The Omaha Morning Dee _ place where he has been well treated. CITY EDITION ■ I I I , , « —t’nlted States Supreme Court. --' VOL. 53—NO. 177. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1925. * TWO CENTS1" yni\?c«n,d, su^'h "J.*1"'- ^ ---' Founderof Cult Faces Indictment Cfdar Rapids Prosecutor Col lects Evidence Against Preaclior Accused of Fraudulent Practices. Oratory Won Converts Special IJUpatrli to The Omaha nee. ^a Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 6.— Harry *Ferguson, who left three years ago after serving 15 years as missionary here, may return to Cedar Rapids. Should he return he will come as • he left, ngainst his will. Such was the announcement made by the county attorney today. The i ounty attorney for several months has been seeking to find evidence to place before the grand jury thnt the minister may be indicted. Now,-he says, he has the necessary evidence and will request the indictment be fore ihe end of next week. Ferguson came to Cedar Rapids from Nebraska. He had a pleasing personality and was a gifted orator. ; With him came a woman assistant. The mlnlstn- declared himself a missionary and opened a little nils \ sion. His assistant traveled through Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas look ing for converts to the tenets which Ferguson taught. Steady Stream of Converts. A steady stream of converts came to Cedar Rapids. The man pleaded | with them from his pulpit, worked with I hem through the week and so enthralled tliPin with his beliefs that large sums of money were given him lo carry on his work. There were some persons here who failed to respond to the doctrine which the missionary preached. They stood aloof, on the outskirts of the throng of believers. Then came reports that the mission ary hud Immoral relations with sev eral small girls in the parish. The re ports were Investigated. As a result of these Investigations part of citizens of Cedar Itapids went to the church one night, walked down the aisle, pulled Ferguson from his pulpit, escorted him through town nnd then told him "to start out and keep on going and never come back. A Farmer's Complaint. That, the citizens believed, closed the incident. As a matter of fact it merely opened it. , Soon after a 'Nebraska farmer went to the county attorney nnd pleaded with him to recover part of his worldly wealth. The nvin had given Ferguson his entire fortune to be used In spreading the doctrine which Ferguson preached. Rater he lrod a »ever ail of faith. The supplicant also asked that his v.jfe might be burred from the mls i, on and forced to return to her home. Ferguson Wits next heard of in Illi nois. Th" county attorney was un able to do anything about the Ne braskan's fortune nor the fortunes of others who appealed to him. It was discovered about that time that there was a fund of $5G,0GG held in a bank here for Ferguson. It was placed in the hands of an attorney in trust and the case went to court. Recently this fund was ordered dis tributed among the persons who had made appeals. Ferguson was to profit by the fund not at all. He Wins His Audiences. Then a party of business men came lo Cedar Rapids from Danvers. III. They were investigating the record .of the missionary in view of calling L him to the pulpit of the church In L their town. They told authorities that Fergu ^^*?on had appeared In their town, a Mennonlte community, and had spoken "In the church. His power of oratory was appealing nnd he was Invited to repeat the sermon. More than a dozen times he spoke from ihe pulpit of the church and then they thought of calling him to ihe parish permanently. The investi gation followed. When the delegation returned borne the missionary was gone. No trace of him was found. We Have With Us Today C. Vere Standifnnl, Real Estate and Insurance, liregory, 8. 1). Mr. Standiford is known as one of l he foremost boosters of the Rosebud country, being secretary of the Ked orated Commerical clubs of the Rose bud, South Dakota. Mr. Standiford was formerly connected with the banking Interests of South Dakota, luit for the last three years has de voted his time exclusively to real es tate. His slogan Is, "A (treater Rose bud means a (treater Omaha." Me polnta out. that Increaaed cuttle pro duction In South Dakota means greater ahlpmenta of cattle and grain to Omaha. Mr. Standlford's avocation and hobhy i« music. He Is director and manager of "Standiford s Melody Roys" and "Standlford's Harmony Or chestra” two musical orchestras now playing In South Dakota and north rrn Nebraska with whlth h' has en tertained the Omaha Add Sell league many tlmfli scon DIVORCE CASE ADJOURNS Alpena, Midi., Jan. G.