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CITY EDITION VOL. 54_NO, 2. OMAHA. TUESDAY. JUNE 17. 1924. * TWO CENTS'* °ffv*.h‘c.*.*£ VE&E** -'
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Police Shi tot Di twn Man Behind Barr* cade
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High Court
Stays Death
of Simmons
Issues Writ Which Halts
Plans for Execution
at State Penitentiary
June 18.
New Evidence Presented
By International .News Service.
Lincoln, June 16—Attorney Gen
eral Spillman this afternoon received
official notice from Washington that
the United States supreme court had
granted a writ of certiorari in the
* appeal of Walter Ray Simmons. This
will automatically suspend all further
proceedings to execute June 18 until
the supreme court has acted In the
matter.
Additional affidavits were filed with
Governor Bryafi today In behalf of
S’mmons, awaiting execution for the
murder of Frank Pahl In Boyd county.
The affidavits were presented by Hugh
O'Neill of Annear, Neb., and are ex
pected to lead to new and Important
developments.
In one affidavit, former Chief of
Police Wagstatf of Bonesteel, S. D„
testified that he arrested two men on
the morning after the murder of Pahl
In Boyd county, Nebraska. Both
men, according to Wagstaff's af
fidavit, bore evidence of having been
in a rough combat and were heavily
intoxicated. Their automobile, the
affidavit declared, was smeared with
blood and hair.
Dr. Kenaston of Bonesteel, testi
fied in an affadavlt that he took
care of one of the men, who had deep
cuts In his head and sent him back
to Spencer, Neb.
Two residents of Herrick, S. D.,
presented affidavits to the effect that
the murder of Pahl was known there
three hours before It was heard of
in Spencer. Neb., and that the reason
was that a man known as Jim Her
man drove Into Herrick and told
citizens there of the murder, Her
man Is now said to 'be serving a 17
year sentence for murder In the
Wyoming penitentiary.
Hugh O'Neill, who gathered the af
fi fidavlts presented today, said this
afternoon he hopes to get a confes
sion from Herman soon. This con
fession is expected to show that Her
man either knew about the murder
or had a part in it.
Washington, June 16.—The su
preme court was asked today to re
view the death sentence imposed upon
Walter Ray Simmons for the murder
of Frank I’a 111 at Spencer, Neb. Sim
mons is under sentence to die next
Wednesday.
Being in recess, the court cannot
consider the petition until after it
convenes next October. The filing of
the motion was decided upon by E. P.
Holmes, Joslah Coombs and Thomas
P. Llttlepage, counsel for Simmons,
after consultations with justices of
the court. It is based upon the dis
covery of new evidence and on the
charge that three of the Jurors who
tried Simmons were prejudiced.
It is the expectation of counsel for
Simmons that Governor Bryan of Ne
braska will continue to grant 30-day
reprieves untjl the supreme court
acts on the case. The petition as
serts that several farmers who did not
appear at the trial will testify that
Simmons was not in the automobile,
when Pahl was driven down the road
and murdered.
Hen Mother’s Kittens.
Allen, Neb., June 10.—J. VV. Black
Owns a setting hen which insists on
mothering several little kittens in
stead of staying on its nest of eggs
•^'tind hatching out Its own brood.
We Have
With Us
Today
j)f, C. H. Watson, Medical Director
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company,
New York City.
The telephone operator is not at
all the nervous wreck we usually
think she is, according to Dr. C. 8.
Watson, medical director of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, who is in Omaha, the first
time in three years. The impreaelon
that telephone work is nerve wreck
ing Is ail wrong, he declares. The
telephone girl on the contrary, is
queen of her realm, lie said, and has
no reason to be a victim of nerves.
Hazards are less numerous in his
company in comparison to factory or
any other industrial position.
Dr. Watson has the health of 280,
000 employes to watch over. With a
corps of assistants too numerous to
calculate, he controls the destiny of
each employe of hla company. Medi
cal examiners are under his direc
tion in all branches of the company.
Physical examinations are undergone
by each employe so as to give ample
opportunity to work, said the doctor.
