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Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Two
great ocean liners, battered by
giant seas in a terrific storm which
ragged in the Atlantic Tuesday were
in port here today while more than
fifty of their passengers suffered
injuries when they were thrown
about by the force of great waves
which all but engulfed the ships.
The Arabic of the White Star
line, which radioed for ambulances
to meet her at the dock, was the
most severely hit and twelve of
her passengers were taken to hos
p.tals at once when she docked late
yesterday. Twenty four others were
treated by surgeons and taken to
their homes or hotels. is,
The Homerick of the same line
also was hard hit and seven Of her
passengers were injured.
The Arabic was a veritable ship
as she steamed into port, more than
three score of her passengers stretch
ed out on mattresses on deck.
Several Lives Lost
Otd Captains Sdlu tlc tSlOtHl Wdo
the worst they had encountered and
additional stories of the fury of
the hurricane were expected as other
liners limped into port.
Shipping men feared for smaller
vessels caught in the storm, which
may have suffered even more sew
erely than the big liners.
A new storm was reported NOV
ing northward from the West In
dian hurricane zone.
The Danish steamer Nordfarer,
enroute from South American ports,
reported that her captain had been
washed from the bridge and lost.
The captain of the Doheny tank
er Cerro Ebano also was blown
from his bridge, but managed to
cling to lower deck tail. A mem
Der of the crew wssA blown over
board and lost, -H# fHt%' 9
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Bryan Declares
War Dept. Has
Gone Too Far
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LINCOLN, Nebr., Aug. 2s.-The
war department is trying to force
military mobilization test day
September u over the head OF
President Coolidge Governor Char
les W. Bryan, Democratic vice pres,
idcntiai nominee, charged today.
."iThe war, department is conflict
ing, with President Coolidge in an
attempt, to override, federal civil
forces.O Governor Bryan said. "T
am not afraid of civil forces of
Nebraska being oyerridden. The
war department is out, of harmony
III attempting to go ahead with it's
military, program regardless of the
fact fiat President Coolidge said
there was no such, intention. a,l
.tTle war. department is going
ovcr the Presidents head in milf
tarfizing mobilization day.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
COOLIDGE ENDS
+, HIS. VCATION,
RESUMES DUTIES
Pres. Has Decided ON
Foreign Affairs,
Agriculture
BY WILLIAM j. LosH

United Press Staff Correspondent
PLYMOUTH, VT, Aug. 2S.-Pres-
ident Coolidge tonight will end his
13 day vacation here and return to
Washington to begin his active cam
paign. Accompanied by Mrs. Cool
idge, and their son John, the Presi-
dent will leave on special train at
5:35 I'm. r
The President is reported to have
decided tentatively on several
speeches, probably three-one on
foreign affairs, one on taxation and
one on agriculture. a4..y3,
The first viii deal with the foreign
debt and the world court; the Sec
ond the government economy plan
and support Secretary Mellon IS
program for tax reduction, and the
third, on agriculture, is expected to
develop his hopes in the presidential
agriculture commission to be set up
to study home constructive program
of aid.
May Reach st. Louis
1t is reported the President may
60 as far west as Kansas City, st.
Louis and Chicago for speeches.
After he arrives back in Washing
ton, tomorrow, he is scheduled to
speak before the Fraternal Congress
convention. This will afford him
an opportunity to answer John w.
Davis challenge to declare himself
definitely on the Ku Klux Klan as
specific organization.
Should he not deal with the sub
ject tomorrow, the President may
accept an invitation to address the
convention of the Holy Name So
ciety at Washington, September 20.
This is Catholic organization and
the occasion would easily permit of
a discussion of racial and religious
tolerance.
A conference in Washington with
his campaign manager, William M.
Butler, will determine his course.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
TEN YEAR OLD !.
WRECKS TRAIN
z ARE KILLED
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BY United Press Leased wire y
ATHENS, Ohio, Aug. 2s.-"Just to
see what would happen ten year
old Ralph Robert, Toledo,. wired the
block of wood on the New York
Central track which wrecked a Ghare
lesion, w. Va, bound passenger
train, killing the engineer and fire
man, he confessed today.
Ralph is visiting in Miiifieid
near here. . - q
He told police he had tried the
same thing twice before.
The cou>age of Harry Sergeant,
engineer, prevented what might
have been an even more disastrous
wreck. The engine jumped the track
but Sergeant stayed at his post,
apparently applying the brakes as
the locomotive bumped over the
ties. He was dead when the loco
motive finally turned over.
Peter Cline, fireman, leaped, from
the cab and was fatally injured. He
died tody.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Oregon Posses Search Canyons For Nevada Murderer
RerOute Santa Fe
Trains Following
Wreck Of Freight

