Seven Days May
Conclude Trial
One More Alienist Will Be
Offered by State—Probably
Will Reserve Decision.
By Universal Service.
Chicago, Aug. 16.—Sane and fully
accountable for their acts. That was
the verdict Friday of the state's
alienists who examined Nathan Leo
pold and Richard Loeb after the col
lege youths had killed Robert Franks.
Dr. Rollfn T. Woodyatt and Dr.
M. Douglas Singer were the alienists
to give their testimony today. Doc
tors Hugh T. Patrick and Archibald
Church testitted ■ yesterday.
The state has one more alienist to
offer—Dr. William O. Krohn. He
may not be called before Monday.
The cross-examination of Dr. Singer
is expected to consume most of the
time tomorrow.
Dr. Krohn, in some respects, Is re
garded as the strongest witness the
state has to prove that Leopold and
Loch are not mentally deranged. He
is expected to corroborate all that
the other four experts of the state
have said to offer conclusions of his
own. He examined the defendants
just after their arrest and has ob
served them during the progress of
the trial.
After Dr. Krohn has given his tes
timony one or two other witnesses
may be put on the stand, but their
testimony is not expected to be of
groat moment or require much time.
Then tho arguments will open.
May Conclude In Week.
Allowing a day for the examination
of Dr. Krohn and two days each for
tlie state and the defense to submit
arguments, the case should be in the
hands of Judge Caverly for decision
by a week from tomorrow.
How long it will be after the ar
guments are completed before Judge
Caverly will be ready to pronounce
sentence Is a matter that rests with
him alone. He may announce his
finding Immediately from the bench,
ar he may take a few days to "think
it over." The chances are he will
take the matter under advisement for
a few days.
As the trial approaches the end In
terest increases in what the sentence
of Judge Caverly will be.
Will he send Leopold and Loeb to
lhe gallows to be hanged? Or will
lie commit them to some penal In
stitution or asylum? He doesn't
know yet, for evidence Isn't all In,
ind the lawyers have not made their
lea for or against the young slayers.
Cannot Give Freedom.
One thing is certain—ha will not
give them freedom for they have
pleaded guilty to murder in the first
degree. They come forward only
with a plea for mercy, which means
a plea for their lives.
A death sentence will undoubtedly
mean an appeal to the higher courts,
where litigation might continue al
most indefinitely. But in the mean
time the defendants would have to
remain in jail. They cannot be ad
mitted to bond in this state after
pleading guilty to murder in the first
degree.
Leopold and Loeb were very seri
ous-faced young men when they were
led from the courtroom to their cells,
in the county jail after court re
cessed tonight. The alienists who j
had testified for the stata brought
them no eomfort. They saw their
“drama world" shattered and them
selves described as perfectly normal
young men mentally and physically
—in other words not beyond the gal
lows because of any mental de
ficiency.
PUPILS NEED
10 HOURS SLEEP
"Every grade school pupil should
have at least 10 hours each day in bed i
to develop efficiency," said Charlotte |
Townsend, supervisor of health in
public schools, speaking Friday noon
to the Continental club in Hotel
Vontenelle.
She txplalned that her department
Is enlisting juvenile leaders in every
block in the city to promote the "ear
ly to bed and early to rise" Idea.
Miss Townsend stated that In 1019
a sui vey of Omaha grade school chil
dren showed that 65 per cent had hist
one or more of tlsdr permanent mo |
bars, while in 1924 that percentage
had been reduced to per cent.
ROBBER DIES .
FROM WOUNDS
By
Kimball. Neb., Aug. 16.—Thomas
Tillman, shot by Arlo Baker during
an alleged attempt to rob the Amer
ican bank at liushnell. Neb., last
Tuesday, died early today. He main
tained silence as to his companions.
A letter found In his possession gave
the name of a sister as Mrs. E. Eisen
baeh, St. Douls.
Robert Kelly and Robert Harris,
who gave Lamont, 111., and Detroit,
Mich., as their respective addresses,
were bound over to district court yes
terday on charge* of being Implicated
In the robbery attempt.
CADDIES SENT TO
RIVERVIEW HOME
James and Waller Hnrper and Joe
Castle. I.nkoma club caddies, were
sent to Itivervlfiw homo by Judge
Day In district court on a charge of
stealing golf balls.