Dr. Watson has been director of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph company for eight years. Hla
office Is on lower Broadway. New York
’ City. Before his work tflth this com
pany, he wns In charge of clinical
Work at Long Island college hospital
at Brooklyn, N. Y. He also prac
ticed medicine in Now York City.
Dr. Watson was graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania. His
tiome is in Westchester county. New
JTork
Warning Letter
to Iowa Mayor
Renting of Auditorium for
Klan Meet Causes Furore
at Atlantic,
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Atlantic, la., June 16.—Renting of
the municipal auditorium to the Ku
Klux Klan for a meeting Sunday
afternoon has created a stir here.
Mayor A. H. Mountain has received
the following anonymous letter of
warning:
"Whoever Is responsible for per
mitting the Ku Klux Klan to meet in
the city auditorium had better look to
their sky pieces! This Is not alone an
affront to the Intelligence of the com
munity, but it is a direct attack on
the citizenship of Atlantic and Cass
county, whom the kl.in attacks in
private If not In public. It encour
ages an organization which has a rec
ord for criminality second to none."
City officials explain that the mayor
and council were a unit In permitting
the klan to stage Its public meeting
in the auditorium. They take the
position that every conceivable cult
and creed has had the use of the
hall in the past and that as a matter
of fairness the klan Is entitled to use
it and state its case to the public.
Klavern Organized at Avoca.
Followers of the fiery cross assem
bled at Avoca a few nights ago and
organized a Ku Klux Klan klavern.
As near ns can be learned about 26
candidates were initiated at an open
air meeting held In a walnut grove
east of town. The highway was lined
with automobiles filled with specta
tors. A huge crowd, that milled about
the pasture adjoining the scene, was
kept at a distance by robed sentry
men.
Eagles Meet at Beatrice
in State Convention
Beatrice, Neb., June 16.—Tho 20th
annual convention of the Nehraska
Eagles convened here today, with an
address of welcome by City Attorney
Dutton, with response from State
President C. A. Axeb-on. The session
today was devoted exclusively to busi
ness. This evening. In the chamber
of commerce rooms a banquet was
held, (}. F. Freeman of Beatrice
acting as toastmaster.
About 150 delegates from various
parts of the etate are here. The elec
tion of officers will occur Tuesday,
with an athletic program In the eve
ning.
Boy Burglars Sentenced.
Kearney, • Neb., Juno 16.—Geno
Arnot and Glenn Dunaton, found
guilty of breaking Into the Odle Hell
farm homo near Optic nn<l taking a
gold watch, were aentenced to aerve
from one to three years In the atate
reformatory.
Married in Council Bluffs.
The following persons obtained mar
riage licenses In Council Bluffs yesterday:
Namo and Address. Age.
John Thomas, Columbus, o.46
Alma Ilumsll, Grand Island, Neb. 41
James Dvorak, Able. Neb. 12
Hattls I’atttk. Schuyler, Neb. 26
Iks Thomas, Glen wood. Neb... SO
Boss Wingfield, Osceola, Mo. 21
John Koehel, Council Bluff*. 27
Blanch Cochran, Council Bluffs.19
Harry Hlen. Alhambra, Cal. 23
Olga Rasa, Grand Island, Neb. 18
John Feurlstin*. Grand Island, Neb ... 21
Marin Htroh. Grand Island. Neb. 21
Fred Wright, Grant! Island. Neb. 21
Toney H.ism, Grand Island. Neb. 21
Lawrence Andersen, Council Bluff*. . . 22
Sylvia Htapleton, Council Bluffs.21
Houck Geboney, Gape Girardeaux, Mo. 31
Halene Hrown, ('ape Girardeaux, Mo.. 26
Clarence Campbell, Fremont. Neb. 26
Grace Kmory, Fremont, Neb. 18
George Krlckson, Lincoln. Neb..,.27
Helen Wiggins, Lincoln. Neb. 22
Menno Harms, Omaha. 29
Ablgsl Sterrett, Omaha... 18
Lyman Romans, Fremont, Neb.,..,,,. 24
Oladys Dingwall, Walthlll, Neb.24
R. Hewitt, Winner, 0. D,.. *,««»•#• tt
Bonnie Conklin, X>es Mollies. X*. ••***£* 1^
Chemist Says All
Bootleg Poisonous
The liquor being made today
throughout the country is unfit to
drink and sooner or later serious re
sults are expected, according to C. J.
