| The I lmaha ty( irning Bee T~r::| i\ l-/ VOL. 53—NO. 169. v OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1924.* TWO CENTS1" Srw\hc«.t -- Railroads Economize During 1924 Unprecedented E f f i ciency Characterizes Operation for Year, According to Sum mary Just Compiled. Saving Totals Millions Washington, Dec. 28.—Unprece dented efficiency and economy char acterized the operation of the coun try's railroads during 1924 with a consequent vast saving to the ship ping public, the American Railway association declared tonight in an an nual summary of its activities. Based on incomplete reports, the association said “a conservative es timate of the total amount of saving due to the efficient handling of the roads “has amounted to hundreds of millions.” compared to 1921, it was declared, the public saved $600,000, 000 this year in reduced freight rates alone. "As In the case of 1923,” the state ment added, “the railroads during the last year failed to realize the moderate return contemplated under the existing level of transportation j charges.” Dividends Increase. In 1924 the net operating income of class 1 carriers, as shown by complete reports for the first 10 months and incomplete returns for the remaining two months, was *970,000.000 or 4.30 per cent of their property investment, the summary Ssaid, while in 1923 the class 1 car riers earned $977,657,000, or 4.47 per rent. An increase of about $5,486,000 over the preceding year in cash divi , dends paid on railroad stock was noted in 1924, the total being $303, 000,000. Federal and state taxes aggregat ing nearly $l,00(t,000 a day were paid by cla-s 1 roads during the year. ! the total reaching $350.00(^000. As j compared with taxea^pnid in 1923 this was an increase of about $13, 8.000. ” The bulk of saving from economic operation was attributed by the asso |. elation to the improved methods of operation due to large expenditures for equipment and other improve ments. together with intelligent co no-rn'ion of federal and state regu pv,(oners, railway em p*-d q--K-(Ants. IjOW'Cr CX for moUr'a's end the mod-••n-i-'n n- wages contributed to tho san'“ end. Shippers Co-operate. A beneficial facto* to both shippers and operators, tho association said, was the active co-operation on the part of shippers through their rc glonal advisory boards. During the veer three new boards were organ I1 4 zed In addition to the seven previ * 'iisly established. Three more, which will complete a system virtually cov ering the entire shipping territory, probably will he organised soon. American railroads, the statement said, are the most economically oper ated in the world. Twenty-five years ago the number of tons of freight originating on class 1 roads was half a billion, while file investment of those roads totaled $10,000,000,000, making the ratio of investment $20 per ton of freight originating. Meanwhile, the state ment Raid, railroad* have invested an L additional *12,000.000.000. all at ris ing prices, "yet in 1924 the invest ment accounts of the railroads of the country was only $17.70 per ton of freight originating." “It i* safe to say,” the statement continued, “that no other Industry of this country has made any such showing.” 30 AT MEETING OF PHILOSOPHERS Despit cold weather, which cut down attendance at many events Sunday, 30 persons attended the weekly meeting of the Omaha Philo sophical society when Kdwin Puls, ^teacher of dramatic art, discussed * ' The TJterary Contribution to Per sonality Growth." At its meeting next Sunday the club will hear H. A. l-eussler of the street railway company on "Prob lems of the Street Hallways.'’ Other speakers during the next three months include Kev. D. K. Jenkins. O. C. George. Mrs. Halleck Hoso and Hahhl Frederick Cohn. Li. L. Mcllvalne is president of the society, C. A. Jones and Mrs. W. P. Nelson vice presidents, and J. W. Clifford secretary-treasurer. The com mlttee In charge of the weekly pro gram Is composed of Mr. Mcllvalne, Prof. Henry Oelrlch and Mrs. W. A. Burke. The object of the society Is to "elim inate Ignorance, oppression, vice and crime and war among men.” , Cafe Patron Asks That Wagon Be Ordered "Call tha wagon; I can’t pay for It," K. Gray told the cashier of the Shawler'a cafe. Council Bluffs, Sat / nrday night, after he had eaten « 1 \ 40-eent meal at the establishment. The wagon waa called anil Gray i« In Jail. PEARL WHITE IS OPERATED UPON By BASIL D. WOON, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. Paris. Dec. 28.