Nebraska Newspapers

    The < imaha Morning Bee_
VOL. 52.—NO. 250. £2? p. VuS? ahuY. OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1923.* ’Iff Ik?1 *!»? &.TT 1WQ CENTS * C^""‘
Condra Is
Attacked
in House
Chairman of Investigator*
Tells of Universiy Instruc
tor's Dealing in Com
pany That Failed.
Normal Courses Are Cut
K.v P. C. POWELL,
Staff Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. April 4.—Reducing courses
taught in Nebraska’s four schools
from four years to two years, adopted
by an almost three to'l vote, and a
bitter attack on Dr. George E. Condra,
l ead of the conservation and soil sur
vey department of the state univer
sity. featured consideration of the
blanket house appropriation bill to
nay. During the debate Representa
ble James Auten displayed a pholo
uvaphic copy of stock certificates for
MOO,000 issued to Dr. Condra by a
stock-selling concern in Lincoln which
is .now In bankruptcy and in which
hundreds of thousands of dollars
were lost. The proposal to cut normal
school courses two years came like a
bombshell, when the normal school
appropriation was reached. Garber
of Red Cloud made the motion. It
was worded as follow-:
“That it is the sense of this body
that the four-year normal courses be
■ ut to two.’’
Debate Is Spirited.
Spirited deltute followed. After the
vote wus taken. Garber prepared a
motion to reduce the normal school
appropriations 53 1-3 per cent. The
total normal school aptp-opriations
recommended was $1,270,000. This
represents a reduction of approxi
mately *425,000. Before Garber could
introduce his resolution, an adjourn
ment was forced. The argument ad
vanced in favor of the Garber motion
was that at present four normal
fehools, in the last part of their
courses were duplicating university in
ruction, and instead of one univer
s ty, Nebraska taxpayers were spend
ing their money for one big univer
sity and four miniature universities.
In opposition to this contention was
the charge that legislators were play
ing into the hands of high priced
Lincoln retailers and university boost
ers. that pupils and parents to get a
higher education would literally be
forced to pay higher rentals, higher
social requirements, all of which, it
was claimed, are necessary parte of
university life in Lincoln.
-In other words, every other edu
cational center in Nebraska win be
come a hack yard for Lincoln, which
now has the cream of state appropria
ttons,’’ Regan of ColumbuV a demo- j
• rat, said in explaining his negative
vote.
Condra I* Attacked.
Charges against Dr. Condra were
made when the house began consid
eration of a >20,000 appropriation for
the department of conservation and
soil survey. Auten moved that the
entire appropriation be eliminated.
Auten was chairman of the university
investigation commit(ee.
"I want to see the university re
gents discharge Dr. Gondra." Auten
said ns a preface to his remarks.
"Our investigation committee has
proof and affidavits to show that the
doctor used prestige of his position
to sell stock, which has proved nearly
worthless, that lie used the state mo
"ii picture machine to take pictures
"f the stock selling company's plant
n Lincoln and showed pictures of
these buildings over tire state while
(Turn In Page Two. < oliimn Two.)
Wife of Stanton Farmer
Is Granted Divorce
Harry Tutin. 61, wealthy Stanton
l.Xob.t farmer, was ordered to pay Iris
wife. Emma, ««. *4.0'0 alimony fol
lowing a stormy two days' divorce
hearing before District Judge Day in
court of domestic relations.
Day iiiao awarded Mrs. Tulin an
absolute divorce and >30 a month for
the support of their 10-year-old child.
Mrs. Tutin testified of her hus
bands alleged brutal treatment dur
ing their 10 years of married lif».
She stated that shortly after they
were married Tutin told her that kiss
ing was silly and would not kiss her.
Kidnaped Catholic Priest
Reported on Way Home
|t,r AMorlattd rr***.
New York. April 4.—A telegram
Irom Buffalo, signed “r- 1 Perrlne.”
whs received today at Knights of Co
lumbus headquarters here suiting
that Rev. J. A. Vraniak of Vlrden,
ill, reported kidnaped In Venire, III..