West, federal chemist of Minneapolis.
For more than a quarter of a cen
tury West has been analyzing liquor.
He says he has analyzed enough of
the stuff “to float a battleship.”
"From my analysis I find that
every drop of bootleg liquor made
has some form of poison in It," said
West.' “The booze flooding the coun
try today averages 45 per cent alcohol
by volume."
West is In Omaha to analyze some
200 samples obtained by Robert P.
Samnrdick on his recent drive on
Omaha bootleggers. Before prohibi
tion days West tested on the average
of 3,000 gallons of whisky a day. He
operates in six states.
Gallantry
Brennan Shot Because He Re
sented Remarks Made to
Woman by Alleged As
sailant, Claimed.
Suspects Held for Trial
New York, June 16.—William
James (Bill) Brennan, heavyweight
pugilist, was slain In his uptown
cabaret early yesterday because he
resented abusive remarks made to a
woman by Joseph Pioll, one of the
two men held without ball today for
the killing, according to Assistant
District Attorney Morgan A. Jones.
The woman, whose name was not
revealed, had gone to Brennan's
cabaret with, a party of which Pioll
was a member, according to the
prosecutor. As she was leaving with
Pioll, he made abusive remarks to
her. Brennan Interceded for her, hit
ting Pioll in ejecting him from the
cabaret, the prosecutor said.
"There are other ways of getting a
guy thaif with your fists," Pioll Is al
leged to have said. "Look out for
yourself.”
Brennan Drops to Floor.
Pioll then left the cabaret, the
prosecutor continued, and later re
turned. When Brennan approached
him In a hallway leading to the caba
ret, a shot sounded and Brennan
dropped to the floor. Four or five
other men were In the hallway,
Jones asserted, although It is not
known whether they were compan
ions of Pioll. The only other man
arrested was Terrence O'Neill, a
pugilist, who wag captured with
Pioll goon after the shooting.
The prosecutor’s statement was Is
sued after the two prisoners had been
grilled for hours by the police In ef
forts to learn the motive for* the
shooting. Both men persistently de
nted firing the shot that killed
Brennan.
"I never shot BUI Brennan,” Pioll
declared. "I never even knew him."
Several thousand persons gathered
outside the homicide court and jeered
today as Pioll and O'Neill were taken
from arraignment. Both men were
held for trial without ball. Mr. Jones
said the grand jury would be asked
to return first degree murder Indict
ments on Thursday. The prisoners
were arraigned on charges of shoot
ing "William Shanks," Brennan's
name before he entered the ring.
Friend Also Dead.
James Cullen, a state trooper and
friend of Brennan, also was mortally
wounded when he tried to prevent the
escape of the slayer. He died In a
hospital today. Brennan's sister, a
cabaret entertainer, known profes
sionally as Shirley Sherman, was In
the oafe when her brother was shot.
When Pioll and O’Neill were first
arrested, they described themselves as
"James Hughes” and "Frank Rassl.”
When arraigned they admitted giving
fictitious names. O’Neill Is a pugilist
and Pioll Is under Indictment for the
murder In March of his brother.
Santo, police said.
Jack Dempsey, who was able to
knock out Brennnn only In the 12th
round of a bout In 1920, was among
the scores of persons who sent mes
sages of condolence to Brennan's
widow today.
2 OMAHANS IN
GRINNELL CLASS
Special Itlapatch to The Omeha Bee.
Orlnnell. In., June 1*.—Burdette
Plotts and Miss Roberta Jeannette
McKachern of Omnha were members
of a class of 113 seniors who received
their bachelor of arts degrees at the
seventh commencement of Grlnnell
college this week. f
The class is the largest ever gradu
ated from Grlnnell. The commence
ment addresa wa« delivered by Jane
Addams of Hull House, Chicago.
