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l VOL. 54—NO. 152. OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1924. * TWO CENTS10 S-TR^sKm <El.«wta»n».U *" 1---/
Poisoner of
Wife Enters
Guilty Plea
Admits Slaying Wife When
Arraigned in District Court;
Mrs. Northey Main
tains Innocence.
Court Names Attorneys
Special lUspntch to The Omaha Bee.
Broken Bow, Neb., Dec, S.—Frank
Bruner, 47, confessed slayer, and Mrs.
Ardesta Northey, 47, for love of whom
he says he killed his wife, were ar
raigned In district court this after
noon.
Bruner, the haunted look gone from
his eyes, faced the Judge and entered
a plea of guilty.
Mrs. Northey, still somewhat de
fiant, still protesting her innocence,
pleaded no guilty.
Neither of the prisoners were able,
hy their own statements, to retain
attorneys. H. M. Sullivan was ap
pointed by the court to defend
Bruner, and A. H. Schnell and H. L.
Wilson were appointed to defend Mrs,
Northey.
Bruner Calm.
Bruner was calm as he faced Judge
Hostetler. Ho entered the courtroom
in company wtih a deputy sheriff and
sat down at one side of the enclosure
before the judge's bench. When lie
was called on, the indictment against
him read, lie bowed his head.
“Guilty."
, •*. That was his only word while In
jlsj the courtroom. When Judge Hostet
ler asked if he could retain an attor
ney Jiruner shook his head negative
ly. After Sullivan had been appoint
ed the judge asked If he was satis
fied wtih the selection of the court.
Bruner nodded “yes," looked ques
tionlngly at the judge, and resumed
his seat.
Mrs. Northey presented a sharp con
trast to Bruner when sho arose from
her seat while the indictment against
her was being read. .She did not wait
for the clerk of cour’ to complete
reading before she protested her
innocence.
Trial Date Not Set.
The two defendants are named In
tlie same indictment nnd will be tried
together. Bruner, in bis confession
and in later statements, has snggested
little intention of offering much
struggle to avoid conviction. As a re
suit of this, the court decided that
one attorney would be sufficient to
defend him.
Mrs. Northey has declared her In
nocence, has expressed a determina
tion to fighi for her liberty and was,
therefore, considered entitled to two
attorneys to represent her.
The date of the trial has not been
set. as yet, but it is believed that It
, I will start in as short a time as pns
'» slble.
In the meantime the two defend
ants are being held in the county jail
without bond.
CONVICTED SLAYER
DENIED REPRIEVE
London, Dee. 8.—Home Secretary
Joynson Hicks tonight refused to
grant a reprieve for William George
Smith, condemned to lie hanged at
Hull tomorrow for the murder “on
August 14 of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouse
field, despite the fact that in.nnn per
sons at a protest, meeting In Hull yes
terday threatened a general strike If
the reprieve petition signed by S'.
000, was not granted.
Commander Joseph Montague Ken
worthy, member of parliament, from
Hull, has announced that he feared
riots and bloodshed would follow the
refusal to reprieve the condemned
man. Threats are said to have been
made to storm the Jail to prevent the
hangman from entering.
coldTatalto
I OMAHA VISITOR
\ Mrs. Emma Standish, 75, of Kan
4 sas City, died Sunday at the home
/ of her niece, Mrs. W. W. Bruner,
8939 X street, with whom she had
been visiting for the past three
weeks. Mrs. Standish had been suf
fering from a cold which developed
into pneumonia.
Mrs. Standish Is survived hy two
sons, Robert of Kansas City nnd
Chauneey of Hepner, Ore., and hy
a daughter, Mrs. John Lee of Hume,
Ora.
W. 9. Ksnyon,
Dm Moines, Is.
Federal Judge.
Serving early In his career as a
prosecuting attorney and a little later
a« district Judge, Judge Kenyon
' swung Into hi* career at full "peed,
liecoming assistant to the Attorney
general of the United State* In 1910.
In 1911 lie whs elected United States
senator from Iowa to fill an on
eiplred term whleh ended In 1913,
/ after which he was re-elected for two
^ terms, hut resigned before Ills second
term was completed to accept appoint
ment a* Judge of the United States
circuit court, Klghth district, by *p
polntmsnt from 1’resldeni IJjtidln*.
