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, VOL. 53. NO. 303. OMj\HA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4. 1924. * TWO CENTS'* 'KMML?.'0"* I __,
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Boy Slayers Si^ects. in 3 Other Crimes
Farm Relief
Bill Lo sesj
in House
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Last Minuate Efforts of Mc
Nary-Haugen Supporters
to Put Through Substi
tute Also Fail.
Vote Breaks Party Lines
Washington, June 3.—The McNary
Haugen larm relief bill was defeated
today In the house.
Last minute efforts of Its support
ers to put through a less drastic
measure also failed.
The hill was rejected 224 to 154.
Rejection of the proposal left mem
bers of the bouse and senate farm
bloc In do'ubt as to what, if any, farm
legislation could bo rushed through
if congress adjourned Saturday.
Break in Party Lines.
There was a sharp break in party
lines in the voting, democrats and
republicans from the middle west and
northwest rallying to the bill's sup
port, while members from eastern
stated, Irrespective of party, and
many southern democrats opposed it.
Sponsored by the Agriculture de
partment, the measijre would have
created a government corporation
with capital of $200,000,000, to sell
surplus farm products abroad. It
proposed to Increase prices paid the
farmers, seeking to re-establish the
same ratio between the price of their
commodities and some 400 general
colnmodltles as existed previous to
the war.
Realizing that the measure as it
stood would be defeated, those who
had been leading the fight for it
agreed at the last moment to pro
pose restriction of its scope in the
hope of gaining votes.
Amendment Offered.
Representative Jones, democrat,
Texas, offered an amendment to limit
application of the bill to wheat, flour,
swine and products of swine, to re
duce the corporation’s capital from
$200,000,000 to $100,000,000, to limit the
measure’s life to two instead of five
years, and to give the president dis
cretionary powers to put the proposal
in operation. His substitute, how
ever, was rejected.
Representatives of national farm
organizations who have been here
working In support of the McNary
llaugen hill announced after its de
feat that a nation-wide conference
had been called to meet In St. Paul,
Minn., July 17 and 18 “to perfect ar
rangementa for expanding and carry
ing on the campaign for agricultural
justice and equality.”
103 INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
One hundred and three Indictment*
■were returned by the federal grand
jury Tuesday afternoon.
Among those indicted sre two
brothers, business men of a western
town who stand charged with using
the malls to defraud wholesale houses
In hundreds of cities out of thousands
of dollars.
The names of the men are being
withheld until the marshal's office
serves the warrants and makes the
arrests which are expected to be
made by noon today.
Others indicted are B0 alleged J>oot
leggers arrested In Robert P. Samar
dick’s recent raids and 49 alleged dis
pensers of narcotics.
Three were Indicted for violation of
the Mann act.
Brownell Field Meet.
Olrls of Brownell Hall will hold a
field meet on the school campuB
Wednesday morning and a May day
fete In the afternoon.
We Have
With Us
Today
i. F. Cassel,
Chicago,
Advartl-ing Man.
Mr. Cassel did almost everything
iiefore he became associated with the
Knap company, a branch of the
American lithographing company of
Now York. He finally became a cor
nottst In a circus band, but a year
at thla noisy Job convinced him that
ho waa meant for more Important
thlnga.
About 25 years ago he took unto
himself a wife, and a Job carrying
euitcasce with the Knap company, |
and la still associated with the com- ,
pany. In a rather more remunerative '
position, however.
When Mr. Cassel was in Omaha
about nine months ago he spied aome 1
drawings in front of a local theater.
Of lato years he has )>een in close
touch with the work of such artists i
as Rolf Armstrong, and he im |
mediately recognized the merit of the j
work. lie Inquired concerning the
drawings, and found that Gordon
Bennett of Omaha had made them.
He took four of Bennett’s paintings
, east with him, and since then the
Knap company has purchased more
i ban a dozen of Bennett's paintings.
Mr. Cassel predicts that the Omaha
artist will become famous.
Born In Oquawka, HI., Mr. Cassel
received his education there and In
Chicago. His father was an Indian
trader, one of the real early eetllerc
Of Illinois.
Retired M. E. Bishop
of Omaha Area Dies
f ?S;sho» Corner c. .Slu-ats; 1
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Sudden Relapse
Snuffs Out Life
*
of Bishop Stuntz
Methodist Church Leader, Re
cently Retired, Fails to
Rally—Follows Long
Illness.
