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jSKisThe Omaha Sunday . iee ™ cloudy apd cooler. _ _ _ - VOL. 52—NO. 51. c:,r .. sr,cj... m.,,., « OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1923.* * * oB:„r ,i,'. Wr&nfiTttig’lltrViX FIVE CENTS - fl I - ' f i ni -ton Welcomes Vangua'rd of Shriners; Thousands More on Way First of Invading Nobles Find National Capital Ablaze With Light and Color—More Than 200 Special Trains and Auto Caravans En Route—Imperial Potentate McCandless Due to Reach City Today Frisco Delegation Finds Road to Mecca Diffcult o By Associat'd Bred*. Washington, June 2.—Amid a blaze of light and color, Washington began tonight to welcome the Shrine hosts coming from over the country to attend their annual con vention next week. Today’s arrivals constituted only the vanguard, however, reports at headquarters showing 200 special trains and many automobile caravans enroute here , __ from every section. _ Shrine week will be formally in-, augurated early Sunday with the or rival of Imperial Potentate James S. McCandless, who will lead his illus trious caravan into the Union station tind accept the salaams of the thous ands of nobles who will gather to bid him welcome. He will command the faithful to answer the muezzin's call to Sunday prayer in the city's churches and at an open air religious service to he held at Temple Heights, the ground whereupon is to he erected a great Masonic temple. Frisco Party Due Monday. Monday will see the arrival of the automobile caravan front San Fran cisco. Scouts arriving today report ed that these travelers had found the road to Mecca a difficult one. The caravan was all hut annihilated two weeks ago in a sea of western ntud. according to these versions, and many of the nobles abandoned the Journey by automobile to accept such (Torn to I'nice Four. Column Four.) The Omaha Bee Free Ice Fund ~ ©pens for I9p _ . W i. M itt I I » II •r„. Hot Mouth* Ah<*<! Call for Repetition of generosity of Host of Readers. t __ ! Today The Omaha Bee Milk and ‘ Ice Fund opens its bonks for the 1923 'r season. A host of generous people have con tributed thousands of dollars in past summers for this great and good work. Scores of babies and small children of the very poor are alive and well today who. In all probability, could , not have lived through the hot sum- ( mere of their younger years without , the help of this fund. ( , Ollier Babies. Other babies in many a humble i home are depending on the kind hearts ; of the people this summer of 1923. ' Days and weeks will he hot. Moth ers of these babies ure not able to buy milk and ice so needful for tiny bodies in hot weather. The Free Milk and Ice Fund is the only organ ized effort to fight for these little lives. Remember that every cent con tributed goes to buy milk and ice for the babies of desperately poor moth ers. In most Instances there is no father or else he is sick or out of work. Do It Now. A good time to subscribe Is right l now. Just put your contribution In an envelope and address it "Free Milk and lee Fund. The Omaha Bee. Oma ha. Neb. "It will be acknowledged in these columns. The pinched little faces are looking to you and the Recorder of kind deeds Is watching. The Omaha Be* . I&O# Boycl County Man Seeks to Avoid Death Penalty Special JBspateh to The Omeha Bee. Lincoln, June 2.—Walter Simmons, under sentence of death for the mur der last gummer of Frank Pahl in Boyd county, filed a plea for a new trial In supreme court todny. Sim mons', in his pica, asserts newly-dis covered evidence of his innocence Is at hand, and that two of the Jurors who found him guilty were prejudiced against him. Simmons now has an appeal from the death sentence of the Boyd county court on file In su preme court. Bootlegger Attacks Cops; Liquor Will Be Analyzed Morals squad officers were attacked last night by James ICrnery when they raided his home, 2924 Dodge street, finding a small quantity of liquor which he objected id their confiscat ing Kmery was overpowered and taken to the station handcuffed. The liquor will he analyzed, Dan Butler, police commissioner, announced. Home of the stuff Is said to be responsible for the dying condition of a man In a , hospital. Held on Rum Charge. Tony Begctor, 703 North KIghtccnth street, was arrested or. a Charge of illegal transportation of Intoxicating I liquor last night by Detective* Walker land Kaney when he was found carry 1 lng a suitcase filled with liquor. ;— British Picture Farts No Longer Able to Weep Over Western Thrillers New York, June 2.