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VOL. 50-NO. 116.
"-Gilinsky Is
Convicted
Of Murder
4 A pc MU,ana Alan Must Fay Fen
t for KilIinS Sheriff
in bun ight After
Bank Robbery.
$80,000 Taken in Raid
Jackson, Mick, Oct. 29. (Special
Telegram.) Dave Gilinsky of Oma
lia was found guilty of first degree
murder by a jury for the killing of
Under Sheriff Harrv WnriUn
- Gilinsky was arrested July 29 at!
iuacK isiana atter Under Sheriff
Harry Worden had been instantly
Kineu in a gun ngnt witn lour men
who were found-in a room over a
club house adjacent to the Mack Is
land hotel dividing the spoils of a
robbery two hours earlier, iu which
upwards of $80,000 was taken from
ihe Grass Lake bank, 12 miles from
Jackson. , . .
William Mclntyre, proprietor of
, the hotel, stated that William E.
Harris and Walter Wilson luj
berti stopping at the hotel for several
days and two days prior to the rob
bery were joined by Gilinski, who
, registered as Dave Rosenberg and
by Dock Stowe, who was known as
Tom Jones. John Fuller, Grass
Lake, merchant whose store is tiiree
'doors from the bank, testified that
1)1 saw the car standipg in front of
f e bank at the time of the robbery
Aith apian waiting at the wheel and
,the engine running. He. identified
Gilinski as the driver.
' Officer Blames Gilinsky.
When the officers, Harry Worden
nd Verl Kutt, reached the doer of
v'. inc room over tne ciud nouse tney
f ' were met by Harris who attempted
to keep them out by saying that
. there were girls in the room who
were not dressed. When Kutt and
Worden became persistent he threw
the door back saying, "are you all
v set?" and grabbed Kutt. The two
locked in a struggle across the
veranda, falling down the narrow
stairway Shots rang out at the
h door and Worderf fell with a bullet
1 through his heart. Kutt testified
(J ' that as he tumbled down the stairs
' he distinctly caw Gilinski with a blue
steel gun in his hand and cried out
to him, "don't shoot, there has been
blood enough shed already." "
A witness who was near the dance
hall a short distance from the club
house testified that he saw Gilinsky
.nmp out of the window foiiowea Dy
Dock stowe, who fell and broke his
're and crawled off into the marsh
iv Sheriff Tohn Smith, wiho was on
viiicic lie yyta laiti auiuftui -yu-
ri ' 'f T t . Cj. '.1.
PY, , t ian, who had been called by Kutt,
I V' 5aw Gilinsky coming up beside the
H: -oatf with no hat and wet to the
Sy. i-aw, iwavaist.' The officer stopped and
I!' asked liim wher? he was going. Gi-
line, stating .that he wanted to go
;o Jackson, that there was trouble atj
'he island, that ."the .snentts are
hooting hell out of everything."
Bullets Are Identical. ,
Smith ordered) him injo the car
.nd he was taken back and identified
i,v Kutt as the roan he saw on the
rranda with a gun the moment
After Worden fell. Occupants of
another car found a revolver in the
road a short distance from the point
where Gilinskv yas caught and
;aimed by the prosecution to be
his property.
CarJt. W. H. Proctor of the Mas
sachusetts state police, noted fire
Acms expert, showed the jury en
larged photogranhs of two bullets
one taken from Worden's bodv and
the other pushed through the barrel
of the gun claimed to be Gilinsky's.
Marks on the . two. bullets , wet e
shown to be identical.') r
Have You Eaten Your
Pome Fruit? This Is
National Apple Day
Today is" national Apple day.
Ij'veryone is supposed-to eat an
:!le today in- honor. of the usher
JL't in of apple week. .
Throughout the United States the
entire -week of October 30. to No-
s 1 ... : ! 1 no i 1 tn
rwt1 V'e Winesap, Jonathan, Grimes Gold-it-tT
M.H. Rwsty Coats and confreres.
