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The Omaha Sunday Bee i 1 VOL. L NO. 80. ?f N.P.Leaaie . Evacuates Nebraska Flying Squadron of Organiz ers Quietly Withdraws From Hall County and Moves On to Kansas. X Mystery in Departure Lincoln, Jan. 8. (Special.) Kan sas, and not Nebraska, has been chosen as the new field of "opera tions for the Nonpartisan league. The flying squadron of 50 organizers that drove in their enclosed auto mobiles from Minnesota and North Dakota have passed on throujli Ne braska and concentrated in league " headquarters at Salina, Kan. Today , not a single nonpartisan organizer is found in this state. Why Nebraska was abandoned by the crew of field workers is a mystery for which many explana tions are offered. Early in Decem ber the league showed great signs of activity. A. C. Townley turned over pffairs in North Dakota. Montana and Minnesota to his lieutenants and established headquarters in Hall county, Nebraska. The entire second floor of a hotel in Grand Island was rired for the use of the league work ers. Entire Personnel Departs. Politicians began to shiver and suddenly developed an unusuat in terest in the agricultural question, Then, within two weeks of its com intr. , the entire personnel departed, The ' invasion that seemed so real faded out in a night. Inquiries at the garage where their automobiles i had been kept disclosed that iwn ' ley and his entire force had swarmed over the state line into Kansas. Little is now heard of the Non partisan league in Nebraska. At the farmers meetins held here this weclc. this organization was not mentioned. Inquiry showed that among the at tendants were several members of the league, but none of them, even those high in the councils of the or trsniratinn. rnuld assign anv accept able reason for the abandonment of the membership , drive. Heavy Storm Blamed. , One farmer, -who is on the Non partisan executive committee for the state explained" that the heavy storm that struck Nebraska just before Christmas made it impossible for the organizers to drive about the . country. Others declare that the leaguers left Grand Island before the storm, and point out that mow also falls in ansa's and that the roads - mm .ttA than,.' . t ' 'n w Others belie? that the suceesR of rfih Nebraska Farm Bureau federa tion had much to do with the change of .policy. According to the findings of a staff correspondent of the Kan sas City Star, a bunch of Nebraska tarmers, led by a two-fisted rancher from Rawlins county, Kansas,, show ed the leaguers that there was noth ing for them in Nebraska for the next two years. According to the report as published in the Star, this is what happened: Townley is Shown. "Townley was shown in Hall county. The occasion was the farm bureau drive which happened to start the same week Townley and his 80 organizers arrived in Grand Island, t Townley was nowhere in evidence when the farm bureau solicitors, headed bv Lon Crawford, took the field. Crawford is the Rawlins "'" county farmer who has been employ ed by the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation to direct its membership campaign." Both sides set to work enrolling farmers in the respective organ iu tions. At the end of the week the farm bureau had 600 members. How many the league had won is not (Turn to Png Two, folnmn Two.) Appropriation Asked For Air Mail Service Voted Down in House 'a; Washington, Jan. 8. The post approximately $572,500,000 was passed by the house OIIJAC I'll I -H i H4fc after $l,ZoU,uuo lor tne air service, had been stricken out. Practically no other change was made in the bill as reported. ' ; Details of the governments bar gain counter business in Liberty bonds popped out during debate in the house touching the postoffi:e ap propriation bill. The postal savings bank, it appeared, was a large hold er of bonds, having purchased in open market. $105,000,000 of deposit bonds having a face value of $111. 000,000. By the deal, it was said, the postoffice bauk earned 5 to 6 per cent on its investment, as against the 2J4 to Z'i per cent which they have paid for the use of the deposits. Man Thought Dead 14 Years Confronts His Former Wife Orange, N. J., Jan. 8. Mrs. Barker Fierson announced that her first husband, Charles Toops, who she thought dead nearly 14 years, had confronted her yesterday to ask the address of their son. - In 1907 the body of a man, from whose personal effects the then Mrs. Toops identified as that of her hus band, was found in a mill pond. ' Five years later she remarried. Mrs. Pierson was met at the front 'door by Toops yesterday. , She said he abruptly walked away after ob taining the address. Pacific Coast Head of Air Mail Service Asked to Quit .