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0 ™— i The Omaha Corning Lee with rising liniiwfature. «i>o „e|pl. h y,t mo#t (^auyrtil nrb CITY EDITION | __ __ __ - -„-——_ —. . --- — ». I— In the w Olid .•Bs ro n®8 s \ on Buttn^r* | ;_J vol 54—NO. 232. OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925. *_TWO CENTStB ^‘c^. * Mrs. Stokes Gives Lie to Aged Male O Oraii'N Hu-hand From Standi i> She Denies She Kercived (JousiiMn (iliemi-e and (lorsets. Case to |ury This Week By ( nlurMl Vr\ ii**-. Chicago, March 11. Her good name and character, sputtered and besmirched during the trial of her wealthy 73-year-old husband, William K. O. Stokes, on charges of conspira cy to defame hoe. was defended from the witness stand today by Mrs. Hel en Eliwood Stokes. Vehemently and indignantly lie de nied the charges that she had been more tlinn friendly with her cousin. Hal Billig. jr., and that her ac tions with him in the Stokes homo in New York on New four's eve 1!H9, was the thing that had -driven her husband from her and led him to seek a. divorce. Mrs. Stokes' testimony •nine is n long-heralded climax to more than three weeks of dragging her through the mire In an effort to save Stoki s from conviction. Shortly after she left the stand, both state and de fense announced they had closed and the first argument for the state be gan with Milton I). Smith, assistant state's attorney, speaking Brands Stokes Liar. "Smith had not concluded when court adjourned today, lie will -uine tomorrow morning and 1 >e fol lowed during the day by Charles F, liathbtin for the defense. Friday.As sistant Stale's Attorney William W. Smith will wind up and t tie case will go to the jury probably Friday night. Mrs. Stokes was permitted to lake the stand, despite the law which for bids a wife from testifying against her husband, because the defense in troduced new evidence charging her with infidelity. She was on the stand less than 30 minutes, all told, but lie i wolds were charged with TNT for Stokes, whom -he branded a liar when be said that what he -aw in his own home when jtilling was a guest there gave her plenty of ground^ to w riant inves tigation of her past. Mrs. Stokes said she asked Billig to her home with her husband's con sent, that the latter chatted vv itli M* Billig while she dressed on the other side of a closed door and that she had not stood in that door attired in only chemise, corset and hose and conversed with her cousin, as Stokes •swore. ' Never on Train With Him. She denied, too. Hi© millionaire's, r-'ory that he had surprised Billig in a dloset near her bathroom after tie had been told Billig had left the bouse. She said, too, that Billig did not go to a. hotel because Stokes chased him out of the home, but be cause the younger man resented Stokes' insinuation that lie intended to sit up all night, despite a high fever, because lie felt it incumbent to keep an eye on what went on. Their separation did not take place next morning, as Stokes alleged, she swore. The next day Stokes gave her a valuable ring and it was eight days later that lie went away after breakfast, after kissing her goodbye, . and dld_not return. As for testimony of two I’ujlman conductors that she and Billig had traveled together on their trains, once in the same berth and once In the same compartment, Mrs. Stokes swore she never had been on u train with Billig in her life. Denies Intimacy. Asked polntblank a« to her rela tions with Billig. she said they never bud been more titan Cousinly. She also denied she t v, r had been a bright lights habilut In t'iiloago or elsewhere. Before she took the stand a long -i ring of state witnesses were re called and denied In whole converse Hons which Stokes said he had with them jll which they identified pic tures and told him lurid tales of ids wife's supposed past. In his closing argument Mlltoi! D. Smith hurled charm s Inf dem ncrac.v against Stokes. The millionaire, he declared, was willing to do anything to rid himself Of his vvTfe after she beat his first divorce suit' and had stooped to trafficking in false afli davits as a means t.. that end. I'ltrida Irart Hriiif: Ucatfirt* VI iiman Hi" Slim R Ml lire. Neb M-irrli II, \i i-ord to word 1 • *-i \ *1 11C‘i *■ tmla.i, Mr*. Aura J'arl • r K'linrsl; on* tiiri* lien trie# tvrilikuit afnl }*nanlnfnl In tint ioal rlivlo.