The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, April 20, 1923, LAST MAIL EDITION, Image 1
The Omaha M.orning Bee VOL. 52—NO. 263. m OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923. * ii,.?/.11 SSZ TW0 CENTS * Police Quell Near Riot at D.A.R. Meet Police anti Fire Department Called to Preserve Order During Voting for New President-General. Mrs. Cook Picked to Win lly tniiirsat Senicc. Washington, April 19.— Balloting for a new president-general of the 0* Daughters of the American Revolu tion was accompanied by such confu sion today that it became necessary •to call on the police and fire depart ' incuts to preserve order. Memorial Continental hall, where ill* society has been in convention for the past three days, teemed with hun dreds of fashionably dressed women, milling back ami forth in an effort to reach the polling booths. Efforts to keep the delegates in line were with out avail. Members Seething Mass. Kvery room in the historic building was a seething mass of members of 'lie most aristocratic organization in i lie country, em h vying for a place of 'vantage in the line. There was push ay. there was hauling. They at iempted to squeeze through, and at nines it appeared that they were about to attempt to fight their way through. v Meanwhile, frantic attefhpfb were being made by those in charge of the (lection to bring some order out of i In most ^chaotic scene that has ever featured a D. A. H. gathering. Their appeals fell on deaf ears, however, ajid Hie delegate^, in many instances Dizzied and bedraggled, continued i heir almost hysterical attempts to each the polling booths. Confusion Increases. Shortly after I! it became apparent :liat the confusion was increasing mther than decreasing. In despair the 'lection managers appeared tothepo lice to cooperate. Captain Klather of the police, with two tire depart ment battalion chiefs, took charge. They cut off the various entrances and exits, placed reserves 10 feet apart along the line of voters, and meanwhile permitted onl one or two women to enter at a time, as a like number moved on to the polling booths. The presence of the officers »oon dPalpated the hystsria-That had sur charged the atmosphere and the bal loting proceeded during the remain der of the afternoon and evening In pet fort order. When tlie polls closed tonight it was freely predicted that Mis. An thony Wayne Cook of Pittsburgh would win over Mrs. G. Wallace Han ger of this city by a small majority. Sheriff Says Ex-Sailor Told of Killing Dancer 8.m Diego. Cal.. April 19.—Sheriff .lames C. Byers this afternoon re , ned a telegram from the sheriff of Roberts county, Texas, saying that a former sailor front Han Diego had told a cafe waitress at Miami, Tex., he had Killed Fritzi Mann, dancer, here Janu ary 14. Sheriff Byers, after consult ing with District Attorney Ketnpiey. telegraphed to Miami, asking that the man be arrested and held pending in struction* from tills city. Dr. Douls D. Jacobs, physician at the Camp Kearney hospital, in still held here on * charge of having mur dered Miss Mann, the jury In his fast trial, concluded Tuesday, having dm ’'■Cl-, agreed. B. T.. Salinger. Jr.. Files Writ of Habeas Corpus .New Orleans Da., April 19.—Ren 1. Salinger, Jr., former vice president 'if the defunct Midland Packing com pany of Sioux City. 1h , was commit ted to the custody of the United States Marsha! yesterday by Commis sioner A. H. Browne, on a fugitive from Justice charge sworn to by Vic tor Dolsel, United States marshal, at the request of H. W. Clat’k. district at torney of Sioux Kalis. S. D. Immediately after the ruling f Commissioner Browne, St. Clair Adams, attorney for Salinger, tiled a writ of havess corpus and Salinger was released on bond- Salinger is wanted at Sioux Sails on a thaige of using the mails to defraud. \rmy Airmen Will Start Cross-Country Flight Soon Dayton, O., April 19.—Lieutenant* •John A. MacReady and Oakley G. Kelly, holders of the world's endur ance flight record, will vnlot the T2 lo New York within the next 30 days and from that city start a nonstop flight to Ran Francisco. