The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL 51-NO. 223.
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OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAKCH 4, 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Widow Is
Called in
Potash Suit
Edltor-Prcsldent
"Holds the 'Phone
to Help Reporters
Mri. Uerg Tcfctifiri Uundcy
Paid Her 1100 for Article!
of Incorporation Ha nV.
en Take Stand.
Tell of Promised Wealth
The lt Charles L. Dundry paid
her only f 100 for the articles of in
corporation of the William Berg
V company, afterward raked from. a
$I0,(XK) to a $l.noo,)00 corporation.
Mrs. Matilda ltcrg, widow of the
late William IWg. tctifie4 in the
alleged potash fraud rate in federal
1 court yesterday.
Comet from Sick Bed.
Mrs. Berg rose from a tick bed
' to give her testimony. Other giv
' ing testimony on Mock transactions
fl. were Lynn Manner of.Giltnrr, Xeh
lf who bought $2.5X) of stock in the
company; Lee Halstead of Hay
Spring. $100; Dr. A. W. Smith of
Albion, $150; Mrs. Agnes Harm,
Giltner, $100; C. J. Chlcboun. Clark
son, $2,500, and C. M. Janicek, drug
gist at Schuyler, $1,500. Jacob
Masse, one of the four defendants.
was mentioned as negotiating some
of the deals.
All told of promises of future
wraith made by stock salesmen.
Dividends were expected within 90
days after the potash plant began
operations, Charles Wohlberg, secre
tary, wrote to Lee Halstead.
Gives Warning to Jury.
In dismissing the jury until Mon
day morning at 10. Judge T. C. Muu
gcr gave stern injunctions to the
, jurymen prohibiting them from con
versing with any one relative to the
Jk , case.
"Don't even talk to anybody you
think can give you valuable informa
tion about the potash situation. Re
member vou are to be governed sole-
ly by what you near in this court
room," said the judge.
OgallaUMan Called.
Roy A. Dc Voe, for 17 years coun
ty attorney atOgallala, heard the
siren song of potash riches to the
tune Of $1,000. He was among the
witnesses to testify yesterday,
C. E. Lear, 34 years an attorney
at Springfield, and vice president of
a Dank there, lost $.2,01)0, and C. C.
Carek. cashier of the bank at Touhy.
!., $400. .
On cross examination, they
denied they ever used their influence
4o assist Berg stock salesmen to sell
r " minjties, or that they received com
missions ior so cioiug.
"Bird Dog" Evidence.
Evidence of such "bird dogs" who
- figured in tr.'insactions of this kind
will be unfolded ip stock fraud cases
now being prosecuted" by the gov
ernment, W. M. Coble, postal , in
spector, stated recently.
A bank at Mcrrinian, Neb., gota
judgment on his 'homestead in
Cherry county, for a $2,000 note he
negotiated with them, Ara Starr of
Mullen, Neb., testified.
Despite his loss, Starr never held
his stock certificate in his hand. It
(Turn to Faf Two, Column ' '
Washington. March 1 President
Harding, having betn a reporter
once himself and knowing how it
it, stopped tht wheel of govern,
ment busmen fiv minutes today
and "held the phone" to ht would
not interrupt a score of newt,
paper men who wei letting a
ory from Acting Secretary
Fletcher at the tut department.
It happened this way, much to
the amuement of other official
who Uiu.liy reverse the process
and let tht reporter wait.
President Harding called up
Mr. Fbtcher, but learned that 'tht
latter wat talking to the reporters.
When Mr. Fletcher heard that ths
president had telephoned ht hastily
concluded hit discussion and
went to call up the president, who
he found still "holding tht line."
The clock showed the president
of the United Statet had waited
five minutet so he would not in
terrupt the reporters in their daily
work.
Murderer of
Chicairo Men
Pays Penalty
Haney V. Church Is Hanged
for Slaying of Auto Sales
men Goes to Gallows
Strapped to Chair.
Dogs Disclose Body
of Murdered Woman
i .
Tarrytown, N. , Y., March 3.
Barking dogs disclosed today the
murder of a woman whose body, the
neck hacked with a penknife, was
found at the end of Jones avenue,
near John D. Rockefeller's estate at
Pocantico Hills.
: Mrs. Joseph Taylor, annoyed by
the persistent barking of the dogs,
looked through a pair of opera
glasses, saw the body and notified
the police.
