« the Omaha Morning Bee VOL. 53—NO. 138. •• OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1923. * SluT tV. V,y)i.,r<,l TmT «■"» TW 0 CENTS “ TT^?. 'jZZW GUNMEN SHOOT FROM MOTOR CAR _______ ----—-;-P - Gov. Bryan Is Failure, Says Norris Governor Too Intensely Par tisan i n Appointments and Policies to Please Progressives. May Run for State Office By P. C. I’OWEI.I,. Wnwhlnuton Correspondent of The Omaha Iter. Washington, Nov. 23.—Telegrams and letters by the hundreds are pour ing into the office of Senator George W. Norris, urging that now, with jynewed health nnd vigor, he remain puhlic life. The senator's friends anil admirers aro approaching him from two angles: One is that he file for the repub lican nomination for United States senator. The other is that he file for the republican nomination for governor. Would Heforin Government. For years the senator has dreamed of a state which would discard its house and senate and supplant those two branches with a compact one house legislature which would be in session practically the entire year. This plan has been agitated publicly by the senator and It has hundreds of devotees who are urging him to run as governor on a ene-house legis lature platform. Meantime, the senator remains a quiet, hard working member of the senate. It is apparent that he again is taking an active, aggressive inter est in public questions and beyond doubt he reads Nebraska newspapers more closely than any representative of that state in the capital. Every incident h» Nebraska's public life portrayed in the newspapers of that state is caught by the senator's eye and he Is not adverse to commenting upon them. IHsappolnted in Bryan. The senator today dlacussed two of 'be hurning political questions In the *, saska arena. They are: 1 ,ip administration of Governor Hilaries W. Bryan. The national third party move ment. Governor Bryan was described by , senator aa a “disappointment." The senator expressed himself as opposed to the third party. "The Bryan administration has been bitterly disappointing to me be cause of the governor's persistent playing of politics In appointments of deserving democrats,” the senator said. “I have read of one resignation after another due to the fact that the man employed by the state was a republican and not a democrat and In not one single Instance have I read of the resignation because of any dis qualifications or lack of efficiency. The removal of a head of a fish hatchery who had served one repub lican governor after another ef ficiently and well for no other pur pose than to make way for a demo crat Is a most striking example of the disappointing spoils system in vogue In Nebraska politics at this tinr.2. Spoils System Wrong. “In voicing disapproval of the na tional third party movement I am not criticising the policies upon which it is based. I am merely re peatlng my position that the country needs less party and not more party government. "Any new party organized under our electoral college law must be come subservient to the spoils sys tem the same as the present parties are subservient to that system. "We should arrange first so that the rank and file of the present par ties can select the men they desire head their presldentjal tickets be fore we throw a third party into the foreground which necessarily under the existing system would be tied down with the same spoils system now crippling efficiency within the old parties. Would Democratise Convention. "The present system of choosing presidential party candidates hinds the rank and file to the work done by national conventions nearly as tight as though this fact wore a part of the constitution of the United States. "1 am not a party man as a party man is described by the ordinary per son. Yet. I believe In parties ns I believe In plows. "I use a plow for what It does for me. Yet, If I find another that will serve me better I got It. A party should be viewed by the public In the same manner. "Our system of presidential nom inations by parties should be Changed so In event the nominee Is not the choice of the rank and file of the party another candidate can be put into the field who represents the real rank and file and thus fore* convi n tions to be subservient to the popu lar will.” Iowa Woman Asphyxiated. Cedar Rapids, la., Nov. 23,—Mrs. Kt Margaret Rusk, 2H. was found dead ■ In her home Of gas poisoning. One burner of a stove was open. Police were unable to determine whether death was due to accident or suicide, a^t'hc body was discovered by her ^ young daughter. Discussing Presidential Candida' Well, It may be that, or the outcome of the next session of congress, or President Coolidge's opening speech on the pro|>osed tax cut that may be the subject of the conversation between Senator Ixxlge of Massachusetts (on left) and Attorney General Daugherty, snapped tltusly in Washington. Marino Appeals Life Sentence Dr. John T. Matthews Also Appeals From Conviction in Abortion Case. Lincoln, Nov. 23.