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CITY EDITION_yoL. 54—NO. 230. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1925. * TWO CENTSlD ^ ...—/
Evidence in
Oil Hearing
Tech in al
—
Ideologist on Witness Slautl
Attempts to Locate ‘Saddle*
*ol Teapot Dome Field;
Testimony Dull.
Fall Had Field Surveyed
By Associated Press.
Chejenne, Wyo., March S.—Teapot
Dome—which became almost a house
hold phrase during the senate all com
mittee investigation early in 1924—
again today was flashed on the screen
of public interest.
ln the second appearance, however,
it was stripped of much of the gla
mour and sensationalism which char
acterised the senate Investigation of
a year ago. Today's setting was In
federal court before Judge T. Blake
^ Kennedy with the government seek
ing to annul the lea.se which was
granted to the Mammouth Oil com
pany, one of the Harry F. Sinclair
companies.
Owen ,T. Ttoberts and Atlee Pomerf
ene. special counsel for the govern
ment, Interested In the fight to hare
the lease annulled on the grounds
that It was obtained through fraud
and based on an illegal transfer of tbe
nil reserve from tbe Navy department
to the Department of the Interior.
This transfer was made on an exeou
live order by the late President Hart
• Ing.
Geologist oil Stand.
An attempt to locate the» "saddle'
of Tea(X'l Dome, marked the day s
sessions, w hen ln Its closing minutes.
K, C. Heald, h geologist of Yale hint
\erslty, formerly with the government
geological survey, took the stand as
the fifth witness for the government.
Heald was sent to the dome at the
request of Albert B. Fall, then secre
tary of the Interior, to determine
- whether there was danger of serious
drainage of the government reserve
by.offsetting wells drilled ln the ad
joining Sale Creek field.
Heald's report to the geological sur
vey showed there was a danger of
drainage on the Salt Creek side of
the reserve but that it wouid be slow
His report sleo showed that the ‘‘sad
die." a subsurface formation which
. might control the direction the oil
vyuuld take, had moved a distance of
i wo miles from date of the last geo
logical survey on file in the depart
ment.
Saddle Not Located.
• in crosses*tBinotlon by John A',
f.fcev of Cheyenne, representing the
.Mammoth company. It was brought
o;t that Heald had surveyed a part
of the dome not included in the re-'
serve. Tills ltd lo further confusion
regarding the exact location of the
“saddle" and at one point when lie
V.-as asked an Involved question lleald
queried:
"May 1 ask you a question?"
"No," snapped Lacey, "I am not on
the witness stand?"
With the exact location of the
"saddle" still a debatable question,
court adjourned with Heald still on
the stand.
ARMOUR MARKET
CLOSED TO PUBLIC
The retail meat market at the Ar
mour company plant in South Omaha
is to be discontinued at once. M. F.
O'Meara, plant superintendent, art
pounced at a nrt feting of plant fore
n i>n Saturday.
The market will lie converted into
an employes' market. O'Meara an
nounced, The general public will be
rigidly excluded.
The market will be reopened for
employes next week, 'JTie street en
trance v.Hi he closed, and the em
ployes will use the rear entrance
O'Meara announced that M. 1,. Slier
man, who recently resigned as super
intendent of the market, will be re
placed by M. J. McKUlgott of the beef
cutting department.
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Robert S. Abbott.
F.rii tor. The Chirago Defender.
1 hlrago. III.
Robert S. Abbott ediiur arid pub
lisher of the Chicago Defender, one
of the largest negro publications In
i lie I'nited States, spoke Monday
night at St. John's A. M. li. church,
Twenty-second and Willis Avenue,
under the auspices of the Bethel A.
M. !•:. church. Ills subject was "Jtnce
delations.”
Mr. Abbott's paper, which Is pub
lished weekly, lias a circulation of
"70,000. It has its own plant and
J 25 employes.
Mr. Abbott is considered an author
ity o'n race relation*. Me has trai
eled all over the United States and
South America In making surveys on
this to|ilo. In his address Monday
night h* particularly urged a unity
of the races in seeking for the com
mon good of the country.
Al Rahe.
Merchant,
fsloux Falls, 8. I).
In Omaha purchasing goods for his
•lore during the present, spring mar
ket veek.
Me said business In his part of
0^ South Dakota. Is much better than it
sits a year ago At. dial time Ids
business tun 30 per cent less than it
is today.
Me Is also prominently Identified
with the American latgion poet of
thnu\ Fall*.
"W* are going to send ;i large
delegation n> ili< Omaha convention,”
Ileus said.
DOHENY SUED FOR
GOVERNMENT TAX
lx>« Angeles. March 9.—The United
States goe eminent. today filed suit In
the federal court here for $904,6ft.62,
alleged Incotne taxes due for 1919
from E. Ij. Doheny. oil magnate, his
son, his w ife, ttvo of the directors In
his companies and two of his con
cerns, the Doheny Pacific Petroleum
company and the Petroleum Secuvi
ties company.
