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CITY EDITION I V0L 5S^NQ. 'i80. OMAHA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1925, ♦ TWO CENTS1" ri'.yj'.Y. < — '
Cl GE KLffi FORCED BOY TO WED
War Finance
Body Passes
Old Records
$13,000,000 Loaned Nebraska
Farmers by Corporation
and Only $300 Not
Returned.
Organization Disbands
A total of 313,000,000 loaned to
farmers and ranchers of Nebraska
and only $300 in losses, of 46,000
loans made not a case of forclusure
of a chattel mortgage or a plaintiff
in any court action.
That is the record of the Nebraska
agency of the War Finance corpora
tion, of which John X. Flannlgan of
Stuart, Neb., is executive secretary
and manager.
The corporation was ordered closed
January 1, 1925. Under the amend
ment to the war finance act, each
of the war finance agencies must
liquidate its assets and wind up busi
ness on that date.
Started in 1921.
The Nebraska agricultural loan
agency of the War Finance corpora
>lon started business November 9,
1921. In 13 weeks, the agency loaned
M 3,00,000 to Nebraska farmers. Then
the call for loans ceased. On Jan
Alary 1 the agency had but $59,000
outstanding. Flannigan says this
money will be collected within six
months. He said that expenses In
curred In handling the business will
not exceed one-eighth of 1 per cent
annually.
Members of the committee at the
time the Nebraska agricultural
agency of the War Finance _ cor
poration was loaning money were
Fred W. Thomas, Robert P. Mors
men, Bert A. Wilcox, vice presidents
in Omaha banks, and Carl Fell, Lin
coln.
The money was loaned on security
that consisted of wheat in the bins
and livestock on the grass and In feed
lots.
Nebraska’s Record Best.
Nebraska, Flannlgan said, had the
only agency to show this kind of a
record, He weg lent a letter of con
gratulations by Eugene Myers, ,Jr.
head of the War Finance corporation.
“During our loaning of money we
held the notes of 46,000 farmers and
ranchers,” Flannigan sald._“The rec
to ds show that the Nebraska farmer
and rancher is honest and trust
worthy. It is true in 1921 and 1922,
with demoralized prices on grains,and
livestock, conditions In Nebraska were
serious. But, give a farmer time and
he will c-onie out of Ilia depression in
good shape.
Bank Conditions Good.
Flannigan said many notes that
looked like losses in .1922 have been
paid off.
Banking conditions in the state are
improving, Flannlgan said. City I tanks
are loaded with money and large re
serves are being piled up at the Fed
eral Reserve bank. The country
banks, he said, are looking for good
commercial paper to invest their idle
money.
On January 5, In Washington, Eu
gene Myers gave the United States
treasury a check for $499,000,000, to
retire stock in the War Ffhancg cor
poration. This leaves but $1,000,000
outstanding. He said that the gradu
al repayment of loans will be suf
ficient to take care of the remainder.
MAGISTRATE QUITS
AT GRAND ISLAND
Granfl, Island, Neb., Jan. 9.—Police
Judge William P. Mullen, anted, a
week ago In a citizens’ petition, to re
sign, because of alleged misconduct,
following an accident In which be and
a young woman companion figured,
acceded to the request Thursday and
relinquished his post, thus settling the
controversy.
The car In which Judge Mullen and
his companiop were said to have been
riding In the early houra of the morn
ing, was stitrck by a freight train, 1 h«
machine and occupanta being hurled
40 feet, without serious injury to the
pair, although the automobile was
wrecked.
Paul N. Kirk, youn„ attorney, was
appointed by Mayor Kllsbury to suc
ceed Mullen.
Manufacturer,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr. Hatfield Is head of the old-es
tablished bottling establishment of
Hatfield & Bell, Brooklyn. He Is
president of the American Bottlers of
Carbonated Beverages, a national or
ganization, and came to Omaha to
address the Nebraska Sofia Water
Manufacturers, now In convention.
ii. f'hesterman of Sioux City, la.,
vice president of the national organ
Izatlon, Is also here.
"There has been a large Increase In
consumption of carbonated drinks In
this country,” said Mr. Ilatfleld.
“This Is not doe to prohibition, but
to the Increased appreciation by the
public of the food and health ialoe*
of these beverages."
Mr. Tfatfleld U prominent In politics
•f Greater New York.
