THE BEE: OMAHA. "WEDNESDAY, An?TL 3. Wi:
Nebraska
SAYS HE KIUJED DR. KNABE!
Sailor at Portsmontk Confesses Mur-!
i der of Igdikjia Woman. !
- -r . v , HARTINGTON WITHOUT MAIL
His stosy is koi CSIDITEL FOR ALMOST ENTIRE WEEK
Indianapolis Police Folat Oat Saa.
her mt DlarwaasN'les la Story
Hla slater Sara He U
I adrpeadable.
.PORTSMOUTH. N". H.. April ;.-A pho
tograph of Seth Nichols. th sailor, aba,
actordint; i the police. has confessed
that he murdered Lir. lleiea Knab la
Indianapolis last October for SUMO, and
a copy of Iho alkged confession were
mailed to the authorities of that city
aarly today. Xlchol all be held here
until the Indianapolis authorities have
time to act.
Nichols, aha Is said lo oe a deserter
from thi I'nitcd btatcs cruiser Dixie,
mine here larl neck and was arrested
on sturdily, charged with carrying a
loaded revolver. The police ay that yes
trediy he confessed to the murder of
Dr. Knabc, telling them he would to
Insane if he did not set It off his mind.
. xm. it has a sivi. r HVlnir In Indian-
:.ph.-. While in .New York, accordtiiji
to ti e story he tu!d the police, he met
atiantor who offered him Sl.iw) if he
wuuld romini. the muriitr. lit: accepted
the offer and aent to Indianapolis, where
he was Joinrd by tc man. On the night
"f (Jctoher s they int m Dr. Knabe't
apartment. There. ::.ihols said, the un
known man handed him a knife with
which to rut Lr. Kuabe j throat while
sbe wa ssleer. Ho fed from Indian
apolis the next day.
The Kiutbe minder cim was one of
the mo: mysterious that the Indianapolis
police ever have Investigated. Ur. ana be,
who was a one time state bacteriologist,
had no eneiuhs so far as was known. At
first it was thought she committed sui
cide, but the coroner's report was that
she "aas murdeied by some person or
1 arsons unknown.:
Klarr la Sat Credited.
IXD1AXAWJW8. April 1-Whlle the
police today awaited with lively Interest
u copy of tiie alleged confession of Beth
Nichols at Portsmouth. X. II.. that he
murdered lr. Helen Knab In this city
on the niitlit ff October a last, they
talil Information as to the man's state
ments so far received did not warrant
much credence in hia story.
"In our Investigation we have never
heard mention of a man named Nichols
or Knight, who. Nichols says, employed
him to kill Ur. Knabe."-aald Captain of
elective William Holts. "We under
stand Xlchols says he killed the woman
nhila Fhe slept. When the body was
found, though It was clothed In night
dress. It was on top of the bed covers
ii nd we have beltxvrd If Dr. Knabe did not
commit suicide, but was .murdered, she
was attacked while she was preparing
for bed and nut while she slept."
Nichols' sinter. Mrs. Robert I.. Bteke
niaii. said today die had reliable Infor
mation that her brother was aboard the
lnlted State Steamer Pixie at .the time
of the death of Dr. Knabe. i
"He alwaya had been undefendable."
ho;added. "I can't Imagine his motives
In this alleged confession It may be
come wild dream."
Mr. William Knight, an aunt of Nich
ols, iliilared today that the sailor l In
ran and that her name suggested the
one he applied to the alleged Instigator
of . the. trlme. Ills "confession" Is a
complete fabrication, she -said. '
HARTINGTON, Neb.. April ' --(Spe
cial. This city received mall Monday 'for
the first time since Wednesday night.
having been effectually rut off from the
outside world for that length of time
by floods which swept away bridges and
submerged miles of track. Trains flora
this city could reach no farther than
Concord. Last Saturday afternoon th
Missouri rivr rose several feet in two
hours at Brooke's Bottom. People in
that vlclulty were compelled to move to
higher around. It Is the first f'Ood In
J the history "f the county. A party of
hunters from this city who were camped
on the river Saturday narrowly escaped
being caught by the lining water and
had to leave their tents behind them.
Hartington's representative lit tlie North
cast Nebraska Oratorical a??oclatlon last
week was unable to reach Norfolk on
account of the washouts.
FLEGE MURDER CASE WILL BE
TAKEN TO THURSTON COUNTY
roXCA. Neb.. April i-tSpeclal Tele
gram.) The rtege case will be retried In
Thurston county. It came up again last
evening before Judge Graves after a
week's recess, granted the state In which
to secure affidavits In rebuttal ot affi
davit submitted by the defense in sup
port of Iw plea for a change of venue.
