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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Bandit Victim
OF Bullet Fired
By His Own Hand
Man Who Leaped From Hotel
When Cornered by Police
-Succumbs to Self.Inflicted
Wounds.

With his girl-wife, Irene, lo, Rev.
Father Mugan and two sisters kneel-
ing at his bedside praying, Frank
Seward, self-wounded and confessed
bandit, died at 2:55 yesterday after
noon in St. Joseph hospital.
He lapsed into Inconsistencies at
2:S0, after gradually sinking lower
and lower all day.
His last words were, just before he
went unconscious:
TITS all right to send my body to
Chillicothe."
His home is in Chillicothe, o., and
few moments before he died, a
telegram was received from his
brother, Thomas, in Columbus, O.,
asking that the body be sent there.
Confession Announced.
Immediately after Stewards death,
Detective Danbaum, who with De-
tective Palmtag, captured the bandit,
announced that Seward had confessed
to him Sunday night that he was i'm
plicated in the $1,000 robbery in
Toledo, O., and participated in the
gun battle following, in which two
railroad officers were killed.
He confessed Sunday night"
said Danbaum. "But promised
him solemnly not to make his confess
sion public until after he died"
Stewards last hour, before he lapsed
into Inconsistencies, was spent with
his girl-wife.
Last Hour With Wife.
Officers gave the pair that one hour
alone-tfle only time they had to
themselves since Stewards sensational
leap from the fourth floor of the
Wellington inn Saturday night, after
which he shot himself twice in the
chest when he saw escape was i'm
possible because Of a triple fracture
of his leg.
As the officers re-entered the room
to tell them the time was up, the girl
sobbed out:
"Oh, Frank Oh, Frank!
She promised him to be good and
return to Ohio, there to abandon the
life she admitted she had been living,
and start anew.
In the room when Seward died
were the two sisters, Father Mugan,
three newspaper men and Patrolnlan
Peterson, who has been on guard at
the hospital since the removal Of the
wounded bandit there.
Seward died peacefully.
No Pain at Death.
He was not in pain when the end
came, according to Father Mugan,
who had administered the last sacra-
ment to him.
Through request of Seward be-
fore he died to Father Mugan the
body was given into the care OF the
Larkin undertakers and probably will
be sent today to Chillicothe.
As soon as Irene reached Central
police headquarters from the hospi-
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Smoot Plan for
Sales Tax Draws.
SharpCriticism
Kenyon of Iowa Raps Propo'
sal of Utah Senator
Hot Fight on Scheme
Predicted.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, April Ex-senator
Smoot of Utah, "the watchdog of the
treasury" precipitated the first de-
bate of the session on revenue ques-
tions today by advocating the
adoption Of his sales tax plan. His
argument drew sharp criticism from
western senators, notably Kenyon of
Iowa and McCumber of North Da-
kota. indicating that the measure has
some stormy sailing ahead of it.
Senator Smoot gave notice that
when revenue revision comes before
the senate, he will propose an
amen dment for the imposition of a
general sales tax of l per cent in
lieu of the excess profits tax. He
estimated his plan would yield an
annual revenue of not less than ST.
5O0,O00,OOO.
Many of the arguments put for
ward by Senator Snloot were con-
tanned in formal statement which
he issued several weeks ago. He has
been endeavoring for some time to
BRING the matter before the senate,
but has been prevented by the press
of other measures.
Senator McCumber challenged
Senator Smoot's assertion that the
total of the sales tax, where applied
on number of sales, would not ex-
ceed 21a per cent. He insisted that
it would mean l per cent tax for
every exchange made. Senator
Smoot corrected this by stating that
the per cent tax which he proposed
merely applied totfe profit taken on
the sale and not to the cost plus the
profit.
Senator Kenyon questioned Sena-
tor Smoot's statement that the tax
would be simple to administer. He
said that to him it was as COM
plicated as the Einstein theory which
only II men in the world can under
stand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
IA Indicted
ForDrugAct
Offenses.
List Headed By Dixie Mack
True Bills Also Returned
in Several Stock.Sell.
ing Schemes.
No Liquor Complaints

Indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury late yesterday after
noon were featured by the absence of
liquor complaits.
Not single Indictment was re-
turned for violation of the Volstead
act, an unusual occurrence since the
country went dry, according to fed
cral court attaches.
The grand jury returned indict-
ments against IA persons for viola
ton of the federal narcotic laws.
Several Promoters Indicted.
Indictments were returned also
against several promoters of stock
selling schemes in Nebraska. Names
OF the persons involved in these par
ticular indictments are withheld until
arrests are made.
Earl Mack, ex-convict and former
vaudeville actor, who was arrested
in Omaha for forgery three weeks
after he had married Miss Grace
Abbott, Omaha dancing instructor,
was indicted for using the mails to
defraud. He is in the county Jail
awaiting trial for forgery charges.
Mack is said to have used the mails
to obtain money from a concession
in Topeka Kan, on forged contracts
that he had sent through the mails.
Held Under Narcotic Laws.
Dixie Mack alias Bernice Aurelius,
wealthy property owner, heads the
list of persons indicted for violation
OF the federal narcotic act.
The others are Marion Phipps,
Derby Austin, Leo Kong, Dave Nc
Kenna, T. F. Bowen. Aaron P.
Davis, George Watson. Susie Hunter,
c. F. Roland, Il. G. Scott, Clarence
Thomas. Harry Rudolph and Harold
B. McGlothen.
A true bill was returned against
Charles Finerty for alleged theft of
interstate shipments.
Joe Decesaro of Chicago was in
dicted under the Mann act for trans
porting Myrtle Sckerer from Chicago
to Grand Island ior immoral pur-
poses.
Ackley Case Ignored.
No indictment was returned against
Rev. Eugene Ackley, former pastor
OF the United Brethren church at
Broken Bow, Neb., who was arrested
three weeks ago upon complaint OF
Mrs. Zylphia Wallace of Sparta, Wis.
Mrs. Wallace appeared before the
federal grand jury in connection with
the case and was released from GUS
ltody yesterday afternoon
Mr. Ackley has been turned over
to his son at Broken Bow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Wilson Should Be
Kicked Out Was Reply
Of Ex-Kaiser to Pope

Berlin, April 27.-"Wilson should
be kicked out" was the former kais-
er's comment on the note of the
then American Secretary of State,
Robert Lansing, in reply to Pope
Benedict's attempted peace medita-
ton in the summer OF 1917.
This revelation is contained in
brochure issued by Philipp Scheide-
mann, former secretary for foreign
affairs, in which he reviews efforts
of the vatican to halt the war. Will
liam's marginal comment on Mr..
Lansing's communication was:
Wilson must give up the notion
that he can make of the German
people what he wants to make. He
must take it as it is. Neither the
nation, the army nor the kaiser will
accept the Wilson pace of under
standing. Wilson should be kicked
out"
Scheidemann accuses the old ad-
ministration of dilatory treatment Of
the pope's note and with equivoca-
ton in the negotiations on that 6
cassion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Bill to Permit Liquor Sales
on Steamers Introduced

Washington, April 27.-Sale OF
liquor on passenger steamers of
American and foreign registry be-
yond the three-mile limit would be
authorized under bill introduced
by Representative Edmonds, repub-
lican. New jersey.
The fight for liquor aboard such
ships was made before the house
judiciary committee last session, but
the bill was not reported. Chair
man Benson of the shipping board
advocated modification of the law
to permit American passenger steam
ers to compete with foreign vessels
not restricted by prohibition regula-
tons
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Loot Stolen in Railway
Holdup Found in Caboose

Chicago, April 27.-Non-negotia-
bic notes and checks for $83S,000
stolen from two bank messengers
during a raid on an Illinois Central
railroad train two weeks ago were
found by police in an abandoned
caboose on the Nickel Plate rail-
road. The checks were found, the
police said, on information given by
Frank Rio. one OF the two men held
for alleged completely.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Cummins Asks Reasonable
Freight Rates for Coal

Washington, April 27.-Informal
request that seasonal rates on anthra-
cite and bituminous coal be initiated
with the lowest schedules applying
to summer months. was made of the
Interstate Commerce commission by
Chairman Cummins OF the senate in
terstate commerce committee.
The request was transmitted orally
by Senator Cummins at the sugges-
lion ri committee members,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Arkansas Men Plead Guilty
to Charge of Night Riding

