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OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 23, 1920.
VOL. 50 NO. 162
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Daily
Bee
X
oman in
Hamon Case
Surrenders
Clara Barton Smith, Sought in
Connection With Death of
Oklahoma Man, Gives
Up
to Sheriff.
Glad to See Officers
Br Tk Aaaoclated Yrtt.
,'Juarer, M., Dec. 22. Clara Bar
ton Smith, wanted in Ardmore, Okl.,
in connection with the death of Jake
L.! Hamon, Oklahoma millionaire,
arrived here-at 6:45 tonight, and im
mediately . was taken into custody
by Sheriff Buck Garrett i of Ard
more, who had arrived on the bor
der an hour before.
After Miss Smith stepped off the
train, vwhich came from Chihuahua
City, she rushed to Sheriff Garrett,
hook hands with him cordially, and
exclaimed:
VMr. Garrett, I am so glad to see
you."
The- sheriff then conducted Miss
Smith to a waiting automobile and
UK party of peace otttcers ana at
torneys drove off in the direction of
the home of James L. Smith, the
woman's father.
Escorted by Party.
; Besides Sheriff Garrett. Sheriff
SetB. Orndorff of El Paso, Charles
Coakley, attorney of Ardmore; W.
P. McLean, jr., attorney of Fort
Worth, Tex., Oscar Harper, Ameri
can vice consul here, "and Ben F.
Harrison. Miss Smith's uncle, ac
companied her back to the' Ameri
can side of the border.
; Whin the party headed by Sher I
Garrett reached El Paso they were
met at the station by a corps of
newspaper. " men. Both , the sheriff
and the lawyers refused to give out
a statement at the time and speed
ily entered a service car and drove
away. The newspaper men took an
other machine ands a lively pursuit
began, lasting more than an hour
and ending at the passenger station
in Juarez, i
Ends Long Search.
Surrender of Miss. Smith ends a
nation-wide search for the woman,
which began November 22. when the
prosecuting attorney at Aromore ou
tained warrants for her, charging
her with the shooting of Hamon and
with a atatutory offense. -
Hamon was shot. in his hotel at
Ardmore on Sunday, November
He walked to the hospital, where he
said that a gun he had been cleaning
was accidentally dicharged. He died
November .26. " :, , , : ,
.-affile search for Mjm omitti iea
tnTough the (OklahQjn and-Texas
oil nelda tfia into yiexico. at. vari
ous times she hadbeen .reported at
Cisco, Tex., El Paso, and in Juarez,
Mexico, going from the border town
to Chihuahua Citf, f rom which place
are arrived, toTiight.
BnieFirm
Of New York Fails
Foster and" Lounsherry Sus
pends Operation After 20
Year of Business.
' New York, Jc. 22. Failure of
the brokerage firm of Foster &
Lotinsb,ery was announced from the
rostrum of the f Stock exchange
shortly after the opening today.
The firm consists of J.- Hegeman
Fnstsr. -floor member: S. Durell
Lounsbery and . W. . Fraser Gibson.
It has done business on the . ex-1
rhanffe for nearly 20 vears.
Foster & Lounsbery are under
stood to have been active traders in
Vanadium, Steel, which was one of
the stocks that led in reent heavy
reactions on the market.
iThe failure, which was unexpect
ed in financial circles, was regarded
as the most important recently.
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Architects Favtjr.Bill to
Establish Stale License Body
Omaha architects voted Tuesday
?ht. to favor the presentation ot a
y the Nebraska chapter ot tne
American Institute ot Architects at
the next meeting of the legislature,
prpviding for the establishment of
a registration board to pass on all
those who wish to take an examina
tion fof a license.
H. W.; Meginnis of Lincoln was
nominated for president; Charles W.
Steinbatlgh for vice president; J. D.
Sandham, secretary; George B.
Prinz and, F. A. Hefininger,
executive committee. Eletion will
be held January 18.
Attorney of San Francisco
Dies In San Matdo Hospital
San Francisco, Dec. 22. Henry P.
Bowie, California pioneer, retired at
torney and wealthy land owner in
Hillsborough, south of San Fran
cisco, died last night at the San Ma
teo Red Cross hospital after a short
illness. : .
