litis Hfcw: LMirtnA, iiiLKfclMY. OCTOBER 20. 1921.
Police Locate
Rendezvous No. 2
Of Bluffs Gang
"Shotgun Squad Uncovrn
Second Plant Dwrrted by
Mao and Woman Day
Of Battle.
Another rendezvous ef the gang
of box car thieve with whom fed
eral officer battled last Friday aft
ernoon tix mitra northet of Coun
cil Bluffs, with casualties of two
tlead and two injured, wai (ouit'l
yesterday morning a mile and a half
northeast of Xlynslcr Springs, Coun.
cil Bluffs, by a "ahotgun aauad"
which hat been searching for it
daily.
The home it ideally located cn
hill, off the road, with commanding
view of the terrain aurrounding.
Houm Deserted Friday..
N'eiglibora laid the house was
tenanted until lat Friday morning,
the day of the shooting, when the
occupants, a man and woman, left
in their automobile and did not re
turn. Police believe the man and
woman were Mr. and Mri. Thomi
Kmmet King. King was hilled in
the battle of Friday. Mrs. King i
under arrest charged with murder.
Hundreds of coat hangers were
found in the house. These, police
believe, were the original hangers of
clothing stolen by the gang from
stores. A quantity of ammunition,
the same kind as was used in the
bandits' guns, was found.
The house was stocked with pro
visions. Laundry marks on cloth
ing found there tallies exactly with
nw iuuiiu uii i iu 1 1 11 1 1 ar sii iiic
icuse where the fiffht of last Friday
Identified at Bank Robbers.
Cus Hyers. state sheriff of Ne
braska, visited the Bluffs yesterday
itli several of his deputies and
Chief of Police Peter Johnstone of
Lincoln. They looked at the men
and woman being held in custody
as members of the gang and visited
the house at which the battle was
staged. Tom King and Bill Bullis,
Jhe former dead and the latter in
the county jail, were identified as
the bandits who robbed the Grcsham
State bank four weeks ago.
Although a search was made at the
original rendezvous of the gang, no
trace was found of the hidden cache
of Liberty bonds taken from the
Grcsham bank, which Hyers came
to recover. Photographs were tak
en of the charnel house yesterday
by county authorities for use in the
trial of the gangsters on murder
'charges.
Inquest To Be Held Today.
The inquest into the, death of R.
:T. Murray, Northwestern special
agent who was killed in the gun
battle between the gangsters and the
raiding squad last Friday, will be
held this mornincr at 9. Coroner
'.Henry announced.
; Funeral services for homas E.
-King, the bandit slain in the fight,
were held yesterday afternoon at
Cutler's chapel, the Rev. C. J. Ring.
er officiating. Burial was in Walnut
HJI cemetery. Alice King, his wife,
flvas itleased from the county jail
no atta.XI the services over her hus
band's body." v "
Red Cross Nurse Given Ride
' In Air by Columbus Legion
, Columbus, Neb Oct. 19. (Spe
cial.) A pretty courtesy was ex
tended by Hartman Post, No. 84,
American Legion, to Miss Nelli A.
Logan, "a Red Cross representative
;of the national organization, while
on a visit here. Seeing Lieut. Ralph
Anderson of Omaha flying above
the city and learning that he was
here in the service of the merchants
during their three-day trade carnival,
she expressed a wish that she might
ride in a plane. Less than an hour
'afterward she was in the air, a guest
of the American Legion. She en
'joyed the flight hugely and repaid
'the doughboys by scattering 1,000
thand bills advertising their Armis
tice athletic carnival and hundreds
of envelopes . containing tickets.
(Lieutenant Anderson states that
'Miss Logan stands out on his record
jas rounding out the figure 10,000 in
'the list of passengers he has carried
'in two years and five months. The
"lieutenant's home town is Genoa,
.Pencil Drawing of New State
; Capitol Near -Completion
j Lincoln, Oct. 19. (Special)
'Final pencil drawings for the new
'state house will be completed short
ly by Architect B. F. Goodhure, and
.the state capitol commission will go
ito New York November 22 to
; examine them.
' Under the new plans sculptural
'busts of Washington, Franklin, Jef
rferson. Madison, L Patrick Henry,
Hamilton, Monroe ana jonn .Mar
shall will be placed on elevations
: outside the building.
;Deshler Awards Contract
For $6,250 Sewerage Plant
I Deshler, Neb., Oct. 19. (Special.)
Fred A. D. Lueders of this city
; has been awarded the contract to
' complete the work on the sewerage
'. disposal plant for $6,250. Work was
commenced at once and the job is
;to be finished by December 10.
Road Conditions
(Furnished by Omaha Automobile Club.)
Lincoln Hlrhwsy. East Roads rood, de-
1 tour for seven mile west and tor one
xnlla east of Marshalltown.
; Lincoln Highway, West A abort de
tour la still necessary between Waterloo
sad Vslley. roads Rood to Central City.
Central City to Chapman road work.
'Grand Island and weat reads food.
