THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921.
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United States Is
Swept by Record
Wave of Crime
Prohibtiion, Driving Crooks
From Old Haunts, Indirect
' Cause, Says U. S. Secret
Service Chief.
Washington, June 15. There
was more crime in the United States
during the last year than in any year
n'nce 1897, according to William II.
Moran, chief of the UnTred-States
bureau of sercret service. Though
this increased activity, of criminals
extended to practicallyevcry .phase
of illegal endeavor, bank robbers,
counterfeiters and forgers were par
ticularly active.
Unsettled conditions following the
war, and prohibition. Chief Moran
believes, are in the main responsible.
fnr ihe crreat increase in rrimi"
"It has been stated by prominent
observers that the "returned soldier
is responsible for the crime in
crease, said the veteran secret serv
ice man. "Personally I do not like
the manner of stating the situation.
While it is undoubtedly true that;
discharged soldiers have in many in
stances been implicated in crime
during the past year, it is incorrect
to infer that there was something
in the military experience of our sol
diers abroad that made thera crim
inal. .-.
City Life Proved Bad Elemejjt.
"The fact is that the mobilization
of our army brought thousands of
. boys from the country districts to
the cities and gave them for the first
time in their lives a glimpse of the
attractions of metropolitan .life. In
many instances these youngsters
were so fascinated with the bright
lights, the hurry and bustle and the
glamor of higher wages that they
refused to return to their homes in
the rural districts, or if they did
return soon became dissatisfied and
awain Knntrlir ritips. nftetvwith little
or no capital to tide them over tiln
"In this way thousands of inex
. perienced young men were congre
gated in a strange environment at
a time when the first pressure of un
employment was beginning to be
felt. "That some of the. weaker
among them should have yielded to
temptation was perhaps inevitable."
Readjustment in the so-called
war industries, Chief Moran be
lieves, is another factor which has
given impetus to the so-called crime
wave. Since 1914 men working in
munitions plants, shipbuilding plants
and Other industries which sprang
up as a result of the war, had made
wages which in some instances were
six cr eight times as great as they
had ever been paid before. Many of
these workers were scarcely more
than semi-skilled laborers, and were
often totally lacking in the saving
instinct.
Reckless Spending Wave.
As rapidly as tney received their
earnings they spent them, -often
recklessly and extravagantly, and
when the armistice came and fac
tories be an to close men who had
been nr,!.ing from $50 to $150 a
week f nd themselves without jobs.
The grfter part of them had saved
practically nothing and many had
cultivated extravagant tastes and
methods of living which madt them
unwilling to return to the jobs and
wages with which they had been
satisfied 'before the war. : Such con
ditions naturally, were prolific of
crime. .
"It Kas been said," Moran con
tinued, ."that prohibition may have
had some effect upon crime. Indi
rectly, at least, it has. I- believe"
that the closing of saloons through
out the United States has made it
necessary for thousands of former
habitues-of those places to find
other haunts and other activities,
and many of them whose violations,
of the law under old conditions 'sel
dom went oeyona me nusuciiicanwi
stage have now actually become.
criminal. . ' "'
Forgery Grows Apace.
"I do not mean particularly em
ployes of the liquor- business, but
rather the semi-vagrant ' class of
hangers-on who were always to oe
found around the saloons. In the
old days the ambition of these men
did not extend very iar beyond get
ting a few drinks of -liquor1, and a
bite to eat now an I then. Now,
with their minds clearer through ab
stinance and with their energies un
dissipated, they have become a much
more serious problem to the police.
The system of allotments and war
risk insurance instituted during the
war .has been another prolific source
of crime, coming under the jurisdic
tion of the secret service bureau, ac
cording to Moran. Government
cheeks were sent broadcast in pay
ment of allotments and' insurance
and it was inevitable that many of
them should find their way into the
wrong hands. This led to whole
sale forgery of signatures and to
considerable alterations or check
raising. , .
Under the law the bureau f
Mvhich Mr. Moran is head is charged
with the duty of protecting the per
son and immediate family of th'!
president, and with guarding thi
'nK!i3finnc nr sepuritv 1 of th
- United States." The first 'of these
f" duties needs no explanation. The
second in actual practice resolves
itself into the task of detecting and
apprehending forgers and counter
? fciters. '
During the last fiscal year the
bureau made 779 arrests, as com
,"v, pared with 510 in the previous year,
. and a general average of less than,
C'400 for the 20 years previous.. Coun
; terfeit or altered notes captured by
the bureau operatives amounted to
$90,930. as compared with $22,839 in
T the year preceding. .
