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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1924)
Today Money in Satchels. The 150.000 IApht Bull). Dan porous Pearls. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ These are days when money is distributed generously and myster iously. Mr. Anderson, head ol the Anti-Saloon league in New York, tells of “mysterious Mr. King,” who called upon him, said he admired him and gave him $25,000 in cash. But he doesn’t know where Mr. King is, or who he really is, or whether he is still alive or not. And Mr. Fall, secretary of the interior, who leased away valuable oil lands that had been reserved for the navy, testified that he got $100,000 from Mr. Ned McLean, of the Washington Post. Then, on second thoughts, he testified, as did Mr. McLean, that the latter gave him a check for $100,000 but he didn’t cash it. » Now comes Mr. Doheny, one of the ablest business men of the country, who testified that he lent his old friend Mr. Fall $100,000 which he gave him in cash in a suitcase, and Sinclair lent, or gave, ' Mr. Fall $25,000 in bonds. “Easy money?” Yes, very. Mr. Fall says, “I am a sick man.” That isn’t because he couldn’t hire a doctor, apparently. One hundred thousand dollars in cash in a satchel that Mr. Doheny lent to Mr. Fall without taking his note or receipt, had nothing whatever to do with the fact that a few weeks later Mr. Fall, as secretary of the interior, member of President Harding’s cabinet, leased* 28,000 acres of oil lands in California to Mr. Dohney. Mr. Doheny says he believes the company will make $100,000,000 of profit out that lease, which shows that he is a good business man. The next time the United States, needs a secretary of the in terior'it might hire Mr. Doheny. He knows how to make good bar gains; more than can be said for some of our secretaries of the in terior. The General Electric company at its plant in East Orange, N. J., shows an electric bulb of 150,000 candlepower. The bulb, 22 inches high, produces heat so great—3,200 degrees—that it melts glass. It takes 30,000 watts to supply power in this big bulb. It wouldn’t be a,bad idea under certain circumstances and certain administrations to in stall 200 or 300 such bulbs in the Department of the Interior, and keep them going night and day. One good thing will come of the Teapot Dome scandal, beyond question. Mr. Coolidge will see to it that the naval oil lands are re stored to the navy and to the peo ple of the U/iited States that own them. Failure to do this would, of course, destroy Mr. Coolidge politi cally in 1924. But Mr. Coolidge isn’t the sort of man to let that particular transaction pass regard less of politics. One young lady in Washington bought $400,000 worth of black pearls, alleged to have belonged to the empress of Russia, brought here by a certain Prince YousoupofF. “Let the buyer beware.’’ The Russian government claims the crown jewels as the property of the Russian people, and of course, they are the property of the Rus sian people, having been taken out of them in taxes and blood, during the years of czardom. Title to such loot may be thin and doubtful. The war cost this country $11, 000,000,000 lent to the allies, plus other billions practically given away to profiteers, shipbuilders, flying machine builders, etc.—plus heaven knows how many billions that the people paid in higher cost of living. But the federal reserve bank re ports that “the whole thing has been absorbed.” It’s all fixed. Our money is all right. For us, finan cially and otherwise, the war is past. This is a healthy country. Don’t spoil it with any league of nations or world court folly. It happens once in awhile, as Senator Capper tells you, in his weekly. Swindlers perRunded Dave Tapper of Iowa to buy some land in a Texas “town to be built im mediately.” Tapper paid $50 and got a deed. When he tired of pay ing taxes, his sister, Mrs. Hester Egbert, took the land and went on paying. Now, after 26 years an oil company has paid Mrs. Egbert $10,000 for her land and one eighth of all the oil the land pro duces. That “eighth” pays her $1 ,000 a month. The swindlers swindled themselves out of a for tune. But observe that Mrs. Egbert did not buy stork—she bought land, and Texas land at that. There is nothing like owning part of the earth. (Copyright, 1924.) Moose Dictator Coming—Frank Monahan, supremo dictator of the I,nyal Order of Moose, will speak next Thursday night at 8 In Mooae temple, Twenty-eighth and l arnam streets. Members of the order wilt attend from Council Bluffs and Fremont. Bryan Is "Fogeyist," Modernists "Muddlers." Denver Bishop Says Denver, Jan. 27.