Those named with Doheny, besides
his son, E. Jj, Doheny. jr.. and .Mi's.
Mary Doheny, ore J. D. Anderson and
(Min AVelhorne.
The government alleges that the
sum Is due on taxes for 3919, the de
fendants report for that year show
ing a net taxable income of $11,664,
whereas, it is said, It should have
been $2,101,345.
The suit also calls attention to the
ttanafer of 55,0it0 shares of capital
stocks of the defendants front the
Doheny Pacific Petroleum company
to the Pan-American' Petroleum and
Transport company, another Doheny
concern, which, together with cash
and other property, amounted to $4,
423.062:
Armed Bandits in
Dinner Garb Rob
New York Couple
Raitl on Fifth 4\enite Apart
ment. Similar to Dot king
and Louise Lawson
Lases, Nets Rig Haul.
New Vnrk. March 9.—Using meth
ods which proved successful. Mbett
fatal, in 'the notorious "Dot" King
and "Lou" Lawson robberies, three
armed and masked men in dinner
garb invaded a sumptuous studio
apartment in the plaza section of
Fifth avenue before dawn today and
escaped with $25,000 worth of gems.
The victims. w,ho were bludgeoned,
hound, gageed and left unconscious
were Mrs. Fay Perkins, estranged
wife of a restaurant owner, and Mil
ton Abbott, reputed wealthy cotton
broker.
Mrs. Perkins’ apartment was* the
scene of the affair. With the excep
tion of a few dollars taken from Ab
bott s pockets, the $25,000 loot was
Mrs. Perkins' loss. She suffered suoh
injuries that physicians tonight re
jvn-ted her runditio'n grave. The only
due to the identity of her assailants
was furnished by Abbott, who sat*
the silk handkerchief mask slip from
The eyes of one man. and < got *
glimpse of features which he said he
would recognize again.
Airs. Perkins Is 24 years old, has
been married for seven teart. but
lives apart front her husband, Ben
jiimin H. Perkins. According to 'po
lice, she is well known among the i
"white light" cabarets of Broadway
because of her expensive gowns anti
her abundance of jewelry. ".She was
of the Broadway butterfly” tvpe, jni l
police, as were Dorothy King Keenan
and Louise Lawson, whose dead
bodies were found amid the litter of
costly apartments that had been ran
sacked of thousands in jewels and
money .by robbers who killed before
they looted.
OATH FORCES
TRUTH FROM MANi
Bryan Heath, 911 Atenue A, Conn I
eit Bluffs, would rather go to Jail
than tell a lie—under oath.
II* was arraigned In municipal
court Monday oil n charge of intoxi
cation and ihe judge asked him if
lie had a bottle of liquor when ar
rested. He declared heatedly that he
had not. Patrolman John Reynolds
declared, Just as firmly, that iie did
have.
After an argument, the judge or
dered both Reynolds and Heath to
tRke an oath to tell "the whole truth,"
etc.
Heath then promptly admitted that
lie had had a lioltle, and was sen
tenced to 30 days in jail.
100 (ietlar County \outlis
in Pig Raising Content
Hartington, March 9.—According to
information given by County Chair
man Pollock of the Boys' and Girls’
Pig clubs, about 100 boys and girls
tn Cedar county have selected their
pigs and began feeding March 1, to
produce the prize swine to :>e exhibit
ed at the county fair this fall. So
lilies for feeding were given, the only
requirement being that the contestant
pick a pig from a litter, either pure
bred or scrub, and have It marked By
Mr. Pollock.
Boy Break* Slioulilt-r
Twice During W inter
Sidnay. Marc’ll 9.- - After having ra
covered from a fracture of ■shoulder
sustained during the ChrlMtmuf holi
day*, and having had hi* arm nut of
the splint* for lews than a month,
Alfred Hughes, a hoy, slipped anti fell,
sustaining another fracture of the
panic shoulder.
I ihiroprurlor Stricken.
Wymore, March 9. -Hr. A. F.
• 'shall. Wymore chiropruclor for tlio
last six years, was stricken with a
slight paralytic stroke while sitting
in his rlinlr at his home Saturday
evening. At the time of the stroke
l'ahull was leading ills newspaper «ud
it fell from his hands as hi* armn
dropped limp st his sides. This at
tracted the alientton of his wife. For
a time he was unable to move, but la
now able to move about, the use of
his left arm only being affected.
Farm Sold al SI00 an \rrc.
Mr.itilvr* Mrirrh S VValtci Kb#t
hard?, living fl\> mil#* #;i*l of l»lll#r,
him sold hi* Igp-CKT# f*rm to Frank
and William Roaaman for A1 t*o an
acre. Till* i« cotislderfibly below Mi#
prh*e land Is hrlugli >; tn this e» H«*n
of Mi* ►mi# M» Kharhai-iU Ill
I tain to his old homo in WUwuimiu.
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-HOJLSIK 7LVIS G1K
by oenaie
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lormal \|*j)ro\al (>i\cii Ue
niotion of l.a Follollr Sup
porters From Hank
( pou (louiiniUees.
