The Omaha Sunday B
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VOL L -NO. 26.
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v TEN CENTS
Harding to
Face Many
Big Issues
Restoration of Peace aiul Set
tlement of War Claims Are
Among Leading Problems
Come On! They're All Here
Clear From Beginning
American
Trade Plan
Launched
. Better-Hurry -'
2 Slayers
Again Face
Death Chair
Judge Paine Orders Cole Re
turned to Penitentiary
Grammer Prohahly Will
Be Executed With Him. !
Say Last Resort Is Gone
St. Paul, Neb., Dec. 11. (Special.)
Tliougi "litis mi
cause soaie
Pictures of Stars in The Bee Movie ConteVv
Every One Republished Today F)A:
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Of Next Administration.
No Definite Plans Made
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
f'hlrafo Trlhune-Omnha Ilea leased Wire.
Washington, Dec. 11. With the
domestic economic situation calling
for long delayed reconstruction
measures of the highest order of
statesmanship, President-elect Hard
ing faces 'one of the biggest diplo
matic jobs that ever fell to the
jot of a new administration. Here
is a partial -survey of the interna
tional problems he intends to tackle
as soon as he assumes office:
1. Reconstruction of peace, with
Germany; settlement of war claims
between Germany and the United
States, including disposition of the
$500,000,000 Germany property in
the hands of the alien property
custodian, and negotiation of
I'teaties of amity and commerce with
Berlin. v
2. Determination of the attitude
toward Russia, involving the ques
tion of recognition of - the soviet
government and the opening of
trade relations between the two
countries. , ,;
3. Development of 'the Harding
plan to invite other powers to a
consideration of the preservation of
world peace through an association
of nations and an international
court of justice.
Big Allied Debt.
4. Completion of negotiations for
the refunding of the $12,000,000,000
allied debit to the United States into
bonds of a stated period, includ
ing in the. principal all interest in
arrears and all interest accruing in
the next two .years which the allies
are unable to pay.
5. Negotiations with Great Britain
for a revision of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, which will permit the exemp
tion of American ships from the pay
ment of Panama canaV tolls and ne
gotiation with Canada for the crea
tion of the lakes to the Atlantic
waterway, also toll free.
6. Exclusion of the Japanese,
either by termination of the exist
ing treaty and legislation or by a
new agreement with the Japanese
government, in connection1 with
which Senator Lodge has proposed
an alliance "with Canada and Aus
tralia for the common defense from
the yellow peril.
Faces Oil Sef-rlmrirl
7. Negotiations with England for
recognition of the rights of Ameri
can oil development concerns in
Mesopotamia and other1 mandate
territories' V
8. Protection of American cable,
radio and commercial rights in the
Pacific, which are endangered by the
aim of Japan to incorporate the for
mer German islands in the north Pa
cific., "into the Nipponese empire, and
thereby gain complete control ofthe
Yap island cable and radio, center.
9. Payment by Mexico of dam
ages for the lives and property of
Americans lost during the revolution
ary period and the recognition of the
rights of American oil and other in
vestors. .
10. Reorganization of American
supervision of Haiti and Santo Do
mingo with a view to early with
drawal of armed forces from those
republics.
No Definite Peace Plan.
When President-elect Harding
was here this week he made it clear
that he had as yet no definite plan
of procedure in regard to the con
clusion of peace with Germany and
the establishment of an association
of nations and international court.
He said he would not formulate any
policy in Jhis matter until he has
concluded his consultation with the
"best minds of the country." which
lie will continue at Marion .until
the latter part of January, '
It js not without significance,
however, that the closest advisers
of the president-elect contemplate
the complete rejection of the Ver
sailles treaty and Wilson league.
Ttipv helicve that neace will be re-
TnXfhshed by a resolution similar to
the Knox measure vetoed by Presi
dent Wilson and that the United
States never will become a party to
the ncace of Paris.
