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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1920)
THK BKK! OMAHA. SATURDAY. DKCKMKKK 1. llVJO. Ranelt Testifies NoIoI(Iii)Stage(I In Bluffs Killings Accused Youth Says Pals Went lo Pool Hall to Col- led Dilit for One Says He Was I'imriiictl. Calm, never f al toriii if under direct or cross examination. (,'luTonl Bar rett on trial in district cnuit at Council HlulTs on a charye of shoot ing t'edro Jctnitic and Stcvi Kili liardu to death on the night of Fcb urary 25 in an attempted" hold-up in the restaurant and po d hall Pete Potkanak, fold his version yesterday of the slux tin which reMilted in lb; ilcath vi nee nun. llaiiett denied th it 1'" a fid his two companion.-, John M.'l.aughliu and Haudd KoberK win were killed in the liisht, went to tin.- poid hall with iil.i-ks or with any intentions of li'.ddiiig up the place. "We went there at the Migfiestion of John McLaughlin." llarrctt testi lied. "McLatiglilin told us he want ed to see Steve Kilihardo, who owed him money. ' "We went inside and I stood by the door while McLaughlin walked over toward a man I supposed was Kilihardo. My attention was at tracted toward a commotion out-, fide which sounded like an auto mohile collision and I stepped out. "Suddenly I heard shots and rushed into the pool hall. Immedi ately someone sprang on tne front the tear and pinioned my hands be hind me and threw me to the floor. "Whilv I was down Pete Kilihardo went through my pockets, took my watch and a sum of money. "f tnsseled with the man who was holding me down and who I recog nized was Kirk Dupor. While 1 was tusseling Peter shut in the abdomen. "Finally I got to my feet and 'staggered outside. I saw John Mc Laughlin staggering toward me and then it Hashed through my mind that as I entered the pool hall when I heard the shots I saw Roberts' body prostrate on the floor. Sticks to Story. Hut 1 cotilun t stop. 1 was un armed and staggered outside, where I crawled and staggered to the home of a negress, where the police found tne." . 9 I'iatTctt's testimony was not altered in any particular detail by gruelling cross-examination of County Attor ney Charles K. Swauson. The pool hail in which the murders occurred is located at Fifteenth avenue and Sixteenth street. ;irl, !.". Most "IVrfecf t.hil.l III HKiV latv i i ; P -sr .fir two w i vii-.y.vj , d Harding Replies To Demands for Bate Reduction Coventor of Federal Reserve Hoard Says Chaiipe Now Would Hae 4,rnstt- tling Effect. Fifteen-year-old Edith Fletcher of Chicago has the distinction of being the most "perfect" girl in the Windy City. Miss Fletcher, a student in Hyde Park High school, was a con testant in the perfect child contests held recently in the Coliseum, Chi cago. She was picked by' the judges to be the most perfect in health. January 1 Will Show Reduction In National Debt Socialists Arrest Street Car Heads and Call "Black Maria" Davenport, la., Dec. 3. Sociatist city officials caused today the arrest of President Dcnuiaii of the Tri City Street Railway company, and had General Manager Huntoon and Assistant Manager Roderick rear rested. All were carted to the po lice station in the patrol wagon and in court were titled. The officials later in district- court obtained a restraining order preventing further arrests. Car men and officials,' except the oresideut of the cotrmanv. who was Out of town, were charged w ilh I '.'? '' violating the franchise ordinance be cause of curtailment of service. To day the officials were fined $100 and costs on each of five counts and the crew members were fined $25 each. All appealed. Man Who Defrauded Farmers Sent to Pen Montpelier,. Yt., Dec. A sen tence of 10 years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., was imposed upon Joseph R. llatten. alias Henry An derson and J. B. Harper, in the fed eral court here yesterday for using the mails in a scheme to defraud. Batten, who is under indictment on similar charges in Washington, Xorth Dakota, Texas and California, has previously served a number of prison terms. The Testimony showed that Batten sent letters to farmers offering them a high price for their products if they would ship it to him. It was alleged that upon receipt, of the produce he sold if to a Springfield. Mass., concern and lett this state without paying the farmers. Disorders In Fernioy Are Said to Be Reprisal's Act London. Dec. 