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VOL. 52-NO. 251. Omaha P. O. Under Act ot March 3. 1870. u ’ i ________—- 7~~
Business
Conditions
on Upgrade
Situation in East Nearly Nor
mal; Central and West Mak
ing Rapid Strides, Re
ports Show.
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Decrease in f* allures
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 5.—Declarations
worn made, in two official Quarters
today that general business conditions
throughout the east were nearly nor
mal. The central and western parts
of the United States were said, at the
same time, to be making rapid strides
towards recovery and the prediction
was offered that those sections soon
would be in better condition than at
any time since the prosperity inci
dent to the war.
Secretary Mellon asserted, on re
luming from his first vacation since
lie became head of the treasury, that
the industrial and financial situation
in the cast appeared "very satisfac
tory.”
The federal reserve board declared,
in its official monthly bulletin, issued
later in the day, that continued active
business conditions in every section
were showm by the maintenance of a
high rate of industrial production.
Few Failures Hcporte*.
The bulletin also called attention to
the unusually low number of com
mercial failures reported In February,
which, according to its figures, was
the smallest since September, 1920.
The total number of failures, the re
port showed, was 44 per cent less
than in February, 1922, and 54 per
cent below the record reached in- Fe
cember, 1921, near the height of the
deflationary process thrcugli which
the country went. There was a
marked decline in the number of fail
ures in February as compared with
January and Incomplete reports for
March indicate another reduction.
Some concern has been expressed
by government •ftkjals recently re
garding, marked tendencies towards
inflation, but these were rTlscounted
by the treasury secretary. He said
that, while there undoubtedly was
some speculation, as is true always
during periods of prosperity amt ex
pansion, it need not be considered
dangerous.
I.iltle Increase in Borrowing.
M.-. Mellon’s views on this phase of!
;Iie situation were substantiated by
I.- bub-tin which reported little in-i
* , case in the borrowings from the fed
• iui reserve banks. Commercial banks!
which are members of the reserve
system, however, have greatly Increas- ^
. il their loans and investiments. The
, total of til* two Items tof assets
i few weeks ago was something like |
• .’3,TOO,n00, whereas the highest point
icaclied by loans and Investments at
die peak of the 1920 expansion was
only $400,000,000 greater.
it was explained that continued gold j
imports have acted to build up the
,, serves of commerical banks, permit,
them to maintain a low Indebtedness,
to the reserve banks and at the same
time allow thiem to make new loans
ir. their customers without calling on i
the rediscount privileges ’of the re-j
serve banks. The reserve board re
carded It as important to know that
i he commercial banks, with the con-•
> tiued inflow of gold, could meet
lie extra loan requirements without I
dling on the reserve banks for ad
ditional accommodations.
This statement was accepted ns a
desire by the’ reserve board to call the
attention of the commercial banks !
to prepare for the time when the
sieady stream of gold cannot longer
be counted on or when exports of gold
may actually take place. Xo refer-j
ence was made, however, to any ex- 1
pectation of »n immediate turn in the
tide of gold.
Millionaires Gather to Lease
Oil Lands of Osa^e Indians
IIy ANHociiited Pre»w.
» Pawhttska, Okl., April 5 —How
many ever heard of the Constantine
theater in Pawhuska as a gathering
place for muti-millionaire captains of
industry?
The oil kings of America and their
representatives formed the audience
there today. The play was for leases
to probably the richeit undeveloped
nil lands in^the country. The event
was the 21st lease sale of the Osage
Indian nation.
Thirty-two thousand acres of land
were being offered for Aleuse, tract
liv tract, to swell the cffffers of the
Osage*, the richest aborigines in the
world.
, As the sales mounted during the
morning belief was expressed by lu
ll,an agency officials and oil men that
the 110,887,000 record auction of June
last year might he bettered.
Execution of Prelate
Caused Stir in France
Ur AwMdutnl Press.