Bishop Homer Clyde Stuntz. retired
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church area of Nebraska and Iowa,
died at 6.30 Tuesday morning at the
Methodist hospital.
The bishop, who was believed to be
recovering after a stroke of paralysis
suffered on February 12 at Miami,
Fla., became gravely ill Monday noon.
No cause was given by the attendant
physician for the change for the
worse. He became unconscious Mon
day afternoon and grew steadily
worse and died at the early hour this
morning, wiffiout regaining conscious
ness.
Mrs. Stuntz at Bedside.
Mrs. Siuntz and Rev. .1. E. Wagner
were at his bedside. The son, Clyde
Stuntz. who had arrived in April from
Calcutta, India, to he at the bedside
of his father, was en route west by
automobile from Springfield, Mass.,
where he had gone to attend the
Methodist conference. He had spent
a few weeks with his father before
his departure for the east. Mrs.
Stuntz had received word that Clyde
had reached Aurora, III., with his
wife and children, and he was given
tie message of his father's serious
Illness by long distance Monday eve
ning and Tuesday morning a wire
message of his father's death. lie
left his automobile at Aurora and is
proceeding to Omaha with his family
by train, expecting to arrive Tuesday
afternoon.
Other Son In South America.
Tha other^aon, Hugh Stuntz, la a
missionary at Buenoa Aires, South
America, ft will be another year be
fore his furlough Is granted.
Bishop Stuntz was stricken with
paralysis, which resulted In his death,
February 12. He was found prostrate
on the floor of the bathroom in his
suite *at a Miami (Fla.) hotel.
Ha had arrived In Miami February
8 to apeak at a conference of colored
pastors of the state.
Temporary Blindness.
While In Cleveland In January the
bishop was atrlcken atone blind for
20 minutes at the railroad station, ac
cording to Rev. C. C. Cissell of the
Nebraska and Iowa Methodist area
office. He had complained of fatigue
and a temporary blindness In one eye
previously.
Following his stroke at Miami he
was removed to a sanitarium where
be convalesced until he was able to
be returned to Omaha on a stretcher
April 11.
In Omaha Since 1816.
Bishop Stuntz, was retired head nt
the Methodist Episcopal church area
comprising Iowa and Nebraska. He
had been In Omaha since 1916.
Bishop Stunts was born In Albion,
Pa., In 1858 and was the son of Mr.
and Mra. Edward Stuntz. He attend
ed the state normal school of Penn
sylvania and was graduated from the
law college of Iowa university In
1882. In 1884 he attended the Oarrett
Biblical Institute at Evanston. 111.
!,ater he went to the Upper Iowa
university, from which he was gradu
ated In 1889. Shortly after he entered
•he ministry In the upper Iowa con
ference.
As a Missionary.
As a young minister. Bishop Stuntz
was sent as a missionary to India,
whers he remained until 1895. He re
turned to the United Btstes and one
year later was sent aa a missionary
to the Philippine Islands. The blahop.
while there, wrote the Jaws that
•stahllshed religious freedom for the
people of the Islands. These laws
were signed by ex-President Taft,
then governor of the Islands. One of
Ills great accomplishments on the
Islands was agitation against the
opium evil among the natives.
Upon his rsturn to the United
(Hates in 1912, the missionary wns
made a bishop at tha gsnsral confer
sues of the churoh U Minneapolis.
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Rural fK
Nominates
Brookhart
Wins by Majority of 30,000
Over Sweet—Republicans
Fail to Name Candi
date for Governor.
Democrats Choose Steck
By Associated Pres#.’
Des Moines, la., June 3—United
States Senator Smith W. Brookhart
was renominated In the republican
primary election in Iowa Monday by
a majority somewhere in excess of
30.600 votes.
Returns from 2,272 precincts out (It
2,412 in the state tonight gave Brook
hart a total vote of 187,232 and his
opponent, Burton E. Sweet 157,379.
The precincts yet to be reported were
for the most part in Brookhart terri
tory and probably will tend to ip
crease his majority.
Senator Brookhart gained a ma
jority vote in 69 of the 99 counties of
the state, according to almost com
plete returns. Two or three counties
still are doubtful. Sweet carried the
First, Third and Fifth congressional
districts by substantial majorities and
ran his opponent a neck and neck
raca in the Sixth and Ninth districts.