Bullet Hits Man
on Forehead;
Stops
K1 Centro, Cal., Jan. 9.-)-lthani
Singh, Hindu rancher of Holtville,
near here, was nursing a bruise on
his head today as the result of a
shooting affray in which a masked
highwayman, frustrated in an at
tempt to hold up Singh and live
other men, fired u bullet that struck
Singli squarely on the forehead and
stunned him for a moment. Opin
ion was divided as to whether it
was Singh's thick skull or a defec
tive cartridge that saved his life.
Objection Raised
to Confirmation
of Stone to Bench
Colorado Man Lays Record of
Court Before Committee
iu Case Where Nominee
Appeared for Morgan.
Washington, Jan. 9.—Unexpected
opposition to the confirmation of At
torney General Stone to be an asso
ciate justice of the United States su
preme court arose today with a re
sult that a senate judiciary subcom
mittee deferred action pending ex
amination of court records laid before
It by James A. Ownbey of Boulder,
Colo.
These records deal with a. suit
brought against Ownbey by the execu
tors of the estute of the late J. Pler
pont Morgan, for wholn Stone ap
peared as counsel before the supreme
court. Ownbey lost the action, which
came up from the Delaware state
courts.
Receiver Appointed.
Ownbey was part owner and gen
eral manager for the Wooten i-and
and Fuel company, engaged in coal
mining and other activities in Colo'
rado and New Mexico, and, according
to the court records, the executors of
the Morgan estate, J. P. Morgan, Wil
liam P. Hamilton and Herbert 1.,
Saterlee, brought action in the fed
eral court in Colorado In 1915 asking
fc'r a receiver and an accoutring tf.t
the basis of a claim that Ownbey
ow-ed the estate $200,000 which had
been advanced by J. Pierpont Mor
gan.
The receiver was appointed and
Ownbey alleged in his bill that while
a master waa taking testimony for
the receiver, the executors brought
an action In the state courts of Dela
ware. A special bond of $200,000 was
required of him under the statute,
and when he was unable to furnish
it, the superior court refused to per
mit him to' defend the action and
forthwith entered judgment for
$200,187.57 against him.
Ownbey alleged that his stock,
which he claimed had been seized,
was worth $400,000, but that Its value
bad been destroyed by the receiver
ship and that, since this constituted
bis entire fortune, he was unable to
obtain the bond required by the
court, although he sought to get it
in Washington, New York, Chicago,
Denver and Boulder.
Report Delayed.
After judgment was entered, an ap
peal was taken to' the Delaware court
of appeals which upheld the lower
court. The case then went to the
t'nlted States supreme court, which,
in a divided opinion, held that, the
Delaware law requiring the special
tmnd was not In conflict with the con
stitution. Associate Justice Pitney
delivered tlie opinion for the court lu
1920 and Chief Justice White and As
sociate Justice Clarke disarmed.
Ownbey was heard by the subcom
mittee behind clo'setl doors. Immedi
ately afterward Chairman Sterling la
gan a study of the record presented,
but he said he did not think the sub
committee could report the lamina
tion to the entire committee at t>ie
regular meeting next Monday as had
been the program.
STERLING CLIMBS
TO NEW HIGH LEVEL
New York. .Tan. 9. Vigorous buy
Ing of sterling exchange In antlclpa
tlon of the currency’* eventual return
to par, coupled with the conversion of
British capital which has been held In
thl* country, today carried the rate to
a new high level above $4.79. Active
operations In the exchange were con
ducted In Paris and London as well
as In the local market, resulting In s
net advance for the day of about a
eent.
Denver Awarded 1926
Rotary Cluh Convention
Denver, Colo., Jan 9.—Denver to
day was awarded the 1926 convention
of the International Kotary clubs.
Hoy O. Sampson, secretary of the
local club, announced today.*
Tentative dales for the convention
have been fixed as June 16-19, Samp
son said.
The convention ta expected to at
tract between 10,no* and 11,000 dele
gates and visitors.
Falla City Sohool Cirl
Dies of Scarlet Fever
Falls City, Jan. 9. -Scarlet fever
claimed Its first victim of the year
ht»r# with the death of \ era Margaret
Waller, 14, freshman at the high
school. A thorough examination by
School Phyalclan Cl. W. Reneker dis
closed that there wete no more such
case* tn the school, thus all*} lug fern s
at parent*
Teacher Is
Blamed in
Boy’s Death
Jest of Instructor Said by Par
ent to Have Led Dana
Coolidge. Jr., to End
Life.
