THIS : UiUAUA. iUWUAl. MAX 31, 1921.
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Funeral of First
Onmlian Killed
In Action Is Held
(lomrades-in-Arins and Moth
ers and Wives of Service
Men Join in Ceremony at
Scottish Rite Cathedral.
Impressive funeral servi. j were
held yesterday morning in the Scot
tish Rite cathedral for Corp. Russell
G. Hughes, Omaha's first hero slain
in action during the world war.
- Military honors were observed by
members of Company L club of
Council Bluffs, a postwar organiza
tion of service men who were in the
;aiiie company with Corporal Hughes
when he paid the great sacrifice on
March 17, 1918, at Badonvillier, in
the Lorraine section of France.
These men, more than 30, attended
the service in uniform. Members of
Company L Comfort club, mothers
and wives of the service men, also
attended.
Borne to Stage.
The casket, draped with a large
American flag, was borne to the
stage of the cathedral auditorium by
the following pallbearers, men of
Company L: Robert Wickham,
Donald Snyder, Roy Hosley, Homer
Moore, Ernest Anderson, Thorwald
Hansen, Frank Williams, Medford
Miles and Elmer Posfen.
The color bearers'vere John De-
"vitt and Harry B. Ford. George
White and Edward Wallace served
as color guard. V. Cone was
h
bugler and members of the firing
squad were A. W. Weathcnll, Will
iam McGruder, George Blair, Fred
Boysen, Clyde Menerary, Marion
Stearns, Roy Momery, John Wagner
and Eli Gascoigne. Col. Matthew
Tinley of Council Bluffs, who was
of the 168th infantry, and Walter S.
Byrne, commander of the Omaha
j post, American Legion, also attend-
)cd. The Elks' quartet sang "Beau
tiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Beau
tiful Valiey of Eden."
Tender Association.
There was a tender association in
the presence of the Rev. Titus Lowe,
pastor of First Methodist church, as
speaker of the occasion. The Rev.
Lowe was chaplain overseas and
met Corporal Hughes "in a little
town somewhere in France," as the
minister said. The corporal gave
the Omaha minister a message to
carry to the home folks.
"Corporal Hughes was a type of
the soldier of which the world has
never known a superior," said the
Rev. Mr. Lowe. "The memory of
the 168th regiment will always be
honored so long as the memory of
the world war lasts. I met Russell
Hughes one night in a little French
village. There were 2,000 of our
boys in quarantine and I remember
that we installed a large, long double
tent, which was blown down by a
heavy windstorm during that night."
"I remember that quite well," re
marked a member of Company L
to his friend on the next seat.
"Russell Hughes is here as a rep-
k village. There were 2,000 of our
LH boys in quarantine and I remember
I that we installed a large, long double
tent, which was blown down by a
heavy windstorm during that night."
44T PAmnmhAr tViif iih'(a "
entativt o.t 58,000 of our boys
irom alt over the nation, who paid
the greatest sacrifice that mortal
man can pay," continued the minis
ter. "Surclv the time has come when
the intelligence of the world will bid
farewell to the insanity of war, with
its tragedy and woe.
Die for Holy Purpose.
"These boys of ours died for a
very holy and great purpose. It is
up to us to take the great and sol
emn obligation and to make good on
the sacrifices which they made. It
rather fitting that his service
' should be held on Memorial day,
when a country in loving and tender
memory wends its way to the ceme
teries to place flowers on the graves
, of those that gave all. We should
J not fail to maintain , the ideals for
t which they fought and died. We
arc called into a mighty service and
I think our people appreciate that
they are called of God to besof serv
ice to the human race."
Killed at Outpost.
Corporal Hughes was the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes
4116 Lafayette avenue. At the age
of 19 he went to Council Bluffs to
join the Dodge Light Guards, and
while on the Mexican border his
company was mustered into the 168th
infantry as company L. His regiment
was with the famous Rainbow divi
sion. He sailed for France on Oc
tober 17, 1917; into the. trenches on
February 17, 1918, and was killed on
March 17 1918, while alone on out
post duty. His company was mus
tered out of service on May 17, 1919.
