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__, VOL. 53—NoT 173. OMAHA^ FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925. *_TWO CENTS*D S?vV*c«ml* __"
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Bee “Rabbit
Special” to
Come Today
Zero Hour of Distribution Sot
for 10:30 This Morning;
\ Commissioner Noyes
Completes Plans.
Rail Officials Co-Operate
i The "rabbit special” from Denver,
rallying 50,000 fat, frozen bunnies
! unil “jacks,” was to steam into Oma
ha early this morning.
Get out your baskets tnd gunny
j sacks and be ready to get your share
i of them by 10:30 this morning. The
• treat is on The Omaha Bee, and the
rabbits are free to everyone.
City Commissioner Dean Noyes,
who is enthusiastically assisting m
the plan to distribute the recently
killed rabbits, promises ta have eight
‘ trucks on hand at Seventh and Jack
\ son streets early, so the rabbits may
he taken to distributing points as
early as possible.
Noyes In Personal Charge.
Mr. Noyes will personally superin
tend the unloading of the three car
loads of rabbits, and in order that all
points may he supplied as early as
possible tlie first truckload will he
dispatched to the city hall in South
Omaha and the second truckload to
< the fire barn at Benson.
’ Oiher places where big supplies of
rabbits will be available are as fol
lows:
Market plaee, Kleventh and Jack
son streets.
| Sixteenth and Fort streets.
Thirtieth and Potter streets,
s Twenty-fourth and Willis avenue.
Rayliss park. Council Bluffs.
There will be no red tape about
getting this excellent meat. So great
is the quantity of rabbits that every
one should he supplied without dif:.
^^•.ficulty or delay.
"It is the best thing that's hap
pened in Omaha for a long lime. '
said Mr. Noyes. "I’ve been getting i
• alls from people anxious for the rab
bits. I'm going to have a rabbij or
two myself, and so are lots of my
acquaintances.
"This big shipment will be a great
j boon to the poor, but the quantity is
si groat that the well-to-do should
. j.iso take advantage of the opportun
ity of obtaining n real delicacy.
Widow To Feed Flock.
"A mother called me New Year's
afternoon. She didn't give her name,
I ut she was anxious to know the best
] ■ for her to get some of the rab
I Hr. She explained that she has
1 'tilted ail sorts of rabbit dishes for
he ■ kiddies, She spoke of financial
difficulties. ”d was almost tearful
with gratitude it lien I told her tltete
would probably he plenty of rabbits
foe hit- little family."
Leading chefs of Omaha smacked
th"lr lilt rs-they dir listed the many
v.yj-8 of pi p iling rabbit for delicious
recasts. Fried, stewed, or roasted,
the excellence of the incut was prais
ed by all.
To "Spot" Cars at Once.
The three t rloads of rabbits whirl!
are to be distributed in Omaha huve
fed during lii" late summer anil fall
on Colorado eorn. They were killed]
jn a hunt Staged by 10.000 Colorado
an*. a hunt which is said to he the
greatest ever held In this country, j
Low temperatures prevailed during
the Pant, ami the rabbits froze almost
bof-V they arrived in Denver.
Mo e lb.in 110,000 rabbits were kill
ed. The Denver Post Is distributing
^ nearly 100,000 in Denver: The Omultu
Bee will distribute the 50,000 in Oma
^^^^pia anil Council Bluffs.
Burlington officials are doing every
thing to assure success of the "rab
bit special." They promise that the,
train will arrive so early that Com
missioner Noyes' trucks will have an
early morning start in getting them
to distributing places. The Burling
ton Is hauling the rabbits to Omaha
ft -a of eharge.
Frank Kearns, Burlington yard
master, Is prepared to "spot" the
j three cars Immediately on their ar
rival here and have them sunted
| quickly to their proper aiding.
Ponca—Mrs. H. Stull, S3, formerly
a resident of Ponca, who died at the
home off her daughter at Tllden, was
),u:led here. She l.s survived by four
i hiidren, Walter, of Newbirth, Ore.;
Mrs. Ben Helton, of Tllden, Neb., and
Alvin and John, of Morningslde, la.,
end Sioux City, respectively.
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We Have
With Us
Today
ClamM'4* I *, Mu\ l*t
I ,i w yvr,
llohlrege, Neb.
Mr. J>nvl* 1m a Nebranka wan, born
find bred. ami formerly attorney
_^ «rn1 of th«* Mtatf. him ti»rm expired
two yearn nun. I|o run f‘»r the repub
ip|? J|rn n nominal Inn f or I'nitnl Hint**
grunt or in 1!U?.