—The eon* to te’ll' divorce suit of Congressman Frank l). Hcott of the 11th Michigan district against Edna James Scott was adjourned at 2:30 o’clock this afttrnoon by Judge Frank Emcrick until March 10, when further dep ositions may be presented by the defendant. Hahne Removed to County Jail: Release on Rond “Lying in Cell Terrible.*’ He Exclaims; Pleads With Alienist to Be Judged Sane. J. Warren Hahne, accused of the hatchet murder of his second wife, was transferred to the county jail front his cell at Central police head quarters Tuesday afternoon. He arrived at the Endros estab lishment after the noon meal had been served and consumed by the other in mates of the institution. “Do you want us to give you some dinner?’’ he was asked. “You r.c In't mind,” lie replied. “I’ve some fyuit I cun cat and be sides a good meal up here would re mind me of my good wife, may she r st in peace. Wife (iood Cook. “She was such a wonderful rnqjk. “Why the could serve meat in such a way that it lasted every bit as good us chic..cn.“ Pol ce had announced in the morn ing that Hahne would be given .a hearing during the afternoon by the insanity commission, hut Robert Smith, clerk of the district court and member of the commission, stated the hearing probably would be further de layed. Further Observation. Dr. G. A. Young, chairman, wants to keep the ax-slayer suspect under further observation for a few days, Smith said. Deputy Sheriff Foster began a search of the juil wardrobe n» soon as Hahne arrived, trying to find a prison suit which would fit him, but had been unsuccessful late in the day. Freshly shaven. Hahne seemed in good spirits, but protested delay in his case. "My heart is bleeding," he ex claimed. ‘ This lying in .jail is terri ble. Why don't Dr. Young say 1 am sane. I want to get out on bond. I wouldn't leave town. I have too much property here." Wayne Sawtell, Hahne’s attorney, fllad a petition in county court Tues day, asking that Mrs. Sylvia Beats, Hahne’* sister .be appointed his guard ian on the ground he is insane. County Judge Crawford set January 21 for hearing. “This is the only legal way to pro ceed in the case,’ ’.aid Sawtell. ROY TOWL SPEAKS AT CHICAGO MEET Chicago, Jan. 6.—Save the water and thus save the kind, C. E. Jacoby )f Kansas City, Mo., told the na tional drainage congress here todayj. He advised careful consideration of storage reservoirs as a moans of flood prevention and said conservation of water went hand in hand with con servation of soil. "The .Missouri wastes part -of Its energy wrecking its own bed," said Mr. Jacoby. "Heserwolrs in many cases offer a means of maintaining stability of river courses and thus promoting navigation and transporta tion as well as saving the land." He began to tell how to prevent floods after Hoy N. Towl of Omaha, Neb., told how to make them. Overflows of silikulen streams build up rich bottom lands by natural Inundations," he said. “Equally rli h i may he built up by artificial floo< lag through construction of ditches." Tuberculin Tests Made in Liberty Dairy Herds Liberty, Jan, 6.—A federal Inspec tion is being made in dairy herds In this vicinity for tuberculin tests, the work being conducted by veterinarians of Gage county, appointed by govern ment agents. Little disease has been found. Some of the herds examined near here hate numbered from 20 tn 50 head of cows, and all have passed a satisfactory test. The herds are tested every two years. Mechanic's Lor Broken by Explosion of Tire Fremont, Jan 6.—Elmer o. [/non. gat ago mechanic, Is in the hospital with a hi liken leg, suffered in an ;o cldent while Inflating ,i truck tire The steel ring that hold the lire In place struck him above the ankle breaking both bones Hardy lee House* Eilled. 1 lardy, Jrin. f». The community Ire fioune at Hardy wan filled today, 210 ton* of Ice whipped in from Ayr being utored. The he I* about Hi inch?