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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1923)
When You Say It. ‘New Lows,' Poor Lambs. Diamonds, Easy to Wear. Forbidden Thought. ^ By ARTHUR BRISBANE The best thing in all commence ment speeches was said by Presi dent Lowell of Harvard, last Sun day: “A man has not failed in life unless he believes that he has failed, and some times not even then.” Write that out, large, and paste it up. Until you believe you have failed, there is no failure. Even when you believe it you may be wrong. If you gamble in the stock ex change, on the “bull” side, as lambs usually do, there is no good news to give you. “Fresh crop of new lows in narrow market” is how Wall street reporters tell you the day’s sad story. But if we have excitement in our stock gambling, imagine what they have in Germany. The mark dropped so low yesterday that you could buy 143,000 for a dollar. Many German stocks have gone up 200,000 per cent. Imagine buying a share of New York Cen tral for $100 and selling it for $20,000,000. It would be exciting, even if the money were worth 200,000 times less than it used to be. With the mark shrinking like the cat in “Alice in Wonderland,” the Germans are trying to invent some kind of money that will stay put. They suggest a ‘‘special gold currency” or a “gold account,” good everywhere. Money is strange. You can’t invent it, you can't create it, you can’t understand it. It is here to day, perfectly good, and tomorrow, where is it? British diamond monopolists, as they sip their sherry, hock, cham pagne, claret and port (that is the usual order) bless American pro hibitionists, say the diamond busi ness is booming. Americans, un able to spend money for alcohol, are buying more diamonds than ever. That’* good news for America as well as for British diamond dealers. To buy diamonds instead of alcohol ia progress, even if com pulsory. One of these days the high-spirited Americans will buy books instead of diamonds, and read them in addition to buying them. That will be greater prog ress, but it won’t come immediate ly. It’s easy to wear a diamond. Meiklejohn, president of Am herst college, accused of allowing young men to think, annoys re spectable and prosperous trustees. They can testify that they have got along well without ever think ing. Probably President Meiklejohn will go, but this needn’t distress you. The amount of discussion caused by the dismissal of this thinking person will cause the very kind of thought that the trustees fear. You may say of colleges what the old French said of travel. “It forms youth, when dt does not deform it.” Persia reports powerful earth quakes, raining rocks from moun tain tops on villages in the val leys. Of four thousand in five mountain villages, one escaped. We did not hear much of that earthquake and killing. What difference does it make to us, sons of the Cosmos, what happens in Persia. The curious thing is that other Persians will build next to the piles of rocks under which thr mountain villages are buried and wait for the next earthquake to come. Mt. Etna is in violent eruption, enormous rocks shoot high into the air with loud explos'ons, streams of lava flowing in various directions. One “1,000 feet wide ’hreatens the district about Idngua glossa.” An unconfirmed dispatch yesterday afternoon said the town of Linguaglossa had been buried. You could dig down around that volcano, and find onp city hurled below another for 100 centuries back. We are as determined as -he spiders that build and rebuild when you break their webs. (Copyright, 1928 ) \Irn Flrr, I,raving Auto Loaded W ith Burglar Tools fcpeclnl Dispatch to the Omaha Bee, Franklin, Neb., June 19.—Three men Jumped out of a car concealed In a clump of bushea near the stock yards here last night and fled when Marshal Robert Walker threw a flash Jght on the machine. The car contained .18 sticks of dy nnmlte, a set of burglar tools, nltro glycerine, a sawed off shotgun, a Remington pump gun, four caser filled with new clothing, n sack of food, and two ten gallon cans of gaeo line, etolen from the Mutual Oil com pany. The car Is said to have been stol gn from the garage of R. W. Rum roy of Riverton, Neb , All tha occupant* escaped. Council Votes to Dismiss Two Police Officers Charges Filed by A.#L. Ander son of P. & B. Cigar , Store Are Sus tained. (Turn to P»ie Two, Column One.) to the cigar store and they didn't en counter a desperado when they made the arrest of Anderson. "Trapp did not have the right in strdctions. When Jensen left the place without making an arrest he and the others lost the right oo make an arrest and search without a war rant. When they opened the cash register and a desk they violated the law.” The mayor then recommended that the charges he sustained and the of ficers dismissed from the service, ad ding that he wanted to do what he believed was just and fair. Com missioner Koutsky then made a mo tion to sustain the charges and also for dismissal. Morale Weakened. On roll call with the vote already 5 to 1. Commissioner Butler made the following statement: "It is un fortunate that these officers are be ing dismissed because they carried out my orders. This is tearing down the morale of the polite department. As one of the lawyers said this after noon, we hear the cry of the hungry pack, led hy the old gray