The condition of the road indicat
ed that the woman had been slain
after a struggle. Mrs. Patrick Tur
ner, who lives .a few hundred fee,
from the scene, told the police sha
had observed an automobile headed
toward the end of the street about
10 last night. A short time later she
heard muffled wails and later noted
that the automobile had retraced its
route. , '
The body, which had not been
identified tonight, was that of a wo
man of about 35, probablv of Ital
ian extraction, Coroner Fitzgerald
said. . ,
'Crippled Jury Hearing
John Judd Damage Case
An "11-man" " jury in District
Judge Day's court is hearing testi
mony in a damage suit of John Judd
against Frank A. Johnson.
The twelfth juror, Phillip Cun
ningham. 2119 W street, was excus
ed by agreement of both sides and
Judge Day. after the latter learned
that Cunningham's father was re
ported dying. ,
Kiwanians Shown Proper
Electric Lighting Methods
Practical demonstrations as to the
proper lighting of homes, offices,
stores and industrial plants were
made yesterday afternoon before the
members of the Kiwanis club at Ho
tel Rome, under the auspices of the
Nebraska Power company.
Lighting effects to produce the
most efficient light on an economy
basis were 'showpr -
Balfour Honored by King.
London. March 3. (By A. P.)
W Kins George today conferred the
h. , C .! f . A ..1 T i
Balfour in recognition of his services j
st the Washington conference. This i
is the highest honor within the gift j
cf the king. ,
Omnha Ke ImwI Wire,
Chicago, March 3. Harvey W.
Church, strapped in a chair, dropped
through the trap at the county jail
at 3:54 this afternoon and 10 min
utet later was dead of strangulation,
The force of the drop broke the
chair, but did not dislocate his neck,
Thus ended the career of one of
the mpst cold-blooded murderers in
the criminal history of Chicago, to
save whose lite the most frantic ef
forts have been made by various at
torneys.
Alienists have claimed all alonor
that Church was simulating insanity
and this was proved by the fact that
he shook olt his stupor on the way
to ths gallows and during his last
moments in the death chamber. He
called for his parents and sister. His
mother fainted and was unable to
respond, but his father and sister
did what they could to comfort
him. .
On the way to the gallows he
perspired freely and after the noose
ana cap had been adjusted, he began
to pray. At first he mumbled, but
his voice became stronger and he re
peated the Lord's prayer distinctly.
Then he lapsed into silence again, the
signal was given and the trap was
sprung. These were the first words
he had spoken for 46 days, when he
began his hunger strike.
' , Prisoners Silent.
Other prisoners in the jail did not
stage their usual hideous clamor of
obscenity, profanity and rattling of
cell doors. Heretofore this has been
one of the' features of an execution,
but this time everything was silent.
Even as Church was being harlged,
an outside attorney, who had no con
nection with, the ca'se, was making
desperate efforts to secure a stay of
execution. Church's own attorneys
naa previously exhausted every
known means of preventing his
execution.
The murders for which Church
was hanged were committed Scp
tcmbec 8 of last year. Church, who
wanted a new automobile, went to
the Packard company, picked out a
$5,000 car, and asked that a salesman
be sent with him and the car to a
bank, where he had a certified check
waiting. Bernard J. Daugherty was
directed to accompany him and as
an afterthought the manager also
told Carl O. Ausmus, another sales
man, to go along. Church tried to
dissuade Ausmus, but they finally
got in the car. ' Instead of going to
a bank he asked them to drive by his
home until he attended to an errand.
He went into the house and in a
few seconds appeared at a basement
door and beckoned Daugherty to
come in. As Daugherty descended
the stairs, Church hit him over the
head with a baseball bat. Then he
dragged the body into a coal bin,
cut Daugherty's throat, handcuffed
him and cleaned up the floor.
Ausmus Also Slain.
Ten minutes later Ausmus, worried
over Daugherty's absence, started
down the stairs. He, also, was struck
down, his hands tied and he was
beaten to unconsciousness. Church
testified that Ausmus was not dead
when he buried him under the garage
; floor and that he stamped on his face
and chest to crowd him into the nar
row grave. -
He took Daugherty's body to the
Desplaines river and threw it in. Half
an hour later he returned to his
home, whistling merrily and asked a
neighbor to take a ride in his new
car. That night he and his mother
and two girls drove to Indiana Har
Tnrn to Pa-e Two, Colnmm Three.)
