WEATHER-FORECAST 1 ^TTp i |lV/f A TT \ CiTTVITAAV T [ 17 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY i .zzsrsL”"-*• X Xlrv " 'ivlAn/i OUl\l/A X JLUvJu A...«... f _ frrtlnn In miotlipr. which h* wa« , riTY FniTinN .... ■ ■ . ■ ■— — ■ ■ ■. »■ — — . .>.■■■.— - . —. ■■. — ilfYfr sensible of In himself.—Steele. v _ VOL. 54—NO. 26. QOMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1924. * X X FIVE CENTS-/ Carl Hough Warded Closely in Bedford Jail France May Expel Reds; Police Act Armed Force Ready to Com bat Alleged Plot to Seize City Hall at Lille. f c -r • ' 50 Communists in Jail By FRANK MASON. Jtilertiatlonivl New* Service Staff Cor respondent. Paris. Tier, <5.—France tonight was In the midst of a relentless movement to rid the nation of bolshevism. The arrest of 50 prominent com munists already has been made, Pre fect of Police Morain officially an nounced, and he said that operations against the communists would con tinue. One report tonight had It that 50 agitators were en route to the border to lie expelled. I .a I.iberte said today that the bolshevistic flareup which has kept all France on a tension for the past 4S hours, was directed from Moscow, ft begun almost as soon as J.eonid Krassin, soviet ambassador from Russia, arrived in Paris. The same newspaper declared that a red army has been organized in France with regiments and other necessary units. It alleged that three communist radio broadcasting sta tlons have been installed in France and adds; Secret Plan Discovered. “A secret plan lias been discovered whereby armed communists Sunday night Would occupy the city halls and public buildings at Lille and Roubaix. Lille is the capital of the Depart ment of Nord. Tt is an Important city, fortified and approximately 150 miles •fohi l\iris. Roubaix Is six miles from Lillie. In thA Paris, the prefect of police lias mobilized a force of 2,000 plain clothes officers. In order to he pre pared for tny emergency, he has in reserve l,5yo additional police and enough motu>r trucks to convey these men to any part of the city at a moment’s notice. In addition to the 50 communists Arrested, the police took info custody 52 men. students at Bo bigrny. whh*h tne vxjfice characterized as a "school for Leninism.” Fommunist Deputy Ormoy, who was taken in one of the raids, was later released. Harriot Outlines Policy. The government’s attitude toward the communists was made plain when Premier lien lot, answering an inter ptllutiou in the chamber of deputies, declared: "if the communist propaganda con tinues. I will intervene energetically Lind I will not hesitate to make neces sary to expulsion from France of any a glint or*.’* Soni4* of the newspapers questioned today whether the visit to Paris of Austen Chamberlain, British secre tary of foreign affairs, had anything W do with the government's action. A high official of the French foreign nlffc* told International News Service that while Secretary Chamberlain and Premier llerrlyt in their conference agreed upon the advisability of rec ogni/.lng the Moscow government they also agreed that severe actions should he taken against communist pi op:iganda. SUNDAY BASEBAT L LOBBY IS DENIED TVisl 'ii. I ■■ . lit'. Senator WII I m 4 I' ■ "V today asked JUs ii 't Attorney O'Brien to convene iht county grand jury to consider thf ’ statement made In New York las! night by Emil E. Fuchs, part ownei of the Boston Braves, that he had been approached by a lobbyist whr told hint that a bill for Sunday base hall could be put through the Massa rhusetls legislature through puymenl of $100,000. He asked that Judgf Fuchs be summoned to tell the grand jury what ho knew about the matter. Over the telephone Judge Fuchi made the following statement: ‘1 made no accusation against any one In public office Jn Maasurhusetti or elsewhere. I have no proof, legal or otherwise, that any member ol the Massachusetts legislature has at 1 erupted to extract anything of value from his public service." SWENSON ASKS FOR A RECEIVER Charles W. Swenson filed nr amended petition Saturday in hi! salt against Henry F. Swenson anf the Swenson Brothers company. He charges that Henry Sweoaoi had diverted the company’s stock employed an auditor who change* entries In the company’s hooks anc In other ways has attempted tt wreck the busineas. He asks that an accounting hi made and for liquidation and the np polntrrirnt of a receiver. ( The Weather *■— -—-■ |.„r U hour* ending 7 h ni Kecrin krRr'lnll»a Humidity. |vii-ant.