Parts. April The execution of
M. Buichkavileh in Moscow created
a painful Impression throughout
Franco and has confirmed the feeling
in representative circles that as long
as the present policy of the soviet is
. continued. It can only serve to delay
the time when the powers can think
of extending recognition to the soviet
regime.
The French (government, it Is
stated, would have liked to^udd Its
voice to the chorus of protests from
other nations seeking to prevent the
execution, hut It Is pointed out tbit
Franco possesses no diplomatic chan
nels liy which It could have forwarded
representations to Moscow.
Pawn™ Pioneer pi***
Special IdNimtrh to The Orttnhn Her.
Pawnee City, April 8.—Funeral
services for Jacob Matley, SO, were
held HI the Presbyterian church un
der the direction of Itev. Paul Calvin
Payne. .Mr. Mar ley was ono of the
old pioneer residents of tills section,
(in died at the homo of a son In Iowa
eutje for it yjgj$.
You Cant Ho Christian
and Good Revolutionist
Former ‘'Wobbly'’ Says
Sacramento, Cal., April 5.—Tho ,
scorn of the Industrial "Worker of the 1
World for religion today was testified !
to by AV. K. Townsend, former I.
AAr. AAr. leader and now a police of
ficer of IjOS Angeles, in tho trial of i
three I. AV. AAr. members on a charge j
of violating the state criminal syndi
calism law.
“Tlie T. AA'| AV. holds religion is
the curse of the world and teaches
there is no God, heaven or hell,” de
clared Townsend while being ex
niined by Assistant District Attor
ney AV. \r. Cowan. “You can’t bo a
Christian and a good revolutionist.”
Townsend testified the I. AV. A\r.
members refer to Jesus as "Jeru
salem Slim,” and teach that lie was
an agitator the same as they are.
Continuing, he said:
“They say the only difference be
tween Christ and tho I, AV. AA'. of
today is that Christ rode a jackass
and the I. AV. W. ride a freight
train." ,
“Tut” Poison
Held Fata 1
to Carnarvon
Discoverer of Pharaoh's Tomb
Die?, Perhaps Victim of
Potion Left to Guard
Body.
By Auocliitfd Press.
Cairo. April 5.—The earl of Carnar
von, discoverer of the tomb of Pharaoh
Tutenkhamun died early today at a
hotel here after a stubborn battle
against blood poisoning and pneumo
nia follbwing the bite of an insect.
Lady Carnarvon, wtjo made a hur
Nevv York, April 5.—Sir Arthur t
Conah Doyle, who arrived in th:s
country yesterday for a second
series of lectures on spiritualism,
today expressed belief that "an
evil element” brought into being <
by Egyptian occultism or the spirit >
of Tutenkhamun might have
caused the death of Lord Carnar
von.
Sir Arthur was asked if he
agreed with Miss Marie Corelli, the
English novelist, who warned the
explorer that it was dangerous to
enter the Luxor tomb because the
spirit of the Egyptian king might
be angered.
"It ihigbt be a dangerous thing
to-dig into those old grav es,” said
Sir Arthur. “One does not know
what elementaia existed in those
days and how long these elementaia
existed or what might lie tneir
force. »
"The Egyptions knew a great
deal more about these things than
we do. It they could put these
elementaia on guard ovpr thfir
dead bodies they certainly would
have done so.”
ried trip to Cairo from London by air
and by sea, was at the bedside. A
daughter and a son. Lord Portchcster,
were also present.
The first word of the earl's Illness
came on March 19, when it was said
that he was suffering from an infec
tion due to the insect bite which he !
London, April 5.—The London
Press in its voluminous accounts
today of Lord Carnarvon’s life and
death reflects the isipular feeling
that perhaps there really is some
thing in tlie story that the ancient
Egyptions set a mysterious death
trap in the tombs of their rulers
so as to punish by means of poison
those who might disturb those
sealed resting places.