leader. "When I was a boy I remember the pack of hungry wolves near the house. That is the situation here today. The spoils have bpen done away with. Houses of prostitution have bten closed and protection money is not forthcoming. "The question is whether the decent people of Omaha will allow the gang to throttle decency. AA’hen 1 was given the police commissioner ship I was told that I had too much to do, so the health department was taken. The argument then was that t would have nil I could do to run the police department. “Travestry on Justice." “If I have no authority to Issue orders, then who in heaven has? This is a travesty on justice. Crime can run rampant in Omaha and police of. ficers will fear if they do their duty they will be brought up on charges. "I have done too well in the three months I have been police commis sioner. I have placed padlocks on places of immorality, places that were allowed to run even during the ad ministration of your mayor. “I have a pretty good police de partment. The time has come when the people of Omaha should take cognizance of the fact that the police department should be run by the men in power and not by gangsters, — and —” Knights Come First. The final action of the council last night was the adoption of a resolu tion, offered by Commissioner Koutsky, and reading in conclusion as follows: Be Is Therefore Resolved: That it is the uense of this com mission that the commissioner of police and all officers under his jurisdiction shall, in the future per formance of their duties, have a due regard for the orderly processes of law; that government is for the protection of the rights of sociPty and of every individual member thereof against infringement and abuse; that deprivation of liherty is a flagrant infringement of one's natural and moral rights unless it be by due process of law; that vio lation of the constitutional rights of the individual by an arm of the government is subversive of good government and will not he toler ated or countenanced by this com mission. After adopteion of the Koutsky res olution, Mr. Butler said: "As long as I am In charge of the police de partment 1 Rm going to run it ac cording to law.” As a parting shot the mayor inter posed this statement: ”1 don't be lieve that the people are interested in a dispute between Butler and my self. but I am glad to hear from Mr. Butler that he has cleaned Omaha so well. It has taken us a long time to find it out.” Intimidation Fails. Ill explanation of Ilia vote to dis miss the officers. Commissioner Koutsky said from his seat: "I have had a personal friendship for Mr. Trapp, but when I read last week in a newspaper of a threat as to wh.it might happen to a commissioner who did not vote a certain way, then I set aside friendship and my political future and decided to hear this case on its merits." Commissioner John Hopkins, who alone voted with the police commis sioner, stated that is poor grace to charge officers with fisconduct when they obey the rules of the police de partment. "I can find no fault with the acts of Mr. Trapp," Commissioner Hop kins said. "The responsibility rests on the men who gave the officers the orders under which they acted, and I am not for shifting the responsibil ity to the shoulders of the officers." Argue Over Order*. One of the Mooted questions be tween the opposing lawyers was whether the chief of police shall ex clusively Issue orders to the officers, Instead of the police commiscsloner. as was admitted In this case. Mr. Butler, on the stand, testified that he gave orders to Mr. Trapp to raid the P. and B. cigar store, that he be lieved gambling on horse races was being conducted there. The commissioner testified that the officers carried out hia orders to his satisfaction ami added that he would have suspended them for insubordina tion if they had done otherwise. Counsel for Mr. Anderson, who brought the charges, contended that the police commiasioner cannot legally give such orders and that the officers could not he excused because they honored such orders in good faith The main point of the prosecution was that the arrest and search was without the Issuance of a warrant and that Anderson was held in pall from about 11:30 In the morning until nearly midnight and denied a bond until a judge of the municipal court approved It. Charged Twice. The evidence also showed that when Trapp and his men arrested Anderson the prisoner was booked at central police station on charge of ' gambling on horse races,' 'this charge being amended to "investigation and hold” at the instance of the police commis sioner. The evidence in behalf of the offi cers allowed that Officer M L. Jen sen first went to the cigar store and placed $5 on Lady Diana of the Ken tucky derby. Anderson * saving he wantedto place the money as an ac commodation. Jensen then went to Nineteenth and Farnam streets to rejoin Trapp and other officers, who then proceed ed to the cigar store to arrest Ander son. Among the exhibits at the hear Ing were two race form sheets and tickets allegedto have, been’ taken from the P. & B cigar store. Testimony also showed that Ander son was dismissed when arraigned in police court and that a civil damage suit is now pending in the district court against police commissioners and members of the police department in connection with this case. Law Prevents