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=ssrr_ The OMAHA Morning 'JEE |=1~ - - heartache.—Drake. CITY EDITION _ _- —_ ------ - —-— .— —=*= * _, VOL. 54- NO. 191. OMAHA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925. * TWO CENTS'11 7!\Yc»Vl<Eu."wh«».un*-_ . __ - — ———- ■" ■, .i i — 11 ■ — ~ ■ ' » More Teeth in Monopoly Law Sought llrprceentative Introduc'e & Measure Suggested by At torney General; Garries Heavy Penalties. Brought on by Oil Suits By Associated Preaa. Lincoln, .fas. 22.—Legislation to remedy alleged' defects In the law which prevented success of the state in litigation against Omaha oil con cerns was suggested to the house of representatives today by Represents live A. JL Ryruni of (franklin county. By rum offered a bill to strengthen the law against monopolies and un lawful combinations which makes it an offense for any corporation or * dealer handling a. staple commodity to make discriminatory prices in dlf ^A ferent parts of the state. Offenders would he penalized regardless of whether or not this discrimination Is done to Injure or destroy the busi ness of a competitor. . The Byrum measure strikes from the present law thdsc clauses which ' make It necessary to prove, In addi tion to the discrimination, the fur ther fact that it was practiced with iho intent to destroy competition. Farmers Defeat Lawyers. These prov Isions were suggested by Attorney General Spillman, whose Injunction suit against several gasu I tie firms in Nebraska failed because proof of the aforementioned Intent was not available. There Is ayreservation In By rum s bill allowing dealers to make prices necessary to meet local competition for a reasonable period of time. The Franklin county member also introduced a bill increasing the rate of tax on Intangible property from 20 per cent of the regular levy in each taxing district to 75 per cent. In a. setto between farmer members and lawyer members of the house to day the farmers won decisively. They succeeded In killing a bill by Repre sentative Coulter, lawyer from Mor rill county. Intended to speed tip fore closure proceedings In suit* where ihe debtors fall to make any pay ments on either the principal or In terest. of mortgages on real estate. According to the provisions of the bill, the burden of proof would be on ihe debtor (n any controversy where the creditor produced in court the tin • anceled note or notes secured by the ^0 mortgage. Xdjourn* t'utll Monday. The Coulter bill bad Just been re purted in bv the judiciary committee, of which all but two members are lawyers. Tn committee of th» whole. Representative Gilmore of Adams moved to kill the measure, asking why a proposition to speed up the machinery' of foreclosure had been brought In at a time "when the farm ers of Nebraska ars down on their knees.’’ Byrtnn, chairman of the judiciary committee, defended the bill, as did Representatives Hensinore of Gage and McMaster of Lancaster and other lawyers and before tlie vote was taken several members bad the best chance for oratory the session has yet (Tnm to Pag* Two, Column Three.) MAN GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER «V>rel»l Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. "(''alls r[t y. Neb.. ,lan. 22.—After more than 29 hours of almost con tinuous deliberation a jury in the dis trict court late this afternoon re turned a verdict of manslaughter against Oscar Haudspet. negro, rharged with the slaying of f.awrenoe Nelson, another negro, here on Be cetnber 26, laet. The Jury began deliberations at 11 TYednesday morning and did not r»ach a verdict until 4:30 today, de liberating throughout the night. The verdict carried a recommendation of leniency. Judge ,T. B. Paper will not pass sentence until next week. Jlaudspeth B^^claimed that he shot Nelson, who was ^^"Inown as a "bad" man, In self-de fense. New* Stand Manager Held on Embezzlement Charge f'olumbu*. Jan. 22.—John H. Pratt. 