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:i~ The Omaha Corning Bee _ . _ _ l*tr> the difference.—Tharkery. | CITY EDITION "you^Nc,; 185. ~ "' oMAHArFUlUAvl JANUARY1B.1925.T ^ " TWO CENTS'-l - Fall Scored in Report of Minority Seeretar* Denby Defended by Republican Minority of Senate Oil Committee; Do heny Loan Condemned. Transfer Is Approved Washington, .Tan. 15.—While do fending Edwin Denby ns secretary of tbe navy, n republican minority of the senate oil committee, in a report filed today. vigorously condemns Albert B. Kail as secretary of the In terior, for accepting a loan of *100.000 and other favors from Edward h. Do heny, California "II magnate, to whom a California naval oil reserve wa.> leased. The report, signed by Senators Smoot of Utah; Stanfield. Oregon; Rursum, No w Mexico; Cameron of Arizona, and Spencer of Missouri, was submitted by the last named sen »ior so it might be before the senate Ju-lor to the calling up for adoption next week of the majority, reports submitted at the last session of Sena lor Walsh, democrat. Montana, prose cutor in the otl inquiry. •'The minority concurs," the re port said. •' in the full measure of crit icism which the majority indulge upon the. conduct of a cabinet officer who ts shown to have accepted a loan • of Ston.non and certain other favors while in office. Such acts cannot be tolerated and are not to be condoned. Statute* Ambiguous. "We agree as well," it added, "with the majority opinion that the only possible criticism that could be placed unon the conduct of the secre tary of the navy, Edwin Denby, or of any assistant secretary, relates en tirely to the interpretation of statutes -%larlngly ambiguous and to the In auguration of administrative policies where no express statute exists. "The disputed interpretation of statutes la properly before the courts for Judicial determination and noth ing in the record in the least affects the Integrity and patriotic devotion to duty and high character of Sec retary Denby." * With further reference to tbe *100. 000 loan to Kail, the report, said: ^ "If the claim that these favors were In the nature of bribes Is sits tftlned in the criminal proceedings al ready begun, punishment adequate and prompt, will follow. Crime is In dividual and guilt is personal. Under the constitution men are presumed to be innocent, until proven guilty, but whether the participants be In fact guilty under the law or innocent the act itself Is most reprehensible, causes national humiliation and can not be overlooked. ' Poor Impression Credited. The minority asserted that the ex tended Investigation into reports of oil stock dealings by public officials and of rumors that the appointment of Secretary Kali had resulted from a "conspiracy" entered into before the 1i»20 republican convention had "pro duced an impression in the country concerning the investigatory inclina tions of the senate that was exceed ingly unfortunate and one which (Turn to Pose Two. Column 8i».> MATE SUES WAR VET FOR DIVORCE Ethel A. Bundy filed suit In die filet court yesterday against Emmett L. Bundy, charging desertion and cruelty. She says he left her August 4. 19?4, but that she took him hack on promises to do better. She asks custody of their eon, 15 months old. Bundy earns *125 a month nnd re reives a pension of $95 a month ns a world war veteran. Two Teachers Injured; *** Faculty Blames Jinx Kearney, Jan. 15.—Members of the faculty and student body of the local teachers college are frankly volclQC their belief In an "existing" Jinx on tlie institution. Miss Cora O'Connell, principal of the college training high school and president of the Woman's club of the elty, broke her arm In a fall on an Icy pavement. Miss Edith Smithy, register, Is suffering from an ankle broken In several places, occasioned In the same manner. Two students are nursing hands In Jured’ In the planer In the manual training laboratory. One of them, Ezra flood, of Lexington, lost part of one finger. K. H. Harris, President Hank of Ljnrli, Lynch, Neb. Mr. Harris, one of Ihe most success ful financiers of northern Netpraska. brings to Omaha the good tidings of prosperity In that part of the state, with good crops last season and bet ter prospects for the future than for many years, nnd everyone optimistic. ^ Born In Illinois, Mr. Harris took the advice of Honn e (Srceley and i ante to Nebraska, lie lias been In Ihe banking business at Lynch for 2b > «a re. Mr. Harris Is also a vice president of the Columbia Life Insurun<e coin cany of Omaha. * I f j Swarm of Bees Fly Over Heads of Worshipers Pawnee City, Neb., Juu. 15.