Suiierslltious souls, ever sin<
the infection suffered by Lord
Carnarvon became known, have
contended it was possible l.e was
the victim of retribution thus in
flicted. Fears of farther r-trlbn
tion it is suggested, may deter
Egyptians, from touching the tomb
again, but Sir Wallig nudge, keep
er of Kgyptiou antiquities in the
llritish museum, says that if the
excavation enterprise continues to
be financed he is sure there will
he no trouble in procuring native
labor.
had received at Assouan. He was then
brought to this city, where physicians
found that the throat and tonsils
were affected.
The patient rallied from the first
stages of the illness, but on March
28 there came a serious relapse with
a recurrence of high tempo faturo and
the extension of the infection to tin
lungs.
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McKelvie
Testifies
Surprises
B.v'J'AUIi GBEKIt.
Special llinpali-ll In The Outsits Her.
IJncqln, April 5.—Old friendships
were broken in tlie eapitol investiga
tion today. While the architect, Ber
tram G. Goodhue, sat In the witness
stand, former Governor Mdtrlvle and
W. If. Thompson of Grand Island
clashed repeatedly with George E.
Johnson, who has brought charges of
Incompetency against the architect.
All three had been friends of long
standing and had served in complete
agreement on five eapitol commission.
Mr. McKelvie declared that the
Johnson charges were really against
tho eapitol commission and not
aiainst the architect, who could not
take any action without the board’s
approval.
lie pointed oift that not only had
Mr. Johnsun been a ^member of tho
commission, but also its technical ad
viser, and that no decision had ever
boon made that was not unanimous.
Toward the end of the day the for
mer governor himself tooft the wit
ness chair.
formation of timmiission.
He began by explaining the forma
tion of tho oapitol commission, which
was given complete responsibility for
the construction of tho new state
house. Its members were Walter W.
Head, president of the Omaha Nation
al bank: W. K. Hardy, a furniture
merchant of Lincoln; W. II. Thomp
son, an attorney of Grand Island and
former democratic national commit
teeman; himself as governor, and Mr.
Johnson ns state engineer.
■,V>xi to myself, I regarded Mr.
Johnson as having tho greatest re
sponsibility,” he declared. "This was
because of his training as an engineer.
I did not know at that time that en
gineers and architects are entirely
different breeds of cat and dog. There
was never a moment that I did not
assume he was ‘on the job, and the
commission relied upon him for ex
pert counsel.”
Mr. Johnson’s contention is that
the architect should have caught nil
errors and that it was not ids own |
duty to check eveVy action. He called
tho attention of the governor to tlie
numerous tusk* of the stnte engineer,
which Includes road and bridge i
building, drainage, Irrigation and
many others.
Never Asked Help.
"Could I be expected, with all my
other (Julies, to become responsible
for work for which the state was
paying an architect S25.000 a year,
and with 50 expert advisers?” Mr.
Johnson asked.
"If you had ever indicate^ that
your work was too heavy, other ar
rangements could have been made,”
was tbo answer.
Each gave the other a direct con
tradiction on every topic from stone
to building costs. Goaded, finally, by
cross examination, Mr. McKelvie
mado a final statement directly re
ferring to the man who served
throughout his administration a* sec
retary of the department of public
works, and whom he had always de
fended against every attack.
"Gentlemen,” Ije said, with his
voice shaking with emotion, "I, have
never worked with a man who gave
more satisfactory service. Worked
longer hours or in whom I had more
confidence than Mr. Johnson. In
this pr> sent situatron which he lias
brought about, I confess 1 son utterly
at a loss. I cannot understand it, rfhd
I differ with hint diametrically. I
believe him positively wrong."
The meeting adjourned without
further testimony to meet tomorrow
(Turn In P.iKn Two. Column Two.)
Healritf Will Munition
Municipal Light Pl^nt
Special ItWimtelt to The Omthii ft,***.
Beatrice, Neb., April, 5.—Tho city
commissioners passed an ordln.'ince
entering into a contract with Block
Bros. Flour Mills company to furnish
electric current to the city, which
has used its own juice for iv number
years. Tho contract becomes ef
fective in 152-1, or as soon as the
company completes tho hydroelectric
plant which Is now being built at
Blue Hprlngs.
