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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. AUGUST 22, 1921. jOliiowa Holdup Mystery Solved By Woman in Case Signing Lovcr'a Name to Checks Give Police Tip Revenge for Refusal to Marry Says Man. Geneva, Neb., Aug. 2!. (Special.) Cherchez la femme. This motto of French detectives was overlooked by sleuths seeking to obtain the $300 reward offered by Chris Claussen, 80, for information leading to the arrest of the man who robbed him of $16 October 17, 1920. It remained for Lincoln police to connect the links of evidence that re sulted in William Staritz of Ohiowa being bound over to the district court by Justice of the Peace Hamilton here in connection with the robbery nearly a year after it happened. Anna Stejskal is the woman in the case. Two homes have been broken by her and now on her testimony her former lover is in jail. The tangled threads of the mystery began to unravel in Lincoln when police questioned the right of Anna to sign the name of Staritz to checks. Questioning by police brought out her life story and ended with the ar rest of Staritz charged with the rob bery. Anna first separated from her hus band, Frank Gerard. On her account Staritz and his wife then separated, dividing their property. At Stariti' hearing she testified that she accompanied him in an auto mobile to the home of the aged bachelor, who was reported to have a large sum of money in his posses sion. It is said he deposited the money on the day of the robbery. She testified that she attempted to prevent him going into the house, but that he ordered her to remain in the car and started toward the house alone. Before going, she told the court, he tied a handkerchief over his face. Staritz claims that the woman made up the story out of revenge, because he refused to marry her. All of the principals reside "near Ohiowa. Des Moines Policeman Exonerated for Death Of Woman by Jury Des Moines, la., Aug. 21. (Special Telegram.) Police Officer Don Par rott was exonerated of the death of Mrs. August Hast. August 16, by a coroner's jury. Mrs. Hast was killed by a revolver shot fired by Tarrott at 3 in the morning as she was standing at the window of her home. . Parrott wa firing in the air to stop M. T. Jopes, a bus driver, who ran when Parrott accosted him from the police car. Jones thought Par rot and Officer Hardenbrook, who was with him, were holdup men. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Parrott was at the time in perform ance of his duties as an officer, that the killing of Mrs. Hast was acciden tal and that no blame attached to Parrott's action. ; Mrs. W. A. Crozier had a nar row escape from being shot at the time of Mrs. Hast's death. Like Mrs. Hast, she ran to her window, attracted by the shooting just as a bullets hattered the window jamb where she was standing. , Money Found Among Papers of Bank Teller Denver, Aug. 21. Two thousand dollars in currency was found today in an envelope among some old paper belonging to Edwin F. Morse, former head teller at the Interna tional Trust company here, who is missing and charged in a federal warrant with having absconded with more than $75,000 of the bank's funds- , , r The money was found by Mrs. Morse, the missing teller's invalid wife, according to John Evans, pres ident of the trust company, who said the young woman came to the bank and returned it. Mrs. Morse said the envelope containing the money had been given to her by Mr. Morse along with other per sonal effects. The finding of the $2,000 today accounts for more than $3,000 of the funds Morse is accused of having stolen. Iowa Rail Commisiioners Nephew -Killed in Plane Waucoma, la., Aug. 21.-(Special Telegram;) Ross Bright, 24, and the pilot of an airplane in which he was riding were killed at Preston. Minn. Bright was the nephew of State Railroad Commisisoner Charles Webster. He was the proprietor of moving picture theaters at Waucoma and Preston, His neck and both arms were broken in the fall. Steamships Arrtvnls. San Francisco, Aug. 20. Kiyo Maru, Karatsu; Buckeye Stat. Baltimore. Cenola, Aug. IS. San Giorgio, New Tork. Plymouth, Aug. 20 Minna Kahada, New York. Cherbourg, Aug. 10. Olympic, New Tork. Tokohama, Aug. 17. Saleir, San Fran ciaco for Batavla. Adelaide, .Aug. II. Weat Hl-ton, Seat tle, i Liverpool, Aug. II. Melwu Maru, Port land, Ore. Hankow, Aug. IS. Siberia Maru, San Franciaco. Boaton, Aug. .0 Andrea F. Lucken bach. San Franciaco. Philadelphia, Aug. 10. Clemenca C. Morria, Seattle. Norfolk, Aug. 20. Ralfku Maru, Port land. Southampton, Aug. JO. Olympic, New Tork, Departure. St. Michaele, Aug. Aaia. New Tork. Constantinople, Aug. JO. Qui DJemal, Nw Tork. New Tork. Aug. 10. Albany, Liverpool; Noordam. Rotterdam; Algeria, Olaagow; Celtic Liverpool; Lapland. Antwerp; Stockholm. Qothenberg; Niagara, Havre; Fatrla. Naplea and Marseilles. Liverpool. Aug. 10. Cedrie, New Tork. Hongkong. Aug. IT. City of. Spokane, Tteoma. Shanghai, Aug. IT. Tal Yomaru, San Franciaco. Tokohama, Aug. IT. China, San Fran cisco. . . Xew Orleans. Aug. JO. Dramatist, San Francisco; Steel Exporter, Seattle. Fensacola, Aug. 20. Abertatalla IX. Genoa- Wife of "Soap King" Blames Mother-in-Law fit V ii i V m - n Y.l: ft , j ; Mr