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THE BEE: OMAftA, SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1921.
Federal Judge
Asks Pardon for
Sutton Banker
Nebraska U. Regents Blame University
Provost for Naughty Annual Cartoon
Lincoln, June 4. (Special.)
Regents of the University of Ne
braska refused today to accept the
faculty recommendation for ctnsur-
Omaha Attorney, Now at !" Mudcnts responsible for publish-
! ins " vuiiiiiu.iRi.1, lUAicgc annua.
Leaven wortb, Is Really Re
sponsible for Failure Is
Claim in Petition.
which was subjected to criticism be
cause of intimate pictures of univer
sity girls and alleged risque jokes.
Instead the regents laid blame for
the affair upon Prof. J. H. Lees, uni
versity provost, whose duty it was
to censor the publication.
I he faculty recommended that
To Keep College
Site at Blair
On the heels of the incarceration
of T. H. Matters. Omaha attorney,
in Leavenworth Drison to serve five
years tor violation 01 me national f t
banking laws in connection with the I .lit hPrJirK VfltP
failure of the First National bank of UUUlCltUia T UlC
Sutton, Neb., Federal Judge J. W.
Woodrough declared yesterday he
would endorse the application for
oardon received Friday from M. L,
Luebben, former- president of the
bank, now serving five years in the
same prison.
or v-i: T ...t.u. l... ...Ct,.A
enoush." said the iud. who sen- Drive For Funds Will Be Con.
tenced the banker August 7, 1920.
Luebben's application for pardon
will be forwarded to Washington
wjth endorsements by the judge, the
attorney who prosecuted turn, uma-
ha and Lincoln bankers and attor
neys and former depositors in the de
funct button bank.
Four Reasons Advanced.
Jack Landale of Omaha, editor of
the Cornhusker;. Hugh Carson of
Omaha, business manager, and Wil
liam McCorkle, art editor, be not al
lowed to craduate with their class.
hut be given their, diplomas pri-j
vcliciy.
The regents rejected this recom
mendation and passed resolutions
regretting that "the great name of
our university has been brought jnto
question and .the morbid, part of our
university life has been stressed by
an irresponsible minority."
tinued During Year A.
W. Sund Succeeds An
dreason as Secretary.
Blair, Neb.. June 4. This cifyas
definitely selected as the permanent
In his application for clemency
Luebben reviews the events leading an church of America j convention
up to the failure of the bank, his in
dictment and arrest, and his im
prisonment.
Tie offers four reasons why he be
lieves he should be pardoned,
Luebben declares he reaped no
personal benefit from the actions
which led to his imprisonment, that
he did not commit them except at
ihe request of T. H. Matters and
;hat he was made penniless when
he bank was closed.
Since the closing of the bank in
1914, he declared, he did everything
within his power to assist the gov
ernment, that he was determined to
plead .guilty'at once, but that he did
here. The five members of the build'
ing and plans committee were re'
tamed for the coming year.
1 he campaign for funds will con
tinue. A report was made showing
that pledges of S4Z3,(X)0 had been
made not counting $25,000 received
from the sale of buildings in Racine.
Wis., and $25,000 pledged by citizens
of Blair. It is planned to secure
$500,000 before building operations
start.
The committee has plans for a
building to cost $300,00(7 and will
get bids and has everything in read
mess by the time of the next con-
vnfirm en hniMintr rinpratinne ran
not plead guilty in the beginning at start immediately. It was decided
the reauest of the United States at
torneys, who wanted him to testify
as a witness.
Wife Broken In Health.
Luebben is past 60 years old, he
states in the application, and is abso
lutely necessary ito the support of
his family, because his wife has
that for every dollar spent in build
ing an equal amount would be
placed in the endowment fund.
