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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1921)
iliti btfc: OA1AHA. SATUKDA, MA X 14, VJZl. - Youths Form New i, Criminal Class, "f ,- Sleuths Declare Lack Ingenuity of Old-Tiincrs, i . But Make Up for It , , in Daring and t " peed. J!.'v Govennnent Offici als Blamed for Recent Deaths in Air Mail Service Charges of .Malfeasance in Office, Drunkenness on Duty and Non-Attention to Planes. Made At Postal Investigation.- ' ' Chica'go. May 13 Blame for re cent deaths of pilots in .the United States air mail service was laid .di rectly on government officials in V IffK tmina n A r irif nacjk urtm Pittiburgh, May U A new and test:fied before the soecial board of distinct type of criminal is sup- I inquiry recently appointed by Post- plantinjc the old class of outlaws, detectives and criminologists repre senting 350 agencies, were told here recently when plans were perfected to form the International Secret Service association. : This new class, while far more Uold and daring, lacks the ingenu ity of the olif-time criminal, it is said. Where criminals in the past indulged in counterfeiting, forgery ajid swindling ames that required patience to execute, the newer and .Voiingcr generation, ranging in age from 17 to 24, specialize in bank and mail robberies, train holdups, payroll thefts and other daring crimes, speakers declared. i With the object in view of com batting these criminals, the associa tion, tentatively formed at Chicago list March, was organized formally ltere. The organization includes nearly every detective agency of im portance in the United States and riill maintain offices in foreign coun tries. A ctearing house , will be established at Philadelphia through which members mav obtain infor mation gathered by individual effort njid with the co-operation of state atid municipal authorities, n'lic officers elected at the Pitts burgh meeting follow: J. B. Taylor, Miiladelphia, president; F. E. Boke, first vice president, Toronto, Can,; Jbhn K. Fctris, second vice presi (lint, Milwaukee; F. H. Smiley. Chi cago, secretary, and James F. Quig ley, Indianapolis, treasurer. Negri o Convict Pleads Guilty to Killing Guard '" (Continued l"rom Pf One.) iS hang himself with. But the im provised rope, tied to the too of his cell, broke and " he , didn't - even strangle. As guards approached his cell shortly after they found the rope, they heard . him shout. He was Lumping his head against the wall. Neither the rope-hanging or head btimping instance are considered bona-fide attempts at suicide by of ficers. i'lt was horse-play pure and simple," State Sheriff Gus Hycrs said today. -Officers, knowing King's cunning a ad the lack of force used in btjmplng his Jhead and the looseness of the knots in the shirt, look upon it. as an attempt to - gain sufficient sympathy to foil any violence today when he was taken to the court room. .There wasn't a bruise on his head to day to indicate the bumping he gave bis head the night before. Employ New Guards, ' i Sufficient new men were on the state pay roll today to offset the 12 penitentiary guards who went on a strike yesterday, morning. Joseph Christians, on,e ot the striking: guards, issued a statement today in which lie alleged that convicts were permitted to keep knives in their possession aad a number had knives in their cells. , Warden Fenton denied the charge and jn reply said that he had never denied a guard the right to search a cell for weapons and if guards knew there were dangerous weapons in the cells they were breaking the rules by not demanding a search. At the master General Will Hays to make an exhaustive investigation into air mail conditions. Charges ot malfeasance in office, drunkenness on duty, and no n at tention to the condition of the mail planes were made against two com manding officers by witnesses. At the same time, testimony was given of careless squandering of public money and the exhibition of slight concern over the safety of pilots. At the conclusion of the testi- tfily, considered the most startling I vt given in the investigation, Chief Inspector Charles H. Llarahati an nounced that the scope of the in quiry will'be so enlarged that the committtee's report will hot be com pleted before June 1. Insnector Clarahan refused to comment upon the discharge of C. C. Eversole, one of the pilots who nave the committee much of its; most startling information. . Leaks in Gasoline Tank. Among the facts disclosed to the committee