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf. Aug.
28.-With Santa Fe train service
being routed by way of Mojave,
over the Southern Pacific, a large
force of workmen was busy today
clearing the tracks in Cajon Pass
where a freight train was wrecked
yesterday after a wild dash down
the canyon. The ears, loaded with
gravel, leaped from the track at a
curve. No one was injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Wildness Of
Hollywood Z,
a 'ls - aof -.
Assured I. . ..'.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Aug.
28.-It's true after all, Holly
wood is a wild untamee city.
* i've coyote was spotted
trotting down one Of the movie
city's residence streets today.
Police lassooed the beast and
confined it at tho police station:
. They think it is someone s men
agerie occupant which has es-
capped. a..
All of which proves that Hol-
lywood is wild place, not
withstanding chamber Of COM.
'merce assurances to the contra
ry. :,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
SHERIFF KILLED
| AS HE ARRESTS
| ALLEGED THIEF
Was Wanted as Horse
Thief, Submitted to
Arrest
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VALE, Ore, Aug. 28. Four
posses of horsemen heavily armed to
day are pushing into the bare,
Owyhee badlands to obtain venge-
ance against an alleged horse thief
who shot and killed w. Austin Good
man, Harvey county sheriff.
Like the riders Of western sage
brush drama, the pursuit may turn
into battle to death with the fu-
gitive.
The man sought is known as Fred
Yardlow, of Elko, Nevada. Details
of the shooting yesterday are only
meager.
Yardlow is said to have passed
number of worthless checks in pay
ment for saddle horses and equip.
ment. When Sheriff Goodman found
him at the Folly ranch on the Har-
ney- Malheur county line, Yardlow
quietly submitted to arrest.
Whips Out Gun
Wait till I get my coat ne
said to the sheriff, turning to his
horse.
Like flash he whipped out six
shooter from his holster, and shot
the sheriff before che other could
draw. Mounting his horse, Yard
low took the trail to the south. /.
Goodman, for ten years the law OF
Harney county, died few hours lat
err. He was one of the picturesque
sheriffs of the west.
By the time word reached Vale,
Yardlow had a good start.
| He is believed to be headed FOL
| the rough country at the head wa
ters of the Owyhee river-barren
rocks, canyons and mountains-lust
north Of the Nevada line. yss
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
BARN. W ORE BEING SOUGHT.
POLICE INVESTIGATING
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2s,-
james Barrymore who wandered
into newspaper office here Sun,
day night and incoherently told a
story OF having killed man near
Bakersfield, was being sought again
today for questioning in regard ia
the murder of an unidentified man
near Trona a month ago. !
After a night s rest, Barrymore
denied ever having murdered a man
or confessed that he had done So
After questioning by police he was
allowed to go his way. y.y.s /,
Sheriff w, A. Shay of San Ber'
nardino county has asked~local Of
ficers to furnish additional details
Of Barrymore's confession and to
question him again it he can be
found. '"-+ ,%t. % ~
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
AUTO PLUNGES,
OVER CLIFF, 2
BODIE s FOUND
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SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 28.-Charlyn
Witherby, II, professional dancer of
San Francisco, and Leslie F. Kib-
ley, 25, broker Of this city, thought
to have eloped Saturday are dead
instantly killed when an automobile
Kibley was teaching the girl to
drive, plunged over a cliff ten miles
north Of here.
Children returning from school
found the key to the ear and notic-
ed wheel tracks leading to the edge
of the cliff. Sheriff's deputies low
cred ropes and recovered the bodies.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
WILL SENTENCE
BOY MURDERERS
In TWO WEEKS
Evid ence Criticizing
Court Excluded by
Judge
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CRIMINAL COURT ROOM,
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 2S.-The fate
of Nathan Leopold and Richard
Loeb rests In the hands Of
Chief Justice John r. Caver-
ly.
Justice Caverly set the day
for imposing sentence on Nath-
an Leopold and Richard Loeb
as September 10 at $3.50 a. m.
! Justice Caverly also announc-
ed that on the day OF sentence
no spectators would be permit
ted. Only members Of the press,
members Of the families of per-
sons involved in the case and
the various attorneys will be
permitted in the court room.
Before concluding the case, Jus
tice Caverly said he would order
litricken from the tie imony RS
marks having to do with the charge
that testimony had been introduc
ed to intimate the court.>
"This court will not be intimi
dated by anyone or anything" Jus
tice Caverly declared. He said the
criticism of the length of time in
volved in the case and the intro
duction of testimony after the plea:
of guilty, was unfounded.
Grove Argues
Neither wealth nor poverty hat
to do with this case,'
Justice Caverly declared. Every
thing done by this court was don,
for the purpose of justice.
Groves argument completed tn,
state 3 case. Two of his assistant.
argued first for the death penalty
They were followed by three de
fense attorneys, Walter Baehrach
Clarence barrow, chief defense
counsel and Benjamin Bachrach.
When the defense arguments were
completed, Grove started his lengthy
appeal for hanging the two slayers.
Grove then took up the friend
ly judge" evidence introduced by
the state. A police officer testi-
fled on the stand that Leopold told
him he "would go before a friend
|y judge and plead guilty and get
life imprisonment.
The defense attacked the state
ment as perjury.
"If Leopold did not say this, then
his attitude in court here indicates
ne believes he has friendly judge, "
Grove cried.
"In closing, l ask that the ex-
treme penalty be imposed
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Man Run Over By
Hotel Bus Killed,
Wife Frustrated
uy United Press Leased Wire

