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CITY EDITION vou 54 N(), 184. ~~ OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925. • ' TWO CENTS'* SSKi.?.'""* I -'
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Keeney JN evv
President of
Farm Union
Klrcted Over C. J. Oshorn by
236 to 170 Note; Salary
Reduced From $4,000
to $3,200.
Take Slap at University
H. fU Keeney of Uowlcs was elect
cd president of the Farmers Educa
tional and Cooperative State Union
if Nebraska at its convention in the
Auditorium yesterday afternoon.
^ defeating the tmmubent, U. J, Oshorn
by a vote of 256 to 170. Osborn has
been president four years.
An amendment to the by-laws w%
adopted, reducing the president's sal
ary from $4,000 to $3,200 a year.
Keeney was vice-president and a
director from the Third district.
Giorge Larson’ of Bostwick was
eie< ted to succeed him as a director
in that district. Harry Parmenter
of Vutan was elected a director from
th Fifth district, succeeding A. L.
I'il.Uiom of Lincoln. 11. L. Click of
tTuilron was re-elected a director.
The other directors are Emil Becker
of Clarks, Ben T. Skeen of Auburn,
F. B. Potter of Pcmlcr and Albert
Pickier of Stallion.
Osborn Pleased by Vote.
“T am glad -*f this action.” said
Osborn after the vde w.is read.
"This will let me go back to my wifi?
and children who have hern keeping
the home fires burning on the farm
out west an*! from whom I have been
separated by reason of mv office.”
Keeney came forward, grasped Of
born by the band and declared: “I
love and respect Mr. Osborn and I
trust when I lay down the gavel I
will leave it as unsullied ns he has
left if.” Osborn was visibly affected.
There was a spirited debate over a
proposed amendment to the bylaws
which was finally adopted by a close
vote. This provides that delinquent
members of the union may regain
good standing by paying the dues of
tWe current year. An amendment to
require them to pay a new initiation
In addition was lost.
Kap Athletics.
The report of the resolutions com
mittee takes a slap at the state uni
v'erslty football in these words:
“We deplore the tendency of our in
MtltitUons of learning to run into
sports, converting them into circus
arenas where gladiators try their best
to ma in or cripple their opponents.
Our state university costs lots of
money. Farmers pay practically twt
thirds of the expanses and we feel the
interests of agriculture should get
!.*!;• consideration."
Th.' report to be presented to the
convention favors a reduction in the
1 rifrigid economy in state and
county, reduce*! t~;:r* \ equal taxation
f<-r tigible and iniang 1 !■» property,
repeal of the Usch-Uummins, act, de
ve.opiurnt of the St. I^uwreme and
Great l**ik*« pro.i* removing the
1 1 :\y • ircle. seating senators and
ijnj.smen tlie January following
their t A ction, standardization of of*
lice am! school supplies for the suite,
one-hour • legislature, uniform mar
rage tmdd ivorce laws, abolition of
the rod" law.
Hi! a Kontl Program.
It scores large oxj>endlture of
money for hard surfaced roads “for
the tourist and commercial trucks
which roads are too expensive and
not the farmers’ roads. We oppose
use of taxpayers’ money for const ruc
tion of sf th roads in competition with
railroads, supporting of which the
people of this state cannot a\oid.”
Spanking Urged.
“Jealousies and inefficient leader
ship are responsible for the present
ropdTion of the Farmers’ union,” de
^H^ktred C. F. Gustafson, addressing the
^WWentlon Wednesday morning.
“Borne of those who have been mak
ing difficulties ought to be taken
out in the woodshed and given a good
span king."
Figures show* the total paid-up
membership of the union in 1919 was
37,266. In 1924 it had droppeed to IT,
49®. Expenses in excess of income
exclusive of outside income were $11.
3 7? in 1924. Outside income was $17,
400.
We Have
With Us
Today
Harold Alniert,
Chicago,
President of American
Association of Engineers.