For the Inst two year* hr bn* been
prartlHnj* law nnd attending to hi*
tinnk 111**0' t* in Moldye^e.
He • • nr to Omaha to the
ft to bnr nr. relation meeting nd tr
ftmined ~r to attend to otiirr bu*'
tie am
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LONDON GREETS
NEW YEAR GAYLY
Dy GERTRI DE LADY DECIES.
By Universal Service.
London, Jan. 1.—New Y'ear’s eve
in London, always a source of amaze
ment to American visitors, exceeded
all social events of other years. In
spile of the rain which began to fall
when the new year was only a few
minutes old, the west end thorough
fares presented more than the usual
carnival revelry.
At the Savoy hotel 1.950 diners
were served, a record even for New
Year's eve and five big ballrooms
bad to be thrown open for the
dancers.
Thousands of colored lights con
cealed in bowers of flowers illumi
nated the Berkeley hotel. All the
diplomats In town. Including Ambas
sador nnd Mrs. Kellogg, were at
Claridge's.
The coming of 1925 was heralded
throughout the country by broad
casting the bells of St, Martins on
the Fields, Trafalgar Square, at mid
night.
Allies" Failure
to Leave Cologne
Stirs Germans
President Kbert Praises Labi
net for Progress Made Dur
ing Last Year; New Hope
for Justice.
Hjr ARKOfiMrd PrfM.
Berlin, Jan. 1-—The German vale
dictories to 1924 and the greetings of
the incoming year are largely colored
by the ill-feeling over the prospective
failure of the allies to evacuate the
Cologne area on January 10, as fore
cast from Paris.
While the retrospective views ex
pressed concede that the past year
has been one of economic and social
progress the new year prospects are
none too sanguine over the im
mediate outlook for the continued im
provement of the nation's internal
affairs and Its foreign relations.
"The year just closed has been one
of conspicuous and progressive con
valescence nnd internal consolidation
for our sorely tried fatherland, in
that our currency, our state finances
jand our economic life have been lib
erated from the Vicious manifests
jtions and effects of the inflation pe
riod and given more secure founda
tions." President Kbert told a delega
tion of government leaders headed by
Chancellor Murx on the occasion of
the new year visit to the executive
mansion today.
Ebert Praises Cabinet.
President Kbert said he believed
thunks were due Chancellor Marx
end Ills associates in the cabinet for
the progress that had been achieved
and he declared Germany owed It to
the government.! energy and perserv
ance In the face of heavy odds that
a tangible step forward had been
made.
Discussing t he subject of th'',
evacuation of the Rhineland, the
president continued:
"W hatever be their political faith. I
Germans everywhere ate today one
in their feeling of bitter disappoint
mont anil their consciousness of a
new and painful Injustice, i'nder pre
texts which we are unfamiliar with
jand which we therefore are unal.le
to examine hut of the inconsistencies
of which we are all convinced, wo
arc lu lie deprived of the solo advan
tage vouchsafed us In Bn Immeu
numbly oppressive pence treaty, the
evacuation of occupied Gorman soil,"
Now Hope for Justice.
Tills condition, President Kbert oh
served, was ail'the more intolerable
because Germany was the only truly
disarmed in a Europe bristling with
armaments.
Germany's new year's wish, tie add
ed, wps that a spirit of justice and
desire for reconciliation among the
nations might prevail over the Ideas
of might and force, and that the Her
man citizens along the Rhineland
j^nd In the Ruhr would be accorded
j their rights and freedom.
SAILING SHIP
LOST IN STORM
Hv WIM.IAM p. FIATHKR,
t nfipr.nl tkrvli'fl Stuff < rirrefiinnilrnf,
Mrxlio City, Jan. 1.—A sailing ship
engaged In coastwise trade between
Krontera In the slate of Tabasco and
Vera Cruz, and carrying 32 passen
gers, |s believed to have been sunk In
last week's hurricane. The ship Is
fh* Jaaldoru.
With a general rargo find n few
piiMMcngeM thf* iMidoru left I'Yonteiu
j'*n I )<•( < inhi'i- 2.1 and no trace of It ha*
I dm «■ been had A companion whip,
i h*- Ih,*iciih'M, left port two hour* Inter
limn I ho f**iilora, and ran Into tin*
htirrlcinc rhrletmn* night. It |* he
| licvpd the I**idora went down with nil
hand*.
