% WEATHER FORECAST ' T T |~j\ All. A ¥1 A A/IV^V ~B~> XTT'VT 1 tT THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Nebraska—Not murh change in II | I*j % M 1%/ I / \ PI / \ I yL | \ W i 1 1 V J _ P I JLwjt If y»n wish to appear temperature. ■“ ■“ » ^ ^~ * anrlpfy you mu«t ronapnt to he lauelit - , many things which you know air rally. CITY EDITION -- -i*vat«r. v./ VOL. 54—NO. 249. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925. *TWO CENTSla trTv*.hc.”« BT«nwh.»utf‘' v -/ Old Scandal Bared About McClintock Relatives Seeking Share of Creat Fortune Recall That Father, of Dead Heir Faeed Poison Charge. ^ Like Case of Shepherd !R,v A. .1. I4IRKXZ, 1'nlmul Service staff forrnpandrnt. Chicago, March 31.—Out of yellow ed, musty court records today arose one of the specters that legend has haunting the fortune of the ill starred McClIntock family. AVlth the death of Its last direct descendant, '‘Billy” McClIntock, a dual battle arose. In the criminal jl sector, AA'illiam O. Shepherd was ae cused of poisoning his ward whose bequeathed him the "fatal for tune." In the civil action distant relatives of the McClintocks, spurn ing the legendary curse, are seeking to obtain a share of the estate. Strangely axiomatic—that history repeats Itself—the court records of JS'.tT revealed that AVilllain McClIn tock, father of ‘‘Billy," had been ac cused of poisoning his first wife to obtain the fortune that had been left her by At former husband. Court action was brought by relatives of Mrs. McClIntock, among them a brother. AA'illiam Caswell of Califor nia. The latter's son, human Cas well, it was learned today, has now engaged Lewis Peterson, an attorney of Oceanside, Cal., to contest the present McClIntock will. It was Attorney Peterson who fur nished the almost forgotten chapter In the life story of the McClintocks. "The aunt of Luman Caswell (my client)," wrote the attorney In seek ing to establish the present claim, "was the second wife of AVilliam Hickling, founder of the so-called Me Clintock estate, who died in 1881. After his death, Sarah Caswell Hick ling married AVilliam McClIntock, who as private secretary to Hickling had an intimate knowledge of all his busi ness affairs, including the amount of the estate which his widow had In herited." In the court proceeding started by William Caswell, brother of the first Mrs. McClIntock, it was charged that McClIntock started upon an organized plan to obtain possession of his late employer's estate and that his first was to matry the widow', who wwii 20 years his senior. "At the time of her marriage to Mc • Clintock," Attorney Peterson’s rec nrd continues, "she was in perfect health, it was charged, but—so Cas well declared in his action—her hus band ‘commenced slowly to poison her—and consequently she commenc ed to complain of poor health.' ” Mrs. McClIntock was taken to a health resort. Her condition grew worse and she was taken home. On her deathbed she signed a will be queathing her fortune to her hus hand. The signature of the will, found In the Chicago probate court records today, is a cross, “her mark." Caswell charged that an earlier will existed In which he had been remem bered with a large bequest. Before the matter was brought to trial a stllement was effected out of court. Later McClIntock married Kmmn Nelson, "Billy's" mother, in Iowa. The physician attending Mrs. Me Clintock, according to Caswell, was prepared to testify to the real death cause—but refused to except on the witness stand. Thus .in years ago there arose over the McClIntock millions a legal battle not unlike the one in which AVilliam Shepherd is seeking to obtain his re ]e. «e from jail on bonds, preliminary to the actual trial on the murder In dictment brought against him. Barn on Neumann Farm i Near Creighton Burned Plalnview, March 31.—Burning of a barn on the Neumann farm ^ near Creighton, caused a loss of about 34.000. There was but $700 Insurance. Casper A. Johnson, who works the farm, suffered a heavy loss as the contents of the barn were entirely hurried. Including 100 chicken/, 10 ■ bead of cattle, 4 horses, 3 mules and 13 tons of hay. Coolidge Declines. AVashington, March 81.