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“Silent Ed" Back ^ in Prison After Long “Vacation" Over-Patriotic Prisoner Caught Four Years After Flscape—Probably Will Serve Life Term. Joliet, 111., Feb. 9.—For bciv£ over patriotic “Silent Ed” Smith has spent IS years in the Illinois State peni tentiary here. In 1898 has was sen tenced to prison for. life for beating to death a Chicago saloon keeper who i laimed the Spaniards had a right to blow up tho battleship Maine. Recently it wots believed “Silent Ed” would be pardoned. Rut tho par don board turned down his petition and now he will probably spend the rest of his days behind prison bars. "Silent Ed” is one of Joliet’s most picturesque characters. Soon after his incarceration lie became a trusty. Warden Edmund Allen becaluo so at tached to him that he promised to do his best to secure Smith's release. Rut Warden Alien's wife was mur dered within tho. prison walls, and the tragedy made him forget "Silent Ed.” And when Allen left Joliet, Smith went, too. With two other “lifers,” the prison chauffeur escaped to New York in the warden's automobile. He gave the automobile to the poltco department tliero as a present. It was grateful ly received, and the New York police ^ftfed the donhr as a fine, public flFaptrited fellow. Four years later "Silent Ed” was caught. Ho tried to escape from the l’aterson (New Jersey) court house, hut the rope by which he was lowering himself to tho ground broke, and the convict was precipitated 40 feet, sustaining severe injuries. Shortly afterward he was returned to Joliet, where he has languished ever since. Student at Columbia Uni Since Year 1872 (Juits New York, Feb. 10.—William Cul len Bryant Kemp, who first entered Columbia university in 1872 and has attended off and on ever since, has not enrolled for the spring term. He said he quit largely because of “the unpleasant notoriety given me by the newspapers.” Mr. Kemp, who holds numerous de grees and lust year studied paleo graphic developments of North Amer ica, having exhausted most all ordi nary subjects, as a freshman was a classmate of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, now president of the univer sity. Valentine Cheers Man Left Waiting at Marriage Altar Women Keep Him Busy An swering Phone, Says Ex Porter at C. of C. "Walter H. Clark, ex-porter at tlie Chamber of Commerce, whose fiancee from Malvern, la., failed to appear at tho marriage altar Wednesday night, received a lavq valentine Satui da ymorning. ‘‘It has made me very happy," said Clark, as he pasted it on the wall of his room at the Merchants hotel. "I have Just bought three valentines to send away myself. One of them goes to my fiancee and her two kiddles. "The other two? Well, you know I said I had tho names of 83 Omaha women in my diary. I'm’ going to send the other two to two of those 83. Say, maybe you think they didn't keep me husy nnswertng their phone calls last night! 1 finally had to tell the clerk to quit ringing my room, so 1 could get some sleep. And, would }^>u believe It, I was offered $25 to appear at a motion picture theater tonight. Don't think I’ll do it, though.” Clark Indicated he had given up hope of his liancee, said to be a widow with two children and a fnrm, arriv ing in Omaha Saturday. lie said he would leave fro Des Moines this afternoon, but smiled mysteriously when asked^v. hy. "Just to see if Dcs Moines women come up to the Omaha standard," he replied. "I’ve never been in Des Moines, anyway.” Sac City Man Heads Iowa Concrete Products Body The Iowa Concrete Products asso ciation. in joint convention here with the Midwest Concrete Products risso elation, elected W. ,T. Black, Sac City, la., president; O. B. Lofstedt, Grand Junction, la., vice president, and Ross Dowell, Des Moines, secretary. The Midwest association elected officers this afternoon. Mr. Dowell gave an illustrated talk Friday afternoon on tho construction of concrete buildings. Austin Crabbs, Davenport, la., spoke on the way in which masons are being won over to cortercte work in stead of bricks. At a banquet Friday evening at Hotel Rome, covers were laid for 61. i Austin Crabbs, toastmaster, called on ! Harry Palmer, Rome Miller and W. R. Harris for speeches. Mr. Palmer described the concrete used in the construction of tho Great Wall of : China, proving how ancient was the i use of the combination of cement und gravel. M. R. Murphy, Manager of Cudahy Plant, Improved ST. It. Murphy, 61, general man ager of the Cudahy Packing com pany here, who was stricken ill In his office Friday, was reported to He resting quietly at yt. Catherine hos pital Saturday. Hospital authorities said he slept well during the night. Dr. T. J. Dwyer, his physician, Sat urday stutei^ Mr. Murphy apparent ly is a victim of u general nervous breakdown, Induced by overwork, and that he probably will have recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital In a few days. 1 James Allen has been named tem porary manager of the Cudahy plant here. German Diplomat Killed. Santiago, Chile. Feb. 10.——Herr Von Krekert, German minister to j Chile, has been killed accidentally while making an ascension of the vol cano Loilu in the province of Man quihue, In southern Chile, lie had rep resented Germany In Chile since 1910. ' Railroads Will Help Chamber in Traffic Probe Executives Do Not Pledge Selves in Advance to Sup* port Development of Inland Waterways. ■Washington, Feb. 0.—(Special.)