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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1924)
Minister Scores Demo Platform » ■■ ■ ■ m ■ Sailing Would Be Easier If Leaden Put Some Christi anity in It, Says Pastor. The democrats would pace easier suiling,,this fall if only the democratic lenders • had Inserted a bit of Chris tian nature Into their platform. These words- were stressed by Dr. W. F. Sheldon, one of the educational ex perts in Nehmska, in addressing the ..jethodist conference Friday at the First Methodist- church. Mr. Sheldon asserted that he had merely brought ^the political question into the limelight in .order-to present lo the congtiegat'ion a specific ex ample. In tlje retirse ,of his speech. Sheldon classifies socialism as a ‘‘big bubble.” V,'1 t I’overty Nd Bar Education. , Mr. Sheldon declared that wher s liny or girl recjtlved a degie® from any university, they were merely be tng repaid 100 times ns much as they paid to go through their regular uni versity course. ‘ The Christian college offers a bet ter bpportunlty than any other in stitution in the world can hope lo offer.” said Bishop Titus E. Lowe. “Money is not an absolute neces sity to enable a boy or girl to go through college.” he said. “True it is, that money helps a great deal, but the actual grinding that a student makes Is what counts at the end. It has been previously proved that pcor s udents sometimes acquire moie 1 nowledge by going through univ.r sities than do the sons of .rick jnen,' musical Program. .In dwelling on the subject of1 edu cation, Bishop Lowe claimed that in the near future an adequate womens building would be built at'tlie I'nl'-c' t-lty of Nebraska. It wjH be ver, lung before the I’niversity of Ne 1 raaka will have a real gymnasium, lie said. Bishop Frank M. Brlston of Wa.o- j ington, D. C., who was scheduled to deliver the main address at the c in ference meeting, was unable to at tend. Dr. I B. Schrerkengast, chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan, presided at i lie meeting. Ex-Convict Slays His Benefactor l.illlt* (iirl Sees Mother Slain hy Man They Be friended. r Tr'’ \ Pasadena^O^sfr*: f’tiftrm P llunn. wife .of- a” Wealthy Chicago • utsiness ms*n, la dead here, the vle im. police say of on ex-convict she once befriended and who last night returned her kindness -by heating her brains out with a hammer, shooting her through the heart, and looting her apartment of gems valued at Ijn.ooo. The min sought as Mrs. Munn’s slayer Is Harry Connor, alias Harry! Hurbutt, who according to detectives] was released from an Illinois prison through Iter influence after serving part of a sentence for robbery and who was aided with her money to start life anew after leaving his cell. Locked In Bathroom. K. It. Hibson, a enusin nf the slain woman, was In the apartment when i'nnnor called yesterday ami was invited to stay fur dinner. He warning looked him in the bathroom and then hntl turned on ills hostess i , and killed her. Hibson said lie rinally managed to escape front the bathroom by crawl ing Out of a window and dropping to tlie ground, but reached the front dour only in time to find Mrs. liunn's body on tlie threshold and to see iter slayer fleeing down the street. His story was corroberated by Vir ginia Hiinn. 8-year-old adopted daughter of the murdered victim, who witnessed the killing. MRS. ARTHUR HAYS DIES IN HOSPITAL Mrs Loretta Bertha Hays, 3S, wife of Arthur Hays, organist at the World theater, died Friday night at an Omaha hospital. She is survived by her husband; by five children, Marjorie, (ieorge. Ituth, Dorothy, and Arthur, Jr,; by her mother, Mrs. Antja Klenirn, Dos Moines, la., and by a sister, Mrs. J. .1. Dally, Salem, ore. Funeral services will pe held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the residence, *71S M trine Lush bbulevariAft'fW body will he taken to Des Moine.j fjuf butl^J, ... PROWLER SLUGS ROOMER, FLEES A piowler ^ho'entered ihe room of William Sneed,.,‘2733 R sfteet, struck him on ths head with A piece of J»ad pipe, he told police early Saturday morning. Mrs. A. iepsen, landlady,' railed nolice, who t<*ok Sneed to the South Omaha police station for emergency treatment. Sneed received a eligtit ecafp wound Nothing was stojen from his room. ** * * /jr, President’s Wife Attends Meeting Unaccompanied I Washington, Sept. L’O. Mr*. Calvin f.'oolidge Friday niat|e her llrst appear lime nt a polltral gathering In the ■resent campaign Jinarrompiinlcil by tier husband. b heaving the president at liie White House, Mrs. t oolldge attended a meet ing of the ItepuMivan Women's cluli ■if Montgomery vounty, Maryland, whleh was lield at ('hnk^rlhat, the * country estate of Charles 1. Corby 1“ of Washington. Mrs. Coolldge listened to several polit.cal speeches In which her hue baud's revoi4l»w*s 'highly praised, shook hands wUh all present and n turned to i li/» Whl\e House for dinner. She m.aft ho remarks. Farmeft Sowijnf Rye. P(strict, Ink-- A pumher of 'iiniters m Hep A* bo only are planting •V(. hii'"#i!t not sme wmt-tr tvhent until lain, or until mors rain fall*. The ground la very dry and farm stork Is behind on that amount I Republican City Couple Wed 47 Fears Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Republican City) Neb., Sept. 20.