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frlrq The Omaha Sunday’ . ;ee CITY EDITION VOL 54—NO. 38. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1925. • XX FIVE CENTS > ---7 - - - * . ■ ■ --- ' . - ■ . .- - ,"M'-^ Iattle Men eed Cash id Scheme stork Industry in Western •raska Making Rapid Strides Toward Recovery. :e Hogs Will Be Fed Rv WtlX. M. MAI I’lN f ('orrmpondent The Omaha Bpp. the Wing In Western Nebraska. J—While the cattle business in n Nehraska Is coming hack, it coming back as readily as it I. > chief cattse for the delay is an juate system of financing. The •y of the cattle business has one of ups and downs, and for st five years it has been mostly s. Cattlemen who went their as a patriotic movement during ar. and at the urgent request of Sam, found themselves hang igh and dry when the war came udden and unexpected end. They their high-priced feeders worth s fat cattle than they had paid hem, after putting high-priced nto them. Since that day they been working to get back, and is promise that this will soon be tuation. But cattle paper la not It used to ha and many old cattlemen who are equipped to ;e ,q the game heavily are. com to work slowly back to their rcstige. « ha> been a fairly easy winter nge .1 "Stock, and there has less ' liny ihan usual. This has 5 a ' , ' jt corn is too high to it > cattle at present prices, tumbe. of open range cattle one In t -.stern Nebraska is greater a tear ago. which is a healthy tlon tv,et tbe business is coming (Better Feeling. ! of all 1s the temper of the * themselves. They are feeling r. They a nore hopeful. They the o'.j ume courage that •d the earlier days of this great n. What a marked contrast to ’eelirie that prevailed when 1 this same trip a year ago' everybody was in the dumps. \(, >rs had been working by the •e inch then It would have cost verage man 32 for a shave. .v business/ is picking up every A big wheat crop in western aska. with satisfactory prices, the pep Into the farmers once . But ilo not get the idea that have gone crazy on wheat just ise they had one big crop at a price. They sowed plenty of t last fall, but the a>reag£ this will not lie appreciably larger it was a year ago. But the corn ge will he larger, and there will ore cattle and hogs fed, especial >gs. ferring again to caitle, and brief Is easy to note that young stuff mtlnntes. There is a scarcity of nd 3-year-old stuff. Time __when no rattleman would think ■f sending a steer to market until it k was past, 2 years old. I do not I know what the average age of mar keted stuff Is now, hut it is certainly t away sunder two years. This, no I doubt, Is due to the fact that the feed I era simply hail to ship too early. ■ Whl'e I am neither financier nor cat & Hem in, all this lends tile to the con I elusion that the thing most needed Is ■ an adequate system of financing the L cattle r; lsrrs. r Business Coming Hack. ’ "Bill,” O'Brien, a pioneer of Holt rounty, now of Omaha, has been trav ellng along with me since early morning. What ‘'Bill" don't know about the cattle game Is harillv worth knowing. Despite the difficulties of the last five yebrs he has made money at lt~not ns much as he had made In other five year periods. Vint some. He says the business Is com ing back, and he Is testifying to his fait! by going In deeper. A tew years ago "Bill" conceived a g. i Idea. He had several thousand of good land In Holt county, and Ionized a lot of Russians thereon got his Rlssians In Lincoln, sell H&|^R them the land without a ilollat and nctiiallv furnishing them RHA livestock and lmp|emen‘«. The' ||||I|^R to pnv him frnm ?17 In !"S an MH for the land and pay f"r the gg||S • of k. also giving him a certain BH^R irtinn of the Inei ease. Ti ■BRBlcrful scheme, hut It dliln't pan th» way ' BUI" expected. The ,*n" didn’t pa v up. and most of ||PPl^Ri tried to heat hint out of the JsnftS^BtOck Increase. So "Bill" fore hooR'"® <1- Rattle were low then, hut held on and finally sold them jjSSjJrrrffJ profit. Then the land he tried SBgy»3B II those Russia tie fur air an age an tu rn went skying