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V-J VOL. 54—NO. 243. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925.* TWO CENTS1" V .TT1"* . —^
Brandin
Probed as
Victim Dies
t alifornia l anatir Offeretlj
Himself as Willing Human
Sacrifice for Wcir.l
Religious Ceremony.
Hot Poker Used in Ritual
Or- ville. March 2-. Herman
R Sdialow. a farmer of the (Iridley
Biggs district, the district attorney's
office says, was a willing sacrifice nt
a religious "branding party.” Sehn
l"\v died some .jays after the branding
and a decision will I»r» reached within
24 hours as to whether complaints for
alleged participation in the rites shall
he preferred against four relatives of
Schalow. The district attorney's of
fice says the warrants will be Issued,
but determination as to who will be
named bad not been made.
00 That an admission has been ob
tained from alleged principals in the
‘‘Ctse that the alleged'"branding party”
took place .it tljo home <>f Fid ward
Rhodes, brother in law of R.hnlow.
nrar (iridley. during the early morn
ine hours of Sunday, February 2S.
wa« the staenient made at the dis
•rlct attorney's office today
Hof I'oker 1 sed.
The district attorney's office also
said It has admissions that at least
two other people other than Schaluw
were in the room at the time; that a
poker was heated in a stove and that
the feet, arms and other parts of
Schakrtv's anatomy were burned with
this, _
The poker alleged to have been used
as ihe branding iron has not been
found.
The explanation given the invest!
gating officials Is that those alleged
to ha\e participated in the offering
of a human sacrifice as a part of a
reputed religious fanatical cult, were
impelled by a strange power possessed
by the dead man, one they could not
resist, and that the branding was vdl
untarily accepted by Schalow.
Sc ha low Willing Yictom.
The district attorney’s office also
says It has the admission by one man.
unnamed, that another member of the
party did the branding, and that
Schalow lay on the floor, a willing
victim to the searing hot Iron.
• 'unstable Rainey Denies of Biggs
is authority for the statement that on
-he Sunday of the alleged branding
s ha low left the Rhodes borne anij
■TV-vent to bD own home; that Mrs.
Schalow fell into a strange "spell,”
• which she remained for two or
throe days.
Denies ale-• says he j* investigating
report that ihe party offered «
elitep as a sacrifice the night before
the "branding.”
PROBE INTO DEATH
OF CHILD DROPPED
*pwlnl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Falrbury, Neb., March 24.—Die
trict Judge W. J. Moss today ordered
'be body of William Vance, 2 years
old, to be buried immediately.
Judge Moss Issued this order after
consulting physicians who told him
that the child had apparently died oS
natural causes.
Judge Moss had first considered
sending the body to Lincoln to have
it examined for evidence of poison,
following charges made by neighbors
that the child had been killed.
School Fxhihit Building
Planned at Hartington
Hat tington, March 24. -To nie> t the
need for more room for the large
number of school displays exhibited
at the county fair here, a committee
consisting of j. H. Hammers and B.
H. Morten, appointed by the cedar
County Kiyir association, in conference
with County Superintendent Emma
Schwerin, decided to have erected a
new school exhibit building on the
fair grounds. The new structure will
"•» be similar to the Knox county school
exhibit hall.
Cedar county fair will be held Sep
tember S to It,
Harxard Cirl Wins Honor
tit I nixer-ity of Illinois
Harvard, Neb March 24. Miss
Meorge North, formerly of Harvard, Is
one of the 3<i highest ranking women
students at the I nlverslty of Illinois.
It Is reported here. The Norths re
moved to Winchester, III , from here
last year. Miss North is a senior nt
the university.
Winter Wheal Backward
in Paris of Cage County
Beatrice, March 24.- Winter wheat
iu some fields In flags county np
peers to be dead, or winter kilted.
Some farmers expert that it will
come out ail right with favorable
weather, but others estimate the
crop to be damaged fully one-half.
Farm Work in Full Swing.
Harvard. Neb., March 24.—Spring
farm work Is in full swing, fnrmers
report, after unsettled weather hss ile
layed, to a considerable extent, early
season prep,-n nt Ions.
| We Have
.■Jt Judge James C. Quigley.
X alioltilir. Neb.,
Attorne) and l.and llealer.
.limes C. Quigley, member of the
I n arid one ol the state s moat prom
inent figures, is In Omaha today. It is
understood that Judge Qulglev s visit
here Is In connection with a big land
deal. Jie Is registered at Fontenelle
hotel.
Eleven Su|kt V. S. Dreadnaughts ^ ill
Attempt to Destroy Moving Targets
Air Squadron and Destroyers 'S ill \l?o Participate in
‘'Sham" Battle—Scouting Plane?. Officer?
to Cont rol (iunfire.