The Sunday Bee
5 “Society Drops the Whole Stillman Family.” An illustrated'
. story relating the new troubles that have come to the mem
ber:; of this famous New York family.
“How to Dress to Be Truly Egyptian.” W'omeu will be inter
ested particularly in this explanation of the King Tut trend
on the part of the fashion creators.
“Soldierworth.” A gripping short story from the pen of
Owen Oliver.
•j “Our Neighbors of the Caribbean Sea.” A visit to the tropics
through tho camera of Louis Bostwiek, the Omaha photog
rapher. In the rotogravure section.
«; "It’s a Good Trick if You Do It ” 0. O. McIntyre dwells
humorously on his great ambition to succe 'fully open i
l’ullman car window.
*1 Th“»e ure just a few of the feature;, in the b.g Sunday Dec
Nebraska’s best Sunday newspaper. In addition there Is a
delightfully humorous sketch by Stephen Leacock, Mark Sul
livHn’s political -review, tho only rotogravure section in
Nebraska, the best four comic: pages published anywhere,
complete society news, the best sport, section *in Omaha and
wire news from all over the world by The Associated Dress,
the International News Service and the Universal Service.
The Sunday Bee
Kearney Man Is Named
Land Bank Secretary
Ward K. Newcond of Kearney has
been appointed secretary of the Fed
eral Land Bank of Omaha to suc
ceed C. if. Gruenther, who died re- ,
cently, according to D. P. Hogan,
president of the bank. Mr. NewcoTid
v ill take over his new duties at once.
Mr. Newcond at present is chief
revenue appraiser of the farm loan
hoard at Washington. He has been
in the position three years. He was
tlie first appraiser of the Omaha hank
six years ago, serving until ho ob
tained the position in Washington.
The new secretary formerly lived
at Clay Center, where he was a mil
ler. county clerk and a dealer in real
estate at various limes.
House Refuses
to Cut Funds for
Normal Schools
Baltic Wages All Day O ver
Appropriations — Bovine
Tuberculosis Fund Sow
Discussed.
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Special ONputeh to 'Hie Omaha Nee.
Lincoln, April 5.—The lower douse
refused today to cut normal • school
.■(‘hpropriations one penny.
Representative Dan Garber of lied
Cloud, who yesterday introduced and
succeeded in getting adopted a mo
tion which placed the house on record
as favoring abolishment of the ad
vanced college courses taught by nor
mal schools in alleged costly duplica
tion of courses taught in the univer
sity, today made a motion to reduce
normal appropriations 3* tier cent.
After much argument. Garber amend
ed his motion so the reduction would
only be 10 per cent. The house voted
that motion down.
Then Representative Theodore Os
terman made a motion that none of
tho normal school appropriations
should be used in maintaining the ad
vanced college courses, This, too,
was voted down, and the house was on
record as against the advanced
courses, but as refusing to take any
further action in abolishing them.
Farm Aid Discussed.
Representative Dysart proposed
that, whilo tho house was going on .
record against advanced college
courses In normal schools it should j
also go on record as opposed to nor
mal training courses in the univer- ,
eity. Tins was in the form of a rug
gestion and no motion was made
When* the house adjourned tonight, it
was in the midst of a heated argu
meat, over a motion by Keifer that
$200,000 i>e added to the blanket hill
for eradication of ftevlitt AuTettalods,'
Representatives Oslc-rman and
Hock, democrats, led the fight for this
appropriation. Ostemtan ridiculed
tho plan proposed by the governor,
which Is embodied in a bill by Jacoby.
The Bryan plan contemplates putting
agricultural college students at work
Inspecting herds for tuberculosis, and
Tililnlu I'a*- Tun, Column Five.)