Chinch Bugs Damaging
Wheat in Pawnee County
Pawnee City, Neb., June 16.—Paw
nee county reports large numbers of
chinch bugs In the wheat and other
small grain fields. The damage they
will do to these crops will be large,
but will not be computable until after
harvest. Many farmers sre planning
stepa to keep the bugs from mi
grating to the cornfields after the
harvest has been completed, and It
Is thought that they will not damage
this Important crop.
Following recent rains and extreme
ly warm weather, Pawnee county
corn crop la growing rapidly.
Nebraskans in Colorado
Form Plans for Picnic
Fort Morgan, Colo., June 16.—Ne
hruskana of Morgan county are plan
ning a Nebraska picnic to be held
along the hanks of the South Platte
river June 27. A prize will be given
to the largest delegation from any
one town or county In Nebraska.
Former reeidenta of Arlington, Wash
tugton county, were the Inrgest dele
gallon last year, there being over 60
former residents of Arlington In Mor
gan county.
Gas Price Cut at Geneva.
Geneva, Neb.. June 111.—By mutual
agreement the Independent filling sta
tlons reduced the rstall price of gas
to 16 ents a gallon. Ths Standard
did not follow their lead. Ths formor
pries wu-^0 cent*
Heiresses Touring World
Each worth $15,000,000, Misses Comasita Argiiillo (right) and Emma
Meza-Agua of San Salvador are in the United States on world tour.
Expert Says Young
Slayers Abnormal
After Examination
Should Not Hang, He De
clares After Making Tests
of Leopold and Loeb
at Jail.
By International »w* Service.
Chicago, June 16.—Richard Loeb
and Nathan Leopold, Jr., slayers of
Robert Franks, 13, are abnormal, ac
cording to preliminary reporta of the
first of several experts to test the
youths at the county Jail. They
should not hang, Is the opinion of
these experts which will be ’the
groundwork on which ths defense
will build.
Dr. Karl Bowman, Boston psy
chiatrist and ductless gland expert,
probably will be the first defense
witness and will present his findings
from the exhaustive tests he mads on
the boys at the county Jail.
Instruments with as strange names
as the phrases which the trial will'
make current have been used in the
tests, which continued today.
The metabolimeter, which measures
oxygen consumption through re
breathing processes and determines
the action of certain glands, has had
its inning; today the plethysjnograph
will be brought out. It measures
mental disturbances as a seismograph
records earth disturbances. Loeb has
accepted the tests with good nature.
Leopold, the egocentric, resents being
made laughable in the eyes of the
public.
”1 would linfer from reading the
newspapers that Loeb and I are being
trained like fleas to Jump through
hoops, for the entertainment of the
curious.”
Loeb is concerned with his own
fate; Leopold is concerned with what
people will think of him.
MOVIE SHOOTING
TRIAL IS BEGUN
By International News Berrien
Los Angeles, Cal., June 1#.—That
sensational testimony will mark the
trial of Horace Greer, chauffeur for
Mabel Normand, film actress, charged
with shooting Courtland S. Dines.
Denver millionaire, in Dines' bachelor
apartments New Year’s day In the
presence of Miss Normand and Edna
l’urvlance, Charlie Chaplin's leading
woman, was Indicated when Greer's
trial opened here today.
"You won't be prejudiced against
this defendant because a couple of
motion picture stars might have been
drunk or something like that when
the shooting occurred V was a ques
tion asked several prospective Jurors
by Greer's attorneys.
The men and women In the Jury
bo* were also asked if they were
Interested In the two stars' morals,
reputations and pictures. Without ex
ception they said they were not.
Tubereuloais Eradication
Move Growing in Favor
Clarlnda, la.. June 16.—More than
61 per cent of Page county farmers
are In favor of bovine tuberculosis
eradication, and are signing petitions
as fast as they are presented. Amity,
Colfax and Washington township*
has signed up the largest portion of
th6!r cattle owner*. Petitions are
being circulated In Morton, Norway
and Tarklo townships.
