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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY; JANUARY 4, 1921. Lawmakers at f Lincoln Facing j Heavy I Program legislature to Organize This Morning RepuLKckns Hold j Banquet Tonight Inaug ' uration Thuredayv r . x . Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special.) i A strenuous political and social program faces statesmen and politi cians in Lincoln this wtek for the opening of the' 40th session of the Nebraska legislature. The program Includes: Opening and organization of sen ate and house at 10 Tuesday morn Inp. Get-together meeting of Nebraska republicans and banquet for G. O. P. Tuesday night with Congressman Reavis the chief speaker. The meet ing and banquet will be under the auspices of the "Republican State Central committee, Wire pulling by tower house and t enate members for good committee appointments from members of com mittee on committees Wednesday. Inauguration of new officers at joint session of senate and house Thursday. Reading of Governor's Message. Reading of governor's message at Joint session Thursday afternoon. Inaugural ball at governor's man sion Thursday night. Th-xecu- !ive ban on dacing will be raised at his function and members and their wives whose- feet still tickle when they heat jazz played may scratch v those" members on the' polished floor f governor's mansion. Reception for legislators and state house employes at governor's man sion Friday night Practically -all members of both houses and a number of members from that mysterious "third house," the lobby, Were in Lincoln today and 4 lower house members found them selves drawn into the speakership light, one of the hottest battles in recent sessions. ' ' Speakership Fight Faramout In fact, tht interest in this race was so intense that little or no talk was heard of proposed legis lation everything centered on the speakershio fight. r Second in interest was coniecture on ,the text of Governor McKelvie's messflfee which is, to be delivered Thursday. It was admitted hi - V I V T VISr lllflL IIIL I IfWUMIIVItUntiUI' tempts i to meet the many perplex; Njg problems of government would gbvern the numben of independent bills to be introduced. t Bills May Be Unnecessary. t 'If he meets these problems with sensible legisa(tive remedies, it is possible that many bills contem-' plated by individual membersto remedy conditions will never get outside of their hip pocket and the governor's steering committee in both houses will be given the right-of-way in getting his measures through the legislature. But n the - event he sidesteps or proposes plans which" do not meet with general - approval, it is pre dicted the hoppers will be filled with bills that will turnthe hairs of the judiciary committee members gray. urganuauon uuuci aj. With rpsulfs of the senate and house caucuses known tonight and the appointment of a committee on committees before the caucuses, the technique of calling the two houses tn nrArr and nreoarinflT 'legislative machinery for'work will be the task Tuesday, possibly followed by an immediate adjournment pending the grinding out of committee appoint ments necessary for the successful operation of the legislature. : Meantime, with politics-in down town hotel lobbies by day and social unctions, with tight shoes and late hours, at night, it promises .to be a. week of -. excitement .from all angles. ' f- . i - ' r Possibly by, the last of. this week or the first cf next, the legislature will be in working order and the first task of the session, the introduction of bills will be underway. " - 'v. j Recently Elected Member va' 1 . . T - . Ur Liezisiaiure ie8ign gram. Vnugrm v imams oi arrou, . elected in November to a seat in the Tower house, has. tendered his resig nation to Governor McKelvie, it was ' announced today. The governor will appoint Grant S. Mears of Carroll to fill the vacancy as soon as thtlegis lature opens.1 Mars has serve sev eral terms in the lower house, Wil liams, in handing in his resignation, stated that conditions facing the banking business in which he is en gaged, are so acute he ca'nnot afford tospend two months in Liajcoln dur ing the winter. t, ' ' ' 't Body to Ask Codification ' Of 'All Pass Legislation Lincoln. Neb.. Tan. 3. (Special of the Ne- IVWram.1 Members braska Press association will ask the legislature to codify all laws per- oTn'mcr trt nurcnanprc at 'the forth coming sswion. it was announced' to day by E. R. Purcell of BroWn Bow, president of the association. The announcement lollowed a meetingof the executive committee and repre sentative of district press' associa tions. Purcell also announced .the annual business meeting of the 'asT sociation would be held in Lincoln ' February 10, 1 and 12. '- Governor Appoints Mears ' n Member of Legislature ' Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. "3. (Special.) Governor McKlvie will appoint Grant S. Mears of Wayne as a mem hrr nf the lesislatflre to fill -the va- . cancy occasioned by the resignation ovvaugnn wiuiams oi carroiu Wil liams is a bankers and feels that he cannot give his time to the legisla . ture as his business needs it. Mears is an insurance and real estate mari1. He has served in two sessions of the legislature. The appointment will be made at the opening session of the legislature Tuesday. v ' Assembly Member Moves to Lincoln for Winter Term 1 Teeumseh, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special) Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Downing of Vesta have gone to Lincoln to reside lurin? the session of the legislature. -Mr. Downing is representative from the Fifth district, which is Johnson county, a position he filled at the . kst KfsifiA. 9l tin legieUtur. Some Nebraska Representatives ric lit Ceo. C. Snout Man Let Wife Commit Suicide as the Only Way to Settle Triangle Cliloso TrlbnA-Omahs Bee JmmA Wire. Buffalo, Jan. 3. "What could I do? They both loved me dearly 1" Alhert A. Heintz insisted todav he had no other "way out of it," than 10 let nis young wnc kui ncracn. xic declared he was loved by both his wife and Christine. Voix, 20. He left it to them to settle . it, he said, and the result was that his young wife shot herself. ' ' Pnlir AaftaieA tlirv had - estah- lishdd that the three Heintz, hisk: wife and the girb-had formed a suicide . oact and that all three agreed to kill themselves, but that after Heinz and the girl had found the wife dead they decided-not to carry put their end of the pact. The three had been discussing their triangular'romance, it was al leged, and had decided that suicide was the only way out. ... , 1 Heintz and the girl were detained by police for questioning, although it was said, it was very improbable charges would be preferred against either of hcm. South Dakota Solons Ready for Session Pierre, S.'-D. Jan. 3. South Da kota's legislators today are engaged in the many preparations for the formal' opening of the legislature here tomorrow. Problems before the various meetings this afternoon deal largely with selections for the num erous committee chairmanships and appointive posts. - C. 0. Burdahl of Minnehaha county is most prominently men tioned for speaker, although there are three other candidates in the field, J. O. Wickre and R. (L. Nord ness of Day. county and Ole Swan sonof Brown county. Tne formal opening of the legisla ture takes place with the inaugura tion of William H. McMaster of Yankton as governor atnoon Tues day. t Dispute Over County Seat Aired in District Court "Hastings, Neb., Jan. 3. CSoetial Telegram.) The Franklin county seat fight will have an inning in the district court here January 10, when Jirage Dilworth will hear arguments on the application of Bloomington for a permanent injunction against removal of the seat to Franklin. A jSon by an overwhelming .majcrity, hut Bloomington disputes 4he legal-. tty of the proceedings and is fight ing to retain the county "seat. ; . Judge Dilworth has granted A temporary injunction against the re moval. Franklin has provided tem porary quarters for the county gov ernment in ,the opera house' build ing, pending" Ahe erection of a new structure. . . , Application Filed for New State Bank at Ceresco Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special.) An application has been filed with the state backing board for a new bJmk at Ceresco, to-be known as tfce Union State bank. Some of the officers and principal stockhold ers are farmers. The capital stock is $25,000. Olaf Pearson and D." T. Turney, are to.be president, and vice-president, respectively, and Elmer E. Eliason of Cedar Bluffs, cashier. Among those interested are Oscar Hanson, a Wahoo banker, and R. E. Hendricks, an attorney at Wahoo. I Fire Destroys Airplane And Hangar at Hastings Hastings, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special Telegram.) An airplane owned by Elmer Snyder and thrf hangar con taining it were destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. An accidental turn of the propeller while Mr. Sny der was preparing-the machine for fl'ght caused the fire. x Bee Want Ads Are Best Business yctierti , Oft AH A ' Advance fcuard Reaches Lincoln ForFann Meeting tProblems of Marketing to Hold Limelight at Sessions of Organized ' Agriculture ; Ac counting to Be Discussed. Lincoln, Jan." 3. (Special.) The" advance guard of Nebraska farmers attending the sessions of organized agriculture reached Ltncoln Monday afternoon. The meetings do not be