—The state su preme court today heard arguments by attorneys for Jim Marino of Oma ha, who was sentenced to the peni tentiary for the murder of Sam Nan flto. Marino claims that he acted in self defense, after having suffered perse cution extending over many months at the hands of Nanflto. and having been told that Nanflto had declared that he "would get him.” The de fendant also claims that a member of the Jury that found him guilty was a non-resident of the county. He Is serving a life sentence. Other criminal rases that came be fore the supreme court today was an appeal against a sentence of execu-. tlon by Walter Simmons, found guilty of first degree murder by the district court, and an appeal by Dr. John T. Mathews against sentence passed on him after he had been found guilty of "homicide through abortion." Mathew maintains that the testimony on which he was convlncted was that of a dying person and should not be admitted. The Jury found that he had caused the death of Loretta McDermott of Omaha through an abortion perform ed December 27, 1922. A. Pryor Paxson, 111 at Hastings, Improves "His condition fs Improved but he is not out of danger yet,” wag the report last night from the home of A. Pryor Paxson, 2877 Bauman street. Mr. Paxson was stricken with Illness suddenly at a hotel In Hastings, Neb., Thursday morning. Mrs. Paxson re turned to Omaha yesterday. Mr. Pax son Is In a Hastings hospital, with i his brother at his side. Brothers Identify Iowan Killed hv I. C. Train Albert Eea, Minn., Nov. 23,—Three brothers, two from Wllraar and one from Sioux &ity, la., today Identified the body of the man found on the Illinois Central tracks at Glenvllle, near here, yesterday as thnt of tholr brother, Joe Donohue of EeMars, la., real estate man and cattle buyer. “Small Town Stuff ’ Is Plan of Producer at Empress Theater What Is wrong with audiences In the theaters of Omaha? Or. Is Oma ha Just an overgrown country town that falls to appreciate rlever plays In its theaters proddced by a cast of experienced actors? So thinks Wilfred l^doux, former manager of the Empress theater. And. upon his advice, Palmer Hines, producer of plays for the Graves Brothers Players, who promised sev eral weeks ago to present good plays, many of which were Broadway suc cesses, has changed the policy and from now on will present nothing but farce-comedies, all about the bed room nnd "underthlng*'’ such as "Getting Gertie's Garter," "She Walked In Her Sleep,” "Nightie Night," “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath," and “Up in Mabel’s Boom.” It Is admitted that those plays have had popular appeal but they are hardly pdlfylng even In their titles. And Omaha Is to suffer Just because it Isn't considered large enough to have a broad viewpoint, to catch Illusions to New York topics and wise cracks made upon the stage. At the Empress, the audience only responds to Jokes thnt nre so evident that you couldn't miss them, it Is said. Good plays have been found to be a fnllure, when produced In that theater, says Bedoux, nnd ac cording to reception of his work done the first week or two here, Producer 1 lines agrees with Bedoux. Therefore, Omahnns are to be given what Is usually presented on road toms to small towns In this locality. Unidentified Man Stricken on Road ‘Boh Graves’ Tatooed on Arm of Paralysis Victim Found Near Pawnee City. Special Dispatch to Tha Omaha Her. Pawnee City, Neb., Nov. 23.—An unidentified man, smooth shaven, be tween 50 and 60 years of age, weight about 180 pounds and with slightly gray hair, was found unconscious by the side of the road nino miles north of Pawnee City late Wednesday after noon by members nf the Herman Waterman family. Sheriff Guy Avery took him to the Pawnee hospital. Doctors believe that he has suf fered a stroke of paralysis and hold little hope for his recovery. There is no means of Identification except the name "Bob Graves." which Is tatooed on his arm. Where the man came from or where he is going Is _ mystery. He ate breakfast at the home of Albert'Gottula. about two miles south of where he was found. Three Are Quizzed in “Gland Holdup” Chicago, Nov. 23.