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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1920)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920. WOUNDED BANDIT MAY HAVE PAIR OF WIVES IN OMAHA Edward Ingram, Bank Robber, May Be Leslie Walters, Al f leged Bigamist, Who Is f Wanted Here. . Leslie Walters of Omaha, alleged bigamist for yhom police have been learchingr for two weeks, is believed to be the bandit, Edward Ingram, who lies at point of death in an Atchison hospital suffering from wounds received in a gun fight when he and Harry Kelley were captured following the robbing of the Howe bank Friday. Ingram yesterday continued to cry tor Mrs. Walters, but when questioned became silent, according to hospital authorities Mrs. Elsie Sterling Walters. 412 North Fourteenth street, known to Omaha police as Wife No. 1, de scribed her missing husband to hos pital authorities yesterday, who say her description tallies with the ap pearance of Ingram. Harry Kelley, the other bandit, was to have been, removed from the Aatchison hospital to the Ne braska penitentiary hospital, but re fused to be taken to Nebraska with out proper extradition proceedings It is believed that he will recover from wounds. Posses yesterday abandoned the search tor the third bandit, who is believed to have $2,500 in loot. The remainder of the $15,000 loot has been returned to the bank authorities. Requisition Wanted. Lincoln, Neb., May- 24. Sheriff Davis of Nemajia county, Nebraska, this evening obtained a requisition from. Governor McKelvie on Gov ernor Allen of Kansas tor the re turn of the man known as Harry Kelley, one of the trio who Friday ' held up and robbed the bank of Howe, Neb. Kelley is in jail at Atchison. May Be Walters. Atchison, Kan., May 24. (Spe cial Telegram.) A theory that Ed Ingram, alias Walter Bradford is Leslie Walters, alleged Omaha big amist, was considered probable here today by a Burns agency detective, who visited him at the Aatchison hospital. "Everything points in that direc tion," the detective told the hospital superintendent "He has been talk ing about Mrs. Walters in his de lirium. When he first was taken to the hospital he gave the name of Walter Bradford, using Walter as his first name. The name-seemed to be on his mind. The description telephoned to the hospital by Mrs. Elsie Walters of Omaha tallies in almost every detail to that of the bandit." Kelley Taken to Jail. Ingram continues his fight for life against great odds. He has a bullet hole in the abdomen and flesh from both arms was shot away in the bat tle. He has lost great quantities of blood. , Harry Kelley, the other wounded bandit, was removed today to the county jail here and will be taken to the prison hospital at Lincoln, Neb,. ( for safe keeping as soon as requisition papers are honored. Au thorities at the hospital were afraid of him because he "played possum" when the nurse and guard were in the room, sitting up in bed when they stepped out Reports of a plot to rescue Kelley from the hospital reached the authorities and they made the move to prevent such an attempt The hospital superintendent told Ingram today about her telephone conversation with Mrs. Walters and that she seemed shocked when told he had been mentioning her name in hie delirium. He reiterated a for mer denial that he had ever been married. Ingram said today he is 35 years old. He is medium height and build and has gray eyes and brown hair. Oklahoma Still Explode, Coining, Okl., May 24. Four tills in the Inland Refinery ex ' ploded, blowing sheets of steel 400 feet and sending great bursts ' of flame in all directions. It was feared several missing employes were burned to death. Damage was esti mated at $500,000. Mandate for Armenia Will Meet Opposition (Continued From Flnt Pi) to be looked out for by an over other nation." "The United States won t do it the Deoole are against it," said Sen ator Toindexter of Washington "Congress will not commit the peo pie to such a colossal undertaking without first submitting it to the countrtf. "When the fact is understood that it will take 59.000 men and $88,000, 000 the first vear. the mandate won' make much progress at this time,' said Senator Stnoot of Utah. "Senator Underwood, the demo cratic leader, and Senator Hitchcock the administration spokesman m tor eien affairs, declined to discuss the message. Several weeks ago Sena tor Hitchcock declared himself op Dosed to the mandate. Hence reoublicans are expected to line up in opposition to any auction zation relative to the mandate. I have always opposed entering anv entane ing h-uropean alliance, said Representative Porter of Penn sylvania, chairman ot the nouse com mittee on foreign anairs. 