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__VOL. 54—NO. 10. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1924. • XX FIVE CENTS_>
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Guards at
All Bridges
for Slayer
Auto Similar to One Sought
in Girl's Death Believed
Crossed River at
Blair.
Victim Was Strangled
By JEROME TOWSEFE.
Staff Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Bedford, la., Aug. 16.—Inquest into
the death of Lillian McKinney, Her
rick, S D., girl who was found dead
near here, wa* adjourned until next
Wednesday, following the sorrowful
testimony of the girl's father, Elmer
If. McKinney.
Tlie father's testimony was taken
Saturday to enable him to leave to
night for Herrick with his daughter's
body. New evidence, part of which
will result from an examination of
the girl's stomach and heart, will be
introduced Wednesday, it was stated.
In the meantime an offieial net is
being drawn closer in the hope of
capturing Carl Hough, who is sus
pected in connection with the girl's
death. A report reaching Bedford
late Saturday Indicated that Hough
had driven across the Missouri river
bridge at Blair. Neb., westbound, be
fore bridge officials had been notified
to he on the lookout for him. •
In I/nr Spirits.
The father's testimony regarding
the disappearance of his daughter
from Herrick indicated that she was
in low spirits before leaving for a
ride with Hough.
“Lillian had been working for a
restaurant woman in Herrick," said
McKinney, who Is a rancher near that
town. “The evening of August 5
she came home, and when I spoke to
her she gave me a short answer. She
said she was expecting a caller, and
that this caller would be Carl Hough.
Finally Hough drove up, but didn't
come in the house. Lillian went out
and talked to him, then came hack
for her coat and a blue dress.
T was worried about her ah that
.'iyb* and I couldn't sleep, but I sup
posed when she didn't return that sh»
“'as staying In town with the woman
’'ho employed her. The n«xt morn
ing I went into town and found that
ube was missing. When I saw the
newspaper description of the dead
girl I feared for the worst.
Talked to Father. *
“1 t liked to Hough's father, and
I a fold nse that he couldn't get along
with h son and that he was through
with him. Lillkun's older sister had
known Hough quite well, and she
and Li'liiin and Bernard Dawson, an
.other Herrick man. had often gom
drivlm; together. Lilian had no trou
hi * at horn?,"
Hi Lope. Iowa state agent or Bed
f< d, t"st fled tint he had visited
li >!>' i s mother near Oakland. Ia..
and that she h- d fid Ihra Hough and
L'Pirn had vo ted her and left Mon
day morning, do luring they were go
ing beck to Hewlck. He Introduced
Lillian to the mother as his wife.
Long sold.
I-org's invest! . t'ons showed that
Hou-rh had returned to Oakland Wed
nosdiy afternoon, talked to Frank
Butt and Claude Brock, and told
them a story of how be had been
poisoned by bootleg whisky. He bor
rowed f'i before leaving Oakland
Wednesday right, according to Long.
Due to Strangulation.
It was on Wednesday morning that,
the gills body was found under the
bridge near Bedford. A post-mortem
examim tir^n preceding ttio beginning
of the Inquest, revealed that the
■ giri's knuckles were i i‘Ui1 !,d. indicat
ing tinat she had engaged in combat
Itefnre "her riertll. it was concluded
that her death was due to strangula
tion. In addition ie her heart and
stomach. Hip girl's liver and intes
tines wilt he taken to lew* City for
examination, and It 1s believed "he
findings will have some 1,earing in
determining how she mot her death.
Ill tile search for Hough an effort
being made to locate some of his
'armor associates in the Iowa elite
reformatory at Anamoaa. In the none
that lie may he found in hiding with
ihern Hough served two years in
•he reformatory for an auto theft at
•'.Troll, la., and wap on parole when
i» left Herrick with the McKinney
gill.
Lvle fVhrerk and Milton Mick, 14
viai nkl Bedford boys who dlscovcr
d ’lie gill’s body while they were
v Imining, also testified during the
nqi o i. ,jr,s Journey, stockman,
n i another witness. He had been
• living cattle past when the boyi
-revered the body and called him
■ a 'lie scene.
Post-mortem examination of the
body Saturday afternoon, practically
‘stublished strangulation us the cause
of death. Sheriff William I'arrlsh
will take the girl's stomach to Iowa
I'itv tonight or tomorrow, where s
chemical amtlyrle will be made at the
spite laboratory.
A Mult k tar lies ring Hie Nolniiaha
lit nv” 2d 760, thought to lie the e ar
ns',I by the girls slayer, crossed Hie
.M'-'oiirl river st Blair Friday morn
In-; and headed west. Shei iff Pal l lsli
1> riled today. "According to the
dispatch, Blair authorities did not
know that the car was being sought
In connection with the Bedford slav
imt
Bridges fiiiardrd.
