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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1921)
J 2 A THE BEfcl: OMAHA, SUNDAY. MARCH 27, 11)21. tioot Valued at 134,000 is Found: i Three Arrested Pirt of Booty Taken in Mil Ubn Dollar Postal Robbery I in Chicago Jan. 18 Is Recovered. Chicago, March 26. With the ar rest of three Chicago men late this afternoon, postoffice inspectors re covered $34,000 of the bonds stolen in ihe $1,000,000 Union station mail robbery of last January and believe they have clues which will lead to the finding of the rest of the loot. The men arrested Rive names of William Knctzer, bond salesman, liv ing in an expensive apartment on the rtonn sine, una in county jau in default of $15,000 bonds. Isa dore Goldberg, brother-inrlaw of JvKrieUer and an electrical con tractor. Released on $1,000 bonds. G'A. Jelrce, manager of the Law rence M. Mein company, sewing ma chine manufacturer. Jelree lives in Oak Park. He was released on $1,000 baiU According to a story told by Krtetzer to Postoffice Inspectors A. E. iGermer and Robert B. Mondetie, whbmade the arrests, Krietzer found the package of bonds in a vacant lot on Sheridan road last Monday night. Krietzer said he took the bonds to i GoJdberg, who in turn took them, to Jelree. Jelree took them to the , brokerage house of James E. Bennett ( t 5. Officials of the Bennett firm . notified the postal inspectors. I Qa the evening of January 18 four ' men- stepped into the brightly lighted mail-loading flatform of the Lnion station. They ordered the employes J theje to" stick up their hands. The eniplpyis complied. The bandit quar j tetrfhen made off with numerous sarfe of registered mail. J At first the loor was given at $100, I GOUjlut later investigation showed it I to fas worth almost a million. There were apparently no clues to the rob- I bt; - j Boy Admits Help gn Kaiing Father YfJuth Confesses He Aided i Mother in Slaying i Parent. Grand Rapids, Mich, March 23. Casar. lb. confessed today, . ac- cording to the police, that he ; helped his mother club to death . his: stepfather, Joseph Scalbius, !ast I nigjfjt. Then, according to the con- fesiion, he and his brother, James, j 9, i placed the body in a toy ) wagon am) carted it to the railroad I yards, where they left it. The body wasfound early today by a switch 1 ing crew. I He was awakened during the night, J Caspar declared, by a quarrel be :? tween his mother and stepfather. "I struck him with an axe and a shovel, and my mother hit him with a stick," tha police quote him as saying. "Tfeen my brother and I carried the body away in the cart." Mrs. Scalbius and the two boys HI weft taken into custody shortly Fdrmer Omaha Youth Given life Sentence tin Toledo Murder Case i Tfiledo, O., March 26. Edward N. Foley, 18, was found guilty of sec ond degree murder by a jury Friday ami? sentenced to life imprisonment in fbe Ohio penitentary at Columbus. Tbjc'jury deliberated three hours and 45 minutes and took 13 ballots. Foley was tried for the death of Louis Schroeder and A. E. Long, Neijr, York Central railroad detec tives, who were killed when five bandits-held up Austin-Breed, a Union station ticket agent and robbed him of 'more than $10,000. Jtoyce Richardson, negro, was fottfld guilty. of first degree murder in Mhe same robbery and was sen tenced to die on June 10. Three others have. not been captured. Filey came here from Omaha and Deliver and had been in town but th& days when he fell in with the gang, that staged the holdup, accord ingto the testimony. Hays Promises Preference '? To Former Service Men Washington. March 26. Promise tha he would observe the spirit as well s the letter of the law giving preference to former service men in th postal service, was given by Postmaster General Hays to a com mittee of the American Legion. The Legion committee, which in cluded Theodore Roosevelt, assistant-' secretary of the navy, laid be fore the postmaster general several specific cases of alleged discrimina tiottagainst former service men. Mr. Hays promised to have the cases in vestigated immediately. Crab Orchard Girl Hurt ''h In Automobile Accident TTtcumseh, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial) Miss Velma Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson of Crab Orchard, suf fered a broken leg in an automobile wreck. Four young people were