- her*1 for H-nrs, lias *olil a. 4U acre lnu*t of 1.1tul in-nr Miami, Pla.. for T\v»nt> f i \«• h n > of the plat brought ' - *«» an • Mr*. ... i in i of tin* lilt# Judge If. W . i’a11 or, fonm I. may or of / * 4. J. Marrh. N Merchant, Hot Nprtitga, S. fl. Mr. Marrh la In Omaha Malting the McOorcJ-Brndy company In connection gS* with the aptlng market week. Mot Spring?, he eaje, will double In population llila year, due to the build ,’ng of n * I,lion,unit hoHpItal fur tidier rular aolihcra a ml a $"OS.OOU addition to the home fur wloovra of old aid t ere. He la the he d of J. ,T. Msreh 4 Son f>ry Good* and Grocery company at list Spring* 1 Osborne ^ood Boards Vessel for America Viith Three Bottles of Wine ^ niiug Spendthrift Indignantly (lasts Into Sea a Cable gram From New ^ ork Producer. Offering $5,000 Week In "Show Card Tricks" on Stage in l nited Slates. Hj I niter mi I Smlt'f. Cadiz, Spain, M uc h II.—ldeut. Osborne Wood boarded the West Chelae lofciglit, carrying two hand bags, bound for America. In one grip was a change of linen and handkerchiefs and in the other were three bottles of tlie best Span ish wine, with whiah he propose* to while away the hours on the shipping board's dry boat. In one pocket Wood carried a pack of cards and in another lie had it) pesetas, representing his sole wealth until lie arrives at Tampa. 1 sut Lieutenant Wood has nut yet left Spain—the West Clietac has Amortization of $562,000,000 U Questioned Couzfiis Committee Declares Similar Claims, Still Pend ing. Total *300,000,000; All Corporation Taxes. Washington. March 11.—The inter nal revenue bureau, in collecting war an«l postwar corporation taxes, has al lowed $662,000,000 in Amortization claims, under principles questioned by the Couzens .senate committee, its record filed with the senate disclosed today, on the busts «*f testimony by bureau officials. Similar claims that are still pending, as set forth in this testimony, amount to approximately $300,000,000. Through L. M. Mznson, counsellor' the committee, and its own engineers, with the old <>f the bureau personnel. Uie committee undertook more de tailed investigation of several of the allowed claims, most of them arising out of wartime operations of indus trial companies. The Rerwind-"White Coal Mining company, in Pennsyl vania, furnished the chief « laim brought under particular examina tions in this category. 'The largest of the claims pending. M&nson ' reported to t)>e committee, affects the United Slates Steel cor- j porat ion. £31,000,000 Difference. “The amount claimed is $83,482,501. he told live committee, explaining that while the case was yet unfin ished, the engineering estimates had! been approved In the bureau. ‘The amortization allowed by the unit On come tax) was $.’>6,063,312. “The. amortization considered prop er by your counsel and" engineers is $27,136,387. t. The difference in tax Is $21,438..">13.” Special amortization allowances were given coriHiratldn* producing war material during 1317 and 1318, if they embarked upon improvement and construction projects during that period, even though the a* tual expen diture was not made until after the war. The committee demanded a list of principal concerns which had been so treated, and the list was read as follows by W. K. Tandrow. one of the valuation experts for the bureau: “The first taxpayer is the Jones and Kaughlin Steel company, Pittsburgh, total costs involved, $23,133,771. Dupont Kirin Named. “T3:e second is the. MUlvale Steel and ordnance of Xevv York, report submitted February 18, 1324; total cost. $24,328,520. GUN WOMAN HOLDS NEIGHBORS AT BAY A patrol Bonded with policemen and let' live* was dispatched to Twenty seventh i.ud Ohio s'rests • r!y Tues day afternoon on a report that. o«*l ored women wr.s running amuck. 'They found Kosettu Pope, 2713 Ohio street, running about the sheet and between Hie residences with a shotgun, threatening to shoot, they reported. They called to her to drop the weapon, but she declined and, they saftl, threatened to shoot anyone who approched her. After some maneuver I in:. Detective Arthur Kngliah si loped up behind In. r and seized the guirand she was brought to Central station for investigtion. Four years ago she shot Policeman j i llfford fain. Injuring him, officers | say. ' Inloxirution l ine \<ltlnl In Penally fur I' i^liliti^r Pent rice, ' I; 11 •«• 11 II. At tlK- # l<> -e • f the trial of IJI Smith. charged with a siniltiiig II. S. Tomicmaker In I ho latlei 'fi office la^t Saturday. .ludve <*'K«-cfi dis'luii ur d t he* defendant, hut fined Torn Hroohs Sin nnd costs for liking pari in (lie melee. Plonks was also fined $ to him! costs for hi Ins ha firm. Three Hurl in Lar g'reek. Pawnee < *lty, March 11.