and Bill" Bfl|H It. event millv for att average of |sKg|tt^Hin nine And lie IumI ahout 30 MR11RB IIS of It, too. pome people uilelU ■Bt luck, hill II wasn't. H was SGaR^B ,l,'rv'1 "r"l an n Idrli 11 sc filth In ^^^^■otintry. RHE^B unusual!" large number or lH|g|W have lii'ii fid ... tin' win 1 xvcsl eiul .Vein a ska , aiut 'In men have been ah to Hie gnml I. the sl eep Tur n hale made a during llie ln«i two uiu« BH Suing Toward lings. ■H s e.1 y in V It her fimn >hoit con ||h|||^H I i" (' S lie, lull III! II II'C few slops HHH^H engaging the -■ and more farmers ■Bi M rrr\ lent now RHHwft m« to get back Into ■ ''l the hog business. The average east ern Nebraskan is very aju to believe that it is impossible to raise corn in the extreme western part of the state, therefore unprofitable to raise bogs. Such persons have another guess corning. They do raise corn in west ern Nebraska, lots of it. and more and more every year. More com means more hogs, and right now bogs are scarce and the price is going up. There Is quite a bit of old corn left out here. too. In fact, I have scsn a number of corn shuckera in the fields. In this high, dry climate they don’t have to hurry about getting the corn cribbed. Western Nebraska went over the bumps pretty hard a couple or three years ago, but It. does beat all bow jquickly a country like this can come bock. It's just about back this minute. CARDINAL IS CONFINED TO BED Home, Feb. 28.—Cardinal Oaaparrl j cancelled hia diplomatic reception* to iday and remained In bed with Influ enza. He ha* no fever, hut It was be lieved heat that he rent. HI* lllne** I* holding up the work of Oeorge Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago, In preparation for the eu charlatic congte** next venr, hut the American prelate i* conferring with other Vatican authorities when hi* dutie* a* a pilgrim will permit. Father Tacrhl Ventnnl, famous Jesuit priest, and religion* adviser to Premier Mussolini, al*o was seriously ill today. ARMY HORSES FOR KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Washington, Feb. The house today p.'iNHed and sent to the senate a resolution authorizing the use of 250 army horse* from Hump Lewi* In the parade at Seattle next July In con nectlon with the 18th triennial con clave of Knight* Templar. EX-OFFICIAL OF COLLEGE JAILED Stillwater, Ok la., Felt. 2* M. J. they, former financial secretary of the Oklahoma A. and M. college, w«* sentenced to eight years In the peni tentiary her* today and fined fTiflO on a rharge nf embezzlement of the col lege funds. COCHRAN FAVORS GAS TAX PROGRAM nr Associated press. I.inrnln. Feb. 2S.—County roads would not suffer under Governor Mc Mullen’s gas tax road program, hut on the contrary would he benefited more than ever, according to Roy I. Cochran, head of the department of public works, who In a letter to Gov rrnor McMullen today declared the plan to meet federal aid the only feasible one. Mr. Cochran gave unqualified np proval to the gas tax hill drawn by the house revenue and taxation com mittee, under which the first Hd’OO. 000 raised during the biennium from a levy on motor oils would go to match federal aid In conutrnctlnn of; state highways. Borne of the led allots think half of the proceeds, should go to county roads. PLANE SQUADRON IS OVER GEORGIA Katnnton, G*.. Fch 2* - The air planes In a flight from Selftldge field. Michigan, to Miami. Fla , were over this City at S:5li. eastern time this afternoon. They were circling around, apparently endeavoring to find a landing place Eatnntnn Is ln miles from Macon where the planes f»r* to *fnp. observers counted nine planes In ths group. They were high above th# Hty. Married in domicil Bluff** The follnwln* persona obtained mar rlase llrensea in Council Hluffa vealet da> John I.lhh'-rl Omaha .4 • lata VV. Hire. Omaha .. |{ K Lowell, Ashland. Neb.[J Kffle llaireiiian. Wahoo. Neh ..1 Klrhard W. Miller Llnroln. Nel. Marjorie MrCIhee. Lincoln. Neh..< Willie |. Cary. I'lIser, Nel.? Kvelyn HMefvaler. Verdel. Neh. .