R> rhf \«MirlAte<l Pres*.
Naval Rase. San Pedro, Cal ,
March L‘ t A thunderbolt will
crash out from the 1’nited States
fleet tomorrow 70 miles off shore
from here. Some 200 guns from 11
super dreadnaught.s simultaneously
will belch forth the greatest gun
nery fire e\er held in the Pacific,
hurling projectiles aggregating ap
proximately 250,000 pounds.
The first, line ships of the battle
fleet and the scouting fleet have
completed two days of battle line
maneuver formations for the big
shoot tomorrow, to be known as
force practice. Tonight all is In
readiness for the staging, probably
in the forenoon, of the enactment
of full gunnery power of the strong
est fighting arm of the navy after
the manner in which it would at
tack an enemy fleet of equal size
in running l»attle.
(iiitmery Free Extensive.
The force practice not only em
braces the most intensive gunnery
fire at one lime the military forces
of tlie l tilted States, have ever en
gaged In at sea. but it1 simulates
the full striking effect of a larger
naval force than ever went into di
rect action as a fleet In t*aitle line
naval officers say.
Kleven d»» ad naughts will belch
simultaneously their total gunnery
power at moving targets afloat
in the air. Scout cruisers, fleam,
ers and aircraft will participate.
The great fleet will steam Into the
battle line, locating the "enemy"
by airplane, for the fleet coin
mantlet* will have no knowledge of
Just where the enemy targets have
been set. The aircraft carrier
1-angby will go with the fleet, send
ing its airplanes, together with
those catapulted from the dread
noughts and cruisers, to seek the
targets.
I test riiyers to He I sed.
Before the IWt will have oppor
tunity of locating the targets,
squadrons of destroyers, represent
ing an enemy force, will strike at
tlie capital ships just as they would
In a naval engagement, with real
torpedoes, although the destructive
explosive charges will be removed
front the torpedo heads.
From the boat decks, the super
structure of the dreadnoughts, the
anti-aircraft guns will fire at great
cloth slee\e targets towed by air
planes. While the scouting planes
with observation officers to spot
and control guntlre. hover high in
the ate.i between the targets and
the battle fleet, the qpeedy fighting
planes will simulate their mission of
defending the observation planes
from attack.
Japanese Envoy
Deprecates Idea
of War With U. S.
.New \mbas«ador Declares
Exclusion Act Vi as Shock
hut His Country Believes
in American Justice.
New York. March 24.—Tsuneo Mat
suduira, new Japanese ambassador,
told the Japan society at its annual
dinner here tonight that on his way
to Washington he had been asked
what he thought of the possobllity of
war between Japan and America.
Convinced no Issue* existed between
the two countries which awaited ad
said he replied:
"I don't think about it.”
With unimportant exception*. he
said, both peoples have disclaimed bel
Justmeot ho force, the ambassador
licu*e desites and deprecated all Idea
of discord.
"I am curious, therefore, to know,”
he «ald, "who 1* going to start a war
between the two countries, and who is
going to fight in it. I should not mind
witnessing an American Japanese war
in which neither America nor Japan
Is Involved. That would be a queer
war."
Exclusion l-aw a Shock.
Ambassador Matsudaira confessed
that the American law excluding Jap
anese had given Japan "a great shock
and disappointment.” He said he
would not he honest if lie did not tell
that the dissatisfaction was wide
spread. But the Japanese placed faith
In the justice of the American people,
a faith which "gives us hope that the
day will come when this question may
he settled In a manner satisfactory to
both countries.”
Peace around the Pacific, that was
the great mission which Mr. Matsu
dalra felt both nations primarily had
to fulfill. He cited as evidence of
Japan's good intentions how It had
carried out every obligation imposed
at the Washington conference of 1922
to- the letter.
New Diplomacy.
The Increase of popular control in
International affairs since the world
war, he observed, had changed the
methods of diplomacy. Diplomacy In
the hands of a few had changed Into
a representative function which re
flected the views ami sentiments of
multitudes. The change had been a
gain, hut at the same time it, is "apt
to bring its own dangers In It* train.”
Mlsrepiescntatloi), which was apt to
mislead the general public In forming
It* conclusions, was "a danger Inher
ent In the new diplomacy-”
The ambassador expressed the grati
tude of his people to the American
public and to Cyrus Wood, former
American ambassador In particular,
for what they had done for Japan
during the earthquake.
Henry W. Taft, president of the
Japan society, urged an International
peace alliance between America and
Kngland which al*o would include
I Japan.
