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    b rrr | The ( >maha Corning Bee —
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PL L CITY EDITION V0L. 53—N0^17L_€MAHA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1924, * TWO CENTS10 ' ~ / V.
[ Legislative
| Child Labor
Fight Looms
[ Advocates of Ratification
L Promised Hard Sledding;
I “Job-Hunters'’ Anxious to
L Hear of Appointment.
» Schools Facing Battle
i __
, B.v WILL M. MAI"PIN,
Staff Correspondent Tile Omalia Bee.
Lincoln, Dec. 30.—While the solons
| nre slow In gathering, the applicants
or positions under the new admtnis
U tratlon are forgathering In numbers.
It Is difficult to differentiate between
I their expectancy and their uncertain
ty. So far Governor-elect McMullen
t has given a correct Imitation of the
Sphinx In the matter of revealing
secrets. lie has undoubtedly made up
his mind about the major appoint
ments. hut a clam Is a vociferous ln
k stltution compared with the Beatrice
B statesman.
One may hear all sorts of rumors
about the appointments, hut they are
, rumors and nothing more. The five
I code secretaryships and the hoard of
L control job nre the big plums. But for
these seven places there are as many
applicants as there are rattles and
squeaks In a secondhand flivver. Jess
1 Craig and Walton G. Huberts are pop
ularly supposed to know a thing or
two about It. but they Insist with
every appearance of candor and
thorough honesty that they know less
than nothing.
’g Legislators Drifting lit.
■ About the only sure thing to date
■ Is that Clyde Barnard will seek his
W old job as clerk of the senate, and
* that Frank Corrirk will seek his old
A joh as clerk of the house.
H Only a handful of legislators have
W drifted In, and they are not talking
a about pending legislation. They are
I here to get acquainted and locate llv
S lng quarters. But enough Is heard
I drifting here and there through the
B corridors to indicate that the nd
H vocates of ratifying the child labor
^ktegg’-udment are not going to -have
^^smooth sledding. There will he a hard
fight made against ratification.
^ Nor will the university and normal
schools have an unobstructed right
of-way for their proposed system of
raising money for maintenance and
extensions. There Is a growing feel
ing that these big Institutions should
show more results before asking for
greatly Increased appropriations.
There seems to be no disposition on
the part of legislators to cripple the
educational institutions by decreased
appropriations, hut economy is going
to cut more of a figure—more of a
real figure, that Is—than It has for
several years last past.
McMullen on Scene Monday.
g Governor McMullen Is slated to ap
%u-.ir on th° scene next Monday, and
It Is expected that he will immediately
shako the plum tree just a. little hit.
Not enough to detach all the fruit
at once, hut just the big, ripe, juicy
| ones. If surface indications are to he
relied upon, the secretaryship of the
fish and game department Is the one
giving Governor McMullen the big
trouble. Not that there Is any lack
of applicants for the position. Far
he it from so. There are as many,as
there are carp in the lakes and
streams. Next in line la the secretary
(Tnrn to Tegs Two. Column Four.)
MACHINE SKIDS ON
SNOW; DRIVER DEAD
Kd*<lnl Dispatch to Th# Omaha Be*.
Washington, Kan., Dec. 30—Be
cfctusa the wheels of his automobile
slipped from a snow covered road
I made glassy smooth by heavy traffic,
1 Owen Brown, 35, farmer living nine
I miles southwest of Washington, is
’ dead; his companion, Jack McMahon,
l Klneo, Kan., is not exported to live;
I nnd the Ford sedan In which both
were riding, was destroyed by fire.
| The accident occurred at a sharp
curve In the road. The car Hkldded
Into the ditch at one side and turned
fry nr. Gasoline from the tank im
1: iHtately Ignited. Brown, pinned ho
Yeath th* wreckage, was burned to
death. McMnhon freed himself and
crawled half a mile to the farm house
of John Bech, before he collapsed.
Bach summoned help and began a
Bearch for the car.
Only the metal parts remained.
Brown’s hndy was burned beyond
recognition. He leaves a widow snd
two small children.
/
We Have
With Us
Today
Itr. Vnl II. Fuchs,
Specialist,
New Orleans, Bn.
