TIIK BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1921.
State to Probe
Triple Murder
."At Wilson, Okl.
OuMrr Proceedings May Be
Filed Against County Au.
' Utorhiea; Governor Re.
fuses to Call Militia.
Bf Th AaMrlatMl FrtM, ,
OkUhonu City. Ok!., Dm. 20.
TIp stale attorney general's oflice
will te initructed to take charge of
the investigation of the killing last
week at WiUon. Okl.. Governor
Kolwrtson fM in u ttatement re
garding conditions in Carter county.
Elmer Fulton, asuUtant attorney
hcneral, ulio recently concluded an
invctiKtion Into alleged lax law en
forcement in Carter county, told a
party of 40 Arilmore men who visited
the governor' office that ouster pro
ceedings are to be brought against
a number of Carter county official.
Referring to a suggestion that
martial law should be declared in
Carter county. Governor Robertson
said 1hat such a course would be
undertaken only as a last resort.
"Nothing short of the removal of
Sheriff Iturk Garrett and all liit
deputies will relieve the situation,"
declared the Rev. Charles C. Wietli,
pastor of the First I'resbyterian
church at rdmore.
Additional Men Sought.
Ardmore. Okl., Dec. 20. A perusal
of the bills of information filed in
justice court disclosed that two more
men are being sought for the killing
of three men at Wilson, near here,
last " Thursday night, in connection
with which 16 men are now being
held in jail here.
Fourteen of the 16 men in jail are
charged with the fatal shooting of
.foe Carroll at his- home at Wilson.
The remaining two, said to be rela
tives of Carroll, are held for investigation-
So far, the information disclose?,
no one has been charged specifically
with the death of John Smith and
C. H. Simms, a policeman. Smith
was killed in a gun battle between
members of the Carroll family and
masked men. who are alleged to have
shot down Carroll. Simms' body was
found in a field near Wilson shortly
after . the shooting at the Carroll
home. .
Citizens held a mass meeting yes
terday and sent a committee of IS
to see Governor Robertson and ask
his opinion as to the advisability of
sending militia to this county as a
result of ill feeling stirred up by the
killings at Wilson and the subse
quent arrests.
Bomb Suspect Not Telling
All He Knows, Say Police
Warsaw. Dec. 20 (Bv A. P.W
The Polish police believe that Wolfe
Lindenfeld it hiding much of what
he really knows regarding the Wall
Street explosion of September, 1920,
in connection with which he was ar
rested here at the instance of the
United States Department of Justice
and continue questioning him.
Lindenfeld declares the com
munistS'have planned a revolution in
Poland for early next year.
According to M. Gutkowski of the
Polish oolitical Dolice. Lindcnfeld's
format statement recites the details
of his employment by -William J.
Burns, before the latter's appoint
ment as head of the bureau of in
vestigation of the United States De
partment of Justice. Mr. Burns, he
said, sent him to Europe to trace the
bomb plotters, advancing him $3,000
to cover expenses.
Gutkowski believes Lindenfeld
became an active communist and rer
trained from making reports to
Burns.
The charge upon which he is be
ing held by the Poles is that of be
ing a communist propagandist and
a suspected spy.
George Summitt Married
By Rev. C. W. Savidge
George Summitt, former head of
the police morals squads and at pres
, cnt secretary to Detective Captain
Van Deusen, was married to Ethel
Silverman of Omaha by Rev. Charles
W. Savidge at the minister's resi
dence vesterday. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert C. Talbot attended the bride
and groom.
Mr. Summitt has lived for some
time at the Chatham apartments,
where his bride had charge of the
housekeeping. The romance started,
however, when Summitt, on a vaca
tion in the east, met his present wife,
according to other residents at the
Chatham.
This ceremony, with that of Paul
E. Palmer and Miss Amanda Gru
ver of Council Bluffs, performed at
Rev. Mr. Savidge's residence last
night, brought the "marrying par
son's" record up to 5,242.
