Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Morning Jee
VOL. 52-NO. 186._Kg f 'ttS? ST. ’H? im«£._OMAHA SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1923.* JUT*V&,WI&JrSb£%fZS ft.** TO CENTS
Fre n ch to
Tighten Up
on Germans
Reports From Duesseldorf In
dicate Adoption of Sterner
Policy—Head of Finance
Department Arrested.
Coal Miners Cease Work
Glabeck. .fan. 19.—The workmen
in,the Moeller coal pits here ceased
operations today following seizure of
the minps hy the French.
Duesseldorf, Jan. 19—<Ry A P.i—
All the banking institutions in Dues
seld' rf. both pritutc and state, closed
this afternoon claiming to be unable
to carry on business owing to the
seizure by the French of the local
branch of the relehshank. thus shut
ting iff the supply of marks.
Tlie economic life of the city is at
a standstill
The arrest of Dr. Schlutius. presi
■ ant of the s*nt* finance department.
) .V Dll- t->r lbs hsti in. ind tin
t-u- moning of Fritz Tyhssen. who lias
l»een ordered to report nt headquar
ters this afternoon, gate an indica
tion that the French had resulted
niton carrying out the sterner policy,
which’they had announced several
times, out never put into effect. This
came as a shock to the Gentians who
had lieen inclined to lielievc the
French were bluffing, more or less.
French Refused Records.
T>r. Si hlutius had refused point
blank to deliver the records and books
of the tinam ial commies i. late of the
Rhine province to M Tannery, del'
gate of the French ministry of
ti nance.
"I am a German, and I do not ac
cept orders from the French," Dr. ;
Schlutius told M. Tannery, jiolitely,
hut firmly.
“Vou lave 10 minutes in which to
surren Dr the records," M. Tannery
replied ,'n similar vein.
Still smiling. Dr. Schlutius rejoined:
"Don't waste those valuable 10
minutes. My answer is no." The;
soldiers ^eic then called in
"I bow to the inviolate right of
bayonets?" was Dr. Schlutius' part
ing shot fis he was led to jail. The j
< remans spoke of him today with un-1
concealed admiration.
Finance Minister Hermes sent a
telegram to Dr. Schlutius thanking
him heartily for hiB "manly conduct
in the face of military arbitrariness."
Five more coal and coke magnates
were arrested this afternoon in the
legion of l’.ochum and Gladbach.
northeast of Cologne, bringing to j
seven the. total of such prisoners h*ld
*C*V the occupational forces.
Mines Seized.
Kssert, Jan. 19.—(By A. PA—Seizure j
of state mines in the Ruhr by the
forces of occupation was begun to
day. Tho Bergraandsglueek and
AVesterhold pits near Buer were oc
cupied by the military and Manager
Ahrens was arrested for refusing to!
deliver coke. Troops appeared at the |
Moeller pita at Gladbeck and at the
Rheinladen mines at Bottrop.
Take Oter Customs.
Coblenz. Jan. 19.—(By A. P.)—Five
French chief inspectors took over the
customs districts of the Rhineland to
day making a complete ring around
the territory The same will be done
in a few days In the Ruhr valley. The
inspectors also seized the customs
funds, forests and coal taxes.
Rssen, .Jan. 19.—(By A. P.)—The
president of the district railway ad
ministratk n of Gssen refused today to
dispatch coal trains, rejecting the
French demands for shipments.
Another Masked Holdup
Staged Near Mer Rouge
Bastrop. La., Jan. l$.-rdBy A. P.b
Judge Fred L. Odom, presiding at the
i pen hearing into masked band activi
ties in Morehouse parish, announced
this afternoon it had been officially
reported to him that another masked
holdup took place last night in tlic
It..strop Mer ltouge road. Judge i
tklom stated that the holdup, similar
to the one which was alleged to have
i > eurred August 24. »t which Watt
Daniel and T. F. Richard were kid-,
fc^raped. took place a few miles out of
"--' r Rouge, and that the man stopped
was Mr. Rogers. Rogers was asked
by the hand if he was "Mr. Knight." |
'" hen he identified himself he was' re
leased and allowed to proceed on to
Kis place.