—President Coolidge does not expect to find It possible to attend the 150th anniver sary of the battle of Concord and Lexington next month In Massachu setts. It is likely Secretary AA’eeks will represent him at that occasion, where Vice President Dawes also will speak. Tax Chairman Resigns. AA’ashlngton, March 31.—Charles D. llamll of North Dakota has resigned ss chairman of the board of tax appeals and probably will he succeed ed by .1. O. Korner of North Carolina, already a member of the board. -lave Us y ultima, an. Conn. a I* the vice inealdrnt of lonal notary club and ac ivnrklnga of the organize In Omaha Tiioeday night ia annual convention of rlrt conference of notary held In Omaha Thuraday \» accompanied him. FARM HAND HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE Special lllapatch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, N'eb., March 81.—Lyle Manning, employed oh a farm near Liberty, Neb., was arrested today on a telegraphic warrant from Los An geles, Cal., where he is said to be wanted on a warrant charging a statutory offense. The charge was filed by a. young Los Angeles woman. Sheriff Sailing brought Manning to Beatrice and lodged him in the coun ty jail here. A deputy sheriff is on Ills way to Beatrice to return him to Los Angeles. Rotary District Conference Viill Bring 1,000 Here Promised Attendance Far in Excess of Original Estimates; Two Special Trains Required. Committeemen of the Omaha Ro tary rluh are making last minute ar rangements to take rare of the hun dreds of visitors who will attend the 10th district conference, Thursday and Friday. Attendance promises to be so large that original plans are be ing enlarged to take care of the ad ditional visitors. The largest ban quet room in Omaha, that at the Ma sonic temple, will be taxed to the utmost to accommodate the crowd at the banquet Thursday evening. Seven hundred was the original es timate of the committee. This was later raised to 850. New indications point to a crowd of 1,000. "This is the only convention our hole! committee can remember which really will exceed all estifnates," said Dexter C, Buell, general chairman, Tuesday night. Two special trains are expected. Sioux City will arrive in force today at 10:45 p. m., hacking up Burton Saxton, former president of the SioUx City Rotary club.ewho is mentioned as a candidate for the next district gov ernor. Sioux Falls will follow tomor row morning at 10:45. Idirge State Delegation*. Idneoln, Fremont and Connell Bluffs naturally will have the largest delegations, but cities further away also will he well represented. Norfolk will send 30, York 20, and Grand Island 17. Beception committees will meet all the trains Wednesday and Thursday. Automobile* will be on hand to take visitor* to their hotels or wherever they want to go. All luncheon clubs vf the cltV have volunteered to sup ply cars and to he of assistance to [ho Hotary club In entertaining their visitors. Donald A. Adams, representing the Rotary International, arrived in Oma ha last night, accompanied by Mrs. Adam*. Mr. Adam* 1* first vice president. His home i* in New Ha ven, Conn. He will make an address Thursday forenoon on "Rotary In Artlon." Oscar A. Bofeity of Sioux Falls, governor of the 1 flt*i district, arrive.! vesterdav and opened conference headquarters. He was accompanied hy Mrs. Rofelty. Klect Officer* Friday. The program for the convention calls for business sessions Thursday forenoon and afternoon and Friday forenoon and afternoon. Ballot boxes will be open from Friday noon to 2 p. m., and the result of the election for district officers will be announced later In the afternoon. There will be luncheons each day, and a number of breakfasts Friday morning. While the men are at the meetings, visiting women will he entertained by the wives of members of the Omaha Rotary club. There Is no woman's auxiliary to the club and therefore no women's meetings. The enter tainment for the women guests in cludes a luncheon at the Omaha Ath letic club, Thuraday noon, and a Fashion Revue by the Omaha Junior league; Friday noon, luncheon at I he Omaha Country club, followed by a musicals hy the Omaha Rotary club women. All visitor* will enjoy the big banquet at the Masonic temple Thursday night. Boy Scouts will assist Rotarians at the Information booth* and other places. The Boy Scouts, before they Joined the Omaha Community .Chest, were protege* of the Rotarians. Crippled children will be t-he theme of the discussion at the conference, led by Dr. A. B. Valller of Columbua, Neb., after an addreaa hy Dr. K. C. Henry of Omaha. Liquor Law Violator (»iven Jail Sentence Plattamouth, March 31.