The defense asked for time In which to
secura evidence to offset the affidavits
submitted. A stormy debate followed,
after which Judge Graves overruled the
plea. J.J. McCarthy and Berry Berry
argued for the defense and County Attor
ney Kingsbury spoke for the state.
The court granted a change of venue
to Thurston county, court to be held at
Pender following the present session
hero.
FRANK BAYERS IS RELEASED
ON THOUSAND DOLAR BOND
BROKEN" BOW. Neb.. April i. -(Special
Telegram.) Frank Bayers, the young
man who shot and killed Joe Teahon last
week near Anselmo. waived examination
before County Judge Holcomb on a
charge of murder in the first degree and
was bound over In the sum of fl.OOs.
Several prominent people In the neigh
borhood of Aneelmo signed the bond and
Bayers waa released pending his appear
ance before Judge Hosteller at the com
ing term of district court.
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MEASURE PLATTE CURRENT
State Board of . Irrigation Gathers
Statistics of the River.
DOOXSE PEESSTOE OR BRIDGES
Stae Officials Reseat Stories Told
A beat trbraaka Prlaaa Manage
ment by Prat. Graaaaa Taylor
of Caleaaa Valvrrslty.
HARVESTER TRUST WILLING
TO DIVIDE JNTO TWO PARTS
WASHINGTON, April S. The plan of
dissolution which the International Har
vester company has submitted to the
Department of Justice proposes dividing
the big corporation Into two new ones,
between which the manufacture of the
company'a harvesting machines would be
equally divided.
With this as ths basis negotiations tor
a friendly settlement of the government'
anli-truat suit were resumed today be
tween Attorney General Wlckersham and
Edgar A. Bancroft, general counsel for
the company. It Is not known whether
the two-company plan will be accepted
or further disintegration will be Insisted
upon.
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UXCOLN". April '-(.Special Telegram.)
Engineers for the State Board of Irriga
tion started to make some experiments
on the flowage of the Flatte during the
height ot the flood and were getting
along finely until the strong current
washed away their current meter.
The farthest out the test was made
was about half way to the main channel
and tho current there Indicated about
twelve miles per hour. From that they
estimated ft was at least fifteen miles
an hour In the center of the channel.
Burlington engineers who made testa es
timated it at twenty-two miles per hour
In the channel.
The average current of the river Is
about two and a half miles per hour
and when to the speed during the flood
la added th elmmrnse Ice floes some Idea
can be formed of the tremendous pres
sure on the bridges which span the
stream. The average flow of the Platte
river la about 3.5A0 cubic feet per second
and the state nglneera estimate that at
the hetgth of the flood It was carrying
S0.0DO cubic feet per second. Prof. Stout
of the University of Nebraska, who has
largo experience In measurement ot the
Platta and other rivers of the state cor
roborates the estimates of the state engineers.
St erics Told Akeat Prison,
Slnca coming to Lincoln. Prof. Graham
Taylor of Chicago university haa rellv
ered a number of addresses In each ot
which he Is quoted ss Indulging severe
strictures on the management of the
Nebraska penitentiary. Among other
thinga he la quoted as saying that pris
oners confined there were better men
than the lata Warden Delahunty and he
also Indulged in unsparing criticism of
conditions which now prevail. Officials
assert that all Prof. Taylor knows about
conditions at the prison he obtained dur
ing a forty-minute visit to the institution, I
during which he walked through and
talked a few minutes with Morley and
a few other convicts.
Warden llellck and the Board of Public
Landa and Buildings, which has charge
of the prison, assert that such Intemper
ate language, founded on Utile or no in
formation and no opportunity to ascer
tain the truth or falsity of stories oa
which they are predicated, are the most
baleful influence they have to combat at
present. All such stories find their way
back to the convicts and produce
spirit of resentment and Insubordination
which renders ths task of getting mat
tera back to th enormal just than much
mora difficult.
Just as long as such agitation Is kept
up It will be necessary to enforce re
strictions on the convicts which would
not be required If agitation did not
render them dissatisfied, according to
officials, and Instead of bettering the
ronaiuon or the convicts soma who
doubtlesa mean well are standing In th
way of betterment.
A to former Warden Delahuntk It is
pointeo out that when Warden Smith
ws In charge all, the oonvtcta except
one petitioned Governor Hhellenberger to
have Delahunty retained as deputy
waroen.
