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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Omaha Men Find
Dead Body Lying
By Strawstack
Letter Found i'll Pocket Ad-
dressed to C.. White Coolidge
of Lincoln-Dead Sev.
eral Months.

Gretna, Neb., Jan. 2S.-tSpecial.)--
4 man believed to be e. White Cool
idge, about 80, was found dead beside
strawstack on the farm of John
Wainwright, three miles south OF
Gretna, at this afternoon, by two
Omaha hunters. The decomposed
state of the body indicated he had
been dead for more than two months.
A letter addressed to c. White
Coolidge, Route G, Lincoln, and dated
October 3, from Omaha, was found
in his pocket. The initials &c. W.
were found on a pair of gloves. No
marks Of violence were seen on the
body by Sheriff Sam Starter of Sar-
py county. His opinion is that the
man went to sleep beside the straw
stack in warm weather and died dur
ing the night. An overcoat partly hid
the body.
1t was seen by NJ. j. Hurley, SOB
Merchants National Bank building,
and G. w. Stamm. 410 Merchants Ma
tional Bank building, Omaha, who
were hunting on Wainwrights farm.
They telephoned the sheriff at Papil.
lion.
The body was removed to the La
Borde morgue at Gretna, where an
inquest will be held tomorrow morn
ing.
Two letters. signed Mother were
found on Coolidge. The envelope OF
one was postmarked October 5. 1922
and the other was dated October s
last. Parts of both letters were miss
ing, according to Sheriff Starter
The writing became partly obliter
ated because of decomposition of the
body One of the letters mentioned
that boy, either Whites son OF
brother, had been confined in hos
pital.
The address on the envelope and
initials on two handkerchiefs lee
Sheriff Starter to believe that the
man is c. White Coolidge Twenty
aire cents was found on the body.
II. a. Collins. county attorney and
coroner Of Sarpy county, will work
on the case in the morning.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Taxes Take Widows
Share of Hanon Estate

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Unpaid inherit.
ance taxes will eat up practically all
that is left of his widows share of
the estate of the late Jake Hamon,
Oklahoma political leader, it was re.
vealed yesterday.
The former Mrs. Hamon, who two
weeks ago divorced her second hus.
band, William l.. Roherer. wealthy
Chicago art collector and broker,
made the admission when she an.
peared in court to ask reopening of
the Roherer case in order that she
might apply for alimony. She had
previously stated she expected to re-
ceive s1,6Oo,o00 from the Hamon
estate.
Hamon was killed in an Ardmore,
(OkD hotel in December, 1920. by
Clara Smith Hamon, relative, who
was later acquitted. At the time of
his death, he was republican national
committeeman from Oklahoma
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Cruiser Omaha
Fastest in Navy
Official Preliminary Trials
Set for January 30 at
Tacoma. Wash.

New York, Jan. 2S.-The United
States naval trial board will convene
on January so in Tacoma to super.
wise the official preliminary trials of
the cruiser Omaha, highest powered
vessel ever built for the navy and
highest powered vessel for its size in
the world
Although of but 800 displacement
tons, the Omaha is fitted with four
huge Westinghouse turbines that will
develop a total of 10000 horsepower
and drive it it at 80 knots, or AZ statute
miles an hour. The turbines of the
Majestic, largest steamship in the
world, develop 100000 horsepower,
but the Majestic is nine times larger
than the Omaha.
The new cruiser is capable of pass
ing the swiftest merchantmen afloat
1t will be able to cross the Atlantic
TO EnglanA in three and half days
as compared with four and half
days for the. fastest passenger liner,
the Mauretania.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Liquor Runners
Off Jersey Coast
Renew Activities
Large Quantity of Rum 1
Landed by Small Boats
Several Forced to Dump
Cargoes Overheard.

