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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1922)
Storm Saves Boy Living on Roof , of New York Flat Homeless Orphan Weak From Hanger Is Found by Woman Taking in Wishing—Sticks to Dog Until Last. New York. Dec. 19.—(By A. P.)— Johnny Miller, East Side 8-year-old orphan, wa« wived yeeterday from starvation only by a storm that swept hia home in an abandoned water tank atop a tenement house and drove him cut Into the arms of his rescuers. Eighteen months ago. Johnny's mother died and hta father brought home a new "mother." Then, last cummer, his father, purveyor of ice to ■ weltering east elders, was crushed to death beneath one of his cakea. After the funeral Johnny'a new "mother" took leove of him thus: "Here's |.r>. I'm going to Eu' >pe.” So Johnny had to seek a nrv home. He found the tank and set up house keeping with Ills dog, Spot. "Swipe Blanket*.” Things went f*trly will for a while. His pals—John PollchelU and Nattle Falak—"swiped” a couple of blankets for him. and Nattl contributed a ragged sweater to his wardrobe. The Jo was soon spent and Johnny began to prowl the teeming streets of the ghetto, looking for ways and means to ke«n Spot and himself alive. He got thinner and thinner and hie feet got sorer and sorer. Finally he sent Spot to lhe witn Natll*. In whose cmwded home. It seemed there was room for the dog. but not for Johnny. Saturday night, las*, faint from hunger and cold. Johnny crawled •done Into his roof-top home and ■ought refuge In dreams. Then it rained and the tank began to till. "I dreamed I was In swimming.’ ■aid Johnny, "and suddenly I began to drown. I woke up and found It wag. raining hard In the tank, so I had to get out.” Mrs. Helen I^hrman going up to j her roof to take In the week's wash, found Johnny, an Inert, soaking heap—too exhausted even to shiver. She took him to her flat and fed him And. because space was at a premium in her household, she found him a place to sleep with a neighbor. When Johnny uwoke yesterday morn ing his overnight hosts had gone to work. Hunger gnawed him. He tried to rise, but his feet were so badly bhs tered he could not stand, So he got down on all fours and crawled bnck to Mrs. L/ehrman's door. She took him In and fed him again. Then, In , a dilemma, because she could not af ford to add another hungry mouth to the four she was feeding, she call ad a policeman. Bathed and Fed. The policeman took one look and called «n ambulance, and Johnny went clanging oft to th* Children's society, where he was bathed and fed and comforted. Yesterday afternoon he had suffi ciently recov ered to appear before Jus tice Boyle dn a technical charge of being without guardianship. The Justice "sentenced'' him to stay at least until after Christmas with the Children's society, where he will personally meet Santa Claus and be i judiciously gorged cm turkey and plum ! budding. "But, say," pleaded Johnny, "I got ta have Spot with me. Pon't he get in on this?” A policeman whs sent to get Spirt, and a letter was dispatched to Santa Claus to put a couple of extra boxes of dog biscuit in his pack. “’Older BoyB’ Conference’"’ of “Y” Closes at Fairbury Falrbury, Neh.. Pec. IS—The "Old •r Boys’ Conference" of the Jefferson county Y. M. O. A. closed a two-day session Sunday. Owing to the ex treme cold weather the attendance was not up to standard. The Satur day meeting was held at the Metho d st church and the Sunday session at the Tresbyterlan church. Mr. Fitch, county leader of the Y. M. C. A. work, presided and the fol lowing speakers had a place on the program: Harvey Smith, state see retary, who resides In Omaha; Dr. Bennett, president of Doane college at Crete; C. B. Anderson, physical director of the Lincoln work; W. H. Morton, president of the Nebraska State Teachers association and Elton Btone, principal of the Falrbury high school. Alvin Hudson of Fairbury was elected president for the coming year. I International Chief Honor Guest of Lions rm _ ..