Nebraska Newspapers

    | 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 <on
f option. Hv aid tn;»? the league I?
not a Huptr vtiw and that If two na ,
tion« arc in <*onfUrf “’a* lt'A*ueV
function ha* been <t,s, har*ed when j
It haw brought them together /nd put!
<Tor» to r*«<» T»i» ( fllumM Om.)
FIVE HOSPITALS
FOR VETS IS PLAN
Washington, Dec. tt.—Construe !
lion of five hospitals for world war
veterans, completion of one and pur ;
ha»r of another 'Mil Is. undertaken
*hort 1} hy the veterano' bureau with
funds recently made available by
ongrexe. A national training school
for the blind also will he built.
A lied neuro-pay chtatrio hos
pital is to lie erected at Great lakes,
lit., and a IS! bed tuhert-uloaia hos
pital for which contract! recently
were awarded, is to be built at San
Fernando, Cal.
At a city not yet selected in Ida
lriot 2, comprising Connecticut. Nee
York and .New Jersey, a 1,fhXM*ed
neuro pay chtatrio hospital will he
erected, and a hoapital to accomodate
Jt)<> 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
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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<dnt^1
of the railway tn 1921, following as.
sumption of pa control by the:
f HI new government. Ml* regime gen
eralli was ,vn, eded highly em.-lent.
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Explosives
and Guns in
Their Home
Th rce Men and Woman Held
for Questioning in Regard
to Recent Rank
Robberies.
All Refuse to Talk Now
Three men are being held at Cen
tral police station here for question
ing in connection with the robbery
of the bank at Soldier, la., last fall.
They are C. C. Harris, Klmer Dun
ning, Sioux City. Ia., and John Marsh,
alias John H. I-ambert, Seventeenth
and Burt streets.
Detectives Trapp, Kruger. Wade
and MacI tons Id arrested March Sat
urday night after they had watched
his actions for some time and had
trailed him for several blocks. He
was picked up at Sixteenth and Burt
streets and is being held for Investi
gation.
Dunning and Harris, who says his
real name is Kinzle, were arrested
while riding In an automobile on one
of the downtown streets, Sunday
morning.
Woman Is Arrested, Too.
The three men were arrested on
description of the bandits at Soldier,
furnished after the robbery.
Harris or Kinzle declared that he
owned a house at 4019 Himebaugh
avenue. The detectives went to this
address and discovered a woman who
gave her name as Mrs. C. C. Harris.
A Boston bull doy was the only
other occupant of the new bungalow
for which the three men had paid
1250 down.
In the house the men declared they
found guns, both revolvers and rifles,
''soup." or nitroglycerine, fu«es and
ca r bridges.
At the police station Dunning, Mrs.
Harris and Johnson would offer no
Information, nor would they answer
questions put them by police.
Admits He Is Wanted.
Harris, w-hile he would volunteef
no specific information, admitted that
he is wanted in several states as tar
south as Texas.
Police say they hop* to connect
the quartet with not only the robbery
at Soldier, Ia.. but also the holdup
of the bank at, Havelock, Neb., on
November 14, and that of the bank
at Bethany. Neb.. December I.
It was after this latter crime that
two men whom police are convinced
were the bandits, had a running gun
battle with deputy sheriffs on West
Dodge road in which one of the fu
gitives was wounded in the hand.
All Held Incommunicado.
Pat Carrcll. arrested at Pacific
Junction. Ia.. about two months ago,
was supposed to have been one of tha
original Iwnd.
The suspects are being held untrt
descriptions of bandits In several
other robberies in the state and sur
rounding territory can be wired to
Omaha police.
In the meantime the four are In
separate cells and are denied all com
munication with the outside world.
DRUNKARDS PAY
RESPECT TO THIEF
London. Pee. St.—A unique nee of
the twomlnute silence usually ob
served on Armistice day to a nation's
fallen was made at the funeral of a
well known local thief and lnebr ata
at Salford recently.
The deceased n.an used to frequent
two local saloons, and on the way to
the cemetery the funeral procession
•topped outside them, while hla
drinking companions observed a two
minute silence in approved A roust ic
day fashion.
BOY HELD AFTER •
BAT KILLS BABY
New York. Dec. £SCharged with
homicide in the death of an Infant
who was struck on the head when
a baseball bat flew from hla hands.
Robert K De ke* IT. a schoolboy,
was held In $1,000 hall.
Robert Remmitk, 2-Wears old, of
No. Sts West Fiftieth street, died In
Reception hospital, where he had
been sine* his injuries June T.
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We Have
With Us
Today
Carl Fowler.
Head of Itranrli Houses and Car
Routes, t tnlalix Caching Company.
Chlcato. 111.
More than 100 men gathered at a
aalea eonfWi'enc* in Omaha to hear
aales talks on x'udahy products from
their chief. Oarl Fowler. The men
came from Sioux idty and surround
ink territory. Mr. Fowler is head
of all branch houses and car routes
of the x'xidahy I'acklttk company, He
conies to Omaha onc* a voar front
the executive office* In Chicago,
where he has held hi* position f.H*
six tears.
Mr Fowler started as a stock clerk
with Ills company at To|«ek*. Kan,
He tom h t. hl« i t-eseixt portion at
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r r Ta?W <4 SKmjx City,
K. J. .louck^n cf
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