,,n March 5, had been "captured from
I is abductors” and was lieing return
'd to Ills home. The telegram, which
solve Perrtne's address only as "The
.Square,” was address'd to John B.
Kennedy, editor of Columbia, a maga
zine published by the Knigltts of ‘ o
iumbus. Mr. Kennedy expressed be
lief that the telegram was not a hoax.
Cpidemic of V iolenre
Reported Among Kskimoe
Regina. Hask.. April \ —An epidem
ic of violence has broken out among
the unusually kindly and docile Cskl
mos, declares tho annual report of the
Royal Canadian Mounted police for
the year ending September 30, 1972.
"At present.” says the report, "we
have under arrest on ' barges of mur
der or related crimes no fewer than
nino of these people, three at Bonds
Inlet Ion tho northern const of Baf
ftnlan'l), five at. Mcrsehrl bland and
one at Toreo river. The number of
deaths Involved Is 13 and of there
three are white men.
Cuban Cabinet Resign*.
Hr rnlrerml 1«*«\
H.tv.mti, April 4. Th«* < il.iit cabi
mt icsigned late tins, altcrnouiv
Earl of Carnarvon Dies;
Discovered Tut s Tomb
m v-v»
Karl of Carnarvon.
By Associated I'rso.
Cairo, April 4.—The earl of Carnar
von is dead. *
The ea'rl of Carnarvon died peace- ,
fully at 2 this morning. He was j
conscious almost to the end. His
death was due to blood poisoning
through the bite of an insect with
the later development of pneumonia.
The earl of Carnarvon beaded the
exploration pdrty which opened the
tomb of King Tutankhamun. He was
cne of the best known scientific men
of Kngland.
Although ill herself. Lady Carnar
von made a flight by airplane from
Kngland to Cairo to Ire with her hus
band dining his last hours. Lord
Carnarvon had been gravely in with
pneumonia for several days.
Sunday Closing
of Movies Killed
bv State Senate
j
Chambers of Omaha Leads
Fight to Keep AniusemenL
Places Open — Many
Bills Advanced.
Special l>i«patrh la The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, April 4—The Nebraska
senate slaughtered the bill providing
for Sunday closing of movie houses In
Nebraska by a vote of 1G to 11.
Oratory market! tire discussion of ,
the bill, with Senator Sturdevant, its ;
introducer, insisting that it was a
meritorious and needed measure,
while Chanibos tf Douglas led the on
slaught. Sturdevant found vocal
support in Barr and Osborne.
Chambers opened his fight by pro- '
posing an amendment to forbid the
showing of film ads or pictures on
which the date of taking did not ap
pear.
Old Pictures Outrage.
“It is an outrage for people to be
forced to view those advertisements
or pictures taken years ago, when
they go to a theater for amusement,”
he said.
Sturdevapt, in the course of Ids
remarks, said there is an organlent
effort in this country to make Sun
dae- a mere holiday. ^
The roil fall on the motion to in
definitely postpone the hill showtd:
Vote on Measure.
To I:ill the bill: Allen, Banning.
Behrens, chambers. Cooper. Fries.
Climb. Hastings. Larkin, McGowan,
Iteed. lie fenrath. Bobbins, Smhrs.
Tldelcn and Toroek.
Against killing the hill: Amin son.
Barr. Bliss. Good. Illian, Johnson,
Meacham, Osborne, Saundeis. Stude
nnt and Warner.
K. F. 323, Cooper bill, providing
that when the lieutenant governor
acts as chief executive he shall drnw
pay from the general fund at Hie
same rate was sent ahead to final
pasaa ge.
Senator Anderson announced an
open hearing on H. B. 111. the bill (
to repeal tlie intangible tax law, br
ibe revenue committee of the senate
Thursday evening.
A big grist of bills were advanced
to third rending including measures
to require the labelling of fire seconds
and amending the primary “dt «o as
to place the primary on the second
Tuesday in April, starting in 1924.
Com icted of Murder.
Mineola. X. Y.. April 4.-Isaac Nam
ha, Japanese butler, formerly employ
e,i bv W. I.. Swan of Oyster Bay,
was convicted of manslaughter for the
slaying of ltobert Stuart. Mr. Swan’s
chaufeur. late today, after lie had re
enacted the killing before a Jury.