Lad Wrote Note to Aunt
Blume for the suicide of lii.s son,
Dana, 20, is laid to n former teach
er in Minneapolis High school, by
the father, 1). II. Coolidge, who ar
rived in Omaha Friday; 12 hours
after his son died in Lord Lister hos
pital from self-inflicted gunshot
wounds.
The boy shot himself twice fti the
left breast Wednesday night and
was found wandering the streets by
a policeman. He told Fred Christian
son. 9tl8 1-2 North Sixteenth street
he had shot himself over a girl and
mentioned Margaret Forrest, daugh
ter of a Minnesota tanker, with
whom he had attended school.
He also told Christianson of a
quarrel which Christianson under
stood to have been with the Forrest
girl.
Fattier Blames Teacher.
The boy's father, however, declared
ids dead son had been only a school
mate of the girl and that the quarrel
had been with the teacher who, it Is
rumored told him the only way out
of his difficulty was to "commit
suicide.”
It was the opinion of Mr. and Mrs.
James • Robertson, Minneapolis, aunt
and uncle of the dead boy, with whom
he stayed while attending school, that
the teacher was largely responsible.
"Dana was such an impressionable
boy,-s'» sensitive, and he probably let
her suggestion prey upon his mind.
Tears sprang to the father’s eyes
when Christianson, in telling what
the boy had told him when he met
him after he was shot, pressed the
dead boy's purs* into the father's
hand and told how his son had re
quested that he personally "give this
to Had.''
Thought Father Head.
It developed also that the dead boy
whs laboring under the hallucination
that his father was dead in Madison,
Wla.
Chriatlanaon displayed a clipping
from an Omaha newspaper detailing
the suicide of F. X. Bernard and
shooting of a romance language
teacher at the University of Wis
consin.
“The fact that his brother and sis
ter attend a university probably dls
torted in his mind until he imagined
I was involved,'' declared the father.
Mrs. Robertson, his aunt, declares
the boy left Minneapolis Wednesday
after having written her a letter say
ing he was "going west.”
"The letter was written in such a
disconnected fashion that I lmmed
lately saw he Was not right when he
wrote it,” she said. "But we were
helpless. We hadn't the slightest
Idea where he had gone."
Discarded Drip Found.
The body will be, shipped to Min
neapolis tonight for burial. Police
found the boy's discarded grip, con
taining a clean shirt and letter at
the switch shack at Thirteenth and
Grace streets, where he was found by
a trackwalker.
A Bible, which the boy hail in his
clothing when taken to the hospital,
v,as returned to the father, anil again
he nearly broke down and wept.
Hr. R. G. Drake, dentist in ihe
Bankers’ Reserve building, sceoin
panled the relatives in retracing the
steps taken by the juuth while in
Omaha,
FRENCH AVIATOR
IN NEW RECORDS
Ktninpe*. France, Jnn. 9.—Sergeant
Major liMi'ampu, the French aviator,
today established what are claimed
to be new world records for flights of
100 and 200 kilometers, with a load of
500 kilograms (1,102.31 pounds), over
a Sflkllometer course. Ite mad* the
100 kilometer flight at an average
speed of 205.42 kilometers lellghtly
more than I2S miles) per hour, and
the 200 kilometer flight, at s speed of
202.133 kilometers isllghtly more than
125 mites) per hour.
Cozail Vfrrclianl lit Make
Adilres* at Nrw Orleans
Coward, ,!*n. 9. Krbl W. Ander
aen, ihe big merchant In * nmnll
town, left here for a trip to New
Orlean*. where be I* to Npmik next
Monday before the A**oclatlmi nf
Commerce of the southern stnte*. Tie
will ffpend notue time looking over
the oil field* of the *ntith on thl*
trip, nml will make n. shuly nf the
farm method* of Alabama Anri Ml*
*l**lppl Tieturning he will deliver
nn A<lilre** At Tsoul*vllle, Ky., and
add re** the chaml*r of Commergp at
Ht, Joaaph, Mo.
Winter Wheal I’mspeds
Showing Improvement
Colombo*. .Inn. 9.— Below rero tern
pergturea nightly accompanied bv
grAriuul thaw* in the daytime are
holding down ah overflow of m« datum
th/it would prove dlauatroua In riyr»
bottom* Humid It continue night and
day. Winter wheat prn*pect* ere
allowing marked Improvement. Or
chard owner*, In view of the Heady
cold predict a record year for fruit
becauac of the laaaened rinngor* at
^tandant on a lata apring.
j
Bride nlhs Attempts to End
T ^ date Threatens Divorce
--———
Hup. .erstands life's Actions and Goes Bark to
\Jr>’Home—Couple Reunited After Neigh- .
hor Rescues Girl From Suicide.