Highlands, \. j.. Jan. 2S.-tBy A.
P)-Rum runners off the New Jer-
sey coast, idle for more than two
weeks, resumed brisk activities Sat
urday night, it was learned today.
Many small boats were said TO have
made several successful trips carry
ing from rs to $50 cases of liquor to
shore ON each run.
First operations in the rum trade
since public attention was focused
on the Jersey coast line were carried
out under cover of darkness during
snowstorm.
Two of the smugglers' boats were
sighted by vessels of the dry navy"
which chased them colse to the shore.
where the rum runners jettisoned
their cargoes of whisky.
One observer here said that from
midnight until almost daybreak, the
sputter of hgh-powcred motor boats
could be heard off shore. He declared
cases of liquor were landed and load
ed onto motor trucks with as little
secrecy as month ago.
The rum runners were asserted by
river front residents to have utilized
| their two weeks of enforced idleness
to make necessary repairs on their
boats, as competition had been so
strong they did not have the oppor-
tunity to overhaul them.
As a result, 1t was said. the boats
which ran the blockade were in
excellent condition and were able to
develop higher speed than the YES
sells which tried TO capture them.
1t was learned that detectives from
the prosecutor office have been in
town for several days trying to find
United States government automatic
pistols. said to have been stolen from
Camp Vail and supplied to bootleggers
here at SIS each. 1t was stated sew
eral hundreds of dollars worth were
! stolen.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Unemployed of Vienna
Stage Demonstrations

r. Vienna, Jan. 2S.-Demands for in.
creased allowances to unemployed per-
sons and other concessions were the
basis OF demonstration by 800 900
communists. socialists. unemployed
and sympathizers with the cause. The.
crowds paraded through the streets
and the police at times had to draw
their sabers to repel attempts TO rush
police stations, banks and stores. An
business houses were closed through
out the day. 1t was only at night fall
that thVpolice succeeded in dispers-
ing the crowds,
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Much Evidence Gathered
in Rail Sabotage Inquiry

Little Rock. Ark, JAN. 2S.-The
probable duration of the legislative
investigation here and elsewhere into
disorders and depredations along the
Missouri G. North Arkansas railway
remains a matter of conjecture with
le joint committee OF the general as
>Anbly. conducting the examination,
in recess.
Sessions of the committee here
will be resumed Monday
The committee is credited with Sc
curing information which is expected
to clear up many acts of sabotage
and with ending, as recent state
ment by the Harrison Committee"
said. two years of trouble in two
days"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Demand for Postage Stamps
Biggest in History of Il. S

Washington, Jan. eS,rThe biggest
demand for stamps and postal
stamped paper in the history of the
government is in ftal swing, and is
taken by the Postoflice department as
an indication of healthier business
conditions. a billion more stamps
were issued in the last six months
than in that period a year ago. and
postal officials believe there will be no
deficit from postal operations when
the fiscal year closes June 80. a year
ago the deficit amounted to $60,S15,-
400.
orders for postal cards in carlots
have been received. the demand being
larger than ever before for a similar
period. One firm bought 100000
precanceled stamps.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Member of New Hampshire
Delegation Dies in Capital

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Representa-
tive Sherman Z. Burroughs OF the
First New Hampshire district died sud
denly late Saturday. The immediate
cause Of death was said to be conges-
ton of the lungs. He had been mem-
her of congress since 1917 and was
81 years of age.
For several days Mr.. Burroughs
had been improving, but he suffered
relapse and the end came quick
ly. Mrs. Burroughs and two sons
We're at the bedside.
Mr.. Burroughs was elected as a
republican from Manchester to sue
coed the late Cyrus A. Sulloway. He
previously had been a member of the
New Hampshire house OF representa-
tlves and had practiced law. He was
born in Dunbarton, n. H., February
Is. 1870, and was graduated from
Dartmouth college in 1894. and from
Columbian university in this city in
1896. He is survived by the widow and
four Sons.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Search for Maxwell Man

Kearney, Neb., Jan. 2S.--tSpeciaI)
-Kearney relatives of Edwin Beyers,
81, living at Maxwell, are eager to
locate him. The young man. not in
the best of health, left last Tuesday
evening to shut down a windmill on
the premises. That is the last the
family has seen Of him. Boyer. at the
time, wore only carpet slippers sand
overalls. His relatives fear that he
may have become delirious and wan
dered off. Search of the vicinity of
Maxwell failed TO locate the young
mar
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Reward of $500 Is Offered
for Lost Advertising Mar

