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I * ' The Omaha M’orning Bee _ - - tho Kn,unil of expedient). Iheoduie - CITY EDITION _—_- tA -.---- ------....'V~r^T~ __, VOL 54-NO. 233. „ «,<&', FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925. • TWO CENTS- ‘fliftSS WSX™ ■ - “V* --- - "~" --. -=-1 EdWickham Found Dead in His Horae Millionaire Found Hanging From Beam in Basement bv Brother and Police Chief. Ends Three-Day Search The body of E. A. Wickham, Coun cil Bluffs millionaire contractor, was found hanging from a beam In' the basement of his own palatial home In Council Bluffs at 11:30 p. m. Wednes day. He had banged himself by a small clothesline in a seldom used room, which had usually been kept, locked, lie bad locked the iloor from the in side to prevent interference. The body was found by his brother, l.eo Wickham, and Police Captain J* ^ C, Shafer during a second search of the house made at the urging of newspaper men. The discovery which ended a na tion-wide search for the missing mil lionaire was the outgrowth of a casu al conversation. Leo Wickham, who had been in Chicago at the time the house was first searched, was dis cussing his brother's disappearance with police and newspapermen at the police station. .Second Search Freed. Discussion turned to the fact that no one had seen Wickham leave his home after he entered it at 6 p. m. -Monday. Newspapermen urged Leo Wickham to make a second search. -Mr. Wickham went to his brother's home and asked N'ell Wickham, the dead man's sister, If the house had been thoroughly searched. "Every inch,” she replied, "except the motion picture room, and it's al ways kept locked.” Still unconvinced. Leo Wickham be gan a new search. When they reached the basement they came to lite locked door of the motion pic ture room, which had been fitted up for the amusement of Bernard Wick ham, the dead man's 15-year-old son. Bernard was sent for a key to the room, and when it was tried Leo Wickham found* that the £por was locked from (he inside. Keeling surik that the search was . -Mr. Wickham sent Bernard 1 Nr-ll Wickham upstairs, and led <'apt. .1. C. Shafer. When arrived they battered In the .oat Neatly Folded. , - b™ " mom they found the ^dangling from the beam. One :"c^Hgted lightly on the box which lie had mounted to adjust the rope to * the. beam. After adjusting the noose about his neck, Mr. Wickham had stepped from the box. '■w The knot by which the rope *wa s fastened to the Joist was immediately below the beam, apparently as high as Mr. Wickham cguld reach. On a small table in the room lay thevdead man's topcoat, neatly fold ed. Jt was the coat whleh he was ■wearing when last seen alive, when he left Eugene Sullivan, foreman, at 6 p. m. Monday, after a walk together. Coroner L. Henry Cutler was called and he removed the body to the Beem Belford mortuary. He said no Inquest would be held. He said Mr. Wickham t ad apparently been dead since Mon day. This statement positively refuted i he declaration of Omahans that they had seen the missing millionaire in Omaha Monday night, and the reports that he had been seen In Fremont Tuesday. Failing Health Mamed. Relatives of Mr. Wickham attrib uted his suicide to his falling health He had suffered both mentally and physically under the strains of bust ness and finance and for montha had been a virtual invalid under the care of special attendants In sanitariums and at his home. The shock of the death of Ills wife is believed to have been the direct cause of his act. Mrs. Wickham died as the result of injuries received In an automobile crash Christmas eve. in which her husband's special nurse. Florence Brodahl. was killed. Funeral services will be held at 9 o. m. Saturday at St. Francis church, when Monsignor F. I’. McManus of Kouncll Bluffs will celebrate requiem mass. A number of dignitaries of Catholic churches frum outside Coun cil Bluffs will assist In the cerei*pr>y. Burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery, beside ch# body of ids wife. It was considered certain that the services would he held In St. Francis • hurch, which was erected largely by contributions from E. A. Wickham’s lather, James, and Ills unde. Owen. Tlie church was recently redecorated at Mr. Wickham's expense. • lose friends of Mr. Wickham, fa miliar with his financial affairs, said Thursday that his estate would proba bl.v be more than 31,000,000. Ills attorney, John I'. Organ, nnd r-datives suld Thursday that no will bus been found as yet, and that they did not know whether or not he had (Turn t«> !'»