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s. The ( imaha Corning 'Dee , CITY EDITION . 5473)072047'’'“^ "" OMAHATSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 771925. • TWO CENTS1* ”rT.V*c.*J*. m-' Townsfolk Corner Iowa Bandit Trio Sheriffs Racing Cher Muddy. Rutted Rnjids to Arrest Men Identified Through Radio Descriptions. Woman Aids Escape BULLETIN'. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Malvern, la., Feb. 6.—Two men and a woman, believed to be the trio which attempted to hold up an oil station at Hamburg tills morning, • were arrested here tonight. The sus pected bandits were earlier reported at Strahan, la., ami sheriffs were hurrying there to arrest them when they walked into .Malvern. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Strahan, la., Feb. 6.—This little P town is the unwelcome host tonight to two men and a woman, suspected of attempting to rob a Hamburg (la.) oil station at 4:30 this morning. Willie radio ^station KFNF »t Shenandoah wAs sounding the tacsin on Htralmn radio sms the trio wandered into town laTe this after noon, dusty and footsore. But Strahan is powerless to act. It supports no police office and no citizen has the power of arrest. To lhe sheriffs of Fremont. Montgomery and Mills counties telephone calls were pushed through by the Strahan operator. And tonight the three sheriffs are racing for the town, rac ing against a freight train due iu here tonight which the suspected burglars expect will carry them to safety. / Believe Themselves Safe. So far as citizens here know, the lido believes itself secure. These two men and l heir woman companion have planned their escape without taking into the account the long arm of the radio which is reaching out to place them In the Hamburg jail. The fact that the trio came In ori foot apparently puzzled sheriffs. They stated, over the telephone, that the men and the woman were last Been in s light sedan, stolen from Darrell Murphy, farmer living between Ham burg and Shenandoah. They took Murphy's car after abandoning a machine carrying an Omaha license. Woman, Fires at Officer. The trio escaped from Hamburg '1 is morning through a halt of bullets. Driving her speeding car • ■ • 1111- one hand while ehe leaned out m shoot at" pursuing officers, the woman safely piloted out of town the i wo men who were surprised asthey were attempting to rob the Collins oil station, Hamburg citizens heard the bandits <s they pried open the front door of the oil station. They called ^flght Watchman Henry Martin, who was fired upon as lie approached the building. He relumed the fire. uwr i ursurrs. While Martin cuntlnued to fire the bandits leaped Into their car and escaped. Martin raced for a tele phone and called Sheriff Abehire and other officers. The sheriff set out in pursuit, and found that the bandits had abandoned their car because of a leaking radia tor. and had stolen another. He con tinued tlie chase, and finally came in sight of the bandits, but was outdis tanced In a race. He said that a woman wa» driving and that she vva* apparently the only one who fired on the pursuers. Martin also said that it was the woman who had opened fire on him. Tonight Omaha police were notified to stand ready to search the night freight train ehould the three sheriffs lose their race over the muddy, rutted roade that lead Into Strahan. Tt is the belief of the sheriffs that, the trio are residents of Omaha and will seek to return there an soon as pos alhle. Kales man. Chicago. III. Mr. Levy represents a firm which makes men s suits from the woolen yarn to the finished product. It Is the Daniel Boone Woolen Mills. Chicago. ‘•With th« vast quantity of wool grown in the western part of the Inited States.'• he said, ‘it is a logical idea, to have mills as far -west ■ s Chicago to weave this Into cloth gnd make, the clothing for western men. It results In economical ad vantages." The wide and flapping leg* In the trousers of the “man who cares" show no signs of hating or narrowing. Mr. Levy says. W. *. 1st. District Manager of Kealriglit Co., Inc.. Chicago. Ills friends call him ‘‘Bill." He avers he is pleased that his name la what it Is. because he can affix his signature with flva letters end eave lime against the inditing of the or dinary name. Ills territory extends to Denver and Houston, and he assert* that he always enjoys a visit, to Oma ha because in this rlty he knows L. H. Buzard of Kennedy * Parsons corn pany, Stanley Oreen of Fairmont , Creamery company and N. C. Flail of Koherts Sanitary dairy. Mr. Lee has two hobbies, one being playing golf and the other is witness ing a bicycle race. He said he would isther see a six day bicycle race tn Chicago titan play postoffice, lie sella ,>• per dairy supplies. Frida- noon he attended the CveUnentaJ lunch eon M fUCSt, /-f ” Citizenship Denied Man Who Evaded War Service Cblumbus, Neb., Feb. 6.