New York. Jan. 2S.-The national
vigilance committee Of the Associated
Advertising clubs. has announced
a reward Of $500 for information con-
corning its director. William p. Green
of East. Orange, \. j., who disap-
peared last Monday night while a
guest at the York hotel in this city.
shortly before he was to have left
for Columbus on business.
Associates Of the missing man ex-
pressed a fear that he had met with
foul play. as his impending trip to
Columbus was to have been in con-
nection with the investigation of big
business fraud
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Ex-Kaiser Celebrates
His 64th Birthday

Doom, Jan. 2S.-tBy a. P.)EThe
former German Emperor Nilliam
celebrated his Gath birthday yesterday
with "A grand reception at his chateau.
Among those who attended were for
mer Crown Prince Frederick William,
Prince Henry and Duchess of Bruins
wick, the Dutch governor to the prov
ince of Utrecht and Dutch noblemen
from the neighborhood with their
women folk.
One of those present informed The
Associated Press correspondent that
William seemed in rather low spirits,
while his wife. Princess Iermine, was
heard complaining to the women that
Doom was a dull and lonely spot and
bored her terribly. She drA not con
eeal that she would like to return to
Germany.
The former emperor received sew.
eral baskets of flowers and many con-
gratulatory kilograms mainly from
GERMANY
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Girls Story Of Attack
Discredted by Police

Police discredited Saturday night the
story of Helen Ferguson, %, of FIRE.
mont, Neb.. that she was slugged and
robbed by two men at Twentieth and
Heavenworth streets Friday night and
left lying unconscious in the snow be.
hind lighted bill board.
She said the men lcaped out at her
whiie she was passing the bill board.
which is of the illuminated type.
She returned yesterday to her homo
In Fremont
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Larceny Charge Against
Bank Dismissed by Judge

Seattle, Jan. '2S.-Indictment of the
Seattle National bank ON "A charge of
grand larceny. returned recently by
a grand jury Jointly with indictment
Of y. Il. Truax. vice president of the
bank was dismissed yesterday by
Judge Roland in superior court on
the groun1 that a corporation cannot
be accused of larceny. Judge Roland
refused to quash the charge against
Mr.. Truax.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Three Men Overcome
by Gas in Barber Shop

Hugo Muskopf, proprietor of bar.
Der shop at 2505 North Sixty-first
street; Chris Olson, a barber, Drake
Court apartments, and Nine Bena.
rios. porter. 6o26 Military avenue,
were overcome by gas escaping from
leAky pipe at the shop Saturday
afternoon.
Olson was shaving customer
when overcome. He dropped to the
floor, razor in hand. The customer
narrowly escaped injury.
AL three men will recover.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Walter Hagen
Wins Texas Open

San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 2S. - Wal.
ter Hagen, American holder of the
British open championship, won the
Texas open golf championship here
today. when Bill Mehlhorn. Shreve-
port, La, who tied with Hagen yes
terday for the title with 279 for
the ~ holes medal play, took a six
on the Is hole losing to Hagen by one
stroke. Hagen shot a ~ today for
the Is holes, with Mehlhorn shooting
a 10
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Snow in Oregon

Portland, Ore, Jan. 2S.-Wet snow
fell over a large part of Oregon
early today and at some points near
he coast there was wind storm. Al
SroolSings a three-story building in
process of construction was blown
down. Three men were injured. In
Portland, tho snow melted early ex-
cept at the heights.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
Lad Dies of Excitement
at Fraternity Initiation

Tuscaloosa. Ala, Jan. 2S. Glen
kersh. Is, son of NJ. G. Kersh. city
clerk of Tuscaloosa. died this morning
at a fraternity initiation at the Uni
versity Of Alabama here. according to
county officials. Death was said to
have been due to excitement and not
to violence
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-29
The Weather
Forecast.

Monday: Warmer.
Hourly Temperatures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
San BENITO MEN
In AUTO BUSINESS
in MEXICO CAPITAL