«• Thrrr. Column Two.) We Have With Us . Today W. II. Nlrwirt, i.ravlty, la.. Merchant. Mr. Stewart comas from a rlry of f..M) person* and la In Omaha buying lila spring mn’ihandle*. Ila «aya con dition* In low* for the last faw month* "ha\* not hern tha worat.'1 In tha little city whara ha la In ratad hi* general marrhandlaa alora rlld a bu.atnr** In 1924 of more than I "0,001. I Kick of Mule Is Fatal to Man Special UppJtrh to The Omaha Bor, Beatrice, N e b., March 12.—.Gus Baumfalk, who was kicked in the stomach by a niuie Monday evening while doing the chores at his home near Holmesvllle, Neb., died at a hospital here today. After receiving his injuries, Baumfalk crawled to his house and phoned the neighbors for help. An operation was performed in the hope of saving his life, but of no avail. Baumfalk was 2" years of age and single. Ills father, three brothers and three sisters survive. Death of Victim Elated Griffith, Physician Says mf " “Never Felt Better in My Life," Slayer Suspect Re is.. ported to Have Declared. i - Kimball. Neb., March 12.—With neither the state nor defense allow ' ing the minutest detail to escape un noticed, prosecution witnesses in the l trial of E. I., Griffith on charges of murder in connection with the death of Jerry Mtmdrell in the home of the latter here, February 2, underwent a vigorous examination «ml ... cross-ex amination at today's court session When court adjourned until tomor row, seven witnesses had taken the stand. Sheriff Swanson, among the first to be 'called to the stand, told of the arrest of Griffith and of the defend ant remarking, "X have just shot Mandrell and Mrs. Griffith, and I hope I did a good job of It,” Mrs. Mandrell. wife of the slain man, told of Griffith and his wife entering her home, and said that Grif fith opened fire on her husband im mediately. One Or. Miller, who was sum myied following the shooting, testi fied that Griffith had asked him If Mandrell was dead, and upon being told that he was, replied: “Fine; I never felt better In my life.” Or. Mil ler also stated that Griffith appeared to be In a normal state of mind when he reached the scene, and that the defendant was getting supper when he went to attend Mrs. Griffith, also wounded by bullets from Griffith's gun. All witnesses were severely cross by defense ^nuusel, but Were not shaken from their direct testimony. Griffith and his wife are expected to be the principal defense witnesses when that side of the case Is opened. MARRIAGE CLERK KILLED IN FALL New York, March 12.—Thomas J. McCabe, deputy county clerk, in charge of the marriage license bureau in the Bronx, was killed late today when he either fell or jumped before an elevated train of the Third Ave nue line. McCabe was to have ap peared as a witness before the Bronx grand jury tomorrow in connection with the investigation Into the al leged issuance of marriage licenses to minors. * Supreme Court Justice Tierney, who ordered the marriage license bu reau Investigation, said that the In quiry- had not been directed at Mc Cabe. but was rather a general in vestigation of the under age mar riage situation in the Bronx. NEW EUTHANASIA CASE IN ENGLAND By HAYDEN TAI.BOT, I iilvermil Nervlc# Mtnff I orr»*|M»ndent. London. March 12.—"I did it to put him out of his misery,” declaretf Flor ence Ada Steel, a spinster aged 30, flbei^* *he was charged in Kondon todu^ with attempting to murder her brother, Clarence, 24. who was blind from birth and salt! to be an epileptic. This is the second "euthanasia case” in England in the last few weeks following the release In Farls of the woman who shot and killed her dying lover to relieve him from his Agony. Miss Steel wgs remanded and, ow ing to her physical condition, was taken to prison ten cab. p COMPROMISE IN SUjWJPOll TRADE Keattl^kM^h.. 12.—A com promise li^Sbeen v*Sth‘-<l. i( was dis closed todojUn a suiAclitirKliig com bination In rwtrnlnt or trade that the federal traikp commission filed here July IS ai',4t'.t the ftefcttJ* Produce association and Its members. Federal Jtdlge Neterer announced In court tliA the yase, which was scheduled UYfrome up next week, would not 1/4 tiled then. Cornelius Hugliee. *pe*al assistant attorney general, apd Henry i A. Ouller, In charge of anti trust! rase* on the Pacific coast, said that, ^agreement ha* been reared for a consent de cree. Married in Council Bluff*. Tha following p*o»on* ob*alnad marrlag* Hear*#* In Council Bluff* yi»atarday: !***• McOae, Omaha ... ... *5 I.ulh Wooda Omaha .... ' ■* Paul FJulkatna •'ounrll Mluffa. ' t'lara Rtraj#r Council Bluff* ......... I* Ion Kroon Panama. Nab ......... .f *•**;•» llo'-tafia, Adum* .Nab... Chart** C* Qaih(l|fi ubithi . II i pitin NotIill . Ilthi.i . «• * ik llohari <* in roam Kandoltth, Nab-. '-I Minnl* T.nng Ftamllph, Nth . H Willi* Mhnttlaa. Omaha . Myrtla r»avia, Omaha .51 Clyda Rflnaman, Rialng city, N*h i Mum)* .furffon. flhalby, Nab. .lama* fimmatt. Pop*. P>#mon*. Nab. . 