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The Omaha" Sunday . Bee
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CITY EDITION ^ yQL 54_Nn 4 OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1924. ’ XX FIVE CENTS '-'
Man Who ilCilled Brother Gets Life
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Battle Scene Shifts to Waldorf
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Demo Chiefs
Arbitrate in
Hotel Room
i "ShirtsIecA c" Conference Bat
’ ties to Break Deadlock
Which 77 Ballots
< Failed to Shake,
Hull, Walsh “Umpires
' By GEORGE R. HOLMES.
Jnternulinnal New* Stuff Correspondent.
New York. .Inly 5.—The democratic
national convention resorted to arbi
tration tonight to setttle its epochal
fight over the presidential nomina
tion.
Deadlocked through 77 ballots,
\ hopelessly and drearily deadlocked,
with bitterness and hatred mounting
higher as the cash of the delegates
ran lower, the responsible leaders of
the party took the battle out of the
scarred arena at MJtdison Square
Harden late today and transferred it.
to a smoke-filled suite of rooms at
the Waldorf.
In these rooms there gathered to
night two umpires—Senator Thomas
J. Walsh of Montana, chairman of
the convention, and Cordell Huil of
Tennessee, chairman of the national
committee— and the embittered rep
resentatives of a dozen candidates
whose vicious fighting with each
other for two weeks has brought the
party to the very verge of disruption.
May Pick Candidate.
They will make an effort to settle
hy mutual agreement, behind closed
doors, what the two weeksj of goug
ing and kicking in the open have
failed to accomplish.
The events leading up to this ttn
PHUi'l conference were as dramatic a*
any national political convention ever
v itnessed. They < amo during a day
I f lied with sensations—a day which
saw, among other things, an effort
made from the floor to adjourn the
I i iidyi ntlon for three weeks and re
( assemble it in Kansas City. This and
every plan offered from the floor for
1 leaking the deadlork whs howled
lb wn or voted down by the delegate-.
Along In midafternoon, while th<
dreary roll calls thnt showed no
1 change mounted into the 7f's. the
1 responsible leaders of the party he
came desperate. Something had to
be clone.
Senator Walsh, Chairman Hull.
Homer 3. Cummings of Connecticut,
and a few others left the platform
ni.d went Into .conference in a little
i( oni below the stage. Tom Taggart
of* Indiana was i ailed in and then
followed in rapid succession David I,.
Dock well, manager of the McAdoo
f, ices; George K. Brennan, the lilt
i,ois boss and leader of the anti-Mc
Adoo forces; Ed H. Moore of Ohio,
the Cox manager; Norman K. Mack
,,£ New York, a personal adviser to
( i vernor A1 Smith, and finally, ail
tile representative' of the candidates
v Imse names have figured prominent
I, in the balloting.
Taggart Offers Resolution.
While the convention upstairs went
I ■ ai the 77tli ballot, they argued and
k argued, anil finally, just as the 78th
I allot was about to start, Taggart
came upstairs with a resolution
* calved out of tee several hours
(tangle.
• I move.” saiil Taggart, "that
when tills convention adjourns today
the chairman of tlie democratic na
tional committee and the chairman
i f tills convention lie requested to
i all a conference of the representa
tives of the candidates whose names
are now being balloted for and who
have been formally precented, for the
purpose of reaching an understand
tog, so as to hasten the conclusion of
this convention.”
The weary delegates grabbed si it
like a starving man would at a por
terhouse steak. They didn't even
question it seriously, and when
Walsh put the motion for its passage,
there was hardly dissenting voice In
tbe hall. Then they adjourned until
Monday morning
In the preparations thnt followed
it wss agreed that each candidate
should have one representative in the
meeting and that Walsh and Hull
would sit ns sort of unofficial judges
HI- executioners In the conference
It is not expected that the con
r, iees will reach an agreement to
night.
Mi Adoo Men < .iiillous.
The McAdoo managers who will sit
in the parley, David L. Rockwell and
I. Bruce Kreitier, backed up by
Iiomer fct. Cummings, were chary to
i.iglit on speculating on the outcome
Rockwell was certain of but on
tiling:
Mr. McAdoo under no clrcum
stances will withdraw.”
