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. .““i The Omaha Morning L>ee tz^zz • Mange in temperature. ' fair and courteous he all words which . .. . .from that presence win.—Edwin CITY EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 122. OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1924. * TWO CENTS10 ---1 Record V ote Foreseen in State Today | Fair Weather, Predieted Throughout Nebraska Ex pected to Bring Rush to Polls. Booths Open From 8 to 8 With fair weather predicted for to day and roads in the country in ex cellent shape a record vote is ex pected in Nebraska. Experienced ob f servers, keeping in mind the vigorous work of various nonpartisan organi zations to get out the vote, predict that Nebraska's total vote will Ire considerably in excess of 400,000. The vote in 1920, a record for the state due to the enfranchisement of women, totalled 384,623, or less than 100,000 more than in 1916, when 285,977 voted. In casting a record vole Omaha should he well in the van with a rec ord registration of 82,733. Polling places will be opened at 8 this morning and will close at 8 to night. Scattering returns for Ne braska should start to come in shortly after 8 except in the western part of the state, where the change in time will delay the result In Omaha an hour. Returns Around 6 Tonight. Returns from large eastern states should begin to pour into Omaha around 6. In New York the polls A elose at 6, or 5 central standard time. 9 Five is the closing hour in Illinois and 5:30 in Ohio. The Omaha voter, when ho goes Into his polling place, will he handed ' six ballots. One'carries the national. State and county candidates. The second lists the district, county and municipal judges. The third is a school board ballot. The fourth cgr rles the candidates for the metropoli tan utilities district hoard. The fifth Is the proposed amendment to the state constitution. And the sixth lists the two proposed Omaha bond issues, *• namely for the construction of a branch library and for the building of a river drive. To vote a straight ticket it is only necessary to make a cross within the party circle. Should the voter wish, however, to vote for several candi dates not members of the party, the majority of whose candidates he fa vors, he must not only cross the party circle at the top of the ballot hut also the candidates outside that party for whom he wishes to vote. Or, finally, he may cross every candidate whom he favors for election. Ballots All Distributed. Before dawn this morning trucks backed up to the Ilarney street side of the court house and loaded the J I,allot boxes and supplies and sped away, delivering them to the 161 poll ing places in the city before 8. Bal lots for the 14 country precincts were taken out yesterday. Men of the election commissioner’s office worked until late last night, apportioning the ballots to each pre cinct. Because of legislative candi dates there was some variation in the ballots going to the different pre cincts. County Clerk Dewey reported that neurly 700 men and women who must he out of the city on Tuesday voted through his office In the last few days. Great sighs of relief were to he heard in the office of Election Com missioner William D. McHugh, jr.. Monday afternoon. The great mass of names which had been stamped ‘•challenged" promised to dwindle. Challenges Diminish. McHugh, In accordance with the slate voting laws, Bent a group of "checkers" over the city and county (Turn to Pose Two. Column Two.t WORLD FLIERS ON TRIP DELAYED San Diego, Call. Nov. 3.—Generator trouble today delayed the starting of the flight to Dayton, O , by the six ’round the world army airmen com manded by Dieui. Lowell H. Smith, and the takeoff from Rockwell field W will not be made until tomorrow. If r an early start is obtained tomorrow, the flight will he to El Paso, it wus announced, but if a late start is made the night will he spent in Tucson, Arlz. We Have With Us Today M. Fart'li, Cleveland, O., Sales Engineer. Mr. Fnrch, who is associated with the W. 8. Tyler company of Cleve land, has charge of making estimates for elevators for tall buildings, in cluding installation and equipment surveys. ' As sales engineer he meets in eon » fr retire with various elevator com panics In advise ns to elevators need cri fop certain buildings. The present-day skyscrapers have made Ills work heavier than ever he fore, said Mr. Farch. He car lie to Omaha to meet In con J ferenca with the Otis Elevator com pony. Mr. Farch Is a native of Denmsik lie received his education In engl searing In foreign school*, b* said. r Dying Man Casts Last Vote for Coolidge Cedar Rapids, la.. Nov. ".