Mr. Bowie had an( extensive
knowledge of the Japanese and Chi
nese languages and was' appointed
a special emissary to Japan in 1918
on a Department of State mission.
He was decorated with the order of
the Rising Sun.
Lloyd George Says All
Nations Must Join League
London, Dec. 22. David Lloyd
George, the prime minister, presid
iitg at a luncheon given today in
the House of Commons tor the
British' and Dominion delegates to
the recent league of nations assem
bly in Geneva, declared the league
would never achieve real progress
mm all the nations were repre-
ii Kr I.lovd Georee said he
looked forward hopefully - to the
United - State coming fnto the
league. This, he asserted, was essential
Coal Operator Tells About
Purchases by Government
War Department Bought 150,000 Tons at $11.50,
While Many Firms Were Selling on Contracts -For
$3.20 to $3.70, Witness Tells 'Senate ' ,
Investigating.
Br aha Aaaoclatod Preaa.
Washington, Dec. 22. How the
National Coal association, an organ
ization of coal operators, dealt with
the government and coped with the
fuel shortage last summer, were
fields in which a senate investigat
ing committee today spent 10 hours.
J. D. A. Morrow, a vice president
of the organization, told how the
association drafted orders for the
Interstate Commerce commission
to issue on transportation matters,
paid the expenses of the United
States geological survey in collect
ing official figures on coal produc
tion, kept Joseph P. Tumulty, secre
tary to President Wilson, informed
of all steps, and successfully fought
proposals (to re-establish a fuel ad
ministration although coal, prices
continued to mount. D. W. Wentz,
the association's president, testified
to purchasing for the War depart
ment at the height of the shortage,
of 150,000 tons of coal, for which the
government paid $11.50 a ton, while
another corporation which he con
trolled, was mining and selling con
tract coal for $3.20 and $3.87 a ton.
The examination of the two of
ficials was enlivened from time to
time as senators produced corre
spondence taken from the organiza
tion's files during an unannounced
search of its offices in Washington
last Saturday and Sunday and ques
tioned sharply the purpose and pub
lic interest of the steps taken by the
association and government agen
cies alike.
Opposed Purchase.
Mr. Wentz declared that his pur
chase of coal for the War depart
ment had been made over protest
and agreed to a suggestion of Sen
ator Calder, republican of New
York, that "it was bad business for
the government and increased the
difficulty for the public."
"A representative of the War de
partment came to me and said the
department had ordered all its coal
for the winter bought during Sep
tember," Mr. Wentz said. "I said
that the department should buy a
little then, a little later oh'nd not
co into the market for the full
t amount because it could all be ob
tained later for much less, money,
but I was informed that the order
Badger Game of
Omahans Fails
Testimony in Fremont Trial
Shows- Fraud, Judge Rules,
And Deed to Land Is
Taken From Lawyer.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special
Telegram) Judge Frederick Button
m Dodge county district coun set
aside the title of 40 acres of landlforce SCoured the city in automo-,
deeded , by Joseph L. Milhgan of
Scribner to Thomas, L. Curran of
Omaha and ordered it returned to
the original jowiter. The court ruled
that Milligan' at the time of the
transfer was mentally incompetent
and that he was,th victim of a
fraud scheme between Curran and
Jack and Zelma Short, also of Oma
ha. '
The case was one of the most
sentational ever heard in Dodge
county equity court. The testimony
offered tended to show that Milli-
, gan transferred
. . n t I
W acres, oi lanu
worth about $2,000, to Curran, who
was acting as attorney tor jacit
Short Milligan went to Omaha on
prolonged sprees, testimony showed,
and it was alleged that while on one
of his debauches he met vZelma
Short, alleged wife of Jack Short,
declared by Oniaha detectives to be
a disreputable character.
The allegations charge that Milli
gan was drawn into intimate rela
tions with, this woman and later
Jack Short, claiming to, be her hus
band, threatened him with suit for
aleniation of affections. Unable to
act or think for himself because of
his weakened condition and fright
ened by the thought of ' public dis
grace, Milligan transferred the prop
prtv to Short as damages. Milligan
dissapyeared and has not been loj
iaieu. , .