Threatened divorce proceedings of
N'els Thirshlund, J049 South Twen
ty-third street, against his wife,
Chrlsttina, are off.
The little family which started so
blithely less than a year ago is hap
py again In the little home which
Nels has been furnishing.
Mrs. Thirshlund. when she recov
ers from the effects of Illuminating
gas, inhaled in the kitchen of her
home last night, will be singing
about tiie place once again and N’els
will be hurrying home from work as
in the early weeks of his married
life.
Hoth have made declarations ti»
this effect.
"Complained Too Milch.”
Tlia Thlrshlunds were living ns
happily as’ever did the prince of a
fairy tale until a sort time before
Christmas. Then Mrs. Thirshlund
learned a secret. She knew her hus
band should share the secret with
her, but how to tell him she did not
know.
So she worried, and witli her wor
ries came fits of poor temper. N’els
objected and that made matters
worse.
Then, early' this week, Nels re
fused to be bothered with com
plaints any longer. He left and re
turned to the home of his mother.
For three days he refused to com
municate with his wife and for three
days his w ife worried and fretted
until she was nearly ill.
Friday morning came word from
her husband. He intended to sue for
divorce. He and Chrlntina were not
meant for each other and nt was
best that they part at once.
Mrs. Johanna Herlan, 1040 South
Twenty-third street, a neighbor of
the Thlrshlund family, had become
interested in the affairs of the
couple. '■She often came to the
house to advise and console Mrs.
Thlrshlund. It was into her Cars
that Mrs. Thlrshlund ]K>ured the
news of the impending divorce sc.
tlon and tlie so ret which had come
between her husband and herself.
Hater in the day Mrs. Herlan
went to see Mrs. Thlrshlund. An
odor of gas greeted her as she
opened the front door.
Tries to Kill Self.
In the kitchen, lying on the floor,
was Mrs. Thlrshlund, unconscious,
every burner of the gas stove turn
ed on full.
Xels Thlrshlund was sent for at
once and efforts to resuscitate Mrs.
Thlrshlund were begun.
>the was revived and Mrs. Her
lait told Xels the cause for all the
marital trouble.
Xrels began to smile.
"Divorce? Not now there will be
too many lo take care of,” he de
clared.
Mrs. Thlrshlund will recover, at
tending physicians declared.
Jury Awards Youth
$1 Damages in Suit
Deliberate 21 Hours Before
Reaching Verdict in Case
Against Neighbor.
Special Dispatch to Tha Omaha Baa.
Tecumseh, Neb., Jan. 8.—After be
Ing out for just 2t hours, 'the jury
In the $10,000 damage case of Melvin
Hegelbach, by hla father, Louts
Hegelbaok, against Martin Anholz. for
alleged injuries, returned with a ver
dict of $1 and cohts for the platntftf,
in the Johnson county district court
at h this evening.
The liegelbach and Anholz families
were neighbors on farm* southeast
of Tecumseh in August, 1923, and
Anholz caught young liegelbach
stealing In hl« house, the boy ad
ndttlng the theft. Anholz gave Hegel
bach a severe beating, the claim be
ing that young liegelbach had suf
fered permanent Injuries at Anholz
hands.
The case was before Judge John
B. Kai>er and required three days of
tha session.
WAGES REDUCED
IN COTTON MILLS
New- Bedford, Mass., Jan. 9.—The
New Bedford, cotton manufacturers
association at a meeting this after
noon voted to reduce wages In tha
cotton mills 10 per cent, the cut to
become effective January 19.
The reduction will affect spproxl
mately 40,00(1 operatives in this ritv
alone. Following the announcement
of the [lending out, a union official
stated the various labor organizations
will call meetings of their member*
within the next few day* to vote
upon the question. Hast union will
report the result of Its meeting to the
textile council, the governing body of
the labor organization, which In torn
will report the final outcome to the
cotton manufacturers' association.
The mills are now operating on a
scale that Is 80 per cent normal. This
Is said to tie too per cent better than
the scale on which they were oper
ating last May.
