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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 \««<H Intnl I*rrM.
London, Feb. 18,—The cabinet to
day began consideration of the report
on the Geneva piotocol for security
and disarmament.
In urinflli isl circles there have been
Intimations that the protocol might
evenlunlly be ehelved and placed with
a part to 'which Kngland, France and
Belgium would be parties. 1 ti diplo
matic circles, however, It Is reiterated
flint no negotiations are going on
with reference to France's security,
this being entirely a cabinet matter
which Is of a most ‘confidential
nature.
Kiwaniun* Pallbearers.
f’hlt'HKo, FVh, 18. Member® of the
Klwaul* < lub of Ht. .btHpph. Mi< h.,
were pallbearer* the funeral of
Addition <\ J'roc-tor, l«*t eurvlvln*
delegate to the convention whloh
nominated Abraham Lincoln her® for
th® presidency In 1RH0.
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^ v\* Little Mistress, 4, Begged Him to Return When
CV* Vas Sent Away, Pet Canine Spends 11 Days
' Returning to Kansas City From St. Louis.
By VINA LINDSAY,
Vnivenml Service Staff Correspondent.
Kansas City, Mo,, Feb. 18.—Bal
to, famous Alaskan husky, mushed
to Nome in a blizzard because his
master told him to follow the trail.
Shiner, plain Missouri hound dog,
tramped 11 days through slush and
mud—from St. Louts to Kansas
City—because his mistress had
begged him to return to her.
The object of Shiner's devotion
and the Inspiration of his 285-mile
trip Is 4 vear-old Fauline Adams,
daughter of Harry Adams of Inde
pendence.
Shiner, a slick hound with a stub
tail but a loyal heart, has been
the devoted companion of Pauline
since babyhood. The two have been
Inseparable, except on occasions
when Shiner’s exuberant spirits
caused him to chase the fat, wad
dling Plymouth Rock hens of a
neighbor. The neighbor preferred
charges against Shiner. The dog's
master agreed to send Shiner away
with a friend who was driving to
St. Louis.
The leave-taking between the dog
and his small mistress was touch
Farm Marketing
Board Scheme Is
Much Protested
Further Hearings Before Com
mittee on Proposal May
Be Necessary, Chairman
Norris Announces.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Further ex
tended hearings by the senate agri
culture committee on the proposal for
creation of a federal co-operative
marketing board may be necessary
because of the "avalanche of pro
tests" which has greeted the pro
posal, Chairman No'rrls today told the
senate, In announcing the continu
ation of night sessions of the com
mittee.
Similar legislation, which embodies
the major recommendation of the
president's agricultural conference,
already has been approved by the
house agriculture committee and lead
ers In that chamber hope to bring
it up for consideration this wpek.
Chairman Norris would not pre
dict today how long the senate hear
ings would continue.
Opposition to federal supervision of
co-operatives has come from all sec
tions of the country. Senator Morris
said.
Walter Peleet, secretary of the na
tional council of co-operative mar
keting agencies, appearing today be
fore the senate committee, declared
any plan for federal control would
be regarded as objectionable because
the typical co-operative member was
convinced It could best be o|>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
t<nnd, who is alee president of the
North t'entra! Texas Oil company, on
the ground of desertion.
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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,
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