When Curran attempted td take
charge of the property Ogfen Mil
ligan, brother, intervened and asked
the court to adjudge the tW of Cur
ran 'null and void.
Texans Protest Land Sale
To Subjects of Japan
Brownsville, Tex., Dec. 21. fol
lowing the announcement of the sale
of about 28 acres of land near Har
lingen, Cameron county, to Japanese
for a consideration of about $75,000,
a mass meeting was held m Browns
ville last night, at which the sub
ject of excluding Japanese coloniza
tion from the lower Rio Grande
truck raising sections was discussed.
The meeting adopted resolutions en
dorsing a bill which is planned to be
introduced in the next session of the
legislature to prevent Japanese colo
nization in this section. ' ' ' -
Christmas Burglar
Honors Girl's Request
Not to Take Presents
Chicago, Dec! 22. RuthMailey,
10, had a story to tell heifcchool
m2tes today about, the "Christmas
burglar" she found at home yester
day. Her mother had gone down
town , shopping. Ruth . decided he
was a "nice burglar," for she begged
liira not to take her Christmas pres
ents, which her mother had placed
in a. closet, and he never touched
them. He played the piano for her
cnieruunmcni lor a iinic ana ten
without taking anything;
Committee.
was to buy immediately. The story
I got was that the secretary of war
felt the step necessary.
Mr. Wentz said he received com
missions amounting to $75,000 on
the purchases. Senator Calder, pro
ducing a sheet of figures, said that
"millions of tons" had been obtained
for fie army by other buyers during
September and October, at prices
ranging from $6.90 to $16. Another
report from the shipping board, say
ing that bunker, coal at Hampton
Roads during the summer and fall
had cost the shipping board $16.50
a ton, in quantities, Mr. Morrow j
treated by saying that it "was as in
excusable an example of government
inefficiency as ever I saw."
Kenyon Reads Resolution.
Chiefl the examination touched
the actions relative to coal shortage
taken by the government agencies,
presumably in the interest of con
sumers at large. Senator Kenyon,
republican of Iowa, armed with
minutes of the association's execu
tive committee meetings, read a reso
lution which authorized the "draft
ing of an Interstate Commerce com
mission order to make mines immune
from damages", for failing to fulfill
contracts to furnish coal.
"You did draft that order?" Sen
ator Kenyon asked Mr. Morrow.
"We did, and the commission issued
it, with some changes," the witness
tola him.
"And its general effect was to free
mines from their liability to furnish
coal they had contracted to deliver?"
Senator Kenyon continued.
"Only insofar as the release was
in the public interest and necessary
to get supplies to keep people in the
northwest and new Englard from
freezing this winter," Mr. Morrow
returned. He added that the con
tract breaking allowed the coal to
move to the Great Lakes during the
summer. Senator Kenyon developed
that the association had agreed to
"go ino the courts and defend the
order" in case any operators brought
injunction proceedings against it,
that a number of the association
members dissented from the policy
and that a "Colorado local associa
tion withdrew as a body because of
it."
Marksmen Scour
New York in Hunt
For Bandit Gangs
Sharpshooters Armed , With
Rifles Roam Streets in At
tempt to StopAlarm
1 ing Crime Wave.
New York, Dec. 22. Armed with
repeating rifles, 20 picked sharp
shooters of the New York police
biles last night in a hunt for bandits.
They were tinder orders' to shcot
every suspect who attempted to es
cape them. ' . ,
i Other drastic measures to curb
New York's crime wave which
swept into nearby New Jersey
towns1 were launched by police of
ficials and judges.
Removal of Police Commissioner
Enright was proposed in a resolu
tion introduced, at a meeting of the
was tabled, however, similar ac
tion .was taken on a resolution to
appoint a committee to investigate
the police department and report to
Gov. Elect Miller.
