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Blind Murderer
Tells of Killing
Wife and Babies
Lark of Rrmone Due to Re
moval of Section of Drain
In Probing for Bulltt,
Attorney! Explain.
Lincoln, Oct. 24. (Special Tele
grim.) Rudolf Kraus. blind mur
dcrer. hn never suffered second's
remont sine he ihot and killed hi
wife and two bamrs, althouRh every
one admili he loved them dearly.
Thia was statement tonight by
rttorneyg who are endeavoring to get
a .'5,t0 judgment for Kraus from
:ilnitil.irMr. mt MavLin mnA CiUinw
I for selling Kraui liquor, which they
I claim flamed a hallucination of the
blind man that his wife and babies
were dying of tuberculosis.
The trial la under way in the Lan
caster county district court The
case will go to the jury Tuesday.
The crime occurred at the Kraus'
home near Davkin.
The attorneys explain the lack of
remorse on the theory that the brain
is divided into lobes, each with I
separate function, one registering re
venge, another deviltry and so on
through the sensations. ,
Remorse Lobe Destroyed.
The declare that after Kraus kilted
his family, he turned a gun on him
self, puncturing the brain and de
stroying the remorse lobe. A Lin
coin surgeon testified there is a bullet
Imbedded two inches in the man's
- 2 brain, and at the time he was oper
ft j-aaiawEtfri on several SDOonfuIs of erav
matter were removed, ihis gray
matter, they contend, was the re
morse section of the brain.
Expressionless, his sightless eyes
turned toward the jury, Kraus rc
- lated details of the crime and his at-
) tempt to commit suicide, this after
I noon.
J "For years voices told me my wife
and babies and myself were suffer
ing from tuberculosis," he said.
"That day I filled up on liquor and
came home with candy in my pocket
for my wife and children. They
went to sleep in one room and I
slept in another. Suddenly those
voices told me to kill myself. I went
outside in underclothes, stooping to
kiss my wife as I passed her bed.
Tells of Shooting.
"I crawled on top of the windmill.
, Something told me not to jump, but
to kill the whole family and myself,
and we would all escape the terrible
white plague.
"I returned, took a gun. First I
. shot my wife, then my daughter and
then my son. I took a mattress from
r my bed, laid their bodies on it and
I laid down by my wife's side and
I pulled the trigger. The shot blinded
Vine."
The defense claims that no man
drunk, as Kraus claimed he was,
could remember details of such a
crime. ;
Kraus was sentenced to life Im
prisonment, but has appealed his case
to the supreme court.
Deaf and Dumb Kiddies
I ! Enjoy Ted Snawifs Dances
Of all the enthusiastic audiences
that have seen Ted Shawn and his
company of concert dancers, prob
ably none has been quite as appre
ciative as the deaf and dumb wards
of the Iowa State School for the
Deaf of Council Bluffs,- who were
guests of Mr. Shawn at his perform
ance in the Brandeis theater last
night. ' ' '
The rows of silent faces with shin
ing eyes told more eloquently than
the enjoyment ot the children
only kind of a performance
the movies, which their in
allowed them to enjoy fully.
Between the numbers their clamor
rose above the applause of the rest
of the audience.
Citizens of Council Bluffs, who
learned of Mr. Shawn's invitation.
volunteered automobiles to take the
children to and from the theater.
Petit Jury Meeting in
Federal Court Postponed
The petit jury, originally sum
moned to convent in the United
States district court yesterday, will
not meet until 2 today, the clerk of
the court announced this morning.
'Absence of Judge J. W. Wood
rough from the city is the reason
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vl A rough
JT a case
Vr for the postponement Judge wood-
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returned io, j-mcuin iu uuo
mi urhirh he was ensraeed last
week. About 20 civil cases are await
ing consideration by the petit jury.
A federal grand jury has been called
for. November 7.
