J" - . THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 17. 1919. ,
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EMERSOHTfIFE
TAKES STAND IN
MURDER TRIAL
Jells of Threats of Dead
Woman to Commit Suicide;
Lawyers Fail to Shake
the Testimony.
Mt Ayr, !-. July 16. (Special
Telegram. Frank Flummer, who
was called to the stand by the de
fense in the murder trial of Roy Em
erson, Creston undertaker, charged
with killing his mother, Mrs. Kate
Emerson, on May 6, told of being
in the apartment of Roy Emerson
on the day of the alleged murder,
and testified to seeing Dr. Oro
Coakley and Walter Matlock at the
apartment, where they were in con
versation with Roy Emerson and
hit wife. He also told of seeing
Roy Emerson in a cigar store in
Creston about 2c30 on the afternoon
of the alleged murder, and again on
the street about half an hour later.
Mrs. Emerson on Stand.
Mrs. Ruth Emerson, wife of Roy
Emerson, who took the stand after
Flummer, testified that she and Roy
Emerson were married in May, 1918,
and lived with her husband's parents
for about nine months, when they
secured an apartment shorty after
Uhe death of Charles Emerson. She
testified that she had frequntly
heard Mrs. Emerson threaten sui
cide. On the day of the alleged mur
der, she said, she was in her apart
ment and heard of the death of her
mother-in-law about 5:30 in the aft
ernoon, when Frances Devoe, office
girl for Dr. Coakley, telephoned her
of finding the body. She testified
that she went at once to the under
taking stablishment, where she
found Roy Emerson and several
others ' In the basement, near where
the body was found. She told of
taking Roy home and testified that
just before leaving the undertaking
irstablishment he said to the cor
oner: "Jimmy, if an inquest is
necessary, I wantone held, but get
good men on the jury."
Fail to Shake Testimony.
Lawyers for the prosecution, on
cross-examination, failed to shake
the testimony of Mrs. Emerson in
the least.
Three witnesses recalled by the
prosecuion, testified that they had
known Mrs. 1 Emerson -intimately
for some years, and had never
known her to mention suicide, but
on the contrary, she was of a cheer
ful disposition.
The defense offered testimony of
Walter Matlock and Dr. J. W.
Coakley before the coroner's jury
in direct contradiction of that given
At the trial.
Roy Emerson will probably take
the .Stand early Thursday morn
ing. ;.
Big Crowd Attends
V Second Dav at
1 Fremont Races
Fremont. Xeb.. July 16. (Spe
cial telegram) One of the largest
crowds that ever gathered for a race
meet in rremont saw tne second
day's program of the state circuit
here this evening. The attendance
was estimated at 2,500.. The two
harness events, the 2.12 pace and
2.17 trot, were hard fought for four
heats, Nine horses started in the
mile and an eighth running race
and. six in the seven-eighths mile,
v It .was announced that four run
ning' races will be held Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Summary:
I I! puce:
White Foot. b. u- (Hill) " ' I 1
Mlver Tip, b. g. (Sebaatlon) .... I 244
Jllan Imbro. b. r. (Brown) T3 4 - -
JIImi Iou, b. m. (Wler) 4 :! - 3
; Time: 2.I1U, S.li. 2 22.
S.17-trot:
Timothy Hall, b. g. (Hill) 1 n
),exa 1. b. I (Sebree) 1 2 4 2
Ntobe, . m. (Brown) 2 3 B 4
Coventor V., b. g. (Reaves) 6 5 2 3
s Duaty Girl And Ventolin rIbo started.
Tlm: 2.16Vi, 2.16. .lt. 2.17.
Klvt-clffhths mile running: Cub won,
luck Bayen, fond; Nadlne H., third.
Maude Smith. Monte. Emma J.. S. Koko.
Klhert and Watch Tour Stop also started.
- Boven-elghtha running: Oortlon Roberta
"Won. Seaway, aecond; Camilla Muller,
third. Old Coin Swenson. Big Dippe alo
arte A.
i Teachers Get Raise.
