■ .=!=•! The Omaha Corning Jee tt™;:::
CITY EDITION | ___ • »•“ »<-hle,ed K.-Ueorge Bern
-' VOL. 54—NO. 231. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1925:* TW0 CENTSu S2?«iIJS*”* v ^
Nj oinination
of Michigan
Man Killed
;
\l» pure of Dawes. W lio
Could Have Broken lie
ith Deciding Vote,
Blamed for Defeat.
G. 0. P. Leaders Shocked
R.v nuNKI.IN WT8NER,
I nlversal Vnlr, Staff Correspondent.
Washington, March 10.—Jn a dra
matic. session, the senate today rd^
jerted President < 'oolidge's nomina
tion of Charles Beecher Warren of
Michigan to be attorney general In his
cabinet, the vote being 41 to 3ft.
The vote was a shock to the White
House as well as to the republican
leaders, alt of whom had counted upon
confirmation of the appointment ,by
a safe margin.
Vice President Dawes was blamed
for Warren's defeat, for on Hits cm
■ <ial occasion, when tlie vice president
might have cast tjie vote which would
have saved the day for the admlnls
tration and pul Warren into the cabi
net, Dawes was misstng from the
senate.
Dawes Not laralpd.
Despite frantic effort* by adminis
tration senator* to find Dawes and
drag him into the senate in time to
cast the deciding vote in favor of
Warren, he could not be found and
Warren's defeat, was made final,
when, after failing to muster a ma
jority on the motion to confirm the
nomination, the senate by a majority
votie laid on the table a motion made
by on# of Warren's supporters to
-'reconsider'' the vote by which con
firmatlon was denied.
After his sensational scolding of the
senate for its “archaic ’ rules in his
inaugural address, senate leaders
were bitterly amaze.] by Dawes' ab
sence nt a time when his vote was so
greatly needed.
“Announce the Vote."
When the roll on the question of
confirmation was first called hasty
checks made by Warren's supporters
revealed that the vote was a tie, 40
being cast for Warren and 40 against
him. Dawes could have made It 41
to 40 for confirmation had he been
present.
Warren's opponents, realizing the
tote was not sufficient td confirm
Warren, made insistent demands to
have the vote announced. Senator
Moses, presiding, purposely held hack
tiie announcement while pages scur
l “d about the capito] looking for
1 iawen
“Announce the vole,” shouted
.’.siliirst of Arizona, In his loudest
voice.
Overman Switchr*.
“It will be announced in due time,
}t"»e« calmly replied.
When It was found that Dawes was
not in the building, Reed of Pennsyl
van I a changed his vote from “aye"
to “no,” for the purpose of making
a motion to reconsider the previous
\ote. and thereby gain' time for
Dawes to reach the* chamber.
Then tne vote was announced, 39
to 41. itee.l made ills motion, which
was ftnmedlately followed by a mo
tion by Walsh of Montana to lay
Reed's motion on the (able. On the
toll call on Walsh's motion the vote
was 41 to 39. Overman nt North t’aro
lina, who had supported Warren,
changing to the opposition an.l voting
for Wr.lsh's motion. This ended
Warren's chance of confllrmatlon.
BURGLARS LOOT
CAFE IN ALLEN
Mien. N’elj . March 10.— Eursl.'ire
entered the Goughran Eros, n stau
ant Monday night and lugged off
5100 worth of tobacco, cigars and
oigareta, and about f 7f. worth of con
fectionery. Ten dollars in atnali
change in the cash register was tak
en. The register was found under a
j ile of clothing and sacks In the rear
of the restaurant. Burglars evident
ly then changed their minds about
r yaking it. They overlooked some bills
'hrust into tear of cash drawer. How
entrance wa* made is not known and
there is no visible due. laical mer
chants and authorities have combined
to bring the Beatrice bloodhounds
here, and rear end of building am]
adjoining lot have been carefully
guarded to preserve any possible
scent.
(rasoline Tax Raised.
Pierre. 8. D., March 10.—The gaso
line tax in South Dakota was raised
from two to three cents, effective
immediately, when Governor Carl
Gunderson signed an emergency bill,
increasing tlie tax. and filed It with
the secretary of state. The enllro
three cent tax Is to go to the highway
commission for trunk highway con
struction and maintenance.
Shell Wounds Officer.
Washington, March 10. Lieutenant
Commander Oliver AV. RagbV of Mis
•ourl, attached to the naval proving
ground, Dahlgren, Va., wa* seriously
injured today while testing a ahell at
the proving ground.
We Have
With Us
Today
M. H. f arter,
Mmlalc, la.,
Merchant.
Mr. <’nrter )« a member of she ,!.
fuller A 80ns general merchandise
Store at Models. He Is ii» Omaha at
tending 1 he Spring Market week.