Missouri, Nebraska, lo«a and South
4
“Kid” McCoy and 10th Sweetheart Who Was Slain
* w; .
i M-vs'Tkeresa Mor6' ^<2/tCd Vji'di He doy' /*rt**'
Mrs. Theresa Mors, wealthy antique collector, and "Kid” McCoy (Norman Selby) who was exonerated of her
mysterious deatli by a coroner's jury in I .ns Angeles. Mrs. Mors, divorced hut a few days before she waa
found shot to death with a picture of McCoy clasped to her hosom, was about to become the ex-prize fighter’s
lftth wife, according to friends of the couple. _
Dakota bridges are now being
guarded.
Three witnesses were called by the
county attorney this morning to view
the scars and bruises in case the
slayer is apprehended.
County Attorney J. R. Locke an
nounced after a conference w.th Me
Kinney that there was no doubt of
the girl's identity. Identification Is
based on description, scar below knee,
a scar from a wire cut above the
knee inside the left leg. the clothing
and a tiger eye pin found on the
body.
McKinney motored to Bedfard from
Herrick, arriving late Friday night.
"I hope thev get that mar." he
said is tie stood with bowed head b.
the body.
Hiram Long Iowa sta*» agent, wilt
arrive in Bedford today to make e
ch«ci< of the c-se An inquest will
be held this afternoon at 2.10.
Met Hough in Restaurant.
McKinney toit authorities how his
'laughter met Carl Hougn, now
sought by police in' three states in
connection with the slaying, in a
Herrick restaurant, where she tv is
employed as a waitres«. They eloped
August 5, telling McKinney that thej
were going for a drive. They had
known each other about a month,
the father said.
McKinney asserted that Myron
Hough, father of Carl Hough, who
lives in Herrick, told him that Car!
had served t me rt the Ananio.sa re
formatory for tar theft at Carroll,
la , . nd that he had been In troubb
over bad checks at Burke, S. D.
Graduated in June.
Lillian M< Kinney was graduated
from Herrick High school this June
A high school pin and ring had been
removed from tl.e girl's person wher.
the body was found.
McKinney Identltled tlm blue crepe
de chHe drors In the suitcase pawned
k; the str inger, sought by police foi
gasoline as belonging to bis dauabte'
The fanner sleit last night for the
first time In two days.
McKInr.ey Is the father of 10 chil
dren, six ghls and four boys. Lil
li n was his second child.
While McKinney was identifying
the Isiily officers were b-ndlng every
1 ffbrt to locate Hough. It. was defln
ttely learned yesterday that he hail
been at Oakland. Ia., where his
mother lives, on Wednesday and
again on Thursday.
Despite denials by Hough's mother,
who lives on a farm five miles from
Oakland, that .her son has been at
the farmhouse since he stopped there
last Sunday with a bobbed hair girl,
whorn he Introduced to her as bis wife,
four persons living in or near Oak
land have declared Mist Hough was
In Oakland on Wednesday and was
driving east on the White Pole road
Thursday afternoon.
From Will Chambers, farmer, ilv
ing not far from the Hough farm, 1
leai red that Hough Is srmed with a
rifl» lent him by Chambers. The man
said he wanted the rifle to shoot
wolves. Chambess said
Frank Rntt, manager of an Oak
land battery station, and Milton
Purdy, at an Oakland filling sta
tion, both say, without hesitation,
that Hough, or, as he is also known,
Carroll Lewis, was in Oakland
Wednesday afternoon.
L. L. Klllnger. farmer living on the
While Pole road, is authority for the
statement that Hough was driving on
the road Thursday afternoon between
2 and 2.
Norfolk, Nab . Aug. 1«. An suln
mobile, stolen from M. V. Avery of
Norfolk the latter part of July, has
been practically Identified as the chi
driven by fail Hough, wanted in con
neotlon with the alleged slaying of
Lillian McKInncv nt Bedford, la., ar
cording to police here.
Allrpctl llrirk Thrower llrltl.
\f. Pow;*, 6331 South Thirlv ***<-nrul
atr«**rt, wn* nrrf»r.t*d chart* «J with
niallcioija dfiik tlnn *>f i-rnpi rty I*i I
dav nn complaint of 1**1* P**ch**.
Thirtieth and K Mrcct*. who claim*
that powa threw a brick through tha
window of his soft drink parlor.
