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RIEF, MRIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS COUNTESS MATUSCHKA HEIRESS TO $2,000,000. ' , New York, Dec. 19. Countess Ella Matuschka, formerly Miss Ella Walker of Detroit, whose property in this country was seized by the " alien property custodian, during the war, arrived here Thursday from . Europe, believing herself penniless, rington Walkter of Detroitjiad died rington Walker cyf Detroit, had died - -"v i.ioi. aMb na ncucaa iu wis ' $2,000,000 estate. The counters was met at the' pier by her mother, who informed her that Mr. Walker had died suddenly in the Hotel Biltinore Wednesday night. ' CAMARILLA BLAMED FOR POLITICAL CRIMES. London, Dec. 19. The freeman's . Journal of Dublin was suppressed fcr intimating that tUe government is insincere in, it charges of crimes committed by Sinn Feiners, accord ing to a Dublin dispatch to the Daily , Herald.- x "It is firmly believed here." savs the dispatch, "that Detectives Down- ing and Barton were murdered not by rebels, but criminals, and that thajr identity is known to. the au thorities, but that they haven't been touched because the Dublin castle junta wants these murders attributed to the. Sinn Fein. i "This- charge against the author ities is not made entirely without evidence. The camarilla is accused, not by wild fanatics, but by men of sober judgment, of preparing foul political crimes, similar to those pre pared by its predecessors in 1798." , SHAH HAS TIFF WITH PARIS HOTEL MANAGER. Paris, Dec. 19. There was a tiff between the-hah of Persia and the . manager of the Hotel Maurice as a - result' of the latter's determination not to permit his royal highness to- give a dancing party on Christmas tve. ; V . The Persian ruler complained he " would be forced to leave the hotel if he couldn't dance on that night. He asked" the manager to make a ' special concession. The manager btood pat, however.. He explained . to the shah that other royalties had not complained afrout the hotel's dancing restrictions. 1 The qeen of Spain, who is now ' under tneVame roof with the shah, is satisfied, and the prince of Wales during his last visit to Paris was , content to join the British delega tion at the Maurice and go to dance elsewhere, the manager pointed out. U. S. MAY TA"kE OVER THE YOSEMITE. Washington, Dec. 19. Support . was given by Secretary Lane to Ihe bill to accept on behalf of the United States the cessation by Cali . fornia of jurisdiction over the lands in the Yosemite, Sequoia and Gen eral Grant national parks. f WOULD SELL INSTITUTE TO PAY WATER BILLA " v New York, Dec. 19. Union theo logical seminary, training institution of the Protestant Episcopal church, applied to. the supreme court to re i strain the ' city of New York from " selling part of its property, sale of which is. threatened for nonpayment ' of a $9,780 water bill. The seminary's officers refuse to , pay the bill, contending that as a ' religious institution "It is free from taxation. . WORLD RECORD IN V LAUNCHING VESSELS'. ' ing -a button here Saturday Chair . man Payne 'of Jhe shipping board will send down the ways the first 'of six vessels to be launched in one day by the Moore Shipbuilding yard at Oakland, Cal. The launching of ' six vessels- in one day by the same yard sets aworld's record. CONVICTED TRAITOR GIVEN CITIZENSHIP. San Francisco, Dec. 19. Robert Capella, former German steamship , agent here, who was convicted with U group of Hindus Americans and Germans of plotting in this country to overthrow British rule in India, won the right to retain his.citizen- ; ship here Friday. The court held the conviction and subsequent incarceration of Capella was noV sufficient grounds to deny him a citizenship of 25 years stand- . i"g. y ' POLICE MUST "SHOO" AVIATOR OUT: OF AIR. 1 - , Newark, N. j!, Dec. 19. An or ciinancedesigned to control all air craft flying over the city of Newark is before the city commission. The " duty of enforcing the proposed or- dinance will devolve upon the po lice, Mayor Gillen said, but how recreant aviators may be plucked from the sky in violation of the pro posed air code, was a matter of con jecture.' . The proposed ordinance prohibits . flying above we city at an altitude of less than 4,000 feet No aviator will be permitted to fly above the center of the city, nor drop any article. 