At millions of tables in minions oi
homes, Mr. Common People is par
laking of that fruit this morning",
which eminent physicians and sur-
peons declare, is the boon of good
health, " . -, ,. ,
"Kaf an ario e a dav. and live tor
t-ver and a day," is the slogan of the
lntornatlnnal Annie Shiooers asso
ciation througli whos,e. efforts Na
ional Apple week has been set aside.
District Attorney Reads
Marked Cards During Trial
New York, Oct. 29. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney McGrath amazed a
court room crowd by accepting a
challenge of counsel for Louis
Krohnberg, indicted On a charge of
cheating at poker, and reading a
deck of marked cards from their
The opposing lawyer and the
judge both said they were unable
to read the markings, but Mr. Mc
Grath shuffled the deck and then
1 read the card backs one by one with
out making a single mistake.
KroHnberg was charged with us
ing the marked cards to win a stud
poker pot of $13,000.
Fire at York Destroys
j Large Grocery Stock
" York, Neb., Oct. 29-(Special
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1 li ciegraui. , - -.
1 P.fore destroyed the stock valued at
figure, at $2,000 dollar.
lartially insurea. r" -r.-worth
of goods stored for a new
tore which was almost a complete
loss. Gale's studio on thetop floor
was damaged about $1,000 worth,
covered by insuranc
Iattra'4 m SMtntf.Clau Mlltw
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Omaha Man Found
Guilty of Murder
By Michigan Jury
Both Campaign '
Managers Claim
Party's Success
Hays and White Each Issue
Statements Expressing Con
fidence in Victory of
Own Candidate.
Washington, Oct. 29. Will II.
Hays, chairman of the republican
committee, today issued a state
ment in which he said an official
republican survey of the country
indicated that Harding arkA Cool
idge would receive ' "the largest
popular majority ever cast" in a
presidential election. ,
"We are now approaching the
conclusion of this, campaign, said
Mr. Hays, "on the part of the re
publican party it has been pred
icated upon the necessity of the
revival of patriotism in this coun
try. It has had for a main pur
pose the re-establishment of an
economic and efficient .administra
tion of the country's government.
Evaded Responsibility.
"The democratic strategy in this
campaign has desperately sought
to escape just , and due responsi
bility for democratic extrava
gance, autocracy and failure to
solve any of the domestic prob
lems. The democratic manage-
j hind a .pcace. smoke sc which
H as counterfeit as the 1916 pledge,
lhat Wilson would k
. ""
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"But America; 5s iiDoermost in
the American conscience today
and that means that the American
voter is intent upon making Amer
ica safe at home as well as abroad,
and that the democratic party
cannot avoid responsibility for
eight years of maladministration.
The electorate is determined that
accumulated work in Washing
ton .will not longer be denied at
tention, that all the domestic
tivoblems shall be mej and solved
immediately, before which prob
lems the democratic ' party has
stood impotent and in confessed
bankruptcy.
Kept On High, Plane. -
"The republicans have lucceeded
in the earnest effort to keep their
campaign on the very highest
plane. In this course they will
continue to the end, unaffected in
any way by the depths to which
the opposition is descending in the
concluding days of the campaign.
"I'have. complete 100 per cent
faith in complete republican vic
tory this fall, because I have 100
per cent confidence in American
common sense and because I have
100 per cent evidence that this1 de
pendable American intelligence
will certainly express itself at the
November polls.
Mr. Hays added that the repub
lican majority would exceed "the
unprecedented Roosevelt electoral
majority-of 1904."
Forecast of Result ' J
Made by George White
New York, Oct. 29. George
White, chairman of the democratic
national committee, today made a
forecast of election results.
. "The general political situation
at the close of the last week of
the campaign of 1920 is full of
signs which point unmistakably to
democratic success," he said. "Gov
ernor Cox and Mr. Eoosevelt will
,and( West Virginia, Kentucky,
Misiouri and Oklahoma, in addi
tion to the southern states. They
: will car"ry Ohio and Indiana. ' On
'the Atlantic seaboard in New
York, Massachusetts and Rhode Is-
land dne t0 an Hth-hour shift.
the situation is improving- every
minute and we feel certain that we
will carry New Jersey, Connecti
cut and New Hampshire.