Will Run Open Shops
f. St. Louis, June 15. Fifty-eight
f. master printers here have signed an
C ngrecment to operate their plants on
t" the open shop basis for five years, it
wrs announced today.
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Long Skirts in Vogue
Again; Mannequins
Wear Them in Paris
By HENRY WALES.
Chlr.ro Tribune Cable. CopjrVlibt, 19SI.
Taris, June 15. The fact that
French dressmakers v have decreed
long skirts became known at Chan
tilly race track yesterday when "Rue
La Parix" establishments sent man
nequins wearing dresses ankle length,
although a week previously robes
raced midway between the knee and
ankle.
American women present declared
the long skirts were a marked
triumph for the American-style mak
ers, who have been striving since last
year to supersede the extremely
short skirts which the French crea
tors insisted the- modern sport-loving
women demanded. .
AUhough the dressmakers sent
mannequins wearing light, bright
colored gowns, the chic French
women maintained their black mon
key fur or fringe trimmed dresses,
the only bit of color being violet
hats.
Wanderer Will Hang
Friday Unless Supreme
Court Issues Mandate
Chicago, June 15. Carl Wanderer,
whose attorneys have secured a stay
of execution on the ancient law that
permits a review of the case where
a. murderer becomes insane after
conviction, is claiming thtat he hear3
"voices" in his cell during the night.
He was to have been hanged Fri
day and unless the supreme court
issues a positive mandate forbidding
the hanging, the jail officials will go
ahead with the performance. The
same rule applies to Gene Geary, no
torious gunman and double murderer.
The supreme court today extended
Geary's stay to July 17.
For six weeks, the attorney for
Wanderer told the pardon board the
slayer of three persons, "has been
hearing strange noises in his cell."
Attention also is called to the alleged
fact that he has lost weight and "has
an unhealthy appearance."
Meanwhile, preparations are going
fosward at the jail to hang both
Geary and Wanderer. Officials say
they wiH execute them unless for
bidden to do so by the supreme court.
Far Eastern Republic '
Decides to Join Reds
Vladivostok, June 15. (By The
Associated Press.) Reports received
here declare that the government of
the far eastern republic, following a
continuous conference of three days,
has decided to join soviet Russia.
Anti-bolsheviki have destroyed
bridges across the Amur river be
tween Blagovestchensk and Kha
barovsk, and communist gunboats on
the Amur have bombarded villages
taken over by the insurgents.
General Semenoff, who came here
seeking the leadership of the ele
ments which ousted the socialist
government three weeks ago, left
the Kyodo Maru, on which he was
held a virtual prisoner, and boarded
the Russian steamer Patroci yester
day. v . J ' - .,
Recognition Negotiations
With Mexico Deadlocked
Mexico City, June 15. George T.
Summerling, the American charge
d'affairs here, has been carrying on
conversations with Alberto J. Pani.
secretary of foreign affaires, relative
to the recognition of the Obregon
administration by the United States
government. It was announced last
night from the office of the president,
however, that no practical results
had been achieved and the situation
remained virtually the same as when
the latest memorandum from-Wash-ington
was presented the govern
ment. .
The statements indicated that the
negotiations had " reached a dead
lock. Aliens Will Be Released
First at Mare Island Yard
Vallejo, Cal., June 15. An order
that all aliens at the Mare Island
navy yard be discharged before citi
zen workers are let out, when such
moves become necessary, was re
ceived by the commandant at the
yard today; from Secretary Denby.
Before the declaration of war no
aliens were employed at the yard,
but thereafter a number of non-citizens
were taken on.
Mother of Sinclair Lewis
Dies Suddenly at Home
St. Cloud,-Minn., . June 15. Mrs.
E. J. Lewis of Sauk Center, promi
nent club woman and mother of Sin
clair Lewis, the author, died sudden
y of heart disease today. She was
born May 12. 1849. Sinclair Lewis
is in England.
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Man Identifies
Drug Vendor in
Murder Trial
One of Women Indicted in
Kaber Case Said to Have
Sold "Medicine" Similar
To Death Potion.