"P'aj'mer* ate sorting tlielr seed
urn >1 around m.v vicinity. \Ve ere
going to continue to sing that Iowa
song 'Thai s Where the Tall Corn
Grows,’ ”
| Model Due Kosteau, 11185. Champion
Stallion, Sells for S900 at Ranch Sale
Fork Brothers. Lincoln. <t Bine Rihbon Winner for
W hich Berne Hopkins Paid $3,700 and Refused $10,000;
Ollier Stocks Lqually Low as Model Farm I- Broken 1 p.
_ _ V
Stock of the famous Berne Hop
kins hog ranch, the. million dollar
plaything of an oil man. Is scat
tered over the country.
Puretired cattle, hog* and liorees
were purchased at yesterday’s sale
by tfuyers from all parts of the west,
who were at the sale bidding for the
stock and machinery that was of
fered on the block.
Model Hu Fosteau, 11 ISo, cham
pion Belgian stallion, was "knocked
down" for $90U. The horse for
which Hopkins refused $10,000, of
fered by the Belgian government;
the horse for which Hopkins paid
$0,700. went for what was compara
tively less than the proverbial song.
Hopkins purchased Model Du
Fosteau as a show horse, then
trained and fitted him to be shown.
Barge Offer Rejected.
Bast jear the stallion was sent to
the stock show at Waterloo, la
where he won first prize. It ^1
then that the Belgian gov <t
made its offer of ?10,000 i
animal. •'* C*1
Yesterday Fork# Brothers of ^
coin, Neb., made Hie highest
for the shiny-coated animal. *
on# present would raise that $%
figure—and Model Du Fosteau had
a new home.
.The sale, both from point of at
tendance and from the amount ami
value of the stock and machinery,
is the greatest ever held is south
western Iowa.
Buyers came by the hundred, so
did the spectators. Taxis did a
rushing business hauling prospec
tive purchasers and curiosity seek
ers to the ranch, eight miles south
west of Council Bluffs.
At times throughout the day the
bidding would become so active that
It was with difficulty that the auc
tioneers called for order before the
sale could proceed.
Spectator* Interested In Sale.
The crowd of spectators who
thronged to the place arrived with
a dual purpose, to see what trans
plred at the district’s greatest farm
sale and to watch the ringing down
of a curtain on a project which was
started and conducted as a million
aire’s plaything and which was cast
aside, calmly, when toe owner be
came tired of playing at farming.
Today will be (lie last day of the.
sate. The log* cabin, built regard
less of expense, tits manager's
house, erected at a cost of $12,000,
the land, six farms rolled into one
to makeup the 1,0(10 acre estate,
will be placed under the auction
eer's hammer. The dream which
materialised after more than
$1,000,(tOO had been spent, will .be
ended.
Fred De Yore, publisher of the
Durce Journal, was present at the
sale. He looked over the premises,
on which he had been a visitor
when Berne Hopkins lived there
and played the game of farming,
and declared that more than
$300,000 had been expended in im
provements to t lie place.
"And if any average man had
had charge of mp expending of the
Vmey for these improvements the
(. st would have been twice that
(\ aunt." he added.
^ htjers front “Kvery where.''
" vT pl's had traveled thousands of
jv ** to attend the sale. K. C.
>r Thorpe, Wash., holds the
.£<"* f' ttce travel record.
O C* <£. ,p attracted Snyder and
"Se y showed his Interest.
olnent breeders to at
- o were:
“. Janesville, U is.;
<0 ' -it, Dixon, la.: Shoes- I
le, jfn, Orion, 111.; H. M. Her
ts?' -ialesburg. III.; E. F. Stetson,
Neponset, 111.: M. Anderson, Cotton
wood, Minn.; Moore and Crane, Ml.
Pleasmt. la.; Harry Hopley, At
lantic, la.; R. M, Smiley. Columbus
Junction, la.: ,1. M. Prosser. Phil
lipsburg. Mo.: C. A. Saunders, Ma
nilla, la.; Fred Stelnhach, Yutan,
Sob., and I‘. .1. KerkoCv, Scribner,
Neb.
Trinks Busy at Kanrli.
For two nights, the sale started
Monday, trucks have been busy
haullrtj away stock and machinery
which had been sold.
Some of the trucks left the ranch
to begin a 200 mile haul. Others
had but short distances to go. Still
others went only to the neatest,
railroad, where the stock was load
ed on cars destined for distant
points of the west.
W. L. Byrne Dies;
111 two Months!
__ S
Cancer Fatal to Prominent j
Insurance Man and
k iwanians.
