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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT

Serial No. O33341
In the United States Land Office
in and for the District OF Cheyenne,
State of Wyoming:
United States Land Office. Chey-
enne. wyo.. February IT, 1923.
Notice is hereby given hat in pur-
suance OF the Act Of Congress. ap-
proved May 10th, 1879. C. Ray
Ferris, whose post office is Rawlins.
County OF Carbon. State Of Wyom-
ing, for and IN behalf of Kretni De-
vslopment Company. a corporation
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Escaped Prisoner Is
Captured at Holdrege

IIoldregc, Neb.. Feb. 15.-tSpeclal.)
Lloyd Reigenetter. who made a sue
cessful escape from tho Hitchcock
county deputy sheriff. who was talk
ing him TO the state penitentlary at
Lincoln. was captured here by Sheriff
Royal Hanson and Chief Of Police
Ben Dcabenderfer.
Reigenetter was found at the home
of some friends and tried to escape
when the officers arrived. He sue
ceeded In removing the handouts and
leg irons at Fassmont and spent the
day In the loft o& a barn near the
railroad track.
The handcuff Of the right wrist re-
fused to respond TO the picking pro.
cess and lie attempted to remove 1t
by filing through the slip. This sim.
ply locked tighter and he was forced
to wear L until removed by Sheriff
Hanson.
lie was determined TO escape and
attempted 10 strike tho sheriff with
the remaining link. lie was turned
over 10 the Hitchcock county officials
and taken TO Lincoln.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Ford Unable to Survey
Nebraska Water Power

Lincoln, Feb. 15.-Replying to an
invitation to make a. survey of the
water power resources in Nebraska
and>take charge of their development,
Henry Ford expressed his interest in
the "undreamed of possibilities" of
utilized power in this state, but stated
that business interests prevented his
looking into the matter at this time.
The invitation was in the form of
n resolution introduced in the Nebras-
ka house of representatives by Lundy
of the Seventy-ninth, district, a copy
of which was sent to Mr.. Ford. The
resolution asked that Ford be mem
orialized to make an Industrial sur
vey of the state, and pledged him the
support of the Nebraska government
and people.
In an address before the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce some time ago,
Mr. Ford spoke of the possibilities of
the undeveloped water power re-
sources of Nebraska and indicated his
interest in their development.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Scouts Accept
.Schiff's Offer
Region Eight TO Receive
$4,000 a Year if it Raise
Same Amount.

Region s, Boy Scouts Of America
Fontenelle yesterday accepted the
offer made by Mortimer l.. SchiT,
member OF the national executive
committee. OF $4,000 year. provided
a similar amount be raised. 10 he
used in the extension and promotion
OF scouting.
The matter Of raising the $4,000 TO
match the $4,000 offered by Mr.. Schin
as per conditions, Is left to each In.
dividnal region, It being optional
whether this is raised by individual
subscription or council quota.
Delegates we've guests Of the Omaha
council at luncheon at 11:30. Thirty
OF tho members went TO Camp clifford
on an inspection tour yesterday after
noon, returning at ,.
An informal discussion on camping
took place at Hotel F'onteneile after
the return Of conference members
from inspection tour to Camp Gif.
ford.
James r. West, chief scout execu.
tive, John II. Piper. regional scout
executive, and Walter w. Head.
chairman Of region s. left for Denver
and Pueblo yesterday afternoon.
where local council conferences VIII
be held. J.. L. Macdonald. national
camp director of New York city. left
for Lincoln.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
French Loan to Poland
Approved by Parliament

Paris. Feb. 15.--tpl--A loan Of 400.
100000 francs 10 Poland was voted by
the French parliament today. II is
officially described FOR the purpose OF
Improving Polands financial and eco.
nomic situation so that it may resume
It's proper place I'm the European con.
cert Of nations aud play the role %
which its geographical position aud
history entitie H."
The vote on the measure was Sis
TO 6S. Many Of those who voted
against II declared the loan. while
destined ostensihly for the organlsa-
tion of the Polish army against "un.
warranted attack from the east" was
really put through "a "a means OF
coercion against Germany from the
west"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
-: II
hV 81 .amO
Jury Holds
Verdict of 'Manslaughter" Is
Returned in Murder Trial
After 27 Hours
Deliberation.
9 FOR Acquittal at Start

