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CITY EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 122. OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1924. * TWO CENTS10
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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.
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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
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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.
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< 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*.
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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.
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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.