THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY,'1 DECEMBER 17, 1920.
?Trusty" In Pen
Holds Up 2 Boys;
Returns to Cell
Convict Assigned to Pilot
, Truck In Warehouse Stages
."Stiekup" While Out
4 Drives Back to Prison.
Lincoln, Dee'. 16. (Special.)
Martin Harmon, 22. a trusty at the
Nebraska penitentiary, with two
months yet to serve, lias confessed,
according to local police, that he
helped hold up two boys last Wed
vcsday night at the foot of the Tenth
rtreet viaduct. '
Harmon was implicated in the
robbery by Claude Hallowav and
Jack Settles, two of a Rang of three :
ex-convicis rouncica up wuimi me
past week. ' '
t Drives Truck,
ijarmon drives a furniture truck
for the industrial plant at the pen
itentiary, and has been bringing the
plant foreman back to Lincoln after
working hours. After the Jiold'up
Wednesday night, Harmon drove
the, truck oack to the prison as
Utal. The truck was parked be
hind the bleachers of the university
athletic, field during the holdup.
"1 made Harmon a trusty when
he .came to the penitentiary eight husband and attorneys throughout
mofiths ago, to serve one to 10 years the session today without a trace of
for automobile stealing in Knox emotion or nervousness. She wore
county," said Warden W. F. Fen- the same suit she wore yesterday,
ton. jbut the hat she wore today gave
J Wounded in War. (hcrfcn even more chic appearance.
"Tc was an honest, looking conn-1 Mrs. McElhaney , appeared . to
tryilioy who had seen service in the show little interest in the testimony
wd antlrvvho had been wounded and of the, eight witnesses who testified
lioiforably discharged. The sherilT .for the state. She sat most of the
an other Rnox county citizens gave time with her; chin in the palm of
hint the highest . recommendations, her hand; her . elbow resting on the
Naturally he will get no further attorney's table. She looked into
consideration from me," said the the faces of each witness while they
warden. ' were testifying btft displayed little
Warden Fenton recommended to interest In what they said.
thc police that a highway robbery; The first two witneses called were
coitolaint he filed against Harmrn, Doctors Hand and Baskin, who per-
o that he could be taken up on it
as'ioon as he was released from the
prison
after serving Jiis, present
I
term.
Harmon received $30 a month on
histrusty job. which consisted chief
ly ?of trucking furniture from the
pcciiitentiary to the Lincoln ware-
he
,1 Pleads Guilty.
Jack Settles, who wa
was arrested
lust 30 hourfe after his discharge
irorn the penitentiary, pleaded guil
ty to the charge of carrying con
cealed weapons and was bound over
to ;the district cotirt for sentence.
He' was committed to the county
jail in, default of $1,000 bond.
Claude Hallow-ay. discharged
from ' the prison fivf , weeks ago,
pleaded guilty "to a charge of as
sart with intent t roh in connection
with the viaduct holdup and was
utep bound over.
Gas Company Refuses
To Lower Fremont Rate
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-he Fremont Gas company repre-,;
seiftatives stated to 'the city council
that they-wOuld continue to charge
their increased rates until direct
action was taken against them and
they were defeated, although the dis
trict court held the advance illegal.
The ordinance requesting an increase .
in gas rates was carried by the vote
of the mayor. The validity of the 1
ordtnance was taken to court, out
when
the gas company, threatened
in'. transfer the case
to tne tenerai
court, the plaintiff dismissed them
from the action. As a. result tne gas
eoncern contends that theit increase
is iiot affected. The company re
fused to refund increases paid. ..
Madison County FairBody
Elects Officers for Yea'r
Madison.'Neb., Dec. 16. (Special-
.At the annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Madison County Fair
and, Agricultural society the follow-
in officers, were Wee ed: Henry F ;
Sunderman.pjesident' George F.
. . nf c f,.r. .
Kc zow. secretary; M. S. McDuffce.
treasure' August Uoyscn, genrcrai
superintendent; hd. 1'. U Knurl, K.
. Nichols, H. M. Ptirdy and Chas.
J. Kclzow, vice presidents; directors,
J. Sterling Trine, Joe Reeves, J. R.
Kinder, C. O. Schmidt and William
Wendt. The hold-over directors are
J. Wakeley. Fred Tegeler and
Andrew Dahlsten.
' The report of the treasurer showed
that gross receipts of last year's fair
were ?12,005.24. .
j Postoffice Orders.
