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Showdown
Is Reached
on Capitol
Litlier Architect Goodhue or
Secretary Johnson Must
Leave, Report From
Secret Meeting.
Report Expected Today
Lincoln, March )s. — (.Special.) —
Kllher Architect Goodhue, designer of
the $6,000,000 Nebraska capital build
"ill he asked to resign, or George
■" K. Jolinson. secretary of the -capital
building commission., "ill quit his
post. This information was received
from reliable sources "hen the com
mission adjourned a meeting at 9 to
night that started at 11 this morning.
Newspaper men were barred from tho
meeting.
The commission heard charges pre
ferred against Goodhue by "Johnson,
who together with Professor Mickey
nt (he state university, have been
conducting an investigation of condi
, lions connected with the construction
ot the building for several W’eeks.
Governor Bryan announced at the
close of the meeting that he will prob
ably issue a statement tomorrow. Ho
said that Architect Goodhue will go
to Omaha tonight and return to Lin
coln tomorrow.
Attorney General Spillman today in
formed Secretary Johnson, in re
sponse to an inquiry several days ago.
that in his opinion the charges filed
against Architect Goodhue, if proven,
are sufficient to abrogate his contract.
Meals .Sent in.
The commission did not take time
to go out either to lunch or dinner.
Messengers were sent to a restaurant
a nd carried meals to the members and
witnesses.
An attempt made this morning to
admit newspaper men to the investi
gation In order to give the public a
full report of the proceedings met
with a rebuff similar to one handed
out by the governor several days ago
"hen the tequest was made.
1 will give out a report of the
e^^yneeting.” he said. The governor is
chairman of the commission.
Reports were current that Oover
1 or Bryan displayed some hostilit'
ds Johnson, the man who dis
covered the alleged misconduct of the
architect, and that Walter Head of
Omaha, one of the members of the
commission, insisted that Johnson be
given a square deal despite any politl
' a! animosity the governor might
have against a ‘ holdover” appointee
Answer Is Filed.
'The aichitect has tiled an answer
to the Johnson charges which un
doubtedly will he for publication, but
i s we have no carbon copies. Its re
lease must be delayed," Tlryan said.
Didn't Johnson file another state
ment of more recent developments in
'he case at the same time the archi
tect filed his tins morning?" the gov
ernor v as asked.
"Ves," lie. replied.
'U'iil you give out Johnson s slate
incut, too?"
"I can't say until T read it over."
the governor replied.
The first persons called into the
closed room were Architect Goodhue,
l.is office manager. O. H. Murray, and
• designer, all of New York They
i • malned in the room throughout the
day.
The neat person called was a rep
(Tarn to Pnae Two. Column Three.)
Bryan to Submit Bill
***»■ on Bank Tax Situation
Rfneoln, March S—(Bpeclali—A bill
'0 correct the hank tax situation In
Yebraaka will he submitted to the
legislature by Governor F.ryan, It >
as Informed the special senate
revenue subcommittee. The com
mittee and Attorney General Spillman
"ill draft the measure In order to
•llldate assessments already made o-i
•anks stock of both national ml
- .ite hanks, but held up tinder ruling ;
of the federal and state supreme
• ourts. Mr. Spillman may also a:-k
• rehearing of the state bank case. In
• •'! effort to effect a saving of approxi
mately three quarters of a million in
•snk taxes to the state and aubdl
' isions.
< ongres* has given states the power
to tax national honk* the same as
- ate banks. As the courts lava re
duced taxes alresdy levied on the in
■anglble rate, congress Included a
proviso allowing the validation of such
laxes.
One of Lhe bank bills In the senate
a ill lie amended to cover the situation
ti the future.
Two Sentenced to Death
for Murder of Sheriff
F.l Paso. Tex., March 8.~W. Cl. T.e
1-'a vers and C*. S. Sinelre r. bolh of
tmarillo, Tex., were sentenced to t.e
hanged, following a verdict of guilty
eiurned by a Jury st Alamagordo, K,
d , before whlrh they were tried for
the murder of Sheriff W. I,. Ruther
ford of othero county. New Mexico,
• '■cording In a dispatch received here.