An increase in the police force of
769 nva was ;thorized by the
board , of , estimates.
board of aldermen; The resolution
Speedy justice was meted out to
two robbers captured this morning
when a ( band of four attempted to
rob the First National bank of
Milltown, . N. J. Within 12 hours
after their capture by a posse, they
were under sentence of from four
years and eight months to seven
years in prison. '
War Department Deficiency
Estimated at $76,278,127
Washington, Dec. 22. Deficiency
estimates aggregating $76,278,127
will be submitted by the War de
partment for the present fiscal year,
Secretary Baker announced. The
figures were made public, he said,
in reply to statements that the 'de
partment deficiency would amount
to as much as $150,000,000.
Of the amount, to be asked, $42,
573,000 represents pay, subsistence
and similar expenses for the army of
175,000 men, which congress appro
priated for, Mr. Baker said, as cur
rent appropriations were that much
short on that basis. The remaining
$34,000,000 deficiency was due to re
cruiting to a strength ot more than
175,000 men, he added.
New York City Threatened
With Another Harbor Strike
New York, Dec. 22. New York
may experience another harbor
strike if a dispute between employers
and boat owners is not adjusted be
fore January 1.
This prediction was made by Cap.
William A. . Maher, head of the
United Association of Masters,
Mates and Pilots, in a plea before
city officials for adjustment of hour
and wage scales on city owned ves
sels. ' ,
Candy Man Fined $10 for
Frank Tirro, proprietor of the
Omaha Candy kitchen, Sixteenth uid
Cass streets, was fined $10 by Police
Judge Foster in Central polke court
yesterday for failing to- properly
mark the- weight on boxes of candy
sold in his store. Tirro was arrested
on complaint of Thomas Zacek, state
lood intpector, (
Farmif i
By House
Measure Imposing High Emer
gency Tariff on Score of Ag
ricultural Products Car
ries by 196 to 86.
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Fate in Senate Uncertain
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Cblcugo Tribune-Omaha Bee Lrmeed Hire.
Washington, Dec. 22. By a vote
of 196 yeas and 86 nays, the house
tonight passed the farmers relief bill
imposing a high emergency tariff
on a score of agricultural products,
the decline in the price of , which is
attributed in part by the farmers to
competition with, importations.
The measure now goes to the sen
ate where its fate is uncertain. It
will be taken up by the senate fi
nance Committee after the holidays,
but the prolonged discussion made
possible - for senate rules may com
pass failure of passage.
Supporting the bill in the house
were 154 republicans, 41 democrats,
and one prohibitionist. Opposing it,
72 democrats and 14 republicans. A
considerable number of republicans
from industrial sections severely
criticized the measure as class legis
lation which would increase the cost
of living.
Democrats from Texas! Louisi
ana, Florida and other states whose
products are furnished protection
under the bill, joined with the repub
licans from agricultural regions in
its support. Their defection caused
them to be subjected to severe crit
icsm by Representative Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois, ' Representative
Garrett of Tennessee, and other
democrats who fought the measure
as in conflict with their party doc
trines. No Change in Bill.
' The bill went through without
change. In. the case of each of the
commodities covered by the bill,
amendments were offered either re
ducing the duties to the level of
the former Payne-Aldrich tariff law
or striking out the section entirely.
The items covered by the bill are
wheat, wheat flour, corn, beans,
peanuts, potatoes, onions, rice,
lemons, peanut oil, cotton seed oil,
cocoanut. oil, soy bean oil, cattle,
sheep, fresh mutton and lamb, long
staple cotton and its manufactures,
and wool and its manufactures.
The bill is designed to apply to a
period of 10 months while the tariff
law is being completely revised.
Representative Fordney of . Mich
igan, chairman of the ways and
means committee, expressed the
hope that at the beginning of the
special session, either the Payne
Aldrich tariff law 6t the Dingley
law would be re-enacted as an emer
gency measure for the protection
of all classes of industry pending
the passage of the revised bill.
j ; Madden Opposes Bill.
r Representative Madden of Illinois
was one of the republicans speaking
against the bill. He said that while
it was claimed that the wool grow
ers would benefit from th hill ih
actual effect would be to increase j
the value of wool i the hands of
others than wool growers. He said
it would double the price of clothing.
Representative Fordney of Mich
igan, chairman of the ways and
meais committee, led the fight for
the bill.