—The religious “fundame ntalist" was characterized aa a "fogeyist,” and the “modernist" as a "muddler” by Rt. itev. Fred Ingley, bishop coadjutor of the Kplseopal church of Colorado, in an address to day before flio midwinter session of tho Kplseopal college students con ference. “The fundamentalist is a fogeyist because he denies the fact of evolu tion and the human element In the lllhle,” Bishop Ingley declared. “The modernist Is a muddler because be has not, as yet, be. n able to decide what is essential and what Is super ficial m religion.” Bishop Ingley told the students that. William Jennings Bryan Is un unsafe guide In matters of religion “because be slopped thinking 2j yearn ago." Noted Huntress Shows Films of Her Adventures Lady MacKenzie Says Lion Is Most Dangerous of Jungle Boasts Which She En countered. Filming an angry lion while he at tacks a woman and while he Is being killed by the woman is a thrill that does not come very often, even in the life of a big game hunter in Africa, according to Lady Grace Mac Kenzie. This noted huntress and world traveler, who Is visiting here for a few days, gave a. private screening of some of her thrilling motion pic tures Saturday night at the home of E. John Braudels. Among the few guests was I. S. Horne, head of the Horne Zoological and Arena corpora tion, importers of wild animals. Plenty of Thrills. One of tho Interesting features of the pictures showed Lady MacKenzie dispatching an African lion after the brute had struck her on the shoulder and was about to kill one of her at tendants. She has traversed much of the country covered by Theodore Roosevelt during his African hunts. She speaker the languages of the Swahilis, M'nuwezi, Wakamba, Kiku yus, Kavirondos and other tribes. In this particular lion hunt, when she was Injured on tier left shoulder, she explained that her party had been out six weeks in quest of the king of beasts. Picturing the animals in their native haunts was her ambition, lather than killing them. "It is the custom of Hon hunters to put out bait," Lady MacKenzie ex plained. “On the eventful morning we discovered that the bait had been disturbed. So our natives beat the bushes and presently out came a large black-mane specimen. My hunter shot the big fellow In a paw and that made him angry. He made a rush and brushed my shoulder. I should have said first that my cameraman told me *o run when he saw the lion coming, but I decided to stand still and take my chances with my gun. After the lion brushed me he made for my hunter and was at tacking him when I fired two shots. My cameraman kept on clicking, but X know he was almost unnerved." IJon Most Dangerous. I„-idy MacKenzie believes the lion is the most dangerous of the wild beasts she has hunted. Roosevelt, In African travel and hunt books, places the lion first In his list of ferocious beasts when hunted. On the next expedition of Lady MacKenzie, who will sail from San Francisco within a few weeks, Mr. Horne's company will havs a repre sentative whose work will be to obtain live wild animals for "zoos" and shows In this country. Coolidge Asks Both Parties to Aid Cleanup (Continued from Taco One.) just as soon as selections could be made. The formal announcement follows: Statement by President Coolidge: "It is not for the president to determine criminal guilt or render judgment in several causes. That Is the function of the courts. It is not for him to prejudfce. I shall do neither. But when facta are re vealed to me that require action for the purpose of insuring the enforce ment of either civil or criminal lia bility, such action will be taken. This Is In the province of the execu tive. "Under my direction the Depart ment of Justice lias been observing the course of evidence which has been revealed at the hearings con ducted by the senatorial committee investigating certain oil leases made on naval reserve which, I believe, warrants action for the purpose of enforcing the law and protecting the rights of the publir. This is confirmed by reports made to me from the committee. If there has been any crime it must be prose cuted. If there has been any prop erty of the United States illegally transferred or leased it must be re covered. “I fee! the public Is entitled to know that in the conduct of such actions no one Is shielded for any party, political or other reasons. As I understand, men are involved who belong to both political parties, and having been advised by the Depart meat of Justice that It is in acrord with former precedents, I propose to employ special counsel of high rank drawn from both