The verdict came only after a few
minutes’ deliberation. The case hsd
i»een on trial two days,
g-**" After the sheriff was shot to death
on February 14. the men fled In a
small automobile. Which they a ban
rlened belween K1 Paso and Aktmu
gordo. Army airplanes. cowboys,
peapa officer* and hloodhounds hunted
I hem In the desert, where they wera
l lyupd dgy aft«r lhe killing,
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President and Mrs. Harding
Photographed on Houseboat
— Pacific and AiUnllc Photo.
A new photo of President and Mrs. Harding. It i» one o( the first photos
of Mgs. Harding since her illness. A much needed rest is being taken by
the president and Mrs. Ifarding on ilie boathouse Pioneer, which Kdward
McLean of Washington lias chartered for a trip on the Indian and Halifax
rivers and through the east roast inland waterway to Miami. fla.. where
the party Is scheduled to arrive on about March II. Mrs. Harding is con
valescing after a recent illness, following this trip the president is expjyted
to visit Alaska and utilize his trip across the country in making speeches
favoring America's entry into a world court.
Bonus Bill Is
Advanced by
Lower House
Nebraska to Pay Kx-Servire
Men $10,000,000 l nder
Measure Sent to Third
Reading.
Lincoln. March 8.—(Special I—Nc
braeka's 810.000.0u0 bonus bill was ad
vanced to third reading in the lower
house today.
The bill provides that the propo
sition of raising $5,000,000 annually
for two years be submitted to the peo
pie as a constitutional amendment
at the general election in November,
1524. The bill does not »pe< ifv the
amount |>er day in service to be paid
former soldiers.
Sponsors of the bill estimate that
$10,000,000 will allow Nebraska serv
ice men 50 cents a clay for each dav
in net-vice. Tlspy say the machinery
for payment, and the amount, can
be provided later, after the proposi
tion is submitted to a referendum, pro
v Ided it passes.
Only two members spoke against
the bill. H. Malcom UaMrige of Oma
ha and Keck of Htrornsbetg.
Those voting against the hill were I
Hyde. Raldrige unci Wilson of Iain ,
caster. Keck and Davis of Killmore j
voted against it St first and later r*-'
Cheated that they be recorded as I
"passing and not voting.
Auten asked to pass when Ins name
was i ailed, and after tic*- vote was i
announced, requested that lie be re
corded as voting in the affirmative.
Dennis, an American Legion man, 1
requested that he be recorded as
"passing and not voting
' I don't like to lie placed In the
light of voting for something that will
be of monetary benefit to me.*’ Den
nis sold.
■"** Si ST- "«*■.' ^c- ~ * ,]
You Can Make
It Pay, Also
U Mrs. Flora Reinhardt, 3‘<!26
Maple, hath four unfurnish
ed rooms vacant, Among
the scores of people in
Omaha who rynt rooms, she
knew there was just the one
for her rooms.
11 To reach this person she in
serted a “Rooms for Rent”
advertisement, in The Oma
ha Bee. After it had ap
peared only two and one
half days she called up and
said:
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‘"Plat* cancel my "Want”
Ad. Securest a satisfac
tory tenant through Tho
Omoho Boo. Thaaks.”
*■ She made it pay! So can
you. Telephone At-lantie
1000 and ask for a “Want”
Ad Taker.
Omaha Bee “Want" Ads
Bring Better Results
at Lesser Cost.
. "riTttJMrrrM’WhiMiasgJ^sfcat . -..--.-ja.- rt.,;—t
Utah Cigaret Law
•Is Rescued From
“Freak** Class
Act Amended to Permit Sale
l nder Licensing System—
Smoking Permitted in
Public Places.
Salt laikc City. March S, The
cigaiet law which, in recent week?.
Iran made l.'tali famous, wan today #o
amended by the state legislature as
to lake the meaaure entirely out of
the 'freak Haas." I'nder the law
aa umended. the sale of cigarets and
'.he other foirns of toliacco is author
ized under a license ayatem, but the
advertising of cigarets is prohibited
and the advertising of other forms
of tobacco i* authorized only In news
papers.
The bill »a« passed by the house
after the advertising amendment was
the center of a determined fight. !