His body was received in Omaha
est week.
Many floral, remembrances were
banked beside the casket this morn
ing. A military service was held at
the grave in Forest Lawn cemetery
British Release Control
Of Grand Trunk Railroad
Toronto, Ont., May 30. Elimi
nation of British control of the
Grand Trunk railroad system and
election of a reconstituted all-Canadian
board of directors was an
nounced Saturday, following a board
meeting at which H. G. Kellcy was
re-elected president.
Announcement also was made
that arrangements for consolidation
cf the Grand Trunk system and the
Canadian national railways were
progressing favorably.
Ogallala Puts Up Fight
For State Reformatory
North Platte, Neb., May 30.
(Special Telegram.) Ogallala was
represented at a meeting of the state
board of control at Lincoln by
Harry D.' Lute of the Nebraska
farm bureau and R. A. Goodall,
treasurer of the Ogallala Commer
cial club. Ogallala intends to put
up a hard fight for the new state re
formatory. Voice Department Head at
Wesleyan University Dies
Lincoln, May 30. Douglass Pow
ell, head of the voice department of
the conservatory of music of Ne-
braska Wesleyan university, died
last night at a Lincoln hospital, fol
lowing a major operation a week
o today. Mr. Powell came to Ne
braska S:esIeyan a year ago from
New York City. He had formerly
lived at Cincinnati. 1
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Pioneer Settler of
South Dakota Dies
Hot Springs. S. D.. May 30. (Spe
cial.) Military funeral services for
Job Babbitt, pioneer Douglas county,
Nebraska, resident and civil war vet
eran, were held here Sunday,
Mr. Babbitt, who died Wednesday
at- the. Iirntif of his Hauehtpr. Mrs.
W. C. Stricklin, near Oclrichs, S. D..
from a sudden attack of heart disease,
came to Nebraska with his wife in
1874, settling on a farm near Gretna,
where he lived until a short time
n crr - "Ha wrae f iQtii rf 1 Minnie
and a direct descendant of Edward
Babbitt who came to Massachusetts
from England in 163. He served
in the union army throughout the
civil war. The death of his wife oc
curred last December.
Mr. Babbitt is survived by four
daughters: Mrs. W. E. Dickinson of
Gretna, Neb.; Mrs. A. T. Johnson of
Hot SorinKs: and Mrs. Stricklin and
Mrs- J- L, ye of Oclrichs.
Girl's Jugular Vein
Cut, by Windshield
Norfolk; Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram.) Lois Surber, 14, is in a
local hospital with her throat cut
from ear to chin and the jugular vein
severed, as the result of being
thrown against the top part of a
windshield on a small roadster which
stopped suddenly on a culvert a mile
west of the city on the Norfolk
Battle Creek road.
Helen Sires, about 16, is suffering
from a slight bump on her head.
Hugh Hawthorne, -automobile me
chanic who was driving the roadster,
was uninjured.
Mexican Troops Called to
Disperse Base Ball Rioters
Nogales, Ariz.i May 30. Mexican
soldiers were called out to quell
a clash between several thousand
spectators during a base ball game
at Nogales, Sonora, and fired sev
eral rounds into the crowd, wound
ing three Mexicans, one seriously.
Spectators swarmtd on the field
to protest a decision by the umpire
in the ninth inning in the game be
tween the Douglas (Ariz.) and No
gales (Sonora) teams. Douglas was
leading, 3 to 0," in the ninth inning,
when the Sonora team . got fwo men
on bases with none out. A throw
to second base caught a runner off
base and the umpire called him out.
Efforts to disperse the crowd
failed and Mexican soldiers were
summoned.
Naval Airplanes Bomb
Wreck of Old Battleship
Washington, May 30. After a re
view of more than 70 military air
planes at Langley field, Va., yester
day, a selected squadron of bomb
ing planes flew 65 miles up Chesa
peake bay o Tangier sound, where
bombing operations were carried out
against the wreck of the old battle
ship San Marcos.
The practice was in preparation
for the tests to be conducted by the
army and navy air services against
naval vessels in June and July and
were witnessed by officers, several
members of congress and civilians
who accompanied the flyers.
