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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1921)
8 A THE FEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1921. Harding Declares World Is Growing Better and Wiser VnforlififJ Boundary Line llrtwern U. S. snd Canada Proves it, President Says In Dedicatory Letter Wsshincton, Sept. 3. An unforti fied boundary line more linn 3,000 milei long between tht United Stair nd Canada U the best teitU mony that the world growi ier and better, President Harding laid in a Inter today to be read at the dedication of peace portal erected) near uuise, van., in coiiiroewora. tion of more than a century ol un interrupted peace between America and Great lintain. The portal to be dedicated, Sep tember 6, on the international line wai conceived by Samuel Hill ol Seattle. Copy of Letter. In recognition of the significant of the occasion the president wrote Mr. Hill at follow a: "The ancient Koman erected a temple to Janus, a dispenser o! peace and war, and ordered that it patei ihould never be cloned whil: the nation was at war. In seven centuries they are said to have been closed but three times. You have erected a temple of peace whose gates are never to be closed save in war. "Already it atands for more than century of unbroken peace be tween liritain and America and we all join in the hope that in coming times it may commemorate an era cf peace much longer than the I iod of wars for which the tern pie of Janus stood. Praises Its Builders. "Our century and more of peace vith the British empire, our rela tions of unbroken amity with Can sda, the fact that a boundary line over 3.000 miles long remains un fortifiedthese are the testimonies that the world grows wiser and bet ter. All mankind looks to this ex ample and yearns to follow it; and xve are justified to believe that a time is at hand when it may take a long step in that directic . "On the occasion of dedication of the Pacific peace, portal I wish to convey to you personally my high appreciation of your patriotic serv ice in providing a symbolic shrine to international peace and in doing bo I would also thank the Pacific Highway association (the builder of the portal) for the fine co-operation it has rendered." Asks $5,000 for Keeping; Hoover Starts Silent About Marriage V . ' It II Woman Raps on Coffin Lid at Her Own Funeral London, Sept. 3. The story of a woman who knocked at the lid of her coffin after it had been prepared and sealed for burial has been re . vealed in Tokio by the Japan Times and Mail. It is stated that the woman ap parently died one morning at 3 o'clock and arrangements were im mediately made for the funeral. - Priests were sent for, and the usual service. read over the coffin. Suddenly the priests and others heard a feeble knocking inside the coffin. The lid was removed and the mourners found that the woman was alive. They called her name. She replied: , "I am thirsty. Gime me some water." Water was given and she was removed to her bed, but died two days later. Mothers Must Go to Jail if . Their Children Steal Coal Columbus, O., Sept. 3. Two Lolumbus mothers are to spend M days in jail if their children again steal coal. This unique decree has been an nounced by Judge Homer tfostwicK of the juvenile court. ' Admission that she sent her chiN dren into local railway yards for coal was made by Mrs. Ella Smith when her children atjd those of Mrs.' Jen nie Miller of No. 538 Yarman street, were arraigned before Judge Bost wick on charges of stealing coal from railroad vards. , Judge Bostwick decreed that if the children again appear in juvenile court on similar charges he will sen tence.the mothers to spend the fol lowing 30 days in jail. ' Negro Arrested as Suspected Slayer of New Jersey Girl Philadelphia, Sept. 3. A negro who said he was Moses Smith was arrested Friday night because of his resemblance to Lewis ' Lively, al leged slayer of 7-year-old Matelida Russel of Morristown, N. J. The arrest was made at the request of Frank Carroll, Lively's last em ployer. The little girl disappeared on June 4, last, and her body, with the skull crushed, was found buried in Live ly's cellar on June 11. ' In the mean time, he had disappeared. Germany Lifts Suspension Ban Placed on Newspapers London, Sept. 3. Officials cf the German government have cancelled the order of suspension issued early this week against the Lokal An zeiger and Der Tag. which were for bidden to publish editions for a per iod of 14 days, says a Berlin dis patch to the London Times. 4 " 1, 1' ""'v:,r 7 WAV". V jMry Detrice ftniihNujftivi, Mrs. Beatrice Smith Nugent lias obtained an injunction tying up the estate of William Van Rensselaer Smith, valued at $10,000,000, on the ground that William E. Smith, her uncle, who inherits the estate under the will, agreed to give her half of it for maintaining silence about his marriage. Ninth, she says, iearcd that he would be disinherited should his marriage become known. More Arrests Made in Unemployment Tax Levy Fight in London London, Sept. 3. George Lands bery, editor of the Daily Herald, the national labor organ, who is a mem ber of the Poplar Borough council, his son, Edgar, and three other Pop lar councillors, were arrested this morning in connection with the re fusal of the council to carry out the order of the London county council to raise tax rates. The women mem bers of the council will be arrested Monday, it was announced. Several of the councillors were arrested yesterday and today's ar rests bring the number taken into custody to 19. The council has 30 members. The Poplar trades council and