'HONORS MAN WHO DESTROYED GUN-NEST. , JPhoenix, Ariz, Dec. 19. Secre tary Daniels has assigned the name Pruitt to destroyer No. 347 in honor of the memory of Corp. "John H. . Pruitt, Sixth regiment marine corps of Alhambra, Ariz., who was killed in France after wiping out a Ger - man machine gun nest, according to a message received by Corporal Pruitt'i mother, Mrs. Belle Pruitt. , ' The secretary asked Mrs. Pruitt to act as sponsor for the vessel. She wired her acceptance, ine. aate oi the ceremony was not stated. AMERICAN GUARD AND MEXICAN KILLED. EI Paso, Dec. 19. Pea. American provost guard and a Mexican civil ian were killed during a pitched bat tle tonight between American sol diers and police and Mexican smug glers at the international boundary ',line near here Friday night. Found Dead in Bed. Peoder, Neb., Dec. 19. Special Telegram.) Carl A. Nansen, a well to ao Dusmesi man ot renaer, was found dead in his bed Friday. He was tormeny ' an umana cigar READ A. KS "HEART BEATS" A BRIDGE FROM SOUL TO SOUL IN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION. The Ou aha . Daily- Bee Y- ) VOL. 49 NO. 159. ti MMM-iltn MtMr May M, IKWl Oaika P. o. r ttt H Marak J. U7. OMAHA, SATURDAY, $11111 , riECE MBER 20, .1919. . y Mall l 'mrt, Dilly. M.00; Sv.diy. SZ.M: Dally aid 8o.. SS.M: outtldt Nob. kum aitra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: Fair Saturday and prob ably Sunday; slightly warm er Saturday. S a. l a. m. . T . m.. p. m.. 9 a. m.. 10 m. m. . It a. m. . 1$ BOOB. , Hourly Tcmparaturra- .S .111 .11 .11 .IS .10 .1 .to 1 p. in. i P. m. I p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. P. m. 1p.m. a p. an. I1 ..SI ,:9I , .SI ..HI ..ti ..it ..ti mm NEBRASKA ENEMIES IN LOVEJEAST Hitchcock and Bryan Brought Together at Dinner by Ex Governor Folk 20 Other Democratic Senators There. OLD POLITICAL SCORES APPARENTLY FORGOTTEN Commoner May Endorse Sen ator for Presidency and His Former Employer May Be queath Toga to Him. By E. L. SNYDER. (Special Correspondent of The Bee.) Washington, Dec. , 19. (Special Telegram.) A dinner given by ex Governor Folk of Missouri in hon-T of his old-time political friend, Will iam Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, at a well known hotel in Washington Wednesday evening, which jrnught together 21 democratic senators, in cluding Senator Hitchcock of Ne braska, has set pcliticians speculat ing as to the meaning. of Bryan an;l liitchcck drinking from tie same grape juice loving cup apcTcxcliaii" ing plor.santries about -vhen one was Ihe employer of the other across the dainask-covered tabt Of .'ate years t'.iey have been far apart, in fact, hav gon out of. tlwlf way to call , one another vmcom prrmiisinji names, but throngh ihe legerdemain of ex-Governor Folk of Missouri, recently defeated for lrntted States senator by a repnbli lican, tliese two leaders of Nebras ka democracy have seemingly seen a new light, thereby causing much wagging of heads and the sn-Jirestion cf a perfect uriderstanj'rg that Ne braska w'H give Hitchcock the democratic-endorsement fH" the- rcsi d.'iicy, while Hitchcock in turn will tfive his suooort to Brvan for sena- jct as r successor to the senior sen ator rom the fratr 2 state. Ratification Dinner. The dinner, which may be called for want of a better title, a ratifica tion dinner of the treaty with res ervations, is looked upon as .the forerunner of a series of democratic moves that may have a veryimpor tant bearing on the democratic na tional conyention, for Mr. Bryan does not want the treaty to become an issue in ;the approaching cam paign. In fact, he urged at the din ner that the democratic senators join with the republicans who de sired the treaty ratified and put tne treaty through the senate, accepting such reservations as were necessary for favorable action on the pact. Bryan s Biggest Battle. Mr. Bryan has now begun what he regards as the most important po litical battle of his entire career. It will be a battle .for the control of tli next democratic national con vention, and for the adoption by that convention as its platform of the principles advocated by him. The first step in this program is the elimination of the treaty as an issue in the next campaign. Among those , senators who at tended the dinner were Hitchcock of Nebraska, the present democratic leader; Walsh of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana, Stanley of Ken tucky, Ashurst of Arizona Fletcher of Florida, Harris of Georgia, Myers of Montana, Pomerene of Ohio, Jones Nof New Mexico, Kendrick of Wyoming, Owen of Oklahoma, Walcott of Delaware and King of Utah. Maud Tabor Killed By Operation; No ' One Held by Jury Lawton, Mich., Dec. 19. Specifi cally