19. recently in charge of the news •tand in the t'nlon Pacific depot here, was bound over to the district court in county court under charge of em t^vxlement filed against him by P.arkalow Pro*., owner* of the *tand. It is alleged Pratt was $122.SO short In Ills account*. His bond was fixed a- $600. He entered a plea of not guilty. f--- — We Have With Us Today C. V. Topping. Kansan Ctty, Mo., Secretary of the Southwestern Millers* l.esgue. Mr. Topping is In Omaha to address the Nebraska Millers' association an imal convention at the Hotel Fonte Belle Thursday. He spoke on the "Condition of the Hillers." Ho also told the millers of recent Inlll traffic changes. Mr, Topping joined In with Ne , **V,tasks millers In condemning "the •peculators on the grain exchanges" of the country, who the miller* claim hn\e Vorrirrcd Hie wheat market, which will cause a higher price. In flour* * lie leaves Omaha today for Kansas City Wife of Slain Man Mother of Baby gpertal Dftspetrh The tinwlw Bee. Beatrice, Neb., .Ian. 22. Mrs. Nel lie Brown, wife of Olen Brown, who was murdered a few weeks ago on thj highway near his farm In Wash ington county, Kan,, when his car was burned, became tlie mother of a baby at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. .lames Oolgru^e at Odell, Neb., It lived btu a short time after blrlh. Orville Ireland, who is being held In Jail at Washington, Kan., charged with slaying Bro%n, will be given his preliminary as soon as Mrs. Brown is able to testify in the case. Price of Wheat on Market Takes Unusual Climb 181.000.000 Bushels of Grain Exported From United States in Six Months, Doublin'; Past Record. Chicago, Jan. 22.—Sensational fresh upturns In t lie value of breadstuff* took place today. Wheat was en hanced more than F> cents a bushel, and It was officially announced that almost twice as much wheat. Includ ing flour, had been shipped out of the I'nlted States during the last six months as was the case a year ago. Most of the excitement 111 the when! market today was crowded into the last half hour of business, when trad evs generally had become aroused to the significance of export dealings. Wheat exports from this country from July 1 to January 1 were show n to he about 151,000,000 bushels, as against about 09,000,000 bushels In the corresponding time the previous year. With news at hand also that hare after flour in France must contain at least one-fifth of Imported wheat and that other indications pointed to severe shortage abroad, tlie volume of speculative buying here suddenly broadened out, and before the day was ended wheat prices were beyond any mark hitherto since the war. In some quarters the advance In the wheat market was associated more rfh- less with the rise of sterling exchange to the highest point In more than 10 years and with current pre dictions that the British pound would soon be at a gold parity. It was ex plained that the upturn In trans-At lantic exchange rates afforded an im proved basis for European purchases of grain on this side of the ocean. An important contributing factor to the upward Impetus wlili^h (he wheal market received today was the sharp narrowing of differences between grain values In Argentina and In this country. At one stage today the dlf ference was figured ns having beep reduced from 15 cents of late to only 3 cents a bushei. AGED LEGISLATOR BATTLES BANDIT Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 22.— Emerging from a scuffle in the cor ridors of the state house with a rob ber. whom he had disarmed and routed today, Representative Prey, 7t years old and more than sl.v fe t tall, wrapped up one bleeding hand and stalked Into the house where he introduced a hill providing strut gent punishment for holdup men. t?tejiping Into a corridor from a room near the house chamber where scores of persons had assembled, Frey heard the sharp command, "Get bark In there and give me what you've got." A rnan thrust a re volver Into his fare. Frey said he Immediately grappled with the robher and wrenched the weapon from him. The revolver snapped twlee In the struggle and In some way the legislator's hand was cut. The weaiVm was not-discharg ed, Frey's assailant ran down the cor ridor, a growing din of cries and pursuing feet spurring tym on. plunged down the capllul steps and escaped. Coolidge Gives Praise to Marine Engineers Washington, .Tan. 22.