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    Six Sleuths
Back to Beat
Under Butler
Two Sergeants and Four De
tectives Put Down—Three
Accept Drop to Rank
of Patrolman.
Four detectives and two detective
sergeants were "busted" by Police
Commissioner Dan Butler In city
council Tuesday.
They will walk beats. In uniform,
effective at once.
They are Detective Sergeants Fred
Talmtag and Ben Danhaum and De
tective* George Summitt, Frank Mur
phy. William Gurnett and M. J. Sul
livan.
A week ago. former Police Commis
sioner Dunn reinstated M. J. Sulli
van as a detective. Gurnett was one
of a list of patrolmen and detectives
whose appointments were confirmed
by the council at that time.
Murphy has just returned to duty
following a short absence, and Dan
baum returned from his vacation at
Tiajuana following the switch be
tween Commissioners Dunn and But
ler.
Summitt, Danhaum and Murphy an
nounced that they will accept their
demotions and walk beats. Summitt
will take a few days off. he said, re
turning to work April 2
“Too tnany detectives." was Com
missioner Butler's explanation of his
action Tuesday morning.
“We have altogether too many plain
ciothes men for the number of patrol
men on the force.”
He said that later on he might make
an appointment or two on the detec
tive staff, but that for the time being
the places of the demoted men would
remain vacant.
Detective Summitt for more than a
year was head of the old morals
squad.
To Observe Seniority.
Police Commissioner D. B. Butler,
commenting Tuesday morning on the
changes he has made in the police de
partment, stated that he intends to
observe the seniority rule as provided
for ih an ordinance which is In force.
“In the case of William Gurnett,”
the commissioner said, "I have de
moted him from the rank of detective
to patrolman. The records show that
Gurnett was appointed to the depart
ment in December. 1921, on six
rponths’ probation, and in less than
one year he was made a detective.
The ordinance requires that a man
■hail serve two years as patrolman
before being raised to rank of de
tective. I do not intend to see out
siders come Into the department and
jump over the heads of the men who
have given faithful service and arc
entitled to promotion."
Palintag to Stick.
•'Why sure Til stick.” was the com
ment of Fred Palmtag, when told of
his demotion. "If Butler’s game
enough to take the police department.
I'm game enough to stick, and I'll
make him a good little officer.”
"William Gurnett would make no
comment except that he plan* to re
sign.
Suicide Bank Cashier
Short $460,000 in Accounts
Kirksville, Mo., March 27.—It was
learned today that a shortage of ap
proximately *460 000 exists In the ac
counts of the Kirksville Trust com
pany. according to investigating au
thorities. The cashier of the bank,
I»nnie F. Gibbs, committed suicide In
the vault of the bank March 18.
Gibbs carried *600,000 life Insurance
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
W. Gibbs, -yesterday assigned *500.
000 of the amount to !>r. H. M.
Still, president of the i'itixens Na
tional bank, to protect depositors. Mr.
and Mrs. Gibbs were beneficiaries of
ths policies.
Revolt in Hungary.
Belgrade, March 57.—A serious
situation exists in Hungary with
fighting in progress between govern
ment forces and insurgents led by
General Kronoy, said advice* from
the frontier today. Many persons
are reported to have been killed and
wounded.
The trouble started when the value
of Hungarian money began to fall on
the exchange market and prices be
gan to rise strike was proclaimed.
Then fighting broke out. Demand is
being made that the government of
Count Bethlen at Budapest resign.
Early Morning' Buyers
Crowd Beddeo Fire Sale
Crowd* gathered at the entrance of
the Beddeo store on Douglas street
early Tuesday morning for the fire
sale being conducted by the company
as the result of a blaze which dam
aged the stock a week ago Sunday.
Firemen who battled the flames
wera given first choice of the stock
at reduced prices last night and early
this morning prior to the opening of
tha sale.
Daugherty’s Son
in Keenan Probe
Reported to Have Knowledge
of Blackmailer Suspect in
Murder of Model.
New York, March 27.—Assistant
District Attorney Pecora and Police
Inspector Coughlin today joined in an
active search for Draper M. Daugh
erty. only son of the attorpey general^
of the United States, to question him
concerning reports that he was a
friend of Dorothy Keenan, murdered
model, and that he might know of
a blackmailing ring using her as a
decoy.
It was pointed out that Daugherty,
if he is, pa reported, at Atlantic C.ty,
could not be compelled to come here
to tell his story but the inspector d -
dared he would be "glad to listen to"
Daugherty’s story.
Knew Girl Well.
Daugherty who served for two
years with the British army before
America entered the war, and then 1
became a major in the American ex
pedltionary forces, was quoted by the
newspaper as saying that he knew
Miss Keenan well, had visited her
apartment several times and on one
occasion had given her a check to
pay a bill she told him was pressing.