Jonesboro, Ark, April u. =
Iwenty-three men under indictment
on charges growing out OF night rid
ing here last fall, pleaded guilty and
were sentenced to prison terms rang
ing from two months to a year. They
included Dewitt Garrett, who has
been on trial for a week and whose
attorneys last night asked permits
sion to change his plea from not
guilty to guilty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Four Men Sentenced
to Die at Cork Today

Cork. April '27.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. )-Four men are to be
shot tomorrow morning at the mill
tary barracks. :, The men, Patrick
O'Sullivan, Maurice Moore. Patrick
Ronayne and Thomas Mulcahy, were
convicted of levying war against the
British crown forces.
The corporation and the labor
board of Cork has adopted a resolu-
ton saying that as the British high
court in Ireland and the British
ministry recognize a state of war,
the executions will contravene civil
ized warfare and the dictates of COM
mon humanity.
Copies have been sent President
Harding and Pope Benedict.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Slayer of Mail Clerk
Gets 25-Year Sentence

Minneapolis, April 27.-Delbert
Smith, 10 years old, who confessed
that he robbed a Northern Pacific
mail car near Little Falls, Mimi,
February l8 and fatally wounded Zs
E. Strong, a mail clerk, was sem
fenced to rs years in the federal peni-
Tertiary at Leavenworth, Kan, by
Judge Morris. in federal court today.
He will be taken to prison tonight.
Smith was arrested several weeks
after the robbery at Salt. Lake City.
He pleaded guilty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Court Reverses Action
in Espionage Conviction

Washington, April ,27.-Upon mo-
ton of Solicitor General Frierson,
confessing error, the supreme court
reversed the conviction of Henry
Albers in Portland, Ore, on charges
of having violated the espionage act.
Evidence produced at his trial
proved that Albers. who was of Ger
man descent, was in state of
"naudlin drunkenness" when he
made statements commencing the
German army and predicting its VIC
tory, upon which the indictment
against him was based. Albers was
sentenced to pay $4,000 fine and to
three years Imprisonment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Newspaper Publishers
Opposed to 44-Hour Week

New York, April 27.-The Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers. associa-
ton, in annual convention, expressed
its opposition to reduction of printers
hours below 48 week and endorsed
efforts of its members who are en-
deavoring to maintain the 4S hour
week and pledges them its co-opera-
tion and support"
The convention authorized the ap-
pointment lof a committee to nego-
tiate with four international unions
for new arbitration contracts in place
of those expiring April so, 1922.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Negroes Will Control New
National Bank in Chicago

Chicago, April 27.-The first ma
tional bank to be controlled by
negroes-the Douglas National Bank
of Chicago - today received its
charter from the comptroller Of the
currency. Only one white man, the
chairman of the board, is connected
with the bank.
The stock is to be sold exclusively
to Chicago negroes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
House immigration Bill
DELAYED in Reaching Senate

Washington, April .H.-Prospects
that the immigration restriction bill
passed by the house last week, would
reach the presidents hands this week
vanished when the senate inmigra-
ton committee adjourned without
action, to meet again Friday.
The house amendment excepting
aliens under religious persecution
from the restrictions Of the bill met
opposition
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Secretary Davis to Mediate
in Printers Wage Squabblc

Washington, April H.-An at
tempt by Secretary Davis to settle
the 44-hour week controversy of
printers by national agreements is
expected to follow presentation to
the Labor department head this
week, of proposals for new wage
agreements for the printers, to re-
place those which expire May /.
John MCFARLAND, president, and
John w. Hays, secretary of the
Typographical union. will confer
with Mr.. Davis, probably Friday.
Substitution of national agree
ments for local understandings be-
tween printers and their employers
presents something of a problem, it
was said, owing to varied conditions
and demands to be harmonized.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Boy of II Convicted for
Death of Aged Woman

Oakland, Cal, April 27.-John H.
Baker, IL, was convicted of murder
in the first degree for killing Mrs.
Emily Turner, II, four years ago.
The jury recommended life I'M
prisonment. Baker choked his bene-
factress, Mrs. Turner, to death in
revenge for fancied wrong and also
robbed her of SO, according TO eW-
dencc given at the trial,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
President Leaves for
Atlantic Fleet Review

