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The Omaha Daily Beb VOL. 50.NO. 104. Dazed With Wine as He Wed Twice "Tons of Champagne, Then I Don't Remember," Is Alibi of Nebraskan Accused of , Marrying 2 Chicago Girls. Cdmed Also by Third Fortland, O.c. Oct. 15. (Spe cial.) A third girl, Kathleen Els mere, a toe dancer, now in Seattle, made claim yesterday that Glen T. Aldrich, forme: naval officer facing charges of bigamy filed by two Chi cago brides, is her husband. She alleges that he married her in 1914. Aldrich is held here pending ex tradition to Illinois. i The troubles of Aldrich, who says that his father is a wealthy packer of Nebraska City, Neb., began with a grand drinking and spending orgy in Chicago several weeks ago, he ays. . Detective Sergeant John Cartan, here to take Aldrich back to the Windy City, states that the authori ties have evidence that Aldrich overdrew his account $4,000. Has Copies of Letters. One unhonored check for $600 is said to have been given .the Hotel La Salle in Chicago in payment for the wedding party celebrating Aid rich's marriage to Miss Lillian Dumbrow, 18, daughter of wealthy parents. Ten days after this marriage Aid rich is alleged to have married Miss Esther Carlson of Chicago at Great .Falls, , Mont. He is alleged to have deserted this bride after two days. Sergeant Cartan showed alleged , copies of letters to Bride No. 2, in which was a full confession of the first marriage. An excerpt from the letter fol lows: "She was but a nightmare in my life a figure in' a drunken revelry. I met her at the , Midnigr.t Frolic. Tons of champagne flowed. "Then somebody said, 'How about a wedding breakfast?' I don t remember what happened ,next, but when I awoke I found I was married to this girl. "I don't even know her first name." ' . - . , "Have Written Dad." In another letter he said: "I have written dad for financial ' help and figured I would get my financial affairs straightened out ...:u...t t.4Mrty in wnrrv Aver them." . v Again he wrote Bride No. 2, urg ing her to telegraph $20 at once and admitting that he had been dis-, . charged from th e- employ-; of f1lit Atiicri Parkinsr association under a cloud. Aldrich says he will not fight ex tradition. , ' . Drivers of "Liquor . . , Hearse Are Arrested ' on New Jersey Ferry New York, Oct. 15. The first ar rests in connection with the hunt for New York's -alleged liquor "curb market" came when two men were taken into custody on an automobile hearse, carrying alcohol on a ferry boat to New Jersey. ' Six tightly nailed wooden boxes, " each containing a five-gallon jug of grain alcohol, were in the hearse. Ralph Sasulo and Charles Bosco, when arrested, are said by federal agents to have confessed that they were being paid for transporting the liquor and for this particular "job" $20. Prohibition enforcement agents asserted they had been hearing of a "hearse saloon" for some time past in connection with the "liquor curb, but had had difficulty in tracing it. Records were said to have showed that the hearse had been in use as a liquor and alcohol transport for con siderable periods. Lover Is Fined for Driving Recklessly Driving an automoDiie witn- one hand at the wheel and the other around a girl is considered reckless driving by Police Judge Foster, who fined Morris Lewis of Forty-first and Davenport street $5 in police court ywterday morning. Others who were fined for speed ing were G. H. Winslow, $10; Wil liam Peeckly. $10; Joseph Newman, $10; Henry Halle, $7.50; H. G. Veld man, $5. Morgan & Co. Ready to Pav Anelo-French Loan New York. Oct 15.r It was an nounced at the banking nouse oi . P Morgan & Co. that the firm is ready to pay the $500,000,000 Anglo French loan maturing Friday. t m cairt that more than $200.- nrsn nm will he naid in cash. The "'uu ..... . - , remaining amount of the issue has been handled in the open marKCi. ShiDDins Board Held to Be Separate From Government New York. Oct. 15. The United States shipping board was held to be a corporation and not an arm of the national government, in a de cision rendered by Supreme Court Justice Lehman. The decision arose from a litiga tion wherein an alleged agency of the board was aetenoant. Gold Tooth Bandit Sought Omaha police are hunting , tor a "gold tooth" bandit wearing a silk shirt, who Thursday night held up and robbed jonn aicaianon, v lciur, "I have got to eat," he explained with a gold-toothed smile, 'ana those d d Cleveland