—After the defense had successfully attacked the Information rharglng third offense against Ihe liquor laws and had that part of the charge stricken out, Wal ter Burke entered a plea of guilty and ws* sentenced to tin day* In county Jail and coals of prosecution. The third nffenae charge carries a stale penitentiary sentence. French Town to Award Prize for Big Families Hr I'nlrersnl Service. Paris, March 31.—The town of Angers, France, has decided to award 35,000 francs annually by lot among parents having their third child with in the year 'following the announce ment of the prize Only parents who already have* two children are eligible to compete. House and Barn Burn. Geneva, March 31.—A bouse* and barn belonging to William McMahon, farmer, four miles west of Geneva, were, destroyed by fire Sunday after noon. The firs originated In the hay mow and spnrks blew from Ihe burn ing barn to the rpof of the residence Five hundred bushels of oats were burned. The two buildings were val ued st shout M.OOO and 11,500 tnsur aaca w as canlad on aac) Wood Back Sans Money, But SmilL § Former Army Officer Lands at Tampa on Return From Meteoric Tour of Euro pean Resorts. No Plans dis Future Tampa. Fla., March 31.—With the same Jocular spirit that attended him through the meteoric tour of Spain and France, former I.leut. Osborne Wood set foot on American soil at Quarantine, 40 miles below Tampa to day. He was a passenger aboard tile shipping board freighter West fhetac which sailed from Cadiz, Spain, March 10. "Glad to get hack and I thank jou'' were his words lo a camera man, the fust person to greet Wood from shore. "No pictures." Wood said, hut fi nally consented to several shots from both "stills" and "movies." Wood appeared to be in good health and had made friends with ev ery member of the crew. He insist ed on having the captain with him in the photographs, and a galley hoy trailed hltn everywhere he went. Wood said he had nothing to say a» to the future. He was said to have several offers from local con cerns. After a physical examination at quarantine the ship pulled along side the dock and Wood was permitted to land. His actions were playful. He hugged the captain and insisted that the skipper accompany him. Wo'od, accompanied by newspaper men, was expected to reach Tampa this afternoon. Reservations had been made at a hotel and a tug was dispatched carrying his mail. "I am returning to the United States after an absence of four years, the last four months being spent in Europe and the remainder in the Philippines as an officer in the Unit ed States army, to try to win back the fortune I lost among the gam bling resorts in Europe," Wood stated. REISSUED FILMS MUST HOLD TITLE Washington, March 31—Motion pic ture films, when re issued under changed titles, must hear the old titles ns prominently as their new, the federal trade commission held today In an order against four respondents in New York, Philadelphia and Rob ton. The order named the Capital Film Exchange of Philadelphia, William Alexander of New York, Herman Rif kin of Boston, and The Films His tributors' I.eague. Inc., of New York. The commission charged Jhat while "The Three Musketeers." a film feat uring Douglas Fairbanks, was being shown In New York, the respondents reissued an old Fairbanks film en i titled “D At tngnan,” under the name of "The Three Musketeers," using confusion advertising matter and other means to mislead the public In to believing ihe reissued film was the same as the laler picture. The re spondents were ordered (o discon Unite use of such methods. The proceedings were ordered dis missed as to the Supreme Photoplay corporation, I.os Angeles: Supreme Film company, I.os Angeles, and sey eral film distributors, who were also named respondents In the commis sion'll original complaint. MISSING AUTO PARTY FOUND Low Ancreles. March 31.