A verdict of guilty of manslaughter
was returned against Mike Adamo,
alias "Singing Mike" La Porte, at
7:40 last night by jury that had de-
liberated for 27 hours behind the
locked doors of the juryroom.
The jury was locked IN tho fury
room at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon
and deliberated until 7.30 last night.
For hours the evidence was consider
ed insufficient to warrant a judgment
of guilty OF murder, as charged. the
jury standing to 3 for acquittal.
Yesterday afternoon the nine men
who had been for acquittal compro-
missed on a verdict that carries n
penalty of one to 10 years imprison-
ment.
Judge Charles a. Goss was called
at and received the verdict from the
foreman of the jury. Charles II. Wal
ther, 2547 Hickory street. at 7:40.
Adamo Offers No Comment.
Adamo sat behind his attorney. his
clothes carefully pressed, his shoes
brilliantly shined, far removed from
the picture usually imagined OF a
person on trial for life, when the YER
dict was read. He made no comment
when ordered returned to the county
Jail, but stood up and beckoned TO the
bailiff to accompany him from the
courtroom.
The evidence presented by the state
was not sufficient to warrant a death
penalty Mr.. Walther said. 1t was
this slim" evidence that held the
Jurors locked for so long a time, he
said.
Girl Shot in Struggle.
Adamo was charged with the mur-
der of Alice Rinehart In the Lincoln
apartments December s. The shoot
ing took place after a party that
began in Mikes spaghetti parlor,
Seventh and Pacific streets. Adamo
pleaded that he was drunk and that
he had not shot tho girl. but that
she had been shot In a struggle for
possession of a revolver that she had
seized from a dresser drawer.
II was drunk" Mike said. "and did
not want to argue with her. She
pushed me aside and went to the
dresser and got a revolver and in the
struggle that followed she shot her
self
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Mathews Must
Finish lO-Year
Term in Prison
Fifteen-Year Sentence of Louis
Clernt Also Is Affirmed
by State Supreme
Court.

Lincoln, Feb. 15.-tSpeclall-Foue
important legal cases affecting Oma-
ha were decided today by the Ne
braska supreme court.
w. Y. Mathews. president of the
defunct Pioneer State bank of Ona-
ha, who is now in the penitentiary
serving n sentence Of from one to 10
years for the embezzlement of $780,
900. must serve his time out, under
the courts opinion.
Mathews asked the court TO set
aside his plea OF guilty on the ground
that he was sentenced under a
statute which had been repealed with
out saving clause.
Louis Clernt OF Omaha must serve
Is years in the state penitentiary for
participating in the robbery of the
Decatur State bank the night OF
June ., 1922. under an opinion hand
ed down by the court. Clernt claimed
that the Burt county district court
had held him responsible as a prin-
cipal in the robbery when, in fact. he
was in an automobile 300 feet away
from the bank at the time 1t was
robbed
The court held that the driver OF
a bank robbers car Is as guilty as
the principal
The court reduced a judgment OF
SAG. 900 against the railroads In Omaha
running into the Union station in
favor Of John o'Hara. who lost both
oyes in the explosion of an electric
detonator while employed by the
roads.
The Douglas county district court
was directed by the supreme court TO
reduce this judgment to $4,000.
Tho court also made its final decl-
sion in the famous Pork and Bean"
cSse. which has been in Nebraska
courts for years. Miss Grace Osborne
and Louis Fierson claimed TO be the
inventors OF the pork and bean bis
cult and charged that the packers of
Omaha had stolen their patent. They
demanded s12o. .000,O 900.
The Douglas county district court
dismissed the case with prejudice The
supreme court today upheld the dis
trict courts action.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
ARMOUR FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL
Sheridan Knocks Out
Strike IN Sixth Round

In the semi-fnal OF the American
last night, Homer Sheridan of Sioux
City knocked out Johnnie Strike of
Akron, .,sin the sixth round of their
scheduled 10.round fight. Sheridan
had the best Of every round, but
strike battled gamely throughout.
Barney Herman of Omaha won q
decision over Farmer Lodge of st.
Paul in 10 rounds. The Omaha man
had all the best OF the early milling.
Rounds seven and eight went to
Lodge and rounds four. nine and ten
were even. Both men were strong at
the finish.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Warehouse Bill
Killed in House
Plan for Storage of Materials
for State Institutions De-
feated. 81 10 80.

