Defense Flavs
y
Government in
Trial of Forbes
Claims Defendant Did Not Of
fer Hospital Contracts to
Favorite Firms; Major
Martin Testifies.
By AMorlatrd Fkm,
Chicago, Dec. 29.—Refutation of
charge* that Charles 3. Forbes,
sought during his term as director
of the'Veterans’ bureau to influence
the awarding of hospital contracts to
favored firms, was offered In defense
testimony today in the trial of Forbes
. and J. W. Thompson, contractor, for
conspiracy to derfraud the govern
ment.
Harold AV. Brienlng, assistant di
rector of the Veterans' bureau in
charge of fiscal operations, testified
that Forbes had sought during his
terms to leave all hospital construc
•• lion projects In the hands of army
and navy engineers and the bureau's
planning committee. Brienlng also
told of Forbes having frequently ex
pressed the wish that all hospital
contracts bo awarded on scaled bids
rather than at cost plus, and that
the views of army and navy engi
neers be followed in ail such mat
ters.
The defense continued its attack on
1 lie government’s case today with six
witnesses. Five of them called as
character witnesses, testified the
leputation of Elias H. Mortimer, the
chief witness for the prosecution, for
truth and veracity was not good.
Major Martin oil Stand.
Major Frederick Martin, command
er of the United States, army world
flight, was the first witness.
Robert S. Bishop. AVashington rep
resentative of the Detroit Steel Prod
111 ts company, also tesllfied about
Mortimer's reputation for truth and
veracity.
Bishop told of an incident in the
Occidental cafe, Washington, in Oc
•"tober, 1922, when a friend called Mor
timer. among other things, "the big
' gest foui-flusher in Washington."
Asked to Identify I>eUei\
Major Martin was asked to iden
tify a letter signed by Newton J).
Baker, former secretary of war, re
lating to a charge against Capt. T.eo
V. Bannen, growing out of alleged
ii regularities in air service contracts
in 1918. Martin testified the chares
against Batmen had been "Instigated
by Mortimer,” and that an investi
gation had “completely exonerated"
Bannen. i
The Baker leftPr was not intro
duced In evidence.
CORONER HOLDS
UP HIS REPORT
• (ronOniifil From Pur* On*.)
' time lie sought to have them re
moved na gu;irdi.t*n# of young Me*
Ointock?
Sliridieifl MiiUes I’hr eat?
.Shepherd, who reim ned here Fri
-• 5*^ y frortY* ut cue* Jv. M., to per
sonally dtrrt-t the Investigation which
he gays must ■ ■ • his name of "all
insinuations and it tie toes in con
portion with 1M1- i’i th," today
■charged the.1 the nv>’t-'r had liecn
made 11: . vdideot. of h - al investi
gation thi ccii the ‘m h-hinntions of
an enemy."
"The states att ; y‘s investiga
tion of lue p (iv- -. ns fa - as I am
concerned,’’ -She)-lift'd said. "When
It Is alt over, I sir'll start, ■ ne of my
own, I want speedier action than
that which wo hid come-out of a civil
suit, and tlie only place I can get
that Is from, (he grand jury. I do
not want Vengeance or money.”
Tilts action, he confidently de
clared, wiM billow immediately the
publicat1o;i--*1>( the formal report of
the antrtfisy on the body of young
AirCllntock. Shepherd declared that
he was satisfied that the raport will
confirm his version of the McC’lintock
physicians that the young num died'
of typhoid fever.
Shepherd also intimated that he
would seek a realignment of the pro
visions of the Mefllntock will under
which he received hulk of the estate
after Miss Isabelle Pope, fiancee of
’Billy,” lias been assured an income
of $8,000 a year.
Fund for Miss Pope.
Shepherd declared that he till ends
10 carry out the wishes of his ward
by creating a trust, fund for the pay
pient of Miss Pope’s annuity, al
though the will did not specify it,
lmt that upon her death the annuity
would he applied to charity.
This action would also break the
legendary "curse” which has hung
over the Mrdinfnek millions ever
'nee they came into the hands of
American families a generation or so
>go, through the death of an Knglieh
nobleman.
I want this fortune to lose Its
Identity on the death of my wife and
myself," Shepherd declared, "and tt
will go to many charities, as Billy in
tended P.”
Buffalo County Now Digging Itself
Out of Record Snow for December
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 29.—Pioneer
settlers of Buffalo county, who have
lived here a half century or more,
fail to recall any December during
which so much snow fell and auch
low temperature prevailed.
Snow started December 4, falling
to a depth of 14 inches. Several light
snows followed. High winds prevailed
for days, forming huge drifts .every
where. Temperatures hovered con
stanlly around the zero mark, 2.1 be
low being the lowest. For one period
of 72 hours the mercury did hot
rise above zero.
