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CITY EDITION J VOL. 53-NO. 170. ‘ OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER SO, 1924.* TWO CENTS'” SrT^r. KLfr'* '
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Gangsters
Are Wanted
Elsewhere
Police of Minneapolis, St.
Paul anti Other Cities Link
Omaha Suspects With
Series of Crimes.
Snodderly Discredited
While some of the glamor sur
rounding Ihp arrest of three suspects
held in connection with a half dozen
of South Kakota, Iowa and Nebras
ka bank robberies has waned because
a colorful ‘‘confession’1 of a youthful
"bandit" has developed Into pure fic
tion, Omaha police are more sure
that John Marsh and R. H. Kinzie
ar« good men to hold.
Information came from Minneapolis
from C. T>. Brown, connected with
the Minneapolis Bankers association,
that Kinzie and Ilunning are both
wnnled by the HI. Paul post office in
spector for a safe burglary.
St. 1'sii! iMilice are said to want the
two men for tile murder of Dairy
fair, underworld character tlitre. Jl
is -aid a price of $7,000 was placed
on Kinzie for this crime.
Kinzie has served two terms in the
South Dakota state penitentiary. He
and Dunning are Wanted in several
, towns in the state for honk rob
I beries.
Punning An F.x-t'onvlet.
Punning is well known to Sioux
City. la.. police, and has served time
in Anamosa penitentiary for the bank
robbery at Quimby, la., in 1903
Here and there are assertions that
Dunning formerly was a member of
the famous "Red" Bruzette gang in
Sioux City, Ia. "Red” was killed in
a fight with police in 1919. This bat
tle was characterized as the "greatest
»* Rattle in the middle west." A detec
•ice TU ‘VHcd by %he. gangster.
The leader had been surprised In
tlie Par Ttarns restaurant by the de
tective. Both men implied their guns
in I he oiher's body.
Word ha* riot yet been received
from Sioux City police.
The postoffice Inspector from St.
Paul. Minn , Is already on his way to
Omaha in the hopes of identifying
Kinzie and Punning
As vet there ha ve been no one
from the banks in the three states to
arrive here, because of the pres* of
holiday business but Acting' Chief
of Polios Fritz Franks said he ex
pects them before the end of the
w eek.
Snodderly Discredited.
4 The tip" given by Roy M. Snod
\ derlv, 19, recently sentenced in Coun
cil Bluffs to 35 years in the pene
tentiary on his plea of guilty to par
ticipating In the Fredertckson rob
bery when Traffic Officer Elmer
Weimar and Axel Fredericksnn were
shot, is being treated by Omaha po
ll* ns the ravibgs of a mind dis
torted by wild tales of banditry and
"crook" movies.
Council Bluffs police admit that
the boy has later declared that his
< i nfession, so called, was given sim
ply because the, lad had wanted to
In a bad man. with hlsname on the
friW pages of the press.
Kinzie has admitted to pnlles that
he may be wanted" for Jobs In Ran
Marcng. Tex,; Sioux Falls, R. B., and
Minneapolis. He has admitted serv
Ing one term in the Iowa peniten
tiary and two in the South Dakota
penitentiary. He has admitted to an
"acquaintanceship" with Sam Stone,
whn was shot in th» Malashock Jew
elry robbery in Omaha In 1914, with
Frank Stuart, who was killed In a
gun battle with Detectives Danbaum
end Palmrag near th« Wellington Inn
four years ago, and with Gerald Chap
man, who Is now wanted In Con
necticut for the murder of a police
man.
Police Scout Story.
■ In his statement to l.nlnson young
l Snodderly declared lhat he was In
Chicago at the time of the Frederick
son robbery was staged. Ills home,
he said, was In Wichita. Kan , where
his mol her still lives, lie confessed
to the robbery because he had longed
to lie s "bandit chief" like the heroes
of dims novels and cheap motion pic
I ires that, lie had seen.
We Have
With Us
Today
Hr. Val H. Ftirhe,
SpnialM,
New Orlenna, l.a.
Dr. Fucha 1b hern nttrhdin:- thr n*
tlonnl convention of the medical fra
trinity, I’hi Unfit FI. of which hr I"
the xuprnmn editor In chflil:" of th»■
. r* irminlzntion e monthly publication.
||r l.-t a nalivr of N’ Yo’llnn"
ami a ,'iailimtn of Tula nr unlvrralty
I here mill specialize* lri dlaraecB of
thr cor, near nml thront. lln la n
nr mlicr of thr Klwimla club.
