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VOL. 53—No. 29. IffRW/llrtWrW! OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1923. * &."£_FIVE CENTS
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Dixie Girl
Fights for
Her Honor
Southern Beauty Spends Her
Entire Fortune to Disprove
Charges of Husband in
Divorce Action.
Big Wall Street Banker
New York. Dec. 29.—Because a wo
man's honor Is her most priceless
possession, Mrs. Elaine Lee Harris,
27-year-old southern beauty, says she
lias;
1. Given up her claim to being New
York's best-dressed woman.
. 2. Spent her private fortune of
30,000.
3. Traveled 78,000 miles to attend
hearings In nine courts in five states.
Mrs. Harris—who at 19 was married
to Beverly D. Harris, then senior vice
president of the National City bank of
New York, 27 years her senior—was
defendant in the annulment action
brought by her husband.
Harris has just lost the suit by de
fault. When he failed to appear be
fore Justice Tierney, who was to try
the case, the court Instructed the jury
to bring in a verdict In favor of the
defendant.
But Mrs. Harris says she will fight
on until her name is cleared.
In a telegram, sent to her aged hus
band from the courtroom, Mrs. Harris
hranded as cowardly and contemptible
Harris' failure to appear to press the
action.
■'You will pay behind bars If you
live that long.” an excerpt from the
telegram declared.
He charged:
1. His wife. Instead of being a south
ern belle, as, he says, she alleged, was
the mistress of a man he charges to
have been one of the south’s most
notorious gamblers.
2. Instead of having spent her girl
hood under private tutors and In the
rare of a black mammy, she was a
telephone girl in Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Harris, in a signed and sworn
statement, answers:
"There Is not a Lee or a southerner
who will permit this slut. He is
lucky io have escaped thus far with
his life!”
Whether Harris or his wife Is right
in their contentions Is now up to the
New York supreme court to decide.
Airs. Harr s' story carries all the
color of a movie thriller.
Keel One.
The old south—Clarksville. Tenn.
A southern plantation. T$te "best fam
ilies." including “the Lees of Missis
sippi,’’ to which Mrs. Harris says
she belongs. Darkles In their cabins.
The Mississippi, with its Lee lines of
steamboats.
Reel Two. •
The scene shifts to San Antonio
and Its winter gayety. Mrs. Harris,
diminutive, black hair in curls, flash
lug eyes, the soft organdies of Dixie’s
belles. Danker Harris arrives. Istve
at first sight. Marriage.
Reel Tlfree.
N'ejy York. The Harris home. Din
ners costing $20,000. Broadway night
life. The little southern girl the
queen of all.
Reel Four.
The separation. Real thrillers here
"One night,’’ Mrs. Harris said under
oath, "my husband wrapped me in a
sheet and suspended me out of the
30th floor window pf the Plaza hotel"
—New York’s most exclusive apart
roent dwelling.
Reel Five.
The court sce^e In which the impa
tient young wife waited vainly for
her aged husband to appear to press
his charges. Her dramatic resolve to
move heaven and earth to vindicate
herself and erase the blot from her
name.
Harris, the banker, former burl
ness partner of James Htillman, of
g^ fers an entirely different scenario
WIt might well be called:
"From Rags to Riches."
"My wife was a telephone girl In
Memphis. The small pay of her trade
could not give her the cloth"* she
craved—clothing for which she spent
money like water during our married
life. She took the easiest way. She
deceived me. T loved. We married.
I gave her my name and my place in
New York society. But not all the
money In the world would have been
enough.”
Harris, who left the National City
hank following Hie estrangement,
moved to St. Louis.
"Now J am almost lit poverty," he
declares, adding:
“Man mny conquer Wall street—
"Then a woman's wiles conquer
.man."
Damages Asked for Death
of Man by Electrocution
North Platte, Neb., Dee. 23.—A
petition was filed in district court a»k
,ag that the North Pintle Light and
Power company pay damages
amounting to $75,000 for the acci
dental death of Itoy Bunnell. I'nlon
I’;irifle engineer, who met his death
from electroeutlon on the morning
of October 8, 1323, when he attempted
to turn on the basement light In his
home, and. according to the petition.
k reived 300 volts, whleh killed him.
The suit was tiled by J. O. Koch, ad
ministrator.
Hooefvelts Sail for Far Fawt.
