=-=r7 The Omaha Iv drning 'jee “r: temperature. ^ —wm|b, n>„g|, Itew them as we will « CITY EDITION % __- ~~ ~ ■ - --. , . --• — Shakespeare. s_VOL. 54-NO. 252. OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925. *_TWO CENTS»■ S^cffiS '- -—^ Courts Rap Oil Scandal Prosecution Jail. Sinclair amt Dolieny Indictments Dismissed; Government Will Take Appeal. v i —-y Call New Grand Jury ■Washington, April 3.—The govern * ment suffered a reverse today In its criminal prosecutions growing out of the oil scandal. Indictments returned last June against the central figures in the fa mous senate investigation—Albert B. Fall, former Interior secretary, and Harry F. Sinclair, Edward I.. Doheny and his son, Edward I.. Doheny, jr., independent oil operators—were die missed in the District of Columbia su preme court hecause of the presence in the grand jury room of an assist t0 ant to the attorney general. Through District Attorney .Gordon, special government counsel in the oil cases, it was announced that an appeal would be taken to the District of Columbia court of appeals. Should the government finally loso in this fight, the way still would be open for presentation to a new grand jury of the conspiracy charges in connection with the lease of Teapot Dome naval reserve to Sinclair and of California oil reserves to Doheny. New Charge Doubtful. Whether a new grand jury could consider the bribery charges against Fall and the Dohenys is not so clear. Counsel for Sinclair contend that the three years’ statute of limitation will become effective next Tuesday, but government counsel are not con vinced that the special act of con gress In 1322, extending the limita tion to six years in certain cases, would not he applicable in this in stance. The bribery charge grew out of the delivery to Fall here while he was interior secretary, of $100,000 in cash. The fund was advanced by the elder Doheny and brought here from New York by his son in the now celebrated "little hlaOk satchel.” Fall gave his personal note for that amount and Doheny, in disclosing that he had ad vanced the money, said it was a loan to a friend and had nothing to do with tile leases. The indictment returned here and ordered dismissed by Chief Justice McCoy arc wholly apart from the civil suits which have been brought by the government in Wyoming and ^■California for the recovery of the Teapot Dome and California naval re serves. * i’otitempl Court Pending. Nor is there involved in today’s il • ision the contempt indictment re tuvned against Sinclair because of his refusal to'answer certain questions put. to him by the denote oil com n .It tee. A demurrer to that indictment has been filed and is pending in the Dis trict of Columbia supreme court. In dismissing the criminal indict ments. Chief Justice McCoy upheld the contention of defense counsel that the senate resolution taking prosecu tion of the oil cases from the Depart ment of Justice and placing them in ihe hands of special counsel, removed tlie right of the attorney general or any of his assistants to appear be lore the grand jury. The special government counsel. Atlec Ponterene of Cleveland and t >wen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, were tailed Into the grand jury room to as sist Oliver E. Pagan, an assistant to (Torn to Pair Thirteen, Column Five.) OFFICERS CLEARED OF LIQUOR CHARGE Ruth Galloway denied to Chief of Detectives lien Danbaum Friday st ter noon that city policemen had ever drank at her place or offered her "protection.” Miss Galloway was brought to central station by Defec tives Francl and Geisleman on the 1^^ order of Danbaum. Danbaum- and other detectives questioned her for 20 minutes behind locked doors. Danbaum then an nounced lhat she had denied her charges and that his investigation into the case was concluded. Miss Galloway finally admitted, he said, the only ones that offered her protection” were two men, whom rhe has reason to believe were only posing as officers. Omaha Man to Kngagc in Husin<*f>» at York Tork, April 3.—The York Produce company, founded in 1911 by Bert Smith, ha* Jjeen sold.to J. P. Sheeran of Omaha. Kay Butterfield has purchased the Schroeder grocery stock and will conduct a grocery store at tlio same location, Mr. Butterfield has been a traveling salesman for a shoo firm. IV, \V. Moomey, who for sonic years conducted a grocery and meat market In York, hut has for two.ycars been a resident of Hastings, has r< turned to the city and has purchased the grocery and meat market of J. J'. Egan. We Have With Us Today A. E. Ayers. ^ V holesale Grocer, ftlntix Falls. S. II. Mi Ayers has been attending the d slrirt Kola - conference. He la one of ihe leading wholesale grocers of the tniddlewest and Is a past district gffiveraor of ths Botaxy club H# is registered at ths Hotel Eon fpnells. LINDSEY LOSES GROUND IN FIGHT Denver, April 3.