They also believe that Mr. Hard
ing, when he becomes president,
will make overtures to the powers
looking to the establishment of an
association of nations dedicated, to
the preservation of world peace,
but devoid cf the feature of an alli
ance whish dominates the Wilson
covenant. ) It s believed not unlikely
that the allies will counter with a
proposition to modify the provision
of the Wilson covenant to suit the
United States, with a view to bring
ing this country into, the present
league. - . . .
McCook Sheriff Assaulted
By Alleged Bootlegger
McCook, Neb., Dec. 11. (Special.)
Charles King, deputy . sheriff oi
Red Willow county, was assaulted
near Indianola by Wayne Dunn,
whom he had arrested on a charge
of being implicated in bootlegging
operations in this county. Under
guise of talking the matter over in a
friendly way. Deputy King entered
Dunn's automobile. While they were
riding along Dunn, struck King over
the head and he w&s unconscious for
several hours. King was driven a
short distance from where the as
sault was committed and dumped out
of the car, after which Dunn es
caped. He has not been captured.
Refuse Tax Refund Claims. '
Washington. Dec. 11. Claims for
tax refunds based on losses in in
ventory after December 31, 1919, will
be disallowed by the bureau of in
ternal revenue, Commissioner Will
iams announced,
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Poison Found in
Bodies of Babies;
Nurse Arrested
Nebraska Woman Returned to
Cheyenne to Stand Trial on
, Charge of - Murdering
Two Infants.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 11. Mrs.
William A. Schultz. who was arrested
in Daiton, Neb., was placed in the
county jail here today charged with
having murdered two infants after
she had been discharged as a nurse
at a private hospital here.
Mrs. bchmtz, according to the
story which County Attorney C. E.
Lane says was told him by the own
ers of the hospital, -was discharged
early in November, but remained at
the hospital for several days. On
November 13, he says, infanv daugh
ters of John Zoranovich and Wesley
J. Law died.
The stomachs of the children, h3
says, were sent to the state chemist
at Laramie, Wyo., who said the test
was negative. Then the organs were
sent to a Denver chemist, who said
he found cholic medicine, containing
poison in them." '
A coroner's jury declared the chil
dren came to unlawful deaths and
that Mrs. . Schultz had criminal
knowledge of their deaths.
Dehver Democratic
Glub Refuses Bryan
As Honorary Member
Denver, Dec. 11. A motion to
elect William J. Bryan an honorary
member, of the Young Men's Demo
cratic club of Denver was lost jast
night at a meeting of the organiza
tion when it failed, of second.
Bryan's suggestion that President
Wilson resign was rSpe of the rea
sons assigned for the club's refusal
to elect the Nebraskan, by E. V.
Dunklee, president.
Eugene McAllen, assistant cor
responding secretary of the club, who
nominated Bryan for honorary mem
bership, resigt.ed from the club and
walked out of the meeting when his
nomination of the commoner failed
of a .second.
Dunklee, who,, was presiding, in
an informal discission of the Bryon
nomination after the meeting said
"members of the club were frank
to say that Bryan's failure actively
to support the rational ticket at the
recent election, his suggestion that
President Wilson resign and his gen
eral attitude toward the party re
cently, were sufficient in their opin
ion, to bar him from honorary mem
bership in the club."
WHERE TO FIND
the Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
Real Sport in Nebraska Sand
Hills Rotogravue Section Page
1.
Another Chance to Win $100 in
The Bee Movie Contest Part 4,
Page 11. , '
Eckersall's Ail-American Foot
Ball Eleven Part 3, Page 1.
First Aid to Nebraska Anglers
Part 4, Page 1.
'Omahan Recounts Wild Days of
Enid, Okl. Part, Page 3.
Grand Rapids City Manager
Tells ,Why Voters Like Manager
Plan Part 4, Page 12.
Dr. Evans Health Talks Part
2, Page 12.
The Married Life of Helen and
Warren Part 4, Page 1.
Sporting News Part 3, Pages
1 and 2.
Polly, the Shopper Part 2,
Page 11.