—Because he claimed exception from military service during the war on the grounds that he was a citizen of Germany, Paul C. Morlok, Platte cjounty farmer, has been dented admission to citizen ship by District Judge IJghtner. Objectiiiti to Morlok’s application for his final papers was filed by Naturalization Kxaminer Bodle, “Blue Skv” Law Fight Threatens to Split House Robert Smith Appears in Lin coln to Oppose Bill Re pealing ortl of Mouth* Statute. Lincoln. Fob. 6.—Robert Smith, clerk of the IXntglas county district (court, arrived In Lincoln today to prepare for a second, and. he hopes, a more successful round In his tight against the bill repealing the "word of mouth" election law pertaining to Douglas county voters exclusively. Smith admitted candidly that the first round was a surprise yesterday when the bill was advanced to third reading In the house. In fact. Smith lias almost given up hope of killing the bill lit the lower bouse and will save his strength to fight it when it arrives in the senate. "k would have appreciated a hear ing on it in the house privileges and elections committee." he said. "I did not know there had been n hearing until I learned it had not only been reported out of committee, but had also been advanced to third rending in the house. StiiUli tines to Senate. "I cams to Lincoln primarily today to see members of the senate privi leges and elections committee and be certain they will give me a hearing on the hill. 1 don't rare to say any thing about it at this time. However, there will be plenty said when the bill comes before the senate commit tee.” The next big fight promisee to be over the bill repealing the Nebraska "blue sky" law and abolishing the bu reau of securities. The bill was re ported out of the judiciary committee by the narrow margin of fl to li. It Is an open secret That those op posed to the blue sky law Intend to make the tight of their lives for its repeal at this session. A. If. B.vrutn of Franklin county, chairman of the judiciary committee, is expected to lead the fight for those favoring retention of the law. Fay Pollock, an Omaha attorney, and au thor of the repeal bill, is expected to carry on the fight for the anti". It is known there Is considerable anxiety in the governor's office over the outcome. The fight is scheduled to be staged some time next week. McMullen IMsiiism-h School Plan. Hovernor McMullen mrt members of the finance committee today In bis office. There Is some uncertainty among certain members concerning the straight 10-year levy for building programs at the university and nor mal schools proposed by the governor in his budget message. The governor, In advocating this plan, expresed hope that it wouki take the educational Institutions fur ther from politics and eliminate much "log rolling" over appropria tions. If the levy Is adopted by the legislature, the educational Institu Hons will be free from legislative in fluence excepting in obtaining main tenance appropriations. The committee on constitutional amendments ha* voted favorably on the constitutional amendment that would give state officer* four-year In stead of two'ear term*. The house voted to advance the bill which place* election of county com missioners in the hand* of their re spective districts instead of the county at large. The bill does not affect. Dougin* county. MAN BURNED IN GAS EXPLOSION Kp^UI Dispatch to Th« Omaha Bee. .^Beatrice, Neb., Feb. #.—Glen Skin ner, Beatrice man who was terribly burned last night In an explosion at the gas plant, was slightly Improved today. His most severe Injuries are about the chest and shoulders. The force of the explosion blew out the windows. Skinner saved Himself by leaping Into % barrel of water after hi* clothing bod caught fire. I. Jenkins Weds Marian Stoner of Beatrice Fair bury, Feb. 6- Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Marian Stoner of l-featrice tu George I. Jenkins of Falrbury hi fiOgan, la.. December 13. The bride Is t be younger daughter *»f K. K. Htoner of Beatrice, and was a teacher In tlitf Beatrice schools until the first of this year, when she resigned her position She Is a graduate of the Nebraska Wesleyan university, and an alumna of the Delta Phi sorority. She is t» sister