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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1923)
Theories Clash Over Slaying n of Girl Bride Colorado Springs Authorities Split on Search for Murder er—Police Scout “Inside Job” Hypothesis. Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 29.— Friction between Sheriff Berkley on the one side and the police depart ment and District Attorney Willis D. Strachan on the other was the out standing development of the fifth day of the Airs. Elsie Suttje murder mys tery. As a result of their differences the sheriff is understood to have with drawn In a large measure from the case and left the task of hunting down the perpetrator of the crime to Chief Hugh D. Harper and the dis trict attorney's office. Chief Harper last night said he at tached no Importance to the finding of a blood-stained kimono in the dead girl’s room and said that chemical analysis of the blood would bo made today which he thought would show that this had no connection with the girl’s death. Sheriff Berkley let it be known last night that his theory was that the crime was an ''inside Job.” Chief Scouts Theory. Chief Harper asserted that he was convinced no member of the family had any information connected with the crime. His opinion, it was said, is shared by Charles S. Railsback and Timothy O’Leary, special agents of the Santa Fe railroad, who have been assisting the local police. On the sixth dny after the murder, officials confess they have no tangi ble clue to the assailant who beat 0jP*the child-wife on the head, as she lay in bed at the home of her parents-in law, go brutally that -she died in a hospital six hours later. The possi bility of a quick arrest having passed, authorities have settled down to the task of sifting out each of the dozen or more "lqads” which still hold promise of taking them to the mur derer. Aslts for Chief. A boy believed to be employed at the merry-go-round, where Elsie Sut tle and the mysterious “Jack," writer of four letters found under her pillow are supposed to have passed part of the afternoon before the murder, jailed at police headquarters yester lay and asked to see the chief. Chief Harper was not inland the boy left the station without telling the pur pose of his visit. Ship Hits Rock. Los Angeles, Aug. 29.—The steel screw steamer Hoven, was on the way back to Los Angeles harbor to lay for repairs made necessary when it 12:02 a. m. the ship, bound for New York from Los Angeles with a rargo of 70,000 barrels of crude oil, struck a submerged rock off San iJenlto Island, 400 miles south of here iff the coast of Lower California. First messages from the ship were :hat the damage was serious and •ould not be definitely ascertained for >everal hours, but it was later stated .that it was not in need of assist ince and was making its way back o Los Angeles. Animal Trainer Whips Hippopotamus in Cirrus; Pays $10 Fine in Court Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 29.—For assaulting a hippopotamus with a bull whip, Robert McClain, an ani mal trainer in a cirrus here, was lined Sift in police court today. McClain, Agent F. M. Ferguson of the Western Humane society tes fled, strurk the hippopotamus in the face with a heavy whip several limes, finally hitting it in the eyes. An officer of the circus company testified the animal was worth $11,500. EDDIE’S FRIENDS The Winner (jives tin Rest the Raw. 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The figures, how ever, were taken to Indicate a healthy condition In American Industry be cause the increased imports were comprised chiefly of raw materials to be used in manufacturing finished products for foreign as well as home consuni ption. Increased Importation of raw mate rials also were reported to indicate an Increased activity and enlarge ment in American manufacturing. Losses in exports were accredited principally to the decreased buying power of several European nations. European Halance Favorable. Although the world trade halance was against American merchants, commerce with Europe W’as heavily In favor of the United States. The un favorable total was caused by negligi ble exports to nations outside Eu rope. The United States won against all European competitors, it was shown, because of the poor condition of their local industries and the better grade of goods offered by American mer chants. The balance of European trade was won, too. by American In dustry despite the millions of dollars spent abroad by American tourists without return. Imports Decrease. American trade with Europe from January to August, this year, totalled | almost $1,800,000,000, it was esti mated. Of this amount more than $1,000,000,000 represtned American exports shipped to markets abroad. The remainder—about $750,000,000— totalled the amount of European products purchased for consumption .n this country. Imports from Europe, incidentally, are constantly increasing, the report showed, and for the first six months of 1923 were 40 per cent higher than in the same period of 1922. Girl Found Dead in Chicago Flat Body, Clad Only in Night Dress, Discovered in Bath Tuh; Murder, Theory. Chicago, Aug. 29.