This distinguished visitor Is a con
suiting engineer and business econ
omist of nation-wide acquaintance and
activity. He Is here to attend the
> ; i-gtii nth ii u;' tbs . ■ • ■ alltin
311s program here Includes a luncheon
talk to mmnhers of the Concord club,
dlnr.-r at tl at the lllks' club, under
ausplcles of the local chapter of the
American Association of Knglneers,
and an address at X at the Chamber
of Commerce.
lie Is a self made man. After man
ual training and eight year's study of
fwrhanlesl and electrical engineering.
e taught physics and elements of
electrlcty for two years anil then
entered nuIdle utility service Whit
engaged III day work, he studied law
et night for three years and ac
counting for two vein lie was the
33tth man to become a einrtei mem
I of ■' JAI.leik'iili A.-mat Aon if
Engineers. *
Farmers Furnish
Hunters With
Ammunition
Special IMapiilrh to Tlir Omaha He#*.
Imperial. Neb.. Jan. 14.— Imperial
L« about to become a rabbit hunter's
paradise.
Hunters wishing to slaughter ran
bits, the more the better, are now
being furnished both ammunition
for their weapons ami meals by
farmers in this district.
The move has been necessitated
by the damage which the bunnies
are doing to the crops. They have
become Mich a menace to the
standing crops that the farmers
now refuse to even estimate the
amount of damage which may be
dOne before the end of the winter.
Mountaineers in
Seareh for Two
Frozen to Death
Making Difficult Ascent of
Long’s Peak to Bring Back
Bodies of Girl and
Would-Be Rescuer.
Kstea Park, Colo., Jan. 14.—Three
searching parties, including stale
rangers, set out at dawn today to
scale Longs peak, two of them to
hunt for the body of Herbert Sort*
land, employe of Longs Peak inn
while the third will attempt to relo
cate and remove to the timber iine
’/.one the frozen form of Miss Agues
Vaille, who perished in the arctic alti
tude Monday.
All hope of finding Portland, a mem
her of the original rescue party that
went in raarch of Miss Vaille, alive,
was suri^pdered last night when
searching parties put in at timber
line for the night. They reported that
a human being could not live for 24
hours in the sub-zero weather while a
strong gale, swept clouds of snow and
sleet across the jagged peaks, which,
silhouetted against a leaden, winter
sky, stood out like white capped senti
nels.
The searchers planned today to
spread out fan-like in their journey
through the snow packed passages of
the peak tn their hunt for Portland.
As the stout hearted men set out In
the face of a hitter cold and biting
blizzard. grizzled pioneers of the
mountains shook their heads in doubt.
Only failure could meet the enter
prise. they any, pointing out that the
body of the man probably would be
covered with several feet of drifting
snow. Not until the warm sun of
spring comes, these men of the moun
tains said, would the body of Sort
land be found.
The group assigned to recover the
body of Miss Vaille had a task no
l*»ss difficult. Though they know the
trail which leads- to the spot where
he was frozen to death the peak pall
bearers themselves feared that they
might not be able to descend to the
timber line with the body, if the
weather did not moderate.
To descend the precipitous peak,
punctured with treacherous footfalls.
Friends of the family today pointed
to the queer turn of fate which sent
Ml.*.- Vaille, who was secretary of the
Denver Chamber of Commerce, to
death in the frozen fastness, 14.000
feet above sea level, while her father,
F. C. Vaille, was vacationing on the
Min-swept shores of Honolulu. Mr.
Vaille is a retired Denver millionaire
Records available today showed
that Miss Vaille was the fourth to
meet tragic death on Long's peak.
MABEL NORMAND’S
NAME IS CLEARED
Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 14.—Mabel
Xormand. film actress, stood exon
crated today of divorce suit charges
brought In a complaint filed by Mrs.
Georgia W. Church against Norman
W. Church, wealthy manufacturer,
when Mrs. Church filed an amended
bill, in which the screen star was
not named.
Charges in the original suit to the
effect that Miss Xorornflnd had vis*
iied her husband while he was in
a hospital and told him "naughty"
torles were not contained in Mrs.
Church's amended complaint.
In spite of the filing of the amend
»d complaint of Mrs. Church, attor
neys for Miss Xormand said hei
*50 ooo libel suit filed against Mrs
Church because of the divorce case
barges still stood in court and would
be prosecuted.