3. Disorders in Fermoy. County Cor! Ireland, yes terday, are said in dispatches to the Daily Ma i o have been in reprisal for the kidnaping of lotmcr Capta- i Frendcrgat and two ether men m the, village of Fermov Wcdnesdav night. A drapery shop was set on fire and the proprietor was thrown in the Rivet Blackwatcr. Britain to Make Public , -y Documents of De alera London, Dec. i Premier Lloyd George stated in the house of com mons that documents found in the possession of , Eiunon De Valcra ,hcn he was arrested in May, 1918, would be included in those which the covernmet is about to make public. These documents the premier assert ed, implicated the Irish republican army in the German conspiracy. Minister Held on Charge Of Killing Inn Proprietor Windsor. Out.. Dec. 3. Rev. J. O. L. Spracklin, Methodist minister and Canadian liquor license inspec tor, who shot and killed Beverly Trumble. inn propiietor, during a raid on the latter's hotel, was bound to the court of assizes on a charge of "killing and slaying." Last Quarter of Present Year Is Expected to Bring Big Cut From Total of September. Washington, D. C, Dec. .3. De spite the increase or $112,046,571 in the public debt during November, announced by t lie treasury, officials of the department declared at the end of the vear a reduction of $300, 000,000 could be expected from the gross debt of $24,087,000,000, as it stood on September 30. On November 30, the nation's debt was $24,175.15(1,244 compared with $24,062,509.02, on October 30. Of ficials explained, however, that the November 15 issue of treasury cer tificates, amounting to $232,000,000 with, only $94,000,000 in certificates maturing in the month, was mainly responsible for the increase. . Reduction in the public debt is only possible as tax installments come due quarterly, oificiads de clared. With judicious financing, it was confidently asserted that the last quarter of this vear would show a reduction of from $100,000,000 to $300,000,000 from the September totals. Nearly $700,000,000 of treasury certificates mature December 15, of ficials said, with approximately $650,000,000 due the 'reasury from income and excess profits taxes, .to meet this debt. But the semi-annual interest aggregating about $140,000,00(1 on the first Liberty loan and the Victory loan also i; ble on December 1.-, and in ad dition, ordinary requirements not covered bv current receipts aTe to be met through issuance of treasury certificates of indebtedness. Two Copper Companies Pass Their Dividends New York. Dec. 3.---Dividends on Chino Copper and Nevada Con solidated C opper were passed today at the quarterly directors' meetings. Three months ago ii;vidcnd om Chino and Nevada Consolidated were jit the rale of 37i cents and 25 cents, respectively. Regular dividend, on Utah Copper and Kay Consolidated Copper were declared today. A statement giving the reasons for the suspension of dividends on Chino and Nevada Consolidated re ferred to unfavorable Hhrket condi t ions and the desire of financial in terests to conserve -their cash resources. China Declines Proposal For Joint Aid for Russia Peking, Dec. 3. China declines to consider proposals. by the diplo matic corps in Peking for the joint administra'ion of the affairs of Rus sians resident in China. In reply ing to the diplomats' note, the gov ernment claims the treatment ac corded Russians has been entirely correct and will continue to be so. The government states that aboli tion of Russian' courts in the Chin ese Eastern railway zone was vir tually agreed upon by negotiations prior to the elimination of the Russian legation here. Indianapolis Preacher , Held as Dry Law Violator Nashville, Ind.. Die. 3. Rev. Archie Sirbtt. pastor r.f the Rou manian orthodox chu-cii of Indian apolis, was arrested i'ere today by federal Hgents. charged with violat ing the federal prohibition law. Three hundred galioi.s of raisin mash was found in his home. Washington. Dec. 3. An appeal bv Senator Owen, democrat, of Oklahoma, to the federal reserve board-for a general b. wiring of its rediscount rates, brought a response from W. P. G. Harding, the board's governor, which declared that the organization was "Reluctant to dis cuss proposed changes in discount rates" because such discussion would'havc an unsettling effect and give those best in position to form an opinion as to the probable action of the board, an advantage over those