—The nice girl, the desperado, the handsome hero and the moustached sheriff, thrown together and run through set eral feet of film, no longer Interest mov ing picture patrons of Great Britain, W. I?. Maxwell, a member of the British Incorporated Society of Auth ors, and writer of several novels, said today. Mr. Maxwell, with some other auth ors, has eome to the United States to attend the motion pictures arts con gress which will be held next week, to present his Idea of what his coun trymen want to see when they go to the movies. Nearly all the pictures shown there are of American manu facture. So exhaustive has the typical west ern thriller been on the tear duets of the British public that Mr. Maxwell said he thinks a movie audience there never shall cry again. "We know the far west thriller by heart." he said. "We are getting ton much of the sloppy, sentimental stuff. We have no more tears for that." F8ttr Persons Killed When Train Hits Auto Buffalo, June 2.—Four persons were killed and one was slightly injured today when an Krie train hit an auto mobile at the Krie railroad grade crossing near Gowandn. The victims are all of the family of John Smith, engineer at the plant of the Eastern Tanners Glue company. British Experts Review Reparations Program By t'iilv«TMa| Srrt irr. London. June 2.—British treasury experts are resurveying the poistions of the reparations program and the interallied debts and probably will produce,an amended versioni of the? January scheme, which France turned down, In order to evolve a a method covering the payment of debts to the I'nited States. Army Head Reviews Troops at Fort Crook Here is Secretary of War 4. W. Weeks reviewing troops at Fort Crook during Ids visit In Omaha Saturday. He is in tiie center of the group of three. On ids left is Gen. George II. Duncan, and on Ids right side Is his aide, MaJ. 4. M. Walnyvrlght. Connell to Take Witness Stand in Heart Balm Suit Physician to Tell His Side of Love Affair With New York Woman Monday—Father in Clash. Dr. Karl Connell, decorated war hero, will take the witness stand In district court tomorrow to tell his side of the love affair during which .Miss Violet Johnstone, attractive New York office secretary, who is suing him for $50,000 heart balm, alleges he offered her his name, in marriage. According to attorneys for Dr. Con nell, they will offer evidence that there was never an expressed promise to marry made by Dr. Connell and that Miss Johnstone was "Just Dr. Con nell's mistress." Dr. Connell will be the only witness for the defense. Three depositions taken in New York will be redd. Arguments to the Jury are expected to start shortly before noon Monday. Th" rase Is expected to go to the Jury late In the afternoon. (lurried About Betters. Most of Saturday morning and Fri day afternoon was taken over by W. J. Connell in the cross-examination of portions of letters alleged to have been written by Miss Johnstone to Hr. Connell. Miss Johnstone was greatly fatigued and appeared nervous from her vigor ous grilling by W. J. Connell. Mr. Connell, dean of Omaha attor neys, who, It is said, is trying his ast case In defending his son, In a rage Saturday morning struck Emmett Brumbaugh, young attorney for Miss Johnstone, on the neck. Brumbaugh stepped hack and took his seat. The pugilistic Ire of the elder Con nell arose when Brumbaugh called him a "shyster lawyer." The crowd so applauded that At torney tleorge De Buoy immediately (Turn to Piige Kluht, Column Four.) Russian Soviet Will Last, _ Says Ex-British Premier Lloyd .George Points Out That Nation Suffers Effect of All Blows Aimed at Government as Was Shown in 1919—Curzon’s Negotiations Indicate Desire for More Satisfactory Understanding. Rj- THE RIGHT HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. O. M.. M. F. Former British Prime Minister. Copyright. 