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Uiiion Pacific to
Lay Off 120 More
Shopmen Monday
Lack of Business Givcu as
Cause Reduction to Hit
All Crafts To Make
Total Cut 520.
The Union Pacific .railroad will lay
off 120 more shop employes here
Monday.
Officials say such a reduction is
necessary economy, due to lack of
business. The reduction Monday
will bring the total number of shop
employes laid off here to 520, as 401)
men were laid oil March 1.
" Every Craft Affected.
Every craft will be affected by the
i eduction Monday. No definite til
ures regarding the number of work
men who will remain at the shops
could be obtained, but it is estimated
not more than J. 160 men w ill be left.
Officials of the railroad asserted
yesterday there would be no
more drastic ruts in employes at the
htadquarters botfiTing. The offices
are being run with the lowest possi
ble number of employes, officials
said.
Elevator Service Curtailed.
Three separate cuts have been
made in supervising and clerical
forces here since December 1. Offi
cials would give no actual statistics
on these employes, but it is esti
mated normally there are between
1,900 and 2,000 employed in the
headquarters. The three reductions
totaled about 30 per cent of the nor
mal number, hence the reduction has
affected from 500 to 600 men and
women.
. Even elevator service has been
curtailed 50 per cent at the once
bustling headquarters building, and
no express lifts are being operated
for -officials on the top floors of the
building.
17,000 Laid Off.
The working forces for all line
of the Union Pacific system have
been reduced 17.000 since the middle
of last December, according to an
official statement issued today by E.
E. Calvin, vice president in charge of
operation. The. working forces prior
to the commencement of the process
of reduction was 50,000, the an
nouncement said.
In commenting in the reported re
duction of the shop forces effective
next Saturday, Mr. Calvin stated
that no new general orders had been
issued bv the company governing the
laying off of employes but that the
reduction merely was in keeping
with previous instructions to cut
down wherever possible.
Reduce Cheyenne Force.
Cheyenne, Wye. March 17. Six
hundred employes of the Cheyenne
Union Pacific shops will have been
laid off within the present month,
as a -result of instructions received
today for an additional cut in the
working force of 135 men, effective
Saturday. Four hundred and sixty
five were laid off two weeks ago.
Clara Hamon Found
i Not Guilty of Murder
(Continued from Page One.) '
ally in the end she might yield to
his brutal passions."
Champion called Mr. Mathers be
fore the jury, laid him on a tabic,
and used a law book for a pillow. (
"Jim. you are Jake and I'm Clani,"
he said to Mathers. "You've been
drunk all day."
lie took the pistol and illustrated
his idea of the shooting as gained
from state testimony, and which he
said was impossible.
Clara and her mother cried when
Mr. Compton paid a tribute to his
associate, Mr. McLean, for having
rebuked an attorney for the prosecu
tion who referred to the 'mother as
"an old woman."
"If the grave could open up and
the dead man have a reproach of
conscience, he would tell 'you that
he is the one most to blame,"
Champion shouted to the jurors.
"Girls like this have ever been ac
quitted; girls like this ever will be
acquitted so long as the spirit of
God lasts," Champion said in clos
ing, after having asked if "breathed
tjiere a man who would say this lit
tle girl should pay with her life."
Mr. Mathers started speaking at
10:40 a. m., with the intention of
speaking until noon.
He charged the Hamon millions,
allied with the millions of business
'associates, were centered on Clara
Hamon and asserted "it is an un
equal fight."
"They are wondering if the
Hamon gold has lined the pocket of
a juror, Mathers said regarding the
state.
Mr. Mather said he was assured
that the jury would "-weigh out
so many tears of the defendant
against so many ounces of Jake
Hamon's gold" in reaching their ver
dict. "This defendant toiled and slaved
to aid in accumulating Jake Ha
mon's millions," the attorney said,
"and now they are bringing the pres
sure of the money she helped. gain
to prosecute her."
"You know it as well as I, that
the testimony in the case has partly
been perjured." the attorney charged.
i he suit of clothes which it was tes
tified was worn by Hamon at the
time of the shooting was not that
one introduced in evidence."
Nebraskans in Capital
To Argue Indian Land Suit
Washington, D. C. March 17.