Free Course for Farmers
to Be Given at Gothenburg
Gothenburg. Jan. 14.—Gothenburg
Community club will hold an agricul
tural short course Thursday and Fri
day this week. It is given by the!
aid of the International Harvester
• ornpany and is one of four such
courses to bo held In Nebraska this;
year. The Community club has sent
<>ut over (1,000 letters to farmers in,
this vicinity boosting tills course,
which is to he free of any charge.
L. A. Hawkins, a practical farmer
and horticulturist, who has superln*
tended the raising of thousands of
acres of peaches and apples and
spent years in extension work over
the Fnitcd .States, will take nn active
part.
Sl«*amer Aground.
Queenstown. .Ian II The Ihitlsh
Steamer Cardiff Hill, en route from
I'.UMio* Aires, was ashore today at
cionakUly. County Cork, ace rding to
Alrcb- H mol s igc. received here.
Release of
Dr. Florenz
Demanded
Wisconsin Professor and
American Crew Held in
Yucatan Prison 1 pon
Filibuster Charge.
Arrested After Wreck
By l'nlvrr»rtl Service.
"Washington, Jan. 14.—The State
department moved swiftly today to
procure the release from a Yucatan
prison of Dr. William Florenz, presi
dent nf the Wisconsin state board of
control, who with members of the
crew of a sailing ship was wrecked
January 10 on the Mexican coast.
Acting on the urgent representa
tions of Governor John J. Elaine of
Wisconsin, a close friend of Lorenz,
and advices from diplomatic repre
sentatives in Yucatan, the depart
ment wired instructions to the Ameri
can embassy in Mexico City and the
American consul at Progreso,
Yucatan, to request urgently Lorenz’s
immediate release “if satisfied that
he has been arbitrarily and unjustly
arrested.”
Similar action will be taken in the
case of the crew.
Only Two Kifles Aboard.
According to reports reaching here
Lorenz is being held on suspicion
that lie and the crew of the sailing
vessel were attempting a filibuster,
though the State department has
been informed the craft had on board
only two rifles for the shooting of
sharks.
The vessel in question, the Ruth.
; ailed from Pensacola, Fla., and run
ning into a storm near the reefs of
the Yucatan coast, went aground.
Although reports say the Ruth car
ried nothing more sinister than a
cargo of ice, Lorenz, with the cap
tain and crew, were thrown into jail
at Progreso after they had made
their way to shore. All were charged
with filibustering and locked up on
orders of the captain of the port,
Vice Consul Vogenitz informed the
Slate department.
Standing Confirmed.
Lorenz, who is professor of mental
diseases at the 1'niversity of Wiscon
sin. president of the state hoard of
control and formerly a major in the
army medical corps, gave as refer
ences Governor Blaine, the president
of Wisconsin university, and Genetal
Hines, director of the veterans' b\a
j t eau.
The veterans’ bureau immediately;
confirmed the high standing of
Lorenz, and Governor Blaine, in a
message to the .State department, as
serted Lorenz was on a voyage for
his health under Blaine’s directfonj
and that it was “unthinkable even
to suggest filibuster or any other
charge against him.”
American diplomatic agents also
have been instructed to seek permis
sion for an American sea tug to pro
f eed at once to the reef off ('umpeGu
on which the Ruth lodged, as there;
is danger of its complete loss.
STRONG NOTE OF
PROTEST IS SENT
By WILLIAM IV FYTIIK.
I nlvmnl Sfrrlrp Stuff ( orrmpondmt.
Mexiro <'ity, Jan, 14 -Charge
D'Affaires Schoenfeld has presented
the Mexican foreign office a strong
note of protest against the arrest nt
Progresso, Yucatan, of Dr. William
Lorenz, University of Wisconsin in
structor in mental hygiene.
The protest, which was forwarded
to Charge Schoenfeld fro mthe State
department at Washington, declared
that Dr. Lorenz Is being Illegally and
unjustly detained. The embassy has
not been advised of the details.
Dr. Lorenz's appeal to the United
States consul at Progresso was for
warded directly to the State depart
ment at Washington because of the
fact Hint telegraph communication
between Progresso and Mexico City is
difficult.
The foreign office has promised Im
mediate action and will order ttie re
lease of Dr. Lorenz If the esse is as
represented.