Duty of 2 Cents on Sugar
Asked by Sugar Body
Washington, Dec. 20. A duty of
2 cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar
as compared with the present emer
gency rate of 1.6 cents and the 1
cent in the Underwood tariff law,
was asked of the senate finance .com
mittee today by the United States
Suear Manufacturing association
through G. W. McCormick, a beet
sugar manufacturer of Menominee,
Mich.
American beet suar producers
must have- 5 cents a pound for the
, finished product, f. o. b., factory, Mr.
McCormick said, and since Cuban
raw sugar can be laid down at the
refineries in this ccfuntry at 2 cents
a pound a 2-cent duty is necessary
tmless the beet sugar industry js to
be destroyed.
Lloyd George and Briand
Confer on Reparations
London. Dec. 20. (By A. P.)
Prime Minister Lloyd George and
Premier Briand of France resumed
todav their conference on the Ger
man reparations and kindred ques
tions. They waited some time for
the reports of experts which had
been in preparation last night and
this morning. It is expected the
conference will be concluded before
Friday, when Mr. Lloyd George
plans" to go to Wales for the holi
days. Hi4m-w frm SHrM Cold.
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Man Slays Slaughter
After Prison Escape
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Gentleman Jack Howard, convict
ed forger, who shot Tom Slaughter
in the wooded Jiills of Saline county,
Ark. Tom Slaughter, most notori
ous bandit since the days of Jesse
James, aided Howard in escaping
from the Little Rock penitentiary.
Denmark Negotiates Loan
New York, Dec. 20. A $30,000
000 loan to the kingdom of Den
mark has been made by the National
City company, which is affiliated
with the National City bank. The
loan will bear interest at 6 per cent,
wilt run for 20 years and will be
callable at 105.
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Letter Attaeked
In German Press
Liberal and Radical Papers
Unanimous in Charging
Publication Is Monarch
istic Trick.
By Th AaMrlatrd Vrtu.
Berlin, Dec. 20. Liberal and radi
cal newspapers, commenting yester
day on the letters exchanged be
tween former Emperor William and
Field Marshal Von Hcndenburg, are
unanimous in the declaration that
their publication is a monarchists
trick intended to hamper the govern
ment of Chancellor Wirth and dis
credit the democracy.
The Vorwaerts, socialist organ, de
clares that the former emperor is
carrying out propaganda for- the
sale of his book, which it thinks is a
largely useless compilation. The
only surprise in it is that the one
time emperor unloads the blame for
his flight on Von Hindcuburg.
. The Vossische Zeitung expresses
the belief that the letters were pub
lished by Von Hindcnburg and Wil
liam Hohenzollern under the impres
sion that it was the proper time to
"boost the old regime." It charac
terizes such an effort as pure folly.
The Freiheit declares that the ef
fort of the ."crowned deserter who
is sojourning in a land of plenty" is
a bare-faced attempt to prejudice the
German people and give the mon
archists an opportunity to carry out
the catastrophal policy they began
before the war.
The Nationalist Press editorially
hopes that the publication of the let
ters will prove that the former em
peror is sincere. They say that he
always has acted in the best inter
ests of Germany since his sacrifice.
Bohemia proposes to coin a small
currency of glass.
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New Dollars Will
Be Minted Soon
President Approves "Peace"
Design and 700,000 Will Be
Coined Jy January 1.
Washington, Dec. 1. The arms
conference will be reflected in a
new series of silver dollars, minting
of which will be started immedi
ately. The design of the new dollars was
approved by President Harding to
day on its submission by Raymond
T. Baker, director of the mint, fol
lowing approval by the fine arts
commission. Director Baker said
about 700.000 of the new dollars
would be coined before January 1.
The new dollars, which were de
signed by Anthony dc Francisci of
New York, will have the usual head
of liberty on the obverse side while
the reverse will have a large figure
of an eagle perched on a broken
sword, and clutching an olive
branch bearing the word "Peace,"
further depicting the dawn of a new
era the background will show rays
of a rising sun. The usual "E
Pltiribus Unum" and "In God We
Trust" will also be on the coin.