by Eversole was that the German junker plane which car ried three men to deatn several n!onths ago left the Checkerboard 'Adequate' Army Urged By Secretary Weeks (lontlaned from Face One.) . sary to cut the army down to 120, 000 men in order to achieve the aver age of 150,000 provided in the house bill. ; "The present strength of the army is 230,000 men and 14,000 officers," said the secretary. "The number of re-enlistments is large, due to hard times. We cannot make the reduc tions called for by the house bill without utterly demoralizing, the army. It would mean that we would have to reduce the torce ueiow tnc strength of 150,000 in order to get the average. After that we would have to re-enlist to bring it tip to me required strength. It costs $100 per man for recruiting, under bur pres ent system, so that in the long run we would save very little. We should not be put to the ex pense ana inconvenience or ais charging our trained men and then recruiting to bring it up to the size of the armv proposed." Senator 'Robinson of Arkansas, democrat, interrupted to say that the army thus will be losing trained men and getting in untrained men. Calls for Troops. "The reductions," continued Mr. Weeks, "would have to be in the in fantry, the field artillery and tne cavalry, which total now about 131.000 men. In the infantry, for in stance, it would leave only 800 men to a regiment, or about 40 men in a company, wnicn woum De oniy a squad. It would cut the cavalry in two. It would leave us in the United States only about 20,000 men of ac tual fighting force. In that connec tion I -wish to say that special uses arise from time to time. Only re cently we had a call for troops at Galveston, Tex., to suppress disor ders there.- "Yesterday, as you know, we had a call from the governor of West Virginia calling attention to the war- field with, five leaks in its gasoline .tank .and Hthat it was prepared for sailing by drunken mechanics. Ever sole also testified that Supt, E. W. Majors, Asst. Supt. Moore' of the Chicago flying field, and an under study named King, frequently ap peared on the flying field under the influence of liquor. He told the committee that on one occasion Moore became so confused from drinking whisky that he ordered the mail planes to leave the field at 5 o'clock in the evening, think ing it was 5 o'clock in the morning. Another witness was -Paul G. Ricket, formerly in charge of the rigging at the flying field in Minne apolis. His testimony was centered about conditions there. "The mail planes were permitted to leave our field in such poor shape for flying," he told the committee, "that it was common for the men to wager that the ships would never reach their destination." Ricket said the bets were made with the consent of the superintend ent of the field and that frequently the latter wagered small sums for himself. -Charges of Waste. Evidence of woeful waste, was given in testimony concerning the purchase of eight German junker planes at a cost of about $250,000, only later to find that the machines were utterly unadapted to the mail service. Witnesses testified that five of the junkers have been totally destroyed with their destruction seven pilots lost their lives and the remaining r three withdrawn from service be cause of the refusal of pilots to fly them. v Eversole also declared that not more than three of the 25 PeHavi land planes purchased a year ago are now in the service. They, too, he said, were found useless and their cost a waste of public money. Ricket startled the inspectors when he averred that planes left the Min neapolis field with their propellers so badly split that field attendants had been warned to keep awayrom them lest they should fly off. Slayor of Brother Exonerated by Jury !that several dangerous weapons were (jrc there, both in. Kentucky and west Virginia, jii wiiiiu uuc m ru found in cells, but Fenton declared today that aside from the knife found jit Kings cell, none was found. . Convicts at the penitentiary voted resolutions today extending sympa thy to the Taylor family and deplor ing King's act which they described as "Dastardly." ( IIIWIIII .II..IH Boy Seriously Hurt biy : Unidentified Speeder ? Detectives yesterday were "scouring jOjnaha for the unidentified speeding butoist who ran down and seriously injured little William Cullen, 5-year-joljlison of W. W. Cullen, 4901 Web stj;r street Thursday night while the boy was crossing the street in front pt his home. The driver after knocking the child dqwn slowed up his car and, ob&erv infc that no one was around, stepped (Oijihis accelerator and sped away. fElmcr Olsen, 6020 Florence boulc Vird, pursued the speeding car a few mSnutes later.