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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
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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<n!ly
European bemuse of its pp ultar
wave length. Dr H H Hess rep rt
ed the best success with i six tube
super heterodyne, listening in • n at*
lion 5NC Newcastle England, and "
SH. Edinburgh. Scotland llo also
heard an unidentified Herman station
Senator Hratnlrfici* Our.I
$180,000. Report Slates
Washington. Nov. 26 Sen tor
Frank Brandegee of Conn who t m
mltted suicide here six vvc Um ago
owed debts In this city totaling
$180,000, with assets here of <20,000,
according to n petition filed In the
District of Columbia supreme court
by W. Don Jaindv. one of tin* id
minis!rotors of the •••-'it#
Tol Hurl b\ ViiIii.
Beatrice, Neb., Nov "6 Tin fait
that Dr. C. r Fall w.is driving his
car slowlv probably suv»m1 Hie life
of a small boy, the son of Mi and
Mrs. Emits Bang, here this afternoon
Tha lad ran In front of the doctor's
ear and was knocked down. lie
suffered a severe cut above the eye.
r
House Cat Causes
Power Plant
Blaze
Martinez, Cal.. Nnv. Ifl.—One ordi
nary hnu.e rat was blamed for a
firt* which damaged the Clayton
Mibitation of the (ireat Western
Power company to the extent of
more than SJ.i.OuO, and cut off
Contra Costa county"* light and
power service for about three hours
yesterday.
According to substation employes,
the rat entered the building ami
became entangled with some ter
minal wires, ( a using a short circuit.
Tile building was destroyed and
considerable equipment damaged,
The cat lost its life.
CHAPLINS ARRIVE
IN PNITED STATES
X'*galcs, Ariz, Nov. 26—Smiling
and bowing to crowds which greeted
them on every side, Charlie Chaplin,
movie comedian, and his bride. Tdta
Orey, hi* Ift-year-Old leading woman,
arrived here today from Empalme,
Sonora, Mexico, where they were
married yesterday at dawn.
Chaplin declined to diacuM hts mar
riage or hi* plans and busied himself
chartering two private automobile*
which will carry the party from here
to L<* Angeles by way of Tucson.
Ariz,
Mr*. Chaplin, warning a simple
dre»*. clung to the comedian * inn
when the bridal party arrived here.
‘Leave us alone—we won't talk—
wo don’t know where we are going
or when.” Chaplin shouted at re
porter* who questioned him. llow
ever, it was learned he hired motor
cnr.H for a trip to Tuscon and from
th*'re will go direct to Lo* Angela*,
it w.i* said.
Drainage Ditch Project
Damages Fixed at $.”>.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
<ir!\ The pint of America "a*
taken by Mr* K L. Cumberland.
Pntlenc© by Ml** Vera Pittary ami
Service bv Mi** Jessie Hegrnes
tit her* represented Indians, Mexicans,
mountaineer* *nd Immigrants The
piny showed the need of educating
, the different groups.
Jury Chosen for
Carl Housli Trial
C
^ nutli lin Found Bodv of
Lillian McKinney First to
Take itness Stand.
Special Ihapalrh t» The Omaha Bee.
Bedford, In., Nov. 26.—The jury
which will decide ihe fate of Fari
•Hough, who is on trial for his life
here on s sharge of sinylng Lillian
McKinney last August, wai vumpk-t
ed nt 2:30 p. m. today.
Taking of evidence started at 4.
Milton Mirk, the youth who discov
ered Ihe laxly of I.llllan McKinney be
neath the bridge August 13 was the
first to take the stand.
It took but a few minutes to ques
lion him. He told of what had hap
pened on that day and how the body
had lain wh«n it was found.
The selection of tile jury had necu
pieil almost two whole days. None
of I he women tan ihe venire were
chosen for the jury, as nil those ques
tinned admitted a prejudice in the
case or nn aversion to capital pun
ishment,
Ths Jury finallv completed contains
seven farmers. The members of the
Jury are: Glen Bell, farmer: F. S. Fid
dler. laborer; Andy Gibbons, laborer:
B. E. Knott, farmer; B. P. Living
stone, retired farmer; Fred Mitchell,
farmer; William I’enwell, farmer: A.
M. Salen, retired farmer; J. G. Sav
age. merchant; (i. W. Sharp, farmer:
James Salter, business man, and tl. F.
I'aniels. painter.
Former Shop W orker
Now Popular Pastor
Wymore. No\ 2f At a < hun h ban
quet ami entertainment in the Ivise
ment room* of the Wymore t'hi stinn
church, Rev. K. K. 1 *o\voil, the pastor.
