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The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
German Election
Socialist Victory
Nationalists Defeated by Mar
row Margin at Polls; Radi-
cal Blocs Collapse.
by International News Service.

Berlin. Dec. s.-The constitu
tionalists have defeated the nation
alists by the narrowest of margins.
Radicals in both wings suffered a
complete collapse. the Hitlerites and
the communists losing 40 to.b0 per
cent OF their strength in the last
reichstag.
The social democrats become the
strongest party.
These three facts stood out today
from the latest returns from the double
elections Sunday. Because of the
voting for both the reichstag and
the Prussian diet. the returns were
received slowly.
The results as indicated thus far
were:
Social democrats. 1876; German na-
tionals. 125; German peoples. 40; cen
trists. 66; democrats. 30; Bavarian
peoples, 10: Hitlerites, 10: COM
munists, A: others, 90.
Changes Ahead.
Despite the collapse OF radical ele-
ments. there was every indication to-
day that there will be essential
changes In the dominant political
consultations, because the German
nationals and the German peoples
parties also were winning seats at
the expense OF the Hitlerites while
| the social democrats and the demo.
Gratis were strengthened by desertions
| from the communists.
The Catholic centrist party has
always held its own.
Chancellor Marks newspaper Ger.
mania, charscterizes the results as
neither swing to the left nor a
swing to the right. but a strength
ening of the middle parties.
II seems most likely that the for.
mer Marx cabinet will be returned to
power.
Heavy Vote Cast.
All parties brought all possible
reserve strength to the polls, aver
aging s5 per cent of their total vot-
ing strength. as compared with 20 in
the May elections.
The reelected members include
Admiral Tirpitz. Won Ludendorff.
Prince Bismarck, Count Westarp.
Count Bernstorff, former Chancellors
Stresemann. Wirth and Fehrenbaeh.
Chancellor Marx and Count Lerchen-
field.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Oralorio Sung at Crete.

Crote. Dec. s;-Thc oratorio Ell.
iah. was given Sunday afternoon in
Lee chapel by chorus OF over 100
voices The anloists were Il. q. Lew
is. Lincoln. tenor; Prof Charles v.
Kcttcring Of Crete college, baritone;
Miss Mildred Potter soprano, and
Miss Elva Bloodeood. alto. There
Was large and appreciatlye audience.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
MATE HITS YOUNG
WIFE; HE'S JAILED

Raymond Roche, "a. 1705 South
Twelfth street. Council Bluffs. met
his wife Sunday afternoon as she
was talking to some young men on
street corner. Roche picked up a
stick and struck his wife. Her cries
brought police, who arrested Roche.
lie was sentenced to 10 days in jail
in police court Monday morning on
charge of drunkenness and disturb
ing the peace. He admitted striking
his wife. who Is considerably younger
than he
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Widow of First Nebraska Homesteader
Divides ENTRY No. II Among
Her Seuen Children
Special Dispatch to The Omaha


Beatrice, Dec. 8.-With all the vast public domain
to choose FROM decades ago, named Daniel Free
man chose squat fertile tract six miles from
Beatrice.
When the first homestead law passed, he shot
his application for this piece of land He it, and
received the first homestead grant issued 1t
called "entry No. IL
He farmed it continuously until his death several
years ago. Since then his widow, Agnes, has managed
it and his three have done the work.
Last week his widow divided the tract for the first
time She deeued it to the three and four daughters
giving each 80 The children Leclare Free
man, Mrs. Eliza Care, James H. Freeman Arzene
Quackenbush, George Frank Freeman, Leila Josephine
Freeman and Samuel Freeman.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Bishop Bcechcr Orator at
McCook Elks Memorial

McCook, Dec. s.--McCook lodge No.
1894. Il. +. o. e.. held memorial serv.
ices Sunday afternoon in the Temple
theater. Bishop George Beecher OF
the Episcopal church delivered the ad.
dress A fine music program was
given by members OF the congrcga-
tional church choir.
Bishop Beeoher delivered two ser
mons az tho MeCook Episcopal church
Sunday and confirmed a class.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Shenandoah Editor Takes
Position at Pocatello. Idaho