^ San Francisco, Dec. 23.—Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt, wldi >v of the former
president and her son. Captain Hermit
Roosevelt, sailed for a tour of the far
• ast. Mra. Roosevelt Is on a pleasure
tout', while Captain Roosevelt Is mak
ing V business trip
Fights to Guard Her Birt^ ' *»£•*
; Hjhree siti’cuUive vvzvys o? Ufa 5. D Harr-i sr
Mrs. Elaine l.ee Harris, belle of the southland, whose life and romance—
and her three years ill the domestic relations courts of five states—reads like
a movie thriller.
Damp Weather
Coming; Little
Ones Need Shoes
Mild Temperature to End—
Help Keep Some Poor
Child From Ex
posure.
"Inasmuch as ye have dune It to
one of the least of these (children) ye
have done it unto me." said the great
Teacher.
Those who give to the Free Shoe
fund, help to keep some poor little
boy or girl from exposure, Illness and
perhaps worse.
Though the weather has been com
paratively mild so far, cold and damp
are to be expected for the next three
months. If you could see the pitiful,
pinched faced little ones who wait so
pathetically for the money in the fund
to get them the shoes they need and
which they can get in no other way!
Will you help save their little lives?
If so. send or bring money or
checks to the Free Shoe Fund of The
Omaha Bee. Checks may he made
out to "Free Shoe Fund.”
Previously arkimw-leriged .91,946.56
Mrs. (!. J. Dale .311
O. H. Thompson, tvisuer. Neb. . fi.fKi
Amos Oran . MSI
Mr*. Benjamin S. Baker . 5.00
Ellen nml Hannah vb. Dwight.
Neb. ... U.OO
Tilii* Abrnhamson. Axteii. >eb. , 5.tH>
Total 91.065,06
Mother Sacrifices
Life to Save Girl, 5
By International New* Sfrvlif.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 29.—Mother
love won over thp tear of death when
Mrs. Maude Mourning was killed In
stantly by an outbound Shelbyville
intcrurban here today. Mrs. Mourn
ing hurled herself in front of the car
and succeeded In pushing her 5-year
old daughter, Dorothy, from the rails.
The daughter was hurt, hut will re
cover.
Burlington Shopmen’s
Strike Is Called Off
Galesburg, 111., Dec. 29.—The shop
men’s strike on the Burlington rail
road Is called off ns of .Tanuniy 1,
1924, by the executive council em
ployes’ department of the American
Federation of I.ahor in an order
transmitted to officials of the system
federation here by Bert M. Jewell,
national president.
Husband Dies and Relatives
Think It Is His Wife
Galesburg, 111., pec. 29,Relatives
at the hlstorie Bishop Hill colony here
of the Joe Bills family in .Nebraska
had quite a shock when, after mak
ing funeral arrangements for Mrs.
Bills, whose death was reported in a
telegram, the body of Mr. Bills, no
eompanlod by his Wife, nrrived yes
terday. The error was said to have
been due to a misunderstanding wheh
file telegram was telephoned to the
colony.
WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
THE SUM)A Y REE
I’ART ONi:
l'n*e I—I,*111 or lit I.
PART TWO.
I'tige* I, '! nml ft—Sport*.
l’i»K« 4—\iifomobllr Section; Thi*
M eel* ’* lliullt) Program*.
1'ittf e ft—Market*.
I’nge* k iifid 7—4'la**lfleil AdvertUlnir.
Page H—Hock K<‘vI«*m*| Oucution. "Ik*
Men prefer llenuty to It min*?"
An*werrd by Mr*, (•ouverneur Morrl*.
PART TIIKKK.
Page* I, 1 nnd II—Society.
Page 4—Nlio|i|ilnir with I'olly.
Page ft—Mottl t.eorgr tilve* lit* Im
lirrislonN of tmerlrnn < Itle*; II.
Well* I rgc* World < ontrol of
Trade anil Indnntryt Murk Hulllvmt
Antl-Mi-Adoo Motive In Fnnl'*
lloost for Coolldgr; Abe Martin "On
New Hr*olnf Inn*."
I'nye «—"Putty." Story by Inc* lluynen
Irw In.
Irwin: O. o. McIntyre Write* of
PIcHMdrr* of llomc-comlng
I'eue 7—llrtupy Innd for kiddle*
Purr* H ii ml ft—Mmln.
Page |<»—-AmiiHcrnent*.
PART FOIJt.
Four Page* of Mint Pnimliir Comic*.