Madison County Papers
Divide Public Printing
Madison, Jan. 14,—Madison roun
ty commissioners awarded the print
ing contract substantially ns last
year. All of the county printing, com
mlssloncrs' proceedings, county treas
urer s semiannual statement, delin
quent tax lift nnd legal notices is to
be awarded to the seven papers, the
county to pay leg.il rales therefor. , n
tlie same basis us it would pay were
same :iwaided to one paper. The seven
fiapers, or as many as participate in
printing, will divide (he proceeds,
share and sljare alike. The contract
with the county was made by !•', II
l*i ice, publisher of the Newman drove
Reporter, on behalf of Him papers.
Mi ss Rucker Reappointed
Steele (.ity Postmistress
Steele (*Uj, Jan 14- Miss MU/,a
liflli Kurket ha* rrcnlvptl her rum*
mingled ii* |Minttni*tre** nt Ht*Ho
1 'Ity, Minn Hu* ker hu.* i»cI#mI In that
‘•aparity nt HleHo ('Ity for 1f» win*.
U'wntlv the off It *f* \%a* rnlufil fmin
fourth to third nr pi r*Mf*nt ml rln**,
*n«l It w.'m ncrmmity to niukr* un up*
P ointment under Ihr n*v\ cLixnif 1« 11 (
11 lun i |
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Man
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Para.%\«'
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Dubuque, .. l-».—Broken In
• body and rplri, y 30 years confine
ment, Hugh Robbard, 70, convicted
of the murder of two Dubuque po
lice officers, has elected to re
main in the Fort Madison (la.)
penitentiary, rather than accept a
pardon granted him by Governor
Kendall, according to information
received here from Fort Madison.
Robbard. who was convicted with
T.con Hardy, has no desire to enter
the outside world, he ‘said. Hardy
was also pardoned. Both men have
declared their innocence through
out their 30 years imprisonment.
Charles Gardner,
44Ak” Secretary,
♦
Resigns From Job
iSp'nson Announrrs Intention
of Joining Insurance
Company as V ice
President.
Charles Gardner, secretary «»f the
Ak-Sar-Ben, resigned from the organi
zation Monday night at the annual
meeting of Ak-Sar Ben, held at the
Omaha club.
The board of governors refused to
accept bis resignation, re-electing him
for another year instead.
Gardner in to become vice president;
"f the Northwestern Rife Insurance
company of Omaha. The company Is
located in the Baird building. He is
to have the supervision - of tho
.agencies of the company.
Secretary Five Years.
Gardner came to Omaha 1* years
.ago. He has been identified with the
work of Ak-Sar Ben for 14 years.
From 1911 to 1020 he was a member of
the show held annually at the den.
In 1920 he was selected to succeed the
late J. D. (Dad) Weaver, as secretary.
Numerous offers have been given to
Gardner to leave Omaha and take up
various civic projects in other cities.
Oakland, Cal.; St. Joseph and Kansas
City have made him alluring offers.
He Is a member of the Rotary club,
an honorary member of both' the
T.ions and Concord clubs, a member of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Omaha Athletic club. He is the onlv
male member In the woman's division
of the Chamber of Commerce.
"I am leaving the Knights of Ak
jSar Ben with nothing but keen re
grets. I have made a host of friends
While with the organization, many of
whom have become dear to me," said
| Gardner.
Gardner lives at 4619 Douglas street
and has three children. He is a mem
ber of the First Presbyterian church
and active in the Walter W. Head
Bihle class.
"Corporation are constantly en the
lookout for able and efficient then
and the Northwestern Uife Insurance
company of Omaha is no exception
to the rule.
"The officers of the cofpnnr f1 el
that with Mr. Gardner's help, the
Northwestern is going to continue to
be one of Nebraska's most aggressi**
life insurance companies. and we!
know' that Charles Gardner will con
tinue to work for the best Interests
of Omaha in the future ns he has in
the past, and at the same time will
be of great assistance in continuing
the work of building up another
great financial institution for this
city and state." Clyde G. Smith, preSi
dent of the Northwestern Life Insur
ance company, said.
