Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1915, Page 4

—A Nebraska BANDIT CONFESSES .| T0 ROBBING EDITOR Pal of Man Who Was Shot by York Marshal Admits Holding Up Clark Perkins at Aurora HELD TO THE DISTRICT COURT AURORA, Neb, Dec. 4 (Spe- cial,)—George W. Webber today con- fessed to Sheriff John F. Powcli ghat he was one of the two highway who held up Clark Perkins, editot of the Aurora Republican, on Thanks- giving evening. His partner in the e¢xime, according to this confession, 1s H. H. Holmes, who now lies in the hospital at York, having been shot twice when arrested by Mrashal Bpringer of this place. Webber declarsd that he was beating his way back to New York from the western coast and that he was presscd into service us & highwayman by Holmes, who threatened to kill him if he ever told of the crime. According to Webber's statement the two highwaymen, after holding up the editor, walked to Brad- shaw, where they changed the $10 bill that they took from Perkins and then Jater took a train to York, where they were arrested. Shortly after being ar- rested Holmes dew = revolver on the marshal, but was immediately shot down. Perkins was able to identify Webber falrly well, the latter being the highwa man who went through his pockets. Wei ber has been bound over to the disirict eourt charged with highway robbery. Twenty Years for Attack on Woman GERING, Neb., Dec. 4.—(8peclal.)~Roy Reha, who was a paroled convict from Butte county, was sentenced harée yester- | day to twenty years for assault upon a widow who lives near Henry, and three years for burglary committed less than twenty-four hours previously. Reha wis captureg from the description given by his vietim and entered a plea of gullty because of the overwhelming evidence against him. In passing sentence upon Reha, Judge Hobart took occasion to ex- press strong censure for the present pa~ role system, saying that he had already | had numerous cases whers such persons had been brought before him for trial within brief periods after they had’ had this clemency extended. NOTES FROM WEST POINT AND CUMING COUNTY| WEST POINT, Dec. 4~(Speclal)— Arthur Stahr, wanted at Lexington, Neb., on a forgery Charge, was arrested Bancroft last evening at the home of parents, by Bexton. Ho was im- mediately nw‘ over to Sheriff Benton of Dawson county and taken'to-his former home this morning. The ‘marriage of Paul Renner to Miss Gusta Brockemeler was solemnized In the German Lutheran church, Rev. M. Leimer officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Renner wil} reside on a farin on the west side. County Treasurer W. A. McDonald is a patient in an Omaha hospital, where he underwent an operation for hernla. He stood the ordeal well and is making satisfactory progress. The marriage of John Vinzenz to Misa Eleanora Schmuecker of this place is an- nounced. The cerémony took place Wi morning at St Boniface church, Stuart, Rev. J. Hettwer, pastor, celebrating the nuptial mass. They will make r home on the groom's farm. News reached the oity of the mar- riage at Marysville, Kan, of Frank J. Ferll to Miss Blisabeth M. Bander. The groom fs & member of the firm of the hen | Bother with a tele THE OMA State University News Henry Ford's metisn in rejecting W {1am F. Noble as the Nebraska university | representative c¢n his Kuropean peace | misefon, days atter Noble had left | tor the st and three days af selection had been asked for, has aroused almost universal indignation among the | | university students. The thought that | Ford has insulted the univorsity and its | ¢ h been expressod at many | { the students char r was not askcd to nom- , tut was asted to select a mm-.l the telegram rcceived from | tary late Monday morning. m., Chancellor Avery wired wuld send a recommendation, was sent at 4:%, am from Noble him- e instructions. No #0 Noble went on A. H. Weatherly, Nebraska Peace so- tws | his | hanceilo eatherving Th { Ina " E v For At | that land N s name to- self asking for defin answer was recefved, to Washington with | secretary of the clety Che | neellsr Avery wired Ford Fridsy afternoon h's opinion that he shoud be morally bound for the Omaha student's expersea to Now York and back, on ac | orteinal telogram, ana the de'ny in notl- | ng Noble that he chuld not be taken | The chancellor's opiglon has found echo | {In student talk on the campus ered at the Lincoln hotel Friday evening to honor the victorlous foot ball team at the annual Cornhusker banquet. The | members of the team and coaches wero | the guests of the students, and Captain Rutherford, Captain-elect Corey and Guy | Chamberlain were among the speakers. | | Anan Raymond of Omaha, who grajunted [In 1613 made & peppery toastmaster, Short talks were given by F, A. Stryker of the Omaha live stock yards, Coach | Stlehm and