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10 Omaha Pleas
For Parole Are
Denied; 1 Given
"Big Wally" Martin Turned
Down by Pardon Board
, With Nine Other Applicants.
Lincoln, April 28. (Special.) The
Nebraska state board of pardons and
la-olcs, passing on the caes ot M
applicants for parole heard at the
last Htfion of the board, todav sm
nounced it had granted nine paroles,
tler.ied 19 application'!, erantrd a
conditional parole In four cases and
inferred action in six case.
Frank (Wally) Martin of Douglas
county, member of the notorious
Kirk pang. strving three to 15 v'."'ts
'or robbery irs connection with the
Malashoctc iewelry robbery, was re
I iused a parole.
I Louis II. Weaver of Omaha, serv
ing a one to 20-ycar sentence for ar
son in connection with the court
house riots, also failed to get favor
able action on his application. He
was denied his liberty.
But One Granted.
Of the It Douglas county cases
heard, the hoard granted only one
application for parole, refused nine
and deferred action in one.
John Potter, sent up from Omaha
for breaking and entering, was the
one who got favorable action on, his
case. . '
Joe Card, also sent up from Omaha
for breaking and , entering. .1 was
'paroled to be turned over to Okla
homa authorities as an escaped pris
oner. The Unlucky Ones.
The board deferred action on the-,
case of Fred Brown of Douglas
county, sentenced to one to 10 years
for receiving a stolen automobile.
. These Douglas county applications
were denied:
Bert Harris, one to seven years,
grand larceny; Jack Osborne, one
to seven years, grand larceny; Joe
Johnson, one to 20 years, shooting
with intent to kill; Ellis Omar, one
flames Smith, one to seven years, lar-
ceny trom tne person; louis weaver,
one to 20 years, arson; Frank
(Wally) Martin, three to IS years,
robbery, and Donald Emerson, one
to seven years, stealing an . automo
bile. Movie Censorship Bill
1 1s Vetoed By Governor
t (Continue from rage One.)
the parents, if we arc to have a na
tion of independent, self-governed
people.
Horn
"The laws
1 lialls are of
Home Laws First.
s made in legislative
only secondary impor-
t tance to laws
formulated in the home.
'If i nt ill true that 'the hand that
rocks the cradle rules the world,' and
it is equally true that there is no
law that will repair the damage that
is -done when parents fail to exercise
tl proper jurisdiction and control
xpr their cniidren.
l will inuiuuK111; vuimiutu n
public opinion, left free to function
urttramtnetcd, will control this en
tire situation.
"The motion aicture business is
young and many abuses have crept
into it that are repugnant to those
most successful in it.
f Movement to Cleanse.
"Public opinion has begun to de
mand cleaner movies and the move
ment to cleanse them has begun.
"I predict that two years hence
this movement shall have made such
progress that the question of censor
ship will not be even suggested in
the legislature."
Governor McKelvie signed this
statement t noon, one" hour after
the adjournment of the legislature.
;The bill vetoed by the governor
was designed to censor motion pic
tures with the name changed to the
board of .review of motion pic
tures," virtually adopting the origin
al' program for the board of censors.
The board of reviews as passed,
was placed under the attorney gener
al instead of the state superintendent.
The board was limited to ex
penditures of $15,000 a year and mo
tion picture men were given 120 days
in which to fit themselves in accord
ance with the board of review con
ditions. '. '
Snnorinr f!nmmnnitv Sale
my rroves did success
Superior, Neb., April 28. (Spe
cial.) The first Community bargain
day to be held in Superior was a de
cided success and merchants say an
other special day will be held soon.
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t "Stores were sold out before the sale
closed. A base ball game and tree
band concerts were added attrac
tions. .-
Ship Owners Are Ready to
? to Accept Benson Proposal
kN'cw York, April 23. The Ameri
can Steamship Owners' association
announced today it was ready to
comply with the wishes of Rear Ad
miral Benson of the shipping board
and cut wages 15 per cent May 1,
instead of approximately 25 per cent
as first proposed.
, Nonpartisans Organize.
