r“:.i '"'he Omaha Sunday Bee > 7?™rz • thee In nther* In th.v*elf may he.—,1 __ --- _ ________ ____ O. Whittier. ^ y CITY EDITION yQL 54_NQ 3Q_OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1925.~ * XX FIVE CENTS v -' Prosperity Chie:’ Note for Future Nebraska's Place on Economic Map Assures Success of “Straight Ahead” Slogan for 1925. Business Has Confidence On the nation's economic map there is only one state completely blocked in white. That state is Nebraska. Alone of all the sovereign eommonwe alt h Nebraska Is un spotted by de pression. Some other states are partially “white,” which means “good” on the 1 usiness map, but Nebraska alone Is unspotted. These facts give im petus to the shib boleth for 1925: “Greater Ne braska — Straight Ahead!” What was ae ro m ji I i s hed in j'*-4 may be duplicated ami bettered this year. It is written on the board in letters of gold that Nebraska will go forward to more and greater achievement. Business and culture will go hand in hand to make Ne braska a finer place in which to live. Prosperity is the soul-mate of happi ness. Gloom, laced by a bootstrap to Hard Times, Discontent, Failure and similar mountebanks, has started on hegira which will be permanent. The Rattle Call. Therefore the battle call: “Greater Nebraska — Straight /. limd!" I’ndor such a slogan, and with the co-operation of all Nebraskans, the • iesnll will never lie in doubt. f This is the judgments of Omaha business men. leaders in commerce and Industry. It is the judgment too 4*0 of business leaders throughout N" Lrnska. With Nebraska marked %"good" on the business map. while most of the country continues to show only ' fair" or ‘ had.’’ Nebraska should be in position to move promptly for ward tp those better business condi tions toward which national business , leaders have called attention. I.ook Forward. Tn recent years conditions in Ne braska have not been good. Omaha business men urge that we look for v. ml, however, not backward. One of the reasons Nebraska has ' * erne up from the black spots on the ' map. through the gray spots to the position it nowr occupies in the white, is the splendid position of Nebraska i in -. More than half the farms of N.br tsUa, 52 per cent, are today un burdened by mortgages. Of the re* in binder, ts per cent, the mortgages i fiigc frbm 50 per cent to CO per « nt. an average of legs than half ih<* ’.alue of the land. J. II. Itoper of the Federal Farm Doan association of Dodge county re • ni'v gave these interesting figures: “The combined value >f wheat and corn crops alone in Nebraska will he worth about $275,000,000, an average of $2,000 to the farm. To this add* the v:.Uus of other crop*, oats, rye, hurley, sugar beet?, hay, potatoes, fruit' nrd vegetables, a total of about $200,000,000. Then add $250, 000,000 more for cattle, hog?, sheep, poultry and dairy produces. This gives n total value of. Nebraska agri cultural products of nearly three quarters of a billion dollars. An aver age gross income per farm of $5,700." Start Where You Stand. With such an accomplishment to build upon there should be no time wasted in looking backward. A man once applied to Henry Ford for a job. He admitted he had been In prison and he started to tell Ford the story. “Never mind." said Ford, "I don’t care about the past. Start where you stand." Merton Bra ley, who heard of this comment wrote a poem on the theme; "Start where you stand and never mind the past.” Another phrase: ' Today's the thing; tomorrow soon will be: net in me ngm ano tire it un affair)— Start where you stand.” In going Straight Ahead In Ne I naska business leaders urge keeping in minrl these facts: "Nebraska's per capita wealth Is 1,ii((4; It has within Its borders the second largest livestock market In the world; It leads In agricultural production per capita; It has otic automobile and one telephone to every the persons; It has the lowest per cent Illiteracy: It Is Improving stead IIv |n Id agricultural