—Pearl White, fa-, mous movie actress, was successfully operated upon for appendicitis at a private ho'spital In the Auteull dis trict this morning. Miss White, whose physicians have been working valiantly for severa ldays trying to avoid the necessity of an operation, remained until last night at her rooms at the CrlUon hotel, hut when It finally became apparent that the operation was necessary, she was taken to the hospital. Ever since she became ill last week her ro'oms have been a veritable bow er of flowers, thousands of dollars worth of blossoms being sent in Tty admirers. Cablegrams and messages from many countries have poured in. Her physicians say she will be out of the hospital wdthin a month. Cold Wave Here Broken; Mercury Goes to 4 Above Ends 30-Honr Period of Sub Zero Wealher—Low Tem peratures Reported Over Nebraska. After tumbling to a new low rec ord for the season—10 degrees below zero—Saturday night the thermom eter Sunday slowly crawled back, un til, at 7 last night, it stood at 4 de grees above, thereby breaking a 30 hour stretch of subzero weather. At Sunday morning the thermom eter read 8 below. At noon it had risen to zero and from then on its rise io 4 above was steady. Points out in the state suffered with Omaha. Falls City reported 20 below early this morning, a record for the winter. Other sections of the state reported temperatures well be-, low zero. Warmer Today. That the mercury would not again sink to the low mark of Saturday today was the prediction of M. V. ltobbins, federal meteorologist here. Chicago, Dec. 28.—Thirteen degrees beio.v zero! That was the official low tempera ture record for Chicago last night. Unofficial readings in the suburbs, re moved a few miles front the warming water of Lake Michigan, registered 23 below. All through the day the tempera ture hovered at the zero mark, with prospects of a drop to below zero 'gain tonight. Cold Extends South. The cold extended throughout tin .nlddlo west and penetrated the south and east. Ice formed in rivers and streams in the south for the first time in years. Ice was running in th» Ohio river past Hickman, Ky., and small streams in Tennessee and Ken tucky were frozen over. The official temperature of 13 below zero broke all records for December 28 since records have been kepi in Chicago. The nearest approach to it was when the temperature dropped to 12 helow on December 28. 1888. All low- records for the season were shat tered, some unofficial readings in Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming being from 50 to 85 helow. VETERANS URGED TO FILE CLAIMS All ex-service fllen, who nre suf ferers from tuberculosis, mehtal ills esses, paralysis saltans or shaking palsy, encephalitis, letharglca or sleeping sickness and amoebic dysen tery must file their claims with the United States Veteran bureau before January 1, to be certain of hospl tallxatlon or dispensation. This announcement was given out by the Omaha post. No. 1, of the American legion Saturday night. Claims filed by the ex service men With these diseased before January 1, require no proof of service connec tion. Widows, orphans, dependent par ents of veterans who have died of these disabilities are urged to apply immediately for death compensation. This appeal Is particularly to vet erans living In Nebraska and western Iowa, over which territory the Omn ha Veterans bureau office has Juris tic n. The American Ueglon clinic In Omaha will aid ail veterans In gel ting their claims established. If the bureau becomes too rushed In the npxt three days to give medical ex a ml nation to all these claimants, the findings of the American I.eglon clinic will he regarded as sufficient medical evidence, It was announced Saturday by the bureau. BANDIT VICTIM SORRY FOR YOUTHS Two shivering young men entered the grocery store of A. Pardell, 5501 North Thirty fifth street. One of them, shaking from the cold, drew a revolver and pointed It In the general direction of Pardell. "We hate to do this, hut we’re cold and hungry," he said. Thereupon one of the young men took $27 from a cash drawer and they departed. Thermometers nt the Tleaton Drug company and at Hotel Pontenelle reg istered 12 below xero at the time of the robbery, whteh was at about K:3R. "I don t blame ’em so mueh on s night like this,'' said Pardell, accord lug to police. I Deadlock Seems Inevitable After 22 Hours of Actual Deliberation—Believed 7 to 5 for Acquittal. Woman By Universal Service. Log Angeles, Cal., Deo. 28.