The senate, which hod previously
passed the measure, concurred In
the house amendment without a dis
senting vote. The hill will become .
law when (Jovenor Mabey signs It. j
which lie will do as soon as the bill |
Is engrossed.
The measure which made t'tali the
butt of a nation * satire in the past '
month, was parsed by (lie state legis
lature of 'wo years ago. Attention
was drawn to it when the new sheriff
of Salt f,.-ik*’ county, lien Harries, de
cided to enfrri< " n ami arrest'd Ernest
Bamberger, republican national com
mitteeman: Edgar New-house of the
American Smelting and KeAning com
pany. J </. Lynch. • apltallst and A.
N. McKay, general manager of the i
Malt laike Tribune
The cane* against these men and !
others afterwards arrested Uave beep
continued IndeAnitely by the city
judge. and will unduubtedlv l»
dropped, since the law vvdltch the)
were accused of violating has been
amended
Tlie b|||, as it imw stands, not only
authorizes the sale of cigareta hut per
mits smoking .11 (afes he -Is sml
other public plaits
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Baldwin Rrfutd's lo Ask 1. S.
for Favors on Imports
laondun. March a- -(^*)—Htanley !
. Baldwin, chancellor of the exrhei|uei, j
| dec lined a proposal 111 the house of
commons that he take steps 10 urge
that, the American government grant
preferential treatment to Imports
from England,
Ills declaration was in answer to
Sir John Norton (Irlfllths lahorlte. who
asked .whether the chancellor would
“ponatder the desirability of urging
upon the I billed Stales government
that some preferential treatment
should be extended to importa from
this country, having tegnrd to the :
fatt that while our American llahUI- j
ties must largely lie discharged lu .
goods, yet British merchants are !
faced with the greatest difficulty In !
entering Hie American market by
reason of the high istllT barrier '
Vl oinan’s Bail Krtlucrd
New fork, March S - fMatrlet Attor
ney c.lennon consenleii to reduction)
from ISi.OOtt to 15.000 of the ball of J
Mrs. Anna lluxzl, who has been held
for 10 days as a material wltneaa In
the murder of Frederick HUmsldn
, Bronx contractor,
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Re>-: vers
Named for
2 0 F i r m s
Steps Taken in Federal (iourt
to Prevent Financial Crash of
Entire Interest of Leonard
R. Steel Corporations.
Stockholders in Row
Buffalo. March S.—C4*>—Twenty cor
I location* comprising the Leonanl R.
Steel company enterprises, Into which
the public lias poured more than S20,
000,000 in the lust three years, was
placed in the hands of receivers to
ciay by Federal Judge John it. Hazel.
Ancillary receivers will be named for
every store and branch of steel cor
poration* in this and other states.
The receivership, officials of the
company said, is a friendly one and
designed to avert a crash of the en
tire financial structure, by the hostile
attitude of certain stockholder* and
creditors, which, it was declared, had
become apparent during the last 24
hours.
Vlan> Companies Named.
The principal companies named in
the receivership proceedings arc- the
1.. It. Steel Co.. Inc.; the parent or
ganization. I.. II Steel Co., Ltd., op
erating chain stores in Canada; tbs
Federal Stores company of Youngs
town, O., and IV K. Nelson Stores
company of Massachusetts, in which
steel companies had a 75 pei cent in
terset; the Mary Lincoln Canday
company, stores, factory and insur
ance: the Steel Deiiaitinent Stores,
holding corporation of liclaware. and
the Steel Departments, Inc . with
branches In many states, including
Colorado. I’tah. Minnesota, Washing
ton and Idaho.
In addition to deportment stores, th*
corporation owned or controlled res
taurants and cafeterias. A statement
issued last October Indicated owner
ship of about SO stores, 10 of which
have since been sold or discontinued
Auditors At Work.
A report that ttie receivership would
l>« immediately followed by an inquiry
into the manner In which the stock
holders' money was disbursed, found
no confirmation either at the district
attorney's office, nor from the rect-iv
ers. District Attorney Guy Ti Mode
said he had not been asked to take a
Itand in the proceedings.
No statement of present awe-t* and
liabilities Is available, auditors at work
on the financed of the various cor
porations not having completed their
work. The petition submitted to the
federal court placed the assets of the
20 corporations at about 113.000,000.
