Baylor Opposes
Fontenelle Sale
\
to E.C. Eppley
Trustee Answers Petition for
(^editors’ Meeting to Com*
plete Sale—Declares
Offer Indefinite.
Lincoln, March 16. — (Special.) — F.
H Baylor, trustee in bankruptcy for
the Nebraska Building and Invest
ment company and the Nebraska
Hotel company, filed answer yesterday
in federal court to the petition of the
creditors of the hotel company,
wherein they asked that a meeting
of creditors be called to consider the
offer of Eugene C. Eppley of $1*00,000
for the properties of the companies.
The trustee is opposed to the calling
of such meeting.
Mr. Baylor informs the court that
none of the properties has come into
his possession, and he has, therefore,
been unable to make an appraisal or
inventory of them as required by the
national bankruptcy act. Because of
this fact, h^ cannot judge the reason
ableness of the Eppley offer.
Offer Is Indefinite.
It Is alleged by the trustee that the
Eppley offer is indefinite, involving
a mutual waiver and settlement of
claims and demands, while Eppley has
failed to inform the trustee of the
nature and extent of his claims,
i The. Eppley bid. Mr. Baylor says,
contemplated the deduction from the
purchase price of the $180,000 paid by
the purchaser to \V. E. Barkley, as
receiver, which receivership and sale
have been declared void by the Ne
braska supreme court. The trustee
says that the right of such deduction
is still in dispute.
Miller Has Claims.
Trustee Baylor says the shares of
stock of the Interstate Hotel com
pany, owner cf the Fontenelle lease,
cannot be transferred to Eppley, as
contemplated by his offer, until the
rights of Home Miller, who claims to
lia\e purchased said stock, have been
adjudicated. The Fontenelle cannot
be let to Mr. Eppley at a stipulated
monthly rental, as proposed by him,
for the reason that the lease and
equipment belong to the Interstate
Hotel company, which is not bank
rupt and over which the trustee has
no jurisdiction.
Mr. Baylor considers the offer of
Mr. Eppley indefinite arid unsatisfac
tcry and asks that it not be accepted.
Drainage District Must
Pay for Damage to Farm
Fremont, Neb., March 16.—(Special.)
- The Idlewild Farm company was
awarded $13,150 in a deotson handed
down against the Eikhorn river
drainage district in district court t>y
fudge L. W. Colby, Beatrice, who
recently took the case under advise
ment.
Negligence on the part of the de
fendant in failure to protect the
hanks of the Eikhorn river near the
Idlewild farms, it was claimed, was
the cause of considerable damage to
land and property owned by the plain
tiff. The Eikhorn river drainage dis
trict comprises about 40,000 acres
north and northeast of Fremont. In
I b 10 and 1011 steps were taken to
straighten the flow of the Eikhorn
river by a series of cutoff ditches.
One of these distriels, it is alleged,
was placed at right angles to the
course of the river, and the defendant
failed to take steps that would pro
ject the property at the turn.
When the river broke through the
ditch, over 50 acres of land was lost,
the plaintiff asserted. Of the damages
awarded. $12,500 pays for damages
•o the land, and the balance for pro
tection work done in the attempt to
save the property from the ravages
of the overflow. This is the- first
■ rtso of ils kind to appear in Nebras
ka courts, attorneys declared.
Steamer Sinks: 12 Die
Flushing, Holland, March 16.—The
Hi lish steamship Merville was sunk
off Steenbank today with the loss of
12 lives.
Lord’s Son Wins Divorce Suit
Denying Paternity of Child
British society was stirred to the depths by the trial of the sensational
divorce suit which Hon. John Hugo Bussell, sou and heir of Ixird Amplhill,
former viceroy of India, brought against his beautiful wife, denying the
paternity of her child. A former suit brought a verdict for Mrs. Bussell,
from which the husband appealed.
London, March 16.—A verdict in favor of tiie plaintiff was rendered to
day in the sensational divorce action brought by Hon. John Hugo Russell,
son of Lord Ampthill, against his beautiful young wife, Christiabel Hart
Russell. This was the second divorce action the husband had brought, the
first helng in favor of the wife.
Russell denied the paternity of his wife’s baby, naming E. J. Mayer, a
former resident of New York City, co-respondent.
Russell obtained a divorce on the grounds of infidelity.
The Jury exonerated Mayer, but found Mrs. Russell guilty of misconduct
with another man whose name was not revealed.