National
Wheat Pool
Effected
Between 75,000,000 and 90,.
000,000 HufthrU of Grain
Represented Ly New Or
ganization at Denver.
To Form Zoning System
Denver, Colo., March J. A fed
eration of all the state wheat grow-
crt co-operative tocietiei on the 100
per cent pooling plan, to be known
zt the American Wheat Growers,
Associated, resulted from a series of
conferences here, which ended today,
The membership represented in the
organization, according to its offi
cers, controls between 75,000,000 and
50,000,000 bushclt of wheat, and this
control will be further augmented,
they said, as various statet now
either in the process of organization
or contemplating organizing com
plete their work.
Establishes Zoning System.
In addition to the formation of this
gigantic pooling plan for controlling
the flow of wheat from the producer
to the consumer, the conference re
sulted in removing the antagonism
that has been growing between the
various state organizations and the
United States Grain Growers (Inc.),
it was announced.
The details of the federation pro
vide for the establishment of a zon
ing system for the handling of wheat.
The federation will function as soon
as a zone, consisting of two or more
state organizations, is formed. The
Northwest Wheat Growers. Asso
ciated, now is organized and has
been operating for two years and is
the first zone of the federation.
Another Detail. '
Another detail of the organization
provides that each state organiza
tion will retain its individual organ
ization, the national federation being
pledged not to absorb the powers of
the various states. The national fed
eration, however, will centralize the
activities of the various state so
cieties and would handle all details
of exporting grain and finding for
eign markets for the wheat grown by
the members of the society.
In addition, the national federation
would supervise the work of secur
ing funds for the various state or
ganization members, would maintain
a statistical department, the results
of which would be available to all
members and would work out a co
ordinate system for marketing the
wheat controlled by the federation,.
Finl Details.
The final details for the establish
ment of the national federation would
be promulgated at a meeting of va
rious representatives of state organ
izations now functioning and in the
process of organization, to be held
March 9 at Kansas Ljty.
The resolution providing ; for the
formation of the federation was
adopted unanimously by representa
tives present at the conferences held
during the week and includes the
provision that George C Jewett, gen
eral manager of , the Northwest
Wheat Growers' association should
act in similar capacity for the Amcr-1
ican Wheat Growers, Associated.
Girl Given to June 25
to Decide Between
Man and Diamond
The Man With the Hoe
lUwntki; JIM; i TW Ctoat Tnbuaa. j'
New Yoik. March 3. Iterauoe
Morri llerchowiti let a $000 Un.
tnond toliuirc do al the talking,
lie found hiiiuclf facing hit suppokcd
fiancee, Mikt iJie Ncudlcnuit, in
Justice XafTrey't municipal couit
vetcrday. He wanted the ring back,
he said, ince Mitt N'eudlrnun hail
threatened to have her big brother
throw him out when be finally got
his courage up to the point of ask
ing her to name the day.
Mit Neudleiuan testified
regarded llernchowita't m -
tentation at its face value- ,u . ivS
gilt and nothing more. iu,',
Do you want tint prcciou
or thit preciout girl?'' inijuiua j"
tico Caffrey, indicating the tw
treasure.
The girl," Hcrschowiu gulped,
"And you?' asked the justice.
turning to Mist rteudlcman.
"Well I'll have to think it over,
the said.
Justice Caffrey gave her the ro.
mantic months ot spring unt.
June 25, to be exact to decid
whether the would accent the rini
with what he held was itt implied
bondage.
Governor of
0 k 1 a li o m i
in Fist Fidit
State Chief Executive Resents
Remarks by Head of Pe'
troleum Company
Blows Exchanged.
hurchill Denies
Betrayal of Ulster
Fraser had kept silent
and alone for 25 years
and the village thought
he was insane. He tells
his secret in
The Culvert
By J. J. BELL
Tomorrow in
The Sunday Bee
London, March 3. (By A. P.)
When debate was resumed on the
Irish bill in the house of commons
today discussion of Lord Hugh Ce
cil s amendment was continued, this
declares that in approving Article
XII of the Anglo-Irish treaty, relat-
ne to the Ulster boundary, the
British government did not intend to
agree to transfer the main area of
any of the six countries of northern
Ireland to the territory of the Irish
free state, but agreed only to minor
boundary adjustments.
