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LEATHER FORECAST /p|| i ff A WJ Jk \ j AT)\TT\TP T^'C' THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Nebraska—Not much ihangs in I I I I J ^ ¥ I I / % I I / ^ I M % 1 II A. ^ H W If wrinkles must be written upon feniperature, ^• w ^ ‘ 1 nur brows, let them not be written ____ , >e upon the heart. The spirit should not ^ ___ ___ _ __ __ || , MMM „ | , . ... i i-——- grow old.—James A Garfield. CITY EDITION_yoL. 54—NO. 230. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1925. * TWO CENTSlD ^ ...—/ Evidence in Oil Hearing Tech in al — Ideologist on Witness Slautl Attempts to Locate ‘Saddle* *ol Teapot Dome Field; Testimony Dull. Fall Had Field Surveyed By Associated Press. Chejenne, Wyo., March S.—Teapot Dome—which became almost a house hold phrase during the senate all com mittee investigation early in 1924— again today was flashed on the screen of public interest. ln the second appearance, however, it was stripped of much of the gla mour and sensationalism which char acterised the senate Investigation of a year ago. Today's setting was In federal court before Judge T. Blake ^ Kennedy with the government seek ing to annul the lea.se which was granted to the Mammouth Oil com pany, one of the Harry F. Sinclair companies. Owen ,T. Ttoberts and Atlee Pomerf ene. special counsel for the govern ment, Interested In the fight to hare the lease annulled on the grounds that It was obtained through fraud and based on an illegal transfer of tbe nil reserve from tbe Navy department to the Department of the Interior. This transfer was made on an exeou live order by the late President Hart • Ing. Geologist oil Stand. An attempt to locate the» "saddle' of Tea(X'l Dome, marked the day s sessions, w hen ln Its closing minutes. K, C. Heald, h geologist of Yale hint \erslty, formerly with the government geological survey, took the stand as the fifth witness for the government. Heald was sent to the dome at the request of Albert B. Fall, then secre tary of the Interior, to determine - whether there was danger of serious drainage of the government reserve by.offsetting wells drilled ln the ad joining Sale Creek field. Heald's report to the geological sur vey showed there was a danger of drainage on the Salt Creek side of the reserve but that it wouid be slow His report sleo showed that the ‘‘sad die." a subsurface formation which . might control the direction the oil vyuuld take, had moved a distance of i wo miles from date of the last geo logical survey on file in the depart ment. Saddle Not Located. • in crosses*tBinotlon by John A', f.fcev of Cheyenne, representing the .Mammoth company. It was brought o;t that Heald had surveyed a part of the dome not included in the re-' serve. Tills ltd lo further confusion regarding the exact location of the “saddle" and at one point when lie V.-as asked an Involved question lleald queried: "May 1 ask you a question?" "No," snapped Lacey, "I am not on the witness stand?" With the exact location of the "saddle" still a debatable question, court adjourned with Heald still on the stand. ARMOUR MARKET CLOSED TO PUBLIC The retail meat market at the Ar mour company plant in South Omaha is to be discontinued at once. M. F. O'Meara, plant superintendent, art pounced at a nrt feting of plant fore n i>n Saturday. The market will lie converted into an employes' market. O'Meara an nounced, The general public will be rigidly excluded. The market will be reopened for employes next week, 'JTie street en trance v.Hi he closed, and the em ployes will use the rear entrance O'Meara announced that M. 1,. Slier man, who recently resigned as super intendent of the market, will be re placed by M. J. McKUlgott of the beef cutting department. * Robert S. Abbott. F.rii tor. The Chirago Defender. 1 hlrago. III. Robert S. Abbott ediiur arid pub lisher of the Chicago Defender, one of the largest negro publications In i lie I'nited States, spoke Monday night at St. John's A. M. li. church, Twenty-second and Willis Avenue, under the auspices of the Bethel A. M. !•:. church. Ills subject was "Jtnce delations.” Mr. Abbott's paper, which Is pub lished weekly, lias a circulation of "70,000. It has its own plant and J 25 employes. Mr. Abbott is considered an author ity o'n race relation*. Me has trai eled all over the United States and South America In making surveys on this to|ilo. In his address Monday night h* particularly urged a unity of the races in seeking for the com mon good of the country. Al Rahe. Merchant, fsloux Falls, 8. I). In Omaha purchasing goods for his •lore during the present, spring mar ket veek. Me said business In his part of 0^ South Dakota. Is much better than it sits a year ago At. dial time Ids business tun 30 per cent less than it is today. Me Is also prominently Identified with the American latgion poet of thnu\ Fall*. "W* are going to send ;i large delegation n> ili< Omaha convention,” Ileus said. DOHENY SUED FOR GOVERNMENT TAX lx>« Angeles. March 9.