* thick, clear, arid the bent quality ever *een here. Fifty one per*on*, IiumIiiam* men, citizen* mid farmer* of Hardy, organized the Community company, each pun ini; in *20 thr***1 year* .1 go. Ice 1* wild 1 1 ru*tomcrn here from HO to 40 cent* n hundred. No deliver lea are made, but 1 mate afrit, uUo acting as city wutei com uiisbioncr, la kept Samardick Hearing Set for Monday General Prohibition Agent ami Deputy Sheriffs Ar rested Charged With Assault and Battery. Struck Her, Woman Says Robert P. Samardick, mobile prohi bition agent for the federal govern ment, who was accused jointly with deputy sheriffs Tuesday morning of assault and battery and oppression un der color of the law during liquor raids, will he given a preliminary hearing In county court Monday, ('nllgtic Servps Warrants. The deputy sheriffs were served with their warrants shortly after noon hy their fellow officer, Deputy Sheriff Foster, Phillips said. Phillips spoke between chuckles. He continued to laugh as he dis cuss si the warrants and charges filed against him and his colleagues. "It was reftlly queer, you know," he said. "Here I was serving a warrant on Bob Samardick. And I said to him. jokingly, ‘Well. Boh, I suppose when I get hack from handing you this, there'll bo one there waiting for me.' Was .Inst "Kidding." "I was Just kidding, you see. “But sure enough, when I got back to the Jail, there was Foster with a warrant in his hand for me. “It just strikes me funny, that's all. "I just hope I can serve all m.v time at once. You see there's that 15-day sentence Judge Dlneen gave me for an accident out nt the race track. I haven't served any of that time yet." All the deputy sheriffs were re leased on their own recognizance. Dates of their preliminary hearings have Hot yet been set. Sainai'dick Surrender*. Samardick surrendered himself shortly before noon and was released on hi* own recognizance In Judge Crawford's county court. The warrants aro based on more than a dozen statements hy property holders, who assert that their home* have hern invaded by the office! s without legal right. In announcing Ihe drawing of the warrants. Beal declared that "promis cuous invasions of the homes of peaceful citizens without legal right must stop." Without Warrants. “No on* is more strongly in favor of the prohibition law than I am," Beal declared “I am relentlessly op posed to illicit liquor manufacture, but I am just as strongly opposed t * promiscuous raids marie without legal uutliorllj I'm going to stop Statements in the hands of Beal tell of attacks by deputy sheriffs, working under Somardlck's sanction, in which the officers struck occu pants of the houses which they raided without search warrants. Named Singly. Robert Samardick is named singly in a warrent based on Infoi'fnntion furnished by LHIIhii Laux. Kllzabeth Laux and Fred Laux. 2623 Bristol street, and Roy Cook, 2202 Douglas street; and In one based on Inforpia tlon furnished h>* Tony Rotolo, 520 South Sixteenth street. He is also named jointly with Karl Schmitt, one of hi* agents, in warrants based on the complaints of Pete I’lechos, 6703 South Thirtieth street, and Sehastlnn Catalono. The statement furnished hy Fred Laux charges that Samardick (Turn to Pa** Two. C olumn Four.) GERMANY’S NOTE PROTESTS DELAY TUilin, Jan. 5.—Germany sent * note to the allied powers today In which It protests the failure of the allies to withdraw troops from the Cologne district. Charges contained in the note of the sllles to Germany were emphatically denied. Wvmorc Dealer Storing Ire From Indian Creek Wymore. Jan. 6.—M. L. Rawlings. Wymore ice wholesaler, is storing ice from Indian creek, just south of town, and has his HO.000-ton storage houses about one fourth filled. A few hundred tons remained In the house* from last year’s crop. The ire this year is the best quality in years and is 14 to 16 Inches thick. An effort will be made to ship sev eral trnlnload." of Ice from here to fill Mr. Rawlings’ new 10,000 stodge house at St. Joseph. The Hurlington railway has completed storage here. : hipping in 100 carloads of Wuo River h e from Crete. Ponca, Jan. fi The local Ire har vest has begun anti It Is estimated l ha I .'10 teams for six or geyen days will be required to transport the usu al supply of 1,100 tons from the Mis sotirl, two miles north of town. Farmers Plan Wolf Hunt. Raatrice. Jan 6. Farmer* in the vfrlnOy of Kill* will stage a wolf hunt Thursday', January R. all line* moving promptly at 10 o’clock Half a dozen coyote* were seen playing on n farm near that place a few days ago and • lie f.umsd hrq>e to oaptuis some of them in tht d^ivs. A - — - — ^ -_- —______M. Debate on Relief Legislation High Spot at “Organized Agriculture’* Farm Bureau Heads Leads Affirmative and Reply Given by Former President of United States Grain Growers; Program Swarms With Interesting Features. By C. H. BLAKELY, Farm Editor of Thr Omaliu Bee. Lincoln, .Ian. fi.