Nebraska Newspapers

    .—, The Omaha'Morning Dee
to play and to look up at the star*.—
Q.—.T" n i —■ - ■ ■ .1, 1 mii m . ■ . -n-r=—tttt. —i =1— -a.. ■! ■— . ■* —===----■ 1 ■ ■ — ■ — u.a , jairg.r.'.-: — 1 Henry Van Dyke.
■ --/ VOL. 54—NO. 113. • OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1924. * TWO CENTSlD Wcffu <fe0i«wlhefJuff*- v~ ■ /
Further Tax
Cut Pledge
of Coolidge
President Scores Government
Ownership, Limitation of
Power of U. S. Supreme
Court.
Praises G. 0. P. Tariff
By Aswjflutfft PrfM.
Washington. Oct. 23.—President
Coolidge set forth tonight policies of
administration under which he pro
poses that the government will “'main
tain peace, promote economy, provide
a protective tariff, assist the farm
ers, leave the people in possession of
their property and maintain the in
tegrity of the courts."
In the last extended address, he
expects to make before election and
the. most comprehensive he has de
livered since his speech of acceptance
of the republican nomination, the
president declared his stand on prac
tically every phase of government af
fairs. He discussed campaign issues,
in some instances, for the first time.
Mr. Coolidge spoke before the east
ern dlvis'on of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, meet
ing here in the chamber's new build
ing and the address was carried by
radio to almost every section of the
country.
Summarizing the administration's
program, which he said had "brought
an era of more than average prosper
ity," the president cniled attention to
the fact that despite the "natural
supposition that every well wisher
of the country would be anxious to
maintain the present established order
of things," there are now proposed,
"at least two of ths most revoiutiijn
nry changes"—government ownership
of transportation and limitation of
the [lowers of the supreme court.
Public Ownership Perilous.
Public ownership, he described as
n most perilous undertaking, both to
tlie welfare of business and to the In
dependence of the people. "If powers
of the supreme court were limited as
* proposed," lie said, "the historian
would close the chapter with the com
ment that the people had shown
they were incapable of seif-govern
lrn-nt and the American republic had
proved a failure.”
Mr. Coolidge said further reduc
tion in federal taxes was possible on
the basis of the estimated govern
ment budget for next year, and he
outlined his “'common sense" method
of taxation as follows;
“Getting ail we can out of the
rich by making the rates moderate
end stimulating business to provide
work and increase the earnings of
the poor.”
In foreign affairs, the president
promised co-operation in the Interest
of peace; declared for constitutional
covenants outlawing aggressive war
fare; and reaffirmed his proposal for
adherence to the permanent court of
international justice. He announced
opposition, however, to participation
by this government in international
conferences discussing questions of
"purely our own domestic affairs." to
the cancellation of war debts owed
1 ills nation and to the entrance of
the United States into the league of
nations.
I “raises Tariff.
No other sound and practical"
policy In foreign affairs has been
presented, Mr. Coolidge declared, add
ing that "we have been willing to
assume the responsibility for leading
the nation and the world in this di
rection without first seeking through
a costly, futile and unconstitutional
referendum whether It would be pop
tdar."
In agriculture, the president said
lie was ready to open the investiga
i tion into farming conditions he had
proposed as a means of determining
(Turn to I'nsr IS. Column l.>
1 FIREMAN KILLED
IN YARDS CRASH
Kansas City. Mo.. Oct. 23.—Charles
A. Number, fireman, was killed and
Karl Hogan, engineer. Injured when
their engine on the Santa Fe rail
road whs side-swiped here by a
switch engine in the 'Frisco yards.
Roth engines in the crash belonged
to tho Santa Fe road. 'Frisco of
ficinIs are investigating the accident.
We Have
With Us
Today
•1. A. Rountree,
Director. United State* Good Roads
Association,
Birmingham, Ala.
J. A. Rountree's hobby is good
roads, and for 13 years he has been
campaigning for better road*
throughout the country.
As director general of the United
State* Good Ronds association, he
makes reports of roads to the execu
tlve committee of the organization,
and arranges the association's nnriual
convention.
Hr. Rountree is a former news
paper man. He Is vice president of
the International league of Pres*
jkk. Clubs and a member of the National
W'’ ISditorlal association, Alabama Pres*
club and the press congress of the
t! world.
! Upton Tells Two
New Ones on
Lauder
New York, Oet. 23.—Sir Thomas
Upton, who is here on business, is
telling two new stories about his
friend, ilarry Lauder. Here they
are:
"I asked the noted Scotch come
dian to whom lie was going to leave
all his money, and Sir Harry re
plied:
“ ‘To the widow of the Unknown
Soldier.’