I lireat to ‘‘Clean Out" Whole
Daniel Family Is Alleged
Bastrop. La.. Jan. 19—(By A. 1\V—
" illiam J. McDonald, 60, brother-in
law of J. L. Daniel, father of Watt
Daniel, who with T. F. Richard was
kidnaped near here August 24 and '
whose mutilated bodies were found in
l>ake La Fourche. last month, testi- ]
fied at the open hearing into the ac- 1
tivities of masked men in Morehouse j
parish today that "Jap" Jones had !
told him the "whole darned Daniel '
family” would be “cleaned out" be
fore the alleged attempt to assassi
nate Dr. B. M. McKoin was settled.
Guenther Suffers Injury
in Automobile Collision
A l T.y wrenched back was the j
most severe injury suffered by C. M
Gruenther. secretary of the Federal !
J-and bank, and member of the board
if the Metropolitan Utilities district,
when his sedan automobile collided
with an automobile driven by \V. !
Green, I40S Cass street, Thursday af
ternoon at Twenty-third and Califor
nia streets. Green tdTd he was blind
ed by the sun and failed to see the
s-dan in time to avoid a collision. He
pjd^n-1 his wife escaped unhurt.
New Head of Nebraska
•Teachers’ Association
\V. R. rate.
Fight oil Centro]
of Central Pacific
Railway Dropped
l nion Pacific Agrees to Sup
port Claims of S. P. if Traf
fic Agreement Approved
by the Commission.
AA ashingloii, Jan. 19.—Proceedings
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission today opened a road for com
plete settlement of the controversy
between western railroads over con
trol of the Central Pacific system.
Representatives of the Union Pacific,
which has fought the application of
the Southern Pacific to retain the
Central Pacific lines under lease, gave
notice during final arguments on the
case that they would support the
Southern Pacific's claim, provided the
commission would approve a project
ed traffic agreement lietween the two
lines covering future utilization In
transportation of the Central Pacific’s,
trackage.
In behalf of the Western Pacific, a
similar position was stated and only
the public service commission of Ore* j
gon protested against the solution
which the railroads concerned advo
cated.
Await Approval of Courts.
Fred If. AVood, counsel for the
Southern Pacific, said tlie tentative |
disposition of the case outlined today
before the commission must await ,
approval of the courts before becom
ing a finality. By decision of the su
preme court, lie explained, the South .
ern Pacific had been ordered to re
linquish control of the Central Pa- 1
cifle on the theory that their present
conjunction constitutes restraint of
competition.
If the commission now considers
that provisions of the transportation
act have replaced the older anti trust
laws against restraining competition
od decides that public interests
would best be served by maintaining
the existing merger of the Central
Pacific and Southern Pacific systems,
lie declared, its final artion must be
reviewed and confirmed by the courts.
That presentation of the plan to the
courts, he declared, the Southern Pa
cific was prepared to undertake.
Continue Through Kates.
The traffic agreement which led to
the abandonment of the contest was
presented through the Interstate .
Commerce commission to all the west
ern state governments, communities
and shippers' organizations concerned
early this month. AVith the excep- I
tmn of Oregon. Mr. AVood and. later.
H. A. Scandrett, counsel for the
Union Pacific, both asserted there was
(Turn to IU|f Seven. Column Four.)
Pate Heads
Nebraska
^ ire President.
W. n Pate, superintendent of the
schools at Alliance, was elected presi
dent of the Nebraska State Teach
ers association, at a delegate assem
bly meeting yesterday morning in
Motel Home. Mr. Pate, who succeeds
W H. Morton of Beatrice, has been
identifier] with the Alliance schools
for IS years.
While Mr. Pate was l»eing elected
he was presiding at a general meet
ing of the teachers in the World tb
iter. The new president is well
known among' educators of this state
and the middle west. During the last
y ear he serve | as g member of the
executive committee of the state as
sociation.
