r- THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1920. Movie Actress Files COMPLETE PLANS tmiav rnn nnvo Woman Who Is Hanged to Post by Bandits Petition for Divorce From Famous Comedian MAN IS CAPTURED WHEN HE TIRES IN EXCITING CHASE Three Shots Only Make In truder Run FasterAuto Runs Him Down After Short Chase. raai,5?,V7rT " --x- Cv?- Z-rir?. ' ' PLUCKY WOMAN FACES DEATH TO FOIL BANDITS Wife of Cafe Owner Hanged To Post When She Refused To Disclose Bank , Alarm System. A woman foiled five bandits yes terday in the third attempt to rob the Citizens State bank at Ralston wK'iu a year. , Thrown down tfie basement stairs nf her cafe, in the same building with the bank, and hanged by the throat to a supporting post, she ignored tlircats on her life and refused to tell the five highwaymen the loca tion of the burglar alarm to the bank. The woman is Mrs. Margaret Nausler. She lies hysterical in her; home on the second floor of the bank building. Alone in Cafe. ; 11... v i i :., v:..i,' 1 .Ml 7. tclUMCr WtS dlUUC 111 11H-I a Cafe." next door to the bank, at 7:45 a. m. She was standing behind the soda fountain. A man entered and asked if he might use the telephone, which is located in the rear of the cafe beside the kitchen door and the cellar stair way. She told him to help himself, and he walked back to the telephone, vhieh is an old-style instrument of the kind which must be rung to get central. Asks for Directions. "How do you work this thing?" called the man, who was neatly dressed in a dark suit and wore a straw hat. Mrs. Nausler walked back to show him. As she stepped near the cellar stairway to turn the telephone crank the man seized her and threw her down the stairway. Four men were in the basement. Head Strikes Stairs. Two oi them caught her as she fell, but nt in time to prevent her head from striking the stairs, cutting a large gash in her scalp. The fifth man rushed down the Stairs behind hrr. "Where the bank burglar alarm?" the men demanded. "I don't know where it is." she started to' protest, when two of them bound her hands and feet, as a third gagged her with a cloth. "Tell us where that alarm is or we'll kill you," they threatened her. . Hanged to Post. She shook her head that she did not know and they hanged her to a supporting post by the stairway. The men apparently meant to kill hef as they hanged her with fish cord about her throat, tying her to the post, witii her feet several inches from the ground. 11 Just then heavy footsteps were heard on th floor above, and the five bandits dashed up the stairs, through the kitchen door and out he rear of the cafe. Heard" Auto Dash Away. Mrs. Nausler' later said she heard a powerful motor start up and an, ;.'-'o"iobile dash away at , high s'-'-d. Two men had entered the 1 front doci cf the cafe, their footsteps f-!."':tening the highwaymen into IV-hi. They were Arthur Moran, Mrs. Nausler's brother, and John Neu nrn. Seeing the five men dash out the rear. door from the cellar stairway, and not seeing Mrs. Nausler in the cafe, the two men ran down into the basement and found the woman unconscious. They cut her loose from the post, freed her hands and feet, removed the gag, and carried her upstairs to her home above the cafe. Officers Rush to Scene. City and county authorities were notified and two carloads of city de tectives were rushed to the scene. Deputy Sheriffs-Hoye, Halter and Johnson also joined in the chase, but no trace of the five highwaymen could be found.' Mrs. Nausler told them of hear ing the automobile drive away, but the officers could find no one in Ralston who had seen tht car. Gives Good Description. She gave them good descriptions of the bandits, all of whom were well dressed, she said, and appar ently well educated. They do not answer the descrip- At Home or Overseas there is one ready cooked cereal food that is always dependable for staunch nourishment combined with pleasing flavor, and in convenient form. Grape-Nuts is always ready to eat- It is compact There is no waste, for every atom is food. And Grape-Nuts in its wax-protected pack age keeps indefinitely in any climate. " f "There's a Reason" ';; ; ' - - , ' '-- ' . . Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc. - Battle Creek, Michigan Upper left: Mrs. Margaret Naus ler, who foiled five bank bandits in their attempt to rob the Citizens State bank at Ralston for the third time within a year. Center: The cafe in which Mrs. Nausler was attacked and into the hascment of which she was thrown by one of the highwaymen. tion of the men who robbed the ba'nk of $3,000 last September 20 and escaped, or the men who were foiled in an attempted robbery of the ba'nk May 24. Bank officials said they had no inkling of an impending: robbery, but have been prepared for emer gency for some time. In the cashier s cage, on the coun ter beside the nile of cash, lies a .45-caliber Colt automatic, ready for use. Left Cafe for Moment. B. Nausler, husband ' of the woman who foiled the third attempt on the bank, is a steamfittei". Sev eral months ago he removed from forty-ninth and U streets to oper ate the cafe. He had left' the restaurant but a few minutes before the first of the bandit quintet entered. ' Mrs! Nausler was. attacked at 7:45 a. m., and was not found in the basement by her brother until 8:10 a. m. Police and sheriff's deputies are scouring the' vicinity for the bandits. Accuse Clothiers of Using Propaganda" to Force Prices Upward ' . " Washington, Aug. 2. Howard E. Figgi special assistant to the attor ney general in. the enforcement of the Lever law against profiteering charged today that manufacturers and jobbers of wear:ng apparel were attempting through carefully pre pared propaganda "to stampede re tailers and the public into a rehewed fictitious demand"' for clothing and thereby force prices higher. " r "The Department of Justice," said Mr. Figg, "is fully advised 'of; the several phases of . the carefully planned campaign and it only re mains to fix personal responsibility before applying the criminal provisions of the Lever law." "Manufacturers and jobbers ' are even going to the length of 'guaran teeing' the retail trade against a de clining market," Mr.' Figg said.' He called attention to instances where mills have been closed for the reason, he charged, of justifying market con ditions on the plea of underproduc tion. "The closing of mills is in turn being used in the price propaganda," Mr. Figg asserted. "The retailer is then being threatened with further curtailment and higher prices if he does not accept goods and order on the present market." I." in! Upper right: Arthur Moran, brother of Mrs. Nausler, who found his sister bound and gagged, and hanging .by her neck to the post by which he is standing. , Lower right: John Neuman, -who was with Moran when he entered the cafe .and saw the five bandits flee through the rear door. CURE FOUND FOR LEPROSY, BELIEF OF MEDICAL MAN Two Cases Under Treatment Indicate Complete Recovery .Specialists to Decide After Examination. Penikese Island, Mass., Aug. 2. Has the dream of the medical pro fession, a cure for dreaded leprosy, come ttue? I This question will be answered soon when a special commission of New York and. Boston specialists visits the state leper colony on this island. Dr. F. H. Parker, in charge of the 1$ Jepers confined here, believes he has cured two of. them young men under treatment for three years. Every indication, points to the fact that both meiybave bf en cured. Sev eral tests nave oeen. maae upon them., for .trices of the disease, and all of them how that it has disap peared. ' Both suffered from average cases when they were sent to Peni kese, ' " ' r ' Will Make Tests. To make sure that the men are cured, Dr. Bernard Carey, director of the division .of communicable dis eases of the Massachusetts state de partment of health, arranged for the commission to examine the men. Thorough tests covering a period of a week will be made. Those wiio comprise the commission are Drt Victor( Heiser of New York, mem ber of the international health board; Dr. Victor Safford of Boston1 board of health; Dr. Algernon Coolidge. of Massachusetts General hospital, nose and throat specialist, and Dr. Townsend Thorndike, Bos ton skin specialist. State tests under the direction of Dr. Parker show that the lesions or nodules have completely disappear ed. The face of one of the young men was? covered with lumps or Modules when he went to Penikese. Now his face is clear. No Traces of Disease. The tests show negative results that is, that there are no traces of the disease. If the tests to be maHe by the commission bear out the be lief of the state authorities two men who were practically sentenced to confinement for life will, be released. The treatment of the men con sisted in plenty of air and sunshrfic, good food, etc.," similar to treatment of tuberculosis, and in addition the use of chemulga oil, imported from India, and sodium gyrocardanate. The three substances were given in ternally as it is an