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k , city EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 246. " OMAHA, SATURDAY. MARCH 2871925. * TWO CENTSta ■■ '
Court Hears
"Murder to
Order” Plot
I’air Offered $300 to Slay
track ^ orker, \\ ituess
Say>; l sed Ax Because
It ^ as “Ouieter."’
Victim Heavily Insured
V shudder of horror ran through
the crowd of spectators In Judge
•Joss’ criminal court yesterday af
ternoon when Vincent Ritonyaya, a
27 year-old German, told how murders
% committed "to order” In Omaha
■ it a price of $300 "per job.”
Ritonyaya is under indictment ATith
Tony Penessi and James Clafizin on
a charge of conspiracy to murder
Angelo Tamborana, a track worker,
who was assaulted and seriously
wounded January 2 s. Ritonyaya
was a witness yesterday at the trial
of Penessi.
Pointing to Penessi, Ritonyaya said
that lie was the man who had of
fered him $300 to murder Tamborana.
While tlie spectators leaned for
ward In amazement. Ritonyaya told
how he and Ed Moravec, now a fugi
tive from justice, had attempted to
slay Tamborana.
Engage Two for S.'tlltl.
Penessi first attempted to per
suade Ritonyaya to perform the mur
der, lie said, but he shrank from do
ing the actual killing, so Moravec
was engaged. They were to share
the $300, Moravec getting $200 and
Itttonyaya $100.
Ritonyaya told liow Penessi had
pointed out their victim to them, and
liow they had prepared for the mur
der attempt, first, he said, they
bought a small hand-ax. "because
that would make less noise than n
gun.” They took it to the yards
where Tamborano worked, and hid it.
The next night they returned and lay
in wait for Tamborano.
"Moravec was nervous," said Riton
yaya. "He said he hadn’t been feel
lng very well, and he was afraid he
didn’t have the nerve to do it that
night.
"We walked south and I hid be
tween two box cars. Moravec took
the axe and went up on the bank.
"Pretty soon Tamborana came
down the track and started sweeping
The switch. He came within 25 feet
I of me.
Took Out Insurance for Victim.
"Then he started up the steps that
led up the tank. I saw Moravec
jump out and hit him with the ax.
' aggfc "Something Inside of me seemed to
turn over. 1 couldn’t stand to sec
any more, and t ran down the track.
When I met an officer I told him
about It." *
Ritonyaya was asked why Penessi
had wanted to have Tamborano kill
ed.
"He told me that Tamborano’s wife
didn't love him,” said Ritonyaya.
• "He said he wasn't a good husband
to her.”
Two life insurance policies for $5,
000 each which were taken out on
Tamborano’s life just a few weeks
before the alleged murder attempt,
were brought Into the case, and the
prosecution is using them in an ef
fort to show the motive lying behind
the alleged plot.
Two policies were exhibited Police
Detective Da\is told of finding them
in the trunk of James Clartzio, broth
er-in-law of Tamborano, wiio was not
found by detectives until two days
after the assault. He said he had been
in Chicago for two weeks.
Man Completely-Recovered.
Tamborano testified that he earns
$3.12 a day as a track laborer; that
Clarlzfo lived with him about three
months: that about last Christmas he
suggested he should carry more life
insurance and that Tamborano had
agreed to take out $5,000 on which
he was to pay a premium of $43 e
year. He did not know, he said, that
the premium on this amount was
3145 a year. Nor did he know another
policy of $5,000 had been taken out
on his life.
Both Tambogano and his wife were
in the court room during the trial
yesterday. He hae completely recover
ed from the w’ounds which he re
ceived.
Mrs. Moravec was^Tso in the court
room. She declared that she know
nothing of the alleged plot, although
it was at her home. 4729 South Twen
ty-fourth street, that Penessi and
Ritonyaya first met. Ritonyaya con
firmed her statement, that she knew
nothing of their plans,
Ritonyaya came to Omaha from
Germany 12 years ago. He lives at
6213 South Thirty first street.
“Law ami Order Party” Files
Nominations at Harvard
Harvard, March 27.—A new politi
cal organization, under the name of
the law and order party, has filed
nominal ions for councilman for the
first and Second ward* and police
judge with the city clerk.
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We Have
With Us
Today
Filward F. Murphy, Sr.
Sale* Manager,
San Franclaeo, Cal.
Mr. Murphy la the ««lea manager of
J. Braude nalcln A Co., of San Kran
ciaco, coffee rnnatera.
Although with the company aince
the early SO*. Murphy la known
«* to thg commercial men who tinvel
* the weatern part of the country »a
the "young man."
It I* *al<1 that he haa a larger per
gonal acquaintance In the weatern
part of the country that any other
acmmerclal man.