—After hav-j Inc: been missing for mnrf> than 24 j hour*, and thought to have been lost j in a blizzard on the Kim of the World drive, In San Kernnrdlno rount.v, a ; party of three men and a young wArnan, all of Hollywood, have been found and were expected back at their home* here today, according to word received here thla morning. The party, which Included Miss Lucille Stewart, winter of Anita Stew art, film actress; David Mendeison, W. K. Hartman and V. A. Nulty, were found with their stalled machine on the lonely mountain road where they had been forced to halt becuuse of the heavy snow. Opponent of Lindsey Admits Klan Membership Denver, March 31.—Ttoval H. Gra ham, unsuccessful candidate for the Denver Juvenile court Judgeship In the election last November, took the witness stand today In his quo war ranto suit against Judge Den P. Lindsey, who defeated him, and ad mltted that ha was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The hearing started In district court, tnfjny. Graham testified that. Judge Lind sey had asked him to come to Denver to take up his residence and run for the Juvenile court bench. He said that Lindsey had declared that he did not want to rirti again for the office. Ccrman Building Burns. Fhlengo, March 31 Fire threat ened the destruction of the German building In Jack non park. The old structure was erected by the German government in 1NK2 for the World's Folumbla exposition. Firemen hoped to save most of the hulhflng. Merit'd in Council Bluffs. Th« follnwInK persons ot»tsln*i! four r use ||> me** In t'ounGl Hbiffs ysaier rtey. Hem Maniacal™. (’nunc 11 IMuff* . (jifherlne ('sruen, f’num II Itluffa ..... IS John .Jackson Omaha . . Fllashstti Hnllls. Omeba ... ?7 A f, t,sw|« Jr Kanaaa CIO Mn .. ?« Nanry FleMe Kanaaa City, Mo 57 Fill* N»aaar Omaha . M I'li May Tatro. Omaha . I? 1 PuK^s "hool Supervisors Sujrjrest cl't**' usic to Offset Crime and Jazz -- y Not Be Panacea for Crime, They Declare, but VSs^ ,fers an Outlet for Suppressed Energy and Crca V** tive Talent; Morals Moulded in Leisure Time. ___ Hy VINA LINDSAY, 1 nlvprKiil Service Stuff ('orrrrponilput. Kansas City, Mo., March 31.— Put a violin, a cello or even a saxo phone in the hands of modern youth and the bandit's revolver will he scrapped. Clive today's flapper an acquaintance with Beethoven or Wagner and she will not he so chummy with Rudolph the dance hound. In ether words, combat today's crime wave and jazzmania with music, say the ptihlie school music supervisors of the United States, who are assembled here for their annual conference. The music exponents, like the Pied Piper, hy means of sweet melo dies, would lure away the recruits from the bandit and bootlegging professions. Often it's only a lack of something more interesting to do that makes youth choose the crimi nal path, they maintain. Offers Safely Valve. "Music, of course, is not a com plete panacea for crime,” says W. Otto Meissner of Milwaukee, com poser of music for children. “How ever, it offers a safety valve, an outlet for suppressed energy and creative talent. What a nation does In Its leisure time determines largely its morals, its standards, its civilization.” Meissner points out that self-ex pression in music has been limited in America to the rich because of the prohibitive cost of music in struction. That is being remedied by the introduction of Instrumental Instruction In the schools, which Is the latest development In music education. Piano now is taught to classes of 20 at a cost of 10 cents an hour per pupil. In some cities this cost Is met toy public taxation. Previously no child could receive piano instruction unless its parents were able to pay S art liour for pri vate teaching. "Mighty per oent of the people have not been able financially fo provide musical Instruction for their children," says 2VIei>=sner. "The teaching of Instrumental music in the public schools will democratize musiq and in time do away with America's musical illiteracy." Chorus ( pon Kadio. Meissner draws attention to the fact that Knrnpcan countries where much attention is given to self expression through folk music and folk dancing ha ce a. much lowpr percentage of crime than does the 1'nlted States. T~*crsons hare have to seek relaxation largely through commercial reoreation. "However, if music Is to have any beneficial sociological effect in this country It must lie made the privilege of the poor a.s well as of the rich," said Meissner. "It must be brought wit to in the reach of every child." , About 3,000 school music super visors are at'ending the conference here. It will continue throughout the week. A chorus of 14.000 school children today grave a musi cal program which was heard by radio by 5,000,000 school children throughout the T~rvite«»t«*rs Seeks Share in Estate «»f Promi nent Frem * ► 111 W Oman. Fremont, Neb.. March 31.