—Judge 1*£l'J I.lndsey of Denver’s juvenile **&nj 1* losing ground In »lie elect count being made today In court In connection with the ou.» suit being pressed by Jtoynl B. Gra ham, who was declared defeated by the election commission lust Novem ber. With a recount complete In seven out of tlm 211 precincts in Denver, Graham bad gained 151 votes on the noted juvenile judge. I.lndsey s original total In these precincts w as 2,469. but was cut down to 2.3S9 by the recount. Graham's original total grew from 1,462 to 1,533 by virtue of the recount. I.lndsey was declared elected by 117 votes. Every ballot cast in the race for the juvenile judgeship last November will be recounted. Judge Julian H. Moore, who is hearing the case, ruled, j Omaha Recluse Fatally Burned iu F ire at Home John McGinty, 96, Pioneer. Found Unconscious, Clothes in Flames; Neighbor Makes Heroic Rescue. John McGinty, 96, a pioneer in tiie development of the west. Was fatally burned Thursday night at Ills home, 4529 South Twenty fifth street, where he had been a recluse for many years. It is believed that his clothing caught fire front an overheated stove in his kitchen, where he had fallen asleep. He fell unconscious on the floor and the fire spread through the room. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zaloudek dragged McGinty from the house in an heroic attempt at rescut, after Mrs. Zaloudek had discovered the fire at S:45 p. m. McGinty was rushed to St. Joseph hospital, but he died early Friday mornlnk. McGinty'a clothes and hair were in flames when the Zaloudeks carried him from the house. They hastily smothered the flames with a hla.nket. He did not regain consciousness be fore his death. McGinty was a foreman for the Union Pacific when it built its first main line. By slow saving he had accumulated 420,000, his will disclosed Friday. Shunning the attention* of rela tives and repeatedly refusing their invitations to leave Omaha and live with them either in Toronto, Ontario or Brooklyn. New York. McGinty i during the last 25 or 30 years of Ills life, lived anil thought alone. Most of his business dealings were with 1,. O. Gibson, a South Omaha real estate and Insurance man, who served in the capacity of business adviser. Mc Ginty owned six houses in the neighborhood of his own and the rontnl* from these easily met all ex penses with some left over each year for the hank. During the years It Is believed these annual profits grew to a neat sum. Will Is Opened. When Ills will was opened in coun ty court Friday It revealed that Joseph J. O'Brien. South Omaha at torney. was named administrator of the estate. Mr. O'Brien said he be lieved the total value would be about 320,000. The will disposed of his estate as follows: Elisabeth McMullen, wife of his neplipw. Neil McMullen, $3,000. •lames and Dennis McMullen, neplt fas, $100 each. Nell McMullen, nephew, $.500. Margaret Koach, a friend, Toronto, $300. Nellie lit spat rick, now Mrs. Janies Hanford, Hronklyn, $300. Mrs. John Fanning, Brooklyn. $100 Mrs. John Fox, South Omaha. $200. John O'Brien, old-time friend and co-worker on the Villon Pacific rail road, who lives at 2810 South Thirty second street. Omaha. $200. Mrs. John TVnuton, Twenty-fifth and K streets. South Omaha, $200. Itellglous ond rharituble institutions were remembered as follows: St. Bridget church, Twenty-sixth and F streets, $300. It was at SI. Bridget church that McGinty always worshipped. St. Joseph hospital, where he. spent his last hours, $300. St. Michael church, Toronto, $300. Sisters House of Providence, Toron to. $300. Sisters of the Academy of Preclopj Blood, Toronto, $300, Ht. Agnes parochial school, Omaha. $200. st. Joseph home, Jersey City. $100. St. Augustine seminary for flic edu cation of young men for the priest hood, Toronto, $300. To each of the children of his nephew, Nell McMullen, $200. The will directed that the residue of his estate l>r given to Nell McMul len and his wife, share and share alike. The will was witnessed by Uaolpius M. Begley, 4 tl$ jth Twenty third street, and J. M. Lewis Schmidt. The will directed that hi* body be sent to Toronto to be burled alongside those of his parents and two sister*. South Sioux City Chosen for \\ oini*ii*rt Club Mpptinp; Norfolk, Neb., April 3.