political par ties to bring surh actions for tlm enforcement of the law. Counsel will he Instructed to prosecute these in the courts so that if there Is any guilt it will he punished; If there is any civil liability, It will be enforced; if there is any fraud it will be revealed and if there are any contracts which are Illegal they will be canceled. Every law will be enforced and every right of the peo ple and the government will lie pro tected.” Auto Hits Switch Engine, Man Is Hurt F. tCook, 2642 Avenue R, Council IJluffs, driving on Fourth nvenue Saturday night, crashed Into a North western railroad switch engine at Flf teenth street Into last night. Ilia car was almost demolished and Cook was taken to Jennie Edmund on hospital with severe cuts on the face arid neck. E, Thorstensen, who was riding with Cook, was arrested and hold on charges of Intoxication. %T»\ KHTIMKMKVl" For Pimply Skin Peterson’s Ointment “All pimple* are Inflammation of the akin," way* IV-teraon, “and the bent and riukkeat way to Ret rid of I hem 1h to line reteraon’* Ointment." I’hmI by inillionH for Krzema. 8k in and Scalp Itch. I'lceiH, Sore Feet. All druRRim30c, 00c, $1.00 Baptist Pastor Accused of “Affair”' With Member of Flock Defended by Omaha Ministers Who Know Him “He’s a Prince,” Says Rev. 3V* McNeill, Who Is Just Recently From Chicago. Dr. Carl D. Cage, pastor of the Od. Park Baptist church. Chicago, who is accused of misconduct with Mrs. Charlotte Lelarni by her husband. Al bert R. (.elaml. deacon of the church, in divorce proceedings, is so fine a man he couldn't be anything else but guiltless, according to the Omaha pastors who know hint. "Carl D. Case is a prince among men," said Rev. W. F. MacNeill, pas tor of the Grace Baptist church who knew him while in Chicago. “If anyone were to say that these charges were true I wouldn't believe it even if they had their hands on a stack of Bibles a mile high. Rev. Mr. Case is far above any possibility of such a charge. He is held in high esteem by everyone in Chicago who knows him.” Conviction Means Expulsion. If Rev. Mr. Case were found guilty of the charge of misconduct he would be expelled from the denomination and unfrocked, say the Omaha pas tors of Baptist churches. "Yes, if the accusations were true Rev. Mr. Case would have to be put out of the church," said Rev. Charles K. Holier, pastor of the Trinity Bap tist church who knows Rev. Mr. Case intimately. "Rev. Mr. Case was my pastor at one time, when I was a lay man many years ago in South Bend, Ind. The pastor was an exceptional man and a favorite wherever he would go. I am sure that he Is not guilty of the charge made against him. Rev. Mr. Case is the type of man a fussy woman might misunderstand,” explain ed Rev. Mr. Holler. "He is of very sympathetic nature. Although homely, Rev. Mr. Case makes a fine appear ance because he is stately. He is about 5fi years of age, is married and has several children. He has been pastor at Oak Park for the last four years. It is known as one of the richest churches in the nation. A new $250,000 church was recently dedi cated there. Faithful Worker. "Yes, I am surprised to hear of the imstor help# named as corespondent in the divorce suit.” said Rev. Mr Holler. "Rev. Mr. Case was chosen to preach the principal sermon at the next Baptist convention." "It is a serious charge if proven true," said Rev. George Van Winkle, pastor of the Olivet Baptist church. "He would be expelled from the church by action of the local church and the Baptist conference might act upon the case. But I hardly think the charge can be true for Rev. Mr. Case is known in the church as a most faithful worker and a man of fine character.” Rev. A. A. DeLarme, pastor of the First Baptist church, declared that the Baptist church would stand by Rev. Mr. Case tf the charges were unfounded. "If the case were found ed upon fact and his guilt proven then, of course he would be put out of the church,” said Rev- Mr. De Larme. Has Fine Record. Rev. Mr. Case has been prominent in Baptist church work for the last 20 years," said Rev. Howard C. Whit comb, pastor of Calvary Baptlat church. "He has a fine record. He has been on many denominational boards and has written for church periodicals. The church board has exonerated him of the charges, I be lieve. But If he was found guilty, Rev. Mr. Case would lie asked to re sign his pastorate and would no long er be a minister of ths Baptist church. He only probably tried to administer to the woman’s request for advice from her minister." Rev. Ralph E. Bailey Urges Child Labor Law "Over a million American children between 10 and 16 years of