This is the first time since 1878,
Mr, Baker said, that a new design
has been adopted for the silver dol
lar. Under exist'ng law the director
of the mint is said to make a change
in coinage, with the approval of the
fine arts commission, every 25 years,
and the decision to make a new coin
emblematic of the arms conference
was approved by both President
Harding and Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon.
Masked Men Take Prisoners
From Jail and Whip Them
Duncan, Okl., Dec. 20. Two
masked men yestcodav forced their
way into the city jail here, seized
two prisoners and took them to the
outskirts of town and administered
a severe whipping.
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Improvement In
Trade, Foreseen
By USOfficals
IUisiuesa at Home and Abroad
Certain of Slow But Sure
Recovery, Treasury
Officers Say.
Washington, Dec. 20. Continued
improvement in business conditions,
both in this country and abroad,
were foreseen yesterday by the treas
ury officials. Discussing the world's
business outlook, they declared
tuarked improvement could be seen
and that, althouch no immediate
business boom could be forecast, a
slow but sure recovery in conditions
was to be expected.
Such improvement as has taken
place, officials declared, has been due
to natural causes and in the con
tinued operation of natural readjust
ment a general betterment would be
experienced.. Improvement in for
eign exchange, particularly the rise
in the pound sterling, was cited as
an example of improvement abroad,
and it was said that while the situa
tion in many European countries
was serious, it could not now be
considered as desperate.
In, this country, officials asserted,
clamor for assistance in the cotton
sections had ceased while efforts of
the War Finance corporation were
believed to be materially relieving
conditions in the agricultural and
live stock industry. At the same
time, it was pointed out, federal re
serve rediscount rates and commer
cial rates had dropped, evidencing a !
better feeling in the money market.
Readjustment tn prices and wages
were given as some of the natural
causes leading to improvement, but
it was asserted because of falling
prices the purchasing power of the
farming element had been greatly re
duced.
Until this purchasing power re
over there will, r.t the opinion wf
officials, be no luimcuiatc or remark
able buiue recovery, but it i
terted the gradual improvement in
conditions could be expected to work
itself out without the intervention of
any unnatural agrucici for stimula
tion. Chief of Women Police
In Indianapolis Reruns
Indianapolis, I ml., Dee. 20.
Miss Clara Uurnside, chief of the In
dianapolis police women's depart
ment, has resigned, following the an
nouncement by Lew Shank, mayor
elect, that under his administration
the women's department will cease to
exist as a separate police unit and
that practically all women of the
force will be in uniform.
The Indianapolis police women's
department, built up under the super
vision of Miss Htirnsidc in the last
four years, is one of the largest
separate departments of the kind in
the world. Much of the work done
by the department lias been of a
remedial character among young
girls.
Swiss, Victim of Alleged
Swindle, to Be Held on Bond
Adolph Schneeheli, Swiss immi
grant, alleged to have been swindled
out of $5,(M) on the purchase of
state rights for the sales of a pitiless
clothesline, is to be put under bond
to prevent him from leaving the city
before the case comes to trial,
United States District Attorney Kins
ler announced yesterdav.
Webb Elliott and E.'R. and E. B.
McCormick, held under bond on a
charge of using the mails in the al
leged conspiracy to defraud, paid
back $2,000 to .Sclinccbcli.
Greeting Cards
50c a Box
Including ten hand-decorated
cards, each with an
appropriate bit of senti
ment. Wednesday for 50c
a box.
Second Floor
Silk Hosiery
Is one of those smart ac
cessories no woman can
ever have too many of.
Hence a gift of hosiery
has won approval even
before it has been re
ceived. There is an abun
dance of styles and color
ings in fact a fresh pair
for every occasion for
prices that are most rea
sonable. Main Floor
Let the Gift
Blouse
For the Younger Miss be
in the ever popular Peter
Pan style and many at
tractive variations of that
style there are, too.
Lawns and Dimities
range from $3.50 .to
$5.
Those of' Crepe de
Chine and Pussy Wil
low are from $5 to
$10.50.
-The two models in Pon
gee are $5,and $5.50.