You Must
Tell Them
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SELL
BEFORE THEY CAN BUY!
«t The sole purpose of adver
tising is to direct buyers to
the source of supply.
f In Omaha there are thou
sands of buyers who read The
Omaha Bee.
If They are business people,
working people and home
builder*.
They want to know where
they can get what they want
when they want it.
f Your '‘Want” Ad in The
Omnha Morning Bee and The
Evening Bee will tell them.
It Remember, The Omaha Rce
“Want” Ads Bring Better Re
sult* at Lesser Cost.
Three Lines.
Three Times.
Ten Dimes.
Office of
Dry Chief
Under F;,w
Head °£ U. • ^
ligate Case \wv' c»race
and Bnn develop
ments at Denver.
Burns to Direct Probe
Denver, Colo.. April 4.—The Times
this afternoon printed a story that
I 'Silver is to be the scene of two of
the biggest federal Investigations ever
conducted in the west, in which Wil
liam J. Burns, director of the bureau
of investigation of the United States
Department of Justice, will figure.
According to the Times, Burns will
investigate federal angles that have
developed in the bunco case and con
aider charges made against an investi
gator in the local Department of .Jus
tire office linking the man with tin
Dfnver bunco men.
Burns is coming, says the Times, to
lake personal charge of the activities
of the intelligence dying squadron of
his department now working here, to
probe the recent case of Father Wal
ter A. Grace and to conduct a per
sonal investigation of the office of
E. H. McClenahan. federal prohibition
enforcement officer for Colorado.
According to the Times, Burns is
expected in Denver within 10 days.
Burns will be accompanied by E. C.
Yellowley, chief of the prohibition
agents; a legal staff representative,
and the chief of the intelligence serv
ice, whose best men have been work
ing in Denver for some time.
District Attorney Philip Van Cise,
who prosect^Sd the bunco men, an
nounced ' is> he had laid a
complaint wiWWSJP™ against one of
the Department of Justice investiga
tors here.
Dope TraMe Is
Halted in Jail
Sheriff al Fremont Finds Nar
cotics Hidden in Cigarets
Sent to Prisoners.
Sps-iil Dispatch to The Omaha llee.
Fremont, Neb., April 4.—Cleverly
concealed within the wrappers of what
appears d to l>e a new carton of
elgarets, the sheriff of Dodge county
discovered the method by which dope
has been smuggled within the walls
of the county jail during the past
few months.
Officials recently learned that some
of the prisoners were being supplied
with dope from an outside source. A
strict watch was ordered on all vis
itors and mail. A sealed carton of
elgarets arrived for one of the pris
oners and was immediately opened for
inspection.
Carefully pressed against the out
side of some of the packages, be
tween tile- tin 4 il anil tlie wrapper,
pi grains of morphine were discovered.
The sender hnd stamped the seals on
the packages, se* reted the dope und
I I sealed tile ngur'is with the hope
that they would escape close inspec
tion.
April Showers Block
Plans of President
Augusta, fia . April 4.—April show
ers prexented President Harding from
carrying out his plans to visit Aiken.
S. F., just acnes the state line of
Augusta, lrut did not in the least in
terfere with the pursuit by the chief
executive of his policy of rest and
re.a r itlon.
Showers fell here until a few min
utes before the presidential party
was due to start for Aiken and after
r.ports that the rain was continuing
in the South Carolina city, the trip
was called off. It was said tonight
to be probable ihat the president, ac
companied by Mrs. 1 larding, would mo
tor to Aiken Thursday to play golf
and lie the guest at luncheon of Fame
ion Forbes, former governor general
of the Philippines.
The president got in a round of
golf during the forenoon over the
Augusta Country club house and in
the afternoon rested at the hotel.
New Hail System Plan
Outlined Itv Californians
Saji Francisco. April 4. — A new
transcontinental line, a part fbe
system of which it is planned, the At
thison. Topeka * Santa F© system
shall he the main section, wa* pro
posed by the California railroad com
mission in yesterdav’a hearing of th©
Interstate Commerce commission on
projects for railroad consolidation.