Democrats
Washington. March 9.—Formal ap
proval of the demotion of the Da Fol
lette insurgents from their rank on
tiie standing committee* was given to
day by the senate.
The vote we - B4 to II and came
after five hours' debate, confined
largely to the republican i-ide. Demo
cratic leaders Interrupted occasionally,
but mainly to reiterate 'heir desire
to keep clear of the row within the
republican ranks.
The real test as to whether the nut
jnrltv parti was to complete organ!
zatlon of the senate according to a
program determined upon immediately
after I he 1921 elections came on the
proposal to remove Senator Dadd of
North Dakota, one of the Insurgents,
from the chairmanship of the public
lands committee.
Slnnfield Chosen.
Senator Stanfield of Oregon, the ma
jority candidate, was elected, receiv
ing 3k votes to 13 for Dadd and three
for Senator .lone*. democrat. New
Mexico. Senators Wheeler, democrat.
Montana; Da Follette'* running mate
on the independent presidential ticket
last November, and Copeland, demo
crat, New York, supported I .add,
while Senator Bruce, democrat, Mary
land, voted for Stanfield.
Twent.v-flve democrat* voted pies
ent, as did Dadd and Stanfield. The
roll call follows:
For Stanfield: Republicans. Bing
ham. Butler. Cameron, Cummins, Cur
tis, Dale. Deneen, Dupont, Ernst,
Fess, Ulllett, Goff, Gooding, Hale.
Harreld, Jones of W ashington, Keyes.
McKinley, McLean, McNary, Mean*.
Metcalf, Mosea, Oddle. Pepper. Reed
of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Schall,
Shortrldge, Smoot. Spencer, Wads
worth. Watson and Willis. Total—35.
Democrats: Bruce, Maryland
Total—86.
I.add Gels 13.
For Dadd: Republicans, Borah,
Brook hail, Cousens, Fernald, Frazier,
Howell, Johnson of California. Me
Master, Norbeck and Norris. Total—
in.
Democrats: Copeland and Wheeler
Farmer-labor: Shiprtead — t
Total—i 3.
For Jones: Democrats. Blease, Hef
lin and Walsh, Montana.
Total—3.
Senators Jytdd and Stanfield voted
"present," as did 25 democrats. Sen
ator Jones of New Mexico was absent.
Insurgent* Quit.
Convinced by tills roll call that
their fight was ,a losing one, the re
publican insurgents made no further
effort to upset the organization pro
gram, but some of them did voice
their protest at the selection of Sen
ator Watson of Indiana, ns chair
man of the interstate commerce conn
mlttee over Senator Da Follette of
Wisconsin, who outranked the In
diana senator.
On the roll cad on final approval
of the committee sines, republican
and democratic, seven republican*,
three democrats and the farmer labor
senators. Shlpsiead. of Minnesota,
voted in the negative. The repub
licans were: Born It, Brook hart.
Frazier, Howell. Dadd, Norbeck and
Norris, and the democrats were
Rlea.se, Walsh of Montana and
Wheeler.
Better Times Reflected
in York County Records
'York, March 9.—Records of the reg
istrar of deeds for York county show
a decided Increase In real estate sales
during the two months of 1925 and an
easing off of chattel mortgage indebt
edness, both being considered Indica
tions of better times.
Ninety one deeds have so far been
filed this year. Real estate records
Indicate a higher price for land than
In 1924.
Farm mortgages filed in 1925
amount to *274.909, released mort
gages amount to 1199,550. The In
crease in farm mortgages Is an In
dication of a willingness to invest in
York count* land,
“Meritorious Service Fards
(riven .r> Kuilroud Foremen
(‘(dtimhu*. Altnli 9. I Ivc (Jolum
liiix railroad foreman have been
awarded “bioritorlou* nervier" rnrrls
by file Pnlon I’m. Ific In recognition of
having had no Injury reported by *nv
of their crew during the Inst HAfety
nontest ye.tr. They were Max Kllae,
II. 7,. Karlin. II. L, Crowe, Joe Bow e
and Thomas II. Ab Knery.
(*rain Shipment* Increase.
Wymore. M.trch 9 Movement rd
ft eight traffh through the local rail
way yard* the la hi few day* ha*
ahowii a big Increase In volume. Mot
a* much livestock* U moving to mar
ket* a* last year nt thla time, bul
grain *hlpmtnt* have Increased since
March 1. **lil to be due to farmer*
In the western part of the state turn
ing loose Koine wheat and alao Juat
getting iheir corn on the market. The
cornhuaklng ha* recently been com
pleted.
Man Injured in Frankinj: Far.
Bridgeport. March 9. Pat O’Neil of
Orrtng I* *uf feeing with n dl*lo«mted
elbon a* the penult of allowing the
crank to HM|i from Id* hand while
attempting te» * art hi* automobile.