- San Frajicisco, Jan; 8. Requests ot san Francisco citizens that Col. John Gordan, head of the air mail service on the Pacific coast, be re moved because of alleged "dictatorial and inefficient" conduct, were tele graphed to Attorney General Pal trier by Frank M. Silva, United Sutci attorney, kUn4 m SMM)-Cltw Mitttr C-aatii P. 0. Ulr Ael tl Woman Files Suit for Divorce Against Two Men Who Are Brothers Prosser, Wash., Jan. 8. Mrs. Rhoda Carter of Prosser filed uit for divorce here today, against two men. both brothers. According to Mrs. Carter, she married Thomas S, Carter at Yreka, Cal., in 1907 a that he left her in lav of that yea1 In 1916 she married his brother. C. J. Carter, after she says, he had told her that Thomas had obtained a divorce. Mrs. Carter told the court that upon investigation of records she could find no trace of her first hus band having secured a divorce and asks annulment of the last marriage on that ground. Further, she asks to be divorced from her first husband on the grounds of desertion. Government to Probe Prices of Coal Sold to U.S, Acting Attorney General An nounces Investigation Fol lowing Report on Find ings of Committee. Washingtn, Jan. 8. Inquiry will begin at once into the . prices charged the government for coal last year, Acting Attorney General Ne beker announced, on receipt of the linil.'nps ot the senate committee on reconstruction, which has been in vestigating the sale 1 of fuel to the War department and other branches ot the government during the sr.ort age. , Prices asked government depart ments for coal as set forth in the committees report, tne acting attor ney general said, appeared to warrant and "even require" investigation by the Department of Justice. Prosecu tions will be instituted and pressed to the limit, he added, should the facts developed bear out the evi dence submitted by the committer. It would appear on the face of the report, Mr. Nebeker said, that prices were exorbitant to a degree, and that action would lie under the Lever act for profiteering. Names of more than a score of concerns who had supplied coal to the government were listed by the committee, he added, but would not be announced, pending an investigation which would include a study of statistics of Coal costs, prices charged and the com mittee's estimate of what would have been a fair margin of profit , A decline in the price of retail coal .was said to be indicated. in re ports reaching the coal investigating committee. Tabulation of these re ports is being made .for "use, com mittee members, said. should it h decided to conduct aa Investigation I of retail coal distribution. -, , ! NT 1 TP mcicerson rarmer Charged With Murder In Poker Game Fight Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8. (Special Telegram.) Richard Henry Dunkel. 42, farmer at Nickerson, faces a charge,vof murder filed today by County Attorney Cook, as the re sult of the dying statement of Ross Wickcrsham, 35, owner of a pool hall. Wickersham was shot during a fight, resulting from a poker game Jan uary 5. In a deathbed statement Friday Wickersham said that; Dunkel shot him purposely and with full intent to murder. Dunkel, in a statement to the sheriff, said that he shot at John Litz, a barber and player in the game, who ordered him to lay down his gun and pointed a rifle at him. He claims to have shot in -elf-defense and sajd Wickersham ran in front of the bullet when he attempt- l ed to make Litz stop the argument. Dunkel asserts that he had had ' no quarrel with the dead man during j the fight and that Wickersham had even tried to help him when five other players had attacked him dur ing an argument over a poker tech nicality. Witnesses to the battle state that "Dunkel was desperate and threatened the entire party with shooting. Dunkel admits packing the gun whenever he entered a po ker game at the Wickersham pool hall. Newspaper Employes Will Stand Advance in Paper Norfolk. Neb., Jan. 8. (Special Telegram.) When employes of the Norfolk Dailv News were told that the paper mills boosted the price of paper to the publishers for the next six months they volunteered to work to nine instead of eight hours a day and stand the difference in the high er price of paper by having their wages cut in proportion. , WHERE TO FIND the Big Features of The Sunday Bee Omaha Pastors Offer Inside Tips on Pulpiteering Part, 4, Page 1. Why Not? Why Not?, a Scenario of the Omaha City Commission Part 4, Page 8. Fine Arts in Omaha Rotogravure, Page 1. Women's News and Gossip Part 2. , Sports Pages 10 and 11, Part 1. Burns Mantle's Review of Broad way's Latest Part 4, Page 2. Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8. Married Life of Helen and War ren Part 4, Page 1. Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller Part 4, Page 8. Montague in Proses-Part 4, Page Letters from a Home -Made Father to Hii Son Part 4, Page 7. Movie Stars in Rotogravure Roto Section. Page' 4. Market News and Gossip Part 1, Pag 13. May 91, IMt. it Mart S. ItTS. People to Pavst of ' A Ball y . Social Function Follow ing Inauguration of Har- ding Going Forward on' v Large Scale. Thousands Asks Tickets By GRAFTON S. WILCOX. Chlcttfo Trlbune-Opmjis B Lcad Wlra. Washington? Jan. 8. Congress, in its present economic mood, may be slow to appfopriate money for tsoine features of the inauguration cere monies being planned for the induc tion to the presidency of Warren G. Harding next'March, ,but congress cannot stop the Inaugural ball. The inaugural ball will not cost congress, a penny. The people pay for it. People Eager To Pay. The people are not only wil ling but eager to pay for the inaugural ball, which is to be revived as a crowning feature of the inaugural ceremony, after its abandonment since the inaugura tion of President Taft in 1908. President Wilson did not want the historic ball at his first inauguration, much to the disappointment of social Washington, and at his second inauguration no effort was made to revive the function. President-elect Harding personally was not keen for this brilliant social feature of the inauguration ceremony, but -his friends prevailed upon hint to let the people have something to say about it and he yielded to the cry of the majority: "On with the dance ." Thousands Ask Tickets. Edward B. McLean, chairman of the inaugural, announced today that letters have, been received from all parts of the United States asking that tickets for the Harding and Coolidge ball be reserved r.nd his committee is going ahead with plans, regardless of influence , being ex erted in some quarters agiinst it and a disposition on the part of some members of congress to deny the committee the use of any gov- J ernment building lor tne tuncnon. Revival of the inaugural ball has awakened a -spirit of reminiscence among the older generations here, and many tales of former similar events are told. Perhaps the most striking incident connected with the historic event was that which attend ed the inauguration of President Zachary Taylor in 1849. ; . President Taylor was a whig and whiV leaders, acting on the theory that "To the victor-? elong the spoils," decided on air -all-whig in augural ball. A whig committee of "managers was appointed ana xm rnmmittee named a ' committee to have chame of the ball An adver tisement printed in the National Inr telligencer and signed by "one of the managers" explained that the whigs believed that as the whs elected Taylor, the whigs should have the lienor ot managing tne inaugural ball. Three Balls Held. Another board of managers wa.? formed and announced a "nationa' inaugural ball, irrespective of party," and also advertised a committee.The advertisements of the rival "man agers" appeared side' by side, but the singular fact was that both commit tees contained the names of A. Lin coln, afterwards martyr president of the United States, and Col. Robert E. Lee and Col. Joseph E. Johnston, two noted confederate leaders who fought against Lincoln and, the Union. Three balls were held on inaugu ration night, the whigs holding forth ,' (Tarn to ! Six. Column Two) T Tiff insurance ivien wi Gather in Omaha for Day Sales Congress At,a meeting of the Omaha Life Underwriters' association at the Chamber 'of Commerce at noon Sat urday, plans for a one-day sales con gress, to which all insurance men of the state will be invited, were out lined. H. O. Wilhelm. chairman; Robert S.' Manley and H. Ea Sor enson were named as committee to complete all arrangements. The convention will bring more than 700 insurancmen of all lines to Omaha. Orville Thorpe, Dallas, Tfx., national president of the asso ciation; Charles W. Sccurel. Pitts a. i burgh, "past national president, andjer, died here tonight. He was a FrankWh Ganse, Boston, chairman of tlie national executive commit tee, will appear on the program. The Underwriters' associations from Lincoln. Sioux City, la., and Sioux Falls. S. D are expected to attend the convention. Special entertainment for the guests will be arranged by the Oma ha insurance men. Minority Report Opposing Siegel Bill Filed in House Washington, Jan. 8. A minority report opposing the Siegel bill, under whnrh the house membership would be increased to 483, based on the last census, was filed by six members of the house census committee. Addition of 48 members of the ! house, as proposed in the Siegel bill, would