Helpl ess Babes
Must Be Given
Chance to Live
Hungry Mouths Must Bo Fo*l
Through Rest of Summer;
jVo Other Help
Available.
'!r**dr nrknnn bflrcrl *1.17^**
1 no
' Fr|n»d of the Children 1 f»n
' .Ru» 1 fto
M. Bo***. Orchard- V*h
A finest Cr-*dwofh*r. »b»wka.
»b. 4.ft#
M- . V\ A Wells. Bftvld C!M.
Vb. ft. ft#
•V A. r. ftftft
r. «. A rm
Total .IS
Men, how about It? The*# helpless
kiddies” are on our bends for the
rest of the summer. And the money
in the fund is just about all gr.ne.
What are we going to do? Tell the
poor mothers of these infanta that
we've done all we ran and then with
draw the milk supply?
There's no other plar# where those
hungry little mouths ran be fed. No,
we can’t abandon them. We’ve got
to keep the money in the fund, some
how.
So dig down in the old pocket or
writ# a check.
What do you gay? Let’s go.
Address letters to "Free Milk and
Ire fund, rare nf The Omaha pee.”
Make rhe* ks out the same way.
Thanks.
ARSON CHARGE
IS DISMISSED
Charges of arson against David
and John Oard arising out of the
burning of their home were dismissed
hy County' Attorney Ilea] Saturday
for want of sufficient evidence.
WHERE TO FIND
Thf nir Friturr* of
THE SUNDAY BEE
I* ART ONE.
Pnge I,
Two Ifirfr-t rum ring* In Omnhu
broken up hv srreet« M*tarda*.
Reparation conference sign* agree,
men!.
New ft (leper t« nrreeted in slaying af
t.eorge .Irfferi* at Ogallala.
Pnge
(tody hrtiUe* on body of girl found
nw*7 Medford, In., pobit to violence.
Kour genem t lop* Ip ope ramll*.
Pnge a.
W «t Connell dies suddenly nt At
lantfr < ify . V .1
Page 4.
The Perfect (laughter.
CpUeopal *v nod to meet here Septem
ber ?|.
Pnge .A.
Nehrnftkn god low* editor* frolle here
fhlft week
"Old Af* 1'dmnnd‘on. veteran printer,
die* in hospital.
Page S
Mother rook* fnr big reunion.
Page e.
lew Omilunt leave hig e*tntee.
M e# k'ft radio program*.
rage n.
Mnhlliratlnn proyrim. with map*
President < oolidge re«.t* at hi* rid
home
r AHT TWO
Page* I. *> end A
Rare*, haftehitll and other ftpnrtft.
Pnge I
Automobile *e«'tlon.
Pnge (1.
Ilnppvlnitd for l.lftle Colk«.
Page
(•rain, livestock and finunrlat mir
kef*.
I’ngen 7. S and V.
< hiftftlfietl advertising.
Page Hi.
Abe Martin on "Speeding.**
‘•finer an EgvpHiip Alwnv* a loir '
Mlreper,** hy O. O. Mclntvrr.
PART Til H IK
Pages I and t.
Omuhn new* and goftftlp.
Page A.
Council Itluff*, If n*on and Krenionl
society.
Page* 4 nod V
tcMtnrr* on ftluge nod •• reen In Hmii
ha
Perry llamniond'a New A ork letter.
I’nge S.
Editorial*.
"Snnnv Mde up " In AA ill M Maupin
Pare 7.
"There Arr No Alp* to the Napoleon."
live little Home" hi II f*. Well*
‘fohor government wolf In ftheep'*
clothing." *nv* Mniil Oeorge.
1 Pag' n.
'hopping kith Poll*
PART COI It
PrartlreJ t 'il.rp Mngurine for An
girt eight finge*
tlltt tl\|
i font nnge* nf m *i i» •ntilar entile*
af t n«,M \a i re art tio>
I lour in*»« * of pirliii e*. ,
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New Suspects in
Ogallala Crime
2 M pn Arrested on Strength
of Story of Slayer
Suspect.
Sptrial TU.patrh to The Omaha Bee.
Ocallala. N'eb., Aug. 18.—A man
named Schaffer and "Dad" Ellis were
arrested Friday in connection with
the slaying of George Jefferia. whose
charred hodv was found In the ruins
of his home May 1.
Their arrest, the former st Chey
enne end the latter a' Falla Pity,
followed the statement of Axe! fiwan
kowski. held for first degree murder
in connnection with the case, who
was arrested Thursday and grilled
at North Platte by detectives and
state agents.