—Ellis Cutting, believed hero to be the last survivor of tile immortal Eight Brigade, cast his last vote today. It was for Coolidge and Dawes. Mr. Cutting is dying from paralysis. Physicians said he probably would not lie here to learn whether his vote had helped elect the repub lican candidates, but he was happy having cast it. It was an absent voter's ballot, brought to his bed side. "I want to do my duty by my country," said the veteran who, in Ihe same spirit enlisted in the Eight Brigade more than 7(1 years ago to fight for England. McMullen Winds Up Campaign at Lincoln Meeting Torchlight Parade Precedes Republican Rally; (iandi* date Speaks at Wymore and Beatrice. By P. C. POWELL, Stuff Correspondent of The Omulia flee, Lincoln, Nov. 3.—Adam McMullen, republican candidate for governor, ended his campaign hero tonight with a mass meeting In the city audi torium, following two addresses In the afternoon at Wymore, his old home town, and Beatrice, his present home. Senator R. B. Howell. Attor ney General O. S. Spillman and A. N. Mathers of Gering were speakers at thojarily here tonight. Hundreds participated In a torch light parade on the streets at T to night, pfeceding the auditorium meet ing. Senator Howell, Attorney Gen era! Spillman. Harry E. Sackett, chairman of the republican state cen tral committee, and others who have been active In the campaign were In the parade. Three bands and two fife and drum corps furnished music in the parade and at the auditorium mass meeting. Attacks Bryan. In his speech at Wymore Mr. Mc Mullen displayed his first sign of temper. This because of a bitter, personal attack made by Governor Charles W. Bryan In Wymore Satur day night on State Representative Leonard Donsmore, 28, an ex-service man. The governor In his speech devoted at least 20 minutes In a per sonal attack on Densmore, who, when In the legislature, charged from the first that the governor's every move was petty politics and that he was abusing the good name of the state, falsely, merely to advance his own political cause. “Think of this spectacle of a candi date for vice president of the United States coming to Wymore on the Saturday night before election and indulging in a personal attack on an ex-service man who Is a candidate for the state legislature. It certainly must seem sickening to loyal demo crats to see their vice presidential candidate shelving the issues of the day three days before election and dealing in personalities against a young lawyer who is just starting out in life." Speaks at Bail Simps. The crowds at Wymore and. Bea trice were -large and enthuslalstlc. Mr. McMullen first spoke at the Bur lington shops In Wymore, where Ills brother, now dead, was formerly a mechanic. Then he spoke to 300 peo ple on a street corner at Wymore. Approximately 600 heard him speak on the street at Beatrice in the after noon. Dwight 1$. Dalhy, county chair man and fnrmerSypeaker of the lower house, presided. Huge posters were placed on the streets of Beatrice today reading: “Gage county is 100 per cent for Adam McMullen.’’ BROKER GIVEN 10-YEAR TERM Boston, Nov. 3.—George F. Red mond, head of the defunct brokerage house of G. F. Redmond & Co.. vAtf sentenced to 10 years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta by federal court today for using the mails to defraud In a partial payment stock purchase plan. He has been In jail for several months for contempt of court in falling to turn over $300,000 of the company's assets. Appeal was taken. Man s Mark Is Mrokcn in Automobile Accident Creighton, Neb., Nov. 3.—While walking on llio highway Ray Lynch of Sills place, was struck by an aut6 mobile and Ills back was broken. The driver of the car, which bore a South Dakota license number, drove on without stopping to assist the Injured man. Owens Held for Trial. IHspnlili to Tlif Omaha IW, Norfolk, Neh.f Nov. 3.—Hoy Owens, arraigned hero today on n Htatuatory < Inrge, wuh held to the distric t court for trial under *l,r»O0 hnnd*. He watt held In jail after failing to raise th*’ I Kind. Mallol Fraud Charged. Washington, Nov. 3.—Illegal use ol ballots for absentee voters tiy demo cratic party workers In Virginia was ehnrged by W. N. Doak, -epubllcan candidate fur the senate In that state. Midwejrin Fight Over Insurgents Electioit in Central States Cen s tcrs on Klan Issues and Battle Against Brook liart and Others. Dakota Contest Hot One B.v Associated Press, Chicago, Nov. 3.