Saturday was given over to the
celebration of the 25th anniversary
of tr? union of the two bodies of the
charch.- In the evening the Dana
college choral union sang the "Eter
broken in' health and is no longer nal City" at the large tabernacle on
able to bear the burden of support- me college grounds,
ing herself and their young son. The convention completed the se-
tr. ,.rtur ni9,fa tht lection , of officers. . N. C. Carl-
arts committed resulted in the failure son of Royal, la., was elected vice
oK tlfe bank, they were committed president. Rev,
M. N. Andreason of
without criminal intent and only
through error in judgment and mis
placed confidence, which resulted in
his ruin as well as tne taiiure ot me
hank.
If pardoned, he declares, his sole
ambition in life, next to supporting
his 'family, will be to pay back to
Cedar Falls, la., having been elected
president of the church synod earlier
in the week. Rev. A. W. Lund of
Minneapolis was elected secretary to
succeed Rev. Mr. Andreason.
With, Otto 'Hanson of this city,
who was elected treasurer, C. D.
Skev of Racine, Wis., and L. Ved;
th. rlpnnsJtnr nf th defunct bank sted of Staplehurst, Neb., the other
Inst, nleadinc that officers, will comprise the church
his years are short and he must "be council.
allowed to do tuts;:. soon it ne, may
be successful.
Matters Is Blamed.
Luebben, in his resume of the case,
Haines the failure of 'the bank on
his fppeals, to Matters-, then attorney
for he bank, to aid him in saving
Nurse Sues Patient
For $3060 Damages
Mrs. Agnes Moehring, vOmaha
the -Luebben Baler company, which nurse, brought suit in federal court
washard pressed for funds. - Council Bluffs, yesterday against
Matters had the reputation ot be- ir. wu mis. i'"" iiuv,.
ing wealthy, he declared, and could Herbond, wealthy farmers of Deni-
plade him in contact with persons son. Ia., asking $30,000 damages for
whqf would produce funds to carry false arrest. .
the alfalfa baler company. Walter Childs, attorney bringing
He allowed Matters trf draw on the suit, said Mrs. Moehring went
the bank temporarily for several o the Schultz home to nurse. She
thousand dollars, he declared, and submitted a bill which the Schultzes
Matters, instead of paying the over- paid. Afterward they, asserted the
dOtft, began "kiting" checks for bill was too large and had her ar-
large amounts. rested for larceny, according to Mr.
Then one day Matters telephoned Childs.
him from Omaha to send his ccr- They were active in prosecuting
tificates of deposits for $5,500, he de- the larceny charges against her, but
clared, and three days later for $34,- she was cleared of them, he says.
000, more made out in the name of '
George B. Darr, Omaha capitalist. You'll Have to Pay to See
i;s" S WJEZZrZ The Ak-Sar-Ben Races Now
deliver the certificates only after the I Persons who occupied free post
money had been deposited in an tions on Sixty-fourth street to view
Omaha bank. the Ak-Sar-Ben races will find these
I hen came the crash and the peni- pfaces shut all through the race
tentiary. meet in consequence of action taken
'; Prosecutor Urges Pardon. yesterday.
: Howard Saxton. who was assistant . Friday an order was . granted
United States district attorney at the by District Judge Wakeley prohibit-
time of Luebben's trial, recommends mg Sheriff Clark and his deputies
Ins pardon, closing his letter with 'rora keeping this street closed dur-
this paragraph: ing the races. This was on applica-
"He's an old man now, but has a tion of Clara Merrow, a resident of
vouneer wife and bov crobablv 10 the street.
years old. He probably cannot live Yesterday Judge Wakeley dis
through his confinement for the full solved the order on a showing made
term. by County Attorney bhotwell that
"Hundreds of people in and around the street had been orderd closed
Sutton wish clemency could be by the county commissioners. Judge
shown him," writes another endorser Wakeley held that the order of yes-
ot the pardon plea. terday was void because Mrs. Mer
; Letters recommending pardon are row did not show that she had suit
from L. R. Stein, former resident of fered any personal inconvenience by
button, now ot Hastings; Merton L,. closing of the street.
Corey, attorney and registrar of the
Federal Land Bank of Omaha; F. Farm Jobs in Nebraska
iu. lyrrcu, jacou rawccii anu i.
Mockett, Lincoln attorneys.
