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| 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
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Total a twin »January \ p,g|.
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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
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