THE BEE; OMAHA. WEDNESflAY. JULY 7, 1920.
GIRL OF LINGERIE
IN MURDER CASE
IS VIOLA KRAUS
Divorcee t Denies Former
Housekeeper's Story That
She Made Threat to
Kill Elwell.
New York. June 6. Viola Kraus.
divorced wife of Victor von
Schlegell and "Miss Wilson, the girl
of the lingerie," in the Elwell mur
der mystery, are one and the same
f erson.
District Attorney Edward E.
Swann made this known today in a
statement he issued after examining
Miss Kraus statements made by
nnie Kane, Elwell's former house
keeper, at her home in Ireland.
Miss Kraus denied the story told
fcy Annie that she threatened to
"kill Fwell if he ever deserted her
again."
The district attorney's office is not
through, however, investigating the
evidence furnished by Annie Kane.
Tomorrow they will question Mrs.
Joseph Wilmerding, the "other
v.oman" of whom Annie told "Miss
Wilson was jealous."
i To Question Other Woman.
"We have communicated "with
Mrs. Wilmerding, und she' will be
questioned tomorrow as to her ac
quaintance with Elwell and wha
she knows of his life and affairs up
to the time he was slain," Assistant
District Attorney John T. Dooling
x said today. "I understand that Mrs.
Wilmerding has denied in an inter
view with newspaper men that she
had every quarreled with 'Miss Wil
, son or Elwell. "We must however,
sift this information to the bottom.
-''There were undoubtedly scores
of persons who knew Elwell at
Palm Beach, at the race courses, at
Newport and other resorts, and
here in the city persons of high
station in- many cases. We have
questioned many such people on
what they knew of Elwell, in' an ef
fort to find gome clew as to the mo-
tive of the crime," said the assistant
1 district attorney, when questioned
about several others whose names
were mentioned by Annie Kane as
being ,friends or associates of El
well. These people, unless their
stories have some direct bearing on
the solution of the murder, shou'd
not be brought into the limelight.
It is not fair to them," he continued.
"When we find the man or woman
we are looking for, who pulled the
triggfr and sent a bullet crashing
into Elwell'g brain, we wilbmake it
knwn, all right."
Will Solve Mystery.
Mr. Dooling, as well as other
members of the district attorney's
staff, expressed themselves as par
ticularly well satisfied with certain
'investigations we are conducting"
and took the attitude that every bit
' of information "lurried up and ex
amined helped the case along by
just so much. '
The entire case today, however,
-imlirrd a limit Vinla Kraus and the.
. attention of the authorities was
focused upon her and her story to
the exclusion of all else for several
hours.' I
The young society "woinan, who is
spending the summer with her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Walfr TVwisnhn in New Tersev.
was beyond the power of subpoena
when District Attorney Swann
wanted to question her. She came
to New York voluntarily, however,
and was questioned for three hours.
Will Make Disclosure. ;
Prohibition Enforcement Ager.t
Shevlin said today that the work
his men had done during the day
had been entirely satisfactory. In
formation has been obtained, he
said, with many ramifications, both
as regards Jhe murder and the boot
legging scheme.
I am able to say positively that
disclosures of a startling nature will
Vome from the work of prohibition
ricents withltt the next few days,
ShevlTn declared. "We believe that
Elweir picked ortc man as co
worker in the bootlegging undertak
ing ana this one man naa reason iu
believe that Elwell had double
crossed Jiim. s Much proof of this
. theory jias already been obtained.
The director of the Chinese geo
loelcal survey estimates that coun
try has coal deposits .sufficient to
supply the worm at its present ric
of consumption 'of a billion tons a
vear for 1,000 years.
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Long Illness Fatal
To R.-A. Stewart, Who
Dies Early Tuesday
Robert A. Stewart, president of
the David Cole Creamery, cotnpany,
5U16 Cass street, died at his home
at 3:30 a. m. yesterday after an ill
ness of five months,
of five months.
Mr. Stewart is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Miss Eliza
beth and Mrs. Clinton Brome, ,3552
Pacific street; one son, William G.
Stewart, and one sister, Miss' Al
lttta Y. Stewart, of Mercer, Ta.
Mr. Stewart was 65 years old.
Ht was educated at Lafayette and
Princeton universities and practiced
law in Mrcer, Pa., for 10 years.
He came to Omaha in 1905. He
was a member of fhe Chamber of
Commerce, University club and
Athletic club.
Funeral services will be held to
day at 3:30 p. m. from the
home. W. G. Stewart, his son, re
quests that friends send no flowers.
The body will be taken to Mercer,
Pa., his birthplace, for burial.
TWO WOUNDED IN
SHOOTING FRAY
IN RO AIT HOUSE
Johnny Lee and Wiley Comp
ton Refuse to Name Man
Who Shot Them in
Quarrel.