*i 7 a. ni *"I"Wpl'lml Ion. fn f m . J ^ "OflB. 11 H)|M* JP Mrs. Robinson’s Friend in Blackmail Suit ■ pe-VAyr. /^. This i.s the first photograph of Mrs. Levan, who was mentioned in the famous “Mr. A.” suit in London as the companion in Paris of Mrs. Maude Robinson, wife of an English bookmaker, when Sir TIurri Singh, Indian potentate, was blackmailed nf $750,000. According to the testimony, an account of $15,000 was shortly thereafter opened in Mrs. Bevan'a name in a London bank. Woman Denies Aiding Brunei Poison Spouse Mr-. Northey Admits Affec tion for Him and ^ anted to See Him Free. Special PLpatrh to The Omnlia Bee. Broken Bow, Neb., Dec. 6.— Mrs. Ardesta Northey, 47-year-old flapper for love of whom Frank Bruner tins admitted slaying his wife, made a statement today from her cell in the county jail. She continued to deny, in her state ment, that she had had anything to do with the poisoning of Mrs. Bruner, hut she did tel! of her friendship and affection for Bruner. Mrs. Northey was arrested one week ago on a charge of murder in the first degree after Frank Bruner had broken down under the question ing of the county attorney and the sheriff and had confessed to killing his wife. J-vruner declared that Mrs. Northey had given him some poison tablets with complete direction ns to how they wrere to he used. The woman said that she had never mentioned poison to Bruner. The man and the woman are charg ed jointly with the murder. Bbth have been arraigned in county court. Bruner waived a preliminary hearing and told how ho had placed two poison tablets in a cup of tea which his wife was about tn drink. Mrs. Northey waived preliminary hearing but stoutly proclaimed her innocence. When off;, ; !-• talked to Mrs, Northey fid.iy. she admitted willing h ll: “ho had known and had cared Bruner .for several years. She added that she was not now sure that she cared for him at all. Mrs. Northey seemed to be anxiouf to talk when the officers questioned her. She told the story of her friend ship for Bruner from the time of its beginning, eight years ago. She said that she had met Bruner soon after she moved to Sargent. Their friendship had progressed slow ly ard it was not until two or three years later that they became in timate. The automobile four which she and Bruner made la.*t summer was de scribed in full. The trip was cut short because of Bruner** fear that Ids wife would (barge him with desertion. “Bruner spoke often of getting a divorce but lie ahwiyn said that his wife wouldn't stand for it,” Mrs. Northey said, “lie told me that he would he free by spring but never said bow he expected to do it. 1 never suggested killing her, although I did want him to he free." Mrs. Northey declares that Bruner once suggested Hint she put poison in her husband's tea hut that she told 1 him that it would he much easier for her to "Just walk out.” She did i as she suggested later and left her husband and family. SOLON AGAINST BUTLER LEAVE Washington, Deo. ft. — President t'oOlldge was advised today by tho 1 senate naval committee through I'baliman Hale, not to extend the leave granted Mrlgndler General Hut ler of the .Marine corps to permit bis I service as public safety direc tor of [ Philadelphia. New Opera Produced. New York, I tec. fi. "Jeiiiifti," nn openi by I ,eos .lanacek, a t'/echo' Slovakian composed, wns produced In Ibis country for the first time today when It wns added to the repeloirt of the Metropolitan Opera company with a matinee performance. Marl* Jerltra »ang the title role of th« opera, which wai given In German. President of Irish Free State Sees Prosperity Ahead on Third Anniversary; Ex-Minister Gloomy Head of Government Points to Restored Order. New Judi ciary, Agrarian Improvements and $50,000,000 Internal Loan; Leader of Nationalists Flays Cal>inet\s In decisive Stand on Important Questions. By Universal Service. Signalizing the third anniversary of the signing of the treaty between the Irish free state and England, the two articles published herewith express divergent views of the present status of Ireland. President ( osgrave finds the situation full of hope; Joseph McGrath gives voice to dissenting comment. H.v WILLIAM T. COSGROVE, President of the Irish Free State. (Copyright, 1324 ) Dublin. Dec. fi.