According to Mrs. William Col- pate, who, at ban Diego, Cal., sued the "Soap King" for divorce, charg ing desertion, "it was too much mother-in-law, too much Mrs. Wil liam Hoyt Colgate, sr." "I felt she was hostile," said the youtfiful but sad-faced complainant as the chubby William Hoyt Col gate, 3d, played on her knee, so I decided to ask her the reason, and she said: "I hate you because you stole my son's love from me." I he fair divorcerseeker alleges that the mother-inlaw "nagged" her on every occasion. Mrs. Colgate says she has not seen her husband for two years. Although she is prac tically without funds, she wants none of the Colgate money, excepting $50 a month to support her son. Lone Bandit Rifles Bank Vault of $17,249 In Daylight Holdup Bay City, Mich., Aug. 21. A lone bandit held up the Farmers' State Savings bank at Kawkawlin, about five miles north of here, shortly be fore closing time Saturday after noon, locked the cashier and his as sistant in the bank vault and es caped with cash and Liberty bonds amounting to $1749. , The robbery occurred a few min utes before 3 o'ciock. The bandit, a stranger who is said to have ap peared in the bank on one previous occasion about a week ago, asked to have a dollar's worth of nickels. As the cashier turned to accommo date him, he found himself facing two revolvers. The bandit made his way into the cashier's cage, forced that official to tie the hands of his assistant and marched both into the vault, where he put all visible cash and the Liberty bonds into a suit cas'e. He then locked the vault door, with the two bank employes inside and made his escape. The robbery was not discovered until nearly three hours later and the cashier and his assistant were nearly suffocated. Final Vote on Senate Farmers' Relief Bill Scheduled for Monday Washington, Aug. 21. General debate in the house on the senate agricultural relief bill was completed Saturday, with a vote on passage scheduled for. Monday. When the house adjourned a mo tion by Representative Wingo, dem ocrat, Arkansas, to recommit the measure was pending. He contended provisions should be added to author ize the war finance corporation to purchase $200,000,000 of farm loan bonds and to make loans directly to agricultural producers. The bill would make $1,000,000,000 available to the corporation for facili tating the exportation of farm pro ducts. A number of changes have been made in it by the house and if passed, the measure will go to con ference. Representative Luce, republican, Massachusetts, assailed the bill, charging that it would work out to the benefit of the German manufac turers in "their new commercial war fare." ' Reds Working to Bring About Revolt in U. S. (Continued From l'aie One.) county, New Jersey. Stumps were used for seats. Before it ended the 66 delegates engaged in a free-for-all fight. Recruiting Members. Since then meetings have been held in lofts, old warehouses and boarding houses patronized solely by foreigners. Care is being taken to admit no "boobs" to membership, meaning anyone who is bothered by scruples or loyalty to the United States by family ties, bonds of friendship or anything else that would cause him to hesitate to obey the orders to destroy. The Wall street bomb explosion and botnbs.sent through the mails recently are examples of the perils of complacency. Close watch is be ing kept upon these plotters, but it is admitted they are growing stronger all the time. The bolshe vists are not gaining many recruits among the negroes, the great ma jority of whom remain loyal to the United States, but the cities are proving a fruitful field. 19 Lawyers File Mandamus To Get Soldier Position Des Moines, Aug. 21. (Special Telegram.) The 19 attorneys for Fred C. McCutchen filed a petition in the district court asking manda mus compelling W. J. Burbank, treasurer of state, and other mem bers of the executive council to place McCutchen in the position of assis tant treasurer of state, in place of McCoy, recently appointed. The soldiers' preference law is the basis of McCutchen's claim. Hearing will come up in district court during Sep tember term. An investment that pays big dividends Bee want ads. Harding Replies To Criticism M Shipj )iii2 Board 1 1 President Says Present Tangle Is Wholly Inheritance From Previous Administration, In Letter to Jones. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 21. President Harding today went to the aid of the shipping board and undertook to answer the storm of criticism i which broke in the senate, largely on the democratic side, against he man agement of the American mercantile marine. He wrote a letter to Senator Jones of Washington, chairman of the senate commerce committee, in which he conceded the existence of "an intolerable state of affairs" and bluntly charged that it "is wholly an inheritance from the previous ad ministration." The letter was read into the record in connection with the debate on the pending bill ap propriating $48,500,000 to begin cleaning up the deficit in the ship ping administration's financial situ- ation. Af tlio cam time Chairman Las- ker of the shipping board wrote a letter to Senator McCormick of Illi- i nois, in which he responded to the demands of senators