“I was walking along Piccadilly
witli Lauder one morning when we
came to a big sign which read: ‘One
thousand pins in a parltage for
three pence.’ The comedian went in
and purchased a package, anil left
later for Glasgow. When he niel
me on his return to London he said:
“ ‘There were three pins short.
I'm going hack to the shop’.”
Lost Signature
of Dohenv-Fall
J
Note Discovered
Produced as Dramatic Ex
hibit in Naval Oil Lease
Suit at Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles, Oct. 23.—The missing
portion of the famous $100,000 Doheny
Fall note which featured the senator
ial trial Inquiry In the leasing of navy
oil reserve kinds was produced today
in the court of Federal Judge Paul J.
McCormick, who Is trying a govern
ment suit in an attempt to cancel
leases granted to E. L. Doheny on
the Elk Hills reserve.
The appearance of the missing doc
ument came as a dramatic blow to
the attorneys, especially engaged by
President Coolidge to conduct the In
vestigation of reserve lands.
Atlee Pomerene, heading the gov
ernment legal staff, called Mrs. E. L.
Doheny, wife of the petroleum mag
nate. to the witness stand. It was his
purposo to question her regarding
the “black bag" transaction, in which
former Secretary of the Interior Al
bert B, Fall was given $100,000 In
cash by her husband.
Questioned on Nofe.
The first question asked her by
Pomerene was:
“Mrs. Doheny, do you know whut.
became of the missing portion of the
note given your husband by Mr. Fiji
In 1921 in consideration of purported
loan of $100,000?“
“Yes." Mrs. Doheny answered.
Pomerene seemed startled by the
unexpected answer and paused a few
moments before resuming his ques
tioning.
“Do you know where it is now?"
"Why, it's in Mr. Hogan's pocket,”
she replied, referring to Frank J.
Hogan, chief counsel for Doheny.
Asked to tell the circumstances
surrounding the mutilation of the
note, Mrs. Doheny said.
"I was going through some papers
in a safety deposit box at n Los An
geles bank when I found the piece of
paper.”
She said she spoke to her husband
about it and told him where it was.
Under further questioning she related
how the note became torn.
.'Mguaiure Torn uii.
Mrs. Doheny declared that Kail’s
signature was deliberately torn off
the note In the New York apartment
of the Doheny's shortly after the
document had been executed.
This was done, she said, after Do
heny had declared that he did not
want the note to be found if "any,
thing happened to him."
She said that her husband gave
her the part bearing Kail's signature
and that she brought It to Los An
geles.
Doheny retainer! the other portion
of the note hearing the amount of
the principal which depicts the loan
of the $100,000.
Later, under further questioning
from Pomerene, Mrs. Doheny quoted
her husband as stating at the time
the note was torn:
"If anything happens (o us they
will not find the whole note and It
will not become a part of the estate."
Placed in liank.
Mrs. Doheny then related how she
came to Los Angeles and placed the
note In a safety deposit box. As the
months went on she said she forgot
all about the incident.
■When the senate Investigating
committee started the probe into
naval oil reserve land lease sho de
clared she made a search for the docu
ment, but was unable to find It.
After the senatorial Investigation
had been concluded she went to the
hank with her attorney, Charles Well
born, and opened her safety deposit
box. After several hours of scanning
the contents of the box the piece of
paper bearing Fall's signature was
found.
Man Burned to Death
in Fire at Miami, Ariz.
Miami. Arlz., Oct. 23.—Carl Pear
son, an employe of the Miami Cop
per company, was burned to death
when fire of unknown origin de
stroyed three buildings In the busi
ness district of Miami loday. Two
persons were Injured In escaping
from the flames.
A strong wind spread the confla
gration to the roofs nf nearby busi
ness buildings, but the Miami fire
department, aided by firemen and
equipment from Globe, Arlz., brought
It under control. The loss was esti
mated at $10,000
Four Held
for Murder
of Groeer
Witnesses, Fearful of Slayers’
Wrath, Break Five Months’
Silence, Arrests Follow;
Held Incommunicado.
Spellman Had No Chance
Four men were arrested Thursday
afternoon on charges of the murder
of James J. Spellman, who was shot
and killed May 15, 1924, in a gun
battle with bandits In his store at
1106 North Seventeenth street.
Floran Martinez, 1131 North Seven
teenth has been positively Identified
by a witness as the man who fired
the fatal shot. The three others have
been Identified as members of the
quartet which robbed the store. They
are Zenor Reeera, Mexican.^ 1618
Nicholas street; Speck Oibson, negro,
former Janitor at the police station,
and Andrew B. Swift, white, 1480
Spencer street.
