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FOUNDED IN 1881. LINCOIJN. NEBRASKA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939. FIVE CENTS.

F. D. R. ASKS LABOR WAR END Over 20 Hurt In Wyoming Train Wreck Near Hosier SEVEN CARS OF U. P.

EXPRESS DERAILED Several of Injured May Die In Rawlins and Laramie Hospitals. BOSLER, Wyo, (UP). More than 20 persons were hospitalized here and in nearby towns and many others were taken to Salt Lake City for treatment of injuries when seven cars of the U. crack pony express, enroute from Denver to Salt Lake, were derailed on the main line. Several passengers were injured critically and may die.

Among the critically hurt was JLL ROBBERS OUT A SAFE IN ROCERY STORE Mrs. W. A. Jager, wife of a vice president of the Life Insurance company, Des Moines, la. Jager was slightly injured.

Both were rushed to a hospital in Laramie, 20 miles east, along with 15 or 20 other injured passengers. Seven Cars Uncoupled. A sketchy account of the wreck was obtained from those in Laramie able to talk. The train was traveling at terrific speed and the last seven cars of it became uncoupled, bounded down the right- of-way behind the main train for a quarter of a mile, then five of them plunged down a 20 foot embankment about 11 p. m.

Friday. C. H. Saunders, Negro pullman porter, who was on duty in one of the overturned cars, said they bounded along behind the train, hitting about every 30 or 40 before they left the right-of-way, carrying with them great sections of tracks and ties. Most of the Pullman occupants had retired for the night and some of the injured had to be pulled from their berths and out by ambulance attendants and doctors summoned from Laramie, and by townsfolk aroused by noise.

Passengers in night cloths were attempting to administer to the injured, whose cries from within the cars attracted aid. Most From Des Moines. The greatest number of injured were from Des Moines. Employes of the Bankers Life company had chartered two Pullmans for a trip to San Francisco and the Golden Gate international exposition. Sagern and his wife were along as chaperons.

Apparently both of (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5.) FRASERS GOING ON. Mr. and Mrs. W.

A. Fraser, Lincoln residents hurt in a wreck near Laramie, were enroute to San Francisco for the Golden Gate exposition and a business meeting, friends here said. Fraser, released from the hospital after first aid treatment, was an employe of a Bankers Life Des Moines Insurance company. Mrs. Fraser, more seriously hurt, suffered a broken collar bone.

They had lived in Lincoln six years. They advised friends here they plan to continue their trip to San Francisco. Also hurt in the wreck was Mrs. H. C.

Portwood, Davenport, formerly a Nelson, merchant. STOCK PROMISES BY iFKINS Upturns Range to 2 Points, Altho Profit Gleaners Reduce Top Marks. NEW YORK. (iP). The stock market responded with fairsized gains as Wall st.

studied Friday speech by Secretary of Commerce Hopkins promising government efforts toward business revival. After an active opening at which numerous issues in large blocks changed hands at advances running to as much as $2 or so a share, trading turned quiet. Best levels were not maintained to the finish. The opening upward movement, coming on top of a rise Friday inspired by preliminary hopes regarding the Hopkins speech, attracted profit taking. At the finish there as a scattering of losses tho most issues were behind plus signs.

Closing higher were U. S. Steel, up 11.25 at $63.50, Chrysler up $1.87 at $74.25, Bethlehem up $1.87 at $74.12 and American Can up $1.87 at $92.75. UNICAMERAL BE LAYS MMITTE UNDATION Freadrich Bros, Lose Over $300 in Cash; Checks Not Molested. There's Always a Chance Th ey Might Mean 11 This Time MEDIATION ASKED OF GREEN.

LEWIS President Urges A. F. L. and C. I.

O. Committees Negotiate. MIAMI, Fla. (FP). Booscvelt in urgent terms a.sked the heads of the Ameriean Federation of Lahor and tlic of bidnstrial Organizations to appoint immediately eommittees to negotiate a peace agreement in three- year-old civil war.

Robbers cleaned out a Freadrich Bros, safe at the groceryterla, 120 No. 10th, during the night Friday, getting $318.45 in caah after knocking the knob from the safe door and punching the lock. 'The loss was discovered early Saturday when B. B. Betz, 2527 manager of the store, opened for business.

He saw the safe door standing open and notified police. Officers said a considerable sum of money represented by non-negotiable checks remained unmolested in the safe. All of the receipts of business and the small change had been placed in the safe at closing Friday, L. H. Daft, credit manager, said Saturday.

