Bryan's Banker
Throws Wrench
in Guaranty Plan
Veteran Democratic Politician
Opposes Plan of State As
sociation to Stop Bank
Failures.
Lincoln, Feb. 22.—(Special.)—P. L.
11*11. an oldtime democratic politician,
president of one of the largest na
tional banks In the capital city, and
the man with whom Governor Bryan
does his banking, has thrown a mon
key wrench into plans of state bank
ers to put a bill through the legisla
ture in an avowed effort to step the
constant bank failures.
Hall 1ms announced that If the bill,
backed by the Nebraska State Bank
ers' association, passes, it will be ve
toed by the governor, and In the event
the house and senate musters suffi
cient votes to override the governor's
veto, steps will he taken to circulate
referendum petitions which would
hold up the enforcement of the pro
posed law Indefinitely.
State bankers acquainted with Hall
say that he Is greatly Interested In
nationalizing as many hanks as possi
ble because of connection with the,
federal reserve system and doubt
whether If it comes to a showdown
Governor Bryan will follow the die
lates of his banker and veto the bill.
The failure of the bill to pass and
receive the signature of the governor
will, according to numerous bunkers
in Nebraska, mean that many of the
stronger state banks will nationalize
uid the weaker bankers will be un
able to bear the burden of the guaran
tee fund.
Hell denies he i* an enemy of the
guarantee fund plan.
Preventive Association
Favors State Fire Marshal
Norfolk. Neb., Feb- *22.—(Special.)—
The consensus of opinion among about
■ it) members of the Nebraska Fire Pre
ventive association, who ean'le here
from Omaha and Lincoln for a fire
prevention campaign, is that the state
tire marshal's office be retained by
Governor Bryan. When tailed upon
to make an explanation Into results
■ ibtained from investigation*. Fire
Marshal Hartford told the meeting
here that 13 convictions for arson bad
been made by bfs office and that 13
other cases are pending in district
court.
Woman Thinks Red-Headed
Man Stole Her W?hile Horse
Mrs. A. Zpvulak. Thirtieth and
Madison streets, has asked police to
look for a red headed man who she
Relieves stole a white horse, S years
old. from the Zevulak stable AV’ednes
lay night. She said she observed the
•nRn loitering on the corner early in
the evening.
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Princinals and Suspects in Fatal Gun Battle
Samuel C. Curtis at 57 ran still handle a gun. lie engaged six alleged
boxcar robbers in battle and one of them is dead while detectives believe
two more were badly wounded. Curtis was a crack shot when a youthful
cowboy and yesterday morning lie apologized for not accounting for more
of the gang.
"Bill” Maher, rum runner, who surrendered to C. H. Van Deusen, chief
of detectives, after sleuths began a search for him. While Ills brother lies
dead he is held for Investigation.
Frank O'Neill, taxicab driver, 1HII8 1-? Cass street, who Is alleged by
detectives to have driven "the gang's" car to a garage following the battle.
Marty Mailer, dark and handsome, who died from a bullet wound
K Hrougli the left leg.
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Gun Battle Suspects
Rounded Up by Police
(C outimini From I'lfe One.)
blankets and made a bunk for myself
underneath a car that was loaded
with merchandise. That was about 11,
and nothing happened for almost an
hour
"About 12 I think it was, 1 heard
the gang come into the yards and
begin walking about. At first 1
thought they would work at the end
of the train farthest from me, but
soon I was sure, from the sounds, that
they were coming my way. *
"As they came up to the car under
which I was. I pulled the blankets
over my head and looked at my
watch. The blankets hid rhe light
from my flashlight so that they could
not see it. It was just 1:02 then.
Orders Hands 1 p.
"About three minutes later i heard
the door of the car begin to slide back
and then I leaned out from under the
car and covered the man whe was at
the door with my gun. Then I called,
to them to throw up their hands. *
"Instead of doing that, they all
opened up on me and the bullets just
spattered around the car wheel that I
was hiding behind. I cut loose then,
and the man at the door staggered.
That was Marty Maher, I think, be
cause I am sure that I hit that man
hard.
“Then the shooting became general,
the bandits seemed to be on all sides
of-me and I fired first this way and
then that. I had counted six men,
five on the ground and the one at the
door, before I started to shoot. When
the gang started to run I heard the
footsteps of more men than that,
though ”
tlon until noon yesterday. He failed
to identify any of the men wljo were
arrested as members of the gang
that had fought with him.
All Deny Implication.