ATLANTIC CITY, N j., Aug. 2s.
Before the Mortified gaze of his
wife, Charles p. Meyers, 81, of
Pasadena, Calf, was run over by
q hotel bus here last night and
killed. The wheels passed over his
head, crushing it.
Mrs. Meyers, who accompanied
her husband east on a vacation trip,
collapsed and had to be carried to
her boarding house. The driver Of
the bus was arrested on charge of
manslaughter and released on $4,000
bail pending investigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Parents Charge
Man Contributed
to Delinquency

john Howe, a firemay, was ar
rested at Calexico yesterday after.
noon, by Sheriff Gillette for con-
tributing TO the delinquency of a
fifteen year old girl Of that, city.
The parents of the. young girl,
whose. name is being with held, have
endeavored for the past few weeks
to find ONT the identity If the
person or persons, responsible in the
affair, When Howe, was seen in
the presence of the girl number
Of times during the past week, they
Immediately notified Sheriff Gillette
who made, the arrest. ,s
Howe was locked up in the coun-
ty Jail and held for trial. ,,T4 .
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
EREDERICKS. IS
| STILL IN LEAD
I OVER CRISWELL
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4 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S,-With
the vote count still proceeding, lead
of Capt. John ID. Fredericks, incum.
bent congressman IN the tenth dis
trict over Ralph Criswell had reach
ed slightly more than 1900 votes to-
day. Criswell's camp, however,
still refused to acknowledge defeat
and held to the belief that d com,
plete tally ofinTuesday's balloting
would change The standing. I 'ns''l
sThe congressional race in this dis
triet wassthe only one of statewide
interest still in doubt. Voting in
one sapervisofial district was close,
with Henry sW. Wright leading his
two opponents. a-'-
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
GIRL DIES WHEN
NECK BREAKS IN
AUTO ACCIDENT

