- The Omaha M >rning . ;ee ™ - wrong today. — James Freeman s CITY EDITION — ■ ■ —*— .— ■ , , ■ —r ■» ■ Clark« v-- VOL. 54—NO. 142. OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924.* TWO CENTS|D ffivVcen"« K°»wh.?Jutt*' ■■■-' Bribery in Forbes Case Impossible 4 Defense Counsel Tells Jury Payment of $5,000 Was Not Physically Possible; Both Sides Outlined. High Officials to Stand By Aftitoriatttl Prow. Chicago, Nov. 26.—Outlines of the testimony for prosecution and de fense were, laid before the jury today 0? in the trial of Charles It. Forbes of Seattle and John W. Thompson of St. Louis on a charge of defrauding the government in the awarding of contracts for veterans' bureau hos pitals in 1922. Forbes and Thompson, with three others, planned to divide more than $1,000,000 of the $17,000,000 author ized by congress for these hospitals, it was asserted by John W. H. Crim, special assistant attorney general, in his opening statement to the jury. Defense Out lined. Col. James S. Easby-Smith, Forbes' counsel, countered with the defense outline, In which he asserted that only three of the 92 alleged overt acts in the fraud indictment could possibly lie considered even suspicious, and lie indicated that high army and navy officials would testify that the con tracts involved in one of these three transactions were awarded at their 4 direction. Another alleged overt act, the fur nishing of advance information to Thompson's contracting firm. Colonel T'.ashy-Smith said, involved Informa tion which had been widely printed a week before it was supposed to have been secretly given to Thompson. The third act, the alleged $.1,000 payment to Forbes indirectly by Thompson, would he shown to he "a physical impossibility." The testimony of Elisa If. Mortimer of Philadelphia and Washington, ill whs indicated by Crim. formed the' i<»^grc'und work of the government's i tase. Mortimer, Crim said, was "tile paid informant of the government" in | the alleged conspiracy. Charles F. Cramer, general counsel for the Vet erans’ bureau under Forbes, and James W. Black, Thompson's partner, the others are now dead. The government's testimony was given only in brief summary hut the defense Forbes will offer was ela borated in great detail by Colonel Easby-Smith, who was only half through when court adjourned for the Thanksgiving day recess until Friday morning. "Wholesale Rootlogger." Mortioier, who was described by } the government counsel as "the paid Informant,” was pictured by Colonel Easby-Smith as "a wholesale boot legger who testified he had received $100,000 for his part In the illegal withdrawal of 4.000 cases of whisky at Pittsburgh In 1919." Forbes met Mortimer through mutual acquaintance with the Hard ing family, Colonel Easby-Smith con tinued, President Harding's sister, Mis. Caroline Votaw, introducing him to. Mrs. Mortimer, and the latter in torduelng her husband. Mrs. Morti mer, who was Miss Talleg of Phila delphia, had long been friends of (he Harding family, and the defense indi cated she would be one of their chief witnesses. The Mortimers accom panied Forbes on the trip to the Pa cific coast described when the senate committee investigated the Veterans' buraeu and which formed the prin cipal part of the material for the in dletments. On thki trip, Crim declared, it would be shown that Mortimer signed a $15,000 note to Thompson and gave Forbes $5,000 of it. It was this pay ment, Colonel Easby-Smith declared, that defense testimony would show "a physical Impossibility.” Man Fined $2,000 on Bootleging Charge flprrlfll niapalrh to The Oicilm llrr. Sidney, Neb., Nov. 26.—Oporg' « Ayrps of Broadwater was fined in t distrirt court today $2 000 and a 60 dav sentence for bootlegging. Ayrc pleaded guilty and Judge Barron gave him the maximum finp. A complete still was found under the defendant's home and 50 gallons of mash were confiscated. ' We Have With Us Today I'hailea II. Ingraham, Jeweler and Optometrist, Menomonee, Wis. For 17 year* the conductor of the Ludglngton Hoard military hand at Menomonee. Mr. Ingraham has carved himself ■ niche In the musical heart (1*1 of Wisconsin. He Is a past president of the Me nomonee Chamber of commerce and past president of tile Wisconsin Stale Optometrists' association. Inning the war he served ns overseas Y. M. C. A. ■eisetary. a Mr. and Mrs Ingraham are In r Omaha to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs Lee Edwards, sister of Mrs Ingraham. While In Omaha Mr Ingrahami visited the Rotary club, of which he la a member at Menomonee. Posse Searches Without Result for Boy Bandit ^ on tli ^ ho Dove From Train Window to Freedom Eludes Officers Despite Manacled Hands. Special Pi.pRtrli to The Omaha Bee. Belle Plain, la., Nov. 26.