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Breezy BITS OF NEWS- OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. Tee Omaha Sunday Bee MUCH MARRYING AFFECTS HIS HEALTH. White Plains. N. V., Dec. 6.-, Much marrying apparently has not agreed with the health of Frank H. Gibson, 52, for when he appeared be fore Judge Yqung for sentence as a bigamist, afteV admitting that he liad five wives, he begged for leniency, saying: "I am about half blind and my physical condition is not very good." "There may be something in your physical makeup to excite sympathy, but your relations with women can for no leniency from the court," said the judge. Gibson, who admitted he had served a two-year sentence in Penn sylvania for bigamy and five years for mail frauds, was sent to Sing Sing prison for four years and three months. KENTON EXPECTS TO HAVE REGULAR TIME. - Seattle, Wash., Dec. 6. Renton, a small town near Seattle, expects to, liven up. A deputy sheriff went to u cabin above Renton, seized 12 ,50-gallon barrels of mash used in making "moonshine" whisky and dumped it into Panther creek. Later Mhry discovered Renton takes its drinking water from the creek and that probably the confiscated mash was carried into the city reservoir. MUCH DEMAND FOR EXPENSIVE ARTICLES. New York, Dec. 6. The. Novem ber report on business conditions issued by the federal reserve- board had this to say of the retail trade of New York Cityt "Carefully compiled reports from several branches of retail . trade, made particularly with a view to de termine the extent of luxury buying, indicate that never has there been so much spending, such a demand for expensive articles and such dis regard of prices. "It is natural tliat New York City should be a primary market for lux ury buving, because people from all parts of the country go to its stores to spend their surplus funds; but re ports from many sections of this dis trict indicate that free spending is general, and that the conclusions reached for New York apply else Avhere. in small and large cities alike." BLAMES ADJOURNMENT TO. OPENING OF HUNTING. Washington, Dec. 6. An entirely new reason for the recent adjourn ment of congress was given on the floor of the senate by Senator John son, .democrat, South Dakota, in the cdtrrse of an extended address in defense of the administration and the peace treaty. ' "The adjournment of congress was forced," he declared, "because it was the opening of the hunting season and some of the members , wanted to go hunting." ORDER FOR DESTROYERS PLACED IN BRITAIN. London, Dec. 6. London news papers are hailing as a tribute to ' British shipbuilding an order by the United States for 20 torpedo boat destroyers from the Samuel White Co., at East Cowcs. The destroyers will resemble the latest British type, of 1.200 tons, with 28,000 horsepower displacement and a speed of 35 kkots. The Tall Mall Gazette vouches for the information that the order has been p'aced. COLLEGE WOMEN TURN DOWN TEACHING FIELD. New York, Dec. 6. College ; women are turning from the teach- ing field and earning much more! money in other capacities, accord- ing to an investigation in behalf of the Smith college endowment fund. ; One college woman founded a tea-, room in Mew 1 ork uty ana inaae $30,000 last year. A director of the dining service, recently employed by one college, received $6,000 a year more than the professors are paid. Many college women are writing for magazines and newspapers. Those trained in chemistry are be coming analysts for commercial con cerns; many of ability in" mathe matics are employed as insurance actuaries. Others are nurses and dietitians and many are entering the business world as stenographers. These fields are so remunerative relatively that an ever-increasing proportion of graduates is entering the teaching profession. It is proposed to use the Smith endowment fund to increase the faculty salaries 50 per cent. INFIDELITY DURING WAR BLAMED, FOR DIVORCES. Paris, Dec. 6. There are now pending in Paris courts thousands of divorce cases. The divorce vogue is ascribed chiefly to infidelity of husbands or wives during the war and to the wave of "gay life," notably the "jazz" craze. ' FINED $1 EXTRA FOR NOT KNOWING ENGLISH. - New York, Dec. 6. Because they could not understand the English language, the fines of two women were doubled. Mrs. Jennie Rizzo and Mrs. ette Morman, had been arrested for having unmuzzled dogs. Magistrate Short fined each $1, but neither -could understand. An Italian in terpreter was called for Mrs. Rizzo, and it developed that, although she " had been in this country 15 years, she could not understand English. A Hebrew interpreter was called for Mrs. Morman, and she said she had been in this country for 14 years but couM not understand English It was then that Magistrate Short imposed an extra $1 on each. ALUMNAE PREPARED TO "HIRE OUT" AS COOKS. New York, Dec. 6 Smith college alumnae are prepared to '"hire out" as scientific cooks, parlor maids and home decorators in the campaign for $4,000,000 which will be launched by their alma mater January 17. - Mrs. Hannah Dunlop Andrews, chairman of the fund committee, has issued a call for a meeting at the Women's University club here when plans for organization in vari ous cities of "Flying Cook Corps" to "perform housework in. a scien tific manner" to raise money for the college will be discussed. vol. ' xlixt-no. 25. ,rrtsr.asf.wniI!! 0 omaha, Sunday a morning, December 7, 1919. By Mall (I ywr). Dally. MOO: Sunday. I.'