The arrests resulted from informa
tion furnished to police by Mrs. Kiln
Hughes, who lives on Nicholas street
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. She Is acquainted by sight
with Martinez, but told police that
she had been afraid to tell of her
knowledge of the killing because she
feared hts vengeance.
Mrs. Hughes told police that she
was awakened on the night of May
15 by men's voice below her win
dow. She looked out, she said, and
saw Martinez talking to the three
men arrested with him.
“I heard him say ‘We'll knock old
Spellman off and get some dlnero
(money),’ ’’ Mrs. Hughes told police.
She declared that she then dressed
hurriedly and hastened to Spellman's
store to warn him.
As she reached the doorway of the
store, she said, the four men fled
through the doorway and down (he
street.
She entered the store and found
an Italian woman, who had been in
the store during the robbery. This
woman, who name Is being withheld,
has also Identified the four suspects,
according to police.
This woman told police that Marti
nez. with gun In hand, ordered Spell
man. "Put up your hands; we want
your dlnero." Without waiting for
Spellman to comply, Martinez shot,
this woman said.
Roth women told police that they
had been afraid to talk of the shoot
Ing before, as the suspects lived in
their neighborhood.
The four men are being held Incom
municado at the city Jail. They do
not know what charges have been
placed against them.
Until the women told police of the
shooting Thursday morning, it had
been believed that Spellman was alone
In the store, and that he was killed
by a lone handit.
TORONTO WETS IN
HEAVY MAJORITY
Toronto, Ont.. Oct. 23.—Returns
available at 7:16 this evening give the
vote from 1.319 subelection districts
showed a “wet” majority of 47,212 in
the Toronto liquor plebiscite. The
vote stood 73.602 for continuation of
the temperance act and 120,814 for
government control.
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 23,—Reports
from all sections of the province of
Ontario indicated early tonight that
a very heavy vote had been recorded
on the plebiscite to determine
whether the province was to con
tinue the Ontario temperance act, un
der which the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, or Importation for beverage
purposes, Is prohibited, or whether a
system of government control, under
which beer and spirituous liquor, for
beverage purpose*, could be sold In
sealed packages.
In Toronto me vote was believed
to have been a record breaking one,
It being estimated that fully 70 per
cent of the voters had gone to the
polls. There were few reports of any
disorder, despite the vigor with which
the campaign had been waged by
both sides (luting the last few weeks.
Hoover Will Outline
Campaign l*y Radio
Denver, Colo., Oct. 23.—The prin
ciples In which the republican party
Is busing its campaign in the nest
will he outlined In a radio address by
Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, here next Saturday night. The
secretary's address will be broadcast
from station KD55 at 7:30 (mountain
time) on a 283 meter wave length.
Fred O. Roof, republican state chair
man, who made the announcement,
said Secretary Hoover’s address will
lie one of the most Important In a
series of speeches being broadcast u*
part of the republican campaign.
Prince Recovers.
Montreal, Quebec, Oct. 23.—The
prince of Wales has fully recovered
from the attack of chills which has
confined him to Ills room for two
days, an official bulletin Issued today
announced. The announcement fur
(her stated that the prince arid Ills
suite would leave shortly after mid
night for Hamilton, Maas., where he
Is to he the guest of Kamid Tucker
runn, Jr., prior to sailing from New
York on Saturday for England
*
t V V V ————
Debs and 1 r—**—1
n .« n [EDITORIAL
bee tee rres L
It is probable that sdme day we may see this headline in the newspapers.
There is of course, no reason why either Debs or Berger may not call to
see the president. Nor is there any reason why the presidnt should not
receive them graciously. From what we know of Debs and Berger they
are both gentlemen.
In such an event, however, It is a matter of very serious moment, who the
president might be. There would be a world of difference if the presi
dent were Mr. I.a Follette.
We cannot lose sight of the fact that Mr. La Follette owes his nomination,
owes the enthusiasm of his campaign, will owe whatever success he may
attain in the election, very largely to the closely knit, rigidly disciplined,
class conscious socialist party.
Eugene Debs said of La Follette at the convention, where the socialists
nominated the Wisconsin senator for president: "Though he is not a
socialist we need not blush or apologize to give our support to Robert
M. La Follette.”
Berger was even more enthusiastic upon the same occasion. He said: "La
Follette is a socialist in everything but name. He has not voted the
republican ticket since 1904.”
La Follette has not denied any of these “love taps.” He has gladly used
the socialist support. Should Debs and Berger call on La Follette as
president they would naturally expect the right to discuss with him
prospective cabinet appointments or other administration plans In which
the socialists would share.