gin' until Tuesday morning, when four sections will hold all-day ses sions. x Problems of marketing will re ceive the greatest attention at this yea's meetings, due to the, big slump in the prices of farm products. The state farm experts in charge of the meeting, however, are ' planning to devote a great -deal of attention to the business side of farming, .with view of placing before the farmer a correct system of bookkeeping. This is necessary, the farm experts say. because of the lack of proper book keeping methods in practically all rural communities of the state. ' '.' Joint Session. . The biggest feature of the .meet ings will " be 1 the joint session Wednesday afternoon at the Lincoln city auditorium, when four speakers of state and national importance will be on the program. Governor Mc Kelvie is to preside. H. I. Walters, editor of the Kansas City Weekly Star, is1 the principal speaker for the afternoon. M. L. Corey, legal coun sm for the federal farm loan bank at Omaha, is another speaker Wednes day. Mr. Corey will tell the .farmers of the operation of the federal fartn loan act. The meetings Tuesday include the Crop Growers' association, the Home Economics association, the State Horticultural society, the Honey Producers' association, the Sheep Breekfers' association and the Im proved Live Stock Breekers' associa tion. ' Costs to Be Discussed. . Costs will occupy the attention of the crop growers at their Tuesday meeting. One speaker each from the eastern, centraland western parts of the state wifl outline his views on the cost of raising a bushel of wheat. After the tlftee rural speakers. have presented their figures, a rounT tajle discussion will follow. ' ' ' The farm outlook also wfN be dis cussed by a young farmer, by a farm tenant, and" by a farm owner? In the afternoon the principal ad dress will be given by Prof. W. W. Burr of the state farm faculty, who will discuss the question of using commercial fertilizers in Nebraska. v The apple growers are going to tuja their attention to tire question of marketing,' discussing particularly the co-operationbetween grower and dealer. The program Wednesday centers around the big! joint session N in the afternoon . in which all section of organized agriculture are expected to participate. , V " ". v Woman Captures Bold, Bad Burglar With Aid Oi- Silver Table Spoon New York, Jan. 3. Awakened by the clicking of a key in .the front door of her apartment, Bertha Mil ler, architect, crept from bed, drew a shining object from a . buffet drfawer and waited. . A man entered. He felt some thing press against his ribs and heard an ordef: "Behave, now, keep your hands up and sit down in- that chair." si He obeyed. Miss Miller called her sister, who opened a window and blew a police- whistle. Police came. Miss, Miller sighed, sank in a cttair and tossed a silver tablespoon ' on the table. The man was held in $r',5UU bail , Pi 4 'tfechni charge pf. burglary, j Pi J if 7- Illuminated Painting Saves Family Jewels From Scared Burglar T Chicago, Jan. 3. A painting by Frank Duveneck helped save jewels and silver plate at the residence of William T. Cresmer of Glencoe, a suburb early yesterday, it 'became known today. A burglar had entered the home, gathered many valuables into a large sack, whiA he left in one room while he went exploring for further treasure. Mrs. Cresmer heard him and felt for a row of electric lighl switches. Her finger touched one that -illuminated the painting of a monstrous figure with gleaming eyes and bristling moustache. The Ifght was artfully placed to show thcjigAj ures lite size at the greatestadvan tage. The light caused the picture to be reflected in the mirror. Mrs. Cresmer said she heard someone say, "Holy smoke 1" and then heard some one leave the hSuse with possibly more speed than hl -had entered. The silver plat and jewels were found where the burglar had left them, i , ' Prisoner Asks Writ of Habeas Corpus After His Parole Is Revbked Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special.) Sam Harris, paroled from the state penitentiary September 13, and whose parole was revoked November S, questions the right of the state officials to return him to prison in an application smade ,to the district court today for a writ of habeas cor pus -it Harris claims he was unlawfully arrested without a warrant and re turned to the, penitentiary without a hearing. - At the penitentiary it was said that Harris' parole was revoked because of alleged implication in a theater robbery in Omaha: He was sent up from Douglas county April 7, 1919, to serve 'for one tovseven years for grand larceny. He had served longer than the minimum time. ' An order from the district court, altowing the writ to issue against Warden W. T. Fenton was made re turnable January S. - 1 Inspector to .Weed Out -Mexican Cofasuls Here .Mexico City, . Mexico, Jan. 2i Active steps to weed out inefficient Mexican . Consuls in the United States are Under way.'