W oman Is Denied
Damages in Suit
Against Governor
lurv Out 28 Minutes in Ca6e
of Stenographer Who
Vske<i $100,000 of MU
gissippi Executive.
Oxford? Miss , Hec 12.—<By A. P.)
A verdict for tim defendant was re
turned by a jury in United States dis
trict court lu-re last night in the
trial of Miss Frances Cleveland Birk
hend. stenographer, against Lee M.
Ktiss. il, governor of Mississippi, fur
4 iDu.OoO damages bused 011 charges of
seduction and other serious allega
tions.
The verdict—the climax of one of
of the most sensational law suits ever
tiled in a Mississippi court—was re
turned at 6-U8, Just 28 minutes utter
the arguments were concluded, in
structions given anti the case sub
mitted.
Neither of the principals was in
the court room when the Jury pre
s. nted its verdict. Governor Russell,
with Mrs. Russell, went to the home
of his bit.'her immediately after tlio
jury retired.
The verdict contained only the re
quired seven words:
■'We, the jury, tind for the defend
ant."
Judge K. R Holmes, who presided
at the trial reconvened court as the
jury tiled in. Its verdict was read and
within three minutes from the time
ihf verdfcl was presented court had
born adjourned and the trial of the
most widely discussed case in Missis
sippi in a decade had passed into his
tory.
The verdict was returned by a jury
composed of men ranging in ugo from
lit In ?ij years. All are married.
Norton Issues Call
for Farm Bloc Meet
Lincoln, lie 12.—(Special Tele
gram!—J. N’. Norton. Polk, former
I resident of the state farm federa
tion and a defeated candidiate for tho
gubernatorial nomination, today is
sued an Invitation to all farmer mem
bers of the legislature to attend the
organized agriculture week at Lln
• "In in January and deeidt upon a
definite farm bloc program.
"There are a number of major is
sues,” he said, "upon which all farm
organisations are agreed, a-state in
cofne tax. rural credits. changes in
the revenue law, tax reductions and
removal of the party circle.”
lla^tinps Council Accepts
Rid of Local Ice Company
Hastings, Nee., Dec. 12.—(Special
Telegram J—The city council last
night accepted tho proposal of tho
Hastings lee company to supply ice
to domestic consumers next year at
50. cents a hundred, with 10 per cent
discount for cash in advance for sea
son's coupons. In view’ of this offer
the council dropped the proposal for a
municipal "SCO’plant, for which C’oun
• itpian Frye, had asked a special bond
diction.
Loses Big Damage Suit
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Depositors Begin
Filing Bank Claims
—.—
Although some depositors were per
mitted to file claims at the defunct
American State hank yesterday, tlie
hank doors had not been thrown
open, due to negotiations toward pur
chase of the hank and organization
of another bank, which are still under
way, according to J. B. Chase of the
attorney general's office.
Uecoiver Bodie said he woidd not
be able to announce definitely when
the doors would he opened until to
day It was intimated that steps for
the organization of a new bank to
take over the American State are pro
gressing rapidly.
"Blanks are already printed on
which depositors are to file claims,
and those who came to the bank this
morning were permitted to file them,”
saiil Mr. Chase. "It would he better
if depositors would wait a day or so
longer, however.”
Changes Math* by Washington
Aff ect Omaha Army Officers
Washington, Dec. 12.—(Special Tele
grain.)—Field Clerk George K. .Glo
\er, quartermaster corps, relieved
from duty in the oftiee of the quarter
master at Omaha, will proceed to Fort
Snell lag. Mum. Warrant Ottlcer Clyde
A. Sills is relieved from duties at
Omaha, and is assigned to duty at the
presidio, San Francisco. Maj. Joseph
S. Leonard, infantry, now en route to
the United States from the Philip
pines, is detailed to duty at Omaha,
as assistant to the ottlcer in charge
of National guard affairs, effective
upon his arrival at San Francisco.
By watching the “Christmas Gift
Suggestions'' column in the “Want
Ad” section of The Omaha Bee you
will find just the things you are look
ing for—and at reasonable prices, too.
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less Instrument
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The
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Walter Wheatley, well
known operatic tenor, now
residing at Lincoln, Neb., is
one of the best known vocal
ists before the public today.
His repertoire consists of
nearly forty Grand Operas
and he has sung in Italy,
France, England, New Zea
'and, Australia and is known
throughout the world. In a
letter of appreciation for tht
Stein way Piano he writes:
"A few years ago, ir. conversation with Mme. Galli-Curei and
her husband. Homer Samuels, they announced with great enthu
sii.s^n that they were from then on to use the Steinway Piano. In
my own travels, 1 have encircled the globe, and have found this
matchless instrument everywhere. It is a privilege and a delight
to everv artist to use one.