- A tour ing car overturn*! mi the highway I eight miles west of Inn* nftei a from tire ldew out. The occupants, Mm. Raymond Johnson of Pawnee I’ily, her father, John Hansen, and uncle, Phrl* Pederqutat, of Ravenna, who were on their way from Pawnee Pity to Ravenna, were returned to Pawnee Pity for treatment, though not aerl mmly injured. Omaha Woman I .ones Memory Kntisag Pity, March 11. Photo graphs of a woman taken to a hot. pltal here Monday, when the said sin* had lost her memory and was unable to give her name or address, weir Identified as those of Tlrtah Johan neons alia* Alice Cramer, formerly of Omaha. ii"i yet sailed—and oven the most sanguine of his friends will not heave a sigh of relief until th' freighter actually hauls up i anchor and quits Cadiz on it,. i nionth-loqg voyage to the gulf1' coast. However, if tlie tide or some thing does not prevent, the ship will sail tomorrow. Wireless aboard will keep Wood in close touch with events during the trip across the Atlantic. Among telegrams he received before going aboard the ship was one from a Broadway producer offering him $5,000 a week for five weeks to "show card tricks.” Wood indig nantly oast the cablegram into the sea. Gross Crude Oil Production for ^ eek Is Greater Daily Average lmTt*at**s TOO Barrel*, According lo eekly Summary of Petroleum Industry. New York, March XI.—The daily average gross crud» oil production of the I'ntted .States increased 700 barrels for the week ending March 7, aceordlngt to the weekly summary of the American Petroleum institute. ■The daily average production east of California was 1.341,450 barrels, a decrease of 300 barrells. California ^production was 603,000 barrels, an Increase of 1,000 barrels. Oklahoma shows a daily average production of 467,650 barrels, a de crease of 7,950 barrels; Kansas, S5, 300 barrels, an Increase of F,0 barrels; North Texas, 36,550 barrels, a de crease of 150 barrels; east centra! Texas, 169,900 barrels, a decrease of 850 barrels; north Louisiana, 49.POO barrels, an increase of 4oo barrels: Arkansas, 109.300 bands, an Increase of 2,050 barrels; gulf coast and south west Texas, 128,200 barrels, an In crease of 3,600 barrels; eastern, 99, 000 barrels, an Increase of 500 Ixu' rels; Wyoming. Montana and Colo rado, 92,f,5o barrels, an increase of 2,300 barrel*. Dally average exports of petroleum at prnloipal ports for the month of February vveie 234,321 barrels, com pared with 238.063 latrrels for the month of January, and for the week ending March 7, 214,000 barrels, com pared with 3J 9,429 Imrrels for the previous Week. Dally average re ceipts of California oil at Atlantic and gulf coast ports for the month of February were 59,607 barrels, com pared wilb 72.613 barrels for the month of January, and for week end ing March 7 69,714 Uirrels, com pared With 63.857 barrels for the pre vious week. No changes were reported in crude oil prices for the major district*. COLLECTOR’S WIFE SEEKING DIVORCE Mrs.Josephine K. Kelley, 2427 Kill son avenue, filed a petition in dis trict court Wednesday asking o di vorce from her husband, Archibald* It. Kelley, proprietor of a collection agency. she charges that he has been guilty of repeated act* of ex treme cruelty. Mrs. Kelley declares In her petition 1 hat her husband has humiliated her in I lie *je* of her friends, has sc* cused her of "act* too \ile to he set forth,” and ha* refused to pay for medical treatment for her and their two non*. Rodney, v and Marvin, 7 The Kelleys jvere married Septem ber 2. 19io. Sne assert* that I** seases real and personal property Worth between IJ5.OU0 and SjO.OOU and she asks that she !»♦* grunted alt moiiy for i he care of herself and their two children. She also asks that the court grant an injunction lo prevent him from concealing hi* assets and to prevent him from annoying her. \fra. Fffir Clark Funeral Serxiees Held at llax Springs Hay Spring*. March 11. -The fu neral If Mih. Kffie (’lark, who died at Omaha Friday, wa*» heM In Ha> Spring* community hall and burial made In Hay Spring-* c i*tery, The chapter of the Ka*tern Star. «»f which Mr*, ( lark wa» n charier member, conducted the eervl-ce. Ucv. Mr. llo'tglMMd of the Met hodJ*t church preached the fmcrul n»*rmon, Mr*. (Mari wa* horn lit \V« haler county, Ncbrankn, ,ltiiiuar> I*. l**f» Surviving Iter are her hu*bhml, Wit* Main k\ ('lark: two children. Hills and llettj; her aged father and mother. Mr. and Mr*. A. I. S« rll*i * * It»• •*• brother.* ami a *l*lei. I HO Shot to I h*l4ill, Nwl.ill.i, Mu, Vl'in'i II < lull I’m t*r, 4.1, iim] IiIh wll", Sail*' :|ii, < 1«n<I In a *ho«d lug. ,fohn Zlim. father of Mr*. I'orter. bui rendet ed to th* authority •, declaring that he ■“hot Potter after the latter had fatally Injured Mr*. Porter. Carbon Fnnr-al. Funeral wvloaa for Ml*. Hulil.i Cartoon, 3.1, former resMont of omotm. who illwrl Sunday at Lincoln, wn, hald Wwdnraday, at 2 p. m„ st the Horry H. Swanson chaptl. initial whs niad. In Fmeal l„nvn pi not fry. Tariff Ofirial Riuiuin*. \X'»ahln»ion, .Xfuroli II. < uinml' slontr Purse*.' of th, Inrlfr roniinl* j *lon said «rt»r a conform.