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^ 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<b r»f mmnii*nlmt tfI n>
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 <ippe,U‘s
on the - ent and announce* a ft"
appointment*.
>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*.
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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<e l*a t'lieur. who
s 34, has received more than 100 of
fers of marriage.
Cold Sloppy Day s
Are Dangerous to
Shoeless Kiddies
Bp<* Fund (iivr» Opportunities
to Lighten Sorrows
of Poor
^ onng.'ters.
Cold days or sloppy, slushy days*
Roth are ^Janeerou* to people with
out weatherproof shoes. Especially
little people.
The Free Shoe Fund of The Omaha
Ii*-e strives to supply shoes to the
rno*t needy of these poor waifs, chil
dren against whom fate seems to
have turned. Children they are. most
if them, robbed of their fathers and
ivmg in deepest poverty, while their
mothers wage an unequal fight with
ih« world to keep their little bodies
*nd souls together.
deneroti* readers of The Bee keep
'he fund going and quite a number
if poor hoys and girls still* are "wait*
ng their turn'' for the much needed
•hoes.
Every rent goes to buy those shoes.
'r,r earh rase is investigated without
oat to the fund.
If you possibly ran spare a contri
bution. here i« a rhanc* for a real
opportunity and blessing.'* I
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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
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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