WEATHER FORECAST /T^ x X FA X /I A T T A "\ / /A X TT1VT T) TT' THOUGHT FOB THE DAY j ^ 1 HE OMAHA A ORNING squander time, for that Is the stuff BL - - < _ life Is made of.—Benjamin Franklin. C1TY EP1TI0N VOL." 54—NO. 131._OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1924. *_TWO CENTS Marketing Problem of Parmer Now > president Discusses Our Agri cultural Question in Ilis First Address Since Election. 5ays Tribute t oWallace. Washington, Nov. 13.—President 'oolldge declared In an address to light before the annual meeting of le Association of Land Grant Col ^eges, that the government would ■fiEinit no effort to prevent a repetition Bp>f recent misfortunes involving agri ^^tulture, but asserted that the farmer ■■iso must readjust his i*. thods of ^fcroduction and marketing "until he Hcomes within sight of the new day." | It was the first public address Cool Bjdge has made since the election and ■ was devoted to a discussion of agri ■ culture, which is the principal sub I Ject before the college representatives ■ at their conference. The president I expects to outline his views of farm i ing conditions more extensively next ■ Monday In opening the conference I of the agriculture committee which ■ he recently appointed to formulate ■ recommendations for the permanent I Stabilization of the industry. The immediate problem, the presi I dent said In his address tonight, Is to I bridge over the difficulties resulting | from abnormal and war stimulated surpluses while, he added, preparation • must be made also for the time fast ((approaching, when "we are likely to ' be one of the greatest of the agricul ture buying nations.” Marketing rroblem. Tha hope lies, he declared, In or ganizations and methods which look to economies and efficiencies in producing and distributing. Meanwhile, the president urged that the educatore and farm leaders turn their attention to scientific marketing. The agriculture problem of today, he Insisted, le not on the side of produr tion, but on the side of distribution. Woo little thought has been given to this phase, he added. "Up to the present time,” Coolidg" Continued, "the main emphasis of our agricultural education has been plan ,1 j upon production. I believe that was right, because unless there is economy and efficiency In production there is no need for thought in any othei direction. But our experience of Hie last few years has demonstrated that It is by no means enough. The farm er is not only a producer, he is like wise a merchant. It does him no good to get quantity production. In fart, it may do him harm, unless ho rati like wise have scientific marketing. 1 want to see courses in co-operative marketing and farm economics along .ids of soil chemistry and animal hits * bandry. I want In see a good farmer on a good farm raise a good crop and secure a good price.” Deficit May Come. The farmers must face the problem of the future, coming possibly In a generation, Coolklge declared, when this nation will be preponderantly commercial ami industrial. ■ In a very few years,” lie said, •■the natural Increase of population ami the Inevitable tendency to In dustrialization will place lis among the nation! producing a deficit rather than a surplus of agricultural staples. We were fairly on the verge of that condition when the world war gave a temporary and artificial stimulation to agriculture which ulti ma te'j brought disastrous conse ' *,uem a*. Even today if In making up our balance sheet we Include our requirements of coffee, tea, sugar and wool we already have a consid erable deficit. It may not be gener ally known but even no"w we con sume more calories of food In this country than we produce. The main reason is that we do not raise near enough sugar. Our only agricultural exports of consequence nro cotton, meat products and wheat; and as to the two latter, It must be plain that the scales will shortly turn against pa. We shall lie not only an agrlcul (Turn to Fun Two, Column Seven.) * lVe Have With Us Today Traffer V. Walker, Attorney, Denison, la. . Mr. Walker is a brother of James Walker, assistant public defender, and Is here to try a case in district court. He was born In Polk, county, Nebras ka, where his father was a farmer. He was "grasshoppered out” twice, t'halled out” once and then the hot winds took a crop. So he decided it Was time to move. As a boy, Traffer worked with his brother, Jim, in the beet fields of Dodge county. In 1R'J4 tlie family e moved to Denison. The father, though poor, urged Ills tioya to get an education and they went to the University of luwn, earning their way by waiting on tallies. Ami ho on, through the law school as well, after which the firm of Walker & Walker, Attorneys and Counsellors, was opened >10 Denison. r A few years latef Jim went to Lin coln, Neb.,, and engaged in practice. Tt offer kept on In Denison where he sow has a Riming practice. CATTLE RAISERS SHIP TO OMAHA Sprrlnl HUpatcIi to The Omaha Bee. Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 13.—Owing to tbe recent bulge In lb* livestock mar ket range cattle are being rushed to Omaha in numbers that are unusual ly large for this time of year. The Chicago A Northwestern railroad has orders for about 200 cars to be loaded Friday and Saturday for Mon day's Omaha market. In addition to the rush from the grass country there Is about a nor mal movement of rorn fed cattle and hogs from the more eastern e.ountles. Butler Is Named Lodge Successor Chairman of Republican Na tional Committee Given Va cant Senate Seat. Boston, Nov. 13.—William M. But ler, lawyer, manufacturer and chair man of the republican national com mittee, today was appointed by Gov ernor Cox to succeed the late Henry Cabot Bodge as United States senator from Massachusetts. The governor. It was said, has as surance that Mr. Butler will accept. The appointment is for approxi mately two years, as the seat cannot he filled by election until the next general election In 1926. This is in accordance with a law enacted two years ago giving the governor author ity to appoint a successor to fill va cancies between elections. Term Ends in 1928. Senator Bodge's term would have expired In 1928 and the winner of the election two years hence will serve until that time. Mr. Butler will qualify at Washing ton In time to take his seat when con gress convenes on December 1. Mr. Butler, whose political activi ties had been suspended for several rears, was ready to taka the field this fall for the republican nomination for United States senator in opposition to David I. Walsh, democrat, but President Coolidge's wish that the manufacturer undertake direction of the republican national campaign brought him Into the larger field as chairman ef the national rommittre Instead. The success of the repub lican campaign was followed by a vacation intended to last two or three weeks, but Senator Bodge's grave Ill ness cut It short. Slated for Cabinet. It had been understood that Mr. Butler would have a place In the new cabinet of President Coolidge and that continued association with the presi dent In this connection was desired by him. but the senator's death changed the plans. The senator-designate, who prac ticed law- at New- Bedford for years and was elected to the house and senate, serving as president of the latter body over a period of six years before he came to this city in 1893, has been active principally as head of cotton manufacturing interests since that time. His interests also included power and railway com panies. ART DEALER SAYS STATUE IS FAKE lly Aikorlatfd Paris, Nov. 13.—The statue of the Apostle Hi. Paul, sold to the Metro politan museum of New York for $3,000 February 26, 1921, purporting to be the work of the famous Calian sculptor, Luca Della Robbia, is a fake, according to testimony given to day by Jean Vlgoroux, former New York manager for the late Joseph De motte, art dealer. Vlgoroux Is on trial charged by the Demotte estate with breach of trust. Vlgoroux also told the court that one head of Christ In stone, purport lng to date back to the 13th century, was sold to Hawley W. McLanahan of Philadelphia for $3,000. August Krause Returns From Trip Through West Ifartington, Nov, 13.—August Krause, who has the management of several farms and some city proper ties, lias returned to his home here after an extended visit and business trip to Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota. / Mr. Krause visited his daughter, Mrs. Bert Abzoft of Sheridan, Wyo., and devoted some time to Krause property Interests at various points in the west. He has the supervision of his own f irms in Nebraska and South Dakota and several farms and city properties owned by his brother, John Krause, and his nephews, J, A. Krause of Isis Angeles and Will Krause of Portland, Ore. Burlington Track Foreman Suffers Serious Injuries Bridgeport, Nov. 13.