Mas Riven nn unusual shower of
pound package* of groceries ami $100
in bills by hi* congregation, lie mss
requested to stay On the charge an
other year and accepted. Mr. Powell
was a railway shop worker before the
strike two years ago. and served for
a time as (lage county probation of
fleer. He has had charge of the Chris
tlan church at Wymore for the last
four years. At the termination of a
two Meeks' revival meeting recently
held by the Rev. Pom ell, 25 new mem
bers were taken into the church. I.
O. Price's orchestra of Wymore boys,
furnished music for the banquet anti
entertainment at the church
Banker Pleu< Uiiiltv.
Special lll'PMtdi to rt»c Until tin lire
Sidney. Neb, Nov. 2k, Judg*
Ueorge (llllan accepted a plea of
guilty In district court todi»\ in tin*
rase of the state against Hert K
Ituahee after the jury had failed to
agree upon a verdict. The final vote
stood nina to three for conviction
Husbee mas charged with violation
ol the guarantee bank fund act while
% banker at Kimball, Neb. Judge Oil
Inn imposed a fine of $ 100.
Nebraska Has
Ample Cause
for Rejoicing
£500.000,000 Worth of Crops.
Livestock and Produce
Total Yield in State
This Year.
Nebraska is enjoying exceptionally
pood business health at this season
of Thanksgiving and may be expect
ed to enjoy this great national holi
day with all that it stands for, and
pertains to it.
Recognition of Nebraska's good for
tune is given in “The Nation's Busi
ness,'' a magazine devoted to review
ing commercial and industrial econ
omics and its trend. In its Novem
ber issue that magazine publishes the
accompanying map which Indicates
that Nebraska stands out among the
slates in attaining a general, state
wide condition of business prosperity
which testifies to the stability of this
agricultural state.
In a review of business conditions
of Nebraska, the bureau of publicity
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
finds several reasons why Nebraska
holds this position as a leader In
prosperity, but basic to them all are
bountiful crops and the better farm
prices prevailing.
$500,000,000 in Crops.
Farm products this year will bring
Nebraska's farmers more than $500,
< 00,000, and the seven principal crops
alone, corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley,
hay and potatoes. It is estimated, will
net a farm revenue of $323,697,000.
Although the 1924 corn crop Is estl
mated at but 196,000.000 bushels as
compared to 272.052.000 bushels last
year, the revenue from it to Ne
braska's farmers will be $170,000,000
this year as compared to but $144,
196.000 in 1923, due to the higher
prices now prevailing.
Wheat, the great cash crop har
vested earliest, gave prosperity its
first impetus and instilled Nebraska's
farmers with optimism. A crop of
46,000,000 bushels this year, 14,000,000
bushels more than last dear, brought
them more than *52.000 000, as com
pared with $26.52,000 for 31.9SS.000
bushels last year.
As line of the leading forage pro
ducing states. Nebraska each year has
hay crops that run into millions of
dollars. This year, however, its hay
fields exerted themselves extraordi
narily nnd furnished more than 5,500,
000 tons of tame and wild hay. This
crop is valued at $61,400,000 bv con
servative estimates and surpasses last
year's crop by more than 1,000,000
tons and S22.2nn.0OO.
Livestock and Poultry.
Add to there Increases $47,000,000 ofr
the state s poultry and egg produc
tion this year as compared to $35,000,
ooo In 1923. Add also the many mil
lions of dollars paid livestock raisers
for cattle, hogs and sheep and the
several millions of dollars received
by the beet growers of western Ne
braska. and you have the answer
why Nebraska Is foremost as an ex
ponent of good business health.
As a result of its agricultural
prowess. Nebraska's banks are bulg
ing with deposits. Within the 10
weeks ending November 10, the state
banking department reports that the
924 commercial and savings banks of
the state experienced an Increase of
$15,021,922 in their deposits. Oma
ha's hanks also show Increases in
euual proportion, taking Into consider
alien the comparative volume, nature
and diversity of business and ratio
of population. In the first nine
months of l<»2t. the deposits in Oma
ha banks grew from $100,765,700 tc
$125,099,031, or nearly $2,500,000 a
month.
Grain Receipts Gain.
This wholesome Increase Is due In
great measure to the large volume of
business done by the Omaha Grain
exchange and the Omaha livestock
market. Grain receipts for the first
10 months are reported to have been
6.9.053.000 bushels ns compared to 55,
<Turn In Pngn Ttirnr. < «>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.
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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.
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