Lincoln. Feb. i5.-ispeclal.l-After
the lower house defied retailers in
towns containing state institutions by
advancing n bill TO third reading en-
powering the state board OF control
10 erect a storage warehouse at Lin
coin for state Institutions. it reversed
itself today. and when the bill care
np for third reading II was killed by n
vote Of 81 TO 3s.
The purpose OF the bill was to OBJ
tain at wholesale prices thousands OF
dollars worth of state institutional
materials and supplies which are now
purchased at retail prices by institu-
ton heads from local merchants. The
Lincoln delegation voted soiidly
against the bill
Tho vote on the hill follows:
For passage. Allan. Anspoker.
Ball. Barbour. Belding. Beshuasen.
Book. Broome. Collins. G. e: Collins,
G. s. Colman. Dysart. Elsasser.
Ernst. Gilmore. Gordon. Hughes.
johnson. Kautsky. Keck. Keifer.
Miner. North. OGara. Pollard. Reece.
Regain Reynolds. Smith. svoboda.
Thatcher. Thomssen. Timme. Vance.
Wilson Dawesl. Yochum tOtoe,.
Total. 36.s
Against: Auten. Auxier, Axtell.
Bailey. Baldrige. Brown. Burke. Davis
lCass,, Davis CFillmorel. Dennis. Dens-
more. Donnelly. butcher. Egger. rs.
sam. Gallagher. CARRIER Gould. Green,
Hall. Hansen, Hardin. Harrington.
Heffernan, sIueftle. Hyde. Jaooby.
Johnston. kemper. Keyes. Lamb.
Lundy. Mccain, Mears, Mitchell.
Moore. Morgan. NefY. Nelson. o'Mal.
ley, otteman. Peterson. Raasch.
Smiley. Stats. Stihal. Wells. White
head Wilson Lancasterl. wingett.
Wise. Wood. Ycchum Csaundersl.
Speaker Mathers.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Sentence Law Is
Recommended for
Postponement!
Bryan Plan to Repeal Indeter.
inmate Sentences OPP
posed by Commit
tee. E to 4.

Lincoln. Feb. 15.-tspecial1 The
house judiciary committee voted to-
day. s to 4. TO recommend the Byran
bill calling for a repeal OF the In
determinate sentence law for indef.
mite postponement.
Representative Ralph Wilson. Lin
coin. who IS fronting the Bryan plan
10 repeal the indetermlnate sentence
law. served notice on the committee
that he would endeavor to lift the bill
over its head. when the recommenda-
ton Is made TO the lower house.
Vote on Bill.
The committee voted as follows:
For indefinite postponement: Gal.
lagher. Baldrige, Amspoker, Elsasser.
Morgan. Hardin.
Against indefinite postponement:
Dysart, Wilson. Keyes. Densmore.
This action by the judiciary com.
mittee followed an afternoon spent in
consideration OF criminal problems by
tho lower house.
The house refused in committee Of
the whole today 10 accept. In their
entirety. three Wilson bills which
would make maximum sentences. life,
for assault TO commit. robbery, mur.
der or rape. That part was retained
which makes persons guilty of these
crimes ineligible 10 parole, pardon OF
Communication unless newly-discovered
evidence OF innocence is presented.
Tho old maximum OF IS years for
these crimes stands. while the min
imum was raised from TO 5 years.
Another Bill Declined.
The house likewise declined another
Wilson proposal 10 make tho max.
imum for hahltual criminals 75 years.
Tho sentence for hahitual criminals
recommended by the house is 10 to
20 years. Habltuai criminals were
denied parole or Communication Of sen.
tencc. \ habitual criminal under
terms Of tho bill IL one convicted of
a felony three times.
Another Wilson bill recommended
for passage denies persons convicted
Of rohhing banks by violence. paroles.
combinations or pardons and makes
tho sentence FOR such offenses 10 to
25 years.
4 last hill recommended makes pos.
sible employment Of county Jail in.
mates on county roads and provides
for their labor.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Ultimatum to
Governor Laid
Before House
Resolution Demands Introduc.
ton of Proposed Bills Be-
fore February 20 or House
Will Begin to Function.