tor a reaen nition of the administration's mer chant marine policy. . Mr. Lasker insisted that his orig inal estimate that the shipping board needed $500,000,000 to car up debts inherited from the previous admin istration was correct. President Harding praised Mr Lasker's work highly and defended his practice of employing capable and j costly legal talent to detena me gov ernment in the pending claim suits aggregating $200,000,000. He also insisted that "overpayment" had been avoided in the selection of experts to advise the shipping board. He de clared that the shipping board would require the services of the most ca pable shipping men thai could be found to help untangle the condition of affairs, "which have shocked the country and given the congress such great concern." Following the reading of the presi dent's letter, the senate adjourned until Monday without acting on the shipping bill. No Estate Left by Wife Of "Bill" Haywood San Francisco, Aug. 21. Mrs. Jane Minor Haywood, wife of William D. Haywood, former leader of the In dustrial Workers of the World, who fled to Russia to escape a 20 years' prison sentence and. a $15,000 fine for conspiracy to obstruct the govern ment's war efforts, left no estate when she died at Winnemucca, Nev., two years ago, it became known here to day. This would dispose of any chance that United States District Attorney F. Clyne of Chicago might have had in attempting to collect the fine from her estate. News dispatches last Monday from Chicago said that Mr. Clyne was con templating action to recover the fine because Mrs. Haywood died without leading a will and under such cir cumstances the Nevada law awards one-third of the estate to the hus band. Haywood left his wife and two children many years asro. but so tar as known they never were di vorced. ,.; , Man Sells Theaters To Enter Ministry Chicago Tribune-Omaha, Be Leased Wire. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 21 Arthur B. Merriman, owner and manager of the Arcadia, Alcazar and Frank lin theaters here, has disposed of all three play houses and annouanced he will study for the Episcopal min istry. Merriman says the screens preach their silent sermons every day, but he does not believe they are reach ing as many people-as possible. The screen sermons cried out to him to speak for them, he says; When a youth, Merriman says, he wanted to enter the ministry, but lacked funds. ; $1 e had graduated from college, but-instead of prepar ing to become a divinity 'student, he gave tip his plans on the advice of friends. He came here 10 years ago and entered the motion picture field. 1816 Diary Reveals N. Y. Had Snow-Bound Summer Naples, N. Y., Aug. 21. Perliaps if the citizen of today had been on earth in the year 1816, especially in the summer of that period, he would not be peeved so easily over a sud den rise in the temperature. It has been revealed in a diary which was handed down from an earlier gen eration to John P. Coons, who re cently died here, that the summer of 1816 was one of "ice and desola tion." In June of this yeai, reads the diary, ice a half inch thick formed on the streams in Ontario county and snow to a depth of three inches was recorded. The crops were destroyed and people wore heavy, winter cloth ing. In the home grates and ye old iron stoves brightly burned the one, two and three feet cut oak and hickory logs to keep the cold out. There was much suffering. So se vere was the frost that the efforts of farmers to raise crops were futile. The remaining "left over" from the 1815 corn crops brought $5 a bush el. Breadstuffs were prohibitive in price. The "cold and icy" weather con tinued more or less, until September of 1816, says the diary, which also makes known that the people "imag ined that the heat of the sun had be come exhausted." Californian Finds Brother After Search of 20 Yean St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21. Herman J. Schutte of Los Angeles has found his brother, Frank, after 20 years of searching. A story in a local news paper announced that Herman was here searching for his brother, from whom he received a last letter 20 years ago. Frank, a railroad man, read the story. He found his brother. Prayers for Famine Sufferers Offered iii All Moscow Churches Religious Holiday Turned Into Gale Occasion by Inhabitants of Russian City Maimed Soldiers Line Streets, Asking for Alms. By FLOYD GIBBONS. Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright, Moscow, Aug. 21. Prayers for the relief of the famine and cholera suf ferers were offered today in all the 1,600 churches in Moscow. Today was a religious holiday and the gov ernment offices were closed. Crowds packed the streets, parks and churches. Everyone was arrayed in his best gala attire, the men with clean white shirts worn outside the trousers, and the women in white dresses, waists and men's half hose, which seem to have become regular feminine attire, due to the shortage,' if not total absence, of long stock ings. Maimed soldiers, cripples and beg gars in rags were lined tip in front of the churches, asking alms. Old men and women carrying trays sold chunks of black bread, a few white rolls, apples, plums, pears and eggs along the streets. Everybody seemed