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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1921)
THE-BEK: OMAHA. BATUKUAY. f'tiBKL AiiY 26, l2l. T County May Pay JudgesjLbss- Due To Fire iii Riot Measure Passes Senate Ly Bare Majority to Reimburse Officers for Loss of Libraries. Lincoln. Feb. 25. (Special.) A lare constitutional majority was finally rallied in support of S. F. 269, i bill wnich authorizes Douglas county to reimburse his district judges for the los of their libraries in the court house riot of two years ago. The debate upon the bill had been rather spirited in the senate two days Krfore when the measure was con sidered in the'' committee of the a hole. Davii Against Bill. Senator Davis was the lone mem ber of the Douglas county' dela tion who voted asrainst the bill. The eight others who opposed it were Anderson, Uoebe, ' Cromn, JJutton. Halderman, Johnson, 'Mian and Ulrich, Seventeen voted for t, the bare constitutional majority re quired to pass a bill. . yv In spite of the fact that f4. senators had asked to be excused for Fri day afternoon, many of whom wanted to stay home a couple of days to look " after March 1 real estate transactions, the senate voted to. adjourn to Monday afternoon. Motions to recess 16 Friday after noon and to Saturday morning were voted down. . The senate Friday morning passed 2 bills on Vurd reading, tour oi which are house bills now ready for the governor's signature. The house bills arc: nut rd. County clerks to record military dls clisrgss, H. R. No. 3. Increases salary or register or aeeus, . K' No- 6S- . ' . ,. A 500 monument to Stephen Archibald nf Hitchcock eounty, whose estate es , cl.cHted to the state. H. K. No. 14. Toachls of deaf In district schools, H. XL No, 1(3. - Other bill passed were: . S. , F. No. SC6 To encourage poultry raisin. . '. . 8. F. No. 12 Readjustment of probate court fees. 8. P. No. 801 Raising limit on paving S.dr. No. ?78 Authorises regents to bu and sell scrum. S. F. lSHHosts salary of assistant pro bation officers In Omaha from I12S to $150 a month. S. F. No. :0 Reduces group Insurance from 100 to SO. S. F. No. 277 Regutres state superin tendent to pass1- on plans for school houses costing- over $1,000. S. F. No. U3--AuthorUes county boards to furnish assistants to assessors. S. F. No. 216 Authorizes new normal board to prescribe courses of study. . S. F. No. lit Establishes new . state normal board. . S. F. No. 3TS Felony -W falsify records nt nnhllc utlliMen. 8. F. No. 2S Abolishes old stntuto cre ating district court commission to test sanity of convicts condemned to death. S F. No. 102 Raises salaries of sher iffs' deputloa la Douglas county 209 a JS.' r. Noi 14 Authorizes chief clerk for powglaa county attorney. 8. F. No. 112 reate new vocational aid board.' . a F. No. SOd Increases salary of Oms. ha clerk of municipal court from 11.800 to 2,100. . T Three Vater Board Bills , Passed in Lower House Liucoln. Feb. 25. (Special.) -Xhee Metropolitan Water district bills passed in the lower house of th state legislature today. These bills already have passed the senate. One of the measures provides that the name of the Metropolitan Water district be changed to the Metropot. han Utilities district, and that ont public utility, like the municipal gas plant.be permitted to borrow money from another, like the water district, sums as hiKh as $150,000. 1 Another authorizes extensions ot water and gas mains in Omaha and adjacent towns, giving the property owners 10 years in which to meet the costs. . The third bill provides that the gas plant may suonm uuu -vote of the people just as the water district is so permitted now. 3CI1001 uisinci uc , Will Be Settled Tuesday Lincoln, Feb. 25 (Special.) In the face of criticism by : Senator Hoagland of what he called a depo sition to "run away with taxes" and his declaration that it was tune to call a halt, the state senate, atter having advanced S. F. 220 out of its order for committee of the whole consideration with a view to imme-rv-t mtuirr. laid it aside aeam and made it a special order of business Tuesday. ...v . , , The bill authorizes certain school districts with over 100 children to levy up to the constitutional limit of 100 mills, a privilege granted Oth .e district; bv the last legislature. Graft in Auto Licenses Charged by "Alfalfa John' T.inrnlu. Feb. 25. (Special.) "Alfalfa John" Franklin charged on the floor of the house today that 60 per cent of the money collected m automobile licenses was used tor "graft" purposes. This statement was made while Franklin was at tempting to lift his bill cutting auto mobile licenses in half. Members asked Franklin to specify instances of his blanket assertion. He de clined. His efforts