WWlnqton, Dec. 10.-(Speclal Te!e
Itrarn.) Civil ervle examination .- will
blheld on Jnnuary 16 at Omaha, ot
Cornell Bluffs and Sioux City, la., for
railway mail clerks.
P4tmasters eppointed: Sarah K. Pool
t-Ailaton, Sheridan county. Nebraska,
vie U W. Buscher, resigned; V. J. Hoo
rtt at W'jllston. Washington couniy. owi,
Vic W. C. Holl, resigned. .
Cll ervice examination will be neia
on January 12 for presidential postmEst
rs at Minatare, Neb., salary, J1.70J;
Buffalo CenterT la.. Salary, 1.00; Gll
wk, la., salary, Sl.SM
rfcstofflce at Robert, Hayes county,
Nebraska, has been discontinued, mail . to
Hates Center, and Pawlet. Garden county,
Keft-aska, mnti to Mumver.
Knbcrt M. Stivers appointed fatmartsr
at .Cedar Creek, Cass county, Nebraska,
vlef Ashley Ault. Veslgned.
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Woman Rides Car for
Four Hours Before Man
Offers to Give Up Seat
Chicago, Dec. 16. A reporter with
$50 provided by his newspaper to
be given to the first man who offered
an elderly woman carrying a large
market oasicet, roae inicago eievaiea
and surface cars for four hours
yesterday before getting rid of the
money. Late in the afternoon Wil
liam H. Riley, an insurance sales
man, qualified for. the prize.
Alliance Woman
Unmoved During
Murder Trial
Testimony of Witnesses for
State Ignored by Stylishly
Dressed Defendant; Crowd
Packs Court Room.
Alliasce, Neb.. Dec. 16. (Special
Telegram.) Stylishly attired in a
blue serge suit and a chic blue hat
to match, Mrs. Evelynn Preist Mc
Elhaney. on trial on a charge of
first degree murder in connection
'with the shooting of Earl B. Ander-
on here December 7. sat beside her
lormcd an autopsy on tne Doay or
Anderson the day of the shooting,
without finding the bullet. CharlcH
Hill, a laundry man. testified that he
with several others went to the Wil
son roonvng house conducted by
Mrs. McElhaney on the morning of
Jhe shootin.c and that he found a re
volver in the sideboard drawer in
Mrs. McElhaney's kitchen. The' re
volver was identified by A. J. Le
page, clerk at the Rhein Hardware
romnwy, as one he had sold Mrs.
McElhanev on Saturday preceding
the day Ancerson was killed. Short
ly after the revolver was found a
search was made of the alley where
the shooting took 'place, and an
empty shell corresponding in size
and make to the cartridges found m
the "revolver wHs picked tip, 'testi-'
mony showed. V
Oscar W. Reed, former poWcc
chief, testified that Mrs. McElhanev
had asked him shortly after the
shooting, "If they had found the,"
at th;s point the witnesses said Mrs.
McElhanev, without completing her
inquiry, wiggled her' forefinger; as
I if pulling the trigger of a gun, and
the witnesi ioia ner max me gun
had N fud
tified to the fjnding of the bullet in
Anderson's bddy by means of the
x-rary. One of two other witnesses
were called whose testimony cor
roborated that of the others.
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n half of the spectators are
women.
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Elects Officers for Year
Osceola, Neb., Dec. 16. (Special.)
The Polk county farm bureau
perfected its organization here ' by
holding a county convention and
electing the following officers: J. N.
Norton, president. Polk; Mrs. W. P.
Crozier, vice president, Osceola; F.
A. Swanson, secretary, Stromsburg;
H. A. Jones, treasuer, Osceola;
members of tha executive, board:
G d Hennj Mrs j
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Mark Timm, Glenn Anderson, Mrs.
E. Renner
The Polk
couniy , iarm uurcau recenny con-
a campai(fn for membert in
which about' 750 names were en-
rolled.
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Leaders Han ,
Resumption of j
9 Dingley Tariff
Duty on Agricultural Products
As Carried in Payne-Aid
rich Bill Urged by Iowa
, Congressman.
By E. C SNYDER.
Washington Correspondent 'Oman Dm.
Washington, Dec. 16. (Special
Telegram.) Republican leaders,
realizing the seriousness of the sit
uation that confronts the growers
of wheat, corn, wool and cattle and
impressed with the importance of
I enacting remedial legislation in the
early dayi of the 67th congress that
.will, have a stimulang effect upon
that the most expeditious way to get
a protective tariff on the statute
books would be to repeal the present
Underwood tariff act and substitute
for it the Dinglef tariff act of 1897
by joint resolution.