"Information was brought to the
committee that 90 per cent of the
sheep on- the western ranges are
mortgaged for $9 a head, which is
more than they sell forin the pres
ent market," said Mr. Fordney. "In
formation was brought to the com
mittee also that 90 per cent of .the
cattle on the western ranges are
mortgaged for more than they will
sell for.
"The farmer today is suffering be
cause of lack of protection for his
products resulting in an inability to
obtain anything like the cost of pro
duction.
"There is no possibility of passing
a bill including all the economies ad
vocated by some. The committee
has attempted to include the com
modities most affected by the pres
ent situation." '
House Committee Quits
Hearing Until January 6
Washington, Dec. 22. After a
brief hearing on tax revision, the
house ways and means committee
adjourned today until January 6, on
which date it plans to turn its at
tention to a general revision of the
tariff. V
While the committee does not
contemplate further consideration
of tax questions at' this session,
Chairman Fordney said this did not
mean that new tax laws would be
drafted on the basis of information
gathered thus far. He" explained
that the committee felt it should
start on tariff revision immediately
after the holidays and 'devote itself
to that task until it was completed.
Stale Department to Probe
Charges Made at Hearing
V ashington. Dec. 22. Charges
made by Mrs. Annot E. Rob
inson of Manchester, England,
that American Consul Wells, at
(Manchester, had attempted to pre
vent her trom coming to this, coun
try to testify before the commis
sion of the committee of'one hun
dred investigating conditions in Ire
land are to be investigated by the
State department
Consul, General Skinner, at Lon
don, has been asked for a full re
port of the circumstances surround
ing the vise of Mrs. Robinson's pass
port.
' Noted Pianist Dies.
Boston, Dee. 22. Mrs. Annie N.
Baldwin; a pianis who had been
associated with many musical eel
lebrities, died here today. She was
a sister of the late Lillian Nordica,
and was her accompanist on many
..concert toursj ,
16 Persons Are
Killed in Fresh
Riots in Ireland
Many Persons Wounded in
Clashes Between , Civilians
And Soldiers Between Cal- ;
lan and Glenbower. -,'
By Th Aaaoclated- Preas.
Dublin, Dec. 22. Heavy fighting
has taken " place bet weed , .large
forces of civilians on one side and
soldiers and police on the other, in
the section lying between Callan,
county Kilkenny, and Glenbower,
county Tipperary. The military and
police were ambushed at not less'
than three different places 3'estetvday
and numerous casualties resulted on
both sides. These included Sergeant
Walsh, R. I. C, killed, some soldiers,
number unknown, killed, 10 or 15
civilians killed and Sergeant Shan
non and several soldiers wounded.
About 30 civilians were wounded or
captured.
The inhabitants of the countryside
are in a state of terror and manv are
fleeing from their homes,;- j
Air Station Officers
Give Up Hope for Meri
, In Missing Balloon
Rockaway. N. Y.. Dec. 22. For
the first time since the disappear
ance of the naval balloon A-5598
nine days ago, officers at the Rock-
away naval air station here reluc
tantly expressed the' opinion' thaf
the three occupants of the missing
craft are dead m the wilds of the
Adirondack mountains.
Officers at the station pointed out
that in the event the occupants of
the balloon landed uninjured in the
thickly wooded sections of the Ad-
lrondrcks, there was a strong prob
ability they succumbed to the bitter,
weather of the past - few days, m
view 'of the fact that the . balloon
was poorly provisioned with -food.
The airplane hunt for the miss
ing craft, with Glens Falls as the
base of operations, will "proceed, it
was announced.1 .
Man Held in Winnipeg, for .
Passing Bad, Checks in Iowa
- Winnipeg, Man.;. Dec 22. Jos'eph
Gadbury , who ' arrived here yester
day by airplane from Minneapolis,
was arrested on. a charge of pass
ing worthless checks for- $1,300. at
Britt, Iai The airplane in which
he crossed the international bound
ary also is being, held. , '.
Prisoner "Draws"
Charge of Burglary .
