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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
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Baby Elephants asn aim oos ivoi
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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.
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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. "
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Girl Mother Is
Held for Jury
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First Degree Murder Charge
Is Filed at Bluffs After
Inquest.
Blanche Galvin, 22. was led to the
Pottawattamie county jail Thursday
morning, facing a trial for the murder
of her own baby daughter.
She was held for the district court,
without bond, after she had waived
a preliminary hearing In police court
on a first degree murder charge.
The charge was filed against her
Wednesday afternoon after witnesses
had told a coroner's jury of the dis
covery of her hour-old child lying
nude on a sidewalk at the rear of the
Washington Court apartments, Coun
ell Bluffs. The child was born while
she was alone In her sister's apart
ment. The baby lived only two days,
and death, according to physicians,
was due to exposure and loss of blood.
Miss Galvin appeared alone when
arraigned in police court, but she an
nounced that she would be repre
sented at the trial by John P. Ttnley,
attorney.
NEW FLYING BOAT
MAY SPAN WORLD
Washington, Nov. 13.—A contract
for a naval flying boat capable of
making a sustained flight from the
west coast to Honolulu has been
signed by the bureau of nnval aero
nautlcs. Specifications call for a
proven capacity of five passengers
and a ton of freight.
The contract was regarded In naval
circles as the first step toward filling
a recognized deficiency in the fleet for
longdistance maneuvers, and if it
meets expectations the new plane will
be used as a model for the organlz-a
tion of a special fleet auxiliary capa
ble of Independent operation 2,500
miles from permanent base.
The contractor for the flying boat
Is the Boenlng Aircraft corporation
of Seattle and It will be equipped
with two S0O horsepower 12-cylinder
engines, the most powerful airplane
motor unit ever built in this country.
A contract speed of more than 100
miles an hour Is required.
Naval designers estimate that each
of the engines would be powerful
enough to drive the plane singly anil
that at normal operating efficiency li
could negotiate the round the-world
flight without assistance from surface
vessels.
Two other planes of new design and
marking a distinct advance over pres
ent naval types are to he constructed
at the Philadelphia naval yard. The
first of these, designated the TN-T.
will be completed In December and
will be expected to have -a cruising
radius of more than 2,000 miles. If
the Honolulu fiver Is satisfactory It Is
planned to equip the other plans with
ihe same motors nnd thus Increase
their radius of action.
ilirrc Men W itli Mangled
FinperB in V nrk Hospital
York, Nov. 13 —Three men are
Drink treated In York hnspitnl for in
Juries to their hand®. V. V. Moore,
manager of York Business college
vvblle hunting, suffered injury to tw »
r>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 s<gne of the 1917 and 1918 offen
sives of the world conflict.
The general inspection by the Corps
commander Is an annual event.
CATSUP KING HAS
GIRL ARRESTED
New York, Nov. 13.—Jefferson Ltv- j
1 ingston. "entsup king," and million
aire sportsman, today caused the ar
rest of Miss Muriel Buell of I.os
Angeles and Mamaroneek, N. Y., who
recently sued him for breach of
promise and asked 31,750 a month
for life.
Livingston, who is 60 years old and
was formerly head of the Knider Cat
sup company of Cincinnati, accused
Miss Buell of creating a disturbance
in his Wall street office, the climax,
he alleged, of numerous demands for
money and pilfering of his private
papers.
Miss Buell, who is I*, when ar
raigned In Tombs court, indignantly
denied that she had attempted black
mail. -Her chauffeur, ahe said, drove
her to Livingston's office in the 316,- :
COO car he had given her, and when |
ordered out she refused to go. Ltv- !
ingston locked the doors, she assert
ed. and railed detectives.
The case was postponed until Mon- ,
day. Miss Buell's suit was settled -
out of court Keptember 39. Living
ston said, for 313.500.
LONG DROUTH AT
BEATRICE BROKEN
Special Dispatch te The Omnlm lice.
Beatrice, Nov. 1".—More than half
an inch of rain fell in this section of
the state Wednesday night. Winter
wheat will l>e 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
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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.
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