of Mrs. J. M. Edmund of Fair* [bury. I The bridegroom Is the non of County Treamtrer E. D. Jenkins and Mrs. Jenkins of Falrbury. He has at tended the state university for the last four years, taking the business administration course, and la affiliated with the Dambda f'hl Alpha fratern ity. He |« connected with the Basse Wholesale Grocery company of Falr bury. Mail R mile I'Ale ml rtl, Bridgeport, Feb. f». Dalton's rur*il route running ea*t from that town will l>e extended to 2f» more families, according to word from Washington that stated the petition of oil I sen* Ask tng for the extension had been grant ,ed ng the Fuetofflct department. Collins Sent to Atlanta for 25 Years Poffenbarger Must Sertc 20 Year Term for Part in Council Bluffs Mail Robber). Take Sentences Calmly Keith Collins goes to jail for 23 years. Fred Poffenbarger, Jr., goes to jail for 20 years. That was the decision of Judge Mar tin J. Wade In federal court at Coun dl Bluffs yesterday. Both youths will he imprisoned in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, (la., rather than at Ueavenworth", the prison for this judicial district. That was the decision of the United States attorney general. For several hours before sentence was passed, attorneys for the de fense pleaded for dismissal of entire case on Irregularities. Bonds Total $90,000. Errors in indictment, outlawing of the case through lapse of time and mistaken Identity were cited as rea sons for the requested dismissal. Judge Wade overruled the pleas, but admitted the, right to appeal. In case of appeal, the youths may be re leased on bond. The bond set by the judge was *50, 000 for Colling and $-10,000 for Pof fenbarger. Collins and P.iffenlrarger both took the sentence ralmly. Neither of the convicted youths had much to say about the sentence. "it's pretty tough.” Poffenbarger said, ‘ i guess with those bonrih we ll start serving our sentence while the appeal is pending. Collins Smiled. Collins smiled while the judge read his decision In the case, lie continued to smile after the Judge finished read ing. Itelatives of both men were In the courtroom and they crowded about the convicted souths as soon as court adjourned. There were tears from the relatives, but not from the boys. “It's all right,” they said. And that was that. United States Marshal Hoy Oault, from Creston, la., and Lieputy Mar shal J. W. .Mitchell will start for At lanta with the prisoners Wednesday or Thursday of nest week. Poffenbarger and Collins were von vieted first In Oeeemiier, IT’, ns the leaders of the gang of bandits who looted a mall train In Council Bluff* a short time before. Collins was sentenced lo IS yea is in the penitentiary and Poffenbarger lo 15 years at that time, fader it was discovered that the committment read Hint tile sentences would be served concurrently. The clrrslt court of ap peals ruled that tlis word concurrently was wrong and, on a writ of habeas corpus, the convicts were released. Sentenced by Same Judge. When Judge Wade read lit* de rision yesterday he stressed the fact that the sentences were to be served consecutively, five years on each (Turn to Page .Keren, f nliimn One.I CONFESSION OF RINGER ADMITTED Special IHapntrli The Omaha Bee. Hastings. Neb.. Feb* o.—Donald Ringer's confession to the hammer murder of Carl Moore, auto salesman of this city, after Moore had started for Roaeland with him supposedly to see a prospective customer. was ad mitted In district court today o'er the strong protest of the defense. Practically the entire morning was taken up In the direct and cross e* nruination of Chief of Police Hrann gan. who trailed Ringer across four states and finally arrested him at Lyman, M1 as. The alleged confession was made before Chief of Detectives John T. Duncan of St, Joseph. Mo., and Chief Rramigan in Ht. Joseph ahortlj be fore Ringer was brought to Hastings for arraignment. Hartington ExcliaiiRp Business Show* Cain Hartington. K<>b. *.