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I CITY EDITION , VOL. 53.' NO. 220. OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924. * TWO CENTS'* Wo*,".*. 825iL5!u,te V_ ~Alf,,d T^on,^,l" J
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WIFE HAS BOSSIF ARRESTED HERE
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Big Bombs
to Fififbt Ice
O
Jam Arrive
Two Martin Bombing Planes
Due at Fort ('rook Today
for Blasting (iorges
in Platte.
Work Starts at Columbus
A carload of 300 pound bombs nr
"here yesterday and two Martin
iment bombing planes are sdied
n[pit to arrive at Fort Crook today at
11. with which United States aviators
are ready to fight huge ice gorges in
the Loup and Platte rivers.
The planes left I-angiey Field. Vn.,
Tuesday night and arrived at Cha
rute Field, III., Wednesday. The fly
ers are equipped with the necessary
facilities to fight the rising ice. The
aviators will fly as low ns possible
in order to bit the correct spot of
the gorge in case bombing is neces
sary.
r The Union Pacific railroad started
to break the ice gorges in the Loup
and Platte rivers yesterday afternoon.
Blasting in the vicinity west of Co
lumbus, Neb., marked the beginning
i _ti ft he hard work.
Gorge Blasted Out.
Gangs of men were sent to Schuy
ler to blast out a gorge that had
I formed in the Platte there and sent
water out over the low ground to the
north, though the company's lines
were not directly threatened with any
damage there.
Blasting at the bridge west of Co
lumbus was to open a channel under
the bridge. This was done a week
ago, but the river froze over and the
work had to be done again. It is
said that the Ice In the bars in the
vicinity of the Union Pacific hridge
is fully 30 inches thick In places,
wjfile it runs all the way up to IS
inches or more on the currents.
River Almost Bank Full.
The planes will be taken to Colum
bus only in event that the situation
lies critical through the forma
of ice gorges, and in any event
not hefore the actual breakup of the
Ice gets under way. The Platte con
tinues almost bank full, and the Loup
at a high stage for this time of year.
Ninety per cent of the surface of
both rivers south of Columbus still
is covered with unbroken ice.
Medical Meeting
Here This Week
--r—
Representatives of Leading
Schools to Gather at Nebras
ka University College.
Representatives of 'be leading
medical colleges of the country will
meet in Omaha Thursday. Friday
and Saturday tor the thirty-fourth
annual meeting of the Association of
American Medical Colleges, which is
to he held in ConKling hall on the
campus of the Fnlverslty of Nebras
ia Medical college,
At the first session this
naming, l>nn K. Joseph, vice dean of
jt. Louis Fnlverslty School of Medl
ine; O. H. Perry Pepper, assistant
professor of medicine. Fnlverslty of
Pennsylvania, and 'Valter U. Bier
ring, examiner In pharmacology, na
tional board of medical ■ examiners,
trill talk on technical subjects, and
Walter I.,. Niles, dean of Cornell Fni
■tversity Medical college, will talk on
Poor Boy In Medicine.'*
I)r. futtpr to Speak.
Dr. Irving S. 'Cutter, dean of the
Nebraska University Medical college
and president of the Association of
American Medical Colleges, will be.
the first speaker on the program
this afternoon. Burton D. My*
srs assistant dean, Indiana Universi
ty School of Medicine; L. S. Schmitt,
associate dean. University of Califor
nia Medical school, and Samuel P.
t'apen, chancellor of the University
of Buffalo, will speak on subjects per
taining to medical education, and Ray
Lyman Wilbur; chairman, will give
the report of the committee on educa
tion and pedagogics.
The doctors will devote Friday
morning to attending classes of the
medical college, here for practical
demonstrations In teaching. That
afternoon a round table conference,
will be held, the subjects to be pre
sented for discussion by Nathaniel
W. Faxon, chairman of the intern#
committee, American Hospital asso
ciation; Stuart Graves, dean of Uni
versity of Louisville School of Medi
cine; H. G. Wclskotten, dean, Syra
cuse University College of Medicine,
end William Dick ''utter, dean, New
York Postgraduate Medical school.
Ittisiiiess Session Saturday.
The business scion of the asOclatlon
with the report of officers and com
lnjttec "ltd election of officer will
(.]o.o* tlie convention Saturday morn
lng. _
Mub Hurt in Fall.