SANTA ANA, Aug. 28.-Her neck
broken when she was thrown from
her father s car in collision near
Richfield last night, Miss Mary
Marshburn %, a last years grad
uate at Whittier College, was in
stantly killed.
DR.. w. C. Marshburn, the vic,
TINS father, who was driving, was
injured critically. while IL FilipinOs
riding in truck which was hit
by the Marshburn ear were bruised
and hurt.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Passengers Not
Seriously
Hurt

NEW YORK, Aug. 28.--None
Of the persons injured aboard
the Arabic were reported 20 be
In dangerous condition.
Among those whose injuries
were not sufficiently dangerous
to necossitate going to hospitals
are:
Margaret Schun, Santa Rosa.
Calf, lacerations Of face and
fractured ribs.
III. r. Shaw, Denver, Colo.,
laceraion OF head.
Mrs. H. r. Shaw. injured back
and side.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
Abandon Probe
For Muir derer
Bell Mer ant

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S.-Depu-
ty sheriffs today practically aban-
doned the investigation into the
death of Henry Carpenter, Bell mer-
chant, whose decapitated body was
found last week in river bed near
Whittier.
Inability of the officers to find
any trace Of the man with whom
Carpenter left Bell some weeks ago
was given as reason for halting the
probe.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
MAN INHALES GAS q.
WHEN FUNDS ARE
LOW AND NO WORK
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S,-Un-
able to find employment, and faced
with a shortagenof funds, James M.
Hunter, so, killed himself by I'm
haling gas late yesterday. + wv I
Hunter, who had recently come
here from Iowa, was found dead
by Mrs. j. W. McPherson 'at whose
home he lived as lodger.' 'c H"
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
CREIGHTON HA LIE p
BEING SUED FOR
DIVORCE BY WIFE
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2s.--Creigh-
ton Hale, well known picture play
er, was sued for Divorce here yes
terday by his wife, Mrs. Victoria
Hale. who alleges cruelty. Hale, ac-
cording to the complaint, earns 5000
a week, and Mrs. Hale wants a
share of it. gar, 4a
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
AMMONIA TANK
EXPL0DES, Ten
HURT, | DEAD

DES MO1JES, Iowa, Aug. 2s.-
Ten persons were seriously injured,
one woman was reported buried IN
the debris and several other persons
were said to have been slightly in
jured when an ammonia tank under
the sidewalk at the Fort Des Moines
grocery exploded today.
Three of the injured may die.
Police and emergency hospital
ears have been rushed tothe scene,
five miles from the business dis
trict of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
M'COY TO PLEAD /.
mot GUILTY..
NEXT TUESDAY,
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S.- Kid
Mccoy, charged with killing Mrs
Theresa Mors, will plead to the in
dictment against him next Tuesday
at $3.50 a. m. ,n, .''~ .t '..' N'f
Judge Charles s.. Grail today set
that time for the nlea upc" app''ea-
tion of Defense Attorney E.. L. Day.
in, after overruling Davin's motion
TO quash the charges against Mccoy.
DAWN stated that there will be no
further efforts made to kill the
charges, and indicated that his
client will plead not guilty.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
PASADENA DIES

! PASADENA, Calf, Aug. 2s.--
Remains of Edison J. Chamberlain,
former president of the Grand Trunk
Railway, who died at his home here
yesterday after long illness, will
be started east Saturday. Burial
will occur at st. Albans, VT.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
S. F. TELEPHONE
CONVERSE TION S
MILLION DAHL Y
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Is
Nearly a million conversations are
carried on daily over San Francisco
telephones, which would, if com.
bined into single conversation,
take 100000 minutes, or nearly
four years, according to local tele.
phone company statisticians.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-28
WIN ENGLISH RACES