“DIAMOND IACK”
PLANS TO RETIRE
Denver, Jan. 14.—Declaring he was
"tired of paying lawyer fees" and "of
picking up papers to read such head
lines ss 'Alterla hunted In JfiO.OOn
gem robbery,' ” T.oula fDlanmnd Jack)
Alferle today made known hla Intcn
tlon, after a visit to Chicago, of rc
tiling permanently to the farm he
purchased last October In the .Inrr
Canyon country southwest of here.
Alterle appeared In Denver after
being released by Slier Iff McKIssai k
of Castle Rock, Colo., who nought him
at reijuest of Chicago authorities
When he gave himself up Alterle
was Informed that he was no longer
wanted.
Farmer* in Boone County
Looking for Bettor Times
Albion, Jan. 14.—Farm aale* arc
numerous In Ronn* county and per
sonal property 1* polling at good
price*. Firm borne* tiring from $75
to $150. fresh milk cow* $75
to $55, spring pig* $25 each, chicken*
75c to $1 each, and farm machinery
of all kind* commmd* price* fully
Up to It* value fnr ire.
Farmer* are preparing fnr extend
cd operation* during the coming wa*
-<on. The feeling 1* prevalent that
farming 1* certain to bA more pmfitn
hie In the immediate future than It
has been fnr several year* This feel
Inrr Is also entertained by merchants
find buslne** men.
Fir# Damage* ( liiirdi.
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. II I lie I Non
gellcnl Lutheran church ben* wa
damaged bv fire yesterday with n
lu*S eNtlmtited at 1 15,000. Part «>f
the roof fell Into the edlfb e from tin
blaze, which I* thought to have been
caused by ji spark from the chimney
urrr voi n hhaki.n hh iNr.n •>
Mu) l»»**t»»** tli nlie :4.*ni,=r HI*. ton pi -me
• t ' fff tl**h»* • »'«. The lie,.air ' ill •
*. t u 8l.—-All vtrilMinenl. j
Banking Bill
by MeFadden
Is Approved
Houses Passes, 172 to 6i>,
M easurc to Revise National
Banking Laws, Giving Bet
ter Competitive Basis.
Hull Amendments Pass
Washington, Jan. 14.—The house
late today passed the MeFadden bill
which would revise the national bank
ing laws.
As sent to the senate the measure
carried the Hull amendments dealing
with! branch hanking, all of which
were accepted by Chairman MeFad
den of the hanking committee, author
of the bill.
The hill was passed by a standing
rote of 1T2 to 65 after the house,
by a roll call vote of 235 to 90, had
reject ail a motion of Representative
Black, democrat, Texas, to recom
mit the measure for addition to it of
t series of amendments, sponsored by
him and Representative Steagall, an
other democrat member of the bank
mg committee which previously had
been turned down.
Section Struck Out.
One of l he amendments adopted to
day, offered by Representative Wlngo
of Arkansas, tanking democrat on
the committee, struck out a section
which intuit tlte following acts crimes
unishable under federal statues:
Conspiracy to boycott, blacklist or
cause withdrawal of deposits from aj
hank holding membership 1b the fed
eral reserve system: robbery or bur
glary of a member bank; making In
tentional fals- statements for the pur
pose of obtaining credit from a mem
ber hank, or fraudulently dissipating
or selling personal property upon
which there is a mortgage to a mem
ber bank.
Wingo and supporters of his mo
lion contended that ai lthe crimes
enumerated were punishable under
state laws and that proseutlon
should he left to the state courts.
Rivers and Harbors Next.
The hill, the hanking policy of
which has In-on endorsed by the Na
tional Association of f'reditmen and
the American Bankers’ association. Is
designed to put national hanks on n
latter competitive basis with state In
stitutions, particularly with regard to
maintenance of branches. As reported
to the house, the measure gove na
tlona! banks the right to maintain
intra city banrehes where state l inks
are permitted to do a branch bank
ing business but the amendments
put forward by Representative M. I).
Hi:!#, republican, Illinois, which the
house accepted, placed restrictions on
the maintenance of these branches
Among other things, the Hull
amendments provide that in states
hereafter legalizing branch hanklag.
national hanks must obtain authorlly
from cottgt ess before establishing
la inches to meet state hanking oont
petitlon. In such Instances, state
l .inks would he denied privileges °f
the federal reserve system, until rra
tlonnl banks were accorded the right
to compete with blanches on an equal
footing.