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell of the United State* sir service announced here today. Lev iathan to Be Assigned to United States Lines Washington, April 19.—The Mtam *htp Leviathan, now rebuilding at Norfolk, V»., will bg assigned to tlie t'niter! State* line* to bo operated be Mveen New York, Southampton and C herbourg, the shipping board an nounced Ihi* afternoon. " Revolt Threatened in l<gy|»t. London. April 19.—A revolution i* ihreaten-d In Egypt, according to re porta received today from Cairo. The foreign office announced mstinl law would be declared tf violence broke out. Announcement .Hill TIP r 1—1 B. Brewer. Uie Omaha itc-e announces that B. Brewer, geneial manugei has laige Iv increased his holdings of stock and become vice-president of The Bee Publishing Company. .Mr. Brewer lias been general manager and part own er of The Omaha Bee since December, 1921. The Omaha Bee is now- published by The Bee Publishing Company, which was incorporated as of January 1. 1923. Officers of the company are: X. B. Updike, president; B. Brewer, vice president, Gorton Itoth, secretary, and Frank J. DeTeinpie. treasurer. in connection with the additional sals of stock to .Mr Brewer. Mr. X. B, I Jidike said: "My year and a half of association with Mr. Brewer In pub lishing The Omaha Bee has made me glad to ha\« him increase his hold lugs in The Omaha Bee.” "Our work.” said Mr. Brewer, "and that of The Omaha Bee organisa tion lias been accorded splendid recognition, as has been shown by the won derful im lease in the circulation of The Omaha Bee, not only In Omaha hut also in the state, which row exceeds 75.00(1 daily and 83.On# Sunday.” French Funeral Union Strikes Tail Made lo Support Pay De mands of Paris Suburb Members. Pans. April 1!'.—The Frenc h l luler ta leers' union ha* ■ailed a general .trike throughout the country to sup port the wage demands-of its mem bers in the Paris suburbs, who foi .be past month have sought an increase | of n fiancs a day. The city of Paris is not affected hy the strike older as undertaking here is a municipal monopoly. Two Million Loot Taken in Mail Robbery found Si. Louis. April 19.—Two million dollars worth of bonds and sccurltio included hi the loot taken fn a holdup of an armored mail truck here April 2, were recovered late today in the home of William K Dorring. and in addition to the hoods and securities, post off ice inspectors and county off! ,cials found *e\crnl revolvers -nnu fuses and a barrel said to contain whisky. “Whitey" Doering, a brother of Wilhiyii. was a tested Unregistered bonds of th** St Louis , Federal Land bank to th*» amount of $2,139,000, and $223,000 of other paper, of which $S1 J30 was negotiable, wet* taken by the robbers. Armed \ruuubis Itrinj: Rum from t.rrat Britain, Chnrnp London. April P‘ -Heavy armed nr marts* of rum runner* are sailing frequently from British ports, carry ■ lug whisky to the United Riatcs In defiance of the American law. It wa* charged today hv Emanuel Rhlnwetl ■ member of the house of commons ' from Linlithgow. Ri-otlaml A Parking Station for good used car* is to be found in the “Automobile” column in the “Want'’ Ad section' of The Omaha Bee. Look around in these ad spaces each day until you find what you are looking for at your own price. Read and use Omaha liee “IVant" Ads—the bee-line to results. I_ Masked Dancer Steps 88 Hours (!lr\rlanii Man Break* World Record—Started on Floor Sunda). Cleveland. O. Aj»i il 1H. — A new world's record for continuous darning. 8S hour*, was set here this morning l*y Arthur Howard Klein \ mn he quit dancing at * a tn. ai a Cleve land Heights dancing academy. Klein, wearing a mask, started danefng at 2 p. nr Sunday. Dancing at anotb* hall. Mia* Mil dred Duvall. 20. a stenographer, was ill going at 7.4* a rn , at which time she had passed the record of 77 hours and 45 minutes by Mi*-s Koso Smith nt the *anie hall Mi>« Umith quit at 7;05 a. m. because »ur feet hurt he» Aims Smtlr before quitting had broken the record of 75 hours ,nd 10 minutes set by Miss Atprgatet t.er rick here last night. At !