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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
THREE CHARGES
AGAINST KENT
IN BABIES CASE
assault to Commit Murder
Brought Against doctor
-Who Still Maintains
Innocence.

Charged with assault to commit
MURDER" DR." H. S. Kent, who has
been held at the city jail since Sun
day as the alleged father of the twin
babies found in an abandoned we'll
at Thirty third and California
streets last Saturday, yesterday was
placed under $4,000 bond. The
complaint was filed by County At
torney Shotwell.
Three counts are embodied in the
complaint. The first is assault with
intent to murder by abandonment,
the second, assault with intent to
commit murder by exposure, and the
third, assault with intent to do great
bodily injury.
Kent, who still is' held in the city
jail, insists that he knows nothing
about the case, insofar as it in
wolves Miss Louise Boeke, 504l
California street. as the. mother of
the children He was interviewed yes
terday by Martin Sugarman, attor-
ney for Miss Boeke, who quoted the
prisoner as saying that he would
spend the rest of his life in the
penitentiary rather than be forced
to admit that he was the father OF
the babies.
Sugarman also quoted Miss
Boeke as SAYING that she was by no
means convinced that she had given
birth to the babies. She added that
she would take only Kent's word
for it.
Carl Boeke, brother of the girl,
called on Kent at the Jail yesterday,
but would not discuss his interview
with the prisoner.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
New Indictment Filed
In SUGAR Profits Case

Salt Lake City, July 28.-Four
men not named in the original com
plant filed against directors of til,
utah-Idaho Sugar company, charged
:nfraction of the Lever act in con-
nection with sales of sugar, are
named in an amended complaint
filed here by Isaac Blair Evans.
United States district attorney, and
three named ii the original COM
plant are not mentioned in the new
document
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Girl Jumps Bond Of
$4,000 for Appearance
AT Trial for Murder

Knoxville, Teip., July 28.-Miss
Maud Moore, a ,$tenographer. who
waa convicted of the Staying of lie
Roy D. Harth, wealthy automobile
dealer here, and sentenced to q
years imprisonment, but who was
granted a new trial, failed to appear
in court Tuesday Her bond Of
$4,000 was declared forfeited and
reward of $500 offered by the
bondsmen for her capture.
Miss Moore's mother informed
the authorities yesterday that her
daughter had disappeared some lime
ago. Her second trial was to have
started Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Coal Operators Scale
Committee Meets TODAY

indianapolis. July 28-The mine
operators scale committee of the
central competitive field has been
called TO meet in Chicago at 10 a. m,
tomorrow, twas stated here today.
The organization will consider the
request of President John l.. Lewis
of the United Miners of America for
a. joint conference of miners and
operators to deal with the problems
arising from the strike of monthly
men and day workers in Indiana and
Illinois. The call. it was stated. was
contained in a telegram from T. T.
Brewster Of st. Houis, chairman OF
the committee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Recover Body Of Wealthy =
Man Drowned Last October

Boise, Ida, July 2S-The body OF
Joseph Unger, wealthy Pittsburger,
who disappeared the middle of last
October on Rapid river in the sea-
foam country while out hunting,
with companion, Foutze by name.
who lives in that region, was found
in Float creek last Sunday morn
ing by sheepherder. The clothing
was found lin bushes near by and
there were wounds on the scalp.
The bodv was removed to Chailis.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Puget Sound Cities Being
Searched for Bergd0ll

Seattle, Wash, July 2S-Depart-
ment of Justice agents tolay were
searching Puget Sound .cities for
Grover Cleveland Bergdo.l. alleged
wealthy draft evader who is wanled
in Philadelphia. The officers were
acting on information furnished by
w. B. Douglas, St. Paul. former
Minnesota attorney general. who
said he saw man answering Berg
dolls description Monday on a train
bound for the Puget Sound.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
By ARTHUR. M. EVANS.