and Industrial we.f |t h." llctt'T lliislneas Year. In •; ; . mne-'lon It is Inleresilnr to note tite results of i 1 ''' confer ern e just con luded to the M'i ord Biady company. Business for 1925 will be far ahead of 1924. especially In the grocery huslnes* If predictions madr p, more than in members of the McCord Brady sales organization mean anything. These flfi men have 1 c ?n In eon frienre nil week In the dm . office* (Turn to rage The, Columu Two.I h Clarence Darrow, World’s Greatest Criminal Lawyer, to Talk in Omaha Admission to Ad-Sell Meeting Will Be “by Card Only.” Clarence Darrow of Chicago, known as "the world's greatest criminal law yer,” will be the speaker at the sev enth anniversary meeting of the Ad Sell club Monday evening at the Elks club. Darrow will talk on "Crime, Its Causes and Punishment." He was attorney for the defense In the famous Leopold-Loeb case. Dar row has written many books and pamphlets on crime. He has been a prominent attorney for many years. After receiving Ills education In the Ohio schools, Darrow was admitted to the bar in 1S73. He was formerly at torney for the Northwestern railroad. He has been identified with many prominent cases in recent years, not ably in cases against monopolies, In cluding litigation against the "gas trust" in Chicago. Darrow was chief counsel for anthracite miners in the anthracite strike arbitration at Scran ton and Philadelphia. Pa., 1003. He was also counsel in Debs strike caso and a large number of labor Injunc tion and labor conspiracy cases on the side of labor. Darrow was elected to the Illinois legislature in 1903. He took an active part In political cam paigns as an independent democrat. Other legal battles in which Darrow took part were the McNamara broth ers' defense in the Los Angeles dyna mite case in 1911; attorney for the de fendants in the Moyer. Haywood and Pettlbone case, for the murder of Kx-Oovernor Steunenburg of Idaho. Clarence Harrow in Action. ITq. Is a member of the Illinois stafe ami Chicago bar associations. inn row is 07 years of age. Anticipating a record attendance at •the Monday night meeting, officials of the Advertising Selling league have announced admission will be "by card only.” Union Pacific Wins Laurels for Low Record in Injuries to Employes By SANFORD JAKRKLI*. The Union Pacific was the first railroad to cross the western half of the continent. It was the pioneer In opening up to homeseekers the broad acres of the west. And today the railroad has forged to the front In quite another l«ne, and that is safety. Although figures for 1924 will not >e available for several months, it is tot unlikely that the r^23 record will I ie broken. In that year the number 'f injured per million man hours was r 19 on the Union Paclfis system. The -eeord on the other big railroads \va: Southern Pacific. 15.31; Milwaukee, .’4; Southern, 26.66; lllionois Central. 16.94: Santa Fe, 26.71. Northwestern. 19.97; New York Central, 30.97; Bur ington, 31.05; Louisville A- Nashville, 12.67; Baltimore & Ohio. 36.69; Penn lylvanla, 42.58. and Itoek Island, 42.71. Two Itig Trunks. In the article in National Safety Vows. Oeorge Karl Wallis recalls the Irivlng of the golden spik» nt Prom jntory Point, Utah, in 1 stilt, and he continues: "Over coming the wilderness and connecting the toasts with tracks was a triumph of persistency an.I pioneering. But a no less valorous •ninpalgn is being waged today over he same right-of-way the first trans continental train traveled In ’69. It Is pot one In which victory Is signalized by the booming of guns and the wav ng of hats Instead It is one which accomplishment la determined by the number of homes kept happy and In tact; by the number of manhours workpd without pain, sorrow and loss ■uiseil by accidental Injuries; by mil lions of passengers carried without mishap, and by reputation for safe and efficient transportation benefit ting employ and public alike. "A lasting reputation for safety Is a fragile thing. It must be the record of increasing endevor. One good re cord must beget another; the work Is never ending. Only years of consis tent achievement can overcome the effect of a single break In the re cord." Won 1919 Ranner. In 1919 the Union Pacific won ttv> banner for the best safety record In the central western legion of the 1 'nits-d Stales Railroad ndmlnlnlt* (Ion. Had the other 29 class I railroads done as well as the Union Congressman Asked His Secretary to Watch Wife While He W^as Away Alpenn. Mich., Jan. 3.