The new line would hr built up of
the Western Pacific, Denver fk Kio
Grande and Burlington. The commis
sion also suggested that any proposed
consolidation should give the Santa
Fo system, the North western Pacific,
a California line now controlled
Jointly by the Santa Fo and Southern
Pacific. The schema would give the
Santa Fe consolidated system two
transcontinental lines and a con
nected link extending virtually from
end to end of California.
Conutruction in Hading*
Point* to Pro*prrou» ^ rar
Hasting*, Neb., April 4.—Fifty-four
rriidencei, the $175,000 municipal
auditorium, the IS5.000 St. Mark*
< Hthrdi'Hl, n bakery that will roit nt
h-JiMt $30,000, a warehouse 200x7.0 feet
for a wholesale firm, a bungalow
court Including five home., nnd «
number of lesser building* now under
construction brie point 10 a pro*per
ou* *iiinmer ahead for llnatlng*. .
While apnrtment hou*e» are compara
tively new In I lasting*, there ha* he in 1
a strong drmniut for them during the
pa«t two or three yours, it In stu.l
mid u luuubci uiw uuiv being pUnued i
t
President Purchases
Birthidare in Ohio;
Plans Rearrangement
Mount Gilead, O., .April 4.— l^psl- J
dent Harding today purchased hit
' ■-thplace—-a farm in north Bloom
1 township, Morrow county —
\ -e as :i barefooted boy he spent
l bildhood days.
L-v deal was consummated through
- jlr.ii Grow, postmaster at Marion,
a lifelong friend of tlie president, who
acted as his personal agent. The
deed was delivered to Mr. Crow by
Horry Erickson, who has owned the
farm for a number of years.
Plans now under consideration, It
is understood, call for a complete re
arrangement of the premises, includ
ing a modi rn baugalow and golf
course. Friends close to President
Harding stated he contemplates spend
ing much of his time after retirement
from the White House on the "old
farm" in writing and "getting back
to nature.”
Simmons Is
Ejected from
Klan Palace
Court Order Dispossesses Ku
Klux Chief Who Took
Charge of Headquar
ters Wednesday.
By \»M)ri«tt'd I*rc»n.
Atlanta, 4»a., April J.—sheriff G.
I. I.owry of l''ultou county with a
force ol deputies early today tool*
charge of the Imperial pulxee. head
quarters of the Knights of the Ku
Klux Kiau, under an order signed by
Judge K. I). Thomas. This order dis
possessed \V. J. Sinunona, ini|>erial
emperor, who took charge of the head
quarters and the Man yesterday un
der a temporary injunction secured by
hint against Imperial \> i/.ard II. \\
Evans.
The older directed Emperor Sim
mons and the other plaintiffs in the
action to appear
before a hea -inR
this a f ten.'on
to show ea iso
why the tempo
rary injunction
ugalnst Imperial
Wizard K v a ns
and the other
officials of tlm
Ulan should no.
be dismissed.
w<n* to the iin
lliyViHtVmM i" "•‘l f “ 1a c *
\o5mvinOrt*/ tml placid liop
uly Slirriff Mi
lan in charge.
All of the Simmons faction left. I'
had taken charge yesterday when n
temporary Injunction was obtained
against Imperial Wizard Kvans fol
lowing the break when the "emperor”
undertook to organize n woman's or
tier on the lines of the Ku KIux Klan.
The Imperial wizard had issued a
proclamation forbidding klansmen
from affiliating with Kamelia. tlie wo
men's organization, and threatening
punishment to anyone who disolvoycd
the proclamation. Ur. Kvans said to
day:
“The issue would be settled, once
and for all as to whether the Knights
of the Ku KIux Klan is an institution
to b- conducted by one Individual fur
Ilia private financial gain, or a gnat
American fraternal order, the affairs
of which are in the hands of its mem
bers.''
Seven Killed, 20 Hurt
in Louisiana Tornado
AJ» xamlria. Li., April 4 Seven
persons are known lo hn\** been killed
and at least a score inju *d in Pine
ville, aoos* the Tied river from this j
city. 1»y a tornado which swept
through Alexandria and Plneville to
day.
