Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL 51 NO. 83.
OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921.
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Taft Takes
Seat in High
Tribunal
F ormer President Becomes
Head of U. S. Supreme
Court Sworu in by
Justice McKenna.
Gills at White Housi
Washington, Oct. 3. Adnvnistra-
tion of the judicial oath to William
Howard Taft, the new chiet justice
of the United States, marked the re-
convening today of the supreme
court far the recular fall term.
Tll nat?, u-cia fi(!inffiicfirf.i1 tri 4 r
Taft, who thereby became the first
chief justice to have previously oc
cupied the highest executive offices
in the nation by the senior as
sociate justice, Joseph McKenna.
Age-Old Ceremony.
The administration of the judicial
oath, the final stco in the induction
of a new chief justice, was attended
by all of the age-old ceremony at
tached to the nations highest tri
bunal. The oath binds the chief
justice to administer justice with
out respect to persons and do equal
right to tne poor and the rich.
The chief justice and the associate
justices at the conclusion of the cere
monies followed the established cus
tom and went to the White House
to pay. their respects to the president.
The president received the justices
in the residential section of the
White House. The reception was
'onef.
Clerk of Court Chosen.
Selection of William S. Stans
burg of Washington, D, C, as clerk
of the court was decided on today
and will be announced tomorrow.
Arguments on unargued ' cases
pending before the court will be
started tomorrow with two impor
tant cases listed. One of these is
the appeal of the associated bill post
ers and distributers of the United
States and Canada, which has been
before the court for a number of
years. '
One of the most important labor
cases now before the court will be
the second to be urged under the
present program. It is an appeal
brought by the American steel foun
dries involvine tho rwht ot organ
ized labor to engage in picketing to
" promote a strike at the company's
plant at Oranite Lity, 111. ;
Jury Chosen to Try
James Saxton For
Murder of Fogg
Impaneling of a jury for the Fogg
murder trial in District Judge
Troup's court was completed at 4
oclock yesterday afternoon. Upen
ine speeches of the attorneys for the
state were postponed until this morn
ing.
During the entire process of se
curing the jury, which started early
in the morning, James Saxton, 22,
charged with the murder of Frank
W. rogg, sat near his mother. Mrs.
Mattie &ton. of Lebanon, Mo.
Miss Adelaid Fork, the dancer,
daughter of the murdered man, who
uttered a $1,000 reward for the cap
ture and conviction of the bandit who
ihot and killed her father, also was
in the court room. . '
Two Persons Killed
In Washington Fire
Washington, Oct. 3. Two, person
are known to have lost their lives
in a fire which partially destroyed
the National hotel on Pennsylvania
avenue, a few blocks from the Capi
tol. The dead are George Mason,
an employe of the shipping board,
and Miss Catherine Dean, 25, a tele
phone operator at the hotel.
The hotel was one of the oldest
' in the city. Henry Clay died there,
and Abraham Lincoln frequently
dined there.
Easier Money Conditions .
Reported by Reserve Board
Washington, Oct. J. Increased
demand for commercial paper, and
generally, a slight reduuetion in
rates were noted in the review of
the acceptance market published to
day by the federal reserve board.
Lower bill rates were ascribed in
most districts to easier money con
ditions rather than to the demand
for bills. Increased foreign trade
during August was cited in one in
stance as bearing directly on the
augmented demand for acceptances.
Senate Probe of Trouble
In Mingo Is Nearly Ended
Washington, Oct. 3. The senate
labor committee is to conclude it
investigations of disorders in the
Mingo, W. Va., coal fields with a
week's hearing here, beginning next
Monday. Chairman Kenyon an
nounced today that plans for another
visit to West Virginia had been aban
doned. '
Negro Rioters, Convicted
Twee, to Be Tried Oct. 10
Marianna. Ark., Oct 3. The cases
f six negroes twice convicted of
jiurder in conneetiou with the Elaine
riots of two years ago and sentenced
to electrocution, but which, for the
bird time, have been remanded for
retrial, this morning were set for
Monday. October 10.
Ex-President Becomes
Head of Supreme Court
Harvester Head
Admits Wife and"
He Living Apart
Mrs. Harold McCormici, at
Chicago Home After Eight
Years Absence, Denies
Report of Separation.
Chicago Trlbone-Omahft Br Lefteed Wire.