He began to suspect last Thursday,
after receiving a telephone call at a
New York club, that he, like the my*
terlous "Mr. Marshall,” Identified
Saturday as John Kearsley Mitchell,
wealthy and socially prominent Phila
delphian, was marked for a plucking
by blackmailers, he was quoted a.«
saying.
This call, he said, came from a man*
who had been dose to Miss Keenan. |
The speaker, he said, asked him how ,
about the job he had promised to get
for him in the U. S. Department of!
Justice, which Attorney General !
Daugherty, his father, controlled.
Admitting he earlier promised this
man to see what could he done for
him. Daugherty was quoted as saying
ho told the caller he had spoken to
a Mr. —— at Washington In his
behalf. The caller, he said, told him
nothing had developed and added that
Mr. Daugherty had to get the job for
him. Inquiring menacingly if he want
| ed his acquaintance with Miss Kee
nan to come out.
No Fear of Blackmailer.
Daugherty was quoted as InTltlng
the caller to come up and tuke a
thrashing. The called again on Sat
urday, ha wai quoted as saying, ask
ing again about the job In a more con
ciliatory tone, but getting the aarne
response from him.
Daugherty declared he had no fesr
that blackmailers could fasten any
thing discreditable upon him, as his
relations with the slain model had
been moat casual. He added that hl>
only regret, he said, was that his
father's nsme should have been drawn
into the Keenan case, particularly In
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As always, Fry’s Footwear for Spring
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“Angel” of Slain
New York Beauty
•John liar-dry Mitchell, who is
identified as the mysterious "Mr.
Marshall,'' and tile last person seen
with Dorothy Keenan, slain model.
It la now revealed that Mi«s Keenan
was murdered because she would
Hot consent to be a member of the
party which was to have blackmailed
Mr. Mitchell for $100,000.
view of the fart that both his father
ami his mother afe ill.
Daugherty was said to have been
acquainted with both of Miss Kee
nan's brothers, John and Frank, and
to have employed one of them for a
time in his automobile insuranco busi
ness here.
Ho laughed nt reports that his ap
peal to Miss Keenan had been so
strong that he had supplanted both
Mr. Mitchell and Alfred Hillmans, her
younger admirer, in her affections.
Grand Jury Gonvrnrs.
The federal grand Jury convened
Tuesday afternoon. No “big ’ case*
are to come up. according to Assist
ant Attorney George Keyset.
"Let States Vote
on 2.73 Beer”
IN. Y. Governor Asks Congress,
for "Reasonable Interpre
tation" of Dry Law.
—
Albany, N. Y.. March 17.—Governor |
Smith today made public a letter re
plying to United States Senator Fes*,
republican, Ohio, who recently took
exception to the action of the New
York legislature in memorializing con
gress for modification of the Volstead
act.
“We ask for a reasonable congres
sional interpretation of what con
stitutes an intoxicating beverege,’’
was the keynote of the governor’s
letter, whidi declared that New York
state was not asking laxity in en
forcement of the federal prohibition
laws.
“We have had illegal traffic in
liquor and official corruption,” said
the governor’s letter. "The latter is
clearly proved by the brevity of the
official life of many that represent
the government in the enforcement
of the Volstead act and the summary
removal or transfer from this dis
trict is usually under the shadow of
suspicion. The moving pictures
depicting the weekly news show a
fleet of rum boats lying outside of
the thro-mile limit. The smuggling
of whisky across the Canadian border
lias a notorious abuse.
“I am impressed by the figures that
you give of the vote In your own
state on 2.75 per cent beer as well
as the vote of Michigan and Califor
nia. Why not settle the question for
all time and provide for that vote
In every state, with congress fixing
2 75 per cent as a maximum alcoholic
content and allowing the popular vote
to fix the minimum?”
Omahan Elected President
of Seaboard Air Line Road
N. I>. Ballantlne, superintendent of
transportation of the Union Pa'.* c
system, has been made •-esident of
the Seaboard Air L"ie railroad, ac
cording to Information received in
Omaha. Mr. Ballantlne has been in
New York on business the last 10
days. This new position will no doubt
take Mr. Ballantlne to some south
ern city, J. E. Mack, his chief clerk,
stated.
Mr. Ballantlne came to Omaha from
Washington, I). C., two years ago.
The family resides at the Colbert
apartment.
George Gould, Sr., Near Death
By Hi* iMMiciuletl l*r*«9.
Mentone, France, March 27.—The
condition of George J. Gould, sr., of
New York, ill at the villa Zoraide near
here was reported today to be very
serious. Mr. Gould passed a very
bad night and It was stated this
morning that his death might occur
at any moment.
Raisin
Pie
The finest you Have ever
tasted is ready-baked for you by
large wholesale bakers and
neighborhood bake shops in your
town.
Just phone a grocer or one of
these shops and have one of
these luscious pies delivered, all
ready to serve.