ESTELLA TAYLOR
GRANTED DIVORCE
f-’hlladslphls, .Tan, 9—A decree of
divorce was granted by common pleas
court tods' to Ida F.stplln Taylor Pen
cock, moving picture actress, whose
reported engagement to Jack I temp
sev, lug" yw eight champion, has rcv
ernl times been denied. The grounds
for divorce were cruel and barbarous
treatment. The stilt wns started Sep
tember T9, laat.
Bitterness Crops Out
in Prussian Diet Meet
Rerlln. Jan. ft The bittern*** ntil
mating t Jet-man political parties ovfi
111# cabinet impa*** found eloquent
expression till* afternoon In tin*
Pi ii**Inn diet w Jim iho tb t itinn
nationalists, national socialist* and
ill but alt people'* pm tv depot ie*
left the chamber a* the Aorta Mel
premier, Otto Hrnun, took the floor
to read the declaration of the Prim
*lnri government protecting against
the non evacuation of the t'ologne
xon* by the allied force*.
Thla unprecedented action bv par
♦ lea otherwise violently opposing tin
allies' action I* explained on the
ground thnt thex da not recognls*
Hraun as premier. Ill* premiership
In their opinion- expired with the
election of the ntxx tllet The din
council of «dder*. foreseeing ntnh «
acene and wishing to prevent \ *p«.
tH.de of dtaunlon In the xltnl «i»ie*
tlon,of foreign relation* had urgent
ly advised Htn Braun not lo •peak
Grain Embargo in
Ohio Is Expec ted
More Than II Million Buehels
Accumulate in Baltimore
Port Elevators; No Space.
Baltimore, Jan. 9.—Accumulation
o£ more than 11,000,000 bushels of
grain in the port elevators of Balti
more today resulted in the declaration
of an embargd by the Pennsylvina
railroad against shipments for about
a month. It war. expected.
A similar embargo was declared by
the Western Maryland railroad *ev
'■lal days ago when Its storage space
was exhausted by shipments from the
west.
Space h\ha listed Soon.
Only the recently completed elf
\ator of the Baltimore & Ohio tall
road Is offering storage space to shir
kers from the Interior. This space
will be exhausted within a few days
and necessitate an embargo if the in
flux of grain continues as It has fur
the last few weeks, officials of the
railroads predict.
Truffle officials explain this eondi
tlon, which has resulted In the great
est accumulation of grain In the his
torv of the port td tie caused by a
decline In the export market this
year. The value of the grain In the
elevators is estimated to be more
than $20,000,000.
Relief Anticipated.
Grain exporters expect the situation
to |« relieved during the latter part
of tlie month or nctx month when
Kranre, Belgium and Germany, hav
ing exhausted domestic grain, will lie
In the market for the American sup
ply.
In the meantime the Pennsylvania
and the Western Maryland railroads
are accepting shipments by ]« rmi»
only. This has been necessitated, ac
cording to .1. \V. Allison, freight
traffic manager of the WwMerVi NJary
land to prevent promiscurous ship
ping In the west.
SALESMAN HELD
FOR JURY PROBE
T,na Angeles. Jan. P The countv
grand Jury today Indicted William P.
Campbell. automobile salesman, on a
charge of communicating with John
J. Apffcl a Juror sitting In the recent
trial of Kid McCoy, ex pugilist, who
was convicted of manslaughter In
connection with the hilling of Mrs
Theresa \V, More.
A warrant was Issued for Camp
bell The lurlli-iment followed a week
of lot csr Igatlon of alleged Jury
tampering by the eotinty Judge.
Work mi Federal Reserve
Hank in Denver Halted
Dfiner, Oolo., .Ian. 9 «'on Mr tic
tiun on iIih Denver FtMlern! Keaorve
lmnk branch building wiu abruptly
halted on receipt of telegraphic com
tnuuim t Ion from ie«*f*r\* hrada a*
KrtiWHH t'Uy today. The dlapufche*
directed <’ S I.amble, bead of the
company In 'charge of obniit ruction
of the building, to Mop xvork nt police.
\o rcamui w in given for the order.
Shenandoah Water Snpplx
l <»w Hut of t.ooil Otutlilv
Shenandoah, I.t., .Inn. ?i L*r. J. l’\
U'lihh. health ph.velclan, after In
veetlR.itliiK the "atrlkim; nil rumor*”
tcR.'irdlnc the city water, report*
there |a nothing harmful In the water
It la aald to lw< ii natural condition
when the water supply la low Heal
dent* o f i he Hty have been coin
plaining of the taMe of th£ water
Sltilc 11(11111* (IhKc* Slolrn.