- The. car. had no lihts. After a chase of 12 blocks thVautoist escaped. jThe boy was taken to his hom;, jwbere he remained unconscious un til 9 a. m. His body was also badly bruised and may have sustained a fiictured skulh Tavo Wife Beaters Draw Sentences on Friday, 13th jRriday, the 13th, brought two wife boaters sentences from Judge Dunn iri Central police court yesterday. V. H. Hamilton, 33 17 Douglas street, who was arrested after he . ngged and cursed his wife who is confined to her home by illness, was given a 60-day suspended sentence bJ-Dunn, who scored him. iJohn Simpson, 1716 North" Twen-lyv-fifth street, was given a 30-day suspended sentence after his wife testified that he abused her. Dr. David Jayne Hill Not j J To Accept Japanese Post , tWashington, May 13. Dr. David Jlyne Hill, of New York, is under stood to have definitely declined to be considered for ambassador to Japan and it is said he is foremost among those now under considera tion for ambassador to Germany when diplomatic relations with that country are resumed, t Postal Receipts Drop. . fWashington, May 13. Postal re teipts for April at 50 of the largest offices totaled $20,592,611, a decrease ot $1,848,708, or 8.24 per- cent from the same month last year. The post office department said railroad and express, strikes in April of a year ago had forcrd merchants and others to rod many shipments by mail. men had been killed "There has beep a large division of men kept in hand in case develop ments in Cuba might have required their presence. ' "We are living in troublous times. We don't know what will happen in the next few months and we ought not to cut our army below the safety point I do not mean to have that interpreted as an alarmist state ment, however." ' "Mr,- Weeks said that the return of troops now in Germany was "al together problematical." Grain Bill May Cause Chicago Pit to Close Continued From ao One.) farther evidence of the regrettable fact that much of our legislation is not the result of intelligent delibera tion, but rather is an attempt to ao- pease the demands or-the wrath on elements of our population and such demands arc acceded to. whether right or wrong, merely because of numerical strength of the voting groups. Scores "Bootstrap" Methods. "If congress" and other legislative bodies are really desirous of helping the farmer, then there should be an end to bootstrap legislation. The responsibility for the farmers' pres ent deplorable condition cannot be attributed to any particular group of men, but rather it is due to a world-wide situation, Potentially there is a demand for all the prod ucts that the American farmer can or will produce, but our customers are in bankruptcy. The farmers' condition will not be alleviated or relieved until, in some way, we open up the markets of the world for what the farmer has to sell. "This may necessitate legislation extending credit to European gov ernments or indemnifying American exporters on foreign credit transac tions. If the coming harvest the world over should prove to be boun tiful and in the " interim our gov ernment has provided no means by which the farmer can find a market for his products, I dread to think of the condition in which this coun try will be plunged in a purely eco nomic sense." Motorman Stops Street Car To Rescue Tot From River Ogden, Utah, May 13. Stopping his street car' on the Ogdeii river bridge at noon today, W. J. Johan sen, a motorman, plunged into the swollen stream and swam out with Victor Marshall. 2, who had fallen into the river while playing. . The child was unconscious, when rescued, but was revived by the motorman. Continued From Ptce One.) where the Wentzel brothers worked. was the third witness. Harry appeared at the plant, he testified, armed with a knife and gun, and told the foreman he was going to get rrank. "I remonstrated with him," Cement declared, "and asked him why he didn't leave town if he couldn't agree with his brother. , "He told me he was going to 'get rrank hrst. Harry left the plant and the fore man went directly to thei back room where, he found Frank and warned him. ' . The wife was the next ivitness called. She told of seeing Harry at the Duffy home Thursday after noon, and how. he stopped across tho street from her and called for her to come over and talk to him, "He laughed at me,", she testified, "and asked me -to come over and talk. ; ' "'You. didn't treat me square,' he said. Tf you don't come over..: and talk to me now, I'm going to come over to your house.' - i.