! "In the west, reports from,
Montana, Colorado, Arizona,v
Idaho, New Mexico, Washington,
Nevada. South Dakota and Utah
are that they are certainly demo
cratic, and we believe we will carry
Nebraska, California and North
Dakota. In Minnesota! Oregon
and Wisconsin our proipects are
hourly improving, - and a great
swing toward us is on in Kansas.
Illinois and even in Iowa. -"The
republicans are demoral
' ized from the Canadian border to
the gulf and from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Their forces are in
full retreat everywhere." 1
Freight Congestion Looms
At Port of Tamnico, Mexico
Galveston,' Tex.', Oct 29. Failnre
of Mexican railways to supply surh
cicut rolling stock at Tampico
threatens to cause a serious freight
congestion at that Mexican port, ac
cording to advices reaching shipping
circles here today. - Ocean freight
was reported to be arriving at the
rate of three tons' to one ton moved
by rail. .
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Neal Bares
Life Storj
Ati
Claimant na''t mS VJj.
He Kept Their Marriage Se
cret for Hidden Reason. .
Admits She Is Bigamist
' (By FRANK L. MANGAN)
(Staff Correspondent.) j
Okmulgee, Okl Oct. 29. The
most mtimate friends of John Neal.
Omaha tobacco magnate who died
two months ago leaving an estate
valued at more than a million dol
lars, never knew the real inside life
story of the man who was a "friend
of children and a lover of music."
Mr. weal, during his lifetime never
bared the secrets of his soul to the
Mr. Neal, during his lifetime never
most intimate of nra friends not
even the woman he loved and mar
ried. N.4
Mrs. Dan McCoy alias Mrs.
George E. Farley and who claims
to be the lawful wife of .he late
millionaire, weakened by a prolonged
illness was lying "propped up" in
her bed when she made the above
statement to a newspaper man. For
two months Mrs. McCoy, claimant
ot tne million dollar estate, has been
conimea to ncr oea m aungy room-
ing house in the railroad district, the
victim ot a bad set of nerves."
Talked Rather Freely.
Today she was somewhat im
proved and talked rather freely of
ner love tor the late Umaha mag
nate. On sbme points her memory
apparently was a little hazy and oc
casionally she would evade a ques
tion by countering "my attorney will
attend to that." She referred to Al
bert Ritchie, Omaha attorney, repre
senting the claims of the alleged
widow, in a contest of the will which
has been probated in Forsyth coun
ty, Winston-Salem, N. C.
"Then He Proposed."
In October, 1906, Miss Bernice
Harland, the present Mrs. Dan Mc
Coy, was a student at Reed's College
for Girls at Walhalla,' S. C. Dur
ing a week-end visit at a summer
boarding house near Walhalla,
Bernice, a pretty, vivacious co-ed,
was introduced to John Neal, who
represented himself as a salesman
for a tobacco company, Mrs. Mc
Coy said. "There was music at the'
boarding house and Mr. Neal and I
eujoyed it. We talked for several
hours. I liked him. For the next
few days we were together nearly
alof the time.
"I did1 not return to school the
following Monday. I was having too
good a time and I felt that 'some
thing was going to happen.' " .
And then, according to Mrs. Mc
Coy something did happen. Mr.
Neal proposed.
PrPsal "let with a speedy
yes' and plans were made for a
secret and hurried marriage. In a
few days Mr. Neal told Bernice that
he had made arrangements with
Rev. Mr. Saunders, then a minister
at Walhalla, for a sf cret marriage.
"He Bribed the Minister."
On October 18 the pretty college
(Continued On Page Six, Column Five.)
Woman, Only Witness
In Alleged Pocket
Picking, Disappears;
Police are searching for a mys
terious woman who last Wednesday
informed W. P. O'Brien, real estate
man living at 522 South Fortieth
street, that two men had picked his
pockets.
If the woman is found, two men
giving their names as Ike Faber,
Hot Springs, Ark., and Robert Rose,
Kansas City, Mo., will be taken to
Council Bluffs to answer charges
of larceny from the person.