—Kd Slimm, foreman of the Burlington rip track here, Is in (ho Alliance hospital suf fering from peritonitis, which phy sicians fear will prove fatal. He was w;orking on a big Jack when It slipped and ho strained himself. An old rupture was torn open and tho ligaments inside Ills chest and groins were torn so badly that, complica tions occurred. He Is lying In a ' end conscious condition. Russians at Maehang. Washington, Nov. 33 Advices to the State department from 1’ekln re port tho presence of a battalion of Russian mercenaries, stationed at Maehang, among the 40,one Feng Tinn troops In tho neighborhood of Tien lain. Hill Plans to Appeal to Congress Solon Acquitted of Liquor Charge to Demand Change in V olstead Act as Result , of Verdict. Jury Wrestles 17 Hours. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13.—Represen tative John Philip Hill of Baltimore, who today was acquitted of charges of violations of the prohibition law, by a jury in the United States court, declared after the verdict, that the finding gave him an opportunity to go before congress and demand modi fication of the Volstead act, and the passage of his 2.75 per cent beer bill on ground that the Volstead act. in Its present forms, discriminates and is unfair. The indictment against Colonel Hill accused him of the illegal manu facture and possession of wine and cider and maintaining a nuisance in his home. The latter charge was dis missed at the direction qf Judge Morris A. Soper on the ground of in sufficient evidence. Beer Not Included, United States Attorney Amos W. W. Woodcock, who conducted the prosecution, refused to comment on the verdict and said the case was ended so far as he was concerned. Other officials of the district attor ney’s offices were reported as saying that Judge Soper's ruling on fruit juices did not apply to home brew, which is a product of malt and hops. That is still illegal, it w’as declared, if it contains more than one half of one per cent alcohol by volume. The Jury which took Colonel Hill's case yesterday afternoon, wrestled with it In the Jury room for 17 hours. The long battle, it was related hy one of the Jurors, was caused by two Jurors who held out for a verdict of guilty. One of them gave In at 1 a. m. and Joined the majority. All 11 then set to work to convince the one holding out. They cited Scripture to prove their point. The juror, however, declared that he could not countenance such a “flagrant vio lation of the law." Crowd la Pleased. The gray light of early morning was streaming through the windows over the tired Jurymen when the juror holding out finally surrendered and Joined with the others in sign lng the verdict, it was said. The decision was sealed and deliv ered to the court at the opening of the forenoon spsslon. The courtroom was Jammed with spectators snd in the corridor ther • were scores of men and women who were unable to get inside. The verdict, read by the clerk of the court, said: “The Jury finds the defendant not guilty of the matters In which he stands indicted." There was a murmur among the spectators which was quickly checked hy a bailiff. Colonel Hill was warm ly congratulated as he made his way out of the courtroom and In the corridor lie wus met by a vociferous throng with everybody trying to tell him at the same time how pleased they were with the verdict. RAILROAD MAY RUN TRUCK LINES Columbus, Neb., N'nv. 13.—That the Urns Is coming when freight suto truck lines on highways ns well as bus lines will be charged for the use of the public roads was the prediction made her* by Charles l,ane, Omaha, general freight agent for the Union Pacific railroad, who said that while the Union Pacific had not formed any definite plans for th« establishment of truck lines for short haul freight, the road was contemplating such no tion. Poultry Show at Aurora Highly Praised by Judge Aurora, Nov. 13.—Hamilton county poultry and pet stock show Is in progress In Aurora with 330 speci mens on display. Eighteen different breeds are shown. Exhibitors from York, Button, Hallam, Weeping Water, Clay Center, Shlckley, Hend erson, Fairmont, Hastings, Grand Is land and Dannehrog outside of Hamil ton county are showing their stock. Earl Smiley of Seward, the Judge, an nouneed that the showing In Hamil ton county cannot be exceeded by any of the county asanrlatlons. The exhibition is In charge of Gus P. Pederson, secretary and treasurer of the local association. Clint Bohst Is president and Merle Swanson, assls tant secretary. Columbus Makes Bill for Banket Ball Tournament Columbus, Nov. 18. -High arhool* of Nance, Platte, Colfax and Boom* (oilntleu have been Invited by the local achoolnien to hold their annual brisket ball tournament at Columbus in March, 1926. Forger Pleads Insanity. Miami, Fla., Nov. 13.