ANTHRACITE COAL
TAX LAW UPHELD
Washington, Dec. 8.—The Pennsyl
vania anthracite coal tax law was up
held today by the United States su
preme court, which upheld decisions
by lower court.
Validity of the law was attacked by
the Cranberry Coal company, Alliance
Coal company, Lehigh Coal and Navi
gation company and the Philadelphia
& Heading Iron and Coal company.
More than $3,000,000 in coal taxes
were assessed against the coal com
panies by the state.
State Capitol
Problems Up to '
New Legislature
Commission Decides They
Are Powerless to Award
Lighting or Furnishings
Contracts.
By P. C. POWELL,
Stuff Correspondent of The Omnlin Bee.
Lincoln, Dec. S.—Problems involved
In building Nebraska's new stats
house and a tentative plan of hills to
he introduced at the session of the
legislature hy the state capltol com
mission were discussed at a meeting
of that body today. The legislative
program as tentatively decided upon
includes:
A continuation of the capltol fund
tax to raise $2,500,000 In addition to
the $5,000,000 already appropriated,
which the commission declares neces
sary to complete the stnte house.
Furnishings Contracts to Be I,et.
Authority for commission to con
tract for furnishings of new capltol.
Giving either the commission, the
board of educational lands and build
ings or the governor power to con
tract for lighting the state house.
After considerable argument over
whether the municipal lighting plant
In Lincoln or one of the privately
owned plants should be given the
contract for lighting the state house
the commission decided today that It
did not have authority to award such
a contract.
Powerless to Award Light Contract.
This decision ia based on the fact
that the lighting is entirely In the
hands of the state government which
uses the building and the commission,
authorized to merely supervise Its
erection, Is powerless to award such
a contract. The present statutes are
hazy as to whether authority for
awarding lighting contract Is given
the governor exclusively or the
board of educational lands and build
ings, which comprises the governor,
Dan Swanson, land commissioner;
George Marsh, state auditor, and C.
D. Hoblnson. state treasurer.
As a number of rooms in the state
house will be occupied by January 1
In order to provide committee rooms
for the legislature a temporary ar
rangement with a power plant must
be made or there will be no overtime
work in the offices occupied in the
new capltol.
MATE HITS YOUNG
WIFE; HE’S JAILED
Raymond Roche, 64, 1705 South
Twelfth street. Council Blfufa, met
his wife Sunday afternoon as she
was talking to some young men on
a street corner. Roche picked up R
stick and struck his wife. Her cries
brought police, who arrested Roche.
He was sentenced to 10 days In Jail
in police court Monday morning on
a charge of drunkenness and disturb
ing the peace. He admitted striking
his wife, who is considerably younger
than he.
3 SLAYERS GET'
LIFE SENTENCES
Sedalia, Mo., Dec. Harry and
Arthur Defenbaugh, brothers, and
Charles Harrla, three of five accused
of slaying of Sheriff Garrett Groomer
jflf Benton county, in circuit court at
TVaraaw tills afternoon pleaded guilty
before Judge C. A. Calvlrd, and were
given life terms in the penitentiary
at Jefferson CUy.
Shenandoah Editor Takes
Position at Pocatello, Idaho
Shenandoah, la., Dec. S.—Mias Anna
Dlenat, assistant city editor of the
Sentinel-World, leaves Monday foi
Pocatello, Ida., where she has sc
repted a position on the news staff
of the Idaho State Journal. Miss
Dlenat, who has been In Shenandoah
three years, ta s, graduate of the
school of journalism of the Univer
sity of Missouri, Columbia. She was
secretary of the Shenandoah Busl
ness Women’s club.
Driver Killed in Runaway.
David City, Dec. 6.—Frank Sey
more, a farm hand near Rising City,
was crushed to death when he fell
beneath a runaway team which had
been frightened by a pasalng freight
train.
12 Horses Die in Fire.
Broken Bow. Dor*. 8.—-D. D. Thomp
son, living 12 mile* *outh of town,
KU*talned n $4,000 lo** when hi* large
burn nml content* were destroyed by
fire. Twelve horae* perluhtd In the
fire.
Solon to Undergo Operation.
Washington, Dec, 8. Represents
live Williams republican, of Michigan
Is 111 here and I* eipeoted to h# re
mnved to Johns Hopkins university,
Hsltlmore. on Thursday for removal
of the gall bladder.
Jury Picked
in Illi nois
Poison Case
Elsie Sweetin and Lawrence
Higlit Begin Their Battle
for Life on Charge of
Slaying Mates.