—The will of the late Mrs. flrat :a C. Brown, member of one Fremont's promi nent pioneer fa rt • i 1 ir «*, was admitted to probate by .Jurist Waldo Winter steen today over the protests of Mrs. Thelma Peters. xx-bio claims that she is a blood relative, legally adopted by Mrs. Brown, and therefore entitled to share In the estate. The defense produced witnesses and testimony to testify- rdlng the par entage of Mrs. ePters, %a ife of Alfred Peters, former » cent in Fre mont. The plaint iff offered no evi dence during the hearing. Appeal from the decision expected within the 40 days permitted by law. Mrs. Alex Gardiner of Valley said that she assisted t tho birth of Mrs. Peters, 28 yeans a go, to her mother, Mrs. Rilia Vest. M rs. Vest was des- < titute when the baby was born, Mrs. Gardner testified. Mrs. Gardiner dle»ol^tred that the baby was place. 1 in the Nebraska Childrens home a month later was placed in the* home of Dr. and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Frances Schmidt of the Omaha general offices of the society, produced records of the e*T-jyr*x n i?u*tlnn recone mending Dr. and >1 r». Brown as cus todlans of the infr*nt. The plaintiff's side of the story is expected to be mad« pvit>lic when the case comes to (ri&l in district court, at which time sensational allegations are probable. ESCAPE OF WOMAN SLAYER IS PROBED Marysville, o . March .11*—Declnr Ing It an "inside Job,’* Mrs. Louise Mittendorf, matron «~»f the state re formatory for wom^n here, today questioned never.*** 1 emplnyM and in mates in an effort to find out how Mrs. Mabel Champion, 2M, Cleveland murderess, escaped Sun da y. • Police in all mldwestern cities have been asked to r\ look out for her ns it Is believed she 1* friended toward Los Angeles, whei frier husband, Auslgy Cha nrplon, was hanged for killing a man during -is dice game. Mrs. Champion rejiratedly has de-j dared she would avenge the prosecu tion of her husband. Mrs. Champion was swerving a 20 year sentence for t 1 i •» shooting to death of Kilwar.l O* I >onnell, a carni val promoter. In c'Jo \ c*l.iml, July 26, 1922. >i‘\<-ii Beatrice Reaidcnti Go to Sli iI« »li < it-lrltr ation Beatrice, March .11- ~rhe following Beatrice citizen* 1 eft W'ednesdav for the south to attend t he anniversary celebration of th*» flattie of Shiloh, on April 6 and 7: M t n n l Mrs. I. W Webster, .1. c*. K1 et < her, Hdnrv Hor ner. V. II llmvev . « If Nan Arsdals and S. K. Klrhol*. Xhfv wtlI visit Muscle Shoals ;in«l other pieces of In terest. Stork Firm Rankrii|>t. New York, M.-i ■ . I. :i i An itmdun Inrv petition In |ian) «f*»*ti.$vod by fire | Sunday nftei noori. U'lii* origin of th* fire is a tu> *i i i \ . W if*- SIh\ t-i* < «»iifr>srs. Chicago, M nt ii ;; t Frank Keller confessed, Orrardi ng t o the polic e, that he inurilere.l 1*1* n.t year-old wife In La Ut a (!«?•» ** snittuih, with a hut diet and hammer. Warehouse Burns; Loss Is $150,000 Three Firemen Trapped by Flames, F.scape Vt ith Lives Through Watchman’s Heroism. ' Building 1 otal Loss Flames roared through the Ice house of the Lakeside Ice company, Thirtieth and Manderson streets, Tuesday afternoon, devouring the huge wooden structure as if it had ticen made of tinder. Two battalions of firemen and 100 citizen volunteers were powerless to stop the sweep of the fire. The intense heat of the flames melted 38.000 tons of ice, more than half of the stock which was stored In the building. The total loss. Including the build ing and the Ice. is more than $15,000, company officials said last night. The heroism of Fred Moran, 65, day watchman who discovered the fire at 2 p. rn., saved the lives of three firemen who narrowly escaped lielng trapped by the flames. Firemen In Danger. Fat Cogan, battalion chief, Kd Bar ker of Xo. 5 company and William Jackson of Xo. 11 company, had wormed their way over a mountain of Ice to a vantage point from which they could play a stream