.SO; Bally and Sun., $6.00; outilUt Nab. tottaaa extra. FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHEh: Unsettled Sunday; snow in extreme east Monday fair arid colder. Hourly ttniperatiirra; , it. ni. 5 K. 111. 7 n. m. 8 a. m. -. m. 1I . m. a. m. noon ,.?8 I p. a n. p. A l. l. m. J p. m. possibly portions; e ......s ....... .mi ta u .-. tl r r-vi n u Lru u n OMAHA HARD HIT BY COAL SITUATION Terminal Committee - An nounces That City Will m Be Called Upon to. Make Addi tional Sacrifices This Week. DRASTIC CURTAILMENT IN RAILROAD SERVICE Far-Reaching Effects of Fuel Famine . Impressed Upon Industries and Owners as Supply Here Dwindles. The terminal coal committee last night announced that it wiH call upon Omaha this week to make ad ditional sacrifices to meet the exi gencies of the coal stringency, ex plaining that the receipts of coal in Omaha during the last week have not been sufficient to meet even the restricted demand. "It appears at this time that the receipts of the coming week will be less than those of the last week," was a statement made by the coal committee in a report issued last night. The committee was not ready yesterday to state what additional rules and regulations will be nec essary to meet the situation, but it indicated that it is apparently essential that greater savings of fuel will have to be observed in horned and industries. Depend on Wyoming. Explaining the local situation at the end of the week, in a somewhat concrete . manner, the committee stated that the Rock Springs mines, in southern Wyoming, are now pro ducing about 5 per cent of normal production and that Omaha; is' al most entirely dependent at $ht$ tinie on these coal fields. In the1 northern or Sheridan coal district three iarge mines have been closed, resulting last week in only 30 per cent of the previous week's production. East ern shipments have been reduced to a minimum and nothing is to be expected from the southern fields or through the north from the lake docks. In its week-end statement last night the coal committee an nounced: "The committee is count ing on the public's voluntary co operation in this respect. Coal deal ers are cognizant of the seriousness of the situation and the committee is redoubling its efforts to insure only necessary distribution. Few cases reported to the committee have indicated any inclination on the part of the public to attempt to obtain coal where a sufficient supply is on hand to meet imme diate requirements. Investigation of these cases by the committee's inspectors, with the aid of the police department, have resulted in a rapid readjustment, so as to insure the protection of the public interests." Other Plants Must Close. The far-reaching effects of the coal famine was impressed upon nearly every home in Omaha at the close of a depressing week. The effects of the Garfield order, cut ting off nonessential industries from coal supplies, already has weighed heavily upon some local plants and others are doomed to temporary closing during the com ing week. The effect on the indus trial life is considered the most serious phase of the situation. Retail merchants yesterday made the most of the limited shopping hours between 10 a. m. and S p. m., and the result was that the stores were crowded with Christmas shop pers and the usual Saturday rush. Drastic Rail Curtailments. Drastic passenger 1 curtailments have been announced on all railroad lines into Omaha, effective at 12:01 a. in. tomorrow. There will be an estimated reduction of one-third of the passenger train service on main and branch lines. The new schedule of the Burlington takes off 70 trains. Union Pacific officials believe that curtailments on their lines will save 500 tons of coal a day. The Over land and Pacific limited trains will be run only in single sections and exclusive observation and parlor cars will be taken off. Service be tween Omaha and Lincoln, Minne apolis and Sioux City has been ma terially reduced. It is explained by railroad officials that travelers may experience the difficulty of being re quired to wait for folloiwing trains when one train is filled to capacity Snow last night -and predictions for colder weather today added to the discomforting situation. Snow interfered last night with the limited street car service which conveyed belated home-goers. Omaha has never before presented such a gloomy appearance as was observed last night in the business district, with stores darkened and the electric lights dimmed by the falling snow. The hotels shone out invitingly in the darkened vistas. Many Families Destitute. The Visiting Nurse association of Omaha has received reports of des titute families in need of coal. Cases