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Nebraska Farm
: ' Bureau Body Has
" 15,000 Members
( Incomplete Canvass of 17
Counties Shows Bright Out
look Buffalo County '
Leads With 1,337.
h
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 19.(Special )
The Nebraska Farm Bureau fed
: eration, which inatiRuratcd an active
vtnembership campaign on October 25,
, liow has a total membership of ap
, proximately 15,000 in the 17 counties
that have been canvassed, according
'' to state headquarters. About 60 men
Miave been canvassing memberships
during the period, working in three
: groups and covering three counties
- each week. ActiVe campaigning was
called off this' week,, to be resumed
on January 10.
' Seventeen counties have conducted
the initial canvass, producing a total
membership of 14.199, including
j Frontier county, which has not yet
made a complete report. Iq the 16
" counties completely reported an
average membership of 852 a cointv
has been obtained and this is
, being added to daily by followup
workers who call upon those whom
it was impossible to see on the firt
drive.
..." In many counties bad roads ham
"" "Tcred the initial membership drive.
This is particularly true of Lancas
ter, Madison and Saline counties.
That is another thins that will mean
..' a constantly increasing membership
in those counties, so that it is a safe
prediction, according to state head
quarters, to say that the Nebraska
membership is finally going to ave
rage 1.000 county.
, Of the 16 counties already so
licited, Buffalo county leads with a
membership of 1,3.17, followed by
Hamilton with 1,189. Dawson with
,1,129, and Seward with 1,007. Rich
ardson county failed by two.member--.
ships to reach the 1,000 mark. The
results of the initial drives in other
counties were: Polk. 826; Saline, 825'
Clay, 804; Lancaster, 765; Filmorc,
746; Thurston. 653; Hall. 610: Mad'
... son. 545: Dakota. 495; Cass, 835. and
Red Willow, 710. Frontier county,
which is not complete, now has 725.
Man Taken to Insane
Asylum at Ingleside
n" Hebron. Neb., Dec. 19.-( Special.)
, Granville A. Morrison was pro
nounced insane by the county insan
ity commission and was taken to
the Slate hospital at Ingleside by
DepuTy Sheriff Clark and Tillman
. Lane. He had been 'makin? trouble
for some time and had been under
arrest in Nuckolls, county, but the
. Olhcials there decided tnat ne was
insane rather than a criminal and
.dismissed the case against him. ,.
He had been brooding over snme
thing connected with a sister's af
fairs and attempted to .-hoot a neijh
,bor. He is unmarried and lived on
farm rith his aRcd mother about
.'seven miles south of Davenport.
Body of Aged Lodge Pole
' r. Woman Taken to "Wisconsin
Lodge Pole, Neb.. Dec. 19. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The body of Mrs.
H. W. Gilbert, 65. who died here.
, .was -taken to Omro, Wis., today
," for burial.. She had been a paralytic
invalid for 23 years. She leaves a
,, husband. H. W. Gilbert, vardmaster
of the Union Pacific railroad here:
- and three sons, Harry Hiles of Goth-i
. enburg, Neb., George Gilbert of
Hillsdale, Wyo.. and $ex Gilbert of
;jQuantico, W. Va. The family lived
'At Brady Island, Neb., before com
f ing to Lodge Pole.
..Minden Man Indicted on
r; Charge of Perjury in Trial
Minden. Neb., Dec. 19.-(Special.)
'A grand jury indictment of Lewis
'.."Finn, charging perjury on four
counts. hasxbcen entered on the rec
..!.ords of district court here. This in-
' dictment is the result of investiga
tions into the testimony given in tC
; trial of Worth against Finn before
" the November term of district court.
V The grand jury has been granted a
Recess until December 29. ,
.Kearney Normal School
' ' Library Crows Rapidly
:V... Lfncoln, Neb.. Dec. 19. The state
!. normal. chool at Kearney added
,;';7jB8J volumes to its library during
a the last two years, the biennial re
- v port of President George E. Martin
iishows . The teport nvide to Gover
nor McKclvie and th state board
s-of education, shows that the insti
tution now haa 23,972 volumes in its
".library,
VCowles Man Enters Race
For Postoffice Position
Cowles, Neb.; Dec. 19. (Special.)
. Friends of Stanley D. Long of this
city are urging his appointment as
'second assistant postmaster general
" when Preseident-elect Harding is,in-
augurated. They assert he has a
pood chance to get the appointment.
Mr. Long served five years in the
railway mail service and five years
:, as postmaster.
Cambridge Municipal
. r Light Plant Sells Power
Camhrdge, Neb., Dec. 19. (Spc
: cial.)-r-The Cambridge municipal
'' light plant connected the new power
" lines ah.. Is now furnishing lights
!to Bartley, Lebanon and Danbury.
V New street lights here have also
" been connected.