\V H. Heller, 2106 Vinton street,
brother #f Robert Heller and Klmer
ilrr. patrolmen, received a con
P^tuslon of the skull when lie slipped
end fell on the sidewalk at Sixteenth
and Farnam streets Tuesday after
noon at 4. He wns taken to St. Jo
seph hospital, where lie was uncon
scious for two hours, lie was re
ported to be Improved this morning.
*
Government of
Belgium Beaten
Brussels, Feb. 27.—The Belgian
government was defeated in the cham
her nf deputies today by a vote of
95 to 7!l on the Franco-Relgian con
vention.
Premier Theunls has announced
that the cabinet wll place its resigna
lion In the hands of the king tonight.
Power Finn to
Spend $3,250,000
on Improvements
Omaha Company Authorized
to Sell 12,000 Share* of
Stork—Substations to
Be Built.
Lincoln, Feb. 27.—The Nebraska
Power company, Omaha, today was
luthorizcd by the sttae railway com
mission to sell F2.000 shares of 7 per
rent cumulative preferred stock of
[lie par value of $100 a share, "the
transaction to he on such basis as
-hall net applicant not less than 90
per centum of par.”
The power company plans to under
take, according to the, authorization
order, on improvement program in
volving the expenditure of $3,250,000,
which includes enlarging the Omaha
power plant from a capacity of 53,000
kilowatts to 73,000 kilowatts.
The capacity of the main leads of
ihe power plant also will be enlarged
ind a large central suhstatlon and a
service huihling will he erected In
Omaha.
In addition to expenditures for Im
provements, the company plans to
loan Its subsidiary, the Citizens Gas
mil Klectrlc company of Council
Bluffs, $297,000 for "important im
provements and enlargement of ca
pacity there, because a refinancing
program for that subsidiary is con
templated in 1925, at which refinanc
ing time this loan is to hs repaid.”
The order shows that the power
company's huslness has increased
from 28.000 In 1917. to 50,000 custom
ers In 1923, and that the annual con
sumption of current for each resi
dence has jumped from 275 kilowatt
hours in J917 to 400 kilowatt hours
in 1923.
The Nebraska Power company Is
ralued by company engineers at $21,
113.898.
Construction planned in Omah^
consists of a substation at Twentieth
and Howard streets to care for the
downtown district; a service head
quarters building at Forty third and
Leavenworth streets, and a substation
:n South Omaha.
“Uncle Joe” Out
for Delegate
Chicago, Feb. 27.—“Uncle Joe"
Cannon is out for a delegate-at-large
to the republican national convention,
according to word received here from
hia home at Danville to the effect
that petition* were being circulated
for him there and that his name
probably would be filed at Springfield
by Thursday. The former epeaker of
the national house of representatives
is for Coolidge, according to his pe
titions. although the Coolidge head
quarters has announced no candidates
for delegates-at large.
Lowland* Flooded by lee
Gorpc in Republican River
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beaver City, Neb., Feb. 37.— An lea
gorge In the Republican river extends
for 14 miles, commencing east of Hol
brook. and the water 1* hacked up
over the lowlHnda In the direction of
Cambridge. Unless the lee loosens
up soon, county official* will break
It up with dynamite.
Prisoners Who Broke Jail
at Beaver City Captured
Special Itiapatrh In The Omaha He*.
Beaver City, Neb., Feb. 27.—The
two prisoners who escaped from the
county Jail Sunday night have been
captured. N. S. Fense! was located st
Norton. Kan., and James I'lillllps was
arrested by polite in Denver.
Taxes Are Paid.
Columbus. Neb., Feb. 27.— Platte
county people hnve been paying their
taxes better in the past three months
than at any time since before the
war, according to County Treasurer
Will Boettcher. Ihstress warrants
now being issued for 1323 personal
taxes total Just about one half what
they did In February, 1323.
Special
Next Sunday
“This Week’s Choice
Real Estate V a 1 i e s
Page.” A full page of
the choice real estate
listings in Omaha.
Every offer a good
one. Don’t fail tb see it
before you buy.
Next Sunday in the
Want Ad Section
Daugherty
Won’t Quit
Under Fire
♦
Attorney (ieneral Demands
Hearing on All Charges,
and May Not Resign
^ hen Acquitted.