We may he sure of one thing, should Debs and Berger call on President Cool
idgo he would not discuss with them any plans for their entry Into gov
vernment activities. Imagine if we can, the blow to industry, to all our
business activities if Debs or Berger were given a foothold at Washington.
Again let us call to mind, out here in Nebraska, that we are at the dawn
of a new prosperity.
McMullen Tells of
Farmers Road Need
Good Roads for Tourists Sec
ondary; Paved Roads to
Markets Are a Necessity.
By P. C. POWELL.
Staff Corr-iponclrnt The Otnnlia Bee.
Hastings, Xeb., Oct. 23.—Adam Mc
Mullen, republican candidat* for gov
ernor, stressed importance of pri
marily building good road* that lead
from the farm to the market, in his
addresses today. Tourist toads, ac
cording to Mr. McMullen, are Im
portant, but should be considered as
of secondary importance to the farrn
to-market roads.
During the day he spoke at 10
towns, Crete, Dorchester. Friend,
Kainuount, Exeter. Grafton, Button,
Clay Center, Harvard and Hastings.
At Exeter, Mr. McMullen was
joined by George A. Williams, candi
date for lientouant governor, and J
D. Parrlot of West Virginia, who Is
to speak with Mr. McMullen at a re
publican rally here tonight.
Senator R. B. Howell was scheduled
to rejoin the McMullen party at Fair
mount. Because of illness, which has
confined the senator to his bed, ho
will be obliged to discontinue his
strenuous campaigning for a time.
W. E. Andrews, candidate for con
gress in the Fifth district. Joined
Mr. McMullen here.
Despite the fact that the morning
was chilly and made a street meet
ing uncomfortable, a large crowd was
at Crete waiting to hear Mr. McMul
len when he arrived at 9 this morn
ing. Those in charge of the Crete
meeting were Thomas Dredla. county
chairman; Mayor T- J. Kobes, Anton
Dredla, Henry Jhlnek. Adolf Bobae.
State Senator Meeeham, Edgar Ros
slter, candidate for the lower house;
Adolf (lerner. Rev. Mr. Cressman.
Police Judge E. E. Eckert, Herman
X'ave, ('. E. Bender, R. R. Hastings.
At Dorchester. W. R. Stewart and
C. W. Crane were in charge of the
meeting. Harry Hannis, George Win
ters and Richard Wood* nfflcated at
Friend. At Falrmount. Georg* W
Porter, Lewis Frazier, Donald Frazier
and T. M. Wright were in charge.
C. C. Smith managed the Exeter meet
ing. At Button. N. G. Bender and
Mrs. A. VV. Clarke were In charge.
The Grafton meeting was under the
direction of Mrs. C. A. Hhoff and D
C. S. Hubbard. H. J. Platz and Mar
tin CheHtMIY were in charge of the
speakers at Clay Center. At Harvard,
J. \V. James. Philip Yager and P. Mc
Intosh of Hastings met the candi
dates and escorted them ter Hastings
GRAIN EMBARGO
MAY BE PLACED
Minneapolis. Minn., Oct. 23.—An
embargo stopping every grain car
from moving into Minneapolis or Du
1 uth will have to be enacted within
10 days unless country shippers co
operate by bolding back their grain
shipments, said a bulletin issued to
day by the northwest regional ad
visory board.
With elevators here and at Duluth
already crowded with grain, heavy
shipments from the country continue,
and the elevators will reach their ca
pacity within in days if the ship
ments continue at their present rate,
the bulletin said.
No Inquest Planned.
Flood Wood, Minn.. Oct. 23. — Do
daring the tragedy a case of tnurdei
and suicide. Coroner J. K. MeComh
announced no Inquest would he held
Into the deaths of John Ollila, his wife
and 2 year-old daughter, and Louis
Mattson, a neighbor. Ollila shot his
wife, bnby and neighbor to death,
Hnd then Killed himself.
Expulsion Dropped.
Mexico City, Oct. 23. The expulsion
order recently Issued against eight
French and Spanish business men ot
1‘uehln City because of their refusal
to pay the Income and corporation
profits tax will not be carried Into
effect, the secretary of foreign affairs
is quoted as saying.
Scheurmann Trial
Date Is Unsettled!
Mine** of Judge Prevents Ap
portioning of Cases of Fall
Term Calendar.
Special Hl.pat. h to The Omaha lice.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 23.—The trial
of Rdward Scheurmann, wealthy ]>e
Witt farmer, charged with murder
in the first degree, has been indefi
nitely postponed because of the Ill
ness of Judge Colby.
Scheurmann Is being held without
bonds. He has admitted that he shot
and killed George Reinmiller, DeWitt.
and gave as his excuse the fact that
he believed Relnmiller had been at
tempting to wreck the Scheurmann
home.