Indians beat me out of all my dough. tfni Saaaatf-Claaa Matttr OaiaM P. 0. Uadar Act The Th old styte mt marketing. I Congestion of railroads and dolay driving pooplm to A term weeks ago the supply of job supply of men. Alabama Preacher Will Speak Here Rev. W. H. Mixon, Presiding Elder of Methodist Church, Boosts Harding. ReVfHV Mjxon of" Selma,! Ala'., presiding elder of the Birmingham district, African Methodist Episcopal church, arrived here yesterday, to deliver an address tonight to colored men and women in St. Johns A. M. E. church, 2416 Grant street. "The republican party is the col ored man's friend, and the colored man recognizes that fact, and that is why he is working for the best in terests of his friend," said Rev. Mr. Mixon. Murderer of Wife Hears Trap Sprung Chicago Tribune-Omaha nee Leased Wire. Chicago. Oct. 15. In a jail cell, away from the death court, Carl Wanderer, murderer of his wife and unborn baby and a stranger, Thurs ray heard the traps fall as two mur derers shot through the holes in the gallows. A little later he crossed the bridge in the criminal court building and heard his former neighbors testify against him. James h. Williams and his wite, close neighbors of the Wanderers, said they were in their kitchen when she heard first a single shot and then a fusillade of shots in the Wanderer home. The trial is being greatly delayed by constant objections by the de fense to questions asked by the state. Wanderer prompts many of these objections. He was nervous and irritable yesterday, probably due to the echoes or the tailing ot the double trap in the jail which ended the career of thepair of murderers. Police Arrest Alieged Pickpocket After Chase James Lane, Henshaw hotel, al leged pickpocket, was arrested by Traffic Policeman Dudley Thursday after the officer had chased him from Sixteenth and Farnam streets to the fourth floor of the hotel. Lane had stolen a pocketbook con taining $8 from B. M. Homan, 3207 Charles street, according to the po lice. A. L. Peterson, 3022 Franklin street, told Dudley he had seen Lane take the pocketbook, which police say was later found in Lane's pos session. Lane is charged with larceny. His wife was arrested later by detectives and is held for investigation. Sinn Feiners Raid Belfast, Oct. 15. A party of men said to be Sinn Feiners, raided the Spence and Hohnstone engineering works here last night, held up the workmen wtih revolvers and set fire to the building. t The flames were quenched before great damage was done. Dietz Church Dedicated Diets Memorial thurch was dedi cated Sunday, with $17,500 as a total amount to be raised for payment of its construction. At the evening serv ices all but $1,200 was raised, and it was announced yesterday but $1,000 One Killed by Bomb Rio Janeiro, Oct. 15. One person was killed and 20 persons were in jured by the explosion of an an archists bomb here last night at th; i Central Railway station.' " API JJMMVll.Wmm . I , .1 . li i. in .. i mi . I. a i i i May It. IMS. at Mank I. II7S. Changing World t Copyright: IPSO: Br Tb Chtoro Trlbuna. Good country in shipments or ' Us motor exeeeded th Now th supply at Attorney Challenges Pro-League Speakers Charles A. Sunderlin, Omaha at torney, has announced he is willing to debate the league of nations issue with any opponent the democratic central committee may choose. The challenge which led Mr. Sunderlin to make this announcement canc from the Lancaster county commit tee, ' Fair Price Boards to Be Disbanded On Nov. 1 Washington, Oct. 15. The cam paign conducted by the Department of Justice against the high cost' of living will be ended and the entire fair price organization disbanded November l.- . ' Letters have gone out from the department to all fair srice commit tees and all others engaged in the campaign advising them of the de partment's decision to conclude this work," officials' at the ' department stated today. Grand Jury Investigating "Wet Dinner" in Brooklyn New York, Oct. 15. The federal grand jury in Brooklyn began for mal investigation of charges made by a reporter for a Philadelphia pa per that Mayor Hylan and other public officials recently attended a dinner at a Brooklyn inn, at . which liquor flowed and that no effort was made to check the flow. " J. C. Daschbach,' Philadelphia re porter, was the first witness. J. J. O'Brien, a contractor, said he was host for a party -that included Mr. and Mrs. Hylan. He said there may have