Ronald McNeill, unionist member
for the Canterbury division of Kent,
said this was the central point of ob
jection to the measure, the provision
m question being resented by many
1 the members as a breach ot taith
toward northern Ireland on the part
of the government. : He quoted
Michael Collins, head of the Irish
provisional government, as having
said Sir James Craig,- the Ulster
premier, had been tricked by his own
friends.
Winston Churchill, secretary for
the colonies, said the statement that
promise had been Riven by the
prime minister to Collins and Grif
fith that the counties of Fermanagh,
Tyrone and Londonderry would be
handed over to them was aboslutely
untrue and had been repeatedly de-l
nied.
A Fish Story
Read It and Weep
Waukegan, HL, March 3. Dar
win I. Granger, mill man from Mc
Henry, considers himself in Jonah's
class when it comes to experiences
with fish, but he is not very talka
tive when dogs are mentioned.
Granger was fishing through the
ice at Fox lake, using ajunall min
now as bait A fair sued perch
was hooked, but before it could be
drawn from the water along came
a lVa-pound bass and viciously
grabbed the perch. . But swift pun
ishment awaited the bass for -his
piggishness, for a hungry 12
pound pickerel, swimming by,
eagerly gulped down bass, perch,
minnow, hook, line and sinker.
Granger landed the outfiit, but
while jumping up and down in glee
at hit good luck, Mat Pitson's dog
wandered by and, apparently op
posed to midwinter fishing, sunk
his teeth into Granger's anatomy
in a most inconvenient manner.
Okmulgee, Okl., March 3. Re
scnting an oath hurled at him by
lames G. ' Lyons, an oil man of
Okmulgee, Okl.. Governor J. B. A
Robertson of Oklahoma this morn
ing engaged in a fist encounter with
Lyons in the county courthouse here,
which was crowded with lawyers,
court officials and spectators. A half
dozen or so blows were exchanged
by the two men before they were
separated. Neither bears any marks
of the conhict.
The governor had just concluded
a conference with James Hepburn,
county attorney, relative to the gov
ernor's appearing before the grand
jury in connection with the failure
of the Bank of Commerce of Okmul-
eee. '
At the governor's private office,
Hepburn turned to W. H. Crume, a
citizen, and-asked him to introduce
the governor to the boys. r , .
... Governor Called Name.;
,The governor shook' hands with
several persons. When they reached
Lyons, who is president of the Lyons
Petroleum company and head of the
depositors' organization formed after
the failure of the bank ot Com
merce. Mr. Crume said: "I want you
to meet the governor, Mr. Lyons.
I would not shake hands with the
" said Lvons with an oath, ac
cording to Crume and according to
Mr. Lvons admission later.
The ' governor then attempted to
strike at Lj-ons with his right fist,
according to the statement ot the
affair by Crume.
tirst accounts stated that Lyons
struck the first blow. Secretary of
State Honer. who was standing near
by, intercepted the blow, but in a!
moment the state executive and the
oil man were exchanging blows and
struggling to free themselves from
the grasp of spectators who inter
vened. Several Blows Exchanged.
A half dozen blows were ex
changed, according to the spectators.
Governor Robertson attempted to
remove his overcoat, meanwhile
struggling with men who interfered.
"Let me go," Governor Robertson
said. "I am a man."
"I will say this, that I can't be
bluffed' physically ; legally or any
other way," the executive odded."
"I wonder if the people know that
Lyons had a deposit of $18.75 in the
bank and owed the bank $10,000 on
a note."
"Who started the fight?" County
Attorney Hepburn asked, pushing his
way through the crowd to where
Governor Robertson and Mr. Lyons
stood facing each other.
A spectator spoke up and said:
"Lyons started it."
Arrest him, Air. - Hepburn
ordered.
When informed that Governor
Robertson was the other principal
in the fight, County Attorney Hep
burn ordered his arrest, but later
told Sheriff Sowers not to carry out
the order.
Officers forced a guard around the
governor and forced their way
through the surging crowds out of
the office and to the third floor of
the courthouse, later going to a
hotel. :
German and Swiss
Brewers Worried
Over Prohibition
Fur Flies
at Probe of
Road Costs
Jo!iuou Uiargfa llillier Grafl
or Poor Judgment in Coun
ty PunlM!" liivt'slipa
tiotis Arc A Veil.