riding in a car when the steering machinery refused to work, the car left the road and upset in the ditch!. The other occupants of the car, Ken neth Hutchison, LaVerne Welsch and Miss Irene Jeffrey, were not in jured. Corn Products Company to Shut Down Plant for Week -Chicago, March 26. The Corn Products Refining company of Ar go. 111., shut down its grinding plant forgone week today because of poor business, it was announced today at the local offices of the company. The announcement was mad iver the signature of F. M. Sayre, i -,mwr. The company nibloys more than 2,000 men in the Krfco plant. ' ,. .. . arrntl which ZTC I stretched fine, sharp wires has been mrented for chopping vegetable food for infants. - Blackmail Charged in Iman Lnvorce tase (Contlnaed From Pmr On.) about it. but I kept quiet, Mrs. Stillman has known about it for some time, but only when it was necessary for her good name did she think of using it." Ueauvais, although a child of the woods, is a graduate of Westmount academy, a preparatory school to McGill university, has studied medi cine in the primary courses, is a stu dent of osteopathy, music and poetry. Is Brilliant Student. He is far above the average in in telligence and polish. While in New York he attended several first night Performances at the Metropolitan opera house. His philosophy of life may be indicated by one of his remarks: "It is most peculiar how the rich man's point of view differs from the poor man's code. When a man has all that he can use in the way of money, has children and a happy home, is it not odd that he should be willing to allow happiness to depart when a little bit ot truth and less ot scandal and gossiping would set things straight?" Ihe alleged conspiracy to connect his name with that of Mrs. Sullman was set forth by ' Beauvais who was extremely unwilling to discuss the matter at all, owing to his situation in the case. Briefly he recounted four days in, July, 1917, when Mrs. btillman went to her urana Anse estate for a rest. On July -2 of that year she was feelinir ill and asked Beauvais to keep, his men working away from her bed chamber while she enjoyed a siesta. She was occupying the bed room in the southwest corner of the second floor of "Stillness." " Beau vais had 24 men working for him. He ordered them to finish some tasks at the northeast corner of the yet un completed mansion, and not to dis turb the mistress of the estate with undue hammering. Workers Started Gossiping. Beauvais added: "Among these men was old Joe Page of Latuque. Later he joined group of gossipers and began to tell jokes. He said he had peeked through a keyhole of the bedroom where Mrs. Stillman had ibeen rest ing and" here Bea"uvais hesitated and added with a shrug: "Page and the others could not and did not know. The bed, owing to a partition for the stairway from the first floor, is out of sight of the doorway and could not be seen through the keyhole. , "Later when J. A. Lefontaine of Grandes Piles, took more than 10 witnesses to New York to testify for Mr. Stillman, a panic seized those who had learned that the key hole story could be disproved. "So what did they do but modify the story to make it appear that certain persons had climbed a lad der . and viewed things through a second-story window. This was also a lie, for there was no ladder being used at the house that day and no repair work going on on the roof, for the men had been ordered not to hammer while Mrs. Stillman was resting." Believes in Mrs. Stillman. Beauvais expressed utter unbelief that Mr. Stillman has any letter or documents in his possession ' that would seem to indicate that Mrs. Stillman had "confessed or asked forgiveness." He said: "No woman would write such a letter when nothing of the kind ever occurred. It is only another bit of guesswork founded on gossip' which Mr. Stillman is the victim of in that he believes or appears to believe it." Beauvais' manner is frank and open. Beauvais' manner is frank and open. He makes it clear that he cannot speak about certain questions on account of. the indelicate nature of the charges. He described one phase of the conspiracy which he charges has been concocted as fol lows: "My middle name is my Indian name. It begins with the letter 'X.' I need not tell you what it is ex cept that it is translated into Eng lish as 'Deer Wood.' It has been my