co6t the government more than $1,000,000 annually, the report said. Over 100 Men Charged Witl'i Bootlegging Arraigned La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 8. One hundred and twenty persons af whom over 100 are charged with violating the prohibition act were ar raigned before" Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago in United States court here today. Over 100 entered pleas of not guilty and had dates for their trials oet by the court between lan .ua.ry 1? and 29. ' OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1921. Man Rejected Because Of Age in Civil War Is Dead at the Age of 10S Wheeling, WV Va., Jan. 8. George Crow, who was rejected because of his advanced age by a recruiting officer, when he sought to enlist for military service in the civil war, died ar the famity home. Denver Hill, near Littleton. W. Va.. last night. Mr. Crow recently celebrated his 108th birthday anniversary by rid ing eight miles on his horse to the home of one of his sons. 8 Presidential , ' Electors Meet at .. State Gapitol R. J. Weaver of Falls City Named Chairman Formal Vote to Be Cast for Harding Monday. Lincoln, Jan. 8. (Special.) All of the eight presidential electors for Nebraska were present at noon to- day in the governors office, at the lime specified by law for them to meet and 'fill any vacancv which might exist. They oreanixed bv electine A. T Weaverof Falls City chairman and 1. K. Cole of' Aurora secretary, Another meeting will be held at noon Monday, when the eight elec toral votes ot Nebraska will be for mally cast for Warren G. Harding for president and , Calvin Coolidge for vice' president . of the' United States. At the same session they are to select one or two messengers to carry the official, certificate to Washington. Women Favored. ' Expressions by four of the six electors indicated that they will vote to send the two women, Mrs. H. H... Wheeler of Lincoln and Mrs. Draper Smith of Omaha, on this mi on. The federal government allows travel pay at 20 cents a mile' for one passenger and a per diem besides, which, will be sufficient to pay the expenses of the trip. At the beginning of the meeting today, the electors arose and took the oath before J. B. Strode of Lin coln as notary. They swore in uni son to support the constitutions of the United States and the state of Nebraska and to execute faithfully their duties as presidential electors. I Swear to Statements. They also declared under oath that they had not improperly influenced their appointment as electors and that they had not nor would not ac cept money or other valuables to in fluence their votes as electors. These statements were repeated in unison after Mr. Strode, bad read them front on 1 officialMdifc.!' . Governor McKelvie was present at the start of the session but withdrew after the meeting was under way. His record clerk, J. H. Presson, stayed and read to the electors the certificate of the state canvassing board, showing the election result in Nebraska. v Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Wheeler and the two ejectors at large signed the oath first and then the others did likewise. The male electors appointed by the congressional districts are: iurst. A, J. Weaver, Falls City: Second. Allen P. Tuke, Omaha; Third E. C. Houston, Tckamah; "Fourth, J. F. Cole, Aurora; Fifth, George S. Aus tin, Orleans; Sixth, E. T. Wester velt, Scottsbluff. 1 8 Generals Are Named To Places in Greek Army Athens, Jan. 8. Eighteen generals and more than 200 colonels were appointed to the Greek army yes terday to replace adherents of for mer Premier Venizelos. In view of the movements in Thrace and Con stantinople doubts were entertained of the loyalty of the Venizelist offi cers and -it was decided to retire them on pay. Demetrios Gounaris, the Avar minister, is leaving Athens to inspect the forces in Thrace. Prince Andrew, brother of Con stantine, was among the new gen erals named, while Prince Christo pher, also a brother of the king, was made a colonel. i Premier Rhallis stated yesterday that he did not expect American bankers to make a loan to Greece at this time, but that he honed to ne gotiate one through English finaa ciers. Internationally Known " Banker Dies in New York v New York, Jan. 8. Henry Brun ner, 63, intematicilly known bank- native of Switzerland and organized and controlled a number of banking institutions in. California, among them the Anglo-French bank in San Francisco. He was interested in many large banking institutions in France, Italy and Spain, was a cheva lier of the Legion of Honor and a Knight of the Crown of Italy, and had been decorated in Spain as the t author of agricultural laws. Negro