—Congratula tions on thq/'BOth anniversary' of the* founding of the National Marino Engineers' Beneficial association, were extended by President Coolidge to representatives of the organization who railed today at the White Molise. *‘Tt gratifies me to hear of the ex rellent record you have made in these years for loyalty, skill and devotion in the service you perform,” the pie* ident aaid in a brief nddrr«« to about 50 members of the association. “Your past lias been particularly fi ee from differences among yourselves anti with those with whom you must co operate. Men who so conduct them selves show not. only a genuine pride In their calling but a high, quality of American citizenship.” John II. McCormick Die* in Odd Fellows’ Home York, Jan. 72. John II Mej.'ornileU dlsd at the State Odd Fellows' home Tuesday. He was born In 18F» 1. and came to the home from Hllvcp I'reek, Neb., In October, 1929. He Is survived by a son and a daughter whose w here abouts are unknown. Funeral serv ices were held at the Odd Fellows’ home and burial was In Greenwood. I.arrv Scinon Gels Permit lo Marry Dorothy I)wan New York, .Ian. 22. I.nrn Sernon. screen comedian, today obtained h license lo marry Ttornthy Mu mu. h film soirees. Semoit said the rum i luge would lake plat** Saturday and (hat lie expected the ceremony umii I j Us performed by » Judge. Miss Da mi j m i hr ] fioiu Hollywood today. Borah Says French Will Repudiate Chairman of Foreign Kola-1 lions Committee Charges Thai JNo Pari of (Mitiga tion Will Be Paid. Quotes Marin’s Address ■Washington. Jan. 12.—The real problem with respect to the French debt Is that of repudiation. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations com mittee declared today in tho senate. Reply to the speech In the French chamber of deputies yesterday by Deputy Marin. Senator Borah said no one could react the debate or the French press without concluding that "acquittal” of the debt Is now the issue, "that no psrt of it Is to be settled; that no part of it is to lie paid." "Of course, that great people can take that position and repudiate their obligation In that, way,” he added, “hut if the yrhuose to do so, the truth of history ought to carry the actual Tacts in regard to the debt and the conditions and circumstances sur rounding the settlement. Quotes Marin's Address. "I do not know whether it Is ex actly just to say that we are now discussing the question of absolute repudiation, but in view of the fact • lint for flic years there has been no offer of settlement; no payment of principal and no payment of interest, in slew of the further fact that no specific proposition for settlement has ever been made,, that it is not appar ently now intended, as the press of France and as the speakers upon be half of tho«e people now indicate, I assume that that is the real problem before us. Quoting at length from M. Marin's address in the course of which the French deputy paid it would be Iniquitous Tor the United States to collect Its $4,000,000,000 debt from France. Senate)!- Borah asserted that there W.is no Justification for the efforts made to place tho United States in the position of in "exacting creditor.” Generous Settlement. "It has displayed none of the quail ties of an exacting creditor,” he de dared. "On the other hand. I under take to say that the settlement with Great Britain Is the most geoeroMs proposition for the settlement of In ternationai debts that can he found anywhere in histcrV. Declaring tnnt in tap settlement of the British debt the United States had written off from the terms of the original contract the sum of $3. SnO.33'1.000. the Idaho senator said tile facts were thst the American government had been more generous with its associates In the war than it had been with its own taxpayers. Cancel Nearly Half. s|f we should settle with France upon the basis upon which we settled with Kngland," he went on. “we would cancel by that settlement near ly f>U cents on the dollnr of all France owes us. 1 cannot understand, un less It is a question of absolute re jection of the debt entirely unless it Is proposed to create such a condition of public mind and such an opinion in regard lo the matter that it can be—T hesitate to use the harsh word ‘repudiation'—unless it can he an quitted T will say. upon the part of the Untied States. T cannot under stand how any other terms than those which hsve been offered could be expected." FISHING BOAT CREW RESCUED San Pedro. Cal., Jan. 22.