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| npHP i iuaua Vorning Dee t™~ Nebraska—Generally fair; slightly I III 4 \ f I ■ I / M I I I % A S t ^ J JL VJ> ▼ l»«L T Ji ' to the Getmore club Is membership rising temperature. ™ ~ *. in good standing In the Worthmore _ ____ club.—Anon. CITY EDITION , VOL. 54—NO. 194. OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1925. ♦ TWO CENTS" 0rTv*.hlC.*, IS *Ii»swh»2l.U,f* Three Die in Vain Effort to Save One Four Bodies Brought From Gas-Filled Caisson by Com rade Who Risks Life. Dropped Down by Crane By Associated Press. Columbus, O., Jan. 26.—A small gas filled shatt, 47 feet deep, within a caisson of the new American Insur ance Union building here, claimed the lives of four men today, three of the victims going to their doom as heroes. A fifth man, who went to the rescue, came through unscathed and a few hours later a movement was started to fittingly reward him. Thp dead: • C. R. Bowen, I!, Greenwood, Ind. Jack .Smith, New York city. John C. McCarthy, 48, New York ^^fclty. John Peterson, 22, Columbus. All the men were steamfltters, em ployed by the John Gill Construction company of Cleveland. One by One to Boom. Circumstances surrounding the tragedy are not clear. It is believed Bowen was in the shaft fitting pipes when he was overcome and fell to the bottom. Fellow workmen noticed that activity had ceased in the shaft and one of the victims climbed down to see what had happened. When neither appeared within a short time, another went down the tube to inves ligate. Then McCarthy, the last of ttie victims, volunteered and disap peared through the month of the shaft. Suddenly a huge crane swung high Into the air from another part of the excavation. Dangling from its steel cable was a man. It deposited Wil liam V. (Big Bill) Martin, a structural steel worker, on top of the caisson. Fellow workmen remonstrated. Three imri gonp down and had not come hack and he m,ust not go, they de clared. Snap* His Fingers. ‘ Big Bill” snapped his finger*, put his foot Into the rope stirrup and signalled the crane engineer. Some one handed him a gas mask. The rrane wench screamed and he was dropped into the shaft. Then the cable Jerked. The crane moved up ward and out of the rrtrtuth of the shaft came the lirap form, of a a rope around his waist. Three more times the cable was g(0*>wpred and eaeh time It. brought, to the surface a limp form. Then out of ihe shaft rnme "Rfg‘Bill!”' 'He clung to the cable desperately. lit* face was ashen white. The gas mask was gone. Dowered to the street, an effort was made to put him In an ambulance. Weakly he brushed men aside and edged away from the crowd which surrounded him. Stripped Off Mask. When he had recovered he refused to talk. "The bosses can (ell you about It, 1 won't,” he asserted. “The bosses” said that "Big Bill” found tho dead men at the bottom of the shaft and that he had reported that he worked as fast as he rould in getting them out. He took off his mask when It hampered him, he said. VESSEL SINKSp CREW ESCAPES Miami, Fla., Jan. 26.—The British Rchooner Harvester has been wrecked off the coast If Bimini while en route from Miami to Nassau, Bahama islands, according to word received here today from the crew, who safely escaped to Bimini. The schooner sailed from Miami Friday afternoon with four carloads of lumber and kerosene. FXOMAHAN HEADS SIOUX CITY CLUB R. 1). Friend, recently elected pres! ) dent of the Sioux City Advertising L club, was formerly advertising solid for The Omaha Bee. Friend at ]7Tesent Is advertising manager for the Pelletier company of Sloujt City. He succeeds ,T. H. Carmodv, Audi torium theater manager, as head of the Ad club. Chicken Hatchery Opens With 15,000-Egg Incubator Gothenburg, Neb., Jan. 26. The p.V Chicken hatchery of North riatte has located a branch In Gothenburg. A 15,000-egg capacity Incubator, elec trically heated and operated, has been Installed. This Is said to he the largest Incubator of Its kind In opera tion In the state._ Two Farms Sold. Columbus, Jan. 26.