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Sir Char.
les Hyde's game shot won the Gim'
crack stakes here today from q
field of seven. Sir b. w. Tate =
Heidrera was second, with +. Gret-
ton Is Iceberg third.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-07

wDAR. Philadelphia t3s5). Gao. talk;
wLAF. New York t42e). $50. sport
talk; $40, music, entertainment; .. quar-
tet.
WFAA. Dallas News t47s). $50. faculty
VIII, Philadelphia tssS). 8. talk; $40.
music.
wGR. Buffalo (s1s). $50. dinner music:
Gao. news reports: s, concert.
WGY. Schenectady (3s0l. 6.45. Rsdarlo,
orchestra; g:30 special program.
WHAS. Louisville 900. 1880. orchestra
concert. plano solos,.
Wink, Cleveland (2ss). 5. music: 8.
VIII, Philadeiphia t5os), sos. music;
WAC. Norfolk (2ss). 12:15. weather.
markets. road conditions: $40. same pro-
WAL. Chicago. (4so). 10. musical pro-
s'SR1' WY. New York t.O5,. s.so. music.
WILL. New York t455). s. orchestral;
$3.50. Entertainments 7. talk: 7:l5. talk;
$3.50, dance program: IL. trio.
WLAG. eapolis-St. Paul t41D. 7:30.
farm lectures; 9:15, business message; !;
WMAQ, Chicago News t44T.5), Z. Week
ly Wide Awake club program: 1880. music
memory; $40. orchestra; 3. musical prs-
,,WMc. Memphis 5000. $40. program;
wow. Omaha N2s). $50. dinner con-
cert; 3. orchestra
visit; s, musical program.
WOO. Philadelphia t609). $50. music.
7. taM; 1880. music: s.0s. music dance.
WOR. f~wark 405). 5:l5. piano solos.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-07
AT THE
IT ,THEATERS

Walker Whiteside and his company.
headed by Miss Sydney Shields. will
appear at the Brandeis theater to-
night in the Anglo-Chinese play. Mr..
Wu." Mr.. Whiteside will be seen as
yvu Ii Chang, Chinese gentleman.
Oxford graduate and parsonage of
consequence In his native city of
Hong Kong. 1.-The Hindu" will be the
bill at the Brandeis theater on Sat
urday afternoon and evening. Mr..
Whiteside will again be seen in the
picturesque character of Prince Ia
mar. maharajah OF Somnouth. India.
Colorful scenes of the orient will en-
belish the stage during the action OF
both plays. Harold Vosburgh. Eunice
Hunt. David Belbridge. Lucille Hust.
ing and other well.known players will
be seen in both plays.
Jack Rose, the nuttlest Of nut
comedians, at the Orpheum this week.
has no more regard for hat than
the average man has for match.
They last him about as long. One
after another. with only few sec
onds intervening. he tears them apart
and throws them away. His humor is
Of a type that defies a crouch.
Tomorrow sees a new 6-act bill at
the World theater. Its headline fea-
ture Is the Hanneford family. -four
years the featured performers with
the Sells F'loto circus. This famous
sextet OF equestrians have as their
principal member George Hanneford,
greatest of riding comedians. On the
supporting bill are Evans. Nero and
Evans in Bits of Mark Twain
Walters and Stern. "The syncopated
salesmen;" Mary Drew and company,
Joe Reichens Entertainers, John
Burke and Arthur Hays.
Today and tomorrow the Halton
Powell Players. offer 1.-The Further
Adventures of Henpecked Henry at
the New Empress. Midnight Rose. =
an adaptation OF Halton Powel's orl-
ginal play. 1.-The Sins OF Hollywood
is the bill announced for the first half
OF next week, beginning Sunday.
Eddie Hall, comedian with Talk of
the Town." was the man who intro
duced the siberian mousehound' TO
the language of stage comedians.
You talk like a mountain" says Hall
to his first aid. Frank Andersen.
"And who ever heard a mountain
talk?" Is the prompt response; WELL
didn't Pixies Peak?" queries Hall as
he goes into his dance. Talk OF the
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-07
Town" finishes its run with today's
two performances.