•” Hlehatl Hlemone. Omaha . ...J’ Krleda Hunt. Omaha .. William Pajner. Omaha Mary Wllann. Omaha . • s Joe Mftwialak. i'hka|o ■■»•♦••••. lean Kvncn Lincoln. Nel.. loaeph WaalelewakI. Kort Omaha, Neh 12 Mabel Johnson, omahn l.nule \ A nderann. Hi Kdward Veh V'lOletla Klmnl, Newman drove. Nel*. . it o II Nlelaen. Omaha . * • • Mildred l let I rude Miller. Omaha .- * llnl|*r Krlea Omaha ** Kdn a Marl# \\< Karland. Omaha . I. (I. Adame Hamilton Mo. .■’!’ Helen Vnndm. Hre Neh .... A I Matioceski. Cntinr'l H'uff- .. Marlon A nderann. I ■ *!■* • • 11 Hluffa ... fill#* Yarmouth Om4Hi ,..■■■ 2T llaatl Williams, Unulfi ........31 600 Killed as Explosion of 38 Tons of Dynamite Rocks Rio de Janeiro By Ini' rr«n 1 fterrU-e. Illn de Janeiro, Feb. IS.—An explo sion of 3S ton* nf dynamite on Cajos isle this afternoon has precipitated a catastrophe of such mammoth pro portions that they can not as yet he fully computed. Six hundred and twenty-one persons are dead; 1,379 are Injured seriously, nine women are Insane and property damages have mounted to more than $2,000, 000. Cajos Island Is about three miles from Rio and the shock nf the ex plosion rocked the city. Eighty-five houses collapsed and more are threat ening to fall. The hospitals of the dty are overflowing and parts of the population are still in a panic. The explosion was caused by the burning of two lighters in Rio de Janeiro harbor, which contained 3 SR. 5(10 litres of oil. Shortly after this fire started and the blazing fluid be gan to spread along the surface of the harbor. Workers on Cajos Isle where dyna mite, powder and oh are stored, saw their doom approaching and rushed for whatever boats were available. But though many escaped, a greater number‘of others were still running up and down the boat landings when the blaze finally reached the isle and touched' off the dynamite. Most of the victims were killed out right on the island, but others died from wounds received in the falling buildings on the mainland. Tlesrue squads were Immediate organized and the injured brought into the hospitals as rapidly n.s possible. Inquiry Started When State Pays for Farm Bloc Gasoline Tax Bills R.v V. C. rOWEtJ* ('arrmpomlriit Tli* Omaha Bff. Lincoln, Feb. 28.—Investigation of alleged Irregular procedure In print ing so-called farm bloc gasoline tax hills at state expense as bona-fide house committee substitute bills is underway at the state house. The first step taken by R. E. Harrington, chairman of the house eommlttee on revenue and tj^atlon, was to call for an opinion on the legality of such a proceeding from Attorney General O. S. Spillman. Meantime, house members are de bating as to who is responsible for payment for printing of the large and' voluminous bills prepared hy the democratic leaders, who claim to be commanders-in-chief of the farm bloc. Keck of Polk, one of the leaders has announced he Is willing to meet the expense while Frank P. Corrick. clerk of the house, has asserted he is will ing to make payment. The farm bloc "'bills” express the desires of county commissioners In distribution of the gasoline tsx. They call for a 50-50 split between coun tries and the state of the money col-, lected from the proposed tax. Today, Governor McMullen made publlr a statement prepared by Roy Cochran, state engineer, labelled the "A. B, C.” of gasoline tax dtstribu tlon. Salient facts in Cochran s state ; ment follow: Tax Is Needed. There is available for expenditure on Nebraska highways $4,500,000 In federal aid. In addition to this a aurn of $1,500,000 more will be available January 1. 