Contest oil But One Of fire
to Mark Election at Ord
Ord, March 24.—Ord will have a
quiet city election. The Rood gov*
eminent party selected a ticket on*
night. The next evening the citizen*'
party chooae the name candidate*
with exception of I »r. fi, It. fiord for
the park board Instead of \V. A. An
demon.
I)ilh-r \\ ell* to 1U* Tested.
Ollier, Neb., March 24.— Teat well*
recently drilled here to zupply thf
i Itv witli water, will be further tented
according U> a decision «»f the vIIIjik*
iru*t*e«« at u meeting Monday eve
Ming, before being formally H«eept<«l
mid connected up with the city pump
iitg pinnt It Is naid the lent will In
continued for 10 rjaj * to npecitaiu II
the volume • wm« r l* plentiful.
Hotel Brin): Remodeled.
Beatrice, M»r« h 24, Keniodellnic »»|
the Burwood hotel, one of the old eat
btmln*** hottne* In the city, \n In
progre**. The Job will take t WC
month* end will coet approximately
$20,000.
Stocks Hammered
Down to New Low
Levels by Bears
a1
Railroad Shares Bear Brunt
of Selling Pressure: 86 In
dividual Issues Fall to
New Low Marks.
New York, March 24. Stock prices
continued to tumble today under the
perkistent hammering of bear traders
and the liquidation of Investors t"
new low levels for the year.
Railroad shares bore the brunt of
the selling pressure, bear attacks
against these issues being predicted
on the publication of relatively poor
February earning statements, partic
ularly by the northwestern carriers.
In all, $6 individual Issues, 30 of them
rails, attained their lowest prices of
the year.
Attempts to rally the list met with
partial success during the morning,
but fresh buying power whs lacking
and quoted values continued to melt
away when selling pressure was re
newed during the afternoon. Strong
Linking support made its appearance
just before the close, being particu
larly effective In General Klectrlc,
which was bid up over 8 points to
265 1-2. So mu' ll stock was being
pressed for sale in other ports of the I
list, however, that the recovery failed
to make much headway when tin*
closing gong sounded.
The drastic nature of the recent de
cline Is illustrated by the following
table, which shows the extreme dev
cline from the high levels of the year
to the low prices today, and the de
preciation In dollars. Five lending in
dustrials show' a depreciation of
$260,417,705 in quoted value, the larg
est being the drop of over $156,000,000
in the n\arket value of Standard Oil of
New Jersey common.
Fixe leading rails show a decline of
$131,630,754, the largest of which is a
drop of over $32,000,000 In I'nlon Pa
cific. With over 900 stocks listed and
traded In on the exchange and most
of them substantially below the year's
high levels, which in many cases were
►only established last month, the coin
I bined depreciation in market value
undoubtedly will run well over
$1,000,000,000.
North Platt** Man Injured
Seriously in Auto Accident
Ft. Morgan, Colo . March 24.—A.
F. Cooper. 40, of North Platte, Neb.,
(suffered a broken back and other in
juries which may prove fatal, when
the car which lie was driving went
Into the ditch, on the paved high
way northeast of here. Leonard
Harr, also of North Platte, who was
in the car, was not hurt In the ac
cident. Hoth men declare they were
not traveling at high speed.
Plainview Teacher Appointed
Pierce County School Head
Plainview', March 24. Miss Houila
Parker, who lias been a teacher In the
Plainview schools for several years,
has been appointed by the couhty
commissioners of Pierce county to MU
tin* vacancy In the county superln
t rodent* offlm made by the icsigna
tIon of former Superintendent Farm!
let*, who sexeral weeks ago was united
in marriage to Attorney General
Spillman.
11111111... 1111 City Party
Nominate* Two ticket*
Humboldt, Neb., March 24 The an
mini preelection caucus of the limn
holdt dty party placed in nomination
two sets of candidates for school and
city election. Aurll 7. They «re:
Hoard »*f Kducatlon, A Fpley, MIn*
Grace Jones, M. M Kama*-, Walter
Kaiser: councilnien First ward. Lute
H. Kotouc, Ralph H. Park; Second
ward. Flunk M. Ho«h. Joe Hhllei.
Married in Council HlnffV.
the fiUliv it a pt.runn* ohtslnafl ttutr
C i«»ill 4 '< >Uf1* 11 Wuff» \*»tatdny
Hnltl fVem-eftt, Is ...
i.lnurtls MwIIk'Ih’, i r**a«ant, Ih .... 21
Marry I’n limikrtif. I'tsyner. In . 7
Jtaasia ,X|. I.MUkhltn Tr«$‘fin<. Ih .
l.aftey ' .un*l| 111 tiff a 3*
Httlln I'- Murrlson, Nani* I*. ...... 14
.tarry M.» U n w*w y, (*tarka«*n. Nab . .. 2*
Manilla M •rusk a, f»r*t, \**b .
