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0 i =^:l | The Omaha Burning Dee |“rz | CITY EDITION | ^ ^ N() ]7f| OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARnTSsT*- TWO CENTS'SSS* >-—1 SCAWFINGER TED’IS VINDICATED No Caucus for Senate Democrats Members in Nebraska's L p j»er House Too Few in Num ber to Make a Slate ^ ortli whilc. Says Speaker. House More Optimistic B* WILL M. MXiriN, staff t orrespondent Tlx- Omaha Bee. Lincoln. Jan. 4.—Senate democrats' will nqt hold a caucus. That is the .announcement that Senator Purcell of lister made tLis afternoon. "What’s the use?” plaintively in quired the genial statesman from Broken Bow. "There aren't enough of us to furnish h candidate for each one of the offices. This thing of dying in the last ditch hus its glories under proper conditions,' hut in this case why go to l he trouble of looking for a last ditch?” This means that when the senate meets the republican slate will go through without loss of time. House Democrats to Meet, House democrats have no more chance than senate democrats, hut will caucus Monday afternoon. Keck of York will officiate as master of ceremonies. A full slate of officials will be put up, but there has been po agreement as yet. except upon the candidate for speaker. The democrats will offer Mrs. Mabel Gillespie of Sarpy as their candidate, arid expect to reduce the republican ratio of 60 tr, 40 to something a little less. Mrs. Gilmore's candidacy will be able to /luister 43 votes if Tiaasch of Madi son, republican and progressive. Votes with the democrats, as he did most of the time two years ago, and Axtell of Lincoln and Heerman of Stanton, progressives, come across. Axtell was elected as a progressive ud Heerman as a republican and progieseive. There are three women representa tives. Mrs. Gilmore being the demo cratic member of the feminine trio. Democratic members who * have served before hare insisted that the ci mpliuieiit go to the ehurminv tepre V careful inquiry among members already on the scene of action reveals the interesting fact that two-thirds of mem are outspoken against ratl flcKtiun of the child lalior movement, most of the others inclined to oppose it, and only one or two openly in favor of it. Holbrook of Dodge will probably lead the fight against it in the senate. ICeck of York, demo rrat. is bitterly opposed to it. and will lead the democratic opposition in the house. The republican side will not lack for leadership in ihe fight against ratification. Senator Scutt of Aid ooIt has a court bill all ready to drop into the slot as Siam as introduction of hills is possible. His bill provides for an appellate court with five judges to sit alternately in eight divisions of the state. The hill provides that this new court shall automatically cease to exist in January. J9SL The first five judges are to be appointed, but at the general election in 11126 they are to be elected for a term of four 3 ears, Hie oldest judge to be the pre siding judge. The court is to have original jurisdiction In quo warrlnto, mandamus and habeas corpus pro ceedings, and in rlvil matters ap|>ealed from district court its jurisdiction will ' cover all cases involving not more than $3,000. Such eases now before the supreme court arc to he certified to the new court. The new court's decisions are to be reviewed by the supreme court. Tbe judges are to re ceive $5,000 a year each and traveling expenses, and each may appoint a court reporter or stenogra piier. cd up legal work, the supreme court now being several years behind. But his bill is going to meet with strong op josltion from the start. Its adoption will mean an added expense of from $50,000 to $80,000 r year to the tax payers. It means the creation of more offices. It means that a lot of new offices once created will he hard lo abolish. And representatives who fTnrn to I'lige Two. Tolumn One.) r We Have With Us Today I larencr Harrow, lawyer, • tili ng". III. Mr. Harrow, who ha* been a, stu dent of crime anil It* punishment for a number of years, came prominently before the. public eye a* attorney for the defense in the l.copold l.oeh can*. ]le I* the author of mar\y book* and pamphlets on crime ami labor ques tion*. lie wn* sdmlttei] to the bar In 1S75 and ha* been actively engaged In the practice of law ever since. lie has served In the Illinois legislature. At on* time lie was attorney for the K'orfhwestern railway. Ill* home I* Chicago, lie I* a member of the Chicago Athletic, cluh, ftoillh Slone Country cluh and the l’res* cluh the ». Mr. Harrow come* to Omaha to speak before the Advene In bill lnfc- league tonight at the Hike club. ANOTHER FLOOD IN LENINGRAD Hj AmmIiM Pres*. JjottineraU, Russia, Jan. 4.