This It a crent country In more
» i than one,” nnhl he. "When my
, ”lf< uid I h’ft New Orleans last Krl
t Ca ■ Ihn tliCi ometcr Mood «’ SI alum
r.no. win n we tirflved In Omaha it
■tood at 1Z below. Bee America ftrat.
WOMAN DROPS 6
FLOORS TO DEATH
San Francisco. Cal., Dec. 29.—The
body of Mrs, Fannie G. Purdy, 31,
wealthy San Diego divorcee, and
granddaughter of 1'lysses S. Grant,
who leaped or fell to her death from
the sixth story of the St. Francis hos
pital here yesterday, will be sent to
San Diego today.
Mrs. Purdy was seen by her nurse
to run down the corridor. The nurse
followed, but was unable to halt her
patient.
Attorneys Debate
Statute Requiring
Printed Abstract
Necessary to Speetl I p Work
of Supreme Court, Plea of
Fremont Man; Argument
to Re Continued.
Hot debate was waged In the meet
ing of the Nebraska Slate isu- asso
ciation yesterday afternoon in Hotel
Fontenelle over a resolution that a
law he passed requiring printed ab
stracts to Vie made of ail (uses taken
to the supreme court and that the
constitution he amended to restrict
the right of appeal,
"Every Judge of the supreme court
of Nebraska passes on an average of
one case a day, including Sundays
and holiday- said J. H. Courtrfght
of Fremont. "They ate now IS
months to two and a half years be
hind. Some legislation is needed to
stop the flood of trivial cases to that
court.”
Argumelts continued until President
Fred A. Wright ordered them post
poned till this morning so that the
program of the afternoon could go
on.
"Unless we find means to speed up
the administration of Justice, our pro
fession is headed toward uselessness,"
declared Wright.
"This is an age the' believes in do
ing things now. Business gets things
done. In every line of eijdcavpe In
this country the keynote t« action,
except in the law where delay is as
much in evidence now as it was when
the case of .larndyve vs Jarndyce was
on trial In England.
Klnn Is Cited.
"The result of this delay Is, I be
lleve, reflected in certain exoresenres
upon the body politic such as the Ku
Klux Klan, an effort of well meaning
hut misinformed person* to speed up
administration of what they conceive
to he justice.
"The supreme court of Nebraska
today Is two years behind on its
rases. A case which goes up today
may not be decided until two years
hence, a terrible and ridiculous state
of affairs when you stop to think
of it."
Wright advocated a supreme court
commission of adequate size and other
means of speeding tip ndjudbatlon °f
disputes.
Federal Judge* Overworked.
Federal Judge .1. W. 'Woodrough.
speaking on "Federal' Government by
I.aw," pointed out that there Is today
"barely one district federal judge for
every million of population," that
there are no inferior federal magis
trates and that the enormous petty
business of ths federal rotirts created
by re.ent legislation must be taken
care of by these few judges.
"Ths traffic In yquor and narcollc
drugs, suppression of Immoral excur
sions across state lines, protection
from theft of Interstate shipments,
prevention of transportation of stolen
automobiles across state lines, these
and other things apeak for them
selves. " he declared.
Tribute to Judiciary.
"The federal Judiciary was not
planned nor has it been built up to
fulfill the demand* of such conditions.
The fact that Judge* have kept up
with this greatly increased business
is a tribute to their Industry."
I.csiie M. Shaw, former governor
of Jown and former secretary of the
United States treasury, will address
the convention on "Constitutional
Mberty” Tuesday morning, and Sena
lor .lames A. Reed of .Missouri In the
afternoon.
House Approves Bill
for l.iqnor Enforcement
Washington, Doc. 23.—Provtoloti in
the treasury pnstoffice appropriation
hill for expenditure of 811,000,000 for
prohibition enforcement during the
coming fiscal year wag approved to
day by the houae.
No effort was made to alter the
amount, which la $341,770 leas than
the amount available this year, hut
1783.1 20 more than the budget estl
rna te.