(Signed) “WALTER WHEATLEY.”
We are the exclusive representatives of the Steinway Piano
in Nebraska and western Iowa. We gladly arrange terms of 10%
of the purchase price and 3 years to complete payment. Your old
piano or phonograph, tegardless of its age, make or condition, will
gladly be accepted as a substantial part payment.
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l**t week.
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each Friday,
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Telephone ATlantic 9000
_THE Tgir.ivING FELLOW CALLS A YELLOW
Mercury Tumbles
Below Zero as Cold
Strikes Middlewest
Wind Brings Chill of North
west Blizzard to Nebraska
—Bitter Weather in
Rockies.
Three below zero—low record for
the year—was the temperature be
tween 2 and 7 yesterday. At 8 a. n».,
it rose one degree and at 9, stood at
1 below zero.
Wind velocity Monday night ranged
from 25 to 30 miles nu hour, the
weather bureau reported. The fall In
temperature to the 3 below zero mark
was 32 degrees.
Forecast for last night and today
is fair with slowly rising temperature.
Valentino was the coldest town in
the state, registering 8 below. North
Platte reported 8 below. Sioux City
was the same and Des Moines 2 below.
The mercury dropped to 2 below
zero in Norfolk Monday night, the
coldest of the season. A south wind
was sending temperatures up slightly
yesterday.
The coldest weather reported in
South Dakota, was at Phillip, where
i i ho mercury reached 20 below zero. It
j was from 10 to 12 below zero in the
; Rosebud country of South Dakota.
I At Gordon, Neb., tho high wind und
cold forced the schools to take a re
cess for the day.
The coldest spot on the map of Ihe
' United States Monday was Havre,
Mont . where 34 degrees below zero
j was recorded.
Severe Cold in Middle west.
Chicago, Pec. 13.—A high wind
i brought the first severely cold
weather to the states of the middle
west today, While the northwest for
the second time this winter, was In
the grip of subzero temperatures.
Cold wave warnings were issued for
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, und
forecasters predicted the cold weather
in the northwest would spread east
ward today, preceded, however, by
rising temperature,
The coldest weather recorded this
winter prevailed in the northern par!
1 of the Ftocky Mountain region.
Throughout the cold wave section re
ports indicated a high wind made the
i cold more intense.
Cold wave warnings have been is
sued for Ohio. Kentucky. West Vir
ginia, western Pennsylvania, eastern
and northern New York. western
Tennessee and extreme northern
Mississippi.
In Chicago a high wind made the
gold more apparent. Beginning last
mglit, the temperature dropped to 7
degrees above zero at 7 a. m., the low
est level thus far this season. Illinois
weather, generally forecast as colder,
was expected to play an Important
part In the voting on a proposed new
constitution for the state.
Duluth, Minn., reported zero tem
peratures and a blizzard with a 68
mile an hour wind, driving on Lake
Superior.
West Shivers.
Denver, Colo., Deer 12.—The coldest
weather of the winter prevailed last
night in the northern part of the
Rooky mountain region, with tempera
lures ranging ftom 12 to 27 degrees
below sero in Wyoming and Montana,
while generally colder weather was '
forecast for today in the southern
states of the region by the district
feather bureau.
The cold wave in the southern states
was dye, the weather bureau an
nounced. to an anticyclonic area
spreading rapidly into the upper Mis
slsslppl valley and the southern plains
states. .Relief from the severe cold
wave that gripped Montana and Wyo
ming was predicted by the weather
forecaster for today.
Body of Slain
J
Girl Sent Home
Undertaker Provides Casket
for Which Relatives Will
Pay Later.
The body of Alice Rinehart was
shipped to Hamburg, la., yesterday
by N. P. Swanson, undertaker, at lln
request of her mother, sister and
brother, who were here at the inquest
yesterday and returned to Hamburg
M onday night.
The funeral of the slain girl is to
be held in Hamburg today. Mike
Adarno, alias "Singing Mike" La
Porte, failed to respond to an odd re
quest of the girl's mother that he and
his friends pay for the burial. The
undertaker provided the casket, for
which the girls relatives will pay
j later.
The girl was shot and killed in her
room at 2102 Chicago street at 2:20
last Saturday morning. A first de
gree murder charge was filed against
Adaino yesterday.
j McKelvie Attends His
Last Parole Meeting
Lincoln Dec. 12.—(Special Telegram)
—Gov. McKelvie attended his last
meeting. of the parole hoard today
while Governor-elect Bryan was pres
ent at his first meeting. The governor
elect was thero at the Invitation of
Gov. McKelvie.