Jurors Are Stolid Men
By VnlTerssI Service.
Mt. Vernon, 111., Dec. 8.—Lawrence
Might and Elsie Sweetin were united
today—not in the bonds of love they
sought to fashion from the shrouds
of their mates, but In their mutual
battle against the hangman's noose.
The unfrocked minister who poison
ed his wife and the woman who killed
her husband toward the same eon
verging end sat at the defendants’
table in the little courtroom, Thetr
eyes seldom met throughout the day
in which the 12 simple, thoughtful
men were chosen In whose hands
their fate is to be placed.
It Is a middle-aged jury, men past
40, which will try the case of these
self-confessed rural Borgias.
The trial, it was Indicated, will
move swiftly. A few questions are
yet to be put by the defense to George
Nelson, a farmer, the 12th man se
lected to sit In the Jury box.
Eight other farmers have been ac
cepted, and the three others Jurymen
are a blacksmith, a laborer and a
storekeeper.
Jurors Are Plain Men.
They are men who, It seems, would
be little Impressed with the subtle
psychological arguments or would
condone a slaying because It was mo
tivated, as the defense may seek to
prove, by a mad Infatuation that not
even stopped at death. Justice—not
roipance, Is written in their faces.
To them Frank G. Thompson, the
prosecuting attorney—that Is what
they call their district attorney in
this community—will outline the
case, how Wllford Sweetin, the miner
husband of Elsie, suddenly was taken
111 after eating Ice ci^am. Physicians
thought It to he ptomaine poisoning.
He was not a church-going, like his
rather pretty wife, and Rev. Law
rence Hlght, pastor of the little
Methodist church at Ina, came dally
to his bedside to "pray wtih him and
convert him."
Small Roses of Poison.
While ministering to his spiritual
wonts this minister, according to his
own statement, placed poison in the
food, small doses at first, to make the
Illness seem a lingering malady, and
then, tired of the delay of death, a
final big dose, "enough to kill 10
men."
Sweetin died—converted, according
to Might s own words at the funeral
sermon.
A few weeks later Mrs. Hlght,
mother of the minister’s children, was
taken ill, she too lingered awhile,
the disease baffling the physicians of
Inn. Then she died, also of poison,
which the minister has admitted plac
ing in her food. The doctors, how
ever. had believed It a natural death.
The circumstances, however, set the
tongues of the villagers to wagging
nnd rumors of the close friendship
which had sprung up between the pas
tor and his parishioner, even before
their mates had died, sprung up and
would not down.
Bold Confess Guilt.
Their arrest followed and after
hours of questioning came the story
that bag placed the survivors of the
tragedy within the shadow of the
noose.
The first witness to be called will he
Dr. William H. McNally, of Chicago,
a chemist who discovered poison In
the bodies of Mrs. Hlght and Wllford
Sweetin.
Sweetln's father today sat at the el
bow of the prosecuting attorney
throughout the preliminary session
today. There were whispered confer
ences as Jurors were accepted or re
Jected.
Defendants Calm.
At Mrs. Sweetln’s side snt her
brother, Earl Son, and her half
brother, John Williams. Alec Bum
pus nnd his wife, who early became
suspicious of the manner In which
Sweetin died, are In the courtroom.
Mrs. Bumpus Is Sweetln's sister.
Hlght alts alone, as far ns friends
are concerned. Only his legal coun
sellor confers with him.
The defendants are calm—the hys .
terla of the early days of the tragedy ^
and Its resultant Inquisition is gone.
They watch the men as one by one
they seat themselves In the Jury box
They look for trsces of sympathy and
hope for mercy.
Married in Council Bluff*.
The following person* obtained mar
riage licensee In Council Bluff* yeeterdty:
Name end Addrra*. Age.