The house also approved without
amendment nn allotment of $20,697,
833 for const guard activities, par! of
which would be available for ciirhlnB
rum running. This amount Is $11,
763,708 morn than the total appro
printed for this year.
Joel DoIiIm Dies in kiinsns.
Ttoti trier, !)pr, !') -W»hl ha* l»»*rn
inrlvCfi hrrr * if the death of .Tori
t)obb*, nn#* time renkf+nt of Hratrlre,
ht hi* home nt MH/outh, Kan. lie 1h
(Mirvlvfd by hi* wlfr nnd four chil
dren. Kurinl w»* *t M< l<onth. Tie
wa* a rnuHin of H. .1 , William and
John JLtobb* of ibia city*
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Report on
McClintock
With held
Preliminary Findings of Cor
oner's Chemists Are Not
Made Public Because of
Controversy in Case.
Complete Report Friday
By A. 4. I.OKKXZ,
I nlvrr.ul Service Stuff < urrer-iiondent.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—-The refusal of
Coroner Wolff to make public the
preliminary report of William D.
McNally today deeppd the mystery
which surrounds the legal Investiga
tion Into the death of William Nel
son McClintock.
The withholding of the report,
which was scheduled for publication
at 11 this morning, capped a dav of
threats and counter-threats of legal
action by the state and William D.
Shepherd, foster-father of the young
millionaire and heir to the major part
nf the "cursed millions'' of the Me
t ’lintocks.
"The report of Dr. McNally, coro
ners chemist, is of such a nature
that I cannot at this time make any
statement public for the reason that
a wrong construction may be placed
on it, due to the fact that it is only
a partial report," Coroner Wolff de
clared.
Before the announcement was
made it had been reported that Dr.
McNally had discovered another fac
tor in addition to typhoid fever in the
death nf young McClintock. Coroner
Wolff said the complete report would
ho ready by Friday afternoon, but
whether It would be made public or
withheld he refused to state
Health Head Summoned.
The summoning of Dr. Herman
Eundesen, health commissioner of
Chicago, to the office of Assistant
State's Attorney Gorman, was, accord
ing to Gorman, for the purpose of
learn.ng three things from Dr. Hun
deie-n:
1. The nature of typhoid germs
and the prevalence of the disease at
the time McClintock was stricken.
2. The mortality rate of typhoid
fever at that limp.
3. The possibility of a layman ob
taining typhoid germ culture*.
At the same time A. F. Deichmann,
attorney and co-guardian of McClin
tock before he assumed charge of
his SS.oon.flhfl estate on heoomtry; of
age, was railed bv State's Attorney
Gorman for questioning. The attor
ney Is known to he intimately ac
quainted with the relations which
existed between McClintock and the
Shepherds, with whom the young
millionaire made his heme from the
time his mother died until he him
self became the victim of what ape
ciallsts diagnosed ee typhoid fever
Kelchmann freely- admitted that he
himself and the Shepherds were not
on friendly terms, end that at one
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TRAM HEARING
DELAY IS SOUGHT
Mayor Dahlman believes It will be
necessary to postpone the street rail
way rale hearing, which was set for
Tuesday, January 13. The proposed
postponement Is necessary on account
of Corporation Counsel W. c. Lam
hart being advised by bis physician
that he should rest about 30 days
after he leaves hospital next week.
"We have retained Lambert for
years to serve us In Just surh a ease
aa this street car hearing *nrt It Is
necessary that we have him at the
hearing," the mayor said
FIRE BREAKS OUT
AT CONEY ISLAND
New York, !>r. 29 - A fir* In the
Seagate section of Coney Inland, *cv
eral block* from the amusement
park*, thl* afternoon destroyed four
large bath house*, four bungalow*
arid lf»0 feet of the Coney inland
board walk before it was brought un
der control. The damage was outl
mated at $200,000.
It ite.s to He Held Today
for William Riesiliick. 0,3
Falls City, Dec. 13,—Funeral serv
ices will be hrid Tuesday for William
Rleschlck. 33, for (he past Ml years a
resident of this county, who dl»d here
Friday afternoon.
Mr, Tiler.-hick was horn In Ketn
herg, (Jermany, June 2, 1831, and
came to this county In isr.s, settling
at A in go. lie Is survived by three
eons, John, Will and Albert, and s
(laughter, Amelia, all living In this vi
cinity,
Hoag Station Horned.