Leo Refaaes Prtsoaera.
Manager Lee of the Leo Broom and
Duster company, which haa th contract
for prison labor, is being prodded to find
work for more men. This morning he
waa offered 294 and took only 1. The
board will Insist that he pay for the
exceea whether he uses them or not, as
hla contract calls for SH men, and It Is
none of th business of the board If
th company Is overstocked with goods.
Warden Mellck proposes to find employ
ment for the more trusty of the convicts
aa soon as condition -permit, working on
Iho road nl th vicinity ot th prison,
particularly th on leading to the city.
It la also suggested that men be used to
build a cement dining room In th prison
yard. Such a .building la badly needed
and It ts figured that by using convict
labor It could be erected for Sf'K).
Clerks Having; Troakle.
County clerks are having trouble mak
ing up th primary ballot. If letters com
ing to th office of th secretary of state
are anr criterion. Every mail brings In
soma question, but none of them of Im
portance. Coatrapta ArX ei.
Tho board of purchase and supplies
completed Us labors today. Armour
Co. obtained th big end of the meat
contracts, being the low bidder at the
three Insane hospitals, the Feeble Minded
Institute, th Girls' Industrial school and
th Nebraska Industrial Horn and the
: enltentlary. Cudahy got th fresh meat
and the Grand Island Soldiers' Homo and
tiwlft at Co. the cured meals and the con
tract at the Mllford home, r.oblneoa A
Miller were successful at the Boys' In
dustrial Home. Flour and feed Contracts
went aa follows:
Uncoin aayium, Goorh Milling company;
Norfolk asyium. sugar, city ( croal mills;
ingleside avylum. Hastings Milling com
pany; Feeble Minded Institute, Crete
mills; Burkett Soldiers' and Sailor'
Home. Haatlnga Milling company: Mll
ford Knldlers' and Sailors' llmne. Seward
City mills; Boys' Industrial school. Kear
ney mills: Girls' Industrial school, flour,
rVuthwestern Mills oro,..iny; Olrla' In
liiinrli.: scho.il? feetk J. E. Guthrie; Ne
biwska Industrial Home, Seward City
lmlla: penitentiary, Crew mills. ,
Laplrr End la Prison.
Lloyd Lapaley of Beatrice today nude
the last station of hla wedding Journey,
which was th penitentiary- Lapaley Is
aa electrical engineer who lived at Be
atrice unUl the district Judge and a Jury
traaaferred bis address to th prison. He
orged a check for $200 and with th pro
;eeds started on a wedding Journey,
.heriff J. L. Schick of Gaga county over
hauled him at Denison. Tex. He was
gives an indeterminate sentence of from
two to ten years.
Now Aeeldeat Asseclatlaa.
Auditor Barton has approved the plans
of ths Workman Accident association,
organized at Aurora, and It Is authorised
to commence biunaeaa. J. H. Orosvenor
Is th president.
Heffaer Ckaiwes Overt late.
J. C. Heffner. until recently engineer
I at th Boys; Industrial school at Kear
jaey. has presented a bill to th Board
lot Public Inds and Buildings for RM.
j The amount be alleges la due him for
i overtime put In by him from V to lMt
I He alleges that ten hours constitutes a
Nebraska
day's work and that he haa put In
hours overtime, which he says amounts
to the sum asked, hjs regular salary be
ing M per month.
The board rejected the bill, as it has
never paid overtime, the legislature be
ing the only department of the Nebraska
government which allows overtime to em
ployes. Forward Mr Ranawet.
Th Men and Religion movement was !
given a big boost tonight at a banquet ,
at the Auditorium. W. J. Bryan presld
ing as toastmaater. Klght hundred tick
pts were sold to the banquet and many !
came and took seals In the gallery after I
th banquet waa concluded and listened!
to th speeches.
arris tossing la Xcbraaka.
Unless the contest over the pa ret la post'
In the house prevents. Congressman Nor-,
rla contemplates coming to Nebraska fur
th wliHlup or the primary campaign. It I
lad been understood that neither Norrta'
nor Bruwn would personally take pait In'
the campaign, but plan seemed to have
been changed. There ts simulation ovjc ;
what Ij Follctte will do when he comes
to the state. Some are advising the Wla
consin man that ha should do a little
missionary work for Norrle, but others
advlsa him to keep out and confine him
self to boselng the La Follctto game
solely.
La Follette himself has not indicated
what he Intends to do in this request.
Money Paid Gilchrist.