—Report* l>re senttd at the annual meeting of the Farmers’ I’nion exchange showed that the last year had been an un usually prosperous one for the farm ers and an Increasing volume of busi ness had been done by the union. The auditor's report stated that in ail departments of business therg had been n gain of tl.HOg over the previ ous venr and the total amount of business transacted is its various lines of activity during the leaf year was over $?01,000, which made It pos slide to declare a dividend of H ptr cent. One Important Item In the report showed that during the last year the union had shipped 6,000 hogs, bring ing ?I06,000. The directors organised as follows:! P. O. Olsen, president: Peter Hmitb, vice president; J, A. Tlioene, secre tary; XV. J. Dendinger, treasurer, Gil bert Bchager and Frank It. Arens,1 Mr. Hmlth and Mr. Arens being new directors elected. J. R Thompson is manager of the business. McCook Country Club to Improve Coif I,ink? McCook, Feb. H. McCook Country, Hub reorganized with election of 1 rank M. Colfer, president; !,#><> Kleven. vies president, nnd f* 1 | Hebei . secretary treasurer. The*« nnd C. H Woodworth, <’ W Kelts' . I In. V \V. Dorwart. Ivan M < ofilne j J A fiHarde. \ it gll Rarbogette mn» j pose the hoard of directors The dubs golf < nurse, much need b> M< | Cook visitors during the season "lb bt pUved in good cuiuiiuuis r-iiw-, oots tig to Life Until to Gain His Freedom Ulmers Reach Depth of 18 Feet ami Have \ot Struck Solid Rock; Added Precautions Taken to Protect Men Who Are Sinking Shaft. _ ^ By Associated Press. Cave City, Ky., Feb. G.—If Floyd Collins still clings to life after more than 175 hours In his Sand cave prison he must wait until Sunday night or longer before hIs freedom come*. It will be that long before the shaft now being sunk can reach the level where Collins lies, it was agreed herfe tonight. An added precaution to miners who have worked with the ever present knowledge that the bottom of the shaft might drop out the moment It neared any underground cavern was taken today when a drill began' sink ing its narrow bit Into the ground near the mine. Despite nil precaution* which may be taken for safeguarding miners, no one has yet found a method of hastening the mining. The depth at Opium Conference Loses Strength by Withdrawal of US. Delegates Fear L.,oss of Sup port of America Vf ill lake Pum-li From Kfforts Toward Control. By \a»*oclnt#d !*r**wa. Geneva. Feb. <». I'nderinined by the loss of its main prop, in conse queiice of the withdrawal today of the American delegation, the interna tional opium conference atilt stands tonight. but in a terribly weakened condition. Nobody even attempts to conceal this view. The conference, however, will continue, and presumably main of the delegations In attendance will sign the convention. Kut despite the assurance given in the communication of Stephen G. Porter, chief American delegate, the lulled States will not ease its efforts through international co-operation for suppression of ilHct traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. th fear Is widespread that American withdrawal from the con ference will have the effect of taking the punch out »f that body's efforts tot conduct anti-narcotic warms. 1 Porter Writes /ahie. Porter, who will g*» to Paris tomor row and sail from Cherbourg for New York on the steamer President. HartT Ing February 12. tonight sent a not* to Hertuf aide, president of the con ference. that he is leaving Gnvn h I.ilpm lie Is convinced that the pn poses for which the conference was convoked cannot l>e achieved: he cauHe there seems no likelihood of obtaining limitation of the growth of opium to medical and scientific need* and because the impossibility to n« »ain tlie suppression of opium amok ing in the Far East serves only to Increase the difficulties of getting opium production restricted. The American chief delegate w <> careful in hi* communication not 10 cast upon the League of Nations any aspersions, and careful riot to hold ihe league in any way responsible for the conditions leading up to the American decision, to withdraw from the conference. The correspondent of the Associated Press was informed tonight that the American delegation is entirely sin cere in the feeling that the league of nations should in no wise l»e called to account for the present situation, international conditions, especially in opium producing and manufactur ing countries, they underline as the true causes for it. PRICES FOR HOGS ARE ADVANCING 1 olutnbim. Kelt, fi - -Nehmska breed era of purebred huge are finding h decided upward trend of prices it their winter sales of hre.l sows, to gether with a demand more active than at any other time In the last three s ears. Thirty five Duroc.fei sey sows from Ahrens brothers' pure bred herd, at a sale conducted by Colonel* Cruse and Brian this week, brought a t*>l average, with a JITt' top for a alngle animal. Peatrlee Feh. A. V. Plinknett farmer and feeder, thing northwest of Beatrice, topped the Pt Joseph market till* week with a load of choice heavy hog*, which brought flO.HO a hundred. The offering* were Poland Chinas and the fit bend In the drova averaged