—A dis agreement of the jury trying "Kid” McCoy on a murder charge in con necton with the death of Mrs. Teresa. Mors seems inevitable. The jury at 2 this afternoon had been out 52 hours. Twenty-two hours of the time they had spent In actual deliberation in attempting to reach a verdict. At noon, the jury of nine women and three men, instead of ei—*.ig luncheon at the expense of the coynty, sent out for fruit. At that hour the numerical standing of the jury was seven to five. No Indication of course could be given as to how the jury was voting, but It is believed that the majority stands for McCoy's acquittal. Refreshed by Sleep. The jury seemed much refreshed from their night's sleep at a down town hotel. They were brought to the hall of justice In charge of mat rons and bailiffs and resumed their deliberations at 10 a. m. That the jurors today were follow ing the court's additional Instruc tions, delivered by Judge Crall last night, was indicated by the sounds of quiet discussion coming from the jury room today. Judge Crall ad vised them to hold their minds in abeyance and open to arguments of other Jurors. "Exchange views and It may help you in reaching a conclusion in fTie case." advised the court. The Jury will be held until tomor row morning, the end of the third uay. unless they break the existing deadlock and reach a verdict befure then. At'iiat action, if any, will he taken by the district attorney’s office in regard to Mrs. Stflie Elberson, a courtroom spectator, who was charg ed with attempting to influence ffle Jury, has not been indicated by Dis trict Attorney Keyes. .Sensation In Court. The charges against Mrs. Elborsi*!), w hich led to her being ousted from thj courtroom by Judge Crall caused a sensation Just before the jury was locked up last night. Mrs. Elberson was declared by Miss Frances McPherson, another spectator, to have pointed her fingers at the jurors as they passed out or the courtroom to dinner last night and said: "Are you the guilty one? Are you the guilty one?" Although Mm, Elberson entered a strenuous denial. Judge Crall ordered her out of the courtroom, after tell ing her l hat she1 w«s guilty of con tempt of court If the charges were true, and that the district attorney might bring a contempt charge, If he so wished. DISTRESS SIGNAL HALTS BROADCAST New- York, Dec. 27.—Entertain ment broadcasting was held up this afternoon and again tonight by >S calls from an unidentified vessel In distress. It was believed the vessel was off the Atlantic coast beiw-ecn Norfolk and Cape Hatteras. Kfforta were being made to reach her and learn her trouble through the Hat teras station. The first distress signal was pick ed up In the afternoon not only by the naval station but by vessels at sea and by Independent land afa tlons. The signals did not give the name or location of the ship nor In dleate the trouble. Nothing more was heard until 6:20 tonight when 808 was heard again. But ns before the name and location of the sender was not received. BERNARD WICKHAM LEAVES HOSPITAL Bernard Wickam. 