Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 28, 1915, Page 2

© Do one was hurt. TEN ROBBERS LOOT EXPRESS CAR SAFE Katy Oar Robbed by Band of Men in Oklahoma in a Most Methodical Manner, TRAINMERN ARE TIED TO TREES OKLAHOMA CITY, Oki,, Oct, 27. A band of ten robbers held up Mis- sourl, Kansas & Texas passenger train No. 9, southbound from Cht- cago to San Antonio, mear Onapa, | about 2 a. m. today, tied up the crew with ropes, placed a guard over the passengers and looted three express cars. They held the train two hours | and went about their work with mil- ftary precision. They sent back a detachment, which stopped a frclgh(i train coming up behind and placed the freight crew under guard to pre- vent interference, Parsued by Officers. Express officials refused to tell the | amount of loot taken wy the ruhbr-rl.: who escaped into the woods andgmarshes tn the vicinity of Onapa, and were today being pursued by peace officers | of & dozen countles and hundreds of | citizens organized into posses. The train robbed often carries large amounts of | money and securities. Despite the robbers’ methodical efforts, ‘ their plans went awry, and they took away the contents of only one safe. Three other safes defled their attempts. | The men made no effort to molest mails | Or passengers. Members of Crew Captured. The band, it is belleved, boarded the train at Checotah, north of the scene| of the robbery. After passing Onapa, a | station without telegraphic facilitie: night, the train was In a sparsely set.| tled territory near the Canadlan river,| affording wild forests and marshes for escape. Here the robbers climbed the baggage and mail cars into the gine. They forced the engineer and fi man to stop the train.. They routed t conducter from the passenger coaches and the other members of the crew from baggage and express cars. All were lined up by the track. Some of them were tied to trees while members of the gang stood by, ‘Work wag then beguri on the express ®afes. Three safes proved impregnaile and were abandoned. After five charges of nitroglycerin were exploded the fourth safe was opened. During this time probably a dosen shots were fired by the robbers, but ex- copting & brakeman, who was wounded in the finger when he tried to escape, When the loot had been packed away the robbers thanked the train crew, ‘wished them good night and left. Work Like Tralnmen, All the care of trained rallroad men train It was this cau. tion that led to the stopping of a freight train in the rear and eventually to the the alarm of the robbery, guarding the freight train folled by the engineer, who ran seven miles to Checotah, ‘where he summoned assistance. Beforo ng of Value Taken, 18, Mo., Oct. 21.—C. De SBum- manager of the Southern the American Expross com- ¥, sald nothivg of value was in the o which was blown by the men “who the Missouri, Kepsas & Texas in Oklahoma early today. He sald been informed that the robbers took & package of clalm vouchers and tickota, Haggin's Runners to Go Under Hammer J— LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 21.~Elmendorf, - the 8,000-acre estate of the late James B, Haggin, will pass out of existence as a of the Bubur- Bay and sev- other races, all fixtures at that the American and English turf. bably better known as a sire, esslan stands extremely high in lst of winning sires during the last 1 H | | ! came into existence in 1897 . Haggin purchased the old Swig- several miles outside of thia| . At that time he was interested in' Dreeding thoroughbred horses in the| Rancho Del Paso ranch in California, but| #t the time be gave up his ranch in 1906 he sold all of his horses there at auction, | it 34 Welcome to Our C;ty,—lwr. Banker NEW PROSPERITY BUILDING \\—F 4 e U T oo OFFICE SEEKER, GETS RAP FROM BANKERS' HEAD (Continued from Page On eligible with Federal Reserve bank, 48 in fact the bank's reserve,”” and predicted that “a new era ls drawing, which means better service than ever before.” The speaker endorsed the soll topographical survey of the st and tion for the completion of this wonderful and beneficlal work, which would be of universal value to bank patrons and prop- erty owners. Memorial for H, T. Yates. The memorial hour for Henry T. Yates, late president of the Nébraska National bank of Omaha, was one of the principal features of the afternoon. Resolutions were Introduced by a special committee consisting of J. T. Trenery, 8, K, War- rick and P, L. Hall. Bulogles were pro- nounced by ex-Senator Joseph H. Mil- Dean Tancock of Omaha all of Lincoln. 7° Elght hundreq bankers from all over the state were in ance the first day. This is the best attended conven- tion ever held by the assoclation. Good crops, §ood conditions, and a ¥ood time of year for holding convention, as well as the masterly system employed by Hetretary Hughes and his office force, are sald to be responsible for the eape- clally large attendance, SERBS' PLIGHT ‘HOURLY GROWS MORE DESPERATE (Conintued trom Page One.) region of La Courtine, where heavy fighting has been In progress for some time for possession of the German salient, The war office announced today that this attack had been defeated. The statement follows: “To the south of Loos our aeroplanes drove back and dlspersed by their fire strong patrols of the enemy. ’ “In the Champagne in the course of , | the night the Germans attempted a new attack against our trenches at Lacour- time. This attack was checked by our Infantry fire and machine guns and falled completely, “The night was calm on the rest of the front." Congregationalists For D_efense Only NEW HAVEN, ., Oct. 21.