Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha •
VOL 52—NO 233 — » >..« «. <m.>, OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923.* TWO CENTS * °rr*cSl‘SSLF*
▼ yj*-*• *- Omaha P 0. Under Act of March 3. Ie7». _ . - ...
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Jury Votes
to Execute
TwoBandits
Slayers of W. M. Deerson
Found Guihy of First Degree
Murder and Face Death
in Electric Chair.
Pair Shows No Emotion
A verdict of guilty of first degree
murder with a recommendation of a
penalty of death was returned by a
jury before District Judge Charles!
Goss against Sol Wesley and J>e Roy ■
ATauldron, charged Jointly with th
murder of W. M. Deerson. shot toi
death three months ago in a hold
up in the store of Wennie Grogan,
"S36 Seward,street. The jury started'
deliberations at 3:17 and gave its ver
dict at 5:26 Thursday afternoon.
This is the first time since Nebras
ka adopted the electric chair that any
one has been sentenced to death In
Douglas county. The death penalty'
was all that held the jury for the two
hours. The first ballot cast was
oight for a death penalty and four
for life imprisonment. Five ballots
were taken, each time ail the jurors
showing an inclination to give a ver
dict of guilty, but hesitating to vote
■ death."
Take Verdict Calmly.
The two men took the verdict with
i he same stoic Indifference that had
marked their demeanor throughout
i he trial. When they were called
from the county jail to the court
i oom to hear the verdict of the jury,
i hey arose from their seats In their
ell and walked calmly toward the
•xit. With the same Indifference,
i hey sat and listened to the verdict,
then to the judge taking two polls
"f the jury, and with no trace of
■ motion on their faces, they walked
from the court room to the jail.
County Attorney Henry Heal ex
pressed himself as highly pleased with
■he way his deputies. .John Yeager
■ nd Thomas Sheehan, had handled
the case. It was originally planned
'hat the county attorney himself
“ shout! prosecute the ^pse, but owliig!
'■> his recent trip tti Cleveland, the!
deputies were substituted for him.
First in County.
"Pills is the first time that any- j
■ ■pe has been sentenced to the electric
- hair from Douglas county," Beal
-aid "It pleases me in other ways
■ han just the tnought that my office
m been successful in the punish
ment of a crime. I believe that -it
will tend to decrease crime in Omaha.
Some of the criminals will hesitate
ow before they wantonly take a
lire.”
The two men were aocused of hav
ing shot and killed W. M. Deerson, |
while they were attempting to rob i
Wennie Grogan. Deerson and Thomas '
) lance were in the Grogan store,
when the two bandits entered. Deer
son was standing near the door and
“hind a pile of boxes In such a way |
that he was not noticed at first
h> the two men.
The bandits ordered Grogan to hold
ip his hands, then turned to Mr. j
Ifance. and gave him the same com- I
iriand. Deerson tried to get out of i
i he store, and as he placed'his hand
upon the latch of the door, one of !
the bandits turned, shouted to him!
10 raise his hands and fired before
i he man could comply. Deerson died
few hours later.
( aptured at Once.
Police captured the bandits a few
;iours after the shooting and. after
questioning them at police headquar
r i,-rs. secure rl a confession. This con
fession was introduced as evidence
at the trial and was denied by the two
uien. Wesley declared that he had
signed a papfcr that was g'ven him
by the police without reading It,
while Mauldron declared that lie had
iteen forced to sign his confession
and said that he was able to point
out the two detectives that had used
third degree methods upon him. When
• tiestloned, ho declared the two men
that he had named were not in the
■ ourt room. Both were sitting in
front of the Judge directly in the
man’s line of vision.
The men will be sentenced n a few
days, Judge Goss declared. The jury
has set the sentence that must be
passed, but It is up to the judge td
set the date of execution.
Capitol Work Halted I util
Arrival of Board Member
TJncoln, March 1S.—(Special.)—Isty
.ng of atone for the new state house
will lie halted until W. IT. Thompson
,,f Grand Island, a member of the
ipltol commission, returns from Call*
fotnla. Governor Charles W. Bryan
announced this morning.
