THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1921.
Man Accused of
Postal Robbery
Held In Alliance
Evidence Points to Theft of
Stamps at Brush, Colo., and
Burglary of Two Sidney
(Neb.) Stores.
, Alliance, Neb., May 24. (Special
Telegram.) With a federal warrant
at Denver charging him with the
robbery of the postoffice at Brush,
Colo., on the night of May 10, and
a net of evidence which authorities
'tay definitely connects him with the
burglary of two stores in Sidney,
Neb., May 17, a man giving the name
of Ernest Conrad of Louisiana, Miss.,
gray haired and 55 years old, who
was a 'first believed to have been
implicated in the robbery of a Un
ion Pacific mail train near Green
River, Wyo., May 18, is in the coun
ty jail where he has been held since
v his arrest by Night Marshal Eu
gene Stilwell.
Postoffice Inspector Ralph Smith
oi Denver and two Union Pacific
'. i t t - r - r -
VVvo..' have been working on the
case. Authorities were notified
when local officers found $34 worth
oi postage stamps in Conrad's pos
session. Arrested As Prowler.
He was arrested as he was emerg
iiiR from an alley at 4 a. m. In
vestigation showed attempts had
been made to enter three stores by
vsc of a crowbar. The crowbar was
found in the alley near where he
was arrested. Marks on the doors
of the three stores here were sim
ilar to those at the- Brush (Colo.)
postofiice, which was entered by
prying open a rear door. On the
date of the Brush postoffice robbery
two crowbars were stolen from the
railroad company there. Approxi
mately $39 worth of stamps corre
sponding in denomination to those
found in Conrad's possesion were
stolen.
Inspector Smith says that when
arrested, Conrad had a railroad ticket
from Sidney, Neb., to Cheyenne,
Wyo., which bore the baggageman's
punch mark but had not been used.
The baggage, two suitcases, had not
been placed aboard the train and
when opened at Sithiey was positively
identified as having been stolen from
iiic Oberfckler & Co. store at Sid
ney. The suitcases also contained a
quantity of merchandise which was
identified as having been stolen from
the Lo-Uperative Union association
store at Sidney.
Further Evidence.
Further evidence to connect Con
rad with the Sidney burglaries was
nr.'xAtmeA wtin L-va trt th cmtrasp
and a key to the cash register in the
Oberfelder & Co. store were found
in searching the prisoner in the jail
here.
Officers are of the opinion that he
became frightened when about to
board the train at Sidney for Chey
enne and took another train to Al
liance. This, they say accounts for
the unused ticket in his possession.
The baggage checks have not been
found.
. 1 Intil trwiav the nriKnncr lias main
tained stolid silencef reWilfig-. tS
give his: name or make" "any state
ment concerning himself. While
searching him again . today, officers
found bits of paper in the lining of
his coat which, when pieced together,
proved to be a promissory note 'for
$150, bearing the name of ' Ernest
Conrad and given to the Louisiana
State bank of Louisiana, . Mo. After
close questioning he stated that his
name is Conrad. Officers, , however,
believe this may not be his name and
that the note may have been secured
in a bank robbery.
Robbed Same Night'.
The bank at Brush, Colo., was
robbed on the same night the post
office was entered, officers say. A
federal warrant charging Conrad
with the postoffice robbery is now
in process of service. In event of his
conviction, Night Marshal Stillwell
e a - . . . lit
oi Alliance, me auinormes say, win
be entitled to the $5,000 reward of
fered by the postal department for
th.' capture, dead or alive, of a post
office or mail train robber. If the fed
eral charge should fail, state authori
ties say, they have sufficient evidence
I to convict Conrad of the burglary of
the two Sidney stores.
Claims of $300,000 Filed
, Against Columbus Estate
Columbus, Neb., May 24. (Spe
cial.) Claims aggregating $300,000
were on file against the estate of the
late Dr. W. M. Condon in probate
court. The largest claim is that of
the Ottis and Murphy bank of
Humphrey, totaling $269,716.49, by
far the largest claim ever filed against
any estate in Platte county.
It is said that tfie Condon estate
amounted in all to nearly $600,000,
consisting of real and personal prop,
ertv.
r Auxiliary of Spanish War
Veterans Is Organized
Columbus, Neb., " May 24. (Spe
cial.) Columbus Auxiliary No. 5,
United Spanish War Veterans, was
organized witn a charter member
ship of 21 and officers were
elected. Mrs. Rose Wisand and
Mrs. Perry Miller of Omaha were
here to assist in perfecting the or
ganization and members of the Col
umbus camp of veterans helped in
advisory capacity.