—We have emerged out of the welter of the Irish revolu tion a small state laboring under the natural difficulties of the time, and progressing slowly hut surely and steadily towards that prosperity and happiness which was thus always the promise of national freedom. Today, on the third anniversary of the signing of the treaty with Eng land, we can look back on a year of substantial, constructive effort and can more confidently than ever face the future. The darkest hours of Ire land's life are passed and the wounds of the national struggle are healing. The treaty has already brought to Ireland much of what Arthur Griffith prophesied; the rest is roniing. The people are grappling with prob lems consequential on both their past subjection and their liberation. Last year we had restored order, made ourselves a constitution, created a new judiciary, a police force, and an army, settled our most difficult agrarian question, raised an internal loan of $2,0,000,000 and laid the foun dation for tlie restoration of the na tional culture. Kl'tlllimilf* SIndied. The Irish mind is turning from politics in tlie old sense to economics. Tlie work of the Oireachtas (parlia ment), particularly in the last six months, lias been almost entirely in that sphere, and its effects should begin to appear very soon. A hill dealing with livestock breeding, for I example, Is at present before the deputies, and the minister for lands and agriculture has estimated that it will Improve the value of Irish rattle and products by $40,000,000 annually. I am told that this is a conservative estima te. Other acts are designed to Increase the value of Irish butter and eggs on the English market. Our exports of these two items alone amount at present to about $00,000,000 a year but recently the Danes have been encroaching substantially on the mar ket, and we must see to it that our eggs are rarefuly graded and packed if we are to compete with them sue cessfullv. We propose slso to provide a nn tional market for butler, which will lie an absolute guarantee of hjgh quality. Small tariffs have been levied for the encouragement of several Indus tries. It is with such practical mat ters affecting the lives of I he people, that the Irish parliament is now mainly concerned. By JOSEPH M’GRATH. Former mlnktrr of trade and rommsrri* of the Irish Free state and leader nf the national group which recently re signed from Hie Pall a* a protest against tlie gm eminent'* "West British" policy . (Copyright. 3924.) Dublin. Dec. G.—My view of the fu * ve of Ireland is at pi>*ent a very .oomy one. When I speak of the fu ture I mean the immediate future, and I am pessimistic mainly because of the want of independence on the part of the present government of the free state. This condition is due no doubt to the very serious and trying time the present government hag passed through since it took office, and the necessary suppression, as it were, of independent thought by in dividual ministers in order to keep at least the outward show of unity so necessary in the prevailing circum stances. It may well be said that those cir cumstances have now passed and such is certainly the case as far as the destruction of life and property Is concerned, but there Is a very genuine fear on the part of the pen pie that the irregulars may even tually come out on top and thereby destroy any Utile progress that lias been made, and perhaps even erect a definite barrier to independence. This fear Is shared to a large extent by tho government, whose passionate desire to maintain a united front Is resultant in the continued suppres sion in independent thought. American I*oaii Needed. A definite instance of want of con fidence In Ireland and its nationhood is before us regarding the manner of and the actual raising of money. Schemes that deserve practical con sideration are turned aside on the grounds only that "such a method is not favored in England." or that "it has never been tried in England." No definite effort has been made to ascertain how much money, if any. can be raised in America by way of lean. No effort has been made to enlighten American financiers on the possibilities of trade with Ireland. Taxation of a new kind is balked at because of its being turned down by a treasury official on loan from the British. Flag Not Respected. Tfow, I ask, are wo represented ihmad? Is our flag recognized?^ I! why is it conspicuous by its ab sence in many countries? Why have free stats citizens to go through th^ British consulates in order to meet their own representatives? I hold it is all due to want of inde prudence anil slackness or fear to use the powers obtained in Its treaty. I am genuinely afraid that the posi tion will only become worse as time goes on unless soihe member or mem bers of our government or other sup porters of the treaty take courage In their own hands and say boldly “We are going to use the freedom we have won We n?«’ going to use It In the way we consider best this free dom which has cost our country so much In blood and treasure to e-tab fish, anJ we are going to use It, re gardless of what Britain says or thinks, and regardless of what Mn\ country says or thinks. BANK AT DODGE CLOSED ONLY WEEK Bp.rlsl I >1.patch to Tho Bo*. « Fremont. Neb . Dec. 0.