Beyond that he would say tint Utile
< xeept that he expected McAdoo to
Ik nominated.
| Ruck well secured the consent nl
McAdoo personally before agreeing tn
the conference.
Mack and Brennan spoke for
Bmlth, and the latter confirmed tholi
decision tonight.
"It suits me," said the governot
laconically. ”! favor the unshacklln*
of ever}' delegate and permitting him
iTnrfi te PRCr Sic. < iilnms One.I
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The Leaders
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(Necessary to Nominate, 732)
SIXTY-NINTH BALLOT.
McAdoo ...530
Smith .. . . ..335
Davis . 64
Baker . 56
SEVENTIETH BALLOT.
McAdoo .528.5
Smith . 334.5
Davis . 67
Baker . 56
SEVENTY-FIRST BALLOT.
McAdoo .528%
Smith.334%
Davis . 67
Baker . 56
SEVENTY-SECOND BALLOT
McAdoo .527%
Smith .334
Davis . 65
Baker. 57%
SEVENTY-THIRD BALLOT.
McAdoo .529
Smith .335
Davis . 66
Baker . 54
SEVENTY-FO’RTH BALLOT
McAdoo .510
Smith .364
Davis, J. W. 78%
Underwood . 50
SEVENTY-FIFTH BALLOT.
McAdoo .513
Smith.366
Davis . 78%
Underwood . 46%
SEVENTY-SIXTH BALLOT.
McAdoo .513
Smith .368
Davis . 75%
Underwood .47%
SEVENTY-SEV’TH BALLOT.
McAdoo .513
Smith .367
Davis . 76%
Underwood . 47%
Ransom Letter
Writers Jailed
Father and Sou Arrested in
t Connection With Me
Cormiek Note.
Chicago, 111., July 5.—Impressions
• n* note paper found today in the
home of George Peek, 49, and his
son, Clarence, 24, farm hands of Win
nebago county, prove conclusively
that th« y were the ones who wrote
the letter to Henator ami Mrs. Medill
McCormick, requesting that 150,000
be placed under a culvert, adding "If
you do you will live happy,** accord
ing to Thomas McGuire, head of a
detective ngejicy. Father and son are
under arrest in Rockford.
The Peeks came here from Ashe*
ville, .V. C.t about a year ago and ob
tained work on farms. George P«*«k
was a switchman in Asheville and
has a wife and son there. The sun
also is married.
WHERE TO FIND
TIh> l»ijc Fralurrn of •
THE SUN DA Y BEE
PANT ONC.
Page I.
Lewis Bolster given life term fur slay
ing brother
Democratic convention. deadlocked,
adlourns until Monday.
I’m da K •ssler. s». struck by Burling
ton passenger train and killed
President Coolldge'a son removed to
hospital for operation
Third parly plrks I fa Foiletfe as
candidate for president.
Hansom letter writers arrested at
Chicago.
Page 2.
Four hundred in long klan parade at
Council Bluffs.
Png* 4.
Frizes In garden contest to be
awarded at real estate men’s picnic next
Wednesday.
Chamber of Commerce commends re
tired fire chief
Forty-five Omaha youths go to citi
zens' fainpe.
Jewish fraternal order on outing
Page 7.
Automobile section.
PANT TWO.
Pages I, t and .1.
Hasebsll. races and oilier spoils
Page 4.
chain, livestock and financial mar
kets.
Pages ft, ft and 7.
Classified advertising
Page It.
Court protei Is "realtor" title
Foreign trade expel i to speak here
Tuesday
Heal estate news
PANT THREE
Pages I and k
Omaha society and persons! news
Pas»* 8.
Council Bluffs and Fremont society.
Page 4.
Benson society.
Page fl.
"With Apologies to f. Walton," by
O. 6 McIntyre.
Abe Martin. “On Political Floppafa
Pages ft anil 7.
Features on stage and screen In
Omaha
Week's radio programs.
Page 8.
Editorials.
Sunny Hide Up." by Will M Maupln.
Tales of Kit < arson, famous a-out.
Page ».
