TllK rEK: OMAHA. FRIDAY. MARCH 21.
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Matters Goes on
Witness Stand in
liehalf of Self
Mm Aft url wf Aiiliiig in Km
lmlr mmt 'I hat TuU'rul
FUnk TrIU UMory of
Laixl I)il.
Thorn J!, Matter?, rhrfrgH hti
tilmg iti) tr!iiii in Hi cmU ifI.
iffni toHerH llie lVxirrr M
nk, ikiw ilfhiiut. tok the itnet
land ftT!jy afternoon to Uttny
in In own Jri'iiw.
Urgiiiiiinu with tli time he firt
!fr tintit tli timber and eol
liiiif in N'rl Virginia, he 1rreJ the
history of hi own tonn'riion with
the Colonial Timber and Col tor
jMirjii.ui. While in Kna City, he arrtI,
Mr, t'ulvrr, thru unknown to him,
nulravorrj to intrrrt him in the
Vet Virginia tract of Ian4. Hav
ing iiikiillitient funds Mailer re
(uerf, he taid. Culver followed him
to Onuha where he induced V. U
Mirkle to finance ff'e company,
NUiter taking fome nharce in the
invetinent.
Stickle and four oilier inveti
Rated the land, according to Matter.
nl reported to him in Inter that
lROXx) acre wa a wilrirrneu.
Say Wa Urged to Sclt.
lie va urged hy Stickle to ell
hi interett in the corporation, he
Mid, and refused at firt but later
consented to nell for JJjO.OKJ to pay
his debt. Stickle, who wa to pay
in instalment, found difficulty in
meeting payment, according to tes
timony. When he insisted that he needed
the money in November, 191. Stick
le gave him a check for $50,000 on
the Tioneer State bank. Matters
caid. According to the prorecution.
the Pioneer State hank took bond
of the Colonial Timber and Coal
corporation in exchange for the mon-
' Admit Conviction.
Matters admitted that he had once
been convicted and sentenced to
Fort Leavenworth, where he was
pardoned after 44 days. V. W.
Mathews used this as a means of
barring hint from the board of di
rectors of the corporation, Matters
testified, and because he was not on
the board of directors he was ig
norant of transactions made in con
nection with the timber corporation
or of Mathews interest in the selling
of Matters' stock.
His two daughters, Joy Sutphen
and Miss Helen Matters, were on the
stand during the morning. Both
identified their signatures to the con
tract between Matters and Stickle
for the sale of the land holdings.
Three "Cleanup Days"
Designated in April
April 1J. 4 and IS fuvt bn dn
ini4 official! clean-up' day,
recording to an announcement hy
Pe. A, S. I'tnta, health tommiioiier,
who hti httn in eonftrenee with the
civic affair commit!' of the Cham,
bee of Commerce,
Detail of the ptn that will he
followM are to be nude hr the
health eontmiiioner, who eprete
the hope that Omahan will not all
wait until thrc particular day to
brim their annual (print cleaning.
"We are going to make a teal ef
fort to rid alley and yard of un
lightly and ohnotioni rubbith." said
the hlih eommUioner. "We will
ave nt fli if we clean up. 1 trut
that hnuchnldrr will ctch ihe
opirit of t his and will clean the in
terior a well a the exterior of
their homes. Grt rid of the old
trash."
flurglar Suspects Nabbrd
Alntont at City Jail Poor
Driving almost to the door of
central police station in a baggage
wagon filled with alleged loot, Wil
liam Ruey, 2212 Seward Street, and
Herbert William, 206 South Thir
teenth treet. were arretted early
yeterday morning by city detective
and are being hid for invstigation
for burglary.
The baggage Vjason was engaged
at Fourteenth and Dodge street,
detective said, and wa loaded with
a trunk of women' apparel taken
from a house at Fourteenth and
Jackson streets. The men then
drove toward the city jail and four
detectives, who had hern following
alt the way, arrested them almost
at the prison door.
