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1 I The Omaha Daily B Enttni Saeaaa'-ClaM MitUr May 21, ISM. 1 Oaatia P. 0. UMer Act at March 3. 1179. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH i, 1921. By Malt II ytr. lailsa 4th Zaat. Dally a1 laXii, ; Dally Only. ; Sunday, M Outilda 4tti Zona (I year). Dally and Sunday, IIS; Dally Only. I2: Sunday Only, II THREE CENTS V EE y VOL. 50 NO 220. " f FEDERAL "' Millions 0f Doll oiiars 10 Be Released Decision Declares Congress , Was Acting Within Rights In Establishing Farmer Relief System. - i Bonds Exempt From Tax Rv Tha Amorlnted Prcnn, Washington, Feb. 28. The federal farm loan act was held constitutional oday by t fie supreme court. This is the act under which land banks were established to extend loans to farmers. ' " - Millions of dollars' in loans to farmers have been held tip pending . r j a decision of the court in this case, 'yvhich was brought by Charles' W. Smith, a stockholder in the Kansas City Title and Trust company, v.'ho sought an injunction to restrain that institution from investing its furds ii1. bonds issued . by the farm loan banks. DlsmlEseslnjunction. The court, in sustaining federal court decrees dismissing injunction proceedings brought by Mr. Smith, also held that congress had the au thority to exempt the bonds of the lu'n'i from taxation.? The court divided, 6 to. Justices Hirues and McReynolds dissenting. Justice Brandeis took no part in non-side-ing the case. Justice - Holmes and McReynolds held that the "cause" should have been dismissed by the court as being solely within the scope of the Missouri courts. ' $50,000,000 Held Up. Farm loans aggregating more than $50,000,000 have been held up since May, 1920, as a result of the suit in stituted by Charles E. Smith, a stock holder in the Kansas City Title and! Trust company, to test the validity of j the federal farm loan act. Applica tions to tins' amount were pending when Commissioner Lobdell an nounced at a conference of farm loan i officials here that official - approval 4v vould be withheld pending a decision i I Cf the court. Officials placed the total amount F loans tn farmers held in abevanre I a..ll-.n c.t!t nl .i-i-jM.. tlnira tmilWVHKHI ' 'lowevcr, the receipt of applications l?-aving stopped with Commissioner Lobdell's announcement. On March 1, 1920, the farm, loan .board reported "that $182,897,000 bad been advanced to 75,384 farmers and; that applica tions from 179.734 persons then pend ing totaled $471,000,000. , ". ! Heard on an Appeal' ! "'PI.. .' .' 4tA uiirtf-OIVlA CrMU't U"l! ! j iic sun si niv. nuiwn. v v m j i in the form of an appeal from lower court decisions refusing to issue an . injunction to restrain the Kansas City ' Title and Trust company from in vesting its funds in bonds issued by (turn to rite Two, L'vlumn ne.) 1 v Vag in El Paso Jail Admits He Is Officer In Army of Soviets El Paso. Tex., Feb. 28. Gust Ska ley, a prisoner in the city jail, serving a short 'sentence! tor va grancy; today admitted he is an of: fieer of the red army in Russia, de t.vlcd for propaganda work in the United States. This confession fol lowed the discovery by the police of Skalcy's army commission, which carried his photograph and the signa ture of Leon Trotzky, war minister ot soviet Russia. Skaley has been in the United States for 15 months and carried a membership card in the 1. V. W. He will be turned over to the tvderal authorities. Mrs. A. C. Scott Dies; -funeral or Wednesday Mrs. Myra Ethel Scott, 38, 302 South Fifty-second street, wife of Al C. Scott, Omaha manufacturer, died at the Fenger hospital at 4 yesterday afternoon following an illness of sev eral weeks. ' ' She is survived by her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith, a brother, Charles Smith- and an adopted daughter, Jane, 5. Mrs. Scott was born in Fairfield, la., and cajne to Omaha with her parents at the age of 3 years. Funeral services will be" held Wednesday afternoon at the Stack & Falconer chapel. Burial will b-3 in Forest Lawn cemetery.