All the persons arrested have do
nled their implication in the shooting.
Rill Maher and Kenney voluntarily
gave themselves up and Compton and
Pierson were in hed at home when
they were arrested and declared tfint
they had not been out of their room
all Wednesday night.
None of the men arrested so far
shows the slightest sign of a wound
and officers are pinning their hopes
of finding the rest of the gang, and
conclusive proof as to who the mem
bers were. In the chsnce that they
will find ono of the wounded men hid
ing somewhere In the city.
All of the men are well known to
police and most of them have crim
inal records.
/
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Ku Klux Klan Fight
Carried to Senate
it untinued 1 rent Pag* One.)
honestly elected because of the lenv
Jng of Peddy's name off of the bal
lots, because of the widespread in
timidation of voters exercised by his
representatives and co-conspirators
(including the Ku Ivlux Klan), ant
because of fraud pi%cticed in con
ducting the electio nnd in counting
the ballot."
To t hallcngo Credentials.
Luther Nickels of Dalits, former as
sistant attorney general of Texus an 1
now a law partner in the firm of
former Henator Joseph W. lialfey
acted for Peddy io filing the petition
which was a document of SO page*
with 700 pages of exhibits. It was
presented to the president pro tern
and laid before the senate in order to
make It possible to challenge the cre
dentials of Mayfield, recently for
warded to Washington as soon as the
new congress convenes next fall.
The alleged purposes of the Ku
Klux Klan are set forth in the pet!
tlon in the following terms:
“(1) Subversion of visible govern
ment into a mendacious invisibility
whew corrupt and unpatriotic men
and women (unrestrained by law or
morals! may possess and exert brutal
power over the lives and liberties of
the people—the erection of a super
government wherein the governed
have no voles of representation in the
ordaining or execution of the secret
laws .and decrees clandestinely es
tablished for their control—such ‘su
per government' helr.g operated—and
Its decrees exe-utcd — primarily
against citizens who ar* not mem
ber* of tho Ku Klux Klan and for
the wrongful protection of memtiers
of the Ku Klux Klan in their immoial
and lawless practices.
F.nthrallrnent of Commerce.
"(2) Knthrsllment of commero and
Industry and restriction of the fruits
and benefit* thereof to favored groups
of avaricious confederates
“(3! Prostitution of the Christian
religion and defeat of Its blessed striv
ings."
The klan, the petition further de
clared, fraudulently professed adher
ence to activities, principles and creed*
find ‘‘unobjectionable and woithy of
commendation" In order to secure
members. The petition th»n proceed
ed to charge that the following sp
rifir things are sought by the klan:
(Al To seduce and defile the public
conscience ami character bv:
‘•Teaching and encouraging men to
lie. perjure and false swear;
•'With money gifts and lnsffllats
flattering'—corrupting ministers of re
ligion. enticing them away from the
preaching of ’Christ and Him cruci
fied’ to the worldly forums of partisan
politics, to the suptiort of lawlessness
I and to enger.derings of hatreds, bick
erings and backbitings;
"Generating in and from racial and
religious characteristics, unreasoning j
prejudice, sinful passion* and perilous
hatreds
“Breeding and developing—through
practices, precept and example, wide
j spread disrespect for duly constituted
authority and public discontent with
' restraint of law:
"Placing and maintaining In posi
tlons of power and leadership (in and
out of said organisation) men and wo
men of dissolute and degraded char
acter;
''Establishing ar.d seeking *o estab
lish multiform commercial and Indus- j
: trial boycotts and social discrimina
tions and ostracisms; to impair and
destroy, defeat and evade each and
all of the various provisions of the
Constitution of the United State- and
of the constitutions of these states
1 drawn from the experience and wis
dom of mankind."
Fif'd Nirlisf'ii Nominated
Lexington Postmaster
j Lexington, Neb, Keh. Jt’ —(Special I
, —Word was received here from Wash
ington that the postmaster general
has nominated Frederick Nielsen for
appointment as postmaster at this
place. This in accordance with the
recommendation of Representative A.
R. Humphrey, Sixth Nebraska dla.
trlet. which was concurred in by Rob
' rt fJ. Simmons, congressman elect.
Mr. Nielsen Is a young man 30 yeara
of age, horn here and had had five
ifnrs' previous service In po-tal work.
O. K. Jones la the retiring postmaster
and has served for nine years.
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House Filibuster
Against Cape Cod
Bill Successful
Republican Leaders Agree Not
to Press Measure at Present
—Call Up Alien Pro
perty Legislation.