The feature hearing was that of
Frank Connell, convicted for the mur
der of two men in connection with a
bank robbery at Sunol in 1917. Con
nell is serving life and R. G. Lukens,
convicted and given a like sentence,
had his sentence commuted to ten
years several months ago.
Connell demanded today that Luk
ens, vjtio, he claims, was the master
mind of the robbery, be put on the
stand to testify. Lukens objected and
the board ruled Lukens need not take
the stand.
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Mail parly
2-Passenger Bluick
This little Coupe has so much H. P. that you have to i^AA
hold the wheels when you give it the windup or it »P SyjyJ
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Kadilaes, Walkhards, Lords and Rudibakers, in 2, 4, 5 and 7
passenger models—
$1.25 $1.50 $1.75 $2.00
Let old Santa bring you a
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A gift for you and
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Our
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Will charge you with your Brunswick on
your January hill so that no payment will be
necessary until
FEBRUARY
at which time 10“* may be paid and the bal
ance in monthly payments, if desired.
Cabinet Type Brunswicks from.$75.00 to $450.00
Console Type Brunswicks from.$150.00 to $750.00
Oh Min!
— have a heart Min; a man must smoke,
and that means ashes. If you don’t ask
Santa Claus to bring him a Humidor or
Smoking Stand he’ll just be dropping his
ash all over the rugs or knocking it off
in vases ^loar through 1923.
Humidors from
$10.00 to $45.00
Humidor Pictured
affords acrommodat ion for two boxes of cigars,
with nickel ash tray and match holder on top.
Price $ 1Q00
Pedestal Type Smoking Stands
In brown mahogany with glass trap tops—
$1.50, $2.75, $3 to $6.75
Land Dealers Sued
for Misrepresentation
Charles and Homer Hanuernian,
farmers of Logan, la., who a year
ago obtained a Douglas county dis
trict court jury verdict for $25,000
against Oscar Olson of the Farmers
Land and Cattle company of Omaha
and the D. R» Jones Land com
pany of Sidney, Neb., only later to
have a district judge grant the de
fondants a new trial, today sought to
have a Jury In District Judge Wake
ley's court return to them 163,300,
the stun they sued for.
This sum represents moneys paid
by the brothers to the defendants
for 2.S&0 acres of land In Cheyenne
county, Colorado, In October, 1819.
Tho two brothers alleged In the last
trial that the land was misrepre
sented and the land dealers “enter
ed Into .a plan and conspiracy to de
fraud them.”
The Hannerman brothers further j
charge that crops were seldom raised
on the land and that little or no i
rainfall was ever seen In that part of
the country.
Trial of Alleged Robbers
Postpones Murder (lase
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 12. — tSpe- j
cial Telegram >—County Attorney
Vaaey stated that the preliminary
hearings of Frank Stewart and George
Warren, held In ♦connection with the
murder of Charles Wolf, teamster, ,
t\ ouUl not be held until the tost of the
week and probably not then, be
cause the prosecutor will be busy in
the district court trying Frank Vi
cars. Melvin Stanley, Sent Parker and
Lou fcloCown, alleged boxcar robbers.
Francis South, youngest member of
the alleged murder trio, waa bound
over at his preliminary trial and held
without bail.
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section of The Omaha Bee.
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Brilliant Colors and
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I
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hat is of rich fabric and lavishly trimmed; each is typical of festival holiday time—all
of which makes this the greatest millinery value of the year.
All Sales Final.
Burgcss-Naah Hal Shop—Third Floor.
See Window Duplay.
Zffie Cfivistmas Store for GveryBody
FAIR PRICES
ON GOOD COAL
LumPSprings $13-50 NufSprings S125G
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Not so clean as the lygher priced coals, but it
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Bevier (Mo.) $9.30
It’s neither lignite nor rock; it will give you regular
heating service.
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JA 3012 414 South 15th Street
CHIBA HEALS
PIMPLES! FACE
Red, Large and Festered. Itched
and Burned. Could Hardly Sleep.
“My trouble started with pimples
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I scratched and irritated the affected
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on account of the irritation.
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for a free sample. I purchased more,
and after using two cakes of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint
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{Signed) Miss Mary Pasanti, 714
Andes Ct., Cleveland, Ohio.
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wlwri SoaplSe. Ointamttt ad fiftc Talcum Be.
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