♦ a. m Miss Duvall and June Curry were st*ill dancing in an effort ti» break all mara.hon riircii g rec ords. Miss Duvall had dimed di l ours and 20 minutes amt Mian 1 urry 7r hours Klein, th* present holder of the record, is *J§ >*ars old anti a trained athlete. He *• t out to rapt tide the * *hampJonship by systemath dieting and <-£>' ise a* a means of supporting hts wife and bnb> accnrdlng to ft lr mis. Cleveland Heights tut pol itics re. fused to allow tlm public lo witness Klein's performance, limiting the at tendance to flaming partners and judg*« • ■il l Victim of • Ta*e. Houston. Tex., April III (ioldle Hughe*. pretty end plucky llllle IT jeai old Rirl. was 1 nSt. Joseph inflim Sly today in a comatose rundltion, the result, according In Hr. It I., luadley. of ncuie dilalion of the hr ai l following her foul of .TI hours of con tinuous diiming The girl competed In the contest in which Mias Magdalene William* was the winner. She waa carried off the dance floor hy her partner a! 3 a. in last Sunday. The girl rested a day and returned to her job aa usher In a theater. I.aler she collapsed Phy sicians fear for.her life. Body of Dead Baity Found in Parrel Post Parkage \Vn«lilfi«ion. April in A dead buby Wu* fntimj In h [ni ri I post poekuRe srnt t Inn iir h Ihi In lied Stales mall ilul dellvrieel In the piistmiister s^ luiniHii iikla . niTurdliiR lln a lr|e Hi-nil In Postmaster Oenersl New this afternoon. New Immediately mder«d s IhoiouRh in'eatlRAtion of lit* find snd wired the postmaster at Duiw’Si\ for further tnfoi nwUcn. * injunction Is Asked in Sugar War I """" I Government Holds Orgy of Gambling in Futures Has Driven Up Prices. _ Prices on Futures Drop Washington, April 19.—Injunction proceedings to shut off trading in sugar futures, unless backed by actual ownership or control of sugar, were instituted in New )ork today by the federal government. The government's bill, prepared un der the personal direction of At torney General Daugherty after con sultation with President Harding, asks the court to permanently pre vent Ihe New York coffee and sugar exchange from entering into or per mitting any transactions in sugar quotations unless the person has in his possession or under his control a supply of sugar adequate to meet ; the requirements of such transaction. The action is requested, the govern merit says, as a result of "an orgy of speculation,” which lias driven up the prices of sugar to the consumer and which during February enriched the pooketbooks of brokers by #900. 000. A "conspiracy in restraint of Hade and commerce." is charged and officials of the exchange and of the New York Coffee and Sugar deal ing House association, against which tlie injunction will be directed jointly with the exchange, are asked to ap pear in court and answer the govern ment's allegations. Take Drop on Exchanges. New York. April 19.—Haw sugai futures took a perpendicular drop of approximately &0 per cent on the New York coffee and sugar exchange today upon receipt of word of the government’s suit to enjoin trading in sugar futures. Heavy general selling developed as soon as news of the injunction suit reached the floor. Drops ranged from 1 20 to 74 per cent, but were followed by a rally which carried pi ices back US per cent. Cuban raw sugar, however, sold at' f ft*w high record since 1920. A sale of 55.000 bags was made to on(4 operagor at 63.X cents cost and freight,1 e<iual lo 8.16c for centrifugal. .Stocks of sugar conipsn.es luted on the N'ew York stock exchange also were hit by news of the injunction suit. They had started off with an advance of 1 to Is* points In the early trading hut when word of the suit reached the floor they dropped 1 to nearly 3 points from their eaily highs. * "To Remove Roulette Wheel." Vnited States Attorney Hayward, who w»s*in charge locally of the in vest, gatmn which resulted in the suit, characterized the proceedure as "united effort on the part of federal officials to make the gamblris in sugar remove the roulette wheel from the American breakfast table " Cuba Cane Sugai preferred, dropped 2*. points Cuban American and Manatl t'2 each. I’unta Alrgie. J'», South Porto Rican. 