Washington, Feb. —The filibuster
began Thursday in the house by op
ponents of the hill proposing gov
ernment purchase of tho rape Cod
canal, was ended today after repub
lican leaders made It known that they
would not press the measure at this
time. They called up instead, the alien
property bill and gave no .Indica
tion when the other measure would be
given consideration.
Chairman Winslow of the Inter
state commerce committee, in charge
of the Cape Cod bill, declared that
the party managers had given him
"no assurance of consideration of the
bill at this session of congress," and
opponents freely predicted that it
would not come up at all. They were
prepared to fight it by every par
liamentary method, if it should.
Protests Decision.
Representative Winslow said he had
“protested'' the decision of the leaders
“in view of the merit of the bill and
in consideration of constant and posi
tive assurances'' that there would be
house action on it. Chairman Camp
bell of the rules committee explained
that after a conference with the re
publican steering committee the meas
ure had been laid aside so as to end,
the filibuster and get some legislation
enacted before the end of the session.
The legislative program, badly con
gested before the filibuster began, was
further complicated by the presenta
tion of the third deficiency appropria
tion measure. This bill contains
scores of Items and the managers rec
ognized that each of these could be
made a fighting point by those mem
bers of the house desiring to delay or
kill legislation planned on the calendar
for early action.
Rills Reported Out.
Despite the legislative Jam. commit
tees of the house continued today to
report out additional Dills and resolu
tions. but it was indicated that none
of these would have much chance in
the final rush except, of cobrse, the
farms credits legislation, which will
get early consideration, probably on
Saturday. The banking committee
worked all day and far into the night,
completing the bill which will follow
along the general lines of the Capper
measure passed by the senate.
Chairman McFadden planned to
have the completed draft and the ac
companying report before the mem
tiers of the house Friday so as to pave
the way for debate and a vote on Sat
urday. After Its passage bv the house
the credits legislation would have to
be considered in conference, but its
supporters appeared confident that
final congressional action would lie
possible before adjournment sine die
on March S.
Pension* Granted
Washington. Fab. 2?.-—(Bpg* 1*1.)—Ne
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Napotter. ||* Ann* \f. McConnell. Omaha.
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r*aco. 120; Henry B Trowbridge. Kiel*,
112; Sarah B HolJaway, Ord. 110; Claud ,
R Dole. Alliance, 1:9; Lewi* J. Boyd
Sprlhgvjew. $12; Maud Rownd*. David
City $20 minor of f ry F Duriarh. I in
roln $20; Ida Miitr.mtn, Margie. $29;
I 'harb* B Colerb k. Lincoln. $12 Sarah
J Hind*. Odell. $39; Margaret J Coburn,
Omaha, $30; Alva W. Br-wn. North
Platt* $12; Chriatiar Rt»nuj*i»n. Fre
mont. 92$: Charier » WoeJey. Ord, $!?.
Bridget O Gumming* Elm Creek I o
Gottlieb Kberla. Euat;*. 9:2; Jam*a b
Short. Oakdale 111 Martha A R*j»v
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Warr*n T Waldron. Allianz. 112; Mika
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York. 129; t’hr.atian T'grltika. Talmag*
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Andor*on Omaha. $15.
Afternoon tea parti#* with crema
tion as an Added attraction woi • re- |
cently fashionable in London.
Ex-Barber Sought
as Another Ponzi
(Continued f rom Pn*e One.)
failed for a large sum after he had
become connected with It Bosses of'
approximately *130.000 to depositors
there were repaid in July of last yea". 1
Burns men declare, when a well
known Chicago attorney made a trip
to the coast to square Mnrclno's at
counts and ease him from prosecu
tion. The money used to repay the
losers is said by the Burns' men to
have been obtained from Mnrcino's
father-in-law, Abraham Goldman, a
wealthy Chicagoan connected with
the Furniture Exhibitors exchange
The California bank failure, how
ever, resulted in Martino s dropping
from sight for some time. Burns
operatives say he went to Mexico
and later to Italy, where he became
a purchasing agent for the Italian
government.
Reappears in America.
After the war be reappeared in
America and obtained the confidence
of a large number of ex soldiers of
Italian parentage. In this stage of
his career the detectlses describe him
as wearing a flamboyant purple tie
which furnished a background for an
emblem, more than an Inch in dia
meter, of the high degree of a world
wide secret order. The Burns opera
tives say Marcino boasted he was
among those present when the nan*
decree was conferred on President
Harding by an Ohio lodge.
