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OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH i, 1921.
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VOL. 50 NO 220. "
f FEDERAL
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Millions
0f
Doll
oiiars
10
Be Released
Decision Declares Congress
, Was Acting Within Rights
In Establishing Farmer
Relief System.
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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.)
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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 '
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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
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a. m 39 1 p. m .y
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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
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