Injured. A hurricane and torrential rains swept Dublin. In Edinburgh trees were uprooted, roofs were carried away and street traffic was suspend ed. In London air service was canceled and nil sporting events were post poned. GUIDES BALK AT , MOTOR CAR SLED t Betne, Switzerland, Dee. 27.—Kven tlie hardest of Alpine guides refused to ride down a snow eovered hill In s n"uiy Invented automobile on sled runners. So the manufacturers of the new amusement device made the Inlllal tryout by sending the sled-tar down hill without passenger*. The expert nirnt wax a aur« #»xx. Married in Council Bluffs. The following person, obtained mar. rutr.* Ih-en,** In 1'mined Bluffa yeslerdgy. William I fa rnM Shult*. Lincoln. N*b. • 21 Ili-i. Whitmore, llmeha. 1 ‘ Herman Petersen, Artnn, is. Asiim 8.-hi It a. Arlon. la... Paul ft Holmherg Orand Teland. Nob. JJ KJv«ra John ami. Onuhi.1 Harvey Willi*. I.iniotn. N*l). ;* .Alrnu Dftvl*. fslnruln, Nab. liny T. K. Pool. M*llno. N*h.......... 21 Loretta 1’agel* r, i e.lai Hluffs. Neb ... t .logepli n Adam*. Fort Hihaha, Neb... 2" Olndya Holdreu. Omaha .« Harry K, riteven,. Omaha.. j]-.' ]rin Stay Hog-rs liennla. Omaha. <• ' Jlarry )> Taylor. I'.ulmU Hluff, . Kir.-I Hooka. Nebraska < uy, .. -o friend Potomee, Ml .* ' N. I•. n. I'oifmll Hluff* .U J.oula If Klas. f.Ini "In Neb „ ,< I,-II. Sinus I III la v. ll-,.,;.1 I. F". Oak Pal 1' III -••• •’ i„„ Holm, Wnllmoh N-h . 1 Janiea II Pike, Punned Bluff*. 2,1 J5va P Hartley. Hi doaeph M< Joe-ph «' naker. North Plan- Neb . ■ M abel Johnson. Fort Dodge. I i \ Ram A Win.nil, Omaha •} ^ I- - ie-1 a Arnlmlt, Hi Pnul, Man. .1 S. W, Clark, omah* . . *• H*1*-, Hodge. Omallg. John Herding Monroe, Neb. 21 AnnaJKellsy, Monro*. Neb. ■] CiRinri Horah. Omaha. . Enthar jtlmmar, Omaha...#.... Burgess-Nash Store Closes Doors; Redmond Joins J.L.Brandeis Forces; Negotiations for Lease Continue The Bruges* Nash store, which was sold to J. L». Brandeis and Sona and the Surplus Merchandising corpora tion of New York, at a receiver's sale December H for $l,0S0,nnn, will not reopen for business Monday. This announcement was made by George Brandeis at the close of the store's business Saturday night. In his statement, Mr. Brandeis said that V*. P. Redmond, who has been vice president of the Burgess Naah store since 1314 together with a number of the Burgess Nash em ployes, will join tl;e Brandeis organi zation. Mr. Brandeis said that he and his New York associates still may open a store on the Brugess-Naah corner, providing a satisfactory lease may he obtained. In that event, a new stock of merchandise will be placed in the store, he said. Helpful to Omaha. ‘‘Omaha is quite capable of sup porting another store,” Mr. Brandeis said in his statement. lie said such competition would help In building Omaha ami would help bring In out of-town trade. Mr. Brandeis de clared that with the improvement of the highways leading into Omaha this city will receive a larger patron age from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. He said Omaha ns should welcome and encourage the recently constructed Yankton bridge. ' The J. 1>. Brandeis and Sons store has nothing to lose and much to gain by the establishment of another strong, well financed store," said Mr Brandels In his statement. Redmond Snperintendent. T. r. Redmond is to become g"n eral superintendent of the Brandeif store. . "With the enormous increase oi business at the Brand"'* store we will have one of the strongest stores from a retail selling point in the country,' Mr. Redmond said. "I feel as if X am going back home," Redmond said. “The Brandeif organization asked me to return tc the store, I left in 1914. The posi tion of superintendent of the store was created for me by Arthur Bran dis in 1907.” Six hundred employes of Burgess Nnsh company met in the tea room of the store Saturday at G p. m., when Redmond thanked them for their co-operation and announced the closing of the store. • Transfer Merchandise. "I will be more than pleased to have you see me at the Brandels etore," Redmond told the employes "As quickly as it ran he done posi tions will be found for those that re quire them." -> Department managers were noti fied Saturday morning by Mr. Red mond of the close of the store. The merchandise now in the Bur gess-Nash store will b« transferred to the Brandels store and offered for sale January 5. \quitania Battles Mid-Ocean Gale Radio Reports Giant Liner Making Only 9 Knots An Hour. New York, Dec. 27.