■fume* Perry Knepher, Omaha.,... . . SO ]
Kva Knepher, Omaha... 27
It. D. Minefield, Cetad, Neb. . 2ft
Lola Grare Huge. Cnaad, Nell..... 91
l.ee Hushing. Palmyra, Neb.*.... 4f*
Pauline Hhnffrr, Palmyra, Neb, 4ft
\V. M. Kin I*. Mrhuyler. Nab... 17
Pea 11 Butler, Omaha .••«,.. B
I, ,M Andersen, Omaha ....... lf'
Mabel Moure, Unuhn It
tl J. Barrett, Fremont Neb..... SS
Helen Johnson. Fremont, Neb. H
Raymond K. H« hnekloth Nenla. Neb... II
M lid md Drelet. Neola. la.It
A W llartung. Omaha 21
Thelma flhumway ffartwlck. omeha 1" (
/« \j. Cotner, Plettemeuth. Neb . .. 41
fda N. Parker, Plattamnuth. Neb ..... 12 ■
f.avern Cunningham. Omehe . 4t i
MsOter Ifyeell. Otnah*. .. 41 ,
ft !,. Clerk Omaha ... . 2ft ,
Lata 1, Clark, Omaha .... 11
Widow of First Nebraska Homesteader
Divides “Entry No. 1” Among
Her Seven Children
Npwial IMHpatrli to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Dec. 8.—With all the vast “public domain”
to choose from, decades ago, a man named Daniel Free
man chose a “squat” on a fertile tract six miles from
Beatrice.
When the first homestead law was passed, he shot
in his application for this piece of land. He won it, and
received the first homestead grant ever issued. It was
called “entry No. 1.”
He farmed it continuously until his death several
years ago. Since then his widow, Agnes, has managed
it and his three sons have done the work.
Last week his widow divided the tract for the first
time. She deeaed it to the three sons and four daughters,
giving each 80 acres. The children are: Leclaire Free
man, Mrs. Eliza Carre, James H. Freeman, Arzene
Quackenbush, George Frank Freeman, Lelia Josephine
Freeman and Samuel Freeman.
_J
German Election
Socialist Victory
J
Nationalists Defeated by Nar
row Margin at Polls; Radi
cal Blocs Collapse.
fly International New* Service.
Berlin, Dec. S.—The constitu
tionalists have defeated the nation
ilists by the narrowest of margins.
Radicals in both wings suffered a
complete collapse, the Hitlerites and
he communists losing 40 to+Jii) per
-ent of their strength In the last
•eirhstng.
The social democrats become the
itrongest party.
These three facts stood out today
rom the latest returns from the double
"lections Sunday. Because of the
voting for both the relehstng ami
he Prussian diet, the returns were
ecelved slowly.
The results as indicated thus far
ivere:
Social democrats, 126; Oerman na
llonals, 125; Oerman peoples. 49; cen
trists. 66; democrats, 30; Bavarian
peoples, 19; Hitlerites, IS; com
munists, 44: others, 20.
Changes Ahead.
Despite the collapse of radical ele
ments, there was every indication to
lay that there will be essential
-hanges In the dominant political
constellations, because the Oerman
nationals and the Oerman peoples
parties also were winning seats at
he expense of the Hitlerites while
Ihe social democrats and the demo
-rats were strengthened hy desertions
from the communists.
The Catholic centrist party has
always held its own.
Chancellor Marx's newspaper Ger
mania, characterizes the results ns
"neither a swing to the left nor s
iwlng to the right, hut a strength
cnlng of the middle parties."
It seems most likely that the for ;
mer Marx cabinet will be returned to
power.
Heavy Vole Cast.
All parties brought all possible
reserve Strength to the polls, aver
iglng 85 per cent of their total vot
ng strength, as compared with TO in
the May elections.
The re-elected members Include
Xdmlral Tirpltz, Von I.udendorff,
Prince Bismarck, Count Westarp.
'ount Bernstorff, former Chancellors
“ttreaemann. Wlrth and Fehrenbach.
'hancellor Marx and Count I .err hen -
eld.
WESTERN UNION
LOSES TAX CASE
The 'Western t’nlon Telegraph com
nany wa* dented a permanent Injunc
don to prevent the state tax rommls
iloner from assessing Its Intsngllble
sssets In a decision handed down In
3maha Monday afternoon by Federal
fudge* Woodrough of Omaha. Kenyon
>f Iowa and Munger of Lincoln.
The telegraph company claimed
hat It wa* operating under a federal
erant leaned In 1866. The stilt In
.-olved about 14.000 In taxes.
In another decision handed tlowr.
iy the three judge* Monday three
allronda were grunted temporary In
unction* to restrain Nebraska county
reasurers from collecting the full
imniint of the 1924 taxes, which the
■nmpanle* assert are excessive.
The Northwestern has agreed to
pay 70 per rent of Its tax. the Bur
Ington 75 per rent, the Minneapolis
5 Omaha 60 per cent and the Ml*
lourl Pacific On per cent.
