V ir«rinians Take
O
Stand Against
Colonial Concern
J our Testify for Government
in Fraud Case — Claim
Made Concern's Land
Taxed to Others.
Ira S. Mottensheard, clerk of the
1'nited States court at Charleston,
AV. Va., testified Friday afternoon In
the Colonial mail fraud case In fed
eral court here.
A decision was handed down tn that
court decently, holding that Walter
1.. Stickel, one of 16 defendants in
Hie case here, lias no title to 12,000
res of AVest A'irginia ‘land, part of
700,000 acres claimed by the Colonial
Timber & Coni corporation.
C. AV. Campbell of Huntington,
W. A’a., attorney for the plaintiff in
that case, is here to testify for the
government.
I.inroln Couple Testify.
'John Zimmerman and Mrs. Carrie
Cropsry of Lincoln told of their in
vestments in Guaranty Securities
company stock.
"I reckon you mou’t not meet up
with anyone In a tolabie walk oveh
the land," said S. K. Bradley, office
holder in Boone county, AVest Vir
ginia, for many years.
Tlie soft, meandering southern ac
cent is becoming familiar to western
ears as one after another of 48 men
from AVest Virginia is testifying for
the government in the big case.
I m uffled Witnesses.
Spectators remark the calm, un
ruffled manner of each of these wit
nesses. Not one has shown the least
excitement or temper, even under
sternest cross examination by the 15
defense attorneys.
Mr. Bradley said James B. Ellison
called on him in June, 1919, in re
gard to having certain large tracts
put on the tax books in the name of
AValter L. Stickel. Stickel paid one
year's tuxes, believing this gave him
title to the 709,000 acres which the
Colonial concern now claims. Both
Stickel and Ellison were indicted in
tho present case, but Ellison has
never been found.
"When you put these lands on the
tax rolls and Stickel paid the taxes
in 1919, they were already assessed
to various other persons ‘who had
been paying the taxes, were they not?"
asked W. C. Dorsey, “government at
torney.
"Yes. sir," replied Bradley.
C. II. Nelson, clerk of the county
court of Boone county, testified that
Stickel paid taxes on 54,000 acres in
that county in 1919.
Lincoln Women Buyers.
Mrs. M. E. Reid of Lincoln testified
that she was induced to buy $2,600
worth of Guaranty Security company
stock and Mrs. Louisa Fawcett of
Lincoln told of her purchase of $500
worth of Guaranty Securities paper.
First District Club Women
Will Meet at Terumseli
Sow-Ini lb-patch to The Omaha Bee.
Tecumseh, Neb., March 20.—The
20th annua# convention of the First
district Nebraska Federation of
Women's clubs will bo held in
Tecumseh, Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. The district embraces
seven counties, (Hoc, Gass, Nemaha.
Pawnee, Riehardson. Lancaster and
Johnson, and from 100 to 150 dele
gates are expected. In addition, clubs
of nearby towns have signified their
intentions of driving to this city in
bodies to attend some of the sessions.
Tlie convention theme will he "Educa
tiorr."
Rccei\crs \ppoiiiteil lor
()on-ta111i11<* Refingii'S! Tirm
Muskogee, Ok I , March 30.—Receiv
cis for tlie Constantine Refining com
pany of Tulsa, one of tlie largest in
dependent operators in the mid-con
tinent oil field, were appointed h.v
•Judge Rotieit IWilliams, in United
States district court here yesterday
on petition of the Spltzer-Roerlck
Trust and Savings bank of Toledo,
O., it became known today. The peti
tion charged the company had de
faulted in payments on a *5,00ol0O0
bond issue.
Norfolk News Service Man
W ill Join Omaha Bee Staff
Slirr'lll Ofspntell to Till- Om»h» Iter.
Norfolk, Neb., March 30.—Rome
Benedict, service manager for the
Norfolk Daily News, has resigned to
accept a position with The Omaha
Bee.
Crop Promise CoocJ.
Special IllspaU-b lo The Omaha lire.
SMney. Ncli.. March 30.—Ground
conditions in Cheyenne county prom
ise a splendid crop this season. A
foot of snow which fell l ist week has
all .soaked Into the ground cvi nly and
without washing any. Moisture is
down 10 to )3 inches and a great deal
of spring seeding will tie started just
os soon ns there is enough dryness
to permit It.