— Mr. and Mrs. John Stotts, pioneer residents of Republican City, were guests of honor at the dinner given by their triends on September 6, their forty-seventh wedding anriiver sary. Scores of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Stotts, includin • many ■. who were among early settlers nl this region, were rresent at the dinner given in the church parlors. The Stotts have three sons and five daughters. Two grandchildren and twrt, nieces jn'fne present for dinner. A purse of silver was presented to the aged couple following the dinner. Hundreds Pass Within Few Feet of Body of Suicide Lying Just Inside Hedge at Scottish Rite Cathedral Some time during the early hours of Saturday morning. R. R. I.ee, GO, well-known resident of Omaha for 30 years, walked out of ills home, ( 200 South Twentieth street, stepped : across the street and inside the hedge around the Scottish Rite cathedral, held a .32 revolver to his right ear and pulled the trigger, ending his life. Hundreds of persons, in their way i to work, passed within a few feet of the body, concealed by the hedge. None saw It until S. C. Davis, 202-1 Douglas street, came along. He noti fied police and Coroner Paul Stein wender. Retired August 1. Lee was employed by the .T. C. Reed Furniture company, 1207 Far nam street, until he retired August 1, on his 60th birthday. "He had plenty of money," said. Mr. Reed. "His healtli was bad. lie I had asthma and a poor heart. Rut he was one of the finest and cleanest of men. He was a bachelor. Said he liked all the women so much h“ couldn't pick one out for a wife. His relatives are dead, excepting a stepmother whose address I don't ..now." Three notes were found in the dead j man's pocket, written in pencil > i the backs of letterheads. One said 1 "Call Stack, the undertaker." The others were as follows; "Dear Rrother Klks: , "Please lay me away out on Elk hill. Forest Lawn, and my estate I will take care of all bills. With j best wishes to all, "R. R. LEE." "To My Friends; "I know some will say I am In sane, but 1 am not. "All people that want to die arc not insane. "This Is a wonderful old world, and I hate to give It up, I could live on for ever and enjoy life If I had good health. "But my motto Is ‘Clive me life or give me death. "And In my case 1 have but one choice. I love Omaha and all the good people In It. I have spent 30 years here and I would be only too glad in stay on and on forever. But Father Time has decreed other wise and 1 must go. And In going I, have but one regret to make and that is that 1 haten't been able to do more good in this old world than T have. "There is a great opportunity In 1 life for all to be happy by seeing hu’w muc h we can do for others and ' a. little less for ourselves. And I j hope some day Ihut everybody will BROADWAY STAR I SAILS FOR EUROPE New York, Sept. 20.—Imogen*- WII eon, It roadway beauty, sailed today for lbirope to slay "forever—maybe ' And bents Frank Tlnney "perhaps." That Is. If she gets to .Kurope. > Humors have eorrni from Kngland that she may encounter trouble with the Knglish immigration officials. Miss Wilson recently broke Into the front pages of newspapers when she was l-eaten by Tlnney and ^nd the fatnous comedian arrested. batet they were "recolnclled" and slid said ahe still loved him. GREEVY TO HEAD EIGHTH WARD CLUB ^t- flrfifivy was preiidint sf thcVl'lbghili Ward Ileiliddjc tn ,,‘ hib. tjjkUK ihb ers are: Harry t.apldus. BldH-tzIskl and Idy-/l<4f*glHnd, \ Ice prfeshlcnts .1 M. Talbot, srcre tsjy■, Ceoige bawsoii, treasiirer. l.a Kollette in Court to Stop Kiling* ' Chicago, Sept. 20.