Dr. Fuchs Is here attending the na
tional convention of the medical fra
tjernlty, fid Beta 1*1, of which In* I*
supreme editor In churge of the
FT organization's monthly publication.
He i.s a native of ‘‘N’ Yo’llns"
end a graduate of Tulnne university
there and specialises 111 diseases of
the egr, nos* nnd throat, lie Is a
im-mbcr of the Klwanls club,
j Tills Is a great country In more
f" s than one," said he. "When my
S * Ife end 1 left New Orleans last Frl
^ day the therorneter stood »t ft! shove
*»ro. When w« arrived In Omaha It
• sod U i-i MIMY. AmvM* *1/11-",
NAVAL DIRIGIBLE
ON TEST FLIGHT
Ijakehurst, N. J., Dec. 30.—The
naval dirigible Loa Angeles, under
command of Commander J. H. Kline,
United States navy, took off this
morning on a test flight. The water
recovery system recently installed is
to be tried. It compensates the ship
for loss of weight suffered in con
sumption of gaioline. The flight was
decided upon despite a thin haze
that hung over countryside.
Accounts Shift,
Bringing Turn in
Prices on Market
Erratic Movements Take Place
in General Electric Stock
—Rail, Industrial Aver
ages I^se Ground.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 30.—Widespread
shifting of speculative accounts
brought about a very confused price
movement in today's stock market,
both the rail and industrial averages
losing ground, although 32 individual
issues soared to new peak prices for
the year.
One of the most erratic movements
of the day took place in General
Electric, which has been the subject
of countless rumors regarding divi
dend and recapitalization plans.
When It was announced just before
the market closed that the company
would segregate its electric bond and
shareholdings through the formation
of a new company whose stock would
he distributed to General Electric
stockholders, the stock broke from
30714, the highest price reached since
1302, to 230, dosing at 297 for a net
loss of nearly three points on the
day.
This break precipitated a sharp de
cline In many other active Issues,
losses of 1 to 9 points being scatter
ed throughout the list with Nash Mo
tors recording the largest decline.
The list of new high included Fa
mous Players common and preferred,
General Asphalt common and pre
ferred, Shell Union common and pre
ferred. Barnsdall A, Radio rorpora
tlon, American Express, International
Telephone, Beechnut Packing, GnTf
fornla Packing, Postum Cereal, S. S.
Kresge, American Metal, U. S. Smelt
ing preferred, Chicago Pneumatic
Tool, Continental Can, Wrlgley To
liacco Products and U. S. Industrial
Alcohol. Ginter company and Dur
ham Hosiery preferred broke to new
low prices for the year.
Demand sterling touched another
high above $4.73’4 for a new record.
BANDIT SUSPECT
TO U. S. OFFICERS
Robert H. Kinzie, one of the four
bank bandit suspects arrested by j
Omaha police Saturday night, waa j
turned over to federal authorities;
Tuesday afternoon to answer year-old
' hargeH of transporting a stolen auto
mobile from Sioux City to Omaha.
This action is believed to have been
taken by Fritz Franks, acting chief
of detectives, to foresail Kinzie's re
lease on lK»nd under charges of pos
sessing burglary tools, filed against
him Tuesday morning.
Kinzie s wife and the two other sus
perts, Kliner Punning and John
Marsh, are still held for further ques
tioning and identification. Kinzie was
taken by federal officials to the coun
ty jail to be held for trial.
QUAKE FELT AT
BERKELEY, CAL.
Berkeley, Cal., Dec, 30.—A moder
ately strong earthquake was recorded
on the seismograph of the University
of California last night, which up
pen red to center about 40 miles south
io southeast of here. The record be
gan at 11:27:22 and continued until
11:29.
Deports that s slight shock had
been felt In the hay region about 5
o'clock this morning were not borne
out by the record,-which rsvenled no
tremors at 11:29. No record was ob
tained either of a slight shark re
ported to have been felt at Santa Bar
bara early today.
REALTY SALES
WORKERS MEET
Members of the salesmen's divi
sion of the Omaha Deal Kstate
hoard held s round table discussion
Tuesday noon at their weekly meet
ing at the Mlks club.