—Oratory, candi dates and campaign issues were al most lost sight of tonight in the rush of civic leaders and party workers to perfect last minute plans for get ting a record number of middlewest voters to the polls tomorrow. Citizens were urged from pulpit and rostrum to exercise their fran chise, and in Missouri the governor called upon the churches and fac tories to toll their bells and blow their whistles at 4 p. m. to remind those who had not yet voted that the polls w*re soon to close. The weather man also promised to help in bringing out the vote, pre dicting clear weather for almost the entire middlewest. Election eve in mid America was quiet, the major presidential candi dates, with one exception, resting through the day and evening. 'Gov ernor Charles W. Bryan, democratic nominee for vice president wrho clos ed a day of speech-making with his final address of the campaign at Clay Center, Neb., tonight, was at home to night. All Claim Victory. Charles G. Dawes, republican vice presidential nominee, was at home in Evanston, while Robert M. La Fol lette. Independent candidate for presi dent, was enjoying his first stay at home, in Madison, Wis., since lie an nounced his candidacy. Most of the oratory of the day was confined to aspirants of minor of fices, while claims of victory were heard from campaign managers on ail sides. Interest In the contests for con gressional places in the middlewest tomorrow will be centered about th* efforts of the independent group to Increase its strength in the house and senate. Regulars of both major parties have waged vigorous fights against such insurgents as Senator S. W. Brookhart of Iowa, and against the farmer-labor senator. Magnus Johnson of Minnesota. Voters of the second North Dakota district are to choose a representative to fill the vacancy left hy George Young, a re publican regular. The La Foliette Independent forces have concentrated their congressional fight in the state about this office. The result Is ex pected to have a direct bearing on the presidential race If the election Is thrown Into congress. Klan Issue Prominent. The Ku Klux Klan issue is more prominent than any other in the state races. In Kansas the guberna torial contest i« three cornered. Wil liam Allen White, the editor, having entered as an avowed opponent of the klan. Ho is running as an inde pendent. The democrats in the state today charged that two leading klans men had been expelled for refusing to support the republican candidates. Klan officials, however, denied this The klan also was an issue in the Indiana and Oklahoma campaigns, and to a lei >r extent in Illinois and other statec J. C. Walton, who was deposed as governor of Oklahoma after a dispute with the klan, is seek ing vindication by contesting for the United States senatorshlp as the democratic nominee. Texas votprs have the opportunity of voting for a woman for governor for the first time in the history of the state. Mrs. Miriam C. Ferguson, the democratic nominee, is seeking the office from which her husband was removed by action of the legis lature. Township Division Asked for Cedar Cpnnly Randolph, Neb., Nov. 3.—A peti tion, signed b yaihout 250 voters liv ing In the southwestern part of Cedar county and asking that the proposition for township organization for the county in place of the pres ent commission form of government lie submitted to the vote of the -peo aple Tuesday, has been filed with the county board of commissioners and accordingly the question will be placed on the ballot for decision Those who are opposed to the pro position claim that the difficulty arises from the occupant of the com mltfaionernhip rather than from the system. 12 Killed in Train Wreck Near Liverpool Liverpool, Nov. 3.—Twelve persons were killed and many Injured when the Liverpool Express to Blackpool was wrecked this evening near Ly tham. Several prominent Lancashire businessmen were smong the casual ties. Fire Destroys I5uildin<r. Coleridge. Neb.', Nov. 3.