William Lincoln Byrne, 49. Insur
ance broker and organirer of the
Omaha KiwaniR club, died Monday
afternoon at 4:30 at hie home. 2909
Hlekorj street, alter an Illness of
more than two months beadth was
due to cancer.
Mr. Byrne was born in Baltimore,
Md., Jrt 1970. He came to Omaha in
1901 a year after his brother, Harry
S. Byrne arrived in Omaha. After
living in Omaha u few yaera, Mr.
Byrne moved to St. Louis, Mo., where
he lived until 1911. In the fall of
1914 he returned to Omaha ami lived
here since.
Mr. Byrne was active In Masonic
circles, being a 32d degree Mason. He
was also active in politics. In the
last city election he was a candidate
for city commissioner. Mr. Ryrne was
also a member of the Bike.
Besides his wife he Is survived by
owe son. William Lincoln, Jr.: two
brothers. Walter S., assistant treas
urer of the Thomas Kilpatrick com
pany, and Harry S. Byrne.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 2 from Burket fun
eral home. Burial will be In Loudon
Park cemetery In Baltimore. Md.
Beatrice Couple Injured
a« Far Strikes Fulvert
•peelal Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., March 10- Mr. and
Mrs. H. .7. Randall of Beatrice were
cut and bruised when the car the
latter was driving crashed into a
stone culvert south of Cortland,
throwing the occupants into the wind
shield. Mrs. Randall was the most se
verely Injured, receiving a number
of ugly cuts about the /ace and a
possible fracture of the right arm.
The front of the machine was badly
damaged.
They were en route home from
Council Bluffs, Ia„ where they had
been visiting with their daughter
when the crash occurred.
Ivso Boys Knlisl in Navy.
Wymote, March 1ft. Two more
W'ymors lad* hjjv** gon* to Join the
I’nltsd States navy, making a toml
°f II In the last; two year*. They
are Rudolph Fisher, *oti of Ren Fifth
*r, Wymorp laborer-, and iMvnln Marl
dan, son of .lako Ha-Man, Wyrnore
railway engineer. The boys went to
Omaha to enlist.
Actress Pleads for Fliailco
to Knjny Her Home Life
New York, March 10. Marie (Jas
per. vaudeville actress, pleaded for a
peaceful home life Instead of the glare
and excitement of the footlights when
she testified at (he (rial of her suit
for separation against Laurence
Schwab, theatrical producer. "I want
a home and the time to take cgte of
my baby,-’ she >nld.
Married in Founcil Bluffs.
TH* fallowing p>»taon« obtslnefl marriage
llcanaae Irt Council Uluffa yeattr»la."
W H. Garvin, (iinali*. ... . I
.Itnnle K' Ith, Omaha , .. ■■ 1
Andrew Hitnan. Rdwirdtt. Nal* . :7
Nannla Thnrn|*a< n. M. I:rt wai <U. ’•«!>. • -•
llanry Petaraen, Nani*. Ip 22
Kdnp Nalaon, llntny * • *at . la. *13
* J H Sfgwsrl. F'«r» F'rook, .Neb, , . i.1
Ada liurlaj, tope near, 1*... 12
Buckner W ins One
Padlocking Case
Hotel W ill Be (.lotetl Three
Months by Court Order
\fter Liquor Conviction.
—
N«W' York. March 10.—federal At
tornev Buckner today won the first
of what he says may amount to 1,00*
separate proceedings to padlock es
tablish’ments selling liquor.
hadcral .Judge Hand orderp-l that
the lyifayette hotel tn the ,\*lv |;0.
chelle he placed for three months un
der a padlock Injunction aaked by tho
government, and further directed the
cancellatton of the tenant s lease. The
owner of the structure previously had
agreed to Buckner's demand.
The dense provided fetr closing the
entire building and means, Buckner
said, closing a furnishing store and
restaurant on the ground floor and
ousting 15 other tenants, frank Arch
ibald, lessee of the hotel proper, was
granted a five days' stay to make
appeal.
In another proceeding, after Buck
ner had announced that If facts wrfh
ranted he would seek to padlock tfie
Rlngler brewer*, raided here last
night, It was found that surh pro
ceedings already had been filed by hi*
predecessor. Colonel Hayward.
Federal Commissioner Boyle set the
hearing In the Rlngler case for
Msrch 2*.
88 4(Itied to Krokrn Bob
Public Service Chib's Roll
Broken Bow. March 10.—Conclud
Ing a recent drive for members the
Public Service club of I hi# city held
a banquet In the dubiooms at its
Inst meeting. Fight* eight new
members were enrolled. A short
program of speeches followed ihf
banquet un| a three round boxing
match ami a wrestling rnateh closed
the evening s entertainment.