—The United States goe eminent. today filed suit In the federal court here for $904,6ft.62, alleged Incotne taxes due for 1919 from E. Ij. Doheny. oil magnate, his son, his w ife, ttvo of the directors In his companies and two of his con cerns, the Doheny Pacific Petroleum company and the Petroleum Secuvi ties company. Those named with Doheny, besides his son, E. Jj, Doheny. jr.. and .Mi's. Mary Doheny, ore J. D. Anderson and (Min AVelhorne. The government alleges that the sum Is due on taxes for 3919, the de fendants report for that year show ing a net taxable income of $11,664, whereas, it is said, It should have been $2,101,345. The suit also calls attention to the ttanafer of 55,0it0 shares of capital stocks of the defendants front the Doheny Pacific Petroleum company to the Pan-American' Petroleum and Transport company, another Doheny concern, which, together with cash and other property, amounted to $4, 423.062: Armed Bandits in Dinner Garb Rob New York Couple Raitl on Fifth 4\enite Apart ment. Similar to Dot king and Louise Lawson Lases, Nets Rig Haul. New Vnrk. March 9.—Using meth ods which proved successful. Mbett fatal, in 'the notorious "Dot" King and "Lou" Lawson robberies, three armed and masked men in dinner garb invaded a sumptuous studio apartment in the plaza section of Fifth avenue before dawn today and escaped with $25,000 worth of gems. The victims. w,ho were bludgeoned, hound, gageed and left unconscious were Mrs. Fay Perkins, estranged wife of a restaurant owner, and Mil ton Abbott, reputed wealthy cotton broker. Mrs. Perkins’ apartment was* the scene of the affair. With the excep tion of a few dollars taken from Ab bott s pockets, the $25,000 loot was Mrs. Perkins' loss. She suffered suoh injuries that physicians tonight re jvn-ted her runditio'n grave. The only due to the identity of her assailants was furnished by Abbott, who sat* the silk handkerchief mask slip from The eyes of one man. and < got * glimpse of features which he said he would recognize again. Airs. Perkins Is 24 years old, has been married for seven teart. but lives apart front her husband, Ben jiimin H. Perkins. According to 'po lice, she is well known among the i "white light" cabarets of Broadway because of her expensive gowns anti her abundance of jewelry. ".She was of the Broadway butterfly” tvpe, jni l police, as were Dorothy King Keenan and Louise Lawson, whose dead bodies were found amid the litter of costly apartments that had been ran sacked of thousands in jewels and money .by robbers who killed before they looted. OATH FORCES TRUTH FROM MANi Bryan Heath, 911 Atenue A, Conn I eit Bluffs, would rather go to Jail than tell a lie—under oath. II* was arraigned In municipal court Monday oil n charge of intoxi cation and ihe judge asked him if lie had a bottle of liquor when ar rested. He declared heatedly that he had not. Patrolman John Reynolds declared, Just as firmly, that iie did have. After an argument, the judge or dered both Reynolds and Heath to tRke an oath to tell "the whole truth," etc. Heath then promptly admitted that lie had had a lioltle, and was sen tenced to 30 days in jail. 100 (ietlar County \outlis in Pig Raising Content Hartington, March 9.—According to information given by County Chair man Pollock of the Boys' and Girls’ Pig clubs, about 100 boys and girls tn Cedar county have selected their pigs and began feeding March 1, to produce the prize swine to :>e exhibit ed at the county fair this fall. So lilies for feeding were given, the only requirement being that the contestant pick a pig from a litter, either pure bred or scrub, and have It marked By Mr. Pollock. Boy Break* Slioulilt-r Twice During W inter Sidnay. Marc’ll 9.- - After having ra covered from a fracture of ■shoulder sustained during the ChrlMtmuf holi day*, and having had hi* arm nut of the splint* for lews than a month, Alfred Hughes, a hoy, slipped anti fell, sustaining another fracture of the panic shoulder. I ihiroprurlor Stricken. Wymore, March 9. -Hr. A. F. • 'shall. Wymore chiropruclor for tlio last six years, was stricken with a slight paralytic stroke while sitting in his rlinlr at his home Saturday evening. At the time of the stroke l'ahull was leading ills newspaper «ud it fell from his hands as hi* armn dropped limp st his sides. This at tracted the alientton of his wife. For a time he was unable to move, but la now able to move about, the use of his left arm only being affected. Farm Sold al SI00 an \rrc. Mr.itilvr* Mrirrh S VValtci Kb#t hard?, living fl\> mil#* #;i*l of l»lll#r, him sold hi* Igp-CKT# f*rm to Frank and William Roaaman for A1 t*o an acre. Till* i« cotislderfibly below Mi# prh*e land Is hrlugli >; tn this e» H«*n of Mi* ►mi# M» Kharhai-iU Ill I tain to his old homo in WUwuimiu. I ii s ur g e u t f LL1 * | a M100N 11 CGTd -I [Aan A I MH 305 1V 3 I _| -HOJLSIK 7LVIS G1K by oenaie * lormal \|*j)ro\al (>i\cii Ue niotion of l.a Follollr Sup porters From Hank ( pou (louiiniUees. Democrats Washington. March 9.