—Two big land deals within the last week have taken place In the vicinity of Humphrey. Platte county. Ferdinand Fuchs pur chased the 165-nere farm known as the Kluntke farm for $165 nr> acre. f We Have With Us | Today t Dux ill W. Holbrook, L Kxecutive Secretary American K Association for Organising ■ Family Social Work, ■ New York City. Mr. Holbrook la on a two weeks tour of organisations doing welfare work In the central west. The Associ ated Charities Is the local representa tive of hls organisation. Family wel fare work Is doing much to lessen the need of charitable Institutions, accord tog to Mr- Holbrook. BURNING LINER RACING TO PORT By International News Service. New Orleans, La., Jan. 26.—Racing back to New Orleans after having been well on Its voyage to Liverpool about 200 miles off Port Eads, the steamship West Hobomac of the Tros dal, Plant and La Fonta line, today hoped to reach here before the tire, which was raging In one of the holds of the vessel, could assume danger ous proportions. Word to the ship's agents here stat ed that the tire was confined to hold No. 1 and that it was fully expected that the ship, returning under its own power, would arrive in time to pre sent the flames from becoming gen eral over the vessel. Bill Recommends 4-Year Terms for All-State Officers McMastcrs, Lancaster, Pre sents Measure to House; Other Amendment Con cerns Brewer. Sperlal Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Jan. 26.—Radical changea in election of the school board at Omaha are embodied in bill Intro duced in the lower house today by Hines and Caldwell of Omaha. The bill, In short, proposes dividing the city of Omaha into 12 districts corre sponding with the ward districting of the city. It is proposed that two men or women shall be selected frori each of the 12 districts and be nominated for the bbard of education. The high est man In each district at the election •shall be a member of the board. “It means that all sections of Omaha will be represented in the school board,” the introducers said. “Under the present system in which members are elected at large, there has been at times at least six mem bers of the board from the same dis trlct." Another revolutionary measure wa* introduced Into the house by Me Masters of Lancaster. It calls for a constitutional amendment providing for four years Instead of two-year terms for all state officers. Higgins, Caldwell and Hines of Omaha, propose In a bill introduced In the house to force all taxis and drive-it-yourself owners to file a $10,000 indemnity bond with the city clerk in the city In which they op erate. In the senate, Hoye of Otnaha In troduced a bill which will permit brewers of near beer In Nebraska to first make a real beer and then de alcoholize the beverage. This, according to Hoye, will put Nebraska brewers In a position to compete with brewers In other states. Under present Nebraska prohibition laws beer must be dealcoholized as it is brewed instead of afterwards. This, according tq Hoye, doesn't make the best near beer and handicaps Ne braska brewers in competing for the near beer trade with outstate brew ers. Ben T. Skeen of Nemaha, In a hill introduced in the house, make* it mandatory for all county commission ers to decide on a bridge building program in their respective counties each year and send the program to the state engineer. The state engi neer, in turn, would make all con tracts for steel used in all bridges. “The bulk price on contracts pos sible under such a law would save taxpayers of Nebraska hundreds of thousands of dollars," Skeen ex plained. "Dick" Woods of Omaha, intro duced a bill In the lower houee calling for an appropriation of approximately $700,000 to pay for deficits alleged to be in existence In the state road fund. The firm of Peterson, Shirley & Run ther of Omaha has a claim of $339,390.93 in the appropriation bill. The elate engineer's department ns serts that one-half of this sum Is com ing from the federal government. The contracts want the stale to pay the claims In full, and collect, later, from the federal government any money coming on the contracts. Wisner Pioneer, Past 91, Dies at Long Beaeh, Cal. Wisner, Neb., Jan. 26.—Word has reached here of the death of Stark Anfin at the home of his son-in-law, Henry Klnzel.at Ixtng Beach, Cal. He was past 91 years old and had made his home with Mr. Kinzel for the last four years. Mr. Anfin came from Cambridge. Wla., to this state In June, 1672, and settled Just north of Wisner with a Wisconsin colon/. Mr. Anfin la survived by two aons, one living in Montana and another in Canada. The body will arrive here Thurs day and funeral will be hPld Friday. Higgins to Address Four Meetings in Gage County Beatrice, Jan. 26.