O. A. tVirsig, superintendent of the
Kearney schools. was elected vice
president, and John F. Mathews of
Grand Island was re-elected treasur
er. The executive committee will ap
point the secretary.
Class Gives Operetta.
The question of limiting the scope
of the six state district meetings to
formal business sessions, and center
ing the educational programs on the
annual state convention will be left
to the executive committee for con
sideration. Under the- new- plan of
six districts, each district held a con
vention of its own l^st year with
programs which equalled in some re
spects the state convention.
Tim music class of Central High
school presented the second act of
the operetta. "Mam'Zolie Taps," at
the World theater yesterday morning
for the visiting teachers. Elsie Howe
riireeted the music and Lena May Wil
liams was in charge of dramatics.
"We can afford to have third 1;rade
lawyers, hankers or farmers, but we
cannot afford to have third grade
teachers." said M. G. Clark, superin
tendent of Sioux City schools, in his
address yesterday in the World
theater. "If we are to develop a high
type of citizenship—a safe, sane and
solid manhood and womanhood—there
must be the highest type of citizen
represented at the teacher's desk. That
is your strongest safeguard of Amer
ica. Scholarship doesn't always mean
citizenship."
Test of Schools.
Mr. Clark then stressed the point
that the teaching profession must '
be made attractive, that it may at
tract high type men and women. He
spoke of annuity legislation in which
he is interested in Iowa.
“The America of tomorrow sits n
the school room of today.” he added.
"The Nebraska of tomorrow is the
Nebraska of the schools of today. The
test of the schools of Omaha of to
day is whether in the days to come
another mob shall sweep over this
city.”
M. G. Brumbaugh, former governor
of Pennsylvania and now identified
with a national organization for the
promotion of physical education, as
serted that 71 per cent of the criminals
of this country are persons of juvenile
age. Many of these young defectives,
he said, had been taken out of school
at immature ages to start wage-earn
ing careers.
Need of Physical Sanity.
“They should have been kept in
school long enough to know how to
live in a republic,” Mr. Brumbaugh
said. “There is need for physical
<Tnm to Tage Seven. Column Two.)
Join the ‘T,000 Club”
Its Purpose—To Instill Happiness in the Hearts of
Homeless Children.
Although the announcement of the
organization of the "1,000 club" was
odly made Thursday, several requests
for memberships have b»en received
by the "1,000 club" editor of The
Omaha Bee.
The "1,000 club" is being organized
in connection with the campaign of
the Nebraska Children's Home so
ciety for J40.000 with which to erect
a new receiving home.
Any wr man or girl who has a love
for children and wants to aid in the
wonderful work of placing homeless,
unfortunate kiddies in good homes is
eligible to join this great humani
tarian organization.
The desire to be of service to these
unfortunates and 110 is all that is
needed.
I.ife Members.
Every member of the "1,000 club"
will be elected a Ifq member of the
building association of the home and
their names will be inscribed on n
tablet to be placed in the home.
The "l.uoo club" is being sponsored ;
by the Nebraska Federation of 'Wom
en's ^jjbs. the Lions' club and The
Omaha Bee who are fostering the
campaign.
The Nebraska Children's Home so
ciety has been in existence for 00
years. I>uring that time more than
10.000 children were given out for
adoption and put in good homes.
Th“ society is only a tempo ray re
ceiving home where the homeless
children are kept until suitable par
ents are found for thpm." sajd Hr.
Max 1 immert of the Lions’ ciub. who
is chairman of the campaign commit
tee.
“If homeless and neglected children
are to tier-onie clean, useful citizens,
someone who is interested in them
must keep watch over them during
the period of their childhood. 'When
parents fail in their duty or death
mbs the children of the care they
should have, someone must help the
unfortunate kiddies. It is far bej r
than to let them become ne'er-do-wells
or criminals.''
Help the poor kiddies find a real
mother and a good home.
Fill in the coupon and mail it with
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President Harding and
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
Have If onderful Teeth
Chicago. Jan. If1.—President Hard
ing and John 1). Rockefeller, sr . have
wonderful sets of teeth, the thousands
of dentists attending tliCr annual
I convention learned yesterday when Dr.