—Three Univer sity of Chicago students were to be questioned today by detectives in vestlgating an attack upon Charles Ream, 22, who was abducted by two "gland bandits" and subjected to an operation while chloroformed. Lieutenant Michael Grady in charge of the investigation, announced that other students were to be ques tioned later. The three are Robert Jenkins, student editor of the univer sity newspaper; Russell Carroll, chief student marshal of the college nnd “Dutch" Lewis. Grady’s decision followed charges by Ream, a taxicab driver, that he was positive the men who (lipped vital glands from him were university "sissies," most likely medical stud ents. f^ajuana Is Destroyed by Flames' Fire Starting in Cafe of Mexi can Pleasure City Spreads When Fanned by Stiff Wind. * Race Track Left Intact San Diego, Nov. 23.—The entire town of Tiajuana, Mex., Just across the border from this city, was virtu ally wiped out by fire late today, ac cording to word received here. Hurried calls have been sent for ambulances from San Diego. Early reports mentioned no loss of life. The fire is said to have started in one of the cafes which lino the main street. Fanned by a high north wind, the flames spread to adjoining cafes, and according to the last word here, had destroyed virtually every building on the main street. The racetrack owned by the Tiajuana Jockey club was said not to he in any Imminent danger. Hurried calls for fighting equip ment were sent to Chula Vista, a suburb of this city, but the depart ment there was unable to respond and another call was sent to San Diego. Scores of families fled toward the international boundary fearing that their homes would be destroyed. Iowa Offers Reward for Slayers Capture Des Moines, la., Nov. 23.—The state of Iowa today offered a reward of }300 for the capture of John Ruba, who Is being sought in South Dakota for the slaying of Harold Oakes at Sioux City. Rewards of $100 have been posted by Woodbury county snd I,. G. Dorale. on whose farm Oakes was killed. Mrs. Frank Mores Funeral Is Held The funeral of Mr*. Frank Mores, settler of Wilber. Neb., was held Monday at her home. Mr*. Mores is survived by her hus band and six children: Mrs. Tlllle Broz, Edward P. Mores, Charles Mores and Frank I. Mores, all of Wilber; Mrs. Lou Wandra. Havelock. Neb, and Dr. Joseph J. Mores, Omaha. Prof. Filley Did Not Mention Aaron Sapiro Prof. H. C. Filley of the col lege of agriculture of the University of Nebraska, who spoke on co-opera tion before the recent convention of tho Nebraska Farmers Co-operative Grain and Livestock association, did not refer to Aaron Sapiro by .name In his speech. C. Vincent of tho Omaha Grain Exchange said last night that although Mr. Filley did not name Sapiro. It was understood by those who heard him thnt It was Sapiro who was meant. Through an error. The Omaha Bee mentioned Mr. Sa plro’s name. SUNNY SIDE UP How times do change. Dong years ago, when we set type by band, the printer who did not chew tobacco was a rarity. Only a few bought, but all chawed. That's why we used to snook out into the alley to take a chew. One who shrill be nameless went out Into the composing room last night to borrow a chew. Thirty men at work, and not a single one of them chawed terbacktT. Hope professional reform ers will take note of improvement accomplished without prohibiting something. Am I the only one who does not think highly of this thing of dolling up porters and other employes In gaudy uniforms and much gold braid? Somehow or other it sort o* goes against my eighth generation Ameri canism. Strikes me as too much alike aping royalty. A neat uniform is nil right, hut loud colors, gold braid, and too awfully shiny brass buttons tend to weariness of the flesh. A few puzzling questions, which no one has answered In a satisfactory manner to date, though often pro pounded: Why do wo Omnhans buy more Idaho, Utah and Wisconsin po tatoes than we do Nebraska potatoes, our own being better and the ship ping cost laps? Why do we practic ally boycott Nebraska apples, the fin est flavored in the world, and Insist on buying Washington and Oregon apples shipped five times as fur it much greater cost? Why do we ship millions of green hides to the Allan tic seaboard to he tanned Into leather and manufactured into harness and saddles and shoes, Instead of fanning those hides nt home and making them Into the finished leather products? Immense crowd watching The Oma ha Bee's style show. Sixteenth and Dougins. Hasps from younger femi nine contingent ns gaudy gowns arc displayed Dnvioun