Washington, April 27.-President
Harding left late today on the May
flower for Hampton Roads, where
tomorrow he will review the At
lantic division of the American feet
and later hold reception aboard the
flagship Pennsylvania, his military
and naval aides and a party of SEN
ators.
Secretary Denny, Admiral Coontz,
chief of naval operations, and mem
bers OF the house naval committee
also left aboard the naval yacht
Sylph for Oldpoint. just before the
review begins, they will join the
presidential party aboard the May
flower.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Escaped Convict With SO
Years to Serve. Surrenders

McAlister, Okl., April 27.-Virgll
Smith, who escaped from the Okla
homa penitentiary July %, 1920,
while serving a o9-year sentence for
statutory crime, re-entered the
prison here today after voluntarily
surrendering to officers at El Paso,
Tex. Smith said he surrendered to
please his mother, according to pris-
on officials.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Real Beer Excites Crowd;
Police Reserves Called

New York, April 27.-Police re-
serves had to be called to hold back
crowds that gathered when 500 gal
Ions of real beer, seized by the
police, was poured down sewer
on East One Hundred Twenty-third
street. Men and women, carrying
pitchers, basins ad even cups, tried
to break through the lines, but were
driven back. 9
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
American Tobacco Again
Paws Dividends in Cash

New York, April 27.-The Amer
lean Tobacco company which has
since last September been paying
dividends on its common stock in
script convertible at par into class
B common, today reverted 10 cash,
declaring its regular quarterly divi-
'dend of6j per cent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Theater Owner Released
From Blue Law CHARGES

Lacrosse, Wis, April, 27.-B. c.
Brown, owner of a theater at Viro-
qua, arrested on charge of violating
the blue laws by keeping his movie
house open on Sunday, was found
not guilty by jury today. The petit
ton for his arrest, signed by $50 citi-
zens, was circulated by the w. c.
ST | .se
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
Revenue Officers Seize
IL Stills in One Day' Work

Lodgepole, Neb., April 27.-(Spec-
ial. .)-fn single day revenue Of
fieers located and took in charge II
stills between the towns of Julesbure
and Sedgewick Most of them were
being operated by Japanese and Rus
sian beet farmers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
New Recreation Officer.

1t. Col. Frank P. Amos of
cavalry. has reported for duty at
Fort Crook, where he will be educa-
ton and recreation officer. Colonel
Amos had been on recruiting duty at
Kansas City, Mo. :.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-28
The Weather

, Forecast.
Fair and cooler Thursday.
Hourly Temperatures
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23
Con- DECISIONS % : Bride


be! Ann shops so often and so eX-
travagantly that she hasn't any rea-
son for SIMPLIFYING. | wonder how
we can keep this firm the public l
walled. Bob will be furious-and
Daddy Lorimer will rage"
| was near to raging myself as l
worked my way through the dense
traffic of MONDAY toward the po-
lice station.
is Ann in a ceII?'
by this time she surely is Mar
tina replied. Il asked the officer not
to lock her up until | arrived, but
he said he'd have -, that they dldn I
have guards enough to watch girl
like her! The fact IS, Jane, that
some men do not approve Of wo-
man lawyer. Ann ought to have
phoned one of your father-in-laW 5
counsel"
Pm glad Ann called you up,
Marie. If we women can manage,
why should we let any of the Lori
mer men know about that witch
AIMS latest escapade? Goodness
gracious, Marie. I'm actually proud
because you and / and that silly bebe
Ann have acquired lot of mysteri-
Gus rights lately, We can get into
jail, and out, I hope, without the
help Of any man.
Presently l stood at desk in the
prison office with Martha long
enough to look over the articles Ann
was said to have taken from the
counters of Nichols & Nichols.
1t was tawdry stuff. AIMS con-
duct was not to be fathomed by me.
(To be continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23
EXCELSIOR.