age are victims of child laber,” said Rev. Ralph E. Bailey, at the First Uni tarian church, In hie Sunday morn ing sermon. "The right of these children to education and development must be rhamploned and vindicated. "Congress has tried without suc cess to eliminate or control such child labor. It enacted In 1918 a federal statute prohibiting the shipment In Interstate and foreign commerce of goods produced In mines or quarries In which children under 16 were em ployed, or In mills or manufacturing establishments In which child labor was used. This law being declared unconstitutional, congress enacted a second federal statute which Imposed a tax upon the profits of all estab lishments employing children In viola tion of proper standards. This statute also has been declared unconstitu tional. “The only way to cope with the situation Is by an amendment to the constitution. The proposed amend ment. now before congress, has re ceived the endorsement of leading re ligious ami philanthropic bodies righteous, It Is urgently needed." throughout the nation. Pre-eminently Improvement Meet Tuesday. A meeting of the United Improve ment clubs will be held In the coun rll chambers of the city hall at 8 Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. la-land and Rev. C. I). Case. Albert R. I.elanil of Oak Park, III., one of the most fashionable of Chi cavu suburbs, has brought suit for divorce from Mrs. A. R. lain ml. naming as corespondent their pastor, the Rev. I)r. Carl D. Case of the exclusive First Baptist church. A strange part of the rase lies in the fact that I.eland charges lie carried love notes between hi* wife and the pastor, believing they related to church work, I.eland and his wife bring leading church worker*. Guilty Fleas of Drivers Follow One Conviction Fines and Jail Terms Given Motorists Accused of Oper ating Vehicles While Intoxicated. Conviction of George Kendall in district court at Council Bluffs on the charge of driving an automobile while Intoxicated, was followed Im mediately by half a dozen pleas of guilt on that and other charges by defendants In other cases who were waiting to stand trial. R. E. Coon, 1215 South Sixteenth street, and Jess Wolfskin, former chauffeur for Dr. Donald Macrae, both pleaded guilty to charges of operating a motor vehicle while In toxicated. Wolfskin waa given five months in the county Jail, while sentence In the CoOn case was defer red until March 13. C. N. Peterson and William Roden burg, entered pleas of not guilty on charges of maintaining liquor nui sances and paid fines of $300 and $500 respectively. A dozen other cases of this character still are pend ing In the court. William Morris pleaded guilty to a burglary charge and was sentenced to 10 years at the Anamosa reform atory, while D. V. Stanforth, arrest ed on breaking and entering charges In connection with thefts from the Farmers Mercantile company, where he was employed, waa given a 10 year sentence, but paroled to F. M. Winn. Stanforth has an Invalid wife and three children dependent upon him for support and leniency of the court was extended to him on this account, according to Frank E. Northrop, county attorney. FINDS BURGLAR IN THE DOUSE Go to your medicine chest, ex amine carefully the label of your favorite cold and headache remedy, and if you find that it contains Acetanilide, you have discovered a burglar, who is stealing from you years of precious life, who is slow ly but surely robbing you of valu able health. Acetanilide is one of the most harmful drugs known; it deteriorates the blood, degenerates the heart, kidneys and liver, and often forms a habit. If you put any valua whatsoever on your health, you should discontinue the use of cold and headache remedies containing Acetanilide. To obtain prompt and at the same time safe relief for • cold, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism or pain in fcneral, get from your druggist a ew Nebrin tablets, take one or two every two or three hours and you will always get safe and satisfac tory results. Nebrin tablets do not depress the heart or form a habit, are free from Acetanilide or other harmful drugs, and are considered the safest cold and headache jom ody and pain reliever obtainable. Aspirin users should also give Nebrin a trial. They will find Nebrin entirely freo of the depress ing action that, is so objectionable n. Aspirin. Nebrin is not expensive and can be obtained at oil good druggists.