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Man Reported Dead
Found to Re Itinerant
Sunning on Highway
V__ _
riattsnumtli, March J7.—An autoist
from Omaha created considerable ex*
citement Monday when he announced
that lie had seen a dead man lying
along the highway near Oreopolis,
north of this city. The police made
haste to the scene and found the man.
but far front dead. He proved to he an
Itinerant taking advantage of the sum
mer-like day to sun himself, and waved
wrathy or being aroused from Ills
peaceful slumber, giving in unmistak
able language his views of the state
of affairs when a peaceful hobo could
not lie down along the road without
being molested.
Jazz Slaver Mav
j *
Plead Guilty to
Manslaughter
c
.111 r\ Selected, lull lrial of
Ellingson (rirl I* Adjourned
lo Monday; Flea
May End It.
San Francisco, March 27.—Reports
were in circulation In the hall of jus
tice today that opposing counsel In
the Dorothy Ellingson case would
ask Judge Louderback to terminate
the trial and accept a plea of guilty
to manslaughter.
San Francisco,. March 27.—Two al
ternate jurors, both women, were
added late this afternoon to the reg
ular jury of nine men and three
women chosen to try 16 year-old
Dorothy Ellingson for the murder of
her mother, who was shot and killed
In the bedroom of their home last
January after a quarrel over the
girl's wild life.
The actual trial was ready to pro
ceed, but Judge Harold Louderhack
adjourned It until Monday morning,
when o|>enitig statements will be
made. The last alternate Juror seat
ed was Mrs. Teresa Roth, a house
wife, the mother of adult children—
a girl and a boy.
Court Adjourned,
Court was adjourned at 4:3# and
the young defendant, who had fainted
at a recess taken an hour and a half
earlier, left the courtroom composed
ly, smiling as she talked to the ma
tron.
San Francisco, March 27.—A Jury
of nine men and three women was
chosen today to determine the fate
of 16-year-old Dorothy Ellingson,
charged with murder tor killing Iter
mother In the bedroom of their house
last January, after a quarrel over
the girl's mad pursuit of pleasure.
Judge I.ottdc-rback Instructed c.oun
sel to begin the selection of two alter
nate jurors. Witnesses in the case
were excused until Monday.
The regular jury was sworn In over
the objection of the defense, which de
clared thart the court had committed
error In reopening the Interrogation
yesterday after both sides . had np
proved the tentative jury.
Personnel of Jury.
The jury.
Marlin Hencken, retired grocer.
George W. Hastings, motor trans
port superintendent, married.
George H. Clark, .contractor,
father of boy, 17. and girl, 16.
Mrs. Rora R. Roche, middle aged
wife of a silversmith, mother of
one hoy and two girls.
Paul E. Denlevelle, contractor,
married.
Anton Carlson, painter, father of
grown children.
Mrs. Alice F. Hicks, mother of
two sons.
Edgar J. Goldsmith, hook seller's
clerk, unmarried, middle aged.
William ,E. Bates. salesman,
father of one child.
.T. H. MeCay, carpenter, married,
two stepchildren.
Mrs. Clara M. G. White, elderly,
wife of Insurance man.
George F. Sand, retired store
keeper for Iron works, one grown
son.
Mrs. Blanche lAcoste. a young
housewife, whose husband Is'a drug
gist, was one of the alternates se
levied.
Itorothy Elllngson fainted for the
second time today as she was being
taken from court for a recess. She
had been trembling and agitated and
had difficulty In getting out of her
chair.
Italian Air Forre.
Rome, March 27,—The budget re
port subml'te] states that on June
30, 1924. Italy possesse.i 60 squadrons
with 1,500 airplanes, of which 660
were fighting machines, while by
next summer it will have 90 squad
rons with 2,<tOO airplanes, 900 of them
of the fighting type.
Osborne Wood Due Soon.
New Orleans> Re., March 27.—The
steamer Weet Chelae on which Os
borne Wood, son of Gen. I^onard
Wood, Is reported returning to thlsi
country, Is due to put In at Tampa
Tuesday.
Solon s Meet
to Iron Out
Differences
House anil Senate Name Con
ferees to Break Deadlock
Over Three Big
JtiUs.
Adjournment in Offing
By P. POWELL,
Staft Correspondent Tlie Omaha Her.
Lincoln, March 27.—Nebraska’s
legislative session is speeding toward
a nervous and uncertain finish to
night. The day was filled with a
series of Important events anil nerves
of legislators are taut and uncertain
as the time for definite decision on
the most Important bills, always held
until the last, approaches. Adjourn
tnent probably will be some time next
week.