Brookhart gained most of his ma
jority in the rural districts.
Bluffs Man Wins.
No nomination was recorded in the
republican contest for governor. John
Hammill of Britt, Lieutenant gover
nor, led the field, with W. J. Bur
bank, state treasurer, who has the
backing of the Ku Klux Klan finish
ing second. Joe H. Anderson, speaker
of the Iowa house of representatives,
finished third with Glenn Haynes,
state auditor, in fourth place. J. D.
Buscr and A. J. Banks, farmer can
didates, were far In the rear.
In the democratic contests Dan
Steck of Ottumwa was the winner
for United States senator over
Charles Keyes and John Denison of
Des Moines, on the basis of Incom
plete returns. J. . C. Murtagh of
Waterloo was nominated governor on
the democratic ticket over D. K. Un
sicker of Mahaska oounty.
Clem F. Kimball of Council Bluffs
was an easy winner over John R.
Price of Albla for the republican
nomination for lieutenant governor
No Auditor Nominated.
No nomination was recorded for
state auditor on the republican ticket,
the six candidates running a fairly
even race.
Ray Johnson, of Muscatine county
was the winner of ths republican
nomination for state treasurer, hav
ing a substantial lead over Leon Ains
worth of Des Moines, second In the
race.
Fred P. Woodruff of Knoxville is
apparently renominated for railroad
coVnmlssioncr but his lead over B. M
Richardson of Cedar Rapids is not
large.
In republican congressional con
tests Judge F. D. Letts of Davenport
defeated Harry E. Hull of Williams
burg, the present congressman from
the Second district, by a margin of
less than 1,000 votes.
W. D. Bois defeated former Mayor
Wallace Short of Sioux City fo'r re
nomlnatlon In the Eleventh district
after a spirited campaign.
Lloyd Thurston of Osceola was the
victor over John Darrah of Chariton
in a contest in the Eighth district
for the seat vacated by retirement of
II. K. Evans.
Cassius Dowell of Des Moines was
winner by a large majority over Mrs.
A. H. Huffman of Des Moines who
contested his seat In the Seventh dis
trict.
The influence of the IIu Klux Klan
was evident in many of the contests,
the orgsnizatlon showing considerable
strength in both city and rural dls
trlcts.
Doug Fairbanks Honored.
New York, June 8.—Douglas Fair
banks, American motion picture
actor, now In France, has been made
an honorary officer of public in
struction by the French government,
according to a cablegram received to
day by business associates.
Married in Council Bluffs.
The following peraons obtained mar
rlaga licensee In Council Bluffa yesterday.
Chariot P. Chrlatonaon, Blair, Nab.... 41
Anna Cutachow, Blair, Nob. 19
Donald Spangler. Council Bluffa. 21
Thelma Millar, Council Bluffa. 19
Cheater A. Moulton. Baatrlro.. 29
llolon M. Johnaon, Aurora. Nob . J9
! George D. Rathle, Brooplyn. N. T . .. 24
j -Tohanna E. Aacne, Brooklyn, N T. 22
| Dan Boll, Omaha. 33
Kathorino Martin, Omaha. 23
I Horae# Scholl Harmon. Fremont, Nob. 22
,Mary Temple, Mlesourl Valley, la.... 23
! T’rod Fielder, Miaaourl Valley, Ta. 20
-opal Master, Missouri Valley, la. 17
I Rudolph J. Chraatli. Dorcheater, Nob. 25
i Emma Kratechvll. Wilbur, Nob. 19
Deter Petronoulaa, Lincoln . 25
Ethel Mulholland, Norton, Kan. 39
J taper Knight. Tekamah. Neb. 43
Opal Dorcan Elliott, Tekamah. Neh... 22
Raymond Thompaon. South Omaha.... 21
Gladye Beatrice Lewie, Omaha. 21
Edward C. Muael, Emerson. Neh. 21
Bertha W. Lleber, Emerson. Neb. If
William C. Joalln, Council Bluffa. 33
Helen II. Copeland, Council Bluffa . . 19
Fred A. Petereon. Fort Omaha. 32
Myrtle Coleman. Omaha.19
Everett L Hillock, Burwell. Neh. 32
Irene M. Vest, Vancouver, Wash. 17
.1. E. Morton. Lincoln ... 49
Lillie Holeoher, Lincoln . 49
George Daly, Omaha .......... 21
Lillie Thomas. Omaha ,...»*.. 99
Roy Gould, Coleridge. Nab. ..«••••«••• 39
Le|sh Perk, Coleridge. Neh . 39
Roy R. Nflaon. Stanton, Neh . 32
Leona E. Rrahmer. Stanton, Neb..., 33
Clyde Barnea, Cedar Rapid#, la. 41
Dolly Bartlett. Primrose, Neb. 31
Edward Kendall. Omaha . 39
Anna Mnunte. Omaha. 26
Frank J. Merman, Pittsburgh, Pa 31
Margarata Oompeton. Omaha.21
Dave Bead, Burr. Neb-.... W
Nellie Wallen. Lincoln . 19
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Moonraker Wins
Feature at
Latonia
Moonraker scored an easy victory
in the Inaugural handicap, the fea
ture of the opening day of the
Latonia meeting yesterday, when he
won eased up by four open lengths
from Audacious and Glide. The race
was worth $5,700 to the winning
owner.