" Is she is not found the two men
will be released tonight.
The woman told O'Brien his
pocket had been picked while on
a street car in Council Bluffs. She
then disappeared. Faber and Rose
were arrested by police when the
street car reached Omaha, suspected
of being the men who had removed
several dollars from O'Brien's
pockets. Rose was discharged and
Faber fined $50 for vagrancy in po
lice court. Both were immediately
rearrested and held as fugitives from
justice, 1
. Unless the woman is found, how
ever, they will be released, for
O'Brien says he has no other wit
ness to testify they picked his pocket.
Man Sentenced in Italy
For Killing New York Girl
Bologna, Italy; Oct. 29. Alfredo
Cocchi, on trial here for the murder
of Ruth Cruger in New York in
February, 1917, was found guilty
today on four charges. , -
The prosecution asked Cocchi s
conviction for murder in ' the first
degree, attempted criminal assault,
falsifying passports, and false en
rollment in the military service. f
Cocchi was sentenced to 27 years
imprisonment.
Anthracite Operators
Plan Price Reductions
Philadelphia.' Oct. 29. Anthracite
coal operators pledged themselves
to co-operate with the Department
of' Justice in attempting to reduce
tlje "excessive prices of coal to the
consumers." .
The operators, most of whom rep
resented independent interests, pre
viously had been hr'conference with
E. Lowry Humes, special assistant
to the attorney gcneal.
Kenuce Wflfrrs
Chester, S. C, Oct. 29. Announce
ment was made that a' 20 per cent
reduction in wages would be made
at the Baldwin Cotton Mills here,
effective next Monday
OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER
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$1 ,000,000 Harding '
Money at 10 to 1 Odds
Heady in Wall Street
New York, Oct. 29. A sensa
tional development in election bet
tiuy came yesterday when Milton
G. Schwerin, president of the Wall
Ja. Street Financial bureau, announced
that he had been commissioned by
3 coterie of Wall street hrokers,
uembers of the New York Stock
- xchat
ange( to wager $l,UUU,UUO on
ia and Loolidae at odds of
10 tc 1. It could nor.be learned
that any part of this money liad
been placed. .
Many supporters ol the demo
cratic nominee have displayed a
willingness to accept odds of 8
to 1, so that if the Schwerin wager
of 10 to 1 is what Wall street calls
a firm bid, there should be little
difficulty in placing the $1,000,000.
Harding Charges
Demos Attempt to
.Cover Mistakes
jT?1.rmV,l,Vfln Nnminpp TWnlla
iUPuca nominee recalls
Promises Unfulfilled m Day
Of Campaigning in. His
Own State.
Cincinnati, Oct. 29. A day of cam
paigning through his own state was
concluded by Senator Harding tonight-
with an address in Cincin
imti's Mil sir. hall Icain drawing at-
,cntipn -lo democratic issues and
charging that the democratic party
had sought to cover up mistakes at
home by emphasizing "speculative
propositions with reference to out
foreign relations."
Democratic slogans and promises
of four and eight, years ago were
brought back before the voters b
Ihe republican nominee iu his enum
meration of shortcoming laid at the
door of the Wilson administration
In 1912, he said, the democrats won
with a promise to reduce .the cost
of living, and in 1916 they used the
slogan, "'he kept us out of war," al
though the administration knew ab
solutely that our entry was jnevita
ble. '
Extravagance, waste, unprepared-
ness for war and for peace, and
bungling industrial policy were
among the' "failures" which the can
didate declared had. characterized
eight years of democratic rule. All
of these he promised to remedy un
der an administration, dedicated
first of all to "putting our own
house in order!" 1
Welcomed by Thousands.
The candidate's speech at Mush
hall followed a series of local dem
onstrations in which" thousands ac
claimed him., Arriving her late in
the afternoon from AkronV he was
cheered through the streets to his
hotel ad later be rode to the hall
at the head of a parade in uhich
many inarching clubs participated.