At that time the old* capltol com
mission, which was functioning at the
time the contract for atone was let,
will decide on the merit of George E.
Johnson's charges against Bertram
Goodhue, architect.
The old commission is identical with
'he present body, except that former
Governor McKelvie was ohatrmsn In
stead of Bryan,
Bryan in Effort to Have
< !od«* Change Bill Passed
Chimin. March 15.—(Spec-tal.l— Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan loday pre
pared a l*ngthy statement In an effort
to put his cods modification hill
through the legislature.
Debate waxed warm In the lower
house on the Mathers plan for state
management, adopted by republicans
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Free State Soldier
Strings Onto “Wild
Train, Saves W reck
Dublin-, March 15.—(By A. IV)—
The hraverj- of a national soldier
averted a railway accident between
Tliomastown and Athlone yester
day. A band of irregulars, seizing
an engine, sent it down the track.
An officer of the railway protection
corps notified troops at a block-*
house along tlie track and Brady,
on duty in the cabin, acted prompt
ly. He took off his shoes and await
ed the arrival of the locomotive,
which soon appeared, making be
tween 20 and 30 miles an hour.
Brady caught hold on the engine
and swung liimself aboard, succeed
ed in reaching the control and
bringing tlie runaway to a halt,
scarcely 500 yards from an ap
proaching passenger train.
Equinoctial Storm
of Unusual F u r y
Sweeps Country
Railway and Wire Service
Crippled by Heaviest Snow
fall in Years—Street Car
Serviee Tied Up.
Ilv rniiernRl Sen ire.
Chicago. March 15.—An equinoxial
storm <>£ unusual severity was sweep
ing the country tonight. The full
force of its fury was felt in the middle
states today. It bore down on the
Great Lake* region and tonight was
spreading out toward the Atlantic
and South Atlantic states.
Iowa and Nebraska were snow
bound. Transportation was retarded
and telegraph and telephone service
crippled. In some districts more
than two feet of snow fell in 24
hour*. Omaha reported IS inches.
Street Car Service Abandoned.
So great was the snowfall that
street car service was entirely aban
doned in some middlewestera cities.
Fort Dodge, la., reported that street
car service had been abandoned at
noon.
To the south, in Missouri and Kan
sas, the snowfall was not heavy but
there was a deluge of rain and sleet.
Prairies of the west were being
swept by gales that piled the snow
in drifts. Transcontinental trains
tunning over northern lou'.cs were
reported hours late, battling w.ih the
snow.
Rain and snow fell in Chicago dur
ing the day.
Wild Fowl Killed.
Flocks of wild gees'-, caught in the
storm on the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, were driven out over the
prairies. The birds fell exhausted in
the snow. Many collided with build
ings In their mad flight.
The storm is expected to be felt
south to the gulf coast and east to
New York. Ktorm warnings were
posted along the Texas const tonight,
the weather bureau reported.
No zero weather is In sight, accord
ing to the weather bureau, except
possibly In I lie far north. The com
paratively high temperature saved
the country front greater suffering
and loss of life, it was said. At points
where the snowfall was heaviest the
temperature was scarcely below the
freezing point.
"There Is no prospect of much
lower temperature." tlie weather bu
reau said. "There is no cold wave In
the northwest at all ”
Fair weather is following In the
wake of the storm.
The snow and rainfall on the prairie
states will be invaluable to small grain
crops, according to agricultural au
thorities.
Retired Railroad Man
Believed Lost in Fire
Ogden. I'tali.. March IS.—William
Cunningham, retired rnllrond man,
could not be found today and It Is be
lieved he may have perished in the
fire which early today gutted n down
town business block and caused dam
age of approximately $100,000 Cun
ningham was 02 years old and resided
at the Arlington hotel, which was
destroyed.
The missing man is known to have
been confined to his room at tin* hotel
bemuse of illness and efforts of police
to find him were Without result.
I.oap* to Death
Cincinnati, March 1 'r -Temporarily
Insane through Illness, Mrs. Mae
Gullion, 20, with her 11-day-old baby
in her arms, Jumped to her death
from ft fifth story window In an apart
ment house here today.