Iburcbes at Fairmont
Welcome School Teachers
Fairmont, Neb., Oct 24. (Spe
cial.) The Catholic, Congregational,
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
gave a reception to the teachers oi
the public schools, at the Methodist
church. The program was in three
parts. The receiving line, the formal
program in the church auditorium
and the informal reception and re
freshments in the basement V :
Woman Seated in Motor Car
Down Town Is Holdup Victim
'"Give me all your money or I
will kill you," growled a robber,
pressing the muzzle of a revolver
against the side of Mrs. Fred Jacob
son, 5371 North Thirtieth street, as
she sat in an automobile near the
fire station at Eleventh and Jack
son streets early Sunday evening. He
obtained $2 and a purse.
Squatter Found Dead
James O'Rourke, 78, a cripple, was
found dead yesterday in the "squat
ter" cabin which he has occupied
for years at Twelfth and California
streets. He had been dead three or
four days, police said. Neighbors
said he had been drinking "hootch."
O'Rourke was a well-known shoe
maker years ago and made custom
made boots for many Omahans of
former days. '
' Thieves Raid Farm Home
Beatrice. Neb, Oct 24. (Special
Telegram.) Thieves traveling in a
motor car, raided the farm home of
Howard Beam, southeast of here,
while the family was in attendance
at a lore feast at the Brethern
S arch, and carried away a big rug
i other, . j toot, .
Hero of Jutland Welcomed
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Admiral Earl Beatty of the British navy and Lady Beatty, photo
graphed aboard the United States navy cutter Vigilant, which transported
the Beatty party ashore from the steamship Aquitania. Admiral Rodman,
United States navy, is shown to the right. He went down New York bay
to greet the hero of Jutland, who is here for the American Legion conven
tion and the disarmament conference. Lady Beatty is the former Ethel
Field, daughter of the late Marshall Field, Chicago.
Speaker Advises
New Course in
Public Schools
V. M. Ekdabl at Ad-Selling
Dinner Suggests Education
On How to Shake
Hands.
A course in public schools to teach
future salesmen the proper way to
shake hands was advocated by V. M.
Ekdahl, South Side Swift & Co.
sales manager, the principal
speaker at the weekly dinner of the
Advertising-Selling league at the
Hotel Fontenelle last night.
"A salesman should never knock
anything in the town where he ex
pects to sell goods," said Mr. Ekdahl,
"not even the hotel. He should take
a real interest in his customers' busi
ness, in the kind or a car his cus
tomer drives and in his customer's,
family." ; ' .
, To Help Salvation Army.
The leaeue endorsed the drive for
funds of the Salvation Army, which
is to start here October 31, follow
ing a- talk by H. E. Roulfs, New
York, executive secretary ot the
Salvation army,
"During the past year the Salva
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Prices soar in war times. Prices drop when
war ends. They drop quickly or slowly, ac
cording to the quantity of high priced stocks
that are still on hand
- Throughout the high price period the Heinz,
policy was, to make and sell enough goods
for current needs only. Now that costs are
reduced we and your retailer are able to reduce
prices without delay.
Nearly all grocers in Omaha are announcing
the following prices on Heinz goods:
Oren Baked Beans
Peanut Butter
Tomato Ketchup
Cooked Spaghetti
Tomato Soup
Apple Butter
Prepared Mustard -
Vinegar
Tfi k
tion Army has assisted 1,200 families
in Omaha," said Mr. Rolfs. "We
are asking for money to relieve suf
fering fight here in Omaha. There
isn't an officer of the Salvation Army
receiving enough of a salary to be
liable to the income tax. At the
rescue home in Omaha the matron
receives $7 a week, and the registered
nurse $5 a week."
Mr. Roulfs told of the work among
the young men out of jobs, being
carried on here by the industrial
home.
McComb Drawl Dress.
"We don't let them think they're
receiving charity, we give them some
kind of work to do," he said. "And
we pay them a little salary, besides
giving them food and shelter, until
they have saved enough to go out
and find a job or until we have
found one for them."
J. S. McComb drew a $70 dress
donated by the Eldredge-Reynolds
company as a prize last night. It
was announced through President
Penn P. Fodrea that that store will
in the future feature Omaha-made
goods to as great extent as pos
sible. Masons to Give Smoker
Belleyue Chapter No. 7, R. A. M.,
wilt give a smoker tomorrow night
at 8 in the chapter room of the
Masonic temple. There will be
games,, music, vaudeville,, refresh
ments and the showing of a moving
picture, "Once a Mason," under the
direction of Oliver A Fick.
