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OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 19-'-.
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TWO CENTS
$90,000 IsjMa,l'Cws and Knapi), Hankers, ijcw BoilUS
luceuorrirst nine in itjsoii Ti I'll T
rJan riayeu
By Mellon
I'll Bet Sherman Never Paid Income Tax
Tax Slash
in Dawson
Reduction Follow Ma Meet
ing of Citizens in County
?cat rut uttuiai.i
on Grill.
Former President of Guarantee State of Omaha audi
Fremont Trust Head Shake Hands I
in Penitentiary.
Decrease Is 41 Per Cent
By PAUL GREER.
(Th third (if Th. It trrirm mm .
brtt-ka taiatlaa ,nU with ( pruama
mad a an niunlir In ratlins ripraaM.)
The increase in taxes U an old
story, surprising no one, Thoo
jiublic officials who astonish and pet
rify their constiturnta are those re
ducing thrir expenditures. New dis
patches from Iowa recently contain
rd ait ilcm telling of an aged citizen
falling tie ad in the office of the conn,
ty trrasurcr upon being told the
amount of his taxc. .MtfioiiRh ho
correspondent failed to he speciiic.
it seems sure that heart lailure was
induced by a reduction in taxes rath
er than an increase.
Strong hearts, then, are needed
in Dawson county. Nebraska. There
the coniitv commissioners have dc
eided on a $90,000 cut in the levy for
this year, a decrease of 41 per cent
in county jaxes. uiu i niun
to nutting a $5 bill; together with
some small change for tobacco, per
fume or candy, as taste may dictate,
into the hands of every man, worn
an and child.
Some sav fthev are mostly poll
ticians), that the formation of a tax
pavers' league had nothing to do
with this achievement. However, it
is at least a coincidence that the
estimate was announced following
a mas meeting of about 500 citizens
in the county seat of Lexington.
The county commissioners wre call
ed before this body and, according
to the current account, placed on
a well-heated grill. Although the
official levy is not to be. set until
August, the taxpayers insisted that
they be given a statement in advance
of contemplated revenues and ex
penditures. Tabulations Now Given.
This popular interest in the prob
lem of local taxation explains why
one now is able to go to the county
courthouse and receive a neatly tab
ulated statement showing the m
crease in taxes in Dawson county
for the last five years and a detailed
account of how the peoples money
was spent. .
These figures arc interesting and
illuminating, not dull. In the five
,A3rC fmm 1917 taxes for county
purposes increased $113,000 while the
state taxes collected there went up
SSOOfKi. The- school tax mounted
5190,000, more than any other and
double the increase taken by the
..t, ritv anrt village taxes shot
up '? 77,000. There was a small in-
.-Attn cpwrrs aim n4.v"
'V-V . . ". .... . f
t m ii-niiCT nr t in loiai amuum. v.
;jW-cc1 iixcs to a sum greater
thaiJie entire tax bill of the peo
ple of Dawson county in T917.
. "Taxes have been mighty high
here." Neil France, the county clerk,
(Torn to l'MO Two. Column On.
Deficiency Measure
Is Passed by Senate
Washington', March 1-'. The sen
ate Saturday passed the deficiency
appropriation bill, carrying a total
of $136,895,000 or $28,338,000 more
than was appropriated by- the meas
ure as passed by, the house. The
principal amendment added by the
senate was an appropriation of $27,
408.000 for use in repayment of il
legally collected taxes.
'jNie bill supplies an additional $73,
740,000 for the use of the veterans'
bureau for vocational rehabilitation
of former- service men. The meas
ure, which now goes to conference
with the house, went through the
senate in little more than an hour.
Chairman Warden, of the appropri
ations committee having urged speed
because of the need by the veterans'
bureau for the appropriation for sol
dier relief.
Lincoln, Mareh 1J. (MeeiI Tfte
cram.) ".Mr. Mathews meeit Sir.
Mia pp.
I . And then Will.rd V. Mathews,
j triier president of the Gumnne
Mute bank, Omaha, and (rank
I Knapp, former president of the
I' ideluy Trust company, Iremont,
hook hands Jhis afternoon in the of.
fice of Deputy Warden KavauauKU.
Although both, men entered the
state prnitrntiary within two hours
of each other early last week, to
serve like sentences for enibcle-
ment they had not met until intro
duced by a representative of The
Bee.
Wears White Carnation.