Drifting snow paralyzed transporta
tion on the highways. Single track
lanes have been opened on practical
ly ail main-traveled roads, but miles
still remain unbroken. Rural mail
carriers have been striving desperate
ly to keep up service but some of the
routes ware not served for days.
In Center township the mail
patrons furnished their carrier with
hot lunches In appreciation of his
efforts.
The volume of holiday shopping
suffered greatly. Many merchants
mailed goods by parcel post. It is
feared that the roads will be in bad
shape all winter and that snow will
bo In evidence until spring.
[3 Dozen Stocks
Reach New High
Slock Market (Joes on Bull
Jamboree as Ninth Week
of Boom Opens.
New York, IJee. 29.—Industrial
stocks went on a bull jamboree at the
opening of today's stock market,
which marked the opening of the
ninth week of the post election boom.
Three dozen issues were lifted to new
peak prices for the year during the
first hour under the leadership of
United States Steel, common, which
touched 121, the highest price in
seven years.
Lowering of the renewal rate on
call money to 4 per cent, establish
ment of the highest price in five years
by sterling exchange, the unexpected
post holiday demand for stocks last
week and the encouraging tenor of
the weekly mercantile and trade re
views brought a flood of buying or
ders into the market from all sec
tions of the country. Totnl sales In
the first hour exceeded one-half mil
lion shares.
Coppers were again in brisk de
mand, Anaconda! Chile, Kennecott,
Inspiration, Cerro De Pasco and Ne
vada Consolidated smashing their
previous 1924 high records. Other
stocks to be elevated to new high
levels were Republic Steel, Famous
Players, Columbia Oas and Electric,
Pacific Oas and Electric, Radio Cor
poration, New York Air Brake, Amer
ican Can and Foundry, Railway Steel
Spring, United States Cast Iron Pipe,
International Paper, Chicago Pneuma
tic Tool, Simms Petroleum, Park &
Tilford and Otis Elevator. The net
gains ranged from fractions to 3%
points.
When the first hatch of buying or
ders had been absorbed, and the up
ward movement showed signs of
slowing up, a wave of profit taking
swept over the market, carrying Bald
win down .1 points, Texas Gulf Sul
phur 2 Vi and American Locomotive,
General Motors and a number of
others off a point'or more.
AIRPLANE SPEED
RECORD BROKEN
By A**oi iiitrri PrfM.
Etampes, France, Dec. 29.—Aviator
Do ret today broke the world’s speed
record for 1,000 kilometers (621.38
miles;, flyinff the distance over a 50-:
kilometer course in four hours. 3ft
minutes and 32 3-3 seconds at an av
erage of 221.7 kilometers (about 137.75
miles; per hour.
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pin nisi ; jo;45, on Hmi i».
WKKI. Boston ( 01): « Big Brother
club, h 70 mandolin quintet; 7:1, trio;
x. Kvpueady hour.
VVUK, Buffalo (111): 6 6:10. mu*n
8-jo musical programs.
KYW. Chicago (516K 6 16. I n le Boh;
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':'.0. speeches; 8:43. musical; in. ai home
W(l\*. Chicago (370) 5. orgen; 6:10.
concert; *. program; JO. orchestra.
WW, Chicago (.145 r. 6 • .’0. organ . 7. lul
!am . 7 |5 contralto; 7 10. orchestra,
7:1V (ontralto; 4. farm program; 9.
Saddler feature; 10. orchestra; 10.15. vlo
;inlf . 1 o ,30. entertainers; 12, review.
WMAg. Chicago ( 4 47 8): «, organ;
r,; 10 orchestra. 8. hook review; 8:20.
travel talk; 4:5(1. le^ litre; 9 15, concert.
WI,W, Cincinnati (421): 10. prrheaim,
quartet. Instrumental trio, soprano.
WHAV, ColumbUs (421): 7. nchesta.
AVFAA. Dallas News (476); 8:30. vucal,
artists: 11. organ
WtV.r. Detroit New* (313): 7:10, News
orchesua. soloist
ic NX, Holly wood (117) • 9. music ; 10.
orchestra; It. features. K*. orchestra.
AVDAF. Kansu- City Miar < 111) 6-7.
Mr Until uf Hie Ah 11 4. I. Nighthawk
frollr,
HUB. Kansas City, (111): 9 ». special
progrn til.
Kir. Do* A ngele** (469): 8:45. organ;
io. Instrumental trio; II, Press dub- 1*.
i. 'lid hour. *
kli.f. l.o* Angelea Times (395 )• 8. ron
»•«. \ ;n. #hildren; 9:10. talk, features;
12 r,r' heat rn. '*■
WHAM, r.ouisville Time* (too); T F.
ron r ert nreheatra violinist.