Most packers are paying at thla
time 10 per cent premium on all hogs
hied and fed In modified accredited
counties, or counties that have less
than one-half of 1 per rent of bovine
tuberculosis. There Is a great saving
In the rattle bree ling Industry.
Klooded stock In tuberculosis free
counties commands a much higher
rile* than such stock In infected
counties. The checking of spread of
the disease to poultry amounts to a
very considerable each year.
Several counties In Iowa are near
ing the point where they will he de
clared modified accredited areas
With 26 more counties coming In by
September, one hslf the. state will he
doing systematic county area eradi
cation work.
County Attorney Stricken,
Aurora. Neli., June 16 John .1.
Reinhardt, county attorney of Ham
llton county, wn* taken III lust week
and on Thursday went to the home of
his parents In Lincoln. Information
reached hie friend* here Sunday that
he had cerebral meningitis and that
hla attending physician* had little
hop* it kif recovery.
Radio Owners
Again Warned
After Tragedy
City Ordinance Prohibits Plac
ing Aerials Near High Ten
sion Wires, Says Elec
trical Official.
Although a warning was Issued sev
eral w-eek^ ago by Irael Lovett, city
electrician, to radio fans of Omaha
of the dangers of stringing radio
aerial wires over high tension wires,
a second warning has been Issued fol
lowing the death of Roy Nelson, who
was electrocuted when he attempted
to remove an aerial at 818 Park
avenue, Sunday.
In a statement sent out by A. D.
Barber, president of ths Electrical
Industries association of Omaha, this
second warning is sent. Radio ama
teurs and the public should be warn
ed (Xmcerntng the danger in placing
aerial wires over, under or close to
high tension wires or feed wires, said
Barber.
Ordinance In Effect
Attention la called to the fact that
there is a radio ordinance which spe
cifically prohibits placing radio aerials
over or under highetension wires and
prohibits any kind of radio wires In
an unsafe or dangerous manner. The
ordinance also provides that a permit
must be secured from city electrician
for erection of radio apparatus, and
for Inspection by the city electrician.
"Omaha as a center of the worst
storm area in the United States, Is
approaching the time when severe
lightning storms will come to the vi
cinity,” said Lovett In his warning
on April 1.
Hanger Is Great
"Many long aerials have been
erected without proper lightning and
ground protection and many pass
over electrlo light and power wires
in such a way that If either one
of the wires should break, the user
of the radio set might he killed or
badly burned and his house set on
fire."
Such an accident occurred when
Nelson attempted to handle the radio
aerial wire that was blown down. The
aerial was strung over a high ten
sion wire and when the aerial was
blown down by the storm It came In
contact with the high tension wire.
TABLET UNVEILED
ON LINCOLN TRACT
Denison, la., June 16.—Abraham
Lincoln was honored by the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution of
Denison by the placing of a tablet on
a huge boulder upon the piece of
land he once owned In this county,
which came to him for services per
formed in the Block Hawk war In
1823. There were appropriate exer
cises, with prayer, singing, address
and unveiling of the tRblet. The ad
dress was made by R. Bhawvan of
Denison.
The land la five miles northwest of
Denison In Goodrich township on the
road to Sohleswig, It has been known
as the "Lincoln land" for many years,
but no special recognition was given
it as a historical landmark until the
patriotic society decided to put up
the tablet, now dedicated. The boul
der weighs over two tons. The tab
let Is of copper and has upon It:
"Lnnd Grant Mado to Abraham Lin
coln for Services Rendered In the
Black Hawk IVar In 1823. Marked
by Denison Chapter D. A. R. 1921."
Battle Spectacle Closes
Legion Drive at Atlantic
Atlantic, la.. June 16.—A deafening
explosion of aerial bombs, detonstlon
of star shells and the weird glare cast
by rejl and green flares formed a
spectacular setting for the American
Legion production of the battle of
Verdun, one of the outstanding con
flicts during the wrorld war.
A ton of high explosives was set
off with spectacular effect. The show
marked the close of the Legion mem
bership drive here. ‘ Approximately
r>,000 persons witnessed the spectacle.