1 Chicago, July 16. The Board of
Education voted a $1,000 minimum
salary for public school teachers
and a flat increase of $100 to high
school instructors.
Police Officer Who
Was Shot by Gunman,
His Boyhood Friend
Bandit Killed In
- Running Battle With
Omaha Policemen
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Drouth Endangers 750,000
Cattle in Several States
St. Taul, July 16. Offices at
South St. Paul and Billings, Mont.,
under charge of federal officials
from the bureau of animal industry,
will serve as clearing houses to ex
pedite shipments of cattle and sheep
from the drouth area of Montana to
Minnesota and Wisconsin pastures.
A survey will be completed this
week of all the Montana stock own
ers, with the kind and quantity of
stock for which they are seeking
pasturage to save their starving cat
tle. When the "killers" have been
shipped to market, it is said, there
will be 750,000 head of cattle for
which either pasturage or feed must
be supplied by Minnesota, Wiscon
sin, Iowa and other states.
The Agricultural department ad-
vices fanners to put up all hay avail
i able, as there will be a great demand
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ior ii an impugn 111c uiuuiu aica
in Montana; Wyoming, Utah and
Western North Dakota.
BANDIT KILLED
AND DETECTIVE
HE SHOT CHUMS
J. W. Tobias Slain by Police
After Opening Fire and
Wounding Detec
tive Murphy.
(Continued From Pe Oiw.)
rand testified of the incidents at the
time of the shooting. Chief of De
tectives John Dunn and Bertillion
Expert Julius Mansfield positively
identified Tobias as having a crim
inal record in Omaha. Finger
prints taken at the time of a previ
ous arrest Mansfield identified as
being identical with prints taken
after his death.
The jury returned a verdict that
the killing was justifiable homicide
as the result of a bullet from the gun
of Officer Lundeen fired in pursuit
of his duties as a police officer.
Answers Bandit's Description.
Tobias answers the description of
a youtntui nignwayman wno nas
been operating in the city for the
last week.
Nine years ago he was sentenced
to the Kearney Reform Schoof for
Boys on his part in the killing of
the proprietor of the Elton pharm
acy, Twenty-fourth and lirist,
streets.
Last year he shot Policeman Wil
liam Holden when the latter at
tempted to arrest him at 715 North
Seventeenth street for unlawful pos
session of liquor. Holden recovered.
Tobias received a short pail sentence.
The acquaintance of Detective
Murphy with Tobias reads like fic
tion. Both are about the same age, 24
years. They went to the Vinton
"school together and were compan
ions on the ball field and the play
ground. One turned police officer. The
other chose the paths which criss
cross violence and death.
The one met death. The other,
though wounded seriously, will sur
vive because his life has been clean
est. He is strong and rugged.
Tobias, so far as is known, has no
relatives. Police believe that a sis
ter, married, lives near Ralston. The
dead bandit had been living at room
ing nouses.
Detective Lundeen, who shot the
highwayman yesterday, wounded
a man who had fought a gun battle
with Detective Cary Ford near the
Krug Beverage company several
months ago. He is known as one of
the best revolver shots on the Oma
ha police force.
Frank Murphy is a son of a police
captain of the same name who re
signed hen 'the present city com
missioners took office.
The younger Murphy rejoined the
Omaha police force after seven
months in the army and though a pa
trolman before he left, was made a
detective upon his return.
Weda Belgian Baron.
Paris, July 16. Mrs. Hamilton
Cary of New York and Baron Emil
De Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian
minister to the United States, were
married here Wednesday. Hugh C.
Wallace, American ambassador, and
Herbert Hoover were among those
who attended the ceremony. Mrs.
Cary is a daughter of Joseph
Emerv Dow of Boston.
250,000 Sheep Endangered
by Forest Fire in Idaho
Boise, Idaho, July 16. Gov. D. W.