Swankowskt was arrested on sus
picion at the time of the finding of
the body, hut was released. He told
authortles Friday that he, fiehsffer
and Ellis were at Jefferls' horns the
night of the slaying.
"I got drunk." said Swankowskt.
"The others were gambling. I was
aroused out of stupor by the sound of
the three quarreling. Schaffer pulled
a gun and hit Jefferls with the butt
of It. knocking him over. Ellis said
'Hit him again for me'.’’
Schaffer Is alleged to have put
Swankowsk! In bed, placing Jefferls’
hammer and stove poker In his
pocket. Schaffer is said to have
threatened Swankowsk! with death If
he ever said a word of the night's
events.
Schaffer end Ellis are alleged to
have returned to the Jefferls home
and fired It.
SACKETT PRAISES
COOLIDGE SPEECH
Special T)l«pa*ch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Aug. 15—The Coolidge
notification speech was described to
day by Harry E. Sarkett, chairman
nf the republican alate committee, ae
a "plain, common sense statement nf
affairs delivered by a man who can
lie trusted in do the aenaible thing at
all times."
"President Coolidge la calling the
American people hark to the practice
of economy and Industry," Sarkett
said. lie brings out that sturdy em
phasis which reminds ua of the mold
ers of the constitution and of those
hardy pioneers who sewed from s
wilderness the empire which we now
call home and America. His simplic
ity strikes home. Nothing bombastic
—no inconsistencies "
HALL COUNTY ROAD
WORK AWARDED
Lincoln, Auc 1!> A contract
amounting to $T,3?R was awarded by
the Hall county board for graveling
work to he done on the highway he
tyyeen Aurora and Orand Inland. Hlda
for two bridges were rejrrted as too
high.
Work on the road between St. T’aut
and Elba in Howard county, amount
log to 16,*10, was ayvnrded by the
county hoard. This yvill consist of
grading, mime paying and (he con
struct Kill of guard rails.
BANK HOLDUP IS
FOILED BY TELLER
H) fnfrrnnt loiint Nrm Hrrtlrr.
T,<’* A >'trrln* i'll, Auk I «• Olve
in** * .’O.noo, C|111« \1 ’
\\narlnn k niiintnilin atul
vifh a r«»' oh#r w 111 * m homr
mnrln nllr f|<*f»f, fimrpn llnrivnod, ,1H.
*hf)tjt»4 thin fotliiy nf It \\ \V||«m
pity roll IHI«r nf thn ('Itlrrnn Savings
1 >a r\ U.
wii-rt pu»hg<1 thp mnn $.w>o, pound
«n itlwrpi and fl\p tninutnp litt»
Hhi wuoU " lu jail.
Sp.cllll IHftpatrh tn Th- Omaha B—.
B-atricr, Neb., Aug. 16.—The I. x.
T,. barn built In 1684 at Fifth and
Market streets by Miller A Watson
as the largest skating rink in the
west at a cost of $8,300 was sold at
public auction today to M. H. Elch
man for $475.
In the early 80s the landmark was
headquarters for thousands of
skaters and dancers, polo teams, trick
bicyclists.
For the last 36 years the building
hag been used by a feed and sale barn
by J. Q. Reed.
Hall Shy in
His Expense
List, Claim
State Finance Secretary Left
$700,000 From Expendi
ture Record, Account
ant Charge?.
“Deliberate or Muddled”
Lincoln, Aup. 16.—State Account
ant Sommer, who for several daps
has been trying to straighten out
Finance Secretary Hall’s accounts, Is
sued a. statement today charging Hall
with leaving out of the record of
state expenditures more than $700,000,
either “deliberately” or because he is
“muddled.”
Sommer’s statement does not mince
matters and Finance Secretary Hall
is facing a situation where he will
be called on to explain.
Sommer sets out the figures in de
tail. If Hall admits he is “muddled”
he places himsflf in a tight position.
Tf he doesn’t, he will be fared with
the position of admitting that for
political purposes he left out the hug*
sum 'deliberately.”
3 Funds Cited.
Hall hag been pleading that the dif
ference between his figures and thc^e
of Sommer Is accounted for in the
temporary school fund, the forest re
serve fund and the hail insurance
fund. The first two of these are not
covered in appropriations. The last
is made up of preipiums paid by!
farmers.
Sommer charges that this is an!
evasion, that he has not Included
these items, that leaving them out
Hall is still $700,000 short in his fig
ures.
Sommer Gives Figures.