Passu: e of the Mi Fndden bill paved
the wav for consideration tomorrow
by the house of the *29,000.000 rivers
and harbors authorization bill.
GOVERNOR HALTS
BOOZE POURING
Denver, Coin., Jan. 14.—Governor
Morley late today stopped the dr
struetlon of con gallons of liquor by
.Tohn n. Smith, ousted chief ef the 1
prohibition forces of the state, a feu
minutes after Smith had attempted, to '
destroy It.
Smith was relieved of his duties '
December HO by the state civil servic. '
commission, but was allowed to re
main In office by the then Governor
Sweet.
When word leaked out around til.
state house this afternoon that Smith
was planning to destroy the confls
ited liquor, the civil service com
mission rushed a letter to the gov
ernor’s office, declaring that the po
sition of chief of the slate prohibition
forcea of the state was vacant.
The governor's office then notified
Smith that he had not authority to
destroy the liquor until a court order
ws* obtained. Smith was app.dsod
that he uas not connected with the
prohibition force In any way- Tt was
said at the governor's office that the
appointment of his successor would
be made tomorrow.
0(1.1 F rllows’ Hall Hums
on Fvr of I o»l"p Merlin*;
rtcdfnrd, la.. Jm it -Fire result
Ing from mi overheated xtoxe niiifoil
damage in the ! O O. F
Hull Tutadnv right Installation of
officer* for the BfHfnrd encampment
\uim In havw hr*mi hold ind the fir at
pin * him urivlng (Uncovered thn
flame*. The shoe *tore and milliner *
‘ h**i». lot afetl under the hall. suffered
heavy da mo ne from water and flame*
Miskinj; Yacht Safe.
New Oilcan*, 1 .« , Inn. 14 Th.
> *• hi \ U » and it* or* w • n*l*ttn\
of threw prominent New Oilean* loi*t
no i men ami two vlsltm* from fan
ado, w hh h had been nibbing aim
I rl Wedw ‘-«io> . w * cr* iep*> tell *afe
nt 11*4 y M. Lou!*, Ml**., today.
Teacher Shot in Campus Tragedy
V
! J KTT $$ -X/ATJI5A “pAI/MERe.
The engagement <>f Miss Laura Palmer to Francis Xavier Bernard, who
• hot her anil hiileil himself in the French dormitory of fhe t niver-ity of
\Vi.sconsin, af Madison, Wl«., has been icvealed by letters f >nnd in Bernard’s!
| room at liilibing, .Midi. Miss Palmer \v:l| «ir(! .-.''!y re: over. Mystery «m -
| rounds Bernard’s motive, though it is bePeved to h ive Iv -n "n’ousy. Miss
Palmer was nil Instructor in French in the iiniverf,:tj, vviiiie Urmerd was a
minim' chemist.
Fann Commission
in Initial Report
Vid for Livestock Imlustrv
Recommended to
President.
Washington. Jan 14 - \ * -1 m
for the livestock industry through
existing financial agent i^s and
through a new land policy to permit
grazing on unappropriated public do
main were recommended today to ]
President Coolldge hv his agricultural
commission In a preliminary report.
A later report will deal with pop
slble additional relief through revision
of transportation charges and a pro
teethe tariff. The committee said it
wished to emphasize now that “th!
welfare of agriculture also demands an
early and thorough re virion of tlr
freight rate structure."
Declaring existing agencies can
handle th»* livestock financing situa
tion, the commission declared the fed
oral intermediate credit banks 'should
assume the full responsibility 1 y ag
gressivelv and sympathetically under
taking to cover the field and thus sup
port and supplement the normal fi
nancing of livestock paper ”
The only legislation suggested was
amendment of the agricultural credits
act to eliminate the provision that pro
hibits rediscounting by federal inter
mediate credit banks of Irvins nego
tiated by federal!' chartered* agricul
tural credit agencies.
In recommending use of the public
domain for cattle grazing, the com
mission suggested that a uniform
policy for grazing on national forests
and public land he drawn up by a com
mission on which the livestock in
dustrv would he represented. Mean
time the commission declared no In
crease should he made in grafting
charges.