His after the war rise was meteoric.
Backed by the money of his father
in-law. he branched out into many
money making scheme*. At various
times he attempted to obtain control ,
of two Chicago banks and similar in
stitutions in other cities, and did even
tually buy up the Bison Holding com- ,
pany of Buffalo, and through that con
cern obtained control of the Niagara
Insurance company. Next he bought
control of the Philadelphia bank by
depositing with it funds of the Insur
ance company, following up this step
by borrowing $125,000 from a New
York bank on the strength of his
Philadelphia deposit, which is said to
have been withdrawn and used else
where.
Buys Warren Hank.
The Warren bank was purchased
next and Taylor installed as presi
dent- That Marcino was an economi
cal bank owner was indicated when
detectives today questioned Taylor
al>out the intimate details of the
bank's operation. Marcino, he said,
could not afford to hire a president
and cashier, both at salaries of $40
a week, so dispensed with the cashier
and made Taylor president at $50 a
week.
Mareino'e operations, however were
not always successful, according to
the detective agency, Jle attempted
to obtain control of a country hank
near Muncie, Ind., and before he got
out of the deal had lost $8,000 to
$10,000. The Indiana bankers, the
Burns men say. so impressed Marcino
with their sagacity that he later em
ployed one of them as an oflfii .al of
the Philadelphia hank.
_ !
Business Women
in Garden Party
Costumes of Eighteenth Cen
tury Add to Effectiveness of
Affair—Prizes Awarded.
A tilt of early colonial, so Idng d»ad,
come to life at the “Colonial Garden
party" of the Business and Profes
sional Women’s division of the Cham
ber of Commerce at the chamber Wed
nesday night.
Powdered hair, piled high aloft, silk
en knee breeches, laced cuffs and
rollers, the square-cornered bats of the
George Washington period and art oc
casional black beauty mark, all added
to the effectiveness of the affair.
Margaret (lark Leader.
Miss Margaret Clark is chairman of
the retail and wholesale committee
of the division, which had the affair
in charge. The committee had neg
lected no detail in making the scene
completely colonial.
First, dinner, then songs and com
petitions were on the program. Alice
Anderson won a prize in the wax
v.ork dressing contest. In this same
contest Fern Wallace took the role
of Old Uncle Led; Georgia Michael,
of Columbia; Huth Kellogg, of John
Paul Jones; Gene Hamilton of La
fayette; Miss Mary Marston, of Uncle
Ham: Mary Austin, of George Wash
ington, and Mr*. W. H. Mathews, of
Martha Washington.
Prizes are Awarded.
Among the prizes at the affair w»re
corsage boquets, silver buckles, book*,
silver trays and vanity cases. The
women's quartet did a wandering
rntnstrel act ' if'ctivr-ly, and a minuet
was led by Fay Watt) and Byrteila
I-oesfler, v ho had been instructed .1
the steps by Mary Cooper.
Among the prize winners wer*
Frances Horigin, Sadie Ja1 kson, F.o« >
retta Rosvach. Mis. M. D. Brown, '
Doris Goethe, I. O. Duffy and Marie
Olson. No men Mere allowed at the
affair, and the business women were
allowed to drop their dignity with
impunity. They organized an im
promptu dance before the close of the
evening.
But business did creep in: Mi*i
Mary Marston was forced to leave her
role »e Uncle Bam and her elaborate
costume hurriedly, and arrived at the
Rialto theater just Ir, time to super
vise the Bunfess-Xash style show with
16 models which was an attraction at
that theater again last night.
Col. J. M. Banifter Speaks
at Lincoln Patriotic Meeting
Lincoln, Feb. 22.—iSpecial.i—Ool
J. M. Banister of Omaha, addressing
the Sons and Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution at the annual Wash
ington birthday banquet Thuradar
noon, warned against the Internal and
external danger* which he aald are
threatening our national life. IRs
subject was ‘ Lessons From the Ideals
of George Washington."
Undertakers Restrained
From Residential District
Grand Island. Neb.. Feb. 22.—ttjre
clal.l—Judge Post, who presid'd In a i
Injunction proceeding brought by 1
R. Horth and J. L. Cleary against
Baumann & Evans, undertakers. r<
straining them from establishing ;.
funeral chapel opposite their homes
In what has hitherto been regard'd
a residence district, ha* d» id'd th >
case in favor of the plaintiffs.
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