—The 22d n" nual convention of the third district of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs yill meet at South Sioux City, April 7, 8 and 9. The convention headquarters will be the high school auditorium. The conven tlon hostesses will be members of the Woman's rlub and the Ladles' Literary rlub. Mellon Duhbetl Distiller. Kingston, N. Y., April 3—Arthur .1. Davis, state superintendent nf the Anti Saloon league of New York, re fined to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon as ‘'America's most dlstln qulshed distiller ' In an address be fore the Toymen's association of the New York conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church. I Jury (»i\t*h Indication of Tak ing Albii of Famous Ban dit Into Serious (iou sideration. Examine Time Tables By JOHN K. WINKLER l niversal Service Staff (orrcAiionilent. Hartford, Conn., April 3.—The jury of tiard headed Connecticut natives wrestled into the night in its effort to determine ■ whether Herald Chap man's gun snuffed out the life of Po llceman Janies Sksllcy in New Brit ain.. Conn., last October 12. A glow of hope flooded the pallid features of the manacled imndii two hours after the jury had retired when the first request of the 12 arbiters of his fate seemed favorable to the defense. A few moments before four, the jury requested it he furnished with a time table of train schedules from Springfield, Mass., to New York City on the afternoon of October 11, 1924. This indicated the jurymen were seriously discussing the alibi set up. Again the jury came in at 5:30 to have read the testimony of Lillian knell, waitress at the Old Colony Inn, and Louis Kubeo, the proprietor. They both claimed that Chapman and Shean were at the Inn at the time the alibi witnesses claim • Chapman was in Brooklyn. Jury Seeks Mure luinnnntinn At 6:10 the jury was sent to din ner with instructions to resume de liberations at 7:30. Tlie defense alibi placed Chapman In a tiny stationery store conducted by Lyle Chastain, formerly a fellow convict in Atlanta federal peniten tiary, between 8:15 and 8:30 on the night of Saturday, October 11. Chapman's story on the stand was that ho had left Springfield about 4 that afternoon and headed for a ren dezvous with Chastain and not on the motor reconnoitering trip to New Britain as asserted by the state's star witness, Walter E. Shean. In his terrific summing up assault upon Chapman. State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn asserted: “Tf Chapman went to Brooklyn, where he was conveniently located that Saturday night lie vvouM have had to go by airplane.'' “He had three hours and SO min utes in which to get from Springfield to Brooklyn.” Examine Time Tables. Examination of time tables of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad show Chapman could have hoarded train No. 8lt, a Boston. New York at Springfield at 4:10 that af ternoon and arlved at Brand Central station at 8:02 that night. He could hare arrived at Chastlan's store, No. 231 Albany avenue. Brooklyn, before 6:30 by taxi or subway and taxi. The jury g initial “request showed they were going in a most painstaking manner Into an analjsis of the evi dence: showed too the 12 men had not accepted Alcorn's almost casual brushing aside of chapman's alibi. It presaged a late, iicrhaps over night consideraliop of the case. The presiding jurist, Ilevvell Jennings, an nounced he would remain at the courthouse until midnight. Hope Surges Higher. As the hours wore on hope surged higher In Chapman. At dusk after eagerly receiving each crumb of gos sip, be remarked to bis chief coun sel, Frederick J. Groehl. of New York: "Judge, we've got more than a gambling chance.” This was the Spirit, too. In the crowds that surged about the old fashioned red brick building, pro Chapman sentiment has grown to such an extent In this lovely old cltn del of New England conservation that oltizene stop you on the street *nd Inquire hopefully if you think “Chap man has a chance.” PERJURY CASE TO GRAND JURY New York. April 3.