The house and the senate are in
a deadlock over the three major hills,
the big appropriations bill, the 4 mill
intangible tax bill and the gasoline
tax bill. The house voted emphatic
ally against concurring on senate
amendments to these measures, and
late tonight conference committees
from the two bodies were endeavoring
to Iron out their differences.
Rodman, O'Malley and Harrington
are house conferees on the gas tax
measure, while the senate Is repre
sented by Dysart, Griswold and Wat
son. Reed, Meaeham and Banning
are senate conferees on the appropria
tion bill, while the house Is represent
ed by Kssam, Yoehum and Raaeoh.
The senate conferees on the Intangi
ble tax bill are Robbins, Jeary and
Wiltse and the house conferees are
Gilmore, Keyes and Byrum.
Intangible Bill SIuck in House.
An addition of approximately $100,
000 in the appropriation hill hv the
senate is one cause of disagreement
on this measure. Reports were cur
rent tonight that house conferees.
Ivacked by Governor Adam McMullen,
were Insisting that levies providing
for a six year building program for
the university and normal schools
should be Inserted with senate coy
ferees obstinately refusing to consider
the proposition.
Agreement on the 4-mllI Intangible
tax'bill, as passed by the senate, !s
dubious. Byrum of Franklin, who
originally stood fur Increasing the
rate on Intangibles to 73 per cent of
the rate on tangible property, Is
known to he willing to, recede from
this position. However, he has ex
pressed determination to put sharp
teeth Into any intangible tax hill
Ivaxsed. for the purpose of forcing In
tangibles on the tax rolls by flrovid
Ing unusual ferreting powers for as
sessors and heavy penalties for tax
dodging.
The disagreement on the gasoline
nx bill Is a result of action of the
senate in striking all exemptions
from the bill as passed by the house,
i’nder the house gss tax plan owners
if farm tractors and stationery gaso
lne engines, as well as cleaners and
lyers, are exempt from paying the 2
rents gas tax. Senate leaders as
•erted administration of the exemp
:lon feature would be costly and ex
emptions would result In gasoline
"bootleggers,'’ similar to those re
ported In South Dakota, where after
• four-year trial of such exemptions
(he legislature has removed all ex
pniptions.
Kill Ucense Kill.
During the day the house killed
I’rrry Reed's pet bill, which sought
to force railroad companies to ship
• ulktes and other racing parapher
(Turn to Tag* Two. Column tour.)
BUILDING TRADES
IN CAPITAL FIGHT
Washington, March J7.— Possibility
if a far-reaching controversy In the
local building trades was Indicated
today when the Master Masons’ as
sociation decided to lock out the
stone cutters’ union.
The lookout order was approved
at a meeting of 100 financiers, real
estate operators and contractors,
which formed a committee to combat
further wage Increases.
Organizations already on record as
demanding higher wages Include
stone cutters, painters, steam fitters,
plumbers and an Important section of
the carpenters
Hornr* Bring (jooit Prifff.
Beatrice, March 27.- at the s. F.
Snyder farm sale near Blue Springs,
10 head of horses sold for $100 to
$!3l a head. Cattle likewise were In
demand, bringing from $40 to $52 a
head. Hogs brought top notch prices.
PortugiH'se Flyer Lost.
Telubnn, March 27. Lieutenant Pin
Hurra of the Portiiffueee air force wan
k 111 r*« 1 anil a companion officer and a
mechanic were serloiwly Injured when
their airplane craalied.
Absent Minded Professor Robbed of Jewels;
Two Men and Sweethearts Face Moot Court
The heavy hand of the law hng
clamped down on the ghoulderg of
Feed Toof and Ace Hoof, both of
3499 Bone gtreet. They muet 'go to
bat' today on chargee of highway
robbery.
Toof and Hoof are charged with
the robbery of Prof. Amo* [lean on
January 2, 192,9. PrOfegaor Dean
wag walking along North Twentj
fourth gtreet on that night when
two men *tepped from a doorway,
ehook a hilly under hi* nog* and
commanded him to 'ehell out.’
The profeigor aheentlv handed
them hit valuable!
Two or three day* after the rob
hery the profe*»nr'a valuable* were
found In an Omaha jewelry atora.
The arreaf. of Tnof and Hoof fol
lowed.
Inveatlgatlon dla< loaed that Toof
had been attentive to two young
women, Miaa Altle Flltton, 2197
Vain afreet, and Mlaa Fllttl* Apple
xruire, Sintra attorney*, Krneat
Vdam* and William .1. Howen, will
Ini rod Uf e Mlaa Flltton a* "tor wit
ness for the state.