The leading automobile dealers of
Mexico City are the former San Benito
men. Stanley Copeland and Tom Miller
was the statement ~ Sheriff sam
Robertson. who returned yesterday from
trip to Mexico City and San Luis
p0toSi
Stanley Copeland now has the Ford
agency for most cf the important cities
of Mexi o-Nexico City. San Luis Potosi.
Vera Cruz. Pueblo. Aguas talienias, and
a number Of other imps rtani commercial
cenferx. III Mexico City his establish
ment i located IN large lhree-siory
brick building. the entire hnilding being
used hv the Ford company. Thousands
Of Ford ears are being sold each year
through his agency.
Tom Miller j. member 81 the firm
of I.cschmann 4 Co. Buick dealers. and
they are handling the Buick line for n
large number NJ Mexi an cities. They
have large establishment in the Mex
lean capiial. and are handling hun4reds
of Hnick cars every year
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
Fair Weather Again Starts
Work on the Many Buildings
Being Erected at H0yIingen
lsnecial u The EIerald.l

HARLINGEN, Texas. Nov. 20.--With
weather conditions ideal an day Mon
ray ard with Trrsday drwning fair ev-
cry indication pointed 10 a steady for
ward movement of the building industry
in HarlinGen.
Contracts have been let for at l1ast
three new brick business hoGses-one
20 he erected by J. W. Rhone Will be q
three-story building and the lower
floor Of which will be used as q Chtv-
rolat sales and show room and the up
per floors will be for office space. o. n.
Scale will erect "a onc-stofy brick for a
furniture store and q two-story brick
will be erected just east Of thu post Of
flee building. the lower floor of which
will be used for the opening up or D
new and up-to-date jewelry st0rs The
new Scale building will he erected in
the block east Of the Rsalto theatre.
and will opsn UP new business block
for Harlingen.
The residence section is also building
rapidly and there II now under con
stfuction between thirty-fivc and forty
new houses within the city limits and
with continued fair weather there viii
be ffons five TO ten new ones started
within the next week, according 10 re-
liable information.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
Offer Big Reward for
Capture of Bomber of
Barnes Home in Corpus

CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas, Nov.
20.--A fund of $1,000 has been
placed in trust i'm the State Nation
al bank of Corpus TO remain in that
institution for go days, which money
will be paid as a reward for any
information leading to the appre-
hension and conviction of the per-
son or persons responsible for the
sending of the bomb to Corpus
Christi last week and which resulted
in the death of J. A. Barnes local
real estate man, and his small son,
Jesse.
In addition to this fund that has
been placed in the State National
bank other reward funds have been
offered for the arrest and convic-
tion Of the guilty party or parties in
the bomb tragedy, it was announ-
ced yesterday afternoon.
Four persons each contributing
$3.50 to the fund that has been plac-
ed in trust in the local bank, these
being ID. Oden, w. X. Timon, r.
B. McGloin and E. e. Timon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20

An effort is being made to obtain
a reward fund to be made by local
citizens, it was indicated yesterday,
when subscriptions to another fund
were made public Lynch Davidson
e. Company, through authorization
Of its president. Lynch Davidson,
has offered $50 to this fund. J. w.
Galbraith of Robstown has offered
S100 and Ross Stafford. also Of
Robstown, has offered $50 to this
second fund. II is understood ef-
forts will be made to increase this
fund.
Gov. Neff Of Texas Saturday
authorized a reward Of $3.50 for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction Of the person who
sent the bomb to the Barnes home.
Local and county authorities yes
terday reported that there were no
new developments in connection
with the investigation Of the bomb
tragedy that has been conducted
INCREASINGLY since last Wednesday
noon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
HUGE LOAN
TO GERMANY
in PROSPECT

BERLIN. Nov 2O.- With regard to the
report of the impending conclusion Of
an Anglo American loan to Germany.
the Boers0n Courier says today that ne
aoiiatiors are in progress between 2
well known Berlin bank and a group of
American. British and Dutch financiers
for credit 20 Germany OF one billion,
The granting or this credit. the news
paper says, il dependent upon the con
disions that there be no change in the
internal political situation in Germany,
and that the offer i only made 70 the
Stiessemann government.
The guarantee Tor the loan Is 10 be
assumed by TAG & srsaan government
rather than by private industry, ths
PAPER continues. adding that the inter
natirnal capital will probably bc invest
"a In the rold bank note which the CEN
trial government propoats TO establish
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
RESERVES war
MUNITIONS may
WIN STRUGGLE
Major General Williams En-
phasizes Preponderating
Importance Of Emergency
Reserves