Endorsed by Depositor.
Homer W. Gray, considered a
heavy depositor in the. Sutton bank
at the time of its failure, a witness
Shantung Stand
Turned Chinese
Against America
Such Is Charge of Miss Ruth
Paxson, Omaha Woman
Who Has Spent Last 10
Years in China.
A. E. F. Romance
Culminates in
Marriage Here
She Was Canteen Worker and
"He a" Machine'' Gunner
They Met in a Pretty
French Town.
, Culminating an' American expedi
tionary force romance, Miss Eugenie
Marx of "Mobile; Ala., and Melvern
D. Metcalfe of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
were married in Omaha Friday night.
The two met in Beaune, Cote d'Or,
France, where the southern g'rl was
in canteen work and Mr. Metcalfe
was with the 127th machine gun bat
talion. He went over with the
Sixth Nebraska and attended the
American Expeditionary Forces uni
versity at Beaune after the armistice.
formerly Editor.
Metcalfe is a Ncbraskan and for
merly edited a newspaper at Tobias,
A,eb. lie is now an instructor m
the Sioux Falls High school. A
brother, W.i II. Metcalfe,, lives' at
2425 Spencer street. . - '
Miss Marx, a kindergarten instruc
tor, visited in Omaha.. last summer,
at which time" the friendship begun
in the pretty little French town was
renewed. She, was cn route from
a visit in Hollywood, Cal., when
Mr. Metcalfe persuaded her to come
via Omaha and be married, instead.
Rounds Up:Witnesses. -
The. couple appeared at the office
of, Justice of the Feace L. N. Bunce
in , the Baird building ; last ' night,
shortly after Mis's ' Marx' arrival,
without the necessary, two witnesses.
The judge scurried out and
brought in Mrs. Flora Donnell and
Arthur Bingham, garage owner next
door, to witness the ceremony.
Mr. -and Mrs. Metcalfe are at the
Conant hotel. '
18th and Dodge
Site Chosen hy
Elks for Home
Location Favored by Big Vote
of Members Conisderation
Set at $330,000, of Which
Lodge to Pay $125,000.
Eighteenth and Dodge streets will
be the site for the new $1,000,000 club
house of the Omaha lodge of Elks.
After much oratory at the lodge
meeting Friday night, the southwest
corner at this intersection was selecti
ed by ballot.
Here s the way the votes fell when
cast: Eighteenth and Dodge, 268;
Sixteenth and Jackson, 78; Ninteenth
and Douglas, 42; Seventeenth arid by Miss Titt, daughter of ' Rodney
Howard, 11; Twentieth and Farnam, Pitt, and young son of Mr. ahd-Mm
11; Ninteenth and Farnam. 10: scat
tering, 11.
It is said the site will be bought
for $125,000, although the owner asks
$330,000, of which $205,000 has been
subscribed by owners of' adjoining
property and those'who would profit
by erection of the fine club house
there as an inducment to locate the
building on that site.
The meeting opened at 8:30 but the
vote was not taken until after mid
night. While this vote is supposed
to be binding, it was stated "There'll
be something doing before long; thit
won't decide the question."
Persia Woman Killed in
Automobile Accident
Persia! la., June 4. Mrs. N. C.
Hilt, a young married woman living
two miles west of Persia, died from
her injuries received m an auto acci
dent near Portsmouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill, accompanied
Rei t Mier, were driving over a piec'
of road where some repairs had beeif
made. It is said that an open ditch
had beetleft in the road where a
machine ran into the ditch. j
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Delicatessen Dept.
Picnic Lunches
Erery variety of luncheon meats,
aladi and dressings prepared ia
our own kitchens.
Woodrow Wilson's stand on the
Shantung question while president
broke China's trust in America, ac
cording to Miss Ruth Paxson, Oma
ha woman who returned Friday
night from 10-, years' missionary
work in China to visit her sisters,
Miss Susan Paxson of Central High
school faculty and Mrs. Charles W.
Hayes, 31Z3 Pacific street.
