,~r.i The-Omaha ty orning Bee temperature, would have truth at its full value, go “Vi r -• mik— _____ _______ win It.—Munger. CITYEPmow W ~~YoL. 54—m. 214. OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.* TWO CENTS1" I - ■ ' . Coolidge to Discipline Air Leader Mitchell Must Resign or Ac cept Demotion to Rank of Colonel and Transfer From Capital. * .Weeks Demands Action By LnlT*r*nl forrlre. Washington, Feb. 18.—Brig. Gen. William Mitchell Is to receive punish ment at the hands of President Cool idge tomorrow for his testimony be fore the house aircraft committee, which revealed the amazing weakness of the nation's air defenses. General Mitchell will be given the alternative of resigning from the army or accepting the reduced rank of colonel, Involving transfer from ^^ij^sshlngton to an out-of-the-way post. President Coolidge sent word to Mitchell today, summoning him to present himself at the White House lp the morning to receive orders from tup commander-in-chief. Mitchell, tonight, was undecided whether to accept the reduction in rank or give up his commission and leave the army. Weeks in Rage. The president Interested himself in the matter at the urgent request of Secretary of War Weeks, who in formed the president at a conference today that either Mltrhell would have to he disciplined or he (Weeks) would resign from the cabinet. Weeks visited the White House this morning In a rage, to protest against some of the statements given by Mitchell In his testimony before the committee. He was particularly In censed by the strong showing made by Mitchell, that the chiefs of bureaus charged with laying out a program for development of the nation's de fense. had failed miserably to make provision for a strong^Ir force. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur ac comanied Secretary Weeks to the Whit® House and mad® similar rep resentations to the president, namely, that Mitchell would have to be disci plined or they would both quit the cabinet. May Accent Demotion. Following the meeting with his two cabinet officers, President Coolidge authorized the word which 'was sent to Mitchell, ordering him to appear the carpet" In the president's of fice tomorrow. It is believed that Mitchell will ac cept the lower rank of colonel rather than quit the service, to which he has devoted bo much energy and effort. He has only a war-time commission as brigadier general, but was In line for promotion to the permanent rank. A number of promotions were sent In by the president several weeks ago, and the fact that Mitchell’s name was not Included occasioned considerable Comment. The omission was at tributed to his frankness In discussing the faults of the army system and its weakness in the aircraft arm of the national defense. Representative Curry of California stated Instantly that be would Intro duce a bill In the house of represents tives demanding that the president nominate General Mitchell for a ma jor generalship, “because of his pa triotic sacrifices to this country." ( Other congressmen, gathered In ex cited groups at the capital, stated that they would do everything in their power to cause “Mitchell’s promotion, not demotion."' RELATIVES ASK PROBE OF DEATH Lawrence, Kan., Feb. 18.—Law rence relatives of George Okeson, 34, former Falrvlew (Kan.) man, whose body was found near Ely. Nev., last Sunday, said today that they believed Okeson to have been the victim of a murder plot. The body was found by searchers directed by S. A. Okeson, Falrvlew, father of the slain man. ^.y A man who gave hla name as A. E. T5V,ert. offered at San Jose, Cal., the young man a position In a Nevada mine. Gilbert and Okeson are eald to hare departed together for the mine, the latter bearing a certified check for $500. The motor car In which they Jour neyed, broke down at Stark, Nev.. where the two men were reported to have set out together on foot for the mine, 12 miles distant. 'coo following day the $500 check Js said to have been cashed In Ely by Gilbert, who purchased a railroad $Jcket for New York. Lumber Concern* Merged. Harvard, Feb. 18.