investigated and recommended by this association are being supplied (Continued on Pace Two, Column Four.) Hitchcock "Presidential Campaign" Is Launched by Firm in Hamburg, Germany Prominent Business Man of- Enemy Seaport Writes Nebraska Senator Praising His Friendly Actions and Advocating Him for Occupant of the White House President Wilson Flayed and Ridiculed for Conduct During War and Peace Negotiations. The two following letters tell their own story: "Dieckmann & Hansen'.'Hamburg IS, Spaldingstrasse Nr.'lS2. "November 1, 1919. "To the Editor of The Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb., U. S. A. "Dear Sir: I take pleasure in sending you a copy of a letter which I have just written to Senator Hitchcock. This letter is to be pub lished later on in a volume in which I have addressed myself to various American politicians and publicists "Since your esteemed journal is mentioned in this letter to the sena tor, and in view of the fact that the letter deals with something which concerns not only the politicians', but also the people of America, its pub lication in your columns (possibly with a resume of the senator's speech of 20 years ago) might prove of considerable interest. I am glad to place it at your disposal for this purpose. In the event of its publi cation I should be obliged for the customary marked copies. "Faithfully yours. "FERDINAND HANSEN." t Attacks President Wilson. 1 "Ferdinand Hansen "Hamburg IS, Spaldingstrasse 1S2. "To Senator Hitchcock, "Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: "Today, sir, I took up the lengthy verbatim text of the examination of President Wilson upon certain fea tures of the treaty of peace as pub lished in the New York Times of August 20, 1919. The discussion if discussion is the right word took place in the east room of the White house at 10 o'clock of August 19, un der your chairmanship. "The more important parts of this interlocution had, to be sure, already been cabled to Europe, "The answer which Woodrow Wilson gave to Senator McCumber to the effect-that America should have declared war even if Germany had committed no act of war or no act of injustice against our qitizens. created a great stir in Germany. It serve 1 to de stroy the last rag of illusion which the innumerable idealists among this barbarous race still cheiished re1 specting the motives of Woodrow Wilson illusions, which despite the horrible experiences it had under gone, it can not willingly part with. Black and White List. "Once again I felt that deep sense of personal satisfaction, which is too closely related to pain to be petty, in which I had correctly estimated the character and caliber of Wood row Wilson after his deplorable fail ures during the first six months of the war. In that time he had proved up to the hilt his utter incapacity for acting up to the ideals of the great er American preside. '3. H. proved himself incapable of the nobility and political sagacity of a Washington, the open-hearted, pure humanity and honesty of a Lincoln, the bluff, frank manliness of a Cleveland. His in terpretation of neutrality will ever remain a heavy reproach to their judgments and their sense of justice. "Wilson; the hyphenated Ameri can president, was unneutral to his British backbone. Self-confessed by. his words and self-copdemned by his actions, he proved himself un worthy to be the guardian or de fender of America's fair name among the nations. And, therefore, when he was finally stripped of his white and saintly raiment and his halo, and unmasked as a creature impelled by blind hatred on the one hand and by slavish submission to evil powers, financial and imperialistic on the other, I did not feel that sense of sickening disappointment which I felt when some of our other public men turned renegade to truth and honor. . ' "For my own sober amusement I have created a black list and a white list for American behav'or during the war and titer it. There are few names uoon the white list and manv iipon the black. And yet I will con- tess to you the tact that tor the present your name remains among the white. I his is, ot course, a mat ter of indifference to you, but I am certain that the reasons which im pelled me to this decision, cannot be indifferent to you. "You will not be offended, senator, when I say it is difficult to prophesy about politicians. For they are sub ject to circumstances more than other men, or subject themselves more readily than other men. They are nearly always governed by ex pediency. And yet I believe that you, sir, were largely governed by principles. In your rugged face there is something that reminds me of Abraham Lincofti, and in tfie bold open fearless eyes,' there is hone of the cold and hard shiftiness'of Wil son. If a'democrat is ever again go ing to sit in the presidential chair, T trust that democrat will $)e you. I feel, though I cannot know, thnt you would be capable of greateV and no bler deeds, of a closer devotion to (Continued on Fage Seven, Column Four.) w :flw mm vy ltd u vy iHJ kj yj . , a . The Passing Show I y ( Wont son one fclf ( io , '' m BIGGEST