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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.
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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<fv.
*
W^Hinfton, Ti ec. 6.—Hons* con
| “IflcrMtlon of th# Interior department
! appropriation bill was completed late
today with only ,T*o^ndfull of mem
ber* on the floor, and a final vote on
| the measure wan postponed until
Tueadn y.
Kxcept for this amendment and the
striking out of a $406,00b appropria
: tlon for Howard university in this
I city on a point of order by Repre
sentative Byron, South Carolina, the
bill was not changed by the house in
my important particular.
It carries a total of $23*000,000, a
j decrease of 130,000,000 from the total
I available for expenditure this year
and $1,500,000 from budget estimate*.
Among the items approved without
material change were those for recla
mation project* in the west, the
total amounting to $*,<W3.fton.
“Golden Rale”
Sunday Observed
r.__
Nebraskans Show Interest in
Offering for Near Uast
Children.
M.'un* cities n n ,1 town.* over Xebrns ’
k 1 making plan* for the o)>*,.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
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tlua 1*!l > I'.tuncii TUnffa 4-t
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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.