Lady Gorham won the Council
Bluffs purse, the feature event of
the third day’s racing of the Ak-Sar
Ben spring meeting. Korbly finished
second and Go Foin, the favorite
came in third.
Harry Wills and Bartley Madden,
heavyweights, will meet in a 15-round
match at Long Island city next Mon-'
day night as a result ot,~d. temporary
permit granted by the board of
standard and appeals.
New York increased its season’s suas
cesses over Brooklyn In nine victories
in 11 games by winning both sections
of a double-header yesterday by
scores of 9 to 2 and 3 to 2,
Eppa Rixey pitched masterful ball
for Cincinnati yesterday and the Reds
defeated the Braves, 5 to 1. He held
Boston to five hits and did not Issue
a pass.- Fowler’s wild throw was
responsible for the Braves’ lone
tally.
The latest new* in the world of
sport will be found on pages 6 and 7.
Minority Report
Upholds Ford’s
Offer on Shoals
Public Interest Would Be Best
Served by Accepting Auto
Man's Bid, State
ment Says.
Washington, Juno 8.—Public Inter
est would bs served best by accept
ance of Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle
Shoal*. It was asserted In a minority
report filed today by members of the
senate agricultural committee.
Senator Ladd, republican, North
Dakota, and Senator Smith, South
Carolina; Senator Caraway, Arkan
sas: Senator Harrison, Mississippi,
and Senator Heflin, Alabama, demo
erats, signed the report, which sharp
ly assailed opponents of the proposal
as having exaggerated objection* to
it
“The Ford offer," the report said,
’’has been mad* the subject of the
most savage attacks which we -have
ever seen In any legislation. These
attack* have not been of a character
calculated to lead to a calm and ldgl
cal decision. There have been exag
gerated statements as to die amount
of power involved, while the power
necessary for the manufacture of fer
tilizer has b»en grossly underesti
mated.
"Statements which grotesquely dis
tort tile picture have been made with
out fear of contradiction because of
the technical difficulties Involved In
stating the real fact*. These Impas
sioned exaggerations have tended to
lead us sway from the actual facts
and to appeal to our prejudices
rather than to truthful suggestions
as to the great benefits admittedly
possible as Muscle Shoals can b* best
made available to this nation.”
"The government owes it to the
farmers to produce cheap fertiliser at
Muscle Shoals,” the report continued,
adding that when congress authorised
the construction at Muscle Shoals, it
was made clear that the peace time
purpose of the enterprise was the pro
duction of fertilizers.
“Of all the bidders for Muscle
Shoals," It said, “only one, Ford, has
undertaken to carry out the purposes
of congress at his own expense. It
was hi* bid which originally redeemed
Muscle Shoals from the program of
dismantlement and destruction which
already had begun when bids were
requested by the government on
April 2, 1921.”
Slaver Sentenced.
Los Angles. June 3.—Death sen
tence was pronounced todny upon A.
F. fhampion, convicted of the murder
of K. E. Goldy In a dice game two
years ago. Superior Judge Hardy
fixed August IS ss the date of execu
tion. Champion took the sentence
cslmly.
Wind Torn
Balloon Is
Funeral Pyre
Mangled, Charred Bodies of
Two Former Fort Omaha
Men Found in Field
in Illinois.
On Experimental Flight
Just two years to the day from the
time he nearly lost his life while fly
ing in a balloon race, Lieut. James T.