SI.000.000 Mail Rubber
Escapes from Hospital
Athens. Ga. Anril f>.—Following his
sensational escape from the hospital
where he was recuperating from bul
let wounds under guard' of a deputy
sheriff, Gerald Chapman, gang lead
er in the million dollar mail robbery
at New York in 1921, early today
had not been apprehended.
chapman escaped from the hospi
tal by means of sheets knotted to
gether laat night when the guard mo
mentarily left hi* room. The escape
is the second staged by Chapman
within little more than a week.
Chapman, with three bullet wounds,
was brought here for treatment aft
er hi* first escape
Chapman effected his escape last
night clothed in a suit belonging to
his guard. Shortly liefore his tempera
ture was taken by the nurse. Jt regis
tered 100 aegrees Physician* said
chapman's physical condition was
such that he could not proceed for
without aid of an automobile.
(lolonel Karra lid \"<*w Hrad
St. John Military \cademy
Delafleid, . April 6. — St. John
Military academy announced today
that Lieut. Col. Hoy F. Fur rand, torn
mandant of cadetii, has beei$ elected
president to suceeod the late Dr. Salt
ney ^T. Smythe, headmaster of St.
John for nearly 4<> veers. Colonel
Fnrrand is an alutnnus of St. John
a graduate of the University “f Wis
consin* and a veteran « f the world
war, having served for 12 months In
France where he was decorated hy
the French government.
The new' president has the personal
acquaintance of every graduate of St.
John ftvr 30 years and with tho re
sult he has tho love und respect of
thousands of active nlumrii through*
out tho country*
I'our Chicago Bandits <»ct
\uln I ruck l.oad of Vt liir-kv
t hicnRu. April :> P'nur nrnied ban
dit* ii<.Pi up a dozen rullrond employe*
while four confederate* loaded n trUi I.
with whisky believed to in' worth
more thiin ISn.OlW, taken from a car
load of lettuce on the Pennsylvania
roll me (1 In the downtown freight
yard*. The robber* enrolled with the
truck .under convoy of the armed men
will) followed the inick In a touring
automobile.
Killed Playing Cowboy.
Springfield, lit, April a - Piddle Ter
Ii1h«. lSyenrAld hov. who lot* been
crippled *11 111* life, w.i* 1ihpi>v \c*
terday whrn Tony t ail* came to piny
Jmlian nod cowboy witU him. Piddle,
with u blanket hiding bin criltche*,
via* to lie lilt) Indian*. trying lo rn
rape from Ibe duelling cowboy with
a hitr revolver under his bell.
.hint as the cowboy cniilo Upon the
Indian, around the- corner of the
house, lin let go with the revolver
Piddle was near denili last night with
la bullet in his head und Touy could
not, b« found. ,
t
Oh' by All Means, If the Boots Don’t Fit,
_■ Cut Down the Feet
I KNOW THE |
BOOTS MUST 8E l
ALL RIGHT we f)
MADE OUR-/
j SELVES?_1
Young Woman Is
Taken in Custody
on Liquor Charge
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Sai<J *"! Talk Too Much,
When Arrested—Boasted of
Making $45,000 in
Two Years.
Mrs. Lotli*® Vinciquerra was sitting
on the front porch of her pretty home
at 810 Forest avenue Thursday after
noon when a car drove up and two
men alighted.
They were Roliert Samardlck, gen
eral federal prohibition agent, and
Deputy United States Marshal
Thomas.
"You're under arrest,” said Bob.
when he arrived on the porch,
“This Is what I get because 1 talk
too much." murmured the Woman,
w ho ia young and handsome and who
was quoted recently as boasting that
she has made 545,000 In less than two
years bootlegging.
Dresses ill Fine C lothes,
She asked permission to telephone
her lawyer. It was granted. Then
she dressed herself In a handsome
tailored grey suit and other fine
clothe*.
"Now dihve me to my uncle's Tony
Pei ruceello, and he w-sll sign my
bond,'' she directed.
"I am not your chauffeur.” said
Samardick. "You are going to jail.
You take the United States govern
ment prohibition department mo
much as a joke,"
A few- pioments later Mrs Vinci
querra was behind the bars of the
county Jail. Her lawyers were hunt
ing for a bondsman. United States
Attorney Kinsler refused to accept
her uncle as a bondsman.