(Special Telegram.) John L. Web
ster of Omaha and O. C. Anderson
of West Point, Neb., are in Wash
ington to present oral arguments be
fore the supreme court in the cases
of Hiram Chase, jr., and Mary Gili
pan, who are suing the Urrtted
States to secure their allotments to
Indian land in the Omaha and Win
nebago reservations. Mr. Webster
represents the Indian claimants, Mr,
Anderson the government. The case
'-' will be reached next week'.
Organize Lions Club
Scottsbluff, Neb., March 17.
(Special.) A branch of the Interna
tional Lyons clubs was formed here
with George Kimbrough as presi-
. dent and Beach Coleman, F. F.
Fischer, Dr. A- B. Kerns and W. J.
Stafford the other officers. The club
has a membership of 42 business
men ftp will hold weekly lunch-
. eons.
Stenos for
I 1ST . I
! . v V; . .. ;
.-- vr, ...... t TrV.r.kinr W Va CleftV and Miss Eva B.
Uhl of Frankfort, Ky., who have been employed as stenographers for
President Harding under the direction of his secretary, George B. Christian.
Girl, Suspected
Of Aiding Man in
Holdup, Arrested
Finger Prints on Stolen Autos
Show Same Bandits in Raids
Terrorizing Omaha Last
48 Hours.
Cleopatra staked the streets of
Omaha Wednesday night.
And Wednesday two women were
held by the police as the suspected
Cleopatra who lured Joe Kellen, 612 -North
Eighteenth street, into a hold
up trap. ,
Two men are held with them.
They gave their names as Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Killham and M. D. Love,
alias C. E. Parker, and Mrs. Lillian
Parker
Thi Cleopatra, who met Kellen
at Seventeenth and California
streets and lured him into the hands
of two highwaymen, went into a
house at 171.2 or 1714 California
street, Kellen told the police.
Arrested Together.
Wednesday morning Detectives
Trapp anS Munch arrested the Par
kers at 1712 California street, and
the Killhams at ,1714 California
street.
Kellen has been summoned to Cen
tral police station (o attempt to iden
tify one of the women as his Cleopa
tra of Wednesday night.
Finger prints were taken Wednes
day by the police from the two
stolen automobiles used Tuesday
and Wednesday night by the high
waymyfo who staged the outburst of
crime both nights in Omaha.
Holdups, burglaries and thefts
continued Wednesday night and evi
dence procured by the police indi
cated the same bandits were the
principals both nights.
Two powerful touring cars, one
an enclosed type, the other an open i
seven-passenger machine, were
found abandoned by the police.
. The first had been stolen from in
front of the home of Mrs. J. H. Han
sen. 722 South Thirty-seventh street,
early Tuesday evening and was
found abandoned at Nineteenth and
Farnani streets Wednesday noon.
' Found Abandoned.
The other was taken from Charles
Nicholson, 2512 N street, at the
point of revolvers, by two highway
men at Seventh and Bancroft streets
at 10:30 Wednesday night.
It . was found abandoned at 3 yes
terday morning near Twelfth and
Jackson streets.
Finger prints from both cars, to
be used in identification of the high
waymen when they are caught, were
taken by Bertillon experts at Central
police station.
The photographs of fhe finger
prints were dimmed somewhat by
the dust which had collected on the
oil during the wild rides staged by
the holdups during their duo-nocturnal
operations.
Nicholson told potice two men
boarded his running boards and or
dered him to stop, flourishing re
volvers. Bandits Strike Victim;
A few moments after this, F. R.
Houchin, 6725 North Thirty-jirst
avenue, was held up while riding
with a young woman in Rivervicw
park, near the scene of Nicholson's
holdup. .
The highwaymen jerked Houchin
from his car and searched him.
When he attempted to, conceal $40
from them, they struck him over the
head with the butts of their revolv
ers. They took $4 from the young
woman's purse but gave her back
the purse. They threatened to at
tack the girl, Houchin told the police
when he reported the holdup, later.
His descrtptiJn of the two men
tallies with that given by Nicholson,
according to the police.