* with I I’raaldant I'oolldg*, that h* would j rontlnua In oCflea "for ■ w hlia ai | IMUU,’’ Poison Plot Bared inK.C. Hotel .Death t)\ iiijf Charge ^ **««"» , He hays ^ qV^ ..or to lilame. /* * - A.i$urance to Be Probed By VINA I.INDSAY. I ni.cr.al Vnlrf Staff Corrrapondrnt. Kansas City, March 11.—In the face of a woman's fljlng accusation that he poisoned her. It. M. Turner, former Kansas university football man, here tonight steadfastly main tained his innocence in connection with the mysterious death of Mrs. Dora Gage of Atchison, Knns. Mrs. Gage, 50, was found dying late today in her room in the Hotel Baltimore. Turner, .13, was in the room with her. While she shrieked that he had poisoned her, he insisted that her illness had been caused by corn liquor. She died 30 minutes later at the general hospital. Turner Is In jail here. . Seek Insurance Policies. Efforts are being made here and In Atchison to locate *18.000 worth of life Insurance policies which Mrs. Gage yesterday. In Atchison, showed to her daughter, Mrs. Russell Stan ley. Police sa>' Turner was named beneficiary In a $9,000 policy which Mrs. Gage carried. Attendants at the hospital here say Mrs. Gage died of strychnine poison ing. An autopsy will be held early tomorrow. Particles of a glass bottle which Turner had thrown out of a window of the, hotel room are being analyzed. The police have received word from Atchison that Turner, a real estate man of that city, figured in ail in vestigation three years ago in con nection wjth the death of his wife. Mrs. Turner was drowned in ^he Gottonwood river near Atchison when a canoe in which site and her hus band were riding capsized. Collected *10,000. Turner is said to have collected a $10 .000 insurance policy which his wife carried. Charges were filed against him in connection with her death, according to Atchison authori ties. but he was released for lack of evidence. lie Is a veternn of the world war. Mrs. Gage was divorced three years ago from William Gage, a resident of Illinois. She came to Kansas City Monday and registered alone at the Hotel Baltimore, occupying an expen sive room. Turner was not registered at the hotel. The dying woman was discovered this afternoon when aides in the hotel heard screams and groans coming from her room. Det sc lives forced the door, which was locked, and found the woman writhing In i>nln on the bed. while Turner stood by trying to quiet her. She shrieked that he had poisoned her, t YOUTH TRIED ON SISTER’S CHARGE HUputrh If* Tli* Omiiliii lire. Walioo, Neb., March 3 1.—( **cU House, a dental student at the I'nf* versify of Nebraska, went on trial her** this morning on a grave charge preferred hy his sifter, Thelma. 15. The trill s father. Dr. Alfred Hous*, 55, former Ashland dentist, was ac quitted of the same charges by a jury Tuesday evening. 9 Thf* Jury was out five hours, and took five ballots. Following*hie acquittal. Dr, Mouse *aid he desired to take his daughter hack to his home. She lias been in tho custody of the state welfare bu ieati sine® she first, made charge® against her father And brother. “I ll send her to s* haul, to n uni versity, If she wish* h** said. "She's mv daughter. Why shouldn't I?*’ Dr. 1 lou.-*®’- wife and Ins *• n, «'cell, whose trial started this morning, testified mi his behalf Tu* Seven other witnesses testified to his exemplary life. The jultuipa! rtt.no \\im»»- *\* were Mildred Dunham, 202 Houth Seven teenth street, employed In an Omaha brokerage office; Mrs Ituth Drown, teacher hi an Ashland school, and Helen Dunlap, who testified that the girl had cornpiuinc 1 to them if her father’s conduct. Tire allege*! offense n.ii to have been committed Tlmnks^ivingj night, I Mnrrird in (.nnncil lllulf-. Th* follow »»* paifon* obtr. triad rn»» rlnttr‘ Means*-- • r, « ounrli Hluff - ya«i .« d. i i iuij- r.-a/-ii finiNha.. 'll Kdna \\ r trht «bn-ilm . , . 19 *• * » I l''oi>*»*t I »il i.. • a « *• * «| i • • - i I Muf’ 4 Kata K i i MII • olltirll niuff s . . 4" A ! f' *! 1 * I i . \ . . I tan# 1 > llftfiry « tabt<*rklr 4. \\ l»n•«t•, b .. . Mar) Mniahnll, V-hlund. 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Hh.i l>, Oiahil MmImUiI, N>b.4" Kiin i'hr ,„i uifii . Mi*r.m,it Valtr U Ht«rn«i Mia.ii*", 11 • * 11. \ i in. 1 *> IS, < So!* * n. ( »» n It. . . .#* . • '■ ' Ann M • «*.. . .. '1 II J 1. rvan . «: In v ., 1 . ... . I • 1 . 1 .1 v. 4: ' ' > \ 1 II ; I w Him Mf.vai. U’Nalil V . .. * I T '«*►» '• 11 a ml v 11 C»' \* 11 S * l».......... •ilan.s dona* *1 I’an l Neb ...*••••.• It. iuvsit Huduian, «u inul, /Sill.. Si Fall Tried to Cover Up Oil Leases Letters and Telegrams Put on Record in Cheyenne Trial 1 ndicate Former Sec retary Made Secret of Deal. Roosevelt Tells Story By A**nelated Pres*. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 11.