. Two inspect ors are now touring the. States and making a study -ofs Mexico's repre sentatives. They are men in whom the -Mexican government has com plete confidence, . and ' the consuls they condemn as unfit will be re moved. The two are Guillermo de Maria Campos and Lu'isRySan cliez.' ' ' ' Senor Campos will make inspec tions in the east and Senor Sanchez in .the west. Their work will keep them busy for about six months. In addition to looking for in efficient consuls, the inspectors will recommend changes which they think will impiove the Mexican can sula'r service. , . , kMan Dons Female Dress. Considers It Great Sport Cincinnati, O., Jan. 3. Mas querading in women's garb, Joseph Strauser, 35, stationary engineer, was arrested. ' After ialienists subjected him to a careful Ixfmination in probate court, Strauser was dismissed, the oliysi cians stating he 'us sane. , They explained that bis "out-of-the-ordinary idea cf havinfe fun"' was responsible for his donning of female bittire. Strauser said he was "simply hav ing a larkY' , - Stating that he and his wife, for some time, exchanged clothes, he identified a picture depicting him in women's clothes and his wife 'in a man's garijicuts. , Bee Want" Ads Are Best Business Gcjters, ( few, New Tax Reforms The Leading Issue In Manv States Retrenchment and Budget Plans Also" to Hold Spot light in Number of Legis lative Sessions. v Tax reform, and nv means of raising revenucs will take first place for discussion in-, at leastnS state legislatures now about to open, judged by reports from correspon dents of The Associated Press, for warded here from many state capi tals. Retrenchment, budget planT and abolition of needless departments will be next in iniDortance in 12 or more legislatures, with questions 6i public I improvements, utility corporations and , public "welfare, ranging in order close betynd. , Dry law enforcement acts' are con templated in not less than five states California, Connecticut, New York, Ohio and South Dakota while anti blue lawswill be fought pro and con on the floors of the legislatures of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Vermont. Revision of state constitutions will be undertaken in the Pennsylvania assembly, which convenes tomorrow, and in the Colorado and New Hamp-t shire legislatures whose sessions open next Wednesday. - Bonus Question in Iowa. Soldier bonus bills come up for discussion or action in Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Montana. Labqr legislation, including in at least one instance, the .question fof industrial courts, will be pushed in California, Connecticut and Iowa. Public welfare bills have stronor sensors in Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, DelaVare, New York, Texas, West Virginia, Wyoming and Oklahoma. California will take up the question of combatting radi calism. .Public improvements will be alj vutaieu in i least ii states, can fornia, Colorado? Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Ver mont, West Virginia, North Dakota and Olkahoma., These include i $750,000,000 irrigation project and a 5,500-mile public highway. Programs of economy, involving the consolida tion or abolition of state depart ments and budget systems, will be considered among many of the 48 states, notably by Arkansas, Colo rado, Delaware,' Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Oklahoma. V Radical Question Issue. V Legislators of . Wisconsin and Texas will wrestle 'with radical taxation measures. In Wisconsin, the legislature of which opens to morrow, the 6tate division of mar keting has proposed a tax on un used land, in effect a single tax. The state tax commission has also recommended repeal of the personal property, offset to the income tax as a means to Vaise- all needed funds. The Texas legislature, which meets January 11,; will consider the conservation of natural resources in connection with taxation .reform. Other states that are to takp the question of tax reform are Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, New Hamp shire, Nevada, New York, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont, Montana and Okjhoma. S i Repeal or revision of state , pri mary laws are slated to occupy much "of the time of.