Lincoln, Feb. 15.-(SpecialAIn a
resolution introduced in the lower
house today. Governor Charles w.
Bryan is called upon to hasten in in.
Producing constructive bills to sup
port his skeleton bill calling for an
executive council form of government
to take the place of the administra-
tive code form OF government. The
resolution was signed by Grant s.
Mears. chairman of the house appro-
priations committee, and T. =. Dy-
sart, chairman of the house judiciary
committee.
Text Of Resolution.
The resolution, in full. follows:
Whereas, there Is now pending
before the house of representatives
constructive legislation; and.
Whereas. the consideration of such
legislation is being delayed through
courtesy to his excellency, the gov.
ernor. Charles w. Bryan. and.
Whereas, the proposals made by
his excellency in his various COM
munications have not been forthcom-
ing: and,
Whereas, the legislature has now
been in session more than six weeks.
therefore, be it
Resolved, That his excellency. the
governor, be respectfully requested
to offer, on or before February 90,
/ 1928, his proposals for consideration;
and be II further
Resolved, That should such rec
\ IT. L
before the above date, the members
OF the house of representatives will
no longer delay such constructive leg
/ islation as they deem to be to the
! best interests of the people OF the
state of Nebraska"
Vote Is Held Up.
| An objection 10 its considerable Jon
was made. so under the rules. the res
olution cannot be voted upon for "a
/ hours.
Throughout the Legislature, among
republicans and democrats. the gov
ernor Is beginning to be criticised for
his alleged perpetual destructive pro.
gram and his refusal to advance any
thing of n constructive nature.
Each day he spends nearly an hour
with newspaper men and fully half
OF that time is spent in repeating his
campaign charges against the Nickel.
vie administrators.
Both the appropriations committee
and judiciary committee are helpless
to progress further until the COVER.
nor takes some step to clarity the sit.
uation and introduce bills to dovetail
with his budgetary recommendations.
| Help Is Refused.
The appropriations committee at
tempted TO advance some OF Its work
last week by asking the governor to
either appear in person or send a
representative to the committee TO
make explanations. The governor re.
fused this proposal.
All code modification bills arc In
and ready for consideration before
the judiciary committee. However,
through courtesy 10 the governor.
this committee has. TO date. refused
to consider any OF these measures
until the governor presents his meas
ures.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Whisky Valued at $685. 900
Stolen From Warehouse

Chicago. Feb. IS. - Approximately
f.5O0 cases of whisky. valued at 1885,
600, have been stolen from the ware
house Of r. McClasky Il Son. dlstllers.
Alfred Martin. agent for the company.
reported to tho police. Mr.. Martin
said he learned Of the theft yester.
day when he visited the building for
the first time since February l and
found broken lock on the warehouse.
Police and federal prohibition Off
GERS Investigated the report and
found tho warehouse entirely empty
OF liquor. Nothing to show how the
liquor Rad been taken from the build
ing could be found. II was said.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Body of Slayer Identified
as That of Sioux CITY Man

Chicago. Feb. iS-The body Of a
man who recently shot and killed
Policeman W. J o'Malley. was identi.
fled as that of James Reed ~ Sioux
city, Ia. The Identification VAS made
by Max Parish u sioux city ard the
body viii be taken hacA bv = e
Reed brother. Tor hae.ai
According to the nalor. the dad
man served n term Ia the Iowa peni.
ten,iSry Tor burglary before coming
10 Chicago. lie WAS shot ny Police.
man 5. Il. Kennedy, after he hal
slsin o'Maney,
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Cold Wave Not So Severe
in Omaha as Predicted

Tho cold wave predicted for Omaha
by the weather man yesterday failed
to matcrialize. Lowest temperature
recorded was / above zero at yes
terday morning. Prediction is fair
Friday. without much change in tenn.
perature
AZ Valentine. Nch.. tho mercury
went to 6 below. at Sioux city be-
low and at North Platte above.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Father of Bishop Dies.

Newark. N. j., Feb. 10. - George
Biller. 7G. "A retired Newark lawyer
and father of tho Rev. George G.
Biller. bishop OF the Episcopal
diocese OF South Dakota, died yester'
day at his home in Belleville. lie came
TO America from England % years
ago. Two other sons, Rev. Ernest C,
Biller OF Philadelphia and Fred w
Biller of Denver, and -four daughters,
survive him.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Italian Government Buys
Eleventh Century Church

Rome, Feb. Is. - Tho government
has bought for 100000 lire the
church and monastery OF st. Hadran.
erected in the eleventh century by
Pope Honorus ]. on the site of the
ancient Roman senate house built
by Caesar and Augustus. The brick
walls OF it's facade date from the time
Of Diooletan.
The object OF the government Is
20 preserve the ruins OF the senate
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Three Children
Caught in Blizzard.
Frozen to Death
Bodies Found in Sleigh-New
York Suffering in Bitter
Cold With Scant Sup
ply of Fuel.