Surplus Freight (,'nra
lor Week liuroHsp 7,367
Washington, .Ian, |. — Hatpins'
freight cats In good repair and avail
aide for service op December 27, to
'sled 230,733, mi Increase of 7..'167 over
the previous week, Die American rail
way association announced tonight.
Of this total, 100,HO were coal enr*,]
a decree. »r of 483; 03,220 were lms"nis,
«n In-rsnsc of 7,01r,; 1 *. ft11 <(< Uc trs,
tin lr« f- o' 7.015; |,"|,041 stork cars, j
| vi ator curs, an him case of 1,213, ,
Captained
Industry See
Boom Ahead
Year Opens With Prospects of
Being Most Pro»perous in
Nation’s History, Some
Leaders Declare.
Dawes Plan Big Factor
By AModatrd Prr**.
New York, Dec. 30.—High hopes for
1925, in some cases mounting to con
viction that it may prove the great
est year in the history of American
business, are held by various leaders
in basic industrial and financial activi
ties here.
Forecasts for the new year ex
pressed by these executives agree
upon (he seeming certainty of a sub
stantial prosperity. They appear fur
ther to agree for the most part that
the outcome of the last presidential
election and the favorable working
out of the Dawes plan should prove
major contributing factors. They
also hank heavily upon the fortunate
coincidence of great purchasing and
great producing power at home and
upon the promise of a wholesome rc
covery and expansion in markets
overseas,
Klbert If. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United
States S'eel corporation, expresses ns
follows hl« confidence in the coming
12 months:
“It the policies of the present ad
ministration shall continue In force
and practice, and the American con
gress is reasonably disposed to co
operate with the president, and the
business Interests of this country will
likewise be disposed to support the
administration In Its efforts to assist
the business of the country, the year
1925 should show the highest and
moat satisfactory prosperity in the I
whole history of ihe T'nited States.’
Tell* of Depression.
The business of tne manufacturers
of the iron and steel Industry of the
I'nited States during the year 1924.
mi to the dale of election, was rather
dull and depressed, Mr. Gary declar
ed. ‘ It was good at the beginning."
he said, "but with the commencement
of March materially receded In
volume. Commencing with June the
volume gradually Increased, but the
selling prires were lower. Conse
quently, with some exceptions the
profits of the Iron and steel busi
ness for the first 11 months of the
year, on the average, were small, and
In many cases there were losses. As
shown by the published reports the
steel corporation was an exception
and obtained considerable net profits,!
though they were small, considering
the capital Investment.
"However, ns predicted by some of
us. the election of the republican na
tional candidates has had a marked
effect upon the steel Industry. Almost
immediately after the election, the de
mand in this country began to show
improvement In volume, and this con
dition to some extent had a favor
able Influence on some foreign conn
(Turn to 1‘sse Two. Column Onr.l
SLAYER SUSPECT’S
HEARING DELAYED
Special nUimlrh to Tile Omaha Bee
Wymorc, Neb., Jan. Preliminary
healing In the ease of .lack McMahon,
alias Owen Tremsnd of Mt. I’tarc,
Neb., alleged alaycr nt Owen Drown,
young Waahingt'on (Kan ) farmer, aa
the latter was driving hi* auto with
McMahon aa a companion on the high
way nine miles southwest of Wash
Ington Tuesday night, was continued
In Washington county until after the
funeral of tha victim which will lie
held Friday.
Feeling In Waahlngton la hitter
against McMahon. Whlls tt Is not
certain It Is apparent that Insanity
may he used a* McMahon * plea, lie
Is confined In county jail at Washing
ton. Just south of here, snd wilt T>rob
hly hare « hearing within the next
two days.
Special 111.patch tn The Omaha Be#.
Reatrlce. Neb., Jan. 1.—Olln Drown.
Washington county, Kansas, farmer
whose burned body was found near
Washington after what seems to
neve been a murder, was a aon-ln
|i.w of James Colgrove, farmer of
Gage county, living at Odell. Mr.
Drown was a well to do farmer and
well known along the state border
south of here. Jack McMahon, wtio
was with Drown In hla car, which
was burned, I.* being held for In
ventlgatlon nt Washington.