sighs ns rich furs appear. Would-be smart young men making remarks, hopeful of fitttact ing attention from young women near by, fCkloriy women gaze with tired eyes on garments they never hope to wear. “Isn’t It Just too lovely for anything!" one of most common re marks. Office worker In a hurry has hard time making way through crowd, anil worries about getting back to punch the clock. Policeman busy trying to keep passageway open for pedestrians. Slightly intoxicated individual who Insists on asking ques tions. Woman pushing baby cab hav ing difficult time watching the mod els and steering baby through the crowd. And some of the models evi dently feeling effects of cold hreexes as they display garments not calcu lated for outdoor winter wear unless well cloaked. Revival of the flannel shirt some thing to he commended. Great for comfort and convenience. Am remind ed of the olden days when about No vember 20 most children were “sewed up for the winter." Our Cprehears were doubtless short on sanitation, hut reared some mighty strong chil dren just the same. Great excitement in the Department of the Interior. Haw a box of persim mens on display in a gr*"«*ry win dow. Immediately Invested. KnJoyed the fruit of mv native state immense ly. hut enjoyed far more the memories called up by th#- partaking of the Ins clous fruit. linjnymcht tinged with regret that could not divide w th those old time Missouri friend •< with whom I used to fnregntlui nd ills oltss the merits of the old state. Pnele dim Kitchen and Prank Random. Must buy another box »nd notify Warren Hwltxler. lluh. I reckon d M Weaver of Georgia and W. V. Illiokwell of Arkansas, the elongated del' v.nt»*M to the recent, farmers’ «< 141 \ ••idlon, would not loom up vo cnnHpleuoush if I In man Piers of Nebraska were pi - ent. Am impelled to r-maik that while Herman Is well above tin *’» f* • t 2 mark. .1 mushierali|« port, n of hr height Is above hi** «\ hi < - V* we have t.’dl men, and tall torn, and quite n hit of tall political timber, in Ntht tiki V\ M M Berlin’s Chief of Police Hardest-Worked Man [HeVr 15icjvlcr>. j Herr Hirhler, president of the Ber lin pnlire foree, is said to be the hard est-worked niun in German. His rlever handling of the diftieult situa tions that have arisen there lalely have won him great praise. Government in German yQuits as Vote Fails Reichstag Refuses to Sustain Chancellor and Cabinet in Confidence Measure, 230 to 155. Berlin, N’ov. 2.1.—The Stresemann government’s administration ■ am* to an end this evening when the chan cellor and his cabinet reslped follow ing the refusal of the reichstag to pa»« a vote of confidence The eipected \ to on the resolu tions of lack of confidence was side tracked by the deni and of Stresemann for h tiendorsernsn’. of his govern ment. The vote was 230 nays and 156 yeas, with seven not voting, on a resolution of confidence. For three days the releh«tag has been In riotous aession. President I.oebe was forced to adjourn the ses sion Wednesday on account of the disturbance caused by communist deputies. When the session opened Thursday the government had arranged for a large police guard who kept the com munist deputy Hcmmele from enter ing the hall. He was the leader In the trouble of the previous day. Dur ing the session Thursday Chancellor Stresemann defended his administra tion in a two-hour speech which was followed by an address by Finance Minister Dr. Hans Luther. it was evident from the debate which followed tHe government ad dresses that the fate of the cabinet was sealed. Hall Sends Road Claims for $469,000 to Marsh Lincoln. Nov. 23.— Road con tractors’ claims amounting to $469, 000, that wort* returned to the finance department Wednesday by State Auditor Marsh f<*r approval, were returned today unapproved. In a letter that accompanied th*' claims. Secretary Hall of the depart rr.ent claims that they are “deficiency voucher®" and that he is returning them for the protection of the con tractors, as provided by the statutes, which declare that it is incumbent on a contractor of the state to file his claims with the stta? auditor within two years after Its accrual. Asked what he intended to do with the claims Auditor Marsh said: “It looks like cheap political clap trap for departments t< be bantylnpc back and forth and this department feels that it t- too small a matter to take cognizance of. “However, these claims should either bo approved or disapproved by the finance department or else re turned to the contratcora who may then file them with the auditor s of fice as provided by law." The auditor again denied that they wore “deficiency claims” and reiter ated his statement that accompanied the « (aims when the> were first re turned to the finance department tb.it “there ate funds tine from the ftdeial government that will meet these claims." Omaha Marriage Liceiws Duhlol .1 Mbi'nrlhv. Omibg .over "1 M a i ||i< i "i hull Omuho . J l • Hurl*' 'll. « mum ha ....... .'I Him*I Shaw * >niahn .. .M iCiiwiod h Hnwpr, 'Omahn . : i Tlr rrun K*i«*r. OnmliH .. 