—Mr*. Edna .fame* Scott, contesting the suit for divorce brought by Congressman Frank D. Scott, took the stand in her own behalf when the hearing was resumed in c ircuit court here today. Accused yesterday by Miss Jane Kennedy, secretary to her husband, of having told of numerous occasions on which she received the clerk of a Washington hotel in her rooms late at night and other alleged Indlsero tlons, Mrs. Scott declared Miss Ken n»dy was nyt nn intimate friend of hers. "When we went to Washington 1 rarely »iw Iter," Mr*. S*'ntt testified "At first I was Kind and lnfr«wluccd h'r to jicople. Then for weeks I wouldn’t sc*e her." M|ss Kennedy once laughingly re marked in her pie erne. Mrs. Scot* testified, that Scott had asked hei "to keep an eye" on Mrs. Scott when he was away, "She *-ild." Mrs. Scott declared "that the boss asked me if his "canary" ever stepped out and told me to keep nn eye on her when lie was away.'." Mis* Kennedy is named by Mrs v Scott in her cross bill an the disturb Ing element in the Scott home. Mrs Scott accuses her nf being: responsible for the breaking up of her home "through malicious tale bearing '' The courtroom again was crowded today in anticipation of Mrs. Hcott'e Appearance on the stand. DOCTOR IS HURT IN THIRD CRASH Audubon, la.. Jan. 1 In the third into accident which be baa exper ienced mi the past few months, lir K. K (‘Hilda of this city, suffered i wof fact ured libs and some minor bruises. Ill i ar skidded on the icy load and turned over on ila side In a snow hank. UrriiDin Srirnlin l)ir*. Munich. .Jan ,1.- pr fclrnegt. Hu mm. professor of gynecology of I * r 1 in uni verslty and author of a monumental work on obstetrhs which is regarded as a stands id in its field, it (load at the sge of GT. 4 Pacific In 1922, 88,000 casualties would have been averted and $25,000,000 saved on persona! expense. In 1923 the railroad won the banner for the best safety record with only 4.9s casualties per million man-hours. Wallis in his article on the Union •Pac ific continues: “The records or the Union Pacific! railroad on accidents at its grad • crossing* f show that, cmv*v.ry Jo* possible expections, the automobile* tourist is by no means tb«* most fre ' quent vic tim of collision with thalnr. i It is th« local citizen, the man who has become so familiar with the des ignated crossing that he no longer] believes it necessary to exercise the! caution of a stranger on the watch for tiie possible dangers w ho is the j frequent victim. “Checking of careless motor ve hicle drivers at grade crossings is also a function of the safety depart rnent. T.icense numbers are taken in flagrant eases and letters sent out asking the eO-operation of those re ported in preventing grade crossing disasters. This work has met with general public* approval. Safety Once Derided. "There may have been a time when safety mm a major operating factor on the Union Pacific* was received with skepticism by some among the veteran employes and officers. But if this attitude ever existed there is nothing Indicating It in the present *ra. If there is one nu'°' •" 1 "£ ele ment in this railroad’s safety work It is the unity of action and opinion on safety matters. When officers and men get together around a safety committee table, the predominant question is hot 'can the hazard be cor rected?' but 'how soon can they be corrected.' 