Offiriitl hilly Pay* It*
Respirls to King \ irtor
Dome, Jan. 1.—Official Maly paid
II* N«*'v Year’* reaped* to Kim;
Victor Kmmanuel nt the Qulrlnal thl*
afternoon* Ill* mnjeety with Queen
Helena, Crown Prince Humbert end
Queen Mother Mitrgherita received
Premier Mu**oIlnl and the member*
of the cabinet, repreaentftttve* of the
senate mid the chamber of deputies,
the Knight* of the Annunzlatu, rank
lug ns cousin* of the king- Pnnll
Hnnelli, clean of (he Parliament, f’onnt
Hforau, former Premier* fJbdlttl and
S’ It mil o, Meprinf H ,. find \dmlr.l
Mni 'iula Thion HI ttevH, together I
with Premier Mu*«oIinl- and all th
leudoia i j
Muscle Shoals Will Be Discussed
When Senate Starts Work Tomorrow
House Expected to Pass Many Private Claims and Bridge
Bills—Congress to Cons ider Coolidge’s ^ eto of
Postal Salary In crease Measure.
Washington, Jan. 1.—With just
33 working days before it passes
into history the sixty-eighth con
gress will get back to waj-k tomor
row after Its holiday recesses with
a great pressure of legislation fac
ing It.
After having laid it aside long
enough to pass within a single day
more than 100 bills and resolutions,
the senate will get back to Its con
sideration of Muscle Shoals under
an unanimous consent agreement,
After this long considered problem
Is to one side another unanimous
consent agreement—that calling for
a final vote on the Isle of Pines
treaty—will become operative.
While the senate is dealing with
these problems the mass of annual
appropriation bills passed by the
house will continue to pile up.
Four of them—the agriculture. In
terior, naval and treasury-postoffice
—are awaiting senate action,
either on the floor or in committee
while house leaders plan to put
through another, the army meas
ure, within a short time.
To Consider Private Bills.
Before taking up the War De
partment bill Saturday the house
will give attention tomorrow to
hills on the unanimous consent
calendar. Taking a leaf out of the
senate's book. It is expected to pass
a large mass of measures, many of
them private claims and bridge bills.
Laying aside the Muscle Shoals
questions temporarily, next Mon
day, the senate will take up for
final action President Coolldge's
veto of the postal salary increase
bill under an agreement calling for
a vote by late Tuesday after sharp
ly limited debate—a rather unusual
procedure in the senate.
Meantime, the senate postoffice
committee will rush work on the
administration measure for postal
rate Increases to meet the salary
raises in the hope of having It
ready before the senate reaches the
vote on the executive's veto of the
salary measure.
Temporary Rate Plan.
Present plans are to bring in a
temporary rate increase measure
to fill the gap until a permanent
one can be worked out in commit
tee. This plan is expected to meet
w.th pointed reference in debate on
the veto. Many senators having
already charged that the whole ef
fort is to defeat the salary in
creases because It will be impossible
to put through a rate advance bill
before March 4.
House leaders expect to adhere
to the r plan to rush the appropria
tions bills through and they expect
that after the last of these has
been sent to the senate there will
bo time for the consideration of a
fair amount of genera! lig station.
How much of it will get through in
the final rush, however is regarded
as problematical .
Hotel Lobbies of
Lincoln Buzz Now
With Politicians
H, By rum May Be Caiuli
• lale for Speakership: Rail
road Unions Arrange
for Quarters.
By P. C. POWKI.I..
Staff ( nrrmiinmlstit of The Omaha fir*.
Lincoln. Jan. 1.—Hotel lobbies be
gan seething tonight with real legis
lative polltlci ami the question of ap
pointments to he made by Governor
elect Adam McMullen was thrust Into
the background.
The greatest Interest was attached
to the early arrival of State fteprr
aentatlve A. H. Byrum of Franklin
county. By rum has often been men
tinned as a candidate far speaker, and
he would neither deny or confirm
the report tonight. Two years ago
Byrum lost nut In the republican
primaries In a three-cornered fight
between Charles H. Randall. Adah:
McMullen and himself, for the guber
natorial nomination.
"I think I wHI wait until I see how
the candidacies of some of the other*
are accepted before I make any an
nouncement concerning the speaker
ship." Byrum said. Byrunt intimated
that at the session tills year he In
tended to again wage a fight for cei
tain changes in administration of the
stale government. Four years ago he
iame In Lincoln with pockets Inilgin
with reform hills, all of which were
killed.
Hist Lobbyist Arrives.
"This time I have certain change!
in my mind and not in my pocket,"
lie suid.