— Nearer the Mehtodlst congregation of this city than they had imagined was the Biblical reference to "honey and the honey comb,” un til Sunday evening's services, when the presence of others than the regular worshipers was disclosed. The warm day and the heat of the furnace in the auditorium brought out a swarm of bees that had been living in the north wall of the church. Moved to more than usual* kindliness either by the sermon or the numbing effect of the recent cold weather, lhe bees stung no one. Thelnlddle of tlie week work men were employed to remove the swarm and took out nearly 75 pounds nf honey. Quantity of State Printing Useless; Has "Bryan* oil It Number of (incth alul Docu 111 o 11 Is Nllist Hr Destroyed; McMuIl en Orders Name to Re I,eft Off. — By r. C. POWEIX. Staff Correspondent The Omnhn Her. Lincoln, Jan. 15.—Following filing of charges against former Governor Charles \V. Bryan by George E. John son. former slate engineer, ts the dis covery by new state officials that hundreds of thousands of printed state documents hearing the name of Charles tv. Bryan, governor, have been ordered and are now useless because of change of administration. As a result, orders have been re ceived by all new state appointees that Governor Adam McMullen’s name Is not to be used on depart mental documents, despite the benefit such advertising does from a political standpoint. Excepting stationery di rectly from the governor's office, the name of Adam McMullen will not ap pear on state documents, unless np pearance of his name Is absolutely necessary from an official standpoint. In tlie department of agriculture there are more than 10O.SO0 printed cards on hand, attesting that seeds and potatoes have been inspected hy the state and are satisfactory. Thess cards are to be placed on sacks and other receptacles used In shipping products. And every one carries the name of Charles W. Bryan. This is only one of dozens nf simi lar cases discovered and checked so far as the present administration is concerned. Johnson ( barges a Puzzle. Proper disposition of the Johnson charges Is causing legislators no end of trouble. Tlie most recent solu tion advanced I* to place the charges against Bryan in tlie hands of Attor ney General O. S. Spillman and per mit that, official to decide proper legal action, if any. A fight to force easy minded candi dates from playing "both ends against the middle” by appearing on ballots as candidates of two different parties, was started |n the senate today with the introduction of a hill by R. R. Vance of Hastings. Briefed, the bill contains the following salient points: Candidate receiving party nomi nation must be a member of party nominating him and his name can only appear on one party ticket. Parly affiliation of candidate will be determined by ballot he called for at primary preceding his at tempt. to be placed as a candidate for some office. Senate Adjourns. Nomination of candidate must be filed with proper official 40 days in advance of primary, lusted of 30, as law provides at present, and be must accept nomination 25 days In advance o fprlmary election. The senate adjourned today until Monday. The house, however, will remain in action at least one more day tills week. Passage of routine emergency hills, such a* an appro priation to pay legislators and clerks, occupied the entire lime of tho legis la lure today. At the afternoon session the house listened to a plea of William Axley, for 23 years a missionary In Japan, against the Japanese exetuslon act. Eight Starts mi Child lahnr. Tlie promised fight over ratifies Hon of th? federal child labor law showed its h<‘Hil today with It petit Ion by 200 Wayne citizens, Urging favor able action on the federal amendment. The resolution for ratification Is in tlie hands of State Representative Axtell of North I’latte, one of ttie two members of the progressive party In tlie lower house. At this time Axtell Is canvassing the house nv-inhershlp and obtaining tlie names of as many members as possible to be affixed to the resolu tion. Ho far, it is understood, he lias been successful In getting the support of members from labor union centers, but has been rebuffed l>y u majority of the agrarian members. Wheat Sella for &I.6R. K|imIhI I»|m|»n«« !