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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1921)
) I.W.W. Gang Robs And Beats Four Ex-Service Men "Wobblies" Said to Be Mis- treating Laborers Who Re fuse to Join Organization; One Arre6t Made. A squad of detectives from Cen tral police itation was dispatched to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne apolis & Omaha railroad yard? Sat urday afternoon to round up a gang of I. W, W. who were said to be causing trouble to train crews and robbing, beating and kicking off of trains laborers who refused to join their organization and pay a mem bership fee of $3 in exchange for a red card. With the exception of A! Hudson, Bisbce, Ariz., all the I. V. W. made their escape. There were said to be fully 300 men in the railroad yards, either on trains or waiting to catch a train out. Hudson was well sup plied with I. W. VV. literature and red membership cards, police said. Ex-Service Men Attacked. Four men, said to be ex-service men, were robbed and slugged yes terday afternoon when they refused to join the I. W. W. ranks, accord- ing to word received at detective headquarters. Ray Stennett, member of the American Legion at Gillham, Ark., was robbed of $30 and a watch. J. P. Howard, Clarendon, Ark., and M. B. Wilwouth, Benton, Ark., who were traveling together, were beaten and robbed when they refused to join. Howard lost $56 and Wil mouth, a former navy man, lost his watch and $3. G. D. Kernoham and E. R. Bivans, both of Fayetteville, Ark., were forced to sign, up before they were permitted to ride the train. Train crews report having serious trouble with the I. VV. W. At Lraig. Neb., 15 men were ejected from a moving train when the "wobblies" discovered that they were not mem bers of the organization. Acting Chief Pszanowski received word that a man named Will Ellis lias suffered the loss of a leg when thrown from a train at Tekamah, Neb., but hospital attendants at that place state that it was an accident. Railroad detectives report freight trains literally swarming with bums, the majority of them being members of the I. W. W. Hold Up Four Youths. Fremont, Neb., July 16 (Special.) Claiming that they had been held up by two 1. W. W.s armed with guns, who took away all their money, $14, while riding a freight train near North Bend, four young Oklahoma men applied to the police for some thing to eat. They stated that they were thrown from the speeding train after they had been robbed, as they were unable to show I. W. W. cards. They walked seven miles into Fre mont. They claim that they were enroute to South Dakota to get work in the fields, but were discouraged when they hit Sioux City and de cided to go back home. ? , w , States Attorney Refuses To Hold Woman for Murder Northport, N. Y.; July 17. De spite the request of Sheriff John Y. Kelly that Mrs. Helen B. Hemming be detained in connection with the killing of her husband, Henry G. Hemming, by the caretaker of her Duck Island estate Thursday night Assistant District Attorney Part ridge announced he would declina to cause her detention. Mr. Partridge said he was con vinced that Mrs. Hemming had tried to keep her husband away from her home and was unaware that the care taker, Frank Eberhardt, who killed himself after slaying the broker, had planned the shooting beforehand. The killing occurred after Hem ming, who had been estranged from his wife, met her in New York and insisted on accompanying her home over her objections. Tests for Presidential . Postmasters to Be Held Washington. July 17. (Special Telegram.) The postmaster general has requested the civil service com mission to set a date for examina tion for presidential postmasters at the following place: Nebraska Elwood, Emerson, Gothenburg, Homer, Hyannis, Kear ney, North Bend, Oconto, Oshkosh, Palisade, Rulo. Shelton, Shubert, Sutherland, Syracuse, Venango, Troy, Bartley, Bassett, Blue Hill, Brady, Broken Bow, Dannebrog, Doniphan. Iowa Charles City, Keswick, Nodaway, .Volga. South Dakota Elkton. Home Brew Purveyors Are Arrested in Night Raids Detectives were busy Saturday rounding up purveyors of home-made liquor. Among those brought to policf headquarters late Saturday night were: Marie Turner, 1819 Leavenworth street, charged with keeping a disorderly house. H. J. Parker and Dan Mooney, 701 South Sixteenth street, and Walter Stevens, 1701 Cass street, were charged with being inmates. Elaine Castle, 1609 Leavenworth street, was arrested on the same charge. At each place large quan tities of home brew were seized. Omaha Librarian Is Awarded Judgment On Insurance Policy Fremont, Neb, July 17. (Spe cial.) An interesting case in the su preme court came to an end when Mrs. Phil A. Echols, daughter of Superintendent of Schools A. H. Waterhouse, this city, was awarded the principal of a $5,000 policy taken out by her husband just before his death, upon which he gave a note for the first payment. The case was started two years ago in the district court and the plaintiff was upheld. TJie Mutual Life Insurance company appealed to the supreme court. They claimed that inasmuch as Echols had given a note for his hrst premium, which had not fallen due at the time of his death, they were excused from paying the face value of the policy to his wife, the beneficiary. The court decreed that the note business would have to be taken up with the agent who handled the policy at that time and that Echols was in no way responsible for the fact that the company had not received the cash at the time of his death. The decision also allowed Mrs. Echols $100 attorney fees. Mrs. Echols was recently appointed head of the children's department in the Omaha public library. Singer Asks $389,205 ' In Divorce Petition Chlraga Tribune-Omaha Rn fard Wins New York, July 17. Mme. Alma Clayburgh, operatic and concert singer, began suit on four separate causes of action against Albert Clay burgh, her husband. demanding sums that aggregate $389,205. Mme. Clayburgh alleges her hus band libelled her in answers to both of the suits which she brought against him in 1920 to enforce the terms of a separation agreement which they entered upon on October 21, 1916, alleging inconstancy on her part and setting forth that he had begun suit for divorce against her in this state, where there is but one statutory ground for such an action, and she asks damages in the sum of $150,000. In defending her good name as to such charges, she alleges, she ex pended $2,500 in the separation agreement action, and $8,923 in the divorce action. She also demands $75,000 as the value of