Another early arrival was J. C. Gil
mors of Hastings, serving his fourth
term In the lower house. Certain re
publican lenders have auggeated that
Gilmore prepare the house republican
caucus call for Monday night.
The firat lobbyist to put In sn ap
pearance was T. I). Kane of Chndron,
i epresentntlvs of railroad unions.
Kans announced that the brother
hoods would maintain a room In the
Lindetl hotel throughout (lie session.
He declined to discuss the legislative
program of the brotherhoods.
Democrat* Receive.
Former State Representative Bill
Lundy of Custer county ami George
W. Bivens of Juniata are conducting
a spirited contest for sergeant-al
arms of ths house. Lundy was dc
feated at ths last election following
Iwi terms ns ths Custer county rep
reaentatlve.
In the afternoon, the democrats, iin
der the leadership of Governor Charles
\V, Bryan, held Ihelr last celebration
for two year* In the form of a rcrep
tlon to the public In the half romplel
cd slate houae. Republican office
holder* who contend that the stale
house I* not ready for occupancy.
Mere not on the scene. The dent i
erntlo appointees and I lie governor
did ait of I he ri i l iving.
Dixon (lounty IVodfr Top*
Cattle Market Soroml lime
Ponrii, Jnn. 1, -For the h«*«•«*u.I
time within thro® month® Finnic* \\
11 in ley, a prominent rattle feeder of
Mann county, topped the Fhlrnim cut
Ih* market when he received $12 «
hundred pound* for a recent idilp
Hint of fa I and finely finlutud Hd *
ford .at ear*. Thirteen head in hi*
cotiftluniitetit, which brought the i p
price, averaged 1,’flO pound each Th -
firm nhlptoent. which w.»* to a dr '.hnut|
two month* nyo, coiunietrd of t'\ ■!
mrlri:'!!* i f whit* f;i*i« which • •up.*
the market at f 13.40 a hundred. j
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Visitors Stumble
Over Air Hose at
Capitol Reception
Bryan Wins Distinction of
Being First to Kntertain at
New Structure Despite
l nfiniehed Appearance.
rt> tv I LX, M. M.\l I’lX.
Staff I orrespendent Tlia (lirrilni lift.
Lincoln, Jan. 1—Governor Bryan's
< ontentlnn that the governor is tho
■ole arbiter of destinies of the new
. apltol building, the governor being
the head of the capitol commission,
will probably make It easy to solve
the problem facing the state super-1
intendent of public Instruction. In a
week there will be another governor. I
Governor Bryan managed to gel!
some semblance of order around the
front of the new building, and the
new year's reception today was largely
attended. But while enourh was vial
ble to give a fair idea of how ihe;
executive quarters will look vshen
completed, the visitors stumbled over
air hose, walked past great idles ,,f,
lumber scraps and and waded around \
through long temporary lunwnjs
But Governor Bryan held n reception
In the new capitol building. That was
the big idea, after all—being tho
first governor to hold a reception Ini
the new capitol.
Secretary of State Boo! Is the only
other executive state officer to In
habit Ihe new building to date. The
republican atate officials have de
termined to remain In their old quar
ters for a while. Instead of moving
Into the new ones and then being
bothered while the decorator* are
finishing up. The departments under
the govornor s direct supervision arc
practically all In the new building.
It ts pointed out by those who ap
prove of the governor’s move that It
will result In adequate committee
rooms for the legislature. The three
rooms formerly occupied by the gov
ernor and the four rooms occupied
by the secretary of state will be avail
■ ble. It la announced that the rooms
ocriipied bv the state hanking com
mission will be alloted to press rep
resentatlves. This will be a relief, for
heretofore the reporters have had a
little raised platform In the office of;
the chief clerk of the house.
It Is generally agreed that a J
number of applicants for appointment!
nt the hands of Governor McMullen
have been assured of their Jobs, but
no announcement has been made.
Ilaxardlng guesse*. It Is pointed out.
might militate against some of them
so they are anxious that nothing be
said until the governor elect speak*.
The fact that Governor McMullen
has Instated upon being left alone!
ifier Wednesday of lids week lends
color (n (he lunmr (hat lie has fin I
I shed nmking his selections nml
now bending all Ills energies to gc! [
ling Ids |miur.lira| message In shape.