And Pleads Guilty
New York,, Dec. 22. Assistant
District Attorney Sullivan, in gen
eral sessions court, held five slips of
paper in his hand five charges
against Lawrence ' Hawthorne, . 22,
held under $100,000 bail for his part
in the Hotel Astor holdup last week
Beside him sat the prisoner, waiting
to plead f) them. " i
"I'll draw one 'card' and plead
guilty to the indictment on , it,"
Hawthorne said.
"Which oner asked the assistant
district attorney. , ' .
He held the slips : a he would. a
poker hand. ' The indictments
ranged from assault to burglary in
the first degree, punishable by ''not
less than 10 years in state prison."
"Any one will do."
Hawthorne drew at random.
He picked "burglary in the first
degree," the severest of the lot.
"Guilty to the charge, your
honor," he said.- ...
He will be sentenced Christmas
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International
SwindlcBarei!
Sioux Chy Janitor' Confesses
To Obtaining Money by
Use of Mails.
Sioux City, la., Dec. 22. An in
ternational swindle, police . and fed
eral-authorities believe, has been un
earthed in the arrest here of Harry
P. Saunders, 42,' janitor at a Sioux
City college,' on a charge of using
the emails to defraud. His alleged
scheme was to get money from Eng
lish 'estates. Authorities say Saund
ers may have secured from $500 to
$500,000. .. ' ,
Saunders has made : a compleU
confession, according to. postal In
spector J. A. Szarkowski and Chief
of Police Earl Morgan.- He is in
the county jail pending ' a hearing
before a United States commissioner.
Where large estates were left,
Saunders would write a letter to the
dead persons. M6rgan said Saunders
confessed. This letter was supposed
to have been in .answer to one re
ceived a year or two previous from
the dead person, while alive: Saund
ers' letters would contain informa
tion supposed to have been asked
regardieng some debt of from. 5 to
50 owed by the dead party.
If is admitted by Saunders, ac
cording 6 Morgan, that he had been
in correspondence with 56 estates
since" coming to Sioux City, three
months 'ago. His records also
show he wrote 45 others while, at
Plankintoh. S. D., Morgan stated.
From many of these Saunders re
ceived ' from 5 to 50, Morgan'
says the records show.
Four Charged With
Death of Teach King'
Dismissed by Judge
Macon, Ga., Dec. . 22. The four
defendants, charged with the mur
der by poisoning of Fred D. Shep
pard wealthy Georgia peach grower,
last 'June, we're discharged by Judge
H. A. Mathews,; before whom they
had' been arraigned at a preliminary
heating. .:; . i
The, defendants were Sheppard's
widow,', now Mrs. .Pauline Elmer;
her soiy Ernest Hopson; her sister,
Mrs. ...lona Henry, and Mrs. Annie
Cutts. of -Fitzgerald..,: The state had
charged T.they hadipoisoned Shep
pard in a plot to obtai possession
of' his money. ' . .
Judge Matthews held that even if
Sheppard had .been poisoned, the
state had not -presented evidence
sufficient to connect the defendants
with thedeed.'-Testimony of medi
cal experts;-: he said,1 had been con
flicting. , V.'.V; . '
Teamsters and Laborers
Have ray t,ut at loriOlK
N'ortolR, Neb., Dec. 22. ( Special.)
Laborers-employed by the . street
department have 'had , their wages
reduced from 60 cents?,to 40 cents
an hour. jThe wages ' of" teamsters
dropped to $7 a day.
Dry Agent Dismissed
East St. Louis, 111., Dec. 22. S.
Glen Young,, prohibition enforce
ment 'officer here, charged with mur
der and a statutory offense, has
been suspended indefinitely, it was
announced here . today. Young is
under indictment in connection with
the fatal shooting of Ltika Vuko
virh, at Madison, III., November .6.
when a raid was made on the
Vukovich home in search of illicit
liquor. . ; .
Several weeks ago a warrant was
issued against Young, charging him
with having attacked Miss EmiKc
Bombardier October 23, while raid
ing the Bombardier home at Staun
ton. He denied he attacked the
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Trains Delayed
And Wires Down
In Storm's Wake
Cold Snap, Which Arrived in
Omaha Tuesday Night, to
Continue Today, With
Fair Weather.'