—The two man crew of the flailing boat Jupiter arrived here late today aboard the A 449, another fishing boat, after having been rescued when their ves sel caught fire, burned to the water line and sank n few minute* off shore early today. The arrival of the A 449 cleared up a rnysteiy surrounding the fire. The burning craft was sighted from shore and several vessels were sent to Its rescue. Upon arrival at the api^oxl* mate location of the ship they were bewildered at being unable to find any trace of a fire, the Jupiter hav ing sunk. Paeifir News Serviee May Be tiurlniled Soon Washington, Jan. 22. Proposed ei tenslon of congressional authority un der which I he naval radio service transmits commercial business to Hawaii ami the Philippines has struck a snag and unless some way Is found to extricate it, American newspapens in the Pacific possessions will have their new* dispatches much curtailed after next June 30. Since 1920, congress had auth«*ri'• dj the naval radio to handle commercial business Including new dispatches across the Pacific with the proviso that the service should he dlacon tinned when private companies were able to take over the work. Ki tended from time to time, the au thority expires June 30. Intense Cold Closes Postoffiee in Ma-ka Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. 22 In tense cold, which started Saturday, canned the l tilled States postofflce here to rinse yesterday. II* «tii .- fa edit lea were I underpin f e to keep f I w fliigeis of clerk* w,irm 0111111 li to distribute imlil. The theriuomc?* 1 r registered 6f» below wro, break in;; ad records In this district. Th* « ■1*1 wm \ e has cn\#i*ed t ho district with a deny f< u f-— - Auto and ^lephone hers 01 heir home and place of l»usi mss. The phone number of tiie im plement houses is 304 and one license number for a touring car is 304 ami for truck T 304, while the telephone number of the residence is 321 and Lite license number of the other lour ing car is 321 and of the other truck T-»gl- -s• Sponsor of Motor Liability Program • \-s Defends Measure Srnnlor Denies Bill. If Passed. Would Drive Poor Man From Road; (iosl Not Exorbitant. A. 14. Wood, author of senate file No. 24. the proposed automobile lit liillty law. .came to the front In de fense of Ills measure yesterday on the grounds that It Is a humanitarian measure as well as a Just and equit able law. He spoke In answer to the charges that the entire deal was a move to benefit the Insurance companies and would be the means of driving the poor man from the roads of Nebraska. "There is nothing to either of these charges,-’ Wood declared. "The poor man who drives a car today carries liability insurance If he Is a careful driver, and If he Is not a aareful driver lie should not he driving an automobile on a public highway, Would t ilt Recklessness. "As fur the cost of the tiling, that cannot be considered as a matter of dollars and cents. Is the life of any child worth a certain amount? "There are men driving cars today who cannot purchase liability Insur ance because of I heir habits of drink ing and careless driving," he con linued. "These men will be ruled from the roads of Nebraska under this measure. Some of them are the so railed poor men, but others are per sons of wealth. Make Roads Safe. "These reckless drivers should W ruled from the road", because by that move, and by that move only, will the roads be made safe for the careful driver nnd the pedestrian. "The cost of (he bill In dollars and cents " he added. "Is almost nndeter minable now. I was quoted as say ing that the bond would be about Jt. That Is wrong. All Insurance man did tell me that he thought that bonds would be offered as soon as the bill became a law. which would sell for about 15. My own opinion Is that the cost will he mode than this, but will not l>e as great as it la now." DEALERS DENY GAS TO JUMP <'liji--ago, .Ian. 22.—Kffeetlv* tfmor < row. lh» prb-*» of gasoline will he In creased 1 cent a gallon by the Stand ard Oil company of Indiana through out the states In Its territory. Tills will make the retail price in Chicago 17 cents a gallyt. Omaha gasoline dealers «a!d Tliurs dav that the ediance In Chicago will have no hearing on the 4~>maha market. Caserne here Is selling at 13 cents a gallon. • AIct H. nichardsnn. president of the Standard Oil company of Ne braska said the price would not he advanced by his organisation Friday morning. WOMAN’S APPEAL IN-RUM CASE FAILS Sophrlne Pierre, 2424 Parker htreat, van found guilty of llleg.al possession of liquor Thursday norn by a Jury which heard her appeal case i.i district court. In the course of the trial she testified that tho sheriff's squad headed by Pan Pin! lip*, which raided her place at 2471 Parker street, hod token n “large sum of money” from her. This