FIRE DRIVES GIRLS
FROM DORMITORY
Spearftsh, S D . Jan. 14 — More
than r*0 coed a of Black Hills Teach
er college were forced to flee, scant i
lv clad. Into the frigid early mornlnc
air. from Wenona Cork hall dormi
tory by menacing flames which com
pletely destroyed the main building*
of the college. The loss was estlmat
ed at ICOO.OOO not covered by Insut
nnce.
Several firemen had narrow *••
espes from falling timbers and ex
plodlng chemicals.
Man Takrn in CnOoilv a«
Hi* \rtinns Wen- Stranjro
Bedford, la Jan I* \ man rhv n
Ing to he Junes D Stc.de of >1.**«*•
chllsrtts was picked up h\ S' riff
Novhts near Clearfield, "here h * had
stopped f»»r a night's lodging nt a
farm house Ills strange actions
caused the occupant* of the dwelling
to call officers He Is about If* years
of age. and has hut one arm He
state that he left San Francisco some
time ago on a horse, hut does not
know what Inn-a me of the hors*.
Oil IriH'k Hunt*.
^ t in* heloiiKlug to the Shuffri
Oil and Itrfintng company, il?f» North
Kleventh street caught fit* near the
watehouac «»f the company \\ c«ltt»*
day noon Fire Mingulsh««*» had <h>
hliilj • he« Led before the ft!** com
|Hu^P at rived Damage was slight.
Underwood Bill
Adopted 2d Time
Senate Moves in Circle in
Action on Shoals
Mea lire-.
M tdilnglon, J.tn. 14.—KY»r the sfc
•ml time within a we rv the wn ite
;) afternoon adopted the Underwood
1 *ill for di«iH»*ing of the government's
huge Muscle Shoals w iter power
project.
The Underwood plnn was substitu
ted for the Non s government owner
ship bill, which the senate adopted
late yesterday. It was the second
time this substitution w,is made b\
the penftte. As a result, the senate
was running In a perfect legislative
circle, having again returned to the
spot it ©counted a week ago, with
final enactment of tin* bill no nearer.
The vote was 4t» to 31. with the
-Vorris group getting only scattered
supp« rt from the r publican side.
Tin* Underwood f rces combined both
administration and democratic sup
port and a minor faction Irreconcil
ial ly opposed to government owner
ship. On it* previous ad< ptlon, the
Untedwo.Hl plan won by a vote of 47
tii 36 with the x*uic lines maintained
ns in today's ballot.
Senator Jonei*. republican, of Wash
ington. immediately offered his plan,
creating a commission as a sub
stitute for the Underwood bill.
WOMAN GOVERNOR
ASKS LIQUOR LAW
Cheyenne. Wyo . Jan. 31 —Dedar
int her purpose "not to serve spec al
or political interests, not to be the.
spokesman of any particular class or
party, but to labor with unselfish fle
voiIon to tho great cause of lmpular
government Governor Nellie T.i\lor
Rosa today delivered in person her
first message to a joint session of the
Wyoming legislature.
Governor Ross' message stressed the
necessity of economy In state expen
ditures. reduction and equalization of
tax assessments, financial relief for
farmers, particularly in the form of
state loans.
She recommended ratification by
Wyoming of the federal child labor
law: asked enactment of a ' consplra
cy statute." that would make it as
"great a crime to purchase Illicit
liquor as It Is to sell It." anti urged
revision of the state's Ivinking laws
Nebraska ( tin pit* to He
Married at San Francisco
TVn-\t, Jen. If (Swing ill the wu\
to Snn Kt tnci-t o t.» o.tnnimiFf n
nun an* c b- inning here year* ago.
Agnes Ald l. eldest tMughler ot
M» and M.s Will Millie of iVm.i.
will hr met there amt united in uur
tinge to Ulifford Uurrv , son of George
« tin y »»f Silver (‘reck townahfp.
Dixon lountv. i;.th uc well known
In thi* localiiy.
I he Weather |
v- ;
Coirs anditlfi T !» »« Jam*
I rmtu rnlurot
12 ntu’ii i!. > r h* it
Coal Netted
Thousands,
Solons Told
(i c o r g r E. Johnson Also
Charges Former Governor
Made False Report of
Campaign Expenses.
