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THE BLh; UftlAHA, WKUMflSUAV. MARCH 9, 1921. ( ( Sife Admitted Killing Husbnd Detective1 Says Details of Alleged Confession la Poison Peaches Case Re lated at Trial of Woman For Murder. Sioux Palls, S. D., March 8. De tails of a confession Mrs. Anne Matheson niacin last September in jail here, following her arrest ou a charge of murdering her husband, Martin Matheson, by poisoning him, were admitted as evidenceAt her trial today. Her attorney soifcht to bar the testimony of Phil S." Pickett, a ' city detective, .to whom Mrs. Mathe son was paid to have told her story lf of the crime. Pickett insisted that no promise had been made Mrs. Matheson that State's Attorney Waggoner had in formed her of her rights, telling her that she need not talk and anything she might say would be used against her at her trial. But sheNleclared, the detective said, "she could riot sleep" and wanted to talk. The original confession, according to Pickett, laid the blame for the suggestion foe the crime upon the shoulders of John Digre. a brother of Carl Digre, who was acquitted of complicity in the murder by a. jury last week. John Digre was exoner ated by the grand jury. Mrs. Matheson, Pickett went ou in detailing the crime, told of placing a quantity of poison in some peaches her husband ate about July 17, 1920. and of giving him a stronger dose of poison in a glass of salts later, from the effects of which he died. Upon being cross-examined, Pick ett admitted the woman was weak -id nervous at the time she gave the iwuiisaiuii, uui uc uciiicu sue was given coffee .or any other stimuiaut to keep her up. Objections Made To Change in Road Superior Citizens Assert That New Route Will Serve Most Territory. Superior, Neb.. March 8. (Spe cial.) Nelson citizens" are objecting to the action of the county com missioners in changing the federal road to run through Superior and Bostwick, claiming that the idea of the state road is to serve the great est number of people at the least cost. Superior boosters affirm that they intend to show that the pro posed change would be the best thing for all concerned. By changing the route to lead south into Superior and west through Bostwick, neither of which towns are now on the federal highway route running east and west, there would be a shortening of five or six extra miles and more people would be served by a road running east and west in the outhern "part the county than farther north. because over a third- ot the nucr olls county population is in the southern tier of townships, compris ing but a fourth of the area' of the county. Since tin road would pass through Ruskin in either case, the citizens of Spring Creek and Nbra townships also would be efficiently served by the proposed charge of route. The county commissioners will hold a hearing on this proposition .Saturday morning, ,March 12, and 'some of the Superior highway enthu siasts are phnning to attend this meeting to present Superior's case and secure the change as recom mended by the state highway en gineer. Teachers Second District ' Meet March 31 to April 2 The Second district meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers' association will be held in Omaha on March 31 to April 2. The principal speakers vill be Hugh Magill, field, secretary of the National Educational associa tion; Dr. Lotus D. Coffman. Univer sity of Minnesota; Dr. E. H. Lind ley, president of the University r of Kansas; Dr. William McAncJrew, as sistant superintendent of 'schools, New York City; Lucy Tage of the George Peabody 'College of Teachers,-Nashvjlle, Tenn.; Dr., Lida B; Earhart, University of Nebraska. During the session 500 Olnaha ' !.knnl kArn w ill rmli a' rvrt nf Iv't-iiT in hi Auditorium and 600 cal culture exercises. Mattie Cook Ellis of Peru, Neb., ;s president of this district associa tion. ' Nebraska Would Save Millions By Water Route, Harding Says i savings ot minions 01 aouars 10 Nebraska producers would be ef fected by a water route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic oceait tor the transportation of farm products from the west1 to the mar kets of Europe in the opinion of W. L. Harding, former governor of Iowa, in an address before the Oma ha Advertising Selling league at the Hotel Fontenelle Monday night. . O. E. Rinehart. advertising man- N. ager of the John Beno Co., of i Riiiff snnU nn "Rotii Ad vertising." , Phone Subscribers Will Oppose Increase in Rates Bloomfield, Neb.. March 8. (Spe cial.) A mass meeting of the pat rons of Mhe Union Telephony Co., was held here to discuss the raise in raters granted the company by the State Railway commission and to ; take steps to prevent the 'company from putting the new rajes into ef fect. A petition, which carried the notification to the' company that on the day that the raise should be made the phones of the signers should be taken out, was circulated and signed by practically everyone present and representing at least 125subscribers. . Leg Fractured in Fall Aurora, Neb., March 8. (Spe cial) Frank Rutter of Lincoln sus tained a Severe fracture of the leg when h fell 3C feet to the ground irom the roof of the Central Gran aries compary clrvaior here, which he was painting. Iowa Man to Succeed Will Hays, Is Report ' i if" I John T. Adams