—Yvt Brothers Lumber comp.any. operating one of the two large yards hers, formerly a unit In the extensive J. H. Yost chain, has been purchased hy the Edward Rchuck Lumber company and the two will he consolidated. — We Have With Us Today Claud* IJelany, John F. Enzmlnger, Engineers, Union Pacific Kallroad, North Platte, Neb. These two engineers wanted to at tend th* meeting of the Old Timers’ ^•lub of Omaha, composed of Union ’ Pacific employes who have been In the service for 20 years or more. Hiding trains la an old story for them. *o (hey varied the monotony hy ellmhlng into Enzmlnger’* airplane and making th* trip by air. They «rlU spend Thursday In Omaha •nd attend th* club * dinner Thura day night *t th* Elk*’ club. They pill By bad, to North Platt* Friday. I DEFENSE RESTS IN BRIBERY CASE Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 18.—After brief erosa examination of L. J. Fletcher, one of the three defendants in the conspiracy trial of A. K. Sartaln, for mer warden, L. J. Fletcher, former deputy warden, and Laurence Riehl, in United States court here today it was announced that the defense rest ed. The former officials of the At lanta federal penitentiary and Riehl are charged with conspiracy to ac cept pribes in connection with as signment of certain prisoners to "soft Jobs.” House Votes to Eliminate State Blue Sky Bureau J Expected Governor Will Exer cise Veto Power, Should Senators Concur With Representatives. By P. C. POWELL. Staff Correspondent The Oninha Bee. Lincoln, Feb. 18.—Nebraska's legis lature dealt with high finance today. In the house the Pollock-Kupplnger bill repealing the blue sky law and abolishing the bureau of securities was-passed on third reading by a vote of 56 to 43, five more than the 51 votes necessary. Governor McMullen Is openly opposed to passage of the bill. It now goes to the senate for con sideration. In event the senate passes favorably on the bill it is expected the governor will veto it. Repeal of the blue sky law is a part of the democratic platform and It Is known that Governor McMullen believes it is up to a democratic governor and not a republican governor to shoulder responsibility for repeal of the law. In the senate there was a hot de bate on the Wlltse bill which takes tax exemption from ail tax-exempt securities in the elate, and from pub licly owned utilities and repeals the $200 personal property exemption. The bill was advanced to third read ing after Senator John W. Robbins succeeded In attaching an amendment exempting public utilities from pro visions of the bill. Those voting agalnet passage of the bill were: Bilan. Chambers, Cooper, Dyaart, • Griswold, Heckt, Hoyce, Jenry. Johnson, Laughlin, I.uckey. MrOowan, Bobbins, Vance, Wilkins, The house also passed a bill on third reading which cute the expense of referendums by placing advertising of such elections in the hands of the Nebraska State Press association in stead of Secretary of State Charles W. Pool. In the afternoon the house advanced a hill permitting cities from 2,000 to 5,000 in population to vote bonds for erection of municipal hos pitals. Following adjournment this afternoon the house listened to music furnished by a Beatrice orchestra. The senate Judiciary committee, late this afternoon, reported out Senator Cooper's bill providing for penitentiary sentences for persons found guilty of alienating the affec tions of another's wife or husband. NAVAL AVIATORS MAKE BOMB TESTS San Pedro, Cal., Feb. 10.—Fifty TNT bomba ,earh of 117 pounds, were dropped by naval aviators today In a test on targets of buoys the size of a battleship. None fell within the target, but Admiral Robert K. Coontz, rommander-in-chlef of the United States fleet, and Admiral S. S. Robi son of the battle fleet, observing the tests. Indicated that the practice was highly Successful. Twenty-five of the honths were dropped from an altitude of fi.000 feet and the other 25 from 4,000 feet. The bomba were dropped from a V formation of five naval bombing planes and completely encircled the target. -Naval observers said that the proximity of the bombs to the target Indicated they would have been highly effective against a capital ship. DIVIDEND RESUMED ON ARMOUR STOCK New York, Feb. 18—Directors of Armour & Co., Chicago packers, today resumed dividend# on the class A common stock, declaring two quarter ly dividends of 50 cents, one psyable as of January 2 to stock of record on that date, and the other on April 1 to stock of record March 14. Nevada Senate Passes Resolution on Dry Law Reno, Nev., Feb. 18.