Leonard It .Steel, who has l>een liv
ing at his country home near here
since his retirement, refused to com
ment on the receivership
Railroad Earnings
Doubled in January
Washington. March S.— Itailroad
earning* during January were more
than twice those in January. 1922.
according to tabulation of Inter*tate
Commerce commission reports made
puhlic by the Association of Railway
Executive*. They amounted to
»60.«:>4,«00, against $.’9.4tiH.OOO la*t
yea! and represented, the association'*
*ia!*ni*nt said, un income of 5.54 per
cent annually on the value of prop
erty investment In transportation
service.
The returns Include practically all
the das* 1 carriers owning 90 per
cent of all the country’s rail mileage.
Th» earnings ie*ulled from a record
breaking Increase of business given
the road* during the month.
Ill addition to operating ext»ei\*e*.
taxes, rental* and other rbarges not I
shown In the executives’ expense* are
subtracted from the total revenues
before the net income i* estimated.
Plan lo AX ork Negro***
in Huhr ihanilonei]
New Yuili. March S.—VP)—Harry V.
I louahcrt y. mainlx-r of a detective
agency which niieclallae* In furnlahlnit
labor to industrial concern*, ha* given
tip hi* hope of helping Fiance exploit
the coal min** of tha Huhr through
the medium of American negroes
Dougherty announced upon hla ar
rival on the atcnrnshlp Majestic yes
tarday that h« would transport from
2.560 to MOO negro miners to the j
Ruhr Todav he said he had dropped >’
tlie plan because he had harped since ,
hla arrival that instead of thousand*
of negroes eager- for the Job*, he
couldn't find 100 who are re willing'
to accept them
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Smi Franrisrn Uf*» Savers
Capture Cargo of Liquor
Nan KranrOco. March s Th* crew}
of (hi l''n«l Point life Having alollon, |
lo< uic«l ai Hi* UoM. n Hale, entrance]
to Han PVanctaco bay. after a ■ tinning
piatol fight with tha iiik Prcrleaa, an i
alleged rum runner, raptured ihc1
errw nf three* man and .**h**il the cargo
and lug. Thr cargo la «.*l,| t*> have !
been mada up of llquora In ea». .
(.oifilcrnn Wisconsin Family
Mndls »n. U I* March *. t>F) The
4'»6 Untvrraity of WUtcrmaiin fai-ult v
members n ho during th«* war signed
a round robin denouncing the atti
tude of Henatoi Robert M l.aKnlletu*
stood condemned l>Ag the Wisconain !
legislgtur* today, as the asaemblv
voted. $'* to 11, tt* concur In the Huber;
i esolntion adopted i,y Uiu senate >•*■
lit day, IT to 1-,
Uncle Sam’s Burden
It
Bovs Fail to Return
m
Borrowed Horses
Two Woukf-Be "Cowboys'*
Lost Somewhere Between
Lincoln and Omaha.
Two “cowboys” wete lost yesttr
(lay "softie it here between Lincoln an 1
Omaha."
They are Robert Nelzel, 1«. 221S
Maple street, and Joseph Lewis. 15.
4111 Charles street, who borrowed
horse* a week ago from .1 limes Pet
per, IJ15 Izard street, and “took off '
unexpectedly for the great, wide, open
tv eet I
Started for Home.
After being captured in Lincoln,
thev were fed. clothed, given money,
put astride their mounts, which thet
had abandoned In Havelock, and start
ed back lo Omaha Monday morning
to report to Juvenile court authorities.
"Let them alone and they'll coma
home, bringing the horses right with
them. ’ quoth Miss Ksthei Johnson, i
juvenile court officer.
So Mr. Pepper watchfully waited 1
Monthly. Tuesday*. Wednesday. Thurs
dav he got busy.
One More Chain r
"One -more chance." Miss Johnson
pleaded for the boys
"Alt right." Pepper said, "but to
morrow I II have s sheriff looking for
two 'boss thieves' with lli'O worth
of good horseflesh beneath them. I
want to trust these boy*, want to give
them u chapes to prove it was Just a
playful prank, hut four days is in
awfully, awfully long time to travel
lea* than 5$ miles on a horse. '
Kwciver Is Appointed
for Cincinnati Concern
Cincinnati. March S—Application !
for n receivership and dissolution of :
Ihe Heazetl anti Chatfleld Investnjint
'ecurltles concern of Clnrlnnatt was
isk'd in common picas court here
late today.