• to Tti* Omulm Hr*. Hfalrlcf*, Neb., .fan. 15 A thousand bushel* of wheat wsh thrown on tin* market In Mage rounf> today for $1.68 a bushel. SfVPi'ftlJ farmer*' living ptoutheaM of hem *«M ;i,000 bushel* anti one or two residing l.enr t»’|i«dl disponed of notne of ffcelr' umln Little rorti bn* found it* way to market lino the lust feu week*. Hahn^fMj, Sist ^ells Sanity Jury J *i Wealthy Real Estate Owner Suffered From Hallucina tions. Thought Brother Would Kill Him. Hearing Continued Today For seven hours Thursday J. Warren Hahne. Omaha apartment house owner and husband of the late Mae Hahne, ax murder victim, sat impatafvley listening to a discussion of his actions before and after the brutal murder had been discovered. Only during the first few minutes of the heating, begun Thursday; morning by the county insanity board at the courthouse, did Hahne exhibit great emotion. As he entered the crowded room, escorted there from the jail by two deputy sheriffs, tears came to his eyes, and a minute later he broke Into convulsive sobs. Smiles Slightly at Testimony. He quickly became calm, however, when members of the hoard Ignored him, and during the remainder of the hearing which fs to determine whether or not he is sane, he uttered not a single sound. Twice he smiled slightly, as amus ing Incidents were brought out; once he yawned and occasionally he twist ed his black velour hat as he lis tened. . The hoard took a great maas of testimony, not only regarding the probable menial condition of Hahne, but 'also relating to the gruesome murder, details of which were shock lng even to hardened police officers assigned to the case. Today Hie . hoard will question Hahne. Members pointed out that this questioning will have a more Im portant bearing on their verdict re garding his sanity than the mass of other testimony. Ileal Determined on Course. At adjournment of the hearing Thursday evening County Attorney Heal reiterated hla determination to charge Hahne with flrat degree mur der and ask the electric chair aa pun ishment, should the man he found tane. Mrs. S. K. Beits. Hahne's sister, was l he Inst and perhaps the most Vnv portant witness called Thursday. Site said Hahne had been suffering from halurinations for many years, that he itelleved one or his brothers and some times Ids wife were conspiring with a gang to end hla life. Some of the baludnatlona were: That when a needle was dropped In hia home it was a sure indication that he was to be killed that night. That some of the food in his home had been poisoned. That the “gang" would force Mrs. Hahne to kill him. Adjudged Insane In 1919. Mrs. Beets said Hahne had been adjudged Insane In 1919, placed first in St. Bernard hospital, later in a Christian Science home and still later in the state asylum at IJncoln. It was while confined In an Institution that Mrs. Hahne and her attorney, calling on him. were requested by him to search his home for dangers which he believe,) existed there. He asked them to have a water ntellon in the southwest corner of the busenient analyzed for poison, to look for a vial filled with poison secreted in his smock or packet bang lng In the callerway: to have ntedlclfle In a blue vase in Mrs. Hahne's rocYn and water and medicine in a large rose vase In the living room ,the sis ter testified. "After his release from the asylum his haluclnatlons began returning in June of 1824, when Mrs. Hahne con ferred with me several time* and aV pressed great concern about his actions.'’ testified the sister. “I am convinced that he was Insane then, and now." Daughter of Pawnee City Mayor Married at Bluff® Pawnee City, .Ian. In. Maurlcn Van Horne and Mis* Kathryn Col well wore married at Council Muffs, la., January 14. They were attended by Mr. and Mr*. K S. Wherry, the latter a Hitter of the bride. The bride In a dauKhter of Mayor and Mra. C. S. Colwell. She !m a graduate of the Pawnee City public school* 4ml at tended the l'niveralt> of Colorado at Boulder several years. The bride gruoni Is a non of Mr. and Mrs. M.