5) Inairna Adiiaon, Framont, Nab........ Ik Trial of j$j Lease Case Is Tangled Judge \djourns Court to (rive Lawyers Chance to Smooth Out Snarls of Technicalities. “Pivotal Point” Is Out By The Associated Press. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 12.—Hitting the high spots for the first time since the trial began, attorneys In the Tea pot Dome lease annulment case to day brought out the “pivotal point” ir tlie litigation and then wound up 0 the case in such a tangle of ob jections, technicalities ami contentions that Judge Kennedy abruptly ad journed court in the rniddlfe of the afternoon in order to give govern ment lawyers time to get it fresh start. The principal developments were these: The question of admitting bank ac count records of Albert B. Fail, former secretary of the interior, who leased Teapot Dome to Harry F. Sin clair's Mammoth Oil cCanpaiiy, to show In exchange of Liberty bonds between Sinclair and Fu)l was taken under advisement by Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy. First Objection. J. IV. Ietcev of defense -counsel ob jected to the testimony of A. J. Con way, cashier of the federal reserve branch lxink of Denver, on the ground that it was "double hearsay” because Conway himself did not actually make the records sto which he was testifying. The objection took government counsel by surprise when Lacey declared be could quote suf ficient legal authority to show Con way's testimony was incompetent. When Owen J. Roberts of govern ment counsel told the court he was not yet prepared to cite his authority for so' conducting the examination of Conway, Judge Kennedy ordered an adjournment until tomorrow to allow the government to prepare its argu ment sustaining the calling of the Denver witness. Lacey declared government counsel was asking Conway to answer ques tinns he did not know alsnit, and that such testimony was "double hear say.” He originally bad objected to the Introduction of bank records of Kail's deposits as Inadmissible, on the ground that they had no con nection with the defendant In the case and that they would not be classified as direct evidence. His second objection was that Conway was testifying to records made by other persons than himself and that he, therefore, had no personat knowl edge as to their actual connection with Fall or any other person in volved In the case. IFrishrn Reserved. Roberts had told the court earlier In the day that he w-as questioning Conway and employes of other banka, where Fall's transactions were r<y corded, that he was attempting mere ly to Identify the process of routine through which Liberty bonds and coupons passed, and that he would later cite his authority for such. It was then that Judge Kennedy re served decision on the question of ad mitting bank records of Fall In the case, upon which the government hinges Its attempt to prove that bonds from Sinclair eventually found their wav to the credit of Fall. I,. C. Dunbar, cashier, and J. E. Gonzales, on employe of the First National bank of El Paso, Tex., and Harland J. Smith, cashier of the First National bank of Pueblo, Colo., Identified accounts of Kail and the Tres Rltos lauid and Cattle company. In which Fall Is Interested, and Liber ty bond coupons alleged to have been cashed by Fall. This testimony was taken, subject to being stricken, on the objection of defense counsel. Judge Kennedy has the objection un der advisement. Evidence was taken In this way In an attempt to trace from Fall back to Sinclair the Liberty bond* involved, which are said to to tal approximately $90,000. Start Again Today. Before the rns* proceeds further the court will await the Argument of gol’frnmeiH counsel on Its* authority for proceeding vvlth testimony of 'bank officials nod employes, and the competency of bonk officials to testi fy regarding fcunk records made by other Employes. Lacey told the court lute today that he was ready to ar gon against t^e admtsiSon of nurh testimony ami rewdy tf> quote authori ties. It Is prohiUde that Roberts will be prepared fnr^he argument when court convene* tJ JO b M >ijMW morn* “r ■' r . Jiiir rare jjinzcvji«r{*r. Morton, March . 11?.