Crushed lo Death
by Switeh Engine
J c
Traok Worker Dragged tO
Feet Before Locomotive
Is Stopped.
Hallek Pagin, 4416 Avenue D. Coun
cil Bluffs, was crushed to death by a
switch engine itt the Burlington rail
road yards at Seventh and Douglas
streets Thursday. The inan was em
ployed by the railroad as a track la
borer and was repairing a section of
track at the time of his death.
The engine was backing down tho
track drawing a string of freight
cars. Owing to the height of the
tender the engineer was unable to see
what was on the track directly ahead
of the locomotive and had ordered the
fireman to keeep the bell ringing. Pa
gin failed lo hear tho bell and did not
see the engine. He was caught under
the trucks of the tender and dragged
Modern Conceptions of
Christ
Are Being Discussed
Sunday Evenings
First Methodist Church
20th and Davenport
J. W. G. FAST, Minister
Sunday Evening, 7:45
“THE PASSING OF THE
THIRD FLjOOR BACK"
BETTY'
A New Easter Arrival
A slipper that differs
from all others.
*
A tonRucless oxford enhanced by
little cutouts which permit the
hrijfht sheer hosiery to peck
through. *
Fashioned of all black satin and
trimmed with black suede. Also
patent leather vamp with gray
suede buck and trimmlnff*
frivol
P
fAoda s rn\ty
* ■ R 'VtuU CWTfAottt
W ?n
40 feet before the engine could be
stopped.
When the engine had been brought
to a stop, the man was so securely
wedged under the trucks that It took
the combined efforts of five men to
pull him loose. His head was crush
ed and the upper part of the body was
badly mangled.
The body was jemoved to lleafey
A lleafey undertaking parlors, where
it is being held pending a search for
relatives by police.
A new photogiaphie priming ma
chine has been invented which makes
1.500 prints an hour from one nega
tive.
Suspects Given
Clean Bill in Klan
Kidnaping Case
Grand Jury Fails to Return
Indictments in Morehouse
Probe—Unable to Find'
Sufficient Evidence.
Bastrop. La.. March 18.——No
ii ciictments were returned by the
Morehouse parish grand jury in ron
i nection with the slaying of Watt Dan
! jel and T. F. Richard on August 24.
and various hooded hand activities,
which the jury has been investigating
for the past 10 days. The jury's re
port was given to District Judge Fred
Odom late yesterday.
Attorney General Coco and two of
his assistants left hero before the
grand Jury made its report. Mr. Coco
stated yesterday that in event no
indictments were returned he would
tile bills of information against cer
tain persons named at the open
hearing here in January as having
participated in mob activities. He
did not state, however, whether this
action would he taken immediately.
In its report the grand Jury re
ferred to the masked band case as
"the deplorable crime of August 24"
and stated that, while it had gone
thoroughly into the affair, it could
find no evidence that would warrant
| the indictment of any individuals.
Five Men Kidnaped.
On August 24, 1!>22. five citizens of
Mer Rouge, T. F. Richard, Watt Dan
iel, his father, J. L. Daniel, W. C. An
drews and "Tot'* Davenport, were ab
ducted on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge
! road. The abductors, estimated at
I from 15 to 20 men, placed the five in
a truck and drove away. Late that
! night. J. L. Daniel and Andrews were
| released after being flogged, while
i Davenport was released without pun
i ishment. Richard and Watt Daniel
; disappeared.
i Relatives of the missing men In
; elsted they had been murdered and
I enlisted the aid of Governor Parker
! 2 Big Weeks
of Evangelistic
Services
at the
First Christian Church
26th and Harney Streets
Beginning Tomorrow
Night
and e\ery night, *a\e Saturday, till
Faster at 7:45 o'clock by the pastor
Dr. George It. Miller
Congregational Singing WUI
Be Ied by
A B PALMER
Assisted by Chorus Choir
*1 Lr rer- * DouoiAs^ v
Out of the Ordinary Values
In Men’s and Young Men’s
TWO PANT
Omaha'* greated two-pant suit
value*. Clothe* individualized
by exceptional tailoring. Clothe*
you'll take a pride in wearing.
Clothe* that will render you the
fulled measure of aatUfaction.
Fast color guaranteed fadeless Blue Serge Suits.
Fancy Worsteds, Cassimeres, Tweeds; suits in
one, two and three-button effects; single and
double-breasted; jazz and conservative effects.
Snappy Styled New Spring
SUITS
And they are wonders; fine all
wool fabrics; styles with a strong
appeal to the high school lad; suits
built for real service.