—De positional testimony of Theodore Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of the navy, and the introduction by the government of a mass of letters and telegrams Intended to show that Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the Interior, attempted to keep secret the fact that he had leased the Tea pot Dome naval oil reserve to Harry F. .Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil coni)»any today made their way Into the ever swelling records of the Teapot Dome lease annulment suit, being fried here before Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy. Outstanding In Roosevelt's testi mony was his statement that he In sisted on a modification of the execu tive order drafted for signature by President Harding transferring the Teapot Dome reserve front the navy to the Interior department, so that the navy would have the "final say" In administrative affairs connected with the reserve. Not Satisfied With Plan. Roosevelt said that the tentative draft of the order which crime from the Interior department was not saj | isfaetory to him—that he at first took the position that the reserve should not lie rrlinqusihed to the in ferior department. As it was signed by the president, he said In the depo sition, the navy wo* to have been given control over matters governing administration of leases to private concerns. After receiving the original draft of the order, Roesevfelt averred, he conferred with Rear Admiral Griffin and others In the Navy department, some Aif whom suggested changes; that various revised drafts were then made and submitted to Edwin Denhy. then secretary of the navy. ‘‘If you get FalJ to agree to the modification I will agree," Roosevelt quoted Den by as saying. After both secretaries agreed, Roosevelt's depo sition said, the document was taken to ^’resident Harding, who signed it May 81, 1921. Knew Nothing in Advance. Roosevelt's deposition said he knew neither of the leading of the Klk Hills naval reserve !n California nor the Teapot Dome lease until they' were publicly announced and that he had always been under the impression that It wss not the Intention of the Navy department to permit leasing of the entire fields. He had under stood, he said, that only offset wells, on the borders of naval reserves ad Joining dommerclal fields, were to b# drilled and these merely to pre vent drainage of the naval oil stores. The Roosevelt deposition told of the navy's plans fur the building of storage to accommodate du.000,000 barrels of oil for the navy at a cost of SOT.300.000 and Its program fur ile veloplng the oil reserves only suffi ciently to fill the promised storage. Asked on cross examination what proportion of navy tankage the de partment planned on filling with oil fmm Teapot Dome. Roosevelt replied that he "could not tell." Feared \gitation. Tetters and telegrams to Kail in quiring Into the possibility of leasing the naval reserve from X. M. labor of Denver, the Info Senator Samuel M. Nicholson of t'ofhrado, Joseph W. Clark of I.cadvtllc, Colo Patrick Sul llvan. Casper, Wyo.. oil man; Peter Q. Neiss. Crent Falls, Mon'., were read into th# record, is were the te quests of several congressmen fot In formation on the possible lcrsir.g of the reserves. , That Full took cognizance of ‘V. i gcessions! agitation" about the time the lease wits executed vvii« shown hi government exhibits of a telegram on April Ik. 1922, from Fall, who then was at his ranch at Three Rivers. N. M., to R. C. Kinney, assistant seerr tarv of the interior, directing the latter to notify Sinclair to furnish security bonds to back his side of the contract. "Notify Sinclair homedi Isly to furnish <■ entity bonds. In view of co'igt essinnal agitation." said the tel* gram. \ replv front Kltinrv to Full assuring the latter that , bis order would be given Immediate attention also was Introduced jl'awnrc hil\ l.umln-r V artl r Solil Th’kv in Throe tffks Puwnee « tty. March 11 Pawnee *'It V lumber ) a rd >uld thtoc week* •>go to On ,ir \ inler of Fahhury by M. H hum A i'o.f was re-old ln*t week lo lUihlH...rn brothers »»f l air* bury. 