Kidnaj >ers’ Dog
Prized bv Victim
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Son of Radio Engineer Found
at Cottage at Theresa,
N. Y.
^ By International New, Service.
Watertown, N. Y., May 4.—"Hello,
mama.”
"Hello, Verner."
This commonplace exchange of
greetings, reminiscent of (J; Henry and
his_ commentary on what folks say
in times of stress, marked the re
pinion today of Varner Alexanderson.
kidnaped son of the noted Schenectady
radio engineer, and his mother, who
rushed to this city by private car to
claim the child who bad been stolen
front her three days ago. 4,
The reunion—made doubly strange
by the self-assurance (Vf. the stolen
child—took place at tli» Jefferson
county Jail, where the boy, rescued
from a Riverside cottage at Theresa,
where he had been held captive, had
spent the night.
Once his mother had been seated
in the living quarters of the sheriff,
Verner climbed into her- lap and
promptly began to cry.
But the tears, it developed, were
the result of the sudden influx of
strangers—the reporters and photog
raphers.
Slipping from her lap he found one
of his two most prized possessions, a
bundle of papers that bore his like
ness.
“See, mama." he proudly com
manded.
Then "Dodo" Introduced his second
Jewel—a mongrel pup, answering to
the name of Jack, the dog he had
substituted for the bunnies that the
kidnapers had used as bait to lure the
boy into their machine.
"He’s mine, and I'm going to keep I
him forever.” confided Verner.
Police are searching for two 'men 1
believed tp be the kidnapers.
Three w omen are under arrest as |
accomplice-witnesses and detectives |
are following clues furnished by them ;
to apprehend the principals.
While detectives from every city In
the state were on the chase it re
mained for Edward Jarvis, a Theresa
Charles Ruthenberg,
Convicted Red Leader
Charles E. Huthenberg, Cleveland!
communist, found guilty of criminal
syndicalism In St. Joseph. Mich., court.
boat liveryman, to find the boy. As
the chase turned to the north coun
try Jarvis linked the crime with the
fact that early in April he had rented
a cottage to two strangers. They
took possession last Tuesday. AVIth
them came an elderly woman and
a boy. Yesterday under the pretense
of repairing a window shutter Jarvis
went to the cottage and secured a
good look at the boy. He identified the
lad,from a newspaper photograph and
then telephoned the sheriff's office at
Watertown.
The ,hoy was playing on the floor
with A dog when Deputy Fred B. Jack
son arrived and, questioned by Ihe offi
cer, began to cry. H^ finally spelled |
out nis name between sobs arid the
three days’ search for the kidnaped |
child ended.
‘Crusoe’ Sought
to Aid Aviators
Maintenance Men for Remote
Points Wanted to Help
Globe-Circling Trip.
London, May 4.—There is a fine op
portunity open for “real men" who
want a "thrilling adventure" with
Capt. G. H. Malins and Commander
MacMillan, who are planning A
round the world airplane flight.
Anyone who wants to lead a Robin
son Srusoe existence for a few
months may join up with Captain
Malins’ expedition not for the air
flight, but for the dreary work of
conducting maintenance stations in
distant and little known lands.
"I want some real adveturers,” Cap
tain Malins said in discussing bis
plans. "I have obtained a few alf
ready.
"Bofofe we start flying a steam
yacht is to be dispatched to lay
petrol, ljood and ammunition dumps
in a trail on volcanic islands from the
Aleutians and Ihe Kurils to Japan.
"On that boat, which we are naming
the '.SY Frontiersman,’ we shall have
a crew of 35 and a body of ‘adven
turers,’ who will be left on these
islands, well armed, to protect these
dumps.
"The men will be literally marooned,
like a Cursoe or a Ben Gunn, and,
have to fish and shoot for necessity
rather than sport.
,'"The skipper of the boat—which we
have bought—is Commander Little
hales, who was In charge of a Rus
sion Icebreaker In the great war.
was more than once threatened with
execution in the Russo-Japanese war.
"He’s a great sportsman, and ro
is Captain -Reacoek, who will take
charge of the dump depositing in
preparation for the flight to follow,
and so are two flight commanders,
who will be on board and see after
our landing stations.