A "gospel of understanding" that
should insure domestic tranquility
and honest politics was preached by
Mr. Harding at Urbana, and when
some one in the crowd passed up
to him a broom made at an Urbana
factory, he said he was pleased at
the gift because it symbolized the
"political housecleaning" to be ac
complished on November 2.
In his night speech, the senator
gave major attention to domestic
questions, but also restated his po
sition on the league and asserted
that only by giving the proper ex
ample, to the world, could the nation
fulfill its. mission and pay its debt
to civilization.
Unmasked Men Stage
$60,000 'Gem Robbery
In Heart of St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn!, Oct. 29. Three
unmasked men held up the Shapiro
jewelry store in the downtown sec
tion this morning and escaped with
diamonds said to be worth $60,000.
The robbers drove up to the store
in an automobile, entered with
drawn pistols, intimidating L. C.
Deeny, an employe, took two dia
.mond trays and drove away through
the crowded traffic. .
Omaha hi Pay Tribute
To Dead War Heroes
Old Glory will be lowered to half
mast on November 14 at the fed
eral building and other government
buildings and military posts here in
honor of the dead heroes of the
World war, according to an execu
tive order received by' Charles W.
McCune, custodian of the federal
builidng.
The order issued by the president
reads: .
"I hereby direct that on Sunday,
November 14, 1920. the flag of the
United States be displayed at half
mast at. all military posts, naval
stations, on vessels and on buildings
of the United States, as 'a token
of the nation's participation in the
memorial services, held for the he
roic American soldiers, sailors and
marines and others who gave their
lives to their country in the World
war.'.'
Argument Over Politics
Leads to Fight and Jail
Arguments over politics ended in
a fight between Vuju Chucick, 2810
Q street, and Joe Stepfanovich,
Thirty-second and Q, at Thirtieth
amd Q streets yesterday morning.
Both were arrested.
. The argument prose over the
merits of the league, of nations. Po
lice say Chucick, supporter of the
league, got the worst of the fight.
They will settle their argument be
fore. Judge Fitzgerald today.
Destroyer Reaches Port.
Charleston, S. C. Oct.' 29. The
destroyer Ishcrwood,. which was re
ported in distress yesterday on the
North Carolina coast arrived here to
day. She ran short of water.
Whistling
Wilson Writes to
Cox Expressing
- Hope of Success
President Declares in Letter
That Cox Has Spoken Truly
And Fearlessly of Issues
' ; Of Campaign.
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Washington, Oct. 29. President
Wilson today wrote Governor Cox
expressing his confidence in the
democratic presidential nominee.
The president expressed the hope
that under Governor Cox's' leader
ship "we carry the policy of the na
tional government forward along the
path of liberal legislation and hu
mane jeform, until the whole world
again "sees an illustration of xtht
wholesome strength of democracy
and the happy fruit of what the
founders of the republic purposed
when they set this great govern
ment up." '
Believes He is Elected.
The president said he fiad followed
Governor Cox's course throughout
the campaign with "admiration" and
expressed the belief that the gover
nor would receive the ' emphatic in
dorsement", of the voters of the
country. ,
"You have spoken truly and fear
lessly about the great issues at
stake," the president said, and in
concluding his letter he asked that
he be permitted to sign himself.
"Your gratified and loyal supporter."
Text of Wilson's Letter.
The letter of President Wilson to
Governor Cox follows in full:
"29th of October, 1920.
"My Dear Governor Cox:
"As the campaign approaches its
climax I want to give myself the
pleasure of writing to say with what
admiration I have followed your
course throughout the' campaign.
You have spoken, tr(ily and fear
lessly about the great issues at
stake, and I believe that you will
receive the emphatic indorsement of
the voters of the country. As one
of those voters, and as one of your
fellow citizens, VI mt to express
my entire confidence : in you and
my confident hope that under your
leadership we may carry the policy
of the national government forward
along the path of liberal legislation
and humane reform, until heHvhole
world again sees an illustration of
the wholesome1 strength, of k democ
racy and the happy fruit of what
the founders of the republic purposed
when they sft this great government
up. - '
"Allow me to sign myself,
"Your gratified and , loyal sup
porter, ; -
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Farmer-Lahor Candidate'
Still in Race in Indiana
Indianapolis, Oct. . 29. Frank J.