John K. Stephan of Cleveland de
scribed some of his famous patients.
The president's teeth are all his
own, too. Dr. Stephan assn led his
colleague. ",\t specified times I go to
Washington to look after the dental
needs of the president and his wife."
he said. "There is very little to lie
done with either, but they both believe
in being on the - fe side and have
me look at their teeth, whether they
need it or not.
"Mr. Rockefeller is S3 years old, but
he has a wonderful set of teeth and
he never fails to give them proitr
attention.'
Motion Picture
Vtorld Mourns
Death of Reid
"God—I—lMcacc.” Mumbled
in Semi-Delirium. Last
W ords of Noted
Mo\ ie Actor.
_-I
I-os Angeles. Jan. 19.—Filtndom to
day mourned the passing yesterday
of Wallace Reid, motion picture star,
whose death ended his lorpt battle for
health after abandoning the use of
habit forming drugs.
His death came as he lav in the
arms of Ins wife, known in the screen
world as Dorothy Davenport, q^id just
after he ha-1 mumbled in seim deliri
um “Go—I—please."
lie had Von unconscious for many
hours, but n his last talk with his
wife, when ,iis mind was clear, he
seemed to be aware, relatives said,
that deatli was almost upon him.
At that tini- . lie said, "tell them,
Mamma. I have won my fight—that
! I have come back.”
“A Great Doss.”
He had affectionately called his !
wife ".Mamma" since the birth of
their son. Billy, 5 years'ago.
Representatives of all phases of
motion picture work offered their
sympathy to his widow. Little Billy [
and the tiny daughter the Reids
adopted some time ago. Tributes to |
the dead actor, were many.
"Wo have lost one of our greatest
stars,” said Jesse L. Lasky.
“The motion picture art has suf
fered a great loss," said Carl
Laemnile.
Some of the tributes of movie stars
w ere:
"I cannot express the grief and
sorrow I feel,"—Charlie Chaplin.
"My liearifek .-ymiiafliy out to j
Mrs. Reid"—llarotd Lloyd. *
‘This is one of the saddest things
I have ever known”—Theodore Rob
erts.
"He was a charming boy. with great
genius"—Mary Pickford.
"The motion picture has sustained -
an irrejarable loss"—Douglas Fair- !
batiks.
Wanted to He Director.
The son of Hal Reid, the famous
mclodramatis, did not want to be an
actor, it is said, but desired to be s
motion picture director.
"I never wanted to be an actor,"
friends quoted him, and "1 still don't
.vant to be an actor. The promoters
liked the shape of my nose or some
thing and 1 was powerless to do
what I wanted to do. Rut they're not
going to get away with it forever.
They're not going to ruin my life
like they did my father's. He could
have betn a great-play y wright, but
they wouldn't let him.
"Some of the boys got him to write
a ‘meller-drammer' and after it made j
a big hit, they'd never take anything j
else from him In just the same way,
they ignored my desire to be a direc
tor. They put me out as an actor
and made money out of me. There
after, I was doomed. But I'll show
'eip. One of these days I'll be'free to
Jo as I like and that will be the end
of my acting."
Member of Klks.
Reid was a member of Los Angeles
lodge. No. 99, Benevolent and Pro
tectivp Order of Klks, and it was an- |
nouncod the 1 edge would conduct !
publi* funeral services Saturday
afternoon. The body will be cremated
in accordance to Reid's wishes and 1
the ashes probably sent east.
Today was one of poignant grief
to Dorothy Davenport Reid, awed
sadness for little- Billy, the son, and
Betty, adopted daughter, and wistful
grief for hundred- of intimate per
sonal friends in studios, laboratories,
music- rooms and business offices for
few men so young had so many I
friends and admirers as Wallace Reid
His life was a virile, well filled life,
an experience far beyond that ordi
nary to even twice the SO years of
h:s. The music room to the Holly
wood home is silent and even the in
animate saxophone, the violin and
stringed instruments which vibrated
to jazz or swayed in his hands to
the refinements of higher music,
seemed in their stillness to emanate
sadness.