O. U D. Htehway Detour west of
brings at Ashland, roads food to Lin
coln and west.
j Highland Cutoff Roads fair.
S. T. A. Roads Excellent condition.
Cornhusker Ulghway Excellent condl-
tlen.
Georrs Washington Highway Under
' construction ta Blair, detour over High
Road, good to Sioux City.
Black Hills Trail Road work Omaha
to Fremont. Fremont to Norfolk good.
Omsna-Tepeka Highway Roads fin.
Custer Battlefield Highway Roada re
no rt-d In good condition with bat few ex
ceptions, soms snow .reported la Mon
tana. -
River to Hirer Road Good.
J - Whit Pole Road Good, detour six
' miles east ef Casey. -This detoor is not
la eery good condition nt the present time,
I. O. A. Shortlins Roads excellent.
: Bin Graxa Road Roads fine. "o rand
. Work.
, King ef Traltn, Iforth Rpads fine,
- King of Trails. Sooth ffoada In excet
. lent condition te Leavenworth. LeaTea-
worth ta Kansas City some road work in
itregraaa, ,
Officer Claims Man
2hot Self in Scuffle
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An odd shooting tray in ti e alley
running east from Twelfth street,
north of Farnam street, Tuesday
night, resulted in the shooting of
John Cogan, 1724 North Seventeenth
street, who is in Fenger hospital.
Cogan and II. Williams, Sanford
hotel, were arrested in a restaurant
at 207 South Thirteenth street after
the proprietor told police they had
used profane language to waitresses.
Policemen Eli Burke was taking
Cogan to the station when Cogan
broke away and ran up the alley.
Burke claims that Cogan turned,
grabbed the policeman's revolver
end said, "Now I'll get you." In the
scuffle the weapon being in Cogan's
hands, Burke says he bent the man's
arm behind him and that the re
volver vas accidentally discharged,
the bullet entering Cogan's back.
Cogan says Burke shot him as he
ran up the alley.
Platte County Votes Bonds
To Complete Court House
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 19. (Spe
cial.) The special election held here
to vote on a bond issue of $100,000
for the completion, equipping and
furnishing of the Platte county court
house, resulted in the bonds being
carried at a ratio of three, to one.
The population of Platte county is
a little over 19,000 and the votes cast
represented but one-third of the vot
ing: population.
The new court house will be ready
for occupancy by May of next year.
When completed and equipped it will
have cost very close to $350,000.
ADVERTISEMENT.
AFTER STAYING
IDLE 12 MONTHS
IS BACK ON JOB
Ohio Man Lost a Year on
Account of Stomach Trouble
Is Nov Well and Strong-.
"Only a man who has to work for
a living knows what it means to get
back on the job after not hitting a
lick of work for a whole year, I
lost 23 months' straight time on ac
count of stomach trouble. One of
the worst cases I guess any- mad
ever had. Tanlac not only made me
a well man again, but built me up
19 pounds in weight. I am writ-,
ing all my friends in other, cities to
tell them of the wonderful news."
The above statement was made by
cieorge B. Lowe, well-known em
ploye of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company, living at 451 Mc
Gowan street,. Akron, O.
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by the
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
and by leading druggists everywhere.
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Special Selling of
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Curtain Scrim
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and blue colored dots, in pat-
terns suitable for bedroom,
kitchen and bath rooms. Spe
cial at, per yard
15c
Very good selection of Cre
tonnes in all the wanted light
and dark effects; good neavy
quality. Special at, per yard
33c
Blankets
Large size 76x64-inch beautiful
plaid Blankets in pink and blue
Dolors, closely woven, go on
sale at a special reduction,
per yard (
$2.98
VUMJtatat ARM IM
Howard, Bet. 15th and 16th.
4Shick'.Testto
Be Applied in
State School
Columbus Will Vaccinate
Pupils in Effort to Prevent
Spread of Diphtheria
13 Now III.
Columbus. N'eb.. Oct. 20. t Spe
cial.) Following a series of three
meetings and the submitting ft
Questionnaires to parents, a de
cision was reached by the city health
board, working in conjunction with
the physicians of the city and Super
intendent Gates of the city schools,
that the "Shick" test be given to all
school children, whose parents have
indicated willingness to comply with
the request of the joint committees.
Of the 1.041 parents asked, 808 of
them signified their willingness that
their children should have the test
applied. Two hundred and eighteen
heads of families refused and there
were 15 families who could not be
consulted.
Children designated by the physi
cian as "carriers," meaning those
children who have not contracted'thc
disease, but who have been exposed
near children who have come down
with it, will be quarantined for a
short time. The doctors of the city
have offered their services free, the
city paying only for the serum. The
parents are put to no expense. At
present there are 13 cases of diph
theria in the city.
? So far as known the use of the
"Shick" test here is the first city
west of the Mississippi river to have
it applied in Jhe schools.