It was their first Sunday in the
penitentiary.
Matthew was wearing a white
carnation in his coat laprl and was
called to the deputy warden's office
from the penitentiary yard where he
had been enjoying the fresh air.
Knapp had been in his cell reading.
His feet were in bedroom slipprrs
and he walked into the room noise
lessly. After their introduction
neither talked to the other. Knapp
spoke of his experiences as a Nebras
ka banker for years and graphically
described circumstances of a bank
failure at Superior, Neb., several
years ago. He also spoke of the
hearing before the state board
of pardons and paroles Tuesday
of Herbert II. Barge, cashier
of the Farmers State bank, j
Hoskins, Neb. Barge was the first
,
i.ury Jay
u Proposal
of the doeit or mme arrettd $'r;Vf vj,wi
1 guilty. He went to school lit . l
it ana inapj saia lie
Barge for icari. LViv"
lie always was mighty Uksbt
chap," Knapp id, "and I hope lit
No Way to Avoid Burden
,.ijiul Outlay in
Oripiiul Si-hf mr
treated right here. I can't speak too
highly of my treatment aince 1 en
tered but depnc that I can't say
I like it any too well, and can't sec
how anyone eUe can."
Both Attend Services.
Knapp is a member of the Con
gregational church. He attended the
regular services in chapel today.
Mathews it a IhriMiati Scientist, lie
attended Science services today.
Ktiapp's only statement concern
ing his conviction was that it was
obtained largely on a technicality.
J' or the present tny statement in
surd jijt brfore coming here is
sufficient." Mathrws said. "Just say
to the folks in Omaha 1 atn getting
along fine.' Mathews voice broke.
He didn t hnih his sentence, but
held out his hand, smiled bravely
and walked away. Knapp" likewise
shook- hands and'shuflled away in his
bedroom dippers as noielesslv as
he came in. The viiior w atched I
both return to the cellroom. The
large inscription placed over the en
trance to the cellroom a year ago
by Warden Fenton must have caught
tneir eyes as they passed out. Jt
read: "No man is down and out un'
til he thinks so himself."
Railroad Case
Up Before High
Court This Week
Action to Divorce Southern
Pacific Control From Cen
tral Pacific Scheduled
for Reargument.
Washington, March 12. Proceed
ings which the United States instl
tuted in the federal courts of Utah
iivc years ago to divorce the South
em Pacific railroad from control
over the Central Pacific will be up
for reargument in the supreme court
this week. The government lost In
the lower courts, and in July, 1917,
appealed to the supreme court where
the case was argued last April..- ? -1
Other cases on the docket for ar
gument during the week include a
percentage against the Winsted
Hosiery company, brought by the
federal trade commission to test its
authority to prohibit alleged mtS'
branding of the product.
Whether the emergency fleet cor
poration of the United States Ship
ping board is a governmental agency
or has the same status as a private
corporation, also will be argued (Tur
in or the week.
. A case which, is expected to go
far toward removing confusion aris
ir.g from enforcement of "dry" laws.
will be early reached in an appeal
brought by Tony Vigliotti against
the state of Pennsylvania. Ine su
oreme court will be called upon to
decide whether fines and imprison
ments imposed under state laws will
stand, or whether the tederai prom
bition act has superseded all state
statutes.
Following the Vigliotti case, the
court will hear argument iri an ap
peal brought by the state of Lon
necticut to determine whether feder
al prohibition enforcement officers
can be prosecuted under state laws
on charges of having accepted bribes
to influence their action in prohibi
tion cases. The United States dis
trict court for Connecticut held that
the federal government and not the
state cofild prosecute such oifenses.
Influenza at Alliance
Reaches Epidemic Stage
Alliance. Neb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Reaching almost the propor
tions of an epidemic, a wave ot what
some doctors pronounce pneumonia
and others have called influenza, has
swept over this city recently, claim
ing four victims within the last
week, with a number of other deaths
from the same disease recorded in
the past few weeks. This week's
victims included an elderly man. a
15-vear-old boy and two small chil
dren. Several other serious cases
are reported. According to some
phvsicians. the malady is the same
form of disease that raged three
years ago, which claimed nearly 100
victims, here. Although no quaran
tine orders have been issued, the
present cases are isolated. The
schools are still running and public
gatherings-are held as usual.