—The liner Aqultanla, with many homecoming Americana abroad, tonight was bat tling her way slowly toward New York through a terrific gale in mid Atlantic, radio messages to the Cun nrd line revealed. Til” latest word relieved here was the laconic "very bad weather; pro ceeding slowly," which came at 3 this afternoon. An earlier message ‘aid the vessel "was In the midst of a whole gale,” unable to make more than nine knots an hour. Cunard line officials interpreted "a whole gale" as “the worst kind of a storm the sea can produce." The liner reported an average speed from Cherbourg, its last stop, of 10 knots an hour, seven knots less than normal speed. The Apuitania is due to arrive here next Tuesday, but officials of the line predicted the storm would delay it at least a day. FARMER SUED BY - WOMAN FOR $45,000 Mrs, Marl* Kusik, 40, raiding whh her husband in South Omaha, filed pult In district court for $45,000 against F. Vaclav Pavel, bachelor farmer living near Abie. Neb., al leging that he is the father of four '•f her six children, 6 to 12 year* old. S*he *ayn tlint soon after *h* came •o this country with her htiehand. in 1011, Bhe took a position as house keeper at Pavels farm and that he ittaeked her. Pavel'* attorney declare* the milt a scheme to collect money from Pavel. INSURANCE BODY TO HOLD MEETING Red Oak, la.. Dec. 27.—The annual meeting of the members of the Swed ish Mutual Insurance association of southwestern Iowfa will he held at the Lutheran church here on Thursday, January 3. The delegates will elect three directors for terms of three years and one director for a tirm of two years. McCoy Jury Has No Verdict Yet lief Expressed That Fight er Will Get “No Decision'7 • From Jrial. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. !7.—After being deadlocked for mors than nine hours over the fate of "Kid" McCoy on a charge of murdering his "light o' love,' the jury trying the case was inday apparently no nearer a verdict than when it went out yesterday. Disheveled and visibly tveary from the long hours said to have been spent In the bitterest argument over whethlr the "Ivid" should lie adjudged not guilty or sentenced to death for hi* alleged crime, the Jurors this morning sent word to Superior Judge frail that they had not reached a decision and wanted something to eat. From reports the Jurors are evenly divided over McCoy s guilt and In nocence. It was reported that with the fluctuation of a single vote or two the jurymen and women have stuck by the first votes they cast shortly after 11 yesterday morning. After being given breakfast the Jury was to he locked In again. Kvery effort will he made, according to re ports, to have the "Kid's" fate de cided by the present Jurors, to avoid a long and tedious retrial. TELLER ADMITS THEFT OF CASH Salinas. Cal., Dec. 27-—Dale Rowan chief teller of the Rank of Italy, who disappeared May 24 with $47,200 of the bank's funds, today made a com plete statement to Sheriff W. T>. Oyer and accounted for approximately $30,000 of the missing: bank funds. Rowan and the auburn haired woman with whom lie disappeared were arrested last night by Sheriff flyer and a posse on the ranch of Joseph Martinez, father of the young woman. Mr. and Mrs. Martinez were away* but apparently the desire to spend Christmas “at home" was so [strong that the fugitives left the lit tle ranch near Salt Rake, on which they had been living and returned to Callfoniia and their capture. Rowan told Sheriff Oyer that when he walked out of the bank last May with the funds he left Immediately by automobile and went to Salt Rake Pity. __ “Kid” Wedge, Once an Omaha Fighter, Later a Harvard Student, Now Gets Religion and Will.Be Evangelist Frederick n. wedge might etlll