—The diet day of "organized agriculture” has passed into history. Just how much good has been done by the work of the various de partments and the many individuals who have made this the greatest day In the 20 years’ progress of the constructive work is indeed hard to Judge. Writing about the good things which have taken place is harder yet than predicting what has been done for future agricultural growth. In any writeup of agriculture it seems difficult for the subject is really so large that a single article upon any one subject only covers a very inslg nifioant i>ortion of the things which spell progress. Just so do I find it here at state college. The program has been planned so that many Inter esting things are being discussed at the same time. Over in Agricultural hall the women are lidding sessions in home building; in the Dairy build ing farm crops, dairying and other subjects are being thrashed out. The livestock pavillion is a bee hive of in dustry. To £un from one lo the other for information is impossible. This re view then i* not about the whole work, but rather a review’ of the high spots, a personal cross-section gained by rubbing elbows with those who are visiting the programs. Debate Crowded. For my material for the home eco nomic work I have drafted half of the family: the better half as the public calls her. Mrs. Blakeley has sat through the entire program over at the “farm home” and she j* chuck full of ideas as seen through the eyes of a farm woman. The outstanding event of the day the thing which created the most in terest, was the debate s< liedufed by the crop growers. The subject for] debate was, “Resolved: That congress at its next session, should pass the! MeNary-Maugen bill or some similar measure.'’ K. R. Danielson, secretary] state board of agriculture, and C. 11' Stewart, secretary state farm bureau, defended the question, while the nega live was upheld by Arthur Medlar and] C. H. Gustafson, former president United States Grain Growers, Inc. The room was packed with farmers, farmers’ wives, legislators from the state house, students front 1he col legs and townspeople from Lincoln The audience was buzzing with ex eitement before the speakers gained (Turn tn Titif Two. f'nhimn Firs.) RUSSIAN FLOODS DAMAGE CITIES By tylLUAM KESWICK, International Nno Service Staff Correspondent. Leningrad. Jan. K—The ominous warning booming of the Kronstadt fortress guns < eased with the rising of the sun today and Leningrad sur veyed a countryside made desolate by flood*. The danger Is not yet passed, f• t ] the storm still rages. Damage, it was estimated today, totalled $3,000 ,ftOO. Various sections of the city are cri tirely under water. The Hmalnv t meterv was Inuii dated and many graves and maunc leums were washed away. At Peterhof. the palaces and park* were flooded and several fishermen lost their lives. At various place* in the country side, th* vvator i* 11 feei d*ep on what hitherto was dry land. V Coolidge Seeking C O Stone Successor Present Attorney General Named for Post on Su preme Bench. Washington, 'Jan. 6. — President Coolidge today was facing tlie task of filling the fourth vacancy that has oc curred in his cabinet since he came to the White House, and for the sec ond time it is the attorney-generalship Keliore him were a score of names from which to select the man who will succeed Harlan Flske Stone in con ducting the government's legal busi ness. Announcement of his choice probably will not lie made until the senate ha* acted upon Stone's nomi nation to the supreme liench. but that action is expected today or tomorrow. The field of those whom the presi dent lias under serious consideration, it is said, has narrowed to five with perhaps the leading figure that of Charles Beecher Warren of Detroit, former ambassador to Japan and Mexico, participant In the conference that resulted in recognition of Mexico, chairman of tlie rules committee of the Cleveland republican national conven tion and nationally prominent lawyer. Warren just before Christmas was u White House visitor. No Intimation was forthcoming at the time as to the nature of his visit. In view, how ever, of the speed with which Cool idge appointed Attorney General Stone to the vacancy on the supreme eourt, it is assumed that he had tieen forewarned of Justice McKenna's de termination to retire and had already made a decision as to ills successor. Also prominently mentioned are Solicitor General James M. Beck, present acting h*sd of the Depart ment of Justice; Robert Prentice Rtigg, chief Justice of the Massachu setts supreme court, a personal friend of the president; Frank Dietrich, United States district Judge for the district of Idaho, whom Senator Borah urged for the post last, year, and Secretary of the Navy .Wilbur. Wilbur may be shifted over from navy to Justice He was chief jus tice of the California supreme court and an outstanding lawyer on ihc coast. MATE OF DEAD WOMAN FREED Springfield, Mo , dan. —W. Burr Dour:1.j!