RelnmiHer’s mother and sister were
called to the stand during Scheur
mann's preliminary hearing to testify
on behalf of the accused man They
told of correspondence which they
had seen from Mrs. Scheurmann to
Relnmiller.
Should Judge Colby he too ill to
sit on the bench during this term of
court, Judge Raper of Pawnee City
may be called to take his place.
The date for the Scheurmann trial
will be set within the next week, it
is believed.
BAD POWDER NOT
CAUSE OF BLAST
Waahington, Oct. 23.—Examination
of fho Inspection reports of the
cruiser Trenton render untenable the
theory that deteriorated power may
have caused the explosion on board
which has resulted in 14 deaths. Sec
retary Wilbur announced today. He
added that the departmental files
failed to show a single accident from
''bad'* powder during the last 15
years, or since 1909 when the navy
obtained a method of stabilizing all
service explosive*.
While the ordinance bureau has a
definite theory of the cause of the
catastropee the secretary said It
would not be divulged or commented
upon while the court of Inquiry is
sitting In the case.
KNIFE REMOVES
SURPLUS WEIGHT
Chirncn, Oct. 23.—An operation on
Miss Truly Hhattuck. 66, vaudeville
comedienne and musical comedy star
of 20 years ago, has reduced her
weight from 192 to 123 pounds amt
narrowed a 52-inch waist line to 34.
according to surgeons of n hospital
here.
Superfluous fat. weighing 69
pounds, was removed, they said.
Cora Cola Denies It
Owes Income Taxes
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 23.—The t'oea
Cola Company of Georgia has filed
an answer to the suit instituted
against it by the government federal
court, in which the commissioner of
internal revenue seek* to collect
$8,833,489.82 additional income and
oxers* profith taxes and penalty al
leged due the government under the
company'll 1919 tax return. The an
swer contend* the taxes and penalty
assessed were illegal and that no
sums whatever are duo the govern
ment by the Georgia corporation.
Senator Will Broadcast.
Indianapolis, lnd . Oct. 23 I’nitml
States Senator Samuel M Balaton
will speak over the radio from Station
WBtlZ here tomorrow night in sup
port of the candidacy of John W
Mavis, democratic presidential noml
nee. lie probably will speak shortly
before 8 p. m.
Lawyer Speaks at Norfolk.
IMspateh to Tl»e Omulm Her.
Norfolk. Neli., Oct. 23 M. K. lint
rington, lawyer of O’Neill, addressed
a large crowd in the Auditorium
theater here tonight. Mr. liarring
ton spoke on behalf of the presiden
tial candidacy of Hobart M La l*'ul
lett*
m
Changes in
Guaranty
Law Sought
Bankers, in Convention Here,
.Seek Creation of Non
Politieal Secretary of
State Department.
Officers for 1925 Named
Harold H. McLucas. vice iiresident
of the Harbine bank of Fairbury.
Neb., was elected president of the
Nebraska Rankers’ association at the
close of the two-day annual convert
tlon in Hotel Fontenelle, Thursday
afternoon.
C. A. Smith of Tflden was elected
chairman of the executive council;
John S. McGurk of the State bank of
Omaha, treasurer, and William B.
Hughes of Omaha was re-elected sec
retary.
Six new members of the executive
council were elected for three-year
terms, as follows: District 4, A. K.
Thompson of Hastings: District 7.
Frank Abegg of Alliance; Lincoln, E.
If. Warner; Omaha, J. B. Warner:
delegates at-large, .1. C. Flannigan of
Stuart and W. R. Martin of Stratton.
Seeks Change In Law.
Tn resolutions the association de
clares itself in favor of the following
amendments to the guaranty fund
pommisflrin law of Nebraska he of
fered to the 1925 session of the Ne
braska legislature:
That the bureau of banking be separ
0 *eci from the Department of Trad* and
Commerce and that h department of
banking shall tie created to include only
the administration of banka, trust c«»m
nanl**. building amt loan associations and !
Investment romrun m doing business un
der th* laws of Nebraska
That the appointment of a secretary of
?h»= department nf banking shall be com
pulsory and that the secretary nf the ;
department of banking shall be ap- I
poi«tr.t from a list of cpinlified banker* 1
nomlnnte<l bv the guaranty fund com
mission and from which list (,f nominee*
the irovernor shall tnak® his selection to
'he end that the administration of the
hanking laws cf Nebraska mav he re
moved from politics and from all politl
«al considerations and to 'h*> further erd
fhat the secretary of hank'ng mav enjov
* loneer tenure nf office independent of
tb’ 'hances of administration.