ALCOLKAVritK HHCTION.
Page I — ItcniMikulde Corn Pltoto, In
Ho* t wick.
Page* i nml 4—l*lclurc* of InterrMIng
People nml I miimihI Ntiu ».
Tati* ft—The World'* Mo*t lleontlful
Altar*.
Geddes Resigns
as British Env ov
to United States
111 Health Due to Effects of
Gas in War Cause—Sir
Esme William Howard
Successor.
Bjr PrrM.
Washington, Deo. 29.—Sir Auck
land Geddes has resigned as British
ambassador to the United States.
The resignation la understood to he
due wholly to the ambassador's fail
ing health, which has made of him
virtually an invalid for several
months. He Is at present in Eng
land and had intended to sail for
America next week to resume his
post.
Officials; both at the State depart
ment and the British embassy, de
clined today to discuss the matter,
but there have been previous Intima
tions in official circles here that Sir
Esme William Howard, now British
ambassador to Spain, would succeed
Sir Auckland here in the event of
the latter's retirement.
Sir Esme would come to Washing
ton familiar with America and its
problems through previous residence,
having been counselor of the em
bassy here from 190G to 1908. Pre
vious to going to Madrid in 1919, he
was minister to Sweden and minister
to Switzerland. He entered the dip
lomatic service in 1885 and Is GO
years of age.
Sir Auckland returned to England
last June in shattered health, due to
eye trouble which resulted from be
ing gassed on the western front dur
ing the war. For weeks before he
had been confined to a dark room at
the embassy.
Port of Tuxpam Troops
Join Mexican Rebels
Washington, Dec. 29.—The garrison
of tile Port of Tuxpam, state of Vera
Cruz, under the cmnmand of Pol.
Jsinael Rueda, today Joined the
revolutionary movement headed by
Adolfo do la Huerta, according to n
message filed at Vera Cruz nt 2:30
p. m. by the acting secretary of for
eign affairs for the revolutionary
organization, to friends in Washing
ton. The message descrilwd the de
velopment as Important, "not only
because of Hip number of troops It
gives us for Held service. . . but
because it yields the revolutionary
movement absolute control of tlie
entire oil region of which Tuxpam is
tile port."
Dixmude Crew Held
Dead by Government
I’nris, Dpi-. 2!t—llopp h.is lw’pn
aimmlonpil nf finding any survivors
fiom the missing French dirigible
Dlxmude, and the government today
heg.in sending high officials to the
fmnlllp* of Hip SO victim* to extend
Its sympathy and also to express Its
admiration for the heroic i|ti.-illlles of
the airship’s crew.
Snow Expecttol in Oinnlia
Hefon* Monday Morning
Omaha may bo hidden under n
hlunket of snow by Monday morning,
according to the local weather bureau
last flight. A high area over south
western Cunttda and northwestern
t nlted States Is steadily moving
toward Nebraska.
Th« high area, M. V. Uohlns.
meteorologist, declares, hide it» s snow
and much colder weather. Should the
threatened snow develop. If will strike
Omaha before Monday morning, he
said.
Churged \\ itli Murder.
Butte, Mont.. Pec. lift. Albert Llv
ingston was formally charged with
murder In the first degree today In
cofine* Mon with the “laying of Mrs.
Margaret Jackson, tin elderly woman
who was found dead In her room Be
< einher 12, with Livingston lying b*
side her, apparently In a das*-. At the
inquest and during examinations hy
ihe authorities ho has stuck to nsner
tions that he remembers nothing of
the oreurrem e« fib toed lately proved
Ing the discovery of the slaving
&'{oad Cash
as Fast as
State Asks
Federal Engineers Say Many
Old Claims Have Not Vet
Been Presented for
Payment.
More Vouchers Get 0. K.
#3n!y t wo vouchers for highway
construction remained in the hands
of the federal road bureau in Omaha
at the close of business last night.
One called for the payment of
$3,595.51 and the other for $1,829.79.
These will lie checked over early next
week and forwarded to Washington
for payment.
F. H. Shoemaker, from the federal
highway office in Washington, will
remain here to expedite the delayed
claims.
“We will pay the Nebraska road
vouchors as fast as they are lire
sented." Mr. Shoemaker said yester
day. “The state still has a lot that
have not been submitted for payment.
I believe we found that there were 22
which have not yet been passed on
from the state highway department.”