testimony was discounted when of ficers tratified that, the amount was only slightly over $8. and that It had been turned In with other evi dence. Judge Pay will sentence Hophrlne next Thursday. kiitiMis mm Missouri Oil Men Set- l’ros|M-riiy Kansas Pity, Mu. J.m. 22. Ad-1 vances In the «»fI prices in the south*. I west, announced today, wilt enrich) this territory by millions *.f dollars annually and Indicate that oil will fol low agriculture out of despondency, lending nil men said here today. In one stroke. they b aid, Kansas Pity's trade territory is enriched somethin*: like SIO.lMMt.otiO annually. In Kansas stone, income* of oil pro diners nr** Increased st leant $2.'.,ot)0 a. day, they estimat'd. Oil men said flu* turn toward pros perity had been delayed by enormous oil productions development In Texas recently. Hiilikn Si-i-ks %4'w I’riiil. Pen I rice. Jan. 2*!. .hah." Wllll.ain Moss *if Kalfbury Will be h»-re lit* last of the week to pi * *»n the motion for a ne\v I rial filed In the case «»f Joseph lluhka. who was found uulll' • >n a s!aluto| \ rlihk‘1' iii-iil' by Mai v Kyjm I tilth I * id** to II \ h - Ima ll the motion Is overruled tb* court will •eni*‘iu*e the defend rut Tlo pt-natiy is from tin re t<t 2 ' > ri»|* In l|ir pciii initial) Flour Price to Increase With Wheat Nebraska Miller^" \ social ion, in Douvetitinii. Warned of Dangers of Speeulutive Drain Markets. Drop May Follow Rise Flour is about to raise in price. This was the cheering information Risen members of the Nebraska Mil lers’ association assembled in Omaha Thursday for their annual meeting. J. N. Campbell, secretary of the or ganization, In f pen king of the meet ing. declared that the membership was warned of the unsettled condition of the wherft market today, its up ward trend and the apparent efforts of speculators to corner the market. "Wheat continues to advance in price under the skillful handling of these speculators," Campbell said. “Flour Is like any cipher commodity. When the raw material rises in price the finished product must follow. "With wheat selling at $t.90 or *2 a bushel, flour must sell at a figure which is comparatively as high.” The millers were warned that they should not contract for wheat f >r more than 30 days In advance. That is. they should not have more than enuogh wheat to run their mills for more than one month. Market speculating, one speaker de clared, is a business in itself. If the miller wants to speculate, then let him close Ills mill and speculate, but as long as he wished to remain a miller and show an annual profit, let him stay with his milling, tlie speak er added. “While the advancing price of wheat indicates an era of prosperity for file farpiet and the merchant, P indicates a period of rising prices and similar prosperity for the miller,“ Campbell declared. "All the miller has to do 1* watch his step, sell ids product at ns fair a price as possible, retain the confi dence of the consumer and wait for the end of the speculative market.” The millers were also addressed bt? Roy Cochran, state engineer on the “Construction and Maintenance of Roads,“ and f\ V. Trapping. Kansas City, secretary of the Southwestern Millers league, spoke on “General Milling ClondfiLfons,” Chauncey Ab bott, jr., of Omaha, snd f. L. Aller. Beatrice, also spoke. At the annual election of officers Karl H. Blackburn of the Tiifckburn Milling company of Omaha and Klk horn, w ;ts elected president to succeed C. R. Aller. t\ K. Dfnsinore of Has tings, was elected vice president and Mr. Campbell, re-elected secretary and treasurer. Directors elected for two \ear terms were J. W. McKee, Schuyler; Guy R. Cooper, Humboldt, and F. J. Zwo nechck, Wilbur. M. A. Hostrup of Scribner was elected for a one year term as direc tor. The convention closed late Thurs day afternoon. FISH CULTURE ON HUGE SCALE, PLAN T>enver, I'olo., .Ian. JlT—Develop men! of fish culture and stocking of state streams will he undoekaken on a huge .rale by the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Izaak Walton Despite of America, If wan announced today. Col. A. K. ITuniphreys of Denver, president of the Colorado organiza tion, exi>ects to spend J35O,hU0 per sonally In the work. "A trout for every foot of stream," Is the league’* slogan. Construction of breeding and nurs ing lakes near Wagonwheel (tap has resulted so far In the placing of I,. JOO.npiKfish In Colorado streams with out expense to the sta^e, according 10 officials Kish, the smallest of which are five Inches long, are be ing released at the rate of 500,000 an nually. Jliirtin^toii Display* Fire Truck lo Other Towns *p*dr»l to llir OmnliA llrr, 1 lartlngton, Neb., Jan. 22.