Atlantic Woman Elected
Registrar of <». A. R, Ladies
Atlantic, la.. June 16 Mrs. Char
lotte Olson of Atlantic was elected
state registrar at the recent Iowa
convention of the tl. A. K. ladles.
Mrs. Mary Heaton of Oreenlleld, la.,
another southwest Iowa woYnan, was
named secretary ,
The AMantlo U. A. H. circle la the
olOMt in lot?*
Lack of Air
Blamed for
Naval Blast
Compression to Clean Gun
Barrelg Low, Officers Says;
Dead Man's Hand Caused
Second Firing.
I. W. W. Denies Threats
San Pedro, Cal., June 16.—The An
ger of evidence pointed still more
definitely today at lack of air pres
sure in the gun mechanism as the
cause, or at least one of the causes
of the explosion aboard the U. 8. 8.
Mississippi Thursday, when 48 men
were killed.
Walter C. Ebel, turret captain of
turret No. 3 of the Mississippi, cor
roborated the evidence Saturday of
Francis Majeswki, plugman in turret
No. 2, where the blast occurred, that ;
the air pressure to clean out the gun
barrels between shots and to close the
gun breeches was weak.
The result of this, according to
gunnery experts, might have been to
leave flaming or smouldering particles
In the gun barrel, which would ignite
the new charges of TNT as they were
rammed home.
Girl Accuses
Hotel Owner
Held for Vagrancy, She
Blames O/wner of Hostelry
for Acts.
A warrant will b« issued against
Izzie Fiddler, aald to be proprietor
of the Havens, Plaza, Rex and
Harney hotels, according to Deputy
County Attorney Gordon Nicholson In
municipal court Monday morning, fol
lowing hearing of cases of Florence
and Tracey Holmes, Rolla Pombies
and Ben Robinson, charged with
vagrancy.
Mrs. Holmes, 22, testified that she
and her husband stopped at the
Havens hotel while en route to Briggs,
I^aho, about a month ago and was
forced to ask a loan from Fiddler.
“You know there Is no necessity
for being without money in any of
my hotels," she testified Fiddler re
marked. Mrs. Holmes said she re
fused his offer.
Sergeant Tom Crawford of the po
lice morals squad testified be stood
beside the clerk's desk at the Havens
hotel and saw two girls come in and
each give the clerk a dollar bill.
The morals squad visited 10.hotels
Saturday and Sunday in a campaign
against Immoral houses.
STEAMFITTER
ENDS OWN LIFE
By Associated Press.
Grand Island, Neb., June 16.—Wil
liam Windolph, a steamfitter employ
ed by the Union Pacific, committed
suicide early today by Shooting him
self. The body was found some hour3
later In the loft of a barn. He had
returned from his work at midnight.
Despondency over the loss of $800
for which he went surety on another's
note Is attributed as the cause. He
leaves a wife and two small children.
pastorTeaves
$17,000 ESTATE
The will of Rev. William H. Kearns,
fled secretary of the northwest dis
trict of the Presbyterian church, who
died Tuesday, was filed In probate
court Monday. It leaves an estate
of $17,000 to his widow, Jennie
Kearns, 104 South Fiftieth street.
Maun Awarded High Honors
at University of Nebraska
Laurel, Neb., June 16.—Emmett V,
Maun of this place has received two
of the highest honors that can he
given to a student at the University
of Nebraska, helng chosen as a mem
ber of the "Innocents" and also se
lected president of the student coun
cil of the university for the coming
year. The "Innocents" are a hand of
13 senior men chosen at the close of
their Junior year by the old society
on account of their student activity,
character, personality and leadership.
Mr. Maun was editor of the Daily
Nebraskan, the university paper, and
military editor of the 1924 Oornhusker,
the university annual; lie Is also a
member of the Pershing Rifles. Scab
bard and Bland and Kappa Sigma.
Delegation From Atlantic
to Attend Lions' Convenion
Atlantic. la., June 16—Atlantic
Lions’ club will be represented at the
International convention of Lions'
clubs, to he held June 33 to 36 in
Omaha, by Dr. IV. U. Hammer, A. C.