The modern Cleopatra in the
crime operations Wednesday night
led Joe Kellen, 612 North Eighteenth
street, in to a holdup trap.
Pretty Girl Is Lure.
He met her at Seventeenth and
California streets and begged him
to escort her home to Nineteenth and
Cass streets. She was pretty, he told
the police, and put her hand in his
coat pocket to keep it warm.
When she asked him to tic her
shoe string, he became suspicious,
he said, because he had noticed the
string Was tied until she stooped to
pretend to fix it.
As she put her foot on a low
fence for him to tie the shoe string,
he declined because of his suspicions
and she tied it herself but two men
appeared on the scene from "some?
where."
While one of the men pressed a
revolver against Kellen's stomach,
the other man and the pretty girl
went through his pockets for a gold
watch and chain and $16 and then
the trio hopped.
Screams of a woman member of
the family of John Schipp, 2527
South Tenth street, frightened away
a would-be burglar who was tamper
ing with the front door of the house
about 11 p. m.
Hits Central Station.
The crime wave hit Central pot
lice headquarters too, for Edward
Duda, police chauffeur, reported the
President
theft of a police regulation .45 cali
ber revolver from the side pocket
of his car. r
When Paul Ebencr, 4698 Marcy
street, changed to his work clothes
at the Swift packing plant yesterday,
he left $31 in a purse in his pockets.
When he changed back Wednesday
night the purse was gone. He kicked
to the police.
Miss Ava Hill, telephone operator
at the Union station, left her switch
board to get a drink. When she came
back, her watch was missing, so she,
too. made a kiojc to the police.
W. O. Sniiih. 607 North Seven
teenth street, has asked the police to
to head off his roommate, toward
Thompson, from a trip to Fremont.
Thnmnson. Smith declared, skinned
out with $10 he had given him to
pay the rent, and also his suitcase
and all his clothes.
Candidates for Mayor
In Grand Island Talk
. Grand Island. Neb., March 17.
(Special.) Three candidates 'for
mayor appeared at a public meeting
at the First Methodist church in
response to an invitation extended
by the Christian Laymen's associa
tion and announced their positions
on 10 questions submitted by a com
mittee of the laymen. These ques
tions involved general city manage
ment, taxation, the municipal wa
ter, light, and ice plant, paving,' a
subway under the L'nion Pacific
tiacks,,the enforcement of the laws
against liquor, and on Sunday mov
ing picture theater entertainments,
base ball and other amusements.
The candidates are, T. JSEllsber
ry, "peoples' group" candidate; J. L.
Geary, the present incumbent, and
George L. Leiscr. 'Ellsbcrry and
Cleary both declared with reference
to Sunday movie and Sunday base
ball that they would enforce what
ever ordinance the people would en
act and both recommended the adop
tion of the initiative and referendum
in order that the public will could
be thus definitely expressed. Mr.
Leiser somewhat similarly declared
for the enforcement of all laws and
emphasized more especially an eco
nomical administration.
Pawnee City Hi-Y Club
Gives Banquet to Fathers
Pawnee City. Neb., March 17.
(Special.) A father and Son ban
quet was held here by the Hi-Y
club. The dinner was served in the
parlors of the first Methodist church.
All members of the club were given
an opportunity to attend, a "father"
being supplied for them if they had
none, or if theirs ' was not able to
attend. About 100 persons attend
ed. Mr. Oberlies, a lumber mer
chant of Lincoln, gave the main ad
dress of the evening.
Farmers Near Stapleton
To Entertain Business Men
Kearney, Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Farmers from the vicinity of
Stapleton and citizens of that village
are to gather in a general get-together
rally Saturday. The busi
ness men will be guests of their
farm neighbors. The object is to
organize a community club at Sta
pleton. Esther Stock Kroger, sec
retary of the Kearney Chamber of
Commerce, will make an address and
assist in organization.
City Ticket Nominated i
At Caucus of 300 in Geneva
Geneva, Neb., -March 17, (Spe
cial.) The following city ticket was
nominated here: Mayor, Bright B.
Ogg; clerk, Irvin Fellows; treasurer,
L. O. Swails; councilmen, R. G.
Phillips, Jacob Weis, John Swails.