«. whn. o w fe> body was found In their fashionable apartment early today after her death Monday nijrht following a drinking party, w is re leased thin afternoon when Coroner K. 1, Pa son found the woman c»um» to her death from acute alcoholism. An inquest will be held tonijrht. hut it will he merely a matter of form, Paxon an id. DourI.'ip wan tnkon to n hospital. He is in n eerimie rnnd tion. Women Legislator to Fight Rule Against Smoking in Lower House 15-- . I “I hind Things I Want More Likely to Be Realized If Man Is Enjoying Cigar,” Says Mabel Gillespie in Announc ing Opposittion to Custom. By P. C. POWKI.I,. State fWfespondent of The Onmlta Her. Unroll), Jan. 6.—Nebraska’s 41<1 legislative session, which was formally organized t<*lHy, Is distinctive for two reasons. First, it is fits last session to l>e held in the historic old state- house, which already is surrounded by the first floor of the new cnpltol. represents five of a new nge. prosperity and art hitecture. Second, ft Is the first session In uhleh women participate ns law makers. At the last election three women were elected to the lower house. Mabel A. Gillespie, Grtant; Sara T. Muir, Lincoln, and Mrs. A. G. Humphrey of the short gra.**s country. Simultaneous with Induction of women as legislators. Mnhel A. Gillespie sprang a bombshell by an nouncing she would fight the cus tomary resolution against smokln ; In the lower house. For year* tilt hoiiHe has adopted a resolution against the use of tobacco while tin* sene to permitted use of chow in# tobacco, cigar* and « biurets. I.ove* Smell of Smoke, "I think such a rule in had fui the melt and so far as 1 am per sonally concerned I love tin* smell of tobacco smoke." Mis Gillespie said. "I spent many years work log around offices and found their that men who smoke and were out of tobacco were nervous, disagree able creatures. "In more recent years I have hem married and my husband smoke*. I found a new diet* or thlnus I wanted were nior«» likely t he realized if 1 Initiated the propo sition when he was enjoy in; a | cigar than «t any other lime. ________- - --._.______ Therefore, when the antismoking resolution is introduced you will find me voting against it.'* The full membership of the lower house w.i sprerent when Secretary Of State Charles W. Vo A pounded 1 his gavel for order at 1?. noon, to 1 day. Immediately after the house was railed to order the customary routine procedure wai under way. Committee* Named. Committee? were appointed to handle the routine details and shottl) after 1 oVl h k, Chief Jus* lice Andrew I*. Morrissey mlmlnis tored the oath of olli c to the new member*. Because Mr*. f the Nebraska legislature, tm mediately after the routine we a ended, the house adjourned until 10 tomorrow morning. Meantime, the committee »n committee* began initklnK committee appointments. Officer* selected at the house can ciis last night were formally elected Henry Hock of Butler county, chosen a* speaker by the minority 'lemocrat*. withdrew in favor of A. f i, Burke iftrr the first ballot, .lames \ Hndimn of Omaha acted as temporary chairman, pending formal organization it the house. _._._i._ *___ _ _ ,_ Legislators Clear Path to Business House and Senate Duly Or ganized and Will Meet in Joint Session Today, to Canvass Returns. Inauguration Tomorrow By WILL M. M.\lTIN, Staff Correspondent Tim Oinnhu Bee. Lincoln, Jan. fi.—One who has watched legislatures come and go over a period of nearly 40 years, has no difficulty in noting a radical differ ence in legislatures now and many years ago. In the old days a few out standing men in each 1,ranch prac tically dominated, and these In turn were pretty generally under the domi nation of men who were never sworn into office. Those were the days of machine politics. Toduy things are vastly different. After mingling with the lawmakers of this session for more than a week, it is not difficult to see that as a whole they average up far better in point of ability than did the lawmakers of old. Then never more than three or four in either house got their heads above the dead level. In this session a leader is likely lo jmp up any minute, for there are many men of outstand ing-ability In house and senate. While the democrats are In the mi nority in the house, they will benefit by the ability and experience of men like Reagan of Platte, Auten of Boone, Keck of Polk and Skeen of Nemaha, lirek the democratic iloor loader: O’Malley of Greeley and O’Gara of Cedar are other experi enced democrats. 