Tenor, Adopted hy Russian Jews, to Sing Here La Rue Jones, negro tenor, who was adopted by a Jewish family in Russia when but 2 years old and re ceived his training and education in Russia, will sing compositions by the great Jewish masters. Rosenblatt and sirota, tn Yiddish and He brew, in a concert in the munici pal Auditorium the evening of Jan uary 21. ' Porker Slated for Bacon Trees Family of Doctor Atlantic City. N-. J., Jan. 8. A 500-, pound hog slated to be slaughtered on the farm of Dr. William Raith, at Farmington, turned rogue and compelled the doctor, his father-in-law and other members of the family to take to trees. The family,, unarmed, remained aloft half an hour. Finally neigh bori shot the maddened animal. f Harmony - Code Referendum Decision Upheld By Supreme Court Affirmation Given on Techni cal Ground That Petitionerr FaUed to File Briefs Before Hearing. Lincoln, Jan. 8. (Special.) The final chapter in the code referendum case has been- written by the Ne braska supreme ; court in affirming the holding of the lower court in Lancaster county that referendum petitions were invalid because they did not have attached to them a copy of the code law to be referred. The affirmance was on the tech nical ground that Attorney Dexter T. Barrett, on behalf of the petition ers, had failed to file briets before January 5, the date set for hearing. Fred C. Ayres was the petitioner in the first mandamus action brought j before Judge Morning in the district court here to compel the secretary of state to place the code question on the ballot. ' . 1 The judge held that th petitions were invalid and the court held against the judge, but because at- torneys for the petitioner had failed to file an appeal within the required time, the court dismissed the ap peal for lack of jurisdiction. A secSnd case was brought in the district court, in the name of Fleet wood and with no precedent but Judge Morning's decision, the court held likewise. An appeal as taken and a short time before election a motion was made in the supreme court to advance the case. It was set by the court to be heard Jan uary 5, too late to be of avail in the November election, and the ap pelants withdrew from the case. Wife of Galveston Mair Attempts to End Life Seattle, Jan. . 8. Mrs. Betty Thompson, said to ,be the wife of Capt. C. T. Thompson of'Galveston, Tex., shot herself aboard the steam er Governor, shortly after the vessel had sailed for California points, ac cording to officers of the vessel. The Governor returned to port and Mrs. Thompson was removed to a hos pital. It was said she ' would re cover. A note addressed to Captain Thompson, a shipmaster of Galves ton, was found beside Mrs. Thomp son. Requisitions for Utah Prisoners Are Honored Salt Lake City, Jan. 8. Gover.ior Charles R. Mabey has honored the requisition of the state of Washing ton for the return to that state of George Sakata, alias George Sata, alias George Tokata, wanted in Seattle on a charge of uttering a forged check Requisition of Gov. W. D. Stephens for the return to California of James Burke, charged with the embezzlement of $60 from the Sacramento Union, has also been honored. The prisoners were taken to the respective, states to day. New Booze Complaints. Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 8. New indictments charging E. Ray Groves, secretary of the democratic central committee, Edward and Ralph Groves, his brothers, and Joseph Goldberg with extortion in onnection with alleged viola tions the prohibition laws, were returned by the federal grand jury here today. r Mail d ri). ! 4th . Dally and Sunday, ID; Dally Only. tS: Sunday. 14 Ouhld4th Ion (I yaar). Daily aaa Suaday. tlk: Dally Only. M; Sunday Only. 19 Moulder Refuses $500,000 Estate Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 8. John Weber, said to be a comparatively poor ' man, a moulder in the West Milwaukee shops, todav turned his back oil a fortune of $500,000, willed tp him, he was notified, by a, woman whose life he is supposed to have saved about 30 years ago. "I am sure I am not the person referred to in. the will." he said. Relatives and friends say they re member the incident of the rescue, but Wagner received a sunstroke a few years after the deed which erased previous events from his memory. Rochester Clothing PJants Will Resume Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 8. Opera tions have been resumed in 19 fac tories affiliated with the Rochester Clothiers' exchange and one not a member, according to announcement made yesterday by Max Holtz, president. Virtually every clothing factpry in Rochester is preparing for a full resumption of business next week. Seventy-five per cent