Opportunity; D doesn't knock at our
door, we make our own.
H. fl. Walla nrguee that Bilialn
should get out of India.
Lloyd tlenrge see* hope for Europe In
adoption of Dawes report.
Page Id.
Dappylard for Little Folks.
pant rot'It.
Four pages of best comics.
AI.conic AVI NR NRtTION.
Four pages of pictures
La Follette
Picked by
Third Party
Convention at Cleveland Ad
journs After Endorsing
Candidacy of Wis
consin Senator.
Cheers Greet Choice
By KENNETH CLARK.
ItiternHtlonul News Service Stuff
Correspondent.
Convention llall, Cleveland. O.,
July 5.—The conference for progres
sive political action adjourned slna
die at 6:15 tonight after giving lt»
endorsement to the presidential can
didacy of Senator Robert M. La Fol
lette In a spectacular demonstration
in which 1,00ft wild, cheering dele
gates rose to their feet ns one man,
and proclaimed sentiments for the
Wisconsin senator in cheers which
resounded through Cleveland's great
public auditorium where only a
short time ago, the name of La Fol
lette hud been booed by assembled
republicans.
• The conference left in the hands of
the national committee the formula
lion of campaign plans anil the selec
tion of a vice president.
The recommendation that La Fol
lette be endorsed was made by K. J.
Manion, president of the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers and seconded
by Morris Hlllquit, New York social
ist, whose followers earlier had
threalnede a fight with their de
mands for the immediate formation
of a third party.
Support of women progressives
was pledged Iji Follette by Mrs. Har
riet Stanton Watch of New York,
tvho In an acrimonious seconding
speech, flayed, both old line parties
for "lying about their activities ir I
favor of women."
By AfmoHnt^d Pm*.
Cleveland, July 5.—A platform sub
stantially the same as that favored
by Senator I .a Follette of Wisconsin
was submitted today to the confer
ence for Progressive political action
by Its resolutions committee.
The convention adopted the report
by a viva voce vote.
The report m.-ido no reference to
the Ku Kitty Klan Issue or prohibi
tion.
Washington. July 5.—Senator Tgt
Follette. In Intervals of long distance
telephone communication with his
aon, R. M. La Follette, jr., at Cleve
land. was Informed by the Associated
Press today of his endorsement by
the Progressive conference as Its
presidential candidate. He had no
comment to make, but was Intent
upon obtaining full information of
the steps taken by his supporters.
His willingness to accept was de
clared yesterday.
STING OF BEE
NEURITIS CURE?
Chartlon, O., July 6.—Three bees
were permitted—yea, even encour
aged—to sink their stinging append
ages deep Into the arm of William ft.
Jones, a salesman, who said that he
had been advised that the ensuing
shock would cure his neuritis from
which lie had suffered three years.
“There was little sensation," Jones
said after the bees hail performed
their duty. “Anyway, there wasn't
i nough to overshadow the effects of
neuritis.”
SPILLMAN GOES
TO WASHINGTON
Attorney Ceneral Spillman left
Saturday night for Washington
where he Is to discuss the oil ques
tion with the attorney general of the
1’nlted Slates, Harlan F. Stone
Spillman received a telegram sev
eral days ago asking the nil commit
tee, of which he is chairman, to come
and discuss I he situation.
Henry Dunn Bark.
Henry Dunn, police «omml»*loner,
returned to hi* dulle* nt the On!r'al
police Hlatlon Saturday morning He
,.nd the mayor came back Friday from
Cleveland, (>, whete they went to *t
tend the opening of the (Siam! circuit 1
race*,
i uaed to own a few race horse*
rnjrteif," 111 Id the commissioner. •'W’e
now only burnetts rate* during our
visit, but. i am interested In turf
event* of any character.”
Motorcycle Hits Child.
Helen Phalen, 7, 4127 Ames ave
nue. was knocked down at Forty
first street and Ames avenue Friday
night by a motorcycle, Ihe driver of
which dlil not. stop.
The child suffered minor bruises
and was taken home
Father kalamuja to Speak.