Both senate and house republicans
were discussing in camera today
this proposition on the ground that
the legislation could be put through
in a comparatively short time and
then with a real simon-pure protec
tive tariff law on the statute books
the ways and means committee
could leisurely take up the Dingley
schedule and adjust them to pres
ent day needs. , ,
' It is understood that members of
the senate committee on finance are
in sympathy with this new idea and
only await the sanction p President
elect Harding to start the ball roll
ing,, just as soon as the new con
gress convenes.
Congressman Green of Iowa, a
member of tlje ways and means com
mittee, after a great deal of consider
ation, today introduced an emer
gency bill affecting agricultural prod
ucts by placing a duty on wheat,
corn, wool and cattle equivalent to
the duty on these products as car
ried in the Payne-AIdrich bill. Judge
Green is not hopeful of getting his
bill through because of the opposi
tion of the president, but the was
asked td prepare the measure by
members of the, ways and means
committee to furnish the committee
with a working basis for whatever
may be finally .agreed upon.
Senator Hitchcock is hopefuf that
his bill, amending certain features of
the federal reserve act permitting the
secretary of the treasury to use not
exceeding $60,000,000 of the net earn
ings derived by the United States
for the operation of the Federal Re
serve banks may be turned over to
farm loan banks to be loaned in turn
to farmers and) stock raisers, will
be considered Friday morning by
the banking and currency committee
of the senate. Senator Hitchcock
said his bill would be considered
with an almost identical bill intro
duced by Senator Sterling of South
Dakota and he had hopes that favor
able action would be taken thereorf.
Land Value Decrease
Evident at Columbus
Columbus, NebViDee. vW. fSpe
cial.) Two farms sold here at re
feree's sale reflect the diffetenc "be
tween farm selling prices today, and
one year ago. The Leffer place,
three miles south of Creston, was
bid in at $235 an acre. Land of equal
value joining this place sold a year
ago for over $100 an, acre more.
The other farm, near Duncan,
brought $40 a nacre. j
The cotton industry of SpainvHitfl
izes ovtSr 2,100,000 spindles, 21)00,
000 of which are located m Catalonia
and employs over 360,000 hands,
Friday Saturday
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Brownsville Pioneer
DiesatHome of His
1 Daughter in Omaha
Patrick Mooney, 74 jears old,
pioneer resident of Nebraska, died
early yesterday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Anne Kenney, .577
South Twenty-eighth street. Death
was due to the infirmities of old
Mr. Mooney had been a resident of
Brownsville, Neb., since 1868, hav
ing settle there upon his arrival in
this country from Ireland. Of late
he had been in failing health.
Four daughters and a son survive.
They are Mrs. Anne Kenney and
Mrs. John Bridgewater of Omaha,
Mrs. William Cobry of Lincoln, Mrs.
lames Maynard of Chadrpn, and
Martin Mooney of Omaha. 1
Funeral services will be held at 3
this afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Kenney. The body will be taken to
Brownsville for burial.
Lincoln Man Invited to
Conference With Harding
Lincoln, Dec. 16. (Special.) Col.
John, G. Maher, lifelong democrat,
who swung into step under the
Harding banner in the president.al
campaign because of the league ot
nations issue, has been invited by
President-elect Harding to sit jn
conference with him at his home in
Marion, O., December 28, it was
learned today. v
. Colonel Maher said today he will
gd. He scouted persistent rumors
at the capital that he is being con
sidered for the post of assistant
secretary of war in the Harding
cabinet, but said he believed his in
vitation to -confer with the president-elect
is due to his service in
two wars and his knowledge of af
fairs in Mexico gained during his
service in that country.
Lieut. Gov. Barrows Speaks
Before Sons of Veterans
Lieut. Gov. P. A. Barrows, of Lin
coln, national commander-in-chief of
the. Sons of Veterans, spoke at he
patriotic rally' of the reorganized
Gen. Charles F. Manderson camp in
council chamber of city hall Wednes
day night. He pointed out the need3
of a-live camp in Omaha and told oi
the national activities of the organi
zation. .
Department Commander Frank
Mills of Lincoln was present with
his staff: W. P. Furman of York,
Bert Moledge of Hastings, W. L.