irritant Five drops were given at first and the amount increased until a dose of 40 drops could be taken by the patient without upsetting his stomach. This Indian oil wa- administered three times a day. The oil comes from the Indian plum tree. The apparent cure of these men is due largely to the faithful ministra tions of Dr. . Parker, who is in charge of the leper colony. He has given the best that is in him to the unfortunates under his care. Mexicans Seek Permission . To Leave Lower California Mexicalia Lower Calif Aug. 3. Many applications have been made by Mexicans living here for per mission to send their families across the boundary to Calexico in ' the event of fighting resulting- from the expected arrival of Mexican federal troops in Lower California, accord' ing to officials of Governor Este ban Cantu's government. '. No per mits for such emigration have been granted, it was added. ' Berlin Largest City in Wprid; 337 Square Miles Berlin, Aug. 2. Greater Berlin, with its latest additions, claims to be the biggest metropolis on earth. Its area is officially given as 877166 squire kilomet-rs (337 71 square nines,), compared wun ucmki New York's 840 square kilometers (307.8 square miles), Paris' 480. London's 303, and Vienna's 275 square . kilometers. Greater Berlin now embraces eiht townships, 59 villages and 27, rural estates. , L : Intrastate Rail Rates ' Are to Be Raised Soon (Continued from Vagi' One.) The commission's '' cision was in tended so to fix rales as to give the roads the 6 per cent Return on their aggregate value permitted by the transportation act. Ship Rates Advance. Coastwise ' and inland steamship companies and electric railway lines are permitted under the interstate commerce commission's decision to raise only freight rates. Nothing was said by the cgmmission as to passenger rates on thej steamboat lines, but the' df cislon did say sper cifically that the freight rate in crease granted electric railway lines was "not to be construed as an ex pression of disapproval of increases, made or proposed in the regular manner, in the passenger fares of electric lines." While the commission authorized separate freight rates increases to the railroads in the four separate territories, the increase on freight moving from one"territory in to an- other will be 33 1-3 per cent. Creation by the commission on its own motion of the mountain-Pacific territory was unexpected. The west er roads as a whole, had joined, in asking ' for an increase of 32.3 per cent, but the southwestern lines later at ' the public hearing asked that they be given separate treat ment and ay freight, increase of ap proximately 39 per cent. The com mission did not grant this request, saying that it had been opposed by many shippers and by other carriers in the western group. Little Help In West. J "The record shows," said the com mission, "that the principal Railroads serving the territory west of the Colorado common points, especial ly the so-called transcontinental railroads as a whole, are in a sub stantially better financial condition than other carriers in the western territory. It also shows. that the rates, generally speakjng, are ma terially higher in the region west of the Colorado common points than in the part of the western territory lying east thereof. Considering the jvhole 'situation it is our view that the territory west of the Colo rado common points and the traffic to and from ,that territory may properly be given separate treat ment." The surcharge of 50. per cent on sleeping and parlor car .space is to accrue wholly to the railroads, This ch.-rge was opposed by the Pull mar company on the ground that it would reduce the travel in cars of that type. Stock Market Affected By Increased Tariff Rates New York, Aug. 2. Speculative and investment sentiment on the stock exhange was hopefully dis posed at the outset of business today as the result of the sweeping ad vances in railway passenger and freight rates granted by the Inter state Commerce commission. The news brought in a large vol ume of buying Orders from all over the country. Railroad shares of all descriptions were' absorbed on a steadily rising scale, with the ad vances ranging from 1 to 32 points. Representative dividend paying stocks,, such as New York Central, Northern Pacific, Reading, Great Northern preferred. Southern - Pa cific and Union Pacific made the most headway, but there were nu merous gains, approximating 2 points in the more specu''tive shares such as New Haven, Pitts burgh & Western, Rqck Island and St. Louis Southwestern preferred. Operators showed little effort to combat the movement. The rise also reached formidable proportions in many of the popular specialties, in cluding the motors, papers, steel, oils and food shares. Baldwin, International Paper and American Locomotive improved 2'$ points each. Want Beckett to FighT r TonyJIelchoir in U. S. Chicago, Aug. 2.An offer of $10,- 000 for Joe Beckett, English heavy weight champion, to box Tony Mel qhoir of Chicago, today was cabled to Charles Cochran, London pro moter, who had Beckett under con tract, bv the' Chicago boxers, mana ger. The bout, if Beckett necepts, probably will be staged in East Chicago or Milwaukee. Liberty Bonds Cashed American State Bank, loth and Farnam Ms. THREE WOMEN AND TWO ARMY MEN HURT IN ACCIDENT Major Dunbar's Automobile Turns Turtle and Rolls Over Embankment. Three women were severely in jured Sunday night when the auto mobile f of Maj. Martin T. Dunbar, quartermaster of Fort Omaha, turn ed turtle and rolled over an embank ment ou the Lake Manawa road. The injured women are Mrs. Dun bar,' Mrs. John Hall whose husband is a lieutenant at thevfort, and Mrs. Marie Judge White "bf Jersey City Height N.J. The accident occurred two miles out of Council Bluffs. Another car taking most of the road caused the accident. The injured were taken to the home of a Council Bluffs doc tor and later taken to the fort. Miss Dunbar Uninjured. In the car besides the three injured women, were Major Dunbar, Lieu tenant Hall and Miss Madge Dun , bar, who was the only occupant of the car who was uninjured. -:' Major Dunbar suffered a sprained left arm and the lieutenant was painfully bruised.' Mrs. Hall was cut about the head. Mrs. Dunbar was pinned beneath -the machine until it could be lifted up and righted. Mrs. White was not believed se riously injured until ehe developed severe headaches this morning. Con cussion of the brain is now feared. . Identity of the owner of the car causing the accident was not learned.' He stopped, however, as did many passing motorists, and assisted in caring for the injured before driving away. State Board Boosts Valuations of 35 Out of 93 Counties ' Lincoln, Aug. 2. (Special.) Thirty-five counties in the state, out of the 93, have been increased in valuation over the reports of the county assessors ranging from 5 to 50 per cent. Thirty-one counties were decreased and 26 remain as re ported. -. The counties which haye been in creased by the board have been noti fied to appear before the board on August 6 and enter protest if not satisfied with the action 4o( the hoard. iThe following are the coun ties which have been increased with the percentage of increase: Boone, Nan;e, York, Pierce, Gage and Philps, 5 per cent. Cass, Dixon, Platte, Loup, Brown, Futnas, Deuel and Wheeler, 10 per cent. ' ; Saunders, Nuckolls, Hall, Merrick aiu. Keith, IS per cent. Polk, Holt, Garfield, Buffalo, Dundy, Custer, Grant. Thomas, Cheyenne, Morrill and Scotts Bluff,' 20 per cent. ! Eutler, 25; Box Butte, 30; Chase, 40; Lincoln 50 per cent. Grand Vizier pf Turkey Forms a New Cabinet Constantinople, Aug. 1. (By The Associated Press.) Demad Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier, has an nounced the formation of a new cabinet, composed largely of mem bers friendly to British interests, ac cording' to political observers. Damad will be minister of foreign affairs and acting minister of war. He is the only member brought over from the old cabinet, the objections of which to the terms of the peace treaty forced its dissolution. I The Turkish newsoaoers ' an nounce that the day when the treaty is signed will be observed by the Turks generally as a day of mourn ing. Shops and cafes will be closed. Arrival of German Ships Consigned to U. S. Delayed New York, Aug. 2. The five for mer German ships awarded to the United States in the. distribution of the German naval forces, did not ar rive today. A wireless message from the fjeet announced the vessels were delayed owing to heavy towing of some of thclisabled ships. It is ex pected they will arrive about Au gust 10.. Have Root Print It Beacon Press. Adv. . After he had failed to stop at the firing of three shots by his pur suers, AH Andrews, Twenty-fourth and Davenport streets, exhausted from .running, was captured at Twenty-fifth and Capitol avenue, Sunday night, shortly after mid night. Andrews was locked up in Cen tral police station, where he prob ably will face charges of attempting to break