—Unitcfl State* Attorney Emory H. Buckner was as sembllng records- today preparatory to Instructing the grants Jury to take up the perjury charge# against Charles H. T)uel1, motion picture pro ducer. whose Injunction Milt against Lillian Gish, screen star, was thrown out of federal court by Judge Mack yesterday. Buck liar announced he would present, the evidence to the grand Jury early next week, and would prosecute the cas« himself In an Indictment. The charge grows out of the suit In which Ituell sought to make Lil lian Glah act upon the screen for him alone. The trial ended abruptly when Judge Mack dismissed the case and held Duel! In $10,000 hall on a charge of perjury. Shipment <»f Candy Hauler l-'.pje Seized at Liverpool t.lverpool, April 3. Thotiennda of Liverpool ymnm*tfr*i have had a nar row eacape from Knater lllnee* or worse, It wa* diacloaed today when the authorltfe* condemned more than 9,000 candy Ranter crrb nhlpped here for the holiday hualnenn. According to official* an analy*1* of tli« chocolate In the eRRS dtacloacd partlclea of quartz, minute fragments of Rln*« and al*o trace* of lead, cop per, zinc anil a woody material re tembllriR nnwduat. Married in Council Bluff*. Tha following p*ran»ia obtain** Tn* rlaa* Ur*tu>*« Tn PounH! Bluffs v*ai*» fia> W f* \frM*nua. Omnhi ... ?! Plant hs Young. Omaha . G*nrg# Oa/ldirg*. Omaha 4r< Anna Bmltn. Omaha , X" 1j©uta Pannta Suth*riand Bae-in# Wla JT • harloft* Gl*a**rt W*- e- - N*b ’ll | Estranged Wife Discovers Missing Mate After Search Lasting 19 Years I limit) of Mother ami Brother of Young Husband Caused Separation in St. l.ouis IN early a Decade Ago: He* conciliation Follows in Chicago Hospital. By \. .r. IjOBKN'Z. I niv«*r«nl fiervhi* Staff (orresponilrnt. Chicago, April 3.—The circle of life took I he share of a Mlnoan labyrinth fur Mrs. Mae 1’urdy. In its mazes she constantly sought the husband from whom she had be come estranged 19 years ago—only to find him almost her next door neighbor for six years. James H. Purdy, jr., member of an Influential and prominent fam ily In St. Louis had married a pretty young concert ptaniste of growing fame after a, brief court ship. according to Mrs Purdy, who today told of finding her husband In the Illinois Central hospital. "We were married 19 years ago and he took me to visit his par ents." she continued. "He is re lated by marriage to tlie Busch family of St. Louis and the famous Airs. Letup, known as the 'Laven der Lady' of St. Louis society. Airs. Letup is his first cousin. His Mother Opposed. "His people welcomed me royal ly. His father called me .'Jim's Irish girl,' and It remained a term of afeetion for me as long a» my father-in-law lived, but Jim's mother and older brother, Francis, opposed oitr marriage. They had planned his marriage t" a wealthy St. Pouts heiress. "They worked to such goqd pur pose that a year liter, after the birth of our son. I found myself adrift and penniless, my husband estranged front me. T obtained a decree of separate maintenance and a small alimony grant, which never was paid." Returning to Chlcag-o, Mrs. Purdy said she kept uji iter search for her husband, hoping that they might again become reconciled. Accident. \ id ini. Two days ago she opened a news paper and read the pccount of an accident in which the name "James IT. Purdy, jr„ was mentioned as one of the victims. 8he sought out the hospital, and was Informed the man had been registered ns un married. .She was refused admis sion. Today she obtained a. warrant calling for surveillance of the man she is certain Is her husband, be cause his brother, Francis, is visit ing him. "I love him. and I want him for my own,” declared Mrs. Purdy. "I want to help him rebuild his life and my own and start tho home that we planned, but never had together.” Weeks May Leave •> Post as Result of Paralvtic Stroke Misfortune of Secretary of Vi ar May Force Retirement From (lahinet; Condi* lion Not Critical. | _ II.' t niversnl NptiIm. Washington, April 3.—Secretary of War Weeks lias suffered a stroke of partial paralysis, it was learned to day. It may force his retirement from the cabinet. Weeks has been absent from his desk at the War department for sev eral days but until today i| hail been announced that he was merely “in dls|Kisecl.“ A bulletin issued by his physician today was rhe first public notice of the seriousness of his con dition. Weeks' ill ness is described a s thrombosis, or clot, of a small artery in the brain, on the right side. It has caused nil obstruction of the Mood circulation, leading to partial paralysis of the left nrm and side. An informal siatement given out at the War department late this af ternoon said: "Mr. Weeks* condition is entirely satisfactory and shows improvement over this morning.” In spite of tlie ostensible optimism of the physician's statement, it is be lieved that the symptoms revealed are of sufficient gravity to induce him to retire from active duty as soon n« President Coolldge will ac cept ids resignation. The secretary will pass hit Gath birthday next week. Mr. Week's health has not been of the. best for many months and he re , oently took a 10 days’ vacation to recuperate front the Inroads made upon his constitution by the grind of official routine. Ho returned on Sat urday morning from this trip, dur ing which lie took a complete rest in the south. The secretary still was confined to his home today, and no statement ns to the plans could be obtained. 