\
Attack Put in Records
By I*, t . I'ilWKlL
Staff < urn-spi aJrlit The Omaha lie,.
Lincoln. Jan. 14.—Sensational
"hargea against former Governor
Charles AV. Bryan, made by George
E. Johnrun. former state engineer,
and read today in the house and sen
ate. occupied the spotlight in legis
lative circles. There Is much specu
lation under way a, to what action
the two bodies will take in reply to
Johnson's request for a legislative
investigation.
In the house, after a vain attempt
by the democratic minority to table
the c'omunicatlon, the letter was re
ferred to tli judiciary committee. A
H. JSyrum, chairman of the commit
tee, was unable to stale today when
action w. uld be token on the com
munication. *
In tile senate. AA'. B. Banning, a
democrat, attempted to have the let
ter tallied. liannlng attacked the
■ •ummuni -ation, asserting it was a
; (.T.-onnl controversy betw een tie
ermer governor and Johnson, both
of whom are private citizens, and had
no business in legislative procedure.
Senator t coper for Inquiry.
“ The chair will rule that the stain
senate is a body, always willing to
hear communications from any <-:tb
-in or group if citizens, and the let
ter1 will become a part of the rer rJ
of today's proceedings.'' Lieutenant
Governor George AA'illlam« said.
The letter was not referred to any
committee in the senate and is
merely a part of the legislative
record. Few of the senators had de
luded on what action to take relative
to the charges.
"My idea is to appoint a commit
t«v> with |«ower to subpoena witnesses
and learn once for all what'Bryan
his to any when he is questioned by
Johnson." Senator John AT. Goo per
of Omaha, commented. "It always
lias struck me as peculiar that Bryan
always dodged appearing liefore an
investigation committee. There Is no
doubt but that we can force him to
appear now that he is a private citi
zen.”
The Johnson charges in brief, are
as follows:
That Bryan violated the corrupt
practice acts of the state during
his campaign in 1322.
Thit several thousand dollars ocl
leci"-! in cish were not "epresented
tn his statement to the secretary
. f state.
That Bryan made a false report
cf a deficit to the last legislature.
That Brvan insisted that he.
Johnson, then state engineer, pre
p. re false f.gures to prove this
deficit and when Johnson refused
t Id him that figures could be re
vise 1 w.thout acknowledging that a
misf. ke had been made.
That Bryan refused to collect a
large amount of federal road money
due the state of Nebraska.
That Bryan profited thousands of
dollars from his state coal business,
in addition to the ;.A cents addi
tional per ton he charged for over
head.
Say* Coal Misrepresented.
That In many instances he sold to
the people of Lincoln and the state
as Franklin county illlinoisi coal,
when, in reality, it was coal of a
much cheaper grade.
That in order to cover up his
duplicity, he closed records to the
public.
In addition Jo his charges agr. nst
Bryan, a portion of the Johnson state
ment is a reply to Bryan's charge of
irregularliiea In the state road de
partment when Johnson was state en
(Tnm to Tate Two. Column One.!
/"■ —" — ———
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The house passed the McFfcddcn
hanking bill.
The \’r.d« . iv. *d M ;s de Shoals h i
finally passed the senate.
President Coolidgra agricultural
commission submitted its recoin
mendstions for relief of the livestock
' industry.
Secretary Mellon endoiscd * b<»
proposing expend,tur»s of non,
! wu lly f. r six y ears for pul U*.
I utidings and ground*.
lb'viU* '• n in interest charged rail
roads for government liuns was r•«
I emmended to the senate Interstate
[commerce committee to Secretary
! Mellon,
A trade balance of $*»~T .?vi.Odti
i favorable to the l*nite»l State* was
| shown in figure* of the commerce
department covering the calendar
year of U‘24
Secretary Ihxuer told \ meet • w of
bualness men that the spread of « to
j modit y prices from producer to :n
I sutner could he reduced hy co opera
it ion In Industry and rnttnsot
Th*' St.tr depart men! ' e»i treated th»*
tflei^c (:nni \.\] .It I';, «' • Mi'V
of t>| \\ K. ,'f \y ^vttMM
nd other Ann-nr*ns * 4i ged w
j t bbu«tei tng. *