Charge Forgery
in O'Connor Will
Case at Hastings
i '
lleven Complaints Filed and
Others Considered Jury
Dcliherates 5Q Hours on
Four Claims. ,
EnglandFears
Revolt in India
Berlin, March 3. (By A. P.)
Minutes which have just been pub
lished here of a secret convention
of German and Swiss brewers dis
close that the brewers admitted they
feared prohibition would sweep Eu
rope. ( It was decided at the con
vention to send a representative to
the United States to, study the ef
fects of prohibition and to start a
campaign in the newspapers of Eu
rope against the prohibition of the
use of alcohol. The campaign in
the press would attempt to prove
the tonic advantages of alcohol, es
pecially with regard to beer. .
Df. Kuery, president of the Swiss
Anti-Prohibition association, assert
ed it was necessary for the brewery
interests of the world to unite in a
campaign against the auti-alcohol
movement and particularly to fight
the antaeonist of beer.
HastingSj -.Kfcb. -March -3-r(Spe
ial Telegram.) Complaint charging
forgery of a will was filed here to
day against James B. O'Connor of
Kansas City and 10 other relatives,
who recently filed heirship claim for
the $100,000 John O'Coujior estate.
The proceeding grows but of a for
mer case in which James O'Connor
sought to obtain the estate through
a will, which the supreme court has
declared to be spurious. '
One heirship case involving the
claims of four groups has been on
trial in district court 32 days, and
the jury this afternoon returned a
erdict lhe fames U Connor claim
is a new proceeding and if the claim
ants come here late this month, when
their claim is scheduled for hearing
in county court, they will find the
heriff waiting for them with war
rants. '
County Attorney Addie said he
was considering prosecution of John
T. Culavin of Omaha, another claim
ant, who offered an O'Connor will
which was later declared invSlid by
the supreme court.
Mdren Held for
Back Rent Released
Detroit. March 3. Four children,
11 under eight years old, alleged to
have been held by Koseiine
Russis as hostages for over
due rent, were returned to their iath-
er, Albert Mozejko, late today after
Mozeiko laid the case before raul
W. voorhies, prosecutor. Mrs. Rus
sis and Mozejko will confer with the
prosecutor tomorrow over the unpaid
rent. N
Mozeiko claimed the bill was SlaO.
Mrs. Russis said it was $340. The
ifference led to Mozejko s ejection,
whereupon, he declared, his landlady
kept the children with the statement:
could get $100 for any one ot
them." .
Grand Jury to Investigate
, Detroit Stock Brokers
Detroit, March 3. A grand jury
investigation ' into the activities of
local stock brokerage firms, alleged
to have been operating in violation of
the Michigan "blue sky laws," was
stituted yesterday, atternoon by
Prosecuting Attorney. Paul W.
oorhies.
The inquiry was first directed into
the affairs of L. J. Sinkula & Co. and
it was announced it would be extend
ed to take in the other four com
panies which have suspended re
cently with a loss to their investors
that authorities say may reach $2,
000.000. -
Mr. Voorhies stated he intended
to ask for a blanket warrant for Sin
kula and his aides.
Pittsburgh Attorney Is
Shot by Wife of Client
Pittsburgh, March 3. Charles F.
Patterson, a lawyer, was shot four
times yesterday by the wife of one
of his clients who is suing for di
vorce, it became known today when
a warrant was issued for Mrs. Noda
Thompson, charging her with fel
onious shooting. . Mr. Patterson was"
not seriously 'wounded. In a state
ment Mr. Patterson said Mrs.
Thompson called at his office late
in the day and when he refused to
discuss her affairs except in the pres
ence of her attorney, she opened fire
on hint
Newspaper. Reports Indicate
Situation Is Beyond Con-'
frol of Authorities.
' London, March 3. (By A. P.)
Scattering reports to the newspaper!
indicated .that the situation ii India
is causing inaariiig anxiety .to the
authorities,- particularly in the Pun
jab and the united provinces of Ben
gal. ' . v
There is said to be danger in Ben
gal that the members of the oH revo
lutionary party will take control of
the . political movement out of the
hands of the nationalist congress
.party, owing to the anger of the ex
tremists at the postponement of civil
disobedience.
The Daily Telegraph shows that
agitation is growing in all the above
named districts, where the situation
is getting more and more out of the
control of the, authorities.