Jury Finds Sheridan, Wyo.,
Banker Committed Suicide
Sheridan. Wyo., March 12. A
coroner's iurv late today found that
George W. Perry. 54. former state
senator and president of the Shert
van National and Sheridan Trust and,
Farmers' banks, whose body was
found on the outskirts of this town
this morning, had come to his death
Viy suicide. Motive for the act was
believed to have been worry over
ill health and personal finances.
A slight run occurred on the
Sheridan National bank during the
morning but with the issuance of a
statement by the Associated Banks
of Sheridan, declaring that the books
t ? the institution had been examined
by bankers who were "satisfied the
bank is solvent and ki absolutely
acund condition," the tension passed.
Deputy State Sheriff v
Find Still Near Tecumseh
Tecumsch, Neb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Deputy state bhernts K. JN.
Fulton and Cdaude Vogel of Lincoln
have just completed rounding tip a
few places in Johnson county where
they expected to find evidence of the
illegal manufacture and sale of liquor.
They have made a report to County
Attorney L. C. Westwood, and the
officers state that at the farm of
George F. Schoene they found two
gallons of mash and a part of the
equipment of a still. The evidence
was taken to Lincoln, where the. of
ficers stated they would ask for a
federal warrant for Schoene.
Blue Springs Churches
Plan Revival Meetings
Wymorc, Neb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) The United Evangelical M.
E. churches of Blue Springs will
commence a series of revival meet
ings March 26. The meetings will
be held in the Evangelical church
and Rev. E. L. Jeanbey, the M. E. !
pastor of DcWitt, will deliver the
sermons.
Indiana Man Elected -
Beatrice "Y" Secretary
Beatrice, Neb.. March 12. (Spe
cial) T! P. Wilson of Richmond,
Ind., has been elected general secre
tary of the Beatrice Young' Men's
Christian association and will report
for duty about April 1. The work is
to be divided between Mr. Wilson
and Charles E. Plath, physical di
rector. Burglar Robs Apartment
A masked burglar entered through
a window into the apartment of
Charles O'Hara, 314 North Eigh
teenth street Saturday night and es
caped with $5.75.
Wyoming Woman
Asks Pardon for
Lad Serving Life
Mrs. Laura Kerr Says Alleged
Alliance Murderer Made
Confession of Slaying
Under Duress.
Lincoln, March 12. (Special cle-
gram.) Armed with a pair of baby
blue eyes and a convincing voice,
Mrs. Laura Kerr, Sheridan (Wyo.)
newspaper woman, arrived in Lin
coin today to open a fight for com
mutation of the life sentence of Wal
ter Reisenweavcr, 20, a Sheridan
youth.'
Reisenweavcr, at the aee of 16. was
tried and convicted of the murder of
Charles Johnson at Alliance. Johnson
was head of the Burlington Commis
sary department and Keisenweaver
was employed by him.
I am here at niv own expense.
Mrs. Kerr said tonight. "My father
ran a department store and for years
I knew Walter and his little brother,
who always waited at the store after
school until their mother came after
them.
Ran Away From Home.
When he was 15 he went to work
for the Burlington and while working
there he purchased watermelons and
some other things which were
charged against his pay check. Hi;
father asked him about it and rather
than explain he ran away.
It was only a Jew months later
that we learned he was sentenced to
life. He told me today he is inno
cent, and officers at Alliance fright
ened him into a confession by pictur
ing the electric chair and the tor
tures of the death cell, promising to
et his sentence reduced if he
pleaded guilty.
I just came from 'Alliance. X he
newspapers there printed a story
that while he was in the penitentiary
he struck a man over the head with
baseball bat. Officials at the
penitentiary tald me this report was
rot true.
Mother Asked Her to Aid.
"I have seen his mother almost
daily, and promised her when I
went through Lincoln I would stop
eff and do what I could for her boy.
have a letter of introduction to
Governor McKelvie written by
Governor Carey of Wyoming.
Mrs. Kerr will call on H. H. Har
mon, secretary 01 tne state ooara 01
pardons and paroles tomorrow and
take preliminary steps toward apply
ing for a commutation of sentence.
Pardon Is Sought for
Alliance Murderer
Alliance, Neb., March 12. (Spe
ial.) Mrs. Laura Kerr of Sheridan
Wyo., has been in Alliance consult
ing with County Attorney Lee Basye
and others in the interests of obtain
ing: a parole or pardon for Walter
Reisenweaver, 20. who is serving a
life- term in the .Nebraska peni
tentiary for the slaying of Charles
Johnson of Alliance in March, 1918.