—Lieut, \V. II I larkina, held here na a master forger wanted at Fort Worth, Salt Lake City and other place*, told the police ho will rely on the fact that h« war once confined In an a ay him at Ati new, Cal., to aerure hi* r*lea#»* on the criminal charge*. Hr* will volurt tarlly aubmlt to be taken back to r I * I -—— ■■ nu D 1_ 171 1- * H3N bioohit saia Baby Elephants asn aim oos ivoi J _ 1 , . —HOIS IH 31VJ.S S3N Parade m burbs Owner of Vaudeville Act Is Arrested Pending Repairs to Property Damaged by Three Runaway Beasts—Balky Motor Car Starts Trouble. Philadelphia, Nov. 13.—Three baby elephants, part of a vaudeville act at a local theater today scored such a smashing hit In private life that their owner, Don Darrah bt New York was held in 1300 ball pending repairs to certain parts of the northeast section of Phila delphia. The trio, confined at night in a garage, took offense early today at sounds from a balky motor car. They snapped their chains and sallied forth with the car owner leading the procession at a hot pace. Fragrant whiffs of breakfast be ing prepared by Mrs. Anna. Dam more in her kitchen halted the ele phant section of the parade and one of the trio uprooted the Dammore fence. Mr*. Dammore glanced out her window and then, with three young Dammores, sought the rooft The elephants, entered through the back door, taking it with them. "Babe," one of the runaways, burned his trunk on the stove, seized that article by its underpin ning and upset It. The other ele phants wrecked the ice box and splintered the furniture. "Babe" then headed an exodus from the Dammore home, Police meanwhile summoned Darrah, who returned his charges to the theater yard where they were fastened to heavy stakes. But shortly after noon they once more broke loose and for a brief period they roamed about until rounded up again and securely anchored. I Madrid Tranquil, King Unguarded n c Reports of Fighting Through out Spain Appear to Be Ex aggerated; Army Loyal. n.y KARL. H. VON TIEGAND, I niverbal Nervier Staff Correspoiuli-nt. Madrid, Nov. 3 3.—In spite of uli Illinois and reports to file contrary, Madrid is absolutely tranquil. King Alphonzo, who is popular with the lower classes, passes through tile streets freely without any unusual guard. Reports of fighting In vari ous places throughout Spain appear to be sensationally exaggerated. Comic opera-like attempts of small hands of raiders on the frontier are no menace to the present regime, nor are the terroristic attempts of com munists, socialists,- anarchists and syndicalists at Barcelona and other industrial centers to be taken ns grave signs of the coming overthrow of the monarchy. As long as the army remains loyal there is no real danger of revolution. The masse* of the people are tl.ua far utterly indifferent. As published thege have been a few murders which the Spanish press, often hard put for news, have em phaelzed. The press has much space for politics and even for rumors. In sofar as the censorship does not in terfere. Until recently Madrid with 3,000,000 population, had 71 news papers, and even now has more than 40. THREE STOLEN CARS RECOVERED Kearney, Neb., JCov. 13.—Henry Heinrich s car, stolen from a garage at Inland two months ago, was found by Kearney polios Wednesday In a local garage, where It had been left by a man who registered as A. J. Van Horn of Franklin. J. Hanley of Pleasanton drove to Orand Island Thursday to attend the teachers' district meeting. llis cur was stolen while parked on the street. It was found at Iu»gan, la., aban doned by the roadside. A. D. Kundberg lost bis car while attending a show here. Several hours later the police found bis machine six miles W'est of town deserted. It showed signs of having been driven hard, but was not badly damaged. _i TWO INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Aperlal IM.p.trh to The Omolio Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 13.—C. H i Stahl and Thomas Gallagher, Beattie. Kan., were severely Injured here to day when the automobile In which they were riding collided with an other machine driven by F. W. Guthrie, Beatrice. Stahle suffered the los* of lacerated ear and Gallagher was cut and bruls ed about the head adn body. Guthrie Achievement Day Observed by Women's Rural Clubs Beatrice, Nov. 13.