Thp rpnorr" nf flip imnendiner ar
rest of Mohandas K. Gandhi, non-
co-ooerationist leader, is reiterated
The Daily Mail - says that the
prince of Wales has abandoned his
intention to visit Amritsa., where, it
is recalled, troops fired on agitators
in April, 1919, killing iU) persons.
The reason for the alteration in the
prince's plans is not stated.
Prince .of "Wales Shot in
India, Says London Rumor
London, March 3. (By A. P.)
The Evening News today published
what it characterizes as "an absurd
rumor ' which is being persistently
repeated in London that the prince
of Wales .was shot in India. Offi
cials here know nothing of any such
incident, lhe latest report from In
dia says the prince left Satwari to
day for Peshawar. '
Dispatches from India February 24
reported that members of the prince
of Wales' party had been fired upon
while motoring from Delhi to Put
tiala. An Indian officer's version of
the incident later, however, declared
that although one of the motor cars
had been hit by a small object, the
missile was not a bullet, but a stone,
either thrown or 'kicked up by' the
wheels of the car. - . - -
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Chairman of Irish Prison -Board
Slain by Robber
- Belfast. March 3. (By A. P.)
Max S. Green, chairman of the Irish
prison board, was shot and killed in
Dublin today, a Dublin message an
nounces. .. He was a son-in-law of the
late John Redmond, the Irish nation
alist leader. .' v .
The shooting of. Mr. Green oc
curred during a chase following .a
robbery. An official of the ministry
of pensions carrying a considerable
sum of money was held up by armed
men, who took from him a bag con
taining 600 pounds and, ran. away
with it. The police gave chase and
captured the -robber who bad the
money in his possession.
Another of the fleeing men fired on
his pursuers and it was then that
Green was struck by a, bullet and
killed. Another man was wounded at
the same time.
Mayor of New York "Wroth
at Subway Conditions
New York. March 3. Mayor Hy-
lan, taking the position that com
plaints of congestion, indecency and
insanitation in the subways are justi
fiable, yesterday wrote Frank Hed
ey, presidentl of the Interborough
Rapid Transit company, that unless
use was made of all available equip
ment so as to end the "abominable
conditions.'" the city would resort to
drastic means.
Threat of British
Premier to Resign
Office Suspended
Union Members Have Asked
Lloyd George to Continue
in Present Position Says
..'August . Chamberlain.
By TUe Amoftlatrd Prew.
. Loudon, March 3. Premier Lloyd
George's threat to resign has been
suspended at the urgent solicitation
of his .unionist colleagues in the cab
inet, according to an authoritative
statement tonight, but no justifica
tion for its withdrawal is said to
exist as yet.
Official denial is made that any
exact time limit has been fixed for
ceiving assurances of loyalty to the
premier from the adherents of Sir
George Younger, the unionist leader,
although it is added that obviously
the tension cannot be extended in
definitely.
Meanwhile there is no Indication
of any move on the part of the union
ist party to dethrone Younger as its
head. No meeting of the whole un
ionist party has been called and the
general opinion is that the only hap
pening would be that the unionist
members in the cabinet A. J. Bal
four aiid Austin Chamberlain may
publicly reprove Younger for his
tactics, as Lord Birkenhead already
has done.
Speaking at Oxford today, Austin
Chamberlain announced that the un
ionist ministers had unanimously re
quested the premier to continue as
head of the government.
Not the slightest repentance has
yet been shown by the "die hard
conservatives" whose opposition to
the leadership of the prime minister
is primarily responsible for the pres
ent crisis. They are co-operating
with the Ulsterites in the house of
commons in putting up a stiff fight
against the free state bill by present
ing amendment after amendment.
Neilsen Resigns Post
in State Department
Washington, March 3. (Special
Telegram.) Fred K. Neilsen of
Omaha, solicitor for the State de
partment, has tendered his resigna
tion to enter upon private practice,
it is understood. Mr. Neilsen pre
sented his resignation several weeks
ago" but Secretary Hughes asked him
to withhold it until after the latter's
return 'from Burmuda.
Postoffice Examinations.
Washington. March 3. 'Snecial
Telegram.) The postmaster general
nas requested the civil service com
mission to set a date for examination
for presidential postmasters at the
following places in Nebraska: Butte,
.Newcastle, silver , Creek and
Wauneta.
