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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1923)
Ak-Sar-Ben Will Support Bands in Festival Contest Omaha Music Dealers Will Sponsor Event in Which Many Organizations r Will Play. Ak-Sar-Ben is going to support a Mg band contest to be staged by various bands throughout the middle west during the fall festivals, accord ing to an announcement made at the regular meeting of the board of gover not s at the Omaha club Monday night. The contest is to be sponsored by the music dealers of Omaha. Those eligible In the contest will be com munity, fraternal, city high school or club bands outside of Omaha. About 150 bands are expected to compete. This contest alone will bring more than 5,000 bandsmen to Omaha. There will be cash prizes, cups, banners and medals for the win ners. The hoard of governors Is to act as a committee of the whole to make the daylight historical pageant the most stupendous parade ever held in Omaha. About 450 men from southwest Iowa were guests of Samson at the den last night. Grand Island boosters reported that they were unable to make connections Monday, but de sired to attend at a later date. Mayor George White of Malvern was the speaker of the evening. Charles Gardner, secretary to the king, announced that the membership has reached 4,646, compared to 3,680 of last year. James E. Davidson, one of the gov ernors and chairman of the member ^Giip campaign, witnessed the show the frist time Monday and was greatly pleased with the performance and the mysterious initiations. Mr. Davidson, who was in the east for several weeks, stated that he had heard a great number oTbig business men speak of the Ak-Sar-Ben. Former Omahan Fighting Suit Airplane Builder, Charged With Firing Plant, Participat ed in Omaha Air Congress. John M. Larsen, who is fighting a suit brought by an insurance com pany which charges he hired a me chanic to set fire to his airplane plant at Centrel Park, Long Island. Is a former Omahan. He flew to Omaha in one of his all-metal junker monoplanes several years ago. and during the air con gress here in the fall of 1921 he brought an armada of ships to par ticipate. Larsen attributed his interest in Omaha to his former residence here. 0)4- offered a large trophy and a money prize for the winner of an endurance race in which three of his ships par ticipated. Forced Landing. Mechanic Ernest Buell, who has confessed that Larsen hlreti him to burn the plan,, was the mechanic on the ship in which Larsen and his friends flew during this race. Buell was a German war veteran. The pilot of the Larsen ship was an Eng lishman. After leading the race for more than an hour Larsen's ship was forced Into a landing in Iowa because of motor trouble. Mechanic Buell was unable to discover the defect that night and the race was not finished. Larsen's other two ships completed the race, but a disput arose over winner of the race. It ended in dis trict court, when Judge Wakeley de cided that the $3,000 first prize money belonged to F. E. White, whose "S. V. A." ship was awarded first place in the race. Knighted by King. Larsen appealed to the Aero Club of America, which decided that Lar sen should be allowed to keep the trophy. Larsen was knighted by the king of Denmark not long ago. On his re turn to New York he w-as greeted with the lawsuit, brought by the Com mercial I'nion Fire company, which is suing him for $18,000. Other com panies which paid him a total cf $190,000 will sue if I^irsen loses this case. It was indicated that Larsen will attempt to prove that he was the victim of a frameup arranged by a western capitalist because of en mity engendered as the result of a race In which the capitalist was interested. Girl Juror Decides to Become Lawyer By International >'nr« Sonic*. Des Moines, la., June 19.—Elsie Swender, 21, "baby Juror" in the re cent Joe Williams murder case here, likes court room locale so much that she's going to be a lawyer. The girl was one of the Jurors who fought vainly to send Williams to the gal lows for the brutal killing of Barbara Thorsdale. “I'm going to be a lawyer—a crim inal lawyer," Elsie said today. “Of course it was all new to me on the Jury, but dad says it has made a dif ferent girl of me.” Miss Swender will enroll In the Drake university law school next se mester. her parents encouraging her to study law. Corn and Wheat | Department of Agriculture Gives Mid-June Reports on Crops. By Associated Press Washington. June 19.