AVMC Mempjk* (7.01): *. »'«rv; l;P.
cl* *•!'*!; II. frolic
WCCO Minneapolis-ML Paul (417):
4 16, *alk: « 10. roheert nrrheptr*
WO FI, Newark '(|06>: 4. orrheiirs. 4 18,
sport*
WE A F. New York (413): 4, orrhe*‘rs;
7. talk. 7 13 Tohn Hill; 7 30. Gold Dust
Twins «. Kveresdv hour; 9 orchestra
WHS, New York (i«0) 4:10. employ
ment- 8.10, news 8.77. on h*atra; 9, vau
deville; 10. dance.
W.JZ. New Tori: ( 465): 6. ‘dog*;' 7:30.
organ recital; * |5, Navy band
W.l Y, New Yor k < 405) t:30. I’hrtst
TO«" carols; 8 talk; 8:10. baritone, 9.
»al)r.
WNYC!, New York (636): < to. alarm*:
(’.•16. sport*; 7 30. program. 8. Mtraml
lin-Hter; 9 10. Mtrand program.
K(Ja Oakland (312) t». ionc#rt- 10.
< )i<ii i . 12, done#.
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IV C A K. Pittsburg It (462). 6:6ft. Uncle
Kuvbes; 7:30. concert • 9. orcheaira.
KOW, Portland Oregonian <4l‘2» 10.
is. mu- D» 30, concert: 12, on-hastra .
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t ra.
K 1*0, Matt Francisco (421): 9, orchff
ir,« 1 a. voi-sl. Instruments!; 12. band.
| WOY. Me»tnec.tady (180): 8 43. drama
ilk 7. nxiebal comedy. 10 20. organ.
KKu.t Meat l|o (435) 4 concert; 4 43,
pi'iKiHtn; 10:10. musical; 12:08, orchestra.
W R/ Muring field (837): 7:30. hags*. ao
prenn 7 30, t»in 4 ’0 ensemble
KHh. St Louis Pn*f nispatrh (544) 4
f ,*n< *rt
WRC, Washington ( 449 t 4 children,
7.18 mil sir- 7 tf dr* ms Mr; * 20. rnn.
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Tuesday, Dnemher SO.
* Oft p in *'A»lvli-m to Lovelorn" tlarlod.
coudi* t»ul by Cynthia fJrsv. editor «*f
"Please Tell Me" column or tha Omaha
Dally News
*; 2. ji tu • Dinner idoirmn, transmit
ted from WOAW'a remote control atudlo
• n tha May Heed X- Nursery i‘o , hulldlnir,
Shenandoah. Is
'• oh (i, rn Program by courtesy of iht
Phi Het*» Pi, infill'si fiaieiiilty, in f ad
junction with ll»*lr imtlonrit hienntot cOfi
van lion in Omahfi. December as to "T
I'uurieny Alpha Pet end Alpha Alpha
rlutptsr* of VebrasPa snd f'reiahton • ••!
»••••( s "f in*•»Ir« Ine i Hits hs. Ini Iii'l Ink *»'
• h r at i; ■ in.(I*- i| us 11 ei. Inst ill men i s I solos
..nd I • t VI .1 • • Hr\erln. hat Pone Address
hv In IV A. Knuslei, «»nireu»e ••1 • hen
of Phi H«» r
Ih.ie p. m Wflsl frijlp by Frsnh Me
deU, |r .na Hi- '»»*iaha V »f HMei» |e».
transmitted from \V<>wt roest at Hoaeland
V« rdena.
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Medic Frat Men
in Session Here
Phi Bela Pi Praetor Warns
Members Against Para
sites to Order.
J. K. McDowell, gra ml eastern
praetor of Phi Beta PI medical frater
nity, speaking at the national con
vention of that organization at Hotei
Fontenelle Monday morning, declared
there is a neglect of fraternal obll
gations among many of the men who
go to the large eastern schools after
attending western and southern col
leges.
“1 hate to have to mention it," he
said, "but the condition exists. At
Jefferson Medical In Philadelphia, oul
of about 100 Phi Betas only 11) were
actively affiliated. The others seemed
to want the good from the fraternity
without carrying the responsibilities.
Some. 1 know, were financially un
able and we made all kinds of con
cessions to them. Modesty forbids
my telling some of the things I did
In this line. Be careful of the men
you take into your chapters.”
City Attorney Dana Van Dusen
welcomed the delegates, who come
from all over the 1'nlted States. Dr.
T. 1'ren welcomed them on behalf
of Omaha alumni and Tom Welch
for the local chapters. Supreme
Archon W. A. Fansler of Minneapolis
made the response from the council.
At a banquet tonight in Hotel Fon
tenelle Dr. W. E. Ash will he toast
master; Dr. W. A. Fansler will speak
cn "The Future of Phi Beta Pi," Dr.