A It ' a'lghav. f'nunrll lllifffa
Alary Lynn* ffaatk'e Connell Stuffs., I"
Frink UtaMio kin. Untihl. .
tui.u* ft*,..i, 1*.«... 31
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President
Me for
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♦ ^'v.ucts Kellogg to
^ reliminary Steps
<ir»l New Coiiferenee
V /V
on Disarmament.
Approach World Powers
Hj t ni\er*«l Service.
Washington, March 24.— President
‘ ’oolidge has directed Secretary of
State Kellogg to look into the matter I
of railing another disarmament oon-j
ft rence under American auspices, It
was learned officially at the White|
House today.
The president's directions cover two
general phases:
First, the idea of carrying out
further the principles adopted by the
Washington conference on the limi
tation of arrnftrnent.
Second, the advisability of ap
proachlng the great world powers at
this time with the proposal for sum
moning a supplementary conference
in Washington under the auspices of
ilie l ulled States.
f treat Britain ah end\ has indicated
something more than a willingness fo
participate in such a conference,
which undoubtedly would operate to
establish still more firmly British
supremacy at sea.
On the opposite side of the world,
Japan has shown signs of approving
“In principle’’ the idea of another
conference under American auspices.
Japan, however, has certain definite
conditions which Secretary Kellogg
must meet before be can count on ac
the support from the Tokio ministry.
Continental KSurope, under the lead
ership of France, is generally regard
ed in Washington as constituting the
real obstacle to the president’s dis
armament project.
Supplementary restrictions on
naval armaments, it Is believed in
Washington, can be fixed by another
conference without reference to land
forces, hut it will he futile to broach
any definite proposals until there is
substantial unanimity of sentiment
among the great powers of the
world.
EXPERT EXPLAINS
MOVING MOUNTAIN
Denver. Colo., March 2i.—The the
ory of gravity, one of the fundamen
tal laws of nature, is governing the
shifting of “moving mountain” neai
Meeker, Charles \V. Henderson, min
eral geographer of the United States
geological survey, declared* today in
advancing a scientific analysis of the
phenomenon.
The movement of the mountain’s
slope is not uncommon in mountain
ous formations, he said, such as are
in the region of the Meeker “moving
mountain,” The mountain range in
the vicinity r*f Meeker is considered
among the foothills of the Rocky
mountains and is of less substantial
formation than the main rat^ge.
The belief of Henderson "«* that
in the depth of the peak nr Meeker
there was a flat clay deposit which
formed one strata of the mountain.
Seepage of water from either streams
on the earth's surface or underground
water flows had moistened this clay
l«nse he declared, and consequently
It could not hold the weight of the
sand, stone and earth above so that
these uppermost materials w^re slid
ing »*(T the base slowly to a more sub
stantial foundation.
j. H. i .uesclipii, Sherman
Township \sM*s*ior. Dies
Columbus. Man'll ?l.—J. IT. T.uch
ch*n, Sherm in toivnahlp ns*e.«“or,
well known In the county, ilidl Sun
day niRht of pneumonia following the
flu, with asthma complication*.
Mr. I.ueschen was 47 years old and
a "native son” of Platte county, hitv
Ing bean born on a Sherman lotsn
ship which hla father, Herman fl.
I.ueschen. one of the sturdy pioneer,
of the county, homesteaded In 18fi>>.
His father is 87 years till.
Mr I.ueschen leaves his wife and
five children: also his agc.i fai'ie
four sisters nnd three brothers
I oil^i* Pole Caiiruses
SpIim I. Candiilalo
T»dge Pol*. March 24 <1 K. Mar
shall and Mrs. .1 F. «'otter were notnl
nated at th* school caucus f«*»- the’
on* year term and A H. pcrslnger.
(' (r Hills, Mrs. I, R Harlow nnd A
(' Rule for the three ye*r form. G.
K. MlnshaJl. c. O. Rills and If. 1«
Duck* ate th* retiring members.
At the village caucus held the same
day D. R Barlow, K. Fenske. W I*
Russell and L. K. Uydlntt were notnl
Dated fdy two years. \\ . 1> Russell
and R. \\\ Knglert nr* the retiring
members.
Marslnml Orpini/rs Clul*.
Msrsland. March “1 Murslund
• onimtinity rf about ’ inhabitants,
has organized n Commercial dub
with < ‘hat !*■ M< Fai t an as president
and K. T. Fnwut as secretsry. fal
lowing s visit rf two* * at loads of
memlters at a regular meeting of the
Memlngfoid chamber of Commerce
I hursday.