| C. Van Horne of this city and at school took a prominent part In ath letics. Terrorized Italy Italy is a perfrrt Kden to day for 700,000 fascist! and their sympathizers, and a “perfect hell on earth” for the other .18,300 citizens of the country. C. F. Bertelli Brilliant staff writer for Uni versal Service, will tear aside the veil of secrecy which has long protected Mussolini, iu a searching article in The Omaha Sunday Bee of January 18. i ! Mail’s Liberty Hangs by Thread--and Then That Broke—Now He Is in Jail Frank Henley. Suspected of Complicity in Omaha s Most Recent Mail Robbery, Is Sentenced to Anamosa Prison on Concealed ^ capon Cbarge. special IH-patch t» The Unmha Bee. Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 15.—The liberty and good reputation of Frank Henley, 20, hung by a thread —and the thread broke. The thread supported a button on Henley’s trousers and the button supported an automatic pistol which Henley had pushed into the waist band of his trousers. Henley Is now serving a sentence of two years In the Anamosa prison, after having entered a plea of guilty to a charge of carrying con cealed weapons. Xot only that,’ but he is suspect ed of having participated in the re cent robbery of mail from the Northwestern mall train running from Omaha to Chicago. Tlie Hutton Contes Off. Henley arrived in Cedar Rapids yesterday, unsuspected of having done anything wrong. With him were two pals. Then, last night, Henley entered a poolroom and loafed about. While he was stand ing near a cigar case the thread which held a button fast to his trousers, broke, the pistol slipped down his trouser leg and la yon the floor . He was arrested Immedi ately. At the station, police say, Henley refused to talk. He said that his home was in Omaha, at a hotel near a depot . The name of the hotel he could not remember. • Nor could the man remember many other things. For Instance, where he was on the night the mail trai nwas robbed or during some months, which the police insist, were spent in the penitentiary. Pleads (iuiltj. “Maybe 1 was in jail. I don't re member,” Henley remarked in an swer to their questions. When authorities had given over questioning him, they declared that they would file a charge of carry ing concealed weapons against him. To this, Henley remarked: “All right. Tou have the goods on me there and I'll plead guilty. I,et's go." He was arraigned this afternoon and sentenced. Half an hour later be was on Ids wav to the prison. Klan Buys Former Lincoln Clubhouse Permanent Headquarter* to Be F*taldi*hed at State Capital. Al.crisl UiiDilch to The Otnohn flee. Loncoln, .Ian. 15.—Permanent head quarters of the Ku KIux Klan in Ne braska will lie established hers at once, It was announced today by J P. Plummer, national field secretary of the organization. Announcement of Lincoln as the hub of state actlvl ties was coincident with a statement that ttie klan had purchased the old Lincoln Country club building for a consideration of $25,000. The sale was made to the klan by Wood* Brothers company. Plans call for ihe remodeling of the building at once, Plummer said. It will be the scene of all slata convention* In the future, including the convention planned for .lone of this year. If Is expected that state officers of tli^or ganization will niov# to Lincoln to take up lheir klan actlvltlea. The building Is a former show place, of Lincoln and was at one time the home of former Governor Butler. It wai abandoned by the Country club on ethe completion of l»s new club house and golf course In south Lin coln. ACTION AGAINST FORD DISMISSED Detroit, Mich., .Ian. J5.—Suit for $50,000 against Henry Forth brought by MlV Jane Davlin of I Spaulding. Neb., for the death of her husband, who waa killed while operating a trac tor manufactured by the .Ford Motor company, was dismissed in federal court here today. Dam Builder* Find in River King Lost Over 20 Yearn \gn Fall* City, Jan. IS.