—The resolu tion Introduce^ In ths Nevada legls lature February 4, calling upon con gress to assemble a constitutional convention of the states for the pur pose of revising the 18th amendment, was passed by the Nevada senate to day, after having been previously adopted by the naaembly. The reso lution will be sent to congress at once. If similar resolutions are adopted by two-thirds of the states congress will be compelled to call a conference of all the states for the purpose stated. The preamble of the Nevndn resolution states that Nevada went on record as favoring prohibition, but that constitutional prohibition bus failed, and tbnt the 18th amendment should be revised to permit congress to pass an enforceable act. Snow Over With* Area. S'. Paul, Minn., Feb. 18. Snow set tied over nn area reaching from northeastern Iowa to eastern North Dakota, Including Minnesota, today, and. at Kittle Falls, Minn., reached the proportion* of a blizzard. Kittle Fall# reported a temperature of 1 below. ierct “Battleship Is Supreme,” Naval Boaru Special Report to Coolidge In dicates Admirals Regard Airplanes Merely Ad juncts to Fleet. Program Slashed to Bone By Cnlvernill gerylre. Washington, Feb. 18.—Slashed to the hone by Fresldent Coolldge, the recommendations of the special navy hoard concerning future naval con struction were sent to congress to day. The estimates for appropriations forwarded by the president included; 1. Modernization of three of the rnnl-humlng battleships. 2. Continuation of the construc tion of two aircraft carriers. 3. Three million dollars for air planes for tlie carriers. This Is in ndditinn to SI,000,000 for this pur pose included in the 1926 budget. 4. Laying down of two 10,000 ton cruisers. 5. Coiniiieiicetnent of construo tion of gunboats for patrol service in China. Keeommendation Ignored. President Coolldge disregarded the special hoard’s recommendation that seven other battleships be modernfz ed: that six instead of three battle ships he converted to nil burners: that eight Instead of two 10.000-tnn erulsers be built; that three fleet sub marines be laid down; that the air plane construction program amount to $20,000,000 for the first year and that a new airplane carrier be laid down. The complete report of the special hoard, headed by Admiral Eherle. was made public today, ond revealed that the seven admirals Who formed It have been little Influenced by the startling testlnjony of Brigadier Gen eral Mitchell and others concerning America's litter lack of aircraft pro tection. Aviation Minimized. The board still maintains the supremacy of battleships over air planes. despite the revelations of the last few weeks. “The prediction that aviation will assume paramount importance In sea warfare will not be realized," the re port stated. The general tenor of the report In dicates that the board believes air planes are and always will be merely adjuncts to the fleet and that the battleship will remain supreme. FILIBUSTER ON SALARY INCREASE Washington, Feb. 18.—With Its leg Islatlv# calendar jammed and cries of "filibuster" resounding through the cloak rooms, the senate today devoted almost an entire session to discussion of the advisability of a negro swim ming hole in Washington. Objection was made to establishing a negro bathing beach In the Tidal basin between the Washington monu ment and the Lincoln memorial and opposite a lien eh for whtte persons. After four hours of debate and an i involved series of votes. |t was decid ed to withhold funds for both the ne gro and white beaches. The senators paused In their heated debate long enough to reaffirm their previous action In authorizing In creases in their own salaries and to give a few minutes’ attention to the pending conference report on the Un derwood Muscle .Shoals leasing hill. Senator Norris, republican, Nebras ka. sought to have the hill carrying the salary Increases recalled from the house and reconsidered, but his effort was defeated on nn oral vote and he was unable tn obtain sufficient sec onds for a roll call. THREE BUILDINGS BROKEN BY BLAST Ity International ‘Newa Service, Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 1*.