—Armed posses, seeking Jay Graham, 20, near here after his daring escape from a Chicago A Northwestern train Tuesday, had found no trace of the fugitive late tonight. The youth, on his way to the Ana mosa penitentiary to serve a term of 25 years for robbery, his hands manacled, his body torn and bruised as a result of his leap from the train, has disappeared as completely as though the ground had opened and swallowed him. No farmer has found anything about his place out of order. None has been solicited for food or tools with which to cut the chilled steel bands from the fugitive's wrists. Graham's flight from the law be gan Tuesday afternoon about 4:30. He was on his way to prison, a sentence hanging over his head which, when served, would leave him a man past the prime of life. Depu ty Sheriff R. H. Bird, Council Bluffs, was in charge of the youth at the time of his escape. "Can't Go Far." Tlie prisoner, soon after the train passed Belle Plain, went Into the lavatory. There lie found an open window. Dis shackled wrists appar ently hampered him liut little for lie dove through the window, rolled into the ditch, leaped to his feet and fled. By the time Bird was aware of the escape Graham was too far from the train to halt. The officer con tinued on to Cedar Rapids, 40 miles away, where he notified authorities and hegan a search of the district. Capt. L. S. Morrison of the Cedar Rapids police, declared that he be lieved Graham would be retaken in a very short time. "He can't go far," the captain said. "Those handcuffs will mark him and he will have a lot of trouble getting rid of them." But the captain's prophesy had not been fulfilled tonight. Graham, mem litrs of the posse believe, still wears his shackles and Ills hiding in corn fields, waiting for darkness to hide ills movements when he begins to flee further from the scene of his esrape. Marshal \V. D. Sun] of Relle Plain and his deputy, Nile Mozena, have formed one posse which Is trailing, i*r attempting to trail the young con vict. Handcuffs Will Stop Him. "I don't know Just where it was that he escaped from the train,” .Sunji said today. "That makes things a ltflle hard hut we are working and if we ran ever find his trail well find hirp. "The hoy can't go far after he leaves this vicinity in my opinion. There is a lot of cover for him here and lie can hide almost indefinitely. The corn fields, turnip fields and hen houses should furnish him enough food to live on. It's just getting rid of those handcuffs which will bother him. "Once let him saw or chisel those off and he will he able to go nlmost anywhere he wants.’’ Graham's case was one of the most speedily handled In the annals of Council Bluffs. He committed his rrime Sunday, was sentenced Mon day and started for prison Tuesday. SCHOOL TEACHER WEDS PUPIL, 17 Panbv. Ore., Nov. 20.—The school board of Canbv will mart this week to decide what to do about Rosamond Lee Shaw, 27, high school teacher, who on November 10 married ('Ilf ford Leroy Samuelson, 17. a student in high school and known as “the best boy in his class.” The marriage, at Vancouver, Wash., was kept secret until yester day. Coal N cin Discovered in Richardson County Falls City, Neb., Nov. 2f».--There is a. possibility that Richardson county will have a paying coal mine, accord ing to Willard Lewis, farmer, living south of Ruin, who last October sank j a 15-foot shaft on his farm, striking a 12-lnch vein of coal, and has pene trated a distance of 20 feet, where he Is finding coal 22 Inches thick. The state has provided that $4,000 shall he paid the owner of a mine producing • oal inches thick and easily accessi ble. Mr. Lewis is confident he will collect the reward after penetrating a few feet farther. New Dill Would Prevent Income Tax Publicity Washington, Nov. 20.