not thus situated." Senator Owens' letter said that re serve bank earnings front present discount rates were running at 150 per cent per annum "putting the government in the position of profi teering" and in some cases absolute ly "stopping legitimate distribution." Governor Hording countered with the statement that the s'enator was "ignoring the economic forces gov erning, the movement in prices, which for months past have' been in evi dence all over the world." "The board believes the unfav orable conditions which are now the subject of so much complaint were inevitable," Governor Harding added, "and could not in any event, have been long deferred. It con fidently asserts that but for the precautionary measures taken sev eral months ago, conditions would be far worse than they arc, with the prospects of stabilization and revival much more remote." To the profiteering charge, Gov ernor Harding retorted that the profit of reserve banks, after pay ing the government franchise tax" would be, not 150 per cent or more, but barely 7 per cent on their liabil ity to stockholders." Aid for Airplane Industry Urged Annual Report of U. S. Air Chief Sees Dire Outlook Without Help. Washington. Dec. 3. Unless tlie government assists the airplane in dustry, Major General Menoher, in his annual report made public last night, said "it cannot hope to depend upon the availability of suitable commercial aircraft and facilities for their employment nor upon the ex istence of manufacturing plants and supplies of materials necessary for the rapid production of aircraft in time of war." A contract for purchase of the Italian T-34, the largest semi-rigid airship in the world,' has been made, the report said, but efforts to obtain' from Germany a rigid airship of the latest type has ialicd. Among the experimental accom plishments of the year, the design and successful test of an armored ground attack three-seater triplane mounting eight machine guns and a 37-millimeter cannon is reported. Contracts for ten of them have been let. Lad Sentenced to Die Confesses Killing Two In Holdup in Chicago Chicago, Dec. 3. Nicholas Viana, former choir boy and .know n as the "Song Bird" of the county jail, made a complete confession to participa tion in the killing of Andrew Bow man and 'Benedict Wendell in a holdup. The confessou came after Gov. Frank O. Lowden refused to pardon him. Viana i sentenced to die on the gallows December 10. Because of Yiana's youth he is 19 years old Miss Jane Addams of Hull House and two public school teachers, entered an appeal before Gov. Lowden to save the boy from the gallows. The young bandit holds a police man responsible for his present pre dicament. He declares that the first time he was arrested the policeman took from him and a pal .$400 real i7cd in :i robherv and then turned I them loose instead of locking them up and prosecuting them. "There is one thing that I don't think is right." Viana said, "and fhat is they should hang me on my birthday. It happens to fall on De cember 10." Senate to Investigate Anthracite Coal Prices Washington, Dec. 3. Senate in vestigation into the prices of anthra cite coal will begin in New York Saturday, it was announced by Sen ator Calder, chairman of the senate committee of inquiry. Senator Cal der said the governors of the New England states had requested the investigation. Governors Conclude Their Annual Convention Today Harrisburg. Fa., DcC ?. Without making their expected annottnee . mcnt of tne state capilal selected fo." next year's meeting. tV conference of governors concluded -ts third and last session before noon today an entrained for Philadelphia, where ihe executives were to l.c the city : guests for the rcuiaaidr of tlie da). tqlku Propriety of Dancing Threatens to Disrupt Milton School Morale Milton. Wis., Dec. 3 A discus sion of the properiety of dancing, precipitated by the first dance hall here in 35 years, threatens liisntption of Milton College circles. Arthur M. Mills, editor of the eolloge ppper. haV resigned as a result of criticism following the ball, it was learned to- cay, and the college iiculty, it is re ported, is discussing proposals to make ' participation in a dance an offense p'.mishablc by expulsion. A dancing exhibition given by three girls in modified ballet cos tume at a literary society meeting was denounced in chapel by W. C. Daland, president of the college. Dancing, card