■ ■■ ■ » ■ ■ i. I i Kd Vaught. Lions' Clubs Head Guest in Omaha Ed S. \'aught. International j President, Entertained bv * Nebraska and Iona Clubs. I _ Ed P. Vaught, Oklahoma City, inter national president of Lions'eluhs. w as entertained here yesterday by rep resentatives of NebrusKa and Iowa Lions' clubs. The Oklahoman arilved yesterday morning from Kansas City. He was a guest at luncheon with the directors of the Omaha 1,Ions' club at University club and was the guest j of honor last night at a function in ! Hotel Kontenelle. Vincent C II ■all. pi-Hpl, n>'iif the I local club, presided lust night. Pan Hdgerley is vice president. Other di rectors are: Roy A. Swanson, J. p. Presher. William p. McHugh, jr.. R. A. Van Orsdel, p. K. Hanford, H. Von W. Shulte, M. C. Taylor and C. B. Barnhart. Mr. Vaught referred to Ills acquain tance with J. CJ. Masters, principal of Central High school, and Dwight E. Porter, principal of Omaha Technical High school, during their residence in Oklahoma City. The outstanding topic of Interest Just now in Oklahoma is the forth coming inauguration barbecue by Governor elect J. C. Walton on Janu ary 8, according to Mr. Vaught. The Usltor stated that Mr. Walton, now mayor of Oklahoma City, will make provisions to feed 200,000 at his inaug uration. “We are proud of Lions' clubs." said Mr. Vaught. “Our organization Is only six years old and we have 30, 000 members in tills country and in Canada. We are growing rapidly. Our members strive to improve their com munities by helping the Individual. We stand for better homes and better cities. We stand for the things that make life worth while, for the things that are constructive and helpful." Prowlers (ret Clothes Worth $500 and SI7 Cash Mrs. C. VV. Hicks. 113 North Thirty first avenue. reported to police Monday night that prowlers had entered her apartment and had taken $300 worth of clothes and $17 cash. Watch WEDNESDAY PAPERS FOR SALE OF Dresses Beginning THURSDAY, 8:30 A. M. See Windows Cops Nab Youths | for Car Thefts I • — •"*— Pair Captured After Chase • Said to Have Implicated Several Compauiotu. Fremont, Neb., Dec. 1?.—(Special Telegram.)—Police believe they have solved a series of baffling thefts In Fremont in which automobiles have! been stolen and later abandoned. Alleged confessions by Crawford I Howard and Patrick Nestle, both ! about 15. implicating a number of! other hoys and girls who accepted rides in the stolen machines, were made public yesterday. Saturday night a coupe owned by Dr. J. S. Devries was reported as missing. A local filling station re ported at the same time that two boys had driven up in a coupe to fill the tank and while waiting had bent the license number beyond recogni tion. Mheriff Condit and a number of deputies started to Omaha and over took the coupe and its two occupants at Waterloo. In the car were found two revolvers, one identified as stolen from a Fremont residence recently. At the police station the boys named Clarence Cady and Merle Liv ingston, boys of their own age, as participants in like robberies and the theft of the revolver. Several school girls who had enjoyed rides on their rambles In stolen cars w ere also ques i tinned by the police.t They told vari ous stories of their escapades with the bo.\ a in the stolen automobiles. Young Howard, however, insisted that this was his first offense. He ts employed at the May Brothers whole sale house In Fremont and Is a mem ber of the Boy Scouts. The craving for excitement is the only reason the boj s can give for their acts. Butter Production Record Broken by Holstein Cow "May Walker Ollie Homestead." a Holstein cow owned by the Minnesota Holstein company at Austin, Minn., has broken the world’s record for a year's production of butter, ber fig ures for 365 days ending at midnight Monday night being 1.217.27 pounds of butter fat, the equivalent of 1,521 pounds of butter, according to A. L. Eberhart, president of the company, and manager of a local packing plant. The former record of 1,50 .# pounds of butter was held by "Duch ess Skylark Ormsby," a Holstein, whose death occurred In Minneapolis a few years ago, according to Mr. Eberhart. who said information con cerning the new record was received ] from V. S. Culver, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota Holstein concern at Austin. a ». Consumers Power Comgany First Lien A Unifying Mtge. Cold Bonds, Series C, 5% Due 1952 Net earnings for 12 months ended Octo ber 31, 1922, over 3.18 times present annual bond interest charges. Price 92Vt% and accrued interest. Yielding over 5Vz% * Complete circular on request The National City Company Omaha—First National Bank Bid* Telephone JA ckoon 8816 II * -ROYAL MAIL--n “The Comfort Route" to EUROPE Ntw Yorfc—Cherbourg—SeuthamHee—Hawbuni Ftroou* "O" Steeper* Renowned fhr Vntnjs paw*d AceomnsMatioo end Service In eli cU»** "ORDUNA” "ORBITA” "ORCA" “OHIO” Jan. 10 Jan. 31 Mar. 31 Apr. 21 Fab. 21 Mar. 14 May 12 June 2 Apr. 14 May S June IS Maka fleseiwatione now for Bprinf and Bummer sailings- Pull Informaiioo from any agent or The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. 