1*. driver of the B. A. Wk-kam automobile which col llded with a Rock Island freight train Inst week was removed front the Mercy hospital and taken to his home. It Is practically certain that he will not be able to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. K. A. Wickam, who was fatally Injured In the crash. The funeral services will he held this morning at 9. K. A. Wlcksm will not be able to attend the funeral, It lias been definitely announced. Bluffs Council Pimm Assessment Schedules Twenty -aevan eaaeaament ached ulea on Council Bluff* at reel a war* In apected and p.i***d by the city coun cil Friday afternoon at a committee of the whole meeting. The city etreet Inapector we* nr dered to fill In the approach** to th* new Ninth etreet bridge The council nleo moved In favor of the purchn** of a atrip of lend In the r*»»r of ihe, police afetlon for a aum of $760. The claim of A .1 WldftUe. who we* Injured while working undei city tni ployment, was Battled for $660. % British Medical Men in Exciting Controversy About Modern Women •f Famous Surgeon Declares She Is Degenerating in Size, That Her Sexual Character Is Defective and That Her Brain Is Over-Stimulated—Others Deny. By HAYDEN TALBOT, Universal Service Staff Correspondent London. Dec. 28.—An exciting controversy has been started among psychologists by Sir Wil liam Arbuthnot Lane, consulting surgeon at Guys hospital, who de clares in an article in the Franco British Medical Review: 1. That woman of today is badly nourished. 2. That she is degenerating In size. 3. That her sexual character Is defective. 4. That her brain is overstimu lated. 5. That stupidity of man is re sponsible. "Modern woman,” he says, "has lost most of the normal physical characteristics which are such mark ed features in the magnificently built savage. Her capacity to bear and produce children has become complicated by much trouble, the innumerable sequels of which too often make life miserable. •“They are unable to provide suf ficient nourishment for their off spring and are obliged to fall back on deleterious combinations pro vided for them by food chemists.” As a result of this degeneration, Dr. Lane continues, woman Is a primary factor In the development of cancer. Replying publicly to Dr. Lane’s strictures, Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, M. D., flatly contradicts him. “Statistics of the size and phys ique of woman over tho last 50 years tell otherwise to anybody who likes and believes In statistics,” she declares. “During the war I ex amined 15,000 to 20,000 women In 12 months. I saw many magnifi cent women with few evidences of degeneration. The majority ap proximated normal. “I have examined over 10,000 school girls and thousands of women of the type who work all day long In offices, schools and shops. My observation leads me to conclude that the modern woman Is taller, better developed and healthier, with more staying power and endurance than Sir William would have us believe. “Everybody knows there are mas culine women. Just as there are ef feminate men, both deficient in normal sex characteristics, but they are a very small minority compared to the mass ot normal people.” Congress Facing Ten Busy Weeks •> Muscle Shoals Has Right of Way in Senate—Supply Bill ITp in House. AVaahlngton, Dec. 28.—The Christ mas week recess at an end. congress goes hark to the grind tomorrow with house and senate facing legis lative tasks that are expected to keep them working at top speed until the close of the present session March 4. Tlie Muscle Shoals problem, vexing as ever, still has the right of way In tile senate, which also faces a show down early next week on the quee lion of sustaining the presidential veto of the postal salaries bill and la pledged before the windup of the ses sion to take action on the Isis of Pines treaty. On the house elds, appropriation hill* will continue to have priority, with leaders planning also to dispose of the McFadden l>ank bill and per haps the rivers and harbors au thorization measure during January. The house already haa sent three of the dozen annual supply bills to the senate. A fourth—the treaaury postofflce measure earning more than $;jn.non,oon and Incidentally the largest peace time appropriation hill In congressional history—will he dis posed of this week, clearing the way for the army supply hill which next will have higlit of way. Thus far. the senate has failed to take up any of the appropriation bills, although their consideration In committee has begun. With the aenat# scheduled to vote Tuesday, January 4. on the postal salaries bill veto, the Joint committee hearings on the rnte Increases pro posed by the postofflc* department will continue tills week while In the house the committee Investigating the shipping hoard will decide whether additional witnesses should he examined and the committee con ducting an Inquiry Into all branches of aircraft expects to press forward with Us exam Inatlon of witnesses. TRADE COMMISSION CHARGES COMBINE Washington, Dec. 27.