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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921. Omaha Couple . Found Guilty of Selling Liquor l rcraont Jury Deliberates Seven Hours on Case Attorneys Speak Frank ly in Pleas. Fremont. Neb., April 14. (Special Telegram.) Ray Cooley and Birdie Cudona of Omaha were found guilty of possessing intoxicating liquor and bootlegging by a jury in district court here and fined $200 each. A charge of transporting liquor was dropped and Cooley was given possession of his automobile. The jury deliberated seven hours. Alleging that they are entirely in nocent of all booze charges, Ray Cooley and Birdie Cudona took the stand in their own behalf. Both de fendants denied knowledge of liquor alleged to have been found in their room at a hotel here on the night of March 6 and assert that it had been left under the bed, probably by a tormer guest. 1 hey denied that they brought the booze from Omaha and that Birdie sold a quart to a detec tive tor $15. Their deliberate denial resulted in a stormy and scathing attack upon the defendants by County Attorney J. C. Cook in his argument to the jury. He stated that their claims were baseless. Despite the testi mony cf the several officers and the hotel clerk, given under oath, the Omahans insisted that they were innocent of crime. Attorney Frank Dolezal of Fre mont', in his argument for the de fendants, accused the police force of "framing" on Cooley and working in league with the hotel clerk, who he stated, was probably the rightful owner of the nine quarts of liquor: Dolezal scored the hotel clerk and the plain-clothes man for their ap parent attempts to double cross Cooley, after they had pretended friendship on the night in question. The attorneys became so excited and so frank in their pleas to the en clearance of the court room, the fight proving so amusing to the au dience.' In his charge to the jury, Judge Button instructed the jurors that the impropriety of Birdie Cudona's presence in the room with Cooley, whose wife lives in Omaha, should not be considered in the verdict The time taken by the jury is very un usual for a prohibition case and the session was the Ion tr est ever held by any jury in Dodge county on a booze question. Harvester Company u:ii r..i i. D: Y 111 VUl lid 1 UlCd Chicago, April 14. Basing its ac tion upon the recent reduction in steel prices announced by the United States Steel Corporation the Inter national Harvester company today announced a straight 10 per cent re duction, effective next year, on pro ducts in which steel is the principal sraw material. The reduction, applies, chiefly to harvesting machines and covers mmIm .ml .. KImai-s clmr-Vr reapers and push machines, mowers, hay rakes, side delivery rakes, com bination side rakes and tedders, loaders, corn binders and pickers, huskers and silo' fillers. "The reduction on steel came after our year's product had been provided for and will have no bearing on the cost of machines we sell this year," the announcement said. County Treasurer Faces Trial Monday Thedford, Neb., April 14. Jury men were notified today to be in the court house next Monday for service in the trial of J. L. Heilman, former county treasurer, who is charged with misappropriating county funds. ?After an alleged shortage in his, accounts had been .found, following the burning of the Thomas county court house, Mr. Heilman resigned and ' moved to Wyoming. ; . . Wymore Chief of Police Is Appointed by Mayor , Wymore, VtK April 14. (Spe cial.) Mayor B. O. Youll went into action Monday night ' by 'appoint ing C W. Lytle chief of police, withholding othex appointments un til he has received reports from the various departments of the city. Lester Cadman was elected presi dent of the council. A canvass of the vote showed that moving pic tures on Sunday were defeated by 73 votes instead of 36 as at first reported. '- ' ) Fire Department Names Offcers at Nebraska City Nebraska City, Neb., April 14. (Special.) At a meeting of the Ne braska City fire department the fol lowing officers were elected: Harry H. Feldhaiwer, chief; Clark Dickson, assistant chief; Dan Hill, president; F. A. Bartling, secretary;. A. B. Wil son, treasurer. The name of the new chief will be presented at the next meeting of the city commissioners for confirmation. ' - " High School Athletes to ; Hold Meeting in McCook McCook, Neb.', April 14. (Spe cial.) The high school track meet in McCook will be held May 5. About 20 towns -will participate, with two to ten members from each high school. A banquet will follow the meet and prizes will be distributed. It is aimed to make this an annual event here. - Labor Leaders in Capitol Washington. April 14. (Special Telegram Charles J. Hall, a rep resentative of the Nebraska railroad crafts and a member of the Central Labor union of Fremont, who ia in Washington on labor matters, called upon Representative Evans. Nebraskans in Washington Washington, April 14. (Special Telegram.) Visitors' to Washington include Mr. and Mrs. H. Waldrum of Hastings, and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Birdwell of Dalton, all of whom are ontheir. wiy.home from the N. Y. Beauty Denies She Will Visit British Prince GloJy 1 Miss Gladys Fclduian, former Ziegfeld Folly beauty, has denied, which she hopes is for the last time, the persistent rumor that she has been invited by the Prince of Wales to spend the summer at Buckingham palace. Miss Feldman, who met the prince when he visited this country last year, states there is absolutely no truth in the rumor. Hitchcock Protests Against G.O. P. Rule To Raise Committees Washington, April 14. Loud and vociferous outcries were raised by the democrats against what they termed as "steam roller tactics" of the republican majority on reorgan ization of the senate committees. Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, republican, brought up a new rule adopted by the republicans in cau cus yesterday, increasing the size of the 10 major committees to 16 mem bers, of which 10 are to be repub licans and six democrats. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska de nounced the rule "as an atteniDt to grab outrageous majorities" n all the committees. Senator McCumber of North Dakota, republican, pointed out that the present republican ma jority is nearly 2 to 1, while the committee representation under the new rule would be at the ratio of about 10 to 6. A motion by Senator Brandegee to go into executive session to take up the rule was carried, 36 to 22, along strict party lines. A vote on the rule was put off until tomor row. Brother of Holdup V Killed Is Charged Lincoln, April IS. County At torney Matson today filed a com plaint charging Frank Fletcher, 18, with highway, robbery. With his brother, Ray, 25,. he at tempted to rob the W. C. Mason drug store here last night. Ray Fletcher was shot by the druggist and died a short time later in a hospital. Police announced the arrest today of William Pavey, an ex-convict, and Paul Slagel, taxi driver, who are charged with implication in the at tempted robbery by young Fletcher. Both deny any knowledge of the affair. Box Butte County Gets Permit to Raise Fair Fund Alliance, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) Through the efforts of Secre tary Carey of the Chamber of Commerce, the attorney general and state tax commissioners have granted permission to Box Butte county commissioners to increase the an nual budget in order that the county may have a fair this fall. When the budget was made up in January no provision was made for a fair. The local commissioners are expected to pass a resolution 'raising about $800 through taxation for this purpose and this together with aid given by the state fund will enable the farmers to put on the exhibition as original ly planned. . " State Permits No Longer , Needed to Sell Alcohol State permits to sell alcohol will no longer be issued to druggists, since the passage of a bill by the leg islature doing away with them. Louis Home,' secretary to Governor Mc Kelvie, notified Clyde Sundblad, chief clerk in County Judge Craw ford's office that in the future it will merely be necessary to file in the state house a copy of the federal oermit issued, together with a fee Of $2. - Audubon Society Meets With Ornothological Union in May A joint meeting of the Nebraska Audubon society and the Nebraska Ornothological union will be held in Omaha May 13 and 14. A banquet will be held at the First Unitarian church May 13 and the following day will be field day, when parties will make up the annual bird lists for the government survey. Important Detail Overlooked. C. A. Richards is alleged to have departed from Hordeville, Neb., a few weeks ago, overlooking the pay ment of bis hotel bill. He was ar rested at Sixteenth and Dodge streets Wednesday night by Deputy Sheriff Nick Halter. Drive for Hospital McCook. Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) McCook and Red Willow county will stage a concerted drive next Monday for funds for the pro posed $75,000 hospital at this place. Bishop Goes to New York. Bishop Ernest V. Shayler of the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska, left Omaha Wednesday night for New York. He will be absent from the city several days. Japanese are making a paper chief Bride, 17. Rides Train Bumpers to Escape Husband Girl Tells Omaha Police She "Was Married at Point ( Of Pistol in Wyo ming. Because her husband of a month, William Draper, 38, of Osag-, Wyo., "didn't make a fuss" over her, Elsie Draper, 17, ran away to Omaha. She is now in the matron's ward at the police station, held for investigation. "I have to have some one to 'make over me or I'm not "happy," she pouted. "When he went to town, he'd never take me with him, or if he sent me, he wouldn't come along just let me go by myself." Aside from being remiss asl an escort, her husband fed her on beans and rice every day, she complained. Couldn't Love Him. "A young girl like me can't love an old man of 38, I only married h:m so I could get away from my mother, but I'd make a good wife for a young man; I'm a good cook and housekeeper," she volunteered. Elsie said she was forced to marry Draper at the point of a gun. "My mother, Pearl Hudson and a man companion forced me to marry Draper so I could get him to deed over his 640 acres of oil lease and life insurance to me. They said I could get rid of him. . Disguised as Boy. Elsie says she walked 20 miles from Newcastle to Clifton, Wyo., disguised