Beatrice Poultry Win*
Prise* at Kausa* Show
nJlstrlce, Oec. *.—T. .1. Mahumn of
his city received word that his Buff
Irplngton* won a number of iirb.es
It the poultry show held at t’lav
'enter. Kan. He has exhibited 62
ilrds this season and won I Ibbons
>n 49 of them
55 Cent* Per Voter < lost
of Flection in York County
York. Dnc, R.—According to John
Muir, county clerk of York county, It
"<»■!* York county voter* about
•ont* gplcco to hold an election Thl*
ncludo* officer*’ aalarlos. polling
»lar* rental* and all other * Kponm*
Hum'll Woman Kills Self.
Hturglft, H l> , !>«»<■ R Mr*. Hhcr
nan Orr, who rentdod on a ranch
!0 mile* #n*t of ftturgia, committed
uilcld* by taking carbolic mid, No
native I* known. f*h«» left a hu«
)gnd and four chllditn.
Shoe Fund Passes
$200 First Week
Work of Fitting Applicants
Slow Even So; Many Chil
dren in Need.
Previously reported .8157..VI
A. r. H. I .HO
H. S.0I4
K. P. sweeter.. 3.511
Hansen .. 5.IMI
I.. I'. I ll. rbo.-k 5.011
KlUabeth Morris, Wood l.nke, Minn. VUIl
Klnu Prlekett, l.eod, K. I). 5.00
\ f.ircjnun 5.00
A friend . 5.00
1 friend . 10.imi
tiionvmoii* . I.INl
ties. I ■/.. «.. 1.00
Tnl «l . 5704.00
The Omaha Bee Free Shoe Fund
has passed the *200 mark.
School children who need shoes are
being eared fur very slowly. Many
npplirations are delayed pending re
ceipt of more contributions. This la
no kind of weather for youngsters to
be out In paper-soled shoes, and the
cold blast should make those who
themselves wear stout footgear show
compassion for less fortunate persons,
especially little boys and girls.
Eleven contributions Monday total
ed *46.50. If that average is kept
up during the week by Saturday
night the total of the fund should
reach nearly *500.
Thosei who desire to aid In this
worthy cause should make out their
checks »f\d money orders to The
Omaha Bee Free Shoe Fund. They
may leave the money with the rash
ler of The Omaha Bee if they wish.
Don't let the poor children of Oma
ha suffer this winter.
RUM DEALS AIRED
IN FORBES TRIAL
By Associated Press.
Chicago. Dec. 8.—Liquor permit
deals and domestic personalities of
Ellas II. Mortimer featured his testl
inony as cross examination started
. today In the Forbes Thompson vet
erans’ bureau graft conspiracy trial.
"I answered the telephone In
Forties’ apartment In Washington one
time aud found it was Mrs. Mortimer,
using fhe alias of .1. C. Martin, and
asking for her ‘papa,’ " Mortimer tea
tlfled.
Colonel Kashy Smith, counsel for
Forbes, led Mortimer through a long
series of whisky permit deals. In some
of which Representative John W
Langley of Kentucky got the with
drawal permits. Mortimer said he
testified about this at the trial last
summer, which resulted In Langley s
conviction for conspiracy to withdraw
liquor Illegally
Luis Vlncentl of Baltimore gave i
him a *50.000 note for helping get
him out of Jail, Mortimer said, but
Colonel Forbes and "Mrs. Mortimer
took It out of his papers.
Some of these permits were for the
Mulford Drug company and the Me
Outre Chemical company, both of
Philadelphia, Mortimer said.
GIRL KILLS SELF
TO AVOID SCHOOL
Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 8.—"I’ll dlo
or kill myself before T graduate, 1
don't want to go to school," lenm
Puckett, 12. told her aunt, Miss Ruby
Brewer, today when the latter an
nounced she would take her to school
The aunt had heard Leona make
similar expressions tmfore end paid
no attention.
A few moments later she hesrd a
shot tn an adjoining room. l,eonu
was found dying. Sha had shot her
self through the heart with a pistol
taken from her parents’ room. The
parents were at work.
Bi-Imp Brechrr Orator at
McCook KIK* Memorial
McCook, 1 >ec. 1.- McCook lodge No.