Told and Sold
in One Day
* Mrs. M. A. Lane. 2X77
Saratoga, had the right idea.
When she wanted to make n
quick sale for her Hnosier
cabinet she used an Omaha
Bee “Want" Ad.
<J And after her ad appeared
in the “Household Goods”
column of The Omaha Bee
hut one day—the cabinet
wa* sold. •
*: When YOU want to sell, or
rent, or trade, or buy,
phone your “Want” Ad to
AT lantie 1000 nnd secure
better results at lesser cost.
THREE LINES—'THREE
TIMES—TEN DIMES
i n ■■.aiaaBaa ■' * n ■'
Omaha Is
Recovering
From Storm
Street Car Traffic lb Slowly
Being Resumed After Day
of Inactivity Due" to
16-Inch Snowfall.
Records Are Broken
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Street car service was resumed on i
a few lines for a distance of several
blocks at an early hour last night i
following a 16-Inch snowfall which'
broke records in Omaha.
Shovels, brooms and scrapers were |
called into play by every householder
in tile city in making some sort of a
path in front of their dwellings.
Taxicabs were busy from early"yes
terday morning. One company alone
answered over . 00 calls. Nearly all
cab "Companies were unable to promise
ears sooner than from 30 minutes to i
two hours after the call was received <
Tram Traffic Suspended.
All street car traffic was suspended
after sweepers proved of no avail in
keeping the tracks clear. West Far
nani street, usually crowded with au
tomobiles and thick with street ears,
looked like the trail from Skagway to
Nome yesterday morning. The tracks
were buried beneath inches of snow
parked down by automobiles and ped
estrians.
Several fire trucks were stalled be
cause of the deep snow while answer
ing alarms.
Vesterday afternoon a grading ma
chine. towed by a tractor, struggled
along the boulevards, clearing a pass
ageway for machlm s.
Telephone officials reported no un
usual trouble as a result of the storm. ,
hong distance lines were in operation.
Many offices were not occupied yes
terday. because the owners were' un
able to plow jhrough tb» drifts built
up by a 20-mile wind,
r" One Mail Delivery.
Only one delivery of mall was made
yesterday. In some cases, where car- |
riers were in the outlying district*
and could not push their way -
through, they were ordered back to,
the office. Of the 28 mail trains due |
uttec o in the ■ o, i g. word was re- ’
eei'.ed that one. Burlington U. mail
. delusively, whs "somewhere In
Iowa." By 3 yesterday afternoon alL,
morning mall had arrived.
rk liools in Omaha and Council |
Bluff* were closed, when it became
.tppurent that only a few of the
pupils could reach the buildings.
Car service between Omaha, Ral
ston and Papillion was suspended.
Drift", m smoe places 10 feet high,
were reported. Omaha to Council
Bluffs line was tried at 7 in the morn
irg, but was not opened until two
hours later.
I'hone Girls Bust .
Dozens of pitchy teleplmne girls
fought their way through the deep
drifts yesterday morning to handle a
peak load
Three jH lice shifts were oi. duty for
any emergency which might arise
Clerks in the Metropolitan Ctillties
district were dismissed at noon.
Aulos Blamed for far Delay.
H. A J.eussler, vice president and j
general manager of the Omaha A
Council Bluffs street Railway com
pany. said yesterday afternoon the
storm was the worst lie can remem
ber )n Omaha.
"Every sweeper the company has
was out all night." he said, "and the
I Turn to I’HIC Four. < ollimn Two.)
Night Hiding Ca*cn Dropped
at Request of Prosecution
Medford, Ore., March 13.—On mo
tion of the Mate, all the night riding: j
cages now before the circuit court
at Jacksonville were dismissed and j
as far all present legal action i* con
cerned. the night riding agitation
which ha- stirred Jackson county for
over a year t* ov*$.