Shenandoah, Ia. Dec. S.-Miss Anna
Dienst. assistant city editor OF the
Sentinel.Wo leaves Monday for
Pocatello, Ida. where she has ac.
cepted position on the news staff
NJ the Idaho State Journal. Miss
Dlenst, who has been In Shenandoah
three years. II a graduate Of the
school of journalism Of the Univer-
sity OF Missouri, Columbia. She was
secretary OF the Shenandoah Bust
ness Women's club.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
; SLAYERS GET
LIFE SENTENCES

sedalia. Mo. Dec. s.--Harry and
Arthur Defenbaugh. brothers, and
Charles Harris. three Of five accused
of Staying OF Sheriff Garrett Groomer
q Benton county, In circuit court at
Warsaw this afternoon pleaded guilty
before Judge C. A. Calvird, and were
given life terms in the penitentiary
at jefferson City.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
ANTHRACITE COAL
TAX LAW UPHELD

Washington, Dec. S.-The Pennsyl-
vania anthracite coal tax law was up
held today by the United States su-
preme court. which upheld decisions
by lower court.
Validity of the law was attacked by
the Cranberry Coal company, Alliance
Coal company, Lehigh Coal and Navi-
cation company and the Philadelphia
& Reading Iron and Coal company.
More than s3,0O0,0O0 in coal taxes
were assessed against the coal COM
panies by the state.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
GIRL KILLS SELF
TO AVOID SCHOOL

Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. s.-"I'l die
or KIN myself. before I graduate,
don't want 10 go TO school," Leona
Puckett, u. told her aunt. Miss Ruby
Brewer. today when the latter an.
nounced she would take her to school.
The aunt had heard I.eona make
no attention.
A few moments later she heard a
shot In an adjoining room. Leona
was found dying. She had shot her.
self through tho heart with a pistol
taken from her parents room. The
parents were at work.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Stray Dogs 10 BE Killed.

Alliance, Dec, s.-Alliance city Of.
fieials have started the annual coilec.
ton of dog taxes and announce that
every dog that has not tag on Il
within three months viii he killed IN
an effort 10 rid the city OF unde.
lrahle CANNES, II Il estimated there
are mere than 500 ntraya In town
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
| JUROR LACKING
IN HIGHT TRIAL

Mount Vernon. Ill. Dec. S.--With Il
jurors accepted. difficulty was expert
enced today in completing n jury for
the trial OF Mrs Elsie Sweetin and
Lawrence NJ. Hight. on Joint charge
Of murder by poison OF her husband.
Wilford Sweetin. Fifteen talesneu
were examined without finding A man
acceptable to both sides.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Berry Elected Head of
Shenandoah kiwanians

Shenandoah, Ia, Dec. s,--Shenan.
doah kiwanis club. which recently
sponsored the pilgrimage OF children
TO Lineoln's tomb at Springfield. has
elected X. q. Berry president for next
year, T.. Il. Delzel vice president. j.
O. Ru,ledge district trustee and T..
c. Fshbaugh treasurer. An were
active In the pilgrimage plans.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
TRADE MARK SUIT
AWARD $1,74l.000

Chicago. Dec. s.-Federal Judge vii
kerson today awarded the l.. T. Lar
son, jr.. company a judgment OF 81
al 900 against the william Wright,
ir.. company. In 4 trade mark suit
that has long been pending between
two chewing gum manufacturing
concerns.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
PoisOner of
Wife Enters
Guilty Plea
Admits Staying Wife When
Arraigned in District Court;
Mrs. Northey Main
tains Innocence.
Court Names Attorneys
special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.

Special Dispatch TO The Omaha Bee.
Broken Bow, Neb.. Dec. S.-Franl
Bruner, AZ, confessed slayer, and Mrs
Ardesta Northey, AZ. for love of whom
he says he killed his wife. We're ar.
raigned in district court this after
noon.
Bruner, the haunted look gone from
his eyes, faced the judge and entered
plea of guilty.
Mrs. Northey. still somewhat de-
fiant, still protesting her innocence,
pleaded no guilty.
Neither of the prisoners were able,
by their own statements, to retain
attorneys. III. NJ. Sullivan was ap-
pointed by the court to defend
Bruner, and A. ii. schnell and II. L.
Wilson were appointed to defend Mrs.
Northey.
Bruner Calm.
Bruner was calm as he faced Judge
Hostetler. He entered the courtroom
in company with a deputy sheriff and
sat down at one side of the enclosure
before the judges bench. When he
was called on, the Indictment against
him read, he bowed his head.
Guilty"
That was his only word while in
the courtroom. When Judge Hostel
Ter asked if he could retain an attor-
ney Bruner shook his head negative
ly. After Sullivan had been appoint
ed the judge asked IL he was salts
fed with the selection Of the court.
Bruner nodded yes" looked ques.
tioningly at the judge, and resumed
his seat.
Mrs. Northey presented a sharp con.
trast to Bruner when sho arose from
her seat while the indictment against
her was being read. She did not wait
for the clerk of court to complete
'the reading before she protested her
innocence.
Trial Date Not Set.
The two defendants are named In
together Bruner, in his confession
and in later statements. has suggested
little intention of offering much
struggle to avoid conviction. As re
suit of this, the court decided that
one attorney would be sufficient to
defend him.
Mrs Northey has declared her In
nocence, has expressed determine.
ton to fight for her liberty and was,
therefore. considered entitled to two
attorneys to represent her.
The date of the trial has not been
set as yet, but 1t Is believed that Il
will start in as short a time as pos
sible.
In the meantime the two defend
ants are being held in the county Jail
without bond.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
We Haue
With Us
Today