—Farmers of Gage county will hold four meetings at school houses this week to hear ad dresses by Prof. Higgins on the prah lems of the farmers. The final meet ing will be held In Beatrice Saturday a fternoon. Youth Admits Forgeries. York, Jan. 26.—Fred Hchrneder, 20, of Winner, who has been working In the vicinity of York for some months, was arrested last week to answer charges of forgery. Admission of two forgeries was made by Hchrneder at Ills exoinlnatlon. Four other checks for $10 each on Bradshaw ha nits were found In his pockela on examlnaation. Gage Pioneer Dies at 91. Beatrice, Jan. 2* -Mrs. Elizabeth A Faulder, pioneer of Gage county, died at her home In this city after a prolonged lllneae. aged 91 year*, (the la survived by seven children, all grown. Irrigation Bill Pushed in Congress Nebraska Delegation V otes to Press for Passage of Project in Present Session. House Given Measure Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bef. Washington, Jan. 26.—Both con gress and the senate will consider the. tirst all-Nebraska Irrigation project ever presented during the coming weeks. The hill was Int -nduced into the senate by Senator Cisorge M. Norris last Saturday. This morning Congressman A. C. Schallenberger. representative of the Fifth congressional district of Ne braska. presented the bill to the house. nnnds Mature in *0 Years. The bill Is for a subsoil Irrigation project and Is known ns the Central Nebraska Supplemental Water proj ect. The measure calls for construction work to be done by the government under the supervision of the Depart ment of the Interior. The work is to be paid for at an Interest rate of 4 per cent per annum. The bonds are not to mature for at least 70 years under the present plan. Nhallenherger Deads Fight. A meeting of the Nebraska con gressional delegation was called for today and was held in Senator Norris’ ofllee. At this meeting all congress men agreed to get behind the hill and push It through as soon as pos sible. Congressman Shallenberger was se lected, unanimously, to lead activities !n the house of representative^. The selection was mnde after It was ex plained that the project, for the most part, lies in his district. Rail Commissioner Is Reported Dying Burst Appendix May Be Fatal to Thorne Browne of Lincoln. (BULLETIN.) Sperinl Dispatch to The Omaha Dec. Lincoln., Jan. 2 fi.—Thorne A. Browne, chairman of the Nebraska | railroad commission, was taken sud- j denly ill today while attending a| hearing at Pierce. The commissioner was rushed to Lincoln and was operated upon at the St. Elizabeth hospital. He had suffered a burst appendix. Little hope for his recovery was held out last night. HUSBAND JAILED FOR HIS THREAT William Alexander. 25, 702 South Seventeenth street, was sentenced to 15 days in Jail when he was arraigned in police rourt Monday on a charge of threatening his wife with a gun. Alexander told the court he return ed home Saturday evening and fonnd his wife talking to another man over the telephone. He became so de spondent, he said, that he went out and drahk some whisky. He return ed with a revolver, Intending only to frighten his wife, he said. cleaners; dyers IN SESSION HERE Cleaners and dyers attending the state convention, which opened In Omaha Monday, will attend a short educational course beginning at 9:39 a. m. Tuesday at the Pantorlum, 1513 Jones street. f\ O. Hubbard of the United States bureau of standards, will preside over the meeting and will demonstrate new fabrics, methods and equipment. Defliler Grocery Company Pays 10 Per Cent Dividend IJeshler, Jan. 2fi—At the annual meeting of Deshler Wholesale Gro cery company the following officer* i war* alerted: President, August Burkina; vice president, H. ,T. Krel meyer, Jr.; secretary, George Warner; treasurer, R. K. Hr a* a; director*, Fred Heckler, IT. J. Struve, WilHAm Koenke. Bunine** the Inst year showed a profit of 15 per cent, and a 10 per cent dividend wai declared. It w** voted to increase the paid up capital stock from $25,000 to $56,000 with nn authorized capital of $150,000. Moat of the new stock hn* been sold. Farmer Given Prison Term for Grime Against Girl Hfifrhl Dispatch to The Omaha Bor. Beatrice. .Jan. 26.