- Terrorist Attack Against Deputy of Spain Fails Madrid, Feb. 28. A terrorist "at tack made on Deputy Guerra Del Rio, noted for his pronounced views on syndicalism, tailed when he grappled vtith his assailants, several armed men, wno nreG out tnonoi in jure him. They fled. Police are in vestigating. -The attack has brought home to the people here, the reality of the struggle between the two groups of industrial interests, previously large ly confined to Catalonia. Additional Mail Service Given Towns on U. P. Nebraska towns on the Union Pa cific main line as far west as North Platte i are given additional mail service today by the restoration of distributing cars on No. 2. For two years only pouch tnail has been; han dled on this train. Control o mail service on Union Pacific trains Nos. 19 and 20, heretofore held by Chey enne headquarters of the railway ir-a't service, has been, transferred to '. Oniatij ? I Decision on Land Banks i Said to be Secretary of Omaha Branch Asserts Farmers Can Obtain Loans Within Month if Bill Before .Congress Authorizing Treasury Buy Bonds Is Authorized. A life saver for the farmers and stock" raisers of the middle west is the way Omaha bankers and busi ness men characterize the decision of the United States supreme court, upholding the constitutionality of the bonds of the Federal Farm Land bank system. "It is a great thing, coining when it did, and there, is no question but that it will be a wonderful help to the farmer," said Walter W. Head, president of the Omaha National bank, yesterday. "The effect of this new credit supply will not only help the farmer, the country merchant and the country banker, but will start a flow of money that will reach every line- of industry in Omaha." ' Within three to six weeks farm ers will be able to make loans through the land, banks, C. M. Gruenther, secretary of the federal farm loan branch, said in his of fice in the W. O, W. building here Early Operations Predicted. If a bill now in congress, and already passed by the senate, is approved, tha United States treasury will be authorized to buy $200,000, 000 of land bank bonds, and this, he said, perhaps would enable opera tions to be tesumed within less than a month. If the bonds have to be sold on the market. :-t probably would require as much as six weeks. The operation of the system has 1ecn held up, for more than a year by a suit brought by the private loan agents, who challenged the.tax ex emption of the bonds used in finan cing the loans. Mail Robber on Stand as Witness Against Brother j Fred Jury E. Poff entailer Tells j How He Concealed t Part of Loot in $3,500, ; - 000 Robbery. .' Fred E. "Poftenbarger, convicted or implication in the $3,500,000 Bur lington mail frain robbery and sen tenced to 18 years in the Fort Leav enworth penitentiary, took the wit ness stand in federal court at Couu cil Bluffs yesterday afternoon, to testify as a government witness against his brother, Clyde Poffen barger, on trial for receiving and concealing $6,850 of the mail rob bery loot. Attorneys in the case began the examination of jurors at 2 yesterday afternoon. Cylde's wife, a pretty blonde, kissed him as she took a seal by his side at the counsel table. Both "listened attentively to the questions and responses of the jurors and occasionally held whispered consultations with their attorney, J. J. Hess. - The drawing of the jury was com pletcd at 4, It consists of the fol lowing men: J. C. MonasJian of Vail, Art Randall of Dow City, Her man Thompson of Atlantic, E. J. Young of Atlantic, A. L. Anderson of Stanton, John A. Pithan of Boyer, Lorcn Reckner of Creston, Ole Tohnson of Kirkman, Royal F. Tyler -of Villisca, Frank Motz of Logan, John G. Buboltz of Massena and R. F. 'Freeman of Shelby. - Loot Recovered. Ed G. Moon, United States dis trict attorney, made the opening statement for the government. He tola the jury triat o,eou in cur-j rency was recovered by leaerai of ficials from an outdoor vault at the Clyde Poffenbarger home and that Clyde, himself, directed them to the olace of concealment and assisted them in locating it. The defense will be based upon the assertion that Clyde ' had no previous knowledge that the money was concealed at his home and that the currency was placed in the (Torn to Pe Tfiree, Celumn One) Townspeople of Coolidge Bid Him Farewell in Rain Northampton. Mass., Feb. 28. Calvin Coolidge, vice president-elect, left ior Washington with Mrs. Cool idge with th idea of becoming ready to go to work after his oath. A denjQa- Nation by the towns people Eluding