—A not in? i' flood visited l^nlngrad yesterday and early morning the water was eight feet alxive its normal level. At the 1>is factories in I he out skirts of tile city, including the great I'utilov Iron AVorks are Inundated. Train services have ceased. All .the communists have been mobilized to meet the emergency. Thg population of the city has fled to various high points for refuge. Postal Pay Bill ! Will Go Before House This Week Congress Lxpecleil to Dispose of Important Measure Be fore March 4—Muscle Shoals Laid Aside. Wuahington. .Ian. 4.— With only two months remaining before sine die adjournment, March 4, congress is •x pec ted this week to dispose of se\ eral import:!nt issues which have been hanging fire since tlie last ses sion. among them the postal pay question and the MeFadden banking bill. The senate has agreed to vote again Tuesday on the postal staluries measure, vetoed by President Cool idge, while the house expects to reach a vote by Saturday on the Me Fadden proposal. Other legislation, including the Muscle Shoul.s question, which has been before the senate for some weeks, will be laid aside tomorrow for a discussion of the postal pay ami rate problem. Jt is expected that .'At tempts will be made to put through the administration bill providing for increases in both postal rates ami salaries and, in the event of its fail ure. to send the vetoed salaries bill back to committee. Such developments would come be fore 4 p. in. Tuesday, the hour set for a vote on the question of sus taining the presidential veto, with the possibility that action might be taken by the senate, which would make a vote on the veto unnecessary. Senate on Muscle Shoal*. After the postal question is out of the way, the senate will again be in position to resume consideration of the Muscle Shoals problem ami to dispose of the annual supply bills, none of which lias been taken up us yet. In the house appropriation bills, four of which already have been passed, will be relegated to the back ground tomorrow to permit considera tion of a wide range of measures on the unanimous consent callendar. Ac tion on these bills will be made pos sible by the announced decision of supporters of t!i^ Hovve|l Berkley bill to abolish the railroad labor board not to «all the proposal up tomorrow, when, under the rules, consideration would be in order. Vole on Supplv Bill. On Tuesday the house is expected to reach a final vote *»n the army supply bill and after devoting Wed nesday to miscellaneous measure*, to take up on Friday an urgent deficien cy appropriation bill, which will carry among other items more than *100. 000,000 to be used in refunding taxes illegally collected. Headers plan to dispose of the de ficiency bill in one day, paving the way for consideration Friday and Saturday of the MeFadden proposal to <hang« the hanking laws, particular* ly with regard to the branch bank ing. During the week the house com mittee investigating the ciircraft in quiry. will resume hearings, while the senate sub-committee which has be fore it the Franiton bill to place pro hibition enforcement under a seimr atc bureau in the treasury department plans to hear additional testimony in opposition to the proposal. COOLIDGES VISIT GALLERY OF ART Washington, Jan. 4. - President and Mrs. Coolkigo today paid nn unan nounced visit to the Corcoran gdllery of art, viewing a number of paintings recently placed on exhibition there, along with several of the old favor ites. Today was a “public day" at the gallery and the president and his wife passed upwards of an hour mingling with the i-egulnr Sunday visitors. Alcohol (largo reeked. Salved. Then Hiirncd London, .Inn. 4 Fire ilestroyed ihe drifter Hue>^ Hee «t Kirkwall, while she was laden with 9,000 gal Ions of alcohol. The spirits had been salved from the schooner Kathleen Annie, which was wrecked on cireen Holms, Orkney, while commanded by Commander Frank Worsley, captain of the Kndursnce during Shackle ton's first South Pole expedition, and later of the nest. The fire broke out In the engine room of the drifter, and consider able difficulty wax experienced in get ting the 30 men on board to safety, some reselling shore In small boats, while others swam to the Kathleen Annie. Rejected tor 112 N cHri*. Ixmdon, .Ian. 10. Frank Hmlth, defeated labor candidate st Nuneaton, has l>e*n beaten In e\ «*r\ pm tinmen iary election lor 32 j ctfg. Mrs. Ross Take OiM This Noon Yt idow of Wyoming Executive Will Be First Woman Gov ernor in United States to Be Inaugurated. Ceremony to Be Simple Oj Associated Press. Cheyenne. Wyo., Jan. 4.