—Sine* the purchase of a new modern fir# truck? tiara committee* from other towns have visited Ifarttngton to look over the equipment In view of purchasing new lire trucks. Xjcornmitte# t ime herefrom Pierce when i he new lli e truck first arrived and was being demonstrated, and re cently a committee, consisting of the memliers of the city council and the chief of thr lire department of Plain view visited I Inrtltigton. As a result of these visits the city council of Ph i co has pun based h new Are truck similar to the Ifni ting ton trtna4fP The I'ln In view* authorities also srr TnaUIng plifns to purchase « new Hr# lruck In Ihd near future and arc con sidering nn equipment similar to that of the fire d#qmrtmcnt here. 11 mnliulill Chickens Win Prize- al 'Nchrueka C.ilv I liiuiboldt, .Ian OIKef T. l.ttlTc pin red nine tit Ills choice home grown Hailed Plymouth (lock chickens on exhibition it the Nebiaskt t il# potil fry show this week and received rce "Kultion hi prlr.es a*'follows: I 'lrst and third on ctn kru cl; first and second • m pullets; first and second on old liens, and Hr* l and second on old . nckercl I h won OVD the -tats fair i Iminplon cock on I. 111i«*\ i'- Iv’iili Inv idi<l. New Ymlv .Ian ^ I mil robber* furred their wa\ lnt«* the apaiTioent Mrs. Si'Hr ij-llsr, and iftei tbnat . unit Mr-6 i mil* ; w ho w *»«. til to bed, I'suqiril Willi It* «H*0 In Iswel nint at 4) coal Dance Hall Oncen Changes Clothes at Victim's Home Before Shooting h e/e- V o, Is. 7U2 Bancroft street, self styled "queen” of a downtown dance hall, where she met the man who Introduced her to Guy Parker 17, alleged \bandit, w ho lies In I>ord Bister hospital, shot by an intended victim, Ralph roppook, 2202 Douglas street. Thursday told of her visit to the former's home Wednesday night. "Guv came to the Omaha Athletic club where 1 work, after 9 last night," said Irene "We had planned on go ing to the masquerade at Daneeland and 1 went to his house, wh£re I put on George Gillespie * suit. George put on one of Guys and left. Then Guy took me to the dance. He did not come in. Home \fler Midnight. “When the dance was over about midnight. 1 had a girl, whom I only know as Virginia, and who was with! a party, take me to Guy s home to j change clothes. They waited and about 1 they look me to my own' home. "While I was at Guys when changing for the dance 1 heard him and George talking about a fight they were having with some woman over a sewing machine. I didn’t get her name. It seemed she had threatened to heat up one of Guy’s friends. • Then the telephone rang and George answered it. "He turned to Guv and said It was Earl. Guy said Earl wanted Guy to bring him ilia gun. We had been to Earl's house earlier in' the eve ning to see if Earl had a suit I could wear at the dance. He did not have' so we started to leave. Guy picked up a gun off the dresser and said I'll take my gun home, i guess. T don't know whether Earl heard him dr not. "Then after the phone call, Guy took me to the dance and I thought he went out to Earl's with the gun. He did not say where he was going h*tt said he would meet me after the dance. He didn't, so T asked Virginia to take me to his hou«e to change to my own clothes." The Chapo girl declares she met Parker when a friend with whom she danced freuuenl^V and knew as "Harry" took her to his home tast Sunday, to attend a party. Takes Fancy to Guy. "There were several boys there and I took a fancy to Gu; He asked me to go with hint steady and I said 1 would. I met George at the same time." She declares she knew nothing of the alleged robberies to which police say Gillespie confessed. "I do not think Guy would do any ! thing like that, he was too ter.der i hearted." Georgia Broker's Freed l>v Court 0 Federal judges Deeide I liat Deals in- Cotton Futures I Not \ iolatiou of Taw. ^Atlanta. Jan. 22.