14.14, H. P. O. K., held memorial eerx
Ices .Sunday afternoon In the Temple
theater. Bishop (Seorge Beecher of
the Episcopal church delivered the ad
dress. A fine music program was
given by members of the Congrega
l Iona I church choir.
ltlalmp Beecher delivered two ser
mons at the McCook Episcopal church
Sunday and confirmed a cities.
Oratorio Sung ill Crete.
< ’rote. I»ec K. The oratorio, "Ell
Jali." was given Sunday afternoon in
l.ee chapel l»y a chorus of over 100
voices. The soloists were E O. l«ew 1
Ip. tdncoin, tenor, Prof, t'harle* V
Kettering of Crets college, barltotae
Miss Mildred Potter, soprano, and
Miss Elva Bloodgood. alto Then* i
vias a large and appreciative audience i
Mortimer
Says Forbes
Stole Wife
Witness in Bribery Case Testi
fies He ‘"Helped"’ Vets Bu
reau Head Out of His
Apartment.
Used This to Coerce Him
1
B.v Anftortated Pr^jn,
Chicago, Dec. 8.—The bitter per
sonal feeling of Elias H. Mortimer,
chief government witness In the Vet
erans bureau conspiracy trial against
Col. Charles R. Forbes, one of the
defendants, came out frequently in
the defense cross-examination of Mor
timer today.
Mortimer charged that Forbes had
broken up bis home, and said that he
"hoped" Mrs. Mortimer had received
the divorce for which she applied in
Philadelphia a few days ago. He said
lie agreed not to contest it.
"I found him in my apartment with
Mrs. Mortimer Lalior day evening.
1922." Mortimer said, "and I helped
him out and told him not to come
hack. I mean as he was going out,
1 helped him along. I didn't need
any help then and I wouldn't need
any now. There are still some things
I want to even with Forbes.”
The next day, Mortimer said, this
breach, one of several similar ones
earlier in the summer, was tempo
rarily healed over, and they all went
together to the wldding of Mortimer's
sister-in-law In Philadelphia, Septem
ber 28, 1922.
Met Them in Park.
“A day or two later I saw him rid
ing In Falrmount Park. Philadelphia,
with Mr*. Mortimer, w-ith Mr. Wil
liams' chauffeur," (.1. F. Williams of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Mortimer's uncle),
Mortimer said.
“I went over to him and asked
what he meant by being with Mis.
Mortimer after I had warned him to
stay away," Mortimer said. Forbes'
reply was not stated.
JUDGE THREATENS
TO JAIL COUPLE
"If either of you come before me:
again on a charge of bothering the;
other. I will sentence you to 30 days
In Jail," announced Municipal Judge j
Snphus Nehle Monday morning w hen j
he dismissed a peace complaint ;
brought by Nina Campbell. 714 North i
FJphteenth street, against her bus- '
hand. Clyde V. Campbell. 1521 North
Eighteenth street.
The Campbells are separated.
The wife caused the arrest of her 1
husband on a complaint, charging!
that he threatened her.
Campbell told the judge that his I
wife bothers him for money while he
is working.
The Campbells agreed not to bother
the judge again.
I JUROR LACKING
IN HIGHT TRIAL
Mount Vernon, 111.. Dec. 8.—With 11
juror* accepted, difficulty was experi
enced today in completing a Jury for
he trial of Mrs. Elsie Sweetin and
t-awrence M. Might, on a Joint charge
of murder by poison of her husband,
Wilford Sweetin. Fifteen talesmen
were examined without finding a man
acceptable to both aides.
TRADE MARK SUIT
AWARD $1,741,000
Chicago. Dec. 8.—Federal Judge Wlb
keraon today awarded the L. T. Lar
ion. Jr., company a judgment of II,
741.000 against tht William Wright,
Jr., company. In a trade mark suit
that has long been pending between
two chewing gum manufacturing
-oncerns.
I'nion \t ins First of
Farm Union Debates
Atlantic, la.. Dec. S.—The first <1*
bate In the state-wide farm bureau
contest on the question "Unolved,
That the average Iowa farm boy of
Inday will find greater opportunities
m the farm lhan In town or city
uccupatlons.” has twen held In ('ass
county. Thoae supporting the negi
live side In I'nlon township, this |
■aunty, were declared the winners j
Three more dokxtes are scheduled In |
'»*» county—at I’ymosa, TMensant and I
Rear <«rov*. Tha last named town
Ihlp participated In the semi-finals-,
»*t year.
lorry F.lcrlod Horn! of
Shonandoah Kiwanians
Shenandoah, la. Dec. S Shonan
loah Klwanla club, which recently
tponaored the pilgrimage of children
o Lincoln's tomb at Springfield. has
dected R, (1. Berry president for next
rear, K. It. Delsell xdea president. K
3. Itnt ledge district trustee and K
.'. blshlwugh treasurer. All wet
yctlve In the pilgrimage plans
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Stray Dogs to Ho Killod.