—In an at mosphere of almost Purltan-likf, <nt plicity, Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, widow of the late executive of Wy oming. will lie sworn into office ns governor nt noon Monday. She will be the first woman in the United States to become 'he governor of a state. Because of Hie circumstances sur rounding her elevation to the high office, accorded for tlie first time to a woman in the a woman in the United States. Mrs. Ross leuuestOI that there lie none of the customary festivities ceremony usually attend ant upon an Inauguration of a slate executive. The ceremonies, which will lie held in the senate chambers nt the state capital building, will consist merely of tlie administration of the oatlt of o'flce by Chief Justice C. H. Potter, of tite Wyoming supreme court, and a short inauguration statement by the woman governor immediately fol lowing. Ceremony to Be (Juiet. Although the senate chambers will be thrown open to the public, there will be no carnival air surrounding the e\ent. Even the customary gub ernatorial reception will be dispensed with and Mrs. Ross plan* to retire to the governor’s mansion as soon as tlie brief formalities have been completed. Mrs. Ross' election to tlie office in the November election* followed a swiftly climaxing turn of events brought about by the death of her husband In October during the nild"' of n speaking campaign In which ho was urging tlie adoption of a sever ance tax amendment, one of the out standing features of ills announced legislative program. Hastily summoned democratic and republican conventions. assembling in the emergency, nominated the widow of the late governor and Eugene .1. Sullivan, of Bu*in, Wyo. At tlie polls the electorate of Wyoming ex-, pressed In no uncertain terms it should have Mrs. Ross carry wioik started by her husband and the first woman governor of the United States was swept into office by a plurality exceeding 10.000 votes. I onducted No Campaign. Mi -, floss conducted no campaign, refusing to come from the seclusion of h»r mourning period at the exe<u tite mansion, and left her candidacy entirely In the hands of her filends, contenting herself with til* statement that if tlie people of Wyoming dc sired to have tier carry on her hits hand's work, they would so inform her on November 4. She often reiter ated her desire to refrain from capi talizing tlie tragic circumstances sur rounding Hoverrior Ross' death. Since her election stir lias buckled to the task and lias worked dally mi budget rer-oimnendalions she expects, to make to the legislature when il convenes after tier inauguration. In this work she has had the assistance of Alt irney Heneral Havld .1. Howell and Byron S. Hule. former state liank trig examiner, both close personal frb-nds of her husband. Her previous announcement* as to her legislative policies consisted chiefly of an expressed desire tb carry on the programs outlined by the lat» executive when he assumed office In 1*23. BROWN FAVORED AT MONTE CARLO Motile Carlo, .l.in, 4.—-Satin crepe In pink, emerald green, roue wood; silk ottoman and natural colored kasha aj c the moat surnessful dress mate rials of the Riviera season. Kasha cloaks trimmed with brown fur are prominent ott I he terrace at Monte Carlo and the Promenade des Angelins at Nice. Ftro<s n In various shades la also a favorite color at this time of the year. It |s fashionable In jaunty llllle walk lug suits with the straight silhouette. .Some frocks ’of natural colored kasha have I he narrow straight line effect hut the skirt line an apron tunic unobtrusively amataclied at the waist line and extending nearly to the hem. Ren eat It this tunic, which Is spilt In the front, the skirt seems nsr row, hut lls width la extended hv sn Inverted box pleat at the left. Tunic, skirl and jileat nil eomhln* to make walking easy and achieve the straight line effect. Portable Drill Is Vied to Dig Drape vine Holes Si International New* Seri Ice. T.os Angeles, Jan. 4 On* of the most Ingenious use for the pot table electric drill was demonstrated re cently In the fruitgrowing territory of California, where a pair of auto malic angers, oitersllng from one motor mounted on ti small trtn k bored hole* for SO.ltOtl grspevlne* In 10 days. This resulted In a saving of 4100 a Oat over hgtnl labor Klx thousand holes, three Inches In rlhimelsf and 1st Inches deep, acA ting each day ¥ **°v*v<i day Decide Controversy on t* St vie Between ]New York and Paris j \ Leroy Delaney, American Lawyer, Plights Troth With Mrs. Gladys Aiken, Riviera Beauty—Broadway Beauties Sail for America and Jobs With Zeigfeld. By t\ F. BERTELLI, l/nlaersal Service Staff < iirri-epondent. Paris, Jan. 4.