Baccalaureate Services
Held for Pawnee Gity High
Pawnee City, Neb., May 24.
(Special.) The second event of
High school commencement exer
' cises was the baccalaureate sermon
delivered by Rev. F. K. Allen, pas
tor n( h Fire Ttontact -hl,r-h Tti
graduating class numbers 36. The
affair was held in the City opera
house.
Graduation exercises will be held
Thursday evening.
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Mail Clerks Appointed
WuhtnctoB, D. C, May X4. (Special
Telegram.) The followlnc railway mall
clerk, war appointed In Nebraska: P.
D. Baker. UnJvertity Place; R M. Hicks.
, Superior; J. P. Flynn, Jackson; E. W.
Palmqulst, Taltnage; E. L. Garven, Fron
tier; C. A. Wrts-nt, Scottsbluff; O. t
Spencer. Loup City; W. J. Slovik. Unit;
W". U Vanvalkenburg, Hardy; H. H. Ford.
' Behany; A. C. Reed. Beaver Crossing".
O. W Bonders, Omaha; R. O. Kenney,
Stanton; F. W. Kennlson. Angus; R. L.
Wbiet. Omaha: F. O, Wheelsr. Summer;
f. J. Spirk. Derby.. ;
Man Writes Farewell
To Wife, Cuts His Throat
"Dear Wife: Goodby. I cannot
build the house. You will find my
body in the vacant house on Thirty-
third and Leavenworth. Notify my
mother. Carl."
This note, beside her husband's
lunch on the taule, greeted Mrs. Carl
Burnett. 825 South Thirty-fourth
street Monday evening at 5 when she
returned from her work at Byrne
Hammer company. She called police.
The body of her husband, with
throat slashed, was found prostrate
on the floor of the vacant house at
717 South Thirty-third street A
butcher knife lay nearby.
Police pronounced the case sui'
cide. An impending operation, a
poorly set dislocated shoulder, de
linquency in payment of his income
tax and habitual worry over trifles
caused her husband to take his own
life, Mrs. Burnett believes.
Burnett was 38 and an armature
winder at the Lake street station of
the street car company. . The Bur
netts moved here from Council
Bluffs last fall. They have been
married four years and have no chil
dren. .
Calumet Cafe, Landmark,
Closes Doors After 28 Years
The scene 'of many gatherings of
hungry Omahans from every walk of
life since its opening, September 23,
1893, the Calumet restaurant closed
its doors Monday night at 3.
The site has been leased bv the
Virginia Restaurant corporation for
( years. It will be managed by
Constantine Androutsos, of Cedar
Kapids, la.
An average of 2,500 persons have
been fed every day in the old Calu
met, according to the estimate of
Manager Swanson, who led with the
handshaking -and goodbys among
the veteran employes of the establish
ment Monday night including Carl
Moller, chef since 1894, Harry Con
rad, head carver since the same year,
and Mrs. Emma Vance, pastry chef
for the past 16 years. The Calumet
was established originally by the late
Tolf Hansen.
Swan son and Colwell, proprietors,
plan to open an eating house at the
Hotel Jefferson building, Fourteenth
and Capitol avenue, with a staff made
up of some of their veteran employes.
The Virginia lease consideration is
given at $300,000.
Man Says His Wife Already
Had Hubby, Asks Divorce
When Oliver H. Tyson married in
Council Bluffs April 9, his bride told
him her former husband, William
Miller, whom she had married in
1916, was dead.
Three days after the marriage he
says he discovered that William
Miller is still living and has never
been divorced. Thereupon Oliver
ceased living with his wife and yes
terday he filed suit in district court
to have the marriage annulled.
Postmasters Appointed
Washington, D. C, May 24. (Special
Telegram.) Postmasters appinted: Alice
Martin, vice Elizabeth Donnell, resigned,
Bijou Hills, S. D.
Wyoming:. Kelly, Lincoln county, Mmnle
V. Strober, vice James S. Simpson, re
signed; North wood, Washakie county,
Robert R. Bragg, vice Fred A Truesdell,
resigned; Thayne, Lincoln county, Frank
M. Thatcher, vice Aaron Heap, , resigned.
Bids on Coal for
Institutions of
State to Be Asked
Officials Say Effort Will Be
Made This Year to Keep
Companies From Hik
ing Price.