—The federnlj trade commlaalon In a complaint I* aped tonight alleged the existence of a combination of the American As sociation of Advertising Agencies and the American Press association, both of Now York, and the Southern Newspaper Publishers' association of t'hnttanooga, Tenn., "with the pur pose amt Intention oT compelling no tlonal advertisers to employ respond ent agencies or other advertising agencies In the placing of national advertising In newspapers through out the United States." officers and members of the execu tive board of the American Assocln tlon of Advertising Agencies and offl cere and members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' association also were named In the complaint. The respondents are charged with using various nvethoile to compel ail verllsers "either to employ agencies or to pay for direct advertising at gross rates, such gross rate In oil Instances being greater than the net rates usually charged hv newspapers for sdverllslng when the advertiser deals directly with the newspaper and not through an advertising agency.'* The effect of the alleged combllia (Ion, the complaint slated "Is to hamper to obstruct national ndvertls Ing throughout Ihe t idled Wales, to restrict live dissemination and die trlbutlnn of such advertising, and of Ilia type parts essential thereto, to • hinnels and upon terms and rondl tlons dictated by respondents, and to restrict the publication of national advertising to newspapers throughout the t'nlted States selected and ap provtU by i wpcndviH*." 516 Bids Received in Rosebud Sale i Residents Enthusiastic Over Reception Given Indian Land Offering. Rosebud. S. I, Dec. 28.—This sec tion of the country is enthusiastic over the results of the recent sale of Indian lands. It was one of the most ! successful sales in the history of the Rosebud Indian agency. There were a total of 318 bids received and they came from California as well as from the nearby states «f Illinois, Mis souri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. Many South Dakota farmers also took part In the bidding. From the names of the bidders It is,evident they were mostly honeeeeicen. Many of the bids were rece'ved written on plain sheets of paper amt In lead pen ell. The fact that the sale will mean new settlers Is shown in such names as I»flnck, Yenglin. Novatny, bos tak, tiraeff, Raefwick and Womacka. Price* received for the land were above expectation, one half section piece, appraised at $7,800, wag sold for $8,183. Another allotment. ap praised at $2,000, was sold for $4,12!*. There were a number of sales at more than $7,000. In all 178 pieces of land were sold, averaging approx lmately a half section each. The to tal received was <420,148.20. and the averase per tract was $2,3(7.20. The funds realised front the sale go to the Indians, who now hold title to th« land. The lands sold are in Todd,! Tripp. Meieltte, Gregory and l.vinan counties, which make up the famous Rosebud seetton of South Dakota. The prices received and the char acter of the bidders, Indicating an interest upon the part of actual set tiers, is looked upon as the renewal of Interest in the Rosebud country, and as the forerunner of generally Improved conditions In that aeotldh. BLAST IN |APAN TAKES 26 LIVES By tnlversal Syniry. Tokio. I wv 2J.—An official state tnent today gives the number of fa talities resulting from the dynamite explosion III the harbor at Otaru yes terday as 2« with 25.1 Injured, Sev enty seven warehouses were wholly or partly restroyed. The explosion occurred while cool ies were iiulnarllng eevernl thousand cases ,,r explosives from a ship and the fire which followed spread to the city causing a damage there of mor< than $150,000. The steamship and railway property losses have not yet been estimated. KEWP1E DOLL CAUSES TRAGEDY IHitte, Mont.. 1>©«\ 5# Knmgfil IwH’iiuae a customer presented a kew pie doll to Min* lVitay l>nvls. a miltic** In hi* ♦*tnhlluhtneut. John H. Kota*. tocitI restaurant keeper, fired a *hot nt Ml** 1 la via, the