Assistant Attorney General Bllje-j
qvist, who moved for dipinissal of the
cases against J. Alexander Norris and
Thomas K. Goodie, who went on trial
Tuesday. also moved that the indict*
merits against Howard A. Hill anti
Bert I. Closes, former county Jailer, *
for the alleged hanging * of Arthfir j
I»urr. be dismissed. Uljenvist gave'
as his reason that the state "dldjnot
have a lighting chance. ’
Woman Buys Prayer Beads:
Leaps lo Dentil Over I'nils
NIukumi Kalis, N. V, March 16.--j
After buying a atrlng »*f prayer bead*
j ;i young woman w ho 1* believed to
i have coma h*re from Albany, N. V.,
plunged to her death In Niagara fail* ,
! today. Patrolman John Kill* of thn i
I tamivation Ouurda. attracted by th*
ruing woman* atrange actiona, at
tempted to atop her, but too late.
'I’he girl ordered the taxi driver to
stop ui n trinket More on the Can
adian aide, where nhi purchased the
be Ada. She then had him drive back
to the American aide. She leaped
into the fall* from P roe pert point
Steamer Beached.
Of eenport, S. V., March 16.*—t^eak- j
i ing badly through a hole Move In it*
.Hide by aulimerged debrie. He engine*,
puebed to tho danger point, the
i etcutner t'upo Cud of tho Thame* i
• river line, crowded with paaaenger*
bound front Norwich, t’onn., to .New
• Vork City, add awiftty by the Jagged
j menace of ftocky Point and benched
j off thl* place today.
Panwnffcri' and new were eafety i
j removed to uhote and wreck*! • have,
|arrived to begtu the work vf salvage 4
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’ . a1 v -I Mourning
.'dared in Ireland;
All Sports Suspended
Dublin, March 15.—A proclamation
by the “government of the republic
of Ireland” has been Issued decreeing
an indefinite period of national
mourning, during which sports and
amusements are to be suspended and
theaters and moving picture Iiouhps
closed, and, in particular, horse rac
ing, hunting, coursing and all out
door sports discontinued.
This action is taken, it is declared,
in view of the present national
■tragedy caused by Great Britain's
threat of war, the daily violation of
the usages of war by the torture, ill
treatment and the execution of re
publican prisoners and in considera
tion for the bereaved families and
relatives.”
Income Tax Will
Show Prosperity
Has Returned
Treasury Department Predicts
Increase of S7.000.000 in
First Quarter Over
’ Last Year.
Bq GEORGE F. At TIMER.
\\ ttfchincton Correspondent The Omaha lift*.
Washington, March 15.—(Special )
—Tangible evidence of the revival of
business and the return of prosperity
will be contained in the income tax
returns made today, according to
estimates of the Treasury department.
Estimates prepared by the actuari s
of the department indicate the re
turns. which close tonight, will ap
proximate 5400.000,000 or amount to
$7,000,000 more than for the first
Quarter of the preceding year.
Attention is called to the fact that
the time for making reports on the
tax on capital stock, which was in
creased from 10 to IS'-i per cent in
lieu of the excess profits tax. which
has been dropped, is extended to June
15 so will not lie included In the re
ports for the first Quarter of the
year.
The reductions made m the tax
rate of the revenue law for last year,
as compared with the one before
would suggest a falling off in
revenue. These include the elim na
tion of the extras profits tax. the
lightening of the burden on tl.e ''lit
tle fellow'" by making the «ur tax
apply to Incomes over *0,000 Instead
of $5,000 and some other slight
changes.
The fact tliat the trea-uiy antic,
pates the returns for this sear will
1«« as great. ,f hot slightly greater
than the year before, is Inteipreted
as meaning that prosperity is more
generally distributed, earning power
has increased. husincss la mme
prosperous and that on the whole,
the prospert for the business future
is rosy.
The Treasury department Is antlej
lulling continued returns from the
settlement of back (ax claims grow
ing out of the war period. Settl-no n
of these claims, it is expected, will
oontlnue^o net the government about
$32,000,000 a month.