, 4 Broken Bow, Neb., April 28.-r-r
(Special) A temporary organiza
tion of the Nonpartisan league for
Custer county was formed here. A.
C Townley, national president, ad
ddressed a large crowd in the eve
ning. '
- Palmer Man Kills Self.
Ttrnken Bow. Neb.. April 28.
(Special) George T. Palmer, 59, of
Palmer, committed suicide by swal
lowing poison. Failing' health and
mental depression were given as the
cause of the act He is survived by
a w;ie and eight children. .
David City Graduation.
"David City?Neb., April 28. (Spe-
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ai.J int graduating ciicn-iaca vi
the David City High school will be
r f-i n -
neia juay oi. a nere are mem
bers in the' class.
' Improve Light Plant.
North Loup, Xeb., April 28. (Spe
cial.) Additional equipment for the
ele-.tric light plant here has been in
stalled sfter a year's delay. V '.
Rebekah Lodges Hold
Meeting at Table Rock
Table Rock, Xeb., April 28. (Spe
cial.) The 22d annual session of Re
bekah lodges of district No. 5, was
held here. The district includes the
lodges of Pawnee City. Table Rock,
Humboldt, Dawson, Salem, Tecum
sch, Falls City and Yerdon. There
were U0 visiting members. Mrs.
Ethel Simanton of Falls City, dis
trict president, presided. The memor
ial work was given by the Tecum
seh lodge in the afternoon and the
initiatory work given by the staff
from the Yerdon lodge. The ses
sion was one of the most success
ful ever held in the district. The
following officers were elected; Pres
ident, Maggie Smith, Pa nee City
vice president, Gertrude Lum, Yer
don; warden. Lucie Boss, Humboldt;
secretary, Olive Catlett, Pawnee
City; treasurer, Lydja M. Knight,
Falls City. The' meeting in 1922
wilt be held in Salem.
Schwab Declares
Germany Beating
Allies to Normal
lnrough Lconomy and Sacri
fices, Vanquished Foe Is
Outstripping Allied Na
'' , tions in Production. " "'
New York, April 28. Germany,
through the economy ;and sacrifices
of her working people, has settled
down to real production and is out
stripping the United States and al
lied natinns in the fitflit toward
so-. m- t -
normalcy, Charles M. Schwab de
clared here today in an address De
fore the chamber of commerce of
the state of New York.
Mr. Schwab was the guest of the
chamber at a reception given in
recognition of his service to the
country during the war. He recently
returned from Europe.
T.prniaiiv todav can out a ton of
"Steel in England at a price $20 a ton
cheaper than iMigianu can make u,
he said, "and is selling pneumatic
tools in Detroit where formerly we
shipped such machinery to Germany
and sold it cheaper than it could
make it.
Labor Cost to Blame.
"The difference is solely a matter
of labor costs.
"It i Mtimated that 5.000.000 men
are out of work in this country. It
is accordingly of supreme importance
ell as to the
capitalist to restore -our prosperity.
"Is it possible that after having
won the war, we of the allied nations,
ii-ifV. virxriliinor in our hands, will
allow Germany to win the peace
through" the ettorts ot its iaDor.
"t unrliTctanH that our railroads
today pay to labor over 60 cents out
of every dollar received.
Steel Cost High.
"Tt, tSrvr rnt r( makin&r a ton
of steel todav is 85 cents out of each
dollar of total cost.
"Psi'irAarl rncti mint come down.
and 1t:is:n the 'interests of national
propspertty that- our government,
ift'mer fh. rmi erh ' the railroad labor
board and every other agency, shall
reduce railroad wages ana Dnng costs
down to a living point.
"The same situation confronts our
merchant marine.
"In so far as our people in Amer-
,'-! ar nrpnareH 1n pn to work at
reasonable wages, m so far as we
are prepared quickly to abandon tne
artificial extravagances of the war,
will we lay the foundations for a new
nrosoeritv such as we have never en
joyed before."
The chamber presented to Mr.