as a boy, in order to make her getaway. "I rode the bumpers from there to EdKemont and climbed on the tender of No. 42 passenger train from there to Crawford. I barely escaped the yard officers when we reached there, but I managed to elude them and got to Chadron. A. T. Davis, Chadron welfare worker, wired the Travelers' Aid to stop the girl here. She relies on the mother of a South Side youth to give her a home and help her find work, she said. David B. Wolfe, a prominent res ident of Montevista, Colo., is her grandfather, the girl stated. ' Saunders County Buys Tractor to Build Roads Wahoo, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) Saunders county has pur chased a new tractor and has or dered a new elevator road grader for work on the roads between Cedar - Bluffs and Morse Bluffs. This strip has been declared a state and county road and with the excep tion of a short stretch of road be tween Morse Bluffs and Edholm will make a well-graded road from Fremont through to Central City via David City. This road will also connect with the Meridian highway at Shelby and give a good route clear through to York, connecting with the S. Y. A. and D. D. D. highways. Radolph Community Club Plans Women's Rest Room Randolph, Neb., April - 14. (Spe cial.) The Randolph Community club held its regular monthly busi ness and social meeting with, over 200 members present. The club; member ship has been increased by drives from 75 to about 275. A large ma jority of the members are; farmers. Action was taken for the promotion of a women's rest room. Athletic contests provided the en tertainment of the evening. The main bout, between Fritz Maschulet and Gus Swanson, was called a draw by the referee. Saunders County Farmers Stop Selling Wheat Crops . Wahoo, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) The sudden drop in the price of wheat has again stopped the movement of that commodity ifo market and once more the farmers are guessing as to the. best course to pursue. Many predict that wheat will go still lower, while others feel that they can afford to take' a chance on its increasing in value. About 35 cars of wheat left Saund ers county last week. f Fairbury Girls Octet J , Gives Concert in Beatrice Fairbury, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) The girls octet of the Fair bury High school, accompanied by their director, Mrs. Mable Wilcox Ewing, motored to Beatrice and gave a concert before the Beatrice High school. Beatrice will recipro cate at a later date by sending to Fairbury one of their musical organ izations which will give a concert or entertainment before the Fairbury student body. Municipal Light Service Urged in Beatrice Suburb Beatrice, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) Peter Droullard of Glen over, a suburb of Beatrice, is circulating a petition to be presented to the city commissioners asking that electric ity for that section of town be fur nished by the municipal plant in stead of the electric company. Citi zens of that section of town hold that the rate of 12 cents charged by the company is too high and they want cheaper service. Savings and Rural Credit Body Formed at Seneca Pawnee City, Neb., April 14. (Special.) A new financial institu tion known as the Seneca Savings and Rural Credit association, has been organized at Seneca. Kan., and the by-laws have been approved by the Kansas state banking depart ment The new institution is soon to open and a secretary is to be em ployed to look after the business. Poultry Business Big Industry in Saunders County Wahoo, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) The Wahoo Produce com pany shipped 63,000 dozen eggs from Wahoo last year and 375,000 pounds of poultry. This required about 50 cars for eggs and 30 cars for poultry. Judge Crawford 111. ' County Judge Crawford is quite ill at his home with a severe cold. He has been confined to his bed for a week. Physicians said yester day rhaat his condition is about the Norris Proposes Bill To Regulate Packers Washington, April 14. Chairman Norris of the senate agricultural committee, reintroduced his bill for general regulation of the meat pack ing industry. It is in the same form in which it passed the senate at the last session. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, resubmitted a bill penalizing by im prisonment and fines, law officers who prevent citizens from exercising constitutional rights. Senator Keyes, republican. New Hampshire, proposed the creation of a bureau of aeronautics in the Navy department as recommended by President Harding in his message yesterday and Senator Fletcher, democrat, introduced a measure to make farm loan banks eligible for federal reserve rediscount privileges. Off icers Confer With Harding on Highway Program Executives of Association Anxious to Learn Whether Congress Will Appro priate Further Funds. Washington, April 14. (Special Telegram.) Members of the execu tive committee of the State Highway Officials' association, led by Secre tary of Agriculture Wallace and T H. McDonald, chief of the bureau of good roads, called at the White House today for a conference with President Harding on the nation's toad-building program, which had an important part in the chief execu tive's message