—Jncendlary dynamite explosions blasted terror Into the center of the wholeeale pro duce district and demolished three buildings here today with a losa of $130,000, according to fire department officials. Firemen srs digging Into tons of debris following reports that five men might have been trapped, hut owners of the hulldlngs are cer tain no one was caught In the explo sions. Police believe the bombings may have been the work of a black hand gang or by business rivals of I,ando Ilna Bros. Produce company, whose buildings were destroyed. British Cabinet Takes Up Geneva Protocol By \««erated from within. MIMIC WARFARE STAGED BY FLIERS Camp Skeel, Oscoda, Mich., Feb. 18 —The army's first pursuit group from Relfridge field today, resumed Its mimic warfare on nn Imaginary enemy force that Is seeking to Invade lower Michigan from the north. "The enemy,” according to the theoretical military situation laid he fore M»J. Thomas (5. I.anpliler and hi* fliers, "has usrceeded In crossing the strait* of Mackinac on the tee and now is ndvnnrlng southward down the lower peninsula.” The American Infantry dispatched Monday "to repel the Invasion," is presumed to have reached Its first line of resistance along a line ranging from Standlsh to Traverse City, crossing West Branch and Orailing. "The enemy has not yet succeeded In learnlg the point at which It ■ troops will encounter the American ground forces,” the Instructions say. "Enemy pursuit filers wers ordered today to discover and map this Amer lean line of resistance." The problem for Major lAnphler's men today la "to establish contact with the enemy's planes at a point north of Clrayllng and make an at tack to prevent the hostile airmen from finding the American ground troops,” Married in Counri I Muff*. The following per*on* nbtalnad tim» ring* llcenee* in Council Bluff* yaat*rda> Otto F. Man. flrrlbner. Neh ‘ 1 Auau*** Frof*mmlna. flrrlbner. Neh. .. 21 Frad ValonHno Fl*rher Wondblna, 1*. B Berth* L. Beckwith. Woodbine. U ... Glenn O. Peteraon. Lincoln. Neb. L*|* B. Rundla, I.lncoln. Neb,..2n llnman Herken. riatt# Center. Neh . 11 ('lira Hoefelman. Platt* Center, Neb., 1* A. O Nlrhol*. Lincoln. Neh. Ilnxel Barnhill Lincoln. Nth. John Cr.arnlk, Henna. Neb .. • • • hilt* bet h Prune. Silver Creek. Neb... " Lewi* M. Borough Lincoln. Nab... 40 A Ilia I*. Ortega. Lincoln. Neb... |{*v P Oaver. M 1**00rI Valley. 1* . ’.'H I. <\ M. Mahler*. Ml**nurl Valley, in *“ Han* Harm*. Fremont. Nab . .. .. H Thelma Janowlaka, Fremont, Nab.. I Carl W. Schroder. TsOVtUntl. 1*. ; J pearl Laraan, Loveland. I* •••• 1 Cmll ■ John eon. Oakland. Nab Mvrtla V. Curlaon. naklland. Neb Hevumnd Rautlar. Royal. Neb. ..IP Anna Thombaun. Plearwattr. Nab ... < John Ma«kar. Neoia, la.. . • Vivian Tally. Naola. I* 4 John If Ku*«*n, Council Bluff* ... 31 Mvrtla F Brown. Coun.il Bluff* .log N fl*v*tovlr, Omaha 2r' Mildred Moody, Mol mo, Neb . 1* Zlkmond IMvl* Schuyler Neb .... "« Julia lUtek North Bend. N*b Arthur Kvene*. Lincoln Neb . 3. Be*tr|c* B. Hardner. Lincoln Neb 23 «>«ven MI||ar. Nor * h Bend Nab 23 Itonell* Ailguvln llanrlckaen, Hooper, Neh .*1 Dabflal J Siegel. Fremont Neh.*3 Marie Htind. Fremont* Neb. 3 I f»ua fCortum Panver Col.. J* It old* Kav. Fort Calhoun, Nab.r**««. I* ilipon Kluck Strhland, Hale KielcL gchuilai. Mbiuu.L Ing. Pauline hung about the clum sy hound's neck, wept and pleaded with him to come back to her. Shiner tried to express understand ing with his big, sad brown eyes. Shiner, whining and pawing, was put in his crate and placed in the car with his new master. As the car drove away the little girl called pitifully after her dog. Two weeks passed and Papline still was asking when Shiner would come back. Last night the Adams famll. heard a scratching at the door. It was opened and there stood Shiner—a mnd-covered, limp ing, half-starved, bedraggled dog. Almost too weak to stand, he at tempted to leap upon his mistress while he frantically wagged his ab breviated tall. Word was received today by the Adams family from their friend in St. Louis that Shiner had disap peared the day that city was reach ed. He was exactly 11 days mak ing the trip across the state. Shiner, fed, washed and happy, Is being given a chance to restore diplomatic relations with the fat Plymouth Rock hens. Jewelers Seek Repeal of 10-Day Marriage Clause Harmful to