American Note to Mexico
( Not of Serious Nature
Mexico City, " May 30. The
memorandum from the American
government, delivered last night to
President Obregon, by George T.
Summerlin, American charge d'af
faires, was "not of a serious nature,"
President Obregon informed the
Associated Press.
Two Are Drowned
Osage, la., May 30. Lloyd De
lancy, 21, of Osage, and Carl Thomp
son, 30, of Mitchell, la., were
drowned in the Big Cedar river near
Mitchell Sunday. The canoe in which
they were riding tipped over and the j
two men drowned before they could
reached the shore. . J
Tribute of Honor
Civil War Veteran.
Inventor and Author,
Dies in New York City
New York, May 30. Funeral
services for General Horace Porter,
diplomat and civil war veteran, who
died early Sunday in his 85th year,
will be held Thursday at the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church. It is
planned also to hold a military funer
al, which will be deferred at least
two weeks or until the arrival of
the general's eldest daughter, Mrs.
Elsie Porter Meude, from Switzcr
land.
Liencral 1'ortcr possessed rare
gifts as an orator and after-dinner
speaker. His mechanical tastes and
power of invention were marked. He
invented the ticket box in use on all
elevated railroads and most of the
ferries in this country. An interior
mechanism mutilates the tickets as
they are dropped into it.
He was author of "West Point
Life," "1860," "Campaigning With
Grant," and he also contributed to
numerous magazines and newspa
pers.
Mayo and Solider Hurt by
Fractious Horse in Parade
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 30. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mayor Ed P. Tay
lor was severely injured during the
Memorial day parade, when a frac
tious cavalry horse struck him in
the 'face with a hoof, knocking him
to the ground and opening a wide
gash on the left side of his' face. The
horse, frightened at a car, proceeded
up the street a short distance and
injured a soldier in an identical man
ner. The animal finally was caught
by two officers of the 15th cavalry.
Both the mayor and the soldier, were
given emergency treatment by the
15th cavalry ambulance corps in the
parade.
Fire "Warden Called to
Probe Blaze at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram.) The finding of a can
of gasoline in the basement of the
Rialto Wicater building and the fact
that two men were seen about the
block Sunday night led Fire Chief
Whiteside to believe the place was
fired by someone. He called State
Fire Warden Hartford and Deputy
Frisbie here to investigate condi
tions. Arrests may follow within
the next 24 hours.
Memorial Services Held at
Scotia by American Legion
Scotia, eb., May 30. (Special
Telegram.) Scotia observed Dec
oration day with services under the
direction of (Reuben Beck post,
American Legion. The march to
the cemetery and the decorating of
soldiers' graves was in the forenoon.
In the afternoon there was a parade
of world war veterans and members
of the G. A. R. A fine program was
given at the auditorium of the high
school. Rev. Cressap made the ad
dress. Tri-County Institute to
Open in Auburn This Week
Tecumseh, Neb., May 30. (Spe
cial.) The second tri-county treach
crs' institute will be held in Auburn
this week, the opening of work to be
on Tuesday. The counties included
are Nemaha, Pawnee and Johnson
and it is expected that 300 teachers
will attend.
Will Lose Eyesight
Valentine, Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram.) John Jackson, promi
nent, rancher, will lose his eyesight
as the result of a wire piercing his
eyeball to the depth of an inch while
repairing a fence.
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Body of Murdered Man
Is Found in Niobrara
O'Neill, Neb., May 30. (Special.)
The body of an unidentified man
who had been murdered was found
floating in the M loprara river yes
terday at the Reiser ranch in Holt
county by fishermen from Butte,
Neb.
The feet and hands had been
bound together with baling wire, the
arms were wired together and the
coat had been plaoed over the head
and held by wires around the neck.
Death had been caused evidently
by a bullct'in the head, two inches
above the left ear. The man was
about 55, with dark hair, streaked
with gray and smooth shaven.
Checks found on the body were to
John Mize on the Commercial State
bank of Platte, S. D. The body had
evidently been brought from where
the, murder was committed and
thrown into the river. A coroner's
jury here returned a verdict of
murder.