Gaston and R. A. Drake, Captain and
Mrs. C. E. Adams, past national
heads of the G. A. R. and W. R. C,
made patriotic talks. More than 200
attended the meeting.
Knights of Pythias in
Columbus Name Officers
Columbus, Neb.. Dec. 16. (Spe
cial.) The following officers have
Been elected for the coming ye'ar in
the local lodge, Knights of Pythias;
C, C, R. F. Stuart; V. C, W. N.
Hensley; P., W. J. Walter; M. W,
Paul Baer; W. A., H. B. Souther;
I. G., H. F. Brodfuherer; O. G.
W.; H. O'Callahan; K. of R. and
S., C. E. Boblett; M. F., C. I.
Swartwood; M. E., Carl Rhodes;
representative, E. G'. Brown, alter
nate. R. F,v Stewarts , t
Thieves Rob Bookkeeper ?
Of Store in Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 16. (Special
Telegram) Thieves entered the
home of George Bucknall, book
keeper for the Searle & Chapin Co.
here, and made away with $358, $103
in cash and the remainder in checks
which belonged to the company and
which Mr. Bucknell had taken -Tiome
with him when he quit work in the
evening. It is believed to be the
work of local talent.
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Women Prevent
Destruction of
Homes by Blaze
Bucket Brigade Fights Flamej
Ten Fires in , Omaha
By Noon Sets New
. , Record.
Women forming a bucket brigade
to fight flames from a fire on the va
cant lot at Twenty-fifth and Evans
streets, yesterday afternoon saved a
number of homes nnd garages in the
vicinity from dt ) .-action.
High wind fanned the flames and
spread sparks in all directions, threat
ening homes and garages for several
blocks.
The garage in the rear of the home
of Mrs. Fred Johnston, 2563 Evans
street, was one of the first to be ig
nited by the flames. She summoned
the fire department and then called
on her neighbors for aid.
The women in the neighborhood
responded in numbers and by form
ing a bucket brigade had the flames
under control by the time the depart
ment arrived and extinguished them.
The garage of Mrs. J. S. Coulter,
2555 Evans street, was also damaged
by the flames.
Ten fires were reported in various
sections of the city yesterday five of
them within the hour just after noon.
1 The high wind made all of the fires
dangerous in their incipiency, but
all were extinguished with hut nom
inal damage to the homes affected.
The 10 fires reported were at the
following homes, the last five named
being reported in one hour:
No. 4514 South Nineteenth street.
Thirty-second and Mate streets.
Thirty-eighth and T streets.
Twenty-seventh avenue and Cass
street. k
Sixth and William streets.
Forty-fifth and tfarnam streets.
No. 3709 Jones street.
No. 2563 Evans street.
No. 617 Pacific street.
- No. 825 South T;wenty-ninth street.
Nonpartisan Organizers
v Active in Platte bounty
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 15. Local
bankers say- that ' the volume of
checks coming in for membership in
the Nonpartisan league indicate re
newed activity on the part of this or
ganization. It is said there are a
dozen organizers working in this
county.
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Fremont Auto Victim
Asks $2,600 Damages
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 16. (Special)
Litigation growing out of an auto
mobile accident last July, in which
the life of James Monroe was lost,
has been started by Frank Mid
daugh of this city against Peter G.
Catron, also of Fremont. The Gen
eral Accident, Fire and Life Insur
ance company, which has paid $2,315
in damages to Middaugh. has inter
vened, setting up a claim for any
damages awarded.
Middaugh alleges that he was fol
lowing the Catron car, which was
traveling in the center of the road.
He states that as he attempted to
pass the car ahead Catron collided
with him purposely, overturning his
car, and damaging it to such an ex
tent that he claims $2,600 damages.
In the smash-up. James Monroe,
who was riding with Middaugh, was
killed. Middaugh sued Catron for
$2,600 damages, aid the insurance
company now claims these damages
if awarded, to make up for the pay
ment of $2,315 they have paid "to
Middaugh as insurance.
York Agricultural Society
Wants Youths to Co-Operate
York, Neb.. Dec. 16. (Special.)
The board of directors of the York
County Agricultural society appoint
ed a committee to get the boys and
girls of the county interested in the
calf and pig clubi They will or
ganize a judging club for boys and
girls. "i
Seven new members were elected
to the board of directors. E. J.
Hayes, York; David Price, Thayer;
Elmer Jenkins, Benedict; R. F.