—When Henry Dicks left Ills Img house s few minutes where he was boiling some plno tar, the building caught fire and was destroyed. Fifteen hogc were burned to death anil svral nthrs wr badly Injurd. It Is thought that an xploslon scattered burning tar about the building, causing the III* | --—— District Attorney’s Office Scores Victory in Every October Case Of 33 Accused of Crime 27 Plead Guilty and Con viction Secured on Remaining Six; Only One Murder Case. Victory has marked the efforts of the county attorney's office in every criminal case on the docket which has come to trial since the opening of the fall term of court, October 6. There have been 3 3persons ac cused of some crime who have faced a judge during these first 30 days of the court term. Of this number 27 have entered pleas of guilty rather than face a Jury, five have stood trial and have been con victed by a jury and one has been found guilty after a court hearing at which no jury was present. The docket, so far, has not been exceptionally heavy. ft has In cluded the usual run of criminal rases which come up every term of court. Those who have been found guilty after a trial by jury are: Charles N. Bowden, accused of stealing and receiving a stolen automobile; Joseph Stephens, charged with breaking and enter ing; Thomas Flynn, charged with robbery; William Fitzsimmons, nonpayment of alimony; Lloyd Churchill, attempting to steal an automobile. Andrew T. Reed, charged with violation of his parole, was iteard before a court and found guilty. There was no jury called in tho case. Uf the charges to which pleas of guilty were entered those of robbery led in number with nine. Breaking and entering was next with five. Forgery was third with four. Lar ceny from the person and illegal use of a still, mash and liquor each had three. Failure to support wife had one victim and carrying con cealed weapons another. Clyde Finnan was the only person charged with murder. He entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree, although the complaint against him charged murder in the first degree. Under tho laws of Nebraska a person may not plead guilty to first degree murder. Coolidge Gets Favorable News Callers Give President Excel lent Reports From Various States. Washington. Nov. 3.—The last day of the campaign passed quietly for President Coolidge. who spent today at his desk, attending to routine busi ness and receiving callers. Most optimistic reports on the poli tical situation were given the presi dent by three of his cabinet officers who dropped In at the White House at different times. Other messages nlso received during the day, leading C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to Cool idge, to speak most confidently of the outcome tomorrow. Secretary Hughes, who returned to day from a tour into New York, re ported conditions there “most en couraging." Secretary Davis brought a similar message on his return from a long trip Into' the mlddiewest. Sec retary Wilbur told the president late reports to him from California indi cated a plurality there of the election of the national ticket, of 100,000 to 150,000 votes. Coolidge, during the day completed preparation of the radio address for delivery to the public tonight and late in the day took a loi^g walk about the city. Most of the cabinet offi cers had left the city tonight to re turn to their homes for the purpose of voting. No particular plans have been made by President and Mrs. Coolidge for receiving-election returns. They expect to have with them tomorrow night Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston. There is a radio set in the White House and returns also will be received In the executive of fice by telegraph. French Deputies Will Reconvene Socialists Determined to Force Part of Their Program at Next Session. By Associated Frias. Paris, Nov. 3.—The French parlia ment will reconvene tomorrow with the socialist party on record as de termlned to make Premier Herrlot execute part of the socialistic pro gram as the price of the socialists’ support. Without this support the government will be unable to remain in power. Parliament’s most Important work will be the discussion of the 1925 bud get. The prime minister and Finance Minister Clementel Intend to have the chamber examine the various expen ditures and Immediately send them to the senate when the lower house has voted them, instead of waiting until the entire applications bill is approved by the end of the year. In this way they hope to avoid, If pos sible, having to vote provisional monthly credits, as haa frequently been necessary heretofore. Suppression of the French embassy at the Vatican, resumption of diplo matic relations with soviet Russia, duration of military service, the stat us of religious orders, the high cost of living and the salaries of function aides are other questions which par llament will be called upon to discuss. About 30 deputies have served no tice upon the government of their In tention to interpellate it upon meas ures enacted since it assumed power last June. Most of the interpellations deal with international policies, ex cept the de Jure recognition accord ed the soviet government. When You are Alone In the Voting Booth I Remember We are at the Dawn of a New Prosperity in Nebraska Here Are Figures That Tell the Story 1924 1923 Pet. of Saving* Dcpo.it* and Account*— Incrratc Dcpo.it., fifty-.ix hank*.