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Omaha Is Quiet
As Wave of Crime
-Sweeps Country
r Denver Commissioner of Safe
" tjr Sends Congratulatory
Letter to Hotel Man Wjo
Stioots Burglar.
Not a wheel of the emergency
automobiles, ambulance, or police
v patrol, at Centra) police headquar
ters turned Thursday night during
- the hours of duty of the Third dctaijj
which goes on at miamgnt.
2 ; "Maybe It was too cold for . the
.crooks to turn out," said Capt. An-
tort Vanous, who is in charge of this
detail. (
; The report -sheet, cm which detec-
tives ana patrolmen of this detal
3; rnake note of the crimes on their
treats, was clean yesterday morning,
fKnot one "squeal" being recorded.
j These "squeals" whrh report
small thefts,JurRlarfc?s, fcoldnps, and
' the I ke, generally run in number
from five to 50 each monvng. the
larger numbers appearing dpring the
t winter.
: 27 Murders :n Denver, '
Denver. Dec. r 24. Twenty-seven
murders vave Been co-nmitted in
Denver in the past year. Fifteen
are yet unsolved. Larceny and
:' burglary frave been on the increase,
and the criminal court dockets are
f crowded. The citizens are talking
Z, of rigorous -measures, but the law
'-abiding cititens stood 'aghast todajf
;.ror the astounding action of Com
T: missioner of Safety Frank Downer.
A hotel proprietor noticed Thomas
Kershul. 3S years old, prowling in'
the halls, and, thought he was try-
5 injt the doors. When accosted Ker-
shul started to flee, 'but the pro-
jiprietof immediately drew a gun and
-f fired two shots in the man's back
" inflating fatal wounds.
: Contrary to all precedent the tom
. missioner of safety dictated a let
" ter to the hotel proprietor in which
he corgratulated h;m upnn his
: prompt action, and thanked hm for
shooting down a fellow tinman.,
- Pass Seek Slayers. .
f Louisville. Kv.. Dec. 24. Resi-
dents in the southern part of Louis'
;S ville, directed by police and detec-
L lives enged in a seirqh today for
a negro who last night shot Meorge
ri. Mnp, a ('-year-old farmer. King
i.' died today of his wound. Xj
r ' Salesman Is Killed. . ,
Springfield, Mo , Dec. 24. Springs
5; nejd police today are baffled by the
mystery which surrounds the death
, " of August J. Siegfried, Kansas City
v? jewelry -salesman, representing the
. C A. K'Rer Jewelry company, who
was fatally wounded at his roonj in
a local hotel late yesterday
"V. Two trunks eontainintr diamonds
valued at $10,000 and belongingvto
the firm by which Siegfried was em-"
ployed, were found at the hotel.
They will be opened later, police
sa
- In
a dvine statement. Sieofried
denied that he h.d shot himself and
, asserted, "They shot me. They were
v trying tp rob me." -
' ' Negro Prencher Lynched.
Purvis, Miss., Dec. 24. Following
I"- the finding yeterday . of the body of
Coleman Brown, an aged' negro
?fc preacher, hanging from a tree and
; riddled with bullets shortly after his
j," release on bond in connection with
the murder of a 14-year-old negro
girl, Sheriff Williamson announced
i he believed negroeswcre responsi-
bli for the lynching. ,
,; ; Sheriff Williamson stated Brown
J ,had been admitted, to bail Tuesday
after an , investigation had shown
t he, knew little jf anything of the
murder. Feelirg sgainst the preach
, "ier among the negroes, however, he
T;, said, had been very bitter. The body
of the irl ytas fogfid suspended by
a clothesline froriPa trceT
Eraterzler Is Arrested.
M:nneapolis, Dee. 24,--Privale de
tectives have arrested Irvingur
ray, said to be from Lemmop. S. D.,
on a charge of defraud'ng the
Farmer State banTc at New Le'p
?ig, N. D. out of $14,000. according
to word received here t&dav.
Murray, according to the detec.
; tivs is said to have-secured a loan
St -of $14,000 on a ranch near New I.ein
t., rtg "which he claimed he owned. The
bankers discovered later, it is al
leged, that he. had no interest in the
ranch. The arresi was made at
, if Ress, N. D. and Murray will be
f '-' taken to New I e nz'g tomorrow.
jf Inspector It Shot
r Prescott, Arii. Dec. 24.Charlea
X 'Summers,, a cattle inspector, was
shot and killed in his au.tom'-bil on
the Jerome Tuyctin - mad seven
iH m:les from 1 pere early hst n ght.