The Omaha lice's Figures Correct
Mr. Shoemaker stated that the
figures published by The Omaha Bee,
which showed $362,000 in cash avail
able in the federal treasury on No
vember 30 for road claims that had
not yet been passed on were accur
ate. This reserve is now being re
duced by the expediting of payments.
The man Immediately' In charge of
federal aid work in Nebraska is J. C.
Wonders. From his office in the
Webster-Snuderland building he
mailed out, last night, six vouchers
for road work which had been de
layed in the Lincoln office. These
were for small rlalms, odds and ends,
totaling $46,397.36.
A voucher forwarded from the
state road department only yester
day, for $134,000, also is on Its way
to the federal treasury. Payment on
all these claims Is expected before
January 8. Mr. Wonders says.
Following ai'e the vouchers ap
proved yesterday; Project No. 29,
$.6,193.78; rroje< t No. 19, B. & O..
$9,792.26; Project No. 53, $3,430.34:
Project No. 5, $17,542.27: Project No.
USA, $3,464.96; Project No. 156B,
$1,973.75.
Mr. Wonders stated that there are
still some road bills incurred liefore
Governor Bryan took office which
have not been sent In yet.
Road Vouchers
for $242,000
Pushed Through
Claim* of The Omaha Bee
Borne Out hy Statement*
of Federal En
gineer.
Lincoln. Dec, 23.—V. H. Shoemaker,
senior highway engineer of the Fed
eral Bureau of Ronds, who has been
sent hbre to expedite Nebraska's
claims against the federal govern
ment, today confirmed a Washington
dispatch to The Omaha Bee. of I>e
camber "3. that there was $362,000
In the federal treasury awaiting state
vouchers.
Shoemaker's statement Is mnde In
the fare of a recent declaration of
Governor Bryan that "the purported
Washington dispatch "is a misstate
ment designed to deceive tho taxpay
ers of the state.'*
Shoemaker, together with J. C.
Wonders of the Omaha district. Is
working with Federal Engineer Web
ton of Lincoln to hasten d"llquent
claim* through Ills office. Through
their activities vouchers totalling
<242,000 are now on their way to
Washington, where payment will be
made In 10 days or two weeks, the
engineer said.
Senator George Wilkins of the sen
ate Investigating committee, was
Jubilant today over the speed with
which Shoemaker ami Wonders arc
putting through claims.
"They will nil be cleaned up In a
short time at this rate." he said. "1
have talked to Mr. Shoemaker and
ho has promised to Iff nothing stand
In the way of Nebraska's contractors
getting their money."
The committee announced tonight
that It would not mlkn public any
report of Its work until after a public
hearing set for January 8.
"The meeting will he open to any
one who lias an Interest." Wilkins
declared, and Intimated that mining
those who will he called upon to
testify are Governor Bryan, former
Ktnte Engineer Johnson, and State
Engineer t'oehran.
The committee will not work to
gether as n body, during the coming
week, hut Informal meetings will he
held In Omaha from time to time In
go over figures prepared by Wilkins.
Two Oirls Still Missing
From Ohio Imln-triul Ilium*
Dfdawnr#, O., Dor 29 All but two
of thr *lr|* who pai tb'lputfi! In I »■ <
nlghf'n rioting at tho tilrl*' Indu
trial h' lnr. roil* heu*. hnvo h« ■«*»»
found. Mil .1 IV Kiton, inafn>n of
the hum*', anl«1 thin afternoon. The
other right ftirl*. aupirh*m1 to have
disappeared In lonneotlon with tin*
liotiiiK. who found today in vnilotia
• nttagra. \vhoi« they aprnt tho night
with other wnrtla of th» ItiMltuUon.
it waa aUted
Boy Burglar
Wounded as
Fagin Flees
Youth of 13, Taught to Steal.
Left to Fate hv Grown
Up Bandit lien
Police Gome.
May Die in .Hospital
Kansas City, Dec. 29 —-Recollec
tions of strang hobo hieroglyphic* cut
In the posts that support the railroad
water tower “bark In Reno," New,
nnd severe pains resulting from a
black bullet wound in a shattered
limb, today were the memories of
Kansas City's 13 year-old Oliver Twist
of the beginning and end of hi* in
itial adventure In banditry.