—The first concrete move to prevent publication of Income tax returns was made by Representative Watson, republican, Pennsylvania, who said he would In (induce a bill to eliminate from the present tax law that portion cover ing publication of the amount of tax paid by each person. Rum Slii|i Mibninp. New York, Nov. 26 Klevon mom born of n rum runner*’ crow. Iholr boat and It* $406,000 whl*ky o»r*0, ore believed to hove boon ln*t In one of tho storm* thnt swopt tho Atlanllr recently. Posses Se^: 2 Men. Feud Deaths Double Murder in California Result of Controversy of 20 Years’ Standing, Sheriff Believes. 5 Weapons Discovered Bakersfield, Cal., Nov. 25.—Posses of deputy sheriffs and mountaineers today are combing the Kernvllle dis trict, 50 miles northeast of Bakers field, in an effort to locate "Tex" Roland and Thomas Walker or their bodies as an aftermath of the shoot ing to death of Newt Walker and Frank Murdock at Walker's cabin Monday night. Investigation, the sheriff's office an nounced, established that Newt Walker and Murdock were killed by another man or men. Walker was found on the doorstep of his cabin and Mur dock's body was found 50 feet from the cabin. Murdock had been shot with a revolver held close to his head, evidently after being felled by a blow over the right eye with the butt of a gun. Authorities believe that the double murder is a result of a feud of 20 years' standing in the Kernville dis trict. Roland's clothes were in his cabin, near that of Walker, and it is thought that Roland and Tom Walker may also have been killed anil their bodies concealed. in Walker's cabin deputies found a rifle at the head of Walker's bed and three revolvers under his pillow. Rater, after the three revolvers had been examined, one of them disappear ed and had not been found. A fourth revolver was found 20 feet from Mur dock's body, and In the ground, under his head, through which the bullet passed, was found a .38 caliber bullet. There were no shells in the revolver found near Murdock's body. AMERICAN BEATEN IN MEXICAN JAIL Juarez, Mex . Nov, 25.—American and Mexican officials today joined in an ^investigation of the fight in the Juarez jail yesterday which resulted in severe Injuries to three Americans. The three. Harry R. Rogers, Wash Ington, D. C„ newspaper man and two unidentified men todav were hov ering between life and death, their skulls crushed open. Rogers, phyel clans said, probably will die. According to Mexican police, Rog »rs and his two companions were slugged Into unconsciousness hy John Doble. an American, said to he a nar cotic addict, while they were asleep on the floor of a jail cell in which all four had been lodged, Rogers on a charge of Intoxication. Doble, crazed by drugs, authorities say, pulled loose an iron liar anil started his unprovoked attack upon his cell males. DAKOTA SLAYER’S TRIAL BEGINS Special Dispatch to The Omaha Me. Sturgis, S. D., Nov. 26—John Ma haffy. ncrused of killing Albert Campbell last June, fared a judge In district court here today, the first day of his trial. The jury which listened to the evi dence in the case and which will de termine Maha/fy's innocence or guilt, was selected during the morning. The killing of which Mahaffy Is accused happened near Marcus, In Meade county, Mahaffy pleads self defense. Mahaffy has retained two attor neys to plead his case, while the state lias three attorneys handling the prosecution. The remainder of the week will he devoted to the Ink ing of testimony In the case, FORMER RAILROAD DETECTIVE SLAIN Xenia, O., Nov. 25 — Charles Mac Krodt, former lieutenant of police In the department of the Pennsylvania Railroad cotnimny, with headquarters here, was shot and killed today by the man he blamed for his rfce.nl dernnt Ion, The shooting was done hv Charles Latimer, another member of the rail ro d police department, who sur rendered. The affray was witnessed by many people on the streets opposite the courthouse Polirr Flint! Short. Chicago, Nov. 26.