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Note on Dead Bandit Clears 2 of Murder Two Life Prisoners in lows Pen May Get Liberty as Result of Written Confession. Mobile, Ala., Dec. JO.—An unidenti fied man believed to be the man who robbed a branch of the Marine Trust and Banking company of New Or leans of $1S,00Q on Christmas eve was shot and killed in a pistol fight at the Louisville & Nashville depot early today, but It was not until after the man had seriously wounded Charles Ferrer, special agent of the Louisville & Nashville railroad, and r.itrolman Walter Pistole of the Mo bile police force. The shots that,killed the man were fired by Detective Gibby Wilcox after a running fight from the platform of a Pullman car through the sta tion to the fruit warf, where the man dropped dead. Superintendent of Police Guy Mo lony of New Orleans and William Friess, manager of the bank which was robbed, are en route here to day. The sum of $2,033 was taken off the man's body, mainly In $20 hills. The money was strapped around his body beneath his shirt. He also had two pistols, said to have been stolen from the New Orleans bank. A notebook also was found In his pockets. It bore the name of W. E. Wright and had been pierced by one of the bullets which killed him. In this notebook was an entry which stated that Be had killed a man by the name of Thomas Griffin in Des Moines, la., on November 16, 1923, and that two Innocent men had been convicted of the crime and now wore in prison. Entries in Hie notebook nddpd that “in case I get killed I want the truth to come out; it isn't right for two In nocent boys to suffer. Rut ns long as I am alive T would not confess.'' In the next paragraph an entry said: “I hereby swear trat I killed a man named Thomas Griffin in Des Moines on November 16, 1923.” Des Moines, la.. Dec. 30.—The death of an unidentified man shot by detectives at Mobile and In whose pockets was found a confession that he killed Thomas Griffin here in No vember, 1923, may bring the Immedi ate reopening of the ease In which two men were convicted and now are serving life sentenres, officials here announced when Informed of the confession. The men convicted of slaving Grif fin were Cedi Mickle and "Spike" HasklU. Griffin, was killed when'walking his heat as a railroad defective, he rattle upon tv.-o men ha,believed to he box car robWi-s in the Rock Island switch yards hpro. Mickle, described by the police as of low mentality, twire confessed, • cpcfl declaring he shot the detective and later placing the, blame upon Cask III. The latter Contended he was innocent. Doth men are serving life , sentences at Fort Madison prison. Hcatrirc Kx-Scrvice Man Married at Council Bluffs De,(trice. Neb., Dee. 30.— Robert 1 Warren and Miss Helen Bott, both of Oils city, were married at Council Bluffs, la. Mr. Warren served as a I rst lieutenant overseas and Is em ployed ns a fireman on the Union Pa cific with a run out of Bentrice. He Is a son of Fred Warren of this city. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bott of this city, where they will make their home. Clemvood Congregational Church Damaged bv Fire OIfnwooil, la., Ijpc. 30.—Glenwood f'ongTPgaUonal rhurth suffered dam* to the amount of S.%,000 Sunday hy fire rauwtl apparently by an over . heated furnace. The entire interior, recently redecorated, w a a ruined. AVJndow* of art glnaa were cracked hy hoot. Floor*, carpet* and pew*, will have to he renewed. 17ir~7r 1 1 b OMAHAN NAMED IN DEATH PROBE (CMlInufd From Face One.) William McNally, thn coroner’* chemist. Indicated that he would have the complete report ready hy Friday. Dr. James P. Slmonds of North western university, who had been re tained by Shepherd to make identical tests declared he had found nothing to Indicate that McClintoek's death was due to other than natural causes. The state's attorney’s office today continued its Investigation into the drawing up of the McCllntock will by which Shepherd received the bulk of the estate, estimated at from $1,500, 000 to $2.00Q,000 and Miss Pope, Mc Clintock's fiancee, was bequeathed $8,000 a year. Lewis L. MacArthur, assistant trust officer of the North