Many Lines of Business, Members Point Out in Resolution Adopted. Immediate repeal of the 10-day clause In the present marriage law was asked by the Nebraska Retail Jewelers' association In a resolution adopted at the final meeting of the annual convention of that body Wed nesday. The resolution was addressed to members of the present legislature. Reasons for the resolution were given as its being detrimental to business in general in that it takes money rightfully due tradesmen In Nebraska to other states and causes the great lack of home and churgh weddings. C. A. Tucker, Lincoln, was elected president of the association at the annual election of officers Wednes day afternoon. Other offieers elect ed were: K. N. Hewer, Norfolk, vice president, and Kd B. Franke. Pierce, secretary and treasurer. The execu tive committee members named were T. L. Tombs, Omaha: Robert Myer, Orand Island, and C. Spangler. Fremont. The convention next year will be held In Lincoln, The convention this year wna more largely attended than any of the oth er meetings held during the 20 years that the organization haa been in ex Istence. Due to public demand, A. F. Smith company, wholesale jewelers. have held their factory display of Whiting and Davis company nieshhags. The display Is valued at $20,000. A set of valuable pearls will be Included In the display. OMAHA WOMAN KILLED BY CAR Mrs Emerson Benedict, mother of Mrs. I). M. Edgerly, 3IS North Thir ty-seventh street, was almost In stantly killed Tuesday In Cincinnati when she was struck by an automo bile, according to word received by Mrs. Edgerl.v Wednesday. Mr*. Bene diet had been visiting for some time at the home of her brother In Cin cinnati. The body will be brought to Oma ha. and funeral services will be held from the Kdgerly home. The date has not yet been fixed. Mrs. Benedict was administration vies president of the west central dls ti lot of the Woman's Baptist Mis slonary society for two years. She was prominent In Baptist church work. POLANEGRI OPENS FI -ON PROWLER I.o* Angeles, Fob, lS.—Pola Negrf. bountiful Hollywood actress, firod several *hot* today at an lntrudor In hor paint\A Beverly Hill* mansion, j according to a police report. The noted Polish aetres*, believing a burglar was entering her home, shot at a man observed near her bedroom windows. The Intruder escaped and was believed uninjured. \\ irliita Kalb Mayor Tender* Resignation Wichita Falls, Tex., Feb, IS.— Frank (’Miller, mayor of Wichita Kalla, tendered his resignation, effec tive immediately, to the board of aldermen today. He Is tinder $20,000 bond on murder charges filed Satur day night after the fatal shooting of Buster Hobertaon, who eloped with and married Collier s daughter sev era I months ago. (Hass of (.old II ater Causes Death of ( rarotv l arm Boy _ , Columbus, Felt. IN.— % glass of ,-i,l«l water causeil Hie ilralli of Mike line,vi a, III > ear oltl farm hoy. at Ills liome near (raenw. While warm from husking, 'like look s log drink. Within a few hours lie nas fallen III, iinennmnla rievelofieil and lie died a few days later, lie «aa a son of William Horyea, well known (aimer of the Cracow neigh | borhood, Ice Crushes Plattsmouth Toll Bridge North Span Goes Out After Grinding Two-Day Pres sure; Workmen Dyna miting in River. Cut Off From Omaha Sper-lnl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee, Plattsmouth, Neb., Feb. IS.—Platts mouth was cut off from Omaha to night when the north span of the T. H. Pollock toll bridge went out before the grinding pressure of float ing Ice Ate this afternoon. The Ice in the Platte river began to descend upon Plattsmouth yester day. All day and all night the Ice packed In, grinding against the piers of the bridges, packing against the solid Ice which fills the main chan nel of the river. The solidly frozen channel refused to give way and the Ice was divert ed from the deeper south portion of the river to the north elde, the sec tion of sand bars and shallow water. Owner In Omaha. Yesterday forenoon Pollock * de cided the bridge should be closed. He posted signs and left for Omaha to see about obtaining soma material for repairs which had been ordered several days ago. At that time the owner of the bridge had no thought of It going out. It had withstood the ravages