For members of the school board,
John P. Davis and Henry Muhlen
urg. Over 300 voters attended the
caucus with a good representation
of women.
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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. MARCH 18. 1921.
Mormon Colony
Is Disciplined by
Church Council
Men and Women Have Jteen
Prartjcing "Doctrine of
Wife Sacrifice" Following
"Revelations."
Salt Lake City, March 17.
Through official church announce
ments of the excommunication and
disfellowshiping of a nulibcr of the
men and women members of the
Mormon church it became know n to,
day that a colony of upwards of 50
men and women located miles from
a railroad in eastern Juab county
have been practicing a number of new
doctrines, among them oiiC( called
"the doctrine of wife sacrifice," under
w hich it is said that .in A number of
instances husbands nave taken the
wives of other members of the
colony and vice versa.
The founder and leader of the
colony is Sloses S. Gudmundson,
violinfet and ' former professor of
music at the Brigham Young uni
versity, a Mormon institution, who
began the establishment of the new
movement on the strength of "reve
lations" which he has on a number
of occasions claimed to have received
in person from on high.
The persons who were excommuni
cated as a result of two church trials
held on the case are Mr. Gudmund
son, 'J. Elvan Houtz, David Whyte,
Gerald II. Lowry and J. Leo Hafen.
Those disfellowshiped are Mrs. May
Metcalf Houtz, Mrs. Delia Hafen
Whyte. Mrs. Minerva B. Weight,
Mrs. Lucy Warren Metcalf, Ralph
B. Weight, Thomas D. Nisbet and
Levi G. Metcalf, jr.
Announcement of the church disci
pline was made by E. Frank Birch,
stake president; William J. Adams,
first counselor, and Perry B. Fuller,
second counselor and member of the
state senate, of the presidency of
Tintic stake.
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Nebraska Boys Named for
Annapolis Naval School
Washington, D. C. March 17.
(Special Telegram.) Before leaving
for Nebraska, Coifgressman Andrews
nominated Rudolph Nuss of Sutton
and Rollo Pelt of Hastings for mid
shipmen at Annapolis. He also
sent to Postmaster General Hays"
his endorsement of the candidacy of
S. D. Long of Cowles to be second
assistant postmaster general. Mr.
Long is the present postmaster at
Cowles and has had a varied ex
perience in postal matters.
Ice Plant at Deshler Starts
Work to, Relieve Shortage
- Deshler, Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) The Deshler artificial ice
plant is in operation. It is arrang
ing to run night and day in order to
take care of the ice business in this
territory as no natural ice was har
vested. Hebron and other nearby
towns are no wtrucking ice from
Deshler.
Women's Clubs Meet
Central City, Neb., March 17.
(Special.) The district convention
of Women's clubs will be held in
Central City, May 3 and 4.
SPECIALISTS IN DISTINCTIVE FROCKS
Haas Brothers
"THE SHOP
2d Floor, Brown BJock, 16th and Douglas
Friday
Oar Greatest Sale of
SUITS
Through a most successful
purcJiase we secured 150
of these splendid suits
Strikingly developed from all-wool,
mannish suitings into styles ideally suited
for street, club, business, sport and gen
eral utility wear.
Grays, Browns, Greens, Tans,
Mottled and Plain n
Smart Tuxedo, plaited back, notch col
lar and semi-Norfolk models.
Never have we offered the equal to
these values, and when such a statement
comes from Haas Brothers, you have a
right to expect extraordinary values.
, Every suit you buy must prove entirely
satisfactory in every detail or we ask
you to return same for cash refund.
Sale Starts Promptly at 9 a. m.
! Liquor Flowed
i At Poker Game
Man Charged With Murder
Testifies of "Wild" Night
In Nickerson Pool Hall.
Fremont, Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Stoutly denying all alleged
threats inside- by him against Ross
Wickcrsham, Richard Dunkle, facing
trial on the charge of first degree
murder, left the witness stand at 9
tonight, weakened and distraught
after three hours of a rapid-fire ex
amination by both attorneys. Claim
ing that he shot directly at John Lllz
and that he flirt- not know that Wick-
Richard Dunkle.
crsham was the victim until the next
morning. Dunkle rejuted the testi
mony given by several other wit
nesses, who alleged that Dunkle re
mained in the Nickerson pool hall
following the shooting, where he
threatened to "make a sieve" out of
Wickersham's body.