Many Seek Permits to Sell
Securities in Nebraska
Linooln, July 6. (Spick.1.) Per
mits to sell stock have been granted
by the bureau of securitits to the fol
lowing: Farm. U. Co-op Assn Frnk...$
Farm. t.7. Co-op. Assn. Winslde .. 104.200
Alma Com. Mill. & Ele. Co. Alma . 75.000
Farm. U. Co-op Co. Hendley . 25,000
Com. Oil A Gas Co., Omaha . 20,000
Farm. U. Ex. Holdrege 0.500
Security Motor Co., Omaha . . 25,000
Applications before the Bureau of Se
curities for permits, to sell stock. " '
Clay Cen. Grain Crf Clay Center t "4.000
One Man S. ft M. S0d. Co.. Deshler 60,000
I.eav. Laundry Co., Omaha .... 25,000
Ayr Co-op it. Co., Ayr 10.000
I.ewellen Devel. Co., Lewellen .. 26,608
Farm. Ele. Co., Chappell 38,500
Farm. Co-op. Co., Greely 48,100
Farm. U. Co-op, Oakland 29,800
Orsco Blder. Mat. Co Omaha ... 144.000
Kopac Bros., Omahar 38.500
Oakdale Mill. Co., Oakdala 50.000
Gibbon Roller M. Gibbon 40.000
Farm. Co-op. Co.. Battlo Creek .. 99.000
Com. Oil & Gas Co., Ooiaha. 30,000
Powell Man Killed When
x Auto Tumbles in Ditch
Fairbury, Neb., July 6.-(Sper
cial.) Roy Padgett of Powell, Neb.,
vas instantly killed Monday night
when a car in which he wa. riding
tumbled into a 15-foot litch. Others
riding in the. carywere Padgett's
wife and child, ilrs. Des-sie Ward
and John Helvey, who was- driving
the car. The party ill reside ki
Powell, a village eight nrles west
of Fairbury, and were returning
from the Hebron celebration.
The accident happened during the
rainstorm, lhe' car iun:ed over,
lending in five feet of water and
mud. Mr. Padgett was pinned un
der the car where h probably
drowjied. The other passengers
were iroi seriously injurca.
G. 0. P. Publicity Man Says
Fight Will Be in Midwest
The fight of thepresidential elec
tion will be confined chiefly to the
middle west, according to the opin
ion of Scott C. Bone, publicity direc
tor of the republican national com
mittee in New York. .
. This information was given to
John Shanahan, secretary to Con
gressman W. A. Jcfferis of this dis
trict, when Mr. Shanahan visited
New York last week en route from
Washington to his home. ' '
"Political-and personal friends of
Johnson say he will not join a third
party movement but will support thi
ticket," Publicity Director Bone em
phasized Mr. Shanahan-said.
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During a flight in the Dublin Inn
roadhouse on West Center street
early yesterday morning. Johnny
Lee, 215 North Twenty-fift!. street,
and Wiley Comptoa, 1721 South
Twenty-eighth street, were shot and
slightly wounded. .
Police and deputy . sheriffs are
locking for Jimmie Cosgrove, police
character, who it s blieved fired
the shots. Deputy sheriffs who
were called were informed of -Cos-grove
being with the "party" and
late yesterday were unable to find
him.
Former Deputy Sheriff.
. Lee is a former deputy sheriff and
a brother of "Chip" Lec of pugilis
tic fame. Compton is a former
newsboy. Lee was taken to the
Ford hospital, but detectives were
unable to learn anything of the
shotting, Lee retorting that his
"lips were sealed." He denied that
Cosgrove shot him.
Witnesses who were seated near
the table of the men told deputy
sheriffs that Cosgrove whipped out
two revolvers after arguing with
Lee and becan firing. In the .party
was also "Doc" McAHle, arrested
on various offenses and in connec
tion -with the highfacki'isr of the
home of D. Welpton, 210 South
Thirty-fourth street.
New Road House.
Dublin Inn was recently opened.
It is a road house just west of the
government air mail field on West
Center street The place is owned
bv Earl O'Brien, formerlv of the
Henshaw hotel cafe, accsrd ng to the
sheriff's office. ' ,
Sheriff Mik Clark, after receiving
a report of the shooting, said that
he was going to institute ouster pro
ceedings against the road house if
the people who own it ';anr.ot show
him that they intend to conduct the
place in an orderly fashion.
Real Estate Board to Urge
Reduction in Assessment.
The Omaha Real Estate board
wil present argument before the
county hoard of equalization for a
reduction in the ''valuation for tu.
purposes of all real estate in Douglas
county, f Attorney Bair, speaking
tor the real estate men, declared that
Douglas county undoubtedly pays
more than its share of taxes. It is
said that the county property is val
ued for tax purposes at about 80 per
cent of its actual valueSome coun
ties put their valuations as low as 40
per cent, it is said.
Court Session Cannot Be
Designated by Council
City Commissioners Ringer and
Zimman were both advised by the
city legal department that the city
council does not have authority tp
"direct the oolice judges in the mat
ter of holding a proposed afternoon
court session.