Fatlii'r-in-l.uw Dies;
Jii'lfri* Suspends Cmirt:
Ibvttrico, NVb, .Inn. 1,<—llcramic of
ideath of Mr*. William Mom
fa! hoi* nt Fait bury. NVb.. .VudK* M<>»*
>'III not bold court brio until nrxi
Monday, nt which tint* hr will t«k*
final action In thr Schncitnon mur
del- rant* Tho jury found St hurt
nt.sn fnaatin nt tho ihnr of tho *|ay
It «>f 0*011-f* IMnmllVr nt lVWItt.
Hill 111* court U reported to »|jjnj
|i;ipcr« for hi* commitment It t* j
■Aid «n "Itempt max hr m.i*d to * •> i
mi* the t>ri«on#r p rtlr.-t - on hao* *
oi pug pi o< » culn .» j
Six Postal
Officials
Dismissed
New Suspends Prominent At
taches in Half Dozen Cities
on Charges of Influ
encing Legislation.
Money Paid to McDermot
By FRANKLIN WISXER.
l'nl\rr**nl Service Staff C orr«**pcin«lrnt.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Six promi
nent postoffice officials in different
cities were suspended by Postmaster
General New, following disclosures of
their complicity in the payment of
money to E. H. McDermot. to influ
ence postal employe legislation.
Those suspended were:
Peter McGurty. acting superin
tendent of mails. New York.
dames F. Grcig, postal cashier,
Boston.
peter Wiggle, acting postmaster
at Detroit.
Ilarvey M. Tittle, assistant post
master, Springfield, O.
A. A. A. Fields, superintendent of
mails, Louisville, Ky.
C oolidge Vetoed Measure.
The dismissals followed a complete
investigation by Postmaster General
New, after a conference with Preai
dent O KJlidge, relative to rumors of
money having been used in the course
of consideration of the bill to increase
ihe pay of postal employes. The
measure was vetoed last June l>>
President Cool frige because it did not
provide an Income for the $68,000,000
required to put it into effect.
Since then there has been tre
mendous pressure brought to bear up*
•n senators to override the presi
dent’s veto. The question of overrid*
i ig the veto will L>e voted on next
Monday or Tuesday, under a special
>greement of the senate.
Disclosures of sinister Influence*
Kick of the postal puv bill, unearthed
by Inspectors C*. H. Clarahan >i New
Vark and It. M. Bates of Milwaukee,
• rented a reel sensation at the post
office department. Officials declare
this is the first time any scandal has
licen attached to the department re
garding pending legislation.
McDermot Arch Conspirator.
In their report the postal inspectors
charged that “E. H. McDermot,- as
sistant secretary of the senate com
mittee on postoffices and p »stroads,
was the arch conspirator'' in the
scheme to use money to force the
postal pay Mil through congress.
While investigating th‘ McDermot
rase, the inspectors reported:
"We learned that the executive
committee of the National Association
•>( Postal Supervisor* made a present
«*f It.eoa to Frederick C Aierie*rl,
clerk to th*- house committee on pc*t
of flees aivl post roads, who had also
furnished them information from time
to time and who was evidently favor
able to their cause We learned from
Fergus B. Ellawyrth. assistant cash
icr. Milwaukee poatnfflce, secretary
of the Postal Supervisors’ association,
that the $1,000 paid to Riedrsel was
purely a gift and was not solicited by
him In a letter of July 7. 1924.
which McOurtv sent Tittle, the fal
lowing postscript appears:
No Federal I aw Brokeif.
•• 4T believe that you should handle
the TlledeseJ matter in the same way
by having Fred submit a bill for
services and expense* incurred.'*
“This postscript indicates that
Rledesel knew he was t i receive the
present before It was made. We did
not make further invest fgatiin of this
matter.**
A short while ago affidavits charg
ing that McDermit received money
from certain organisations of postal
employes to tpecri action of the )K>stnl
pay bill were filed with President
Foolidge. The president turned the
matter over t> the Department of Jus
tit e and Attorney General Stone, who,
after an Investigation, reported tint
McDermot had violated no federal
statutes. •
However, after the facts were laid j
before Senator Sterling of South l*a j
kotm, chairman of the postoffice com*1
rnitt*e, h** dismissed M I)errn>t.
YOUTH MAY DIE
OF FALL ON ICE
Special l>Upnt« It to The Ouultn lire.
Beatrice, Neb. Jan. 1.—“JarU”
Wi'Ht. 17. waa proha bh fatally lit
jurrd while skating on the Blue rivet
when he attempt**! to jump end grab
hold of the Iron rod* under the
iVurt afreet bridge, lie fell on hi*
bond, fracturing hie skull. lie I* In
:v hospital here and tlu rc are doubt*
\* to bin recovery.