Leaves Capital Suddenly
Washington. Feb. 27.—Attorney
General Daugherty will remain for
the present a member of President
Coolldge's cabinet, but he will he ex
peoted to retire to private life as
soon as the senate has completed its
inquiry into his administration of the
Department of Justice.
His determination not to resign
without a hearing on the charges
against him was reaffirmed today In
the face of growing pressure for his
removal. Me even refused to promise
that he would vacate his post upon
termination of the senate Inquiry,
hut it was apparent in other quarters
that any plan for his retention be
yond that time had been abandoned.
This conclusion is one of the most
difficult problems which Coolidge 'has
had to deal with since he entered the
W’hite House followed by an almost
continuous succession of conferences
in the midst of which the attorney gen
eral himself suddenly left Washing
ton. It was announced af.er his de
parture that he had been called to
Florida, where Mrs. Daugherty is ill,
and would go by way of Chicago to
attend to public business there.
Tonight his determination to remain
attorney general pending the senato
inquiry was announced to the coun
try in this terse statement, prepared
before his departure and issued from
the Department of Justice.
Reiterates Firm Stand.
"It Is not my purpose to even con
sider tendering my resignation as at
torney general until after a fair hear
ing on charges preferred against me."
Previously he had made the same
determined declaration to President
Coolidge. after the president had laid
before him in a conference of more
than an hour the conclusions reached
by the administration after a reex
amination of the whole rase. The
White House refrained from any pub
lic statement, but it was evident that
until Daugherty had announced defi
nitely his refusal to retire under fire
the belief in some administration
quarters had been that his resignation
was imminent.
liNrm City In Haste
A second and shorter conference
with Coolidge preceded Daugherty's
departure this afternoon from Wash
ington. He drove directly from the
White House to the union station,
where a train to Chicago was held for
several minutes to take him aboard.
Some of his best friends had not
known of his intention to leave the
city, and his secretary at first refused
to confirm or deny the story of his
departure. I>nter this statement, also
prepared by the attorney general be
fore he left was made public at the
“I have been called to Florida on
a personal matter, hut I am com
pelled first to go to Chicago to attend
to important government business
which demands my personal attention.
"1 will return from Florida as
justice department:
soon as I can. In the meantime
proper attention will he given to all
government matters. The Depart
ment of Justice is functioning 100 per
cent. Though temporarily absent 1
shall nevertheless be In constant
touch with the department. Several
important cases and other pressing
matters which rsquir* my personal
attention will he taken along with
me in order to facilitate action there
on."
Record Run of 25,000 Hogs
Reiches Sioux City Yirds
Bloux City, Neb. 27.—A record run
of 25,000 hogs arrived at the Bloux
City atockyarda today, beating tha old
mark of 24,176 which stood for several
year*.
Kun* have hit ahove 20.000 on »ev
eral occasion* thia year and mote than
24,000 came In on January 30. The
former record waa made January 10,
1*17.
The Day in
Washington
—_—_
The aenata and house stopped
legislative business to pay tribute
to the memory of Warren fi. Hard
ing.
Negotiations were resumed h.v
house republican organization and
Inaurgrnt leader* looking to a com
promise on the Income rates of the
tax bill hut without result.
A large sheaf of telegrams sent to
Kdward II. Mcl.ean, Albert ('. It.
Kail and others at I'aJm Hem h were
read into the record hy the senate
oil eommlltee.
Senutor Smoot, reiiiihlieilii, I'tali.
Issued a statement saying he whs
advised ill advance that K. I..
Iloheny was coming to Washington
to testify about his loan lo Albert.
II. Kail.
Attorney (leneral Daugherty de
parted suddenly and unannounced
for Chicago. later announcing
through the Department of Justice
that he had no Intention of tender
ing his resignation until after a fair
hearing on charges preferred against
him.
£
Newlywed Sh^
of Party atv^° j\
Albion, Neb., Feb. 27.«-A party of
19 young men assembled at the home
of Mr. Brennan, near Boone, for the
purpose of giving a newly married
couple a charivari. The night was
dark, and just as the “music” was
shout to begin a man emerged from
the house and shot twice at the visi
tors with a revolver. One bullet took
effect In the shoulder of George Peter
son, inflicting a slight flesh wound.
Alfred Brennan admitted that he did
the shooting, claiming he did it for a
joke and thought he was shooting
over the visitors. He was arrested,
had a hearing and was bound over to
the district court for trial.