Neely, Philadelphia, formerly of Fort
Omaha, met death when his balloon
caught fire and exploded while in the
air,
Neely, together with Dr. C. Leroy
Meisinger of the United States
weather bureau, also a former Fort
Omaha balloon school lieutenant, had
* Like Egg Shell.
From a height of thousands of
feet at which they were flying In
the balloon S-3, in advance of last
night’s storm, they were shot to
the ground when the tempest over
took them and rrushed their fragile
craft like sn eggshell.
Lightning completed the destruc
tion of the balloon and the daring
men—one a scientist and the other
a pilot. Only burned bits of the
fabric and a few twisted girders
marked the funeral pyre when dis
covered today.
It was the ninth flight of the
series scheduled for this spring,
Scott Field officials said.
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started on tha ninth of a eerie* of
flights to study upper air conditions
about storm centers, late Monday aft
ernoon. Tuesday morning the bodies
of ths two men, horribly mangled,
were found In a field near Bement, III.
Fall From Great Height Indicated.
Every evidence Indicated that the
men had fallen from a great height.
In addition to being completely crush
ed they were badly charred. It Is be
lieved that the balloon In which the
men were riding became fired acci
dentally and burned before they could
dispose of enough ballast to lower
the machine, nor could they take ad
vantage of their parachutes.
On June 2, 1922, Neely, together
with James B. Jordan, also a former
Omahan, fought an eight-hour battle
for their lives when they were caught
in a high wind while crossing Lake
f --N
Inquest Wednesday.
Monticello, III., June S.—The In
quest into the deaths of I>r. i/erov
Meisbiger, meteorological expert
from the government weather
bureau, and Lieut. James T.
Neeley, Scott Field pilot, whose
bodies were found today on the
Ralph Wright farm, five miles
south of here, following the explos
ion of their balloon last night, will
he held here tomorrow. Sheriff
George A. IJndley announced this
afternoon.
v J
Michigan. They were contestants in
a balloon race which had started at
Milwaukee the Wednesday before.
Food and Ballast Thrown Overboard.
In this flight Neely attempted to
land his balloon at Ashtabula. O.. first,
but the wind forced him to continue.
He threw all of the food, as well as
the ballast, from the balloon In an ef
fort to save himself from the water*
of the lake.
Neely came to Omaha a* a cadet In
the balloon school at Fprt Omaha In
1917. He received hi* commission In
1919 and was assigned post signal of
ficer. He acted as post officer until
1920, when he was transferred to Ross
field. California.
Recently Neely was assigned to act
as pilot for Or. Melslnger In the re
search work for the government. The
men had made several flight* from
Scott field.
I.eRoy Melslnger was s graduate of
th# Fnlverslty of Nebraska.
E. \ ail Stebbin* Become*
I.ogan and Bryan Partner
Karl I.lnlngcr, manager of the
Omaha brnnch of Logan A Bryan,
has been advised' that E. Vail Steb
blns. formerly a partner In the firm
of OeCoppet A Doremus, In New
York, has become a general partner
In the Logan A Bryan firm.
Happiness of C.ount Salm and American
Bride Dependent on Seipel’s Recovery
Wounded Chancellor Said to Have Promised
Nobleman Ambassadors hip—Pother of Milli
cent Wont Accept Him Unless He Cets Post.
By BASII, T>. BOON.
(nlrrraal Sertlc* Staff Cerrespondent.
Part*, June 3.—On whether Mon
slRneur Helpel, chancellor of Austria,
survives the terrible wounds Inflicted
by an would-be assassin's bullet* In
Vienna depends the future happiness
of the Count and Countess Snltn von
l-tooRStraelen, the latter formerly
Milllcent rtoRers of New York.
This I* the news received today by
friend* of the coupl* here In it let
ter from the count who Is In Vienna.
The count's letter 1« reported to ray:
"Chancellor Seipcl offered me the
post of minister to Persia. 1 bad to
refuse It as I knew that Milllcent
would never consent to llva In
Tehran.
"Thereupon the chancellor sug
grated that 1 ha ghen tha amlau*
sadorshlp to Italy, with the possibil
ity of thereafter being sent to Wash
ington.
"The attempt to assassinate ths
chancellor leases all thla In donht."