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Z Conspiracy Is Alleged
Lincoln, March 3, (Special Tele,
gram.) Fur continued to fly today,
the fourth day of the state and count
by road probe. Briefly, the event!
w!iich transpired, weic:
Crorge Johnson, state engineer)
offered to cite instances where cer
tain standard road machinery, which
the Mate paid $700 for, wat pur
chased by certain counties for from
Jl.JiM) to SI.JIK'.
"Ibis eithrr represents grait or
poor hu'iiucs judgment," Johnson
aid. "and certainly klmws the need
of a Mandurd purchaing law with
teeth in it. Certain members like
Representative Henry Bock, appear
ing here before the committee, took
the terth out of the hill at the lat
session."
Johnson further charged that he
had been inforuied that the Portland
Cement company had inircted one ot
its agents on his payroll to endeavor
to bring about a scandal which would
result in his removal. Referring to
testimony offered by T. W. Ham
ilton, one of his employes, at the
morning ses.sion, Johnson declared
it was his belief that it was a part
of the cement company's plan to dis
credit him.
Forced Prices Down.
"The reason they want to ruin nie
is because 1 was instrumental in
starting a movement which discon
tinued purchase of cement until it
dropped 23 rents a barrels in price,"
Johnson said.
"Let me explain another powerful
factor fighting this office the gravel
trust which has been forced to sell
gravel cheaper to Nebraska contrac
tors than contractors working in any
other states, through my action by
purchasing a gravel pit at Ashland.
I have been informed of meetings
held by gravel men in Omaha in
which ways and means of removing
me from office have been discussed.
"Many attacks made upon me have
come either directly or indirectly
from this source."
Ask County Probe.
W. S. Lyda, former mayor of Falls
City, Richardson county, Speared
before the committee- to refute
j charges of certain Richardson counti?
oihcials concerning state road and
bridge work in that county. In ad
dition, Lyda. representing a number
of substantial Richardson county
residents, asked the state to send an
auditor to investigate the road and
bridge expenditures of Richardson
county commissioners for the last
five years.
"We could do it in the county, but
if the state did it, we would be free
from the never ending entanglements
of county politics," Lyda said.
"Furthermore, I want the com
mittee to understand that certain of
these politicians who appeared here
objecting to Mr. Johnson's work do
not represent the entire county's
opinion Dy any means.
"Fully 80 per cent of the people
are proud and satisfied with the state
roads in the county, which are bet
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Whisky Restrictions
Lifted in Colorado
Denver, March 3. With influenza"
reported in epidemic form in a num
ber of Colorado counties, the federal
prohibition director for Colorado, E.
H. McCIenahan, today lifted the
stringent restrictions on the writing
of whisky perscriptions.
McCIenahan announced he had
temporarily ordered the usual pro
cedure involving a written application
for a permit to write liquor prescrip
tions done away with. Inside, phy
sicians are getting into touch with
the national prohibition department
at Denver by long distance telephone;
and asking permission to prescribe
whisky. In practically every case,
where McCIenahan is convinced of
the identity and reputation of the
physician, he announced, the permis
sion is granted over the wires. The
physician proceeds forthwith'to write
whisky prescriptions in as large a
number as he deems necessary and
druggists are filling them as fast as
they are presented.
Man Held in Oskaloosa, la.,
Not Terrible Tom O'Connor
Oskaloosa. Ia., March 3. Deputy
Sheriff William Van Horn of Cook
county, Illinois, who arrived here
this morning, announced that the
man held by local authorities as
Tommy O'Connor, escaped murder
er, is not the man sought by Chi
cago police. The man held here,
who says he is John Clark of De
troit, will be released today.
Deputy Sheriff Van Horn said that
Clark looks a great deal like O'Con
nor but that Bcrtillon measurements
show that he is not the man who
made the sensational escape last De
cember 11, several days before he
was to have hanged for the murder
of a Chicago policeman.
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freta; aoutb. 3 degree
Appointment of Woman .
to Succeed Landis Urged
Chicago. March 3. Appointment
of Miss Florence King as judge ot
the United States distrct court here
to succeed Judge K. M. Landis was
urged in resolutions made public
here today by the Woman's Bar as
sociation of Illinois.
Miss King is a member of the as
sociation. Copies of the resolution
ae to be sent to President Harding.
Attorney General Daugherty and
Illinois representatives, in congreia.
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