Lincoln, May 24. (Special.) Ne
braska will begin negotiating for
coal for her penal and charitable in
stitutions on June 1 when bids for
51,000 tons of coal for the winter
will be opened by the state board
of control. The cost represents
thousands of dollars of the money
of Nebraska's taxpayers.
The "contract" also represents
futile efforts in years past of state
officials to get some guarantee that
the stipulated cost will be the price
paid throughout the winter. In other
words, according to officials, a con
tract with a coal company to fur
nish charitable and penal institutions
with this prime necessity of life is
like a peace treaty signed by Kaiser
Wilhelm, a mere scrap of paper.
One of the officers in the state
board of control smiled today when
he, spoke of a "contract" with coal
firms for coal.
"It is a contract, providing there
isn't an act of God, a strike, a freight
car shortage or something else to
interfere and force the price above
the stipulated price sometime during
the winter," he said, "and one of
those things has happened nearly
every year."
There may be a tightening down
this year, if such a thing is possible.
The recent developments in Lincoln's
city politics and alleged exposes of
exorbitant profits of - coal dealers,
growing out of the attempt of the
people to get a municipal coal yard,
has spread over the state, officials
stated.
An effort may be made to force
coal dealers into a contract in which
"acts" from a variety of sources will
not be considered an excuse of hik
ing the price of coal for state in
stitutions. Only Two Rum Sleuths
In Entire State Now
Federal prohibition enforcement
forces in Nebraska have been cut
down to two men, due to lack of con
gressional appropriations, Lloyd
Magney, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, announced yesterday.
Robert Anderson, group chief, and
Ben Lynch, operative, are the only
two remaining on the force.
James H. Hanley, prohibition di
rector, will send a deputy United
States marshal to Fremont today to
arrest Fred Pennington, held in the
Dodge county jail for manufacturing
and selling intoxicating liquor. Pen
nington will be arraigned here before
Federal Judge Woodrough some
time this week.
Baccalaureate Sermon
Beatrice, Neb., May 24. (Spe
cial.) Baccalaureate sermon for the
Beatrice High school graduating
class was given by Dr. E. C. Lucas
at the First Christian church. The
class this year numbers 97. : j
48 Killed, 191 Wounded
In Alexandria Riots
. Alexandria, Egypt, May 24. Quiet
prevailed here last night after the
serious rioting of Sunday night and
Monday morning, the curfew order
being well observed.
The casualties in the rioting were
officially reported today as 12 Euro
peans and 36 natives killed and 191
persons wounded.
The banks, the bourse and the
merchants' shops were reopened to
day but the street cars are not yet
running.
It is considered by officials here
that the native movement was more
anti-Greek than one against Euro
peans generally.
Fair Sex May
Enter Lincoln
Political Race
Flansburg Refuses to Run
Against Mayor in Recall
Election; "We'll Get Wo
men," Say Leaders. .
Lincoln, May 24. (Special.)
Women will throw their hats into the
Lincoln city political arena, accord
in ir to indications in Lincoln today.
C. C. Flansburg, Lincoln attorney
drafted last night at a pro-Bryan
meeting Ho run for mayor against
Mayor Frank C. Zehrung in a recall
election, declared today he wouldn't
enter the fight.
Clifford L. Rein, who was drafted
to run against John Wright, one of
the present city commissioners, ex
pressed doubt today whether he
mid get into the race.
Those eventualities faced the pro-
Bryan leaders at the meeting last
nijrht. -
"If these men won't run we'll get
women, they said. -
The mass meetings held from time
to time in the last two weeks since
the commissioners refused to elect
Bryan mayor have been largely at
tended by women.
"I haven't the time to run," Flans
burg said today, "but I am in full
sympathy with the municipay owner
ship movements.
Bank at Anselmo Is Taken
Over by Officers of State
Lincolrr, May 24. (Special.; An
other Nebraska bank failure was re
ported today by J. E. Hart, secretary
ot the department ot trade and com
merce. The People's State bank of Ansel
mo, Custer county, closed its doors
today and its affairs were placed in
the hands of the department of trade
and commerce at the request of the
directors.
"The immediate cause of this ac
tion on the part of the directors is
exhausted reserve and slow and
doubtful paper," said Secretary Hart
"The county treasurer of Custer
county was threatening to withdraw
$37,000 in deposits.
"The bank has been under sur
veillance for three months and in an
effort to put it on its feet R.
Sj MOTOR C A R, S M
m
This letter is typical of many which bear wit
ness to the superlative riding and driving qualities
of the Lincoln car. These qualities are in very
fact so captivating, that many persons whose
enthusiasm for motoring had somewhat waned,
find their enthusiasm re-kindled when they experi
ence the thrill behind the wheel, of the Lincoln.