In well Informed circles In Paris It
Is aaeerleil that Col. II. 11. ltogrrs.
father of the countess, has slated as
tho condition for the acceptance of
the count Into the ltogers family that
the count must obtain a high post
in the Austrian diplomatic corps to
which he Is fitted by birth end edu
cation. This is aald to he the teal
purpose of the rmint'a \lslt to Vienna
following tha departure of hla wife
tor Nsw York with her fathsr.
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“Leopold Never Laced Own Shoes Until
He Was 14,” Says Former Nurse in Home
Pampering Went to Head, Declares Woman
Who Believes Long Term at Hard Labor Would
Reform Franks Slayer by Dulling Brilliant Mind.
Martinez, Cal., June 3.—Mra. Paul
ine Van Den Bosch, wife of an oil
worker here, who said that she was
a nurse for two years in the home
of Nathan Leopold, jr., youthful Chi
cago confessed slayer, detailed her
experiences as such today.
"I do not want to see him hang,"
she said, "but I believe that he should
be given a long term at hard labor.
'Babe,' as we called hirn, was a lov
able child, despite a meanness that
manifested itself, not only toward the
servants in the Leopold household,
but toward his companions and his
parents. Jle was inclined to use bad
language, but in spite of his faults,
he drew many friends to him. His
brilliant mind needs to be dulled a
bit, and hard labor will do it.
“Until he was 14 he never laced his
own shoes. The servants did it for
him and attended to other details of
hir, dress that other boys care for
themselves.
"He was a great lover of birds. At
ofne time he came near killing a maid
in an adjoining home through acci
dent, while shooting at a robin. The
bullet lodged in a window sill but a
few inches from where the maid was
standing.
"I worked in the Leopold home
from I>abor day of 1918 to Labor day
of 1918. I was constantly with
Nathan during his hours of study and
play.
“Problems that would take others
hours to solve he would solve in a
few minutes. He knew many lan
guages even as a child. I have re
ceived numerous letters from him
since I left and all tell of the prog
ress he is making.
“He had the most wonderful
mother I ever knew. If she had
lived, this tragedy would never have
happened.
"He simply was pampered and
spoiled. He was so used to having
others wait on him that it must have
gone to his head and given him an
idea that he was made to be -waited
on by others, and that, therefore, he
was a superior being. But 'Babe' has
a good strain in him. He is too
bright. He needs to have his light
dimmed a little bit, that's all.”
Senate Agrees
on Adjournment
Date of June 7
Resolution Already Passed by
House Adopted, but Clos
ing May Be Blocked
by Fa Follette.
By WII J JAM K. HUTCHINSON.
International News Hen Ire Staff
Correa pondent.
Washington, June 3.—The aenate
this afternoon adopted the concurrent
resolution already passed by the
house providing for adjournment of
the 68th congress at 7 p. m. on next
Saturday, June 7.
This makes the entire congress
agreeable to winding up at the end
of the week, but adjournment may
yet be blocked by a filibuster under
the direction of Senator Robert M.
La Follette, republican, of Wiscon
sin. the Insurgent leader.
A proposal by Senator La Follette
to recess from June 7 to July 9 waa
defeated by a vote of 52 to 36.
La Follette was supported by IS
other republicans and two farmer
laborltes and 20 democrats. His reso
lution was opposed by S3 republicans
and 19 democrats.
After defeating La Follette'* move,
the senate also voted down a motion
by Senator Frazier, republican, of
North Dakota, to continue the pres
ent session of congree* until June 21.
instead of June 7. A§ this date in
cluded the time scheduled for the re
publican convention at Cleveland, It
waa beaten 62 to 34.
The adjournment resolution Itself
w-ae finally adopted by a vote of 53
to 36.
The La Follette recess resolution
then was deafeated.
MOVIE MAN TELLS
OF BLACKLISTING
For two hours today Charles Bind
erup, former owner of a motion pic
ture circuit, told a Jury In federal
court how the Omaha Film Board
of Trade had connived to blacklist
him.
For this damage, Binderup of
Minden, Neb., asks that 18 New York
film corporation* pay him $750,000.
Binderup told a story as was never
before related In federal court.
Beginning with the time he got
Into trouble because of his Orleans
house, Binderup told of events that
lead up to a meeting In the office
of Eugene Blazer, attorney for the
Omaha Film board.
His story was one of alleged con
niving and conspiring among the ex
changes to keep him from buying
films for the IV houses on his circuit.