Cooks Poison Food;
27 Persons Killed
Shanghai. March 15.—</*»>—'Twenty
seven student* and teachers at the
normal school at Hangchow are dead
and 10 more are In a precarious con
dition as the result of eating rice
poisoned by two diagrunted cook" who
recently had been discharged, accord
ing to evidence at tlio official investi
gation into the deaths today.
Chemists who examined what ro e was
left in the death-dealing Pot, said
enough poison had boon placed there
to wl|>e out the entire community.
Chien Ah 1,1. one of the discharged
cooks, testified that his fellow con
splrator. I’i Ho-Hong. stole a bo’tie
containing a white powder from the
chemical laboratory of the school last
Saturday and dumped the entire • on
tents into the rice pot.
Following I he serving of rice at
Saturday night's supper. MM) students
and 50 teachers became violently 111- of
whom 27 since hate died.
(iaIt’ll Harlan (lanhy Dead.
Chicago, March I -Caleb llailnn
Cauby, sr.. «7, retired broker and,
former piesldent of the Chicago bonri
of trade, died at hi* home here last
night. :
Mr. Can by. prior to 1915, held seat"
on both the Chicago and New York
stock exchange*. HI* seat on the.
New York stock exchange brought
$70,000 in 1915, n tt"ar record at that
time.
Why Don’t the Bankers Adopt Modern Methods?
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I BANK BXKD1TS AKD
i SAFE BLOWERC out- '3
I FITS & SUPPLY- 'i
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WHY DON'T THE BANKS INSTALL DEPARTMENTS FOR THE OUTFITTING OF BANK ROBBERS
AND GET THE EXTRA PROFITS?
fey\vs»
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MUNITION’ N^AKIR^ BAZAR
IT WOULD BE JUST AS SENSIBLE AS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE NATIONS TO SELL MODERN
WAR EQUIPMENT TO BACKWARD RACES
7 Aged ^ omen Die
in Beds of Fire
Blaze Starts in Vlm« House
\fler Kxplosion—Res
cuer Killed.
<fl» Intrmnt ion*l VfW» ^rmrf )
Hutfnllo, X, V., March 13.—Nine
persons, seven ol I hern w omen, lost
their lives in an explosion anil lire
that swept through the \lleghanv
county alms house at Angelica early
today.
The women were all aged and help
lessly bedridden.
One of the me:-. »h" perished, was
Charles C. Sanborn. an nttcndani.
Five minutes before he loss his life
he hml succeeded In saving three in
mates.
The explosion took place in the
boiler room ami the fire spread rapid
ly through the Institution.
tVhen the exploaiun occuried at
tendants rushed to the sleeping quar
ters'amt carried out many inmates,
hut fast spreading- flames soon cut
their entrance off. Sanborn, despite
constant warnings, made ho- way In
to the sleeping quarters for a third
time, after bringing out three worn
en. That v«- the last of him.
His charred body was found lattr.
The either man killed was still uni
dentified at JO a ni.
Authorities said it would U Impos
sible to gel the names of the women
until H < oi i fill check-up of all thu
inmates.
The Inmates included 24 women,
nearly all of them of advanced agi
and many of them vsry feeble, and
20 men, most of them feeble.
The charred Issues of six bed
ridden victims were recovered. The
seventh woman to die lost her life
when «he succeeded In getting out of
tier bed. going lo a window on the
second floor and jumping to the
ground before any nllomTd could be
made io rescue her.
Dancrr 1' Imlictctl
Ny»' c. X V . March 15 Kvan 15u> -
row* Fontaine, a dancer, and her
in.itUi’r. Mr*. Florence K. Fontaine,
wrr« Indicted today on chargee of
perjury growing out of the dancer’*
M .000,000 breach of premia* mult
igalnst (’orneliui Vanderbilt Whit*
ney.
Movie Riot Too Realistic
Extras Mob Watchman Who Draws Gun After
Threats by Crowd in Protest Against Wage Re
duction-Five Men Wind Up in Hospital.