The discussion dealt with the pros
pects of business for 1929.
Man Missing for 23 Years
Returns; Wife Marrietl
f’hlcago, Dec. 30 A buzfmnd rule*
lug for 23 yrirs wa* the* flmt appli
cant nuMwcilng a “room to rent"
sign, Mr*. Mary Timr**en told Judge
Joseph Hflbfrth In asking a divorce.
Ilo celebrated tho event by boating
her, nlie ha Id, when he found *he had
married nnotber mnn. The Judge
indicated be would grant her a di
vorce no nhe could remarry her pres
ent hiiphnnd. William tV»rbllf»*.
Heel Corporation Turns
Hark (irmver*’ Request
Washington. Doc. .10, —A recent re
quest of Maine potato growers fot
free transportation In shipping board
vessels of 10,090,009 bushels of pota
toes ffnm Maine to Irish ports lias
JtSSP <U«Unttil l>y ths fl|*» WfOrsWop.
Omaha Man
Is Named in
Death Probe
Romance Between Carl Sig
frid and Mother of Young
McClintock Is Recalled
hy Shepherd.
Death Thwarted Plans
By A. J. IJIRENZ,
Vnlvemiil Service Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, Dec. 30.—The source of
typhoid infection in the North Shore
suburbs of Chicago narrowed down
today to the restaurant Jn Evanston,
where William Nelson McClintock
dined with his sweetheart, Isabelle
Pope, shortly before he was. taken
down with his fatal illness.
This discovery, made by P'. H.
Cooney, quarantine officer of the Illi
nois state board of health, was given
to Assistant State's Attorneys Gor
man and Savage, who are in charge
of the investigation into the death
of the millionaire orphan youth.
“Two days after McClintock died t
talked to William D. Shepherd, his
foster-father," Cooney declared. “I
was very much interested in tracing
the sources of the typhoid eases in
North Shore towns at the time, and
I asked Mr. Shepherd whether the
young man had eaten raw osyters.
".Mr. Shepherd told me that Mc
Clintock had named the restaurant
in Evanston. It was the same one in
which we found tainted oysters, sup
plied by a certain company. «
“A number of other typhoid cases
were traced to oysters eaten in this
same restaurant.”
Other Cases Reported.
During the month of November,
when McClintock was taken ill.
Cooney declared, there were 17 cases
of typhoid In the suburbs north of
Chicago in the district of which Kenil
worth, where the Shepherds' home is
located. Is a part.
Shepherd expressed himself as grati
fied with the statement of Cooney, ss
it bears out. he said, the contention
that his ward's death was due entirely
ro netwral osviaeo .
with which the specialists' diagnosis
found McClintock to he suffering.
Reiterating that the establishment
of typhoid as cause of McClintock'*
death would have no bearing on the
investigation. Judge Harry Olson, who
ordered the legal probe, himself np
l>eared before the state's attorneys as
a witness. The jurist read a tran
script of the early statements of wit
nesses, upon which he based his ac
tion which set the legal machinery in
motion and caused the body of the
millionaire youth to lie exjiumed and
chemical analysis of vital organs to
he made.
Report Ready Friday.
The chemical tests have nfit been I
completed, it was said today, and
five mnrf analysis, for the more sub-,
lie poisons, are yet to tie made. Dr. j
Tarn tu I'sge Two. Column Two.)
BAR ASSOCIATION
ELECTS OFFICERS
Judge Paul .lessen of Nebraska j
City was elected president of the I
Nebraska Slate Bar association yes I
terday afternoon; Webb Rice of Nor
folk. James Quigley of Valentine and
B. K. Butler of Cambridge, vice presi
dents; Anan Raymond of Omaha,
secretary, and \Trgil Haggart of
Omaha, treasurer.