1920, making a total aunt of $0,000,000 offered to Nebraska dur ing the years of 1925 and 1920 if met by a like sum by the state. "Therefore, it is very necessary that the $4,500,000 available now should lie met by the legislature now in session. This can lie accomplish ed by a 2-cent gasoline tax, thereby making a real constructive program and at the same time reducing the state property tax bv wiping out the' direct levy that has been paid for road construction since 1!U7. "if. on the other hand, but one half of the gasoline tax lie used to meet federal aid. It will reduce the construction program by one-half and cause the state to loose federal aid funds to which it Is entitled under the federal act. Adequate State Program. "Under the plan of using all of the revenue from a 2-rent tax on gaso line to meet federal aid funds, not only would the state be provided with an adequate, economical, pay-as-you go construction program, but in ad dltion to this, the counties could have more money for county roads than they have had in the past due to the following facts: "First: The counties would receive a larger percentage of auto license funds, one half going to the coun ties Instead of from one fourth to one-third as has been the case In the past. "Second. A further revenue could ha raised by the counties for county roads without Increasing the total property tax of the Individual by making an additional county road levy equivalent to the state tax I*'' which Is being eliminated from the state taxes by this plan ’ Go to Inaugural. Governor and Mrs McMullen, with a group of national guard officers will leave I.lnrnln Sunday for W ash lngton. U C.. to attend the inaugural I ceremonies and participate in the pa rade. The state delegations will ap pear in the parade tn accordance with their admission to the union. The Nebraska delegation will be between delogatlons from Kansas and Colo rado. Those who will accompany the governor are: AdJ. Gen. and Mrs. II J. Paul. Col. Amos Thomas, Omaha: Col. \V. 11. Orr. Mnj. It. P- Stein. Maj. Marcus Poteet, ('apt. and Mrs. It. -I Grainger. The night of I lie inaugural the dele gallon will he entertained at dinner by Senator and Mrs. H M Howell. The next evening they will be guests of the Nebraska Society of Washing ion at the Shoreham hotel. Farm Relief Engulfed in New Jam Marketing Legislation Threat ened on Three-Cornered Fight Develops in Committee. Decision Is Postponed Washington, Feb. 28.—Farm mar keting legislation was further engulf ed today In the jam threatening all conflicting proposals for agricultural relief when a three-sided argument over the form of the legislation de veloped before the senate agricul ture rnmmlttee. Determined opposition to the Dick inson bill, passed by the house as a substitute for the Capper Haugen measure and providing federal aid without the Haugen regulatory pro vision, was voiced to the committee by Chairman Carey of the president's agricultural conference and after a three hour session the rommlttee postponed a decision until Monday. Meanwhile Senator Capper, repub lican. Kansas, coauthor of the meas ure based on the conference recom mendations, held the promise of the republican steering committee that his bill would be given a chance In floor, but with administration leaders as well as farm bloc members divid ed on the form It should take enact ment of any measure was believed doubtful. Chairman Carey described the Dick inson measure as "clever camouflage and mush.'' and declared Its enact ment would provoke one of the "worst Inter department fights ever known." He said the bill was drawn by Henry C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of agricultural economics, who he descrihed as an "antagonist" of the conference, and contended It would make him "dictator of co-1 operative marketing." Representative Dickinson, repub-; Mean. Inn a, author of the house bill, I defended hi« measure, and argued the, Capper-Haugen hill would set co j operative marketing "back 25 years.” John D Miller, president of the Ns tlonal Co-Operative Milk Producers' association, also supported the house bill proposal. Walton Petteet. secretary of the National Cooperative Marketing as sociation, urged that no legislation be enacted at this time. ANDREW JACKSON KIN iS MISSING New York. Fob. 2*.