cheers and. hand shakes in a drizzling rain, was spon taneous. The democratic nature of the sendoff was shown when the former governor gathered to him in an embrace, James ivUcy, a shoe maker, whom- he described as his philosopher f lehd. , Army Aviator Till Attempt . To Lower His Own Record Jacksonville, Fla:, Feb. 28. Lieut. W. D. Coney, w ho established a rec ord flying time of 22 hours and 27 minutes worn the Pacific to the At lantic ocean, will leave a"t Midnight March 7 on a return flight to San Diego, Cal., in an attempt to lov er his own record. He intends to make one stop, at Dallas, Tex. Agricultural Appropriation Bill Reduced to $2,000,000 Washington. Feb. 28. The senate provision of $5,000,000 in the agri culture appropriation bill for. the purchase of seed grain for farmers in arought-stricken areas of the northwest was reduced to $2,000000 by the house - FARM a "Life Saver' i to "Farmers have suffered an ir reparable loss on account of the in activity of the farm loan banks," said Mr. Gruenther. "In numerous cases they have been unable to get money with which to nwet their ob ligations, and carrv on their business. We do not know just yet how much money will be available immediately, and there is a possiblity that the most needy cases will be handled first. There is no question but that relief for the stagnation which ex ists in the rural districts is now close at hand. f Higher Rate Probable. ''F'armers should not apply right away for loans, but wait a few days until the local secretaries and treas urers are supplied with new forms for applications. The old forms cannot be used, tor the interest charges probably will have to be altered. Whereas, before the "suit the laud bank loans w ere made at 5 1-2 per cent, it is probable now that 6 per cent will have to he charged. The bonds that used to carry 4 1-2 per cent probably will have to bear 5 1-2 per cent in order to find ready sale." In the two and one-half years of its operation, the Omaha land bank lent $48,000,000 in Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming and South Dakota. The combined loans made by . all the landbanks in the nation amounted to $435,483,000, distributed among 135,000 farmers. . h is claimed that these banks, whicli limit loans to $10,000, have saved the farmers $10, 000,000 in commissions and $10,000, 000 in interest. ' Transportation , Act Is Under Fire In Supreme Court Forty-two States File Brief Al- tacking Validity of Law Oral Arguments to Be Heard During Week. ;i WlmigtoiC'Fcb. -28.-flie valid- ity of the transportation act was at tacked today in a brief filed in the supreme court by 42 states and' de fended by counsel for the railways. The suit, the first of several similar ones to reach the highest court, was filed by the state of Wis consin) but the attorneys general anty railway and public utilities corrr: missions of 41 other states were per mined to become parties to it. Oral argument will be heard some time this week if the court moves through its calendar with th normal speed. . -T The brief declared that as now administered the act, by centering all power over rates in the inter state commerce commission, took away from the states rights spe cifically reserved to them by the fed eral constitution. Hie provisions for a fixed return on railway investment was made the basis for special attack as "un economic and unconstitutional." Emphasis also was directed to the requirement that the commission group, several roads together and make rates that , would yield an ag gregate fixed return to all roads m the group. This was alleged to place a "double burden" on shippers in that it compelled them to support "poor and worthless roads" as well as those which rendered legitimate service. Ships, Foreign Owned, Can Be Libeled in U. S. Washington, Feb. 28. Merchant vessels which are the property of a friendly state or in its own service can be libeled in American courts, the supreme court ruled today. The opinion of the court was given in the cases of the Italian ships Pe saro and Carlo Poma, which had been libeled by shippers for damages resulting from losses to cargoes. De crees of the district court at 3)Jew York dismissing the" libel atttth ments were" Overruled. Cold Storage Meat Stocks Decrease in Past Year Chicago, Feb. 28. Cold