—Formal ap proval of the demotion of the Da Fol lette insurgents from their rank on tiie standing committee* was given to day by the senate. The vote we - B4 to II and came after five hours' debate, confined largely to the republican i-ide. Demo cratic leaders Interrupted occasionally, but mainly to reiterate 'heir desire to keep clear of the row within the republican ranks. The real test as to whether the nut jnrltv parti was to complete organ! zatlon of the senate according to a program determined upon immediately after I he 1921 elections came on the proposal to remove Senator Dadd of North Dakota, one of the Insurgents, from the chairmanship of the public lands committee. Slnnfield Chosen. Senator Stanfield of Oregon, the ma jority candidate, was elected, receiv ing 3k votes to 13 for Dadd and three for Senator .lone*. democrat. New Mexico. Senators Wheeler, democrat. Montana; Da Follette'* running mate on the independent presidential ticket last November, and Copeland, demo crat, New York, supported I .add, while Senator Bruce, democrat, Mary land, voted for Stanfield. Twent.v-flve democrat* voted pies ent, as did Dadd and Stanfield. The roll call follows: For Stanfield: Republicans. Bing ham. Butler. Cameron, Cummins, Cur tis, Dale. Deneen, Dupont, Ernst, Fess, Ulllett, Goff, Gooding, Hale. Harreld, Jones of W ashington, Keyes. McKinley, McLean, McNary, Mean*. Metcalf, Mosea, Oddle. Pepper. Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Schall, Shortrldge, Smoot. Spencer, Wads worth. Watson and Willis. Total—35. Democrats: Bruce, Maryland Total—86. I.add Gels 13. For Dadd: Republicans, Borah, Brook hail, Cousens, Fernald, Frazier, Howell, Johnson of California. Me Master, Norbeck and Norris. Total— in. Democrats: Copeland and Wheeler Farmer-labor: Shiprtead — t Total—i 3. For Jones: Democrats. Blease, Hef lin and Walsh, Montana. Total—3. Senators Jytdd and Stanfield voted "present," as did 25 democrats. Sen ator Jones of New Mexico was absent. Insurgent* Quit. Convinced by tills roll call that their fight was ,a losing one, the re publican insurgents made no further effort to upset the organization pro gram, but some of them did voice their protest at the selection of Sen ator Watson of Indiana, ns chair man of the interstate commerce conn mlttee over Senator Da Follette of Wisconsin, who outranked the In diana senator. On the roll cad on final approval of the committee sines, republican and democratic, seven republican*, three democrats and the farmer labor senators. Shlpsiead. of Minnesota, voted in the negative. The repub licans were: Born It, Brook hart. Frazier, Howell. Dadd, Norbeck and Norris, and the democrats were Rlea.se, Walsh of Montana and Wheeler. Better Times Reflected in York County Records 'York, March 9.—Records of the reg istrar of deeds for York county show a decided Increase In real estate sales during the two months of 1925 and an easing off of chattel mortgage indebt edness, both being considered Indica tions of better times. Ninety one deeds have so far been filed this year. Real estate records Indicate a higher price for land than In 1924. Farm mortgages filed in 1925 amount to *274.909, released mort gages amount to 1199,550. The In crease in farm mortgages Is an In dication of a willingness to invest in York count* land, “Meritorious Service Fards (riven .r> Kuilroud Foremen (‘(dtimhu*. Altnli 9. I Ivc (Jolum liiix railroad foreman have been awarded “bioritorlou* nervier" rnrrls by file Pnlon I’m. Ific In recognition of having had no Injury reported by *nv of their crew during the Inst HAfety nontest ye.tr. They were Max Kllae, II. 7,. Karlin. II. L, Crowe, Joe Bow e and Thomas II. Ab Knery. (*rain Shipment* Increase. Wymore. M.trch 9 Movement rd ft eight traffh through the local rail way yard* the la hi few day* ha* ahowii a big Increase In volume. Mot a* much livestock* U moving to mar ket* a* last year nt thla time, bul grain *hlpmtnt* have Increased since March 1. **lil to be due to farmer* In the western part of the state turn ing loose Koine wheat and alao Juat getting iheir corn on the market. The cornhuaklng ha* recently been com pleted. Man Injured in Frankinj: Far. Bridgeport. March 9. Pat O’Neil of Orrtng I* *uf feeing with n dl*lo«mted elbon a* the penult of allowing the crank to HM|i from Id* hand while attempting te» * art hi* automobile. TilK rOI*AT.I. (U.T AIM if joy • » i, ■ *n‘i v in-i i.i« rlgllt. -uiMo I. keflio* sonl-p HifeHnn W'**‘ll ie.it>** t i! pi unci #>ln* ‘ "Urt at flui '»*<t • ha *«•*. 