Minden. American Legion
Presents Home Talent Play
Minden, Nth ..Dec. 19. (Special.)
The tome talent Vtaboy Min
Mrels and Mttrical Revue played to
a capacity house for the benefit of
the American Legion post. The
ST sliiw was a decided success in every
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Overseas Body Arrives. ,
iHi-ifinden, Neb., Dec J9.(SpecJal
lijrjegram.) O. D. Atwater of this
-. tifty Jha received a message that-the
fV body of his son, Leo R. Atwater,
-gwho was killed in overseas service.
ha arrived in the United States and
will be brought here for burial as
s soon as possible.
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' .To Cur a Cold in One Day
Tk'"'Ofov,n' LAXATIVE BROMO QT7I
NINB tblt. The genuine bears th
anntura qf E. W. drove. 10c
Dog Aviator Does. 3,000
Foot Parachute Drop
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Bf International Nrtrs Service.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. ' 11.
"Bing," the dog aviator of Kelley
field, has made his first parachute
jump from an airplane. He has
beaten all other canine dare devils
in taking what aviators say is the
supreme thrill, a drop of 3,000 feet
by parachute from an airplane
speeding at 95 miles an hour.
And "Bing" enjoyed it. ' All the
way down he wagged his three-inch
stump of tail as if trying to steer
the swaying parachute, and as soon
as he landed on the field and was
renioved from the harness he got
into a peach of a fight with a Ger
man police dog. 'Bing" showed
no signs of air sickness, either, for
the way he mopped up the German
made that Teuton war dog think, he
was back in the trenches. "V
"Bing" is a bull terrier and the
mascot of the Air Service Mechanics'
School at Kelly Field. Lieut.
Joseph Stromme is his own;'er, and
from his first introduction to Kelly
Field he showed a keen delight for
aviation. He was taught to keep
away from whirling propellers and
soon grew tolcnow when the gog
gles were strapped over his eyes it
meant a trip into the air, and was
right at his masfer's heels ready to
leap into the cockpit for a climb to
cloudland.
After "Bing" had had about 60
Ord Women Ask Surplus
Red Cross Funds Be
Given to Legion Post
Ord, Neb., Dec. 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Circulated by 10 members
of the federation of the three wom
en's clubs of Ord asking that some
of the surplus funds of the local
chapter of the American Red Cross
be turned over to the local post of
the American Learion were not acted
upon. Circulators of the petition
aked that the officers of the Red
Cross accept the petition at once and
turn oveivthe mor.cy. '
The officers said that the disposal
of the money was out of their juris
diction and that they had no legal
right to turn the money over to any
organization. The local officers are
willing to turn over part of the Red
Cross surplus fund to the American
Legion if they can receive permis
sion from the national officers. There
is now about $9,000 in surplus
money. Nothing can be done with
this surplus asserts, the Red Cross
officers.
The Legion post of Ord. which is
now attempting the building of a
club house, has not asked tor the
money, but will accept it if it is ten
dered to them. The petition asking
that this money be turned over'was
circulated by women who played a
prominent part in Red Cross serv
ices during the war and who main
tained .that the people of this county
gave the money for the use of the
soldiers and that it should now be
made available for their use.
The local American Legion has
under consideration a building proj
ect which will call for the expendi
ture of $4,000, but it is not asking
for donations of any lcind.
President of Ord Bank
Resigns, Due to 111 Health
Ord, Neb., Dec, 19. (Special Tele
gram.) R. A. Studley resigned as
president of the First National bank
here it, wars-announced by the di
rectors, His place is filled by
Frank Koupat, prominent lumber
man and capitalist. . Mr. Studley'i
immediate plans have not been an
nounced. He gave ill" health as the
reason for his resignation.
European Relief Drive Is
Opened in Thayer County
Hebron. Neb.. Dec. 19. (Soecial.)
A meeting of the European Relief
council has been held aim the county
organized for a drive for money and
clothing which was opened today
at ine enureses. r naming is
chairman, and Martin Dagcrfoerde,
secretary-treasurer.
Special Rate- for Firemen
, To State Condition
York, . Neb.. Dcc:. 19.-(Spccal
Telegram.) Delegate td 'thi tate
volunteer firemen's convention, to
be held in this city January 18 to 21,
can ride on all railroads in Ne.
braska where the fare is mere than
$1 for one and one-half far! for he
round trip.
Lighting Fixtures Oranden Elec
tric Co., tormerltr Burffr.cg-GrindfO
Co. Adv.
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hours of flying time, it was decided
that he should taki jth parachute
leap. The men in the air mechanics'
school built a special parachute for
the dog. It is 18 fecj in diameter
and weighs 20 pounds. '"Bing"
weighs 24 pounds. Tjien a, special
pack was constructed with a harness
holding it securely ;.ta his back.