— Whether' or not the railroads have become conversant with the accept ancc of the idea of inland waterways, became today a moot question in Washington. Following announcement by the United ^States Chamber of Commerce that it proposed to under take an intensive study of the whole transportation program with the view of formulating a nation wide system which should include steam roads, in land waterways and motor trucks, the executive committee of the Amer ican railway executives met in-Wash ington today. After their meeting, they issued this: The railroads will generously co operate with the chamber in develop ing the investigation and study.’’ The executives announced that it was their understanding tlie chamber plans "to enter upon ft broad study of the transportation situation, including the relation of the railroads to motor transportation and Inlaufl waterways.” However, it was noticeable, the execu tives did not pledge themselves in advance to supporting the develop ment of the water transportation However, their declaration is a step in that direction. Douglas Motor Company Employe Dies in Hospital George W. Reiser, 38, died at a lo ral hospital Friday. IIo Is survived by his (pother and father, Mr. and Airs, lleury Kelser, and one brother at Ithaca, Nab. Mr. Reiser hud l>een In tlie employ of the Douglas Motor company for the last two months. Services will be held at Johnson A Swanson chapel Monday morning at 10. The body then will be taken by auto to Ithaca where funeral services will be held at 2. Burial will he at Ithaca. II Capiases Issued. Failure of auto traffic law violators to answer golden rule summons no longer will be tolerated, according to Police Court i tfficer Thomas Farmer. Fanner sallied forth Saturday morn ing with 11 capias warrants for the arrest of motorists who failed to ap pear in court. Kvory person who) disregards a summons hereafter will bo arrested, according to Fanner. 1 Neligh Man New Head of Hardware Dealers P. M. Housh ot Nellgh. Neb., is tho new president of the Nebraska Re tail Hardware Dealers' association. He was elected Friday to succeed H. R. Derryberry of North l'latte. Other officers elected nt closing session of the convention in Omaha were Edward Dehmkuhl, first vice president of AVahoo; .1. IT. Rhein of Alliance, second vice president, and George Diels of Dincoln, secretary and treasurer. Gale Dawson, D. D. Eoyd and T. S. Rhein were elected to tho board of directors. Farmers to Start New Co-Operative House Chicago, Feb. 10. — Farmers will start another cooperative livestock commission house in Kansas City soon, jt was announced Friday. This is the seventh of the chain of produc ers’ co-operative commission compa nies opened on the principal livestock markets of the United h'tatfs hy the National Livestock Producers’ associa lion. Seven farmer organizations in Kan sas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas will back the new co-operative con cern, according to John G. Ilrown, president of the national body. The new company at Kansas City will h>. the farthest one west of tlie farmer- 1 controlled co-operatives. It will sell livestock at coot fer the producers I by returning the profits to the farmer j patrons. Modern Youth Is Fastidious About Clothes Imtead of Being Dragged to Tailor, Schoolboy Now Takes Parents to Outfitter. London, l\'eb. 10.—In sartorial ele gance the next generation of school boys is likely to lie one of Beau Brum mels, Beau Naslies and Count D'Or-; says, if the opinions of London's lead ing tailors and boys’ outfitters are 1 any guide. At one time the unwilling schoolboy was dragged by his parents to the tailors and a made up suit from stock •was selected. With lur k it fitted; if it did not no one worried much. But the old order cliangeth. Now his parents to the outfitters and adays it is the scljoolboy who takes superintends the ordering and measuring—but not the paying— with a precocious exactitude. Modern tailors say they find' lhat in many cases the up-to date schoolboy is more exacting than his father, lie insists that his jack et and pant* should lie cut In tho latest style, and the old idea of leav ing plenty of room for growing is dead arid burled. The Outfitter, the leading tailors’ organ, thinks that this fastidiousness on the part of modern youth is all to tho good. "A boy who is able to de cide for himself on such matters at an early age should," thinks the Out fitter, “be able before long to decide what is correct when grappling with the bigger problems of life." Hughes Balks at Request to 1 Explain Reparations Issue Washington, Keb. 10. — Secretary j Hughes declared. In a letter to Chair man Hodge of the senate foreign re lations oommlttee, that written state ments and documents he had recent ly submitted to the committee con stituted all the Information the State department possessed and which It was compatible with the public Inter est to divulge on the reparations question and therefore any "oral ex planations" before the commltteo by the secretary would be unnecessary. The appearance of Mr. Hughes be fore the committee had been request ed by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, in connection With the lat ter's resolution for the appointment of official American representatives on the reparations commission. Mr. Hughes' letter was interpreted as a virtual refusal to appear before the committee on this subject, although he indicated that lie might, if an ad dltional request on some specified question should lie forthcoming. Sec retary Hughes made public correspon dence with Senator Hodge and with Senator Robinson. Coast Guard Cutter Fires 26 Shots at Gasoline Boat Seattle. Feb. 10.