of water on the flames. Moran, watching the firefighters from outside the building, saw a sudden shift of the wind drive the flames to the rear of the firemen. Kealizing that the three men would be trapped and burned to death un less they were warned, Moran crawled up to them and warned them to flee. It was then found that Barker was wedged in between some ice cakes and was unable to release himself. Moran edged his way forward to Barker and bv tugging at his feet managed to free hint. Only one battalion answered the' first call to the fire, turned in by I Moran at 2 p. m. When this bat talion arrived the fire was of small proportions, but a shift in the wind' sent the flames racing througlt the dry structure, and the firemen were * forced to abandon their hose and call for reinforcements. Heat Hampers Work. By the ttme the second battalion arrived the heat had become so In tense that the firemen could barely .approach near enough to play water on the flames. Handicapped by a lack of hydrants in the vicinity, they were compelled to pump most c,f the water from Carter lake. Hundreds of persons, attracted by the huge cuold of smoke, watched the blaze, but the Intense heat kept them more than a block away from the building. The flames spread from the build ing to the weeds nearhv, and for n time threatened the M. A O. railroad i roundhouse and the I-akeside Tennis eiuh. Club memlcers and the M .8- O. private five department worked to gether to heat out the grass fire. Plant Well Insured. Kdward .1. Cornish of Xew York city built the ice house nine years ago, and Is president of the company operating It. W. y\ Turner, secre tary and manager of the company, appeared on the scene a short time after the flames were well under way. Turner said the ice house Is valued at $100,000 and that 38.000 tons of Ice. put up during the winter, was worth $60,000. A part of the Ice may be salvaged. The bouse and ice were insured for the maximum amount. Turner said. Sugar Bert (irowers Mav Disregard Contracts Sterling. Co|o„ March 31.—Henry Wagner, a member of th« Countaln States Meet Growers' Marketing as soclatlon. today was granted an in Junction in district court here to re strain the association from Interfer ing with him In entering Into sn In dividual contract with the Great West, ern Sugar company. Wagner's suit grew out of friction between the organization and several I members of the association over the ' terms offered by the (treat Western company In Its 1925 contract with ' thd association. * t I'nder the court's ruling Individual grower* may disregard contract* with i the association and proceed Imlepend- I entlv dealing with the augar con i cent. German Soldiers Drown at Detwold Hr | nhrr«ul Service. Pei tin, March at.- About 60 Ger man soldier* were drowned at l»et \ "old when a pontoon bridge which , the reirhswehr hail thrown ariose the Weaer river during fleld ma noeuvers collapsed. Kor reasons which ha\e not yet been made clear, two pontoons on which the bridge rested sunk, throw •ng more than 100 soldier* with full Held equipment Into the river. Sixty men are still missing, but It Is believed some of them were able to save themselves and are being cared for lii the neighborhood. \pm Resort Planned. 'Vest Palm Peach. IMi , March St. — Development projects with an iilth mate cost »f approximately *1*6.000, 000, to he undertaken In connection ' with hts ocean resort plans, were an non in is I by Paris Singer. New Volk i apltJtll*! Italian Painter Die*. M«nh 11. Armundo Sin Vhil who «t fit# iKs of 41 \*»i* Known •«* nit* of the* l»c*( imtntfi • In luly, I BANK CLEARINGS REGISTER GAINS -Bank clenrinsrs for the month of March were nearly $46,000,000 more than the bank clearings of February of this year and more than $20,000,* 000 more than March of 1024, ac cording to the Omaha Clearing House association. The bank clearing* for March, 192"), amounted tn $207,^99.749. For February. 192S. they amounted to $161,849,920. The Clearing* tor ,,le month of March, 1924, amounted to $177,908.030. Shipping Board . Sells Five Ships to Dollar Lines \ ole to Accept Bid Is 4 to 3 anil Sale Comes as Climax to Long and Bitter Fight Over Plan. Washington, March 31.