of the 15.000 workers have now returned to their Diaces Mr. Holtz said that orders for spring merchandise had been placed in even greater volume than the most optimistic manufacturer had predicted and that if they continued during the next two weeks a normal spring business would be done. New York Investigations Burlesqued During Dinner New York, Jan. 8. New York in song and dialogue here tonight at1 the twentieth annual dinner of the Amen Corner corporation. The "brethren of the amen cor ner" politicians and officials, news papermen, lawvers and 'citizens many of whom once gathered in the "corner" in the old Fifth avenue hotel and discussed politics and plans, were guests. Among those who accepted invitations were "former United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Will Hays. Norman E. Mack, Charles D. Hilles, and others. Medical Society in Omaha Elects Officers for Year The Colored Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical society has elected the following officers for the com ing year: President, A. G. Edwards; vice-president, J. B. Hill; secretary, Craig Morris; assistant secretary, D. W. Gooden, and treasurer. 1.. E. Britt. Members elected to the ex ecutive committee are: A. B. .Mad ison. A. L. Hawkins, P. W. Sawyer and E. A. Williamson. Steamship Lines Reduce Rates to United Kingdom Seattle. Jn. 8. Reductions in freight rates on canned salmon, canned milk, tallow, fish oils and lumber between Puget Sound ports and the United Kingdom were an nounced by Seattle representative of the Harrison Direct line, Euro pean Pacific line of the United States shipping board and the Blue Funnel line. ' Bomh Makers Held. Madrid, Jan. 8. The police of Tortosa have arrested three syndical ists who were discovered making dynamite bombs in the vicinity of the river Ebro. The arrested men. according to the authorities, admitted they were Uc perpetrators of recent dynamite outrages. I Readjustment of laxes Asked bv Drygoods Dealers Distinction Made Between In- comes) From Mental Efforts.' and Business Investments.' Proposed hy Retailers. Washington, Jan. 8. EeaJjust me'nt of taxes to relieve workers in the matter of income taxes and equalize the burden on business, was asked of the house ways and means committee today by the tax commission of the National Retail Dry Goods association. Associa tion representatives filed a detailed plan for revision of the tax laws which, they estimated, would pro vide revenue for a $4,000,000,000 an nual budget. The plan proposes that a distinc tion be made between income from manual or mental effort and income from business or investment. The program would fix the exemption from income taxes at $2,500 for single persons and $5,000 fcr heads of families instead of the $1,000 and $2,000 exemptions as now. A graduated scale on income taxes also would be established, income from salaries, wages and commis- j sions being taxed the lowest; in come derived from business at a higher rate and all other incomes, including profits from sales as cap ital assets to a still greater degree. A statement said the associat:on's proposal had been concurred in through a referendum among 2,000 members. its Artion Started to Kevoke Permits of Eight Breweries Washington, Jan. 8. Action has been started to revoke permits of eight Pennsylvania breweries for al leged violation of the prohibition laws in the manufacture of a bever age containing alcohol in excess of the legal limit. Commissioner Kram er announced. Notice has been served on the j Scranton, January 17, why their per mits should not be canceled upon the ground that they have not conformed to the provisions of the prohibition law. Peace Treaty Ends Chinese Tong War in California I. os Angeles, Jan. 8. War be tween the Ring Kong and Hop Sing Chinese tongs, which last week claimed the lives of two members of the former society, is ended, accord ing to statements by local leaders of the organizations, to Lieut. Wil liam White, head of the police China town squad. Leaders said thev had received a telegram from San Fran cisco that a peace treaty Jiad been signed and hostilities were at declared at an end here. once The Weather Forecast. Sunday fair; temperature moder ate. Hourly Temperatures. a. in. . m. . 1 p. m . . ! p. m . . 5 p. m . . 4 p. in.. 6 P. m . , t p.- jn . . 7 p. m . . 