Mlaa Appleaautf will be nitneaa
for the defense The defense
lawyer* are Philip p;. Cronk snd
Havmond 1 . Gantt,
Tha i«*e la to ha in lh* I’nlver
•tty moot court till* evening
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Dennistoun Faces Mew Damage Suit
s ~
Filed bv vVX'«.',ed American Actress
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First \\ if» ^0*^ donel Amused by Report of Breach
of n t«» Be Rushed hv New York
, ho Holds Endearing Letters.
S A.
V >■ l'RKW.
I ntve. ^^ aff CormpAiuii'iit.
LombV / ti \l~. Americans
line ami , tsh society got an
other "kirk" out of the Dennlstoun
case today when word arrived from
Paris that the London office of
Dudley Field Malone, New York
lawyer, lias been ordered to bring
suit against Col. Ian Dennlstoun
for breach of promise ,and defama
tion of character on behalf of an
unnamed American actress.
It was announced that the actress,
who is now in New York, but who
accepted attention from Colonel
Dennlstoun in Paris before his di
vorce from ids first w ife, is sailing
shortly for London to prosecute her
suit, and is bringing with her more
than 100 endearing letters from
Larjre Families
Blamed for Evil
of Child Labor
National Leader Declare?
Birth Control Would Help
Control Situation Which
Group Is Fighting.
New York, March 27.—"Every child
has the right to he well born or not
to be born at all,” Owen R. Eovejov,
executive secretary of the National
Chilli Labor committee, declared to
day in an address to the sixth inter
national lien Malthusian and birth
control conference.
“We catapult ® hildren Into the
world by the accidental explosion ot
passion and ignorance and erect 1e
gal stockades to prevent the truth
from entering,” he said. "Then wr
doom whole armies of them to < hild
labor, disease, overcrowding and him
ger, it is a ghastly confession of hu
man inefficiency and industrial can
nibalism which lias to feed on its
young to live,”
l/ove.ioy expressed the opinion that
the most potent cause of child labor
Is "large families, beyond, beyond the
capacity of one person to support.”
Or. Morris H. Kahn of New York
said he did not believe permisculty
would be increased if birth control
advices were given physicians. He
said, however, that the fear of some
physicians that this would happen,
together with religious prejudice
within the medical profession, fear
of legal trouble and of Indecency and
Ignorance of contraception are the
principal obstacles to the giving birth
control conformation hv physicians
Hr. Rachelle S. Yarrow of Hull
house, Chicago, predicted that the
woman of the future will determine
how far she wants to sacrifice her
self to bear children.
TRADE HOLDS ITS
DELIBERATE PACE
New York, March 27.—Bradstreets
tomorrow will say :
“Distributive trade shows little dl*
position to quicken the rather de.
liberate pace hitherto noted, Spring
like weather favors Increased aett\i
ties in farm work and In the building
trades thus tending to take up some
of the winter slack In eniploy-nrenl,
while the nearer approaeh of Easter
spurs preparations to meet, the usual
spring buying movement at retail
Trade as a whole still shapes up
about fair, but there Is, nevertheless,
still visible ihe feeling of disappoint
ment. that trade has not measured
up to sanguine anticipations.
“Reflections of the recent Jolts to
speculation given by the slumps In
stock and wheat are still found In
the ^reports of continued cautious
buying front wholesalers and Jobbers
and reduced marketing of grain conn
try districts. Cross currents In va
rious lines are reported In advices
from the southwest that lack of rain
in wide areas of Texas and Kansas
and parts of Oklahoma Is affecting
crop work, plant germination and
country buying, but that better
moisture conditions farther north In
the plains states are inducing 1n
creased planting of spring wheat.”
Weekly hank elent'lng* $1 78S
111 000
Immigration From Mexico
NX ill He | mlrr Discussion
Trouglas, Ai lr,, March 27 Hover
nors of southwestern American
states snd Mexican stales will confer
on proposals to extend the American
Immigration quota law to Mexico dur
Ing the convention of the western
division of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce here April 21, 22
und 21, It became known today.
Hoveinor Hunt of Arizona and Hov
ernor Alejobey of Sonora, May thus
far bate signified their Intention of
being present.
Although Texas is not Included In
the western division, which eomprls
es 11 States, she will he Invited to
send a representative to take part In
the discussion of Immigration.
Military Toiiniunirnt.
Chicago, March 27. A military
tournament Intended to Interest .-|\li
Ians of the Sixth corps mi- a and the
mlddlewest In national defense and
ths organized reset ye* will he held
here May 27. 21 and "I. -hi Sly
fifth Cavalry IMM-.I- n ,„ |.ai|,.n ,
nouneed.
* liiltl I altor Hill I
Augusta, Me. Much I tic
Maine senate, |„ „ v„,„ ,lf |R ^
rejected the federal child labor con
stltutlonal siuendmsnt the house
I hat not acted
iiennistoun, which will be her evi
dence.