of the ice break up each year since its erection. But he had failed to consider the fact that last year the Chicago, Bur lington k Quincy railroad had rebuilt Its bridge Just above the toll bridge. In years past the railroad bridge had protected the toll bridge. When It was rebuilt, the railroad raised It near ly four feet. Wooden Piers Give Way. As a result, the wooden piers of the north section gave way before the onslaught of the, great cakes of Ice and were swept down the river. The flooring of the span gave way and sagged Jwn feet. Gradually last night It sagged lower, but at a late hour had not gone completely t>ut. Pollock will be back in Plattsmouth tomorrow with the material for re pairs and expects to have the bridge open to traffic by Monday. A crew of men are working on the main channel of the river, dynamiting in an effort to break the ice and give the flow from up river a chance to pass off through the deep water. NAVAL FLYER DIES AS PLANE CRASHES San Piego, Cal.. Feb. 1*.—Lieut. W. S. Garrett of the air squadron of the battle fleet based at North Is land. was killed today in an airplane crash at Yuma. Ariz.. according to reports to North Island. Lieutenant Garrett was flying one of seven planes in photographic and survey operations. Another officer was reported to have been seriously burned. San Piego. Cal . Feb. 18.—Lieut. Harold Brow, naval airman, fell into the boy here yesterday while flying in a Boeing plane. This is a new type of plane recently added to the naval aviation forces, and the acci dent yesterday was the second that has occurred as a result of navy fli ers endeavoring to learn how to bring this type of plane out of a tail spin. Brow went into a tail spin while at a height of 350 feet. Al though the plane was badly damaged the airman escaped injury. AUTO OFF BRIDGE; 3 PERSONS DROWN Bozeman. Mont.. Fob. 1R—The ho,lie.' of Jacob N'orilen and Mrs. W11 limn SohraURer, 23. of White Hall, and Mr*. John Dougin*, 35. of Card well, were recovered today front * slough near the Jefferaon rlvpr. The trio wa» drowned last night when a Ford automobile In which they were driving crashed through * bridge railing and pinned all three In a foot of mnd and two feet or water. The accident was dlecovered when the husband of Mrs. Douglas atarted search for hi* missing wife. Quantities of Arms ami Munitions Art* Missing Its \eeorlnt rd rrrss. Geneva. Feb. 15. More than $134. 000,000 worth of arms and munitions sold In International trade during the three yearn ending 1922 remains Uti apeotinted for, according to a report presented today to the disarmament commission of the league of nations. The league's Investigation shows that while the various countries. In cluding the United States exported In 1920, 1921 and 1922 5230.500.000 worth of arms and munitions, the Im port at Iona reported totaled only $50, 400,000. Husain. Turkey and Greece furnish ed no report of their Importation* during those years. All three nations were engaged In war In that period. Nine (Jrrmau Officers Sentenced for War Crimes A plena, France, Feb. 13—Nine Gertnan officers were ,today con demned by a French court martial by default for crimes committed during tbs recent war. Lieutenant Boramann was aen* tenred to hard labor for life for over riding the opinion of a German doctor and ordering the wife of a French officer from a house, although she was so ill she died while being moved. Twenty years at hard Inl>or and 10 \ ears' solitary confinement were among the other sentence® Imposed frtpncrtmss. which Included the pillag \r\f\ot houata and castle* COUNTY QUIET AFTER LYNCHING Greenwood, Miss., Feb. 16.—Cruger, in Holmes county, near here, was re ported quiet today following a wild scene of disorder last night, when Hal Winters and his brother, negroes, were taken from authorities and hang ed by a mob which charged them with murder and attempted murder. The negroes were taken from county officers after they had been captured in a swamp to which they had fled after Hal Winters had shot and killed wlseley P. Martin, 65, a plantation manager. _ Wood Has Become Fuel of Farmer, Lumbermen Hear Coal Dealers Tell of Inroads Wood and Oil Have Made on Sales. The Nebraska farmer has become economic, according to several of the large wholesale coal