—Tnw federal grand Jury returned Indictment* agalnat .loaeph l>|t^^Vif Chicago and three employe* at hi* ViqrtBPr J/miir at neterly, ''Imrglnut-auAth^jiig nf liquor, facilitating the;HgBg^g^Jnn and concealment of llqtldr an.TTlli'gal poa*e*Hon. ; ", ..... ..._ * .. — Say* Health SaLihlc. I'iilcugo, March 1". Mealtti la "« 'liable commodity and there I* an eager market for It," l>r. Hundeaeu, (hi. ago health commit met", da ■ lined at the cloalng *e**|on of the nntml congreaa <qi rneillrtnl eduen lion of the American Medical aaao 'lilt loti t.loria Coiiltl la Mother. New York, March 12. Mr*. f?4*nr> v. Rl*hop, ,11’., formerly Mia* < Until* Gould. daughter of the lata Gauig* J. Gould, gave birth to a daughter. A>fces Mav Be Darned Old Fool/ Says Counsel. “But in No Conspiracy Trial of New York Millionaire on Charge of 'Defaming Character of Pretty Young Wife, Will Be Brought to Close Early on Friday Afternoon. Chicago, March 12.—The trial of \V. K. 1). Stokes 73-year-old New Turk millionaire, and Robert F. r,ee, Chicago negro, charged with conspiracy to defame Mrs, Helen Klwood Stokes, will end tomorrow afternoon shortly after 2. At the end of a full day of argu ments to the jury today, the atter neys agreed with Judge W. N. Gemmill on procedure which will place the case in the jury's hands shortly after the opening of tomor row afternoon’s session. C. F. Rathbun, counsel for Stokes, ad dressed the jury three and one half hours today after Milton D. Smith, assistant state's attorney, had ended a conviction plea oY the same length. Tomorrow Ruthhun must conclude his argument by 11 a. m., after which W. \V. Smith, assistant state's attorney, will ,be given ap proximately one hour and a half to close for the prosecution. Judge Must Kxplain. After the luncheon recess Judge Gemmill will read his charge to the jury. He would not indicate the time necessary for that, but indi cated it would not be Unusually long. The court, in addition to the usual citations of the law, has two diffi cult problems to explain to the jury, the permission to Mrs. Stokes to testify and his statement In open court that he thought the prosecu tion had committed a reversible error In asking the aged defendant unsupported accusatory questions. After M. D. Smith had concluded his arraignment of Stokes as a dol lar marke(^)cti'pus with long ten tacles whitm reached Into the old . underworldj of Chicago and else where to "flirty up” his wife in an effort to fflwter uf> a divorce suit, Rathbun flainled his client ns an “old man obsessed by one idea, that his wife had done aomelhlng wrong,'' and who legally and with out rfial|<Jous intent sought to get the strafi^i! of the matter. "Darned Old Fool.” "There may he a lot of evidence in this case that will make you say Stokes was a darned old fool, but you can't say there was evidence of criminal conspiracy,” said Iluth bun. a speech that brought the red to Stokes* face as he shifted in his chair. The spectators broke into quickly stilled appla ,se aw Kathkun pointed to Mrs. Stokes and shouted: "She is here trying to convict her husband, the father of her children, to get vindication. "If it is vindication she wants, I'll givfc it to her now. I don’t be lieve she ever was a member of the Everleigh dull, or that she was an associate of colored men.” It was ills investigation of reports to him that his wife formerly was known in the long suppressed dull which led to tile indictment "f Stokes nnd l.ec. The burden of Rathbun's pica for tlie acquittal of ills two clients was: "If Stokes and ills agents were honestly trying to discover the truth, they were Innocent of any wrong doing.”, Stokes Is Sued. He also asserted'that it was -Mrs. Stokes’ agents who made public tile Information the aged defendant ob tained, and that he never had pub dislied or announced any of it. a Stokes this afternoon was made •defendant in a civil suit tiled by Joe Bruner, taxicab driver, who in the conspiracy trial testified that he piloted the aged millionaire through the old restricted district in search of information against Mrs. Stokes. The suit was for $2,&j5 for "serv ices rendered.” Stokes was served With notice of the suit as lie en tered the criminal court. His valu ables at the hotel where lie is stay ing also were attached pending de cision of the Bruner case. Another sidelight to the Stokes criminal trial was seen In the re lease from the psycopathir. hospital today of Robert !j. Corbitt, Chicago printer. He posed ns a world-fa mous detective and recently tried to obtain $1,000 from Mrs. Stokes for work he said lie had done for her. Rock Islafld Has Strategic Place Road Fortifies Petition by Obtaining (!<^jilrod wLCot ton Belt, . A. New York, March 12.