storage stocks of meats and lard in the United States February 1, were less by approximately 250,000,000 pounds than on the corresponding date last year, according to a- state ment today by the institute of American meat packers. The state ment says stocks were 1,040,296,000 pounds. x Volstead Law Supersedes r Previous Revenue Laws St. Louis, Mo Feb. 28. The United States circuit court of ap peals held that the Volstead law su persedes the revenue laws pertaining to alcoholic beverages, and that persons cannot be convicted egally under the old laws when their of fenses are covered fully by th Vol stead law. Champ Clark Better. Washington. Feb. 28. Representa tive Champ Clark's condition was described today as "more favorable" by his physician. Dr. Jesse Shoup,, who said his patient passed a good tiaght and was resting quietly od lid Court Rules Prosecutions of Profiteers by Department of Justice Were Unconstitutional, Supreme -Court Finds. Many Cases Are Affected Washington. Feb. 28. Sections of the Lever food control act under which the Department of Justice has brought- many actions for alleged profiteering in necessities were de clared unconstitutional today by the supreme court. Chief Justice White read the court's opinion. Conviction of the L. Cohen Gro cery company of St. Louis in having charged ay unreasonable profit on sales of sugar was set aside by the court. In taking this action the court sus taincd decrees of lower courts, which had sustained a demurrer to the in dictment of the grocery concern. The specific charge was that the defend ant charged $10.70 for 50 pounds of sugar, or 'at the rate of more than 20 cents a pound. f The conviction of the firm of Weeds,- Inc.," of Biughamtdn, N. Y., also was 'set aside. Chief Justice White said the statute was "as broad as human imagination." Justices Brandeis and Pitney con curred in the opinion, but dissenting from "the reasoning by which it was rtached." Hundreds of cases growing out of the government campaign to reduce 'the cost of living are affected by the opinion. t Practically all attacks against the. act were based on the ground it violated the fifth amendment in that it deprives the defendants of their property without due process of law. Other arguments were based on the allegations that enactment of the law October 23, 1919, after hostilities had ceased was not a proper exercise by congress of itf. war powers. It also was rgued that the sales were intrastate and outside of federal jurisdiction. Parole Board to Consider 30 Cases Probation Officer Will Select Candidates for Hearing March 9. Lincoln , Feb. 28. (Special.) Thirty applications for parole will come before the new state board of pardons at its second monthly meet ing at . the Nebraska penitentiary Wednesday, March 9, it is an nounced by Chief Probation Officer N. T. Harmon. The board left it to the probation officer to select the candidates at the coming hearing. Only 1 1 paroles from among the 56 applicants were granted as the result of the first hearing. While many paroles were with held because minimum time had not yet - been served in the period for which the men were sentenced, the board took into consideration the attitude of local county officials. If these officials were silent or opposed the parole, the board--refused in most cases to shoulder the full bur den of responsibility for a release. The regular day for the next hear ing is Tuesday, March 8, but it has been put over a day because Governor McKclvie, chairman of the board, will not return in time from the presidential inaugural cere monies in Washington, D. C. The governor left Sunday, and will be joined Tuesday in Chicago by Mrs. McKclvie, who left Lincoln Mon day. Young Wife Choked x To Death by Robbers Chicago, Feb. 28. Mrs. Catherine Semeck, aged 16, was found choked to death shortly after two men had been seen to enter her home today. The police say the young wife was gagged, her legs were tied and her neck bound. The police advanced the theory that the bride was the victim of rob bers. , The drawers of a bedroom bureau were open and rifled and a pocket--book of the victim was found open and its contents strewn over the floor. ' - "Mountain Bad Man" Killed In Pistol Duel With Sheriff Hazard, Ky." Feb. 28. Kelley Robinson, "mountain bad