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^ [ 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.