THE OMAHA HEE: KKIPAY. JULY 14. 192a.
Two iMore Victims
of Crossing Crash
at Fremont Expire
Father and Son Follow Lad
Killed When Train Hurl
ed Coupe Down
Embankment.
Fremont, Neb., July lJ.-(5pcia
relfgum.) The railroad crossing
acridrnt here Wednesday, which
muffed out ihe life of Glen Knapp,
II. developed into a triple tragedy,
when the older brother, William, 1&
and the father, Silai Knapp, 55, sue
tumbed to their injuriei here.
Knapp wai going home from work
in coupe, accompanied by his two
sons, wednetday evening. He Uiled
to tee an approaching Northwestern
raenger while watching for a train
from the opposite direction on the
Union Pacific track, and hit car was
hurled over an embankment. Glen
wat dead when picked up. William
and hit father were taken to the hoi-
pital, where the ton lingered but a
tew hourt. The father died at 11
this morning. The mother and teven
other children turvive.
Lutheran Orphan
Association Meets
Has Received 60 Children
During Year 32 Placed
With Families in State.
Fremont, Neb., July 13. (Spe
cial.) The Evangelical Lutheran
Orphans' Home association of Ne
braska, represented by 16 Lutheran
congregations of Fremont, Omaha
and vicinity belonging to the Mis
souri synod and numbering 4,000
members, held its annual meeting in
the Orphans' home here. Fourteen
pastors, 15 lay delegates and five
guests- were (,in attendance. The
Cross Evangelical Lutheran Congre
gation of Omaha, Titus Lang, pastor,
was received into membership.
In the opening address, Rev. M.
Adam of Omaha, president, of the
association, reminded the assembly
of the 75th anniversary of the synod,
widely celebrated this year.
The Fremont home received 60
children during the past year, of
whom 32 were placed with families,
leaving 28 children in the home at
present, according to report by Su
perintendent John Onuse of tremont.
Four of these children are infants.
The treasurer of the association, F.
W. Krueger of Arlington, Neb., re
ported that contributions and gifts
during the last year had covered all
expenses, leaving a balance of $630
in the treasury.
The following officers were elected
to serve one year: Rev. M. Adam,
Omaha, president; Rev. H. C. Julius
Frese. Hooper, vice president; Rev.
M. Nierman, Scribner,- secretary; F.
W. Krueger, Arlington, treasurer;
August Sacger, Fremont, Julius Har
tung, Hooper and Hyram Moeller,
Hooper, directors.
Pawnee City Club Fights
Telephone Rate Raise
Pawnee City, Neb., July 13. (Spe
cial.) A conference of representa
tives of the Pawnee Service club, the
Pawnee Telephone company and Lor
en Brown of the state railway com
mission was held at the county court
house here relative to the proposed
raise in rates here, which has been
requested of the commission by G.
E. Becker of the telephone company.
The Pawnee Public Service club is
fighting the proposal.
The committee representing this
body was composed of Dr. F. H.
Burton, J. L. Stewart and W. W.
Cornell. A mass meeting of the gen
eral public will be held at the court
house Wednesday evening and the
views of patrons will be heard. The
commission will then decide the ques
tion. Aurora School Expenses
Total 165,000 for Year
At-rora, Neb., July 13 (Special.)
The report of the Aurora School
district has just been filed with the
county superintendent showing total
expenditures of the year aggregating
$65,000. The expenditures for the
teachers aggreeated $42,903. The
census shows the number of children
in the district between the ages of
5 and 21 to be 1,085. The number of
children enrolled in the schools last
year was 926.
Chiropractor Is Fined $100
in Suit to Test License Act
Hastings, Neb., July 13. (Special
Telegram.) Chester A. Pierce, in
contesting the Nebraska chiropractic
law on the ground that it is uncon
stitutional and discriminatory, was
fined $100 in county court here today
for practicing chiropractic without a
license. He is attacking the law be
cause it requires a period of study
which he says is offered by but one
chiropractic school in the United
States.
Gibbon Growers Adopt
Uniform Shipping Tags
Gibbon, Neb, July 13. Special.)
The Gibbon Potato Growers associa
tion has a uniform shipping tag with
the name of the association. A total
of 27,000 tags was ordered for use
on first quality potatoes which will
be officially inspected Deiore snip
ping. The Union Pacific has allotted
1.100 cars for the potato business of
this xounty for this season. The
first potatoes will be shipped Satur
day. 500 Men Help Clear Away
Wreckage After Tornado
Bloomfield. Neb- July 13. (Spe
cial.) Five hundred men from this
community were out in the tornado
district helping clear away the wreck
age and build necessary buildings to
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take care oi inc. nvesiocc rtmu
cally all business places in town were
(closed, proprietors and clerks donning
overalls and going out to aid in the
work. The loss in this community
is estimated at $40.000.
Idle rooms are not profitable; let
fen Omaha Bee "Want" Ad find a
jlciraole. tenant lot you.
Unduly Influenced
Stepfather, Charge
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Los Aneeles. lulv 13. filnrla
wanton, mm actress, will appear in
court here tomorrow to answer
charges made against her and her
mother of undue influence in con
nection with the will of the late
Matthew r. Burns, stepfather of the
actress, it was announced here to
day by Joseph Scott, her, attorney.
i ne case revolves around application
by frs. Burns, Gloria's mother, to
probate the will of her late husband,
who was a shoe merchant here, and
the contest aeainst this by his relatives.
Hearing of testimony by Burns'
relatives to support their charges
that Burns was of unsound mind
and unduly influenced by Gloria
Swanson and her mother into the
marriage and into framing of the
will, which left the bulk of his estate
to Mrs. Burns, will be completed to
day, it was indicated. Following pre
sentation of motions, it was expected
that the case would be continued to
tomorrow when Mrs. Burns and the
actress would take the stand to de
fend their claims and refute charges
against them.