to put life in his bill failed. Platte River Bridge to Be Voted on Thursday Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) The house will vote on the location oi me bridge across the Hattc river be tween Saunders and Douglas coun ties at 2 Thursday afternoon. Kepre cntative Medlar today succeeded in nutting the bill on special order for that time, as it is expected that near ly one-half of the membership of the lower house will be absent the first of next week. Retailers of Bread Oppose Standard Weight Loaf Bill Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) Petitions were presented to the state senate today from 500 .ebrakans, most of them retailers of bread, opposing H. R. 24, providing for a standard weight bread loaf. C H. Freadrich, president of the Federa tion Vf Nebraska Retailers, filed the petition with the presiding officer. ' Organize Fire Department Table Rock. Neb., Feb. 25. ( Special.) A meeting was called hee to organize a fire department. It if being organized through the advice of the state fire examiner. Inttnsely interesting Bee Want Ads - J Spring Has Come; First Robin Seen: Looking for Flat ' It's still February but "sprig has vuv. At least. O. It. Fisher, 2541 South I tnth street, believes so. For, yesterday, when he gazed out over' his back yard fisher saw a real Robin Red Breast. He had heard him thrilling his merry notes, but wouldn't trust his cars. So he peeked and sure enough, over the catch, of around that should be ereen grass nonpea oia kodih Red Breast; as happy as can be. "Rob" was alone, so Fisher said, but had evidently heard of the house shortage in Omaha way down in Mobile and came on ahead as ad vance agent, to charter a flock ot trees for his conferees. 1 v Amend Norval Bill in Senate Measure Recalled for Iwo Amendments Planned to Strengthen It.t - i, Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) To insure doubly validity of S. F. 160, to strengthen the Siman law, .the senate which advanced the bill to third reading Thursday recalled it Friday morning for two amend ments, on motion of Senator Perry Reed, introducer of ' the original amendments to the bill. One was to restore the name of the-mtroducer, Senator R. S. Norval, to the bill, which he had removed Thursday, on the ground that he was not the author of the bill as amended. -- The other was to strike out the words "vote for" as too drastic in Section 4 of the amended bill, where in it is declared- unlawful for any organization to discriminate against the use of English or "for any officer, director, member or person in authority in any organization to (vote for), pass, promulgate, con nive at, publish, enforce or attempt to enforce any such prohibition or discrimination."- ; Senator Norval reiterated that he wanted it distinctly, understood that he was not the author of the bill, and1 voted "no" on- the amendment! The bill is now recorded as ready for third reading as amended: Movie Censorship Will Be Settled oh floor or Lower nouse Lincoln, Feb. -25, (Special.)-rThe lower house must decide what to do relative to movie picture regulation. AH bills pertaining to regulation of this" industry will be referred out of the committee on child welfare without recommendation in a short time. That was the statement today by J. Reid Green, chairman of the comi mittee, and Representative McClel lan, a member of the committee. "The committee canrrot agree or which of the three bills to repdf t out and consequently will put them all out for consideration of the house," Green said. ' s One is the movie, censorship hill. The other is the Byrum-Gifford bill, which, amended, imposes , a heavy penalty on any theaUr owner who shows a picture of crime of sex Which does not have a moral behind it. The last is the McFrland bill, which places - a fine on exhibitors showing indecent pictures of any description or pictures in which the hero or heroine in a' crime of sex scene doesn't come out victorious. South Dakota Senate Amends Movie Censorship Measure Pierre, S. D., Feb. 25. A bill pro viding censorship of all moving pic ture films and advertising matter was approved' by the senate of the state legislature today, amended so as to become effective August 1. . The house, which has already passel the bill, must act on the amendment be fore the measure is sent to, the gov ernor for approval. Fremont "Will Vote on ' Extending Water System Fremont, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) Fremont will vote on a $7a, 000 bpnd proposition for the exten sion of the water system. The city engineers estimate it w;!ll cost $63,r 000 for the enlarghient of the'sys-1 tern. No one part of the city is benefited more than the other as the extension taks in outlying dis