Iliishiuul Is Sought.
A warrant was also issued for her
husband, Sehnstiano.
Assistant United States Attorney
Koyser said tli^t, ns she ia now
charged with a second offense, she
stands a good chanqd of a long jail
sentence If convicted. Oh November
IS, 1952. she pleaded guilty in federal
court to a liquor charge and paid a
line of 5200.
Hama rdlck said he has evidence
that, high school stodeid* were among
those to whom the «iraan sold liquor,
gam* of these. It is stud, will testify
lit the preliminary hearing before the
United Ktatna commissioner within a
day or tfvo.
internal revenue agents, also, are
looking Into her affairs to find out
why she failed to make an Income
tag return.
(fHcikIoIvii I Miirrird.
ftjr % w»<m in f •'•! rrr*o
London, April 5 A Iwenflolyn Mar
aliaII Field, #rmndd»u#rhter of th" lat#
Marshall Field df Chi'ago, was nun
rled this afternoon to Archibald
Charles Kdmonstonr heir,of Sir Archi
bald Kdmonstone. The ceremony hero
Was followed b" 7% recyptloti at Mall
Houue, home of the bride's taunt.
Count*#* Leattv.
M.'if ahull Fo ld, the bride # brother.
\\j\* finable to attend the weddihg he
« .nine he was stricken with chicken
pox Tueuday. In hi* absence the hr id*
was given In marriage by Admiral
Karl Ilea tty.
Snitluliluff I Sold
Special IM«.pwtcl* te The Otnnliii Her.
Scottablnff. .'yVh . April p*.
\V. H. (Mfcrberg. Ii liu«naut-r of
|| • ()r|illrllm tb/Ul' l V.-.e, I inploh d
the purchase of the Star theater ami
will take pojotHNKm April It. running
both lUcaU'i# ;u'Ut t^at, Ualo,
\
Jury in Foster
Case Disagrees
Members Discharged After 33
Hours—\ote Six to Six
on All Ballots.
»> Intver.-d Service.
St. Joqeph, Mirh . April 5 —The
jury that tried William Z. Foster,
first of more than 30 defendants
charged with violating the Michigan
syndicalism law, was discharged at 5
tonight without having reached a ver
dict. The Jury had deliberated 35
hour*.
Calvin Butchman, foreman of the
Jury, told Judge White that the Jury
was hopelessly deadlocked and asked
to be discharged. Judge White then
dismissed the Jury.
Butch man said the Jury had voted
six for acquittal and six for convic
tion on the first ballot and that there
had been no change on the halloting
that followed during the 35 hours.
Mrs. Minerva Olson, the only
woman on the Jury, headed those
standing for acquittal.
Foster smiled broadly when the
• Jury was discharged.
‘ I think I got a fair break,” was
the only comment he made.
The case will probably be tried
again at the next term of court.
Klan Officials Surrender
on Kinhezzlement Charges
Atlanta, April 5.—T. J. M l>in
ron, chief of the investigating depart
ment, and N. W. Furncy, cashier of
the Ku K!ux Klan, surrendered them
selves early today In answer to war
rants sworn out by R. J. Jones, an
associate of Emperor Simmons, charg
ing larceny after trust. McKinnon
was charged with ombexxletnent of
$27,000 and Furncy of $SO.OOO of funds
belonging to the k)an. They were
released on bonds of $1,000 each Both
are officials under Imperial Wizard
Evans.
Trial of the two official* was set
for Saturday.
Information
Bureau
r How convenient the infor
mation bureau is when it is
needed. If it were not ac
cessible we would be in sore
straits many times.
* The information bureau of
the world of business and in
dustry is in the “Want" Ad
| columns.
• Tl\py tell of jobs that are
available—of business open
ings throughout the state—
where real estate loans may
secured of farms which
are waiting tenants, etc.