and enter. Ray Coolcy and R. C. Weimer, 2209 Davenport street, were packing their grips about , midnight, getting ready to go on their vacation. They Heard a noise at a window. A man was trying to get in, with the screen already removed. Cooley seized : his revolver lying on the dresser and the two men rushed out 6f the house. The prowler ficd. Cooley called to him to top, and fired three shots in the aif to make his or ders more impressive. The man fairly flew.' ' Chase in Automobile. Cooley and Weimer leaped into Cooley's automobile, standing at the curb, and gave chase. At Twenty-third and Capitol avenue, they picked up Qfficer Thiele. The trio captured Andrews at Twenty-fifth and Capitol avenue, and Officer Thieie placed him under arrest. Villa Sells Loyalty To Federal Officials (Continued from !' One) can consul tat Piedras Negras, which is just across the border from Eagle Pass. "The consul stated that Villa, ac cording to these reports, will be given command of rurales in the tate of Chihuahua, that he will re tain 200 picked men, and that the remainder of the men who haVe been in his band will demobilize or merge into the regular army at their will. It was said at Piedras Negras that the Mexico City re gime, in connection with Villa's surrender, has guaranteed the re? turn of approximately 30,000 pesos of "forced loans" made by Villa in the vicinity of Sabinas to pay the men under his control. "Piedras Negras information is to the effect that Villa left Sa binas, in the state of Coahuila. on the afternoon of July 30, marching overland to' Barreteran, where he was to entrain troops for Torreon. Torreon is in the southwestern ex tremity of the State of Coahuila, on the border of the state of Durango. Torreon is . an-important commer cial citv and the junction of the two railroad lines of the north, the Central and the International rail ways. It was estimated at Piedras Negras that Villa would reach Tor reon about next Wednesday. , Disbanded at Torreon. ' "An earlier report from Mexico indicated that Vijla and his . men would march to Torreon. where they would be disarmed and disbanded after each man received one year's pay- "The American consul at Piedras Negras, has reported that Villa was domiciled at the home of L. M. La mar, an American citizenat Sabinas, Mex., and was to leave for Torreon on Saturday last, according to a dis patch from the American consul at Piedras Negras. No information is given as to the cause of the delay of Villa's departure." Governor Cantu, of the northern district of Lower California, who has called for popular support in ' his jurisdiction to resist "the invasion" of the Mexican federal troops re ported to be on the way to attack his forces, has ordered the custom houses in Lower California not to recognize certifications of the Mexi co City regime' consul at Calexico, Ca, which is just across the border from Mexicali, Mex. Governor Can tu, is was stated, directed the custom houses to' collect the consular fees which are 3 per cent of the value of the invoices in the custom house, until such time as Governor Cantu shall establish a consulate at Calexico- The Mexico City press o" July 30 published a report that 360 rebels under the command of General Mar cos Juarez have disbanded at Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, and that Gener al Felix Diaz, nephew of the late president porfirio Diaz, has been deserted by, the then who have been serving under him. . Felix Diaz for several years had been revolt against th Carranza administration. Permit to Issue Million And Half in Stocks Granted Lincoln, Aug. 2. (Special.) Per mission to issue securities in the amount of $1,000,000 in common stock and $500,000 in preferred stock has been granted to W. M. Dutton & Sons Co., by the state board of , securities. Other permits granted were as follows: I The Mirtx 'Construction Co., Seward, Nrb., $100,000. Hankers- Investment Co., Omaha, Neb., 189.760. i Cuxhitian Motor Works. Lincoln, $307,000. Farmers Co-operative Central Union, Norman, $$.430. Farmers Union Co., ClarKs, IS,100. Farmer Co-oerativ Co., of IVrginla, $10,000. Carl A. Anderson. Inc.. Omaha, $20,800. Nebraska Co-operative Co., aBttle Creek. $99.00l. J. S. Davis Auto Co., North Platte, I7K.O00. Applications before the Bureau of Secur ities for permit to sell stock: Farmers Oratn. Live Stock and Supply Co., Btratton, $40.