B. Barker Beeson, on "The Alumni,"
and Dr. Dawson Q. l.owrey, on "The
Chapters."
Convention business will continue
through Tuesday and on Wednesday
night there will he informal dances
at local fraternity houses.
CAPITOL BODY
TO BE FETED HERE
Governor Charles W. Bryan anil
member* of the state cupitol commis
sion will be honored in Omaha at n
luncheon and dinner Tuesday. The
luncheon will be given by the
Chamber of Commerce in recognition
of their efforts during the last two
years.
The dinner will he given at Hotel
Fontenolle by Walter W. Head,
president of the Omaha National
hank, a member of the capitol com
mission. He has invited lot) Omaha
business men to take dinner with the
members of the committlon.
The members of the commission
are Governor Bryan, chairman; Wil
liam Hardy. Lincoln; W. If. Thomp
son. Grand Island; Roy Cochran,
state engineer, and Mr. Head.
INSURANCE AGENT
MISSING 10 DAYS
Lincoln. Neb., Dec, 29.—The state
law enforcement department today
was co-operating with local police in
searching for John I*. O'Connor. 49
prominent Lincoln insurance man
who left his home December/-l9 an-1
has since been missing.
Ai the time of hi* departure 1 a
•lays ago O'Connor told his wife he
was going to Omaha.
F. K. McFarland, local attorney,
notified authorities ho saw O'Connor
at the Baltimore hotel In Kansas City
last Tuesday.
Honey Creek Community
Knifing Fnml for Library
Stella, Dec. 29.-f Honey Creek Com
munity association, working In con
junction with Honey Creek con
solidnted school, in the south part of
Richardson county, has made plans
for raising a fund, to be used by the
library committee in gradually build
ins up n community library.
Honey Crtek consolidated school
Las a manual training class, and
many are taking advantage of the
hoys' offer to make free anv piece of
furniture , when ths material l«
furnished.
Hot. lunches are aerved In the
school ihli winter, the pupda bring
ing what they wish In pint jars,
which are heated up In domestic i
science room and distributed at noon.
Cattle ami Chickens Bring
Fair Prices at Farm Sale
T.lherty, Dec. 29.—Cattle and chick
en prices In southern (.lag* county
■till remain ut a fairly rood figure as
alien i) by bids at the William Mor
rill farm Hale, four miles south of
I.lherty Saturday. The highest price
hid for a row was $KU>. others selling
around linn. Korl> five good liens
brought ll.n?> each on the average.
Traeetl Ity ( ailing Card.
Kails City, tree. J!>.—H W. Jamison
has been arrested at, Sabetha. Kan.,
on the i hares of robbing the roost on
K. VV. McDowell's farm near Salem
of 2» chickens The thief had ap
pnrently dropped s calling card hear
ing the name H. It. Jamison.
Store at (Men Burned.
Glen, Dec. 29.—Fire destroyed the
store building and entire stock of th(»
(•f|n Supply company at (lien, Wb..
the first station but from t Yaw ford
on tlie Northwestern railroad. The
Snpplv company will rebuild.
Sliu<lr*.( ioiitrarl Let.
(’on Ira cl for fiirnlshltm Hind*’* f • »i
111 ^ f I • «s ♦ | Inn nf the np\\ M.iic»
iMpIfol bltmtlti h«e lir« tt iurmtlwl i
m tb# l.rw WpntWorlh comps iv of
(•tna)t4. 1
Delinquent Taxes
Used by Council
for City Expense
Commissioners ‘Fine!’ $77,300
Additional to Spend
$20,000 to Go in Audi
torium Improvement.
The mayor and city commissioners
met Informally Monday morning to
appropriate $77,500 delinquent taxes
collected during 1924 and which oth
erwise would have gone into the sink
ing fund.
The commissioners set aside $20,000
for improvements at the City Audi
torium and agreed on other items as
follows: Municipal court, $3,800; to
meet deficit in street lighting fund,
$16,000; to reimburse miaoellaneous
fund $5,500 account recent health de
partment emergency Appropriation;
$3,800 for compensation money paid
out by public improvements depart
ment; for Installation of traffic signal
system, $11,000; for building depart
ment, $7,500.
The balance will be appropriated
Tuesday morning to clear, up various
items and about $8,000 will be placed
in the Judgment fund.
Start Year Better.
The practical effect of this action
means that the various departments
will start 1925 with $77,500 more than
was expected until the city legal de
partment gave an opinion that de
linquent tax collections could legally
be appropriated for general expense.
The city council will meet next
Monday morning to determine the
municipal budget for 1925.
The conference Monday morning
brought out a few pointed remarks
between Commissioners Hopkins and
Hummel.