'There i* Inspiration in the safety work of the Union Pacific railroad and In the great, system of which It. is a part, in view of the records already achieved it might appear that even to maintain present reductions would be a worth-while accomplish rnent." Harry A. Adams, assistant to th** general rnanger Of the Union Pacific. Is In charge of safety work on the railroad. J|e bus under him a large staff of safety officers but, what Is more impbrtant, he savs. Is the m (operation he receives from the of' I fleers and employs of the railroad. j Demo Split W idened by Dial Speech Party’s Troubles Dragged Be fore Senate in Bitter Talk by South Carolina Solon. Calls Record ‘Ridiculous’ By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON, Intrrniitional »tv* Service Staff Cor respondent. Washington, Jan. 3.—The dem> cratio party tonight faced an ever widening breach within its ranks in congress as a result of its defeat in the 1024 presidential campaign. A new demand for complete reor ganization of the party was voiced In -he senate by Senator X. B. Dial, democrat, of South Carolina, who blamed recent democratic disasters upon the party's record in congress. In a speech bitter with invective. Dial denounced the dcm >eratic rec ord as “ridiculous,” played his col leagues as “sheep'' and then summed up by declaring his party was “usa less'1 in its present state. While his colleagues received the denunciation in silence, Dial poured salt on their wounds by praising President Coolldge in glowing terms The president, he declared, was a “better democrat” than most of his own colleagues. Second Senate Attack. Ills attack closely followed a simi lar speech by Senator Bruce, demo • rat, of Maryland. The South Carolina senator blamed the 1924 defeat upon his party’s ef forts to “link up democracy with bob shevixm or communism*.” “The democratic party has been guilty of falling into shifty oppor tunities, of seizing every fad of the moment and veering to every wind that seemed to promise popularity,” Dial said. “The party has permitted sn alien faction to use us as an instrument of annoyance to th* administration It is a mortifying, bitter truth that he rjtilet and close thinker in the! White Htyu-e just elected nr^pirlent i ns roe T^juiblican nomine? •er democrat in many essentials, more In arc nrd with the foundation principles of the democratic party, than many men who have obtained mighty and honorable places as ox tensible democrats.” l,ost on Record. The 1924 campaign. Din! declared was not derided upon either the league of nations or Ku Kltix Klar issues, but on the democratic record »f trying to “serve up some kind of shambling, shame faced compromise pf so-called democracy end foreign born soc ialism nr bolshevism. “The smashing, fearful verdict was not against John W. Davis,” said Dial It was against us here In cpngres* who undertake to lead the parly and who have perverted and distorted it and made it ridiculous. “It is a burning humiliation that we have ceased to be the party of hope and real progress and have fall en to the lamentable condition of having no function but to aid in c log .ring the dominant party with child ish, spiteful desire to make it as use less to the country as we ourselves have become.” STORM DELAYS OCEAN LINERS New York, Jan. 3.—Four nrMn liner* war* overdue todav anil or.an trafllr mu rendered a peril for craft of all sizes by the calr*. enowa and heavy sea*. The White Star liner. Adriatic, la not expected before Tuesday. The Mearner Aanirla la already elx day* late, and I* expected to make port to nlirht or tomorrow. The Mount Clay, out of llamburp. ij two days late, and the French liner, T’arla, will ba about a day late. The atorm canned a postponement In Hie departure of the V. S. S. Ark.-in •-.im and 10 deatroveia on llielr cruiae to southern water a for winter maneuver*. IMPROVEMENT IN DES MOINES BANKS Des Moines, .Ian. *.