— Dlacrepa nrlea amounting to npproxlmntely $120,000. According to T. L. Jacob*, expert no countant reporting to the city coun cil police committee, have been un covered In the police penalon fund from 1021 to 1023. " - - i a Hugged Hahhit Jumps From Hunter's Pocket and Makes llis Escape s_/ f’olumhu*. Nov. 26. Attorney An guat Wagner went hunting. He haw a rabbit nenrby and fired. The rmimHl keeled over. Wngner put the animal Into n pocket of hi* hunting coat, thinking It dead. After * few mile* more he wn* *t nr tied to *ee the rabbit auddenly onujl from the pocket, elude hi* grnap and dash eff into the field. I -1 Nebraska Has Come Back i'-' GOOD gm "Regarding the changes in map colorings shown in September from August, it will be noted that the most marked lightening effects are visible in the case of NEBRASKA. . In NEBRASKA a good wheat crop sold at high prices, plus a corn crop 80 per cent free of frost, has stimulated trade. Here, however, as in the states north and south from NEBRASKA, the trade expan sion has been cautious, perhaps the safer for this fact."—Maps and ex tract from The NATION’S BUSI NESS, Nov., 1924. And Furthermore— "An increase of $15,021,922 in deposits of commercial and savings banks of Nebraska in a period o£ two and a half months was shown here today in an abstract of the reports of the 924 banks given out by the secretary of the Department of Trade and Commerce." "Omaha bank deposits have in creased at an average rate of two and a half million dollars a month for the past ten months." Salesman Sought on Ad Swindle Columbus Merchants Declare He Fraudulently Obtained Sums From Them. Apeelal DUpittrli to The Omnlm Bee. Columbus. Neb., Nov. 26.—C. B Bates, salesman, is being sought on a warrant * bulging obtaining money under false pretenses by Co’ambus authorities, at the request of .several merchant* who contend tiiat Bates swindled them on mi advertising deal. Bates came to Columbus last April. He Is saltl to have |»<’sed a* a repre sentative of the MacDougal Advertis ing company, Omaha, and to have sold space on menu covers which the company was said to be preparing for local restaurant**. Baler it v\ s dB* ovored that the MacDougal company has off ces In St. Paul. Minn., and not in Omaha, ami that Bates was not employed by the company. The company notified Columbus business men tiiat if they would ob tain a warrant for the arrest of Bates the company would deliver bint to authorities. The company further agreed to make good the menu coy era which Bates sold In their name so that the merchants would lose noth ing. FALLS CITY GETS EUROPEAN RADIO Sperliil llUputrh to Tl»e Omnlm lire. Kalis City, Nov. 20—A dozen radio fans reported tod.iv having 1 • ml Hi l open n radio stations in the tr Atlantic tests conducted More t in that number reported having heard a in minute piano sol.* 1 •».* . * r l»v an unidentified station, ipivir.253 Columbus, Neb., Nov. 26 —Claims for tl'imngc* totaling more than $37. OllO were filed with tlie Platte and « "lf.t\ eount> boards by farm owners ah ng tlie proposed Platte and Colfax • turn dt ilnnce ditch, but the dam ti".* allowed total only $5,253. The flitch will permit the drainage of v liters from farm lands Into the Platt© during high water, but never their*.* is being fought by the farm crs. Pageant Oiven at (leneva. tJrnev.i, Nov. 2f». "America's Vn ininln d Patties • a pageant In whit h *••1 person* took part, was given at iin* Methodist Hplseup.il church by Ho* Women's Horne Missionary *o lnmn lour.) FIRST MOISTURE IN 4 MONTHS FAT.I S Special Iil.pntrli to The Omaha Hoc, Beatrice. Neb.. Nov. Snow fell In this section of the state this after noon, Riving the top of the ground a fairly good supply of moisture which "ill help winter wheat. Little or no moisture has fallen in Gage county for four months, it Iming the driest fall here In 50 years. I 'hurthntrn Fined for Slapinj; Procession Mnntahaun, France, Nov. js._The bishop of Moptahaun and the curate of the cathedral were tried and found guilty of "disrespectful and disorder ly conduct" In a justice of the peace trial today In connection with a church procession recent!) which the authorities had forbidden. Neither of the defendants, how ever, compiled with the summons to appear In court and the bishop was fitted it francs and the curate five. The Weather v-—-/ F'.*r .4 hour* rndtn« 7 j tn hrr t* I’r*. tuMuts.u? t»i h*<« and Uundi«4ih» Total, ft Total *;n» »• Januati 5 is 4j •dr fit irn< ir 4 Ilnur I % Trni|»nai»»(<*, f I III 8* t |i Ml . . '« ft a ro . , *7 S r »« 1* J » w . ... IT Sp m , 3a S • a m ....... 17 4p m . , . a * ft in t4 V j. m . it I ft •, m . , , . 