—Advertisement. A neglected cough-rAe beginning of many a dangerous disease I I——— You rnn quickly Hop that cihaunting cough that lay* gnu njien to ili*cti*c. v WHEN your strength is exhausted *ml I lie drlirnte tissues of your throat ami lungs arc raw and sure from roughing, you may fall an easy prey to disease—bronchitis, pneumonia, even tu lierculosis. Thai is why it i* so important to break up coughs promptly. For more than fifty years thousands of familirs have relied upon l>r. King * New Discovery to atop coughs. It does this rpiiekly and naturally without any bad after-effects whatsoever, b.v stimulating the mucous membranes to throw otf the clogging secretions. H has an agreeable taste. All druggists. Dr. KING’S NEW Discover J Frank H. Myers Is Elected Head of Athletic Club Members Willing to Pay $50 Assessment and Put the Club Over, Says Secretary. I'rank H. Myers was elected pres ident of the Omaha Athletic club at a meeting of the directors Saturday afternoon. I.eo R. ‘Wilson was elected vice president; Thomas L. I>avls, treas urer, and John C. Wharton, secreta ry. W. L. Stryker was elected a di rector to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of I.inn Campbell. “The members are rallying around," he said. "One woman who inherited her membership from a deceased relative telephoned that she will cheerfuly pay her <50 assessment and would donate another <50 If It were asked. "Raymond Young, a lawyer, who had resigned before the recent meet ing, telephoned to cancel his resigna tion. H said he beieves the new plan and rigid economy wll bring the club to prosperity.” South Dakota Primary Filings Over 200 Mark Rampant Political Fever Due to Patchwork in Makeup of Tickets—Three Full Ma jority Slates. Hy AwOflatcd Frr**. Pierre, S. I).. .Ian. 27.—Political fever is rampant thin year in South Dakota as never before, officials in the secretary of state's office have declared on the strength of combined totals of primary candidacies filed through this office. More than 200 names fcre on the list, as compared with the 70 appearing at the 1922 general election, a figure believed to be the average. This figure will be reduced only sligjitly by withdrawals prior to the election, the secretary believes. It includes candidates on all three of the major state political parties run ning for state and national office* and house and senate positions in Joint legislative districts. Three Full Slates. The figure was swelled chiefly ow lng to the exlsence for the first time of three full majority slates of tickets —republican, democratic and farmer labor. Its makeup has been cast into a further patchwork, first, by the in jection of a complete minority slate and national slate by the fusion fac tions of democratic and farmer-labor parties; second, by Individual minority filings, and finally, by the Independent column entries, headed "bv Senator Hiram Johnson and his list of presi dential electors and delegates. The 200-odd names entered through the secretary of state on the primary ballots fall far short of the actual total of candidates because in every caee where a proposal candidate has no opposition, his name has been eliminated. Other names have been removed by the failure of candidates to qualify. McAdoo Not Listed. An example of the latter type is that of Senator Arthur Capper of Kan sas, who was proposed as the majority republican candidate for vice presi dent, but failed to forward his accept ance. William O. McAdoo will not appear as the majority democratic proposal candidate for president, as lie has no opposition, and the same applies to Carl Gunderson, proposed by the majority republicans for gov ernor. Another confusing situation was caused by proposal of Emil Loriks of Arlington for superintendent of pub lic instruction, both on the minority fusion ticket and that of the majority farmer labor group. He qualified for the latter, but not the former position, but in the absence of opposition his name has been omitted in both cases. This all Indicates the amount of [detail Involved in preparing the of ficial ballots. According to the secre tary of state, “If returns from county canvassing boards should be placed on a single sheet of paper, the same would have to be three yards long to Include them all.” RED FEATHER Chick Starter in The Automatic Feeder Package Red FeathGO I Chick Startc toith Buttermilk '"fcC. PETIRS MILL CO, Be Ready for That Early Hatch. Get a Package From Your Grocery Store or Feed Dealer. 1924 Prices 1 Package.$ .75 3 Package* . 2.00 6 Packages . 