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New Prices for
SMALL MEDIUM
11 oz.-llc 18oz.-l5c
3K oz.-13c. 6H oz.-20c
8oz. 20c
10oz.-13c 16ox.-18c
10 oz.-13c 16 oz,-18c
7 ox. 18c 16oi.-30c
6 ox. 13c
PINTS
21c
QUARTS
35c
Ask your retailer
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Brief Filed in
Reply to Charge
Of Uni Regents
Attorney Central Asserts
Governor Has Attempted to
Inculcate Business Prin
ciple in State.
Lincoln, Oct. 24.-( Special Tele
gram.) "Governor McKelvie has
nude a bona fide effort to inculcate
a sound business principle through
out' the expending agenciei of the
state. If our conktitution prohibits
sucn meinous oi aamimsirsiiun,
then the taxpayers of the state will
have their cross to bear."
This is a portion of a brief filed
in supreme court by Attorney Gen
eral Clarence A. I)avis in answer
to the special dispensation petition
of university rrgents, who desire
that they be excluded from holding
10 per cent of their appropriations
in reserve in accordance with the
governor's budget plan put into ef
fect by tne last legislature.
The object of the budget and re
serve is to keep away from the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of de
ficiency appropriations of state in
stitutions, which taxpayers have been
obliged to pay in years gone by.
Says Act Executive.
' First Davis deals with the charge
of the regents that the authority of
the governor in passing on the ap
propriation budgets is merely cler
ical and not executive in its charac
ter. "The governor is charged by the
constitution to take care that the af
fairs of state be effeciently and eco
nomically administered. His au
thority should be commensurate with
his responsibility. It necessarily
roust be definite rather than ad
visory. "The governor does not seek to
control the university. He merely
desires to subordinate in financial
matters to the general welfare of the
state and seeks to impose on it the
conservative financial policy of cre
ating and keeping a reserve.
More "Frolics" Needed.
"This the relator characterizes as
'a frolic of his own.' Perhaps with
a few more such frolics, relief from
the increasing burden of taxation
for governmental expenditures will
be attained."
Davis also takes cognizance of
the charge by regents that the re
serve will drag the university into
politics. He said: "Every casual
observer at recent legislative ses
sions has been impressed by the ac
tivities or the amateur champions of
the university, as well as salaried
memncrs oi us Stan, seeKing to OD
tain for their institution an enhanced
apportionment of state's money.
Their success is apparent by the $6,
000.000 item obtained at the last ses
sion." Assistant Attorney General Ma
son Wheeler aided in preparing the
brief.
Woman Sentenced on Charge
Of Forging Roosevelt's Name
New York, Oct. 24. Mrs. Emma
Burkett of Hillsdale, Ind., today, was
sentenced to the penitentiary for
forging the indorsement of Theodore
"Roosevelt to a note for $69,900. The
length of her sentence is limited to
three years. '
IARCB
30 oz. 25c
10 oz. 30c
14 oz. 35c
30 oz.-32c-30
ox. 32c
32oz.-50c
HALF GALLONS
65c
Same Tactics Used
In Two Burglaries
Circumstances of burgUries early
yesterday at the homes ol ueorge
W. Cox. 1460 South Seventeenth
street, and Charles E. Shuck. 1209
South Ninth street, wer unusually
similar.
At the Cox home the wife wn
wakened by an intruder who car
ried a flashlight. She spoke to the
stranger who replied, "Keep quiet
or I'll blow your head oil."
Mrs. Shuck was the first of her
household to be aroused by an in
Iruder who carried a flashlight. She
spoke and the burglar replied. "Shut
up or I'll blow your head off"
Rear windows were pried open at
each house.
Four watches and $17 in cash
were taken from the Cox home and
one watch and $10 in cash from the
bhuclc home.
Patient Is Seized
Fleeing to River
Woman Who Fled From Hos
pital Found After Long
Search.
Miss Emma Kissling, 33, who fled
from St Joseph hospital Sunday
night, was found at 3 Monday after
noon by two railroad men, as she
was walking swiftly toward the Mis
souri river at the foot of Jones street.