"The figure* I qunt*d »#v*ra1 days •go.'* j
••id 4omm?r, 'should hav* *traight#n#d j
out Halt, but el nr* h* wa* unabl# to!
the poln» t will give him th* figures !
from a different angl#
The expenditure* for th* laat fitral
year a* per warrant* i**u*d from July 1. I
1973, to June 3b, 1924. *moun?*d to—
*12.114 *27.7:
"Deduct
T*mporarv arhool II 107.S44 41
F- •' *t r**en • 4 329 ti
Hail ........ . . *7.44* 39
1.199.24ft »9 |
r *xp*nditurea nf atata 1ft.914 *** 74
Hall ihowi only .. . 19.214,651.12
Hall !*ft nut I 7^.nU~72
Mr Hall i« r*rt»lnly wrong w h#n h#
***#rt* Ma atatement in led#* all expendi
ture* of th* *t*t#. T«» show what h* l*ft j
out, ar*l that h* cannot h*f -* *h* Jaau*
by ralklng about th* temporary School
fund | submit th* following.
M h*t Hall |*fr out
r,egi."1» Hv* exp*n**a . t to. 4 49 79]
June ‘ary *vp*n**a .. 16. S*,1 41
Kl*culjvo nfftr#* . 64.714 541
Cod# department . 7ft.15* 24 I
Hoad* and hndg*a . "1.24* 71 '
t'apttol building . 133.5.29 93]
Sundry department* . 61.751 91 j
Ml*(-*llan#nu» appropriation 1.94 4 ft*1
F(lu«**innal Institution* 11* 4*1 41
P#na| and • he?Itgbl* InatItytlona 1** 247 2ft I
Revolving fund* ...... .. 11.7*192
- ‘M a* * bo .# . I
My rrptrlem 1* perfa -tty f**r and
propsr Th* penple of thi* *<**«% u* an I
tltl*d to know th* truth about tIt* *tat* a
** pendit ur*a
%*k* Prrflnont Qu*«flon«.
"I would *«' Mr Hall again*! what
period be would f'hafrg* ?hl« $7r,ft.Oft* nft
expended during tba laat final year?
Would b* add it to the preelou* fiacal
year? Than comparing the two year*, he
would ba able to •how a ‘saving' of
two tlrr»« f: o.ftnft ft" or a total cf $1,*
4Oft ftftft ftft *
“Till* rrmlnda tn* that when th# gnv-j
arnor 1# quot*d a* having said that the
legislature. In making th* appropr iation. J
ralaed hi* budget figoir* some
,ftftn nft Hall undertook to bach tip th*l
governor ! *uhtnltt*d *Ifurea to show J
that the legislature » tit tloxrrnor Hryan *
budget r*« omm#ndat(on* 14*4,ftftft ftft. and
I ballenged H*ll to d'eprov* them To
th-* be baa mad* no reply The dlffet
«n» e h#re 1* 08 er ft .nr^ftft ftft and would
have represented quo* a saving'
Th* governor with hi* man* duties
cannot he expected lo work out detail
figure* N’aturallv h# must r*lv on h>«
flnanc* department. but Hall ought to
Know Vetter A* aerr#tarv of the finance
d*p*ctm*nt be should have the far**
about appropr a»'or» and expenditure* at
hi* finger* tip*
If the fig'ii ea gi«#n out be th* flnam *
department cannot le *-•! ed upon whnt
• *h« u»e of haxing a a depa*-*
m*n* * ’
“BOTTLE A DAY” TO
DRIVE GLOOM AWAY
Rt Johns, N. F . Aug. 16,—Now
fnundland a non bill governing the
sale of alcoholic beverages is ready
for th* governor’s signature. If
signed, the bill will replace the pro
hihitlon net which has been in effect
since 1915. The legislative council
gnve the hill final iMtsagge Inst night
The act allows the purchase of a
bottle of spirits a Jin by Any one
person and gives to hotels the right
to supph guests with beer sod Mines
The rest riel lie mensures are
•linetlc.
Mill- I’irnir Postponed.
nienwood In. Aug. 16.-#The an]
nu.tl picnic of the Mills county farm
htjreAU. Is pesponed until Tumday.
Had weather mails postponment nee I
eaasiy Th* picnic will held in the
grove, a shdl distance s«*t of Glen
m ood.
Reparation
Conference
Signs Pact
Puzzle of Europe Settled on
Basis of Danes Plan;
Huge Mortgage
Granted.
Ruhr to Be Evacuated
By DAVID M. CHURCH.
IntfrnitionHl N>w» Sfrrlf# ptaff
Correspondent.
London, Aug. 16.—The German rep
arations problem, which has kept Eu
rope in a ferment for nearly five
years, was settled today upon the
basis of (he Dawes plan—the formula
of an American banker.