The members of the fitm are Georg* *
II Beaxell and W. H. Chatfleld, Jr
y ho »i* a-foiiiu-i state senator and
' indldstc for lieutenant governor at i
the bi»t election.
Henry Irving of the hrokerag* -
|‘.rin of Weil, lioih and Irving, was
stipointed receiver by fh* court. The j
iH-tltion was tiled by tieorge I tea sell,
■ enker partner of the Arm. against V\
II. Chatfleld, Jr. his partner Irving's,
boro! was fixed at $50,000 by the
court.
l»o\eminent <lonimissionrr
Frozen to Ih-ftth in \!a*ku
Nonm. A In ?»k«. March 8 —(#)—W, O j
Marx. Fnllml Htnti** tonuni*»lonrr at
IVUev. wni froMii to d<*ath on an tin )
Rtnkrd trail Mwc«*n Trll*r and Hhlah* ‘
mnreC February 27. according to ut| |
vlc**#» front Tcll**i A ''ompanion !
mnnrii who Ink am* *cpainted i
Nnt Marx in n blinding snow Morin
finally n*a< bed T*llm- nafrly iind or*
aa nixed a M4*nrchinir f*xrt,\ Th* Itody
«ii* found mile** from Teller.
Irisli Rebel Chief Caught.
Ilelfasl, March s i4>i i'ori Mato (
ney, republican deputy chief of stsff •
lias been raptured in Olen Aherhrw
Maloney wn* the suc.eaeni of Liam .
Iicnay whose nrao proposals, made!
while he was a tu Isoner of the national i
army, were rejected by the republican 1 -
lutdeit last month.
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John Bull Protests
Drive on Rhine:
Rail Depot Seized
British Authorities Object to
French Occupation of Ter
ritories Between Bridge
head* on Legal Ground*.
I. onion March V— i/Bi—It ha* t»een
reported that the British government
ha« formally protested on legal
ground* against the French occupa
tion of territories between the Khma
bridgehead*. It is learned authorita-!
tlvely, htwtvet that no fotmal pro
teat ha* been mad*, but only verbal
repreeentattone through diplomatic
channels, pointing out the difficulties
created for the British authorities in ;
the fthtitelami.
A letter front the < .awgiie Chamber
of Commerce to Colonel Josiah Web
wood, member of the house of com
mon*. suggests to the British govern- I
nieut "certain conoaw* lone," which
might I** obtained from the French j
and Belgian governments for the pur
I*>*e of facliitating Brit tali trade and
preventing grave losses to Br.tiah
manufacturer* and merchants,
liilon Men l»efy French
lie: Ur, March 8 —According to the
Berlin new «papere. all the German
trade* union* lit the Ruin have r»^
fused the demand of the occupation
authorities to hand over to them a l:st
of trade ur -m memberships.
The newspaper Germania repott*
that the Frem h |wi> occupied th*
station of Datum. an important June- ,
tion of the main tatiroad hn* between
Ks.sifft and Beilin
\rrrsl Denied
An off!- ial dispatch received ftem
Munich denies that Count Bothmer.
fvmtev president of the Bavarian toy
aiist party, was arrested iu Munich
Wednesday when 1.', other petaona 1
were taken into custody In connection
with an alleged ttlan to carry out a ,
coup d'etat
The dispatch say * tt is alxo untrue
that the conspirator* were endeavor
ing to aepartite Bavaria front the,
rekh with the support of hostile
power.
It 1* true. ihe dispal, n , lyitln
ue*. "they had contact with nattonal*j
of such a power, apparently regarding
the neutralisation of Bavaria certain
in the event of northern Germany J
turning bolshevlst"
The message eonclude* ty> ageetung
that no important person off organ
isation was behind the propvised
"putach."