Silent Reminders.
These inanimate things were silent j
reminders of a few of the phases of
s'udy that moved Reid in his work
before the camera that won admira- j
tion from millions.
"Wally," as he was known because
of his personal magnetism, started in
acting when he was 4 years old. His
first part was that of a girl in ‘ Slaves
of Gold." Through vaudeville, mili
tary academy, athletics in football and
baseball, newspaper work, magazine ,
editing, automobile work, cow punch- '
ing, chemical research. Wally moved ;
up in his experience until he found
a decade ago that modern pictures had
a destiny.
Acting was secondary to Reid, his
desire was to become a director and
CTurn Co Page Soven. Column Three.)
The County Pie Line
SHERIFF’S
OFFICE
"Be Teachers!*’
Puelicher Tells
Omaha Bankers
Ninety-Five Per Cent of Pub
lic Ignorant of Economics,
Heat! of Bankers'’ Asso
ciation Declares.
“Bankers, he also teachers!" was the
inspiring plea made by J. H. Puelicher,
president of the American Bankers'
association, in an address last night
in the Hotel Fontenelle ballroom be
fore 300 members of the Bankers club
of Omaha and the Omaha chapter of
the American Institute of Banking.
"Ninety-five per cent of our chil
dren leave school before they reach
the upper high school grades where
elementary economics is first taught.”
he declared. “They don't learn this
thing so necessary to their proseprity.
"Is it astonishing then, that they
believe the kind of doctrine taught by
agitators? Is is astonishing that the
sturdy, hard-working people of North
Dakota believed the doctrine that
Townley brought them and as a re
sult of which their state's debt was
swelled from $400,000 to $7,000,000 in
just four years without any benefit
to make up for it:''
“Educator President.”
Mr. Puelicher is known as the “edu
cator president” of the American
Bankers’ association and has delivered
scores of lectures in schools since he
has occupied the offii*.
He was one of the founders of the
American Institute of Banking, which
trains bank employes in their work
and has grown in numbers from 300
to 14,000 in 31 years.
“I believe,” he declared, “that the
plan and Ideals of this institute will
some day solve the great controversy
(Turn In Page Fifteen. Column One )
Hannah Kenedy, Former
Oniahan. Die? at 87 Years
Miss Hannah Kennedy, ST, a
former resident of Omaha, died in
Washington, 1). C . Thursday. Miss
Kennedy was a sister of the late
Mrs. Char'es Turner, with whom she
made her home in Omaha for 30
years. B. IT. B Kennedy, a brother,
■will t>e rememljered by the pioneers
of Omaha, having come here from,
Vermont in 1838. He was the sixth
mayor of Omaha
Mss Fannie Kennedy, 4921 Cali
fornia street, is a nier’ of the late
Miss Hannah Kennedy. Curtis Tur
ner Par-1; was named after a nephew
of Miss Kennedy's. '
After the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Turner ,»Miss Kennedy re
turned east. EurinI will be in the
famiiy plat in Burlington. Vt.
18 Autos Saved From Fire.
* alia way, Neb., Jan. 19.—(Special.)
—Fire did considerable damage to
tlie living apartments of Mr. and
Mrs. IV. E. Yanderford in the Farm
ers garage at Sargent. Eighteen
automobiles, which were stored in the
garage, weye saved.
Fire Damages Mill
Callaway, iieb., Jan, 19.—^Special.)
—Considerable damage was done to
the Callaway Milling and Electric
Light office by fire in the basement.
It is not known how the fire orig
inated. ,
Smith Aims Blow
at Jailer s Profits
Bill ^ ould Make ft Duty of
County Board to Buy
Food for Prisoners.
Lincoln. Jan. 1?.—(Special.)—An
other bill aimed at the thousands of
dollars made annually by the Doug
las county sheriff in feeding prison
ers of the county jail was introduced
in the lower house of the state legis
lature by Kd Smith of Omaha.