man," -tfas killed and John Smith, Perry county deputy sheriff, Vas dangerously wounded in a pistol battle today. The two men emptied their pistols standing 20 feet apart. . Before the shooting Robinson is said to have threatened several per sons with his pistil as he was es corted to the edge of vtown. When he returned the battle opened, American Relief Worker In Armenia Is Captured Bend, Ore., Feb. 28. P. C. Burt, Deschutes county rancher, received advices today that his wife, one of the first relief workers to sail for Armenia after the war, had been captured by the Turkish nationalists. After two years service abroad Mrs. Burt was on her way to take pas sage for America when she, with other American wmen, was seized by llic Turks ' x in va BANK ACT I 1 v " Settlement DayMarch 1 11 J$x" 1 Mother of fife Slayer in Court As Trial Begins ( Of 40 Jurors Called to Hear Evidence in Lawson Case ! " 28 Are Excused Panel . j ; Incomplete. No jury was chosen' yesterday' to try Burnell Lawson. 21, for Pwife murder, despite a whole day's irn paneling. -Of 40 jurors called, 28 were excused. A comph?le panel is not expected before noon today. The defendant's mother. Mrs. Hope Lawson of Little Rock, Ark., made her first appearance in court yes terday afternoon. Young Lawson did not see Jier when he entered the court room, but the mother caught at his sleeve as he passed inside j the railing. "Hello, Moms" ried the youth, clasping her in a quick embrace. He shook hands with his aunt, Mrs. Hodge, then took his scat. He smiled once afterwards at his mother but thereafter did not even glance in their direction. Women made up a large part of the afternoon court room. Peroxide curls, rouge and not a little paint characterized their class. Whether the life led by Jeanette Lawson, the dead woman, would incline them to leniency toward the prisoner was a question put to each juror by County Attorney Shotwell, who will prosecute the case. Lawson shot her January ?4, in their apartment at the Hollywood. 25,000 Soviet Troops Enter City of Tiflis Constantinople, Feb. 28. (By the Associated Press.) Bolshevik troops numbering about 25,000 entered Tiflis Friday evening, it is said in a dispatch received here. For a : few hours onFriday there was consider able looting in the city by local com munists, it is said, but late in the day the soviet government began to re store order. ... The anti-bolshevik , government proclaimed in Erivan, capital of Ar menia, about two weeks ago. has been ousted and a soviet republic re established. Many members of the anti-bolshevik regime have been, imprisoned and the rest are said to be fleeing. Partial Service Resumed -' Despite Railway Strike Harrison, Ark., Feb. 28. Partial service on the Missouri & North Arkansas railroad, traffic on which was tied up Saturday by a strike, was resumed today. One train was run. each way. Several officials as sisted in the operation of the trains, it was said. , . : Japan Advances Rights of Women by House Bill Tokio, Feb. 28. Rights of Women in Japan were advanced today when the house adopted-the bill giving women the right to attend political meetings. It has been commented upon as an important advance towards the emancipation of Japa nese womanhood. Admiral Grayson, Wilson's Doctor, Ordered to Duty Washington. Feb. 28. Rear Ad miral Carv T. Gfavsou. President "Wilson's personal physician, was or dered today by the Navy department to duty as officer in charge of -the r.avM dipcnsary in this city. Banker Placed On Trial at York! Former Officer of Aurora Bank Charged With Falsifyr ing Return to Board. i '., Lincoln, Feb. 28. (Special Sec retary J. E. Hart of the state depart ment of trade'and commerce went to York, Neb., at noon Monday to take part n the trial of Charles W. Wentz, former oflkcr of the Mer chants' State bank of Aurora, Neb., who is charged with falsifyinghis return to the state hanking board. The bank was closed after the dis appearance of Mr.' Wentz, who was located a few days later in Omaha, suffering from a nervous collapse. It was said at that time that Mr. Wentz had in his possession all the missing paper from the hank, and'j that he turned it over to the state ( department. 