TilK rOI*AT.I. (U.T AIM if joy • »
i, ■ *n‘i v in-i i.i« rlgllt. -uiMo
I. keflio* sonl-p HifeHnn W'**‘ll ie.it>** t
i! pi unci #>ln* ‘ "Urt at flui '»*<t
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Pul I man Conductor Sa>$ Mrs. Stokes
Shared Berth-With Cousin on Trip!
W itness Declares Mule Kelalive Deserted His ll pper Res
ervation in (iar Diirinp iNifilil and That He Heard
(attiversation in Berth Occupied hv Stokes' Wife.
lit I nitpowl Service.
t/hicago. March .—The penchant
of William E. D. Stokes, 73-year* |
old New York millionaire, for seek
ing affidavits reflecting on his wife,
Helen Ellwoo<J Stokes, is in no whit
abated by the fact that previous ef
forts along that line brought about
his present trial on a charge of
conspiracy to defame her.
Today, testifying in h1« own de
fense. he admitted on cross exami
nation hv the state that less than
two weeks ago he had his lawyers
take down such an affidavit from a
Kentucky negro named t’lark. The
negro formerly worked on Stokes’
farm near Lexingtoni Ky. His af
fidavit charged that Mix. Stokes, to
his knowledge, had been guilty of
improper relations with her chauf
feur, one lleitshaw.
('lark, Stokes said, came to him
voluntarily. He indignantly denied
lie had paid the negro $500 for the
affidavit, as charged by the state.
<loaded Into Rage.
Stokes' admission came « few
minutes before his long ordeal on
the stand ended.
Earlier in the day the millionaire
had sworn that it was not divorce
evidence but proof his wife was un
fit to have custody of their ehil
, dren that Inspired his investigations
of the rhicago underworld in search
of persons who could Identify Mrs.
Stokes as a. former habitue.
Stokes, goaded Into a rage by the
states attorney, found himself un
able to explain a\vHy satisfactorily
his repeated instructions to his in
\ estimators in Chicago that lie
wanted “divorce evidence.”
“1 knew 1 couldn’t use any more
evidence in my divorce trial,” he
said, “because the court had ruled
1 couldn't amend my petition, and
those affidavits were merely for ex
hibition in court when T sought to
gain control nf the children.”
Confused finally by trap after
trap laid for him by the prosecutor,
Stokes’ hitherto reliable mlscro
s<apic memory went back on him
and lie took refuge in replies of "I
don't know” and “I can't remem
ber.”
Talc of Conductor.
John T. Burk, a Pullman con
ductor, who followed him on the
stand, swore that Mrs. Stokes and
her distant relative, Hal Billig, had
occupied the same berth one night
on his car. At least, he admitted
under cross-examination, Blllig's
iiertli was empty and lie heard ti
man and a woman talking In the
berth suppi**edl.v occupied by Mrs.
Stokes.
J tuber t F. Bee. negro co-defend
ant of Stokes on the conspiracy
charge, then began a recital of the
investigations in which he took
part, using a picturesque language
that kept all the court room con
vulsed. He still was on the stand
w hen adjournment was taken.
Mrs. Stokes, recanting her deci
sion not to appear In the court
room again, took her accustomed
scat at almost the identical moment
her elderly husband left the stand.
Youth May Die of
Explosion Burns
l »<■' Fasoliue Instead of Ker
osene to Start Furnace
Fire in Farage.
S|M»rigl to The Omaha H**#.
Elliott, la.. March 9. A mistake In
• il cans may cost Earl Godfrey, 28,
of this city his life.
Godfrey vent this morning to the
basement of the Jim Hood garage,
where he Is employed, to si art a fire.
He picked up a can which he
thought contained kerosene. Instead
it was a small can of gasoline which
had been left in the place through
error.
As Godfrey touched a match to the
fire the gasoline exploded, enveloping
him in flames,
Godfrey ran up the *talr», out of
the garage and into the Pettey hard
ware store next door, a pillar r»f flame.
Employes of the hardware store
succeeded in killing the Are. but God
frey was by then unconscious. Great
pieces of flesh had been burned from
his body. What skin bad not been
burned off completely was blistered
ami seared.
Godfrey is the son of "Mrs. Alfred
Godfrey.
TJttle hop® was held out for his re
covery by officials at the hospital to
which h® was removed.
SHIP DAMAGED
IN SEA CRASH
New York, March 9.—Its No. 2
hold stove In and filled with water,
following a collision with the Shipping
hoard tanker Dannedalkp off Nan
tucket last night, the Dutch freighter
Aalaum was slowly proceeding to New
York today tinder Its own power, ac
cording to wireless messages received
by navsl communications office. The
crash occurred In a heavy fog last
night, alcout 25 miles south of Nan
tucket. The.tanker was damaged only
slightly. Shortly after the collision,
('apt. Huff, of the Aalsum, sent out an
8. O. H., saying his boat was leaking
badly.
