Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-23
LAVELLE IS FOUND GUILTY
Sentenced to Twenty Years on the
Charge Of Robbery.
MADE FOR wEGENER
MISSING valley Juactioa ssioo"
Man wanted IN Connection with
Robbery ana INidnsPtns OF
oshworth.
From a staff Correspondent

esram Frank Iaveue was found guilty
Of robbery by a jury today. Jude De
| Graft sentenced Lavelle TO serve twenty
years at Fort Madison.
1 Attorneys sought 70 have him adjudged
guilty on the lesser crime OF assault to
commit robbery or assault to commit
great bodily injury
Developments are expected in the
search FOR Ed wegener. missing Valley
Junction saloonkeeper. who is charged.
with Frank I,avelie. with kidnapping and
robbing Charles Ashworth. II is believed
that with the arrest of Clint Campbell.
who, II Is charged. sent box OF dynamite
and a letter demanding 100000 to Charles
and James Ashworth. the authorities have
located a man who can tell them OF the
| Whereabouts of wegener.
Pardon for Mcpherson.
Governor Clarke today issued an uncon-
dtional pardon to orman Mcpherson OF
Louisa county, who has served seven
teen years and seven months OF I've
term on conviction of murder in first DE-
gree for the killing OF the town marshall
OF Morning sun in 1895 Mcpherson is s.
Years old. was a soldier in an Iowa regi-
ment. and has a perfect prison record
He Is given~pardon because OF the fact
which seems 30 be clearly established,
that the most he should have been con-
lvicted OF was manslaughter. which car
ried only an eight-year-sentence. Nc
Pherson had gone to Morning sun TO see
his child, in custody Of her mother, and
the rumor having been spread he was GO
ling to kidnap the child. crowd gathered
to drive him out OF town. The marshal
ordered Mcpherson to leave and a quar-
rel followed. AS the marshal was taking
Mcpherson along the street by main
force the crowd yelled hang him." and
Mcpherson was struck several times and
knocked down. He shot the marshal dur
ling the fight Last year about forty OF
the survivors OF McPherson's regiment
called in a body on tine governor TO ask
him to investigate the case. which ne
did, and reached the conclusion McPher-
son has served long enough. He has
son Twins in Chicago.
Million for Good Roads.
Over 81 10000 for good roads in Iowa go
ling out of the state treasury mas proved
a powerful incentive TO the local road Of
ficers to do better work than before. Re-
Iports from all over the state are that the
state bonus for highways has been a
good thing and that 1t has been much
larger than was ever anticipated when
the law was enacted requiring that the
license fees for automobile numbers be
entirely distributed among the counties.
Already there has been distributed by
the state treasurer a total of 1901 ,25s.A of
this fund. More than 100000 is now on
lhand for distribution soon. The total will
lrun to at least s1,lO0OO0 for the year.
1t is being extensively advertised that
the state has not provided a cent for
good roads. The fact Is that the state
has given 81 100000 and there will be ex-
Ipended in Iowa this year on roads and
bridges over slo,ooo.oco. The sum is very
much larger than ever before.
Girls Make Presents.
The .giris at the State Industrial school
at Mitchel1ville, about 200 In ALL have be-
come greatly interested in the movement
to have a shipload Of Christmas gifts
sent to Europe. and they are busy maxi
ing nice things to be their contribution
to the cargo Mrs. Sickles. the superin-
tondent, states that the girls. are won
derfully interested in the matter, that
they are very busy making dresses. aprons
and other things which can be made by
them The material is furnished by tho
officers and others as their part OF tho
contribution. Practically all the girls al
the school are taught to sew.
Swlne breeders Meet.
Arrangements are being perfected for a
meeting early in the winter in this city
OF the Interstate Swine Breeders asso-
citation. OF which K. F. Lowry OF ottumwa
Is president. This is an organization
1 d.
treatment OF swine plague. and the !eed-
ers in the movement declare that IL is a
failure. The officials say they have let
tiers from breeders all over the state and
from Kansas. Nebraska, South Dalsotn
and other states expressing sympathy
with the movement
Supreme Court Decisions.
Mrs. Charles Covert against Town Of
Q. w. Vermilion. Action for personal
injury. Affirmed. opinion by Withrow.
DIR. J. II. Guthrie, appellant. against
AiiIo p. smith. Action TO recover value
Of certain material. Reversed. Opinion
y In ne estate Of Philip Feldner against
Anna P. Feidner, Administrative. appel
liant. Woodbury. county. Judge John f.
oliver. Appeal from order granting re-
hearing. Reversed and remanded. opin-
Exchange Bank OF Marcus and Ed
monds e. L,ondefgan. appellants. against
> ]. e. Schultz. Woodbury. county. Judge
John F. Oliver. Reversed and remanded.
J Action at law upon five promissory notes.
Opinion by DeemeP.
} John Howard against z. G. Dickson
and Cowp Dickson, appellants. Davis
} county. Judge Francis NJ. Hunter. Ao-
} tion on contract for digging wells. Az
firnaod. Opinion by Withrow.
Bertschy Motor Company against T. W.
Brady, appellant Pottawattamie county.
Judge A. b. Thornell. Action on 40
count for services rendered in repairing
auto. Modified and affirmed. Opinion
by Gaynor.
In the decision from Pottawattamie
county the court reduced the judgment
for the plaintiff from s225.25 to les.25 in
) a controversy over repairs on an automo-