Police said there was nothing to Indicate that the store had been broken into and theorized the prowlers either hid in the store before closing Friday or entered by using a key. The rear door was found with the lock pried off from the inside, Indicating the thieves left thru the alley entrance. Tests were made of the safe and knob, but officials had little hope of finding finger prints of the robbers. The safe, located in a small room at the rear of the store, offered an out of the way place for the prowlers to work, detectives said Saturday. They expressed doubt that the robbery was done by the same pair that attempted to open the Lincoln theater safe on Feb.

13. LINCOLN ORATORS PLACE John Douglas First in Extemporaneous Contest. George Blacketone of Lincoln won second rating in the finals of the rebutal speaking contest, being edged out by Jerry Scoutt of Hastings. HASTINGS, Neb! Finals in six events of the Hastings college high school speech tournament, in which more than 200 students from 35 state participated, resulted as follows: oratory; John McCown, Beatrice, first; Bruce Kentiall, Kearney, aecond; Bob Shepherd, Grand Island, third. oratory: Mary Ann BrigKs, Has- tinga, firat; Kathryn Schelly, Norfolk, Doria Ruth Jacobaon, Stromsburg, third.

Boya' extemporar eous apeaklng: John Douglaa, Lincoln, first- Robert Wallin, Aurora, aecond; Junior Shrtpton, Kimball, third. extemporaneous speaking; Kathryn Sloan, Geneva, firat; Virginia Henllne, Kearney, second; Norma Davis, Holdrege, third. Interpretive poetry: Betty Phelps, Superior. first; Bob Shepherd. Grand Island, second; Elisabeth Smith, Polk, third.

Qualifiers in rebuttal contest: Bob Well and George Blackttone, Lincoln- Jerry Scoutt and Nick Hastings; Virginia Henline, Kearney; Car! Swanaon, Aurora; Robert Swarson, Holdrege. Insurance Director Smrha Promises His Fullest Co-operation. Insurance Director Smrha appeared before the special legislative investigating committee, at the first meeting Saturday and at the invitation, and promised his fullest cooperation. Members of the group admit that they must feel their way carefully at the start since none are experts on the subject. They will meet Monday and Tuesday afternoons and will request the presence of men more familiar with the in whom they have confidence.

Early indications, it was stated, are that the bureau of securities will receive major attention. The director told them that during the past two years he has received complaints from practically every county in the state but that very few have had to do with life insurance. Practically all, he added, concern assessment, health and accident and hail insurance business. The committee assumed that Mr. Smrha considers revision of some existing laws important.

It has not been the policy of the department to request legislation but rather to lend advice when called upon. The committee will ask the attorney general to lend the services of Rush Clark, one of his assistants, and, if possible, to get along without necessity of hiring outside counsel. Services of a stenographer will be required. The investigating group consists of Dr. A.

Miller, chairman; A C. Van Diest, Hugh B. Ashmore, John Callan and Speaker iDers with Lieut. Gov. Johnson ex-ofiicio member.

Including the latter, there are three democrats and three republicans. The committee is directed to report back its findings not later than the 70th legislative (Continued on Page 2, Col, 7.) LINCOLN IN RNALS, PERU, Neb. Lincoln and Omaha Central high school entered the finals here Saturday of the annual M-I-N-K high school debate tournament sponsored by the Peru State teachers college, Omaha Central eliminated Omaha Tech and Lincoln downed Omaha Benson in the semifinal rounds. Schools entered in the tournament in addition to those above were Hastings, Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, Auburn, Dewitt, and Fairfax, Mb. The question was, "Resolved, that the United States should form an alliance with Great DIVIDEND TO FARMERS.

WAUSA, Neb, IJPi. A 5 percent dividend was declared by directors of the Farmers Union Co- Operative association here. Plans were made to erect a building and start a union filling station. Officers are William Buhrman, president F. Banks, vice president, and N.

C. Carison, secretary. MERKURI TO HAVE HEARING Habeas Corpus Case Set for March 4. Contending that he is being illegally detained by Sheriff Davis, Christ Merkuri, held on a fugitive warrent, obtained an order for a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus from District Judge Chappell Saturday and date was fixed for next Saturday at 9 a. m.

Merkuri was released on a bond of $6,000. Merkuri claimed he was being held on pretended authority in the nature of a warrant returned In the presence of a grand jury in El Paso, charging that he and one Angelos set fire on Jan. 10, 1938 to a building owned by Joseph L. Kopf. The writ wa.s issued under the law permitting hearing on an extradition.

Gov. Cochran had granted extradition of Merkuri Friday. MRS. har MT onvicted Manslaughter in Shooting of Principal-Coach. MARION, Ind.