tricts of every ward in the city. ; Eleven-Year-Old Auburn . Girl Has Sleeping Sickness Pawnee City, Neb., Feb. 25. (Special.) The 11-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Margaret Gerdes of Auburn, Neb., is afflicted with the sleeping sickness. Doctors have been unable to prevent her constant sleeping for several days. The mal ady is thought to be the after effects of the influenza which she had a few years agf). ' - Am KRTIKEMENT Get Dr. Edwards' OliveTablets That is the joyful cry of thousands since Dr. Edwards produced Oftve Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for 17 years and calomels old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive .Tablets while treating patients for chmnic constipation and torpid livers. Dti Edwards' Q&ve Tablets do not contain, calomel, but a healing, soothing vegetable Laxative, v ; t JN'o griping is the "keynote" of these little sugar-coated, tdjve-colored tab lets. They cause the bowels and K ver to act normally. They never force them to unnatural action. If you have a "dark brown mouth" bad breath a dull, tired feeling sick headache torpid liver constipation, you'll find quick, sure and pleasant re suits from one or two of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take them every night just to keep right. Trytftcrn. 13car.d30c. '0UCK RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION Hotel Company Affairs Tangled By Two Big Suits Receiver Charges Stockholders In Contempt of Court Stockholders Ask for $2,000,000 Damages. Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) Another 4angle was added to the affairs of th Nebraska Hotel com pany, the Nebraska Building & In vestment company, and the Lincoln Securities company, allied concerns Two suits were filed in the Lan caster district court one by Receiver. W. E. Barkeley and the other by Henry Furrer and other stockhold ers. In the one, Receiver Barkeley asks that rrank A. achaaf, H. Louis Lohmeyer, Edward O. Gregg and T H. Gore be cited to appear to show cause why they should not be "ad judged guilty of contempt. Bark- ley claims that the detenuants were in contemnt of court by holding a meeting in Lincoln and declaring; the companies bankrupt. In the other suit Furrer and the other stockholders seek damages ag erreitatinfir nearly $2,000,000. alleging misuse of the campanies' funds. The defendants named in the stockhold ers' suit arc Schaaf, H. Louis' Loh meyer, Edward O. Gregg, Robert W. Johnston, Albert T. Schaaf and James H. Gore, as officers, directors and employes ot the three companies Judgment is asked against the defendants in .the following amounts Scaaf. $481,995.43: Gregg. $418, 137.45: Lohmeyer, $407,705.66; Gore. $418,023.16, and Albert J. Schaaf, $8,582.24. x Beatrice Man Guilty of Assault on Young Girl Beatrice, Neb.,'Feb. 25. (Special Telegram.) Em Darwin of this city was found guilty by a jury in the dis trict court today of assaulting Wilma Druery, 14. Darwin has a wife, and four children, lone of whom is now an inmate of the Girls' Industrial school at Geneva. Judge Colby appointed Judge Kretsinger, assistant county attor ney, and issued orders for a vigorous prosecution of 15 men whose names have been given the county attorney by Miss Druery and her girl friend, Cordia Carpenter. Nebraska Congressmen Select New Committeemen Washington, Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) At a meeting of the house members from ' Nebraska. Congressman Reavis, who has served four years as the Nebraska member on the committee on committees, asked that Judge Kinkaid be selected for that committee in view of the fact that his work on the commit tee to reorganize the departments will take up a very great deal of his time during the early part of the next congress. Judge Kinkaid was unanimously elected. Congress man McLaughlin of the Fourth dis trict was elected to succeed himself as the Nebraska membef of the national republican congressional committee. Foreign Language Bill Passes in South Dakota " Pierre, S. D., Feb.' 25. -The Ameri can Legion's foreign ; language bill, considered one of the principal mea sures of the 17th assenibly, com pleted final passage today when the house .voiced its approval by. a vote of 04 to 33. . " This measure, with Governor Mc Master's signature,' becomes effective July 1. and requires all subjects taught in public or parochial schools' or other public btu'Idings of the state on all school days, from Sep tember to May be taught in the Eng lish language. It prohibits substitu tion of any other language in teach ing the subjects required in the' state course of study. Aged Grand Island Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Grand Island, Feb; 25. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Fred Remboldt cele- .brated their golden wedding in the circle of the irrftnediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Remboldt were married in Wisconsin in 1871. moved to this section in 1872 and resided on a homestead 12 miles north of the city 'until 12 years tgo when-J they moved to Grand Island., All children residing nearby were at the gathering and a son and family from Illinois surprised the happy aged couple, by arri.ving unan nounced. , $1.50, $2.00 -;- , " - " At One Price Not Mora Than ; r Judge Likens State Bank of Nortli Dakota To "Modern Jonah" Bismarck. Feb. 25. Cllief Justice Robinson of the slate supreme court, in a statement last night, likens the Bank of North Dakota to a "modem Jonah." v "On our ship of state." he said, "there is a mQtWn Jonah the state bank. .The Lord has sent out a great wind auJ there is a mighty tempest in the seas and the ship is likely to be broken unless Jonah be thrown overboard, , ' "This same Jouah, without any menus of his own,' has posed as a bunker and gotten into his coffers all tlie- public moneys from every county and corner of the state. He has put a large part of the money into long-time loa:ls,on Jand and into the raffers of bankers and parties that will never repay, and into build ings, mills and elevators. "New the depositors demand their money anA there is no payment. Tonaii is several millions; short and lie- will neither fish, cut "bait nor go ashore, so the chances are he will have to be thrown into the sea. "But in the treasury department there appears to be. a tame whale with capacity sufficient to swallow and liquidate Jonah." Midland College Fans Disappointed in Stand Taken by Hastings Team Fremont, Neb. Feb. 25.5 CSue- cial.) Local supporters of Midland college are disappointed in the stand taken by Hastings' college following the defeat ot its basket ball team in this citv last Saturday nicht. Hastings is the first school to ever accise ine i-urn?rans oi rougn worK and v intentional "dirty" playing on the court. I lie Hastings authori ties have published an exaKerated number of fouls alleged to have been called on the Fremont team for its actions in the last game. Hastings states that it will sever relations with Midland. The break ing off of connections between these two schools is up to Midland, how-ever.-as the local school holds the contract concerning next fall's foot ball games. Fremont Resumes Fight For Sunday Movie Shows Fremont, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) Efforts are being resumed to ntroduce Sunday movies in Fre mont. I he same question brought about a severe fight between the two factions m favor of Sunday shows and those against. The ministers took a strong hand the last time the matter, was up and" secured 2,000 names to a petition against Sunday movies from their congregations as they passed . from the church por tals. The proposed ordinance will have its third reading at the April meeting of the council, yhen a dis play of "righteous fireworks" arc expected. Colonial Entertainment Held by Loup City Lodges Loup City, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) The Masonic and Eastern Star lodges of Loup City held an en tertainment and box pupper .with about 70 present. Colonial day cos tumes were worn, and the hall was decorated in flags. The boxes were, sold at auction and brought on an average of more than. $13 each, tht total receipts of the evening being over $45Q. This will be applied toward paying for a site for a Ma sonic temple. After supper there wast an entertainment, which included a mock marriage ceremony. Hastings Minister Talks At Grand Island Banquet Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 25. (Special.) Rev. George Newell of Hastings was the speaker at the monthly dinner of the Chamber of Commerce. The subject was "You Pay the Price," and the pastor ap plied the principle to matters com mercial as well as moral. Two hundred members participated. The program was interspersed with com munity, signing, solo and trio num bers. , - ' Grand Island Church Is Celebrating Anniversary Grand Island, Neb., . Feb. 25. (Special.)-The First Baptist church of this city is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. Many former pastors are present. A program is given every, day and all departments of the: church work are subjects of interesting historical reviews. Saturday From 8 A M, to 12 A Real Sale v.. . 