H* Witt, I . 29. The Murllngtnn
i.illWJtv *t;ition at Hong. * email vll
lag* Just south of here, together with
all office fixture* nnd railway record*,
w»t* dentroyed by flic Haturdav night.
The fire started In second glory room*
nrrtipkd by Mr* (lertrud* Mwdrnw,
agent for the ntilwav company at
Hong, rind three children and 1* sup
posed In h«\e been caused by an n\nt
heated flue Total loss la estimated
I at ovtr $2,600,
i
Broadway Beauties Win Battle
With Moulin Rouge Management
American Girls Discharged for Refusing to Wear ‘‘Dirty
Costumes W ill Receive S alaries Due and First
Class Fare Rack to New York.
By T. F. BERTELLI.
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
Paris, De^. 20.—Under pressure
exerted by the Actors’ Equity so
ciety, the American ambassador and
counsel, ns well as other high of
ficials in Paris, all aided by Flo
Ziegfeld, who came nobly to the
rescue in two inspiring cable
grains, the management of the new
Moulin Rouge theater late tonight
climbed down from their position
and agreed to pay the required fort
night’s salaries as well as return
first class fare home to seven
Broadway beauties who were
“fired'' Christmas night because
they refused to wear unsanitary
costumes.
Helen MacDonald, one of the
American beauties in distress, to
night declared to me:
No 111 Feeling.
“We harbor no ill feeling against
the Moulin Rouge. It is just that
stage conditions here are so ter
i ihiv different from anything we
have known at home.
“The Moulin Rouge is a rebuilt
theater and struggling under diffi- j
i'liKTes. They tried to produce a
real American revue but they for
got that American girls sre accus
tomed to different treatment than
European shows. They have come
across now and that is all we
wanted.”
As a result of the victory won
hy the girls Ziegfeld may sleep con
tented tonight In the knowledge
that his chorus is coming back, as
they sent him the following cable
through Universal Service tonight:
Kejrcted Costumes.
‘Thanks enormously for your of
fers. Your stock is sky high with
us, but we have won our battle—
Your Girls.”
The girls opened with their re
vue Christmas eve. They claimed
that when they came bai k the fol
lowing evening they found that
their rosturnes had been worn by
French girls in a night cabaret
show and had been returned un
eleaned. All the costumes are worn
next to the skin. They refused to
don the unclean garments and were
promptly 'fired'' by the manage
ment. Since then they have been
conducting a hard fight for pay
during (lie time until the liner
France soils on .Saturday.
Mercury Climbs,
Breaking Cold
Snap at Chicago
Northwest Temperature Hov
ers Around Zero: Ferry
Boats Carrying 250 Pas
sengers Freed From Ire.
By rnlveraat Service.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—From IS do
gtees below zero yesterday to ".0
above zero tonight was what the
weather man handed Chicago.
In the wake of the zero weather
came atories of death and Buffering
and heavy property damage.
In the far northwest zero weather
still hovered, but the temperature
was not so low as 2t hours ago. Dev
ils Lake, N D.. the coldest place on
the map, reported two above zero to
day, compared with 30 below yester
day.
R0 Persons Tlesmed.
Sixty persons were rescued from
Lake Michigan wh"n the steamer
Wisconsin pf the Goodrich line was
salvaged from the Ire floes off the
Michigan coast. At one time the
ship was In grave danger. The high
er temperature made It possible for
a tug to crush through the Ice to aid
the disabled vessel.
Two ferry boats at Detroit, carry
ing 2S0 passengers. were released
from the ice during the day after
having been held fast for several
hours.
Relief agencies were still st w- k
In Chicago succoring the poor. It
was estimated by charity organize
lions that B.'t.ltOO men are out of en.
ployment here, and many of them
are forced to walk the streets. Many
of them suffered Intensely during the
zero weather, and some were taknto
hospitals suffering from freezing.
Seven Deaths Reported.
Seven deaths wers reported In CM
cago, victims of the cold. There «»ir
scattering deaths reported from other
parts of the rountrv. Recapitulation
of z»ro weather victims Indicate that
death* alone since zero weather ad
vanced over the country in days ago
aggregate inn.