$107,853,525 $104,163,189 3.5 Account*, fifty-ono hank*. 341,214 325,060 5.0 Grain Receipt*, Four Market*— Wheat, bushel*. 21.207,950 10,639,550 99.3 Corn, bu.hel* . 3,871,600 2,591,250 49.4 Flour Production, Southwestern Mill*— Barrel* . 2,460,136 2,006,979 22.6 Live Stock Receipt., Six Market*— Cattle. 801,498 710.557 12.8 Calve*. 159,506 t21,653 31.1 Sheep. 1,193,538 970,689 23 0 Hor.e. and Mule*. 16,931 14,040 20.6 Crude Oil Production, l ive State*— Barrel* . 22,148,000 17,583,000 26.0 Building, Eighteen Cities— Number permit* .3,520 3,035 16.0 E.timated valu..$ 10,228,799 $ 8,064,589 26.8 (From the Monthly Review of the Federal Ke.erve Rank of Kan. Oily —Omaha Ol.trietl Y<>te Tomorrow—Vote to Keep Business On the Up Grade 11 Die When Train Hits Motor Bus Many More Injured at New port News as Flyer De molishes Vehicle Upon Blind Crossing. Woman, Baby on Pilot Newport News, Va., Nov. 3.—Elev en persons were killed and a number of others seriously injured this after noon when a bus was struck by a fast Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train at *Eees Crossing near Hampton, Va. Those who escaped death in the bus were so badly Injured that they were unable to give details of the accident. The scene n£ the wreck was known as a ‘‘blind" crossing" and several collisions have occurred there. The injured were taken to hospitals in Newport News and Hampton. The bus was completely demolished and the dead and injured were strewn along the track for several hundred yards. The dead Include Gilbert Insley, I* Firth and his young sons. Others are unidentified. Mrs. William Dixon, and a small baby are among the Injured. She was found on the pilot of the engine when the train was stopped. In her arms was clasped the baby, while alongside lay a man who had been killed. MRS. HARDING IS STILL SUFFERING: By Associated Press. Marion, O., Nov. 3.—The condition of Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, wife of the former president, who has been ill at the home of Dr. Carl W. Saw yer here for the last several weeks, was reported unchanged tonight. Mrs. Harding Is suffering from kidney trouble, according to Dr. Sawyer's diagnosis. Weakened with grief at the death of her husband, Mrs. Harding suffer ed a second shock with the death a few weeks ago of Dr. Charles K. Saw yer, personal physician to the late president and long a friend of the family. The president's widow Is being at tended by Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, son of the late Dr. C. E. Sawyer. POLITICS IN KLAN DENIED BY LEADER Wichita, Kan., Nov. 3.—Charles H. McBrayer, grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan realm of Kansas, in a longdistance telephone conversation from his home at Kiowa to the Asso ciated Press today branded as "abso lutely false" the alleged tatement by Fred Robertson, democratic state chairman, that two members of the klan were suspended from the organ ization for supporting democratic can didates In the November election. McBrayer said they were suspended "because they were stirring up strife and disturbance within the klan, and not because they were supporting any certain candidates. LINCOLN MAN HANGS HIMSELF Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.—The body of Phillip Bricka, 30, an employe of a printing company, was found hanging by the neck from a pnpor cutter In the prlntlhg plant here this morning. The county coroner declared that Bricka .was a suicide. A small rope used to tie bundles of paper had been used by Bricka to hang himself. No note was left to show cause for the tct. FATHER OF THREE ELECTROCUTED Maryville, Mo., Nov. 2.