—A diamond ring, lout in tho Rock river in IHInoin «*ver 20 yeam ago when Frank Ayer* waa drowned, haa been found and will 1$e given to 8. Riley Ay era of this fity, a c.oualn, according to word re ceived by the Falla City man. The ring wa* found by a construe tlon company working on a dam near Dixon, III. With the ring were a few human bdnes and a ruatv knife which waa Identified a* belonging to Frank Ayera, who, with a companion, waa drowned In April, J904. The body of the other man wna found soon after the tragedy. Neola W oman Die* at 81 : Hu*i>and. Past 90. Survives Nsols. la.. Jan, 15,— Harvtct Caro lina Johnson Felton, wife of John T>. Felton, died hero Wednesday. Mr*. Felton wns horn ttl Manchester, king land. November in, m-l. and came to the country In 1858. Hhe had been a resident of Neola for 50 yea is. Site Is survived by her hunt md. who le pnst SO. five children. Wlllkiw, James nml Thomas, of Neola; John D of Washington, D C., and Mrs. Harriet Buchanan Of Council Bluffs. I.c; "it grandchildren and seven great gland children. Auto Smashed: Dri\ er K*en|ies Fall* City, Jan. 1» 11. s, <itt. Fall* City laborer, Mailed hi* aut" on the railway track $lir*« tly In front of an oncoming Ttiirllnglnn train In the rnllwny yard* at till* place Tues tiny night, anti narrowly encitpwl death. He waa injured in gettim: clear of the atnuahed nulo hut the train wna halteil hy the engineer In time to prevent cruahlin him to death. He waa taken to hi* home. Traffic In (jiasl Heavy. Columbu*. Jan. 1 • Const bound Pullmnvt traffic »»f winter n ort vb Itor* la t w l< ■$• ;i« Ihm \ y It haa h* e » dtn log a iiv pi c\ lou- ' . • i . I i\r llrlil on Knm ( Norfolk. Neb. Jan. |.'$ Five or rewla weir m dr In \Vtfnlk, Meadow Drove nod Tlldeu by (rdn.il iu« n; ’ making wholesale liquor raids Bill on Rivers and Harbors Is Passed House Approves $39,000,000i Measure by 179 to 6; No Kffort to Amend Made. Washington. .Ian. 15.—By a stand ing vots of 179 to 6 the house to day passed the 139,000,090 rivers and harbor* bill. The measure a sseot to the senate would authorize this expenditure for improvements on 35 projects. No efTort «»■ made to amend or eliminate any of the amount* carried In the bill and its passage was ac complished in less than six hour* after it was taken up. The measure represents compro mise between the rivers and harbors committee and admiwtstration leaders who, several years ago, notified the committee that a S52.OO0.O00 bill re ported last year must be pared down approximately S13.090.0o0 to comply with President Coolldge's program of economy. Although several amendments were proposed, none related to the figures cart lest for projects. Representative Barbour, republican, California, sought to insert a provision that com munities should contribute to the cost of locsl projects before receiving financial aid from the government. This was rejected, however, ns was an amendment by Representative Rosenblootn, republican, West Vir ginia. designed to prevent o’l pollution of streams. Another amendment by Representa tive h'vale. Independent, Minnesota, to eliminate a section authorizing a preliminary survey of a proposed 25 foot waterway from the t.reat Lakes to the Hudson river, also was de feated. ASHLAND MAN DIES IN OMAHA George TI. Overman 69, farmer at Ashland, Neb., die*! Thursday morn ing at a local hospital of illness due to diabetes. The body was to he taken to Ash land Thursday afternoon for burlsI. <sotlimibiir|£ anti Stromsburg Harvest Large Crops of lee Gothenburg, Jan. 15.—Ice harvest at lt«ke Gothenburg was completed last week, 1.235 tons being stored for local consumption, and 194 carloads or 6,700 tons shipped to the t’nlon Pacific railroad. The payroll averag ed nearly $3,000 a week. Stromsburg, Jan. 15.—Harvesting of Ice In re Is nearly finished, over 2.000 tons, the largest crop ever made here, being stored. The farmers have also put a good supply of ice in their ice houses. Sitlnox Country Club to H ave Modern Houu'j Sidney, Jan. 16.—Sidney Country club’s new clubhouse is nearing com plot Ion. There will l*e clubhouse. trnpshootec lodge, swimming pool, tennis courts and an IK hole golf course. At the annual election this w*«k the club elected the following officers. President, M K. Pettibone; 'ice presl dent. K 1*. Hyde; secretary treasurer, K. It Keats.. Jury Wiftiil* Dirk Kduirr on Hotitb';:}:in£ Lliar^r Columbua, .Iirti 15 i>l.k Itchnsr. alleged bootlegger, charged wit It i! legal pohScHslon of liquor, wiu ucqutt icvl l>y tlx- Jui> In district court on the third ballot. Hot ILuulii* ScnlfiuM'd to Slate Heforinalorv l,’«*lls 1 H' ,1m 16 A holdup Which nulled but $5 landed three youths Jn ilir state ieforniator>. |»* I Get. Judge I H. Itapei imposing the fullowItiK H»*ntciices- i lautle Rrown 19, four veal s; Joe Sehesto. is, thiee \ mm. mid I’eho Guilin, IT. thrge I v«v»t«. g \. Toll , shoemaker, was the holdup victim. America Is Potential Air Leader / ^ Money and Genius to Put U. S. liAead of Other Nations in A\ iation Are Avail able Here. Yet She Is Far Behind New York. Jan. 15.