Reisenweaver, who was 16 at the
time of the murder, killed Johnson
with an ax at the Alliance stock
yards, his motive, according to his
own confession, being robbery. John
son was head of the Burlington
commissary department and Reisen-
1 weaver had been employed there for
. 1 . it. 1 : : . r u
a snon mac. ne jay m an iui ins
victim after night and crushed his
head with an ax as he passed by.
He then threw the body into the
railroad tracks, where it was found
a short time later by a switching
crew. He as first stoutly denied the
crime, but when confronted with his
finger prints on the blood-stained ax
handle, he confessed. He was al
lowed to plead guilty to second de
gree murder and was taken to the
penitentiary in October, 1918, to be
gin sentence.
Reisigtweaver's home" was formerly
at Sheridan, Wyo. Mrs. Kerr said
she is a frirnd of the family. County
Attorney Basye said he would
strenuously oppose either a parole or
pardon for Reisenweaver. .
By ARTHUR SEARS IIENNING.
Ikmaba llx W
Wa hingtuii, March 12. As!.
lug the new republican oldier bo
nus bill proposing "a dangerous
abue of the governiiintt'i credit."
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
in a letter to Chairman I'ordnry
pi the house committee on ways and
means asert that the artual cah
outlay by the government in the
next "three -and a half tears under
the I'tan would be SI J0O.ikw.0iio or
as much as the probable cot of the
original cash bonus tchenie.
The secretary cvprfMc more vig
orous ami sweeping diapproval of
the latest bonm phm than of any
of iu predecessors. He unsparingly
criticised the bank loan feature,
which, be assert, would be closing
the countries financial macliiuery
with "frozen credits," 'producing in
flation. Much wiser than this scheme, he
says, would be the financing of the
bonus by the issuance of bond and
iu any event if the bonus is to take
the form of endowment insurance it
would be better for the government
to loan directly to former soldiers
on their certificates from the start.
No Way to Avoid Burden.
"There is no way," concludes the
Mellon letter, "by which the Amer
ican taxpayer can avoid the burden,
and if a bonus is to be imposed it
is far better for all concerned that
it be placed unon a direct and defi
nite basis and paid for each year
out of current revenue. To do tins
at the present time will necessarily
mean the imposition of additional
taxes for the purpose."
Mr. Fordnev received the letter
list night, but' declined to comment
upon it today. That his opinion of
lii nrartirahilitv and Wisdom Of the
new "plan has not been changed by
the arguments of the secretary is
indicated, however, by the congress
man's assertion that he expects the
bill to be favorably reported with
out change by the committee tomorrow.-
He said he would lay the
Mellon letter before the committee
for its information.
Estimated Cost Heavy.
In view of the avowed object of
the . new bill to spare the govern-
J!
Went any great cxpenanure m-uic
nrxt three vcars. one of the features
of the Mellon letter is tne assertion
that it would cost immediately as
mnrh n the oriemal cash bonus
plan. Mr. Mellon estimates mat it
70 oer cent of the veterans chose tne
certificate plan. 23 per tent took
form and home aid. a ner cent se
lerterl vocational training and 2 per
cent the land settlement, the direct
cost to the government during tne
fiscal year 1923 will be By.vwuu.
In the fiscal vear 14 tne direct
cost would be $216,440,000: in the
fiscal year 1925. $128,013,000, and in
the first half of the fiscal year 1926,
$615,822,000 or more than $1,200.
000,000 within three and ojie-half
years. These estimates arc based
on the assumption that half of those
who take certificates will borrow
from the banks and default on the
loans, thus causing the banks to de
mand the money from the govern
ment after October 1. 1925.
The total cost to the government
for the period of 20 years during
which the certificates run, under
these estimates, would be $2,995.
740.000. not including probably $100,-
000,000 additional per annum alter
1923 if the land settlement aid plan
is developed.. This ultimate cost is
somewhat less than members of the
wavs and means committee had es
timated. "Some have estimated that
the ultimate cost might be nearly
:p,uuu,uuu,uiw.
Opposes Loan Feature.
'Apart fronf the direct cost of the
bill," says Mr. Mellon, "a most se
rious feature is the provision for
bank loans upon adjusted service
certificates during the period be
tween its passing and September 30,
1925.