ern Trust company testified that the estate at the time the will was drawn, when ''Billy" reached his majority, was In the neighborhood of $1,500,000. MacArthur .recalled that "Billy” seemed "very much In love” and talked frequently of bis forthcoming marriage to Miss Pope. He planned to marry Miss Pope either In Janu ary or early in February of this year. Omaha Man’s Romance. Shepherd voluntarily revealed cir cumstances surrounding*!he drawing up of the final will of Mrs. Emma Nelson McCllntock, mother of Billy, years ago. As in the rase of her son, death cut short a romance. Had Mr*. McClin tock lived, she would have become the wife of Carl Sigfrid, an attorney of Omaha, Neb., and a first cousin and foster-brother of Mrs. Shepherd. "Their romance was broken in the early days," said Shepherd. "Later Sigfrid married and so did Emma—who became Mrs. William McCllntock. Sigfrid was divorced and came to Chicago after Mr. McClin tock's death. He and Emma renewed their friendship and there was a fer vid period of courtship but Emma died before the marriage could take place." In Mrs. McClintoek's will, It was re vealed, the Shepherd's were named guarians and foster-parents of the orphaned Billy and Mrs. Shepherd, a lifelong schoolmate friend of Mrs. Mrs. MeClintock was given a cash bequest of $5,000. Shepherd declared that this will was made on -Mrs. McClintoek's deathbed and that he would produce witnesses who would testify that the document was not read to Mrs. Mc Cllntock before she signed It. Boys Talk by Radio When Telephone Lines Are Down Atlantic, la., Dec. 30.—With the farm telephone lines out of commis sion in the village of Adair and vicinity, Robert Kelsey, local radio amateur, and Dan Davis, farmer hoy living near town, constructed small radio casting outfits and are able 'to carry on conversation with one another. They use a five-watt tube for transmission. Their seta have a radius ot about five mile*. Bee Want Ails Produce Results. Reed Brands . Child I^abor Bill Despotic Missouri Senator, Addressing Nebraska Bar, Points Out Fallacy of Federal Amend ment “Epidemic.” "The desire to amend the Constitu tion hag become an epidemic,” de clared Senator Jarnea A. Reed of Mis souri, in an address befor* the Ne braska State Bar association Tues day afternoon. The senator com plained of the woman suffrage amend ment, the prohibition amendment and the “so-called child labor amendment now before the legislatures, 'which passed congress by a fluke.” Resile M. Shaw, former governor of Iowa and former secretary of the federal treasury, looked more hope fully upon the conduct of govern ment and confidently predicted the renomlnation and election of Calvin Coolldge In 1928. “When President Coolldge receives the nomination four years hence," said Shaw, “he -will not be seeking a third term. Up until next March 4 he will be only vice president per forming the duties of president, lie will then enter his first term as presi dent. It was not necessary for him to take an oath when President Hard ing died because he had taken an oath as vice president to discharge the added duties of the president in the event of a vacancy in that office.” Senator Reed declared that “there seems abroad the Idea that the states are untrustworthy, but that the fed eral government Is Infallible.” Federal Amendments Futile. The senator declared the prohibi tion amendment a failure, the woman suffrage amendment unnecessary and the “so-called child lalwir amendment” a misnomer and a mistake, “The dockets of our federal courts are crowded with eases hitherto cog nizable by state courts,” he said. “Federal officers by the thousands swarm over the country, assuming rights of espionage and arrest, which are repugnant to the genius of our government, and offensive to our civilization. “A present-day visit to a federal court closely resembles a sojourn in a police court In the early morning hour, when the bedraggled denizen-- ■ of the street are herded for sum- j mary juatlee. “The civil list of the federal gov- ! erntnent embraces over 600,000 em-1 playe«. The substance of the people Is being devoured In taxes. "We were told that national pro hibition would