County Attorney Cook present
ed the statement made by Dunkle
the day that the alleged murderer
delivered himself to county officials.
In his testimony today he stated that
' he had not told the exact truth at that
time concerning the presence of liquor
which he said he denied to avoid
trouble for Wickersham. Last night
(ie changed that statement and as
serted that the poker players had
been drinking freely.
The big court room was crowded
with men, women and children of all
ages, wtio jammed the doors and win
dows in-an attempt to get a glimpse
of Dunkle and to hear the testimony.
The attorneys indulged in sarcastic
tilts between themselves regading
what was, competent and relevant,
which brought out amused ripples of
laughter.
Dunkle stated last night that he
gave his age to the county attorney
at 42 to coincide with his army dis
charge. He says in reality he is 48,
but had to lie about his agewhen he
joined the army in order to be ad
mitted. Shickley School Head Gets
Position at Fairfield
Geneva. Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) John Ekwall, superintendent
of the Shickley schools for the last
two years, has been elected to be
superintendent of Jjie Fairfield
schools at an increase in salary.
FOR WOMEN"
Table Rock Women Fail
To Reach City Caucus
Table Rock, Neb., March 17.
(Special.) At a mass meeting to
nominate candidates for village
trustees and two members of the
school board, the following were
placed in nomination: For village
trustees', W. M. Linn, C. I. Norris,
C. L. Bonham and A. R. Wopata. For
the board of education:1 J. N. Fhil
lips, Mrs. E. D. Wood, M. H.
Marble, and Dann Andrew. There
are two to elect to each office, but
a former custom is being followed
of naming twice the number to he
elected. The two first hanied on
bqfh tickets are the present incum
bents. Last year as many women as men
attended the meeting, but at this
meeting not a single woman ap
peared, A woman's meeting was
being held in another location, from
which they expected to march in a
body to the city hall, but when they
arrived all was darkness, the candi
dates had been nominated and the
meeting adjourned.
Daughters of Revolution
In Session in Columbus
Columbus, Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) The nineteenth annual state
conference of the Nebraska Daugh
ters of the American Revolution is
in session in Columbus. Mrs, Frank
Coupon ,An &Ca
Ready to Wear
HATS
$5
(With Contrasting Pencil
Edges.)
Clever tailored hats of
shiny Piping straw in
black, ( brown navy,
cheny and other at
tractive shades. Con
trasting pencil edges of
white and colored Mi
lan hemp are an inter
esting note.
Exceptional for
$5 Friday
Fourth Floor
Hosiery for
Children
-English ribbed hose in
black, white and cordo
van, the , small sizes,
85c; the large sizes, $1
a pair.
-Ribbed lisles and silk
lisles made with triple
knees, heels and toes;
ready for lots of hard
wear; small sizes, 56c;
large, 65c.
-Misses' ribbed silk hose
in black, white, pink,
sky and cordovan, $2.50
a pair.
Weather Feels
Sort of
fSpring-Like"
DoesnTJt?
You'll Have to
Have a Lot off
Clothes Cleaned
This Spring
Won't You?
And We Know
Where You Will
Send the Clothes
to Be Cleaned
DRESNER
BROTHERS
Dyers-' Cleaners
2211-17 Farnam Street
Phono TyUr 0345 or, if in
South Omaha, Phone
South O0S6.
1. Ringer, Lincoln, state regent; i
Mrs. Charles Spencer, North
Platte, state vice regent, and Miss
Sadie Irene Mnorc, Fremont, state
recording secretary, arc conducting
the conference.
1,000 Pay Income Tax to
Collector in Gage County
Beatrice, Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) V. C. Head, internal revenue
collector here, reports that approxi
mately 1,000 residents of this city
and county have paid their income
tax in the two weeks since he es
tablished quarters in the federal
building. About 120 collections, av
eraging from $5 to $15,000, have
been made by Mr. Head, who says
that Gage is the banner county of
his district, as the largest amount
of income tax for a siivgle person
was paid by a Gage county property
holder.
