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CITY EDITION VOL 54—NO. 38. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1925. • XX FIVE CENTS > ---7
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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.
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• 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
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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.
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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 ,
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