-. "I turned my back and went in the house." ' " Frank, the prisoner, then took the stand himself, and in a broken voice, noticeably fighting to keep his com posure, he told of his brother's term in the Michigan reformatory for The . Junior Shop N Offers Ultra Values in Boys' 2-Pant S M I it S T-vJ H mother, Two-pajht Suits that are dur able, in an assortment complete to' the smallest detail. -You -will instantly recognize the values' : of fered Saturday as incomparable. . : . ,' '- , -. $15.00 Values for . f- $20.00 Values for ra il WW $10.00 $15.00 Wash Togs for Boys ::New arrivals in Boys' Wash Togs make our assortment very complete. Every suit is new. I '17........ -1 J - 1. : i i tiveijr y-Mul anu Biic is jicie xui yuur immediate selection at 95c to $3.45 Special $1.50 and $2,00 values in Wash Knicker bockers in gray,' brown, tan crashes and khaki, at, each. . . , ;. .' : . All sizes, 6 to 17 years. $1.00 IflElKEft (SLOTHES 2d Floor Securities Bide. 16th and Farnam. !l Astounding Shoe Values For Men and Young Men The Gloie Ball Strap ITHOUT fear of contradiction, we say that our Brogue and Ball Strap Oxfords are by-far the greatest shoe values in Omaha. Selling regularly at the extremely -low price of w The shades and sizes are complete to the smallest .detail and. ready for your selection. Our assort in e n t of shoes are made by the world's ac kn owledged shoe manufacturers. J6I4 FARNAM ! OMAHA. NEBR. -Formerly Atkiison's holdups and how hie took him into his own home. He told of his wife's sisterly kiss, and how Harry misunderstood and bothered her ... with . his attentions until 'Frank finally remonstrated with him. Then, after he got Harry a job, they quarreled over financial difti culties, he said, and he finally asked Harry to leave his home. ; "You're just like a snake," he said he told him, "turning on yonr' brother who got you a job and took you into his home." -The prisoner displayed powder burns on his right arm where he was wounded during the duel.- Then he described how he went home Thursday night and got out his gun after being warned by both his -wife and the foreman and de scribed the shooting. "Weren't you afraid for your life?" he was asked. "Of course, I was." Miss Young Christens , Bee Prize Bungalow Continued From I'm On.) Miss. Young reiterated her praise. of the entire house and its surroundings and it was then that she remarked that it should be christened "The House of Smiling Faces," for, as she remarked t as she passed down the sidewalk and re-entered the car to continue her sightseeing trip through the city, "there never should be a frown on the face of the oc cupants of that little palace. Happi ness should reign and ever be the aim and object of those who will occupy.it through the graciousness of The Omaha Bee and the Help Yourself club." - Arrives From Des Moines. Clara Kimball Young arrived in Omaha at 1:50 yesterday afternoon from Des Moines, la. She was ac companied by Miss Carolyn Sachs, Pacific coast beauty, who resembles her in size, complexion and features, and is hailed by some as Miss Young's double, and A. 11. Blank, owner of a string of motion picture theaters, two of which are in Omaha, Harry Weinberg, assistant secre tary of the American Legion, greeted Miss Young in behalf of the ex-service men of the city. Mana ger Watts of the Strand theater pre sented her with a large bouquet of roses. More than 100 enthusiastic movie fans were also on hand for a glance at the star before she left Union station. Parade Through Streets. Followed a parade, led by a band, and with Miss Young in the fore most car. Miss Sachs rode in the second car, and conversed freely on the "wonderful trip we're having," on what a "wonderful young woman Miss Young' really is" and how "we both just love the people we mict.'l As the parade progressed up Far-j nam street pedestrians began to IinS, the sidewalks and at the entrance to the Hotel Fontcnclle almost I0M persons had congregated. It was necessary to clear a path into the 1 I.L1 ' I r noici louoy wnrn miss ioun stepped daintily from her car. "Omaha is such a big, metropolt tan city," was the exclamation of Miss Young when she found herself safe in the hotel lobby, I know 1 11 love it here." Ine strand theater, where Miss Young appeared and made a shortl talk to the audience at 4, was filled to capacity. , ' Resembling a long-handled cork screw is an apple corer of German invention that withdraws a core that has been cut loose. Six Silk Specials Offered Saturday When considering price do not overlook quality. Compare these values with any you wish, and their superiority is quickly apparent. 