—Nearly 200 Gage county women, member* of the rural dub*, co-operating with the *tntc agricultural service, gathered In tire men a hnll here for nn achievement day program. Eight rural club* now affiliated with the service of which the Gage county farm bureau Is n part were represented. In the afternoon a program wa given, the principal speakers boln^ Miss Myrtle Easley of Lincoln, proj ert leader or state agent In clothinp and Totinty Agent L. Boyd Hist of this city. This la the first meeting of Its kind to, be held In Gage county. Mot' will follow during the coming year. Flyer Crts Plarquo. Payton, O., Nov. 13. Presentation of a. solid gold phonic, with the pl< tore of the Pulitzer trophy engraved on one side and with his name and flute of Binning tlie 1!»:!4 Pullt/••i race on the other, bum made in Lieut Harry Mills, Wilbur Wright field flyer. Married in Council bluffs. The following persons nt»tslnc«l inn rlsg* licenses in Council llluffs jestenl.i Kmll Aksamlt, Crete Ncl». ■" Alice Peck*. Crete, Neb. " Nf C Bonne (Ona he . 4 1 tits I.oRsn, Ottish* . . . I's (’Hffnrd A. Billing* numbs."1 I.tillsn W A f fingers of bis loft bnnd bv burst ing of tho barrel of the gun ns he pulled the trigger. It, was founil nriT' sm y to amputate gone finger. Harold Coxey of Htromaburg lost four fingers of his right hnnd whVh was caught In the mnchlnery of nn automatic complcker. A. \. Chambers, n firmer residing near Gresham, climbed on a wind mill tower to look for a missing cow. lie rested Ills hand on the wheel nnd it her line entangled In the gears Mr chambers, by using mnin force, pull ed his hand free and climbed to the ground He started for York but his i nr broke down on the way and he was obliged to wait for a passing inr to bring 1dm in to the hospital. Bishop Sliaylor Speaks at Norfolk Sunday M|h<-IhI IHM|iiitrh to The tlimilm llee. Norfolk, Nell., Nov. 13.- The Bight Rev. Km'st V. Shavler, 1). IV, the Kplscopai bishop of the diocese of NVbrnckn ,wll| be present at Trinity Kplscopnl church in Norfolk next Sunday morning. The bishop hss Just returned from n visit to the holy land, where he made n complete survey of the near east question. Medianski of Gem Ring Is Located Mail Described as Leader of Smuggling Group Appears Before Federal Author ities Voluntarily. — Denies Illegal Ventures. New York, Nov. 13.—Arthur Medianski, wholesale jeweler, appear ed before federal authorities today with the announcement that he was "the Medianski" described by the treasury department at Washington yesterday as the ring leader In a huge smuggling venture which in volved Mrs. Theresa Mors, whom Kid McCoy is charged with having mur dered in Bos Angeles. The Washington report was that Medianski was. In flight to foreign lands to escape prosecution. The jeweler, though Myron Sulzberger, his attorney, declared he had no in tention of leaving the United States. His connection with the case, said Medianski, was that of an expert on gems and antiques. Because he had served as purchasing adviser to the late Mrs. Mors and her husband, Al bert, in Vienna five years ago, he said, he was called as a witness to identify valuable imports govern ment operatives discovered among Mrs, Mors effects, after her death. \ete«l As Agent. "I met Mors and his wife In Vienna in ISIS," the Jeweler (related. "Mors showed me a letter of credit for $100,000 and retained me on a com mission basis to help him purchase tapestries, rugs, paintings and other works of nrt for his store on Fifth avenue, New York. '"He also asked me to keep an eye out for any valuable pieces of jewelry that would make nice gifts for his wife. Mors purchased thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and to my knowledge It w-as shipped by American express through the Unit ed States customs. He also obtained many good gems. “When I mot Mors later and asked how the New York huslness was go ing, he said: ‘Rotten. I'm not even paying rent.’” "I said I hoped be had not lost through my purchases for him and he said: Oh. no; I sold all those things at a big profit in Holland and France." Identified .lewels. "Two special customs agents from New York came to me after Mrs. Mors was murdered, told mo they had brought from California certain1 merchandise that had been smuggled into America after being purchased in Vienna through me and asked me to Identify the pieces. I did so as far as I was able, serving as a volunteer witness." Although the treasury department reported having seized and identified smuggled jewelry valued at $250,000. Medianski declared that Mors had used in Vienna only half of his $100, ono letter of credit for the purchase of merchandise for the New A ork store and that the jewelry ostensibly purchased for Mrs. Mors would amount to only about $30,000 more. TWO MEN SEVERELY INJUI 3 IN CRASH Wymore. Nov. 11 Two men were seriously Injured, narrowly escaping death, and one auto was wrecked ltl j a smnshup on the Hook road, ahout j five miles south of Wymore. Wednes day afternoon. A large car driven by F. W. Guthrie of Falrhury is