The New Masonic Home for
Girls Part 2, Page 11.
Jimmy Montague .in Prose
Part 1, Page 11.
Editorial Part 4, Page 4.
Mask Part 2, Page 10.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Tel
lerPart 4, Page 2.
Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page
12.
Letters of a Home Made Father
to His Son Prt 4, Page 12,
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The same photos that are pub
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toria, Lothrop, Diamond, Alhnmbra,
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Third ... 25
Fourth . 15
Fifth 10
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Additional prizes will be beautiful
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stars.
Dollar-Year Men
Satisfied With
Readjustment
Over 100 Who Served Govern
ment During War Return to
Washington for Second
Annual Reunion.
Washington, Dec. 11. More than
100 of the rnn who served the gov
ernment at $1 a year during the war
return for their second annuah re
union, confident readjustmet was
going torward satisfactorily.
Former members of the war in
dustries board met to organize a per
manent society, purely, leaders said,
to perpetuate wartime. friendships. At
the same time, however, the opinion
was expressed that informal discus
sions would lea to a broader under
standing of business problems.
Daniel Willartl, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, declared
the reasons were obvious why this
country should soon be on a normal
torward moving basis. Everything
the nation has to have is found with
in its borders, he said, and its rail
roads' had felt no recession in business-andforsaw
none.
A similar expression came from
Alexander Legge, general manager
of the International Harvester com
pany. He said he was concerned
about decline in farm commodities,
but believed that relief would come
soon, although h'would be gradual.
"It will come," he continued,
through a broadening of the produce
markets." '
B. M. Baruch, former chairman of
the war industries board, asserted
j there was "nothing to prevent the
country from experiencing prosper
ity." He warned against "too much
pessimism,"' saying that the worst of
the troubles were over and the pessi
mistic tone should not be overdone.
J. L. Replogle, who was director
of steel supplies for the war indus
tries board, predicted brighter and
better business conditions in April
and Mav.
Bandits Tie Farmer
And Ransack Home
Livine alone on mis farm, Jhree
miles north or Florence, nans jor
genson was bound and gagged by
three masked men Friday night, who
ransacked his house and stole f8.N
Sheriff Mike , Clark was notified
this nocn and sent deputies to the
scene of the crime, but they were
unable to unearth any clews.
Jorgenson told the sheriff he be
lieved the robbers were looking for
several thousand dollars' worth of
Liberty bonds which he owns. s
But, he said, these bonds were not
kept by him on the farm. They are
in a safety deposit vault in an Oma
ha bank.
Vigorous Ajtack Launched
Against Secretary Payne
Salt Lake City, Dec. 11. A vig
orous attack on John Barton Payne,
secretary of tbc interior, charges of
commercialism in the conduct of
Yellowstone park and alleged mis
representation of facts on the part of
nationally circulated magazines and
bv national park officials, was made
by Jerome G. Locks of Livingstone,
Mont., a director of the Northwest
ern Reclamation league and execu
tive of the Yellowstone irrigation
service. Charges were made byj
Locke in an address betore the exec
utive committee of the Western
States Reclamation service in session'
here.
Senator Walsh Proposes
Delegate on Disarmament
Washington, Dec. 11. A resolu
tion requesting President Wilson to
appoint an American representative
to meet with the league of nations
commission considering disarma
ment was presented and advocated
in the senate today by Senator
Walsh, democrat, Montana.
Public School Children
To Be Taught Safety First
Children of the public schools will
be impressed next week with the
value of observing safety first sug
gestions. The older boys and girls
will be urged to have a.watchfuj
eye for the smaller kiddies as they
come to and return from schooj,
Committee Named to Begin
Aetitel Work of Forming
Huge Corporation to Fi
nance Business Abroad.
Ready to Operate Jan. 4
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Cliirago Trlbune-Omalm lire Leased Wire.