'The effect of this provision is to
tiansfer the cost of policy loans
from the government to the banks,
and to place in the banks, to the ex
tent that the ex-service men are able
to obtain loans from them, a mass
of tmliquid, non-negotiable paper
upon which the banks will be un
able to realize until 1925.
"The result would be frozen bank
loans and inflation of currency and
credit. To the extent that the banks
f.re obligated to make loans on ad
justed service certificates, their abil
ity to take care of the demands of
business and industry will be eor
ltspondingly reduced.
'From the point of view ot the
treasury, the most serious aspect 01
these loans on adjusted service cer
tificates is the fact that the loans
would be floated at the banks on the
credit of the United States. The
plan, in substance therefore, involves
dangerous abuse ot the govern
ment's credit."
Dodge Jeweler Installs
Radiophone Set iu Store
Dodge. Neb., March 12. (Special.)
A modern radiophone receiving set
has been installed in- his jewelry
store here by A. Schlosser to re
ceive market and news reports from
Omaha, Chicago and many other
points in the east and west.
Recently grand opera being given
ia Detroit was enjoyed for two hours
Mr. iscmosers store.
The amplifying apparatus of the
receiving set increases the sounds
10,000 times, , the figure thought
necessary to "reproduce the sounds
normally at the receiving end
Rail Cashier at
Fairburv Admits
$1,300 Shortage
Rock Island Man Confesses
Robbery Story. He Told
Was Untrue Audit
Being Made. '
Fairbury, Neb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) F. b. fucker, cashier of the
Rock Island ticket office here, who
reported to police Friday that h
had been robbed of $1,300 of his em
ployer's fundy while going to the
bank to exchange the money tor a
draft, last night admitted the story
was untrue, and confessed the tale
was told to cover a shortage in his
accounts. '
Tucker's first story was that he
had put the money in his automobile
near the ticket office March 3 and
started for the bank. His car ran
out of gas on the way, he. said, and
he went for gasoline, leaving the
money in the car. When he return
ed it was gone, he said.
Immediately after he told the
story, auditors of the Rock Island
hesran a check of his accounts and
discovered a shortage so far of $1,
362, with the audit only partly com
pleted. Tucker has been relieved as cash
ier, but has not been placed under
arrest. He is 30 years old and nas
been employed here about eight
years. He" has a wife and oue child.
In November. 1920. he was found
apparently unconscious in the door
way Ot tne tiCKCt oincc ana wnen
revived said he had been siuggcu
and robbed of $o2d of company
funds. 1
Auditors announced last' night that
the check of Tucker's accounts
would be completed in a day or two.
Burlington Dispatchers
Hold Meeting at Alliance
'Alliance. Neb.. March . 12. (Spe
cial.) A meeting of the chairmen of
the American train JJispatcners as
sociation, including representatives
from each office on the .Burlington
lines west of the Missouri river, was
held here, the object of the meeting
being to promote efficiency and good
fellowship between the dispatchers
and between them and all those with
whom they have official dealings.
Following an all-day business ses
sion, a banquet was held at which
Division Superintendent -F. G. Gur
ley was the guest of honor. Jllr.
Gurlcy and a number of the local
chairmen of the association gave in
teresting addresses and talks were
also made by two officials from the
Chicago office of the American
Train Dispatchers' association.
Hazard Autoist Hurt When
Gun Falls and Discharges
U.S. Legation at
Sofia Bombed
Windows iu Building Shat
tered Nobody in Structure
'.-.But Servants.
Broken Bow. Neb.. March 12.
(Special.) Oscar , Bausch, .residing
near Hazard, was badly wounded in
the forearm when a gun he was car
rying slipped and was accidentally
discharged. Bausch was driving an
auto and supporting the gun in the
crook of his arm.
Woman Watching Airplane
Hurt in Fall From Porch
Broken Bow, Neb., March 12.
(Special.) Mrs. Enoch Edwards of
Mason City fell from the back porch
of her home and sustained severe
injuries while watching a transcon
tinental airplane which w as passing
over the town.
By Tha Aweelatcd Prn.
Sofia, Bulgaria, March 12. An ex
plosion occurred in the American
legation here - early last evening.
Nobody was injured, but several of
lie windows -were shattered and
some damage was done to the build
ing. Charles S. Wilson, the American
minister, expresses the belief that
the explosion was due to a bomb.