2. and Amer nan Beet Sugar, 1. “Every increase of l rent In th~ price of sugar, artific ially stimulated l.y those defendants in their specula tions. has cost and is costing the American people 82.009.009 a week." Mr. Ilayward asserted "The ilieory of (hr government in this suit is the logical development of the Sherman law. the Wilson ict and the decisions the I’hiteU States supreme court handed down Monday m the Totten eortiei case and the giain futuies case ’ Rip l . S. Roinliinp I’lmir Starl Tr«ii*-t . S. Kliplil s.*n Diego «*hI . Aprfl 1‘* Pour big Martin bombing airplane* man nett bj eight officer* and fixe- epilated min «*/ the fulled State* maime «*«>i p* hopped off at the .North Inland navy training atation thi* morning at P:t& o'clock fin* an aero** the continent 1 flight tn Quanth«». \’a We Can’t Quite Place the Lady’s Name but the Length of That Dance Sounds Familiar Omaha Clerk Is Held for Thefts From Mail Cars Postoffire Inspector* Vrre*t M. (1. Alexander at Kml of Kim in (ihfjrnnr— l.o** I* Small. M <; Alexander. 4.J4 Krsktne street, i* under arrest in Cheyenne, charged with robbing the mails. Post office Inspector Coble left fo Chey enne Thursday on the case. Alexander has been t railway mail clerk for .1« year* and cbik iti charge of a car for 13 years Me had charge • »f 10 cieik* on I nion Pa< f * west bound tm.ti No. •’*. and *>f six «letk« on easllajund train No J Mail has been disappe.it ing on these tidies for some time and last Sunday •* trap was set into which it .- .»lleg*ct Alexandei Ml Alexander at first denied that he had been robbing th»* n ails but un der prolonged quest inning is said tfnallv to have admitted a senes of theft* of letters and package* «x tending over a period **f six months. While hi- alleged the ft.* too pla* »• in Nebtaska ns xve|| h* Wyoming ar tion against him w II !»• m the f»-d eial court for Wyoming. Alexandei was taken into custody when lie reached Cheyenne at th** end of his run by Inspector* l W \dam son and It V I lowland of Kansas City and M W Blake of Itonver lie has been lindei sutxelllanre for some time The inspector* expresoed the belief that the total amount he i* a I leged to ha \ e obtained will prnv« to be small Alexandei is maijicd and ha* a family In Omaha ... ■" -■ The Omaha Sunday Bee “How Evelyn Lyons Fooled the Doctors With Her Ho* Wnter Bottle." An illustrated feature story of the girl whose "temperature” reached I IK fi degree* higher than hail evei before been recorded. In the magazine section. • "Won for the Church, hut Not Lost to the Stage." The story of the conversion to Christianity of Fred Stonr, the famous comedian. An illustrated feature story in the magazine section. “A Sailor's Wife.” A gripping tale i.f the m*u Aii original fiction story by Frank Shan In the magazine section. "Are You Sane, or Do You Paddle a Canoe?" O. O. McIntyre asks the question and then admita hia own shortcoming* ir his own inimitable style. In the magazine section. •"Arbor Lodge." A full page of pictures in the rotogravure section of one of the most beautiful places in Nebraska, the Nebraska City homestead of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor day. "Our Neighbors of the Caribbean Sea." Another page of in leresting rotogravure pictures brought hack to Omaha from the tropics by Louis R. Bostwick, the Omaha photographer. The-e are just a few of the many feature- which go to m.tke Thp Omaha Sunday Brr stand out a the pie eminent Sunday paper of its territory. In The Omaha Sunday Bee you abu receive the complete report* of The V sociatrd Press, Cm ver*al Service and The Interim! nmal News Service, all Die society new* of Omaha and Council Bluffs; complete spoil news; four pages of comics; a section for the youngster' and everything else that you demand tn your Sunday paper. Apartment House Fire Fatal to 5 Bla/.e Start* on Lower Floor— Flit ire Building Bursts into Flames. T.ynn. Mass, April 19 — Five per sons were killed in a fire which de stroved the Essex Castle, a five story brick apartment, house on Ellis street :u the center of the city early