'The pureh»c••is are general cnntra«*torii of Pahhurv who have added two other lumber >ard« lo their holding* with purchase* at Strang and Pruning. M Heir M«*mot\ (.ontol 11<1«I in Srliuuh at PlalUminilln PlattMinotith. M i 11. Mu* t, llirilX i'ti' coutp.t. an n >i ix tut I .y.m In thp linllMiiimlh publlr srloul- whs In-Ill llils wp.h In Hi'oiip 1. fourth mil fifth grnilrs, I’arillHr l>nvr-y war first, ami III group !. aixth, st-x .lit It mid rlghth trail... MphIiIi-. knoflli-.k was first The prl*. I*iin.r xv.nt lo ih. fifth grad, .luil.nts, —' Man Itnrit'il Mt'iicalii Car. *|i*< 1*1 lllapftlt |« to I ♦»*. Omit lut Ilf. Heat rice, .Neb., March II tJleni 1 ll-utlev narrowly e*caped death ln*t I night when hie V.ir collided with one [driven hv ,1. t*. Howe of tide city. I i ♦ Ihnllrx machine turned over, Jurying the driver underneath, lie • M'f«l wbh i ijf* about the face and i '>«*dy. i n* i ..r «m completely w reck * Son and Daughter Witness Marriage of Father, Mother, Brother and Sister Romances Follow Wedding of a Year Ago; Bride’s Father and Groom's Mother ‘’Take a Chance," While Cousins and Others More Firmly E ntangle Family Alliances. Two years ago Charles Marshall of Ashland. Neb., married Alma Oehlerklng of Wabash, Neb. And from that marriage sprang two more, both celebrated yesterday, which further entwined the family trees of Marshall and Oehlerklng. Before Rev. J. H. Oehlerklng of the Wabash Evangelical church, Mrs. Mary Marshall, BO, mother of Charles, promised to love and honor Henry Oehlerklng, BO, father of Alma. Beside them stood Harry Marshall, 22, and Jennie Oeliler king, 20, a son and a daughter, re peating after their uncle minister the words of the marriage cere mony. And, as If this was not enough to tax the keeper of the records, came Edward Guehlstorff, 37, and Jjena Miller, 32, both of Wabash, and relatives of4 the Oehlerkings, Railroads Rise or Fall on Their Own Records Now Director General Da'is Sayg Roads Have Suffered Se riously From Decline in Net Earnings. Chicago, .March 11.—The railroads of the country now have the oppor tunity to rise or fall on their own record, James C. Davis, director gen eral of railroads, declared tonight in an address before the American Rail way Engineering association. Davis said the railways have suf fered seriously from the decline in net earnings that Occurred under government operation because ex penses increased more than rates and total earnings, but declared that “the carriers have found-some <*>mpensa tions not measured in the money they received from the government for the use of their property." lauds Transportation Art. “It was," he said, “the crisis in which the carriers found themselves that made the strong appeal to con gress to enact the transportation act," which he declared to be the most constructive piece of railway legislation evsr parsed and the only one "containing a definite and just recognition of the rights of the own ers of the property. t ' Plttiless publicity on the details of income, outgo and the realization that’ efficient service can only be had when full compensation for such service is received, will result in leg islature and congress treating the vital nuestion of transportation, so essential to any sort of national progress and prosperity, as an eco nomic rather than » political prob lem. Servants of Public. “The railroad executives and man; agerg have learned that in the prog less of government control they have become in the operation if their properties, the servants and not the master* of the public, and it is up to them to give a just account to the people. "If the railroad inttrests In the future can give as good service as they have in the last two years and take the public generously into ihelr confidence, much progress will he made fn permanently settling our na tional transportation problem upon a just hast* and ihe people of this nnjntry will continue to receive the most efficient transportation tt the World at the cheapest and mug. rer 'sonnlle rates." Mortgage I ilinc- Hea\\ ;tl Pawnee Git\ in Ft l»ruar> I’itunee 1’ity, March 11 Keluuarv wlnovcd it liig'i average for mv t* t.:« filling* at the offi* *e of the unity rlerk here with a total of 246. Kijrhty throe chattel mortgage* amounted to $1 OR, 188.20, against which 43 were re leased In the sum of $29,183.00. Ileal e*t.ite mortgage* totaled 45 f»*i f.116.735. The number satisfied vss 4", umountirk to 1253.7o3. 22 (.arloatU of Livivtofk Sliippotl I ruin Hank Tiimli) - Hard) . Starch It -Twenty-two car* leads of hogs and cattle were ahipped from this place to the i-'t. Joseph and Kansas <‘lty markets Tuesday. lining the largest single day s shipment of lh eatock from this place for many >oars. Potnid* ruble stock is helix# fed In this vlciuit>\ ami the movement so far this spring from here being lighter than umiak IMall'iiioulli I,Ik- l in t I.. h. Turpin Kxallnl Killer IMai t smooth, Match9 11 Platt** mouth lodge No 739, I* P. t» K . a: It election of off!cere this week, *• looted I.. I. Turpin, hading knight l.i.xt >ear, it« exalted ruler and ad \ nio'd tin occupants of each of the other chair*. Ptull Hiltl. *ecrei&ry for set oral years, was retained Turin Huiltfingn Itiiriinl. kenasaw. March 11 The harp, eight head of horses, four head of cattle, machinery. 