McAdoo Confirms
Story of $150,000
Youngstown Fee
Declares a Lawyer Must Con
tinue Practice of Law in
Order to Support
His Family.
Bos Angeles, Feb. 27.—William G.
McAdoo tonight partially corroborated
what he termed "the Youngstown
story" in a statement in which he said
his former legal firm in New Y'ork
had represented the Republic Iron and
Steel company before the Treasury de
partment at Washington for a total
Re of J 150,000.
McAdoo's statement In full follows:
“Concerning the Youngstown story,
I have no hesitation in staying that
my former law firm in New York
was employed as counsel for the Re
public Iron and Steel company, an
independent concern. In a complicated
tax matter at Washington. This case
was heard In the regular legal way
before the board of appeals and *e
view of the Treasury department, a
semi judicial body composed of civil
service men. Whether it came before
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Williams on appeal I do not recall.
Briefs were filed and the case was ar
gued several time. It involved very
serious and important legal questions
concerning invested capital ami waa
of Interest, to taxpayers throughout
the C-nited States. The amount In
volved was large.
"Th* employment began November,
1919. at which time a retainer of S10,
000 was paid, and the case was closed
In the early part of 1921, whereupon
an additional fee of SI 10,000 was paid
the firm—the compensation being
commensurate with the importance of
the mailer and the serive* performed
"The practice of law In New York
Involves a very expensive organiza
tion. high rentals, etc., and the fee*
are, of rourse, high. This was not a
personal fee, hut a fee to the firm
and I received, of course, only my
proportion of It.
"There appear* to be a concerted
efTort by my political enemiea to di
vert atlention from the scandals at
Washington by trying to attack my
law practice. I have no apologies to
make for it. Former associate Justice
of the supreme court. Charliw E.
Hughes, and other public officials
after retiring from office resumed the
practice of law. Just as I did, snd no
one criticized them for it. A lawyer
must practice law after he refill's
from public life or be deprived of
the opportunity <of supporting his
family. '
Spring Wheat
Millers Combine
Minneapolis, Feb. 27.—A tentative
organization of millers of the spring
wheat area which eventually la ex
pected to represent them in all prob
lems affecting the Industry was the
outcome of a meeting of SO millers
from Minnesota, North Dakota. South
Dakota and Montana her# yesterday,
it was advised today,
Th# new association will be known
as th# Spring Wheat Mlllera club,
and ita membership la expected to in
clude all mlllera In western Wiscon
sin, Minnesota, North Dakota. South
Dakota, northern Tihvn and Montana.
There are 20# miller* in thla territory.
H. AI. Faltner of Mankato was
Slsrled temporary president anil C.
T. V.widenover of Minneapolis tempo
rary secretary. A meeting to effect a
permanent organization will lie held In
a month.
Marrirrl in Council Rluffc.
Tha fallowing pyanna nh**ned mar
r*a»* llctnaea in Council Bluff* Neuter
dav:
Harr/ Larson. Grand Island. Nab . 4a
Mauds Sfruva. Grand island. Nah 41
8'anlev Schmidt. Srhuvler. Neb.2«
Martha t>ubskv Sohuvlar. Neb . 21
John Osborn. Fort Calhoun Neb. :j
Marla Scnneemevar. Fort Calhoun. Nab it*
William Thompaon. Omaha .22
Mar.lorla Carr. Omaha . l o
Hobart lllrhhorn. Omaha .«... .ft
lloaa Kdalateln, Omaha . 2 l
Wavne Paahl. Linroln, Neb . 14
llaulah Kranxen. I.lnroln, Neb. is
llenry Woodfork. Counrll Itluffa . .. •»
Luella Mowery, Council Bluff- . la
Paul Pattlgre'.*, Council Bluff*
Thelma IIIt -katough. Council llluff* H
Carl Sorenson, l.vona, N'eh. . *
Anna Lai*nn. Oak’arol. Neb .
Lynn VL»ff«t», I • .
Mary Porter, Neola, la ........ . I
Rdward Norton, l.lrfccln Wh .*« j
Anna Marahail, !.1n* tin. Nett .
S. I*. L»I>ue. Omaha . 4
Ann Johnson, Omaha . ij
Hay Craft. Neola la .. ’4
Maud Hrlrhard, Council Hiu([* . 2 1
’.Valter ltnmlll. Carroll, In . 1'•
Mary Ca iej, Carroll. 1* .. I*
Arthur Mat*li. Omaha . *'
Kathryn Nicholson. Omaha .