been persons in the inn with flasksbut he did not know the contents. The mayor did not ap pear. ' Morris Salesmen Meet The "Morris Supreme' Sales" con vention was held by Morris Pack ing company officials and employes at the Fontenelle .yesterday, Group meetings were held yester day from 9 a. m. till noon and from 1 a. m. to 5 p. m. There will be a noon luncheon. Today there will be group meetings from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., a banquet from 1 to 2 p. m. and addresses by Chicago and local representatives from 2 to 5 p. m. ' OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1920. road have introduced now ttyit mt marketing. transport Instead of railroads. fa the supply of job. Minister Found Dead in His Home , . Rev. Sanford Van Luven Suc cumbs to Heart Failure. Son Discovers Body. " ' - ... 'i jji'- Rev. Sanford A- Van Luven, 55, pastor of Central Congregational church, dropped dead from heart failure at his home at 4718 North Torty-second street yesterday. He was found lying in the dining room by his son, Phillip, 15. when the boy returned from Central High school j esterday afternoon. " Rev. Mr. Van Luven had been suf fering from heart trouble and had been under a doctor's care for some time. He had remarked to his son that he was "feeling fine," before Phillip went to school yesterday morning. He was educated at Moody Insti tute and Chicago university. He came to Omaha a year ago last June Rev. Sanford A. Van Luven. from Burwell, Neb., Mrs. Van Luven has been attending a mission ary, meeting at Fremont and did not learn of her husband's death until herreturn to Omaha last night. ' Rev. Mr. Van Luven is survived by his widow, his son, Phillip; his daughter, Ruth, and three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Young and Miss Emma Van Luven, of Sydenham, Out., and Miss Belle Van Luven, of New York. Man Arrested Third Time For Unlawful Possession Joe Batt, 1618 California street, proprietor of a grocery store ac 604 North Sixteenth street, was arrested Thursday, charged with unlawful possession of liquor when Police Sergeants Summitt and Samuclson raided his store and . confiscated several gallons of home-made wine. Murderer Is Hanged Chicago, Oct. 15. Frank Zager, convicted of . killing two men in a holdup, was executed in the county jail at 8:17 o'clock this morning. He died on the same gallows on which two other men were hanged yester day. Ten others who were to have paid the death penalty yesterday and today have been saved, at least tem porarily, by reprieves and stays of execution. Sugar Stock Falls Montreal, Ont., Oct. 15. Atlantic Sugar-fell 16 points in the first few moments of trading on the stock market this morning. It closed last night at 114, but speedily fell to 97 this morning. . A Statement to The Bee Readers The Bee fails io present to its readers this morning the amount or variety) of nervs which it carries ordinarily. The Bee has had a con tract with the local typo graphical union for many years, under which the union undertook to supply this news paper with printers and The Bee agreed to pay wages mu tually agreed upon' or deter mined by arbitration. Recently The Bee and the union entered upon arbitration of a new wage scale, as pro vided by existing contract. Yesterday most of the printers quit work without noticeor slated reason, with out awaiting the arbitration to which they are pledged by contract. The Bee will continue to print its daily and Sunday ed itions, although for a time it must ask the indulgence of its readers until conditions be come normal. Famine In Near East, Says Worker Rapine,' Starvation and Offi cial Terrorism Described at Meeting. . Rapine, starvation, official terror ism, religious persecution ond acute sufferine in the Near East were de scribed yesterday noon at the Cham ber 'of. Commerce by Charles V. Vickrey, general secretary of the na tional committee of the Near East relief committee. Mr. Vickrey has just returned from the Near East. Mr. Vickrey was unable to make a scheduled address before1 Ne braska Near East workers because of throat trouble and his descrip tion of conditions were given out in an interview. Mrs. William E. Doughty, who worked among the Armenians for several years, and William E. Doughty, national field secretary, were present at the meeting. Miss Merle Draper, Nebraska girl, who was in the Near East, also was present. Thirty-five Nebraska work ers attended. Mr. Vickrey