Sot pounds. None of them were oxer 10 months old. I'firm Slock in Good Demand. Wymote, K«*lv 6, \f lh#» CharlcN Hrorh farm aale. held at the farm tlire# milt* wpki «»f Wymote Tnrnduy, * targe number nf hltldn* were pro* till and price* were run up t«• n gnud figure mi runat urtlclta told One (tain brought IIJI1, allglitly lc«** limn It rr**t three year* »«*<• \ *p#n of null** brought * bid of $156. Other livestock end ma<h!ner.v aold well. Mr. Hrorh, * realdent of ihle vicinity for the paet 1* : '■» * will retire and go fa Omaha to live lie ha* a high Iv Improved farm. Married in Council Bluffs. Tha fallowing T»*r«- , .1.? ** n#«1 • ||'#n**a In C'atiri' I R iff Vt*lti dart l « m •« C McCntd I In . I ♦% MlnnU flooflein. Lincoln I* MrbaughDt* Porlitneill h I' K**t**. 11 #• 15« t * |« r* I Hii*n t hi «hn . I»n*t * M lis t t \ k rf titi< M ill*f l tnci’ »t i I l.nnnN U*< tor. M hI* S*U i*l (litnlon W IPm tl Holt#’ 1 imiilia t* ittiuHiMP i»m%ha FrtnW Vlntl. fipuhi M.ti. rH lopi*" umiht 1*I \ tig tin i ht‘»*rtt»' i Alt o r> ltd* Gotiume Ui*u<l lt.tud. Nth . IS I tallied this evening stood at 18 feet and solid rock had not at that time been encountered. Boulders twice as large ns a human bead were encoun terede but none were of greater size. Volunteer workers have yielded their places to experienced miners from the Kentucky coal fields and from various parts of the country. Frequent changes in the shifts were ordered. Around the surface of the mine the labored rescue work progressed or derly. if slowly. A glance Into the little valley nearby or a trip to the hill top revealed a strange contrast. The rescue camp offers an unrealistic picture of order and disorder. Cave City, Ky., Feb. C.—"I'm alive.” This was the message from the bowels of Sand cave today read In (Turn to l*Hgc Two. Column Onr.l Ohio University Officials Baffled in Poisoning Plot (Questioning of 18 Students. Yields No Solution: Miss ing Bottle of Strychnine Located. B> AnAorinted PrriMi, Columbus. O , Feb. C.—At the end of the third day of official Inquiry, solution of the mystery of the pres ence of poison in medicine prescribed for Ohio Ktnte university students to. night apparently was no nearer than when the investlgatiun began. QVuestioning of 1$ additional stu dcnt* yielded little save identification of two w ho were on duty in the dis pensary when capsules containing poison were issued to two of the five victims. Inquiry during the day alco cleared up the mysterious appearance of a bottle of the poison previously unaccounted for on the dlspenFary shelf. Yn Isolated case of a student using tablets containing a minute quantity of the same poison as was in the death capsules”'sg a stimulant alfeo was unear tiled. I Joseph T*. Moss. Columbus o.. was i Identified today as the student on duty in the dispensary at the time Harold 10. CillJg of Tiffin. O., one **f the « ictime, obtained his supply of capsules last week Arinond Weakley, Baltimore. O. whs later identified as the student tn the dispensary at the time (». I>elbert | Thompson of Canton, O.. the last student taken violently III. A bottle of the poison containing approximately 70 grains, fount! on Wcdneshn\ night b> Dean Clair A. !>>e of the college of pharmacy, was accounted for today as having been I some issued to William K. Keyser of ! the pharmacy faculty for use In his cla/vt work. CHURCHES BENEFIT! UNDER MAN’S WILL Beatrice, Neb. Feb. 6.—W. F*. Nnrcrose, , Beatrice millionaire who died this week, left approximately $5,000 to churches and charitable in atitutions. according to the will which | w as filed today The sum of $10,000 is bequeathed to leach of three churches of Beatrice. Presbyterian, Methodist and Christian, end $1,000 each to the Trinity Luth eran 11ml Congregational churches; $1,000 to the Nebraska Home for l>e pendent Children at Lincoln. $5,000 to the Xmerlean Bible institute at New Vnrk rib, $5,000 to a brother, II. F. NoivrosAat Pasadena, Cal.: $5,060 to the First l*ies|>yterlgn church at Monmouth. III.. $500 to the memory of his father and mother. $5,009 to the Welfare associati<# of Beatrice By the terms of the will half of the estate goes to the widow end the re mainder is to he divided among the niece and nephews and other rela ttves of the deceased Most of the holdings of Mr. Xorcross consisted of lands In this section of the state and city property. C. f«. Baker of Beatrice is narne.V administrator. Chapter of W alton T.papir Orpanizctl at Columhiic Columbus. Feb f* Nearly 1X0 local sportsman hate signed the agree menf to take membership In the Columbus