Drop in at the Palace Saturday. Store Open
Select one of these super value Saturday Evenings
suits. All sizes, 32 to 36. Until 9 O’Clock
in the search. In September. De
partment of Justice men appeared in
Morehouse parish to investigate th#
j ease. Their deductions were that
1 Richard and Daniel had been mur
dered and their bodies cast from the
Eastland ferry landing into Lake La
fourche, 25 miles from here.
Bodies Found In Lake.
On December 21, Governor Parker
ordered a company of Infantry of the
State National guard Into Morehouse
to drag the lakes In search of the
bodies.
In the early morning hours two
days later, the troops engaged In
a skirmish with a boatload of men
j on Lake Cooper.
i While this was In progress, dyna- !
j mlting occurred on Lake Lafourche,
I 20 miles away, where, the next morn
ing the bodies of two men bound with
telephone wires and badly mutilated,
were found floating on the surface of
1 the lake, surrounded by thousands
j of dead fish. The bodies were ldentl
I fied as those of Richard and Daniel.
The open hearing revealed stories of
- abductions, deportations, floggings, ,
sending of threatening notes and de
: tails of the circumstances leading to
disappearance of the men who were
! murdered. These crimes were charged
to hands of black-hooded men accused
of being members of the Morehouse
Ku Klux Klan. Names of many !
klansmen were associated with the .
crimes. The black hood was identi j
fied as part of the raiding regalia of
! ths parish klan.
A grand Jury was drawn on March
5 and the evidence recorded at the
' opening hearing was placed before it
i by the attorney general and his as
sistants. Many of the important
; witnesses appeared for direct cross
: examination.
Kipht Members of I. W. W.
Convicted of Syndicalism
Los Angeles, March 16.—Eight al
leged members of the Industrial Work
ers of the World were found guilty of
criminal syndicalism by a Jury In the
supreme court here yesterday. Five of
them were convicted on two counts
and the other three on one.
TRINITY CATHEDRAL
(Episcopal)
18th and Capitol Avenue
In the Heart of Downtown
4:30 P. M. 4:30 P. M.
Sunday, March 18th, 1923
ORGAN RECITAL
BEN STANLEY, Organist
Assisted by
Austin L. Vickery. Tenor
Omaha Firm Gets .
$12,000,000 Job
Contract for New Railroad
Given Peterson, Shirley
and Grunther.
John P. Shirley, 3870 Farnam street, ,
of the firm of Peterson, Shirley &
Grunther, Omaha contractors, an
nounced Thursday that his organiza
tion has been awarded by the Middle :
States Oil company of New York the i
contract for the construction of 830 j
miles of railroad between Casper,
Wyo., and Miles City, Mont.
The cost of the construction, ac- I
cording to Mr, Shirley, will run be- j
tween $10,000,000 and $12,000,000. |
Three lines of telephone and telegraph j
wire will be strung. Over 50.000 tons ;
of steel rails and approximately 1,000,- I
000 ties will be used.
Work will start at one*. The three 1
members of the firm will leave Sun
day to supervise Construction work ;
personally. The line Is to be finished :
ty the end of the year.
The Middle States Oil company has j
Forget the
W eather!
Don’t Miss This Sale
200
Charming
Spring Hats
Saturday Only!
$295
Hats for every type and taste
—newest favorites for spring
wear. Ridiculously priced to
win trade Saturday, regardless
of the weather.
Julias Otkin
1512 Douglas
Saturday Morning
Sensational, Unheard of
Values Written all over this
v SALE
\ of 100 New Spring
nsuirs
^ \ Vew Tork manufacturer shipped
TJ ns rvartlT 100 new Suits to sell
5 fur him, at a sacrifice. at once.
M fhe prire doesn't coser the cost of
material.
You’ve never seen such beautiful
suits offered so radically low. They
never intended to sell for such a
significantly low price.
Kinely tailored all-wool
• ulla of Nary Polret
Twill and Tricotine,
beautifully lined with
crepe de chine and a:!k.
A dozen fetching etylee
— of which two are lllue
trated Size range com
plete—16 to 44 HERE
IS TOUR "SUIT OPPOR
TUNITY AND SALE. '
I
Values to $39.50
“Values” Predominate
Sale of “Stout Dresses!”
Only 3.3 Stylish Stout Dress** In tb.
lot—»n opportunity for S3 *toui
women to resp a harvest of.many
saved dollars. We'll close them all
out Saturday In a "clean-up" com
plete. liegular value* to 935.00
Finest of all-wool tricotines and poiret twills (a tew silks
included). In becoming slenderising stout models.