Rotary and Lions Clubs
Of Columbus Will Bowl
Columbus. Neb.. Oct. 19. (Spe
cial.) The Rotary and Lion clubs
will meet in their first bowling game
of the season Friday. It is planned
to establish a series for the entire
winter. The lineup: Rotarics, C. D.
Evans, jr., Dr. Rhode, R. Jacggi, Dr.
C. H. Campbell, V. Brian and Ed
Kavanaugh. For the Lions, N.
Stenirer. Mark Rathborn, Otto Wal
ter, O. L. Baker, Cliff Galley and
J. Hensley.
Howell Expected Back
From Europe Next Week
Washington, Oct. 19. (Special.)
R. B. Howell is expected to land in
New York next week and will come
on to Washington, to see Postmaster
General Hays to make his report on
the mission which took him abroad,
the study of wireless telephones for
farmers. -
Dry Weather Proves
Handicap to Farmers
In Husking Corn
Pawnee City, Neb., Oct. 19
(Special.) Cora husking in this
community is being greatly iiinaere-i
ny me ary weatnrr. no ram nas mu
cn for several weeks and all vege
lation is extremely dry. Fanners
nii-kiiis corn find find that the ear
are so dry tlut they break off the
stock immediately upon being
tournrn, leaving me ear in wic nami
to be husked, lhe kernels are very
dry alto.
Bloomfield, Neb., Oct. 19. (Sne.
cial.) Corn pickers in this vicinity
arc complaining that nickina condi
tions are unfavorable. While the
corn shucks easily and snaps equally
well, the smut and dust, combined
with exceptionally warm weather,
make the work disagreeable. ' The
prevailing rate for picking is 5 cents
per bushel. 1 his is consiucren nign
when the price of ear corn, 17 to 20
cents a bushel, is taken into consideration.
Will Hitchcock Tells Fire
Marshal of His Loss in Fire
Lincoln. Oct. 19. (Special.)
Will F. Hitchcock. Sterling, Neb.,
chief clerk of the house of repre
sentatives of the Nebraska legislature
in the session of 1919. was questioned
last night by State Fire Marshal G.
F. Hartford, concerning his loss, suf
fered in a mysterious, fire on Sep
tember 13.
Hitchcock, shortly after the fire
which did $00,000 damage, stated that
he had lost $15,000 in Liberty bonds
and valuable papers, which were in
his office in the building. During
the probe which followed the fire,
Hitchcock was away from Sterling1.
York Man Fined for Having
"White Mule" at His Home
York. Neb.. Oct. 19. (Special
Telegram.) Lloyd Folts was ar
raigned in police court before Judge
Ward charged with having intoxi
cating liquors in his possession. He
was arrested when 24 quarts of
white mule was found on his prem
ises south of here by Chief of Po
lice Lee B. Carey and Karl Schmitt,
deputy state sheriff, on October 6.
He was fined $100. Indictments have
been returned against Folts and he
will appear in federal court at Lin
coln Thursday.
Fire Destroys Carthage
Light and Power Plant
Sioux Falls, S. D. Oct. 19. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Fire destroyed the
interior of the electric light and
power plant at Carthage. The loss
is $25,000. The insurance lapsed re
cently and was not renewed.
$100,000 Bond I.suc Vulrd
To Furniah New Court Iloute
Columbus, Neb, Oct P. (Sne
cial.) An overwhelming majority
was rolled up in Columbus for tin
JlOO.OtH) bond issue for the com pie.
turn pi the new court house now un
der construction at the special elec
lion held yesterday. The adoption of
the bond issue makes possible the
completion of the new building by
next May. The vote In Columbus
was l.l.'l to 154. In IJ of the re
tnaiiiiug 21 precincts of the county
the vote stood, .W for the bond
and J05 againt. The vote rait was
about one-third of the normal regis
tration.
Two Dakota Men Plead
Cuilty to Embcxzlemrnt
Si.in Faiu. s. n rv to tr..
cinl Telegram.) A federal grand
jury returned an indictment against
W. W. Wulf. cashier of the First
National bank of Davis, for the al
leged embezzlement of $3,000 of the
bank's funds. Following the return
ing of the indictment Wulf pleaded
guilty and will be sentenced later.
Hnrnlil I? Pii-liarft&An fnrnilrli
postmaster at Arlington, pleaded
guilty to an inaicimcnr, charging
him with conversion of postoffice
funds to his own use.
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- For the Homemaker
6-Piece Breakfast Room Suite 129.00
Made of solid walnut in a Windsor design; the gate leg
ged table with round top measures 16 inches closed, 48
open; 4 chairs and one arm chair, with broad comfort
able seats, complete the suite.
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Cottage Bed Room Suite 97.00
Three pieces; one of the best Opening Sale values we
have secured. Made of solid oak, finished in French
gray with two tone panel effects. The dresser has a
French plate mirror and 4 roomy, deep drawers. The
chifforobe is in the style most favored these days; 3 slid
ing trays and 2 deep drawers below.
You cannot afford to buy furniture before examining our stocks
and availing yourself of the many helps and aids our system pro
vides for the furniture shopper. . ,
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