The plane sailed away with. "Bing"
riding on the upper wing held by
Sgt. Gilbert 7A. Shoemaker, who
laid flat on his stomach with the
dog crouching by' his side. .
When the plane was roaring along
95 miles an hour at an altitude of
3,000 feet, Shoemaker pulled the rip
cord of the dog's pack and "Bing",
too a back dive into space in the
approved fashion of the army para
chute jumpers who are jerked into
space from the airplane wing now
adays, instead of leaping from the
cockpit.
"Bing" after the first dizzy drop
came down easily. He landed in the
center of Kelly FjelcT N'o. 2 and
was caught in the arms of 'Lieuten
ant Stromme, hi? master, squealing
with delight and showing his joy
with every wiggle of his tough little
body and every wag of his stubby
little tail. " i
And. best of all, "Bing," who was
an honorary top sergoqnt in the air
service, and had becif "busted out"
becaupe of theft, has been formally
reinstated again because of his para
chute drop.
Saline County Farm
Bureau Meets at Friend
Friend, Neb., Dec; 19. (Special.)
The annual meeting offhe Saline
County Farm bureau was held here.
About 200 members were present.
Addresses were delivered 'by J. W.
Crawford of Kansas, manajie'r of the
Nebraska membership campaign; W.
H. Brokaw, director of agricultural
extension service; Stella Mather,
agricultural extension service; Coun-
ay Agricultural Airent W. C. Cal
vert and Lee W. Thompson, leader
boys' and girls' club work.
The following oflicers -were, elect
ed: President, C. H. Murray.
Friend; vice president,. Roy McMil-
len, Crete; secretary-treasurer M
I. Kilmer, Western; directors. Car!
Wilkens,, DeWitf; Fred Barsto.
Western; Lad J. Skocpol, Crete; Ed
A. Dvorak, Wilbcr. Delegate1 to the
state farm bureau convention to be
held in Lincoln January 6 and 7 F.
J. Elliott, Wilber. Alternate, Mrs.
C H, Murray, Friend,-
By changing the constitution the
farm bureau office will remain in
Friend another year. In his address
Mr Crawford warned the farmers
against holding their crops, as there
was a danger that they would bring
financial ruin to. the country unless
they sold off enoug"h to meet their
obligations.
Cluh Women of Kearney
Get Public School Nurse
Kearnev. Neb.. Dec. 19, (Special.)
Women of the 19th Century club
have prevailed upon the board ot
education to appropriate $300 toward
a fund already available which will
be used in hiring a school nurse for
Kearney. The women have been
waging a fight ,,for location of a
school nurse here ; for .over a year
and raised a considerable sum of
money to that, end, finally inducing
the board of Education to make nr
a needed deficit... It is announce!
that the school nurse wilL start to
work in January and on contract to
finish out the school year,
Alleged Gage County Wheat
Thief Pleads Not Guilty
Beatrice. Neb.. Dec. 19. Special
Telegram.) "Bill" Hohenfelt. al
leged fifth member of a gang of
wheat thieves arrested here by Sher
iff Schiek, pleaded not guilty before
Judge Ellis and his case was set
for hearing December 30. Bond
was fixed at $1,200. Three of the
gang have confessed, officers say.'
Coach Given Wrist Watch.
Nebraska City, " Neb., Dec. 19.
(Special Telegram.) Professor
Gorges, athletic director of the Ne
braska City high school, was pre
sented with a, valuable wrist watch
at the banquet recently hetd by jhe
High .School Athletic, club., ;
. High School to Give Play.
Miudetiji Neb.; Dec. 19. (Special.)
The sixth, seventh and eighth
grades will give a Christmas play,
in four act3. entitled "The Lost
Prince," 'i n the ascmbly room of
tie Hitth rehool on the evening of
December 21
BEE; OMAHA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 20,lg2(V
20 Farm Bodies
In Nebraska to
iHold Meetings
General Theme of Programs
Set for January 3 to 7 Will
Be That of Obtaining
Fair Prices.
Lincoln, Dec. 19. The annual
meetings of the Nebraska farmers'
organizations, scheduled this yea.-
for January 3 to 7, probably reprc
rcnt the greatest single gathering in
America for men and women inter
ested in agriculture. Between 5,000
and , 10,000 persons usually attend
these meetings. Twenty or more
organizations or societies, some of
ihem more than a half century old.
hold sessions from two to four days
in length.
The older of these agricultural so
cieties are backed by traditions and
the lives of prominent agriculturists
who helped to conquer the wild
prairies of Nebraska more than 50
years ago.