Dillon has not withdrawn as farmer
labor candidate for , United ' States
senator from -Indiana, in favor of
Thomas Taggert the democratic
nominee, according to a statement
issued by Charles , Rl Rogers, state
chairman of- the farmer-labor party.
Mr. Rogers said Mr.' Dillon had
resigned from the state chairman
ship. of the party "because of his
inability to work in harmony ith
the state committee."
Rogers" explained that he had
been named state chairman in place
of Dillon.
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Police Seize Suitcase,
' Ten Quarts Found Inside
Walking along the street nonchal
antly carrying a heavy suitcase, F.
B. Clark, 5119 South Thirteenth
street, fell under the suspicious eye
of several South Side detectives1
Thursday afternoon.
Investigation disclosed 10 quarts
cf real Canadian club whisky in the
suitcase. The'i detectives smacked.
tneir lips, but toolc Clark and tne
liquor to headquarters. .
Clark was fined $100 in South Side
police court yesterday fpr illegal pos
session of liquoi '
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Aula 4tk lomt ( rut). pil Ml Sunday. Ill; Oall Oalj. 112: Saaaaii Oalr. II
to -Keep Up Their Courage
(Figures from the Literary Digest Poll.)
tCbprri(ht? 199l BtkCMcMlWl
MacSwiney's Body
Reaches Ireland
Business Suspended as Funer
al Cortege Arrives at '
Queenstown. I
Quenstown, Ireland, Oct. 29.
(By The Associated Press.) The
body of Terence MacSwiney, the
late lord mayor of Cork, was landed
here today from the. steamer Rath
more. It was received by the ur
ban council and thousands of the
city's inhabitants. A draft of
arme4 troops was present.
Business was completely sus
pended and strong indignation was
expressed.. M,, the Brttish.gPYern-'
ment's action in diverting the body
instead of allowing it to proceed to
Cork by way of Dublin. ' ,
Cork. Oct. 29. (By The' As
sociated Press.) Because of resent
ment over the action of the govern
ment in changing the route . by
which the body of the late Lord
Mayor MacSwiney was brought to
Irel.irfa the regular harbor pilots an
nounced this morning . that they
would not aid in bringing the steam
er Rathmore, bearing the body from
Holy Head into Cork. Similarly,
he Sinn Fein tvoluntcers declared
they would not take charge of the
body until the arrival of members
of the family late in the day.
Man and Wife Sent to
Pen for Murder; Man In
Court Room Accused
Wellsburg. W.
a., Oct. 29.
Atter they had changed their pleas
of not guilty to guilty in court here
yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Michael On-
dick, charged with the murder of
S."W. Galcheck, wealthy floral de
signer of Pittsburgh, were sentenced
to serve terms in the West Virginia
penitentiary at Moundsville.
Madame Ondick, alias "Madame
Stanley," was sentenced to serve 18
years and her husband : was sen
tenced to life imprisonment. ,
. When sentence, had been passed
Mrs. Ondick, according to Sheriff J.
R. Litten, told- him that Hobart
Grimm, alias "Pittsburgh," Grimm,
was present at the time Galcheck
was killed and had taken part in the
crime. Grimm, a spectator in court,
was arrested and is being lield for
investigation. "'
Galcheck's body was ' recovered
from the river at Yorkville last May
with a pair of handcuffs hanging
from one wrist. . . . .
i Prince Paul Is Proclaimed
As New King of Greece
Athens, i Oct. 28. Prince Paul,
younger , brother of the late King
Alexander, was proclaimed king by
the' Greek Parliament' this evening.
Earlier in the "session Admiral P.
Coundouriotis was elected regent.
Prince- Paul was born in this, city,
December 1, 1901, and is unmarried.
Since his father, Jormer King Con
stantine, left Greece,' Prince Paul
has been with him in Switzerland.