Davis has received word from Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane, advising that $40,000 has been
set aside for fighting a forest fire
that has destroyed approximately
50,000 acres of timber in the Yellow
Pine section of the Thunder Moun
tain region.
The fire has been raging three
weeks, but efforts to combat it have
been meager because of lack of an
appropriation by the Pepartment ot
the Interior for fighting fires on the
public domain.
No loss of life has occurred in
the fire, but hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of valuable timber
has been destroyed and 250,000
sheep are in danger.
Charles Porter Arrested
for Carrying Loaded Gun
Charles Porter, 410 North Six
teenth street, was arrested last
night and charged with carrying
concealed weapons when Sergeant
Thestrup and the morals' squad
found him at Sixteenth and Chicago
streets in possession of av loaded
.38 calibre revolver.
Investigation is being made to
attempt to connect him with some
of the recent hold-ups.
5 Cents
i
will Buy
a big package of
FOSTUM
Cerea
weighing over a pound, net.
What are you paying for
coffee?
Court Recommends
Six-Cent Fare in Omaha
(Continued From Pae Oat.)
ways be considered with a view to
so adjust the rates as to prevent ex
tortion and allow a fair average re
turn. "The law contemplates that the
findings and orders should be made
in the first instance by the commis
sion, whiA has power of its own
that the courts may not usurp. Its
orders will not be reversed unless
clearly shown. '
Not Affected By Charter.
"The act known as the railway
commission act gives original juris
diction of cases like this involving
the rates of common carriers to the
State Railway commission and is not
changed by provisions of the Omaha
charter."
According to members of the rail
way commission the rate wiU prob
ably be put into effect as suggested
by the court. Chairman Hall of the
commission says that he is pleased
with the order of the court and that
as soon as the members of the com
misfion can hold a session that an
orde- will probably issue imme
diately. He says that what is es
pecially pleasing is that the court
has said that all things must be
taken into consideration, rates and
earnings in the past and probable
earnings in the future and a basis
mai.- for charges.
Will Fight Increase.
Acting Mayor LTre and City Com
missioner Zimman declare the city
will continue to oppose an increase.
Mr. Ure says the company told the
commission last winter it would suf
fer looses unless granted an increase
and that its statements do not show
the deficits claimed.
Street railway officials declare that
a 6-cent fare is not enough and 7
cents is required to give proper serv
ice, pay adequate wages, taxes, bond
interest and a moderate return to
the stockholders, who have received
no dividends during the past year.
They say 8 and 10 cent fares are
now being paid in Boston, Kansas
City and other cities.
Felicitate General
r i t l
rershing in London
(Continued From Page One.)
ing for three yearsand gave them
rfew hope.
Then came our efforts in the
great counter offensive at Chateau
Thierry and Soissons, where, with
the allies, we took the initiative
from the enemy and maintained it to
the end of the war. I need not re
call what the American army did at
St. Mihiel nor how it fought an his
torically decisive battle in the Ar
gonne which cut the enemy's line
and made further resistance im
possible. "If peace has victories no less than
war, now that the end has come it
is for us to look forward to a solu
tion of great questions at home and
abroad. While carrying on this
work and preparing for peaceful
years to come we must insist that
our late enemy fulfill every obliga
tion peace has imposed, upon him;
It must not be understood betause
we are not leaving a large army of
occupation that we will not insist on
fulfillment to the letter all the condi
tions." Army Being Sent Home.
General Pershing said that the
American army was rapidly being
sent home, only about 200,000 being
left.
"It would do you good if you
could see those magnificent troops,"
he added. "Their fine morale and
splendid discipline have been a great
prde to me and other officers in
the high command. They are re
turning home with a broadened view
of life and its obligations and are
determined to fulfill their duty as
American citizens. They are enter
ing on a new life with the same pa
triotism with which they fought the
war and made such a glorious rec
ord." Comptroller of Currency
Hits Back at Critics
Washington, July 16. John Skel
ton Williams, comptroller of the
currency, appearing before the sen
ate banking committee which is
considering his nomination, today
struck back at his critics, passed the
lie to former Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts, who bitterly op
posed his nomination at the last
session, and denied charges recent
ly made that he had caused the
withdrawal of Red Cross funds
frbm certain Washington banks. Mr.