Hopkins Serves Nolire.
"I want to serve notice on you com
missioners right here that unless ade
quate appropriation is made for
maintenance of the comfort stations
at South Omaha, Florence and Ben
son for next year, these places will
be closed." said Hopkins.
It is all very well for Joe Hummel
to go out and open these places and
then leave them to maintain out of
my department funds. They opened
» place at Florence and called it
'Hummel hall' and Joe Hummel told
the people all about it."
"Now, John, do as I do In my de
partment: when the funds are low we
close down some of the places. We
run our department according to the
funds we have," Hummel replied.
TECUMSEH FAIR
DATES CHANGED
Tet umseh, Dec. 29.— Presuming that
the Nebraska state fair In 1925 would
be held the first week In September,
as it ha* been for a number of years,
the managers of the Johnson county
f ir had set the show here the siv
ond week in September, expecting to
follow th* Lincoln show next year.
At a recent meeting of stat* fair
managers of the middle west changes
in dates were made in some states.
The Nebraska state fair next year
will be the second week In September.
This change caused the manager* of
the Johnson county fair to set It
the week before the Lincoln fair,
September T to 11 inclusive. It was
decided to have four days of horse
races and the usual amusements
given at the fair. Inc luding fireworks.
Night and day shows will !>e held.
BANDITS KIDNAP
HOUSE MANAGER;
St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 29.—Four armed
bandit* early today kidnaped Spiros
Cardas. manager of the New firand
Central theater, and compelled him
to return to tire theater and open the
safe for them. They escaped with
$ #5,500.
1‘ i\r 1 IioiimuhI Toll.* of Ice
Harvivtrcl al Fall* City
Fills City, Dec. 28.—Local Icemen
are congratulating themselves on
hat vesting the finest. Ire crop In
many year*.
Five thousand ton* have been re
moved to date, the Ice being a foot
thick anil crystal clear.
Nebraska News
Nubbins
^/
I tea trice Karl Tenner and Miss
Alena Thoman, both of this city, were
married her**. Mr. Penn*»r Is s nop of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tenner. The
bride Is s daughter of Mrs. A. F
Thoman. aid residents nf Beatrice.
York.—John fttewgrt. 4*. a. farmer
residing near McCook died nn Thur»
day at Rochester. Minn., where he
hid gone for treatment. Burial aerv
Ices were held at MrC’oni Monday.
Tecumsch.—Tecumaeh Klwtnlo
club has elected officers as follows
President, .Toe V. Johnson; vice presl
dent, Moyd D. Waleted; treasurer, H
IT. Parker; trustee. Dr. (\ D Barnes,
directors. A. Karl eon, Warren Inger
soil. J. H. Douglas, (’, H. Brock, A.
K. Taylor, W. M. Sherman and Olln
Yoder, .lav t\ Moore, retiring sccre
tary, was recently appointed lieu
tenant governor for Ivlwanls Fifth
dihtrlet.
Itc strive. Mrs. Fred Teller. old
incident of the I'latonla neighborhood,
died at s hospital here nfter a brief
illness; need TO. She l« survived h\
seven children.
Table Hock T.eonard Bndberg and
Mis« Rubv Bryant of th* Humboldt
vicinity were married si Sidney, la.,
Rev, .T. S Kills, pastor of the Math
odist Kpiscopal church, officiating. The
bride Is a daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Will Bryant, former residents in
Table Rock.
Table Hock Wllllitm Titiigbutn, <
resident of this county for CO yenrs
ami of Table Rock for GO years, died
after a brief Illness of pneumonia, lb
was ?! years old last November. H*
is survived by three sons, Paul and
Arthur, railroad hitn of Wytnore. and
Kvtrcti. who lives on ♦» farm near
Republican Fll>
Beatrice-— W llltalii It Jones. 78
form* i sheriff of Dug* lottnty ami
•»ii«» i*f lire f,i rltcM srllleis of lhi.«
section of th*» «t,<t** ts »rrnv*!,ilii*
from e pHtalytir stroke si hi* home
|n \\ eat Beat! li e
Wickham Seeks
Delay in Taking
U. S. Depositions
Bluffs. Financier, Hurt in
Crash, Says He Is Unable
to Attend Hearing
in Suit. V
Attorney* for K. A. Wickham,
Council Hluffs financier who was se
riously Injured In an automobile
crash on Christmas eve, tiled an ob
jection In federal court Monday
against taking the depositions In Des
Moines Tuesday In a suit tiled against
Wickham asking $217,700 alleged to
he due the plaintiffs from Wickham
as profits on wartime construction
contracts.
The objection deflates that Mr.
Wickham's condition will not enable
him to be present at the taking of
depositions, and that he can give his
attorneys no assistance in the mat
ter.