Seniors of Tecumseh High
School Give Class Play
Tecumseh, Neb., May 30. (Spe
cial.) Seniors of Tecumseh High
school gave their class play, "The
Crisis," on two nights, at the Hal
sted auditorium, before large audi
ences. Principal Lloyd Halsted was
sponsor for the play. The scenery,
costuming and electrical 'effects were
good.' The high school orchestra
furnished music and several special
ties were given.
Commencement exercises will be
on Tuesday cvning and school will
close for the summer vacation this ;
week. t
Overton Farmer "Fleeced" I
Of $6,000 by "Con" Artists
Lincoln, May 30. C. A. Johnson,
farmer of Overton, Neb., reported
to the police today that two strang
ers, to whom he had entrusted $6,000
to "invest," had disappeared.
They failed to meet him at the de
pot this morning, from where all
three-were to go to St. Joseph, Mo.,
to get $21,000, which the strangers
recently told him they had won in
a stock manipulation scheme.
Memorial Services Held
In Church at Tecumseh
Tecumseh, Neb. May 30. (Spe
cial.) The memorial sermon was
preached by Rev. Willard McCarthy,
pastor of the Christian church, at the
Presbyterian church. The old
soldiers attended in a iody and there
was special music.
Rev. R. J. McKenzic delivered the
baccalaureate sermon to the class of.
the Tecumseh High school in -the
evening at the Halsted auditorium.
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Man Happy One
Minute, Hangs
Self the Next
Unusual Temporary Altera
tion Believed to Be Re
sponsible for Suicide of
Ex-Service Man.
An unusual temporary aberration
is believed to be responsible for the
suicide of Gus Maas, 25, who hanged
himself in the basement of his home,
3908 North Nineteenth street, at
10:30 Sunday night.
"We can't see any sensible ex
planation of Gus' act," said Mrs.
Maas' cousin. Henry J. Wismer,
3820 North Nineteenth street, this
morning. "Gus was a man of happy
dispostion. Sunday he and his
wife were at Krug park. When they
returned they sat on the porch a
while and then Mrs. Maas went up
stairs to take a bath, telling Gu she
would call him when she was
through, so he could bathe.
Finds His Body.
" 'All right, dear,' he said. When
she called him, she got no answer.
She came down and looked around
the house and "was horrified to find
his body hanging in the basement
just over the furnace pit.
"They had planned to go fishing
yesterday and had bought the
tackle at a little store on Sixteenth
street.
"The method of suicide also shows
that he was out of his mind. He
wrapped a cloth around his neck and
fastened it with a belt, apparently
doing this to keep the rope from cut
ting his throat. He had taken off
his bath robe before jumping into
the furnace pit with the rope fas
tened around his neck. We believe
the heat may have affected him."
Ideally Happy.
Mrs. Jeanette Walvord, sister of
Mrs. Maas, who has been living at
the Maas home, declared they vere
ideally happy and she cannot ex
plain the suicide except on the
theory of insanity.
Mrs. Maas was hystcrican and un
der the care of a physician yesterday.
The bath robe still hung on the nail
in the basement where Maas had
placed it just before 'ie died. On
the dining room table was the fish
ing tackle which the young couple
had expected to use today at Carter
lake.
Maas had been overseas as a sol-
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W. L. George, Famous Author, Tells of Mil
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Spouse into Gay Leader of Society; Booth
Tarkington,' E. Phillips Oppenheim, Alfred
Noyes and Emerson Hough Also Relate
Interesting Stories.
Many strange things are in the news today. There's the
story, for instance, of Meriden, wool profiteer, whose in
ability to make a lady of his
to manage her. Meriden, the
has a pretty, but simple, wife,
as rapidly as her husband's
been under fire of a government investigation, but his chief
worry has been how to lure his wife from a modest suburban
existence to the more luxurious life in the most exclusive
quarter of the city. Himself
den, unknown to her, places
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not of crime, but of temperaments. The psychologist pro
vides a most ingenious prescription that, when taken, quickly
converts the millionaire's dowdy spouse into one of the most
dashing creatures in Mayfair.