today. Many occupants were hurt. The dead: Frank TozJrr, George Philpot, Mrs. Antoinette Hanlon, Miss Margaret J. Nutter snd Harry Fairchild. Miss Alma Hillman was repotted missing. Th*. blase started on one of the lower floors and almost im mediately the entire build ng burst into name* The ISO persons living in the 4‘i suites were quickly aroused \ fey msde the r way down the stairways befoie these w ei e cut off bv fii» ami smoke. Many jumped from w.ndows and others were taken down ladders by llie firemen There were many narrow es-apes when t o roof fell in Reit-liliank Blametl fur Mark * Latest Lrsali K**lUll \p*'t -V Usa.lin flnwns \\iit‘U.« ait* virtuallx unanmtoup in attributing thw -mark** < rmh to « change in totu* by the R^iohbank. "huh they vtv ip commonly known in h»\** thrown Urgt* quaiititia* of foreign moneys upon th# market latr lx* in ordfr to keep tinman currency Ptable. In well infmiufd quarter* it aaid that th# H* irhlmnk intend* to with 11 I'm w Up intwrxpntion only temporal** tlx It plan* to give thw aparula tort *x < omplrt# right of way for a tint*. tlw'PF* «oui«a»« aOttm. but powp da' ti will p\Vf»«ip (town atldtlanly on *»\ • hang*' 'butting* and again raatov* thf murk it* poiniwty. I . S. ..(I Bk.uI> VoMH'itition Ik Mori in \lliii<|iirii|ii(‘. N. M. «11 t * u\tile. 8 C April If* A1 bu«iuer«iue. N M x\a.* wlMnl as the next conventhin city of the t inted States c«ood Hoads association, the Haukhead National Highway gsaocla lion mid the t'nited States Hoot! Ronds show at the joint convention of th»* organisations heie totlay. Hawaiian Solon* \>k tor l.i*:lil ^ inr* anil Brrr Honolulu. Apid IP A resolution wa* passed h> ihe house of repre sent# the* yesterday requesting con gins* to amend the Volstead act to as to legilire ths manufacture and sale of light wines snd brer In Hawaii The \nte on the resolution waa It to 10. Sun ^ al Son l Irrs. I’rkm, \|iril I•» -l»i sun \m v*n. head ol |hr *iouth i hina government of < anion, has flrd from iliat city on a gun boat, accotnin£ f« a report re rrtird heir today. I fie l antonrse II oops w ere defeated in battle by hwang s* lorres Mien \ «mg \ in, mmmandei of the thfortou* troops, is said to ha«a a»%viHsd •«**eeneeehtp . Mi _«_ *4 t Driver of Auto Which Killed Boy Exonerated m Fred Dinkel Freed of Blame in Death of Bobbie John* son—Funeral to Be Today. Fred G. Dinkel. SO. 52# South Twenty fifth street, was exonerated veaterday afternoon by a coronet's jury at the inquest over the death of Bobbie Johnson. 4. 1915 Marcy street, killed by an automobile Wednes day The inquest was held it John A Gentleman's mortuarx Dinkel. who is a jewelry spec.alty 'airman, testified that he was on his way to a foundry at Twentieth ano Vinton streets on an errand fvu a friend. Otto Dinquist. who ne*Meh a part for an automobile he whs repa.r nx at Nineteenth and Leavenworth at reels Fidtowing Other tars. Dinkel vii4 he was folowingr wo other rin south on Twentieth street when he passed H<*nrv Dople'» gro ve r> store at .'IP South Twentieth street. N baker* truck was parked on the west side of the street. h« *ded north, m front of the store, he temi fud The box steppe*! out front behind the truck directly in front >f hi* car Dinkel said The auto was *r*' el In* 15 or P miles an bout , the driver testified, and he brought It to halt within If or 2d feet of the spot ,x here Bobbie was strut k. Testimony Corroborated s Martin Xewhart, propiietor of a '••ft di'tnk parlor at !.TS South Twren t let h street, testified that he noticed Dinkel pa** hi* piace and corrobor a ted Dinkel a* to the spwl at which he wa* traveling t'ountv roronei s IMunkun Siniusl McOeneghan test fied that the boy died of a fractured skull Funeral services will he conducted at the Gentleman mortuary tht* after noon at 2. Hex George Porn officiat ing. Burial will he In West U»n cemetery. Farmer* Searrh Swamp* {nr Body of Slain l.irl Hannnontowi N J April 1* \ tha laault of a lattar aifinad "A mant bar itf tha h k k . polica and farnt ara aia combing ;h» swamp lands naai haia in aaarch for tha body of a girl, which tha writar of tha lattar a'.ataa was klllad by him on April 4 and hurlad in a ramoia part of tha awampa. Tha gruaaomc mlaaiva talla how l ha unknown mat har in Rano. N'av . and how tha girl spurnad him ahd how ha VO wad to gat har Henry M. l)awe* In Become l . S. ( omplroller tut Mat I WMhmuii'r Vptil It « Mltlv .