22 Marrieil in (iouneil Bluffs The follow Inn hrmmu obtain***! mar Hum* l. *• 11•. m in Council lMuffci Muter Ony I Flovtl Cumpboll. rnliier, \**h ?4 I *« flu Amir ih«ii, Archor N*lt. . . I ft Muitj Monro**, £i*rlin»c Nnl* . "1 Mu bo I I.Molph. Ailarm*. Nob. .IS Mutmin Knn'iM. l.imMo. To*. ri M’liRurrilt fiiillli, I.* ratio. T*i ... Jrt limn II:iho. Ivn* 'tin CUv*. Mo ?2 v > Pina PaIIm r. .. . :u H .i i £ l.*l**. I.imun lu ... J2 IlefftlorNOh, I.or.in, |u 11 Amlr*w simi on i*h », * ... . .f;t liorlH Uoinpio, Onmlin . 52 f.’in CiMipor CouniOl WulN . 4? 'I • c Rails’ Side in Rate War Is Denied Kansas Utilities Head Says Farmers Suffer From High Freight Charges on Products. Hearing Is Adjourned By Associated Press. Kansas City, Nov. 23.—The middle western grain rate hearing here be fore John J. Ksch and Johnston B. Campbell, interstate commerce com missioners, closed dramatically today when Clyde M Beed, chairman of the Kansas public commission, took tlie stand, uninvited, to deny testi mony of railroad witnesses regarding agricultural conditions. The hear ing will resume In Minneapolis Mon day. Farmers are not getting all out of the soil they could, in the opinion of It. G. Merrick, general freight agent of the Santa Fe lines west of the Missouri river, who testified today at the rat« hearing. "Well, then,” reflected Commis sioner Campbell, "in view of all the handicaps you have mentioned. I wonder If that isn't the reason why we should examine \ery carefully lo see if agriculture should not be given more consideration than other lines of industry.” Hard to Beat Nature, “The farmer could overcome those handicaps if he would,” retorted Mr. Merrick. “That is easier said than, done,” Mr. Campbell commented. “The farmer has the chinch bug, grasshop pers, rust and other hazards. Don’t you think that indicates he has many things to contend with that coal, lumber and other lines do not have?” At that point, T. J. Norton, .Santa Ke attorney, declared that fruit grow er* in the northwest had got rid of bugs and Insects and "they won't al low a fly to alight on a tree." ”'e*. ’ the commissioner granted, “but Ihe fruit growers of the east haven’t succeeded In eliminating In sects.’’ Then the railroad attorneys, who are contesting the plea of eight states for lower grain and hay rates, turned their searchlight on threshing costs. I.osses Are Cited. Mr. Merrick previously had quoted figures of the Southwestern Wheat Improvement association purporting to show that Kansas farmers, be cause of natural handicaps, had lost 105.000,000 bushels of wheat or about a yeear’s average crop, last year. The los-^es, Mr Merrick enumerat ed, were 31.rf00,000 bushels from u HI tig P<”'r seel, 30.000.000 from depleted soil fertility, 2S.000,000 from poor seed bed preparation, 9,000,000 from insects and 4.000,000 from plant diseases. Questioned regarding threshing costs. Mr. Merrick said charges ranged from 10 to 14 cents a hughel, whlla the average freight rate In Kansas was about 11 cents a bushel. On cross examination by Clyde M. Keed. chairman of the Kansas com mission, Mr. Merrick admitted the yield had something to do with thresh ing charges. Free Trip to Gliieago \\ on l»\ Ohiowa School Girl Geneva, Neb.. Nov, 23 —A free trlfi to Chicago was won by Miss Fay** Hurt of Ohiowa for work in the de part ment of canning anti home eco nomics carried on by the l>oy^‘ and Kiris’ clubs of this county. Mis* Bur* who is a Junior in the hiKh school at Ohiowa, will attend the c lub congress and International Livestock exposi tion at Chicago the. week beginning December 3. Out of 153 boy.