The Smith hill would make it the
duty of the county commissioners to
purchase the food for prisoners. The
sher.ff tj-ouid put in requisitions for
food hut could not collect the 50 cents
a day per prisoner allowed under the
law.
if there is any money left, it would
go to the county and not to the sheriff
under the Smith measure.
The Smith bill also would give to
the county .commissioners the power
to employ a cook to superintend
the preparation of the food for the
prisoners.
This bill differs from the Larkin
Chambers bill in the senate in that
it does not empower the county
commissioners to employ a purchas
ing agent.
Homo for Boys Provided
in ill of John auamakcr
Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—The will of
the late John Wana maker, filed to
day, leaves $200,000 to the trustees of
the general assembly of the Presby
terian church in the United States for
Bethany collegiate church.
A million dollars in trust is given
to each of his two daughtei s and the
residue of the estate, after dispos.’ig
of other lwquesis. is to lie used "for
building a. home for lioys in Phila
delphia vhose misdemeanors have
subjected them to the law."
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Capper Farm Aid
Measure Passed
Without Roll Call
Arrangements Made to Take
l p Lenroot-Anderson Bill
in Senate itliout Delay
—Expect Early Vote.
Washington, Jan. 19.—(By A. P.)—
Pas sag... by the senate today of the
Capper agricultural credits bill was
followed by arrangements for im
mediate . nsideration of the supple
mentary farm credits measare, the
Lenroot Anderson bill. Intervention
of an appropriation bill and other rou
t no measures, however, threatened
to defer opening of debate on lh*
Lenroot-Anderson measure until Mon
day.
The Capper bill was passed with
out opposition or a roll call.
Considerable criticism revolved
about its alleged insufficiency to aid
the firmer and advocates of the Len
root-Anderson bill contend that it will
go much further.
Administration leaders were agreed
upon a policy of holding the- I.,enroot
Anderson bill before the senate until
disposed of before proceeding with the
adm it.i st ration shipping bill. It Ls
hoped to reach a vote on the last
farm credit bill next week and there
by break the legislative jam which
has held -up the shipping measure.
Move Started to Clear
La Foil otto's ^ ar Hecord
Madison, Wis . Jan. IP.—(By A. P.w
Public burning of the "round robin'*
signed during the war by several hun
dred I'niversitv of Wisconsin profes
sors. denouncing the war lecord of
1'nited States Senator Robert M.
Folletto. i- ordered by a resolution
introduced in (lie state senate today.
This resolution, endorsed by Gov.
ernor J. J. Blair.e. and backed by the
La Follette forces in control of the
legislature, directs tlie librarian of the
State Historical society to turn over
the document containing the signa
tures of the university professors to
the superintendent of public property,
who is ordered to destroy it.
A great public demonstration in
connection with the l«.nfire is planned
by the La Follette backers, if the
resolution Introduced by Senator
Huber is adopted. It is the first of
the moves planned by the administra
tion to clear the senior Wisconsin
senator of charges made against his
war record.
French Deputies in Hattie.
Paris, Jan. 19.—(By A. P.>—Black
cried eyes and swollen lips were in
evidence in the chamber of deputies
today as reminders of last nights
stormy session when the chamber,
after one of the liveliest scenes in
its history, voted to suspend parlia
mentary immunity of Marcel Cachin,
the communist member.
German Goods to Canada.
Ottawa, Jan. 19.—German goods are
being exported to Canada in increas
ing <juantiti«-.*, it was announced, fol
lowing receipt of a report from L. I>.
tigress, <' tnadian trade commis
sioner in Hamburg. Trade returns
and reports of shipping com panic*
were <ite«l by the commissioner.
Mine Riot
Defendants
Not Guilty
Jury Returns \ erdict in Case
of Fi>c Men Charged W ith
Murder at Herrin—
t hit 27 Hours.
Must Stand Second Trial
Marion. Ill J .n. 19.—{By A. F)—•
After nearly -7 hours of deliberation,
a jury «*f Williamson county farmer*
today delivered a verdict of not guilty
in the first case resulting from th%
killing of 21 nonunion workers dur
ing the Herrin riots last June.