Bud Srhi«nlng, manager, testified
that they hid In a gully on the eighth
hole’and stole halls when they alight
ed there. Hehoenlng and several oth
ers, suspecting them, laid In ambush
and caught them. Two dozen balls
were Introduced in evidence. The hoys
said they found them, but more than
half the balls had the owners' names
stamped on them.
Windshield Sticker*
Causes Man’s Arrest
Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 16— Fred
do Mert was arrested here for having
"stickers" on the wlndshelld of his
automobile. This la the first arreat
under a new Berkeley ordinance
■jrtrtch holds that "stickers” obstruct
the view of the driver. It Is said that
do other city In the stale haa this
provision In its traffic laws.
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Omahan, 75, Cooks Dinner for 2h Guests on 50th Anniversary
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This large group of relatives of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Muller, helped celebrate the golden wedding an
niversary of the elderly couple at their home, 1707 South Thirty-third street on Friday. First row, left to right,
Joe Millard, Charles Doll, Fred Ottinger, J. J. Muller, John Fdward Campbell, Mrs. J. J. Muller, Viola Doll, Hazel
Doll. Second row, Mrs. Fred Ottinger, Mrs. George Campbell, George M. Muller. Third row, Mrs. J. N. Millard,
Mrs. Gilbert Dietrci, John R. Muller, Mrs. C. F. Doll. Fnutrh row, Gilbert IMetrie, Claude Dietric, Henry Dietric
and Charles Doll. Fifth row, Mrs. Ottinger, Tom Wallace and James Wallace. Sixth row, George Campbell, Bea
Millard and Rev. L. M. Kuhns.
Mrs. J. J. Muller, 1707 South
Thirty-third street, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary by cook
ing a dinner for 2G guests, including a
three-tier wedding cake, on Friday at
home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Muller are
75. Relatives fom various points In
the country came to attend the cele
bration. Presents of ail kinds were
showered upon the old couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Muller were married
50 year* ago in Denver, Colo. They
have been residents of Omaha for 45
years. After dinner was served the
evening was spent in dancing and
other entertainments.
Arms Conference
Is Being Planned
U. S. Feels Out Other Nations
Regarding Winter Meet
ing in W ashington.
By H. K. REYNOLDS. ^
International New* Staff Correspondent.
Washington, Aug. 16.—Informal
advances and Inquiries made by the
1’nlted States Indicate that the other
world powers are In complete sym
pathy with the proposal for a new 11
ternational armament conference
once the Hawes reparation plan is
operating, it was learned authorita
tively here today. ,
This was one of the questions
which Secretary of State Hughes dls-,
cussed with the prime ministers of
Europo during his recently completed
tour of England and the continent.
On every side he Is said to have
received assurances that Great Brit
ain. France and other nations will
willingly offer their co-operation and
assistance whenever the I'nited
States decides that the time Is ripe
for a new effort to limit the world
Jiaval, military and aerial armament.
Japan Ready.
Japan, likewise. Is said to be ready
In come in. thus assuring a con
ference as large, If not more com
prehensive, than the first AVashing
ton conference, which laid the ground
work for the new undertaking.
So well defined is this feeling In
government circles that a definite
time for sending out the formal in
vitations to the new conference Is
discussed. President Coolldge desires,
according to the understanding here,
to cell the conference this fail, prob
ably in October. This would mean
that the conference could assemble
here In the winter, possibly Decem
ber or January, or it could bs held
over until the spring of 1925, while
the powers made up the program of
the questions they intended to dis
cuss.
In connection with the agenda, it
was pointed out today that the res
toration of more stable relations b;
tween France and Germany may
make it possible for the question of
land armaments to be discussed end
an agreement reached for limitation.
AVIATOR’S EX-WIFE
DEMANDS ALIMONY
Emma B. Nielsen asked the district
court yesterday to order her husband.
Andrew, into court to show cause
why he should not be adjudged In
contempt because he is far in arrears
In alimony payments.
Nielsen was formerly a minister
and is now an aviator.