Gage County Farmers Need
Drouth to Care for Wheat
Beatrice, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
During the past two weeks 7.39
inches of water has fallen in Gage
county. Of this amount S.25 inches
fell during the first 10 days of July.
Creeks are full and dry weather is
needed in order to give farmers an
opportunity to take care of their
wheat crop.
Dubois Doctor Held
Beatrice, -Neb., July 13. (Special.)
Dr. Robertson of Dubois, arrested
on complaint of a 19-year-old girl,
was given a preliminary hearing at
Pawnee City and bound over to the
district court. He was released on
bond. Judge Alfred Hazlett of Be
atrice appeared as his counsel.
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Pickford s Mother Defends Son
Against Attacks by Ziegfeltl
Parent of Screen Star Praises Miss Miller, Girl He
Is to Marry Denies Jack Was "Slacker' 'or
"Traitor" During World War.
Lo Angeles, July U. Mrs. Chr
lode Pirkford, iih winy smiles and
4 few niolhrrly tesr, defended her
on, Jack, Tudy night. .corning
the crura" made against luin tiy
r'loreiu Zirgfeld and praising
Marilynn Miller, the girl he it to
marry.
Jack ttood by it timet. At tiinn
he exchanged ki'tes or hantrr uilll
little Mary, hit "double-niece" horn
n( Lottie Pic Word, adopted by Mary,
At times he broke into hit mother's
talk. At times he spoke of his ex
periences on location during the day.
"Do voO want to My anvthintr
shout Mr. Ziegfrtd?" he vas ai.ked.
He grinned.
"I don't even know him." he id.
Mrs. Pickford was quite willing
to talk. Even eager.
Denies Jack "Slacker."
"I want everybody to know," she
aid, "that my lark is not a traitor
or a slacker. ou know, "as well as
I do. Florenz Zirgficld says that
he's been trying in every way to
break this engagement between my
(on and Marilynn. She's making
'Sally' a tremendous hit and Mr.
Ziegfeld wants it to' continue. He
doesn't want her to quit and be
married. Think of the money he'd
lose.
"He's tried everything. He even
told Miss Miller that some old
woman was keeping Jack. Yer. What
do you know about that? Well. I
suppose I'm the old woman. I'm
the only one keeping him.
"Jack saw ild. impulsive boy. He
is just a boy. you know. Twenty
five and doesn't look it at all. And
he's irresponsible. He spends money
like water.
"Jack was only 20 years old when
the draft went into operation. That
was in June. Of course he didn't
register. And he was married then
to Olive Thomas.
"He had an airplane of his own,
and wanted to get into the aviation
and go to France and fight. He
thought all he had to do was to vol
unteer.
"I didn't want him to go. I told
him to give the eovernment half of
his yearly salary and stay home with
me. But he wouldn't. He said if he
could do that, then very rich men
in the country would keen his son
at home and the poor would have
to fight.
I took him down to San Dieeo
to see Col. Strong, whose regiment
Mary adopted. I asked him to ad
vise my boy, who lost his father
yiars ago, as he would ln tn .on.
"The colonel adicd Jack to go
to aviation school. He mM Jack
would have to learji the gjnie troiu
the very rudiments. Jj k didn't .iy
a word until we got outnide, Then
he aid: 'It's a frameup.'
"He nd if he couldn't get into
the American aviation he would ie
into the Canadian force. And I1114I
ly we all let hint go and euht Uhve
ciied for three werkf. And 1 cried
and both his sister.
Enlisted as "Cob."
"He gave up a good jolt at l.aky',
a nice contract, a big t'ijie limit-, a
ervant, his wife and everything he
had, and went and enlisted as a
runimou 'gob.' That's how much o(
a slacker he wa. Sonic traitor, eh?
"He had to wait in line to enlist.
Me tord in tine from 9 in the morn
ing until J in the afternoon without
a bite to eat, fearing that if he Irlt
to go to a restaurant he could not
enlist that day. An acquaintance
rtcocnizrd him and passed him up to
Mr, Davis, and the doctor treated him
kindly.
"Now, you know. Jack was the
baby, and has always tiren the baby
'in our uuidy. He jl4 had the
Mitt ni. I 01 it, lie vai.it und to
the har.h treatment he met front
j K'liif oliuers ami the kind treatment
, of Dr. Davik chained him to the
' man.
"He ucd to viit Jik at the
J Lamb club in Sew York. Jjck Mat
I paving S'XJ for hi room there, jut
iuw.r vthut he But in the navy. And
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1 uif'ur 'v m iiictmiiic inci
or whatever yon uant to call it, to
ticat the hoys when they came to
ec him,
"About this time, lUrry Chandler
of the I .os Angeles Times wat try
ing to itrt Jack ttaiiKferred to the
mhii.iI corpn in the aviation depart
1111711 out here so he and Mary could
make a propaganda picture.
Held as Witness.
"Mary was wilting to do this and
ho ws I. Hut I don't know that
Jack knew anything about it at the
time.
"Thru Dr. lvis was arrested, ac
cused of crafting. And J.ick, his pal,
uai held as a material witness. He
never mw Dr, Davis lake any iVoney
from the men, and he certainly neer
Kot ajiy money. When he was asked
wli.it he was told, he said Dr. Davis
had aid I" could he made to
pay S.S.lHHi a week.
"Dr. Dvis wa sentenced and
Jack was blamed for bring indis
erect. Hut that was alt. The judge
advocate signed his papers, giving
htm an honorable discharge and
praising him, too."
"All old stuff, dear." said Jack.
He changed the subject.
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