Real winter descended upon snow
covered Omaha Tuesday night start
ing a drop m the mercury whicn
continued steadily until 6 p. myes
terday, when the thermometer regis1
tered only 4 above zero, the coldest
of the season. After this the weather
rising. The forecast yesterday, how
ever, called for fair and continued
cold last night and Thursday.''
During the few. hours of near zero
weather Omaha experienced broken
train schedules, frozen water pipes;
poor wire service and' the air tnfiil
planes ran from one to six hours
behind scheduled time.
' All Trains Late.
Yesterday all trains were running
trom one to tour hours late. Bur
hngton - trains came into Omaha
from anTiour to two hours behind
and Union Pacific trains were run
ning anywhere from one to two
hours late.
The Rock Island train from Den
ver was reported from three to four
hours late. The Northwestern train
from Chadron, Neb., was reported
font hours late.
For a time Northwestern wires
east of Council Bluffs were down
in the morning and no report of
trains running east of there could be
received. About noon the wires
were again in operation.
The air mail planes made, their
regular trips. .! k
Either rain or snow has been fall-,
ing throughout the; Mississippi and
Missouri river valleys.from Canada
to the Gulf of. Mexico. 'it was report
ed at 'the weather bureau yesterday.
The snow and rain and falling
temperatures . were .traveling east
ward and were expected to hit east
ern Iowa-some' j; time last night or
this morning.. ' v
10 Below at Valentine.
-The mercury at 10 yesterday
morning at Valentine. Neb., hit the
10-below zero mark, the coldest spot
in any of the states, it was reported.
Other 7 o'clock readings wired to
the Omaha office follows:
North Platte, Neb..
Pierrf, ,S. D. ." ,
Rapid City, 8 V. . .
Huron. S D
Shfrldan, Wyo..,.
Cheyenne, Wyo....,
TcnVer. Colo
Dea; Molnee.. la
Kttnttua City, Alo...
SI. Paul. Minns....
Chicago-
5 below
. 6 below
6 below
2 below
4 above
below
. .Zero
. .18 above
18 a bove
..20 above
. .40 above
' " ' Denver Wires Down.
Denver. Colo., Dec. 22. Storms
east of Denver and the exolosion ot
a freight engine south of here this
.in.., mug v-ui nil iiiy oil iruiu Wire
rrmimimiratinn fnr a tim ,-i.In, ,,-itS
! all parts of the country except to
the. west. All -trains due here from
the east are late. Railroad officials
I would not attempt to predict when
(Turn to Pa.fe Two. Column Flve.l
The Weather
- Forecast'.
'Thursday: Fair" and continued
cold: t
HOrKLT TEMPF.RATt'RF.S.
II a.
6 a.-
7 .
' a,
a.
Ill a.
11 a-
m. . . .
m....
m. . . .
m . . . .
m . . . .
rh....
m. ....
....?
I
'.'.'.'.(,
....6
...5
....4-..-..6
....(
....
I.
13 noon
Tentpmtnrea at 7 r, M,
Station Temp. ' At 7 p. m.
rhivonn 12 North Flatta .... 5
Pavennort 15 '.Pueblo Js
Denver 13 Salt Lake j.it
Ilea Molnea 14 SmiI Fo IS
Doi1 City 14 ShrrUtan I
Lander -4 Valentine -4
Shipper' Bulletin.
Protect ahliimenl during h next 34
to 16 houra from lemperaturee at followa:
North, 6 dttreea below; eaat and south,
iero; weat. 10 ilutiaea below,-
Jury Holds
Ex-Omahan
For Murder
Son-in-Law Shoots to Death
Mayor of Seward Wounds
Wife andjMother-in-Law
And Attempts Suicide.
Divorce Suit Is Cause
Seward. Neb.. Dec. .22. (Special.)
Patrick McFarland. alias Arthui
Andrews, formerly of Omaha, wa
ordered held on charges of ui:rde;
in connection with the fatal thoot
ing of his father-in-law, George A.
Merriam, mayor of Seward, last
night by a coroner's jury, which re
turned a verdict at midnight.