of Tuesday to con gress. The road officials were anxious to ascertain the president's attitude with regard to authorization during the present session of congress of further funds under federal road aid act. Present appropriations are about exhausted or covered by con tracts and a great need exists for authorization for surveys during the later part of the present year in orde that the. building program may pro ceed intelligently in the spring of 1922. The committeemen expressed themselves in hearty accord with the president's stipulation that federal funds are to be applied to state roads on condition that the state guaran tees the upkeep. They declare that more than 30 states secure ample funds for maintenance from vehicle licenses. Those present at the conference today were W. S. Kelly, president of the association, Alabama; George P. Coleman, Virginia; S E. Bradt, Illi nois; W. R. Neet, Georgia; W. D. Uhler, Pennsylvania; George . E. Johnson, Nebraska; Paul D. Sargent, Maine; F. R. White, Iowa; W. C Markham, Kansas, and R. J. Wind row, Texas. A railroad in Pennsylvania is ex perimenting with an olectro-mag-netic brake, which stops trains quickly, smoothly and safely. 'BOWEWS- The efficiency and rapidity with which the Vacuum CI eaner does its work is the best recommendation this highly ; endorsed Vacuum Cleaner could have. 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Her son, August Meyer of Salt Lake City, who calls himself "Professor," be cause of his ability to shoot pool, claims the estate on a will made in 1907, which left most of the property to him. Four grandchildren of Omaha, Esther Redmer Cline, Laura Red mer Peschek, Alma Redmer and Ar thur Redmer, dispute Meyer's right to the estate with the allegations that Mrs. Helmerick was the victim of fraud practised by her son, in which he secured the property by handling her business and signing transactions in his own name. He made several purchases and received money from his mother at various times to take care of her property and in every in stance, it is claimed, used his name on the papers, soon leaving the moth er penniless. Mrs. Helmerick brought action in the district court against her son in 1909. The granchildren allege that he later induced his mother to drop action and it was agreed that a set tlement should be made. 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The case was appealed from county court and appeared in district court yester day. After the attorneys had pre sented their opening arguments and Several witnesses had given testi mony, something went wrong in the legal phrasing of some documents and the case was sent back to the County court for settlement. The Omaha defendants will at tempt t. prove that Meyer fraudu lently secured his will by his over powering influence on his mother, whose rn in d was in an unstable con dition.: ; Bird Sanctuary Planned . In Cemetery at Geneva Geneva, Neb., xpril 14. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the Ge neva Cemetery association approval was given to the plan of making a "bird sanctuary" of the cemetery grounds by protecting and fostering the bird life which abounds within the 58 acres of wooded and meadow land, ' The action was taken at the request of a committee of women from the nature study department of the woman's club. . Plans for the project will include bird bathing fountains, nesting houses and winter feeding stations. Boy scouts camp fire girls and other or ganizations are to be enlisted to make the plan a success. Pawnee County Woodmen Name Dubois Man Delegate Pawnee City, Neb., April 14. (Special.) H. H. Hawkins of Du bois has been selected delegate to the state camp of the Modern Wood men of America. He was elected at the Pawnee county camp meeting held here. Minden School Play Minden, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) The three-act comedy, "Mrs. Briggs 'of the Poultry Yard," was given by the senior dramatic art class of Minden High school, under the direction of Miss Nelre Gingles of Bethany, Neb. f vfrfv v a ev ftzy&iq I AiFWa TKe best styles-the ever offered are BEAUTIFUL Suits made to sell Judge Frees Man Held in Bluffs In Ax Slayings Takes Villisca Murders Case From Jury and Orders Ac quittal on Grounds of In sufficient Evidence. Judge G. W. Cullison in, district court in Council Bluffs yesterday took the case of W. B. McCaul, on trial for perjury in connection, with evidence given by hhn to a Mont gomery county grand j'jry in .1919 investigating the unsolved : Villisca ax murders; from the jury and or dered a directed verdict of acquittal. Attorneys for McCaul requested a directed verdict Wednesday. Judge Cullison ruled that no materiality was shown in the evidence connecting either Albert Jones or McCaul with the ax murders, as shown in this case. He ruled that everything relating to the murders, introduced at this trial, was immaterial and declared it made no difference whether Jones and Mc Caul left Villisca the morning of the murders at 7 or 6 or S o'clock. The state boldly claimed Wednes day that Albert Jones was directly implicated in the murder of Joe Moore and seven other persons who were killed while asleep in his home June 9, 1912. 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