The suit was filed by I,. W. Dren
nan, W. D. Jamieson and James J.
Doty, and Is for profits from the con
si ruction of the Fort Omaha balloon
school, the Memphis (Tenn.) air
field ahd the J.ake Charles (f.a.1 can
tonment.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
S -- ■>
tty THORNTON W. Bl RG5SS.
When life'* at stake 'tls nk disgrace
To run from what you dare not fare.
—Old Mother Nature.
A Rare for Idfe.
Little Joe Otter and his family had
traveled many mile* from the Laugh
ing Brook on their way to that other
brook where Little Joe was sure they
Would find better fishing. They hail
left a deep trail through the snow.
It happened that this trail was found
by an old trapper who was tramping
through the woods.
"Traveling Otter!” he exclaimed as
soon as he saw the trail. Then he
examined the trail very rarefully.
"More than one has been along
here,” he decided. What Is more,
those Otters are not very far ahead
lie gained on llieni with every Hep.
of me, This trail is very fresh.
They're heading straight for the pond
just beyond the next ridge. Otter
fur brings a high price these days.
If I can catch up with them I may
be a hie to get a skin or two. '
He looked around for a stout club
and a* soon as h« had found one to
stilt him he hurried along that trail.
He guessed that those otters were not
hurrying He hoped that if he could
get near enough before he was dis
covered lie would tie able to outrun
one or two of them. ,<o he hurried
on a* fast as lu* could, laktng the
greatest mre to make as little nols •
as possible.
ldttle .loe. Mis. Oiler and tlie two
young Otters had almost reached the
pond when T.IHle doe s ears caught a
sound tiiat caused him to stop and
look hack along their !r«ll. He saw |
that man i tinning He recognized
him Instantly as one of those two
legged creatures called men. lb* onl\
• nerniee kittle ,|oe realty fasted. ‘ We
must run for our lives'" he rrted.
and led the way, breaking the path
through the snow. Then began a
race for life. TJttle doe knew that
if that man caught up with them
they would have no change for their
lives. He knew all about that pond
Just ahead. He knew that at one
end there were springs, and that
when all the rest of the pond was
covered with ice there usually was
open water shove those springs. If
ihey rottld reach open water thev
would be safe.
Such a race as that wasl Though
the Otters did their best, thev could
not travel as fast through the snow
o (be man. He gained on them with
every el»p. How thankful l.lltle doe
and Mr*. Otter w»re that he bad no
terrible gun. Hed be bad * terrible
gun they would ha' * had no chance
at all Put even without s terrible
tun he would eurcly Will them all
unleea thev could reach that open
water.
Through the trees they saw the
black, smooth Ice of that pond Just
ahead of them. They bounded end
plunged ahead wllh all their strength
Ml tie doe was ahead to break the
nav through the snow. Then came
the two young Otters, and Mrs. ottei
was last. That trapper was almost
within striking distance s* she sprang
out onto the Ice Out there th
otteis could travel faster than the
trapper. They would make several
bounds forward and Ihen throw them
solves on their stomach and slide. II
was surprising how fast ihe\ traveled
over that Ice Hut 'he (tapper
couldn't run fast on the Ice. 1l wm
too slippery. Its did hi.* best, but be
fell further and further behind
Finally he threw hi* Hub at Mrs
Otter. 1i Just ml*»*d her. A minute
later, one after another, tdttlo doe
and his family disappeared In the
open water. fhey had won their
race for life
(Cop* right. 11*4 >
The next story: "The Clever Trap
per.”
limiter \\ oil tided.
Shelton. Oeo 8*.—Wlill* hunllnt
rabbits Waltei Brown 'hot st » <ot
umtall that was running toward a
hi-juah tlllrkrt amt two stray shot
from ili« gun ntruck Bill llrnner, »
rnntitittilon. one gnialnt; the top of hi*
head and I he nlhei Imbedding ilself
In the flesh of his rtghl > hr* t The
\\*t» b\ thr» uar t»f -t *’
X n,' ind wm'
Girl Believed Planting Leap From
Toll Bridge “Just to Scare Someone”
Minnie Young, ifl, was taken into
custody Monday afternoon after she
had been pacing back and fortli along
(he center span of the Douglas street
bridge. She told police that she had
just been trying to scare somebody.”
John Croft, bridge policeman, took
the girl into custody after he had
noticed her leaning over the railing,
apparently trying to find an open
channel in the icebound river. He be
lieved she was contemplating suicide.
The girl denied she had plnfmed
to throw herself from the bridge, but
Croft took her to the police station
where she first refused to give her
name. Later she gave her name and
said she was employed as a domestic
in the home of Dr. T. J. Dwyer, 528
South Thirty-seventh street.