County Sued for Daiiutpct
as Result of 4nto ^ reek
Red (’loud. March 10. -The March
term of dietrlcf court opened here
Monday with Judge 1.. H. Rlarkledge
on the h*»nrh. (inn of the flint r-fme*
heard will l»e < *#»cll Mmhew.V damage
*ult against ihe county for death of!
hi* *on who wm* killed north of thin,
city aevernl moot ha ago when the cm I
h<» \va* driving overturned on a
atretch ’of nAwl.v *»Hv»lcd road
St«q» Border Leaks.
Washington. Match 10 Secretary
I Mi vl* ha* cnll*Nl * conference of Ini
migration official* to dlecufl* the for
mutation of a general policy based
upon late legislation, particularly
with *. view to closing the gap* in
the Megi«*an and Canadian border
patrol*. The meeting will be held
here during the summer.
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Mrs. Stokes
to Testify,
ti
Judge Rules
Wife May lake Witness Stand
in Trial of Wealthy Mate
to Refute Attacks on
Her Honor.
Must Limit Statements
R> I iilrrr.nl Service,
Chicago, March 10.—Helen Ellvvoou
Stokes, may, if she desires, take the
stand In the trial of her elderly mil
lionaire husband, AVllllam E. D.
Stokes, charged with conspiracy to
defame her.
Site cannot, however, according to
a ruling of Judge William X. Gent
mill, testify to anything against him
directly, but only refute thos» attacks
wlil'h have been made upon her char
acter directly by Pullman car con
ductors and others.
Such testimony, the court said. Is
competent and not opposed to the
law which forbids *a wife to testify
against her husband.
The ruling came just at adjourn
ment today, after the defense had re
fused to cross examine Hal C. Billig,
cousin of Mrs. Stokes, whom her hus
band had named In one of his divorce
eases and who. In the present trial,
he was blamed for the quarrel which
separated the Stokes in 1919.
Denies All Charges.
Bllllg swore he never had been on
more than cousinly terms with Mrs.
Stokes and declared that the story
which Stokes told of what happened
in the Stokes home In New York on
New Year's eve, 1919, was false. 4-Ie
declared he had been prepared to stay
there overnight at Stoke*’ Invitation,
that h“ heard Stokes quarreling with
his wife and that later Stokes said
to a nurse he would not go to bed
because he believed It best that he sit
up all night to watch.
"After that Insinuation.” said Bil
lig. "I got my hat and coat and left.”
He Said he had not been conversing
with Mrs, Stokes while the latter was
unattired, as Stokes charged, and de
nied the elderly millionaire had
chased him from the house after find
ing him hiding in a ck-set In Mrs.
Stokes’ room.'
He denied flatly he ever had trav
ek% on a train between Chicago and
Denver with Mr*. Stokes. Two Pull
man conductors testified they had
done so on two occasions.
Paid for Affidavit.
I.eon Diggs, a negro, was called to
the stand for the first rebuttal wit
ness for the state after the defense
Closed. Me swore he had received
1559 from Stoke* for signing an affi
davit. the contents of which he does
not know to this day. He said Stokes
had asked him only about Helen
Young who later became Mrs. Diggs,
and never had mentioned the name of
Mrs. Stokes or Helen Ellwood or
Helen t'nderwood, which appeared In
the affidavit.
Earlier In the day, Hebert F. J,ee.
negro', codefeodant of Stokes, had
completed his defense and been severe
ly cross examined by the state, which
succeeded In compelling him to take
refuge In many pleas that his memory
lmd gone l«vck on him.
CREW OF RESCUE
VESSEL DROWNED
Amsterdam, March 1#. — Eight
member* of the crew of a tugboat
sent to the aid of the Dutch steamer
SoeraVarta. which went aahore yes
terdav near the North pier, were
drowned when the tug also stranded
in a heavy sea.
Tdfft boats hs\r landed 4* of ?hr
Soerakartu's crew, but the captain
and other officers were still aboard
early this morning. The Soerakara
Is a cargo steamer of 4,MU ton*
Kile* Hrld at Pawnee City
for (»enrjce Miller, H2
Pawnee t'ltv. March 10 The funer
a) of George Wlahart Miller w as held
In this city Monday nnd burial made
In the Townee City cemetery. Mr.
Miller was horn S2 years ago In
Jamaica, and had been a. resident of
Pawnee county since the early 70's.
Several years ago he retired from c
the''farming and made his home with
his son, George Miller. He was found
dead in bed Saturday morning. His
wife, to whom he was married in,
Scotland, died several years go.
