THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, MAY 14. 1921.
$98,000 Damage '
J" Suit Is Filed on
Skinner Receiver
Turning. Over of $1,960,000
'k. Bond Issue Given as Alter
native in "Iluy-rford
, Answer to Petition. ,
Payment of damages amounting
to $98,000. or the turning over to
him of the $1,960,000 bond issue
of the Skinner Packing company for
sale upon payment of 70 per cent
;of face value is demanded by Arah
L. Hunger(ord in his answer to the
wit of Keith Neville, receiver for
ihe Skinner concern.
Through his attorneys, J. E. Por.
,er and O. W. Percy,, Mr. Hunger
's ford alleges'the various suits against
&bim and the Skinner company are
fj ihe result of a plot by packing in-
iercsts represented by Jacob CDold
'.o acquire the Skinner,, packing
j house in Oinalia at a ruinously low
rice or to shut it out of compcti
i ion. -, '
The suit broucht by Mr. Neville
a directed aeainst Mr. JIunKcrford,
. tV. S. Cassett Co., a bond house of
Buffalo controlled by limi, and 1'aul
I ?. Skimicr. .
I Dold Shows Loss.
.' According to the answer and cross
i petition filed in the Douglas county
ftdistrict court yesterday, the Dold
sTacking company, which has been
operating the Skinner plant under a
lease, in which both concerns were
I to share losscts and profits equally,
i has shown a loss in t'rVe months of
WQ0.000 and ha made unreasonable
f lemaiids flr repairs, alterations and
f idditions. tjo the plant, all tending
4 to involve jhc -Skinner stockholders
more deeply
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if scheme to aaiuire title to the Omaha
plant at an inadequate price through
fiuiiair suits and manipulations. Air.
Hungerford claims that the decision
to sell new bonds was made by the
Skinner directors in order to get
sufficient capital to cancel the lease
and operate independently, or to
force Dold to pay a higher price for
the plant.
Must Oust Skinner.
The answer, tells of visiting Dold
in Buffalo and there having been
shown a letter from Dold's attorney
in Omaha in which it was stated that
Paul F. Skinner would' have to be
ousted from the presidency befoie
the plant could be acquired. It is
further said to have told of plans to
start a suit in Maine to oust mm
and of a large number of suits by
stockholders, with the words. "Let
us hope that at least one ot these
will be successful, for as soon as on."
is successful a thousand more will be
started."
Mr. Huhgcrford declares that he
returned to Omaha and informed the
Skinner directors, and that some oi
them carried the information to
Dold, who is depicted as seeking to
force the Skinner concern into in
voluntary liquidation in the expecta
tion of being able to buy in the plant
cheaply.
Bond Selling Campaign.
The resignation of Mr. Hunger
ford from the board of directors was
accepted shortly after, and he later
was given a contract to market a
bond issue, which was to be sold to
small investors, as regular bond
houses would not handle them.
In another effort to reach an
agreement with Dold, the Buffalo
packer is 'alleged to have insisted
that Hungerfold hold stockholders'
meetings and tell them that the prop
erty in Omaha was worth only
$2,000,000 to $2,250,000 at the out
side. Hungerfold claims that an ap
praisal showed it to be worth at
hast $3,341,000, and the negotiations
failed.
Mr. Hungerfold then bought con
trol of V. S. Cassatt & Co., a
financial agency iil Buffalo, arid 'be
gan a bond selling campaign on a 10
Dcr cent commission, which would .
net the Skinner company 70 per cert
of the face value of the bonds. It
was to stop this sale that suit was
brought which installed Keith Ne
ville as receiver.
Bargains of all kinds in Bee
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Dynamite Found
Placed at Door
Of Denver Store
Fourteen Cases of Powder, Be
' lieved to Have Been Stolen,
Also Found on Truck;
Five Arrested.
Denver, May 13. Following the
discovery here last night of two
quantities of explosives which police
sav thev believe were taken from
local powder houses by members of
a gang, five men were arrested ana
a city wide investigation started.
Fourteen- cases of powder were
found in a truck in a shed at the rear
of 545 Lipan street. It was after the
powder was found that Edward
O'Malia. 21 years oldr Tomes
O'Malia, 21; James O'Malia, 28; Wil
liam Parker, 18; Jacob Parker, 18,
and W illiam O Malta, were arrested.
William O'Malia, according to the
police, lives at the residence at the
rear of which the powder was found.