Judge W. H. Westover of Rush
villa was elected president of the
District Judgee’ association; Judge
Charles Leslie of Omaha, vice presi
dent; Judge Baird H. Paine of Orand
Island, secretary, and Judge Millard
K. Stewart of Lincoln, treasurer.
BANDITS HOLD UP
BROOKFIELD BANK
Brookfield, 111., Dec. 30.—Four ban
dits entered the Brookfield State bank
here today, held four employes at bay
while they went methodically through
vaults and till* and escaped with HiO,
000 In cash. •
Naval Sqiintlron Arrive*
at Panama for 7-I)av Stay
Panama. Dec. 30—Th" Japanese
naval training squadron has arrived
hers from Mexico for s seven day
stay. The military and naval au
thorities are planning extensive en
tertainment for the cadets.
Cnrilinal Ginrpi Dio*.
By Associated Press.
Roms, Dec. 30 -Cardinal Orests
Olorgt died of pneumonia at hi* resi
dence 'In the Palazzo Altetnps here
today In his fiDth yesr. lie was born
In Valmontono, Italy, and was creat
e<| a cahliiml December 4, 191B. lie
held the ofllce of grand plenlpoten
j In t y of the holy Roman ohtieeh.
Dt-Mille Off to Knropi*.
LoK Angola*, riil.( D*<\ 30 — (’•ell I
R. motion picture director,
left here today m mute to Kurop* j
On hi* way to Now York, whoroj
Do Miito win nail on tl>* Oenrfo
WnnhltiKton, .fitnunry in, he "til vl*lt
Knnnn* City and Chtrngo. If* I* go
I'onipitnjol by Mr*. DoMHI*.
Hranling Critically III.
IiOnflon, Dec. .10,—The condition of
Premier Brantlng of Sweden, who Is
111, hss grewrt worse, according to a
jl(»patgU from PWsfcfcelm.
BLAZE DAK
COUNTY -L
Fresno. Cal., Dec. ^ arent
enlng the Fresno coui. /Ital, In
which are housed 800 p. nts, fire
which started in the kitchen early to
day was confined to the wing hou^
ing the kitchen and bakery. Only
patients in the immediate vicinity of
the flames were removed and no
panic resulted in other parts of the
Institution, officials stated.
The damage was slight, being e«
tlmated at between $1,800 and $2,000.
Coolidge F^ils to
Reach Conclusion
on French Debt
Paris Officials Deny Ignoring
U. S. Papment—Finance
Ministers to Hold
Meeting Soon.
Washington, Dec. 30.—Develop
ments In the American-French debt
funding situation were confined today
to While House quarters where It
was announced that President Cool
Idge had not, as a result of the gen
eral discussions current in Paris and
Washington of possible repudiation of
the debt by France, reached any defi
nite conclusions of his own nor had
lie received any report that such dls
missions had reached a stage where i
they justified official consideration,
('oolitlgn Advised.
At the same time, however. It was
made clear that the president was
keeping fully advised regarding all
phases of debt funding and that It
was not Improbable but that he
would, in event discussions of re
pudiation developed to the point
where official recognition because
necessary see fit to influence the at
titude of the AVashington government
regarding the floating of loans for
foreign government hy private finan
cial agencies In the United States.
Statements from Paris officials and
from French embassy quarters here
that M. Clemente], French minister
of finance- had not Ignored the debt
that government owes the United
States when he failed to Include the
debt total on the balance sheet he
prepared and that France recognized
p* nSIwnueii* to pav we e noted by
Washington official* hut provoked
no comment.
Deny Repudiation.
As the situation rested tonight It
was explained that the French au
thorities have not suggested that they
ever considered such a move as re
pudlation of obligations to the Unit
ed States. No French authority, with
the exception of Ambassador .Tusser
and. who was said to have noted en
tirely on his own Initiative in taking
tip the question with Secretary Mel
lon, has communicated to any rep
resentatives of this government nnv
word whatever regarding the debt
situation.
On the other hand. It was pointed
out, tlie attitude «f the American
government has been clear on *cv
era! occasions in official pronounce
ments to the allied and associated
powers
Balance Sheet Ignored.
Inquiry at the state department
Into today revealed that so far as
was known there Ambassador Her
rick had received no explanation of
the elemental balance sheet incident.
Had any member of the Freneh for
eign office seen fit to inform this gov
ernment of the circumstances attend
ing the publication of the elemental
report, in an effort to prevent pos
sible misunderstanding In the United
States, Mr. Herrick would have com
municated at once any such report
to tho state department. Neither has
any word reached the state depart
ment from the French embassy here
regarding nnv of the many phases of
the debt funding situation.