. i. His aandorod car was fund by
Sher'ff. W G. Davis shorMy after
the arrest of J?hn-Lohle:n, a saddle
i m'r, who was charged with the
' crime.
Railroad Ajent Regrets
Recall of St. Clair Furlough
Lincoln Dec 24. (Special.) In
a letter to Gus Hyers chief of the
state law enforcement bureau, J.
C Ready, chief agent for the North
western railroad at Omaha, ex
presses regret that Nebraska re
called the furlough of Frank St.
Clair so soon.'
Mr. Ready states that Deputy
United States Marshal Shoemaker of
Iowa has possession of evidence
that St. Clair allowed the men who
lnrbledtha Benson bank to stay
hii house the n'Kht before the rob
bery and' that in instances of other
7 robberies the men have stayed at
I his house. He says that St. Clair has
helped the cheriff of Pottawattamie
3F.. county by giving valuable informa
l' tion, but says it was done to cover
up his own acts,
C WUl.Veto Farm Bill. '
Wash.ngton. Dec. 24. Vet. of the
joint resolution reviving the War
ir Finance corporation is expected by
White House officials, but in giv-,r-
inn expression today to their btlief
- they made it clear that they had
no specific information from Presi
dent Wilson. Proponents of the
resolution in congress have declared
jhey-have sufficient votes to repass
U over a veto.
I1 Abotit 4,000 persons are employed
in the cigar industry in Finland.
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Luting F'st'e :anden F.lec
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Hear Ye! JSear! Starving Kiddies Need Hel
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Miss LucllU Huttcn posed as
the starving crjldreo of Europe.
This is the Christmas proclama
tion issued by MayoV Smith yester
day asain to bring, attention to the
fact that 5.2G0 of the thousands of
starving kiddie overseas are wait
ing reprieve from death at the hands
of Omaha.
Follow. ng cldsely on the mayor's
proclamation this1 morning came one
from the Junior league, througn M'ss
Gladys Peters, its president, asking
that the Omaha girls give their
strongest co-operation toward the
efforts of the Nebraska committee
Ci.iAi H J L.,
ijtateiT!ent Lfeilied Dy
Mrs. Qara Harrion
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Buck Garrett of Ardmore, in Juarea
Wednesday night' She sedulously
avoided discussing the charge
against her and mentioned Hamon's
name only once when she referred
to her opposition to his retiring
frorii ctive YieZ
Busy Reading Letters.
' The interview, which took place
"traveling, was e first granted y
her 4ince her 8urrender. r
j,ave . just been reading some
aboard the train on which she is
of the many letters 1 have received
from my dear friends,". Bhe bejtan
' 1 wanted to tell you of the wonder
ful friends I had in Chihuahua City
They were deeply religious, though
not orthodox. , T)ey mothered and
fathered nie as ft I were a child
They brought nie llowers and tven
toys. Wheivl sought to thank thera
they protested that there was only
one benefactor and whatever they
did was done by Him through them
as friends,'. It was a great spiritual
lesson and experience for me. that
visit to Chihuahua' City.
"As I told them before I leff.
betdfe I entered Mexico. I hated
Mexicans; but 1 left it loving them,
although J saw much of the beau-
tiful religion I could not adopt tor
myselt. ,1 hey believe in spirits. Al
though I do not say that this belief
is wrong, I know that J need my
own , level headed religion for I
have oSe of my own. I am too
much afraid of mvself t let mvself
idabble )n the occult '
will Return to Mexico. '
"When 1 get back to Mexico and
I intend to go there again to rest
I shall teach my friends something
of ventilation, cleanliness and hy
giene." '
When asked whether she ever ex
pected to resune 'her secretarial
career, she replid: t
"I have no plans; I know only that
I shall devote myself to making
amends to my family fqr the suffer
ing I have brought on thera. 1 shall
never again waste even an hour of
precious, time left me. I do, not be-J
lioya people snould ever retire from
a:tive work. ,1 have always opposed
any suggestion that Mr. Hamon
should retire."