Hev. Theobald Kalntnnjn of Clave
kind, O, former South Omaha priest,
will preach Sunday morning nt 10:00
it st. Frand* ebnrcli Thirl' second
mih! K at i eel*.
* Woman Is Offered for
Vice Presidential Plac<
Mr*. I/eroy Springs, of South Car
olina, was that southern slate's
choice for the democratic vice presi
dential nomination, the first woman
ever thus to be honored. She was
chairman of the democratic national
convention's committee on credent
ials and Is an active political worker.
Son of President
Taken to Hospital
Calvin Coolidge, Jr., May Un
dergo Operation as Result
• of Poisoning.
Washington, July S.—An operation
described as successful was performed
%
upon Calvin Coolidge, Jr., 16, son of
President and Mrs. Coolidge. at Wal
ter I’sed hospital tonight In an at
tempt to arrest the course of an at
tack of septic poisoning
One of the physicians said "we ac
complished all that we expected."
Hr International News Smlr*.
Washington, July 5.—Fighting
bravely against rapidly developing
blood poisoning. Calvin Coolidge, Jr,
16-year-old win of the president, w-ag
taken to Walter Reed hospital for an
operation should It be decided that
surgical treatment Is advisable.
Mrs. Coolidge accompanied him
from the While House, where he has
been under treatment for three days.
Report* that an operation was to
he performed on the boy came from
the White House late this afternoon
when a ronaultation of physician*
was hastily summoned to his bedside.
PROFESSOR, WRECK
VICTIM, SUCCUMBS
Chicago, July 5.— Dr. F. YV. Ives,
39, of Ohio Stutff university aijd pres
ident of tiie American Society of
Civil KngineerH, died today ns the
result of Ids injuries In the Chicago.!
RurJington & Quincy wreck h
Ruda. III., on June HO, in which seven
others lost their lives and 15 were
injured.
Professor Ive* had been attending
a meeting of the organization In the
west. With him. Dr. F. W. McNair,
president of the Michigan College of
Mines of Houghton, Mich., lost his
life, and John If. Dunlap of New
York, secretary of the organization,
was injured. Dunlap Is redovering.
Married in Council Bluffs.
The following persona obtnlned marriage
Ibenn** In Council Hluffa yesterday
liar old Monakl*. Lincoln, Neb..*,..21
Mildred Moody, Unrtdn. Neb. in
It \1 Yftnd*m«n, Lincoln. Neb, ....... 2 2
Lets Watta, Lincoln, .Neb. . . .. 27
Hairy Ya*er turnover Neb.. 32
Paulin* (iMni, Mutton, Neb.. . I
H W 1'niinon. <lot h*nbur a Neb.. 3f>
Cynthia Ibndpv. Kearney. Neb. It
.1. .1, Cunningham. Count I Bluff* . , .,,. .’I
Ala tic Mrhilti, Council Bluff** .. 20
Klmer .lofgenoori. Council Mhiffa . 7 7
Ley Mbirla, Council Bluff* 21
lorn I* Haiti*. Omaha ..
LI Isabel h Prime, oiuab* ..it
Cittern Ward Ashland Neb . 'I
Klale Cttpenuiu, Winfield, Kan.:.»»
Hubert Mi Intoah. Council llluffa ..... 21
I* i n nr in Reynold*. Council Bluff* 21
John /.a leak I Omaha . .'*♦
Mabel Wiblgar, Onuiia ... 28
Louis Key, Unadilln. la . 2.1
Not a nodsway, I'na.IIIU la
James Hilbert, Fluililot Spring*. Mo. i I
iJenevlev* Yack, Creatou. I < *•»
David Walker Brand Island Neb 28
Lucy Huehl, Hi and Inland. Neb 21
Barnes, UniaFiii .. 28
Heaele HhnnhI, HniHtia .. 31
Claud lluker, Kremont, Neb. ” l
Dorothy Hill, Kremont, Neb 18
William Kltagerald. Count il Bluff* . 21
llaarl Babbitt. Council Hlulfe ... 23
We*|#y Herd Peoria. III . .... 27
Mare Creighton, l*eot|a. III. ..