Sises aaVj to j«Vi
holdings in Texas and Oklahoma and
has secured territory nor'h of Casper.
The new line will use the North
western tracks for 14 riles out of*
Casper and will Join the Chicago,
Milwaukee ft St. Paul road at Miles
City. _ _
South High Commercial
Pupils Entered in Meet
Nearly two dozen commercial pupils
at South High school will go to Fre
mont, Neb., a week from Saturday to
participate in ^he district contest of
commercial pupils held under
auspices of the State Tathers’ asso
ciation. Winners at the district con
test will be entered In the state con
test to be held later.
Competition will be in typewriting,
short hand, penmanship and spelling.
Entrants from local business colleges
and even frotn universities also
take part in the contest.
Commercial pupils from Centr.i
High school probably will take pai
in a district contest at Plattsmoutl^
Neb. __
40.000 frigndlv
cmtomro since 1912
Our quality work and our
exceptionally low price*
have made u* the leading
j Dentist* in the middle
west.
• You Above All Must Be Satisfied"
cWWC*nn*q Dentists
1524 Famim St. * ~ - * Omaha
OS’diard&WilMffl Co.
SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS
Saturday
we shall hold a sale of
Automatic Da Beds
•
The Automatic is a good couch or settee by day and by right a
comfortable, full-siee bed, convertible by such simple means that
a child can work it. The construction is almost indestructible.
Every bed is fitted with attractive flounced cretonne covering. ,
There are just 15 of these
beds, former price $45.00,
and while they last they will
be sold at .
_
The Curtain with a Fringe
Undoubtedly the season's most popular
curtain for first floor use is the curtain with a fringe.
Shown in coarse neta, tu scans, casement, filet and other
styles of net. Commencing at 4 25 per pair and up, * •
by easy stages to $24,00 P»:r.
Coarse net, plain center and bordered bottoms, per pair . $4.25
Figured All-Over Curtains, per pair. $5.75
Plain or Figured Effects, per pair .$6.75
Quaker Quality Tuscan. Net Curtains, per pair, $7.50 to $8.00
New Designs in Filet Net, per pair .$8.00
Other Unusual Novelty Effects at, pair.$10,75
Shantung Net Curtains, per pair.$16.75
Casement Net Curtains, per pair.$17.50 to $18.75
Filet Grandee Curtains, per pair.$18.00 to $22.50
Yard Goods
Should you prefer to make your own curta.ns, by reason of your
windows being unusually small or large, we are showing a large
variety of these same style nets by the yard, in the coarse or tus
can quality at 65c, 85c, $1.00 and $1.35 per yard.
In the casement styles at $2.00, $2.50 and $2.75 per yard;
with fringes to match at 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c, 75c, 85c, $1.00,
$1.25 and $1.50.
o—-o
New Lamps
Our first showing of new lamps will de
light the woman looking for stylish
things for her home. We axe showing
wonderful creations in metal leaf fin
ish and WTought metal. Shades are
Georgette in colors to go with new fur
niture coverings and drapes.
A Special Bridge Type
Is offered in two-tone walnut with Georgette
shade. The combination will compare favorably
with lamps and shades at
$45.00. Our price ..
O-O
Rag Rugs
New Oval Rag Rugs—
in many charming color combi
nations. They are closely woven
and extra heavy. This old-fash
ioned atyle revived gives you a
serviceable rug that fits many
a corner to perfection.
24x36. each 3.50
27x84, each «.25
36x72. each 10.7.5
No-Fade Oilcloth Hit
and Miss Rugs—
Made from oil cloth rags, thesa
rug* are ideal for kitchen or
bathroom use. They can ba
cleaned by ordinary scouring.
S0\60. each 1.50
IfitiSO. each 1.75
Linoleums
Good Quality
Printed Linoleum—
We are offering a well painted
and varnished grade of lino
leum in 6-foot and 12-foot
width* in good, clean, cheerful
patterns, at per nquare yard.
$1.10 and $1.25
Armstrong: $ and
Nairn’s Inlaids—
This linoleum is made from
Cork and Linseed oil. impreg
nated with colors. The color
of each trio goe« through to tha
■strong burlap base, giving you
a fabric that cannot wear off.
Price per square yard.
$1.50 ancf $1.75
Expert leavers and Measure Men
Estimate Without Cost to You.