33-in. extra heavy, nat ural pongee at $1.25. 36-in. chiffon taffeta, colors and black, $1.95. , 36-in. black 'chiffon taf-. feta, $1.49. 36-in. lingerie satin, flesh and white, $1.50. 36-in. tricolette, all col ors and black, $1.95. 40-in. silk crepe de chine, $1.95. Tha Silk Shop South Aule Maia Floor Saturday a Sale of Gingham Frocks ' for $5 This sale comes at an opportune time with the time for cotton frocks approaching. You'll find the styles and colorings delightful and there is a great variety offered in Saturday's Sale. - Saturday on the Third Floor , Sizes 16 to 10 A Charge for Alterations New Hand Made Blouses $5 and $7.50 These styles arrived just the" other day. One has a collar of inch-and-one-half wide real filet, another has medallions inserted at the ends of the collar and in the vest; double squares of batiste, hemstitched on, trim a tailored style and a rich ecru batiste has a hem stitched frill down the front. The Store for Blouses Third Floor Hair Nets x 50c a dozen Soma and Opera nets, cap or fringe shapes, in all colors. Notions Maia Floor Sorosis Pumps $7.75 a pair Several very attractive new styles at the ex tremely low price. Patent leather pumps with gray suede quarters and ankle strap. Dull kid, with hand-turned sole, and two instep straps. Kid pumps with turned soles and one wide instep strap. Specials in the Art Department Wire Lamp Frames in all sizes are reduced f or a clearance. Bag Tops in attractive designs have similar reductions. Second Floor Wash Frocks for Children Organdy, voile, net and cotton crepe frocks in white and many shades may be had in sizes for two to twelve year olds. Second Floor Attractive Suit Displays A New Group of Jersey Suits , $15 $25 $35 $39.50 Jersey suits and out-of -doors are inseparable pleasures. The soft heather shades and comfortable tailored lines are very English and very good looking. Hand Tailored Street Suits $45 $59.50 $75 $98.50 The prevailing silhouettes, man darin, box-coated, directoire, or severely tailored are all repre sented. Tricotines or poiret twills? .Whichever you prefer. Apparel Section Third Floor Particularly Fine Silk Hosiery $2.50 a pair A Sale for, Saturday Pure thread silk to the top in black, white, cordovan and gray. A most desir able heavy quality of fine silk, with garter tops and double soles. We Cannot Recommend the Value Too Highly " Mothers' " Nainsook 45c a yard A very sheer, soft nain sook without starch . or filling, 36 inches wide; an excellent' quality for 45c. 1 Linens Main Floor Handkerchiefs That Are Dainty Pure linen, plain hem stitched, are a beautiful quality, 25c to 50c each. Colored handkerchiefs in bright shades; attractive with gingham frocks and sport clothes. 35c each. All-linen 'kerchiefs with small initials are 35c to 85c each. Silk Gloves 29c and 98c Short silk gloves and six-teen-button length lisles, mostly small sizes. Sat urday, 29c. Sixteen-button length silk gloves in black and white. A line of broken sizes. Saturday, 98c. Wool Plaids $1.95 a yard These have been selling for much more, but as there are only, short lengths remaining, we are disposing of the whole group for $1.95 a yard Saturday. . i Dress Voiles For 29c a yard Sheer, fine printed voiles in the best of patterns and colors. Qualities sold for much more than Satur day's price of 29c. (38 and 40 inches wide). Second Floor Seamless Sheets (bleached) $1.49 An unusually fine qual ity, size 81x90 inches, Sat urday, .$1.49 each.. , Second Floor Attractive Housewear Bungalow aprons in light or dark percales, sizes 40 to 50, are ?1.65 to $2.75 . each. Bungalow aprons in smaller sizes, both ging ham and percale, 36 to 44, are $1.35 to $3.50. Small gingham aprons are excellent for 50c. Children's Needs In Underwear Are best solved by the purchase of high quality. IfKnit or nainsook union suits with buttons at the waist are $1 a suit. If Boys' athletic union' suits are $1. Children's vests and pants range from 25c to 70c a garment. Second Floor The Youthful Lines of ouetd. Give youth to more mature figures. The boning is light, but firm and durable, and dainty fabrics are used. Our corsetieres will fit you carefully. X