The Nebraska State Horticultural
society, for instance, will hold its
fifty-second annual meeting this
year. It was founded before Neb-as-ka
became a sta)e, by men conr'ng
from eastern states and who had
confidence in plains country. t
Founders of Soc'ety,
Issac Pollard .of Nehawka, almost
the father of orcharding in Nebras
ka, was one of the founders. . Gov
ernor Furnas, one of the earliest ex
ecut:vcs of the state, C. H Harrison
of York, and many other noted
pioneers of the state were among the
ea'ly active members.
The Nebraska Dairymen's associa
tion will holds its thirty-sixth an
nual meeting. The Nebraska Home
Economics association and several
other organizations to meet have
been in existence a score or more
yenrs.
Some of the younger agricultural
organizations to meet are the Ne
braska Honey Producers' associa
tion, the Nebraska Mi'k Goat Breed
ers' association, the Nebraska Farm
Equipment associat:on, the Nebraska
association of rural school patrons,
the Nebraska Farm Bureau federa
tion, the Nebraska Homemakers'
association and the Nebraska Potato
Improvement assoc'ation.
Crop Growers Body.
One of 'the most important meet
ings Will be those of the Nebraska
Crop Growers' association. This or
ganization covers practically all
phases of agriculture with the ex
ception of'stock raising. Soil fer
tility and increased production are
always important topics which it dis
cusses, an ' cost of production has oc
cupied a princ:pal place on its pro
gram in recent years.
The crop growers w'll discuss this
year the important subject of "The
Future Outlook of Farming," as it
appears to the land owner, the tenant
and the young man. C. H. Gustaf
son, president of the Nebraska Farm
crs' union, is on this program.
The women attending the meet
ings will hear discussed, in addition
to many' subjects relating to the
household, such subjects as "Wfcat
Women Should Know About Wills,"
"Women's Part in the Farm Bureau."
"Developing Leadership Amonr,
Women," "The New Responsibility,"
etc.
Fair ,Prices Discussed.
The general i theme rurininfi
throurrh all the programs is that ot
obtaining a fair price for agricultural
products. Nebiaska farmers have
been turning, in the last year or two,
more and more attention to the mar
keting end of their industry. For
yeas they produced in Wast vojunn
and sold for the price dffered; They'1
are still producing, but' they now
ask to know the relation between
what they receive and what the ulti
mate consumer pays.
. Members of all organizations will
meet in joint session one -ifternoon
at which time Governor Henry J.
Allen, Henry C Wallace and other
noted men w'll speak. Secretary of
Agriculture E. T. Meredith has been
invited to be present at the general
session.,
Gold Output Increases in .
Canada During Last Decade
Ottawa, Dec. 19. Gold to the val
ue of $6V?,107,416 has been taken from
the mines of Northern Ontario in
the past ten years, according to n
government report. The increase
in output in a decade has been re
markable. It was $35,539 in" 1910
and approximately $10,000,000 in
1919. Production this year, it is ex
pected will be greater than last. Ex
pert declare there is from $70,000.
000 to $100,000,000 worth of ore in
sight in properties now under opera
tion, ' . '
Gold production of the Porcupine
district alone since 1910 has been
$59,650,461. That of the Kirkland
Lake district since 1913 has been
$3,456,955. Dividends paid by the
mines of these two districts in the
last two years have been $16,816,535.
of which the Porcupine mines have
paid $16,240,598
One mine" in the Porcupine claim
an ore reservation- $40,000,000 and
its development is still in its in
fancy. One of the leading mines at
Kirkland Lake is recovering an ave
rage of nearly $2J a ton from the
ore treated.1 Among the newer and
promising mines are those at Boston
Creek, Shining Tree, Beaverhouse
Creek, Bnurke's Siding, Lightnini?
River, Fort Matachewan and
Munro.
Preacher Halts Sermon (
To Order Son's Arrest
Chicago, Dec. 19. Rev. R. Kcenc
Ryan believes in Spartanisnv Fo
that reason he has sworn out
warrant for the arrest of his son.
Addison, 16, and, further, will sound
ly thrash him beiore the police take
the bby to a prison cell.
All this, of cou'se, in case the po
lice apprehend the young man. ,
While the clergyman was preach
ing to a congregation in Garfield
Boulevard Presbyterian church, the
young man, who had accompanied
his mother to the service,, left the
building, stole his father's automo
bile, which was parked outside, and
fled, accompanied (by three young
companions. ' ' "
Mrs. Ryan, when she noticed the
absence of her son from her si it.
notified the clergymao. who stooped
the services long enough to telephone
the police to arrest the hoy. who is
licvcd to have i Jed to Michigan.
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General Villa Asks ,
Protection Against
Bands of "Rustlers
Chirac Tribune-Omaha Bw I .fated Wlr.