TRAIN CUT IN HISTORY OF RAILROADING Travel Almost Impossible Ex cept on Urgent Business Will Save 500 Tons Daily. One! of the most extensive cur tailments of passenger service in the annals of American railroading will take effect Monday morning at 12:01 o'clock. Local railroad offices yesterday announced definitely a wholesale cutting affecting Omaha and sur rounding territory to the extent of making travel almost impossible ex cept on most important missions. To further eliminate tourist pat ronage during the present critical coal shortage, it was announced that every observation and parlor car on every line, except observation cars which contain berths, will be taken off all trains. It is also probable that dining cars will be eliminated from train service, although no def inite announcement was made. No reservation for Pullman space will be made more than 48 hours in ad vance, according to Union Pacific officials. No Double Sections. Through trains on the Union Pa cific, which have been running in two sections to accommodate heavy tourist travel to the west coast, will be cut to one section. . Trains thus affected on the Union Pacific are Nos. 1 and 2, once known as the Overland Limited; and trains Nos. 19 and 20, identified as the Pa- (Contlnued on Page Six, Column Three.) Drastic Curtailment Made In Kansas City Service Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 6. More than 50 passenger trains have been ordered discontinued by seven of the railroads leading into Kansas City, with five roads not yet report ing, effective Monday. - The cut is the most drastic ever made in the Kansas City district. Fast trains will make stops to take care of local traffic. The roads announcing annulment of trains are: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; St Louis & San Francisco; Missouri Pacific; Missouri, Kansas & Texas; Chicago & Alton; Chicago. Burling ton & Quincy and the Wabash, MORE OPTIMISM EXPRESSED OVER COAL SITUATION Increased Production Noted in Several States Restric tions Acute. Chicago, Dec. 6. Increased pro duction of soft coal in several states, according to Saturday's reports, served to improve the national situ ation to some extent. More opti mistic indications were in evidence among government fuel officials and some operators 'although Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield emphatically declared he would not countenance any increased wages to miners at the expense of the public. A number of actions in the way of restrictions and conservation were taken throughout, the country, chief among them being announce ment of suspension of scores of passenger trains, most of them in the south central and northwestern regions, though others had been ordered or were in prospect in the east and south. ; Apparently there was no settle ment of the strike nearer than in recent days. The effect upon industry generally (Continued on Page Six, Column Five.) Pray for Prevention Of War Between U. S. And Mexico Today Laredo, Texas, Dec. 6. Prayers for prevention of war between the United States and Mexico have been ordered said in all Catholic churches in the archdioceses of Sonora. Mex ico, by Archbishop Mora ot Del Rio, Sonora, according to the Mexico City newspaper Excelsior. Honor Dr.; Ernest Kelly. New York, Dec. 6. Dr. Ernest Kelly, Washington, was elected president of the International Asso ciation of Milk and Dairy Inspectors which concluded its annual conven tion here. Morgan Back From Europe. New Yorky Dec. 6. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morgan were among the pas sengers returning from Europe on the liner Lapland, POLICE WOUND "HIGH-JACKERS" IN GUNJATTLE Running Fight Down Q Street Between Police in Emer gency Car and Bandits ' In Ford. Two bandit "high-Jackers" were shot, perhaps fatally, in a running gun battle with the South Side po lice at Thirteenth and J streets &t 10:30 last night. Both bandits are in St. x Joseph hospital, where their condition is re ported to be very serious. Little hope is held for the recovery of either. The wounded: William Wolf, 23 years old, ban dit, 3103 W street, shot in abdomen. George Pecheck, 22 years old, ban dit, 3118 Q street, shot in back just below left shoulder blade. At 10 last night Joe Musiel, 3635 Madison street, reported to the South Side police that two men. driving a Ford touring car, had come to his house, engaged in brief conversation with him and then searched his home for liquo". On finding no liquor they cursed him and his family, he said, and beat him about the head with guns; Musiel is in a serious condition at his home as a result of the beating. Hold Up Two Men. Ten minutes later Charles and Frank Zaukas, 3122 Q street, re ported that two men answering ex actly the description of Musiel's as sailants had held them up at Thirty second and Q streets, a few blocks away from Musiel's home. From (Continued on Page Six, Column Four.) Gunmen Who Escaped Policemen Suspected In Another Robbery The two gunmen who, Friday night escaped the custody of Police Officer W. F. Cich at Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets, after