Serving early in his career as
prosecuting attorney and a little later
as district judge, Judge Kenyon
swung into his career at fun speed
becoming assistant to the attorney
general Of the United States In lslo.
In 1911 he was elected United States
senator from Iowa TO fill an nn'
expired term which ended in 1913,
after which he was reelected for TWO
terms. but resigned before his second
term was completed to accept appoint
ment az Judge Of the United States
circuit court, Eighth district, by ap'
pointmsnt from President HARDING.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Relief From Cold
Wave Promised by
Bureau for Today
Thermometer Falls TO Within
II Degrees of Zero; Rail-
roads Report Trains on
Time. However.

The weather bureau foresees som'
staters today. but 1t probably viii
remain cold in Omaha for another
day. according to predictions.
At Monday morning the bureaI
thermometer showed a temperature o.
II. the coolest this winter. The
mercury began rising slowly aftei
that.
Trains on Time.
Railroad men and telegraph com
pany officials said that the cold
weather Is affecting neither trair
service nor wire communication.
Near zero weather prevailed ives
Of Omaha last night, and We feared
we might lose some wires. but W.
didn't" said c. L. Gray OF the Bur
lington railroad Monday. Trains arr
running on time
Little spurts OF snow on west Ne
braska Union Pacific lines and near
zero weather, but no interruption OF
service were repoted.
Heaviest Snowfall.
The lowest temperature on the con
tinent was reported at Prince Albert
Canada. where the mercury fell to II
below zero. It was 4 degrees above
at North Platte, at Valentine and {
at Sioux City; below at Lander
and below at Sheridan, Wyo.
The heaviest fall of snow in years
in southwestern Nebraska was re
ported in a dispatch from McCook
and a dispatch from Callaway re
ports from to s inches Of snow.
Phone Wires Out.
Private and municipal coal con
Germs reported a large number OF
small orders for coal and charitie.
Of the city received many call for as
sistance az result OF the cold.
Telephone wires encrusfed last
week by heavy coats Of ice bowed tc
stiff breeze Sunday night and az
a result long distance lines were out
Of order TO almost all points except
Chicago. Telephone officials re
ported fou teiepnones olt OF ofuer II
Omaha Monday morning.
Air Mail Radiograms.
Snow and sleet will not affect com
munication service between For
Crook and the general Offices OF tn.
air mail in the federal building.
Carl Egge, superintendent OF ths
air mail service. announced that hs
has installed an antennae to be
hooked up with the postoffice ciocl
and expects 10 receive radiogram.
from the air mail field.
The air mail has had considerahl.
trouble communicating With various
line stations and Egge believes h
viii get a great deal better service
with his six-tube radio set installed
on the fourth floor Of the building.
Sioux Falls. S. d. Dec. s.-Ter
inches Of snow fell in eastern South
Dakota yesterday following a similar
fall a few days earlier. The temper
ature today was within hve points
Of the zero mark, the lowest OF the
season.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
COLD FATAL TO
i OMAHA VISITOR

Mrs. Emma Standish, rs, of Kan
sas City, died Sunday at the home
of her niece, Mrs. w. w. Bruner,
1899 x street, with whom she had
been visiting for the past three
weeks. Mrs. Standish had been suf-
fering from cold which developed
into pneumonia.
Mrs. Standish is survived by two
sons, Robert Of Kansas City and
Chauncey Of Hepner. Ore, and by
a daughter, Mrs. John Lee Of Hume,
Ore.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Beatrice Poultry Wins
Prizes at Kansas Show

BEATRICE, Dec. ST. J. Mehuron OF
this city received word that his Buff
orpingtons won a number OF prizes
at the poultry show held at Clay
Center, Kan. He has exhibited b2
birds this season and won ribbons
on 40 OF them.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09

CREWS REPAIRING
STORM DAMAGE.