400 bushel* of oata, harness, lumber, etc were deatroyati b> fire at the home td R T. f'ouUer, lwo atnl otic half miles north of Kane saw. The origin of the fire i* a m> * tery. The !<•** la estimated «t round IS.O00. Insurance was curried. NMiMI IMMltVH Hl^rini t I'l, «1'>n t s At- h t'» hr%,. a* \V# « • *'i »ii*hnri»st Ft#«b*> **• • - at ’* tl tin# #n utot" «u *4t> I ■ vup A • •upplx c*.. »03i i # nam Ire Au'loiii xent I to join the other couplee and take the vow of matrimony. Signing the register as witnesses were Alma and Charles, the cause or It all. This triple marriage took place in the private office of Roy Har desty, Council Bluffs district court clerk, who issued licenses to the three couples. It was the second time within a few short hours that marriage had taken possession ot Ills office. A short prayer, a word of thanks to Hardesty and those who were Oehlerklngs but now are Jlarshalls and she who was a Marshall but Is now an Oehlerklng, left Council Bluffs for Nebraska and their homes In Ashland and Wabash. Whereupon Hardesty, who had been trying to figure It all o'ut, wiped a dewy brow and agreed that It was just one thing after another. United States W ins Canadian Fight in Court Legal Battle to Force Toronto Man to Testify in Teapot Dome Case Results Victoriously. By tuMchl'd Pres*. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 11.—Gov ernment counsel In the trial of the Teapot Dome lease annulment casq late today announced that they would consider renewing efforts to take depositions of H. S. Osier and his as sociates in Toronto, Canada, as the result of a decision of the appellate court of Ontario today. This announcement was made by Owen J. Roberts after he had been in formed of the Ontario courtht decision In favor of the American government. Roberts’ announcement was taken to mean that government counsel in tends to prepare Itself for further at tempts to prove there was an ex change of bonds between Harry F. Sinclair, whose Mammoth Oil com pany was given the Teapot Dome lease, and Albert &. Fall, who as sec retary of the Interior, executed the contract In behalf of the govern ment. It now Is too late to take Osier's deposition for use in the .case now under way, Roberts said. This would indicate that any deposition now tak en could be used only in a retrial of the case. Appeal Is last. Toronto, March 11—The United Slates government was victorious to day In its fight to compel" H. S. Osier and six other of the defunct Conti nental Trading company, Ltd., to tell some of the things thev know in connection with the Teapot Dome oil leases. osier and his ass.-elate-- los* their appeal front «n order of Justice Rid dell. handed down last December 13, when the appellate division of On tario -.tiled today that they must an swer certain questions put to them by the IT-.lted states «i>e. lal attorneys In the oil scandal prosecution. The Canadian end of the famous case came to light last September, when the American t.wyers br-'Ught tinier into court, alleging contempt. In that he had refused to answer cer tain questions put to him bv United States r msul Scant*, a, tit g a.- .t -itt.i miss loner. dale,-. a king's counsellor immediately resorted to devious leg: I pro-ee-ilncs to escape the purpose of the Americans, keeping his question ers nt bay until December IS, when .luetic* Riddell ordered that he must : answer. Osier I* Mi-sin;;. Two -lays later bis attorneys filed I an appeal and It was this a. ton that (the upiiellate division’s ruling us.ay set t le-1. Rut osier is out of the country - last reports had him in a hospital in Cairo. Kgypf. recovering from blo--d poisoning incurred on a hunting trip In Ihc Sudun. He left I’sus-’i fo£ tile Sudan In December, before Justice Riddell's ruling, lit attorneys as Hired the courts thr,t it was merely a holiday, and in no manner an at tempt to the court's jurisdic tion The questions put to Osier and his associates—Briton t islet- Suneva Mar garet Fordyoe. lends Samuels Morley H R| dels. V Ik stru kland -ltd liar old K. Boston concern a somewhat intricate -erles of Amert-an oil deals, out of which JSO.oop worth of l.iherty 1 nds at alleged l>\- the American government to have been paid by Al l>ert B. ball former secretary Of th« Interior, and the men cluirge-1 with having been Instrumental in the lease of TeapotNMine fo Harry F. Sinclair. Frrdcrifk (look l)**nird Hrltraring in Fraud (asr N«» Uri> ms. March 11 The pet! thin for a rc leaning filed hv Pr I'redetloU V i'»v>k was denied Is 1 piled Suite* circuit court of at'ieals here todaV. He waa convicted In th« northern district of Tcvu* conri ot fraud and sentenced to serve a prison t erm, | The Weather V-4 For ?4 hour* and g T - m . Ma?ch U It lb ris»e|p<tAtle*i. hundredth* ’’•J ft ii'tAl * ft .linui’v l, i,*t. d* nt'i»i\ ', *1* lliMiflt TMtt|tf>mUrra. t A. Ifl, , » , , , tl 1 p HV ....... 