AllUnrr, l*ft’ £ VllUnt'i* Ht> of
trial* havr atnitrd tha annual collrr
Inn of t1nir taxra and announce that
ivrr^ do* tl\«t h»i* hot a tan on tt
vlthln thioo month* will hr killod, hi
m #ffort to rid the city <'f \md*
^rahl* ran In a* It I* r*tlmal«s! thrrr
T# nun# than 100 itta^i In tomv
p
CREWS REPAIRING
STORM DAMAGE
Special Itispatcli to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., Bee. 8.—Barge j
forc-s of men are still at work in
nearly every direction from Beatrice
repairing telephone, telegraph and
electric lines which were leveled by
the sleet storm of last week. Reports
reaching here today stated that more
lines went down last night during
the heavy wind and almost zero tem
perature which prevailed in tills sec
tion of the state.
Relief From Cold
Wave Promised bv
y J
Bureau for Today
y
Thermometer Falls to Within
12 Degrees of Zero; Rail
roads Report Trains on
Time, However.
The weather bureau foresees some
relief from low temperatures for out
staters today, but it probably will
remain cold in Omaha for another
day, according to predictions.
At 8 Monday morning the bureau
thermometer showed a temperature of
12, the coldest this winter. The
mercury began rising slowly after
that.
Trains on Time.
Railroad men and telegraph com
pany offlials said that the cold
weather is affecting neither train
service nor wire communication.
"Near zero weather prevailed west
of Omaha last night, and wa feared
we might lose some wires, but we
didn't.” said C. L. Gray of the Bur
lington railroad Monday. "Trains are
running on time.”
Little spurts of snow on west Ne
braska Vnlon Pacific lines and near
zero weather, but no interruption of
service were repotwd.
Heaviest Snowfall.
The lowest temperature on the cen
llnent was reported at Prince Albert,
btnada. where the mercury fell to It
below zero. It was 4 degrees above
it North Platte, 6 at Valentine and 6
at Sioux City; 8 below at Lander
and 4 below at Sheridan, Wyo.
The heaviest fall of enow In years
In southwestern Nebraska wa* re
ported In a dispatch from McCook,
and a dispatch from Callaway re
ports from t to 8 Inches of snow.
Phone Wires Out.
Private and municipal coal con
• rns reiiorted a large number of
small orders for coal and charities
of the city received many call for as
<i«tan'» as a result of the cold.
Telephone wires encrusted last
week by heavy coat* of ice bowed to
a stiff breeze Sunday night and as
i result long distance lines were out
if order to almost all points except
,'hicago. Telephone officials re
ported 70d telephones out of order in
imah.a Monday morning.
Air Mail Radiograms.
Snow and sleet will not affect com
munieation service between Fort
(’rook and the general offices of "the
lir mall in the federal building.
Carl Kgge, superintendent of the
air mail service, announced that he
has installed an antennae to be
hooked up with the postoffice clock
and expects to receive radiograms
from the air mail Held.
The air mall has hsd considerable
trouble communicating with various
line stations and Kgge believes he s
will get a great deal better service;
with his six-tube rsdio set installed I
">n the fourth floor of the building.
Sioux Falls. S. P-, Pec. 8 —Ten |
nchrs of snow fell in eastern South j
Dakota yesterday following a similar j
all s few days earlier. The temper ,
iture today was within five points'
'f the zero mark, the lowest of the ;
reason.
BLAST DAMAGES
PUBLISHING PLANT
Coffeyville, Kan.. Pec. S.—An ex- i
vloslnn here early today wrecked the j
vlnnt of the Coffeyville Pally Pawn
r morning newspaper, and two ad
io!ning buildings. Pamnge la e?
Jmated at $76,000.
No one was Injured. The news
taper office was deserted, aa no
vapor Is {sued on Monday morning.