Chicago, Dec. 11. The billion
dollar baby in the world's markets
was born today. The project to
form a corporation with $100,000,000
capital and $1,000,000,000 capacity.
was adopted by the conference of
finance, industry, farming and busi
ness. Forthwith a committee of 30
was appointed to proceed with the
work of organizing the company
and getting it into operation.
The name suggested is the For
' eign Trade Financing corporation.
A fund of $100,000 was pledged to
meet the expenses of launching the
venture and after the conference ad
journed the 30 organizers went into
session to start things moving. New
Year's is expected to see, it ready
for business.
The personnel of this creative
body of 30 was reported by the com
mittee on plans and scope, with
John H. Fahey of Boston, chairman.
It is invested with full authoritiy to
add to its numbers ,and to take all
steps deemed necessary or appro
priate to organize and bring into
operation, a .corporation under the
provisions of the Edge act, with a
capital of $100,000,000 for financing
American foreign trade.
Resolutions Adopted.
The committee is to receive sub
scriptipns to the stock of the cor
poration. It .will also nominate the
board of directors and the principal
executive officers.
Resolutions adopted by the confer
ence set down two guiding prin
ciples: '
"Extension of credit by the corpo
ration should be confined to coun
tries, where there is a stable govern
ment, and where there is an assur
ance of integrity of purpose.
"Ooperations of the corporation
should be confined to financing for
the benefit .of future fqreign trade."
John McHugh of the Mechanics
and Metals National bank of New
York is to be head of the board of
directors, without compensation,
The argument hammered home
during two days' addresses by lead
ing financiers and producers vas set
forth again by Fred I. Kent of the
Bankers' Trust company of New
York, who made the chief speech of
the day.
Outlines Cause of Trouble.
"Th fact that the United States
dollar is at a premium throughout
the world," he said, "or to be more
explicit, the underlying cause for this
fact, is at the bottom of our trouble,
insofar as it is economic; even as
the depreciated exchange of Other
countries furnishes the root of their
crying economic difficulties. .
"The principal and most disas
trous effect lies in the brake put
upon the distribution of the world's
products, as it is this stagnation in
distribution .which throws commodi
ties on markets which cannot absorb
them, resulting in the falling of
prices at a dangerous speed, with the
consequent enforced idleness of
labor.
"Many countnes, which before the
war shipped products to European
countries, are unable to do so today
as they cannot sell on long1 time
credit, so they naturally turn to the
United States, where they can sell
for cash. As the result, cpmmodi
ties have piled up here for" which
there is no market, until the export
ing countries in many cases, where
they have been buying from us, have
nothing -marketable to send us with
which to pay for their imports.
High Export Trade.
"We find ourselves, therefore, with
a high export trade that is only be
ing paid for in part by a large por
tion of the world, ani that is fast
nearing a point where at will be cut
drastically tov essentials unless the
great buying power of Europe is re
stored. "Such restoration can only come
from an extended period during
which raw materials must go for
,ward in a steady stream, partly
against long time credits.! Food
stuffs must be furnished also,' but,
except where shipped by, relief or
ganizations, they should be largely
paid for. promptly as they 'go into
immediate consumption.
"We are therefore brought face to
face with the question how we 'can
best extend long time credits to
Europe on a basis that will enable
her to reconstruct her industries r.nd
to other countries of the world, to
enable. them in turn to make ad
vances to Europe for goods which
they can furnish."
Ponzi Begins Serving
Five-Year Jail Sentence
Plymouth, Mass.", Dec. 11.
Charles Ponzi entered today upon
service of his sentence of five years
at the Plymouth county jail that
was- imposed by the federal court
as punishment for the fraud by which
he obtained millions' of dollars from
thousands of persons.
Debate Holds Up
Senate Action on
Farmers' Aid Bill
Informal ' Understanding Is
Reached for Vote on Revival
, Of War Finance Corpora
tion Monday Afternoon.
Washington, Dec.; 11. debate
prevented a vote in the senate today
on the joint 'resolution directing re
vival of the war finance corporation
as a relief measure for farmers. Re
cess was taken until noon Monday
with an informal understanding that
a vote would be taken not later
than 3 p. m.