practically eradicate crime. The jails ara filled. Crime is rampant. Almost open defiance of the law Is Indulged In by an enor-j iiious percentage of the people. FIGHT OVER CHILD LABOR BILL LOOMS (Continued From 1’itrc One.) ship of the agricultural department. That department is misnamed, for It Is really an inspection job and hai comparatively ^ttle to do with agrl culture. But a farmer Is slated for the Job. It Is known that two or three who' would he highly acceptable have declined to allow their names to be considered. Before leaving for Omaha today, Governor Bryan was flying around giving orders about clearing off the walks and front approaches to his suite of offices in the new capitol, preparatory to the New Year's recep tlon he plans. The -new quarter* lack much of being ready for occu pancy. They have Hide furniture In the place, and when the decorators start on their work it will be nec essary to either move out or clos’ the l>lg rooms one at a time. But Governor Bryan got his picture In the papers as* the first governor to preside in the magnificent new capi tol. That, you know. Is the big thing. Bryan Ketlres January 8. Saturday and Sunday will see prac tically all the legislators on the scene of action. Monday and Monday night will see the conferences and caucuses all held, and Tuesday morning Secre tary of State Bool will formally open up the session. Then the decisions of the republican housA and senate caucuses will he ratified and the per manent organizations effected. Wed nesday the governor will be notified that the legislature Is In session and ready to receive communications. And Thursday, unless there is a hitch. Governor Bryan will appear before the Joint session to read his retiring message. Governor McMullen and the other executive state officers will lie sworn In and Governor McMullen will read his inaugural address. At Its conclusion some member will solemn ]y move that a few hundred copies of the Inaugural address be printed, and the motion will carry. Then another member will get his name In the re cord by moving that the Joint session adjourn. It will all be very official 'and very solemn. I,ater the air of solemnity will he rudely shattered by the remarks of the disappointed. 25 Below Zero Registered at Atlantic at Week-End Atlantic, la., Dec. SO.—The mer rtiry descended to new low levels for the pnet 25 years here over last week when the government weather ob server reported 25 degreei below zero. Publishing Men Further Protest New Postal Rates Plan to Get Full Measure Be fore Senate Monday— Second Class Increase W ould Boost Bills. Chicago, Dec. SO.—Protest* from buslnes* publishing and other na tlonal organizations against the pro posed increases In postal rates were made before the joint congressional sub-commiltee today as it practically concluded hearings on the administra tion blit providing for increased rates to meet the cost of proposed postal salary advancement*. Bill to Senate Monday. Chairman Moses announced tonight the hearings would be finished tomor row morning and that the senate sub committee would be asked immediate ly to consider the bill with a view to getting it before the full post office committee and reported to the senate by Monday. At that time the senate is scheduled to take up President Coolldge's velo of the postal pay bill. While representatives of various or ganizations were declaring before the sub-committee today that the pro posed increases threatened the future of their business, J. I.. Suter, repre senting the National One-rent Letter league, urged the committee to con sider a reduction in first class mail rates. Wallace O'Dell of the National Edi torial association, in a statement read by William L. Daley, informed the committee that an increase in second class rates would imperil the exist ence of 12,000 weekly and small daily newspapers. The state's attorney's office today The American Farm Bureau Feder ation in a statement placed In the record by E. B. Reid, its Washington representative, protested vigorously against-the proposed advance in par cel post rate*. Would liucreasp Bills. The increases in second-class rates would boost the postal