—Clifford Summers, 24. soh of Mrs. R. C Bohart, Maryville, was electrocuted while working at tho fair grounds at Maitland. The young man was un reeling some wire at the time and a Rliort circuit threw 6,000 volts through the coll. Surviving him are his widow and three children beside his mother. Sea (lulls \tcrl Damage liy Mating (irassltoppcrs Bridgeport. Nov. 2—Two hundred r< a gulls that have tiecn living on | the bikes and streams on the golf! course south of hero have been feed ing upon grasshoppers nil reason, and there has been no crop damage on account of hoppers tn that section this year. Farms In every other direc tion from town have been damaged to tho extent of hundred* of dollars because of the enormous number of hoppers. -- I < iliicf < iH'iniM of (ia' Plant \Im» Pationt New York. N»»v. ” I>r Matthew Mann, chief cjminisl at t lie Itav \Ya> i\ .1 ) plant of the Standard oil c »m piliv of New Jersey, is a patient in Reconstruction hospital, where four employe* of the research laboratory died and .11 are tinder treatment for tetraethyl poisoning:. A fifth v let tin of the gnsoiina compound died In KlUnbotb, X^. J, f—-— Woman 98 Years of Age to Vote for Coolidge West Bojlston. Mass.. Not. 3.— Mrs. Emily \f. Parker, who was 98 September 14, is in receipt of the f cl lowing letter from President Cool idge: “White House, October 31, 1934. “My Dear Mrs. Parker: “One of my friends in West Boylston has been good enough to send me a newspaper dipping tell ing the story of your registration and of your l!te interest in public affairs. 1 am writing to congratu late you on your being able at your advanced age to continue your ac tivities and to express the hope that you may have many more years of eontinued interest. ((Signed) “CALVIN COOLIDGE.” Mrs. Parker will be taken to the polls tomorrow as she is anxious to cast her vote for President Coolidge. Davis Appeals Over Radio for American Ideals Democratic Candidate Closets His Campaign ^ ith Broad cast Speech; Puts Aside Party Lines. New' York, Nov. 3.—John TV. Davit closed his campaign tonight with an address over the radio, the first ever made by a presidential candidate on the eve of election day. The nominee spoke in the presence of the smallest audience and in the smallest room he has visited as a speaker during the campaign. Not more than 20 persons were present. Yet he was heard by numbers too great even for radio experts to esti ( mate. His words were sent out by a chain of broadcasting stations with an aggregate power to carry them to listeners-in of every state. It was his final effort to "present the issues that the people might pass Judgment on them." He spoke “not merely as a candidate appealing for your votes but as an American speak ing to Americans concerning matters that involve our common welfare and the. future of our beloved country." "Through this most miraculous of all modern inventions I am enabled tonight to give to the people of the United States a closing word con cerning the issues of this campaign and the duty that awaits them to morrow," Davis said. "I was to do so in no spirit of jmrtlsanship or self seeking: not merely ns a candidate appealing for your votes, but as Rn American speaking to Americans con cerning matters that involve our common welfare and the future of our beloved country. Whether I. who talk, and you. who listen, are of the same political faith, is a matter of secondary importance if we are all devoted to America and to Americ»n ideals, determined to seek what is right and pursue it and willing to think first of our country and only thereafter of ourselves. The rule we should all apply to every govern mental problem may be expressed in language which I borrow from an other: That which is right c»n harm j no man: that which is wrong can| profit no man: though all other lights! awing and circle, this is the pole star I by which we may safely steer.' CHURCHES MOVE FOR WORLD PEACE Washington. Nov. 3.—The gover nors of all states are being asked by the commission on international Jus tice and good will and the federal rouncil of churches to issue proclama tion on constructive measures for Justice and peace to be used on armis tice Sunday, November 9, in the churches and synagogues of their re spective states. This request is part of the mobilisation plans of the churches for world Justice and world peace during armistice week. CHEMISTS WILL MEET ON TUESDAY The November meeting of the Omaha section of the American Chemical society will be held Tues day night at 8. In the chemistry lecture room of Creighton dental college. The paper of the evening will be presented by l>r. Victor K. T.evinc of Creighton Medical college, on "gelen iutn. Its Remarkable Properties and U.-os." \\ oman Hank Teller Held l |i 1>\ Robbers Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 3.—Turn armed robbers held up Mrs. May Crowley, teller of the Hoy State hank at Hoy, Wash., this afternoon and otv tained I3.S00, according to report* re oeived by the sheriff's othoe her*. The Weather 1 K r I nr I V - ' S.rT * Ti . rmu>n In V fttut hur.ir*.!t t-* m»tur tetat nine* J iiuum l, .. 