* and girl* enrolled in the club* of the extension servlc-* this year. 122 completed the project* preacrlbed lam year. ork h Provided for Fillmore ('ounty Prisoners Oenev.t. Neb. Nov. 23—Ninety days in jail at hard labor was the •'•ntence given James Havel of Milli gan. who was convicted In county court for selling liquor. He appealed to district court. This is Havel'a; second offense. Because of a large number of prisoners, due in violations of the prohibition amendment, the board of supervisors of Fillmore county re cently dt signal*d the jail and the work shop of the highway engineer as a work house, where prisoners may he mads to labor when sen (• need, one prisoner has been help ing in the road work recently, under direc tion of iho » minty engineer. (iirl Heli! fur Kol)l»ery. Kearney, Neb, Nov. 23 dr.n'e H im'. alias <»i > *' Solltrs. wanted In j Lincoln on .1 char 4 of alleged rob- j I't-i y, was picked up by Sheriff Stim j I'nrr here today and Is being held! pending arrival of officers from the] capital city. Farmer Die* at Work Albion. Neli.. Nov ?3 (Jeorge Jlol-j ton. a farmer living north of town, was found lying unconscious In hi* yard about noon Wednesday A doc tor wfa summoned but did not arrive | until after the man's death Apople\\ i was the supposed cause. Victim of Gangsters Is Kidnaped; Bootleg War Theory Given by Police Lone If oman Answers Cries for Help but Is Held Off by Guns of Trio of Gunmen—Male Bystanders Refuse to Interfere—Shotgun Squads of Police Are Scouting City in Search of Death Car. Leo Brunson Believed to Be Target of Gunmen Three gunmen In a high-powered automobile sped north on the Eight eenth street boulevard at 3:25 yester day afternoon. With a groan of protesting brakes, the ear came to a stop in front of 1121 North Eighteenth street. A revolver barked and a pedestrian Burned Record Introduced in Goucher Trial Omaha Salesman Charged With Abetting in Forgery of Warrants by Former Lincoln Co. Clerk. Ill Associated Press. North Platte, Neb.. Nov. 22 —The burned records of the Lincoln county courthouse destroyed by first last spring, and for which two former county officials are under indictment for arson, were part of the exhibits identified by Theodore Lowe, county] clerk, the first witness called in the trial of Carl It. Goucher of Omaha, who Is being tried here on charges of aiding and abetting former County Clerk Arthur S. Allen in forging war rants. Records referred to were claim", warrants, routine of county commissioners' and county clerk's offices. It was disclosed that part of the records, as they concern the Omaha Printing company, are missing, and, while it was not permitted to be part of the record of the Goucher case. It was stated that they were burned or stolen the n.ght of the fire. Goucher was salesman for the Omaha firm. Stubs of two warrants payable to the Omaha company. Mr. I-owe testified, disappeared at the time of the fire. Iiowe took the witness stand shortly before 3:30 p. m. and had just com pleted direct examination when court" adjourned for the night. Opening Statements Made. An important phase of today's ses sion was the opening statement of attorneys to the jury, which was com pleted at noon. Special Prosecutor George Gibbs reviewed the case, repeating much of the inform tion made public at the time tho indictments were returned by the grand Jury. Homer Sullivan, attorney for Goucher. declared that the defense would show that the Omaha salesman had a right to cash the company warrants, and that Allen Could not have had any intent of in juring Lincoln county when he is al leged to have caused the issuance of warrants totaling approximately $2 300 to the Omaha Printing com pany to cover shortages Goucher is claimed to have incurred by failing to account for money he collected. Attorney Sullivan declared that it would be sown that troubles of Goucher could lie laid to the doors of competitive printing and office sup ply companies Company llehind tioucher. Officials of the Omaha Printing company are standing behintf Goucher and are here to testify ill his defense. Attorney Sullivan declared (toucher is bting tried now on In dictments charging that he inflUt need Allen to Issue fictitious warrants for {345. Other indictments charge that he caused former county officials to issue warrants for a total of approx imately {2,300. Special Prosecutor Gibbs quoted from what he declared was a confes sion hy Hen Implicating Goucher. Goucher, he said, came to Allen last November and said: "Art. 1 have never made up that money and the company is pressing for n settlement. Cant' you do something for me?” Goucher. according to Allen's confes sion quoted hy the attorney, suggest ed that Allen issue county warrants for the amount he was short with tlie company and that he would raise the money and settle with Samuel Souder. county treasurer at the time shi n the wan ants wen returned for payment. Such warrants wee Is-’ sued, the state claims, hut though negligence, were not | i opci ly lJanil fled to the county clerk's office and were returned to tint Omaha l'rltft Ing company with on inquiry as 10 whnt items they covered Allen in the meantime had hn-tt ta'kvrt 1A the hospital for an operation and the In quit i was investigated hy clerks. They suspected that there ware ip regularities and an investigation was made and the Indictments resulted. Alien has entered a plea of gmhy charges against' thill and will Is a witness for the stale against Goucher. » Bladen Man |)ri\e- Blaring Vntoinoliiir From Uarage lllaflen, N’rb N’ov o Vn nUto MoUilo belonging to f»ton IVnton * night lit.' .n t^r» u n. ^ Mr. In i.'»