She is a dressmaker and has been
in the hospital since she suffered a
nervous breakdown several months
ago. AH night and day the search
for her continued in the river bot
toms and the bank and the wood
lands south and east of the hospital.
Her description was given to H. C.
Hubbart, 2566 Spautding street, and
C Blackney, 1921 Cass street, rail
road men who work near the river.
When they saw the woman they
immediately stopped her, called po-
police and she was taken back to St.
Joseph hospital.
Before her illness she lived with
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Tighe, 4026
Lafavette avenue. Mr. Tighe headed
one search party which worked all
night.
Street Railway Co. Sued for
Damages by Accident Victim
Edmond Dougherty brought suit
for $25.58 damages against the
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street
Railway company, yesterday in dis
trict court, lur injuries susidiucu
when hurt in a street car accident,
May 17. He is 50 and incapacitated
from his monthly earning power of
$200, the petition states.
You May Be
a Long Ways
From Home
but just bear this in
mind : You can al
. ways get the same
g o o d home - cooked
foods mother knows
so well how to pre
pare right here.
Mrs. Baker's Cafeteria
and Cafe
The Horn, of Hmnt-Csalnd Food
Under City N.t'l Bank BIdg,
16th and Harney
A Better Essex
for Less
The new Essex prices must appeal to all
buyers.
They give Essex another advantage. Offi
cial records and the testimony of thousands
tell its performance and reliability.
Buyers today get more for their money than
ever before. They not only get this price
I K3TC3 I
LCIfiSJ
Brief City Newt
HftrtoiiM May Ike 1 Unless
the court authorn. paymont of
bill of f claim by a, Ktw York
City storM company, valuabl heir
looma ot lb li Happy Van Wyev
Hennar may be sold to aatlufy this
debt.
Oswahii.Matla VM" Attendants
at wa Wsdneaday ovenlnc dinner M
(ho -Chamber ot Commerea, to b
held In tb Intereata ot the "Buy
Omaha-Mad ilooda' campaign, will
bm ervl sclulvtly with Omaha
mad ata.
lU-rormlwr IbNMWvdt Publlo
school children will honor th mem
ry ot Theodore ltooeev.lt next
Thuraday, th birthday annlveraury
Of th Ut prealdenl. Utah school
of Commerce pupil will dovot half
an hour to th obeervanc.
ChlM Hurt fiwrcly Marrurtt
Grey, t, 1017 Douglas at reel, la In a
aerloua condition at St.- Joseph ho.
pltal. fih u struck Sunday night
at Eighteenth and Dodge atreeta by
an automobile driven by Clifford
Montgomery. KIT North Twenty,
fourth street.
Honor I'oct Laureate Dr. John
G. Nelhardt, port laureate of Ne
braska, will be the guest of honor
Wedneaday noon at th Loyal hotel,
where th Nelhardt club of Omaha
will give a luncheon In his honor.
He will read from hla book, "Bong
of th Indian Wars."
LItior Cawa l'p Today Judge J.
W. Woodrough in federal court next
Saturday morning will hear three
liquor cases, the defendant being
the Wolfe-Karrer Chemical com
pany, proprietor of the Sanitary
Candy Kitchen, and the Independent
Realty company, owner of premise
at 1401 Jackson atreet
"Milk." Myatlo Word Testimony
ot Sergeant Frank Murphy, head of
the police moral squad, In police
court yesterday Intimated that the
mystlo word In Omaha "hootch"
parlor Is "milk." The word I oaid
to have been In vogue at 2024 Cum
ing street.
Savldire Celebrate Rev. Charles
W; Savldge, Omaha' "marrying par
son," wa 71 year young yesterday.
Yesterday also was tne oinnaay an
niversary of H. K. llurket. who I
the same age a the minister. Rev.
Mr. Savldge celebrated the occasion
with a party of friends.
Action Deferred City council
committee of the whole deferred ac
tion vesterday for one week on the
application of the Chicago, Rock
Island & raclflo railroad for vaca
tion of street and alleys In a tract
of land south of Leavenwortn etreei
and west of the Sixteenth street via
duct ninhtherin Snreadlns: One hun
dred and thirty-nine cases of diph-
Boweris-
Value-Giving Store
Don't Miss This Special
BED VALUE
High grade, well made, well
finished, full size.