Chicago, Oct J. Mr. Harold
McCorniick presents his compliments
and begs to announce that the re
port that he and his wtte are living
apart is true."
I his message was given out by the
butler at the McCormick's Lake
Forest home this morning. Mr.
McCormick, president of the Inter
national Harvester company, spent
the night there.
Mrs. McCormick, daughter of John
, Rockefeller and patroness of the
arts in Chicago, is staying at the
Chicago residence, 1000 Lake shore
drive. She returned to this city yes
terday after an absence of eight
years in Switzerland, where she was
a pupil of the -famous psychologist,
Vr. Carl 'Jung, at Zurich. ' .,
She drove, from her, Lake Shore
drive residence to the Drake hotel
early this -morning, stopped at the
hotel for a few moments and en
tered her car aagih and drove away.
bhe said she had nothing to add to
her previous statements that there
was no truth in the reports that she
and her husband were contemplating
ivorce.
With Mr. McCormick on her re
turn to the city were her daughter.
Muriel, Dr. Josef Hartmann, one of
the Jung school psychologists, a
nurse and several servants..Mr. Mc
Cormick also arrived here . yester
day from New York, but on another
train. '
The fact that they did not come
to Chicago on the same train, al
though it had previously been an
nounced that they would do so,
caused comment among their friends,
because of the previous rumors of
separation which have been re
eatedly denied.
Yucatan Residents
March to Mexico City
Mexico City, Oct. 3. The - long
journey oi more than SOU men,
women and children from their far
off homes in the, state of Yucatan to
Mexico City, where they hope to
lead their case in person before
President Obregon, ended last night
with the arrival here of this impov
erished band.
Economic conditions, they ex
plained, are so hard that wholesale
migration to other parts of Mexico
from Yucatan was deemed desirable.
President Obregon is said to have
interested himself personally and has
ordered all possible relief measures
and a further investigation of the
Yucatan situation.
The clashes amonc the socialists
themselves and between the radicals
and conservatives are frequently re
ported from Yucatan and the news
papers almost daily call attention to
the extremely-unsatisfactory situation
there. .
$8 Per Person Tax Imposed '
. On Entrance Into Mexico
El Paso. Texas, Oct 3. Mexican
consul general, Ismael Magana, said
today that he had received orders
from Mexico City instructing him to
put into effect an order requiring all
Americans crossing- the border here
to put up an $8 head tax.
Yanks vs. Giants
The Gredt Gitmea of the Year Will s
Be cn Thi Week at New York
The Story of the World's Series Every Day in The Omaha Bee
Will Be Told by
" N1EN WHO KNOW
- C A. LOVETT will write the leads he hasn't missed a world
series game for 16 years.
JOHN B. FOSTER, ex-secretary of the Giants and editor of
Spalding's Guide, will supply the technical detail. .. .
MARSHALL A. HUNT and HARRY NEWMAN will write
the sidelights. -
, , - The most complete 'story of this great
base ball classic .will beevery day in
The Omaha Bee
Grand Jury
Will Probe
KlanRiot
Inquisitorial Body Will Be
Convened as Soon as Wound
ed Recover Sufficiently
To testify.
Three Critically Hurt
Waco, Tex., Oct J. Definite an
nouncement wai expected here to
day of the date when the Fifty-fourth
district grand jury will be called to
reconvene for investigation of the
fight at Lor en a, !4 miles south of
here. Saturday night, following an
attempt by Sheriff Dob Buchanan of
McLennan county to halt a Ku Klux
Klan parade, resulting in probable
fatal wounds to three men and sen
ous iniurv of seven others.
Following a conference with Coun
ty Attorney F. Ii. Tirey after the
latter had refused the demands of a
committee of approximately 100 Lo
rena citirens that he file complaints
against Sheriff Buchanan and his
deputy. M. Burton, for their partici-
nation in the encounter, fudge R. I
Monroe announced that the grand
jury would be called without delay.
He declared, however, that the in
quiry should not be ordered until the
wounded had sufficiently recovered
to enable them to testify.
Late last night those undergoing
treatment at local hospitals were re-
porteo. as resting wen, wun anerm
Buchanan, Louis Crow, proprietor of
a local laundry, and fed Howard still
m a critical condition. .,
Warnings Issued.
Warnings signed "K. K. K." were
posted in Loxena last night, follow
ing the rioting of Saturday night, in
which Sheriff Bob Buchanan of Mc
Lennan county and nine other per
sons were wounded when the sheriff
attempted to stop a parade through
the mam street of the town.