—The unsettled hanking condition* In Des Moines, caused by the closing of two hanks Wednesday and a run on a. third yes terday, was replaced by renewed con fidence today, officials of the (oral clearing house association reported The nervousness among depositors which caused heavy withdrawals In prnctlcally every bank of the city h i* "i'omplelely passed away" and ninny f those who withdrew their savings vesterdny were returning tlwdr funds to the hanks today, It was sold. MOSQUITO BITE IS INDUSTRY HAZARD H.in T-Yin« I*■ .1m 3 Tiro *tat« tndirotrinl n‘ « l d» • id**d that i bit#* on tin* tnuroro ronutltnn ln«liip*tvi.i 1 b« aid rind i j fiWiirdr-l \Vt11inro Milkr luhorv»r. $2,487,13, with 112 M i wnek until h*’ iprnviu. who was* bitten on ill** tnnffUP 1a*t June to, nt nVn Hlrkle In land n» u PlftebuiK, * »1 ha* been unable to ^oik fine# that tiro* HI# tongue became infected fioro the bite 50-FOOT FISSURE AS EARTH SINKS Butte, Mont., Jan. 3.—Mother earth's great surface was dented near this mining town today where a chasm several hundred feet deep yawned a threat of the destruction It might have carried when an area BO feet wide sunk Into oblivion. Clinging to the rim of the abyss, the little frame house that sheltered P. F. Rutledge and his family of four, looked downward but stood its foundation firmly while Its former oc cupants gave thanks that they are alive. The collapse occurred above the site of an abandoned mine. A vacant house in the center of the under mined area toppled into the chasm. Seekers of State Political Plums Adjust Troubles Rodman of Omaha Expertodl to Become Speaker—Frank Corrick Chief Clerk of House. — By WILL M. MAI PIN. Lincoln, Jan. 3.—Somewhere near j a third of the legislators have ar rived. and it is expected that prac tically all will be here by Sunday night. The rumor is that Governor McMullen will appear on the ecene early Monday morning, bearing rich gifts in his hands. Although only a minority of rep resentatives and senators are here, that minority represents the influ ential members, the ones who know the ropes and wield the influence. That is why it is pretty safe to pre dict some of the appointees and of fivers of the two branches. In the ! house it looks very much like a < inch f »r Hodman of Omaha as speaker. His experience and his acknowledged ability overcome the “Omaha handicap,’’ and regard for the absolute truth demands the state ment that being an Omaha man is something of a handicap. Nobody has ' ny reason to offer fnr this situation, but there it is. With Hodman prac tiially assured of the speakership. Senator Bobbin.*’ chances for presi dent on- rj 1 of #he senate are great ty raitipen. Tid«* mean* the advance of Wilts** stork, with Wilkin* of Kmerson coming strong. Peaceful .Settlement. Frank Corrick will be chief clerk of * he house and the probabilities arc that V M Stapleton will be first as «ietant. The little scrap over ser- ' gcant at arms of the house, between i George Riven* of Juniata and Hill” Lundy of Sargent has l*een nnii- ably *? and Lundy the position of first as sistant. fiver in the senate end Clyde Barnard of Table Hock will be *»ecre taty, as he has been from time ini ! memorial when the republicans had control. Fred Wright of Hew a id seems slated for first assistant and there is a little scramble on for sec ond assistant, Krel McFarland, representative from York four years ago, and Frances Hturmer, recently i attached to the republican commit- I tee's speakers bureau, being the con-j testants. Jerry Wilhelm is the^onlv1 applicant fo’r a position who is with out opposition. He is Kii years old, end for four terms he has served ns senate post master. Mr. Wilhelm 1* the father-in-law* of George Roberts of Omaha. Ruck Taylor seems a.