Schwab a bronze tablet, at the top of
which was inscribed words uttered
by Iachimo, a character in Shake
speare's play, "Cymbeline." .. .The
quotation reads:
"Here's a voucher stronger than
ever law could make.".
Retired Omaha Postal Men
Hope for Reinstatement
Old retired postal employes, re
leased from government service un
der the Burleson retirement ruling,
are cherishing hope of reinstatement
under a recent ruling by Postmaster
General Will Hays, according to in
quiries coming to Herbert S. Daniel,
acting postmaster in Omaha.
As yet no official notice has been
received at the Omaha postoffice
from Washington in regaid to re
instatement of physically able men
retired under the Burleson pension
ruling.
"There are a lot of the old fellows
want to get back into the service,"
Mr. Daniel said. 'They're making
inquiries every day."
Light Weight
' Underwear
We recommend for these
chilly mornings our light
weight knitted and 4
length Underwear, made
by "Vassar."
Select this article from
an assortment complete
to the smallest detail
where quality is em
bodied in every garment,"
at 2, $3 and better.
S.E.
Cor. 16th
and Harney
Driver Indicted
By Grand Jury for
Auto Accident
Audubon, la., Canning Fac
tory Owner Charged With
Manslaughter and Operate
ing Car While Drunk.
Atlantic, la., April 28. (Special.)
i K. J. Loveland, owner ot the Au
dubon (la.) Lanntiig tastory, was
indicted today by the grand jury on
the charge of manslaughter and
operating an automobile while he was
intoxicated. -i
The indictment is based upon an i
accident last Sunday resulting in the
death of Harry Gleason, a painter
and paper hanger, and the serious
injury of Loveland, Loveland is at
his home under the care of a phy
sician and is said to be on the verge
of nervous collapse;
It is said that Loveland was in
dicted principally upon the testimony
of Merill Gleason, a son of Harry
Gleason, who was also in the auto
mobile at the time of the accident.
Merill Gleason testified that his
father and Loveland had been drink
ing before the accident. Loveland
was at the wheel of his car and
driving at terrific speed when the car
hit the cement railing of a bridge,
leaped into the air and landed in
the creek.
The grand jury was called in spe
cial session by order of Judge Rocka
fellow, Loveland's bond on the man
slaughter, charge, was Jixcd at $2.5p0
and on he other charge .it $1,500. .
Aurora Rotary Club
. Entertains Farmers
Aurora, Neb., April 28. (Special.)
At the meeting of the Aurora Ro
tary club the executive hoard of the
Hamilton county farm bureau and
J. N. Norton of Polk were guests
and explained the objects of the
present organization of the farm
ers. Short addresses were made by
County Agent C. E. Quinn and
Chairman Kdwin Heuenefcld of the
executive board and an extended ad
dress was made by Mr. Norton.
Hamilton county now has a greater
percentage of its farmers in the
farm bureau than has any other
county in the state. Farmer activi
ties in marketing, social life, school
life and studying scientific methods
are all a part of the work of the bu
reau. Lemons placed in a hot oven be
fore "squeezing will yeild twice as
much juice.
Demonstration "Lloyd"
Loom Woven Baby
Carriages Saturday
Union Outfitting Co.
Free Souvenir to Every
Baby Attending Lloyd
Carriage Given Away.
You have heard of the wonder
ful "Lloyd" Baby Carriage, how
it is woven just like a silk fabric
into the most attractive and eom
fortable styles imaginable. -Saturday,
an interesting demonstra
tion at the Union Outfitting Co.
(Lloyd headquarters) will show
why a "Lloyd" is best for baby.
A free souvenir for baby will
be given to every mother who at
tends the demonstration and a
"Lloyd" Baby Carriage will be
given away at its close.
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POUTICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
U.S. C. of C. lo
- Discuss Tariff
Special Legislation to Assure
Commercial Prosperity Is
Urgtl.
Atlantic City, N. J., April 28. The
problems of taxation and tariff facing
roiJTKAI. AnVKKTIKfc.MENT. rOUTK'AI. ADVERTISEMENT. POIITICAI. ADVERTISEMENT.