Jack Best, beloved trainer of | the team. The prohibition movement has taken | form in the organization of a local branch of the intercolleglate prohibition soclety, with 100 members. Permanent organi- zation of the soclety will be effected next week. An oratorical contest will be held early in January, and the victor in this contest will represent Nebraska In an interstate contest in the west. The athletic board has decided to flood the athletic fleld, and convert it into a skating rink during the winter manlh.l‘ If this s done it s probable that fco | ‘rhockcy will be added to the number of university sports. The field will make & magnificent skuting pond, and will be | the only one easily accesaible to the stu- dents, Basket ball practice has been under way since the first of the year, but| Coach Stiehm ald not take active charge of the squad until last week, nor dld the foot ball men don the court togs and Teport for the workouts. There is a lot of good material in sight for a team that will redeem the defedts of last year. Cap- tain Bd Hugy, Dick Rutherford, A. H, Thiessen and Paul Shields, letter man of last year, will be back. Jimmie Gardiner, ' former Omaha ' high ;achook! star, Is thought to be a ainty for the team,. Forty men have begn reporting for practice, which 1s held four nights & ‘week. \ i 1 ‘When the Board of Regents meet In January they will be presented ;a peti~ tion w'gned by different student bodies |msking that a student union building be erected upon the university campus. The crowded conditions at the university “mixers,” when an averange of 1,000 stu- dents have been hered together in oramped quarters in the armory for in- count of the ambiguous terms of the | i expensive mocial affairs, has resulted In a demand that a unian bullding which could be used for all university parties, as a common meeting ground for all students and ax a place to rest and study between classes, be bullt. The students feel that with a $1,00,000 bullding of this sort being planned for Michigan, and less expensive structures going up In #chools all over the country, Nebraska university should not b in this respect The debate with Kansas univers'ty on the question of Increasing the armament of the United States will be held Friday evening, with at Lawrence. The fact that Nebraska has not had an Intercollegiate debate for two years has caused much iInterest to be' evinced In the present contest. The |question 18 a live one and the advance | Ne- | sale of tickets has been good. The braska team have been working under the direction of Prof. Fogg, who has coached so many university teams to victory. Mrs. Carrle Ruymond, director of music, haa called for candidates for the Glee club, and the men will be seclected after try-outs next week ¥our hundred university students zath-| MRS, COMSTOCK LOSES SUIT | AGAINT SALOON KEEPERS KEARNEY, Neb., After a week's continuous grind the district court has falled to clean the slate of the cases docketed for the regu lar November term. A number of im- portant cases have been d.sposed of, in- cluding the $10,000 damage suit filed by Mrs. Lee Comstock against the ex-saloon keepers of Kearney. Mrs, Comstock lost her husband through suicide and en- deavored to convince the court that his mental derangement, which preceded his suicide, was caused by his too free ine- briation. The jury, after being out all night, brought In a verdict for the de- tendants, John Elstob, held on a statutory charge, was given a sentence of 15 years in the penitentiary. He attempted a criminal assault upon a Kearney girl. Elstob at first pleaded not guilty, after baving made a contession, and then changed his plea. Today the case of the Trans-Mississippl Klevator company va, the Unlon Pacific rallrond holds the court's attention. This is & case whereln the plaintiff seeks to recover damages to the amount of $1,000 for grain lost in transit. BEATRICE GIRL STUDENTS CLIMB DOWN FIRE ESCAPE BEATRICE, Neb, Dec. 4.—(Special.)— A crash of breaking glass, a cloud of smoke and a bevy of young women climb- ing down the flie escapes at the business college in the old Nebraska Bank buifld- ing, Fourth and Court streets, Friday caused considerable excitement shortly dfter the noon hour when fire broke out in a closet on tae third floor. The {lames were extinguished by the use ot chemicals betore any damage resulted. The fire Btairted In some old papers in the closet from an unknown cause. FRONTIE Dee, 4.—(Special)— FARMERS HAVE "'MEETING AT STOCKVILLE!