Mrs. Dwyer said Monday afternorm
that she had discharged the girl last
Saturday because she was “too wild,"
as she had "from 15 to 20 boys calling
her every night."
Mrs. Dwyer believes the girl was
trying to scare her parents.
France Balks
on Wav Debts
Washington Stirred by elem
ental'* Suggestion for Pool
ing Obligations.
By I nl it mi t hinul Npwil Spn iff.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The Ameri
can government regards with consid
erable apprehension France's con
spicuous ignoring of Us war debts,
and it was indicated strongly here
today that the United States will
shortly take steps to obtain from
P’rance a clear and unequivocal state
ment as to whether or not it intends
to pay the *4,000,000,000 borrowed
here.
The highest officials of the admin
istration made it clear today that they
consider the statement of the French
finance minister to parliament on
Saturday as constituting little short
of diref i repudiation, and it is prob
able that a note will soon he -dis
patched challenging the views that
Chairman elemental expressed.
Secretary Hughes Acts.
The Stale department's concern
over the matter was early manifested
today by Secretary of State Hughes
sending to the Treasury department
for all the data bearing on the J’rench
loans in tlds country. He conferred
also with Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Wadsworth, the foreigh loan
expert of the treasury. 8s well as
secretary of the American debt fund
ing commission.
Vigorous dissent was voiced by ad
ministration officials to the proposi
tion advanced by M i'lemental for a
"general pooling" of war debts by the
allied countries, and his recomtnenda ,
tion that the costs of the war be
apportioned among them on the basis
of "ability to pay.”
This would only mean. It was point
ed out, that the United States would,
as the nation "most able to pay, '
hear the burden of billions of dollars. !
Money in Common ( ause.
M elemental told pari lament that
’he money that France borrowed in
this country went Into a common
<ause of winning the war. Admin
istration officials < hallenged the cor
rectness of this statement today by
pointing out that one-fourth of the
total debt wa* contracted bv France
after the armistice was signed. The
l nited States treasury* gave in ex
cess of one billion dollar? in exchange
for demand note? after November 11.
IMS. *
%
The'money that went into foreign
loans during and after the war. it
Urns emphasized came from the sale
of Liberty bonds. The American
government la now paying millions of
do'hirs annually in interest to hold
ers of these bonds, and getting no in
terest from the debtor nations, save
fir eat Britain.
If these \vju* loans are repudiated.!
it means, one administration official]
emphasized, that the American tax
•oyer will have to put up the money
tu redeem the bonds.
Si llily Kstalc Pays $6.."> I 7
T»i\i's in Marshall County
A\ ymore. Tier. T:>. The Klixahetli j
Anjselia Scull' land interests of Ix>n
rlon. Kngland. through their local rep j
resentailve ami manager. A'. R. John
son. of Beatrice, have just paid their
taxes in Marshall county. Kansas,
south of here, ami according to treas
urer • rccorda the total lax for i<21
on the total holding* of S.intl acres
owned in Marshall county, amounted
to $6,olT. The total assessed valua
tion of this land is nearly $590,000.
The Scully interest* own IS.TOO
acre* out of the .".52,900 acre* in Gage
county, all of which »«> purchased
in the early days.
Boy Burglar Parol'd.
Turk. l>oc. T9, l.ewl* Milligan of
lamp fit', who has f|>ent the last j
four weeks in the A’ork tail waiting
for room to he made for him at the i
Mate reformatory, ha* tern Paroled
hy Judge 1’ororan to the sheriff of
Sherman entintv on the understand
log that for the next year he will
keen good rompany and he con- j
stantly employed in some useful oc
cupation tinder the direction of his
father. Milligan was sentenced to a
rear at the reformatory fur break
ing Into a York cafe.
School Bonds Carry.'
York, l>ec. 29—The bond i?Mte
election In echool district No. 12. In
which York is located, aroused but
little Interest. owing to extremely
cold weather. Less than 200 votes
were cast and there were but 11 vote?
ngninst the proposition. The new
bond Issue refunds ihe present one of
$100. Add.
|'Three Aces” Aids
Free Shoe Fund
Mortgages future Prospects to
Put Shoes on Cold •
Fed.
"It lias been customary for me to
send half of what I win in playing
eribhage, one down and four up, to
the Free Shoe fund," writes "Three
Aces."
"This fall I have been rather un
successful, but I'm going to mortgage
future prospects and enclose check
for $25 which is about half what I
should win at the first encounter
with the sporty ones."
Hood luck, "Three Aces." and
meantime know that your prospective
winnings hive put warm, strong
■ hoes on half a dozen pairs of littlA
feet. . .
Here are features of the Free Shoe
fund:
SO on Waiting List.
No "overhead" expense because
each case in investigated by school
teachers without rharge. Each case
is "worthy” because it is investi
gated.