Washington. March 12. The only
onicial message reaching the state
department today regarding the ex
plosion in the American legation at
aotia, was a cablegram sent at 10
last night by Minister Wilson, co
inciding with the information con
tained in Associated Press dis
patches.
lhe message said the explosion
occurred in the chancery of the le
gation at 8 in the evening, break
ing all the chancery windows and
doing some additional damage, but
no one was injured.- Except for
servants it is said no one was in the
legation at the time.
lhe cablegram added that the nre-
liminary police investigation indica
ted that the explosion was caused by
a bomb.
Speaker Says Sin Is
Real Cause of H. C. L.
Atlantic City.'. N. J., March 12.
Sin is the reaf cause of the high
living cost, -declared L. F. Bower,
director of lay activities of the com
mittee on conservation, addressing;
the New Jerseys Methodist confer
ence last night.
"Bankers, statesmen and political
economists have sought through
heaven and, earth to find the cause
of the high' cost of living, and have
not found it, because the cause is in
hell or whcre,yer .sin' is at home," he
said. .
The annual loss to the country- due
to flie number , of persons in jails and
penitentiaries, said, amounts ' to
$2,000,000,00a. exclusive of the out
lay for; police - protection.
Delegates to "1" Meeting
Will Wear, School Dresses
Slienandoa,fii.;-l?.i March 12. (Spe
cial.) Plans' 'afs under way here to
entertain 200 delegates at the. Y. W.
C. A. conference to be held here
March 31. -''School dresses will be
worn by the delegates," even the
banquet being an " informal affair.
The conference has adopted the slo
gan, ''Every gjrl an approved work
man." '. -''
Former Broken Bow Woman
Proposed ' as Postmistress
Broken Bow, Neb., March 12.
(Special.) Miss Erma Thompson,
a former resident of Broken Bow,
has recently- been recommended ' as
postmistress to- fill' the vacancy' in
the Dunning office..
Custer County Field Meet
at Broken Bow May - 6
Broken Bow Neb., March 12.
(Special.) At the meeting of the
executive committee of the Custer
County Declamatory and Athletic as
sociation, it was decided to hold the
annual field meet at Broken Bow,
I May 6.
Haynes Advocates
"Liquor Treaty"
to Control Trade
Agreements With Britain and
. . Cuba Proposed as Means
to Eliminate Rum
Smuggling.
Washington, March 12. Ncgotia
tion of "liquor treaties" with Great
Britain and Cuba as aids in putting
an end to runi smuggling into this
country was said by high internal
revenue officers to have been ad
vocated by Prohibition Commission
er Haynes. Treaties were desired, it
was explained, to handle the Cana
dian border situation and to better
control exports of liquor from Cuba,
Kurmuda and Bahama to this coun
try. -
Prohibition officials also have un
der discussion a proposal for declar
ing rum-running vessels to be pi
rates, through negotiation with for-,
eign nations looking to the cancel
lation of the registry of such ships.
Many ot the larger liquor ships car
rying illacit cargoes of alcohol, -it
was said, anchor just outside the lim
it of customs jurisdiction and send
the cargo ashore in small boats. The
war upon these craft is being suc
cessfully .waged, officials asserted,
bnt the cargo vessels are beyond
the reach of the law. If they sailed
without proper registry papers they
would be branded as pirates out
side the law of every navy 111 the
world.
At the State department it was sttid
that no proposals for negotiations of
this sort are under consideration as
yet. International discussion of
American prohibition would involve
many difficult diplomatic questions
it Mas declared.
oeven Killed When
Coach Falls 50 Feet
-. Atlanta, Ga., March . 12. Seven
persons were killed and nine injured
today when a passenger coach on
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan
tic railroad was derailed near Union
City. The car went off a trestle
and fell 50 feet.
. Thirty persons were in the coach,
the last of the train,- when one of
the wheels broke. The trestle was
almost crossed when the car sudden
ly turned over, tearing away from '
the one ahead as it fell into the shal
low' creek. ,
Six men and one woman were kill
ed and several' of the injured are
not expected to live. . Rescue par
ties worked for hours in the -wreckage,
releasing those imprisoned and
removing the ' dead. The injured
were removed to hospitals here.
Bta
For
Set
Omaha
Auto Show
Tlmrotijdilirrd of the Motot
World Heady for Admiring
time of Public al 2
Tlii Afternoon.