Her face still sliahtlv drawn from
the strain of her recent experiences,,
iuuKa new giow 01 animation as'sne
leaned forward and-added:
"'1 believe that everyone must
grow, even during old age. When
people don't grow it is their faujt."
Referring to the place of worsen in
American life, sha said:
"I frequently told my Chihuahua
City friends I knew I could never
inakc a Mexican man happy; they
tale their wives too much for grant
ec,' and they do not believe that
ypmen should have a will of their
own." ' i . v
ravors western Men.
As the interview drew to a close,
because Mrs. Hamon complained she
felt tired. and dizzy headed, she
aaaeq:
vug lUUlfc muifc x wnnicu Q IC1J
Ifc'ou. How good it looked to see
hese tall understanding westerners
' I 1 r a ihin- T . - J . ..II
wamng ior me ai inc juare Station
attThey have all been so good and
wonderful toward me that 1 cat. t
heln feelintr deeolv erateful I fet
like -throwing vnf self in Mr. Garrett's
arms.-and when 1 had almost col
lapsed in my home. Sheriff Orndorfi
of El Paso was so helnful when he
said, 'There, there, don't worry, you
are among friends;you are in. the
U. S. A.' Oh, these western - men
are wonderful.
Sheriff Garrett and Attortev
Charles A. Coakley of Ardmybre
beamed.
llayiier $erves Notices
k ' In Packing Company Case
Des Moines, Dec. 24. Attorney
General Havner has served new no
tices at Sioux City in the Midland
Packing company. Case. He has
takcu-steps preliminary to obtaining
a writ of certiorari from the su
preme court of. the United States to
review the judgment- of the, circuit
court of appeals.
Bee want ads are business getters.
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the page delivering to Omaha Mayor
Ihe picture was aes.gnea ana photograpr.ta by Kyre foeu.
on European reLxf, fn charge of the
campaign ljere to save the kiddies.
Wondsrful Gift
"We don't mean necessarily per
sonal solititation or actual work of
that sort," said Miss Peters at- a
meeting of several Junior, league
girls at the committee's headquar
ters,, ."but if they all et together
and give their.Mnfluence and moral
support Jo helping the children,
especially with the coming of the
Christmas season, it will be of the
greatest possible aid toward mak
Christmas Brings
Much Joy to Omaha
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night. " Following the annu..l castom
this 'organization distributed baskets
of provisions for1 Christmas dinners
and candies and nuts for children.
Provisions Distributed. 1
The Salvation Army is delivering
Christmas basket ft its headquar
ters, 1711 Davenport street. Some
baskets were sent to the Home of
shutins. This organization will hold
an entertainment for children next
Monday night aj , the Elks' club
epoms, where ayor Smith will pre
side. Tjjday noon the Salvation
Army wMl serve dinner to 200 men
at its Industrial home. Eleventh andt-
Updge streets. A Christmas dminer
will be served to the young woraen
at the Salvation Army rescue hojpe
on North Twent-fourth street.
Sixty little folks at the Child Sav
ing institute were cheered yesterday.
They had a tree with presents, good
things to eat ''and everything," until
their little "tummies" ached.
- Old Folks Remembered.
The residents of the House of
Hqpe and the Old People's home
were remembered by many friends
and they, too, had reason aplentyrto
exclaim "Merry . Christmas" this
morning when they greeted each
other. Inmates of the ce-unty hospi
tal were given a sumtuous dinneV,
and Mrs. G. W. Ahlquist observed
her annual custom of , distributing-
rruit and nuts.
Sheriff Clark said 'he could not
relish his own Christmas dinner un
less iie. had done something to re
lieve the depression which attended
150 prisoners in the county jail. The
prisoners also will receive Christ
mas cheer. I -
A .Christmas tree at central police
station shed a .kindly 1ght .which
radiated beyorfd prison bars. Un
fortunate children in the neighbor
hood of the station were remenw
bered. -
Members of the American Legion
and the Girls' Community league
visited every ex-service man who is
confined in local hospitals. These
ministrations were made with eawf
ful thought and according to the
real needs of each case
Skatir R'nks PreparVd.