11 •* » TP. . ...* : f p, V’ ........ *1 • " ^ V ...... 4 ‘a I ... 4' » a tv ' • p i ... *i I* I. *« . . , . . * ' p ... 4* • -i \ r ..... 4; ll UCt .. . ,tl » . Senator May Fill Vacancy in Cabinet Republican Leaders Apk Cool idge to Select Attorney General From ^ pper House. To Meet Warren Today By FRANKLIN WISXER. I'nlTtr*.! 8mlc« Naff tormpoiKlsnt. Washington, March 11.—A member of the present senate may be the next attorney general of the United States, It developed today as the sequel to the rejection of Charles Beecher War ren of Michigan In a spectacular ses sion of the senate yesterday. President Coolidge was told today by a group of senators that a happy solution of the tangle would be the appointment of some prominent sen ator. It was pointed out to the presi dent that confirmation of such a nom ination would be a matter of form and require only a few minutes. Those who took part in the Whits House conference included Senator Moses of New Hampshire, president pro tempore; Watson of Indiana, as sistant floor leader; Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the steering committee; Cummins of Iowa, chief advocate of Warren's confirmation; Reed of Pennsylvania and Harreld of Oklahoma, Coolidge Noncommittal. The executive was urged to make no further attempt to have Warren confirmed as attorney general. Some of the senators went so far. it was said, to suggest to the president that It would be unwise and Impolitic t» give Warren a recess appointment. They pointed out in that event the fight against him would be renewed with vigor when congress reconvenes in December, and would'probably lead to an ugly snarl and create an unde sirable atmosphere at the ' eginnlng of the session. President Coolidge refund to com mit himself as to the course h? will pursue. Senators got the impression that the president -elesired to consult with Warjgn before taking a positive stand. The post of attorney =e.-»r .1, how ever, will not go unfilled from ro t until the reconvening of congte*" it December, in the opinion of offl- i > close to the president. Genera! be lief at the White IIou- to-' y rr • that Mr. Coolidge will make a r- -u appointment to complete his cabinet To Confer With Warren. Warren will arrive he-e from De troit tomorrow for a breakfast co:.* ferencs with the president. At that time, it is understood, he will 1* of fered a recess appointment. If he de clines it—and there is an outstanding possibility he will—Mr. Coolidge will go afield to find another man ready to hold down the attorney general ship through the re, »ss and take hia chance* of confirmation by the senate nine montbMTienoe. Tile defeat of tie Wa .«:• r mo tion creates another' cri-i* ietweeit | the White House and the urn el, I com parable to that which existed list May at the time of pi.s-.i«e of t'-.e selective inimlgratio: bill wl-h ' e Japanese exclusion cause. 1: i , , ■, t>e apprehended that the senate. -i.a o up as it was in the -tv cot (Turn (• Tire. € elu:t,n ihrrr. 7 PERSONS HURT IN FEUD BATTLE Connellsville. Pa.. Ms a. ' four «ere slightly hurt . a fight in t lie mot*Mail ; t'onneUsvllie yesterda; it tou.-.;, w hen stories i __ i were told to Payitte co n ; aitihAr. Women member* o t -* f t-dlie* were said to have . u d 1 the f itlg. although none », .s lit The flglu started offl- » ■•■.Nl. when t'harie* 8ch- ;. to <vlic - | *lio from Raymond Kvftn*. Record Price Pai<l for Pair of Perclieroii Colt Beatrice. Neb.. March ll.— A i> ,1 J ’,'i ivr aras paid htr^ lotiay for t* < ***** \ \ J of Percharon yrarlinf <»hs wKfu Truman tliyton of llolyok*. Co**., j bought them from J. C. IVll d- Sou for They will be 10 J Clayton’s ranch In Colorado. Summary of the Day in Washington Th* s#n*t# resumed oenatiarativ n f th# Tsi# of Pine* treaty . PraeMent CnolMfr# hamad th* It ker hill sasqul centennial wmo- -- tdon, Th# -**4t nation of John V\ J'.lJ 11* a* ambassador to Argentina «s> 0#pt#d. A proclamation asking otv*rvar. o of th* week of April *T May J •» American Korcst week, tt.ts issued y th* president. PrMldmt Cool Mr# tut advl.-ovi !.y ##nat# loader* no! to rstubaili th* nomination <vf t'harl** R. TVs: ron to h# attorney R*rt*r*i t'harl** O. Kh#rh*rdt of K«- *as tea* nominate! minister tv' Nicaragua • rd Georr* T- Summerlin of l.oulsi [ an*, mtrl»t*r of Honduras. Th# ssnat* confirmed th# rcsoina tton of t.l*ut. Col, 3*m*» K T* ' ft to h# assistant ohl#f of th# y r *#r\to*. with th# rank o; brigadier r*n#r«I. Chairtivan |amp#rt of th* - r oraft commit!** declared I'.. , General Mitchell had h**o in, I tn hi* testimony re** >1 t j cl*« tn equipment > ; .,f {th# army .wg *o. v > * % »