117 W. Washington St . Chicago Phones Dearborn 13tfT>12;a0 r # # United States National Bank 19th and Famam Street* A Pair Nabbed on Tram for Alleged Swindle Fremont, Neb., Pec 13—Harvey Smith and Tony Tburtell. both of Sioux City.' are lodged In the Dodge county jail, charged with swindling Rudolph Peltz, Unwood. Neb., In a card game while on a westbound Union raciHe local passenger train Sunday afternoon. Special Officer Perrlne happened to be a special or of the alleged swindle and made the arrest when the train reached Schuyler, escorting the men back Into Dodge county. According to Terrine, the Sioux City men en gaged Peltz In a sociable game of cards. About the tape the train was pass Ing through Fremont the game of pasteboarri* was waxing fast and furious, so much so that Peltz was out $60 before the train reached Schuyler. Smith and ThurteLl are being held here for the arrival of Peltz with testimony alleging that he had been the victim of fraud. Ship Majestic Has Big Radio o Largest Steamer Sends 500 Messages Daily. Needs Four Operators. Boston, Mass.. Dec. 19.—Radio men were greatly Interested In the radio equipment of the great liner Majestic, the largest ship In the world, which was docked and repaired in drydock here In the largest dry dock in the v orld. The equipment Is moat eoin I'lete, the transmitting equipment con sisting of a three tube British Mar coni OW set, tlie tubes being about the size of our American half kilowatt American type. - Wave lengths used range between 1.SO0 and 1.400 meters and as on most the British liners her antenna consists of a single wire. 9 type that is becoming more common for commercial use. as well as for broadcasting purposes. AVtth this apparatus the Majestic’s operators are in communication with either side of the Atlantic at all times, and in fact it ts not uncom mon for them to “work” Marion. Maas . while lying in the English chan nel. The call letters of the ship are GKWV. the G indicating that the ship is under British registry. Included in thp receiving equipment is a Marconi “all-wave" tuner, suit ably provided with deadend switches for cutting out the unused portions of the circuits. A Bellini-Tossi coni cal antenna ia used for a direction finder, the Majestic having installed on board its own radio evanpass by which the ship can obtain Us petitions from shore radio beacons. A quenched spark transmitter, working on -IM), 60o and SOO meters. Is employed as an auxiliary transmitter for communi cating with ships using a quenched spark or damped wave system. There has recently been Installed on the Majestic one of the new auto matic transmitters, by which It is pos sible to dispatch traffic at an enor mous speed. An average of 500 mes sages a day are sent from such a ship as the Majestic, so assuming that ex pert hand operators could handle 100 messages per hour, it would take at least five hours to clear them. One land station could not de\ote so much time to any one ship. In order to expedite matters, the messages are punched out on a tape, which is then run through an auto matic transmitter at a speed of IPO | words per minute, although this can I 'operate at a speed of 2i0 words, four expert opeiafors are constantly on duty on the Majestic. The waltz is Queen Mary's favorite dance. U9i THE Ford Transfer & Storage Com pany has found the Goodyear All-Weather Tread Solid Truck Tire to be tough, resilient knd a sure gripper in heavy or icy going. Goodyear Truck Tirei ore told and terrieed by the local Goodyear Truck Tire Serrict Station Dealer. I GOODYEAR t RUSCH TIRE SERVICE 2208-7 F»m«m Strett AT Untie 0629 Pigeou Is "Dope” Carrier. Varnwjver, H C, Deo. II*.—While | polity searched a houpe In Chinatown yesterday for hidden drugs a carrier pigeon flew in hearing a tube of nar cotica. Two men were arrested. _- — l Safe and Successful $9,378,000 assets is the Occidental a record of the past thirty-three years. 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