he a "haqjandegg" prise fighter. knocking ahnut the country, picking up a little "change wherever he could. Instead, dispatches from Berkley, Cal , sav. he Is about to enter the evangelistic field, lie la a graduate student at the t'nlveraity of Califor nia. He la modeling hln evangellntlr at vie on that of "Hilly" Sunday and expects noon to la* gterMng the te pcntant nlnners hy th-- thottnandn nt Ihe top of the nawdune trail. Hilly Sunday wan a ballplayer when hln wife took him In hand and made the moat noted evangelist of th< time •out of him It In the name storx with "Kid" Wedge. Wedge wan a Wisconsin orphan anil grew up In a lumber camp. Soon after he took up the fight game nirl found hln way to Omaha lie lived here for several \curs before 1 ft 10. It wan In Omaha he married and felt the change <rf heart and directed hla energlec toward getting an edutfn lion. He was a student at the 1’rea by t aria n earn I nary while ha carried on evangelistic work. One evening he appeared at n prize fight In the auditorium, no longer as a partlcl pant but ns a preacher, and ha da Ilvcred a gospel message to tha fight fans assembled there. Sit re he began his unusual flight from pugilism to tha pulpit, ha ha* been often In the public eve. When ho entered Harvard the cynic s smiled and said he'd gel enough of It In a few weeks. But the kid*' fooled them nil. lie took n tie gree from atald old Harvard nnd then want west to continue his education at a place which would be heller fot hla hoHlth, which had broken frnn heavy study. He vvMM severely beaten up and ue.irlv killed on the Hai'bary ron«t b\ • hugs who objected to hi* Branching for prohibition He wrote a book expnalng Mi* inner workings of the I W. W and bus dope other notable thing*. It l« announced that he* will leavi Berkeley soon for I/'m Angeles soon for t,o« Angeleg tw begin his evange I Hitlc cs’ter. I V McClintock Death Clue Uncovered Solid Food Found in Body of Millionaire Orphan Who Died <jf Typhoid. May Have Hastened End By CARL W. HARRIS. International New# ftrrrtro Staff Correspondent. Chicago, Dec. 27.—The McClin tock death probe took on a sinister aspect again tonight when It was re ported that the physicians who per formed the examination of "Billy" McClIntock's exhumed body had found solid food, generally considered fatal In typhoid cases, In the viscera of the body. The report gave no hint to place the blarr.? for permitting McClintock to take solids as ,he lay fighting for life. The development Is taken ss giving an explanation of the enigmatical statement of Judge Harry Olson, moving spirit of the investigation that even If the doctors’ report showed young McClintock had died of typhoid "it would be significant.” It has beeti pointed out since the probe started that the administra tion of solid food to a person suffer ing from the advanced stages of typhoid would be an almost Inde tectable method of hastening death. Solid food, in such cases, usually brings about hemorrhage, which of itself brings elimination of the food from the body, phystclane pointed out tonight. Thue even a post mor tem examination, many times, falls to reveal the exact cause of death. Coroner to Get Report. The official report of the doctors will be formally made to the coroner and at that time the exact nature of the findings will he made public. In the meantime, none of the principals In the Investigation, those who were closest to young McClintock, would comment on the latest development. William Shepherd, foster father^of young McClintock and chief bene ficiary of his will, refused to elabo rate on his statements made to the press earlier In the day on his re turn from a curtailed vacation at A1 buqueraue; N. M. In an interview woth newspaper men then, Shepherd early took oc casion to place the stamp of “mer renary” on Isabelle Pope, the girl whose deathbed marriage to McClin tock he admits he forestalled by falre ly Informing her it was necessary for both contracting parties to spply In person for a marrlge license. He charged the entire investigation <•' McClIntock's death had been Inspire.! by Miss