said to have side-swiped a car hearing a Kansas license and containing .V K. Gallagher and M. O. Stahl of Beattie. Kan. The large car is alleged to have been traveling at an unlawful rate of speed. Gallagher suffered a broken nose, n damaged rye, a wrenched arm and severe cuts from windshield glass on the face. Stahl had one ear nearly severed from his head by broken glass, two holes were cut in his cheek, his chin cut and a finger broken. Mr. Guthrie was not injured beyond a few minor cuts and was able to drive his car to his home. The two injured men were taken hv .lames McGuire, Wymore real estate agent, who happened to be passing, to the office of Hr. P. E. Ha ward, at Wymore, for treatment. Farm Salt'* Show l pwanl Trrml in \ aluo of I,ami Geneva, Nov. 13.—A half section of land near Fairmont was purchased by Charles II. Sloan and his son. Fetor Sloan, this week. The price paid was $32,000. Bert Aldrich of Fairmont was the former owner. Alex Ogdon of Fairmont bought the Burmaster farm of 100 acres for $18,000. It is located near Grafton. Dwight Mastin sold SO acres to Jacob Keh h. The la ml lies between Fairmont and Grafton anti the con aUleration was $0,000. The Goodrich farm, on the Meridian highway, two miles south of Fair mont. Hold for $22,000 after having been purchased a few weeks ago fur $20,000. Station Kolilwr Com h li’tl. Nebraska (*!ty. Nov. 13 Arthur liny,|, charged with rohhltiK thr Ml* sourl 1’acif!i- Hint Ion »t Talmajte sev mil ilny* nttn, wits contlcted In iti* trie! court here after the jury h««1 deliberated for Ira* than on* hour. Oplj one tmllot was takcu STRAY TORPEDO HITS DESTROYER Washington, Nov. 13:*—The destroy er Paul Hamilton has ben forced ty return to Kan Diego as a result of damages sustained during torpedo practice off that base. A torpedo fired during the practice was thrown off of Its course, "proba bly as the result of an explosion of the air flask," a report to the Navy department said, and struck the de stroyer, straining several of Its side plates with the result that a slight leak was caused. Troops Re-enact War Scene Here Engage in Tactical aneuver? at Fort Crook; General Duncan Inspect?. A flashback of the world war oc curred at Fort Crook Thursday. Two battalions of the 17th infantry, from Fort Omaha, and the headquar ters detachment of the 14th infantry brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Halstead Dorey, engaged In tactical maneuvers against an Imaginary' enemy. Grenades burst to represent the shellfire of enemy artillery. Waving signal flags were used to depict the position of the opposing Infantry. The troops went into action with all the habiliments of war, deploying, clean ing out mythical machine gun nests, firing at the unseen foe. The maneuvers were watched by Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan and other high army officers. General Duncan rIso made the annual Inspec tion of the units. To those who witnessed the maneu vers, vivid memories of wartime France came back. The absence of artillery was the only noteworthy de tail lacking. Kven the misty weather and the wet ground were reminiscent of se benefited. It is the first rainfall here since last July. The first snow of the season fell here today, Wymore. Nov. 13—Rain began to fall over southern Gage county Wed nesday evening and continued Inter mittently throughout the night, about three quarters of an Inch having fallen by this morning. It Is the first rain for three months. The ground Is the driest In several years, according to farmers of this vicinity. Many wells are dry. Callaway, Nov. 13.—A light snow ; fell over this part of the state last j night. This Is the second snowfall within n week. Burning of Britlgo Block? Dunliar-Talniago Traffic Nebraska City, Nov. 13—Traffic I over the Dunt'ar-Talmage branch of i the Missouri Pacific was blocked for. a day and a half this week because! of the burning of a Rmall bridge two miles south of Dunbar. Flier? at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn . Nov. 13 —I.ieut i I<. B. Mosely nnd Lieutenant Thomas.! nrmv aviators, accompanying: the round the world filers, en route from I the Pacific const to Dayton, O. land ed here for supplier and Inter hopped off for St. Louts, where they are tor meet other fliers in the squadron for the last lap of the flight to Payton i .. The Weather V--- J K ir 24 h«»ur* rruling 7 j» m Nov 12 j 1*34 1'reetpttat t«>tv amt hue | ttr«*it!h« Total. :t total »m<-« Jan J St. 4+firtem v 1 »4 lluiirlv Triu|»t>nit urr*. s. m . ? p m ....... s t I 4 a. m dl I |> m ....... 321' 7 n m ...... -t* 1 m, . . ., t* J | i s. m .. 