Family Is Left Destitute
When Fire Destroys Home
Bridgeport. March 9.—Fire of un
known origin destroyed a sod houae
with shingle roof and frame addition
on the C. B. Millett place, near North
port, occupied by the Harrison
Mitchell family, who lost all of their
furniture and all wearing apparel ex
cept what they had on their backs.
The loss la estimated at *3,000, with
no Insurance on the contents and little
on the building.
Four Miens in Mcrrrill
Fount* Fiti/.cuslii|>
Bridgeport, Mmvn 9 Kewer foi
eigner* are noeklng naturalization
thin ti*a*on In Morrill cofintv thou
evot* before nt any tegular naturaliza
tion *e«*lcm of !h* district mint.
Judge Ilnrron will ex unine applicant*
for citizenship Thursday. April 27.
and only four applicant* will he be
fore him. Moat of these arc of Ger
mnn birth.
Irtiiiiiscli Womiin SulTci'
Second Injur) in Falling
TecutllSeh, March !• Mr*. Jacob
Writer, an elderly Tectimaoh Woman,
fell on the walk and broke her lrft
hip. She broke the other hip in a
aimilar accident a few vent*fc ago, and
could not get about very well.
Woman Kills ( .O\ Oil*.
Beat ib® Mar<h lb Mi*. Martin
Jurgen* of the I'llho neighborin' i
ahot and billed ft « oynte In lb’ nb
M»n a of her hnehniid Tiie animal
had been cauuM In • li p «itel In
order to ®nd II.* Buffering Nh« .fur
| utna killed II
(Ylrlirnlnl Dotior |)ir*
• ‘incinnatl, Macli '* Hr •barb
;•» Ibukhlll *»l one »i the gientrat
atii limit !e* lr Am«*rb n »ni tb® • •■#*;»t
tneot nf t ubtrculodB. «t t«vl ot blood
poisoning
| Kenney Is Ajjain
Found !Not Guilty
JuilfTf’ Cos* ni?miftgf* Charge
Against Man Fxonerated
in Henry Shooting.
Charts or robbery against Laur
ence Kenny, 615 South Sixteenth
street, were dismissed by District
Judge Goss Monday afternoon when
the state had competed its
against him.
Kenny was previously tried in con
nection with the shooting of Lloyd
Henry, at which time the inability of
distinguishing between him (ind his
twin brother confused witnesses. He
was freed.
Judge Govs, in taking the case from
the jury and dismissing it, held that
the state's evidence was insufficient.
The robbery for which Kenny wae on
trial occurred «t Kightleth nhd Ta
cific street on July 14t when, S. W.
Wiggins of the Chevrolet Automobile
company was robbed of $80 nnd s
watch.
Henry was shot on this same night.
Counsel for Kenny brought in the
"twin boot her" feature In cross-ex
amination regarding identification,
and no witness was able to positively
identify Kenny as the man, although
Iwth Wiggins and Bertha Sohlntlcr,
210 South Thirty-seventh street, end
E. V. Rhode* 2026 /Famam street,
who were ^Teld up-the same night
while out riding testified rliat Kenny
appeared to be one of the men who
held them up.
PAROLED YOUTH
RETURNED TO PEN
Red Oak. Ia.. March 9 Wilkie
Long of Red Oak was arrested ai
Council Bluffs Saturday and brought
to Red Oak, where he Is held in the
county jail awaiting arrival of offl
cers from the penitentiary at Fort
Mndiaon to return him to that insti
tution for violating his parole.
I*nng was paroled some month* ago
and is said to have violated bi> r*1*0!*
by going to Missouri with a. Red Oak
girl whom he married. It is said
Long claims he was not aware he
was violating his parole by getting
married or leaving the state.
Long was convicted of auto theft
in the Mills county district court a
few years ago and was serving a
sentence for tills crime when paroled.
FariiHT .* IX ifr Injured
by Trippinp on Corn Cobs
* *o«nd March 9.- Mrs. (bis Selk,
wife of a young farmer, fell nnd'
sprained an ankle in the barnyard.
She had gone for a basket of coni
cob*. Slutting for the house she
stepped on some cobs w hich turned j
nnd threw her in the ground One
ankle was thrown out of place and!
the ligaments of the limb and foot!
torn loos**.
Slicriff- of I lire* Coiintb'*
in I'ur-iiil of \tilo Tbirves
Albion. March 9. Sheriffs Yondu
sen of Polk. Mohr of Merrick and
Cramer of Nance were in Alhlotv Hat*
unlay running down automobile
thieves. They have seven men under
arrest at Silver ('reek, and they took
one man from here who Is supposed
to be connected with the gang.
Murrii'd in Conuril IlluJfe.
Tic fellow lag g«rpen» ti*sr
rlAt* licenses In Council Bluffs yestsrdsv
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r . i tri I* u • o>co M Ph*tV *
i'Rcil llleeb» CtfttHi li Bluff* t *
v l\ timim V »• * i • hi nt u» N*i* , S»
Ulbblt Cmtun, .'■•a.. !l
right to Get
Jury in Case
of Griffith
Kegular Panel Exhausted Be
fore Day Out in Trial of
Confessed Slayer of
Kimliall Man.