Police are Investigating t w o
heories one that the explosion was
he result of an accumulation of gaa,
ind the other that the riewspaiver of
ioa was bombed by person* who are
intagonislic to the policy of the
wper, which ha* supported the Ku
KlUX Klan
Jutlcr May Bp Denied
Further \b»enee Leave
Washington. Pee *.—President
"ooltdge la Inclined to refuse a fur
her leave of absence for Brigadier
general Butler, serving as director
f public safely at Philadelphia, but
will reach no decision until after
urther conference with Secretary
IVlIhur.
The Weather i
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Jury Named
in Case of
Pat Carroll
Suspected Member of Little
Sioux Holdup Gang Close
ly Guarded as He Sits
in Court.
Has Long Police Record
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Be#.
Logan. Ia.. Dec. Harry Ray
mond, alias Pat Carroll, is on trial
So opens the latest chapter In the
Little Sioux bank robbery of October
20, when a party of heavily armed
bandits stood off residents of thetowr
In a gun battle while their compan
inns blasted and looted the bank
vault.
Raymond was arrested at Pacific
Junction the night of October 21. He
was Identified later as Pat Carroll,
notorious bank robber and Jallbreakei
of Kansas.
The jury which Is to hear the evi
dence In the case was Impanelled late
this afternoon and the trial was ad
journed until tomorrow morning,
when the prosecution will open lta
case.
Prisoner Handcuffed.
Raymond entered the courtroom
this morning fastened to Deputy Sher
iff O. A. Case with handcuff*. He
was smiling, well dressed and appar
ently In an easy frame of mind.
The police record which was ob
tained from Kansas authorities after
the man had been identified a* Pat
Carroll has led Sheriff Walt Milkman
to take no chances on the prisoner's
escape. He is kept under constant
guard and the deputy sat Just behind
him throughout the stay In the court
room.
Gang Terrorixed Iowa.
Raymond is Recused of being a
member of a bandit gang which ter
rorized southeastern Iowa for weeks
last summer. The gang are accused
of having robbed the Little Sioux
bank after two other banks had been
visited and looted. They are also
accused of having gone to Soldier,
la., after Raymond's arrest where
they blasted and looted the bank
vault.
The Little 8Soux bank was robbed
early in the morning. The bandit*
In driving into town and in working
on the vault aroused the townpeople.
When citizens began to approach the
building on# of the bandits opened
fire. From then on until after the
vault was blown and the loot placed
In an automobile the gunfire was
continuous
The following morning the os'’
which the bandits had used was found
wrecked near Tabor. Ia. The men all
escaped and were organized to search
for them.
Arrested at Missouri Valley.
That night Raymond entered the
station at Missouri Valiev and wras
arrested. No trace of any of the
ether member# of the gang was
found.
Raymond .according to the police
record sent to Sheriff Milllmag. was
arrested Inst May in Kansas on a
charge of bank robbery. While await
ing trial friends placed a charged of
explosive at one comer of the Jail
building and blasted a hole through
which the prisoner escaped.
Attorneys for the defense tor* ex
ception to the presence of an as
sistant county attorney at the trial
today Their challenge went unan
swered.
Liable to 4A Tears.
The state, apparently relying upon
circumstantial evidence, questioned
every Juror as to hi# attitude toward
accepting circumstantial evidence In
a case of thla nature. That was the
principal question to the e-xatr.!na
tion.
The charge against Raymond, that
of robbery with use of ex pi calves,
carries a maximum penalty of 40
years' imprisonment under the Iowa
statutes.
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The hnse shipping hoard investiga
tion was resumed.
The house spent the (lay consider
Ing legislation for the Platelet of
Columbia
The annual report of the commis
sioner of reclamation was submitted
to rongresa.
The Chicago aanltary dietrict ease
involving removal of water from I-ake
Michigan was argued In the supreme
court.
A tentative program for the employ
ment of the Ivos Angeles and Shen
andoah was worked out by navy of
ficers.
Albert C Williams of fort Worth
Tex,, was nominated as a mem her of
the federal farm loon Imnrd,
A cotton crop of 13.lM.0ih> hales
valued at ll.til.lltjtl was forecast
by ihe Department of Agriculture on
estimates made December l,
Secretary Weeks suggested amend
ments to Senator lind'-ra ,-od's Muscle
Shoals t'lsn and the Alabama senator
declared an agneemrnt would be
reached
I-aok of an adequate Industry was
described as of grass concern to the
government tn the annual report of
the national advisory eotnmlHae fts
aeronautic*