Powker. In his review of the case for the council Judge Ben S. Baker, for Mr. Anderson, stated that the police coni missloner, under the law. is merely an advisory officer to the chief of po lice and that the commissioner has no power to direct policemen. Judge Baker referred to the recent arrest of Mark Bavldge and said he to prevent "this kind of business.” Attorney «W. C. Ramsey, for the discharged officers, told the council be believed that Trapp and Dunn were being made the goats between Commissioner Butler and the coun cil. "This order by Mr. Butler was void," Judge Baker said. Orders Were Obeyed. "The officers carried out the orders of their superior officer and they knew that their heads would be chopped off if they disobeyed those orders." Attorney McGuire said in his argument. "If you find these men guilty write under your finding that you did so because they obeyed the orders of their commanding officer. Dan Butler. I have heard the cries of the pack, saying they would get rid of Trapp and Dunn,” Mayor Dahlman, expressing his un derstanding of the law, stated that the commissioner of police is sep arated from the chief of police in mat ters of directing the men. He ob served that the chief of police is a creature of the city council and could not he dismissed by the police commissioner. "If the, chief had issued these or ders he would have been on trial at this time," the mayor stated. - King of Italy Aids in Volcano Rescue Work (Continued From Page One.l all convents and other ecclesiastical buildings have been turned Into huge shelters for th» refugees who crowd them. The fury ot Etna has not abated The country has been laid wrists and presents a desolate spectacle. The lava has spread almost to the sea at one point, between Meselna and Taormina, and intervening villages have been vacated. After n short cessation last night the flow of lava started again in full strength this morning from several new fissures, one of which Is nearly two miles around. At one point on the eastern slopes of the mountain the stream is a mile and a half wide Most of the population of Olarre have moved down to the seaside town of Riposto, and the remainder ate ready to leave at a signal from the watchers outside the town. The glow of the eruption !s visible from Naples. 2nn miles away, while from Palermo, SO miles distant, the flames can he seen shooting Into the air. Cattle Advance to $11 a Hundred in Omaha Market Top Price Received by Boone County Feeders on Ship ment That Averaged 1,400 Pounds. There whs a considerable advance in prices on the cattle market yester day at the local stockyards, $11 a hundred being reached. Wolf Broth ers of Albion, prominent feeders and stockmen of Boone county, were the first to receive the top price on a shipment of fat cattle that averaged 1,400 pounds. The shipment handled by Melady Brothers was sold to Wilson A Co , on an eastern order. The cattle shipped in yesterday by Wolf Broth ers were in a highly finished condi tion as is the rule of that firm, which has had several loads of cat tle on the local market this season, that have been sold for top prices. They expect, before the season Is over, to receive over $12 a hundred for the remainder of their cattle. A load of choice steers averaging 1,375 pounds was brought to the lo cal market yesterday by Harry An derson of Oakland for which he re ceived 110.90 a hundred. The cattle were bought in Omaha last, fall at a cost of $6.50 a hundred and they, almost doubled in weight as well as! price. Herman Von Essen brought in a! load of fine Hereford cattle from Oak j land, that averaged 1.0S0 pounds and sold for $10.95 a hundred, just a nickel less than the top price. Heroism Displayed in Nebraska Floods (Continued From Page One.) through one end and then left It high and dry as the river resumed its old channel 100 yards from the dam. Bridges Washed Out. The Loup river bride* near Genoa an dthe Union Pacific railroad bridge over the Cedar near Fullerton are gone. The Union Pacific hopes to re store train service on the Columbus Albion branch tonight Train service on the Columbus-Spalding branch ha* been resumed to Genoa but officials say that the remaining 2d miles of washed out road will not he ready for operation for five days Waters are receding slowly here Shortly after 1 this morning they reached th* pc .k, flooding a portion of south Columbus Boys in the Nebraska T NT C A Camp Sheldon, cut off from communi cation last night, are reported safe today. Their camp houses were well above the water !in* The Loup river is almost Jammed with th* driftwood and bodies of dead f irm animals The total raise here was estimated at 15 feet. Rains Ruin Crops. Norfolk. Net. . June 12 —Continued rain in north Nebraska has brought pessimistic stories from th» farms where the corn plowing Is far behind schedule and where weeds sre win ning the battle Predictions of very weedy corn sre now being made by farmers who are taking advantage of every hour of good wearher. Along with the dire need of corn plowing comes the delay in finishing the cutting of th^ first crop of al fa if a. which is also far behind time. Much alfalfa has been damaged, hav it^g been cut and allowed to lay In the fields to be soaked by heavy lain* before it was cured and stacked Potato fields, which aie in bloom, are very weedy due to the impossi bility of the farmers to do cultivat ing. Hay cutting has started and it looks like a great hay year. Pastures are rich and new r attle are appearing in the vicinity and are now on grass feed. Koads Impassable. Plainvlew, Neb., June in—The heavy rain that began Sunday night and continued until late yesterday morning has made the roads almost Imps Baa tile. A tour of inspection in this part of the state shows that In many cases the weeds and grass are so high and the ground is so wet for cultivation that the corn is stunted, and unless conditions change soon the crop will be greatly harmed Warden Denies Prisoner Advised Not to Testify Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln. June 19.