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Nov. 20.-The
next major war will be won or lost on
the sutficiency of munition reserves,
Major General Clarence c. Williams.
chief Of army ordnance. predicted in his
annual report made public today at the
War Department.
Il wish TO emphasize the preponderat-
ing Importance Of adequate emergency
reserves" General Williams said, add
ing that in view Of the isolated position,
highly developed specialized industries
and immtnse resources of the United
States il seemed '.fairly certain that no
power or combination of powers now in
existence "could successfully invade the
country after American man power and
industry had been fully mobilized.
THE possible rate Of mobilization
will always be determined by the state
OF our reserves, the report said, "since
man power can be mobilized much more
rapidly than industry. From this point
of view, taking into account the pres
ent economic development Of the world
il may be said that the next major war
will be won or lost on the sufficiency OF
munitions reserve"
The war left the country with large
stock Of reserves on hand, General Will
liams continued. but with the passage
of time the value Of these is decreasing
sdue to development of improved and
more powerful types. There il also. HI
added. deterioration in stocks of am
snunition which lis very much more
pressing that the question Of obsoles-
cence of material.
The report said that lack OF funds
during the last two years has prevented
completion Of the artillery develop
ment program worked out at the close
Of the war and that IL has been possible
ito cover reasonably well" in a con
tracted program only gun equipment fol
Infantry, divisional batteries and small
calihre anti-aireraft weapons together
with one type Of tank. Even the con-
traeted program cannot proceed Ito IN
effective degree" during the coming
wear under budget limitations, the re-
port added
-The department has now been work
ing on the program for four years and
can STE no hopes of developing for the
service and getting certain designs un-
der the limited program ready for pro-
duction without substantial increase in
the funds available" said General Will
liams. He added that work which could
he done in one year BY his department
now required three years time TO COM
Flete.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
ORGANIZE JURY
TO TRY VEHICLE
Theft CHARGES

MONROE. L.. Nov. 20.-The organi-
zation Of juries TO try South Arkansas
d PENDANTS charged with conspiracy in
violating the national vehicle theft act
was underway when the United States
district court convened on the second
day Of the trial. More than three hun
dred witnesses arrived yesterday and
today from various parts of Louisiana.
Arkansas. Oklahoma and Texas in re-
sponse TO summons 10 testify in the
charges against the defendants.
MONROE. L.. Nov. 0.-Constitution-
ality Of the national motor vehicle act
Of October 20. 1919, was questioned BY
counsel for the defense AZ the outset
yesterday when 50 persons alleged 10
have been members cf an automobile
theft gang which operated in Arkansas
and Louisiana went on trial in the fed
crnl court here.
Most of the defendants are residents
Of Eldorado. Smackovcr and Camden.
Ark. and included men who have beer
prominent in the business life Of their
communities. The attack on the federal
law was made in connection with a mo-
tion that the indictments be- quashed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
ALLEGED SPY
IS RELEASED
FROM PRISON

WASHINGTON. ID. c. Nov. 2J.-Lo-
thar Wizke. convicted during the war
as a German spy and saved from death
sentence BY President Wilson. has been
ordered released from the federal peni-
tentiary At Lavenworth, Kansas. tomor-
row.
Wizke had been tried by military
commission at Fort Sam Houston and
found guilty. His operations were in the
vicinity Of the military encampmcnt at
NoRalcs, Arizona, where he Is said to
have gained information relative 70 the
numbers. resources and operations of
the American troops with the intent OF
communicating the intelligence 10 he
enemy.
Reports TO the War Department said
that Wizke had been a high class pris-
oner. and is now acting as chief prison
clerk in the power plant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-20
FORT BROWN TEAM
TO MEET MERCEDES
PLAYERS SATURDAY

The Fort Brown football team. fresh
from last weeks victory over The cham
pien AIcAilen high team. win play the
Mercedes high school al Aier cdeS this
SATURDAY. The victory over McAllen
gives the soldier eleven an edge over
Mercedes. hut the loss If Sergeant
liyrre~. the most consistent ground gain
cr for the Fort Brown team may weaken
the team some. RyrneS was transferred
90 the mir service. stationed AT San An
tonic.
Lieutenant Nyc. assistant coach 0f the
team. and an old college football player.
viii probably play in Byrnes position a.
halfback. After the Mercedes game,
two clashes with Fort Ringgold will close
the season for the soldiers.