other bodies have issued appeals for subscriptions to support the tamilics, of the arrested members of the coun cil while they are in custody. ,T. M. Buck Made Honorary Member of Vet Society J. M. Buck, who won fame by originating the gold star idea for cof fins bearing the bodies of soldiers killed overseas, as they arrive in Omaha, was made an honorary mem ber of St. Mihiel post No. 247, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, last night. Work on Rules to Govern Aviation Proposed Legislation Would Create Bureau to J-.nforco Rule of Air Travel to Reduce Accidents. t Waihlngton, Sept. 3. Investiga tion into the probable scope of government regulation of commer cial aviation under proposed legi.la ton has been begun by the Com merce department, Secretary Hoover said today. Government supervision of air traffic along the lines of rail and water regulation was recommtmled, he said, by a committee of experts of the War, Navy and other depart ments. Enactment of enabling legislation, Mr. Hoover indicated, would prob ably result in the creation of a bu icau of aviation charged with the enforcement of the rules of air travel aim arlv to the activities Ot the bureau of navigation, in connec tion with water carriers. Federal control of civilian air- nlane Deration would greatly re duce the hazards of flying, accord ing to the Manufacturers Aircrait association. Despite the lack of flying regula tions the association asserted there had only been 40 serious accidents during the first six months of the year among the lou commercial aircraft which flew a total of 3,250, 000 miles between January 1 and June 30, 1921. In these accidents 14 persons were killed ana nuy-iwo injured. Hula Dance Land Now Forbids Display of Legs Honolulu. Sent. 3. Hawaii, once famed as the land of the seductive hula dance, shows indications of be ing aoout to suner a severe rcvcr.u of form, of becoming absolutely Puritanical, in fact. A few weeks aco the territorial legislature of Hawaii debated with more or less gravity and decorum and finally passed the famous bath ing suit bill, prohibiting the display of the human figure and nether limb or limbs on the streets ot the residential district abutting on Waikiki beach. As if that were not enough, a reso lution has now been placed before the board of supervisors of the city and county of afonolulu requesting that body to pass an ordinance pro hibiting the exhibition of racy shows in any public place and provid ing suitable penalties for in frag ment ot the law. Man Hobs Hank, Goes Xext Door to a Cafe To Eat and la Caught Shreveport. l a, Srpt. 3 "I was homesick, heartbroken ami hunerjr. I wanted ta get fare to my home in I'ortugai. That was the statement of V. I) Puuenta, 20, a native of Portugal. following an unsuccessful attempt Friday to rob the Exchange Na tional uaiiK oi anrevcpori Pimcnu entered th bunk and pre sented a check, bearing the legend: "Vast over f I .(XX).- Guy Kold, teller. uniting ninm-ii gazing into ine muz zle of a revolver, complied with the demand. On leaving the bank. Pimenta went to a cafe next door, calmly ordered lreaklut and was waiting for it when a depositor, who had followed, recog nized nun and pointed him out to police. He says he has a wealthy brother in Boston, Mass. U. S. Bombing Plane on Way To Coal Fields Is Wrecked Fairmont, W. Va., Sept. 3. A large bombing plane in charge of Lieut Leslie Arnold and containing two army officers as passengers, bound for the trouble zont in south ern West Virginia, was ' wrecked three miles north of Fairmont last night. None of the occupants was injured. The plane left Langley field at 2:30 o'clock and was blown off its course by severe electrical storms in the mountains. The plane ap peared above the city iust at dusk end the pilot sought a unding. As the plane glided to earth, one of the wings struck a haystack, crashing the machine into a fence. With Lieutenant Arnold were Capt. R. Stribling and Lieut. Wil liam C. Morris, who were proceed ing to Charleston as passengers. 160 Grandchildren Mourn Death of Missouri Man Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 3. Twenty-three children and 160 grandchildren today are mourning the death of I. W. White, 82, who died at his home near Frederick town. White had been married four times and bore the distinction of having the largest immediate fam ily in Missouri Ameriean Note on Mandate Reaches Council of League Furnishes Satisfactory Basis For Continuation of Nego tiations Makes Several . Change Suggestions Geneva. Sent. 3 (By The Asso ciated Press.) The United States reply to the associated powers on the subject of mandates was up for con sideration by tht council of the league of nations at its selon here this morning. The council found that the reply furnishes a satisfactory basis for continuation of negotia tions, notwithstanding that the com munication from the United States withholds permission for the man date question to be settled by the forthcoming meeting of the assembly of the Icaeue. The American note makes numer ous suggestions for changes in terms, which appear to be acceptable to the powers and the league but adds an interpretation of the relations of the United States to mandates which in volves some difficulties. Altogether, however, a favorable impression was created in league circles by the American note. The council decided that there was nothing further for it to do in the matter since negotiations are going on directly between the various mandatories and Washington. Burglars Rob Garage York, Neb.. Sept. 3. 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