The end of the long trial came with
such unexpected suddenness that both
spectators and the five defendant!
who were charged with the murdei
of Howard Hoffman, one of the vie
tints of the outbreak, appeared dazed
As Judg* i* T. Hartwell finished
rending the last v> rdn-v th»- only
sound that broke the silence in th*
court wa^ a half smothered t«ob from
the wife of one of the defendants.
Word that the jury had reached a
verdict was received l*y Judge Hart*
well at 1:30 this afternoon. He im«
mediately notified the attorneys arid
i d* red the defendants brought from
the jail a block away. The newt
aprf <1 among the crowd and tha
courtroom quickly filled.
(|ui«h Action.
After warning the spectators against
any demonstration. Judge llartn-ll
ordered the jury brought In at 10:50.
Five minutes later the last of tha
separate verdicts had lieen read nr.d
received in dead silence. While th*
defendants at almost rnotionlesa in
their chairs, without any sign of emo
tion, Hie jury filed out by one door,
th- spectators left by another ami
just lM minutes from the time the
jury was brought in, the courtroom
was again empty.
The Jurors refused to discuss theijf
verdict and melted away in th*
crowds that gathered in little grou;>*
about the square to discuss the ver
dicts. On*- said that 15 or 10 Killots
were taken. Another declared that
they were al! agreed on the innocence
of four of the defendants on tho first
ballot, hut refused to name the fifth,
regarding whom there was difference
of opinion.
Alibi Has Weight.
Several jurors indicated that the
verdicts resulted from the alibi sub
mitted by defense for all of the five
accused and because they considered
that a leaeonable doubt existed re
garding all five defendants.
The verdicts were read in the fol
lowing order:
Levi Mann. Joe Carnaghi, Peter
Hiller. Burt Grace and Otis Clark,
All an- union miners except Hiller,
who is a taxicab driver. Clark showed
the most sign of emotion during th*
reading and slouched deeper and deep
er into his chair until his name, the
last one readied, was read. His wifn
sat across the courtroom and sobbed
as th- words "Not guilty" reached her
ears.
Face Another Trial.
The defendants were the last tti
leave the courtroom and returned im
mediately to the jail. It was expect
ed that they w'ould be released on
bail within h few hours, although all
of them face another trial with eight
others on charges of having mur
dered Ai tonlo Mukovitch. another
iTurn to fur. Seven. Column Tvm.)
Aged Man Hangs Self
in Basement of Home
- *
Edgar Evans, 7?. hanged himself
with a clothes line in the basement of
the home of his son. Russel M. Evans,
| 3737 Decatur street, yesterday after
I noon.
The body was found by his son.
i "hen he returned to the house shortly
! after 5.
In a note, the aged man stated that
; he feared a stroke of paralysis, and
that he was lonely for his wife, who i
i died 16 years ago.
Mr. Evans had lived with his iionl
for a year and a half, com ng to Oma- 1
lxa front l’unoru. la. He was not in' 1
; pronounced ill health, although ho '
had not been feeling well for sonto
I time.
Besides his son, Russell, he is sur
vived by another sin. John, at Perry,
la . and a daughter. Mrs. Edna Black
man of Moccasin, Mont.
Funeral arrangements have get
1 !>een completed. •
oman Speeder Pa\s $1
l ine to Retain Her Child
"nly the warning that if she per
, eixte.1 in her refusal to pay a }1 fine
for speeding, her year old l»aby.
Which she carried in her arms, might
he taken from her and given to juve
nile court authorities induced Mn.
F K. Von Behren, 8u8 South Fifty
t‘inth street, to i-ay the fine in po
1-ve court yesterday.
-Mr« Von Behren stood before Judge
1 at:,ok while Sergt. George Emery
testif.ed she whs driving 35 miles an
hour when he caught up with her.
Mrs. Von Behren insisted that she
was going only 15 miles.
Following the warning, however,
she i>aid the clerk J3.50 and departed!
The Weather
Forecast.
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