—~The Na- tional Council of Congregational Churches today placed on record its belief that armaments in the United States should not be greater than adequate natlonal defense requires, The president and members of congress were asked to recognize this principle and urged to bend their energies toward working out, in co- operation with other governments, a plan FORMER OMAHA PASTOR HERE TO TALK TO BANKERS. REV, WILLARD SCOTT. render a recurrence of war impossible. ‘The resolution, together with one adopted earlier In the day, appealing to the president to do something to stop the Armenian atrocitios, will be carried to | Washington by a committee of five to be named tomorrow. Rev, Dr. H. H. Dewey of Minneapolls proposed this method, so that “resolutions will be considered with all the serlousness accompanying their intent and adoption, and Wwill not find lodgment in an official ‘wastebasket'.' Use The Bee's “Swapper’ column. THE: Vivpersir HoreL | THIRTY FOURTH STREET AT PARK AVENUE NEWYORK The most conveniently situated hotel in New York At the Thirty-third Street Subway WALTON H, MARSHALL purchasing the most desirable of the 10t| for international organization that willi for Elmendorf. | Mr. Huggin during the early '$0s im- includes & number of horses which trace their lineage to these, slthough at the time the anu-racing bill was passed in New York Mr. Haggin shipped a large number of his horses to foreign countries. MINISTERIAL SITUATION IN FRANCE TRANSFORMED | PARIS, Oct, 21.~The ministerial situa- tion in France has undergone a new | transformation, according to the Temps, ‘which says it 18 known that for some days the question of readjustment has . been consideration &8 an incident to the of a new minlster of alfeirs to succeed M. Delcasse. | | i | Attention, All Members of Nebraska State Bankers’ Ass’'n We cordially invite you to take a ride in a Pierce-Arrow car while you are in Omaha. Our ‘‘48" demonstrator is at your service \ and we want you to accept this opportunity to more closely acquaint yourselves with the king of them all—The Pierce-Arrow, STEWART-TOOZER MOTOR CO., 2048-50-52 Farnam St. ° PHONE DOUG, 138. ALSO DISTRIBUTORS OF CHALMERS CARS. r | Colonel Moore, First Mayor of Den\zfxr, is Dead EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo, Oct. 1. Colonel John C. Moore, ploneer news- paper editor and first mayor of Denver, died here early today at the home |of his son. He was 84 years old. Death | was due to paralysis. | Colonel Moore was the first editor and one of the founders of the old Kan- | sas City Times. He went to Colorado in 157 and a little later founded the Denver | | Mountaineer. He also was the founder |of the Pueblo’ Press. When the civil war broke out, Colonel Moore dismantied the Denver Moun- | taineer and joined the south in the strug- | gle. In St. Louls county Missouri, he re-! {eruited 200 men and moved them south into Arkansas. He served through the | greater part of the war on the staff of General Marmaduke, with tne rank of colonel. Later he was judge advocate general for the district of Arkansas for elght montha. Man Who Agreed ; to Slug Millionaire | | for Pay Convicted ' eriminal court here today returned a ver- | PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. #1.—A jury in dict of guilty against Willlam Bowers of | Washington, D. C., who was tried In con- nection with an assault upon T. Franklin ' Bchnelder, a wealthy candy manufacturer of that city, in a hotel here last June. | Thomas G. Forney, Schneider's son-in- | law, testifled yesterday that he had | agreed to pay Bowers and two other men $4.000 té' “put Schnelder out of commis- | slon.” [ Forney, McHenry and H. C. Carlisle, already had pleaded guilty to their part in the conspiracy against Schnelder. \Four Shells Explode | Near King George PARIS, Oct. 21.—(6:04 p. m.)~Four | #hells exploded only 200 yards from King !eGorge of England and President Poin- care of France during thelr visit to the |front yesterday, according to a Temps correspondent, back of the firing line, The king and the president, with the Prince of Wales and General Joffre, says the dispatch, had taken a point of obser- vation, when a German battery fired two heavy salvos, resulting in the explosion of shells near the official party. Texas Banker Shot by Robber is Dead AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. #.—Robert H. Heinatz, bookkeeper of the First Na- tional bank at Marble Falls, shot late yesterday by a robber who looted that | bank, died today. No trace of the robber has been found. All Risk Avoided when you appoint the Peters Trust Company as your Executor. 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Steinkuhler's attorney an- rounced that he would file a motion for A new trial A jury was secured tonight to try B. E. Catheart, a Tecymseh druggist, on the charge of selling bitters, an alleged in- toxicant The case of the state of Nebraska | Oct. 21.—(Special charge will come up before this week is | over. UNION REVIVAL MEETINGS BEING HELD AT DORCHESTER | DORCHESTER, Neb, Oet. #.—(Spe- €lal)—This town is in the beginning of a | union revival campalgn. Great orowds | are attending and hearing sermons and lectur s from the evangelist, Rev. Floyd | John Evans of Chicago. Nearly 20 con- versions and reconsecrations hae been re- | corded the first week. Relegations from neighboring towns are attending Many other Nebraska towns expect to keep this evangelist busy in union efforts this week. Thousand Dollars for Porker. AURORA, Neb., Oct. 27.—(Special Tele- gram.)—At a sale held here this afternoon | azainst George F. Dorsch on a forgery|of T. W. Gavitt's Poland-China hogs a | record price for this section was made. | One hog was sold to W. J. Graham of Howard Lake, Minn., for $1,000, Ravenna Creamery Does Well. LOUP CITY, Neb., Oct. %7.—(Special)— Loup City branch of the creamery has, since the first of March, last, churned 33 times with an average | output of 90 pounds of butter to the churning. The total number of pounds | produced is 297,000. It has nearly all been ®0ld to a Boston firm at 3 cents per pound. This totals the receipts at $59,100, which has been distributed among the | farmers and laboring men of this lo- cality. Use The Bee's “Swapper” column. Movements of Ocean Steamers. Faled La Touraine. Nieu Amsterdam . Shintsu Maru. “HoMPSsoN, BELDEN & (© A Presentation of Autumn's Most Exclusive Silks and Dress Goods To every one of the thousands of women interested in New Silks and Dress Goods we extend this in- vitation to visit these sections, to enjoy and profit by the display of lovely new fabrics. 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