—Recovering from their surprise over the »cqulsi tion of tile St. Louis-Southwestern railway tiy Jlock Island Interests, bsnkei-g i*nd railroad men today be gan to conceive the^ transaction as another step In the development of n vast southwestern railroad system of more than 20,000 miles, headed by the Southern Pacific. The Rock Island, according to Wall street's belief, has fortified its strate gic position by obtaining control of .the "Cotton Belt” lines, which pro vide important traffic connections at Fort Worth. Shreveport. Memphis and St. Louis. The addition of the "Cotton Belt s'’ 1.700 miles of track* It was said, would not prevent* the Rock Island's eventual Inclusion In the Southern Farlflc system, as sug gested hv the Interstate commerce commission, although the latter would therebv liecorne one of the largest railroads In the country. Neither Southern Pacific nor Rork Island officials would comment today on the possibility of a consolidation of these roade, but It was unofficially Intimated from Rock Island sources that this company would not attempt further expansion. Rock Island's control of the “Cot ton Belt,” It was said, has been ac quired largely through the purchase of about 150,000 abates of preferred stock, most of which represented the holdings of Edwin Gould. RESTRICTION ON COAL CARS FOUGHT Philadelphia, March 12—A Mil In equity, signed by 3a railroads, attack Ing the order of the interstate com meree commission prohibiting the use of private coal cars for the tranapor tntion of bituminous coal, was filed today In the l.’nlted {States district court. The commission's order, It was averred,* van illegal and nrbittiir\. and if allowed to stand would sail oualy hamper operation of the roads through making It difficult to obtain sufficient fuel for their locomotives. Heirs to Kstato Sued for Income l ax Payment Cleveland, o., March 12.—Si * helm !o the $809,909 estate of the late Wll Ham \V. Hllliion of Duluth. Minn . were sued here In federal court for $197,000. claimed by I he government to the due on Income taxes Rille»»n shuttle! have paid before Ids death fur the year 1919. Defendants named In eluded Hartford M.. and Alice I,. Hill son of California. 'iGivci Bonn* to l'iind. Trills na polls, March 12 Fred K Alexander of Vewtonvtlle. Mass . was the first ex service man In the Cnlted Rtjfea to contribute his cnsli bonus from the government to the American Meglon $8,000,000 endowment fund, his bonus check for $48 being received l,»y Robert Tyndall, bkl"n treasurer l)rr»<m«krr« on Slrik«\ New Turk, Mar* b 12 Work on oi ■ let s for Master dresses In 2,000 shop* here whs at a statulstlll ss numufst Hirers and the (doau and drees unions e.nalned deadlocked In tilth wage ale pule. Larjje Utilities Merger Completed -- - - • Electric I.iplit anti Power Cor poration Organized l mler LawfOEMaine. New York. March 1?.—Ineorpom Uon of the Klactric Power unit Light corporation under the laws of Maine to take over the assets of the Utah Securities corporation, as well ns the common stocks and certain other securities that are now owned by the Klectric Bond and Share company of the New Orleans Public Service in crease, the Dallas Power and Light company, the Dallas Railway com pany, the Texas Interurbarj Railway, and the Power Securities corporation, the last named company owning the common stock and certain other se curities of the Idaho Power company, was announced here tonight. The new company will have an authorized capital stock consisting of 500,000 shares of cumulative 57 per share voting preferred stock, 120.000 shares of cumulative $7 per share non voting second preferred slock and 2,400,000 shares of common stock, all without par value. The companies whose equities will l>e held by the new company supply public utility service in 253 commun ities, including the cities of New Or leans, ]-a ; Dallas, Tex; Salt I.ake City, Utah, and Ogden, Utah; Duran go and Montrose, Col., snd Boise and Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho. The electric transmission lines owned and operated aggiegated 3,541 miles and electric distribution systems 5,287 mile*. * Under the provisions of the plan, the Utah Securities corporation will distribute to the holder of each share of It■ capital stock 510 In cash, plus four shares of the common stock of the new corporation. The directors of the T'iah Securities corporation to day approved this plan, subject to confirmation by stockhohlei s at a special meeting to he called laier. NEW SCHEDULE ON SANTA FE SYSTEM Chicago, March 12. Several hour* will lx* cut from the running time of paatenger train* on the Santa F* *n n* in between I’hlcago and the Pacific i'oHfft, l>y a new mhedule effective next Sunday. The time of one pax *cnger train, which depart** from Chi* •ttfo at 10a. in., nvill he reduced 9 hours and 50 mtnutoe, and the mhoctulo of the Mlxalonaiy, one of the night trains from Chicago, will In* reduced 2 hours and f»0 inlnut*** to the <ohM. Kastbound running time will hr similarly cut. The re nrraligament will also mean putting an additional morning train