"We have the goods on you,"
Binderup stated Blazer told him when
he went to see him after he was
unable to do any business with Harry
D. Orahsm. one of the branch man
ager*. "I'm the fellow that went
down to Minden and got the evi
dence agaln«t you."
Oraham finally cam* to Blazer's
office Rnd. with the witness present,
they discussed the alleged blacklist
of Binderup.
Letters and minutes of the Omaha
Fllfn Board of Trade were introduced
by attorneys for Binderup to show
that the Omaha Flint Roard of Trade
was considering the blacklisting of
Binderup.
inside Pioneer Pie?.
\\ Inside, Neb , June 3.—Joseph W.
Tillson. 81, died at 1-eavenworth. Old
Soldiers' home, last week. He was a
civil w*sr veteran, enlisting in Illinois.
Mr. Tillson rant* to Nebraska in 1872
and settled at Old Northslde When
Old Northslde waa moved and lhe
name changed to \\ Inside, he was
on* of the first settlers. He had al
ways made his home here, but had
been In Kansas, attending the wlnler
with hi* old comrades,
Cnlunihu* to Have Rodeo.
Columbus. Neb . June 3.—riatts are
under way, sponsored by local bnel
nets men, to etag* a rodeo in Colum
bus this summer. s
Major Martin
| Quits Command
j oi Globe Flight
Lieutenant Smith to Take
Charge Following Request
of Aviator Who Suf
fered Mishap.
Washington. June 3—Acting upon
the personal request of Maj. Freder
ick L. Martin, former commander of
the army around the world flight
squadron. Major General Patrick,
chief of the army air service today
designated Lieut. Lowell H. Smith to
be permanently in command of the
globe-encircling fliers.
A plan to have Major Martin re
sume command during the later
phases of the Tight was abandoned
after he had conferred with the air
service chief and other War depart
ment officials.
Lieutenant Smith was placed tem-*
porarilv in charge of the flight when
Major Martin's machine was wrecked
in Alaska and he and his mechanic.
Staff Sergeant Alvin Harvey, were
lost in the wiids of Alaska.
Text of Notg.
The plan which had been proposed
by General Patrick and tentatively
approved by Secretary Weeks pro
vided for sending Major Martin with
a new plane to Europe, to rejoin the
flight there and resume command
during the trip across the Atlantic.
Final decision was withheld, however,
until Major Martin arrived in Wash
ington and today he sent the follow
| ing letter to General Patrick:
"I am very grateful to you for
your continued confidence in me and
for your telling me of your w ishes to
have me resume my place as com
mander of the world flight.
"It was discussed with you before
we started, and it was agreed that if
any of us had to fall out, the flight
tvould nevertheless go on The suc
cess of this great undertaking is the
essential thing and not the wishes or
desires of any of the fliers.
Wishes Smith Success.
"It was my misfortune to meet
with an accident and since then Lieu
tenant Smith had has to carry on.
The responsibility for a perilous part
of the journey has rested on him and
he has home himself well.
"While there is nothing I should
like better than to rejoin the flight
and again take command, hy that
time a considerable part of it will
have been accomplished without me.
"In fairness to Lieutenant Smith,
who succeeded me in command. I
think he should so continue and hint
self bring the flight back to the
Cnited States.
"I. therefore, request Lieutenant
Smith be notified that from now on
he will be in full charge. I wish him
all success in his conduct of the re
mainder of the flight around the
world and I hope to join in welcom
ing him and the other fliers when
the flight is ended." •
Tourist Traffic Increases.
Columbua. Neb.. June 3.—Estimates
indicate tourist traffic on the Lin
coln and Meridian highways through
Nebraska ia 50 per cent greater this
year than in June laat year. The
heaviest bulk of traffic continues to
be eastbound. made up largely of
jiartles returning from California and
the Pacific northwest.
Two Miners Killed.
Butte. Mont . June J —When they
di illed into a missed hole tn the
Minnie Jane mine, a ellver property
on the western ot^tskirts ef Butte,
William Bennett and Mex Fraser
were kilted Fraser died Instantly.
Bennett lived ?0 minutes.
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Indictment
for Murder
Is Sought
Possible Connection of Franks
Kidnapers With Death of
Two Others and Mutila
tion of Third Probed.