and party were to leave Omaha this evening. "Peeping Tom" Is Given 90-Day Jail Sentence Edgar Duboys, alleged to be the "Peeping Tom" who has terrorized Omaha women and men for months and who was captured after a chase by 200 men Thursday afternoon, was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Judge Foster yesterday morning. "I wish I could give you 90 years," declared the judge. Inspector of Police Pattullo said the "real degenerate who has been terrorizing the city has not yet been captured." Two complaints of his activities in the vicinity of Thirty sixth and Jackson streets were re ceived last night. Muslin Prices Drop New York, Oct. 15. Selling agents for two lines of widely known bleached muslins announced that drastic price cuts would be made tomorrow. Pne line will be cut from 35 cents to 20 cents a yard, while.- another line will be reduced rom 31 to 19 cents. Army of Campaigners To Sell Humane Buttons Volunteer workers will go forth in a drive early this morning to sell 35,000 button for the Nebraska Hu crety. mane soc "It will be our purpose t o promote the sentiment, 'K i n d n e s s Brings Hap piness,' which yppcars on the button." said V. W. 1 Bradley, superintendent. By Mall (I ytar). laHKa 4th Zoaa. Dally aa Said., t: gaily paly. OuUMa ta Zona (I yaarl. Dally aa Suaaay. tit: Dally Oaly. tU; tay Oaly. M Chicago Girl Will Issue Victory Medals Miss Gertrude Barden of Chicago, army field clerk, who arrived in Omaha yesterday, reported for duty at the army recruiting office. She will assist in expediting the issuance of Victory medals to veter ans of the world war. Her appoint ment t the Omaha office followed complaint by Col. W. A. Cavenaugh that former service men are none too eager to apply for the medals. British Miners To Quit Monday - Embaro Placed on Export of Coal Following (Threat of 1,000,000 Men to Strike London, Oct. 15. (By The As sociated Press.) The British gov ernment this morning put an em bargo on the export of coal lrom the United Kingdom, effectiv im mediately. The embargo is de signed to conserve supplies for home use, the move beng the re sult of the threat of a ccal maters' strike, beginning next Monday. The miners' conference today de cided, in view of the unsatisfa:tory reply made by the governmeot to the miners' latest communicntion, that the mining districts be inform ed by telegraph that the only course was for work in the mines to cease tomorrow. Unless some wholly unforeseen intej-vention-develops, more than 1,000,000 coal miners throughout the United. Kingdom will begin a strike, and the country's all im portant , Coal industry witl be paralyzed. Many of the British industries, notably in the iron and steel branch es, and some of the shipbuilding and engineering works already are arranging to close down. Wool Growers to Ask Embargo on Imports Salt Lake City, Oct. 15. The.wool growers of the United States are preparing to make a determined ef fort to secure legislation placing an embargo on foreign wool during th coming session of congress, accord ing to announcement by F. R. Mar shall of Salt Lake, secretary of the National Wool Growers association. The embargo legislation is to take the nature of a duty on the foreign wool, which will equalize the price to that received by United States growers ior their product, Mr. Mar shall said.- At present, he asserted, thousands of tons of domestic wool remain in the storehouses of the country, while clothing manufactur ers and others are purchasing wool grown in foreign countries at lower prices. Secret Committee to Watch "Civilian Cops" A secret committee to check up on the activities of the volunteer traffic policemen of the Chamber of Commerce has been organized. Nu merous complaints that the civilian, business men and policemen have been "too officious' are being inves tigated. Two of the volunteer po licemen will be brought before the committee to explain their conduct. Fire Starts Again Des Moines, la., Oct. 15. The fire in tanks of the Manhattan Oil com pany, which was believed to have been extinguished early today, broke out again shortly after 9 o'clock this mornine. It was said the estimated loss of about $225,000 may be increased by recurrence of the flames. City Employe Injured Robert Fisher, 2924 Grant street, city employe, suffered a dislocated shoulder and a sprained wrist yes terday when one of the trucks of the city streeet departmeert in which he was riding was struck