1% ■11 * U • • f> * Rgralr F'o 4 f i * J at.—AdvarUacmauu - -1 Pul I man Conductor Sa>$ Mrs. Stokes Shared Berth-With Cousin on Trip! W itness Declares Mule Kelalive Deserted His ll pper Res ervation in (iar Diirinp iNifilil and That He Heard (attiversation in Berth Occupied hv Stokes' Wife. lit I nitpowl Service. t/hicago. March .—The penchant of William E. D. Stokes, 73-year* | old New York millionaire, for seek ing affidavits reflecting on his wife, Helen Ellwoo<J Stokes, is in no whit abated by the fact that previous ef forts along that line brought about his present trial on a charge of conspiracy to defame her. Today, testifying in h1« own de fense. he admitted on cross exami nation hv the state that less than two weeks ago he had his lawyers take down such an affidavit from a Kentucky negro named t’lark. The negro formerly worked on Stokes’ farm near Lexingtoni Ky. His af fidavit charged that Mix. Stokes, to his knowledge, had been guilty of improper relations with her chauf feur, one lleitshaw. ('lark, Stokes said, came to him voluntarily. He indignantly denied lie had paid the negro $500 for the affidavit, as charged by the state. <loaded Into Rage. Stokes' admission came « few minutes before his long ordeal on the stand ended. Earlier in the day the millionaire had sworn that it was not divorce evidence but proof his wife was un fit to have custody of their ehil , dren that Inspired his investigations of the rhicago underworld in search of persons who could Identify Mrs. Stokes as a. former habitue. Stokes, goaded Into a rage by the states attorney, found himself un able to explain a\vHy satisfactorily his repeated instructions to his in \ estimators in Chicago that lie wanted “divorce evidence.” “1 knew 1 couldn’t use any more evidence in my divorce trial,” he said, “because the court had ruled 1 couldn't amend my petition, and those affidavits were merely for ex hibition in court when T sought to gain control nf the children.” Confused finally by trap after trap laid for him by the prosecutor, Stokes’ hitherto reliable mlscro s<apic memory went back on him and lie took refuge in replies of "I don't know” and “I can't remem ber.” Talc of Conductor. John T. Burk, a Pullman con ductor, who followed him on the stand, swore that Mrs. Stokes and her distant relative, Hal Billig, had occupied the same berth one night on his car. At least, he admitted under cross-examination, Blllig's iiertli was empty and lie heard ti man and a woman talking In the berth suppi**edl.v occupied by Mrs. Stokes. J tuber t F. Bee. negro co-defend ant of Stokes on the conspiracy charge, then began a recital of the investigations in which he took part, using a picturesque language that kept all the court room con vulsed. He still was on the stand w hen adjournment was taken. Mrs. Stokes, recanting her deci sion not to appear In the court room again, took her accustomed scat at almost the identical moment her elderly husband left the stand. Youth May Die of Explosion Burns l »<■' Fasoliue Instead of Ker osene to Start Furnace Fire in Farage. S|M»rigl to The Omaha H**#. Elliott, la.. March 9. A mistake In • il cans may cost Earl Godfrey, 28, of this city his life. Godfrey vent this morning to the basement of the Jim Hood garage, where he Is employed, to si art a fire. He picked up a can which he thought contained kerosene. Instead it was a small can of gasoline which had been left in the place through error. As Godfrey touched a match to the fire the gasoline exploded, enveloping him in flames, Godfrey ran up the *talr», out of the garage and into the Pettey hard ware store next door, a pillar r»f flame. Employes of the hardware store succeeded in killing the Are. but God frey was by then unconscious. Great pieces of flesh had been burned from his body. What skin bad not been burned off completely was blistered ami seared. Godfrey is the son of "Mrs. Alfred Godfrey. TJttle hop® was held out for his re covery by officials at the hospital to which h® was removed. SHIP DAMAGED IN SEA CRASH New York, March 9.