Notices posted read as follows
"Wife Beaters Beware."
"Crap Shooters Beware; Our Eyes
are on. You."
"Love thy Neighbor as Thyself,
but Leave .his Wife AJone.
"Chicken Thieves Look Out, We
Are After you." ,
Two factions are rapidly forming
in the county,. ft is said, with the
authorities appetwitij-v. aKsng tne
sheriff in his fight against the klans
men. Governor Pat M. Neif took a
hand in the situation Sunday when
he. made inquiries of County Attor
ney Tirey, asking the prosecutor . if
any assistance was needed in -han
dling the affairs.
The attitude of those who back
Sheriff Buchanan and his deputies in
their efforts to stop the parade is
that all Texans stand for law and
order without ,the assistance oi
masked men. Those who are support
ing the klansmen explain . their at
titude in a petition circulated today,
part of which is as follows:
"We conclude by affirming our be
lief in the preservation of America
for Americans, and by offering
tribute to the little band of men who
Saturday night showed, by their
calm and determined action,, that
their lives supported this principle.
We do not believe that the membei
of the Ku Klux Klan who staged the
parade violated the law.
The clash took place, according
to reports, when ' Sheriff Buchanan,
with Deputies Burton and. Wood, at
tempted to disperse- the marching
Klansmen who were masked , and
robed, after they had refused to di
vulge their identity. The sheriff had
agreed to permit the parade to be
held, he declared, if they would al
low him to identify those participat-
(Tarn to Pace Two. Column Eight.)
Third Defendant in
Kaber Murder on Trial
Cleveland, O., Oct. 3. The trial
of Marian McArdle, charged with
the first decree . murder of Daniel
Kaber, her stepfather, was, set for
today. She is the third to be tried.
Mrs. Eva Catherine. Kaber, her
mother, and Salvatore Cala, serving
hie sentences for the crime.
- The girl's knowledge of the plot
to kill Kaber, which also involved
Mrs. Mary Brickie, her 69-year-old
grandmother, will be admitted by the
defense, according to Francis W.
Poulson, associate counsel for Miss
McArdle,. but a general denialthat
she participated in the murder con
spiracy will be offered.
That Miss McArdle's devotion to
her mother prevented her from in
terfering with or disclosing any de
tails -of the plot will be one of the
pleas offered. Attorney Poulson said.
Earth Rallies From Attack
of Meteorological Mumps
Scientists Un';,o ,vount for Series of Quakes,
-o
9V
Way to
K, Th. AuwbM free.
New York. Oct. 3. The old
spheroid known as the earth is
emerging from what human diaenos
ticians might call a severe attack of
meteorological mumps. It lias been
accompanied by an intermittent
fever, manifested in a world-wide
heat wave of unusual length and in
tensity. In spite of crisis and re
lapses earthquakes, tidal waves,
cloudbursts, typhoons, waterspouts,
hailstorms, floods and hurricanes in
many widely separated parts, from
Kamtcliatka to tape tiorn, and from
Guam to Guadalupe, the doctors are
confident the patient will recover.
Meanwhile, the United States for
last year has been suffering cliiefly
from an excess of high temperature
and a deficiency of moisture, a con
dition unprecedented in the SO years'
history of the weather bureau. From
January 1 to September 22 last, the
temperature of New York City,
which is typical of the country, has
shown an aggregate excess of
warmth of 960 degrees above nor
mal, while there has been a shortage
of 6.71 inches in rainfall. The great
est amount of September precipita
tion was in 1882, when, more than
14J4 inches fell, and the least for that
month occurred two years later, with
only .15 of an inch.
Higher Temperatures.
The persistent higher tempera
tures, for which a number of speu
lative explanations have been given,
began in August, 1920, and for the
succeeding 12 months there was an
average monthly excess above nor
mal of 3.4 degrees. March, 1921,
Little Progress
Made on Tax Bill
By Upper House
Amendment Hequires All Per
sons With $5,000 Salaries
To File Returns Regard
less of Net Income.
Washington, Oct 3. Compara
tively little progress on. the tax re
vision bill was made today by the
senate. The most important com
mittee amendments reached, those
proposing a tax of 15 per cent on
corporations and increasing exemp
tions to heads of families having net
incomes of less than 55,000 and on
account of dependents, were passed
over a second time.