VorK .Ian !» Six pure toed Mol
Main oaMc« were afolen from the Mat*
'MModtal home In York Tue«da> eve
itlng Four of tht calvti are black
Federal Men
TakeLead in
Road Probe
Investigation of Alleged Irreg
ularities Started by Them
and Not by Bryan. Vi ho
Seeks Political Glory.
Governor Takes Action
By WILL M. MA1T1N,
St«ff < 'orrespondtllt The Omaha Bss.
Uncoil*. Jan. 9.—Nothing could
more celurly show the difference be
tween tlie incoming and outgoing
governors than the messages of the
two delivered yesterday. Governor
McMullen made no promises impos
sible of fulfillment; the retiring gov
ernor sought up to the last to make
it appear that he and he alone stood
between the people and the rapacity
of the taxeaters.
Governor Bryan’s attempt to
glorify himself by making it appear
that lie had discovered gross ir
regularities In the road fund nnS
called the attention of the attorney
general thereto, will fall flat when
the circumstances are known. In
the first place lie made no investi
gation of charges of irregularities;
that investigation was started by the
federal authorities and prosecuted by
them. Bryan would have it inferred
that after lie had discovered gross ir
regularities and called the attention!
of the attorney general thereto, tut i
attorney general had been dilatory.
The facts are/that Bryan did not
call Attorney General Spillman's at
tention to the matter until Saturday,
January 3, at which time he ga\e the
attorney general the results of the
federal Investigation, together with
some reports the governor (saw- fit to
make.
Spillman Sworn to Secrecy.
Tills was all (riven to Attorney
Genera/ Spillman In strict con
fidence. that he might go through
the report and prepare a case to
be filed in'the district court of Lan
caster county before the i*rtie«
charged could take to cover and
make it more difficult for the stato
til recoier in case of guilt. And
at the very moment Bryan was
counseling the attorney general to
secrecy in the Interest of the
state and of justice. Bryan was pre
paring to spring It in his message
an«l thus win great credit to himself
as the watchdog at the portals.
Attorney General Spillman received,
a co'uple of letters, copies of other
letters and copies of some reports,
all bearing on the Brvan charges. Ho
received them lust Saniida. , and was
told that the whole thing was lo be
confidential and nothing revealed tin
til he could ghe them thorough i
analysis.
"No one tu> more surprised tham
tit; self when Bryan referred to the
matter in his message. I haw notj
had a minute's time since receiving
the papers to study them. This 'Mil
l>e apparent to those who lietr in
mind the fact lhat f too have been
bust with matters pertaining to the
change In admlntstraiion. K'en it'
I ghe it my undhtded attention it is
hardly likely T would hate been able
to analyze the whole thing and pre
pare u case liteide of four days. 1
(Turn to I'm- Two, Column One.I
SIMMONS AGAIN
ISSUED REPRIEVE;
*|H»« l»l •» to TU* Omul h Bo*.
Lin« ->ln, ,i:m. • -tiovertnu Vb .Mill
left * first official act vv*hh to innuc n
reprieve to Frank Simmon-, who ha
been reprieved »#\*ral time*. The rr
prlevea have been teaued evety o'»
<iny* in order u she the supreme
court of the Foiled State* time t"
reach and review hia appeal.
The reception room* of the* (rover
nor have l*een thronged all day 1"
friend* and well w letter* calling to
pay their respect*. Private Se, retar>
Meeker spent o goodly portion of hb
time approving official bond* ami go
ing through dther routine wor’%.
l^ester Dunn, formerly deputy com
peneation commissioner under Score
fary Kenned |* a.-*i*ting hi* former
rhlef in checking up and getting
r«*%d ' to take possession When Hry
an asked all the deputies of the code
secretaries to renmtn for a time. Dunn
consented When Kryan made what
Dunn called an unwarranted attack
upon Kennedy * character and reconi
<»* secretary, Dunn immediately re
signed, a* did the clerk* and *ten
of r* pliers in (he department. So fat
rr* known now Mr. Dunn* **rv!c*>
will he only ternporarv.