—Ths mlssinj?1 persons’ bureau today becan s search ! for A. M. Jackson, a treat treat jjrandson of Andrew Jackson, sev enth president of the United States. Andrew Jackson, the 4th. of I^os Angeles, brother of the mlssint man. requested the search. He informed the police t*hut his brother, wrltint from New York January S, said he was about to filter a local hospital, under an assumed name, for an oper ation. He used the fictitious name, he an Id. to spare the family the ex pense of a funeral In event he died. Relatives fear he may have died and been buried in rotters’ field as unidentified. FORD ORDERS EMPLOYES FREED Iayh Angeles, Feb. 2*—T. O. Alns worth and several other employes of Henry Ford’s Los Angeles plant who were arrested recently on suspicion of having received property stolen from the plant were at liberty today as the result of A telegram received from the automobile manufacturer direct Ing the plant officials to "make men out of our employes, not felons." and Instructing them that "If you must prosecute do so only with the ring lenders. '* Appearance of the telegram in jus tice court yesterday was followed by immediate dismissal of the case I against the suspects. ITALIAN ENVOY ARRIVES IN U. S. New York, Feb 2$. Baron Oiamme l*» Martino, new Italian ambassador to the 1’nlted States, arrived today i n the Conte Verde. Several hundred prominent Italians greeted him at the pier. The baton declined to dlscuys the Italian war debts to the 1'tilled States. M’MULLEN WILL SEE INAUGURATION Lincoln, Feb J8 (Inventor Adam McMullen, hr» ompnnied by Mrs. Mr Mullen and a military aide will leave Lincoln tomorrow Afternoon for Washington to attend the Cooltdgc Inaugural ceremonies, It was amtoune «d at the governor h office heie this ift ernoon. Tuo (lamliiliiti'H lor Hoard. Missouri V it Hey, la , Feh. Mi I sour I Valley Independent District will have two official candidates for »i j place on the hoard at the election Mon 'day. March th ,lne Inekip, whose term expires, is a candidate for ic election, spd the other candidal* is ttaurge | Klchat dson, Socialist Is New Reichstag Head I-— I Paul Lnebe, socialist, has staged a political comeback and Is again presi dent of the German relchstag. He held the position until last May. -' Solons to Act on Child Labor Bill Federal Amendment and Tax Law on Calendar for This Week. Or 1mm-IhI.iI Tress. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 28.—Whether the federal child labor amendment shall be ratified by Nebraska Is one of the most Important questions to come before the legislature In Its ab breviated sessions next week. Anoth er is repeal of the intangible tag law. The senator* will return Tuesday morning from their week-end ad Journment, tn work probably until Friday afternoon. Th» lower house members, however, will not convene until 2 p. m. Wednesday, but will meet through Saturday. The ratlfler of the propneed 2<lth amendment la a special order in the »enate for Wednesday morning and Its opponents have no doubt that It will he indefinitely postponed Its advocate*, while admittedly not con fldent of victory, will w-ork to get as many votes as possible and will demand a roll call to put each sen ator on record. Appropriations for ths biennium, as approved by the house this week, will he under consideration In the senate finance committee, which Is expected to prop*"* a few Increases Senator Gooper's alienation of af fcctlon bill Is due to be passed by the senate In the next few dsv*. It mu.* lered a 27-5 vote this week upon ad vancement tn third reading. The Gilmore repealer of the In tangible property will he put to a roll call vote on third reading Thurs day and its friend* now are ronfi dent it will pass easily. Sponsors for the revenue commit tee's gasoline tax hill are eypei ted t" force action on It late tn the week SPELLING BEE WON BY BOY 9 Winners nf the Pass county spell j Inc mnte«t held Saturday at Platts mouth. »b., follow: Written spelling. Howard Pool 9. Hlstrlrt 45. first; Hilda Mann, 13, His Irirt 95, second; Dorothy Prink, 13. St. John school, third. Oral spelling, Ellen Sheehan. 