out of Chicago f«»r the Pacific const, giving two through morning and two through night trains between Chi cago and the Pacific coast. Aclrpss (»et« Decree. New Yuri, March 12 Mrs. Marls linspur Schwab, actress, was award ci| a ssptt liltin with $ I ort weekly all tnnnt ind 55(1 adilKMnU fur tha care nf hrr a,'.Ull'l ngMul^t l-awrancr S-I.wri 0ti. ndw <x-thViirh I pn' duc*r, 1 !nnle 1 >il Price Plop*. sltrr> spin t, La , March 12 I'lis plies of smackovsi- and cotton Y a I lay cruda oil. all giadss wss cut 15 cants psi- liarrat. th* Standard Oil oonipan) announced. . g j rfl. Senate Not * to Adjourn This Week World Court. Ule of Pine* and Warren Confirmation l pnet C. 0. P. Plain* for Karly Confirmation. Unable to Conclude Now Washington, March 12.—Develop ments today * with respect to the world court Issue, the Isle of Pines treaty and the Warren nomination were believed generally at the capi tol to have upset plans of republican leaders to end the special session of the senate .Saturday night. The world court question was dis • ussed at conferences both of senate democrats and republicans, with the latter deferring decision as to their course and the former agreeing to Insist that the senate make this mat ter a spe> in 1 Older early In the firs! session of the new congress. The democrats decided also to join forces with the requblican leaders in pressing for an early vote on the Isle of Pines treaty, but glegpite this, one of their number, Senator Cope land, New York, went ahead with his almost single-handed filibuster against the convention. The resubmission of the nomina tion of Charles U. Warren to be at torney general was not discussed at either conference, it was stated, but leaders on both sides were agreed that with this fight reopened, the senate would be unable to conclude the business for which It was called In special session within the next two days. Situation Canvassed. While the world court discussion occupied much (if tile time of the.re publican conference, Its chief decision whs against a proposal to reduce the patronage of the four Insurgents read out of the party councils—Senators I.a Pullette of Wisconsin: Indd and Krazler of North Dakota, and muster a clear majority against confirma tion. After Coolidge had returned the nomination to the senate without comment when it convened at noon, he summoned Senator Curtis of Kan sas, the republican floor leader, to the While House for a conference with himself and Warren. Tlie meet ing lasted an hour and the whole sit uation in the sennto was carefully canvassed. I'pon leaving the White House. Sen ator Curtis said lie tielleved the tmenl nation could be confirmed. Other re publicans did not share Ills optimism, however. Senator Heed of Pennsyl vania. who made the motion Tuesday for reconsideration, saying that he was afraid the appointment would be rejected again by three or four votes. Pome of the otbc- senators who bad advised the president against resub mitting the nomination expressed a like apprehension. Action Kxported Soon. There were Indications that neither side would he disposed to delay a sen ate vote and the consensus seemed to be that action could be had within two or three days. A third favorable report on the nomination by the iudlciary commit te* tomorAwv is the plan, but the sit uation as to immediate senate con sideration j* complicated somewhat by the filibuster on the Isle of Pines treaty. There were suggestion* today tiiat Mt. Warren might be Invited to ap pear before the committee to reply to the attacks made on him in the sen ate with respect to his former con nections with the sugar interests, but there was no official information on .the subject. Chairman Cummin* said he had no Intention of inviting Warren before the committee unlcas lie indicated a desire to appear, and that 111 any eieni the mHtter ons one for the committee itself to decide. RUMOR ON EBERT LABELED HOAX n> KAKI. II. VON WIBGAM), I ahrniil service Staff t arreepomlenl. London, March 12 Fantastic and grotesque rumors and reports now 'irfuladng In Germany about the cause of President Kbert's death ap pear to have reached America. The rumor that President Rbert was poisoned and that German detec-, tlve- have found a due In New York is characterized in high governmental quarters as a "grotesque hoar." Similar rumors have come from German towns and villages where there was also spread the rumor that the German government spent over II,no®,OiH) for the president's funeral. There ts. however, a severe criti cism of the failure of physicians, who had long been treating President Khert, to discover that lie had appen dicitis instead of diagnosing his trouble ns gall stones. list* FU