Shoes correctly fitted at stores, in
exchange for vouchers presented by
the children, these vouchers paid out
of the Free Shoe fund.
It is the "100 per cent effective”
fund.
Sixty children are now or» the wait
ing list, to be supplied with shoes as
fast as money comes in
It’s a Ptiv ilcge.
Maybe you can afford the privilege
of helping a child to the shoes that
may mean its health and life. What a
splendid thing to do and how pleasant
to remember all your life!
Alresdy V r k new 14-ii grti $1,501..VS
No Nmn#* 3.00
\ Friend 5.00
liny- nn<l <$irl« of 1*1) mouth (on
gr$>ff.itlon;i| Junior ( hurt h ‘J.OO
n I'inLttfton 5.00
< a*li .. I .no
r i rb im i • ■ « ii i!l 1 .«*»>
No Nam#*. \l1h»n««v N#*b. 1 .‘>0
\ Friend 1.00
Mr*. -I « MagttfH . ... 3.00
No Ninie 5.00
5 I rinul. < »-ntral ( Uy. Neb, . ‘.'.(W
\* I mi>«I . ... .’ OO,
Thr.f \i*. 25.00
■i it.
.1. OauglirrU 1 00
Total $1455o.3S!
A check, cash or money order,
mailed or brought to The Omaha Bee
office. Seventeenth and Farnam
streets, will fill the hill. Make checks
out to "FTee Shoe fund.”
FATHER’S DEATH
IS LAID TO SON
Johnstown, X. V, Dec. 29.—William1
la vi Haker of Syracuse face* a fir*t j
degree murder charge, police say, a* ■
a result of the >¥*th early today, of
his father, Daniel K. Baker, 50, from
five bullet wounds alleged to havy
been fired by the son.
The shooting occurred Saturday as
a climax to more than two years of
bad feeling between the two Bakers
The wife of the son divorced him
.'tout two nnd a hsif years ago and j
married the father.
Twelfth Judicial District
Court Dates Announced
Kearney. Her. 29.—.Judge B. O j
Hostetler announce, the following!
da‘e, for term, of court in the 12th
judicial district:
Buffalo county. Jury term, Apr:!
13 and November 30; equity term.
January 12 and September S.
Custer county, jury term. May 4
and November 30; equity term. Feb
ruary 16 and September 14.
Sherman county, jury term. Sep
tember 22; equity term, February
24 and November IT.
Iaignn county, jury term. Way 25:
equity term. March 9 and October 19.
Man Run Down
by Truck Dies *
2 Hours I ater j
Bachelor Who Never Marrioi *
So He Could Care for
Mother Killed hy
Automobile.
Leo Nichols, 1001 South Twenty
second street, was fatally Injured
when he was struck by a bakery
truck driven by Carl Sorenson st
Tenth and Leavenworth streets »t 7
a. m., Monday. He died two hours
later at Lord Lister hospital.
lie was rushed to the hospital Im
mediately after the accident and was
found to have suffered fractures of
four ribs, a rompound fracture of the
right arm. and internal Injuries.
. Sorenson surrendered following the
accident and was hooked on a charge
of reckless driving. He was later re
leased on bond.
Supported Mother.
Mrs. Sadie Nichols, 00, with tears
In her eyes, Monday morning asked
if some compensation wouldn't be
made for the death of her only son.
Leo, who was 39. has been her sole
support for 12 years. Her husband
died from a paralytic stroke. Leo
was a truck driver for a lumber com
pany and was on his way to work
when he was injured.
' Leo would never let me go to
work,” said thp mother. "He wanted
to take rare of me the rest of my
life. He never married."
Iliiri.il ill Iowa.
Mrs. Nichols owns a little home ' • ,
1001 8 gtn Sixteenth street, below
the viaduct, which was flooded out
last spring. 8he will try to sell the
home. The house at 1003 South
Twenty second street is rented by
Mrs. Nichols.
Mrs. Nichols wil! take the body of
her son to Bellevue, la., on Wednes
day for burial.
Inquest into the dealh of Nichols
will be held Tuesday at t a. in. at
the lleafey chapel, said County Cor
oner Paul 8teinwender.
DEAD MAN’S SAFE
OPENED BY DRILL
Grind Island, Neb., Dec. 29.—Open
ing. by drilling, the safe of John W.
Conley, deceased. Broken Bow, Neb
Judge Ford, administrator, found
36,500 in cash and 3500 in liberty
bonds. Conley passed away July 30.
Four daughters and one son are the
heirs. Mr. Conley had peculiar
habits and for some time after hi.'
death it was the belief that he had .
hidden money about his place of resi
dence but a search failed to reveal
it. Nearly 32,000 of the cash in the
safe was in gold.
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