Mi- Dorothy Dennistoun, whose
case against her former husband
ims just resulted in a verdict of
$25,000 fur her, following her
cleams that she gave herself to
Gen. Sir John Cowans to gain army
promotion for her husband, and
that he failed to keep his agreement
to help support her after divorce,
was quite amused at the new turn
in affairs.
"Surely, T know her," Mrs. Den
nistoun said with a queer sndle,
when asked if she knew the name
of the actress. "I would get still
more amusement out of telling you
her name, but it is better not to
tell it now. It cannot help being
disclosed at the trial. She Is not a
married woman."
!American Blamed
for Disturbance
in Panama Towns
! Legation Declare* Explorer
Stirred I p the Indian*,
ho Were Pacified
^ hen He Departed.
Washington, March 27.—Recent dis
turbances aimms the San Dias In
dians never reached a more serious
stage than mob disorders In a few na
tive towns, tlie Panama legation de
clared today in making a flat denial
of a statement by R. O. Marsh, Ameri
can explorer, that a "battle” had
taken place between the Indians and
Pannrnan troops.
"The few policemen stationed in In
Milan villages were assassinated by
mobs.” Minister Alafro said. "Four
teen policemen, school teachers and
civilians lost their lives, in the upris
ing.
Bloodshed Prevented.
”3'he participation of Marsh In
these events, the pretended request
for an American protectorate over the
'Title nation’ and the report that the
American flag had been raised in the
affected region, caused the American
minister to proceed there aboard the
gunltoat Cleveland.
"The Department of State disc in
tenanced the attitude of Marsh ami
the American minister, acting accord
ingly, and displaying praiseworthy
tact, advised the rebellious Indians
to submit to Pananmn authorities.
The Indians, free from the Influence
of M trsh. quickly submitted and fur
ther bloodshed was prevented."
Indians Ignorant.
"The declaration of Independence
of the Tule nation,” wns "conceived,
drawn tip ami signed lgv Marsh him
self," the minister asserted, des, i th
ing the occurren e na "a piece of liter
ature wherein anthropology, mytholo
gy and politics are closely Inter
woven.
"There Is net a single Indian In
San Bias who L« fsmlllar with the
Idea, the facts or the theories set
forth In that document,” he declared.
He said the Panama government's
policy had been designed to withhold
use of force against "the poor, ignor
ant, misguided Indian*," and to pre
vent oppression by Its local repre
sentatives. He also stressed the un
broken record of peace In the rela
tions of the Indian tribe and the gov
ernment until the advent of Marsh.
ARBUCKLE TO PAY
HEAVY ALIMONY
I,os Angeles, Cal.. March 27.—Popu
lar conjecture relative to the wealth
of Roscoe Arbuckle. former film
comedian, was revived here today
yvlth the filing In the county record
er's office of a property settlement
whereby Arbuckle agrees to pay to
Mlnta Durfee, who recently divorced
him In Paris, not less than >200 a
week until she marries again or until
death terminates the contract.
It was generally believed here that
the portly exebmedtan had not en
Joyed the income usually accredited
film world celebrities since his long
legal fight three year* ago In San
Francisco which endfd In his acquit
tal on a manslaughter charge In con
nectlon with the death of Vtrglnta
Rnppe.
Despite the heavy property setle
nient. Arbuckle plans to remarry . HI*
marriage to Doris Dean, screen ac
tress, was pokipotted la* week s few
hours before the wedding was to have
taken plat e upon advices from Part*
that Ml** ItiirfcM's divorce does not
become fully effective until April S.
•Hoily of \ilininil I)fwry
l rHii!*ferrf*»l to Capital
Washington, March 27 After rent
mg for nearly eight yearn In a man
solemn surrounded by comrade* of
• ho Spanish Vmcrlcan war and dose
to the memorial mast of the’ battle
ship Maine, the body of Admiral
'•coign Dewev, Mantle bay hero, will
he transferred with full military hon-i
• is tomorrow from Arlington Nation
M1 cemetery and placed temporarily
alongside the noted dead In ftefhle*
hem chapel of Washington cathedral.
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Woman May
Exonerate
Shepherd
Former Kmploye of Faiman
Declarer. She Can Prove
Innocence of Alleged
Germ Plot Slayer.
Seeks Missing Documents
By I nlwrsnl Krrocf.
Chicago, March 27.—In the filing
of an obscure suit of replevin In the
municipal court lat$ today may lie
the collapse of the state’s case
against William D. Shepherd, charg
ed with the murder of his ward, Will
iam Nelson MoCllnto'-k. by the ad
ministration to hirn of typhoid germs. |
The suit demands the return to
Mrs. Luella Rheubell of certain pa
pers an<i documents which she charg
es were taken from her rooms last
Monday night after she had, through
a. rusp, been arrested on a charge of
disorderly conduct.