A«\al Gontinaitdcr Kideal
iu 80-Foot Full on Ve*M*l
Port Au l*rlncc, Haiti. Match * --(A*i
- lieutenant Commandei John A J
Fletcher, executive officer of the
Flitted States fuel ship Orton, dted
today as Ihe result of an *t> foot fall
through an open hatchway of the col- 1
tin
let* Fields Mot ing
March % OraUuftJ
nmvt»m^t of Ut|p» ic# l«|n t' tttml*
111# VvMlh Atlnutlc Mf*4Ht\nhlp tan** i*
l#|H*rC#d in illipiU'liPt trorlwM b> th'
government tc* iwiroi. Th# »Uufttkn»j
I'*" not \fi iTM*'h#<! th# k(aip. how
FVM « her# nrtUl«t» oomtkf#t u i
t«iH« taut# tluu the iouuuv * annul
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Tax Measures Are
Out of Committee
"Honor" Bill. F'xcr** Profit
ami F.liiuination of Tax Free
Securities Recommended.
l.iDCOto. Match $ —<Spt. ;al.t—The
hoUM comm liter on revenue and tax a
tton vo'cd tonight to ptit the ‘ honor
taxation bill, hou-e roll SS*. on ger,
«-ral l:)e with a favorable recoin ni< r.da
tion chief features of the bill is
thru ip at iou of prorinct assessors,
which mean* a savfhg of approximate
ly UOft.ttfto annually, and repeal of
tha preset,; law taxing intangible* at
one-fourth tlic rate of the tax on tan
gible*. t'nder term* of tins bill, all
property return* wouki be sent di
i*ct by the pereon^axed to the coun
ty assessors.
The same committee made a favor
able report on the Jacoby excess
profits fax bill, which was advanced
to third read.ns: a week ago sjr the
lower house and was then referred
lark to the committee for 'amend
ments. ■ *
Any corporation with a capitaliza
tion of more than MOft.ftOft is subject
to a tax of 10 per cent on net profit*
in excess of the first 10 per cent of
profit. If. the net profits exceed to
per cent, the tax ia 20 per cent of the
net profits.
Another Jacobv bill . ailing for *
mission of a proposition for a const
tutior.al amendment to the voters to
do away with tax free securities wis
voted out of the *arft* committee wiln
a favorable recommendation.
Rain Born to Detroit VI oman
in Midst of Auto \reident
Detroit, March S—A bahv was born
to Mrs John Calm* today m the
midst of a motor car accident. Mrs.
Cairns w»* being driven to a hospital
by Mot ton KUadont. a neighbor when
kiledonk s car collides! with that of
Dr Tliimas Stan* N'ejther car wa*
aide to proceed. Dr. Starrs attended
Mr* Cairn*. The baby was boi n in
Kil«dotik's cai. At the hospital,
where mother and 1-ale* were taken
later, it w-a* reported both are doing
well
lo Run for Mayor of Detroit.
Itetrott, Mich. March *.—Frank K
Dorentus. former democratic congress
wan from the First Mi. higan district
and Janies \V. Incites former police
commissioner, will be candidate* for
mayor of Detroit at the April eiec
tion. when a tucces-or to lame*
Couaens. now t'mted States senator
Is chosen They were the aucceesful
candidate* in yesterday’ s nonpartisan
primary
A proposal to m, lease the aataiy of
ths mayor front JS 000 to I12.0M a
v'ear wa* lost The voter* approved ,
an additional tiVOtVft.OOftft bond issue!
for municipal street railway* extern1
along
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Cl evelancl
Police Get
Murderer
Dewey Mallory. Oil Station
Bandit. Admits Responsi
bility for Double Tragedy
—Was in Jail Here.
Will Be Returned at Once
Dewey Mallory has confessed to th*
Cleveland police that he is the ma >
w ho shot and fatally wounded Chari* •
S.*fkin, 42. and his son, Robert, 1C
on the night of May 20, 1522, wh <
attempting to rob th* younger Fiefk
in tb* Nicholas oil station at Thirt;.
eighth and Farnam streets, aecordin
to word received 1 / Chief of Dei*
tives Van Deuzen yesterday.
The man was arrested in Cleveland
and while In Jail there he confess*
to police that he was the lone hand.'
who was responsible for the doubl
tragedy at the oil station here. D
tectlve William Gurn*ti will lent
Omaha today to bring Mallory i*a.
here for trial.