Thomasv Falconer,, city commis
sioner, and'lra Jones, snperinteident
of the public recreation department,
have been working vigorously to
nrenare the miblic skating places for
Christmas diy. Unless a snowfall
should interfere, their wiH be skat
ing today on flood?:l areas in Turn
pi narkvand the recreation field at
Thirty-second street and Dewey
ayenue. and in Kouiitze, Miller,
RivWvipw and To itcn'elle narks.
slide fv the ki(id:es has been pre
pared in Fontenelle park and curling
hn'-s in Miller park fo- the bcots,
. l ine local lodge or J'.ma acuverea
Christmas d;nner yesterday to many
homes; , fc-very wort! y case re
PiTTted was given attention.
The Orpheum vaudeville enter
tainers who are here tins week were
riven a Christmas psrty at Hotel
Fontenelle last night by Manager
W. P. (Billv)Byriie. s '
Man's Death Believed
To BeDue to Accident
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(Continued from Pace One.)
the supposition that Mr. Hei had
thrown open the gun with the in
tention of ejecting all the cartridges
before starting to clean the revolver.
The empty cartridge found in the
chamber is thought to have escaped
his, nitice and to bavcieen the one-
wh'ch sent its bullet crashing into
his heart.
Mrs. Hess, the man's wife, and the
daughter, S, had come to Omaha
earlier in the week to rsit her
brother, Anton Larson,' 1801 Vinton
street, and her mother, who livens
with the son. She and the daughter
registered at the Wellington Inn,
taVmtr room 407.
When Mr. Hess arrived In Omaha
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To Cure a Cold In On Dav
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Smith's Christmas proclamation on
ing this most "wonderful Christmas
gift"
Look Out, Men.
1 It has been suggested that, the
r . l. i . i n J H
umani mams can us ineir mnnenct
calling Bp their friends,finding out
whether Brother Bill end Dad, not
to mention someone else's brother
have all been good sjports find "dg
up" to cave at least otag little life.
The S. 0 S. has been sent to) all
Omaha women's and girls' organiza
tions. So look out, men, you're being
watched.
yesterday to join his family, over
Christmas, he went to the hotel and
after showing his c edentials was
given the ky to his wife's room,
where he was found dead shortly
afterward.
i Mrs. H,eSs and her daughter were
at the Larson home at the time. 1
According to the wife, her hus
band was hard working and
honest nun and there had nevier
been the'slightest trruble between
them. She scouted the suicide theory,
saying, tfiat she was unaware of any
reason for which her husband would
take, his life.
The report of the shooting, made
out by Detectives Graham and
Franks, Officer Sinclair and Drs
Miller and Winston, who wc -called
by police, will be delivered to
County 'Attorney Shotwell today.
Herring Gives Statement
To Explain Loss of $10,000
Des Moines, Dec. 24. Clyde L,
Herring, recent democratic candP
date for governor, in a statement
issued to clarify the position of the
Des Moires Chamber of Commerce
in its solicitation of funds to repay
him for the $10,000 personal loVs he
suffered last year as Polk county
fuel administrator, attacked Nate E.
Kendall, governor-elect, for his ef
forts to make nol'tical capital out
of the matter after the election fight
was ended.
We
Wish
Extend
Mends, and Patron
Compliments
of the Season.
Baker Ice
Company
1 9th and Nicholas
Streets
' 1 Takes Pleasure in Wishing
1 Merry Christmas' W
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LegsBroRenJo ,
Straightenriiem
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Mrs. Gregory Kelly, Bettdr
Known in Omaha as Ruth
Gordon, to Spend Happy
Christmas.
Chicago, Dec. 24. With both legs
broken and in plaster casts, Mrs.
Grtgory Kelly, known on the stage
as Ruth Gordon, todaj was look
ing forward to her happiest Christ
mas in several years. ,
"I am happy because my legs are
broken, she smilingly asserted to
day. She had them broken by a
surgeon in an effort to fulfill a de
sire to have straight legs, according
to her admission.
"I was bowlegged and now; they
are straight." she said. , "
"I was walking in a store hd I
saw a pair of .legs cojung toward
me in a mirror. i They, were so
funny I .laughed and when I got
close I found they were mine," she
deia,red. (
Ruth Gordon and hef husband,
Gregoryelly, appeared in Omaha
at the Brandeis theater early this
season, in the show "Clajwrtce,"
Kelly and his wife took tie lead
ing parts.