Mrs. Rheubell formerly was busi
ness manager of the National I*nl
versity of Science, owned by "Dr.”
f\ < *. Faiman, upon whose testimony
that, he had given typhoid germs to
Shepherd and discussed with him
their use to cause McClintock's death,
the state’s case against Shepherd is
largely based.
Faiman Drug Addict.
"With those papers I can prove
that Faiman's story is untrue," said
Mrs. Rheubell. "1 <an prove the na
ture of his school, that there never
were typhoid germs there and that
Faiman is a drug a iilict."
A man known to her only as Sedg
wick, employed by C. A. Kiiykson &
Bros., owners of the building in
which she lives, first tried to get the
papers from her by wheedling, the
petition f*»r a replevin writ says. lie
mentioned that he could get r
substantial reward from the state or
those who are prominent in prose,
eating Shepherd, he told her. f ailing
to get the papers, she says, Sedg
wick i»eat her. then called the police
rod. because he was a representative
f,t the building s ow ners, caused her
arrest. While she was in custody.
Mrs. Rheubell sa.vs. the papers were
stolen. The suit U directed ’against
the Kricksons.
Inquests lirguii.
"Shepherd and Faiman ruld not
have met at the school during the
period. Faifnan says.” Mrs. Rheubell
declares "I was in the outer office
every day during that time. The
meeting could not have occurred
without my knowledge."
Inquests over the lx>dies of Emma
Nelson Met lintook. mother of the
youth Shepherd i» charged with kill
ing. and Dr. Harry Olson, her phy
sician, were begun today after the
bo il*»s had Iveen exhumed from the
graves where they have rested 1 %
and three years, respectively. The
same jury which has held various
sessions of an Inquest over young
Mo« ’lintock's body mas sworn in and
after viewing the bodies, adjourned
indefinitely.
Kxrelleiitlj l*ri>(W’r\ed.
The bodies were reburied after :he
vieeerae j^-id been removed and turn
ed o\er to rhsmists and toxicologists
who will examine them for every
known poison. Both bodies, It was
found, «e:e |n an excellent Mate of
preservation.
Notice was served on the state *o
<lny that Shepherd's attorneys shorty
will file a petition asking a rehearing
on the question of admitting him to
bail pending his trial, w hich pioba
will be held late In the summer.
SANTA FE STORM
TOLL NOT GREAT
H» Th« \«»of iaifd Prp*«
Rneno# Airs*. March 27.—Advice*
front the gone* of the province f
Santa Fe which were swept ly a
tornado last night Indicate that .*11
though the property loss** will he
large, th* number of fatalities will
not be to great a* had been indicated
by earlier dispatches.
Relief worker# were informed that
only two perron* were seriously
wounded in <*la##on, one of the
stricken cities The railway citation
"** destroyed end the track* were
buried under a mass of debris Many
house# were unroofed
The relief tr#1n ha# started for
Jinaro, which, it I# feared, suffered
mOs*t.
Ford Motor Surplus
Shows Hip Increase
Pox ton. March 27—.An Increase
more than $100,400,000 In the surplus
of the Ford Moto; company in the
year ending with thin month I* shown
In a statement of condition filed l>
the company whh the secretary of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hie statement place# the present sur
plus at $542,476,496.30 as against
$442,041,081.13 in March. 1924.
WHEAT PRICES IN
WINNIPEG LOWER
Winnipeg, Man., March ST.—Wheat
riicfs suffered another decline today. I
Winnipeg May delivery sold from
9 5-8 cents from the high point of the
day, doslny at $1,60 1-8 for a net loss
of T 5-8 cents from Thursday's clos
ing figures. Trading was on a fairly
large scale.
Federal interference with the func-j
tinning of wheat futures markets In
the 1'nited States was attributed as
the chief cause of today's break. The
\\ iunlpeg market followed the weak
ness at Chicago.
The coarse grains were weak In
sympathy with wheat.
Naval Officers
to Face Courts
for Liquor Raid
Secretarv V. illtur Direct* In-i
fiuiry Into Seizure of
Booze on Transport
li\ Marine?.
•_
Washington March 27.—Papers are
being prepared at tlie Xavy depart
ment for court-martial proceedings
gainst several officers Involved in the
liquor raid conducted on the navul
transport Beaufort upon its arrival
February 24 at Norfolk from the
West I ndies.
Secretary Wilbur said today he had
directed this step upon completing a
study of tlie report of the naval court
of inquiry which investigated the rase
but declined to make public the
names of the officer# affected. It was
indicated, however, that five or six
would face trial. It is assumed .that
the court will sit at the Hampton
rtoads naval operating base. The
names of t)ios» to appear before it
are not expected to be made public
until the court meets.