—The eternal fit lit for supremacy In styles between New York and Paris may be settled finally through the Single question of color. Dispatches from New York stat ing that red has been chosen ns the favorite tint by society caused contemptuous • smiles from the fashion makers here who have al ready decided that green shall be the predominant color for late win ter and spring. The green chosen as the "basic tint1' is that of "sea water under a cloudy sky." If Fifth avenue is red today, the boulevards are green. With New Years over, the annual exodus of society to thp Riviera and Moritz has begun. From Nice comes the news that Leroy Delan ey, President Wilson's special rep resentative at .-Mexico City and since then an American lawyer in France anil who was divorced last June, announces ids engagement, to Airs. Gladys Aiken, formerly Aiiss Baliart of Louisville. She divorced Harry Atkc-n In 1922 on seven dif ferent grounds. Mrs. Aiken is one of the loveliest American wom^n on the Riviera. Duchess Loses lleatily. The sensation of the year on the sunshine coast is the Duchess Alar tha Ephrussl, who in spite of the fact that she owns two castles at St, Jean and Mentone, lites at the Hotel Ruhl so as to be close to the casino. Jn order not to waste any time, the duchess has a maid meet her at the casino w here she changes her "camouflage" teagown Into a low-neck evening**dress, after which «he returns to the table*, where she Is starting on her second million ot losses. Mrs. Jean Nash, once noted as the best dressed woman in Kurope, is stilt seen continually in the so ciety of the Marquis Dl Medici, with whom she was seen at theKltz Carlton in New York recently. She is another heavy loser and holds a record streak of losing at cards for more than a year. Krskine Gwynne, of Washington, Paris. Newport and elsewhere, has also had a losing streak, contrast ing with last year, when he won $10,000 in 10 minutes. Stage Reautie Return. Princess Flora, formerly Mrs. Frank Gould, is reported to be giv ing magnificent parties at St. Mor itz where she has offered a new trophy for the winner of the famous Cresta bobsleigh run. Having won their sensational bat tle with the proprietors of the Moulin Rouge theater from which they were discharged on Christmas day because they objected to wear ing dirty costumes, five of the ejgbt Broadway beauties in that revue left last night aboard the liner Francfe for home. Kach has Flo Ziegf eld's promise of a job as Boon os the boat lands. • When the news leaked out that the girls were booked on the Franc© there was a remarkable rush by Americans to book passage on the same ship, several millionaire youths abruptly deciding to return to Manhattan Feveral months ahead of their scheduled time. Two of the girls, Yvonne Hughes and Grace Gerard, will remain in Paris for another week, while Maiie Shelton, who is now in I/in don. will sail on the I lei engine next Saturday. Divorce Denied Professor’s Vi ife ‘•jilie Loies Her Husband; She’s Just Stubborn," Rul ing of Judge. Chicago, Jan. 2.—Air' Helen Jour ney was today denied a divorce from Prof. n. C. Journey of tlte State Agri cultural college, Raleigh, N'. C. In announcing hi* decision Judge Jo seph Sabatlt said he believed Mrs. Journey still loi*d her husband, "bift wag too stubborn to admit It.” Prof. Journey * oro*s bill wag taken under advisement until his next vaca tion period, which come* In June. Judge fiabath warned Oscar Har mon, young law student, named as co-reapondent itt Journey’* bill, Against remaining a member of the ■Tourney household. "Despite Hie evidence against you." the court told Harmon, '’and de-pile the usual Interpretation of your ar tton*. 