160 AT NORFOLK LODGE REUNION Norfolk, Neb., April 3.—The tenth annual Jiornecomlng of the Norfolk1 lodge No. -16 of the Odd Fellows or der, held today, was attended by 160 members of the order, including BO: \islting members from other chapters in northeast Nebraska towns. Six grand officers of the state ere here to take part In the homecoming activities. They are W. H Van Flove,! Tekamnh, grand master; K f*. Davis. North Platt®, grand secretary; J. W. Pittman, superintendent of the Odd fellows' home at York; Paul C Ly anna, Stella, giamt patriarch; A FI. Hanna, Hlair, grand high priest; George It. Jackson, Holdrege, grand junior warden. Special degree work was put on by members-of the organization, most of whom have been connected with the lodge 25 years or more. A class • >f candidates was Initiated. The veteran's jewel was presented to W. If. tTark, Norfolk, who has been n member of the Norfolk lodge 25 years. (Jovernor Not Alarmed liv Dimini'liid Treasury ftperlnt t«i I l»c Oimtlni !*••«*. I.lucoln, April 3 Governor Me.Mill h*n announced today there was noth Ing alarming over the fnct that tem porarily the state treasury Is nt low ebb. All hills will he paid In due time and no harm will he done anyone, uc cording to the governor. "I am Informed that F. I>. Ttobln son, the state treasurer, that the real reason for the Condition Is the fact that, the levy lest year was made so low that expenses could not he met and as a result we have unpaid hills on hand,” the governor said. "Our tax money will he In In a few weeks and then all hills can he paid.'* Jewelry Store l{ol>lieart and not supported by the evidence." A fashionable crowd filled the court. Mrs. Dennistoun and Lady Carnar von were both jwesent. The former was fashionably dressed and wore a bell-shaped hat described as the ' last word from Pnrls.*' Before rending his decision Justice McCardie took occasion to say thnt he agrees with Justice Shearman, who tried the Waterhouse case, that "thpse cases do not represent the gen erat life of the well-to-do In Eng land.” "These enses.” he said. "give a wholly false Impression of English family and social life.” BANDITS ABDUCT CHINESE WOMEN: I,ontlon, April S.—A thousand worn <>n and girls were carried away by bandls who looted towns In the province of Bhsnsl. I'hlna. according to a Tien Tain dispatch today to the t'entral New*. Shensi Is one of (he vast provinces lying south of Mongolia. I I'agtir <»f Nation* May Assiimt- Control of Radio Ity The UMrUlnl Prees. Geneva, April :r Kept* (tentative* • *f the principal private radio enter prim*** of Ktirope met under the aus pices of the league of nation* today ami decided to organize an interna tional union f«>r broadcasting, with * central bureau at Geneva. The par ticular objective Is to tradh a com mon understanding concerning the transmission of concert* between the different capital* and to establish collaboration among European nation* tilt all of radio transmission. N»r*f** Suit fur Hrcacli of Promise I* Si-tlli-il New York, April .1.—The breach r»f promise atilt brought by Mis* Flor ence lleddlngtnn, profe**lonal nur*e, asking damages $150,000 from Hoi. Isaac M. Fllman. corset manufacturer* and republican leader of New Haven, Conn., was dlacon* tinned In the supreme court after counsel for Colonel t’ilman Informed Justice Guy that a settlement had been reached \\ in-oiiMi) lolitor Dio. Kanoaha. Mis, April 3 — Wallw Thomas Marlalt, 51, adltorpubllshar of lb* Kenosha leaning Nawa and Talaftfcpb Ceuitar, disO. Coolidge lo Stay Out of Ship Fight Declines to Intervene in Pa cific Mail-Dnllur Line Squabble Over Sale of Five \ csself. Court Holds Up Transfer Washington, April 3.