chapter of the Ixask Wa! ton league. Ml residents of Colum bus and vicinity Interegted in con set Nation of the fish and game life of Nebraska are invited to Join the or ganlaatlon. Wpiith Wuinr* Tillr. London. Fel». t? Herbert Asquith, :e. eutlv raised to the peerage, has de cided to assume the title of Karl of < »\f*»r<| and \sfiulth - . . - ■ Woodrow Wilson As I Knew Him The only genuine eye-wit ness story to the war presi dent's eight yesrs in the White House. Written hy Charles 1.. Sweni. for eiglit. years Presi dent Wilson's confidential sec rotary and stenographer. beginning in The Omaha Bee On Sunday, February 8 ’ naTTTrrwm uprrr- ' j Wrecked My Home, 1 Shot Says Slayer Kimball Man, Fating Charge of Murder, Pleads Unwrit ten Law; Says He Found Rival in House. Hearing Set for Monday Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Kimball. Neb.. Feb. 6.—"He wouldn't tell his wife that he had been untrue to her. He wouldn't leave town after I told hint to." That, was the way E. L>. Griffith broke hie silence of three days ami attempted to justify the slaying of Jerry Mandrell last Monday. Griffith, accompanied by his wife, went to the Mandrell home, shot and killed Mandrel] and then turned the revolver on Ills wife, seriously wound ing her. Immediately after the shooting Griffith surrendered and within an hour had faced a coroner's jury and heard a recommendation that he be held to trial on a charge of murder in the first degree. From the time he fired the shots lit the Mandrell home Griffith would say nothing hut that he had killed the man. He offered no excuse, made no effort to clear himself of the blame. Then he learned that his wife would live. Tells Story to The Omaha Bee. Through an attorney he communi cated with his wife. Questions were asked and answered and Griffith j broke his silence. For an hour lie talked to a repre sentative of The Omaha Bee. He | went into detail in his narrative of the events which led up to and transpired at the time of tha shoot ing. "Jerry Mandrell had it coming1*' I Griffith declared. "He not only wasn't true to Ills own wife; he led other j wives away from their home and hus ] bands. "I knew what kind of a man he was. None knew this letter than I: hut I never thought of lilm being In my own home. "Then January 10 I came home rathe1' late and unexpectedly. The house was dark and I let myself in the front door. Found Man With Wile. ' I found my wife in the bedroom Mandrell I found In the hath room. "I told Mandrell to leave town and lie said that he would. Then when he didn't go t went to his stove and told him again that he would have to leave "Hr thought I was Muffing. 1 guess," Griffith continued, "lie didn't go. I didn’t want to «hi>oi him. I hwd no Intention of wasting gun powder on him. "Then last Monday I decided it was time to have it out with him. I took my wife with me and went to the Mandrell home. Didn't Mean tn shoot. "Mandrell was silting In the house and his wife was In the kltehen. I told him to rail her in and tell her that lie hadn't h»en true to her. He refused and I repealed the order. He atill refused. "The neat thing I knew the gun was Martin:. 1 fired three line? at htnr and then 'urned anil Iregan to ihoot at raj wife. "At the Inquest they sa d that Mandrell fell, killed Instantly -rft»r that third shot. I don't know I guess I had rust hrooded too long over the whole business." Griffith w ill he giver: * preliminary hearing Monday morning. He de idared that his wife has admitted everything which he charges jointly against Mandrell and her and that she has expressed s wlllingne-st to make the.p admissions ngam when she takes the wnne.-s stand during the trial. Town Divided Mandrell is survived by Ins wife end two children. Griffith has one child, a boy of U. Griffith Is a Ilfs Insurance agent and Mandrell was a merchant. The town of Kimhall is divid'd over the slaying Jerry Mandrell waa a popular man and so Is Griffith. About half of (he residents refuse to believe all of Griffiths story and itherg are firmly convinced that the man was at least partially Justified in hla a't. Missionaries Kelu i n to • I Itrir Station in Ini^a Ste la. Feh. a Ray Rice and fJ^i th have leturned to Denioh. India, aa mlsalortarles for the rhrlattan rhurch, after- spending a furlougli at the home of Mrs. Rice s father. David Tlrotuna. at l.lncoln and with oilier relatives In the l ulled States Mrs Rice, who was Miss Metis Thon-.ss. whs horn and reared on a farm south of Stella vti« (res Marsh of Ralls iTty Is her sister Kite* for John Johmun Held Farm Home and Chtirrli lie*trice, F*h. *i Kunera] nervine* for John Jobmau, farmer ami atock rattier who died at"Ida home here early In the week, were held at the farm home eaat of the oily and later at the klatlemnn church northeant of loan. Burial waa In the church cemetery. Mr. .lohman wan TO ve«i« of n«e and In survive,| hv a family of five chll dren. all grown. Mre. Mari l.amh Head. » olumbup l>h d Mi« Mpr\ j 1#pmh. nn of \MUUm taUmb plnnMi* i#ftUl#nt iVinmbii.v <H#*r i p«*pixt|y «t (lit horn# of h#r danaht#«. M*« .lohi !