1 can not see whv we should become in volved in Armenian affairs as it will mean endless controversy over mat ters that do not properly concern us." Fordney Is Opposed, "Has the president gone crazy?" asked Representative rordney ot Michigan. "I am opposed to it." It was said at the btate department that the government never has obit gated itself to accept a mandate for Armenia, and that the allied govern ments do not consider the United States bound irt any way to under take carrying out the request made by them from ban Kemo. it was stated that the allies have understood from the outset that the action of the United States in the matter is de pendent entirely upon the attitude of congress, the United Mates, now' ever, has from the beginning been the ardent supporter of the Armen ian cause and has been, it was ex Dlained. most insistent that the Ar menians be given a just fulfillment of their claims by the allies. Further than such moral obligation as may be considered to have arisen from the attitude of this government in support of the Armenian cause and aspirations,' however, the United States is not obligated to assume any guardianship ever the new state, Mrs. Frank H. Lee, Old Resident of Omaha, Dies Mrs. Frank' H. Lee, 408 Hickory street, a resident of Omaha for more than 40 years, died Monday after noon at St. Joseph's hospital. Be sides her husband she leaves three daughters, Hilda, Anna and Julia, all of Omaha, and three sons, Ed ward of Highmore, S. D.; Alfred of Omaha and Herbert F. of Lincoln Funeral services will be held at 2:30 m. Thursday from the home. Examinations for Nurses Begun in Omaha and Lincoln Lincoln, May 24. (Special.) Examinations for nurses were be gun Monday in both Omaha and Lincoln under direction of the state examining board. There are 52 taking the examination in Omaha, according to Miss Margaret Mc Grevey, head of ' the examining boards, and 23 in Lincoln. Boys Find Robbers' Loot. Lennox, S. D., May 24. (Special.) 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We'd rather take a few, years longer "getting ours," ana Duiia a reputation for being METHODISTS DENY DRY LAW CAUSES UNREST Message Sent to England Re futing Report That Workmen Want Beer Church Dis cipline Modified. Des Moines, May 24. Instruc tions to send to officers of the Temperance Society of England a communication denying that the ag riculture population 'and what was termed "so-called" working classes of the United States were against prohibition, were given to officers of .the Methodist Episcopal general conference today. The action was taken to counter act what the insttuctions said wast an official communication sent bv governor of one of our great states to John A. Page, secretary of the Temperance Society of England." The governor's communication was said to have alleged the working classes demand their, beer and the same may be said of a large per centage of our agricultural people." lhe Methodists deny prohibition has caused unrest in industrial or agricultural centers and declares that absence of violence in industrial dis turbances has been due to saloons being closed. The agricultural popu lation strongly tavors prohibition, the conference said. After a long debate, the conference adopted a modification of the pro vision of the discipline of the church relative to the term of office of the district superintendent, removing the time limit of six yearj. The committee on freedom's aid presented its report, recommendat mg that the name of Freedmen's Aid society be changed to the board of education for negroes, which re- ort was adopted Man Confesses He Set Gun Trap That Killed Small Boy Oakland, Cal., May 24.-F. L. Parker, manager of a lumber mill, tnlrl the nolire todav he had set a gun-trap which killed a 12-year-old boy yesterday and that he tnrew tne body into the Oakland estuary. The Parker, who is under arrest, said he set the trap to tnghten Doys wno had been breaking into the mill. Candidates' .Campaign Financing Explained (Continued From nrst Page.) $16,000 for the Lowden's women or ganization; 5o,uuu ior agriculture or ganization and $16,000 for postage. Mr. Emerson stated that $38,703 had been sent into Missouri. Among those whom he named as the re cipients of this money was Robert Moore of bt. Louis. Mj. Moore re ceived $2,500. he said. "Is that the usual price?" asked Senator Reed. "A little bit under," said Senator Spencer of Missouri, adding, "a very good man, Mr. Moore." Mr.' Emmerson i told the commit tee that the money was spent he supposed, "in awakening public in terest." Senator Reed asked him to elucidate this. Mr. Emmerson stated