Mrs. Rilla Harrell, 44, was convicted of first degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Paul Bartholomew, 37, Lagro high school principal and coach. The jury of ten men and two women returned the verdict after 15 deliberation. The verdict carries a prison sentence of two to 21 years. Sentencing was deferred until next week.

MISS SAW. DAKIN BUBIEDINiLLYW (-ST1IE Wins OFENER Mitchell Takes Mile Run in Indoor Meet. Charley Mitchell, Big Six champion two miler, got the Kansas State team off to a good start in its indoor dual with Nebraska, Saturday, winning the mile In 4 minutes 29 seconds. A1 Kuper, Nebraska, was second and Leland, Kansas State, third. Mile run; Won by Mitchell (KS); eec- ond, Kuper (N); third, Leiand (KS).

Time 4 minutes, 29 seconds. 60 Yard dash: Won by Wright (N); second, Fagler (KS); third, Ladd (KS). Time 6.3 seconds. HINES JURY Twelve Persons Deciding Pate District Leader. NEW YORK.

(UP). The case of Tammany Leader James J. Hines, accused of selling his political influence to the Dutch Schultz policy racket, went to a blue ribbon jury in general session court at 12:15. p. m.

LIFE EXPECTANCY UP. WASHINGTON. The public health service said Friday that babies born in 1938 had a life expectancy of 62 years. This is 1.1 years more than the expectancy for 1937 babies and nearly 2 years more than in 1931. Expectancy falls only eight years short of the biblical quota, and Former Lincoln Teacher and Librarian, Qoverness to Bryan Children.

The death of Miss Sarah T. Dakin in Hollywood a week ago, at the age of 82, was of interest to many Lincoln people, her former pupils, library patrons, neighbors, and members of the old First Congregational church. Described by old friends as an unusually able and intelligent woman, Miss Dakin will be remembered as teacher at Capitol school for eight years, an assistant librarian for the next three, and as governess to the Wll- llan J. Bryan children for a number of years thereafter. She was a member of the D.

A. R. She died Feb. 17, a few days after the death of a younger sister. A third sister, Mrs.

Mary Mohler, and a brother, William, both in Hollywood, are the only immediate surviving relatives. Funeral and burial took place there Monday. In New York state, Miss Dakin was governess to the wealthy and prominent Duryea family, preparing their daughter for Wellesley and seeing her thru her college career. Called to Lincoln by the failing health of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

William Dakin, she made her home with them at 1826 and entered the city school system as a teacher at Capitol, 46 years ago. Eight years later she became an assistant librarian, and had charge of the juvenile department for four years. About that time William Jennings Bryan built Fairview, the country home that is now the site of the hospital named for him. It was so far out of town that he engaged Miss Dakin as governess for Ruth, now Mrs. Rohde and former ambassadress to Denmark; William Jennings, and Grace.

After several years in that household she retired from teaching, and gave all her time to the care of her parents. In 1918 she went to California with her sisters and brother. She wrote friends here about the death of her younger sister, Mrs. Chamberlain, which occurred on her own birthday, Feb. 8.

She made no mention of being ill, and word of her death came as a surprise to her long time neighbor, Mrs. H. J. Winnelt. D.

OF A. PLAN MEMORIAL Will Honor Late Pope by on Peace. NEW YOmki As a memorial to Pope I ls XI, the Catholic Daughters of will sponsor in each city where it has a unit "a thoro and practical course on international in the hope that "all men may live in The course, announced by Mary C. Duffy, of South Orange, N. supreme regent, at a meeting of directors, will be a series of lectures given by leading members of the Catholic clergy and educators thruout the country.

THE WEATHER. Far Ltaiealn mi VMniti'i Fartly elmid) and wnrmrr tonight and Sunday. I.uwr«t tonight about 2ft For Nrhraaka! Partly rioudy tontglV and Sunday; warmer tonight, and In onot portion Sunday. Sunday riwi 1:06 a. Oilft p.

ni. LINCOLN TBMPKRATI RKS. p. m. (Fri.) 22 a.

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(Mat.) 11 1 p. .............80 2 .11 2 p. HIghr.t trmpr'raturr a yrar ago 41. Ixtwrat trmprraluro a yrar ago 20. At 0:60 a.

Dry buib 10. wet bulb 14. rrlatlvr humidity M. At p. Dry bulb 20, wrt bulb 2S, rrlatlvo humidity SO.