It was made known at the etnte de
pertinent however, that the Wash
ington government had been Informed
of file subjects to tie discussed at the
forthcoming meeting of the allied
and associated finance ministers.
While no definite agenda has been
prepared, It was sRld that the ques
tions to he dealt with would relate
to the definite allocation of the pro
ceeds the various governments rep
resented will receive from Germany
under the Dawes plan.
The allied nnd associated govern
ments have bean informed that Go!.
James A I.ogan, American repara
tion* expert, will attend th« gather
Ing of the finance ministers ns the
American representative and notifies
tlon of hla selection has been receiv
ed hy th« varloua powera with ex
pressions of satisfaction.
Nint* Town* Have Fxliiltit*
in Royer Poultry Show
Mlauntirl Valley. In., Pec. 30.—The;
finmml Boyer Valtoy Poultry Show]
nnd Farmer** Fair opened here Mon |
day f«»r n three day aea*!on. Tn nil]
nine township* In H.irrlnon county
are repre*ented.
Knrh afternoon there 1* an educa
tional program nnd In the evening the
progrnm* are of a lighter nature. j
Inn put on hy different school group'4 j
Prof P A. Vm cTeve, head of the
nm letiltni lit department of the hlr.h
nrhocd, ha* churn* of the *< hoot ex
hlhltn.
I’alrirh O'lltiriis. HO, Dies;
Wit* Hliiitl Many ^ f»r»
Shenandoah, la. Dec. .10 Patrick
n'llurn*. 80, nhu w is blind many
years, I* dead after a short Illness.
Ha w*» familiarly known as "Patty
Burn* " Funeral service* were held
at St. Mary* church and burial *>•
at lmoiana Tucigay,
2 Children
Die in Fire
on Vessel
Two Other Passengeri Are
Fatally Burned Aboard
Japanese Liner Off
Coast of Mexico.
Craft Rocked by Blast
Bj Universal Service.
San Francisco, Dec. 30.—Two chil
dren are dead, two steerage passen
gers suffered possible fatal burns and
several others are believed to have
been Injured early today In the fire
which Is raging aboard the Japanese
ltner Ginyo Maru off the coast of
Mexico, 2,000 miles south of here, ac
cording to word received by the Toyo
Kisen ICalsha steamship, owners of
the vessel, tonight.
Of the 79 passengers aboard the
vessel bound from Valparaiso, Chile,
to the Orient via San Francisco, at
least a score are believed to he white
persons. It was at first reported that
the passenger list was comprised
wholly'of Japanese.
Nitrate Is Cause.
The fire, according to word receiv
ed here, broke out in the nitrate car
go and with lightning rapidity spread
over the entire vessel.
A series of explosions that rocked
the craft followed. Panic reigned
among the passengers and efforts of
the officers and crew to quiet their
fears proved unavailing in some
cases.
Distress signals were broadcast
with an appeal to "come quickly.''
Lifeboats were lowered away. Cap
tain Yawata and five members of the
crew remained aboard to fight the
flame*. The freighter Julia Lucken
hach reached the side of the stricken
vessel shortly after daylight and the
passengers and crew were taken
aboard. The Julia Luckenbach Is re
ported standing by.
Boat Total Loss.
It was reported in iste dispatches
'hst the vessel probably will be a
total loss. Fire In one section had
hurn'-d to the water * edgs, the mes
sage said.
Officials of the Toyo Kisen Kaish
Steamship company here said they
had been unable to ascertain the num
ber of white passengers, If any,
aboard the vessel. Usually there is
a score of white passengers who
hoard the vessel at Vaiparlso enroute
north, the company said.
CHICAGO TYPICAL
U. S. CITY, CLAIM
Chicago, Dec. 30.—Chicago was
h> Id a* the typical American city, with
■i growth r*nd development confound
ing the scientists themselves, by Prof.