_ STOCKVILLE, Neb, Dec, ~The Frontler County Farmer: tion held its fifth annual institute blg dinner here Thursday. There are sixty-three members, an increase over the membership of last year, The prin- | cipal speakers were A. P, Davidson and Miss Irene Dalton, both from the State found lacking an affirmative team de- | bating In Lincoln and a negative team | HA SUNDAY BEE DECIM BER 5, 1915, American Vessel Attacked by Subsea Off Island of Crete ATHENS, Dec. wireless “8, O, & call reacheq Athe this morning from an unnamed American ship, the mes- sage stating that it was being attacked by an Austrian or a German submarine !mum of the fsland of Crete. DENYS8 COCHIN, the French Ministerial repre- sentative and member of the new French Cabinet, who accompanied Lord Kitch- ener on his recent visit to the Balkans on a supposed 1 ewelry Has Real Economic Value There is a real economie value in wear- ing jewelry, a value to the wearer, bring- | ing him or her into most favorable notice | in the eyes of those with whom they come In contact. Omaha jewelers are about to Impress this fact upon the minds of the peaple by a serles of newspaper articles, setting forth the fact that wearing jewelry is a | wholesome and therefore a profitable habit. It gives polse to the mind and | the temper to know that one is “au fait.” It is a badge and the outward evidence | of success in the world. | In, protesting against a proposed change their proper sphere in the world as well as those of nlere practical use. The series will be well worth reading. | They start today, CAR HITS WAGON; DRIVER BREAKS HIS HIP IN FALL Theodore Overling, aged 4 4307 Saratoga street, sustained a (ra feft hip last evening when a northbouni Twenty-fourth street car struck his coal wagon at Twenty-fourth and Bovd On Record Against Fire Alarm System | streets, precipitating him to fhe pav | ment. He was attended by Dr. C. At its regular meeting Friday night the | 's hos, Lincoln Heights Improvement elub went | gy " *" U Yy O TN et on record as belng against the ex-| | penditure ot $90,000 for the installation of » Prine Mule Growen | & nmew fire alarm system, members tak- odo Prize Halr Grower. | . Dodo, d, has met the fate | ik the poeition that before the city In- | of Sapison. 1 long hair, never befors | curs this expense, it should provide the i touc:neg b{ n»el,"mu nhf;(rn' as & ;)rul:ufl Omah: v spectacie in the live stoc! lorum o e T e a with some | Sop Franclsco exposition. With much kind of adequate fire protection. bleating, the Angora objected to his dis- Petitions with 400 signers were turned | grace, but his owner. T, A, Tlerce, of ays Creek, Ore, was relentless. Before the operation the goat had to in the school house site. | be exhibited on a bench to knop’ rum from getting tangled up 'n his long locks, M'(f,n'wdh'"d Falrfax residents were on | YoM KL HNE %0 be braided up and tied nd at the meeting to ask co-operation iy knots on ordinary occasions and he in an effort to induce the Board of Edu- | required the constant services of & maid " | He was exceeding proud of his adorn- :‘""“l'“ e i ‘h" elght-room school | o 0, T Put after he was shorn there was ouse In one of these additions. | ng_goat so poor as to do him honor A large delegation from the lmnrnve-fr\r\"hen cut, ‘l‘fldn:‘ l;"N“N' nwrmlml to h"] | forty-one and one-half inches long. anc ment club will be present at the meeting | (OFIONT, PO G of hair was left of the Board of Education Monday night | on the animal. The shearing weighed for the propose of presenting the claima | twenty-two and one-half pounds and was of the residents of the three additions. — | | sold for $445, the record price for a mohair clip from a single animal. Dodo, | without his hair, was sold yesterday for A “For Sale” ad will turn second-hand |30 and was shipped to Arizona. Alto {‘ The things of beauty and worth have | gether his owner realized $745 from hii: furniture into cash. “8an Francisdo Chronicle. | | 29. DENYS COCHIN. have been or 8chool of Agriculture at Curtls. The weather was exceptionally good, but the attendance was small because of the work which many of the members are compelled to finish before the winter begins, . Carnegie Trusts to Sell Steel Bonds Order-- Fingers Down Your Neck Old Man Winter is just arouhdw the corner.r ; Don’t let him make you shiver while you wait for that coal that should A cold snap always means a flood of rush orders. Necessarily it is not possible then to serve all customers to best advantage. Tomorrow--Sunderland’s Certified Coal dered a week ago. LONDON, Dec. 4—The trustees of the Carnegle Hero fund, the Carnegle Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Carnegle Dunfermline Trust have de- cided to sell at the current market prices the United States Steel corporation bonds held by the trust and invest the proceeds WE GUARAN 3i kinds—yours included. 70 YELL-O WAGONS—Prompt delivery. One of our yards is near your home. TEE YOU in bonds of the British government. It is‘explained that this decision was taken with & view of meeting the desire of the government that American securities held In this country should be realized in order to overcome the adverse rate of ex- change. The bonds amount to almost £,000,000 pounds ($25,000,000). satisfied. Court-Martial Ends. WATERTOWN, N, Y, Deec. 4.