to be munching something, but in a two-hour drosky ride around the city, costing 80,000 roubles, my driver was not able to find a single restaurant at which a meal could be obtained, although two or three were reported in existence since the gov ernment lifted the ban on the private sale of food. Absence of Drinking Noted. While thousands of bells, chimes and gongs peated Out their tidings from the gilded domes and towers, thousands took advantage of the warm sunshine by bathing in the Moscow river, which was dotted from bank to bank through the cen ter of the city with gleaming pink bodies, undaunted by the bathing suit famine. Old residents remarked on the total absence of drunkenness ; or drinking, which was the fashion the subject of America's future re in the old days before prohibition. Ilation with Russia. New Evidence in Kennedy Murder Case Exacted Attorney for Defendants Pre dicts Burch Will Be Able To Establish Com plete Alibi. Los Angeles, Aug. 21. Prediction that a "complete alibi" would be es tablished for Arthur C. Burch, in dicted with Mrs. Madelynne Oben chain for the alleged murder of J. Belton Kennedy, was made by Richard Kittrelle. of counsel for the defendants. The attorney did not ! go into details, but said he was con fident Burch would be able to ac count for every moment of his time on the night of August 5, when Ken nedy was shot to death. The case against Mrs. Obenchain, he said, would fall because "there was no evidence to convict her." A conference between Kittrelle, his partner, Paul W. Schenck, and Kalph K. Obenchain, former hus- j band and attorney for Madelynne unenctiain, will be held tomorrow, it was stated, to prepare for the ap pearance of the defendants in court Monday to plead to the indictment. Another development was the an- nouncement of Obenchain that he 1 would demand that the prosecution produce letters he declared were in the possession of J. D. Kennedy, father of the dead man. He did not indicate what the letters were, except to say he believed they had an "im portant bearing" on the case. At the district attorney's office it was said no information had been re ceived of any letters of this kind. R. C.' King. a gunsmith' who was reported to have identified a gun- . . r v . . U C a 1 P ,uumi ""."'ccji-u -i July 2, said he had discovered there were- discrepancies and he believed the two were not identical. Plans to have him confront Burch were abandoned by the sheriff's office. The prosecution contends Bnrch was i seen the jiight of the shooting near the point where the gunstock was found on the beach. Cautious Citizens Ask To Have Liquor Tested New York, Aug. 21 Cautious citizens bearing samples of their nrivatA stnr- ifrArA ths envprn- ment's liquor testing laboratory in ' electrical engineer, comes here Sep the federal buildinif todav and im- I ttrrber 1 as superintendent of dis- plored the chemists to test the stuff t .. s ". . i n at once. They had heard reports that the government was to place its facilities at the disposal of citi zens to save the public from the consequences of drinking wood al cohol and the like. None was bold enough to bring more than an ounce or two in a bottle. Chief Chemist R. A. Edson told them that he had received no au thority from Washington to make such tests and turned them away. Tourists Camping Park Planned at Plattsmouth Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 21. (Special.) The city council is ar ranging to purchase additional acre age adjoining its undeveloped park I on Washington avenue, over which cars passing through town on the! Knn . , . ... . I . 1. travel, and providing a tour . lSt Camping ground as Well as a municipal children's playground. Garfield park, located in another part of the city, will also be con tinued. A movement is on foot to name the new park Edward Ripple -..l ,. 'j r . . i v.. fm J" HVIlU't Ul WS33 V.UUIIIJ a nisi soldier killed in the world war. Postmasters Appointed Washington, Aug. gram. ) Postmasters ed as follows: 20. (Special Tele have been appoint- Nebraska Louis Winkley at Burress, Fillmore county, vice D, D. Uutcher. re signed. Iowa Agnes Rochelle st Linby, Jeffer son county, vice R. L. Scott, resigned; Jay F. Batten at Olmlts, Luce county, vice Lela Kirkman, resigned. Wyoming Ruth L. Burnett at Crow heart, Fremont county, vice A. Darnsll, resigned, As yet I have received no au thentic news from the famine area. The American and English depart ment of the soviet foreign office says no news has been received. Re quests for permission to travel to the Volga region during the last two days have all been deferred, await ing action, but the foreign office is not able to promise a date for de parture. Railways in Bad Shape. The government attributes the de lay to difficulties of transportation. However, government officials ex press fear that when the actual fam ine conditions are witnessed by for eign observers and published, the world will quickly attribute the en tire tragedy to the bolsheyist gov ernment, which is now taking pains to point out to the correspondents that famines have been the rule in Russia for centuries. They declare that the situation is especially bad now because of the condition of the railways which were not