•' \oinht. Pt ! •- Vn«r|f« M» « lollixo W p.«* P • >‘f li#\ .1 't i 'jiihoHr pi »«*#t of Hit piuitb jn tU« 40t> f : Dynamite Explodes Blows Mans Hand Off Special Idapatch to The Omaha Bee. North Platte. Neb.. Feb. 6—The right hand of Clarence Dav is. 45, i bridge worker, was torn off today when a stick of dynamite exploded as he picked It up. The man, with Commissioner Eels, was dynamiting some Ice which threatened the bridge. ■ On6 five inch stick failed to explode and Davis, thinking It was dead, reached for the explosive. It Ignited as he grasped it. » Commissioner Eels was but slightly Injured by the concussion of the ex plosion. Attempt to Lynch Slayers of Burch Feared by Captors Brothers Vt ho Shot Arizona ! Policeman Spirited Away to Penitentiary for Safe Keeping. Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 5.—Fearing that the county jail will be stormed, and an attempt made to lynch "Babe'’ and Will Lawrence, alleged slayers of Haze Burch, a member of the local police force, the sheriff and chief of police were laying plans to night to spirit the two men to the state penitentiary at Florence for safe keeping. An angry crowd of several hundred men gathered around the jail this afternoon after*the Lawrence broth ers had been brought there from Tempe. where they were arrested. The Lawrence brothers, reputed bad men from Oklahoma and wanted by tbe authorities of Muskogee, Okla., for murder and robbery, were arrested this afternoon at the top of Tempe butte, to miles from here, by n Marshal R. L McDonald, of Tejnpe, and Cruz Reyes, a Mexican. Handcuff Found. Police here ray that there can be no doubt as to the two men being the Lawrence brothers after compar ing them with pictures sent by Okla homa authorities. The handcuff which Patrolman Burch had snapped on the wrist of one of the brother* wher, lie v* as fatally shot Thursday tnorninr. was found in ti» pocket of one of the men. Shortly sftei- noon today Reyes, who lives tn Tempe, saw two men ■aepnding the butte a short distance from town. Believing tbat the m*n inicht be- tVie slavers of potmlman Burch, he notified Marshal McDonald, dicing Reyes a i-eiolver. McDonald armed himself with a rifle and the two started circling the mountain. They Intended to approach the two men front th» rear but Instead met the outlaws at a side angle The two men were aitting down and 1 when the officer approached they I leaped to their feet and started t* j reach for their guns. Mdtonald a| vete: .sii peuce officer, covered tld ■ men with hie rifle and ordered them | to throw up their hands. They com i died. Angry f riend* bwartn. A posse of Phoenix officers went to Temi'e to ok ort the prisoners to the jail here H\ she time they reached here, however, the court vard of the Jail wr.s swarming with angry friends' of Bun h Patrolman Hare Burch died last night from wound* w hi< h he received early Thursday morning, w hen he sur prised two men stealing gasoline from an automobile. P.urrh was preparing to handcuff ihe two men and had the bracelet or. 01 » man nrd *«• preparing to link th»’it together when one pulled a gun and threatened to shoot. Burch, un daunted. stsrted to complete hla task when the man tired two shot*. One punctured Burch's stomach, intestines and liver anil the other struck him in the hand. Burch dropped to hla knees and emptied hie revolver *• the flee ing me; An automobile w»* abandoned near til* eoene of the shooting and It* mem hers corresponded with these on a machine vital Oklahoma authorities had reported stolen at \A ew oka. This gave local authorities their first clue a* to who kiiled Rtttvh. Since that time every part of the state has been combed for the Uawrenee brothers. The men would not talk when first arrested and all afternoon have been kept In close confinement and news papermen have not beep allowed to talk to them. I olcritlpc Couple Olebritfi 50th ^ rhWinp Anniversary I'oiarltlg#, F>b. »». Mr ar»d Mr*, .i J. 