$0. v - Farmers Co-operative Co., of Virginia. $10,000. Omsha-Chanute Oil te Oa Co., Omaha. $3K.opo. Farmers Co-ojierative association, Fair mont. $14. no. Farmer Union Co-operative association. Hhron, $14,120. ' , - Boss P. Curthi Co.. LlnAjln. $900,000. Nebraska Oil Corporation, Omaha, $350, 00". ' Ttalbsch Ce., Omaha. $SO.00. Splesbercer A Bon Co.. Omaha, etaoletao Trimble Bros. Building Co., -Omaha. $160,000. Roca Co-operative Grain & Coal Co., Roca, $10, BOO. Genoa Wyoming Oil Co., Geona, $100,000. Farmer Union Co-operative association, gwedebura-, $10,000. Farmers Mercantile Co., Llsco. $4,009. WHoo Amusement association. Wahoo. IsO.OOO. I Mildred Harris Chaplin. Los Kngeles, Aug. 2. Mildred Harris Chaplin today filed suit here for divorce from Charlie Chaplin. Mob Storms Texas Jail . And Hangs Confessed Murderer of Woman Center, Tex., Aug. 2. A mob of more than 1,000 stormed the county jail, battered down the steel doors, wrecked a steel cell and took out Lige Daniels, negro, charged with the murder of a white woman, and hanged him to an oak tree in the court house yard. The lynching followed announce ment by officers of a confession made by the negro to the grand jury and also to the district attorney. The wife of a farmer was brutally attacked and later found unconscious near her home Thursday night. Her skull was crushed and her body bruised. She was brought to a local sanitarium, dying Friday. Capt. W. A. Bridges, commanding Company L, Seventh cavalry, re ceived instructions from Austin to protect the prisoner, but was unable to find any members of his company in time for mobilization. Wheat Yield Is Heavy. Plattsmouth. Neb., Aug. 2. (Special.) Wheat tnreshing is on in fu'.l swing in Cass county with the best yields in years.. Returns a high as 45 bushels ae reported al most daily. A heavy rain halted work temoorarilv the last of the week. THOMPSON-BELDEN COMPANY Sale of Wash Frocks, $10.50 to $22.75 Values to $59.50 Dainty organdies, ginghams and the like in charming styles have been greatly re duced to effect a clearance. All Sales Final. No Alterations. - Apparel Sections, Third Floor from Tlhe $5 Pajamas, $4.05 Splendid materials and excellent patterns in Faultless or Universal garments, all sizes. Fibre Hose for 69c A clearance of Eiffel fibre hose in almost all colors and sizes, 69c a pair. iuuhi run uuao j NOTIFICATION Nominee to Confer With Day ton Committee On Final Ar- rangemets for Acceptace ? Day Program. . . Dayton, ()., Aug. 2. Announce ment of the formal program for next Saturday, notifying Governor Cox of his nomination for president by the democrats was expected follow ing a conference today between the nominee and the Dayton arrange ments committee. A parade of visit ing delegations is th? principal event scheduled to precede the notification address of Senator Joseph T. Rob inson of Arkansas, chairman of the San Francisco convention aiid the acceptance speech of Governor Cox, The governor has not been in com munication with Senator Robinson for some time, and the democratic national committee is trying to reach him. Completion of the democratic campaign organization late this week, when many leaders are ex pected here for conference with the presidential nominee is expected, in cluding announcment after approval of Governor Cox of the special cam paign committee of IS members which George White, chairman of the national committee, has been composing. Governor Cox hopes Yo secure considerable recreation, including golf and horseback exercise this week, in training for the arduous traveling campaign ahead. Preacher's iaby Wins. Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Many babies were exhibited at Plattsmouth's baby contest. Har old Hunter, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. V. Hunter, of this city ,won sweep stakes r i:i all "classes from six months to 4 years of age. Complete Cornhusker Highway Fremont, Neb., Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) Grading of the new route of the Cornhusger highway between Fremont and Lincoln has been fin ished, and the road is now open to travel. .Record Oats Yield. Fremont, Neb., 'Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) The new high record for oats yield in this vicinity was set by V. C. Fisher, who threshed 71 bushels to the acre. 1 t GUVS Eagle and Arrow Shirts for $2.25 White shirts with stiff cuffs, colored shirts with either soft or stiff cuffs. Better shirts hate also been greatly reduced, all makes except Man- hattan. ' To th Loft As You Eator J 'un 3i) i.'V v-.lv 01 Tio lTlJ rj; ':.;.! - c -.'rfr i -.- ir.. t t )ud ( 0 r.ft air Ml UK .r .. Adv. !