She was awarded a decree March
2, 1923, with custody of their two
children. He was ordered to pay $600
at the rate of $23 a month and also
alimony of $75 a month. On August
2, 1924, she says he was In arrears
to the extent of $1,083.60. She says he
refuses to make payments and Is con
temptuous and insulting In his atti
tude toward the court.
She had him up in district court
once before for failure to pay.
George Paterson to
Conduct Services
Announcement is made by the
Omaha Metaphysical library that
Kev. George P. Paterson kill con
duct sen-ices on Sunday at 11 In the
library rooms at 280 Aqulla .court.
He spent two months at the Unity
headquarters this year and during
that time attended the second annual
Unity conference.
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FTce tickets to tho movies? Ifow
(lues that sound? Especially since the
picture Is "The Sea Hawk,” one of
the most sensational pictures ever
filmed.
Perhaps you read "The Sea JIawk'*
when It ran serially In Tho Omaha
Pee. Now the motion picture of
Itefaef Kabatlnl'a thrilling story la
coming to the Jtlnlto theater for a
10*day engagement, beginning Au
gust 21.
The ofnaha Hee la printing the
photographs of five of the leading
characters In tho picture. To the
first 75 Iiersons sending In the names
of these five players The Omaha Hoe
will give free ticket! to the showing
No. ! Is.
of tlie picture at the Itialto.
Above the first two pictures are re
printed. These photographs were
published In The Kvenlng Itee Frldny
and Saturday, hut they are being
published again so (hat all may have
an opportunity to get Into the con
teat.
Who are these pis vers? Ons Is a
famous Italian leading man. The
other Is a famous villain. They're
eaey to Identify.
The other three wdll be published
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday In
The Omaha Itee. Hold your eolutlona
until the aerlea la complete, the send
them to "The Sea Hawk" Kdlt >r, The
Omaha Itee. You may he one of the
75 winners.
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Road Tax Change
to Be Considered
Believe Trade Being Driven
From City by Present En
forcement; to Meet Monday.
A revision of the wheel tax ordi
nance Is necessary. In the opinion of
the city commissioners, whe will
bring the subject up for a special
order of busir"*« Monday morning
before the committee of the whole.
1'nder an opinion of a former city
attorney. It Is held that ftenresldent
automobile owners who use Omaha
streets every day, or approximately
every day, ehould be required to have
a wheel lax license. Members of
the poelice department have been act
ing accordingly.
Tax Costs Business.
The mayor and commissioners sre
Inclined to believe that if nonresi
dents who drive Into Omaha regu
larly should he required to pay wheel
tax fees Omaha would lose more busi
ness than the amount of ths wheel
tax thus obtained.
Commissioner Joseph Koutsky rec
ommended that all state automobile
license plates on Omaha cars should
bear ths word “Omaha.” Ths re
vised wheel tax ordinance which will
bo submitted to the city council com
mltteer of the whole will provide that
only automobiles housed In Omaha
shall be subject to wheel tax.
The city council expects to work
out a plan whereby Omaha automo.
bile owners will he required to pay
wheel tax fees at the same time they
pay their state license fees.
Omahans Fvade Tax.
At the city council meeting Satur
day morning Commissioner Dean
Noyes stressed ths fact that a mim
her of Omaha automobile owners are
operating with Iowa license plales,
which enables them to evade the Oma
ha wheel tax, personal tax on their
oars and the half-hour parking re
striction downtown.
Omahans knowing of local automo
biles operating with Iowa licenses sre
requested to notify the city clerk's
olTlce.
Roads Allow Special
Rates for Picnics Here
Community picnics, which brlnR
excursionists from 260 miles of here,
are being run to Krug park. The
Wabash and Rock Island railroads
are co-operating with the park man
agement and are making 1-cent a mile
rates effective. More than 1,000 per
sons, S00 from lies Moines, took ad
vantage of the low rate excursion to
visit Krug pork last Sunday.
The Wabash has extended excur
sion rales as fnr as Stnnberry, Mo.,
and community plcnlce are being
scheduled from Rtanherry and Inter
mediate points by Krug park repre
sentatives.
Woman Says McCoy
Not Mors Slayer
New Angle in Death Probe
May Exonerate Boxer—
Saw Men Fleeing.
