Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 03, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
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. . Nebraska 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. Key to the .Situation-Bee Advertising. A Comfort Shoe that is Neat and Dressy These remarkable shoes give lasting comfort to all woman kind who want to enjoy real foot ease, because they are made on specially constructed lasts and patterns that will fit every foot If your feet burn, ache or become tired or swollen, from standing or walking, you will find grate ful relief in Mayer Martha Wash ington Comfort Shoes. 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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. Boys' Clothes of the Better Sort One thing that is most satisfying to buyers pf our Boys Clothing no matter what priced garment you buy it is a quality garment made right and sure to render lots of service. The cheapest. 6uit vill be just as satisfactory in proportion as the best one in the store,' " v Swell SUITS $2.00 to $10.00. -TOP COATS S2.50 Up. CONFIRMATION SUITS $3.50 to $10.00. CONFIRM ATIOV OUTFIT NO. 1 -.FOR HOYH. IX KNKK PANTS True. IUua Serge Knit $4.00 I Full peg Knickerbockers) Waist .SO Hat : i.00 White Tie .25 foliar 15 Shoos SS.50 Complete Outfit $8.40 Any article In this list at listed price. tX)NFTRUTIOJf Ol'TrlT XO. 8 FOR BOYS IX LONG P.TVTS True Blue Krrgo Suit .$7.60 (Coat, pants and vest) -i Pleated White) Shirt ,' 75 Collar IS White Tie ' .25 Hat , .... 1.00 fehort) a. 50 Complete Outfit -812.35 Any article In this list at listed price. Omaha's Ouly Mod era Clothing Store..- The Home of Qualllj Clothes. Persistent Advertising Is Ihe Road Big Returns. lo 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. 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