15. District 95. first; Hilda Mann. 13. Dis trlrt 95, second; Mildred Stanley, 11, District 95, third. The winners will represent Pass county In the Interstate spelling con test, to he held at Technical High school, Omnha, May 9. The contest Saturday was con ducted by It. W. Eaton of Omaha .fudges were Marie Kaufmann, Mae j Darker and It. O. Campbell. DAVIS TO ATTEND INAUGURATION Wnnhincton, F>b. 2* John W On vis. defeated democratic nominee for the presidency. will attend the I inauguration of hts successful oppo 'pent, President I'onltdge, It was an nouncert here this afternoon. Davis will come from New York | Monday. It was said, to appear he fore the l ulled Slates supreme court i lie will then remain for the Inaugura Hon. New Store in Red Oak. Hn.l iv.k, In.. Krl> "I <1 I.. Op Imh ii. nf onrnhn, hn* opened a new • Hhiblinhment In Red oiik, oorupvlns • lUHrtein In the Ininement of the Vrtu v H.idler rompMin ntoir. lie will Kperlttll/e in ilmpet lea niitl In furni ture upliolMierliiK- Mn* o«d*oi n mid two bos* will move here abort I v | Hie Weather 11 V_ I''.u' I htoifp endln* T tv m . Mtnilo I •* I !»;•’. I *' ■ 11» • f ■> t' m ip. he* unit huiult hi. I Tut *1. o. lotnI Pint* .Ipntiptv I. 1 41; «•» . o I ll.iitrlt I'rtiiitet Httirc* p m .. 4 n iv 1*1 « p m, , , . 4 . ■ ? * 3 p m . •’1*1 ? a. m ,3* 3 n. m 1« I i« p tw ».«..-?* * p ih 111 i p hi n in ,.... *♦] I •> p. m ,..,.31 * p m. *.. *# V' II p m *1 1 r hi ..”ti ! 13 noon ....A ll I v m n..«* | Germany Is Stunned as Ebert Dies Demise Causes Consternation in Politiral Circles; Na tion Puts Ban on Amusements. All Flags at Halfmast By KARL VON WIEGI NO. I i»lter«al Service ( orreapombnt. Berlin. Feb. 28. — Germany* is mourning the death of her first presi dent. The black, red and gold republi ran colors are floating in the wind and rain over public buildings and many private houses throughout the land. A wave of sorrow is sweeping the democratic elements of the cotin try from one end to the other over the loss of this simple first citizen who, arising from the lowliest ranks, following the loss of the war and the 'revolution. piloted the country through the demoralization of defeat, the disorganization of the inflation period and the dangers of bolshevism until the nation was again on a solid footing. The news of President Eberts death has brought consternation to political circles and the realization is gradually drawing on the conscious ness of the people as a whole that he was a man great in hi«* tact, clear headedness,. sagacity firmness and lack of orientation. lues After Operation. Friedrich Ebert. the first president of the German republic died at 3n:tr» o’clock this morning in the west j sanatorium following a hurried opera tion for appendicitis at 1 o’clock Tuesday morning. At 5 this morning he unexpectedly took a turn for the worse, his fevet rose rapidly and his heart weakened. The.attending physician quickly sum moned Professor Bier and other spe-; cialists and notified the family. Frau Ebert, his son Fritz, two, daughters and a Won in law rushed tni the sanatorium. The president had lapsed Into unconsciousness and breathed his Inst soon after the ar rival of the last members of his fam ilV «ud Pr Meissner, chief of the president's bureau. Following the optimistic reports] given nut all day yesterday even up till midnight, some going »o far as to say he was out of dangee. his sud den demise came as a great shock to the country and resentment Ls felt at what is believed to have been eith er deception of unwarranted optimism among the attending physicians. The government was as much stir prised as the public, as was shown by the lack of preparedness. At noon no military guard of honor had vet j arrived at the sanatorium. A lone policeman sauntering back and forth and a small crowd of possibly 15* were all that were present. Cabinet ( olivettes. A very voung nun with weeping; eyes received inquirers as the Sister; Superior Rufino was praying at the side of the dead president in the, cheerless white room where the pa tient died. In the corridor an aged woman was complaining bitterly be cause sbe could not see the sister si peri^g about a patient in whom she was Interested. rhancellor laither hurriedly con vened the cabinet. Manx perplexing questions will have to be solved. There is no ceremonial and no precedent In republican German > which would indicate the exactly