Jimmie Rliods—small, blue-eyed
and freckled—lay in his little white
bed at the City hospital and recount
ed details of his adventure “on the
road.” There was a break in his
voice, and he turned his head to
wipe away a tear as he nered the
dramatic climax rivaling incidents in
the colorful life of Oliver Twist—for
police had told him a boy capable of
staging a robbery was old enough to |
take the consequences without dem- \
onstration.
But Jimmie, orphan for seven
years, confided that he wasn't the
hardened criminal he was painted by
minions of the law and added:
Didn't Like Keno.
"I couldn’t stand Keno any longer.
The town cramped me, and then there
was the call from somewhere within
me of the trail leading on much
farther down the railroad tracks than
I had ever lieen permitted to go.
Then I met Jack--"
At the mentioning of the youthful
soldier of fortunes redheaded
Fagln, who coached him In crime and
w ho in the critical hour deserted him,
leaving him to answer, alone for the
attempted robbery, Jimmie’s throat
"clogged." an if the kindfaced nurse
In his ward.t who probably remem
bered the temptations confronting her
own son when he was the age of
Jimmie, asked that he not he ques
tioned further, for he was “trying to
forget."
Outside the ward she took up the
narrative, explaining that the boy
had met his confederate and tutor
in crime, one Jake Demlng, several
weeks ago in Columbus, la., shortly
after he had run away from the
home of his guardian, Mis. Grace
Klein, snltcher, In Keno. Demlng
was .15 years old and well versed In
methods of collecting large sums of
money by means of the burglar's
jimmy.
Coached by Thug.
The youth, under Peming's Instruc
tions. took his first fling at burglary
In Lnclede, Mo. lie entered a store
there and ohtalned provisions, while
Demlng acted as "lookout.’
Fired by the ease with which he
accomplished his first "job,'’ the boy
handit. upon arriving In Kansas City,
set forth to replenish the pair's dwin
dling supplies. Agatn Fagan con
sented to act as lookout.
Jimmie entered the store by means
of the basement, while his /•om pan Ion
waited behind. I. Freeman, night
watchman, heard footsteps approach
ing on the stairs. The Intruder
pounded the door until It was loos
ened from Its hinges and fell.
Freeman's .44 caliber revolver spoke.
There was a scream, the patter of
retreating footsteps (those to l>em
tngl. and again all was quiet. The
boy had f.iinUd.
Hushing pa»t the motionless form.
Freeman sought to Hpprehend the
youth's accomplice, hut a second shot
only served to accelerate the speed
at which Demlng was leaving the
scene.
Shot in Calf.
The bullet had found its way deep
into the calf of Jimmie's leg. Phy
sicians at the hospital said such a
wound In a healthy hoy would not
prove serious; hut In his few months
as a knight of the road, Jimmie's
health hail lieen considered a non Im
portant factor, and blood poisoning
la feared.
Ill that .event, Jimmie would not
have an opportunity to prove the
sincerity of Ms promise to friendly
hoepltal attendants, which he reohes
dally with nil the altruism of a 13
year-old orphan hoy who knows how
to appreciate friends once he finds
them.
"I'll never listen to laid advice ol
anybody any more—never again"'
Jimmie, if he recovers, will he
turned over to the local juvenile
nutlinrltlea, who probably will re
mand him to the Detention home.
Woman Who ratally mimed
Children Is Found Insane
Ottawa, la I hfc, 29.—Monona court
fy *« sanity commission meeting here
today to investigate the condition of
Mrs. Fret! Zntis*. farmer’s wife and
young mother who Thursday poured
• il over her three children and set
fire to them, found the woman insane
and committed her to the state hoa
pltnl at Cherokee.
Two of tlm womans children, a
I months old son and a 1 - months-old
were burned to death.
Cliiim Buys Most Bible*.
New York, l>ec. 29.-Chinn, with n
ircitltitlon of 2,000,000 annunlh. huy*
more copies «*f the Hllde than nn\
'•tiler nation In the vyoild, Hcv W II
liam I 1 til van, I». l.i., general seerc
tin y of I tie American Uible society,
j announced at a celebration of the cell
tenarv of tiie translation of the kook
Into Chinese, s
i T
Deserted by Grown Confederate
•'-gJl titiwy KhodS*
Thirteen-year-old soldier of fortune who was talked into burglary by a
man confederate and left "holding the sack" in the hour of crisis. I'hyaicians
fear the boy may die from a wound received in his second “Job."