able to cope with the country's needs be fore the war, while at present they are only a shadow of their former selves by reason of seven years of internal and external fighting. Opposed to this view of the sit uation is the fact that as far as I am' able to ascertain, no American observer has yet inspected the fam ine area to discover whether condi tions are as bad as reported, or worse. Although the workers in the gov ernment offices in Moscow are turn ing in their gold and silver orna ments to help the famine sufferers, I have found that the official circles are more interested in the political situation. All discussions of the famine question, are coubled with Huge Sums to Be Spent In United States For Russian Relief , Work Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 21. Under American relief plans for the starv ing people of Russia, large sums of money are to be spent in the-United States immediately for cereals! and other foods, according , ..to an, an nouncement by Secretary : of Com merce Hoover who has charge of the American Relief administration. Most of the food supplies for the great undertaking will .be purchased i this country and it is estimated hat the final outlay needed will total $10,000,000, which include the expen ditures of administration abroad. Officials ;.of the relief administra tion were arranging today for the charter of several steamships at New Yo.k to carfy t.he food cargoes. Plans are being made bv Secre tary Hoover for a meeting next week of representatives of principal Amer ican organizations that are to co operate in the Russian, relief plan. New Trolly Franchise Is Proposed in Des Moines Des Moines, la., Aug. 21. F. C. Chambers, receiver for the Des Moines City Railway company, and representatives of. its - bondholders met with members "of the retail merchants .committee and submitted a draft of a proposed new franchise written by attorneys for A. VV. Harris interest at Chicago. Cham bers, declined to discuss the pro posal, but said that it anticipated a new 25-year contract with the city. It is generally, predicted that Des Moines will be without street cars for several more days at least. Railroads Announce Cut In Rate on Canned Goods Spokane, Aug. 21. Marked re ductions in freight rates on canned goods, dried fruits and vegetables, noe o n -I Kaimo -1i.. A Iava J'vbj oiiu yvoua in vai luau iui3, .shipped from Spokane territory to eastern points, were announced by transcontinental railroads. They will be effective August 22. The rates affect shipments from Spokane, Walla Walla, Yakima and rnact nmnt tn all Mctprn trritrtrw extending from St. Paul;,Omaha and Denver to the Atlantic seaboard, it was announced. v Plattsmouth Youth Will Have Charge of Power Plant Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) W. K. Fox, jrV a Platts mouth boy, who has been employed Dy the Uregon rower company as tribution in the employ of the Ne braska Gas and Electric company. Since leaving Oregon several months ago Mr. Fox has been connected with the company at Stella in a like capacity. Ohio Man Commits Suicide In Denver Sanitarium Denver, Aug. 21. Frank T. Bau hof, . Alliance (O.) business man, ended his life today by sending a bullet through the roof of his mouth as he sat in a window.at a local san itarium. Jnnge-Calstrom. Bigsprlng, Neb. Mayor George E. Junge Papiiuon. ',. , ,,.. Held-LAdner. DeWltt. Neb. Miss Lauretta Ladner nf De-Witt and D,le Reld of Swaiuon were Rev. E. L. Jeambly. They were attended by the bride's sister. Miss Blanche Lad ner, and Edward Reld, brother of tho groom. The bride wore a charming gown ot white satin and georgette. Her veil of tull c wa" held m place by ash I lilies of the valley and she carried a' boquet of white Ophelia roses. Miss Lad ner graduated from the DeWitt High school last year. Mr. Reld is a farmer living near Swanton. After the ceremony a lovely three-course luncheon was served at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mra. John Ladner. Immediately after the young couple left on a motor trip to Kansas. Fowler-Thnden. Leigh, Neb. Percy Fowler and Miss Helen Thaden were married at the Catho lic church at Howella. Immediately after the ceremony they returned to Leign where a wedding dinner was served et the home of the bride's brother. They left the same day for Colorado points, where they will spend their honeymoon, i Weddings Deaths Mm. Swan Benson. Fremont, Neb, Funeral services for Mra Swan Benson, who died ot diabetes were held In the Baptist church. Mrs. Benson had been 111 tor several months and Just recently suffered a stroke ot paralysis, Mra, C. K. Schaeffrr. Fremont. Neb. Mrs. C. R. Schaeffer. 67, died August 16 following a prolonged illness. 8he was born In West Prussia and came to Nebraska with her parents at the age of 9. The family formerly resided at West Point, She Is survived by her husband and two dsughtera. She was married In Fremont In 1SSI and hns made her home in this city since that time. Be. F. C. Bachemeler. Fremont. Nob. Rev. Frederick Chris tian Haehemeler, IS, former paator of the Evangelical association of Fremont, .died at his home In Elmwood. Henry Schwada. Fremont, Neb. Henry Schwade. 