Total wind movemrnt, 144; average per hour. 6. WKEKl.V WKATHKR. Heather outlook for the period of Feb. 21 to Mareh 4.

tipper Mla.lii.lppl and lower Ml.iiourl Frequent prerlp- Itatbin in north, generally fair In tionth: near to above normal. and the Generally lair weather; nuMtly above normal. SAY SmyALISTS HAYE NO COUR GEPLANE VYITO 10 ABOARD IS LOS Lufthansa Announces Craft and Occupants Considered Missing. BERLIN. Lufthansa, German aviation company, announced that a plane carrying ten passengers and crewmen was lost somewhere in the Mediterranean.

The plane was on a special flight from Germany. The company said it had not determined exactly where the plane went down. An official statement said; "On a flight over the Mediterranean a German airplane carrying the markings came to grief, according to news reaching here. Both she and her ten occupants must be considered WILL BUY PUBLIC POWER Grand Island to Supplement Central Power Supply. GRAND ISLAND.

The Central Power company announced an agreement with the Platte Valley public power and irrigation district for the purchase of energy from the district, effective at once. The company has had a physical connection with the district since January, 1937 but has uaed no energy from that source since June of that year, when a break In a siphon forced suspension of operations. The break has been repaired. On the basis of the agreement announced by V. M.

Johnson, president of Central Power, the rate to be paid the district for energy will be based on fuel costs. The company will use energy bought from the Platte Valley to a igmcnt Its own supply, and the company plants will be kept in operation. Platte Valley district gets its power from the dam at Sutherland, and also from the Loup river plant at Columbus. County Officials Say Cloak of Religion Is Not a Shield. Contending that religious practices that interfere with good order or against the general welfare cannot be used as a cloak to cover commission of offenses against the law, affirmation was asked of the supreme court Saturday of the refusal of the district court of Fillmore county to take jurisdiction over a request of John Wesley Dill of Lincoln and a group of other spiritualists.

They had asked for a declaratory judgment holding that they have a right to hold seances. Co. Atty. Gewacke, County Judge Hamilton and Sheriff Steinacher, defendants, asked the affirmation. The parties had been arrested and fined as violators of a law making holding of a public seance for hire an offense.

The county officers say there is no real controversy and that granting relief under the declaratory judgment act is diecretlonary with the court and cannot be demanded as a matter of right. The plaintiffs claim they were going out to farmhouses in Fillmore county and holding religious meetings; that they pulled down the shades, took hold of each hands and proceeded to worship God by communicating with the departed. For these seances they contributed $15 paid to Dill, the medium. The county officials say there is no law that prohibits 12 people from meeting and hypnotizing each other in succession and when they get thru paying somebody by taking up a collection; but that when arrested and fined these parties paid and did not appeal, and this was for holding an open meeting. say all Dill and his associates are asking is that the court say that if they did not violate the law they violate it.

If they are asking the court to hold the law uneonstitutlonal as interfering with freedom of worship, the relief cannot be granted because courts have repeatedly held that a man cannot excuse violation of law by pleading religious belief, where practices are inimical to good order. PADEREWSKI TO GOME WEST Will Play in Omaha the Night of March 30. OMAHA. (UP). Ignace Jan Paderewski, world renowned pianist, will give a recital in Omaha the night of Thursday, March 30.

A telegram was received from Pederewskl saying he was happy to revise his schedule to include Omaha, Thlif will be only appearance in the middle west. FARM BRINGS $3,200. ELK CREEK, Neb. (JP). Anthony Reeve has purchased 80 acres of the J.

D. Hayes farm north of here for $40 per acre. 'The temporary white house offices here made public letters to A. F. L.

President Green and C. I. O. President Lewis in which Mr. Roosevelt gave four major reasons for asking settlement of the dispute: Gives Four Reasons.

because it la right. "Second, because the responsible officers from both groups seem to me to be ready and capable of making a negotiated and just peace. "Third, because your membership ardently desire peace and unity for the better ordering of their responsible life In the trade unions and in their communities. "Fourth, bewiuse the government of the United States and the people of America believe it to be a wise and almost necessary step for the further development of the co-operation between free men in a democratic society such as ours Mr. Roosevelt told the rival labor chieftains that he was "sure that results can be achieved if the parties come together with open minds and a clear intention to effect genuine peace and harmony in the labor One sentence of Mr.

letter Indicated that he might be willing to mediate the struggle if it became necessary. He said that "whatever assistance we in the government can give you in this matter will be gladly Thinks Breach Curable. "I wish to reiterate the sincerity of my belief in capacity to end this breach and my faith in the intention of the wage earners of America to play their part along with all other groups in our community in overcoming our mutual problems and bringing about the good American democratic Mr. Roosevelt wrote. He said that "The American people sincerely hope that a constructive negotiated peace with honor may come about between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial ganisations within the early months of the new opportunities for a united and vital labor movement to make a contribution to American life of help to the present and future genemtlons were never he said.