bills of the National Geographic society, the American Medical association, and the National Education association by 440 per cent, Dr, Gilbert Orosve nor, president of the Geographic so ciety, declared in a statement read to the committee. He urged, however, that If the Increases were approved, sufficient time lie given for (he maga zines to re-arrange their advertising contracts to help meet the added cost. William R. Denny, executive assist ant to Ihe postmaster general ex plained the case used in working out the cost ascertainment report on the cost of handling each class of mail to show that nothing but actual serv ice given by the department was charged against any class of mall users in compilation of the report. Joseph Stewart, who was in charge of preparing ll^- report, will appear before the sub committee tomorrow in defense of the report. MICHAEL GOLD DIES ON TRAIN Shenandoah, la., Dee. 30.—Michael Gold of Nebraska City, Neb., died of heart failure on a Santa Fe train near Fort Madison, Ja., Sunday as he was returning from a trip to Ger many. He was an uncle of Deland Goldberg, Shenandoah student at the IJniverbity of Nebraska, Dincoln. A sister-in-law, Mrs. A. Goldberg of Shenandoah, has gone to Miami, Fla., to spend the. winter* Mr. Gold * wife was formerly Miss Bessie Goldberg. John McMahill, 8.">. Dead; Funeral at Shenandoah Shenandoah, la., Dec. 30.—John McMahill, S3, of Salisbury, Mo., wa* buried in Shenandoah Tuesday. Mrs. W. H. Cummings, William McMahill and Mrs. Jessie Walsher 'of Shenan doah are surviving children with Mrs. Dwight fort of Beatrice, Neb.; Mrs. Ed Finney of Princeton. Mo.: Arthur McMahill of Tabor: Mrs. J. B. High of Beatrice, Neb.; James McMahill of San Francisco; J. C. McMahill of Sal isbury and Achial McMahill of Salis bury. The wife survives. Red Oak Store Cloned. Red Oak, la., Dec. 30.—The Curtis Blass clothing store has quit business and its merchandise and fixtures are being shipped to Morrisson, III . where the proprietors. G. I,. Curtis and I.eo 1(. Blass, have purchased another store. Sixty Children Wait for Shoes Resolution to Aid Fund Sug gested fog New Year. Priiisihlf ai-knoMleilgeil.SI,620. Ns Mrs. Charles ( itrlesnn .... J.fMl Oinulm elm (it it Aiut-rli-aii War Mothers . 10 00 C. II. Mrlrrlifiiry, Arlington, \rb., K. I . 1.0O A Friend of the Kiddles. B.tHI Mrs. John Kruse. Oukhind, Neb.. 2.(Hi "Yours N0,M llronson. Is. 1 .(Mi l>. I*. Ilowden. 2.(Mi -No Nome ...u ■ . 2.00 Freda uinl Willis (Uivulil. Aurora. Neb. 2.00 J. (iuhrielson, Polk. Neh..... 2.00 Anna X. MiFsrlsml. 2.NO A friend. Imperial, Neh. 1.00 X..II. A.T. 1.00 Total .. "Resolved, , "That I will give a contribution to the Free Shoe Fund to help put shoes Ion the feet of some waif.” How's that for a New Year's reso lution? We can’t think of a better one. What a happiness to remember, all through the year 1925, that you have done this fine thing for a child. Per haps a child you have never seen and never will »ee. But it will he a credit to you—this good deed—all through your life, and longer. Cash, check or money order may be mailed or brought to The Omaha Bee office. Checks should be made to “Free Shoe Fund,” Sixty poor children are waiting for shoes, every one of them dependent on this fund for shoes. No other pos sible way to get them. Okt^iowa Bank Robbed. I Ch fuller, Okla., Dec. 30.—Four ■ masked bandltg held up the National bank of Chandler early <1 iy, i-'iiuil' with an unestlmatetl gum In eaah tind securities. ---? Jackson I 4163 ■ Buy Thorne Dresses W-e-d-n-e-s-d-a-y Be Satisfied With Nothing Less Than Thorne Styles and Values F. W. Thorne Co. i ill Y.M.C.A. Evening School Winter Term Opens Friday, January 2, 1925 Commercial, Public Speaking, Art, Electricity, Plan Reading and Drafting Classes. Elementary School for Men. School for Prospective American Citizens. Inquire at Office Room 31S YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Harney at 17th St. AT 1600 ADI KRTlfcKMRRT. Are You Fat? lust Try This ThoimaoJ* of overfat people have be t oinh aleBult*r hr following the advice ul (ImtoN who recommend Marmola Pre arrlptlon Tablet a. 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