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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
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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.
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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*. <lWeepie s
name came first in the alphabet of ‘
the three women member* she was
‘‘worn in a* tin* llr*t woman mem
her «>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.
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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 roa<Js
program, hut there is a wide differ
(Turn to rate Two, Column One.)
LANGE GRAZES
FLIGHT RECORD
riartruf C. 1-inK. air mall fiver,
made one of the low records foi
night flying Monday in thie« hour*
und 19 minute* from Cheyenne to
i Uriahs'. The time of flying war not
delayed, although weather reports
were made of a strong gale in Wyo
ming. l.Jinge left Cheyenne at #:H*
p. m., reached North Platte at 9.AS
p. m. He left North Platte at J!:40
P m . on schedule time and reached
Omaha air field nt 1:27 a. m.
1’irc Explosion Hurl? Piece
of Chain Through Window
Aurora, Jan. R.—While Clay Jonee.
jroprletor of the Aurora hotel, was
dtllng In hie parlor he heard the
'ront window crash and discovered
hnt a entail plate of chain had been
Juried through It. Investigation
'bowed that an automobile tire on
he opposite aide of the street had
‘gploded tearing off a piece of the
-hain about It and throwing It RO
tret through the window.
Doctor? Met'liitfs Postponed.
Pawnee Pity. Jan R Owing to the
Illness of some of the speaker* on the
program, the meeting of the Pawnee
"minty Med Ira I society, announced for
today, lias lieen* Indefinitely twist
polled. Among the guests of the so
I-It.v who hnd been onlled on for paper*
were Drs V V Teal, .1. K M.
Thompson. A. I MeKInnon. t'sar l'.
Johnson and .1 S I’lrrer. all of
Mncotn.
.1. E. Smilh III nt San Diego.
Pont! to*, .Inn * Wmil ha* l*o*n
otHvod hfr# from Sun Dlfgo of th*
■rrinuA illncw* of .1. K Smith, on#*
ini* i»if»*idr»nt of th# Pi rat Nidonal
'.ink » f thl* c!t\ He i* the frtthfi of
K Smith of Hratlicr, who with
*if#, left fvr that jdace UHinj.
BROOKHART FACES
SECON DCONTEST
Washington, Jan. 6.—Notice of n
contest against the election of Sena
tor Brookhart. republican, Iowa, was
fildd In the senate today by Luther
A. Brewer, republican, independent
candidate in the Iowa senatorial elec
tion.
Brewer charged fraud and irregu
larity in the election, defeat of the
will of the voters in eliminating
marked ballots; and lack of legal
qualifications by Senator Brookhart
because of his statements abouf the
soviet form of government of Russia.
Prisoners Set
Fire to Jail in
Escape Attempt
Authorities Discover Plot and
Rank Robber Is Trans*
fered to State
Prison.
-Spei IhI !>ln|>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<t an acre
This Id the first farm sole made ir.
this community for more than a year
The seller has resided here foi the
list lit years snd the buyer Is a na
live. SO hoth are well, versed In
land values ,\t the peak of the
land boom this farm would e.isilx
hate sold for $200 an acre.
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Ali Letters
Robbery Not Discovered Un
til Arrival of Train in Chi
cago; (sang Bcblieved
to Live Here.
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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.
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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