Williams announced when the com
mittee adjourned until next Friday
he would at that time reply to al
legations made by John Poole 'and
Frank J. Hogan, local bankers, rel
ative to allegfd discrimination
against certain banks.
Presidential Proclamation
Restricts Wheat Imports
Washington, July 16. President
Wilson has signed an executive
order increasing the guaranteed
price of the 1919 wheat crop to
$2.30 per bushel at Galveston and
New Urieans. - ....
At the same time a presidential
proclamation was issued declaring
that in order "to protest the United
States against undue enhancement
of its liabilities" under the law guar
anteeing wheat prices, on and after
July 1, no wheat or wheat flour
should be imported into or exported
fro mthe United States except un
der prescribed limitations to De
fixed by Wheat Administrator Julius
H. -Barnes.
Welfare Board Receives
Complaint On Ice Station
T. W. Weirich, superintendent of
the Board of Public Welfare yester
day received a complaint that the at
tendant of the "Jitney" ice station,
Twenty-fifth and Blondo streets,
Tuesday sold three 100-pound pieces
of ice to the same mtn while other
patrons were waiting in line for
small quantities.
Resumes Practice
Dr. W. L. Capoll wishes to an
nounce that he will resume the prac
tice of medicine and has opened an
office at 161 Vinton street. Practice
limited to Genito-Urinary diseases.
Telephone Tyler 943.
The Bee Want Ads Are the Best
Business Boosters.
FORD ADMITS HE
IS AN IDEALIST
AND IGNORANT
Manufacturer Led Through
Maze of Questioning in
Million-Dollar Li
bel Suit.
(Continued From Ff On.)
that advocates ot preparedness were
in 1915 and 1916?"
"No; we were in the war in 1917;
in 1916 we were not."
Mr. Ford described an idealist as
one who helps to make people pros
perous. An anarchist, he said, with
conviction, was one who throws
bombs and seeks to overturn gov
ernments. He thought that a "bal-ly-hoo"
was a "blackguard." Ques
tioned further, the witness, evident
ly' with Arnold Bentxett in mind,
hazarded the opinion that the revo
lutionary traitor, Benedict Arnold,
was a writer. He had forgotten
what year the United States'organ
ized as a nation and asked what
the country was before that event
said that he "guessed that it was
land."
Defines a Traitor.
He defined treason as "anything
against the government," and said
that a traitor, in his opinion, was
anyone who advocates over-preparedness,
or war for aggression.
Having stated that in his opinion
the army and navy in 1916 were
adequate for defense, Mr, Stevenson
asked him a number of questions"
as to the size of the army and ,the
disposition of the troops at that
time, but witness was able to re
turn only vague answers or none at
all.
Much of the session was taken up
in the reading of the four speeches
of President Wilson in January and
February of 1916, made at Kansas
City, Des Moines, Chicago and
Cleveland, in which he stated that
the country was treading among
dangers; that any day might see the
United States plunged into the Eu
ropean conflfct. and that there was
urgent need to enlarge the army and
navy and to take other preparedness
'measures. ' '
American Food Saved
Half People in Central
Europe, Says Lt. Peck
In Prague during the war 82 per
cent of the children under 14 years
of age suffered from tuberculosis,
rickets, anemia and other diseases
due to malnutrition, according to
Miss Emma Novakova. representa
tive of the Qecho-Slovak Ked
Cross, who spoke at a mass meeting
last night at the Catholic Bohemian
hall, 1245 South Thirteenth street,
Lieut. Sedley Peck of the Hoover
mission told jof how he found 14,000
starving Children i the city of
Kladno. He said that 92 per cent
of the babies in that city under 4
years of age never tasted milk un
til fed by the American mission
after the signing of the armistice.