Man FoiiihI Dead in Manner.
Bridgeport. Mutch 24 -r \ Mill
came to ftls death ft cm toil urn I
causes, pmlmbly henrt trouble, in*
cording to a eort/ner'w Jut} lie was
found dead In n minuet in u field
barn near Bronson f i ft»• i friends had
searched*#!! 1a\ foi him When )•
went to the bmn, tie \\ •• in tpjmi
nitty good health
Di* Mnlay to Slajic I’lav.
Ord. March 2 4 Ord chapter of t
Moln> will Stage "The l'ni‘uti«i Intis
HutxlAr." t John \ Crnncl# pint at
th* Ord np*t a house eat tv In Xfilll
The leading parts will be is Urn t>>
Helen Compiles l and M. Kuituouu
Pestilence.
Not Feared
in Illinois
llrallli Kxpertit Declare!
Menace Has Passed in j
Sturm-1 tu n Kegions Due
to Sanitation Measures.
Cash Needed to Rebuildi
ll> 1 nivmal Scnlcf.
Chicago, March 24.—Danger of
pestilence sweeping over the storm
i"i ii regions »»f Illinois and Indiana
has passed, according to health au
thorities, Sanitation measures taken
immediately after the disaster saved
the country from an epidemic, ac
cording to Dr. J. I j. Rawlings, direc
tor of the Illinois department of
health.
The problem confronting the au
f horit.ies now is one of reconstruction.
A vast 'Mini of money will be requir
ed. It is expected Chicago will con
tribute approximately $500,000, the
Illinois state legislature has appropri
ated S500.000 and a like amount Is
expected from outside the state.
.Most Disastrous Storm.
'I’lio tornado that last Wednesda>
snuffed out more than 800 live?, in
jure I 3,000 and wiped out hundreds
of homes in Illinois, Indiana, Mis
souri. Kentucky and Tennessee was
the most disastrous the country ha^
khown. The monetary loss has not
been officially estimated but It will
aggregate several millions.
In southern Illinois, the region that
suffered greatest damage, temporary
shelter has already been provided foi
10,000 homeless. Some are living In
tents but many families hav<* been
aide to return to their partially
wrecked homes.
Plenty of Supplies.
Red Cross officials reported toda.*
that food and clothing supplies arc
ample. What is most needed Is fund®
for permanent construction work
There are families who have nothing
but the clothing they wore when the
storm came and out In the rural dls
triots there are scores of farms de
nuded of nil buildings and livestock.
Kfforts are being mad** to supply
these farmers with funds to purchase
livestock and erect homes.
Scores of doctors and nurses* at'
still in the field administering to tin
injured. There were three deaths re
ported during the day but most of the
injured will recover, according to Red,
Cross workers. Many will be perma
nently crippled.
SOUTHERN STOCK
MEN OPTIMISTIC
Representatives of the livestock ex
change and Cnloii Stockyards com
pany have returned from San An
tonio, Tex . where they attended the
annual convention of the Southwest
(%ittle Growers' association. Omaha
was represented at the meeting by
Frank Stryker. R. M. Roberts, travel
inglivestock agent fur the Fnion
Stockyards company: A. H. Frye.
Fnion Stockyards comjiany George i
MacDonald, C. E KiUlhom and Rob
erts Brothers Rose.
“There was more optimism ex-j
pressed at the convention this year
among cattlemen, than I have heard!
for five or six years." declared .Rob
erts. “The cattlemen down there have
been In a bad way with their hold
ings. but they are being carried along!
by the loan companies and in time
the old debts will be wiped out."
"The cattlemen look forward to
heavy shipments to northern pasturfs
this season, as the spring is starting
with unsual dry weather and ship
ment w ill probably begin early ." said
Htryker
“The future « f the breeding « attic
business can hold nothing but good
tidings for those who stick to the
game," believes Roberts "It will lake
many years to reestablish the busi
ness upon a firm basis.'*
Three Supped* to Fare
Chickrn Theft Charge*
Beatrice. Neb., March 21 Vein
Wooster, John It. S< hrlner, and H. H.
Tunnlsoit, arrested hoe Mond.iv after
they had sold some chickens at the
Swift plflnt, will l»e taken back to
Smith i’enter. Kan.. Wednesday, bv
Sheriff Jack Waller to answer charges
of chit ken stealing.
According to Sheriff Waller near
ly 200 fowls are alleged to have Ih*» n
stolen Ijtte today officers arrested
Russell Ramsey of this city in con
nection with the case.