Fonts, Dr. R. L. Barnett and J. B.
Smaller.
Song Writer to Visit Iowa.
Shenundoah. In , June lt>—Mr. ami
Mr*. Wendall Hall will visit Iowa on
thrlr honeymoon trip to t'nllfornl.<
Mr. Hall, author of the song. "Is
Ain't Going To Rain No Mo'," and
Ida bride hnve been guests at the
homo of A. A. Retry ami Ralph Huff
In Clarlnda and will visit there this
summer again on the way VI Call
forgia.
Minneapolis Federal
Judge Presides Here
White Ribbons t
on Front Row
- at Rum Trials
W. C. T. U. Delegation to Sit
Through Federal Court
Sessions to “Change
Atmosphere.”
Federal Judge John T. McGee of
Minneapolis, called "Ten-Year Mc
Gee" for his heavy eentencea and fines
of bootleggers and drug peddlers, Mon
day changed some of the rules of the
local federal court, where he was
called to assist In disposing of some
200 cases because Judge Woodrough
was busy In another case.
Five women members of the Doug
las county W. C. T. U. occupied seats
la the front row while the defendants
were being arraigned. But one de
fendant, Harrison Golbert, pleaded
guilty. He was given three months in
JaiL
Women Every Pay.
The women delegation of the W. C.
T. U. was made up of Mrs. W. E.
Summers, Mrs. Mae Kennedy, Mrs. H.
Getschler, Mrs. Morton Vienot and
Mrs. Loren Banner.
"We are going to he here every
day Judge McGee is here,”‘said Mrs.
Banner, president of the South Side
organization. "No one invited us
here, but we thought our presence
might aid the atmosphere of the
federal court.”
When several defendant* failed to
make their appearance to be ar
raigned, Judge McGee ordered George
Keyser, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, to file to collect bonds
within 24 hours after they are for
feited.
Courtroom Is Crowded.
To keep fhe court grinding. Judge
McGee also ordered Keyser to call 10
cases for trial Monday afternoon at 2.
When attorneys protested. Judge Me
Gee said, "Your case may not be
reached, but you have to assume it
will be, so be here with your clients
and bondsmen."
The courtroom and corridors were
crowded with attorneys, defendants
an<f their friends.
INVENTION HELPS
SUBMARINE CREWS
London, Juno 1*.—Loss of life In
submarine disasters will be minimised
If a submersible life saving boat Just
patented by two Holly head ship
wrights comes up to expectations.
The Invention takes the form of a
covered boat that can be attached to
the top deck of a submarine In such
a way that the occupants of a sub
merged submarine can enter the boat,
cast It off, and safely reach the sur
face, according to the Inventors.
Ths men can leave the submarine
and enter the lifeboat In a few min
utes through ths manhole end the
connecting tube. One manhole Is at
ths bottom of the lifeboat and the
other on deck, and the tube connects
both manholes.
Fiplit Oakland Ministers
Appear in Musical Comedy
Oakland. Neb., June 16.—A unique
program was given at the First
Lutheran church Sunday to an audi
ence of 600, and probably another
hundred had to he turned away be
cause of lack of room. Minlstera of
eight churches, their wives and daugh
ters ggve tho program of Instrumental
and vocal music. There were mixed
choruses, male choruses, duets and
solos, all of a high order. All the
miniature hut two can sing, and these
two gave short sddresses. This novel
program may he given again by re
quest.
Mrdiral Company Quota
Obtained in Columbus
■ olumbua. Neb. Juna IS.—Knltei
ut of R.t enlisted officer* and men
in the collecting company of the etule
militia medicinal regiment of the Na
tional guard has lieen completed In
Columbua. The men will be mueterod
In Wednesday night, June II, In the
Memorial ball.
Raid Saves
Woman in
Prison Room
Seven Detectives Subdue Vic
tim Only After Gun Bat
tle in Which Many
Shots Fired.
Captive to Hospital-Jail
In two small rooms In a second
floor flat at 1527 North Seventeenth
street. Frank Bailey, colored, and
seven police men fought out a gun
battle Monday afternoon that ended
only when Bailey fell to the floor,
four shots in his body.