—Brokerage con cerns operating Iti Atlanta hndling legitimate future transaction* in cot ton and not engaged in '‘gambling transactions" are not in violation of the Georgia law prohibiting bucket shops, said an opinion handed down late today by a tribunal of three fed era! judges. The petition of the brokers for an injunction to prevent the Georgia authorities from bringing action against 'them in the state courts was denied, the decision said, because the brokerage houses are not violating the law and their Innooense consti tutes a reason for their acquittal ;r» the state courts if prosecution is brought. The decision said the federal courts have jurisdiction in the matter which is contrary to the contention of fk Ilcitor General John A. Boykin, against whom the injunction was asked, t’ounsel for the brokers said an appeal would l»e taken t" lhe United States supreme court. AMERICANS SEEK MINES IN MEXICO lt> NII.I.IAM I*. FI.XTHK. I immnl Vn In* M*ff f or r*-* pen Sent. Mexico City, Jan. 22.—The famous gold and silver mines of Guana junto, which once furnished great quantities of gold and silver to the Spanish crown every year, may soon be ac quired bx a big American syndicate. A large group of Americans plan ning t*» Inxeat $2*0.000.000 m the fa tuous joining camp have visited the governor of the state of Guanajuato and presented a proposition under under which they would build a rail wax to the mines, which are a long distance front any present menus rf transportation. The Guanajuato 1* known a* the richest mining camp In the Mexican republic The mines were worked I by the Indians long before the Span*' i^h conquest. Former ('oiigrrsuian I* |)i\ureed l»y Hi. Vi ife S.«’t l.ake t’itx, I tab. Jan *2 Mrs. mi rail I*. Mix*. wife of former <'on . revMimn .lam*'* II. Ma x a »>f Utah, late xrstoidax xx.t* granted m divorce in district tadirt bet's on grounds of desertion. News of t lie divorce la* .ante known todax anti Mrs. Max* xxa* awarded property said to l*c \al ned at $1 *0,000, Mays is a wealthy owl mine operator of UtAh and Wy oming. Otvliilioiiiii llnii'i- Drfnit. l 1111<I I iiltor \uieiidmeut II* \mi-i i.ttril «‘K|oiu>tCi t‘|i> OKI; Jan. 22.— llaiifi. ’lli’M of the in lit l.vimt amend mi nt to I hr t oiled Slat.* omMillt* lion xxdi fcM'od in the Oklahoma hutisc of • rprr ntat ix r Ini* todft' \ t ht xuU xx as HO to .4 Exports of Grain Increase in 1924 Crop Failure* \hroail Result iu Striking \d\ance Over \ ulume Total for 1923. Washington. Jan. 22.—Grain export * from the I'nlted States during 1924 registered a striking advance over those of 1923, the Commerce depart ment disclosed today in a report placing their value last >ear at $433.730.600, compared with $331,100. 000 in the previous year, a difference of <122.430,000. <Yop failures and damage abroad helped particularly to swell the exports of w heat and wheat products. Th*re were 16* 302.000* bushels of wheat shipped abroad during 1924, valued at $237,114,000 while wheat flour exports, amounting to 33.990.000 barrels, were \alued 9U $91,220,000 and wheat products such as bread, biscuit* and macaroni added an addl tlonal $3,000,000 to the total. A slight falling «*ff in c*>rn and rice exports t*etween 1323 and 1924 was re ported, but such grains «« barley, rye and oats showed Increases nearly com parable to the wheat figures. Simultaneously the world cut down sharpb its taking of American meats. In 1923. the exports of meat and meat products from the I'nlted Stages amounted to 149.967.743 pounds, val ued at $1,036,608,101. In 1924. the total of such export* was 113,144.270 pounds, valued at $$03,394,07'$. DRIVER FORCALEES PAYS SPEED FINE Bt tnliffM) KetTlce. Mexico City. Jan. 22.—President Calls* ha* *et a new kind of example for automobile speeder*. An auto*» mobile owned by the president wa* capture! by the traffic police while it "r* exceeding the speed limit. I'he matter wa* called to the at* tent Ion of the president and he di rected the authorities tc proceed against the.chauffeur, who wsn forc cd to pay tne fine. The president’s action has caused fa vorable comment because for many years the general practice of lead* j in g politician* was to break the speed law* whenever they pleased without Interference of the police, who were afraid to ml Nepro Sl«\rr Manprcl. Washington, .Tan. 2l‘.* Smiling and nodding recognition to friends, ller* bert Copeland, negro. went to his death on the gallows here today after confessing to numerous murders oth 0 than the killing of two capital i policemen and a deputy sheriff. 1 The Weather ] v.--» >or ?4 hoH?» t y m .ttnusry H(|. I,.-, ■ .1.-1 ' «' Tot*l •!**'• Jsmtsrjr 1 t}. de | f|.