After four weeks of discussion, the
reparations protocol, providing for
the execution of the plan, was for
mally signed at the British foreign
office at 6:30 this evening.
Germany accepted tremendous ob
ligations to pay off her staggering in
demnity debt, but In return will re
eelve a J300,000,000 loan and prob
ably substantial loan, to rehabilitate
German business, commerce and
finance.
Evacuation of the Ruhr by Franco
Belgian occupational troops dead
locked the reparations conference for
a time but was finally settled, the
French promising to withdraw the
soldiers as quickly as possible. One
year was set as the maximum time
for evacuation, hut It is understood
that the actual retirement of troops
will begin long before that period,
liitler Blanket Mortgage.
Fnder the Dawes plan Germany is
virtually placed under a blanket mort
gage for payment of her indemnity
debt. Allied and American super
visors will conduct German business
along hard Headed American lines to
get the greatest possible revenue.
It was a historic scene at the for
e-go secretaryo&ic* this evening
when th* various de'egates. manv of;
them wearing silk hats and frock'
coats gathered for the ceremony of
signing An exception w-as Ramsay
MacDonald, the laborlte premier of
England, who wars a baggy, -wrinkled
gray suit. wras prepared for a
vacation m the country and saved j
time by wearing the suit he intended
to travel In.
Shortly after 6 the meeting wvs
called to order. All the delegates
were in a cheerful mood, happy over
the successful termination of their
labors.
These labors had been greatly facil
itated by the American observers,
beaded bv Frank Kellogg, the Fnlted
States smbassador, and Gol. J. A.
Logan. American representatives on
the interallied reparations commis
sion. ,
Germans Downcast,
The Hermans, heart'd hy Chancellor
Marx and foreign Secretary Rtres
rnann. appea-ed to be downcast and
not at all happy over the Ruhr evac
uation terms
However, they were In a better
frame of mind than during the last
few days of the conference. Thev
evidently believed that the French
verbal promises regarding Ruhr evao
uatton were more than they had ex
pected yesterday.
The huge office was Illuminated
With dlngv lights which left part of It
a’moat In shadow. Many an Interna
tlonal crisis had been discussed within
the walls of this big room, and some
of them had not hod the happy end
ing that^marked the conclusion of the
reparations negotiations tonight
Premier MacDonald. Premier Her
riot and the other allied chiefs were
obviously well pleased with their
work They predicted that Europe
Would soon be definitely on the road
to recovery. It was a notable « ir
cumstanre that the two chief leaders
on the allied aide are eni-tallsts—Pre
mier MacDonald and Premier Harriot.
While MacDonald Is a member of the
labor party, hia policies are similar
to those of the socialist'.
Stx lettera, three from the French, j
two from the Herman* and one from
til# British, were Included In the of.
flcial agreements regarding Ruhr
evacuation
One Year Time !.lmlt.
The first French letter stated that
the maximum time for evacuation I*
one year, but thia date does not pre
vent earlier withdrawal of troop* If
such a course la decided upon. This
period dates from today August 1(>
The second French letter states
th.it, as visible proof of the new
spirit which prevails.*’ the French
agree upon the day after the formal
signing of the Tiondon pact, which I*
a* hedttlpd for August 30, to eradiate
the Dortmund district. Including the
city of lk'rtmund and the towns of
Hnerrten. I.unen and also four Rhen
ish towns Mannheim, farlaruhe. Of
fenburg and Weael. These towns are
outside tha Ruhr, hut hare been gar
rlaoned hr the Freni h ever since the
Ruhr wan occupied.
The third French teller promises
that the Herman town* of Dussel
dorf. Dulahurg ami Ruhrott. which
were occupied previous to the Ruhr,
will be Included in the evacuation
■rheme.
Premier Mai Donald s letter prom
iaea that the allies would ses that the
towns mentioned In the above letters
would be evacuated "aa anon a* pi’s
slhle,"
Chancellor Marx’s first letter
merely acknowledged the French de
mends and promises without accept
lag or rejecting them.
Man Marries Woman;
Was Shot at Her Door
Milton A. Mass, millionaire, who
hs* shot at door of bungalow of Mrs.
Ida M. I-oslio at Sound Brirh, Conn.,
last year has taken her as his bride,
it was revealed recently. The shoot
ing of Mass has never been explained.
Road Contracts
for Paving and
Bridges Are Pet
Nrarness of Election anrl In
crease of Complaints Held
Responsible; Bryan Ful
fills Prediction.
*P*«*S«I TM«pstrh tf» Th# Omaha Bo#.