1 am not convlncetl of Mrs. Journey’s iirfidclity. "But too much nongense has been going on lattwcen yiai. Prof. Journex is wrapped up in bis Work. He Is a innn of unusual Intelligence and un wise In tlte way* of the world. "Mn. Journey is a charming tittle woman, cultured and relined, and once was fond of her husltatid. But when you came Into their llxes h< r love for him began to ebb away. I think *be still love* him, but Is a bit self w llled and stubborn now.” CHINESE LEADERS PLAN CONFERENCE Ht l>N». pekln. Jan a It was announced today that a uncalled rehabilitation conference, for the purpose of read Justing pressing financial and military affairs, would bring together more than ;..<l leadei of the country before February 1. Those Invited include 41 generals ami admirals. 42 civil and military governor* and 20 persons wllant Tuan rhl lul. head of the defacto govern ment, designated a* the most aide and experienced ex ministers, members ol parliament and financiers It is understood that litis Is prelim Inary to a Imer national conferem < wider In scope. Temporary Fraino-(sennan (ioniniercial Treaty, Plan llj \Miirli»lril I’rp**, I’arl*. .Inn. I A inodun vlvrndl hit PWU’ly hftftii rninplrtwl hy tin- KmnrO (•crtmin rotiiiriftrriftl fr»\ity nrRnllnt niH In nnlhrlpfilIon of lliclr rrrtuln fulliire fo comphtr n jk rnmiH iii Iteufy In flint fo rtplmt t In* i»i vltlonp of thft oM trmty, which will expir* .Intnmry 1°. Tht itmpoinry ni«n»ui*t will com I print 43 Article*. Including nil the point* nn which the Krftfich Rtwl Ger man* hiiv* reached nn RjtreeiYient. nnd In addition, midway com prom lee* nn a minilrt-r of ofh®r <|UMtlon» Alftiic# faoriRln#, which wouM l*>*c German diatom* Imtnunltv mi .Ihhil Ufjf If), will !»•* jirntfM Ic! to n limited extent. Imt the I tench nc'KntiRfots I are IidnImr a lmr«l time fo !;•*♦ entla factory* trim* from tin-* Germur. • Tim member* of flo* crtnf»TPn( i fnirwr** n long and trmihlenoine .*trny rIii in drafting i i'toimfrclwl treat', blit thft Flench member* believe thnt i hr < Jftrmn n* will afjree to n make «.hlU modus \l\endl. First Gun Fired in Trade Battle (»«*riuan\ l» ImpoM* Restric tion* on Iiowls From Non Reciprocal (!onntri«*<>. U> k Mtl, II. A ON AA lF.t. ANII, Berlin, Jan. 3.—Germany fired the opening gun today In the trade war against those conn trie* which do not grant (Germany the same favored na tion treatment as Germany was cum polled to to under the Versaiiles trent>\ fonnneic ing January 11, under a decree i.«.*ued today, Germany will ac cord the most favored nation, treat ment only to such ware* n* conic front countries which have adopted a reciprocal policy toward her Thi action i* directed chiefly against France, Belgium, Italy, Auglralia. Panada and New Zealand. MEMORANDUM ON' DEBT BY FRENCH Washington. Jar. I - The Fi • neb memorandum drafted by M. Piemen tel, ^nrince mint'd** of the Pari* gov ernment. regarding payment «*f tin war iiol*t of France to the ITHted I States vvn# received tonight at the .State dc(•aliment. Technically the communication had not l»een received tonight by Seme tary Hughe* and for that ivhimmi comment wrt* declined as to hoth Its' context and Ms value for determining | future treatment of the French wag; debt problem. It was certain, however, that See tetary Hughe* would transmit tlie memorandum without delay to Sec r*-tary Mellon, •'in-e, as chairman of the debt funding commission created by I’onsrw, lie Is charged with the conduct, of ncvoii.ition* with foreign I government* for payment of their obligation* to the I’nited State*. I inform I’osial \\ ago InrreaM* Is Op, tout'd Washington, .Ian. I Fnlform gen eral Im r. im« in p.»stnI salaries a* proposed in tlie 1.(11 vetoed by Presl dent Foi.ndgc, whicli on the innHir calendar for i econ* t<*'*i ntlon Tuesday. »ie opposed a* contrary to sound principle In a report made by the postil swrvi.c commit tee of the chaui l»er of commerce of the t nited States, which is being submilted to a refer citdiini of tile |,40n organization* com prlsitix tlie i h.amlo i * membership. 'I'lie eofnmlttce propose* in tlie le poll that postal salaries In' readjusted to meet the varying living condition* in different ritie* and section*. Great ion (.f an emergency fund to be used for salat \ increase* at point* wheie employes cannot 1»<! had for tlie prevailing wages also Is proposed, I rrncli Found National School of Petroleum Paris Ian. I A national school of pelt oleum" was established today by a decree signed l.