Committee amendments agreed to
included those requiring individuals
having a cross income of $5,U00 a
year to make a return regardless of
the amount of the net income, and
permitting the taxpayer to make a
reduction for debts ascertained to be
worthless and charged off within a
taxable year.
Several amendments were pro
posed from the floor. Senator King,
democrat, Utah, offered a substitute
for his previous income surtax
amendment under whicch the maxi
mum rate would be 40 per cent of
that portion of the income in excess
of $70,000. The rate on the first
$2,000 of net income would be 2 per
cent; on the next $1,000 3 per ccent;
on the next $1,000, 4 per tent, with
an increase of 1 oer cent for each
additional $1,000 up to $8,000. Then
the rate would be increased 1 per
cent for each additional $2,000.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
proposed that deductions be allowed
corporations for rents received from
buildings of any character to the ex
tent of 6 per cent of the fair market
value of such buildings and the land
on which they stand."
Repeal of the freight, passenger
and Pullman taxes which was pro
posed by Senator Harris, democrat
Georgia, who gave notice that he
t would offer an amendment propos
ing that where income is derived
from the labor or personal service
of the individual taxpayer, the rate
on the first $4,000 should be 2 per
cent, that on the second $4,000, 4 per
cent
Nine Children Arrested as
Dope Peddlers in New York
New York, Oct. 3. Nine children
from 12 to 15 years old, who were
used by adults to peddle drugs on
the streets, were among the 2,488 ar
rests made by the police narcotic di
vision during the first nine months
of 1921. Special Deputy Commis
sioner Carleton Simon, in his .re
port to Police Commissioner En
right yesterday stated that the num
ber of arrests had established the
tremendous growth of the narcotic
evil in New York City.
Five dollars, he said, was the aver
age delivery cost for drugs for those
with the habit He figured that the
division by its activities had deprived
the drug peddlers of an income of
$8,000 a day, or $3,000,000 yearly.
Wife of Wealthy Importer j
Dies From Mysterious Cause
Morristown, N. J., Oct 3. Dying
from an overdose of a sleeping
powder and with both wrists
slashed, Mrs. Paul C Zuhlke, wife of
a wealthy New York importer and
exporter, who had been missing
since Thursday, was found Saturday
night in a barn on the Zuhlke es
tate near Madison, it became known
today. Mrs. Zuhkle died afcw min
utes af it being found.
in Last Two Years, But
I'errestial Ball Well on
Recovery.
an unusually warm spring mouth,
had an excess average of 10.8 de
grees. The first slight break in the
record occurred last August, which
was slightly below normal.
The average temperature for April.
1921 SS degrees was the warmest
for that month in half a entury. May
and June were not unusual, but July
broke all records for the preceding
11 years.
Weather bureau officials here de
clined to discuss the possible con
nection between the present high
temperatures and disasters of na
ture in many parts of the world It
was recalled, however, that when the
volcanic eruption of Krakatoa,
small island in the Malay archipelago
m the bunda strait, between Sumatra
and Java, occurred in the summer of
1883, the most violent of its kind in
modern times, two-thirds of the
island was blown away, and 20,000
people perished in a tidal wave pro
pelled as far as the bngltsh channel.
On this occasion, dust from the vol
canic ashes was carried around the
world, and for days, m many parts,
cool temperatures prevailed, owing
to the obstruction of the sun's rays.
Some of the dust from Krakatoa was
suspended in layers in the upper at
mosphere for years.
List of Disasters.
Now, whether the world-wide heat
wave is due to some ternble pa
roxysm of nature, such as volcanic
action, in some remote region of the
earth, or seismic upheaval in the
depths of some unknown seat, or
whether it is due to sun spots or
(Turn to Fate Two, Column Two.)
6,000.000 Men Are
On Array Payrolls
Of 14 Countries
China Leads World With
1,370,000 Soldiers, While
France . Is Second and
United States Thirteenth.
Washington, Oct. 3. (By the As
sociated Press.). Active armies of
the '14. most important nations of
ths world today Include on pay
-t.'OOO.OOO men, according to figures
obtained here and regarded as
reasonably correct. With the in
clusion of land armaments in the
agenda of the forthcoming confer
ence on limitation of armaments,
these are the figures with which it
is expected the assembled commis
sioners will have to deal.
While China stands first among
the' nations in this summary of sol
diers actually under - arms about
September 1 last, being credited
with 1,370,000 active troops.