The National Manufacturers association recently has made a statement expresaive of a better understanding of the problems of labor relationships and of their willingness to work with labor in a realistic effort to improve their mutual relations and to better general working ainditlons. complicated economic and social problems of today require the cooperation of responsible groups of citizens of all walks of life and the effectiveness of labor in this type of council can only be realized by its fundamental unity of purpose and The appeal, dated Feb. 23, was made public while he was on the high seas with the fleet. WASHINGTON. (UP).

Secretary of Labor Perkins, who laid the groundwork for Mr. proposal, appeared very confident that both sides would accept the suggestion. She said the demand for peace from the rank and file of both sides was and that psychologically the time for peace negotiations was very good. COAL NOTBUReTSTOLEN Thief May Have Started Fire in Garage. A petty habit of smoking bring about his arrest after stealing nearly a ton of coal Saturday morning, but it did fix the time of the robbery.

Firemen called to the residence of Mrs. Nellie Irwin, 3251 Center, extinguished a small blaze in a garage at the rear of the house, only to find 1,800 poimds of coal missing. With nothing to indicate the coal had been burned by the conflagration, firemen and detectives concluded the thief had dropped the clgaret that, firemen said, started the blaze. 'The garage was only slightly damaged. WELLES DECLINES ROLE.

NEW YORK. Reports that Orson Welles, whose radio production of a mythical Martian invasion panicked New Jersey several months ago, might play the title role in a new film version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," were squelched by Welles himself. He said he was too busy with his radio and stage activities, hurrying from his weekly broadcast to return to Boston, where he is rehearsing with the theater guild- Mercury theater production of "The Five lA ARES JL ED HOME Told to Jewish Exile Order Issued by Berlin Officials. R)r Fmi. Thousands of Italians in France faced the prospect of returning to their homeland while In Germany thousands of Jews faced the loss of theirs.

For the Italians it was repa- trtation -a summons home as part of Premier plan to draw Italians abroad back to Italy. For the Jews It was expatriation order by nazl authorities that the Jewish community of Berlin must furnish each day the names of 100 Jews who will be required to leave the country within two weeks. The return to their homeland was said to be part of Premier plan to repatriate Italians abroad. Italian sources said 3,000 were leaving continental France and 1,000 were leaving Corsica. French Island department which has figured in fascist clamor for French possea- Alt Italian siMAMMsy Bpokesman in Paris said this was "only a and foreign circles in Rome expressed belief It was another gesture of Italian lU-feellng toward France.

Both France and Britain were making urgent efforts to end the Spanish civil war and clear the way for their formal recognition next Monday of Generalissimo Framco'i rule as legal government. In Budapest, Hungarian political police investigated tips that the Hungarlst nazi movement, dissolved Friday as a menace to national security, was reorganizing to continue underground as an illegal political organization. The leader of the Hungarist "black (Continued on Page 2, Col. SE EE RCES DEFENSEe Wants the Upper House to Approve House Endorsed Measure. WASHINGTON.

(UP). The senate military affairs committee urged the senate to pass the house approved $358,000,000 national defense bill as a means of carrying out President pledge to protect this hemisphere "against storms from any In a report on the bill, which it approved unanimously, the committee reviewed the message to congress outlining defense needs. The committee said that Mr. Roosevelt had presented "most convincing for the "improvement of our present defense The bill authorizes expenditure of $300,000,000 to increase tho strength of the army air corps to 3,500 more than at authorizes $23,750,000 for the defense of the Panama canal, and $2.000,000 annually for the next five years for educational orders consisting of tools, dies, jigs and other manufacturing equipment. DRAMATIC STUDENT KILLED A 3 Tva Sosoyeva Attacked and Beaten, Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES. (UP). Miss Ayva Sosoyeva, 27, pretty dramatic student, died in General hospital early Saturday several hours after she had been raped and beaten on the Los Angeles City college campus. Wally Myers, another student, told police she staggered up to him and fell at his feet, gasping: been She lapsed into a coma and did not revive. Dr.

John Cocke of the Hollywood police receiving hospital said the skull was fractured and her body bruised, indicating she had struggled desperately. Police said she had been criminally assaulted. The girl was a member of a dramatics class in the college night school and had been missed at Friday session..