YOUR aiming high is fine indeed
4 but willing workers are what we
need. The day of stunts was yes
terday: runts are on the throne to-
day. The feat-gamut has long been
run; the age of plodding has begun
The giant minds, the giant wits, long
since have done their giant bits. We
modern ones are a race of snobs :;
for you can't grow giants on pignv
Jobs. There's no more world to be
discovered, for both the poles have
been uncovered. The Wrights and
Curtiss conquered air: no fame for
US is floating there. Croesus and
the money horde have been surpas5-
ed by Henry Ford, but he's the last
big millionaire: there nothing left
in earth or air. The tops been
reached in movie ranks by our far
Mary and her Fairbanks. And ii
you plan to write play to run a
thousand nights and play, Light
nins' struck: you are too late: this
is the irony of fate. The finest ser
mon has been preached; the peak
in books has long been reached. The
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23
SISTED z15.:!.. flsEfys Kil21litjzt1

A delicious tomato soup can be
made without stock. The soup may
be thin or a PURGE. While a thicE
cream soup s seldom served at din
ler it is rourishing and quite Gill
ing" for luncheon. An vegetables
make pleasing cream soups but to-
matoes alone seem adapted for thin
soup without a stock foundation.
A tablespoonful Of bacon fat and
butter are used to give richness The
bacon fat also adds to the taste. An
onion is minced and Drowned in the
melted fat. A pint of tomatoes ana
the tops from a bunch of celery are
added to the onion and the whole is
stewed slowly for 80 minutes This
IS then strained through a sieve and
a small amount of soda is added
If the tomatoes are quite acid, as
much as IA teaspoonful of soda
should be used, but if the tomatoes
are fairly sweet less soda is used.
The soda is necessary to netralize
with tomatoes so they win combine
with the milk without curdling. The
strained tomato juice is added to
one and one-half cups of hot milk
Season with salt and pepper and heat
but do not boil. Serve Immediately.
Menu for Tomorrow.
BREAKFAST - Stewed dried APP
ricots, scrambled eggs with bacon,
whole wheat pop-overs, coffee.
LUNCHEON - Nut croquettes
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23

SANTA CLAUS was telling the
~ Twins the story OF Blue Santa
and how he himself came to build his
big chimney.
"And what did he do when he
went to the South Pole and lived in
a cave?" asked Nancy.
Just waited to see what would
happen" answered Santa. And
something did. You see, all the puff
fin birds and the kittiwakes and the
penguins, all of which live in cold
places, discovered the sign he had
set up and told the children. And
the news soon spread all over the
world that the real Santa Claus was
a blue one and that he lived at the
South Pole. The worst of it was
that the swlfts got to know of il"
THE swifts" exclaimed the child
>ren. what are they?"
The chimney swifts' nodded San
ia Claus They are my messengers
and live in chimneys. How else dc
you s'pose would get the notes the
children write me?'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23

ooh, we always thought you sent
your fairy helpers after them " said
Nick.
Well what are birds if not fairies,
7 should like to know" demanded
Santa, pretending to be surprised
"They are the best kind of fairies,
too, for they are allowed to let folks
see EN-. The rest Of us ! am sorry
to say, are not"
Santa knocked the ashes out of his
pipe and nut It in his pocket.
when the swifts got to know of
the Blue Santa Claus" he went on
they probably thought that had
gone out of business and they took
him every single note and letter that
the Riddles had written to me and put
up the chimneys."
"Tll bet that's why | didn't get
my bicycle last Christmas" said Nick
at once.
And l didn't get my wrist watch,
Nancy told him.
Didn't you?" exclaimed. Santa,
surprised, "Well, I never"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23
OUR OWN UNCLE WALT MASON

perfect mousetrap has been made, and
it was done without our aid. Thorn
as A and Luther B. have left no
coups Off you and me. The Creek
surpassed all in Art the worlds ne'er
seen their counterpart. The Bible
has been writ; we cannot add one
word to it. The perfect fool haa
run his race: you can't compete with
him for place. This famous fools
little wiser, since now nobody hochs
der Waiser) Valhalla's seats are oe'
cupied, and no reserves were laid
aside. On every pinnacle of Fame,
you see some other fellows name.
And in that region Of RenOwn sit
the immortals, each with crown.
There's standing room down in the
plain-the only place that you car
gain. So, girls; return unto youl
knitting; you made a big mistake
in quitting. And boys, get busy
with the pillow: the time for doing
things is now. If you would win IL
life's great race. outshine your fel
lows in the commonplace!
C. NJ. H.
Americas, Ga.