5 and $2.50 Ties " - " , Six to a Customer S. E. Corner 16th and Harney Sts. Poffenbarger Takes Stand in Robbery Trial v Young Alail Robber Testifies That He Threatened to Shoot Daly and His Wife if They Exposed Him. Fred E. l'offcnbarger, convicted of participation in the $3,500,000 Bur lington mail train robbery in Coun cil Bluffs' on November 13, took the witness stand yesterday afternoon ,m federal court to testify . m the trial of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Daly, charged with receiving and concealing a portion of the mail rob bery loot. He told of receiving about $25, 000 in cash from Keith Collins, one of his accomplishes, the morning fol lowing the robbery and carrying it in a flour sack to the Daly home, where he turned it over to Hugh Reed, who roomed there, for safe keeping. He testified that he 'told the Dalys that he and his partner would come down and shoot them if they exposed him to the authori ties. Jurymen Selected. - Daly and his wife were placed on trial at 10 a. m. yesterday, having pleaded not guilty to the indictment returned against them on Thursday. Most of the day was occupied with the selection of a jury, which in eludes J. A. Hancox of Atlantic, William Hayes of Harlan, Albert rancher of Audubon, W. R. Thomas of Audubon. E. E. McFerrin of Mo- dale Joseph Johnson of Pacific Junction, W. V. Huf faker of Logan, V. A. Slater of Denison, E. I. .Blaine of JCirkman, W. J. Hemenover of Missouri Valley. II. G. Lochmiller of'Denison and Tom Rutherford, jr, of RosA. The firsf witness for the govern ment was C L. Andcews of Chan ton, la., registry clerk on Burlington mail train No. 8 the night of the rob bery. He told the jury of the dis covery that the car next to the engine had been looted and described how he and two assistants checketj, the pouches and found Wof 156 sacks missing. , . S. B. Hooper of Chariton and M. L. Jackson of Omaha were the mail clerks who assisted Andrews in the checking. Both were called to the stand to substantiate his statements. Empty Pouches Exhibited. Six empty mail pouches and a number of locks were introduced as an exhibit and Claude R. Glenn, pos tal inspector with headquarters in Council Bluffs, was placed on the stand to relate the circumstances sur rounding the discovery of them. Olenn testified that four of the pouches were fountl under the ice in Spoon lake, near the Union Pacific transfer, that another was nicked uo at Eighth avenue and Sixteenth street and that the sixth 'was found in an outbuilding in Cochran park. He said the locks, which were fastened together by a wire, were brought to his office by Sumner J. Knox, in ternal rerenue agent. Knox told the jury that he ob tained the locks at the home of Mrs. Margaret Becker, 121? Fourth ave- nue. She in turn testified that thev were found" by her son. Dale, 9, and turned over to her. The boy was placed on the stand and described NEW YORK SIOUX. CITY Saturday finding the locks sewed up in au old sock in a cornfield near Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street. Received $25,000 of Loot. Fred E.' fotTenDarger was the last witness to, be examined before court adjourned for th& day. He tostifieff that he received "around $25,000," as his share in the spoils of the mail robbery. . He told how he, Keith Collins and Orville Phillips staged the robbery on the night of November 13. He said that Collins drove the auto-, mobile and that' he and ' Phillips broke into the car and threw out the sacks of mail. He did not receive the $25,000 in $10 bills, according to his Story, until about 3 a. ni. of the day following the robbery, when he went to the home of Keith Collins for that purpose. He testified that he stayed at the Collins home until 8 a. ni., then took his loot to the Daly home and gave it to Hugh .'Reed. He said he showed the money to no one but Reed and that it changed hands in the latter's 1room. "I told Reed that he would find out where the money came from if he read the newspapers," said young Poffenbergcr. "I didn't' talk with Daly or his wife that morning, but that night I told them that if any of them 'hollered about me coming down there, my partner and I would come down again and shoot them!" Reed Plead Guilty. Hugh Reed, indicted jointly with Mr. and Mrs. C. A.'Dalv on the charge of receivinsr and concealing loot from the $3,500,000 Burlington mail train robbery, changed his plea of not guilty to one or guilty yes terday. . Judge Wade reserved pro nouncement of sentence until todav. or possibly until after the conclusion of the 'Daly trial. Central' City Plans to Improve Beauty Spot Central City, Neb.. Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) Merrick county will be able to boast of the most scenic spot to be found this side of Denver. Plans and specifications are now in the possession of the Riverside Park association, which will convert the old Parker island, located on the' Platte river, two miles south of this city, into a beautiful park. Plans are outlined for an outdoor theater, drive, swimming pool, play area, cottaees and camoine area. This prospective park because of its nat ural wooded beauty, irregular shape and easy accessibility commands the attention of all communities for miles around. Beatrice Man Badly Hurt When Caught in Corn Shelter Beatrice. Neb.. Feb. -25. (Special Telegram:) Omar Young, 30, farm er living southeast, of the city, was caught in the flywheel of a corn sbeller at, the Thompson farm and narrowly escaped being killed. His clothing .was torn trom nis body. He was saved by Joe Kroos, fel low workman, who stopped the en gine. Youngs leu arm was DroKen and he was badly cut and bruised. Fire on South Dakota Farm Kills 54 Valuable Hogs Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. 25. (Special Telegram.) Fire on a Moody county farm burned to death 4 head of pure-bred hogs belonging to Harold N. Axtell and destroyed .a barn owned by Edward1 Gray. Ax tell's toss vtes $6,000" and Gray's $3,500. 318-320 SOUTH mar Greatly Underpriced Ml Visca Braid Hats Smart Georgette Combinations Fancy Straw and Lace Hats Faille Silk Hats Trimmed with Fruits, Flowers, Sashes, Bows, A Feathers, etc. -IMPORTANT- : A Beautiful Veil Free with every hat purchased before 12 noon on Saturday. Over 200 to choose from and every one a beauti ful design. 9 to 12 a. m. Blufs Teacher Victim of Mock --Marriage Vows Investigation by Suspicious. Father Reveals Nama of Minister Given by Pseudo Groom is Fictitious. Lucien Lamoreaux, 42, of Lt Paso, (fet-eiver of Gladys Hess, 23, leader in the younger social set of Council Bluffs, is behind the bars. He was taken to prison Thursday, according to a report tiled with thu Department of Justice in Omaha yes terday, Lamoreaux pleaded guilty to vio-, lation of the Matin act and was sen tenced to two ysars in federal prison. With the report of his incarcera tiou, received in Omaha yesterday, came the true story of the shattered romance of the pretty Council Bluff s society girl. Teaches in California. Miss Hess is the daughter of Ed win Hess, wealthy retired farmer, ot Council Bluffs. She. is talented hi music and in 1920 was teaching mu sic in Burbank, Cal. . There she won her place among the younger social set, as she had at home, and in the due course of time along came Lucien Lamoreaux. Cultured, with a host of friends in the little citv. he soon won the ad miration of the Blurts girl with his storied of wealth accumulated from Texas oil deals, and talcs of his col lege days at Harvard, from which in stitution he held a diploma. With a whirlwind courtship, he To FT. DODGE 7:20 a. m., 3:00 p. m., 7:30 p. m. ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, MASON CITY 7:20 a. m., 7:30 p. m. " The Road io fiappiness" Equipped with club cars, " cafe-parlor-observation cars, drawing-room sleeping cars, coaches and buffet-club cars latest models. ; CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE 1416 Dodg Street . Phone DoujUs 1684 Marshall B. Creig, G. A. P. D., 1419 First Nefl Bank Bldg. Phone Douf hu 0260 Omaha, Neb. fl.L--.' , SIXTEENTH ST Saturday Selling Over 500 Stunning New Arrivals just unpacked will be included in this Supreme Value-Giving Event, and these are truly the most beautiful shipment we have yet received. ' Values up to $22.50 and Lizere Straw Models wooed the oung Blutfs girl and wu her consent. , Divorce Paper Bogus. But only alter he had shown he? a divorce certificate which later, ac cording to the federal report, proved to be bogus. v When the bogus divorce decree was shown her. the Hess girl agreed to marry him, the report says, and they left for lil Paso where a mock wedding was held. They lived together for a month, until, the father, up in Iowa, berann suspicious at their traveling from city to city," and his brother, J. .1. less, attorney, investigated through au El Paso friend, v Name Is Fictitious. The name of the minister which was given ,he parent's of the gill proved to be fictitious, and the fath er went to Jackson, Miss., where he met the couple and learned the truth The girl was brought home and the mock marriage was kept a se cret until Lamoreux' appeared in tu9 Bluffs one day in an attempt to ex tort money. Detectives were out on his trail. 'and he was ordered out of town. He pleaded financial embarrassment, but when he arrived at the railroad station he produced a roll of bills of high denomination. , When haled before federal author ities in Fl Paso, Lamoreux, pleaded guilty, to transporting Miss Hess from California to Texas, and was sentenced. Miss Hess is living quietly, at home, teaching music in Council Bluffs schools. OMAHA LINCOLN - si for 45 Ever? Color, Size and Shape 1 rarriatftrra I , . JfcsllsiJsT JssUL I Saturday 1 V