William L. Bailey, head of the depart
ment of sociology of Northwestern
university, before the American
Sociological society mei-tlng hero to
day.
lie took Chicago ns *n argument
against a statement by Warren K
Thompson of the S.-rlpps foundation
that cities promote sterility and rural
life was civilization's saving element.
■'Chicago has grown to metropolitan
status more quickly than any other
city In the worlds history,” Prof.
Bailey said.
CAPPER OFFERS
BREAD MEASURE
Washington, Dec. SO.—A bill de
signed to standardize the weight of
loaf bread and prevent an ahnual losa
of 1100,000.000 through short weight,
was Introduced In the senate today by
Senator Capper, republican, of Kan
sas.
The American people ere losing
$300,000 daily, or more than $100,000,
000 a year by 'ahortweight,” that Is,
charging full prices for a 'ahort
loaf,” 12 minces for 16, or 20 for 24
ounces. Capper said.
Nebraska Rabbits Placed
in New Yc*rk City Market
Klk Creek, Dec. 30.—A shipment of
3 900 pounds of rabbits was sent from
her* by express today to a firm In
New York City. Nearly 300 rabbits
were In the lot, which represented the
collection* of a dealer her* from local
hunters for the last week. lA*t week
900 pounds were shipped. Over 1,000
rabbits a voHr are ahlpped to eastern
markets from here. The rabbits are
frozen and not dressed.
Pair Found Dead.
Hollywood, Cal., Ike. SO.—Milton
Holly, retired Now York merchant.
And n woman bollavad to bo hi* wife,
woro found dead in a bungalow court
apartment hero Monday. They up
penrd to have boon polaoned, polk‘d
•ild. but whether the poison waa
self administered nr waa given to the
• onplt» with murderous Intent could
not be determined.
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Girl’s Plan to Jump Off Bridge
i Branded as Only Childish Prank
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Congress Passes
New Postoffice
Supply Measure
Bill Totaling $763,000,000
Said to Be Largest Under- 1
taken by House—$11,000,
000 for Liquor Enforcement.
Washington, Hoc. SO,—Speeding
along at almost sn unprecedented
legislative clip, the house today pass
ed the treasury postoffice supply bill
which, with Its *763,000.000 total, is
the largest peace time appropriation
measure ever considered by congress.
Sent to the senate practically with
out amendment after only two days'
consideration, the bill provides among
other things. *11,000,000 for prohibi
tion enforcement and *20.000,000 for
the coast guard service, half of which
Would !>e available during the coming
fiscal year for use in curbing rutn
sm uggiing.
other Items in the bill Include *2.
600.000 for operation of the trans
continental air mall service. $7,26.373
for maintenance of pneumatic mail
tubes in New York city, *16,67,6.200
for the customs service and *9,103,
101 for the public health service.
The fourth of the annual supply
hills to go to the senate, which so far
has failed to act on any of them, the
bill's passage cleared the way for con
sideration by the house late in the
week of the army appropriation meas
ure.
A!l sections of the treasury post
office bill dealing with mints and as
say offices and concerning the up
keep and Improvement of public
buildings were approved by the house
as drafted by the appropriations
committee.
Just before final action on the bill,
Representative Bushs-, democrat, Mis
sissippi, moved to recommit the bill
to the appropriations committee to 1
have the appropriation for the pay
of rural mail carriers raised from
593,37,0,000 to *,99,27.0,000. The mo
tion was lest, 69 to 147.
I MASON CITY MAYOR
DIES OF SMALLPOX
*|iarlnl lMipatrh «<> Tha Omaha Hrf.
Miwii City, l)cc. 30 .T. V. H.
C.liw, mayor nf Maimi Clt y, and ntcnv
bar of tha houaa of rapraaanntlvra In
Hha 3StH and 30th general aieembly,
dlad laat night aftar a work'* tllnaa*
of .mall pox. Failure to raoognlra tha
dl.eiia In It* airly atnga* |* blamad
(hr tha depth.
K. 3. I’atton, rommlaalonar of public
in fat v, automatically bacontaa mayor
and tha third plara on tha commlsnlon
will ba flllad by appolntinant.