Aberdeen. :. D, Feb. l5.-Three
children OF Fred Beck. farmer living
near Eureka, were frozen 10 death in
Mondays blizzard ard their bodies
discovered in their sleigh yesterday,
according TO word received here To-
day
The children. a girl Of IL. and two
boys OF u and :. had been visiting
relatives and were caught in the snow
storm en- route home in their sleigh
drawn by two horses. Apparently
they became confused and took shell
ter near hay stack.
Wheaton. MINI. Feb. I5.-Trapped
by yesterdays binding snow storm.
Henry Hennen Of Dumont, was
frozen to death and his body found
today near Dumont
Intense Cold Sweeps New York.
New York. Feb. I5.-A wave Of in.
tense cold. heralded by a cutting wind
that At times achieved - miles an
hour velocity. brought suffering to the
city today. Scant fuel supplies quickly
disappeared before the biting cold,
especially on The lower East Side.
where coal is bought by the sack full.
Rochester, y. Y. Feb. 15.-A hliz.
zard was sweeping western New York
today.
The biting gale drove the mercury
below the zero mark and added the
loose snow 70 the huge drifts remain.
ing from half dozen billiards. last
month.
Two railroad shop employees were
killed at Fairport when they became
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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Government Tighiens Up
on Naval designations

Washington, Feb. 15.-Naval acad
emy graduates will be required to put
IN three years service in the navy al
tor graduation hereafter before resig.
nations are accepted for the purpose
OF permitting tho officers to enter
other government services or to seek
employment In civil life.
Since the war 1t has been tho Gus.
tom to accept resignatlons of officers
when presented and for tho seven
months 'just passed these have aver.
aged 15 month. The announcement
says there Is Mt present shortage Of
20 per cent in line officers at sea.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Kansas City Bank Closed

Kansas City. Mo. Feb i5.-The
West sido State bank. capitalized at
100000 and with deposits totallinR
5000, 900, was closed by order OF the
state finance department Donald w.
Ross, president, blamed Its difficulties
on bad loans but expressed hope that
there would be no ultimate loss TO de.
positors.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Veteran of Civil War
Released OH Rum Charge

Murray. Utah. Feb. Is. - Horace
II Due, -, serving a sentence in the
city jail here on hootlegging charges.
was released when police learned that
he is a civil war veteran and has an
honorable discharge from the union
army. Ia Due was convicted last
week and ordered TO pay "A fine NJ
sses or serve s9a DAYS in Jail Al the
time he did net make known his ser
vice In tho war
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Two Wayne Firemen Hurt;
Fire Damage at Enola

Wayne, Neh.. Feb. i5.--tSpocial.l--
Two flremen were injured while fight
Ing fire during io.helow zero tenn
perature here. \ terrific gale was
blowing over this section during tho
night.
Two farm buildings were destroyed
at Enola. Noh.. and the Enola garage
was wiped out by fire.
AZ Gordon. Neb., it was 90 below
zero
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Veteran Railroad Man Dies

lincoln, Feb. l5.-i'rodcrick IT.
Stelmkor. n. for SO years an employe
OF the Burlington Railroad company
in the shops Mt plnttsmouth, died at
tho homo of his daughtcr hero To.
day lie waa for many years mem.
bcr Of The city council OF Platts.
mouth.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Students Strike Ended

Havana. Feb. i5.-Students NJ the
University Of Havana returned TO
their classrooms today after being
on strike since January II. TO enforce
their demands FOR administrative and
pedagogical reforms
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Insurance Bill Killed

Lincoln. Feb. l5--tSpeciai.l-Th h e
house Insurance committee killed the
Whitehead hill tonight. This bill pro
vided for a sl5oooo appropriation 70
be used as a revolving fund by the
state hail Insurance department. It
has been the subject Of numerous
committee hearings.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Veteran Open Club House

Lincoln. Feb. 15.-The local post
OF the Veterans Of Foreign Wars OBJ
served the anniversary OF the sink.
Ing OF the Maine here last night by
formally opening new olnb rooms and
carrying out n patriotic program. Ex-
service men OF all wars since the Civil
war packed the hall.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
The Weather

Forecast.
Friday. fair, net much chanEe IN
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-16
Assistance Offered

AN of our neiehbor packers have
offered assistance in helping US 20
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