—Conclusion of the sale lo the Dollar interests of the Pacific Mail Steamship com pany's California-orient line was blocked temporarily today in the Dis trict of Columbia supreme court. Granting a petition of the Puclfh Mail. Justice Hit* issued a temporary injunction against the shipping board kind set April 13 for a hearing on making ihe order permanent. Kx tended litigatiuii is in prospect, regardless of tills hearing, with the probability that the supreme court of the United .States will have to pass upon provisions of the merchant 111a fine act of 1920. Meanwhile, the Pacific Mail will continue to operate the five shipping hoard vessels at stake in the service from San Km mi sen to Manila, un less the board should take action to terminate the operating contract en tered Into more than four years ago. Chairman O'Connor of the board de clared today he personally would be in favor of terminating that contract If tlie Injunction was made perma nent. ( oolidge Stays Out. Commenting upon that statement, former .Senator George K chamber lain of Oregon, counsel for the Pa cific Mail, interpreted It as a willing ness to drive the Pacific Mail out of, business in any case, lie would not say what legal steps, if any. might be taken if the board should adopt such ; a course. The action of the Pacific Mall in resorting to court proceedings was taken as the result of the au thorization of the sale of the ships to the Dollar Interests by a four to three vote in the board The controversy has Involved ques tions of government shipping policy and a fight lietween competing ship ping interests, and lias been charac terized with sensational charges that a monopoly Is being developed on the Pacific coast. Tile reverberations .,f the fight reached such a point it was sug gested tlie White House might be .called upon to take a hand, but this became a remote possibility today when it was learned President Cool tdge feels thai responsibility for the decision rested entirely with the tioard. He assumes the board had acted as It best saw fit. and has taken ho part In the matter. Court Takes Over Controversy. The controversy is now expected to rest in the hands x>f the court un til arguments are heard on why the Injunction should not be made perma nent. Gale H. Carter, president of Ihe Pacific Mall, and his New York counsel returned, to New York to night, and it was indicated that R. Stanley Dollar, vice president of the Dollar lines, probably would leave for San Francisco soon. — The Dollar Interests made an all cash bid of $5.<20.000 for the ships while the Pacific Mail, the only otb*. bidder, offered K.TMbOOO, part in cash and the rest In steak of a proposed ports-ration in which the shipping board would hold an interest and ap Iiolnt a majority of the directors. PACKING PLANT TO GO ON BLOCK TV* Moines. la . April .1—Sale at public HU lion of the Iowa l’:u king company fur not leas than SoO.OOO was ordered by Federal Judge Martin Wad* today. The order, issued on application of F. T. Fuller, president and temporary receiver, appointed Rulfe O. Wagner and K. B. Smith as masters in chan cery with power to consummate the sale, which is tjihject to final approv al by the court. It la understood that the Morrell Packing company of Ot tumwa. and Swift A Co. of Chicago are Interested In the sale of the plant, Mr. Fuller was dismissed as tem porary receiver. MARX NOMINATED BY THREE PARTIES |l» Tit* %*»<*«'Int#«t rr**«. Berlin. April 3 A Joint conference of the centrist, democratic and social] democratic parties today nominated I I»r. Wilhelm Mri*x a* their candidate for the German presidency. Salem Kxlemls (.lad Hand to Traveler ami llis It title Stella, April 3.—Bernard llasen yager ami bride arrived at Salem this week to visit bis aunt. Mrs, Belle Wickham, and oilier relatives. Mr. Haaenyager grew to manhood Just over the Nebraska ltrrv at Hern. Kan , ami for a year had been traveling over various parts of the country. Alaska and 1 somloti, I'.ngland, being In his Itinerary. Ipon returning home, be was married to Miss Grace Kelt re l <>f Waterville. Kan., with whom he became acquainted when both were In attendant's nt the col lege of Manhattan. Kan. Salem friends and relatives gave them a hilarious welcome upon their arrival at the station. I’jmiI Thompson Vppointrtl i fltlt'l Ml \\ Point Vmtlcmv Mllance \prll .1 Paul * Thompson. I IV *«»n of Mr. ami Mrs s \\ Thump j v,,n of Alliance lm> been honored l»\ , mpjH.»intment as a cadet at West IVdnt I .Military Academy, ms a representative I of the Sixth district of Nebraska .Mis Thompson |s president of the xe Krtuka Federation of Women * Club* iur the telaUi Oiitrict. V ✓ MISUSE OF FUNDS BY ROAD ALLEGED Washington. April 3.