-itinotint ><! iti tMr ’T-»K l ' Inipm ’o*t.i\ ’hr Hritt \ M l‘*wf' of ('hlom^ would r*f tb# t UlTtflt > ob Maj l M# mill ip> t h H M«i Ih« O mb# mill !*••«*«» |«i«|pi<t 14 mi (amt* rum i Officials at Mulheim Assaulted Large Mob at Essen Demands Increased Allowance*—Fire Hose Used to Quell Rioters. Further Trouble Feared By Inlimtl Service Cologne, April 19.—The unem* ployed in the Ruhr have broken ou( in op*n revolt at the condition* brought about by the French occupa* tion. The trouble which started Wednesday in several districts wag followed today by further disturb* ances. At Essen a large crowd of unem* ployed staged a demonstration thlg morning in front of the town hall. They demanded increased allowance* and when their demands were refused the situation became menacing. The fire brigade, acting in place *• the deported 'German police, wa* called out and used streams of water on the rioters, further trouble la feared. * Stone City Hall. There was a similar disturbance al Mulheim, where the unemployed bat* tered down the front door of the town hall and bombarded the building with stones torn from the roadway. Th* town officials were assaulted and the German police were forced to us* their sidearms to restore order. The rioting was carried on all night. This morning the rioters endeav ored to prevent the laborers from go ing to work and up to noon order had not been restored. Trouble also occurred at Dusseldorf, but th# police succeeded in quieting the crowds. Discontent Growing. A wave of discontent .is sweeping over the Ruhr and further disturb ances are expected to break out m several places. The communist or ganizations. which are particularly strong at present, regard the situation a* favorable for the exploitation of tbeir aims. The entire post ard telegraph sc vices at Mayence have been suspende-i by the French under a ruling of th* Rhineland high commission, bvwhijh the French engineering commission has been empowered to extend its au thority to all occupied territory ex cept the British xone. Russ Catholics Pray in Throngs Hundred* Hear Mass LiktJ F.arh Christians in Cata* rnmhs at Rome. Hr Associated Pm*. Petrograd. April IS—Petrograd'# Catholic churches aie still closed, but hundreds of parishioner* daily crowd the small anartmeiils of the pries'* to pray and to hear mass, much as did the first Christians, in the rata com 1 is of old Rom# Si. Cat bet ne s church of which the la Manager Butchkaciteh was cure '"I" out a< . . ■«* the broad Nevsky Prospekt :t» bell silent and its door# locked while the faithful yeurg an# old. osm through the courtyard tg the Parish h They Mieel .n "he doorways and corridors and < . pea themselves Irf-f.-re the cheap cructhwg which the pri»*ta have hung inside the wall* of the ed.tlce. From tlie « re i f ihe crowd that passed through the court yard of St. cathei me* Sunday, ot e might have thought that the church was open. Father Casimir. who has been left .n ■ haige of pat.sh affa.is said that he ami one oilier pries! acis busv from davhreak until niton sav.ng one maps after another. He estimated u>st * .vim persons were ir, ths lorg line* There are only ' j.fH.a Roman Catu oilcs in Petrograd. I wo Men to Pa> Death Penalty for Murder During Holdup Hetena Mont Apr.J - -WiPian Hants atul Monte Har: a wilt pa' ;He death penalty Kudav morning :n ;*e ''i't .>f the on i v .ii a; W :» f - the murne; ,.f O.l Sohii.ng dun! g a holdup 111 a Butt* hotel in No\em her. 1JJ1. It »as made plain at the executive office that Gov Joseph \t. Mixon spu'd not mterfeie w.ih the sentence of the court. The men #"* not related and a letter from William Harris pleading for clemency for Monte Harla was among the petition* presented In h.s hehalf The Weather | -mr *4 koviT* *14 n* 7 *' m • TfMMniir*. 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