bullet grn/lug her hair r.nd Inflicting no damage. Me then turned the gun on him *©lf, succumbing * few minute* Inter n* he waa being ru*hed to a hoepltal. GOLF WEDDING IN CALIFORNIA Kai ramento, Cal., Dec. J* Cali fornia's first "golf wedding" cere mony was performed at Auburn, when Judge ,!. It. Igindla stopped on the ninth green at I be Placer County Country i luh to perform the rere mony which united Dallas M. Robin son, 42, of Auburn, ami Miss Violet Hashrlle, IIS, of Kail ls>ke Drug VtMiits to Ilospilitl. Constantinople, I»ec. 2S Under .» new law recently brought Into Iwdng, In future all persona found to l>* ad die tad to drug* w ill he aent, without option, to a hospital for a *lx months' CUl* Cecil Lauds Peace Stand of America Winner of $23,000 Woodrow Wilson Prize Declares Ad vance in International Co operation “Marvelous.” Stresses Work of League New York, Dec. 28.—Before a die tinguished gathering, which included Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Viscount Ce cil of Chelwood was presented tonight with the $25,000 peace award and inedai given under the Woodrow Wil son foundation f r meritorious service in the cause of international co-oper ation and peace. The presentation v.as made at a dinner at the Hotel A at or. In accepting the award. Viscount Cecil asserted that the advance in the last five years in the direction of international co-operation had been ‘‘little short of marvelous." Praising the United tales for hat ing consistently stood for peace. Vis count Cecil said that he would not utter a word of criticism of the atti tude of America toward the league of nations. He stressed, however, the accomplishments of the league since its Incpption under the leader ship of Woodrow Wilson, whom he characterized as "a great American and a great citizen of the world,” adding: "there is no title to fame higher than that." Praises Woodrow Wilson. • Mr. Wilson’s contribution. he said, was the idea that peace was based on unity and solidarity of man kind. an idea contrary to that moti rating the prewar system whh h Vis count Cecil called “international an archy diversified by war” In explaining the actions and atti tude of thA league throughout its existence. Viscount Cecil dwelt on th“ problems rtiltej t the Egyptian and t'otfu controversies He .ham p.one,! ; he sti. i:d of Ine league in both cases, affirming that the outcome had been ,t vi. on f**r peace "The l*-igue is their to deal with interna iouai relations, not with re lation* affecting the national admin istration uf any country” Vieount Cecil explained, and he pointed oul that the "reintlon* between England end Egypt arc of a very special char aeter” Hr asserted that “no objection con| be justly raised to the British a* Hon regarding Bgy pt. which he said 've nd an international matter. Eng land s offer, after the controversy to lay l^fore the council of the league a full statement of her action in Egypt, he declared to be "one of the progress of the Idea of international' unity.” Defends leagues ( orfii Mi nil The viscount defended the at ami vurlftst tb* «’orf u incUiiwi a*; * tmr of lb** ] u* dittlnguiabed * .. ''•*-* . *- of • rev In*** n* tin nil tuherrulHr patient* la pi nned frir IMatrlct 101. which Include* Minns sotn, Montana, North and South !>a kola. Two hundred additional general heda and 100 tuberculosis bed* will he provided at Walter Heed hospital. Washington. *foi veterans from the District of Columbia, Maryland. Vir ginia and West Virginia. The bureau'* hospital at Aapin wall. l»a.. now about half construct ed. will he completed with additional quarters, nod the SOO-bed hospital al Muskogee, Okla.. built by the sobered relief commission of that state and now leased by the government, will l>e purchased. The training school for the blind will be built near Baltimore, under present plan*, and will have capacity for litfl students. IJvlng quarters for the students sre expected to be pro vlded by the Association of Blind Veteran* of tlx* World War. Two Boys Parolctl. Arnol.1 Mowery and Harvey Gar ner l»oth 17, were paroled by Dl* t riot Judge Wheeler yesterday to Sheriff »• s l.aicv-n after th# hoy a had pleaded guilty to a charge of poultry theft and were given *u» 1 vended sentences of two vea-s each In the state reform pi ison at An* moaa The lads had been held In the county yall ever since they raided a I number of hen coop* neat Crescent, la , sevarai week* ag ) 1 HITCHCOCK TALKS AT WILSON DINNER Washington, Dec. 28.