Vanl Honlan.1, Tekamah, \>b. «
Stella M<• Nettr. Takamah. Net. 4
I.aw rent e Waatphalen. North Mend. Neb 21
Gladys Julian. Ninth Bend, Neb .
William Moracle. Tlllev Neb ?*
EGl* Kelle't 4‘rab On hard, Neb ?•
Apnpnai Hi "truck*. Omaha
Antonia Stanek, Omaha 36
Why Ridicule the Ostrich
III'T THK I’l BMC Oi TUOK8 HIM IN TIMES SI CH AS THESE AMI H OI l.l>
NWAI.I/OW THK MOON IE NTTT SA1II IT HAS CHEESE
Special Studies
Urged for Gifted
Iowa Educator ^ ould Differ
entiate Between Needs of
Talented Boys and Oirls.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Keb *27.—The schools of
this country have haidly made a be
ginning In their provisions for gifted
children. Prof, Bird T. Baldwin of the
University of Iowa told the National
Society for the Study of Kducatlon at
the Congress hotel here. Professor
Baldwin is director of the Iowa
Child Welfare research station.
“Moreover there is little or no uni
formity as to methods of selecting
superior children for rchool work," he
said. “There is no mnsenus of opin
ion as to the age or grade In which
differentiation of work should take
place and no provision is made for
distinguishing betwee i the needs of
gifted hoys and gifted girls."
A concrete program for meeting
this deficiency In our schools sug
gested by Professor Baldwin proposes
to distinguish between children who
are superior both mentally and physi
cally and those who are gifted In In
telligence. but who are only normal In
phyaical growth. For the tall, well
developed and mentally gifted child
he proposes acceleration of two. three
or more grades. If thoroughness and
accomplishment are also considered.
These children will complete the
course at an early chronological age
with Superior knowledge nnd training
on account of their superior ability
and advanced stages of maturity.
For the bright child who is not
especially advanced In physical
growth and development, I’lofrssor
Baldwin proposes a quite different
program. These children, he believes,
should be accelerated horizontally
rather than vertically. That la to say,
they should be put Into speclel eec
tlons of their normal echoed giade
rather than be pushed up into higher
grades. In these special sections
they should have an rnrlehed school
course with broader reading asstgn
ments, special side excursions and in
vestigations, and elective courses In
special fields. These children will
complete Ibis enriched course at the
avepace igo with greatly enriched In
formation. enriched altitude, and en
rb I'l ti cnlng in npprnarhlng the
problem of life
l ire Nfiir Santa Barbara.
S.ihtu H'ltl*41 lit t ill . Fell. 27 \
fore*! fire hurtling chi She edye of
the Snntn li n Imi i National f<»re*t in
Hie Miiliurbn of thi* city ln*t nluht
hud tle*(i-nyetl 41 SB mom |e*or( hotel
known tm The flume* *pr*A(1
to the home of Folltt Armour Mit
chell. dnufthfer of .f driven Armour
• »f Fhleniro. The Mitchell home \v*w
*n\ed an*l Hie fire then *|irc«d to the
F Futon eMntt which wh* waved
hy lt« utonn con »t met Ion. The F.
H*vn* .i e*t«te wio next attacked nnd
* half doffii email buildings and out*
house* destroyed.
New Farm Credit
Bodv to Increase
i/
Strength of Banks
L
First \rt of $10,000,000 Cor
{•oration Will Be to Restore
(ionfidence in Northwest.
Sa>» Jaffrav.
Minneapolis Minn.. Feb. 21.—Initial
action of the new tI0.00n.nijO aqricul
tural credit corporation will be to
restore confidence in solvent banks
in the four northwest states and to
fortify them against distrust and sub
sequent withdrawal of -funds. t\ T.
J .-if fray, chairman of the board of di
rector's of the corporation, announced
in a statement Issued today.
"I am sure no stone will be left un
turned to enable ihe corporation with
its Vast resources to help where it
is possible to bring assistance to
worthy farmers, either directly or in
directly, so they can go on doing
business and work themselves out of
their present difficulties.'* Mr. Jsf
fray's statement said.
J. R. Howard, former president of
the American Farm Bureau federa
tion. w ho was mads vice president of
the new corporation, la expected to
take up full-time duties within a
week.