of Dubuque,, la., who will succeed Will' H, Hays as republican national chairman, ac cording to reports from Washington. Mr. Adams, it is said, is the Harding choice for the chairmanship. Four years ago Mr. Adams was defeated for the chairmanship by Hays. "African Golf" At Party Cost's Actor $50 Fine Man Once Reputed to be Eva Tanguay's Husband Ar rested on Complaint of , ' Losers in Game.' Des Moines, March 8. (Special Telegram.) Roscoe Ails, vaudeville headlincr, andi at one time reputed to be the husband of Eva Tanguay, was fined $50 in municipal court here today as the result of complaints lodged by disgruntled guests at a "party," which he gave in his room in a Des Moines hotel Sunday night. The principal complainant was C. A. Tubbs, manager of a local cafe teria. Tubbs told police that he awoke this morning and, as hazy recollection dawned upon him, he began to remember that he had been Ails' guest at an exciting party the night before and, what was more important, he was short $800. According to Tubbs, the party was rather large. About 19 -theatrical folks were on jhe guest list. As the evening progressed, refresh ments were generously distributed and then somebody started a game of "African golf." Tubbs says he lost all his small change and then went back to the cafe, where he got $75 out of the safe. This went the same route as the first contribution. A second trip to the cafe was made. This time Tubbs says he took $700 belonging to a motion picture theater, which had been left in the cafe safe. , Ails denied anjr knowledge of who got the winnings. He said he was loser, but inasmuch as the room was in his name, he had to pay the $50 fine assessed for gambfing. Air Mail Pilots Are in Final Flights for $1,000 Prize Air mail pilots made their final flights Monday in the $1,000 'mile age contest conducted by five metro politan newspapers including The Omaha Bee. The contest closed yesterday mark ing the first six months of the trans continental air mail service. Pilot J. F. Moore flew "to Omaha from Cheyenne and Pilot C. B. Brown from Chicago. Pilot J. T. Murray took the mail from Omaha to Cheyenne while Pilot Brown made the return trip to Chi cago. Pilot C. V. Pickup, who Sunday was leading in the contest, flew west out of Cheyenne yesterday ac cording to William I. Votaw,-superintendent of the Omaha air mail sta tion ' Pilot W. C. Hopson, who is run ning Pickup a close second for first prize in the contest brought an extra plane from Chicago to Omaha. Omaha Not to lose Naval Recruiting Station, Is Report Fear of losing the navy recruiting offices in Omaha is dispelled by Capt. J. H. Comfort, naval inspector for the middle west, who returned to Omaha Monday from an inspection of his district. North Dakota has been added to the jurisdiction controlled by the .na val inspector s office in Omaha, Cap tain Comfort stated. On account of the discontinuance of recruting in the navy the recruiting offices in Minneapolis may be closed soon and Minnesota be placed under the juris diction of the Des Moines station, Captain Comfort stated. Arkansas Legislature Holds Riotous Session Little Rock, March 8. In a resolu tion declaring "that the splendid body of young womanhood -employed as clerks and stenographers of the legis lature, had been basely slandered" by John W. Wade, in instructions to a grand jury today to investigate the morals of the legislature, that body in the most riotous afternoon of the ses sion called upon the judge fO. prove his charges or retract his statements and started legislation intending to abolish his division of circuit court. Winter Wheat in Vicinity Of Beatrice Never Better Beatrice, Neb., March 8. (Spe cial.) Winter wheat in ithis section of the state never looked better at this season of the year, and much of it is being pastured to retard its growth. The moisture of the last few days has caused it to stool out very fast Some early planted oats is up and is of a good stand. - A considerable acreage of pota toes has been planted the last week owing to the warm weather. Grove's is trie Only Genuine Latlr BROMO QUININE tablets. The flmt and original Cold nnd irlp Tablet. B iur ou set BROMO.) 80c Adv. Pershing To Be Ambassador To France Report Harvey Heads List of Those Mentioned for London Post Action Taken on Appointments til leaf o Tribune-Omaha Be Lotted Wire. Washington, March 8. The sen ate acted with promptness Monday on a long list of appointments sent to it by President Harding. Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania was con firmed as under secretary of state. Mr. Fletcher was former ambassa dor to Mexico. The appointments of Maj. Gen. John Lejeune as eommaridant of the marine corps and Brig. Gen. George Barnett, former commandant of the marine corps, to the permanent rank of major general was also confirmed. the nomination of 'Col. Theodore Roosevelt to be assistant secretary of the navy was referred to the naval affairs committee. F. D. Ball of Iowa as assistant secretary of agriculture was referred to the agriculture com mittee. Mr. Ball, is named to succeed himself. . Reports persist that General Persh ing will be appointed ambassador to v ranee, although the name of My ron T. Herrick, who held the post during the Taft administration and part of the Wilson administration, is being discussed in this connection. Col. George Harvey heads the list of those mentioned for ambassador to Great Britain. Dr. Collier, president of George Washington university, has been recommended for ambas sador to Italy. Cornelius Vanderbilt ot New York has also been suggest ed for an ambassadorship. L. S. Swenson of Minnesota, it is under stood, would like to go back to his old post as minister to Denmark. Former Representative Thomas. W Lrago of Pennsylvania is being urged as assistant secretary of war. 1 7 Onfaha Men, Held on Booze Charges, Freed Lincoln, bMarch 8. Eighteen . fed eraj prisoners. 