Ralph 3!*nrtn*. Omaha ... .Mi
Ivy Bunk. Clark* Mo . 31
Dan Corning. Omaha .27
Kva Kuhn. Omaha .13
Ant It on v Van 7nnte pel la. la .’1
Nell* Uniridinan. Pelln. la. 2ti
Hairy V|Sf, MutnbobD Neb .... 48
Lottie Orundatadi. Humboldt, N’eh .. 48
fleor*e Millar. Omaha .... 18
Irene Mevnolda Omaha . 28
Kted Jon**, Omaha ...It
Strah t'un> an. Oman* ..Il{
Girl Hit by
Train Dies
• •
of Injuries
Child, Try ing to Avoid North
hound Passenger, Steps
Into Path of South
hound Flyer.
Companion Badly Hurt
Freda Kessler, 7, was killed and
Annlo Beton, 13, was badly Injured
at 4 Saturday afternoon when they
were struck by Burlington passenger
train No. 2 and hurled 10 feet
through the air at Third and William
streets.
The Kessler girl died at 4, two
hours after the accident occurred.
She never recovered consciousness.
The girls were on their way from
the home of the Seton girl, 217 Pop
pleton avenue, to the home of the
Kessler girl's grandmother. Mrs.
Marla Kessler, 223 Fedar street. They
were walking south between two
railroad tracks when they heard a
train coming from the south. They
stepped onto the other track In front
of a southbound passenger train. The
train did not stop, according to wit
nesses.
Injured Girl His Niece.
Police were notified and Patrol
Driver Ollle Knutson with surgeons
rushed to the scene. When Knutson
arrived he discovered that one of the
prostrate, bleeding girls was his
niece, Annie Seton. He picked her up
himself and placed her in the ambu
lance,
The Kessler girl lives at Beatrice.
With her father, Jacob Kessler, she
was visiting her grandmother who Is
very ill. The grandmother has not
been told of the girl's death. Freda
was to return to Beatrice with her
father Sunday.
Solicitous for Friend.
The Seton girl was taken to the
hospital In a semiconscious condi
tion. Her first words were:
"How Is Freda?"
She was not told of her playmate's
death.
The Seton girl lives with her grand
mother, Mrs. Kmma Knutson, who
became hysterical when she heard of
the accident.
Two Engines.
The northbound train was a local
from Pacific Junction, No. 22. The
southbound train No 2 was a Den
ver-Chlcago train, and was being
pulled up a grade out of Omaha hv
two engine.-*, Burlington officials an
nounced Suturdny night that the
engineers of both trains failed to see
the little girls, and consequently made
no effort to stop.
Miss Emily Sigel, lJos South Third
street, is believed to be the Only wit
ness to the accident. She told tall
roud officials that the little girls
sighted the onruahing train from the
south, but apparently failed to see
the train bearing down on them from
the north. At the last minute they
seemed to crouch In-tween the two
trains. Miss Sigel said.
MEXICO PLANNING
BORDER EMBARGO
Nogales, Arlz , .Tilly f. Unofficial
report * from Mexico Ully received In
Nognles today carried Information
that the government would declare
an embargo at the International
boundary here against traffic from
the United State* between the hours
of 9 p. m. and 7 a. in. The order, It
was reported, was In retaliation to]
the American measure closing the
boundary In Arizona to entry from]
Mexico after 9 p. m.
Mexican official* here declared they
hail received no Information from the
Mexican capital to confirm the au
thentielty of the advice*.
Suspected Passer of
Hail Checks Vrrcsteil
Mi*. Vera Campbell, who gave her
adrtrese a* S755 Uamam street, waa
arrested early this inoinlntc on com
plaint of u. I'., s llcra. Council Bluffs,
who called 1.elective* Hanboum.
Tlavl*. I'almtau and Nelson to Thirty
first and l>oilgr street* where the at
rest was made
{tellers alleges tlr.it Mr#, t'snipbell j
has written had ■ becks on him anil
that lie had trailed her from Thirtieth
and t'ninam to Thirty-first nod lrodge
where he i tiled central station.
She vva* turned over to Uoitic ll
bluff* police for Investigation
Mrs. Minnie Vusoii Dies.