« si.red nf the position of sergrant-af arms of the senate, with W. F. John son as first assistant. Hrjran Prepares Message. Governor Bryan said today that he hoptd to find time tonight. Sunday and Sunday night to put the finish ing touches on his tneaaage. Me gave the cheerful assurance that his budget qiessnge would he hi lef. Much of his time yesterday and today has been spent In receiving visitors, most of them members of the legislature This morning he was closeted with representatives of the Western I'nlon. who are seeking relief from "h.tt they term excessive taxation They are balking, ns usual, on the payment of the franchise tax. Several western member* arrived today, most of them being dlstln fTUlshed by their three gallon hats Opposition to several parts nf th** proposed road program Is showing up! from the western members. Calls for t aurus. Gilmore of Hatting, being one of the oldest members In point of serv Ice. has been selected to circulate the1 call for the republican caucus. It will be belli Monday night. O'Giira of cedar countv. the rank ing demur ratio member of the house will look after getting the democrats together to. go through the motluns of holding » caucus. There a*e 37 demo ernts In the house “We are in the minority." said O'Hara, 'But nurr *PHis enough to put tin* republican:? on their good behavior." There arc *dx democrat* In the sen ate. Including pill' el! of Broken How lie received the republican homlnn lion In Ids diet i let but did not file no acceptance Bi cMiitnnblv he wanted to keep hts democratic record straight 11»- Is one of the oldest members of the legMuturr in point of service and has served in both branches. •'When "ill Governor McMullen cone in'*' i» the nopula< query around the hotel lohbtei \ whole l«v of plavmg for position "111 he del*' ed until the governor elect i Judge, Girl, Car, Engine, Hullabaloo Wreck a W'cek Ago Basis for Row Between Police Magis trate and Grand Island Council. Under thing Also Involved Special Dispatch la The Omaha Bee. Grand Island, Neb,. Jan. 3.—Police Judge Mullen and the city council are at outs as the result of an auto mobile accident in whirh the judge, a young woman, an alleged bottle of liquor and an undergarment are said to have figured. The whole afair will be aired Mon day night at a public hearing at which the judge will explain the cir cumstances leading to the accident which occurred a week ago. The judge's car was struck by a switch engine and thrown 40 feet. Mullen and his companion were thrown out and she was taken to a hospital for treatment. Rutile of Something. In the car. according to information reaching citizen* who got up a peti tion asking for Judge Mullen's resig nation, were found a bottle of some thing. not water, and an undergar ment of soft fluffy material. A committee of the council sum moned Judge Mullen to appear last right and he asked that the press be excluded. This request was denied. The judge said he could clear him self easily, but wanted to protect hl«! constitutional lights in the event of ouster proceedings. Companion Blameless. The committee then p.ostiioned the hearing until Monday. Su id the committeemen: "The judge s companion was wholly blameless." Said the judge: ' The council has no authority to ask my resignation and I'm going to fight this case to a finish." \ eteran Pastor Offers Praver for Dead Wife "I lie Ip" H enry He Loop's Noire Break* a* He Mur mur* Farewell Tribute at Funeral. Holding th#» cold hand of hi- dead i wife, Sophronia, * I nole" Henry De | Long. Council Bluffs pioneer mixuon my and minister, offered a final farewell prayer, at the conclusion of the funeral aervh■«■* Saturday after noun at the Broadway church. (foun t'll Bluffs. Ills two sons, Harvey A., and Henry, jr.. stood hy'liia aide. "Now, mnina —** the aged pastor l>egan. Then his vohe broke and the rest of the prayer wai uttered in such a low tone that none beside the mourner* at the bier heard. Funeral attendants almost filled the church and the coffin was covered with floral tributes. Burial was in Falrview cemetery. “There can !»e no regret in a well -pent life," declared Rev. F. F Case. Pastor of the Broadway Met hod la* church. "A life lived in the law of the Tyord is a glorious victory. ‘Mrs. De Long s services to the human