that he thought the money probably was used "in bringing out men to the convention who were favorable to Governor Lowden." Senator Read made sarcastic com ments on the wide difference be tween the amount of money con tributed and the amount paid out by Governor Lowden himself. "Governor Lowden wanted to finance his own campaign," Emmer son explained. "The money con tributed was received without his knowledge. We could have gotten a great deal more monev if we had solicited it, I suppose." "Well, there does not seem to he any. great uprising among the fi nancial interests in behalf of the Lowden candidacy," commented Reed. , Senator Edge interrupted to re mark that there would have been considerable uproar if Governor Lowden" had submitted a list of large contributions by financial in terests. Democratic National Committee man E.H. Moore of Ohio, the Cox manager, said that a total of $19,681 had been contributed by the per sonal friends of Governor Cox in addition to $2,500 contributed by the governor himself. Mr. Moore was asked what, if anything, he knew about republi can expenditures In Ohio. Charges "Public Scandal." "I have been in politics for nearly 40 years," Mr. Moore said, "and if I knew a chicken hawk from a handsaw, there was more money ex pended on the preprimary campaign in Ohio by the republican contest ants than I ever saw expended in any general election contesrrlt made the campaign ot extravagance tor Senator Newberry in Michigan look like a mere piker's carnival." When asked by Senator Kenyon if he could give the committee light on the persons involved in the ex penditures, Mr. Moore said he could name at least 20 men the committee could subpeona. "It was a public scandal," he said. He suggested that the committee call John H. Price of Cleveland, state chairman of the Wood cam- paign. "Can you tell us who was the treasurer?" asked. Senator Reed. "I know who the angel was," answered Moore. . "Who?" . "William Cooper Trocter," Mr. Moore stated. Kept Expensive headquarters. "Mr. Hitchcock explained that the Leonard Wood league is a national organization with Hobart Satterlec cf New York at its head, associated with which is a committee of about 80 members with Z. Freeman as its chairman and John Iselin as treasurer. This committee raises money which is turned over to the general management. Mr. Hitchcock said he joined he Wood forces early in March, and found bin expensive headquarters at Chicago, Washington and New iork and also a number ot large establishments in important states. He believes this was bad organiza tion, the organizations costing al together too much. Concerning fi nancial details he told the committee he knew nothing as those maters were handled by treasurers at the various headquarters. He thought the New York headquarters had re ceived less than $10,000 in the New York campaign, about $15,000 in JNiew Jersey and nothing in rennsyl vania. Opposed Contesting Policy. "I did not approve the policy of contesting for those states which had favorite sons, and asked to be re lieved of responsibility as to them," Mr. Hitchcock explained. 1 did not approve that program, and I have never set up a contesting-dele gaiton." "The real headquarters is at Chi cago, where General Wood is," pro ceeded Mr. Hitchcock. "It has as sumed general jurisdiction, and fi nancial control is centered in Chi cago. The New York headquarters at one time was very large, but sev eral weeks ago a reduction began for want of money. I regarded it as un necessarily large, but did not inter fere. I found tremendous headquar ters in various cities; I don't know the expenses or salaries paid; natur ally, I do not get any salary. I re- ceive no money whatever from the Wood organization. Johnson Forces "Broke." Angus McSween, eastern manager for the Hiram Johnson canlpaign, said that the Johnson forces had headquarters in California and one in New York, lhe New York estab lishment comprised himself, Al G. Joy, his assistant, a publicity man, three stenographers, and a woman in charge of the woman's bureau, he said. It occupied three rooms in the Pennsylvania hotel. R. B. Strassburger of Gwynne Val ley, Pa., was named as the chief angel of the Johnson campaign An old friend of Mr. McSween, he had long been interested in Senator Johnson and had ottered to assist his campaign, Mr. McSween said. Altogether, Mr. McSween said, he had given $27,000 to it. Mr. Strass burger, it was explained, is a young man of large wealth associated with the Singer Sewing Machine com pany.. $2,000 in Nebraska. "We opened New York headquar ters with $1,000 in hand," said Mr. McSween. 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