VI Oman So«-k* Divorce '
a* Common I.nw W ife
Beatrice March 10 Mr**. Mar>
Owen Instituted suit for divorce lit
the district court against Isaac Owen
of the Wymore neighborhood, R* his
oommonlaw wife, She alleges *h< lias
signed legal documents helonglng to
Owen as lie wife and a *1 * f«»r tern
pnmry and permanent allmonv f«»r
the support of herself himI lit11«* child.
Judge Kretsinger filed a deuturrev al
leging no cause of action on the part
of the plaintiff.
I'ir*l Sidney lln\ in Id irgrn
\\ in* Ili^lnM Srhool Honor
Sidney, March 10 LutJiei Kahns
will he valedictorian for the I3i’.»
rlata of Sidney High school, having
!secured a isting of 03 per cent for
the three and one half years of his
high school work. He is the first hov
to earn this honor In 10 veins. Ml**
Jenna vie W hitaker w on second hon
or* this year, vs Ith .« stamliiu of *.»I
pet cent, and will hr mhitHtorlun.
Father of \iin- Dio*.
Beatrice. Neb.. March, 10. William
.luiiHtin# \ retired farmer «»f l«ati
ham, Kan. Who shoveled 1 Ion* of
*< I ' • *t erda \ . \\i taken III dtuim
th*» night and died suddeniv t• let>.
lie was reputed <u he wealthy Niue
chlldww survive.
* J
Good Roads Program Wins
Initial Skirmish in House;
Word of Mouth Repeal Lost
How ell-Smitli Faction Wins
Sweeping \ ietory in
\ ote Repeal
Fight.
Debate Is Spectacular
sperlnl fMspalch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, March 10.—The Howell
Smlth faction in Omaha politics won
a decisive victory In the state senate
today, when that body, by a vote of
20 to 12. killed the Chamber iMoye
bill which repealed the "word of
mouth" provision in the state election
law, pertaining exclusively to Doug
las county. Last week the same body,
by a vote of 17 to 13, voted to ylice
the hill on general file, after the com
mittee on privilege* and elections
voted to kill It.
Five senators. Banning. lAUfyilln.
Kerr, Meacham and Shellenhargrr,
who voted originally for the bill,
changed their votes today. Three
senators* Purcell, Reed and McGowan,
who passed their votes last week,
voted to kill the bill today. Behrens,
who voted against the hll! last week,
was absent and not voting today.
The vote follows:
For the Rill.
Chimin. * .?#ary,
Doltzal lohndon,
Dy#art. Luek«y.
Holbrook, •'iob#rt*on
Hoy#. S^oft
Hump/ir*. Wiiti#.
Against.
Banning. Msa^ham
Bli*#. Pure#!!.
f*oop#r r;##d
Oopdrlch Bobbin*
f.ri*\vo!d .?h#il#nbarg»
H#rkl. >fance.
llllan. Warner.
Kerr Witiot*.
Laughlir. Wiiklna.
MeOowtr Wood.
Debate wai as spectacular toda? as
It was last week. Senator John W
Robbins of Omaha shook his fist at
Senator Charles Hoye of Omaha when
the latter charged the "only gang
working on the bill was the Robbins
Smith gang." and asserted further
that Robert Smith, clerk of the Doug
Ins county district court "ruled over
Robbins like r king."
"I want you to understand T am
not a member of any gang," Robbins
retorted, shaking his fist. "Neither is
Bob Smith nor anyone else my king.
Now take that."
"What will I do with It if I take
It?" Hoye retorted.
Vainly Senators Oband-e • Hove
and Dysart enuevored to Impress
members of the senate that thou
sande of foreign and Illiterate voters
were being disfranchised In Omaha
by the “w'ord of mouth" provision.
The powerful lobby thrown Into leg
islative rorrfdore In the last few day*
by the Howell-SmtTb faction was too
much for the free senators. The fed
eral appointees and otheis Used to
kill the bill had done their work well.
GRANDFATHER. 84,
DISCOVERED DEAD I
Special DlapHlrli tit Tile Omaha Bee,
Osceola, Neb., March tn.- Benjamin
H. Keller, S4, was found dead til a.
field three miles west of Osceola this
morning at S by bis grandson, who
was on his way to school.
Keller had left the home of hie son
in-law. Joseph Tschauner. with whom
he was staying, last Thursday night,
and although e\ery effort had been
made to locate hint no trace^_jvas
found until hi. body was dl»co\ered
by Ills grandson.
ll« had secured s shotgun In 'he
house snd placed the muiale at the
side of hts head His body lav across
the gun No Inquest was held.
He had been haying financial wor
ries and It |s supposed he had become
tired of being a burden on others
A wife, three sons and a daughter
survive.