17 of them Omaha men, . were liberated by Federal Judge T. C. Hunger today. They had all been sentenced and impris oned within the last two months un der the old prohibitory measures, which the United States circuit court of appeals last week held were re oealeH bv the Volstead act. One Omaha man, Joseph Bomber? sentenced to serve 18 months in the federal prison at Leavenworth Kan., is freed by the court order. Other Omaha men liberated are Russell Milter, sentenced to one year in jail; Harry ZolximJ one month; Joe Murray, six months; Christ Jen sen, six months; Theodore Katz, six months; John Thompson, two months; Revere Elynn, six months; Julius Epperle, six months; James McKenna, one month; Joseph Sodo moka, one month; Frank Rankal, two months; Frank Herzig, one month; George Bevins, six months; Michal Barna, two months, and Ju lius DeLarge, one month. , . , Girl Bride of Soldier Weds Again; Remarried Cliirairo Tribune-OmahV Bee Leased Wire. Buffalo, In. Y.,-, March . wnen Benjamin Franklin Reynolds ' of Corning returned from war, he found the 15-vear-old girl he married the day he marched away had been mar ried to a man who stayed home. Revnolds came back yesterday and he and the girl were remarried. Hus band No. 2 found another home. Wife of York Farmer Kills Herself at Ranch Home York, Neb., March 8. Mrs. Ray mond Phelps, 25, wife of a farmer residing three and a half miles west of Gresham, committed suicide by shooting herself at the farm home, early this morning. 1 Death was 'in stantaneous. HarThusband was busy doing the chores at the time of the shooting. His mother, who was pre paring breakfast, heard the shots. The act is attributed to a temporary fit of melancholy. Telegraph Briefs Chicago, March: 8. Legislation prohibit ing the employment of girl ushers in Chicago theaters is being considered by the council committee, which is investi gating panic . prevention In amusement places. ... Chicago, March 8. Charles E. Bock, in surance broker, in a cross bill to the divorce Mil tiled by his wife, makes the unusual charge that his own son has sup planted him in the affections of his wife, who Is the stepmother of the boy. London, March 8. Preparations are In progress for the erection of a chain of military blockhouses to Indicate the new boundaries of the Ulster area iu Ireland under the new home rule act, nays a Bel fast dispatch to the Evening Star. Oklahoma City, Ok!., March 8. Im peachment and removal from office- of Lieut. Gov. M. B. Trapp Is asked in a re port to the lower house of the legislature based on a report filed recently by house investigating committee. ' Washington, March 8. The supreme court refused today to review New York decrees granting an injunction - to the national circle. Daughters ot Isabella, re straining the national order. Daughters nf Isabella, from establishing branches In the United States under the common name. Salt Lake City, March 8. Whisky and marked money alleged to have been secured In a hotel by the police in a raid cannot be Identified as evidence, accord ing, to a ruling made today by a judge In the district court. The evidence was ruled as inadmissible on the ground that it was secured by the arresting officers without a proper warrant. Washington. March 8. One hundred members of the house of representatives and their wives will sail from New York March 13. for Panama. Their only ex pense aboard ship will be 81.75 a day for food. i Mrs. Welker Wins "Y" .Perfect Foot Contest The nearest approach to a perfect pedal extremity among the entrants in the Y. VV. C. A. contest is the foot of Mrs. R L. Welker, accord ing to the decision announced last niaht. Judges were Dr. Abbie Vir ginia Holmes and Miss Helen King, doctor's associate in corrective gym nastics. The award was made on points re lating to the formation of the foot; the perfection of the long and short arch; condition of tendons, freedom from corns, bunions and blemishes, condition of the toes and strarght ness of line from tip of big toe to heel. A pair of "Cantilever" shoes, the tvpe recommended by the national Y. W. C. A. department, were award ed Mrs. Welker as winner. There were 20 contestants-and judges stat ed, that the decision was close as there were several feet which -approached' the perfect. Bunko King Accused Of $20,000 Swindle by Holdrege (Neb.) Man Los Angelas, Cal., March 8. (Spe cial Telegram.) Everett A. Hutch ings, known as "Eig Hutch,", king of bunko men, surrendered to the court today following a secret indictment charging him with having swindled John Swanson of Holdrege, Neb., out of ?2U,UUU m a take stocK acai in this city early in 1919. Swanson identified Hutching? as the man who fleeced him. The victim appeared before the grand jury prior to the returning of the .indictment last Thursday. Hutchings was at 'liberty under a $100,000 bond provided for his ap pearance in answer to the charge ot having swindled J. B. Norris, a wealthy Decatur (111.) farmer out of $50,000, last year. He remained in hiding in Los Angeles following the returning ofthe indictment until new bondsmen tould be secured. Christian Endeavor Conference Closes Madison. Neb,, March 8.