—Over th« protest of three commissioners and hy a majority of one. th" shipping hoard today voted to sell its five ships In the San Francisco-Orient service to Ihe Dollar Steamship interests for $5 62',000. Chairman O'Connpr and Commis sioners Lissner, Haney and Hill voted for the s.alu while Vice Cho.rman IMnmmer and Commissioners Thomp son and Rensoon voted against It and Incorporated In the board minutes a protest that the ships were being sold for $25,000 000 less than their original cost and $15,000 000 |e>-s than It would rost to build them at this time. The sale came ns the climax to a long fleht, and a series of conferences and a hearing punctuated with sensa tional charges. There were Intima tions that the Pacific Mail ,steam ship company, which has been oper ating the ships for the hoard as the California Orient line and which had bid for their purchase, might take steps opposing consummation of the leal and possibly hring the matter be fore congress at the winter session. May Fight Move. Through the sale, which disposes of the complete California-Orient line service, the Pacific Mall would find Itself restricted on the Pacific coast to Central American and Atlantic business, hut It was Indicated that it would not rest content to abandon the Orient field in which it has oper ated continuously since 1867 without an effort to restore its service there. Statements of Pacific Mail repre sentatives on this possibility, how *ver, were withheld here tonight while Rale If. Carter, president of the com pany. :Jso declined to discuss the question in New York before he left for 'Washington to go over the situ ation there. The vote on accepting the Dollar bid, which was made In the name of TL Stanley Dollar, vice president of the Dollar Lines, was preceded hy a vote on a motion hy Commissioner Renson to reject both the Dollar and Pacific Mail bids This was second 'd bv Commissioner Thompson and vas rejected, 3 to 4. O’Connor Explains. Commissioner Lissner, who is chair ran of the ship sales committee of he board which favored the Dollar .id, then moved to adopt the commit ee s report and accept the Dollar hid. Commissioner Haney of Ihe ship sales sommitteeseeonded the motion, vlilch was adopted 4 to 3. The third nember of the committee, Commls doner Hill, and Chairman O'Connor if the board, supported this motion. In both votes the line-up was the mme. Chairman O'Connor. In easting his rote, declared congress had direct el he shipping hoard to develop and nnlntaln a merchant marine and had llrected the hoard to sell ships to \mericans who will keep the ships tolng. The Dollar bid. he asserted, vas clear cut" while the Pac flc M i I ud was "uncertain." Says Hid Illegal. Commissioner Lissner in a state went declared the Pacific Mail bid .ad disregarded an earlier agreement icideen the ship sales committee of he board and the bidders oh a set of erms and conditions under which the ilds would leave open only the mat er of price without varying condl Ions. This hid, he added, had been leclared Illegal by counsel for the’ card because of some of Its condl | Ions In cohtrast, he said, the Dol- 1 ar bid was strictly In accordancej vlth the terms and conditions agreed ipon. Acceptance of th* Hollar bid. he a* erted. was in line with the spirit of he merchant marine act to transfer | rovernment vessel* to private opera - i ion" and * i* inkoeping uith the prin iple of liberal Hales policy adopted 'v the hoard.’* The deal, he added, U ; idvantatgeou* to t tie gove rnment tom th<* fntnancial standpoint, and , he national treasury will he better i 'ff to the extent of several million iollar* through this sale in comperi-i ‘on with continued government op ‘ration." Two Hurt in Auto W reck. Ohert. March 11.--Two young men Raymond and Hoy Johnson, were painfully Injured when one of the wheels of their automobile came off »* they were driving at a high rate •f speed, musing the car to overturn ind wrecking it completely. Roy Johnson suffered a broken collar bom ind both boys reoei\*d numerous cut* tntl bruises. Hie Weather I */ Km S4 hours eml'ng f jr m March SI, j lit IVnclpMstiof*. Inch** snd hundredths *ntsl T, -dal sine* I, Mr . dsfl' tsn y. * 44 llnurl* Tctu|*crnturv« k s to 41 It »*» * s m . 4 s t p **» iu t s m. s* ' Jr tw *.'• J « tn...... 4 * 4 r m ... *1 • so*. 