Coyote and Raldiit Hunt
to Re Staged at Rostwirk
Dostwlck, Dec. .10 - A Mg coyote
mul rabhlt bunt will bo staged New*
Yfwr'e dny by Oswln Kelfer, former
state representative*, and prominent
rancher of this place, who bn* Invited
American T.eglon members of Super
lor and surrounding town* to pnrttcl
pate. About 200 individual* me ex
pected to take port. The hunt will ho
over the 1.300 acre Keifee ranch be
tween Itostwdok and Superior Coyote*
me doing »on*Jd»i!ible damage In this]
I x bln It y. and rabbits are eating much <
jgmln and destroying young tree* by
' gnaw Ing the bat k.
Trinity’* Naim* t hangi-d.
Ttalelgh." N C.. !>-, So Trinity!
college nf Durham, V i\. officially be |
rime Puke university today Joseph
O. Brown of Itslelch chairman of the!
trustee* ptesimtcd to Secretary of j
8»*t* Kverett th* amended charter
changing th* nama to "Duka univar*
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Only a childish prank Is the only
way Esther Johnson. Juvenile officer,
could explain the attempt of Minnie
Yxiung, 16, 2965 Farnam street, to
leap from the Douglas street bridge
into the Icy waters of the Missouri
Monday afternoon. Miss Johnson
said that in her interview with the
girl after her arrest, that Minnie de
clared she had no Intention of com
mitting suicide.
A bridge guard, John Croft, 3329
North Fifty-ninth street, took Minnie
to the police station, He told police
that the girl paced along the bridge's
walk and stopped several times to
pepr over the railing. He started
toward her, he said, when she
seemed about to Jump over the
railing.
At her home Tuesday morning Min
nie told how she left home early Mon
day morning to go to a girl friend s
home on Wirt street. After telling
this girl of parental scoldings at
home because she stayed out late
nights, Minnie said, she left the
home, telling the girl friend that she
wanted to end it all. The girl friend
made Minnie promise that she would
not end her life. Minnie for the past
month had been employed as nurse
girl at the home of Dr. T. J. Dwyer.
Mrs. Dwyer said that the girl was
only a child and perhaps only thought
she would play a prank. She told of
many phone calls that Minnie had
while at their home.
Minnie's mother said that she had
started to go out In the evenings too
much while away from home and
when she returned home she expected
to continue to go out. When her
father reprimanded her for staying
mother.
"She left home crying," the mother
said. "But when she came back Mon
dav evening she was happy to be
with us." ‘
Minnie said that she would find
work and earn enough money to go
away if she ever wanted to.
"I don't think I would have
Jumped," she said.
U. S. RUM CHASERS
TO PATROL WATERS
New York. Pec. SO—A fleet of 40
government rum chasers headed by
five destroyers was despatched by the
coast guard authorities to patrol
nearby waters to prevent the landing
of New Year's llqtlnr from the IS
schooners and steamers now on rum
row. Government officials estimated
that there were at least 100.000 cases
—and perhaps as many as SOO.OOO—
aboard the liquor ships.
Cmitata-Patroanl. “Nativity.**
Given in < Imrcli at Wymnre
Wymore, Pec. SO—cantata
pageant, entitled "The Nativity." was
given a* the Wymore Methodist
church Sunday evening, the edifice be
ing crowded, and was repeated Mon
day night, The play was under the
direction of Mrs. Caro'yn McCullough,
w ife of the local minister. Amonf the
characters were: Prophesy. Mrs. K.
M. Short: Vary. Mrs. Arthur Hughes,
Joseph, K. M. Short: the angel. Miss
Hose Brehm; the Three Wise Men. A.
W. Starkahaum, J C. Glenn and C. 15.
Scott; shepherds. It S Jones. Charley
Heea. I.aw retire Hetden and Gordon
Jones. Special tnus cal nuhmers were
given hy 15. O Jones of Omaha,
former member of the Wymore
church; Mrs. Mark Hargrave. Mrs, 1-’.
KHas and Mrs It O Youll of W > more
Commission to Mift.
Mexico City. Ike SO- 1'he special
American Mexican claim* rommliM^on
in echtMuhnl to meet her* .Tunuary ?. |
but will not betfrtn formal afiork until
the jurhul of th* titniLtf KuderlgxV
OuMavlit, who l* expected th* tatter-I
part of the month.