1‘artisunsliip Less Vicious, Rodman of Douglas, republican floor lender, is an experienced legis la tor and a tenacious fighter for what he thinks is right. And Jim Rodman is usually right. So Is Burke of Cum ing, who defeated him for the sp»ajt ership. Byrum of Franklin, Bar hour of Mentis Bluff, Dybaii of Doug las and other republicans have quali ties of leadership that mark them as men hound to exercise a great influ ence on legislation. While the present session may not he shortest in Nebraska's history, it Is going to be belpw the average in luration. and it Is going to be marked by absence of partisanship that has 10 often marked legislative sessions, and lo the detriment of the taxpa.v trs. The present indications are that the old code fight will t>e resurrected, and that will afford the greatest op portunllv for a partisan scrap. The lenncrats are a* much opposed to it as ever. But even the fight on the -ode will not lie marked by the rancor exhibited two years ago. This will he lue to the fact that on Thursday Ne a ,:»ka will have a new governor, and ana who will not spend all his time playing polities and endeavoring to Interfere with md intlurme legisia lion. lie venue law to lie Amended. Tlte revenu? law will be amended very materially, hut it will not afford] much if a chance for partisan strut | egy. The Intangible tax proposition] is doomed unless alt signs fail. As predicted several days ago, the good roads program is going,to he the oen er of the big fight In the present ses ■ion. There will lie no flavor of par Isanship about the fight, either. Kvery rieniber is In favor of a gaod roaln|>fitrh to The Omaha Bee. Superior, Neb., Jan. 6.—Herbert Holmes, who robbed the Bostwick State bank, later escaping from the jail at Nelson, where he was being held, and robbing the Nora liank and several business houses at Gilead, at tempted to burn the Nuckolls county jail at Nelson, and has been taken to the Nebrbaska stale prison for safe keeping. The interior of th® jail was some what damaged by the blaze started by Holmes and another prisoner, named Ralph Stahr, but 'he plot was discovered and an escape prevented by Sheriff Wood. The two prisoners weie oerupylng a cell together until it was found necessary to separate them. Holmes pulled some cotton from hie bunk mattress and stuffed It into a hole In the floor, and this was lighted by the prisoner below. Holmes, a young laborer of this vi cinity, started wrong by passing a no fund check on an auto dealer at Su perior last summer, then boldly hold ing up the Bostwick State bank In daylight last September, securing $1,200. He was captured with the bag of money In the Burlington passenger station at Superior September 22, es caped from the Nelson jail October 19 by picking the look with a wire and a mirror, and committed the rob beries at Gilead and Nora in the next five days, being captured while asleep and heavily armed in a straw stack by Sheriff Wood and a posse near Nora October 26. He has been confined in the Nelson jail awaiting arrangements at Lin coln since then. He is under a 10 >ear sentence for hL« escapades. DATES FIXED FOR KEITH COUNTY FAIR Ogullala. Jan. 6.—The Keith Count' Fair association has the 1926 fair here for September 2. 3 and 4. Officers elected for coming year A. I. Searle.! Ogatlaiu, president; E. A. Smith, Ogr.l Inlu. vice pres dent: A. F Kerr. Ogal* lain, secretary: 1! \V Bledermann and Roy D. Hiker. Ogail&la. assistant set tetarie*. < r Worden. OgullaU. treas-' uter; F. M. Helton, Ogmllala. superin tendent of grounds; directors for three! years are Theodore F. Goold, R S 1 Rutterfield. F. M Helton, W. E Coates and Frank Harris. Secretary A. F. Kehr will attend the; state meeting of county fair men at IJnooln January 39 as delegate. Keith County Fair association has .a fine location adjoining Ogallal* on j the west (40 acres! and best equipi^ed j in western Nebraska. It has a half! mile track, two grandstands with seat j Ing capacity of 1.400, running water! on grounds tarn* for race horses show horses, cattle, hog» ami chick ens. woman’s art building and aj products building. Plans are under way to plant trees on the grounds this spt ing. U. P. CONDUCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE Beatrice, Xch., Jan. 0.