1923. Lomlon, June 2.—I am frankly de lighted that the negotiations between Lord Curzon and the soviet govern ment seem to Indicate a genuine de sire on the part of both parties to establish a ntore satisfactory under standing between Great Britain and Russia. The bolshevlst episode, like all revo lutionary terrors, has been at times Man’s Body Found s' in Missouri River) Identity Unknown—No \ io lencelndicated, No Need for Inquest. Says Coroner. The I tody of an unidentified man, apparently about 45. clad in a blue .if nim shirt, dark trousers, brown sox and brown work shoes, was found floating In the Missouri river yes terday afternoon near the font of Atlas street, Gibson, by las? Richard son. section hand for the Burlington railroad, living at the Gibson hotel. The coroner was notified and Korisko Bros. undertakers. ware ordered to take charge of the body. Coroner I’aul Steinweinder is en deavoring to establish the identity of the man. In his pockets were found 32 cents and a package of cigaret papers. There was no marks of violence on the body. The coroner said there would prolmbly he no In quest. a shrieking nightmare which has made the world shudder. It did ren der one supreme service to civilization —it terrified democracy lack into sanity just at a time when the nerv ous excitability that followed the war was bordering on mental instability. In our attitude towards the soviet government we must, however, con stantly bear in mind one considera tion. What matters to us is not so much the Russian government as the people of Russia, and for the moment bolshevist administration constitutes the only medium for dealing with that mighty nation. As long as it remains the only constituted authority In Russia every act of hostility against it injures Russia. As we discovered In 1919. you can not wage war agaa«ai. Uie wmrernjuent (Turn to 1'ujer Two. Onlutng Hrf.l Soldier Bonus Bonds Sold by State of Iowa r>es Moines. Ia., June 2.—Iowa's $22,000,000 soldlerR' bonus bond issue was sold at 8 tonight to a syndicate he.aded by Kstabrook & Co. of New Tr.rk, State Treasurer liurbank announced. A block of $12,315,000 will draw 4 1-4 per cent Inertst and the remainder will draw 4 1-2 per cent Interest. Sale of the bonds to the Kstabrook syndicate brought to an end a day of spirited bidding on the part of three bond companies. The George M l’.ech tel company of Davenport. Ia , is one of the firms represented in the Kata brook syndicate. The bonds were sold to better ml vantage to the state than had been anticipated by state officials. Barney and Sparky Will Arrive in Omaha Monday ^5bsT A f€W WORDS Of ADVWt gefoKe you d?RA6 Tme RArrtEP Eo* oi^AHA — NOW. CiEf TH'^. ^oru v o* vou-- ||, *4^ !.,f *** ? ?? wr !»***.'•• Y Jim _ f (jO ON - Ip / it wasn't For \ I fAE AND f'AN P,ROUJN \ \ V fcyto SPARKr J |L V VOVJ'D Bt A / O ( fc'SH / V WASHER • / \V •SMRk nn J # < Parney OonKle anil hln wonder I horne, Spark FIuk, are on their way' to Omaha They left Phlracn laat niaht. Itetall* on the method of trann portatlon (loosle anil Sparky are u« InK on the 500-mile Journey from thn Windy Oty to Omaha are not din cloaed. (ioogla i» operating ullghtlv "under cover," an It were. He If trying to avoid the "mvrot woman,” who ha* been hot* on hi* trail the iMMt few week*. Thi drf re Harney I* keeping hi* maneuver* a aecret. The only information received In Omaha la that he departed from Chi cago Inst night. This Information rnme from hie hotel, which com plained that Barney had neglected to eel Up his account and that he checked out when the clerk wasn't looking Ilnrney Is scheduled to reach here Monday. Jimmy Itnnln. superintend ent of Ak-Kar-llen field, received a wire to have a stall ready for Sparky Monday morning. What time Monday doogh will arrive, however, in riot known. dongle an<1 Sparky are to gain fame in the movie* when they reach here. Hurry