\ flu* minister! «f eotmiu i i e, Tb* le dt|uartei * of I he school wiU l.e held at Hll.W j bourg. It* oh|e« i |* to form a teehni cinn*‘ petroleum industry Naval Commander llio. Ms nil* fan .1 Pomunnd*r B B. .Mann bend of the no ' isdlo in the Plilhppintft, died hut today. Hahne Case May Bring JN. Y. Police Arrest of Man Here as Sus pected ^ ife Slayer Leads to Reopening of First Mate s “Suicide.” Funeral Service Today About John Warren Hahne. held in connection with the death of hi* wife, Mae, haa hovered the aura of death for 28 years. Three times he has ap-| pea red before police authorities to ex-1 plain tiie vi dent death of someone close to him and twice he h8s been exonerated. For this third and last death his death in the electric chair will be demanded by County Prose j cuthr Henry Beal. Twenty-eight years ago Hahne was held for the murder of hie partner in an oast side New York saloon. Haline yvas questioned and released. Thir teen years ago his first wife, Alice V. Hahne Was found dying on the floor of her bedroom* a bottle of poison by In r side. Again Hahne yvas arrested and again lie was released. Hate Fri day afternoon hi* second wife, Mae B. Hahne. yvas found lying in a crum pled heap at the f**ot <*f the cellar i steps of the Jlahne home, her head fearfully gashed by an ax. Again! Hahne was arrested and this time he| will not be released unless his «tor> j of her death becomes more coaxiuc-j ing. New York Police Working. And. j-hould * he lree*l f to.-., latent charge. N- * Yori» police v. till rearrest him, fu New Vo k polhe are not certain as then- colleagues were 13 je? is ago that his ft si wifei took her own life. New Yoi * police, according t* »( special dispatch to The Omaha. i>e*.. , e iUm .s-lr.. the rdvaia liiy sending detev 1\ s to OinJha lo ; e-< ipett the i -» ' e c < !d suicide, llahne *< n< ighbo in * 1 *re L-ing »'! tinned J«d rc.;oi'of the caw J-.e bein«. du© tip. Tne; ahrwy it Is said, that Hahne bad been heaiyi quarrel ing with 1.1* wife n short* time 1* fore she yvas found dyir». Police willi attempt lo vv itv this. Sforjr Heine (l»fd*Mt. Whil Ncv* York police are woi ; t r ■ m the death *»f Alice Hahne Omaha police are checking Hahne'a ; lory that lie wa* cnee h district chleftanj of Tammany hi. 11 and high in tbc uoum it of it1 leaders; that li brother? were utto involved In :• bank robber} in Columbus. O. In 11*07: and that lurm which police believe to have been trunk by nltrogl} cerlnr have li'i connection with th;,t deadly explosive jHinuiur . mong *afe blower In hU cell it.ii e talk* freely "until the qursFoni ri oxidsi, Dkl you1 imirdei yoiu wife?” T L - n the”e j« an empliatic to g.. *\ ih:+ - > been n ! shaken lc loiv gitllir.. "IfiiiOv* ■ •. » • Hahne, ■ \ h d boiled guy inj path e I uncial Vrthe Teds? T«slny initfl«*iillAs v.i!! p fei a fi.>* ! degree murder charge against liln*., and the courts will have an opportun-j ity’ to hear thi* man who ha* l»cen questioned in tin re deaths. Funeral service* fur Mrs. Hahne will be held this afternoon at 2 atj the i.aiktn chapel H, T. Hunker. Christian Science reader who war railed when the woman was found I lacked to death, will I'ondurt the! ritual. The l*ody will l*e taken t*»i Colorado Springs. c.q... Mrs. Hahne1' former home, for burial. REGULATIONS ON RADIO REVISED Wiitdiltigrton, .Im. 4.—tender revised! reguUt{.tom* governing amateur rudh slut ion operation*. Just issued the i ’otnmetve department, amateurs must re-iir using the wave length ham] l*e tween and 110 meters. This sr« , lion ft ether capacity is being taken I up by „commercial and government station*. \tnatcm* who upej.ua with •» spark | ‘*'f. which the (Itpartnt« rt rlasMfle* as n M»ur 'f of much interference, aie instructed to u*e« only the watt length b»t>d between 17*' and l^u tnr I ere until such lime as they hue In stalled a transmission v stem prodn> live of less trouble to other radio comm unb a lion. Burglar* in Franco Sick Judicial Record* fails, .Ian." i V doing attempt was made* l ist night to ahshuct the judicial records from the faint* tie Justice here. Military guards during the night pntrol discovered th.it one **f the doors of the phiui where the Important ••easier* judioalre* ’ are k« pt had hern forced and sounded the alarm. Reinforcement* of soldiers and p«> lice quickly surrounded the building However, their search showed tbs’ the burglar* h.dl escaped. Mipjir.t Radio Station in World t oiiMructcd Bay none France, Jan. 4 —The high rit radio station In the world has brcn open* 1 on the flcdi- Midi, in the Upper I*\ i entire, near tile Spanish Itoider M I* ? ft# feet stlove **a level. It l«* exepv’trd to make possible the observation of a number **f radio telephonic phenomena which thus far have remained unexplained MAKING OF ROUGE BECOMES AN ART Paris, Jan. 4.