— Moqey and genius for an air program that would put the United States in the lead\>f any other nation are a'ailable in this country, yet, in performance, the na tion is far behind France, Kngland, and Japan. This was the burden of testimony today before the congressional sub committee of inquiry into the United States air service. Witnesses declared American- de signers had developed types of air planes—military and commercial which for their respective purposes could not be equaled by other na tions. They told t»f the majority of world records for aircraft which the United States holds; of the operation of the air mail, “the greatest com mepcial service in the world." of pri vate flying %\ western states which outdid similar activities in any other country; of the readiness of bankers and business institutions to utilize aerial transportation. I oromcrcial Flying I lead Nevertheless, commercial aviation in the Un.ted .Stales i<* threatened with death In its infancy, witnesses testified. The biggest aircraft manu facturers are being dri'en from the field according to witnesses who held I the government chiefly responsible because it not only failed to co-oper ate with private airplane manufac turers but actually competed with them to a disastrous degree. Representative Randolph Perkins of New Jersey, subcommittee chair man. dec lared at the outset that he intended to lead the inquiry away from the investigation of government air service financing which charac terized the Washington sittings, to ward a search tor a con struct In e pian In which the government and private resources could iofn In creating a powerful commercial and military program. SLEMP PLANS TO QUIT POST Washington. Jan. 15.—C. Bascom Stems* "iU retire March 4 as secre tary to President Cootidge and he will be succeeded by Representative Kverett Sanders of Indiana. The decision of Mr. Hemp, who has been .secretary to Mr. < "oolidge since he entered the White House, became known today after he had returned from a trip to New Vork. Representative Sanders "ill retire from the house March 4. not having been a candidate for ie election. He was director of the republican na tional committee's speakers’ bureau during the campaign and a member of the house steering committee Mr. Hemp * decision to retire "as due to several factors, including a desire to return to the direction of his extensive business interests It had l>een the intention of Mr. Banders to return to private prac tice of law In Indians but he was prevailed upon to accept the post by Mr. t'oolidge In the *ii. nessor to Mr. Hemp the pieaident will have as secretary a man similarly equipped in his knowl edge of congressional matters, as Mr. Banders is rounding out eight year* as a member of the house, lie will he 43 years old March fc. Student# Kntertain Club. t’oiad. Jan. 15. Toiid t’ommerclal club was entertained at its annual banquet by the department of home economics of the Cosad High school. Mrs. Alfred K >« h superintendent, had charge. Miss Bernice Anderson, superintendent of the kimtefgarten In the public schools, used a group of her children in putting on a snow scene for the business men. IClectton of directors resulted In the choice of Hr. «\ II Sheets, W T Thompson, W\ T Wallace. I-i. X Davis. t\ P Ilord. Dr. I.. J. Boulter and f. K. Allen Ikill C.oyolr. W.xmore. Jan. 15 - While Glenn Payne, farmer near here, was out hunting south of town Tuesday, his wolf dogs encountered a large coyote, which after a ferocious fight was killed just as Mi Pa>ne came upon the scene. The wild animal was s huge one and hadl.v chewed up the dogs. There are several coyote* re ported in the rough country south of here, and a big hunt coveting a . section about »ix miles square and reaching to the Kansas Une is being i planned for the near future, , Khiiima to Head ^ ork Board.! Vork. Jan. 15 - The new- countv \l board of cotnmlselonsrs unanimouslv I elected Hornet Uams* \ of Atb-Mvill* * township chairman, the democrat!' members bolding no caucus for nom! nation* Theta a,f' C4\e new men hd • un tiie hoiid, which number JO w hlch number* :»o. Harr) Kumi#. Dio. I .otuloit Ian. 15 llarrx Kumla*. noted mrt) *tun ? ant hot md lei I1 tuisi died At Hastings, Aged ,'0 H 1 4 Prisoner Loans Money to Sheriff Special Dlapatch to The Omaha Bee. Wymore, Neb., Jan. 15.