Sponsors Enthusiastic
Onwha's 17th Annual Automobile
show, which will be opnrd in the
Auditorium at 2 this afternoon, will
if fleet the progress in preductiuii
methods and it will be an cNposilion
of mechanical excellence and artitic
appearance. Advance interest shown
by manufacturers, dealers and pros
pective buyers indicates that thu
show will in fart be a notable event
In the annals 01 the automobile In
dustry, A. B. Wauglt. se.rclarv of the
.uiomotie InduMiirs association,
has been assisted by a statf of com
petent persons in arranging the le
tails of the show. The decoratue
and lighting efirrls have been care
fully planned. The show will ap
peal to the artistic sene.
Value Ia Nearly $1,000,000.
The leading manufacturers of the
country have ent their latest models
and their ablest demonstrators and
salesmen. Thi congress of fore
most representatives of the industry
will be one of the outstanding fea
tures of the how. Visitors to ttie
show will sec nearly 200 models or
automobiles and trucks. The ex
hibits will be worth nearly $1,000,000.
Technicians and specialists will meet
and greet visitors and will explain
the features of their respective mod
els. Manufacturers and dealers say thev
sre on the threshold of a big year
in the business. They sec normarcy
all along the line. This year's cars
have added refinements and are being
quoted at lower prices. Production
already has been stimulated at the
factories. The auto show this week
will sound the keynote of the gen
eral business situation, according to
its promoters, who predict that the
attendance this year will exceed pre
vious events of the kind in Omaha.
Coach Builders Represented.
This automobile show will be edu
cational as well as interesting.
Cross-sections of the mechanisms
will be shown and the principles 0
operation explained by expert.
Chassis designs will be shown. The
liitcst types of automobile bodies are
fine examples of the coach builders'
art.
The exhibits will include the lat
est models in light two-passenger
touring cars, three-passenger road
sters, touring cars, business coupes,
sedans, four-cylinder cabs, limou
sines and various other new mod
els at new prices. This motorcar
exposition will explain why the de
velopment each year of American
automobiles sets the standard for the
world.
Show Opens Daily at 9 a. m.
Beginning Tuesday the show will
be open from 9 a. m. to 10:30 p. m.
each day, closing next Saturday. In
creased attendance by out-of-town
people is anticipated on account of
the special round trip rate ot tare
and one-half granted by the rail
roads, the first time this concession
has been made for the automobile .
show. Music at the show will be
furnished by Tom Brown's orches
tra.
Next Thursday' night at Hotel
Fontenelle. the annual dinner for
automobile men will be given. Nearly
1.000 of the ' go-getters" of the in
dustry will attend this function. The
principal speaker o." the evening wili
be George M. Uraliam ot Cleve
land, o1
Engineers' Lockout
Starts in England
Copyright, mt.
London. March 12. The great en
gineers' lockout began at noon today
the conference in London having
broken up after failure to reach an
agreement. About 400.000 men are
directly affected, with 250,000 unskill
ed, indirectly.
It is feared that unless an early
settlement is made the ship builders,
whose, strike vas postponed until
Wednesday, may strike in sympathy.
This would bring nearly half a mil-
ion more.
The engineers lockout is purely
over the question .of right of man
agement to decide when overtime is
necessary. It is not expected that
funds will permit the fight to last
more than a fortnight. Lloyd
George is reported keeping in clos
est touch, ' but does not think the
time has come for him to intervene.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska: Generally fair in west,
unsettled in east portion Monday,
Tuesday probably fair and cooler.
Iowa: Unsettled weather Monday
and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday in west
portion.
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Kansas and Nebraska Towns
Will Fight for Rail Service
Beatrice, Neb.. March ' 12. (Spe
cial.) Marysville and other towns
along the union racific between
Beatrice and Manhattan. Kan., will
send delegations to Manhattan March
29 to oppose the action of the com
pany in its application with the Kan
sas utilities commission for the dis-'
continuance of the motor service
now being operated between Beatrice
and Manhattan. The car makes two
trips daily.
Arkansas Sheriff and
Deputy SUin by Robbers
Charendon, - Ark., March 12.
Sheriff Jamrs Ryals and Jack Camp,
special deputy, today were shot and
killed and William Camp, another
deputy and father of Jack, was prob
ably fatally wounded at Monroe,
near here, while attempting to arrest
two unidentified men wanted on a
robbery charge. The bandits es
caped, abandoning their autouiobile.