' Six sticks of dynamite, wrapped
in oaner. were found at the entrance
of a store on Larimer street owned
by Mr. and Mrs. .E. Tennenbaum
and 'Hyman Rosenboun. The. own
ers came back to the store tor some
thing after they had closed it and
found the dynamite.
Police destroyed the dynamite and
city detectives seized the powder
found in the shed and are continu
ing a search for more explosives.
Special Events Planned
For Oxford Celebration
rivfnrH Kph Afav 13. fSneciaD
The Fourth of July celebration
this year will be in charge ot the
Oimmnnitv rlnh of this citv and the
Inrnl nnst nf the American Leeion.
which expect to put over one of the
largest celeprations e.ver neia in
southwest Nebraska. Automobile
races and a flvine circus will be
special features.
Prison Inmates Sign
Resolutions of Regret
Over Murder of Guard
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Lincoln, Neb., May 13. Prisoners
of the Nebraska penitentiary signed
a resolution today expressing regret
that one of the number murdered
Robert L. Taylor, a guard.
The resolution was given to War
den Fenton. It characterized James
B. King's crime as a "dastardly
deed" and further states that Guard
Taylor always was kind and con
siderate. The prisoners subscribed $15 to
buy flowers for the dead guard.
King, the negro prisoner who con
fessed that he murdered the guard,
will be brought up in district court
this afternoon to face a first degree
curder charge. Shortly after the
murder was discovered Wednesday
night King confessed.
Beatrice Plans to Visit
Blue Springs Memorial Day
Beatrice, Neb., May 13. (Special.)
Plans are being made here by the
G. A. R.,; W. R. C. and American
Legion for the observance of Mem
orial day. In the forenoon services
will be held at Beatrice cemetery,
and in the afternoon the various or
ganizations will go to Blue Springs
to attend the unveiling of the sol
diers' monument there. H. E. Sack
ett of this city will give the address.
"AU-of-a-Sudden Peggy" to Be
Given by Mason City School
Mason City, Neb., May 13. (Spe
cial.) The senior play of the Mason
City High school, "All-of-a-Sudden
Peggy," will be given May 24. The
commencement exercises will be held
Mav 26. The address will be given
by President Martin of the Kearney
btate leachers college. Ihere are
nine graduates.
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Complete Pardon
Given Defender
Of Cameron Dam
John F. Diets of Wisconsin,
Sentenced 10 Years Ago for
Murder, Released by Gov
ernor's Action.
Madison, Wis., May 13. Com
plete pardon was granted John F.
Dietz this morning by Governor
Blaine, restoring freedom to the
widely known "defender of Cameron
Dam," who was convicted of the
killing of Oscar Harp, a deputy
sheriff, on October 8, 1910.
Governor Blaine in granting the
pardon stated that he had consid
ered that the trial was legal in re
spect to the judicial proceedings and
declared that "from consideration of
public policy and in making allow
ance for the exceptional circum
stances" he had concluded that
Dietz should be free. ,
"I am conscious," the governor
said, "that from the evidence before
me there is a doubt as to the guilt
of John Dietz of the crime charged,
and that he should be granted a
complete pardon."
Dietz held off a sheriff's posse
for months, attracting nation-wide
attention. It is not expected that
other charges pending against Dietz
in Sawyer county, will be pressed
by the officials.
The controversy which led to the
conviction and sentence of the Wis
consin pioneer to life imprisonment
for first degree murder, started in
1904, shortly after he had moved
into Sawyer county in the wooded
northern section of the state. His
attitude in opposing the Chippewa
Lumber and Boom company re
sulted in trouble culminating in a
fight with the sheriff on April 25,
1905.
Dispute had arisen over the prop
erty rights of Dietz in his home
stead which bordered on a logging
stream.
Pawnee City Fair Grounds
To Be Improved This Year
Pawnee City, Neb., May 13.
(Special.) The Pawnee county fair
association is contemplating exten
sive improvements on the local fair
grounds, this summer. AH buildings
will be painted and other improve
ments made. A new cattle barn will
be built, providing the management
can obtain the same co-operation
from the cattle men of the district
as they did of the hog men when
building the new hog barns last year.
President W. T. Parkinson and 'Sec
retary D. W. Osborn are receiving
many letters from builders from over
the state relative to the work. The
park will be one of the most attrac
tive in the state when these improve
ments are completed.
York Service Company is
Reorganized by Army Head
York, Neb., May 13. (Special.)