Dwiti'r* Notified ^ ork
Uiuim* l« tn«afr
York. .1,'tt. ^ -The t'unipbeli estate,
inner* of A«*1 k opera house. have
**H*n notified hy state and city mu
Ihurltle* that the building must he
traced or l»e i lhsed to putdir use Thr
Fluor has sunk several inch** in
ida-es and additional brace* for the
poof nr* needed. The owners reside *t
'aidwell. Idaho,
Inti Coyote* Killed.
Float rice. .Tan '* Two coyote*
sore killed in the cirri* hunt held
near Hills in which several hundred
rami era p:i rtlcljm’ed. V third wdf
aped through the lines in the
'oundop. Another drive will l** staged
n the same vhlultv m M Mondtti
mx i mntf* were sighted In tha*
neighborhood the het dn> s
‘*rm»r. j
1
Mail Pilot Shoots
Antelope; Cost
Him $155
By I'lilfenutl Sen lc#.
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 9.—Punting
antelope In a government mall
plane proved an expensive past
time for George Pomeroy, postal
pilot, according to the state game
warden's office here today.
Pomeroy was fined $155 when
Investigations disclosed that the
aviator while making a regular
mail flight from Omaha to Chey
enne, descended and shot one of a
herd of antelope, which he sighted
from the air.
The pilot crammed the antelope
Into his plane and resumed his
flight.
England, America
Slowly Agreeing
on Reparations
British Chancellor Eager to
Economize; L . S. ^*ar Dam
age Claims May Be
Whittled Down.
Bv AanoclatM Fre»».
Paris, Jan. '.*■—Great Britain and
the I nited States are getting together
slowly "but normally’' on the Amer
ican reparation claims which are to
finally come before the conference of
allied finance ministers in session
here.
At the end of today's informal dis
cussions and conferences it was ap
parent that the representatives of
both English speaking countries were
trying to drive a hard bargain. Wins
ton Churchill, British chancellor of
the exchequer, wishes to economize
and the American estimate of war
damage claims, tentatively fixed at
$350,1*00.000, Is likely to be whittled
down before the Anglo-Saxons finally
reach the expected accord.
Ambassadors Hold Ground.
American AmlAtsadors Herrick and
Kellogg, with James A. Logan, Jr.,
Cnited States representative with the
reparation commission, are standing
their ground, but the negotiations,
for the time being, are up to the re
spective governments of England and
America.
The continental delegations are
watching the deadlock between the
two principal countries with ill-sup
pressed chuckles.
Belgium's assent to the reduction
of its Spa allotment of reparations
from eight to five and one half, and
perhaps S per cent. If •necessary, ap
pears to have been the only forward
step made today. <'ompiete accord
also ha- not been reached on the
Belgian position, as the latter con
tend- it still has about 250.000,000
gold francs due it on it's priority
claims.
Belgium Situation Prominent.
The British aver that Belgium has j
already received f,50*1.000.000 fran<
in reparation- and tlwgt 3 per cent of
its priority if aliandoned by that
coun’ry. should J»e subtracted from
its re.-eipts beginning immediately
Experts will go over a mass of fig
ure- and report to the delegatee be
fore Monday ju»l exactly what Bel
gium actually has received. *
The American war damage claims
settlement however, remains the
most important matter bfore the
conference. Three full days bax'e
elapsed since the conference con\en
cii a* 'r- day:-, .-wept ftir two very
brief plenary sessions, have I>een al
in.At entirely occupied by unofficial
and p-ivate conversations l»etween
tile mendtei* «>f the American ind
British delegations in an effort to
readt a compromise.
OMNIBUS PENSION
'BILL TO SENATE
Washington, .Ian. !> —An omnll>nsj
pension hill increasing the pension j
roll* by Jl4l ?;0 a yea1, "as passed
today l>v the houae and sent to the
senate.
About 800 widows, dependent rht’.
dren and civil war veterans, prev
iously denied |V nslona. are beneficiar
tes of the legislation
Increases In pension of flf, $1'
snd 8*0 a month are allowed In in
dividual ease*
lit ion Pacific Harvesting
lee on l.akc (.olli cnlnirg
Oottrnburg. Jan. 6 A crew of 6^
mm iff har* rating Ur on Tgtke Ootb
rnburg. Ons hundred jind fort} five
oar* have been shipped to date b\
tbr Union Pacific railroad for ator
agff Tbr loo Iff about 16 lnchfv
’hick and of exceptional qualit> t an 1
all ler houarff ah* bring filled.