Lincoln, Aug. 16.—With election
nearing and complaints increasing at
!rick of activity on th* part of th*»
state road building department, a
number of contracts for paving,
graveling and 1 ride;* building were
awarded this week by the s'ate.
In forcing Roy Cochran, state en
gineer, to hold up road building until
late in th» summer before election,
Governor Bryan has done exactly
what it was predicted lie would do
two years ago when he cut the ap*
propriations for ro?id building. It
was stated ?han that during the first
year of his administration he would
do little if any road building and hold
appropriations in reserve until Just
before election when h* would spend
most of them ard thus attempt t©
disprove that road maintenance and
road building had been neg’*cted bv
pointing to the road budding program
underway during the campaign
month*. Following are contracts
awarded this week at Lincoln:
Pla*r# county. Vo^foik *•> Cohinki*.
f r»» #Hn» I'9 r* 9 "4
CJgrfs#Fd '*oon?y Pev#rr#- Burwell. grad
ing. *7*9S. euivertt. 12 !99
Saline r<vmt-. Fr’.^rd Fiimont. grad
ing >» *4 . ' uIv#rT9 S ,o4«. guard rail.
$!:« **
Flltm'v* c cun tv. Mil ford-Exatgr. grad
ing #€.*69 in puir»rtt I2'62 g:srd rill.
*: * i br!s» »:i:<
ngton-Yanl
grading #?4.* ' niiriru #4.114 4®,
guard rail, $1,1*0 1 br> :*r** $3 9:9 21
Buffalo • f-r. • \. KfArn#j - P r. ton.
gravrbng. $?®.241 6“
n»wf* r uBtj. AlHance-Chadron. grad*
Km ? M7 overflow paving #2.799;
guard rail*. >492 2 br.dges. IT *n« 95
Parpv f ountv iIr##nwooiJ Chaleo, grav*
•Pag IK 497 *<
Kr.nt r ore# county, north of
Vni'-i. g-ad’ng $9 441 rulv#p* >794$;
gu*r<1 ra !* $1 249. ? bride • H> IP I’
Fillmore rouwty Flxater-Halting*,
fading, »*» *.49 cwt'#r’* $1,791 1
bride* $1 4.x 1 1
r*h#* **y <'Mjniv. V* ’#r>tin#-fjordnr g*-*d
Bt, #93.11* "culvert# S*£ 1 « . guard
rail. *2 5-4# ?2
Cha»* countv. Tmperlal-Oharaplon,
bridg# $! 4 4 ‘‘-ft
Gag* count'. R*a*i #-Bltt# Soring*
grad'ng. IJft.’ft* • ru!v#rta $ ’ 1 * * ■ s 4 .
guard rail. $' 7* ? bMdg<*. *« 744 9*.
Howard county. s* >*» 1 Elba grading
I* 441 13: iilvc's. $974 4*. «v»'f>w pa\
ng $1 A43.9A; guard -f > 434 *4
Petard county. Mtlf rd-Bewa?
lng. >4 "71 #*-i • > ' ' 4 ?*
Hall county Aurora-Grand It’and.
gravelling. 17 3:7 4ft
Cuming round 3 W**«t P^'Tit-Oakland.
grading. #’« 9* ’ ' * ulrer*# $.'.4*1 9*.
guard rati. $:,®27 *4. dit<h 1 he ki.
$147 9ft.
Paymaster Shot.
Robbed of $2,000
Bandits l-'lcc in \utnmohile
Belonging to \ ictim
\ftcr Holdup.
Denver. Colo., Aug. 16.—G. W.
Smith, paymaster for W. K. Digs &
Son, Denver gravel con tractors, was
boh! up, v? »: ^ the re< k md ’-Ilea
of a $?,000 payroll tonight on the
Rest Lake road near Clear creek.
About five miles from the business
section of Denver The two bandits
who robbed Smith escaped in his
Automobile
Smith is reported to be in s dying
condition. H# wms picked up in the
road by Workmen nearby who heel'd
the shots. Smith w»« carrying the
money to jwu s group of men who
have hern working on the road a
short distance front where the holdxij*
occurred,
HAIL KNOCKS OFF
DAKOTA APPLES
A|*#< ial PUpatrh to The Omaha tic#.
Sturgis. S p M e D Vosterd.’ij
afternoon and la^t night hall storms
di»1 enormous diurmpce In txtuniry
north and east of here A laif:*-' aim
was covered bv 9torm* accompanied
by Histtr ninth \ falfa for aoetf and
corn suffered most Hat) knocked
off many apples and a large mimlvr
of stacks of hav were blown down.