blaming no one, the coroner's jury investigating the death . of Maude Tabor, brilliant student of language, whose body was found in a trunk in her home here a month ago, returned a verdict that death resulted from an illegal operation. Says Americans Should Not Employ Foreigners Columbus, O., Dec 19. That American manufacturers should re fuse to employ foreigners is the be lief expressed by Horatio Earle, De troit, national president of Ex change clubs. Earle, who is a candidate for ihe republican nomination for governor of Michigan, addressing Columbus business' men, declared that Ameri can manufacturers should hire only native-born Americans, or immi grants who have taken out their first papers. , "If they would do this, they would hit at the root of the present labor troubles," said Earle, who" n presi dent of a scythe factory in Maine which has never had a strike. The factory began operation in 1835. "State and federal governments should jump with both feet on any class that aims to curtail production of food, clothing or necessities," Earle insisted. "With restrictions on immigration as a safeguard to the nation, it would be imperative that the size of families increase to provide suf- CONFESSION BY " NEW TO POLICE IS READ TO JURY Brought Body, of Girl to Station in His Auto, Says Policeman. i - ' Los Angeles, Dec. 19. An alleged confession of' Harry New, charged with"" the murder of his sweetheart, Freda Lesser, was admitted in evi dence and read to the jury. In admitting the confession Su perior Judge Gavin Craig decided what both sides conceded was the most important legal point involved in the, case. - Miss E. L. Senner, a trained nurse, testified New had told her he did not intend to marry for a long time, and had accused Miss Lesser of "run ning around" with other men.' Objection Made by Defense. The defense had announced it ex pected tonresent long arguments against admission of an alleged con-" feasion by New, but Lecompte Da vis, leading counsel for New, made only a brief, though vigorous, objec tion. . - - The alleged confession was laid before the jury through the testi mony of E. J. Davidson, a police de tective, who swore it had been made in his presence and that of another police (Jfficer and two 'newspaper men July S last at central police station here. i Davidson testified he was on duty as desk sergeant when .New entered his office and, laying a revolver on the witness' desk, told him he had killed -r girl. According to David son, New said he had killed her in Topango canyon, a few miles away, and had taken the body to the po lice station in the automobile in which they had been riding and in which he said the girl had met death. Dead Body in Car. The witness said he and the three other men he had mentioned accom panied New ' to a car, which was standing outside the station, and there found the body of Miss Lesser. New then re-entered the station and made a formal confession, Da vidson said, which was reduced to writing. In this alleged confession New said he killed the girl because she refused to marry him, and though admittingshe was in a state of expectant motherhood, would not bear a child by him and planned to have an illegal operation performed. The prosecution announced an other and more lengthy confession alleged to have been made by New would be offered incidence Mon day when the trial is resumed. JURY IN DAVIS CASE LEFT OUT SECOND NIGHT May Be Discharged Today and Defendant Again Be 4 Placed on Trial. - - ., ' I A "hung" jury is the evident out come of the bitterly-fought trial of George Davis in District Judge Redicks court on charges of as sault with intent to murder and as sault with intent to do great bodily injury to Mayor Smith the night of the court house riot After four days of sensational testimony, ending with half a--day of argument Thursday, Judge Red ick gave the jury instructions and the 12 men retired to their jury room at 6 o'clock Thursday night. All day yesterday they deliber ated, going out only for meals. When no verdict was reached last night. Judge Redick decided to leave the 12 men in the jury room for an other night at least. . It is probahle that they will be discharged today unless they can reach a verdict. County Attorney Shotwell says he will proceed for another trial of Davis on the charges within a very few weeks. Davis is out under $14,000 bond. r MILWAUKEE RETURNS ITS AGITATOR Victor L Berger, Sentenced to 20 Years for' Espionage, And Out on Bond, Given Ma jority of 4,806 for Congress. CLAIMS ELECTION