4ft ftp m ... ■’ tl a m...,, 4ft 7 p m 8ft It aoon..MI».SO Fee Inquest Marked by Dramatics ", (»irl Employe of Slain Banker W as Cause of Domestic Discord for Seven Years, Mate Says. Liquor Found in Cabin San Bernardino, Cal., Nov. 2*.— Sworn testimony of two women, one the widow, the other the business as sociate and friend of William R. Fee. banker of Snn Gabriel and Alhambra, f'al, whose body was found In Lytle Creek canyon in the mountains back of here yesterday, dashed today at the inquest here on Fee's body. Mrs. Fee, replying to a question as to whether there had been unpleas antness between her and her late husband over Miss Mary Watkins, said: Tea. at different lmes In the last seven years." Ml! s Watkins denied this with the statement: "Nothing I ever did caused discord in the Fee family." Mrs. Fee fainted in front of Miss Watkins on leaving the witness stand, from which she had charged the girl with coming between husband and wife. Death Caused by Blow. Fee took his wife and granddaugh ter to their mountain cabin last Saturday for the week end. His wife says he left it about 3 In the afternoon. So far no person has come forward who will admit having seen him between that time and yes terday about noon, when his body was found 50 yards from Miss Wat kins' cabin, in the same general neighborhood. Autopsy surgeons told the coroner today that Fee's death was caused by a blow on the head from some blunt instrument and by strangulation. Searchers declared that they had previously searched the spot where the body w.is found and that It was not there Sunday or Monday, al though It was found there Tuesday. Miss Watkins testified today that she went to her cabin Monday night because s.he had been told she was suspected of having taken him (Feet from the canyon Sunday night. She added: "I also wanted to see what had happened to my cabin, which 1 was told had been searched." Ctin Bottle Found. Sheriff s officers declared that on searching the Watkins cabin the' discovered a suit of old clothes which had belonged to Fee, which Miss Watkins asserted he had given her to accommodate male guests who came to the cabin without hiking costumes, a partly emptied bottle of gin, playing cards and ehips. Miss Watkins spent the week-end at ttie cabin with Joseph Walker of San Gabriel, Polly Bell of Tlhambra. and Paul Kennedy of Isis Angeles. She testified that Walker had ae comiwnied her back to ths cabin Monday night. Miss Watkins admitted authorship of the letter which was found tin opened |n Fee's pocket, which wa-> addressed to "Mv Dearest" and *s signed "All yours, Mary." She said she ^gave it to Fee in his hank or Saturday morning last. When th» ! l-odv was discovered the letter, un opened, lav in one of Fee s pockets From the nut ness stand Miss TVa: kins begged the d.strict attorney not to read tlie letter In court. He com | plied in part by reading only sec [ tions of it. one of which said: ‘ I am glad you are going awa\ Miss Watkins said Fee had told her he was going to Long Beach. L. K. RHINELANDER LEAVES HIS BRIDE Now York. Nov. IS.—T/eonard Kip Rhinelander has left his bride, daugh. ter of a man who swore lie was a colored man. and lawyers purporting to represent the multi millionaire Rhinelander family are trying to ar r inge for annulment of the marriage, counsel for Mrs. Rhinelander told newspaper reporters this afternoon. I will never give him up. ’ he mint ed Mrs. Rhinelander as having said. U> Towns to Send Delegates to Older Roys* Conference C dumbu*, Nov . t#,—'Thirty Ne braska cities and towns will be rep resented at the annual statewide "older hoys" conference which will open a three-day session here Friday. More than 3' 0 delegates will be in nltcmlu nee "Investing a I,ife" Is the topic chosen by the slate Y. M. C. A. work ers who with clergymen and educa tors from the entire middle west will appear on the program. The Colum bus Hl-Y club will la' the official host to the visiting state lit Y hoys. The largest delegations ate expect ed front v'n iha. lJneoln and Stanton. W onun Slau*r"' Sanity Will Re IVnlirtl Ity Jury l little Kook, Ark Nov ti Ttie is to !*auH> of Mn». Winona fit••ep. alleged slave,- of her father ill law ,t 15 (Irocn. and tlteen * wife, will be submitted to a jury in the criminal division of the Fttlask; countv circuit court. She was arrested In Colorado last month. i