nl.iviuir r.nd use of tobacco art! rigidly prohibited at the When you holt out of your window on Christmas Morning Will you find in the driveway a beautiful CADILLAC? Could you think of a more wonderful gift for tbe whole family? Call Mr. Hansen. He will help you arrange U4 AOVKKTISKMENT 666 will break a Cold, Fever and Grippe quicker than any thing we know, preventing 1 pneumonia. Record Attendance At Convention of Iowa State Nurses Cheston. la., Dec. 3. (.Special) The Iowa State Xurses' association in session here today was marked by the largest attendance in the hi--lory of the organization. Over 100 nurses -w ere present. Miss Mary Haarer, state president, presided at the meetings. Miss I'.m iiil Wilson of Des Moines, who has attended every meeting of the organ- j ization, spoke on the community i hospital plan in operation bete. She! was loud in her praise of tlie public! health service program carried out here. President 11 aa'rcr slated that Cres toit was leading the entire state in puhlie health work. Balloting on officers was one of the leading fea tures today. Private duty nures gave a "playlet and student nurses showed hospital, methods. Miss Maud McGulgiu spoke on her nursing experiences in Turkey and Drs. I I!. Sampson and A. I'. Wall-, spoke at a buffet luncheon. da the first stage of his voyage to South America to return the recent visits of the pre r ident elect of Brazil, I'cssoa, and Presi dent Baltasar Brunt of Urugtiav, ; Mid to be the guest of the Argee Secretary Cothy to Sail For Smith America Soon: ,nu; government at niieuos A'...,, ror nouin America noon ,lo . saj) mtu Xorfi)lk OM the Washington, Dec. 3. Secretary Colby plans to leave Washington to- hattlcship Florida Saturday, ac cording to present plans. Tb .Children' Wearing Ap parel Sections are filled with practical gift ugge-tiona. BURGES OHfflnr BARBER BILL BARBER SHOP where children have their hair bohbed and ride hobby hone at the lame time. Fourth Floor s-ita G 'EVERYBODY STORE" Santa Claus Invites You To Wonderland's Toy town In the Down Stairs Store of the Burgess-Nash New Building Teddy Bears Dear, ittle, cuddly bears that .the children love to play with. The prices are very low for Saturday. 10-inch size .. .$ .69 12-inch size 1.29 16-inch size 1.79 18-inch size ... A 2.19 20-inch size . . . 2.49 Play Dishes Every girl likes to have toy dishes to play house with. Here are dishes of china, enamel, metal and tin in big and little sets. Priced from 39c to $7.75. Lawrence Airplanes Every boy as well as their fathers will be interested in the Lawrence airplanes. There are airplanes made and ready to fly, construc tion sets, and airplane models. No matter what kind you want, you can find it among these on display in Toytown priced from 95c to $25.00. Toy Drums Drums, drums, drums, every kind imagin able, from the tiny toy drum to the large mil itary ones. Priced from 75c to $4.95. Automobiles Kiddy Kars Igo Kars Sleds Artificial Christmas Trees Reversible Game Boards Kindergarten Sets Games, all kinds Dolls, imported and domestic Dolls, hand-painted Dolls, rag Dolls, character Dishes, all kinds Organ ettes Toy Pianos Horns and Trumpets 3' ft ? Building Blocks Let the children play with toys that are ed ucational as well as lots of fun. Here are blocks for educational and construction work, priced from 35c to $2.25. Iron Toys Hundreds of them. Fire trucks, automo biles, fire engines, ambulances, trains, etc., in fact, 'most any kind of a toy that a boy would want. Make your selections early while the assortment is complete. Stuffed Doll Children all love the stuffed dolls that can not be broken, the kind that can be taken any where. These are hand-painted and are pret tily dressed with knit jackets, or dainty dresses. Guaranteed washable. Special, at $7.95. Tenpins Plain and fancy striped tenpins will make a splendid gift for' the youngster. Priced from $1.75 to $3.75 a set. , Simplex Typewriters, $1.50 With one of these typewriters the child ren can write their own letters. A toy that they will enjoy every day in the year. Priced from $1.50 up. Humpty-X)umpty Circus Shoo Fly Rocking Horses Rocking and Swinging- Horses Velocipedes Coaster Wagons Children's Furniture Doll Furniture Tenpin Sets Boys' Cannons Tool Chests Mechanical Trains Electrical Trains Building Blocks Kitchen Cabinets Kitchen Wash Sets Structo Sets Boats Drums A Special Sale of Walk-0 