\jO» Angrlrp. Marrh IS.- V riot of
ninvla man that win nOI lllninl n..< 1
sont five of Ilia rxtrn* Inin th# r#r#lv
lug lioppital hrr# north-rail at Ilia arr
vlr# hurinu for motion tiiriurr <*n
plojfp. Ii ana nr outirrowth of rr
iluctlon In pity'from Si to }l for mo
tlon plcVUro rxtrnr Thru win anil
turn in th# ■ornr.
They aria waiting for wort ahm
n hurrnii man laauad a call, rlrrlaring
thui lh»aa(n* would b« M Inttaad of
th* tusi.u4*»ii I#.
A howl went up and the SttO men
threatened to storm the bureau.
Andrew twine, watchman for the
bureau. *lept<eil out among the veil
ing extra* to quiet them. Ttiey
inohlieil him when lie drew his pistol,
hut he rr oil enough and. when they
released him mi promise nut to shoot,
he started hack to the other lie
turned, it wa“ Stated, unit tiled six
allots Into tile crowd I’ollcetren
found the crowd Quieted and earing
for the live wounded men, while l.nnj
had secreted himself in the burceu.
Lwrue waa ure»t*4
. « iise^ . -«fcen^»
ft
British Labor
Leader Dines
^ ith Royalty
J. Kam.-ey MacDonald Due-!
of Kino and Queen at Semi
State Function in Buck
ingham Palace.
L . Mar h T‘—!** -For the
•t- I'hil time within a fortnight. J. j
Ham say MacDonald, leader id the la
bor pnilv, tonight'dined with royalty 1
—this tune at But Itinghaiu palace. |
whither he. with the leaders of the
various parties and their wives and :
prominent society folk was bidlrn
to break bread with the king and ■
queen.
The dinner was of a semi-state char- .
aiter. Forty-one guest* were seated
at a nunilier of round table*. The ’
stewards and footmen in waiting wore
scarlet coats with gold epaulets, knee
breeches, white hose nisi low shoes
and powdered hall The band o.‘ the
Irish ciuanl* played durln r 1
th" dinner.
From the point rf view of some
sections of the labor party, dining
with their majesties Is becoming
quite a habit with Mr. MacDonald,
who seems rather to enjoy his new
social position.
Through some confusion, th* ini
preseton had gained circulation that ,
the same lalior mcnib r« -if ths hou-»
of commons who dined with the lung
and queen u few days Rg.) st Vis
count and Lady Astor's horn* were j
included in tonight's list of guests,
but later It was learned that Ham say
MacDonald was the only iab r.te in
vlted to this function at Bin kingham
palace.
Mr. niul Mr-, (ieurjje (iould
Diioreod .it Nice. Franee
Sen \url«. March 15.—Mr. ami Mrs.
I.corgi. .1 tiould. Jr., hate been dl
forced al Vice. Franrc, friends lien*
learned today Tlic two children hate
been awarded tu tlir mother.
The marriage look plan' at 1‘liila
dilpliia ill 1917 when both were II
years old, anon after t.oiilil had been
graduated from I oliitnhia unitrn.il)
Mm. fioiild was lama i arter. a dan
rrr. The marriage rained a temporary
mtrniigeinriit belween (.mild and his
parenls. Instead of enlerinc the
t i oil Id i otupa tiles, as was e\peeled,
lie went into the bond business with
Ids hrntlier in law. \nthollv J. I»rrtel.
Jr. 11 oil Id is said to he In K»)pt. Ilis
wife and ihildreii went to France
some months ago.
Fedor*I Prohibition \gent
at Denver Is Suspended
Denver. March 15. Den Knglander.
federal prohibition agent, ttna suapend
ed by federal inveatlgatol a from Waah
ington pending an tmtulrv Into alleged
"inegtilarltlesy)* a. cording to an
noumement by Ii. It. M.Oenahnn,
pooh>hilIon director for l*d» district
Mr. i lenahan said Dial while he had
net hern notified of the suspeu ...wy
tlie investigation ttna under wav
Tlie suspension followed a probe
by tbs flying aqund of fedaeal inveaii
■atom tvho have lieen working her^
for several w
, McOcnahaik
Fume Robber
Raid* If&pital
Thietc* Throw Powder in ,
Fireplace—Occupants Over
come—Fterytliing Renio\ed.