France is Second.
France is far ahead among nations
not distressed by civil strife, in the
number of : men with the colors, lhe
French army strength is placed at
1,034,000 men. the British empire
standing next with 740,500 and Ger
many last with 100,000. The United
States stands thirteenth with 149,000
men in the regular army, exceeding
enly Germany, while Italy has 350..
000 and Japan 300,000 active troops.
In considering problems con
nected with attempted reductioi. of
armed forces ashore, it is to be as
sumed, however, that the Washing
ton conferees will of necessity- take
into consideration many other, fac
tors than the forces actually under
arms in1 computing the army
strength of any nation for purposes
of discussion. Reserve systems, the
extent to which reserves have been
organized for quick mobilization
and the degree of training they have,
received all would be reviewed by
technical experts.
U. S. Demobilized.-
The United States at present has
nothing in the way of organized re
serves behind the regular army ex
cept the national guard, the move
ment for organization of a volun
tary reserve having just been started.
One thing clearly established by
these army figures, military experts
said, was that the United States
alone among the victor nations in
the war seems to have completely
demobilized.
De Valera Not to Take Part
In Negotiations for Peace
Dublin, Oct. 3. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The Sinn Fein dele
gation to the conference in London,
beginning October 11, which will ex
plore possibilities of the Irish situa
tion with a view to a definite settle
ment, will leave Dublin next Mon
day, October 10, it was announced
here today. '
Eamonn De Valera will not be one
of the Sinn Fein delegates and will
not go to London in connection with
the conference, according to Des
mond Fitzgerald, Sinn Fein minister
of propaganda ,
League Assembly Takes Up
Abrogation of Article 26
Geneva, Oct. 30. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) When the league of
rations assembly session opened to
day the revision of Article 26. abro
gating the unanimity rule and pro
viding that amendments to the cove
nant may be voted by three quarters
cf the members of the assembly and
the entire membership of the coun
cil, was taken up.
'
United Aid
To Jobless
Is Urged
Harding Aks Governors and
Majors to Organize Ma
rhinery for Correction of
Unemployment Evil.
Central Agency Formed
Dr Tbo AMeeUd Fnm.
Washington, Oct 3. Governors
and mayors throughout the country
were asked by President Harding, in
a public statement today, to organize
In each community machinery tor
the correction of economic condi
tions along lines worked out by the
unemployment conference here.
The conference, the president de
dared, had demonstrated that condi
tions could not be met property
without such local co-operation. He
'announced that a central agency
would be maintained here under aus
pices of the conference to give na
tional co-ordination to the Rehabili
tation effort.
' The president's statement follows:
"The conference which I recently
summoned to Washington to advise
as to the unemployment situation has
demonstrated that an unusual volume
of unemployment exists and that
pending the recuperation of trade the
situation cannot be met, in due re
gard to our obligations and necessi
ties, without a much more than usual
organization throughout those states
and municipalities where unemploy
ment has reached considerable pro
portions! Plan Recommended.
"The conference has recommended
a plan of organization which has had
the support of commercial, manu
facturing, ' professional, and labor
representatives of the country. It is
highly necessary that more accurate
knowledge should be had, through
such organization, of the volume and
necessities of the unemployed. It is
essential that the co-operation of all
sections of each community- should
be brought into action behind such
organization to provide work and as
sistance, that we may pass through
the coming winter without great suf
fering and distress. It is of national
importance that every community
should at once undertake such or
ganization, in order that the nation
may bi protected as a whole. More
over, the thorough commitment to
such a task is sure to start a thou
sand activities which will add to our
common welfare.
"I, therefore, appeal to the gov
ernors and mayors of the nation that
they should take the steps recom
mended by , the conference.
Agency Established.
"In order that there may be unity
of action by all the forces which may
be brought .to bear, whether govern
mental or private, the unemployment
conference is establishing an agency
in Washington through which appro
priate co-operation can be promoted,
and through which reports on all
progress and suggestions may be
given general circulation and co
operation. I trust this agency will
be supported in this endeavor."
- Final plans for the central employ
ment agency are practically com
pleted, conference ofticials said, and
Secretary Hoover is to make ari an
nouncement tomorrow outlining the
character of the organization. Col.
Arthur Woods, former police com
missioner of New York, is under
stood to be under consideration for
appointment as head of the agency.