20, died at the Fremont hospital following several 'operations for an abscess on the lungs. He had been a patient In the hospital for four weeks and has been seriously 111 for three months. He was born In Fontenelle, Neb., and lived there until tha time of hla death. He Is sur vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schwade; two brothers, I. eland and Chas ter; one sister, Mrs. Lloyd Depew, all of Fontenelle. Ttoseoe Nimmerad. (remoajt, Neb. Roscoe Hlmmernd died August 14 at the home of his brother-in-law, Harry Padden, four miles weat of Fremont. The young man was born In Springfield. Neb., January 12, 1883, and has been an Invalid hla entire life from epitepsey. The body was taken to Al bion for burial. fleorge tllbson. Fremont, Neb. A huge crowd attend ed the funeral of Oeorge Gibson, held In the Christian church here August 14. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Buss. Many friends from out of town were In attendance. The pallbear ers were A. W. Murphy, J. Howard Heine, D. J. Springer. Henry Nlebaum. Francis Jensen and 'William Meyer of Hooper. Mrs. Charlotte Beadlnger. West Point, Neb. Mrs. Charlotte Read inger has received a telegram from tha government stating that the body of her son, Douglas, who died of wounds re ceived In France, would arrive in New Tork, August 25. He died on September 27, 1918. He held the rank of sergeant major of Company 1) of the 364th In fantry. Mis Anna Nelman. West Polpt, Neb. Miss Anna Nelman, 60, died at her home In this city. Fu neral services were held at the Evangeli cal Lutheran church, Rev. Strauss offi ciating. William Bettenhausen. West Point. Neb. Word was received by William BeCtenhausen. sr., that the ' body of hla son, William, haa been sent i S C. 1 .1 -...-!.. T U young man died November 7. 118 from wounds received on the battle field. . Peter Younger. Geneva, . Neb. The funeral of Peter Youngers, who died at hla summer home In Mercer, Wis., was held in Geneva. The sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas Griffiths of Columbus and the Maaonlc lodge was In charge of tha service. Mr. Youngers was a pioneer resident of Fill more county, having came here from New York In 1871. He was known throughout the state and the west because of the nursery buslnesa conducted at Geneva for many years In partnership with A. J. Brown. Mr. Youngers was president of the state board of agricul ture for two terms and a member of the board seven years. He had been treas urer of the state horticultural society for 83 years. The funeral was probably th largest ever held here. Mr. Youngers Is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. R. A. Burns of Geneva and Mrs. Lionel Henkle, who divides r.'er time be tween Kearney and Geneva. Chris Pari I. Pawnee City. Neb. Chris Pari! 78. one of the old prominent settlers of this section, died at his country horns siuth of hero. Funeral services were held in the Ijnited Brethren church; south of Pawnee City. .... Mrs. Wertzbaugh. York, Neb. Mrs. L, M. Wertzbaugh, 30, died at the family home here. Mrs. Wertzbaugh was the daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. B. V. Woods and was born In York, She Is survived by her husband, fatjicr and mother, besides eix children, the youngest being only 12 days old. Mrs. 3. B. Leaher. Grand Island, Neb. Mrs. J. B. Lesher died at her home here after an extend ed illness. Funeral services were held in the home Sunday. . . William ,1. Morcumb. Grand Island Neb. Funeral aervlots for William J. Morcumb, 30. who died of typhoid fever at Laa Cruces, N. M., were held in this city. Babjr Blxennuui. Grand Island, Neb.-The Infant daugh ter of Mr. and "Mrs. John Blxenir.an, 11 months, died In this city following a short Illness. Funeral services were held Jn St. Marys Catholic churcn. . F(dna Grace Mofflt. Grand Island, Neb. Edna Uraco Mof fit, 21 died here. She cam to Grand Island recently from Colorado. The body was taken to Marquette, Is'eb., for in terment. Lagrange Haney. Beatrice, Neb. Mrs. Sadie B. Haney received a telegram from the War de partment stating that the body of hf husband. Lagrange Haney, the first Gage county man to fall on the battlefield In France, had reached an eastern port and would be brought here for burial. He was a member of Company n, 23d In fantry. He was a son of William Haney of this city. Mrs. A. B. Harrington. Pawnee City, Neb. Mrs. A. B. JIar rington died at her home in University Place. With her husband, who is now dead, and her two sons and their fami lies she lived In Pawnee City for many years. Elbert II. Taylor. Fawnee City, Neb. Word has been re relved here that the body of Elbert H. Taylor, son of W. B. Taylor of this city, who died in Franco during the war, will arrive at Ilobokcn, N. J., August 25. It will be split to Urecnleaf, Kan., for bur ial. Taylor died in a French hospital from the flu. Aivah L. Hloan. Gibbon, Neb. The body of Alvah L, Sloan, te first soldier from this com munity to be killed in action In France during the world war, was brought to Gibbon for burial. The young man was killed during a battle at Avrlncourt, France, in August, 1918, while serving as a mounted orderly. Shelton post No, 297, American Legion, will have charge of the services, which are to be held In the Davis park at Gib