Th dead:
Harry Marius, merchant.
Enoch Williamson and hi* 1" month
old infant.
Mr. and Mrs. Bd Gate*
,f. AT. Moract.
Mr*. Alvin McCann.
Ptnevillo bore the brunt <*f the Mow
and suffered heavy property damage.
Several person* were injured here.
Frieml of Lx-Pro*idrnt
.Surrenders on Hum Charge
New* York. April 4.—John W. Clif
ton. Washington lawyer, who claims
personal friendship with forpier I’rc
Went Wilson and other figures in of
fic ini Washington life, suits ndered In
the United States attorney's office
this afternoon and was held by United
States Commissioner Hitchcock in $5
000 bail pending grand jury action on
a charge of conspiracy to violate the
Volstead act.
Air. Ulifton has Ik*cii Nought since
March -U. when Thomas <\ Craven, i
president of the Cumber In ml Chemical
company, and three others were ar
rested on complaint of Prohibition Un
forcemont Agent Kldgely, who claim
ed the defendants had accepted a $500
deposit on a large quantity of liquor
which he proposed to buy A truck
on which the liquor was supposed to
have hern delivered was s* i •! later,
hilt its contents turned out to he wa
ter.
Liiw.nln Mini Shot for
Burglar Dirs of Wound*
Paaadena, Cal.. Ainil 1 Hurry K
HrlmonrtKon of I.mcoln. No!*., ahnt by
iwillrn n* a burglar Tii*"da.<. <1 Ini to
day. I’ollcr aay "that »pnrch of Ino
apartment In Olrndiilc, I'al . iIimIo .iI
a lnrgo amount of Jmrlrv. fur* and
other article* brlirml to hnvo been
*tol«»n.
Itiiiu Halls Harding.
Augusta, the, April I Pam tndev
caused Pnfddeut Hardin/: to • a need t
scheduled motor trip to Aiken, s. «\,
and to spend the day on th golf links
in Augusta, where ho in winding up
the longest vacation hr bus had slice
• I'?'ring the White 11«M< i iwo yi mis
ago.
The Counter Attraction
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'fiUTTERFL;
HJCAMP '
L FI RE
' r GIRLS
■N i
Second Feeding
Bill Brought Out
in Lower House
< liaii*:** in J?cntiment on Doug
las County Mea-ure Causes
l.»l SnSitli to Resurrect
His Hill.
Sjirrliil llUfuirh !• Th* Omih.i Bee.
Lincoln. April 4 —There's another
Douglas dainty sheriff's fred.r.g bill
to he consul. red.
A bill exactly the same as the I-ir
i.ins-Chunil^rs feeding lull, killed two
days ago hv the lower house, after it
had passed almost unanimously in
the senate, was placed on general fil*>
by the house committee on fees and
salaries.
litpresentutive I'd Smith of Omaha,
sponsor of th* Larkin Chambers hiil
in tho liouse. is chairman of that
committee.
Karly in the session Smtih intro
duced a bill in the lower lious* exact
ly similar to the Ijukins-Chambers
hill.
However, the Larkins • fhambe.s
hill was introduced First nrd so Smith
wltliheld consideration of ids hit). lb
kept it carefully tucked in his pocket
for emergencies
After the sudden and unexpected
death of tlie hit! which would have
made it impossible for the sheriff "f
Douglas county to make thousands
annually from feeding prisoners.
Smith reproduced his bill. Much *. n
timent has developed since the hill's
death in favor of It. because it was
charged so freely that the bill wasn't
killed on merits, but l«erause of
“trades'* on other bills. Smith had
no difficulty in getting his committee
to vote favorably efn It.
However, ns a sifting committee hn«
been appointed and will soon tali* 1
charge of all bills on general file, it
may be possible that Smith s hill may
be stifled in the rush to force an ad- '
.jourument. A great deni, it was
asserted, depended upon the personnel
of the »lfting committee, which In a
few days will have power to say which
hills will be considered out and which
shall not.