—t'se by the Northern Pacific Railroad company of a part of the money derived from the sale of land granted it by the gov eminent in tiie purchase of branch lines was discussed today by the con - gresslona! commission investigating land grants to llie company. The Interior department has eon tended that it was the Intent of nm glens in granting the lands that the n.iit). y received from their sale shook! lie used in the construction of tRe main easi-west line of the railroad. James B. Kerr of Portland. Ore., counsel for tii> Northern Pacific Hall way company which succeeded the railroad company, defended this action and declared the purchase of branch lines was expedient and "good business" on the part of the com pany. Lincoln Invites Meeting There v < unferetice Lt»ok> Favorably on Capital; Sioux City .Man Fleeted Di-lrirt Governor. Ruiton Saxton of the Sioux City Rotary club was unanimously chosen governor of the 10th Rotary district for the ensuing year at the Friday morning session. His selection Is sub ject to the approval of Rotary Inter national convention at Cleveland next June, The conference was Invited by Lin coln members to hold its next session at the capital. Selection of a confer ence city will be definitely decided by the executive committee at a meeting this summer, but it yvas said last night that the sentiment of the con ference favored acceptance of the of fer. After the noon luncheons at Hotel Fontenelle ballroom and Brandeis grillroom the afternoon session opened with an organ recital by John Hay at tlie Elks' club auditorium. The conference was called to order at 2. The feature speaker of the sessiou was Alien Street. Oklahoma City, on "On to Cleveland," the meet ing .place of the next International Rotary convention. Three-minute talks by Harry B. Coffee. Chadron. Neb : Harry E. G:tnz, Alliance, O Bill Kathke, Glenwood. Ia.: L. F. Parker. Cherokee, la : Joe A lean. York. Neb.; C. C. O'Hara, Rapid city. S. 11., and Jack True. McCook, Neb., followed. Smith 1-ast Speaker. At 3:23 the committee on resolu tions reported and business was discussed. The conference clos-d after Or. Frank G. Smith, Omaha, spoke on "Something to Take Home With You.” „ It yvas announced at the morning session that 38 of the 3s clubs in til* l»th Rotary district were represented at the district conference being held here. Of the vs votes in the district 88 were represented at the confer ence. The Importance of boys' play as well a* their work was discussed by a as their work was discussed at the district Rotary convention today hy a man who has qualified asNan expert tn that line. He is T. A. Harmon. tTurn to Faso Fire. Column One.) RUSH NEW OMAHA TO-LINCOLN ROAD Lincoln, April 3 —Opening a new highway between Omaha and lJncoln to relieve heavy traffic now in exist ence on the D. L. P. between the twd cities will be one of the first tasks un dertaken by the S^te highway depari ment. according toiloy Cochran, state engineer. The new route will run from Lin coln to Wahoo find from Wahoo to Omaha over the Yutati bridge, which will lie completed during the summer. Cochran stated that bids for paving front Omaha to the bridge will be awarded In the next two of three week*. t; raveling from Wahoo to the bridge will be completed during the summer a* will graveling on the Cornhusker from Havelock to Cere so©. The road from Gereaco to Wahoo has been graveled. The new route will be longer. How ever, It will have fewer turns and curves than the P. L. P. Cochran also expects to have the P. I 1’ graveled all the way from Lincoln tc Omaha during toe summer. O. F. Waller Made Head of ( oliimluik F. of < . Columbus, April 3. count > \ttor ney Otto I-'. Walter, appointed to fill a vacancj on tbe directorate last July and elected for a three year term si tbe annual meeting last week, was made prelident of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Pr. C. II. Campbell was elected vice president. II VV Phillips, treasurer, and llerliert Hahn, secretary. Pr. Charles K. Llpp. superintendent of tbe criminal tribes settlement at Cokak Kails. India, and Ur. .1. K Cottlngham. superintendent of Hie Manila distrkt of liicMnniirj work for the Methodlst church In tIn Philippines, gave Interesting talks on the orient, W oman \rlist Dios. Cincinnati. April S Mrs. Irene Rishop Hurley, 43. who was consid ered one of tbe greatest painters of ntlnatures tn America, died. I The Weather | > M hour* tndlnt ? n - At ? * lit* P* *ilcn Sprh** • r.>t hu«'4<*>? * Tot*? »n v ’ Ht*iirh • m 4* | p m *•' « • m 4o T • IM . . 4o IS |« in *o 3 i« m «o » tv • * a nv t' r o * n \\ « m * t tv on U a**tt vi 4 o. ut-.ti Her riot May Be Forced to Resign Post Pressure <»u Present French Mini'll) So Great I hat Successor to Premier Is Being Discussed. Coalition Support Spill By The Associated Pres*. Parle, April 3.