Cleveland, O., June 15. Mrs. Er
rr.inia Colavito, indicted with Mrs.
Eva Catherine Kaber and two oth
er women on a charge of having
murdered Daniel F. Kaber, was iden
tified today as the woman who had
sold "medicine" similar to that .which
is alleged to have been placed in
Kaber's food. Mr3. Kaber today de
clared "she is ready to tell all.'"
Pasquale Julian identified Mrs.
Colavito as the woman who had sold
him several bottles of the "medicine"
for $280 to cure his brother, John, a
patient in a hospital for insane. Mrs.
Colavito admitted when Julian con
fronted her that she sold him "medi
cine," according to officials.
Mrs. Colavito's woman friend was
paid $20 by Pasquale for directing
l.im to Mrs. Colavito.
The city chemist t:pon making a
preliminary analysis reported that
the "medicine" contained poison.
A woman, formerly a confidant of
Mrs. Kaber and her mother, Mrs.
Mary Brickel, last night reported, of
ficials said, that Mrs. Kaber had told
her of her anxiety to be freed of
Kaber as early as 1916 and declared
if she could not divorce him she
would kill him.
According to this woman, Mrs.
Erickel told her not only of the plan
to kill Kaber and it3 execution, but
named Mrs. Kaber, Mrs. Colavito,
two men and Marian McArdle as the
principals. Mrs.. Brickel and Miss
McArdle, mother and daughter, re
spectively of Mrs. Kaber, are also
uuder first-degree murder indict
ments. The woman said Mrs. Brickel told
her that Mrs. Kaber set fire to the
Kaber home while her husband was
ill and that furniture supposed to
have been destroyed, on which Mrs.
Kaber is said to have collected fire
insurance was at the time stored
hi Mrs. Brickel's attic.
Mrs Kaher. when uuestioned to
day, told Prosecutor E. C. Stanton
that she realized that there was no
l,.rir..r imv hnno fnr her and exoreSS-
ed concern only for her daughter
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course in aeronautics.
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"I have felt thankful a thousand
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I was getting around better and
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left my walking sticks at a farm
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Weeks Asks "Chance"
For Administration
In Solving Problems
New Brunswick, N. J., June IS.
A fair chance for the administration
in attempting to solve national prob
lems was asked by Secretary of War
Weeks in an address today at the an
nual commencement dinner at Rut
gers college. He received the hon
orary degree of doctor of laws.
"I want to plead with you," he
said, "to give this administration fair
opportunity to work out a cure for
the abnormal questions which now
exist. If the administration docs
not succeed, then you may criticise
its members and, if you please, drive
them- from public life, but first you
must give them a fait1 chance. '
"We cannot recover from a dis
temper, either as individuals or as
a nation in a short time. It takes
time and patience to . overcome this
difficulty. We must get ourselves as
individuals into normal frame of
mind. -
"Don't be unduly critical. Be as
helpful as you can, and I am confi
dent that the return to normal will
not be long delayed."
Name Judges for Stock
At Thayer County Fair
Deshler, Neb., June 13. (Special.)
Expert judges have been employed
in every department to pass on ex
hibits at the Thayer county fair to
be held ah Deshler August 30, 31,
September 1 and 2. The list is as
follows: H. J. Gramliclb head of the
department of animal husbandry,
state university; Mrs. H. J. Gramlich,
T. A. Harris, Lamine, Mo.; A. H.
Smith, Lincoln.
A free banquet will be served live
stock exhibitors Thursday evening,
fair week. Thirty students are now
enrolled for class work and it is
confidently expected that the number
will reach 100.
Union Outfitting Co.
Places Entire Stock
Bed Room Furniture
oo Sale Next Saturday
Complete Suites, Dressers,
Chiffoniers, Beds, Etc.
See Window Displays.
You can count your savings
in DOLLARS if you take ad
vantage of the sale of Bedroom
Furniture, embracing suites as
well as individual pieces, which
the Union Outfitting Company
announces for Saturday.
If you have a room you would
like to rent you can furnish it
at small cost and young: couples
planning on outfitting a home
this spring will find it highly
profitable to buy now. As al
ways, you make your own terms.
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All Cars Must Carry Approved Lenses in
the STATE OF NEBRASKA
Nebraska's new motor car headlight law, approved by
Governor McKelvie on April 25, 1921, provides that:
Lawful lenses must be used on all motor vehicles in the state of
Nebraska. The sale of unlawful lenses is prohibited. The sale of
cars not equipped with lawful lensesis prohibited. Lawful lenses
are approved by the Secretary of the Department of Public Works.