~The court martial of Colonel Robert Hirst, third infantry, U. 8. 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Re- Schmidt Bros. Clothing company of this city, and in of their store at will make thelr Miss Rosa Langer of this city, who underwent an operation for af\pendicitis in Omaha oh Saturday morning, !s now eunh—-t.‘ The attack was an acute one. 'noomu‘rsnm NEYS CHECK UP BIG ESTATE BEATRICE, Neb, Dec. 4.—(Special)— Judge M. F. Bookwalter, J. A. Book- walter and George Prout of Springfleld, O, ralatives of the late Colonel J. W, % who dled recently in Italy, leaving an ostate -valued at 96,000,000, ar- rived in the city Friday to look over the lands owned by Mr. Bookwalter and to file & copy of the will in the county court, The largest bulk of the estate is dncluded in farm ‘ands ‘in Pawnee and Gage counties. The deceased bequeathed to his brother, W. H. Bookwalter, of Bookwalter, N 1,000,000, FALLS CITY MAN IS INJURED BY FALL FALLS CITY, Neb, Dec. 4.—(Special.)— ‘W, H. Maddox fell from & wagon ‘when returning from his farm last evening and was injured quite badly. He not re- Sained consciousness enough at a time 1o explain just how the acc'dent oc curred. He was a sick man when he left the farm and had phoned his family that be was coming home, It is thought that ‘When he fell from the wagon and struck | his head upon the curb that caused con- | cussion of the brain, There is a slight paralyals of the speech which m'ght in- dicate elther a fracture or concussion KEARNEY GOOD ROADS FAIR OPENS MONDAY KBARNEY, Neb., Dec. 4.—On Monday evening the big Farmers' and Merchants' Good Roads’ falr, to be held in thig city | during the week, will open its doors to the public. This Is a new venture in ralasing money for public highways and the prospects of its success are very at this time. The object is to yalse & fund sufficlent (o make a per- roadway from Minden via old ! to this eity, thence on Burned Near Beatrice. Neb, Dec. 4—(Special.)— m origin Friday afterncon ghe farm home of George ) "‘" pouteast of Beatrice k npted 1o save —_4 - % and Baby Bath Novelties. DOLLS Including Peek-a-Boo, Japanese and Little Orphans— from B5Oc¢ to $1.05. Infant's Long Dresses— of nalnsook with tucking and feather stitching round yokes, hand embroidered effects—two qualities . ... .B0c and $1.00 LONG SKIRTS - Two qualities in either nainsook or flannel 50c and $1.00 Infant's Warm Blankets— —350¢ and 70c INFANT'S LONG COATS— Made of Bedford Cord, prettily bralded Of Wool Batiste or Cashmere, prettily braided . Of Good Quality Cashmere Bonnets of file silk Knitted toques Flannelette gowns Arnold knit gowns Knitted bootees Knitted mittens . .. (Cashmere sacques Flannelette wrappers Arnold knit towels $1.95 .83.50 . . 85,00 50¢ to $1.50 OUTFIT NO. 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An Investment That Would Pay Would be a Daily Bee Want Ad member we handle ALL makes. four hundred to select from. Central Typewriter Exchange (Inc.) Established Thirteen Years. More than 1905 Farnam (This is Talk No. 6 of a Series On “The True Story of Real Estate.") Styles Change—Even in Houses But it is a mighty bard thing to get people to realize that fact. You will remember that in last week's talk, after determin- ing the value of the house, by figuring the Cost of Replacement less the Dépreciation, we sald that sometimes the factor of Obso- lescence also had to be considered. The word Obsolescence comes from Obsolete, meaning out of style. Walk up and down any of our older residence streets and you will find here and there houses that depart radically from present day styles in buillding. Certainly this fact must be taken into consideration in ar- riving at the value of such a house. Any builder will tell you that out-of-style houses do not lend themselves very readily to the installation of modern con- venlences. The amount to take off for Obsolescence or ‘‘out of dateness,” will be governed somewhat by what it would cost to remodel the buflding to conform with present day types. But even this would be governed to some extent by the buyer's tastes. We must repeat that these articles can only touch on the more important factors of residence property values, and then only in a general way. There are so many special factors enter- ing into each case that a competent, experienced real estate man who understands them thoroughly should be consulted before buying any plece of Real Estate. In next week's talk we will consider how mistakes in judg- ment in bullding, affect the value of residence property. (Signed) E. R. BENSON, C. F. HARRISON, G. G. WALLACE, Committee.