Objection to that section of the
resolution directing the federal re
serve board provide more liberal
credits for farmers, marked the de
bate, Senator Smoot, . republican,
of Utah,- gave notice he would move
to strike out the section and Senator
Thomas, democrat, Colorado, said
he would ask tor a separate vote.
Senator Pomerene, democrat,
Ohio, said he would not "heli wreck
the federal reserve board" and Sen
ator Glass, democrat, Virginia, de
clared that section 'was a direct and
unjust criticism of the board and not
based on facts. . ' :
Senator Gronna, republican, North
Dakota, in charge of the resolution,
denied criticism of the board was im
plied. v i
The offer to postpone action until
Monday was made by Senator Gron
na at the close of a speech by Sen
ator Thomas. ' -
"Everybody understood there
would be a vote today," Senator Nor-
ris, republican, Nebraska, asserted,
but Senator Thomas replied he was
"ignorant" of any such understand
ing. Senator Spencer, republican, Mis
souri, offered a substitute in the form
of a concurrent resolution which
would declare the sense of congreess
to be that the war finance corpora
tion should be revived and asking
the federal reserve board to co-oper
atewith it.
Early Vote Expected on
, Repeal of Wartime Laws
Washington, Dec. 11. Under a
special ruling reported out today by
the rules committee the Volstead
resolution repealing most of the war
time laws would be given right of
way after the Johnson immigration
bill is disposed of. Debate on the
resolution would be limited to., two
hours.
. The rules committee also reported
out a rule giving the Reavis bill for
consolidation of government execu
tive departments right of way after
the Volstead measure is acted upon.
Representative Reavis told the com
mittee that the consolidations pro
posed would result in a saving to the
government of $1,000,000 a day.
Express Business Takes
Slump ; Employes Laid Off
New York, Dec. 11. Working
forces of the American Railway Ex
press comparfy are being reduced
throughout the country because of a
general slump in business it was
announced at the company's head
quarters here today. How many of
the thousands of the concern's em
playes are affected could not be
learned. '
"Business is flat all over the Uni
ted States," said an official.
French Budget Cut.
Paris, Dec. 11. The financial com
mission of the chamber of deputies
announced 3,000,000,000 franc3
had been eliminated from the govern
ment's proposed 1921 budget, vhich
showed a', deficit of approximately
i that amount, .
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Statesmen See Themselves
As General Public Saw Them
Annual Dinner of Gridiron Club Made Occasion of
Postmortem on Presidential Election Episodes
Of Front Porch Campaign Set to Music
Crystal Gazer Reads Future.
Washington, Dec. 11. The 35th
annual dinner of the Gridiron club
was made the occasion of a postmo'
tern on the presidential election, the
purpose being to permit politicians
and some of the statesmen present
to see themselves as others . sav?
them.
One epiode was a front porcli
meeting at Marion, O., set to music,
with such characters as Senator
Harding, Harry' M. Daugherty, for
mer Senator Weeks, Al Jolson. Wil
liam J. Bryan and "Slush Fund Ru
mor" participating. Mr. Daugherty
stalked the front porch as Koko,
the lord high executioneer, while
there was a rumpus when "Slush
Fund .yimor" invaded the Harding
lawn. During the skit, Will H. Hays
sang plaintively to the republican
candidate, a political parody on
"Then You'll Remember Me," only
Mr. Hays' request was "So Please
Remember Me."
In another episode a crystal gazer,
reading the political future, ' saw
President Harding sending the
league of nations to the alien prop
erty custodian. The gazer also an
nounced that the crystal revealed
President Harding receiving .from
Samuel Gompers the key to the back
door of the White House and return
ing it with a note saying- '
White House Lock Changed.
"Mav I not. mv dear Mr. Gompers,
ask you to keep this key as a sou
venir? I have changed the lock."