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France to Give Views to
-British on Hun Property
Paris, Oct. 29. French diplomatic
representatives in London have been
instructed to 'lay before the 'British
government the French point of view
concerning. the decision of the Brit
ish government to 'renounce the
right of confiscation of German
property in the United Kingdom,
according, to newspapers here. ,
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Benedict Girl Seriously !
, v Injured by Spreader
York, Neb., Oct. 29. (Special.)
Corrine, 3, daughter of Merle Car
oehtcr. living'near Benedict, was run
Jover by a manure spreader,, which
she was running around unknown
to her father. Physicians say th"e
is but little hope of her recovery.
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Carl Wanderer
Sentenced to 25
Years in Prison
Chicago Jury Returns Verdict
Of Guilty in Trial of Man
Who Murdered Wife
" And Unborn Babe. ;
Chicago Trlbune-Omalut Ilea LajetlWire.
' Chicago, Oct. 29. Carl Wanderer
is guilty of murdering his young wife
and her unborn baby. : '
" For that crime he will ' be sen
tenced to serve 25 years in prison.
Such was the verdict returned be
fore Judge Hugo Pam tonight by 12
jurymen, who . deliberated!, on the
case for 23 hours.
Wandered'- guilt or innocense of
the death of the "ragged stranger,"
who helped stage the fake holdup in
which Mrs. Wanderer was slain, was
not passed upon by the jury. The
death of the stranger is covered by
another indictment.
The juorors decided that the red
haired butcher boy is sane. They
decided that he committed what As
sistant StateSs Attorney James C.
O'Brien termed the "most atrocious
crime in thfe, history of Cook coun
ty," and then they decided that he
should pay: by serving 25 years in
the pen. -
"I knew they couldn't crack me,"
said Wanderer, as he left the court
room. "I owe everything to Ben
Short. He told me not to 'worry
and I knew I'd never swing."
The verdict aroused the ire of
Judge Pam. He criticized the jurymen.-
"You bavej erred," the judge as
serted. "You tell me now that you
believe him insane, but that' yo:i
were afraid an insanity verdict
vJould not have kept him locked up.
Why, men, I would have sent him
away for such a long time that he
would never kill again. . A' grieveous
error you call him a wife murder-c-r.
and say that he shall pay with
25 years imprisonment. A regretta
ble errof and mind you, I don't
want tovbe in the position of criticiz
ing a jury." - -
Assistant - State's Attorney
O'Brien was dumbfounded by, the
verdict. ' ' .
"That wierd defense that denied
everything and claimed but little, ca
befuddled the brains of those jurors
that they could not decide what was
evidence and. what was not," said a
court clerk who lias sat through
numberless trials. "They were all
mixed up, they didn't know what to
do. So they compromised by find
ing him guilty and. giving Mm: 25
years."
Attorneys stated that " the Wan
derer -case would go down ;n the
law books in large -type.' It is said
to represent the first marked suc
cess of the "bewildering defense."
North Platte Woman Killed
When Auto Strikes Train
North PlatteKNeb.. Oct. 29. (Spe-cial.)-Mrs.
Harry Purcell wis kill
ed ' at the Locust street railroad
crossing here whe,nvthe car she was
driving struck the rear end of train
No. 19, The car was demolished
and 100 empty milk bottles which
she was taking home after deliver
ing milk to the local business houses,
were demolished.. She lived two
miles north of town and is survived
by a husband and seven children.
Her mo;ier, , Mrs.- W. Newman,
who wai riding with her, was slight
ly injured. Mrs. Purcell died two
hours after being taken to a hos
pital. .'
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THREE CENTS
Recognition
Of Mexico
Certainty
Statement of High Commis
sioner to Washington Offen
Basis for Agreement, Sec- v
retary Colby Declares.
No Terms Prescribed
lty Tha Asaovlated rial.
Washington, Oct. 29. Secretary ol
State Colby intimated that recogni
tion of the Mexican government was
neaf.
The secretary was commenting o
a letter from Robert V. Pesqueira,
Mexican high commissioner to
Washington, declaring that the let4
ter "offers a basis upon which tha
preliminaries to recognition can con
fidently proceed."