—The coast guapl cutter Arcatata fired 26 shots from a one pound cannon In chasing the gas boat M-855 a half mile on Admiralty inlet, north of Puget sound Thursday, • 'apt. h. 1!. Lonsdale, commander of the cutter, reported on arrival Acre tonight. He declared the men were seen heaving sacks and barrels over board from the fugitive. When over hauled it had nothing incriminating aboard. Valentino Painted as Snob West Wheatley, L, I., l*eb. 10.— The gardner, superintendent and kitchen maids on the country estate hi re of Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., re lated intimate, colorful stories last night of Rodolph Valentino as a mere “handy man" and fellow la borer—but they didn't paint him a sheik, perfect or flapperdom's Idol. Tuesday in Detroit, Carl Fischer, ballroom propr.etor, who is employ ing Valentino at $7,500 a week for dancing with Winifred Hudnut, wife No li, referred to hint as a "snob" who years ago polished Fischer's golf clubs while Fischc-r was a guest at the Bliss horr.e here. The sheik indignantly denied ever polishing golf clubs and sa d that when he was employed by Bliss he was the “head landscape gardener." But Harry Stanton, an English man. for the last six years superin tendent of the Bliss es'ate; said last night: "All the help know tlie story of this movie actor. He was just one of the help here. What he was told to do, he did. 1 don’t know whether he polished Mr. Fischer's clubs, but I wouldn't be surprised. "I believe his f:rst job when he came to America was working here as a gardener's helper. That was in the spring of 1914. "He didn't go under the Valen tino name then. He was always for playing the gentleman, and was very arrogant. The maids didn't like him. Then he left all of a sud den after having some kind of dif ficulty. "He was originally employed on a golf course, 1 believe.” The Bliss family is wintering at Aitken, H. C. , Women’s ‘Ghosts* Haunting London, Says Minister Human Beings believe They Are Reincarnation of In famous Characters, Declares Pastor. London. Keb. 10.—“London t* haunted by at least 50 daylight ghoata of Mary Magdalene and ns many more of Cleopatra," declares Kev. Charles Gardiner, well known London clergyman. “These are not ordinary ghosts,’ *ila Mr. Gardiner. “They are hu man beings, hut they believe they are the reincarnation of those famto women of purple past. “Belief in reincarnation is decidedly on the Increase. Cleopatra seems b be rather popular with a certain clast of women, because some people are so i aten up with egoism that thev would rather be someone infamous than no one at all. “I know of about 50 women In Lowlay today who claim to be the reincarnation of Mary Magdalene. But 40 of them must be wrong. Mary Magdalene had seven devils, but we cannot imagine her to be 50 people tn one. “I know a woman who said thol she was Lord Byron, and I have spoken to an actor who insisted that he was 'Bloody Mary.’ These poop' believe that Queen Victoria was A! fred the Great and Mr. Gladstone was formerly t'ieero. “There Is no doubling their hon esty. In most cases it is no pose, but only a for tnof self-deception.’’ Former Head of I). & K. G. l ake* Stand at Hearing New- York. Feb. lO.-H. T. Jeffrey, former president of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, was the only witness examined in the Interstate Commerce commission hearing on financial practices and relations be tween the Denver & Rio Grande. Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads as the result of a Denver & Rio Grande stockholders suit against 20 defendants for $200,000,001) damages. Mr. Jeffrey &aid that the builiLr.g of the Western Pacific railroad by the Denver & Rio Grande had been one cause of the downfall of the road. The engineers and bankers underestimat ed the cost of construction when it was begun in 1906. he asserted, and the San Francisco disaster in 1906 brought about an increased cost of labor and materials. $17.50 Cash in Prizes Rules of This Contest of Skill Slogan Skill Contest \VHAT OMAHA FIRMS USE THE SLOGANS SHOWN ON THIS PAGE? « First Prize—$10.00 Cash Second Prize—$5.00 Cash Third Prize—$2.50 Cash Rules of This Contest of Skill Every slogan on this page is used by an Omaha business firm. Below each slogan insert the name and address of the firm using it in its advertising. Cut the complete page out and mail or bring it to the Slogan Contest Department of The Omaha Bee. The prises quoted below will be awarded to the three parties who turn in the most complete, neatest and clearest answers. Employ your skill 1 and knowledge as an observer of advertising by naming the firms which use these slogans. This page will anpear again with these slogans and names of the firms which use them—in The Omaha Bee Sunday, Feb. IS, 1923. Tbe name* of the prize winners and those who deserve honorable mention will be inserted at the bottom of the various spaces represented on the page. This contest closes at 6 P. M. Friday, Feb. 16, 1923, and is open to everyone, with the exception of Omaha Bee and newz paper employes generally. These firms who have paid “Real Coin of the Realm” to advertise these “Slogans” do so because they know their goods Will back up all the good things they say about them. Slogans are the backbone of every business. Believe in them. .The Omaha Home of Hirsh Wickwire ‘The Fine ft oj Clothes T^ady to Wear / MEN! t We Sell Standard Merchandise FOR LESS MONEY Because We Are Out of the High Rent District (Watch This Space Next Sunday) “The Most Heat for the Least Money” “Healthful Heat” V f “Let Us Help Keep You Clean" “The Coffee Delicious”