Dan Butler
Has Saved
You Money
Your coal bill
doubled in the last
three years.
Your grocery bill nearly
doubled.
Your rent bill did the same.
Your bill for street cleaning
and maintenance was no
more in 1921 than in 1918
Here are the figures the city appropriations for street
cleaning and maintenance for the three years of Commis
sioner Dan B. Butler's administration and the year before:
1918. .
1919.'
a
1920
1921.
RE-ELECT BUTLER
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
Tltie
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Who Knows How
Doctors are trained to keep us well.
Lawyers are trained to keep us out of
Firemen are trained to put out fires.
Policemen are trained to make
property safe.
An engineer is trained to lay out streets, pave them, build sewers, de
velop parks, map out boulevards.
These public works are a big part of a city's development it takes an
engineer to do the job.
Roy N. Towl is an engineer by education and by long experience.
Towl has been a City Commissioner in charge of public works.
Towl is the only one of fourteen candidates whb has this training.
VOTE for TOWL
The Man Who Knows How
American business were discussed
today by the leading business men
and financiers in the annual conven
tion of the United States Chamber of
Commerce.
Special tariff legislation to assure
the United States "commercial pros
perity" were urged by Judge Marion
Dcvrics of the United States customs
court of appeals.
"The government must arm and
equip its administrative forces," he
said, "with every possible instrumen
tality of .commercial defense and ex
change. We should not be misled
$186,955
186,500
186,500
186,500
Common labor increased
66; brick, asphalt, sand
and cement increased
100; Butler's figures re
mained the same.
If you appreciate economy in public office
rOUTICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
Lett's Hire
Maui
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by sentiments of brotherly love and
international liberality." I
Tariff protection for agriculture
was demanded by Harvey j. Sconce,
agriculturist of Sidcll, 111.
"The greatest help that can be
given to agricultural industry," said
Mr. Sconce, "is the building of the
deep waterway from the Great Lakes
to the Atlantic, enabling the farmer
to maiket his products in foreign
countries and also along our own
seaboards at a much slower freight
rate than at present."
Bee want ads little, but mighty.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
trouble.
our lives and
(From Lincoln SUU Journal, April tt, ItSl.)
SKINNER CO. IS IN
RECEIVER'S HANDS
Keith Neville Appointed by Request of Both Sides
Cornpany Claims It Hat Been Haraued by Individuals and
Corporations to Force It to Wall.
Omaha, Neb., April 25. (Spe
:ial Correspondence.) It was
upon the application of both aides
of the litipation . in which the
Skinner Packing Co. has been in
volved with a group of its stock
lolders that Judge Woodrough ap
pointed Keith Neville of North
Platte receiver for the company,
fixing his bond at $100,000. In
this action as begun in federal
:ourt Frank II. Doerman, Herman
C. Ruwe, Vaclav Nepodal, Mary
Nepodal, Ludwig Bartling and
Henry Kuhls, through the law firm
of Crofoot, Fraser, Connolly &
Stryker, asked the appointment of
the Omaha Trust Co. as receiver.
This application was opposed by
the packing company. In answer
ing this morning, Attorney William
Ritchie set out at length the trou
bles that have beset the company
since its formation, by which its
credit has been impaired so that it
has been unable to effectively fi
nance itself to meet its obligations.
It was urged that corporations and
individuals have repeatedly sought
to take advantage of its difficul
ties and to enforce unreasonable
demands by threats of litigation;
that it has come to the company's
knowledge at various times during
the past two years that certain per
sons or corporations were seeking
to compel it to sell its property and
dispose of its assets at prices in
volving enormous losses to it nd
its stockholders, and that it has be
lieved that certain interests were
conspiring to force it to sell.