—Joseph Hobka, wealthy young farmer of the Virginia (Neb.) vicinity, found guilty last week by a jury in the district court of • statutory charge preferred by Mary I’yba, 16, was sentenced to 20 year* in the state reformatory by -lodge William Moss today, Lloyd Grockcr, attorney for the defense, will appeal the case to the supreme court. High way lo Hr Infproved. Bridgeport, .Ian., 26 — Work of re ionstructlng the Llngtd T»»rrlngi"ii highway will be started in th* spring. The road will be plowed up. all the boulder* removed, and i ptoi**t stir* facing of graver put on. milling It one of the liest roads In this part of the west. ARr YOU IN DA2frir.lt from fml'y hrnk«a? On tn R«yb*Atos S«r\Jrs fMatmn • nd hivi ti»#m lnsp#< f»d or r#lln*d. Dm • m fUlisbl# Tlr# H§i*lr Co.. 471ft i. I*m st.—AAveruetmtau AUTO DRAGS GIRL, 18, HALF A o Grand Island. Neb., JAfl 1 "I A I ^ Kathryn Noacher, 18, Is — jured as tho result of t and dragged by an autom by Max Scheel, 22. Alighting from a car lrl front of her home, she awaited the passage, of a car coming from the east and was struck by a car coming from the west as she crossed the ptreet. Mr. Scheel, believing that to apply the brakes might only add to the in jury, did not do so. Unfortunately she was caught tightly underneath the automobile and dragged for halt a block over tho Icy and rutty street. Internal Injuries are feared. Mercury Drops 48 Degrees in 19 Hours Here Storm Which Sweeps in From South Dakota Accompanied by High North Wind. Heralded by a few days of spring like weather a South Dakota storm tore into Omaha early Monday morn lng. Nor was Omaha the only point In the state to suffer. The storm was fairly general. During the last week the weather steadily grew warmer until Sunday when the mercury climbed to 43 de grees above zero at a 2 in the after noon. Then came the wind and the storm and the mercury began Its race for the bottom of the tube. All day Monday the mercury con tinued Its untoward maneuvers until a drop of 4S degrees had been recorded in a period of 19 hours. Cattle Suffer. From the western portion of the state came reports of suffering of cattle, of farmers striving to care for stock that had been turned loose at the promise of mild days. But throughout the reports ran a note of Jubilance over the benefit to be de rived by' the winter wheat crop. The warm spell had held until a good soaking rain had fallen. There were no reports of death of cattle on' the open ranges. Dis patches last night declared thst while stock was undergoing eonslderable hardship there was little likelihood of any fatalities being recorded. Warmer Today. The storm was accompanied by a sharp wind which searched out the cracks and crannies of windows and made heating of homes and buildings difficult. The mercury continued to flirt around tho lower reaches of the thermometer tubes last night. Meteorologist M. V. Robins’ fore cast called for a rising temperature today; hut that was for today and no hint of the easier weather was in the air last night. Chicago, Jan. 2G.—The latest cold wave from Alaska had pushed zero temperatures ns far southeastward to day as southern Nebraska and north ern Iowa with an expected drop tt> near zero In Chicago tonight. Sub zero temperatures ranging from 20 to 40 degrees below zero were re ported from North Dakota, northern Minnesota and Manitoba. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 26.—Rising temperatures were forecast today to follow the near blizzard and cold wave that spread over the northwest Sun day and today. The Pas, Manitoba, reported a temperature of 40 degrees below zero. Mlnnedosa, Manltpba, reported 32 be low. Snow, ranging from one to six Inches, fell In Minnesota and North Dakota. Aberdeen, S. D., had 23 be low. COMMITTEE WILL SCRAP VESSELS Washington, Jan. 26.—The shipping hoard today appointed a committee composed of Chairman T. V. O’Con nor and Commissioners Plummer end Henson, to forculate a program for scrapping some of the #00 govern ment steel vessels which are laid up. The committee will also have charge of placing surplus vessels on the mar ket. Avoea Woman’# Clu !> Hold# I Banquet and Entertainment Avoea, la., Jan. 26.