I liirf .1 ii"tiuf low;•
Suproim* < imirl M.u rii''
Hedar Kaplde. la , .Ian \ Justice
Frederick K. Kavllle of town City anil
l>es Moines. who tomorrow automatic
% 11 >' becomes chief justice of the lotva j
supreme court, and Mi** Josephine*
I'reeltuan of Iowa <lt>. were mettled
here tods> ;*t the home of Mrs 1 C |
I'iahci . MIm t hodman * *i»|ei
The cei emon> « t* performed la th»
U ' IV Alt hut W Writ both ttt I hr
ai <•* «»»*' of onh the htuped ntc id.) j
k\ - «tlui a few friends 1
WRANGEL ISLAND
CASE STILL BREWS
Washington, Jan. 1.—The Chinese
authorities at Harbin, Manchuria,
have declared that they will oppose
the entry into China from Vladivostok
of the 12 American Eskimos recent
ly landed there by the bolshevlkl from
Wrangell Island, unless they can
prove means of sustenance, the State
department has Informed D. L. Suth
erland, Alaskan delegate to congress.
Diplomatic action on the part of the
United States had been requested by
Delegate Sutherland to return the
Eskimos to American territory and
to provide for their sustenance. The
State department, however, has so
far taken the attitude that there has
been no evidence that the Eskimos
had attempted to colonize Wrangell
island or that they had been forc
ibly removed to Siberia and there
fore no official action on the part of
this government was called for. Noti
fied of the condition of the Eskimos
the American Red Cross sent $100 to
the American consul at Harbin for
their relief.
Debts. War Claims
Are Sidetracked
for Discussion
■ Further Development? Fx
pecled in Both Circle? When
Hughes. Mellon Return
to Dutv Tomorrow.
Washington, Jan. 1.—New Year's
social amenities today completely side
tracked consideration hrre of such
questions a* _ International debts and
war claims collections.
With the arrival of the first work
day of the new year and the return
of Secretaries Hughes and Mellon to
their desks tomorrow, further develop
ments in both the debt and claims sit
uations are probable. At the same
time, some light may be given the
public as to the mysterious visit to
this country of Montagu C. Norman
and Sir Allan Oarrett Anderson, offi
cials of the Hank of England, con
cerning whom nothing offi< ia! has
I con disclosed despite persistent re
ports that they came to the Unite 1
. tales in connection with the debt
and claims matters.
At the British embassy, the State
and Treasury departments and other
centers where keenest Interest is man
ifested in such questions. It was reit
erated that no information had been
received os to Mr. Norman and Sir
'll in «inee their arrival in »w York
which contained even the slightest in
timation - to what their mission
j might be.
\llicil Minister* to Meet
S'*-. „ Ihe * Pied finance ministers'
meeting in P-ris now is but five days
■v ay and it is to dril with various
pita -JI of international f sc.il arr .nge >
ntents under the Hawes plan which
are closely related to the claims and
debts tangles between the United
States, tli eat Britain and Franco, it
Is not supposed that if the British
financiers are here because of interest
In these matters they will delay long
er in calling upon Mr. Hughes and
Mr. Mellon.
Two Notes From I.ondon.
Two communications, one from the
Isindon government in answer to the
American note on claims and the
other from Ambassador Herrick in
Paris representing further on the
French attitude respecting its debt to
the United States, should be ready for
the attention of Mr. Hughes tomor
row Press advices from the two cap
itals said the messages had been dis
patched here yesterday. The Inter
vening holiday, under ordinary cir
cumstances. would be sufficient for
the transmission of the reitoris and
permit their decoding in time to lay
lh. in before Mr. Huche. when he be
tins the work of the year 1225.
STORY OF YOUTH
STRENGTHENED
Ray M Snodderlv’s claim* that he
confessed nv the Frederick son rob
bery tn Council Rlttffs “Hist for .«
tliiiH’' urr* strengthened Thursday
1<> leiirv* which Shei Iff p. a. Lainsoii
received Thursday slating that the
•s'y wm in Kansas City several dav >
before the robbery.
Young Snodderlv told polli e that i
lie was working a* a steeplejack In.