Garden truck also was dnnRjtcd No
loss of stock w is reported
ITALIAN FLAIR ON
HEELS OF YANKS
Hornufjoid, Iceland. Vug lb
Lieut. l«ocatetl|, the Italian a via lor
win* is making a tran« Atlantic
flight in the wake of the American
army filers, arrived here at noon to*
tiay from Thor»h*9en, Fare* Islands
Believed to
Be Sources
of Big Leak
‘Twin* Kenney Again in Toil*
of Law; Agents “Buy**
15 Gallons With
Marked Bills.
Four Arrests Are Made
The two largest liquor ring* in
Omaha were broken up late .Saturday
afternoon by four arrests, according
to the assertions of Federal Prohibi
tion Agent F.obert Samardick.
The arresta made Saturday after
noon were aa follows: I-awrence
(Twin) Kenney, 1815 North Eighteenth
street; Mae Walters, 1818 North
Eighteenth street, gaid to be the wife
of “Slippery Bill” Reimers; Basil
Kean. 472 South Thirty-first street;
George Harold, 1515 North Eighteenth
street,
Thece. federal agents allege, make
up the nucleus of one of the rings,
while Frank H. Munroe, 1552 North
Nineteenth street, who was arrest
ed last Thursday, is accused of being
a leader of the other ring, together
with Charies Jarl, 1701 Leavenworth
stre»t, for whom a warrant haa been
i*s'!»d, but who has not yet been ar
rested.
“Twin” Kenney Haa Record.
Twin” Kenney and “Slippery
Bill ’ Reimers, hushand of the ar
rested woman, were held some time
ago for th» death of Lloyd Henry,
bandit victim, but were freed on that
charge.
At present, Kenney is out under a
J 10,000 bond for highway robbery in
another case. Jarl haa a caae pend
ing in federal court In which he 1*
charged with unlawful possession of
mash and other materials for making
liquor. r,
One of the agent* arranged to stake
“buys" from the suspected violators,
meeting them on a country road near
Irvington, Nab. Samardick and hi*
men were stationed nearby.
Kenney and Mae Walter* fReitn
|crs’ wife! first drove up in a coupe
' belonging to Pat Burkrey. now In th#
county Jail, in default of furnishing
I <28,000 bond on a “dope” charge.
Deliver li Gallons.
Then. came. George Harold an4
j Kean. Kenney and Mrs. R»imers de
I iivered one case of alleged Scotch
1 whisky. The other pair delivered 15
gailonso f alcohol. The* gent paid
them 8355 n marked money, and then
the federal agent* and detectives ap
peared with drawn guns. They were
taken to Central police station where
they were charged with conspiracy to
violate the prohoWtion act and bond*
se* at 13,000 each.
The car driven by Munroe. arre*t
ed Thursdav, belonged to Marie Grif
fin, wife of “Jimmie" Griffin, now
serving a term in the state peniten
tiary for part in the ' Hank” Mc
Ardie murder.
■ We have been after them for *
Vng time, said Samardick. “I be
lieve they brought tbeir stuff over
from Canada. When I was working
up in Minot. North Ttakota. In 182*
I used te see Kean. Reimers and Ken
nev. t d.-n t think, they have don#
anything hut bootleg since 1917.”
SHENANDOAH OFF
FOR MANEUVERS
I.ake Hurst. N. J.. Aug. 5-—
Shenandoah—'The dirigible Shenan
doah after spending th* afternoon off
the New Jersey const, tat* today
he a !o-1 out to se.a on her trip to the
*, me of the maneuvers of the
Atlantic squadron of the United
Stales navy fleet off Dear. England.
Su'ur’-iv and Sunday. Leaving its
mooring mast at 11:35 a. m. th*
cruiser sailed over Atlantic City and
at 5 p. m . when sending the message
that it was putting out to sea, was
over Barnegat hay.
PERSHING VISITS
TRAINING CAMP
III International hews votes.
TVs M --me*, la . Aug. 1*—Gen.
John J Pershing, commander of the
American army In the world war, ar
rive,) in TVs Moines today to inspect
soldiers in the clt liens' training camp*
at Fort TVs Moines and Fort Dodge.
He was met at the station by officer*
of the two camps and a citiiena' re
-epnori committee and escorted to
Fort Iv-s Moines.
TRAIN CRUSHES
YOUTH'S FOOT
II u rr MeKHicn. 15. Denison, 1*<
reccia ed a badly crushed foot Friday
n. ht when ho slipped under the
» h.-. i* of a car in the railroad yard*
at Cnnucll Bluffs while attempting to
“hop” it. His leg may have to be
amputated.
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