Boost Planned at Beatrice
for Chamber of Commerce
Beatrice. March 21 A combination
meeting of the Beatrice Chamber of
Commerce. Rotary and Klwanis
clubs will be held Friday evening
at the Rmldook hotel for the pm pom
of centering the attention • f all bust
m-•» men upon the importance i f
supporting the Chamber of Con
nuirce. R* ports will be received and
plans for the v ear's work outlined.
Ke\. V. I.. I ni|)leli\ Kites
Held al Nebraska Cit\
Nebraska City, March 21 The bodv
of Rev A, I, Ftuplebv of (.Yilorndo
Springs, who died Snturd.iv. arrived
here last night ntid services were held
at the Methodist i hut ch todav. Rev.
Mr Fmplrbv was for three \ • n s pa*
tor of the loral rhlln li. lie Is stir
Vlved by his widow two daughter.'
ami one son.
1 .liieken Kimi*1 ((aided
Darlington. M.u»h 21 Chicken
thieves who *#r\ei*»tl !|pie* In th*
past have visited the >nrd» of Ftnnk
Carlson, stole about 12 voting l*|v
mouth Rocks from bis fine flock last
week The stolen chickens were
valued at over I Ml. Th# fowls weir
marked and dealers tn the nearby
towns hate been notified to be on
the vviLlcUtioc Uiuu.
Jury Awards Mrs. Dennistoun $25,000
in Action Brought Against Ex-Husband
| >n£g. pog5orev Mr, iDHKr^Ti^^oaKr |
Veteran Wyoming
Attorney Closes
Oil Lease Battle
Counsel for Sinclair
Court W illi Argument *o 1
Completely He Far Lx
eeeds Time Limit.
lit The A»so« inted Frw».
I'hf)» nnc, Wyo March l*4—Hold
ing the court, the attorney.4 and spec
tators for four and one-half hour*—
fhe entire court day J. W. Bnrey.
veteran Wyoming attorn* v. one <*f
counsel f<*r Mammoth 'Ml company,
i Umed his fight today In the Teapot
J>»me lease annulment suit.
The dean of Wyoming lawyers
(quoted tie* isloii after decision of the
£* tilted State? supreme court to up
hold hi* contention that the lease
men Harry F. Sinclair by former
Secretary »#f the Interior Albert B.
Fall wan legal and ending on the!
gov eminent.
He spoke af great length on tle|
provision in the act of June 4. BO',
under which congress gave to the see'
re la y *f the navy the right to “de
velop. conserve. u-e and operate ' the J
naval reserves, and argued that the
;». t made it mandatory for the head
of the navy to proceed with that pro
gram.
“Kvery portion of the statute is re
plete with Instructions to get the oil
from the held, and there are no con
Ungencies—no 'if?,'" said he.
Us i hanged Potiry.
Baccy argued that the power*
granted to the secretary of the navy
under the act were so broad that he
was not required to submit the proj
ect to competitive bidding.
"The government, he said,
“charges that the policy of the ad
ministration was changed overnight
from conservation to one of exploita
tion. We say that the act of 1920
which made it mandatory for the sec
retarv of the navy to develop, con
serve, use and operate the reserve?
was the change In policy and that the
law itself caused the change."
IjRccy argued that the powers of
rorurres* were not overriden because
un4er the act it was self-evident that
if development were ordered, there
must have followed provisions for cl!
storage and that the government eon
tentlon that oil storage tanks could
l>e built for the navy only under eon
Rxesslonal appropriation was an in
congruity in the face of the act of
192" if., contended that every pro-j
vision of the lease and the circuit! j
stance under which It was made were
well within the 1920 law
Forgot to \\ atelt I bn k
The argument was followed *»>
closely by the court and spectators
that Federal Judge T. Blake Ken
nedy’s rules for recesses and limiting
of arguments went by the board
Judge Kennedy's court has a reputs
Mon for being inflexible in keeping at
torney s within certain hours in their
arguments, and the jurist «o an
flounced nt the loginning of the pres
potation of statements.
1’inlet* the schedule Baccy was to
have finished nt 3. Hut when J came
both Judge Kennedy a to! Ijgcry
seemed unaware of the hour and not
until 10 minutes before ad inurnment
Mme did the ppenkn look at the
i lock. Bacev then closed IVts argtl
ment and court* adjourned, leaving
rseorge P. Iloovfi, Washington at
lorney. representing the defense
without n place on the schedule, for
he was to have started at .1. The re
milt was that a pine* had to be made
vn the tomorrow morning do, ket fm
Hoov er
__ . ..
< »mrI Open* at llurtingtoii.