J. he Chinese contend shantung is
the same as Belgium or Poland, she
explained, comparing the Japanese
militaristic campaign in the far east
with the former German machine.
Miss Paxson intends to return to
China in a few months. This is her
first visit home in four years. She
went to China as a national Y. W.
C." A.' secretary, later became asso
ciated with Sherwood Eddy, noted
world missionary, and for the last
few years has been in native Chinese
missionary movements.
Miss Paxson will speak at a lunch
eon Thursday at 1 in the Y. M. C.
A. to all the women's missidnary fed
erations in Omaha, she declares
the Chinese continue friendly to
America, though, and would stand
with the United States in the event
of any break in relations in the east.
Ex-Newspapermari
Of Omaha Is Killed
Open to Ex-Service Men
Some farm jobs throughout the
state are waiting applicants at the
American Legion headquarters, ac
cording to H. C. Hough, adjutant
for the government against Matters, of Douglas county post. ;
and victim of several of the certifi
cates issued on the bank, likewise
urges clemency for Luebben.
.Under a blanket recommendation
for pardon which states they believe
Luebben has been punished in the
past seven years all that he can bear
and that further imprisonment prob
ably will make him a physical wreck
and prevent his ever being able to
help himself or his family, appear
these names:
A. J. Sawyer, E. A. Groney, L. B.
Hbway, H. H. Freeman, E. H. Mul
loVay, W. W. Hackney, jr., W. II.
Selleck, Lincoln bankers, and W. L.
Locke, who was foreman of the fed
eral grand jury which returned the
indictment against Luebben.
New York Man KUIed by
i Train at Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, la., June 4. A
dead man was found lying on the
Northwestern tracks near ..Missouri
Vanity' with both legs- cut off and
otherwise mutilated.
JHe was apparently about 35 years
of age, a garage man by trade and
carried good recommendations, from
which it was learned that his name
was Henry Putters and his home
Rochester, N. Y.
The "farmer" government of Bul
garia is about to enact legislation
making work compulsory, even for
the women, no matter what their
ociaf -standing may b
It seems the fellows like to re
main in the city," Mr. Hough stated.
'But we're taking care of them in
fine shape."
Birmingham, June 4. V. O.
Hodges of Lincoln, Neb., assistant
city editor of the Birmingham News,
was killed Friday in the crash of an
airplane in which he was returning
to Birmingham after covering an as
signment at Jasper.
Douglas H. Davis, former army
flier, the pilot, was not seriously in
jured. The machine smashed into a
tree in landing after the engine had
failed. - - .... &
Hodges' wife and father live in
Lincoln. He formerly was con
nected with several western newspa
pers. .. .. ...
V. O. Hodges was well known
among newspaper-njen 'of Nebraska,
having been employed at various
times on papers in the state.' He
was for three years connected with
the Lincolj Daily Star, still later on
the North Platte Telegram, and his
last work in the state was in Oma
ha. During the early part of the
war he was night telegraph editor
of The Omaha Bee, later becoming
day telegraph editor of the same
oaoer.
He was born and raised in Lin
coln, where his father, one brother
and two sisters now make their
home. Aside from his parents he is
survived by his wife and one child.
Mrs. Hodges formerly was Miss
Bertha Davis of Lincoln.
Farmer Near Anita Is
Electrocuted in Home
Atlantic, la., June 4. (Special Tel
egram.) Frank R. Howard, 40, met
instant death by electrocution at his
home two miles east of Anita. A
heavy current passing through the
wires in the house from a defective
transformer in the highway nearby
was the cause of' the accident. How
ard went to the kitchen and turned
on. the current to operate a washing
machine. His feet touched some wa
ter and the heavy current passed
through his body.
No member of the family was
present when toward was killed.
His body was found a few minutes
later by his small son. The family
were preparing for a church picnic
which was to have been held at the
Howard home. . Howard had lived
in this community for years and was
well-known. He leaves a wife and
three children. A daughter, Edith,
was married a week ago to Ralph
Oathoudt.
Clarks had 60 cents when arrested.