4* *> m *t 1 *■* m 4pm * 4 Ms rn *4 ? j*. wi J It nron M I p m SolonsWind Up Session of 64 Days \djoimimettt Practically (Com pleted a* Agreement Reached on Appropriations Hill. University Loses Fight /-.--\ Pay Gas Tax Today; Means Good Roads The now 2-cent gasoline tax be comes effective at all gasoline sta linns in Nebraska today. This is the ruling of H. .1. McLaughlin, secretary of agriculture, who 1* in charge of collection of this tax. Goernor Adam McMullen signed the gas tax bil lat 4 yesterday afternoon. It carried the emer gency clause anti technically be come operative at 4:01 p. in. Pasage of the bill means: Hour million five hundred thou sand dollars will be spend by the counties on their secondary roads in tlie next two years. Nine inilllqp dollars, half of it derived from the gasoline tax and the other half from federal aid, will be spent on state and federal high ways. Three thousand and eight hun dred miles will be graded and drained. Tlie state will probably pave West Center street to the Yutan bridge during the first year, and the I-’lorente-Bennington road the following year, with Dou^as county's shate of the federal aid money, V _ By P. C. POWEIJ, * staff Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, March 31.—Nebraska’s shortest and probably most business like legislative session in years pra< tlcaliy concluded its business tonight V night session cleared up all except tng routine business and a quorum of solons from both houses will re main tomorrow to "mop up." The session has occupied only 64 legislative days, establishing a record as the shortest session since 188.’. when the session occupied only 58 days. This is also the first time slnog 1805 that the session has been adjourned in March. A deadlock In existence for four days over the major appropriation bill was broken at 4 this afternoon when the house conference commit •ee receded from Its demand that a straight mill levy for building pro grams at the university and normal schools for the next 10 years be in corporated In the bill. It was largely through efforts of Governor Adam McMullen, who called In university authorities and suggested such a move, that the house acquiesced In the senate demand. . M Four Oppose In ‘senate, e Governor McMullen urged surl) a levy in his inaugural message and has been fighting for tt consistently ever since. However, It is understood he came to the conclusion that an other two years of education concern ing the practicality of the plan would do the university no particular harm. As a result of its fight the univer sltv succeeded in obtaining $158,000 ■i lditlonal for buildings and grounds tn the comlngsidenntum. The origin al appropriation bill called for $T50. fTurn to r«xe Fourteen. Column One.) C00LIDGE 0. K/S DRILL BY GUARD Washington. March 31.—President •’ooltdge today Instructed the War department to hold all national guard armory drills required by law. The president recently held up an appropriation of $1,332,000 for guard drill pay. and it was thought this would halt the drills The War dr partment was authorixed to draw on the appropriation to pay for tha re quired drilling by guardsmen. Broken Bow Market Roltbetl. Broken Bow. March 31.—The Broad way Market and the CVj-Operatlve stores were broken Into, thieves en tering by the back door. At the Broadway they obtained $18 in cash, but at the other place nothing was missed. -— - Summary of the Day in Washington Yhe resignation of Alexander P Moore, smhnsaader to Spain, was made known. It was revealed that the adminis tration p-dirx toward Russia has not been altered hv recent events Secretary Hoover declared the busi ness outlook Is Rood despite adverse symptoms on the stock and commod ity exchanges. President OooHdge authorised the War department to reduce armory drills of the national guard during the present fiscal year fronj 55 to is, > The Copse na committee took up again Its Inquiry into prohibition en forcement. hearing Mis Mitel Walk er H'lllebrandt, assistant attorney general The Pan A met lean union publtshcsl drafts of thirty proposed t ret t tes and agreements which would recodify in let nailon.il law as applicable to the i wo Americas. The -.iitppic.c hoard announced an reptance of the 15.555 00# cash hid of the 1 tolls r lines for five p re sklent type slops now opetuied to the P* :lflc Mall company