Town" finishes its run with today's
two performances.
Fay Tunis gives a realistic charac-
terization of a French girl In Happy
Days at the Gayety theater. starting
tomorrow's matinee. She was with
Theda Bara In the pictur4zation of
Carmen" and last year was prlma
donna in Hello, Good Times" Incl
dentally. Miss Tunis was married on
the stage at the Gayety on January
7. 1915. by Judge Baldwin to Sig.
Bosley. both being members Of 1.-THE
Winning Widows" company at the
time. This is her first visit to Oma-
ha since.
THE Cat and the Canary" will play
a return engagement In Omaha, be-
ginning Monday. March 10. For those
who do not know of its main appeal,
1t may be said to have been construct
ed to thrill. There is an intermittent
love story and there are frequent
comic episodes. but the author is
mainly concerned in keeping three
acts consistently creepy. TO do this
he employs strange noises, tolling
bells and sliding panels to abet the
sly movements Of suspicious charac-
ters on a dimly lighted stage.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-07
Dance Ends in Fight;
Three Men Stabbed

Columbus, Neb., March 6.-Three
men were wounded. two of them seri-
ously, in a stabbing affray that broke
up a Polish midnight dance at the
farm home Of Joe Shemek, IL miles
northwest of Silver Creek.
Wesley Pickrell Is In a critical con-
dition and was rushed to an Omaha
hospital. His brother, Francis, is
suffering from numerous knife
wounds. George Graves. the third
victim, suffered severe injuries.
Two more men. John Cuba and
John Doryca, were arrested on fel-
ony charge and released on bonds OF
$1,000 each. Walter Forman, another
alleged participant. was arrested by
County Sheriff Dan Kavanaugh late
this evening.
1t is believed the fight began over
Wesley Pickrells supposed attempt
to escort home a young woman an
other man had taken to the dance.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-07
1000 Join New
Farm Alliance
100 Organizers Expected in
Nebraska Soon to Increase
Membership.

Columbus. Neb.. March 6.--More
than 1000 farmers and business men
in Platte. Pierce. Knox. Cedar. Madi-
son, Antelope, Boone. Nance, Dixon,
Wayne and Stanton counties have
Joined the National Producers ALI.
ance. according to p. IL. Mohler. Min.
neapolis. organizer for the association.
At Newman Grove. Neb., 81 busi-
ness firms signed up as members.
along with practically all farmers. In
the Shell Creek precinct of Madison
county 16S farmers have Joined the
movement.
Within the next three weeks. Mr..
Mohler declared, the National Pro-
ducers' alliance expects to bring more
than 100 organizers into Nebraska to
complete the work in the northeast
ern quarter of the state and then
sweep westward and south over the
entire state.
Schoolhouse meetings are being held
this week west of Columbus along the
various lines of the Union Pacific in
Platte, Nance and Merrick counties.
The object of the alliance Is to or
ganize farmers into township. county
and state units in an effort to regu'
late the prices they are to receive Tor
farm products.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-07
Ice Jams Disappear
as Platte Subsidies

Columbus. Neb.. March $40 fuf-
ther trouble from ice in the Loup
and Platte rivers south Of Columbus
is anticipated.
Both rivers we're at lower stage to-
day than at any other time since
last week and their channels are prac.
tically free from floating ice. There
still Is ice lodged on the sand bars
more in the Loup. proportionately
than In the Platte-but II IL destined
to lie there till 1t melts away unless
heavy rains should come TO cause
quick and material increase In the
volume of water.
The Burlington reports the Platte
channels free of ice at It's bridge
southeast of the city.