Park Bond to Pay for
Paving Elm wood Drives
A reiolution, offered by Commis
sioner Joteph Hummel, was adopted
by city council yesterday, authoriz
ing appropriation of $75,000 front
park bond fund to cover expense of
paving the drives in Eftiwood park
with asphaltic concrete.
The low bid on this work was
$2:22 per yard, offered by Bauer
and Johnson Construction and Sup
ply company.
Scared Away Week Ago,
Burglar Returns for Loot
The same burglar who appeared
at the E. Rv Allen home, S010 Burt
street, March 13, only to be scared
away, entered the house again
Wednesday night and carried away
$500 in silverware. He was identi
fied by Mr. Allen who came down
staires with a revolver. She did not
fire at him.
Margot Asqnith
Wins Audience
by Personality
Omahans Phidfd in I)itu.
ing the Value of EnglUH
woman Lecture; Man.
tier and Smile PIeae.
Matgot Aiimth lectured at the
Brandeii theater )etcrday afternoon
and won h'r audience by heer per
sonality, not by ht the taid, the
consensu of feminine opinion i.
"She' entertaining that' all,"
commented Mi Funice Stehbin.
Mr. C. M. I'itt. Mr. F S. Rood.
Mr. J. V. Rebbin and a hoit of
Other.
"A perfect dear to meet personal
l),H added Mr. O. T. taMman.
Some Disappointed.
Some were frankly disappointed.
"She didn't tell the audacious
torie we mpected." commented
Mr. Frank W. Judson.
"I think she wa audacious to
come here and give o little from
the platform," taid Mr. R. Beecher
Howell.
"I thought he would roast the
'flapper, exclaimed Mis Dorothy
Judson, of the younger et.
"She eemed nervous,' ome one
volunteered.
"She has nerve, you mean," re
torted Mrs. S. V. Chase.
Besidrs a few prohibition jokes, a
few glimpse into the life of Glad
stone, Tennyson, King Edward,
Mark Twain and other personalities,
the Omaha audience will remember
the heralded "woman of the serpent
tongue" as a slight little woman
with a vivid smile, an ingratiating
manner and no discernible traces of
vituperation.
Voices Few Margotism.
She did voice a few typical "Mar.
gotisnis." but I'm on my good be
havior," he confided.
"Believe in Cod in spite of what
the preachers say I" she said.
She related how she sat on Tenny
son'j knee and how her husband
waited in the next room when the
present Prince of Wales was born,
to be sure a changeling was not sub
stituted. King Edward enjoyed it
very much, she said, when she, Mar.
got, told him, in a joke, that her
husband, the prime minister, had run
off with a lady-in-waiting. Other
wise, Margot's anecdotes were voted
"very tame."
Gives Cordial Handshake.
After her talk, a large part of the
audience went back stage to shake
hands with the noted visitor. She
greeted each on with a cordial hand
thakt and an individual comment.
She told C. F. Siebbini nd J. .
t?Ahrtiaa ikil -It tlBtl njL A thtflt
out in the audience: a Mrs, Uarland
.. . ... a . i
mat n ni a peauniui w.
"You're trying to spoil me h
laughed at several women who com
plimented her on her talk.
Thi i the bet dres 1 on." lie
enclaimed gleefully when someone
kinfoiai aniiritiAii f at It a isiiiio.
( i (' '" e t t (-- -
colored frock, with cloth of guljj
uonife, wun tt e wore as orna
ments, a pearl necklace and a Urge
jfwcled crucifix.
Ha Debutant Slouch.
A debutante slouch and a funny
old-world curtsey, when he tnve.
on and off the tge, were notable
mannerimi.
Newtpaper f"lk here were "lacking
in ae of her," but treated her very
kindly, she said.- She'd like to be an
artren. but he cn't rmember who
Fatty Arburkte, William Taylor
Charlie Chaplm and Mar rickford
are.