—-The manufacture of rouge for the modern woman of fash ion lias <le\eloped into an art. Artists, real artists, of the type that might have taken up painting and sculpture had they not adopted the no less aesthetic profession of making wom en beautiful, are engaged in the work. Fifteen shades of rouge have been perfected. ’ An la the laboratory has made It possible for t lie chic Parisienne to harmonize hei complexion with her gown, the place, the occasion. \\ ashinsfton Fails to Receive Note on French Debt "l nofficial Memorandum"’ Given Ambassador Her rick Gonsidered Insuf ficient by U. S. Washington, Jan. 3.—What appear ed to h? distinct misunderstanding pi-O' hi'efl ; ef.i een Washington and Paiis tonigiii over the "proposition” that Fi iv I reported as submitting to tlir United State* concerning the settlement f its war debt of 34,0000, 00V,000. Pie.-- liisp- lies from Paris Fri da;- i.-irHed t e information that the French government was sending to Washing on \i note containing defi nite. com . et< proposals for funding ihe debt a hh , while not final, would • r r.drnii tbly as a basis for fund ing u •-•••• ivt< :i.«. of a serious charac ter.’ Tvij. 1 vvcver, this note had ap parent 1; • ...nsed Into merely an “un offii iai n . :'->ndum” of a decidedly' int - -ii. i naracter and totally !a .ins ilie dignity of a "note” from . r.e „ e nine i t to another. "Memorandum’’ 1 naereplable. This i» official tnemorandum” is la-lng •' j up in Paris by Anibassa ■ i'*r iierii via use It Is unaeeept . : » t i-rican government, ac ce-'lln* to Pi . is dispatches today. Inquiry in official quai-ter, here to il1 go *e» :,\ confirm the aversion vf sd. lulstio ion officials to receiv ing oy nan-> “umifflcial” and "in onnil 1 nd 1 non-blnting” assurances r. fa1 e i-'«ofy Intends to pay tie' dels. Un til* c Hry, It was said, what I •hls government wants is something j "ofri, 1 d,” nothing ‘formal’ and lumetUIng 1 ondlng.” The; relievt the time has come for ot ieliii...t ot this sort to be forth t-i),i mg. i American debt funding nr....— 1 Call not readily tackle > nt l ing that is “unofficial " llu&iir* kees Coolldge, >♦ i- of State Hughes held a cmiu .enre with President Coolldge to il n is..: i the French debt sltua t ij i-- e.b ,od to have been dis rfuse.l to discuss hts . he White •House and (■'. •. . . - tally reticent. DIPLOMATS SIGN COLOGNE NOTES n, t.HsUtsi I'n" p. - jr -The allied amlmaaa do - in Me. hi. met with the ltrltlsh eniK-.f i , thi lierntan capital today and - good identic notee. announcing the i-efoe il of their governments to *i .ti-un : oe i . Jogtie bridgehead on J*. IIH ; HI. .o I.rdlng to an announce 4iient \ t i f* rign office tonight. It h •" a . uged that Ha ton ITAb e it4in i ho ihttlsh ambassador, in the prose, no *■( hi* four colleagues, the Kmc it. I !I.. ■ Belgian and Japanese end.;. idi add pieeent the note t.> i ha- "ll\ i \ r\ tomorrow- at noon. IV r<.n i> ■ lie, i tin will emphasize the Imp n-i*.tn ..f he document and noth f. th» • ■ • dor tliat the nHimil of Hintia * iit»* * 11 send Germany a sec on,i ii.a. ..f'.r lias re<-eived the final rep,., i fi-.i . t.e Inter-allied control commh-i> o. It t« iiiiii. or. etl that the present; o> ■■ hi r i. Halted Tuesday. CAR OVERTURNS, BRAKEMAN DIES II • V lan. 4 V hrakem.in kill m »*nl \ numler of per atm* alljihil;' in ’» m * 4 Alien the Hat car of a tirv ■ No them train overturned wlille |*ae^iuc switch in the yards heie today, moirding to information a* haul ruined headquarters. The hi aemail killed *n» J. P. Sami be«-k nf tin t Kalla, Mont, \ split switch was the cause of the accident. The engine and four tar* passed safely, hut the hist car, a day * oach. took the switch ami topplel oxer. Sand heck w * said to have Juntpei from one of the cars which had pissed the switch and to have been caught und« : the overturned coach, Tnjurlee to p.issemrera are under stood to l*e is n fined to bruises and cuts from gla“*. I he Weather ---/ 'd ! >u « #nd pg T p m Januai' *. it?*. l‘r*Hpitg»•*■*« 'h+m and! hu«.trv*11 *•* Total a twin »January \ p,g|. df*f1r,feni >, MrtiiH* T rvM|M*mt tirp* *' a m ** 1 p. m.,..... ^1 a n m .... > * p ro ., a? Taw .... ik J p «n ..... . S* law N * P m , ' # t a m *3 * p. m. 3 5 11 a m S a * P ** ..... , - r Ha w .• * T |> m ........ I? 13 gao* SI I p m. Full Alibi Obtained by Lainson Kansas (iity Hotel Clerk Swears Snodderly Stayed There on Night of Bluffs Robbery. Sheriff to Seek Pardon Bay M. Snodderly, 18, lover of tho dime novel who wove a tale of ban* ditry which won him a 25-:ear sen* tence at Anamosa reformatory, la in nocent of the crime for which he was sentenced. This belief of Sheriff P. A. Lainson of Council Bluffs was crystallized into certainty last night when ha received word that the lad was in Kansu.- City on the night in which ha declared he assisted in a holdup in which a jKdieeman and a restaurant proprietor were shot. On that night the boy was regis tered at the Fox hotel under his own name and a picture, forwarded to the night clerk of the hotel, hag been identified by him. Five day* previous the bov painted a flagpole for the American Wire and Steel ■company and three days before the Council Bluffs holdup he painted a flagpole for the Merchants bank. Given 13-Vear Term. On December 27 young Snodderly, or "Scar Finger Ted" a* he calls him self, was brought before Jud^e O. D. Wheeler and given the only sentence possible the statutes of Iowa for the crime to which he confessed—2a years in the reformatory. Two days later iie repudiated that confession. And Sheriff I-ainson has been working slic e that time to prove that the con fession was but the figment of an im agination stimulated by the dime novel and the motion picture por trayal of crime. Not content with confessing to a crime of which Sheriff Lainson now believes him innocent, tbe crime-mud youngster elaborated on his conne tlon with crime and criminals. Told Weird Tales. "There is a priest in Chicago who serves his church in tbe daytime and lea it* a gang at night." he said. In cluded in the gang were characters that would bring a bluali of pride »o the creator of yllow-baeked newels. "Diamond Dick" was not amongst them, but "Red the Bough," “Ace Spot Jack." and "Two-Finger Pete" were. And their crimes, ae outlined fcy this boy, would have made the most hardened criminal investigator gasp. None was a eanimai, but that was doubtless due to the boy's hav ing been in jail when publicity was given to the activities of Germany i ''human ogre." Fritz Haarman. " hen alleg 'd gang of bank rob bens was ir-esved in Omaha "Sca. Finger Ted ■ claimed kinship with He wa* cv *c said to h*'s tipiied 1 off police to their presence in Omaha, a e'ery later discredited Mu*t Go to Prison. Now this fevered brain must cool for a time in .\j>amosa refomiatoi**. .Senteifee hi « 1-een i -a seed. the judge is powerless to rescind it, should he ca;-’ !■• do To Governor-eley t Hitmmlll and tbe Iowa board of pe rries his ease must be aubmltted be f re .alien le-o! ug to Ids release oriv be taken. Some time this w eat Sheriff T-Aln son. who has worked as hard to prove this boy innocent as he ha* io convict a prisoner of w hose guilt he was certain, will take him to prison. There lie will letnaln until the gov ernor -dsns in i-rder which wit] per mit "Si ar-Fing-'r TeU" to liecome Ray M. Snodderly flagpole painter. ITALIAN RUMORS OF RIOTS DENIED Rome Jan. 4—On the authority ef the heme ministry it Is declared thst reports of riotiuir in Italian cities are entirely without foundation. Tha min etr\ declare* that there are no fe port* from on? w here in the oountry tl it any one w a* killed in political riots. However, t part.,-1 mcNlIzathn of the f««, istt* has l>een ordered, all an ti fascist cluhs have been rhmed down and nil meetn-.Kw and demonstrations have I os* It forbidden. The inosi important results thki far ■ Is* ms * ,..-!ves in parliament I* ihe session of former l'remte-r Rx landm and the :« Ik nation of Mini* ler of Kduc.atlon i'a.saii. Former Pre mier Salandra declare*! to parly: "I have lost faith in fascism durinf my work in the last two year* Through fas, sni the normal life of the country has been destroyed.** UoMTiior of Porto Rioo IVnifii Resignation Rumor >^n Juan, T\ K J.in. 4 .*—n*p*At«i Prtaa dUptchM i*octv*\i frvun tha I'nlUd State* to the effect that Hor U A M Tow nor, g<vv«rttor of FVrto Hioo, h i4 indiiMtfd .1 ttoAlrA to ratirw .it An early 4atc. today airam mat with emphatic dental on the part of Tow ner. Thf so\fi n. *atd that r\t\+r a? »nv tin>A t.* Atiyorw had ho oiprfaa+d .1 ile^tre to gtvf up hi* powt and that h# ha it no Intention td itAtgning. tt# w .n \ .«it Wiifthington about J«avif> ' » to mtml to on ermnrnt mMteH landing thera md win return ta IV ir» Kt **' of lb# Ifftaltfart. which begina r>abiuar> K J