And there is the strange
American, knocking about the
ness of a puzzling murder in the environs of Nice, and who,
almost as much by chance, meets London's most beautiful
movie actress and takes a hand in the solving of a mystery
which proves truth more Amazing than fiction. Not only did
Mr. Cray do this, but he defrayed the costs of the defense
of a young man about whose neck the noose was closing. The
girl involved was the famous screen beauty, Daisy Lindel.
There comes to light today, too, the remarkable history
of Walter Rickman, one-time American gold prospector, lat
terly wealthy English baronet, who, after a struggle which
resulted in the' loss of several lives, came into the secret of
immortality, which mankind has been seeking since the world
began. Oddly enough, the secret was discovered in our own
mystic Southwest. Rickman's disposal of it is one of the
most dramatic episodes of our time.' . V V
And the public's interest in high romance is stimulated
by publication of the account of the feverish pursuit f Su
zanne Collingsworth by Maj. Murrell Cardon a singular
fantasy uncovered to quicken the pulse of the work-a-day
world. Suzanne was a Chicago girl and Cafdon a wounded
ex-soldier of the American Expeditionary Force. The as
tonishing things that befell the twain provide one of the very
real romances of the social world.
Still further to intrigue the popular mind, as all news
does, comes word of the amusingly shocking conduct of two
boys, as human as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, who
upset all the adult theories advanced at an enthusiastic con
ference on new methods of child-rearing as those theories
were being advanced at the Indianapolis home of Mrs.
Norman Coy, herself the mother of the Laurence Coy in
volved. The small boy's "partner in crime" was no less than
the model son of Mrs. Mabel Pilman Smith, whose lectures
on "New Thought in Child-Rearing" are familiar to so many
mothers. Their story is told by Booth Tarkington. Mr.
Cray's adventure is related by E. Phillips Oppenheim, while
the secret of "Immortality" is disclosed by Alfred Noyes, the
romance of Suzanne by Emerson Hough and 8 others all
in THE RED BOOK MAGAZINE for June. At all news
stands NOW.
Ex-Service Man Who
Hanged Self in Home
Gus Maas.
dier, but had not been in the fight
ing zone, his wife's cousin said. He
was a factory superintendent at the
Byrne & Hammer Dry Goods com
pany factory. He was married 15
months ago. He was 25. His wife
isf21.
The body will be taken to Hick
man, Neb., Maas' former home, for
burial.
Memorial Services
Are Held at Sidney
Sidney, Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram. Memorial day was ob
served here under the auspices of
the Grand Army of the Republic
and the American Legion. Every
business house was closed. Crowds
from the country assisted in per-1
petuating the memories of the day.
The parade formed on Lincoln
highway and more than 1,500 people
marched to the cemeteries, where
wreaths and garlands, decorated the
graves of fallen heroes. All civic
societies participated and various
fraternities paid their tribute to their
dead brethern Services at the U. S. A.
theater wre impressive. W. P. Miles
delivered the oration and the pro
gram was interspersed with instru
mental and vocal music.
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wife led him to employ a man
newly risen English Croesus,
who fails to acquire high aims
fortune grows. Meriden has
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case of Joseph P. Cray, rich
world, who is accidental wit
Robber Raids on
Big Stores Nipped
In Bud, Say Police
Tip That Several Big "Jobs"
Planned for Tonight Causes
Arrest of Alleged
"Spotter."
By the arrest of Harry Porche,
alleged to be "locater" for robber
bands, police believe they nipped
iu the bud plans to rob big Onut
lia department stores, last night.
A tip that several big jobs would
be "pulled" on knowledge that Sat
urday's heavy receipts could not be
banked until Tuesday morning, led
to Porche's arrest.
Guards at Stores.
Extra guards have been stationed
at big stores since Saturday night
and police are keeping closi ehceii
ot these stores.
A job like that of the HayJcn
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as his address, was arrested several
years ago in connection with the
Benson bank robbery, was bound
over to the district court but the
case was annulled for lack of evi
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record of automobile thefts, police
say.
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are imported to "pull," according
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