Swedish Firm Signs
Contract With Reds
Moscow,' Oct 3. The first con
cession agreement actually complet
ed by the soviet government will be
signed in a few days with a Swedish
ball bearing company, according to
an announcement at 4he Moscow of
fice of the company. When the re
maining formalities are completed
the company will begin to manu
facture on the outskirts of Moscow,
ball' bearings in sufficient quantities
to - supply the demand of Russian
industry.
-An interesting feature of the con
tract is that the concern is guar
anteed IS per cent profits. It is al
lowed to sell in Russia or for ex
port, IS per cent of its finished
products.
Suggests Recess of
House Be Continued
Washington, Oct 3. Because of
an unfinished legislation pending in
the senate, Representative Mondcll,
republican leader, suggested to the
house today that it continue its
three-day recess program under
no business is transacted. Final de
cision went over util tomorrow.
Mr. Mondell said he would con
fer .with members to find cut the
general view as to how long the
house might take Its recess program.
With the tax bill and treaties still
to be acted on by the senate, he de
clared there was little expectation
that other measures, would be con
sidered before the regular session in
December.
Women Postpone Fight for
Amendment Until December
Washington, Oct. 3. The Na
tional counsel of the womens party
decided last night not to seek con
gressional action on a constitutional
amendment to remove legal in
equalities of women until the De
cember session.
Indicted on Charges
Of Embezzlement
Wife Used Poison
Flypaper to Kill
Husband, Charge
Prosecutor Says He Has Evi
dence to Show Mrs. Lydia
Soutland Poisoned Three
Other Mates.
Twin Falls, Ida., Oct. 3. Poi
son flvoaoer supplied the theme
about which was woven the stories
of the first two witnesses of the
state to testify in the case of Ly
dia Meyer Southard, charged with
the murder of Edward F. Meyer, a
former husband, by means of poison
secured from soaking pieces of the
paper in water and administered in
her husband's food.
The opening statement by Prose
curing Attorney Frank L. Stephan,
delivered immediately following the
securing of a jury, to try the case,
did tot. go' outside the case -oi- the
death of Meyer, although Stephan
has stated that he is prepared to sub
mit evidence showing her to be re
sponsible for the death of three
other husbands and a broter of one
of these, the alleged crime in eaca
instance being committed by means
of poison derived from flypaper.
Few Spectators Present ,
" Only a small number, of specta
tors were present when the first
witness for the state, Mrs. Carrie
Howe of Muscatine, la., boardinu
I '".j--.'j.. V
house keener at the Rlue Lake 1 i "oul. " l"cl llorncys w"e Dusy,
rouse Keeper at me ciue aKej:Ll f w:.t.m,t av. i At s .'jt ,u.n
ranch at the time of the death
Meyer, told of the defendant brine
ing the flypaper to the ranch and
setting it about the boarding house
in saucers of water. She described
in detail the illness of Meyer and
the events leading up to his death,
told of conversations with the de
fendant in which she advised the
calling of a physician and the de
fendant's reply that "she would call
a doctor and then no one would
have anything to say."
She testified that following the re
moval of Meyer from the ranch to
a Twin Falls hospital, she found two
packages of the flypaper in a drawer
in a small commode underneath
some papers in the r,oom occupied by
the Meyers.-She also found a "daisy"
fly killer under the bed in the room.
That the defendant also told the
witness that she did not love her
husband .as a wife should, was tes
tified to by Mrs. Howe.
Ranch Manager Testifies,
Granville Haight, manager of the
ranch upon which Meyer was em
ployed as a foreman up to the time
f his last illness, told of conver
sations with both , the deceased and
his wife. He stated that he was pres
ent when the flypaper was discov
ered in the drawer of the commode
and identified certain marks placed
thereon at the time he turned over
the flypaper to Deputy Sheriff Orms
by, when the latter first entered upon
his long investigation of the Meyer
death. .
He testified in detail regarding
his endorsement of a purchase note
on an automobile previously ac
quired by the then Mrs. . ,- Meyer,
which note was signed bv the de
fendant as Mrs. McHaffie, although
this was subsequent to her marriaee
to Meyer, l he relationship between
Meyer and his wife while at the
ranch he described as more that of
cr.mpanions than of husband and
wife.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska Fir Tuesday and prob
ably Wednesday; warmer. Tuesday;
cooler Wednesday in northwest por
tion. Iowa Fair Tuesday and probab
ly Wednesday; warmer Tuesday and
in east portion Wednesday.