—Its No. 2 hold stove In and filled with water, following a collision with the Shipping hoard tanker Dannedalkp off Nan tucket last night, the Dutch freighter Aalaum was slowly proceeding to New York today tinder Its own power, ac cording to wireless messages received by navsl communications office. The crash occurred In a heavy fog last night, alcout 25 miles south of Nan tucket. The.tanker was damaged only slightly. Shortly after the collision, ('apt. Huff, of the Aalsum, sent out an 8. O. H., saying his boat was leaking badly. Family Is Left Destitute When Fire Destroys Home Bridgeport. March 9.—Fire of un known origin destroyed a sod houae with shingle roof and frame addition on the C. B. Millett place, near North port, occupied by the Harrison Mitchell family, who lost all of their furniture and all wearing apparel ex cept what they had on their backs. The loss la estimated at *3,000, with no Insurance on the contents and little on the building. Four Miens in Mcrrrill Fount* Fiti/.cuslii|> Bridgeport, Mmvn 9 Kewer foi eigner* are noeklng naturalization thin ti*a*on In Morrill cofintv thou evot* before nt any tegular naturaliza tion *e«*lcm of !h* district mint. Judge Ilnrron will ex unine applicant* for citizenship Thursday. April 27. and only four applicant* will he be fore him. Moat of these arc of Ger mnn birth. Irtiiiiiscli Womiin SulTci' Second Injur) in Falling TecutllSeh, March !• Mr*. Jacob Writer, an elderly Tectimaoh Woman, fell on the walk and broke her lrft hip. She broke the other hip in a aimilar accident a few vent*fc ago, and could not get about very well. Woman Kills ( .O\ Oil*. Beat ib® Mar<h lb Mi*. Martin Jurgen* of the I'llho neighborin' i ahot and billed ft « oynte In lb’ nb M»n a of her hnehniid Tiie animal had been cauuM In • li p «itel In order to ®nd II.* Buffering Nh« .fur | utna killed II (Ylrlirnlnl Dotior |)ir* • ‘incinnatl, Macli '* Hr •barb ;•» Ibukhlll *»l one »i the gientrat atii limit !e* lr Am«*rb n »ni tb® • •■#*;»t tneot nf t ubtrculodB. «t t«vl ot blood poisoning | Kenney Is Ajjain Found !Not Guilty JuilfTf’ Cos* ni?miftgf* Charge Against Man Fxonerated in Henry Shooting. Charts or robbery against Laur ence Kenny, 615 South Sixteenth street, were dismissed by District Judge Goss Monday afternoon when the state had competed its against him. Kenny was previously tried in con nection with the shooting of Lloyd Henry, at which time the inability of distinguishing between him (ind his twin brother confused witnesses. He was freed. Judge Govs, in taking the case from the jury and dismissing it, held that the state's evidence was insufficient. The robbery for which Kenny wae on trial occurred «t Kightleth nhd Ta cific street on July 14t when, S. W. Wiggins of the Chevrolet Automobile company was robbed of $80 nnd s watch. Henry was shot on this same night. Counsel for Kenny brought in the "twin boot her" feature In cross-ex amination regarding identification, and no witness was able to positively identify Kenny as the man, although Iwth Wiggins and Bertha Sohlntlcr, 210 South Thirty-seventh street, end E. V. Rhode* 2026 /Famam street, who were ^Teld up-the same night while out riding testified rliat Kenny appeared to be one of the men who held them up. PAROLED YOUTH RETURNED TO PEN Red Oak. Ia.. March 9 Wilkie Long of Red Oak was arrested ai Council Bluffs Saturday and brought to Red Oak, where he Is held in the county jail awaiting arrival of offl cers from the penitentiary at Fort Mndiaon to return him to that insti tution for violating his parole. I*nng was paroled some month* ago and is said to have violated bi> r*1*0!* by going to Missouri with a. Red Oak girl whom he married. It is said Long claims he was not aware he was violating his parole by getting married or leaving the state. Long was convicted of auto theft in the Mills county district court a few years ago and was serving a sentence for tills crime when paroled. FariiHT .* IX ifr Injured by Trippinp on Corn Cobs * *o«nd March 9.- Mrs. (bis Selk, wife of a young farmer, fell nnd' sprained an ankle in the barnyard. She had gone for a basket of coni cob*. Slutting for the house she stepped on some cobs w hich turned j nnd threw her in the ground One ankle was thrown out of place and! the ligaments of the limb and foot! torn loos**. Slicriff- of I lire* Coiintb'* in I'ur-iiil of \tilo Tbirves Albion. March 9. Sheriffs Yondu sen of Polk. Mohr of Merrick and Cramer of Nance were in Alhlotv Hat* unlay running down automobile thieves. They have seven men under arrest at Silver ('reek, and they took one man from here who Is supposed to be connected with the gang. Murrii'd in Conuril IlluJfe. Tic fellow lag g«rpen» ti*sr rlAt* licenses In Council Bluffs yestsrdsv \ h in-* Illit) A<l'1r • »* Ape. ,t il»n VI Cun i <Himhfv. . ,,,,,,ua s .1 \i «h. I! Cl 'Km tx It, It ■ Ciiii tip .. IbKn I’lller umflhit . ’V (ill i < I *#!!