—The annual banquet of the Wnman'a club, was held at the home of Mrs. P. Nutzman. Covers were laid for 42. Mrs. John Norris was toastmaster; Mrs. H. Rtutt gave a paper on "Hus bands from Husband Point of View," snd Mrs. H. H. Msrguardt, one on "Husband, front Woman’s atnnd point.” Mrs. Oarlyn responded on "Kstlmate of Man." After the ban quet an entertainment was given. Four Teacher# Added to York College Family York .Inn. 20. Tin* hcimuuI HPinnnter of York collcm* opened today. Four I each#™ were added it* the faculty to Hep lumber mill the Increaalng number of iniiMie pupil* ha* made It nee#* nary to mill another limtructor in thl* department. Claud Sound*, a kradii at*# of Yale at'hoo! of uiuelc, ha* been .tided to the #bilT of InHtfUctol*. Cothenhurg Cluli Oppose# Child J.uhnr Amendment f Inthenburg, Jan. Sd. -UotheuhurK Conmiunity cluh ha* gone on record a* nppoMed to the child labor amend ment, and heartily In favor of a ku*o lln# tax for Nebrapk*. Much di*< in* •Ion regarding the proponed *lx yc«i good road* program took place. but uo con?lu»Ion was inUiul. Sn UVa 3 Held •; Will Escape Trial “I Expected It,” Says Wife* Slayer Suspect When Told of Verdict of Board. To Go to Asylum at Once J. Warren Hahne Is Insane and will be sent to the state asylum In Lin coln, the county Insanity board de cided Monday morning, following •numerous sessions and hearing of i many witnesses. "We can’t try an insane man for a crime," said County Attorney Henry Beal, following the decision. "No criminal charges will be filed I against Hahne and I will acquiesce in the finding of the board that he he sent to the asylum." Hahne has been held since the mysterious death of his wife. Mae B. Hahne, found at the foot of the cellar steps in their home, 3837 South Twenty-third street, with 24 hatchet cuts in her head, January 2. He Expected Verdict. ■When told that he has been legally declared insane, Hahne said in his cell in the county jail: “Weli, I thought that's what they’d do." "You won't have to staid trial now for the death of your wife." "That’s nothing,” he said. "I could prove every minute of the time where I was that day. I never killed her.” Mrs. Sylvia Beals of Omaha, his sister: K. R. (’handier of Colorado Springs, his brother-in-law, and a nephew and niece came to the "ell and shook hands with him. They stayed 10 minutes. Matter of Form. The announcement of the Insanity board's decision was given in the of fice of Robert Smith, clerk of the district court, and took only a mo ment. The decision stated that a warrant for Hahne’s commitment would be withheld until the county attorney stated whether or not a criminal charge would be filed. This was a matter of form. The warrant committing Hahne to the asylum will be Issued as soon as the county at torney has communicated officially with the board. ‘It Hahne should he released from the asylum within the next year or two, could he then be brought to trial?” Mr. Beal was asked. "Su-'h a thing would be possible,” he said. PROGRESS MADE AT OPIUM MEET lly .bimiHtrd Frew. Honeys, Jan. 26.—With the organ ixation of a Joint rommission for the study of the controversial question of the suppression of opium smoking in the Far Fast' and with subsequent conferences, both official and private, between the American and other dele gates on narcotic drug problems, fur ther hopeful progress was made to day by the international opium con ference. Dr. Rupert RItie of the American delegation is devoting his time from the standpoint of a physician to pro tect the masses of aJI countries from innocently acquiring drug addiction through the consumption of so-called patent medicines which contain a considerable portion of opium or Its derivatives. I)r. Blue has been striv ing with success to reduce the propor tion of narcotics in preparations which can be procured at a pharmacy without a doctor s prescription. SLAYER WAIVES HEARING; HELD By I'nlTersel gerirlr*. Onawa. la., Jan. 26.—Merle Chapin, who fired the shot* at Mapleton, Fri day night, which caused the death of i Is. P. Morphy, telegraph operator, and wounded two other men. waived preliminary examination today when charged with first degree murder. Ills attorney claim* he 1* a narcotic ad dict and incompetent. Insanity proceedings will he Insti tuted a* soon a* his father, a resident of California, arrives here. Murphy's funeral is to he held at Solix. la., Tuesday. Routt Contractor Injured; May Lose His Eyesight Alliance, Neb., Jan. 26.—A. C. Ross a road contractor on the Alliance- i ("hadron highway, is In the Alliance < hospital and it is feared he may lose i his eyesight as the result of an explo sion of s charge of dynamite which 1 burned his fnce and head severely. i Winter Wrheat Benefits by Thawing of Snow Beatrice, Jan. 26.