Mrs. Mill nil* Atifton, 4H. of Sptlny
HH.1, Wh., dli'ii in hii Omaha ho*pl
till. 8tfb 1b Miirxlved hy h«'r himhtinri.
I tin man Armnn; on** boh. Lloyd, and
i daughter, Mia, Mlnnlr* ftondgtiiBB
Fiim'i-al »ei vl» p*i wilt hr hrld Bt thr
MBthodlBl « hui ' h In Springfield Sun
day afternoon at 2.
Holdups Fooled.
William Baker. !H09 It slceet, and
I'). Mllllrinhn. 263.1 V atraet. werr
h«*ld up Friday night at Twenty
MVanth am! W Blrorla hy two gun
man Roth vlrllmf* Wf»rr broke and
thtrtfora l«»*i nothing In th« robbtrv
College President Is
Killed in Train Wreck
K. W. McNair, president of t hn
Michigan college of mines, who wa
killed on June 30, in a wreck on tin
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy rail
load at Budu, ill , JIT miles west o
Chicago.
I ,
Waterloo Dairy
(jives *560 Quarts
of Milk to Fund
: F’.tlp'wat**r Farm Certified
Dairy Will Serve Live*
of Omaha Babies by
Splendid Gift.
Ivlgcwater Farm Certified dairy
near Waterloo, Neb. producer a milk
90 fine that It sell* in Omaha at 20
cents a quart.
C. li. Noyes, the proprietor, and hi*
son, Halsey, railed at The Omaha liee
office and agreed to furnish 360
quarters a day wheiever the visiting
nurses direct.
The milk !* delivered by the
Alamlto dairy wagons in Omaha. The
\alue of this milk is 172.
That is a splendid gilt and means
health and life to many poor helpless
little poverty children.
There will be many more calling for
ilie milk during this and next month
and the Free Milk an 1 Ice fund needs
'•very dollar It tan get for |his great
humanitarian work.
Perhaps you mn spare something
from your comparative abundance t<«
help these suffering infants, most of
them without fathers mipporte(| by
the brave struggle* of widows who
are their mothers.
I'very cent given goes f«»r elthei
milk or ice to keep it sweei. Not a
cent to anybody for doing the work
Write n check nr enclose the cur
rency in an envelope to “Free Milk
ltd Ice fund, cars «»f The Omaha
M» c. Acknowledgment will In? made
m this column.
I'rrrliiiivly urkllimlrtiCHl SllA.M
Ur*. Frank l'rur|,t- uo
blcfH.itcr I arin <>rtifirrt |**ir>.
\Vnl«-rl«Mi. NH». ■ 04)
l« V U i (HI
i Tefal SI04.M
AGED RALSTON
RESIDENT DIES
It ha sl; a, Louise Courtney. 64, died
Thursday at her home, the Happy
Hillside farm, rot of Ralston, fol
lowing an illness of several months.
She is survived by her husband,
Limes t>. Courtney; two sisters and
seven brothers.
During the years she was a rest
dint here Mrs. Courtney adopted and
i*.iced 17 children, two of whom, Rob
He K reps and Valentine Cadetlllo,
were living with her at the time of
her death.
She came 11 Nebraska with her
hVshand in 18s2. settling in Custer
countx. Three y ears later they
moved to Lincoln, where the husband
was in charge of the experimental
state farm.
Fiiurral Ser\ ire lor
Millard Woman Sunday
Funeral services of Mrs. l„et» Km
mi Hutli Anderson, is Millard, Noli
who dlh) early Friday sfiernonn at »
local hospital, will he hold ftuny tbe
home at Millard Mu rainy moi nlm al
IU:SU.
Reside* her husband, she l« sur
vived hr two la-others. Ralph and Al
fred Riie is also survived liv two
half brothers, Herbert and OlltVit.
HurliiI will he in l'nlon cemetery at
Millard
• Serbian K\-SoIdier Dios.
Deorge Ibidluikovich, 2812 L street,
'bed Thursdnx In nn Dinsha hospital
He is survhed by hi* wife. Stella, end
four children. lie served four years
with the Sethisn army In the world
war.