- -the law makers ..of Illinois, Indiana, Mis souri, Nebraska, New York, New Mexico, Nortlf Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Wyoming. v Six sta,te legislatures at least, will have before'them, bills providing for a stricter regulation of automo biles and increased license fees, namely, Delaware, Maine, Massa chusetts, Nevada, Montana and Oklahoma. To Discuss Co-operation. Four states, Colorado, Kansas, Montana and Wisconsin ..will dis cuss proposals for co-operation, marketing and aid for farmers, - and two legislatures, those of California and West Virginia, will have before them interesting "marital meas ures." In California, the act of 1919, designed, to place , a wife on an equality with a. husband in the ownership and disposition of com munity property, which Was de feated, will again come before the lawmakers, West Virginia1 may make non-support of a wife by a husband - an extraditable offense. Measures 'correlated witfa suffrage will-come up in Connecticut, Massa chusetts -and Nevada. Re-organization of state militia will be dis cussed in several states,; including Delaware, and four states expect to forward new public utility legisla tion, namely, Connecticut, Colorado, Maine and South Dakota. v Connecticut, Illinois and West Virginia wil consider bills relating to - sport, and the estabKstment" of state boxIngVommissions. ' Dates for the convening of . legis latures, other than those already given,ire as follows: January3, Rhode Island, Idaho, Montana, Tennessee and Ohio, January 4, Deleware, Nebraska. North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Okla homa: January S, North, Carolina, and Connecticut; January 6,""Massa cluisetts,. Indiana; January 9, New Jersey: January 10. Arizona. Cali- fornia, Oregon, Montana, Wash ington, Arkansas. lOwa; January 11 c- Vincnc Maw i'nrlr Nptw Mexico ' and Wyoming; ' Janu-T ary 12, Wisconsin, West . Virginia: January 15, South Carolina; JanuV ary 17, Nevada, Georgia February 16, Hawaii; February 17, Porto Rico; March 17, Alaska; April 5, Florida, Little Girl Dies Laughing , .At Aifttics of Pet Dog Martins" Ferry, Jan. 3. Excite ment, due to watching hef pet dog play "horse" with herplaymates, caused the death of Minnie, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hicks, living north of this city. The child had been ill of scarlet fever and was recovering. The physicion, fearing the cflact of sud den excitement; cautioned against anything that might cause a strain upon the heart. Playmates hitched up herpet dog to a small wagon and cal!ed,to t lie child to look out of the window he side her bed. She become sojiary watching the antics of the pup t'.iat she collopscd and soon sucCutubed. the heart being unable to withstand , tfet itcaio. M i true uu irtutiy II Companies Called to y rt -mm rt n: i uKc man r rvm mver New York. Jan 3-Two fire boats, three engine companies, a water -tower, a water tender, a fire patrol, two battalion, chiefs and a deputy fire chief were called out when Samuel Arvweeney. of) Brook lyn fell into the East riter last night He had trailed his 'dripping way Jiomeward, however, before the rcscuWs arrived.! Dickinsoii-Evans BUI to Be Heard Measure to Prevent Dealing in Futures Goes Before Agri cultural Committer. Washington,' D. C.j Jan. 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) Representative Evans of Nebraska, who with Repre sentative Dickens of Iowa introduced a joint bill prohibiting the dealing in futures as it affects the terain markets, said today tha.t the nearr ings would begin tomorrow before the committee on agriculture, not only on the Dickinson-Evans bill, but on another bills aiming to ac romplish the same purpose, including the Capper-Tincker measure. Judge Evans said he had been ad vised that Clifford Thorne of I Chi cago, C; ,11. Hyde of Alva, Okl.; George Middleton of Eagle Grove, Ia.;,J. R. Howard,resident of the farmers association; 'W. G. Eckhardt, treasurer of the Farmers' Marketing Ca.. and O. M. Kyle, secretary of the committee of 17, had indicated that thev would aonear in behalf of the general proposition to prohibit deal ing in lutures. Judge Evan& also-said that he had been advised "by C. H. Gustafson of I-Lincoln, whom the Nebraska delega tion endorsed on baturday for secre tary of agriculture, that there would be a number of Nebraska farmers at the hearings to present their views in favor of some measure to prohibit speculation irf wheat and other farm cereals. The hearings will continue for a week if enough . interest 'is shown to warrant such continuance. Supreme Court Starts Its Divisional Sittings Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special.) In conformity with the powers under the new constitution, the Ne braska supreme court began today its divisional sittings, with Chief Justices A. M. Morrissey, and Judges Rose, Aldrich and Flansburg on the bench. At the next sitting, which begins January 17, the chiet justice will sit with Judges Jetton, Dean and Day. "' v Three judges of t