• i 'mini*) | «Huff- .. M* Mi l in. i ,< •♦oieci! Ul’iff . M I II. M.nti . Jc Ito.Uee I taw Neb 'i 1» • .n • • I . fi\ci»v.. til Ivon Ml.' P c I' • . lu I « at ', V,', IMi * Unfit , , Ol. . mu,", \sb i Krai 1. M >. -a urns hi - . ' ' \ . • »\ !• ». O i ii K i It VV ribor 1* M h loy . I MVisKh ......... k sir Hr VVmi!" V ••• \ •' • * V r . i tri I* u • o>co M Ph*tV * i'Rcil llleeb» CtfttHi li Bluff* t * v l\ timim V »• * i • hi nt u» N*i* , S» Ulbblt Cmtun, .'■•a.. !l right to Get Jury in Case of Griffith Kegular Panel Exhausted Be fore Day Out in Trial of Confessed Slayer of Kimliall Man. Courtroom Is Packed (Special IHxpatch to Th<* Omaha B*c. Kimball, Neb., March 9.—Trial of IS. h. Griffith on a charge of murder arising from the fatal shooting of Jerry Mandrell here February 5. opened in district court today. Throughout attorneys for the de feuse and the prosecution challenged jurymen' and dismissed them. By eve ning the regular jury panel had all been used and a second group had been called. Interest in the trial is intense. The courtroom was packed with specta tors before court was opened. The spectators remained all day and left onlj after th* last venireman had been questioned and dismissed and the new' panel had been ordered called. Wounded Wife. Griffith has admitted his guilt. Shortly after Ms arrest he declared hp had returned to his home unex pectedly one evening to find Mandrell and Mrs. Griffith under compromising circumstances. Mandrell, according to the state, ment which Griffith is said to have made, was told to leave town at once. This h<* failed to do, and Grif« fith once again warned him. On February 5 Griffith, accompa nied by Mrs. Griffith, went to the Mandrell home. Mandrell was sitting in a front room an 3 his w ife wan in the kitchen. Griffith ordered Mandrell to call Mrs Mandrell and tell her of her al leged infidelity. Mandrel! refused and Griffith began to shoot. Surrendered st Once. Mandrell died almost instantly and Griffith then turned the weapon on Mrs. Griffith, severely wounldng her. Mrs. Mandrell. attracted *by the shooting, ran Into the room and then, with Mrs. Griffith, ran from the house Griffith surrendered himself soon aft*r the shooting and was ordered held on a charge of murder in the fiist degree by a coroner s jury le«s tha.n two hours later. Both the dead man and ihe man whose life is now is jeopardy were business men hen*. Mandrell owned a store and Griffith was an Insurance agent* Both were highly respected. GERMAN ENVOY ARRIVES IN U. S. II, invlll SE-NTNKR. International New. "eerie. staff C nr r e.ponH en,. \'e^ York. March 9.—Rarnn Aj,i von Maltzan. n,«- German ambassador to the 1'rl'ed Ptatr.*, accompanied by hl« beautiful wife and $ year-ohl daughter, Kdith. armed here today, and departed for Washington. "The German republic will continue f. rever." Karon Yon Maltzan replied, when asked what he thought would be the outcome of President Kbert's death, which occurred when the steamship Albert Ballln was one day out of Cherbourg. Continuing on Ger man? s future the ambassador said. "Germany's hope for the future re poses in the linues plan. We have accepted the Irawes plan In good feel itilt and In pood faith, and will live up to the letter and spirit.of this agreement.’’ SLAYER SOUGHT BY BANDIT SQUAD i hlcago, March 9.—The Chicago bandit squad working under "shoot to-ktll” orders, was scouring the city's underworld haunts today for a trace of a bandit said to he known as the "Lone Orajr Wall 1 who rssrtsrrtay shot and killed Archibald F\ Murchle. 23. art student, of Vancouver, B. C., when Murchle failed to comply with his commands during a drug store holdup. The lsindlt fired three shots as Murchle ran across the street, the third taking effect. He then calmly pocketed his gun and fled. • (Central <,i*y Postofficf \|>|tropriation lurrrus«*«l i st **s* I rity, March P An nd«li t tonal appropriation of $25,000 toward a new po stuff he for t>ntml City wai pauei] of the closing Rmnion of con gr**s, according to a telegram re ceived fi'om »'niiRi wnmn Howard. In 1P14 in appropriation for $58,000 wai pABfted. blit building operation* ana pended l>e<‘ati>*e of the war. Following tlie war it wa* found that the $(>’>,000 wtii Inadequate to build a permanent building and on additional $25,000 ap pioprlntion wi* ^«ked. Mr». W. T. Slia\ Dratl al 81. Bridgeport, March v< Mrs. W T. shay . SI, a resident of Garden county for years, hnvlng located on a hiuorstiSd near l.lsc, where she re molned until the d> th of her son. 10 yeai-s ngo. Is dead si the family home nt t*shk*>*h. W . II. I’oiiihI Drops Doatl. Vil MucAM'i t. March £. \N illiam II Pound, f» 1. a resident of this section for 3s vaur*. dIM InatAtitl.v upon fall Injf lo the ground in Ida front yard nt ,1\ile*btng while making prepat.t flop* «»r planting *mue almiha. I’atllorks in IMiilatk'lpliiti. Philadelphia. March 0. Injun* ikm» f- i the poll '« Ulna of Na eatabll»b jmc-nte f• * \iolntlnu liquor la v* ue:e ! nufyi I 'it ih'ioi o, Public Mi>l> ! Hut lea l jf Paroled Man Marries Woman Who Pleaded for His Release Beatrice, Neb.. March 9.