—Tho F:rst Nations] bank of Dodge, which rlo*ed |t« door* about a wo*k «(to. win re opened today a* tho Dodge State hank with Dan V. Stephens of Fre mont a* president. The rtopenlnK nf the bank I* believed to be a record for fast reoiKanlratlona of closed financial Institution* In Nebraska. The charter for the new Htate bank was granted Friday by tho depart ment of ttade and commerce. The finnk opened this morning with a capital of $25,000 anil a surplus of $10,000. K. J. Boinmeyer, former vice president of the First National, has been named temporarily «» cashier. The hoard of director* I* made up of director* of the Fremont state bank, of which Stephen* I* president, and a number of 1. lodge eotinly citizen". Farm txians Awarded. For the first time since 1914. gov ernment li ,-tns are now available for farm' i s who want to Improve their farm liulldln.'TB or land. Our roads arc being rapidly Improved, over $.i (>00,000 being siient on them. An effort Is being made to meet the housing shortage by granting loan* to local authorities and subsidies to private builders. The sugar beet and dead meat Industries—both of which are eminently suitable to the faun try -are being Investigated and gov ernment support will be forthcoming. In regard to unemployment, this Is undoubtedly ns pressing a prohleni with us as In most other states, but not more so. In our efforts to | remedy it. our policy has been not to promote unproductive relief works which must of their nature he mere ly pallative, hut to restore normal industrial conditions and start perma nent constructive work. Directly end Indirectly the govern ment has made available about $5.-., 000,000 to be spent In this way dur ing the next couple of years. This Includes $7,000,000 paid as compensa tion for damage done during the Do Valera disorder*. Business is gradually recovering from the slump of the war years. It must he remehered that the adverse conditions which have nffertod It In other countries were here supple mented hv conditions peculiar to our selves. But. those times sre now, we hnpnf well behind us. One of Ireland's chief concern* at present Is with the great scheme for Utilizing the power of the river Shnn non to supply the whole nation with cheap light, heat and power. The governpient has heeri In negotiation with a (frost continental firm on this project, and whim the work has l>« gun It will directly give employment to at least 3,non men for n number of years. Boundary Agreement In Sight. 1 have said that Ireland is more In tero*ted at present in economics than III politics, tine political question Is still of prime Importance, Powerful Influences have been steadily at work to wreck one clnusn of the Anglo-Irish treaty—that which provides ih* mo chlnery by which those arena of northern Ireland, In which a nut Jnrlly of tin Inhalillnnts weie un willingly ut off front cltlzenahlp of III" free stoic, mny bo restored to the government of their choice. Today, however, the bniindtuy commission |s actually In session and wn hnv« no reason to doubt that Its findings will tie In accordance with the merits rvf the c»se I need hardly add that the people of th* fre* *Ut* have no ambition to / WORK TO STAY WiTH CABINET Washington, Pep. ft.— President Coolidga Is understood to have Indi rated today to western senators that he knew of no basis for reports that n change In higher Interior department positions Is impending Secretary Work Is expr< ted to re main, the president having asked him to do so. acquire unwilling rUUmn*. We are anxious above all things to secure the ultimate unity «*f our country, and hope to achieve It when passion ami prejudice have given place to good will arid a general recognition that such unity Is essential to .he well he lug of all sections of mu#countrymen, hut. In the meantime, we cannot Ig nore the wishes nf thousands of north ern nationalists who desire our r|t! xsnshlp and have in fact rspoatedly demanded it World Court Action May Be Deferred Borah Sera Slight Hope of Calling Measure Up Dur ing Present Term. Special Session Urged By GEORGE R. HOLMES. International »ws fieri Ire Staff Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 6.