Popes dream of becoming •the possessor of the McClintock for tune, and he blasted the romantic aura with which her love affair has been surrounded by declaring that young McClintock felt only loyalty rather than love toward his childhood sweetheart. Explains Falsehood. He repeated his tssertlon that his false Statement to Miss Pope concern Ing the marriage license was prompt ed hy a desire to "let her down easy" after Billy had advised him he would prpfer to await his recovery rather than go through with the ceremony while he was still in bed And he declared positively that. In his opinion, McClintock died n natural death from typhoid contract ed from oysters which he had eaten at a South Side party a few days before he was stricken. An Insinuation that typhus germs might have been administered young McClintock maliciously either In food or hypodermically was scoffed at by Shepherd and In thla connection he explained away hla own presence at a germ culture laboratory where It had been rharged he Interested himaelf In bacteriology, lie said the laboratory was In the same building with that of a physician to whom he had gone for blood tests and that, during visits there, be had been shown tubercular germ cultures. This was the extent of his ’’study" slong these lines, he declared. Girl Barred from Room. Ha admitted that Mia* Pope was al times barred from Billies sickroom hut declared that this was done be causa her visits Irrlfated the patient alncs ahe would not observe the rules laid down for visitors. She would read tha nurse's chart. Shepherd said, and would tell Billie what Informa tion It contained. To all theae Indictments, nothing but silence Issued from the Pope home. They refused themselves to newspaper men and their attorneys announced they would make no state ment until after Shepherd had made hla formal deposition at the coroner’s office. Then, the attorneys Intimated, another aide of the rase would he tin folded. The Weather | v—_— ->| Knr ?4 h'tiMt andm* 7 i' in l'4fm ? 7 Ralatlv# humidity p#r<anmi«* I • u N o4n il f p m M Pr*» inlt ai Inn inch** and hundredth* Total. T. lotnl January l, « 7* dfff«*|an« ' 1 lliMifIt Tamnornturaa. Ham I P m Ham-. * * P m. 4 In in 4 7 l* m • h m 4 4pm 4 * a. m — 4 4 r m — 4 I ii ■« m .—*4 4pm 7 Ham — 4 7pm — 10 U noon .ease..— I » P ™. $ Transcontinental Tourists Wrecked Near End of Trail .—_-—— — i With the end of their transcontinental tour almost in sight, party of tourists bound from New York to San Francisco, wrecked car near Cheyenne, Wyo. Wreckage caught fire, with the result shown above. Three of the tourists were hurt. • ___j j Scores of Waifs Still Suffering, in Need of Shoes “School Will Start Before 1 (ret a Pair,"’ Mourns Child; Pleas Must Be Answered. If everyone could only realize the pitiable condition of several scores o£ tender, delicate kiddies In hovels they call home right here In Omaha, what an outpouring of money there would be into the Free Shoe Fund so that they might be supplied with the strong, warm shoes that mean so much to their health and comfort. The thermometer is below zero and yet. somehow, in this prosperous old world, these children have been left ’w-ITKout possible m'e«ns ot getting shoes The fund, maintained by read era of The Omaha Bee. Is the only established means by which they may be supplied. For these kiddles, these poor, wan waifs, the appeal Is being sent out. According to the amount of money that comes In will the distribution of shoes this week be made. "Oh, I hope there will he enough j so I ran get my shoes before school starts again.” said wee Hortense, *>. whose fancy name seams to mock the poor home where she lives with her hard toiling mother and three slsteis and brother. Yes. Hortense, we hop* so. And we believe so. For the hearts of the people are full of kindness w hen they realize a real need. "I ant sending you 70 cents to help I buv a pair of shoes for some pool child. I am S years old," says a tiny letter, written with a lead pencil by a child. \lresdr arknnw tedgrd SI..MS.SS C«*ll I .