BROTHERS DROWN
AS BOAT UPSETS
Sun Diego, Pal., Deo. 2‘i Two
brother*, William Warren, 24, anil
PlanUe, 20, were swept out to sea
Sunday from Mission hay In n row
boat and drowned when the boat rap
sized In the breakers ontaldo the chan
nel entrance. The bodies were not
recovered. They came to San Diego
from Phoenix, Arlx., recently.
The hoys were unable to manage
the heat In a awlft tide current.
Frost Plays Havoc \1 illt
I,os \npclcs 0range Crop
T.es Angeles. Dee. ;i» Frost dam
age to the mange eropa of t,ns \n
gel*s. Pan Rernardlno, Riverside, Yen
lura and Orange counties during the
recent mid snap waa approximately
;s per cent, the heaviest In s num
ber of years, according to n *tat>
ment late today by H. .1. Ityun, hortl
cultural commissioner here.
Rvrin Issued hi* statement follow
ing a meeting here today of the horti
cultural commissioners of the five
counties affected. Ite said that the
five commissioner-a woul.l dl" lies tlm
problem of stripping following the
freeze with the California Fruit
(|rowers' exchange Irere tomorrow.
\\ lical Sell' at ^2.
IM. Louis, Mo, Deo, 29 Wheat
inlc! nn Hip tniirkt! for pvph $?, 11»«*
hlghnl prif’ft t*arhci1 ulticr* .lanuwrv.
10 ’ 1, wh^n Rovornnir»it pile' fix Wig
rfiihfH »>n« t fir of No. 2 rotl brought
th« big licit murk.
Printing Company
Partners Fall Out:
One Sued bv Other
Henry G. Reed Charge? E. 0.
Peter?on of Festner Firm
Should Divide All Share*
of Stock With Him.
Henry C. R»ad Monday filed auit
in district court againet his business
partner, Emery O. Peterson.
In hlu petition are outlined ther
business careers. Both were em
ployes of an Omaha pinting com
pany in May, 1918, when they ac
quired two thirds Interest In the bV-st
n»r Printing company from Berta
f«ei7schman, who retained a third In
terest.
At that time the pair agreed to
divide the stork and interest equally,
according to Read, and this agree
rr»nt has never been dissolved, hr
claims.
Refuses to Divide Stock.
The partners acquired lnteres' and
stock in the United States Check
Rook company, Richards Tar com
pany. Howard Investment company.
Maearonl Food corporation and the
Federal Lithographing company of
Minneapolis.
They then hegn n negotiation* for
Bertha Get7.«rhman's 153 shares of
Festner Printing company stork. Tie
fore she sailed for Europe in October
1924, Mrs Oetxachman is alleged to
hme transferred her stock to Peter I
son.
Read charges that Peterson has lr
fused to diOde the Iiel7.s< hmm sto. U
with him ns he hail expected mulct!
Ihelr agreement.
l-ears Removal from Position.
Moreover, lie charges. Peterson
threatens to use the voting power
with which the stock endows hint,
in his own behalf, and has threatened:
to elect n»w officers of the company,!
discontinue Read's salary of JTfln a I
month and dissolve their agreement
To add to his distress states Read,
there are JlO.nOO worth of promissory
notes, contracted in anticipation of re
reivln ghis share of the G»tis.-hman
stock, to which he is personally liable
with Teterson.
He asks that there he an account
Ing made of the business and that
his half Interest in .the company bo
restored to him by the court.
Mr?. G. H. Bra*li of Beatrice
ami Daughter \ isit Paris
Beatrice, Dec. 29. Mrs. George II
Brash and two daughters, who left
Beatrice some time ago on an ex
tended trip through the east, are now
in Paris. France, according to a card
received here. The husband and
father. Dr. George If Brash, phvst
clan of this city, died here about *
year ago
( onfenaed Murderer 1o
He Hanged February IS
Wheaton, III.. Mer. 23.—John K«m
merer, 43. nil aentenreil to hanc
February 13 fur lhr rlaylnc of Mr*
Otto Kder of Villa Mark. Mr hnr ad
mitted hr nlro killed her huahand and
llirlr three email rhlMren.
Octogenarian Die*.
\tlintlc\ lit.. l>rr 2:' Mm Surah
I>i<tl*. mother of John V IMriin,
tlrltwnld tin.) poutmimter, wan hurled|
thlfl nftemoon nt Kxtr.i, la. Mm. |
IMncur. ii nufferei* for yearn from u
kldnty ailment, died suddenly Katur-j
•lay. She uua 80 yearn of a^e.