Tlie raid on the Beaufort was con
ducted by a mtrine detachment under
orders of the commandant of the
sixth naval district and. it was re
ported to the Xavy department at the
time, "approximately 40 cases of as
sorted Intoxicating liquors were found
on board and seized." At Norfolk the
liquor was said to have been found
in staterooms of those ranging in
rank from pay clerks to lieutenants.
Commander X. W. Fuller, in com
mand of flu transport, was subse
quently exonerated as having had no
knowledge of the presence of the
liquor.
1 nder the prohibition law it is II
legal to la-lug liquor into American
waters and under navy rules no liquor
may be kept aboard ships.
A naval court of inquiry was called
immediately after the raid and con
ducted extensive hearings, those men
Honed as defendants before it at the
time including Commodore P. A\ . Ful-i
ler.^Kieuf. R. r>. Hill. Ideut. F. M.
Rohow. IJeut. C \V. Baker. Machin
1st F M. Hendricks. Chief Pay Clerk
.1 F. Gallagher and Chief Pharma
cist's Mate Keif.
NO UNDUE HOPES
FOR GERMAN PLAN
By The Associated Peess.
Berlin. March 27.—It Is generally
conceded in political circles here that
with the pioposed revaluation of war
loans and national and state mnrt
ciges. the German government mar!
fes'ed a good intention vvfiiie reaili
Ing its Inability to meet ail demands
So tha compromise was adopted in
the hope of it being acceptable to
both tli» creditors and debtors.
Meanwhile, it remains uncertain
whether the reichstag will pass the
reva+uatlon bills in their pr-sent form.
In any event, -he belief prevail* that
this revaluation propiosal should no!
awaken undue hopes. It is said that
much depends upon ti e future state
of the German budget and the amount
of campaign propaganda Involved in'
tills move by present national cabi
net.
The revaluation bill* today met wfth
much criticism In the non national
i*t p ess the consensus being that
the outlook 1* unfavorable for fur
ther Increase In the projected revalu
atlon of 5 per cent on loans and from
IS to 2S per cent on mortgages It
was pointed out that the Impover
ished original holder* of loans will not
I'* lienefited greatlv by the additional
so called social rental, equaling 1 per
cent of thel rformer holdings but,
not exceeding SmO mark* annuallj.
Nets ^ nrk Kail* to I imit
^ orking Hour# of W omen
Albany. X V. March 27 A Will
limiting the hours of working women
to 4* a week failed of passage in the
assembly today, the last day of thej
1S27) session of the leglelature.
Karller In the day the measure had
l>een passed by the senate.
Crude Oil Price Drop*. |
Shreveport, I,a , March 27 Thel
Standard Oil company announced a 1
decrease of in cents a barrel In the
price of Cotton Valiev crude oil. mak
ing the new quotations It.
Railroad Engineer Abandons Throttle for
Airplane to Win Race With Death
The locomotive which he pilot*,
proved too slow for L. Enxminger
of North Platte, Friday morning.
Knxmihgor left the throttle and
climbed into the cockpit of an air
plane. which he drive* with the
same skill a a he d«x\* a ITnton pa
cific engine V* a paMtcnger he
carried \\ 1 ll'iriit*.* of Wallace.
Neb . who engaged Knvmlngcr to
outface death which hovered over
Mr*. Marine** a patient at the
Hvvedlsh Mission hospital hrie
Entnilftger left id* home af North
Platte vt ti.no v eeterday morning:
and arrived In Omaha with Marines*
*t * 30. North Platte Is ??0 mites
from Omaha and a feat tram re
quire* *1* hour* and 40 minute* to'
make the run.
On arrival here. Rartnee* com
pleted hie trip to the hospital by
automobile Mrs, Rarities* t» sert
oua!} IH of influenan. which da- ,
vetoped after an operation. Rart- '
nee* n*e no'tfled of hi* wife* eon- I
dttlon at S a, m. yesterday, and a
few minute* later had mad* ar !
rangnmetit* with Kt\*mlitf»: for the
aerial dash to Omaha
Hanna** Is a farmer and U teat nek
lalset r.n*mln**r 1* a I nlon Pa
etfte engineer with alrplHj.es as a
hohlu \r*t* dot « r*oe to O; -h,
w:•* the *♦ •••ito*t h» I.
With the is tew wars*
Praii *ie Fire
Out; Damage
ls$l,000,000
dating Flames Cheeked 3C
Mile;- From ^ alentine;
Three Towns Are
Saved.