Two shots struck him In the ribs
and two pierced his left arm. He
was taken to Lord Lister hospital
under guard of Officer Frank Godek.
As Godek sat watching him Bailey
plead with the officer to close the
door and sit by his bed.
Godek refused and. after Bailey
had been examined by Dr. Connelly
and pronounced In shape to be taken
to Central station, learned the rea
son for Bailey’s plea to close the
door.
On Bailey’s person was found a
gun other than the one used In the
fight, fully loaded. An extra clip
showed Bailey was prepared to put
up a desperate fight for freedom
after shooting down Godek in the
white room of the hospital.
The battle was p9recipltated by a
story, told to Chief of Detectives
Charles Van Deusen, by Horace Hoag,
that Bailey was holding Hoag’s wife
a captive. For three weeks, ha said,
his wife, Mary Hoag, 934 North Twen
ty-third street, has lived in fear of
her life in Bailey’s flat, not daring to
flee or to tell police because of
threats made by Bailey to kill her and
her husband.
Doors Locked.
Detective Arthur English and
Emergency Officer Herschel Kline
were sent to investigate.
Entering the flat they tried all of
the three doors and found one of them
locked.] Repeated rappinga at the
locked panels failed to bring any re
sponse. Thd* room held the captive
woman, but, with Bailey's threats still
ringing in her ears, she kept silent.
The two open rooms in the flat failed
to reveal any trace of Bailey.
Downstairs the detectives went and
stood on either side of the front en
trance. A moment later a figure
flashed between them and bounded
up the stairs. It was Bailey. The
officers turned to follow.
"Who are you?" asked Bailey.
"Officers.” replied English. "We
want to talk to you.”
Bailey drew a gun and covered the
two men.
"Let's go upstairs and talk this
over,” he said to English and. with
the gun pointed at his head, English
climbed the stairs, with Bailey be
hind him.
Calls for Reinforcements.
Fearing for English’s life, Kline
silently watched until ths two dis
appeared in the dark upstairs cor
ridor. Then he went up. He found
English in a room with Bailey, still
covered. Realizing that he was help
less. since a move on his part might
precipitate a shot at English, he hur
ried to a nearby home and called for
help.
Officers Peter McCoy, Godek.
Chauffeur Earl Sherwood and De
tectives Paul Haze and AJ Nelson
rushed to the scene.
With Kline leading the way, they
climbed the stairs and rsrped at ths
door of the room that held English.
"Who's there?" asked Bailey.
For the second time he heard the
reply. "Officers." and Nelson pushed
his way In.
Opens Fire.
Bailey had restored Ills revolver to
a trousers pocket, but whipped It out
and fired at Nelson. English duck»d
and, with Nelson, backed out of the
room, firing.
The seven took refuge 1n a room
across the corridor and opened fire
on Bailey. The refugee was pro
tected by the door and only exposed
himself to fire. Each time his
shadow fell across the half open
panela, a rain of lead would be poured
at him.
After 10 minutes of furious firing,
the shadow fell. Officers rushed Into
the room and found Bailey, with four
shots in his body, lying on the floor.
He was disarmed, carried to the
emergency car, and rushed to Lord -
Lister hospital.
Mrs. Hoag, who was in the third
room while the battle was in prog
ress. was released and restored to her
husband, who had accompanied the
reinforcements to the scene.
Stockholders Must Pav
Deficit of Defunct Rank*
Atlantic. la.. June IS—District
Judge T. C. Whitmore has ordered
judgement entered against the stock
holder* of two defunct hank* tn O'***
county, the Wlota Savings bank, Wto
ta la., and the Iowa Slate hank, At
lantic Mt-at of the stockholders of
the closed banks have complied with
the court's decree ordering them to
l<ay.
Kells Delivers Vddros.
Shenandoah, la.. June 1*.—lYof, H
1* Kells, head of the extension sum
mer school In Shenandoah, delivered
the commencement address at Bed
ford to US graduate* af tha eighth
grade in the Thyior eouatg vefeocl*