—Warm weather last week caused practically all of the snow in this section of the state to disappear. The snow had been on the | ground for nearly two monthJ and the moisture will he of great benefit to , Winter wheat. I Mrs. .). W. Weaver Pics. Shelton. .Inn. 26 -Mr*. J. W. Wea\ cr, 71. ii resident of till* mmmunlt\ \ fm more than 46 year*, died *t her | home here following n lingering ill j iHv-. She I* survived hy her hit* j hand, four son* and two datighlci *. One ••on, I. I*. Weaver, formerly In the lumber Inisine** at Idncoln Shelton and Kene«nw, I* now a teat dent of Yrekii, t’nl. Another son. M. II, Weaver. I* president of the Seeunt\ State hank of Shelton. \\ . J. and Hoot? Weaver own and opernUi i the Umpqua hotel at Koeenbuig, ‘ Ore. The two daughter* are Mr* Anna humble of Nickerson. Neb., and ' Mis. Glena Webber of Bhtlloo, Stock-Judging Team Retains Cup The stock-judging team of Ne braska School of Agriculture, Curtis, Neb., retained possession of the na tional western challenge cup for stock-judging again this year by de feating championship teams from Colorado, Wyoming. New Mexico and It ah in competition at the national western livestock show at Denver. The Aggies had total score of 1,226 out of possible 1,500 points. Colorado was second, Wyoming third and New Mexico fourth. The team is composed of Arch Leu, White; Fred Drucker, Kustice; Donald Facka, Dickens, and Louis La Rue, Curtis, alternate. Albion Man Heads Dyers" Association J Slate* Cleaners Meet Here in Convention W illi Laundrymen. Thad Pittinger, Albion, Neb., was elected president of the Nebraska As sociation of Gleaners and Dyers at the Monday afternoon session of the association. The cleaners and dyers are holding a joint convention in Omaha with the Nebraska laundry Owners' associa tion. Other officers elected by the clean ers and dyers follows: D. C. Brad bury, Alliance, vice president: Ed ward Geesen, Seward, secretary, and Guy Lipgert, Omaha, treasurer. The board of directors were: J. F. Geesen. Sewafto; H. C. Handford, Grand Island, and Fred Stewart. Fremont. The entire afternoon sessions at the oleanei* and dyers convention devoted exclusively to reports of the past officers. At the convention of the laundry-; men, H. A. Hitter of Chicago ssiel that the chief essential needed in the laundry business was consistent ad- j vertlsing. He said too many laundrymen \ advertise only in slack season, when j they should advertise at all times. “I'se newspaper advertising—it w ill pay you big dividends. Tell the customers what kind of a laundry j you have and are running.” Mr. Ritter said. There are about 75 at each of the j conventions. The program for the two conventions for today follows: UuiHlry Owner*. lft:0ft A. >1.—Address “Fire Insurance " P. K Wnluh. vie* preild *nt Nations! Se curity Kir* Insurance rooipany Mr Walsh will explain full' all the dif ferent proxlalona of your pohry and how to keen fullv covered !0.2ft A M.—That Billion Dollar Buel n*as for lf.10 and How Ar» Wf Going Aft*r It. F-fteen minute talks by the following | n J Fee. Lincoln. M V Hinchev. Oma ha ; George Dudley. Norfolk : C. M Gar vey. Omaha; H A A. Jarobberger. Oma ha; <*harles Heine. Omaha; H. C. Bar-] ton, Omaha. * Itvrra and Cleaner*. * 1ft A. M—Opening Three minute talka hr Damaree, Denney. Hubbard. Hop kins. Stoddard. 1 ft; ftft A M —Spotting demonat rat Ion 11:00 A M —Demonstrations of wash Ing and bleaching proteases 12 ftft Noon Hotel Rom* Luncheon for all laundrymen. dyers, cleaners and rep resentatlvea of Allied Trades TWO YOUTHS HELD ! FOR AUTO THEFT Glenn Williams, IS. and ltale l.ow sun. IS. son of Oscar Iaiwsnn. wealthy farmer of Oakland, la., were arrested Sunday evening at Oakland on a charge of stealing a car Iwlonglng to Williams brother, Karl. latwson Is also lo be chnrged with the robbery of the l’ntnam dry goods store at Carson, la., January 1. According to sheriff s officials the two youths, with I.vle Acltenhaugh. 