Child killed by Horse
in lather* Harnyard
Red Hotid. March 10 -Dale Turner,
2 I 2. son of Mr. snd Mrs. Alva
Turner, living near Guide Rock, was
killed Saturday afternoon by bet yg
knocked down by a horse and stepped
on. The boy followed his father from
the house, unnoticed, and arrived at
the door of the barn just as Ids
father was turning out the st.wk.
The animal stepped on the boy s chest
causing death 30 minutes after the
accident. »
Pruning Demonstration*
Si aged in (luster County
Rrnki'tt Flow. March 10 L, 11. Hop
*tn»o horticultural *peciaH*i « f
Lincoln, will *prnd r» coup!** of days
In (Titter county thin fit a fine;
pruning demount ration*. In various
paid* of the cimnty. There will he
four meet Inge nt which the pruning
of young tree* and grape culture will
he the principal subject«.
r
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The nomination of Oharlea n War
ron to he attorney general w«* reject
ed hy the *enat« which then refused
to recuneldor It* notion.
The eenate .committee Investigating
the Internal revenue bureau decided
u» i *utftn lir.ddng* nc\t Mond;i>
i.rulplathflt providing heavier pctl
altie* for Uuuor law \ Mutton* tvaa
feminine mied hy a Ihuimo euhcomudt
t * »• 1*0 rlli'idtnllc tiquo *
White l lunar auppoi t wa* \ olced
for Hie action of the aenute rrpuhll
can* in deputing Ineurgenta from iin
pci latit^conxuiHlea places
c
Robbery of Young New York Woman
J D
Brings Estranged Mate Back to Her|
Husband of Mrs. Heatrire Fay Perkins Fffeets Reconeilia
tion After She and Male Companion Are Slugged and
Beaten by Bandits in Her Fifth Avenue Apartment.
New York. March 10.—Detectives
tonight scoured New Y'ork In
search of "a gray haired man with
a flat nose." as leader of a masked
trio which Invaded the apartment
of Mrs. Beatrice Fay Perkins yes
terday morning, attacked her and
Milton .Abbott, cotton broker, and
stole 125,000 worth of her jewels.
This meager description was the
only' clue authorities had of the
Identity of the trio, it was a clue
furnished by Mrs. Perkins. She
had seen the lialr and nose when
the silk handkerchief momentarily
slipped from the face of the man
who was slugging her with a pistol
butt and snatching at the jewels
on her person ns Abbott lay near
by, already beaten into unconscious
ness.
While police spread their drag
net and Abbott scanned the rogues'
gallery in the hope that he might
recognise the photo of one of his
asftalants. a reconciliation was tak
lng place at Mrs. Perkins' apart
ment east of f ifth avenue on Fif
ty eighth street.
She had married Benjamin Per
kin*, wealthy rextauranteu^ of this
city, at Chicago in 19IS, when she
was IT years old. He, a native of
California, had ntet her -at Kansas
City, where she lived with her ;
parents and was known as Fey j
Fink. For several years, however,
they had been estranged, occupying
separate apartments.
Today when news reporters caller!
at Mrs. Perkins' home, they were
smilingly greeted by her husband.
He announced their quarrel had
been "patched up,” declared; “It’s
an ill wind." etc., and vowed he
would henceforth protect his wife
from such occurrences as that of
yesterday morning
Mrs. Perkins, her head and arms
swathed in bandages, appeared be
side her husband later and con
firmed his announcement.
Statement Made
by Shepherd Will
Be Offered Jurv
Coroner Not Expected to Ac
cept Deposition. \Shicli
a a* Ruled Out Once Be
fore in Hearing.
Hr I nhrrwl **r*lc*.
Chicago. March 10 —William F.. D.
Shepherd, who lcfused to test fy at
the Investigation Into the death of
wealthy William Nelson McC'IIntock,
who Ruccurnlied to typhoid fever
shortly after rejoliing his majority
and making a will in Shepherd’s fa
vor, Is »!<vIous to (e* his side before
the coroner-* j.irjr. after ail.
Today his attorney, F.dw n Hed
rick, took up with the a?at» s atto*
ney th» n'aye- of presenting t® the
jury when I* reconvenes March M.
an unsworn s*atement made hy Shop
herd to the prosecutor when the In
vestigation first began.
The coroner ruled out pait» *f tl *
statement which were offered hy
Judge JIarry Olson, who Is the pri:
cipe! accuser of Shepherd, and it is
helieved Shepherd also will l« prohib
ited from introducing It.
Authorities announced today that
Signs (Justafson. expe-t stenographer,
who took a job as maid in the Shep
herd home and disappeared after Mo
('Unlock* death. 1ms agreed to re
turn voluntarily from Worcester.
Maas., to testify. She ha* denied sus
picious circumstances surrounded the
death of the millionaire orphan and
that she was paid by Shepherd to
leave Chicago.