Third Floor
Liquor Tax Is
Considered for
Soldiers' Bonus
Treasury Officials Will Not
Oppose Prohihition Modi
fication Khtimatc Rev
ennc $"00,000,000.
Washington, Dec. 20. Modifies
(ion of the national prohibition
amendment to permit saic of beer
and wine would mean an addition to
the government s revenues of
$500,000,000 a year, high treas-
ury officials said yesterday. Esti
mates made in connection with pro
posed legislation to k.ralize the sale
of beer and wine have revealed, offi
cials said, that $500,000,000 yearly
would be collected in taxes from
this soured.
While no indication of the treas
ury's attitude toward such legisla
tion was disclosed, it was stated offi
cially that the treasury would not
oppose such a step. Officials dis
cussed today the possibility of such
a measure in the event of the neces
sity of providing funds for a soldiers'
bonus.
Concerning the possibility of a
tax on wine and beer, a Ir'gh official
declared that at present "the boot
leggers" were getting the money
which might otherwise be going
into the treasury.
, Revenue from liquor during the
present fiscal year is expected to be
about one-half of the receipts dur
From Nine to Six
Are Shopping Hours at
Thompson, Belden's.
Not Open Evenings
Dainty Kerchiefs are so
delightful and their
prices offer such a wide
choice of selections that
one is sure to find just
the charming bit of linen
she is searching for. . . k
A gift of. Tref ousse Strap
Wrist Gauntlets would
never be amiss. In black,
white and grey French
kid for $7. In brown and
beaver suede for $6.50.
A fancy Hair Comb to
lend the evening coiffure
that finished touch could
not but be a delightfully
pleasing gift. Irt plain
and carved or studded
with jewels 'frJm $2.50
on up.
There are perfumeries
and powders galore to
please the most discrimi
natingbut special for
Wednesday is a large
gold Vanity Box contain
ing either powder or ,
rouge in any shade de
sired for 75c.
Decorate
Your Christmas pack
a g e s attractively.
Dennison's . cards,
seals, Avhite jewel
er's tissue paper, gold
and silver cord are
displayed here.
V
ing the past year, according to an
estimate made public tonight by the
prohibition bureau. Last year's total
was about $M0,0OO.CH)0. as compared
with nearly $209.000.000 in 1VI0.
Private Loekers
Will Be Probed
Chicago Police to Enter Ex
elusive Clubs in War
On Liquor.
Chicago, Dec. 20. While hun
dreds of persons charged with viola
tion of the prohibition law jammed
municipal court branches yesterday,
the police opened up a flank attack
on liquor law violattors when it was
announced private lockers in clubs
and other semi-public places would
be investigated.
While the courts were grinding
away in ah efTCrt to dispose of thj
cases of 500 persons tagged in the
weekend sorties for liquor, Charles
F Clyne, federal attorney, announc
ed that the government was prepar
ed to prosecute cases where it was
felt that the state did not secure a
sentence severe enough.
Fines ranging from $100 to $1,000
were meted out to defendants who
pleaded guilty yesterday.
Nine saloons were closed here yes
terday bv the orders of Judge K. M.
Landis for violation of the prohibi
tion laws.
"Chicago is the driest spot in
America," Chief Fitzmorris said to
night. "It will remain so and on
New Year's eve it is going to be
dryer than ever."
A Useful Gift
For One and All
It's a pair of Daniel
Green's Comfy Slippers
in just the shade to
match his or her new
bathrobe. More than that,
the prices on all the Felt
slippers have been great
ly reduced.
Camisoles or Bloomers
the daintiest gift "of all,
from one woman to an
other. Bloomers, in flesh color
are from $3.50 to $7.50.
. In all the fashionable
street shades are from
$6 to $8.
Camisoles, in flesh and
white plain embroi
dered or lace trimmed
are from $2.75 to $5.50.
In black, navy and
brown from $3.00 to
$4;
His Xmas Gift
Will be doubly appre
ciated if it comes from the.
Thompson - Belden Men's
Shop.
Bathrobes
Mufflers
Jewelry
Buckles
Gloves
Hosiery
Garters
Belts
if I