Sub-Zero Weather
Due to Descend on
Part of Midwest
Northwest and Rocky Moun
tain \rea Slated for I uni- •
hliii" Mercury and Snow
—Cold Vi ave Coming.
Chicago, De«\ 29.—Sub zero weather
over the northwest and midwest of
the United States prtdtahly aceom
panied by a blanket of snow tonight,
was the promised after gust of the
bitter winter weather now gripping
the Canadian north.
The first touch of the severe weath
er in the Cnifed States was felt early
today, when Devil's bake, S. D.. re
ported the record low of the year,
with 14 below Minnesota had two be
low at Duluth, and 10 below at Moor
head.
A breath of this same storm was
expected to reach as far south a*
Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, with zero
expected at Des Moines, and a drop
of 10 or 10 degrees in Illinois and
India na.
Zero weather and snow are long
overdue in the northwestern states.
As the midwest bundled itself in
against the expected drop It looked at
the federal bureau reports and shiver
ed.
One read: "Taigle. Alaska, 64 be
low"'
Denver, i 'olo . Dec. 29—Tempera
tures below zero In Denver within 36
hours were forecast by the district
weather bureau today. The severely
cold wave promises to be aecompan
led hv sifow extending over all parts
of the Rocky Mountain region except
ing southeastern New Mexico.
A snowstorm was general over Wy
oming today and was rapidly mm Ins
southward according to reisirt* to the
Denver weather bureau. A warning
to Stockmen was issued during the
morning.
Helena. Mont . Du- 29 When the
temperature in Helena today fell to
8 below zero It was the first zero
weather her In 31S days, or since
February 15. 1923, when It was lrt be
low. The cold wave, sweeping from
Canada and bringing two inches of
light snow was the first decisive in
terruption of one of the warmest
autumns ever recorded in Helena. A
storm was general over the state
Butte. Mont , Dec. 29.—Butte lvtsk
cd today In mid winter sunshine with
a maximum temperature of 35 above
and a minimum of 20 alaive at 7
o'clock this morning
\ eleran \elira»ka Drummer
Slate* Intention to Retire
K. A Bliley, one of Nebraska'* old
«st traveling salesmen, t* about to
retire. 11* i* now making hi* last
tilps for the Paxton A OaUngher
company, for whom he ha* traveler!
15 year*.
Mr. Bailey announced hi* intention
of retiring at Plattsinouth on hi* visit
there Thursday lie had been visit
log Plattsmouth for so injury years
that he i* now selling good* to busi
ness men them who were barefoot
hoy* playing In the street when he
began “making" thu town, lie will
join hi* brother. B. K Bailey of Lin
coln. owner of Ureen Uable*.
Oil Promoter* Indicted.
1,0* Anselr*. Die. lit Three In
dlrtmenta eh:nglng seven Southern
1'nllfornla mid Texas oil promoters
with misuse of llu> mull* were re
turned by the federal grand Jury Imre
late yesterday. Name* of the defend
Mil* were withheld pending their nr
rest.
Oude Oil in l.ouiMuna l p.
8hrcv*porl. La . l>ec. 2$t —The
Standard oil r^mjMtny of l«out*lana
nmmuiUTd a raise of 15 rent* a bar*
ie| in all grades of north ls>ulalana
rud« oil
Lem Hill Is Married
to Miss A.dele Cullen
Th * marriage nf Lem HiU. pro
prietor of the Hotel Hill, and Miss
Adele Cullen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles T Cullen, took place
Saturday noon in the homo of the
bride's par*n;s Rex. R Sir.ne of St.
Mary Magdalene church perform* d
the ceremony.
Mr. lbll and his bride left shortly
after the ceremony on the*r honey
moon, which will take them through
the smith. They are to be at home in
the Hotel Hill after February 1.
Attendants at the marriage «err
mony wire Ms- Frances Schmidt,
cousin of the bride, and William J.
Hynes only immediate members of
the two families were present.
The couple had made application
for a license the middle of December
and claimed it shortly before noon
Saturday. nN.--d.ng to Herbert Stub
bendorf. marriage license clerk. It
bad been pitted for more than 10
days, in compliance with the new law
Slubbemb rf said They gave their
ages ns “over -1.*
The Dav in
«
Washington
The weather bureau announced
that winter is at last on the way.
llie War department roxealed
that tin* army had developed the
most powerful gnu of it* type in
tile world.