Further Inquiry was being made
today to locate a letter Shepherd was
said by witnesses to have written un-,
drr an assumed name Inquiring about
a course In bacteriology. The letter
could not he found In the school w here
It W4s received.
Nevada I egislaturc to
Pass t.asoline Tax Rill
Carton City. Nsv., March 10.—A
poll of the assembly of the state Jeq
Islature showed today the lower house
fa\ors the 4 cent gasoline tax Mil
which the senate has approved The
house recently passed a 3 cent tax
hill, hut the conference committee of
both branches has agree*) tentatively
upon the 4 cent tax. and the assem
bly Is expected to concur If such an
agreement |s reached definitely.
(.ago Farmers Kxperl
Xvcrage Crop of ^ heal
Beatrice. March 10.—Farmers visit
mg: the city report that winter wheat
in Bag* rountj la looking good as a
t'hnle. although some fields have not
vet begun to show green They he
Ueve that with favorable weather
there will l>e an average crop, how
ever. Farmers have started plowing
for corn, hut eom# of them who re
side i»n low land were obliged to stop
work on account of nmd.
^ ork I reasurer Dead.
Tork, M rch 10 .1 i ’ Peterson
olty treasurer4 <4 York. died at a boa
pital til Fairbui\, where he had been
tn kins treatment for cancer Mr
Peterson horn n Benuany in
1 and i ame to this country when
lie wa M years of #tg*. He served for
a number of >ear* ,m manager of the
York Water company and has Served
'l* county aaaeaeor. He is survived by
h wife ami three children.
Detroit Jrvtflfr KoMird,
Detroit, March 10. Se\en robbers,
two of thsm with aawed off shotguns,
escaped with approximately 1U>.000 in
a holdup of t lie .lewelry store of
Fieedman brothers in Hnrntramck, a
aubui b.
Naxal I iiu Sink*.
Washington, Mm « h V The \av>
department v» a advised of the sink*
In* at a dock »»f the Vtittbon canal
tone ehope rteiti'dav of tbs naval
tu» $clol*
W
Millionaire Still
Listed Missing on
Police Register
C
Search Parties Continue to
Look for F. A. irkham.
Council Bluffs
Contractor.
E A Wickham. Council Bluff*
millionaire financier, who disappeared
fx ' nihis ho in# Monday evening, was
still among 1he missing last night.
tiearrViig parlies from both Council
Bl ;f£» and Omaha were busily check
ing the hotel registers of Omaha in
the hope that the missing mar might
have com# h*re to rest.
The check of th# hotel# started as
the result ot a r'ysterlci# disappear
anc# o' a r*-.* snd cart# from the
obh of ihe Hotel Rome early Til*?
d#r n-c-nlng.
The clerk or duty a: the hot^l no
tl M ^ ~ iy and a cane lying
on a chair in the lobby about 1 a. m.
He ordered the article# picked up end
then, sftc hearing of the dlsaj r«ar
an. e of ■ u* Council Bluffs man. called
police.
flat an<) ('oat Disappear*.
Both Site cost and the cane were
Identified a* belonging to Mr. Wick
ham. Tne police ordered that they be
replaced in the chair snd watched,
so tha' should the owner return, he
could be held until the arrival of his I
family.
Shortly after 3 tl e hotel night staff j
wept t# the cafeteria to eat. leaving
but one tallboy on duty art the switch
board.
There was a moment when the boy
wan busy calls coming from several
room#. His es were taken from the
coat and cane.
Seen Several Time*.
When i e turned to loc „ for the ar
ticles they were gone t
A thorough search of the hotel failed
to reveal Mr Wickham. He had
again disappeared into thin air.
Nor could the activities of the
•ea roll I c parties, which were busy all
day Tuesday, locate the misting man.
He ws* seen, and seen frequently,
about Omaha for several hour* after
he left his h one. ’ t never by mem
bers of the searching parties ,
Acting Chief of Detective# Frit*
Frank* detailed ivete-'fiv es William
Davis. Tom Palmer. V thur English
and Tom Ryan to the case Tuesday
morning. ,
They made a thorough search of
all the Third ward hotels, but with
out avail The territory along the
river bottoms was also searched,
Vta<jund of polio* assisted by news
pa per men visited the hath houses, hut
failed to find the missing millionaire.
Wickham had gone to Turkish baths
on asveral ooc..*i<>ns
Wore Sf.OttO Diamond.
Wickham carried little cash, his
relatives say. but be nor* w tS.OOP
diamond ring.
Careful search of the alleys and
other out-of-the way place* in the
Third ward district was made Uy
polite on the theory that he might
have been slugged and robbed and
left Bing by thug*.