—Warren D. Knittle, formerly motor conductor on 'he Pnton Pacific with a run between Beatrice and Manhattan. Kan liuns himself in the Baraur at his Inane it Manhattan, according to word re ceived here Worry over the tl! health Is £lveti as the cause. Mrs, Knittle* also In 111 health has not been apprised of her husband * death Karin in Flgin Distric t Solti at SI00 »n Vtrc Elgin, Jan « —.Nick Oernuth h«« sold hi* quarter section of Improved farm land a mile west of town t“ Auto V nteli her f ir |IO «' «* nil ourt \ Tt'imirnalurr* m ... || 1 p. «% ,.. I* W I ’ ,' t\» P !, • |A i m ?\ * p w * 11 • m »S p m jt II noun . II ] Enter With Key: inspect Ali Letters Robbery Not Discovered Un til Arrival of Train in Chi cago; (sang Bcblieved to Live Here. * Leave at < ar Rapids Postal Inspectors have began a search in Omaha for a well-organized Iiand of mail robbers who are believed to be equipped with keys to mail cars. The search began with the report yesterday of a robbery of the Chi cago & Northwestern train No. 21 be tween here and Cedar Rapids, la . some time Monday afternoon. The car, loaded with registered mail, was looted leisurely by the rol> tiers. The men apparently opened th* far door after it was locked in Omaha, relocked it from the Inside, openett it again only when ready to leave and locked it behind them. The robbery was not discovered until the train reached Chicago Monday night at 10:30. Knelt Package blit Open. Post entice Inspector William Coble was notified of the robbery Tuesda.' afternoon by The Omaha Bee. Until a reporter tailed hint he had h**. d nothing of the affair. Authorities* in Chicago ltelieve tiio* the robber* have homes in Omani end that they watched the mt.il trains leaving Omaha, waiting for the time when tar loads of register ed mall were sealed and billed di rectly through to Chicago, or sou. other point east. Then, once assured that the c. would not l»e bothered during the trip, they unlocked the door, secret ed themselves among the racks of mail and then, when the train was in motion, began their work. In this altest robbery each pack age had lieen slit open, its content inspected and that which was worth less to the robber* wa*s thrown to one side. Car Rrlocked. The car was locked and everything r.pparently in order when It was m speeted at Cedar Rapids. It was a orderly on the outside when It reach *d Chicago, but when the door n-s ■ opened the orderliness ended. k tom this it is believed that the van 41 is had finished looting the mail before the car reached Cedar Rapid* and that they left the train on th outskirts of town. The amount of loot is unknown C'ery package had been rifled I i the contents of th* packages will no! he known until after claims begin to come in and a thorough che* k i* made. The robbery revived memories of the robbery of the sam* train in the yards of Cedar Rapids last fall. Train Robbed Three Time*. At that time one of the men, Dan MHilarity, was arrested as he leaped front the car. His two companion escaped and Slonarltv refused to di vulge their names. After h s . rretu Moraritv gav*» h address ns Omaha and said th ) ! hail (yen alx>ard the train eve- sim - it left the Union station there. He is now serving s term in jail. About Six weeks before Monart: v vv is captured the same train w** robhed while en route from Omaha to Boone, la. The bandits on this n* casion obtained little of value in their loot. These fact* have led th* nos ' authorities to start their search for a gang which lives in Omaha and oper ates with that city as a base Man Hit by Stray Bullet. Yoik. Jan « — A stray bullet, fired an unknown person, came neat claiming tv victim. Victor Ponnig. -. -I. of Oresham. The bullet pass**! between hi, arm and body. InfHcitng a slight flesh wound in his side. / 1 —-- ______ Summary of the Day in Washington The hoim passed a J15T *0’* W* flctency appropriation bill President Cool id ge a veo of th* po»t al pa 3* bill 0,1* su at a toed by the aen ate Luther K Brewer filed a contest o> ev the seat of Senator Brookhnr*. of Iowa A bill designed p» settle the Chic .» lake drainage controversy was-ttttto duced in the house. Senator l*.utd attacked the edict reading Insurgent senators out 4*f the republicnn party. The agricultural ociwntlseion con tinued consideration of relief plans for tlie twttle Industry Harlan K Stone he car. to d«N4/* hi* »b »k preparatory to retiring a* he*d of the Department of Justice Official* nerv informed that the ' 1*11 heiv of the Hank of Kngiv 1 officials was to further teelore the pound sterliitc to it* gold parity War department rccommeiulfctiott* for reduction* in the river* and hat b’i* hill were placed bebwe the hoto* rive* * ami harlaws rommmelon. The IVpartoent ef culture an* nnuicw! no tworm.itton had tent reived to support A i^mpiatvtt *ly 'U e!? u br‘e , ule subject to trio n. speculation. Jk