Members of Ihe hoard Indicated hit
activities would be In line with a
plan to broaden the organisation'a
scope in furnishing greater relief than
first outlined in the conference which
bankers and industrial leaders had
with President Coolldge last month.
The executive committee of the cor
poration has been called to meet Sat
urday to perfect procedure to enable
the corporation to l>egln functioning
next week. Advisory committees are
being selected In the four northwest
stales to work In close cooperation
with the headquartetw here, and
these committees are to h* approved
tit Saturday's meeting
Osatos Consider
Return to Omaha
Shall oaato, former Omaha photo*
rap her * waa expected to arrive
Wedneaday afternoon from Chi
t ago to confer with J. lahll. pho
tographer who ha* taken charge
of Ida atudlo here *lnce the
departure of oaato last apt log fm
Japan. It h.i* not been determined
aa to whether Oaato will eatnhllah per
ninneut residence here, according to
lahll.
Oaato and Ida wife, formerly Ml**
France* Fitxpatrlck, were In the .lap
ane*« earthquake and lost trace of
each other for several month*. The
happy reunion with their two children
took place last fall In Chicago *t the
home of Ml*. Oaato* parent*. Mr*.
o*»tn will remain In Chicago with the
children until decision 1* made hy her
husband a* to hi* huslnea*
•I
Johnson Slate
Is Announced
Petition* ^ ill Be Circulated
for Delegates Pledged to
Support State’s Choice.
Unc yin. Feb. IT —A slats of candi
dates for delegates to the republican
national convention pledged to sup
port the winner in tha Nebraska
preferential primary was announced
here Um’jrht by Johnson headquar
ters
Six delegatee at largo are named,
with the understanding that the sev
enth will probably be otto of the
women candidates on the Coolldge
slate, who will pledge herself to
acquiesce in the results of 'h« pri
mary election.
Delegates for the ta,ki district
are not announced
The candidates selected follow
Delegates at large: C. C. Flans
burg. Lincoln; E L Bradley, Omaha
O. F. Bryon. Walihlll: I. D. Keans.
Kenesaw: J. P Gibbons, Kearney; C
E Sandall. Tork
Dlatrlct delegates. First, C. A
Fiawles, Plattsm-mth and Franklin .1
Potter, Lincoln: Third. Henry Beh
rens, Beemer and Arthur Witte, Oak
land; Fourth, H. E. Potter. Fatrbury
and Martin Hulte. Wahoo; Fifth, A
W. Sterne, Grand Island and W. H
Wlnkelmann. Culbertson; Sixth. M
L. Fries. Arcadia, and Frank M John
son. Ooxad.
mharKgo ou California
Cattle Declared Here
I.inrotn. Feb. 27.-*8tr»t>ry Slmnt
w.»y of the slut* department of R«ri
culture authorized the statement to
day that an ernharu** had been de
dared on alt cuttle coming from or
pa**Jrg through California. N.t oat
tie fi •ont California will be meivol
or unloaded et the Omaha stockyards.
Secretary Shumway said
Aurora Defeats Rond Issue
of $35,000 for Gymnasium
Hr Aseerlsteg rre«»
Grand Island. Nab , Feb. ST.—Voting
4S0 against to ST* for, th* citltena of
Aurora defeated a $35,01*0 bond propo
altlon designed mainly for school
gymnasium purposes. Th* same pro,
oeltlon was defeated two years ago.
hy approximately the earn* vote.
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Broke and
Needs Work,
Clerk Says
Deputy Sheriff Takes Him
From Hotel in Council
Bluffs—Out on
?5.000 Bond.
Other Woman With Him
"Dear! broke and in need of a job."
•aid Claude F. Bo-sie when he re
turned under arrest to Omaha yes
terday afternoon Iter an a; sence of
two months.
The former city clerk was brought
from Council Bluffs to Omaha jester
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriffs
Olaf Tliestrup and It. I.. Pridwell on
t warrant charging wife abandon
ment.
He waived extradition, arrived at
the office of Sheriff M. I,. Endres at
4 and at 4:30 was at liberty on bond
of $ 3.000, furnished by Paul Patti
\ana. 412 South Tenth street, and ap
proved by District Judge I,. B. Day
Slipped Into Council Bluffs.