Courtroom Is Packed
(Special IHxpatch to Th<* Omaha B*c.
Kimball, Neb., March 9.—Trial of
IS. h. Griffith on a charge of murder
arising from the fatal shooting of
Jerry Mandrell here February 5.
opened in district court today.
Throughout attorneys for the de
feuse and the prosecution challenged
jurymen' and dismissed them. By eve
ning the regular jury panel had all
been used and a second group had
been called.
Interest in the trial is intense. The
courtroom was packed with specta
tors before court was opened. The
spectators remained all day and left
onlj after th* last venireman had
been questioned and dismissed and
the new' panel had been ordered
called.
Wounded Wife.
Griffith has admitted his guilt.
Shortly after Ms arrest he declared
hp had returned to his home unex
pectedly one evening to find Mandrell
and Mrs. Griffith under compromising
circumstances.
Mandrell, according to the state,
ment which Griffith is said to have
made, was told to leave town at
once. This h<* failed to do, and Grif«
fith once again warned him.
On February 5 Griffith, accompa
nied by Mrs. Griffith, went to the
Mandrell home. Mandrell was sitting
in a front room an 3 his w ife wan in
the kitchen.
Griffith ordered Mandrell to call
Mrs Mandrell and tell her of her al
leged infidelity. Mandrel! refused and
Griffith began to shoot.
Surrendered st Once.
Mandrell died almost instantly and
Griffith then turned the weapon on
Mrs. Griffith, severely wounldng
her.
Mrs. Mandrell. attracted *by the
shooting, ran Into the room and then,
with Mrs. Griffith, ran from the
house
Griffith surrendered himself soon
aft*r the shooting and was ordered
held on a charge of murder in the
fiist degree by a coroner s jury le«s
tha.n two hours later.
Both the dead man and ihe man
whose life is now is jeopardy were
business men hen*. Mandrell owned
a store and Griffith was an Insurance
agent* Both were highly respected.
GERMAN ENVOY
ARRIVES IN U. S.
II, invlll SE-NTNKR.
International New. "eerie. staff
C nr r e.ponH en,.
\'e^ York. March 9.—Rarnn Aj,i
von Maltzan. n,«- German ambassador
to the 1'rl'ed Ptatr.*, accompanied by
hl« beautiful wife and $ year-ohl
daughter, Kdith. armed here today,
and departed for Washington.
"The German republic will continue
f. rever." Karon Yon Maltzan replied,
when asked what he thought would
be the outcome of President Kbert's
death, which occurred when the
steamship Albert Ballln was one day
out of Cherbourg. Continuing on Ger
man? s future the ambassador said.
"Germany's hope for the future re
poses in the linues plan. We have
accepted the Irawes plan In good feel
itilt and In pood faith, and will live
up to the letter and spirit.of this
agreement.’’
SLAYER SOUGHT
BY BANDIT SQUAD
i hlcago, March 9.—The Chicago
bandit squad working under "shoot
to-ktll” orders, was scouring the city's
underworld haunts today for a trace
of a bandit said to he known as the
"Lone Orajr Wall 1 who rssrtsrrtay
shot and killed Archibald F\ Murchle.
23. art student, of Vancouver, B. C.,
when Murchle failed to comply with
his commands during a drug store
holdup. The lsindlt fired three shots
as Murchle ran across the street, the
third taking effect. He then calmly
pocketed his gun and fled.
•
(Central <,i*y Postofficf
\|>|tropriation lurrrus«*«l
i st **s* I rity, March P An nd«li
t tonal appropriation of $25,000 toward
a new po stuff he for t>ntml City wai
pauei] of the closing Rmnion of con
gr**s, according to a telegram re
ceived fi'om »'niiRi wnmn Howard. In
1P14 in appropriation for $58,000 wai
pABfted. blit building operation* ana
pended l>e<‘ati>*e of the war. Following
tlie war it wa* found that the $(>’>,000
wtii Inadequate to build a permanent
building and on additional $25,000 ap
pioprlntion wi* ^«ked.
Mr». W. T. Slia\ Dratl al 81.
Bridgeport, March v< Mrs. W T.
shay . SI, a resident of Garden county
for years, hnvlng located on a
hiuorstiSd near l.lsc, where she re
molned until the d> th of her son. 10
yeai-s ngo. Is dead si the family home
nt t*shk*>*h.
W . II. I’oiiihI Drops Doatl.
Vil MucAM'i t. March £. \N illiam II
Pound, f» 1. a resident of this section
for 3s vaur*. dIM InatAtitl.v upon fall
Injf lo the ground in Ida front yard
nt ,1\ile*btng while making prepat.t
flop* «»r planting *mue almiha.
I’atllorks in IMiilatk'lpliiti.