dealers doing business throughout the state with retail coal dealers. They contend that the farmers of the state instead of burning coal as In former years have learned how to use the old fashioned ax on the farm and have chopped down every un needed tree and utilized every piece of timber on the farm for heating purposes. "The coal * business through the state has been light for a winter like the present one," they say. Farmers Save Coal. "It seems as if every farmer In the state has cleaned up his back yard in order to save on the coal blH.” The coal dealers also say that the oil business has cut quite a figure during the present winter. The convention is on of the liveliest that has been seen in Omaha since the International Lions convention. The lobby of the Hotel Rome is pack ed with lumbermen from all parts of the state. All of them have come to Omaha with a large smile and confi dent of doing a good business during 1925. Lumber, they say. is going to be more of a necessity than ever during 1925. Building operations, they say, have been put off for too long a period. With the farmers of the state again forging out In front, the lum bermen are confident of the 1925 re sults. Give Apples to Customers. A new feature 1* seen at the con vention. Instead of using methods of treating the dealers in the city by supplying them with pre-Volstead re freshments. the wholesale dealers sre feeding" their customers with large, red apples and cigars. This, they say. is equivalent to th« former customs. The C. N. Dietz Lumber company has engaged a parlor at the Rome hotel and hired Dan Desdune's or chestra of five pieces to entertain the dealers. Dancing Is allowed and the dealers are taking advantage q< it. Practically every retail denier in Omaha attending the convention was given a souvenir cane fashioned bke a yardstick. These were given away by the Dewey Portland Cement com pany of Kansas City. The program for today consists of the luml>eriTian's school from 9 a. m. until II a. m. Then follows s short talk by Harvey C. Kendall of Lin coln on "Advertising." The afternoon is given over to the lumbermen's school. Thursday evening the lumber sales men will enter'aln the retailers and their wives at a "cornfed be<|"steak" dinner at the Hotel Rome. This w ill t>e followed by a "burlesque show" put on by the Knothole club. Follow ing the show, an informal dance will bo held at fhe Rome. Rdwtn Kahn's orchestra will furnish the music for the dance. ! GUESTS ROUTED BY HOTEL FIRE Shenandoah. la.. Keb. IS.—When the linen closet on the second floor of the Hotel Dalmonlco caught fire at 5 a. in. Tuesday, damaged morning Bleep was the worst damage. Fire men aoon put out the blaie. The smoke filled hotel wai aoon slice with guests in various etages of dressing. Business men found the 38 traveling men, guests at the hotel, making extra early morning calls that day. Mrs. Budlong*s \ note lo Renew Efforts for Truce New York, Feb IS.—George WII son. 74. uncle of Mrs. Milton J. Bud long. who held a "keyhole parley ' with her yesterday. In a rain attempt to persuade her to abandon her volun tary Imprisonment In the Budlong home in Fa*st Seventy second street, remained here today to continue his efforts for a truce, Wilson said he would take food to tha npartment today and try to per suade Mrs. Budlong to break the fast which she has maintained since she locked herself in a bedroom in the apartment last Friday. She returned to the home after losing her suit for separation In Rhode Island, to fore stall any divorce action by her hus t1» runtv t* Prrt IplldHoll tn« hr* *»>it hub.l-fl* Tolul o Told! nnc« .Uliutit t, *!«• St tlnnriv 1>«m ytrcittHr-ea. l i in ., •14 i f* m, 4 4 * m. 2i 3 p m. 4. 7 » m SO S p ro. 4i I • m. • •• »•! 4 p ip * t • IP • • •« • «M • S' 4 p IB. tggti • • a • - 4 I 1 I IP .. '4 « p pi it « m. .. 44 T p m. 2 Ml. ggsMMMMttU I P. IB. *•%•••• as* PITY DRIVES MAN TO KILL PARENTS. 