in lluliuii • lutmlicr of |)r|Milit's Rente. March 12. Signor Maffl. the communist deputy, was responsible for an uproar In (he chamber of deputies today, his accusation* tgalnst the fast 1st 1 bringing a mint her of deputies to a brief fistic en-, counter, lie charged the fasdstl with ''enriching themselves ' and with having committed acts of violence. r inn Kcor|igiii;i’>. Neva York. March n‘ - Plaits for II.. t eot-gaiilzittloit of the Flets, hntsnn • ir-ault of tilt or Juloi* KM^hmajin. w #r# j afuu>uth’o«1 In hi* lm*lhci. Max. who i vhalrmftn of th# h«w%rt! of | director* muI ->f th* board m^nagti i 'oseph VMlahirt nil! b« prykltnb f—— Goose Hunter Found Shot, Killed in Barn Special Dtsimtcll to Tile Omaha Iter. Hastings' -Neb.. March 12.—Jo seph J. Daugherty, tenant on one of the farms of the John O'Connor estate, was Instantly killed at noon today by the accidental discharge of a rtlle he was currying. He was found dead In a haymow In his barn. It Is supposed he climbed up the mow to sight some geese which had come down nearby. The bullet entered (be chin and came out back of the light ear. He leaves a wife and 15-year-old daughter. Raiders Lead to Death of Father, Is Son's Charge i Declares Kerosene Pul in Licjnor In Dry Agents t«» Render ll l lifit—Pois oned Aged Man. special l>i<q,atrh to 1 lie Omaha Bee. Cedar Rapid*, la.. March 12.—Fed eral prohibition agent* of this dis trict will face charges of manslaugh ter should a chemical analysis of a man's stomach show that death was caused by poison. The officers raided the farm of Jo seph Navratils. wealthy fanner liv ing near here, yesterday, and found a quantity of illegal whisky. Hatlier than carry the stuff away, they took enough to serve as evi dence and poured kerosene In tvhat was left. Warns His W ife. Mrs. Navratils was at home alone. The officers told her that the whisky had been “doctored” and instructed her to t‘-11 other members of the fam ily not to drink it. Navratils was visiting in Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Navratils started for town to warn him. In some way she missed hint. When Mis Navratils returned home she found her huaban-1 writhing on the floor in intense agony. Hit* called a physician, hut aJ! efforts to revive Navratils were futile. Coroner Orders Inquiry. Physicians say that it 1* Impossible for anyone to drink enough of a mixture of kerosene 3tid whisky to cause death. Th- agents who made the raid Insist that they had been in formed of the same th.ng. R. A. Vorphal. coroner, however. '.cBifth. an examination of the stair . A son of Navratils ha* expressed, * xgletermi nation to pres- charge* manslaughter should the analysis prove that poison in the whisky caused death. COPELAND STOPS HIS FILIBUSTER Washington. March 12.— The one man filibuster, conducted by Senator Copeland, democrat. New York, against ratification of she treaty for mally recognizing Cuba's sovereignty over the Isle of Pines, was broken in the senate tonight, and proponent. Immediately made plane to force a vote if possible, before adjournment. Beginning soon after, noon, when the senate met, Copeland continued speaking until 8 p. nr., when he yield ed to Senator Shipstead, farmer-labo--. Minnesota, another oppoonent of the treaty, who began a speech he had es limated would taa* no less than an hour. . Declaring lie had made hi* fight "solely on principle” for the protec tion of the tight* of American rtti tens who have settled on the island. Senator Copeland conceded that the treaty, which has iieen pending ntors than 20 year*, would be ratified if brought to a vote. JAPAN TO BUILD NINE BIG LINERS Seattle. Wash.. March 12. The S« attle Times' oriental advices today suy nine huge liners are to be built by Japan in the next two years to he added to the Japanese fleet plying in the transpacific trade between Se attle and the far east The cost of the fleet was estimated at 127.SJtl.000. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha line has planned to construct five 15.000 ton liners while ihe Japanese government ha* drafted a bill to build four 17,000 ton vessels. The government has planned to merge tile Nippon and Toyo Kiser Kntsha line*. A government subsidy to the latter company 'em the tran* Pacific route is oxpe< ted to Is- termi nated by the end of the next fiscal > ea r. COLORADO LIMITS SERVICE ON JURY l'enver. Colo.. Mart'll I?