—A telegram an nouncing that preparations are being nutria to file distinct legal actions to stop the filing in the state of Wash lngton of nominating tickets similar It) the name of the La Kollette Wheeler tickets, and that Senator I*a Kollette himself may be named as a plaintiff, was received today hy Hepresenr.itIve John M. Nelson, m* tlonnl La l^olltttto campaign man ager. .The message came from John 10. Hnllaine of Seattle, head of th* l#n Kollette Wheeler organisation in Washington. The message read: "Attorneys nearly readv to fill three distinct actions to restrain the use of fake La Kollette ticket*. Mon day we probable will ask Senatoi I La Kollette for expli« It authority H make him a party with the plaintiff' In these actions - ' v live up to this Oofilen Rule. "With love and best wishes to all, R. R. "LEE." He had been a member of the Elks only a few months. . , ... - u-— \11\ a hi i-» mi m Corns Lift Off-No Pain! Docen t hurt one bit’ Prop a lttib Krressnn* on tin iirhliiR mm. In slantIv tbnl min *to|>. hinting, then phorily uni lift it tight off with, • finger*. i Vour druggist **'11*.* tiny bottle.of , b'lcegone fur * lew rent*, sufficient, to remote etci hnril corn, eofi uorti, or rorn between the tin * it ml th^kfnol , rellueee, without snrtneM or Ill'll* lion. Chinn Seeks to Recover Sent _ | Makes First Official Effort to Rc-F'ntcr League Council. By AMorlatrd Press. Geneva, Sept. 20.—China made th# first official effort to recover her lost scat on the council ot the league of nations today when the league as sembly -reconvened after a week.’ssus j>ent«ion. -' Pekin's delegation introduced a resolution railing the attention of the assembly to the resolution of 1923, stating that it is. desirable to select ntmpermrfrient'nfefnhers ■ o3f the council, bearing In mind the world’s main geopraphical division.*, the va ---I .. . ^ ■*. ■ _ __ rlous types of civilization and the i hief sources of wealth. The new !‘Fsoli^*,on was referred to the agenda committee. Today s Chinese move created in terest because it is understood the delegation hsiC' received Instruction* to withdraw from the league If China is not successful In regaining the council seat which went to Czecho slovakia last year. President Motta told the delegates he would like to be able to promise that the assembly would he concluded by September 27, a week from today, but he was in no position to give Mich assurance because it was ex tremely undesirable to hurry the la bors of the two commissions on arbi tration and disarmament, the im portance , of whose work, he said, could not possibly be exaggerated. w I., i died T pital. Wyrao mSm i New Teachers at Brownell Hall Mary Seller* of Denison Uni versity Comes to Teach History. Five new Instructors have been added to the faculty of Brownell Hall for the season, which will open next Tuesday, school officials announced Saturday, ,.'t* The new instructors are Miss Mary Sellers, w iro will teach history; Mile. MaiKU«riW Gofsot, who will teach Kren^hT iltss Kleanor Treadwell, pro fessor df physical education; Miss Helen ‘T.inw^erg. who will have charge fit grade school Instruction. »ru* Mrs. R. M. Brown, house mother and instructor in domestic science. Jfias-Sellers Is a graduate and for-1 mer member .of the faculty of Beni non university, Granville, O Mile. Oargot is a graduate Of the T'nlvcr sity of Grenoble, France. Miss Tread well is a graduate of the Sargent school of physical education, Boiton Mi.ss Guneberg is a graduate of- the Fniverity of Nebraska. Mrs. Brown was formerly professor of domestic arts in the Ivamohamoha School for Girl*. Honolulu. Hawaii. More than 60 students have al ready enrolled for the coming term This is a larger enrollment than the school has hail for a number of years. O’CONNOR ESTATE WORTH $193,344 The estate of John ,T. O'COpnor Ik worth $191,144, accordlnK -to ’,in an pnaisal filed in county court by H. T. White. Real estate Is valued at $J14. 4T0 and personal property at $1<j,^lj. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. GUILD EXHIBIT DATES ARE SET Plans for the fall exhibit of the Omaha Art Guild, to be held at the public library ffotn October 19 to November 16, will be prepared at the mttld'i first meeting of the season Wednesday evening at the studio of |Charles H. Cady, 2521 Sherman ave nue. J. I-aurie Wallace, president of the guild, has Just returned from Cali fornia. where he painted a number of portraits and landscapes. Some of these will be shown at the fall ex hibit. J. W. McDonald Dies. .James W. McDonald. 60. 3002 South Thirty-second avenue died at his home Friday afteronon. He Is sur vived by his wife. Funeral arrange ments have not yet been made. ™ Buy Now at This Great Brand New 50th Anniversary Sale PLAYER PIANOS As Low as $2.50 a week pays for this wonderful 88 - note Player Piano. Choose either mahog any, oak or walnut case, and including absolutely FREE, an attractive bench, a beautiful scarf and 15 rolls of music in addition to FREE DELIVERY. Open Every Evening Till 9 P. 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