80 West Point Graduate Then Turns (inn on Self; Could Not Stand Their Suffer ing, He Writes. Leaves Funeral Directions SpcHnl I>1.patch to The Omaha Boo. Creseo, la., Feb. 18-—Capt. William Dunn, 40, West Point gradual* anrt veteran of the late war, shot and killed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dunn, then turned the revolver on himself, dying instantly. Mrs. Dunn was a sufferer from cancer and Mr. Dunn suffered from asthma. Captain Dunn attributed his act to a desire to end the suffer ing of his parents who, he said in a note left to the undertaker, had out lived their usefulness as citizens and had become an intolerable burden upon relatives. For weeks Captain Dunn, usually a happy sort of person, has been brooding, friends said - today. He seemed to worry over the suffering of his parents. Takes Own Fife. This afternoon the ex-army officer entered his parents' home, walked up to Mrs. Dunn where she was sitting In a wheel chair and shot her through the head, killing her instantly. He then went into the kitchen where his father was and killed him. Mr. Dunn was struck in the earns wav as his wife. Captain Dunn then went to the home of a neighbor and asked for aid in caring for his parents. The neighbor went into the Dunn home and the captain stopped outside. As the neighbor turned to leave the house aftgg disceverlng the bodies she heard a shot. Captain Dunn had blown out his own brains. He had been Standing beneath a tree at the side of the house. ‘Their Suffering VnbearaWe.'’ Three letters were found on the dining room table. All had been written by the captain. He had painstakingly used a typewriter «r,d had written at length. In one letter, addressed to the un dertaker, he explained what he want ed done with his parents' bodies, when and where he wanted the fu neral held and why he had done what he did. The suffering of his parents hsd be come unbearable to him. he said. They bad lived their life, both were nearing SO, and had become a care and a wor ry to him and to other relatives. •'I'm not thinking of myself nor. es pecially. of the others,” ha wrote. My parents have done all they could for me during their lifetime. Now It is not a question of their sitting about during the fall of life enjoying the fruit* of endeavor. They are sick. Fife to them must be a burden, even ! though they never complain. Believed Act dtistlfied. "My act will appear a crime to the rest of the world, I suppose. To me it is the best way nut. I could lint t ontaln myself to stand trial for the [ act. be< *use I don't believe that a • trail in this case would be justified ; After I know that their suffering is over. 1 shall follow them. **I know of no more convincing j proof of my belief that my parents should die than that I should lay I down my own life as well a* theirs.” For the mo& part the letters eeenv i ed to he strictly businesslike in tone. | It was an army officer writing: of a j duty, not a man writing of a contem plated questionable act. Captain Dunn was graduated from West Point with honors. He served in the regular army for a time and was overseas with the American ex peditionary forces. He received an honorable discharge from the army after the close of the war. Railway Builder Dir*. Cape Girardeau. M>v, Feb. II — larnis liouck. &<», who built the Cape Girardeau Southeastern railway and other roads, is dead. 1 - . — ■ * * 1 Summary of the Day in Washington The house refused to accept th# sen ate p»»t»l pay bill In place of Its own measure. A flO.OOd.MO veterans' hospital bill was reported by the house veterans' committee. The senate cep firmed th* nomina* * tlntv of William M. dardine of Kan s is to be secietary of agriculture. The senile passed the that riot of | C itiml » approprlst.cn hill, the final * major supply measure of the session, The I'nlted States, it wss learned, has approached the principal power* oil the subject of a new arm* confer ■ en.-e The senate voted against reconsider ing tluf legislative npproprUtion bill. I carrying salary Increases for mem ber* of congress. Keporta at the eapltol that Brigadier General Mitchell would be summoned to the White House to morrow could not be confirmed. Chairman Norris of tbe senate agri culture committee expressed doubt his I committee would have time to con sider fully a cooperative marketing 1 bill. I special naval hoard reported that the batOtthtp remained ihe final ublter in sea warfare and that the j airplane would newt assume para i mount Importance ' I-.- • nil'. ee Voted to ask Serfirn W ilbur for a con ftdential i-eport on the IMS bombing lev's agvnsi the battiest;.p* N#P Jgr sev and Virginia, 1