Mallory is well know n to police he. v
and has been -arrested several't.me -
on minor charges and v aa once m
tenced to the state prison on a charge
of robbery- He is now under indie'
®*nt on a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons.
Was in Jail Here.
Police discovered yesterday that tw<.
weeks after the murder Mallory xa>
arrested In the Missouri Pacific R d
road company yards carrying a rev, !
He was held in the city jail f.
investigation for several days, l-ut ws
.ever connected in any way with the
murder. At that time the man went
under the name of William A. Rich
and, under this name, he was held I o
the grand jury under a Jj.iOO bon<!.
The bond was posted, but the niau
never tame to trial. Whether he had
i failed to appear in court on the da e
»et and had forfeited his bond or
whether the case has not been called
as yet could not be determined la**
i night, but the officer* who made the
arrest believe that the bond has been
forf*)ted.
The murder to whi h M„ia,ry is -
io'have confessed was commuted le«*
May and was one of the most sens •
tkinal murdera In the history <f
Omaha Young Siefkin was employ-.I
as attendant at the oil station and. 1*
fore his death, five days after he « «
wounded, confessed to hospital after -
ants that he had been afraid of he.ng
held up for more than a week previ
ous to the night of the murder.
Told of Fears
Robert ha 1 told ir.s parents of . <
fears ar.d hn father had offered t»
ronie to hi* aid if be was ever neede
On the night of May ?<i Haturda
Robert nailed his liorn* and told h »
father that the man who had aroused
his ausp ons was again loiter:; v \ ’
about the filling station. \
Mr. Siefkin, with his wrfe a i
daughter. Gertrude, 13, got into h •
automobile and drt»ve to the static^
That was a few minutes after 9. a; -l
when they arrived at the stat.or,. t *
man of wtio- l Robert had epok
wss sitting across the street. Mr,
Si-fkin «tart*d drive around i
block to iwss the tune until the s-. ■
tion snould either close or the matt
should go away.
Just as they reached a point *i.
1 rectly east of the station. Mallory go,
tip from his seat, stepped beh1 - !
some b ishes and began to adjust h *
mask, then he ran toward the static
Kather W as Vnued
M Siefkin had am ,-d himself •
fore leaving home and he drew U: *
pistol, a German automatic, from h »
pocket as he leaped from h:« car a d
started toward the atatioa behind 1 ■<
handit. He pressed his weapon again«t
the side of the bandit. who had "e<" •
ered Robert. ' as he entered the si .
fTsrw te Page Ywe. (dm Mi.)
Hnusf ami Motor Car*
^ reckrtl by ^ atrr Spoilt
Havana, Cuba. March S—A era;
spout rising out of (he ocean lo a
height of 10 meters suddenly ap
peared off Morro castle, at the e -
trance to Havana harbor, shortly ate o
boo® today and move,! to the entrance
of the harhor, wheie it subsided.
A big tree near 1* Punta castle,
a. ros* the harbor mouth from More
castle, which had resided stortna of a
century or more, wraa torn up by tv-e
roots and one trail of a house near the
presidential palace w~*s crushed $-x.
eral automobiles were wreck, d
The phenomenon Is credited by Prof.
J. C Mtllas of the Havana weather
bureau elation to a clash of two eu •
rents in the gulf, one from ihe north
and the other front the south. wh,,h
flow across the entrance to the ha -
taw. usually at different distance*
from land.
VI oll-K nown Nt-vsspgppf Man
Hits at Vjjr „f 7|
Hostou, March S —William R Ha H u.
11. a newspaper man of wide expe.
ence In b'arope and the I'nitcd State .
•sl here today Vrnong hi* cxplv a
"'as an cxc lustx c account In the UOo.
don Pally Mail of the- .mpiiilmg death
of Queen Victoria, dexetoped x»vt of a
noblewoman * remark to her drees.)
maker that black would Is- the fash,
h»n >n ctxK'rs that winter
It" was connected With th* It
>n bur au of The Associated P v
tot aexoral year* He was man**. • *
•sbtor of the Philadelphia Pros. v
1IT* and m recwtxt years had been ,>• ,
Itect.'d With the B"S-on rras.aca r_
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