he had them covered with his revolver, are believed to be the men who last night held up Ernest Small, grocery deliverer, and after forcing Tiim to drive more than a mile, robbed him of $80. , Small is a delivery boy for Sam Riseman, 2308 Cuming street. He told the police last night that on leaving a house at Thirty-fifth street and Patrick avenue, after making a delivery, a man with a gun ordered him to drive his truck north. , "Another fellow followed us in a Buick," said SmalL "The man with the gun rode on the seat with me. When we got to a lonely spot on Creighton boulevard, the man riding with me told me to stop and took $80 I had collected during the day. lhey ordered me to drive south, and they drove north." The police were inclined to doubt Small's story, until the Buick car the bandits used was in several re spects identified as the one used by the two bandits who escaped from Cich Friday, Proposal of President in . Coal Strike Has Appxoyal of Heads of Mine Workers Attorney General Palmer Announces That Agree ment Has Been Reached Whereby Lewis Will Recommend to Meeting of Executive Committee of Order Tuesday That Men Accept Offer of Wilson and Return to Work Immediately. Washington, Dec. 7. Attorney General Palmer announced after midnight that an agreement was reached here between government officials and John L. Lewis, acting president, and William Green, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, under which a proposal for termination of the coal strike will be submitted to a meeting of the executive committee of the mine workers at Indianapolis next Tues day. Wilson's Proposal. The proposal, which is not de scribed in the statement, was pro posed by President Wilson "look ing to a speedy termination of the strike situation and adjustment of the entire controversy." the state ment says. Lewis and Green wi'l urge acceptance of the proposal. Mr. Palmer's statement follows: "A conference was held at the De partment of Justice, in Washington on Saturday, at which were preient the attorney general, Mr. Tumulty, secretary to the president, John L. Lewis, acting president and William Green, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, with a view to reaching an under standing between the government and the miners which would result in a settlement of the coal strike situation." Definite Proposition. "At this conference there was sub mitted a definite, concrete proposi tion from the president, looking to a speedy termination of 'the strike situation, and an adjustment of the entire controversy. The officers of the United Mine Workers, in re sponse to the suggestion of, the president agreed to, and have called a meeting of the general scale com mittee, the representatives of all the district organizations and the inter national executive board of the United Mine Workers, to be held ;n Indianapolis on Tuesday, December 9, at 2 o'clock p. m., at which time the president's proposal will be con sidered and its acceptance by the miners urged by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green. The attorney general will be in Indianapolis on Tuesday." Complete Surprise. The announcement came as a complete surprise as government oflicials had not made known the fact that the union leaders had been called into conference or that new proposals were under consideration. The presence of Lewis and Green in the city was rumored during the day, but could not be confirmed. The fact that Mr. Palmer talked with President Wilson in the course of the day on the coal situation was known, but no intimation of the nature of the conference was ob tainable either from Mr. Palmer, prior to his announcement, or at the White House. When the announcement was made officials would not comment on the nature of the proposals to be submitted at Indianapolis. Agreement Assured. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7. Ellis Searles, editor of the United Mine Workers' Journal, the official publi cation of the miners' organization, while professing ignorance of the proposal submitted to Acting Presi dent Lewis and Secretary-Treasurer Green at Washington, . predicted that any suggestion which had proved acceptable to those officials would be endorsed by llfc executive board of the miners' union. Mother Says Daughter Pandolfo Convicted Found Dead in Trunk Died in Her Arms San Francisco, Dec. 6. A special dispatch to the San Francisco Ex aminer from Yreka, Cal., quoted Mrs. Sarah Tabor, detained by au thorities of Siskiyou county in con nection with the discovery at Law ton, Mich., .of a body believed to be that of Miss Maud Tabor, as say ing that her daughter had died in her arms in Colorado Springs, Colo., of asthma. She was further quoted as saying she was at a loss to un derstand how the body could have been transported to Lawton or dis covered in a trunk beneath a pile of shingles. Warrants were said by the sheriff to have been telegraphed from Michigan for the arrest of Mrs. Ta bor and her son, wanted in con nection with the death of Miss Maud Tabor. Sheriff Calkins refused to allow Mrs. Tabor to talk for