1 The prosecution, which was to have had the assistance of Charles L. Dort, assistant attorney general, will he entirely in the hands of Coun ty Attorney John J. Rcinhardt of Hamilton county, becaus of an ill ness which has overtaken Mr, Dort. Mr. Wentz took a change of venue from Aurora to York. The charges involve an alleged failure in the bank's report ' to the state 'depart ment to list $20,000 iii time certif icates, i Aurora, Neb., Feb. 28.-(Special.) Much interest in Hamilton county is manifested in the trial of Charles W." Wentz at York, charged with violation' of the banking laws. Wentz was the vice prisident and managing-officer of the American State bank here, which is now in the hands of a receiver. The trialvas taken from this country on a change of venue. Costa Rica Gives Up; Panama War Ended . Washington, Feb. 28.'! hreatened war between Panama and Costa Rica was averted early today with the surrender of the Costa Rican army in Coto, according to word re ceived here by J. E. Lefevrc, charge, d'affaires of the Panama legation. Defeated Candidate for Alderman Kills Himself Chicago, Feb. 28. Emmet t Wil son, a former state senator of Okla homa and recently defeated candi date. for alderman here, died today of a self-inflicted bullet wound. Wil son shot himself, according to bis wife, after he Had tried to shoot her and their 5-year-old daughter. Lil lian last night. She said he had been despondent since his defeat as a socialist alderman ic candidate. Hydro-Electric Plant Is Authorized in California Washington, Feb. 28. The fed eral power commission voted today to grant application of the Southern California Edison company, for a 200,000 horsepower hydro-electric development on the- San Joaquin river, California, part of a $100,000. 000 project contemplated by the company. American Glue Company Head, Carnegie Hero, Dies Marhel Head. Mass., Feb. 28. King Upton, president of the Ameri can Glue company, died here today. In 1910 he won a Carnegie medal for bravery whjn he ived an official 3t his company from Irowuing Court of Inquiry rn n l c l lorrone shikihe Of U. S. Destroyer Fifteen Members of the Wool sey Crew, Are Still Missing Libel Action Is Asked. Washington, Feb.,-28. -A naval court of inquiry into the sinking of j the United States destroyer Wool j sey by the steamer Steel Inventor i olf Panama Saturday has been ordered by Admiral Hugh Rodman, corrtmander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. The court will sit at Balboa, Panama, dispatches to the Navy de partment today said, and Will investi gate every phae' of the collision that resulted In the loss of the naval vessel, the death of one enlisted man and the Jnjury of several others. About 13 members of the crew of the Woolsey still were reported as missing. Secretary Daniels has telegraphed Admiral Rodman for a more com plete report of the details of the ac cident. - Panama, Feb. 28. United States naval authorities here have asked A. C. Hiiidman, United States dis- j trict attorney for the canal zone, to brm- a libel action against the steamer Steel Inventor, which col lided with the United States de stroyer Woolsey off Coiba island Saturday morning. The Woolsey sank almost immediately after the collision, and 16 sailors are be-lieved to have been drowned when the ship went down, or killed when the collision took place. C'apt. W. G. Turner of the Stcet Inventor asserts the destroyer col lided with his ship, striking it on the port side of its bow. The Steel Inventor reached Pa nama last night, and Captain Turner said he would recommend to the United States Steel Products com pany of New York, owners of the ship, that a libel action be brought against the government. The col lision occurred at 1:30 cMock Sat urday mornnig, 13 miles off Coiba island, which is 120 mles north of Panama. Pay- menls to Railroads Will Be Resumed at Oih r Washington, Feb. 28. Partial pav ments to the railroads from the gov ernment guaraty fund under the -Wiuslow act will be resumed when the amounts rlaimct liv tli ,-firrirc lore certified to the treasury by the interstate commerce commission, treasury officials said last night. Receipts from tile treasury' last issue of certificates of indebtedness, officials said, has provided about $100,000,000 for the railroads, suffi cient to meet all certified payments until March 15. The problem of meeting the pav ments after March 