All Steel ,
BEDS
In Mahogany, Walnut or
Vernis Martin finishes.
With brass knobs, only-
$9.85
To see this bed is to want it;
to want it is to buy it. De
livery made day of purchase.
BOWEN'S
Howard St. Bet. 15th and" 16th
It Fays to Read Bowen's Small Ad
Lower Prices on
New Improved Essex
Effective October 20, 1921
Touring Car
Roadster -Sedan
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Cord Tire
f.o. b.
RIDE TODAY IN THE NEW IMPROVED ESSEX
GUY L.SMITH
tUBVlCE FIRST-2SC3-S-T
Fahnam St. OMAHA. U.S. A. FhonMoucIaI ma
therl reported to th health depart
ment during th drat IS day of this
month, as alnl lit cc during
th entire perlmi of last month, In
dicate briefly th altuadon, accord
Ing to report by the health depart
mvnt. '
tVur In I'lght Deputy sheriffs
responded to a call Sunday after
noon from Ital-ion, where four men
were engaged in free-for-all with
wagon apukea and neck yoke ua
weapons. William llurto, negro,
swore to a complaint In county
court yesterday against .three as
allanta, -
Man and Money Gone Mrs. Nina
Pinto, oiticer of th lc fiance Starch
company. tiiO Cuming street,
swore out a complaint yesterday In
police court as I nut Thomas U
Mount on, III North Forty-first
treat, alleging that IIouton ab
sconded with fS.OuO of the com
pany' funda.
Injured Woman IbToverlns Mrs.
X C. Wagen. 2 North Twenty
fifth street. Injured ft week ago by
an automobile. I recovering at St.
Joseph hospital. Sh suffered a
broken leg, a broken arm and other
Injuries. Th Injured woman ate
break font yesterday morning for the
first time sine th accident.
Wencvcr a mouse hole is found,
paste a piece of tar paper over it.
Mice hate the smell of tar and will
disappear.
Burgess-Nash Company
rVBRYaVODY& STOW
Hear Mrs.
Tomorrow
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Mrs. Blackburn, who has recently returned from
Paris, has given lectures and courses in almost all the
larger cities of both the United States and Canada.
She will lecture Tuesday afternoon on. how dress re
flects one's personality and how one' may dress to
bring out one's own indivluality.
This lecture Tuesday, is an introduction to her
well-known course in dressmaking and tailoring,
which will open on Wednesday, October 26th, in the
Burgess-Nash store and continue for the four weeks
following. t
- There will be four classes. Each class will re
ceive 12 lessons, commencing with the planning and
fitting of the garments and carrying through all the
intermediate steps, until the complete garment is
made.
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Registrations can be made now on the Main Floor.
The fee for the entire course is only $5.00.
Burfess-Nuh Auditorium Fifth Flow
$1195
$1195
$1995
Included
Detroit .
in Every
Money
saving, but they also get the new and im
proved Essex.
This new car retains all the attractions of
its forerunner. It is a smoother and finer
car in many ways.
Men must now recognize the Essex for its
price advantage as they have recognized
its quality.
Intrastate Rate
Case Is Undecided
Supreme Court Orders Rear
pument In Trial Involving
State Righta.
Washington, Oct. 24. Authority
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion to supervise intrastate transpor
tation rates probably will not be
finally determined before the new
year, as a result of the supreme
court todsy ordering a rcargument
of the Wisconsin rate case, involving
this disputed point.
The case was ordered docketed for
rcargument on December 5 snd
there have been few instances in
which the courts have handed down
a decision in a major case in leu
than a month after it was argued.
Drought originally by Wisconsin
to test the validity of an order of
the cotrynission providing for In
creased rates between points entire
ly within the state, the case was
Immediately broadened by the en
trance of about 40 states.
Blackburn
: Tuesday
The second Free Lec
ture, introductory to our
Fours Weeks' Course on
Dressmaking and Tai
loring, will be given to
morrow, Tuesday, at
2:30 P. M.
In the
Auditorium -
tHie
Way