custom for years to sign my tel egrams to my employer by my In dian name as it is simpler. I often signed 'Deet Wood' to my telegrams to my employer, Mrs. Stillman. Seize on Middle Name. "In their haste to fix anything on me at all, I know that attorneys for Mrs. Stillman have seized my name 'Deer Wood' as a term of af fection and endearment." It was here that Beauvais out lined his charge of tampering with his wires. He named the man he claims to have uncovered and de clared that that man approached Woman Divorced From Hubby Who Charged Her to Live With Him Chicago, March 26. Mrs. Helen F. Cobb. $12,000 a year buyer for a department store, was granted a di vorce yesterday. She said her hus band, Norvelle H. Cobb, a broker, charged her $200 a month with an annual bonus of $1,000 for living with him. Mr. Stillman in the first place with gossip and an offer to give the al leged facts concerning Mrs. Still man and her guide, Beauvais added: , "This man," referring to the party he alletres stirred up the gossip, "was mad at me because I had ad vised against Mrs. Stillman paying him a sum of $2,000 for a contract on a building when it was half fin ished. Ht first wrote to us jointly about as follows: " 'I lost a lot of money on the contract. You can well atford to reimburse me for the money I lost.' We took this matter up with a Montreal attorney, who advised us not to pay the money. The man in question then became enraged and in 1919 wrote the following letter, which I am ready to praduce and which my attorney said was black mail: Beauvais: If you want to go to court I have a lot of stuff that will make it bad for you two.' Part of Blackmail. "The inference was plain, coming on the heels of the gossip and lies along the st. Maurice. "This man demanded $2,000 and failing to get it, started to do us all the damage possible. "It was while I was at Newport for two weeks in August, 1919, that I obtained positive proof of the trickery. Mrs. Stillman received a wire that had, as usual, been routed through her husband's bank. It was from a place, down the river and was purportedly signed by myself. it read: ;, " 'Have half the work completed. Pay $2,000 to (naming the'man re ferred to above). With love. (Signed) Fred. "This set me to thinking. By some miscalculation the party down the river had figured that I was at Grand Anse and not in Newport. Does not that show the whole plots I think so?" He then said that he returned to the north woods district and met the man he accuses of sending the tele gram received at Newport. He add ed that the two had nearly come to blows over the matter. Trailed By Detectives. Beauvais then took occasion to re late how he had been followed by detectives for the most part of two years. In this respect he said: "One of them was a man named Brachen. He was on my trail near ly all last summer. That was at Lake Placid. Brachen ' posed as a representative of an European news service, fie nireo me as nis guiuc. The moment he began on me -1 sensed his game. "First he would show me certain love letters supposed to have been written by a young lady to himself in the hooe of arousing me into showing letters that he- seemed to be sure I had received from a certain person, but which I never- did re ceive. ' ' "Then there was a woman, detec tice who thought her post would be unsuspected by me. I led her a merry chase. It would take too long to enumirate all the detective ex periences I had. They looked funny in the woods." When asked if he knew of any one having received money for going to New York to testify for the banker, he charged flatly: Witness Received Money. "I know that Joe Page received a present of $1,000 before he stirred out of Latuque. He was outfitted with fine club traveling bags and other equipment Lafontaine also bought a new automobile last year.' Beauvais summed up his situation as follows: "My connection with the Stillman family has not been a personal one. Of course, I have been and am very fond of 'Bud,' Mrs. Stillman's son, who is now 17. I taught him jiu jitsu holds in wrestling and the w ays of the woods." Beauvais declared when asked why he had maintained a studied silence so long: "The people who have gossiped about me and have blackmailed me and forged and altered telegrams have me to deal with yet. I am merely waiting until I can be free to talk and act. Then I will have scores to settle along the St. Maurice." Communists Are Driven Out From Eisleben, Saxonv Security Police Control City After Three Days of Inces sant Fighting Revolters Retreat in Order. Oberroeblingen, Prussian Saxony, March . 