IS TRIUMPH OF "PEOPLE" There Will Be No Third Elec tion if House Again Refuses vSeat, Says Governor Philipp Of Wisconsin. , Slayer of Woman for Insurance Jakes the Firing Squad Penalty Salt Lake City, Dec. 19. John Borich, an Austrian, confessed slayer of Mrs. Velnft Adkins, alias Green, of Twin Falls, Idaho, -Jn Tooele-county, Utah, last Septem ber, was executed-in the state prison here at 8:27 a. m.. today. Borich confessed slaying Mrs. Green to collect on an insurance policy he had taken out on her life. The executed man chose to face the firing squadWather than hang. Utah laws give - person about to forfeit life choice as to the manner of execution. Says Influenza Has Beep Known Since 400 A. D. Fayetteville, Ark. Dec. 6. That influenza is not a new disease, that it has-been known since 400 A. D. and since the latter part of the seventeenth Century physicians have been writing about it., were some of the assertions of Dr. W. L. Bleeck er, head of the department of bac teriology. University of Arkansas, in the course' of an address before the Science club delivered here re fit&tj , ,, 4 Y Milwaukee, Dec. 19. Victor L. Berger, socialist, today .was re elected to congress from the Fifth Wisconsin district, having defeated Henry" H. Boaenstab, republican, running' as a fusion candidate, by 4,806 votes. Berger's total vote was 24,367 and Bodenstab's 19,561. The returns in dicate that approximately 9,000 vot ers did not go to the polls. The total registration in the district was about 53,000. Will Be Vacant Seat Should the house of representa tives again refuse to sea: Berger, there will be a vacant chair as far as the Fifth ', Wisconsin district is concerned until the regular election in 1920. as Gov. E. , L. Philipp an nounced tonight he would not call another special election, "I do not believe in spending any more of the people's money in that way," he declared, f , Berger tonight made the follow ing statement: '.'While my election may , un doubtedly bev characterized as noth ing sjjprt of a revolutionary act, in vie wof., opposition by the entire capitalist class,.; not only of Mil waukee and Wisconsin, but of the country, yet it cannot exactly be called a victory for the socialist party. ' "The socialist party .simply took the lead and furnished ' the advance guard and foremost champions, - "As a matter of fact, my re-election is simply the first sign of the reawakening of genuine democracy in this country since the days of the struggle for emancipation of the Mack race. " ," x "Eyes of World." "I don't know whether the house will seat me, and I care , little, if only the continued fight for my seat will furnish the occasion to awaken the common people of the United States, especially the working class, to a realizationi of the great dan gers before us and the immense du ties that we must fulfill if modern civilization is to progress or even to survive. i "But as to the voters of the Fifth district, I can only says: 'Well done, The eyes of the world are upon you.' You have vindicate! one of the basic principles of modern democracy, representative govern ment.' " Henry H. Bodenstab, republican, fusion candidate whom Berger de feated, said: "I am indeed grateful to my many supporters. We put up the best fight we knew how for a worthy cause and I feel that the majority of the voters of the Fifth district have been mislea by a false propaganda. I am ready to continue in the fight to rid the community of these foreign-agitators and bolshevik adher ents and I call upon the good, loyal people of Milwaukee to remain steadfast in their faith in their coun try and its institutions." Called a "Triumph." Chicago, Dec. 19. Victor Ber ger's re-election to congress was termed 'a triumph in a statement from national headquarters of the socialist party, which declared that as a result of the election "congress is on trial." x Berger's re-election was not only a vindication of Berger, but also of (Contlnncd en Pac Flva, Column U. S. Officials to Tour South America On a Trade Trip 31 INJURED AS TRAINS.CRASH AT MISSOURI VALLEY Mail Train Telescopes Coach Of. Passenger Train on Northwestern. Three hours late and traveling at high speed to make up lost time, the Chicago and Northwestern fast mail train No. 9, westbound from Chicago, crashed into the rear coach of passenger train ,No. 215, a Sioux City and South Dakota train, heavi ly loaded with Christmas travelers, on a siding one mile west of Mis souri Valley, la., at 10:30 yesterday morning, injuring 31 persons, one probably seriously, and bruising 40 more. ,.' List of Injured. Those injured in the wreck were: Mrs. Lillian M. Bowder, Timber Lake, S. D., internal and spinal in juries, in a serious condition.' Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Moran, Sylvia, Kan., cut about head and bruised. Viola Moran, 10 years old, and four small children of O. J. Moran, cut and bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Johnson, Lake Prestony S. D., cut and bruised. Mr. and Mrs. William Gerhardt, Raymond, S. D., cuts and bruises. Albert Zall, Forest City, S. D., scalp wounds and bruises. Caleb- Morrell, Carthage, deep cut over eye. Walter Priebe, Adgerley, a'tns and hands cut. W. E. Reece, mail clerk, Chicago, deep cuts on -hands. Fred Waltham, Witchita, Kan., face cut and body bruises. E. S. Munser, mail clerk, Chicago, hands and arms cut. A. D. Dorman, conductor of trajn No. 215, Boone, la., -knee wrenched. Pullman Car Telescoped. The switch to the side track was open and the speeding train com-t pletely- telescoped the coach on the rear of the train. Witnesses of the accident allege thaf the engineer of the mail ttain was reading orders and did not notice that he was on the siding until his engine was about 100 feet past the switch. Air brakes were applied and the engine re versed, but the speed of the train slakened but slightly before the crash. . ' ........ Every physician in Missouri Val ley was taken to the scene and ren dered kfirst aid and volunteers as sisted in extricating the injured from the wreckage.; A relief train with physicians and nurses was made up in Council Bluffs and run on a spe cial schedule to the scene. The in jured were taken to Council Bluffs on two sections of the train. Sixteen At First Return Fire- From Viscount's Car Ruffians Flee Across Fields, One Being V Shot England Stunned. s. D., D., ASSASSINS TRY TO KILL LORD FRENCH Party Estimated From 5 to 30 Blocks Road, Hides Be hind Hedge, and Uses Guns And Bombs. ' IRISrUICEROY UNHURT; ONE ASSAILANT iSHOT Dublin, Dec. 19. (By The Asso ciated Press.) A determined bu un successful attempt was made today to assassinate Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland. The attack evidently had been mot carefully organized at a spot in a narrow, winding road with high walls and hedges, affording the as sassins good hiding places. One of the attacking party was killed and a detective seated with the chauffeur of the viceregal car was slightly wounded in the hand. Viscount French was not injured. Some dis tance away a policeman patrolling his beat was shot in the ankle. . Both bombs and revolvers were used by the assailants, the number of whom is variously estimated at from five tq IS. The Smaller number, how ever, 'is considered more probable.' The viceregal party fired on the as sassins'as they fled across the" fields, but all escaped except the one man killed, who was shot through the head. - Road Was Obstructed. The ambuscade had been carefully planned, the assassins placing ob structions in the narrow part of the road, hoping to compel the motor cars in which the viceregal' party was traveling to stop. Behind hedges and walls in favorable positions they had stationed themselves for firing upon the lord lieutenant and his party. When the machine approached, re volvers were fired and bombs were thrown. The assassins evidently ex pected Viscount French would.be in tii a Eornnd ar it, tViia lirtA Qnil at if cf the injured were taken to Mercy j niost o the shots were aimed, He, however, was in the first car. into Washington, Dec. 19. Assistant Secretary Sweet and other Depart ment of Commerce officials will leave late in February for a tour of the principal Central and South American countries to promote trade lelations between this country and the southern' republics. The party will include Philip R Kennedy, director of the bureau, of foreign and domestic commerce, and Dr. Samuel W. Stratton, director of the bureau ofstandards. It will be the first time that a Departmeiit of Commerce official as high as an as sistant secretary has left the coun try during his term of office. f ,V 1 : Steamer Lost at Sea . With 494 Persons Aboard London, Dec. 19. The British steamer Lian Shing,-; bound from Hongkong to Saigon, Indo-Chin, has been lost at sea, according to advices to Lloyds. The dispatch said 493 natives and one European were .: - ... , hospital, Council Bluffs, for treat ment. ' Thirteen of the 16 clerks on the mail train were injured, but 11 whose injuries ivere slight came to Omaha. Mrs. Bowder