The seer revealed Harding was at
work on a message to congress. He
said he could not give the text, but
assured an inquirer "the style will
not cause any intellectual inconven
ience." i
The crystal gazer also found for
mer Senator J. Hamilton Lewis ap
olvintr for the job of publicity direc
tor under Harding, but his services
were declined.
Mark Anthony Hitchcock deliv
ered his famous oration over the
body of the league covenant follow
ing closely an historic model.
He explained he came to bury the
covenant, not to praise him.
Master Minds Meet.
Another extension of the post
mortem to the fields of prophesy
was a meeting of the "best minds"
at Marion in conference with President-elect
Harding. They include
Col. George Harvey, former Presi
dent Taft, Senators Borah, John
son, Knox, Lodge, La Follette and
Reed, Major General Wood, Govr
crnor Lowden, Samuel Gompers,
Herbert Hoover and Elihu Root.
Tbe Weather
' Forecast.
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Protect ahlpmenta during (he next 2 4 to
.11 hour from temperatures aa' follows:
North, 30 degrees; went, 25 deftrees. Ship
ment! east aod south, can bo mad lataly.
They appeared dressed as school
.boys and Colonel Harvey insisted
on being the-"master mind" be
cause he was the author of the "con
spiracy" that elected Harding.
Chief among the interested wit
nesses to tne postmortem, were
Vice President Marshall, to whom
the club presented a large silver
gridiron as a token of its regard.
A similar gridiron was sent to the
White . House to President Wilson,
who was unable to attend.
Besides ' the vi' president, the
guests included .ittorney General
.Palmer. Secretary Daryels, Secre
tary Meredith, Secretary Payne,
Secretary Burleson, Sir Auckland
Geddes, British ambassador, and
Jules J. Juesserand, French ambas
sador. Congresswoman Is ,
Opposed to Hamon's
Widow for His Place
Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 11. Miss
Alice H. Robertson, congresswo-man-elect
from the Second Okla
homa district, is opposed to the elec
tion of Mrs. Jake L. Hamon as re-,
publican national committeewoman
succeeding her husband whose re
cent death resulted in a scandal.
"It was a great surprise to me to
find that republicans of this state
have been called upon to erect a
monument to the late republican na
tional committeeman by the election
of his wife to' the vacancy caused
by the sordid tragedy of his death,"
said Miss Robertson.
"The women of Oklahoma cannot
afford to indulge in an impractical,
sentimental attitude toward one wo
man when that attitude is fraught
with such danger to women in gen
eral. "The great leveler, death, is also a
great truth revealer. The claim that
the dead chieftain was the man
whose genius placed this state in the
republican column is not .true, his
part having been far less than that
of marry others and the party in Ok
lahoma having, after all, won in
spite of, rather than through his
work."
Tecumseh Bahy Playing
With Matches Burns to Death
Tecumseh,s Neb., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Robert Russell, 3, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Don A. Russell, living near
Tecumseh, died of burns after acci
dentally setting his clothes on fire.
The child found some matches, went
to the garage, climbed into the seat
of a truck and in playing with the
matches set his clothes afire. Both
his father and mother heard his
cries, but he was badly burned be
fore they could aid him. He died a
few hours later.
Whisky Thieves Kidnap
Drug Clerk and Roh Store
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 1L
Whisky thieves kidnaped a drug
clerk from his home here last night,
drove him to the itore, forced him
to open it and then? robbed the place
of four cases of whisky and $500 in
cash.
After the robbers had left the
clerk, James M. Paul, freed himself
from cords with which he had been
bound and telephoned the proprie
tor, according to the story he told
the police.
Looking many years older than he
dtd when he was first tried for the
murder of Mrs. Lulu Vogt in 1917,
Alson B. Cole today heard Judge
Bayard Paine announce from the
bench that he must return to the
penitentiary in Lincoln and await his
execution ordered December 17.
Cole has been reprieved from death
in the electric chair more than a
dozen times with Allen V. Grammer,
the murdered woman's son-in-law.
Application Overruled. I
On order of Federal Judge J. W.