Special Dispatch TO The Omaha bee.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. S.-Large
forces of men are still at work in
nearly every direction from Beatrice
repairing telephone, telegraph and
electric lines which were leveled by
the sleet storm of last week. Reports
reaching here today stated that more
lines went down last night during
the heavy wind and almost zero tenn
perature which prevailed in this sec
ton of the state.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Butler May Be Denied
Further Absence Leave

WASHINGTON. Dec, S.-rresiien,
Coolidge is inclined to refuse fur.
thcr leave OF absence fer Brigadier
General Butler serving as director
or public safety AT Philadelphia, but
viii reach no decision until after
further conference with Secretary
Wilbur.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Jury Named
in Case of
tCarroll
Suspected Member of Little
Sioux Holdup Gang Close
" Guarded as He Sits
in Court.
Has Long Police Record
Special Dispatch to The Oman. Bee.

Special Dispatch TO The Omaha Bee.
Logan, Ia, Dec. s.-Harry Ray
mond, alias Pat Carroll, Is on trial.
So opens the latest chapter in the
Little Sioux bank robbery Of October
20, when a party Of heavily armed
bandits stood off residents of the towr
In gun battle while their compan
ions blasted and looted the banl
vault.
Raymond was arrested at Pacific
Junction the night Of October 81. He
was identified later as Pat Carroll,
notorious bank robber and jailbreaker
Of Kansas.
The jury which is to hear the eyi-
dence in the case was impanelled late
this afternoon and the trial was ad
journed until tomorrow morning.
when the prosecution will open It's
case.
Prisoner Handcuffed.
Raymond entered the courtroons
this morning fastened 10 Deputy Sher-
If o. A. Case with handouts. He
was smiling, well dressed and appar-
emily in an easy frame Of mind.
The police record which was oh
tanned from Kansas authorities after
the man had been identified as Pat
Carroll has led Sheriff Walt Millman
to take no chances on the prisoners
escape. He is kept under constant
guard and the deputy sat just behind
him throughout the stay In the court
room.
Gang Terrorized Iowa.
Raymond Is accused OF being
member Of bandit gang which ter
rorized southeastern Iowa for weeks
last summer. The gang are accused
OF having robbed the Little Sioux
bank after two other hanks had been
visited and looted. They are also
accused of having gone to Soldier.
Ia, after Rayn1ond's arrest where
they blasted and looted the hank
vault.
The Little Sioux bank was robbed
early in the morning. The bandits
In driving into town and in working
on the vault aroused the townpeopIe.
When citizens began 10 approach the
building one Of the bandits opened
fire. From then on until after the
vault was blown and the loot placed
in an automobile the gunfire was
continuous
The following morning the car
which the bandits had used was found
wrecked near Tabor. Ia. The men all
escaped and were organized to search
for them.
Arrested at Missouri Valley.
That night Raymond entered the
station at Missouri Valley and was
arrested. No trace OF any OF the
ether members of the gang was
found.
Raymond according to the police
record sent to Sheriff Miil,nan was
arrested last May in Kansas on a
charge Of bank robbery. While await
ing trial friends placed charged Of
explosive At one corner Of the jail
building and blasted a hole through
which the prisoner escaped.
Attorneys for the defense took ex.
eeption To the presence Of an as.
sistant county attorney at the trial
today Their challenge wen, unan-
swered
Liable to 40 Years
The state. apparently relying upon
circumstantisl evidence. questioned
every juror as te his attitude toward
accepting circurnstantial evidence IN
a case Of this nature. That was the
principal question in the exam.na.
ton.
The charge against Raymond. that
OF robbery with use OF explosives.
carries maximum penalty Of 80
years imprisonment under the Iowa
Sfafrtes
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
25 Gents Per Voter Cost
Of Election in York County

York. Dec. S.-Aceording to John
Muir. county clerk OF York county, II
costs York county voters about %
cents apiece 10 hold an election. This
includes officers salaries. polling
place rentals and all other expenses.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Ranch Woman Kills Self.

sturgis, 8. ID. Dec. Mrs. sher.
man Orr. who resided on ranch
20 miles east OF sturgls. committed
suicide by taking oarbollc acid. No
motive IL known. She left hun.
band and four children.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
IL Horses Die i'm Fire.

