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;_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
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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,
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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 > *
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