Watt*, manager of the Strand theater, has made arrange mentn fur a movie camera to "catch" dongle and Sparky Immediately upon their arrival. The film will heanhown on the Stram' screen. f Weeks Pleads for Preparedness in Speech in Omaha While Holding Possibility of Strife Remote, Secretary Warns Against Inade quate Protection. There are no prospect* of the I'nited States tiecoming involved in another war, In the opinion of John W, Week*, secretary of war, who spent Saturday In Omaha, en route to Washington from the Pacific coast. Secretary Week* so expressed him self In his talk at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday noon. “But.” he continued, "we can't be unmindful of the pr ssibilities of war. We doiVt want our country to enter a war unprovided with the Imple ment* of war, as It has been in the past. We have always sent our young men unmechanlzed against an enemy that was mechanized, and the result ha« been the slaughter of our men." Secretary Week* declared that if there were to he another great war he would conscript all citizen* of the Pnitefl States, both men and women, and nssign them to the tasks for which they were heat suited, as a means of shortening the war. Ha predicted that the press would de clare he was "jangling his saber,” and continued: Pleads for Confidence. “There are some bad people in this country, trying to break down the government. They are a small per cent of the population, but they must be taken care of We have interior problem* as well a* external ones. We must have a reasonably sane pub Ur opinion or we can't have the gLable government to which we are acras lomed, I won't try to stir up sedi (Tiirn to 1'iiKr bight. Coliim* Two.) Berlin Newspapers See Signs of Civil Vi arfare ll> l nlver»Hl *«»«■* !«•#. Herlln, June 2.—Although the communist uprising in the lluhr i* re ported quelled, there were occasion al outbreaks of silmtnge today di rected against the French. In re prisal the French have fined the city of Dulsherg lOrt.dOO.OOO marks for the destruction of railways and tele graphs. Newspapers nnd political corres pondents throughout (Terms ny be lieve that civil war threatens on a large scale nnd point out a fatalistic tendency evident throughout (Ter many as the principal factor In the expect' d disorders. Junk Dealers Convicted of Falsifying lax Returns San Francisco, June 2.—Joseph. Samuel -and Martin C l.evln. whole sale junk dealers operating under the name of M l.evln # Sons, were found guilty by a Jury In the I'nited Slates district court here today on charges of perjury ami falsification of (heir 192d Income tax returns. The trio still face trial on the charge of attempting to bribe Kav mond K. Wambsley, Internal revenue agent RoMicr Scared Away. A prowler who attempted to break Into the home of Dr. H. I’. Hamilton, 2001 Hlnney street, lust night was frightened away after he had Jimmied the screen from a kitchen window. The doctor heard the noise and In vestigated When he turned on the light the prowler fled. i ■ ■—.—- - I...,.. ■ - — Just au Ordinary I.ie The News, In claiming to pub Hah (lie advertising figures of thi Omaha papers yesterday, states that The Omaha Hee showed a loss In loral display advertising of 1,190 Inches for the month of May, 1928. This Is just an ordl narv falsehood such as many peo ple have grown to expert from the Nows, In both business and editorial matters. Th« Omaha Hee actually showed , no loss In local display advertls Ing nnd in total display advertls big showed a gi\ln of 1,25? Inches over May, 1922. In total advertising The Omaha Hee showed a gain of 2,529 Inches Figures are as furnished by The Haynes Advertising Agency. Till: OMAHA HF.K Boy Tries to Save His Sister, Crushed by Car; Motorcycle Hits \\ oman Hazel Bigley, 4, Who Ran in Front of Machine After Jumping From Wagon Dies Half Hour Later—Play mate and Woman Witness Tragedy—Three Drivers Are Arrested. Pedestrian Hit by Cop’s Machine as Tire Bursts One girl was killed and two other children, a man ar.d a woman were seriously injured in automobile accidents yesterday. Death, in the playtime of life, came to little Hazel Bigley, 4, while her brother, Walter, 6, vainly strove to save her" life at 3 in the afternoon at Thirty-third and Lake streets, a block from her home, 3315 Ohio street. ~ ~ - -— -■] Wrather Isn't Hat to Meteorologist —It's Humid Instead The weather was warm yesterday, | according to all reports In Omaha, j hut M. V. Robins, meteorologist, smil-: ed on his airy perrh. 