Cars Saturday at 69c There is no toy that children enjoy more than these Walk-o-Cars like the illustration. They are made of wood, varnished and painted yellow, with red wheels. Suitable for children 2 to 4 yrs. Very special for Saturday at 69c each. Toytown Downttairi Store. A Place of Wonderful Surprises Where Children' 's Dreams Come True Si It is just like a dream, and you'll hold your breath in wonder' when you see all the things that Santa has in store for -you in Toytown. He has all his toys right here in Burgess-Nash where you can see thenTfor yourself and pick out the things you want him to give you for Christmas. Over in the corner surrounded by toys is Santa Claus himself, dear old Santa Claus'Vho is loved by all and who has come from his home at the North Pole to find out what every little boy and girl wants for Christmas. After you have talked to Santa Claus you look around and there right before you is a great, big cage and in it is a couple of the cutest little monkeys, and next to them is "Peter Ban," not Peter Pan of the story books,' but a real, live pony named "Peter Pan." In a minute you hear music and there are five children all dressed up like clowns in the circus, and pretty soon they begin to play the piano, violin, banjo,, saxophone and the drums and then "Peter Pan," the pony, appears on a big stage built right in the middle of Toytown. Here he does all kinds of tricks he answers questions, does contortion stunts, dances, in fact, he does everything but talk.. After "Peter Pan" has finished his performance, the "Wonder Man" comes out on the stage and does all kinds of magical tricks with balls, handkerchiefs, cards and so many other things we can't think of them all. And then you wander through Toytown and see the beautiful toys and you rub your eyes and think it is all a dream, but it's not, it's all real and you'll enjoy every minute you spend here. Some come, and be sure to bring your mother and father, for they will enjoy it as much as you. TO THE GROWNUPS If you haven't kiddies of your own, find some one else's child and make them happy by bringing them to Toytown. Beautiful, Big DOLLS Specially Priced for Saturday at $1.69 A combination bisque and china doll with lovely brown hair and sleeping eyes. Jointed limbs, 20 inches in height. An opportunity to buy the kiddie -the doll she wants for Christmas at a reai bar gain. Toytown Downstairs Store. II "Peter Pan" The Educated Trick Pony Every child and grownup will enjoy "Peter Pan," the famous actor pony who can answer ques tions, do tricks, pick out colors. dance, in fact, things that no, other pony can do. will give four performances Saturday, in order to accommodate the large crowds that come to see him. Parents Please Read This The Need oj Selecting Toys at Once Is emphasized by the fact that, though our assortments are ample, there is no assurance that we can replenish them promptly or in time for Christ mas except at a considerable advance in cost. If you would be favored with wide choice and low prices choose immediately." Bring the kiddies with you and take note of their preferences then make your selections and we will keep them for you until Christmas. You will enjoy bringing the children to Burgess-Nash Toytown for it is located in the Downstairs Store of our new building and there is no need of using crowded elevators or long tiresome stairways to reach it. It is light and well ventilated and an enjoyable and healthy place for the little tots to be in. The Wonder Man Who Does Marvelous Tricks will be in Wonderland's Toy town Saturday to entertain you. He will show you all kinds of wonderful tricks just like Alad din. No matter how old you are you will like the Wonder Man, so be sure to see him Saturday. The Circus Parade in Burgess-Nash Toytown Hark! Harl(! The Dogs do bark. The circus has come To Burgess-Nash. The Camel with humps. And a pony that jumps. Parade and parade Through Burgess-Nash. Bears growl, And Tigers howl. When the circus comes To Burgess-Nash. Then Elephants gray. And little clowns gay. Parade and parade Through Burgess-Nash. Big Modse, And Old Mother Goose, Come with the circus To Burgess-Nash. Indians that yell. And a clown with a bell, Parade and parade Through Burgess-Nash. Giraffes tall. And Zebras so small, Are with the circus In Burgess-Nash. From far and from near. These animals queer. Parade and parade Through Burgess-Nash