I.os Angeles, Aug. 16.—An entirely
new aspect has been given to the
Theresa Mors shooting Investigation,
police announced today, by the testi
mony of a woman who says she heard
and saw two men fleeing from the
apartment occupied by Mrs. Mors and
Klda McCoy, ex-pugillst, a few min
utes after the shooting was heard
that ended the life of the wealthy
divorcee early Wednesday morning.
The new witness, police say, lived
In the apartment directly under that
In which the shooting took place
and saw one of the fleeing men so
clearly and at such close range that
she was able to give detectives a com
plete /Jescriptlon of him.
This man, she said, positively and
repeatedly, was not Kid McCoy. She
was able to furnish no description of
the other man, whom she knew only
as ths dark, vague shape of a man
running swiftly from the building.
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Important.
The testimony of the new witness,
Mrs. Iva Martin, is of supreme Im
portance for two reasons, police point
out:
First, It fixes the time of the slay
ing at 12:05 a. m. Wednesday.
Second, It completely disproves the
suicide theory of Mrs. Mors’ death.
Mrs. Martin was In bed, she said,
when she was awakened suddenly by
voices In the apartment above.
"Oh, my God, don’t do that.” were
the first words she heard, she told
Investigators.
Twice more, In anguished tones,
these words were repeated.
No reply was heard, ^>nly the
sounds of a scuffle, and then again
a woman's voice pleading.
Finally, said Mrs. Martin, came the
last words she heard from the apart
ment that night:
"Oh. my God, dort't do that! Oh,
this will Vie terrible,” a woman's voice
screamed.
Then the sharp sound of a shot, a
brief silence; the ithump of some ob
ject falling to the floor; again silence.
"Someone was moving about steal
thily on the floor above,” continued
Mrs. Martin.
"When the shot rang out, I Jumped
out of bed. 1 pushed the switch of
the floor lamp and looked at the
clock. It was exactly five minutes
after mjdnlght.”
MAIL CLERK CITED;
MEETS PRESIDENT
Washington. Aug. 16.—An Introduc
tion to President Coolldge and hi*
cabinet and a citation from the Post
office department, accompanied by a
check for J2.000, were the rewards
bestowed Friday upon Eugene L.
Stack. JS-year-old postal clerk of East
Orange, N. J., for hi* bravery In de
fending mall bags from an attempt
to rifle them on July 31.
Th» young postal clerk earn* to
Washington at the request of Post
master eOneral New, who. In the
presence of the four assistant post
masters general, presented him with
the check and read the citation. Stack
wa* then taken to tha White House
and was Immediately taken to the
president, although a cabinet meeting
was In session.
In defending the mall hags Stack
engaged In a pistol battle with two
highwaymen, one of whom, John Mon
yon, he killed. The clerk was wound
ed twice.
Omaha Uni Professor to
Tearh Bible Classes
Dr. V. H. Vartanian will teach the
men's, women's, and Dr. MacLeod's
classes combined of the Dundee
Presbyterian church. August 17 an 1
74 In Elmwood park. If the weath
er Is unfavorable, the classes will
meet In the church at Fiftieth and
Underwood.
Dr. Vartanian Is one of the ablest
Bible teachers In this part of the
country, being professor of religious
education In the Omaha university.
In addition to the teaching of Ihese
cla*ses, he will have charg* of the
preaching service* on these date*.
Special Music.
Special mualo will he rendered at
the Pearl Memorial church, Twenty,
fourth and Ogden atreeta, Sunday.
Following Is tha program:
Offertory «o!o. Mr*. MlMr*d VcFaad
• r»; qulntst. Not Half Jt»* Kvtr ltean
Told," Mr*. Jar Cam*ron. 1r., a<ur*no K.
Walkor. first t*nor: C. K. Navel). ii*rl
ton*: W F ftchlld*r. *#cond t*nor; I»r.
HlnffUr. ba»«; Mr*, r K. Ptubba. accom
panist Mr !,** O. Krai*. rt Irartor.
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French Specialist Tells How to Lose Excess Fat Without
Exercise, Habit Forming Drugs or Worthless
Reducing Creams.
to anj fat man or woman.