Washington, Dec. 19. Gen. Franr
cisco Villa, once the "terror of the
north" of Mexico and rebel leader
for years, but who made his peace
with the De la Hucrta government
last summer and retired to a large
estate at Canutillo, which was given
dim K tUm (TAMrtim,nt Vl 3 C rnm
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plained to President Obregon that
bandits robbed him of ZUO head of
horses. In his complaint Villa asks
for more adequate protection ftom
marauding bands.
Advices say Villa reported the
bandits drove off the horses, and,
thinking their crime undiscovered,
returned for more live stock, "but
fhpv rlini! mi th u'av". .
: . " ... .
indicafion of the pacification of the
country. - 1
Farmers Plan
Co-Operative
Elevator Here
Preliminary Arrangements for
National System of Markets
Completed at St. Louis I
Conference. ?
St. Lou's, Dec. 19. Preliminary
arrangements for launching a nation
al svstem of co-ooeration markets
and financial institutions designed to
u tr. . .u f , .
rehAb,l'!aie, hi .fam'"g. ",dustry
wu ai uic iun
eluding session of the agricultural
conference inaugurated by the na
tional board of farm organizations.
- The conference endorsed a plan to
establish nine t grain handling cen
ters "and will ' seek support of all
farmers and co-operative grain mar
keting organizations. The project is
designed to eliminate the middle man
and end speculation. These termin
als are to be located in Kansas City,
Chicago, Ornaha, Sioux City, Okia
homa City, Minneapolis, Seattle, Buf- j
,apile.;,.;laJS-r :
Villa made his protest with' the i "m. .according 10 ir. wauer aea
naive conclusion quoted above by ! ger. his friend and physician.
telegraph and the Mexican officials ! Dr. Seager said Lieutenant
gave it out for publication as an ' O'Brien probably had been suffering
..vu...,. u, 6MtUuu. having interfered in their
terests m the territory contiguous famjiv affajrs ,
to these points will meet January 4 , Sh jd gj,e cou,d attribute the
o arrange for a convention at which avlator.s statements only to his men
the grain marketing organizations ..i -j.-.: i .
will be invited to send delegates to
arrange for financing the pro'ect.
The resolution covering the prot
ect stated 4,000 farm loan bodies
have no opportunity of getting prop'
er representation at Washington and
charged that the policy of the fed
eral farm loan board has been to dis
courage attempts by the associations
to form state federations.
Resolutions were adopted protest-
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tAr.rl f,,m l. .:.ul": 7..:
I"- . .yvii mauc iu use
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twe.en lawmakers and the associa
tion. -
Another resolution protested
against the Poindexter antistrike bill
just passed by the senate;
"Man Without a Country"
Finds Only Home In Jail
Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 19.
Edward Hoffman, a native of the
Lorraine district, awarded, to France
by the Versailles peace treaty, is a
"man without a country."
Hoffman, alias Edwird Fournier,
is about 30 years old and is said to
have been deported from thl United
States following his release from the
Missouri penitentiary Jast;ApriJ.
Arrested here recentlv on a charge
c-f petit larceny, Hoftm.n, who says
his home is in Metz. will again be
removed from United States soil
when his. jail tehn expires, accord
ing to United States immigration of
ficials. ,
Hoffman told Colanlo Sorinsrs no-
lice that he returned to this, coun
try as a stowaway last June. He
er.. u ..... ,...ui; . . r 5 f . unicss pi omuiem Japanese snipown
toAIn " lrri3 arrangements
by the French, dnd that he was or
dered to "move on." He declares
that he was not permitted to reside
in Germany or Belgium, and that
tlolland authorities ordered him to
leave that country.
Boston Fire Head Ponders
Ahout Lady Fire Fighters
Boston, Dec. 19. And how aifint
the lady , i firemen? Fire Comfnis
sioner John R. Murphy at fire head
quarters had been outlining, ine
progress of the fire department in
the last year ' and three-quarters
since he took the reins "Lady fire
Men?" he queried, "vvhv, what have
I to do ivith those? Nothing, to be
sure. The ladies are voting now and
they can vote themselves in or not,
as they please. We men are in the
lap of the gods and the ladies and
whenever they take 'he notionthey
can vote me out and put in a lovely
feminine commissioner,' with beau
tiful blond curls, in my place. It's
not for me to say one way or an
other. Just ask the ladies them
selves." Which was all spoken with
old-time Irish courtesy.