Members of the 1 indies crowd here
were making frantic efforts to get on
tlie sif'ing committee tonight. If tip
IMiinted. It was stated. Kndres' per- 1
son.it friends will ho In a strategic
1 ositlnn to keep tIlls hill from being
considered.
Sot ids Rf-partl I xocutioii
of \ icar ('.lotted Incident
IIv iMorblol I’ffM,
Moscow April 4 -The execution ef
Vicar tiener.il tUitchknvHch appeal
lO he n cloned Incident, ao far na Iho
Kurakin ro\ miirmt la concerned
I'rrnn Catholic sources It la learned
that no reply haa been made hv the j
Rovernment to the request of the ;
Komnn Catludlca of Moscow for per ’
m ns Inn to bury the vicar general In !
accordance with tho rltea of the 1
church.
Itcyond a resolution adopted by the
Kharkov Polish workmen approving
the execution, no mention of the nf
fair is made by the Moscow press
Woman killt-tl in \\ rock.
Writ Palm Prat Ik Fla April 4
Min Alirr I.iw-oik 4.', «*f Now York
rlty, l* * I • .til uni Mr*. W. .1. l.yOon,
M' ston Mr-* T l*. Wcbfttcr 1tn\ c’it>
Midi . ,iml Mlis K« Ilo\v. Sriun
ton. tv. nro mtff^rlmr from nlighr
nit* mil whork following * wrr«*k of
KIim IiIm .**f t'oimt railway pnssougrr '
ti*nin No. it* nbout right nillm north
of licit last ulgliU
Dever Elected
Chicago Mavor
Swept Into Office by Big
Plurality—Thompson
Support? ^ inner.
Chicago. April 4.—On the top of a
democratic landslide. William 17.
Dever. lodge of the superior court,
was carried into the office of mayor,
succeeding William Hale Thompson,
retiring after serving eight years for
ihe republican party. The avalanche
of votes that gave Judge Dever the
biggest plurality in the city's his
lory, with one exception, that re
ceived by Major Thompson in 1915,
also placed in off.ee democratic can
didates for city clerk and city treas
urer.
I.'noff. in 1 returns of yesterday's
election, compiled by a news gather
ing agency, gave Judge Dover a total
cote of S87.961 snd Arthur C. I.ueder.
republican majoralty candidate and
former postmaster. 294 214 Judge
Dover's plurality was announced as
103.748.
In the only congress.onal election
;n the state, a wieelal call to fill the
\acancy in the Second Illinois dis
trict. created by the death of Con
gressnuln James R. Mann, the repub
1.ms were victorious. Morton D.
Hull, former state senator, defeating
liar rat t O'Hara, democrat and for
mer lieutenant governor, by 56.330
to 42,495. according to unofficial fig
ures Although the old city council
was democratic before the primaries
of February, in which 30 aldermen
were elected, in yesterday election,
naming the remaining 20. the party
.ncrc.ised its strength. Thirteen of
the aldermen elected > estenlay were
democrats, giving the party 37 alder
men. as compared with the repub
licans' 13.
As a result of the election, it was
suited, only two aldermen of Mayor
Thompson's political machine, said to
lie controlled by Fred Lundln. indicted
on a charge of grafting school board
funds, remained in the new council.
William A. i unnon socialist mayor
alty candidate, according to the un
official returned, received 40.841 votes,
and Seymour Stedman, socialist can
didate for congressman in the SeOond
district, was accorded 5.955.
The election was quiet. While
Mayor Thomiison. who announced his
retirement after the selection of Mr.
I.ueder as candidate by the repub- 1
1 lean coalition, took no active part in
tlm campaign, republican* yesterday
charged that his forces bad been •
thrown behind Judge Dover
Fi\e Men Under Arrest
Charger! W ith Mugging
Georgetown. Tex. April 4.—Five
men vote arrested here this afternoon
after the Investigation by h court of,
inquiry in connection with the flog-i
King of K. \V. Burleson, on the San ■
Gabriel river, near Jonah, eight miles
from here, Sunday night.