Funeral serxit'es xxlll l»e held Sat tit
day st 4 p. m from the Setbian
chut ch.
r
Jealousy-Slaver Signs
Agreement Not to Make
Application for Parole
Louis Balster Signs Agreement Not to Seek Parole in 30
\ ears as He Asks Imprisonment for Fratricide;
Father ^’eeps at Penalty, Throws Arms
About Son and Kisses Him.
Mother of Brothers Not Present at Hearing
S|ierial Dispatch to The niaha Bee.
Seward, Neb., July 5.—Lewis Balster, 26, confessed
slayer of his brother, Ed, Utica farmer, on March 1, pleaded
guilty of first degree murder before District Judge Corcoran
here today and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the
state penitentiary. He was taken immediately to Lincoln
by Sheriff 1. N. Scott.
Before appearing before Judge Corcoran, Balster, his father and ail court
officials tonne, led with the cane signed and witnessed a statement prepared
by Balster in whit h he promised that if given life imprisonment he would
not apply for a parole or commutation of sentence for 30 year*.
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State Dry Agent
Burned in F.ffort
to Destroy Still
Caroline and Exr<*l«ior in
i
(!a\e Belch Forth Flame
Which Puts Officer
in Hospital.
Oi->|»a(«li to Tli#* Omaha Hr#.
firatnl Island. Neb.. July Z.—Ira
Vurhees, state prohibition enforce
ment officer who has been active her*
in the past few days after bootleggers
and moonshiners, was painfully burn
od today while on duty and taken tc
the general hospital.
Near Shelton where he and Sherifl
Palmer, on Thursdav. had trapped
several 1‘ootleggers. the officers dis
covered a moonshine plant. It was in
a cave on the Eckerland place. There
were three stills and "06 gallons ol
h**o(f*h. Taking samples «-.f the hootch
and parts of the still the officers set
about to destroy the rest by fire
Gasoline was scattered throughout
the cave. The men then undertook to
set fire to It by throwing lighted
twists of excelsior into the cave.
There was a rush of flame «4ut of
the mouth of the cave as a result an 1
both of Mr. Vorhoes arms and his
face were badly burned. The cave. 20
by 10 feet, venn located near Shelton
htK In Hall county. On the previous
day the offa-ers arrested Walter
Meusch, taxi driver of Shelton, for
bootlegginy The week also brought
the arrest of Elmer Powers, farmer
near Cairo, on liquor law violation.
lfe pleaded guilty and paid flues and
costs totalling $'»!?.
Poison Pen Pair
to Grand Jurv
| Two Oilier Suspect- Charged
W illi Liquor l av.
\ iolation-.
Filadelfo Kus.su. i’xi6 North Six
teenth street and Jot* Falcone, 1614
Victor avenue, are held to ttie federal
-rand ju**\ under iwiwtivo bonds of
Sin.OUO and on the charge of
sending threatening letters through
the mail with intent to blackmail.
They were arrested in connection
with the Alleged plot to extort 9&.O0C
I rum V I* rhiidu, xxe.-ilthx apart
rnent hnu ;#» owner Ru*-so was n:ihbed
when he seized a fake package of
money which had lieen placed in a
designator! spot. I'.iloi'n* is an etn
plo>e of <'hio«|o. seen loitering near
the place.
Thomas Jamieson and I’hirie* Yas
kerim. also arrested ^*t the scene
where the decoy package was left,
are not held In connection with the
alleged blackmail plot. but arc
charged with illegal transjH»rtatlon of
fixe gallons of liquor, found in their
machine.
< official of Slate Dies:
Diplomatic Patriarch
Washington, July i.—Oly-v A
Ailro. -oooti.l .\—i-mnt so, rotary of
alal- a ini 1'atrlnrrh of thr American
diplomatic •civico, died today at Ills
homo hare.
< >ne Hurt iu Vuto (.raali.
Mr* I, \l Sherman. 4jn\ Maiw
| "treet, suffered a broken collar hone!
I Friday uAuning w hen the Automobile
i which sin* was dtivuig wee; on Thir*
jtieth and Woodworth axenue collided j
, with a * ;»r coining east driven hx ltarl
t«i!btt, UU Kxchangc building South'
t Omaha.