—This bird’s eye view of mid-June crop conditions was given today by the Department of Agriculture; Wheat, winter, condition uneven hut improved somewhat in last two weeks. Spring wheat in fair to good condi tion. Corn, good as a rule, but crop backwa rd. Oats still backward. Cotton deteriorated in some areas; crop still backward. Live stock generally in good condi tion. Apples promise well on the whole. Sugar cane making good progress. Rice stands generally satisfactory. Flax looking well where above ground. Barley in good condition. Early potatoes hurt by drouth in some localities. Hay yields will be light in many sections, due to drouth and cold weather. Meadows and pasture improving. Peach yields likely be small due to freezing injury. Veterans of Foreign Wars Leave for State Meeting Ten Omaha Veterans of Foreign Wars were scheduled to leave yester day for Kearney to attend the state convention of the organization which will open today. They are Ernls Ol son, H. A. Honack, former state com mander; Edward Cline. Charles L. Cline. Cl. I. Lawson. V. Snyder, G. W. Gearheard, C. L. Peterson, Richard Paul and William Olson. Road Conditions (Furnished hv the Omaha Auto Club. Lincoln Highway. East—Roads closed on account of rains, advise tourists to I wait over until 4 p. ni. Lincoln Highway. West—Cars coming through without chains from Fremont: roads from Fremont west still muddy and tourists using chains; drying rapidly and will be In fair *hape bv noon. O. L. r> Highway—Roads reported a little rough in stretches, otherwise good clesr through to Denver Highland Cutoff—Roads still muddy Cornhusker Highway — Muddy north; s»uth of Lincoln roads fine, no ralna re ported 0 Street Road—Dry and dusty Meridian Highway — Rain and a little mud north of Columbus, south of Fair mont roads reported dry and dusty. Black Hills Trail—Roads fair to good Ceorge Washington Highway—Still muddy in stretches where the road ia low. K T North—Roads closed to Missouri Valley account of overflow of creeks; open after 4 p m K T South—Roads fair to Plattsmouth; fine south Omaha-Tulsa Highway—Roada fair to Plattsmouth. fine south Omaha-Topeka—R*>ad» fair to Louis ville; good south River to River Road-—'Very muddy; cars traveling slowly with chains Whiteway 7" .Highway—Roads will not be in travelable condition until after 4pm 1 O A Short Line—Roads fair to good Primary No. 8 —Roads fair to good. I Good Service behind good products The places where you buy Nicholas gasolene and lubricants are more than mere assortments of pumps, tanks and cans. We call them “serv ice stations”—and that’s exactly what they are. Nicholas operators take interest in every' car that drives up at Nicholas stations. Whether or not you purchase, you will always find courteous and willing attention to your in dividual needs. Nicholas Oil Corporation " Buniness-Is-Good—Thank-You" 12-Super-Filling-Stations Bible Students Open Meeting Dundee Presbyterian Pastor Gives Keystone Address at Conference. The interdenominational Bible week conference opened last night at 7:45 in the Omaha Gospel tabernacle, 2006 Douglas street, and will continue until next Sunday evening. “The necessity for a clearer appre hension of the facts of Scripture,” declares the foreword to the program, "is apparent tn these days of propa ganda as well as critical study. “The purpose of this conference is to declare the message of the Book, and not for its defense. The Bible is its own defense.” Fourteen speakers, five of them Omaha pastors, are on the program. The keynote address was deliv ered by Rev. Donald C. MacLeod, D. D., of the Dundee Presbyterian church, on the subject, "The Writ ten Word," last night. An address by Watch! Daily Papers For Announcement of the SALE OF H. R. Bowen Co.’s 1513-17 Howard Street ENTIRE STOCK OF Furniture and Home Furnishings at REDUCTIONS 1 AVERAGING2 of the Bowen Price Included in this sale will be furniture for every need, bedroom furniture, dining room furniture, furniture for the porch, odd beds, odd pieces for the library, bridge lamps, junior floor lamps-all complete with shades. Carpets and rugs, Axmin ster rugs, velvet rugs, curtain and drapery materials, furniture coverings, hammocks, window shades, mirrors, pictures, blan kets, bed sheets, phonographs. Refrigerators, sewing machines, gas stoves, coal stoves, ovens, aluminum ware, white enamel ware, baskets, washing ma chines, electric irons, electric warming plates, glassware, in fact, everything to furnish your home completely, to the last detail, will be offered in this sale at prices which will save you a great amount of money. Summer Tours a trifle more than one -wan wsjone Jp&6’3B\ | Ask for free illustrated hooks on Colorado, Yellowstone, Cal* H ifornia. They will he helpful K in planning your vacation. n B ■ Conaolidatad Tit h*t Oflica, L. IWtadar II. A |' nt ^^B F'hona Allanlir 92 M, MIB I>odi» SI . Omaha J S M. Mallv.Div. Paaa Ail , Ro< klalaad Liaaa r'boiif Jai liBon 0428 810 Woodmen of th* World Bldg , Oaaka, Nab m RocK Island Lines W jimi Itev. A. H. Fardon of Kansas City. Meetings will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings at 10:30, in addition to the afternoon services starting at 2:30 and the eve ning assemblies. Radio services will be broadcast from the Woodmen of the World sta tion, WOAW, Sunday morning. Mu sic will bo furnished by the chorus Mo., on "The Living Word," followed. choir, the orchestra, and various solo-1 ists and quartets. Suit Opposing Payment of Fund to Anselmo Bank Filed I.incoln. June 19.