Lieutenant Peck added that official
statistics showed that one-half of
the population of central Europe
had been saved from starvation by
American food.
Lieutenant Peck denied the rumors
that the Czecho-Slovak government
is facing a crisis. He paid a glow
ing tribute to the history and the
virtues of the Czecho-Slovaks.
Rev. Vaclav Kralicek pastor of
the Bohemian Presbyterian church
in Chicago, told of coming to the
United States 30 years ago and
'landing in Chicago with 10 cents.
Since that time he has so prospered
that he has been able to take his
family back to Bohemia on two
trips. '
The Bee's Free Ice
and Milk Fund
SAYS BABY FLANNAGAN.
(If Me Could Tnlk.)
"Some heatl And all I can do is
lie here on the hot bed while mother
works. She cries sometimes. I don't
know why.
"There came a knock on the door
yesterday and a woman, dressed in
blue, came in. She asked mother a
few questions, looked me over and
then said: This baby must have
milk. He's looking very bad.'
"'But how will I get the milk?
mother asked.
"'The Bee's fund will pay for it,'
the lady said.
"And, sure enough, a man comes
every morning now and leaves a bot
tle of milk and another man leaves
ice that mother keeps in a box, cov
ered up with papers and rags.
"Say, boy, but this milk is good!
I feel better already. And mother
sings now instead of crying."
Every penny sent to this fund goes
to help just such cases as that of
Baby Flannagan. Not a cent is
wasted.
Will you help in this great work?
Send or bring your contribution to
The Bee office and asknowledgment
will be made.
Previously acknowledged . .$393.20
C. C. Letterback 2.00
J. C Daugherty 2.50
Sunday School Class No. 10,
M. E. Church, Ord, Neb. 3.00
"Sidney, la." 3,00
A Friend, Center, Neb 2.00
G. W. Johnston 5.00
Total $410.70
Emergency and Temporary
Officers Released by Sept. 30
Washington, July 16. Under Sec
retary ' Baker's order that all emer
gency and teniporary army officers
must be discharged before Septem
ber .30, the commissioned personnel
of the army air service will be re
duced to 234 officers, said art offi
cial statement by the air service.
As many of these officers must be
detailed to administrative duties,
there will not be enough left to man
completely one squadron of air
planes, it was said.
Exchange Closed Saturday.
New York, July 16. In order to
permit stock brokers to catch up
with the large amount of business
transacted during the past few
weeks, the board of governors of the
stock exchange voted to close the
exchange Saturday.
QIENCHKS PERSISTENT THTBST
Honford' Acid Phosphate
In any drink makes It mon atisfyln
acta as a Wholesome stimulant and tonic.
IBowen's Value-Giving Store
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when you cook with Gas
your meals are ready to serve
quicker you lessen the hours
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Malted Milk Avoid
Imitations & Substitutes
Away with prejudice, the badge
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Chiropractic
Adjustment $1, or 12 for $10.
Dr. Frank
Burhorn
(Palmer School Graduate.)
4th Floor Securities Building,
16th and Farnam.
Lady attendant.
Each Bowen Range a splendid
cooker and gas saver. The
display of Ranges on the
fourth floor will interest you,
especially with the following
prices attached:
$19.50, $22.50, $37.50,
$45, $60 and $75.
Gas Plates
With little room in your kitch
enettee you can use a Bowen
Gas Plate to advantage. The
price is small, too :
$2.25, $3.75, $4.50 and
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Two very Chinese-looking blouses are espe
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The same heavy tasseled
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A navy blue Georgette
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Originally $39.50, now
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For Comfort
Balbriggan Hose
Pure unbleached yarn,
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the feet; an ideal warm
weather hose.
Medium weight, 65c.
Light weight with garter
tops and double soles, $1
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garter top and double
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Soft and lacy collars and
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Collar and cuff sets of swiss
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