(Hi K i>. r; .s on (iooriffHf unit Parith .Inn* John *(«»n !,iO R Wilburn Jrnarn. Rt. * ? Bn 'lr*. Horn Malrr. Wavni*. NH» Mr nnd Mr* .1 H. Wntnr, Nrl. VOO \ Kri.n.l I •*» M. a. M * Of F rn»**t sf Hrrliff, Moronre, \rh. 4 .OS \lminit I inlliitrv to T% |>o*rM|*h - Irnl I nlott * V. »l II I '»« Hull* Kin*. Oaklnnri. I*., Rontn 1 • ** \ Frlffitl fo the Poor Kiddie*. I oontit. N*b. 1 T »|.. Alma. < hrUMim i John«on. Nrwman (irntf. Nnh. 1 H. II. Kramrn, Firth, Neb. A Flinttd to Riddle*. Alliance. Neh. 1 (HI Kin*1* I hi u* liter* (In**. Tre.l. Sunday ichool, I.Ynn*, Neb. .V(W» One Who Purr*. Merman. Neh l*oi.ul.| |ti«l*. l entrnl I'ltr. Neh. I Mr*. V N Km too In Memory of "llniiili ( nil* Me (h«t(*" Mr*. John MnrrU-n. Mullen. Neh. ' 'W Mr. anil Mr* K R Rn«en • * —1■- - —•— Total . gl.MI.M Chsrks, cash or money orders may l»e mailed <*r brought to The Be# of* fb e. Seventeenth an«1 Kirnum street*. Checks should bn nmdo payable to "Free Shoo Fund.** Kvery cent for shoe*. Not a penny for any "overhead charge." TWO NUDE BODIES FOUND IN CANYON Olendale, Cal . Per. ?T. Nude and lying In a ahallow crave, the bodies of two murdered man warn found to •lav' In a lonely section of Paid Hor*e •mnon near here. On« of the man had a bullet hoi# through the head, according to of firera summoned to the arena The aerond man wna reported to ha at* badly decomposed, police could not be certain how ha mat death Foot Injured by Wagon. Bridgeport, Nab., Pec. 27.--Be caune be stepped too cloae to A wngon load of corn beside which ha was walking, Floyd Snvdar of I dim la minus one of bln toe nails and la Buffering with a fractured and lacer a ted fool. The front wheel of the vv a son ran over the foot. F.iuntl IU .ul in Bril. Bridgeport. Neh., ‘Pet " llem Baker, an Itinerant la Inner. who lm l been in the Mitrhell territory for more than a >««r, was found dead jin bed at the n.mck In which ha had ihaan living on the ,1 O. Maker place near that town Ha had been auffei Ins with throat tumble for ee\r**l weeks * RAIL BODY WILL HEAR TWO PLEAS Lincoln, Dec. 27.r—The state rail way commission will hold two hear ing« in northeast Nebraska next week. On Monday at Wayne a hearing will be held on application of the Min n<npolls & Omaha to curtail a pas senger train each day on the Crofton branch and the Bloomfield branch. On Tuesday a hearing will be held at Bancroft on application of the local telephone company for increased rates. Man Returns Home on Date Predicted bv Clairvovant * • Elinor W-riphtsnian. Mi«sin*j for Month*, hrret# XX ife and Family Christ* ma* Morning. Beatrire, Neb.. Dpc. 27.—Th* pr* diction of a fortune teller came true Christmas morning when Klmer Wrightaman, Holmesville farmer, re turned to his home and fondly after an unexplained absence of several months. When Wrightaman disappeared last summer a search only revealed that he had boarded a train at Rockford. The mother and chilren remained on the farm, hoping ns the days dragged by for pome word. The fail ure of Wiightman to communicate with them led them to believe he had met with foul play, and possibly dead. In despair, Mrs Wrightsman final !y went to a clairvovant. fearing to heir the worst. Instead, the seer told her her husband would return on Christmas morning. And he did. Wrightaman said on his return that he h..d ben In a hosp.tal out west for .1 long time. At the t me of his dis appearance the cause was said to be financial difficulties HONOLULU BRIDE VISITS IN OMAHA Shenandoah, la.. Pec. *7.—Amer ican customs, a snowy Christmas and sub zero weather are some of the things Mrs. James Cornelius, black eyed Spanish bride from Honolulu, is having difficulty getting accustomed to. she and her husband are spend ing Christmas with his mother, Mrs Marie Kelley, and his aunts. Mrs. Harry Allen and Mrs. W. C. Powers. Cornelius. 