2? 4 p. m .\S?|, * ■ m. .Js b n. in 1* s. »n .19 ip «i. HI | 11 n hi . J* * r m. io 12 neon •• • p, m 1 2 Youthful Bandits Are Sought Here Roll Havelock Inetitutioo of $3,000 anr Escape in Direction of Omaha. Lincoln Roads Guarded. Every pojice officer and detective on the Omaha department was order ed out Thursday night to investigate every roadhouse and questionable locality in the city in the hope that a trace of the bandits who robbed the Havelock bank early in the afternoon might be found. j The report of the robbery from Havelock convinced police that the crime must have been committed by Omaha men. No defenite trace of the men hail been found last night but, because of several bits of information which had come to the ears of the officers, hope of early apprehension of the bandits was voiced. Sperlal Dispatch to Tha Omaha Bee. Lincoln. Nov. 13.—Two unmasked highwaymen who held up and robbed the First National bank at Havelock this afternoon are believed by officers to be Omaha men. The license num ber of the car which they had parked in front of the bank and in which they escaped bore a Douglas county license, according to Information ob tained by police. The bank robbery, the second within a month in a suburb of Lin coln, occurred at 1:30 this afternoon. Three employes of the bank and two customers were present when the highwaymen entered. The victims were: L. L. Biddlecom, cashier. O. J. Hitchcock, assistant cashier. Laverne Morgan, bookkeeper. Volney Headrick, cafe proprietor. George Scofield, druggist. The bandit pair entered the front door and went about their business without delay. They drew their re volvers immediately and lined up the five men along tnr wall. One of the robbers scooped up the currency at the tellers' cages. He then ordered Hitchcock to unlock the vault. "It's already unlocked," Hitchcock said, his hands still In the air. Appeared Nervous. One of the intruders went into the mult while his companion covered the victims. The whole amount taken, including that from the counter, was estimated at $3,000 cash. No securi ties were stolen. "Everyone in the vault." was the next command, accompanied by a threatening gesture with the revolv ers. The three officers and two custom ers filed :nto the vault. The bandits, who appeared to be nervous, hurried iff without slamming the door shut, rhe motor of their automobile had been running all the time, and they jpeeded off. A Mock away they turned south, and two Mocks further hey shot off to the east in the direc tlon of Omaha. It was not 10 minutes after the two men left the bank until officers of the bank had telephones police at Havelock and at Lincoln In addition to the sheriff at Lincoln and the state sheriff, Tom Carroll, and his men, who are located at Lincoln, seven miles from Havelock. Second Holdup. Al! off, ers responded carlv to the call from Havelock and Rt a late hour tonight «fv" still searching for the highwaymen. Both men were de scribed as young and clean shaven. Havelock is on the D. L. D. between Omaha and Lincoln and Is not more than a mile from the Plattsmouth road between the two cities. Less than a month ago a state bank at Normal, only two miles from Lin coln, was robbed by highwaymen In the daytime. The same two men called at the Farmers and Mechanics bank st Havelock at 11:30, police Were told. After a short survey of the interior f the bank, they left to appear two hours later at the First National hank. Hitchcock, the assistant cash lt>r of the robbed bank, was In the Farmers and Mechanics bank at the tune the two men entered it earlier in [he day. About neon, according to Hitchcock, the two men accosted him while he was walking home to dinner •nd asked him if ;he Farmer* and > M* chantes bank had a rear door x Hitcbcoi •ep'ied in the negative and [he two men walked away. 'pccial l lection C.allctl tMi Drainage Ditch Project M akefteid. Nov. 13.—A siwia’ elec ton for the purpose of voting on the irainage ditch project in this localitv Will lie held here November 3T. The owlands have been divided into two listrirts and the drainage of each vill be voted on separately. It is H-lleved that under this arrange nont Hie proposition will carry a« he project will allow the cultivation >f a luge tract and greatly Increase t* production and valuation. Bootlegger* Sla\ 1'wo, Cleveland Nov 13 V la sit huger*' vat-, culminating in an ambush, lie <’ d> . , ■ I . ’l ' 1 Louis toson. ?». of Cleveland, and his mother In law. vdolph Adel son of 'hlladelphis. Both were ittnrdered In he doorway of K 'sen a garage al he rear of his items. ** 1