It was urged that the company
has tangible assets of a value in
excess of $6,500,000 and an in
debtedness of approximately
$300,000; that when these obliga
tions first came due the company
gave creditors notes running for
various periods and secured by
bonds of the company given as col
lateral, and that when the notes
came due the company was able
to pay a portion of them and re
newed the rest. A large amount
in these notes will fall due June 1
and in order to meet them and
save the collateral the company
sought to sell its bonds through a
Buffalo firm at such figures as
would net the company 70 per cent
of par, which the company did not
regard as unreasonable, owing to
financial conditions, that unless
such bonds are sold the company
will be unable to meet its obliga
tions in the ordinary course of
business; that the company own
its cold storage plant, the two up
per floors of which might be uti
lized for an oleomargarine manu
facturing industry, but because of
the litigation that has been stirred
up has not been able to secure
funds for installation of machin
ery therein. ,
The company expressly denied
that it or its officers have been
guilty of fraud, gross mismanage
ment, neglect of duty, ultra vires
acts or violations of the laws of
Nebraska, as alleged in the bill of
complaint, but alleges as a fact
that the charges have been repeat
ed, reiterated, published and cir
culated for the. purpose of destroy
ing the credit of the corporation
and its officers, by reason of
which it has been crippled and
hampered until it is unable to
meet its obligations and properly
operate and maintain its proper
ties. The response of the company
specifically attributes the most re
cent agitation against it to one J.
J. Buresh, who was prior to April
2, 1921, its auditor, and who
sought to have his salary in
creased from $3,600 to $5,000, and
failed, who was said to have in
duced at least two of the plaintiffs
in the receivership action to join
therein, after a conference with
the Dold Packing Co., lessee of the
packing plants. It is pointed out
that the law firm seeking the re
ceivership is also counsel for Lily
Ring, former private secretary of
former Manager R. C. Howe, and
that Lily Ring is suing the com-.
pany for ? 16,900 for alleged
breach of contract and has at
tached the company's property. "
"The officers and directors of
this corporation," "says the re
spondent company, "and the de
fendant corporation itself have be
come convinced that it is necessary
for the protection and the preser
vation of its property ilnd assets,
and necessary in order to keep the
corporation in the performance of
its functions, and to restore its
credit and reputation, and to stop
and prevent the agitation and liti
gation which has for its purposed
only the harassment and destruc
tion of the corporation, and to pre
vent forced sale of its properties,
that a receiver should be ap
pointed. "Wherefore it moved that the
appointment of a receiver for the
purpose of winding up the affairs
of the corporation and practically
dissolving the same be denied; that
the temporary restraining order
against further operations of the
company be dissolved and that a
receiver be appointed to take im
mediate possession and control, for
the following specific purposes:
"First To finance and re-establish
the credit of defendant
corporation and prevent the loss
of its property, and to further fi
nance the corporation so that it
may be maintained on a more prof
itable basis than at present;
"Second To adjust disputes
and prevent attempted coercion on
the part of those having diverse
interests and attempting to assert
unjust and unfair claims against
the corporation;
"Third To put an end as far as
possible to the harassing litiga
tion and utterances being made j
and circulated against the deTend- j
ant corporation; j
"Fourth To examine and de- j
termine the truth or falsity of said ;
utterances and allegations and to
examine into and determine the j
legality of certain contracts and
obligations which defendant cor
poration has assumed, and also to
construe and determine the effect
of said contracts and obligations
and the benefit thereof to this
corporation;
"Fifth To examine and deter
mine all question relating to the
voting control of said corporation;
"Sixth To restore the confi
dence and credit of said corpora
tion with the public and adjust and
collect and make arrangements
for the adjustment and collection
in a reasonable and fair manner
of the stockholders' notes, which
are now due and owing defendant
corporation."
"Defendant at this time." say
the answer, "objects to the ap
pointment of the Omaha Trust
Company as receiver for the rea
son that said Omaha Truat Com
pany is a corporation, and that it
would be for the best interests of
this defendant and would serve to
better promote the ends of justiee
and insure prompt obedience to
the orders of this court that an in
dividual be selected by this court
to perform the functions of said
receiver."