1 Wickham of t him go, a nephew,
arrived Tueadav ami reported to t'oun
oil Bluff' police to ’'eip In th# search
Bernard Wickham t brother of the
missing man, said h* doe* not believe
he was Iti Omaha, /
"! think he to k a train for New
Mexico v some • ;h« #' ithein place
as lto did when he disappeared once
’.'♦fore, lie said ' The person* who
think they saw hint in Omaha were
mlataken, 1 heller e "
out a ha police, though the> have
made a search of hotels aay it is
possible he mav be asleep in a tx*>-u
somevv here.
Sullivan# Patron Dir-.
S*v#nn«h O i M ain h 10. « Mo
Avo\ of di#t! "> > Sa n.ih i
ho|vBitnl. It# rliiimfsl to hn\o b##ts j
th# dtaoi»Y*r#'. of John l 8uUJv"%i} #•
* *ofcoi
Representatives Defeat Gat
Tax Amendment Asking
50-50 Split Vs ith
Counties.
No Politics in Debate
n> r. c. powkll.
Staff f orrr.pi.odrnt The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, March 10.—Following oh
entire day spent in debate tha Ne
braska house of representatives at *t
tonight voted. 55 to 44, in favor of
usirg proceeds of the proposed I-cent
gasoline tax in meeting federal aid
on state highways. The vote was on
amendment presented by Thomsaen
of Hall, calling fur a 50-50 split be
tween the state and counUea in spend
ing the gas tax collections.
Democratic leaders who attempted
yesterday to crack the party whip
and force all member* of their party
to vote for a 50-50 split were unsuc
cessful. While a majority of \ot»s
cast for the 50-50 split came frcm
democratic members, there were a
number who refused party dictation
and voted for spending all the money
to meet federal appropriations.
In fact, the vote did not indica-e
politics to any marked degree. TheiB
were a number of republicans who
opposed the loo per cent state high
way plan. The political phase of *hs
situation was not dlscuss*d at a-;'
time during the debate.
Include Mall farriers,
After tie vote was taken on the
Thomsaen amendment the house ad
journed without taking a final vote
on passage of the bill. 13; -urn of
Franklin presented an amendment
which provides that If the gasoline
tax raises more money than is needed
to meet Nebraska’s federal aid appor
tionmen* the extra cash shall be ap
portioned to the counties Vote on
the Byrum amendment and final ad
vancement of the bill to third reading
will bo taken tomorrow.
In the morning there was a spirited
debate on an amendment by Schep
man of Teeumseh. to remove the ex
emption for rural mail carriers pro
vided In the hill. The fact that rural
'■ar ner* recently had been voted a
1500 annual salary Increase by con
gress was cited to prove they coubl
afford to pay the gasoline tgx and
the Scbepman Amendment was cat'- !
rled by a vote of 46 S<>.
MoLeiian of Grand Island presented
an amendment -which would remove
all exemption clauses written tn the
bii! for users of gasoline operating
cleaning establishments, tractors, tu
’ionarv engines airplanes and motor
boats. Rodman of Omaha fought the
amendment op the ground that the
theory of the gasoline tax was to
make users of the roads pay for
then’ and remove property taxes fm
r-'-ad building McLellar. finally With
drew his amendment.
\M« Out-State Counties
In are afternoon the fight or. - ,e
Thomssen amendment Vegan. Those
favoring a 50-50 epltt pleaded fir
farm to market mads, rather than a
.-.jniivetrical system of roads through
out the state.
leader* tn the light for using all
proeed* to meet federal aid pointed
to the fact that outside of Douglas
and Lancaster counties there wa* net
a county in the state which would
not receive more money for its roads
than raised within the county bound
sries by the gasoline tax. *
"Burel? tf Omaha and Lincoln «ut
willing to spend hundreds of thou
sands annual!? on good roada out
side of these counties they should
have something to sa? as ro bow the
money should be spent." Rodman of
Omaha said.
Yoohunj of Otoe, a democrat, poms
e-d to the fact that Preetuent CooUdge
was again*: dollar matching to
rua.V, and it was probable f*derai.aid
would be withdrawn in a few year*
Must Hair Good Roads
"I think it behoo?as us to do gvtfj
tiling possible to get as much tt’crey
as possible, as long a* tt is obtab,
able." Yoohum said.
By rum of Franklin described Ui«
expense that would accrue In mail:
tabling graveled county road* which
he asserted, would lie built har’h.aaups
and according to local political dk^a
lion if the 50-50 prop- vtion were ay
oepied.
"Other states are voting million* 1
bonds for good roads, I.e* of Adams
said. * I think it is sill?- for us to
milbble oier voting a few mtlltene
for a like ente prisa O ... \ . ., .
a back number among ita *i»le.
state*! ’
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