Sherman A McConnell's, Bruton’*, T.cnockor’s, Ringlr's Drug Stores
Charlotte Townsend, Head School
Nurse. Marries Dr. Fred Whitcomb
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Jowntend
GKTCHEUU PHOTO
Miss Charlotte Townsend, head of
the school nurses of Omaha, and Dr.
Fred Whitcomb of Omaha were mar
ried Friday evening at K at the First
Presbyterian church. Rev. K. H.
Jenks, pastor, performed the cere
Mrs. Whitcomb one of the outstand
ing women in the community. Her
work has been invaluable, especially
with the Red Cross during the war."
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mony.
A brother of Dr. Whitcomb, Dr.
Glenn Whitcomb, anil Mra. Whit
comb were the only attendants. A
few close friends and Immediate rela
tives attended the ceremony. Dr.
and Mrs. Whitcomb left Immediately
for Colorado, where they will spend
their honeymoon. After September 1
they, will be at home in Omaha.
‘‘Mrs. Whitcomb will remain with
us for a few weeks until we can
appoint Fome one else,” said Miss
Belle Ryan, assistant superintendent
of the Omaha schools. "Her resigna
tion means a loss to us. I consider
BRYAN CAMPAIGN
PLANNED MONDAY
I,ineoln, Aug. 16—An Itinerary for
campaign speeches of C. W. Bryan,
vice presidential nominee, will be ar
ranged here Monday, he announced
today, when Clem W. Shaver, nation
al democratic committee chairman,
will confer with state democratic
committee officials here.
Invitations to have him speak at
many points in the state are received
daily, but he says his tour will be ar
ranged by the national committee and
he will have to give his services
where they see fit.
MAIL CENTER HERE
AFTER OCTOBER I
Removal of headquarters of the
Cnlted States air mail service from
Washington to Omaha will be made
as soon after October 1 as practi
cable, according to a dispatch from
Washington.
Custodtan Charles Saunders of the
Omaha postoffiee already is arranging
to house the new office. Superintend-1
ent Carl K. Kgge is out of the ritv !
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Bankers Control
Parties—Frear
Speaker at Convention Sayi
Voters Want to Know
Party Principles.
Des Moines, la., Aug. 16.—Repre
sentative James A. Frear, Hudson,
Wis,, of the Tenth Wisconsin con
gressional district, In an address be
fore the Iowa state progressive con
vention today, declared that the re
publican and democratic presidential
candidates represent, respectively,
the banking houses of Mellon and
Morgan. No choice Is offered be
tween them, he said.
The Issue in tho CgmpaJcdjk Mr.
Fr»ar asserted, is nMther^^ftlsan
nor political, but tor the o^Rhrow
of the Influence of Mg business in
governmental affairs. He called
Senators Ha Folletee of Wiscon and
Wheeler of Montana, candidates, re
spectively, for president and vice presi- .
dent of the conference for progres
sive political action, "a protest
against Mellon and Morgan, a pro
test against the power of 'special
privilege over the Washington gov
ernment.”
Defines Views.
“What is the difference between
the terms progressive and reac
tionary?” Mr. Frear asked. "One
favors law and a government that
places the constitutional rights of
men above the rights of desire; the
other is engrossed with the game of ^
dollars and special privilege. Where
government is controlled by the lat
ter, as Beveridge, Roosevelt and mil
lions of American citizens believed it
to be in 1918, then the electorate that
believes in fundamental principles of
government is sure to revolt. That
revolt occurred in 1912. It is equally
widespread and with equally Just
cause today.
"No demunciation of party recrim
ination is needed in 1924,” he con
tinued. “What the voter wants to
know is what party and what prin
ciple is best able to represent his or
her views.
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Look for the Word “Realtor” I
When Dealing in Real Estate
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When you are dealing in Real Estate, selling
or buying, you are in a business which re
quires expert advice.
If the firm with which you deal. is. a
“Realtor,” you are assured of expert advice.
Before a man can become a “Realtor,"#he
must know his business, and know it well.
When real estate deals are made without
expert advice, they are frequently very
costly, and generally very unsatisfactory,
either to the buyer or seller, or to both.
Before selecting a man to direct your Real
Estate deals, be certain he is a Realtor.
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