—That Wood row Wilson will occupy a prominent place in history already has been de termlned by the large and growing Wilson literature and by the Wilson meetings held tonight throughout the nation, former Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, declared tonight in an ad dress before a gathering of govern ment officials and other prominent persons here in celebration of the birthday of the late war president. The dinner, presided over by Chair man Huston Thompson of the federal trade commission, listened In by radio to the Wilson memorial service In New York. Shepherd Gives Lie to Stories on McClintock Business Enemy Blamed by Chicago Man for Rumors About Death of Young Millionaire Orphan. ii) \»i«l>M Press Chicago, Dec. ;8.—Investigation of all fai tor entering into the death of William Nelson McClintock will be continued no matter what the coro ner's autopsy reveals, It was declared tonight by the first sssistant state's attorney, George E. Gorman. Gormun. while refusing to comment on the results of the Inquiry to date, declared, however, that hts of fice would uk<» no further steps nor question any other witnesses until the coroner's report was at hand. Dr. William D? McNally, coroner's 'chemist, worked throughout the day in examining vital organs of the "millions re rphan's” body. He stated tonight that his findings would not lie made public until the examin ation was complete. He said hts first is* « were for inorganic or chemical poisons and then he would try1 for aiknloid i ■ vegetable poison*. Mirplnrd Tells Story. Will am Shepherd, whose wife was one of the .1 .uardians of JJilly Me OUm e k. . permitted yesterday, upon hi- . ' irn from Albuquerque, N. >1 , • , toll assistant state's attor neys t»bi. he knew of the clrcum-l stances attending the death of young M. Clinteck. Today he declared that1 ‘‘so far as t am concerned the state's attorney'* case against me Is dead.” "1 will wait, however,” he con tinued, ''until the state's attorney's office finlaht* its official Investiga tion aim ’ .-u I will start an Invest!-] Ration oi ovn, I plan to unearth, facts, not a il.i rumors.” Shepherd showed a sheaf of clip-; pingr from Chicago newspapers con tainlng -,i) -hat has been printed herd on th<= -asc. The /wliectlon was1 presented him by Thomas A. New-1 m ■ friend q the family. Shepherd w. I off, i .-..mment nor mention; . that he believed the] t t. V - f . .... -ig several persons ini ' • '' were libelou*. i: : i. -- l nenty Blamed, tii. 'ii-. tlon was started by' * h i*' - of Shepherd.” Rob-1 er- u. s-u'i Shepherd's attorney, a*. I sort* unit,h We are not prepared to disclose hi* name now. but we ] know ir would benefit If the Me-' «'llntoc k will rhouKI be held invalid.! It is riot one t the seven cousins! who tils to i nt**t the will. 'Chief Jit-t e Harry A. Olson and M's* Pope IMcflintOCk'a fiancee) are merely being used as dupes by the; pr ■* t> ivi.o »! »>«• to gain through hi* t o vefctlga ti-in Shepherd plans to create a trust ft.nd st.yt, .e-t to provide an $9,000 a tr.u ty for Mis- Rope, he said today. He had previously intended to give her ti.e priukp 1 outright, he ex plained. When Miss Pope dies,” Shepherd declares, "the money will pas* from out hank* fattier. The trust fund wtti t» liks'lvi I and the money dis tribute! ii t; use of boys' work movements tnd for worthy charities. CHINESE RAILWAY MANAGER IN COURT *' v - -oi-istre Press llarbtn. Manchuria. Dec. J*.—B v. OstroumofC f.inner manager of the t'It in esc hasten railway. was ar ralgned in a < tunesc court here to day »fte. It r ytil imprisonment since] his srre*- es-i-iy last October, on I ordet- alleged to have been Issued by General fh«ng TaolJn, the Man churlati leader The preliminary examination was conducted In secrecy ami the charges' were not divulged but they were said! to Include ends dement In Conner I tlon with the purchase of railway ! material and admlnlatration at the on* department, ottnmmutff w Nrp