—In support of his position that the state deposit guarantee fund is not responsible for all of the $44,000 that County Treas urer McCaridless of Custer county had in the People* hank of Anselmo when it went Into a receiver * hand*, Attorney General Spillman filed with the Hupreme court a brief opposing the payment. The bank, he says, had a capital stock of $15,000, and he con tends ail it was entitled to receive as a depository of county fund* was one half of that amount. Mr. Spillman says the amount on deposit being six times what the bank was legally authorized to receive, no liabilities was created against the deposit fund. Alcohol Into Sewer. special Dispatch to The Omaha Dee. Norfolk. Neb., June 19—About 15 gallons of alcohol and booze taken in raids by police was poured Into the city sewers yesterday under the super vision of city officials. Bee Want Ads Produce Kesults. Wednesday, 500 Beautiful Summer Tub Frocks Dresses of Such Individuality and Style that They Are Suitable for Every Daytime Occasion All at the Unusu ally Low Price of B Regularly $10.00 to $15.00 Several special purchases resulted in this exceptionally fine group of summer frocks. Many Materials Are Represented, Including Soft Linens, Colorful Voiles, & 9 ^ Smart Ratines, Crisp Swisses, and Sheer Tissue Ginghams Trimmings are charming: Plain or colorful embroideries, drawn work, rows of tucks, ruffles, pleated frills, smart collars and cuffs, these are but a few of the new style notes sounded in this sym phony of summer beauty. Clever designers have contrived to make these frocks beautiful without sacrificing comfort or ease in laundering. Colors and color combinations of every hue are ^ represented. A number of wash dresses are desirable for wear during the sum mer months. The low price at which these charming dresses are offered makes it easy to have many frocks in one's wardrobe. / Second Floor—West Wednesday— Special Offering Gold Seal Congoleum Rugs At Reduced Prices All rugs are perfect and in pretty patterns for kitchen or dining room as well as office; at specially reduced prices for Wednesday and Thurs day. 18.00 9x12 Rug., at 16.20 15.75 9x10-6 Rug. at 14.20 13.50 9x9 Rug., 12.15 11.25 7-6x9 Rug., 10.15 9.00 6x9 Rug., 8.10 1.95 3-4-6 Rug., 1.75 1.40 3x3 Rug., 1.25 Sixth Floor—Went 1000 Children's Summer ^lay Garments One Big Group of Many Styled Dresses Rompers, Creepers and One-Piece Play Suits Three $^49 for ^ A sale that will mean big savings to every mother o*t little boys and girls; a big variety of styles and colors and plain stripes; materi als are gingham, chambray, repp and linenes; sizes for children 6 months to 6 yrs. Wise mothers will buy in quan tity, for they know that an P abundant supply ,“!l of play clothes is /“ necessary to ( keep the kiddies '>Ss clean and to liphten their own labors. Third Floor— ( Ea«t ' New Wall Papers In all grades in quantities large enough for one to three rooms; priced to af ford you exceptional savings. For Living Room. Hall and Dining Room Two-tone effects, tapestries and grass cloths, with attractive cut borders to match, < A per roll, 1 Beautiful Bedroom Paper* -All new anil pleasing designs and colors; a large selection; all hsve matched bor- Q 1 ders; priced, per roll, OjC Combination Paper* Light and dark colors, suitable for any room, P with borders to match, per roll, 30-inch Oatmeal Paper* In shades of gray, tan, blue and brown; cutout bor ders and bands to match; a most Q unusual value, per roll, 5/C We will he glad to estimate the cost of hanging. All work guaranteed satis factory. Fifth Floor—IIYr/ Luncheon Sets Direct Imports from Europe A purchase made direct from the maker by our representative on his great European shopping expedition this spring. In this lot are 100 sets, consisting of seven pieces; one 59x59 inch cloth, neatly hemstitched and six 15-inch napkins; these sets come in colored damask in a good grade of cotton, which takes a and holds dye ^kJ. \JVc well; priced, per set— N * • ^U If purchased in the regular way, these sets would retail for 7.50. too ALL LINEN LUNCHEON SETS Iii silver bleached linen, a soft, mel low finished damask with hem stitched borders; set consists of 64x til-inch cloth and six 18-inch nap kins; an unusual value, per set— Main Floor H cst Wednesday Is Caramel Day That means that on Wednes day you can come here and buy delicious full cream cara mels, some plain and some with nuts, at a price that is considerably less than that which we are obliged to ask as a regular thing: they are priced for Wednes day at, per pound, Candy Department Main Floor—West Long Silk Gloves Substandard* of 3.25 values. These are novelties of splendid Milanese silk; with lace inserts and puffs: in shades of mastic, gray and white; an /T% mm, unusual value. VL I J Ter pair— 1 • / Main Floor—Xorth White Silk 3.48 to 3.79 values. All First Qual- $^98 ity. Per yd. L All most popular weaves. 10-inch Flat Crepe 10-inch Canton Crepe 10-inch Satin Charmeuse 10-inch Spiral Crepe 40-inch Crepe Meteor 10-inch Crepe Romaine 10-inch Fancy Sport Silk 10-inch Heavy Crepe de Chine 10-inch Satin Canton Main Floor—Center