Following the accident. Mn, Sher
nmn walked to a nearby home and
fainted She xvas taken home bx tin
I identified motorists.
The Weather
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The scene In (he court room »a>
sensational. After sentence had been
pronounced the father, Henry Balster.
one of the leading* citizens nf the
county, and farmer county commis
sion, threw his arms around his eon
and burst into tears. He kissed bis
son repeatedly, and as the scene was
enacted there wasn't a dry eye In the
court room.
Voung Balster in a faltering voice
told the judge that he was sorry the
crime was committed. He said that
It his brother had arrived fi\e min
jtes later he would not have been
kill -d, as he was preparing to leave
and abandon his murder plan as his
brother appeared on the scene.
Short Talk by Judge.
‘ I hope no other boy follow s In my
footsteps," Balster said.
Judge Corcoran in a short talk
stated that on account of the fact
that the father and mother of the
boy still loved him and If a sentence
of death were pronounced they would
lose both sons added to a doubt In the
minds of all as to Balster's sanity
at the time the crime was committed
he would impose a life sentence.
County Attorney McKillip stated that
entente pronounced was satisfactory
to him.
Solitary Confinement.
Balster was to be taken to the
prison ti night. One of the stipula
tions made by the court was that
Balster. every fifth year of his con
finement. should, on March 1, the an
niversary of the crime, spend the day
in solitary confinement. Another
stipulation provides that Balster
shall not. within a period of 3'< y»ars.
make application for clemency.
The whole proceeding In the couri.
which was largely arranged at s con
ference of Judge Corcoran and the
attorneys on either side, occupied but
little over 1 hour. State Sheriff Car
roll, w ho was instrumental in set ur
ine a confession from Balster a few
days ago was called as a witness, to
gc!her with two or three Seward
county men and their testimony was
not disputed.
I Tom pled by Jealousy.
Balster confessed to the crime Mon
day.
Ft r *everal week* he had been
i * onsi ience stricken and Informed a
j number of friends that he had com
| mitted the crime. They, in turn, told
< ffu la!*. Ha)*ter told officer* that
^ealouav oxer popularity and pro*. j
peril y of hi** brother prompted him
to * nunit the crime.
Mi* Ralater, the mother, who hat *
i>oen in a preesrum* condition since j
she l.arned of her aims* guilt, was
j tumble to be in the court room. *
ITALIAN POLAR
FLIGHT PUT OFF i
Home July 5.—The airplane caps- i
illiio nto the North Pole under the j
nlrect Ion n£ Idem'-nant Javatelli, or
pan ration of whi<h uilh the co-opei >• I
Uon of officials of the Italian air |
service was announced yesterday, lira
turn definitely postponed until nett
tear h*. ause of lack of Uni* for I
pieparatlon, i
K I eagle Denies Klan ^
Pelted Smith in Kffigv
l.ont Rranch, N J , July &.—Al- f
though the few newspaper men who 1
succeeded in entering the tightly i
fenced Klkwood park, where Ku KUix
Klan celebration was held > esterdav,
declared they had seen an effigy of ■
Governor Smith used aa a Ivasehall
»i set. King Kleagle Hell of the New
.ferae) klan today dented the story*
Hags at Half Ma*t Today
in Honor of J. W. Metcalfe s
t'.roiso Pra> president of ih* vs- g
■ oil Retailer* of Omaha announce*
(hat all member* of th* association h
hu\* liccn requested to have ih*r
flcka at half mast today In i-*»p*.t ^
to James \\ Metcalfs. »e, retm > »f
Ills Associated Retailers »ho died ■
l'huradav evening. ■
Decision Reversed. |
Albany, N. Y., July S.-The court
of appeals today reversed a lower j|
urt or der requiring the Antis* loon
lermt* of New York state to file «
statement as a poMthwl committee •># |
expenditures in connection w;th • ha h
election of 1BJ4 It was held. Now* u
ex or that there w*x« ex idence sustain* ™
ing the finding that the league h*d >
expended monex to in fix. snot tlst* Ij
ttona. |
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