That the funds derived from examine,
'ion fees ch*rge<{ for the examination of
hanks trust componi** building and loan
naso latinos and installment investment
■•ompanlos 1* Placed in a separate fund
for the apeHfle purpose of na'inr all
reref. TV expenses for the efficient opera
'lon of banking department and to
n rease th* efficient supervision of bank*
mo, <■* the ttirlsdfction nf the department
rjnd that any unexpected balances In aurh
• und mav b* r*«pproprinled for *ach suc
ceeding Mennium for the use and benefit
r*r * c t'ankinv department.
That at ‘ uch lime as the guaranty
[un7 corumis-lnn shall take chwrre of *
hank provision may be made for de*er
minlnar the amount of double liability of
the stockholders and that the serreta-v
nf ;ne derartment of banking may certify
Tf U*bi!i»v immediately thereon and
na upon the issuance nf such rertlficste
rhSil opera** at a lien upon all the
?,o°'vh,YH ho,h /*"' an’1 nbr*c-»l Of th*
.YC," r,f "Uch-benk tn tf,* »,.,r,t
■P"*r?ld rMr'r’lv* doubl* ItabMltx thereby
- iTh,n' ’,ht, r’1,r",”v *«"■* I*™ b. amend
It to define ep*r|f1r«|lv th* rhererter
od nature of all deposit* protected by
'* guaranty fund law and converrely the
■reTn^r/rK * nf ",,rh as
fund Uw h<> protection of the guaranty
race 1 ear With Optimum.
Increasing prosperity in Nebraska
brought forth the following resolu
:!nn:
Resolved. That the bankers of Ne
convention ....mbled, deelre
the ™IS7e rUr srettfiratlon h.csuee of
he manifest .n<l vert fti.cernebl. Im
nrovem.nt tn the financial. trldu.trlTl
•'*.,*, "S’ «*r1,»ul‘«r»| condtttoni of
attslne.1 tn the last rear
rrnu'’ "f ,h* •'♦role and auc
vV ""i'1' hy the hanker, of
VsrOvknr . 'he financial t„.
‘■rlty of our ronmniurMUh wrii rtv#r
r"'ra' *"■' "Meijr*;* .sse
n.t Lh. „ b»a nrevatie.) in recent ye.re.
net note fun. the coming veer with
a *,h*”,,r*se «n,| the full confidence .hat
hnn,h weathered -h. .torm and th£t
,r.»7:.n„r,Kni *«" °n
• *n.i no pl#l<?# o«r joys] Ktinport to
mMiUPp* and #fforf« unrt#rtak#n hv
r”nJaVlnm>Uf»V ether or’
nwsUfiM for the further development
tou^cea ;?%"«. ,ml
Kstnblishment of a credit bureau,
tn be operated under the supervision
rtf the association, to prevent exces
slve borrowing by the same individual
from various hanks in the same ter
rltnry and "ttyts Increasing the Hahil
itv of the borrower without knowledge
of the hanks directly Interested," Is
considered in another resolution, and
In still another one the McFadden
Popper bill is advocated as a means
of preventing "branch banking " A
closing resolution urge, that recelv
ct-s of failed hanks be centralized in
one receiver, appointed by the guaran
ty fund commission and acting tinder
lis supervision.
Convention Concluded.
ileorge H. Wood, cashier of the
Home State l,ank of Ixtulsville. Neh.,
gave tite bankers a startling exhibl
Hon of rapid calculation during the
final afternoon session, In a talk and
demonstration entitled, "Thinking In
Figures " He Insisted that the teach
ing of arithmetic, a suhject which
causes children much worry, could be
greatly simplified by certsln logical
short cuts, and demonstrated with
practical problems just how these
short cuts work.
A theater party and another In
formal dance at Hotel Fontenelle
Thursday night officially closed the
program of the convention, which, In
he opinion of Secretary Hughes, was
I he most successful ever held Tite
registration tnlnie-l nearly 1 ."00
fwo Trainmen injured
in Texas Collision
Tl.istland. Tex.. Oct. :3.~Two train |
nn n wero Injured thia afternoon when
'wo Texas & Par If lo freight train*
art In a hendon collision in the rail
oiul yard* here. Kngineer Moore of
Fort Worth, of a westbound train,
not Firtomnn I'unnittghatn of an east
'otmd freight, were setlmMy Injured,
lie former probably fatally A large
number of < at tie on the eaal bound
lain were killed
1
Youth Lost for 18
Years, Finds
Mother
Taylorville. III.. Oct. 23.—After
being lost 18 years. Leon Humphrey,
20. found his mother, Mrs. Charles
Collins, here today. When Humphrey
was a child he was kidnaped by a
man thought to be his father, and
was deserted in California.