heart n ere great She his lifted heavy burdens from the drooping shoulders of others ’ Rev. R. C. Buchanan, pastor of the Epworth Methodist church, read scripture. Rev. R K. Harvey, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church, of fered a short prayer. Rex. T M. Hig^inlxotharn, pastor of the Dodge Memorial church, expressed the sympathy of the Coun cil Bluffs Ministerial union. Pallbearer* were Joe W. Smith, Tf i W. Hatelton, F. It Orcutt, J H Killlns. Carl Hafer and A L Michel I 30 INIURED IN SUBWAY BLAST Boston, Jan 3 - More than 3(1 per aons were slightly burned or injured today and many others shaken up in ••n explosion in a Park street sub way car. The accident Is believed to ha\c been roused by an explosion of mo tion picture film material. Stores of windows in the car were shattered. Men and women tnade a mad rush for the doors. Thirty per sons were taken to the hospital i others were taken to a drug store l for first aid treatment. MhitumI in C.mint-il Bluff*. The f«d|ew|tlK t 4 med j rl«*e h' ftt r* III t «M»n< H ttlrtff* x-iirnlav t «»utr t* ’til,.* «hunt).A , . J\ 4 k *1* ►v«*k*n Ontnh* ■»*.,» ti i I ' • M 1 I., . e|»* N\ • ‘ M*uh. O \* \r!> U»«in«!d t«r*> Oiniht f• dn«**t O N*w! Otnihi <•*< P ( William ii * Kp|*t P#a?ri>p ... t*r*n* Birtwti Viipirmp, vph .. ’I !?•' Outlfuiit M»rnu*tt*. \#b < I • t« llufcten. Mmnianr Nrb * • h«rt«* Mat eld K ? n n' nninln t'ltfn Man PteUM Omaha 1' , r«t«** Kav*fh nm*h* -s • Emma Kmn. Omaha . Jfjl Girls Want to Take Chance for $30,000 Providin’ ''lie wpds a woman with uiihobhrd liair who does not seek his noney and who has good judgment,” Ray I,e la Cheur (above), Spokane, Wash., driver, will inherit $30,000, So eads the will of uncle who died in F'rance. To date. I I I 11** nd Hr*. Harriett Millrr. (.Irnnuod la *00 Hr*. R. 4. O.. \*»rk. Nrl» MW i Irirtid In Chilrirrn I’olk Nrh .V«t Hr* IHn bl llruninK. Hriinin*. NX* ?.»♦* Ir anri Mr* K I U«ri|»h. Rim hall \**h Vfte Mi* Wh»* l.mr« ( liihlrrn 1 (M K Filenri Fu»n«. Nrii * »M* ►I K I' *, m. b •» Namr. (rail Nek l.iit r. ** .* .CM* biM»* Menu, UlfiiHiHui. la l.mi ►R’f Mallipn*. tturkrlt. Nrl* V rtnri Ilufllf J iMt Total m.R<*K.:i Check. cash *»r money order may n- sent «»r bn tight to The Omaha Bee *fTVe. Make checks payable to Ftee ^hoe Fund. * NEBRASKA NURSE TO WED ABROAD Miss Ruth Pegeler of Wisrer. Neb., i graduate nurse from the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne. lnd . who has been visit in w her brother at the home of Stephen KMechel. i*'31 South Sixteenth street, "ill leave Sunday night for New York, where she i* 0 sail on January 10 f*>r Buenos Mres. Argentina There upon her irrival, she ;* to marry <; Huebner, 1 missionary she " ill engage in mis denary work. BUNK FIRE VICTIM LEAVES HOSPITAL Wymote Neb . Jut). 3 Mack An derson. Burlington railway bridge | gang foreman for the past 35 year*, who was seriously injured when his hunk ear was destroyed by fire !n the railway yards at Cuba. Kan., south of here. Peeember 1. and who has since been confined in a Beatrice hospital with his burns, w is released from the institution Friday and taken to his home. HI* ffet and hands were Ktdiy 1 burned as he fought in a xatn attempt to mis his son. Roy, a cripple, who was visiting bis father. A substantial purse was made up lay Andeisms fellow workers at Christmas. Slain Man a Nebraskan. ' "iuivil Vrilrc Muff r*rr*«f»oi»*ftr*%t. V»ea trier Neh J.»n 3 Olln Hrovtn f u im'r, who"!' i harr«M body found recently on the highway near Washington, Kan., and who b he Hexed it» have Keen murder**!, format !'• lived in enunix. He wm tx eon of \jiU' linMvn, well known real der* vof i he Nilh ■-* xhinitx some \ rao ago I 1 he Weather V-_J Tr. 4 h'uix ? r m, J*tot • rv I lli'nrl* 1>tnprr^inr *, ;*. ii I 4 w '? s ^ m HI j * • *e 4 »w * «• * - ‘ ' * r m . I i t . w :t t r tw ill l. neon . .... Tf ] Ax Suspect Laughs at Questioners Chief of Police Says Scars •» Prisoner s Arms Resemble Burns Made by Nitro Glycerine. - ji First Wife Was Suicide i New York, Jan. 3.