—.—*
Thu Baby t.irU Horn.
Unity jrtrlu were horn at nmnh i
Mtttrrnlt) h<*«pltnl fhindtv f*» Mi and
Mm \V. K Yntri* nnd Ml. and Mr
Giniuvt A. Carlton,
Woman? 30,
Is Held for
Deaths of 4
Mr?. Emma Hobough Ar*
rested After Parent?,
Brother and Daughter
Are Slain With (inn.
Disclaims All Knowledge
T-ogansport, Ind., Dei-. 29.—Sirs
Kmma Hobough, 30, was arrested to
day by authorities who began a
search after four members of her
family were shot to death In their
home eight miles from here. She
was found at the home of a neighbor.
She disclaimed knowledge of the kill
ing of the four persons. The victims
included her father, mother, brother
and her 3-year-old daughter.
TjOgansport. Ind.. Deo. ;9.—\ shot
gun massacre with four members of
a single family as the victims, was
uncovered today when neighbors
broke into the Dossier farm home in
an Isolated section of Bethlehem
township, in miles north of here.
The victims, all virtually decapi
tated by blasts from a shotgun fired
at close range, were Henry Bassler,
69. Viola, his 3 year-old granddaugh
ter: Mrs Catherine Bassler, his wife,
and John Bassler. 23, a son.
Mrs. Kmma Hobaugh. mother of
the murdered child, is missing.
The bodies of Mrs. Bossier and
John were found in the snow outside
the house.
Th" grandfniher * l>ody was propped
up in a chair in the parlor, but blood
stains Indicate, investigators gay, that
he w^s killed while standing near
the kitchen door by a shot, fired
probably through the glass panel.
This was shattered and bloodstains
w ere found on the door.
The child's body was on the floor
of a bedroom adjoining the parlor.
A note, giving evidence of having
i teen hastily w ritten, was found in
the snow outside the house
it read: "Voit will find your stuff
under the tub. Grandpa is gone."
INCOME TAX FORMS
READY JANUARY 2
A. B Allen, collector of internal
revenue for Nebraska, announces that
income tux return forms for the vear
1524 will he ready for distribution,
January 2. 1525.
All taxpayers who made returns In
1524 (for the 1^23 taxi will have
copies cf the j9;4 forms mailed to
them a* their last known address
Howe'er, failure to receive tb“m will
not relieve the taxpayer from the re.
sponslhlllty of filing his return in due
time.
All return* for 1524 must he In the
collector .a office on or before March
15. 1525 Those who do pot receive
the blanks by mail may get them
from any bank, or upon application
to the collectoi s office, or to the In
ternal revenue office at Lincoln or
tlrand Inland.
EPIDEMIC SWEEPS
PERSIAN BORDER
Ieondon. Dec. 29.—A mysterious epi
demic :s sweeping the Persian Afghan
border and 200 persona have died in
the last 10 dn^ dispatches from Al
lahabad relate.
I*V>ctnrs have been unable to diag
rose the disease. The victims bleed at
the nose and mouth and their bodies
turn yellow.
54 OVERCOME r
BY COAL GAS
New Yotk. Dec. 29—-With 15
deaths from illuminating gas report
cd within 24 hours, 54 persona were
overcome by coni gas today In a
Brooklyn apartment house. Three of
today's victims are in a critical
condition.
\ Horan* Bureau to
1 -Hue Kra/.irr Order
SIpimi Frills. S P . l*cc - The
xeteran's bureau baa finished Its In
qulry into the Arthur Frar.ier rase
and ia expected to make public from
Washington shortly its conclusions
whether Fra iter was killed In France
or still la alive, jt wa* announced
here todax
Blue Rapid- Time* Sold.
Wvniore, Dec. 29.—George Hurris
of Hutchinson. Kan., has purchased
the nine Map Ids Times, a dally nexxs
paper of Hlue Uapids. just south of
here, from Harlow Tibbetts. Harlow
Tibbetts has edited the |xa|»er for the
lost txxo years, and bis uncle, Fhatlex
Tibbetts, edited \t previous to that
for 47 years. The Tibbetts family
xx 111 go t.» Washington state xxheie
they plan to engage In nexxsimper
xx oi K
Carloita Cook. 71. Dio*.