—A special ses sion of the 69th congress to be called early next summer to deal with the world-court Issue and tax reform ts Insistently being urged upon the president. The pressure on this action, which has been strong since election. Is In creasing so that It Is a question of whether Mr. t'oolidge will he able to adhere us Jiis announced intention of giving, the country another rest from congress. The plan now being pressed on the president, is to call another congress to meet In May or dune and let the senate tackle the court while the house taker up the lax reduction and tax reform advocated by Secretary of Treasury Mellon, and to which the adminlalration is pledged. The friends of the court and the friends of more and immed ale tax re duction are banking the program to the limit. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, the new chairman of the foreign re latione committee of tho senate, said today In a formal statement that he was willing to call the court Issue up at any time, but he saw little prospect of it at the present short session. Court In Abeyance. This confirmed the belief already existing that there will be no action on the court before March 4, and at the same time increased the desire on the part of the court*' friends to have an extra session. Borah refused to commit himself as to whether he is in entire accord with the president on the court. His state ment today was Issued because of re ports that he had swung over to the administration's viewpoint. "I am quite willing, *a chairman to help," Borah said. “I am even anxious to bring the world court be fore the senate Just as soon as ihe appropriation hilts, which have the right of way and agricultural legls latlon have been disposed of. "I have for 20 jears favored a world court. But I would regard the effort to establish an effective Judi cial tribunal as wholly fruitless If such a tribunal were left so that It would Inevitably he drawn into Intel national politic*. , Move for l’eaee. "When I vote for a world court. I would like to feel that I have voted for something that will he an aid to the world peace ' The plain inference left the Idaho senator was that he did not consider the present court, with the Penes protocol and Its system of electing Judges, to ua the kind of a court he could give hi* support to. Meanwhile, President Coolsdge'* ,ef erence to the court In hi* rn.wsage ha* stirred the democrats to renewed activity. After stating last w.-ck that h* wouldn't attemtp to force the mat ter. Senator Swanson, democrat, of Virginia, said tonight that It he saw "a favorable opportunity" he would push the court to a vote both In the coo inlttec and In the senate. "I Intend." said Swanson, "to esk' for a vole on the Harding Hughes proposal in the committee. I may even rail It up at our next meeting next Wednesday." 3 HOSPITAL AIDES HELD FOR SLAYING Oharokaa, 1*.^ P#r. «U—Three at* tendanta i|t the itati h'^nltal for the Insane here are under at .*st, charged with flrnt degree murder, In con nection with the death ln#t-night of Henry Van Hnaften, a patient. Herbert Hteingrube, Ixmia Garrett and M. it. Fuller are the attendant# held, on complaint of George l>onog hue, nuptrinteildent. FORMER RAILROAD PRESIDENT DEAD Pasadena, Pel.. Her. * William C Brown. 71,, former president of the New York Central railroad, died this morning In South Pasadena. Two year* ago h# suffered a stroke of (poplexy and ha* been In falling health since Services will he held st the residence at >10 o'clock Monday. Burial will he at Lime Springs, la., lit* former home. Abts Wholesale (iroccrv Bought by Nash Concern N|imdnl Dispatch in Thn Omaha Hoc Columbus, Neb., l)a«v 'I'll* H. W. Aid* Wholesale tlrocrry company, founded here by II. W. AMs and Matt f’nlto in 1SS7. owners of a chain of 115 wholesale grocery houses In the imrlhwi i and of sit other Nr lira i houses In North Platte. Seotfs Rluti s. Not folk, Hastings, Kearney ami i’rawMril. The firm will he known here as lha Nash Hist* company, handling fresh produce as well as staples ,1. P. llarrlgan, Minneapolis, has lieen transferred hers as local manager. The AMs company a cerates a million and t quarter turnover. Fleeing Bride Eludes Chase Fk^ PCRoTPTtr >£atetixt Hiyr.->f^LKr Mrs. Dorothy .Martin Hillman, wife of Edward A. Hillman, jr., million' aire Chicago department store owner, fled to New York after a month of married life, following a mysterious quarrel with her husband. She de Hared she wms going to Europe to escape her “nasty little husband.’