Chicago Tribune Omaha bee Leased Wire.
Great Bend, Kan, July 28.-Bar-
ton county is the banner wheat
county of Kansas this year with an
estimated yield of 100000 bushels,
valued at $ll 100000. 1t has a popu-
lation of $4,000, which means its
wheat output this year is worth $640
per capita for every man, woman and
child in the county, to say nothing
of the corn and other products. 1t
has had no harvest labor shortage,
much of the threshing has been fin
ished and the floating labor has
been filtering away to>Nebraska and
other fields, following the ripening
grain.
The car scarcity is great. In Bar
ton county about Is per cent of the
1919 crop still remains on hand in
the farmers bins and in the ele-
vators, while few counties west the
reserve Of last years grain, still un
marketed, runs as high as 20 per
cent. These figures are from large
farmers and bankers.
Wheat Piled on Ground.
The transportation breakdown is
the cause. 1t has hit both producer
and consumer. The grower has sus-
tanned constant loss on his stored
stuff, due to deterioration and bleach
ing by the weather, ranging between
Is and 50 cents bushel, accord
ing to large producers, while at the
other end the white collar" set and
the industrial workers in the cities
have paid more for their bread.
Unless the law of supply and de-
mand has gone out of business en-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
League
President Must Serve
9O-Day Jail Sentence

Fairmont, MINI. July 28.-A. c.
Townley, president of the National
Nonpartisan league, and Joseph Gil
bert, former league organizer, today
were denied new trials on charges
OF conspiracy to encourage dis
loyalty during the war They are
under 90-day Jail sentence. 4.
District Judge E. c. Dean made
the order Townley and Gilbert
were convicted at Jackson. Mimi, a
year ago on charges growing out of
speeches they made in behalf of the
nonpartisan league in Jackson coun-
ty. Their trial lasted three weeks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
FEDERAL MEN
take HAND IN
ISLAND FEUD
After Dispute Among Officers
Government Agents Get
Warrants to Search
Island for SiI|ick.

After newspaper men from Ona-
ha had crossed the Missouri river
near Calhoun yesterday and con-
yersed with Fred Sillick. assaiant
of w. H. Vincent, residents Of a
1,500-acre island in the river, fed
eral officers and officials of Wash
ington county began an investiga-
ton of the case to determine whose
duty it was to arrest Sillick.
Sillick declares he is willing to
surrender.
He is charged with stabbing
Vincent the night before on the
island during a heated argument
about religion and politics. Vincent
said. c. A.. Cook. son-in-law of
Vincent, and Mrs. Vincent saved
The aged man from death when
they interfered and pulled Sillicls
off his victim.
Wounded Man Swims River.
Vincent, severely wounded in the
neck and back. swan 100 yards
across the channel to a farmhouse
from where he was brought to Oma-
ha. ~>
Meanwhile. Cook. fearing that
Sillick would open fire on him and
his family, rowed them across the
river to the Iowa side, then him.
self returned to the island, armed
with a 12-gauge repeating shotgun,
in quest of Sillick.
Sillick, with his wife and 5-year-
old son, remained awake at the
door Of their island home all night,
in anticipation Of a possible attack
by the Vincent faction.
The Vincent and Cook families
appealed to Washington county Of
Z Continued on Page Two. Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Alice Massette, Thought to
Have Been Murdered, Is
Married to Henry Trans and
Living Near Peru, Iowa.
DES MONIES REPORTER
TELLS STORY TO BEE
Finding Of Woman Clears Dale
Mann and Skaters Theory
Followed by Police and
Attorney Grace Ballard.

Alice Massette, who was ldeauied
as the mystery girl" whose body
was found in gulch north OF Flor
ence several month ago has been
found. . ss
This information was given 10 The
Bee yesterday by . reporter for the
Dea Moines Register and Leader
who Investigated the case.
The finding of Miss Massette eXr
plodes the theories of Grace Ballard.
county attorney al Washington
county, and Detective Andrew
Trapp, who have worked Oh the case
for several months and who had
hopes of clearing up the mystery by
the arrest of Dale Mann, a suspect
Miss Massettc is now Mrs. Henry
Trans and lives near Peru, Ia, rural
delivery No. 2, route IS. \
The Des Moines reporter was Civ
en- this information by Frank Muck,
a cousin Of Mrs, Trans, who lives at
3O7 East Sixth street. Des Moines,
Find Girls Mother.
According to Muck. his aunt Mrs.
William Muck. mother OF Mrs,
Trans, who lives at Colfax. Ia. had
Just returned from East Peru yes
:erday when she was told Of the
stories published by Omaha newspa
pers that her daughter was believed
to be the mystery girl
The reporter who talked with the
mother OF Mrs. Trans said she was
very indignant over the stories pub
lished in Omaha papers and stated
that she would wire the Omaha po-
lice not to worry about her daugb-
ter. ..-....-. ...
She told the reporter that her
daughter knew Dale Mann about
two years ago, but as far as she knew
there has been no correspondence
between the two for more than a
year, t.-% ,-
This. identification skaters the
statement made to Detective Trapp
yesterday by Florence Rathke, 2olS
North Twsnty-seventh street, who
declared in a signed statement that
she positively identified the body as
that of Alice Massette.
MS news from DeS MoiileS
pleased Lester Dale Mann. who was
traced. arrested and held in Jail for
three days as principal in the mys-
terry murder iase.. whidh has .baffled
police and state officers OF two states
He Tells Police.
Muck, cousin oi Mrs. Trans.
first read Of the mystery murder
case in a Des Moines newspaper.
he told the reporter, He telephoned
The Des Moines police, according
10 the Des Moines reporter and
;old them that Alice Massette was
living in East. Peru and told them
to wire the Onlafa police this IN
formation. So.
Detective Trap and Charlie
Wl,alen Yesterday went to Blair to
obtain additional evidence. against
Mann. they said. against whom, they
had hopes of having charges 1lcd
today.
Trapp said this was the only
theory the police department. had
10 work OH. The police Of several
Iowa and Nebraska cities have
hunted for mouths ior the Massettc
woman as we'll as the murderer OF
The slain woman whose body was
found in rav:ne north of Florence
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Banner Wheat County
Of Kansas Has Yield of
$640 for Each Person
Scarcity of Cars Becoming More Serious for Farmers
Of Sunflower State-Grain Piled on Ground
Waiting Transportation Mills Building Up Big
Business, Due to Inability Of Railroads to Haul.