—John W. Hahne, charged today by a eoronef's jury in Omaha with the murder of Si* wife, Mrs. .Mae Hahne. formerly lived in the Bronx section of New York clt>. The buceau of vital sta tistics here records that on November | 14. 1911. Alice V. Hahne. who i* be lieved to have been Hahne* first wife, died a suicide. Her laid) wa« found in her bedroom. J Warren Hahne, held by police as the slayer of hi* wife. Mae, is insane. That is the belief expressed by Po lice Commissioner Henry W. Ounn, after he and Chief of Police Charles H. Yin Ileusen grilled the South Omaha real estate man late Saturday afternoon. •* < Following the examination, Hahne. still chuckling his low amused laugh, was led bark to his cell. No further attempts will he made to obtain a confession from him, according to police. Hahne will never be sent to the chair because he once was com mitted to an asylum." declared Van Deusen. "I think he knows it: that Is why he laughs. His defense will be insanity, probably, and any ’confes sion would be useless in court under such circumstances. 1 "Before God I'm innocent. Hahne assured the police heads at the term ination of their questioning. But I'wi much obliged for the entertainment anyway.” he added with his mocking laugh. The police commissioner and police chief quizzed Hahne minutely in an effort to esiabhsh his connection with a mob' in Columbus, O . which forced i way into a bank and blew the $afe in 1*0*. ' an Deusen d<*. lared that the «ci: s on Hahne* arm* resembled setup" burns. The prisoner laughed What ts soup ?” Yan Deusen shot at him. I didn’t tend bar in the Third dis trict of New Tork without 'earning what soup Is Hahne drawled «• -h a chuckle Soup is an underworld for explosives used in cracking safes l ntler rapid cross-examination Hahne is said to have admitted to po u«e that '*■> hrother* were member* of the Columbus gang H* marn ta ned. however, that h* was not. ‘-en asked if he was the owner ■ * t '-ertaln large house located south of I^eavenwnrih street, which had been on fire three times and was burned to the ground by a fourth conflagration. Hahn* mid the officers that the hou«* w.i, owned hv * brother. t. ■ *«*r full detail* m>«j picture* on the tlavinc of Mr*. Hahne *+* I'sce | of the Second \evr* W. lion. JOINT AIRPLANE SERVICE SOUGHT Washington. Jan I.—A unity* * service instead of jbe separa'ggStrmv end wavy air service* was rerom Utenued in the home today by Ken csentativ* Anthony of Kansas, chair ttKtn of the appropriation suheonvy tee which drafted the War denu-' Blent supply hill. * The two a.r services, he said, should he placed under one head to r*ri«-e expenses and prevent an Ini #4 4' ing of their respective works m‘" ,ir service he added, should he ■‘Mined more to the activities of the tVet. while the army service ttvwi'-! lH expanded to erner greater IS. tory. including the .oast defense. Summary of the Day in Washington The lions* drhatrd th* arm* ar pi operation bill. Official* derided not to comment o« Hie French debt situation until ad of the fart* «er* before them. Senator 'loves, \*« Hampshire, announced th* ne« postal rat* hid «as satlsfarborj to President fool idee. \ssregalr net earnings nf the t? federal resort r hunks for I9;t arei a Id u e.l at JS.itH1.iMiO hr the reseexe hoard. Senator l»i*l. South t arwlina. demo rrat, declared democratic members of rougress w err- responsible for tho November defeat of John U Davis. Congressional leaders prepared m *eek enactment of cmrrgrnrx farm lecislatk'U hr seal on rerontmeudafious of the agricultural commission \ml*a»*adnr* helloes; and Here* pith James \ | ogan were designal ed to represent the I niled Mates st tltc allied finance ministers meeting In Paris nrvt Wednesday The internal revenue bureau hot* fied Its rollertois that certain *m p’ojes nf luttnb'ipaJl.v owned instifn tions are subjected to and moat pa l-detal iurotne laves •eir'acgrra te 1911