bon Sunday. A military escort will ac company the body to Gibbon and it will be burled with full military honors. William Koby. Callaway, Neb. Word has been re ceived here of the death of William Roby, a farmer living west of here. . Mrs. Carl Hofferrr. West Point, Neb. Word has been re ceived here of the death of Mrs. Carl Hofferer, 80, who died at C'relghton. She was the mother of Mrs. Henry Schwed helm of this city. A. i. Huxford. Central City, Neb. A, J. Huxford, old time settler of Merrick county, died at tha home of his son, Charles Huxford In this city, . Mr,, Huxford and his family came to this county in 1871 and settled just out side Central City. He Is survived by two sons and five daughters. '. It. Armstrong. Wymote, Neb. C. B. Armstrong, "4. a retired engineer, died at his home here. V formerly lived at Hanover, Kan., and the body was taken there for burial. Timothy Lee. Wymore, Neb. Timothy Lee, 73. a pio neer of Gage county, living near Wymore. died after a prolonged illness. He is survived by hla wife and a number of children. Mrs. P. A. Hendricks. Tork, Neb. Mrs. P. A. Hendricks of McCool, died at the Clinic hospital after a lingering Illness. She was born in Tork county. " " ' ' Mrs. E. P. Curran. Tork. Neb. Word was received here that Mrs. E. P. Curran died suddenly at Ureeley, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Curran were residents of this city for a number of yesrs, Mr. Curran was editor of tho News-Times. J. II. Halroyd. Beatrice, Neb. J. B. Halroyd, 74, for mer resident of the Pickreil vicinity, died at his home in Kansas atler a brief III ress. The funeral was held at Pickreil and burial was in the Dunltard cemetery near there. Mrs. August Llnlilad. Beatrice. Neb. Mrs. Auguwt Llnblad, old resident of Beatrice, died at hor home after a prolonged Illness. She lost her Further Arrests In "Death Ring" ' Expected Soon Confession by New York Pris oner Likely to Lead to Ap prebension of Six Mur derers at Detroit. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Ilea Lmaed Wire. New York, Aug. 21 The next blow at the Camorra in this country will be struck at Detroit, where it is believed that six murderers will be rounded up within the next 24 hours, according to a statement is sued late today by Acting Captain Michael Fiaschetti, head of the New York Italian squad. Lieut. Bert Mcl'herson, head of Detroit's Italian squad, who with Fiaschetti, questioned Bartolo Fon tano, today wired his chief informa tion that is expected to lead to the campaign against the death ring there. It is said that a number of murders were explained today, including those of Lieut. Joseph Petrosino, head of the Italian squad here, who was killed in 1907, and Sergt. Emmanuel Rogers of the Detroit police, who was slain there several years ago. Authorities are not convinced that confessions made by Bartola Fon tano concerning the activities of the Bonventre gang of "good killers," are true in all respects. Lieutenant McPherson, who has had several conferences with Fontano, said that investigations in Detroit bear out Fontano's disclosures in practically every respect. In addition to the numerous murders in and around De troit, the Bonaventre gang engaged in arson on a large scale. Merchants whose business was languishing, would insure their stocks or alleged stocks, for all they could get and hire members of the gang to burn the stores. 'Mike' Wren Held in Clarinda On Charge of Murder Clarinda, la., Aug. 21. Raymond . (Mike) Wren is in the county jail here charged with the murder of j Ross Hammond of Baker, Cre., near j Brad-lyville, three weeks ago. He was ' night from St. Joseph, Mo., 1 by t Harry Borland on re qui papers charging simply "mui r." Wren's atorncys had fought a first degree murder charge. Captain of Schooner Is Killed by Japanese Cool San Francisco, Aug. 21. Captain McCarron of the schooner Sophie Christensen was killed at sea in a fight with his Japanese cook and the cook in turn killed by officers of the vessel, which put in port here today in a leaking condition, members of the crew said tonight. The schooner was en route from Gray's Harbor to Callao. sight some time ago and never fully re covered from injuries she received by falling down stairs. Her husband an one son, Charles, survive, John F. Black. McCook, Neb. Word comes from Flor ida of the death recently in West Palrn Beach of John F. Black, ona of the earli est settlers of Red Willow county. Mr. Black was ona of the Red Willow colony that settled on Red Willow creek in 187. before Red Willow county was organised. He was a member of the hoard of di rectors of the Republican Valley company, of which J,' Sterling Morton was tha vlca president. Fred Araholt. Beatrice. Neb. Fred Arnholt of Un coin, 75,. traveling representative of the American Life Insurance company, died suddenly in his room at the Butler hotel here of acute Indigestion. The body was laaen to Lincoln lor Durtal. Lucius Dewltt tor. Nelson, Neb. The funeral of Lucius uowitt Joy, one of the pioneers of Nuck oils county, was held in the Methodist church at Oak. Ha was a nativa of Mich igan and came to Nebraska in an early uay. xxis wire ana live cnuaren survive mm. William TannM Beatrice. Neb. William Tanner. 