Philadelphia. March 0. Injun* ikm»
f- i the poll '« Ulna of Na eatabll»b
jmc-nte f• * \iolntlnu liquor la v* ue:e
! nufyi I 'it ih'ioi o, Public Mi>l>
! Hut lea
l jf
Paroled Man Marries
Woman Who Pleaded
for His Release
Beatrice, Neb.. March 9.—Jake Sun
geon, who was paroled a few days ago
after be had been arrested on a for
gery charge, slipped off to Marysville,
Kan., where be was married tu Elsie
Kchoenberger. It 1* said >he worked,
hard for bis release, and at one time
she consented to have the nutlal knot
tied at the county jail. Sturgeon gave
his age as 30 and that of bis bride
as 32. They will make their home on
a farm near Blue Springs.
Senate Fight on
Gasoline Tax to
Be Staged Today
Democratic Leaders W ork to
, Make hood Road* Mea—
ure Real le*uc Between
Parties.
I*. C. POWEM,.
State < i.rTespomlsnt The Omaha Bee.
J.hieoln, March P.—Nebraska’s
legislature will stage two big fights
tomorrow. At 10 In the morning the
lower house will begin consideration
of the gasoline tax bill under sn
agreement reached
today. Sometime
in the morning or
afternoon the sen
ate will either ad
vance or reject
the "word of
mouth ' repealer
which caused such
a spectacular fight
last week when
Senators Chant,
bets. Hove . and
Dvsart of Omaha
placed ,t in general file after the
committee on privileges and elV.-tior
killed the bill.
There wap in’ensc lobbying through
out the day on the two bills. G. X.
Norton. ilec*-ated democratic candidate
f<V- governor, was In conference with
democratic members of the house. An
effort is being made to crack the
party whip and make the gasoline
tax issue the big fight in the next
stale election. Whether a series of
conferences to be held tonight by
democratic chieftain” will force re
calcitrant members into" the demo
cratic column on roll call tomorrow
Is problematical.
Governor 111.
Regret wa* expressed that at such
an important time Governor Adam
Mr Mullen should be onfin»d to his
bed with serious threat trouble. KYom
his sick bed the governor was taking
an active intere*t in preliminaries of
the fight and his supporters were ex
ceptionally‘energetic In preparing for
tomorrow * leak-lathe battle.
The first anticipated mote of the
demo, rets js (.repose an amend
ment w hich will force a iv 50 split of
gasoline tax proceeds between the
state .anti counties. Another amend
ment is evpet ted. cutting the proposed
tax from 2 to 1 per cent pier gallon.
The most intensive lobbying, how
ever. was against the "word of
mouth" repealer. Elmer Thomas, fe I
erel prohibition .agent for Nebraska,
snd former fity Commissi mer Dean
Ringer, were all busy in legislative
corridors in an effort to, obtain suf
fi-jent votes to Kill the bill. The task
assigned to Thomas, who is a demo,
crat, was to realign democratic #en
t• ■ tm. Th* MUn detnex -ati<
tioi voted f tl • Tepeeler last w pck .
Robbins Scores Tactical \ iefory.
Senator John Robbins of Omaha,
one of the leade*-* in the fight against
the bill, was able tonight to force an
adjournment before the bill tame up
for consideration. In doing this. Rob
bins enables the Pmith Howell lobby
ists another day to prepare for the
fight. City Commissioner John Hop
kins and Tom O'Brien, an Omaha at
torney, were eouaJiv busy tonight In
working In behalf of the repeal of
the “word of mouth" bill.
A stalwart support ft- on the senate
floor tomorrow of the Ilopktii«-t t’Brien
forces will lie Senator C- " ■ Johnson
of Cheyenne county, who vvoi ked 1-ai J
fop the ill-fated Ten Commandments
bill, and who is now devoting his en
ergy to repeal the "word of mouth"
bill.
KMh faction* forecasted victory In
the senate tomorrow. Work done by
the houfe and senata todav consisted
of advancing a number of minor bills
to third reading.
A bill forcing tfisoonilnuan e of use
of coupons in foodstuffs v:.« advanced
in the senate by a narrow margin.
The senate Juillciary committee
vote,: a favorable report on the mar
rlage bill, which, under amendments
placed on it by the hops" discon
tinues the 1 n ,lat elm «e. hut continues
to force presentation of affidavit# of
good health to count' judge.*, lie.
Hert 1., Storev of Grace Methodlm
church. Omaha, appealed in favor of
five t*ill.
"I am not one of those minister*
who look i)i) marriages from the re
nittnet f.loti side lie M . Storey
alii, "I think the bill does go*Hl for
humanity and c«use.]uen11 y 1 ntn for
it."
Dr. 1'. li Bartholomew head (>f the
eoclai disease bureau of tile state, was
•nether strong advocate of tit# bill.
Italian I tnijjralion I aturr.
Rome. March >. —Official statistics
•dhow thorr neve 4«* 1 St*S euujp'Ants
from hah in 1924. an of
mopt i han 1 tKMKH* u\ *r 1 i1. H*
I he Weather
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II out ft IrRUHTUltiriit
& » ' 9 1,0
4 a m *. o m it
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Fechet Gets?