21, who has not yet been arrested, drove to Ada, Okla., in Karl Williams' car and attempted to sell the machine there. When they were unsuccessful Williams and I/owsan returned to Oakland by train and were arrested ss they left the train. Aohenbatigh In also wanted In connection with the Putnam store robbery. Veteran Iowa Priest Dead at Westphalia Harlan, la , Jan. 26—Funeral aerv lr*'a fnr Ilf Rev Maer. I*. Brunnen achenk* I. for the la at .19 year* paator of SI. Ronlfucr church al Woatphnlln in thi* count v, will he held Tueaday The body will he aeuled In n vault within the church. ilia death, which occurred Fildny brought to u done a period of aorvlcc for the church equaled hy few pi leaf* ll«* waa ordained in 1M>9. aerxed «ta paator nt Iowa City and a* aaalatnnt to Father McMeitnottiv at Council llluffH ;>ti \vara' rku. lie tame to Weatphalfa in 1NS6 Harlan Barher Pies. Harlan, la . Jan 26 Henry Veu meyer, n long time resident of Harlan, dletl Sunday of earner of the throat. He waa about 70 yeara old and had baen a barbar In the aama location ivr more tlun lo yarn* Coolidge Foresees Further Tax Cuts lYlls Meeting Revenue Re quirements Less If Budget Followed. Washington. .Ian. 26.—The four year* of administration upon which President Coolidge enters March 4 were dedicated by the executive to night to a reduction of tax burden, a decrease in federal expenditures and "continuing pressure for economy" within the government. Speaking before the regular semi annual meeting of executive and ad ministrative officials of the govern ment. Mr. Coolidge declared that if congress sustained the current bud get recommendations for expendi tures. he would be able next fall to propose a further cut In taxes. The president expects a surplus of $373,000,600 in the fiscal year 1926. and on that basis, he asserted, fur ther tax relief should be granted. He warned, however, that any new and unnecessary’ expenditures would up set the plans of the treasury now seemingly assured of success. The president also told the officials that hereafter there must lie a policy within the government of getting more work done with fewer workers, lie said there could he no cut in the compensation of the' workers, and that the only hope of reducing a pay poll that last year aggregated $1, 660,000,000 was to reduce the number on that payroll. An increasing cost of government through natural expansion of the na tion, the president regarded as obvious. He declared, however, that the increase in governmental cost must not advance "dollar for dollar"' with the increasing revenues assumed to come from Increased business and emphasised the increasing load on the government could not be used as the excuse for added expenditures except where absolutely’ necessary. HUNGER LEADS YOUTH TO THEFT "I was starving, and I didn't have a cent.*’ Roy Constance, 16, told police when they arrested him Mon day afternoon on a charge of stealing $*•50 from the rash register of the cleaning shop operated by Mrs. Ralph Cornell at 3527 Fa mam street. Constance admitted going into the I shop when it was unoccupied and| t.iking the money from the cash rep j Ister. he left C K Kelkei . an I cmidovc. entered the store and found | the cash drawer open. He chased j nnd caught Constance and held him for police. Constance said his home! was in Wtlkeshnrre, Pa. _____ - . Demand Kxeeeds Supply of (lohhler Seed Potatoes; Brldlicporl, Jan. 2S.—CobWcr sec! potato** will h* at a premium in thi* j v*ll*y tht* Miiwn. because of large j ahipment* *ent to southern *nil west- J *rn state* last fall. Mors of this va ri*ty of »pu<V> wsrs grown la*t year than *v*r hsfnrs, but ths high prices of *s*d took thsm all out of ths coun try. A Kimball ilsalcr ha* ordered two rarlonJ* for seed. and ths local demand will far exceed the supply. Pioneer Breeder to Retire. Hartington, Neb . Jan. 26.—Intend ing to retire from the stock business J. M. Lammers. a pioneer breeder of thoroughbred livestock, will sell his famous herds of Percheron horses shorthorn cattle and spotted Poland China hog* on l>bntnr\ 24 - - -_ (iarroll Index Stdd. I'lgtn, Neb., Jan 26.—Clayton K j huwuntt, who has served as foreman of the Right Review ft>r the last fl\V years, has pitta hast'd the Index at Carroll. Neb. amt has taken charge* us minor and owner. The Weather 1 ..■■ / I'relidlntton. In«hr« nnd I!umtrr<Mh* Total. t Total »tm f .lrtt*usr> \, <* \t j dfflriwii ) , S < j Mtmrli Tt'inisidlmr*. * ft m I I |x w ,,,, * • nv I.t |v i«. Si t a. m ,. JU )« in .. a j ft ft. m F\ - t ft. w . — U t ro IS ft. m , |v w. ... , It ft ro —-J * r .... * i 11 m. ...... 