W yniorc Plank Paving.
Sprcinl liinpnlrlf t*» The Omslm l*«c.
W.vrnorc, Neb , March 30.—The J.
L. Watts < '(instruction company of
Concordia. K;m., was awarded a $70,*
000 paving contract in Wymorr Tho
t|jM?ri( t covers 21,000 squat a yards of
saving. Mrick will ha used.
Baity Accidentally Poisoned.
>l»frlnl to The Omalm It^.
Grand Island, Neb., March .30.—
Gwendolen. 1 1 - year-old daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. 1 'a rl Larsen, died
from the effects of rat poison which
she accidentally found and ate.
I'riilay Coldest March
dll on Record Here,
Weather Man Says
All weather bureau records here
for low temperature on March 30
were smashed Friday when the liter
mounter here flipped lo 17 at 10
Ibis morning, fanned by a gale front
I In- north which will brine much
colder weal Iter, according to Meteor
ologist Rollins.
The wildcat heretofore was IH,
registered on March 30, IKS7.
Thniifh the thermometer usually
rises after 7 in the morning, il
dropped violently Friday from 70 at
Y dun il lo il J 10 u 'cluck
Oil Inspection Tax
Is Unconstitutional
Special Dicpnkh to The Omaha Bee.
! Lincoln. March 30.—The law that
I provides for a tax of 6 rents a barrel
to pay the cost of gasoline inspection
! was declared unconstitutional in a de
I clsion handed down by the Nebraska
! supreme court in the case of the Cen
tury Oil company against the state
department of agriculture. The case
| involved oil Inspection fees amounting
1 to $43,000. The suit is reversed and
I remanded.
j The state won the case in the dis
| trict court of Douglas county, but the
| oil company appealed. Inspection
I fees were paid under protest and have
been held as a separate fund by the
state.
In its decision, the Yiigli court says
that 6 cents is more than the actual
cost of the inspection and, therefore,
illegal. It is suggested that if the
same charge had been made as an
excess tax or tevenue producer, it
would be a different question.
Inspection of oil and gasoline is the
main source of revenue for the bureau
of food, drugs and oil. The fees in
1922 amounted to $150,000.
Osterman Railway Bill
Is Advanced by House
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, March 30.—The Osterman
bill, which makes it impossible for
the railway commission or any rate
fixing c-orgrnlssion in Nebraska to tlx
any rate, excepting the maximum,
was advanced to third reading in the
lower house by a vote of 57 to 21.
The contention of those favoring
(ho bill was that under present con
ditions competition was stifled be
cause the maximum rate fixed by" the
railway commission is also the mini
mum rate, and as a result, competing
companies cannot compete in any
thing but service.
Senate Committee Favors
Sunday Theater Closing
Special Dispatch to Tlie Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. March 30.—Senate file No.
1S». which calls for Sunday dosing
of all picture shows and theaters in
tile state, was given a favorable recom
mendation today bv the senate com
mittee on public welfare.
Senator .T. L. Larkin of Omaha cast
the only dissenting vote.
Heretofore matters of Silnday clos
ing have been settled by city coun
cils. This bill, if passed, will make
it a state law. The bill must row
he considered by the entire member
ship of the senate.
Kail Freight Shipments
Show 27 Per Cent Increase
Washington, March 30.—During (he
last quarter of 1922 railroads carried
27 per cent more freight than they
did during the same period of 1921.
the Interstate Commerce commission
reported today, basing its summary
on reports from all Class 1 roads,
which control more than 90 per cent
of the country's total rail mileage. The
total number of tons of freight orig
inating on the lines during the three
months ending December 31. the com
mission found, was 313,033.663. against
246.4S9.9S9 tons during the correspond
ing period of the previous year.
Increases were particularly noted in
the shipments of manufacturers and
miscellaneous commodities. which
were 60,238,381 tons of the 1922 quar
ter's total, an increase of 36 per cent
over the 1921 period and in products
of mines, which amounted to 171.363,
000 tons, or 30.5 per cent more than
in the 1921 quarter.
Unions Oppose Price Out
by Sioux (iity Barbers
Sioux City, la., March 30.—Injunc
tions to restrain proprietors of two
burlier shops from lengthening theip
hours of work and cutting prices are
asked by the barbers' union, local No.