26. (By the Associated Press.) Reports that the . com munist forces - which have been fighting in Eisleben against the se curity police for three days had been driven out of that city were brought here last night by men breathless from running the 12 miles v.iiich lie between Eisleben and this little Saxon village. They said that the communists were retreating across the fields, for the most part in good order, but some had thrown away their guns and others had been taken prisoners. The tidings were received without emotion by men and boys who stood, rifles in hand, ready to report for duty to the commander ot the communists. In a few minutes, how ever, these men and boys began to straggle away, apparently to join their communist conlrades in an other stand against the police. One of the refugees from Eisleben said to the correspondent last evening: "You haven't this sort of fighting in America have you? Things must go Letter there." He said that women who had been camped in the outskirts of Eisleben day and night since fighting began there entered the city immediately after rifle firing ceased. "They would have gone earlier," he added, "but the workmen would not permit them to go in. The women do not have much interest in the world revolution. To them, 1 he fight at Eisleben was a row between the laborers and the "green police." The , members of the communist forces, which were in virtual control of Eisleben, permitted the corre spondent to enter that city yesterday between bursts of firing, but they were unwilling to escort him back, saying that the only conveyances available were in the hands of the police and that capture was prob able. The correspondent, however, succeeded in securing an automobile and left the town, but as bullets be gan striking the road around the ma chine the chauffeur fled and the cor respondent walked as far as Ober roeblingen. After his experiences in Eisleben and scenes of bloodshed ahd vio lence the correspondent found this little village particularly peaceful. In spite of the fact that heavy fight ing was' going on only a few mites away, church bells were ringing here last evening, women were praying in the churches and children were laughing" and playing about the i streets. What Will Women Do? Is Campaign Question mincer A most beautiful assortment of Silks and High Grade Fibers; Patterns Galore, also whites. Worth up to $10.00, now going at 3 for $10 r LAY IN YOUR SUMMER'S SUPPLY OF SHIRTS NOW! , Out Business Sale STORE No. 1, 315 S. 16th St Opposite Conant Hotel Thompson .ftelcten &Co. Modern Costumes Exhibited in the Orchard & Wilhelm Co. Furniture . Pageant Will cover the apparel needs of fashionable women for the spring season. About Forty Models In costumes varying from morning frocks to dinner gowns will be grouped in the modern settings. An evening spent at the Pageant will surely prove enjoyable. Monday to Thursday from 7 : 1 5 to 9 : 30 p. m. m To Reduce Stock, We Propose to Sell Every Q. R. S. Player Roll and Every : Emerson Phonograph Record 59c EACH Termt: Cash only. No exchanges. No deliveries. By mail, 10c extra per record for postage and pack ing. . Remember, these are all brand new record! and rolls and pretent a moit nnntual opportunity tot jrott to tone up your library. . 1807 Farnara St. M (Contlnaed From Pace One.) on the firing line, explaining that he entered the fray with "compla cency and real." Although not a can didate at this time, Mayor Smith said he would lend his voice to promot ing the program of the Committee of 5,000. . 1 - . The forensic fusillade before the primary will be of a desultory nature, a sort ' of tuning up for the main event which will be held during the four weeks between the primary and. election. Aspires to Mayoralty. 1 Judge A. Sutton, head of the "5,000" ticket, stated yesterday that he does not expect to have many speaking engagements before the pri mary. The judge aspires to the mayoralty, but appreciates the fact that it is one thing to be elected citv commissioner and another to be named mayor by the seven suc cessful candidates. Dahlman led the field at the city primary three years ago ana was tenth in the list of 14 nominees at the election. The primary vote of three years ago follows: Dahlman. 