Mr. Colby declared there has been
no attempt to prescribe rigid and
definitive terms upon which recogni
tion ' of the Mexican government
would be expressly conditioned.
Mr. Pesqueira's letter set forth tha
position of his government at thi
time, and declared that the United
States "jnust see it is a new Mexico
that faces the world in pridt and con
fidence." Mr. Colby, in a formal statement,
said he thought he was "warranted
in saying that the Mexican question
will soon cease to be a question at
all, inasmuch as it is about to be
answered, not only as it concerns the
United Suites, but, indeed, the wholi
world as well." -
Statement by Colby.' t
Secretary Colby's formal state
ment follows:
"The discusicns which have for
some time been in progress with Mr.
Pesqueira, representing the Mexican
government, give promise of :i
speedy and happy outcome. The let
ter which he has addressed to me,
and which I am today giving out for
Publication, is a very significant, and,
may add, a very gratifying and re
assuring statement of the attitude
and purpose of the new government
of Mexico. Mr. Pesqueira came to
Washington bearing the fullest pow
ers to speak and act on behalf of his
government and has exhibited
throughout the course of the discus
sions, a complete realization of Mex
icos' international obligations just as
his letter reflects clearly the firm
resolve of his government to dis
charge them.
"I think I am warranted in saying
that the Mexican question will soon
cease to be a question at all, inas
much as it is about to be answered,
not only as it concerns the United
states, but, indeed, the, whole worW
as well. '
The Terms Prescribed,
- i lie ntw goverament of Mext o
lias given indication of stabtl
sincerity and a creditable sensitive
ness to its duties and their just per
formance. While the full protection
of valid American interests which
is clearly enjoined upon us as a duty
has at all times been a matter of
primary concern to us, I may say
that on' the part of this country,
(Continued on Para Two, Column One.) .
Sugar Profiteer Gets
Two-Yeaf Eentence
And Fine of $5,000
Bay City, Mich., Oct 29. Con
victed in federal court here on
charges of profiteering in sugar and
dealing in it without a license, Lu
ther Ellison of Jonesboro, Ark., was
sentenced to two years' at Fort
Leavenworth and fined $5,000. "
The charges against Eflieon were
brought under the Lever act. Harry
Cohen of Bay City, associated with
Ellison, was convicted on similar
charges several weeks ago and fined
$3,000. . -
It was brought out at Ellison's
trial that he had arranged with Co
hen to purchase 100,000 pounds pf
sugar here at 21 cents pound.
Ellison, it was charged, resold to
a local -wholesaler at 25 cents.
The wholesaler, the testimony in
dicated, discovered that some of the
sugar had previously been sold by
htm to retailers here.
Palmer Warns Officials
Against EleCtfon Fraudi
Washington.1 Oct. 29. Attorney
General Palmer in special instruc
tions sent out today:advised all fed
eral law enforcing authorities to giva
careful attention to. violations of
election laws and especially to vio
lations of the corrupt practices act
in the coming election.
Mr. Palmer's letter called attention
to the many provisions of this acl
and asked the United States at
torneys and federal agents to watch
for charges of fraud and graft and
to give all such accusations imme
diate attention. He also informed
the federal officials that no leniency
must be shown violators of any o!
the federal election laws.
Find Stanton Man Guilty .
. . Of Causing Auto Wreck
Stanton, Neb., Oct. 29. (Special.)
The jury in the case of Charles
Brauner, who was charged with be
ing responsible for injuries to Miss
Pauline .Webber when , the car in
which she was riding was run into
by a car driven by Brauner; returned
a verdict of guilty. The jury de
liberated 44 hours and twice reported
that it was unable to agree, but it
was returned with instructions to re
turn a verdict of guilty or not guilty.
The defense will make application
for new trial.
Bull Fighters May Strike.
Madrid, Oct. 28. The bull fight
ers throughout Spain are considering
concerted action with the object of
obtaining higher pay, it was learned.
They also desire new rules regard
ing the manner in which bulls art
admitted to the ring
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