--(Spe- cial.) The Nebraska Christian En deavor union for district ' No. 7, closed its 11th annual convention here. The session began Friday night. Addresses were given by M. D. Higbee, field secretary; C. C. Dobbs, state president, , and Rev. J. H. Andress Saturday fore noon. Saturday afternoon, in addi tion, to discussion by M. D. Hig bee, Rev. E. Loew of Norfolk and Rev: H. Hagemeier of Madison made addresses. Rev. J. M. Hinds, state vice president, gave an address, followed by Rev. A. H. Eggleson, with a missionary lecture on India, illustrated with stercopticon views in the evening. A. song service and devotional meeting was held Sun day, followed by a round-table con ference in charge of M. D. Taylor. The convention closed with the installation of district officers and an address by Rev. J. M. Hinds. Coney Abandons Flight to Pacific Coast for While JacKsonville. Fla., March 8. Lieut. W. D. Coney, transcontinental flyer, announced today that his 're turn flight to San Diego, Cal., has been postponed indefinitely. Lieu tenant Coney said he discovered the propellor he recently installed was not of the proper type. He expects to start his second transcontinental flight about March 23, he an nounced. Intensely interesting Bee Want Ads. 26th and Farnam Street E We make it right. 5 s Our satisfied customers are 5 E our best asset. E E Have your Cadillac attended E S by efficient eapable, - me- E E chanics who through constant E B practice can do it for less in S S the long run. E J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. E Service Department E nilllllllllllllllliliiiiillllliiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii? 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Hart, secretary of the De partment of Trade and Commerce, declared if the report of the bank ex aminers who have been investigating the Castetter bank contains what he pects, a warrant will be issued from Lincoln for Claridge's arrest, Frank Haller, nephew of the miss ing banker, traced Claridge to At lantic, la., it has been reported, and from there he followed the trail to Des Moines, where the banker dropped from sight.' v Curtailment of Burley Tobacco Crop Abandoned Lexington, fcy March 8. Plans for curtailment of the 1921 crop of burley ' tobacco were abandoned by the Burley Tobadco Growers' asso ciate at its annual meeting here today. The reason' given was that it was impossible to get 60 per cent of the growers of the district to sign the pledge. . Named Rotarian Delegate Aurora, Neb., March 8. (Spe cial.) Jasper F. Cole, secretary of the Aurora Rotary club, will be the delegate of that club to the interna tional convention in Edinburg, Scot land, next June. : III- Spring Clothes Headquarters and; all that ii means to YOU 1 1 , IT MEANS, first of all, utmost values on the new price basis Unequaled vajues You expect it of us and we know itjirecognize it as our duty. It means-- fabrics better than you have seen in years. We're as keen for them as you are. Fortunate buying has given us vast stocks for your selection. It means-- a new demonstration of service at a store that has made service its guide post for more than a third of a cen , tury. Your Easter Clothes Superb medium weight Worsted Suits, Smart Top Coats and Gaberdines for men and young men. 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Each dispatcher, it was , declared, must handles six subdivisions, operate five wires, six train sheets and four -train order books, with a jurisdiction of 675 miles, Mr. Luhrsen said. Opposition Develops . In Washington Over " Colombian Treaty C'hlcaso Tribune-Omaha Be Wire. Washington, March 8. Opposi tion to the Colombian treaty grew to such proportions today,, that it would occasion no surprise at the capital if President Harding aban doned his effort tohave the pact rati fied at the presenrspecial session of the senate. Many old Roosevelt followers are up in arms against the revival of the treatf which they have fought for thp laer iicrriT vears. iThrv have duor up Roosevelt's own bitter denuncia tions of the treaty, which he ire nnentlv refered to as "a $25,000,000 blackmail payment. they do not charge tnat mere is AaMYimrata inttMitirtn nil flip nart of the-new administration to be smirch the memory ot Kooseveit, tl,Ar arp pmnliali.' if. tlirir declarations -that it would reflect serious discredit upon his record Omaha Auto Show March 14 to 19 1921 Stores For Spring and Easter Wear uKlm&V Bloomers Unusual Values The "Klosfit" Silk Jersey Bloomers are the thing for wear with the new Spring and Easter suits. They have won a place for themselves that explains itself when one realizes how wonderfully they fill the need for a gar ment that enhances rather than detracts from the beauty and grace of the fashionable silhouette. 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