22. enlisted in the coast artillery at Muscatine en 17. was sent to Hawaii and was discharged when the army forces were cut down bv Vnrle Sam. He remained in Honolulu and bi^llt up a taxicab busi ness. He married a Spanish girl who was a resident of Honolulu. They came to \ meric* for the holidays and will return soon to Honolulu. Frank Latenser i Home Looted bv 9/ Daring Thieve o Vmount of Loss l ne«timated — House Ransacked From Cellar to Attic; Buffet Rifled. _ -I The home of Frank Latenser, 3217 j Toppleton avenue, wan entered Sat-; urday morning by prowler* who com-1 ptetely ransacked the place, depart ing with loot of unsstimated value. John I^ttenser, jr.. 3215 Poppleton avenue, discovered the robbery at 11 Saturday morning when he went to hi* brother's house to make sure that all was well. The Frank Latenser family have been vi siting outstat* He found that the prowler* had left their marks from cellar to attic. Apparently the prowler* were frightened away, for they had dropped silver plate smf other silver ware, valued a' *3.*00, on a living! room lounge. This Silverware had been removed from a buffet drawer. John I^uenser is convinced the rrow-Iar* made their entry some time Saturday morning, because he had made an inspection earlier in the day, aid found nothing rut of place The prowlers gained entrance through a rear door. They broke the glass In the door. HALLIDAY ESTATE TO DISTANT KIN Want) tag ton. IVr. 2T.—The major] portion of the estate of th# late Mr#, j Henrietta M. Halliday, valued at: $4,200,000, will go to nine grandchil-j dren of a deceased sister under an, j agreement approved today in the Pis-1 ! trict of Columbia supreme court. The grandchildren, the nearest rela fives, were bequeathed the entire estate, but other relatives protested and were awarded a total of about $145,000. The residue of the Mtate. after payment of trustees and law \ers' commission and fees, will go to the grandchildren of the sister' and will amount to about $3,000,000. ! This amount is to be divided equally j Tmong Frederick TV Wood and Ada; V. Wood of Louisville. Kv Ada All s I Ames Margaret K. Taylor. Harvey G.| Fills. Ruth KUis Brown and Wilfred Kills of Los Angeles. Cal.; Edward F I Barnum of Sedro-Wooley. Wash . and j Maud B Martin of Kalispell. Mont. I Holy Year Commemorative Stamp* I**ue<l in Rome Horn*. IV. . New postage stamp*. commemorative of holy v*‘|jr. were placed on sal# today throughout Italy. The stamps are in denominations of 20, 30. SO and t»0 ten times and of 5 Hre. The purchasers, however, must pay a certain amount over the face value of the stamps, the extra amount varying according to the denomination. There has also been Issued s #pe t iai *e» of stamps commemorating the Vatican missionary exposition. “Ed Smith” in Ex-Mayors Family May Refer to Any of Five Persons Mary may be a grand old name, but Edward stand* out In strong relief on the family escutcheon of Ed P. Smith, former mayor of Omaha The direct generation* of hi* family Iwr thi* baptismal name and there ma' lie other* prior to hi* grandfather, Mr. Smith I* not keen fiv family history. "t know that my grandfathsr. Edward E Smith, nettled In Ohio In 1SI0, having been a farmer In Massachusetts," he ntlil. louring 1814 he and si* ‘son* moved to Henry county, Iowa, where l wa* horn and reared." Mr. Smith's father's name wa* Edward E Smith, tnd ht* own son. a farmer In Pawnee .-minty of tht* stale, I* Edward Smith. HI* grandson. 3 month* old, I* Eel ward Smoth. Mw|K]t ha* heen a family custom for decades to name jfcr>ifh*i son Edward." Mr. Smith explained, ^EMle gr*ndf*ihet and father tilled the soil and hi* son wainv on a farm He admit* that he departed from th* famllx- tradition hy taking up the practice of law He hope* th# grandson will t>e a farmer Mr Smith looked up the history of ht* name and found that tt means "happy keepei " tn IXautah It 1* spelled 1 Eduard. Erenoh, Edouard." Herman, "Eduard;" Italian. "Eduardo." l^lln. Kdvardue." Portuguese. "Puarte." Spanish. "Eduardo;" Swedish "Eduard Th* former mayor of I'maha signs his first name Kd for abbreviation t but he disw* 111* line at Eddie. Year’s Low Temperature Is Recorded Mercury Starts on Downward Course Early in Day; 15 Degrees Below Zero Fore east bv Meteorologist. Slight Relief Sunday Cold weather records for this win j ter were broken at 7 Saturday eve ning when Meteorologist M. V. Robins announced that the merepry had dropped to 