* He asked the police to apprehend her, but she eluded them. jHouse Completes Consideration of Interior Measure — \ppropriation Rill \ irtualh l nrhanged; F inal Vole Delayed Until Tue*d*,.r\ | nnr« of Golden Rule Sunday todav.; according to the near east relief rum | mlttee, with headquarter* at Omaha, i To properly observe (’.olden Rttlei Sunday, each home 1* fn provide a very humble repa*t. like a bowl of rorn grit* porridge and milk Instead of the more elaborate Sunday din der. With the amount thu* saved »» * basis. It Is proposed that a thanks offering be made to the Near Hast Relief for the benefit of the little children of the near east Bible lands The Near Hast Relief reports that some 40,000 are being cared for today In orphanages. In Omaha the day will be observed in many homes through an effort that Is being made by the Christian Young People's societies „f the city Khncr (ireeling. president of the Christian Kndeavor union, and Mrs C. K Melton, president of the Raptlst Young People's union, said that sev eral 'thousand letter* have been mailed to the homes over the city, urging the observance of Golden Rule Sun d«>. Hlehop K. V, Shaler of Omaha will radio from WOAW Sunday night at 9 on Golden Rule Sundnv . ^ uletide Spirit h Reflected in Shoe Fund Gifts — i Slueliv Strppt* Call \ttention | In Nerd of Good Footgear for Children. PrMlfinly report . ... f Jf.fW) 1 \Mm IVtmh . I.IMi' F V OfRiMa, h. s.iki F lennor \ ir^iniia -Irffrey . Ju.m* I’HI i*» Vrf . * .VI 1 'lurtar-d Mrfall^j . 5.50 W 1. Muotrrraan . 5.00 Mr*. K. H. Farrar . 1,00 I*. M Faniphrll . 5.00 Thu Friday rlub . 5.00 Total .fl?*.00 The spirit of Christmas was re flected Saturday in the generous* response to The Omaha Bee Free Shoe Fund. Fight individual* and one club con tributed a total of $47 to the fund being raised by The Omaha Bee *o that needy school children will not run the dancer of had cold* and pneumonia because of inadequate footgear. Many more contribution* are ex pec ted over the week-end. The slush on the sidewalk* and street* the last two or three days ha* brought tn every person in Omaha the necessity for good shoe*. Those who are fortunate enough! to have stout aho*s look with pity upon those whose shoes have thin soles, or patched uppers, especially if they are children. The Omaha Bee’s fund is to take care of such luck lea* youngsters with the co-operation of the schools. Checks and money orders should he made payable to The Omaha Bee Free Shoe Fund. Tho^e wishing to contribute may deposit money with the cashier of The Omaha Bee in person if they so desire. PERSHING," ENVOY. ARRIVES IN PERU Mma, Pam, Dec. «.—On. John J Pershing, carrying ths title of spa rial ambassador extraordinary anti minister plenipotentiary to Peru, ar rived here totlav at the head of the 1'ni‘Pil States delegation which will at tend the centennial of the Kittle of Ayacucho here on December 9. This event I* celebrated as the anniver sary of Peruvian Independence. Th« retired chief of staff of the American army received an ovation whi-n he entered IJma. The city was in gala attire triumphal arches and electrical Illuminations having been creeled. The arrival during the week of special embassies was followed by a series of formal receptions at the government palace. The members of ths various delegations ars all ae 1 credited as special ambassadors. Five Claims Vgainol Stair Film! Commission Fremont. Neh , pec, 0 Ki\e claim* against tli» State Guaranty Fund commission were allowed by Judge K, W Hutton In district couri today Two oiher claims were turned down for tin* promt pending tli* close of bearings now in session. The claims allowed ate the follow Inc Window Slate hank, 11.750; J. - W\ Hoyle, o'er fT.Obp; s, P. lloyle, ] M.OOO; Hannah I.add, tSA; George W* Smith, to.000. These were found to’ i be U'nnflde deposit* and merited con sideration under the clauses of thej stale law. Two »ia.nt» i-’te I v Abb,-i(, Ttohnlj ,t ltnbinv Fremont law firm and . another by I' 1. Waldron, Omaha. j ror 11.700 were disallowed. In the i latier case H e court found that it J •hould base been placed against the , bank Instead of the fund today, jt 2 Fliers Burned in ('rash. Washington. Dec. G—Unit. Com C. V. Johnson, navy sir pilot and his mechanic, W. W. 1 hires, w no hadly hunted today at Hampton Uoads naval air station when (heir plana collided with a tiro while iak Ina off »ud i l ashed to the around In flames. Married in Fnuneil Muffs. Th* following (>et « 't\* nbtain#*! marriage 1i« ei»N. •« in Onumil ltluffa >e*(pi«l»y Isloytl Hat old \uel, Omaha .,. o Mi-t ♦ A lieu Hnn. t ttit^ht* ........ i Kilaln (*«!e Omaha ............ 21* Mate Marh' Cnrev. Omaha . J Oakland Hunt hr** >i, Om»lm . .. i KtlHh l»*u*l on»«h* ......... 1A K M V h truth t pun. : Htuff* .$: '"n» Rat halm. t .Mint'll Uiuff* 4* Mbart (' Itikei t'cninel! Riuffu ...... .11 Maj Mltia. Ominci) HUtffa ... ? tlua 1*!l > I'.tuncii TUnffa 4-t Vargarot Raker Ontim il R off* . !