iliti btfc: OA1AHA. SATUKDA, MA X 14, VJZl.
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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."
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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,
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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
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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.
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