—The uncle and aunt of Miss Marie Broecker, 20, re turning today from a four weeks’ vacation, found her body, clad only in a night dress, in the bathtub of their home here. Indications were that she had been dead since Mon day. The authorities at once began an Investigation on the supposition that the girl had been murdered. The exact cause of death could not be established by the first police and detectives to arrive at the Wal ter Gile home, where the body w.is found. A gas jet was found partly opened, but because t lie windows were raised the possibility of suicide was discounted. Occupants of the fat below told the uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Gile, that they had heard mysterious noises above Monday evening. "Heavy footfalls shook th£ cell ing," said one. Miss Edith Spears. "They never could have been made by the girl. She was slim and light. Those footfalls tnust have come from a heavily built man." Miss Broecker was seen for the last time Sunday night by her sweet heart, Charles Page. Brother Sought. Harry Fapp, Salina, Kan., arrived in Omaha Wednesday to look for his brother, William, 24, a salesman who was last heard from in June, 1922, from Omaha. William’s mother, Mrs. Ida Schmidt, Pearl, Kan., is worried about the disappearance of the son. Fapp says. The missing boy is de scribed as weighing 160 pounds and light of complexion. We have spent 37 years build ing a distribution system to give you good service every where. Thus, with the 5^ price, the highest possible quality in a beverage is with in easy reach of one and all. The CocaCola Company. Atlanta. Ga. Bank Circular Is Encouraging p p Report Shows Only ."iO Per Cent of Nebraska Land Encumbered. Agricultural Nebraska’* financial soundness has been broadcast by the Lincoln Joint Stock Land bank to all parts of the world. The bank has compiled a circular setting forth the debits and credits of the farmers of the state. The circular was written In an ef fort to repair damage done by reports that have been circulated In the eastern financial centers, it was said. These reports are unfounded, bank officials declare, but they have done much harm to credits. There are only 50 per cent of the farms in Nebraska and 54 per cent of those in Iowa that are mortgaged at all. the circular states. These farms average about $29,400 each and are mortgaged for an average of $7,025. making the mortgage indebtedness something less than one fourth of the value of the land. The chief basis for optimism is the striking reduction In delinquent In terest on loans made by the bank. I Lawn Sprinkling I Ran Is Removed Howell Advises Continued Boiling of Drinking Water Until Further Notice. General Manager R. B. Howell of the Metropolitan Utilities district Wednesday morning canceled the or der Issued a week ago last Monday, prohibiting the sprinkling njjf lawns. Senator Howell explained that the water situation has cleared up suf ficiently to warrant the normal use of water for other than drinking pur poses. "We are not ready to say that all of the water is fit to drink, so we are advising a continuance of boiling water for drinking," Senator Howell said. The draining of outer mains is progressing and each day brings Omaha nearer to normal conditions, water officials announced. Chief Engineer F. P. I.armon stat ed that 10 units of the filtration plant “Tipis of city water, made in llio last 24 hours, show such an improvement that I believe I will he ready on Friday to Issue a statement raising the ban,” I)r. A. 8. Pinto, health commissioner, an nounced fills morning. He explained that lie believes wafer will be flf to drink on Sat urday and probably before that day, but be wants to be sure. His proposed Friday order will tie ef fective on Saturday if conditions continue to improve. arc In operation, this being sufficient capacity to carry 40,000,000 gallons per day. The water pumpage yesterday was 31,000,000 gallons, as compared with 23,500,000 !a»* Wednesday. City Commissioner Joseph Koutsky, chairman of a special committee of the city council, named to conduct on investigation* of the recent , water emergency, stnted that if there is any political significance In promoting this hearing, it comes from friends of those who fear an investigation. Maharaja Still Alive. London, Aug. 29.