household furnishings. Harding Finds Precedent for Stand on Bonus Grant .Vetoed Similar Bill in 1875 for Substantially Same Reasons Put Fourth by President Chiracs Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. Washington, July 17. President Harding has found a precedent for his course in urging delay on en actment of soldiers' bonus legisla tion. Following the shelving of the measure yesterday in the senate which precipitated one of the storm iest sessions in the history of that usually dignified body, the White House issued a statement showing that President Grant vetoed a sol diers' bonus bill because it would bave seriously embarrassed govern ment refunding operations in prog ress at the time. "President Grant," says the state ment issued at the White House, "in the spring of 1875, vetoed a soldiers' bonus bill, which had just been passed by Congress. In doing so. he presented reasons substantially the same as those urged by Presi dent Harding a few days ago when he appeared in the senate." The Grant veto follows: "To the house, of representatives: House bill 3341 is hereby re turned without my approval for the reasons, first, that it appropriates from the treasury a large sum of money at a time when the revenue is insufficient for current wants and this proposal is a further drain on the treasury. The issue of bonds authorized by the bill to a very large and indefinite amount, would seri ously embarras the refunding operations now progressing, where by the interest of the bonded debt of the United States is being largely reduced. "Second, I do not believe that any considerable portion of the ex soldier, who, it is supposed, will be beneficiaries of this appropriation are applicants for it, but rather it would result more in a measure for the relief of claim agents and middle men who would intervene to collect or discount the bounties granted by it. The passage of this bill at this time is inconsistent with the meas ures of economy now demanded by the necessities of the country. "Signed, "U. S. Grant." The measure would have given to each soldier 5100 per year for his service with, however, the deduc tion of whatever bounties he re ceived from either the federal gov ernment or his state. Estimates of expenditure ranged from $20,000,. 000 to $150,000,000. Fremont Man Seeks Lower Assessment Fremont, Neb., July 17. (Spe cial.) L. D. Richards, president of the Fremont Stock Yards and Land company, filed an appeal in the dis trict court requesting a decision forcing the board of supervisors to equalize all assessments in Dodge county. He declared that in justice to all, assessments in towns over 61 per cent should be reduced to correspond. There are townships as sessed as high as 88 per cent and none lower than 61. Fremont prop erty valuations are assessed at 71 per cent. The appeal comes as a result of the refusal of the Dodge county board to take action on the matter, saying that the work would be too much for the office. A dele gation of Fremonters appeared be fore the state board of equalization last week asking that the ruling should be placed in effect through out the state. Illness of Attorney Delays Stillman Case Yonkers, N. Y., July 17. John F. Brennan, counsel for Mrs. Anne U. Stillman in the divorce action brought by her husband, James A. Stillman, is suffering from pneu monia and will be confined to his bed for more than a month, it was said after a conference of physicians. He is 70 years old. V Grave fears are felt by close as sociates of the attorney because of his advanced years, although the physicians' announcement said his chances of recovery were favorable. His illness will delay further hear ings in the Stillman case, which was set for July 27. It is now thought that the case will not be resumed before September. 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Fraud upon the revenue by way of filing false and fraudulent tax re turns appears in many unique ways, bureau officials assert, borne tax payers are extremely crude in their methods and reduce their taxes by merely omitting large items of in come from their returns. Thus in one instance a prominent merchant in one of the larger cities owned and operated two stores. For three years, he omitted entirely from his returns, the income of one of two stores. In another instance a prominent man received approximately one half of his income as salary from a corporation of which he was presi dent and of which corporation he owned practically all of the stock. The corporation took his salary as a deduction and a necessary expense,; the man himself entirely omitted to report this salary, never thinking that the corporation's return would be checked on his individual return. During the past year many jail sentences have been imposed, rang ing from 60 days to one year, in ad dition to the fines and penalties. In dictments have been returned dur ing the past year in practically every section of the United States and many of the cases are now awaiting trial at the fall term. Not more than 25 per cent of the working force in any establishment in Canada shall cftnsist of either in experienced adults or young girls. Army Captain Fired From U. S. Service and Sentenced to Prison Chicago Trlbniia-Omaha Be leaacd W'ra. New York, July 17. Capt Bever ly Grayson Chew, veteran of the first division, was convicted by court martial of forgery, impersonating fellow officers, conduct unbecoming an ' officer and a gentleman, and other charges constituting a bill of 51 specifications for which he has been on trial at Governor s Island since May 16. He was sentenced to dismissal from the service of the United States and imprisoned for seven years at hard labor in a mill tary prison not yet named. The evidence involved ' Chew's wife, Marjorie Blanche, formerly of Richmond, Va., who has appeared on the stage and motion pictures as Jean H. Sothcrn. She was in dicted with him by a grand jury in Washington in December, 1920, for grand larceny. Both pleaded not guilty, and upon release on bail Cap tain Chew was turned over to the army authorities. LUCKY Cigarette No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky . Strike. Because Lucky Strike is the toasted cigarette. PHOTOPLAYS. PHOTOPLAYS. Shows at 11-1 -3-5 6:30-8-9:30 TODAY AND TUESDAY SEE IT AGAIN JACR5E CoofiAN f5 Reels BOY JOY VECk'Z BAD By KIDS WSf 15c TXH ADULTS "HP 25c r ' WEDNESDAY wi l i . ni a, for 4 days Ethel Clayton in "Sham" Railroad Wreck Gains Divorce for Chicagoan Chiracs Trtbun.-Omaha Bea Laaitd Wtra. Chicago, July 17. 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