Approval of
Com in it tee
J'rnalc Military Affair?I,roup
Fax or? Colonel to Succeed
Mitchell After Hear
ing \A eekff.
“Necessary to Discipline
Bj 1 nivrriftl SrrHc*.
Washington, March D.—The senate
military affair** committee today made
a favorable report on the nomination
of Col. .hime*. E. Fechet to buccVCl
Krig. fieri. William Mitchell p.* amidst
ant chief c»f the army air service.
Action was taken tfte,* secret a r>
"f \Y • Week.* Selling rU-cd dootr
explained in detail why Gen«n<t
Mitchell was nut reappointed to bi
post.
While Senator Wadsworth of Xev
York, fhaiiTnan nf tic committee en<<
the other member** were reticent about
dis< uj-sing what took pla* e in tlie ex
ecutlve session, it v.as learned that
W eeks declared ’he release of Mitchell
from his position as assistant air
chief wa- ' necessary in the inters!
of arm a discipline.”
Mitchell Goes Home.
General Mitchell will Ua\e Wasf:
ington tomorrow on leave of absent
to visit Ids home *t Milwaukee. Wit
f**r n few day- U’ look aft^r private
business interests there.
He has been given no indication a>
to where be will be stationed after
March 20. when his term as assistant
chief of the a.r service expires, no*
has tii* War department invited him
to express his wishes in the matter.
. Jl is generally understood, hoo
ever, that be will be attached to the
headquarters of one of the nine corps
area3 in the United .States, probabh
either the Sixth or the Second.
Since his demotion was ordered by
Secretary nf War Weeks several da>n
ago, f>neral Mitchell has receive*!
many offer* of outside positions, an.'
one of which would pay him a much
larger * Mary than he receives from
the army.
Will Not Resign.
He has no intention of resigning,
however, he stated today, but Intends
to keep up his campaign for an ade
quete air force.
Representative O Sullivan of Con
| neetieut, who represented the houe
aircraft Investigating committee —at
the bombing tests held last week m
Fortress Monrue, today recoin
ynended the adoption of a mi Hear;,
policy in which “aircraft shall pJ*i
the most important part.”
“The demonstration at Fortreet
Monroe,” said Representative O'Sulli
van, “instead of substantiating the
• U ms r*f the friends of ants direraxt.
proved that General Mitchell e as
right when he said the only defense
against enemy aircraft was a sub
etantiaJ air force.”
STAR ATHLETE
WEDS SECRETLY
Shenrodouh, la., March 9 —TV E
(Eddie) Lewis. former coach of the
Shenandoah High school. who devel
opad a team that ranks among the
l'est ever turned out at the loca
school, was secretly married St. V*1
•mine's day at Tort Lodge to Mis?
Edna ('ur;i«. ]>r»ke university grade
ate. Kriends here have received an
uouncements. ^ f
Mr. Lewis' [-arents reside at De*
Moines, where he was a star athlete
at Be* Moines university. His hride
has been In Chautauqua work and
ha* hem more recently teaching
dramatic*.
The bridegroom has resigned frot:
•hts work as a traveling salesman
and will re-enter the coaching game.
lM-Hour hlectric Service
%
In-tailed at Breaduater
Bridgeport. March S.—T.rc.ii
r.ow has 24-hour electric service fro*
tii t T’.jhi.. >t :vt> corn pap \'«
transmission line that has been cow
pleted from Bridgeport. The old mu
iiicipa! power plant, that was given
to the public service company In cun
^deration of acceptance of a ?$ year
franchise ai d service of day and night
electric lights and power, lias beet
closed.
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The supreme court held the natl 'u:
motor vehicle theft act valid.
President Coolidge handed down the
.ward In the Tarns and Avira ceso
between Chile and Peru calling for a
plebiscite.
Action of the epubl*. vn r?*jerlt)
i i?t depriving 1a Pollette se> atora of
iheir committee ranks was tlth&ttd In
j i lie senate.
The nomination of 14cm Chi. .biitr
K. fVchet a* assistant chief of the
tinny air service wa.* approved by the
j senate tniiltarv committee.
Corn on farm# March 1 was placet.
I by th# l apartment of Agriculture a:
1 *01 bushels. Wheat mss 1U*
19“s,iiiw bushels
S re; .r\ Mellon declared the trea>
| ur>. in settth e tho Atlantic, Gulf tiki
w i at tmttea corpora Km taxes ?:*.»•
I proper busUiriC Kgi*
V*.vKlen«v designed to show the gi>\
j eminent kvd mi Ihma in t to*
: w ar amortisation show .ones was edb
t*ln*<l pi t * u»> c* U • irlngi
I of < oujsMts com* ’ee,
S ;i*t or I'o jrt i- u Ml. big a
j • harged tin Inn o • * ,e bateau
had tried o su>» tphne him through
aA’M-sjuuent of additional taxes W
|c.,;.>e of t c\e-|*th»n* in i • senate
I *«\ est Alton.