Kttiuitwth. N- I Ivo. I* Mm
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sell and Kate Flax ton, died F«*r ’*&
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BANDITS SET FIRE
TO TOWN IN TEXAS
Denison, Tex., Dec. 29.—Fire, be
lieved to have been started by rob
bers, destroyed nine business build
ings at Pottsboro, today, with an es
timated loss of $150,000.
The robbery and fire resembled the
work of men who recently looted
banks and business houses at Valley
View and Paradise, Tex.
In each instance the business sec
tions of the little towns were set
afire late at night after safes had
been blown. Property loss from fire
was much greater than valuables
stolen. None of the robbers has been
arrested.
Legislators’ Trek
to Lincoln Starts
as Session Nears
Political Buzz of “Job Hunt
ers” Swelled by Members
of House and Senate;
Caucus Monday.
By P. C. POWELL.
®tnff Corrfupomlfnt Th* Omaha lie*.
Lincoln, Her. 23-—With formal
opening of the legislature only eight
day* distant, activity among poli
tician* at the L indell hotel, Ne
braska's political headquarters, are
i<eginning to display more than their
ordinary interest in matter* politl
rally. The arrival of two veteran leg
islators today, Representative John
Me Lei Inn of Grand Island and Repre
sentative W. M. Barbour of Scotts
bluff. added to gossip in the corridors.
McLeiian hastened to assure the
politician* that there wa* nothing sig
nificant in his arrival and he wa*
merely en route to Grand Island fol
lowing a visit with Governor-elec:
Adam McMullen at Beatrice Grand
Island has a favorite son who is a
candidate for the state board of con
trol and McLeiian. with other Grand
Island citizens, called on McMullen to
urg» his appointment.
McLeiian has received considerable
mention as a candidate for speaker of
the house. Asked if he really were a
candidate, McLeiian replied "I don't
tielieve I will get in the race- At this
time 1 think I am for James Rodman
of Omaha for speaker."
Barbour stated he merely dropped
into Lincoln in search of apartment*
for the winter At the present time
he has no special legislation in mind.
He expressed a desire to again be
chairman of the committee on irriga
tion and water power.
Excepting these two legislators the
remainder of the personnel in the
lobby consists of men who have in
formed Governor-elect McMullen that
they are ready to serve in various ca
pacities. All are anxiously awaiting
an answer from McMullen.
It is not an uncommon sight to see
two men. candidates for the same ap
pointive position, sitting side by side
In the hotel lobby ■ kidding ' each
other as to who will get the appoint
ment.
So far as the actual business of
preparing for organization of th*
house and senate is concerned there
will he little don* until Saturday and
Sunday, when a majority of the mem i
iter* begin to arrive. Hy Sunday i
night the legislators will shove the!
"job hunters'" out of the way and the ;
wild scramble for committee assign
ments and other positions will be un
der wax- On Monday night repub
licans and democrats will hold their
caucuses and the speaker will be
chosen.
On Tuesday, the legislative officers
sainted at the caucuses will be for
mallv Installed at the first meeting
of the house and senate. From then
until the Thursday wh^n the retiring
goxernor and incoming gtxxernor read
their messages and the new governor
t* inaugurated the formal selection
of committee members will consume
most of the time.
Mail Pilot Walk.* 12 Mil.-*
Vft.-r Smashing His Plane
Sait Ijil.c fltv, iVc 29.—Air Mail,
IMIot r.iul Scott wrecked bis plan#*
against a mountain lata yesterday
.afternoon near Shatter. Nev . accord
ing to word received here. S ott
walked twelve mile* to the railroad
Hie plane van totally wrecked, but
the mni! was not damaged, and an
other machine went after it this morn
ing. It Mae foggy when the crash
; occurred and 8oott Buffered onh
slight bruises.
Horseshoe Pitcher Drops
Dead Vfter Playing (>anir
Aurora. Tier £$.—-Joseph Stutaman
dropped dead while looking on at a i
came of checkers in the Table soft
drink parlor after pitching a game
of horseehoee Heart disease ie given
is the . ause of his death. Mr. Stuff
man Mas an old time resident of Ham
ilton county and for some time had
been contemplating remoxtng to fall
fornia for tus health lie is survived)
hy bis widow.