Hourly Temperatures.
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II1HUUU H I L
SET FORTH III
inns
Former Lion Bonding Ueal
And Hunk lliiiUing Promo
ters Face EnihcMle
niont Charges.
SIX MEN AND WOMAN
ARE TAKEN IN CUSTODY
Curney Freed on $10,000
Bond Two Shafcr Broth
ers Kept in Jail Over
Night.
Six men and one woman wen
taken into custody of Sheriff Mich
act Clark yesterday afternoon as the
first result of the Douglas county
strand jury's indictment of more
than 90 persons, 30 of whom wen
Li i -. :: :
timrgcu wun uiirnscs in iviiiicimuv
with irregular stock selling or finan
cial schemes. Others are to be ar
rested today and tomorrow.
These Arretted.
The list of those arrested included
three whose activities have been
known throughout the state. It fol
lows: E. R. Gurney, former president
of the now defunct Lion Bondinc
f & Surety Co., one time head of
the First National bank of Fre
mont, Neb., and until recently an
influential stockholder in 30 out
etate banks, charged with embex
element on three counts.
Marion F. Shafer, president, and
Ward E. Shafer, vice president of
the American Bank Building com
pany, former officers of the Amer
ican State bank and of the now
defunct M. F. Shafer Printing,
company, charged in three indict
ments with embezzlement, conspir
acy to embezzle and aiding and
abetting a felony.
Samuel H. Grace, for 30 years a
labor union official in Omaha,
charged with embezzlement in
connection wun uie onaier trans
action. Sam- B. Musser, president of the
A T T, 1 T- ,
muciicon DroitcrBgc a develop
ment company, and Mist Ruth C.
Strickland, his stenographer,
charged with obtaining money un
der false pretenses. -
Shafers First Taken to Court
The Shafers were the first ta b
arrested, following -4he grand jury's
nnai report, itiey were taken to the
sheriffs office at 11 o'clock. From
that time until 6 o'clock in the eve
ning, they made desperate efforts to
get bond. While they sat in the sher.
iff- rf: it.: ..
ith oil,. :., " I"..?
were required to go to the jailer s
onice, out were not placed in a cell.
Bond was fixed at $15,000 each. '
Gurney Gives Himself Up.
E. R. Gurney, president of the
now defunct Lion Bonding & Surety
company, gave himself up voluntar.
ily late in the afternoon after he
had read that the grand jury had
madp intlcticratirn r.i ,t, n Ct --
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his company. He quickly obtained
bond of $10,000 and was released. He
is. charged on three separate indict
ments with embezzlement in con-
Cotton Production Is
But 24 Per Cent Normal
Washington, Oct. 3. Cotton pro
duction this year was forecast today
at. 6,537,000 equivalent 500-!b bales
by the Department of Agriculture,
basing its estimate on the condition
of the crop September 4, which was
24.5 of normal, indicating a yield of
118.0 pounds per acre. '
New Orleans, La., Oct. 3. The
final renort todav nf th oj enn Kit
me department ot Argiculture on
the condition of the growing crop
of cotton cracked the cotton market .
wide open and in five minutes of
trading, following the issuance of the
figures of 42.2. prices were 200 points,
or a oaie ott trom the hignest of ,
the morning, the extreme, of fluctua
tions in one session allowed under
the rules of the cotton exchange.
Churches to Pray for the
Success of Conference
London, Oct. 3. The archbishop
of Canterbury, as president of the
world alliance for promoting inter- .
national friendship through the '
churches, has addressed a letter to
the presidents of the national coun
cils in America. Europe and Asia, ap
pealing to all the Christian churches
to set apart Sunday, November 6. as
a day of prayer for the divine bless
ing on the Washington conference
on limitation of armaments and far
eastern problems, beginning No
vember 11.
Denby Issues Reservist
Call for Volunteers
Washington, Oct. 3. Secretary
Denby today issued a call for volun
teers in the naval reserve forces, re
duced from 200,000 to barely 5.000
by his recent order disenrolling all
members of four reserve classes not
on active duty. Mr. Denby, in a
letter sent to each reservist, ex
plained that the department's action
as made necessary by lack of ap
propriations and pointed out the op
portunity of joining the sixth class
the volunteer, reserve which serves
without pay in peace time,
t