250 feet above the street, and as he buttoned up his sweater-coat around his neck, re marked: "Huh Some people think today is hot. Why, it was hotter Friday by! two degrees." That statement is true but the two! degrees w hic h separated the $7 de- : gress temperature of Friday and the | «5 degrees of 8 Saturday evening are ! not so much. ‘ It’s not the heat, but the humid ity.” Robins explained. Friday I morning at 7 the humidity was 74 and yesterday at the same time it j wag K5. Six Persons Injured by Bolt of Lightning St. Louis, June 2.—Six persons were injured, several telieved seri ously. when lightning stuck the cor nice on a doxvnftdvn business building late today. The heavy cornice fell to the sfrtef. pulling part of a fire escape with ft. and smashing several automobiles parked in the business district. Oklahoma .Man Perfect* New Type of Airplane Richmond. Cal.. June —Peter Al linio. Inventor of a five passenger air plane of new design, arrived here to day from Oklahoma, having been piloted in his own plane by Marshal'. Hoggs. Allinfo says he made several stops and did not record his flying lime The machine, which can make 1-5 miles an hour, according to the Inventor, has a motor rapaettr of 1. 50rt revolutions peer minute. Ammunition Consigned to China Points Seized \ Ictoria, B. C.. June -.—Customs office! s here recently selxed 500 pistol And revolver cartridges, packed lr. three mange boxes snd addressed to a Chinese destination, it was announce.1,, today. Bows of oranges were packed1 Wth the ammunition and the exces «ive weight of the boxes caused the officials to open them. WHERE TO F1XD TIk> flic Features of THE SEN DA Y BEE f \RT OMi 1—TI<Oit (.force HritUh CtOm , Irr I Mr.,.v. thr Srsrrhliclil ><f IVMtiml tllirtinirr »n Iho Kiituro of Ku.it, soil I If !■ In fr* TR»» the Snctff, lUte 1 I ome to . , *—Mark Snllltan TelU flow the IrUh I 'i«»|i|r Knee the Future With tr.-ah Hope. With War Spirit suhdtud »»ml t onflitem e That Their Politirnl strife U V raring the F.nd Pnge lA^Fdlbiml. PA KT TWO. I’M** 7. * and 8—The SnappleM Sport I Page* In the Mld«fleueat Pag.a 8 and 4 — Auto "e«Hon. I*V'* Mulldera- l'ggo. Heal Katate >eg«. Page 9—"The Hnuae of Peril.** a thrilling Storv of I are and M>*ter* hi l.ouia i Trarr. '—Neoa of the Market*. «IVIt|9l9l939l9l9l •Ifit.l, I'AHT TIIKTK. I'«f» I. S. 4 nn.l .1—N,«rl,.(,. ' I’lMlf «—Sltop|>tnc M tlh IVtlj . ! I'age 7— A inurement* Page >—Munir. Pug ea 8 and 9—Wo tie Section Page 9—• Helen and h arren." Page 9—Travel and Kcaorta. PAHT FOl K. Four Page* of the Moat Popular Cotnlca. r aKT ni k. Magaiino Ho lh*n. j F»»ge I—"The Premier Wanaruae." a ThrIK ling, (.ripping Wrtr.tite Stor* . In Which an Idol of the Stage Fntera Into a Wattle «vf U itn With Two Officer* and the t.roi t.hoaf, ( lei rrent of (rlinlnnl* ! Page "l.lfe 1* *.citin' to he Too iNig. Igonod Quiet,” lament* A he Martin II oo*l er Humoriat and PhiloMinher. In lM*«u**ing T«idca o* th* Dgy* Head And Inugh Pour 8—• W ith Our l.roatcat Actor." the Funnle*t Wlalogue Stephen IciMrk lla* • irr Written, in Whi.h lie Tell* of Inter* lew ing the World’* l.renteet Ac tor. Page 8—“An Afternoon limit With Tca Ituffiana " •» Mirth Protokiag Tale ht O. O McIntyre. IMaeonralttg on the Tran* it ion of .Sen lark War* to Tea Mounts, ; Page* 4 and ^— An IIIUHtnafed Feature Stun Telling the Truth About the liroadful Head Hunter* AA'ritten hr an Amrriian I vplorer Who ludm ed the ItlootlYlilratv Solmnon l*land ( annihala to stage One of Their t.rnetwvme Hunts for the shoij* ,»f Their Nrlkhlwr*, Page (t—Happi land for the Kiddle* Page 7—letter* From I Ittla Mka af IIamii land. PAKT SIX Rotogravure Section. Page 1 — A Full Page of Ak-*ar-llen