Hr. W liilr lo lu'lirt'.
New York. lVc 30 U*v .s'.tnlrv
White for IT > ear* *ecretnr> of th*
f're*b> t*rl*n hoard of fore.y:n mi*
plena, will retire from otTRe tooftor
row btOAUit of Hint**
.
Explosion
Blows Wife
From House
Not Expected to Live, Hospi
tal Authorities Say; Hurled
to Ground From Second
Story Window.
Building Bums Down
By P. C. POWELL..
Staff Correspondent of The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Dec. 30.—Robert
G. Cox, farmer living five
miles west of here, was blown
to atoms tonight and his wife
was hurled from an upper
window of their home when a
carbide lighting plant in the
basement exploded.
Cox, who is 70, had gone into the
basement to repair the lighting plant.
Mrs. Cox. who is 05, was sitting in a
front room of the house sewing. The
couple live alone.
Furniture Blown Out.
In some manner the large carbide
tank exploded. Cox was literally torn
to pieces by the explosion. His wife
was hurled through the window to
the ground.
Furniture from the home W3s
blown from the building. Then
flames from the exploded tank set
fire to the place.
The house wae burned to the
ground.
Hunter Finds Them.
R. E. Phillips, Lincoln, a hunter,
happened to be near the house at
the time of the explosion. He heard
the explosion and, seeing the fire,
hurried across the fields. He found
Mrs. Cox and had her removed to a
Lincoln hospital. She was uncon
scious when found and had not re
gained consciousness late tonight.
Mrs. Cox is not expected to live.
Mr. Cox is survived hy 10 children.
LEGION TO NAME
CONVENTION DATE
Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 30.—Fixing
of dates for the seventh annual na
tional convention of the American
Legion, to be held in Oroata next
year, and the appointment of mem
bers of national committees will he
on the program of the national execu
tive committee of the legion when it
meets here January 12 and 13. Na
tional Adjutant Russell Crevlston an
nounced today.
Other business to come up include
the proposed exhibition in this conn
try of the French war painting, 'The
Pantheon de la Guerre," appeal f' .
the erection of the Torktown battle
field of a memorial to the Fren- h
soldiers who were killed there in the
war for American independence and
establishment of a scholarship in
honor of the French scientist, Louis
! Pasteur.
COOLIDGE HOPES
FOR ARMS MEET
Washington, Per. SO.—Just as thr
house naval committee was faking a
first step toward a naval Investigation
today, tha White House revealed that
President Coolidge still Is hopeful o:
another International arms confer
ence within a year.
Mr. Coolidge Is net entirely con
vtneed that such a venture will he
possible, but he still Is on the lookout
for a favorable opportunity to call
such a conference to discuss naval
armaments. His general attitude re
mains the same as that stated In his
message to congress, when he called
attention to the steps for a confer
ence taken by the league of nations
and declared the outcome of that pro
posal must lie awaited before there
could he a definite decision.
I'. S. \\ ill Not l udortakc
Now Vir Mail Service
Washington, Pec. 30.—EstaWu-h
ment of an air ma 11 service to Central
American capitals from the United
States will not he undertaken in the
near future hy the United States gov
ernment. it was Indicated, because of
the heavy expense.
t
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The senate Adjourned until r-tdar
noon.
The house decided to limit tt» holt*
day adjournment to one day— Thura
‘lay.
The house naval committee decided
upon an Inv oatigallon Into the need*
of the navy.
The house paxaod the (retwry poM
office supply hill carrying the peeve
lime record amount of
President Coolidge wa« aaid to N*
hopeful that another UtltmatiOMl
naval disarmament eoitfi' enoe would
tie held within another year.
The State department devoted the
Aut 'i ii'iut embassy at I.erCn to make
representation* to the K iihh
eminent ag.-vlnst the potato fnthtrtti.
PmsMwi was dr. !»rwd i*
scs ns ©evasion fnr a cl for by tha
Amwlwn gnvarnmaat in ,ha Frarvch
war drht aip-tai;©* i n tUa basts ff
nasaol aducta,
a*uk**
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