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Millenium Awaited by Rowan Sect California ” onian, Fearing End of World, Attempts Leap From Ferry Boat; Others More Calm. Scores Hold Their Vigil Oakland, Cal., Feb. 6.—An uniden tified woman, fearing tbe end of tho world, predicted for tonight, at tempted to Jump from a San Fran cisco bound ferry boat last night, it was reported today. Approximately 3-j followers of Mis. Rowen, prophetess of the. Reformed Adventist church, spent the day quietly in their homes awaiting the end. Some admitted they expected the end of time may not actually l>o brought about tonight, but that then will be manifestations that it will come to pass within tbe next week. New York. Feb. 6.—-Obllvioua to the jeers of the unbelievers, large mim bers of men, women and children at various parts of the country unfllneh lngly awaited the crack of doom to night. From several point* in the Vniteti States came news of the patient vigU of the hand. Disciple* of Mr*. Mai garet IV. Rowan of Los Angeles anil self-styled member* of the Seventh Day Adventist Reformed church, steady in their faith that Christ would start from hea\en on a second pilgrimage to earth, to lead the faith ful to salvation. - The beginning of the millenium wa? set for midnight, but It was not clea whether the sign from heaven was to be expected at that hour, eastern standard time, or Pacific coast time, three hours later. For the ele* t seemed to be in true accord on but one thing and that was that all were to be transported to a mountain neu> San Diego, Cal . from where they were to watch fire and pestilence rav ace the world of the faithless, after which they were to begin'a seven-day _ trip to heaven, stopping at various planets en route for food and to gather others of the chosen In their train. Movie Men Routed. From Hollywood. Los Argele* altC: Oakland. Cal . came stories of tlm vigil. . Similar storie* came from Co. lege View, Neb : tVaehington up state New York and a half dofcu other places. Fewer than two score of tlie band resident* of Long Island towns, awaited toe event for the most part in their respective homes. Tire, leader. Robert Reidt. and his trusting wife and their four small children— two boys and two girls—awaited the s.gn from the skies under the guam of skeptical county policemen The landscape for a haft mile around their dilapidated little home on a hill side near Last Patchogue was ciut tered with automobile* full of laugh ing men and women, who had motor ed from points many miles away to feed their amused ciirioei-y upon .1 sight of the simple bard at their vigil. Moving picture men adventur ing too near the Reidt abode were routed wtih cana of boiling water. Reidt and his family, Willard Downs, a giant, hairy man of ST years: a policeman and two uewv papertnen were in the house wtih the doors locked. Outside a half doee> policemen tried ;o keep th* crowd i: order, while a dozen traffic officer* stationed at various paces along the nearby roads, had difficulty In rou ■ Ing the ever-coming curious “ \po»tle of Doom." Reidt. who term* hlmse.f ti » "aposrie of doom." was placid, devou and sincere, though weary. Through out t'r& day and the early hour* e* the night, with only an occasional ap prehenslve glance through a window at th* mounting crowds, he read hi Rihle . and led his family and th* thick whiskered Brother Down* »«* hymns and prayer*. Tonight's predicted millenium wa* the first doomsday premised e-v - Hri?. Of* December IS Of that year, a widespread belief grew that the cart was t« be hurled into nothingness ct; the utterance of Professor Alhert A Porta a San Francisco msteorolegts. Although th* professor later declare. Ills statements had been "gveatly *\ aggerated." the mtllenium fever h*« a rather general prevaler-e at t' v tin e l.ondoner* "drank the old world out" the night of December 15 ar Constantinople dispatches **!d severs, Turkish and Armenian women hit gone violently insane in contempt* tion of the expected catacylsm — Summary of the Day in Washington tt *<•*» announced that P-eeMe t'ooiMge tha poatsi b*1 drafted by the house pmeoftVe m mine* tbncvteiUinAl ponfereea eg*earner;* on Muscle Shoals legislation were mi-. to hats the approval of Preside* Pool Mg*. Arguments nere concluded before > house committee on chg'gee sgauvsi Federal Judge Raker of V' ret Vu gLnta. Investigation of an allege.! ag-ec ment to control the tobacco ntarke; was pmgvoeed by Senator Truest at kact tick >. The eenaie ps**»d the h «• b‘ : appropriating Ii«\.nh0,0d* for road, construction and foreet road tntpro'i merits Brigadier tiens.-a! 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