Woodrough Cole was srranted a new
hearing in Howard county district,
court today. His attorney, John X.'
Priest, applied for a change of judge
instead of a change of venue, but on
objection of Mason Wheeler, rep
resenting the attorney eeneral's
office, this application was overruled..
lhis court rules that Alson B.
Cole is still under sentence of death
and will be returned to the state
penitentiary and there be dealt with
according to the iaw," ruled Judge
fame.
Shows No Emotion.
Cole's face showed not a trace of
emotion. He has sat in the shadow
of the electric chair too long.
He will be returned to prison to
night by Sheriff Atwood. Attorney
Priest said that all chances to save
his client's life arc apparently ex
hausted. Grammer's latest reprieve expires
December 17. It is expected that he
will be executed with Cole.
Fremont Highwayman
Sentenced to State
Prison for Robbery
Fremont NK. TW 11 CnM
- . ' wv., . k,V!OI
Telegram.) "You are hereby sen- .
tenced to not less than three years
and not more than 15 years at hard
laDor, in the state penitentiary," was
the verdict handed down by Judge
Frederick W. Button to Cecil Wil
loughby, 20, self-confessed highway
man, and companion of Ernest A.
Guest, who was killed a few weeks
ago in a gun fight with the police,
wh?n the ;two men attempted to es
cane after thetsi harl hplrl nn aflrt
robbed the F. A. Krumenacher store,
and made away with about $30 in
currency in the scrap, Guest was fa- ,
tally wounded and Willoughby es
caped. Later he came to the business dis
trict, while the nrilire? wfrc se-arrtiina
the outskirts of the city, and pur
chased new clothes, and left his old
ones at the store where he made
the purchase. In these, the sheriff
aiscoverea nis n-me, wnicn was the
main clue, in leading to his capture
last week at his home in Neligh.
He received his sentence calmly
and did not give any excuses or ask
for lenienrv. H vai nn T v rfi9nr.il
with highVay robbery, although the
cnarges ot Resisting an othcer on the
night of the battle was filed against
him. v
State-Wide Search Made
For Missing School Girl
Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. II. (Spe
cial.) Mr. and Mrs. Granville Smith
of Crab Orchard have asked the sher-
to help locate their daughter,
Gladys, 18, and pretty, who disap
peared Octobe 26. Miss Smith was a
senior in the Crab' Orchard high
school and had been in the habit of
driving a horse between her home
aitd' school each day.
She left home as usual the day r.f
her disappearance, put her horse in
the barn and, a short time later was
seen walking out of town.' Miss
Smith was seen in an automobile be
tween Beatrice and Lincoln later in
the day.
Woman Blames Political
Enmity for Brutal Attack
Carthage, Mo., Dec. 11. Miss
Delia Sharp, former circuit court
clerk, was attacked last night by
four men who had hidden on the
front porch of thejSharp home. She
attempted to run after throwing her
purse containing some mon4y and
diamonds into he yard, but tripped
and fell. As she lay on the ground
the men kicked her, she said. A
neighbor, E. W. Kidder, went to
her aid, but was-'shot in the shoulder
and the quartet escaped to an auto
mobile in which two other men were '
waiting.
Miss Sharp ascribed the attack to
political enmity. She has taken a
prominent part in republican poli
tics in southwest Milsouri.
Hoover Urges Churches
To Aid in Relief Work
Chicago, Dec. 11. Herbert Hoov
er, chairman, of the European relief"
council, issued an appeal to all
churches to observe December 19 as
national collection day and to take
part in the campaign to raise $33,
000,000 as America's Christmas pres.
ent to European children. The cam
paign will extend over the holidays,
collections being made in all public
places and through civic organiza
tions, v
Japs Ahandon Plan to
Comhine Ship Companies
Tokio, Dec. 11. The Asahi Shim
bun announces that the proposed
amalgamation of the Tananese steam-
j ship companies, in order to meet the
situation created by the serious
slump in shipping, has been abandoned.