1,1 p. m. — 11 Flames Gut Five Stores in Norfolk Building in Heart of Businef District Destroyed; Lost Estimated at Half Million. Fire Rages for Six Hours B.i Associated Press. Norfolk. Neb., Jan. 36.—Fire of un known origin, starting at about 1 this morning, completely gutted the Bishop block on a main street intersection here, causing an estimated loss of about *500,000. Aided by a strong northwest wind, the fire threatened for a time to spread to other business structures, and, only after aid was se cured from Madison and Burke, was the situation declared in hand. In addition to the Bishop building, the loss of which is estimated at *100,000, the fire completely destroyed five business establishments, housed in the Bishop block; four dental of fices with their equipment, two sur geons’ offices, five law offices, a beauty parlor and gift shop and sev eral insurance and real estate offices which were located in various parts of the destroyed block. Early this morning only parts of the west wall of the block were left standing, so completely did the flames do thiir work. Building Dynamited. Subzero weather, together with the strong wind, impeded the work of the firemen and aided the flames. Within ( 10 minutes after the first alarm, the second and third had been sounded Firemen were apprehensive lest the flames should spread to a new hotel building across the street and for a time it looked as though the other buildings nearby might be caught in the flames. At 3 a. m. Fire Chief Boehke or dered his men to dynamite the west walls of the building so as to prevent spreading. Firemen were covered with ice and women and others not fighting the fire brought hot coffee and sandwiches until about 7 a. m., when the Are was definitely put out except for a few remaining smoking embers. Spectator Injured. A checkup at 11 intimated that the loss will be more than *500.000. The bulk of these losses, however, are cov ered by insurance. It was said. The owner of the building, George Bishop, is in Los Angeies, Many of the firemen sustained bauly frozen fscee. Claude Summers, an onlooker, suffered a broken leg when a cornice from the burning building fell on him. Karl A Ransom, in charge of rent ing offices in the building, declares Mr. Bishop will probably rebuild as soon as weather permits. ARKANSAS PROUD OF OMAHA TRIO "Carl R. Gray, D. E. Bradshaw and Forrest Croxson are three prominent Omaha men who cam* from Ar kansas," said ex Governor Charles Brough of that state, who is here to address the Advertising Selling league Monday night. "We have a great state. The only diamonds in North America are found in a 35-acre, 3.000-foot deep forma tion in our state. More than 8.000 >tones have been taken out and Tif fanv says they are harder and more brilliant than those of Kimberley. "We produce every useful mineral except borax. . "We ate especially proud of such men as Carl Gray, who began hi« railroad career as a messenger boy at Fayetteville and now Is president of the Cnion Pacific. Mr. Brough was governor of Ar kansas two terms, 191T to 1911. LIGHTER CAPSIZES; 4 PERSONS DROWN 11% \<M»t riut<*«| Prf%». Managua. Nlcaruagua. .Ian. If.— Three a:\ilor* and on* United Stafe* marine from the United State* gun M*nt Tulsa were drowned In l*akt Managua Saturday when a hea\il> loaded lighter on which the men were being conveyed to a larger vea *ei capaired. Ralph (. roolgrr Died. Ralph R. Crocker. 5T, a partner In the R. O. C. Chemical company of Council Bluffs, died Monday morning it his home. ;n<! South Twenty-first street. He had been ill for ths last month. Mr. Crocker a year ago gave money for the purchase of all uni forms for the Thomas Jefferson High school band. Summary of the Day in Washington UohaMei'ntJon of the postal pay and Inorenae Mil attain waa taken up hv the senate. Attorney general 8tonf % supreme •Mint nomination wan *ent hack 10 the senate Judiciary committee. The llondum* provinkNitl govern ment requested the Untied State* to sell it arm* amt other munition* IVeatdent Coolidge it waa iMreel at the White Hottte plan* to make a trip to New KngUtnl. either :n April nt .lone. Kaatern railroad tepr**entatt' iNintfriwI with the Inttreatate com aierce oommiawion on a plan for four big ay*tem* m the coat. Council completed argument* in the piI indictment a la DlitrlH of Oohtm Ma supreme rourt and iha caa* «•* lakcu under Ad > aeiv\»nk