Detectives uncovered stolen acces
sories in two caches in Florence and
Millard, both of which they attribute
to this trio. A
So great are the values which we offer to
our customers that it takes no effort on the
part of our salesmen to convince you of the
great merit of these bargains. And that is
what we mean when we say: A Hartman
value is its own salesman.
Stunning Black
Fibre Reed Chair
as
Shown
The Illustration shown ta the
left will give you but a vague
Idea of the artistic appearance
that this stunning black fiber
chair presents. The attractive
cretonne upholstery is another
feature that will appeal to
those in search for a chair
that possesses artistic appear
ance as well as durable con
struction. Observe the loose
cushioned scat and the com
fortable roll arms possessed
by this do
sign. It is In
deed an ex
eeptional val
ue at in
price Quotod.
When you enter our store you may do so
V with the feeling that you will not be urged
to purchase unless you are so disposed. Our
salesmen will show you all the courtesy with
in their power; but . our values speak for
themselves. An investigation is all we ask.
Genuine Reed Sleeper
50
Every mother
who c o n t e m
plates the pur
chase of a baby (J
carriage will bo ,p
Interested in this
one because it
Insures comfort
to the little tot
and has all other
features that yon
could demand.
Corduroy lined,
has rubber tired
wooden wheels,
reversible gear,
comes In natural
or rich brown
finish. Strong tu
bular steel push
ers, sliding adr
Justable hood
with corduroy
draft curtain.
Porceliron Top
Kitchen Cabinet
A Wonderful Valyej
Hera la a kitchen cabinet thai'
will save you many atepa in
the preparation of your meals.
You can buy kitchen cabinets
for less money than this, but,
you cannot buy one elsewhere,
as good as this one at $49.75.1
It has a Porceliron too and easv
fllllnic flour bin. metal racks.
swinging, glass sugar Jar and
many other conveniences that
are round in
higher priced
oablnet. Truly
a wonderful
value at the
Hartman price.
te hSuilffl
Nationally Advertised
"Sellers"
Overstuffed
Parlor
Suite
3 Pieces For
187a
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Mulberry
Veloiir
Spring Edge
3 Pieces For
18750
101
Ivory Enamel Crib
12
Mada by Slmmona
with aafety eliding
side which protects
the babe and Is a
source of comfort to
the mother.
ADVE3TI8EMEM
AD VERT1SEM ENT.
ml
m mm
s n Mil s KJH-K
Wheel High Chair
$J85
la easy to move about
from place to place.
Mada of golden oak with
lift-over tray aa shown.
AND MAY MAKE HER WRINKLED, AGED AND CAREWORN. GIVING HER FACE
A PALE. HAGGARD. SICKLY APPEARANCE
"'For want of iron you may practically be
an old woman at from SO to 85, weak,
downhearted and "all fagged out." You may
be in such a highly nervous irritable state
that you "go all to pieces ' on the slightest
provocation, while at 60 or 60 with good
health and plenty of iron in your blood, you
may still be young in feeling and so at
tractive and full of life aa to defy detec
tion of your real age.
It'a not alwaya the yonngest woman that
ia most sought after- thera la an inde
scribably alluring fascination in the rosy
cheek, the inviting lips and sparkling eyes
of a blood filled with iron. ' You may be
afflicted with Iron starvation of the blood
and not know it, just as thousands of other
Mpmen are.
It ia atd that about one person in three
in America today suffers more or less from
malnutrition lack of nourishment, which
ia caused not by lack of food, but in mm
cases, by lack of sufficient iron in the
blood to enable you to get the strength
and nourishment out of your food.
Indoor life, over-eating and modern
methods of cookery are sapping the iron
from the blood of hundreds of thousands
of women. Our forefathers, to whom his
tory refers as a nation of red-blooded
Americans, ate the husks of grains and the
kins and peels of vegetables and other
coarse foods rich in strength-giving or
ganic iron, which the modern woman does
not get.