Naples M rch 15.—K&- — Ti.e uai insr
rubbngr of .» hospital. carried out with
■he aid of stupefying fume* from «
powder thrown Into an open fireplace,
occurred at Aversa, near here, today.
Jir. Mast reel nque, proprietor of an
eve clinic, had summoned tbe whole i
hospital «'aff and the patient* !nt©
one room fra demonstration when
one of the nirvant* suddenly threw!
some powder into the tire and then
dashed out of the room, locking th’
door. .The powder gate off der.ee
fume* and before the doctor and hi#1
assistant* could break down the door |
or even reach the windows every
one in the room was overcome by the
fume*, which contained a powerful
narooUe.
When oor,sviousr.ee* returned to the
vi titns several hours iater they found
th* olinlc premises rifled, ai! the in
struments and furniture, e'en the
bed* and mattresses, having been re
move.! in a cart by the robber and
hi* accomplices.
League Desire* l . S. Moral
Support. Lord t etil Sax?
Ii> t'nlrrraal Hertlu*.
IximJon, March 12—I.ord Kobrrt
Cecil, who lx leaving for lb* frit trip
to the United States on the Mo.exile
next Wednesday under tile xu>pi, es of
the Foreign Policy aaso. .atron of
Amerfen was the chief guest at a
luncheon given hy Lady Astor yester
day afternoon.
I.«rd Cecil declared It hi* belief
that France .* now ready to accept a
really reasonable offer from tier-many
n reparations ar.d is confident that
a movement for xetlleineut of ite
problem which has kept Europe on
the bunk of another wai is co- ftl
i islly under way.
lie told Universal Sense Unit he
had submitted to the league of nations
■» supplemental treaty to the Ver
sailles pact, which guaranteeing se
curity to France through a m; itary
covenant between the power* of
Europe, would enable t bn United
States to enter the league by pledging
^>nly moral, economic and financial
support to the league.
\t Port \u IVinrt*
Washington, Marsh IV—The *.\
.*• -i.v .1 planes fly ,ng to potto K.#o
left Ouatanamo. Cuba. today for
Port An Prince, Haiti, according to
u wireless message to the War de
(diriment.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday - r«lr wth rising tempeimt.tre
tl*ort« IpmpKdluft**
A. Ml. ■? I 1 p m. •*«
A a. Al. t| ■? p. m
• • m. tl 1 p Mi. tl
Ram ..., ?l 4 p mi.
P M. W». .> p. M%.
!«•»»» I p. A
tl * W *1 « P Mt
It Mtr*M !• n p Ml M
Shipper*a Hulli'liii
Piotevt shipments dining the nest
rt to 3* hours from lenipci attire* a.
follow* \oilh and w»»t, I*; east.
south. Si.
Surprised
in Acl of
Looting Car
Train I- Halted Six Mile*
From Omaha heu Sus
picions of Mail Men
Are Aroused.
Shot While Escaping
An lit.identified negio was shot an!
fn tally wounded by a mall clerk ot.
t'nion Pacific So. 6 at Summit, f.
point on the Lone cutoff 10 mile*
west of Omaha, about 6 last night.
The dead man. according to Poe'
i flic- Inspector \V. M. Coble, wax xur
mixed in the act of tampering will
mail in a storage room of one of th<
car*.
He wax shot with a six-shooter fir‘<i
by John C." Kull, tOJS Avenue A,
Council Bluff*, when he attempted ti
•“SCaite.
Found in Far.
According to the story told hi
Coble, Kull was making a trip of in
spection, when he came upon the
'•orage car, where he found the nr
gro. The msn had looked and barri
ended the door. When the mail
ierks tried to force an entrance, th<
negro tried to make h:* escape l'
.’taping from a side door of the car
When he failed to heed orders to stop
Kull fired. The negro fell mortal',
wounded, with a bullet In the abdo
men, and he died after the train
leached Omaha at t>:30.
Coble refused to say whether ti.
negro offered resistance.