Cheek-to-Cheek Dancing j
Barred in High Schools
Sacremcnto, Dec. 19. "Cheek-to-cheek"
dancing has been banned' in
Sacramento high school" by Princi
pal John F. Dale, who, in a tans to
th. students, declared many of the
new dances to be immodest and de
structive of character. ; -
Principal Dale recently attracted
st.itf-wide attention by issuing . at:
ndict forbidding the Sacramento high
school maids to enter the institution
Of learning with artificial complex
ions. He also istituted : a war
ngainst risque costumes, complain
ing particularly of feminine ktuddnts
who "sougir learning while attired
in abbreviated skirts." , s
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Dirigible Sets Record vr
For Carrying Capacity
Wa'shinstrn, D C, Di'j t9.-rThe
dirigible Zodiac, stationed at Lang
ley field, Virginia, is cngagxd ' in'
work of carrying officers ;a"nd enlist;
ed men for training purposes; sev
eral flights being made daily. During
recent flights, a total of 17 passen
gers have been lifted each flight in
the big airship besider many'hun.
drcds of tounds of ballast: This is
the largest number of pr.srrnftcrs
carticd by a dirigible i:i the United
O'Brien Mentally ,
Unbalanced Is
Doctor's Belief
Wife Thinks Former British
Officer Planned to Take
Her Life Before Com
mitting Suicide.
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Los Angeles, Dec. 19. Lieut. Pat
O'Brien, officer of the Royal flying
corps during the world war, who, ac
cording to a police report; committed
suicide by shooting himself at a
hotel here last night, was suffering
irom a "wrecked nervous equilib-
! r, llt.l. c-
irom tne resuns ot n;s experience
during the war,
The widow, who is was said for
merly was Virginia Dale, a newspaper
woman of Washington, D. C, was
prostrated tonight in a room in the
same hotel where her husband killed
himself.
Through a close friend, Mrs. Sarah.
Oftis Jof Springfield, 111., Mrs.
O'Brien expressed the opinipn her
husband had been mentally unbal
anced and that he had planned to
kill her, had she responded to his
telephonic request for her to meet
him last night.
Mrs. Ottis said Mrs. O'Brien's be
lief that she v narrowly escaped
deah at her husband's hands was
.based on the facts that she was not
mentioned in a message, .unofficially
termed a will, that was found and
that none of a' series of mementoes
the aviator had laid out labeled, on
his bed, bore her name.
L, Although it was understood here
O Brien had only onebrothcr, Mer-
! win O'Brien of San Francisco, the
Afirvment nnn r i v termed 9 w .
was addressed "To Brother Elmer."
! it follows:
Vi'Please see that Clara Clegg, my j
Sister, gets $i,uuu trom my larm in
Ihctlana, as I owe it to her. After
you.' take what you have coming to.
you,' see that mother get? all the
rest." I
; (Signed.) "PAT O'BRIEN."
. There will ; be no inquest, the
coroner having announced he was
cf-nvinced the aviator killed himself.
Mrs. Ottis was mentioned in a
message O'Brien . addressed to his
"He was a lovely boy," she said,
"but undoubtedly he was mentally
unbalanced because of his exper
iences in the war and possibly from
a wound."
Ms. O'Brien declared -Mrs. Ottis
uevtf had interfcted between her
fiustond and herself.
"Mrs. Ottis has been more of a
, mother to me than anything else,"
he said. "Mrs. O'tis came out here
f"-" Chicago two months ago to
..:e. AM wo- H'Rr n i-rtn fin n1
visit us, Mrs. v oncn
I.d3
"Last Tuesday, after Mr. O'Brien
1.8d 'given way to a terrible fit of
'CIUIJCl, 111 WMII.il 1IC illjr
I left my home and engaged a room
ata, hotel. Mrs. Ottis joined me at
my request. She had nothing to do
with my leaving home. I simply de
cided I could no longer live with my
husband
Jap Steamship Line
Has Immense Losses
Tokio, Dec. 19. Reports that the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship line,
which has important connections
withthe port of San Francisco, is in
serious difficulties have gained cred
ence here. So prevalent have the
rumors become that. Mr. Asano. the
president of the compnay, announced
recently that his company was in no
danger )of failure.
Immediately after his announce
ment came the information from
certain banks that they were not
prepared to carry ''the loans made
"certain steamship companies" longer."-
This means that there wMl be
many ships sold in the near future
unless prominent Japanese shipown
to produce more money. The loans
in question were made at 80 per. cent
of ...J value of the ships, the reason
fqr the unusually high percentage
being the war bgom.
It is said in- shipping circles in
Yokohama that the losses of the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha, whose biggest
bo.its, the Tenya and the SJiinyo
faru, are well known to the Amer
ican. Oriental travelers, had amount
ed to 10,000,000 yen, or $5,000,000, in
the last six months.
New Process Is Found to
Treat Cheap Sulphide Ores
Leadville, Colo.. Dec. 19. Experi
ments are under way here to deter
mine the value of a new secret proc
ess for the treatment of low-grade
sulphide ores.
E. A. Montgomery, formerly of
Los Angeles, for 30 years a mining
engineer in the west, who has re
cently been engaged in the Sinaloa,
Mexico, fields, arrived here, with sev
eral associates, for the purpose of
experimenting on Colorado sulphide
ore. The successful application of
the new process, it was claimed,
would result in greatly enhanced
wealth to sulphide ore districts be
cause of the potential possibilities it
offers for the utilization of much
low-grade ore that is now "scrapped"
as worthless.