>n drove It into the *trort where the fir* wa» « xungutnlitx!. was seen to crumble and fall to the sidewalk. Two members nf the auto mobile partyv Jumped from the car and struggled with their tk im, w-bu was placed in the machine Cries for help from bystander^ failed to bring sufficient aid to pre vent ills lielng kidnaped. Woman Attempts Rescue. While several men stissl around without attempting to extend aid. It remained for a lnnc woman. .Mrs. W. Finn. IK’S North Fighte-nth street, to ru«h to the man's assistance. .Strug gling with the arm of one of the gun men. Mrs. Kinri joined In the cries for help. A revolver jammed against her liody and a warning that she herself would be shot unless she desisted forced her beck from the fray. The body then was loaded into the machine which sped north. The identity of the gunmen s victim lias not lieen learned but police are of the opinion that it is J.eo Brunson. 4303 Grant street. Mrs. Brunson left her home about 5 in the afternoon in the family car and her whereabouts hat e not been learned. Have Two (Ion A pool of blood and a light brown cap. believed to belong to one of the gunmen, are the only clues left for police. Mystery surrounds the shooting. War among bootleggers Is the po lice theory At the same time, a brother of the supposed gangsters’ victim, was found dead in his taxi on a downtown street corner several months ago. and this affray may be a connecting link with his death. Brunson has a criminal record. Ht pleaded guilty In federal court to transporting liquor and was fined $S00 recently. Hriuisoil Implicated in Maying. Krutpoo was held no a charge of being implicated in the fourth *- of Mrs. Tiargaret Foley Hyland, June 4. 1951. His case Was dismissed when J. W. Snodgrass, who told deteetiv*.« that Brunson confided in him that he was the slayer, jumped a J1.000 ionri and could not be located at the time of the trial. Squads of police, armed with sawed off shotguns, are on guard at several rendezvous of underworld characters In an effort to arrest suspects. Auto mobile squads are scouring the high ways to locate the automobile in which the gangsters escaped Operate Again on Nebraska Woman in Motor ^ reek Special Dispatch »«• The Omaha Bee Beatrice. Neb.. Nov 23—Mrs. T. B. Steenblock of Odell. Net*, who was seriously Injured in an automobile accident near Cedar Rapids, la . which caused the death of her hus band. has undergone a second opera tion there in the hope of saving her l.fe Mr Steenblock was assistant cashier of the Hind* State bank of Odell, and Jha two had gone to Iowa to visit with relatives when they met with the fatal accident. Farmers Delay Planting Wheat to \\ohl Hessian Fly Geneva. Neb . Nov. 2S.—About 20 per cent of the farmers of this county delayed plaintIng of wheat until Sep tember last year to escape the rav ..gt « of the Hession fly in the fields. This delay to the fly free date was the result of a vigorous campaign cearrted on by Bee Thompson, agricul tural agent, and affects about 92.000 acres of wheat. Damage front the fly is observed in some of the fields in which there was early planting. Columbus School Operetta Drmrs Record Attendance Columbus*' Neb.. Nov. S3—A school operetta given by pupils* of the Fourth ward school here ;»et a new attend* a nee record with 1.000 people and gate ret * ipts of t>0 at the North the ater. when the Windmills of Hol land' wn* presented. The money will Ih* used to buy pUnos for school rooms. Goiirlier Jury Completed. North rtstts, Nch.. Nov —A Jury to hear th<> evidence In the trial of Carl M Gaucher of Omaha. charged vftfh aiding and abatlin* former County Clerk Arthur S. Alien, with fciKln* county war.'WM*. w.o» com pleted at noon todnw and open In* aiatcnfnta lu the attorney* ware an dor way thi* afternoon. The Weather 1" \r 4 I. e l.n* 7 i* m . N.’vtebfr So is** TetwrcrultiPf. Hitrh«*»t. 47. lew c*t. 5*. mean 47: nor •mil. ii. Tci*l fvt'wi a.ncc J«tr,»rr 1 S 74 Kelathv ttumUltl' I'errenlMf a m * • r