I lart Inphm. Ma h ’I The spi Jag i
tern? of district .aunt opened M*Uida\
with Judo* Mark K> RH of |*ende> ]
on the Ittnfell \ pane! f 4 i«ii'ur*l
was d'awn from a Ifst . »*f ft*' names j
presented by the (tout'd «»f c»MltU>j
conunisslofiei * \lHMit 7,\ c tses m»
docketed, an unu-uallv large ntmtler i
f«M the March term.
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I ni\(*r*it\ 11 cud Die*.
St Bonis. March t Hr Frederick j
AMln Hall. 70 chat cllor e*n«*u: US of j
WatUiufUx* uuiui'iitb died.
Chapman \\ ants
Jurors of Croat
Mental Capacity
Notorious Criminal Declare*
He Wants No "Hick* a®
Talesmen in His Fight
for Life ip Court.
It? JOHN K. WINKI.KK.
Fnh«n>Hl service staff Correspondent.
Hartford, Conn.. March -4.—Get aid
chapman, America s most notorious
criminal, faced a throng r*f Connect!
t ut Yankee* in Superior Court Justice
.leanings' court today.
For more than five hours he direct
ed Itl* defence *f the charge that he
Cold-bloodedly shot down Policeman
James Skelly of New Britain last Oc
tober.
When court adjourned five men of
the *2 talesmen examine*! were in th*
box V* man? other* were excuse*!
ihr** hij* _0 r.Hii o remain in tfie spe
* Utl j >enel of ir»0. A new panel has
be*‘n ^>iTTimon*d for tomorrow morn
ing
!• is p* p-tit-sily certain. however,
a jury will have been chosen by to
morrow night.
Pick* Them Himself.
« hapn an. fighting for his life,
wants a jury of as great mental ca
lamity a* p«is slide to try him. As
each prospective juror took the stand
today, there xras one quick, penetrat
ing glance from the bandit s cold hlue
eves — .ix'iil ftp brilliant as ever sat
In a human head.
A nod or shake of the curious,
lumpy head of the “ini I lion-do liar
bandit” and the talesman joined the
long lU*t of the rejected or. in five
instances, took his place in the jury
l ox. The five chosen thus far are
business men, salesmen and drum
mere. All arc- family inen. Their ax
erage age is 43.
Chapman told his chief counsel,
Frederick J- Groehl of New York:
“Get me ;t • ivy **f xvise guvs. No
hicks. If l am going to hang, let me
l*e hung by men who Know something
of life.”
I armor* \re Barred
So. today the defense played crafti
ly in an effort to exhaust the first
panel, consisting mostly of small
tuxx farmer* The new panel will
contain talesmen from the larger
cities.
State s \11■ m roy II :gb Al urn mot
cl i|uivin > strutegv craftily. Repeat
edix he for,» d Groehl and his assist
tints Nathan O Freedman and
Charles \V Mundiy. to yield one of
the pteciou* peremptorte* in order to
di«;H*«e of a farme talesman \* li«»
apparently fuelled all requirement*
and x\*s perfectly willing to draw bis
$1 a day h\ serving In an Interesting
i ase
The day* proceeding* were dull,
but Chapman was a figure of fasetna
tion.
\urtione«*r Bu>> Farm.
l.lbertx. March 24 Cel. K K. Kin
ne> . prominent auctioned of This
piece, today closed a deal whereby be
become* owner of the W. T. Gor*
farm of 113 acres near liberty, the
price being 113.000 or slightly over
$11: an acre The farm is x ery well
Improved and adjoins other land
oxx ned by K innex.
Milfonl Pioneer Dies.
TYymore. March 24 K .1 Miller.
Wxnion undertake*. ha* been called
to Milford on n■ > *»unt of the death of
h]s father. ,1 K Miller, a pioneer
resident of the Milford and Krtend
x cinity. The senior Miller had lived
in Hie l.nalln where he died for the
i,**#* 4a and xx as past So
5ears of
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|*t in*| las tnrhc'4 * !■**1 Cui*«L«e»ith%
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f relent'i * »
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Deimistoun
V erdict to
First Wife
Ex-Male of British Colonel
Triumph* in Her Suit to
Recover Ca.-h She Say?
She (ia\e Him.
Awards Her $25,000
By KOlIliKT J. PKKW.
I nliprsil *»er\l.-e staff t itrrptpiitiijpnt.
London, March 21.—Mrs. Dorotb;
I>f nnistoun triumphed In court toda;
lit spit# of criticisms of her conduct
by Judge MeCardie, who describee
her as "nol a woman from the clol*
ten. but a. woman of the world.'’ Sh*
gained a Jl’a.fmo damages award fron
the Jury which tried her case attains'
her former husband for sums allegcc
to have been loaned and for fulfill
ntent of an agreemen' for matntr
nance made at the time of their nri*
divorce.