09 | .Idulemv. if Hourly b »» m.. .... 4** \ pm ft' t» *. m...,,,.. 4.’ J p. m..,,,,., *2 7 ft in..••*••• 4? S p m.,t* * ft. m.. 4< 4 p. in, f »• • t. m ....... M ft p. in . f.i l<> ft. m. ....... ft? * p m........ 4 \ M * m . ft * 7 p. m . ft • II u^n.. fttf Ip. in ..II Suspected Girl Leader to Be Freed Three Admit Robbing Stores in Nebraska and Iowa; “Cracked” Four Safes Here. '* Stand Trial at Glen wood A 19-year-old girl, a "bandit queen.” in the opinion of police, quietly await* her dismissal from jail today. Three of her companions are to leave shortly for Glenwood, la., where they will face trial on a burg lary charge. Two other companion* will probably be released with the "queen.” The "queen,” Cora Hansen, daugh-' ter of William Hansen, Council Bluffs contractor, was arrested Sunday afternoon. The reet of the "gang” were taken at the same time. When the six were first taken to the police station they stoutly main tained their innocence. Cora Hansen smileda t the officers who questioned her and inslstedtha ts he was merely "a friend of the boys,” and did not knowr anything of what they had done. The "boys” proved to be a little sullen and denied all knowledge of crimes recently committed in the state of Nebraska, but refused to tell where they had been during the last week. Break Down Lnder Grilling. Monday afternoon three of the sus pects broke down under questioning and admitted that they had robbed four stores In Nebraska and four safes In Omaha. The “queen,” when told of the ac tion ofh er "subjects," gasped and repeated her denials of any knowl edge of what had been done. Police say that sh* was the brains of the organization. She Insists that she wasnot. Harry Hack and James V. Grant. 1710 Capitol avenue, and Theodore Warner. 224 North Twenty-fourth street, the men who admitted the rob beries,imp licated the "queen” «nd the mother of Bva Houston, 14. ar rested with the rest Sunday. Eva. the confession stated, had nothing to do with the robberies, but her mother accompanied the men. The men, after a long grilling, confessed that they had taken a motor trip recently with Cora Han sen and Mrs. Houston. While on this trip they visited Auburn and Tecum seh, among other places, and broke into four stores, looted safes and cash registers and stoic a quantity of mer chandise, the confession says. Implicate Women. "Cora and Houston were with us and while we worked on the cracker boxes they stripped the store in search of pretty stuff. They wanted nice clothes and we got ’em for ’em.” the trio declare. The men also confessed to the rob bery of a store in Glenwood, la. Au thorities from that place were the first to get in touch with Omaha po lice and the men are held for them. Should they succeed In obtaining their rek. se at Glenwood they will face trial in one or more of the othe: places named in rjieir confession. Cora Hansen has been known to police for a long time. She firs', came into prominence when she was arrested for shoplifting. Later she was arrested several times for in vestigation and petit larceny. The arrest of the "gang” came Sun day after a landlady had overhead them talking of a "Job.” The Job in question, she said they declared had "not been touched since 1921.” Incriminatory Letters Found. In searching the room the police found letters addressed to the Han sen girl The letters referred to re cent robberies. They read "ha\ e heard of the cracker box jobs aji.i wish I were with you again.” The men were believed to be ths same who robbed a Lincoln bank re cently. Officials of the bank failed to identify them, however, Monday night. Other witnesses of the rob bery also failed to Identify them. TVspIte the fact that "queen" ar.d Mrs Houston are implicated in «h* jobberies by the confessions of th* three men. the police will not turn her over to the Iona authorities fo trial. They declare that, while they believe she planned and aided In the v execution of many of the robberte* them oase is not strong enough to warrant prosecution. .---—— Civil War Veteran Will Vote for i Bsstrkd. Nob . Nov J-%T. C t-ieteher. who < ;«t his fits: pres:dor till vote fir \braham I.tncnln, will Vote today for t'NIvin CooIMbs. war <Ua lares that he was a prtStlkW) in the Vstir: siuvtllo prison when hr fu st \ (Sited the (sails to veto for a presidential enndldatr He oame to ltoot nr* when that plaeo was but a small settlement sr.d has lived there continuously sines He b*s slwnvs voted *hs rspuKicw ticket.