"You see we mean to take no
chances this time. W« do not intend
to rely on local preparations.
"As for our machine, it wiil he the
last word in aircraft. We shall take
time to meet the yacht at Toklo and
' set from it the charts of the hidden
i dumps.
"It will follow the Vancouver, and
while we cross the American conti
nent the yacht will steam to the South
See islands an back up the east coast
of Brazil to the west coast of Africa
an home.
"In the meantlms Vs will fly to
| Newfoundland, Greenland and Ice
land."
The date of departure of the expe
dition is still Indefinite.
Grand Lodge of K. P.
to Meet at Hastings
The fifty-ninth convention of Grand
lodge Knights of Pythias, domain
of Nebraska, will be held at Braudes
ball, Hastings. Tuesday and Wednes
day. Judge W. A. Dilworth, past
grand chancellor, will deliver the ad
dress of welcome, to which L. B. liny,
grand chancellor, will respond.
The delegates will tour Hastings
Tuesday afternoon. A banquet will
lie given at fi in the evening at Hotel
Clark. Hastings lodge No. 28, will
confer the rank of Knights at 8.
Dramatic Order Knlghats of Khoi-as
sen ceremonial will b« conducted
Wednesday evening.
Officers of thp lodge are I,. B. Day,
Omaha, grand chancellor; Wilbert L.
Elswick, Crawford, grand vice chan
cellor; Rev. T. Porter Bennett, Falls
City, grand prelate; Will H. Love,
Lincoln, grand keeper of records and
seal; Chris H. Rolling, York, grand
moster of exchequer; Henry H. Holt,
Hastings, grand master at arms; U.
G. Austin, Wall hill, grai\d inner
guard; J. J. Gallagher. Benkelman,
grand outer guard.
New Road Will Be Built
for Lincoln Highway
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Kearney, Neb., May 4.—Work la
expected to start within a week on
establishing a new roadlied for the
Lincoln highway from Kearney east
to the county line. This highway
will be built on the Union Pacific
right-of-way. Provisions to have the 1
new road gravel surfaced, as soon as j
It settles sufficiently, have been made. ,
The old roadbed will remain open to '
travel while construction on the new
road is under way.
! Thomas D. Crane,
Attorney, Succumbs
Thomas 1). Crane* practicing at
torney here for 35 years, died sud
denly Thursday night at his home,
1 Rosemere, Florence Heights.
Mr. Crane recently returned from
1 California where he had gone for his
health.
Mrs. Crane stated that funeral ar
rangements will be completed upon
the arrival of an only son, Roderic,
from Harvard.
Mr. Crane was born, In New Bed
ford, Mass., and during recent years
was associated 1n law practice with
J. J. Boucher, who »has been in
Chicago for the last year.
80 Peru Training College
Students at Nebraska City
Special Diap^lch to The Omaha Bee,
Nebraska City, Neb., May 4.—
Eighty students of the Peru Training ,
college visited this city yesterday and
were guests of the Chamber of CoMk
meroe. While here they visited the j
.State School for the Blind and Arbor 1
lodge and were entertained at a mat
inee at the Paramount theater. Each
year the graduating class of this
school spends a day here, visiting ,
points of interest.
Wymore JVlan Is Arrested
on Complaint of Young Girl j
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Nebraska City, Neb., May 4.—Paul t
McKinley Adams, arrested at Wy- j
more on a charge of assault, com- j
mitted In this county several months ,
ago, was brought h#re and taken be- ;
fore the county court for hearing. He I
pleaded not guilty and was remanded :
to the county jail in default of 11.000 ■
bonrl. Miss Stella Higgins, a minor,
was the complaining witness.
Buffalo County Farmers
Make Profit on Coyotes
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Kearney, Neb., May 4.—Hunting
coyotes is profitable in Buffalo coun
ty. Farmers, since the first of the
year, have collected a total bounty in
excess of J500. The bounty on over
50 wolf scalps was paid during the
past week, the majority of these being
puppies dug out of their dens.
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