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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1923)
Omahan Pleads for Railroads Walter Head in Appeal to Business Men to Ask Roads to Bring Bark Efficiency. New York, May 10.—An appeal to American business men to petition railroad owners and employes to put the nation’s transportation system back on its feet was uttered before the Chamber of Commerce of the United states today by W. N. Doak. vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Railroad labor dors not favor fed eral ownership, control or operation of the linen, Mr. T>oak asserted. It in interested in seeing them success fully operated by private owners, and operated on a sound field basis. Walter W. Head of Omaha, -N'e braska first vice president of the American Bankers’ association, as sured the chamber that the financial credit of the American railroads would be re-established by continued increasing efficiency of management and continued stability of regulation by the government and public opin ion. Investors had every reason to feel encouraged by the upward ten dency of earnings. Mr. Head opposed both government Goodrich Garden Hose 14c Zt Goodrich Garden Hose is the best that money can buy. It is five ply (moulded) fabric and is rubber inside and out. Compare Goodrich HoSe with any hose at any price and you’ll see the economy. Remember, Hardware That Lasts Is the Cheapest Tames Morton & Son Co. • ® 1511-13 Dodge Street ! ownership and withdrawal of the government from regulation of rates or wages. He advocated reasonable | consolidation of rail systems, gradual reconstruction of freight schedules and the adjudication of labor con troversies by the Interstate Coni 1 nierce commission, "in order that one body may have jurisdiction over rail ' road Income and the principal item ! of expense." Audubon Society to Hold Field Day on Saturday Members of the Nebraska Audubon society will Imld their annual field (lav Saturday, May 12. First group will leave Twenty fourth and N streets at 7:47.. Dr. Solon ft. Tow in? will be In charge. Second group will leave the Bur lington station at 8 a. tn.. under Miss Jessie Stlpp. Third group will leave Twentjysec ond and F streets at 9 a. m. John Kltz Roberts will 1«? In charge. Road Conditions 1 (Purnahed by the Omaha Auto Clujj.) Lincoln Highway—East Detour between Loveland and Missouri Valley on account of road work, roads good Cedar Rapid*, j fair to DeWilt. Lincoln Highway—\Wht: Detour west of Valley. one mile west and then north. ■ roads fair to good to Cheyenne, detour | between Brady and North Platte. * >. L. I». — Roads good clear through to I > river, somewhat rough between Oxford it nd Met *ook. Meridian Highway—Roads good I'ornhuskpr Highway—Roads good H. y. A. — Roads good. Black Hills Trail—Roads fair to good to Norfolk Custer Battlefield Highway—Roads fair to good to tiillette. Highland Cutoff—Roads good. Washington Highway—Roads good to Oakland, fair to Siodx City. Umoha-Tulaa Highway—Roads good to Topeka. Omaha Topeka Highway?—Road* good to state line. King of Trails—North: Road* good to Onawa* fair to Sioux City. King of Trail*—South: Road* good to Kansas City. Rivor-t o- River Road—Roads good. White-Way "7" Highway—Roads fair to good to Davenport, d.tour at Anita. Casey, RcdfieJd ami M a loom, all well marked and in fair shape. I. o A. Shortline—Roads good Burglar Flees, Leaving Monev ___ More Than $500 Left on Fluor Near Sherman-McConnell Safe. - I .V burglar, who early yesterday ; opened the safe of the Sherman Mo ! 'Connell drug store at 1824 Farnam street, was frightened away, leaving ' more than $5«u scattered about on the floor. First evidence of the attempted j robbery ■ was discovered at 3:30 Dy j Patrolman Jelson. who found the' front door of the store unlocked, lie entered and found $528.45 in cash on the floor in front of the open safe, j Combination of the strong box had been worked, he reported. The front ; door had been “jimmied.” Hasty check by the proprietors showed nothing missing. Detectives FranKs and Aughe of the safe squad were assigned to the; case. "Tile job is a clean one.” declared Detective Fritz Franks. “I imagine, the burglar‘ was very near capture i when the officer opened the door this ; morning. "Everything points to a hasty de- j part lire: money left lying on the floor j in front of the safe—nothing else mo lested." Escape, it is believed, was effected through a window from the balcony office of the store. Investigators found a window on the Nineteenth 1 street side opened. Entrance was gained by knocking the safety lock out of the front door. There is not another mark