Karra* t'lty at the time of the rob !
laiv The letters roeotvc.l by levin ;
w«m are from official* of the Mcr-1
chant: National bank and the Amen *
• an Steel and Wire company, and
state that the l>ov was engaged t v
INtlnt flagpoles for th, *p firms on
September St and 10. The holdup o,
curred September 13.
Sheriff I-aiuson is continuing In
lit* efforts to find where the boy was
on the dav of the robbery,
1 he Weather |
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Omaha Man
Drops Near
Wife’s Home
Suicide Pact ^ith Mate Fails
When Guu Docs Not Fire:
Frozen Body Is
Discovered.
She Denies Knowledge
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 1.—Arm
strung J. Schrader, formerly of Oma
ha. was found dead today with a bul
let wound near the heart within a
few feet of the kitchen door of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. J. Curless. his par
ents-ln-Iaw.
The body was covered with snow
and was frozen stiff, indicating that
lie was killed some time during tha
night. It was sometime before police
wore able to establish identity of the
dead man, but when they learner] hl«
name t hey began a search of th"
neighborhood to see if they could
find someone who had heard the
shooting at the Curless home. Curless
sabl he had heard several shots fire*
at midnight but paid n,o attention
to them thinking some New Tea's
levellers were responsible.
When he was told who the dead
man was he gasped "mv god. that i«
my son-in-law.” Curless denied that
he had seen Schrader since last Mon
day night "hen he ordered him out
of the house. He told police that
Schrader had threatened his life at
that time.
Deny Hearing Shots.
Schrader and his wife had been
separated for several months. She
lives with her parents. Both she and
her mother denied they heard any
shooting last night and Mrs. Schrader
declared she had not seen her hus
band since last Monday when he call
ed at the store where she is employ
ed snd begged her to return to him.
.She refused and he made a threat
then to get even with her. she told
police. Police were called at that time,
but Schrader had fied.
Schrader evidently had gone to the
Curiess home to deliver a Christmas
package to one of his children. a« it
was found in a pool of blood "here he
wps shot. After the shooting he stag
gered through the yard to the ceme.
terv gate before falling dead. The
suicide theory was advanced on ac
count of powder burns on the over
coat but police were unable to find a
revolver, though they raked the snow
coveted yarl nil afternoon.
Tn searching th- Curless horn* thev
found a .',2 caliber gun with one
empty chamber. Curies* admitted
on oership of the weapon but s?jd it
had not been fired in months, so far
a* he knew.
Ml tried jn Otn aha.
Mrs. Schrader told police a remark
able etnrv she is 14 years eld and
pretty, she said she married Schrad
er in Omaha in November. ls;j. after
a quick courtship and that he began
to ahure her shortly afterward. They
came to Iowa two years ago, locating
at Montteello. but came here some
two months ago. Their quarrels con
tinued. Mrs. Schrader said, and finally
he prop sed both commit suicide. She
says she agreed and they took a walk
for their purpose of ending their lives.
Her hostwind handed her a loaded re
volver. she said, and she placed It to
her temple and pulled the trigger.
The hamnmr struck an empty cart
ridge and this so enraged Schrader,
she said, that he took the gun from
her ami knocked her senseless. Sh
left Bint that dav and the following
iia> sued for divorce, and obtained an
Injunction restraining her husband
from molesting her or their three
« hiktren.
He violated the injunction severs!
limes. Mrs. Schrader said, and she
had intended having him arrested the '
next time he mme to the house
Police trie,) to question M’s. Curless
*'Ut she declined to talk. She prom
tsed to appear at the inquest and
autopsy tomorrow. Schrader was
popular In railroad elrvle* and hi*
friends demand a pr. be of his death.
York—Otto Evan*, county rh
man of the republican central rom.
mittee for York, fell on an icy walk
Sunday and sustained a broken knee
cap.
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Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The * nate find houei' n »re tn IN'*
VMva, ,
Government alt iv die* eere :*t a
standstill.
A-ttator F^irah of Idaho. .4 nn mimed
lie would revive hi* plan for 11 n
lernat tribal ntvQ^nlc conference
The President and Mm, t'oolldjge
threw open the doors of the Wh*te
House foi the custom* 1 \ Nee Year*
lay isveption.
Postmaster General Nee an*
lounont the MoietOi'n of »i\
'iftie employes tn ti* many chtea and
he »li»rhaipin| and resignation of
00 employe^ of conetregional pet
dfne committee os ,% result of an
* ifitis.nSofi Into i>m of money
influence Wg!*isth«n <