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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 . .
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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<l States.
Successor for
Marx Is Named
Cabinet Crisis in Prussia
Enters New Stage ith
Selection of Premier.
By The Associated PrMi.
Berlin, March 31.—Prussia's long
drawn out cabinet crisis entered a
new stage today with the election of
Hr. Hermann Hoepker-Aschoff, demo
crat, as Prussian premier to succeed
Dr, Wilhelm Marx, who retired from
the post to' which he was elected
twice.
Tlie n»w premier was the eleventh
hour choice of the three coalition par
ties who earlier in the day had united
on the socialist ex-premier Otto
Braun, as a part of the political pact
Hi' which Dr. Marx was to receive
the coalition’s support for I he Ocr
man presidency while the socialists
were to he rewarded with the pre
miership of Prussia.
Dr. Hoepker-Aschoff was elected by
a vote of 213 against 117 for Dr.
Peters, the ex commissioner for dis
armament, who was put forward by
the nationalist parties. The new gov
ernment is confronted wilb the same
parliamentary situation In the Diet
which resulted In the defeat o|^ the
Braun and Marx cabinets. 1’nless
Ihe new premier Is assured of a com
fortable working majority it la *»
sumed that he will propose the dis
solution of tlie diet, in which event
a new body Will he elected on April
26, the same day the nation votes for
a president.
X-RAY TREATMENT
WITHOUT DANGER
By C. F. BKKTKI.I.I.
( nlvcrsal Service Staff ( nrrespnndent.
Paris, March 31.—The cure of can
rer by x-rays is now- considered pos
sible without danger as the result of
a sensational disrovery by two
French scientists, .!, Bisler and P
Mondain. The discovery has been an
nounced to the academy of science
by Prof, Daniel Berthelot, celebrated
savant and radiologist.
Professor Berthelot said that the
x ray treatment until now has been
fraught with danger on account of
tile inability (o separate the curative
red and Yellow rays from others Jn
the spectrum which burn the tissues.
The new Invention takes the form
of a filter which by utilizing the an
tagonistic Infra-red rays between the
shortest x ray waves allows only the
radiations from the red and yellow
rays to emerge. Not only does the
Invention render x-rays harmless hut
It opens up the way to- cure rndio
dermatitis from whlrh many x rnv
scientists died following tlie gradual
amputation of their limb*.
Argentina Will Increase
Lotton Acreage This Year
Washlmenn, March .11 Argentina
‘line Increased Ita cotton acreage I his
year hv 07 per rent, the Department
of Agriculture la Informed by the in
ternational Institute of Agriculture.
The 192-425 acreage Is 250,000. Col
Ion production In the Argentine has
Increased In the last 10 years from
1,700 hales In 1014 13, to 00,000 bales
In f92S 24.
Labor Leaders (ionvietril,
Paterson, N. J., March It. linger
N. Baldwin, director of the American
civil Iilbertlca union of New York;
John C Mullet-worth and six othn
men, were found guilty of unlawful
assemblage In ennnectlou with a slllt
wot ki t s' at t ike last October Judge
Delaney will pronounce sentence Frl
day.
i
Movies Develop Music,
Kansas City, March 11. The pub
lie Is greatly Indebted to the motion
picture theater for development of
Its musical apprerlstlun, Mrs. Marx
K. t^lieudoi ffer nf t'hlcsgo trdd the
Muslial Supervisors' national coufei
ence.
Foster Daughter
Mrs. Tlielm<* I>«»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)<riiplr,v wn* filed
In the federal • •<»«.» t .tn:»lmit Alex II
I.nV mid Harry 1 .,,w . etnoktirukera,
operntlnir iiiuI.t t he film name of
IlOW Hmlher*. 1 .In I,111. lea were rail
mated at $5011,4100 .. f.«l -.Hot* Ht atiuut
$206,000.
(dimitrN S« liax.l Hums.
Auburn, Neb., M u i « It ni The Lai
kin school’, ft'Ur m il#'s south of N’e
nirtha, WHS tot* II > «f*»*ti.$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.
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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