The warrant was issued oh infor
mation furnished to County Attorney
Henry Beal by Mrs. Maybelle McKean
Eoss>, who is the second w ife and
maintains that she is his legal wife
at this time.
Bessie registered at the Grand hotel
in Council Bluffs Tuesday night as
"Charles Baum, St. Louis." He was
assigned to room 302, and a woman,
known as Ruth Wamsley. occupied
loom 504. Bessie referred to her as
bis wife.
The former city clerk and his com
panion came to Council Bluffs from
Kansas City, where Bossie conferred
concerning a federal case, which is
set for hearing April 21.
Claims He » legally Married.
When the automobile bearing Bes
sie entered Douglas street he re
marked that Omaha was the best city
in the world and had been good to
him.
' And there it the city hal! " he
commented when the municipal build
ing was in sight.
I was married to Ruth Wamslev
in Laurence, Kan., on December 2d."
he said. "There was a separate main
tenance agreement between myself
and Mr*. Bossie in Omaha. In nv
opinion, political opponents in Omaha
hare been urged by my second wif«
to bring these charges against me
He would not discuss the ques* or
of whether he obtained a divorce fron
h:s second wife, as reported in ar
interview when he arrived in New
Tork on February 13.
"Bark to Clear I p Account*.
"I haven't murdered anyone net
stolen anything he added. "Ther*
certainly ha? !>een a lot of fun
stirred up. I have had too much pub
l.city, more than I deserted. I hav«
come back to assist In the audit ol
the accounts of the city clerk's office
I had a record of be.ng an efficient
•and correct city clerk. The accountf
w ill be found to be o. k."
Bossie stated that he was 111 ir
New York city 10 days after his re
turn from France two weeks ag.
Ixeaterday. lie said his waist line has
diminished.
He appeared quite calm when the
i Council Bluffs sheriff entered his
, hotel room vesterday afternoon and
{ explained that he would be under cus
, tody until arrival of deputy sheuffs
from Omaha. He used the interim
) by telephoning to John P Wear, at
torney in Omaha, to arrange a bond.
! He Joked injthe automobile on th*
wav to Omaha, telling those who rode
with him that he was !0 days m
Paris, was interested in th# dexterity
of the taxicab drivers of the French
capital, and that he did not suffer
seasickness either way.
Chats With Sheriff Fndrrx.
Arrived at the sheriff s office. Bes
sie greeted Sheriff Endres, who in
qulred how he was feeling.
"When we arrived !n New Tc: k on
the Berengarla." Bossie said. ' theis
were about SO photographers after
us. While trying to shield me from
the camera men my wife was photo
graphed by a man who used a flash
light. While in New York Felix Mo
i*h*ne. former sheriff here, called tn
,see me."
H'sste Slid he would remain tv
I Omaha until bis case I* called In K.tjf
*xs City in April. He indicated tjjjr
he will hate to look for a Jol^F^
| de lined to disci:** details < ?/
1 leged tangled matrimonial »'/
tween himself and the ee.f
Bos*’# and th* woman he r*
I is his w if* M
Cntll tile- w*-e -A*ref ■ I
jst the Bluff- hotel, fc*
insisted that she ♦** Mrs w
Baum of St Ukl? that her hvtst&fj
had gen* to i -mabt and would rent*
at &. Boss!* was m hts room tint?
arrested and t«k# i :■ Or aha ”
Hints at !’■ lilt, tl s andal.
When pressed fet >r oxplanv n
< f the meaning of to- « , -went that
hi stile political thfHimora m Omaha
I have sought h‘ undoing he declined
ho nnko .atta p'fn4^i1 rofriviw
>vt«.**,0. AA llO V % to tl'T*
l*o*|ih»n of i ty oJotk At tho hog in
ning of th«* i.rt'Hg'nt <*|t> ftdmiuUt;u
!»on Ihrof ai ua ngo. loft thf cj;\*
h»H on niorn nK, T\?*oombe.
r’S. t*olng her* only a Uw ho urn bo
jtH.rn tPAina rtlcv an absence f
H*ht tlA\A On thAt cv» o 'n \U>o
jOAhlman Jeli\ere?1 »n ultimatum
it bat he either dim unttmif' h a \aoaV,'v
virtta lift Klin v
hlnk nn? later than January l <>n
(TuAAdAA morning J*nuav\ v th* •?
I'oun it 'Mivtvf.1 It ami n?** v»
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