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Jury Makes
Compromise
on Verdict
Tears Fill Defendant’s Eyes as
Decision Is Read; “Best
li p Could Do,” I* Com
ment of Foreman.
Penaky One to Ten Years
Los Angeles, Cal., Dee. 23.—Kid Mc
Coy. former pugilist, was convicted in
superior rourt late today of man
slaughter in connection with the
shooting here August 12 last of Mr s.
Theresa Mors. The penalty for man
slaughter is from one to 10 years' im-'
prisonment.
When the verdirt was read Mc
Coy's eyes became tear-dimmed as he
sat at the end of the counsel table.
“I don't believe it was a just ver
dict.'' be said- "If I am not guilt>
as charged. I am not guilty at all.
It was not a just verdict."
The prisoner then rose and. in cue
tody of bailifTs, walked across th •
courtroom to comfort his three sis
ters, who were weeping.
Foreman F. W. Coulther of the
jury said that the verdict was a coni
promise one—"the best we could do.
The jury, which was out longer
than any other in the legal history
of Los Angeles county, had been
locked .ip for 7S hours when the vei
diet was returned at 5:<1S tonight and
had been in actual deliberation for 31
hours.
Twenty-four hallots were taken be
fore the fate of the former prize
fighter was read in open court. The
jury was comprised of nine women
and three men
Superior Judge C S- Cnfl! « only
comment to make eth»r than "I gues*
it was the best they could do. '
Several hundred persons many of
them women and members of south
ern California boxing circles,
thronged the halls outside the court
room when the verdict wa# returned.
BARBER HELD ON
BIGAMY CHARGE
Samuel I'ldin. proprietor of a bar
ber shop at Twenty-third and Cum
ing street*, was arrested Monday
morning or a warrant charging bigs
my and is being held by Omaha poll **
until he explains why two women
think that he is their husband.
lldin's second wife, with whom he
had been living at 22*$ North Fort'
seventh avenue, had him arrested tw*
months ag^» for nonsupport. He wss
sentenced to 57 days in jail.
While he was in jail she read b:«
mail and found that another woman,
living in Evanston. III. also believed
that she was Mrs. Samuel tldin. The
second Mrs. UTdin communicated with
the first Mrs. Uldin. and learned that
the other had married him in
The second wife had married him in
1^22. The second Mrs I'ldin then
filed the bigatnv complaint.
MAN IAILED ON
CHARGE OF GIRL.
J-rnest Rocakez. SJiT Smith T»fn
ty seventh street, was sentenced to li
days in jail when he was arraigned
in South Omaha polios court Monday
morning on a complaint of assault
and hattery filed by Inez Ones.
iilS't South Twenty fifth street.
According to Miss Ortez. Rocaker «
sister had been ill and w-as staying at
the Ortez home Rocakez called hue
day and Insisted that she -eturn
home. Miss Ortez remonstrated, she
said, and Rocakez struck her.
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Summary of
the Day in
Washington
Hearing* were continued* hT tht
con*regional Joint committee on the
pcatal rate Increase Mil.
Secretary Week* approved a plan
for rewarding the army world flier*
by advancing them on the promotion
Hat*.
A resolution tvs* Introduced by Sen
ator Norrt*. rrpuMl. an. Nebraska for
the federal trade commission to in
veatlgate an alleged * power trust
Secretary Hughes and Ambassador
Howard of CIreat Britain addressed
scientific gatherings on puMic ques
tions.
Senators Bruce of Maryland and
Harrison of Mississippi engaged in sn
inter party debate on democratic pel
Ides.
The state department directed Am
tv.ssador Ksll'u; to mike Inquiries
of (irent Britain regarding the British
potato embargo.
Senator t'nui rI rro I an. Mich
katv. Introduced a lesoliitton to p*.>
hlhtt telNkal appointment* to fed
eml office* eyeept m a few cases
Administration official* ga\e cam
sldet a lion to the Krcnch wyr debt
quest ton while Ihe subject was dts
on* Sod on the floor of hoth the hew*
and senate.
The t Viuvrtiwent of Justice an
pounced It tvad confidence In such
.juror* a* would he d awn from Hth!
**s county \s .letser, for trial *f
th* Weehawken Itquer oases.
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