by an automobile at Eighteenth and Howard streets and Fisher was thrown to the pavement. Alleged Night Riders Held Bald'Knob, Ark., Oct. .15. Eight farmers, arrested yesterday on charges of night riding, waived ex aminations when arraigned and were bound over to await action of the grand jury. Bank Robber Pleads Guilty Joplin, Mo., Oct. 15. James Hess, 23, pleaded guilty to robbing the bank of Avilla, Mo., September 24 and was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. Most of the $1,500 taken was recovered . . i Taxi Driver Whose , Car Killed Car Man Harding Favors , Good Points in League Covenant Points Out That Document Could be Amended if Pres i ervation Is Necesary to Peace of Europe Indianapolis, Oct.' 15. Asserting that America must do "everything she can" to prevent future wars, Ser; ator Harding renewed his declara tion of six weeks ago, that in organ izing the sentiment of the world for peace he favors taking all that is good in the Versailles league of na tions. Quoting from his league speech of August 28, he pointed out that he declared on that occasion that the league might be amended or revised if its preservation were found neces sary to the peace of Europe. "When elected," he said, "I will immediately summon the best minds of America to consult and advise as to America's relationship to the present association of nations and to modifications of it, or substitutes for it. The senate an4 our party have recognized much good in a new world fellowship and co-operation, but we insistently reject all that menaces America. We must sepa rate the wheat from the chaff." . In all his speeches the' candidate argued for preserved nationalism and urged the election of a republican congress, making a special appeal tor Senator James i,. Watson, who accompanied him on his train. Arriving here late, he was cheered through crowded streets during an automobile parade and later shook hands with several hundred at a public reception at his hotel. Senator Harding also touched in his night speech here many of the other issues of the campaign and de clared it was the rpublican party which now offered "a constructive and progressive program" to read just American affairs. Democratic "neglect, inefficiency, waste and wild extravagance" he deounced fn a vig orous assault on the administration, by which he declared the nation was "being led toward another crisis of stagnancy and unemployment. He predicted that the people would not permit anyone to "write a third chapter of the democratic book of destruction. Painter Robbed of Seven Years' Savings I as Joe Bartock, a painter in the Union Pacific shops, was robbed of $2,100, his savings of seven years, with which he planned to bring his wife and family from Hungary, by two "con" men yesterday. They employ ed the old "tin box" game. One of the "con" men, who repre sented himself to be a Hungarian, declared that his father had struck oil and that he had $14,000, which he wished to distribute among the poor Hungarians of Omaha. Norfolk Police on Trail of Fake Prohibition Agents ' Norfolk, Va., Oct 15. Police of Norfolk announced they were on the trail of a number of men who had for several weeks been boarding ves sels in Hampton Roads, displaying badges similar to those worn by po lice and prohibition agents and seiz ing in the name of the law" any liquor stocks on board. Gold Reaches U. S. New York, Oct. 15. Gold from the Bank of England valued at $11,000,000 and consigned to the fed eral reserve bank arrived here today on the steamship Adriatic. She also brought $3,000,000 worth for Kuehn-Loeb & Co. Dry Speaker Kidnaped London, Oct. 15. H. S. Warner, secretary of the American Students' temperance movement, while ad dressing a prohibition meeting in Sheffield was kidnaped by Sheffield university students and driven in an automobile to the moors, where he was left, according to a dispatch from Sheffield this afternoon to the Evening News. Mr. Warner was not injured and eventually got back to town alone. The Weathei Forecast. Saturday fair and cooler. Hourly Ttnpratnra. 5 a. m M 1 p. nt... 'p. m........ . S P. m 4 p. m.... B p. m , p. m... ) . m M 7 a. m M 8 . m M m. n M 10 . m W It a. m.... ttt U ooa.MtJ... 00 THREE CENTS Car Man Is Killed by T a x i ca b John lierney, 55, Street Kail--way Employe, Run Down by Chauffeur While at , Work, " Driver Denies Speeding Joha Tierney, 55, street car track tender, was killed when struck by a taxicab driven by Carl Adams, 4329 South Twelfth street, at Park avenue and Leavenworth streets, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. It was at first believed the dead man was the husband of Mrs. Mike Tierney, held in county jail for the recent murder of her son-in-law. and father of the two Tierney boys who also are held in county .iail in con nection with the box car robberies. ' Mrs. Tierney's daughters, Mar garet and Ethel, dispelled the belief the dead man was their lather, how ever, by declaring their fi-ther was well and working as a plasterer at Forty-second and Cj streets. It Was Third Time. Tierney was knocked fully 40 feet by the impact of the car, accoidmg to police. He was greasing the track at the time of the accident. Adams, arrested, said he was diiving only 2U miles an hour. The body was taken to Crosby's , undertaking parlors. Police Surgeon Charles Shook said Tierney had been struck twice before by taxicabs, one in front of die Union station and once at Tenthj and Mason streets. "I attended Tierney after both the other acci- ; dents," said Dr. Shook. "After the second accident he declared the third time he was struck probably would be the last." $3,000 in Banks. Mrs. A. M. Sheets, landlady at 1703 Leavenworth street, declared that Tierney had been rooming at her place for the last three months. "He originally came here from St. Louis," she said. "He corresponded with a sister there." According to information given out by the .street railway officials, Tierney had two bank accounts, showing deposits of $2,297 in the First National and $1,039 in the Merchants National banks. Tierney has a sister and brother living in Texas, according to letters ' found by police. County Attorney Shotwell stated that an inquest will be held tomorrow at the Crosby un dertaking establishment. Adam? will be arraigned in police court following the verdict of the coroner's jury. Judge Foster fixed his bonds at $5,000. He was unable " to furnish bonds and is still m the city jail. " " ' Adams lives with his mother and fs her sole support, he said. r. i I. i- u jmana jews io nonor Memory of Financier; Prayers Will be Said Omaha Jews will honor Jacob " Schiff, international financier and philanthropist, who died recently in ' New York, at a memorial meeting at Temple Israel Sunday evening, October 24. "Ale-molo-rochmim," the Jewish prayer for the dead, will be said for Mr. Schiff. There will be speakers , of national prominence as well as several musical solos on the pro gram. All Jews of Omaha and gentiles are invited to attend this meiting, which .was planned by committees representing every Jewish organiza- . tion in the city. Mr. Schiff is known to Omaha -financiers because of his personal in terest in the' refinancing of 'he Union Pacific. The committee handling the memorial meeting is . composed of Morris Levy, chairman: A. Cohn, Dr. Frederick Cohn, Jacob Gordon, William Holtzman, Harry Lanidus, Henry Monsky, S. Ravitz, Henry Rosenthal, Rabbi M. Taxon, H. A Wolf and N. S. Yaffe.- Nebraska Women May Vote in Fall Election Lincoln, Oct. 15. (Special.) The last act toward giving equal suffrage . to the women of Nebraska has been performed by Governor McKelvie. who issued a orcclamatirvn W1arinr that the amendment to the consti--, tution naci carried by more than the required 35 per cent of all the votes cast. This action will permit wom en to vote in the November election. State constitutional Convention Meets Tuesday -Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 1 (Special.) The state constitutional tion will reconvene next Tuesday in " Representative hall for the purpose Of COmoletinc the. wnrt imcc before adjournment. As all proposed amendments were adopted at the re cent special-election, the convention " will probably not find very much important business to transact. ( Confeses Killing Children Bakersfield. Cat fW 1 ? W - P ' Willbanks, an itinerant farmer, taken " into custody touowing an attempt on the life of his daughter, Mrs. - Marv Midkiff. confrssrrl. arenrftinw to a statement by the district attor- ! ney, to Killing his daughter s two young children by strangulation. The district attorney said Willbanks confessed he was the father of the dead children. .s. . Hughey Jennings Resigns as ; Manager of Detroit Team Detroit. Mich.. Oct. IS. Huchev Jennings today tendered his resig nation as manager of the Detroit base ball cluh. to take rUret imme diately,, 1