7.497: butler, 0.81J; Ure. 6.429: Hummel, 5.755: Smith, 5,382; Zimman, 4,904; Ringer, 4,621; Reynolds. 4,326: Falconer, Towl, 3,812; Jardine, 3,683; Withnell, 3,615; Parks, 3,356; Wulf, 2,894. Am I the man .who can come back?" some of the candidates are asking themselves. Six members of the present city council want . fo 'come back." Three years ago one member of the council failed of nomination and five who were nomi nated failed at election. Mr. Zim man returned to the council after an interim of private life. Effort to "Come Back," . Of those seeking re-election three years ago and who were defeated, J. B. Hummel, A: C. Kugel, W. S. Jardine and J. C. Dahlman are now taking another effort to show that they can come back. L. B. Johnson, also a candidate, served as council man six years under the ward sys tem of 12 councilman; and W. J. Broatch served as mayor years ago. The Nonpartisan Voters' league will told a: meeting this afternoon in Labor temple to discuss the wis dom of selecting a labor ticket for the primary. John Kilmartin and John Hopkins: who are being supported by an or eanization ot ex-service men, were given a little surprise Friday night when 100 members of the old Sixth Nebraska summoned them to the Court house, where the meeting pledged support to Kilmartin and Hopkins for city commissioners. Wallweber Explains Stand W. H. Wallweber, candidate for city commissioner, states that he stands on a platform of "liberal gov eminent, permanent roads, all of the people all of the time," and will live up to his obligations to the taxpay ers, both, rich and poor. Mr. Wall weber is assistant manager of a South bide dry cleaning establishment. Sears and Miner fill Vacate Elk Off ices Monday 5,000 Membership Goal, Crowning Achievement of Regime, to Be Attained That Night. Judge W. S. Sears and Ike W. Miner, exalted ruler and secretary, respectively, of Elks lodge No. 39, will attend their last meeting and initiation officially next Monday nio-ht when 82 candidates will be ! made members of the order. Judge Scar; and Mr. Mrner go out of office on April 1 Walter C Nelson succeeds Judge Sears as. exalted ruler and Otto Nielson takes Ike Miner's chair. Double Celebration, T1ie initiation will mea'i a two fold celebration for Judge Sears and Mr. Miner. The 5,000 membership n r.rk will have been reached on that night and both executives will as sist officially at their last initiation. " "We've worked hard to reach that go?.l," Mr. Miner said. "It is the cr&wning achievement of our work and it is certainly pleasing to us to be able to rank Omain Iilki lodge with the first-class lodges of the cointry." Docherty in Charge. Mr. Miner said the record of No. 3'J v:!l go into the grand secretary's rjport f f all firyt-ch-u lodges in the cei l try. 1'.! or. day night's initiation in tli; Shrine room of the Masonic temple will be one of jub'.hti n. Charles R. Drherty, past ixa M ruler, will fi.ne full charge. Elect Grade Teachers Scottsbluff, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) The Board of Education of the Lake Alice consolidated schools elected all grade teachers, and the present superintendent, M. A. Sams. Several positions in the high school remain to be - filled. i 'Millionaire' Pal of Pastor Borrows Gray-Haired Buddy of Parson Promoter Gives $10,000 . Note to Banker. Long Pine, Neb., liCirch 26. (Special) Although a st.f-confess'id millionaire, T. E. O'Brien, gray haired buddy of R. E. Tenkinson, pastor-financier and dabbler in re ligion and oil shale stock, borrowed $35 from W. A. Bucklin. president of the Brown county bank, her- yester day, and gave as security, a $10,000 note-mortgage secured on Chicago proprrty signed by "Jenkinson. Bucklin said he recnvtvJ a tele gram trom u linen i daughterj 'in Chicago asking htm to forestall any attempt of their father to dispose of their section of Brown county land which they homesteided in the center of the iand the Nebraska Texas Oil company has been leasing. Bucklin said he gave O'Brien the on the note in order to get pos se'sion of the note a.rJ telegraph the O'Brien daughters in Chicago. O Brien and Jenkinnon left here fcr the ranch. They said they expected to return to Omaha next week. Platte County Purchases Road