*ln»«\ * ; r’ {*»■•■ * 4 0 m 41 [ * * ;; i )• • 4* . * neon..S r- ........ il Boy Bandit, Shot Down. Recovering Once Thought Dyiug, Lad Wounded by Intended Holdup Victim, Now Expected to Live. Does Not Speak of Crime The end of the jazz trail which led Guy Parker, IT, to a bed in Lord Lister hospital Thursday stretched a. little longer last night. All day his mother and his sweet* heart, Irene Chapo, self styled queen of Danceland, had watched the youth, sobbing, waiting for the end of the trail which thdV believed was in sight. t Guy fell, wounded just above tbe heart, when an Intended holdup vic tim, Ralph Coppock, refused to raise his hands at the command of the boy handlt. Coppock had drawn a pistol from his pocket and had fired as Parker leaped toward him. I iironscious 15 Hours. From 1 Thursday morning until _ „ 4:30 Thursilay afternoon the youth, was unconscious. Then he awoke, looked about the room and demand ed a ilrlng of water. Dr. ifloyd H. Kinyoun, who ha* attended the youth ever since he was picked up, was called. The doc tor came at once, but Guy had no special desire to see him. He want ed something to quench his thirst, that was all. "Doc, can't f drink some orange ade?" he asked “I know I must have swallowed all of five gallons of water this afternoon snd yet I am still thirsly. Will orangeade hurt me?" Dr. Kinyoun assured the boy that he might have the orangeade and then talked to him about his condi tion, asking him, how he felt and whether or not the pain from the wound was great. No Reference to Shooting. "No, I'm all right," the boy re plied to the questions. "I’m not go ing to die; I want to live. I feel fine now.” It was a creed of grin and bear It which the boy cited as he talked. There was reference to how he came to tie lying wounded in a hospital He apparently remembered Srh.it I had happened early In the mornhis at the doorway of Coppock • room ing house. He offered no denial thai ( be had be*n tn the act of robbing a I man at the point of a gun; neither !did he offer any affirmation that be bad been engaged In such an act. "I guess I’ll get along all rigl;:. Dor." he said as the surgeon let* the mom. “I won't squawk rnuc.i and I'll do wbat you tel) me to to that I can get out o{ here pretty soon.” Slowly the story of Guy Parker is being told. His friends have been | place-1 under suspicion by police and i two hoys with whom he was in the habit of associating, have been ar rested. Fsther Calls lo See Him. George Gillespie, with whom F* - ! ker has paled for more than four [ yeai-s. was notified of the shooting. ; A short time later, in company with I W. F. Parker, the boy's father. Gil lespie went to the hospital. There i police arrested him. At the police ; station Gillespie confessed complicity j irC*three recent holdups and named ' Parker as his companion on these occasions. Later Earl Hamilton, at whose I borne Parker was said to have visited i turn N> Vlti’ Two. rolomo Oee.I HEIRS OF GAMBLE FIGHT STATE TAX l.os Angeles. Jan. I!.—Dr. Jolt" Willis Baer, hanker of Pasadena and former president of Occidental col lege. today told the court here of the. small bank account maintained in California by the late David G. Gam ble, soap maker. In the euit wherein the state of California Is attempting to collect Inheritance taxes on the estate. The heirs contend that Gat, Me, although he kept a residence in Pasadena, had his home In Cincin nati. Dr. Baer said the soap manu facturer ne'er had more than 11.001 on deposit In his Pasadena hank, a' though his estate at his death wax valued at I3.8S3.4S5. Kxrhanpp Scat* 5«*ll High New York. Jan. IN—Two scat* o t the New York stock exchange wc: sold for *111.00* ea. 1 . within ISO** of the record figure established i»:o. r— Summary of the Day in Washington The French debt was del the senate The senate began consideration of tiie postal Increase bill. The senate commerce commission endorsed the hill for government pur chase of x si's Cod. Secretary Hughes announoed that formal relations would he resumed with Honduras February 1 Song writers and *i«vw r.ghts li peered before ^ house cor,milttee in favor of a hill to revise the cep? right laws. The War department spprepi !»t*n i hill iwrrv tng S3* one o<hi e ? « ret*1 i 1 ed bv the senate appreptlattons CSW mitt ee, dusttoe department officials dee -deo 1 ietald Chapman. r-vMver should be «« - - Hr fo- • t t„ te inil't. ; a ...uider c...^ »»,