No Lives. Lost, Belief
Ilj- The Annwlatfil Pw
Valerttne, Neb.. March 2T.—After
rushing furiously on along the course
if the Nlobara river In Nebraska, as
far east as a few miles from Spring
view, in the eastern part of the state,
he most disastrous prairie fire known
!o tills section f>r many years to
night had been egtlnqulahcd at a.
, in' SO miles northeast of here.
Reports reaching here over restor
ed telephone communication v bid.
had (teen cut virtually since tie
flames began, Indicated that approx*
mately 1,000,00" aci es of land had
been ravished by the prairie swFcper
nui that between ;.<i^o and 3.000 torta
if hay had been destroyed, entailing
loss of jl.OOo.oi’m. not to mention
Liie damage tu outlying ranches, oil
which many buildings were destroy
ed. More than 200 head of cttttle are
known to iiave perished.
previous unconfirmed rumors tha'
three towns in the stricken S?utV
Dakota area had been destroyed and
that an Indian woman and three chil
dren had been burned to death at
Tut hill were denied today and autr. ■
entic infornlation was that neithe
Tuthill. Vetei .ncr St Francis, had
been harmed. With till? fart esu ,
Hshed no loss of life i-' believed to
ltave occurred, although many per
sons narrowly- escaped death in the
Inferno, some brought here suffering
from serious burns.
fiale \lds Blaze.
The fire started near Martin d I
and after burning south to the banks
of the Nlobara west of Cody. Neb., a
high wind swept the flam*? eastward
After traveling about 20 miles the
wind chanced and the devastating
Plate was divided, starting runners
to the north and south, irl * -
main division continued eastward. A
call for volunteers went out from the
threatened village? and mer. from a!1
town* in this section joined the army
f
Among the Areflchter* were 1 ,&*<•
Sioux Indians. who engaged in an un
successful attempt to stop the flames
on the Rosebud reservation, thou
sands of acres of which were burned
over.
All women and children of rody
anb Nenzel. Neb., were routed from
their l.eiis Wednesday night and con
gregated in hotel* and otlter place*,
prepared to leaver if the threatening
flames surrounded the towns This
ns* averted, however, by the heroic
efforts of male population, score* of
whom f-.ught for b >urs to check the
onslaught.
Back Five leaves Valentine.
Valentine was out Of danger after
43 minutes of orga nixed work of vol
unteers who used the Sand row end
back fire sa stem. Little effort was
made to check the flames on the pfat
rie?. I: was said inoet pereorg pre
ferring to remain on guard ner-i then
homes and assure protection of btlHO
ing* -in the rtinche*
On* if the flree after the d;v iai- :•
wt.* southeast .of Rosebud, in th
Sti-lnk reek vicinity of South Da
kota. Another was between the Rot
hud and Lakevuevv. sweeping onto th*
Indian reservation and. it 1? reported,
burned twu «chool house? Teache;-*
and pupil?, however, are said to have
left the building an hour befere
At Cod;. where the battle was
fiercest. eight or 10 Are tighter* cam*
near losing their live? when aur
roumled by -he flames They ev-ape-*
only after leaping through s wall o'
Are They were alr o* suffocated ar
suffered severe burns about The head
and body.
Driven by the high wind the tna,
division of the Mate leaped the CM
,v North wearer right-of-wX;
Thursday‘evening and threatened to
work it? way south 'rotrt here Drop
ping of the wind, however, mad* it
possible to check the flame? and dsir
age in this vicinity was small. beln;
confuted to fe ce? and enonguard*
\ir Fielil Hangar Bumi.
?• Le-.ils March JT.— Nineteen at
place? were destroyed in a fire -
alleged incendiary origin which cor
armed a frame warehouse of the
Robert Aircraft company at the
Lambert-St. Mm I* flying field
Bridgeton Mo. Th* .«« was os'
mated at *14!.0W).
/
Summary of
the Day in
! Washington
The shipping bowrd held hear!;.*"
on hide for five large alupe In the
Pacific trade
Preside! ’ t dg • a . u ted
commlasion to « tidy ire nuesfion of
disposing of Muscle Shoals
Partner Governor Morrow of the
Panama Canal 7on# was appointed
as American niemter of the Taona
Arioa houndary commission.
Secretary \v ilbur ordered court
martial proceedings against a num
ber of officers as a result of the re
cent liquor raid on the transport
Feaufort,
Senator It heeler of Montana. Rc
win S. Hoot It former solicitor of the
Inter!* i department. and Gordon
Campbell, oil land operator, were Ip
(licetd by a federal grand Jury
Senator I'otir-ra of Michigan ds
nte.1 UiHi other ftormer mlitorilv
ftockholde * of the hol'd Motor CCC'
i'iny ha ’ *ir*icd waner* to permit ro
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