To make up for the great losa of iron
caused by the life woman is compelled to
lead she should eat more such iron-containing
vegetables and frutls aa spinach and
baked applea and take organic iron like
Nuxated Iron from time to time to help
enrich her blood and revitalize her worn
out, exhausted nerves.
Nuxated Iron represents organic iron in
auch a highly Condensed form that one
dose of it is estimated to be approximately
equivalent (in organic iron content) to eat
ing half a quart of spinach, one quart of
preen vegetables or half a dozen apples.
It's like taking extract of beef instead of
eating pounds of meat.
Over 4,000,000 people annually are us
ing Nuxated Iron. It will not injure the
teeth nor disturb the stomach. It often in
creases the bodily and mental vigor,
strength and endurance of weak, nervous,
"run-down" folks in two weeks' time. Your
money will ba refunded by the manufac
turers if you do not obtain satisfactory
results. Beware of substitutes. Nuxated
Iron comes in tablets only never In liouid
form. Always look for the word "Nuxated"
on every package and the letters N. I. on
every tablet. Sold by all dniggietr
All Pieces Have Loose Cushions as Illustrated
A tvnieal Hartman bargain offering; that demands the attention of those who desire something; out-of-the-ordinary
In a three-piece parlor suite. This over-stuffed auite is luxurious in appearance,
durable in its construction and will be found extremely comfortable as well. The beautiful mul
berry velour will appeal to- those of artistic taste and the spring edge and loose cushions are other
features not to be overlooked, in this desirable parlor suite.
Very Handsome
William and Mary
5-Piece Dining Set
of Jacobean Oak
Tou will look far and wide be
fore you find the equal of this
very attractive, substantial
and well finished dining room
suite at this price. It Is de-
signed after the William and
Marv Period in Jacobean fin
ish. Comprises table and fouh
chairs to matcn
just aa shown
In the illustra
tion. It Is a
value that Is
very unusual at
the price we
quote
54-In. Table, Extends to 6 Feet. Chairs
PA Are Upholstered
(IV in Genuine Blue
Leather
$8
XT T- ' M L
We want you to coma to ear
store to see this out-of-the-or-dlnary
dining room suite. The
table haa a 61-lnch diameter
and can bs ' extended to six
feet when desired. The four
chairs are designed to match
the table perfectly and are up
holstered In the very beautiful
genuine blue leather now
so much In vogue. This la
typical of the values offered
in our dining room- furniture
section, and truly proves that
for real furniture valuea
HARTMAN'S Is the place to
come, ' - ,
TWO RUG SPECIALS
8x10 ft. Grass Rugs, at. .... $6.75
9x12 ft. Fancy Border. Grass Rugs, $8.25
Kroehler Duof old
Davenport opena to
a full - sized - bed
Fumed oak and
UDholstered with
Itatlon Spanish brown
leather
sir- - t
Complete HjTTLffiH ifTTTTlB Complete
Choice of Tapestry, blue or Figured Mulberry Velour
This Da-Bed suite comprices chair, rocker and couch all designed to match perfectly. Frames are
all. mahog;any and upholstery may be had in choice of tapestry or blue or figured mulberry velour.
The coucli is easily converted into a bed at night.
. . a b 1M
89 j
2 a y
Golden Oak Buffet
75
Aa
A mission designed
golden oak buffet,
drawer apace for all
verware, linens and
rhlna; hss full length
mirror across the top.
Fibre Reed Rocker
'112
Comfort (a one of the
greatest features of
this well constructed
fiber reed rocker.
Comes In the Bar
onial brown finish.
A Simmons Bed
10H
This white enamer bA.
mada by the Slmmona
factory l constructed In
a pleasing design of ex
rollent materials and will
give unlimited service.
COLUMBIA
Graf onolas
Our prices on Columbia
Qrafonolas are back to a
pre-war basis. Aa a speci
fic example of this fact, we
quote the popular type E-3
cabinet modol, which wa
formerly sold - at I12S.0O,
now at 85.O0. Easy pay
ments without Interest.
Feather Your Nest )
; 1 n i s&rrrmcy on m m i ssii i yn i
Sixteenth Between Barney and Howard
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