Jury Hearing Opens
Chicago, June S.—Th* Cook county
grand Jury today was asked to In
dict Nathan Leopold. Jr., and Richard
Loeb, youthful sons of millionaires
and confessed kidnapers and slayers
of Robert Franks, school boy acn of
another wealthy Chicagoan, for mur
der and kidnaping for ransom, each
crime punishable by death, while au
thorities Investigated the possible con
nection of the youths with the desths
of two other persons and the mutila
tion of a third.
Robert E. Crowe, state’* attorney,
who is presenting the Franks case to
the grand Jury In person, ordered as
sistants today to investigate the pot
plble involvement of Leopold and
Loeb in the shooting last fall of Free
man Louis Tracy, university student,
whose body was found with a bullet
through the head, and in the mutila
tion a few days iater of Charlea
Ream, a taxi driver. With a similar
end in view, an unofficial investiga
tion was under way of the death sev
eral months ago of Melvin Wolf, who
left the home of hie wealthy grand
parents to mail a letter and whose
body was found in the lake. Rele
tlves were never satisfied with the de
cision of authorities that he com
mitted suicide.
11 Witnesses Heard.
Eleven witnesses went before the
grand Jury during the day and more
than a score yet remain to be beard.
The grand Jury reconvenes t'-mor
row afternoon.
PoasiWe connection between the
slaying of Tracy and the yotiths wss
found when authorities discovered
that the bullet which killed Tracy
fitted a pistol belonging to Leopold
which he said ha carried whan the
Franks boy was kidnaped and which
he purchased several month* previ
ously. A motive for the shooting of
Tracy was never found. Ha appeared
to have been a brilliant student and
seemingly was wlthffut er.amiea His
body was found almost on the Cam
pus of the University of Chicago. th»
institution attended by both Leopold
and Loeb and by Tracy. Friends of
Tracy said that he knew both the
youths.
Authorities Skeptical.
A few days after Tracy was slain.
Charles Ream, a taxi driver, was at
tacked and mutilated. Yesterday he
was taken to the states attorney’?
office by newspaper reporters to view
Leopold and Loeb and expressed the
opinion that they were his assailants
The authorities were skeptical until
an investigation had been made, how
ever. as Ream had told them shortly
after he was attacked that he did not
get a full view of his kidnapers, w *-«
clubbed him into unconsciousness and
mutilated him after taking him away
In an automobile.
The reason for the investigation, the
authorities said, aside from Ream’s
statement that he believed Leopold
and Loeb were his sssn-.iants. was
the similarity of th* attack on him
and the slaving of the Franks j out!
Father On Stand.
Among those who appeared before
the grand Jury today wei# Jacob
Franks, the slain boy’s father; Percy
Van Re Bogert. druggist, from who**
store the youths said they telephoned
ransom demands to Franks; James C.
Kemp, employed by Van De Roger!
Irving Hartman, who attended a pri
vate school with the Franks boy and
who aaw Robert start for his bctr>
on the day he disappeared and kuu
believes he entered an automcV.e
parked nearby; Rr. Joseph Springer,
coroner s physician, who made an ex
aminatlon of the body: Rr. Env:
Deutsch. who sold Ieopold the pa:
of hornrimmed spectacle* which the
latter lost near the place young
Franks’ body was concealed ir.fl
which led to his arrest: Sven Eng
lund, chauffeur at th# Leopold home,
whose statement that the Leopold
ear was in the garage the day of the
kldnaptng when Leopold and Loeb
said they were driving about town
with It. led to their breakdown and
i confession; Mrs. Sven Engiund, hi*
1 wife; Elisabeth Salter, maid at the
Leopold home, who told authorise*
that Leopold owned a typewriter of
the same make a* that on which the
rvnscm letter to Jacob Frank# was
written, and Mrs Lucille Smith and
j her daughter. Elisabeth, who have
saM they passed an automobile th#
night of the kidnaping resembling
that in which Leopold and Loeb
hauled Franks’ body to th# swamp
Mr. Crow* said before going before
th* grand Jury that he did not ex
pert indictments to be returned fr
thre# days. He said he expected to
submit the confessions of the youth*
and every bit of evidence to the Jury
In order to make all th# information
a matter of record. He aaid tbl*
action was also being taken to pr*
vent th# possibility of any of the
i witnesses changing their stories later
Should they do so. be aaid. they srttl
he charged with perjury and pi exe
cuted.
Round to Trial.
Raul White and Rudolph Sima «
rested Monday in an alleged et.ien
i automobile, were bound over to (lu
i rrict court for trial Tuesday moraine
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