Race t Track Srenea Page 8 Show ieg One of the st«r Hun nrr*. the t ia<k Jmkci* and Official* of the MA.IWii Hare Mtci. Snapped hv I mri* li fQi*twl«k. Omaha PfmlogrA* pher. Page ’ A Page of |ntcie*ting Scene* •< llat ana ( aha AA here M.nn of the II.pigtail* Ha. i d Waring the AA inter Month* Her am tiring Shipped to Oms ha Photo* Hi llo»Hi irk Page 8—An Fntlre Page pf Photograph* of hmihirttfi of Snath High Si tvjol, Pag# 4—Mlaveilsaegwa ndkffg The child was crushed beneath the wheels of a car driven by J. A. Per rego, 41H Corby street According to Mrs. J. R. Davis, eye witness of the tragedy, the little girl with her brother and a playmate, Leon ard Gillette, 9. 331S Lake street, were riding on a dirt wagon. "I saw the children jump from the end of the wagon as it crossed Lake street.” she said. Onlooker Screams. "At the same instant the auto came into view I screamed Leonard dart ed acro-s in front of the car. I saw little Walter lunge after his sis‘er, clutch her dress, then he lost his hold. He sprang back and the baby, screaming. disappeared from view under the automobile.” The child died half an hour later in Swedish 'fission hospital. Charles Btgley, a roofer, was at work In Dundee when his daughter (Turn to Page Eight. Column Six.) 19 Speeders Fall Into Police Net Here Saturday J N ————— Motorists Who Had Come U) Attend Ak-Sar-Ben Paces Among Prey of Speed Cops. Nineteen motorists who fell for the temptation to "step on it.” became prey of speed cops yesterday. Sev eral of those arrested had come to Omaha to attend the opening of ths Ak-Sar-Ben races. Three were from Council Bluffs, two of whom were arrested when motorcycle officers saw them speed toward South Omaha. The other was arrested when he failed to notice the two officers escorting the two cars to headquarters and speeded by them They cave the names of Aaron Thompson. 3241 Avenue A: Sandy An drews. 13!1 Avenue C. and Albert Yeatman. 701 South Twenty-first street. Council Bluffs. others arrested were E. Jorgenson. JtOl S nth Thirteenth street; Bert dumb. 2002 South Twelfth street; George Ooodhart. 1543 Jaynes street; C. J Smlr. 601 South Thirteenth street: James Miller, taxi driver. 24*0 Cass street: N-el Arnold, Millard, Neb : H B. Sheets. Fort Crook: C. P. Hunker. Lincoln; Pud Leary. 1142 South Thirty-first street: 1. Schoen wald. 516 South Nineteenth street; Nils Thomsen. 5070 Leavenworth street: F. A. McGinnis, Lincoln: J. F. Sherry. 1305 North Fifty fifth street; A. Siskin, taxidriver: Thomas Bige low, 10S North Thirty fifth street, and A- R. Jacobs. 412 South Twenty eighth street. All of th.se arrested were released on bond. Judge \ hits Station. Kxplaining that he had enter* from Judge George Holme*, presiding mag istrate of municipal court, to see that bond wo* supplied for all persons ar rested. Judge Robert Patrick parked himself in a chair at Central police sation last night, where he stayed until after midnight. The Judge did not And it necessary to interpret the constitution, to the satisfaction of po lice, who show. I no objection what ever to allowing bonds when they wee* sought. Mrs. Phillips Begins Term in California State Pen San ijuentif. Cal. June Mrs, Clara Phillip*, convicted of killing Mrs Alberta Tremaine Meadow* wl h a hammer near I.es .Angeles July IS, 1:>22, was incarcerated in San rjuentm state prison today after having ca rs pel from the Los Angeles county Jail to Tegucigalpa. Honduras Mrs rhllltp*. who entered th* prison without a tear, although dta plnvlng the greet nervous strain she was under, relaxed when she reached the woman's want She wont to bed immediately after going through the formalities of registration. The Weather For ii h ui T p. m TfHipfnttupf « * m Hr* *6 w*t bulK *?. Non dr\ p-Uih, «: wrt bulh. ? ? “ 1 m dry huib s* wrt Tl. H;ghe*x! J* awt, f * I'd fir., 74 j tftrmal * *, T»m*i <l*fici*«cv *'»*'♦ .itautnr Ut, 7 44 IhimMMt IVrvrtttac*. * • w h4, Vtwn i*, » p m , *»} d^ru-t»*nyy, \ IS Tmprrttttrf*. ' * w * v - .M 5 » »« .** 7pm.If { » tw ...... te J » m *******. 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