tirely, as was the case last year,
some communities in this western
wheat area expect to pile their grain
ON high ground after threshing,
hoping that some day a freight car
or two will be showed on the siding
and the goods can be sent to mar
ket. At Larned, 25 miles from here,
it is reported that not car of wheat
has been shipped in 10 days, and
this is at the crest of the season,
when normally the rails would be
groaning under heavily loaded
wheat trains rushing the grain to
the terminals.
Milling Capacity Increasing.
At Ness City one grower yester-
day sent shrek for help to Hutch
inson. His wheat was on the
ground, no cars, and rain clouds in
sight. Meanwhile one means of re-
lief is growing. The local milling
capacity of the state is increasing.
The milling -in-transit rate is en-
couraging the state millers, and
Hutchinson, Salina, Mcpherson,
Atchison and other cities on the
eastern fringe of the western wheat
belt are building up an important in
dustry. Much of the flour is for
export trade. Four-fifths of the
Hutchinson output goes abroad.
Mills and elevators Of concrete are
a common sight in the cities of this
section. Great Bend has two. The
capacity is not enough to take care
of the yield. OF course. but helps,
and the wheat raisers out here are
now talking that the growth of To-
cal mills is the hest and quickest
way to counteract the failure of the
Continued ON Page Two, Column One.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
-NEBRASKAN.
DENOUNCES RULE.
OF N. Y. GOVERNOR
Calls On State Republicans tt
Gust Tammany-Judge
Miller Nominated
For Governor.

Saratoga Springs, n. Y, July %.
-Denouncing the democratic admin.
istration of Gov. Alfred E. Smith as
marked by squackery, opportunism
and lack Of vision," Chairman Viii
liam Hayward in the unofficial re-
publican state convention today
called upon his party colleagues to
emulate the example of the national
convention at Chicago and adopt a
platform and elect leaders that will
command the confidence of the vot-
ers and insure a republican victory
at the polls this fall.
"The demogatic party is so dl-
vided on national issues" Colonel
Hayward said, that it was neces-
sary for President Wilson and the
new nominee, Governor Cox, to re-
sort to that secret diplomacy which
Mr.. Wilson so abhors, and to have
closed door conference followed
by cryptic statements that they are
in perfect accord. This in lieu OF
the, open covenants openly arrived
at which Mr.. Wilson has so long
prated about"
Colonel Hayward declared that IN
New York state the disagreement
had gone even further, until every
Tammany official damns every 9th.
er Tammany official and is damned
by them in return.
"And with state and nation re-
deemed" he added, "we propose to
eject Tammany entirely from city
and county government and install
dignity, efficiency, economy and
honesty in its place"
Judge Nathan L. Miller OF SYRIA
cuse was nominated for governor
late today. His selection came on
u Endorsement % of TIE republican
rational platform. pledges OF enthu..
siastic support to Harding and
Coolidge, and declaration for a
league OF nations with such reserva-
tIons as shall protect the sovereignty
and independence of the United
States and always retain in congress
alone the power to declare war" are
contained in the platform submitted
to the convention today.
There is no prohibition plank;
Prohibition is not a state issue"
the document declares.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Fuel Oil Being Rushed to
Garv to Keen Up Work