Table Tvock. .Ian. — People In thl.«
ffrrtlon of tbr stats who put op tbr v
own hr supply during thr winter r*
port thr harvfit bet^r thia year
than for mftvty ysnr*. Thr lor tungr*
in thlcknea* from If to 16 incher
which iff unusual for thV» part of th«
country* ^
The Weather I
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12 nova *’
Dragon Held
as Kidnaper
of Youth, 19
Colorado Governor-Elect Giver
Bond for Leader in Court
of Judge Ben B.
Lindsey.
Police Witness Ceremony
0
Denver, Jan. 9.—Dr. John Oalen
Locke, grand dragon of the Colorado
realm of the Ku Klux Klan, will
face Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Denver*
nationally known juvenile judge Sat
urday morning, to pelad to charges
of conspiracy and kidnaping in con
nection with an alleged forced mar
riage in his offire last Tuesday night
The dragon was arreste dtoday on
a complaint eworn to by Keith
Boehm. 19-year-old Denver Hlg*
school student, who alelges that he
was forcibly removed from a down
tewn hotel, the home of his parents,
ttiken to Locke's office and th^Vc
compelled to go through a marriage
ceremony with Miss Mae Nash.
Other Warrants Issued.
Lck kc wag released shortly after
his arrest, on bond of Sl.QOO. fur
nished by Clarence J. Motley, gover
nor-elect of Colorado, who had the
endorsement of the klan in hlg race
for the governorship last fall.
Several other persons, who partici
pated in the alleged abduction. In
cluding several whose 'satnes are not
known, are being sought on warrants
issued by Judge Lindsey today, fol
lowing the lodging of the charges in
his court by District Attorney Van
else.
Lo-ke has retained Ben Laska.
leading Jewish attorney here as
counsel.
Tlie trial will Tiring together an
interesting combination of opopsing
forces. Judge Lindsey was recently
re-elected to the bench seat which
has been his for S3 years only after
the hardest fight in hie political ca
reer and waa returned to office by
the scant margin of less than loo
votes.
Locke Denies Coercion.
In his campaign he openly assailed
the klan and several times, speaking
oVi behalf of a "visible government'
ticket, was hissed and booed by audi
encee.
In a statement Issued before
charges had been pressed against
him. Dr. Locke said that the niat>
riage ceremony had been performed
In his office late Tuesday night, but
denied that any coercion had bee:
used.
The reretnony was performed U:
the presence of several witnesses, in
cluding two member* of the police
tint squad and \Y. S. latil, city
recorder, who waa called in td as
sure Dr. Ixx'ke that the license, is
sued more than a year ago, was
lsjnafide and still valid.
MORE ATTENDING
COLLEGE YEARLY
Bj l nl versa) Service.
Chicago. Jan. 9—College enrol
unenl has increased in the United
States from four to six and one-halt
times as fast ?_* the jvopulation. J. B
Johnson of the Unriersit'- of Mlnne
■ota iloih:-eil today at a meeting of
the Association of American Colleges
"Many of the students however,
fail to maintain a satisfactory stand
ing." Johnson said, "and this eon
stitutes an appalling waste of time
and money
Dr. Frederick P. Keppel. president
of the Carnegie corporation voiced »
Idea for inclusion of the arts in the
curricula of American colleges
"The arts are knocking at th» col
lege gate for a pla.-e lir the eurriou
lum." said Dr. Keppel.
"Thev should hav e it—but don't
prescribe them as It will raise up a
generation of young people to loathe,
not to love them."
—
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The house shipping board commit
tee resumed hearings.
Muscle Shoa.s continued the vehicle
of senate debate
Secretary Weeks expressed epposi
lion to creation of a department of
aeronautics.
The house passed the War depart
ment appropriation Nil. .carrying
$ “St ,000 ooo
The house began coiistderation of
the McKadrten bill to amend the us
lional banking lairs.
The railroad vice i*'lnt on consult
dat on wn» preaenled to the- senate
interstate commerce committee
It was announced that President
rVtoildge is unaltemhly opp'eed to
gun elevation on America a capital
ships.
t'ersister.l report* were rlrcttla lesl
that i.*te .lust ' ll-'lmes > or
template* retirement front the su
prefer Itnit!
Action pit the nomination of Attor
ney tlcneral Stone for the supreme
lourt y\s* held up by a senate ju
die ary sabytntmlttfe,
Mr lint* t» i -i : i s senate
committee considering the framton
stil fo oo,-e\<ttstiv-i of prohthPKo
enforcement.