The mayor was shot and killed
about 8 while on the way to th
opera house to see his son, Fay, in
a home talent play of the American
Legion. . He was accompanied by
his 'wife and daughter, Mrs. lessi
McFarland, and her 3-year o!d son. -George.
'
McFarland met them in the riiddU
of the street in front of the high .
school and a short distance from
their home. .
Opens Fire.
He opened fire ou his father-in-law,
who fell to the ground with
three bullet wounds, one in the head,
the neck and the breast.
Mrs. Merriam, her daughter and
g.-andson screamed and began to run
across the street. McFarlani emp
tied the remaining chambers ot his
revolver at thein and ran t.i his
home, where he slashed hi throa'
with a razor. ; "
The women reached the home of
Wilkinj Boals and were given ref
uge there. Police , and, the sheriff
were summoned. Mrs. Merriam
was found suffering from wounds
m the hands and side. ,
Wounded in Breast
Mrs. McFarland was wounded in
the breast.' She had been beaten
over the head, apparently with the
butt of the revolver. Both were re
moved to the hospital where they
Lwere reported resting well today.
Mrs. Merriam will recover, physi
cians say, but Mrs. McFarland's
condition is considered still critical.
Fear that his small son, George,
was to be estranged 'from him for
ever through divorce proceedings
instituted a month' ago by his 'wife
is said to have been the cause of
McFarland's shooting. '
Through, all the shooting, the
baby escaped injury. He was taken
to the home of his uncle, Fay Mer
riam.,' -: ' ' ""; " . ""
Refuses to ,Talk.
When v Sheriff Lee Richmond
reached the McFarland home, he
found the man sitting in a chair cov
ered with blood. He nodded a
greeting to the officer, and made
another attempt to get his ' razor
which his mother, who came to visit
him from Colorado, but a few days
ago, had hidden.
He refused to talk, but when doc
tors arrived, he pleaded with them
to let him alone and not dress his
wound.
"I want to die," Chief of Police
(Torn to Pae Two, Column Two.)
.
Rule Today on New
Trial for Borwick
Arguments Presented to, Court
, In Case of Man Convicted
Of Manslaughter.
i
Judge George W. Cullison may
hand down his decision this morn
ing in district court at Council
Bluffs in the matter of a new trial
for Ernest Borwick, convicted of
manslaughter by a jury two weeks
ago when tried for the ' death of
Leo Holzfastcr.
Yesterday ,W. E. Mitchell, attor
ney for Borwick, made extended ar
guments during; the forenoon before
Jddge Cullison, citing errors on
which he based his claim for an
other hearing.
He argued that several , matters
were left by the judge in his instruc
tions' to the jury, when they were
established by uncontroverted ' evi
dence and also urged that the court
erred in failing to direct the jury
as to the defendant's rights in de
fending himself and the other oc
cupants of the. car.
lit made many other extended
! arguments on detailed points in the
instructions ot.the court to the jury.
Among these was-the claim that in
structions on the law of retreat
were inapplicable, since Borwick
was unable to leave his seat in the
car. ; He also argued that the fact
that his client was tried immediately
following the Barrett- case was preju
"ia vaat.
! C E. Swansni. rmtntv nltrrnv
spent tn atternoon in arguments
! against the new trial.
Many Die In Petrograd
London, Dec. 22. A serious labor
riot occurred recently in Petrograd.
says a Helsingfors dispatch to the
Central News uuder yesterday's
date, in which many persons were
killed or injured. The riot was
crushed and 105 laborers were exe
cuted, the dispatch adds. The trou
ble started when lie soviet authori
ties refused the demand of the city
laborers for more food and shorten
ing of the working day, which is 16
hours.
Man Hanged for Murder,,
Lethbridge. Alberta, Dec. 22
Thomas Bassoff, .cohvicted of mur
der, was hanged at the jail here at
6:04 a. m. He was, convicted of the
murder of Corporal Usher of the Ca
nadian mounted police and provin
cial Nonstable Bailey in a gun fight
between the police and Bassoff's ban
dit Banff in Bellevue last Auguat
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