He spent several years in the army
and was assisted by the Red Cross ip
finding his parent.
Boy, 12, Tightens
Net Drawn About
Robbery Suspect
Tells Police He Saw Pri soner
Near Scene of Little Sioux
Holdup; Hearing
Next Week.
Another link in the chain of evi
dence connecting Harry H. Ray
mond, alias Pat Carroll, notorious
Kansas bank robber, with the rob
bery Tuesday of the Little Sioux
(la.) hank, was forged Tuesday after
noon when Wayne Boyer. 12, living
on a farm two miles east of Bart
lett, la Identified Raymond as one
of two men he had seen walking
past his Liome Tuesday evening.
The boy told Council Bluffs au
thorities that Raymond's companion
had been carrying a small hand grip
when be sww them. Rartlett is a
short distance from Tabor, la.,
where the bandits' wrecked car was
discovered.
A detailed check of the loss in the
holdup, announced Thursday 'after
noon by bank officials, revealed that
the the bandits had made away with
$2,834.95 in cash, $900 in unregis
tered Liberty bonds, and an tin
known quantity of registered bond" I
Of this amount. $1,142.12 was found;
in the sack which lay beside the1
wrecked car. Carroll had $274 on
his person when he was arrested at
Pacific Junction.
Raymond's preliminary hearing
will probably be held at Logan, la .
next Wednesday.
Raymond was positively identified
Thursday morning as Put Carroll,
owner of a half dozen aliases, notori
ous Kansas bank robber with a crim
inal record beginning in 1994.
HI Yackey, state agent, declared
that Raymond Is wanted for par
ticipation in robberies of the Lone
Rock (la) hank on July 8. and
the Halt (la.) bank on August
5. The bandits who robbed the Lone
Rock hank obtained $1,180 lit cash
and $15,000 in bonds. In the robbery
of the Galt hank they obtained $870
In cash.
still inner .ion*.
Vackey believes Raymond may I
have been connected with still other
Iowa bank robberies. The record of |
Raymond's, or Carroll s, activities fills !
several typewritten paces, according
to information from the Kansas City
authorities.
The record begins in 1904, when be I
was arrested in Salt Lake City and:
sentenced to three years in the pen!-|
tenttnrv for burglary. Since then ho
has been In jails or penitentiaries al
most half of the time.
High lights in the record are: Ar
rested in Lincoln. Neb., 1909. for
counterfeiting. and sentenced to!
three years and six months in Leav ;
enworth federal prison, arrested in St,
Louis In July, 1916. as a safe blowing
suspect: arrested later in 1916 at St.
Joseph, Mo., and sentenced to six
months in jail for counterfeiting; ar
rested in Kansas City. April. 1917. and
forfeited 33,000 Inmd on a safe blow
ing charge: arrested in I>es Moines in
January, 1918. for auto theft, and re
turned to Kansas City for trial on the
safe blowing charge; sentenced in
Kansas City in July, 1918, to two
years in the penitentiary for grand
larceny.
I sed .Many Names.
Among the aliases which Rajmond
has used, according to Kansas City
records, are lleiirv P. Carroll. Pat
Larroll. Henry Comstock. Thomas
O'Brien and Frank Calvert.
Pictures of the known associates
of Raymond are on their way to
Council Bluffs authorities from Kan
sas City, and are exiiooted to aid in
establishing the identity of the men
supposed to have assisted him in the
Little Sioux robbery.
Seeks BrandegecV Place.
Plainfield, Conn Oct. 23 -Mrs
Helens Hill Weed, daughter of the
late Congressman K. .1. Hill of Nor
W'Alk. Conn., in addressing mill work
ers in behalf of the l„i Follettr
Wheeler ticket, announced she expect
ed to be an independent candidate
for 1 nlted Htatse senator to succeed
the lnte Frank B. Rrandegee.
Vi ife Charges Desertion.
Beatrice. Oct. .'3 Mrs Man 13,'ll
Drkke of this city has filed suit for dl
vorce In the district court fsotn Wil
hum Drake She charges him with
desertion. They were married at
Marysville, Kan . In IMS. and have
one child.
-----
s ,
►'or :t Ilnur* rad til* t r m iVlohei .
l'r*.-u>o«Hon In. h*. end hundredth* •
tnt*l. n o, uw*t *inr« J*nuerv t nt
leflclenc), 1 H 1
llmirt> Trmiwrnturr*.
« * »>. (... . „.. .
' U - ,u . 4 S 3 |i. m . . . - i i
' » •" - * t I p ro cl
» • >•> IS S l* in i, I ►
IS » 111 IT «• p m 1-1
11 » m I I turn
IS ooou . »« I p m.