—Jake Sun geon, who was paroled a few days ago after be had been arrested on a for gery charge, slipped off to Marysville, Kan., where be was married tu Elsie Kchoenberger. It 1* said >he worked, hard for bis release, and at one time she consented to have the nutlal knot tied at the county jail. Sturgeon gave his age as 30 and that of bis bride as 32. They will make their home on a farm near Blue Springs. Senate Fight on Gasoline Tax to Be Staged Today Democratic Leaders W ork to , Make hood Road* Mea— ure Real le*uc Between Parties. I*. C. POWEM,. State < i.rTespomlsnt The Omaha Bee. J.hieoln, March P.—Nebraska’s legislature will stage two big fights tomorrow. At 10 In the morning the lower house will begin consideration of the gasoline tax bill under sn agreement reached today. Sometime in the morning or afternoon the sen ate will either ad vance or reject the "word of mouth ' repealer which caused such a spectacular fight last week when Senators Chant, bets. Hove . and Dvsart of Omaha placed ,t in general file after the committee on privileges and elV.-tior killed the bill. There wap in’ensc lobbying through out the day on the two bills. G. X. Norton. ilec*-ated democratic candidate f<V- governor, was In conference with democratic members of the house. An effort is being made to crack the party whip and make the gasoline tax issue the big fight in the next stale election. Whether a series of conferences to be held tonight by democratic chieftain” will force re calcitrant members into" the demo cratic column on roll call tomorrow Is problematical. Governor 111. Regret wa* expressed that at such an important time Governor Adam Mr Mullen should be onfin»d to his bed with serious threat trouble. KYom his sick bed the governor was taking an active intere*t in preliminaries of the fight and his supporters were ex ceptionally‘energetic In preparing for tomorrow * leak-lathe battle. The first anticipated mote of the demo, rets js (.repose an amend ment w hich will force a iv 50 split of gasoline tax proceeds between the state .anti counties. Another amend ment is evpet ted. cutting the proposed tax from 2 to 1 per cent pier gallon. The most intensive lobbying, how ever. was against the "word of mouth" repealer. Elmer Thomas, fe I erel prohibition .agent for Nebraska, snd former fity Commissi mer Dean Ringer, were all busy in legislative corridors in an effort to, obtain suf fi-jent votes to Kill the bill. The task assigned to Thomas, who is a demo, crat, was to realign democratic #en t• ■ tm. Th* MUn detnex -ati< tioi voted f tl • Tepeeler last w pck . Robbins Scores Tactical \ iefory. Senator John Robbins of Omaha, one of the leade*-* in the fight against the bill, was able tonight to force an adjournment before the bill tame up for consideration. In doing this. Rob bins enables the Pmith Howell lobby ists another day to prepare for the fight. City Commissioner John Hop kins and Tom O'Brien, an Omaha at torney, were eouaJiv busy tonight In working In behalf of the repeal of the “word of mouth" bill. A stalwart support ft- on the senate floor tomorrow of the Ilopktii«-t t’Brien forces will lie Senator C- " ■ Johnson of Cheyenne county, who vvoi ked 1-ai J fop the ill-fated Ten Commandments bill, and who is now devoting his en ergy to repeal the "word of mouth" bill. KMh faction* forecasted victory In the senate tomorrow. Work done by the houfe and senata todav consisted of advancing a number of minor bills to third reading. A bill forcing tfisoonilnuan e of use of coupons in foodstuffs v:.« advanced in the senate by a narrow margin. The senate Juillciary committee vote,: a favorable report on the mar rlage bill, which, under amendments placed on it by the hops" discon tinues the 1 n ,lat elm «e. hut continues to force presentation of affidavit# of good health to count' judge.*, lie. Hert 1., Storev of Grace Methodlm church. Omaha, appealed in favor of five t*ill. "I am not one of those minister* who look i)i) marriages from the re nittnet f.loti side lie M . Storey alii, "I think the bill does go*Hl for humanity and c«use.]uen11 y 1 ntn for it." Dr. 1'. li Bartholomew head (>f the eoclai disease bureau of tile state, was •nether strong advocate of tit# bill. Italian I tnijjralion I aturr. Rome. March >. —Official statistics •dhow thorr neve 4«* 1 St*S euujp'Ants from hah in 1924. an of mopt i han 1 tKMKH* u\ *r 1 i1. H* I he Weather v--/ ■< l urn * d*'. ? v ’ ’ Va v • V. Mi •’ • Itum .