Internal Rexenue Commissioner
HUIr denied knowledge of fixe
celebrated ruin buyers' list. cen
ter of s t apital bootleg scandal
The Armored cruiser Rochester
xx as ordered to \mapal.t. Hon
Hums, as a precAiitkm to pmlee*
\merican interests in xx .tr turn
Honduras and southern Mexico
It xx as learned Mr \iicktand
lieddrs, llritisb auihassador to the
t lilted States, had resigned and
probably xxould bo succeeded bx
Sir I* sme W illiam Howard now
ambassador to strain.
Warrant Is
Executed
by Deputy
Samardick Tries Expedient to
Escape Technicality of
Riding by Judge
\\ nod rough.
Effect Is Far-Reaching
T-s>t raid to determine whether or
not Robert Samardiek. federal prohi
bition agent, may legally continue his
activities against violators of the
liquor laws, was made Saturday
fternoon on a warrant issued in fed
i ral court to Deputy t'nited States
Marshal Thomas.
Robert Samardiek accompanied
Thomas in a raid on a soft drink
parlor at 1265 South Fourteenth
street, where Ed O. Sullivan, alias
Ed Sava, and Frank. Davie were ar
rested on a charge of illegal poaees
sion of liquor. Information on which
the warrant was issued was gathered
by Samardiek.
Decision as to the validity of an
. rrest made op a warrant so issued
and so served will be made by Federal
.Judge Woodrough when the two men
appear before him.
The test raid followed a regent rul
ing by Judge Woodrough, holding
that federal prohibition agents are
n.r, within the meaning of the law.
“civil officers," and that they may
not. therefore, legally serve a search
warrant upon any person.
Following the decision, Samardiek
devised an expedient, whereby he con
emplates furnishing information of
violation of the liquor laws to police,
deputy sheriffs or deputy marshals,
asking them to obtain search war
. ,nts. in their capacity as civil offi
cers. and then accompanying them on
the raid.
It is the validity of this expedient
which Is at stake in the test ■ ase. and
not the valid-ty of the judge's ruling
If the federal court holds that the
expedient is Illegal, then Samardiek s
hands, and the hands of every other
prohibition officer in this district, are
effectively tied until another is de
: vised.
Still and Mash Seized
bv Sheriff in Farm Raid
j
North Platte, Neb., Dec. 2S.—John
V. Soort farmer, living southwest of
this city, whs arrested this morning
when Sheriff Rertfcer raided his place
..nd*found a still in operation.
When the authorities arrived at the
Scott farm at 10 this morning Scott
denied his knowledge of even the
existence of a still and invited the
officer* to search the place.
The officers found a cellar which
contained Son gallons of corn mash,
the still, which was still warm, and
10 gallons of hootch in a wooden
cii-k. After s-impfi « of the mas’,
were taken the officers brought Scott
and his plant to the county j«JL
Audubon State Bank
Suspends Business
AtlanU 1« . I'e**- IP—The Iowa
Savings bank of Auuuoon, Is., closed
its doors this morning. Decision to
suspend business was said to have
been reached lust night by the board
of directors, who gave poor colloc
tions ns the reason for their action.
The bank was capitalized at 150.000.
F C. Miller is president and C. P,
Christensen cashier of the institution.
This is the second Iowa bank to close
in the last two days, the Reaver
Slate bank at Bearer closing yester
day i
Lone Bandit Holds Up
Teller in Coast Bank
It* Infrmsliitnai News *i**nits
1.* *■ Vtig< to** t'al . I'e* . —Shoving
a revolver through the wjndowr of *
te’ler ** cage at the Citizens National
hank nt noon today. a lone bandit
forced the teller to hand him a
pack of currency totaling JiOO and
then es* p*d n tlie thick downtown
traffic ,
Mexican Federal* Ydxanee;
President Oliregon at Front
H> Internal n Nrw» Vr\le4>.
Mexieo Oi*> . ZVr. * ""Kxttrixl
troops on the wMieru front Are id
lancing from (Winn, in the state of
.J.ilisco, And expect to capture the im
portant oit> of Ovwdal i.’anx within 4#
hours. according to Advice# received
here thia evening
l*rwW<'nt Obregon is on the western
front*
Gen \ndrew Almatan'a federal
army in Vhtebia. has advanced it
miles Along the Interooeait railway
from the city of t'nehia. capturing the
city of Tehuaoan without firing a
shot.
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