The men who were arrested aud
Charged with the flogging are: tity
Marshal It A Hewlett of Taylor.
Tex.: Murray Jackson. Dowry Ball
Sam Threadgtll ami Olen Gossett, all
of Taylor. Judge t'. II. Faubion set
their bonds at J1.000 each.
\\ ilium /. Foster's
Fate in llantU of Jury
SI Joseph Mich . April 4 thecas’. ,
of William Foster, charged with
violating the Michigan law again*!
criminal syndicalism, went to the jury
at 9:40 a. in. today when Judge
Hilaries While finished readies li « tr
Rtructlon*.
The court and atloiney* agreed to
set the tyial of Charles H ltuthcn
berg fot April 19
I
Contest Started
Over Distribution
of Gould Estate
Heirs Bc<iin Fight to Keep
(Children of Mr*, (ieorge
J. F rom Sharing in.
Fatale.
New York April 4 —Three hit
dren of the present Mrs. George J.
Gould are not the issue of George J.
Gould, "within the meaning" «f the
will of Jay Gould, and have no inter
est in his estate, four heirs of Jay
Gould declared in an answer to the
supplemental amended complaint of
the esiate trustees In the Gould ac
counting proceedings now pending.
The answer was filed by Malcolm
Summer, guardian ad litem to Jay
Gould, jr.. George J. Gould. Ill,
Maughan Garter Gould and Stuyvt
snnt Wainwright, .uvenile hens of
Jay Gould.
It declares that the ehiUlien of Mia.
George J. Gould, formerly Guinivere
Sinclair. "George Sinclair Gould Jane
Sinclair Gould and Guinivere Gould,
are children of one Guinnere Sinclair
nud that all of them were born during
the married life of George J. Gould
and Kdith Klngdon Gould, the wife
"f George J. Gould—and prior to the
ue.uh <f Kdith Kingdon Gould: and
also prior to the marriage of George
J. Gould to the said Guinivere Sin
clair.
The answer also alleged that the
"*nkl children have no right or inter
est in the Jay Gould estate and that
the children are not the issue of
George J. Gould within the meaning
of that word used in the will of Ja>
Gould, deceased."
It also was denied that "the power
of testamentary ap)>ointmenl" given
George J. (Joubl in the will over the
estate held for his benefit empowered
him. upon his death, to Ivequeath that
share "or any part of it to any one
or more of the children in question."
The guardian asks that the supreme
court adjudge his contentions as cor
rect and that it also be adjudged that
Guinivere Sinclair Gould's children
"have no title, claim, right, owner
ship or Interest whatever in and to
the esiate of Jay Gould, deceased, or
any part thereof
Lenine Improving.
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Mo* w April 4.—Premier I-enme s
Kfneral condition was improved to
day. acoordinK to the bulletin issued
the attendniK , hyslclan. the oatar
ral symptoms in the left hun* havlnK
decreased. The temperature was 9$.9.
pulse lOJ.
The Weather
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Wednesday, pertly cloudy and
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Pnr U hours »n<I i t 7 r> m Ar it 4.
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Architect
Replies to
Johnson
Goodhue Denies Negligence at
Investigation Conducted by
Joint Legislative
Committee. j
Aged Contractor Called I
IJ.v PAUL, (.KEEK.
Special Oispatrli to The Omaha loo.
Lincoln. April 4.—Bertram G. Good
nue, designer of the now capilol. be
gan his reply to the charges of
George E. Johnson, former stale
engineer, late today.
"As I have conceived, and still con
ceive. my duties as your architect."
he -aid," these have been and always
arc to obtain for you as fine a build
ing as it lies within me to produce—
to give of course due regard to th4
effecting of economies where evet
possible, but not to specify or to per
mit the introduction and installation
of rankly inferior material because
such might be a little cheaper. I'
In this 1 hat e misconceived my dutin
as an architect, then my 'gro
negligence or gross incompetence
lies in my ever having accepted th*
designing of the building at all.