proper procedure to follow in the death of the nation s president. As an emergency measure the Prussian ministry decreed that all amusements, including dancing, the ater«. operas and moving picture should be closed today and the day of the funeral pending action bv the national government in those matters. BANDITS ROUTED IN GUN BATTLE St. Louts. Feb, 2^ A pang of flvr or "lx bandits who this morning at tempted to hold tip the State bank of Rarnhard was repulsed in a gun hat tie by bank employes and citizens One of the handlts was believed aeri misly wounded. They obtained no loot Met by a blase of gunfire when they entered the hank, the bandit.* fled to their automobile. The driver of the car was seen to slump at the vv heel Fifteen miles from St. Louis deter fixes found the bandit ear abandoned The rear seat xxas covered with blood and a rap with a bullet hole in it was j found Equestrienne Weds Stableman, Report LIKTFojKCH TWVX/IAMT TH&IXT.1/D Miss Wait a Linforth, skilled eques trienne and meml>er of a prominent and wealthy San Francisco family, is reported to have been married to William Threkeld, a stable manager. Their mutual love of horse-flesh and thoroughbreds is said to have brought th«»!n together frequently. PANAMA INDIANS j ARE ON RAMPAGE Washington. Feb. 2^.—The State de-j part mem received a report today) from Minister South Panama, dated j yesterday, saving that the Indian up-j j rising on thp north coast of Panama] j appeared to be general and that iij j was estfrnated that from 10 to 3rt po-j | lire officers and others had been! killed. A force of 2fJ0 police was dispatched from Colon February 2$ to restore) order. The Indian population in the! disturbed region was estimated at 30, 000. The advices said several villages | were reported to have been burned 1 sn the coastal region between i Pnrvenir and Obaldla, the casualties] j having occurred in these place. O’BRIEN NAMED HATCHERY HEAD Uru'oln. Feb. 2^.—\V. J. O’Brien j I will take charge of the Gretna state) | fish hatc hery Monday, according to J i.nnoimcotncnt hy If. J. McLaughlin,j e» retnry of the department of ngrl* j j cult lire. O Bi ien serve*! as superintendent ef j j * he Gretna hatchery for 20 years and* ; was discharged hy former Governor j llrvan two vmis ago. The discharge J j.*f O'Rrlen earned criticism of the for* j mer governor from democrats as well t as republicans. _ . PLANE SQUADRON OFF FOR FLORIDA IP \ssertated Prf**. Wilbur Wright Field. Dayton. O,— Keb. 2$ —Ten of the 12 planes on the* dawn to dusk flight from Selfridge | j field, Michigan to Miami, Fla., left! here at 0:M» a. m. for Macon, (in., ; their next stop. One plane remained t * a*-, ompany I tent. K. f\ White- j head, who Is preparing the plane) which arrived from Selfridge field to! replace his plane wrecked In landing j here. FIVE CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE Fasten Md . Veb 2$ Five children! i were burned to death today when fire) lestrojed fhe bans# occupied by' George Wilson and his famii\ negroes, near here. The eldest child was 10 and the youngest 2. College Routine Often Develops Mental Scurvy, Educator Says Cincinnati, O Keb " Mental tin i healthiness a* it affect* the Colley#* student \vu* dencrlhcd in detail by* Coletnan II. (Jilffith. a**l*tant prof#'* *ot* of puyehology. I 'ft|ver*lt> 11 llnnl*. epcaklna before the National Association of iv.ua of \Yi>mett hen loday. "Anaemic mind*. said t?nffn h. are mind* without literal v. yells U>u< or *1 ientiflc food mind* which at live vainly to set nouti*hment from the thuak* of prejudice* PywpepUe mind* iua mind* that cannot di*e*t and a* ^imitate the Information which comes. to them. Mental scurvy t* another common • ilment. Students who work their! way through <ohu<kl often tire of the! nior.omtn of he‘.r wot k nn*t dr \ slop’ mental spot* of depress on an l tie *palr, "To secure the highest form of I»esItHy mimle»tness, we must fust a minor t a thorough going system of Inti a mural sihletics for both men and women, ('lean phudcal living ts the} foundation upon which healthy mind . edneat rests.'