• They contain lists of articles
for sale—appeals of trained
men seeking work—houses,
rooms and apartments for
rent—in fart, thyy convey
valuable, authentic informa
tion about hosts of things.
* 1'sc The O m a h a B e e
“Want" Ad information bu
rcuu as readily ns yoiLUse the
telephone - it is always at
your cor ’-'ami.
fh'iul mill I sc I hr
Omtihtt Rvv “W mil iih,
thi' Ilf'i'liiH' to Ri'snlt
Emperor Simmons
Given Big Ovation
by Klan Members
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Courtroom Crowded at Trial
for Leadership of "Invis
ible Empire" at
AtianJ*.
Atlanta. Ga., April 5.—The court
room w as, crowded whtn the hearing
was resumed late today before Judge
E. D. Thomas on the controversy be
tween Emperor William J. Simmfr.s
and Imperial Wizard II, W. Evans to
determine who is head of the Ku
K!»x Klan. Emperor'Simmons was
given a big ovation by his adherents
when he walked Into the courtroom.
The imperial wizard was not pres
ent, but was represented by Paul
Etheridge, imperial klonsel. He charg
ed that the court order which ousted
Evans and temporarily placed Sim
mons in charge of the imperial pal
ace and records was “fraudulently ob
tained and fraudulently executed by
the sheriff through misrepresentations
by t'olonel Simmons snd his associ
ates.”
Ben II. Sullivan, attorney for Em
peror Simnton*. said there was no
fraud and that the court order was
obtained in a proper and regular man
or. Cutinstl for the imperial wizard
then Introduced affidavits from Evans.
J. A. tl" inter, Tom Aker* and Paul
Etheridge, officials of the klan. Evans'
affidavit rotated the steps which led
up to his election as imperial wizard
and of Simmons as emperor last No
vember at the klan klonvocation.
Etheridges affidavit set forth that
Emperor Simmons had been voted a
salary of $1,000 a month in January
by the imperial kloncillum. This was
followed by the reading of an affi
davit which counsel for Evans had
drawn up atid which Sheriff Kowrv
refused to sign. It purported to
describe how the shefiff. had been
called to the imperial palate to wait
for the arrival of the court peti
tion. The sheriff, on the stand, said
lie would refuse U> sign the affidavit
ui less ci mpolb\r*to do so
The affnlnslt *f Evans further con
lei. led that Simmons had accepted the
position of emperor knowing it to be
a mere honorary title and that h*.
Evans, as Imperial wizard, was pos
sessed of ihe executive authority and
thereby sole head of the klan.
1. M. \Y. .Maintains Monopol'
of Labor, Operators ( barge
Washington. April 5.—Charging the
t i.lint Mm,. Worker# of America » th
'destructive tt)Onopoiv of labor," the
bituminous operators' special eommit
tio today filed h brief with the I'nited
States ,-oaJ commission citing the labor
organisation for maintaining a “ram
p.tign of allegedly deliberate violence."
The operators charged the union's
policy toward employers was "the
chief deterrent to a satisfactory sup
ply and prloe of coal.''
Hot ( onlt 'i in < antbritlgo
S|.ect*l lll.pstfh t.i The Omaha Bre.
• himbi idge n. 0 . April : —The
three-eoronered fight for election on
the Milage hoard of trustees was
hotly contested. I mu Itentley and
Herman Wiisteman were tv elected.
Dr. B. f\ Stewart and Uoyd t’,
Kiehanlscn were returned as .mem
bers of ihs school board.
I our Kiili il by L\rlono
W.iAlunctt'f,. April r> Kimii
wri t' rv>port*d kill'd jin,! at
Uorvu hoivuMi in a tyoK»n«
whit h till* nCvtM i <>oi\ *wtpt th*» vIIUm*
»'f Silver Sprlnjr^. Mil , a few milt*
from \n A^hUi^ioiu
Danbaum Is
Acquitted
by Council
Reporter, on Whose Word
Commissioner Acted, In
clined to “Color” News,
Police Captain Says.