Making Machine Columbus, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) Platte county is now equipped to do its own road building, through the purchase of one of the big grading outfits operated by the state department of public works last year. The outfit consists of a 20-ton tractor of the caterpillar type, two 12-foot graders, a supply wagon and a cook and bunk shack for the crew. Columbus Commercial Club Elects Officers for Year Columbus, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) G. H. Gray, president of the ' First National bank, has been elected president of the Commercial club fc.. W. North was elected vice prcsi- lent and U W. rhillio. treasurer. Nine directors were chosen for the ensuing year. Multitudes Seek Final Glimpse Of Late Cardinal None But Watchers and High Dignitaries of Church, Admitted to Death Chamber. Baltimore, March, 26. Th? body of Cardinal Gibbons, dressed in the robes of his office, lay today in thft upper room of the archiepiscopal residence on North Charles street, which had been occupied by him for so many years. Christian brothers relieved mem bers of the cardinal's household early this morning as watchers and only high dignitaries of the church and the cardinal's grandniece and grand nephew were allowed in the death, chamber. All others of the multitnde who called at the residence were told that the cardinal's body could not be viewed until it was placed in the cathedral Sunday night or early Monday. It was planned to have the guard of honor begin its first watch at 8 Monday morning and continue until 9 Thursday, the day of the fu neral. Except for the announcement of the cardinal's death and requests for prayers for the repose of his soul, the services in all the churches today were unchanged. But at all masses tomorrow and until further notice, where rubrics permit, the praver "Pro Defuncto Cardinali" (for the dead cardinal) will be said by the clergy. This announcement affects all the churches in the archdiocese. Moonshiner Fined $800 Atlantic, la., March 26. (Special.) Federal and state fines aggregat ing $400 were imposed on Roy Trout, Adair county farmer, follow ing his plea of guilty to charges of moonshining. The Time for Sport Attire Approaches And in preparation we Jiave se-, ; lected a number of separate skirts ' in both wool and silk; pleated styles and plain; . many black and white combinations, plaids and stripes in other hues; white flan nel outing skirts and white and brilliantly colored sport silks. New wool sweaters favor the tie - on style, very pretty ones may be had for as little as $5. Tuxedo sweaters are also shown in wool and in silk in several dark colors. Short Coats of heather woven cloth of velvet or flannel are very . smart. Hand Made Blouses The less expensive ones are very necessary to a dainty sport costume. A splen did selection iis offered for $5. And newest vof all are the beach capes, knitted of heavy silk in broad stripes of blue and silvery gray. Versatile wraps, since they are quite as fine over summer frocks as with outdoor clothing. A season of becoming and tasteful costumes is assured by selections from Tkompson-Belden's Well Gloved With Trefousse from France Trefousse gloves of fine French kid with P. , K. seams are offered in single and two-clasp styles in white, black, brown, gray and navy for $3.75, $4.25 and $4.50. Slipons and eight-button length suedes with heavy contrasting embroideries are $5.50 and $6.75. Expertly .fitted. Handkerchiefs with handwork Fine Irish linens with drawn threads in colors. Silk pongees with colored thread borders. Both are favored by well dressed men. Tha Men' Shop Individual Corsetry Fashion may be fickle in her demands as to the outward appearance, but in corsetry she bows to the importance of individuality. A corset must be selected with special con sideration to the particular requirements of the wearer. Lorraine Corsets are offered in fashionable models that fit perfectly and comfortably. Models that are especially designed for every type of figure. It will be a pleasure to show you Lorraine. Demonstrating the Supe riority of Minerva Yarns Miss Steenstrup is teaching all of the newest styles of knitting and crocheting. Sweaters a ghans, infants' wear, hats, everything that's made of yarn. . Only one more week of the demonstration remains Artnacdltwerk Second Floe-r i