* Employes Get Annual $300 Raise Mail Ratr* IrVrrea^od S60,* 000.000 to Meet Salary Jump of ?68, 000.000. Omaha to Get $ 180.009 Washington, Feb. 2V—The postal pay and rate increase bill was signed’ tonight by President Coolidge. Announcement at the White House that the president had signed the measure came as a surprise as ear lier indications were that he would pent it to the Postoffice department and the budget bureau for study be fore in kin t action on it. The bill, which was received today at the White House, provides for an average increase of about $300 an nually in postal employes’ salaries, r ' The postal pay and rate increase hill, sianed Saturday by President (.'onlidge, will bring *1HII.909 a year to Omaha, it is ost'tnat' TIip 800 postal employes here will receive an average raise of *300 a year, with the exception of tile postmaster and assistant post master. Tlie pay increase is effective as of January 1. 1023, Omaha postal patrons aiding in the advanced wages by reason of the postal rate raise, whieh becomes effective April 13. \■/ effective as of January 1. this year, ind Increases postal rate*, effective April 35, next, to rai«e about *50,990. 000 of the *55,000,000 required for ^ the pay advances. The hill also carries a ‘'rUjer'' recommended by the senate campaign fund* committee strictly limiting campaign expenditure* of congres sional candidates. The salary in creases are similar to those carried m the mea*:re passed at the last session which was vetoed by Pr««l* tent Coolidge on the ground that no provision was made to meet the ex penses incident to such a raise The hill, which is one of the first piece* o? general legislation sent to jtbe White House this session, was advanced at the time the senate, by a x trv narrow margin voted to sus I tajn the veto of the pay Increase measure. While ne time limit is placed on the rate increases the Mil provides for a joint congressional ■ committee to conduct hearings of | this summer with a view to recom mending fu-ther revision of sched ules at the next session SURPRISE LOOMS IN STOKES CASE Chicago. Feb. —A suprise wit ness for the state will take the stand Monday in the Stokes conspiracy :rj*l in th« person of Mrs. Alice Smith Ew ing of Chicago, sister of Mrs. Helen El wood Stokes' former roommate at Washington Fark Seminary. Washington. D. C. Mrs. Ewing will produce an album belonging to her sister, in which, the | state says, appears duplicate* of several picture* which have figured in the Stokes case, including one of four ymii i: women on a bed which ; Stokes charged had been taken at I the notorious Everlelgh dub in Cht I cago. Mrs. Ewing s sister la one of i the girls in the picture, according to | the state. All the states evidence will have j been placed before the Jury by Tues I day night of next week, it was said I today. ELK ORGANIZER IS DEAD IN EAST Springfield, Mass., Feb. rC—Joseph M. Nor cross. M, last of the group 1 that organised the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in New York in P*ks. and for $4 veara in mlnwtre’s »nd vaudeville, died here today. He was the seventh and last to sign the charter of the first lodge of Elks, which was the outgrowth of the | "Jolly Corks/' formed i year earlier. ! and his claim to be the oldest living ! minstrel never has been dispute*!. His last tour was made at the age of ><> with the late Mrs. Norerosa. who then was They were billed as “The oldest I couple in vaudeville/ OHIO DRY AGENT IS SUSPENDED Columbus. O . Feb. :« R Rut. I sell, (thlrt prohibition direotoc. Indtried by the federal grand Jury at Cleve land yesterda' . wat suspended front ' by Washington tuthnritiea. be Sworn in. \V a aUlmg t on. Kelv *3 CHgft'lee TV lVnt»'u wms sworn In this Li junior Vnited Staten senator fronj I Illinois. Hu«H'e<-dioR the late Mewll >1. i'orntb k. iVneen has been eteeMhf j for the full term begimung SU ch 4. Hdilio Hill Sigurd. \ Wnfhlttglon. Koh v TV-rsident j Cooifdge today signed the retotutten 1 «dopted by , -'i‘i' e** extending for ngentemj* whereby pres* Jn»»y b* u-matanUtU by , »