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women. Merit alone could have
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STREET CAR MEN
ISSUE THREAT TO
. LEAVEJEAR1NG
Charge the Investigation Has
Drifted Off Course Will
Resume Sessions Today.
Unless the hearing of the wage
dispute between the street railway
car men and the officials of the com
pany before the State Railway
commission in the federal building
is confined to the question involved,
the street car men will not produce
another witness.
"We have drifted far off the
course of the vital question," F. W.
Coffey, counsel for the car men
statfd to the commission yesterday
"The question involved is: 'Are the
wages of street car men in Omaha
adequate in comparison with other
lines of work?' "
H. H. Keeton, vice president of
the car men's union and member of
the executive committee, was the
principal witness at the session yes
terday afternoon. '
When the question of the conge
niality of a car man's job was,
brought up, Keeton compared it to'
a brakeman's job on a freight train.
"It takes fully one year for a no
vice to be an expert street car man,"
Keeton testified. "And then not
every man can be a street car work
er. It takes some brains." ' ,
The hearing which has been in
session for four weeks, will be re
sumed today.
Omaha Gas. Company
Attempts to Dodge
Nearly $200,000 Tax
Intention to fignt an assessment of
nearly $200,000 in taxes for the city
and county against the Omaha Gas
Co. was declared yesterday before
the county board of equalization by
attorneys and forrner officials of the
company.
Deputy County Attorney Slabaugh
argued the case for the county; W.
H. . Herdman appeared for the gas
corporation, and Corporation Coun
sel Lambertand Commissioner Ure
represented the cify.
The gas company contended that
these taxes are not delinquent and
that when taxes are not delinquent,
the purchaser is liable for them. The
argument grew hot at times during
the hearing. Attorney Herdman
was' given more time to present a
showing of the case for the gas com
pany. The board will continue the
hearing today.
Judge Slabaugh declared the com
pany must pay the tax on the sale
price of" the ...plant, or $4,500,000. He
also enumerated further items on
which the city and county should
collect the tax, bringing the sum up
to $5,004,534, after deductions were
made.
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CONSIDER PLAN
TO CELEBRATE
TERCENTENARY
Parade Depicting Landing
Of the Pilgrim Fathers
Is Discussed by
Committee.
The Nebraska committee for the
celebration of the lauding of the Pil
grim Fathers considered tentative
lans yesterday afternoon at a meet
ing held in Hotel Fontenelle and at
the Omaha Country Club in the eve
ning.
Everett Buckingham, chairman of
the board of governors of the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, stated tiiat
his organization wifll co-operate in
the preparation of a parade which
will depict scenes of the Pilgrims.
Need 30 Floats.
"I would recommend that 30 floats
be considered and I will be frank
when 1 state that these floats will
cost $700 to $1,000 each if they are
to have the Ak-Sar-Ben standard of
workmanship," Mr. Buckingham
said. He added that Ak-Sar-Ben
will furnish its equipment if the nec
essary money is raised to meet this
expense.
I he recommendation ot the execu
tive committee of the tercentenary
committee is that societies and or
ganizations shall be invited tcNpar
ticipate by paying for floats and hav
ing representatives of these organi
zations occupy the floats.
Broad in Character.
"The Omaha celebration should be
of a broad general character, depict-
iiirt the customs and trials of the Pil
grims," said John L. Webtser, chair
man of the committee. Another sug
gestion was that Nebraska towns be
invited to participate in the Omaha
parade.
In connection with the state-wide
celebration, the state superintendent
of public instruction will be re
quested to approve a program which
may be adopted by all schools of
the state this fall, that all of the
young people of the state may be
inspired with the meaning of the ter
centenary celebration.
Mr. Webster entertained members
of the committee at dinner last night
at the Omaha Country club.
Mandamus in Code Bill Is
Denied Dexter T. Bennett
Lincoln, July 6. (Special. Ap
plication for permission 'u He an
original petition for a mandamus to
compel the secretary of stnte to re
fer the administrative code bill to a
rtferendum. filed by Dexter T. Bar
rett, was denied.
York Nonpartisans Celebrate.
York, Neb, July 6. (Special Tele
gram.) The Nonpartisan league
celebrated in the City park Monday.
The principal speakers were Mayor
A. G. Wray,. Mr. Patterson, farmer
number of the North Daiccta legis
lature, and C. A. Sorcnsrn. attorney,
ot Lincoln. There was tig crowd
present.
A Minnesota man has patented a
process for freezing fish in boxes
lined with oiled paper so they can
be shipped by mail.
ADVERTISEMENT
City Is Restrained From
Making Water Board Loan
An order restraining the city
council from loaning to the city gas
plant fund $50,000 appropriated for
building comfort stations has been
granted by District Judge Sears of
application of H. Beselin, a tax
pay". ' ,
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