Capt. C. O. Sears is in receipt of a
letter from the militia bureau at
Washington extending to the York
company official notice of their rec
ognition as a service company in the
National guard. Ihis completes the
organization. The regimental band
is holding weekly rehearsals. TTie
service division is working hard on
its drill schedule.
High School Banquet
Randolph, Neb., May 13. (Spe
cial.) The annual junior-senior
banquet of the Randoloh Hitrh
school was held here with over 50
in attendance. I
Mexico Will Not
Sign Protocol to
Gain Recognition
Will Give Assurances of Safe
guards and Guarantees for
Foreign Investments, How
ever, to Get Favor.
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Mexico City, May 13. Mexico
cannot and will not sign a formal
protocol as a condition to recogni
tion by the United States, President
Obregon told newspaper men last
night in referring to President
Harding's policy as outlined in dis
patches received here on Tuesday.
He said he had received letters re
cently from friends in Washington
who assured him they see in Presi
dent Harding, Secretary of State
Hughes and Assistant Secretary of
State Fletcher three men with ex
tremely cordial feelings towards
Mexico, who apparently are inclined
to re-establish relations between the
two countries.
Close friends of President Obre
gon assert he is willing to give the
United States any information it de
sires relative to conditions in Mex
ico. Assurances have been given
as to safeguards and guarantees for
foreign investments, and various
public declarations by President
Obregon indicate he believes such
assurances are ample and sufficient
to prove the nation's stability and
its right to recognition.
Referring to Great Britain's evi
dent intention to withhold recogni
tion until safeguards are given, the
foreign office stated last night that
the Mexican government wishes at
all times to return all confiscated
property to its legitimate ownets
and to pay for damage suffered dur
ing revolutions.
Blair Druggist Files
. Bankruptcy Petition
W. W. Witherby, Blair druggist,
filed a petition for bankruptcy in
federal court Thursday, stating his
debts totaled $22,173 and that his
assets were but $16,870.
Among the long list of creditois
in the petition is the banking hou-e
of A. Casteter, which was recently
closed by the state when F. H.
Claridge, the" president, disappeared
from Blair.
Witherby had been in business
only two years, according to federal
court officials here.
Bloomfield Livery Barn
And Contents Are Burned
ninninfifM Nch.. Mav 13. (Spe
cial 1 Firi rnmnletelv destroyed
the old Jewell livery barn here and
a large barn on adjoining property
and several other smaller buildings.
A Percheron stallion, another horse
and four automobiles, which were in
th 1ivirv barn, were consumed. The
nriffin nf the fire is unknown. There
was no insurance on the livery barn,
but some of the other buildings were
insured.
Qualifies for Commission.
Washington, May 13. (Special
Telegram.) Franklin W. R. Brown
of Ord, Neb., has qualified for a
commission in the marine corps as
the result of an examination taken
by him recently at Quantico, Va.,
where he is now stationed as an en
listed man with the rank of cor
poral. '
Chicago, garment workers who
have been making from $40 to $80
per week, have been asked to accept
a wage reduction of 25 per cent.
Unusual
Sale
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1,000 Trimmed Hats
Saturday $1.00
Flower Trimmed Hats j Taffeta Combination Hats
Ribbon Trimmed Hats Children's Hats
Sailors, Smartly Banded II " Hats for Misses and Matrons
Including entire stock of small, medium and large tuitrimmed shapes.
See these hats on display in our windows.
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100 Pairs Grey Pumps
Saturday-$7.95
Gray Suede r-strap Pumps. Cray Suede 3-strap Pumps
Patent vamp gray suede quarter Ktrap pump
Cray Suede Tongue Pumps
In this specially planned event
for women wearing sizes 5 to 8.
Remarkable reductions limited .quantity wanted styles ad
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A Group of S
ilk Dresses
Saturday-$9
faffeta dfesses cool, serviceable
attractive -smartly ' fashionable
at oasie clearance prices.
Georgette dresses showing in each
model good style for all occasions
all season wear.
Colors are the much wanted, very
desirable, fashionable black, navy
and browns.
Sizes i5 to 40
Ideal for street, business, traveling,
afternqon wear specially desirabl
for women, planning vacations. .
Smartly Tailored Goats
Saturday $20
This price is no criterion of the
real value of these coats but
will certainly effect prompt disposal.
Everything that you demand in
the way of style, finish, quality,
smartness in a spring top coat
you will find in this sale.
In a great variety of, models
and fabrics polo cloth, French
chinchilla soft velours tweeds.
A great diversity of colors all
sizes from 16 to 44 every coat
showing espert tailoring and fin.'
ishing.
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