Montgomery declares that the
process has been successful in the
treatment of the low-grade ores in
the Sinaloa district.
Robbers, Spotted From
Air, Captured With Loot
Paris. Dec. 19. Three safe rob
bers have been arrested and their
booty discovered by a search con
ducted by four low-flying airplanes.
Robbers broke into a Marseilles
bank and removed the safe contain
ing 20,000 francs Four pilots of
the Istres school of aviation were
setit out on a mission to scan the
surrounding country from the air
with a view to discovering the sus
pected cache.
Spotting a mound of newly-disturbed
earth one of the pilots de
scended and unearthed the safe with
all the money inside. Then he re
made the mound and circled around
In the air until he saw the robbers
approaching, when he gave the
alarm by means of air-signals
which caused their capture.
llct-Gnind Turkish Baths,
ir.tli iind Howard St., now mnnSPmnt.
Cuccannnn llro Adv.
Tecumseh to Vote an
Bonds for Installing
New Filtering Plant
Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 19. (Spe
cial.) The Tecumseh 4 city council
has called a special election 1 for
Tuesday, January 18, at which time
the voters of the city will be called
upon' to make an expression as to
the issuing of $25,00(1 in bonds to
extend the city water mains and
install a filtering or purifying plant
for using water from the drainage
channel along the old bed of the
Nemaha river through Johnson
county. For years this city has been
handicapped by an inadequate sup
ply of water.
At the iresent time the water sup
ply is sci;rcd from four of five
wells, which have a surface flow
only. Tiny do not yield enough
water and all can soon be pumped
dry. There is a lack of sufficient
water pressure to take care of pa
trons on the hill, and the condition
would be serious in case of a big
gre. Direct pressure would soon
exhaust any water there might be
in the teservoirs, for the power,
pljint is able to puinn but little in
excess of the demand at any tine.
Gage County Farmers
Organize Branch of
Wheat Growers' Body
Beatrice, 'Neb., Dec. 19 (Special.)
A Gage county unit of the Wheat
Growers' association of the United
States was organized here by VV.
F. V'oung of Wichita, Kan., repre
senting the national body. About 50
farmers were in attendance and
considerable interest was manifested
in the movement,' Mr. Young dis
claimed any attempt to fix the price
at $3 a bushel or any other arbi
trary figure, but declared that the
farmers would be satisfied with a
fair, stable price based -upon the law
of supply and demand.
Officers were elected as 'follows:
President, W. L. Collins, Blu;
Springs; vice president, F M Book
waiter, Beatrice; secretary. Paul S.
Breckwith, Diller; treasurer, John
Gouff, Holmesville.
The chairman 'was instructed to
appoint a board of directors from
each local in the county at a later
date!
Montana Divorcees
1 Can t Kidnap Children
Helena, Mont., Dec 19. That
parties to divorce action may, not
remove chil-Jf sr Irom the State dur
ing the time the case is pending was
(hi decision handed down here by
the Montana supreme cout.
The; decision was rendered in the
case of Williat:-. A. Casn, who is
ruing his wif-j ior divorce. t The
:uupjo have three children who have
bent the object various times of
sensational kidnaping.
While living in Los Angeles with
hei three cli:;.!m Mrs. Cash per
illed the fatter to take them to. a
"ii:oM." The next news from thein
thi:t the motiicr received wa the in-
, formation that the father was soeed.
nig to Mn-iur. i w th his three off-
sp:ngi. Later Mrs. Cash attempt
ed to escape from the state with a
'..iti;liter. "vhc var appreh-:rdcd in
Salt Lake City and returned to Hel
ena. After a legal battle fraught with
criminations and recriminations on
both sides, the supreme court de
cided that offspring of couples sceki
ing separation must remain within
the state boundaries until a final de
cree has been rendered in divorce
proceedings. '
,
Bolsheviks Will Fail in
Russia, Princess Declares
Columbus, O., Dec. 19. Predic
tion that this winter will be marked
by the fall" of the bolshevik govern
ment in Russia was made by Princess
Cantacuzenc, granddaughter of for
mer President U. S. Grant. The
princess, who is chairman of the
board of directors of the American
central committee for Russian relief,
lectured here.
"With practically no industries, no
food, clothing or fuel, it seems al
most an impossibility for them to
withstand the long, hard winter," she
continued.
"And with the downfall of the so
viet, it is hard to tell what will oc
cur. But one thing is certain, the
old autocratic rule will never return.
Perhaps there will be a military rule
under Wrangel, but, eventually, I am
convinced, the government will be
based on the peasantry.