Getty, Waco; James Carlisle, Brad
shaw; James A. Barr, York and Mr.
Whitmore, McCool.
The old officers were re-elected:
Con McCarthy, president; R. F.
Getty, vice president; George W.
Shreck, general secretary.
It was decided to hold the 1921
fair from October 2 to 6.
Platte County Lays Off
Patrolmen on Federal Road
Colunrbus, Neb., Dec. .(Spe
cialsActing on orders from
Supervisor Peterson, County Clerk
George H. Bender laid .off the seven
patrolm-) 'who have been looking
after the condition oi. federal aid
roads in Platte county. The action
was taken in the interest of economy.
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Negro Dcfnies Part
In Mail Robbery
Man Held at Chicago Says He
Confessed to Get Relief
From Questioning.
Chicago Trltmnr-Omaha Ih Lnued Wire.
Chicago, Dec. 16. Edward Valen
tine, a negro, caught last Saturday
night in the act of robbing an ex
press office, awoke today to find
himself famous.
"Here," said the turnkey at the
detective bureau, pointing through
Valentine's cell door, "is the man
who stole $9,000,000 from the Bur
lington railroad" ;
"Gawd a'mighty,' Valentine cried
as the whites of hia eyes grew the
size of saucers. "Boss, where you
get that stuff? Hope to die. boss,
if I ever seed that much money.
Nine million dollars! Hot dog!"
"But you confessed last night,"
the turnkey reminded him. "Don't
you remember, you said there were
10 of you in it, and a white man
planned the whole affair?"
Valentine spent some more time
denying that he had ever confessed
and. was certain that he never had
anything to. do with $9,000,000
Then the turnkey tried once more
with the following:
"You said you would confess, if
we would let you go to sleep.
Don't you remember?"
Valentine's face brightened.
f'O, is that what I confessed?" he
said.
, "I just disremembered what it
was. They just wouldn't let me go
to sleep, and boss. I sure does ad
mire my sleep. I recollect now I
told 'em something so those dicks
would go away." i
Despite his denial of any wrong
doing, Valentine is being held on the
possibility that he is connected with
the recent mail robbery in Iowa. He
is said also to be wanted in a num
ber of cities for robbery.
Dempster Plant Running.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 16. (Special.)
i The Dempster plant here is being
operated here with a full force of
hands under an eight-hour schedule,
the first time in 20 years, according
to C. E. Dempster, president of the
company.
Friday Saturday
Furnishi
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Formerly Benson Thorrts
StarccfSpaMyShops
Collins Is Tailor
Now: Poffenbarger
Is Mending Shoes
Phillips, Youngest In Big
Bluffs Mail Robbery, Is
Hauling Rocks All Hope
for Parole.
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 16.
(Special. ) Fred Poffenbarger,
Keith Collins and Orville Phillips,
promoters of America's' biggest mail
train robbery in Council Bluffs
rember 13, already have become
cogs in the big machine of the fed
eral penitentiary here.
. Poffenbarger is doing an 18-year
trick; Collins, 15 years, and Phillips,
13 years.
Poffenbarger is working in th
prison shoe shop. He will be given
a:i opportunity there to learn the
trade of a shoemaker, working out
his apprenticeship now with the
tasks he is performing each day.
Colins is assigned to the peniten
tiary tailoring shop. There, each
day, he goes about his tasks cheer
fully. .
He sorts and marks for repairs,
the clothing of his fellow prisoners.
Young Phillips handles rocks.
He's not making little ones out oi
big ones, but he's helping.
He trucks rocks in and out of the
stone dressing shop.
All three boys are breaking in
well. Each has his eye on a parole.
Each says he wants to make a
good record so be can get out on
parole when one-third of his term is
served. ,
Collins -and Phillips are showing
a disposition to mix with the other
prisoners ,in the penitentiary.
They both have signed up for try
outs in thrVarious prison sports and
show promise of becoming peniten
tiary athletes.
Farmers Sell Grain.
Beatrice, Neb Dec. 16. (Special)
Some wheat and corn is being
marketed at this point, but as a rule
farmers are holding their grain for
higher prices. They report that
winter wheat in this section of the
state is looking fine.
$10 $
- Fibers - Crepe Goths
Gloves
$4.00 and $5.00 lined
and unlined $1 95
gloves ......... 1
$6.50 grey
mocha gloves.
75c jersey fleeced
lined am
gloves Zi)C
$1.25 fan;y
golf gloves .
79c
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