3.50 12 Packages.6.00 M. C. Peters Mill Co. South Omaha, N?bra»kn “Dream Girl” Goes Back to Grand Island Miss Virginia Neligh, the Tream Girl” of letters written by Kobert Wollert and introduced during his re cent trial in district court at Council Bluffs upon charges preferred by her. left Saturday for her horne in Grand Island. Neb. Wollert. who was convicted by a jury, will be sentenced by Judge Karl Peters next Wednesday. He could avert a penitentiary sentence by rear lying the girl before Judgment Is pro nounced. but his attorneys have In timated that he will accept sentence and appeal the case to the supreme court. Two Small Bovs Emulate Hero by "Bathing” Dishes Influence of Fontenelle Hotel Proprietor Keenly Appre ciated by Mother in This low? Home. Inspired by the example of Eugene Eppley, proprietor of the Hotel Kon tenelle, two small boys, Robert and Carlton Ranney, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. I>. Kanney of Sioux City, have been washing dishes industriously at their home ever since the first of the year. The story' in The Omaha Sun day Bee about Mr. Eppley who had risen to a high position from that of a lowly dishwasher was read by the small boys in Sioux City who knew Mr. Eppley personally. They are the children of the niece of Gould Dietz and visited in Omaha during Ak-Sar Ben festivities. Mr. Eppley enter tained the boy* while in Omaha and had also spent several vacations with them at their cottage at Lake Minne tonka, Mtnn. As small boys will do, they placed Mr. Eppley upon a pedestal and vowed that they would lie Just like him when they grew up. Before the story concerning Mr. Eppley's career was published the mother of the boys declared that she couldn't get them to go near the dishpan. New Mrs. Ranney is finding difficulty in keeping them away from the kitchen chores. ORD—The Ord Dramatic club will present three short plays the last of this month at the opera house here. These will be the first public appear ances of this new organization. The club plans to donate the proceed* to ward buying a new stereoptican pro jector for the local high school. Fricke Is Found Guilty by Jury in Plattsmoutli Making False Entries in Buok^ Is Charge Against Former Building Association Officer. By A»»oriat*d Pro*. Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 27. < <>. Kricke, former officer of the defur t Livingston I,oan and Building a ‘ elation of this city, was found guilty on seven counts by a jury in district court here late Saturday. The case w ’ given to the Jury at 3 and shortly af ter 5 o'clock the verdict was re lumed. He was charged with making false entries on the books. The state objected to the sympathy (appeal in the Jury address of Hal leck Rose of Omaha, counsel for Kricke. and the Judge ordered Mr Rose to confine himself to facts. Alvin Jones, former chief of police | of this city, probably will he the next i man tried for various offenses. Jones was found guilty several weeks ago o-i charges of malfeasance in offi >■ and will be tried next on charge «f p-rjury. Charles G. Parmelee. former pre.-ident of the Lass Lounty fctate hank also will be tried again fn charges of forgery. He recently « s found guilty of embezzlement. C. 1>. Quinton, former sheriff, also has set • eral charges of perjury and erniiezzif*. ineut pending against him. Recently Quinton was found guilty on charg* i of malfeasance in office. River Water Supply Planned at Beatrice Beatrice. Neb., Jan. 26.—Prelimi nary steps for the installing of a fii tration plant In the Blue river at this point with a view to solving the water problem was taken today when a committee of five business men was appointed to confer with the city commissioners and also with an at torney relative to drawing up neces sary legal measures so that it can be properly presented to the voters. The sentiment appears to be In favor of the river as a source of water supply. Several Believed Dead in St. Paul Apartment Fire St, Paul, Minn.. Jan. 27.—Several persons are believed by police and fire men to have met death and a score of tenants, mostly women, were injured early today in a fire at the Glendaie apartments in the downtown section here. _ Extra Salesladies Wanted Insurance Adjustors Are Working Night and Day The Vogue’s Vast Stocks Damaged bv SMOKE Final adjustment with Insurance Companies will be completed very shortly. We advise your postponement of any Apparel purchases until you are able to share in the phenomenal event now being planned by the Vogue. Store Temporarily Closed Watch and Wait for a Gigantic Unloading Of Our Entire Ne w Spring Stocks at Prices That Will Thrill This City From End to End The seat of the fire was the roar of basement, which adjoined our s tock room, which was packed to capacity with N e w Spring Apparel. This naturally suffered the greatest damage by smoke. Watch tomorrow 's papers for full particulars.