15, treasury offi cials arc understood to contend, is a matter for the new administration. The Weather N , , Forecast. , - Tuesday fair; not much change in temperature. j Hourly Teinpmturra. i . m .3 I 1 p. m s? I a. m 39 1 p. m .y " . m. . , .38 I 8 p. m BO j a a. m 39 4 p. m l m 4A 1 A p. m Ml 10 at. ni i3 p. m ... Al 11 . m .....81 I 1 p. m Hi 12 noon M I I p. m , S I Miipner,' llullrtln. Protect shipment during tlie next :4 to j 3t: hours frnm f.imiMrfltUra a rnl!n,v. i I North and (, 20 ilegrobs, Shlummta t ean and nouih can t mails safely. I MAUD All Bodies Taken From Wreckage Mutilated Condition of Vic tims Made Accurate Count Of Dead Hard, Coro- ner Savs. Check Shows 37 Killed K.v Tlitt Aoeitrd I'ren, Porter, InJ., Feb. 28. A complete check up by railroad officials and the coroner of t he bodies in th? Chesterton Morgue at 9 o'clock to night revealed that there were not more than 37 known dead in th Michigan Central-New York Central wreck last night. The discrepancy between thir count and the one of more than 4i previously announced by Coroner H. O. Seipel was found to be due to tin mutilated condition of some of th dead. In sotue cases a body badly mangled had been counted as two. Coroner Seipel announced the fol lowing official tabulation: , ' - Bodies in Chesterton Morgue, 2S to 27. Bodies remocd from Chesterton margue, 8. Bodies in Michigan City, 2. Total dead, 35 to o7. Coroner Scipel said that it might never be known exactly how many were killed because of the way in which some of the - bodies were mangled. ' Some seven or eight of the bodies, badly mutilated, may never be identi fied. Much of the wreckage had been cleared away tonight. Only one part of the debris re mained to be searched tomorrow the twisted hulk of the New York Central engine -which tore through the wooden Michigan Central1 pas senger coach with such force that it was buried several feet in the earth. Thisjiad been partly undermined, however, and it w as thought all bod ies had been recovered. Tonight 41 of the dead had- been taken to the little furniture store moraue in Chesterton, one mile awaf and the other two had been remJved to Michigan City, Ind. Identification Slow. Only half a dozen bodies had been taken from the Chesterton jnorgue, thc slow identification probably be ing responsible. "No statement had been made public by the engineer and firemen sn the Michigan Central train. They escaped serious injury and went to Niles, Mich., wherelthey related their stories to operating officers of the road. The engineer later went to, his home in Jackson, Mich'., it was said. Trainmen continued in lljeir belief that Joe Cook, substitute signal (Turn to Vae Two, Column Two.) Only 30 of 43 Wreck Victims Identified - Porter. Ind.. Feb. 28,-With- the death ust of last night's wreck fixed at 43 only 30 victims had been positively- identified tonight. The list follows: ' HOWARD ARNOY? Cleveland, MRS. EMMA EEVIER, Augusta,' ' l.k.BEVIKR- Augusta, Mich. . MRS. H.ORENCE SEE. Mich igan City, Ind. PEARL CAVANAUGH, 8, adopted daughter of Mrs. See MRS. LILLIAN- BAEHR, Mich igan Citv, Ind. ARTHUR E. ECKMAN, 2, nephew of Mrs. Baehi. JUSTIN COLLINS, London) GORDON' CAMPBELL Retel stoke, B. C. V CARL DE LAND. Elkhart, Ind., fireman of New York Central train. V G- ENGLER, traveling to De troit. " CLAUDE JOHNSON. Elkhart, Ind., engineer of New York Cen tral train. PETER CAIN. Regina, Sask. MRS BARNHART KRAMER Michigan Citv. Ind. MRS. FREDERICK SCHWEIR .Michigan City. Ind. Three-year-old siSn o f Schweir. MR. AND MRS A. 11 RIPER, Michigan Citv. InH. M r s. YANV J. W. BAKER, El Paso, 111 AIRS. SARAH MOSS, Denver, Colo. MISS amazoo, PHIL FANNIE BALLOU, Kal Mich. GOLDSTEIN", Detroit, Mich. MRS. Mich. RICHARD EVA, Jackson, HECK. Chicago. L. A. FRANK Wis. WAYNE. Milwaukee, SAM LIVINGSTON. Chicago MRS. FLORENCE FLEMING, Kalamazoo. Mich. MR. AND MRS. JACK MUL .LEK. Crescfiu Citv, III. ROY E. GREENWOOD. Kan kakec. III. Mrs. JUSTIN COLLINS. London, Out. The revised list of missing tonight' follows: s- MISS JUNE CAMTBELL. (ad dress unknown.) MRS. J. L. MILLliR. Michigan Citv, Ind. J, 1.. MILLER Michigan Citv, Ind. MRS -J MoCRKY. Chicago, 111. McCRAY. Chicago. III. WOOLKR. Dttrit. Mich. MRS. C. H. GOLDSTEIN, De troit, Mich. FRED LIGGETT. Niks. Mich MRS. GFORGK Baker. Michis.a -"y, It