A full verdict will be handed dow
by the judge tomorrow, the net re
suit of which, on the jury's findings
will l*e that the attempt of Couhtc*
Carnarvon to resist the claims ot
Col. Ian Dennistoun'e first wife ha*
failed
< ourtronm Parked
Tii* jury took three hou * to a:,
swer 1 he questions left with It i
Judge MeCardie. The court wa*
|iticgi»| to suffi cation this morning
with society people who had paid
premiums for places In the waitin',
line early in the day.
While concluding id- summing lit
of the case. Judge MeCardie took o
casion to state that the French di
vnree decree between the DenrJ*
touns was binding and that th» mar
riage of Colonel UennUtoun and I .ad'
Carnarvon was valid. At this dr-laro
tion Lady Almlna's face became
wreathed In smiles as she silent!"
pressed her husband’s ant
Mrs fennistoun heard the n»ws of
her victory without ostentatiously
displaying her satisfaction.
Promised Assistance.
In addition to the verdict for S2b -
ftnO. the Jury found that Mrs. Tie
nistoun had a valid claim agnlnst her
former hustand f"r the ? i o who .1
she claimed she advanced -n his i
half during and after the period of
their marriage. The Jury also sere-- •
that he luid promised to ts'ist in li*
support when he was able to do
If she was not In a positl< -ft to supper'
herself.
Trt some cfrelee It Is h»!d that tb
wording of the verdict will make h
practically Impossible to eolle.-f from
the colonel, as it was tes’lfled th.;t
after they were divorced he was down
and out except for the money pr
vided by Lady Carnarvon, whom hr
afterward married.
The legal costs of both side* whl* b
will be borne by the countess, ar*
estimated as upward of };no.nop
I Uhl Settler- Pav Tribute
to < overed \l agon Pioneei
Allen. March 74.—Funeral service*
were held here for Mrs. Anna Harper.
77. who. with her husband and twi
children, came here from Wisconsin
in 1S71 and took up a homestead five
I miles southeast of here.
!She Is survived by one daughtc
i Mrs. Harry Hemstreet cf Allen, an
five grandchildren, Margaret, Gladys
and Harvey Harper of Alien. Ferr
Hemstreet of Sioux City. la . am!
Donald Hemstreet of Allen.
Among those attending the service*
I which were held ir, the Methodist
I church, were many old settlers. In
| termcnt was made in Sprlngltanh
cemetery.
Declamatory Contestant
Selected at Humboldt
Humboldt. Neb., March Cl —The d*
Iciamatory contest and hand recital o;
jtite Humboldt school* were enjoyed b>
jn crowded house. In the hurr.orou
Miviaion. Miss Alnta Fruhbauer trj«
first and Florence Beutler second in
the dramatic. Miss Haiel McCoy w*«
first and Zola Avery second, and In
| oratory Hi t an Watske was first. The
I winners will t>e sent tn the state eon
jes; to he held at Omaha'April in
I rec I nit ion Warded
Oratory I onte-t \\ mm
Randolph, March 71 John Casteel
who won the oratorical contest at th*
N rtska yvealevan nniveratty, will
reeelve free tuition, valued at lUti
for one year at that Institution.
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
Tbc Italian tied th
I rYemiet Mr.^aolint t* *c : p ;?.»> li;
Th* Red Ctt*** mobilised rural r
I lief carat an* for In the mi i
! wwt atorm section.
I Cabinet nwuhers g*\e rrwidfr'
C-oolidge their view* on the nation*
I buxine** .situation.
. Complaint wa* lodged with 8*ere
tnr\ Kellogg against price* charge 4
bv the French German polaah inter
e*ta.
National guard officer* presented : •
I President tNxolMgg their argument
fax cilna federal expenditure for
I |UAn1 drill p*x'
Nateon T Hartgcw resigned M
fc'Uiitor of the internal revenue
j hitr«<.iu and A \\ Gi^-g of rev
tv,** xehs ted to ^luvrei htiw
The aMjHrifeU Um t\i ippivx.M t»
law: iemwl s .ti'pivg t'tnfecen*^ >
sWvtwhh'a dtff* rnti.tW igai:M i* 'f
nul south At Win tic p*i!*
it xx.-x* Mnnt'UUx'Vvi that President
OiHiiidge ha* sugweMed j.* Srvietat
Kellogg that certain deHr, ta prelim? n
*rx •!♦*!« he takci t gr m4 w
*Ci d. ikiius gou^reueg.