-4*1 » Tni«l. vi»v'»: 1a>Ia. ftir.t'# •'» ' ’-A’j i. i IV II out ft IrRUHTUltiriit & » ' 9 1,0 4 a m *. o m it 1 a « m . n * tv an \l3 B'HS *!'»'• Fechet Gets? Approval of Com in it tee J'rnalc Military Affair?I,roup Fax or? Colonel to Succeed Mitchell After Hear ing \A eekff. “Necessary to Discipline Bj 1 nivrriftl SrrHc*. Washington, March D.—The senate military affair** committee today made a favorable report on the nomination of Col. .hime*. E. Fechet to buccVCl Krig. fieri. William Mitchell p.* amidst ant chief c»f the army air service. Action was taken tfte,* secret a r> "f \Y • Week.* Selling rU-cd dootr explained in detail why Gen«n<t Mitchell was nut reappointed to bi post. While Senator Wadsworth of Xev York, fhaiiTnan nf tic committee en<< the other member** were reticent about dis< uj-sing what took pla* e in tlie ex ecutlve session, it v.as learned that W eeks declared ’he release of Mitchell from his position as assistant air chief wa- ' necessary in the inters! of arm a discipline.” Mitchell Goes Home. General Mitchell will Ua\e Wasf: ington tomorrow on leave of absent to visit Ids home *t Milwaukee. Wit f**r n few day- U’ look aft^r private business interests there. He has been given no indication a> to where be will be stationed after March 20. when his term as assistant chief of the a.r service expires, no* has tii* War department invited him to express his wishes in the matter. . Jl is generally understood, hoo ever, that be will be attached to the headquarters of one of the nine corps area3 in the United .States, probabh either the Sixth or the Second. Since his demotion was ordered by Secretary nf War Weeks several da>n ago, f>neral Mitchell has receive*! many offer* of outside positions, an.' one of which would pay him a much larger * Mary than he receives from the army. Will Not Resign. He has no intention of resigning, however, he stated today, but Intends to keep up his campaign for an ade quete air force. Representative O Sullivan of Con | neetieut, who represented the houe aircraft Investigating committee —at the bombing tests held last week m Fortress Monrue, today recoin ynended the adoption of a mi Hear;, policy in which “aircraft shall pJ*i the most important part.” “The demonstration at Fortreet Monroe,” said Representative O'Sulli van, “instead of substantiating the • U ms r*f the friends of ants direraxt. proved that General Mitchell e as right when he said the only defense against enemy aircraft was a sub etantiaJ air force.” STAR ATHLETE WEDS SECRETLY Shenrodouh, la., March 9 —TV E (Eddie) Lewis. former coach of the Shenandoah High school. who devel opad a team that ranks among the l'est ever turned out at the loca school, was secretly married St. V*1 •mine's day at Tort Lodge to Mis? Edna ('ur;i«. ]>r»ke university grade ate. Kriends here have received an uouncements. ^ f Mr. Lewis' [-arents reside at De* Moines, where he was a star athlete at Be* Moines university. His hride has been In Chautauqua work and ha* hem more recently teaching dramatic*. The bridegroom has resigned frot: •hts work as a traveling salesman and will re-enter the coaching game. lM-Hour hlectric Service % In-tailed at Breaduater Bridgeport. March S.—T.rc.ii r.ow has 24-hour electric service fro* tii t T’.jhi.. >t :vt> corn pap \'« transmission line that has been cow pleted from Bridgeport. The old mu iiicipa! power plant, that was given to the public service company In cun ^deration of acceptance of a ?$ year franchise ai d service of day and night electric lights and power, lias beet closed. Summary of the Day in Washington The supreme court held the natl 'u: motor vehicle theft act valid. President Coolidge handed down the .ward In the Tarns and Avira ceso between Chile and Peru calling for a plebiscite. Action of the epubl*. vn r?*jerlt) i i?t depriving 1a Pollette se> atora of iheir committee ranks was tlth&ttd In j i lie senate. The nomination of 14cm Chi. .biitr K. fVchet a* assistant chief of the tinny air service wa.* approved by the j senate tniiltarv committee. Corn on farm# March 1 was placet. I by th# l apartment of Agriculture a: 1 *01 bushels. Wheat mss 1U* 19“s,iiiw bushels S re; .r\ Mellon declared the trea> | ur>. in settth e tho Atlantic, Gulf tiki w i at tmttea corpora Km taxes ?:*.»• I proper busUiriC Kgi* V*.vKlen«v designed to show the gi>\ j eminent kvd mi Ihma in t to* : w ar amortisation show .ones was edb t*ln*<l pi t * u»> c* U • irlngi I of < oujsMts com* ’ee, S ;i*t or I'o jrt i- u Ml. big a j • harged tin Inn o • * ,e bateau had tried o su>» tphne him through aA’M-sjuuent of additional taxes W |c.,;.>e of t c\e-|*th»n* in i • senate I *«\ est Alton.