10 degrees below zero. With this "excellent” downward start, the depths to be plumbed by the mercury before this morning were ..... then uncertain, the weatherman said. It would, in all probability, fall from five to seven degrees more, however, he hazarded, placing it la to 17 de grees below zero. The temperature failed to rise alxne zero all day Saturday. At 5 Saturday morning it was two helow1. At fi It was one degree lower. From i then on It was either three degrees hekw or lower during the entire day. and towards evening dropped steadily. Previous Record 9 Below. The record for this winter hereto fore was nine degrees below, which ; has been recorded on two occasions . previously during the prolonged cold i 'pell. Slight relief was foreseen by the 'weatherman some time Sunday. He i predicted this relief in carefully ! phrased w ords, however, as follows: “Not <tulte go cold." This hope for relief Is based on ba rometric indication that pressure is weakening. The wind, which had a velocity of 22 miles an hour Satur day morning, also had weakened to- j wards evening Saturday, and regis tered only 12 miles an hour at 7. Warmer Weather Promised. Bast winter the coldest tempera ture recorded In Omaha was 20 be- - low zero. That was on January * Fop the week, the Statewide pre diction calls for somewhat warmer Monday and Tuesday, followed by an- | other cold period the last days of the week. Dispatches indicate that 'he unpar alleled cold of the past 11 days in Omaha has been experienced to a like degree throughout the state. From Beatrice comes word that the mer cury has gone below zero each night during this per'od, the lowest being 14 helow . It was snowing in Beatrice Saturday night. chh-ago. De- 27—Two deaths to day were attributed indirectly to the cold wave which had brought a tem perature of 1 degree below zero in [Chicago at 1 p. m. Joseph Schroeder J tof Racine Wis dropped dead In the • lobby of a building and Mrs Joseph ine Franklin was found dead in her home. Toronto, Dec. 27.—Gangs of linemen on snow shoes working In tempera tures well twlow zero, today were try* ! !r,g to r estore telegraphic communica tion between eastern and western I Canada, interrupted by storms and extremely cold weather. Reports from Fort William. Ont.. received here In a roundabout way. tell of a heavy gale raging In the Sohrelher district, near 'he scene of the wire breaks. “Snow is up to the linemens necks was the description of condi tions fa. :ng the trouble shooters. At Whit* River the mercury registered 34 below this morning. Sun Francisco, CaJ . Dec. 27 —Ris ing temperatures today ;n the F*actftc coast states brought rain and snow in western Washington, snow In west ern Oregon, and rain in northern California, with a forecast for con tinued unsettled weather. Subzero temperatures that held sway in eastern Washington for 10 days gave way to warmer weather, and snow fell. Northwestern Oregv*n was visited by a silver thaw that made highways dangerous to travoi and motorists were warned not U> take out their automobiles l-ecauae of the ice on the roads. All of California ext'erierteed high er temperatures and it was reported that any threatened damage to crop* had been averted. W. J. Bryan to Join Evolution Camp? Washington TV,' !7 —TVsplt# hi* far flung campaign Against the Dar. wrinian theory of evolution William J Bryan has made application to Join the army of scientist* who have been the theory's chief exponent* and de fenders. Announcement was made today by the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science that a letter enclosing n check for the usual IS membership fee has been received from Mi Bryan who had expreeaad this dealt-* to loin the *ss,v lation. The check however w unsigned, i.-ind Mi Btran-* tr.enibershlp cat-d la being held up until this detail has teen I remedied The association Is to h -id its annual ] meeting here next week and one of jthe events on she program wiil be an ladders* on TVtwla and Brian.” be | Prof. K 1. Rice of Ohio W esleyan i university liocal scientists ars wondering .Whether Mr Bry»n expertise attend.