—A new story is {old here on isheilff John It. Sailing, by friends of the county official, who have seen and con versed with him since his return to Gage county after a trip with A. J. Wyatt of Denver as his prisoner. It is said that, owing to some extra heavy and unforeseen ex penses. the sheriff found himself out of funds on the way back. The prisoner earns to the rescue. He stuck a thumb and forefinger in a test pocket and pulled out a roll of $75 in greenbacks, and insisted on the sheriff taking a loan of enough to complete the trip.. The party arrived in Beatrice safely, where Wyatt was placed in jail under $1,500 bond. He is charged, with a western loan com pany. which he represents, with ac cepting a loan fee of several hun dred dollars, to make a loan to M. J,. Rawlings. Wymore ice whole saler, and it is alleged that the | eom|>any had no license to do busi ness in Nebraska. Farmers’ Union Stockholders to Accept Share Cut \ alue of Holdings Kedueed ,i0 lVr Ont at Meeting of Organization in Omaha. Stockholders of the Farmers l nion S-.itc exchange accepted a cut of 501 tier cent in the par value of their stock in the organization at the an nual meeting in the Hotel Castle Thursday. The concern, which did a mail order business with farmers of more than $1.300.600 Inst rear, made a profit of $.'ii.G47. It 1 is a deficit of $364,731, tnadA up principally of unearned cumulative, dividends of per cent over a period of years. The reorganization plan adopted ajso included cancellation of the S per cent cumulative dlv’derd feet are of the stock. ' The capita! stock outstanding as revised 1- the cut of 60 per cent amounts to $352,225 now. The $20,647 earned Inst year would be nearly 6 per cent on this capital. Directors de clared business this .year will be better. John Haverkost of llocper was re elected president. C. McCarthy of York was reelected treasurer and manager. T. Hy Frees* of Elgin was re-elected a director. WHEAT GROWERS WIN IN COURT Hastings, Neb., Jar 15.—District Judge Hastings upheld the member ship contract of the Nebraska Wheat Growers association requiring mem bers of the organisation to market their grain through the association s marketing bureau, In a decision toda" i granting the wheat growers "liqu: ' dated damages" of 15 cents per bushel on all wheat sold by C. C ; Marqu.sl A Sons of York county other than through tire association, for al j leper) violation of contract. The wheat growers' association, on behalf of its 2.700 members, * td sued for this amount, and also had ask’d for an injunction restraining C. » . Maru list A Sons from selling their wheat "other than through their own sales agency," which was granted by the court. Alma ^ oman in I). \. R. Rilprimapr* \rouml \\ orlil Alma. ^lan. 15. — Miss Ethel K Thompson leme* this week for New York itv where she will sail Jan unr; 19 on the S. S. California on the Daughters of the American Rev olution pilgrimage around the world. Miss Thompson Joined this organiza tion when she attended the New Eng land Conservatory of Music In Bos ton. of which she Is a graduate. The cruise w ill include v all's. Panama. I.os Angeles, Honolulu, Japan, China, Manila. Java, Burma. Ceylon, India. Egypt, Holy l,nnd. Greece and tour* through Italy. France. England. Switzerland and Belgium. Farm Mortpapcs Reduced in Odar (.minty in 1925; Hartington, Jan. 171.— toeordlng to the records In the county clerk's of fice. the financial condition of Cedar county Improved during the last yenr.l In 192i there were 41 less farm mortgages. 22 less city mortgages and 9.1 less chattle mortgages filed than 1 In 1923. In 1923 farm mortgages amounted to 43.n»..s22, of which 12 7*3,750 were released, while In 1924 farm mortgages amounted to only I2.S32.49S. of which t2.404.331 were released. During 1924 there were 'lily 13 sheriff’s sales as against 22 1 n 1923, The Weather <-—-S Foe ?• hour# «n4tnff T m , »?*nv»-i s iv 1$ t*rwt#Hi(itvn inch#* hwnrtrv***' « I. »’**(#• r t .