Gary. Ind. July 28.-Thousands
OF gallons of fuel oil are being
rushed to Gary's steel plants today
TO avert paralysis of industry here.
which threatens to throw many
thousands of men into idleness. Il
was stated by officials of the com
panies affected. Already the short
age OF coal supplies has become SO
acute that mills have closed down
some departments, includino uun-
Der of furnaces.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
lnsinuations Come From the
White House and Gompers
To the Effect That Men Are
Laid Off to Hurt Party.
PRESIDENT WILL ACT IF
suspicious ARE PROVEN
Chief of Labor Federation
Attacks American WooIen
Company for Closing Down
Mills in Massachusetts.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

S"NoSO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nee lfHStu " are.
Washington, July 28.-Insinua-
tions that the woblen mill shut down
and the discharge of superhuous en-
ployes by the Pennsylvania railroad
represent republican move to dis
credit the Wilson administration and
to promite the election of Harding
were forthcoming today from both
the White House and President
Gompers of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
A White House official who di-
rects administration propaganda
anonymously, for President Wilson,
iiscoursed at some length upon man
tfestations of the slowing down of
industry. He hoped there was no
political plot to injure the admins
tration and the democratic party in
volved in the laying off of men in
big industries bit if such should
prone to be the case he was sure
the president would make good his
threat of some seven years standing,
to hang the sufprits higher than
Rsman."
In perfect tune with the White
House emanation came an efficial
statement from Mr.. Gompers few
hours later inquiving whether "the
laying off of workers, is revival
o: that old and crude policy of lay
ing off men during political cam
paign for the purpose of driving
them in fright and necessity into a
political camp"
Hear Old Cry. y
"For months we have heard the
cry, dinned and dinned and dinned
into our ears-increase production,
increase production, said Mr.. Com
pers. "How can increased produc-
ton be accomplished under policy
Of laying off thousands OF work
ers?"
The federation president then
proceeded to pay his respects to the
American WOODEN company for
closing its Massachusetts mills. He
said the company had increased its
income 3l6 per cent between 1914
and 1918, the net increase in COM
mon stock earnings being 53l per
cent.
president Wood told his stock
holders that the close of the year
left the company with untitled or
de-s sufficient to keep the machinery
fully employed we'll into 1920 and
With good prospects for full pro-
duction for the entire year," said
Mr.. Gompers.
Foreign deliveries increased ap-
proximately 100 per cent during
1919.
Lay OF Men.
I'm addition to this case there
is the action of the Pennsylvania
railroad in laying off approximate
~ 1900, if reports are accurate.
Will this help move freight. will it
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Japan Receives Protest 4
On Saqha|in OCCupation

Toxic, July 28.-(By The AS
sociated ress.)-Accordirg to the
Nichi Nichi, the japanese govern
ment has received an inquiry par
taking of the nature OF protest,
from "a certain country" in connec-
ton with Japan's intention to oc-
cupy Saghalin, Manchuria. station
ing troops in Khabarovsk and else
where.
Viscount Uchida, foreign minister,
has submitted the inquiry to the
cabinet, which later will go into spe-
cial session with the advisory coun-
Gil to discuss the subject.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
AMUNDSEN HAS
REACHED NOME
ON WAY TO POLE.
Norwegian Explorer Touches
Land for First Time Since
( Sailing From Norway
In 1918.
(By the Associated Press. }