2. dIo. neer of Cage county, died at the home or ins sister, airs, j, li. Hollingworth. Mr. Tanner recently located in Denver, tut was seized -with heart trouble a few weeks ago and returned to Beatrice at the advloe of bis physician. He lived on a farm east of Beatrice, and before going to j-rnver mil uvea in ine county continu ously for 62 years, A widow and two children survive. Dr. .1. W. McRlbhin. Beatrice. Neb. Funeral services for Pr J. W. McKibbin, pioneer physician of Ad. ams, who died suddenly at his borne, were held on the lawn at his place, con ducted by the Revs. Poole and Elliott. The Masons had charge of the xervlcrs ai me grave in Adams cemetery. Friends from Lincoln. Beatrice and other points in this section of the state attended the services. The pallbearers were J. II Kauffman. W. P.. Shaw, M. H. Smidt, II. T. Francis. J. B. Zuver and F. B. Draper, all old friends and business associates. Mrs. John Relsrh. Lyons, Neb. Mrs. John Reisch, pioneer settler of this place, died at her home south of Lyons. Harvey I.rmlg. Lyons, Neb. Tho body of Harvey Len Ig arrived here from France where he was wounded In tattle and died October, 12, 1111. He was a member of Company O. 125th infantry. He was buried with military honors Sunday. The services were in charge of the American Legion. His mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lenlg. live here. Mrs. r. E. Kringle. I Atlantic. Ia., Aug. 21. (Special Tele gram.) Mrs. C. E. Kringle, wife of the ' auditor or Cass county, died in a hospital here following an operation for appendi citis. She had been in poor health for several weeks. Mrs. Krlngel Is survived by her husband and several children. Two sons. Glen and Carl, served over seas with Company M of the 188th Iowa of the Rainbow division. Isaac Hntton. Atlantic, la. Isaac Sutton. 70. pioneer of Atlantic, dropped dead at the home of his son-in-law, John J. Rapp, assistant postmaster. Mr. Sutton came to Atlan tic a half century ago and for many years was engaged in business as a con tractor and builder. Arthur C. Ilendrlekson. Gothenburg. Neb. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Svea Dal church for Private Arthur C. Hendrlckeon whose body arrived last week from overseas. Hendrlckeon died in France January 30, 191. He is survived by a mother, a brother and a sister. Jack Bennestson. Shelton. Neb. Jack, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bennotson, died of infantile paralvsls. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and the body taken to Grand Island for burial. Mrs. E. K. Von Nostran. Leigh, Neb. The body of Mrs. E. E. Van Nostran. one of the early pioneer women of Colfax county, was brought here for burial frem Los Angeles, Cel., where she died. Funerst services were conducted by Rev. Inglls. Mrs. Susan Oldershaw. Sidney, Neb. Mrs. Susan Oldershaw, S3, dropped dead at the door of hr home of heart failure. Mrs, Oldrshaw had lived in Sidney 40 years. She is sur vived by three daughters. Thoa. H. Thompson. Sidney, Neb.- Thos. B. Thompson. 07. died of cancer at his home in Sidney after an illness of several months. He is survived by four sons snd one daughter beside his widow. He had been a resident of Sidney lor several years. State Attorney Wins . . First Skirmish In I Chicago Bank Case Chicago Tribune-Omaha He laed Wire. Chicago, Aug. 21. States Attor ney Koiert t. t..rowe today won inc first legal step in the fight to de termine whether certain officials of the Michigan Avenue Trust cotn nanv should he held criminally liable along with Warren G. Spurgin, missing bank president, for tlie em bezzlement of $1,250,000' from the in stitution. All books and records of the bank, together with correspondence and telegrams, some of which may have been received since Spurgin departed, were ordered turned over to assistant states attorneys by Chief Justice McDonald. In a petition filed early today before the chief justice, Mr. Crowe declared he had reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a number of crimes have been com mited by persons other than Mr. Spurgin and that an investigation was being made to detective the ex act persons guilty. Deputies and Slate Troops . Guard Knoxville City Jail Knoxville, Tenn., Atttf. 21. With the vicinity of the court house and county jail under heavy guard of po lice, deputies and National guards men, the authorities expressed confi dence that there would be no repeti tion of disorders when at least 28 persons were wounded as a crowd advanced upon the jail with the avowed purpose of demanding a ne gro prisoner held as a suspect for assault on a white woman. Of the 23 persons known to have been wounded 26 were "sent to hos pitals. One was discharged and two ethers were able to go to their homes. Of those remaining Clarence Leak and I. E. Hull were reported in a se rious condition. New Lines Added to Supply Tlprmrtmpnt nf Sunderland i The Sunderland Machinery and Supply company has strengthened its contractors' supply department Uv aHrlinor tlii Sterlinc line of wheel- A barrows and the Wonder line of a concrete mixers, hoists, pumps and back-fillers. The name Sterling is to wheelbarrows what tho same name is to silver. 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