Broken Bow, Dec. Sd. ID. Thomp-
son, living ~ miles south OF town,
sustained $4,000 loss when his lnrgc
barn and contents were destroyed by
fire. Twelve horses perished In the
fire
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
Driver Killed in Runaway.

David City. Dec. 6.-Frank Sey-
more. a farm hand near Rising city.
was crushed to death when he fell
beneath runaway team which had
been frightened by passing freight
train
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
SoIon to Undergo Operation.

Washington, Dee. s.-Representa.
tive Williams, republican. Of Michigan
In III here and IL expected 10 be re.
moved 10 Johns Hopkins university,
Baltimore. on Thursday for removal
OF the gall bladder.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09

The following persons obtalned mar
riage licenses in Council Bluffs yesterdays
Name and Address, Age.
James Perry Knepher. omaha. ......,. 80
Eva Knepher. Omaha. hn..............s,. ~
II. ID. Mansfield. Cozad. Neb. .,....... 20
Lola Grace Sage. cozad, Neb........., III
Lee Bushlng, Palmyra. Neb. ......,.,. ~
Pauline Shnffcr, Palmyra. Neb,.....,, 80
w. NJ Tinin. Schuyler, Neb. .......... ~
Pearl Butler. Omaha a..........,....,. IL
l.. NJ Andersen, omahe e,..,........... ~
Mabel Moore, Omaha. ha...............,. ~
G. j. Harrett, Fremont Neb. ....,...,.. ~
Halsn johnson. Fremont, Neb.....,... ~
Raymond u. Sehnekioth Nicola. Heb. -
Mildred Drsisr, Nicola. Is......f.....s IL
A. w. Hsrtung Omaha. .s.t...t.. ~
Thelma shumwsy Hartwick, Omaha. ~
n. l.. Cotner, pisttsmouth, Neh. ....... ~
Ida N. Parker. Plsttsmouth, Neb...... ~
Lsvern Cunningham. omshs, s,......... ~
Enther Hyseii, Omaha. fs
n l.. Clark Omahs ...4t...ts.s.ss..a 20
Lsta |. Clark, omshs. s.,............... ~
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
The Weather

Fer = henrs ending 7 = m Deem
her
Precipitation. Inches and ltuuNredthS=
Total rs total since January l. 1tN
AnfL.lnn..A- Sc
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-12-09
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

IL suffices not that beauty should
keep solitary festival In life; 1t has to
become a festival Of every day.--Mae-
terlinck.
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lf the Star Co1nedi, Eway Stage Beautie:
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Which Fun-Loving' Friend Hung M<<..S@n. M<.@ sng7 up in the Bathroom of Edna Davenport (Now Mrs. Tinney) - - By Mrs. Frank Tinney
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 Gssat Reserved,
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 his or her name in lights on Broadway today has ridden the - bumpS-wondered whether dinner would consist of a lettuce leaf and . glass of aqua pura or tenderlon with sttrimmin,s"- out per- Eectly good shoes on the rounds of
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THE SLIPPER OF RED BROCADE

don't mind hanging for it. I'd knife
the emperor myself if the lot fell %
me. . Shooting? Oh, no, too I'M
certain. Much too uncertain"
AS 1 listened I felt that this time
had put my nose into something
that I should have done better to let
alone. But it was too late, for the
young Italian, rapping vigorously on
the table, was already enforcing order:
Comrades" he said. in a loud tone,
ga little silence, please, for the two
members of the F. Committee" He
turned to one of our guards: You
took the numbers?"
Yes, comrade."
He turned to us: mo. and No g..
Which is which, please?"
IT am No. s." said the lady.
You're No. g." said the chairman.
Yes said in faint voice.
Thereupon the chairman began a
short speech which at first followed,
and with which by degrees I grew
bored, as he recited the old-fashioned
anarchist and nihilist sentiments OF
Bakunin, Czolgosz and Luccheni. Raw
cling his hair. his eyes flashing, he
whipped the enthusiasm of his hearers
by denunciations of the powerful, and
threats of vengeance by knife and
bomb