The following latter read to the
federal court by defendant' coun
ted To the Stockholders of Skinner
Packing Company and All In
terested: The consent of the Skinner
Packing Company to come under
the protection of the strong arm
of the United States court meets
with my entire approval at this
time, although I was and am op
posed to the plan of those who
filed the original bill in this case
wherein they prayed that the cor
poration might be dissolved, its
properties sold and its assets dis
tributed. My approval of the consent of
the kind of receivership which the
company has asked the court to
allow was based on my desire and
hope to see the company preserved
and protected and enabled to
achieve its goal of maintaining a
large independent packing plant in
Omaha, which will be profitable to
the stockholders, beneficial to the
stock raisers and farmers of Ne
braska and Iowa and a glory and i
pride lor Omaha.
From the first, as careful ex
amination of my record in con
nection with this company will dis
close, that has been my dream and
main object. Personally I have
sacrificed everything for this com
pany and my entire fortune de
pends upon the ultimate success of
this enterprise. Knowing my own
anxiety for the success of this en
terprise, I realize even more fully
a heavy sense of obligation to
those who joined their fortunes
with mine in an attempt to realize
this vision, and because of this ob
ligation I am willing to relinquish
the control of this corporation to
a receiver whose sole object will
be to fully investigate the affairs
and operations of this corporation,
to adjust any real grievances fair
ly and impartially and to protect
and conserve the assets of the in
stitution so that it may soon fully
realize its objects. Such action
has been made necessary by the
fact that we are attempting to
buck a big combine and remain in
dependent and by the further un
fortunate fact that the' avarice and
envy, of some people : has been
aroused by an intimate knowledge
of the wonderful packing plant
and cold storage business which
we have constructed and the cer
tain profits to be obtained from an
unhampered and successful opera
tion of the plant. This avarice haa
turned the hearts of many who
were first brought in to assist us
and has been the cause of most
of the troubles we have had. The
corporation is today absolutely
solvent and the directors have
used every effort to put ita enor
mous assets to earning money. But
at eyf ry turn of the road we have
bw met by the armed opposition of
tho?e who would have the plant at a
bargain for their own, and we have been
attacked from the rear by tho who ex
peet to force ua to unreasonable conoes
ions because of the apparent peril of our
position. Reports of mismanagement and
misconduct have been unfairly circulated
and even after most eonvincinir proof that
the allegations were false the same per
sona have repeated the same charges
and added others equally false. This haa
been done in order to break down the
morale of the stockholders and hi in
stitutions to which we must look for our
finances so that the inevitable will hap
pen namely, the plant be sold for song.
For these reasons I am anxious that
thia corporation be placed in the hands
of a receiver and those circulating and
uttering such charges be forced to "put
up or shut up," and those attacking us
from the rear be put to rout. I am will
ing to abide by the result of such an in
vestigation I will welcome it, because I
know I Jiave only been guilty of planning
and building an independent packing
plant, refusing to sign an agreement
binding the company not to buy direct
from the shippe. placing confidence in
those whose services I thought at the
time would be of value to the company,
refusing to sell ycu cut, refusing to te
lintruish control to those who turned out
to be in sympathy with the big packers,
and refusing to compromise unjust claims
where it would not be of advantage to
the stockholders although the failure to
compromise the same jeopardised my own
personal interests.
I have to date received nothing from
this corporation for its organisation and
the .supervision of the construction of the
plant, and all other services rendered
which have taken practically mv entire
time for three years, but my salary and
legitimate expenses incurred In transact
ing your business and my only rejtret is
that we have been unable to put an end
to unjust and unfair agitation so that it
has become necessary for us to appeal
to the United States court for the pro
tection of your interest.
But I believe such action is for the
benefit of the corporation and I now
look forward to a speedy adjustment of
all present difficulties ; an early discharge
of the company from the receivership be
eause such protection will be no longer
necessary, and a vindication of my course
of action.
Remember one thing, the receivership
which we consent to does not mean bank
ruptcy, it means solvency: it does not
mean a dissolution of the corporation, it
means its protection and conservation; It
does not mean no profits, it meana if
profits can possibly be made that will
be done, and it should mean a final con
clusion of all harmful agitation and a
certain guarantee that a big Independent
packing plant can be and will be main
tained and operated in Omnhs. You
truly, PAUL F. SKINNER,
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