—Only per sons having knowledge of the Kng Hall language ate eligible for Jury service In t'olorado under provisions of a hill signed today by Ooxerno: ilorley. Tlie measure, introduced in the low er house, was finally .passed in the senna tills week aft. a sharp fight and oxer the opposition x'f legislators who declared that it was a "reflection on the Snanish speaking population, of tlte state " t---‘"“"'s Hie Weather v-/ f M Toi-n « m • M*rch y* p! ft ttrtn mill hll^ij^ij r<« I tut. tot«! *»'«•♦ 1 1 * ri; l»mn i' s* Vt’wiitfmliirr* ». n*. %i- I n • ' * « m. * r m . - « ? * m r 5 r.no . * • m . « r r> j « A. m ot 1 * ft *. o m 15 DdOU t * ...... *1 School Levy Bills Face Hard Fight killt-'l in Committee ami Then Revived by li to 1(» \ ote \\ hen Brought l p in Senate. House Passes Gas Ta^ Ky P. C. POWELL* Stuff ('(irrcxpitwItBt The Omaha Bee. Lincoln. Man li 12.—While Nebras ka's house of representatives wag ad vancing Governor Adam McMullen s hill for a reduction of f: <in lfi to 20 per cent In auto and truck licensee, two of the .uvernoi - pet Mils were havin'- hard Molding id the .senate. The two l>ll)g called for placing flat levies for the next 10 years for build ing programs a| the university and normal schools. The measures were killed in the morning by the -o*nat~ committee on finance after they had passed the house with little opposition. The field occurred when Jeary of Ranch ter moved to place them on general file over the committee's veto. The McMullen forces won by thp narrow margin of 17 to . Hi. Following : the vote * Vole Is ( lose. For the bill: Banning .leary C'hallil-e; « Cooper Bulez.il i 'f k • Byzart I'nbbir.s tlriiwoiil -cot - HnlM-ua Wa-nt Huy.. Against Behrens ft- -* ■ i OoodricU t’oPet tsun Heckt Kh-lleiigr,-y Humphrey Vane* Illlalt Wat»,.n Mibimv.in tViikit s M-a chain Water) Purcell IVfitfd Jeary demanded that i hill "f such j importance should lie considered by The entire senate, rather than u com mittee. lie asserted many fa' ts and figuies were available for both sides in tits controversy and the *ennte Itad a right to ^l-tost them Ix-fore making a decialcA McMullen Work* for llills. Reed of Henderson, chairman of the committee, challenged the legal . right of the state to place any levy or the people for more# than two years. X ‘‘It will be a repetition of our capi I to! levy which promised p., raise only j $3,«00.000 for our new state house and now we ate :isked to ■ vy 13,000.. I * 00 more." Behrens of t'umings said. A ft A the session the senate finance committee receive! an invitation' to call on Governor McMullen. The governor urged favorable con*idera tion. When tlte bills come up for consideration there is certain to a battle royal. The house spent nearly the entire day In discussing the auto and truck license reduction bill. Many amend ment* to cut below the' figures rec ommended by Governor McMullen ■sore pr..p—ed. All s anjerd ments failed. (ias lax Passes Kasih. This bill also provides for Hcens payments semi-annually Instead of annually and forces second-hand ca dealer* tq register all sales and pu- , chases with‘the state department of public works. The bill was one c-t the longest considered at this session The house passed the gasoline ta r bill on third reading by a teje of 72 to 23 ft now goes to the senate The negative votes follow Adam* Iftltot* Aftdf’aon N’«:b«ur Auxl#r Bock OMil!»r Dwtrhar <"Vt*rn*n Hermann John*on «Ph*iar-» S^h^pmin .v«i||n*on (Wuh'i^ Keck Thompim l-au^rren MTiR# Martenion W*|!* Mlt* hell Absent and not voting: Auien Main A a tel l Follcek Hefferaan The intangihle tax bill passed o> the lower house, was re 1st r ted otit by the senate committee on revenue and taxation today. The bill is unchanged, ex- ept for an nmendmeutt by Robins of Omaha which would leave the tax on hank and building and loan stock a* if i* The house. In passing the hill, cite this tax for repeal with all other i' tangible t«xe« l . I\ I OsC* Suit. Special Itispatch to Tbe Omaha flee H -«tii s« Neb . March 12-M s Hess Stanley -f Hastings was glaen a verdict of 14,170 in federal court today against the l'nion Pacific rail Head to cover damages sustained in allghling fn>m a train which she *1 leged was negligently stopped at the wrong place. 8lie asked $2' 000. Summary of the Day in Washington President Coolidge catihinitted t «’ name of Charle* H Warren to l*c At tornev general. The treaaurj prepared an arNtra ry tax aaarsament fx»r Senator Cbux en*. Michigan, Barx'n ven MaJtran. new German ambassador. presented his credentials to president VVolldge. Senator Copeland's filibuster on the isle of Pines treatx threw the senate Into a night session. \ Ice 1‘resident Its we* a me in ?c* a hardnjt In the senate. hosed on his failure tp vote on the \\ .mtn eon hltnatiotl. Senate democrat* m inference x* ed »*« tnd«t en consideration of tM world court question early in the next session. Senate republican* decided again** nedu'’ on of the patronage ot fh* f«ur ins !• ,ems e t* %‘u; of the p d Council* $