“Before taking up each char**
separately and my categorical replies
thereto." the architect said to the
joint legislative investigating com
mlttee," 1 should like to ask you to
consider the position in which I. a
reputable architect, am placed. T.-.e
sum of these charges, as eapresse-.
by Mr. Johnson, is that I have beet,
and am guilty of 'gross negligence
or gross incompetency. I propose to
show you gentbmen, that I am not!,
ing of the sort, and that these phrase
,-annot be found to apply in an:
single case.
Admits Mistakes Made.
• Oi c-ours*-. I am not asking you '■
believe that there have been no m.s-e
takes, for of course the: e have—•ltd
will be more of them. No building op
eration of the magnitude of this one
•an possible be carried through with
out mistakes However, nothing tha
by any possibility could !*e regard*-'
a a mistake can be found under the
lirt of !& charges brought to your
attention by Mr. Johnson—and noth
ing can be regarded as evidence of
gross negligence or gross in com po
tency. ”
Time for adjournment came befoi*
Mr. Goodhue had gone far into tin
details of the controversy. At severs,
points In his testimony, he waa cross
ex amiaed by Senator John Wiltse,
chairman of the investigating commit
tee. and by Mr. Johnson.
J'roceding him in the witness thatr
had been James Webber, a retired
stone contractor, now SI years old
and more than SO years in the business
of masonry. Through him. Mr. Jchr
, son brought out the contention that
not a stone In the new capitol wall -s
properly laid. The joints, he contended,
are too n early in a perpendicular line.
' and if the building settles, cracks w..l
appear. The cement seams are too wide
llr. Webber dectarid. and the r.-.
and frost will eat them out within -*>'
years.
Heat) Mortar Ised.
Mr. Johnson's explanation of the
. heavy use of mortar was that the con
tractor had not cut the ends of t -*
blocks true and needf-i the wide
seams to allow him to fit in the store
This, Mr. Webber said, would save
the contractor considerable expense
in cutting the stone. It is probable
| that the committee w.l! make a p>- -
sonal examination of the store. The
venerable witness endorsed Mr. Job
sons view that the wrought iren
anchors which are used to secure the
stone facing to the brickwork be
hind will rust out in time. He advised
the committee to contrast the capitoi
work with that in the Burr block in
Lincoln, which he himself construct
ed. and the postoffice.
"As a mechanic. 1 am ashamed f
iTndnto »’s*e Tw. c •Untie Ttxs.)
\ ice Chairmen of G. 0. P.
Committee Here April 12
V. I). Reynolds, secretary of t *
Douglas County Republican socic .
is tn charge of the sale of ticket* fo*j
the dinner which will be given n
honor of Mis. Harriet Taylor I'pir.t
at the Burge se-Xash tearoom t si
evening of April 12. Ticket* may *.
obtained at Mr. Reynold*’ office atj
j 1706 Howard street. Mrs. I'pton x<
vice chairman of th* republican nO
1 tional committee.
Tornado ^ recks 2.5 Homes
in Northeastern Texas
Texarkana Tex. April 4—A tv.
nado swept through Cass county. ;n
l the northeast corner of Texa*. tabs
today, leaxing a trail IS mule* long on
which were scattered the wreckage of
! 25 or more homes. The heaviest dam.
age was said to be in loss Chap« 1
and A’.amena communities and at »
point two and one half miles south
west of Atlanta. Tex
Xo casualties hat e been reported
Sail Francisco Boy of 17
(iocs on Trial for Murder
San Francisco, April 4 — William
l.ynch. 17, went on trial in th* su
perior court today, on a charge e?
murder as a result of the shooting of
Thomas J. McCormick. Is Octol>*r it1,
in an alley in the Mission district.
The shooting according to the policr,
followed a fight between the two bo ».
.
New Sub Commissioned.
Sun Fr.tr,, sco April 4.—Th#
Fnitol stat#* suhnarin#, th# S
wm placed in wmirlwun lodav at
th# Ur.kwi pUnt of th# Bethlehem $h n
Building nM ivrjuion and l#ft at or. +
for It# atatiyn sit Mar# lalaru) r»\r
> *r»i Th# S 3tJ t* ’ ;'0 feet h>!\g, v»
a fix>! Want and 4* of to#* d. •«
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