Stormy Session Is Held
Ben F. Danbaum, former detective
sergeant who was demoted to rank of
patrolman, was acquitted by the city
council Thursday afternoon of
c barges flleJ against him by Polite
Commissioner D. B. Butler, alleging
the utterance of statement* against
the interests of the police depart
ment.
A| the conclusion of an animated
session in which Commissioner Butler
and Attorney Henry Monskv were
the stormy petrels, the police com
missioner moved that the charge* be
sustained. The vote was 5 to 1, Com
missioner P.utler being alone to up
hold the charges. Mayor Dahlman
was absent.
This action has no effect on the
present status of Mr. Danbaum aa
patrolman, but it lifted the suspen
sion which was ordered a week ago
last Wednesday.
Koutsky Is Cliairman.
The atmosphere of the council
chamber became electrified immedi
ately after Acting Mayor H. W. Dunn
announced the hearing, which fol
lowed the hearings of two firemen.
Commissioner Hopkins moved that
Commissioner Koutsky act as chair
man, to which suggestion Chairman
Dunn readily acceded.
Attorney Henry Monsky, appearing
for Mr. Danbaum, approved of the
idea, saying, "I don’t want Mr. Butler
to say that his predecessor (refer
ring to Commissioner Dunn) sat in
the chair and made rulings adverse
to his interests.”
Commissioner Butler strenuously
objected to the proposed change in
the chairman, stating that the com
mission did not need to be advised
by any outside attorney.
“I will not stand for any of your
polished tirade 1 had an experience
with you once on the welfare boarti.”
Commissioner Butler said to Me. Mon
sky.
The roll call on chairmanship was
read, the result being that Commis
sioners Dunn, and Koutsky exchanged
seats ,
Charges Signed by uuion.
The charges against Danbaum.
signed by Acting Chief of Police P.
H. Dillon, contained the specific al
legation that the accused police of
ficer. on March 37. made substantial
.Torn to Page Kight. rotnmn Owe.)
Flames Eating Way
Through Famous Hotel
_______
Hot Springs. Ark. April 5.—Fire
uiscuvered, shortly after 3 this after
noon. tonight was eating its way
1 through the luxurious Arlington hotel
here, with dense Clouds of smoke
baffling efforts of firemen to pene
trate the building.
Indications were that the building.
I rated as one of the finest tourist
i hotels in the south, would be de
stroyed. About guests were regis
tered at the hotel. It was believed
all escaped.
\<lauis Man Admit* Perjury
at Trial in County Court
Special Dispatch to Tha Omaha Bee
Beatrice, Neb . April t —Ted Ras
'sett of Adams, who recently admitted
I in court that he perjured himself,
wlien he testified that he purchased
liquor last fall of Ralph Horrum, he
cause the latter took his best girl
away from. him at a picnic, pleaded
guilty to the charge in county court
'and was bound over to the district
court. Rasselt is serving a 30-day
sentence in the county jail on a
hquer charge.
I diversity Athlete ^ ill
Teaeli at Scotubluff
Special Pllfillh to The Omaha »W
S- ottabluff Nfl> . April 5 — HarrV"
i U. wirth. Nebraska imivoisity ail-Vte
and meTnber of the Cornhusker coach
! Inf staff, has been elected athletic
coach and tea. her of the S.-ottsbltiff
' High school at a salary of *2.300.
The school system here was reor
ganised by placing both junior and
t senior high schools under N 1— Tv
son at *3.POO, doing sway with ele
mentary school principals and ap
pointing executive teachers instead
and naming Miss Lillian Gallher pH
tv.aiy supervisor at *2,100.
Free Pass Bill SfjmetT
Lincoln. April a.—Governed" C It"
Bryan signed the free pass bill yester
day which provides for free passes for
ministers of the gospel. charity work
ers. Inmates of hospitals and others.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday fair and colder.
Tempera tore
High**!, ft. Lomwt, 31 IT.
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Total, Tvtal Hint'* January U 4*4
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