"Kull was justified in shooting,
laid Coble, "that's the on!” comment
I care to make.
Tampering With Mail.
"He was found tampering with ti *
nail, some of it registered mail. son.
of it pla.n mail." continued Coble. "I
cannot say how valuable it was.”
_ !'nd»r his arm. Coble carried a
!»ackage about 24 Inches long and I >
inches wide, which appeared to con
tain mail.
No. 5 is the fast mail train which
runs from Ogden to Omaha. Yester
day it carried 14 ears. Kull is a
clerk in a car which is in charge ot
(Curtis t ook. 3262 Grand aver.u
i Other clerks in the car were A. J
'Anderson, 3214 North Fourteen-,
street: H. C. Madden. 4101 Floren *
boulevard; W. T Corbourn. 4123 North
Thirty sixth avenue, and W. E. Liar.
Seal Was Broke.
According to the story told tc
Omaha police by Cook, mail clerks
first noticed at North Platte that .i
seal on one of the storage cars hi,
lieen broken. At Grand Island they
entered the ear through a vestibule
door which they found open. P •
they f wind nothing
Then, when the train reaahed Sun.
mit, Kull in making hi* Inspection
trip found the door of this same •
locked from the inside.
The train was stopped immediate';,
end clerks armed themselves and pt
pared to force an entranc.
At th* point, the negro threw io* •.
; a fiidedoor of the car and nouie a
■ Ash for filer:;. Cle* « aceon na: .«-i
their command* to halt with tc
shots over the fleeing man's h- i
When lie failed to stop, Kuil fired Use
shot wh.ch brought him down.
Ismt in Suitcase.
lu his leap from the car. t hs nc>:
j clung to a suitcase w hich Coble tol l
; police contained jewelry, silk and a
; small antour.t of money taken fr
registered packages Coble said
MUld tr.a ;* i estimab - f the v.a
'if the loot.
After the negio was shot, mi*
.clerks searched the train and fro-i
|ths blind liaggsge iwnoroi a wi:-1
l man who gate the name of Jo! i
Dengnr and said h.s home w as in Fnf
faio X Y. He was lodged n she
I Omaha city jail.
IVngar. who is ah .Austrian * * *
lie boarded the blind baggage .11 North
V*latte with the intention of beating
hi* wav (o Omaha.
l»enie« Fart in Crime.
, He ■!> nied knowledge of t -.e • •
who true shot.
lie said hi* first ituhwv, —t V .
1 anything was wrong was wi it t -
iram stopped at Summit, and he
heard the shout* o( the clerk* a;>,
t the filing of the shot*. A few n
tnent* later b* was seirod
treble -aid he did not hellers !»•..
! gar tvh* tuvolvcd w ith the negro
"Probably a hum beating his way.
;as he says.'* said Cable.
Hold Inquest Today,
Til* body of th# ilo.i,l nos j *n
i removed to th# Jonea A Co. morgue.
No paper* wh oh might lea*! to h a
] idwnt mention wera found on him.
t'ounty Attorney Heal ant ut.
that a i ,U jU#f. w it l> 1,1 at
o'clock today. hut that for th# pro
em h# was accepting th# vcoi ■;
, IVsIoffto# Inapecior l otde that K
ton# Su*tif;M in th# shoottnir «:id th t .
he would not Order hull he'd
3 1-roc Stall' Soltlior
Killml li\ Kt'l'ol I nw!|u
Duhliti, March 1.1 —litre# 1m
Mat# aoldieta and one letrgttiar nog
Willed in ftghiinj; early today
Two 1'ree stnlrrc were kill'd di.
Ing a i l»«h with iwlwk in liuhlin cut
one l r#r staler and one i ln-1 we:
killed in a fishl al I Itnrh -town
The lishllns al Hwrlidentt t
lowed a laid upon ihc town hj trier ,
tart.
Slodinor Sink.*; ll* |)i<*
h'ioi- i n» Hollar,1 March SJ —Trot
lh .Uali •taamahiP Me i-illo w.ia a
off Htueuhank loday with tha loan f
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