Seriously Injured. Mrs. Lillian M. Bowder. Timber Lake,, S. D., was the most seriously injured. She is suffering from in ternal and spinal injuries that may prove fatal. An X-ray examination wst night showed that her spine was not fractured as was first believed. Mrs. Bowder was en route to Mal vern, Ark., to spend Christmas withj ner parents, anu was suiiug in a ic seat of the coach. When the crasri came she was thrown to the center of the car. ' The engineer and fireman' of the mail train escaped injury by jump ing. Brakeman J. narnara oi me passenger train was thrown through a window, but landed on a snow pile and escaped injury. The injuries to mail clerks were mostly caused by cuts from mail sack hooks. The passenger train was ordered on the siding to permit the fast mail to pass and the trains were not more than 1,000 yards apart when the passenger got off of the main line. Passenger train No. 12 at that time entered .the same "block" as the other two trains -and for the moment is said to have obscured the view of the engineer of the fast mail of the switch. W. G. Goodrich, claim agent of the railroad, after an investigation said that ihe switch was opened by the Sioux City train running over an electrical device at the upper end of the Y. , A. D. Dorman, conductor of the mail train, said the switch was open when his train came around the bend and that there was nothing to indK cate upon which track the passenger train was standing. - Actress Swept Off Boat On California Coast Seattle, Wash., Dec. 19. Mrs. Helen Louise Ferera, well known musician, who appeared on the stage as Helen Louise, disappeared from the steamer President while off the California coast last Friday, accord ing to her husband, Frank Ferera, who was with, her on the boat. He said today he believed she, was swept' from the deck during the early hours of the morning Her body was not recovered. Testify Jenkins Paid Ransom Before Capture Mexico City, Dec. 19. Indian wit nesses in the court investigation at Puebla into the case of William O. Jenkins, the American consular agent, tesTified that they' saw him deliver arms and anuiiunitiou to the rebels before his capture', actording to prs3 .dispatches from Puebla. The arms and ammunition, the In dians declared, were intended as the firit iailailaiyii -l Jcii&B' ransom. which only a few bullets penetrates. A shot, however, directed at the first car struck the detective who was sitting beside the driver, in the hand. Almost immediately the- viceregal party opened fire on the ambuscaded men, who took flight on bicycles across the field. During this shooting one of he men, later identified as having fired directly at Viscount French's car, was seen to throw up his hands and fall. Several Nof his friends stopped and lifted the body, intending to carry it away, but they abandoned it when they found the man was dead. Had Hand Grenade. Around the finger of the fallen man was found the ring of a dis charged hand grenade and in his pockets vere two revolvers one of Spanish, make and the other an old German model. Also there was found in his pockets a bank book which identified him as Savage, the clerk of a spirit and grocery dealer employed on North Strand, Dublin. 1 From this book it was ascertained that he had deposited a sum of money early in the day belonging to his employer. The police hope through this identification to track the man's associates. During the shooting a police con stable patrolling the neighborhood on a bicycle was shot in the ankle. Lasted a Half Minute. The affair lasted about half a minute, but during this time the firing from both sides was rapid. Viscount French proceeded to the viceregal lodge where., he had luncheon as usual. The police went out and searched the roads and, fields in the neighborhood of the shooting. They found some undis charged hand grenades in the vi cinity. Viscount Rrench received numer ous telegrams during the day con gratulating him on his escape. Among the first of these were mes sages from King George and Pre mier Lloyd George. That the attack on Viscount French had been carefully planned is indicated by the fact that his as- (Coiitlnued en Face Ftve, Column Four.) Congressmen Ask Wilson - To Lift Prohibition Bart Washington. Dec. 19. Represen tative Richard Olney of Massachu setts called at the White House to urge President Wilson t proclaim demobilization immediately with a view to lifting the wartime prohi bition ban. Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, who was a White House caller today, said he intended placing a similar proposition before the president in a written memoran dum. ' Mr. Lewis said that he thought the question of what is an intoxicant rhould be left to the individual stales to determine ,-,', , TRIANGLE LOVE AFFAIR ENDS IN ' SUICIDE OF MAN Swallows Poinson After Bid ding Mother, Wife and Sweetheart Good-Bye. Carl Pratt, 19 years old, Albany hotel, bade good-bye to his mother, his girl wife and his sweetheart chorus girl at 7 last night, purchased 25 cents worth of noisnn at "Schaefer drug store, Sixteenth and Uncago streets, and stepping into the street committed suicide. Pratt lived 10 minutes after taking ahe poison. ' i It was the tragic end of a triangle love affair. The "exact reason for his act is not known. He left no farewell note. He told nobody he intended to kill himself. His friends hinted lat night night, on hearing the story of his two loves, that he had grown despondent over his po sition with h"T5 wife and the chorus girl. - Wife Offers Freedom. Pratt was a cjerk in a North Six teenth street store. On August IS, 1919, he married pretty 18-year-old Beulah Johnson, 1823 Leavenworth street. Thursday night i n their room at the Albany hotel, he told his girl wife and that he loved Ruth Mondeau, a chorus girl with the Harry Hastings show. The Hastings show closed a week's engagement last night at the Gayety. Pratt had met Miss Mondeau a year ago while sne was living in Umaha, tinnnl rplpasp nf Kirtr turn w1r nn nr. t,i-- - . i . . .. i r'- " " i urone my nearr K naveinimon a furlough. tell me he loved Ruth." wept Mrs. Pratt last night. "I wanted him to be happy, though, so I told him, as I cried, to leave me and marry Ruth. I thought I could shift for myself somehow." Friday young Pratt seemed in good spirits all day. At 7 in the evening he visited his mother, Mrs. Amia blonder, in her home at 301 North Sixteenth street. While he , was there his wife came in. "We talked casually for"a few minutes," Mrs. Pratt told the police." T had to hurry away again to do some shopping up town. I kissed him eood-bye and left That , was theiasttime I saw him alive." j Chorus Girl Calls. Just after vMrs. Pratt left the house, Ruth Mondeau, the girl he told his wife he . loved. came in. "He seemed just a little sad," Miss Mondeau told a Bee reporter last night. "He said he was sorry I was leaving town' with the show and asked me to write tohim when I got to Kansas city. 'Write me often,' he said. 1 '"It was getting late and I had to hurry back to the theater. We shook hands and parted." ) An hour later the lad was dead, at his own hand. His body lay in the rear of a little shoe shop at 322 North Sixteenth street. His mother, (Continued on Page Five, Column Two.) GENTILES TO AID JEWISH BUILDING FUNDS CAMPAIGN Special Committee Named to Assist in Drive for $10,000,000. LARGE FUND RAISED TO FREE BANDIT D, J. Campbell, Lincoln Attor ney, Tells of Offer of Huge Sum to Secure Release of Omaha Gunman From Prison. "GANG" REPRESENTATIVE . ANXIOUS FOR RELEASE Attorney Devoe Explains Rea sons for Delay in Releasing Prisoner Omajia Riot Cited As One of These. By a Staff Correspondent. - Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 19. (Special Telegram.) Evidence that mofey was no object to members of the "Kirk gang" i their endeavor to obtain the release of Beryl C. Kirk and Harry Williams was revealed by" two Lincoln attorneys at the after noon and night sessions of the State bar commission probe of the sensa- New' York, Dec. 19? (Special lelegram.) Announcement was made here of the organization of a special committee of nationally prominent gentiles to aid the united building funds campaign for a fund of $10,000,000 with which to extend the activities and improve the build ings of 34 Jewish institutions. The work of this special commit tee is to be directed from the Hotel Pennsylvania by Col. Arthur Woods, formerly assistant to the secretary of war and ex-police commissioner of New York, and W. Ward Smith who conducted the successful ac tors' fund drive. The committee includes George Gordon Battle, President Nicholas Butler of Columbia university, President Necomb Carlton of the Western Union, R. Fulton Cutting, John Hays Hammond, 'Hamilton Holt, Charles Evans Hughes, Ar thur Curtiss James, George Foster Peabody, Lieut. Col. Rooseyelt.v jr.; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. In announcing the new organiza tion the special committee made this statement: "Leding Jews of the country have made vigorous efforts to raise a $10,000,000 fund with which to improve-some 34 of their public insti tutions, many of them nonsectarian, including hospitals, orphanages, day nurseries, neighborhood centers and settlement houses. N, "Because their lunds were devoted in war to war purposes, these institu tions are now in financial riistrrcc The Gentile committee believes there could be no fitter expression of our good will toward men than the mak ing up by Gentiles of the sum still to be obtz ied." Senate at Last Minute . Passes Deficiency Bill Washington, Dec. 19. The ur gency derficiencv bill nrovidinir $.11- 000.000 for miscellaneous subjects, including $30,000,000 for increased war risk insurance allowances, was passed Friday night by the senate during the last moments of the ses- i a iuriougn. v f Attorney General Davis expects to finish the hearing by noon Saturday. He stated that he had only a few more witnesses io examine, most or -them from Omaha. Attorneys D. J. Campbell . and Fra.uk Tyrrell testified that they were approached by men who said . they were desirous of securing the release of Kirk and Williams and of- ; fered sums of $10,000 and $15,000 for their release. - .. Offered $10,000 or $15,000. Mr. Campbell said that a ' man named Abbott, giving his address as general delivery, Omaha,' came- to his office and offered him $10,000 or $15,000. if necessary, to secure' the release of Kirk. Questioned closely as to the identity of Abbott, he said that he had lost the memorandum with his first name and did not know where it could be found. During the interview, he . said, Abbott fre- . quently referred to the "Kirk gartg" and indicated that they would raise -the necessary funds. , " 1 Frank Tyrrel testified that he first heard of Kjrk in August, 1916, while he was serving a sentence in the Lancaster county jail, but that he had never been approached to rep- ' resent him in his present difficulty. He said he was acquainted with Harry Williams and Sam Stone, who were also sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment on a second degree murder charge at the same time as Kirk. -.- , t In Criminal Business. A man giving the name of Swin burn and his home-as St Paul, Minn., he testified, visited him at his office and offered him $10,000 to secure . the release of Williams. Questioned as to Swinburn's occu pation, he said he was apparently in , the criminal business, although .he was not a lawyer. " , Harry Fleharty, Omaha attorney, ' was requested to examine the simi larity of the type in his brief in-. Kirk's behalf to the supreme court ' , and the type used in a letter written by Ray Abbott, who prosecuted Kirk, which is said to favor his re lease. Mr. Fleharty admitted that it was possible the letter waswritten in his office. "i ' The deputy warden of the state - penitentiary, who has been search ing Des Ioines for Kirk to return him to the prison, has been recalled on information received in Lincoln and 'ordered sent to Marshall i town, la. Attorney Devpe's Story. I. W. Devoe of the law firm of Peterson & Deove, Lincoln at torneys, who secured the furlough for Kirk, testified that he first heard , of Kirk from his partner who told . him of a visit to their office of Mrs., Kirk and Harry Fleharty. He stated that they received a retainer to pay for making an investigation of the merits of the" case and not for ob taining a furlough. ' . He told of a visit in July to, Omaha, where he discussed the case with Harry Fleharty and later of asking the warden of the peniten tiary about Kirk's'conduct. He said " he told the warden if he could not recommend Kirk he would drop- the case. He said the warden told him that he had watched Kirk closely and thaf. he was a different type of man from the rest of the gang convicted with him. He said that the warden toldJiim that there was danger in keeping a man in prison too long and that it was worse than -letting him out too soon. He said the warden was of the opinion that Kirk had learned his lesson and that ' he had no connection with - the jewelry store robbery. Believed in Kirk. ' "I was interested in Kirk, be lieved in him and believe in him yet," said Devoe. "I do not believe ' he was a criminal at heart. I believe if he were not .hounded to death and if he were given half a chance V he would make a man yet.", He testified that the matter of the Kirk parole was taken up with Gfvernor McKclvie and Warden Fcnton at the governor's mansion, where all details of the case were discussed for two hours one night and that the governor said he would' As?