either branch vmay render a decision under the new constitutional provision. For merly it required four judges to decide a case, and this made it im practicable to divide the court It is expected that the new plan will make it possible to dispose of cases more rapidly. ' Unless the legislature extends the iiie ot the supreme court' commis sion it will automatically go out of existence next September. Shimmy Shakers Fear ' v Woman Cop in Columbus Columbus, O., Jan. 3. Local "shimmy" shakers are shaking due to fear. -' The"y are fearful lest Mrs. Evelyn Scatterday, city dace hall inspector, becomes a municipal policewoman. .' Whether she will carry a gun is up to. the city council. . : 'A pending ordiance seeks to in crease the city police force by adding forty-five patrolmen and five police women, provision is made that one of the policewomen shall be city dance hall inspector. Mayor Thomas has announced that, if the ordiance passes.Mrs. Scatterday will be transferred to the policy department, with tuH police power. 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'Mr. Harding will continue his conferences. He will talk with Sena tor Curtig, Kansas, republican whip, tomorrow, seeking accurate in formation as to the senate situation. Gifford Pinchot also will 'be here. Paul D. Cravath, New York lawyer, arrives tomorrow and Judge Peter S. Grosscup, Chicago, is due Tues day, i , Colonel Henry J. Reilly, military expert of the Chicago Tribune, has an' appointment for Wednesday. No plans, have been announced for the senator's pendmg trfp south, where he plans to golf and finish up what business he can before taking the oath of office. ' ' Senator Harding goes to Colum bus Tuesday morning" and ..will spend all day in taking Masonic de grees. .-- (, Alleged Slayer of Girl Put on Trial Spectators Barred at Hearing ' L Of St. Louis Man Who Killed Sweetheart. t St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 3. Albert El lis. 21. went to trial in circuit court today, charged with murder in the hrst degree in connection with the death of Edna Ellis, 18, his former sweetheart, whose mutilated body was found in a vacant lot near her home here on the morning of No vember S last. The girl's throat had been cut and deep gashes in her hands indicated to the police she had struggled with her assailant for possession of the weapon with which she was killed. -Ellis, in" an 'alleged confession given out by the police two day after the body was "found, said jeal ousy had prompted hurl to kill the girl, who had broken off their en gagemeot. According to the pur ported confession, he lay in wait for Miss Jiliss and attacked her with razor. Ellis and the girt were not related, though of the same name. A venire of more than 200 men was empanelled for the trial. Spectators were barred lrom the court room today, lack of space pre eluding the admission of all but 200 veniremen and about 100 witnessed Recruits for National Guard Take Examinations Hastings,' Neb.," Jan. 3. (Special Telegram.) Recruits for the new National guard company t repre- . TT . ' . 1 . sent nastings in inc rirsi regiment have been given physical examina ti. v i nuns. x luiAijJdujr nas uccn rc- cruitea to nearly tne a minimum strength required, but a number of additional members will be . ac cepted. It is expected that the com pany will be mustered in within two weeks. as Told v Omaha-Chicago TRAINS Leiie Omiht 7:30 ajn. 1:20 pan. 6:00 pjn. ' 7:32 pjn. 7:35 pjn. 9:00 p.m. 2:30 a.m. only. Arrive Chicago ' 9:30 p.m. 7:00 aum. 8:00 a.m. 8:50 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m , 4:00 p.m. wic On Celebrator Chicagoan Seeks Arrest of Bet- I ter Half After Big Night- Charges Murder Attempt. Chicago Trlbune-Omuha, Ifoo LwxhI Wire. Chicago, Jan. 3. John Marshall, who celebrated New "Year's against the protests of his wife, making a full night of it, appealed, to the police today. He said that after he had found his way home, walking erect, so that none ot the new yea,:' libations would spill out of his ears, his wife turned on the gas while -lie slept. "I want a warrant for my wife," he exclaimed. "She tried to kill me by turning on t,he gas. The family upstairs smelted' the fumes and broke into my flat in time to save mc. The gas jet was wide open. I'm sick yet.' , "Try the divorce court," suggested "That would never do," said Mar shal. "We have n boy 3 1-2 years old and the conrts would be sure' to give her the custodv of the tad." "Try the court of domestic rela tions," said the sergeant. "I'll try nothing," he said, "buf will trust to luck, but I'm laying odds she'll, kill me yet." Walnut Capitalists Plan To Drill for Oil at Adair Adair, la., Jau. 3. 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