Between August 1 WO, and March 1
1M3, Insurance Examiner Gilchrist drew
from the atate treasury p.; tl and Kx
smlner Wiggins ha diawn t77j.t The
money psld to Gilchrist has not all of It
gon to himself, however, but a consider
able amount has been paid by htm for
assistants The money has all been col
lected from insurance comnanlri which
have been examined. Iha new law re
quiring It to be paid first to the slate
and then drawn out on warrant. Up to
the passaga of the new law the fees
charged were Just ths same, but they
were paid to the examiners and no ac
counting mad by them of the money.
Th law provides a fee ot 110 per day
for examiners and K per day for aaslat
ants. The auditor, who appoints the ex
aminers, diaws a salary of only t'.Wi
per year. How much ot this money was
actually paid to Gilchrist and how much
he paid to assistants does not appear on
th records at th capltol. but could be
ascertained from the bills rendered the
Insurances companies for services.
Carrier Choaea Captain.
Sam Carrier, guard on the university
basket ball team, has been chosen cap
tain of thel9!3 team. He Is the only man
who played In every gam Ihe learn en
gaged In this year.
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no matter what priced garment you buy it is a quality garment made
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Swell SUITS $2.00 to $10.00. -TOP COATS S2.50 Up.
CONFIRMATION SUITS $3.50 to $10.00.
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WOMAN CROSSES ENGLISH
CHANNEL IN AEROPLANE
I.OMKJN". April 1 The first woman to
oroas the channel from England to Franc
aa a passenger In . an seroplan mad
the trip today. She accompanied Oustav
ilaniel. the avltor. "who left Hendon at
passed over Dover at an altitude of
;.O0o feet at W and landed at Saint
Inglevert, to the southeast of Cape
Grlsnrx, at noon, without Incident.
r.VlUS, April t.-GuMave Ilamel. with
his woman passenger. Misa Mary pav'a.
after a short stay at St. Inglevert, after
the flight acroaa the Kugllsh channel,
made another ascent and flew to I'arla,
where they arrived on th aviation ground
at Issy-Les-Moullneaus. at l:SS this evening.
MASSACHUSETTS WIDOW .
WANTS WESTERN HUSBAND
SIOUX FAI.IA 8. 1.. April i-lflp-tial.l
A woman giving her age aa Ss and
stntlng that she la a widow with one
son ( years of age writes from Williams
burg. Mass., to Secretary Brhkmor of
th Sioux halls Commercial club that she
would Ilk to move west It she could find
a husband. In her letter she states
umong other things:
"I have heard that MS women were
wanted In South Dakota. Now I am writ
ing to you lo ask you If you csn pises
me In correspondence with a gentleman
who has a good horn and money, snd
resides far In the country, Uust be fond
of horaee, hunting, boating and fishing;
must not be less than at years old. He
must b kind. I prefer dark hair, but
will not object It he haa light hair."
The eastern searcher for a husband
gives her address as Postofflc Box No.
lla, Williamsburg. Mass. It Is believed
that aa the result of her letter aha will
be flooded with replies from South ta-kpta.
Maker Will go tav Haaalala.
WAHH1NOTON. April t - Secretary
Fisher of the Irpartment of the Interior
will go to Honolulu within a short time
lo Investigate chargea preferred against
Walter P. Freer, governor sf Hawaii, by
Delegat Kslaulanaol.
Three-Inch Rifle Karats.
AI'NDKHHTOtTS'. R. I., April t-Ta
bursting of a three-Inch rifle a Fort
Oreble. one of the defenses of N'arragan
aelt hav, tcriav resulted In the death of
itorporal V llllain W. l.ee, l'Slh Coast
Artillery company.
- Pee't forget th Oriental Hug Bala all
this weak at ORCHARD W1LHKLM.
Rangers Scheduled
to Play Sox Juniors
JOPUN. Mo., April t-tH pedal T cle
ar am.) Tlifl faucets of Ihe heavens hav
ing been turned off. Doc Whit and hla
Junior White Sox sggrogttion snd Man
ager A r bog sal's Omaha regulars era
slated for a dual ot games here Wednes
day and Thursday. Weather conditions
are now ideal.
Th Regulars snd YannlKans battled,
today for nine long, gruetlmg innings,
the kids finally beating out the old boys
by one point. 4 to . The score:
R.H.B.
Tannlgans 40
Regulars I I
Batteries: Tannlgans. Hicks. Lots and
Arbogsst: Regulars. Robinson. Chris
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