Indicating entrance on the premises. The cyl indrical lock was driven clean from the jam of the door. With the president of Chile an ar dent prohibitionist, the republic is on the verge of becoming dry. 11 Here is a ‘bargain’ offer that sur passes anything we have known in the coal industry for years. For a short time only we will ‘book’ a limited number of orders for THE GENUINE at the lowest price that has been made in years, and we are sure that you will agree that it is the most attractive “summer” price that you have ever heard tell of. HANNA COAL is the cleanest of soft coals. It holds fire; gives a good steady heat; is easily “checked” and controlled. Hanna Coal is low in ash and is per fectly sootless. # Don’t pass this opportunity to “economize.” Turn in your order NOW. We can arrange delivery date to suit you direct from the cars. Call AT lantic 7212 or come to our 16th and Farnam Street Salesroom (ground floor), Securities Building. I Postmaster Held in $22,000 Theft Los Angeles, May 10.—John It. Gaunt, postmaster at Reserve, N. M , was arrested by pnstoffice Inspectors here today charged with embezzle^ rnent. According to inspectlpn, * 000 of postal funds were used to save from failure a reserve bank in which Gaunt is interested. Fast Train Ig'Halted to Take Boy to Hospital Dewitt. N'eli., May 10.—The ti year old son of Prof. Bollenbach of DeWitt High school was rushed to Omaha for treatment yesterday, a fast train being stopped here by the Rock Island. The ailment came on tho child suddenly, and is said to show sytnp- ' toms of spinal meningitis. Mount Killed Self. Says Northwestern 1 . Pre.xy Chicago. May 10.— Leighton Mount killed himself as a result of differ ences with his mother over his love fur lJoris Fuchs, in the opinion of Walter Hill Scott, president of I Northwestern university, expressed today before the Brand jury investi gating Mount's death. He denied he had ordered the students' search for the freshman In 1921 after the class fight to cease. 1 Lowe Brothers I Paints - Varnishes SOLD IN OMAHA^BY C. O Hurd. Benson North Sld, Hardware Co., William*.Youn* Hardware Co., 4M2 Nor|h s, 220 South 24th St. „ ... _ M. J. Simon. Meyer Hardware Co-, .... e . 2915 Leavenworth St 5302 Sou,b 30,b St 1 Schoening Hardware Co., | 706 Weil Broadway, Council Bluff*, la. g; "Neptunite Varnish Hangs On Like a Bulldog It almost seems as if Xeptunite Floor Varnish must have teeth, the way it bites into a floor and holds on like a bulldog. It hangs on and hangs on, long, long after other varnishes have given up. You get wear out of it, simply because Lowe Brothers’ Varnish Experts put wear into it. It gives your floor a rich gloss that stands water, soap or ammonia. Won’t turn white. SEND FOR THIS BOOKLET failed "The Diary of the House in the Woods," by Katherine and Edward McDowell, who themselves designed and built the hou.se, then Mellotoned and Melio-Glossed the walls, Xeptunited the floors and woodwork, and did various other things, odd and interesting, to make their home cosy and attractive. Send 10 cents for it direct to our Dayton (Ohio) Office. The Lowe Brother* Company 109-111 Sdiith Tenth Street OMAHA Why the Nation Deoands Calumet —because it has more than the ordinary leavening strength; it raises millions of bakings every day to a light perfectly baked perfection that cannot be equaled. — because it contains white of-egg—the vital element that gives the housewives protec tion against using a baking powder that has lost its origi nal leavening strength. Ft assures light, tender, tasteful things every time you bake. —because it is economical pure, sure and wholesome. That's why the sale of Calu met is over 150% greater than that of any other bak ing powder. A pound can of Calumet con tains full 16 ounces. Some bak ing powders come in 12 ounce instead of 16 ounce cans. Be sure you get a poynd when you want it. CALUMET W.teciiway BAKING POWDER € ■■■ ' ' -I. .1— I i THE WORLD'S GREATEST BAKING POWDER Marriage license and a marriage ceremony in Oermany now require an outlay of about 70 cents. ftsraypEttg* In the Annex Another! This Time Greater) Values Than Ever Before It May Seem Unbelievable But It’s True Men’s and Young Men’s SUITS . Just for One Day The Greatest Selling Sensation of the Season BE HERE EARLY Broken Lots Young Men’s and Men’s SUITS Xorfolks and plain •styles—Tweeds, Cas simeres and Wor steds. in all the best spring shades. ALL SIZES in the lot, but not in each kind of fabric. Annex Shrubs Full lino of pottth plant* —priced ri^ht—suitable for liansinu baskets and porch boxes. Geraniums lot Bridal Wreaths ...120 Grapes, 3-year _100 American Beauty Rose .200