"Because they are ignorant, not
only of letters, but of anything that
is going on, it may be some time be
fore any sort of intelligent-democracy
is established "
Mexican Peon Laborers
Strike for More Pesos
Mexico City, Mex., pec. 19. A
strike of peon farm laborers on the
"Tres Villas" haciendas in the state
of Guanajuato is reported here. The
peons have been getting one-half
peso a day and now demand one
peso a day for 10 hours' work.
There are threats of two. more
strikes. Coal miners in Coahuila
arc talking of enforcing demands
by a walkout and spinners in Or
izaba arc preparing to quit work
for the same purpose.
Disposition of Private
Aircraft Worries "Fritz"
Washington, D. C, Dec. 19. A
protest from the German govern
ment against the interpretation
placed by the Aeronautical Inter
Allied commission of control upon
that article of the treaty of Versailles
which applies to the disposition of
all aeronautical material in Germany
has reached that body. The particu
hr point protested is the inclusion
of private aeronautical material un
der the interpretation as outlined by
the commission
Like an enlar red tennis court mar
ker is a new machine for painting
traffic lines on streets.
South Side Brevities
Ullnoli coiil, 1. Howlund Lumber &
Col Co. Phone So. lli Adv.
ricanur club alvei their rulr ilsnee
thin evnlnt. lon't mlm the Ma mask
ball tomorrow evenlnfi will be a dandy.
Ad. '
Vleaiure club will rlv a ruby rint and
other prernte Chrlstmae nlM. I-rn.
brr IS. door prliea Lee'i Orcheetra.
Arlv. (
Hundred of our customer received
thlr rhrlatmaa money thin week from
the leonomv Savlnaa -club. Join the 1!1
Kroflomy iltili today. I.lv, Mock, N
tlonnl Im ik, function Twcnty-fourlh and
iU etrecti-. Adv. '
Proposed World
Court Favored by
President-Elect
Plan Coincides in Many Ways
With Campaign Suggestion
,Lgiig "Teeth", in the
Hague Tribunal.
Marion, O., Dec. 19. The idea of
a world court of justice, free from
political bias and embodying as few
as possible of the aspects of a po
litical alliance, bulks larger in the
Harding as his consultations on a
world' peace plan continue. p
Continually during his conferences
in the Wst 10 days the possibilities
of a peace league, founded on iudi
ciil lines have been urged upon Mr.
Harding aiid today he again was ad
dressed to make a judicial body the
basis of- his plan for an association
of nations.
The proposal coincides, at least in
part, with Mr. Harding's campaign
suggestion that the nations put
teeth into The Hague tribunal. He
has not indicated, however, how
much of a political structure he
might be inclined to add in the per
fection of his plan,
The president-elect's only extend
ed conference ' Op the league today
was with Senator James WadsWorth
of New York, a reservation republi
can in the Versailles' treaty fight,
who advised that any peace league tc
be fostered by the coming adminis
tration be Ijuilded about an interna
tional court rather than about a mu
tual political guarantee like that of
article 10. ', .
Suggest World Conference
The New York senator declared
that diplomatice negotiations towaro
such an organization, moght be ccn
summatcd anC the entire( peace mud
dle cleared up withi-i three or fout
months after President Hardifig
takes office. He suggested that ar
international conference on the sub
ject in Washington might will fol
low, the preliminary negotia'ions.
As chairman of the senate mili
tary committee. Senator Wadswortl
also discussed various Questions o!
army policy with Mr. Harding, in
cluding the 12,000 army appoint
ments and promotions submitted to
the present senate by President Wil
son for confidir ation. He said aiter
ward that no conclusions wer(
reached at the conference and in
dicated that the president's nomina
tion would be permitted to take the
usual course on such recommenda
tions in senate procedure.
Discuss New. Cab'net.
Besides Senator Wadaworth,
President-elect Hardiffg's guests to
day included twd-of his most trusted
advisors on administration policies,
Senator Harry S. New of lnd'ar.'s,
and Harry M. Daugherty of Colum
bus, and it is understood that cabinet
selections were talked over. Mr.
Harding also conferred with O. I..
Stone of Boston, representing the
Assnriatprf Industrie nnrl with n del
egation of Irish-American leaders
: . . .i : vt tt . r'T it i "u:..
go, John r. Leany of M. l.ouis net
J. P. O'Mahcny of Indianapolis
They came to express opnosition to
membership in the Versailles league
and to tender support to Mr. Hard
ing's plan for an association, of na
tions, so far as he has publicly out
lined it. During the coming week
several more men of national promi
nence, including Former President
Taft. will talk with Mr. Hardng
about world peace plas.
Flickering is claimed to have been
eliminated in a German motion pic
ture, machine by employing mirrors
by which the li?bt in effect, is
moved with the film.'
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