>", 1% in lam lrr*nl»Mr (r«n« *<•*.' N*h 2 1 L»>flUa Dvorak. Oltnwood, Nab ....... C.t Escape of Murderer Was Boast Slayer Intimated He Would (»ain Freedom If Con victed; Building I n.-ecure. Awaits Prison Transfer Hertford, la., Dec. « —Convicted of th“ slaying of his sweetheart, Lillian McKenney of Herrick, S. D,, Carl Hough today was in jail here await ing transfer to Fort Madison, where he was sentenced, according to thef jury s recommendation, to serve a life term. Hough refused to comment on his sentence, while relatives of the dead girl, who had been in the courtroom throughout the lo-day trial, declared ihev were satisfied and had not de sired a death penalty. On the recommendation of .lodge Hammer A. Fuller, the trial judge, authorities took extra precautions to prevent any attempt at escape from the local Jail, which, the judge said, was none too secure. A continuous guard was placed over the prisoner, who officers said, had Intimated he was prepared to show them some thing or two, if he was convicted." Eloped With His Victim. Hough was convicted largely on cir cumstantial evidence presented to sup port the state's contention that he doped from Herrick with the girl early last August, returned to Oak land. la , his home, where he refused to marry Miss McKenney, then killed her in ilia automobile and concealed the body under a highway bridge. The defense contended the girl was killed by two strangers, who drugged Hough. The verdict was reached after the lurors had deliberated five hours, rhey retired at S:in and were ready to face the judge at 10:10. Carl Hough was accused of having tilled Lillian McKenney, 1*. Herrick, D., whose bruised body was found tinder a bridge 1? miles west of here August 13. Hough, nonchalant throughout the trial, gave- no hit of ground as the verdict mi read. He wag takt from the countj Jail as soon ss word was sent from the jury room that verdict was ready. As the jurors hied Into the Jury box Hough smiled and turned hia back on them. As the clerk of court read the verdict the prisoner con tinued to stand with his hack turned on the persons who. in the opinion of the spectators, should ha vs been of most interest. His smile remained. When the verdict had been read he turned, still smiling, to the deputy sheriff with whom he had come from his cell. He held out his hands to be handcuffed, and, with an air of con tempt, turned and walked from the room. Elmer McKennev. father of the 'lain girl, refused to comment on the v-*rdtct. He was present in the court room ss ths verdict was read and left immediately afterward. Saws in Hough's Cell. A sensation developed Fridsy after, noon when it was discovered that two •:eel raws had been eecreted in Hough's cell. The authoritiee have been in the mbit of searching the cell each day when Hough is returned from the courtroom. Fridsy afternoon aa Hough stood in the corridor a deputy sheriff entered the cell and felt under the mattress.’ There he found the saws. Whether lhey were gtven to Hough while he sat in the courtroom or whether they were secreted in the cell while the prisoner was absent la not known. The verdict of guilty wrote flnle to one of the most sensational trials held In a court of Taylor county in the annals of Its court history. The body of Lillian McKenney wee Pound last August. For several days it could not he Identified then, through clothing the Identity of the man iast seen with the girl was estab lished. Strangers Blamed. That man was Cart Hough and hla lentlty was further established when Elmer McKennev. hurried from hla home In South Dakota, viewed the body of his daughter and recognleed her. Hotigh was t m red through Town tnd finally arrseted in Sioux City. During the trial Hough proelalmed Us nnocenc-e of the crime. He 'limed two strangers for the death >f his wife, » The climax ef the trial came todsv vhen. after Richard Organ, atiornev Richard Otgaji. attorney fog the iefenae In his summing up charged he state with being unfair In the rial. In that It refused to search fee he two men spoken of In Hough s ■tory of what had happened on the light of l.lllian McKenney's death. The two men whom Organ wanted n court spent August ll in Hough s 'ompany. Hough doc'a red fr i\m the witness stand that the men were 1 itranger* to him and that he did not mow their names and was able to rt'e only a partial description of | hem. I ii\ Ht'iirings MoiuUt. Federal Judge Woodrough will be | allied by Judges I,. »\ Monger ami Vdllant S Kent on. Monday. when learinga on cases brought by the I Vestern Vnton. and by the Rock la in 1 Burlington and Northwestern atlrcast* to en.ioln tax leriae are to e hexivt.