—A dispatch to Reuters from Flushing says it was not the Maharaja Gaekwar of Ba roda, the richest prince of Ir. lia, who died on board a train near Flushing last night, while on his way to the Holland city, but the Maharaja's son, Jaisingh Rae, who was educated at Harvard university. The dispatch says the mistake In announcing the Maharaja's death evi dently was due to the habit of his son traveling as the Maharaja. Two Found Slain. Las Vegas, N. M., Aug. 29 —The bodies of Margarito Sena and Geron lino Garcia, each about 28, were found near railroad track at Maxwell, N. M., Tuesday. The men who were rail road workers returning to their New Mexico homes after working at Fritz ell. Kan., are believed to have been slugged and robbed and to have been thrown from a freight train by ho bops. Burgess Bedtime Stories By THORNTON W. BVRGESS. The Independent will command Polite respect on every hand. —Jimmy Skunk Trite Independence. Having seen Bowser the Mound most respectful and polite to a young Skunk, the young Chuck living in the old stone wall on the edge of the Old Orchard became more Interested thun ever In the Skunk family. He could see that Bowser the Hound and that yoang Skunk were not “Goo evening,’ saifl Reddy Fox In liis smoothest voice. friends, but tjsat they treated each other with the utmost respect. He wondered what would happen if that young .skunk should meet lteddy Fox. Ho found out only a day or two later. Reddy was trotting through the Old Orchard past where the young Chuck was peeping out from between the stones of the old wall. It was just as the Black Shadows came creeping out from the Purple 'Hills. The young Chuck should have been in bed, but he had found out that this was the hour when the members of Jimmy Skunk's family were most likely to come out, and he had formed the habit of watching for them. So it was that he saw Reddy Fox. The same young Skunk he had seen before came out of the old house under the apple tree and started to amble along in the direction from which Reddy Fox was coming. The young Chuck sajv that they were bound to meet. His eyes sparkled with excitement. He held his breath. Something was bound to happen. Something did happen. Reddy Fox stopped very abruptly the Instant he caught sight of the young Skunk. The young Skunk didn't stop. Could It l<e that he didn't see Reddy Fox? He kept right on Just as If he didn’t. Reddy waited until the young Skunk was almost to him. Then very polite ly he stepped aside. “Good evening," said Reddy In his smoothest voice. "Good evening, my young friend. I hope your father, Jimmy Skunk, and your mother, Mrs. Skunk, are very well." The young Skunk nodded. "Very well, thank you," he replied. “It’s a fine evening, isn't it?" Reddy agreed that It was. Then as soon as the young Skunk had passed, Reddy continued on his way. But his face was not a pleasant face. No, sir, the face of Reddy Fox was not a pleasant face, as he turned to look Frtighi »n4 Tom Emit« HUDSON COACH On the Finest Super-Six Chassis Ever Built Hudson Prices Speedster. . . $1375 7-Pas*. 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Striped Chipmunk told him all about the little bag of scent the young Skunk carried, and how everybody else dreaded it. "That is why he is so independent," explained Striped Chipmunk. "Ail the members of his family are the same way. It is the truest Independence I know of. No ope ever interferes with them, so they never Interfere With anybody else. They are armed for defense. Rut just so long as they do not need to use that scent, they never do use it. No one wants to give them a chance to use it, and bo no one Interfere" with them." Striped Chipmunk sighed. "I wish 1 rould ha as independent as that." said he. The young Chuck sighed. "I wish the same thing.” he replied. (Copyrlaht. 1»!1 ) The next story. "An 1'npleasatit Rumor." , --- > Demo Organizer. George B. Collins, democratic mem ber of the legislature, has been ap pointed organizer of democratic vic tory clubs in Nebraska by Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratic'na tional committee. The principal task assigned to Col lins Is to oritaln cash necessary to carry the 1924 presidential and sena torial campaign, the principal requis ite to membership in the victory clubs being ability to produce a certain amount of cash. Collins Is one of the original mem bers of the Bryan for-Senator club or ganized in Omaha last Saturday night. At the Brandeis Theatre Friday, 10:30 A. M.—and Saturday, 10:30 A. M. Buster Brown and His Dog “Tige” Will Entertain the Children Get Free Tickets Thursday At the Brandeis \ Store Buster i Brown Shoe I Department Third Floor East At the Close of Each Entertain ment at the Theatre a Souvenir Will Be Given to Every Child ,N ™ M O W MILTON SILLS ANNA Q. NILSSON NOAH BEERY ROBT. EDESON ROBT. McKIM MITCHELL LEWIS SAM de GRASSE LOUISE FAZENDA FORD STERLING in » new picturization of the “SPOILERS” BY REX BEACH Senorita Elena Camacho and the original ROYAL TROPICAL MARIMBA BAND A Ring Lardner Comedy, “THE BUSHER” Adapted From “You Know Me, Al" Enlarged Orchestra Rialto Organ Kinograma EMPRESS RUSTIC GARDEN "Better in Erery Way" Fall Opening Saturday Night with DUNCAN’S MILE HIGH ORCHESTRA The Same Seven Son* of Syncopation Headlining at the World Theater Thi* Week Dancing Till 12:30 Refre»hment» Served Vnudry ill e—PhotopUy* last Timr* Friday Gala Fall Opening Rill of 7 Big Acts SATURDAY Triple Headline Bill *&m£r>~T7i 0m""% F-* g*** M4f. 4 WIT l T 00 A > )|>*ninc Wwk of IMh CAitltrulivv Smiois “SLIDING" BILLY WATSON £ ,.IS eit FU» <HOV. l ariira* Pop Pm« Mum#* 1:13 Dotlv Sftt M*t * WK Follim of U«y *«4 iuw | Last Last Two I ^ Ttl* 1 I Timas Days f T \t+ f Friday “Way i »«£ssi Down East” STARTS SATURDAY Anothar D. W. 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