52, in two petitions riled in district
court.
The petitions assert that the two
named reduced the price of shaves to
20 cents and all 60 cent items to 35
Tents in violation of un agreement
; lhey are said to have made with the
1 union. It is also charged that th«*y
.are opening tl\efr shops one hour ear
; liar than the time fixed liy the un
ion.
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Gardening Succezi
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bulbs. All thry naad la frrtile aoil
and proprr earr.
Ask tha prop!# of Omaha who
have os ad thesa aards. Thry will
t#ll you ♦hat thry usa no othrr.
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paste Insure* any woman a clear, hair
less skin. To prepare the piisie. ml*
it llltl" of the powdered delstons with
some water, then apply to the objee
tlonulile hairs fur two or three niln
utce. When the paste is removed, and
the skin washed, every trace df hulr
will have vanished. No pain nttenda
the use of (he dt'lutons an I Jt will
not mar (he most sensitive akin, hut
(o Insure remits, ace that you *et
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Both Sides Rest
Case in Michigan
Communist Trial
*
i Foster Admits He ^ ished to
See Government of lf. S.
Replaced by Workers’
Dictatorship.
By AswrlatH I’rraa,
St. Joseph. Mich., March 30.—Both
i sides in the trial of William 'A. Fos
i ter, under the Michigan criminal syn
I dicalism law, rested their case late
this afternoon, and court was adjourn
ed until next Tuesday morning, when
: arguments to tho jury will begin.
The state prosecutors felt satisfied
| as to the outcome when they obtained
| the frank admission from Foster on
| the witness stand that he wished to
see the government of the United
States supplanted by a workers' dic
tatorship in accordance with the com
munistic philosophy which he is advo
cating. The transaction, he said,
probably would result in a soviet form
of government similar to that at pres
ent in Russia, although he would not
regard this as necessary or altogether
advisable.
At the close of the case. Judge
Charles E. White etated that he would
permit in evidence the book called the
'A B C of Communism." which was
offered by the state and which had
previously been rejected. In this
hook there are statements of commu
nistic philosophy which are interpret
ed by the state to advocate force and
violence in overthrowing the govern
ment.
Foster was examined at length this
afternoon from a red-covered book en
titled "Syndicalism," of which he and
E. C. Ford were the joint authors.
This book was published 13 years ago ;
in Chicago and was withdrawn from
circulation after a few months. Fos- (
ter declared that he had since publicly
repudiated It and in his speeches and
writings he had never since that time
advocated any of the incendiary
methods which he preached while he
was a syndicalist. The book figured
extensively in the United Slates sen
ate investigation of the steel strike.
Grand Island Woman
Attempts to Kill Self
Special nlupatrb to Tba Omaha Bee.
Grand Island, Neb., March 30.—Dur
ing an alleged liootch party, Mrs.
Leon Hardenbrook swallowed a quan
tity of poison with announced suicidal
Intent. In the party was her sister,
Mrs. Campbell; B. J. Hofherr and a
second man whose identity police
were unable to learn.
Conflicting stories were told by Mrs.
Campbell and Hofherr. The sister
states that they visited the cemetery,
where, upon leaving the graves of
their parents, Mrs. Hardenbrook in
despondency took the poison. The
man declares that she attempted to
take her own life when he spurned her
love for him.
She wa staken to a hospital, where
physicians were unable to tell wheth
er she will recover. The quantity of
poison taken was sufficient to kill
several persons, they say.
Body of Man Missing Eight
Months Found in Ifotcl Room
San Francisco, March 30.—The
body of Krnest Schade, €3, an in
ventor, was found in his room in a
hotel today, and the police expressed
the belief that it had been there since
he disappeared eight months ago. A
revolver was clutched in his hand and
there was evidence of a wound In the
head.
Politician Quits Klan.
Chicago, March 30.—A letter from
Lawrence Lyons, chairman of the re
publican state central committee of
Indiana, to the American Unity league,
an organization opposed to the Ku
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Chicago, March 30.—Edmund f*.
Bewail, vice president of the Chicago
Milwaukee A St. I’aul railway, died
today-at Ills home here of to ate pnou
monla. lie was born at Wilmington,,
Del., in 1855, and since September,
li>82. had been in the service of the
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