8 p. m . , a; a s 3S s 34 33 ...n 7 a. m 29 S . m '. ,!8 9 a, m SO 10 a. m St 11 n. tn S3 12 noon Sfi MilppnV nnlMin. Protet Mhlnnipnm clurlti the tiejf 54 lo ."S houm from tnihrHturrs foll.iw.: Nortli, ilrnivx: mt ami south. Si ilc-I bid's; west, jU degrees. J TEN CENTS Charge of Forgery Is Dismissed Broken in Health, Omaha Girl With Mania for Giving Friends Pink Silk Gar ments, Sent Home. Aged Father Gives Aid Fremont, Neb., Jan. V (Special Telegram.) Garbed, not in the silken fineries and expensive clothes that caused her downfall, but in a most conservative and plain travel ing suit, pretty Ethel Harden, 28, ap peared in district court here to answer to charges of forgery. Intimate garments of pink silk were the hobby that caused Miss Harden to take her misstep. Not f t herself were checks forged to pay for the fineries, but as Rifts to her college friends, with whom she was most popular. Touching Scene in Court. & Hearts of the most severe bar risters were touched by the scene of the girl entering the court room to face charges which might have caused her to spend years behind the cold gray walls of prison. Trcm- , bling nervously, the girl, supported by her grey-haired father and her physiciau, Dr. A. h, Fletcher of Omaha, slowly walked to the judge's bench. Her face was pale and drawn and her eyes had a weary, Ic-ok. Her slight form,' weighing not over 65 pounds, bore out the testimony that was to follow of her illness and ' mental incompetency. Pre'.'minary hearing was waived and a plea of not guilty entered. The case was triedimmedia'tely, due to her serious physical condition. Prosecuting Attorney J. G Cook reequested the court to release the girl, stating that in his opinion she was mentally Unbalanced and in competent. District Judge Rutfon. when' informed that the family had ' made restitution. Ordered her dis charged. Think of Mother. With tears streaming down his weather-worn cheeks, the aged Blooir.field druggist, with his arm around his daughter's waist, led her from the room. The gray-haired mother, patiently waiting at home for word that her child was cleared of the charges, which she never be lieved were true, was the first thought of the pair as they left the court room. They hurriedly sent a telegram to "mother'' assuring he that they would be home on the first train. lfis Harden was arrested at her ,--parent's home in Bloomfield New Year's Eve by Sheriff Condit of Dodge county after private and city detectives of Omaha, Lincoln and Hastings had conducted an unsuc cessful search for three yeas. The sheriff alleged that she, for years, had signed the names of chums, with whom she attended school at Fre mont, to checks in payment for pink silk undergarments, which were mostly sent as remembrances to her many friends. Worked in Omaha. She was employed by the Asso- t dated Western Jewelers, 1914 Far- ' nam street, Omaha, and lived with Mrs. George H. Lynch, 4032 Izard street, Omaha. Slid later accummulated a large supply of the pink silken garments at her room, which were recovered by detectives. She was never known to wear the garments herself. She had a mania that all the garments should be pink silk. A gift sent v to a banker's daughters, with whom the attended school, for Christmas led to her arrest. Big Slump in Railway Earnings Reported Washington, Jan. 8. The rail roads of the ciuntry earned only about $150,000,000 last vear, oV $365, 000,000 less than in, 1919. according to estimates prepared by II. P. I'annelee, director of the bureau ot railway economics. v Mr. Parmclee estimates that in 1920 the carriers had a gross revenue of $6,200,000,000 and expenses amounted to $5,570,000,000. leaving a gross income of $450,000,000. De duction of taxes and equipment ren tals amounted to $300,000,000 and left the net income at $1.5. 000,000. This sum was far short of the gov ernment guarantee for the six months perjod ending September 1 Railroad Shop Employes 4 1 Placed on Five-Day Basis I J Minneapolis, Jan. 8. Shop em- ' ployes of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie, have been J ' placed on a five-day a week basis. ' About 500 men are affected, f W. H. Bromner, president of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway estimated that 1,250 employes have been laid off by that company over the entire system since September 1. The Great Northern railroad also is reducing its forces wherever pos sible, W. S. Garten, vice president, said. Two Conventions to Be Held in Omaha This Week Convention of the Farmers Educa tional Co-Operative State I'nion of Nebraska and the Iowa-Nebraska Master House Painters will be held in Omaha this week. The meeting of the fanners will be at the City auditorium and 1,400 are expected to attend. The painters will have headquar ters at the Rome hotel. Announce Wage Cut. Allentown, Pa.. Jan. 8. The New Jersey Zinc company at Palnierton today announced a 10 per cent cut in wages and the elimination of an 9 per cent bonus system, effective January 15. The nlant win return ' to full operation, ' , .4-WlJ"Wlft-wV't'Wi--ll