Penalties range as high as $100.
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American Citizen
Murdered in Haiti;
Marines Start Probe
Washington, June IS. Harris Lip
schitz, an American citizen, has been
murdered fn Haiti, according to ad
vices received today at the office of
Representative Siegel, New York.
Lipschitz was engaged in business
on the island, it was said.
Investigation has been ordered by
Major General Lejeune, command
ant of the marine corps.
Lipschitz went before the naval
court of inquiry investigating charg
es last fall against marines and ap
pealed unsuccessfully for modification
of an order by Colonel J. E. Rus
sell, brigade commander, by which
he was not permitted to proceed
from Pert Au Prince to the interior
to look after farm property.
Because of threats against his life
by Haitians, in connection with pre
vious land deals, Colonel Russell re
quired him to remain in the city,
holding that as a naturalized Amer
ican, serious trouble might result if
he should be killed.
Survivor of Monitor Dies
Philadelphia, June 15. John
Driscoll, 82, said to be sole sur
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Glaring Lights are Illegal
For the safety of the public and of motor car
users, the State of Nebraska has enacted a new
law against glaring headlights. '
Failure to obey the law is penalized by fine,
ranging as high as $100.
Only those lenses approved by the Secretary of
the Department of Public Works will be ac
cepted by the police as lawful.
Macbeth and Liberty lenses are lawful in
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, Western Automobile Supply Company
Master Sale Company, Inc.
Paxton & Gallagher U. S. Rubber Company .
Lee-Coit-Andreesen Hardware Company
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vivor of the U. S. S. Monitor, fa
mous for its battle with the con
federate ironclad Merrimac, is dead
U. S. to Collect $575,000,000
Income and Profits Taxes
Washington, June IS. The treas
ury expects to collect $575,000,000 to
morrow in income and profits taxes.
Balanced against the incoming money
the treasury has a bill of about $560,
000,000 to meet. Treasury certifi
cates totaling $430,000,000 mature to
morrow and the semi-annual interest
on the first liberty loan and victory
liberty loan aggregating about $130,
000,000, falls due.
To provide for its further require
ments the treasury is issuing about
$500,000,000 in three-year notes and
one-year certificates of indebtedness.
Order, on Public Speeches
Issued by Secretary Denby
Washington, June 15. Secretary
of the Navy Denby issued a general
order today relating to public utter
ances and writings by persons be
longing to the navy.
While the navy department will
maintain no censorship on discus
sions by navy men on professional
subjects, there will be limitations in
the regulations concerning utteranc
es on broader questions, such as for
eign relations, war plans and confi- j
dential matters.
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W. H. AHMANSON, President.
W. L. WILCOX, Vice President.
W.,A. SMITH, Vice President.
JAMES E. FOSTER, Sec.-Treaa.
MERRICK E. LEASE, Agency Supt.
LIBERTY LENS
Seven horizontal and tlx vertical prismt,
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The Macbeth-Evans Glass Company has re-'
ceived this authority from the State of Nebraska
to sell Macbeth and Liberty lenses:
May 23, 1921
This is to certify that the Macbeth and
Liberty lenses have been examined and
tested by this department and have
passed all requirements. This letter will
be your authority to sell these lenses un
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Yours very truly,
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Caution About Visor Lenses
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Reconstruction of
Arkansas River Levee
Presents Big Problem
Tueblo, Colo., June 15. The Ar
kansas river presents a tremendous
engineering undertaking.
This was the characterization of
the levee reconstruction program
made here today by James L. Savage,
designing engineer of the United
States reclamation service, who spent
yesterday making a preliminary
survey of the flood damage. Mr.
Savage declined to go into details.
Following a general roundup of
alleged "undesirable citizens" last
night and early this morning, 10
prisoners were fined by Municipal
Judge R. A. Lrossman this morn
ing. The soldiers at Camp Shoup were
being inoculated today against ty
phoid. Private Montgomery Budd, over
seas veteran, caused Lieut. Waldo F.
Wilson, adjutant at Camp Shoup, to
obey an order the lieutenant himself
had issued that regimental standards
which had been through the war "be
saluted at six paces" on every occa
sion. ' v
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