>t*| a m ,v ^ 1 c»»n< i " a M##Hi 1 «iw|H>nil «tOfs». * *n , If I pi ... * 4 J i t s J |» m . , . *»' l x * h 1 * | p m *«j t 1 | |H l g » u , , .11 J " ’’’ " \ * » m w| 1 - BtmB • ■ • -a •* i » .**•«,!: 14 Dance Hall Butterfly Confesses San Francisco Maiden, 16, Says Lure of Bright Lights Brought About Quarrel Ending in Tragedy. Caught in Hall Bedroom Bj International »w. Serilff, San F'rancisco, Cal., Jan. 13.—Doro* thy Kllltigf.011, IS, arrested after a. two-day search, early_today confessed killing her mother. Mr*. Annie El lingson. , The girl said she shot her motheP because she had remonstrated with her against going out with men. Mrs. Kllingson was shot through the back as shp stormed to tie her shoe* In the l>edroom of their horn# in Third avenue Tuesday. Dorothy was arrested early today in a rooming house at 10:47 Franklin street. At first she denied having shot her mother and told a detailed story' lo which she accused a "hop head 1 of having fired the shot Breaks l nder Drilling. I'nder eetere grilling by Polioe Lieutenant Alexander MrPaniell the giri finally gave way and made a full confession. "Yes. 1 did It." s'l* told McDanlell. "Mother and I had a quarrel Mon day night when I came in. Phe told me that I must quit going out with men and get a job. I told her I wouldn't. "Tuesday morning when we woke up we renewed the quarrel. I finally got up and got ray brother’* revolver and went into the bedroom and shot her.’ 1 Defiant when arrested and altq* nately tearful and giggling as she wa* questioned, the girl who had dane«4 her way down the jazz trail to a murder charge seemed today to lack comprehension of the nature of her deed, officers said. Poses for 1'hotographer*. After slnntng the confession which !wll! result in a formal murder charge, acvording to police, being placed against her today, the girl posed time after time for photog raphers and smiled at their behest The girl told police that following the shooting, she packed her cloth ing in a suitcase, secured $5 or $10 from her mother s purse and taking a b«nk book showing a balance of $75, went immediately to the Franklin street rooming house, where she se cured a room and paid two week* in advance. There she apparently made elabor ate plans by which she hope,! to hide her iriertitj. She changed her name tii Montaain Daneri" and provided herself with an Identification book in which she entered the notation "Mother amt Bud. 4!" West T»?n t> -cventh street. New York City.’ But her love for companionship cf men wh. h ied to the quarrel jo which her mother was slain proved her un doing \ttend» Dance. On Tuesday night whlie her brother and father were in the act "f finding the cold body of the mother and wife in the tumble litrle Third a\enue cot tage. Dorothy went to a party..,~he tuld police. .■She was accompanied by Date Sieln. He t ok ' e- home about midnight, but a* they neared the house she told him she was not living the e an.' longer and he took her to the rooming house In Franklin street. Wednesday night sbw went to a show and Imd been at her room only a few hours when the police »rre»ted her. On Wednesday she had telephoned another male friend and when told he was not in, left a call for "Dorothy Daneri." This nan did not pe'gnize tie phono number given nor the name Daneri. but told the police. About the Mine time they located Stein and then the girl for whom a stale wide search had been made Taken to police headquarter*, the sir! in response to questioning aaki "a hophend ’ killed her mother. Tells of Shooting. I don t know his address,"* ahe said "1 met him at a jazzing party. i Turn to !**«« Two t olnmn Two I r.... - Summary of the Day in Washington Tit*' hou?e jvA.«?et1 the ACW1 « uni harbor? a nthor:.\xU'n t Uaacom Slfinp Annoutv'*d he ttouk! reeign as i*#<;*ry to tha l>reah1ent. Kopresentativr Kveretx Sahdfr* ot Indiana nill *uov<hm him. The Isle of l*tne? treaty reoetmiin^ Cuban sovereignty ever the territory taken \ip by the s-enate after n*»re than *0 ye.*!?. UsiHroad e\*vutu«* oonttmicxi lhalt' testimony before ;* >enatc ix^matSttee on a bill to reiiut'e the Interest ohnv«» on innerntuem loan?, V plan to tnnxftr to \\ »Oiac'on the lesal pixwt'vtln*:? i.i>tr.ut*Hl in M "•» - Senate Hu,.:i hi. 'V heeler 4* ? phxtxxl l*efore offVi*||t. ' ? V *!'■**• in ' V the tm position »'f prison sentettoe* for \ lath'iuk nf the |!!\>hthttkvn v«« w&.» e pone* l to • he n>■*»** • *4ls U| «%Ht. 4