—Premier Herriol since yesterday has lost his minister of finance* and all members of Ills maj rity in the-French chamber of deputies. He lias found another man Senator Analole do M utzie. to grap ple with tlie task of unruveTting French finances. Political observers believe that the printer will have a .hard time tilling up 4He gap in the ranks of his supporters. Added to other difficulties, a break In the coalition that has lieen solidly buck of the premier occurred t/ds af ternoon when the group known as the "radical left," led by Louis Loucheur. decided it no longer could support the policies of the llerriot government. M. Loucheur already had hinted he would ..'stndon the co tlitionship ev en before he refused the portfolio of 0 finance last night. It is understood liis decision Is due to the tendency of the Herrlot government to lock with favor on a capital levy. "Resign." Enemies Shout When Premier llerriot left the chamber after a stormy session this afternoon he was followed by the same cries he heard in the lobbies of the senate yesterday, “resign! re sign!" The Herrlot cabinet, however. It is said in official circles, will go ahead with the program it has in view and will retire only after a battle. Nev ertheless. odds against the present ministry have grown so in the past 48 hours that speculation in the lobbies of both houses has turned to a prob able sui i-essor for M. Herrlot. The deflection of the Loucher group will bring the government's coalition strength in the chamber down to about 3"b out of a t"tal of 584 mem bers, which is a smaller margin than tnany preceding premiers have re quired to remain In power. Loud outcries from the socialist group are adding to the general disturbance, their latest protest being against the ■ trance into the Herrlot ministry ©i' or* 1 )e Monzie. who is opposed to the suppression of the French em bassy at the Vatican. Vatican Embassy Restored The minister of Interior. M. Chau temps. announced after the cabinet meeting today that the ministers had decided to abandon the paragraph in the budget which by reducing appro priations for maintenance of the Freni h representatives at the Vatican amounted to the suppression of the embassy there. Strong pressure ts being brought to hear on the irrecon cUabli« of the s-. ialist group to In duce them to accept this change of front in order to make it possible for the government to put through its financial measures which largely were Inspired by the socialist leaders, Leon Blum and Vincent Auric!. Foremost among Its project*, the Herrlot government Is expected to propose a capita! levy, details of which still are incomplete, according to the best official information, but which It is said will be limited in duration. The socialists are standing out for a 10 year limit, while certaii Influences in the cabinet are insisting on a single levy to tide over the pres ent financial difficulties, leaving the question of further demands on cap ltal to l>e decided later. On the is sue of more paper money the govern ment has been silent today but there has been nothing In official declare! tions to Indicate the abandonment c." the scheme pr posed by- M. Clemente! who last n.ght resigned as minister of finance, ONE MAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE N>w York April 3—John Bauman, a roomer, was burned to death and two women were injured today in a fire which destroyed the top floor a?a hoarding house at "10 l.enox Rvenue Charles Marko, the landlord, and Mrs Anna Met Yea n ere bunted f— Summary of the Day in Washington John Van A MacMurray. assle tout sicretary of state, was select ed as minister to China. President t '-olldge. It was an nounced. e\im is to attend tha Not -e Ai- erican celebration at St Paul, June > S. retail \\ ks * itfered a mild thrumhostal stroke and reports v ■ evil, i l; it lie e on would r* tire fi-om the cabinet. V paraphrase of the Peruvian nieutoi .il on Tama Arte* became available. containing assurance* that tha arbitral award will be ac cept ed. Short line ralln-ad* were author Ised by the Inierstai* commerc* com mission to Intervene In the pro posed Nickel Plat# railroad merger hearing*. \ temporary injunction Mocking the sate , f Hie t*»!if-rnia Orient shin* S-> the shipping l»u»rd was ued In the IMttrkH of Columbia supreme court Ttie I'lelrlei et Columbia supreme mini unaahed the Kail Ivheny Sinolsli * Htuiiui) 11M ..-lernmeii i-out.se announced ai appeal wo4-U be taken.