My Lincoln touring car has been
asourceofgreatpleasuretome. It
has wonderful power, takes every
hill on high, and is wonderfully
efficient in heavy traffic. It turns
shorter than any car I know of for
its wheelbase. It responds quickly,
and its equipment is simply perfect
This is my sixth car and I was
about "fed up" on riding for pleas
ure, but the Lincoln has made me
want to be out all the time.
9tt JaSMMa aWtX
irar.25, 1971
Jacob Schreiner
HANNAN-ODELL, Inc.
Farnam at the Boulevard,
Phone Harney 0868.
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Thompson, the cashier, was dis
charged and C. M. Forsythe was
named hi successor.
The last statement of the bank
shows $135,000 in deposits, $33,000 in
bills payable, and $170,000 in loans
and discounts.
Author and Early Dakota
Settler Dies in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 24.
George F. Stevenson, 97, one of the
early settlers of Dakota territory,
died at the home of his son here
today. He was the author of several
novels and was correspondent for
a number .of eastern newspapers and
magazines.
Retailers of South Dakota
Hold Annual Convention
Mitchell, S. D., May 24. One
hundred members were present at
the opening meeting of a three-day
session of the South Dakota Retail
Merchants association's 24th annual
convention here today. Recognition
of the farmer by the merchant was
one of the principal subjects dis
cussed at today s meeting.
Beat Negro to Death
Shrevenort. I .a. Mav 94 rior.
land Tutt, a negro, was beaten to
aeatn oy a moo 01 negroes atter he
had shot to death a negro and a
regress at a dance.
li Conant Hotel Company jl
I OMAHA 1
I Vl HOTELS j
1 & S&ftuN' repuutwn of tl'ITff I
1 -Baitf1 i. beck .fthe Hotel.. - SflC dC BSl It B
"SPniSl1 on. of them wither. SSSf-SSH
'Btt'Wjj' ( Ttlu and fair Qfl( Mil N
19 jjjjjjjSjp ' treatment. j jj j jjj DL
HOTEL SANFORD
lftta aad Faraam
Rate tl-SOte 12.50
Jne, T. Ef.a, Mfr.
THESE
HOTELS
ARE'
FiREFkOO,
AND
MODERN
IN EVERY
DETAIL
ntlU
iiiJliii
i'.;tu
11 !
HOTEL HENSHAW
16th and Farnem
Rate. $1.50 to $3.00
.'. H. Keenan, Mfr.
ALL ARE
CENTRALLY
LOCATED
AND ON
DIRECT
CAR LINES
FROM
DEPOTS
. IN
. HOTEL CONANT, 16th and Harney . 6
,JL Ratee $2.00 to $3.00 f dfl
Sandstone Under Site of
Proposed Capitol Tested
Lincoln, May 24. (Special.)
Tests of the weight-bearing quali
ties of the Dakota sandstone under
neath the proposed new Nebraska
capitol were begun today by Clark
E. Mickey of the university civil en
gineering department. ....
Stage Line From Norfolk
To Columbus Established
Columbus, "Neb., May 24. (Spe
cial.) G. E. Decker hao established
a stage line between Norfolk and
Columbus with a large touring car.
The distance is 50 miles and the line
touches Platte Center, Humphrey
and Madison. .
Prices Are at the
Very Bottom
To keep our fore) busy during the summer we
are making exceptional? low prices for orders
now. For instance,
' A capo of finest Sossiaa Kolinsky
"below the waiatline in length, large
shawl collar, trimmed with tails and
paws, elegant lining and finish at
only,
$285.00
1920 Price was 1500.00.
Only a small Deposit with the order.
Convenient payments during the sum-'
mer. '
STORE
YOUR
FURS
Best of expert
care. Low cost
We call for
Purs. Phone
Jackson 2316.
NOTE The Red Top tin cotv
tains Velvet that has recently
been delivered from the fa
tory . It Is ia fresh conditio
-cool and ssMMb fe a plpo.
.'A
Each tin of
TOBACCO
with the RED TOP
contains freshly made tobacco. Just right for your
pipe'
And the mild smoothness you enjoy is the result
of Velvet's two long years' ageing in wooden hogs
heads. Patient ageing is Nature's way the right
way of removing raw harshness and bite.
You'll say that Velvet is cool, smooth and "sweet
ianuV. in your pipe.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco CO.
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