Alliance Jo Vote on ;
n City Manager Plan
Alliance, Neb., Pec 24". (Special
Telegram.) The questipn of the city
manager plan "of government for Al
liance will be decided at a special
election to be heW January '4. More
rljan double th number of the re
quired signers, including most of the
business men of, the city, presented
a petition to the city council asking
for the election. Dissatisfaction with
the presenf mayor and council plan
has been. expresseM)y 'many busi
ness men on the ground of alleged
extravagance and inefficiency in
managing city affairs. s
i H. E. Davidson, former member
of, the Iowa legislature, and promi
nent attorney of Clarinda, ' la., is
scheduled to give two public address
es here on the city manager, plan
December 28. The town of Clarinda
has had successful city manager
government for eight years. Prof.
A- E. Ayjesworth of the department
of political economy of the Nebras
ka state university who has drafted
the city, manager charters it several
cities, gave two talks on the plan
here yesterday. -1
Railroad workers in Mexico are
completely organized. I 1
Announces, (
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That she wiHtetyc ihe
same home-cooked dinner
Christmas day., Hours
from 12:30 to &3Q. '
$1.50 PerPlate
Opposite Court House
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Maid Who Stole
FurSet Arrested
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Guilty Conscience V Drives
, Woman to Leave Fur On
Porch.
Goaded by a guilty conscience and
fear of impending "arrest, Ethel
in
Quigley, domestic maid, lefua mink
fur set she had stolen from the
home of her former employer, E.
A. Conoway, attorney, 5Wll'Burt
street, on the front door step.Tliurs
daynight, she told the police follow
ing her arrest y sterday. - ,
The Quigley woman was arrested
in front of the Henshaw hotel at 3
o'clock yesterday by . Detectives
Devereese and Sl.egeweski, follow
ing a search of more than a week.
She had been employed as a majd
irt tjie Conoway home fowA weeks.
She said she needed money and be
gan to steal little things, until'the
theft of the mink fur seWwas re-QM-ted
to the police and khe ,was
suspected. ,v;'
AL first she gave her name as
Marie Depree and said she . was a
stenographer from Minneapolis.
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Thief Strips. Trees -Of
Christmas Gifts
For. School Children
fJraintree, Mass., Dec. 24. Four
Christmas trees hung with tovs, fruii,
candy and other good things in
tended to bring joy to the kiddies
of the-HolIis chool, were stripped
by a thief who came in the night.
L;Jer, however, she bimiUed she
was Ethel Quigley and that her
home isvin Sioux City. v
She begged the authorities ttot to
let her people know of the trouble
she is in in Omaha.
.She is being held in the matron's
ward at Central police station. ,-
Farmers Urged to Give
Wheat for Relief Worlt
Spoukane, Dec. 24. A canfpaign
among members of the Washington
Farmers' union to secure a donation
of a sack of wheat from each mem
ber for European children's relief,
was announced by A. D. Cross, sec-retafjT-of
the organization. He said
the wheat' would be collected by lo
cal unions and shipped to the coast
where it would be exchanged for
(lour.. He estimated thai 10,000
bushels of wheat would be donated.
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'May it be one long r e-membered--may
pleasant
words' and kindly fieeis,
kindle anew
The Old Wish
Wished Again
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Nebraska PS PowerCo
Varnsnv at Fifteenth Street .
'2314 M St., South' Side
Des Moines Man Made
Leader of Boy Scouts
Gilbert If. Gendall of Des Moinea
has been appointed to succeed u.
M. Hoy' as head of the Omaha
council of Boy Scouts, assuming his
duties January 154 ,
Mr. lfoyt resigned, effective De
cember 31. to go to University of
Chicago for further study; Mr.
Gendall has been executiVe ofvthc
Des Moines council of Boy Scouts
ior four years. His appointment
was' announced Thursday night fol
lowing a conference of the officers
ef the council: W. W. Head, A. H.
Curric, W. E. ihoades and J. W.
Welch. '
Horses Are' Remembered.
Bofton. Dec. 24.,-At a Christmas
tite Wt up in Postoffice square,
draught horses of the business-district
gathered round for gifts today
From the tree they nibbled apples
and sugar lumps and from feeM bags
ate their fill of sugared corn on the
cob, carrots and oats. The Massa
chusetts Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, which ar
ranged the horses' Christinas tree,
provided also for the drivers, serv
ing sandwiches, doughnuts and cof
fee. '
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