Nome, Alaska, July 28.-Roald
Norwegian explorer, ar
rived in Nome last night from the
Arctic ocean.
Amundsen arrived here on a tug
and said he left his vessel, the
Maude, at Sledge Island, not far
from here, where for the last 10 days
het has been storm bound. He re-
ported all we'll with his expedition.
: On his arrival here Amundsen was
taken to a hotel where several hun
dred people gathered to greet him.
He said it was the first time in two
years he had been in a place where
he could "clean up" .-.
Met Up With Bear.
Amundsen told of an encounter
with a polar bear last winter, in
which his clothing was teul from
his body, one of his arms broken,
and his back and legs severely lacer-
ated. He is still suffering from the
effects of the encounter.
Amundsen is in Nome. il IS
thought, to outfit for an attempt TO
reach the North Pole According to
Christiana dispatches in April, the
explorer hopes to lock his boat in
the ice off eastern Siberia and drift
across or near the pole. He plans
to be gone five years.
Ever since Amundsen sailed north
from Norway in 1918 he has been in
the Arctic. For 10 months he was
not heard from First word from
him came in April. 1920, when men,
hers of his crew arrived at Anadir,
Siberia, across the Bering sea from
Nome, and reported they had come
overland from the Artic where the
Maude was waiting for the ice to
break so she could sail south to
Nome.
Circumnavigates Globe.
Amudsen's arrival at Nome it has
been said. gives him claim to first
circumnavigation OF the globe
through the waters between the Arc
tic ice pack and the northern edges
of Europe and America. The first
leg of the journey was completed
in 1906 when he discovered the
northwest passage from the Atlantic
to the Pacific around North America.
The second leg has just been COM
pleted by his journey from the At
iantic to the Pacific around Europe
and Asia.
If Amundsen reaches the North
Pole he will haye touched both ends
cf the globe, for he is credited with
the discovery of the South Pole In
going north he hopes to confirm or
refute the claims of the late Rear
Admiral Robert E. Pearv to dis
coyery of the northern tip of the
world .~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
San Bernardino, CAL, Now
Has a Population of 1921

Washington. July 2S.-Wester1y,
R. l., 9,952. increase 1856, or 14.4
per cent.
San Bernardino. Cal. 1921. M
crease 5,942. or 46.5 per cent.
Lander, Wyo, 2.153. increase 521.
or III per cent.
Henryetta. Oki., $3.50, increase
4,2l8, or 2524 per cent.
Wacross. Ga. 1908, increase s.
585. or 24.7 per cent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Expect Call OFF of Mine
Strike in Indiana Soon

Indianapolis. July 2S.-The strike
of company men and day workers
in the Indiana coal fields was expect
ed by miners officials to be called
off late today. This action was fore
east following a conference of rep
resentatives of the local unions of
the United Mine Workers of
America of district No. II, held in
Terre Haute this morning.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Man Finds Wife and \
Baby Dead When He
Returns From Work

Burlington. Ia, July 2S-Mrs. Al
lred Mellor and her 5year-old son
today were found asphyxiated by
gas. the wonnan's ankles and wrists
bound by clothes. The house had
been ransacked ard there were evil
dences of struggle. .e
The bodies We're found by Mellor
when he returned home from work
this morning. He left the house at
midnight
Indications were that mother and
child had prepared for the night IN
~ guest room where the bodies were
found. The gas Jet was. turned OIL
ft,1f
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Flour Prices Drop at
Mills in MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis. July 284-ReAecting
the slump in wheat prices -four
dropped today at all large mills
here, one of the largest mills re-
porting reduction of 20 cents bar
rel and another 75-cent drop. To-
days quotations were $3.50 to
Sl3.55 a barrel, in carload lots in
o8-pound cotton sacks. Tor family
patents.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Widely Known st. Louis
Editor Dies on Coast

san Francisco. July 2S.-William
Marion Reedy, St. Louis, widely
known editor, died here today. He
came to San Francisco to attend the
democratic convention and was
taken i'll following its close. He was
the owner of Reedys Mirror, St.
Louis weekly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Auto Accidents In Chicago
Tuesday Cause Seven Deaths

Chicago. July 28.-Automobile ac-
cidents took a toll of 10 lives in
Chicago and vicinity Tuesday. Sew
Ell met death and three serious in
jury when automobiles were run
down by trains oil grade crossings.
There have been 265 deaths since
January l resulting from automobile
accidents.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
Home Brew Fatal to Three
Mexican Farm lab0ferS

/. Sterling. Colo, July 28.-Ampleo
Marmalejo, Juan RODRIGUEZ and Yu-
quacio Gonzales, Mexican farm Ia
borers, employed on the ranch Of
Amen brothers, northeast of Tiff.
Colo, died Tuesday after having
drunk a concoction OF "home brew
which is believed to have contained
wood alcohol.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
New York Convict Murdered
BY Fellow Prisoners

Auburn, N. Y, july 2S.-Phillip
Nissenam. "a years old a convict
in the state prison here. was mur-
dered i'll the prison yard by fellow
inmates tonight, following series
of fights in which several convicts
participated. Nissenam was stabbed
through the heart with knife.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-29
20 Firernen Overcome
In Beef House Fire at
Armour's in CHICAGO

Chicago, July 28.-Twenty fire
men were overcome today while
fighting a fire that practically de-
stroyed the beef house of Armour
4 Co.. fve-story structure cover
ing a block at the stock yards. The
flames menaced $l000,00O worth of
beef i'll adjoining storage plants.