Citizens' Ticket Named
At Beaver City Caucus
Beaver City, Neb,, March, 17.
(Special!) The following city offi
cers were nominated at a citizens'
cauetis: Fred Kohn. mayor; W. E.
Bratt, city clerk; T. F. Newton,
treasurer; J. E. Bonjer, engineer; L.
B. Simmons, C. E. Coffey, W. C.
Conyers, C. A. Combs, T. F. New
ton and J. W. Axtell. members of
the school board. There is consid
erable sentiment for putting another
ticket in the race.
Hand Tailored Suits
That Are New Arrivals
Lines of marked simplicity with in
teresting details of braid and embroi
deries to relieve any indication of
severity. A vest that can become a
sash is a spring innovation. Navy
blue is favored above all other shades
and the most popular materials are
twill cord,. Poiret twill, .serge and
'gabardine.
$59.50 to $150
No Extra Charge for Alterations
It's Time for
Embroideries
Summery frocks are now
to be considered and the
new embroideries promise
delightful dresses at a
moderate expense.
Flouncings. twenty-seven
and forty-five inches wide,
with bandings to match,
are shown in new designs
that are particularly
lovely. '
Narrow edges and inser
tions with twenty-seven-inch
flouncings for lay
ettes are very dainty.
Besides, the cambric
e d g e s, insertions and
bandings and the eight
and twelve-inch flounc
ings. A most enjoyable selec
tion is ready for your ap
proval. Silk Bloomers
New ones of fine jersey
silk called sport bloom
ers. A style you will
wish to wear with your
Easter costume. Shown
in all of the most desir
able shades.
Second Floor
After Miss Nellis is gone you may hear her just the same through
the medium of the Duo-Art at our warerooms.
The owner of a Duo-Art has the privilege of the best there is in
music. Indeed the world's greatest artists are at your command.
The Duo-Art is installed only in
WAY, WEBER,
$895 and up
Pawnee Citv Man and Wife
On "Relay Visit"' to Children
v Pawnee City. Neb., Match 17.
(Special.) A. B. Edee, merchant of
this eity, and wife, are making a "re
lay visit" with their children. He
has four children, all of whom are
in college. Allen, oldest, is in I'lu-.
cago; Altred, younger hoy, ls-..
school at Grinnd, la.; Gretchrn, old
est girl, is in school at the state uni
versity and Gwendolyn, younger girl,
is at Ward Belmont school at Nash
ville, Tenn. Two or three days will
be spent with each child.
McCook Girl Wins Right to
Euter Contest at lloldregc
McCook, Neb., March 17. (Spe
cial.) By winning the decision at
Arapahoe in the district declamatory
contest with 10 contestants, Miss
Agnes Duncan of McCook will rep
resent McCook High school in the
district contest at Holdrcge, during
t lie Sonthwest Nebraska TcacheK'
association convention. March 23 to
23.
Randolph Heavyweight f
Boxer Defeats Ed Downs
Randolph, Neb., March 17. Frit
Maschulct, local heavyweight box
er, defeated Ed Downs of South Da
kota in a sije-round bout here. The
victory was awarded on a referee's
decision. Fast preliminary bouts were
staged before the main match.
Remnants of
Wash Goods
A Sale Friday
Dress ginghams, per
cales, crepes, voiles and
cotton suitings in desir
able lengths suitable for
every sort of wash ap
parel. Very low prices
Friday
Second Floor
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Strap Pujnps
$8.85 a pair
Soft dull black French
kid with hand-turn sole,
cutout pattern instep
strap and French heels.
Sizes 312 to 8. Widths
AA to C. Friday, $8.85;
Longcloth
for 35c a ard
Windsor longcloth which
has a special soft bleach
finish and is the proper
weight for hand and ma
chine sewing.
36-inch, 35c a yard.
Linen Section
Daisy
Nellis i
The ' g i f t e d !
American pian- i
ist, who is ap- 'k
pearing at the .f
Orpheum this l
week, makes 'A
record rolls ex- .(J
clusively for the 'j!
Duo
Art Piano !
ft
such famous pianos as STEIN.
STECK, WHEELOCK AND STROUD. Prices r
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