Whv bake at home when there
is pie like this available? Try
one and see.
Made with delicious
Sun-Maid
Raisins
Had Your Iron Today?
JT i/son and McAdoo
(dash on Choice of
Colorado Senator
Denver, Colo., March 27.—William
G. MeAdoo, secretary of the treas
ury in the Wilson administration,
today telegraphed to Governor
Sweet of Colorado urging the gov
ernor to appoint Morrison Shafroth
of Denver, son of former I nlted
States Senator Shafroth, to the va
cancy in the Inited Stales senafte
caused by the death of Samuel D.
Nicholson.
Yesterday former President Wil
son telegraphed to Sweet asking the
governor to appoint Huston Thomp
son, now a member of the. federal'
trade commission. Thompson was
one of McAdoo's ardent supporters
for president at the last democratic
national convention at San Fran
cisco.
2 Women Perish, 50 Saved
in Burning Hospital
BT International New, Service.
Detroit. Mich., March 27.—Two wo
men lost their lives, according to word
received at the county building. 50
were carried to safety and 200 others
filed out of the burning building when,
fire destroyed building E of the Eloise
county hospital today.
At 1 o’clock hospital authorities ap
pealed to the Detroit fire department
for additional fir* apparatus.
The 50 rescued women were all bed
ridden. One woman was suffocated
and the other was burned to death.
The damage at this hour was esti
mated at more than $300,000.
Herbert P. Coates Named
Governor of Porto Rieo
Washington, March ?7;— rbert P.
Coates of Saranac V-.ke, t<7. Y., will
be the new attorney general ol^Porto
Rico, Seer' ary of War Weeks an
! nounctgt 'today. Coates will accompany
Hor've M. Towner, the new governor,
I to San Juan on Saturday.
Gan Talks With
j
Stinnes at Rome;
Orman Magnate Interested in j
lT. S. C. of C. Urge for
World Economic Meet.
By Auwlilnl Prrw.
Home March 27.—The American
delegates to the congress of the Inter
national Chamber of Commerce, which
closed here Saturday now have nearly
all left Rome. Elbert H. Gary, chair
man of the United States Steel cor
poration, who had a talk with Hugo
Stinnes, the German industrial mag
nate, during the latter's brief visit
here just after the close of the con
ference, went to Naples yesterday and
I sailed thence for Spain.
Herr Stinnes left Rome last night
after an exchange of views with Sig
nor Finzi, under secretary of the in
1 t«rior, acting for Premier Mussolini,
and passed through Bologna today on
1 his way back to Berlin.
While in Rome Herr Stinnes ,
j stopped at the same hotel at which [
the American delegates to the Cham ;
I her of Congress stayed. The local
J press considers his coming was due to
tho presence of so many influential
figures of the commercial and finan
cial world, the Americans especially,
and that he was particularly inter
ested in the American suggestion for
the calling of an international eco
nomic conference with a view to solv
ing the reparations, interallied debt
and stabilization of exchanges ques
tions. He is said to have expressed
the belief that such a conference
should be held in the United States.
Gifford Suit Dismissed.
District Judge Redick Tuesday
dismissed the suit brought by Isabel
Gerlarh against Dr. Harold Gifford,
for >15,000. charging that through
negligence in the performance of an
operation, she lost the sight of one
eye.
For your Faster
Flowers visit Rogers /
Flower Shop. You y
will find the largest
and best assortment
of Easter blooming t
plants in the city
at very reasonable
prices. t
Phone your orders
today — will get
prompt delivery.
Wo deliver for you
at any city in the
l'. 5. A. on short
notice.
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Member Flori»t Telegraph Delivery
Most Stunning School
Girls Don’t Bob Hair
Although bobbed hair Is the pre
vailing style in Central High school
neither Jeanette Weare nor Verona
Devore, winners In the annua! elec
tion of the moat stunning girls and
the best in other respects, follow
that fashion.
Gilbert Reynolds, captain of the bas
ket ball team, won the majority of
honors among the boys as the best
all around fellow. Wallace Pollard was
chosen the best looking boy. Walter
Albach won honors in the initiative,
section, and Dominick Manoli as the
bast student.
The best student picked from the
girls Is June Rosaen. Miss Rebecca
Moore is the beat dressed of the Cen
tral beauties, while Doris Pinkerton
and Dorothy Sherman are declared
the most popular and the best all
around girls, respectively.
Lights in Hennery Incite
Biddy to Lay More Egg'
H niton. Me, March 27. — Anothei
farmer has fooled the chickens with
artlflcal "daylight saving.'
W. McCrackin living near here
wired his chicken house- and at 4 3<>
a. m. turns on the lights.
Judge Dies on Train.
St. Paul, March 27.—Judge John
Donald Cameron of Winnipeg. Man
died suddenly on a train yesterday.
Heart disease was given as the cause
of death.
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