—Warden W. T. Kenton of the state penitentiary has demanded an investigation of charges made by Assistant Attorney General Basye, that a convict refused to tes tify at a trial In Sioux county last week on the advice of penitentiary officials. "I know absolutely nothing about it and I am demanding that the board of control conduct an Investigation into these charges." Kenton said. The same demand has been made by Assistant Attorney General Bayse in a letter which he has written to: the state board of control and which! he Is holding pending the arrival of I Attorney General O. S. Spillman. Press Body Election. Special IHapalrh to The Omaha Hee. Stella. .Veh , June 19 —W. H Orr of the Kalis City Journal was elected president of the Southeastern N'e braska Press association at the meet ing held at the Country club at Au burn. Neb S \Y Thurber of Tecum seh was chosen vice president and Miss Run. e Ha -klr.s of Stella was re flected secretary treasurer. Justifying 1 Expectations Patrons of our Devel oping and Printing De partment have a right to expect the best results possible. The capability of our workmen, the practical arrangement and high grade equipment of our darkrooms; and our painstaking care justify the most exacting ex pectations. Bring us vour films. Eastman Kodak Co. (The Robert Dempater Co.) 1813 Farnam St. Branch Store 308 South 15th St. Graduates Admitted to Practice in Courts Special Ditpakh to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, July 19—Following are law gradate* admitted to practice law in N*h:««ka and awern in today by Chief Juati'** Morriaev I,(Ih i'd i' Albert Lincoln: Harold B Caldwell. Omaha: John L. Chew. Omaha. Thoma* P Ptvlea Omaha Kenneth H Iir-.de’ Kearney Trank L Froet. Omaha; Glen H Gardner. Omaha. Hemy Lyle Olcu^ker Lincoln. Mathew E Hannon, omsh.i Ch^rlta f> Hitch. Omaha: Harold M HudV’fh. Omaha. P Joseph Kerrigan. Omaha. George M Lathrop, Nebraska City. Jay Leeka, Omaha; Harold C L'tiahan. Omaha. Fred K McFarland, York. Edwin Moran. Nebraska Cl’y. .1 Wilfred Muir. Omaha Frank G. Nlmtz Omaha Maurice B O Bryn# Omaha. David H Oliver Lincoln. Richard O'Nell!. M L.ncoln: Arthur B Peden. Oakland, iteoi're S Rec-d^r Lincoln; Wale H K'-*-vef Omiha Walter R Route, Orr aha , Albert P Sprague. York. Arthur H b'ur ges«. Omaha ; Clyde f Huundblad Omaha. Edwin Taylor Omaha Henry Sterling Ta ylor. Omaha Verne W V#nre, ' maha . John Edwin von Dorn. Jr Omaha . John E Wakeley. '-maha. Che*. ♦*r A Wynne F>mont Clare Franklin Young. Oinah*. Florence Zelaer. Beaver City Funeral of Eagles' State Head to Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Louis L Moesfhler. state president of the Or tier of Kagles, who died Monday in a Lincoln hospital from injuries re reived when an automobile in which he was riding to the state convention of the order at Hastings, plunged off a bridge, will b» held Thursday morn ing at St Agnes church. Interment will be in bt Mary Magdalene ceme tery. Break in Dam at Superior in Old Sprtion: Not in New Hp^rial DUpatfh to Th* Omaha Superior, Neb June 10 —The break j which occurred in the dam across the; Republican river at Superior, Neb., v.as in the old wooden crib dam built • nearly 40 year* ago. end r.ot In the new concrete seojon erected by the Southern Nebraska Fewer company in 1920. according to the secretary of the concern, H. Johnston. He state* that the 40-foot break In a 700 foot dam Is not great enough to do more than retard rh» operation* of the company and denies that they are at a standstill. Within 10 days or two weeks, ac cording to the secretary, the water, now diverted from the mill ace, will be returned to Its channel Youth, 22. I« Sentenced on No-Fund Check Charge Special Dl»pitih to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., .June 19.—Byron W. Overton, 22, Wymore, Neb , was sen tenced to from one to seven years In the state reformatory by Judge Colby of the district court after he had pleaded guilty to writing a no fund check amounting to $40. The young man's father J C. Over ton, who is said to have assisted him, is paying a number of worthless checks, collapsed when sentence was pronounced. Voung Overton served three years in the navy and recently returned to Wymore. Lo* Angeles Man Die* on Train Near Wymore. Neh. *P*H»! Dhptirh to Th# Omaha IW Wymore, Neb.. June 19 —A man about 50, identified a1- J. J Bor.d of I/Os Angeles. died suddenly in a pull* man berth just. east, of h*ie on Bur* lington train No 14 this morning. He was tkketed from I>oe Ang- to St. Louis. Th* body v. - >f* ; * charge Of an undertaker at Fa]<« City and v- ill be sent to Los Angeles. 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