•
Disorder
Rules and
Lead Flies
Business Suspended as Mer
chants and "Red"’ Labor
ers Rattle in Streets;
Pekin Taken Quietly.
Entire Situation New
It.' AsMH’latnl I’reM.
Defection of General Keng Yu-Hsi
ang, trusted lieutenant of Wu Pei-Ku,
changed the entire Chinese situation
Thursday.
Authentic reports showed that
General Keng with part of the army
under his command had taken charge
of Pek n, cut all telephone and tele
graph wires, and destroyed train serv
ice.
Chinese reports asserted he had
demanded abdication of President
Tsao-Kun. who recently made Wu
I'ei-Ku commander-in-chief of all of
Cuba's national armies, and that he
had insisted that the present w-arfare
against Ching Tso-Un, military d.c
' r of Manchuria, should cease.
Reports failed to show whether
Feng was acting in league with Man
churia or independently.
"u Pel-Ku last was reported di
ie t;ng the fighting from a |g>int near
Shanliuikwan, where a battle expet t
ed to prove decisive was being
fought.
Feng Y’u Hsiang is known a« “the
t hristian general." His recent de
parture from Pekin when his army
went forth to meet the Manchurians
vus signalized with whoJeeale baptism
of all of his men and asking of a
■ c-sing on the now weapons which
had just be*-n distributed to them.
By* Akhorlalrd Pre*«.
Pekin. Oct. 23.— A brigade of Keng
Yu bangs eleventh division quietly
and unexpectedly entered and occu
pied Pekin last night and this niorr.
• ng completely controls the capital.
Ail communication* are rut. the
city gates are shut and proclamation.*
are posted saying:
. ieng Yu Kang doesn't want 10
make war which is ruining the coun
try’ and causing the loss of many
lit es. Feng has called a conferenc
between the government and the
other side with a view of stopping th
war. He is bringing his troops back
to Pekin for garrison duty and asks
the people that order be preserved.
Foreigners will be protected.
Keng Yu Sang. “October 23."
The city is quiet and peaceful.
Bt Amwih^ pmi.
Carrtwt. Oct. 23-Three hundred
looters shot, citizens fleeing from a
city of turmoil and disorder, all banks
tnd business houses closed and troops
s'-ill In control of the busiest center of
the city—this was the scene Canton
presented today in the wake of dis
turbances which began when members
of the merchants volunteer corps, the
fascist! of China, battled in the street*
here with the so-called red army cf
Chinese laborers.
The troops were on duty today de
-!dte an order Issued which terminated
niurtial law. Mayor U Fuk-Lum ten
lered hts resignation yesterday. Hi*
likely successor Is Fu Ping Shuer.g.
• graduate of Hong Kong uniter*!'- .
I- u was formerly superintendent of
customs at Canton.
i’r Sun Yet-Sen, who was in con
trol of the government of South China
tround Canton, has fled to Shlukwar.
eating ben. Yang Hsi-Min, oomruand
0i-in-chlef of the Yunnanese forces, as
the chief contestant for control of
Canton. General Yang has I.Wti
ii-oop* under his command here.
1.1 h uk-l.um. the retiring mayor and
controller of Honan province, has 2.0<H>
Cantonese troops available for sen
ce. and Gen. I.i Chai Sara of the
Kwsngsl forces has
Considerable alann is felt in bust
ness and administrative circles here
ttting to the threat of the troops m
ieizc the Canton customs house.
FIREMAN KILLED
AS WALL FALLS
Richmond, Ind. Oct. 23 — William
Kinney, fireman, was killed, and
lames Marshall injured seriously
then the west wall of ljndley hall
'f Karl ham college collapsed In a
fire early today. The hnll was at
Itroyed.
Students aided firemen in sating
ollege records and other tahisble
troperty.
The damage was 5125,MO,
Nfw Rail Merger.
Washington. tVt. 23 — AcquImTitu
In- Morgan's Louisiana * Texas Ral
road company of control cf tlio Frank
iln a 'bbet ills Railway* mutant b
purchase of its capital ilcck, w««
tuthorired bt the Interstate Com
tierce Coniintsw -*n n-.e Morgan s
Louisiana A Texas Railroad and
steamship company is * subsidiary- cf
be Southern Pacific company
^ • K. D. Stoke* Improves.
Haltimoie. i*ct ;s Physiciaiis at
"bus Hopkins hospital today* rrt>ori
d the condition of \t i; it stoke*
t'-tt York milhonaire, as satisfactory
oPowing ills entering Marburg war-1
e a lament Ki tends in New York
aid Stokes had shown symptoms of
nervous breakdow n sn«J thst he had
ome hers apparently for a re*
i