pub-licatiotv Of Misuse of Mails: Associates Acquitted Chicago, Dec. 6. S. C. Pandolfo, president of the Pan Motor Co., of St. Cloud, Minn., was found guilty of misuse of the mails on four counts of a federal indictment by a grand jury in the district court here and 12 of his associates in the company were acquitted The indictments contained 11 counts, two of which, the sixth and seventh, had been dismissed early in the trial, which began six weeks ago. The jury found Pandolfo guilty On the first, second, third and fii'th counts. , "I guess it might have been worse," was Pandolfo's first com ment on the verdict. Carl Cummins, attorney for Pan dolto, secured a stay of sentence from Judge fcandis. He made a motion for a new trial and the judge set the hearing on this mo tion, December IS on LRJ KIRK FREED ON LETTERS OF OWNS ( Senator Bushee Says He Signed "Furlough" on Advice Of Former Deputy County Attorney Abbott and Others. JUDGE SEARSDEMANDS ' PROBE BY STATE BAR Asserts Lawyers: Owe it to Public to "Get to Bottom" of Case Ray J. Abbott Denies Writing Letter to Senator. Lincoln) Dec. 6. (Special.) De clining to give out a statement until after he had made a thorough in- vestigation into the matter of the furlough of Beryl Kirk from the , state penitentiary on a written order signed by himself September 8, Sen ator B. K. Bushee of Kimball, who . as president protem of the senate, ' became acting governor in the ab sence of Gov. S. R. McKelvie in Chicago and Lieut. Gov. P. A. Bar rows in Ohio, gave out a statement this .afternoon after spending two v uays in looKing into the matter of the furlough. 1 Recommended Release. He shows that the release of Kirk was recommended by Ray J. Abbott, attorney of Omaha, yho said that he had discovered that Kirk was not present at the time of the rob bery of the Malashock jewelry store and his only connection wita the gang which did the shooting which resulted in the death of Of ficer Rooney, was in allowing them to -use his house. rVFMrt affidavit from' Sher- , iff Clark, testifying to Kirk's good habits; one from William M. Mus graVe of the O. C B. street rail way, and a signed statement from Warden Fenton,' giving his belief that if given a chance Kirk would make good. Fails to Explain. In his lengthy statement, appar entlyinchcating a thorough under- ' standing of the case and the crime for which Kirk was convicted and put in prison, Senator Bushee fils to explain, two points that have greatly mystified the public:. His statement fails to give a rea son for the great lapse of time be tween the date the "furlough" was signed and the date it was presented for Kirk's release. The release was signed September 8 and was not presented to the prison warden until last Tuesday. Thef reason for this delay and the fact- that the lapse of time might have caused some doubt as to; its legality, or the advisability of its not being honored, are not com mented upon. A further point not mentioned concerns the early report from Lin coln to the effect that it was under stood Senator Bushee signed the furlough under the impression that Kirk was charged merely with boot legging, and that he did not under stand the Conviction was on the seri ous charge of murder. v ' Has No Apology to Offer. Senator Bushee will "stand pat" on his act and has no apology to offer. The statement is as fol lows: "For the last two or three days there have been published a num-' ber of statements and articles rela-'' tive to the Kirk case in which I signed a furlough while acting gov ernor. So far no statements have been made of the facts which were before me when I acted and on which my action was based. I feet" justiiiecf in stating these facts, not as a-) apology, but that the public may know the full facts in the case. , Case Presented by Devoe. The Kirk case was presented to me by Peterson & Devoe. who ap peared as attorneys for Kirk. They made a statement covering the en tire cas, together with some letters which I will refer to later herein. I have taken the pains to come to Lincoln to go over the entire situa tion again and satisfy myself as to rhe entire case. I had before me a statement of the attorney who pros- -ecuted Kirk in the district court at Omaha, Ray J. Abbott. That let ter, which is now in my possession, reads as follows: "Omaha, Neb.. July 24, 1919. Hon. Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie. "My Dear Governor: "Aj he time of the trial of Beryl C. Kirk for comnliritv in th,. t-;it;. 1 7 ... .v "lldllj of t rank Rooney, I was chief deputy luuuiy attorney ot iJouglas county, Nebraska, and was s;iriii.ft -;t, t J. Piatti to prosecute all these cases! since tnat time IMiave learned that Mr. Kirk uit tint at tU. hery pf the Maloshock jewelry store dunnor the"1 afternnnn nrerpHin- t, killing. I have also learned that Mr. Mrk s only connection with this gang was allowing them to use the house at various times, and I An nnt- believe that he knew the purposes. tor wmcii the meetings were held. I think hi should be punished for hi.s'" part in this affair, but am convinced (Continued on fa ft Eleren, Column Tiro.)