Matthew Hall, Piitinh consul, in
troduced her.
Clearing Houne Adopt
Tribute to John C. Frenrlt
The Omaha Clearing House as
sociation adopted resolution yester
day expreiug appreciation of the
service performed by John C.
French, vice president of the Stock.
ytrd National bank, who died at
Biloxi, Mi., March 22.
"We place on record our sincere
appreciation of Mr. French' binh
character and manly qualities, and
his fine sense of personal honor and
iutrgrity," the resolutions ald in
part.
Sympathy for the bereaved family
also was expressed.
Joror Fined and Fired
hy District Judge Leslie
Martin McTigue. 2828 Dodc
street, was scored by District Judge
Leslie . yesterday, discharged front
jury duty and fined two days' oay as
a juryman.
An impaneled jury was discharged
Wednesday after the judge smellrd
liquor on McTigue's breath. Yes
terday when McTigue's name was
called for another jury he was
absent. He appeared shortly before
noon and was summoned before th
judge.
Divorced Man Hides Second
Wedding for Seven Months
The fact that Walter Bishop Gra
ham, music teacher and music direc
tor at Hanscont Park Methodist
church, who was divorced October
20. 1920, had secretly married Miss
Freda L. Hobson, one of his pupils,
in Papillion last September came to
light yesterday. Not even the choir
of the Methodist church nor his large
class of pupils knew that the wedding
rad taken place.
. Mam Is Aflame
Agakst ' CHiristiai Rile
Little spurts of flame that seemed hardly worth noticing in India, Egypt, Tripoli, Morocco,"
and Asia Minor during th past weeks and months now appear to many keen observers to be omi
nous manifestations of underlying volcanic fires that may set the Moslem world of 250,000,000
fanatical believers ablaze almost any day.
Turning to the news dispatches of recent weeks for evidence in support of this statement,
the following items are encountered: India's demand for the rehabilitation of Turkey; unrest
among Egyptian Mohammedans, resulting in Britain's pledge of self-government to Egypt; a Mos
lem revolt against Italian rule in Tripoli; a fresh uprising against the Spaniard in Morocco; and a
renewal of Kemal Pasha's campaign against the Greeks in Asia Minor.
Reports from India, notes the Washington Herald, indicate that certain Mohammedan lead
ers dream of making the country a Mohammedan state; and as a reminder that the Mohammedan
faith is historically grounded, in conquest and conversion by the sword, it quotes the following
characteristic passages from the. words of the Prophet:
"Fight in the path of God with those who fight with you. . . . And kill them wheresoever
ye find them, and thrust them out from whence they thrust you out; for dissent is worse than
slaughter. . . . Fight them till there be no dissent, and the worship be only to?od. . . .
"I swear by God, in whose hand is my life, that marching about morning and evening to
fight for religion is better than the world and' everything that is in it; and verily the standing
of one of you in the line of battle is better than supererogatory prayers performed in your house
for sixty years."
THE LITERARY DIGEST this week, March 25th, presents as its leading article an intense
ly interesting and comprehensive explanation of the unrest which exists in large areas of the East
ern Hemisphere. The article is accompanied by a map which shows in graphic form the terri
tory where the Moslems are challenging the rule of the Christian powers.
'Other enlightening news-articles are: "
A Flare of Revolt in South Africa
Wanted: the Truth About Coal
"Tactful Pressure" on Europe
Labor and Prohibition
The Indian Explosion in England v
Washington After-Thoughts from Japan
Where China's Salvation Lies .
Mining the Air
Arctic Tractor Sledges
A Jointed Passenger Train
How to Keep Vitamins
Misrepresenting New York in Fiction
Housecleaning the Theatre
The Tragedy in Bert Williams's Career
A Prayer for Landlords
Stage Stars and Moral Standards
Darwinism in the Schools
O. Henry As Letter Writer and
Sketch Artist
Topics of the Day
Many Interesting Illustrations Including Cartoons and Maps
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